The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 23.—We can
merely this week confirm our last report. The demand
continues good, but stocks are light, and the choice only
indifferent.

ENGLISH WOOL MAR.-REP, LEEDS, FEB. 23.—Sales
of combing wool during the present week have not been
quite so extensive as for some few weeks past. Prices
are firm and stationary. Clothing wools are in good
demand, and last week's quotations are fully realised.
WAKEFIELD WOOL, MARKET, FEB. 23.—There is no
further improvement in the demand or price of wool
since our last ; sales have been limited in all sorts, but
prices are firm.

- LEEDS.—We have nothing new to report of our Cloth
markets this week. The demand has again beenbrisk
for low-priced cloths, particularly in common blacks ;
for middle priced cloths there has been a moderate de-
mand, but fine goods continue dull of sale. There have
been good markets for Tweeds, both on Saturday and
Tuesday, and the stocks in the Halls are very low.
There have been a good many wholesale buyers in the
town during the week, and business in consequence has
been better in the warehouses than for some time past.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.--Pieces are in good
request, and the stocks very low for the season of the
year. Prices are tending ..upwards. Although there is
yarns, yet the spinners
deaTleursu.nsDAy
notare asoll inveurychbacustyualwipthurcchoanstinragctsin entered into, and are
oyldaesrs are exceedingly firm,
hardly
stocks at prices that will
not at all disposed to increase talheuiarhobrduesirase,
business
sexdcoeipatg
as
cost on the rates demanded
in our market this week,
and prices are nominally the same for all kinds. This
state of things cannot long
enableal
full3a syf et
the
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growerseheeeseak.l nnsonFtopast,°l. thgearere etaPdnli prunea
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MANCHESTER,r y
continue, as buyers for early
spring shipments cannot much longer delay operations,
and it will then be seen, and perhaps not before,
EVENING.—
There has been little change
what complexion as regards prices will then wear. At
present small and needy manufacturers are not realising
more than about one-half the advance on 'cotton. The
large and wealthy houses are not sellers at present rates.
Twist is without change, though in better demand. Fine i
numbers secure and support firmly the advance asking.—
Leeds Mercury.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—HYDROPHOBIA.—On Satur-
day, an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house,
Brooksly-street, Islington, on the body of Henry Baylis, a
bricklayer, aged 31, who died from hydrophobia. James
Baylis, brother of the deceased, said that on Sunday evening
last he complained of great pain in his left arm and shoulder.
raving
mlf-a
On Monday he was unable to go to work, and on that even-
ing he complained that the pains in his head were so great
that he thought he should go mad. On the following day he
was so ill, that Mr. Bateman, a surgeon, was sent for, and
past eight o'clock that
d, perfectly furious, and
made so many attempts on his own life and the lives of
epvreesnciringbeddec foreasdedeceased. Zin became
those about him, that they were forced to place him
in a strait waistcoat. He continued in this state, with the
exception of one or two lucid intervals, until eight o'clock
next morning, when he suddenly fell down dead. Another
witness stated that on the night of the 24th of December last
deceased came home, accompanied by a dog, which he said
had followed him from the AlbiOn Arms. The dog lay down
by the fire till he went to bed, when, in speaking to him, he
flew up and bit deceased's finger. He immediately turned
the dog out, and merely washed and fomented his finger.
About a month ago the finger became very sore, and a sur-
geon was called in. Mr. Bateman, of 9, Church-row, Isling-
ton, said he was called to attend the deceased, and had no
doubt that he died of hydrophobia.—Verdict accordingly.

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINXING.—The in-
vestigation into the circumstances attending the death of
Helen Goodlad, some particulars relative to which have be-
fore appeared in this journal, was resumed and concluded on
Wednesday, at the Red Lion, Batty-street, Commercial-road
East. Mr. Chadwick Jones appeared to watch the case on
behalf of the persons charged as instrumental in causing
the death of the deceased, who were themselves present in
the custody of an inspector of the H division of the police.
The evidence of the young woman Papworth, the only
witness examined on Monday last, having been read over
by the Coroner, she was subjected to a severe cross-exami-
nation by Mr. Jones. Her statement varied in no important
particular from that made on the last occasion ; but she ad-
mitted deceased was often the worse for liquor. The Coroner
said he had been informed that the parties in custody had
given wrong names when before him on Monday last,
and he thought it would be•desirable to amend the error at
once. Mr.'Jones thought the matter immaterial in the present
stage of the inquiry ; but the jurors were unanimous in re-
quiring that the proper names should be given. It was then
stated that the name of one was Hands, and that of the other
person Asell. Mr. Dillon, a comedian, attached to the Gar-
rick Theatre, was next examined. His evidence went to show
that the parties charged were not so much to blame as the
first witness alleged, and that every attention had been paid
to the deceased and her companion after they had taken the
spirits. Mr. Mark Garrett, surgeon, stated that on making a
post mortem examination of the deceased, he found no marks
or bruises externally. On dividing the scalp he found a small
quantity of coagulated blood 6ffused, probably caused by a
blow or fall. The brain was much congested throughout, and
at its base about half an ounce of serum or bloody fluid had
collected. The stomach was empty, with the exception of
about a pint of liquid, which smelt strongly of spirits. He at-
tributed death to the concussion caused by the fall, accele-
rated no doubt‘y the state of the system from having swallowed
so large a quantity of spirits. There was no appearance to in-
dicate the deceased's having been a person addicted to drink -
ing. Other witnesses having been examined, the Coroner
summed up at great length, pointing out the law as it applied
to cases of manslaughter generally, and quoting an opinion
laid down by Mr. Justice Park in the case of the Queen v.
Packard (where the defendant was indicted for having ad-
ministered a
.quantity of spirits to a sheriff's officer, and
getting together to
afterwards driven him about in a cab until he died), to this
e
effect—" Taht
drink, or the one pressing another to do so, is not an unlaw-
atural
ful act, or if death ensues an event that can be construed
into manslaughter." The Court was then cleared, and after
a short deliberation the jury found that the deceased died a
asehncepleleraftaedctsbyofdrPien:nngs an excessive quan-
tity of spirits called Geneva, and that she had suffered no
violence from any person. The jury refrained from com-
menting on the conduct of the parties who had been privy
to her taking it, inasmuch as they felt that the publicity
which the facts had obtained would be a sufficient punish-
ment and a warning to them as to their future conduct. :The
parties werethen taken to Lambeth-etreet police-effico.

MURDERS BY A YOUNG CHILD.
On Monday was to Lincoln Castle, for trial,
charged with the wilful murder of her two little bro-
thers (on•the mother's side), Mary Johnson, a girl not
yet thirteen.
The inquest was held at Benington, near Boston, the
place where the parties reside, and it has proved a most
painful and intricate investigation. •
The prisoner's improbable story is as follows :
She went to Mr. Overton's shop, the Post-office, to in-
quire for a letter ; there not being one, she went out
again, and in about ten minutes returned, and asked
for a pennyworth of arsenic, which, after a deal of
hesitation, she obtained. The same night, when par-
taking of their meal, the two children were poisoned,
and died the next morning, within two hours of each
other. On the night in question, after their meal was
over, Farr (the father) and his housekeeper went to a
Ranting chapel, in an adjoining parish, and upon their
return home they found the two children at a neigh-
bour's house, under 'the same roof, retching, purging,
and vomiting, which continued with but little intermis-
sion until they died. The father fetched Mr. Cummack,
a surgeon, but upon his arrival William expired.
The day after the death of the two children, the
father, hearing that the prisoner had procured poison
at Mr. Overton's, took her with him, and confronted her
with Mr. Overton, putting the question, " Did this
girl get any poison here ?" Being answered in the
affirmative, the father then asked the girl what she did
with it ? She replied, " I gave it to a woman on the
road, who sent me for it." At another stage of the
investigation, being asked by the Coroner if she should
know the woman again, or describe her dress and person,
she answered, she had never seen her before or since;
that she was a tall woman, wearing a brown cloak,
a white straw bonnet with coloured ribands, and car-
rying a reticule basket; and that she accompanied
the woman on the high-road as far as the guide-post
leading to Butterwick, being a distance of betwepn 200
and 300 yards from Mr. Overton's, where the woman
left her, and pursued her journey towards Boston, and
the girl returned home.
After vigilant inquiry by the officers and pollee no such
woman can be found.

At this stage of the proceedings a witness was pro-
duced who completely refuted the statement of the pri-
soner, and swore that on the day in question she was
going on the high-road. to Boston, and saw a woman
coming over Mr. Overton's stile, and that she also saw
the prisoner, but that they never came near one an-
other, and that no communication did or could take
place between them.

- Mr. Overton proved serving the prisoner with a quar-
ter of an ounce of arsenic, and he asked her how they
were going to use it ? She said "to poison mice." lie
advised the girl to be very cautious where she put it, as
it was highly dangerous, and then took the precaution
of duly labelling it with the word "poison."
Mr. Cummack made a post mortem examination of both
bodies, and detected arsenic in their stomachs.

The housekeeper underwent a severe cross-examina-
tion by the Coroner, but nothing could be elicited from
her or the father to criminate any one but the prisoner ;
and upon the Coroner's address to her upon the verdict,
and the painful duty which devolved on him in
sending one so young in years to prison and to trial, she
appeared to be the only one, in an unusually crowded
Court, who remained unmoved, indifferent and mute.

TUESDAY NIGHT.—A report is prevalent that the
youthful murderess has made a confession to the chap-
lain, which implicates other parties.

TWO VESSELS ON FIRE.

Intelligence was on Thursday received ofa fire having broken
out on board the Sarah, Captain Brady, belonging to Bark-
ing. The fire was first perceived about three o'clock in
the morning, at which time the vessel was about midway
of the Shipwash and the Whiting, port of London. An im-
mediate alarm was raised, and all hands did all that possibly
could be done to extinguish the. fire ; whilst they were so
engaged, the vessel struck on a wreck with such violence
that it is supposed part of her bottom was stove in. The
captain, finding that the vessel -was fast filling, gave orders
h eSar
after, h siunn passing,k.
picked
to launch their long-boat, which was just accomplished
whets
time
up, and
took Hamilton,them
some
edSusthseemx, p
on board. The Ramona steamer, however, took them on
board at a subsequent hour, and landed them. The loss sus-
tained by the disaster must be somewhat considerable, and it
is not known, as yet, whether the vessel was insured.
Every accommodation was shown to the captain and crew
by the captains of the steamer and the Sussex.
Intelligence was likewise received on Thursday of a fire of a
very alarming and destructive nature having occurred on
board the Home, belonging to, and lying in, the harbour of
North Shields. The vessel was what is termed a brig, and
was registered at 360 tons ; she was built at Newcastle in the
year 1826, and has been for several years engaged in the
North American trade. The fire broke out On Tuesday
night, and when the flames were first discovered they had
obtained a strong hold of the vessel ; so much so, that its
destruction appeared almost certain. Great fears were also
entertained for the safety of other vessels lying in the har-
bour. A steamer. was therefore obtained, to which the
flaming vessel was made fast, and it was towed out of the
tier, and laid on the land side. Notwithstanding all that
was done to extinguish the fire, it was not mastered until
the Home was almost burnt to the water's edge. The total
loss Must be very heavy. ',The origin of this fire, like the
preceding one, is unknown.

IVOOD PAVING IN CHEAPSIDE.—A notice has been
posted up at Guildhall, by order of the Commissioners
of Sewers, stating that, on and after Monday, the 4th of
March, Cheapside will be closed to vehicles, for the purpose
of carrying out a resolution of the Commissioners for repav-
ing •the whole of that thoroughfare with wood. The Com-
missioners also give notice that stone removed from Cheap-
side will be used in repaving parts of London-wall.
ACCIDENT AT THE LEAGUE MEETING.—We are
exceedingly sorry to state that a serious accident happened
at the great meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, in
Covent-garden Theatre, en Wednesday evening. Just as
Mr. O'Connell'appeared upon the platform, a rush took place
to see him as he entered, and a gentleman named Howell,
residing at Clapham-rise, who was standing at the barrier at
the back' art, was unfortunately hurled off backwards by the
retiring of the wedged mass, and fell some distance to the
stage below. When picked up it was found that his leg was
broken, and without disturbing the meeting, or making it
known in the slightest degree, he was carried out while Mr.
James Wilson was speaking, and taken to Mr. Hooper's,
chemist, 24, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Here it
was found that the fracture was two inches below the knee,
and Thomas Wakley, jun., Esq., (son of the Coroner for
Middlesex), who had accompanied him from the theatre, im-
mediately set it for him. He was conveyed home in a cab,
and is now doing well.
THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTINGUISHING ILLNESS
FROM DRUNKENNESS. Mr. Payn.e, City Coroner, held an in-
qftest on Thursday at Bartholome• w's Hospital, on the body of
John Pantland, a bricklayer, aged forty-seven. From the evi-
dence it appeared that on the mot.: rung of Saturday week last,
the deceased, who had complained of illness for four days pre-
viously, was at work assisting in rebuilding a house (burnt
down some time since) in Ayl esbury-street, Clerkenwell.
His duty was to wash clown the 'outside of the house ; but
about half-past ten o'clock, Mr. NV 'ebb, the contractor, going
into one of the rooms, saw him , standing by the side of the
fire-place: On seeing his employ rer, he went up stairs, but
staggered, in such a manner that / dr. Webb thought he was
under the influence of drink, and sent up a man toprevent
him going'on to the scaffold outs ide, being afraid he would
fall off. he came down stairs, ana had nearly reached the
bottom, when he fell heavily on I its head and shoulders off
the stairs into the passage. He wa 9 removed home, and sub-
sequently to the hospital, where -I) .e remaiied in a state of
insensibility (with but a slight int serval, when he wished to
see his wife and five children) until Tuesday, when he.
died. He was unconscious of ha .ving fallen down. Mr,
George Roy, houseesurgeon, proved the deceased to have died
from- serous apophixy, the fall ha ving in no way any con-
nexion with his death. Verdiet-- "Died from an attack of
apoplexy." . .

THE- CITY POLICE FORCE.— -According to a state-
ment just published by Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Police
Commissioner, the total cost of th e City police (including
some serious items, which it is h_ ardly fair to place to the
annual expenditute)• is 41,3511., « dila, including commis-
sioner, officers, and man (543 in al 1), is 761. per head ; the
cost of the Marylebone police (18 1 men) exceeds 1121. per
head. If the force of the City pol ice were restricted to the
number originally proposed (300), when the amalgamation
e the force was under consideration ~ the total annual amount
would be many thousands less the 0. at present ; so that, in
fact, says the Report, we have near ly double the strength, at
a &ries, average charge than that Marylebone.
HUNGERFORD MARKET.—S ome improvements are
at present in progress in Hungerfo rd Market, under the di-
rection of the Company, in expect: 'lion of a large increase of
traffic following the erection of the suspension-bridge, which.
it is stated, will be opened for foot- passengers about the mid-
dle of the next summer. There is to be an addition of forty-
two shops, -which are being built in two separate rows, in that
part of the market which is called a Le grand wall. The stalls
will be all removed. Over the ep stern gallery, rooms are
being raised for the accommodati on of the tenants under
them. It is expected that in the course of a few days the
engineer will commence placing the t suspension chains on the
piers, the chains being all ready for 'that purpose.
A LEGACY TO PRINCE A- GDERT.—The Leipsic
Gazette states that the late Duke E rnest of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha has left personal property t ) the amount of twelve
millions of florins, and has not (lisp osed, by any will or testa-
ment, of this large fortune. AccorO ling to the laws of inheri
tance in Saxony, personal property left by a father is equally
divided between the children, and t here only being the now
reigning Duke Ernest and his Roya 1 Highness Prince Albert,
the latter's share will be about six I itindred thousand pounds,
if the statement proves correct.
The word " Napists" frequently appears' in the po-
litical correspondence from Gree4 ;e. It is applied to the
Russian party, and has the follow ing origin :—When Count
Capo d'lstrias was at the head of the Greek Government,
there was at Napoli di Romania a madman, or idiot, named
Napas, constantly followed by the c bildren of the town. This
appellation was therefore given in >I -,..‘rision to Capo d'lstrias
and his party.
Our readers are already aware c d 'the ukase which the
Emperor of Russia has issued, requiriq g• 36,000 Jewish fami-
lies to remove to a distance from that part of his territories.
which they have occupied, we suppose from time immemo-
rial. The despotic command is in itsr :If so cruel that it can
hardly be looked on as aggravated in its horrors by the
circumstance that the expatriation nta ist procceed amidst the
snowy rigour of winter. Our countrym en, claiming as they do
the credit of national generovity, sti rely should not stand
aloof when this vast act of barbaric n is being committed
affainst a defenceless people. The • churches of the United
Kingdom have lately shown a bac ou sing zeal for the spiritual
welfare of this ancient and benig 314 ,c 1 race. We trust the
same love which dictates these ts will beget an imme-
diate sympathy with them in respe t a their outward wants.
On the common ground of hu- assn ity, and on the still
holier ground of the high place this' peculiar people once
held in the Divine favour, an ,d wAich (if prophecy is
read aright) they are again to In dd, •we are bold to assert,
that the Christian population of Eng land are imperatively
called upon to interfere in their bel.;‘alf . Without presuming to
limit or prescribe the extent and mod not 'the mediation:that may
be attempted, we respectfully sugg sat that the inhabitants of
Liverpool should hold a public ale sting, and memorialise
the Government to remonstrate 1,,t1 th the Russian auto-
crat. A vote of sympathy, were nl e more carried at the
meeting, would be gratifying to the sufferers, so long de-
spised and trampled upon in all Eurol )e, and would tend to
support them in this ray of their ca !amity. We hope the
town of Liverpool will show an exaul le that will be followed
throughout the country. " Blessed iS he who blesseth thee."
—Liverpool Courier.
Our market continues to be s upplied with fish, of
all kinds. The cod-fishing has just comn ienced off' this coast, and,
from appearances, promises an abunticut supply of that excellent
commodity,Moaa Herald,
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PRICES OF SHARES
IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE
►ND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 513.: