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ind-cted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of V ,-v Morrison , with intent to steal her . goods and jSvveU—Mr . Ewart pro secuted , and Mr . Horry defended the prisoners .-The charge was clearly established by the evidence . The prisoners were fouad upon the spot , when an al arm was given , and « L of them threw away a crowbar , and the other had skeleton keys and a life-preserver in his posses-Sou-Mr . Horry addressed the jury , and eaUed a Stress who said that Jones lodged m his house and he had never heard anything against his character He also said that on the night of thei burgarythat prisoner was very drunk , and he went out to ta ke a Wik to sober himself .-The jury returned a veidict of "uilt y against both prisoners . —Alichael Ihryaon , one of the City police , said he knew Jone s as the conci ho likewise said that
E ^ ^ of tlde ^ l ^ the man who had been called to speak to hai character kept a house which was open all mgnt ior Scrlcei Ln of badchamcters , and threeo fhrs sons we also convicted tbieves . -The Common Ser-S , upon this statement being made , -orderedI the ILess to character into custody , and he was placed inthe dock bv the side of the other P ^ onei ^ -Mr Horrv asted ' what offence the witness was charged JS-JBie Common Sergeant told him he had no Snessto interfere . - ^ - Horry said he was re-Z ed by the witness to do so and on . bis behalf S ^ hed to know what he was charged with ? -The Cmnmon Serg eant said that at present he was committe d for contempt of court , and they would consider what proceedings should subsequently be taken . He remar ked at the same time , that nothing was more mischievous than these false characters , for jud-rcs and jurors were so repeatedly deceived , that a , really honest man was frequently deprived of the hem-fit of the character to which he was justly
entitled . The prisoners , who had been convicted , were then sentenced to be transported for ten years . Robbery . —George Thomas Bember , a gentlemardy-looking man , surrendered to take his trial for stealing a sovereign , the property of Henry Em-land . The evidence proved that the prisoner , who was known to the prosecutor , had met Mm in a pu blic-house ( where both parties were known ) , and asking the prosecutor to treat him , he did so , and put down a sovereign to pay the reckoning , which prisoner took up and put in his pocket , first saying he had not got it , and then that he had no money . The police were called , and the sovereign was found in his pocket . Both of the parties had been drinking , and the magistrate before whom the charge was heard refiised to commit the prisoner , but left the prosecutor to go before the grand jury and obtain a hill of indictment for the offence , which he did . —The jury said , they believed the affair to have been done out of a lark , and acquitted the pri
soner . This terminatedthe business of the session , which has been an extremely heavy one , 350 prisoners having been tried . The court stands adjourned until Monday , May the 7 th .
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Mo 5 dat , April 16 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The House re-assembled this day , after the Easter recess . The Speaker took the chair shortly hefore four o ' clock . Notices of Motion . — The following notices of motion were given : —Lord J . Russeil , on this day week , to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Irish Poor-Law Act . —The Soucitor-Gekebal , on the same day , to submit a similar motion with respect to the act for facUitatins the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland . —Mr . H . Drummond , on Thursday , the 26 th instant , to move for a committee of the whole House to consider the expediency of redistributing the taxation of the country , with a view to relieve the poorer classes . —Major Black all , on this day week , to call the attention of the House to the state of Ireland ; and Mr . H . Berkklev on "Wednesday , the 2 nd proximo , to move for leave to bring iu a biU , enacting vote by ballot for the election of members to serve in Parliament .
Coloxial Affairs . — Mr . Scott , pursuant to notice , moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , with a view to reduce the charges on the British treasury , and to enlarge the functions of the colonial legislatures . The honourable gentleman , in a speech of considerable duration , proceeded to refer to the large amount of the export trade from the mother country to her colonies , to the increased amount of taxation levied on the colonists above that of the home population , to the expenses attendant upon the governments of the colonies , all of which results were the consequence of home interference with the charters by which tha colonies were founded ; and contended that at the period when they were so well
and cheaply governed there was no colonial system , when they prospered there was no colonial officethat it was not until the folly and madness of British statesmen had forced the mother country into a war with her own colonies , and that a " minister of war and for the colonies" had been appointed , a title which had been well sustained , for by war Emrlacdlost the colonies which she once possessed , and by war she retained those which she now held , the two causes which led to the former result bchig the imposition of taxes and altering constitutions with-ut the consent of the colonists , the precise course in operation under the administration of the present Secretary of the Colonial Department towards thos 3 who were within the pale of the British dominions , nevertheless were with-mtthe pale of the Brii ish constitution . The constitution of the British
colonies ought to be counterparts of that of the mother country , and indeed so they were ; they had charters , legislative counci-s , and assemblies , but there was this remarkable difference , that the practice was opposed to the theory , for thoath such assemblies there were , those who presided in them were the nominees of the governor , many appointed by him , and others holding situations at his pleasure , and who were often found in opposition to the just Claims of the great body of the colonists . The hon . member , after referring generally to emigration and other colonial questions , concluded by expressing his
conviction that the colonists as a body were loyal subjecis ; but if disaffection did anywhere exist it had arisen from the feeling that the trust reposed in the Colonial-office had not been exercised in such a manner as to merit the confidence or win the regard of the colonists , and called upon the government , ere it was too late , to pause in the course they were pursuing , or else the feelings of these communities wou-d be alienated from her Majesty ' s rule , and they would seek for succour from some other source . Mr . Hume seconded the motion .
Mr . Hawes expressed his regret that the House did not appear ( presumed from the very limited number of members present ) to take that interest iu this important question which he conld have desired , but he thought the hon . gentleman must take the blame to himself for having proposed a motion which was altogether beyond the grasp of a committee , involving as it did an inquiry the tc-ruination of which no member of the present House of Commons could ever hops to see . On this ground , therefore—not that be undervalued the importance of the subject , or denied that a committee on special colonies might not bn advantageously appointed , but because it was perfectly impossible for a commit * ee of that House usefuily to discharge functions so great and various as th . se now suggested to he imposed upon It—he
should give a decided negative to the motion . The hon . ientlemau then proceeded to take what he termed a glance at the present colonial system of the country , but which in effect proved an elaborate review < if the whole subject of colonial affairs , in reference to the existing system—to those colonies where free institutions existed , to those that were in a state of transition and progress for the development of such institutions , and to those to which , from the pecu'iarities of their state and condition , it was impossible to extend them ; the result of the details , showing that out of the whole colonies of Great Britem—forty-three in number—twenty-seven either possessed representative forms of government , or had had them recently conceded to them by the Secretary of the State . Throughout the whole of them
, there was as free a prcis withont a single exception ; they had trial by jury generally , and in those possessing representative institutions they had the entire control of the public purse . The hoc . gentleman then printed out subjects which had k-d to angry collisions between the colonial-office and various colonies , but for which the House of Commons and the country at large , and not the colonial-office , was respon' - ' -ble , viz ., the abolition of slavery , five trade , and the waste lands question in New South Walts ; and urged that the complaints of the colonies with respect to the operation of these measures upon them , were discussed unfairly when everything of which they complained was attributed to tha administration of colonial affairs by the colonial-office , and nothing
attributed to the policy which it was the business of that office to carry out . After d- fending the appointment of governors made by Earl Grey , and eulogising the conduct of the aristocratic govern-rs , Lord Elgio . Lord Harris , and Lord Torrington ; and referring to the subject of emigration , tbe hon . gentleman concluded by expressing his belief that if colonies were to exist , and the commerce of the country maintained it was absolutely ueces ary to kvep up the p lice of the seas , and that the only effect of impairing the naval force employed on this service would be to expose the colonial trade to danger . He hoped he should never see the day when , from mere mercenary considerations , anvthing should ba done which won d lead to the dismemberment of the colonial empire .
The debate was continued b y Messrs . Gla . * -8 toxe , Maples , Hdme , and Anstry , Sir W . Moleswtortu . and Major Blackall ; and after a replv from Mr . Scoir , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 81 to 34 . A t * jnrersation took place upon a motion of Mr . Mackixxox , for the appointment of a select committee on tbe removal of Smithfield Market , which was ultimately agreed
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Upon the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply , 1 XI , f Mr . Anstey moved , as an amendment , that an address be presented to her Majesty , on the subject of certain illegal ordinances or acts of council tor tne taxation of the people of Van Diemen a Land , tne attempts of Lieutenant-Governor Sir William xienison to intimidate the judges of the supreme court ot that island into declaring such ordinances or acts to be legal , and the grievances comp lained 01 & y Uie colonists of that island in their petition presented last veir to her Majestv , and printed by order ot this
House ; and that her Majesty might be pleased to direct the local authorities in future to respect the independence of the judicial funciior . s of that court , and also to signify her disallowance of any ordinance or act subsequently passed by the said lieutenantoovernor in council , " for giving to such illegal ordinances or acts the force of law . In support of this motion , the h onourable and learned gentleman spoke for nearly an hour ; but no one seconding it , the original motion was put and carried , whereupon the House went , pro forma , into committee of supply . The House having resumed ,
Mr . Hawes said that the conclusion of Mr . Anstey ' s motion was unexpected by him , and he regretted it , inasmuch as he had wished to say something in defence of the conduct of the lieutenantgovernor , in reference to which the couclusions at which he had arrived were different from those expressed by Mr . Anstey . He was sorry that the forms of the House preclu led him from replying to the honourable and learned gentleman . Mr . Duncan thought that if the honourable gentleman was so very anxi us to defend the governor , he might have seconded the motion , and in the midst of the merriment created by this suggestion the House adjourned , at twelve o'clock .
TUESDAY , April 17 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Landed Properti ( Ireland ) . —Mr . Sadleih , pursuant to notice , called attention to the legal impediments to the sale of landed property in Ireland , and to the facilities which mig ht be afforded for its free transfer , which were indispensable , he observed , before capital and agricultural science could be applied to devclopo the resources and promote the industry of that country . All the circumstances which governed , and to a certain extent obstructed , the transfer of land in this country existed in Ireland in an aggravated shape , without their attendant advantages . There were , in addition , peculiar obstructions incident to tho
transfer of Irish landed property , which exercised a most pernicious effect upon the agricultural interests of the cotntry , arising from the complex character of titles , the absence of a power to foreclose , the continuance of old encumbrances , the complication which these encumbrances , repeatedly transferred and subdivided , imported into Irish conveyancing , the imperfect system of registration , and the want of any registration system for charges upon land . _ These and other embarrassments , and the litigation to which they gave birth , deteriorated the value of landed property ¦ n Ireland , and deterred prudent purchasers . Tha Encumbered Estates Act of last
session imposed new burdens upon mortgagees who desired to transfer their securities , and every attempt to remedy the evils he had described b y the operation of that act , and through the machinery of the Court of Chancery , must fail . He gave various examples of the tedious , involved , and costly nature of that machinery , at once oppressive and inefficient , and he recommended the appointment of a local board , or commission , with comprehensive functions , empowered to administer a simple system , whereby the questions which hampered Irish titles might be got rid of , and a parliamentary title be conferred on purchasers , the transfer and hypothecation of estates being made cheap , easy , and expeditious , so that land might become a
readily convertible security . Mr . oadleir gave some curious examples of the extraordinary aud peculiar tenures under which land was held in Ireland , and the conditions upon which leases were granted . Among other instances he adduced the following : — Honourable gentlemen were under the impression that all leases for lives in Ireland were renewable for ever , as in England , upon payment of a fine gener-lly equal to half a year ' s rent , the delivery of a pair of roast fowls , or a peppercorn ; but he had one in his possession renewable for ever upon the fall of each life , on the condition that the tenant
deliver to the landlord as much "parliament whisky" as would make one hundred and seventytwo glasses of strong whiskey punch . ( A laugh . ) He asked the House whether ibis was a description of tenure which ought to be tolerated , or permitted to exist for one hour , in a civilised country , where there had been a great temperance movement , peculiarly honourable to the Irish people . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member attacked the government upon its backwardness in devising measures of bold policy for the amelioration of the social condition of Ireland , aud concluded by moving his motion .
The Solicitor-Gexeral apprehended that the motion was intended for the purpose of calling the attention of the House to those subjects whichformed the staple of the speech with which it had been introduced , and that the ^ hon . gentleman did not mean seriously to press the subject further . He freely admitted that the inconveniences which arose from the manner of conducting business at present in the Courts of Chancery , both in England and Ireland , ought to be remedied , and although considerable steps had been taken in this country , much yet remained to be done . With respect to the bill of which he had given notice of moving for leave to introduce , for facilitating the sale of estates , all he would now say was , that the attention of the government in preparing that measure had been earnestly and carefully directed to all the points to
which the hon . gentleman lied referred , as well as to-various others which had not been particularly enumerated . There was a mistake , however , in supposing that concentrated evils could be removed by the production of one measure , but by a series of measures , aiding and assisting each other . His firm belief was , that a foundation mi g ht be laid of great prosperity in Ireland , far exceeding that which was ever known in that country . Mr . J . O'Coxxell was "lad to hear that it was intended to bring in a bill to remedy the evils complained of as to the sale of the landed property , as well as other measures , hut could not draw an omen of the efficiency or success of them from the phraseology which the hon . and learned gentleman had used in reference to them . At the suggestion of an hon . gentleman the House was counted , when , only , thirty-one members being found present , it stood adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , April IS . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Promo Roads Bill . —Mr . Coexewall Lewis moved the second reading of the Public Roads BUI . Mr . B . Dexison moved , as an amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six months . He was as anxious as any one could be to have turnpike trusts and public roads placed on a better footing than that now occupied by them ; but the present measure , introduced with that view , was so defective in the machinery by which it proposed to effect its object , that he felt himself constrained to offer it every opposition in his power . Mr . Rice supported the motion for the second reading of the bill , regarding it as a measure forced
upon ihe government by the exigency of the case . After speeches from Sir J . Pakixgtox , Sir W . Joliffe , and Mr . Bankes , Mi - . C . Lewis proceeded at great length to detail the course which had been taken in the preparation of the last and the present bill , stating that , after due" consideration of all the arguments and opinions that had been offered on tbe one side and on the other , the government came to the determination that it was desirable , on grounds of economy as well as with a view to efficient management , that the two classes of roads should be consolidated under one general act . Turnpike-roads were nothing more than roads which had been taken arbitrarily by persons locally interested , for which
private acts had been long before obtained , but which did not cease to be hi ghways when the funds derived from tolls were found to be insufficient to maintain them , because , in that case , recourse was at once had to the hi ghway rate . Since the introduction of railways , however , those roads , which were before the main lines of communication , had sunk in the scale , and had become mere means of communication between nei ghbouring parishes , whilst many highways abutting upon railway stations had become some of the most important means of communication in the country . On these grounds it was thought that the distinction between turnpike-roads and highways had been effaced , and had
rendered it expeaient that the legislature , looking to the future , should do away with the distinction which , being founded on previously existing circumstances , no longer prevailed . The hon . gentleman then proceeded to review the monetary condition of the trusts , and the executive powers which controlled them , contending that , if the officers who would be displaced by the present measure were entitled to compensation , it could only be derived from the tolls : otherwise it would convert tho con - templated economical scheme into a very expensive proposition . In conclusion , the hon . gentleman said he was ready to refer the bill to a select committee .
Sir R . Peel considered that the House was under considerable obligations to tjie hon . member for the peat attention he had paid to the subject , for » the oringing forward of a measure not necessarily connected with the executive duties of his office , but which task he had undertaken in consequence of what he thought was expected from public men . The right hon . baronet then proceeded to state the objections entertained to the bill by those who were devoid of any personal interest whatever in the question , and to point out the hardship which would result from one set of parties being made liable for the default of other parties , citing as his text two districts , the one agricultural , tho other
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manufacturing , in Lancashire ;; stating that he could not g ive his assent to a measure which in its present shape would inflict so much . injustice . The House would be acting in opposition to a principle which ought ever to be considered sacred , if they Erevented parties who discharged their duties onestly from reaping the advantages resulting from their labours , but selected them as the parties who ought to he made responsible for the debts of the insolvent . He was of opinion that the honourable gentleman had not met the main objections preferred against the biU . He proceeded to take several exceptions to the measure , but would vote for its second reading , on the understanding that the whole question would he open to theselect
committee to which it should be referred . Mr . Hume advised the withdrawal of the bill , satisfied that there was but little chanee of its passage this session . —And after some further discussion , Sir George Grey observed that , as the progress of the discussion had shown that ihe opinion of the House was adverse to the principle of the bill , which was that of combined management of the trusts and highways , as well as to its details , no Mod could come from reading it a second time , and then referring it to a select committee . He would therefore propose the withdrawal of the bill , but , in doing so , could certainly hold out no hope that a substitute for it would be introduced during the present session . The hill was then withdrawn .
On the motion for the third reading of the Affirmation Bill , Mr . Goulburn called the attention of the House to the dangerous princi p le of a bill which left it optional to a man to be examined on oath or not ; and distinguished between a general enactment and exemptions in favour of particular sects . lie specified various practical evils likel y to result from the bill , especially in the administration of justice in criminal as well as civil cases , and he moved that it be read a third time that day six months . Mi * . Wood , who had charge of the bill , explained the successive relaxations of the law with relation to this subject , and its existing position , which subjected conscientious objectors to an oath because they did not hold some particular heresy , and in such cases robbed the public of the benefit of evidence . The Legislature had dealt practically with
this sub ject , providing a remedy whenever a grievance occurred , and the practical evils and absurdities of the present state of the law rendered this further relaxation absolutely necessary . Mr . Henley declared that the arguments urged by Mr . Wood in support of the hill had confirmed rather than removed his ( Mr . Henley ' s ) objections to it . Experience showed that men spoke loosely when not under the obligation of an oath . Mr . Wood had not placed the bill upon the footing of a measure to relieve conscientious scruples . The next must be to do away with oaths altogether . The House having divided , the third reading was carried by 70 to 46 . On the question that the bill do pass , Captain Harris spoke for the few minutes intervening betwixt the division and . six o ' clock , when the House , by rule , adjourned . THURSDAY . April 19 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . — The Army in India .-The Marquis of Laxsdowxe gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move the thanks of the House to the Governor-General , the Commanderin-Chief , and the officers and army of India , for the late successful operations in the Punjaub . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Army in India . — Sir J . C . Hobhouse gave notice that on Tuesday , the 24 th instant , he should propose a vote of thanks to the Governor-General and the army in India , for their services in the recent military operations in the Punjaub .
Navigation Laws . —The Navigation Bill was proceeded with , some amendments being agreed to , and others postponed or withdrawn , the third reading of the bill being fixed for Monday next . The Rate in Aid . — The House then resolved itself into committee , the Chancellor of the Exchequer concluding a speech descriptive of the state of distress existing in several of the unions , by moving , that a sum not exceeding £ 100 , 000 be advanced out of the Consolidated Fund , on the security of the rate in aid , for the purpose of being applied to the relief of the distressed unions in the West of Ireland .
Mr . Hume asked whether this sum was to he advanced before the Rate in Aid Bill had received the sanction of Parliament . Was there to be a rate in aid or an income tax ? Lord J . R */ a 8 E- < u replied to the hon . gentleman that it was the firm determination of the government to proceed with the Rate in Aid Bill . Should it be , however , thrown out , he must bow to that decision , but should not authorise any further advance from the Treasury , should such a result ensuo . There was now about £ 6 { VQ 0 of the £ 50 , 000 grant unexpended , which would all be gone before the bill could receive the royal assent ;
at the same time , it would be inconsistent with his duty to leave destitute those unions which now required £ 5 , 000 a week because of an accidental delay in passing the bill . Mi-. H . Herbert , in a speech of considerable length against the principle of a rate in aid , moved to leave out all the words from the resolution after "distressed unions in Ireland , " with the view of substituting the following , " and , in consideration thereof , that an income and property tax be assessed on incomes and property in Ireland , not liable to income and property tax under the act 11 and 12 Vic , c . 8 . "
Mr . F . French was opposed both to the ori ginal motion and to the amendment . Mr . J . O'Connell condemned both propositions , as being most unjust to Ireland , but of the two would support that of the government , as calculated to afford more immediate relief , for even while these subjects were debating , human life was being sacrificed in that country . Captain Jones would support the amendment . Mr . It . M . Fox opposed both propositions , though he bhould prefer an income tax , because then they would have the chance of only one tax being imposed permanently instead of two . Colonel Rawdon said he should vote against both motion and amendment , because such were the peculiar circumstances attendant upon Irish property as to render it impossible that any additional burdens could be borne , or any increase of taxation paid by the people .
Mr . Horsman , m a powerful speech , also opposed both propositions before the House ; he could not support the amendment , and he was one of those who considered that what Ireland wanted was not a rate in aid , but a policy . Major Blackall cordially approved of the amendment , without which he should have abstained from voting . The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell , replied to the various arguments adduced in opposition to the rate , while Mr . Disraeli made an onslaught on both in particular , and tho government generally , after which Colonel Donne moved the adjournment of the debate , some observations from Lord Castlereaoh following , expressive of his regret that the amendment was persevered in , although he was perfectly willing to enter into . the question of increased taxation for Ireland , provided it were imperial and not local assessment .
On a division , the motion for adjournment was negatived b y a majority of 129 , the numbers being seventy-seven to 206 . Mr . SAMiERthenmoved that the chairman report progress , as many hon . members were desirous of speaking on the subject , to which proposition Lord John Russell yielded , but reminded Irish members , that by postponing their decision , they increased the difficulty of providing the means for the relief of the existing distress . The debate was then adjourned to this day . The further proceeding in the committee with the Landlord and Tenant Bill was postponed ; and a debate being about to arise on tho question that the Affirmation Bill do pass , it stood postponed until Wednesday next , and the House adjourned .
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The following appeared in our Town Edition of last week : — CENTRAL CRIMINA L COURT . Friday , April 13 . TIIE TOOTING TRAGEDY . Bartholomew Peter Drouet surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . The indictment alleged , that at the time of committing the offence James Andrews , a child of tender years , was a poor destitute child , unable to provide himself with food , shelter , or the necessaries of life , and that the prisoner , bein < r the keeper ot a certain asylum called " Surrey ifall " in the parish of Tooting , and having engaged with the guardians of the Holborn Union , who then had charge of the child , to take charge himself of the said child , and to provide it with proper food , clothing , and other necessaries , and the said child being then entirely under his charge and con trol , it became his duty so to provide foi
it . The indictment then went on to allege that the prisoner , contrary to his duty , had neglected to give the child proper food and sustenance , and had also neglected to provide it with wholesome and properly ventilated sleeping accommodation , and by these means had caused it to be mortally sick and distempered , and bad so occasioned its death . The prisoner was also arraigned upon the coroner s inquisition for the like offence . He pleaded . INot Guilty' to both the indictment and the inquisition . He was then arrai gned upon three other ; £ s ttjA-f ™** ' to thcse he ais ° Mr . M . Chambers and Mr . Clarkson were for the prosecution ; Sir F . Thesiger , Mr . Ballantinc and Mr . C Smith were for the defence aillUUme ' Mr Chambers in opening the case said , the nominal prosecutor m the present instance was tho beadle of fet . Pancras , but the parties whom he
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really repr esented were the board of directors of the parishes of St . Andrew , Holborn , and St . George-tho-Martyr , who had felt it to be their duty to prosecute this case on behalf of the poor , whose representatives they were . After a somewhat lengthy address the following evidence was adduced . Mr . W . R . James examined by Mr . Clarkson . — I am clerk to tho guardians of the Holborn Union . In consequence of the crowded state of tho workhouse of that union in October , 1847 , 1 made an arrangement with the defendant to send a number of pauper children to the defendant ' s establishment . This was done with the consent of the guardians , and was approved by the Poor Law Commissioners . I first had an interview with the defendant , and
obtained from him the terms upon which he would receive children , and requested him to communicate with me afterwards in writing . ( A letter from the defendant was put in , in which he stated that he spared no expense to have his establishment complete in every respect ; that the boys placed under his cliargo were instructed in different trades , and the girls in needlework and other domestic occupations ; and offered to take the children at 4 s ; 6 d . per week . ) In consequence of that letter I communicated with the guardians , and they resolved that the children should be sent on the 4 th of November . ( The communications that passed between the guardians and the prisoner were then put in , and it appeared that there had been a suggestion that
the prisoner should take the children at 4 s . per head , but eventually his own terms were agreed to . On the day named eig hty-one boys were sent . The deceased was not of that number . They were all between six and fourteen years old . About six weeks afterwards thirty moro boys were sent to the defendant ' s establishment . When I first saw the prisoner , I understood that he could receive well 1 , 200 , and that he had 850 in his establishment at that time . Deceased child was sent in October . In December we resolved to send some of our g irls , as well as the boys , to the establishment of Mr . Drouet . The chairman , six guardians , and myself , went as a deputation ; and we made a report of our entire satisfaction at the whole of the
arrangements , both with regard to the accommodation , the diet , and the industrial training of the children . Some of the reports referred to were here put in , and they spoke in favourable terms of the manner in which the establishment was conducted . Mr . W . Winch said : I am now one of the guardians of the Holborn Union , and was so in May last . On the 9 th of that month I went with two other gentlemen to visit Mr . Drouet ' s establishment . The boys were at dinner . They were all standing , and there wero no forms for them to sit upon . I examined the potatoes and found them very diseased . I spoke to Mr . Drouet about them , and he said ho gave £ 7 a-ton for them . I said I thought the diet should bo changed , and ho said , if we paid him better he could do it . After this we went oyer the establishment , and into a range of buildings
that had been recently erected . The whole struck me as being badly constructed ; the rooms smelt very badly , and there were only windows on one side , so that there was no proper ventilation . These rooms were understood to be intended for sleepingrooms . We then went to the sleeping rooms that were in use , but I did not see any particular cause for complaint . After this , we went into the schoolroom , and Mr . Rennick told the boys , if they had anything to complain of with regard to their food , or any other matter , they were to hold up their hands . About forty of them did so , in Mr . Drouet ' s presence . I had observed the altered appearance of the boys ; they looked ill and pallid . The court objected to any statement of transactions which had taken place before the deceased was admitted to the Tooting establishment .
Patrick Sheen was then called . He said—My mother was in the Holborn Union , and I was sent to the prisoner ' s establishment . I have been there three times . I was taken away to the hospital on the 5 th of January last . Three of us slept in a bed at that time . Richard Woollison said—I belong ^ to the Holborn Union , and I was sent to Mr . Drouet ' s with James Andrews . At first he did not sleep in the same room with me , but two or three days before wo camo away we slept in the attick , over what was called the doctor ' s ward . The deceased slept with his brother and another boy . I had only one boy sleeping with me . There were twelve beds in the room , aud three boys slept in some of them . James Andrews was ill at this time , and the surgeon was attending him . I did not sleep in the same room with the deceased until two or three days before we were taken away . The cholera , had broken out at tho time .
Wm . Derbyshire said—I was one of the boys in the defendant ' s establishment . I knew the deceased boy and his brother Joseph . We all slept together before we were taken to the Free Hospital . I don't know how many beds there were m the room . James Andrews Was taken ill during the time he was sleeping with me , and then he was removed but I don t know whetho he was placed in the sick ward . Wm . M'Douoal said—I am fourteen years old . I was brought with the other boys to the Free Hospital . I had been at Mr . Drouet ' s eight or nine months before . The deceased came up in the van with us , and ho sat on my knee and complained of being sick . I was at Tooting all the time Andrews was there , The big boys and the little boys dined in separate halls . I was a "big" boy . The
deceased was a little hoy . We were all dressed alike . On the week-days we wore a jacket and trowsers and a pinafore . Our own clothes , found by the parish , were taken away from us when we went in . The week-day clothes did not keep us warm , but after school hours all the boys used to go into the yard and were sometimes there until six o ' clock in the evening , when they had their supper . On Sundays we wore different clothes , and they were much warmer than those we had in the week days . I never went into the little boy ' s sleeping-rooms . When we got to the Free Hospital we all had supper given us , and little Andrews did not eat his . lie was not seen by any doctor on that night . I did not see that Andrews did not eat his supper , but I was told so .
Joseph Andrews said—I am S years old . We did not have enough to eat , and sometimes my brother has asked me tor a portion of my food , and I used sometimes to give it to him , and at other times I refused , because I had not enouph for myself . One hall was used for the little boys ' to dine in . Sometimes we had rotten potatoes and meat for dinner . When we had potatoes no bread was allowed . Some of the potatoes were black and bad , and we used to throw them on the table , and then they were put in the hogsty . We never complained of the potatoes , because wc did not like to do so . We had meat
three times a-week . Sometimes we were able to eat tho potatoes . We had not meat enough to eat . We used to have half a slice of bread and gruel for breakfast . We had not near enough bread . There was the same quantity allowed for supper , and we never had more than half a slice of bread . A tub was placed in the room for purposes of nature , which smelt very disagreeably , and after it was emptied in tho morning water was placed in it for the purpose of scrubbing out the room . We had milk and water to drink at supper . My brother could not cat his bread and milk . I never knew of any of the boys having any porter given them except at Christmas .
Thomas Dighton , another boy in the establishment , said—I am sixteen years old . I was at Tooting fifteen months , and I was removed with the other hoys to the Free Hospital . I had to assist in scouring the little boys' rooms , and to make the beds . I know the attics where the little boys slept . There were fifteen or twenty beds in the attic iu which Andrews slept . I have often been into the little boys' hall when they were at dinner , and I observed that the potatoes were watery and bad , and the boys could not eat them and threw them away . They never had any greens or other vegetables , and when they did not have potatoes they had bread . I have seen the bread served from the pantry . The loaf used to be cut into twenty pieces . ¦
Samuel Jennings said—I am ten years old . There wero about a hundred little boys . Some of them were eight years old . They were quite able to make a complaint and give any information respecting their treatment . The court here objected to boys in the bigger class being called as witnesses , they being in a different part of the building from the little boys . John Welch was called and said—lam 14 years old . I know the attics where the little boys slept . Three of them slept in some of the beds . I have seen them at dinner . The potatoes were generally good , but I have seen them when they were
diseased in the middle . I remember the boys making a complaint to the gentlemen in May , and afterwards Mr . Drouet said to me , " You young rascal , I'll teach you to tell tales about not having enough food . " The next day I was " whacked '' by the schoolmaster . ( Laujhter . ) I had been saying my lessons before I was " whacked . " Mr . Drouet was not present . Mr . Winch was the gentleman to whom the complaint was made . He has examined me several times , and took down what I said . He examined me before I went to the inquest . I am now at the Holborn Union , where I get as much as I want to eat . We get more to eat at the Holborn Union than we had at Mr . Drouet ' s . I was ono of those
hoys who held up my hand when Mr . Winch inquired if we were dissatisfied . I was " whacked " lor holding up my hand , and not for learning my lesson . I was very well when I went to Mr . Drouet's and I was very well when I came back . Henry Hartshorn , another boy , 14 years old , gave similar evidence . Objections were again taken as to the evidence of transactions prior to the deceased being admitted to Drouet ' s establishment . Patrick Sheen was recalled : The boys did not get any more food-after the complaint was made than they had before . He was not aware that any complaint was made to Mr . Drouet about the bad quality of the potatoes . He said he could not recollect -whether the potatoes were better or worse in November than ia December .
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W tiA „ Tsnonv was again recalled . He said fl £ Kl 2 h 3 f ? P his h / d when the gentlemen came , and said that he had not enough to eat . Mr . Drouet was present , but ho did not make any remark . His son , in his P ^ ence , however said something . They did not get any additional food m consequence of Llding . up then- hands and co n plaining of the insufficiency of their food . The question was asked in the school , when a great number of boys were present . Mr . Drouet said it was not a fit question to put to the boys , to ask them n they had enough to eat . .,, , , Mr . Winch was then recalled . He said he heard Mr . Rennick , one of the gentlemen who accompanied him , ask if the boys had enough to cat , and Mr . Dr-mct appeared very angry , and said it was an improper question—he had a character to lose . He •_ __ 11 _ J TTn on'J
at the same time pointed to one of the boys and said he was the greatest liar he had in the school , aud another , he said was a scoundrel . The prisoner must have known that he was questioning the boys , and ho became very violent , and in order to prevent altercation witness and his brother guardians left . He did not sign the visitors' oook when ho left , but made a report to the board of what had happened . On the 30 th of May ho accompanied the special deputation to visit the establishment ; they went at dinner time . The potatoes on that occasion appeared to be very good . Mr . Drouet apologised for his former rudeness , and his son accompanied him over the establishment . They went to the pantry , and saw the loaf cut in the usual manner . It was a 41 b .
loaf , and it was cut into sixteen pieces . He afterwards signed a report , expressive of satisfaction at the mode in which the establishment was conducted , but he made some alteration in the wording of it , to confine his approval to the particular day . He subsequently signed another report that was presented to him , believing it to be the same he had seen before . The deceased was included among the little children . He was only six years old . '" Mr . W . Mmxe , another guardian , who accompanied the last witness , gave similar testimony as to what took place when the boys were asked if they
had enough to eat , and he said that thirty or orty held : up their hands to signify they had not . Mr . Drouet appeared very angry . David Kelly , a porter , deposed that he had two grand-children in the Tooting establishment . On the 31 st of December he went to Mr . Drouet ' s and found one of his children ill in bed , and another child with him . There were a number of other children in bed in the room , and they lay very thick . Ho went again two or three days afterwards and found three children in one bed , all of whom wero sick and ill .
Sir F . Thesioeh hero interposed , and said that at this time the cholera had broken out , and with such a dreadful visitation and in such an emergency the children mig ht have been crowded together unavoidably . Baron Platt expressed an opinion that unless it was shown that the deceased child was in that room it was not evidence . Mr . Chambers said he could not prove that fact . It being now six o ' clock , and tiie counsel for the prosecution having intimated their intention to commence a new head of evidence by the production of medical testimony , which would necessarily extend to a considerable length , the court expressed an opinion that it would be better to adjourn . The court then adjourned .
Party Lying
PARTY LYING
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to the editor of the northern star . Dear Sir , —Whigs and Tories are notorious liars . Falsehood and sophistry comprise their entire stock-in-trade . Of this there cannot exist two opinions . The one party differs not the shade of a shadow from the other . In corruption and misrule both factions live and move and have their being , while patri o tism and love of country ( much abused terms . ) are incessantly oozing from their polluted lips . A celebrated writer , who lived in the times when these ' Ride and Tie men '
did as they willed with poor Bull ( they not then having the fear of the Chartists before their eyes ) very appositely observed : — 'If a man might promote the supposed good of his country by the blackest calumnies and falsehoods , our nation abounds more in Patriots than any other of the Christian world . ' Again , the same author says : — 'When we hear a Party story from & strtmtter , we consider whether he is a Whig or a Tory that relates it , and immediately conclude they are words of course , in which the honest gentleman designs to recommend his zeal , without any concern for his veracity . '
f have been led to make these remarks from seeing in the' Star / of Saturday last , an old Party , lie , extracted from a paper conducted , I guess , by some drowsy we , ( or fellow with pigs in his belly ) who could not scratch anything original out of his box of cobwebs ; and , therefore , happening to lay his paw upon sn old ' Leeds Mercury , ' he crawls out of his dilemma by thrusting into the hands of the waiting compositor , a Party-lie , cut from that notoriously lying oracle , with full authority to said
compositor to mould the same into a matter of . fact . I am not finding fault with you or your assistants , for giving insertion to the fabrication ; because I know it is a' clipping' from the shreds and patches of a contemporary ; and as the 'Northern Star' is the only paper that honestly chronicles both sides of a disputed subject , its insertion enables me to give a true version of the affair , and an expose of those snoozing' dogs , answering to the name of ' we . *
The bit of - we' history to which I allude is the following !—The Dog in Dance :- —A candidate for a seat iu parliament , entering the house of a washerwoman in Yorkshire , shook hands with all the inmates , not excepting a little Cinderella on the hearth , and nauseated Dame Suds with his fulsome courtesies . Kicking the dog which lay snoozing by the fire , "Get away wi' thee , " she cried : "he'llbe shaking hands wi' thee next !" During the agitation of the Deform Bill , and subs quent to that spawn of Whiggery becoming the Jaw of the land , I happened to be secretary to the Leeds Radical Reform Association ; and as the vagaries of faction were then more than ordinarily ludicrous , I could not avoid noticing the performance of their varied extravaganzas , which lacked nolhing in the shape of falsehood , hvpocricy , and
malevolence . As will be remembered , Michael Thomas Sadler , the Anti-Maltfausian , the opponent of the infernal New Poor Law , and the terror of the griping millocracy , contested the election for the representation of the bricks and mortar of the borough of Leeds , against the nominees of Millowners and dissenting tub-men , of whom the ' Leeds Muckery' was the mouth-piece . Amongst other equally veracious statements , the abeve cited story was communicated by the lying Editor to his credulous readers , giving , in addition , the name of the candidate , and the locale of ¦ Dame Suds . ' On Sunday , the day after its appearance , I waited upon the recipients of thft 'fulsome courtesies' and soon ascertained that ' The Great Liar of the North ' had squeezed three t & umpers t ' ato the brief space of half a dozen lines .
1 st . —The wife of the canvassed was [ not a washerwoman . ' 2 nd . —Neither she nor her children were accosted in the manner described . 3 rd . —No dog was ' snoozing by the fire . ' The good man of the house said he had not decided upon the candidate in whose favour he should tender his newly-acquired vote , until I read him the Mercurial , ' description of Mr . Sadler ' s visit , when he immediately exclaimed , ' At all events I cannot support a party driven to the necessity of inventing such barefaced and calumnious falsehoods . '
On the Monday our association had convened a public meeting , when I took occasion to expatiate upon the rottenness of all systems requiring brute force , deceit or falsehood , to sustain their existence , and instanced the above as indicative of the frail foundation on which faction rests , and the despicable means resorted to by its adherents to accomplish their villanies . « Muckery / of course , was dumb on the Saturday following . He could not substantiate hia story , and therefore silently pleaded guilty to uttering a base lie to subserve a factious purpose . a parallel to the ' dog in danger . '
Editors employed on papers devoted to the service of party , seem to be all tarred with the same brush . Having exhausted their ignorance on the question of the Land , and proved beyond all dispute that they are as incapable of giving information on the subject as a cow is of dancing on the tight rope , they substitute lies for argument . It has recently gone the round of papers conducted by these ignoramuses that the Land Plan had proved an entire failure , and that the allottees on the Great Dodford Estate had been necessitated to apply for parochial aid ; while , the fact is , that not one al .
lottee is yet located on that estate . I sent a Northern Star' to one of those knowing < WES > showing that none of the allottees had arrived at Great Dodford-that the estate was not prepared oi their taking possession , and that , consequent , the assertion reiterated hy the plural units , ' was a base , deliberate , and palpable lie . For party reasons the refutation could not be admitted into heir pure columns . No , the poor things are hired o do dirty work . Their bread is purchased with the wages of ini quity . They are trained in blackguardism ; but feeing too effeminate for the brothel
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they play the bully armed with a goose quiii mounted on a stool , and locked in a garret . ' I have seen several of those fellows who dub themselves ' public instructors , ' who , when Ie ( j astray from their one idea , evinced the most consummate ignorance on the most ordinary topics . Talk of their giving instruction in agriculture ' "Wh y , how many of them have set a potato , or hoed a turnip ? How many of these Instructors' could distinguish a drill from a coffee mil ) , or a harrow from a window sash ? Not many , I believe . xLa .. nUn * Vl » K > , 1 ! . T SfmUl ) With 9 IMinOa -.. _• ,.
As the Collective Wisdom is again sitting to des . patch business , or kill time , I must not consume much space , but will conclude b y another quotation from the ' Spectator , ' illustrative of the l ying propensities of the ' wes' of hia day , every word of which is strictly applicable to the fraternit y who do the Party press in the year 1849 . He says , ' Party-lying is so very predominant among us at present , that a man is thought of no principles , who does not propagate a certain system of lies . The coffee-houses are supported by them the press is choak'd witii them , eminent authors live upon them . '
What a moral nation ! Yours , truly , London . April 16 . W . Rider
A Medical Wit.Yess.—The Assizes For The ...
A Medical Wit . yess . —The assizes for the county of Cornwall , which were brought to a close on Saturday fortni ght , produced few cases of interest . In a will cause , a very curious incident occurred of the force of habit . A surgeon , named Ward , gave the following understandable evidence for the benefit of twelve Cornish jurymen , in relation to the testator ' s capability of making a will : — " I found him in erysipelatous inflammation , face and scalp of a dusky brown , covered with furfuraceous scales , tho result of the peeling of the cuticle ; tongue dark brown and dry ; pulse 120 , and thready ; slight subsultus jactitation ; low muttering delirium ; answered when roused sometimes coherently , sometimes incoherently : he was in a sleepy comatose state , and clearly moribund . "
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COltX . Mam * . L . VNE , Monday , April 16 . —The supply of English wheat this morning was very short , and taken oft * by the millers readily at a rise of fully 2 s per qr upon last ilon . day ' s prices ; of foreign there was likewise less at market than for some time juist , and the Danish blockade of the German ports , caused a good trade in line qualities at a similar advance . French flour readier sale , and is to 2 s per sack dearer . Grinding and fine malting barley found more buyers , and fuhy Is higher . Fine malt rather dearer . Beans firmer , and white peas held at higher rates . Rye without alteration , The arrival of foreign oats being shorter , and likely to remain so for the present , we had a good trade at Is per qr more money than on Monday last . In cloverseed and tares very little doing . Linseed cakej better sale .
British Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 3 S * ta 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to 50 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , shire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 37 s to 41 s , ditto red , to 42 s , Devonshire and Somerset , shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 25 s to 33 s , Scotch , 24 s to 28 s , Maltordinarv , —sto —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 2 Gs to 28 s , mapie 27 s to 30 s , white , 24 s to 2 Cs , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , h : uro * v „ 23 sto 2 fis , pigeon , 28 s to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , IBs to l'Js , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 20 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 21 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 19 s , ditto potato , 18 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , >' ssex , new , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , car . raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ i 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , Hour per sack of 2 b'Ulbs . ship . 32 s to 34 s , town , 40 s to 41 s .
Foreign . —Wheat , — Dsmt' / . ig , 48 s to alls , tVnUalt and Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 s to 40 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 4 « s , Itostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Ilolstein , and Friesland , 36 s to 42 s , Petersburgli , Archangel , and Itiga , 3 Ss to 42 s , Polish Odessa , 36 s to 41 s , Marianopoli , and lk-r . dianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to oSs , Brabant and French , 38 s to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Salonica , 33 s to 3 Gs , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 (! s , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barlcv , Wismar and Kostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 2 fls to 23 s , Saal , 22 s to 27 s , East Friesland , 17 s to IDs , Egyptian , 16 s to 17 s , Danube , 10 s to 17 s , peas , white , 24 s to 28 s , new boilers , 26 s to 20 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 26 s , pigeon , 25 s to 2 i ) s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 20 s , lliga , Petersburg , Archangel , aud Swedish , bis tolis , flour , United States , per 1 % 'lbs ., 28 s to 25 s , Haniburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French per 2 S 01 bs ., 34 s to 3 Cs .
Wednesday , April 18 . —With very moderate supplies of grain , our market is very firm for every article — all our country markets being on the advance . Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 580 quarters ; ft * reign , 8 , 700 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 140 quarters ; foreign 2 , 070 quarters . Oats—English , 5 , 550 quarters ; foreign 9 , & 30 quarters , riour , l , 170 sacks ,
CATTLE . Ss-iTitHEU-, Monday , April 1 G . —Even the time of year considered , our market to-day was very scantily sup-died with foreign stock , the general quality of which was infe . rior ; jet the demand for it was in a very sluggish state , at barely last week ' ii quotations . The njmbers of beasts received fresh up from our grazing districts were again ex . tensive , and of very superior quality ; indeed , scarcely a second-rate bullock was on offer . Although the attendance of buyers was large , and the dead markets were weU cleared of their last week ' s supplies , the beef trade , owingto the heavy supply , was by no means active . However , a fair average portion of the beasts were disposed of , at prices about equal to those obtained on Mondr . y last ; but
the highest general quotation for beef did not exceed 3 s Cd perSlbs . Beef is new selling at fully Is , mutton , Is 4 d , lamb , 8 d , veal , Cd to Sd , and pork , 8 d to lOd , per Slbs . beneath the prices obtained at the corresponding period in 1848 . There was a decided increase iu the numbers of sheep , most of which were in good condition ; yet the mutton trade was tolerably steady , at Friday ' s improvement in value . The primest old downs in tiie wool , sold ac from 4 s to 4 s 4 d , out of the wool 3 s Cd to 3 s lOd per Slbs . Lambs were in good supply and fair request , at from 5 s 4 d to 6 s 4 d per Slbs . Wc had a better sale for calves , the value of which had an upward tendency . In pigs exceedingly little business was transacted . Prices remained unaltered .
Head of Cattle at Smitiififxd . Beasts .. .. 3 , 8021 Calves .. .. 99 Sheen .. .. 20 , 800 Pi-rs 250
Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s ( id I Veal .. 3 s ( id to 4 s 61 Mutton .. 2 s 8 d . . 4 s 4 d | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lambs .. .. as 4 d to 6 s 4 d . I ' er Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and ; Leadesiiall , Monday , April 9 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d - , inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Sii ; middling . ditto , 2 s lOdtooS 4 d ¦ -prime ditto , " 5 s Gdto 3 s SJ ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d ; small pork , 3 s Od to 4 s 2 d ; lanil ) --, 5 s 2 d to 6 s 2 d .
PROVISIONS . Losdos , Monday , —The cold weather in the past week slightly improved the demand for Irish butter , and a fair business was done , at prices for the most part corresponding with the views of buyers . Foreign was dull , and the best 2 s per cwt . lower . Bacon . —Irish singed sides with not freely dealt in , nor prices qulle solirm . —American * 'Jti steadily , at full prices . Of scalded middles , longboneli' 55 , and short rib-in , and tierces , the same may be reported . Hams and lard in moderate request , at steady rates . English Butter , April 10 . —Notwithstanding the present cold and backward spring weather , our trade is anytliiiv * but active ; but one good effect ot the cold weather is , that it helps off our remaining stock of old butter , which would otherwise go to grease . Dorset , line new , id ' s per c « t . ; ditto , middling , 7 Ss to 84 s ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Buckinghamshire , 0 s to 13 s per dozen ; ditto , West Country , 8 s to 10 s .
FRUIT MD VEGETABLES . Covest Gakden * . — The market is well supplied with vegetables and fruit , but trade is very dull . Pine-apples are sufficient for the demand , Hot-liouse grapes arc vervgowl , and more plentiful . Nuts in general are sufficient tor the demand . Oranges and lemons are p lentiful . Amongst vegetables , carrots and turnips are abundant , cauliflowers aud broccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , and seakale , are plentiful . lV " a « toes remain stationary . New potatoes begin to nv . iUe their appearance . Lettuces and other sahuling are sufficient ior the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut tiuwe .-s consists of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , uil'I ' - ' hyacinths , cinerarias , trop-eolums , fuchsias , and ruses .
POTATOES . Southwauk "Waterside , April It ; . —Our market continue scantily supplied with English potatoes ; but we are so «™ supplied with foreign growth , there is not much -ulviiut - tin prices . The foUowing are this day ' s quotations '• - Yorkshire Regents , 130 s to 180 s ; Scotch ditto , 120 s to » - * ; ditto whites , 00 s to 100 s ; French whites , 80 s to M- ' Belgian , 80 s to 90 s ; Dutch , 100 s to 110 s . COLONIAL PRODUCE . London * , Tuesday . —The weight of the public ^ c ° 3 sugar to-day has caused a dull market , but the lirrntt" ' the importers of Bengal , of which the bulk coii = i ' ttll -l . vented a decline beyond Od ; but half of the quantity o » f-i was bought in . 5 , UOO bagssold ; 400 hhds . of «'' SI ''*; , and 1 , 500 bags Mauritius , also sold a shade in fc" 0 UL . the buyers . The refined market has been dull , ^ j ^ are Od lower than last week ; grocery lumps , 50 s J " - ^ ji Coffee continues to wear a dull appearance ; " ! ' ; - ^ public sale ofplantation Ccvlon did not alter qll 0 tl -Tj : , Vit chiefly consisted of damaged . 1 , 000 bags ''' ^ ( foreign ) sold by private contract at 27 s , which isIUJ under the late highest point of the market . . .. . ^ Cocoa sold freely in public sale ; good red Tri "'"' to 43 s Ud .
COAL . ^ , Los-noN , Monday . —The March return of coals '" 'Jj ^ r -i of London shows the quentity delivered by tW •;„ ^ Office to be 160 , 642 tons , and by private meter . - ' '''''^ tt- * This gross amount is short of the delivery ut . * , lrt l , f tb- ' ponding month of last year by 80 , 060 tons ; and *"" ^ . ( 5 gross delivery of coals only ending March WIS , v tons . "WOOL . . oJ / , i : Cmr , Monday , April 1 G . The imports of wo ? ' * ¦ ., „ i " don , last week , were 1 , 324 bales from Port l" 1 ^ ^ few bales from Germany , & c . We are now rca ^ v ' of the last season ' s clip from Australia , and tin * ^ t . into the May sales . In the meantime the liiarKci - *^ « xw ^ K ^^^^ " - * i ^^ Bt o-- ^ - « ' ^ - ^ - ^^ - ^' ' ""*
DEATH . ... of' * The Paris papers report the death in " . ' , . pjii'lil *'*' Slowacki , ono of the most distinguished ot tlit ' at the early age of thirty-nine .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21041849/page/8/
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