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      ^ ' ' ^— ^ - ~ » carriage . When in the act of shotting the door , the I prisoner witheni JaJ name came from behind one of the pillars , and witneis asked if he was going on . He put his hea 4 in the doorway , and seeing the gentleman laid ' No , so , ' and turned away . Witness went on to the third oemp&rtsr ent , atd was in the apt of opening the door , when R . bynard came up and Mid * Gentlemen , you are delaying the time , show your tickets , please . ' The prisoner without a name made use of the words , * We prefer this . ' meaning the third compartment , and he immediately stepped in , followed fay another man vrhom he bslieved to he Poole . He vu certain one of them was them was the aamo £ ¦ arrived by the op mail .

      Samuel Wilton , clerk at the Bristol Railway Station , issued tickets for the down miil on the msrning of the 2 d . Issued two for Exeter , first class ; gavatiifm tetha priioner without a name ; he paid for both . Witness saw Poole etanding at the doorway at the time . H . Clarke , light superintendent Bristol station , was on duty on the arrival of the down mail on the morning ot the 2 d . Saw twepersons leaTa the back of the orinal and go towards the train . He saw them ioo * into the first compartment of the first class carnage but did not enter ; they went to the third compartdark loured

      ment and got in . One of them wore a co jim crow hat , bnt he could not see his features . *™ olhsr wore a dark co * t and hat . A cloak was produced and was similar to-th atworn by one of the men . Jana Cramp , barmaid at { ha Talbot Inn , Bristol , rejected on the night of the lit of January two men coming to their houae about ten or twenty minut < s after twAre . They went into the bar and « allad for two glasMS of bnuidy and water . Witness Berred them and showed them into an adjoining roam . She should know the man again . She could sot swear so well to Foole , but the other she was positive to . He was dressed in a Chesterfield and hat .

      The other wore a dark cloak , fall ronmd , with a stana up collar , similar to the obb produced . He had en a low-crowned hat with the wide brims drawn over his fac ? , to conceal his feature ? . When they went into the house , the one with the cloak appeared to be carrying something under it . They remained in the house antil one o ' clock , when they went to the bar . paid for what they haa , and departed . Th « y left at one o ' clock Lnndon time . The house is about ten Canutes' walk from the station . At this Btage of the proceedings Mr Peacock made an application f . ir a remand . —Mr Willeaford had bo objection to the remand , but he asked to be permitted to we the prisoners before they were again brought up . —The Mayor : When you made the Jast appliestion it was refused for seme particular reasons , and the beach will defer firing judgment on the application until Monday . —The depositions were read over , and gigaed , and the prisoners remanded fora week .

      It is rumoured that Ponle h » d £ 500 with his wifswLo is also in receipt of £ 50 yearly . He was for cone time a guard on the Great Western Railway , and has held four shares since its commencement . He wm dismissed fr ° bis situation soon after the robbery of a box of sovereigns , on their transit from London to Truro ,

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      THE STANFIELD HALL MURDERS , FCBTHBR IXAHtSATIOK OF BUSH . Norwich , Tuesday . — Yesterday , James Blomfield Rush , the suspected assassin of Mr Isaac Jermy and his sen , at Stanfie'd Hall , underwent another mazisterlal examination at the Castle of this city . The maristrates preeent were the Rev Edward " Postle , of Telverton : Sir J . P . Boileaa , of Eetterlngbam Hall ; and tho Rev . C . A . Woodhouss ; Mr J . S . Cann , ofWymondham , being the oletk to the bench . This unexpected examination took placa in order that the prisoner ( Rush ) might hear the additional statement which Emily Sandford hid made at the last meeting of the coroner ' s jary , and which had not been taken in the evidence sworn before the magisfrateJ op the occasion of their fully committing him for trial .

      On Rush heia g brought forward by Mr Picson , the governor of Norwich Castle , the prisoner's unhappy dope , Emily Sandford , wan introduced by Mrs Bryant , tne matron of Wymondham Bridewell , io whose custedy she still remains . Having been du ' y sworn , she want into a more lengthened detail of ( he prisoner ' s conduct on the night of the murder tbanske gave before the coroner . She minutely deeeriba < lni 3 coming fcoherbed-roemdoor on the night of tho murder , and his gently knocking for admission ; that on hi j entering he leant against her bid ,

      and ebe , perceiving bis violent trembling and agitated state , inquired of him ' Good God , what is that matter * That he told her she mast bo firm , and if any one asked her how long he had been out , to say that he had not been more than ten minutes away . That she again asked him what was the natter , and that he replied , 'Nothing ; but you may hear of something in tha morning . ' All the ? e facte we : e reduced to writing , and others which tended tc show the intimidation he evidently held out to the unfortunate creatnre net to divulge his movements .

      Rush ' s manner towards the witness on this occasion was c&hs , and contrasted strongly with hia violent behaTiour towards her on her former examination . The seaxoh for the weapons with which the witnesses are pesitive the murdere were committed , ¦ till excites the greatest attention . In an official l ^ vet the search is thus described : — 'The Potash Farm is no longer Jb the actual possession of the police ; one man is , however , still kept upon the premises . To discover the pistols , twenty piti have been pumped out , and every par'icle of mud removed from them : had a pencil case baen at the bottom , it must inevitably have b 3 en found , The fences and ditches have in like manner been cut down and drained out—every rabbit or rat hole has

      been probed to the bottom—furze and other bushes grubbed up—muck heaps , turnip heaps , mangel wurz ? l heaps removed—turnip fields most minute 1 ? examined—ploughed lands peforated with heavy orow . bara—graw fields pieroed with iron g pesrshav ing a » rw prints , so that no loose aod coold by possibility avoid detection To test the labourers and policemen employed in this labour , pieces of turf were cut out in different parts of the fields in which thsy -were placed , and replaced , bo as to be impossible to be discovered on one most minute inspection . They were all found and brought on the points of the barbed arrow on which they were pulled up . In

      the hoHie , fire places , hearths , floor * , have been removed , chimneys examined , house earpenters and masons employed in every part . Only one stack las been removed ; bat each remaining one will undergo the like examination , whenever it may be required in the barn for thrashing . The fielJ at the back of the garden has been compl etely dug up from one end to the other . Every tree in the park has been mounted and mieutely examined . In fact , such a search I really believe was never made before . Net that the evidence of the pistols is now at ¦ II necessary , in my humble opinion , but to fatisiy the pnblio mind , and the country in general . '

      Several interesting facts have been collected by Michael Haydon , a shrewd officer cf the London ( City ) detective police force , which will tend to establish a strong chain of evidence in support of the prosecution . It is not the intention of the authorities to apply for a special commission to try the acensed . Mrs Jenny , and the maid , Eliza Cheitney , are progressing favourably . As soon as practicable , it is the intention to remove Mra Jermy to London .

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      A Pabachtttk for Coalfits . —To descend into mines and coal-pits , and to ascend by means of vertical ladders , are operations so fati guing that the Belgian pitmen pre f er , in spite of the regulations which forbid it . to expose their lives to the risk of the strength of a rope , which , unfortunately , often breaks and preci p itates them to the bottom . We ( Brussels Herald ) attended last Wednesday , an experiment on a large scale , which demonstrated in the most efficient manner , that henceforth this danger no longer exists for the pitmen . By means of an extremely simple apparatus the cuffat remains suspended in the middle of the shaft when the rope breaks . This trial was not made by means of a working model , bnt in a pit of some depth ; the apparatus was worked by men who remained suspended in the well when the rope broke short off .

      For the future the parachute for coal-pits is no longer a theory ; its efficacy is now established by practical facts . The effect of thi 3 apparatus -W 3 S shown before a numerous company , comprised of men of information , the greater part familiar with the working of mines . Their satisfaction was so great that they spontaneously offered to the inventor to make affidavit on the spot of the facts to which they had been witnesses . Amongst the party was a gentleman who wished the experiment to be tried upon himself ; the rope having snapped he and the workmen accompanying him were spontaneously stayed without feeling the slightest stock . We shall not fail to acquaint our readers of the new applications which will not fail to be made of this invention , doubly interesting , whether looked upon in a humane point of view or as a matter of economy in the working of mioes .

      The British Museum—On Monday last tne British Museum wa 3 re-opened to the public ; it will continue open on Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , without intermission , between the hours of ten and . four , until the 1 st of Mav , ana wfflbs then closed till the 7 th , when , on re-openirr , the hours will be extended from ten till seven . The new bunding with the exception of the addition to the Gallery ot Antiquities , erecting in lieu of the rownl v Gallsry , j s complete , and early in the ensuing month Of February the last remaining portion of Old Montague House , fronting Great Russell Street , will be remof ed .

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      TEE CHOLERA . On Thursday the BoarTof Health received reports sf the following fresh cases - .-Orphan Asylum , TootiDg , 60 . 16 fatal ; Wandsworth , 1 fatal ; Britaal Green . 1 ; Carlisle , 2 ; Edisburgh , 7 , 1 fatal ; Glaseow , 202 , 71 fatal ; Cairnbrae , Glasgow , 75 . 20 ta . w Dumfries and Maxwelltown , 3 fatal ; Moffatt , 2 fatal ; Rothiay , 12 , 6 fatal ; Y " ffih ™« ri Old Monkland 7 , 4 ? fatal ; ^ rham , Coldstoeam . 1 fatal ; Kilsytb , 7 . 5 fatal . Total new cases , 380 ; 13 FrWky . theBoard of Health received reports of the fallowing fresh cases :-Whitechapel 4 , 1 fatal - D . ouet ' s establishment for pauper children , Tooiing , 15 . 10 fatal ; Offchurch , near Leamington , 9 1 fatal ; Sunderland , 1 fatal ; Holybea-i , 1 fatal ; Selby , from 13 ' . h Nov . to « h imt ., Io 15 fatal ; Greenock . 1 ; Shotta , 1 , fatal ; Old Monkland , 18 , 7 fatal : Cumaock . 2 fatal ; Bothwell , 19 , 13 fatal ; Edinburgh 4 , 3 fatal—Total new cases , » 3 , 55 iaaths . —ii i i i i" ' -==

      The Board of Health received on Saturday reports cf the foL ' o sing fresh cases : —Whiteohspel , 1 fatal ; Bataondeey , 1 fatal ; St John's District , Sonthwark , 1 ; Drouet ' s EstabliBhmeat ( pauper children ) . Tooting , 15 fatal ; Wandsworth and Ciapham Union . 1 fatal : Crowle-ThorneUnion , 2 , 1 fatal ; Hertford ( from December 27 ) , 18 , * fatal ; Giasgow ( 5 sh and 8 th ) , 445 . 129 fatal ; Dundee , 2 ; Larkhall , 1 ; Ayr . 4 , 2 fatal ; Greenock , 2 . 1 fatal ; Port Glasgow , 1 fatal . Edinburgh , 5 fatal ; New \ bbey ( near Daafries ) , 1 ; Ardms ^ an , 1 ; Eagleshara , 1 . Totalnewcasei . 500 ; 161 deaths .

      On Monday the Board of Health issued the fo lowing list of fresh cases reported to them . It will be seen th&s the disease has manifested itself fatally in those workhonBes to whioh infected children were taken from the Tooting Asylum . —Royal Free Hospital , Grab ' s Inn Lane , 10 . 4 fatal ; Sfc Pancrau Workhouie , 3 fatal : Chelsea Workhouse , lfitil ; Drouet ' a pauper establishment , Tooting , 10 7 fatal ; Whit * , chapel , 1 : Edinburgh , 11 , 6 fatal ; Gia « gow , 180 , 59 f ital ; Haddington for last 14 days , 21 . 16 fatal ; G'eenock . 1 fatal ; Paisl * y , from 26 th ult ., 6 , 2 fatal ; Old Monkland , 11 . 6 fatal ; Old Kilpatriok , 3 , 2 fatal ; Bambarton , 3 ; Dundee , 1 fatal ; Mauchline , 1 fatal ; "B nthkenaer , by Falkirk , 3 fatal : Jedburgh , 4 . 1 fatal ; Inverness , 1 fatal ; Wandsworth and Clapham Union , 1 fatal . Total new casei , 272 ; 115 deaths .

      On Tuesday the following fresh cases wero re p orted to the Board of Health : Whueobapel , 2 ; Nawington , 2 fatal ; St Panoras Workhouse , 1 fatal ; Wandsworth , 3 fatal ; Drouet ' s pauper establishment , Tooting . 16 fatal ; Hertford , 3 fatal ; Reading , i fatel . —Scotland , viz : Edinburgh , 2 , 1 fatal ; Gla » - gow . for 7 th and 8 tb , 318 . 109 fatal ; Kilbarehan , 1 < a * al ; Rotheeay , from 2 nd inst-, 13 , 4 fatal ; Holytown , Bothwell , from 23 rd ult ., II . 7 fatal . Total new CBSes , 372 ; 151 deaths . CMsra has , it is stated , bmken ont at Hereford gaol , where a large namber of prisoners are now said to be Iabonring under the disease . Ths Deaths registered in Lokson during the week ending Saturday last , numbered 1 , 131 , or 31 under the average . Sixty-one deathB are returned as arising fr « m cholera , 81 scarlatina , and 56 from typhus . Tue birtha during the week were 1 , 312 ; and the mean temperature 30 deg , 7 seo .

      Chomba is St Pancra 8 Pabish . —Inqaests were held on Monday evening before Mr G . I . Mills , at the Elephant and Castle . Old St Pancras , on the txhu'aed bodies of two children , whose deaths had been sq sudden as to excite suspicion . A poit mortem examination of the bodieB was made by Dr Q , uain , and after & lengthened inquiry the jury returned a verdict tn tfea effeot , < That the deceased children had died of malignant cholera . '

      CHOLERA AMONGST THE PAUPER CHILDREN AT TOOTING . Toe following official report ef the state of the juvenile pauper asylum at Tooting was on Toegday night forwarded to the various boards of guardians who have children in that institution : —Surrey Hall , Lower Tooting . Jan . 9 . 1849 . 6 p . m—I have to report respecting the chelera cases here that the number of fresh ones are on the decrease , and that these da not pragent the very severe symptong tbat the first cases did . We have had fourteen new caBei of children attacked with cholera symptons , eleven with diarrfcwi only . The numbsr of deaths from cholera in the twenty-four hours have amounted to

      ^ Jteau . The read have been removed to the conva' eicent wards . From the numbers that have been removed altogether , we hope that of the few remainine a very small cumber will be attacked with the disorder . Upwards of one hundred have been removed from Tooting beloDging to the Strand Union . Ths chloroform wan administered laat night and today by inhalation with very good effect in more than one case . —( Signed ) W . J . Kitb , eurgeon , < fce . It is generally considered tbat this return from Mr Kite , « o far from Bhowing that there ia any actual dimim > 'ion in the number of attacks and fatality of the dieease , the contrary is the cate , when the diminished numbera now in the asylum are taken into considertion , nearly 1 , 006 children having been removed .

      Straxd Union . — The guardians of the Strand Union have hired for three months the premises of the Society of the Refuge for the Destitute in Ogle Street , Marylebone , and have removed to that place their pauper children heretofore resident at Tooting . St Pascbas . —A meeting of the directors of the poor of St Pancraa took place on Tuesday , when a report from a committee appointed to visit the establishment at Tooting wa 3 read . The following report was a ' so read from Mr Bird , a medical gentleman , 8 pacially appointed by the board to attend the St Panoras ohildren since their removal . 'To the directors of the poor of St Panoras —Gentlemen , — At your solicitation I have ''cdertaken the medical superintendance of the children recently brought home from Mr Dronet's establishment at TootiDf , where Asiatio cholera had made it 3 appewanee , and received about 200 children on Saturday last . Two were taken ill as soon as admitted . Acting upon the

      p rinciple ' that prevention is better than cure , ' I carefully examined each of them , and administered appropriate medicine to all . I visited and watched every child in their beds every half hour during the night ; and although many of both sexeB were re laxed , I had so cases that exceeded the premonitory symptoms , whioh oounter-irritation with calomel and opium checked , and every child arose on Sunday morning apparently in good health , and made a most hearty breakfast of bread and milk . I mnst say , in justice to Mr Dronet , ss far bb an observer could have judged , the children generally looked well and in good oondition . Unfortunately this state of things did not contince . They were evidently predisposed to the epidemic , and ten were attacked . Boil-d mutton and bread was given to each child for dincer , and they appeared cheerful , hearty , aod thankful for the attention bestowed by all parties . In the afternoon , ten' more eases occurred . Some of those

      that were in a state of collapse , seemed improving . Ou the night of Sunday , about thirty were more or leu attacked , leaving about fifteen of each sex under treatment . During tha whole of Monday only one case occurred up to eleven o ' clock at night , and I wai greatly in hopes that I should have been ab ' e to repnrtthis day ( Tnesday ) most favourably , bnt Beventeen were attacked during the night , and three have reached the Btate of collapse , notwithstanding every attention on the pirt of Mr Wilkinson , hia assistant .

      and myself , leaving the statistical account st present as nud ' er : —Namber attacked , 67 ; deaths , 6 ; under treatment , 27 ; state of collapse , A . I cannot close this report without bearing my humble testimony to the prompt , ready , and efficient assistance rendered f and bestewed upon the children by Mr and Mrs Eaton , and all parties acting under my directions , as well as making mention of the unlimited power yon yourselves have placed in my hands , to endeavonr to allay this melancholy affair —( Signed ) Hinbt Bied , Surgeon .

      Chelsea . —On Tuesday an adjourned special meet ing ot the guavdiani took placet when Mr Jelf said he thought that the children ought not to be remored , hut at the same time he thought it was the duty of the guardians to send further medical assistance down to Tooting . —He therefore rawed a resolution to the effect that it would not be expedient to re . ainve the children—Mr Eyre seconded the resolu tion , wh ch was carried unacimou-ly . It was then moved and carried that a commuticatiqn should be made to Mr Drouet to know if he rf quired any fur . her medical aid , or aid in the sbape of nurses , and if ao that the board would supply th < , m .

      CoROKER ' a lKiUB » r . —Several of the children ba ' onging to the Union ef St Andrew ' s , Holborn , were removed from the Infant Pauper Establishment at Tooting on Friday last , sorae of whom have died of oMera in the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s lap Lane . I ' , appears that the deaths among toe children brought to that institution amounted to four . —The Hames and ages of the children are—Jbines Andrews , aged six ; Jeannette Johnson , aged - ! even ; Brid get Q , qin , ajed fiV 9 j and MfcbMl Harper , aged niae years , —For a period of abont fifteen months the guardians of the II > lborn Union have had , upon an average , 198 pauper children in Mr Drouet ' a establishment , at a weekly coat of 4 * . 6 d per head . As B < xm as the cholera was reported to hare made its appearance in the establishm ? nt , the gUjrdiaas directed cneef their medical officers to reoair to Tosting and report upen the state and

      condition of the children . This was done , and on Thursday this report was made , and it was of such a ch -raeter as to lead the guardians immediately to remove the whole of the children—not into the w : rkhouse , for there thsy had no room—but into two unoccupied wings of the Royal Free Hospital , which had been offered to them , until Bome permanent plasa could be provided . The removal was effaced in vans , nnder the superintendence of the clerk and one of the medical officers of the union , on Friday week , the girls arriving at six in the evening , and the boys later , that is at half-past ten . The to : al number removed was 152 . It was found necesassry to leave about forty still in the establishment , at Tooting , because their removal could not be iffect & without danger , snd eight had previously died . Oa arrivisg at the hospital , the whole of the 152 , wk i had been pronounced healthy , were wrv « d with

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      a substantial meal of milk and bread . They were also medioally inspected , and 135 w « e found to be infected with the itch . Although pronounced well , aeveral of the children , both boya and girls , were takes ill , the symptoms being similar to those observed at Tooting . Andrews , who was first seized , died on Saturday foreneon ; Johnson the same afternoon ; Quin expired on Sunday morning , and Har . psr on Monday morning about one o ' clock . At a late hour on Monday , the others who had been seized were going on well , and no more fatal oases were expected . —The guardians caused information of the deaths to be made to Mr Wekley , M . P ., Coroner , and tbeinque » t was appeinted to be held the same day , at the Rojal Free Hospital . Mr

      Wakley , however , was not present , being seriously indisposed , and Mr Mills , the Deputy Coroner , presided in his absence . —After the Jury bad been sworn they proceeded to view the bodies , which several ] j presented a most distressing appearance . Thoie of Andrews and Johnson appeared to have undergone a post mortem examination . —The Deputy Coroner , upon the return of the Jury , briefly addressed them npon the nature of their duties in this important investigation . He stated that none of the bodieB oaght to have been opened without an order from the Coroner , who had resolved that the strictest inquiry should be made into the causes of death , unless the gentlemen by whom the examination bad ben made were not awars of the intention to hold

      an inquest . With the view of sffordins ; time to prepare the neoessary evidence , it will be requisite to adjourn the inquest to a future day , when the Coroner himself would be present . The Jury must hare observed that the bodies wjre comparatively line , feeble , and poor . These conditions might arisa from a variety of cames , and he would recommend the Jury to be guided in their conclusions only by the evidence whioh would be brought before them . — Three nurses then pave foimal evidenoe of the deaths ; after which the inquest waa adjourned . — Instructions were given for an examination to be made of the bodies of Harper and Quin ; and Dr Goddard , of Harley Street , was directed to be present on the part of the Coroner . f [ . . ^^^ i - - -. i- i- n . i-. < -

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      frQustxa , Fbidat . — Frozen to Djjath . — Before Mr W . Payne and a jury , in the vestry of St Magnus church , Fish . S ; reet Hill , relative to the death of aLfscar sailor , who was found dead on the steps leading from Upper Thames Street to King William Street , London Bridge . — W . Cormick , City policemau , deposed that on Wednesday morning last , about half-past five , whilBt on duty in Upper Tnames Street , a man called hia attention to a person who was lying dead on the western steps of the bridge , near Fishmongers * ' Hill . The deceaeed appeared to be a foreigner , and wai very badly clothed . —Mr Smith , ths surgeon , was called , but life had been extinct gome time . —A Juror j Is it not your duty to viiit the steps in question occasionally during the night ? Yes , sir , it appears now that it is a part of my duty , but I have only been on the beat four nights , and my

      supetiorofficernevar made me acquainted with it . Idid not go farther than Mile ' u lane , if I had I should have sesn the man earlier . —Mr C , Smith , of Gracechurcb Street , surgeon , stated that when he saw deceased he was quite dead . Witness had examined the body , and , from the olimate deceased had been UBed to , he was of opinion tbat his death was accelerated by exposure to the extreme frost during the night . If he had been distovered soener , mnt probably his life might have baen saved . —The Coroner , after hearing a severe censure from ae / eral of the jury relative to the neglect of the police , Bummed up the case , when the following Bpecial verdict was recorded , Died from natural oauaes , and the jury are of opinion that the death was hastened by exposure to ths cold , as the spot where deceased was found had not been visited by the police for nine hours . '

      Fatal Accidbrt to a Somnambulist . — Before Mr Baker at the Frying Pan , Brick Lane , npon th ? body of Mr C . Va ' nderetein , the landlord of the tavern , aged 86 —Emma Rameden , the niece of the deceased , deposed that eix weeks ago a disturbance eccurrcd in the house , and that deceased had made extraordinary exertions to expel a number of riotous and disorderly persons . This circumstance excited him vary considerably , and there was an irritable excitability observed in his manner from the time of the occurrence until be died . Shortly befere two o ' clock in the morning the inmates of the house

      weie awoke by hearing the crashing of glass , and upon investigation it was discovered that thedeceased had fallen from hia bedroom window upon the second floor . Re lingered until Wednesday last , when he died . He had in tbe meantime stated tbat in hie sleep hia thoughts reverted to the previous night'a disturbance in the house , and that he imagined he was again employed in a personal conflict with some of the parties . He rose to pursue them , rusbed to the window , and henca the accident . The jury returned a verdiot of ' Death from injuries receivei by falling through a window , whilst in a state ef somnsmbnliBao . '

      Fires . —Ar Bow . —Late on Thursday night a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to the Northumberland and Durham Coal Company , known ss the Railway Wharf , lower side of Bow Creek . It eommened in a woodon building about forty-five feet long by nearly twenty broad . Owing to the easy ignitable nature of the building , but few minutes elapsed ere tbe same was in flumes . Information was promptly forwarded by the railway guards to the engine stations , and in a short period several engines attended , but not in time to render any assistance , for the fire had almoat burnt itself out . At Pop lar . —Another fire , at No 5 , Tetley Street , Poplar New Town , was cauaed by some children playing with fire , and thereby eetting a bed , in _ which two ohildren were lying , inflimes . The cries of the inmates brought a'Bi ' atance , and the children were rescued , but not before one was dreadfully burned ; the others narrowly escaped .

      THK WEATHER AND THB PABKS . The various royal and ornamental parks were on Snnda / visited by many thousand pereons , and the frozen waters were at cne time literally crowded with skaters and sliders , many of whom , as will be seen from the subjoined official reports , paid very dearly for their intrepid conduct . St James ' s Pass . —The Royal Humane Society , in order to prevent persons from venturing upon the ice . had boards marked 'dangerous' plaoed round the water , and the ioemen cautioned the people that it was hardly strong enough for a single man to pasB over , notwithstanding from 1 , 400 to 1 , 500 insisted npon going on to the frozen water , who for some time were amusing themselves by Bkating and sliding , but , in the course of the day , a great many accidents occHrrel none , however , attended with any serious

      consequences . Tub Regent ' s Park . — The ice on the ornamental waters in this park did not exceed three inches in thickness , notwithstanding which , about 12 , 000 per * Bons ventured on during the day . About four o ' clock the parties were greatly alarmed by an immense portion of the ice giving way , when from sixteen to twenty persons were precipitated into the water . Tbe eries of those in the water and those on shore for assistance waG pitiable in the extreme . The whole of the icemen , with deputy superintendent Chitty , put off with breaker ladders , iledge ? , aud drags ; but the moment they came near to the plac ,

      the iee broke , and the whole of the men , with the exception of Chitty , were in the water . He having got a chopper , cut away the ice , and succeeded in getting the sledge to the spot and took aeveral on board ; whilst ioeman Smith , No . 28 , got three oarties ont by means of a hand-line . The whole of the persons were removed to tbe tent , and every attention was paid to them by Mr Norton , the Burgton and they all recovered . From the fact of bo man ; persons being ia the water at one time , it is ex tremely doubtful whether some have not perished . This supposition is strengthened by the fact of a boy's cap being found in the water , aDd a iad of fourteen yean of age having been inq tired after . ¦

      Thb Skbpbhtinb —The number of skaters en the ica ever the Serpentine River was , during tbe day , about 2 , 000 , and five were immersed . Three of th& patties weie saved by ieeman Maskell , with the line . They were all taken ti the receiving house , and received the beat attention from Mr Williams and other official ? . Thb Round Posd . —About 1 . 000 skaters and sliders daring the day . The ice being good , no accident ocourred . The Loso Water— Frem 500 to 60 Q persons ventured on the frozen water here duriDg the day without meeting with any accident of importance . FoHBBiL OP THS LATE FarL OF AUCKLAND . —The funeral oftho late First Lord of the Admiralty took place on Saturday forenoon , when the remains of his lordship were removed from tbe Admiralty for interment in the family vault in Beckenham Churoh , near Bromley , Kent .

      ACCIDfifll ON THE BUCKWALL RAILWAY .-iAn in ' quest was held before Mr Biker , coroner , at the King and Qu * en , Limehouae , aa to the death of G . Pancrios , aged 28 , a Greek sailor , who was killed on Thursday week by falling from a carriage on the Black wall Railway , owing ( it was alleged ) to tho carriage door not being properly fastened . From the evidence of JuaaDe Kaltizini and ethers , countrymen of the deceased , it appeared that on the arrival of the quarter past eleven o ' clock down train at the Minories Btatinn of the Blaokwall Railway , the deceased and several others got into a stcond-claas compartment of the Poplar carriage . The donr was

      closed after them , and the guard stated most positively that he properly fastened it ; on the other hand , the deceased ' s countrymen who were in the carriage allege otherwise , for on the train passing ti > e Gun Lane Bridge , between this Limehousi ; and West India Dock stations , the deceased place 1 his ri ght elbow on the top of the carriage door . He had no soaner done so , than the door flew open , and the deceased fell out of the carriage headforemost , on to some iron railway plates , which were lying on the side of the line , with such violence as to shatter his skull to atoms , and the wheels of a carriage pasted over his legs , mutilating them in aahocking manner ' —Mr Wightman , on behalf of the company , produced

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      one of the carriage doo * handles , whioh shuts with a strong spring , and said that if the Raard had properly turned the lwndle it was impossible / o r the daor to have opened itself , and it wm the wish of the company that a most searching investigation should be made to ascertain if the guard was blameable in the matter . He had baen given . to undentedI that a person who wbb a paaaenger m the same carnage could give some very important evidence : he was S prf sent , and he would suggest »> 4 """ £ > - Theceroner said , that it was very important for all parties tbat they should have that person ' s testimony , "J ^ SSfflSoSSSn Saturday last , two fire ^ broke ouffn the P « i 8 h of Bethnal Green , both Stended S . considerable destruction of property Thefirat ocourred upon the premiees of Mr Long cabinetmaker . Church Street . The fluneeotikin . teri in tha workshops at the rear of the dwelling ' ' ~~ _ . . , „ ... . .. . ... .

      house , and on tfce arrival of the enrnei not only tfte entire range of workshops and all they contained were fousd in flames , but the fire had penetrated the back windows of Mr Long ' s private house , and the creater part of the furniture was in a blaze . Before the fire was extin ^ ' shed , Mr Loag ' s workshops were totally destroyed , the back wiadow-sashea ot the dwelling burned out , and tho furniture much da maged . —The seoond fire broke out at neoa in a lart . e store , about sixty feet long , belonging to Mr Phillips , a cnra-ohandler , in Anne Street , Po lard a Row . The building was filled with hay , and very speedily tbe place was en fire from end to end . The flames were , however , confined to that portion of the property in whioh they originated , and whioh was entirely burned down . Mr Phillips \ raa ro inaured , and will bo a s § riou 8 lotor . _

      Ikuuman Trbajmknt cf a CoHviCT .- > On Tuesday merning . Mr Bedford , the coroner , he ! d an iDquest at Millbank prison upon the body of J > hn Sherry , a tailor , who died in the infirmary of the above prison , upon Sunday last under tho following circumstances ; Mr Forater , the deputy-governor of the prison , deposed that deceased was received at half past six o ' clock oh the morning of the 3 d instant , from Liverpool Borough Gaol , under sentence of t ° n year * transportation ; but upon examination by Dr Baly , he was rejected as unfit for transportation , having lost his right leg . He appeared to be in good health otherwise , and was tolerably cheerful when admitted . Jameson and Stockwell , the reoeption warders , proved that they received him and nineteen others from a

      van upon the morning in question . At a quarter past one the following dav , deceased complain * d much of cold and shivering . Information of the fact wax immediately conveyed to Mr Rendell , the resident surgeon . Dr William Bnly , physician * o the prison , was then called . Ha stated that he fsusd deceased suffering from very severe inflammation of several of the air tubes of the lungs , producing the disease known as acute bronchitis , of which he died . Ia an swer to questions which witness bad put to decoded , he stated that he had travelled from Liverpool on the night of tbe 2 nd , in a carriage open at the top , and that he bad suffered most severely from intense cold upon the journey , and thai he attributed his attack tn the cold whioh he then Buffered . The

      disease of whioh he died would re sult from exposure to great cold , and no doubt did result from such exposure . A juror expwsaed a wish t * kaow what clothes the deceased wore during the journey , anc they were accordingly produced . They consisted of a pair of thin and tattered trousers , without lining or drawers , a short jacket , and a miserable waistcoat . The shirt had no back , and wai a mass of rags . He had no flannel or other covering'to his body of any desoription whatever . —Henry Smith , a prisoner , who had travelled up from Liverpool with the deceased , called and examined . I knew the deceased , having been confined with him two months in Liverpool gaol . We left Liverpool between Beven and eight o ' clock on the evening of Tuesday , and were

      ten hours upon the road . The van in which wecarae had a sore of open wire lattice work at tbe top , with BpaceB of about an inch and a half square between each crossing of the iron-work . There were occasional crossings of timber , bo that the top was about half open wire-work and the other half wooden beams . The wire-work was close to our heads , and the wind came in very muoh . We hid our own clothes on , and a small rug about large enough to cover & truckle bed intended for one person . There were not rugs enough for us all . Before leaving Liverpool , about half-past four in the evening , we had some gruel and bread to eat . We had nothing else until we arrived aere , excepting once upon the journey , about twelve o ' clock at night , when we had two small

      biscuits and butter and a glass of whiskey eaoh . I believe the van belonged to the gaol and not to the railway company . —Dr Bily , in answer to questions from the coroner , said that the clothing was notsuflicient to make tbe journey safe . One female prisoner who travelled to London in the Bame van his bean suffering from a severe cold , whioh would be likely to be produced by tbe same causa . —The ooroner summed up at considerable length , and the jury found , ' That the deoeased , John Sherry died from acute bronchitis , acoelerated by the severe cold ex perieoced during a journey by night from Liverpool in a van not sufficiently protected from the weather . ' The jury further reoommended that in future these vans should be better protected . Extensive Seiiurb o ? Illicit Spirits . —On

      Saturday night , about ten odock , a seizure of spirits , still , and the uaual apparatus for carrying on a very extensive trade in illicit distillation , was effected by a Custom House officer named George Genr > e , who is now stationed at the WeBt India Dacka . From information George received , he proceeded with three police oonstables , all well armed with pistols and cutlasses , to the house No 22 , Catherine Street , Limehouse Fields . Two of the conBtableB were stationed in front of the house , while George an 3 the other constable entered the adjoining house and proceeded to the back of the premises . Tbe smell of spirits was very strong , and it waa evident that a

      « til ) was in full operation . George found upwards of 3001 bs of salt , soap , and tbe necea « ary apparatus for OMTying an a very extensive trade in illicit distillstir n . There was also found in the same room 300 gallons of wash , in a Btate of fermentation , and several bladders , whioh had contained illicit spirits A man and two females were the only persons found io the house , and when questioned , they said their name was Cotterell , and that they were onlv lodgers in the house . They were quite ignarant of the still being in the kitchen , George seized the still , spirits , and all the utensils , and conveyed them to Broad Street .

      Inqubbt os the Bodt op Mb Stbphbsbon , thb Portbmt Paihtbr . —The adjourned inqueBt wa » resumed on Monday , when Mr Noad , the chemioal l » c urer of St George ' s Hospital , gave evidence a 3 to the contents found in the stomach of the deceased , and the jury returned a verdict of 'Natural death . ' The deceased gentleman has left a widow and several children . Gold Minks op California . —Four companies are a ' ready formed in London for sharing in tbe richea discovered to lie in abundance in California .

      ¥ v uoh Monday . —Monday last beine Plough Monday a petty session was held in the Guildhall , by the Lord Mayor and Aldf rmsn for the purpose of receiving the returns and presentments of the several ward * . —Mr Godson , foreman of the inqueBt for Aldersgate ward , eomplained of a most intolerable nuisance which proceeded from a whaleb ~> ne n > snufactory . The auiaance was not visible , but closely embedded in the heart of the ward , and the effect upon the organs of emsllinz was altoeether beyond de ciption . Added to that , he stated tbat some dis orderly houses of the worst kind were in a state of constant offence , and Aldersgate Buildings needed t . Hp operation of draining so much that it would bs difficult to find in the City of London a >

      neighbourhood in which sanitary regulations were more necea-\ ry . Alderman Chain ' s expressed surprise that the Alderman of tbe ward had not represented the mat ters of complaint in the Court of Aldermen . —Mr Godson , who ia one of the deputies cf the ward said tint Sir Peter Laurja had complained of the nuisance by which the inhabitants were almoBt poucaad . but the evil remained uncorreotfid . —Tbe Lord Mayor assured the deputy that the Court of Aldermen would mke up the subject with a 11 possible expedition . The Morning Mails fob 1840 . —Notice w& » issued on Friday woik , at tne General Post Office . St Martin ' sle Grand , that the following places have been added to the list of pout-towns to which letters and newspapers are forwarded by tbe morning mail

      trains as well sb evening , and also those towns to which the morning mail has been discontinued , viz — Blandford . Bodrain , Broadway , Camelford , Chipping Norton , Ecoleshall , Edenbridge . Emtone , Evesham , Falmouth , Fuzaly , Harwich , llelatone , Hen ! ey-on-TharneB , IIis ; n Wycomb . Ilir ^ ham , Ketteringi Leatherhead , Liskeard , Lostwithiel , Mannington , Marlow . Marazion , Moreton-in-Marsh , Northwiok . Oldbam , Penrbyn , Per / zance , Pershere , Redruth , St A . \ a » tle , St Colomb , St Nfiot ' a . Tenterden , Tetbury , Truro , Winchfield . and Woodatook . The following have been discontinued : IUnitor , Beauraans ,, Biiston , Carnarvon , Conwav , Hilyhead , Holy well ,

      Mold , Pwllheli , Salisbury , ShiffoalJ , Shrewsbury , St Asaph , Wednesbury , and Wellington , Salop . No alteration in the mails to Ireland and Scotland . Fur all tho above placea the letter-taxes at the receivinghouses will be open till seven o ' clock a . m . for newspaper ? , and forty -five minutes past seven a . m . for letters ; and tboBe at the branch offices—Charing Cross , Old Cavendish Streat , and the Borough for newspapers until halt past SBven a . m . and fnr letter g until eight a . m . At the General Po * t Office St Martin ' s le-Grand , and tha branck-oflBce in Lorn , bard Street , theboxea will close for newspaper * at a quarter before eight a . m ., and for letters at hal '« yast eight a . m .

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      A pnbllo ffleotlng oonvenad by requisition , and prc sided orcr by the High Ball ff of Westminster , for the omploymeat of the posr , was held at Willis ' s Rooms , Kirg Street , St James s Square , on Thursday , ai one o ' cloob . Tbe COairman britflr opened the meeting , and introduced Mr Luahington , M P . for Westminster , who proposed a resolution approbatory of the Lei , cester Square Soup Kitchen and St Bernard '* Hospice * - He ( aid , he applauded the oonrenen and objecti of the meeting , but , » t the fame time , thought that fomethiog of ft more exteuBive kind should be adopted . Indi * vldual esertioa was not suffijieat , however well in >

      EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR . BOME COLONIES , . ^^ . ^——^ -- ^^^ '""" ' uuPT . fWMENT OP THE POOR .

      tsntloned . We wanted means , and the way to obtain them was by a redaction of expenditure . Let the A . tmy , Swy , and Ordnance eillm&te « be reduced , &ft r » cll as other public establishments , ( Load cheers . ) ¦ Jle feared he was too polities ! for some , but it ^ waa b'i vooatlo *; and it mail not be forgotten that » vast quana 8 : ty of the people bad come to the conolusion that a great eharig * n * i ( i nfoessary prelude to any aoeial enanjee—( ioud cheers)—and wbeu this took place , mm would ! Bt to tho House of Commons who could understand tin wants and sympathise with the condition of the poor . ( Laud cbeers . ) Mr Luahington concluded by movlFg tbe resolution placed in bis hand , in approbation of the Lei * ceator SquBru Soup Kitchen and Mount Saint Bernard Hoaplco . This resolution was seconded by

      Tho Rev . Samdkl Johki , In a spseoh replete with ftbuso of 'Levellers / 'Communiits , ' and 'Red Republicans , ' interlarded with scripture , but too indignation of the meeting , soon brought the Rw . gentleman ' s peroration t > a fall stop . g | Mr Hoggin contended , that the people should re first fed and then legislated for . He wes for placing taxation on the right shoulders , namely , that of property—( loud chesn)—and depend on it they would soon btcome Financial Reformers . rfHenr . ) Hepaidablgn cost . pliment to tbo British people , us the mOBt industrious and orderly in the world , ( repeated cheers ); they dese-. ted their rights , and mu » t soon hare them , indeed they would not be men if they did not ; what they contended for was , employment ^ or the poor , and rights fjr all . ( Much applause . )

      Mr Alexander Cahpbeli congratulated tha people on having * meeting convened for suoh » pnrpose . He was sorry to hear a reverend gentleman l&rirmate that the working people were desirous of appropriating the pro * perlyof otban . On ebe psrt of the industrious classes tin repudiated such a doctrine . No ; all they BBked was employment , that they might create more wealth , of which thej might become partakers . ( Loud cheers . ) Bat this they were denied , as the land was locked up from them . Mr C « mphell here « aa fr « m the Trades ' statement , as presented to the House of Commons by Lord Ashley , the number of unemployed operatives , and the quantity of uncultivated Ian 4 « in Eagland , and said , thin g * had now become worse ; there might he a calm for a time , but there was a paint beyond endurance . ( Tremendous oheerisg . ) Statistics showed him that there were between three and four millions

      of people in Great Britain alone , living on charity , or being fed from poor rates — yet the land of England alone would jiell support to one hundrid and twenty million souls , but it wai looked up—aud , turning to Mr Lusbington , hesjid , ' Sir , I hope you wilt tell your friends in the house , that there can be no Free Trade while these things are bo . ' ( Great ap . pliuse . ) Mr Cimpbell prooeeded to commend self-supporting'Home Colonies' as a national rom-dy for the national evil—want of employment . ( Land cheers . ) He did not object to Mr Cobden , or any other financial re . former , ha believed Mr Cobden was boaest , and would roach tome where . the shoe pinched , but tinkering was of no une , the system itself was radically wrong . There were fifteen million acres ef land alone in aa uncultU

      vated state . Then , why not cultivate them , and employ tbe people ? A y , even at the expense of government , fundi could be raised to build prisons , to imprison those persons rendered orimlnal by their own orimiubl By stem . ( Great applause . ) Mr S . KxDD ia rising , was received with immense applause . He said , pauperism had existed from the time of El ' zabeth , down to that of Tictorla , and he did not tnluk it conld be got rid of in a day , a month , or a year—ho had bo objection to soup kitchens or street sweeping—better give a man soup than let him starve— , batter let him be uBefall f employed in cleantlng the streets , than be a useless burden on society , Mr Camp .

      bell bad commended to their notise ' Home Colonies . ' he agreed with thun in principle , but h « ( Mr Campbell ) had asked whuteV . jeet'oo cauld Parliament hava to sane tion a bill for their adoption \ Why were not the gen'le > men who composed the Parliament men ef rank ? Hat ) tha ; not passed aod adhered to the New Poor Lii ? Tba gentleman who so ably presided over this i&eefciog had told them that iu hU parish of Saint James ' s , they had an aaemsly—namely , a number of very rich and a number of Tory poor men—and he ( Mr Kjdd ) would rery much like to know who was to compel those rich men to support the poor , seolng that the no . Hug elanci had no voice in making the law . Did not

      'Lawgrind the poor , and rich men mhka the law V We have heard muoh of revolution * on the Continent . Poverty was the great revolutioner end it was impossible tbat things could remain as they are for r , Jews had gotten rioh out of our industry—nay . mere , theee isies bad mado nations rich , whilst Britain ' a own pgop ' . e were the veriest slaves on the face of the earth . The question of Labour was tbe great question of ths da ; , and he was for having it fully discussed , not on the principle of the Rev . Mr Jones— ' Learn nothing from a Chartist ; ' but on the principle of ' Hear all things , and hold fast by that which is good , ' Mr Kjdd resumed bis seat amidst tremendaus cheering . The resolution was then put and carried .

      Mr Cbablis Cosh > ane , in rising to move the second resolution , said , he must bs allowed to state , befeiehe entered into the merits of his resolution , that ncj ; her he nor the oonvenirt of that meeting put forth what the * were offering as' national remedies for ' natisnal disease * , ' but as simple temporary expedients ; and he begged pormlssl n further to state , that he respected the optnioof others who did propound W . ional remedies for nations ] erils , be they either political or social . Working men were not the licentious , debauched creatures eome would

      maketaem . The' street orderlius'had convinced th « m that it was only necessary to treat them kindly , and ftad them [ employment , to make them vood members of so * clety , and good citizens . So satisfied Were the householders anV ratepayers with the tweet cleansing , that be believed it would be adopted througVeut thia great metropolis . Mr Cochrane concluded by moving a resolution iu favour of straet cleansing , ) as a means of sup . porting the poor of tbe metropolis ; also the adoption of a memorial to tbe Commisiioneri ot Sewers in favour of he same .

      The Rev ; Mr BmnrH , in secondin g the reso ' utbn , spoke highly of cultiraiing the wa 8 ta ; lancia , and the Agricultural Tillage Society , bb recommended by Mr Morgan . He had even gens so far ai to speak to Lord Morpethon the subjeut , more especially with reference to the cultivation of Eppinj Farest . After ppologising for his reverend friend Hr Jones , be Raid , bo must entreat ef thorn not to look on the proposition he was seconding as anything but what it was , namely , a simple expedient ; he by no means wished them to take it as a sort of' Morlson ' s Fill '—( laughter )—a sort of cure all . Mr H . R-rss , said he did not wisn Mr'Cocnraoe or tne

      gentlemen who acted with him iu getting up this meet * In ; , to suppose for one motrent they had come there iu a spirit of antagonism , but they did wish tbat P rliament which was just absut to asiemble , should under . stand that they , the mechanics and ar-. ieins of London , did require seme more extensive measure than one which merely gave them a basin ot soup to eat , or a broom M > h which to sweep th ? streets . We want suoh raeasursi that shall fiad profitable employment for all , and enable us to well feed our stomachs , and well clothe the backB and mlvds of our children , whioh he thought was home colonisation and a goad secular education . ( Loud cheers . )

      A Mr A'Beckett , said to be a solicitor , and a contributor to the c © umoB of Ponca , attempted to ridicule the working men , by recommending ' shoe blacking , ' but was literati ; laughed from the platform . Kf A-imiaoso Waltcn rose , and after quoting from the Trade ? Pamphlet , recommending bome colonies , said , the bill convening the msetlasr called on tbe mechanics and artisans to attend , uud he thought that being called there they should give expression to tLe r feelings . He represented large masses of mechanics . He had listened to what had been proposed , nod did not think that proposed neat far enough . He had listened with admiration to some of the

      epe-ches , especially thoas of Messrs Kydd and Campbell , and did not wish to move any amendment , but thought tbe fallowing o > uld be added as an aldition to tbe resolution eubmittsd ; — ' That this meeting it of opinion , tbat the unparalleled amount of dlatreii among the mechanics and artisans , ariiea chiefly from thfc wait of employment , and that Great Britain and Ireland contain a superabundance of land , labour , skill , and capital , to profitably employ and eomfortabl y support double the amount of tho present population ; this meet , iwr , therefore , recommends to the peopto the pTOptietj ofpressleg on the government tbe neoossi-y of introducing into parliament a bill sanctioning the sstabliahmeni of Home Colonies as the best means of securing profit , able employuunt for the numarouB but compulsory unemployed portion of our population , ' Mr A . Campbell seconded the adoption of tha addition ,

      The Hioh Bahiff thought the addltioa had better be submitted as a third and substantial resolution , and if the mover agreed , he ( he High Bailiff ) would consWer both propositions moved an > l seconded , and prooecd to put them . The second resolution was put and carried . The third , as moved by Messrs Walton aud Camp , belt , was put and adopted amid tremendous acclamation . On the motion of Chablej Lc 3 HiNQie » , M . ? ,, Becondcd by Mr Campbell , a vote of thanks was given te tbe Hi gh B&Uiff ( $ . Smcdey , Esq . ) » nd the m « ettua saparated .

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      CORN , Ma » k Lave , M * ndat , JAUtJAar 8 TH . ~ 0 win < r to the large arrival of foreign wheat , though the English supply was very shr-rt , the trade was dull to-day for Essex and Kentish wheat at last Monday's prices . Foreign free wheat met a slow retail demand at rather lower prices , and we hitd not so much inquiry for bonded . Flour was Is to 2 s per sack and barrel cheaper , but at this reduction we had more buyers . The very large supply of foreign 'barley , and better of English , reduced our prices last week fully 1 > to ' 2 b on inferior sorts , but this morning there were more buyers . Malt was dull and cheaaor . In beans and poas very little doing , though offured 9 s to 3 s lower , the foreign arrivals of both articles being very extensive . Oats were likewise in good supply , and the low price of barley had the effect of making the trade rery dull , though the best qualities of Oats were n » t lower . Rye slow sale . Linseed and enkea very dull . Fine new red cloverseed met a few inquiries , but at low prices . The current prices aB under .

      Wiibat . —BniiHH . — Essex and Kent , red , 36 s to 60 s ; white , 38 » to 54 s ; Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 4 os to 47 s ; Northumberland and Scotch , white , 40 a to 43 s ; ditto red , 38 ? to 43 s ; Devon and Somersetshire , red , ' 83 to 43 s ; ditto white , 42 s to 30 s ; rye , 2 Cg to 29 s ; barley , 24 a to 318 ; Scotch , IZb to 27 s ; Angus , 218 to 23 d ; malt , ordinary , —s to —s ; pale , 52 s to 57 s ; peas , hog , 30 s to 32 s ; maple , 30 s to 31 s ; white , 27 s to 2 Ss ; boilers , now , 80 s to 32 s ; bsans , large , nevr , 22 s to 24 g ; ticks , 26 s to 28 . « ; Harrow . 24 s io 83 f ; pigeon . 30 s to 32 s ; oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 17 s to 23 s ; Poland , and pot ., 18 s to 233 ; Berwick and Scotch , 20 s to 34 s ; Scotch feed , 19 s to 233 ; Irish feed and black , 17 fl to 20 g ; ditto potato , 20 g to 24 s ; linseed , sowing , 59 s to 52 s ; rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per last ; carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 a to : 9 s perewt . ; rape cake , £ 5 to Mh 5 s per ton ; linseed , £ 1 » to £ 12 Ins per I . CO'J ; flour , per sack of 280 lbs , ship , 32 s to 36 * ; town , 4 >! g to Us .

      Foksigit .- Dantzig -18 a to " 6 ; Anhalt and Marks Ha to 48 s ; ditto white 45 s to 51 s ; Pomejanian red 4 Ta to 48 s ; Rostock 4 «» to 50 s ; Danish , Holstein , and Friesland 42 B to 46 s ; Petersburg , Archangel and Riga , 41 s to 44 s ; Polish Odessa 43 s to 483 ; Marianopoli and Berdian&ki 38 sto 44 s ; Taganrog 35 s to 39 s ; Brabantand French 40 s to 45 s ; ditto whito 4 3 * to 47 s ; Saloniea 34 b to 38 s ; Egyptian 26 a to SOs ; rje 23 s to 25 s ; barley , Wismar and Rob . toek 218 to 23 s ; Danish 22 s to » 6 s ; Saal 22 s to 27 s ; East Friesland I 8 s to 20 s : Egyptian 16 s to 19 s ; Danube 16 s to 19 s peas , white 26 s to 28 s ; nsw boilers 29 s to 30 s ; beans , horse 23 s to 30 s ; pigeon 28 s to 3- >; Egyptian 24 s to 26 a oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , fefd and black 15 s to 18 s ; ditto , thick and brew 703 to 21 ; Riga i Fetersburg , Archangel , and Swedish 16 s to 18 s ; fleur . United State ? , per I 9 £ lb « 3 . 1 s to 37 s ; Hamburg 22 s 23 b ; Dantzig and Stettin 24 s to 263 ; French , per 280 lbs 856 to 38 s . DTJTIEFTON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I " oats I Rye I Beans I Peas 9 s Od I 2 a Od I 3 s Od { 2 s Od I 2 s 0 d [ 2 s Od Wbdkesdat , January 10 . —The market prices were this day much the same as on Monday . Arrivals thii week - . —Wheat 660 qrs . English ; 5 , 870 qrs . foreign : barley , 2 , 67- qrs , English ; 6 , 660 qrs ^ foreign : Oats . 2 , 810 qrs . English ; 2 , 620 qrs . foreign : flour , 2 , 189 sacks . Bui ad . —The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 ^ d to 8 d ; of household di tto , 6 jd to 7 d per 41 bs « loaf .

      CATTLE . Smitdpibid , Monday . —The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was txtremely small , and of very inferior quality All hreeds were dull in the extreme , and , where sales took place , lo * er prices were submitted to by tbe salesmen . Notwithstanding tbe northern ' season ' for the beaBts is ripidly drawing to a close , the arrivals of shorthorns fresh up to-day from Lincolnshire , Sic , were large , and of unusually prime quality . From most other quarters the receipt * were good . Comparatively speaking , this was decidedly the best supply of beasts we have seen for a number of years past at this particular season . The weatuer being unfavourable for slaughters

      ing , and the attendance of both town and country buyera small , the beef trade was excessively dull , at a farther decline in the quotations of 2 d per 61 bs . A large number ofbe&Btslelt the market unsold . With sheep we were again well supplied , in good condition . The primest old Downs—which were scarce—were in most iustances digpusod of at last Monday ' s reduction in value—the current rates not exceeding from 4 a 8 d to 4 s lUd per 81 bs . ; but all other kinds ruled heavy , at in some , instances , a sl'gbt depression in the quotations . Calves were in abort supply , and s ugg 1 sh demand , at late rates . In pigs exceedingly little business vrna transacted . Prices , however , abo it stationary . Head or Cattw at Ssiithfiem ) , Beasts 3 , 715 I Calves 60 Sheep 33 , 030 ] Pigs u 9

      Price per stone of SflH ( sinking the offal . ) Beef ... 3 s . 01 to Js . Od . I Teal ... 2 s . dA . to 4 b . 6 d . Mutton ... 3 2 ... 4 10 I Pork ... 3 18 ... 4 8 NtwoiTE and Leadenhall , Monday , January 8 . — Inferior beef 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 a , middling ditto 2 b 104 to 3 s , prime large 3 a 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime small Ss 4 d to 3 s 6 d , large pork 3 s Ed to 1 b Cd , inferior mutton 2 s 8 d to 3 s 2 d , mid . dlin « ditto 3 s 4 d to 3 s 1 Od , prime ditto 4 a fid to 4 s 4 d . veal 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d , small pork 4 s 2 d to 4 s Sd , per 81 bs by tha carcase . PROTISIONS . London , Monday . —A respectable amount of business tvn * trnnRnnfpri in Tri < T > ) mffoi < 1 n « t week . Wp had

      buyers from various pa . ts of the country . Tbe local demand slightly increase . ) . The weather wva seasonably cold and frosty . Prices tho turn in favour of tellers , and the market at the close presented appearances more healthy and promising than for some time past . Foreign was in uteady demand , and prices advanced Is to 2 s . Bacon . —Contrary winds have kept out supplies ; tbo stock in consequence is nearly exhausted , and prices 9 a per cwt . dearer . Bale and tierce middles in moderate demand ; no material change in value . Hams sold slowly , and at rather cheaper rates . Lard dull , prices nominal . American bacon more dealt in , at an advance of Is to 2 s per cwt .

      Cheese Market , Jan . 8 . —The trade is much as reported lust week . In English and America" maH'jfac * ture there is no alteration either in price or demand observable . Foreign evinced a degree of iirainesB , owing to tho probability of the importations being checked by frost ; but we expect the opening of the weather again will bring them into their original portion . In exportation there is little or no buMuess doing . English Bottsr Mahkrt , Jan . 8 . —We continue ia the same dull state of trade , and nothing with us 13 sale , able except the best autumu-made quality , which is scarce . Tho stale aud middling descriptions of Dorset butter are left without inquiry , having to come against a yery heavy stock here of Irish and foreign butter , which is pressing upon the market at extremely low prices , and still lower rateB , for the bulk are before us . Dorset , 90 B to 9-ls per cwt . ; Dorset , summer-made and middling , 7 B to 80 s ; Devon , nominal ; freBb , as in quality , which is very unequal , 8 s to 12 s per dozeH .

      VEGTABLES . Covsnt Gabden . Jan . 8 . —Forced rhubarb , 18 to Us and broccoli , Is to 2 s pep bundle . Apples Is 6 d to 48 « d , pears 2 b Od to Gs Od , " onions Is 3 d to is 9 d , ditto for piekling Os to Cs , Brussels sprouts 1 * 0 d to Is Sd , and spinach 6 d to la ptr half sieve ; red cabbage Is 6 d to 3 s , savoys , € d to Is id , celery 6 d to Is 9 d , and horseradish Is to 2 s 6 d per dozen hends ; turnips 18 bd to 2 s , curroU 4 s cd to 4 s 6 d , and greens 2 s cd , to 2 s 3 d per dozen lunches ; hothouse grnpes 4 a to 5 s , forei gn ditto 9 d to s 6 d , pine apples is to 4 s Cd , and filberts is 6 d to 2 s per lb . ; oranges 5 s to 8 b , and lemons 5 s te 9 s per hundred sea kale , Is to 2 b f ? d , and mushrooms 6 d to Is per punnet Spanish onions 8 s to 12 s per box .

      POTATOES . Southwabk Waterside , Jan . 8 . —The arrivals the past week , both Coastwise kni Continental , are more than the demand , which has caused lower prices to be submitted to with nearly Jevery kind Of potato . The follow , ing are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire Kegcnts , l « Os ; to 151 s ; Newcastle and Stockton ditto , 80 s to Ins ; Scotch ditto , 9 ' a to 100 s ; ditto eup 3 , ( JOs to SOs ; ditto reds , Jeos to 808 ditto whites , 56 s to 70 s ; French whites , 80 s to 19 , ' a Belgian ditto , 60 s to SOs ; Dutch , 40 s to 6 b .

      COLONIAL MARKETS . London , Tuesday . —The large public sales of sugar which were looked forward to witk some anxiety , went off extr . mely well ; itthc full prices of last week , and a lar re quantity sold—say M ) hhds . West India , h . ooo bala Mauritius and 5 , 000 bags Bengal . About 400 hhds . of West India were also sold in the private contract market . Refined has not been active , but prices are firm . Grocery lumps , 48 s , and 5 ls . Coffee has further advanced , and a full amount of business been done . Plantation Ceylon sold at 2 s to Ss ad * vance en the last public Bale price , and 1 , 200 bags native good ordinary Ceylon at 34 s , which was Is advance on yesterday ' s private contract price .

      WOOL . London , Monday , Jan . 8 . —The imports of wool into London last week comprised 1 , 735 bales from Peru and 98 from Hussia . Public sale * of about 28 , 00 u bales commence at tho end of this month . Very favonrable accounts have been received from the woollen districts

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      ( ¥ rom the Gawtte of Tuesday , January 9 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Charles Peach Dowman , Birchin-lane , City , gunpowder merchant — John Jackson , Clifford , Herefordshire , farmer . BANKRUPTS . George Addison , Tipton , Staffordshire , builder—Thos . Ooates , Sundelaud , wine merchant—John Crosafield Warton , Lancashire , linen merchant-John D'Monte Arbutbnot , Great St Helen ' s , Bishopsgate-atreet-within merchant-Thomas Drayton , Park-village East , Regent ' s-) ark , glass Bilverer—Joseph HnBtiHRS , Lenton , Nottinir . hamshire , lace manufacturer—James Hellings , Itugerley . taffordshtre , common bruwer—Gielis Francis Henry and Henry John chambers , Kirkdale , Lancashire , VHWgar orewers - William Walter Irvin , Gloueester-street , Bloomsbury , merchant-William Lyndon , Digbeth , War . wiekshire , provision dealer—Benjamin John Maunder , Mark , Somersetshire , draper-Joseph Oxley , Bradford , Yorkshire , cottonwarp dyer — John Ph . lpottn , Holborn . bars , City , shawl warehouseman—Richard . Uses , SuUf > street , Westminster , boot and shoe manufacturer .

      INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . J J Bullied , Bristol , carpenter—A Catt , Witnesbam , Suftolk , out of business—J Claxton , Ipswich , Suffolk , out of business — J Costes , Bridlingtoo-quay , Yorkshire ^ millwright-R Coekerill , Below the Hill , Lincolnshire * groeer-G Davis , Bristol , licensed vittualler-J Gerrasdl , K'ngsley , Cheshire , publican—M . Green , Bristol , waiter—T Green , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , schoolmaster— C Heath , Sheerness , Kent , hair dxesser— G Hubbard .,, Bad . well Ash , SuHblk , carpenter-. ) Kliif . Don-nend ^ 6 loucestershire-H Matthews . Trottiseliffe , Kent , gw « r-J P E Mend , Bedminster , Gloucestershire , supernumerary in the Bristol General 1 ' ost office—W Mercer , JJSaidstone , Kent , hair dresser— W Page , Morchard Bishop , Devonshire * farmer—C i ' erry , Tipton , Staffordshire , huckster —» J A Potter , Onshouse , Suffolk , porter—W Rattenbur ^ Was&Jovd ' ' yne , Devonshire , labourer—T Reos , Abery ^ Vwills Ciiruij » -insml& , vicluaVkr—3 Stemson , Bristol , tailor-G T harme , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , hor ? e dealer—E E Underbill , Wolverhafflpton , Staffordshire , dressmaker—J Williams , Darlauton , Staffordshire , miner

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      street m tne t'unsa o ; st . Anne , Westminster , at tlia Printing Office , 16 , Great Windaaill-street , Fay . market , iu the City of WeatmiBster , for the Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and published by the said 'Wiittiijf Rides , at the Office , in the same Street aul farUli . —Saturda ji January 13 ib , \ U $ ,

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      The ' Goon Old Times . '—The old time 3 ' were no * good titneB , at least for Eervaati , Here is a deed which , nowadays > would be deemed most i » ot&l and unmanly , recorded ia Pepys' Diary aa rather commendable than otherwise : — ' Decemba ? 1 , 1660 . This morning , observing some things to . be laid up not aa they should b » by my girl , I toofc « fem » aiw tasted her till eh « cried extremely . ''

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      TnK Journetmkn ShumEkgine , Machine Maker , and Millwrights Frkndly Society , recently balloted for a splendid silver anuff box , in aid of one of their brethren , Mr John Golden , who basbien labouring ucder a confirmed asthma for the laiit tbreB > eara . One thousand two hundred members subscribed to the ballot . The box has been won by the No . 2 653 ticket , tho holder of which was Ms James Maughan , ofNewcaaUe . oa . Tyne .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1505/page/8/