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      _fOtatoes , and were perfectly satisfied both a « to thc quantity and quality given to the children . Witness first received notice of the outbreak of , eholera on tho 2 nd of January . The _Coroseb here interrupted the witness to suggest that every information possible should be given to parents inquiring for their children in the workhouse _, lie had had several complaints upon the subject . One poor woman stated that the first information she had received about her child was , that he was dead and buried . ( Sensation . ) Mr . James said that everything that lav in his power should be done to allay the anxiety of relatives , but he could only speak for himself . and

      Thc report stated that meetings were held , that it was resolved the children should be removed . "Witness immediately got vans and removed all who were in a fit state from Tooting . This was on Friday , the 5 th . 155 children were removed . —Coroner . —How inanv were left behind in consequence ot bein < - ill ? It was stated that twenty-one were leit , but there were thirty-seven inthe first instance Coroner : How many are there now left _ahrc ou : ot the _thirtv-seven ? I am sorry to say there were only fifteen on Sunday last . Six ara . not . _" _£ _

      filled up to the previons day . Mr . Drouet called on me on Saturday , and said that thc list was made out , but in his confusion he had come away without it . I have an account of sixteen deaths , vrhile there are eoly fifteen remaining in the establishment . There are six un « ccounted for . I have heard that two children left on the 31 st Dec , probably taken out for a walk by their parents , and have not returned . Coroner : Why did not Mr . Drouet give earlier information ? He was not asked . It you had seen the reckless state of madness lie was in , you would feel that it was utterly useless to put thc question . William Wiscn , member of the board of guardians of thc Holborn Union , examined . —I went : with the committee to Tooting ; the children were

      at dinner . They were all standing . I believe they never sit at meals . I cut up 100 potatoes , not one of which was fit to eat . These were served out to the boys . They were positively black and diseased . I did not speakto tbe children , nor did I complain in their presence . I told Drouet the potatoes were very bach His reply was , that they cost him £ 7 a ton . They had no other vegetables . On Ms mentioning thc price , I suggested other food . He made no rep ly . We passed through the wards . I remarked to Mr . Drouet that the newly erected rooms smelt unhealthy . One ofthe committee ( Mr . May ) suggested that they should be a foot hig hre . Drouet said he should have enough to do if he minded everybody . This witness corroborated the

      statement of tie former witness as to the violent conduct Of Mr . Drouet on the 9 th of May . One boy said he bad a short supp ly of bread , when Drouet said , "Yon had a good dinner to-day . " The boy then said , " We have not bread enough either for breaklast or supper . I found that the printed dietary was one ounce less per meal than in the union . I went again on the SOth of May , when everything assumed a different aspect . The potatoes were excellent . I was surprised to find that the bread was not weig hed . It was cut indiscriminately into sixteen pieces . I examined the meat . One thing struck me . I observed some " of the boys with salt in a bag , and they were bartering it with others for tbeir potatoes . I ascertained that no salt was supp lied to the boys . The calculated cost of

      maintaining children in the workhouse , including clothing , _js 3 s . Id . per week . It has been as low as 2 s . 6 _Ju . I think 4 s 6 d . was ample payment . Ten or twelve shillings a year would clothe them as they are clad at Tooting . Mr . Drouet keeps a tailor on the premises . 1 did not object to the dietary , further tban the potatoes . Mr . Drouet said that , if we paid more , wc might have them fed better . I heard that St . George ' s-in-the-East paid os . Mr . Drouet proposed to reduce to 4 s . 3 d . when provisions became cheaper . Everything was better on the second day ' s visit ; but my impression was , that our visit was expected . Mr . Drouet apolog ised . I don ' t think he had notice , but he would learn it in many

      ways . Richard Hall , Esq ., Assistant Poor-law Commissioner , and a Poor-law Inspector , _occasionally visited Drouet ' s establishment twice a year to obtain information for the Board . The Commissioners had come to the conclusion that they could not regulate these institutions . Tho commissioners mig ht have exercised power by prohibiting any union from sending their children there , but it would be a very strong measure . I think that , directly , the commissioners liad no power over Mr . Drouet ' s establishment . I deemed it my duty to visit from time to time , and report to the board . My last visit was on the 10 th _November . My visit was iu consequence of Mr . Drouet having intimated to me that he intended to receive children

      from St 3 Pancras . I reported that neither his accommodation , nor his supply of teachers and trainers , would admit of his increasing the number of children . I recommended that he should receive pecuniary assistance towards the payment of teachers , as Mr . Aubyn had received some years before . I did not think that the atmosphere of the school was in a proper state at the time of our visit . It was too hot . I said so to Mr . Drouet . The Coroser . —Did you ever expostulate with Mr , Drouet as to the crowding of his rooms ? Yes , in 18461 found that the children were sleeping three in a bed , and I expostulated with him on the subject , informing him that in the Unions , only two in a bed were permitted . He promised to give the subject his attention , and to have the defect remedied .

      John Bosomworth , potato-dealer ; the foreman to a baker named Wilkinson ; J . Gain , a butcher ; and Samuel Bowyer _, a corn-dealer , were severally examined as to the quality of the food supplied to the Tooting establishment . After which The Coroner said he thought thc ends of bistice would be best answered by taking as the next witnesses the children who had been in the habit of -sleeping with the four who bad died . Mr . Drouet here interposed , and objected to the evidence of these children being taken . The Coroxer observed that whenever he wanted to elicit the truth cliildren were the best witnesses , but was willing that the children at the hospital should be first taken if . Mr . Drouet wished it . Mr . Drouet acceded to this arrangement , and the proceedings were adjourned till Friday next .

      INQUEST AT HACKNEY . An inquest was held on Saturday last before Mr . Baker , at the Old Mermaid , Church Street , _Hackmey , to inquire into the cause of the deaths alleged lo be from cholera , of John Burke , 14 ; William "Walton , 7 ; Thomas Neeson , 7 ; and John Keen , 8 years and 3 months old ; pauper children belonging to Islington , who had been removed from Tooting Asylum on Monday week last , and placed in IPark House , with fifty-five others . Mr . Baker read the principal points of Mr . Grainger ' s report , and

      suggested the practicability of deferring the inquiry until the termination of that pending before Mr . _TVakley . After some conversation , the jury then ¦ proceeded to view the bodies , which were lying in au out-building of Park House , and afterwards mimutely inspected the house , the arrangements of "which gave unqualified satisfaction . Eig ht children _iwere in the convalescent ward , and two ba the sick wrard in a dangerous condition . After the return of ftho jury , a long and animated discussion ensued between the jury and coroner and Mr . Ohlershaw , and ihe inquiry was adjourned for some days .

      INQUEST AT CHELSEA . Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Monday at Chelsea workhouse , on five children , named _Kellick , Ridgway , Hartley , Ingar , and Pollington , removed irom Mr . Drouet ' s pauper establishment at Tooting , ( where they had died of cholera . In tbe course of tfche proceedings it was elicited that the Chelsea guardians have 105 _tpauper children still at Tooting , : and that ten children from Chelsea had died at Mr . _IDrouet ' s . The _Corosbr observed that he had heard very lbad accounts . Mr . Pophah said that there had been no true case _tof cholera at Tooting smee Saturday ; the cases were mostly consecutive fever . The Coro . veb . —How many deaths have you had at Tooting altogether f—Mr . Popham . —Over 100 . I cannot exactly say .

      The Corosbr . —Yes , a great many more than that ¦ —more than 130 . Johh Kellick examined . —Was a labourer , and mow an inmate of Chelsea workhous 9 . His two 'children were sent to Tooting from that workhouse about nine weeks back . They were then as healthy { g irls as they could wish to see . The age of the elder child was eleven years , and that of the decceased nine years . He visited them first at Tootling abont six weeks back , and then was more _satisfied with their appearance than when in Chelsea workhouse . When he saw the children he was not _allowed to see them in private . Thc children were Sent out into the lodge to Bee him , and some of the [ officers of the establishment were there . I did not _iask to be permitted to see them privately and alone .

      n again saw them on my last monthly Sunday out , -and I then asked them if they had sufficient to cat ithere , and tbey answered " No . " I took them ( down three allowances of pudding , which my wife Jhad brought here , and two allowances of bread and Knitter , and although the children had just had their < _dinnc-r they were so hungry that they ate the whole <© f it . They said they did not get enough to eat tthere , and they wished they were at home , meaning lback at the Chelsea Workhouse . I did not _comiplain to the Chelsea guardians that my children had mot enou f h to eat at Tooting . Had I done so , I imi g ht have met with worse treatment than I have -done . When I went the second time I found that : as well as not having had enough to eat , the -younger one was eaten up with the itch . I was Ithere last Sunday week , and then thought my chil-

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      dren looked well : but that was the time they were dvin <* . On the following Thursday I received notice . that my child was ill , and on going to Tooting the ' same day I found the deceased in one oi the sick wards , and very sadly . I renamed m the ward -m . _1-my >& g _% _ S _ _2 were not attonding my ; child , i turns _tiieic weie _^ _oS _^ n cliUdren in the ward where my child W _COBOM-R _-Did you ask to see the medical men about your child ? Witness -I did not . I am positive I saw no medicine administered either by the nurses or the medical men . When I came back I sent ma petition with four others , to tho Board , to say that wa would find lodgimrs for our children m the parish , if the guardians would let them come away from Tooting , and find them in food . The answer was that the guardians had decided that the cliildren should all remain at Tooting , and it could not be allowed .

      Maria _Ix g ar said she was the mother of the deceased Sarah Ingar , and saw her die at the Tooting Asylum at four o clock on Saturday morning last , after an illness of twenty-four hours . She had great pain and cramps in the stomach , and had mustard poultices and other remedies applied , and medicine administered by the medical gentlemen . Deceased had been at Tooting about eight weeks , and on remarking that she looked very pale the last time she saw her she comp lained that she was kept out in a coid yard . —By the Coroner : I saw her in the lodge , but I had no opportunity of speaking to her in private . I did not notice that she was scantily

      clothed except about the neck aud shoulders . On Friday night , after she was taken ill , I asked her if she had sufficient food , and she said , " No mother ; I did not get food enough , " and she then told mo she had bought bread of one of the nurses , with some halfpence I had given her . On the Friday evening nothing was g iven her but brandy and water . Mr . William Horx PopnAM deposed that he was a member ofthe Itoyal College of Surgeons . He had attended the deceased , George Hartley , from Tuesday List , when he was first attacked , until the tune of his death , on thc morning of Friday last , the 12 th instant . His case _prosented all thc symptoms of

      eholera , and he died in a state of collapse . Mr . _Waklbt told Mr . Popham that ho had been called to prove the death of George Hartley , but that as he would be called upon to stato the cause of the calamity , it was necessary that he should be present during the whole enquiry . Mr . Popham , in explanation as to the ' children lying five in a bed , said he had given Mr . Grainger that information under an erroneous impression that it was a fact , but he had subsequently ascertained , that where he supposed that to be the case , it was a fact that a board had been placed between two beds for the purpose of making an additional bed for a patient , which made it appear that five were in a bed .

      The inquest was then adjourned , until after that held at the Free Hospital was concluded . A discussion then took place as to the propriety of letting the Chelsea children remain at Tooting , when a juryman said he had seen a family of five children a day or two since which had come from Tooting , and sueh objects he had never before seen , for they appeared half starved . —The inquiry was then adjourned .

      INQUEST AT ST . PANCRAS . On Monday , Mr . G . J . Mills , the deputy-coroner for Middlesex , resumed the inquest ( adjourned from Monday last ) , at the Elephant and Castle , King _' sroad , Camden-town , on the body of John Joseph _Co-ster , aged 8 , one of the children removed from Mr . Drouet ' s establishment , at Tooting , to St . Pancras workhouse . The inquest was again adjourned , and the only portion of the evidence worth noticing was an opinion expressed by Mr . Bird , tho surgeon who attends the children returned from Tooting to St . Pancras workhouse , that the cholera is contagious . This opinion was g iven in answer to a question put by the coroner , and Mr . Bird supported it by referring to the case of one of his nurse 3 , who had been attacked by the disease , and was in a stato of collapse . He said that she had not been to Tooting , and was in very good health previously to attonding on the children .

      THE TOOTING PESTILENCE TRANSFERRED

      TO LONDON . On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at thc Holborn Union workhouse , on the bodies of two paupers , John King , an elderly man , and James Cowderoy , aged 29 years , who died in consequence of being attacked by malignant cholera , the former on Saturday , and the latter on Sunday . Itwas stated in the inqvest-room that these are the first instances which have occurred in this workhouse of death from Asiatic cholera , but it unfortunately happens that another pauper is now lying dead in the house , having since fallen a victim to this maligant disease . From the evidence of the wife of John King , it appeared that her husband had been taken ill on

      Friday night , with vomiting and purging , and she believes he refused to send for the doctor in the ni ght time , because he had a dread of going to the sick ward on account of the number of troublesome and disagreeable patients there . Her husband had the best of attendance , and she was most grateful for it . She had been told that the person now dead ( Kelly ) was sleeping in the next bed to her husband . Sarah _Cowherot ( a pauper ) , sister of the dedeceased James Cowderoy , stated that she did not see her brother when he was ill until Sunday morning at half-past nine o ' clock . She saw her brother on Saturday week ; he was then going to the Free Hospital with food for the children . ( Thc children removed from Tooting . ) He made no complaint against any one . He was a sober man . Her brother had not been five weeks out of the Fever Hospital before he was sent in this way to the Hospital . Mr . Waklzt here observed , that a man so recently

      suffering from fever was the last person that ought to have been so employed , for it was well known that the weak were the most liable to attacks from cholera , and though it had been held by most eminent authorities , and such , indeed , had been his own opinion , that cholera was not contagious , yet he must say that some things wliich liad recently taken place were calculated , in some degree , to shake that confidence . Mr . EnwARD White , one of the medical officers of the union , who had made a post-mortem examination of the bodies , stated that the two deceased persons died from malignant , commonly called Asiatic cholera ; and a verdict to that effect was _accordingl y returned by the jury , one of the jurymen at the same time suggesting , that under present circumstanees , additional medical assistance should be obtained for the necessities of thc workhouse , in the propriety of which suggestion Mr . White cordially concurred .

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      THE VERDICTS . St . Panckas . —On Thursday evening Mr Mills resumod and concluded , at the Elephant and Castle , Camdcn-town _, the adjourned inquest on the child Carter ; several witnesses having been examined , the jury came to the following verdict : — " We find that Josiah Joseph Coster died from virulent cholera , a disease occurring to himat a time when he was suffering from the effects of insufficient diet , defective warmth of clothing , and impure air , at Surrey House , Tooting ; and the jury add to their verdict an expression of their regret that the directors of the poor of St . Pancras did not bind Mr . Drouet , the proprietor of Surrey Hall , to fulfil Ids duty to such

      a large number of children as thoy had confided to his care , under a written and a . more definite contract than appears to be executed by them . At the same time the jury most emphatically condemn the practice of farming pauper cliildren in the house of strangers , because the system engendered b y it affords to unprincipled persons disastrous opportunities of defrauding the poor children ot tbeir proper food and clothing , ia a manner that does not seem to become publicly apparent , nor to produce such adequate effects on the minds of the guardians , as to lead them to the correction of the evils which , inflict the most direful effects on the helpless population of such an establishment "

      _KsNsii-GTO ** . —On Thursday , Mr . Wakley held an inquest iu the board-room of the Kensington workhouse , on the bedy of John Wilkins , _ons of the twenty-three boys belonging to that parish , removed from Mr . Drouet ' s establishment , and who was subsequently attacked with cholera , from the effects of which he died . —After several witnesses had been examined , thejury returned the following verdict , "That the deceased had died from the mortal effects of exhaustion consequent upon fever suiMmning on an attack of malignant cholera . "—The Foreman said that the jury considered that , in ; returning a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony , they should only do right in coupling it with their opinion , that the attack of cholera produced at Tooting proceeded from tlie insufficiency of food and warm clothing , and the want of proper ventilation in Mr . Drouet ' s establishment Hackset . —The inquest was resumed on Thursday and again adjourned .

      Allotments,—Thc Botth Journal Maintains ...

      _Allotments , —Thc Botth Journal maintains that thc allotment system , generally carried out , would call into profitable use all the redundant labour of the empire . Pork Pik . —An immense pork pie , which weighed 1321 b ., though the crust liad been raised !> y hand , without the aid ofa mould , was exhibited last week in null . Extraordinary Birth . — -On Sunday moraing la 3 t the wife of a peor shoemaker , residing in Rochester Row , Westminster , was delivered by Mr C . Russell , surgeon , of Holywell Street , Milibank , oi five well-formed , still-born children . The poor woman is doing well . The mother is twenty-three years of age .

      Miss Cushman appeared at tbe Theatre Royal , Dublin , on Monday , in the part of Bianca , in Mr . Milman ' s drama , of Fazio . At the conclusion of the performunce Miss Cushman was called for , and greeted with a storm of _applause ,

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      WESTMINSTER . —Shocking Case of Distress . —As Mr . Broderip was about retiring on Monday evening , a respectable-looking man rushed into court , and requested to be allowed to speak to the magistrate for a moment . His request was immediately complied with , although it was long after the usual hour of closing the court , and he then stated that a raan and his wife had come with their family to lodge in a house belonging to applicant in York-street , Westminster . For a short time they endeavoured to procure a subsistence—the mother by knitting worsted cuffs , and the father , who had been a schoolmaster , by writing small labels for shop-windows , both ol which two of their children

      disposed of in the streets , but the slender profit derived from these sources was totally inadequate to supply the waBts of their children , and , to fill up their Cup of misery , both were taken ilia few days ago , and were unable longer to assist in the slightest _decree themselves or children . Death had that morning released the poor man from his sufferings _, and the picture their abode presented at that moment was frightful . Next to the poor man lay the wife apparently in a dying state , without bed , clothing , food or firing , her six starving children were mourning the death of their father , and the probable bereavement of their remaining parent . On being acquainted with these circumstances , applicant hastened to the workhouse of St . Margaret ' s and

      St . John ' s , Westminster , that afternoon , in order to make thc authorities acquainted with the matter , and implore them to administer to the extreme necessities of the afflicted mother and children , and perform the usual decencies to the deceased . All his attempts , however , to obtain an audience at either the workhouse . ' or of the relieving officer were unavailing . He had hastened to this court in the hope that , if he were successful in arriving ere the magistrate left , something would be done to alleviate their sufferings . —Mr . Broderip , who was evidently much affected , inquired whether applicant knew the nature of the disease of which the poor man died ?—The applicant said it was a sort of cramp , brought on , he too much feared , by starvation . —Mr . Broderip rose

      hastily from tbe bench , and , addressing the chief usher , desired him to go immediately to the houte of affliction , to procure for the family all the necessaries and comforts time would allow , and let him know the expense . Agreeably with the directions he had received from Mr . Broderip , the chief usher of the court set about executing thc commission entrusted to him with praiseworthy zeal . After unsuccessful applications at the residences of two of the overseers of St . John ' s , who were from home , he at once proceeded to the abode of wretchedness , and there found that the landlord had drawn but a feeble picture ofthe distressing reality . In a noisome _atticjlay the deceased sufferer in his clothes as he had expired ; by his side his stricken wife , who was

      weeping convulsively . She was lying upon a miserable dirty mattress , and appeared for some time unconscious ofthe chief usher ' s presence . She appeared very ill , and articulated feebly ; and , in reply to au inquiry from the usher , stated that some time ago they had had a little relief from the parish , but of late had been reluctant to apply for any assistance , hoping that some favourable ( change might occur in their circumstances . The whole of the furniture the attic contained consisted of a broken chair , a form , and an old table , with the mattress before alluded to , upon which the woman was stretched , without a morsel of rug or bed-covering of any description . Her children - pictures of squalid misery—were sitting near her . There was no covering of any

      description to shield the children from the inclemency of the weather , and their whole stock of apparel consisted of the clothes they had on . The usher learned from the eldest child that they had had no food of any description on Sunday , and that for some days previously the only thing that had passed her father ' s lips was weak tea or cold water , a small jug of which was found in the wretched apartment , and there appeared little doubt that he had died from starvation . Having given the afflicted woman and children some food , of which they partook but very sparingly , the usher proceeded to Mr . Thomas , one of thc relieving officers , who immediately returned with him , supplied some blankets and a bolster , gave an order , for the doctor to visit

      the poor woman immediately , and evinced in every respect the greatest kindness . As Mr . Broderip had g iven very strict directions that the greatest possible attention should be applied to the case , the officer visited the poor creatures three times on Tuesday , and found that the poor woman had been insensible during the night , and so extremely ill at one portion of it that it was thought she would have breathed her last . She , however , rallied slightly in the morning and during the day . She has been supplied with flannels and such other comforts as the shortness of the time would permit , and was up to last evening progressing favourably , but slowly . The deceased and his wife have been both very well brought up , and the husband , who is described as

      the son of an eminent solicitor named Williams , possessed some talent as an author and artist . It was stated in the court on Wednesday , that the interest in this case continued to be yery great , a number of ladies and gentlemen wrote to Mr . Broderip , enclosing donations ; and others called with ' contributions in aid of the distressed objects of their solicitude , about whose present condition many anxious inquiries were made . The landlord of the house in which the family had for some time resided , through whose application to the magistrate this case of distress and destitution was first brought to light , also waited upon the magistrate , and thanked him for the great attention he had paid to his hurried application on Monday , and for the prompt relief he had directed to be afforded . Mr . Broderip observed that he had exhibited much kindheartedness , and deserved great praise . After

      reading a certificate , Mr . Broderip remarked that he found it there stated that the coffin containing the remains of the husband was still in the room . The chief usher of the court . ' and the landlord both replied that the afflicted wife would not allow it to be taken from her sight . —Mr . Broderip requested that they would both use their best endeavours to induce her to permit its removal . It was most essential , under the circumstances of the case , to the recovery of the widow and health of her children , that she should suffer it to be removed . The landlord said he would use all his persuasion , and he had no doubt that , on his assurance that the body should not be taken to the workhouse , it having been the expiring entreaty of the husband that his remains should never go there , she would consent . He had no doubt he could find a place for the coffin until the funeral .

      THAMES . —An Agrebahle Neighbour . — Joseph Calvert , a nightman , appeared to a summons , issued at the instance of Mr . Cousens , a surveyor appointed by the parochial authorities ofthe Stepney Union , to carry out the act 11 and 12 Vic , cap 123 , for the removal of nuisances and the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases , charging him with accumulating a large quantity of night soil on Bowcommon , to the great discomfort and hazard of health to the inhabitants of that vicinity . It was shown that a most deleterious and disgusting effluvium , shifting its direction with every motion of the wind , and carrying pestilence in all directions , emanated from the heap of filth which had been accumulated on the spot for a considerable period ,

      becoming every day more and more putrid and poisonous . One of the witnesses stated that an almshouse for seamen ' s widows contiguous to the place suffered severely from the noxious exhalations , A fever broke out in the establishment , and several deaths had occurred , which if not caused were greatly aggravated by the baneful malaria . In addition to the unwholesome vapours , the oozings from the accumulation tainted the supply of water to the almhouses , rendering it very foetid . —Defendant : Why , bless the old ladies , I would not do anything to annoy them . The place has been used for the same purpose these 59 years , and no one complained ofits killing people before . —Mr . Symons , the chief clerk , said he lived in the neighbourhood . When the wind blew from tbe direction the effluvium was most offensive . —Defendant : Why there ' s my neig hbour , Dr . New , says he likes it , and that it is very wholesome ( laughter ) . —Mr . Pelham : That ' s rather

      a new doctrine—Mr . Yardley : Besides , doctors being accustomed to foetid substances , are not quite so sensitive . —Defendant : That may be , your worship , and perhaps he looks to his own interest . We are aU for ourselves iu this world ( loud laughter ) . ~~ Mr . Yardley here inquired of Mr . Cousens whether he was authorised to proceed in this matter by a majority of the guardians ofthe union ? -Mr . Lousens replied in the negative , as the guardians tt _^ iT ? _$ l l _5 ajorit y * He understood thatthe clerk of the board , or any number of the luardians , ooidd authorise the _proceedings .-Mr . Yardley : No , that is not the case , and the whole of this proceeding is void . The nuisance has been proved , but the mode of proving it is informal The act requires that you should have thesanction of the majority of the guardians , either directly or by delegation . I would , however , though the summons must be dismissed , advise the defendant to abate the nuisance as soon as possible . —Mr . Cousens said he

      would communicate what had taken place to thc guardians , who would not meet until Thursday , ami the defendant was cautioned that , if he did not abate the nuisance before , fresh proceedings would be instituted against him . LAMBETH . —Assault ano Robbery . —Mary Ann Flood was charged with assaulting and robbing Mr . E . Bates . —The proseeutor stated that on the night before he was on the llungeWbrd Suspension Bridge , when he was accosted b y the prisoner who walked by his side , and on Hearing the Surrey side struck him a violent blow that knocked him from one side of the bridge to thc other , and stole hia watch from his waistcoat pocket . Previous to striking him the prisoner got in front of and stopped him , and it was when he was pushing her out of hia way that she struck him . Immediately before he waa attack a ma accused him 0 f insulting the

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      prisoner . This man , he thought , had struck him as well as the prisoner , for the force vrith which he fell against the opposite side of the bridge was so great as to render him insensible . The proseeutor admitted that he was not sober at the time . —C . Battern deposed that he saw the prosecutor and prisoner close together . After he had passed them he heard a sort of tussel and a blow . He turned his head and saw the prosecutor in the act of falling on his face against the opposite wall to tbat he saw him a few minutes before . The prisoner then ran past him , but he called police , and a constable took her into custody . —Thc prisoner was remanded . MANSION HOUSE . —Two Strikgs to a Bkau . — An Irish female of respectable appearance , who

      stated that she was servant in a family in the city , applied to Alderman Lawrence for advice in the following emergency . She had , she said , been married five years ago to a man , a native of the county from which she came , and _a'though the ceremony had been performed in the Church of England , the person thus solemnly bound to protect her , not only refused to give her any assistance , but had absolutely seized upon the wages to which she was entitled , an * said she had no claim upon him , and that he would form another matrimonial engagement if he fancied -uch a thing .-Alderman Lawrence said , application to the parochial authorities would soon compel him to support her . —Tbe applicant said , her name before ber marriage was Healey , but she was married

      in the name of Iforley , the banns having been published in that name . Her husband had promised her that they should be afterwards married in the Roman Catholic Church , of which they were both members , and she relied upon that promise , which , however , had never been performed . He seemed , on the contrary , to be determined to take advantage of the error in the mm _<> , and acted towards her accordingly , by denying her claim as a wife , although he made himself master of all her hard earnings . —How did it happen , said tie Alderman , that you were married in the name of Horby ?—The applicant , in a somewhat roundabout way , said that her husband had been , before they married , paying attention lo a young female of the name of Ilorley , and had , in

      fact , put up the banns between _bim-elf and th » t woman . He , however , called the day before the last publication upon the applicant , snd told her that they could be married nextday as they had been called in church . Upon going to the church he told her that theie was a mistake in tbe name , but it did not signify , and she _acordingly married him in the name of Horley . —Aldeiman Lawrence . —Pray did you know that he had put up the banns of marriage between him and tlie woman named Horley ?—The applicant . —Not until we were at the altar together . He then told me tbat she was a young woman he did not care anything ab ait , and Ithought it was all right , — Alderman Lawrence . —And you _consented to be

      married in her name ?—The applicant . — I did . — Alderman Lawrence—Well , then , I won't pretend to give any opinion upon the question , but I advise you to continue in service , and not to give him one farthing of your earnings . —The applicant was thankful to the magistrate , but could not conceal her anxiety to be informed whether it was possible for the person to whom she had been married to marry the other woman . —The Alderman repeated his advice to her to look to herself , and not to allow any further robbery to be committed upon her by a fellow who had _evHent ' y acted with baseness to the two females interested . GUILDHALL . —A _Candidatb for _^ Transportation . —Daniel Donovan , a young urchin whose head

      scarcely reached above the bar , and who was only twelve years of age , was charged before Mr . Alderman Hooper with stealipg one shilling and sixpence . —Mary Levi , of 28 , Hosier-lane , said , that on trie previous evening she discovered the prisoner concealed behind ber counter , and that ls . 6 d . in silver had been abstracted from thc till . She at once gave him into custody ; but none of the money was found upon him , although she declared that no person entered the shop from the time she plaeed it in the till until she found the prisoner out . —Mr . Alderman Hooper .-Well , _prisotior , why did you go into tlie shop ?—Donovan hesitated for some time , and then said with great frankness , " Why , I went in for money , but did not get any . " ( Laughter .

      )—Alderman Hooper . —And where did you expect to get it ?—Prisoner . —In the till , to be sure . ( Much laughter . ) —Alderman Hooper . —And when did you commence this trade ?—Prisoner . —I have done it before , and was taken to Bagnigge Wells . —Aldeiman Hooper . — And what was done with you ?—Prisoner . —Why , I had six weeks of it . —Alderman Hooper . —Did they order you to be whipped ? - Prisoner . —No ; certainly not . —Alderman Hooper . —Then I shall treat you differently to what they did at Bagnigge Wells ; I shall send you to prison on bread and water for fourteen days , and order you to be well whipped . —The prisoner was removed , not at all appearing to relish the latter part of his sentence . Attempted Suicide . —A young man , named

      Frederick Jaques , residing at No . 49 , Allerton Street , Hoxton , was charged with being on Blackfriars Bridge , with intent to destroy himself . When placed at the bar , the prisoner , who appeared . in great distress of mind , burst into crying , and continued sobbing while the witnesses gave their evidence . Henry Capsey , of 7 , Addle Hill , Doctor ' s Commons , said that about a quarter past nine o ' clock he was passing over Blackfriars Bridge , when his wife called his attention to the prisoner , who was stooping down in one ofthe recesses , with his hat off . Witness passed on and on looking round , he observed him with his foot on the parapet , upon seeing which he ran back and found him in a very excited state , with a cord round his neck , to the

      other end of wliich a large briGk-bat was attached . He at once took out his knife and cut the rope from his neck , and on asking him why he could contemplate so rash an act , he burst into tears and said , " Oh 1 don ' t ask me , " He then gave the prisoner into custody . —Robert Kennedy , 337 , deposed to taking the prisoner into custody ; and , on searching him , found a pocketbook , containing the following letter to his wife . — "January 11 , 1819 . " My dear wife—I take up my pen to address a few lines to you for the last time , as to the state of my mind , for my heart is broken to think of my present condition ; and that when I left you I had onl y a small portion of dry bread , which isall we have to eat th- * whole day ; and , after working the whole week all day and

      half the nights , the both of us only to earn enough to pay the rent . Do you think I can sit by you and see you starve ? No , I cannot : it would drive me mad , my dear . I have been on the wide world now eighteen years , and never stained my character only by this horrid deed . I am now driven to perish by my distressed circumstances . Steal I will not , starve I cannot , and employ I cannot get . So , my dear Mary , I hope you will not fret at , but pray for my soul , that it may be saved , and pray for God to assist you through all the trials of this worhT . ' Be upright , honest , and just to all . Pray go to your father for protection , I know that he will see that no harm come to you . Serve him day and night , and God will reward you . I have tried to

      sell the ticket of my boots , but in vain , so I cannot bear it any longer . Pray for my soul to be saved . —So n 9 more from your affectionate and broken-hearted husband . F . Jaques . P . S . by the time you receive this , your wretched husband will be no more . To Mrs . M , Jaques , 49 , Allerton Street , Hoxton New Town . '' Alderman Hooper asked the prisoner what he had to say ? lie replied that he was a cheesemonger by trade , but had lately set up an eel-pie house , which had proved a disastrous speculation , for he lost upwards of £ i 0 , in a short time , and became so reduced that he could hardly procure a crust of bread for his wife ; and not being able to see her starve , it had driven him almost mad , and that induced him to act as he had done . —It was here intimated that the prisoner ' s wife was outside the court , upon which the Alderman ordered her to be called in , when , on seeing Jaques , she burst into tears , and

      for a length of time was unable to answer any of the questions put to her .-She hoped the Alderman would forgive the prisoner , and she would take him home with her .-Alderman Hooper said he should not . The wife had better go to her parents and inform them of what had occurred and he should detain her husband for a couple of days when he would have the benefit of seeing the surgeon ofthe Compter Infirmary , who would report as to his state of mind ; and also the chaplain , who would converse with him on the enormity of rushing unbidden into the presence of his Maker . —On Wednesday , Jaques was again placed at the bar , when his wife , _tatheoin-law , and other witnesses were examined- all the evidences shewed him to be a hard working decen t young man , and he was discharged , intimation having been given in the court that a grocer in Woolwich was desirous of providing a situation for him .

      WORSHIP STREET _.-Fmchwo t _. Outrage . -A tall powerful fellow named William Orton , described as a sawyer , was placed at tbe bar before Mr . Arnold , charged with feloniously cutting and wounding a married woman named Maria Luff re-Siding in Nottingham-place , Kingsland . The prosecutrix , who had been confined to her bed from the effects of the injuries she had sustained , and was still m such a state of suffering and debility that she was allowed to be seated during her examination was at one time in such danger that on the report of her medical attendant the magistrate and chief clerk

      were obliged to go to her house and take her deposition She now stated , that on the afternoon ofthe _AttU ult . an angry altercation took place between ner and the wife of the prisoner , arising from some unfair advantage the latter had taken of her , and that soon after it had terminated , as she thought , the prisoner himself made his appearance , and assailing her with the most foul-mouthed epithets struck her such a terrible blow over the eye that she was sent staggering backwards , and her face was ? _S- * { , bIoo d * Not satisfie < J _w & this , he immediatel y closed upon her , and exclaimine that

      ne would give her a Lancashire fling , flung her heavily upon the ground and COIUmence _* kk ; kin her in the most brutal manner about the Lead and body

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      until she was rescued from further violence by the interposition of several neighbours , who assisted her into a chair and hastened off for a surgeon ; but they had scarcely left her when the prisoner burst into the room , and , advancing towards her with a clasp-knife in his hand , told her with a horrible imprecation , that he had come on purpose to murder her , and extended the knife out to her throat , with the apparent intention of drawing thc weapon across it ; but before he could accomplish his purpose he was alarmed by the sound of footsteps in the passage , and hastily ran up to his own apartments . A medical gentleman soon after arrived and dressed her wounds , and had been in constant attendance upon her ever since .-Mr . Finer , the surgeon alluded to , deposed .. ... .. ...

      that upon examining the prosecutrix he found that , in addition to other injuries of a serious character , one of her ribs had been fractured , and an incised wound inflicted over her left eye , of such a dangerous nature that he was for some time apprehensive it must inevitably result in a fatal termination . The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial . Distressing Case . —Au elegantly a tired female was charged with robbery . — -Mr . Pepper , thclandlord of the King ' s Arms , inthe _Wbitechapel-road , stated that on the preceding afternoon the pris ner pre sented herself at tbe bar , and called for some gin , which was supp ied to her , and she aat down under the pretence of looking over the newspaper . He presently after saw her _steathTy secrete the glass

      under her shawl , and at tbo game moment , place another glass upon the counter , which , upon examination , he found she had just before _stolen from another publican , whose name it bore , and to escape detection had changed it for his own , on which there were no marks . She was given into custody , and the officer , upon searching her , discovered the glass where thc witness had seen her place it . The constable said that , from in quiries he had made respecting ihe prisoner , he found that she was connected with a highly respectable family , who had been obliged to discard her on account of her vicious propensities , and that , upon searching her at the station , a letter was found in her possession , addressed toher by her father , a solicitor , formerly in

      extensive practice , couched in the most affecting terms , reproaching her bitterly for her habits of drunkenness and crime , which had compelled him , after repeated forgiveness , to turn her from his roof , and expressing his intention to refuse her all support after that week . —Upon being questioned by the magistrate , the prisoner merely said , that her fami y were anxious to send her to South Australia or some other part out of this country , and that she was determined not to compl y with sueh unreasonable expectations . —Mr . Hammill felt it his duly to remand her , to afford the police time to make further inquiries respecting her previous course of life . MARLBOROUGH STREET . —Spoils of the R _« vo * , * jtio * j . —A foreign gentleman addressed Mr .

      Hardwick m French , stating that he was the owner of the picture produced in court some short time ago , in the proceedings against parties who were endeavouring to dispose of a large quantity of diamonds and other valuables , alleged to have been stolen from the Palace of the Tuileries and the Chateau de Nueilly , after the abdication of King Louis Philippe , and that the picture was detained from him by the Baron de Bassagnes . When the charge against Baron de Bassagnes and Madame Dolarice and M . Saulnier was undergoing investigation , he had been summoned from Paris , with other parties , to give evidence of the Baron de Bassagnes having become lawfully possessed by purchase and otherwise of all the property found in his possession , and seized by the

      police on the p lea that it was the private property of King Louis Philippe . The picture in question he ( applicant ) had bought in Paris after the abdication for 35 f ., and he had entrusted it to M . Saulnier to dispose of in _London . When the proceedings were commenced against Baron de Bassagnes and others his expenses were paid over to this country , and he was prepared with proof that he wasproprietor of the picture found in the rooms occupied by the baron . The proceedings had terminated ,. as the magistrate was aware , by the Custom-house officers taking possession of all the property until it could be satisfactorily proved that it had paid duty on being brought over . The picture in question had paid the regular duty , and it was now in possession of the Baron de

      Bassagnes . When he applied for its restoration , the Baron refused to deliver it up : consequently , by way of reprisal , he had seized a valuable cashmere shawl belonging to the baron , which he intended to keep possession of until he got back his picture . —Mr . Hardwick asked the applicant if he was aware that General _Chabannes had stated thit the picture had been cut from a larger picture in one of the royal palaces of France ?—The applicant , said so he had heard . He had bought it at the time on speculation _, as there were bargains of the same kind to be picked up after the Revolution in February , and he had entrusted it to M . Saunlier , who was going over with the Baron de Bassages to England , to dispose of some valuable property , which parties had disposed of at a sacrifice , in consequence ofthe then unsettled

      state of affairs . __ The picture he expected to be able to sell for 600 f . in England . As soon , however , as he heard that , among other things , the p icture had been claimed as the private property of King Louis Philippe , he bad written to the King to say that , provided he were repaid the 35 f . he had given for the picture , he would at once restore it . He had received a reply from General Chabannes referring him to Mr . Humphreys , the solicitor . The applicant here produced the letter and answer in corroboration of his statement . —Mr . Hardwick said , the ownership of the picture was very questionable , and he did not see how he could interfere . The applicant would do best if he waited until the Baron went back to France , and then the question of ownership could be submitted to a French tribunal . —The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew .

      The Mail Robbery On The Great

      THE MAIL ROBBERY ON THE GREAT

      WESTERN RAILWAY . The second examination of the prisoners took place on Saturday last , at one o ' clock , an adjourn - mant from eleven—at which hour the court at first assembled—having been granted at the request ol Mr . Peacock , solicitor to the Post Office . The two prisoners were then placed in the dock . The first witness called was—Mr . H . Lee , whose evidence went to establish the identity ot the prisoners , _Evidence to the same purpose was given by other witnesses .

      Sarah EUworthy said , I know Mr . Poole . He lodged with me at Plymouth . He came on the 10 th of May last , and remained with me six or seven weeks . During the time he lived at my house I observed him with a handkerchief . I should know the colours of the handkerchief , but I could not swear to anything else in it . There is no private mark on it for me to swear to . The handkerchief was then shown to * _witness . It was that in which the letters and parcels were found en the night Poole and his accomplice were apprehended . —Mr . Peacock : Do

      you identify that handkerchief . '—Witness : Yes , I know the colours , but nothing more . I should not like to swear to it , but it is very like it . E . Langly , a detective sergeant in thc Metropolitan Police , was brought from London to identify Poole s accomplice . This man still pertinaciously refused to give his name . Langly said : I know the prisoner—the one who refused to give his name . I nave known him eight or nine years , but I havt lost sight of him the last year and a half . His name is Edward Nightingale . I know his father ; his name is George Nightingale .

      Nightingale , who had shown _considerable hauteur during the proceedings , seemed completely beaten by this testimony . He held down his head , and seemed to think that bis last hope was gone . Poole also appeared to be considerably unnerved . This waa the whole of the _evidence and the mayor asked the prisonera if they wished to say anything in their defence—B y the advice of Mr . Wellesford they declined to say anything at present . —The Mayor then formall y committed both of them for trial . Poole belongs to a respectable famil y at Taunton , but has not been on friendl y terms with them for some time . The announcement tbat Poole was pos . sessed of property through his wife seems to be a mere me to evade the strictness of the inquiry into his resources .

      A Sunday paper states that the prisoner Nightingale carried on the business of a horsedealer at Hoxton , near London . His father , George Nightingale , who hag been dead about six months , obtained considerable notoriety by his gambling transactions at _goodwood and other races , where he alone was allowed to have a booth , and where he acted in the capacity of banker .

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      COltX . MASK-LANE , Monday , January 13 . —We had rather a better supply of English wheat to tliis day ' s market ; and soma quantity of foreign . English and free foreign sold pretty readily in retail at fully last Monday ' s prices , and bonded wheat attracted a little more attention at rather improved rates . In Flour very Uttle doing , though 2 s . per sack cheaper . The arrivals of barley having become mora moderate , there was a better sale , but cannot alter our quotations . Malt full ls . lower . Beans ls . and peas 2 s . cheaper , Tilth little doing atthe reduction . The supplies of foreign oats were small , but some cargoes of Irish and Scotch having arrived the trade was slow at barely last week ' s prices . Bye dull . Tares nominal . In linseed and for cloveseed is _stiU

      cakes very little doing . Tlie inquiry r very limited . „ Bbitisii . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 36 s to 50 s ditto white , 3 Ss to 54 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 40 s to 47 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 40 » to 43 s , ditto red , 38 s to 43 s , Devonshire and Somerset . shire , red . 38 s to 43 s , ditto white , 42 to 00 s , rye , Ms to _Ws , barley , 24 s to 31 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordinary , —s to —s , pale , 52 s to 5 Gs , peas , hog , 30 s to 32 s , beans , large , new , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 17 s to 23 s , ditto Poland and potato , ISs to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , linseed , sowing , 50 s to 52 s . rapeseed _, Essex , new , £ i & to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt ., rape cake , £ 5 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs ., ship , 30 s to 34 stown 3 Hs to 42 s .

      , , Fobhgs' . —Wheat . —Dantzig , 48 s to 56 s , Pomeranian red , 47 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein _, and Fricsland , 42 s to 46 s , Petersburg , Archangel , and Kiga , ils to 44 s , Polish Odessa , 43 s , to 48 s , Taganrog , 35 s to 3 _Ds , Brabaut and French , 40 s to 45 s , Salonica , 35 s to 38 s , Egyptian , 26 s to 30 s , rye , L'os to 25 s , barley , Wismar and Kostoek , 21 s to 23 s , Danish , 22 s to 25 s , Egyptian , 10 s to lUs , Danube , 10 s to 19 s , peas , white 24 s to 26 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , oats , Groniiigen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto , thick and brew , 20 s to 22 s , Kiga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 10 s to 18 s , flour , United States , per _lOKlbs ., 24 s to 26 s , Hamburg 22 s to 23 s , l ) antzi ; j and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French , per 2801 bs ., SSs to 37 s . Duties . —Wheat , 10 s , barley , 2 s , oats , 3 s Gd , rye , 2 s , beans , 2 s , peas , 2 s .

      Wednesday , January 17 . —Since last Monday we are well supplied with foreign grain and Irish oats , and tlie weather being very mild , with the day fast approaching for the liberation of all grain and flow now under lock , our buyer * confine their purchases to immediate want , so that business is very limited . Fbiday , Jan . 19 th—The arrivals are good of foreign wheat and Irish oats , but of English or other grain there is not much reported . Wheat has a slow sale this morning at Monday ' s prices . Only the finest sorts of barley sell ; other kinds are neglected . Oats meet a very limited demand . Arrivals this week : Wheat , 710 qrs . English ; 8 , 460 qrs . foreign : barley , 2 , 038 qrs . English ; 2 , 670 qrs . foreign : oats , 2 , 790 qrs . English ; 15 , 130 qrs . Irish j 2 , 160 qrs , foreign : flour , U 70 sacks . Bhead . —The pr ices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are "Ad to 8 d ; of household ditto , 5 _Jd to 7 d per 41 bs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , Jan . 15 . —The numbers of foreign stock in to-day ' s market—as wUl be seen by the annexed return—was limited , even for the time of year , and of very inferior quality . The beasts and sheep sold somewhat freely , at a trifle more money ; but calves were much neglected . With home-fed beasts we were very scantilysupplied this morning—the result , doubtless , of the low prices lately obtained here for that description of stock , and wliich have induced many of the leading graziers to retrain from forwarding their stock at the present

      momentand then- quality exhibited a . material tailing off . Although the attendance of buyers was not to say large , the beef trade was firm , at an advance in the quotations realised oa Monday last of quite 2 d per Slbs . A few very superior Scots sold at 4 s 4 d ; but the more general top figure for beef was 4 s 2 d per 81 bs . There was a considerable falling otf in the numbers of sheep , there being a deficiency of 5 , 000 head eompared with last week ' s supply ; hence tlie mutton trade was firm , at finly , but at nothing quotable beyond , tlie currencies paid on this day se ' nnight . The primest old downs sold freel y at from 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd per Slbs . Calves , _though in short supply , moved off slowly at last week ' s quotations . Prime small pigs sold _steadilv other kinds of pigs slowly , at late rates . ' '

      Head of Cattle at _Smitufield . Beasts .. .. 2 , 7841 Calves .. 03 Sheep ¦• .. 18 , 200 j Pigs \ 153

      Price per stone _ofi .-81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef ,. ils 2 d to is 2 tl I Yeul .. 3 s Gd to 4 s 63 Mutton .. 3 4 .. 4 10 I Pork .. 8 10 „ 4 8 Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadeniiau ,, Monday , Jan . 15 . —Inferior beet , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d _; middling ditto ; 2 s lOd to 3 s ; prime large , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime _snndl , 3 S 4 d to Ss Ud ; large po _£ _' ,- 3 s 2 !* ° I s l , lfenor ' ""Ken , 2 S 8 dt 0 3 S 2 d veal , Js 4 d to 4 s 4 d ; small pork , 4 s 2 d to 4 s 8 d Fbiday , Jan . 19 th . _ The supply 0 f beasts was small _, quite adequate , however , to the demand The mild weather and the glutted state ofthe dead markets caused _^ i very slow trade here , at a reduction oftl _^ _yfl _^ sL The number of sheep was rather larger than on _Frfdav last but stiU small ; prices remained Xut t e same as o { Monday . There were a few more calves on offer choice ones maintained late quotations ; but few _inferior ' were a little lower , with a slow trade . The weather was - - ___ _flMMt _. 1 . of pigs , but there was ver _^ ttle 3 £ X ta

      PROVISIONS Mosdat , Jan . 15 .-Since our last report the weather lias _beenyanable , for the most part mild , and therefore ess activity m the demand for Irish butter _Sedeal _^ _-ucordingly were _ limited ; . prices stead y . Fore _^ f to arrivals from Friesland ; Kiel and other finds _consfouenHv were more saleable , and prices for such _-Sto _SdraSSS U-teou : With better supplies the demand wis Umited prices rather lower . Bale and tierce middle " -No altera ' tion in demand or value . Hams dull , prices nominal Uri rather more in request . American bacon in good demand _, at improved prices . ° UJ ' _> English _Biot-er-Market , Jan . 15 . -Our trade continues inivvery inanimate state , although our best things from their increased scarcity , are more sought after . Stale and iruddhng butters are as unsaleable as ever , and prices for such are quite nominal . Dorset , fine , » 2 s to 94 s per cwt . - Bwset , summer-made and middling , 60 s to 80 s Devon . ' 60 s to 80 s ; fresh , 8 s to 13 s per dozen . ' '

      POTATOES . Southwabk _TYatebsibe , Jan . 15 . — The arrivals the past week have been hunted , but quite equal to the demand and with the exception of French , every descrintinn nf potato is nearly the same price as last week _tRuow mg are this day ' s quotations : - Yorkshire Regents 100 s to _loOs _; _Newcastle and . Stockton , ditto , 30 s to 100 a _SorLs ditto , 80 s to 110 . ; ditto cups , 60 s to 80 s 7 _i tto red s 60 s to 80 s < ditto whites , 50 s to 70 s ; French ' _dSta , « £ to _lOSs _* Belgian ditto , 70 s to 90 s ; Dutch ditto , 40 s to 00 s '

      HOI'S . Bokouoh , Monday , Jan . 15 . -Rather more business i * doing , n our market , and prices are firmly _mainS _" The low quotations ruling have attracted tie notice ol peculators ; and a considerable quantity of the _^ inferior sorts of hops have changed hands during the past week COAL . Monday , January lo -Market exceedingly heavy little or notlung don . g Wylam , 13 S « d _, Wes t Wjlam ' jjs _, IteAx arrivals , 144 ; left from last day , 126 .-T 0 T 270

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      _i _* tne author ot several DEATHS .

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      _~ y . .. » _uownscu was poems and prose works , including the " _Biographio , Borealis , " ( a coUection of brief biographies of celebrated men born in the north of England ) . The deceased had been some time engaged in the composition ofa scries of prose essays for Mr . _Aloxon , and these will shortly be published . M . Lemercier , who was President of the Council of An cients , on the 18 th Brumaire , and who became afterwards President of tlie Senate , and lastly , a peer of _Ifrauce died in l _' aris a few days ago . ' ™ On the 13 th inst ., at the Royal Military Asylum , ChekP . » after a lingering illness , Captain William Siborne m , tw of "the History ofthe War in France and _Bri _ghSH 1815 , " and the constructor of the Waterloo model

      Io Printed By William Itldeu, Of No. 5, Macclesfield-Street In The Parish Ot St. Anne, Westminster, At The Printing

      io Printed by WILLIAM ItlDEU , of No . 5 , Macclesfield-street in the parish ot St . Anne , Westminster , at the _Printing

      Omce, , Weat Winiimui-Strcet , Haymarket...

      omce , , weat _winiimui-strcet , Haymarket , in the Cifv ot _^ estminster , for the Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CON NOR * _Lsq . M !> ., and published by the said William Rider at the Office , ill tile _sialne street and narUr . « _s .. t i " J anuary 29 th , 1849 , _** _™* F _- _' _»« -SMurday )

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20011849/page/8/