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reasons could be _allseed for the existence of such houses at all . _1 _U- - BiisKS said he was very grateful to the lion . haroni't who had just addressed Inc Ilouse for giving liiin an opportunity of making a statement rcgavdng the measure then before them . The recent event to which the hou . baronet had referred was one wliich naturally excited much interest , but it ¦ Was a mistake to suppose , as some persons had done , that the system of contracts had originated since the passinirof the Poor Law Amendment Act . _Xearly 13 V vears ago it was authorised by the 53 th of George 1 , -1722 . By that statute thc overseers of the poor were authorised to obtain contracts foi- the accommodation and Maintenance of the poor outside for
ofthe workhouse . Ever since then provision the poor liad been contracted for in the manner _rcco-niised bv statute . Checks and precautions were _ofcourse attended to , but there could be no doubt -w to the lcalitv of thc practice—none whatever . _^^ _K _^ «* -ff for _^ h _^ S " _. _ilt-Pii to nirtics who might contract for their _provi-S dCti : ° a _m-actice . thatwas deemed advisable with regard toall the Gilbert districts I « ? _hSmnolitan districts it was not only permitted _? _ffiR . | £ i ; / orHanw ., y * _sact , m 1767 , by statute ,, m » VJ _, overseers ofthe inctro-5 £ _; _S _^ o « t the children of the poor _£ l * contracted for in the country That _mipei-ative enactment remained m force till 1844 , when being repealed , the practice , though still permitted
and [ authorised , was no longer enjoined . Xow , he _jni' _-ht mention thc est-tblishnient of Mr . Aubyn , at _Norwood . It was legal to place children there , and the establishment was supported by the enactments and provisions ofthe 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , c . 101 , a measure by which the right hon . member for Rip on provided sufficiently for the subsistence and accommodation of pauper children . He intended to show how tbat was done , and he should endeavour to give an historical account of the state of pauperism generally hi those houses which did not properly come under tbe denomination of workhouses , for he thought that thc House would be anxious to receive information on the subject , and he therefore had taken some pains to mate liimself acquainted
with it . He was , then , enabled to state , that houses of that description scarcely existed anywhere except in thc metropolis . They had been legal ever siiiec the time of George 1 ,, either as substitutes or auxiliaries ; but still he found scarcely any trace of them in the provincial districts . As to the districts in the nei g hbourhood of the metropolis , he found that , m London , Middlesex , Kent , and Surrey , there were seven institutions of that description . There were two of them at Stepney and Peckham , where paupers belonging to thc City of London Union were sent , bnt they would probably be vacated before the end of the present year , as good workhouses were being built . Those establishments would ,
therefore , die a natural death . The third institution , of which he had no doubt many hon . members had heard , was that of Mr . Aubyn , at Xorwood , in which there were somewhat less than 1 , 200 children . That was an institution which , ho believed , had been thought extremely well of by those who had visited it He was not aware that any comp laints had been made with regard to it ; the establishment was . in an exceedingly healthy situation ; and no one could doubt that , hi an establishment of that kind , if it were well conducted , thc children ' s interests were much better cared for than they possibly could be in an over-crowded workhouse , of if they were allowed to run about the streets . ( Hear . ) There were also two other
institutions at Margate , onc of them containing 131 parsons , and the other 1 S 3 , comprising both adults and children . There were establishments to which paupers who required the benefit of sea air were sent from different workhouses ; there could be no doubt they were extremely valuable institutions , and he believed there had never been any cause of complaint against them—at least , all the inquiries he had made led him to that conclusion . There was also a smaU institution near Welling , in Kent , where there were forty-four adult paupers , _cho were sent from a particular union in the city of iondon . The only remaining institution of this kindwas one at Brixton , where there were 195 pauper adults and infants , and he understood that ,
with regard to that house , there had been practically no ground of complaint . These were the institutions , even in number , with which it was necessary to adopt some legislative measures . He purposely abstained from referring to events which had recently taken place at Tootmg , because they were about to be made the subject of investigation in a criminal court of justice . On tliat account he would not say anything whatever with regard to the conduct ofthe person at the head of that establishment but he thought what had taken place there—whether that person was to blame or notfurnished a strong illustration of the { necessity of some further powers being given by the Legislature with respect to such institutions . It was manifest , at aB events , thatthe system was open to abuse ,
and he trusted this biU would enable them to take effectual precautions against the recurrence of such abuses , so long as houses of this kind might exist . He did not think that such establishments would long exist , but while they did they ought to be effectually superintended . With this view , he proposed that the Poor-Law Board should be empowered to make rules and regulations with regard to such establishments in the hands of contractors ; that the board should be enabled to mould the contracts entered into between the contractors and the guardians , and that It should also be armed with power to enforce the observance ofits rules . The bill then went through committee . The House adjourned a lew minutes before six o ' clock .
THURSDAY , March 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A conversation took place between the Marquis of _Salisbuut , the Earl of Carlisle , and the Earl of Ellesuere _, respecting some inaccurate statements which had appeared in the newspapers with reference to the late report of the committee of tbe House of Commons on the Crown Lands , and after some further routine business thc House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Acricc-ltitbal Distress . —Mr . Milxek Gibson asked Mr . Disraeli if he was prepared to lay his resolution with respect to Agricultural Distress upon the table ? _^ Ir . Di sraeli said that he had laid his resolution npon the table , and that the Clerk mi ght read it to the House if desired . Mr . Hume wished to have it read .
The Clerk thereupon read the resolution , which was to thc effect , that the whole of our load taxation , for national purposes , _feU mainl y , if not exclusively , upon the real property of the countrr , and bore with an undue severity upon the owners and occupiers of land , in a manner injurious to real property , and otheiwise injurious and unjust ; that moiethan one-third of the revenue derived from the Excis 3 was levied from agricultural produce , which had been exposed by recent alterations in the law to competition with the untaxed produce of other countries ; and that the nouse should resolve itself into committee , to take into consideration such measures as would remove the grievances of which
the owners and occupiers of land justly complained and would tend to the establishment of a more equitable apportionment of the public burdens ( Cheering from the Protectionist benches . ) Lord Ashley then rose , and moved , " That an bumble address be presented to her Majestv , praying her Majesty to appoint a commission toinquire into the practicability and mode of subdividing , into distinct and independent parishes , for all ccclesiastical purposes , aH the densely peopled parishes in England and Wales , in such manner that the population of each , except in particular cases , at the discretion ofthe commissioners , shall not exceed four thousand souls . "
Mr . Hcme objected to the motion and moved as an amendment , the insertion into the resolution afterthe word --population , " of the words and further to inquire into the best mode of puttin _* - an end to aU ecclesiastical sinecures and pluralities and of uniting parishes which separatel y contained but a limited number of persons . " After a discussion , in which several members joined , the House divided , when the _ni _* mbers were—Por the amendment * ... ... 28 Against it '" m
Majority against ... ... _ng The amendment having ; been rejectcd " the motion was agreed to without a division . J _^ _S _? _~ I _**™) Bn _^ -Upon the question that the House go mto committee on the Poor T im ( Ireland ) Bill , with the view of movhig thereta resolution imposuig for the next two years on every -anion in Ireland a rate of Od . in the pound on each electoral division towards the relief of the poor Mr . S . Chawfoho moved that it is unconstitutional and unjust to impose upon Ireland _senaratP national taxation for particular localities , _solom- as the pubhe general reranue of Ireland is mixed with
the whole imperial revenue , and applicable to the general purposes ofthe United King dom . He stated at some length , the grounds upon which he rested this proposition , contending that any advances made to particular localities should be made out of the public revenue of the empire , the lands of those ¦ _tocaUaes being held responsible for such advances Ma ailed upon English members to join him in resisting the im position of a tax upoa the Industry of Ulster to support other parte of Ireland . Several members nrged Mr , Csawford to withdraw hi * amendment , m order thatthe proposition _M _^! _i ° i- _S ) K _' - ? ul De made in committee "
The Speaker ' s leaving the chair was then opposed by Sir John- Walsh , who contended ___ _%$ __ the appointment of a committee , the bringing En to & eHouse _acutand dried resolution , _without dence , before that committee had completed _itsin-SSPW * - _^ tron of _&* P _^ _fice of parliament and of the-spiriuf the constitution _.., He . Sed WTO 3 rate- in . _ajd . _| . sixpence _^ _-whieh wag yicioss in
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p rinciple , andhad _already created a flame through _, out Ireland , was utterly inadequate j tbat it W 0 UK 1 oppress the occupving tenantry of Ulster and Kanster - and that whilst the poor law _t" _™ _Xf wonld was , ' engulfing al property , anv P _^ J _* _^ K be thrown away . He expounded what he _« _nMjerea a sounder policy , and said he should divide tae _* _T CSSS _»» for the _oomnrehensive measure promised by thegovernment . Sir G Grey pointed out the inconsistency of those who obstructed the Speaker ' s leaving the chair , when an exposition ofthe views of the government mi- 'hthave been made , ofthe absence of which they complainedand deprecated tbe continuance of this
, preliminary discussion in a case of such urgent necessity . ... .. .. Mr . Disraeli , after justifying his vote against Mr . Crawford ' s motion , observed that this vote did not preclude him from opposing the vacation of the chair to _' go into committee to sanction a scheme of the government which had not been explained . Where was the evidence in support of the policy of the Ministers ? Why was haste required here , when the House of Lords would move deliberately ? If the Government had brought forward comprehensive , business-like measures , they might have asked for temporary ones ; but Ministers were trifling with their reputation .
Lord J . Kussell observed that , according to the forms of the House , he could propose the resolution only in committee , and he retorted upon Mr . Disraeli that in demanding delay he was trifling with the welfare of Ireland . H e complained of a want of candour on the part of Mr . Napier and Sir J . Wal-di , and briefly pointed out the insufficiency of the remedies they proposed , of circumscribing " the area of taxation , and of emigration , and the mischiefs wliich would attenda property rating . Lord Casilereagh regretted that this proposition should have been brought forward , which was at variance with the feelings that had prompted the Union , and which , he believed , would ultimately be given up as impracticable .
Colonel Dunne , Mr . Ker , Mr . Grogak , and Sir W . _Verser , spoke strongly against the proposition of the government ; Mr . Reynolds , ihnugh hostile to a rate in aid , supported the _propo-ed rate , otherwise the poor must subsist upon the charity of England or die ; but it was upon condition that all property should be rateable : whilst Sir L . O'Brib-v , though he had voted for the rate in . the committee as part of a general scheme of measures , should now oppose the proposition of the government . After a few observations from Sir T . D . Acland , the Howe divided , when the motion was carried by 195 to 96 , and the House went into committee pro formd , the chairman obtaining leave to sit again this day . The other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o clock .
FRIDAY , March 2 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Marquis of _Lansdowi-e , in reply to a question _fromLordBRouGOAU , stated that there was no truth in the report that the British Consul at Leghorn had recognised the Revolutionary Government in Tuscany . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Naval Expesdituw _* . —The House went into committee of supply at six o ' clock , when a vote of £ 200 , 000 on account of excess of naval expenditure was agreed to . The Prisoners in Kilmainham . —Mr . F .
O'Conxo _** . asked whether the right hon . gentleman , the Secretary for ths Home Department , was aware whether any papers of a seditious and treasonable character had been found on the six political prisoners confined in the gaol of Kilmainham , and , if so , whether he had any objection to lay them on the table of the house ? ( Loud laughter . ) Sir George Grey said it was not consistent with his duty to reply to the question . Rate in Aid . —Upon resuming , the House again resolved itself into committee on the Poor Laws ( Ireland ) , when
Lord J . Russell rose to move a resolution , that in each of the next two years a -rate in aid for the relitf of the poor in Ireland of Cd . in the pound _hould be paid by every union * and in doing so , explained the course which the government intended to pursue with reference to these laws . He began by acknowledging that , although they had realised the objeetof sustaining the poor in Ireland by means of a rate , evils had arisen from the ad 'ption of this principle , and that in many parts of Ireland the rate imposed a heavy burden . It appeared to the government that although it was a divergence from the principle of the English poor law , it would be expedient to propose a maximum rate , and he had proposed to the
committee that the rate should not exceed 5 s . in the electoral division , and , when it wou'd exceed that amount , a rate not exceeding 2 s . should be _colleete J from the union , making 7 s . in all . The committee , however , though generally favourable to a maximum rate , differed as to the amount ; he therefore withdrew the resolution he hadmoved , and he did not intend now to make any proposition as to amaximum rate , but should wait forfurther evidence . But it was the decided opinion of the government that a maximum rate was desirable , in ordrr to combine with the relief of destitution the employ ment of industry . Thea'terationscon _' emplatedby the Government with reference to the Poor Law were these : — That when agricultural improvements of lands took
place , there should not be , for a certain number of years , not exceeding ten , any increased valuation on account of these improvements . With immediate reference to the resolutions he was about to propose , he stated , as the result of the report of the Poor Law Commissioners , that , out of 131 unions , there were 20 for which some external aid was absolutely required ; and the question was , whether that aid should be afforded , or whether Parliament deemed it wiser to withhold all relief , and allow these unions to take their miserable chance . After showing that an income-tax would be open to the same objection , on the ground that the Imperial Exchequer was the legitimate resource , vindicating the loyalty ofthe people of Ulster , and answering the fears of those who apprehended that this rate in aid would become a perpetual charge upon the
income of Ireland , he concluded by asking the committee whether they would consent to this mode of relieving the wretchedness of those parts of Ireland which had suffered from thc failure of their staple food ; whether they would prefer any otber measure - or whether , lastly , it was the deliberate decision of the House of Commons to deny relief altogether . Mr . Stafford opposed the resolution , arraigning the whole policy of the government with relation to the question of the Irish Poor Law , and wished to know what amount they expected from this rate ; what extent of destitution they anticipated , and what resources they looked for in the destitute localities . He warned the House of the effects which this measure would produce in Ulster , and ofthe evils of administering a local tax by local machinery .
Mr . J . _O'Cossell dissented from Mr . Stafford ' s theory of property rating , but found little ground for hope in the plan of Lord J . Russell , though he ghould not vote against it until he heard a better plan proposed . He thought the people of Ulster , who had their tenant ri ght , had less reason to complain of this rate in aid than the poor ratepayers of Leinster and Munster ; but an appropriation of surplus church property , a tax upon absentees , and credit for the income-tax and other imposts which Irishmen paid , would render a rate in aid unnecessary . Lord Bernard urged the injustice of taxing poor ratepayers in Ireland , upon the ground that tho affluent in that country were exempt from property « ine assessed taxes . If there was an inequality in the taxation of the two countries let it be remedied , but not made the ground of a tax vicious in principle and ruinous in its effects .
. Mr . Pagan deprecated allusion to differences between classes in Ireland . He maintained that the relief required should come from the Imperial resources . Ireland was a creditor of England , not a debtor to her ; and . Manchester was more interested in the prosperity of Cork and Wexford than Dublin was . He was , however , favourable to this national rate in aid , knowing the destitution of 200 , 000 of hiscountrymen , and seeing the reluctance of this House to make further grants ; but it would require great qualifications to make it a perfect measure . Mr . Bankes was sure that if Lord J . Russell had unfolded his scheme the night before , ahd the house had found that after all that had been done for Ireland we were to advance more money and take as security the chance of tliis rate iii aid—which some members said the Irish people could not pay , and others that they would not—he would not have got Ms committee .
Mr . Moxsell trusted that the obvious injustice of singling out property in so lamentable a condition as that which was to be solely taxed , would prevail upon the House to reject the proposition . The Chaxcellor of the Exchequer said , that ' some members , in their teal against this proposition , seemed to have lost si g ht of the pressing emergency of the case , official documents stating that in the west of Ireland , without
assistance to the local resources , large numbers of the people would be in a state of starvation . The mode of this relief , by means of a temporary national rate , had been actually suggested for other purposes . So objection was offered t 0 a national rate for assisting emigration ; then what . became of the objection on principle that it was unjust that the farmers of Ulster should be taxed for the relief of destitution in Connaught , when they did not refuse to assist emigration there ?
Mr . Osborxe moved to report progress , and Lord J . Russell assentinar , the _Cuaikxiax obtained leave to sit again on Monday . The Petty Sessions Bill underwent some discussion in committee .. The House adjourned , ata quarter to one o ' clock , until Monday . .- .
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WORSniP-STREET . -HiOHWAT RonBEnT . -G . Davis , Anne "Wood , and Margaret M' Carthy , were charged with having assaulted J . Byland , and stolen from him a silver watch and guard , ofthe value of £ 5 , a quantity of loose silver , and other property — The prosecutor stated that he was passing through Whitechapel about ono o ' clock that morning , when he was accosted by tho female prisoners , who requested him to " treat" them , and havihg . ' bcen drinking rather freely , he accompanied them to an adjoining public-house . They were followed into the house by the male prisoner , who was . invited by the women to join them , and the whole of them ultimately left together . Feeling some misgivings as to their _character and intentions , he abruptly ' wished
them good ni ght , and walked rapidly on . He had only advanced a short distance , however , when he was overtaken by the prisoners , who hadbeen joined in the interim by two other men , and without the slightest previous warning he received a blow on the side of the head , which instantly felled hira to thc ground . On partially recovering , he shouted for assistance , upon which the male prisoner flung himself upon him , exclaiming , " Let us murder him ;" and grasping him by the throat , held him forciblv down till he was almost strangled . One of the women rifled his pockets of all tho monev in his possession , while the other raised the guard-chain over his head , and having secured his watch , she hastily snatched up his hat , which had fallen off in the struggle , and the whole party effected their escape . He hastened in the direction which they had taken , and met a policeman , who conducted him to a notorious rookery in the neighbourhood , where he found _McCarth
the woman y at the door of one of the houses , and gave her into custody . "While they were conveying her to the station-house , they were overtaken by the male prisoner , who had managed to effect a considerable metamorphosis in . his appearance _, and addressing him in a disguised voice , observed , " You are altogether mistaken , sir ; that is a most respectable woman , and she has been in my company the whole of the evening . " Witness instantly recognised him as one of his assailants . The woman AVood was subsequently apprehended at her lodging , where the complainant _s watch was discovered . It was intimated by Aldernfan , the jailer , that the p risoner "Wood had only beerf released a few days from a similar charge of robbing a gentleman of his watch in the same neighbourhood , and that both the other prisoners were notorious thieves , against whom the evidence of previous convictions could be established . The prisoners were ordered to be remanded .
BOW-STREET . — Embezzlement . —Henry E . Russell , who had been for twelve years a clerk in the Westminster Fire Office , in King-street , Covcnt-garden , was placed before Mr . oardine , charged with embezzlingmoney amounting to £ 800 . —Mr . Humphries , the solicitor , stated thatthe prosecution was instituted by the governor and directors of the Westminster Fire Office Company , but it was his intention to enter into a miner case only for the present , and request a remand for a few days . —Mr . R . Hughes , a gentleman residing in Park-street , Regent's-park , stated that on thc 29 th of January last he went to the Westminster Office , and paid the sum of £ & to the p risoner , from whom he received the receipt-form produced . The payment related to an insurance . —Mr . W . Brown , the
secretary to the Westminster Fire Office , proved that the prisoner was in the employ of the company in January , and that the printed form produced was one of the " receipts usually given in the office . Witness had referred to the corresponding number in the counterfoil from which the receipt-form had been torn , but the entry was in a different name , although in the same handwriting—namely , the prisoner s . No account was rendered by tho prisoner ofthe p ayment of £ 6 deposed toby _Mri' _-Hughes . The prisoner left the establishment on the 8 th of February , on which day witness received the following letter in his handwriting . It was without date ,
but was signed "H . E . Russell : " — " Sii _' , —1 must at length confess to you that I have been unfortunate enough to do that which is wrong , and that my account Is very considerably minus . I will _flivoyou an explanation to-morrow morning , but to-3 ay it is impossible . I hope , in consequence of my long , and I may add , for a long time , faithful services , that the directors , in consideration of my family , and circumstances unknown to them , will be as lenient as possible . I may also add that nobody is implicated in this matter but myself , "—Upon this evidence his worship ordered the prisoner to be remanded for further examination .
GUILDHALL . — An Amazon . —A young woman named Ann Elliott was charged with violently assaulting several police-officers . — Henry Eldon Smith , policeman 131 , said , that about a quarter to six o ' clock the previous evening he saw the prisoner and a gentleman getting out of ft cab in _Fmsburyplace-south , when there arose a dispute as tothe rare , and they refused to pay the cabman . The gentleman was intoxicated , but the prisoner was not , and they commenced rolling about tho street , and at last created a great crowd . He went up , for the purpose of taking the old gentleman to the station-house , but the prisoner clung so closely to him that he was compelled to call the assistance of another officer , upon which she attacked him in a most violent way and scratched his face . A third
officer arrived , whom she served in the same way , and fought so desperately ( more like a man than a woman ) that it took five officers to carry her to the station-house . The gentleman was kept till he became sober , and was then allowed to depart . — John Butler , policeman 115 , said , he came to the assistance ofthe above witness , when he saw a crowd of about 200 persons .. around Smith . The gentleman and prisoner were on the ground , and she swore he should not go to the station-house . He tried to part them , when she flew at him , gave him a tremendous blow on the nose , which made it bleed for nearly half an hour afterwards , and then scratched his face . Another officer then came up , when she said that if she must she would ; have a fight for it , and she kept her word , for she then
attacked the other constable . Before they succeeded in getting her to the station a crowd of from 400 to 500 people had assembled . She was half drunk . — George Longford , policeman 138 , corroborated the above evidence and his face , as well as the countenances ofthe other constables , exhibited the treatment sustained through the prisoner's violence . — Alderman Hunter asked the prisoner if- she had anything to say for such conduct ? — Prisoner : I was very tipsy , and did not know what I was about . —A-manherc stepped forward and said he was the prisoner ' s husband , and he was sorry to see her in such a position . The fact was that if she took a little drink she became like a mad woman . She had never been in trouble before . — Butler said he believed the man who . said he was her husband , and
his friend , who was in court , . were nothing but bullies . They had been all the morning trying to bribe him and his brother officers to suppress thoir evidence . The woman andthe old gentleman hired the cab to drive them to . Hackney for ls . Cd ., and arriving there agreed with the cabman at once to drive back again for ls . more . On arriving at their destination they refused to pay more than Is ,, swearing they had previously paid the Is . Od ., and hence arose the disturbance . — Alderman Hunter said the prisoner ' s conduct had been very bad , and therefore she must go to prison for one month . — On hearing . the sentence , she screamed most violently , ahd was taken from the bar by main force . — The husband begged hard that the magistrate would inflict some fine , and sho should
not be guilty of the like again . —After some entreaty Alderman Hunter consulted the chief elerk , and then ordered the prisoner up again , aud told her that in consequence of her husband ' s interference he had changed his mind , and instead of sending her for one month , should infliot a fine Of 40 s ., or fourteen days , which he hoped would-be a "lesson to her . The husband went to get the money , " but not returning before the court was up she . was conveyed to prison . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Domestic . Quarrels . —The Rev . T . II . Hardingc was _charged with threatening to do some bodily harm to nis wife , Mrs . Hardinge . —The complainant stated that she had been married to the defendant four years , during the whole of which period he had ill-treated her ,
and had threatened to do her some bodily harm . He had taken all he could away from her , and had been unceasing in his efforts to get hold of her property . On Thursday last he called in two policemen and turned all her servant ' s out of the house , and she -was without protection or attendance . On that occasion he threatened her life , and she went in bodily fear of him . —Miss AValkden stated that she was at the house when the defendant turned thc servants out of the house , and she heard thc defendant say , " he would do for that infamous woman , " meaning his wife . —The defendant , 'in answer to the charge , said he felt very much humiliated at the position in which he had been placed by his wife , who had separated herself from him , had gone to parties , and indulged in company , while she had allowed him to _getliis breakfasts and dinners alone . When he married her he settled on her the residue of his property , amounting to £ 500 a vear . When
he was bound over to keep the peace some time ago , she offered him £ 250 a year out of her income of £ 900 , to separate , which he should be _mosti-eady to take to escape from the horrors of his . present situation . He could prove that his wife consumed more wine than allowed her to keep sober ' ; tliat the servants had orders not to do anything for him , and that he had been allowed to clean boots and perform other menial offices . He had turned the . servants out of the house because he was not sufficiently master of it , and the girl was a thief , and had accused him of assaulting her . The man-servant had made him a prisoner in the house , and charged him with seducmg his wife , ne considered the present case was a plot against him . He denied having threatened his wife , and said thc treatment he had met with would havo provoked the indignation of any gentleman . - 'After sonic more crimination and recrimination , during which the complainant
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said several deeds of separation had been drawn up , but which the defendant had always refused to sign , it was arranged that the warrant should stand over , to allow the parties to come to an arrangement . Child Murder .. —On Tuesday the court was crowded to excess in consequence ofits _hayingbeen the day appointed for thc examination of Eliza Mitchell , on the charge of murdering her female infant . An investigation was gone into relative to thc nw _^ _wous affiur on Monday , the 10 th ult ., and the following particulars then transpired , when Robert _Maiscy , coachman to Mr . Home , carnagebuilder of Long-acre , was the party accused of having ' received the child from Mitchell and not accountmff for the manner in which he had disposed of
it . The evidence brought forward on tne nrst occasion hv' Sergeant Hockaday , 15 S , was that infor-SSn was _communicated to the police _^ - « _f _»* to a robbery committed at the house of Mrs . Benbow , a lady of property , residing at Lodge-yiHa , bt . John ' s-wood , and witn whom Mitchell lived as servant ; the _management of thc case was intrusted to him ; and on Sunday afternoon , the 18 th , he _icpaired to the residence of thc lady , from whom he learnt that Mitchell was suspected as the thief . He searched hor box , and in it found some of the stolen articles , in addition to which he discovered a quantity of baby linen , which had evidently been worn Mrs . Benbow told witness that she had a Character from her ( Mitchell ' s ) sister , who was emand frwhom
ployed by her as charwoman , om sue had understood that Mitchell was a married woman and the mother of a child . Hockaday , who shrewdly suspected that tbere was something dark about the matter , questioned hev as to where the child was , when she alleged that she had given it to Maisey ' _s mother , who took it to Worcester ; he ( the officer ) _tdoun-ht that the infant might hare been improperly dealt witb , and ho had an interview with Mr . Williams , in the service of Mr . Home , when he was told by him ( Mr . Williams ) thatthe young woman ' s story of the child ' s being in the keeping of the mother was not true , as he had heard Maisey say that he should not continue to pay for its support unless he knew that it was living and properly
taken care of . The sergeant returned to Mrs . Benbow , and pursued tho inquiry as to the giving up ofthe child , when Mitchell said that she gave it to the prisoner ' s mother at a house in Long-acre ; but she was unable to say who was present at the time ; iind on being further pressed she burst into tears , and said , " What I have stated about the mother is not true , for it was Maiscy to whom I gave thc child up . " He ( Hockaday ) went to Mr . Home's , where he saw Maisey , who denied the truth of the young woman ' s statement , and he went without hesitation to Mrs . Benbow ' s with thc officer . On his arrival there Mitchel repeated that she had given the infant to him . It was further shown that the parties had lived together as servants at Mr .
Home ' s pr ivate residence , in Maida-vale , where the intimacy took place between them which resulted in thc birth of a child . They had taken lodgings as man and wife at Mrs . Cooper ' s , 5 , Green-street , Paddington , the woman being at the tune pregnant . They remained there till the 30 th of December , the Infant having been taken out by Mitchell , on the 28 th , she alleging , on her return , that she had left it with some one who would see that it was properly suckled and nursed . —Mrs . Cooper said that the Child had two particular marks by which it might be known , whether found dead or alive—one was upon tho lower part of the back , and the other resembled a strawberry . The latter was on the left shoulder . From the contradictory statement made by Mitchell the magistrate considered that she was
the most likely to be the guilty party , and accordingly ordered her to find good and substantial bail for her future appearance . She could not procure the bail , and was , therefore , locked up . Maiscy was liberated on entering into his own recognisance to appear again , and on Monday , the day named for there-examination , Sergeant Hockaday brought up a number of witnesses , and said that he should no doubt be able to show clearly that the woman Mitchell was alono the guilty one inthe transaction . She was accordingly placed at the bar , and after a brief statement of certain facts hadbeen made by Hockaday , it was directed that she should be brought up again ; she was locked up , and on Tuesday she was placed at the bar upon the serious
charge of child murder . —Ellen Dimock , servant to Mr . Newton , Holland-cottage , Kensington , deposed that at nine o ' clock on the ni g ht of the 28 th of December , she saw a woman , whom she believed to be the prisoner , standing at the garden-gate with an infant in her arms . At twenty minutes past nine she heard a child cry , and found an infant lying on the gravel path ; it was very cold and was screaming ; she took it to the station-house . A great deal of other evidence , which altogether occupied the attention of the Court nearly two hours , was gone into , and it was shown that the infant was taken from the station-house to Kensington workhouse , where it died in about a fortnight after its admission : it _wastuffcring from bronchitis and
convulsions , induced , no doubt , by exposure to the cold . The identity of thc child was established beyond a doubt , not only by the marks upon its person , but also by the apparel in which it was clad ; the greater portion ofthe child's apparel was proved to nave been on when the prisoner took it from the apartment which she occupied in Green-street . Maisey was no longer held to bail , but was discharged on his promising to attend next Tuesday , until which day the prisoner _Mitchelljwas remanded . CLERKENWELL . — An amiable A . vn moral Scripture Reader . —W . Allen was charged by Mr . Jackson with having assaulted him . The complainant deposed that tho defendant was a " scripture reader , " and in that capacity he visited his house ,
when he sought thc opportunity of seducing thc affections of his wife , and was in the habit of writing letters to her . On Friday last complainant went to his residence in company ofa friend , to inform defendant ' s wife of the improper intercourse , taking with him one of his letters written seven ye ars ago , when he dragged and struck him , gave him a black eye , and knocked out ofte of his teeth . —Mr . Morgan confirmed the evidence ; the defendant also assaulted him , and was most outrageous . —Mr . Tyrwhitt asked defendant what he had to say to the charge ?—Defendant said that a knock came to the door , which was answered by his daughter , who said that her mother was wanted ; he accompanied his wifo , and _lawMr . Jackson and his friend , when the former called him a base adulterer , and said he wished to speak with his ( defendant ' s ) wife He said , "Here is my wife , what you have to say to
her say in my presence , when ho repeatedly applied thc epithet , " You base adulterer . " He ordered them out of the house , and as they refused to fo he attempted to put them out , when complainant it a p iece out of his thumb , and he ( defendant ) shoved his fist in his face , and his tooth came out . They said , " That is all we want . " Tho complainant was scandalising and exposing him everywhere , arid had written to his clergyman , and on meeting his ( defendant ' s ) wife and cliildren he told them to go home to that " old adulterer their father ; " and they were destroying him in the pursuits by which he lived . —Mr . Jackson here exclaimed that ho had never heard such lies in his life . —Mi * . Tyrwhitt said thoy were not justified in going to defendant ' s house as they had done . Several letters were produced , but not read aloud . Mr . Tyrwhitt fined defendant 5 s . and costs .
Child Murder . —John Copeland was placed at tho bar before Mr . Tyrwhitt for final examination . It will be necessary to mention that a month ago the unfortunate deceased , the son of the prisoner , who was only in the sixth year of his age , died of injuries , supposed then to have been accidentally received , in St . Bartholomew's Hospital , and , on an inquiry before the coroner , facts ofa suspicious na . ture came out to induce the jury to consider themselves justified in returning a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the mother , who was at once committed to Newgate for trial . Within the last few day ' s additional evidence in connexion with the affair having readied the ears of Inspector Gibbs and Andrews , 196 G _, they on Friday apprehended the
prisoner , and on that day the renewed inquiry was entered on , and terminated on Saturday evening in bis committal also to the Old Bailey to take his trial with his wife . The following was the additional evidence now brought forward : —Mr . John W . Banfield examined . —1 am an accountant , and live at 29 , Acton-street , Gray's-mn-road . I have known the prisoner at the bar about two years . He was formerly a bailiff in the sheriff ' s office . He first spoke to me about the deceased several months ago . He said it had been taken from its nurse , and he regretted he had ever had it back , for it was extremely dirty , ahd he and the mother had in consequence taken a great dislike to thc child ; that they had tried every means , such as tying its hands
behind and beating it , to break it of such habits ; in addition to which he complained that it was addicted to thieving ; and even when its hands were secured behind , it would gnaw the food , and eat half-a-pound of dripping at a time . He also said that for these offences hehad placed deceased in cold water ; that he had allowed it to lie in its wet , and put damp clothes upon it , but it was so hard he could not get rid of it , and if all other means failed ho would burn the child . On another occasion he said he would put its hands between the bars _^ The witness continued , —When these expressions were used by him it was two years ago , and I remonstrated with him , as did also my
wife ; and she said atthe time , " If any thing should happen to your child , you will most assuredly get into trouble for saying so . " Thc prisoner then in reply said , " Who shall know it ? " and my wife observed , " I have heard you say that every room in your house is filled witli lodgers , and why not they ?" and she again requested him not to continue illtreating tlie child ; and the subject ended on that day . He called several times afteraards , and still said the child was as bad as ever , and lately , on < me of his calls , he said the child ' s clothes had caught fire , but it was not severely burnt . _Thj-ee week afterwards I again saw him ; nnd at that interview he said that his child had'fallen against the bars of the grate and had hurt its head , and if it had nof .
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had on a woollen dress would have been seriously burnt . I subsequently by chance heard thatthe child was in the hosp ital through the burns , and three weeks ago to-day . the prisoner came to my house , and when I asked him how the child was he replied that it was dead , and that hw wife had gone to Newgate about it , but her life had torn regularly sworn away . My wife asked him why he was at large , and he said he had not been questioned about it , but had seen the depositions , and was astonished at the perjury they contained , saying , " _ftno _llilU nothing to do with it , " whereupon my wife remarked , " Oh , Copeland , you did not do it , then , for you often threatened it ? " He said he never had , when my daughter , who is six years old , said , " Yes , you did—you said so on a Saturday . " The prisoner
made answer , " Neither myself nor my wife ever injured the child , although appearances are against us . "—Cross examined : When I heard thc prisoner make these dreadful threats I did not believe what he said . Since his wife has been committed I have been told I should be keeping a murderer ' s company if I kept his Company . I never heard of tho inquest until it was over . —Jane Salter , wife of Henry Salter , of 7 , Palace-row , New-road , next stated that the prisoner and his family lived with her two years up to last April , and that a few weeks after they became her lodgers deceased was brought home from its grandmother in a healthy state , Dut soon became changed , and she frequently heard the prisoner and Ms wife most cruelly heat the child , and
use most awful language to it . The last time ( witness continued ) the father beat it was three weeks before he left my house . I heard him say , " B 1 the little b , I'll dash its b y brains out , " and I heard a sound instantly at the panelling as if it had been dashed against it . In about ten minutes following I saw the child come down stairs , when it said , " Look here , Mrs . Salter , what my father has done , " and it pulled its clothes aside , when I saw shocking marks on its person , which was swollen all on one side , and the blood was raised to the surface of the skin . — By Mr . Tyrwhitt : the child was of clean habits . In went off in condition three months after ifc came to my house . Both my husband and
myself used to give it food on the sly , because we feared it would be more cruelly used if it was g iven openly . I always thought the mother more cruel than the father / but God knowshe was cruel enough . —Other evidence having been given , the housesurgeon of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital described the injuries , which ho considered would not have caused death had the child been in a healthy state . Ifc had been grossly neglected , and starved . —At the conclusion of the evidence , Mr . Tyrwhitt , after giving the prisoner tho usual caution , asked him if he wished to say anything ?—Prisoner ( sulkily ) : No , I have nothing to say . — He was immediately removed to Newgate .
The System Works Well . —A . poor , careworn looking woman , who said her name was Lunt _, applied for advice and assistance under the following painful and distressing circumstances : — -She stated , with tears in her eyes , that her husband carried on business in an extensive and respectable way as a coffee-housekeeper for many years , on Clerkenwellgreen , and was also the proprietor of lecture-rooms , in wbich some of the most celebrated persons of the day had delivered lectures . Unforeseen circumstances , however , had caused his failure in business , and for a considerable time he had to contend with _, the most trying difficulties and privations ,, which affected his health , and he was at length thrown upon a bed of sickness , the result of which was his death , which tool * p lace on Friday night last . She had parted . with nearly everything to pr vide for him during his illness and to support herself and family , and she was now left destitute and starving , with
out the means to purchase a coffin or defray the expenses of interment , and Bhe entreated some advice and assistance under such painful circumstances . — Mr . Ma'lett inquired whether she had applied to the parish ?—She said the parish would not assist her . Her husband entertained a horror of the workhouse , and jusc before his death he begged of ber not to let him have a " a pauper ' s grave" [ she was here convulsed with grief , and allowed a seat until she recovered . ]—The unfortunate applicant was recognised by some persons in the court , who knew her husband in his prosperity , and sympathised for and afforded her temporary relief . —Mr . Combe humanely ordered that one sovereign should be given her for the present out of the pooHbo r , and the register of her husband's death ( whieh she produced ) was handed to Mr Bayliss , the chief usher ofthe court , with instructions that every proper attention should be paid to the unfortunate case , when tlie poor widow left with tears of gratitude .
SOUTHWARK . —A Queer Story . —George Lord and Jane Morgan were brought before Mr . Cottingham on the following charge : —Policeman 194 M stated that on the preceding night , between nine and ten o ' clock , as he was on duty in the vicinity of Horsemonger-lane Gaol he observed the prisoners in the inclosed p iece of ground under the walls of the prison , from which they attempted to escape on being seen . He , however , pursued them , and , having taken thera into custody , as he was bringing them along the male prisoner dropped a small portable _iastrument like a saw , evidently made into that form from a knife or . some such article of the sort . The constable subsequently went to the spot where he had first observed the prisoners , which
was immediately underneath the outside wall of tlie prison , and there discovered lying on the ground a machine made like a fishing-rod which fitted into joints with a long hook at the end of it , and capable from its length to reach the top of the outer wall of the gaol . He also found a coil of small strong rope , with two capacious bags attached containing letters , evidently written by some of the inmates of the prison ; with a bow and arrow and a piece of wood , on which was written ' ¦ Chartists , never surrender . " He added , that having taken the prisoners to the station-house , he informed Mr . Keene , the governor of the county _ga-il , of the circumstances under which he apprehended the prisoners , and the discovery of the articles now produced . —Mr . Keene
said , that from the circumstances under which the prisoners were discovered in such a place which was inclosed , he had strong grounds for believing that their object in being there was either to convey information to or from the inmates to their friends outside , and that , for that purpose they had provided themselv * s with the necessary apparatus to carry their object into effect . He had perused the letters found in the bag , ' and , although they had fictitious names attached to tbem , he had no doubt whothe parties were who had written them , and for whom they were intended , He added , that he did not know the male prisoner , but tlie woman Morgan was the mother of a young man now undergoing his sentence of punishment in the county gaol for being engaged in the late Chartist riots . — Mr . Cottingham asked Lord what explanation he wished to give on this subject?—He replied , that he knew nothing about the rope , or bow and arrow , or
coil of rope with the bags attached , and never saw them until they were found by the constable . —Mr . Cottingham . —What were you doing under the walls of the prison at such an hour ?—The prisoner gave an ev . isive answer , and added that hehad no improper motive in being there .- —Mr . Cottingham . — The circumstance of your dropping this instrument ( holding up the saw ) on your way to the stationhouse , in order to elude detection , showed that you were fearful of discovery . The magistrate added , thatit was impossible not to believe thatthe prisoners had some design in being found in the place they were , either to convey information to or from inmates , or probably to assist in the escape of some of them . At _a'l events , their conduct in the affair was full of suspicion , and as it was necessary to sift the whole of the business , he should remand them until next Wednesday ; the magistrate at the same time requesting Mr . Keene to exercise his vigilance in the affair .
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CoLLiEaY Explosions . — -On Wednesday , before several members of the late and present governments , a series of experiments was exhibited illustrative ofthe application ol Mr . Gurney _' s system of high pressure steam to the ventilation of coal mines , as given in his evidence before the committee of the House of Commons , on "Accidents in Mines , " in 1835 . Tbe Theatre of the Royal Polytechnic Institution was selected , as having at command the hydro-clecttic machine steam apparatus , made use of in the recent lectures on the steam jet at the institution , which led to the adoption of the method of ventilation lately introduced by Mr . Foster , at Newcastle . Dr . Bachoffner _demonstrated the principle by a series of conclusive experiments , which were afterwards followed by a discussion , in which Mr . Gurney , who was present , practically explained its application to coalmines , asa positive means of nreventina the many accidents wliich so
frequently occur . Amongst the company present were—Earl St . Germans , Marquis of Lansdowne , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , Sir J . _Walmesly , Right Hon . Sydney Herbert , Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., Lord Ashley , Sir Charles Lemon , Mr . Edward Cayley , M . P ., Mr . J . _Pendarves _, M . P ., Admiral Bow ' es , Admiral Hope , Mr- E . Brotherton , M . P ., Mr . Charles Forster , M P ., and a number of ' other gentlemen connected with the government , and the directors of the institution . Launch of a Steamboat . — On Saturday last , there was launched from the building yard of Messrs . Wigram , of Blackwall , a steamboat of the Medea class , the Columbus , built for the Spanish Government ; length , 190 feet ; beam , 32 feet ; depth , 20 feet ; tonnage , 900 . Her armament will consist of two 68-pounders , long guns , and eight 32-pounders , medium . Messrs . Wi gram are building a sister steam-ship , to be called the Pizarro , to be armed in like manner .
Plunder of the Imperial Arsenal at Vienna . — lhe Commissioners of tho Metropolitan Police have transmitted to the Commissioners ofthe Customs a list of weapons , banners , models , « tc , whicli have been stolen from the imperial arsenal at Vienna , . and which it is supposed will be brought to this country for sale , with a view to the recovery of tlie jjuiopertv , in the event of its importation ,
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CORN . _MAftK-tm :, Monday , Feb . ' 2 G .-Our supplies of v wheat from the neighbouring counties were ,, . / Wi morning , und moderate of foreign , the Kue of _" ™ « tl _, i English and foreign , was slow , and last week * * . Z _* ' '' " Hi barely maintained , flour dull and is pei . s ? --- _*?» _m- re In barley less doing , and grinding qualities 1 q V , "l _* _" _* . malt hardly anjtlung doing . Ueans and ncaa v . * n The arrivals of oats were small , and fine samples dul 1 ' ultet _' _iilioii ; but ordinary qualities difficul t to aui * _^ ' _" -out lower rates . In rye less doing . Tares offered , i ' r and not so much iu demand . Linseed cakes eir * _i Cloverseed , both red and white , met with buyers Sa ! t ? _- vious rates . The current prices as under . at !*"• nun-is !! . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent ™ , * _» 44 s , ditto white , 3 Ss to 48 s , { Lincoln , Norfolk ™ , ' v _' _-0 shire , red , 3 Cs to 43 s , Northumberland and Sp ' ' _,. ° _l'k-3 Gs to 40 s , ditto red , a 4 sto 4 ls , Devonshire ann s _wl , ite i shire , red , -s to -s _, ditto white , ~ to _ _,-ve Z * _" _* barley , 24 s to 31 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordi , ' ,, ; ' ! to _*** . -s _, pale , 52 s to 5 Bs , peas , grey , 30 s to 32 s , _maiitf _' _^ ' 35 s , white , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 80 s _ tZ > to new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 23 s to 25 s , harrow , 24 s to " 8 s _« ¦ rse 3 Ub to 32 s , oats , Lincoln mid Yorkshire feed 17 . 'V gl - " _- , 1- **/ P / _. _Iiiml mill _nnf-ntn . ISs tn . w . ! . . l 0 tis
, Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , Scotch feed , 19 s to 22 s , Iri-h V _.., - a , 1 _< 1 black , 17 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 20 s to 24 s , linseed _d ? an ( 1 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 2 G to m perh « _*>'¦' raway seed , Essex , new , SSs to 29 s per ewt , BM rJ '» _- to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 _oiui « ' - _* per sack of 280 Ibs ., ship , 30 s to 33 s , town , 38 s to K > FoBEiGK . —Wheat—Danteig , 48 s to 55 s , _Anh-. it Marks , 44 s to 47 s , ditto white , 45 s to 4 Ss , Pomerin ' _i-n ani 1 45 s to 47 s , Rostock , 46 s to 49 s , Danish , IW , _*^^' Friesland , 42 s to 44 s , Petersburg , Archangel , an i _.- "' 40 s to 43 s , Polish Odessa , 42 s , to 45 s , Mariano _poli ' _,,,, * tf * ' dianski , 38 s to 43 s , Taganrog , 35 s to 38 s , BrabZ , French , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 42 s to s , Salonica V 38 s , Egyptian , 25 s to 28 s , rye , 22 s to 24 s bavlev wl * and ltostock , 21 sto 23 s _, Danish , 22 s to 2 fi 8 , siaJ - » T 27 s , East Friesland , 18 s to 20 s , Egyptian , Kis to ilk 1 . nube , Ilis to 10 s , peas , white , 24 s to 2 Us , new boilers' " - ' to 28 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , pigeon , 20 s to olK ivt ' tian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Uremen _-nfe _Friev-Uuul _, feed and black , lfis to 18 s , ditto , thick _muI W , I 8 s to 21 s , _Kiga , _l'etersbuiig , Archangel , and Swedish 17 c to 18 s , flour , United States , per _lOBlbs ., 24 s to 2 iis i ' - . „ i burg 22 s to 23 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French _Zl 2801 bs „ SSs to 3 ( 3 s . ' r ™
W £ D . nesdat , Feb . 28 . —Wc continue to be well _suim-j _,,, ] with forcigu wheat , but of other grain the suppl y is vt . moderate . The demand for grain to-day is very limited but prices are uitliout variation . ' FRIDAY , March 2 . —The _Buppjy of meat at market _tl-j 3 morning was short , of all kinds , and partly in _conscijutnci of which the tone of trade was better . The weather bea favourable , contributed towards the Improvement . Prices remained the same as on last market-day ; but veal was w per stone higher , oirinj- to an unusually small supply ,
CATTLE . _SMiim-iK-D , Monday , Feb . 26 . —Thc continuous '« . _•;„ . in the value of live stock—especially beasts—in this market ( though long since anticipated by us ) is creating no littin uneasiness in the minds of the graziers generally , * „ _' past week the trade has been dull , almost beyond _rcculleition , and prices of both beasts and sheep have given _uav quite 4 d ptr 81 bs . That the returns have been In-low { paying point will be obvious , when we state tliat , with _vot-v few exceptions , the highest figure reab ' sed for the id Scots , on Friday last , was onlj 3 s 6 d per 8 ) bs , a much _lonw price than for many years past * and the top quutation ftp-rime old Downs in the wool did not exceed 4 s Cd , shorn sheep selling at 3 s lOd per 81 b . At those rates great diffi culty was experienced in effecting sales . The only _mmiJ
by which prices can be enhanced is a withholding ofa iiQr tion of tlie stoclt destined for consumption in London ¦ ' eftects , however , would be but temporary , as the numbers of both beasts and sheep in Norfolk and Suffolk are consi derably in excess of those at many corresponding periods ofthe year , and a rise in the quotations would be * _u-udctire of heavy importations from France , HolJnnd , and (; ' " many . There was a decline in the numbers of U \ _- _^ stock exhibited in to-day ' s market , compared with -how shown on Monday last . StiU , however , the trade was _ejeessively heavy , and sales were with difficulty _oir-iuiod ut depressed currencies . Notwithstanding there was a fallim . oft'in the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up , this morning-, we have again to notice unusual heaviness in the Irej trade . The weather being somewhat unfavourable for slaughtering , the attendance of both London and country buyers small , and Newgate and Leadenhall markets _UuycW supplied with each kind of meat—especially with licti
mutton and pork , which were selling at extremely _lou- our . rencics—the prices of all breeds of beasts were full y j j per 81 bs . lower than on Monday last , being the amount _« depression noticed ou Friday . With very few exception ' the best Scots produced no more than 3 s Gd per bibs ., aui a large number of _short-homs ic , were turned out unsold . With sheep we were again scantily supplied as to number , bnt their general quality was extremely good , and the same observation may be applied to the beasts . All breeds of sheep sold heavil y at Friday's fall in value ot" 2 d per 81 bs ,, the top general figure for the Inn old Downs in the wool being 4 s 6 d _, and half breeds 4 s per 81 bs ., and a total clearance was not effected , There were about 500 shorn sheep in the market , the prices of wliich ruled from Gd to 8 d per 81 bs , _beiiciiih those in thc wool . Calves , the supply of which was again small , moved oft ' slowly at last week's quotations . In - lip scarcely any business was transacted , and prices nad a downward tendency .
IlEAn of Cattle at _SMirm-iEiiD , Beasts .. .. 3 , 4701 Calves .. .. 109 Sheep .. .. 17 , 370 1 _I'igs ly ) Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 6 dto 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 3 s Cd to 4 s Sd Mutton .. 3 0 .. 4 6 Pork .. 30 .. 44
Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate akd Lzkdesiiall , Monday , Feb . 12 . — _Inf-rer beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , * . ' s Cd to 2 s 3 d ; - _irinie large , 2 s Sd to 2 s lOd ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; large pork , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to ' _' s ill - . middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s ii ; veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s Cd to 4 s 2 d . Friday , March 2—There is a good arrival of foreipt wheat tliis week , which would have been larger but for the contrary winds which have prevailed . In the trade there lias been no activity to-day , and wheat prices are again ia favour of tlie buyers ; to make any considerable _pntsv' *
m sales lower prices would have resulted . Flour cuntinuis to be neglected , and prices nearly nominal . Barley is as dull as wheat , and the value of any but prime malting qualities is rather less than on Monday . Feeding barky in very limited demand . Malt is similarly affected , anil must be quoted the turn lower . Although there is a _sinsil supply of oats , it is adequate to the demand , as the dcatos prefer waiting for further arrivals ; so slow is the demand , that the best corn only maintains previous values , and inferior are nearly Od cheaper to effect sales . Bear . ! - , peas , rye , and tares are in limited request , at about _-u-cvious rates .
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —We had no material alteration ia markets last week . The deUverics of Irish butter slighily incrcased _, and a moderate amount of business was transacted at rather cheaper rates . Foreign not in active request , and fully 2 s per cwt lower . Irish bacon sparingly dealt in ; prices inclined downwards . Hams trifling '} improved in demand ; prices stationary . In lard no _chaiM worth notice . For American singed bacon the demand was good ; prices for the best quality well supported- for any not so the turn cheaper . Middles , short cut , rib in , and long boneless , found buyers to a fair extent ut steady price ' . In tierces the sales were limited .
English Buttek Mauket , Feb . 26 Our trade for old butter now seems to be quite gone away , so that prices forth ! article are perfectly nominal . New milk Dorset is stilt ia great request , the quantity being as yet very trifling , b * set , fine new milk , 112 s per cwt _; ditto , fine autuinu-inad :, 80 s to 84 s ; ditto , summer-made and inferior 5 _(! s tu . _fe ; fresh and Buckinghamshire , 12 s to 14 s per dozen ; ditto , West country , 10 s to 12 s .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest Garden , Monday , Feb . 20 . —The _martct was well supplied with most articles in season , with a moderate trade doing , at the following prices : —Forced rliutam Is to ls 9 d ; and brocoli , Gd to 2 s per bundle . AvpH Is 3 d to 4 s Cd - " pears , 6 s to 10 s ; onions , Is 3 d to Is _Odj llru sels sprouts , ls to lsGd ; spinach , lid _toSd ; andparsley _. _lsrf to ls Od per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s to 3 s lid ; savoy * , w toSd ; celery , 4 d to ls 3 d ; aud horseradish , Is Cd to is w per dozen heads ; turnips , ls 3 d to 2 s ; carrots , SsMd tiH _* i and greens , Is yd to 2 s 3 d per dozen bunches ; hot !* ' grapes , 4 s to 5 s ; Foreign ditto , 9 d to ls _0 d ; pine " _-P _!' _" _- ' to 5 s ; and filberts , Is to 2 s per lb . ; oranges , 4 s to u- lemons , 5 s to 9 s ; and forced asparagus , 2 S Cd tO Wi * ; '' forced French beans 3 s Cd to 4 s Cd per hundred ; sea k _* Gd to Is 9 d ; mushrooms , Gd to ls ; and new _iw ' _- ' _' _^' . ; , _; to ls per punnet ; turnip greens , Od to 8 d , _» ni "' sprouts 8 d to lOd per bushel basket ,
POTATOES . Soo thwadk Waterside , Feb . 26 . —Our market is so _^ supplied , and trade so heavy that a reduction 1 |! 1 S w ' again submitted to with every description of " . _wta _toes sale . The following are this day's quota tions :- ' ;* , shire Regents , 100 s to 140 s ; Scotch ditto , —s to ' - _* : Ditto cups , 90 s to 100 s ; French whites , 80 s ton- ' Behjian , 70 s to 90 s . COLONIAL PRODUOE . rf Tuesday Evening . Feb . 27 . —The sugar market op , to-day - with spirit , and an advance of fully Gu »»! _% Wished on West India and Mauritius . _Beng""Jl "' { . _,-j the full prices of last week . About 770 hhds ot we- ' sold , including the public sale of 155 hhds . _^ _" _^ 37 s to 41 s Gd . 3 , 500 bags of Mauritius sold freely _WP .. sale , chiefly yellow , 3 Gs , 40 s ; a few lots brown , tan _t _« , 32 s , 35 s . Bengal , nearly 4 , 000 bags sold steadily _>>"! *; . | . sale . Benareswhite . SSs to 42 s ; grainy desenpt- "' 1- -,. .
, low to white , 40 s , 48 s . The refined market is _stif )\ no advance quoted . Grocery- lumps , fair to fine , _« _^ _. _'i 51 s . The deliveries of sugar for the first two » _' * _t ( eight weeks ) from the port of London stand thus : «*• ' . ilia , 20 , 000 casks against 18 , 300 in the same F 7 nk , j ; British Enst India , 171 , 000 packages against lw _'*' .. 1848 ; foreign , 1 G , 000 packages against 17 , 000 in _imported , 22 , 81 ) 0 against 12 , 500 in 1848 . _,, , < Coffee , —There hasbeen only one small public sj" _* ; plantation coffee to-day , aud that was nearly all b 0 . " _*" Ce , by the importer , at high prices ; good ordinary ' Ion dull at o 4 s , SSs . COAL . - ¦ nr _* "iJ Monday , Feb . 2 G . __ Factors have been enabled _" tain last week ' s advauce , although with much rem _{( . with needy buyers . Very little doing ¦ -B _™ 7 _, U 1 » _- Tees , 16 s-, _YMam . 17 s 9 d- Buddie ' s West U _»^ d
Hartlepool , West Hartley , 15 s ; New Tanfi _* ' •••; Ord's Kedheugh , 12 s ; Uavensworth West _Jf » _% _, ; J : Tanfield Moor , 13 s 6 d ; Townley , 13 s 3 d ; . _W mi # _- Wall ' s-end - -Brown ' s Gas , 12 s ; Hedley , 1 _£ I !«» ' l _* _' 15 s 3 d ; Eden Main , 16 s ; Lambton _lW _, v . ** Braddyll ' s Hetton , lGs ; Hetton , 16 s 3 d ; W « -j . _Jonassolin's _, 14 s _; Lambton , lGs Gd ; St * , * " , l 6 -1 « Whitwell , 15 s ; Heugh Hall , 15 s ; Harf l _^ _; , ! a . _J ' Kelloe , lGs ; Thoniley _, las Gd ; Trimdon , Hs » ' * ' _^ » Tees , lGs ; South Durham , 15 s ; Tees , Ws bUl market , 127 . ' WOOL . \ tn _-eel- « 1- _? Citt , Monday , Feb . 26 . —During the pas * _' Gcrni _»«?* were only a few bales of wool imported "" _' . -Kit ' . The market is buoyant for colonial _ww _^ , ' . ' _'iv _!»* _- sales which terminated on Saturday the w'W "' _° csW l _^ _- _'; . to the last , and a considerable advance has _w _^ _^ , _„^ on previous rates , such in fact as to esceea , . _^ _i-tati _' . ';; . the lower descriptions , the most S ! lllgU u e * _^ llcli _? _" ' There has been a better demand for UoM _™* Au -in < '' _'' than for some time past . The average ust has been 2 d to 3 d per lb . _^ _ _^ s _^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03031849/page/8/
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