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      The Northern Star.' April 4, 184c. 6 ¦

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      THE _YARMOUTH 5113 RBER . Xo Xonwicn , Fkiuat , March * ! 7 . —Samuel Yarham , aged $$ , wis , w .: s placed at the bar th . s tnurning at ten o ' clock , mud _jud v _* _* al , Kd " not guilty" iu a firm voice and _unembaraassasscd air to an imlictnuut charging Uim with thc wilful _isinmnn _ler cf Harriet Candler , at Yarmouth , on the ISthof _CCovtCovc-nber , ISII , by inflicting divers mortal blows on her neatiead with a hammer and _cutting hrr throat with a iiiiifiiiife . 1 ! Mr . Palmer and Mr . O'Msllej : were counsel for the _pro-BBCCiBCCutien _; Mr . Dasent defended the prisoner . I II being announced that this extraordinary and _int _. _rwstiestinicasr , about whicli thc whole county _Inui __ beciilo no _iso many months agitated from end to end , would he tak . n _-thlth _* _morning , the Crown Court and a" * ; '" " _^ _^ 'i „ _fi „ S toit and the County Court _scncrally we c _^ _^ _ithtthronged with ni _** , women , and _^ f _'^^ lc one _--tetevttetrial _™** _™* tbee T ° _leX thev one and wl whom , it is not _p-riia- _* s-. y _*» too - _. ntirely , to have been »« "fy « to

      all all firmly believed , _^ all all firmly helievea "" . "" - _^ i < JutS : _ion Iu co concerned in the _«««*«» " _^ m __ , « t ol or _ord . r that the _endeute now i ood a „ d its vvtignt th the Crown may be mor _. clear , _^ _^ _^^ _^ _^ un ai ai _*« ciated . itnajnoi er t of a _,, 0 Ufe foi fortunate decease * _-W _^ fiooIS 0 f which were in in _Tarmoutb , _*<¦ " * ' „ _,, Calt . iipolcf the prisoner ' s te _teuante _^ _ny _anJt « " ¦ - a „ uwe ( 1 M hfp « i « _ifi- hem- his _senani , _w " - « ' _wtrlfcnem premises , wnere he earned on 5 _STSS _S a _sCmaJr From her penurious _babils UvL _Omdlrf W _^ generally knovrn to he Forested o : _m money , and perhaps that knowledge was shared hy th . _p prisoner , who , as she sold _groien-and tobacco , was , as w well as his wife , a frequent visitor m her shop . Behind Inner _« hoi > was a parlour , and then a bedroom , which ot opened on to a yard , divided from thc yard of Mr . Catchpi pole bv a low wall , there bring a higher outer wall , whicli fo formed the line of tlie _adjoining " row , " or street . This bt being the situation ofthe premises and of these persons , it it « cems that Mrs . Candler received a parcel from

      _SOTonvich not iomj before her murder , which contained a la _lar- _'e sum of money This _lact was known to many pi persons , aud to one fiiend she stated her intention of p ; paying it ev _» r to some gentleman at Beech * . This d _< design she never lived to carry into execution , for the pi police , on going their rounds at two o ' clock , discovered tl that her street-door was open , and behind the couuter tl tliey found the dead body of the poor old woman crouched u under the place where the till ought to have been . On _h ber he . nl were several frightful wounds , which appeared t _< tohave been inflicted by some instrument like a hammer , \ while her throat was cut iu a manner quite sufficient to c cause death . Underneath her body was a half-ounce

      I paper of tobacco , which indicated that the murderer had t distracted her attention in all probability by pretending to _II j buy that article , and had given the first blow whilst she 1 was m the act of Serving him . A further search led to the i discovery ofa caudle ou a tub , which appeared to have 1 been " nipped" out by the fiugers , aud the till , which _i stood in a corner against the drawers . On the table was - the half finished supper uf the deceased , and her bed presented tlie appearance as if some one had sat down on the end of it . There beiug no immediate clue to the murderer , the police made a noise with their truncheons , but without effect , and it was not till the superintendent came and rang Mr . Catclipole's bell with great violence that auy notice was taken of them by auy oue in the house or neighbourhood ; as soon , however , as the bell rat'g , _Yurliam put liis head out of tbe window of his

      bedroom , where his wife was lying sick , lee . lies baring been applied to her head on that night , and on inquiring what was th .-matter was informed , and asked to come down . lie then called his master , and they both went down stairs , and learned all the poUce knew . In answer to several _questions put to him by the police and ilr . Catcbpole , Yarham , who had sat up for his master , and had let him in at half past one o ' clock , stoutly insisted that he had not heard auy noise during the night , though the partition between t ' t . e passage which separated the shop and the room in wliich he sat was very thin indeed ; so much so , that his wile said she had heard a conversation between her husband and Mrs . Candler on that very night about nine o ' clock , when he had gone to buy some rushlights . Though no suspicion alighted at first on auy particular iudiviuua _' , yet the observation ot all Yarmouth

      _iti _> ou the qui cice , and the anxiety of the town was shared by the wife and daughter of an old artilleryman named _Jlick , who was stationed at one ofthe batteries on the * ' Denes , " a large saudy tract _strstching out to tlie sea and the mouth ofthe Yar irom the town . It being well known that thieves were in the habit of secreting stolen property iu the sandhills which abound on this plain , the attention of Mrs . aud Miss Dick was keenly excited on thc day alter the murder , as they were going liom-wards , and they on Uicir way noted a hill which bad recently been disturbed , und was approached aud surrounded by the foot-prints of two men . On looking down Mrs . Dick saw a piece of string sticking up through t-e sand , and pulling at it she discovered three bags , which on being examined were found to contain gold , sil-¦ ver , and copper money to some little extent , and nodoubt

      formed part ofthe old woman ' s money , for one of thebags bore an address to lnr , aud was » ftenvards identified as oue whU'h had recently been despatched to her , with canary seed , from _Norwich . While Mrs . Dick and her daughter were so _eugaged , Mr . Dick , Mr . Tooley ( railler ) , and a mail named Royal came up . Without going more miuuttJy iuto tlie circumstances of that interview , or those which alterwards came to the knowledge of tlie _authorities , it may suffice to state that they were _desmed _Mifiicient to warrant the arrest of Yarham and the man Royal , together wilh two others named Mapes and Hall . These parties were all brought up Irequeutly before thc Mayor on the charge of murder , and tbe Dicks were most prominent witnesses , their testimony going to ideutifv the loot-prints on the sands with two of them . Eventually the four men were nil committed for trial , and just

      before the spring assizes for 1 S _4-5 it was announced that Yarham kad made a statement whicli implicated the other three men , and that he would be allowed to give evidence against them . This he accordingly did , denying all participation iu the off . nce , and stating in substance that he had by accident seen the three men cotnc from the shop ou thc mght in question , and that Royal had , iu presence of the two others , admitted to him that he had killed the old woman . After this he added that he went into the shop , saw the body , and then repaired to hisown home , where , after having admitted his master , he retired to bed . The effect produced on tht public and the Court In this statement was by no meaus so unfavourable to thc _prisuuers theu on trial as il was to the witness himself . The tenner called several parties who proved alibis for tbeai , ani they were acquitted , while tlie latter was discharged and met on the hill by the taunts and hootings of an enraged populace , who pursued him to a publicbouse , and so beset Inm that lie was smuggled away

      and crossed the river secretly at night near the railway s-ation , whence on the following day he returned to Yarmouth in company with the Dicks and some other ¦ wiuitsses . His situation at Yarmouth was not more fne from public odium than at Norwich . The police were frequently called out to protect him , and at last he applied to the I _' oor Law guardians for funds to facilitate Ids _departure from a scene so oppressive to him . This aid he applied for on thc 18 th of April , tlie trial lining _termiiutcd ou the 9 th , and on the 22 nd he received * 3 _, with which he departed . In about three nioi . ths after this a communication was made to Captain Love , Uie superintendent of the borough police , to thc duct t ; . at Mrs . Dick was in Ihe _possession of a full _confession _raaoe by Tarhani siucc the trial and before hi = dejarture , and the matter being inquired into , it was _deemed proper to act on the communications of that person . Thc result was that Yarham was apprehended iu UI-ju cster * hire . aud fully committed to take bis trial for the murder of tlie deceased .

      Unatr such exciting circumstances it was that this second trial t anie on , and many ol * tlie facts abore stated by nay of introductory explanation having beeu proved ou tiiis ; _. ecor . d occasion , or referred to as proved on the funiur trial , we at once proceed to the evidence on which t iisci . _si ge _exvliiKvely resied _. and which was as follows : — William l ? _otwright : I am assistant at the Black Swan . Mrs . Candler eamc there for some beer on the night of the murder , at a little after eleven o ' clock . Mr . II . Worship , surgeon of Great Yarmouth : I was calied up iu die morning ofthe 19 th to go to Mrs . Candler . I went aud saw some policemen ; Sergeant Williamet was there . My attention was called to a body behind tlie counter in a sitting p . _i-ation . There _ivnsa large wound sis inches long in the neck . The windpipe was not cut ¦ thio _ugli , nor w « e any large veins . The wounds iu the

      bead were five in number . The li . st was ou the upper or right side of the head , aud one through the scalp had driven in a part of the brain . The next wound I _obsened was on the top of tlie nose , and time other wounds on the top of the left eye . Great violence appeared to have been used . The bone was driven iuto _tl-e brain . There was blood behind the couuter amounting to two pints , which came from the wound in thc neck . The fore-finger of thc right band was sliced off . At the time I examined tbe body she must have been dead two or three hours . She was partly cold , and quite stiff . The wounds she bad received I have n _« doubt occasioned her d > atli . Thc wounds in tlie head were enough lo occasion di-atli _, but not instantaneously . 8 he might have li » ed an hour two . She might have survived the wouuds in theueckif thc others had not been inflicted .

      William S . Catchpole , examined by . Mr . _O'MaJley , deposed : I am an attorney , residing at Yarmouth . In _Jfovcinber , IS 14 , I resided in Howard-street , aud knew Mrs . Candler ; she occupied the lower part of the house . It was a separate occupation . Mrs . Yarham was my housekeeper . Mr . Yarham was a shoemaker , and worked in a room at the back part of my bouse . Ou the night of the murder I went out to dine . I told Mrs . Yarham I was going ou the Monday moruiug . I tuld one of them to sit up for me . I returned home about halfpast one . I rang the bell , and it was answered immediately by the prisoner . I kept a Scotch terrier dog . It was a good watch dog . I left it at home , and when I

      came back the dog was with Yarham . There was a caudle on the stairs . I went into his room , aud there was scarcely auy fire . I retired to rest soon after . He said nothing to me about a noise . I heard the bell ring about tiro o'clock in the _morning . The prisoner cume t *» iny room and told me to get up , as there was sumcthuv tlie matter at Mrs . Candler ' s . I got up , and ire both cam ? _do' _-vn stairs together . After I had been iu the shop , and looked about the money , 1 weut over to the Black Swan to _getsomj tea . Yarham came about five o ' clock . I sent liim over to my room to get my snuff-box . When be came back he said bis wifo was frightened , —there was \ somebedv up the chimney , I went over with Bales and

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      ,. _«„ _thr house , and found examined all the ch . mnics in the . no . nothing . Y _« . uam sa ; , _» 'f e o norsTwhatever . About mta _MuZSit mm amnns wife talking about _^ _'" _^^^ _STcr husband had been infer thel _^ lu _^ sbTcom hearall the _conversation _^ _S l few days afterwards I had some con-Ion " vU » ' 1 IvB * Tarll ! ira * Taruam was present ' _* ¦! _n'a - id " Don't you remember saying to my husband in * mdr essing-room , ' I have got nothing of Mrs . Candler ' s litre , and I don ' t suppose you have . '" I said I did not think I said so , and asked the prisoner if he did . ne _rculieJ , he 'lid uot . On another occasion he told me he went upstairs , once at eleven o ' clock , and once at twelve o ' clock , on the night of tlie murder . He said he thought he might have frightoncd his wife when he came down at eleven o ' clock . Cross-examined : Yarham and his wife had lived with

      me from June or July . He was recommended to me by a tradesman in Yarmouth , and I have always found him strictly honest and industrious . I always thought him a very quiet man . I never saw him with Mrs . Candler . I came home at half-past one o ' clock , and the first noise I heard was the ringing of the bell . My house was examined several times . On the first time Yarham was taken up aad discharged ; I took him in my service again , until he was apprehended a second time . George Lay ton : I keep the King's Head , at Yarmouth , now . At the time ofthe murder I was a _pclicemau . I remember on thc night of the murder being at Toolcy _' s-

      _buildiugs . They abut on one end of the South Marketroad . I went along the road to South Market-road . I remember turning on my lamp to trim it . I was close to the Turners' Arras , and kept it turned on for fifty yards . I crossed the road leading from the Market-gates to the Denes . There were carts standing at tho corner that obstructed my view down the street . I then went down the Market-gates , when I me * a person who I have no doubt was tbe prisoner at the bar . He was going towards the Denes . I know Mr . Harvey's premises . The direction that mau was going would lead to that way . He appeared to be dressed in a coat with pockets iu the hips . This was just before a quarter to one o ' clock .

      Sarali Dick , the wife of John Dick , of the Town Battery : On the morning of Tuesday , "Sovcmbcr 19 , ISii , I went to get some linen . At half-past two I carried some Hnen to Mr . Shipley's , and on returning home I said to my daughter , who was with me , "Let us see , the boys have been hiding something here . " I put my hand there , and there was nothing , aud followed the feet a little further , when the feet stopped . I said " There is something here , let us see ; perhaps it is the old woman ' s money . " I went down on my knees and began to poke the sand away , and I found a bag buried , and which jinked as though there were coppers in it . Mr . Tooley ' s men came over from tkeir mill ; my husband also came up . I was . far from the battery . Royal came up last . My husband pulled the bag out of the hole , and said it was the woman ' s money , because the ticket was on it . Hoval said there ought to be

      more yet , and he put bis hand in and pulled out a small bag with some gold and silver , and he wanted to count it . Mj husband said it should uot be counted ; my _husband said he would carry all ; but Royal _w-uuld not let him . We all then weut to the inquest together , and gave them to Sergeant Williamet . There was abroken bottle and mug i . ear tbe place , as if for a mark . I was at the battery in the afternoon after I came from the court ; amau came up to me , and was at the place where I found the money ; he was poking at the hole . He walked up to me and began to talk to ms ; he bad dark trousers and a blue coat buttoned up to bis neck , and a high hat , and I did not know him then , but have since ascertained it was the prisoner . The man said , " It is cold here , and you need have good fire . " I said , " I would keep better if I could afford it" He said , "Your name is Dick . " I said ,

      •« Yes . " He said , "You found the money . " I said , " I did . " He said , "Ail you have to do now is to find the murderer . " I said , I wish to God I could ; I would walk twenty miles tofiniit out , though I was lame . " He then said ( moving his foot ) , "I am tbe murderer . " I said , " If you are the murderer you would not tell me ; what is your name I" He said , " You know me . " I said , "I do not . " He said , " Yes , you do . " I said , " If he would tell me I would tell the gentlemen . " He said , "You know me . " He then walked away as far as the hole , then turned round and looked at me again , then proceeded towards the town . I told the Mayor what had passed , and the Mayor said it was only some person tampering with justice . I said , " I should like to see Yarham . " He said , "It could not be him . " I was afterwards examined before the magistrates , and when the

      other persons were examined I looked at the dock , when btfore tlie magistrates , and thought I knew him , but could not recollect who it was . There was a young man in the battery at the time the man spoke to me , and he told me the man ' s name was Yarham , and that was why I asked to see him . After tbe trial , I and my husband went home by the train , when we saw Yarham and his wife . He tried to shake hands with my husband , but he refused . I said , " Good God , if that be Yarham , thatis the man tbat spoke to me . " After I got in the carriage , Yarham ' s wife asked me if I thought the people in Yarmouth would think she was the guilty party if they stopped or left Yarmouth . I said , "God knows , you know your conscience best . " AYhen the prisoner first came up to the railway station , he said to my husband , " Don't you know me ? I am Yarham , but call me Mr .

      C , " and offered to shake hands . When we were going along , Yarham said , "Mrs . Dick , say as little about the money as possible , for my solicitor told me that the _prisener ' -s solicitor wanted to fetch me in tlie murder , and jou as the person that helped me to hide it . " I said , " Dirk , do you hear what Yarham says V aud my husband cam ; - up , and the prisoner told him the same thing . Ou gettfcigto Yarmouth , tlie prisoner said , "Dick , if I see _anything in the paper that would affect you or your wife ' _ts character , I will let you know . " My husband said , " Don't come to me , I don ' t want you , I take in the paper . " I saw him again at thc top of the market on a Tuesday , either a fortnight or three weeks _aftur ; it was between nine and ten o ' clock . He came up to me and said , "How do jou do ? " I said , I don ' t know you" ( I didn ' t for a moment ) . He said , "Do any

      of these three fellows interfere with you ! I replied tl : ey did not interfere with me so much as they did with the girl . I said , "Do they interfere with you i" He said , "No , they know better , but the people plague me so much that I cannot sf ay here ; I have been to the workhouse to get money to go away . " I said , " I think you ought to have spoken the truth at first , and things would hat e gone better . 1 think you are either the murderer yourself , or know who did it . " I thought I bad no right to say so , and I turned to leave him . He said , "Stop , and I will tell you all about it . " I stopped , and he said he was not so much to blame as they were , for they never let bim rest after thoy heard

      that Mrs . Candler had got the money . Ho said he heard Mr . Catcbpole was going about amongst the Angels . 1 said , " Where is the house ! " He said , the Angel Inn . He said they came to him and asked him to let them in . He made a bargain with them not to hurt the old woman , for they had time enough to get the money in the time she was getting the beer , as she was generally a quarter of an hour gone . He let them in at the back door , except Boyal _, who watched about the time she went for the beer . He told them to go into the bed-room , for tbat was where she kept the money . While they were there the woman came in sooner than usual . He was upstairs , and on hearing Chandler come in , he put out the candle and sat on the bed . Roval went in . She said "What

      dojyou . here ? I know jou . " Royal asked for half an ounce of tobacco , and the time she was getting it , Royal and Hall knocked _kar aown with the pincers . Tbey thought she was dead . Mapes ran out to a woman on the other side of the street , and said " All ' s right . " lie asked if there was any noise at the Swan . She said , " I will go aud see who is there . " She said there were several people there . They all then went up Black Swan-row . and saw several people there ; one of them was a young man who they thought must know them . Mapes then ran home to the Feather ' s Tap . As he was going along tbe _Murktt-gatts he saw a person turn a light on him , who afterwards appeared to be Lay ton . He

      then ran home , telling the others to bury the money and give him the signal when it was done , as his hous would be sure to be searched first . When he went borne he saw the woman lying in the _fhop . She turned ber eyes on him , and , seeing a lard knife lying by her , he took it and cut ber throat . I said , " You are the murderer . " Prisoner said , "No , she could not live , she had been beaten so much by Royal and Hall . " Royal gave the s gnal , and he opened the window and saw Royal go down the street , and the policeman Waller _coming down the other . There was a man came up then and hit him on the shoulder , and said , " Are you going ? " and they both went away together .

      Sarah Dick : I am daughter ofthe last witness . I lived in ISii at the Battery . On _Tucseay , the l'Jth of November , I remember a man coming and speaking to my mother ; there was a boy in the Battery who told me the man ' s name was Yarham , —theprisoner at thc bar is the man . "I remember going to Norwich after the trial ; Yarham and his wife were there . I know him to be the same man tbat spoke to my mother . My mother told me the conversation she had had with Yarham , aud I told Mr . William Yates , the magistrate , about it . There was some disagreeableness between my father aud my mother , and I asked her the reason . She then told me all about it . I told the magistrates , because I thought it was not a proper thing to be kept secret . William Seaman : I remember the 19 th tf November , 1814 . I was at tlie Battery . I looked out of the gate and saw a nun whom 1 knew to be Yarham , I told Mrs . Dick so when she asked who he was . I had known him before . He lived at Mr . Catchpole ' s . I had seen him titere when I swept the cbinmies .

      John Dick : I am a guuncr of the artillery , and I remember finding the money-. I was at thc trial , and in thc witnesses' room , but 1 did not see Yarham then . I saw him down at tlie railway station . My wife said something to me . I told her to have nothing to do with bim , we had had . trouble enough . Some time after , my wife was going to tell me some conversation with Yarham about it , but I refused to listen to her . Mr . Dasent then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . The learned gentleman said , —Had he not | been present at that trial he should have declined the j brief , which had only beeu placed in his hands on that -moruiugat nine o ' clock ; but baring n general linoivledge of the e ; isc , he did _fet-1 that it was his duty not to shrink from the task of dif ' eiidiug a man accused of so heinous a crime as that of murdtr , for he considered that every member ofthe tar held himself out as the advocate I of thc accused under whatever circumstances his services j inight be required . He trusted that the jury would come to their vcrd : et with the liim determination to ; _i'li :. ;; _iistcijustice , without listuning to the suggestions of tuvjudicts

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      imbibed from newspaper reports , or conversations on the subject of the trial , —without yielding to thc desire to shield a murderer as the object of undue sympathy , on the one hand , and without rushing blindly , on tho other , to a conclusion that the prisoner was guilty , merely because lie was charged with so odious u crime as that now under _discussion . The learned counsel then entered at great length Into an examination of thc evidence adduced today , contrasting it with that which had been adduced on the former occasion , when it was the object of the prosecution to make their case chime in , and coincide with the evidence of the prisoner against other parties , and commenting en the gross impropriety of tho witness Mrs . Dick , who had oil that occasion kept buck so ma terial a fact as the confession of tbat very witness whom she was then assisting in swearing away tho lives of three

      fellowcreatures _. If evidence of so material a character as the conversation with Yarham at the Battery had been kept back by Mrs . Dick and her daughter , who were the most material witnesses on the former trial , and were _calltd to corroborate Yarham ' s statement , aud that too with the sanction of the Mayor and magistrates of Yarmouth , who could tell that even now thejury were in full possession of the whol « _cass % It might be that even now there was something kept back to suit the purposes of the present case , and if such a state of things was possible it was the duty ofthe jury to put a stop to it by declaring testimony so tainted to be such as they could not adopt . These observations were strictly applicable to the first

      interview with Yarham ; but if they were well founded thejury might easily _scs that no reliance could be placed ou the marvellous confession after the last trial , which came from the same polluted source , and must have been concocted by Mrs . Dick after she bad aequired the knowledge of the facts intended to bo disclosed in it for the first time , and from some sinister motive , whicli a clever , designing woman , could _easily | kcepsecret underany crossexamination , however searching . The accuracy of such testimony could only be tested by its probability , and if those statements were to be tried by such a criterion , he felt convinced that the jury , as reasonable mon , would reject them , and come to the conclusion that their verdict ought to be one of acquittal _.

      Mr . Justice Maule then summed up the whole case to tho jury , and in so doing drew their attention to the various points of corroboration which were to be found throughout the evidence , and which were said to tend materially to throw an air of truth over the important testimony deposed to by Mrs . Dick , If she was believed , it was admitted that the case was proved , and it was for the jurj to look at thc _wlwle _civcvivftstances and to judge whether she could have come into court with a deliberate design of swearing away the life of Yarham , who had certainly done her no injury . If he were guilty of this murder his offence was very great ; but if she were guilty of such conduct as had been imputed to her , her crime was far deeper than his , though tie punishment might be less . Very strong comments had been made on her having omitted to state the first interview on the first trial ; but tbat evidence was not material to that issue , and sha might well agree with the mayor in thinking

      lightly of it . Those observations , however , only applied to that interview , and did not affect in any way the second station and the third in Yarmouth , wliich might well revive the recollection of the first , and give it animportance which it _rcafly deserved , and an explanation which it required to make it available . The whole case , however , was one peculiarly for the jury , who would deal with it according to the impression the evidence had made on their minds . If they believed Mrs . Dick , they would find the prisoner guilty , but if they doubted her veracity , or saw any reasonable ground to distrust the story she told , it would be then their duty to acquit the prisoner , who had received a good character , and was therefore entitled to all the advantages of such testimony _. The jury retired to deliberate for upwards of a quarter of an hour , and at ths laps * of that time their foreman pronounced their _vtrdict to bu that the prisoner wae Guilty . Proclamation was then made for " Silence , " and

      The learned Judge , having assumed the fatal emblem of death , proceeded to pass upon the wretched man the last sentence of the law for " the crime of most deliberate murder committed by him upou a most inoffensive person without any provocation—without anything to excite illwill towards her , and for no other cause than the desire to possess himself of tho small sum of _monsy which she had accumulated . The crim * of which he had been found guilty had not one mitigated feature in it . It was without excuse and without palliation , and possessed no feature which could removo it from that class of crimes which ev _« n in the opinion of those most averse to the

      punishment of death deserved its infliction . Under such circumstances , it would be the greatest folly to waste any part of his few remaining days on secular affairs , or to allow his attention to be drawn from the most important business of all men's lives—the preparation for a future state . Iu that work he would doubtless recei-e the ready aid of good and able men devoted to such service . " The learned judge then _coacluded his most impressive address by earnostly exhorting the prisoner to avail himself of that aid , as all worldly concerns must now be entirely vain and useless , avid adjudged him to be hung by the neck till he was dead .

      The wretched man , wht had listened to the trial with close attention and to the awful sentence of the learned judge without evincing any emotion save a slight and occasional quivering of tha lips nnd eyes , was then removed from the dock , while the shouts of the populace on the " hill" resounded in his ears . I » T £ » r TO PaOCDBE _AUOBTION . —SATVBDAV , _MiSCU 28 . —Sarah Whisker was indicted for having administered to Prances Railey a quantity ef a certain poison called white hellebore on the 5 th of March , with intent to procure abortion : Mr , Burcham conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr . Prendcrgast defended the prisoner . It appears that the prisoner , who is a beldame of between 30 aud 40 , is esteemed asa" cunning woman " iuthe city of Norwich , and that she was visited by the prosecutrix on a day previous to that named in the indictment , for the purpose of having her fortune told . The wreteh soon elicited from tbe girl that she was in the family-way , and directed her to come on the 5 th of March , when she would give her something which would " do

      her good and not interfere with her work . " The appointment was kept , and the prosecutrix receired from theprisoner apowd « r and illiquid , which she took according to the directions which accompanied _tlu-m . The result , however , was far from satisfactory , for she fell sick , and , being obliged to quit her service , resorted , very wisely , to medical aid for relief . The surgeon then called in , and a chemist , who proved that he had frequently supplied the prisoner witli small quantities ef " white hellebore , " were now examined , but from lack of experience in " poisons , " were not enabled to speak decidedly as to the fact whether that ingredient was or was not a poison , and the prisoner was , therefore , on thc point of escaping " scot-free . " The learned judge , however , hearing that Mr . Scott , a celebrated practitioner in this city , and surgeon to the gaol , waspres * nt _, cau 6 od him to be examined , and from that gentleman ' s evidence , founded on his more extended experience , the whole case was fully made out , and the prisoner was duly convicted and sentenced to transportation for life . With this case tbe business of the assize terminated .

      Romantic Anu Isxtitaoitdinarr Suicidh Op...

      Romantic anu ISxTitAoitDiNARr Suicidh op Two Lovers . —On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquestat the Edinburgh Castle , Rcgent ' s-canal , Mile' End Old Town , on view ofthe body ef John Warren , jun ., aged 20 , a young man of respectable connexions , residing in the neighbourhood , who committed selfdestruction by drowning himself in the Regent ' scanal . The melancholy catastrophe created more than ordinary interest and sympathy amongst the inhabitants of the locality , owing to thc circumstance bf the sweetheart of tlie deceased , a young woman of considerable personal attractions , named Caroline Beale , aged eighteen , having only a few days previouslv committed a similar act of self-destruction

      near to the spot where tlie body of thc deceased w .. s found . It appeared that the deceased and tbe young female , Caroline Beale , agreed to take tea jn Sunday night last , with an acquaintance ofthe young woman of tbe name of Amelia Bane , living in llhode-well-road , Limehouse , where the deceased went , according to his Appointment . Caroline Bealc did not arrive till some time after , when , on seeing the deceased , she remarked to him that she knew lie bad been taking tea with Amelia , and thatif he preferred her , she would have nothing to do with him . She was in a very excited state and left the house , but was induced to turn back a part of thc way with deceased . She , however , again ran away , and was seen no more alive . The deceased returned to the

      other female , anil said he had no doubt Caroline would come back when she became more collected . About nine o ' clock thc same night , as policeman M'Grcgor , K 291 , was passing thc Edinburgh Castle , he saw a bonnet and shawl upon a stone , forming the _b-nindavy mark between the parishes of Mile End Old Town and St . Anne ' s , Limehouse . He obtained the _drasB , upon which the body of the deceased was discovered which was taken to the Edinburgh Castle . Ihe deceased , on hearing of tho melancholy death of his sweetheart , was inconsolable _, and on seeing the body , clasped it in his arms , and exclaimed that ho wished he had followed her so as to have prevented her _self-iiestruetion . From that time lie fell into a state of despondency , and daily

      visited the corpse of the unfortunate female . The previous night ( Friday ) lie called at her mother ' s to see it , being in company with Amelia Bane and a young man named Frederick Cook , who was directed not to leave him . Deceased afterwards called at a pubiic-iiouso where he said he had to meet a person . Cook and Beale were in the parlour when the former fell asleep . Deceased took the opportunity to leave , and went , it is supposed , to the llegcnt _' scanal , as shortly after his hut and coat were found upon thc same s _' tono on whicli the shawl and bonnet of Caroline Beale were placed , by the same policeman , who instantly obtaining tlie drags , got the body out , and whicli was also conveyed to tlie Edinburgh Castle . Mr . Willis , surgeon , then attended , who tried to restore animation , but without effect ; Verdict . " Found drowned . "

      Last or tiik _Ti'silastis . —The fifth and only surviving son of Prince Ypsilanti , liospodar of Moldaviain thc commencement of this century , hasjust died at Bucharest . The live brothers took an active part in the war for Greek independence . _Frinco Georges , thc last of the family , was educated in Kussia , and married the daughter of Prince Alonissi . liis body has been embalmed , and will be scut to Greece by the first steamer ; the deceased huj expressed his wish to be buried in Hellenic ground ,

      Execution Of Wicks. At Eight O'Clock On ...

      EXECUTION OF WICKS . At eight o ' clock on Monday morning the extreme penalty ot thc law was carried into effect upon Thomas William Wicks , aged twenty , for the wilful murder of James Bostock , his master , on thc lGth of last month . During the interval which has elapsed since the _excrtiona were made in his behalf , Wicks was desired by the sheriffs not to entertain a hope that they would be successful , and , in consequence of this , when informed that his fate was inevitable , early last week he betrayed but slight emotion , and very shortly alter that rallied and maintained his firmness to the last . On Saturday , the last day allowed for the unfortunate relatives to visit and take leave , his father and mother visited their unhappy child , and the final parting was most distressimr . the wretched parents

      feeling most acutely the miserable situation they were in , especially as they had not seen each other for years . On Sunday tlie convict attended the chapol , but as the preaching of condemned sermons , as they were called , is done away with , the rev . ordinary , in the course of his discourse , but slightly alluded to the crime ior whicli he was about to suffer . About half-past seven o'clock the sheriffsand undersheriffs were in attendance , and about ten minutes before eight o ' clock they entered the press-room , where Wicks was pinioned . To the sheriffs and _under-sheiifts , and the other authorities , lie gave his thanks tor their kindness and exertions in his behalf , and again acknowledged the justice of his sentence , as well as his deep regret at having taken away the life of his master . Everything being in readiness , the convict walked with a firm step to the drop . Precisely as the hour of eight struck , the chapel bell was heard to toll , being the sicnal that the fatal

      procession was approaching , and the tumult and cries of " Hats off , hats off , " that ensued , baffles description ; in less than a minute the authorities approached and took their station near tlie scaffold ; the prisoner then mounted it , preceded by the Rev . Mr . Davis , the chaplain , with a firm step , and wholly unassisted , taking up his position under the fatal beam . The prisoner ' s pale and youthful appearance , being under twenty years of age , excited tlie utmost commiseration , and was the signal for loud and continued yelling of execrations against thc authorities , mingled with cries of "Shame , shame ! " "Where ' s Johnstone ? " which continued during the whole time the fatal preparations were being completed . In a short time , the cap being drawn over his face , and the rope adjusted , the wretched culprit was launched into eternity , and in a few seconds ceased t « exist . His struggles , although of a spare and light stature , did not appear to be creat .

      From all that can be ascertained , youthful though he was , Wicks appears to have been one of the most hardened criminals ever confined within the walls of Newgate . It may be satisfactory to those few persons—if any such there be—whomight conscientiously have desired to spare the wretched man's life , under the impression that he was not master of his own actions when ho committed the murder of which he was found guilty , to know that prior to his execution he made a full confession of his guilt , not only of the actual murder by shooting his master with a pistol , but also of having long premeditated the crime , and of having purchased , some weeks previously , a knife for the express purpose of cutting his master ' s throat —a determination he subsequently changed te that of shooting him . It appears he had also intended to

      shoot the foreman employed by the deceased . lt has also transpired that even within the last few days he contemplated and laid a deep scheme for carrying into effect the murder of the young woman with whom he was intimate for some time past . This person , it will be remembered , gave evidence on the trial which in some degree tended to strengthen the presumption of his guilt . Whether tills may have influenced the prisoner , or whether the knowledge that the woman in question had been seen in company with a young man—a former rival in her affections , it is believed—a fact which appears to have been imprudently communicated to the wretched youth by his mother during one of her recent visits—is not known , but it is certain that during the early part of

      last week he made a formal request to the proper authorities , with a view to obtain an interview with this young woman . The question was considered , and it was finally resolved that the interview should not take place . "Wicks was greatly mortified at his request being refused ; but it was thought better not to give way to his wishes on the subject , and most fortunately was it so determined , for two or three days subsequently the wretched man confessed to the ordinary of the gaol , in the presence of several other persons , that it was his full intention , in the event of his request having been granted , tohave received the young woman with apparent affection , and that while pretending to kiss her , to seize her by the throat with his teeth and retain his hold until he had

      suffocated her . It has been ascertained that Wicks has witnessed nearly all the executions "which have taken place since that of young Crouch some years ago . He appears to have had a morbid curiosity for such scenes ; and on the occasion of Martha Browning ' s recent execution he actually paid 2 s . Gd . for a scat in a room opposite the scaffold .

      The Brazilian Pirates.—Our Readers Will ...

      The Brazilian Pirates . —Our readers will recollect the circumstances attending the trial and acquittal of the prisoners charged with piracy on the coast of Africa , and the murder of the crew of her Majesty ' s ship Wasp . The prisoners , on being acquitted , were sent home by thc British government . One of them , Majaval , a Spaniard , a young man of rather superior manners and address , who acted as cook , was charged in thc trial as being the person who inflicted the murderous blow on Midshipman Palmer . The prisoners were in all probability indebted for their acquittal to the munificence of the late High Sheriff of the county , Edward Simcoc Drewo _, Esq ., of the Grange , who , with his wonted generosity , finding that most inadequate provision was made for their

      defence by the Brazilian government , caused the learned Serjeant Manning to be retained on their behalf ; and the high personal character of the learned serjeant , and his equally high reputation as a lawyer , secured from the court that attention to his exposition of the law which would not have been obtained by a junior counsel , even supposing that his critical acumen had enabled him to raise the same points , and give the same breadth of principle to his exposition as the learned serjeant did . The prisoners all expressed themselves most grateful to the High Sheriff ; and it was a proud spectacle to see these wild and lawless men leaving our shores , and bearing away with them , for the rest of their days , an adequate conception and living experience of the impartiality and dignity of British law . The prisoner , _Jvlajaval , who , as we have said , had evidently received a

      superior education to the rest , and had much ofthe manners ot a gentleman , is a native of the town of Prima , near Barcelona , lie left England in the highest spirits , rejoicing in the prospect of returning to his family , snatched as it were from the jaws of death . But on arriving at Barcelona he was arrested by the authorities and thrown into prison , charged with the crime of piracy , for which it appears he is amenable to Spanish law . He has written a letter to the late High Sheriff , praying for a copy of his acquittal in the British court , expressing the renewal of his thanks for the kindness which he experienced here , and describing his disappointment at being a second time incarcerated . The letter contained also one enclosed for General Espavtero , between whose family and Majaval ' s there appears to have been some connection , with a view to get the influence of the General with the British authorities .

      Manslaughter . —Funious Driving . —On Tuesday morning Mr . Thos . Wakley and a highly respectable jury assembled in . the Admission-room of Middlesex Hospital , to investigate thc circumstances attending the death of Mr . Daniel Etherington _, aged eightythree years . The deceased was a master-tailor , and _resided at No . 21 , Silver-street , _Golden-squarc . Charles Philott , postboy , 3 , Brcwcr ' s-court , Bedfordbury , said that he saw the deceased man on the morning in question , passing out of" Hanover-street into the square , when a four-wheel chaiso driven by a groom came up at a most furious pace , nnd _although there was plenty ot room for the driver to pass , lie drove right on to the deceased and knocked him down . There was no one besides thc servant in the

      vehicle at the tune , and when he heard the cry of " stop him , " he flogged tho animal , thus increasing thc speed , and ultimately escaped , having driven into Hegent-stieet . Deceased died on Friday morning . Verdict , —'' _Manslaughter against some person or persons unknown . " A Narrow Escape . — " One circumstance may be named in reference to the escape of Captain Biddalph , an active and enterprising officer of the 45 th , who had been taken a prisoner . His sword was demanded and refused—taken from him , and again demanded , after this indication of his inability to offer

      any resistance . Again he refused to yield it , and a gallows was ordered to be raised to intimidate him . The Sikhs changed their minds , and determined to blow him from one of the guns , to which he was accordingly chained , and preparations made . The action just then interfered , and called off the whole body ofthe Sikh troops , who left Captain Biddulph chained to the gun . One of the Sikhs offered to conduct him to the Governor-General ' s camp if lie would give him 1 , 000 rupees , and not take arms again , to which ho acceded , and was released , and conducted to Sir II . Hardinge , wh » at once paid thc amount . "

      Typhus Fever . —It appears that typhus fever lias been so terrible in its visitations in Leicester , last week , as to cause the death of one out of every ten of tho inhabitant '' of one part of the town , and to effect the health of 132 out of 255 . A _LuTitKit Museum . —The King of Prussia has ordered the creation of a Luther Museum in the capital , in whicli shall be assembled the numerous objects , the propeity of the State , relating to the Protestant chief , whicli arc scattered throughout the kingdom ; and the erection of an edifice of golhic _archiL-ieturc _, and including a chapel , to be especially devoted' to tbeir reception . The rich collection of Luthcia'i curiosities belonging to Dr . _Atigustin , the head pastor of the cathedral of llalberstadt , has been _pui-cbi'sod by the government for the _nt'iv museum , at _; i cost of 22 , 000 thalers , £ ' 2520 .

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      Losdox Cork Exchange, Mondat, March 30.—...

      _Losdox Cork _Exchange , Mondat , March 30 . — 1 he supply of English wheat was somewhat larger this morning than it has been for some weeks past , and difficulty was experienced in getting through the whole of it , though offered at ls . to 2 s . per qr . below the rates current on Monday last . For foroign wheat in bond the consumptive demand was very trifling , and there was no speculative inquiry ior it , or for free on board cargoes , though the latter were offered , by to-day ' s mail , on lower terms from the Baltic ports . —Fine barley was not so ready of sale as it was last week , and secondary sorts were rather cheaper . Irish oats , and the finer descriptions of English brought an advance of Od . per qr . upon the prices of this day se ' nnight ; but upon light and inferior corn no improvement whatever could be realised ; the supply from our own coast was tolerably extensive . —Beans were dull and rather cheaper . — Peas of all sorts firm . There was more inquiry for clover seed , but it was freely met , and the lower description of both red and white must be quoted fully 2 s . per cwt . cheaper . Fine qualities support their value better , but go off very slowly .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED

      IN MARK-LANE , BBITISH OKAIlf . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex < fc Kent _. white _. new .. ill to 63 .. 57 to 70 Ditto , red 47 511 .. 53 65 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. il oi white 49 02 Lincoln and York , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Northumb . and Scotch ... _M 60 Rye i _> „ * ' i s ° Barley .. Malting _« .. .. 30 84 extra 61 — ' _Distillinff .. - .. 86 » Grinding .. .. .. 23 20

      Malt .. Ship .. .. - .. 53 57 _Ware 59 61 Oats _~ _LincoInBhira and Yorkshire , feed , 21 s Od to 23 s Cd ; potato , or short , 22 s Cd to 26 s Cd ; Poland , a 2 s 6 d to 27 s 6 d ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 21 s Od to 25 s Od ; potato , 21 s Od to 25 s Cd ; Irish feed , 20 s Cd to 22 s 6 d ; black , 20 s 6 d to 32 s 6 d ; potato , 21 s Cdto 24 s 6 d ; Galway , 19 s Cd to 20 s Gd . Beans .. Ticks , new » - ' 36 old 88 ii Harrow , small , new .. 34 38 old 40 40 Peas .. White .. .. _~ .. 37 43 boilers 40 44 Gray and hog .. .. 33 86 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 44 40 Town-made ( per sack of 280 lbs ) 46 53 Buckwk eat , or Brank 30 32

      EKaLISB SEEDS , & C . Red clover ( per cwt . ) _„ .. .. 42 to 72 White clover ( per cwt . ) 47 7 C Rapeseed ( per last ) £ 26 28 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 s to Us ; white , 7 i to Ids . Tares , ( per bushel ) , spring , Gs . ; winter , Ss . to 6 s . Cd , Linseed cakes ( per 1 UUU of 31 b each ) £ 11 to £ 12

      FOKEIGH GBAIN , Shillings per Quarter . Free . In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 4 C — 59 Ditto ditto .. 54 — 61 .. 44 — 52 Pomcranian , & c ., Anlialt 06 — 63 „ 41 — _S 2 Danish , Holstein , < tc ... 54 — 61 .. 42 — 48 Russian , hard .. ,. — Ditto , soft - .. 55 — 58 .. 39 — 48 Spanish , hard ,. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 58 — 62 .. 14 — 81 Italian , Tuscan , & c _,, red — Ditto , white .. .. 63 — 69 ,. 47 — 58 Odessad : Taganrog , hard — Ditto , soft .. .. 53 — 58 .. 39 — 48 Canadian , hard ., . — Ditto fine .. .. 68 — 60 Rye .. Russian , Prussian , ic . — Barhi .. Grinding 23 - 26 Ditto , distilling .. .. 26 — 36 _„ 18 — 2 fi Oats m Dutch , feed ,. .. 22 — 25

      Ditto , brew and-thick .. 23 — 37 „ 20 — 21 Russian 24 — 26 .. 10 - 20 Danish 6 s Mecklenburg 24 — 26 .. 18 — 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 36 — 40 .. 28 — 36 Egyptian 33 — 35 „ 28 — 3 U Peas .. White , 32 to 43 , gray .. 33 — 30 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , fine 39 82 , _supei-iino .. .. 32 — 34 .. 22 — . 28 Canada , 3 u to 33 , United States „ n ,. 32 — 35 .. 26 — 28 Buckwheat 30 — 32 .. 24 — 2 S

      FOBEIGX SEEDS , < tC . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petcrsburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) .. 42 ta 43 Archangel , 40 to 45 , Memel and Konigsherg 39 49 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 42 44 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 26 Red Clover ( 18 s per ewt . and 5 per cent , on the duty ) 42 64 White ditto 47 70 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 . large .. 44 50 linseod cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 6 10 s , £ 7 . French , per ton £ 7 0 , £ 7 10 Rape cakes ( free of duty ) £ 5 10 £ 5 IS and 5 per cent , on th : duty .

      Average Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties front th » 19 th to ths 25 th of March . _Ir 7 iea ( Barley \ Oats .. Rye , Beans ¦ Peas Week _ending 6 - _d * ' - - s - d ' »• d _-j s * d _* Feb . 7 , 1845 .. 64 8 30 . 10 21 7 . 34 2 35 9 85 6 Week ending | Feb , 14 , 1845 .. 54 9 30 6 21 9 j 32 7 34 9 35 7 Ifeek ending g Feb . 21 , 1845 .. 55 0 29 11 21 6 32 10 34 9 34 3 Week ending F « b . 28 , 1845 .. 51 6 29 7 21 5 33 4 34 2 35 3 Week ending Mar , 10 , 1845 .. 54 10 29 3 2110 33 6 34 11 _3 S 8 Week ending Mar . 14 , 1840 .. 54 3 29 4 21 3 34 2 35 2 34 9 Aggregate aver . age of the fast six weeks .. 54 7 29 11 21 8 33 5 34 11 31 W London aTer . ages ( ending | Mar . 17 , 1845 ) 59 6 30 5 22 111 36 0 34 10 85 < i Duties .. .. 18 0906 o ! 968686 London Smiihfield Cattlb Mabket , Mondat , March 30 . —The arrivals of foreign cattle into the port of London , free of duty , during the past week , have been 51 oxen , 103 cows , 1 calves , and 4 . H sheep . A very great change has at length taken place in the market , prices having declined from 2 d . to 6 d . per stone , and trade become dull at the reduction . The supply of beasts aud sheep was much larger than for some timo past , and in excess of the demands of thc town and country butchers . Of beasts there were near 3 , 200 head , which met with an indifferent demand . The price realised for the best Scots was id . per stone under the rate of tbis day last week .

      Inferior qualities also sold dull , at the same decline , and a clearance was not effected by the hour of closing the market . The supply of sheep was near 5000 in excess of the return upon last Monday . This , together with the more plentiful supply of beasts , produced much less activity in the mutton trade , aud rates declined Gd . per stone for polled sheep , and id . for _half-breds and Downs ; the latter realising only 5 s . 2 d . per Sib ., half-breds is . 10 d ., and polled ewes 3 s . lOd . There was a more plentiful supply of calves , which met with a steady * sale , at a fall of Cd . per stone upon former currencies . The pork trade was on the whole firm , though the rates realised were 2 d . under those of this day se ' nnight .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal , 8 . d . s . d Inferior coarse beasts . 2 lo 3 0 Seeond quality ,,., 8136 Prime large oxen . 3816 Prime Scots , & c 12 16 Coarse inferior sheep . , 3 10 4 4 Second quality . . . 4 6 i 6 Prime coarse woolled ... 4 2 1 4 Prime Southdown ... 5 2 5 6 Large coarse calves .... 1 4 4 10 Prime small C 2 5 6 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 31 b Large hogs 3 10 1 8 Neat small porkers . .. 1656 Quarter-old store pigs , each , 16 0 22 P

      HEAD Of CATTLE OH SALS , ( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 178-Shecp , 24 , 000-Calves , 08—Pigs , 411

      PROVINCIAL CORN MARKETS . RicnMOND ( Youksbike ) , _Satuuuat , March 2 S . — We had a large supply of all kinds of grain in ouv market to-day . "Wheat sold from 5 s . Od . to !) s . Od . ; oats , 3 s . Od . to 4 s . Od , ; barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . 3 d . ; beans , 5 s . 3 d . to 63 . 3 d ., per bushel . _LivEttPOOh , Monday , March 30 . —Since Tuesday last holders of eld and new wheat have shown unabated firmness , and , upon a fair demand for consumption , the quotations then given have ( em f ' ufiy maintained : in some instances prices rather exceeding tliose rates have been realised . Flour has been held for better prices , but has found only a limited sale . Thc market is bare of good parcels of oats and oatmeal , and each of those articles have brought a small improvement in value . Barley , beans , anil

      peas support late rates . But few operations have transpired in the bonded market within the week ; the slow progress in Parliament ofthe new Corn Bill inducing much caution on the part of millers and speculators , and wheat and flour are held for late prices . Indian corn has been in daily request tor transit into thc interior , to Ireland , and to Scotland , and promises to come into more general use in this country : prices gradually improve , and are fully Is . per qr . higher than on last Tuesday . Wakefikld , Friday . —The arrivals of wheat are fair , and of barley large ; fine wheat fully supports previous rates , and other qualities without change . Barley is the turn lower , but a fair business doing . Beans steady . Oats and shelling each in fair request at previous rates .

      Mancuestku , Saturday , March 2 S . — At our market this morning the transactions in wheat wore to a limited extent ; the best descriptions of Irish were , however , held for an advance of 2 d . to 3 d . per _TOlbs ., whilst other sorts were without change . For approved marks of flour , of prime quality , there was a moderate consumptive demand , at full prices ; but inferior kinds could only be moved oh" by submitting to offers at low rates . With a fair inquiry for oats this article must be noted the turn dearer ; and oatmeal being in steady request , choice cuts commanded an improvement ol Gd . per _2-iOlbs . JS ' _i-wcASTu :, Tuksday . —We had a good supply of wheat at this day ' s market from the growers , but few or no samples offering coast _. vise , as vessels are kept buck owing to the stormy weather , and prices ruled Is .

      Average Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      per quarter dearer than on Saturday last for choice qualities ; but no improvement can be quoted in the value of secondary descriptions . The demand for barley continues extremely limited , and the business transacted was on similar terms to last week . Malt ruled very dull , and late rates could with difficulty bo realized . Oats met a fair sale , and were looking a shade higher . In rye we had little passing . Peas and beans were taken off slowly , at our quotations . Tlie arrivals of flour arc trifling , and prices in consequence advanced full ls . per sack . Hull , Tuesday . —At this day ' s market the supply of wheat was moderate , the condition considerably improved , and hist week ' s prices paid . But little spring corn shown . Linseed neglected ; the arrivals

      are not large . Owing to the severe weather a few days ago , the sellers of linseed cakes wore demanding 5 s . to 10 s . per ton moro money , which , in some instances , was complied with , * the return of mild weather , however , has made buyers hold off , except at the late low rates . In rapeseed no transaction . In rape cakes little doing . There is a fair business passing in bones . Guano maintains its price , with a good demand . _Birmingham , "Wednesday . —During the present week we have not had much passing in the wheat trade , but fine qualities are held for full prices . There was less lite in the barley market , but offers at less money were not accepted . Oats aud beans supportod last week ' s rates .

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      Bankrupts. """ (Frtm. Tuesday's Gazette,...

      BANKRUPTS . """ ( _Frtm . Tuesday ' s Gazette , March 31 , 181 C J John Charles Barratt , Strand , carver—Thomas John Moyscy Bartlctt , Pall-mall East , broker—William Howe , Boxford , Suffolk , bricklayer—Charles Couchman . Curies _, cottage , Hammersmith , brickmaker—Lancelot Newton , _Gutter-lanc , _6 ity , warehouseman — Edward Dolling , Ipswich , Berlin wool dealer — James Robert Ellis , Houndsdifcli , brass-founder — John Spaul , Bcer . lane , City , wine merchant—Valentine Elkins , Southampton _, place , _Euiton-squarc _, coach-maker — Michael Kelly , Liverpool , provision dealer — "William and Thomas Edmund , Livarpool , merchants — Henry Dunington , Nottingham , glove manufacturer—John Hirst and Joseph Graham , _Ossett . _street-side , Yorkshire — Thomas Ken . worthy Bowbotham , Iluddersfield , _book-keeper—Jamea Roger Havard , Mount _Pfeatant , Breconsbire , commission agent—John Sc _» tt , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , fruiterer _.

      dividends . April 22 , John Jenkins , Crown-place , Old Kent-road , currier — April 22 , Thomas Pulvertoft , _Wisbeauli St , Peter ' s , Cambridgeshire , iron master — April 22 , John Calthrop , Isleliatn , Suffolk , iron master—April 21 , John Hill , _Queen-street , Hammersmith , licensed victualler-April 21 , James Waddell , _Limc-street , City , ship broker —April 22 , Charles Bonner , Spalding , Lincolnshire , scrivener— April 17 , Geerge Stephen , SUinner ' s-pIace , City , scrivener—April 21 , Alexander Levi Newton , Bury . street , City , merchant—April 21 , Richard Musgrove , Bir .

      mingham , woollen draper — April 24 , William Henry _Alexander and _Churlns Bolton Richards , Upper Clifton _, street , Finsbury , _hardwaremen — April 22 , James Durtnall , Dover , ironmonger—April 22 , William Durt . nail , Dover , ironmonger—April 27 , "Clisba and Thomas Oldham , Chulford , Gloucestershire , builders—April 23 , John Lowthin and Richard Jackson Brinley , Newcastleupon-Tyne , printers—April 23 , John Henderson , High Crosby , Cumberland , horse dealer — April , 23 , Peter Hansen , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , shipowner . Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be Bhown to the contrary on or before

      April 21 . James Miller , Southampton , cordwainer — William ffilks , Leeds , builder — William Ibbotson , Sheffield , merchant—Andrew Palmer , Feltwall , Norfolk , druggist — Benjamin Wood , jun ., Leeds , wine merchant — Thomas Hodgson , Liverpool , bookseller—George _Osborn , _Extter , whip maker—Robert Agars , _Kingston-upon-Hul * , woollen draper—Mark Sturlej , Southam , Warwickshire , organ builder—George Walker Gee and John Fearne Gee , Leeds , _linendrapws — Yictoire Susanne _Ursule Lenormand _, Regent-street , milliner—Thomas lUtnett , Cambridge , tailor .

      _PAKTNESSUlPS DISSOLVED . Henry DukeKorman and William Huwlings , Liverpool , woollen-drapers — Samuel Ralph Jutsum and Samuel Hawkings Jutsum , London , carcass-butchers—J . Hawkings , jun ,, and Alfred Smith , Bristol , surgeons—Wil . liam Henry Smith , Jonathan _Kiio-rles , and John Cooke , Leeds , share-brokers — Abraham Butterfield , Henry Butterfk-Id , and William Pahuer Butterfield , _Hitchin , _Hertfordshire , bricklayers—James Bingley and Robert Perry Pettigrew , Duke-street , Grosvenor-square , tailors —Joshua White and Richard Rouse , Exeter , painters—Edward Allatt and John Manuel , Sheffield , cabinetmakers—Francis David Lewis and George Rice Lowe , Laurence Pountney-lanc , City , newspaper-agents—John Burgoyna pillin and Tliomas Warren , Cursitov-street _,

      _Chancery-Une , _sword-cutlers—George Peel and Robert Carr , Ossett , Yorkshire , manufacturing chemists—John Henry Cootos and James Loveday , Wakefield , jewellers-William Young and William Smyth Young , _O-tford . street , hatters—William Cooper , James Cooper , and Benjamin Best , Cornhil ' , preserved provision merchants-Thomas Butterworth and Benjamin Butterworth , Wood _, street , Cheapside , _woo'len-nianufgcmrers—James Koyle , Francis Prime Walker , juu ., and Edward BHtterworth , Manchester , stockbrokers—Joel Dean and Henry Wil . liams , Liverpool , sack-dealers — John Capstick and Thomas Bass , Portman-place , Edgeware-read _, wholesale carpet warehousemen—John Hill Bamford and Joseph Stell , Todmorden , Lancashire , _cotton-tu-inufactuiors—Thomas Joyce aud Richard Church , Thatcham , Berk _, shire , carpenters—Peter Ashwell Burrell aud Edward _Paterson , WWite _llart-court , Lombard-street ,

      attorneys-Thomas Helllwell and William Davis , Halifax , sharebrokers—Joseph Pool and Robert Cooper , King ' _s-place , Commercial-road East , _slopsellers—Susannah Cant and Thomas Cane , Elmdon , Essex , wheelwrights — Henry _Pattason , jun ., and Purefoy Huddleston , Threadneedlestrect , City , sliarebrokers—Charles Martin Wcstuiacott and Thomas Westmacott , Cheapside , seedsmen—James Richmond _Cowefl and Robert _M'lauren , Leeds , stock _, brokers — Joseph Gowland and John Harbottle , New . castle-upon-Tyne , drapers—Johnson Frederick Hayward and William Macdonald , Liverpool—James Birkett and Robert Foster , Liverpool , attorneys—Adam Park and Johu Armstrong , Gravesend , surgeons—Richard Urivick and Benjamin Urivick , Foster-lane , City , wine merchants —AncollBall and Edwin Morris , Lincoln , npothecaries—William Lock , jun ., Richard Laije , and Albert Henry Lano , Portland , stone-merchants .

      Sur-Rosed Murder.—Bodsirs.—A Discovery W...

      _Sur-rosED Murder . —BoDsirs . —A discovery was made on Monday within a short distance of this town , which has led to thc belief that a murder of a most distressing nature has been committed . It appears that early in the morning , as some miners were going to their work , they perceived the body of a woman lying in a shallow pool of water , within a short distance of the roadside . Her face was downwards , aud the general appearance of the corpse indicated that the woman had been dead several hours , Iler clothes were torn to pieces , one of her legs was completely uncovered , and thc stocking of the other was hanging loosely about the heel . The only marks of violence about the body were a few bruises on the arms and legs , and it would appear that thev wero

      caused by the struggles of the unfortunate creature in her dying agony . About ' . a hundred yards from the spot a staylace was found , and at the same place there were the footsteps of a man and woman . The larger tracks alone extended , though in a less perceptible degree , to . the piece of water were the body was lying , and from this circumstance it is inferred that , a violent _struggle having occurred , the woman was carried to the pool , where her head was , in all probability , held down until suffocation ensued . The woman was a vagrant , and she has been identified by several of her own sisterhood as having borne the name of '' Somerset Anne . " It is supposed that she was _mut-dared by some person who had cohabited with her , and a man is now in custody on suspicion .

      _CoNsrniACY io Murder a _Magisthati _* . —The Enniskillen papers of Thursday contain accounts of the discovery ofa conspiracy to murder Robert Archdall , Esq ., J . l _' ., of lteversten , in the county of Fermanagh . Two men named Gnlhvgcr and Connolly have been apprehended . One ol them is stated to have had a gun charged with six inches of powder and shofc , and on his person a Ribbon wan-ant , or letter of authority , declaring that it had been determined upon to shoot _liobert ArcWalJ , Esq ., and that his death-warrant had been signed , but of which fact he should first get notice .

      Tun Sheffield Teade . —The feverish state of our _fs-reign relations is acting very unfavourably on the export trade of the country , especially on that part of it which is carried on with distant pavtsof the world , to many of which shippers hesitate to send goods , lest it should become necessary to pay war premiums upon them before their arrival at their destination . This is the case with the trade iu Peru . —Sheffield Independent . How seldom do wc feel , perceive , or think of thc small beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world" The young disease , which must subdue at length , Grows with our growth , and strengthens with our strength !"

      An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of constitution , late hours , both of retiring to rest and rising in the morning , lay the foundation of intc _.-. tinal as well as skin diseases . To all such we would recommend , first , a change of system , and secondly , as a powerful assistant for the recovery of health that efficacious family medicine , _Franipton _' s _I'ill of Health , which has procured the approbation of persons in every station in society . Paul ' s Every Max ' s Friend ( Corn Plaister ) may bo vclieil on as a speedy and certain cure for those painful and stubborn annoyances Corns and Bunions , causing the lame and alificted to walk with comfort . A' large and increasing demand having proved its efficacy , has induced several persons W put up a spurious preparation , _thurefore be sure to ask for * ' Paul ' s Every Alan ' s _l- ' r ' _eiid , " and do not be persuaded to purchase anything else . A single trial will convince of its immeasurable superiority over all other plaisters , liquids , Ac .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 4, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04041846/page/6/