The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

The difficulty consisted in the distinction between felony
and mere cases of credit.

Mr. BROUGHTON acceded to the sergeant's request,
and having ordered the depositions in one of the charges
to be taken against Dewar and Miller, directed all the
prisoners to be brought up again that day week ; but
expressed his willingness, at the request of Mr. Dun-
combe, to take bail for the two Smiths—the elder Smith,
for himself and son, in 60/. and two responsible and well-
known sureties of 501. each.

It was with some difficulty the exultation of many of
the tradesmen on proof of the different charges could be
suppressed.

LAMBETH-STREET.

On Monday four out of the wretehed-looking group,
members of the late Spanish Legion, who had waited
upon Mr. Henry about ten days ago to implore him to
do something for them in their miserable state, and save
them from dying of actual starvation, again waited upon
the magistrate to know if anything had been heard by
him from the Spanish Commissioners, in reply to their
statement on the former interview, and which had gone
forth to the world.

Mr. HENRY replied in the negative, and asked if
nothing had been done for them by the parish P—One
of them, a man named M'Cormack, who lost his leg in
Spain, replied that many of the members had been par-
tially relieved, and an offer was made to him to be taken
into the workhouse ; but having a little place for himself
and his family, this would be the means of breaking up
his home, humble as it was. The house had been offered
to others ; but they were under the impression that, if
they once went into the union, they would have no op-
portunity of obtaining any redress from the Spanish
Government. M'Cormack further said, that the objec-
tion to grant him a pension was, that he lost his leg by
its being frostbitten, and not in battle, and he thought
it very hard that the British Government should allow
them to be treated as they were after it ; the Govern-
ment had been a party in holding out a promise of re-
muneration to them.

Mr. HENRY remarked, that from all he could learn on
the subject the British Government was no party in the
affair. He (Mr. Henry) was at a loss to know what to
recommend them to do, and had not the means of
relieving them ; he thought the best course would be to
go into the workhouse, and let the parish authorities
write to the Commissioners.

Mr. Hughes, the relieving officer of Whitechapel, pro-
mised to act upon his Worship's suggestion, and offered
to take the applicants into the workhouse.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday afternoon an investigation took place
before Mr. Higgs, at the Pine Apple Tavern, in Hun-
gerford-street, Hungerford-market,f relative to the
death of a man, name unknown, and who is strongly
suspected to have been murdered. The case excited
a very strong senstation in the neighbourhood, and
the inquest-room was crowded to excess.
Mr. J. W. Monks, of the Rose and Crown, Shad-
Thames, deposed that he had seen the body of the
deceased, and could positively identify it as being
that of a man he well knew by sight, but whose name
he could not recollect. He was, witness believed, the
master of a schooner commonly called a " billy-boy,"
latterly employed in bringing stone from Yorkshire
to the New Houses of Parliament. _

Richard Penin, aged ten years, the son of a water-
man plying at Hungerford stairs, deposed that, on
Sunday morning, he was in a boat on the river, with
another boy, near to lungerford, and while rowing
between the Duke of Buccleuch's and Whitehall-
stairs he saw the body of the deceased floating on the
water, face downwards. Witness fastened a rope
round the body and towed it ashore. The deceased
had on a blue cloth jacket, such as is worn by sea-
faring men, a black cloth waistcoat, brown woollen
trousers, of railroad pattern, worsted stockings, Wel-
lington boots, newly fronted, a flannel waistcoat next
his skin, and a striped cotton shirt over it, with India-
rubber braces; he also wore a truss.
Mr. John Nathan Bainbridge, of No. 86, St. Mar-
tin's-lane, surgeon, stated that he saw the body of the
deceased at St. Al artin's workhouse ; it was that of a
well-formed man, about five feet five or six inches in
height, with light sandy hair, without whiskers ; the
forehead was slightly bald ; there was discolouration
of portions of the budy, arising from putrefaction
having commenced. There were five punctured
wounds about the trunk, four near the pit of the
stomach, and one about two inches and a
half lower down, towards the right side. The
four wounds were about an inch apart from
each other. There were openings in the flannel-waist-
coat and the shirt corresponding with the punctures.
One of the wounds was four inches in depth. Wit-
ness opened the body yesterday. He should think
that the deceased bad been dead a fortnight. The
wounds penetrated the cavity of the abdomen. The
two upper ones were close against the lower end of
the breast bone. The liver was wounded and the
stomach perforated. None of the intestines were
wounded. The punctures must have been inflicted
with a sharp pointed cutting instrument, such as a
clasp knife. Witness was of opinion that the deceased
could not have inflicted the wounds on himself. Each
of them was likely to produce instantaneous death.
Inspector Lewis, of the Thames-police, said that he
had made every inquiry between Richmond and
Chalton, but could not hear of any person answering
the description of the deceased being missing.
Several of the jurors expressed a wish that the in-
quiry should be adjourned, in order to trace out the
relatives of the deceased.

The inquest was accordingly adjourned until Tues.
day next.

STATE OF TRADE.

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FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, OCT. 11.—We can
only this week confirm our last report. About an
average amount of business has been transacted, and
prices are without variation.
WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, OCT. 11.—There is not
any alteration of moment in this market to report this
week, either as regards the amount of sales or quota-
tions of prices.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, OCT. 11.—The market
continues much in the same state as it has been for
the last few weeks : stocks are not much reduced, and
prices stationary.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.— The attendance
of buyers at the piece market to-day has been only
scanty, and the amount of business very limited. For
some weeks past there has been a visible change in
the state of • our market, the demand gradually
slackening, and the stocks, despite the greatest care,
insensibly accumulating; so that, comparing its pre-
sent state with what it was in July, the alteration is
most perplexing and disheartening. Various reasons
are assigned for this, but the most plausible appears to
be, that the stocks of finished goods on the continent are
so large that the demand for foreign markets has
nearly ceased. But the problem is, how are things
to be remedied ? Were spinners and manufacturers
at once to " drop on to short time," as the saying is,
there is a probability that matters would right
if them-
selves much sooner than the present rate of produc-
tion is maintained. Some of our largest establishments
have already resorted to this expedient in one way or
other, either by not lighting up or by stopping looms.
We hear of one house which has stopped 200 looms,
and that in the district no less than 1,500 looms
have been stopped. The expedient is no doubt a
pain. ul and trying
.one to many, both employers and
labourers; but it is obvious a little suffering such
as this now will tend to prevent that greater suffer-
ing v, hich must inevitably ensue from a protraction
of the existing state of trade. We sincerely hope the
prudential measures adopted by our spinners and
manufacturers will have the desired effect, and that
erelong they will be able to resume operations with
their wonted activity. In yarns there is scarcely so
much activity, which is likely to be met by a cur-
tailed production. Prices are materially lower within
the last three or four months, while wool
.has by no
means kept pace with the decline, thus leaving the
spinner no alternative but to shelter himself from loss
by reducing his production. During the past week
very little wool has changed hands, and the business
(brie is on terms rather more favourable to the buyer.
In noils and shorts the demand continues steady, and
prices generally firm.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING......
We have had a very regular, steady, and large de-
mand this week for all kinds of cloth, especially for
printing fabrics, and the tone of the market is quite
healthy to-day, and closes with a prospect of slight
advance on most kinds. The home trade is every
week more brisk. The demand is quite unparalleled,
and, what is better, likely to continue. The yarn
market continues lively, and was to a later period of
the season for export than is usual with the Russian
houses. The business doing is immense.
LEEDS.—The cloth markets, at both cloth halls,
were on Saturday of the same dull character of the
last few market days, but on Tuesday there was more
business done in goods of all descriptions. The
stocks of goods, notwithstanding the markets have
been duller, are much lower than usual at this season,
and prices are steady There is little doing by the
houses connected with the shipping trade just now,
but a very fair business is doing for the home mar-
ket.—Leeds Mercury.

Loss OF LIFE IN THE REGENT'S-PARIC.—.-OH Sun-
day afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, the following
melancholy occurrence took place in the Regent's-park.
Mr. Norbury, a linendraper, of Crawford-street, Bryan
stone-square, was proceeding towards home in his chaise
along the outer circle of the Regent's-park, accompanied
by his wile and daughter, aged four years, when the
horse suddenly took fright, as is supposed, at the noise
made in Mrs. Norbury opening her umbrella, and started
off at full speed until arriving at Macclesfield-bridge,
where the vehicle came in violent contact with a lamp-
post, and by the concussion Mr. Norbury, with his wife
and child, were thrown out. On being picked up, Mr.
Norbury was found to be in a state of insensibility, with
blood flowing copiously from his mouth, ears, and nos-
trils. They were, without loss of time, removed to a
surgeon at hand, where it was found that Mr. Norbury
had sustained a fracture of the skull, and severe internal
injuries, while Mrs. Norbury and her daughter had al-.0
received serious hurts. The females were, after stimu-
lants had been administered to them, taken home in a
hackney coach, and Mr. Norbury was conveyed to the
Middlesex Hospital, almost immediately on entering
which institution be expired.