The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY.. 77s to 79s per cwt. For Foreign prices have further
CORN EXCHANGE. declined ; Friezland at 102 s to 104 s, and Kiel 94s to
The supplies of Grain were inconsiderable. Every • 100 s per cwt. Bacon firm ; prime new Waterfall'
article remained at Monde 's rices, with a slow landed at 55s to 58s, mid and low 44s to 50s, new \-c,
y p
terford shipped at 54s to 555, and Ms on board for early
trade. Flour met a rather better demand. shipment this month, 49s to 51s for November, Decen3-
SMITHFIELD. ber, and January, 48s for February, March, and April'
There was a middling supply of Cattle, and the Limerick on board at 45s to 46s for delivery from No-
demand generally was heavy, with a tendency to de- vember to May. In Middles prices have improved.
cline in prices. Beasts, 477 ; Sheep and Lambs, Hams of fine quality at 70s to 80s. Bladdered Lard at
5,690 ; Pigs, 653 ; Calves, 218. Beef, 3s. to 4s. ; 68s to 70s for the best, landed.
Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 2d.; Veal, 3s. 10d. to 4s. Bd.; TALLOW.—The market for Russian has presented *
Pork, 2s. lOd. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. lively appearance since our last report, and prices have
COLONIAL MARKET. advanced 3d per cwt. The demand on the spot has been
But few transactions took place in any kind of brisk both from soap makers and chandlers ; new P.
Candle has been selling at 48s 6d to 48s vo.
merchandise, and prices were inclined to be lower. Candle
old at 48s per cwt. For delivery pur
The market was very heavy for %Vest India Sugar, chases have been made at 48s 6d for the lastt
and the few transactions were a shade lower. Mauri- two months, and at 48s 6d to 4Ss 9d for spring, at which
tins and Bengal sold slowly, but supported the rates merchants are firm, as the shipments from St.
previous value. Some good White Bengal brought Petersburgh are small in comparison with those of
68s. per cwt. In the Coffee market the former years. Town 'fallow has been in good request
greatest heaviness prevailed, and prices were in at 50s to 50s 6d nett cash. In South American several
nearly all cases again lower. Good ordinary Ceylon purchases have been made at 43s to 48s for low to fine
was sold at 625. to 635. per cwt. Cocoa very dull. quality.
Some small sales were announced in Rice at previous This afternoon the market closed firmly at 48s 6a tit°
rates. Cotton very dull, with easier prices in some 48s 9d on the spot, with a steady business doing.vat,
parcel of South American at public sale went off '
instance F.
spirit at 31s to 31s 9d per cwt.
OILS.—The demand for common Fish Oils has not
been quite so animated this week, and but few trans°.
tions have taken place ; the holders, however have re;
mained firm, and the advanced quotations of last week
are fully sustained, with a very small quantity on olleif
of any kind. Sperm Oil has gone off in -06
quantities only, but former prices have been sps-
tained. Linseed Oil has sold steadily at 34s on the,
spot, and at 32s 6d for delivery onward to the end 0,1
the year. For Rape Oil a fair demand has existed, an
rather advanced prices have been paid, 44s 6d is n°
the value of refined. Palm Oil is dull of sale, and 6rl:
quality is offered at 30s per cwt. Fine Ceylon COOO-
Nut Oil has been sold at 39s to 39s 6d per cwt. r
This afternoon 160 tuns Sperm Oil and Headmatb.....e
were offered by public sale, and partly disposed ofto
Sperm at 76/ 15s to 801 15s, and Headmatter at 83155
8415 s per tun.
INDIGO.—In consequence of the near approach of the
quarterly sales, which commence on Tuesday next, to
market has been very quiet, scarcely a sale having b 74
made either for export or home use, the holders 1,,
however firm, and the late advanced prices are full
maintained. The quantity to be offered at the .for
coming sales, presented a very good assortment.

TEA MARKET.
The large public sales were postponed till next
week. Privately there was very little business done.
The expressed accounts from China had not the least
effect upon the market.
TALLOW MARKET.

The prices of Russian Tallow were again rather
higher, and the market was rather more animated.
P.Y.C. on the spot 48s. 6d., and for forward deliery
about the same price.
PRICE OF BREAD.
lhe highest price of Bread in the Metroplis is sd. for the 41b.
Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 654 d.

S. 0„

COUNTRY MAR
Wheat. i Barley. OAt• . p Beans. -
Per Quarter. s. to 8. s. to s. s. t s. s. to a. a. I°4l
Bath
Blandlord 46 52 20 27 LO 23 39 42
dridport 57 —•-•
Chard 1485623321420 36 44 32
Exeter
aloucester 152 58 24 32 18 24 26 SS 40 I $P
t3uiltiford 48 62 27 31 24 28 36 39 J.:
Newbury 44 82 26 29 22 30 36 38
Reading 42 65 26 32 18 20 27 33 S.
Salisbury '27 18 42 50
Shtrborne 5O 56 21 32 120 24 40 44
Sheptonlidallet 58 70 28 32 20 36 38 44 J 2 40
Uxbridge 43 2.: 28 .0
Warminster.— 44 56 24 30 20 25 f 6 42
ci fill v. 2 31 ' 'pa 4'2 3u •••

Guildford l4B 62 27 31 24 28
Newbury 144 82 26 29 22 30
Reading 142 65 26 32 18 20
Salisbury 46 27 —i 18
Shtrborne 5O 56 21 32 120 24
Shepton Mallet 58 70 28 32 20 t 6 , .
Uxbridge I 37 43 2.: 28
Warminster
Worcester...- 5l 60 32 Si 2t 20 ; 1,8 42
leovil 54 661 24 28 22 24 '32 44
CANTERBURY MARKET.
o 61”
Wheat, white........... —a. to 60s• ......... 01d.......... sth .. - -• t 5,3,
red.................. 4.63. to —5..•... 01d.......... 47e. 10 mss,
Barley, Malting ....... 31s. to 33s ..... Grnding„ —fi. to
....;
:
Oats ................-.•..,•................-.•..,•215• to 255..••,.. 0 141.0.1W00P ..." 10
Beans ..............--..... 31s to 325• ....... 01d.—........ s• t°...,„J.
Pease ............»..w-. 40s. to —s. ......... Grey.....,.. 345. I°.
CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.I Pet lb.
wheat C 9 79 1 Beef
Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton
Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal
Beans
Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb
Hay 41.55. to 41. 103.00. per ton.
CHELMSFORD MARKET. 0 t° stt
Wheat, White 49 to 62 Oats 0 0
Red
Barley 27 2) White . ............ ~?1
3'
n
Chevalier 29 31 Beans, Tick ................ r,
Grinding
LEEDS CORN 14 t RKET.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b 'co te 6115.
. ......,• 4§.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b ..... , 49i. logo, 0
Barley, Norfolk and Sullblk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans 631b..... 33‘' to 111, 0
205. Wl', itall
Oats, Potatoe
—lllealing, For. 10d. to 1 lti.
Slelling Eng. 1(1d.27..t.0t012,:t0" !,-(1/4"

d 7
6 I
6 7
6 6
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SHOCKING MURDERS BY
POISON. nver)/
BOLTON-LE-MOORS, TUESDAY.—No recent )iich
has produced so deep a sensation as the.critoe
we are about to describe. wife
The prisoner, whose name is Betty Eccles, the into
of a man in humble circumstances, was brought
Court in the custody of the police. • ifea
The evidence adduced on the present occasion
to the following effect : the
The first witness called was Henry Beel°lo
husband of the prisoner. He said heed per
became acquainted with her in 1840, and tnerjlit then
in 1841, in the latter part of the year. She ,11:sithiA'
three daughters, who all appeared verY,
Shortly after that' witness had a dispute wite!,; he
did not go near her for about a month. vym,cere
returned he found the two youngest chil' ngeat
dead and buried. She informed witness tile ale
died of the measles, but did not say what c--vied
died of. In June last the prisoner had
longing to James Heywood to nurse, and irniuD
left home in the day, and on his return next fee s r
found the child dead. On Sunday, the 4th to
tember, witness saw his daughter Alice go el 00
d well. Next morning he left home, and returnd, his
the following Saturday, when he found her eatakee
wife informing, him that she had 1004 oe
ill on the Tuesday with fits, and o`.4toess
Saturday at noon. Last '-'•unday but one•
Oros 0
saw his son "William alive and well on his gioingl
bed. He went to work on the following res'tornel:
and afterwards heard he was dead. Witness re:o, A
home on the Friday evening, and found it was "spect'
little boy, aged twelve years, gave evidence rber:Allef
ing the death of Heywood's boy, and his
William, both of whom were well shortly, beferdajoei
The apprentice to Mr. Mosscropp, druggst' nerth
to supplying the prisoner with a peneYtor-
arsenic, which she said she wanted to destr'd
noseil he
with.
Mr. John Denham, surgeon, of Bolton, der
examining the whole of the bodies in questien.to''
stomachs and bowels of these bodies were give
4..• de
Watson. s•
Mr. Henry Hough Watson, analytical cheiliti. ISTI'
posed to testing the contents of the stoma" less theiliho
Liam Eccles, from which he produced ne 1,0(1'1
twenty-eight grains of arsenic. The contee," 01,01/0(
stomach of Alice Haslam he found to contel'of
thirty grains of the same poison. The storneviti
their contents, of Nancy Haslam, the boy Itiee'ts,,4ll°o
and Hannah, were also subjected to simile'. the crie
arsenic was produced, with the exception of,
-e9lO-
of Hannah Haslam and Heywood, whole uu`"-
much decomposed.
James Harris, police inspector, deposed 'fnz r
the prisoner into custody. - She 'denied hatp
chased arsenic at Mr. Mosscrop's shope ceset,
The CORONER then briefly summeduP t 54
the Jury, who, after a consultation of eir ti
iostbA"
minutes, found a verdict of wilful murder
prisoner, for having caused the death ef
Eccles, Alice Haslam, and Nancy Haslalm to
administration of arsenic. A td
'
a She, on being committed, coolly tone(' or
Jury and thanked them for their kindness,
then removed amid the hootings of the crovva'

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0f kV 10
" You ought to marry." " Never." OSI B,,he
good girl alone for you." "Let me al "
• , 0 gbe
young.', "Then she is sly." "BeautifT:Thelis,"
more dangerous." "Of good family." , ;,
is proud." "Tender hearted." " Then spe— e
• An
" She has talents." "To kill me."
Bred thousand dollars." " I will take her.
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BIRTHS.
On the 12th ult., at Widcombe-er.seent, 'Pe' i $ ts'"
A. Colyar, Esq., of a son. ..., geld, l'asosr-
On the 2lst ult., at Gibralter, Mrs. I. M. Vt-fijor.`"
.;
On the 2d inst., at Reading, the lady of a"- - .1,0)-'
TickeU, C. 8., of a daughter. ha, Oh
i.,
On the let inst., at Mrs. Gilliat's, Larkhell”-- joy
~,, of
Mrs. John Jones, of a daughter. ts,„ law
_ii,
On the 3d inst., at Thorpe House, Surrey, t"" Or"
Stephen Robinson, Esq., of a son and heir. , niitts'' A
On the 4th inst., at th Rectory. Houghton- ,fr— ~,,ptSl
the lady of the Rev. Henry J. Rose, of ition- ,I. Of ‘:jellir
On the 4th inst., at Melton Mowbray, the ro',-, floV
Bernard Granville Layard, of her Majesty's 39- Ile
04
of a daughter.
On the sth inst., Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, of Horne, boll d
daughter. the d
On the sth inst., at Charleswood, Hertfordshire; $ 10_,11;., s''
C. R. Baynes, Esq ,of the Madras Civil service, e'rk, Dr" I,
On the sth inst., at Kent terrace, Regent's-P. o ''''
1 job
Waithman, of a son. ,r,, o
On the sth inst., at Highgate-hill, the o'''''
Tatham, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a soil.
to its!' Ar
MARRIED. Libel' chi' '
On the 4th inst., at Chesham, Mr. Arthur 0 i
Van. f al
keen, younger daughter of Henry Lasenby, '-'" • ft/
, Ms
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ridge, Bucks.
On the 4th inst., at Walsall. the Rev. A.
M.A., Iccumbent of St. Peter's Churcb..W.ball, S
florlesiji, t 04., s'
Ann, only daughter of the late William fr'er''
Bessot Hall, Staffordshire. bt
'Or
DIED. Vise
At Chartley, Staffordshire, the Right gee'
M e,d vl
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Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth. George Oh,
On the 2d inst., at Bromley College, Mr. 1
On the 3d inst., at Church-row, Hampstead,
so,
daughter of the late Samuel Rhodes. Esq. willisle
ot,t/
On the 3d inst., at Bitchett, in Sevenoaks, f
Esq., of Frederick'.-place, Old Jewry. the wife e 4,
On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, Frances, I,op 1
Stephenson, Esq., aged 39.
T.OLnintsheell,4otfhpinrsots.p,eacet-tEerdrmacoen,tounit,,pJeurhn, eldest 'Vet list,
tollovif slYtr't), jaOS
On the sth i,.st., Maria Sarah Jekyll nYe' 4) • sst,ii.
Captain P. Rye, R.N. pi
harg Willig!ole'
On the sth inst., at Lower Clapton, ---,chwo, Jen'
oil
On the 4th inst., in Sussex square, 'Ong— the
of the Rev. Dr. Laing, aged 57. Jane' poll°
On the sth inst., at Stratford-grove, Essex,
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dauognhttehreofsJthohinnsKt„naotwlie,so,rEk.siqil.a,caeg,ed 17' town, -ft efrOes'
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On the 6th inst., John Savage,Elq" il
Islington, aged 7.4. ----iv,
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