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      This court opened on Monlay , but no trial of importance took place during the day . Trasmvv , Aran . 9 . Stealing from a Father . —Henry Corbesblcy , 19 , was indicted for stealing ten sovereigns and other propeny , belonging to Ebenezer Corbeshley , his father . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . "—The prosecutor , in answer to questions put by the court , Said that he was a dissenting minister , and the prisoner as the bar was his eldest son . He liad provided

      various situations for him , aud had done all that lay in his power to enable bun to get an honest livelihood , but he invariably threw himself out of employment > : y his misconduct and his dishonesty . The prisoni-r had robbed him on several other occasions , and he said he felt that no other alternative was left him but to adopt the present proceeding , m order to prevent the other members of his family from being contaminated hv the example of the prisoner . —The iiecordcr , after making some feeling and appropriate ramarks upon the conduct of the prisoner , sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for fifteen months . _

      Rescue from the Custody of a Female . —H . Myers . 14 , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Pncebe Abrahams , and rescuing a person whom she had in custody for robbing her . —The prosecutrix , it will « ie recollected , was walking in the nei ghbourhood of Petticoat-lane , when her pocket was picked , aud on seizing the person who had committed the offence , the prisoner assaulted her , and the result of bis interference was , that the person who had committed the robbery contrived to make his escape . — The prisoner pleaded" Guilty . "—The Recorder told the prisoner that he had committed a very serious offence , and he regretted that the form in which the charge had been preferred only gave him the power Jo pass a sentence of imprisonment . He then ordered fne prisoner to be kept to hard labour- for six calends r months .

      Mis 5- >; -meanor . —James "Ward surrendered to take his tri .-J upon an indictment charging him with misdemea .-.-.-r . Tho first two counts imputed to the defendant ; hat he had obtained certain sums of money . by falsely representing himself to be a certified -attorney , and in a third count he was charged with unlawfully obtaining £ 1 3 s . 6 d „ by falsely reprcfientini : ihai he bad paid that amount to ihe clerk of Mr . Pciersdorff , the barrister , on behalf of that gentleman , for a conference fee . —Mr . Wilde

      prosecuted , and Mr . Horry was for the defendant . —The circuni > T . ance 3 underwhich this charge was preferred lay in a very narrow compass . It appeared that tho prosecutor was a person named Robert Jones , and during t he year 184 S he was involved iu some legal procei dings with a person named Alexander , and he employed tho defendant to act in his behalf . It appeared that Ward was npon the list of attorneys hut on this year he had not taken cut bis certificate , and the prosecutor Mvwre that ho advanced him certain

      sums »~ money to carry on the proceedings , npon ri « . - understanding that he was certificated at the lane . With regard to the charge contained ^ in th < = third count , it was alleged that on the 27 th of Xm-i-niber tho defendant had obtained £ 1 3 s . 6 d . from the prosecutor , upon his representation that he had paid that sum to Mr . Petersdorff as a conference fe ' . and which representation turned out to he incorrect—The Recorder , at the close of tho case for the prosecution , said that the two first counts ot the indictment must fall to tho ground , as there bad been no evidence produced to show that the de ; V ; .-. iant had not really taken out his certificate . —Mr . Wilde urged that it was for the defendant to show that he had done so . —The Recorder said that hi a criminal charge a defendant was not required t « prove his innocence of tho fact alleged against biin , but it was the duty of the prosecutor to Ttttii . v out the case hv the best evidence . —Mr .

      Wilde sa ; d it was certainly his opinion that they ought : « j have shown that the defendant was not certificated , but he had deferred to the opinion of those who instructed him . —Mr . Horry then addressed tiie jury upon the third count , and after the Icarni d Hecorder had briefly summed up they returned ; t verdict of "Xot Guilty . " Cha ! : : of Perjcbt . —D . Law surrendered to answer : m indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt j . <> rjury . —Mr . Cbirkson and Mr . Plumptre prosevui . cd ; Mr . Parry was for the defence . —The charge . j-ninst this defendant arose out of an action tried in " the Court of Queen ' s Bench in January last . " Tho jury , under his lordshi p ' s direction returned jl verdict of " Not Guilty . "

      Ro ! : iii .. ; r by a Sailor . —John Smith , 32 , sailor , was indicted for stealing , in the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Matts , a dressing-case , containing ton sovere k ' i ** , a watch , an eye-glass , and other articles , the prdjK rty of Frederick " Sutton , and afterwards burglariously breaking out of the same dwellinghouse . —Mr , Ryland held the depositions , and examined : h : ; witnesses by direction of tbe court . The prisoner was defended by Mr . W . Cooper . —The robbery imputed to the prisoner appeared to have been committed in a most daring manner . The prosecutrix is the landlady of the Fountain publichouse , F < ter-lane , Cheapside , and it seemed that on

      the nL'bi of the Sth of March the prisoner came to the Iimsk . and represented that he was the captain of a \<>> eJ , and that he had some business at the Post-oifi-.-e early on the following morning , and was desirous to have a bed . As the appearance of the prisoner vas respectable , and as he had some seafaring manners about him , no suspicion was entertained about the truth of his story , and he was shown io a bedroom , and all the family retired to rest at their usual hour . On the following morning , about Ave o ' clock , the prisoner was observed by a police < vr . f table in the act of jumping over a wall adjoining the residence of the prosecutrix , and upon his attempting to take him into custody the prisoner uifl ^ le a most desperate resistance , and nearly bit off the- officer ' s thumb hefore he could secure

      him . "U pon the house being examined afterwards , it was found that some person had evidentl y been all ov » - : it during the night , and that the dressingcase ha- ! been removed from the bedroom of a person nr . T-i ' . ' d Sutton , who managed the business for prosecutrix , while he was asleep , and a bunch of keys hud also been removed from the bedroom of his daughtt- ' , and these keys were found upon the bed which the prisoner had occupied . The dressingease siA ii « contents were subsequentl y found concealed i- ; the churchyard , close to the wall the prisoner ! :: <• . ! been seen to jump over . —The jury found the pr . Su ? K-r "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transport--- ! for ten vears .

      EMBKz ^ ijjME . vT . —John George Beckett , 19 , a welldressed y ..: uig man , pleaded "Guilty" to n charge of embez rlW' three several sums of £ 6 5 s ., £ 8 l ^ s . Td ., and £ ?•!! « -. 8 d ., tbe monies of William Henry Watson anO miners , his employers . —Mr . Payne , who appear . i ! for the prosecution , informed the court that th-: j-risoner had been in the service of an attorney ; r . ud it appeared that he had embezzled money jihogether amounting to more than £ 100 . The piiSO-icr ahsconded from the service , and was

      found :. " Maidstone , having enlisted into a cavalry regimes l ' . here . —The prosecutor informed the court that th ; prisoner had been in his service since he ¦ w as a b'jv , and until recently had conducted himself very wv-i The extent of his defalcations was about £ 140 , Mid when the prisoner left his employment he sent --. .-itter , in which he admitted that he had cmbez ?! - ! - . be money , and said that he was going abroad ' r three years , and when lie returned , he hoped In- should be able to repay tbe amount he had taken . — "f ¦ a prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and i ¦ ept to liard labour for one year .

      SEW COURT . The tiff .-, of the court was occupied the whole day in trying ' . . Isoners for offences againsthcr Majesty ' s Mint , and the modes in which the offences were committed > . !; . ' ot possess any features of public interest . A . icigst the base coin uttered there were a groat r .-v . ¦ ' . cr of counterfeit crowns and halfcrowns . '• : seems by the evidence adduced that the crusade vas more jsarticularly directed against the body ofli' used victuallers , beer , and coffee shopkeepers . r .: d the offenders chose , for tho purpose of better e ^; ' 'ting then- nefarious designs , the times when tLo * . j tradespeople were most busy , and also at the ck-e of the afternoon , and just before it became n > --aary to light up . With the licensed vietualk-r- ; hev were generally most successful , and

      the traco find it necessary to be very much on their gts - ird against the gang of uttercivs who now infest th . ' metropolis . The Common Serjeant , in passing s-atence , expressed his determination to put a stv ? ' ro the offence > if he could , and the prisoners . - /{ i "e sentenced to the longest- periods tho law xrov !' - sllowfor the indictments on which , they were trici . varying from twelve months to two years . T . re werefifteen cases for trial , twelve of which w-r . disposed ol during the day , and only one acquittal out of that number . The two soldiers ( Jenkins : "A Finch ) , whose case has hesn so lately and frequently reported under the head of Lambeth police-co- ; v :, were both found guiity , and severall y ssnten . ee-i x-. j one year ' s imprisonment and hard labour in * ho House of Correction .

      WBDSEBDAV , ArBIL 11 . Shootixc at a Fhmalb . —J . Cushway , 10 , was indicted for feloniously shooting at Kuu » . i Tyler , with intent , to murder her ; and in other counts his intent w : vs charged to have been to do the prosecutrix sofcv serious bodily harm . Mr . Ryland and Mr . Lanrh conducted tho proujeution on behalf of the Corporation of London ; Mr . "Woollett aefended the prise-u-sr . —The learned counsel for the oroseeurioh briefly stated the facts of the ease , the following evidence- was adduced . —Emma Tyler , the prosecutrix , ! --posed that she was a single woman , and refcided -. v . So . 5 , Angel-alley , Bishopsgatc-street . She had fcr . ownthc prisoner about fix months at the time this happened . On the ni ~! it of the I 7 th January , she was in the alley near the prisoner ' s kouse . ' 1 girl named Eliza t ' roves was with her . She saw ; i ! : _ - prisoner about seven o ' clock , lie was $ ** " Sf ' '¦? * some work , and returned about eight o ' ^ - . ck , and w'tnes-: asked hint what tune it

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      was , and he said it was eight , and seemed rather angry . The prisoner then asked her where sue nau been to , and she said no further than the door , a voung man named John Somen then came by , ana witness called to him , and the P » - « onw immediately went away . She followed him to Stowto ^ and put his cap on his head A short t ' n « b ^' e she had snatched his cap off and thrown it away . She saw the prisoner again soon after this > ti . ul taken place , and in consequence of what hhza Groves had told her , sho asked the prisoner what he wanted with her , and he replied that was his business , and he added that she would soon see what he wanted with her . He then seized hold of her rijrht hand , and she asked him why ho held her

      hand so tight , and he repeated what he had before said , that it was his business . Witness then turned her head to speak to Eliza Groves , and continued to do so for about ten minutes , the prisoner holding her all the time , and she then saw him hold a p istol toiler face , which he discharged , and she felt that she was wounded , and fell to the ground . The young man Somerscameto her assistance , and when she came to her senses she found herself in the hospital . —Cross-examined : Witness is sixteen years old . The prisoner is nineteen . Her name was Emma Tyler but she had been called Jemima for a " lark . " Sho did not know how to spell her name . She first saw the prisoner about seven o ' clock , and she addressed him upon that occasion , and they were on friendly

      terms . —The prosecutrix here became very faint and her further cross-examination was postponed . —Eliza Groves deposed that she also lived in Angel-alley , and was acquainted with the prisoner and the prosecutrix . They had been " keeping company " for about three months , and appeared very fond of each other . She saw the prosecutrix leave Cushway , on tho night of the 17 th January , to go to speak to Soiners , and he appeared very much displeased at her doing so . Soon after this had taken place , Emma Tyler asked the prisoner what was the matter with him , and he replied that it was nothing to her , and they then separated . In about ten minutes afterwards she again saw the prisoner , and he told her to tell the prosecutrix that he wanted to speak

      to her , and the prosecutrix went out to him . The prisoner then said he wanted to speak to hor very particular , and the prosecutrix replied " Let me hear it if you please . " The prisoner made no reply , but went and threw his cap over the wall of the alley , and then asked witness to go and fetch it , but she refused . They all continued to talk good-humouredly together for about half-an-hour , and she then observed the prisoner take a p istol out of his right coat pocket , and he immediately fired it at tho prosecutrix , and when he had done so he replaced it in his pocket . The prosecutrix fell inscnsiblo into witness ' s arms , and the prisoner then ran away . — Cross-examined : Witness is fourteen years old . They were constantly in the habit of playing

      together . So angry words passed before the shot was fired . Witness had said that in her opinion the prisoner had done it out of a lark ; and this was still her opinion . She never saw him with a pistol before . —John Somers the person referred to in the evidence of ihe preceding witness , confirmed their testimony as to what occurred at the time in question . The prisoner walked away when he saw the prosecutrix talking to witness , and they followed him into Skinner-street , where they found the prisoner sitting on a post , and Emma Tyler took his cap off . Tke prisoner was then about to walk away without his cap , but the prosecutrix ran up to him and put it on his head again . They all then went back to Angel-alley , and as witness ' was going into

      his own house he heard the report of a pistol , and on looking round he saw the prosecutrix in the arms of Eliza Groves . —Mr . Robert Mann , the house-surgeon of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , proved that the prosecutrix had received two wounds in the left side of the head , evidently occasioned by a pistol ball , which appeared to have entered at one side and made its exit by the other . Her face was also blackened by gunpowder . The prosecutrix had been in tho hospital ever since . The wounds in themselves were not dangerous , but might have been so by their consequenceslf inflammation or erysipelas had supervened . —S . Osborne , a nurse at the hospital , proved that upon dressing the head of the prosecutrix , on the loth of January , she found apiece of lead or

      copper , like a bullet , m her hair . —Inspector Fosberry proved that he took the prisoner into custody at his father ' s house , on the morning after the occurrence , and on bis telling him what the charge was against him , he said there was nothing but paper in the pistol . As they were going to the police-station , he made another statement , and said that Emma Tyler had asked him to get two pistols , one to shoot her , and the other to shoot himself with . He likewise said , that ho had thrown the pistol away among some ruins near his father ' s house . —The prosecutrix was then again put in the box to he further cross-examined , and in answer to the questions put to her , she said that she had frequently seen the prisoner playine with a pistol , and

      he had on several occasions snapped it before her . The prisoner was generally in a very weak state . They were always on very friendly terms , and she had not the least suspicion that he had any malice towards her , or that he intended to murder her . — In answer to a question put by one of the jurors , the prosecutrix said , that she did not see the p istol on the evening of the 17 th January , until the prisoner discharged it at her . —The counsel for the prisoner then addressed the jury on his behalf . —Two or three witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner the character of a mild and inoffensive lad , and they also said that he was of very weak constitution , and had suffered a good deal of illness ever since he was

      a child . —The learned judge having summed up , tho juryfoundthe prisoner " Guilty" upon that count of the indictment which charged the intent to be to do grievous bodily harm . Sentence was deferred . Fonoisc a Post-Officb Order . —W . Tootel , aged 10 , a clerk , pleaded guilty to forging a Post-office order for the payment of £ 5 . In this case , the prisoner was not inthe employ of tho Post-office , but son to jthe postmaster olEdgware . Being at variance with his family , he had left his home , and obtaining some Post-office orders he had filled them up and signed them . —The Common Sergeant said that nothing but the prisoner ' s youth induced him to pass the li g ht sentence that he did , which was that he be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months .

      LKiiEn Stealing . —J . Jf . Hyde , a clerk in the Post-office , p leaded guilty to stealing a letter containing a bank note of the value of £ 5 . The court ordered him to be transported for seven years . The Danger of Ciaimixg Rewards ron Losi PnorEHTr . —John Terry , a well dressed man , was indicted for feloniously receiving 100 sheets of paper valued at Is ., well knowing them to have been stolen . Mr . Ryland and Mr . Laurie conducted the prosecution , which had been instigated by the City authorities ; and Mr . Ballantine defended the prisoner . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner returning home ono evening front a concert at Exeter Hall he stumbled over a parcel , which proved to be the papers in question . The prisoner mentioned the cu-cunistancc to Lord Colvillc , who was

      an acquaintance , and his lordship advised him to communicate with Shackell , which he did , and after several interviews Shackell paid to the prisoner the sum mentioned in the advertisement ; in the meantime an anonymous letter having been sent to Messrs . Cowley and Budd , it was placed in the hands of Webb , an inspector of the City police ; and ultimately the prisoner was apprehended for tho felonious possession of the papers , and , after several examinations , was admitted to bail , aud this day lie surrendered to take his trial . The Common Sergeant , having heard a portion of the evidence , said he did not thmk there was a case of felonious possession , as his story was that he had found them , and a verdict of " Acquittal" having been taken , the prisoner was directed to be discharged from custody .

      Arson . —W . Scollard , 30 , egg merchant , and J . Seollard , 2 G , ditto , wore indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house , the property of Joseph Goodchild , with intent to injure him . In another count the intent was charged to be to defraud the General Fire and Life Assurance Company . —Mr Parry and Mr . Metcalfe prosecuted ; and Mr . Clarkson , air . Partridge , and Mr . Parnell defended the prisoners . —The evidence against the prisoners in this case was entirely of a circumstantial character . It appeared that the prisoner William occupied the house No . 46 , Bermondsey-street , and he there carried on the business of an eggdcaler and cheesemonger , his brother John , the other prisoner , living with him . The fire , which

      was the subject of the present inquiry , took place about two o ' clock on the morning 6 f the loth of January , and at that period there were uo less than twenty three persons lodging in the house , almost every room being occupied either singly or doubly the prisoners themselves using a small parlour at the back of the shop as a sleeping room . A policeman , who was passing the house at the time in question , saw the appearance of fire in the shop , and he immediately commenced knocking at the door , but for some timo he was unable to obtain admittance . When this was obtained it was found that the shop was partly on fire , aud that there was also fire in the cellar , but upon the arrival of engines the whole was speedily extinguished , and verv little injury was done to tho fabric of tho

      building , and none of the inmates of the house received any damage . It seemed that the first circumstance which excited suspicion against the prisoners was the observation by the fir © brigade that there appeared to havc been two distinct fires—one in the shop and the other in tho cellar , and it was also observed , that a number of empty butter firkins had been placed in the shop , and that a small quantity of butter had been placed in the heads of some of them to give them the appearance of being full tubs . It appeared that the stock was insured hi the General Fire Assurance Company for £ 320 , and after the fire the prisoner William sent in a claim for £ 128 , representing that forty full firkins of butter had been destroyed , for which he claimed £ du , and the remaining amount was claimed for ; fixtures . Upon this point it appeared , according

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      to tho testimony of tho firemen , that there was not the least appearance of such a large quantity of greasy matter haying been destroyed , and all they observed was a thin coat of butter , like skim , floating upon the water that had been thrown into the house , but quite insufficient to account for so large a quantity as forty firkins ; and , with regard to the fixtures , it appeared that the whole of them were appraised by a broker , who was put in possession of the premises by the landlord for rent , after the fire , at less than £ 4 , and they were eventually sold for between £ 2 and £ 3 . Both the prisoners were found upon the premises at the time the fire was discovered , with nearly all their ordinary wearing apparel upon them ; " and , frou the appearance of

      the bed , which was in their parlour , it seemed that it had not been lain upon on the night of the fire . In addition to these facts , it was shown that several days before the fire occurred property was seen to be removed from the house by the prisoner William ; and on the 13 th of January he took a box to a person named Poison , in Leadcnhall-market , and represented that he had just come from the steam-wharf , and he wished him to take care of the box for a few days , when he said he would fetch it . This box upon being opened was found to contain a quantity of wearing apparel , a clock , and also the books connected with the business that was carried on by the p risoner William in the house in question . It was also shown that when the claim was made upon the

      fire-office by William Scollard , he represented that a considerable portion of the butter that was consumed was the property of his brother John , and he , at the same time , said he could give no account of tho origin of the fire , and all he knew about the matter was that he went home from tho publichouse about twelve o ' clock and went to bed immediately , and knew nothing more until he was kocked up by the police ; and when ho was questioned with regard to his books , he said they must hare been burned in the fire , it being distinctly proved that these books were contained in the box left by the prisoner with the witness Poison under the circumstances above detailed . For some reason , which was not made to appear in the course of the

      case , it seemed that although the insurance company did decline to pay tho claim made upon them , neither they , nor the owner of the house , were parties in the present prosecution , but that it had been instituted through the instrumentality of a coroner ' sjury , whieh was empanelled to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire , and the magistrate of the district , acting upon the finding of that jury and the inquiry which he himself instituted , bound over Mr . Yates , an inspector of police , to prosecute , and that officer appeared to have exerted himself most zealously in getting up the case . —Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for the defence with his usual skill and eloquence , urging every point that appeared in the prisoners' favour .

      —The learned judge then summed up , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty " against both prisoners . When the verdict was pronounced the prisoner John Scollard fell down in the dock insensible , and it was some time before he came io himself . —Mr . Justice Wightman , in passing sentence , told the prisoners they had been convicted upon tho clearest evidence of one of the deepest and blackest ofiences known to the law , and he knew of none that was more dangerous to society , or winch gave greater indications of a wicked and malicious mind . He considered it was a most aggravated case , and his duty left him no alternative but to pass upon them the full sentence fixed bv the law for the offence of which they had been

      convicted , which was , that they be severally transported for life . Robbeuy bv a Gipsy Musician . — C . Lee , aged 27 , described as a musician , was indicted for stealing , with violence , from the person of Benjamin Hatfield , half-a-crown , two shillings , and some halfpence . —The prisoner , a man about the middle hei g ht , powerfully built , and with a determined ruffianly cast of features , is one of the gipsy tribe , and well known in the counties of Surrey , Sussex , and Kent , as Gipsy Lea . —Mr . Bodkin having stated the case called—Benjamin Morris , who stated that on the 13 th of March in the last year he went to Kennington-common , where a Chartist meeting- was announced to take place . Shortly before the

      speakers arrived , a mob of between four and five hundred persons left the Common headed by the prisoner , who had armed himself with a large bludgeon which bad been broken out of a fence near the Common , and proceeded down Southamptonstreet , Camberwell . Witness followed at a short distance , aud saw tho mob at tho instigation of tho prisoner commit numerous acts of depredation . Upon arriving at the front of Mr . Hatfield ' s . shop they commenced breaking the windows , and then surrounded that gentleman , who was closing his shop , and ill-treated him ; and having obtained something from him , they went on , headed by the prisoner . —Mr . Benjamin Hatfield , a tailor , living in Southampton-street , Camberwell , said that

      about twelve on the day in question hearing tho commotion that was taking place , he commenced shutting up his shop , and whilst so doing , the mob came up , headed by the prisoner and commenced breaking his windows . The prisoner said , we are starving , and must have bread , and immediately seized hold of witness by the collar , who heing somewhat alarmed , put his hand into his pocket to give them some money , when prisoner put his hand into witness ' s cash-pocket , and pulled out some money , whieh fell amongst the crowd , who picked it up . The prisoner , with very abusive epithets , said they must have more , and told the mob to have some of the cloth . They then went away , and witness saw the prisoner leading the mob about , committing other acts of depredation

      upon the tradesmen in the vicinity , until the police made their appearance . The identity of the prisoner was clearl y established , and the remainder oi the evidence went to show that the shopkeepers in the neighbourhood were plundered by tfie prisoner and the lawless men he headed , and that property amounting in value to several thousand pounds was taken , and amongst them the shop of Mr , Gray , a pawnbroker was stripped . A great number of the mob were taken , subsequently tried , and severally sentenced to terms of imprisonment and transportation . The prisoner managed to evade the police till Sept ., when he was apprehended on a charge and imprisoned at Maidstone , from which gaol he was taken by the superintendent of the Tunbridge Wells police , who knew the prisoner , and heard the charge against him . Whilst the officer was bringing the prisoner to London he told him he had a dream

      whicii had foretold that he should be taken into custody , and that he should ride with the officer with a carriage , but he expected it would have been his brother ' s . —Mr . Cbarnock said the case was one of identity , and after tho evidence ho had heard he would not struggle with the facts . —The jury instantly found the prisoner " Guilty . " — Evidence was then given that the prisoner bail been convicted and imprisoned at Lewes , in July , 1839 . —The Common Sergeant , in passing sentence , said there could not be any doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . He knew that Mr . Gray , the pawnbroker , had been ruined by the riot . The prisoner had been tho ringleader in the affair , and he ( the learned judge ) felt that it would houseless if they did not make the severest example the law allowed for such an offence , which was one of highway robbery , and the sentence was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life .

      Thursday , April 12 . Forgery . —William Wilkinson , aged 30 , described as a smith , pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniousl y uttering a forged order for payment of £ 235 10 s ., with intent to defraud W . A . Ilankey , and was sentenced to be transported for life . Murder . —John and Eliza Copeland , man and wile , were charged with the wilful murder of John William Copeland their own child . The prisoners pleaded not guilty . After hearing a portion of the evidence , the learned judge stopped the case , and tho jury returned a verdict of " Kot Guilty . " The prisoners were detained in custod y on a charge of cruelty to their child .

      Manslaughter . —James Cowcll surrendered to take his trial for the manslaughter of John Ileatherington , late of Farringdon-strcet . It appeared by the evidence that death was caused in a pugilistic encounter with the prisoner in which the deceased was the aggressor . The jury acquitted the prisoner . Stealing from a Railway . —John Bowline , 21 , a labourer , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing 21 bs . wei ght of grease , tfTe property of the Eastern Counties Railway

      Company . —Mr . Bullock sentenced him to seven vears ' transportation . * Stballvo fhom the Persox . —Two young women , named Herbert and fflandford , woro found Guilty of stealing from the person of a gentleman , named Welch , a watch , value £ 10 . It appeared that they both led a dissolute course of life , and were the associates of thieves , Herbert , who had previously been convicted , was transported for " ton years , and the other prisoner sentenced to be imprisoned for one year .

      PieKixc Poorhts . —A youth , named John Parker , pleaded " Guilty" to picking a lady ' s pocket of a purse , containing some money . He had been thrice convicted of the same offence , and once summarily convicted of another offence . —Tho Recorder said that as the prisoner had been convicted on four previous occasions , tho sentence upon him was that he be transported for ten years . Two men were fotmd Guilty also of p icking pockeb , and one sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , and tbe other , who had been previously

      convicted , to ten years' transportation . Housebreaking . —W . Strudwiek , 25 , dealer , and C . Jackson , 24 , labourer , were indicted for a robbery in the dwelling house of E . W . Wollcy and stealing a watch and other articles his property Mr . Robinson prosecuted . The prisoner Jackson p leaded guilty , and Strudwiek was defended bv Mr Balbintino and Mr . Parry . After hearing the ev . ' - dence , Mr . Ballantine said , tho defence Tie was instructed to offer was , that tho witnesses for tho prosecution were mistaken in supposing that he was the man who ran out of the house with tho other

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      prisoner . The learned Judge then mttmi np , and the iury , after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of ' Guilty . " The prisoner Jackson addressed the court when the verdict was delivered , and declared that his companion was innocent , liis lordship sentenced Jackson , who had been before convicted of felony , to be transported for fourteen , and the other for ten years .

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      THE LATEST FROM IRELAND . Dublin , Thursday . —Tbial op Mr . DuFFr . —Tho case for tbe prosecution was brought to a close yesterday ; but as the evidence was nearly a repetition of that given at the former trial , there was little in the way of novelty to excite public interest in the slightest degree . The defence is to be opened this morning . Riot ix the LiMF . mcK "Workhouse . —The Limerick Chronicle , of Wednesday , contains tho followin « . — " By order of the commissioners , Mr . John Scott , master of the union workhouse , having been

      obliged to reduce the dinner rations by one ounce , 500 of the female paupers yesterday , immediately after partaking of that meal , and without any complaint to the master , or his assistant , broke the tin vessels on the table , and taking aim at the windows demolished over 400 panes of g lass . The outrage and tumult was not subdued until the master , with tho aid of some thirty ablc-bcdicd male paupers , had made prisoners , of the ringleaders , eleven women and three men , whom he this day brought before the magistrates at the Town Hall , and who , upon learning tho circumstances , remanded them until Petty Sessions , before a full bench , on Friday next . '

      Turn-Outs In The Factory Districts. The ...

      TURN-OUTS IN THE FACTORY DISTRICTS . The Tunx-oniAT Staia'muoq : e . — -The hands in the employ of Messrs . Bailey and Leach still remain out : and those in tho employ of Mv . Cheatham , havin g received notice last week that they must commence on Monday to work with relays , havo refused to do so . They went to the mill in tho morning , but refused to commence the relay system . They went again at breakfast time , and found tho mill locked up . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday . ... .. „ '

      , Tvm-ouT at Mosslet . —On Monday , the 2 nd inst ., the hands in the emp loy of Messrs . Shaw , of Mossloy , held a meeting at the George Inn , for the purpose of considering what steps shall bo taken with a view to remove the grievances under which they alleged that they laboured . A resolution was passed complaining that the masters had discharged one of their hands , and taken another person at less wa ^ es . The next resolution alleged that their employer paid Id . per thousand hanks , 3 C's counts , less than was generally paid in the neighbourhood . They also detailed other grievances , of which they considered they had reason to complain . One of these alleged grievances has been removed , but the others not being so , the hands refused to work on Monday , and they are , therefore , at present out .

      The Following Appeared In Our Town Editi...

      The following appeared In our Town Edition of last week : — Attempted Homicide at Bhistol . — At about eleven o clock on Thursday night a man named William Harris , a corn porter , attempted the life of a labouring man named John Lucas alias " Fat Jack , " by stabbin « him in throe places with a knife . It appeared that the porter with some other men were drinking together at a public-hovsc called the Britannia , which forms the corner of the Welch Back and Old King-street when a quarrel arose between them about some trifling matter , which eventually led to a fight , and Harris and Lucas went out into the street , where blows passed between them . Subsequently another man interfered , and Harris and he came to blows : while this was going on Lucas had approached them and Harris called to him , and threatened that if he

      would come at him again that he would g ive him something . In the heat of the quarrel Lucas went up to him , upon which Harris was seen to take a knife from his pocket , open it , and plunge it three times into Lucas s person below the waist . The poor fellow fell exclaiming that he had been stabbed , and upon his being picked up it was found that he had received some severe wounds of the abdomen , through one of which the bowels protruded in a dreadful manner . The police wero immediately informed of the occurrence , and arrested Harris : the injured man was taken to the infirmary where he now lies . Another Charge of Stabbing . —Tho same night two sailor of the cutter Argus , lying on the quay at Bristol , got into a quarrel with some men , one of whom drew a knife and stabbed a man named Healing through the leg and another named Pawridgo oifthe head . The fellow then made off and has not since been taken .

      APPALLING MURDER AXD SUICIDE IN LEICESTER . On Thursday the town of Leicester was thrown into excitement by a report that a woman had murdered her child , and afterwards committed suicide . It seems that a man named Groce lives m Simpsonstreet , and has two children . lie is a frame-work knitter , and in the morning of Thursday he went to breakfast as usual , and on his return at dinner-time he found the do : > r fastened . Upon entering a bedchamber , a razor was found on the floor , and a child , only three months old , had its head nearly severed from its body . The unhappy woman , his wife , had also made an attempt upon her own life , and a deep gash was made in the throat . The poor creature , when discovered , was not dead ,

      and immediately medical aid was called in , but the steps taken to prevent self-destruction were of no avail—the unhappy victim had done her work effectually , and died in an hour afterwards . Perhaps , nothing more lamentable than the appearance of the house could be possibly imag ined . The floor was literally a pool of blood ; the child lay on a box , with its head nearly severed from its body ; and tho wretched woman , who had just expired , on the bed . All that the neighbours seemed to know was , that the deceased woman was labouring under an impression that thoy should starve . On tho other hand , it was stated that the husband was now in work ; and , moreover , there was nothing indicative , in the appearance of the body , of the deceased ' s having been under the pressure of want .

      IXQUEST OX TgK BODIES . Yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon an inquest was held on the bodies , at the Duke of Devonshire Tavern , Leicester , before J . Gregory , Esq ., coroner . —John Groce , husband of the unfortunate woman , deposed that he had been married to the deceased about three yeara , and had another child besides tho one now dead . He went to work on Thursday morning , leaving his wife and children in bed , and returned before nine o ' clock to breakfast , His wife was then up , and had the breakfast things on tho table . Ho got his breakfast , but she did not seen disposed to have any . He spoke to'h er about it , andshe then had some . After breakfast he went to work again , and returned to dinner about one o ' clock . On entering

      the house , he found the oldest child , two years and a quarter old , in the cradle , but could not see anything of his wife . He called out , but got no answer , and went up stairs , where he saw a quantity of blood on the floor of the bedroom , and his wife lying by tho bedside . He ran down stairs and gave an alarm , when some neighbours came in and he went up stairs again . Ho then found the youngest child lying on the floor at the foot of the bed , and a razor lay on the floor between the two . He immediately went for a druggist who lived near . The razor was his , and was usually kept in a small basket which hung over tho mantelpiece . He had been in depressed circumstances for about nine months past , and had made application for a free passage

      to Australia . His wife was willing to go at first but after he received the necessary certificate , she objected , and was very low spirited . Thoy did not know what would become of them , as his own earnings and those of his wife ( who worked at a factory ) put together were not sufficient to maintain them . — 11 . Monk , a nei g hbour of Groce ' s , deposed to running intohis house on hearing the alarm . Groco had lived next door to him about t > or 7 weeks , and he never know him and his wife to quarrel but once in that time . —Sarah Wright ( another neighbour ) saw Mary Groce nursing her child about ten o ' clock on Thursday morning , and had some conversation with her . She could not perceive from her conversation that sho was insane . —Ann Pavnter

      ( another neighbour ) gave similar testimony—Mr . John Buck , surgeon , deposed that ho was called upon to see the hodies of the deceased persons about half-past one o ' clock on Thursday afternoon . He found thewomanl y ing on tho bed , suffering from an extensive wound in the upper part of her neck . The wound was from two to three inches in length , and very deep . She lived about an hour after his arrival . Her death was produced by the effects of the wound . From the situation of the wound , he was of opinion she had inflicted it herself . The child was dead when he arrived , and its extremities were quite cold . He should say it must havo Leon dead an hour at least . It had a wound on the left side of

      the neck , very small in extent , but ao very dcrn that the vertebral column was severed and the head was quite loose , as if it had been violently twisted . The wound appeared rather the result of a stab than a cut , and muat have been inflicted intcntionally . —Mr . Anderson , druggist , gave similar evidence . —Harriet Laugton , mother of the deceased woman , deposed that the father of tho deceased had been confined in a lunatic asylum ; that his mother had died a lunatic ; and that some timo before her death she had attempted to commit suicide . We have not heard tho result of this investigation . There was no other witness to be called and no doubt a' yerdict in accord-mcc with thQ evidence will be returned .

      The Following Appeared In Our Town Editi...

      Tbiai . of Messbs . Wabben m Yaum , wu Bath Goldsmiths .-At Taunton yesterday ( Friday , before Lord Denman , tho jury returned the following verdict ; " Guilty of the addition , ^ ot Guiity of the transposing ; verdict , Aofc bruilty . A burst of applause followed the verdict , and the accused were escorted to their inn by several hundreds of persons . Dubli-x , Friday . — The friends of Mr . Gavan Dtffy are , it would seem , infinitely more numerous than might have been supposed . The Catholic bishop and all the Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese of Clogher have addressed a memorial" to Lord Clarendon on behalf of Mr . Duffy , and throughout the country similar demonstrations are being made . Condition of the Country . —In the small parish of Clondalkin , within four miles of Dublin , there are now not less than seventeen hundred acres of

      land to let . " Mr . Richard O'Gorman , sen ., has published a statement of the fund for the convict Mitch 1 , by which it appears he holds Mrs . Mitchel ' s receipt for £ 1 ) 622 15 s . 9 d „ in addition tc £ 150 handed her by the local collection at Kewvy . There are several defaulters , who have not paid their subscriptions yet , but it is expected they will do so . Tub CtEAKAXCE System . —The Rev . John Buckley , parish priest of Milltown , has addressed a letter to the Cork Examiner giving an account of evictions in Kerry . The letter is dated March 30 . He says : " I am over thirty years parish priest in this diocese , during which my humble namo has never

      appeared m print ; nor should it now , when my hairs are white , and my days drawing towards a close , had I not to relate a sorrowful tale , and describe a scene of woe . I havc witnessed this morning on a farm called Callynafercy , thirty-five dwelling-houses levelled ; I have heard the weepings and the wailings of thirty-five families whose houses were levelled yesterday , and in their wailings of woe , I have seen them joined by thirty-five other families whose houses were to be treated in like manner . Out of these seventy families five fathers have died since yesterday . " There are most painful accounts of mortality in some western counties . The Limerick Examiner says , " Tho deaths in the Ballinasloe workhouse for the last week were 110 . "

      Police Intelligence. Southwark. — Chauoe...

      POLICE INTELLIGENCE . SOUTHWARK . — Chauoe of Manslaughter . — T . Bush and J . Ashton , in the employ of a butcher , wero charged with causing the death of T . Bunty , aged eighty . The prisoners were driving along Blackfriars-road in a chaise cart , and tbe deceased , who was passing , was knocked down by the vehicle , and when picked up he was insensible ) and bleeding from the forehead ; he was conveyed to the hospital , and it was found that some of his ribs were broken , and that he had received a concussion , of wliich injuries he expired soon afterwards . In the course of the prisoners' examination it was stated that although thoy must havo boon aware of having run over the deceased , they continued to drive on ,

      and would have got away had not some persons who witnessed the accident run after the vehicle , and succeeded in stopping tho horse , thoy wore both sober at the time . —tie . Cottingham said that it was only matter of astonishment that more persons were not killed in the streets , owing to the reckless manner in which butchers' carts , especially , were driven in crowded thoroughfares . The worst feature in this case was , tho attempt of the prisoners to escape after running over the old man . He should remand the prisoners until the resultof the coroner ' s inquest was known . Losixo a Child ' s Heart . —Mr . Finer , a surgeon in the Kingsland-road , attended to offer some observations relative to an application made on the precedin" dav , hy a widow named Attwood , who

      complained that she was unable to recover the heart of her deceased child , on whose body he ( Mr , Finer ) had performed a post-mortem examination , and in which statement his namo had been introduced in a manner which was calculated seriously to affect his professional reputation . After assuring the magistrate that his non-attendance upon the occasion had solely arisen from an urgent summons he had received to visit a patient , Mr . Finer proceeded to observe that he wished particularly to address himself to two distinct imputations Tne first was that he had directed the beadle , after the inquest was over , to dispose of the child ' s heart by casting it into the canal , in explanation of which it was necessary to state that the mother had placed

      the heart under his exclusive control , but with strict injunctions that no other surgeon should be allowed to obtain possession of it ; and his subsequent directions to the beadle , though couched in somewhat vague or incautious terms , that rather than any other surgeon should possess it he would prefer its being thrown into the canal , were never intended to be literally carried out , but merely to convey the mother ' s feelings upon the subject . With regard to the other and more serious imputation , that ho had countenanced and directed a deception practised upon the mother , in the substitution

      of a sheep ' s heart for that of her child , he begged emphatically to declare that it was without foundation . Meadows the boadlo , who had voluntarily attended to substantiate his previous statement , here reminded Mr . Finer that he had not only called at his surgery while on his way to tho widow ' s house , with the sheep's heart , but had also submitted it to his insaection ; in answer to which Mr . Finer explained that such was the fact , but that being subsequentl y struck b y tho impropriety of such an imposition , he had purposely gone to the woman ' s house to warn her of the deception , and prevent its interment with the bodv . Mr . Hammil said he

      could not but express his opinion that Mr . Finer bad correctly characterised the course he bad pursued in the transaction as incautious , and he did not consider that his explanation had placed the matter upon a much more favourable footing than that on which it originally stood ; but he must decline to allow it to proceed any further , as there was no case before him to call for his judicial interference .

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      Lokdok.—A Child Bcrni To Dkath.—On Thurs...

      Lokdok . —A Child Bcrni to Dkath . —On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at the Plough , Carey-street , on the body of Joel Harris , aged three years , who died under tho following dreadful circumstances ' . —The deceased lived with his parents in Yates-buildings , Carey-stroet , Lincoln ' s-Inn . On Wednesday evening the maid servant went to one of the upper rooms with a candle , and finding the door was locked sho left the candle on the stair while she went for the key , and deceased and another child were left standing on the landing

      three steps above the candle , which was quite out of the way of his clothes . The servant had hardly got down when she hoard violent screaming , and on going back she found the clothes of the deceased in flames and the candle in the hand of the other child . The flames were extinguished as soon as possible , and he was taken to the King ' s College Hospital , and . attended by Mr . Salter , the house surgeon ; buthe was so dreadfully burnt-over the face , neck , and body , that lie expired in about two hours . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Tiverton . —Fatat . Accident in a Pit , —On Tuesday last , a pump-pit connected with the Tiverton brewery , was opened for the purpose of being cleared out , and a poor fellow of the name of Burt descended , but before he had power to commence clearing it he became overpowered by the foul air , and almost instantly expired . Assistance was at hand , and every means used to bring him to tbe surface , which , after considerable delay , was effected , but the vital spark had fled . It appears that the draining of the ale vats , & c ., had run into the pit and increased the foulness of the air .

      Desertion of a Child . —On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at Lambeth Workhouse , on the body of a child , aged three months , unknown , who died from the want of nourishment and exposure in the public street . —A verdict was returned of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown .

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      COM . Mabk-Lase , Monday , April 9 th . —We had a short supply of English wheat this morning , which was taken off early by the millers at full prices . In foreign wheat , although the arrivals were large there was more doing , and ill some instances an advance ot Is per quarter was obudned for choice samples . Plour was likewise readier sale and rather dearer . Pine malting barley , both En glish and forei"ii met with more inquiry , and extra qualities made a slig ht improvement in prices . Malt continues heavy sale . Ui'iins and peas unaltered . Iu rye very little doing " . The supply of foreign oats last week was good , but scarcely any ot other descriptions ; the trade to-day was very firm , but we cannot quote prices higher than in our last . Tares neglected . In clovorseed little doing . Linseed cakes without alteration .

      Bbitisu . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 36 s to 43 s , ditto wiiite , 37 s to 47 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York * shire , red , 85 s to 42 s , Northumberland and . Scotch , white , : j 3 s to 09 s , ditto red , SSs to 40 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rve , ' J 2 s to 24 s , barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Jlalt ordinary — s to —s , pale m to 5 Cs , peas , grey , now , JCs lo !> 3 . s , maj , ie - > 7 S to SOs , white , 20 s toi ' os , boilers ( new ) , 2 iis to iSs , beans lar « e new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow ,, 24 sto 28 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 15 s to ISs , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 22 s , Scotch feed , J 7 s to SOs , Irish feed , and black , 13 s to ISs , ditto potato , l !) s to 21 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , carl raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ i 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per l , 0 w , flour per sack of 28 ulbs . ship , SOs to 32 s , town , SSs to 42 s .

      Foreign . — Wheat , — Dantzig , 47 s to 34 s , Anlialt and Marks , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 43 s to 47 s , l ' omeranian red , H 8 s to 43 s , Itostoek 41 s to 43 s , Danish , Holstein , and Fricsland , 34 s to 40 s , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Rigu , 37 s to 49 s , Polish Odessa , 3 < Js to 41 s , Marianopoli , and Bcrdinnski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 37 s , Brabant anil French , SSs to 41 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Salonica , 33 s to : lGs . Egyptian , 'lis to 'Jits , rye , 2 tte to 'J' -is , Im-lev , W'ismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Sslal , 20 s to 2 Gs , East Fricsland , 15 s to 18 s , Egyptian , llatol ' s , Danube , 14 s to 17 s , peas , white , 20 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , bpvse , 20 s to 22 s , pigeon , 25 s to 29 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Gronlngen , Danish , Drei ) ien , ; md Friesland , feed and black , 13 s to 10 s , ditto , thick and brew , 10 s to 19 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 s tolGs , flour , United States , per lillilbs ., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburs 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., Sis to iUs .

      IVbd . vesdav , April II . —We are moderately supplied with grain this week , and the trade is without alteration from . Monday . Arrivals this week : —Wheat — English , 1 , 010 ; foreign , 7 , 590 quarters . Ilurley — English , 390 quarter * ; foreign , 4 . 3 S 0 quarters . Oats—English , 3 ( 10 quarters ; foreign , 11 . 470 quarters . Flour , 1 , 550 sacks .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d to 7 } d ; of household ditto , ad to Gid per libs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfieud , Monday , April Otli . —Our market to-dav was plentifully supplied with foreign stock , the general quality of wliich was heavy at very low prices . The arrivals ol beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were considerably less than those reported on Jloiidav last , but there was no deficiency in qualify . Aftliotigft tin ' s is what is termed a holiday market , the attendance of buyers was somewhat on the increase , and the boef trade ruled firm at , in some few instances , a trilk more money for the best Scots—the highest general quotation for whicii , however , was only 3 s fid per Slbs . Prior to the conclusion of business a good clearance was effected . The remainder of the bullock sup .

      ply was derived from abroad , and the neighbourhood ot the metropolis . Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep exhibited a falling off , it was seasonable large , and of full average quality . All breeds were a very dull sale , at a further decline in the quotations of quite 2 d per Slbs . The best old downs in the wool were selling at only 4 s to 4 s id , out of the wool 33 6 d to 3 s Sd per Slbs ,, and ' a clearance was not effected . Lambs were in good supply , and steady request , at fuU prices—viz ., from 5 s 8 d to 6 s Sd per Slbs . From the Isle of Wight , 75 sheep and lambs came to hand per railway . Prime small calves sold freely , at Ml prices . Otherwise , the veal trade was in a very dull state . The pork trade ruled heavy , at about last week ' s quotations .

      Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 2 , 7281 Calves ,, ., 1 * 3 Sheep .. ., lS , : ; y !) | I'jgs 2 ( W Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the otTal ) Kecf .. 2 s ( id to 3 s Gd I Veal .. Ss 4 d to 4 « 4 d Mutton .. 2 s fid . . 4 s 2 d | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lambs .. .. 5 s Sd to 6 s Sd . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Kkwgate and Leadkshai . l , ilomlav . April 9 . Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Cd to 2 s 3 d ; prime large , "is lud to f . s t ) d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s llld to 3 s 4 il ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s fid to 3 s 8 d veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d ; small pork , 3 s Cd to 4 s 2 d : lambs , us 4 d to 0 s Gd .

      PROYISIOiSBi London , Monday . —Since our last report the transactions in Irish butter have been faw and unimportant , and prices quite nominal , l ' orcign slow sale on rather easier terms . For Irish singed bacon the demand was steady , and the best realised nn advance of ls . per nrt . In hams ami lard no alteration worth notice . American produce attracted some large speculative buyers , and prices in consequence presented an upward tendency . E . VGMsii Uutter jMaiikht , April 9 . —lVe note rather a dull trade , at declining prices , both in weekly Dorset and fivsh butter , and as the make increases are prepared to see considerably lower rates ; the present quotations are about as under . Old Dorset butter is quite netrleetud . Dorset , turn new , » fis to 100 s per cwt .: ditto , middling , SOs to UUs ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Duckingliainshire , 9 s to 13 s per dozen ; ditto , West Gountrv , Ss to lis .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest Garden Market . —The market is well supplied with vegetables and fruit . Pine apples are sufficient for the demand . Hothouse grapes are more plentiful , l ' eavs are very scarce ; and apples are dear . Xuts in general aiv sufficient for the demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Among vegetables , carrots and turnips are abuudaut ; cauliflowcrs aud broccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , and seakale , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . New potatoes beinii to make their appearance . Lettuces and other suladin ? are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cint-ragias , fusclisias , and roses .

      POTATOES . SoimiwARK Waterside , April 9 , —The arrivals in tin past week , coastwise , have been very limited . "We continue to be well supplied with foreign potatoes , whieh prevent prices hv our market going up to any extent . The following are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire ltegcnts , lift's to 100 s ; Scotch ditto , 110 s to 120 s ; Ditto cups 110 s to 120 s i ditto whites , 80 s to 90 a ; French whites , 90 s to UN *; Delgian , SOs to 90 s : Dutch , 100 s to 110 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . LoNDoy , Tuesday . —The public market has been ri * - ^ to-day , as customary , but will re-open to-morrow OVi'dm' ^ day ) , and the public sales will comprise llit ) lilnte- Wt ' * India , 4 . 0 UU bags Bengal , and 500 bags Mauritius sugar ; also 4 , 000 bags rice . The quarterly Indigo sale is tiw " for May ii , and 5 , 100 chests are already declared . Tallow remains quoted at 3 !) s . Tea steady , without altering the prices . ... The transactions by private contract in markets general : ) have been few and unimportant to-day .

      COAL . ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . Carr ' s Hhrtlev , las ; Davison ' s West llsrtlev , 1 " 'S ; " < ft . well Main , lyS ; New Tanficld , 13 s ; Ord's ltedhcns \ . T , 7 Tanncld MoorDtttcs , 13 s ( id ; IVe-st Ilavtlev , 13 s ; » . "' WsOd , Wall ' s-end : —Acorn Close , 17 s ; Drown ' * jt » > : ' .. ( id ; Gosforth , 17 a 3 d ; Percv llensham . Ids ; IHd . Ue- *' •¦• Eden Main , 17 s 0 ( 1 ; Lambton IMmraso , lis ' . '' 1 ; ,. ' , ' . fid ; Lambton IDs ; Stewart ' s 19 s ; Shottun . Ws i ^ "V ISs ; Cassop 18 s ; Whitworth , 15 s ; Adelaide Tees y ' Dishop ' s Toes , ISs ; South Durham , 17 s 3 d ; Tees , Us ; ^ .,. ; pen Hartley . 15 s ; Hartley , lis ; Parsons Uraigo » . - ' Whitworth Cuke , 22 s , Ships at market , ii . WOOL . d City , Momdav , April P . —The wool market is 'I'Vw ' uJ tt \ tt imports of foreign last week were small , tocUW" - bales from Sydney , and 74 from Germany .

      STATE OP TRADE . . 1 J-pOt ^ MAXCirasTElt . —The feeling in the market to-ua ) ''• , „( a favourable character . The news of the c ° Jl " , , „] ,, has of hostilities between Denmark and Suiiiosttig-lj" -. bclu * had a very depressing influence . Some inquiry » ^^ made for " the Medlteranean and Indian liiiirKeta . . ^ of yarns fur Germany arc greatly depressed , i" ^ been a slight declension iu the rates of last » v <\ ( W Baster Holidays , and the present unsettled smii ^ .. ^ continent , are given as the principal cause ot t'll » iu our trade .

      "¦•"¦Mraiiwrwmkmmmnrmmnamammn^Mm Printed Bv William Kideu, Of No. 5, Mncclcsfiew ;^ In The Parish Of St. Aune , Wcstiroiwter, At Ti.T Cit) .

      " ¦• " ¦ MRaiiwrwMKMMMnrMMNaMaMMn ^ MM Printed bv WILLIAM KIDEU , of No . 5 , MncclcsfieW ;^ in the parish of St . Aune , Wcstiroiwter , at ti . t cit ) .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14041849/page/8/