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reasons could be alleged for the existence of such h ] jS said he was very OTatefaljto the hon . weraVtwho had just addressed the House for giving him an opportunity of making a statement regard-Sir the measure then before them The recent ercnt to which the hon . baronet had referred was one which naturally excited much interest , but it was a mistake to suppose . as some persons had done , that the system of contracts had ongmatej smce the passingofthe Poor Law Amendment AC Wy 130 vears a «* o it was authorised by the Jtn ot Geor-cTl 7 § 2 By that statute the overseers of theSi Vere authorised to obtain contracts for the iccoCoSoSd inaintenance of the poor . outside of the workhouse . Ever since then provision for Se poor had been contracted for m the manner re-YZL . A hr statute . Checks and precautions were
Of course attended to , hut there couia oe nooouu , as to the legality of the practice-none whatever Gilbert ' s Act provided for sending out ofallchil-SSpS / who might contract for their provision and maintenance ; a praetice that was _ . ioemed advisable withregardtoaUthe Gilbert districts . In fte metropoUtan districts it was not only permitted S sfc-ituteJJUt joined : for Hanway ' s act , in 1767 , Jade it imperative on the overseers of the metropolitan parishes to send out the children of the poor to be contracted for in the country . That imperative enactment remained in force till 1344 , when , bein" repealed , the practice , though still permitted and authorised , was no longer enjoined . Now , he mi ^ ht mention the establishment of Mr . Aubyn , at Kbrwood . It was legal to place children there , and
the establishment was supported by the enactments and provisions of the 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , c . 101 , a measure by which the right hon . member for Ripon provided sufficiently for the subsistence and accommodation of pauper children . He intended to show how that was done , and he should endeavour to five an historical account of the state of pauperism generally in those houses which did not properlvcome under the denomination of workhouses , for he thought that the House would be anxious to receive information on the subject , and he therefore had taken some pains to make himself acquainted with it . He was , then , enabled to state , that houses of that description scarcely existed anywhere except in the metropolis . They had been time of 1 either
legal ever since the George ., as substitutes or auxiliaries ; but still he found searcelr any trace of them in the provincial districts . As to the districts in the neig hbourhood of the metropolis , he found that , in London , Middlesex , Kent , and Surrey , there were seven institutions of that description . There were two of them at Stepney and Peckham , where paupers belonging to the City of London Union were sent , but they would probably be vacated before the end of the present year , as good workhouses were bein <* built . Those establishments would , therefore , ^ ie a natural death . The third institution , of which he had no doubt many hon . members had heard , was that of Mr . Aubyn ,- at Norwood , in vrhich . there were somewhat ' less than 1 , 200
children . That was an institution which , he helieved , had been thought extremely well of by those who had visited it . He was not aware that any complaints had been made with regard to it ; the establishment was in . an exceedingly healthy situation ; and no one could doubt that , in an establishment of that kind , if it were well conducted , the children's interests were much better cared for than they possibly could be in an over-crowded workhouse , of if they were allowed to run about the streets . ( Hear . ) There were also two other institutions at Margate , one of them containing 131 persons , and the other 133 , ¦ comprising both adults and children . There were establishments to which nauners who required the benefit of sea
air were sent from different workhouses ; there could be no doubt they were extremely valuable institution ? , and he believed there had never been any cause of complaint against them—at least , all the inquiries he had made led him to that conclusion . There was also a small institution near Welling , in Kent , where there were forty-four adult paupers , who were sent from a particular union in the city of London . The only remaining institution of this kindwas one at Brixton , where there were 195 pauper adults and infants , and he understood that , ¦ with regard to that house , there had beenpracti cally no ground of complaint . These were the institutions , even in number , with which it was necessary to adopt some legislative measures . He
purposely abstained from referring to events which had recently taken place at Tooting , because they were about to be made the subject of investigation in a criminal court of justice . On that ' account he would not say anything whatever with regard to the conduct of the person at the head of that establishment ; but he thought what had taken place there—whether that person was to blame or notfurnished a strong illustration of the [ necessity of some further powers being given by the Legislature ¦ with respect to such institutions . It was manifest , at all events , thatthe system was open to abuse ,
and he trusted this bill would enable them to take effectual precautions against the recurrence of such ahuses , so long as houses of this kind might exist . He did not think that such establishments would long exist , but while they did they ought to be effectually superintended . "With this view , he proposed that the Poor-Law Board should be empowered to make rules and regulations with regard to such establishments in the hands of contractors ; that the board should be enabled to mould the contracts entered into between the contractors and the guardians , and that it should also be armed with power to enforce the observance of its rules ;
The bill then went through committee . The Honse adjourned a few minutes before six o ' clock
( From , our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , Feb . 22 . HOUSE OE LORDS . —Conveyance of Real PboperttAct Amendment Bill . —On the motion of Lord Bkoegham this bill was read a third time and passed . The Ixlasd Retexue Bra , was read a second time , on the motion of Earl Granvillk . Slave Tkade . —The Bishop of Oxfobd then moved , pursuant to notice , for the appointment of a committee of their Lordships House , to take into consideration the best means which Great Britain can adopt for the final extinction of the African Slave Trade . Their lordships then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMOXS . —Agricultural Distress . —Mr . Disraeli gave notice that he would , that day fortnight , call the attention of the Douse to the present condition of the agricultural interest of the country , with a view to the more equitable adjustment of the taxation to which that interest was subjected . ( Loud cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) Marriage with Deceased Wife ' s Sister . —Mr . Siuart Wortley then rose , and moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend and alter the Act 5 and 6
" mlL IV ., c . Si , so far as relates to marriage within certain degrees of affinity . By a recent decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , a marriage in this country between a man and his deceased wife ' s aster was declared to be , under Lord Lyndhurst ' s Act , absolutely null and void . But doubt still resiel on the validity of such marriages when solemnised abroad—and , after some further remarks , he said it was not his intention that the bill , if passed , should be confined to England . He hoped that the House would throw no obstacle in the wav
of its adoption . Sir G . Grev would not enter into the discussion , as the motion was not to be opposed . After some further remaris , leave was given to bring in the bill . Clergymen Dissenting from tiie Church of England . —Mr . Bouverie then moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to consider what relief could be granted to persons in holy orders in connexion with the United Church of England and Ireland , declaring their dissent therefrom .
The motion was then agreed to without a division , and the House , went into committee . In committee a resolution was adopted authorising the introduction of a bill upon the subject . Landlord and Tenant Rights . — Mr . S . Craw-IOBd then moved that the laws relating to handed property in Ireland , as affecting the ri ghts and powers both of landlords and tenants , require the immediate consideration of the House , with a view to such alteration of these laws as will
remove the obstacles at present existing to the improvement of the soil and the employment of the people . The hon . gentleman proposed a series of measures , the adoption of which would go far to put the land question of Ireland on its proper footing . Amongst these were a measure for settling intermediate right , a bill for the extension of tenant right , a measure in relation to waste lands , and such an amendment of the Encumbered Estates Act as would render its provisions more easy of application . - Kit * W Hrr trT » tttrTfTi ? tcad rnim « in > l iUmX J . L .,. 1 __ . _ . air Somervme surprised that the hon
w . was . gentleman , instead of submitting a practical measure to the House , should have contented himself with submitting an abstract resolution , the truth of which no one could deny . He hoped to be able , during the course of the session , to lay upon the table of the House a measure to secure to the improving tenant the benefit of his outlav . It was also the intention of the government to " propose a measure for the conversion of renewable Rases into a tenure in fee , as well as a bill for the amendment Of the grand jury law m Ireland . He trusted that the House would not , until these and other measures were on the table , assentto a vague resolution which raised false hopes , without fiadino to anv practical results . ° ^ After a few words from 3 Ir . 0 'Flaheutt , Mr \ hn O'Co . v . VEii , Lord JBehnarp , and others ' the SWhonwaa withdrawn . The other business was disposed of , and the Hon ? c adjourned .
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( From our Uiird Edition oflattwcek . ) FRIDAY , Feb . 23 . HOUSE'OF LORDS . —The Duke of Richmond put a question , pursuant to notice , as to the intended abandonment of the system of female convict discipline on board the Anson hulk , at Van Diemens Earl Grey said he had the most perfect conviction as to the necessity of doing away with that establishment . The papers wou'd be at their lordships' residences to-morrow (( his day ) . Suspension of thb Habeas Corpus ( Ireland ) Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdowne , in moving the second reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension ( Ireland ) Bill , entered into an explanation of the reasons which induced the government to continue the suspension until the 1 st of September next .
Lord Brougham thought the period of limitation too short , and blamed the government for allowing meetings to go on u itil it was too late to stop them . The noble and learned lord then proceeded to refer to the case of Burke , a juror on the recent trial of Duffy , who had got up an-1 clapped his hands , and cried "hear , hear , " at some observatioas made by the prisoner ' s counsel . Such a country was not fit to have trial by jury , for nothing more indecent could have taken place in the wigwams of Southern Africa . Lord Montbaglk considered the state of Ireland most alarming , but called the attention of thi House to the fact , that there was no law which imposed any restraint on the possession of arms in that country . The bill was then read a second time , committee negatived , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday .
The other business was disposed of and the House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Parliamentary Oaths . —The House then went into commit : ee on the Parliamentary Oaths , when the Chairman put the following resolution : — " That it is expedient to alter the oaths required to be taken by subjects of her Majesty not professing the Roman Catholic reli gion , as qualifications for sit ing and voting in Far * liament ; and to mak- ' . provision in respect of the said oaths for the relief of her Majesty ' s subjects professing the Jewish religion . Mr- V , Smith said that , in the amendment he
was about to propose , he wished it to be understood that he was not throwing any obstacle in the way of admission of Jews to Parliament . He thought the oaths administered to Roman Catholic members highly objectionable , and would , if possible , strike out of the declaration , " on the true faith of a Christian . " He moved , as an amendment , " That it is expedient to abolish a'l oaths except the oaths of fidelity and allegiance to her Majesty . " Lord J . Rcssell repeated that the arrangement of the parliamentary oaths in 1829 , as regarded Roman Catholics , was looked upon as the final settlement of a'great question ; he must , therefore , oppose the amendment .
Mr . IIume approved of the amendment , and thoughtit would be wise to abolish , as far as possible , unnecessary oaths . By what were called the Duke of Richmond ' s acts , above twenty millions of oaths had been abolished , and other arrangements had knocked off as many more , without a greater amount of national dishonesty being perceptible in consequence . The committee then divided , when the amendment was negatived by a majority of seventy-two ; the numbers . 140 to 68 .
Mr . Bankes had given notice of an amendment , bu" he should not press it until the bill arrived in committee . His proposition was to bind the consciences of persons who might become members of pni liaraent by the same words as bound RomanCatholic members at present . Lord J . Russell , after again referring to the fact that the settlement of the Roman Catholic oath by the Emancipation Actwasfor theprtection of the established church , contended that it could not be supposed there was any danger of the Jews subvertin-: the church establishment , whatever apprehensions might be entertained as regarded the Roman Catholics , therefore be shou'd oppose their introdu - ticn as affecting the Jens or dissenters , upon whom this would bear hard or upon any other class , the Ro ^ an Catholics excepted .
Mr . Godlbubn was not one of those who would impose hardships or exclusions upon Protestant Dissenters , but when he found that the condition of their admission to coporate offices , when the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed , was an oath requiring them not to exercise any power or authority they might possess in connexion with such offices , to injure and subvert the Protestant Church , as by Law established , he could not conceive how such a declaration could operate as a hardship , when imposed as a qualification for members sitting in Parliament .
After a few remarks from Mr . Drommokd , Mr . J . O'Coxsell , the Earl of Amnn > Ei . and Surret , Mr . Assies , Mr . Kewdeoate , Mr . Napier , and Mr . Sheil , enlivened by a dispute between Mr . O'Coxkell , the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Mr . Sheil , on the proper interpretation of the Roman Catholic oath , Sir R , Peel was called upon by Mr . J . O'Coxsell to arbitrate between them , and observed that the oath was imposed upon Roman Catholics by the legislature , and that the legislature alone , and not he , could determine what was its real interpretation . Since 1829 , Catholic members had frequently voted on measures affecting the established Church —votes which he had never called in question , believing that they had been g iven in conformity with the conscientious convictions of those giving them .
Mr . Law would give his vigorous opposition to every stage of the measure , although he would not then divide the Committee upon it . The resolution was then carried without a division . In answer to a question put by Mr . Bankes , Lord J . Russell said that he would not propose the second reading of the bill , when introduced , until after Easter . The House then resumed , and leave was given to bring in a bill founded on the resolution . Relief of Distress ( Ireland ) Bill . —On the motion for the second reading of the Relief of Distress ( 50 , 000 ) ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr Hume protested against the hill as a wasteful and pernicious expenditure of the public money , although he would not then divide the House upon it . lie thought that the government , before
proceeeuinglurther yitn this bilL should state in detail what measures they intended to introduce with regard to Ireland . Lord J . Russell observed , that Sir W . Somerville had already alluded to three measures which the government intended to proceed with . He himself had also given notice that evening of another . It was obviously impossible for him then to state all the measures with reference to Ireland which the government might deem it expedient to propose during the session . Mr . Hume asked if any measure would be proposed with reference to the Irish Church ? Lord J . Russell could hold out no hope to the honourable gentleman that such a measure would be introduced . The Bill was then read a second time , to be committed on Monday . The other business was disposed of , and the House then adjourned .
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The Glasgow Accident and the London Theatres . — "We will venture to say that there is not a Theatre in London which at this moment would bear inspection , with a view to the safety of all its avenues , passages , and staircases . There is not one in which , in the event of fire or the false alarm of it , in some one quarter or more than one , there would not be a jam of crushed and smothered bodies like that of Glasgow , but probably on a greater scale of destruction . But the legislation wiich so safely and carefully levels the powers of the law against penny theatres and unlicensed performances , takes no precaution to guard against this frightful mischief . There ia an authority to prevent the performance of a play in which a word offensive to morals or decorum may be found , but there is none to prevent in theatre
performances a so defectivel y constructed that the false alarm of any drunkard , fool or pickpocket may cause the ' destruction of masses of people inextricably jammed and pounded together , and perishing more cruelly than the sufferers in the black hole at Calcutta . —Examiner . Emigration from Europe to the United States . —R . B . Minturn , Esq ., of New York , a commissioner of emigration for the state of Kew York , has recently reported that the increase to the population of the United States by emigration in fifty years from 1790 , when the constitution was formed , exceeds the whole population oi the States at that period . The number of emigrants in 184041 was estimatedat 125 , 250 ; in 1841-42 , 157 , 600 ; in 1842-43 , 112 , 738 ; in 1 S 43-U , 111 , 910 ; in 1844-45 , 153 , 622 ; in 1845-46 , 220 , 476 ; and in 1846-47 , 300 , 000 . It is estimated that about 50 per cent , of this emigration is from the United Kingdom . Of 129 , 000 who arrived in New York from the 5 th May to the 31 st
Dec , 1847 , 52 , 946 were Irish , 8 , 864 English , and 2 , 354 Scotch , and this would be a fair criterion of the average proportion of the three races for three or four years past . In the same time there arrived 53 , 100 Germans , 3 , 330 French , and 1 , 947 Swiss . The Germans emigrate more completel y as a community than the Irish or English . A large proportion devote themselves to agriculture , particularly in Pennsylvania and the new states in the west , where they purchase large tracts of land and form settlements by themselves . I JAwfullt Sudden Death . —On the night of the 23 rd ult , Captain D . M'Adam , of the 49 th regiment , stationed at Teniplemore , went to bed in his usual good health , and was found deadTon the morning of the 24 th , when his servant went to call him . T . O'Meara , Esq ., coroner for the district , held an inquest on the body with a respectable iurv , when a verdict of " Died by a violent fit of apoplexy" was returned . 11 .
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WOESHIP-STREET . -HiOHnAr Bobmbt . -G . Davis , Anne Wood , and Margaret M'Carthy , were charged with having assaulted J . Byland , and stolen from him a silver watch and guard , of the value of so , a quantity of loose silver , and other property . — The prosecutor stated that he was passing through Whitechapel about one o ' clock that morning , when he was accosted by the female prisoners , who requested him to "treat" them , and having been drinking rather freely , he accompanied them to an adjoining public-house . They were followed into the house by the male prisoner , who was invited by the women to join them , and the whole of them ultimately left together . Feeling some misgivings as
to their character and intentions , he abruptly wished them good night , and walked rapidly on . He had only advanced a short distance , however , when , he was overtaken by the prisoners , who had been joined in the interim by two other men , and without the slightest previous warning he received a blow on the side of the head , which instantly felled him to the ground . On partially recovering , he shouted for assistance , upon which the male prisoner flung himself upon him , exclaiming , " Let us murder him ;" and grasping him by the throat , held him forcibly down till he was almost strangled . One of the women ruled his pockets of all the money in his possession , while the other raised the guard-chain over his head , and having secured his watch , she hastily
snatched up his hat , which had fallen off in the struggle , and the whole party effected their escape . He hastened in the direction which they had taken , and met a policeman , who conducted him to a notorious rookery in the nei ghbourhood , where he found the woman M'Carthy at the door of one of the houses , and gave her into custody . While they were conveying her to the station-house , they were overtaken by themaleprisoner , who had managed to effect a considerable metamorphosis in his appearance , and addressing him in a disguised voice , observed , " You are altogether mistaken , sir ; that is a most respectable woman , and she has been in my company the whole of the evening . " Witness instantly recognised him as one of his assailants .
The woman Wood was subsequently apprehended at her lodging , where the complainant's watch was discovered . It was intimated by Alderman , the jailer , that the prisoner Wood had only been released a few days from a similar charge of robbing a . gentleman of his watch in the same neighbourhood , and that both the other prisoners were notorious thieves , against whom the evidence of previous convictions could bo established . The prisoners were ordered to be remanded . BOW-STREET . — Embezzlement . — Henry E . Russell , who had been for twelve years a clerk in the Westminster Fire Office , in King-street , Covent-garden , was placed before Mr . Jardine , charged with embezzlingmoney amounting to £ 800
—Mr . Humphries , the solicitor , stated thatthe prosecution was instituted by the governor and directors of the Westminster Fire Office Company , but it was his intention to enter into a miner case only for the present , and request a remand for a few days . —Mi " . R . Hughes , a gentleman residing in Park-street , Regent's-park , stated that- ' on the 29 th of January last he went to the Westminster Office , and paid the sum of £ 6 to the prisoner , from whom he received the receipt-form produced . The payment related to an insurance . —Mr . W . Brown , the secretary to the Westminster Fire Offiee , ' proved that the prisoner was in the employ of the company in January , and that the printed form produced was one of the receipts usually given in the-office . Witness had referred to the corresponding number in the counterfoil from which the receipt-form had been torn , but the entry was in tv different name ,
although in the same handwriting—namely , the prisoner's . No account was rendered by the prisoner of the payment of £ 6 deposed toby Mr . Hughes .-The prisoner left the establishment on the 8 th of February , on which day witness received the following letter in his handwriting . It was without date , but was signed " H . E . Russell : " — " Sir , —I must at length confess to you that I have been unfortunate enough to do that which is wrong , and that my account is very considerably minus . I will give you an explanation to-morrow morning , but to-day it is impossible . Ihope , in consequence of my long , and I may add , for a long time , faithful services , that the directors , in consideration of my family , and circumstances unknown to them , will be as lenient as possible . I may also add that nobody is implicated in this matter but myself , "—Upon this evidence his worship ordered the prisoner to be remanded for further examination .
GUILDHALL . — An Amazon . —A young woman named Ann Elliott was charged with violently assaulting several police-officers . — Henry Elden Smith , policeman 131 , said , that about a quarter to six o ' clock the previous evening he saw the prisoner and a gentleman getting out of a cab in Finsburyplace-south , when there arose a dispute as tothe fare , and they refused to pay the cabman . The gentleman was intoxicated , but the prisoner was not , and they commenced rolling about the street , and at last created a great crowd . He went up , for the purpose of taking the old gentleman to the station-house , but the prisoner clung so closely to him that he was compelled to call the assistance of another officer , upon which she attacked him in a
most violent way , and scratched his face . A third officer arrived , whom she served in the same way , and fought so desperately ( more like a man than a woman ) that it took five officers to carry her to the station-house . The gentleman was kept till he became sober , and was then allowed to depart . — John Butler , policeman 115 , said , he came to the assistance of the above witness , when lie saw a crowd of about 200 persons - [ around Smith . The gentleman and prisoner were " on the ground , and she swore he should not go to the station-house . He tried to part them , when she flew at him , gave him a tremendous blow on the nose , which made it bleed for nearly half an hour afterwards , and then scratched his face . Another officer then came up ,
when she said that if she must she would have a fight for it , and she kept her word , for she then attacked the other constable . Before they succeeded in getting her to the station a crowd of from 400 to 500 people had assembled . She was half drunk . — George Longford , policeman 138 , corroborated the above evidence and his face , as well as the countenances of the other constables , exhibited the treatment sustained through the prisoner ' s violence . — Alderman Hunter asked the prisoner if she had anything to say for such conduct ? —Prisoner ; I was very tipsy , and did not know what I was about . —A man hero stepped forward and said he was the prisoner ' s husband , and he was sorry to see her in such a position . The fact was that if she took a
little drink she became like a mad woman . She had never been in trouble before . — Butler said he believed the man who said he was her husband , and his friend , who was in court , were nothing but bullies . They had been all the morning trying to bribe him and his brother officers to suppress their evidence . The woman and the old gentleman hired the cab to drive them to Hackney for Is . 6 d ., and arriving there agreed with the cabman at once to drive back again for Is . more . On arriving at their destination they refused to pay more than Is ., swearing they had previously paid the Is . 6 d ., and hence arose the disturbance . " — Alderman Hunter said the prisoner ' s conduct had been very bad , and therefore she must go to prison for one month . — On hearing the sentence she screamed most
violently , and was taken from the bar by main force . — The husband begged hard that the magistrate would inflict some fine , aud she should not be guilty of the like again . —After some entreaty Alderman Hunter consulted the chief clerk , and then ordered the prisoner up again , aud told her that in consequence of her husband ' s interference he had changed his mind , and instead of sending her for one month , should inflict a fine of 40 s ., or fourteen days , which he hoped wouldvbo . a lesson to her . The husband went to get the money , but not returning before the court was up she was conveyed to prison . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Domestic Qpaijrels . —The Rev . T . II . Hardinge was charged with
threatening to do some bodily harm to his wife , Mra . Hardinge . —The complainant stated that she had been married to the defendant four years , during the whole of which period he had ill-treated her , and had threatened to do her some bodily harm . He had taken all he could away from her , and had been unceasing in his efforts to get hold of her property . On Thursday last he called in two policemen and turned all her servants out of the house , and she was without protection or attendance . On that occasion he threatened her life , and she went in bodily fear of him . —Miss Walkden stated that she was at the house when the defendant turned the servants out of the house , and she heard the defendant say , " he would do for that infamous woman . "
meaning his wile . —The defendant , in answer to the charge , said he felt very much humiliated at the position m which he had been placed by his wife , who had separated herself from him , had cone to parties , and indulged in company , while she had allowed him to get nis breakfasts and dinners alone . When he married her he settled on her the residue of his property , amounting to £ 500 a year . When he was bound over to keep the peace some time ago , she offered him £ 250 a year out of her income of £ 909 , to separate , which lie should be most ready to take to escap e from the horrors of his present situation . He could prove that his wife consumed
more wine than allowed her to keep sober ; that the servants had orders not to do anything for him , and that he had been allowed to clean boots and perform other menial offices . He had turned the servants out of the house because he was not sufficiently master of it , and the g irl w . aa a thief , and had accused him of assaulting her . The man-servant had made him a prisoner in the house , and charged him with seducing his wife . He considered the preseat case was a plot aga ' nst him . lie denied having threatened his wife , and said the treatment he had met with would have provoked the indignation of any gentleman . After some move crimination and recrimination , during which tho complainant
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said several deeds of separation had been drawn up , but which tho defendant had always refused to sign , it was arranged that the warrant should stand over , to allow the parties to come to an arrangement . Child Murder . —On Tuesday the court was crowded to excess in consequence of its having been the day appointed for the examination of Eliza Mitchell , on the charge of murdering her female infant An investigation was gone into relative to he ni-steiS affafr on Monday , the 19 th ult ., and the following particulars then transpired , when Robert Mai 3 c ° y , ' coachman to Mr . Home , carnagebuilder of Long-acre , was the party accused of havin received the child from Mitchell and not accSng for the manner in which he had disposed of it The evidence brought forward on thetirstoccision hy Kan Tllockaday , 15 S , was that infor-? oimuuicated to thepohce wrth . regard
Sas c to a robbery committed at the to >« s « ofMis . Ben bow , a lady of property , ™ « M *? # ft ^ ' -Sl John Wod , and with whom Mitchell 1 "Jd w w » vant ; the management of the case was justed to him ; and on Sunday afternoon , the 18 th , he repaired to the residence of the lady , from whom le Unit that Mtchofl was auspwted as the thief . He searched her box , and in it found some of the stolen articles , in addition to which he discovered a quantity of baby linen , which had evidently been worn Mrs . Bcnbow told witness that she had a character from her ( Mitchell ' s ) sister , who was employed by her as charwoman , and from whom she had understood that Mitchell was a married woman and the mother of a child . Hockaday , who shrewdly
suspected that there was something darlc aDout me matter , questioned , her as to where the child was , when she alleged that she had given it to Maisey s mother , who took it to Worcester ; he ( the officer ) thought that the infant might have beon improperly dealt with , and he had an interview with Mr . Williams , in the service of Mr . Home , when he was told by him ( Mr . Williams ) tlratthe young woman s story of the child ' s being in the keeping of the mother was not true , as ho had heard Maisey say that he should not continue to pay for its support unless he knew that it was living and properly taken care of . The sergeant returned to Mrs . Ben-Bow , and pursued the inquiry as to the giving up of tho childwhen Mitchell said that she gave it to
, the prisoner ' s mother at a house in Long-acre ; but she was unable to say who was present at the time ; and on being further pressed she burst ' mio leai' 9 , and said , " What I have stated about the mother is not true , for it was Maisey to whom I gave the child up . " He ( Hockaday ) went to Mr . novne's , where he saw Maisey , who denied the truth of the youn" - woman ' s statement , and he went without hesitation to . Mrs . Benbow ' s with the officer . On his arrival there Mitchel repeated that she had given the infant to him . It was further shown that the parties had lived together as servants at Mr . Home ' s private residence , in Maida-yalo , where the intimacy took place between them which resulted in the birth of a child . They had taken lodgings as
man and wife at Mrs . Cooper ' s , 5 , Green-street , Paddington , the woman being at the time pregnant . They remained there till the 30 th of December , the infant having been taken out by Mitchell , on the 28 th , she alleging , on her return , that she had left it with some one who would see that it was properly suckled and nursed . —Mrs . Cooper said that the child had two p articular marks by which it might be known , whether found dead or alive—one was upon the lower part of the back , and the other resembled a strawberry . The latter was on the left shoulder . From the contradictory statement made by Mitchell the magistrate considered that she was the most likely to be the guilty party , and accordingly ordered her to find good and substantial bail for her future appearance . She could not procure
the bail , and was , therefore , locked up . Maisey was liberated on entering into his own recognisance to appear again , and on Monday , the day named for the rc-examination , Sergeant Hockaday brought up a number of witnesses , and said that ho should no doubt be able to show clearly that the woman Mitchell was alone the guilty one in tho transaction . She was accordingly placed at the bar , and . after a brief statement ot cerfain facts had been made by Hockaday , it was directed that she should be brought up again ; she was locked up , and on Tuesday she was placed at the bar upon the serious charge of child murder . —Ellen Dimock , servant to Ml . Ifavton , Holland-cottage , Kensington , deposed that at nine o ' clock on the night of the 28 th of December , she saw a woman , whom she believed to be the prisoner , standing at the garden-gate with an infant in her arms . At twenty minutes past nine
she heard a child cry , and found on infant lying on the gravel path ; it was very cold and was screaming ; she took it to the station-house . A great deal of other evidence , which altogether occupied the attention of the Court nearly two hours , was gone into , and it was shown that the infant was taken from the station-house to Kensington workhouse , where it died in about a fortnight after its admission ; it was suffering from bronchitis and convulsions , induced , no doubt , by exposure to tho cold . The identity of the child was established beyond a doubt , not only by the marks upon its person , but also by the apparel in which it was clad ; the greater portion of tho child's apparel was proved to have been on when tho prisoner took , it Irom the apartment which she occupied in Green-street . Maisey was no longer held to bail , but was discharged on Ms promising to attend next Tuesday , until which day the prisoner Mitchell ' was remanded .
CLERKENWELL . — An amiable and moral ScniPiuBE Reader . —W . Allen was charged by Mr . Jackson with having assaulted him . The complainant deposed that the defendant was a " scr ipture reader , " and in that capacity he visited his house , when he sought the opportunity of seducing the affections of his wife , and was in the habit of writing letters to her . On Friday last complainant went to his residence in company of a friend , to inform defendant ' s wife of the improper intercourse , taking with him one of his letters written seven years ago , when he dragged and struck him , gave him a black eye , and knocked out one of his teeth . —Mr . Morgan confirmed the evidence ; the defendant also assaulted him , and was most outrageous .
—Mr . Tyrwhitt asked defendant what he had to say to the charge ?—Defendant said that a knock came to the door , which was answered by his daughter , who said that her mother was wanted ; he accompanied his wife , and saw Mr . Jackson and his friend , when the former called him a base adulterer , and said he wished to speak with his ( defendant ' s ) wife . He said , " Hero » my wife , what you have to say to her say in my presence , " when he repeatedly applied the epithet , " You base adulterer . " He ordered them out of the house , and as they refused to fo he attempted to put them out , when complainant it a piece oxit of his thumb , and he ( defendant )
shoved his fist in his face , and Ins tooth came out . They said , " That is all we want . " The complainant was scandalising and exposing him everywhere , and had written to his clergyman , and on meeting his ( defendant ' s ) wife and children ho told them to go home to that " old adulterer their father ; " and they were destroying him in the pursuits by which he lived . —Mr . Jackson here exclaimed that he had never heard sucli lies inliia life—Mr . Tyrwhitt said they were not justified in going to defendant ' s house as they had done . Several letters were produced , but not read aloud . Mr . Tyrwhitt fined defendant 5 s . and costs .
Child Murder . —John Copeland was placed at the bar before M : Tyrwhitt for final examination It will be necessary to mention that a month ago the unfortunate deceased , the son of the prisoner , who was only in the sixth year of his age , died of injuries , supposed then to have been accidentally received , in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , and , on an inquiry before the coroner , facts of a suspicious na . ture came out to induce the jury to consider themselves justified in returning a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the mother , who was at once committed to Newgate for trial . Within the last fewdays additional evidence in connexion with the affair having reached the ears of Inspector Gibbs and Andrews , 106 G > they on Friday apprehended the
prisoner , and on that day the renewed inquiry was entered on , and terminated on Saturday evening in his committal also to the Old Bailey to take his trial with his wife . The following was the additional evidence now brought forward : —Mr . John W . Banfield examined . —I am an accountant , and live at 29 , Acton-street , Gray ' s-wm-road . I have known the prisoner at the bar about two years . Ho was formerly a bailiff in the sheriff ' s office . He first spoke to me about the deceased several months ago . He said it bad been taken from its nurse , and he regretted he had ever had it back , for it was
extremely dirty , and he and the mother had in consequence taken a groat dislike to the child ; that they had tried every means , such as tying its hands behind and beating it , to break it of such habits ; in addition to which he complained that it was addicted to thieving ; and even when its hands were secured behind , it would gnaw the food , and eat half-a-pound of dripping at a time . He also said that for these offences he had placed deceased in cold water ; that he had allowed it to lie in its wet , and put damp clothes upon it , but it was so hard lie could not get rid of it , and if all other means failed he would burn the child . On another op ..
casion he said he would put its hands between the bars . The witness continued , —When these expressions were used by him it was two years ago , and I remonstrated with him , as did also my wife ; and she said at the time , " If any thing should happen to your child , you will most assuredly get into trouble for saying so . " The prisoner then in reply said , " Who shall know it ? " and my wife observed , " I have heard you say that every room in your house is filled with lodgers , and why not they ?" and she again requested him not to continue illtreating the child ; and the subject ended on that day . He called several times ai ' tenvards , and still said the child was as bad as ever , and lately , on one of his calls , he said the child ' s . clothes had caught fire , but it was not severely burnt . Three weeks afterwards 1 again saw him ; and at that interview he said that his child had fallen , aaainst the bars of tho gvate and had , hurt its headland if it had not
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had on a woollen dress would have been seriously burnt . I subsequently by chance heard that the child was in the hospital through the burns , and three weeks ago to-day the prisoner came to my house , and when I asked him how the child was he replied that it was dead , and that his wife had gone to Newgate about it , but her life had been regularly sworn away . My wife asked him why he was at large , and he said he had not been questioned about it , but had seen the depositions , and was astonisnet at the perjury they contained , saying , one Jiaa nothing to do with it , " whereupon my wife remarked , " Oh , Copeland , you did not do it , then , for you often threatened it ? " He said ho never had , when my daughter , who is six years old , said , " ics , you did—you said so on a Saturday . " The prisoner made answer , " Neither myself nor my wife ever
injured the child , although appearances are against us . "—Cross examined : When I heard the prisoner make these dreadful threats I did not believe what he said . Since his . wife has been committed I have been told I should be keeping a murderer ' s company if I kept his company . I never heard of the inquest until it was over . —Jane Salter , wife of Henry Saltcr , of 7 , Palace-row , Ifcw-road , next stated that the prisoner and hk family lived with her tWO years up to last April , and that a few weeks after they became her lodgers deceased was brought home from its grandmother in a healthy state , but soon became changed , and she frequently heard the prisoner and his wife most cruelly beat the child , and use most awful language to it . The last time ( witness continued ) the father beat it was three weeks before he left my house . I heard him say , " B 1 the little b I'll dash its b y brains out , "
, and I heard a sound instantly at the panelling as if it had been dashed against it . In about ten minutes following I saw the child come down stairs , when it gaid , " Look here , Mrs . Salter , what my father has done , " and it pulled its clothes aside , when I saw shocking marks on its person , which was swollen all on one side , and the blood was raised to the surface of the skin . — By Mr . Tyrwhitt : the child was of clean habits . In went off in condition three months after it came to my house . Both my husband and myself used to give it food on the sly , because we feared it would be more cruelly used if it WAS given
openly . I always thought the mother more cruel than the father , but God knowshe was cruel enough . —Other evidence having been given , the hou . sesurgoon of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital deac / ibcd the injuries , which he considered would not have caused death had the child been in a healthy state . It had been grossly neglected , and starved . —At the conclusion of the evidence , Mr . Tyrwhitt , after living the prisoner the usual caution , asked him if he wished to say anything?—Prisoner ( sulkily ) : No , I have nothing to say . — He was immediately removed to Newgate .
The System Works Well . —A . poor , careworn looking woman , who said her name was Lunt , applied for advice and assistance under the following painful and distressing circumstances : —Shestatod , with tears in her eresi that her husband carried on business in an extensive and respectable way as a coffee-housekeeper , for many years on Cleikenwellt ^ reen , and was also the proprietor of lecture-rooms , in which some of the most celebrated persons of the day had delivered lectures . Unforeseen circumstances , however , had caused his failure in business , and fora considerable time he had to contend with the most trying difficulties and privations , which affected his health , and he was at length thrown upon a bed of sickness , the result of which was his death ,
which took place on Friday nk'ht last . She had parted with nearly everything to provide for him during his illness and to support herself and family , and she was now left destitute and starving , with out the means to purchase a coffin or defray the expenses of interment , and she entreated some advice and assistance under such painful circumstances . — Mr . Ma ^ lett inquired whether she had applied toth ? parish ?—She said the parish would " not assist her . Her husband entertained a horror of the workhouse , and jusc before his death he begged of her not to let him have a " a pauper ' s grave" [ she was here convulsed with grief , and allowed a seat until she recovered ]—The unfortunate applicant was recognised by some persons in fhe court , who knew her
husband in his prosperity , and sympathised for and afforded her temporary relief . —Mr . Combe humanely ordered that one sovereign should be given her for the present out of the poor-bor , and the segister of her husband ' s death ( which she produced ) was handed to Mr Bayliss , the chief usher of the court , with instructions that every proper attention should be paid to the unfortunate case , when the poor widow left with tears of gratitude . SOUTHWARK . —A Queer Stort . —George Lord and Jane Morgan were brought be ore Mr . Cottingham on the following charge : —Policeman 194 M stated that on the preceding night , between nine and ten o'clock , as he was on duty in the vicinity of Horsemoneer-lane Gaol he observed the
prisoners in the incle-ed piece of ground under the walls of the prison , from which they attempted to escape on being seen . He , however , pursued them , and , having taken them into custody , as he was bringing them along the male prisoner dropped a small portable instrument like a saw , evidently made into that form from a knife or some such article of the soit . The constable subsequently went tn the spot where he had first observed the prisoners , which was immediately underneath the outside wall of the prison , and there discovered lying on the ground a machine made like a fishing-rod which fitted into joints with a long hook at the end of it , and capable from its length to reach the top of the outer wall of the gaol . He also found a coil of small strong
rope , with two capacious bags attached containing letters , evidently written by some of the inmates of the prison ; with a bow and arrow and a piece of wood , on which was written " Chartists , never surrender . " lie added , that having taken the prisoners to the station-house , he informed Mr . Keene , the governor of the county ga <> l , of the circumstances under which he apprehended the prisoners , and the discovery of ' he article * now produced . —Mr . Keene said , that from the circumstances under which the prisoners were discovered in such a place which was inclosed , he had strong grounds for believing that their object in being there was either to c onvey information to or from the inmates to their friends outside , and that , for
that purpose they had provided themsems with the necessary apparatus to carry their object into effect . He had perused the letters found in the bag , and , although they had fictitious names attached to them , he had no doubt who the parties were who had written them , and for whom they were intended . He added , that he did not know the male prisoner , but the woman Morgan was the mother of a young man now undergoing his sentence of punishment in the county gaol for being engaged in the late Chartist riots . — Mr . Cottingham asked Lord what explanation he wished to give on this subject?—He replied , that he knew no < hing ahout the rope , or tow and arrow , or coil of rope with the bags attached , and never saw them until they were found by the constab'e . —Mr . Cottingham —What were you doing under the walls
of the prison at such an hour ?~ -The prisoner gave an ev . isive answer , and added that he had no improper motive in being there . —Mr . Cottingham , — The circumstance of your dropping this instrument ( holding up the saw ) on your way to the stationhouse , in order to elude detection , showed that you were fearful of discovery . The magistrate added , that it was impossiblenottobaelieve that the prisoners hsd some design in btjpg found in Jhe place they were , either to convey information to or from inmates , or probably to assist in the escape of some of them . At a'l events , their conduct in the affair was full of suspicion , and as it was necessary to sift the whole of the business , he should remand thrm until next Wednesday ; the magistrate at the same time requesting Mr . Keene to exercise hi > vigilance in the affair .
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Colliery Explosions . —On Wednesday , before several members of the late and present governments , a series of experiments was exhibited illustrative of the application o ( Mr . Gurney ' s system of high pressure steam to the ventilation of coal mines , as given in his evidence before the committee of the House of Commons , on " Accidents in Mines , " in 1835 . The Theatre of the Royal Polytechnic Institution was selected , as having at command the hydro-electric machine steam apparatus , m » de use of in the recent lectures on the steam jet at tie institution , which led to the adoption of the method of ventilation lately introduced by Mr . Foster , at Newcastle . Dr . Bachoffner denv nstrattd
the principle by a series of conclusive experiments , which were afterwards followed by a discussion , in which Mr . Gurney , who was present , practically explained its application to coalmines , as a positive means of preventing the many accidents which so frequently occur . Amongst the company present were—Earl St . Germans , Marqub of Lansdowne , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , Sir J . Walmesly , Right Hon . Sydney Herbert , Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., Lord Ashley , Sir Charles Lemon , Mr . Edward Cayley , M . P ., Mr . J . PendarveB , M . P ., Admiral Bow ' es , Admiral Hope , Mr « E . Brotherton , M . F ., Mi \ Charles Forster , M p ., and a number of other geutlemtn conmcted with the government , and the directors of the institution .
LrAvwcH or a Steamboat . — On Saturday last , there was launched from thebuilding yard of Messrs . Wigram , of Blackwall , a steamboat of the Medea class , the Columbus , built for the Spanish Government ; length , 190 feet ; beam , 32 feet ; depth , 20 feet ; tonnage , 900 . Her armament will consist of two 08-pounders , long guns , and eight 82-pounders , medium . Messrs . "Wi gram are building a sister steam-ship , to be called thePizar . ro , to be armed in like manner . Plukder of the Imperial Arsenal at Vienna . — The Commissioners of tho Metropolitan Police have transmitted to the Commissioners of the Customs a list of weapons , banners , models , &c , which have been stolen from the imperial arsenal at Vienna , and which it is supposed will be brought to this country for sale , vrith . a view to tho recovery of the property , in the ovoi-t of its importation ,
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CORN . Friday , Feb . 23 . —The receipts of all descrinr grain have been but moderate during the week ¦ ns of less , they have proved much more than sufficient ?* % very limited demand ; and although tiie small nni % business transacted does not warrant any alk . n Uf quotations , the turn in price was generally in fvJ "" " ! ii , buyers . rufthij Make-lane , Monday , Feb . 20 . —Our supplies of p wheat from the neighbouring comities were sm ii ^ 'H morning , and moderate of foreign , the sale of uVd % English and foreign , was slow , and last week ' s \« t f' H barely maintained , Flour dull and Is per sack 1 1 Vf | 6 In barley less doing , and grinding qualities Is in " % malt hardly anything doing . Beans and pens ,. k The arrivals of oats were small , and fine sample- •'' " " alteration ; but ordinary qualities difficult tomtit * wi "" * i ! lower rates . In rye less doing . Tares ollered 1 "' * ' and not so much in demand . Linseed cakes « l ¦* t Cloverseed , both red and white , met with buye r' Si ' ' vious rates . The current prices as under . ut te British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolkand Kent i
, w . Us , ditto white , 38 s to 48 s , ; Lincoln , Norfolk ' mi ? ' *>» shire , red , a « s to 43 s , Northumberland and Se ' otn Otl ; - 3 Gs to 40 s , ditto red , 31 s to 41 s , Devonshire ami « " llilf , shire , red , _ s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , 1 . ; . 7- ""W barley , 24 s to 31 s , Scotch , 23 s to - . " 7 s , Malt , Wiliiiii ' v '" ' , —S , pale , Sis to 5 Gs , peas grey , « 0 s to 3 ; - s , maiiiVw *" 35 s , white , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s K ' . f *) new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 23 s to 25 s , harrow , 24 s to ' ¦>* ¦ '• fc 30 s to 32 s , outs , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed i-J ' " o ' 0 " , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 23 s , ii .. « vi ° - Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , Scotch fced , IDs to 2 i ' g , I , £ i V . , N black , 17 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 20 s to 24 s , tinned t - ^ 50 s to 52 s , rapesecd , Essex , new , £ 2 B to A- > s i , l i * T SI , rawny seed , Essex new , 25 ii to 30 . per cwt , rJ ™ fe to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ lllus to £ 12 , Br H ) im h 5 per sack of 280 lbs ., ship , 30 s to 3 JS , torn ., 3 Ss to i " v " 0 IDl Fobeion .-Wheat—Daiitag , 4 s 3 to 50 s , Anh-nV Marks , 44 s to 47 s , ditto white , 45 s to 49 s , l ' oinel " , ;• , , ? 45 s to 47 s , Kostock , 4 fis to « s , Danish , Holstei H Friesland , 42 s to 44 s , Petersburg , Archangel , and ' m "' 40 s to 43 s > Polish Odessa , 42 s , to 40 s , MarianonoU ami if dianski , 38 s to 43 s , Taganrog , 35 s to Sto , J 3 rab int Z
French , 40 s to 44 s , ditto wmte , « s to ma Saloniea 3-, , 38 s , Egyptian , 25 s to 28 s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , w ; Sn , and Kostock , 21 s to SWs , Danish , 22 s to 26 s , Saul ¦ & 27 s , Bast Friesland , ISs to 20 s , Egyptian , lUs to Hs ' )}' nube , 16 s to IDs , peas , white , 24 s to 2 C » , new boilers •>• to 23 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , pigeon , 2 Cs to : JuS ) v ' ! , ' . tian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , a ' , - Friesland , feed and black , las to 18 s , ditto , thick ami C ' , 13 S to 21 S , Riga , retersbui ^ r ,. Archangel , and Swdisli , ! * , tolSs , flour , United States , per llMbs ., 24 s to 20 s , h , ' ' burg 22 s to 23 s , Dantzig nnd Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French & . ' 28 U 1 US ., 38 s to 3 Gs . K j " \ Y bdsesday , 1 ' eb . 28 . —We continue to be well smmij , - j With foreign Wheat , but of other grain the supjilj- j s ' LJ moderate . The demand for grain to-day is very li ] n -,. ' | ™ but prices are without variation . ¦ . A
CATTLE . ? Fbidat , Feb . 23 . —There was , for the season , , 1 uT number of beasts . This being the commenc ement of I ' 1 but very little meat was wanted . Trade was exceed ^ ' bad ; comparatively only few sales were elVurfe and those at a reduction of fully 2 d iwr gfts . The sun , of sheep , though not large , was more than equal to tlii 1 ^ maud , and lower prices were taken ; indeed thev o ,, S' 1 not all be sold . Trade was very dull for calves , Jiid 1 . \ rates were barely supported . Pigs were also rather lo « t ' From Germany and Holland there were til ) beasts * t sheen , and 80 calves ; from France , 12 boasts and Hin ' lv " 1 from Scotland , 300 beasts ; and 150 milch cows from I 1 home counties . 1 Shithfiei , d , Monday , Feb . 2 G . —The continuous (]«¦!; , 1 Jn the value of live stock—especially beasts—in tlii < , „ , '' 4 ( though long since anticipated by us ) is cretitiu- ' no ' lh . '
uneasiness in tne minas 01 tnc graziers generally I ,, j t past week the trade has been dull , almost berowj recoil * t tion , and prices of both beasts and sheep have inVen ¦' quite 4 d ptr 8 fts . That the returns liuve boim yJ I paying point will be obvious , when we state that , with \ ¦ t few exceptions , the highest figure realised for ( lie k Scots , on Friday last , was only 3 s Cd per Slbs , a much Ion I price than for many years past ; and the top quotations " * prime old Downs in the wool did not exceed 4 s M & > ' sheep selling at 3 s 10 d per 81 b . At those rates gnat © culty was experienced in effecting sales . The only u ,, ; s by which prices can be enhanced is a withlioldinu o ' taw C tion of the stock destined for consumption in Unim' | - a effects , however , would be but temporary , as the huihIm of both beasts and sheep in Norfolk and Suffolk arc » B derablr in excess of those at many correspondim ; wii . " i
of the year , and a rise in tne quotations would be koJ , r five of heavy importations from France , Holland ,, ™ , ! t * many . There was a decline in the numbers uf fwvi C stock exhibited in to-day ' s market , compared nitti ih " n shown on Monday last , fctill , however , the trade was I -i cessively heavy , and sales were with difficulty efafi ' " depressed currencies . Notwithstanding there was a tt a oft in thearriviil 3 of home-fed beasts fresh up , this m- t ] ing , we have again to notice unusual heaviness in tlit t ™ trade . The weather being somewhat uiifiivniiraMt : % slaughtering , the attendance of both London nnd coie t buyers small , and Newgate and Lcadenliall market ; Lir : _ , supplied with each kind of meat—especially with fe * J mutton and pork , which were selling at extremely luwe . & veneies—the prices of all breeds of boasts wove M 5 gj per 81 bs . lower than on Monday last , Mug the iinwui : yVX UJUO , 1 UDC 1 lllllll \ f * i uwuuwj A ^ k . ivj u * . in £ nil , tllllVUk .. T .
depression noticed on Friday . With very tew cxcei > & ¦ " the best Scots produced no more than 3 s ftl pcrSltis ., ; 1 a large number of short-horns < fee . were turned out uiu . si With sheep we were again scantily supplied as w nuniV * J but their general quality was extremely guod , and - tt same observation may be applied to the beasts . & breeds of sheep sold heavily at Friday ' s full in r . of 2 d per Slbs ., the top general figure fur the i ^ old Downs in the wool being 4 s 6 d , and half U , 4 s per 8 &s ., and a total clearance was not efftr : _ There were about 500 shorn sheep in the warta ,: < u prices of which ruled from Cd to 8 d per Slbs . tais tl those in the wool . Calves , the supply of which was s :. „ smnll , moved off slowly at last week's quotations . la ; . scarcely any business was transacted , and prices us : D ] downward tendency . + ]]
Head of Cattle at Smithfield . gjj Beasts .. .. 3 , 47 G I Cnlves f Sheep .. .. 17 , 870 . 1 Pip * ° Price per stone of 81 b 3 . ( sinldng the offal ) * £ Beef . 2 s Gd to 3 s Gd I Veal .. 3 s Gd to i- * D Mutton .. 3 0 .. 4 6 | Pork .. 3 0 ,. i Be Per 81 bs . by the carcase . ¦ foa Newgate and Leadeshalt ., Monday , Feb . 12 . —Ic- j / l beef , 2 s 2 d to ' 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Gd to 'is 8 d ; r " large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime small , 3 s Odto 3 sid ; : pork , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , ' - ' s 4 il to 2 > middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , ' ii I'd to Si ¦ J •" veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s id . al
PltOVISICHfS . sa London , Monday . —We had no material alterafe th markets last week . The deliveries of Irish butter slii a increased , and a moderate amount of business irai f -m sacted at rather cheaper rates . Foreign not in netfe " quest , and fully 2 s per cwt . lower , Irish bacnn s l ' : ili tu dealt in ; prices inclined downwards . Hams triiiiiij ;! : : ^ proved in demand ; prices stationary . In lard na cte . . worth notice . For American singed bacon the iIotmJ' Qu good ; prices for the best quality well supporttJ-for : no in
not so the turn cheaper . Middles , short cut , rib , ; j long boneless , found buyers to a foir . extentatsMnn : In tierces the sales were limited . He Esgmsu Botter Mabket , Feb . 26 . —Our trade for old . JQj ter now seems to be quite gone away , . so that prices k ( article are perfectly nominal . New milk Dorset is sui an great request , tue quantity being as yet very mfliny . 1 qn set , fine new milk , lU' s per cwt ; ditto , fine autumn * £ y 80 s to 84 s ; ditto , summer-made and inferior abs to . fresh and Buckinghamshire , 12 s to 14 s per dozen ; it OX West country , 10 s to 12 s . al (
FRUIT AXD VEGE TABLES . j Covest Gardes , Monday , Feb . 26 .-T . he market > towell supplied with most articles in season , with a nj « - njJ trade doing , at the following p rices - . -Forcca hum , Is to lsSd ; and brocoli , Cd to ' Is per bnmUe . -W J-i Is 3 d to 4 s Cd S pears , Gs to 10 s ; onions , Is 3 d to Is w . ¦ ¦ xto sels sprouts , Is to Is 6 d ; spinach , Cd toSd ; amll" ^! ; ; j . to Is Gd per half sieve ; red cabbage , is to : js ( Id ; S ' " );; . * to Sd ; celery . 4 d to Is 3 d : and horseradish , Is ^ '"• . «« per dozen heads ; turnips , Is 3 d to " 2 s ; carrots , « sj « ; gfo and greens , Is 9 d to 2 s 3 d per dozen bniu-MS ; 1 £ _ «• grapes , 4 s to 5 s ; Foreign ditto , 9 d to Is « d ; l » 'l 4 a | K . ^ to as ; and filberts , Is to 2 s per lb . ; oranj . 'cs , <> ' ¦• . yo ; lemons , 5 s to 9 s ; and forced asparagus , is tid to - mi forced French beans 3 s Od to is Kd per llUIldrfll ; - sjvj Gd to Is 9 d ; mushrooms , Cd to Is ; and iuw P '; . ; *? X to Is per punnet ; turnip greens , ( id to Mi illw " pit sprouts 8 d to lOd per bushel basket . : -Qu
POTATOES . _ | an Southwark Waterside , Feb . 2 fi .-0 ur marketb :- || jv , supplied , and trade so heavy iJiat a reduction " ^ J ^ . again submitted to with every description in . Pi ; SS . -i sale . The following are this day's qtiota twu-., gg ^ shire Regents , lOUs to 140 s ; Scotch < Mto , 'f \ . fSfofcj Ditto cups , 90 s to lulls ; French whites , <* . g sfo Bekian , 70 s to 90 s . Sej £ * jj eu ; i ; tii , < us 10 aus . Wj&i
COLONIAL PRODUC E . 7 Tuesday Evening . Feb . 27 . —The suBsw '^^ V msB to-day with spirit , and an advance of tully ou - , 1 . ^^ Wished on West India and Mauritius . } fSf ^ J %$$ the full prices of last week . About 7 < 0 imUb w ^ . ^ vjg * sold , including the public sale of 105 W '"* . ^!* $$ S £ 37 s to 41 s Gd . 3 , 500 bags of Mauritius sold tm ' . •; , | $ & ] sale , chiefly yellow , 3 « s , 40 s ; a few lotB town . ";; # gg 32 s , 35 s . Bengal , nearly 4 , 000 bags sold stw" ^; . fsjf sale . . Benares , white , Ms to 42 s ; grainy ( Ief"i ' > j £ | o low to white , 40 s , 48 s . The refined market « ^ . ; i ' - jaggj ] no advance quoted . Grocery lumps , fair to In * ' , > Wsmrr 51 s . The deliveries of sugar for the first t ^ . , ; ffl&i ! ( eight weeks ) from the port of London stand t ! ia 3 ^ . - fSgjnVi dia , 20 , 001 ) casks against 18 , 300 in the same 1 *^ * fflffii- ' British East India , 171 , 000 packages again" ' .,,. Wm r 1 S 48 ; foreign , 16 , 000 packages against 17 , * ' '' |§ V'aported , 22 , 800 against 12 , 500 in 1848 . . c . t lispe Coffee . —There has been only one small 1 ™} ^ l |§ of * plantation coffee to-day , and that was nearly a '' , , ; m J * by the importer , at high prices ; good orduia'V §§ red
Ion dull at 34 s , 35 s . | | S COAL . ,,, jfcjf imI Mondat , Feb . 26 . —Factors have been en * , ] ,, * f tho , tain last week ' s advance , although with ra ? LjjvlTi % ' vrhi with needy buyers . Very little doing - * V , ltffc ¦ }¦ ¦ ' t ^ Tees , IBs ; Wylam , 17 s 9 d ; Huddle's W « t «• P ia * Hartlepool , West Hartley , 15 s ; Xe »' , f ihrtltV . WOE Ord ' s Redheugh , 12 s ; Kavensworth >\ ,, 4 , in . "; . mm Taufield Moor , 13 s tid ; Townley , 13 s !> a >?\ 0 ^ . f _ : ii Wall ' s-end :-Bro \ vn ' s Gas , 12 s ; Hcdley , J-fr # f . ; . wfl 15 s 3 d ; Eden Main , 16 s ; Lnm bton i' j not BraddyU ' s Hetton , ltis ; Hetton , 16 s » d i ; " ^ 1 ^ ££ ^ Jonassolin ' s , 14 s ; Lambton , 16 » t > d ; " ltp W I , b && WiitireU , 15 s ; Heng" "' A * ? ' . " £ hi ) * ¦ ¦ W $ , Kelloe , IBs ; Thornley , 15 s ( id ; TrinuluU , 1 « j & gjjfo Tees , 16 s ; South Durham , 15 s ; Tees , 1 » j ^ markew ¦ wool ' . ^ jj The market is buoyant for colonial « ool , , ^ A
to the last , aud a considerable advance w ^ , K .,, | on previous rates , such in fact as to ^ c ^ | the lower descriptions , the most u » g « , , lU , l <^ - | There has been a better demand tor lioiw ^ w » | : han for some time past . The average - M iias been 2 d to 3 d per lb . A j | j
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1512/page/8/
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