The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-31 00:00:00

ARRIVALS.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats. ; Flour
English 1,770 qrs. 1,730 qrs.! 2,060 qrs. 2}410 sacks.
Irish
1,360 170 1 -
Malt, 4,230 qrs.
WHITECHAPEL.
We had about an average supply of each kind of meat,
while the trade was heavy, on the following terms :—Beef,
from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s to ss;
and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs. by the carcase.

The Peel-and-Penny-a- Liner conspiracy against
the liberties of the British people, as exhibited to the
world in the conducting of the Irish State Trials,
has sealed the doom of the present Ministry. Sir
Robert Peel himself predicted that Ireland would
prove his great difficulty. It would have established
his reputation as a prophet had he foretold that in
the Administration of that country his reputed statesman-
ship would find a grave. Every lover of truth must con-
fess that a very great, and a very culpable indifference to
the grievances of Ireland does exist in the popular mind
of England. Nor can it be disputed that a feeling approach-
ing to a personal jealousy of the great influence of Mr.
O'Connell lurks at the hearts of some of the leaders
of the Liberal English Members of the two Houses of Par-
liament; and that not a few of the Whigs would secretly
rejoice at his discomfiture had the Government only granted
him a fair trial. But no Englishman worthy of the name
can witness, without indignation, the attempt to find
O'Connell guilty by packing a jury, and by the hitherto
unheard- a eudeavi,ii I a eAablijir the uito., of curnulati-A,
6edi t . Advertibel

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Lord
Ashley arrived at his residence in Upper Brook-
street, yesterday afternoon.

From the evidence of several witnesses, it appeared that
the prisoner, who is a most dissipated haracter, returned
home to his lodgings, in the above house, between twelve and
one o'clock. He was let in by his sister, whom he threat-
ened to throw out of the window, unless she left the house.
He also told his mother that if she did not go out, he would
kick her down stairs. The mother and sister then left the
house, and between two and three o'clock Mr. Ridee was
aroused by the police, who informed him that the house
was on fire, flakes of burning rags coming out of the win-
dow of the upper room. Mr. Ridee immediately ran
down stairs and admitted the police. On going
up stairs they discovered the bed and bedding on which the
mother and sister slept on on fire ; the door of the room also
partly burnt through. When the fire was first discovered
the prisoner was at the window, but on their entering the
room he was found on his bed pretending to be asleep, and
the rug, which belonged to his mother's bed, smouldering;
the fire had obtained such a hold as to require a quantity of
water to extinguish it. About three months ago the prisoner
stabbed his mother, but she then took no notice of it : but for
the discovery at the time, the house must have been de-
stroyed.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was so intoxicated
that he knew nothing about the fire—he knew nothing of it ;
when the police came up he was fast asleep.
Mr. Alderman Johnson said it was his duty to commit the
prisoner for trial for the capital charge.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A young man, named Thomas Howell, was brought up
charged with being found on the premises of Mr. Paulton,
soda-water manufacturer, Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
supposed to be there for the purpose of committing a felony.
The prosecutor stated that he was alarmed by hearing a
bell that was attached to his bed-room door ring. He
immediately went to the spot, and found the prisoner, who
appeared very confused when he was confronted. A police-
man was called in, and the prisoner was given into custody.
When searched, a number of skeleton keys were found upon
him.

The prisoner, in his defence, said he went to the house to
look for a young man, a friend of his.
Mr. TWYFORD sentenced him to be imprisoned for three
months in the House of Correction.

It appeared that about three years ago the prisoner re-
turned from transportation, and about twelve months ago he
was committed from this office for picking the pocket of Mr.
A'Becket, the barrister ; he was, however, acquitted, owing
to some technical informality.
A boy named James Farnsby was charged with stealing a
quantity of the February numbers of " Martin Chuzzlewit,"
and other books, the:property of Mr. Clarke, bookseller, Char-
ing-cross.
The prisoner went into the shop to try to sell some penny
almanacks, and while there he took the books, consisting of
numbers of " Martin Chuzzlewit," books of all sorts, &c. He
was observed to take the books, and was immediately given
into custody.

The prisOner admitted having taken the books.—He was
committed for trial.

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Rosshilly was charged with stealing from the shop
of Mr. Edward Grove, No. 114 and 115, Edgeware-road.
The prisoner, who was engaged as cutter in the com-
plainant's tailoring establishment, was suspected of stealing
cloth to the amount of 101. or 12/. a-week. One of the
pieces was therefore measured, and found to contain twenty-
two yards and a-half. It was then given to the prisoner to
cut a coat off. He did so, and entered into his book two
yards as taken. On the piece being measured, it was ascer-
tained that four yards had been cut off, being two yards un-
accounted for. He was given into custody, and on being
searched at the' station-house, the cloth was found concealed
upon his person, and about one yard and a-half of velvet in
his hat.

The constable corroborated the finding of the cloth, but at
the complainant's request the case was remanded, as he
thought other charges could be brought against him.]

UNION HALL.---(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Barnes, a native of Novia Scotia, was brought up
charged with destroying his clothes in the workhouse.
Stevens, the gate-porter, stated that the defendant was
admitted the preceding night, and that he tore up all his
clothes, and they were compelled to furnish him with those
he now had on, namely, a coarse linen frock and a pair of
duck trowsers.

The defendant said that he belonged to Novia Scotia, was
a sailor, and had recently come from Alicaut, in Spain, and
being discharged in the river he could not get another ship,
owing to the number of hands already wanting ships, and was
in great distress. He added that his clothes were in such a
state that he could not bear them any longer. The magis-
trate discharged him. •
Thomas Fraud, a mechanic, was charged with assaulting
his wife, in such a dreadful manner that her life is considered
in danger, a certificate to which effect was produced. It ap-
peared that on the preceding night the prisoner, who is a
bricklayer, at Camberwell, went home, and finding his supper
not ready, he began to quarrel with his wife, and at length
seized the poker, with which he struck her over the head,
and cut her severely. The blows were given with such force
as to break the poker, and the unfortunate woman was found
lying senseless on the ground, covered with blood. She was
obliged to be taken to the hospital, and she being pregnant
it is believed that premature labour will arise.
Mr. Cottingham said that lie should remand the prisoner,
and that in the event of his wife dying, he should consider it
his duty to commit him for trial for murder.

CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.)
Richard William and Elizabeth Frime were charged with
an assault of a very violent character on Daniel Rhiordan,
constable of Regent-square, and a police-constable.
It appeared from the evidence that, at four o'clock on the.
previous evening, the prisoners drove up in a cart to the
Regent-square-gate, and Rhiordan refused, as was his duty,
to allow them to pass. They went away quietly, but William
came back in a quarter of an hour after, and asked the com-
plainant if he would accept of a glass of beer. Not knowing
him, the complainant replied in the affirmative, and they
went to the Prince Regent public-house, where the other
two prisoners were. They not only refused to give
the constable any drink, but applied the vilest
language to him. He remonstrated with them, upon
which the three prisoners fell upon him, and were it not for
the assistance of the landlord he would have been seriously
injured. The woman bit the constable's left thumb quite
through, and it was greatly swollen and inflamed. The officer
struck the prisoner William with his staff, but not until he
had received some very severe blows himself. The prisoners
were finally secured by some policemen from Hunter-street
station-house.

Mr. Woltfe, who appeared for the prisoner, attempted to
exculpate him, but—

Mr: COMBE said it was a very bad case, he would fine
hem 31. or three months' imprisonment.

FINE ARTS.
We have been favoured with the sight of a print.
entitled the " English Ceres," which has been en'
graved by Bellin from an original painting by the late
Madame Soyer. The picture is a half-length of
plump, buxom, rosy-cheeked young woman, who is
holding large bunches of corn in her hands, and looks
the very emblem of health and happiness. ApPl"
rently, she has just been gleaning, for in the back'
ground there is an expansive range of fields, studded
with upright sheaves of corn, and bordered with
luxuriant hedges. The drapery of the young gleaner
is very gracefully and naturally disposed, and there is
a sweetness of expression in her truly feminine coun-
tenance, on which the eye rests with pleasure. The
sylvan picturesque background tends greatly to varf
and enliven the picture, and the skilful manner in
which the perspective is managed, convinces us that
Madame Soyer must have been a painter of no ordi-
nary abilities. The print is dedicated to the Duchess
of Sutherland, and would show to advantage in a
plain gilt, or maple-wood frame.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MAJOR RUTHEEFORD.—Last
evening an inquest was held at the Feathers, Duke-street,
St. James's, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of Major
Rutherford, aged 58, Major of the 88th Foot unattached, who
was found dead in a closet in the Army and Navy Club-
' house, St. James's-square, on the preceding day. It appear
from the evidence, that on Saturday last deceased called 011
his cousin, Dr. Rutherford, of Devonshire-street, Portland •
place, and complained of pain in his chest. Bleeding Nyas
recommended, but to this deceased objected, consenting, hovr'
ever to be bled at the Army and Navy Club-house, On
Monday, at half-past two, if it should still be deemed moo"
' sar3r. On Monday, at one o'clock, deceased went to the
club-house, and desired the hall-porter to send a gentlemen,
whom he expected to call on him, up stairs, He then Went
up stairs himself. At a quarter-past two Dr. Rutherford
, called, and was sent up stairs according to deceased's insane"
' tions. Not finding him in the room as he anticipated, he
waited about three-quarters of an hour with some anxiety'
and then went to the hall-porter, to ascertain whether the
Major had left the house. He was informed that he had n°t.:
and further, that some one was in the closet, and had been
there for some time ; that the door had been knocked at se'
veral times, but that no answer had been obtained. After
some further delay, the door of the closet was broken open'
and the deceased was found on his knees quite dead, and
apparently having been dead for some time, the limbs havol
become rigid. An empty corked phial was found: in one
his pockets, which, upon being taken to Mr. Taylor, Chemist,
Pall-mall, was pronounced to have been perfectly free froll
everything of a poisonous nature. The jury immediate r
returned a verdict of " Died by the Visitation of God."
THE ROYAL MINT.—The employes at this nations
l
establishment commenced on Monday last striking the no/
silver coinage, which is to be issued by Governmentilnilt.
diately after her Majesty's Royal proclamation, calling r
the old silver coinage of King George 111., issued in 1816;
George IV., in 1821 ; and King William IV., in 1831 ; sled
the greater part of it is so defaced by wear and tear, an
so deteriorated in weight, that many of the half-crowns am_
not worth more than 25., the shillings 9d., and the stAi,
pences 3d. The panic that was anticipated by the 130:11:
of England, in consequence of the Royal proclamation
of the 2d of October last, on the light gold currency'
having subsided in the public mind, the old silver coineg,
will be called in soon after the assembling of ParliaraerT,
without any less being sustained by the public, as the new
coinage of 1844 will be given in exchange without dedoc-
tion for the old currency. The great deficiency of over
that is felt in the large manufacturing and agricultural CO'
ties particularly at Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Binning-
ham, Sheffield, Nottingham, Norwich, Leeds, York, P°,_ll-
caster Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire'
Cheshire, &c., will be fully supplied from the Royal Mint,,,r
Government officers are to be appointed in the different nol;
tricts throughout the United Kingdom for the distribution of
the new comage as soon as a sufficient quantity is rentlY„lt
circulation. The following is the legal current weight of ":"
various silver coins :—The crown, or ss. piece, 18 petni
weights 4.4-11 grains ; the half-crown, 9 pennywehts
grains; the shilling, 3 pennyweights 151-11 grains; and the
sixpence, 1 pennyweight 191-11 grains ; the fourpeonY.
piece, 1 pennyweight 8 grains. The gold sovereign, 5 PePl3);
weights 2i grains ; the half gold sovereign, 2 pennyweib!"
13 grains A. The amount of bullion at present in the Bank
of England is fifteen millions sterling, which is more o°l-
- than has been known for many years.
THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—DOVER,
—A private opening of this line, to the terminus at Dover,
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took place on Saturday. An engine from the Folkestone I";
tion was first dispatched, unaccompanied by any carriegeled
a pioneer to test the line, and everything having been found
perfectly smooth and safe, it returned to Folkestone, 8",,, •
brought back a carriage, containing Mr. Baxendale, iLtt: .
chairman, with others of the Directors, together with -;
William Cubitt, the chief engineer, and other executiveed
connected with the line. In all, four
,journeys were perf°llle
to and from Folkestone, the last tram (one carriage) lee'
Dover for London at four o'clock. This experimental
has afforded great satisfaction to the directors and engine,ie
Although there have been great difficulties thrown in,."10,
way of the comvletion of this portion of the line; both ter
the attacks of Neptune and the falls of the cliff, and greair-s,
exertion has consequently been made to finish the w°r;sB
yet the rails appear to be firmly settled, and the traction
so easy as to justify a speed of upwards of twenty !lilies :I,l`
hour, the distance from Folkestone having been peribrin
the last trip, in fifteen minutes.
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ACCIDENTS AT DEVONPORT.-011 Saturday morn'
ing a building in the market of this town, which was
ported on pillars, and appropriated for hangin the, catc's a
of pigs on the cross-beams attached thereto, fell down o
number of persons who were engaged in business underlesiv
roof. The utmost confusion ensued. When the Per It_
were taken from the ruins, it was discovered that a pig
dealer from the country had his leg and thigh brokeiics
was otherwise 'injured; an industrious woman, a but
er
wife, had also a leg broken. Four others were severely mu"'
and many were slightly injured.

BIRTHS.
the WV
On the 26th of January, at Bury St. Edmund's,
of John Greene, Esq., of a son. b the
On the 27th of January, at Athol-crescent, Edinburg '3Bth
lady. of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart"
Regiment, of a son and heir. ,--

MARRIED. Eii-
On the 25th of January, at Brompton New Church,c,
4,
stance. Clare Murray, Esq., of Lower Grosvenor-pitaeead.
Sarah, widow of the late W. E. Lake, Esq., of Hall

DIED. Jobe-
. _
• On the 13th of January, at the Hague,
_Sir Williant,
,
•
Pugilistic contests between HoiTidge and Jemmy ston, of that ilk, and of Hilton, Bart., aged 84. the
from lown, Tom the Greek and Siminonds, near Binning- wife of Archdeacon
On the 26th of January, atllastigs, Lady Oakelen
Sir He'rbert Oak_:_._cley, Bar
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ham ; N'Pli,_, and "M`litnno. near Gla.4gow, will be repolto,d .
m 1.,/,".; L. i:-. .I.:;nclen, uf ilimda:2-, Feb. 1. The memorial,
relating to Qui Tom actions regarding horse-racing, coursing, d, la -
and other manly sports, was given at length in Bella Life of IN o. 112 Strand, at The Sun Office, o. 112, Snit.*
o-,,ndon : Printed and Published by MURDO Y0UNG,,,,00
Sunday last, Jan. 28, County
of Middlesex, Wednesday, January -31 f 1