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And In Ail 7 Important Konce. « ., ~ -~«...
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Axti-Free Trade Meeting At Brighton. Bri...
AXTI-FREE TRADE MEETING AT BRIGHTON . Brighton * , Jav . 26 . —The fifth annual meeting of thc Sussex ; Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry was held at the eeciety ' s rooms tm Friday afternoon . The Duke of Richmond ( pre-8 _i-jent of the society ) took tho chair . The report of the committee was read by tho secretary , which set forth that not only those f « rmers _. but others who thought Free Tradewould make this country _prosperous at length saw the delusion , and bes-an with sorrow to find that the substance liad been sacrificed to the shadow , that a great number of farmers had been ruined , and thousands of the airricultural labourers thrown out of employ ,
• without any countervailing benefit to the manufacture ** , commerce , or trade of this kingdom . Mr J . Eumas inor _« d the adoption ofthe report , m doing which ha asked leave to adduce a few facte . B-ery day ' s experience showed the total impossibilitv of British acrriculturist *; competing witn foreijmers without protec tion , and a full P rot _f _**! _ for tleir produce . ' in 1347 , when wheat _wasMUmg at £ 15 to £ 30 a load , the _agricul turists were taunted for _supposing that any » _-J _«/^ uld a " _' -from Free TradS . " What harm has free Trade doW was asked . The answer was- " No harm now ? but wait a little while , and we shall find it . And p-rerv _dav ' s experience showed the correctness _^ i _^ _rffiSation . _^ From the 7 th of Jul y to the
33 th of October , 1 S 47 , thirteen weeks , 2 , 000 , 000 ¦ quar ters of corn were imported into those ports -which they saw advertised every week in the London Gazette . Unfortunately , that contained nothing imported into many ports in England , and none at all imported into Ireland ; and he believed _thatJke wag _ander the mark when he proposed to add on this account 51 KI , ( KJ 0 quarters . Wheat , which sold at £ 25 to £ 30 a load hi June , fell in September more thfUi 5 _
the falling prices and also from the ruin which overtook so many ofthe first houses in Mark-lane that they had very much overrated the want ofcorn in this country fand , in fact , that , owing to the suspension ofthe Corn Laws which had then taken place , they had run head-over-heels into speculation , and were ruined to a greater extent than had bten known for a century . A * the report stated , the farmers completely saw the delusion of Free Trade . ( Hear , hear . ) When they looked at the short crops this year , and he . "poke particularly of Subecx . a crop one-third at least below the average , and _whai they found tliat the price was such as would not be remunerative , even ifthe crop liad been an average cropit must be acknowledged on all hands that
, Free Trade had done them mischief , and that every anticipation which the Protectionists made of it 6 ¦ effects had been entirely realised . ( Hear . ) They all knew that it was impossible to sell . Only last Tuesday he offered his fir 6 t sample of wheat this year , a very good sample for the year , carried in good order and fresh thrashed ; but every person - replied , " I am no buyer . " He offered it to the largest buyer in the neig hbourhood , Mr . Catt , of Bisuopstone , and his reply was " I am so inundated with wheat , and I have offers to such an extent , and at so low a price , that as long as I can I must keep off using _Enjjlish wheat . At present I Can only use one-fourth English ; and the offers from abroad frighten one , and I am
obliged to be as _" careful as possible . " When the corn duty was taken off last March , what was the _oonseguence " ? Foreign wheat did not rise 6 d ., showing , as clearly as possible , that the duty -was paid hy the foreigners , and not by the people of thif oountry . ( Hear . ) So , when the duty came off next week , wheat would not be 6 d . cheaper . Taking the country at large , the whole rental had been lost dnring _' the -rear : the whole rental had been paid Out Of the capital of the tenantry . ( Hear , hear . ) Ue had land of his own , and he also hired land at £ 1 , 500 a-year ; and he asserted that during tile last year he had lost the whole of that £ 1 , 500 . He had paid his rent out of his capital . It was said * , and it liad been said by what was called the leading
journal of Europe , the Timet , that the farmers were lrightcncd—that they had been frightened before ; " You are frightened out of your wits , " eaid that journal , " about the 1 st of February . When that 1 st of February is over you will find that you are fri g htened for nothing , and things will all come li g ht again . " Tbii was all a mistake . It was true that corn liad before been released in considerable quantities at a particular time ; but we then retained power by the corn laws of shutting tho door when the supply was greater than the demand . 2 fot so now ; and how the English farmer could cultivate his land at a profit , when the door was open at all prices to foreign corn , he could not imagine . Agriculture abroad had been much improved of late ,
and was daily improving . Mr . Jonas , of Cambridge , stated at a meeting last Friday , that a few days pre"riously he had on his farm two fanners , one of thera a nephew of Sir . Bates , one of the first breeders of shorthorns , and he stated that he and his brother had purchased an estate in Prussia , on the banks of the Elbe , whither they were going to transfer their capital and their skill , for the purpose of sending their produce to the English market . Mr . Jonas inquired the freight of wheat , and the reply was , "About is . ; " and the rent was not one _quarter , and the wages not one-fifth ofwhat were paid here . "With such facts before them , who could say to what extent we should be overwhelmed by foreign wheat ? ( Hear , hear . ) . He could not pay Mr . Bates the compliment which was wittily paid to a person transported , that "he left his country for his country ' s good . " He left his country to raise corn to send back , in order to assist still further in ruining
Ms friends whom he left behind . Mr . Eilman here referred to figures , in order to show that , of the _Tvheat and flour imported into London from the 7 th of October , 1 S 4 _? , to the Cth of January last , the foreign was in the proportion of Si to 1 of British , "while of barley , oats , « w * ., the foreign also was a large proportion ofthe whole . If this was the case in the metropolitan market , it was clear what was the cause of the depression in the country . Mr . _Xllman proceeded io show that the increase in the revenue of £ 1 , 533 , 000 was owing almost entirely to the duty on foreign corn , which was to cease on tho 1 st of March , and the duty on barley used in malting . The duty was from the growth of 1847 , which ¦ was of Tery good quality for malting . A large _quantity of malt was therefore made , and that would correspondingly lessen the revenue from that eource in the next year ' s return . There would , then , be a falling off ; and how was this revenue to be raised , or how were the farmers to be relieved ? We had
one scheme fairly and honestly brought forward , — he meant Cobden's . We had another put forward in the Peel paper , and supposed to speak the sentiments of the Peel party . Of thc two budgets he had no hesitation in -saying give him Cobden ' s . Cobden proposed to reduce the Excise duties on malt , hops , soap , Ac ., to the extent of £ 6 , 000 , 000 , and so to benefit both the farmers and the public . Uow for Peel ' s budget . He proposed first to take Off £ 1 , 650 , 000 for window duties . He believed that
the class who were now suffering most was the small fanners , under £ 200 a-year , and these men paid no window duties . The next item of reduction was asiessed taxes . What assessed taxes did the fanners pay ? They were allowed a horse . _Ifone of them could keep more than one , and a great many none at all . Next came bricks . This he should say was a commoiity quite as much wanted in the manufacturers' chimneys and mills as on landed estates . " Stage an I hackney coaches . " IIow this would benefit the farmers he waB at a loss to know . Next came
" French wineB . Farmers had a great deal to do frith these , certainly . ( Laughter . ) It was then proposed to put on one per cent , oh freehold prcjserty in lieu of probate and legacy duty . That -would not benefit the land much . The next proposition was the most impudent thing ever proposedthat all incomes should be taxed down to £ 50 a year . Small farmers were precisely the class who did notpay income-tax . And this was to be a ' relief ! To call on them to pay who had nothing to pay with was an absurdity . There was another item of reduction included in the total of £ < $ , 170 , 000 . It amounted to £ 1 , 100 , 000 , and its repeal was to benefit the tenant farmers . It was for insurance . Why , the fanners were already exempt from it : so
that this was adding insult to insult . With regard to a bait thrown out to them by Cobden , he hoped that the farmers were not yet so lost aa to consider Cobden a friend . ( Hear , hear . ) He only invited them to join him in order to help him to pull down all classes of society . He ( Mr . _EUraan ) asked , "Was ever anything gained by concession to agitation . " It was Tery coolly proposed to knock off £ 10 , 000 , 000 of tlie revenue , no matter how , but the army and navy wera named ; and Cobden had striven to cajole the fanners to _aesist him . A sma . ll duty was not ¦ worth petitioning for . If Ministers should propose a small duty his advice was , "Take it as proposed , as a matter of revenue , to be paid by foreigners ; but do _' nt thank them for it . " The agriculturists
-mist either have protection for their industry , or they must have their burdens removed . ( Hear , hear . ) From what occurred during the last session of Parliament , it was clear that the property-tax could not be increased , nor the assessed taxes . Where then could the revenue be raised , except by the imposition of Customs' duties * Mr . EUnian concluded by moving the adoption of thc report , which was carried by acclamation _^ ' , _inT _^ _S _^ V ¥ - secr ? tM 7 . then read the financial report , the chief item m which was a vote of ioO towards the Bentmck testimonial Mr . Bigo moved the ndoption of the following memorial to Lord John Russell ¦ —
TOISEWGHTHOV . LOUD JOHN ECMCLt , K . P ., HIST L 0 _* _U > Of the _nuust' - . T , -ere . _Jhei Memorial of _landowners . TenaaUanners , and others ofthe county of Sussex , present at a meeting held in Brighton , on the 25 th of January , * J « , HumWy _ehowtth-Thut tie _pres-jot rit » at « n and future
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_profptels of your memorialists are in the greatest _dt-gree _tuffm _*** -, and , unless scene e » rly _measurM are adopted in oa * wav or other toward * , their relief , they foresee a certain aad widely-extended ruin of the tenant-fermers of this country , with a consignment to tlie workhouse or « e labour : *); population . . . ,. . In all former instance- ? , without exception , wneoi " ; nas pleased i _' roridence to rid * thi . kingdom ' __^___ Y ___ _\ able harve . t-a . contingency which _«^!^^__ _^ __ _t pen-prices bare risen ao aa partly to ™ _$ * _£ _ ™ ™ ? ; tfen on th . agricultural -- _^^ J 5 __^ _tSr __^__ Zl S _£ _& they findthemselves obliged to « H at a lower ratio than would be remunerative in an abundan t year , and even in many instances they cannot obtain anv sale at all , owing to the foreigner offering m tho market a better ( ample .
rfe imp lore your early and serious attention to such a threatening anomaly . " For , however captivating may be certain new theories , we can never believe that our government will _perseveri-idy consent to sacrifice the territorial produce ofthe soil ofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , if they can be brought to tee and anticipate that the consequence of their legislation must shortly be , that a great portion of that soil will cease to be cultivated , over-burdened as it is with taxes and tithes . It must be recollected tliat such burdens were laid on the British soil , with no unsi _> aring hand , in periods when that soil was protected from unrestricted foreign competition ¦ but if it is doomed to be henceforward exposed to it , those burdens should in justice and reason be previously removed .
It is impossible that land " subjected to such great and complicated disadvantages should continue to grow produce in competition with land which is totally free from many of them , and but moderately affected with others . There will in future , under the existing law , be no protection beyond the small expense of freight , which , ia many instances , is not greater from foreign ports than from one port of this kingdom to another ; and we must further add , that fertility of soil and steadiness of climate are superior in many ofthe competing counties to what they are in these islands . Our union-houses are rapidly nHin-r , and Rre fuller than they have been at any period since the introduction of the 5 ew Poor Law ; nor is there any other cause assignable for this misfortune than the absolute inability of tlie land occupiers to employ labour , when paralysed in the disposal Of tlieir produce .
The malt tax is admitted by all parties , even by our greatest opponents , to be a gross injustice done us ; but to tliis we have hitherto patiently submitted , partly owing to its importance in the national revenue , and partly in consideration of other compensatory circumstances . But henceforward we see ourselves about to be deprived of _every compensation , while the barley und hop growers in particular are rapidly approaching to insolvency , thc growth of hops being attended notoriously with a very heavy outlay in addition to the duty , and barley being at prssent almost unsaleable in this maritime country by the importation of a much heavier quality from France and other foreign countries .
In conclusion , we emphatically and most respectfully press upon government the reconsideration of this subject , to avert our _Impending downfall . The total prostration of so large and so important a portion of the community as tlie owners of land , the occupiers of it , and the labourers who till it , can never be conducive to the good of the whole . It is others who have brought us to this state of distress . We can be accused of no delinquency on our part We would remind your Lordship , that though it is always easy to destroy , it is difficult to build up again , and that the delay of a year may bring upon us u degree of ruin which we believe no wise and paternal government can justify or contemplate . Signed by order ofthe meeting , Richhokd . The memorial was adopted . Thanks having been voted to
The Duke of _Richmond , he spoke as follows : — I am not one of those who think it possible that the agricultural interest can be prosperous unless the manufacturers are also ; bHt I have always felt that the manufacturer must be ruined unless the home trade is in an efficient and flourishing state . Go to the country towns ; ask the grocer , tho draper , any of the tradesmen , whether , when the price of corn is low , they receive a quarter as much as at other times . At public meetings people are apt to say : " Why don ' t the farmers employ the labourers ! " The farmer cannot if he has no money to pay them with . ( Hear , hear . ) I like a country life ; but it is heartbreaking to me now every morning to see the numerous persons who come and ask for work . Formerly , when men of loose character came and asked for a job , the reply might have been , " Tou are a single man ; you made plenty of money
wnen in won , ann _squanaerea it in tht Deer-wop , and therefore I cannot give you work . " But now , men of good character come and say , "We don ' t ask any favour . We only want to provide for our families by the sweat of our brow . " And this makes a residence in the country almost unbearable . I go to the workhouse , because it ig my duty as a guardian to do so , and I see 40 or 50 men able and willing to work , and who would have work but for Free Trade . Cobden and Bright come forward and ask the farmers to join them . Join them in what ? By agitation to prevail on the government , which is supposed to be made of rather " squeerable materials , " to go back to the estimates of the year 1835 , by disbanding a portion ofthe army and navy , and by abstaining from public works . But when these men are disbanded , who maintains them ? Not
the manufacturer , but the landed interest . They come back and fall on the Poor-rates , a small portion only of which falls on the manufacturers . I have been arguing this only in a financial point of view ; I will now take higher ground . Have we no more colonies now than in 1635 ? ( Hear , hear . ) Arc we at peace in India ? Have we not had insurrections at the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon ? And do you think that in the present depressed state of the West Indian colonies , it would be safe to bring back our soldiers and sailors from that colony . Then Mr . Bright , because he happens to be a Quaker , says , ' You should not go to war ; war isridiculouB ; have a Peace Society , and leave every thing to their arbitration . " Really , gentlemen , this humbug is too gross for discussion . If he thinks he can promote peace without army , navy , or police ,
I recommend him to go over to Ireland and try to keep one village quiet . It is perfectly ridiculous . But the object of the Anti-Corn Law League was to destroy the landed interest , and thoy first went to the farmer , knowing that the landlord must follow . They hate the farmer as they do the landlord , because they know that the farmer and the landlord are loyal mea , and that they will stand by the Sovereign and constitution of the country . They have hit us hard , and , not content with waiting the due time when , if the Free Trade measures are not repealed , we shall go entirely to the wall , they wish to hurry it by persuading the farmers to assist in destroying the establishments of the country , and then we shall have the scenes which have disgraced France and Germany acted in this country . I do not mean to say , that if nothing can be done to relieve the farmers in their present
appalling situation there will not be many who will join with Mr . Cobden , because we well know that a drowning man will catch at a straw ; but I have too good an opinion of the loyaltv , of the good sense , and ofthe capacity ofthe great body of the farmers of England , to believe that they will give Mr . Cobden any support as a body , because 1 believe they will never follow a man whom they believe to have been their enemy , and that , though they will forgive him as Christians , they will never forget that all the distress that has come upon us ia owing to Mr . Cobden , and to that other individual , Sir R . Peel . Ofthe two , I declare I know not which is the worst . ( Hear , hear . ) I again beg to thank you for the vote of thanks which you have passed to me , and to assure you that I am not one of those who change as Sir Robert Peel does . ( Cheers . ) The meeting then broke up , but the committee remained behind to arrange the plan of the ensuing campaign .
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The Trial or Baiiek . —When the trial came on , » crowd of _thosa who loved and honoured Baxter filled the eourt . * * Two Whig barristers of great note , Pollexfen and Wallop , appeared for the defendant , Pollexfen had searce begun his address to thejury when the Chief Justice broke forth , " Pollexfen , I know you well . I will set a mark upon you . You are the patron of the faction . This is an old rogue , a _schismatical knave , a hypocritical villain . He hates the Liturgy , He would have nothing but long-winded cant without book ; " and then his lordship turned up his eyes , clasping his hands , and began to sing through his now , m imitra tion of what he supposed to ba Baxter ' s style oi praying— " Lord we are thy people , thy peculiar
people , thy dear people . " Pollexfen gently reminded the court that his late Majesty had thought Baxter deserving of a bishopric . - ' And what ailed the old blockhead then , " cried Jeffreys , " that he did not take it ? " His fury now rose to madness , He called Baxter a dog , and swore that it would be no more than justice to whip such a villain through tht whole city . Baxter himself attempted to put in a word , bnt the Chief Justiee drowned all expostulation in a torrent of ribaldry and invective , mingled with scraps of- 'Hudibrae . " "My lord , " said the old man , " I have been much blamed by Dissenters for speaking respectfully of bishops . " " Baxter for bishops , cried the Judge , " that s a merry
conceit indeed . I know what you mean b y bishopsrascals like yourself , Kidderminster bishops , factious , snivelling Presbyterians . " Again Baxter essayed to speak , and again Jeffreys bellowed , " Richard , Richard , dost you think we will let thee poison the court ? Richard , thou art an old knave . Thou hast written books enough to load a cart , and every book as full of sedition as an egg is full of meat . By the grace of God I'll look after thee . I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know what will befal tlieir mighty don . But , bv the grace of God Almig hty , I will crush you all /' * * The noise of weeping was heard from some of those who surrounded Baxter . "Snivelling calves ! " said the judge . —Mtcaulay ' s History of England .
CONTBMPUTEO _RuDUCTIOS OF THE ARMT . —It is understood that a reduction alluded to of 10 , 000 men will take place in the army estimates for this year . But as- 3 , 000 men are now on passage to India ( the cost of maintaining which is to be borne by the East India Company , ) the actual number to be reduced will he 7 , 000 . ' This numerical reduction to the extent of 7 , 000 men will be effected in the regiments in the United Kingdom nnd in depots of corps serving in the colonies , wbich depots are also in the United _Kingdom .
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BOW-STREET . _—Hoctosisq km Robbery .- * -- ! Browne was charged with _hocusging a servant and robbing him of his watch . —A constable stated that a servant in livery arrived atthe railway station on Thursday morning from the country , and , on his calling a cab , the prisoner made himself very officious , and found means to get into the vehicle with him . Nothing further was known of what took place until the cab was seen passing through Tothillstreet , Westminster , when the prisoner opened the door and went away , leaving the young man fast asleep and stupidly drunk inside . The cabman , who must have known something of the matter , drove to tho next public-house , anu it was discovered that the man had been robbed . —The prisoner admitted that he got very drunk with the servant , but he recollected nothing either ofthe watch or being with him in the cab . —He was remanded .
LAMBETH . —Robbery with Violexck . —Mary Ann Flood was finally examined charged with robbery . —E . Bates , the prosecutor , who is still suffering from the effects ofthe injury he received at the time of the robbery , and the marks on whose countenance sufficiently showed the violence with which they liad been inflicted , said , that on the morning of the I 6 th ult ., he met thc prisoner on the Hungerford Bridge , and after walking with her some distance , she gave him a violent blow , which caused him to reel from one side of the brid g e to the other , and he fell with his face against the brickwork , and seriously injured himself . The prisoner tried to escape , but was secured before she got off the bridge . A man who came from some place of concealment
was seen to assist the prosecutor up alter he had tallen , but he succeeded in effecting his escape at the other side of the bridge . The prosecutor was taken to th * station-house , Weeding , and in a dreadful state , and after he had given the charge , the constable went back and found the prosecutor's watch in a coal barge close to the bridge , and near the place where the prosecutor was knocked down . Tke prisoner was committed for trial . On Tuesday , James Edward Smart , a powerful young man , who has been for some years under the * » _urt- < : _»* M < mce ofthe police , was charged with being concerned , with Mary Ann Flood , m robbing and ill-using the prosecutor . After hearing some evidence , the prisoner , who offered nothing in defence , was fully ommitted .
_Ciur-h * op Improperly . Flogging a Child . —Mr . J . Mackenzie , schoolmaster at tho St . Mary ' s National School , in Princess-road , appeared to answer to a summons charging him with having shamefully flogged and injured J . J . Powell , a cripple , aged eight . The little sufferer said that on Friday last he was ordered by tho defendant to hold out his hand to receive a blow from a cane , and , on his refusing to do so , he was struck , knocked down on thc floor , and was used very severely . He had lost thc use of his right side by paralysis . The boy ' s father exhibited his left side , which shocked the magistrate and every person in court . His left arm , from the shoulder to the hand , waa _coyered with large weals , and the whole of his left sido waa , even at this remote period , nearly covered with blue , black , and livid patches . —The defendant , in reply to the charge , said the boy was so obstinate that he could
scarcely uo any tning witn mm . un tne uay in question a younger boy held out his hand to receive chastisement for the same offence as that of which the complainant was equally guilty , but on its coming to his turn to receive a slight punishment he refused to hold out hia hand . He , the defendant , was , how . ever , sorry lie had been led to punish him so severel y . —Mr . Dunn , the beadle of the parish of Lambeth , spoke to the general conduct of the defendant for kmdness and humanity . —Mr . Elliott remarked that there could be no doubt from the defendant ' s own showing that the punishment administered was highly improper , and that he had no right whatever to beat a child in the body in the manner in whieh he seemed to have done ; and to mark his ( Mr . Elliott ' s ) disapprobation ofthe defendant ' s conduct , he should order him to pay a penalty of twenty shillings for the assault , together with two shillings expenses , or , in default , to stand committed to prison for twenty-ono days .
GUILDHALL . —Shah _Soicidks . —When Mr . Alderman Musgrave had nearly finished the business ofthe court , * respectably-attired woman handed the following letter for his perusal , respecting the ch * racter of the man Jaques , whose attempted suicide was * reported some time since : —Tho writer , who signed her name " Mrs . Rattray , " of 17 , Ironmonfer-street , St . Luke ' s , then went on to state that ' rederick Jaques had lodged in her houso the latter part of 1847 and a great part of 1848 , during which period she not only boarded , lodged , and washed for nim , but recommended him to a tailor for a suit of clothes . For his board and lodging ho ran up a bill to the amonnt of £ 7 7 s ., promising to pay as soon as he got a situation ; and he likewise induced
her husband to become security to a Loan Society for £ 6 , and left them to pay it- —but , being unable to do so , in consequence of her husband , who is a baker , being out of employment and very ill till a short time since , the society was now proceeding against them . He obtained two or three situations , but never had the honesty to repay one farthing , After that he prevailed upon a woman servant to lend him £ 20 , with which he took an col pic-house in Barbican ; and instead of being turned out by the landlord , he absconded , after selling some of the materials , and with the remaining portion of the money got married , and , lastly , excited the sympath y of the public in his behalf by what the writer considered a sham attempt at suicido . On Saturday night last , being short of money , and not wishing that her husband should go to prison , she called
at Jaques s lodgings , for the purpose of asking him for a , trifle of what was due , when sho saw Mrs . Jaques , who refused to do anything , and defied her?—Mr . Alderman Musgrove said he had no doubt ae the press had been the means of obtaining thc money , the same facility would be afforded to give his true character , to prevent further imposition . — Mrs . Rattray , with tears in her eyes , said that she and her husband had relieved Jaques when they themselves were in want . It was therefore that , knowing his character , and seeing that he was receiving money from the court , she came there on puhlic grounds , as she considered benovolent individuals ought not to be further imposed upon . —Alderman Musgrove had no doubt that Mrs . Rattray ' s conduct was very creditable . He should order her 5 s . out of the poor-box , which he thought _yery well bestowed .
WESTMINSTER . —A Wretch . —ILannah Kelly , a middle-aged woman , whose face was disfigured by a contusion under each eye , apparently the result ofa recent pugilistic encounter , was charged with begfing , and also with cruelty to a fine little child 6 he ad in her arms . —Mr Broderip expressed his regret that he had not the power to take the poor little thing away from her . He entertained not the slightest doubt that thc defendant was a professed beggar , and one of the very worst of that class . It was in general with reluctance that he exercised the extreme power given him ; but in this instance he regretted that the law did not allow hini to inflict a greater punishment , as he had no doubt that she was in the habit of tormenting the poor child , that by its cries she might the better extract money from the benevolent passers-by . He then committed her for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction .
The CiSE of Destiictiok in _York-birbet . —Mr . Broderip said , with reference to the distressing case in York-street , Westminster , the result of an extensive correspondence , consequent upon former statements is , that , after paying everything up to the present date , a sum of £ 117 remains for the widow Williams and her family . I have [ seen her , and she expresses her wish to go into business as the keeper of a shop for child's linen , a business of which she has nad a previous knowledge . With her consent , about £ 70 of the monev in hand will be laid out in tho purchase of stock for the shop , and the balance will bo paid to- her for the purpose of enabling her to carry on her trade , as soon as she is sufficiently strong to do so .
WORSHIP-STREET . —Dbspbratb _Obtraok and Robbxrt . —John Flavin , a powerful fellow , who was recognised by the polioe as having been repeatedly in custody upon other charges , was placea at the bar before Mr . Hammill , charged with having robbed and brutally maltreated a compositor named Jeremiah Leonard , whereby he had sustained such serious injuries as to endanger his life . It appeared that , as a policeman named Sanders , of the H division , was passing through _Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , a little before ono o ' clock on Sunday morning , he found the man Leonard stretched upon the pavement , to all appearance perfectly lifeless , the whole of his pockets turned inside out , and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound at the
back part of his head . The only person near him at the tune was a little boy , on the watch at a short distance , who told the constable that the man had been attacked by a party of thieves , who had riflod his pockets , and afterwards knocked him down and left him in the condition described . With the assistance of another officer , the injured man was conveyed upon a stretcher to the station-house , where his wounds were dressed by Mr . _Mearcs , thc divisional surgeon , and the man , on be » ng partially restored to consciousness , stated that he had been robbed of a quantity of silver , but was unable to give any further particulars , and , therefore , the
_surfeon advised his removal to the hospital , where he ad ever since remained in too bewildered and suffering a 6 tate to afford any detail of the circumstances . SHch an accurate description , however , of the most activo of the man ' s assailants was supplied by the boy who had witnessed the attack upon him , aa loft no doubt of his identity with the prisoner , and he waa , therefore , subsequently traced to a low lodging-houso in tho neighbourhood , and taken into custody . —Mr . Hammill ordered the pri soner to be remanded for a week , to afford time for the injured man ' s recovery , and attendance to prosecute ; upon hearing which , the prisoner turned from _Xbfi bar »« d a »« iic 4 the * ffitaeB _«» witb the
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most _vindictive threats and imprecations , and _roeiferously k _« pttuem up until _hewasremored by main force to thc cells . . A Novkl Divorce . — A _distressed-looking woman , with an infant in her arms , who gave the name of Marv Ann Barber , made application to Mr . IlammiU for a summons against a man named Henry Gray to show cause why he refused to contribute towards thc support of her child , of wh | ch she declared him to be the father . The applicant stated that she was a married woman ,. but had parted from her husband by mutual consent , nearly five years since . About three years after the period of their separation she was induced to aceept thc protection « _fW man Gray , and the child in question , now
nine months old , was the result of their intimacy . Siic continued to live with Gray until a few days since , when he suddenly discarded her , and , as he refused her any assistance towards the support oi their offspring , she was compelled to resort to compulsory mpasurcs against him . Her husband had been all along aware of the nature of her relation with Gray , during her residence with whom a formal instrument was drawn up and signed by them both , with the . view of cancelling their marriage contract , and whieh she was told would be equivalent to a legal divorce . Thc following is a verbatim copy of the document referred to by the woman , which was handed in for the magistrate ' s perusal : — ¦ Wee , John and mary ann barber , do mutally other free
agree to separate for ever giving each a toleration to marry whomsoever wee may think proper ; if marry ann barber marris I John barber do agree to pay the marrigc cerrimoney , and give mary ann barber to th « man shee might fir her choise on in what church Bheo might think proper , and each pledges themselves never to anoy or mislet each other . —10 th May , 184 S . —( Signed)—John Barbbr , —Mart Ax . v _Bauber . Witness , Henry Watson , — Goliah Gray . "—In _awswer to further questions the applicant said , that the witness , Goliah Gray , whose name was appended on the paper , was the father of the man against whom she sought redress ; and that the document was prepared and executed at kis instigation , in order , m . some measure , to obviate the scandal arising from her connexion
with his son under such circumstances . —Mr . Hammill told the woman that the agreement of separation upon which she appeared to rely was not thing more than waste paper ; and as regarded the liability for her child ' s support , she had clearly no claim whatever upon Gray as the putative father . In all cases of voluntary separation between husband and wife it was held , that whatever the subsequent conduct of the latter might be , her children must be deemed legitimate if she continued to hare access to her husband , and tbat _accoss was to be presumed if an opportunity for it had been afforded . He considered that such presumptive access existed in the present instance , and he must therefore decline _erantin-r the summons _against Gray , as her husband
was alone liable in law for thc maintenance of the infant—The woman then left the eourt , evidently much dissatisfied , and expressing her intention to apply immediately to the parish to take up the case , and adopt proceedings against her husband . Another Robber * :. — A young man named Thomas Ivory , the son of an extensive florist in one of the suburbs , was charged with the following violent highway robbery : —The prosecutor , a shipwright in the London Docks named Peters , went upon a _pleasuro excursion on tho 26 th ult ., accompanied by his mother , brother-in-law , and sister , and on their return they all stopped at a public-house in Old Ford-lano to procure some refreshment . There they stayed some time enjoying themselves , and
the prisoner , who was there also , but a stranger to their party , persevcringly forced himself upon their attention , and ultimately , upon their leaving the house at nine o ' clock , insisted upon accompanying them part of the way home , more particularly attaching himself to the prosecutor , whose arm he persisted in taking . In this manner thoy walked until they reached a desolate part of the road on the ed g e of Victoria-park , when his brother-in-law left him to protect the women , who had gone on in advance , and thc instant he had done so the prisoner turned fiercely upon him , and , telling him he was determined to have his watch , grasped hold of the chain , which he tugged so violently that it broke , and loft the watch m the prisoner's hand . The prosecutor attempted to
recover his property by seizing and struggling with the prisoner , but was struck down by a terrific blow under the ear , and left in a state of insensibility , during which the prisoner effected his escape . How long he remained senseless he could not tell , but he at length became conscious of his relatives feeling about for him on the grass in the dark ; and upon recovering he was in such a state of debility that he was obliged to be supported until a cab oould be procured to carry him to the police station , at which he gave such a description of his assailant as ultimately led to his apprehension . — '' / hen called upon for his defence , the prisoner earnestly protested his innocence , declaring that he had cone _straight home after leaving the
prosecutor and hia friends at tho door of the house they had been staying at , and that he had never before been in custody for any offence in his life . —The prosecutor ' s brother-in-law , however , likewise swore positively to the prisoner ' s identity , mentioning several facts which could leave no doubt about it ; and a man named Wilkins , who had formerly been in thc police force , proved that in October , 1847 , the prisoner was in his custody upon a charge of felony , for which hewassubsequentlyarraigned and convicted , and sentenced to a lengthened term of imprisonment in Ilford gaol . —The prisoner upon hearing this , became instantly Bilent , and , tne depositions having been taken , he was fully committea to Neweate for trial .
SOUTHWARK . — Dining Out . — Maria Ann Wright , Rosina Carter , and Henry Davies , three well-known characters , were brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with committing a murderous assault on Mr . F . Bellinger , a French merchant carrying on business in Gracechurch-street . —The complainant , who seemed very much knocked about , stated , that on the previous evening he dined with seme friends at _CamoerwcH , and on his return home he met with a woman named Newman , and went into a public-house near th _« New-cut . While drinking at the bar he saw the prisoners , who seemed to be acquainted with the woman who accompanied him . A little after two o'clock he went with Newman to her lodgings in Whito-horse-street ,
where he undressed and wcHt to bed . Asout five o ' clock he was aroused by some parties breaking into the room , and on looking round he saw the prisonors rush towards him . Thc wpmen emptied his pockets and stole his purse containing a sovereign , while the male prisoner pulled him out of bed and beat him in a most unmerciful manner . He called out for assistance , and in a a few minutes a policeman came up to him and secured the prisoner . He hadbeen drinking a little , but was quite positive that the money was safe in his purse when he entered the house . —Police-constable 196 L said , he was passing the house in question a little after fire o ' clock that morning -when he heard a scuffle in the first-fleor front room . He
listened , and heard some parties beating another , when he instantly procured the assistance of another constable , and entered thc house . After some difficulty they succeeded in entering the room in which thc prisoners were , when he perceived the prosecutor lying on thc floor , quite naked , and coverod with blood . He was speechless , but pointed with his hand that the prisoners were behind the door and under the bed . He seized Daries , while another constable secured tho others . —In answer tothe charge , the prisoners denied stealing the purse and money . They were drnnk when they arrived home , and were exasperated at seeing a stranger ia the room . —They were committed for trial . Charge of Arson . —J . Scollard , and W . Scollard ,
his brother , egg and butter sellers , 48 , Bermondsey street , were charged with wilfully setting fire to the house they occupied , [ on the morning of the 15 th ult . An inquiry took place before the coroner as to the cause ofthe fire , which resulted in no proceedings being taken against thc accused . Mr Cottingham , having been accidentally made acquainted with the suspicious _circumstancos against them , gave directions that they should be taken into custody . —A policeman stated that at half-past three o ' clock on the morning ofthe 15 th ult ., as he was passing 46 , Bermondscy-strcet , he saw smoke issuing through the chinks of the shop door . He burst open the private entrance , and alarmed thc inmates , upwards of thirty of whom , men , women , and children , came
dow » from the upper rooms not half dressed . He afterwards saw J . Scollard come out of the yard with his shirt and trousers on , and carrying Jiis coat and waistcoat on his arm . He did not say anything relating to the fire , nor did he make any inquiry about tlie people in the houso , as to whether they had made their escape—J . Wilkinson , fireman , said that on arriving at the prisoner ' s houso he found some butter firkins on fire under the staircase . When these were extinguished ho proceeded to tlie room at the rear of the shop and there discovered that several articles of linen which had been han <* - ing up were on fire , that the fire in the shop and that in the parlour were two distinct fires , and neither of them were near the grates . Finding that a dense smoke issued from the cellar under tho shop , he went down there , and found some nieces of
board on fire , which were laid across one another on the ground , and in such a position as to set in flame two wooden uprights used as supporters to the rafters above . There was no communication whatever between the fires in the shop , back parlour and ecllav , and it was impossible they could have been communicated from one to the other . Thero was nofirc-p laceneai'whercthcfireswcrcfound . lie could not undertake to state the value of the property on thc premises , but that it muRt have been very small , as he saw nothing bnt a few half firkins of butter , a few old egg boxes , and some paltry articles of furniture in the cellar . —Another fireman said it was fortunate the policeman entered the house by the side door , for had lie broken open the shop door , m which the flame waa smouldering , it _* oul < l havo been Mended with _diwtrous # onso-
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_quences , and in ail _V _* _g * 7 _^ _JT / n _? _^ most of the lodge" wwM h * v e been burnt J . Scollard told witness that the house was « sured to the amount of £ 350 , and showed witness a policy of 8552 ? Witness ' asked him where wa , the | ropcrtv , as all he found there was three or four half Ens with a little butter in each of them andla few teas . The reply was , there had been forty _fir-Snsff butter _thS / e previous to the fire , bu tha the heat must have melted it all away . Witness said that was quite impossible , for there would have been evidence of it if such had been the case , witness questioned the prisoners as to the cause ot tne fire . They said , in answer , that they could not account for it ; that they both slept in the same beU in the back parlour , and were aroused by a smell oi smoke , and got out in thc best way they could , in * ¦ _t
answer to Mr . Cottingham , witness said he had no doubt that the fire was caused wilfully . —Mrs . Hoare stated that she and her husband and two children occupied the back room on the first floor , and that tho house contained altogether about thirty inmates ; that Bhe and her family on going to bed about ' half-past ten o'clock on the nig ht in q " est » on smelt fire , and saw smoke coining up through the flooring ofthe cupboard situated over the prisoner s sleeping-room . Witness went down stairs , and , in answer to the question if there was anything burning in thc back parlour , J . Scollard answered from within , that he was only lighting the fire , and that nothing was the matter . Witness and her family then went to bed ; and , in the morning , were
awakened by a cry of fire , and made the best of their way down stairs . —J . Bezell stated that he lodged in the house , and that after he had escaped with his wife and children , he returned , knowing that the prisoners slept hi the back parlour , and not seeing them about , he went into the passage of the house , and on getting to the back room , he found it so full of smoke that he could not enter in an upright position , so he went upon his hands and knees , and crawled over to the bedstead , under the impression that the prisoners wero lying there . He , however , managed to ascertain that neither of them were there , and with difficulty ho groped his way back into the passage , and from thence out into the yard , when he saw J . Scollard with all his clothing on but
his coat and waistcoat , which he carried on his arm . —A policeman saw both prisoners in the yard , at the rear of the house ; J . Scollard had something bulky in his pockets . Witness asked him what he had there . The answer first was tliat he had nothing , upon which he ( policeman ) felt the pockets outside , and then Scollard produced a policy of insurance , besides £ 10 in gold , and silver , and farthings , and a watch and guard chain . —In answer to the charge , W . Scollard said : All I have to say is that the house is crowded with lodgers , and that other men had _acco-B tothe places where the fires wore as well as I or my brother . —J . Scollard said I don't know how the fire happened , and I am innocent of thc charire .-The prisoners' solicitor said
that if tho _oete was adjourned to a future day , he was instructed that he 6 honld be enabled to produce evidence of such a character as would tend to show that the prisoners were innocent of the charge . — The prisoners wero remanded . A _Bot Charged with Btabbiko . —G . Spencer , aged 13 , was charged with stabbing J . Spencer , a lad about his own age , with a clasp knife . The complainant stated that on the previous afternoon he met the prisoner , whom he had known before , and they had some words which ended in * scuffle . Durin-r the affray thc prisoner took a clasp knife
from his pocket , and opening it exclaimed that he would use it , and immediatel y rushed upon the complainant and stabbed him in the fleshy part of the left arm , near the elbow . Thc prisoner aimed a blow at complainant ' s body , and the point of the knife would have entered there had he not protected it by helding out his arm . —Prisoner admitted th « offence , Baying he did it because tho complainant wanted to make him kiss the ground , and held him down for that purpose . He added that he was sorry now for what ne nad done , and that he did not intend to have done so much injury . —The magistrate then committed him to prison for trial .
A Schoolbot Attempting to _Cowir _Scicibi . — A boy named Johh Dean , the son of acorn merchant at Horsilydown , was charged with attempting to destroy himself . —He was found sitting on the steps af a door . He was in evident pain , and- stated that he had swallowed some white precipitate powder , with the intention of destroying nimsclf . The reason ho gave to the magistrate for what he had done , was that his sister pulled his ears because he did not go to school . —The prisoner ' s brother , a young mail , said , that the facts were , he was sorry to state , that his father petted the prisoner to such a degree that he _spoi'ed him , and he not only neglected his school , but if he was sent on an errand that ought only to take three minutes , he stopped away three
hours , with a parcel of idle boys 1 ke himself , ilis sister , old enough to be his mother , checked hiui fer his idle habits , and his passion was so treat , being allowed by his parents to have his way in everything , that in the excitement he went and purchased the poison to destroy himself . —The magistrate deprecated the conduct of the chemist in selling a boy _poison . —The chemist said , white precipitate powder was an article much in demand in his _neighbourhood , and was used for children ' s heads . That , n the same afternoon , he had served two or three boys with the article , and did ; not consider it necessary to mako any inquiry . —Thc _magistrate s » id , he should commit the prisoner to gaol , to 6 ee how a little wholesome correction would operate upon him .
_MARYLEBONE-Robberu-, 6 on thb Great Western _Railway . —Robert Frost , one of the Great Western Railway Company ' s guards , was reexamined , charged with having stolen a quantity of haberdashery and other articles . H _« was also charged with having stolen property to a large amount , belonging to the Earl of Craven . —T . August was charged as the receiver of the article * stolen , but , after a little evidence had been adduced , admitted as a witness against Frost . —Mr . Joseph Scott Wallis , steward to the Earl of Craven , deposed that on thc 10 th of November last , he sent eleven packages from his lordship ' s seat at Ashdown Park , by a carrier , named Taylor , to _conrey ta ihe Shrivenham station , addressed to hie lordship at his other country
residence _. Combe Abbey , near Coventry . On the 25 th of the same month he ( witness ) arrived at the Abbey , where he found that the proper number of packages had been received , but on examining one of them he discovered that the lock had been forced , and property to a large amount abstracted therefrom . The articles Btolen consisted of a gold snuff-box , a prayerbook with enamel cover , a large gold musical sea , a paper-knife with agate kandle and silver gilt blade , a dndleBtick , and a jilt cup with coins let into it , — Mr . Justins for the prosecution : In opening one ofthe boxes from which you missed the articles _youjfoundan empty case , did you not ?—Witness : I did , and from that case the eold box had been taken ; it was an exceedingly valuable one , and highly prized by Lord Craven . The said case was here shown to the witness , as was also a gold seal , both of which he identified as belonging to his lordship . Murch ( the guard ) who detected the prisoner , stated that
he had seen the seal in Frost ' s possession at a tavern eight or nine weeks ago ; he said it did not belong to him , but that it was picked up by a packer working on the Eastern Counties Railway . This article was recovered in consequence of a man named Brookg having giren up the duplicate thereof to Mr Collard , who conducted the case . —T . August deposed that he was brother-in-law to Frost , and that he resided in Pivot ' s-row , Old Ford . He first saw the seal produced about a month ago at his father ' s . Saw the prisoner who asked him to take tho seal down to Old Ford and raffle it . A man named Brooks said he'd raffle it . Did not know that it was pawned . —Several other witnesses were examined whose evidence was strongly exculpatory of the prisoner * and Mr . Justins requested that a remand might take place , inasmuch as he had every reason to believe that some ofthe stolen property belonging to the Earl of Owen would be _epeedily traced . —The prisoner was remanded .
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Nottingham . —Ths Framework Knittbrs . — The situation of a great number of these unfortunate workmen is truly deplorable . The men employed by one firm having struck against a reduction of wages , several hosiers have refused to give their workmen cotton , in hopes to compel the men on strike to submit to the reduction . If the shopkeeping class are wise , they will assist the men in their struggle , and by so doing ease their heavy poor ' s rate .
Ihe Firk ih Lincoln ' s Inn . —Many documents of great value and importance have been rescued from _thedsbrie of this fire ; and one which is said to involve the receipt of upwards ef £ 70 , 000 a year has been preserved intact . There are many others , however , still missing , and of the recovery of which there exists now no hopes , and their lo _** must entail the most serious consequences up on those concerned . A contemporary , in alluding to the frequency of these
calamities , calls attention to a patented process of Messrs . Fox and Barrett , of Leicester-square , which has been applied with the most marked succc- _* to tha erection of buildings perfectly fire-proof at a cost no greater than by the ordinary means . The new lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch is to be thus built , * and as the principle appears eminentl y calculated for the praiseworfhy aS d t ot mT , CW ' ° mUCh P ublici _VcanSbe
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CORN . _JJtARt LA * . *** , Monday , Jan . S 9 . — "We had a short sup--, ) , of wh « at tliis morning from Essex and Kent , which * vas taken off readily at nd '/ last Monday ' s prices , and for extra fine samples rather more was paid . Foreign wheat , both free ana in bond , m _« t more demand at the rates uf last _wstk . Flour without alteration . Finest samples of Em-fish malting barley being scarce , obtained a slight a , ] . Tance _, other _qualltle * and foreign were fully as dear . Unit slow sale . Beans and peas uualUred . The arrival of o , \ ts was small , and the trade firm at previous rates , the boud _«* held higher . Kye dull . Small foreign tares saleable at 26 s to 28 s , with a fair demand . Por cloverseed there is a tolerable sale at our last Monday ' s quotations . _Linswd cakes in more demand .
Wednesdat _, Jan . 31 . —With moderate supplies of all grain , our trade is to-day Tery firm , having many _countijbuyers , who now come forward , a » to-day the _slidiiig-sc-Je ceases its further operation . AlTival 8 this week : —Wheat—English , 1 , 2 * 0 ; foreip _, _, 6 . 150 qrs . Harley—English , 4 , 710 ; foreign , 1 , _« 0 v _,, Oats-English , 5 , 680 ; Irish , 1 , 469 ; foreign , 2 , 810 qrs . Flour —English , 3 , 180 sacks . Fbidav , Feb . 2 . —The act admitting all grain at an uoi . form duty of ls . per qr ., and every description of meal at 4 Jdpercwt , came into operation yesterday ; the effect cf this alteration was already , in a great measure , anticipate ! , sales having been made for some time past either for uVa very when it came into force , or aUowing the ls prospective duty , but a fair extent of business was done at the i ' _uU rates of Monday . BREAD . The prices « f wheaten bread in the metropolis are lYotn 7 id t * 8 d ; of household ditto , 5 jd to 7 d per 4 fl _* _-s . loaf .
CATTLE . Smithfihd , Monday , Jan . 29 . —Yery few foreign _bea- < - or sheep were on ofter in to-daj ' _s market , and their _generjil quality was inferior . The demand for them was _ste-nlv _, at fully last week's quotations . Calves sold briskly , st high prices . From our various grazing districts the it-rivals of beasts , fresh up this morning , were limitea , even time of year considered ; but there was . a great _improvement in their general quality and condition . The weather being mora favourable for slaughtering , and the attendance of both town and country buyers oil the increase , the luf trade was firm , at , in most transactions , an advance in the prices of Monday last of 2 d per 8 lbs . The prime 6 t _Scols
sold without difficulty , at from is to is 2 d per 8 Jbs , and a good clearance was effected . There waa a further decren , * in the numbers of sheep , and a great scarcity of _mllr prime downs and half-breds was noticed . For all breeds ci sheep the demand was very firm , and the extreme pric * s of last week were realised in every instance!—the _l' _* rt downs readily producing 4 s lOd per 8 lbs . Prior to the close of the market , nearly the whole of the sheep had been dipposed of . Although the supply of calves was tolerably extensive , the veal trade was brisk , at a rise in value of quite 6 d per 8 lbs . _Trime smaU calves sold at from Si to 5 s 4 d per Slbs . Prime small pigs moved off freely , at full prices . Otherwise , the pork trade was heavy .
Head of _Catixe at Smithfield , Beasts .. .. 3 , 3441 Calves .. .. IM Sheep .. .. 17 , 280 1 Pigs Ht ) Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newcatb a _\*» Lbads . _shai . 1 ,, Monday , Jan . 29 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s _6 d to 2 s lOd ; prime large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; _luri-e pork , 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s lOd : middling ditto , Ss Od to 3 s lOd ; prime ditto , 4 s to is id ; veal , 3 s lOd to 4 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s lOd to 4 s 6 d . Friday , Feb . 2 . —Trade was very dull to-day for even . thing , notwithstanding a short supply of some descriptions of meat . Prices were heavy , and 2 d per stone lower _tian on Monday last for beef , mutton , and veal . Prime Sects made only 3 s I 0 d _, and southdowns no more than 4 s IM . Tlie finest calves went at 5 s 2 d per stone .
_PROVISIONS . Londo . v , Monday . —No improvement has occurred in rhc demand for either Irish or foreign butter . The sales _i . f ail kinds since our Inst bare been on a limited scale - , ths prices current : _—Carlon-, 70 s to 80 s ; Waterford , 60 s to _tfc ; Cork , 70 s to 72 s ; Limerick , 63 s to 66 s ; foreign , 50 s to 95 s per cwt Irish _kacon in moderate request , at 52 s to oSs . Hams a slow sale , at 66 s to 76 s . Lard rather mor * inhabit ., at 52 s to 62 s , bladders ; kegs , 42 s to 46 s per cwt . fir American produce tha demand was active . English _Botter Market , Jan . 29 . —Since our Inet report , the demand continues upon the best parcels , and lower rates have to be submitted to . Tke middling qu alities sre pressing on the market , and prices are quite nominal . B * quantity of fresh butter is increasing , and lower pric ** ai * accepted . Prime Dorset , 90 s to 94 s per cwt ; uiiddlitif , 70 s to 80 s ( nominal ) ; fresh , 10 s to 13 s _perdoiea .
VEGETABLES . _Coves-t Gaudek , Monday , Jan . 29 . — This nwrket _w-s well supplied with both fruit and vegetables , at about last week ' s prices . _POTATOES _Southwabk Watbbsidk , Jan . 29 . —The continued _adrerrf winds have left our market so barelv supplied with evtvy description of potato that we have but few sorts to quote the prices of tliis week : —Yorkshire _Regents , 100 s to _!* " : Newcastle ditto , 90 s to 110 s ; Freneh ditto , 30 s to ll _« _i Belgian _oitto , 80 s to 100 s ; Dutch ditto , * 0 s to 80 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Londos , Tuesday . —The sugar market has opened tc-. W ' - with a further improvement ; aU that _iras offered in r _« wic sale was bought freely at thu full prices paid ou Friday , _i and 6 d advance on strong working qualities . 6 , 500 bat ? . fr _, _" / 14 , _" _* - !? m Pub « c sale-good to fine grocery . 5 's 'J to ass 6 d ; rehmng qualities , SSs 6 d to 39 s 6 d ; 1 . 0 » 0 ' " ?* « . also sold by private coutract at the same rates . 2 , uo « toi _* Bengal also sold in public sale ; Dhobah , eood and Sn * . . _nrivtt 43 , ; _^^ - --. _fadsof _"WestinSia sold _h-d * pro ate contract market , 41 s 6 d to 48 s 6 d . llefined tin " , * _- low to good grocery , 48 s 6 d to 51 s . - Coffei-. _ This article has been dull and oricw" _« ' t shad * lower . A great portion of th _T j , m LZ " _ofl _^* . £ _t-ouC _^ lon was bought in at last _weel _^ p _^ for Jan : ' < |
COAL . $ Mondat , January 29 . _ Price of coals per ton at the _** _| _^ s _V _^ - liuadle ' 8 _* Harley ? 15 s ; tl _. «» I 13 s -Chester Main , 14 s ; East Adair ' s Main ; 12 s ed ; _Jo-a-Ir SS- iF _^ A 1 _!? ed : _NewTanfi 8 Id , 13 . ; Original 1 * % ' lUM . T _iTO Redheu S h 12 s <•<•; Smith ' * _iwf _fe wS ? . S _? eld Moor < 13 _« * . Tanfield Moor Butes , W * Mti-Walker _s Primrose , 12 s ; West Hartley , 15 s 6 d ; Wall ' s * ' Brown gj i 3 s ; Brown ' s Gas , 12 s 6 d ; _Pramwellgate , M _* ' _^ K . _llingn-orth , 13 s 9 d ; Eden Main , 15 . ; _Br _imont , 1 . "* "" _' Bruddj I ' _s Hetton , 15 s Gd - East lletton 14 s Lyo „' . < . _M IUswell , Ub Sd ; Russell ' s lletton , 15 , 9 d ; _Stewa fi If West _Keepier , 14 . 9 d * , _Whitwell , IS . _U ¦ _rj'JX _, is * * ¦ rwnV _V _^ ' _J * _^ . ' 3 u i so ** Hara S _« ' _¦? t £ 111 m' _vvU Trin \ ' » : Adel *» d T _«*> _# lees , 15 s 9 d Whitworth , 13 s 6 d ; Witton Park l «" ; _flEKSW _' ' ' - 1 SS ; 1 IwUft J Me w " _Ho-vwd _' s fl * Hartley NorUierton _, 15 * . Ships at market , ! 40 .
WOOL . last w _« V w _^ _VTa- ?* r —Th" *» -P ° rte of wool into W _**( of c 2 _S i ? * hm , ted ' comprising 180 hales from the _t _* i « Avre _^ Th _/ n _' _lv 7 f _^ _^ ' _^ i 124 from J _* _»* _$ n , _mf-r . T e iJ , ubllc «»¦«« commenca on the 7 th " l _ _SfcrSrt _* ? ' 20 , ? ° 0 25 _' °°° bata . _« _wTxp ected to M _ouerea . Alread y prices are higher by antici pation . ¦ * * **** _* ****" _- **" -- _<"* " _*** ***" " * _- * _- _" _* . » _.. _**^**/ _#
Tue Deaths. ,„ * !; C V} A H Ttt Manchester, Andrew Kinlocb, In - Is • J!
tue DEATHS . , „ _* !; V } h Manchester , Andrew Kinlocb _, in - is j !
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j— , nr _« man who ever _wea-red at a _nower-loon 1- ' , commenced work as a _power-loom weaver hi the Tear _jj _ntUUsgow . He left for England in the year 1 * W . ff _s employed first at Staleybrid- _^ , and subsequently in *«! _K towns m Lancashire in setting up power-loom- * . 1 _*« _r-as burnt out at _Werthoughtal-fUie distressed a * - * - " " nated hand-loom weavers . , Recently , thc widow ofthe late John Bannister , _ft' _^ 'l Miss _Ihu-per , at thu advanced age of fi . She wa .- : » I . j rahc singer , and made her debut ns Kosetta , in ' _* _' : '''' , " . jiC _> _illage , " at thc Haymarket , iu 177 C . She retired tr-: _* •" stage m 1732 . llewntly at Xow York , Thomas Dalv , lata of Lffi ' . _''*' ''' s !» - ot the most anient of tha Repeal Confederates . *• " ¦ > * iork _xNctwii says : _•• We knew Mr . Daly , and a m '" _-ntert-sk-d _patriot or generous man _nerei- existed . "
Printed B Y William Rider, Of Xa S, Ma-F Cleoflew-*' ;^ In The Parish Of St. Anne. Weshninster. At The I"»'. .,
Printed b y WILLIAM RIDER , of Xa S , _Ma-f _cleofleW- *' _;^ in the parish of St . Anne . Weshninster . at the I" »' . _.,
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" ¦ JjJ * - " > Grout _WiudmilUtreet , _HavnJ-trl-er , " ! , v !\ nft of _Wortmiustor _, for the Proprietor , _FEAU'lUS 0 'U » _- * .. _* i j sq . M . l \ , nnd published by the said William _ " ! _% > , the _ooico . in tha samo street and parish .-= » u _* February 8 rd _, 184 *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03021849/page/8/
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