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This court opened on Monday , but no trial of im _pirtanc . 3 took place during the day .
Tuesday , Apan , 10 . _Steausg mom a Father , —Henry Corbcshley , 19 , was indicted for stealing ten sovereigns and other property , belonging to Ebeneier Corbcshley , his fatlier . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . "—The _prosccator , in answer to _questions put by tbe court , said that he was a dissenting minister , and the prisoner at the bar was Ms eldest son . He had provided Tarlous situations for him , and had done all that lay in his power to enable him to get nn honest
livelihood , but be invariably threw himself out of employment by his misconduct and his dishonesty . The prisoner had robbed him on several other occasions , and he said hc felt that no other alternative was left him _but _* 4 o adopt the present proceeding , in order to pre \* cnt the other members of his family from bein « _conftaminated by the example of the prisoner . The Recorder , after makiug some feeling and approprssts remarks * upon the conduct of the prisoner , -sentenced him to be kept to bard labour for ¦ fiftece months .
Rescue from the Custody of a Female . —II . Myers , 14 , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Pheebe Abrahams , and rescuing a person whom she had in custody for robbing her . —Tlie prosecutrix , k will be recollected , was walking in the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane , when her pocket was picked , and on seizing tiie person who had committed the offence , the prisoner assaulted her , and the result of Ins interference was , that the person who had committed tbe robbery contrived to make his escape . — The prisoner pleaded" Guilty . "—The Recorder told the prisoner that he had committed a very serious offence , aud he regretted that the form in which the charge had been preferred only gave him the power to pass a sentence of imprisonment . He then ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for six calendar months .
Misdemeanor . —James Ward surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with misdemeanor . The first two counts imputed to the defendant that he had obtained certain sums of money by falsely representing himself to be a certified attorney , and in a third count he was charged with nnlawfully obtaining £ 1 3 s . 6 d ., by falsely representing that he had paid that amount to the clerk of Mr . _Pctersdorfli the barrister , on behalf of that gentleman , for a conference fee . —Mr . Wilde
prosecuted , and Mr . Horry was for the defendant . —The circumstances under which this charge was preferred lay in a very narrow compass . It appeared that the prosecutor was a person named Robert Jones , and during the year 1848 he was involved in some legal proceedings with a person named Alexander , and he employed the defendant to act in . his behalf . It appeared that Ward was upon the list of attorneys , but on this year he had not taken out his certificate , and the prosecutor swore that he advanced him certain
sums of money to carry on the proceedmgs , npon thc understanding that he was certificated at the time . With regard to tbe charge contained in the third count , it was alleged that on the 27 th of _November the defendant had obtained £ 1 3 s . Gd . from the prosecutor , npon his representation that he had paid that sum to Mr . Petersdorff as a conference fee , and which representation turned out to be incorrect . —The Recorder , at the close of the case for tbe prosecution , said that the two first counts ofthe indictment must fall to the ground , as there had been no evidence produced to show that the defendant had not really taken out his
certificate—Mr . Wilde urged that it was for the defendant to show that he had done so . —The Recorder said that in a criminal charge a defendant was not required to prove his innocence of the fact alleged against him , but it was the duty of tbe prosecutor to make out tbe case by the best evidence . —Mr . Wilde said it was certainly his opinion that they ought to have shown that the defendant was not certificated , but he had deferred to the opinion of those who instructed him . —Mr . Horry then addressed the jury upon tbe third count , and after the learned Recorder had briefly summed up they returned a verdict of _"Xot Guiltv . "
Charge of Perjury . —D . Law surrendered io _ answer an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Plumptre prosecuted ; Mr . Parry was for the defence . —The charge against this defendant arose out of an action tried in tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench hi January last . The jury , under his lordship ' s direction returned a verdict of " Xot Guilty . " Robbery Br a Sailor . —John Smith , 32 , sailor , was indicted for stealing , in tbe dwelling-house of Elizabeth Matts , a dressing-case , containing ten sovereigns , a watch , an eye-glass , and other articles , the property of Frederick " Sutton , and afterwards burglariously breaking out of the same dwellinghouse . —Mr . Ryland held the depositions ,-and examined the -witnesses by direction of the court . The prisoner was defended by Mr . W . Cooper . —The robbery imputed to the prisoner appeared to have
heen committed in a most daring manner . The prosecutrix is the landlady of . the Fountain publichouse , Foster-lane , Cheapside , and it seemed that on the night of the 8 th of March the prisoner came to the boose and represented that he _ivos the captain of a vessel , and that he had some business at tbe Post-office early on the following morning , and was desirous to have a bed . As the appearance of the prisoner was respectable , and as he had some seafaring manners about him , no suspicion was entertained about the truth of his story , and he was shown to a bedroom , and all the family retired to rest at their usual hour . On the following morning , about five o ' clock , the prisoner was observed by a police constable in the act of jumping over a wall adjoining the residence of the prosecutrix , and upon his attempting to take him into custody the prisoner made a most desperate resistance , and nearly bit off tbe officer's thumb before he could secure
bim . Upon the house being examined afterwards , it was found that some person had evidently been all over it during the night , and that the dressingcase had been remove : ! from the bedroom of a person named Sutton , who managed the business for prosecutrix , while he was asleep , and a bunch of keys had also been removed from the bedroom of his daughter , and these keys were found upon the bed -which the prisoner had occupied . The dressingcase and its contents were subsequently found concealed hi the churchyard , close to tbe wall the prisoner bad been seen to jump over . —The jury found tbe prisoner "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Embezzlement . —John George Beckett , 19 , a welldressed young man , pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of embezzling three several sums of £ 6 5 s ., £ 8 18 s . Id ., and £ 32 6 s . 8 d ., the monies of William Henry
Watson and others , his employers . —Mr . Payne , who appeared for the prosecution , informed the court that tbe prisoner had been in the service of an attorney , and it appeared that he had embezzled money altogether amounting to more than £ 100 . The prisoner absconded from the service , and was found at Maidstone , having enlisted into a cavalry regiment there . —Thc prosecutor informed the court that the prisoner had been in his service since hc ¦ was a boy , and until recently had conducted himself very well . The extent ofhis defalcations was about £ 140 , and when the prisoner left his employment he sent a letter , in which he admitted that he had embezzled the money , and said that he was going abroad for three years , and when he returned , be hoped he should be able to repay the amount he had taken . —The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year .
XEW COURT . The time ofthe court was occupied tbe whole day in trying prisoners for offences against her Majesty ' s Mint , and the modes in which the offences were committed did sot possess any features of public interest . Amongst the base coin uttered there were a great namher- of counterfeit crowns and halfcrowns . It seems by the evidence adduced that the crusade was more particularly directed against tho body of licensed victuallers , beer , and coffee _shopkeepers , and - _ite offenders , chose , for the purpose of better effecting their nefarious designs , the times when these tradespeople were most busy , and also at the close of ihe afternoon , and just before it became necessary to li ght up . With the licensed victuallers they were generallv most successful , and
tne trade will find it necessary fo be very much on their guard against the gang of otterers who now infest the metropolis . The Common Serjeant , in passing sentence , expressed his determination to put a stop to the offence , if he could , and the prisoners were sentenced to the longest periods the law would allow for the indictments on -which they "were tried , varying from twelve months to two years . There werefifieen cases for trial , twelve of which were disposed ot during the day , and only one acquittal out of that namher . The two soldiers - ( Jenkins and Finch ) , whose ca « e has been so lately and frequently reported under tbe head of Lambeth ¦ police-court , were both found guilty , and severally sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction .
We » SESDAT , Af _*? JL 11 . _Shcotixo at a Femam . —J . _Cushway , 19 , was indicted for feloniously shooting at Emma Tyler , with intent to murder her ; and in other counts his intent was charged to have been to do the prosecutrix some serious bodily harm . Mr . Ryland and Mr . _Laane conducted tbe prosecution on behalf of . the Corporation of London ; Mr . Woollett aefended ihe prisoner . —The learned counsel for tue _prosecutisn briefly siated the facts of the case , the following evidence was adduced . —Emma Tyler , the prosecutrix , deposed that she was a single woman , and resided at So . 5 , Angel-alley , _Bishopsgate-street . She had known the prisoner about six months atthe time _thw happened . On the night of tho 17 th January she was in the alley near the prisoner ' s house . A girl named Eliza Groves was with her . She saw the prisoner about seven o ' clock . He was then going for some work , and returned about eight o ' clock , and witness asked him what time it
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was , and he said it wag eight ,, and seemed rather amrrv . The prisoner then asked hor where she had been " to , and she Bald no further than the door . A young man named John Somers then came by , and witness called to him , and the prisoner immediately went away . She followed him to Skinner-street , and put his cap on his head A short time before she had snatched his cap off and thrown it away She saw the prisoner again soon after this had taken place , and in consequence of what Eliza Groves had told her , she asked the prisoner what he wanted with her , and he replied that was his business , and he added that she would soon see what be wanted with her . He then seized hold of her right handand she ask « ig 8 mwhy he held her
, hand so tight , and he _repeatewhat he bad before said , that it was his business . Witness tben turned her head to speak to Eliza Groves , and continued to do so for about ten minutes , the prisoner holding her all the time , and she then saw him hold a pistol to her face , which he discharged , and she felt that she was wounded , and fell to the ground . The young man Somers came to her assistance , and when she came to her senses she _foundherself in tbe hospital . —Cross-examined : Witness is sixteen years old . The p risoner is nineteen . Her name was Emma Tyler bat she had been called Jemima for a ' lark . " Sho did not know how to spell her name . She first saw the prisoner about seven o'clock , and she addressed bun uuon that occasion , afid they were on friendly
terms . —The prosecutrix here became very faint and her further cross-examination was postponed . —Eliza Groves deposed that she also lived in Angel-alley , and was acquainted with the prisoner and the prosecutrix . They had been "keepingcompany '' for about three months , and appeared very fond of each other . She saw the prosecutrix leave Cushway , on the night of the 17 th January , to go to speak to Somers , and he appeared very much displeased at her doing so . Soon after this had taken place , Emma Tyler asked the prisoner what was the matter with him , and he replied that it was nothing to her , and they then separated . In about ten minutes afterwards she again saw the prisoner , and he told her to tell the prosecutrix that he wanted to * speak
to her , and the prosecutrix went out to him . The prisoner then said hc wanted to speak to her very particular , and the prosecutrix replied " Let me hear it if you please . " The prisoner made no reply , but went and threw his cap over the wall of the alley , and then asked witness to go and fetch it , but she " refused . They all continued to talk good-humouredly together for about half-an-hour , and she then observed the prisoner take a pistol out of his right coat pocket , and he immediately fired it at the prosecutrix , and when he had done' so he replaced it in his pocket . The prosecutrix fell insensible into witness's arms , and the prisoner then ran away . — Cross-examined : Witness is fourteen years old . They were constantly in the habit of playing
together . 2 fo angry words passed before the shot was fired . Witness had said that in her opinion the prisoner had done it out ofa lark ; and this was still her opinion . She never saw him with a pistol before . —John Somers the person referred to in the evidence of the preceding witness , confirmed then " testimony as to what occurred at the time in question . The prisoner walked away when fie saw the prosecutrix talking io witness , and they followed him into Skinner-street , where they found thc prisoner sitting on a post , and Emma Tyler took his cap off . The prisoner was then about to walk away without his cap , but the prosecutrix ran up to him and put it on his head again . They all then went back to Ancel-alley , and as witness was going into
his own house he heard the report of a pistol , and on looking round he saw the prosecutrix in the arms of Eliza Groves . —Mr . Robert Mann , the house-surgeon of St . Bartholomew's Hospital , proved that the prosecutrix had received two wounds in the left side ofthe head , evidently occasioned by a pistol ball , which appeared to have entered at one side and made its exit by the other . Her face was also blackened by gunpowder . The prosecutrix had been in thc hospital ever since . The wounds in themselves were not dangerous , but might have been so by their consequences if inflammation or erysipelas had supervened . —S . Osborne , a nurse at the hospital , proved that upon dressing the head ofthe prosecutrix , on the 18 th of January , she found a piece of lead or
copper , like a bullet , m her hair . —Inspector Fosberry proved that he took the prisoner into custody at his father's bouse , on the morning after the occurrence , and on his telling him what the charge was against him , he said there was nothing but paper mthe pistol . As they were going to the police-station , fie made another statement , and said that Emma Tyler had asked him to get two pistols , one to shoot her , and the other to shoot himself with . He likewise said , that he had thrown the pistol away among some ruins near his father ' s house . —The prosecutrix was then again put in the box to be further cross-examined , and in answer to the questions put to her , she said that she had frequently seen the prisoner playing with a pistol , and
be had on several occasions snapped it before her . The prisoner was generally in a very weak state . Tbey were always on very friendly terms , and she had not the least suspicion that he had any malice towards her , or that he intended to murder her . — In answer to a question put by one of the jurors , the prosecutrix said , that she did not see the pistol on tbe evening of tbe 17 th January , until the prisoner discharged it at her . —The counsel for the prisoner then addressed the jury on his behalf . —Two or three witnesses were called , who gave thc prisoner the character of a mild and inoffensive lad , and they also said that he was of very weak constitution , and had suffered a good deal of illness ever since he was
a child . —The learned judge having summed up , the juryfoundthe prisoner " Guilty" upon that count of the indictment which charged the intent to bo to do grievous bodily harm . Sentence was deferred . Forging a Post-Office Order . —W . Tootel , aged 16 , a clerk , pleaded guilty to forging a Post-office order for the payment of £ 5 . In this case , the prisoner was not in the employ of the Post-office , but son to . the postmaster of Edgware . Being at variance with his family , he had left his home , and ob > - taining some Post-office orders he bad filled them up and signed them . —The Common Sergeant said that notlung but the prisoner ' s youth induced him to pass the light sentence that hc did , which was that he be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months .
Letter Stealing . —J . N . Hyde , a clerk in the Post-office , pleaded guilty to stealing a letter containing a bank note of tbe value of £ 5 . The court ordered him to be transported for seven years . The Danger of Claiming Rewards for Lost Property . —John Terry , a well dressed man , was in . dieted for feloniously receiving 100 sheets of paper valued at Is ., well knowing them to have been stolen . Mr . Ryland and Mr . Laurie conducted the prosecution , which had been instigated by , the City authorities ; and Mr . Ballantine defended the prisoner . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner returning home one evening from a concert at Exeter Hall he stumbled over a parcel , which proved to be the papers in question . The prisoner mentioned the circumstance to Lord Colville , who was
an acquaintance , and his lordship advised him to communicate with Shackell , which he did , and after several interviews Shackell paid to the prisoner the sum mentioned in the advertisement ; hi the meantime an anonymous letter having been sent to Messrs . Cowley and Budd , it was placed in the hands of Webb , an inspector ofthe City police ; and ultimately the prisoner was apprehended for the felonious possession of the papers , and , after several examinations , was admitted to bail , and this day he surrendered to take his trial . The Common Sergeant , having heard a portion ofthe evidence , said be did not thmk there was a case of felonious possession , as his story was that he had found them , and a verdict of " Acquittal" having been taken , the prisoner was directed to be discharged from custody .
Arson . —W . Scollard , 30 , egg merchant , and J . Scollard , 26 , ditto , were indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house , the property of Joseph Goodchild , with intent to injure him . In another count the intent was charged to be to defraud the General Fire and Life Assurance Company . —Mr Parry and Mr . Metcalfe prosecuted ; and Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Partridge , and Mr . Parnell defended the prisoners . —The evidence against the prisoners in this case was entirely of a circumstantial character . It appeared that the prisoner William occupied the house Kb . 46 , Bermondsey-street , and he there carried on tho business of an eggdealer and cheesemonger , his brother John , the other prisoner , living with him . The fire , which
was the subject ofthe present inquiry , took place about two o ' clock on the morning ofthe 15 th of January , and at that period there were no less than twenty three persons lodging in the house , almost every room being occupied either singly or doubly tbe prisoners themselves using a small parlour at tbe back of the shop as a sleeping room . A policeman , who was passing the house at the time in question , saw the appearance of fire in the shop , and he immediately commenced knocking at the door , but for some time he was unable to obtain admittance . When this was obtained it was found that the shop was partly on fire , and that there was also fire in the cellar , but upon the arrival of engines the whole was speedily extinguished , and very little injury was done to tho fabric ofthe
building , and none ofthe inmateB of thc house received any damage . It seemed that the first circumstance which excited suspicion against the prisoners was thc observation by the fire brigade that there appeared to have been two distinct fires—one in the shop and the other in the cellar , and it . was also observed , that a number of empty butter firkins had been placed in thc shop , and thai a small quantity of butter had been placed in the heads of some of them to give them the appearance of being full tubs . It appeared that the stock was insured in the General Fire Assurance Company for £ 320 , and after tbe fire the prisoner William sent in a claim for £ 128 , representing that forty full firkins of butter had been destroyed , for which be claimed £ 00 , and the remaining amount was claimed for fixtures . L ' _ton this point it appeared , according
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to the testimony of the firemen , that there was not the least appearance of such a large quantity of greasy matter having been destroyed , and all they observed was a thin coat of butter , like skim , floating upon the water that had been thrown into the house , but quite insufficient to account for so large a quantity as forty firkins ; and , with regard to tne fixtures , it appeared that the whole of them were appraised by a broker , who was put in possession of the premises by the landlord for rent , after tho fire , at less than £ 4 , and they were eventually sold for between £ 2 and £ 3 . Both the prisoners were found upon the premises at the time the fire . was ' discovered , with nearly all their ordinary wearing annarel unon them : and . frou the appearance of
the bed , which was in their parlour , it seemed that it had not been lain upon on tho night of thg . fire . In addition to these facts , it was shown that several days before the fire occurred property was seen to be removed from the house by the prisoner William ; and on the 13 th of January he took a box to a person named Poison , in Leadenhall-market , and represented that he bad just come from the steam-wharf , and be wished him to take care of tbe box for a few days , when he said he would fetch it . This box upon being opened was found to contain a quantity of wearing apparel , a clock , and also the books connected with the business that was carried on by the prisoner William in the house in question . It was also shown that when the claim was made upon the
fire-office by William Scollard , he represented that a considerable portion of tho butter that was consumed was the property of his brother John , and he , at the same tune , said he could give no account of the origin of the fire , and all he knew about the matter was , that he went home from the publichouse about twelve o ' clock and went to bed immediately , and knew ~ nothing more until he was kocked up by the police ; and when he was questioned with regard to his books , he said they must have been burned in the fire , it being distinctly proved that these books were contained in the box left by the prisoner with _the-witness Poison under the circumstances above , detailed , ; . Foi \ _-go * tic reason , which was not made to appear in tho course of the
case , it seemed that although the insurance company did decline to pay the claim made upon them , neither they , nor the owner of the house , were parties in the present prosecution , but that it had been instituted through the instrumentality of a coroner _' sjury , which was empanelled to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire , and the magistrate ofthe district , acting upon thc finding ofthat jury and the inquiry which he himself instituted , bound over Mr . Yates , an inspector of police , to prosecute , and * hat officer appeared to have exerted himself most zealously in getting up the case . —Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for the defence with his usual skill and eloquence , urging every point that appeared in the prisoners'favour .
—The learned judge then summed up , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty " against both prisoners . When the verdict was pronounced the prisoner John Scollard fell down in the dock insensible , and it was some time before he came to himself . —Mr . Justice Wightman , in passing sentence , told the prisoners they had been convicted upon the clearest evidence of one of the deepest and blackest offences known to the law , and he knew of none that was more dangerous to society , or which gave greater indications ofa wicked and malicious mind . He considered it was a most aggravated case , and his duty left him no alternative but to pass upon them the full sentence fixed by the law for the offence of which they ' nad been
convicted , which was , that they be severally transported for life . Robbery bv a Gipsy Musician . — C . Lee , aged 27 , described as a musician , was indicted- for stealing , with violence , from the person of Benjamin Hatfield , half-a-crown , two sliillings , and some halfpence . —The prisoner , a man about the middle hei g ht , powerfully built , and with a determined ruffianly cast of features , is one of the gipsy tribe , and well known in the counties of Surrey , Sussex , and Kent , as Gipsy Lea . —Mr . Bodkin having stated the case , called—Benjamin Morris , who stated that on the 13 th of March in the last year he went to Kennington-common , where a Chartist meeting was announced to take place . Shortly before the speakers arrived , a mob of between four and five
hundred persons left the Common headed by the prisoner , who bad armed himself with a large bludgeon which had been broken out of a fence near the Common , and proceeded down Southamptonstreet , Cambevwell . Witness followed at a short distance , and saw the mob at the instigation of the prisoner commit numerous acts of depredation . Upon arriving at the front of Mr . Hatfield ' s shop they commenced breaking the windows , and then surrounded that gentleman , who was closing his shop , and ill-treated him , * nnd having obtained something from him , they went on , headed by the prisoner . —Mr . Benjamin Hatfield , a tailor , living in Southampton-street , Camberwell , said that about twelve on the day 'in question hearing tbe
commotion that was taking place , he commenced shutting up his shop , and whilst so doing , the mob came up , headed by the prisoner , and commenced breaking his windows . The prisoner said , we are starving , and must have bread , and immediately seized hold of witness by the collar , who being somewhat alarmed , put his hand into his pocket to give them some money , when prisoner put his nand into witness ' s cash-pocket , and pulled out some money , which fell amongst the crowd , who picked it up . The prisoner , with very abusive epithets , said they must have more , and told the mob to have some of the cloth . They then went away , and witness saw the prisoner leading the mob about , committing other acts of depredation upon the tradesmen in the vicinity , until tne police
made their appearance . The identity of the prisoner was clearly established , and the remainder of the evidence went to show that the shopkeepers in the neighbourhood were plundered by the jprisoner and the lawless men he headed , and that property amounting in value to several thousand pounds was taken , and amongst them the shop of Mr . Gray , a pawnbroker was stripped . A great number of the mob were taken , subsequently tried , and severally sentenced to terms of imprisonment and transportation . The prisoner managed to evade the police till Sept ., when he was apprehended on a charge and imprisoned at Maidstone , from which . gaol he was taken by the superintendent of the Tunbridge Wells police , who knew the prisoner , and _heaftTthe charge against him . Whilst the officer was'bringing the prisoner to London hc told him he had a dream which had foretold that he should be taken into
custody , and that he should ride with the officer with a carriage , but he expected it would have been his brother ' s . —Mr . Charnock said the case was one of identity , and after the evidence he had heard be would not struggle with the facts . —The jury instantly found the prisoner " Guilty . " —Evidence was then given that the prisoner bad been convicted and imprisoned at Lewes , in July , 1839 . —The Common Sergeant , in passing sentence , said there could not be any doubt ofthe prisoner ' s guilt . He knew that Mr . Gray , the pawnbroker , had been ruined by the riot . The prisoner had been the ringleader in the affair , and he ( the learned judge ) ' felt that it would be useless if they did not make the severest example the law allowed for such an offence , which was one of highway robbery , and the sentence was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life .
Thursday , April 12 . Forgery . — 'William Wilkinson , aged 30 , described as a smith , pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously uttering a forged order for payment of £ 235 10 s ., with . intent to defraud W . A . Hankcy , and was sentenced to be transported for life . . , Mubdeb . —John and Eliza Cppeland , man and wife , were charged with the , wilful murder of John William Copeland their own child . Tho prisoners pleaded not guilty . After hearing a portion of the evidence , the learned judge , stopped the case _| and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " The prisoners were detained in custody on a charge of cruelty to their child , _9
_Manslaughter . —James Cowell surrendered to take his trial for the manslaughter of John Heatherington , late of Farringdon-street . It appeared by thc evidence that death was caused in a pugilistic encounter with the prisoner in which the deceased was _. the aggressor . The jury acquitted the prisoner . Stbauhq from a Railway . —John Bowling , 21 , a labourer , p leaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing 21 bs . weight of grease , the property of the Eastern Counties Railway Company . —Mr . Bullock sentenced him to seven years ' transportation . Stealing from the Person . —Two youn _» women , named Herbert and Blahdford , were found Guilty of stealing from the person of a gentleman , named
Welch , a watch , value £ 10 . It appeared that they both led a dissolute course of life , and were the associates of thieves . Herbert , who had previously boen eonvieted , was transported for tea years , and ihe other prisoner sentenced to be imprisoned for one year . ; , " ¦ Picking Pockets . —A youth , named Jphn Parker , pleaded " Guilty" to picking a .: lady * i , ' . nockct of a purse , containing some money . He . haubeenthrice convicted of the same offence , and . orice summarilj convicted of another offence . —The Recorder said that as the prisoner had been convicted on four previous occasions , the sentence upon him was that he be transported for ten years .
Two men were found Guilty also of picking pockets , and one sentenced to twelve montns' imprisonment , and the other , who had been previously convicted , to ten years' transportation _HousBBRBAKiNG .-W . Struawick , 25 , dealer , and C . Jackson , 24 , labourer , were indicted for a robbery mthe dwelling house of E . W . Wolley , and stealing a watch and other articles his property . Mr . Robinson prosecuted . The prisoner Jackson pleaded guilty and Strudwick was defended by Mr . Ballantine and Mr Parry After-hearing the evidence Mr . Ballantine said , the' defence he was instructed to offer was , that the witnesses for thc prosecution were mistaken in supposing that he was the man who ran out ofthe house with thc other
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nrisoner . Tbe learned Judge then summed up , and the iury . after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Guilty . " The prisoner Jackson addressed thc court when the verdict was delivered , and declared that his companvonwas innocent . His lordship sentenced Jackson , who had been before convict ed of felony , to be transported for fourteen , and the other . for ten years . Friday , April 13 . THE TOOTING TRAGEDY . Bartholom ew Peter Drouet surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . The indictm ent alleged , that at the time of _commiHins the offence James Andrews , » child of ten-, w _vears . was a poor destitute child , unable to tne
_nrovide himself with food , shelter , or necessaries of life , and that the prisoner , being the keeper _JfacertaiA asylum called " Surrey Hall , " m the _Parish of Tooting , and having engaged with the _ffu-irdians of the Holborn Union , _wfio then had _rhir- 'e of tbe child , to take charge himself of the _sntd " child , and to provide it with proper food , clothing and other necessaries , and the said child L then entirely under his charge and . control it became his duty so to provide for it The indictment then went on to allege that the nrisoner , contrary to his duty , had neglected to eivc the child proper food and sustenance , and bad also neglected to provide it with wholesome and properly ventilated sleeping accommodation , and hv these means had caused it to be mortally
sick and distempered , and bad so occasioned its death . The _-prispner waa also _^ _"Sf _^ P _^ J _^ coroner ' s inquisition for the like offence . He _pleaded « Guilty" to both the indictment and the inquisition He was then arraigned upon three other charges of a similar character , and to these he also pleaded "Not Guilty . " Mr M . Chambers and Mr . Clarkson were for the prosecution : Sir F . Thesiger , Mr . Ballantine , and Mr . C . Smith were for the defence . Mr Chambers in opening the case said , the nominal prosecutor in the present instance was the beadle of St . Pancras , but the parties whom he really represented were the board of directors of tbe parishes of St . Andrew , Holborn , and St .
George-the-Martyr , who had felt it to be their duty to prosecute this case on behalf of the poor , whose representatives thoy were . After a somewhat lengthy address the following evidence was adduced . Mi _' . _" -W . R . James examined by Mr . Clarkson . — I am clerk to the guardians ofthe Holborn Union . In consequence of the crowded state ofthe workhouse ofthat union in October , 1847 , 1 made an arrangement with the defendant to send a number of pauper children to the defendant's establishment . This was done with the consent of the guardians , and was approved by thc Poor Law Commissioners . I first had an interview with the defendant , and obtained from him the terms upon which he would receive childrenand requested him to communicate
, with me . afterwards in writing . ( A letter from the defendant was put in , in which he stated that he spared no expense to have his establishment complete in every respect j that the boys placed under his charge were instructed in different trades , and the girls in needlework and other domestic occupations ; and offered to take thc children at 4 s . 6 d . per week . ) In consequence of that letter I communicated with the guardians , and they resolved that the children should be sent on tbe 4 th of November . ( The communications that passed between the guardians and the prisoner were then put in , and it appeared that there had been a suggestion that the prisoner should take the children at 4 s . per head , but eventually his own terms were agreed to .
On the day named eighty-one boys were sent . 1 he deceased was not of that number . They were all between six and fourteen years old . About six weeks afterwards thirty more boys were sent to the defendant's establishment . When I first saw the prisoner , I understood that hc could receive well 1 , 200 , and that he had 850 in his establishment at that time . Deceased child was sent in October . In December we resolved to send some of our girls , as well as tho boys , to the establishment of Mr . Drouet . The chairman , six guardians , and myself , went as a deputation ; and we made a report of our entire satisfaction at the whole ofthe arrangements , both with regard to the accommodation , the diet , and the industrial training of the children .
Some of the reports referred to were here put in , and they spoke in favourable terms of the manner in which the establishment was conducted . Mr . W . Wixch said : I am now one of tbe guardians ofthe Holborn Union , and was so in May last . On the 0 th of that month I went with two other gentlemen to visit Mr . Drouct's establishment . The boys were at dinner . They were all standing , and there were no forms for them to sit upon . 1 examined thc potatoes and found them very diseased . I spoke to Mr . Drouet about them , and he said he gave £ 7 a-ton for them . I said I thought the diet should be changed , and hc said , if we paid him better he could do it . After this we went over the establishment , and into a range of buildings that had been recently erected . The whole struck
me as being badly constructed ; the rooms smelt very badly , and there were only windows on one side , so that there was no proper ventilation . These rooms were understood to be intended for sleepingrooms . We then went to the sleeping rooms that were in use , but I did not see any particular cause for complaint . After this , we went into the schoolroom , and Mr . Rennick told the boys , if they had anything to complain of with regard to their food , or any other matter , they were to hold up their hands . About forty of them did so , in Mr . Drouct ' s presence , I had observed the altered appearance of the boys they looked ill and pallid . Thc court objected to any statement of transactions which had taken place before the deceased was admitted to the Tooting establishment .
Patrick Sheen was tben called . He said—My mother was in the Holborn Union , and I was sent to the prisoner ' s establishment . I have been there three times . I was taken away to the hospital on the 5 th of January last . Three of us slept in a bed at that time . RicnARD Woomjson said—I belong to tbe Holborn Union , and I was sent to Mr . Drouet ' s with James Andrews . At first be did not sleep hi the same room with me , but two or three days before we came away we slept in the attick , over what was called thc doctor's ward . The deceased slept with his brother and another boy . I had only one boy sleeping with mc . There were twelve beds in the room , and three boys slept in some of them . James Andrews was ill at this time , and the surgeon was attending him . I did not sleep in the same room with the deceased until two or three days before we were taken away . The cholera had broken out at the time .
Wm , Derbyshire said—I was ono of tbe boys in the defendant ' s establishment . I knew the deceased boy and his brother Joseph . Wc all slept together before we were taken to the Free Hospital . I don't know how many beds there were in thc room . James Andrews was taken ill during the time he was sleeping with me , and then he was removed but I don t know whethe he was placed in the sick ward . Wm . _M'Dougal said—I am fourteen years old . I was brought with the other boys to the Free Hospital . I had been at Mr . Drouet ' s eight ov nine months before . The deceased came up in the van with us , and he sat on my knee and complained of being sick . I was at Tooting all the time Andrews was there , The big boys and the little boys dined in separate halls . I was a "big" boy . The
deceased was a little boy . We were all dressed alike . On the week-days wc wore a jacket and trowsers and a pinafore . Our own clothes , found by the parish , were taken away from us when we went in . The week-day clothes did not keep us warm , but after school hours all the boys used to go into the yard and were sometimes there until six o ' clock in the evening , when thoy had their supper . On Sundays wo wore different clothes , and they were much warmer than those we had in the week days . I never went into the little boy ' s sleeping-rooms , When wc got to the Free Hospital we all had supper given us , and little Andrews did not eat his . He was not seen by any doctor on that night . I did not see that Andrews did jiot eat his supper , but I was told so .
Joseph Andrews said—I am 8 years old . We did not have enough to eat , and sometimes my brother has asked mc for a portion of my food , and I used sometimes to give it to him , and at other times I refused , because I had not _cnouoh for myself . One h _& ll was used for the little boys to dine in . Sometimes we bad rotten potatoes and meat for dinner . When we had _potatoas no bread was allowed . Some ofthe potatoes were black and bad , and we used to throw them on thc fable , and tben they were put in the hogsty . We never complained of the potatoes , because wc did not like to do so . We had meat three times a-week . Sometimes we were able to eat the potatoes . We had not meat enough to eat . We used to have half a slice of bread and gruel for breakfast . We had not near enough bread . There was the same quantity allowed for supper , and we never had more than half a slice of bread . A tub was placed in the room for purposes of nature which smelt very disagreeably , and after it was
emptied mthe morning water was placed in it for the purpose of scrubbing out the room . We had milk and water to drink at supper . My brother could not eat his bread and milk . I never knew of any of the boys having any porter given them except at Christmas . Thomas _DionroN , another boy in the establishment , said—I am sixteen years old . I was at footing , fifteen months , - and I was removed with tlie other boys to the Free Hospital . I had to assist m scouring the little boys' rooms , and to mak ' o the beds . I know the attics where the little boys slept . There were fifteen or twenty b « ds in the attic in which Andrews slept . I have often been mto the little boys' hall when they were at dinner and I observed that thc potatoes were watery and bad , and tho boy * could not eat them and threw them away . Thoy never had any greens or othw vegetables and when thoy did not W pobtoe . thoy had bread . I havo seen the bread served
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from the pantry . Tho loaf _« _- * d io * _«* _*•» twenty pieces . t _^ m + < _-n vears old . There were about a _^^^^^ _ZiiomkM were eight years old . Tliey were qu _» _£ _ panectin 2 a complaint and give any information respecting their treatment . . . .. „ _hitrour The court here objected to boys in the _nigger class being called as witnesses , they being m a auferent part of the building from the little boys . John * Welch was called and said—I am 14 years old . I know the attics where tbe little boys Slept . Three of them slept in somo of tbe beds . I have seen them at dinner . The potatoes were generally good , but I haye seen them when they were diseased in the middle . I remember the boys making a complaint to the gentlemen in May , and afterwards Mr . Drouet said to me , " You young rascal , - _x- .. » .. * Wn
I'll teach you to tell tales about not having enough food" The next day I waa " whacked" by fcno schoolmaster . ( Laughter . ) I had been saying my lessons before I was " whacked . " Mr . Drouet was not present . Mr . Winch was the gentleman to whom the complaint was made . He has examined me several times , and took down what I said . He examined me before I went to the inquest . I am now at tho Holborn Union , where I get as much as I want to eat . We get more to eat at the Holborn Union than we had at Mr . 'Drouet ' s . I was one of those boys who held up my hand when Mr . Winch inquired if we were dissatisfied . I was " whacked " for holding up my hand , and not for learning my lesson . Iwas very well when I went to Mr . Drouet's and I was very well when I came back .
Henrv _Hartshorn , another boy , 14 years old , gave Bimilar evidence , Objections were again taken as to the evidence of transactions prior to the deceased being admitted to Drouet ' s establishment . Patrick Sheen was recalled _i The hoys did not get any more food after'the complaint was made than they had before . He was not aware that any complaint was made to Mr . Drouet about the baa quality of thc potatoes . He said he could not recollect whether the potatoes were better or worse in November than in December . __ Henry . Hartshorn was again recalled . He said that he ' also held up his hand when the gentlemen came , and said that he had not enough to eat . Mr . Drouet was presentbut he did not make any
re-, mark _, nis son , in his presence ; however , said something . They did not get any additional food in consequence of holding up their hands and complaining of the insufficiency of their food . The question was asked in the school , when a great num . * ber of boys were present . Mr . Drouet said it was not a fit question to put to the boys , to ask them if they had enough to eat . Mr , Winch was then recalled . He said he heard Mr . Rennick , one of the gentlemen who accompanied him , ask if the boys had enough to eat , and Mr . Dreuet appeared very angry , and said it was an improper _question—4 ie had a character to lose . Ho at the same time pointed to one _oftheboys and said
he was the greatest liar he had iu thc school , and another , he said was a scoundrel . The prisoner must have known that ho was questioning the boys , and he became very violent , and 'in order to prevent altercation witness and his brother guardians left . Ha did not sign the visitors' book when he left ; but made a report to the hoard of what bad happened . On tbe 30 th of May he accompanied the -special deputation to visit tho establishment ; they went at dinner time . The potatoes on that occasion appeared to be very good . Mr . Drouet apologised for his former rudeness , and his son accompanied him over the estahlishmerit . They went to the pantry , and saw the loaf cut in the usual manner . It was a 41 b .
loaf , and it was cut into sixteen pieces . He afterwards sighed a report , expressive of satisfaction at the mode in which the establishment was conducted , but he made some alteration in the wording of it , to confine his approval to thc particular day . He subsequently signed _^ another report that was presented to him * believing it to be the same he had seen before . The deceased was included among thc little children . He was'only six years old . Mr . W . Maize , another guardian , who accompanied the last witness , gave similar testimony as to what took place when the boys were asked if they had enough to eat , and he said that thirty or forty held up their hands to signify they had not . Mr . Drouet appeared very angry . David Kelly , a porter , deposed that he had two grand-children in the Tooting establishment . On the SIst of December he went to Mr . Drouet ' s
and found one of his children ill in bed , and another child with him . There were a number of other children in bed in the room , and they lay very thick . He went again two or three days afterwards and found three children in one bed , all of whom were sick and ill . Sir F . Thesiger hero interposed , and said that at this time the cholera had broken out , and with such a dreadful visitation and in such an emergency the children might have been crowded together unavoidably .
Baron Platt expressed an opinion that unless it was shown that the deceased child was in that room it was not evidence . Mr . Chambers said he could not prove that fact . It being now six o ' clock , and the counsel for thc prosecution having intimated their intention to commence anew head of evidence by the production of medical testimony , which would necessarily extend to a considerable length , the court expressed an opinion that it would be better to adjourn . The court then adjourned .
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LATEST FROM IRELAND . Dublin , Thursday . —Trial op Mr . Duffy . —The case for the prosecution was brought to a close yesterday ; bub as the evidence was nearly a repetition ofthat given at the former trial , there was little in the way of novelty to excite public interest in the slightest degree . The defence is to be opened this moriing . Riot ix inE Limerick Workhoush . —The Lime rick Chronicle , of Wednesday , contains the following : — " By order of the commissioners , Mr . John Scott , master of the union workliou 9 G , having boon obliged to reduce the dinner rations by one ounce ,
500 of the female paupers yesterday , immediately after partaking of that meal , and without any complaint to the master , or his assistant , broke the tin vessels on the table , and taking aim at the windows demolished over 400 panes of glass . The outrage and tumult was not subdued until the master , with the aid of some thirty _ablcbodied male paupers , had made prisoners of the ringleaders , eleven women and three men , whom he this day brought before the magistrates at the Town Hall , and who , upon learning the circumstances , remanded them until _Tetty Sessions , before a full bench , on Friday next . "
Dublin , April 13 . — " How often , * ' asked Mr . Butt , yesterday , " has Charles Gavan Duffy stood in the dock ? for forty days have I stood beside him here as his counsel , and one day in the dock is worse than a dozen in the gaol . " The speech of the learned counsel went over the grounds he formerly discussed , and was delivered in a most impassioned manner . The conclusion of it , describing what the prisoner had suffered already , affected several to tears . The trial will not _conclude till late this evening , if it does then ,
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A Mother Shot by her Son . _—Smlsby , Friday . —The greatest possible excitement has prevailed here during the present week in consequence ofthe perpetration of a most horrible murder by a young man named John Ward , a son of a highly respectable farmer , living in the village of Thorpe , a few miles distance . Tho circumstances are rendered moro shocking from the fact of the murderer being the son of the unfortunate woman . He , it appears , formed an attachment to a young woman who lived as servant in the house . On tbe day that the occurrence happened , whilst his mother was talking to him upon the impropriety of his conducthe
, got into a violent rage and ran out of the house , swearing at tlie time that if he was not allowed to have the girl he would shoot her . Having remained out several hours , he returned shortly after dinner time , and on entering the kitchen ho found his mother sitting asleep in a chair . He then went and took down a loaded gun and discharged the contents through her head , which shattered her skull . The parricide then locked the girl in a room and threatened her life if she refused to elope with him . It is stated that he kept the girl locked up for nearly an hour and a half , when she consented to go with him , and made an excuse to go and fetch her clothes " ; but instead of doing so , she made her escape to a _neighbouring farmer ' s , followed by Ward . Ho was _fortuiioicj mui master
, u , v me oi tne nouse , who stopped him , or it is highly probable hc would have murdered her also . The murderer having been taken back to his parent s house , he retreated into an _outte \ a _? d i th ? re s uc ceede 1 in inflicting a wound in his throat , - but not to any . extent . Upon entei _iiS _nL _^ TY _™ _wiuch « _wtnigedyhad been enacted * Mrs . Ward was found still in her chair , life bS extinct . Mr Dawson , a surgeon , was called in £ S he sewed up the wound in _W-ivd ' a _tw _« + _v _' . rV his opinion that the C _^ S _^ r _^' h _^ _" instantaneous . Tlie _wretchedK , ffi _^ f had _, , eeu into custody by the _jjR _l _""" _? 1 wa 9 , , . kon Mr . Rawnslev _atifiMijT _£ _f V on ing the _evidence a _£ in 2 T * ' wh ? ' alt 01 ' hcai " Spilsby prison theflf * hlm _- ' com ™ tted him to
_street Til V _- _Pmsiiso Office , _BouveriefiS ? f mn ( Saturday ) , at half-past one , _Sriitor _b ? _£ 0 U _- tTle P « _-m . so 8 of Mr . _^ Gadsbv S , l ! v ' , l _^ M fl UVm ° -street ' _F-cet-street , and- so of tV , ? _i \ - _f"ne . illc , ' _* . that ; from the nature _L , l niatemls _within the building , _considerable ™ _-f _VT Pl-- , chc » dcd . The efforts of the firemen _w „ n _^ successful as to prevent the flames from cvtending to any of the adjoining _buildings and bciore three o ' clock all apprehension of _! _' _,- £
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_daneer was entirely removed The cause of the fin inS yet been _ascertained The whole of tho S i materials , besides the books , documents , _Ta on the premises were entirely consumed . _EfeWexertfo / was made to save a portion of Mr . GSv _^ nroperty , but with no possibility of suecess _Vhfextenslve machine-room _adjoimng the premises escaped injury . _t . _„ nn tk „ . » y KwDoir .- / Child Burnt to Dkath .-Oii Thur S . day an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at the Plough , _Carey-street , on the body of Joel Harris , 3 three years , who died under the following dreadful circumstances -.-The deceased lived _witg his parents in _Yates-buildings , Carey-street LincolnVlnn . On Wednesday evening the maid ser . Ln * want , to one ofthe upper rooms with a candle , _p- — Zr _^ f _. _'^ lv rAmoved . Tho cause ofthe _fira _Manirer was entirety reuiuvcu . m
and finding the doov was locked she left the candle on the stair while she went for the key , and deceased and another child were left standing on the landing three steps above the candle , whidi was quite oufc ofthe way of his clothes ; The servant had hardly got down when she heard violent screaming , and on going back she found the clothes of the deceased in flames and the candle in thc hand of the other child . The flames were extinguished as soon _aa possible , and he was taken to the King s College Hospital , and attended by Mr . Salter , the house surgeon , * but he was so dreadfully burnt over the face , neck , and body , that he expired in about two hours . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
Tiverton . —Fatal Accident in a Pit . —On Tuesday last , a pump-pit connected with the Tiverton brewery , was opened for thc purpose of being cleared out , and a poor fellow ofthe name of Burt descended , but before he had power to commence clearing ithe became overpowered by the foul air , and almost instantly expired . Assistance was at hand , and every means used to bring him to the surface , which , after considerable delay , was effected , but the vital spark had fled . It appears that the draining of the ale vats , & c , had run into the pit and increased the foulness of the air .
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CORN . Mahk-Lane , Moxdat , April 9 tli . —We had a short supply of English wheat this morning , which was taken off early by the millers at full prices . In foreign wheat , although the arrivals were large there was more doing , and in some instances an advance of Is per quarter was obtained for choice samples . Flour was likewise readier sale and va . thcr dearer . Fine malting barley , both English and forei gn , met with more inquiry , and extra qualities made a slight improvement in prices . Malt continues heavy Bale . Beans and pens unaltered . In rye very little doing . The supply of foreign oats last week was good , but scarcely any of other descriptions ; the trade to-day was very firm , but wc cannot quote prices higher than in our last . Tares neglected .. In clovcrseed little doing . Linseed cakes without alteration .
British . — Wheat . —Essex , SiuTolk , and Kent , red , 30 s to 43 s , ditto white , 37 s to 47 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 35 s to 42 s , Korthumberland and Scotch , white , 35 s to 39 s , ditto red , 33 s to 40 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt ordinary , — s to —s _, pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 26 s to 28 s , maple 27 s to 80 s , white , 23 s to 25 s , boilers ( new ) , 2 Cs to 28 s , beans , large , new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow ,, 24 sto 2 Ss , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 15 s to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to Sis ' , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 22 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 20 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto potato , 19 s to 21 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , JE 26 to £ 28 per last , ear . raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 0 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , Hour per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 30 s to 32 s , town , 38 s to 42 s . Wheat Dant 4 to 54 Anlialt and
_Fobekjm . — , — zig , < s s , Marks , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 43 s to 47 s , Pomeranian red , 38 s to 43 s , Rostock 41 s to 45 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 34 s to 40 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Riga , 37 s to 49 s , Polish Odessa , 3 ffs to 41 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 35 s to 3 Ss , Taganrog , 34 s to 37 s , _JBrabant and French , 3 Ss to 41 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Salonica , 33 s to 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 20 s to 2 Cs , East Friesland , 15 s to 18 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 17 s , Danube , 14 s to 17 s , peas , white , 20 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 2 os , beans , horse , 20 s to 22 s , pigeon , 25 s to 29 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 13 s to 16 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 19 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , Ms tolCs , flour , United States , per 1961 bs „ 22 s to 24 s , Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French p « 2801 _ba ., 31 s to 34 s .
WEDNEsnAT , April 11 . —We arc moderately supplied with grain this week , and the trade is without alteration from Monday . Arrivals this week -. —Wheat — English , 1 , 010 ; foreign , 7 , 590 quarters . Barley — English , 390 quarters - foreign , 4 , 380 quarters . Oats—English , 360 quarters ; _foreignj 11 , 470 quarters . Flour . 1 , 550 sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the _metropolis are from 7 d to "ii : of household ditto , 5 d to Cid per 41 bs . loaf .
CATTLE . _SsinnFffitD , Monday , April 9 th . —Our market to-dav was plentifully supplied with foreign stock , tho general quality of which was heavy at very low prices . The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were considerably less than those reported on Monday last , but . there was no deficiency iu quality . Although this is what is termed a holiday market , the attendance of buyers was somewhat en the increase , and tlie beef trade ruled- firm at , in some _fti-v instances , a trifle more money for the best Scots—tlie highest general quotation for which , however , was only 3 s Cd per Slbs . Prior to the conclusion of business a good clearance was effected . Tlie remainder ofthe bullock
supply was derived from abroad , and the neighbourhood of the metropolis . Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep exhibited a falling off , it was seasonable large , and of full average quality . All breeds were a very dull sale , at , i further decline in the quotations of quite 2 d per Slbs . Tlie best old downs in tlie wool were selling at only 4 s to 4 s 2 J . out of the wool 3 s Cd to 3 s Sd ner , 81 bs ., and a clearance was not effected . Lambs were in good supply , and steadj request , at full prices—viz ., from 5 s Sd to 6 ' s Sd per _Slbs , From the Isle of Wight , 75 sheep and lambs came to hand per railway . . Prime small calves sold freely , at full _priws . Otherwise , tlie veal trade was in a very dull state . Tile pork trade ruled heavy , at about last week's quotations .
Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 2 , 7281 Calves .. .. 1 h ; _1 Sheep .. .. 18 , 390 j Pigs 200 Price per stone of 8 lbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 6 d to 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 3 s 4 d to 4 s ii Mutton .. 2 s Cd .. 4 s 2 d | Pork .. 32 .. i - Lambs .. .. 5 s 8 d to 6 s 3 d . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leaden-hall , Monday , April 9 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; inns pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Gd to 3 s _Al ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s 2 d ; Iambi * , 5 s 4 d to 6 s Gd .
PROVISIONS . . Lo : «) ox , Monday . —Since our last report the transactions in Irish butter have been few and unimportant , and prices quite nominal . Foreign slow sale on rather easier term : ' . For Irish singed bacon the demand was steady , and tho biSt realised an advance of Is . per cwt . In hams and lard no alteration worth notice . American . produce attracted stmt large speculative buyers , and prices in consequence pro sented an upward tendency . English _Botteii Makket , April 9 . —We note rather a did trade , at declining prices , both in weekly Dorset and fresh butter , and as the make increases are prepared to see _iiujsiderably lower rates ; the present quotations are about as under . Old Dorset butter is quite neglected . Dorset , fe new , 90 s to 100 s per cwt . ; ditto , middling , SOs to ' . "is ; ditto , old , nominal fresh Buckinghamshire , 9 s to 13 s l tr dozen ; ditto , West Country , 8 s to lis .
FRUIT AND YEGE TABLES . _Covent Gardem Market . — market is well _supplif ' with vegetables and fruit . Fine apples are sufficient fo * the demand . Hothouse grapes are more plentiful . I _* e : ir > are very scarce and apples are dear . Xuts in general aK sufficient for the demand . Oranges and lemons arc plentiful . Among vegetables , carrots and turnips are abuudar .: cauliflowers and broccoli , sufficient for tlie _demand Asparagus , Ereueh . beans , rhubarb , aniseaMc _. aveuk * ful . Potatoes rcmaiu stationary . New potatoes In * to make their appearance . Lettuces and other salt * - ' are sufficient for tlie demand . Mushrooms are pl «« J _* ful . Cut flowers consist of heaths ; , pelargoniums , can *; lias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cineragias , fuschsias , aw > roses .
POTATOES . _SoimrwAius . Waterside , April 9 . —The arrivals in _ tl " past week , coastwise , have been very limited . We _comi _""'' to be well supplied with foreign potatoes , _whU-U _pre'f ; prices in our market goinir up to any extent . _Tla- ful ! o « i « _: are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire llegcnts , I * - * J . IGOs ; Scotch ditto , 110 s to 120 s ; Ditto cups ll « s to 1- ' _= ; ditto whites , SOs to 90 s \ French whites , SOs 10 ll' ' - "' Belgian , SOs to 90 s ; Dutch , 100 s to 110 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . _, London , Tuesday . —The public market has been , do * to-day , as customary , but will reopen _to-morro'v _(« w » ' - day ) , and the public sales will comprise W < J _l' 11 " _' " ' ' , India , 4 , 000 bags Bengal , and 000 bags Mauritius . Pi ' also 4 , 000 bags rice . The quarterly Indigo sale IS "' for Jlay 8 , and 5 , 100 chests are already declared . Talloay remains quoted at 39 s . Tea steady , without altering the prices . r _, _w The transactions by private contract in marks" fc ' " have been few aud unimportant to-day .
. COAL .-( Price of coals per ton at the close of t ! i ffla . _* _f ! •'• ¦ , _¦ . Carr _' s Hartley , IDs ; Davison ' s West Hartley . ' •» > , __& well Main , 15 s ; New Tanfield , 13 s ; Ord ' s Bedhcug n , " _^ lanheld _MoorButes , 13 s 6 d ; West Hartley , _wf ¦ •;; 13 s Cd , _WtuTs-end _' _-Acora Close , 17 s _;!»« _%$ ?• ¦ ¦; Gd ; Gosforth , 17 s' 3 _d ; Percy Bensham , l _«* j ' . _njill ' " Eden Main , 17 s 9 d ; Lambton l _' rimrese , ' ' _* /*•'/ . . _„*!« 0 d ; Lambton 19 s ; Stewart ' s 19 s ; Shotton , n » > _\^ t 18 s ,- Cassop 18 s _; Whitwortli , 15 s ; Adelaide U 1 A f , „ Bishop ' s Tees , 18 s ; South Durham , 17 s 3 d ; _^ Q ' _. # 1 pen Hartley , 15 s ; Hartley , 14 s ; Parsons W' » _- > Whitworth Coke , 22 s . Ships at market , 47 . WOOL . . _,, _y Cmr , Momday , April 9 . —The wool market . •*!'•• _,,, •;*'• the imports of foreign last week were snv . ui , ui bales from Sydney , and 74 from tierinany _.
STATE OP TRADE . .. _„ . „• Manchester . —The feeling in the market ttH _\*; ien cetii er '' a favourable character . Tlie news of the < _- . { , , i stcii * ¦ •* _' ' of hostilities between Denmnrk and _SehlGSttie- " _*' bf'r had a very depressing influence . Some i _« l l [| _pr . *' '' made for the Meditcranean and Indian _m- _'rw-W 1 . * of yarns fat Gernianv are greatly _dcpit'sseu- fc _\* been a slight declension in the rates of _w" . _^ _i '" Easter Holidays , and the present uiis «« - '*' . | 1 jJ d # _- - coiitinent , are given as the principal cause _oin our trade .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14041849/page/8/
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