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of Lieutenant (not Captain) White, and as it was his' MARKET NEWS._(YESTERDAYI
(defendant's) acceptance, he went up to Lc.rd hunt- ‘.
ingtower to make inquiries on the subjtet; that the
latter individual, upon admitting he ;! id it, when it
was demanded refused to give it up, but ultimately '
resigned the possession of it on the defendant giving
him the document produced that day in Court. It
was not true that threats of the nature adduced had
been tnwle use of by the deferi+.:l, ‘v ho wa!= perfectly
satisfird to have got back Ms acceptance, and, instead
of having any disposition to come in contact with
Lord Huntingtower, his wish was to avoid him in
future, and therefore he had not the slightest concep-
tion of either threatening or assaulting him. He,need
not be afraid.

V. 4.• .4.SillEt'S`
SMITIIFIELD.—Conrse Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 41 13+'
Use:ll ditto, 41 I6s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s 10
5/ 103 ; Clover [lay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 l to
1/ ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s per load. A f.:l
average supply, and a steady demand.
CU" NIBFUIWW.—Coarse Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 41. 4-4;
dicta. 4! 17s to 51 4s ; tine U;,land ditto, 5/ 3s to
ii 12 ; Clover Nay, 41 lOs to 5; 16s ;' Oat Straw, 11 164
to Et 18s; Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. SITIO'
but moderate, and trade toienblv firm.
WAITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4115 a,
Useful dirt., 4/ 17s to 5/ 5s ;
.fine Upland ditto, 516 s to
.5/ 10. ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10v to 6/ 2s; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to
11 178 ; Wheat Straw, 1118 s to 11 19. per load. Trade
on the whole dull, at the above quotations.

Lord Huntingtower—The bill, I still maintain, was
extorted from me by threats. Idogo in bodily fear.
Lord Iluntingtower was here asked, if he had not
adopted proceedings against the defendant soree time
since at a pel:ce-eourt at the• e.est end iif t ?
Ile replied in the affirmative
Mr. COTTINGHAM—iIave y ?ii fee:l on t...ins with
Mr. Duckett since then ? e-ornplainaet again re-
;lied in the affirinetive, raying tiler Duckett heel
established a husi.iesa 'n the City, a 7,1 t.',at it A-3% ce.
nutters of business he called use him.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that if it WCS Wit for the
• production of the document referred to so many times
during the inquiry, he should have considered it his
duty, for the protection of Lord 11untintetewer, to
call on tee defendant to put in heavy sureties to keep
the peace; for, whatever title the defendeeet had to the
hill, he was not justified in using threats of personal
violence to the holder of it for its recovery. The pro-
duction of the document, however, in Court, hed the •
effect of changing the whole aspect of the case, and
Lord lluntine,tower, by his accepting it from the
defendant, instead of adopting immediate proceedings
for the alleged threats, had debarred himself from the
remedy which he now sought, that of having the de-
fendant bound over in heavy sureties to keep the
peace. He (Mr. Cottingham) was of opinion, on
hearing the whole of the circumstances, that Lord
Iluntingtower had adduced no proof of his being in
personal fear or danger from the defendant, for, if
that had been the case, he would not have taken the
written acknowledgment, bearing him harmless from
future proceedings relative to the bill. Taking,
therefore, the whole of the circumstances into consi-
deration, instead of making the defendant find sure-
ties to keep the peace, he should merely call upon him
to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 1001.
not to use any language of a threatening nature to-
wards Lord lluntingtower.
Mr. Duckett having entered into his own tecogni-
ances, was immediately discharged.

MailT DICANLICETS.
SOUTHALL, JAN. B.—We had rather a steady demand
for t,,e prmea, W.ast.,.. and Sheep, hut all other kinds of
-!k) h ey, io fair ,•reg.i. supply, were a dull
B,.ef, frotn 2s 10d to
-fs Mutton. 2 8d to 4q 4d ; Veal, 3: 6d to 4s ; and
Pork, 2s nd (o 3 8(1 per Sibs, to sink the offal SupplY;
—fleasts. 40, Sheep. 1.450 ; Calves, 41.; ngs, 52.
11,74 roa.o . •; AN B.—“, ueratly s:,enking, we had
c • re ;his toorniw, and the rates
w w ,i,ttk;,,ty sup,,•orted. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s
Mutton, 2s 10 to 4s 4.t; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pork,
3,1 to 3s Sd per Slbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ;
Quarter-old More Pigs 16s to 20* ; and Mitch COWS'
th,•ir :mall Calf, 161 to 191 each.
Hamsfrim, ;JAN. B.—We had a very dull inquiry for
stock, the quotA;,:ol.so:"which 11,1 a downward ten,i,•nci,'
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2,11; Mutton, 3: to 4s 4d; Vesi,
3: 6.1 to 4s ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, JAN. 7.—Beef, from 3s to 4s, ; Mutton.
3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 3s 10d ; and Pork,
3s to 3s 6(1 per Sibs. Supply but moderate, and trade
dull.
CILICIIESTER, JAN. B.—There was a scanty show of
prime stuck, which in consequence supported previous
figures. The value of other kinds was lower. j!eef'
from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; vest'
3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3: 6d per 8113 s•
Suckling Calves, IS: to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16°
to 19s; and Milch Cows, 161 to 181 10s each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN the
For the Week ended Jan. 4 1815, made up from the Return" 4;4
In pcctot in the ditfexent Cities and Towns ita England and "
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat ..... 458 Ed Oats
Barleyl I 34s 2d Rye 33s td Peace

AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX NVEEKS.
Weeks ending WHEAT. BAILLILY.I OATS. ; 'HANS.

r so°

45 4 35 1'
21 8X92 9%38 913
4
45 2 34 9 21 10 31 S 37 5 M'
'at 1
45 1 31 5 21 11 32 236 9 r: 4
45 3I 34 2 21 19 32 0 35 11 3.)
35 s
45 6I 34 3 20 10 131 9 35 7 1
445 134 2 21 101 33 9 36 3
IMPERIAL. AGARIMATZ •VELAGES OT THE el%
Wheat......... 45. 4d. Oats ..... 21s 81.1
8ar1ey........ 341 61. Rye

Nov. 38 .. ..... ..1
Dec. 7 ........1

28
Jan. 4

ATTEMPTED MURDER.
At the Bury sessions, on Monday last, John War-
burton, who keeps a house of bad character, in
Hamer's-yard, near Clerk-street, was brought up,
charged with attempting to shoot a young woman,
named Martha Ackers, and then endeavouring to
murder her, by striking her with the butt-end
of the gun. The complainant, a young woman,
about twenty -three years of age, said she had lived
at John IVarburton s house for about six weeks.
She went to his house on Saturday night last,
about half-past ten o'clock. When she entered
the house, she saw Warburton, an old man, and a
woman, named Alice Ashworth, who lived with him.
As soon as she entered, he rose from his sear, and
pointed the gun ; it di3 not go off. He then struck her
with the but end of the gun, and felled her to
ground. She believed it was his intenzion to shoot her ;
for he came into William Walker's (formerly Jerkin
son's) beer-house, in Clerk-street, about nine o'clock,
and then said he would hoot her. Complainant put
Mrs. Ashworth to bed, about five o'cloek on Saturday
night ; she was tipsy, and they had some words.
Eliza Walker said, she saw the prisoner at half-past
nine o'clock on Saturday evening in his own house;
he had a gun in his hand. Ile said, " ou art. e
Come to Come into my t,uuse a- aay hut. if
M.lrtha Ackers conies any more, 1 5h....4 her."
Prisoot.r then told her the wu . was toade,i,
and said that Martha had te.en iosuitiuk .his
mistress. IL oppeare i to haaa h.ei :aqua
liquor. Witness then left the house !.1110 tear
Isaac Ramaden, a labourer on the Maile:.‘...ter. Bur,
and Rossendale Its lwsy Maid lie went rti
he. ,r house, in C erk- street., on e•an us day t-veniag,
and also into the yard leading into the ya:ti le
the prisoner resides. He heard a noise, and seeing
some boys run, went towards th • prisoner's house
to see abet was the matter. He saw the prisoner
with a gun in his hand, and heard him say he
would shoot the prosecutrix. He pointed the
gun at her, and the next moment he turned
the butt-end, and struck her several times on
the head ; she fell to the ground, and bh.d
very much. A young man named William Turner,
and witness, then went in and took the gun from him.
They had great difficul:y in getting it from him ; they
each " loosed" a hand. lie was very determined.
The young woman, Martha Ackers, was quite insen-
sible. She lay on the floor bleeding for several
minutes. Edmund Yates, a boy fifteen years of
age, said the prisoner sent him on Saturday even-
ing last to Mr. Peel's, ironmonger, for a penny-
worth of powder, a pennyworth of shot, and a half-
pennyworth of caps. After he had bought them,
prisoner began to load the gun, saying he would
shoot Martha (meaning prosecutrix) ; this was a few
minutes before nine o'clock on Saturday evening.
Mr. Superintendant Henhall produced the gun, which
was loaded with powder and shot. He found the
prosecutrix in the the prisoner's house on Saturday
night, about half-past ten o'clock. Prisoner was
committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes.—
Manchester Guardian.

DUTIKS 011 IrOILZIGN coax.
Wheat 2CS. (ki. Oats ••••••••• 64. W.'
Barley 4. Od..' Ave ......... 10. Pea5e......... I

THE CROOM POACHING AFFRAY
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST
TWO OF 'CUE POACHERS.
WORCESTER, JAN. 7.—The ury, impannelled
fore the Coroner of this city (J. B. Hyde, Esq.), °
inquire into the cause of the death of Thomas Staite,
who died in the Worcester Infirmary on the Otfli
ult , met this day by appointment to resume thel
inquiry, which, it will be recollected, was adjourned
f:een the 27th it December to this day. In the mean_i
time, as has already been stated in this paper, sevenP
parties have been apprehended on suspicion of having
been concerr-d in this murderous outrage ; and Ov°
of them kFranci,.• Dingiey and Joseph survey) 9re
now in the Worcester county prison, whither 64
have been committed by two county magistrates, wh°
however thought proper to exclude the press frli
reporting the evidence of the witnesses examine
But the Coroner, ns usual, threw open his court t°
the public. The facts of the case have been already
given in this journal
NVOen the whole of the witnesses had been OW
Olt
rile comes ea tennineoted on and explained
evidences, and atter a short deliberation, the jury
turned a ve,-diet of 4' Wilful Murder against Jo `l%
Turvey and Fatoci- Dingley, and wine other perso°
to the jury nolinovon."
AI tlie ti,rtoin .tion of the i,;quiry one of the jail
ss.-ti to he Coroner and his brether jurynle-
eione observe_ iota on the subject of the preserveti°
oft life, which is so intimately eonnected with this In,
quiry. llr observed that the horrid spectacle %V 1
they had witnessed at the commencement of th'tj
proceedings, in the mangled corpse of the murder";
gamekeeper, and the horrifying picture which nll,O
have been drawn before their minds' eves fromt" e
details of the several witnesses, could not fail to bils'a
excited in them feelings of sorrow and disgust; Os
although he was aware that, strictly, their duties,;,
jurors, were limited to an inquiry as to how the li,
fated man Thomas Staite had come to his death, 3o
they could not overlook the cause which had led
dreadful a result ; and he thought that an expresPvi
of their feelings on that subject would not be otit,,°
place. He, therefore, proposed that they should Brtj
pend to their verdict a declaration of their sentituell
in the following terms : ce
" That the jury cannot but deplore the continio.o
of laws so immoral in their tendency, so fruitful le,
crime, and so destructive to human life, as the gOot
laws have proved, after long experience, through ,e
the length and breadth of the country; and that IP"
strongly recommend their abrogation."
Several jurymen expressed their concurrence
these sentiments. • eif
The CORONER said, that whatever might be
ings on the subject, he could not attach such s
claration as the above to their verdict, for that sneh'iie
step would most probably lead to a reprimand en
from the judge for introducing extraneous
He would, however, if the jury wished it, forty"
their declaration to the Secretary of State. r tY
This suggestion was adopted, and the whole 0. ole
jurors signed the paper, one of them, at the 5113 l;
time, remarking that our gaols were half filled B*.
offenders against the game-laws. to
Before si•parating, the juror!, directed their fees t°,,f
handed over to the widow of the murdered man; Id
a hope was expressed that the trustees of the Esti,
Coven7ry (now an infant) would secure her atid
family from want

IMPROVEMENT of the DWELLINGS
OF THE LABOUttING CLASSES.
(From the Builder.)
The master carpenters and builders residing in and
near the metropolis have resolved upon petitioning
Parliament early in the ensuing session for such a
modification of the window duties as will insure a
better system of ventilation than that which at pre-
sent exists, particularly in the dwellings of the la-
bouring classes. The following is a copy of the
petition resolved upon at a meeting of the " Society
of Master Carpenters," held on the 23d ult., at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, and which
has already been very numerously signed.
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in
Parliament assembled.
"The petition of the undersigned Master Car-
penters and Builders re.-iding in and near the
metropolis,
" Humbly showeth—
" That your petitioners are desirou, of adopting
every improvement in construction which may tend
to promote the healthfulness of dv.eliing-hou,es, in
accordance with the valuable evidence laid 10iire
your Honourable House by Saraitte'y Ceminissions,
but that your petitioners have drily rew.:on to „h-em vu
that a fatal obstacle exists ro the mirov-unent3 m, st
needed, in the present mode of assessiez houses t.,
the window duties.
" That the window duties, as now assessed. operate
as a premium upon defective construction, the occu-
pier having a direct interest in !.I.:cking up ever,
opening intended for the admission of I,gle and
that can possibly be dispensed with, to it:sen to
burden of taxation.
"That under the existing system, an unglazd
aperture only seven inches wide can .ot be made for
purposes of ventilation in a cellar in London without
the payment of an average duty of 8,. per annum,
although such an openieg is now permitted to be
made free of duty in the town of Liverpool, by a
local Act of last session, 7 at d 8 Vier., cap. 51.
" That your petitioners are deeply impressed with
a conviction that the influence of light and air are
intimately connected with the moral as well as the
physical state of the whole population. That the
exclusion of light is unfavourable to habits of per-
sonal cleanliness, and that the crowded lodging-houses
of the poor become necessarily abodes of diseases
when rendered by fiscal enactments gloomy recepta-
cles of dirt.
" Your petitioners therefore pray your Honourable
House to put an end to the serious evils arising from
this cause, by either a repeal of the window duties or
by such a limitation of their present burden, that
taxation may no longer keep pace with improvement,
and that there may be no check or hindrance to the
construction of light, cheerful, and welb•ventilated
dwelling-houses for any class of the community.
" And your petitioners will ever pray," &C.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT WooLwICH,w-.1/4"613.1011,
day af..,,rnoon, w• the a brieklai or's labi..urer, of the I-11'0o
of _,hoe). gee engs in earr) trig slates hit 41" )/'
Cu the top of the Nl..ritw liar-vrks,
now building at i'fiiv%
wick, the ladder tin which Ow poor toot Wft,
ting him [row a heigr.t of abotit,
feet, with frig .ekcity, t th, earth He was °Pell'
diately utrioved t' :e Ito) ul Nlarine Hospital, oll'gpiti
r-ceiving- ev,ry fy.enti,n tiat the akili ,nd haul or
of the med cal officers can suggest. His back 14 11°
P°'' 'I be br Ili* to. .her and ~iAer wtlre
btsd-side, and a Ca . r. ft to hill)
of hi. i hn.c .
[.ADVERTISEMENT ---AN IMMEDIATE RENZPI
A i:ISEASED STOMACH BY 110LI.0WAY'S ej.
TRAORDIYARY URE —Mrs. tl4, a -i:,3•-stitcl-."
tiOlbtlieidt}lt el
b,,•11 sub} et for two ), ars to swimininga in ti+
(111.1143 i:, of sight. constant sickte *B, and derangelpiit,l
the at.trim+, with a ,ant of appetite, together
healtb and loss of Ile-h. Half her time she e"" IJO
he. 11 V, ever)
•ta; b. t c.a,t,l
g., •;. t restort:ise°
tiir-e t-. 1-10. e high, at st.ao• of by the 't)
i I 011, ,wa) 's Fill,---Sold (alai) OintnieVive
Prot'e,sor 1-1 •ll.,wa)'s Estab:i,hei• ut, 244, Straw' e 4,11
a lvie, way had grati,), and by aina.,st all ree,
vendors of 'medicine throughout the ci‘ilised

ESCAPE OF A MAN FROM CUSTODY UNDER THE
CHARGE OF MURDER.—Yesterday, information that
a man named John Brough, who stood committed on
the charge of murder, and who was handcuffed to
another prisoner named Thomas Swinton, charged with
felony, managed to effect his escape the other day, to-
gether with his companion, from the custody of the
officer, Thomas Michel, whilst the latter was conveying
them from Biddulph to Stafford gaol. Brough
is
described as being about forty years of age, five feet
ten inches high, slender made, sallow complexion, dark
hair, Maisel eyes, large front teeth, which project, and
long visage. Had on a large smock-frock, with buttons
down the front, barragan trousers, strong shoes, and
tommy hat. his companion, Swinton, is about twenty
years of agq, five feet four inches and a hal, high, fresh
complexion, and dark hair and eyes. Had on a light
barragan jacket, dark cord trousers, blue cap, and a pair
of clogs.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—Wednesday, Mr. Wak-
ley, M.P., coroner, held an inquest at the l'i.;tugh pubitc-
house, at a place called Ellend, hetw,,en Cribb's Farm and
the river Colne, on the borders of Ilertfi Toshire, on the
body of Joseph Tucker, a child, four years of age, who
was burned to death at a fire of twigs, which his brother
had lighted in the fields to warm themselves. The
elder brother left the child at the tire whilst he went to
the canal to look at some boa's, and in the mean time
the deceased was burnt to death. Verdict, "Acci-
dentally burned."

On the 6th inst., at Stratford-green, Mrs. Nillianl
of a daughter. h
On the 6th inst., at Westhorpe Lodge, Suffolk, the
Nathaniel Cotton, Esq., of a daughter. rlo
On the 7th inst., at Titchfield-terrace, Regent'sli'btedfl'
wife of G. De Morgan, Esq., barrister- at-law, of a daliga r
On the 7th inst., at Finsbury-place South,' the Wife
Charles Hogg, surgeon, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Clairville, Old Brompion, 3.11'
Chapman, of a daughter.
MARRIED. Oe(
her
On the 15th of November, J. P. Mayers, Esq., of lt-
jesty's 28th Regiment, to Willielmina, youngest do .4
~q,
George Ormond, Esq., of her Majesty's 86th Regime"
On the 6th inst., at Leckhampton Church, J. BenrYief,pi
Esq., of Alveston, Gloucestershire, Captain in her
14th Regiment Light Dragoons, to Harriette Catberlt,
child of John M. Connell, Esq., of Lansdown-crescell
tenham.
On the 7th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Myddelt..o 00.1),
the Rev. Robert S. Tabor, 8.A., Incumbent of Christ 1.01)u
Enfield, to Mary, second daughter of the Rev. Frail
man, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's.

DIED. •
On the 7th of September last, at the Royal ;Oltofai l 11,
lege, Sandhurst, Captain F. H. Prosser. Tip j pi)
On the Gth of Octeber, at Victoria, Hong-Ab,,°-I;ief
eldest daughter of the Hon. John Walter Hulme, 0,
tice of Hong-Kong.
On the 10th of November, at IsTolapore, Whit kOi
Weld, of her Majesty's 22d Regiment of Infant Or'
On the 26th of December, at Tulloch Castle, .)4°r,10ch.:,4.
Eleanor, the wife of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of TO,"-rel
On the 3d inst., at 13urcot, Shropshire, Elizabeth'
Jet
Richard Emery, Esq. g, es
On the 4th inst., at Brompton, Mrs. Sarah 8r,,,0,--1;1Ji
Ou the sth inst., John Ludlam, Es,1•1 of
sSouthwark, aged GS.
On the sth inst., at Osnaburgh-terrace, Regen" iPcv
Smirke, Esq., R.A., aged 93. recli
On the sth inst., Mr. Thomas Walton, of the
Canterbury, aged 86. fut
On the sth inst., at •Stepney, Mr. Butcher, of 4.14
On the sth inst., at W ellington-street, South,' 0
trude Butler, voungest daughter of Dr. Lever.
On the sth inst., at Clarence-terrace, Regent's-p" ,pct
, :01°
Smith, Esq., aged 75.
( hi the sth inst., at High- elms, the Dowager!...a4 yob.
On the Gth inst., in Grosvenor-street W'est, .."
Dottsworth, aged 72. b
On the 7th inst. in Sloane-street, Mrs. Elizabeth

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