Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1873-11-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT CONSETT. As was stated in our imprewlon in Tuasday, one  those outrages fir which the count, of Durham, and particularly the neighbonrhooil of C ineett, is becoming so notorious, was perpetrated by an Irishman named James Nfellan, at Coneett Ironworks, on Monday night. Mellon, wno bee been in the neighbourhood only a short time, is of slimt bull, and is not more tnan sft. 4in. in height He is married, and lives at Blackhill. John Britton, the deceased, was only nineteen years of age, an i was the main support of nie mother, with whom he lived in T:n MM-place, Illackhill. He appears to have antlered a good deal from an abeeeqs in the bark winch prevented him from following his employment :to a labourer in the ironworks for' a e insiderable time, and he had been et work only a fey days prior to hie death. As to the Cause of the sad occurrence, it appears that ab nit five• lied ritt;;. on Monday evening, Mellon, whose duty It was to keep the fireholes clear, A 0011Sel Briton of having pushed some small coals through the bars of one of the furnaces into the fire•hote. An altercation ensued, and Mellon was seen to etrloi mid kick the deceased. Britton staggered a few yards, aud dropped down amongst the coals. He was late I op by some of the workmen, and carried to a cmiin cloos at hand, He was subsequently carried home by four men, but the poor fellow never spoke, and mlii at a quarter to eight the same night. On Tu. 'slay morning Mallon was brought before Mr Tr'irU, at Shotley Bridge Police Court, and charged with havinLt cansed the death of John Britton, as above stat, d. Prisoner made a statement to thy effect that the deceased struck him first. One of the " gaffers" had accused him of kicking deceasieti. but this he denied. On the application of the police, prisoner was remanded. On Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Clarke, Black. hill, made a post-mortem examination of the body, from which it seems that deceased had received considerable amount of violence.  Markats.  GLASGOW IRON, Nov. 26.—Business from 104 a 64 to 105 s 91 cash, closing brasers 1048; sellers 104 e 3d. - - - - -  CORK CORN, Nov. 26.— RA wheat, I`2B te is Id barley, 98 to 103; Wadi oats, 7s 81 to 73 10.1; white oats, 7s 10d to 98 101. LONDON CORN, Nov. 26 —English and foreign wheat quiet trade at last Mondays quotstions. Flour quiet and unaltered. Oats without change. Barley the turn against buyers. Maize, beans, and pcit.3 re. mains steady. British wheat, „ Barley,  190 790 1,370 34,r80 1,500 25,300 100 sacks.  „ Oats, Foreign wheat, „ Barley, 99 Oats, I Flour,  14 810 barrels.  NEWCAS me CORN, Nov. 25. Moderate arrivals of wheat. Trade firm, tit Saturday's rate.; ; best samples fetching in some ea, a is more money. Barley and oats unaltered. Flour in fair demand, at late rates.  STOCKTON CORN, Nov. 25. - We have a small attendance of farmers, and a shoit supply of homegrown wheat, which ,'old readily at the extreme rates of last week. No change in other kinds of grain. Stockton averages for week eliding Nov. 24th show wheat to have been 64s 71, and oats 18s per imperial quarter. Currencies to-day :