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TUP/VUTAVT MATIfiP. IMPORTANT NOTICE. • NEW YEAR'S GIFTS FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF TIIE WIVES AJfD FAMILIES OF TIIE CHARTIST VICTIMS.
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THE PRESENTS ALREADY RECEIVED far exceeding in number and value what ww anticipated ( mth promisu of numerous others ) , and as many of the ticket ? still remain unsold , the committee hare decided on postponing the final disposal of the Gifts till MONDAY , FEBRUARY 19 th . Tickets , Sixpence each ( which mil entitle the holders to an articlo of value ) , may ue obtained of Mr . James Grassby , 8 , Noah ' s Ark Court , Stangate , Lambeth ; Mr . Stallwood , Hammersmith ; Mr . Grtenslude , 21 , Allerton-street , Iloxton New Town : Mv . Grey , " Two Chairmen , " Wardour-
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FOR SALE AT O'CONNORVILLB . A THREE-ACRE ALLOTMENT , in tlie best portion of the Estate , and in excellent condition . Three-quarters of an acre is cropped -nith wheat , 25 poles with tares ; the remaining portion is well dug for spring cropping ; 30 bushels of good seed potatoes , a quantity of small seeds , and a considerable number of fruit-trees , and the gardening implements will bu disposed of with the allotment ; also , a good Yorkshire oven and boiler . There is a good barn , twenty-four feet by twelve . The house is a detached cottage . Terms ( including cropping , &c ) , f . 3 . 7 The purchaser will also have to pay the Company ' s demands , which will amount to £ 45 ; but for which a reduction will be made in his rent . Apply ( bv letter , post-paid , and enclosing a stamp for reply ) , to Benjamin K . nott , O'Connorville , near Rickmansworth , Herts .
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE in the National Land Company . Address , A . B ., 12 , Smith-street , Stepney .
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Brighton , Jix 26 . —The fifth annual meeting of the Sussex Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry was held at the society ' s rooms on Friday afternoon . The Dote of Richmond { president of the society ) took the chair . The report of the conimitte * was read by the secretary , which set forth that not only those f « rmers . jbut others whothought Free Trade would makt this country prosperous , at length saw the delusion , and bi- ^ jnu with sorrow to find that the substance had been sacrificed to the elwdow , that a great number of farmers had been ruined , and thousands of the agricultural labourers thrown out of employ ,
Atf TI-FBEE TRADE MEETING AT BRIGHTON .
tritiiou ; anv countervailing benefit to the manufactures , commerce , or trade of this kingdom . Mr . ' ¦ . Ellmax moved the adoption of the report , in doin / which he asked leave to adduce a few tacts . Every uay ' s experience showed thu total impossibility of British agriculturists competing witn forek ; ,-rs without protection , and a full protection for tP < : ir produce . In 1847 , when wheat wss selling at £ - to £ 30 a load , the agriculturists were taunted for supposing that any injury couldanso from Free Trade . " What harm baa Free . Trade done : " was asked . The answer was- "Jo harm now I hut wait a little while , and we shall find it . showed 1 the correctness
And ev « v dav's Science rtfth-i- -mficination From the 7 th of July to the SmT ^' oSKTmT , thirteen weeks 2 , 000 , 000 quan-is of corn were imported into those ports lrhich ihev saw advertised every week m the London Gazette . Unfortunately , that contained nothing importtd into many ports in England , and none at all imported into Ireland ; and he believed that he was under the mark when he proposed to add on this account 500 , 000 quarters . Wheat , whicli sold at . £ 25 to £ 30 a load in June , fell in September more than />! i percent He found by the Qatelle that wheat fell from 102 s . to 49 i . 6 d . Then it was that
persoiiC who had thought that Free Trade Avould not Jiurt the farmers began to doubt whether they had not , t" use a common expression , " hallooed befor * thev £ < -i out of the wood . It was then clear from tht * failing prices and also from the ruin which overtook so many of the first houses in Mark-lano that thc-y had Terv much overrated the want of corn in Jshis country ; " and , in fact , that , owing to the ¦ uspcuaon of the Corn Laws which had then taken place , vhey had run head-orer-heels into speculation , and wore ruined to a greater extent than had been tnowi : for a century . A » the report stated , the farmers completely saw the delusion of Free Trade . ( Hear , hear . ) When they looked at the 6 hort crops this year , and he spoke particularly of Sussex , a crop one-third at least below the average , and when
they found that the prico was such as would not be remunerative , even if the crop had been an arerag * crop , it must be acknowledged on all hands that free Trade had done them mischief , and that every anticipation which the Protectionists made of its effects had been entirely realised . ( Hear . ) They all knew that it was impossible to sell . Only last Tuesday he offered his first sample of wheat this year , a very good sample for the year , carried in good order and fre 3 h thrashed : but every person replied , " I am do buyer . " He offered it to the largest buyer in the neighbourhood , Mr . Catt , of Bishopstone , and his reply was " I am so inundated ¦ with wheat , and I have offers to such an extent , and at so low a price , that as long as I can I must keep off using English wheat . At present I
can only use one-fourth English ; and the offers from abroad frighten one , and I am obliged to be as ^ careful as possible . " When the corn duty was taken off last March , what was the consequence ? Foreign wheat did not rise 6 d ., showing ; as clearly as possible , that the duty was paid i'y ' the foreigners , and not by the people of this country . ( Hear . ) So , when the duty came off next week , wheat would not be CiL cheaper . Taking the country at large , the whole rental had been lost during ' the year ; the whole rental had been paid out of the capital of the tenantry . ( Hear , hear . ) He iad lana of Ms own , and he also hired land at £ 1 , 500 a-vcar ; and he asserted that during the last year he had lost the whole of that £ 1 , 500 . He iad paid his rent out of his capital . It was said ,
and it liad been said by what was called the leading journal of Europe , tis lima , that the farmers were Jriirhtened—that they had been frightened before ; 'You are frightened out of your wits , " said that journal , " aboutthe 1 st of February . When that 1 st of February 13 over yon will find that you are frightened for nothing , and thinirs 'will all come light again . " This was all a mistake . It was true that corn had before been released in considerable quantities at a particular time ; but we then retained power by the corn laws of shutting the door when the supply was greater than the demand . Not so now ; and how the English farmer could cultivate Ms land av a profit , when the door was open at all prices to foreign corn , he could not imagine . Agriculture abroad had been much improved of late ,
and was daily improving . Mr . Jonas , of Cambridge , stated at a meeting last Friday , that a few days pre-1 viously he had on his farm two farmers , one of them a nephew of Mr . Bates , one of the first breeders of shorthorns , and he stated that he and his brother tad purchased an estate in Prussia , on the banks of the Elbe , whither they were going to transfer their capital and their skill , for the purpose of sending their produce to the English market . Mr " . Jonas inquired the freight of wheat , and the reply was , "About 4 s . ; " and the rent was not one quarter , and the wages not one-fifth of what were paid here . TTith such facts before them , who could say to what extent we should be overwhelmed by foreign wheat ? ( Hear , hear . ) He could not pay Mr . Bates the compliment which was wittily paid to a person
transported , that '' he left his country for his country ' s good . " Tic Mi his country to raise corn to send back , in order to assist still further in ruining his friends whom he left behind . Mr . EUman here referred to figures , hi order to show that , of the ¦ wheat and do * ur imported into London from the 7 th Of October , 1848 , to the Cth of January last , the forc-ism was in the proportion of 81 to 1 of British , while of barley , oats , to ., the foreign also was a large proportion of the whole . If this was the case in the metropolitan market , it was clear what was the cau--e of the depression in the country . Mr . Ellmaii proceeded to show that the increase in the revenue of £ 1 , 533 , 000 was owing almost entirely to the duty on foreign corn , which was to cease on the 1 st of March , and the dutv on barlev used in
malting . The duty was from the growth of 1 S 47 , which was of very good quality for malting . A liU'ge quantity of malt was therefore made , and that would correspondingly lessen the revenue from that source in the next year's return . There would , then , be a falling off ; and how was this revenue to be raised , or how were the fanners to be relieved ? We had one scheme fairly and honestly brought forward , — he meant Cobdeii ' s . We had another put forward in the Peel paper , and supposed to speak the sentiments of the 1 'eel party . Of the two budgets he Lad no hesitation in saying give him Cobden ' s . Cobden proposed to reduce the Excise duties on malt , hops , soap , Ac , to the extent of £ 0 , 000 , 000 , and so to benefit , both the fanners and the public . 2 fow for Peel ' s budget . He proposed first to take
off £ l , 03 U , 00 D for window duties . He believed that fue class who were now suffering most was the small farmers , under £ 200 a-year , and these men paid no window duties . The next item of reduction ¦ was assessed taxes . What assessed taxes did the famuis pay ? They were allowed a horse . 3 Tone of them could keep more than one , and a great many none at all . Xext came bricks . This he should say was a commodity quite as much wanted in the manufacturers' chimneys and mills as on lauded estates . "Stale anliiackney coaches . " How this would benefit thu farmers he was at a loss to know . Xext came " French wines . " Farmers had a great deal to do with these , certainly . ( Laughter . ) It was then proposed to put on one per cent , on freehold provcrtx in lieu of probate and legacy duty . That
would not benefit the land much . The next proposition was the most impudent thing ever proposedthat all incomes should be taxed down to £ 50 a year . Small farmers -were precisely the class who did not pay income-tax . And this was to be a relief ! To call on them to pay who had nothing to pav with was an absurdity . There was another item of reduction included in the total of £ 0 , 170 , 000 . It amounted to £ 1 , 100 , 000 , and its repeal was to benefit the tenant farmers . It was for insurance . "Why , the fanners were already exempt from it ; so that this was adding insult to insult . With regard to a bait thrown out to them by Cobden , he hoped that the farmers were not yet so lost as to consider Cobden a friend . ( Hear , hear . ) lla only invited them to join him in order to help him to pull down all classes of society . He ( Mr . Ellman ) asked , "Was
ever anvihinir gained bv concession to agitation . " It was very coolly proposed to knock off £ 10 , 000 , 000 of the revenue , no matter how , but the army and navy were named ; and Cobden had striven to cajole the fanners to assist Mm . A small duty was not worth petitioning for . If Ministers should propose a small duty his advice was , "Take it as proposed , as a matter of rei ' enue , to be paid by foreigners ; but do ' iu thank them for it . " The agriculturists aiust either have protection for their industry , or they must have their burdens removed . ( Hear , sear . ) From what occurred during the last session *> f Parliament , it was clear that the property-tax tould not be increased , nor the assessed taxes . "Where then could the revenue be raised , except by the imposition of Customs' duties ? Mr . Ellman eo : nduuVil by moving ihe adoption of the report , which was carried bv acclamation .
Mr Parkhurst , the secretary , then read the financial report , the chief item in which -wac a vote of £ qO towards the Bentinek testimonial . Mr . Bigo Moved the adoption of the following memorial to Lord John Russell : — TO THE BIGOT BOX . 1 OKD JOflX BCSSTT . T ., M . P ., TIKI LOBD OF THE TREASUBY , ETC . The Memorial of land-owners . Tenant-farmer ? , and others of the county of Susses , present at a meeting held in Brighton , on the 25 th of January , 1349 , Humbly showeth—That the present situation and future xro ? pects oi ' your memorialists are in tlie trreatest degree annir . y . nnO , unless some early mcafurrcare adopted in
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^^ BBWWM ^ MBWBHBM ^ HMM ^^ BMBBBBIMMI ^^^ MBBl ^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^^^ one way or otter towards their relief , they foresee a tertaia and widely-extended ruin of the tenant-farmers of thi » country , with a consignment to th « workhouse of me labouring population . ., . In all former instances , without exception , when it na » pleased Providence to visit this kingdom with an unfavourable harrest-a contingency which "nust . oecasionally happen-prices have risen ao as partly to »«««*»** JX £ tion on the agricultural classes , and a "ft' l ' uXinnZ it But at present , in consequence of the very jf ^™ " * of grain , flour Ac ., from counts £ eh ta « -atgtawd ^ SSS ^ STSl . ^ Sfli . remunenaive ^ an aswssarasss » A « market better sample . ..
a ,. „ .- „ ^ „_ , „ We i plore your early and serious attention to such a threatening anomaly . For , however captivating may be certain new theories , we can never believe that our government will perseveringlv consent to sacrifice the territorial nroiluce of the soil of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , if they can be brought to see and anticipate that the consequence of their legislation must shortly he , that a great portion of that soil will cease to be cultivated , over-burdened as it is with taxes and tithes . It most b » recollected that such burdens were laid on the British soil , with , no unsparing hand , in periods when that toil was protected from unrestricted foreign competition ; but if it is doomed to bo henseforward exposed to it , those burdens should hi justice and reason be previously remotpd .
It is impossible that land subjected to such great and complicated disadvantages should continue to grow produce in competition with land which is totally free from many of them , and but moderately affected with others . Thero will in future , under the existing law , be _ no protection beyond the small expense of freight , which , in many instances , Li not greater from foreign ports than from one port of this kingdom to another ; and we must further add , that fertility of soil and steadiness of climate are superior in many of the competing countries to what they arc in these islands . Our union-houses are rapidl y filling , and are fuller than they have been at any period Bince the introduction of the New Poor Law ; nor js there any other cause assignable for this misfortune than the absolute inability of the land occupiers to employ labour , wien paralysed in the disposal of then produce .
The malt tax is admitted by all parties , even by our greatest opponents , to be a gross injustice done us ; but to this we have hitherto patiently submitted , partly owing to its importance in the national revenue , and partly in consideration of other compensatory circumstances . But henceforward we see ourselves about to be deprived of every compensation , while the barley and hop growers in particular are rapidly approaching " to insolvency , the growth of hops being attended notoriously with a very heavy outlay hi addition to the duty , and barley being at "resent almost unsaleable in this maritime country by the importation of a much heavier quality from France and other foreign countries .
In conclusion , we emphatically and most respectfully press upon government the reconsideration of this subject , to avert our impending downfall . The total prostration of so large and so important a portion of the community as the owners of land , the occupiers of it , and the labourers who till it , can never be conducive to the good of the whole . It is others who have brought us to this state of distress . We can be accused of no delinquency on our part . "We would remind your Lordship , that though it is alwayi easy to destroy , it is difficult to build up again , and that the delay of a year may bring upon us ft degree of ruin which we believe no wise and paternal government can justify or contemplate . Signed by orderof thejneeting , Hichmoxd . The memorial was adopted . Thanks having been voted to 1 V V \ j \ L I V
The Duke of RiciatosD , he spoke as f q lloxrs : — " I am not one of those who think it possible that the agricultural interest can be prosperous unless the manufacturers are also ; but I have always felt that the manufacturer must be ruined unless the home trade is in an efficient and flourishing state . Go to the country towns ; ask the grocer , the draper , any of the tradesmen , whether , when the price of corn is low , they receive a , quarter a 9 much as at other times . At public meetings people are apt to say : " Why don't the farmers employ the labourers ? " The farmer cannot if he has no money to pay them with . ( Hear , hear . ) I like a country life ; but it is heartbreaking to me now every morning to see the numerous persons who come and ask for work . Formerly , when men of loose character came and asked for a job , the reply might have been , " You are a single man ; you made plenty of money when in work , and squandered it in the beer-shop ,
and therefore I eannot give you work . " But now , men of good character come and say , "We don ' t ask any favour . We only want to provide for our families by the sweat of our brow . " And thi 3 makes a residence in the country almost unbearable . I go to the workhouse , because it is my duty as a guardian to do so , and I see 40 or 50 men able and willing to work , and who would have work but for Free Trade . Cobden and Bright come forward and ask the farmers to join them . Join them in what ? Vj agitation to prevail on the government , which is supposed to be made of rather " squeezable materials , " to go back to the estimates of the year 1 S 35 , by disbanding a portion of the army and navy , and by abstaining from public works . But when these men are disbanded , who maintains them ? Not the manufacturer , but the landed interest . They come back and fail on the Poor-rates , a small portion onlv of which falls on the manufacturers . I
have been arguing this only in a financial point of view ; I will now take higher ground . Have we no more colonies now than in 1835 ? ( near , hear . ) Are we at peace in India ? Have we not had insurrections at the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon ? And do you think that in the present depressed state of the West Indian colonies , it would be safe to bring back our soldiers and sailors from that colony . Then Mi " . Bright , because he happens to be a Quaker , says , You should not go to war ; war is ridiculous ; have a Peace Society , and leave every thing to their arbitration . " Really , gentlemen , this humbug is too gross for discussion . If he thinks he can promote peace without army , navy , or police , I recommend him to go over to Ireland and try to keep one village quiet . It is perfectly ridiculous . But the object of the Anti-Corn Law League was to destroy the landed interest , and they first went to the farmer , knowing" that the landlord must follow . Thev hate the farmer as they do the
landlord , because they know that the farmer and the landlord are loyal men , and that they will stand by the Sovereign and constitution of the country . They have lut us hard , and , not content with waiting the due time when , if the Free Trade measures are not repealed , we shall go entirely to the wall , they wish to ^ hurry it by persuading the farmers to assist in destroying the establishments of the country , and then we shall hare the scenes which have disgraced France and Germany acted in this country . I do not mean to say , that if nothing can be done to relieve the farmers in their present appalling situation there will not be many who will join witn Mr . Cobden , because we well know that a drowning man will catch at a straw ; but I have too good an opinion of the loyalty , of the good sense , and of the capacity of the great body of the fanners of England , 4 o believe that they will "ive Mr . Cobden any support as a body , because I believe they will never follow a man whom thev believe to have
been their enemy , and that , though they will forgive him as Christians , they will never forget that all the distress that has coine upon us is owing to Mr . Cobden , and to that other individual , Sir E . Peel . Of the two , I declare I know not whicli is the worst . ( Hear , hear . ) I again beg to thank you for the vote of thanks which you hare passed to me , and to assure you that I am not one of those who change as Sir Robert Peel does . ( Cheers . ) The meeting then broke up , but tlie committee remained behind to arrange the plan of the ensuing campaign .
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Tbe TniAL OF Baxter , —When the trial came on , a crowd of those who loved and honoured Baxter filled the court . * * Two Whig barristers of great note , Pollexfen and Wallop , appeared for the defendant , Pollexfen had scarce begun his address to the jury when the Cldef Justice broke forth , " Pollexfen , ' i know you well . I will set a mark upon yon . You are the patron of tlie faction . Thia is an old rogue , a schismatical knave , a hypocritical villain . He hates the Liturgy , He would have nothing but long-winded cant without book ; " and then his lordship turned up his eyes , clasping hig hands , and began to sing through his nose , m imitation of what he supposed to be Baxter ' s style of praying— "Lordwe are thy people , thy peculiar
people , thy dear people . Pollexfen gently reminded the court that his late Majesty had thought Baxter deserving of a bishopric . " And what ailed the old blockhead then , " cried Jeffreys , " that he did not take it V' His fury now rose to madness , He called Baxter a dog , and swore that it would be no more than justice to whip such a villain through the whole city . Baxter himself attempted to put hi a word , but the Chief Justice drowned all expostulation in a torrent of ribaldry and inrectivo , mingled with scraps of" Hudibras . " "My lord , " said the old man , " I have been much blamed by Dissenters for speakinc- respectfully of bishops . " " Baxter
for bishops , " cried the Judge , " that s a merry conceit indeed . I know vliat you mean by bishopsrascals like vourself , Kidderminster bishops , factious , snivelling Presbyterians . " Again Baxter essayed to speak , and " again Jeffreys bellowed , " Richard , Richard , ( lost you think WO will let tllOO poison tlie court ? Richard , thou art an old knave . Thou hast written books enough to load a cart , and every book as full of sedition as an egg is full of meat . By the grace of God Til look after thee . I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know " what will befal their mighty don . But , bv the si-ace of God Almighty * , I will crush you all . "
' * * Tlie noise of weeping was heard from some of those who surrounded Baxter . " Snivelling calves . ' " said the judge—Macaulays History of England . Co . VTEMPLATED REDUCTION OF THE ARMT . —It IS understood that a reduction alluded to of 10 , 000 men will take place in the army estimates for this year . But as 3 , 000 men are ' now on passage io India ( the cojt of maintaining whicli is to be borne by the East India Company , ) the actual number to le reduced will be 7 , 000 . " This numerical reduction to the extent of 7 , 000 men will be effected in the regiments in the United Kingdom and in depots of corps serving in the colonies , which depots are also in the United Kingdom .
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BOW-STREET . —Hocussihg asd Robbert . —J . Browne was charged with hocussing a servant and robbing him of his watoh . —A constable stated that a servant in livery arrived at the railway station on Thursday morning from the country , and , on his calling a cab , the prisoner made himself very officious , and found means to get into the vehicle with him . Nothing further was known of what took place until the cab was seen passing through Tothillstreet , Westminster , when the prisoner opened the door and went away , leaving the young man fast asleep and stupidly drunk inside . The cabman , who must have known something of the matter , drove to the next public-house , and it was discovered that
tho man had been robbed . —The prisoner admitted that he got very drunk with the servant , but ho recollected nothing either of the watch or being with him in the cab . —He was remanded . LAMBETH . —Robbert with Violence . — -Mary Ann Flood was finally examined charged with robbery . — E . Bates , the prosecutor , who is still suffer , ing from the effects ot the injury he received at the time of the robbery , and the marks on whose countenance sufficientlv showed the violence with which they had been inflicted , said , that on the morning of the 16 th ult ., he met the prisoner on the Hun gerford Bridge , and after walking with her some distance , she gave him a violent blow , which caused him to reel from one aide of the bridge to the other , and he fell with his face against the brickwork , and seriously injured himself . The prisoner tried to
escape , but was secured before she got off the bridge . A man who came from some place of concealment was seen to assist the prosecutor up alter he had lallen , but he succeeded in effecting his escape at the other side of the bridge . The prosecutor was taken to the station-house , Weeding , and ill a dreadful state , and after he had given the charge , the constable went back and found tho prosecutor's watch in a . coal barge close to the bridge , and near the place where the prosecutor was knocked down . The prisoner was committed for trial . On Tuesday , James Edward Smart , a powerful young man , who has been for some years under the surveillance of the police , was charged with being concerned , with Mary Ann Flood , m robbing and ill-using tho prosecutor . After hearing some evidence , the prisoner , who offered nothing in defence , was fully committed .
Charge of Improperly Flogging a Child . —Mr . J . Mackenzie , schoolmaster at the St . Mary ' s National School , in Princess-road , appeared to answer to a summons charging him with having shamefully flogged and injured J . J . Powell , a cripple , aged eight . The little sufferer said that on Friday last he was ordered by the defendant to hold out his hand to receive a blow from a cane , and , on his refusing to do so , he was struck , knocked down on the floor , and was used very severely . He had lost the use of his right side by paralysis . The boy's father exhibited his left side , which shocked the magistrate and every person in court . His left arm , from the shoulder to the hand , was covered with large 'weals , and the whole of his left side was , even at this remote period , nearly covered with blue , black , and livid patches . —The defendant , in reply to the charge , said the boy was so obstinate that he could scarcely do anything with him . On the day in
question a younger boy held out his hand to receive chastisement for the same offence as that of which the complainant was equally guilty , but on its coming to his turn to receive a slight punishment he refused to hold out his hand . He , the defendant , was , however , sorry he had been led to punish him so severely . —Mr . Dunn , the beadle of the parish of Lambeth , spoke to the general conduct of the defendant for kindness and humanity . —Mr . Elliott remarked that there could be no doubt from the defendant's own showing that the punishment administered was highly improper , and that he had no right whatever to beat a child in the body in the manner in Avhich he seemed to have done ; and to mark his ( Mr . Elliott ' s ) disapprobation of the defendant ' s conduct , he should order him to pay a penalty of twenty shillings for the assault , together with two shillings expenses , or , in default , to stand committed to prison for twenty-one days .
G-UILDHALL . —Sham Suicides . —When Mr . Alderman Musgrave had nearly finished the business of the court , a respeetaWy-a . ttiroi woman handed the following letter for Ins perusal , respecting the cha racter of the man Ja < jues , whose attempted suicide was reported some time since : —The writer , who signed her name "Mrs . Rattray , " of 17 , Ironmonger-street , St . Luke ' s , then went on to state that Frederick Jaques had lodged in her house the latter part of 1847 and a great part of 1813 , during which period she not only boarded , lodged , and washed for him , but recommended him to a tailor for a suit of clothes . For his board and lodging he ran up a bill to the amonnt of £ 7 7 s ., promising to pay as soon as he got a situation : and lie likewise induced
her husband to become security to a Loan Society for £ 0 , and left them to pay it—but , being unable to do so , in consequence of her husband , who is a baker , being out of employment and very ill till a short time since , the society was now proceeding against them . He obtained two or three situations , but never had the honesty to repay one farthing , After that ho prevailed upon a woman servant to lend him £ 20 , with which he took an eel pie-house in Barbican ; and instead of being turned out by tlie landlord , he absconded , after selling some of tho materials , and with the remaining portion of the money got married , and , lastly , excited the sympathy of the public in his behalf by what the writer considered a sham attempt at suicide . On Saturday night last , being short of money , and not wishins that her husband should so to prison , she called
at Jaques ' s lodgings , for the purpose of asking him for a trifle of what was due , when she saw Mrs . Jaques , who refused to do anything , and defied her?—Mr . Alderman Musgrove said he had no doubt as the press had been the means of obtaining tho money , the same facility would be afforded to give his true character , to prevent further imposition . — Mi's . Rattray , with tears in her eyes , said that she and her husband had relieved Jaques when they themselves were in want . It was therefore that , knowing his character , and seeing that he was receiving money from the court , she came there on public grounds , as she considered benevolent individuals ought not to be further imposed upon . —Alderman Musgrove had no doubt that Mrs . Rattray ' s conduct was very creditable . He should order her 5 s . out of the poor-box , which he thought very well bestowed .
WESTMINSTER . —A WnErcir . —Hannah Kelly , a middle-aged woman , whose face was disfigured by a contusion under each eye , apparently the result of a recent pugilistic encounter , was charged with begging , and also with cruelty to a fine little child she had in her arms . —Mi * Broderip expressed his regret that he had not the power to take the poor little thing away from her . He entertained not the slightest doubt that the defendant was a professed beggar , and one of the very worst of that class . It was in general with reluctance that he exercised the extreme power given him ; but in this instance he regretted that the law did not allow him to iuilict a greater punishment , as he had no doubt that she was in the habit of tormenting the poor child , that by its cries she might the better extract money from the benevolent passers-by . He then committed her for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction .
Tub Case of Destitution is York-sihert . —Mr . Broderip said , with reference to the distressing case in York-street , Westminster , the result of an extensive correspondence , consequent upon former statements is , that , after paying everything up to the ' present date , a sum of = £ 117 remains for tho widow Williams and her family . I liave > cen her , and she expresses her wish to go into business as the keeper of a shop for child's linen , a business of which she has had a previous knowledge . With her consent , about £ 70 of the money in hand will be laid out in tlie purchase of stock for the shop , and the balance will be paid to her for the purpose of enabling her to carry on her trade , as soon as ¦ she is sufficiently strong to do so .
WORSHIP-STREET . — Desperate Outrage ant Robbery . —John Flavin , a powerful fellow , who was recognised by the police as having been repeatedly in custody upon other charges , was placed at tlie bar before Mr . lLunmill , charged with having robbed and brutally maltreated a compositor named Jeremiah Leonard , whereby he had sustained such serious injuries as to endanger his life . It appeared that , as a policeman named Sanders , of the 11 division , was passing through Wontworth-strcet , Whitechapel , a little " before one o ' clock on Sunday morning , he found the man Leonard stretched upon the pavement , to all appearance perfectly lifeless , the whole of his pockets turned inside out , and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound at the back part of his head . The only person near him at the time was a little boy , on the watch at a short
distance , who told the constable that the man had been attacked by a party of thieves , who had rilied his pockets , and afterwards knocked him down and left him in the condition described . With the assistance of another officer , the injured man was conveyed upon a stretcher to tho station-house , where his wounds were dressed by Mr . Meares , the divisional surgeon , and the man , on being partially restored to consciousness , stated that he had been robbed of a quantity of silver , but was unable to give any further particulars , and , therefore , tlie surn-eoji advised his removal to the hospital , where he
had ever since remained in too bewildered and suffering a state to afford any detail of the circumstances . Such an accurate description , however , of the most active of the man ' s assailants was supp lied by the boy who had witnessed the attack upon him , as left no doubt of his identity with the prisoner , and he was , therefore , subsequently traced to a low lodging-house in the neighbourhood , and taken into custody . —Mr . Hammill ordered tho prisoner to be remanded for a week , to afford time for the injured man ' s recovery , and attendance to prosecute ; upon hearing which , the prisoner turned from the bar and assailed the witnesses with the
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most vindictive threats and imprecations , and vociferously kept them up until ho was removed by main force to the cells . .. A Novel Divorce . —A distressed-looking woman , with an infant in her arms , who gave the name of Mary Ann Barber , mado application to Mr . Hammill for a summons against a man named Henry Grav , to show cause why he refused to contribute towards tho support of her child , of which she declared him to be the father . The applicant stated Sshe was a married woman , but nad parted from her husband bv mutual consent , nearly five years bee About three years after tho period of their separation she was induced to aeeept the protection Se man Gray , and tho child in question now *¦ ¦ — —— - ^—
nine months oW , was the result ol heir intimacy . She continued to live with Gray until a few da > s since , when he suddenly discarded her , and , as he refused her any assistance towards the support ot their offspring ; she was compelled to resort to compulsorv measures against him . Her husband had been all along aware of tho nature of her relation with Gray , during her residence with whom a formal instrument was drawn up and signed by them both , with the view of cancelling their marriage contract , and which she was told would ko equivalent to a leal divorce . The following is a verbatim copy of the document referred to by tho woman , which was handed in for the magistrate ' s perusal : — " WeeJohn and mary ann barber , do mutally
, agree to separate for ever giving each other a free toleration to marry whomsoever wee may think proper ; if marry ann barber marris I John barber do acree to pay the marrige cerrhnoney , and give mary ann barber ' to the man shee might fix her choise on in what church slice might think proper , and each pledges themselves never to anoy or mislet each other .-16 th May , 18 i 8 .- ( Signed ) -Jouy Barher , —Mart Anx Barber . Witness , Henry Watson , — Goliah Gray . "—In answer to further questions the applicant said , that the witness , Goliak Gray , whoso name was appended on the paper , was the father of the man against whom she sought redress ; and that tho document was prepared and executed at his instigation , in order , in . ' some measure , to
obviate the scandal arising from her connexion with his son under sucli circumstances . —Mr . Hammill told the woman that the agreement of separation upon which she appeared to rely was not thing more than waste paper ; and as regarded tlie liability for her child ' s support , she had clearly no claim whatever upon Gray as the putative father . In all cases of voluntary separation between husband and wife it was held , that whatever the subsequent conduct of the latter might be , her children must be deemed legitimate if she continued to have access to her husband , and that access was to be presumed if an opportunity for it had been afforded . He considered that such presumptive access existed in the present instanceand he must therefore decline
, granting the summons against Gray , as her husband was alone liable in law for the maintenance of the infant . —The woman then left the court , evidently much dissatisfied , and expressing her intention to apply immediately to the parish to take up the case , and adopt proceedings against her husband . Another Robbery . —A young man named Thomas Ivory , the son of an extensive florist in one of the suburbs , was charged with the following violent highway robbery : —The prosecutor , a shipwright in the London Docks named Peters , went upon a pleasure excursion on the 26 th ult ., accompanied by his mother , brother-in-law , and sister , and on their return they all stopped at a public-house in Old Ford-lane to procure some refreshment . There
they stayed some time enjoying themselves , and the prisoner , who was there also , but a stranger to their party , persevcringly forced himself upon their attention , and ultimately , upon their leaving the house at nine o ' clock , insisted upon accompanying them part of the way home , more particularly attaching himself to the prosecutor , whose arm he persisted in taking . In this manner they walked until they reached a desolate part ot the road on the edge of Yictoria-park , when his brother-in-law left him to protect the women , who had gone on in advance , and the instant he had done so the prisoner turned fiercely upon him , and , telling him lie was determined to have his watch , grasped hold of the chain , which he tugged so
violently that it broke , and left the watch m tne prisoner ' s hand . The prosecutor attempted to recover his property by seizing and struggling with the prisoner , but was struck down by a terrific blow under the ear , and left in a state of insensibility , during which the prisoner effected his escape . How long he remained senseless he could not tell , but he at length became conscious of his relatives feeling about for him on the grass in tho dark ; and upon recovering ho was in such a state of debility that he was obliged to be supported until a cab could be procured to carry him to the police station , at which ho gave such a description of his assailant as ultimately led to his apprehension . —Vhen called upon for his defence , the prisoner earnestly protested his innocence , declaring that
he had gone straight home after leaving the prosecutor and his friends at the door of the house they had been staying at , and that he had never before been in custody for any offence in his life . —The prosecutor ' s brother-in-law , however , likewise swore positively to the prisoner ' s identity , mentioning several facts which could leave no doubt about it ; and a man named Willdns , who had formerly been in the police force , proved that in October , 1847 , the prisoner was in his custody upon a charge of felony , for which hewas subsequently arraigned and convicted , and sentenced to a lengthened term of imprisonment in Ilford gaol . —The prisoner upon hearing this , became instantly silent , and , the depositions having been taken , ho was fully committed to Neweate for trial .
SOUTIIWAKK . — Dixiso Out . — Maria Ann Wright , Rosina Carter , and Henry Davies , three well-known characters , were brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with committing a murderous assault on Mr . F . Bellinger , a French merchant carrying on business in Gracechurch-strect . —The complainant , who seemed very much knocked about , stated , that on the previous evening he dined with some friends at Camberwell , and on his return home he met with a woman named Newman , and went into a public-house near tho New-cut . While drinking at the bar he saw the prisoners , who seemed to be acquainted with tho woman who accompanied him . A little after two o'clock he went with Newman to her lodgings in White-horso-strcet , where he undressed and went to bed . About
five o ' clock he was aroused by some parties breaking into the room , and on looking round he saw tlie prisoners rush towards him . The women emptied his pockets and stole his purse , containing a sovereign , while the male prisoner pulled him out of bed ' and beat him in a most unmerciful manner . He called out for assistance , and in a a few minutes a policeman came up to him and socured the prisoner . He had been drinking a little , but was quite positive that the money was safe in his purse when lie entered the house . —Police-constable 19 ( 5 L said , lie was passing the house in question a little after five o ' clock that morning when he heard a scufflo in the first-floor front room . He listened , and heard some parties beating another ,
when he instantly procured the assistance of another constable / and entered the house . After some difficulty they succeeded in entering the room in which the prisoners were , when he perceived the prosecutor lying on the floor , quite naked , and covered with * blood . Hewas speechless , but pointed with his hand that the prisoners were behind tho door and under the bed . He seized Davies , while another constable secured tlie others . —In answer to the charge , the prisoners denied stealing the purso and money . They wore drunk when they arrived home , and were exasperated at seeing a stranger in the room . —They were committed for trial . Chargk oi' Arson . —J . Scollard , and W . Scollard , his brother , ecg and butter sellers , 46 ,
Bennondsevstreet , were charged with wilfully setting fire to the house they occupied , [ on tho morning of tho 15 th ult . An inquiry took place before the coroner as to the cause ot the fire , which resulted in no proceedings being taken against the accused . Mr Cottingham , haying been accidentally made acquainted with the suspicious circumstances against them , gave directions that they should be taken into custody . —A policeman stated that at half-past three o ' clock on the morning of tho 15 th ult ., as he was passing 4 I > , Bermqndsey-strcet , he saw smoke issuing through tho chinks of the shop door , lie burst open the private entrance , and alarmed tho inmates , upwards of thirty of-whom , men , women , and children , came down from the upper rooms not half dressed . He
afterwards saw J . Scollard come out of the yard with his shirt and trousers on , and carrying his coat and waistcoat on his arm . He did not say anything relating to the fire , nor did he make any inquiry about the people in the house , as to whether they had mado their escape . —J . Wilkinson , fireman , said that on arriving at the prisoner ' s house he found some butter firkins on five under tho staircase . AVhen these were extinguished ho proceeded to the room at the rear of the shop and there discovered that several articles of linen which had been hanging up were on fire , that the fire in the shop and that in the parlour were two distinct fires , and neither of them were near tho grates . Finding that a dense smoke issued from the cellar under the shop , he went down there , and found some pieces of
board on fare , which were laid across one another on the ground , and in such a position as to set in flame two wooden uprights used as supporters to the rafters above . There was no communication whatever between the fives in the shop , back parlour , and cellar , and it was impossible they could have been communicated from one to the other . There was nolirc-placenearwherethe fireswerefound He could not undertake to state the value of tlie property on the premises , but that it must have been very small , as he saw nothing but a few half firkins Oi butter a few old egg boxes , and some paltrv artielos of furniture in the cellar . —Another fireman Saul it was fortunate the policeman entered tlie house by the side door , for had he broken open the shop door , in which the flame was smouldering it would have been a . ttsnd . e 4 with aisa « tVO . U 3 conse-
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quences , and in all probatohty the premises and most Of the lodgers would have been burnt J . Soollard told witness that the house was insured to the amount of £ 350 , and showed witness a policy of i ™ ce Witnt s asked him where was tho propei-tv , as all he found there , was three or four half Skins with a little butter m each of them , and a few eggs . The reply was , there had been forty firkins of butter there previous to the fire , but that the heat must have melted it all away . Witness said that was quite impossible , for there would have been evidence of it if such had been tlie case . Witness questioned the prisoners as to the cause of the fire . They said , in answer , that they could not account for ft : that they both slept in the same bed ^^— ,
in the back parlour , and were aroused by a smell of smoke , and got out in tlie best way they could . In answer to Mr . Cottingham , witness said he had no doubt that the fire was caused wilfully . —Mrs . Hoaro stated that she and her husband and two children occupied the back room on the first floor , and that the house contained altogether about thirty inmates ; that she and her family on going to bed about half-past ten o ' clock on the ni g ht in question smoft fire , and saw smoke coming up through the flooring of the cupboard situated over the prisoner a sleepin « --room . Witness went down stairs , and , m answer to the question if there was anything burning in the back parlour , J . Scollard answered from withinthat he was onllighting the fire , and that
, y nothing was the matter . Witness and her family then went to bed ; and , in the morning , ™ j ™* ened bv a cry of fire , and made the best of their \\ ay down stairs .-J . Bezell stated that he lodged m the house and that after ho had escaped with his wife and children , he returned , knowing that the prisoners Slept in tho back parlour , and not seeing them about , he went into the passage of the house , and on netting to the back room , he found it so full of smoke that he could not enter in an upright position , so he went upon his hands and knees , and crawled over to the bedstead , under the impression that the prisoners were lying there . He , however , managed to ascertain that neither of them were there , and with difficulty he groped his way back
into the passage , and from thence out into the yard , when he saw J . Scollard with all his clothing on but his coat and waistcoat , which he carried on his arm . —A policeman saw both prisoners in the yard , at the rear of the house ; J . Scollard had something bulky in his pockets . Witness asked him what he had there . The answer first was that he had nothing , upon which he ( policeman ) felt the pockets outside , and then Scollard produced a- policy of insurance , besides £ 10 in gold , and silver , and farthings , and a watch and guard chain . —In answer to the charje , W . Scollard said : All I have to say is that the house is crowded with lodgers , and that other men had access to the places where the fires were as well as I or my brother . —J . Scollard said :
I don ' t know how the fire happened , and I am innocent of the charge . —The prisoners' solicitor said that if the case was adjourned to a future day , he was instructed that he shonld be enabled to produce evidence of / such a character as would tend to show that tlie prisoners were innocent of the charge . — The prisoners were remanded . A Boy Charged with Stabbing . —G . Spencer , aged 13 , was charged with stabbing J . Spencer , a lad about his own age , with a clasp knife . Tho complainant stated that on the previous afternoon he met the prisoner , whom he had known before , and they had somo words which ended in a scuffle . During tho affray the prisoner took a clasp knife from his pocket , and opening it exclaimed that he
would use it , and immediately rushed upon tne complainant and stabbed him m the fleshy part of tho left arm , near the elbow . The prisoner aimed a blow at complainant's body , and the point o £ the knife would have entered there had he not protected it by holding out his arm . —Prisoner admitted the offence , saying he did it because the complainant wanted to make him kiss the ground , and held him down for that purpose . He added that he was sorry now for what he had done , and that he did not intend to have done so much injury . —The magistrate then committed him to prison for trial . A Schoolboy Attempting to Commit SuicidRi—A boy named John Dean , the son of a corn merchant at Horsslydown , was charged with attempting to
destroy himself . —He was found sitting on the steps of a door . He was in evident pain , and stated that he had swallowed some white precipitate powder , with the intention of destroying himself . The reason he gave to the magistrate for what ho had done , was that his sister pulled his ears because he did not go to scliool . —Tiie prisoner ' s brother , a young man , said , that the facts were , he was sorry to state , that his father petted tlie prisoner to such a degree that he spoiled him , and he not only neglected his school , but if he was sent on an errand that ought only to take three minutes , he stopped away three hours , with a parcel of idle boys Ike himself . His sister , old enough to be h s mother , checked him
for his idle habits , and his passion was so yroafc , being allowed by Ms parents to have his way in everything , that in the excitement he went and purchased the poison to destroy himself . —The magistrate deprecated the conduct of the chemist in selling a boy poison . —The chemist ' said , white precipitate powder was an article much in demand in his neigh * bourhood , and was used for children ' s beads . That , n the same afternoon , he had served two or three boys with the article , and did [ not consider itneces « sary to make any inquiry , —The magistrate said , he should commit the prisoner to gaol , to see how a little wholesome correction would operate upon him . 3 VIARYLEBONE . —Robberies on the Great
Western Railwa-y . —Robert Frost , one ot the Great Western Railway Company ' s guards , was reexamined , charged with having stolen a quantity of haberdashery and other articles . Ho was also charged witli having stolen property to a large amount , belonging to the Earl of Craven . —T . August was charged as the receiver of the articles stolen , but , after a little evidence had been adduced , admitted as a witness against Frost . —Mr . Joseph ScotfWallis , steward to the Earl of Craven , deposed that on the 10 th of November last , he sent eleven packages from his lordship ' s seat at Ashdown Park , by a carrier , named Taylor , to convey to the Shrivenham station , addressed to his lordship at his other country residence , Combe Abbey , near Coventry . On the 25 th
of the same month he ( witness ) arrived at the Abbey , where he found that the proper number of packages had been received , but on examining one of them he discovered that the lock had been forced , and property to a large amount abstracted therefrom . The articles stolen consisted of a gold snuff-box , a prayerbook with enamel cover , a large gold musical sea ' , a paper-knife with agate handle and silver gilt blade , a csndlestiek , and a gilt cup with coins let into it . — Mr . Justins for tlie prosecution : In opening one of the boxes from whicli you missed the articles youjfoundan empty case , did you not ?—Witness : I did , and from that case the gold box had been taken ; it was an exceedingly valuable one , and highly prized by Lord Craven . The said case was here shown to the witness , as was also a gold seal , both of which he identified as belonging to his lordship . Mureh ( the guard ) who detected the prisoner , stated ihat he had seen the seal in Frost ' s possession at a
tavern eight or nine weeks ago ; he said it did not belong to him , but that it was picked up by a packer working on the Eastern Counties Railway . This article was recovered in consequence of fC man named Brooks having given up the duplicate thereof to Mr Collard , who conducted the case . —T . August deposed that he was brother-in-law to Frost , and that "he resided'in Pivot ' s-row , Old Ford . He first saw the seal produced about a month ago at his father ' s . Saw the prisoner who asked him to take the seal down to Old Ford and raffle it . A man named Brooks said he'd raffle it . Did not know that it was pawned —Several other witnesses were examined whose evidence was strongly exculpatory of the prisoner ; and Mr . Justins requested that a remand might take place , inasmuch as he had every reason to believe that some of the stolen property belonging- to the Earl of Craven would be speedily traced . —The prisoner was remanded .
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CORN . Fbidat , Jan . 26 . —The arrival * this week aro more moderate of : ill grain , both foreign and English . Wheat this morning was a slow sale at itondaj ' s rates , but with little English offering . Barley was dull for all kinds . OatS were a languid demand , but liot cheaper . Beans and peas continue a difficult sale , unless offered the turn under Monday ' s rates . In other articles there is no change . Mam Lane , Monday , Jan . 29 . —W » had a short supply of tvheat this morning from Essex and Kent , which was taken off readily at fully last Monday's prices , and for extra fine samples rather more was paid . Foreign wheat , both free and in bond , met more demand at the rates of last week . Flour without alteration . Finest samples of English malting barley being scarce , obtained a slight advance , Other qualities and foreign were fully as dear . Malt slow sale . Beans and peas unaltered . The arrival of oats was small , and the trade firm at previous rate 3 , the bonded held higher . Rye dull . Small foreign tares saleable at 26 s to 28 s , with a fair demand . For cloverseed there is a tolerable sale at our last Monday ' s quotations . Linseed cakes in more demand .
Wednesday , Jan . 31 . —With moderate supplies of all grain , our trade is to-day very firm , having many country buyers , who now come forward , as to-day the sliding-scule ceases its further operation . Arrivals this week .-Wheat-English , 1 , 240 ; foreign . 8 , 150 qrs . Barley—English , 4 , 710 ; foreign , 1 , 410 qrs . Oats—English , 5 , 680 ; Irish , 1 , 460 ; foreign , 2 , 810 qrs . Flour —English , 3 , 180 sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 7 Jd to 8 d ; of household ditto , 5 Jd to Tdper 41 bs . loaf .
CATTLE . Fridat , Jan . 2 G—The supply of meat at Smithfield mar . lect to-day was singularly small , and partly in consequence of which an iiaprorement in the general tone of trade occurred . Tlie demand was better for everything , and better prices were obtained . Smithfield , Monday , Jan . 29 . —Very few foreign beast , or sheep were on offer in to-day ' s market , and their general quality was interior . The demand for them was steady , at fully last week ' s quotations . Calves sold briskly , at high prices . From our various grazing districts the arrivals of beasts , fresh up this morning , were limited , even time of year considered ; but there was a great improvement in their general quality and condition . The weatlu . T being more favourable for slaughtering , and the attendant ' - ;
of botli town and country buyers on the increase , the bec-f trade was firm , at , in most transactions , an advance in the prices of Monday last of id per 8 lbs . The primest Scots sold without difficulty , at from 4 s to 4 s M per 8 lbs , and a good clearance was effected . There was a further decrease in the numbers of sheep , and a great scarcity of really prime downs and half-brals was noticed . ' For all breeds of sheep the demand was very firm , and the extreme prieis of last week were realised in every instance—the tea : downs readily producing 4 s lOd per 8 lbs . Prior to the closa of the market , nearly tlie whole of the sheep had been disposed of . Although the supply of calves was tolerably extensive , the veal trade was brisk , at a rise in value « . > f quite 6 d per 81 bs . Prime small calves sold at from Zs to 5 s 4 d per 8 lbs . Prime small pigs moved off treaty , at fall prices . Otherwise , the pork trade was heavy . Head of Cattle at SMminiLD . Beasts .. .. 3 , 3441 Calves .. .. 1-31 Sheep .. .. 17 , 'J 30 1 Pigs Ifu Ter Slbs . by the carcase . Kbwoate AM ) Leadeshall , Monday , Jan . 29 . —Inforiir beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s « d ; middling ditto , 2 s Sd to 2 s lOd ; priuiv large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to U 0 d ; larj ; e pork , is Od to Ss 8 d ; inferior mutton , i ' s 4 d to 29 I'M ; middling ditto , b " s 0 d to 3 s lOd ; prime ditto , 4 s to 4 s 4 d ; real , 3 s lOd to is lOd ; small pork , ; js lOd to 4 s Gel .
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —No improvement has occurred iu thi * demand for either Irish or foreign butter . The sales of ai ! kinds since our last have been on u limited scale ; tlie prices current : —Carlow , 70 s toSOs ; Waterford , ( 10 s to tiSs : Cork , 70 s to 72 s ; Limerick , G 3 . s to CGs ; foreign , Ms to \ m per art . Irish bacon in moderate request , at 52 s tu •>;? ¦ . Hams a slow sale , at lilis to 70 s . Lard rather more saleable , at 52 s to 62 s , bladders ; kegs , 42 s to 4 Gs per ewt . 1 'ur American produce the demand was active . English Butter Mabket , Jan . ' 29 . —Sinee our last repoi-. the demand continues upon the best parcels , and lower rates have to be submitted to . Tbe middling qualities impressing on the market , and prices are quite nominal . Tlw quantity of fresh butter is increasing , and lower prices ; tiW . accepted . Prime Dorset , iius to ! Ms per cwt . ; miilUUn . ' . 70 s to 80 s ( nominal ) ; rtvsh , 10 s to 13 s per dozen .
VEGETABLES . Coyest Garden , Monday , Jan . 20 . — This market u : S well supplied 'with both fruit and vegetables , at about Ui * r . week ' s prices . POTATOES . Solthwabk Waterside , Jan . 21 ) . —The continued ad \\ T «» ; Newcastle ditto , 90 s to 110 s ; French ditto , 90 s toll 9 s ; lietyian ditto , SOs to 100 s ; Dutch ditto , 50 s to SQs .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday . —The sugar market ha > opened t .-i-hy with a further improvement ; all that was offered in jm ' . !« sale was bought freely at the full prices paid on Fri . liiy . and Cil advance on strong working qualities . 6 , 500 hu < Mauritius sold in public sale—good to line grocery . ;!¦"• = '" to B 8 s lid ; refining ; qualities , 38 s Od to 39 i lid ; l * 0 "J" l' : w . 'S also sold by private contract ut the same rates . 2 , 0 » 0 1 ^ .- ' Bengal also sold in public sale ; JWiobah , good and t-Ti .-. 41 s ( id to 43 s lid . S 30 hogsheads of West India sold in tls «* private contract market , 41 s lid to 48 s Od . ' Refined tirm . low to good grocery , 4 Ss d'd to -51 s . Coffee . — This article has been dull , and price * w shade lower . A great portion of the 1 , 500 bags of nlai'M ; tion Ceylon was bought iu at last week ' s prices for wan : ¦ ' ¦ buyers .
COAL . Monday , January 29 . —Price of coals per ton at the >¦' ¦ •>¦' of tlie market . —Huddle's West llarley , 15 s ; eiinrW ' ' 13 s ; Chester Main , 14 s ; East Adair's Main , 12 s 0 d ¦ . M ' - sohn's Hartley , 12 s Cd ; New Tanfield , 13 s ; Original TavfieW , Us 6 d ; Orel ' s ftedlieugh , I- ' s ( id ; Sroitir ' s i ' . jiitc'i . 11 s « d ; Tanfield Moor , 13 s ; Tanfield Moor Hates , l- ' s w ; Walker's Primrose , 12 s ; West Hartley , 15 s Cd ; Wall ' s- ?"' - Brown ' s , 13 s ; Brown ' s Gas , 12 s ( id ; Framwellgate , ! »> ''» Killingworth , 13 s 9 d ; Eden Main , 13 s ; Belmont , 15 s '" '< Braddyll ' s Iletton , 15 s lid ; East Iletton , 14 s ; Lyon ' s , l ' u : Haswell , Ifis 3 d ; liusscll ' s Iletton , 15 s Od ; Stewart ' s 1 * : West Keepier , 14 s !) d ; Whitwell , 13 s Dd ; Caradoc , 15 s ' « 1 : Cassop , I . jsCd ; Kelloe , 15 s 3 d ; South Hartlepool , 14 » ' '' r Thoruley . 14 s 3 d ; Trhndon , 13 s ; Adelaid Tees 1-V = ' »' Tees , 15 s 9 d ; Whitworth , 13 s Gd ; AVitton Park ! H ? lii ; Jowpen Hartley , 15 s ; Hartley 14 s Gd ; Howard ' s W ^ Hartley JNortherton , 15 s . Ships at market . ' . ' 40
WOOL . Citv , Monday , Jan . 29 . —The imports of wool into I . " »< ' last week were limited , comprising 180 bales from tlie W of ( . rood Hope , 357 from Sidney , and 124 from Uiu- " ^ Ayres . Ihe public sales commence on tho 7 th "t " " !" month and from 20 , 001 ) to 25 , 000 bales are exiwted to ' ottered . Already prices are higher by anticipation .
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Nottingham . —The Framework Knitters . — The situation of a great number of these unfortunate workmen is truly deplorable . Tlie men employed by one firm haying struck against a reduction of wages , several hosiers have refused to give their workmen cotton , in hopes to compel the men on strike to submit to the reduction . If the shopkeeping class are wise , they will assist the men in their struggle , and by so doing ease their heavy poor ' s rate . » The Firk is Lincoln ' s Inn . —Many documents of great value and importance have been rescued from the debris of this fire ; and one which is said to involve the receipt of upwards of £ 70 , 000
a year bas been preserved intact . There are many others , however , still missing , and of the recovery of which there exists now no hopes , and their loss must entail the most serious consequences upon those concerned . A contemporary , in alluding to the frequency of these calamities , calls attention to a patented process of Messrs . Fox and Barrett , of Leicester-square , which has been applied with the most marked success to the erection of buildings neifectly fire-proof at a cost no greater than by the ordinary means . The new lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch is to be thus built , and as the principle appears eminently calculated for the praiseworthy objects it has in view , too much publicity cannot be afforded to it
Ihe fanes recommends a large issue of silver three-penny pwces , by which omnibuses will * et move customers , and convey them with less delav while tlie circulation of tho beggars' coinSe wil bo ^ dimuiiahed , "Silver thr&pennief ^ U WnJni '" " M fl > eel y and ttousliUessly as Wo have it on good authority , that her Majesty Queen \ ictona has written an autograph letter to lius IX .. sympathising with } lim on his 8 tato of torced exile , and that tho government has consented £ , i !> ° T- int ? rventio » of France in his favour . — » w « to at > w . —[ Yrhati next ij
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THE NORTHERN gT' » Febrhabt 3 , 1849 . r " ' ¦¦
Tup/Vutavt Matifip. Important Notice. • New Year's Gifts For Tiie Benefit Of Tiie Wives Ajfd Families Of Tiie Chartist Victims.
TUP / VUTAVT MATIfiP . IMPORTANT NOTICE . NEW YEAR'S GIFTS FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF TIIE WIVES AJfD FAMILIES OF TIIE CHARTIST VICTIMS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1508/page/8/
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