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      indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of il-iry Merrison , ¦ with intent to steal her goods and chattels , —Mr . Ewart prosecuted , and Ml . Horry defended the prisoners . —The charge was clearly Established by the evidence . The prisoners were found upon the spot , when an alarm was g iven , and one of them threw away a crowbar , and the other had skeleton keys and a life-preserver in his possession . —Mr . llorry addressed the jury , and called & witness who said that Jones lodged in his house and he had never heard anything against his character . He also said that on the night of the burglary that prisoner « as very drunk , and he went out to take a walk to sober himself . —The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners?—Michael Ilaydon , one of the City police , said he knew Jones as the

      constant associate of thieves ; and hs likewise said that the man wlie had been called to speak to his charaeter kept a house which was open all night for the reception of bad characters , and three of his sons ¦ were also convicted thieves . - -=-The Common Sergeant , upon this statement being made , ordered the * It less to character into custody , .- > nl he was placed in the dock bv the side of the other prisoners . —Air . Horry asked ' what offence the witness was charged with * ?—The Common Sergeant told him he naU no business to interfere . —Mr . Bony ** & he was requested by the witness to do so and on his behalf he wished to know what he was charged with ?—The Common Serscant said that at present he was committed for contempt of court , and they would consider what proceedings should subsequently be taken , lie remarked at tfee same time , that nothing was more mischievous than these false characters , for judges and jurors were so repeatedly deceived , that a rcallv honest esan was frequently deprived of the

      ¦ benefit of the character to which he was justly entitled . The prisoners , who had been convicted , were then sentenced to be transported for ten years . Kobbert . —George Thomas Dember , a g entlemanly-looking man , surrendered to take his trial for stealing u sovereign , the property of Henry England . -The evidence proved that the prisoner , who was known to the prosecutor , had met him in a public-house ( where both parties were known ) , and asking the prosecutor to treat him , he did so , and put down" a sovereign to pay the reckoning , which prisoner to&k up and put in his pocket , first saying he had not got it , and then that he . had " no money . The police were called , Hid the sovereign was found in his pocket Both of the parties had been drinking , and the magistrate before whonvthe charge was heard refused to commit the prisoner , but left the prosecutor to go before the grand jury and obtain a bill of indictment for the offence , which he did . —The jury said , they believed the affair to have been done out o'f a lark , and acquitted the

      prisoner . _ . This terminatcdtfhc business of the session , which has been an extremely heavy one , 350 prisoners having been tried . The « ouft stands adjourned until Monday , May the 7 th ,

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      Mokdav , April 16 . HOESEOF COMMONS . — The House re-assembled this day , after the Easter recess . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . Notices of Motiox . — The following notices of motionTTere given : —Lrd J . Russell , on this day week , to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Irish'Poor-Law Act . —The Solicitor-General , on the same day , to submit a similar motion with respectto the act for facilitating the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland . —Mr . H . Druiwond , on Thursday , the 26 th instant , to move for a committee of the whole House to consider the expediency of redistributing the taxation of the country , with a Tiew to relieve the poorer classes . —Major Black all , on this-day week , to call the attention of the House to the state of Ireland ; and Mr . H . Berkeley on Wednesday , the 2 nd proximo , to move for leave to bring in a bill , enacting vote by ballot for the election of numbers to serve in Parliament .

      Colonial Affairs . — Mr . Scott , parsuant to notice , moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , with a view to reduce the charges « a the British treasury , and to enlarge the functions of the colonial legislatures . The honourable gentleman , in a speech of considerable duration , proceeded to refer to the large amount of the export trade from the mother country to her colonies , to the increased amount of taxation levied on the colonists above that of the h > me population , to the expenses attendsntnpon the governments of the colonies , all of which results were the consequence of home interference with the charters by which the colonies were founded ; and contended that at the period when they-were so well

      and cheaply governed there was no colonial system , when they prospered there was no colonial officethat it was not until the folly and madness of British statesmen had forced the mother country into a war with her own colonies , and that a " minister of war and for the colonies" had been appointed , a title which had been well sustained , for by war England lost the colonies which she once possessed , and by war she retained those whicfe she now held , the two causes which led to the former result be ' ng the imposition of taxes and altering constitutions without the consent of the co ' onists , the precise course in operation under the administration of the present Secretary of the Colonial Department towards those who were wirhin the pale of the British dominions , nevertheless were without the pale of the British constitution . The constitution of the British

      colonies ought to be counterparts of that of the mother country , and indeed so they were ; they had charters , legis ' atfte counci ' s , and assemblies , but there was this rrmarkable difference , ± hat the practice was opposed to the theory , for though such assemblies there were , those who presided in them were the nominees of the governor , many appointed by him , and others holding situations nt his pleasure , and who were often found in opposition to the just claims of $ egreat body of the colonists . The hon . member , after referring generally to-emigration and other celonia ! questions , concluded by-expressing his

      conviction that the colonists as a body were loyal subject ; but if disaffection did anywhere exist it had amen from the feeling that the trust reposed in the Colonial-office had not been exercised in such a manner as to merit the confidence or win the regard of the colonists , and called upon the government ; ere it was too bate , to pause in the course they were pursuing , or else the feelings of these communities wou d be alienated from her Majesty ' * rale , and they would seek for succour from some other source . Mr . Uxme seconded the motion .

      Mr . Hawes expressed his regret that the House did not appear ( presumed from the very limited number of members present ) to take that interest in this important question which he could have desired , but he thought the hon . gentleman must take the blame to himselfifor having proposed a motion which was altogether beyond the grasp of a committee , involving as it did an inquiry the termination of which no member of the present House of Commons could ever hope to see . On this ground , therefore—not that he undervalued the importance of the subject , or denied that a committee on speeial colonies might not be adyantageous ' y appointed , but because it was perfectly impossible for a committee of that House usefully to discharge functions so great and various

      as those now suggested to be imposed upon it—he should give a decided negative to the motion . The hon . centlem&u then proceeded to take what he termed a glance at the present colonial system of the countrv , but which in effect proved an elaborate review of the whale subject of colonial affairs , in reference to the existing system—to those colonies where free institutions-existed , to those that were in a state of transition and progress for the < 5 evelopment of such institutionfi ^ and to those to which , from the peculiarities of tfaeir state and condition , it was impossible to extend ithem ; the result of the details , showing that out of the whole colonies of Great Britain—forty-three in number—twenty-seven either possessed representative forms of governmentor

      , had had them receo&y conceded to them by the Secretary ef the State . Throughout the wfcoie . of thim , there was as free a p «» s without a single -exception ; they had trial by jury generally , and in &ose possessing representative institutions they had the entire control ef the public purse . The hon . gentleman then pointed out subjects which had led to angry collisions beUreen the colonial-office and various colonies , but for which the House of Commons and the country at large , and not the colonial-office , was responsible , tic ., tbeabolitKm of slavery , free trade , and the wastelands question ^ New South Wales ; and urged thatthe complaatSe of the colonies -with respectto thecperation of th&aetmeasures upon diem , were discussed < snfairly wbea tevervthinff of winch

      they complainedoras attributed : *)* the administration of coloniil afiairaibf the colon&Ueffice , and nothing attributed to the jnkicy which it < wew the business « f that office to cany . oat . After defending the appointment of governor * anjsde by Earl G $£ v , and eulogis ing the conduct of tie aristocratic governors , Lord Elgin , Lord . Harris , sod Lord Tornggton ; and referring to the subjeet-of emigration , dbe hon . gentleman concluded by expressing his belief tt&at if colonies were to exist , and ib *« ommerce rfstfae country maintained it was absolutdf necessary to keep up the police of the seas , and tfeat the only effect of

      impairing the naval force employed on this service would be to expose the colooiaj trade to danger . He lioped-he should never see the day when , from mere mercenary considerations , anything should Jba done which would lead to the dismemberment of the colonial empire . The debate was continued by Meur& Giatstoxe , Mangle * , Home , and Anstby , Sir W . MolesjroaTH , and Major Blackam , ; and after a reply from Mr . Scorr , the House divided , when the motion was negatired by 81 to 34 . A conversation took place upon a motion of Mr . Mackinnox , for the appointment of a select committees the removal of Sraithfield Market , wbieh was ultimately agreed

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      Upon the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Aneteymoved , as an amendment , that an address be presented to her Majesty , on the subject of certain illegal ordinances or acts of council for the taxation of the people of Van Diemen ' s _ Land , ibe attempts of Lieutennnt-Governor Sir William ^ emson to intimidate the judges of the ^»^ that island into declaring such ordinances or acts to be legal , and the grievances comp lained or by ti . e mlrmltsofthat island in their petition presented

      last year to her Majesty and printed DJ Og House ; and that her Maje sty might be direct tbe local authorities m future to respect ; the independence of the judicial func'ions of that . com t , and La to signify her disallowance of any ordinance or act subsequent ^ passed by the said leutenantgovernor in council , for gi ving to such illegal ordinances or acts the force of law . In ^ PP * ^* m aion , the honourable and learned gentleman spoke for nearly an hour ; but no one seconding rt , the original motion was put and carried , whereupon the House went , profmtnui , into committee of supply . The House having resumed ,

      Mr . Hawbs said that the conclusion of Mr . Anstey ' s motion was unexpected by him , and he regretted it , inasmuch as he had wished to say something in defence of the conduct of the lieutenantgovernor , in reference to wbi-h the conclusions at which he had arrived were different from those expressed by Mr . Ans ' ey . He was sorry that the fains of the House precluied him from replying to the honourable and learned gentleman . Mr . Duncax thought that if the honourable gentleman was so Very anxi-. us to defend the governor , he might have seconded the motion , and in the midst of the merriment created by this suggestion the House adjourned , at twelve o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , April 17 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Landed Pbopehtt ( Ireland ) . —Mr . Sadleir , pursuant to notice , called attention to the legal impediments to the sale of landed" property in Ireland , and to the facilities which might be afforded for its free transfer , which were indispensable , he observed , before capital-and agricultural science could be applied to develope the resources and promote the industry of that country . All the circumstances which governed , and to a certain extent obstructed , the transfer of land in this country existed in Ireland in an aggravated shape , without their attendant advantages . There were , in addition , peculiar obstructions incident to the transfer of Irish landed property , which exercised a

      most pernicious effect upon the agricultural interests of the cocntry , arising from the complex character of titles , the absence of a power to foreclose , the continuance of old encumbrances , the complication which these encumbrances , repeatedly transferred and subdivided , imported into Irish conveyancing , the imperfect system of registration , and the want of any registration system for charges upon land . These and other embarrassments , and the litigation to which they gave Lirth , deteriorated the value of landed property n Ireland , and deterred prudent purchasers . The Encumbered Estates Act of last session imposed new burdens upon mortgagees who desired to transfer their securities , and every

      attempt to remedy the evils he had described by the operation of that act , and through the machinery of the Court of Chancery , must fail . He gave various examples of the tedious , involved , and costly nature of that machinery , at once oppressive and inefficient , and he recommended the appointment of a local board , or commission , with comprehensive functions , empowered to administer a simple system , whereby the questions which hampered Irish titles might be got rid of , and a parliamentary title be conferred on purchasers , the transfer and hypothecation of estates being made cheap , easy , and expeditious , so that land might become a readily convertible security . Mr . Sadleir gave some curious examples of the extraordinary and peculiar tenures under which land was held in Ireland , and the conditions upon which leases were granted . Among other instances he adduced the following : — Honourable gentlemen were under the impression

      that all leases for lives in Ireland were renewable for ever , as in . England , upon payment of a fine genenlly equal to half a year's rent , the delivery of a pair of roast fowls , or a peppercorn ; but he had one in his possession renewable for ever upon the fall of each life , on the condition that the tenant deliver to the landlord as much " parliament whisky" as would make one hundred and seventytwo glosses of strong whiskey punch . ( A laugh . ) He asked the House whether this was a description of tenure which ought to be tolerated , or permitted to exist for one hour , in a civilised country , where there had been a great temperance movement , peculiarly honourable to Ihe Irish people . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member attacked the government upon its backwardness in devising measures of bold policy for the amelioration of the social condition of Ireland , and concluded by mov'ng his motion .

      The Solicitor-General apprehended that the motion was intended for the purpose of calling the attention ' . of the House to those subjects which formed the staple of the speech with which it had been introduced , and that the ; hon . gentleman did not mean seriously to press the subject further . lie freely admitted that the inconveniences which arose from the manner of conducting business at present in the Courts of Chancery , both in England and Ireland , ought to be remedied , and although considerable steps had been taken in this country , much yet remained to be done . With respect to the bill of which he had given notice of moving for leave to introduce , for facilitating the sale of estates , all he would now say was , that the attention of the government in preparing that measure had been

      earnestly and carefully directed to all the points to which the hon . gentleman bed referred , as well as to various others which had not been particularly enumerated . There was a mistake , however , in supposing that concentrated evils could be removed by the production of one measure , but by a series of measures , aiding and assisting each other . His firm belief was , that a foundation might be laid of great prosperity in Ireland , far exceeding that which was ever known in that country . Mr . J . O'CoxNEUi was glad to hear that it was intended to bring in a biU to remedy the evils complained of as to the sale of the landed property , as well as other measures , but could not draw an omen of the efficiency or success of them from the phraseology which the hon . and learned gentleman had used m reference to them .

      At the suggestion of an hon . gentleman the House was countea , when , only , thirty-one members being found present , it stood adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock . WEDNESDAY . April 18 .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Public Roads Bill . —Mr . Corxewall Lewis moved the second reading of the Public Roads Bill . Mr . B . Deniso . v moved , as a » amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six months . He was as anxious as any one could be to have turnpike trusts and public roads placed on a better footing than that now occupied by them ; but the present measure introduced with that view , was so defective in the machinery by which it proposed to effect its object , that he felt himself constrained to offer it every opposition in his power . Mr . Rice supported the motion for the second reading of the bill , regarding it as a measure forced upon the governmentT > y the exigency of the case . After speeches from Sir J . Pakington , Sir W . Joliffe , and Mr . Bankes ,

      Mr . C . Lewis proceeded at great length to detail the course which had been taken in the preparation of the last and the present bill , stating that , after due" consideration of ; all the arguments and opinions that had been offered on the one side and on the other , the government came to the determination that it was desirable , on grounds of ¦ economy as well as with a view to efficient management , that the two classes of roads should be consolidated under one general act . Turnpike-roads were nothing more than roads which had been taken arbitrarily by persons locally interested , for which private acts had been long , before obtained ,-but which did not cease to be highways when the funds derived from tolls were found to be insufficient to

      mai&tain ihera , because , in that case , recourse was at once had to the highway rate . Since the introdnetion of railways , however , those roads , which were lefore the main lines of communication , had sunk in the scale , and had become mere means of communication between neighbouring parishes , whilst many highways abutting upon railway stations had become some of the most important means of communication in the country . On these grounds it was thought that the distinction between turnpike-roads and highways had been effaced , and had rendered it 'expedient that the legislature , looking

      to the future , should do away with the distinction which , being founded on previously existing circum-« tances , no Tesger prevailed . The hon . gentleman rtben proceeded to review the monetary condition of the trusts , acd the executive powers which coniselled them , eentending that , if the officers who « Quld be displaced by the present measure were enticed to compensation , it could only be derived from the tolls ; otherwise it would convert the con ' templated economical scheme into a vary expensive pjoeposition . Iq conclusion , the hon . gentleman said ae was ready to refer the bill to a select committee .

      Sir & iP £ EL considered that the House was under considerable obligations to the hon . member for the treat attention he had paid to the subject , for the ringing forward of a measure not necessarily connected with the / executive duties of his office , but which task be bad undertaken in consequence of •¦ hat he thought was expected from public men . The right hon . baroc « fc then proceeded to state the objections entertained to the bill by those who were devoid of any personal interest whatever in the question , and to point out the hardship which youid resalt from one set of parties being made liable for the default of other parties , citing as his text tvre districts , tho one agricultural , th » other

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      — — = ^ - .. . — manufacturing , in Lancashire '; stating that he could not give his assent to a measure which in its present shape would inflict 80 imifiii injustice . The House would be acting in opposition to a principle which ought ever to be considered sacred , if they prevented parties who discharged their duties honestly from reaping the advantages resulting from their labours , but selected them as the parties who ought fc ' o he made responsible for the debts of the insolve nt . He was of opinion that the honourable gentleman had not met the main objections preferr ed against the bill . He proceeded to take several exceptions to the measure , but would vote for its second reading , on the understanding that the whole ouestion would be onen to the select

      committee to which it should be referred . % . Hume advised the withdrawal of the bill , saisfied that there was but little chance of its passage this session . —And after some further discussion , Sir George Grey observed that , as the progress of the discussion had shown that the opinion of the House was adverse to the principle of the bill , which was that of combined management of the trusts and highways , as well as to its details , no good could come from re : iding it a second time , and then referring it to a select committee . He would therefore propose the : withdrawal of the bill , but , in doing so , could certainly hold out no hope that a substitute for it would be introduced during the present session . The bill was then withdrawn .

      On the motion for the third reading of tho Affirmation Bill , Mr . Goulburn called the attention of the nouse to the dangerous principle of a bill which left it optional to a man to be examined on oath or not ; and distinguished between a general enactment and exemptions in favour of particular sects . He specified various practical evils likely to result from the bill , especially in the administration of justice in criminal as well as civil cases , and he moved that it be read a third time that day six months . Mr . Wood , who had charge of the bill , explained the successive relaxations of the law with relation to this subject , and its existing position , which subjected conscientious objectors to an oath because they did not hold some particular heresy , and in such cases robbed the public of the benefit of evidence . The Legislature had dealt practically with

      this subject , providing a remedy whenever a grievance occurred , and the practical evils and absurdities of the present state of the law rendered this further relaxation absolutely necessary . Mr . Henley declared that the arguments urged by Mr . Wood in support of the bill had confirmed rather than removed his ( Mr . Henley ' s ) objections to it ; " Experience showed that men spoke ' loosely when not under the obligation of an oath . Mr . Wood had not placed the bill upon the footing of a measure to relieve conscientious scruples . The next must be to do away with oaths altogether , The House having divided , the third reading was carried by 70 to 46 . On the question that the bill do pass , Captain Harris spoke for the few minutes intervening betwixt the division and six o ' clock , when the House , by rule , adjourned .

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      The following appeared in our Town Edition of last "week : — CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Friday , April 13 , THE TOOTING TRAGEDY . Bartholomew Peter Drouet surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . The indictment alleged , that at the time of committing the offence James Andrews , a child of tender years , was a poor destitute child , unable to provide himself with food , shelter , or the necessaries of life , and that the prisoner , being the keeper of a certain asylum called " Surrey Hall , " in the parish of Tooting , and having engaged with the guardians of the Holborn Union , who then had charge of the child , to take charge himself of the said child , and to provide it with proper food ,

      clothing , and other necessaries , and the said child being then entirely under his charge and control , ifc became his duty so to provide for it . The indictment then went on to allege that the prisoner , contrary to his duty , had neglected to give the child proper food and sustenance , and had also neglected to provide it with wholesome and properly ventilated sleeping accommodation , and by these means had caused it to be mortally sick and distempered , and had so occasioned its death . The prisoner was also arraigned upon the coroner ' s inquisition for the like offence . He pleaded " Not Guilty" to both the indictment and the inquisition . He was then arraigned upon three other charges of a similar character , and to these he also

      pleaded "Not Guilty . " Mr . M . Chambers and Mr . Clarkson were for the prosecution ; Sir P . Thesiger , Mr . Ballantine , and Mr . C . Smith were for the defence . Mr . Chambers in opening the case said , the nominal prosecutor in the present instance was the beadle of St . Pancras , but the parties whom he really represented were the board of directors of the parishes of St . Andrew , Holborn , and St . George-the-Martyr , who had felt it to be their duty to prosecute this case on behalf of the poor , whose representatives they were . After a somewhat lengthy address the following evidence was adduced . Mr . W . R . James examined by Mr . Clarkson . — I am clerk to the guardians of the Holborn Union .

      In consequence of the crowded state of the workbouse of that union in October , 1847 , 1 made an arrangement with the defendant to send a number of pauper children to the defendant ' s establishment ; This was done with the consent of the guardians , and was approved by the Poor Law Commissioners . I first had an interview with the defendant , and obtained from him the terms upon which he would receive children , and requested him to communicate with me afterwards in writing . ( A letter from the defendant was put in , in which he Btated that he spared no expense to have his establishment complete in every respect ; that the boys placed under his charge were instructed in different trades , and the girls in needlework and other domestic

      occupations ; and offered to take the children at 4 s . lid . per week . ) In consequence of that letter I communicated with the guardians , and they resolved that the children should be sent on the 4 th of November . ( The communications that passed between the guardians and the prisoner were then put in , and it appeared that there had been a suggestion that the prisoner should take the children at 4 s . per head , but eventually his own terms were agreed to . On the day named eighty-one boys were sent . The deceased was not of that number . They were all between six and fourteen years old . About six weeks afterwards thirty more boys were sent to the defendant's establishment .- When I first saw the prisoner , I understood that he could receive well

      1 , 200 , and that he had 850 in his establishment at that time . Deceased child was sent in October . In December we resolved to send some of our girls , as well as the boys , to the establishment of Mr . Drouet . The chairman , six guardians , and myself , went as a deputation ; and we made a report of our entire satisfaction at the whole of the arrangements , both with regard to the accommodation , the diet , and the industrial training of the children . Some of the reports referred to were here put in , and they spoke in favourable terms of the manner in which the establishment was conducted . Mr . W . Wixcii said : I am now one of the guardians of the Holborn Union , and was so in May last . On the 9 th of that month I went with two other

      gentlemen to visit Mr . Drouet ' s establishment . The boys were at dinner . They were all standing , and there were no forms for them to sit upon . I examined the potatoes and found them very diseased . I spoke to Mr . Drouet about them , and he said he gave £ 7 a-ton for them . I said I thought the diet should be changed , and he said , if we paid him better he could do it . After this we went over the establishment , and into a range of buildings that had been recently erected . The whole struck ¦ me as being badly constructed ; the rooms smelt very badly , and there were only windows on one side , so that there was no proper ventilation . These

      rooms were understood to oe intended-for sleepingrooms . We then went to the sleeping rooms that ' were in use , but I did not see any particular cause for complaint . After this , we went into the schoolroom , and Mr . Rennick told the boys , if they had anything to complain of with regard to their food , or any other matter , they were to hold up their hands . About forty of them did so , in Mr . Drouet ' s presence . I had observed the altered appearance of the boys ; they looked ill and pallid . The court objected to any statement of transactions which had taken place before the deceased was admitted to the Tooting establishment

      Patrick Sheen was then called . He said—My mother was in the Holborn Union , and I was sent to the prisoner ' s establishment . I have been there three times . I was taken away to the hospital on the 5 th of January last . Three of us slept in a bed at that time . Richard Woollison said—I belong' to the Holborn Union , and I was sent to Mr . Drouet ' s with James Andrews . At first he did not sleep in the same room with me , but two or three days before we came away we slept in the attick , over what was called the doctor ' s ward . The deceased slept with his brother and another boy . I had only one loysleepmg with me . There were twelve beds in toe room , and three boys slept in some of them . James Andrews was ill at this time , and the surgeon was attending him . I did not sleep in the same room with the deceased until two or three days before we were taken away . The cholera had broken out at the time .

      WM- Derbyshire said—I was one of the boys in he defendant ' s establishment . I knew the deceased ioy and his brother Joseph . We all slept together > efore we were taken to the Free Hospital . I don't know how many beds- there were m the room James Andrews was taken ill during the time he was sleeping with me , and then he was removed but I don t know whethe he was placed jn the sick vax

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      wu M'Dovqai , saii-1 am fourteen years old . T was ' brought with the other boys to the Free HosiiTal Ihfdbcen at Mr . Drouet's eight or nine S hs before . The deceased came up m the van ? ? h ite ^ ^^ tr ^ t Co 3 wl a li e boy \ Ve wereMl drW alike On the week-daysTwe wore a jacket and trowsers and ? pinafore ! Our own clothes , found by the parish , Jn ^ taken awa y from us when we went in . The wSJiy clothes did not keep us warm , but after . 7 * WI ffimrt - all the boys used to go into the yard and lSonfeKs thWuhtil six o ' clock in the evenin- when they had their supper . On Sundays ™ o ^ different clothes , and they were much warmer than those we had in the week days . I neveT went into the little boy ' s sleeping-rooms . When wegottothe Free Hospita we all ha 3 supper Snus . anu little Andrews did not cat . his . lie was not seen by any doctor on that night . 1 ma not see that Andrews did not eat his supper , but 1 told so *

      was . .. _ . ., _ .,-, Joseph Andrews said—I am 8 years old . We did not have enough to eat , and sometimes my brother has asked me for a portion of my food , and I used sometimes to give it to him , and at other times I refused , because I had not enough for myseli . One h-11 was used for the little hoys to dine in . Sometimes we had rotten potatoes and meat for dinner . When we had potatoes no bread was allowed . Some of the potatoes were black and bad , and we used to throw them on the table , and then they were put in the hogsty . We never complained of the potatoes , because we did not like to do so . We had meat three times a-week . Sometimes we were able to

      eat the potatoes . We had not meat enough to eat . We used to have half a slice of bread and gruel for breakfast . We had not near enough bread . There was the same quantity allowed for supper , and we never bad more than half a slice of bread . A tub was placed in the room for purposes of nature , which smelt very disagreeably , and after it was emptied in the morning water was placed in it for the purpose of scrubbing out the room . We had milk and water to drink at supper . My brother could not eat his bread and milk . I never knew of any of the boya having any porter given them except at Christmas .

      Thomas Dighton , another boy in the establishment , said—I am sixteen years old . I was at Tooting fifteen months , and I was removed with , the other boys to the Tree Hospital . I had to assist in scouring the little-boys' rooms , and to make the beds . I know the attics where the little boys slept . There were fifteen or twenty beds in the attic in which Andrews slept . I have ofton been into the little boys' hall when they were at dinner , and I observed that the potatoes were watery and bad , and the boys could not eat them and threw them away . They never had any greena or other vegetables , and when they did not have potatoes they had bread . I have seen the bread served from the pantry . The loaf used to be cut into twenty pieces . .. _ . ,, „ ,

      Samuel Jennings said—I am ten years © Id . There were about a hundred little boys . Some of them were eight years old . They were quite able to make a complaint and give any information respecting their treatment . The court here objected to boys in the bigger class being called as witnesses , they being in a different part of the building from the little boys . John Welch was called and said—lam 14 years old . I know the attics where ^ the little boys slept . Three of them slept in some of the beds . I have seen them at dinner . The potatoes were generally good , but I have seen them when they were diseased in the middle . I remember the boys making a complaint to the gentlemen in May , and afterwards Mr . Drouet said to me , " You young rascal ,

      I'll teach you to tell tales about not having enough food . " The next day I was " whacked by the schoolmaster . ( Laughter . ) I had been saying my lessons before I was " whacked . " Mr . Drouet was not present . Mr . Winch was the gentleman to whom the complaint was made . He has examined me several times , and took down what I said . He examined me before I went to the inquest . I am now at the Holborn Union , where I get as much as I want to eat . We get more to eat at the Holborn Union than we had at Mr . Drouet ' s . I was one of those boys who held up my hand when Mr . ' Winch inquired if we were dissatisfied . I was " whacked " for holding up my hand , and not for learning my lesson . I was very well when I went to Mr . Drouet ' s and I was very well when I came back .

      Henry Hartshorn , another boy , 14 years old , gave similar evidence . Objections were again taken as to the evidence of transactions prior to the deceased being admitted to Drouet ' s establishment . Patrick Sheen was recalled : The boys did not get any more food after the complaint was made than they had before . He was not aware that any complaint was made to Mr . Drouet about the bad quality of the potatoes . He said he could not recollect whether the potatoes were better or worse in November than in December . Henby Hartshorn was again recalled . He said that he also held up his hand when the gentlemen came , and said that he had not enough to eat . Mr .

      Drouet was present , but he did not make any remark . His son , in his presence , however , said something . They did not get any additional food in consequence of holding up their hands and complaining of the insufficiency of their food . The question was asked in the school , when a great number of boys were present . Mr . Drouet said it was not a fit question to put to the boys , to ask them if they had enough to eat . Mr . WiivcH was then recalled . He said he hoard Mr . Rennick , one of the gentlemen who aceompaniedhim , ask . if the boys had enough to eat , and Mr . Dr « uet appeared very angry , and said it was an improper question—he had a character to lose . He at the same time pointed to one of the boys and said

      he was the greatest liar he had in the school , and another , he said was a scoundrel . The prisoner must have known that he was questioning the boys , and he became very violent , and in order to prevent altercation witness and his brother guardians left . Ho did not sign the visitors' book when he left , but made a report to the board of what had happened . On the 30 th of May he accompanied the special deputation to visit the establishment ; they went at dinner time . The potatoes on that occasion appeared to be very good . Mr . Drouet apologised for his former rudeness , and his son accompanied him over the establishment . They went to the pantry , and saw the loaf cut in the usual manner . It , was a 41 h .

      loaf , and it was cut into sixteen pieces . He afterwards signed a report , expressive of satisfaction at the mode in which the establishment was conducted , but he made some alteration in the wording of it , to confine his approval to the particular day . He subsequently signed another report that was presented to him , believing it to be the same he had seen before . The deceased was included among tho little children . He was only six years old . Afr . W . Maize , another guardian , who accompanied the last witness , gave similar testimony as to what took place when the boys were asked if they

      had enough to eat , and he said that thirty or orty held up their hands to signify they had not . Mr . Drouet appeared very angry . David Kelly , a porter , deposed that he h . ad two grand-children in the Tooting establishment . On the 31 st of December he went to Mr . Drouet ' s and found one of his children ill in bod , and another child with him . There were a number of other children in bed in the room , and they lay very thick . Ho went again two or throe days afterwards and found three children in one bed , all of whom were sick and ill .

      Sir F . Thesiger here interposed , and said that at this time the cholera had broken out , and with such a dreadful visitation and in such an emergency the children might have been crowded together unavoidably . Baron Platt expressed an opinion that unless it was shown that the deceased child was in that room it was not evidence . "' . Mr . Chambers said he could not prove that fact .-It being now six o ' clock , and the counsel for the prosecution having intimated their intention to commence anew head of evidence by the production of medical testimony , which would necessarily extend to a considerable length , the court expressed an opinion that it would Be better to adjourn . The court then adjourned .

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      ho other prisoner sentenced to be imprisoned for one year . , named john Parker , Picking Pockets . —A y ° ? » n frT _ _ _ i .. . of ' pleaded " Guilty " to picking * Wy pod , t of » mrse , containing gome money . Hchad beenthnce convictea of the same offence , and once «™ ari j convicted of another offence . -The Recorder said that as the prisoner had hsen convicted on four previous occasions , the sentence upon him was tnat ne be transported for ten years . . .. Two men were found Guilty also of picking pockets , and one sentenced to twelve months imprisonment , and the other , who had been previously convicted , to ten years * transportation . Housebreaking . —W . Strudwick , 25 , dealer , and C . Jackson , 24 , labourer , were indicted for a robberv in the dwelling house of E . W . Wolley , and

      stealing a watch and other articles his property . Mr . Robinson prosecuted . The prisoner Jackson pleaded guilty , and Strudwick was defended by Mr . Ballantine and'Mr . Parry . After hearing the evidence , Mr . Ballantino said , the defence he was instructed to offer was , that the witnesses for the prosecution were mistaken in supposing that he was the man who ran out of the house with the other prisoner . The learned Judge then summed up , and ihe jury , after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of" Guilty . " The prisoner Jackson addressed the court when the verdict was delivered , and declared that his companion was innocent . His lordship sentenced Jackson , who had been before convicted of felony , to be transported for fourteen , and the other for ten years .

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      PARTY LYING . TO THB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Whigs and Tories are notorious liars . Falsehood and sophistry comprise their entire stock-in-trade . Of this there cannot exist two op inions . The one party differs not the shade of a shadow from the other . In corruption and misrule both factions live and move and have their being , while patriotism and love of country ( much abused terms . ) are incessantly ooxing from their polluted lips . A celebrated writer , who lived in the times when these ' Ride and Tie men '

      did as they willed with poor Bull ( they not then having the fear of the Chartists before . their eyes ) very appositely observed : —' If a man might promote the supposed good of his country by the blackest calumnies and falsehoods , our nation abounds more in Patriots than any other of the Christian world . ' Again , the same author says : — 'When we hear a Party story from a straneer , we consider whether he is a Whig or a Tory that relates it , and iraraediatejy conclude they are words of course , in which the honest gentleman designs to recommend his zeal , without any concern for his veracity . '

      I have been led to make these remarks from seeing in the' Star , ' of Saturday last , an old Partylie , extracted from a paper conducted , I guess , by some drowsy we , ( cr fellow with pigs in his bel l y ) who could not scratch anything original out of his box of cobwebs ; and , therefore , happening to lay his paw upon sn old ' Leeds Mercury , * he crawla out of his dilemma by thrusting into the hands of the waiting compositor a Party-lie , cut from that notoriously lying oracle , with full authority to said

      compositor to mould the same into a matter of fact . I am not finding fault with you or your assistants , for giving insertion to the fabricatiop ; because I know it is a ' clipping' from the shreds and patches , of a contemporary ; and as the ' Northern Star' is the only paper that honestly chronicles both sides of a disputed subject , its insertion enables me to give a true version of the affair , and an expose of those ' snoozing * dogs , answering to the name Of ' WE . '

      The bit of we' history to which I allude is the following : — The Doq in Danger . —A candidate for a seat in parliament , entering the house of a washerwoman in Yorkrtiire , shook hands with all the inmates , not excepting a little Cinderella on the hearth , and nauseated Same Suds with his fulsome courtesies . Kicking the dog which lay snoozing by the fire , "Get away wi thee , " she cried : "he'll be shaking hands wi' thee next !" During the agitation of the Deform Bill , and subsequent to that spawn of Whiggery becoming the law of the land , I happened to be secretary to the Leeds Radical Reform Association ; and as the vagaries of faction were then more than ordinarily ludicrous , I could not avoid noticing the perform , ance of their varied extravaganzas , which lacked nothing in the shape of falsehood , hypocricy , and

      malevolence . As will be remembered , Michael Thomas Sadler , the Anti-Malthusian , the opponent of the infernal New Poor Law , and the terror of the griping millocracy , contested the election for the representation of the bricks and mortar of the borough of Leeds , against the nominees of Millowners and dissenting tub-men , of whom the ' Leeds Muckery' was the mouth-piece . Amongst other equally veracious statements , the abeve cited story was communicated by the lying Editor to his credulous readers , * giving , in addition , the name of the candidate , and the locale of ' Dame Suds . ' On Sunday , the day after its appearance , I waited upon the recipients of the ' fulsome courtesies , ' and soon ascertiined that « The Great Liar of the North ' had squeezed three thumpers into the brief space of half a dozen lines .

      l&t , —The wife of the canvassed was [ not & ' washerwoman / 2 nd . —Neither she nor her children were accosted in the manner described . 3 rd . —No dog was ' snoozing by the fire . ' The good man of the house said he had not decided upon the candidate in whose favour he should tender his newly-acquired vote , until I read him the 'Mercurial , ' description of Mr . Sadler ' s visit , when he immediately exclaimed , ' At all events I cannot support a party driven to the necessity of inventing such barefaced and calumnious falsehoods . '

      On the Monday our association had convened a public meeting , when I took occasion to expatiate upon the rottenness of all systems requiring brute force , deceit , or falsehood , to sustain their existence , and instanced the above as indicative of the frail foundation on which faction rests , and the despicable means resorted to by its adherents to accomplish their villanies . Muckery , ' of course was dumb on the Saturday following . He could not substantiate his story , and therefore silentl y pleaded guilty to uttering a base lie to subserve a fictious purpose . A PARALmr . TO THE ' DOG IN DANGER . '

      Editors employed on papers devoted to the service of party , seem to be all tarred with the same brush . Having exhausted their ignorance on the question of the Land , and proved beyond all dispute that they are as incapable of giving information on the subject as a cow ia of dancing on the tight rope , they substitute lies for argument . It has recently gone the round of papers conducted by these ignoramuses that the Land Plan had proved an entire failure , and that the allottees on the Great Dodford Estate had been necessitated to apply for parochial aid ; while , the fact is , that not one allottee is yet located on that estate . I sent a

      • Northern Star' to one of those knowing ' wks , ' showing that none of the allottees had arrived at Great ; Dodford—that the estate was not prepared for their taking possession , and that , consequently , the assertion reiterated by the ' plural units , ' was a base , deliberate , and palpable lie . For party reasons the refutation could not be admitted into their pure columns . No ^ the poor things are hired to do dirty work . Their bread is purchased with the wages | of ., iniquity . They are trained in blackguardism ; but : being too effeminate for the brothel , they play the bully armed with a goose quill ' , mounted on a stool ; and locked in a garret .

      I have seen several of those fellows who dub themselves ' public instructors , ' who , when led astray from their One idea , evinced the most consummate ignorance on the most ordinary topics . Talk of their giving instruction in agriculture Why , how many of them have set a potato , or hoed a turnip ? How many of these « Instructors' could distinguish a drill from a coffee mill , or a harrow from a window sash ? Not many , I believe . As the Collective Wisdom is again sitting to des patch busJDMSi or kill time , I must not consume ranch space , but will conclude by another quotation from the * Spectator , ' illustrative of the lying propensities of the ' weV of hia day , every word of which is strictly applicable to the fraternity who do the Party press in the year 1849 .

      He 8 ay « , ' Party-lying is so very predominant among us at present , that a man is thought of no principles , who does not propagate a certain system oflie » . The coffee-houses are supported b y them the press is choak'd with them , eminent authors live upon then . ' What a moral nation . ' . ¦ . Yours , trul y , a brief aanouncment of which arrived by the last London , April 16 . w '

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      The . Weather . - Loi , Thursday . - The Sf ^^ S ^ KTfebtR StofflS ^ . fcSSHf ' fi ^

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      Fire at Gadsbi ' s Pjhhhto Q mos , f 9 vvasar STBBBT .-Thisl n 6 riiihg ( Saturday ) , at half-past one , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Gadsby , printer , in Bouverie-street , Fleet-street , and so rapidly did the flames increase , that , from the nature of the materials within the building , considerabla danger was apprehended . The efforts of the firemen were so far successful as to prevent the flames from extending to any of the adjoining buildings , and before three o ' clock all apprehension of further danger was entirely removed . The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained . The whole of the printing materials , besides the books , documents , Ac , on the premises were entirely consumed . Every exertion was made to save a portion of Mr . Gadsby ' s property , but with no possibility of success . The extensive machine-room adjoining the ni-fimises escaped injury .

      Rior i . v the Limerick Workhousk . —The Itnwrick Chronicle , of Wednesday , contains the following : — " By order of the commissioners , Mr . John Scott , master of the union workhouse , having been obliged to reduce the dinner rations b y one ounce , 500 of the female paupers yesterday , immediatel y after partaking of that meal , and without any complaint to the master , or hia assistant , broke the tin vessels on the table , and taking aim at tho windows demolished over 400 panes of glass . The outrage and tumult was not subdued until the master , with the aid of some thirty able-bo * died male paupers , had made prisoners of the ringleaders , eleven women and three men , whom he " this day brought before the magistrates at the Town Hall , and who , upon learning the circunw rftancesj remanded them until Petty Sessions , be » fore a full bench , on Friday next . "

      Dcblik , April 13 . — " How often , " asked Mr . Butt , yesterday , " has Charles Gavan Duffy stood in the dock ? For forty days have I stood beside him here as his counsel , and ono day in the dock is worse than a dozen in ths gaol . " The speech of the learned counsel went over the grounds he formerly discussed , and was delivered in a most impassioned manner . The conclusion of it , describing , what the prisoner had suffered already , affected several to tears . The trial will not conclude till late this evening , if it does then .

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      CORK Mark Lame , Monday , April 16 The supply ofEnglisIt wheat this morning was very shorthand taken eft ' by the mUlerB readily sit a . rise of fully 3 a pot qr upon last Monday's prices ; of foreign there was likewise less at market than for some time past , and the Danish blockade of the German ports , caused a good trade in fine qualities at a similar advance . French floiir readier sale , and Is to 2 s per suck dearer . Grinding and fine malting barley found more buyers , and fully Is higher . Fine malt rather dearer . Beaus firmer , and white peas held at higher rates . Rje without alteration . The arrival of foreign oats being shorter , nnd likely to remain so for the present , we had a good trade at Is per qr more money tlmn on Monday last . In cloverseed and tares very little doing . Linseed cakes better sale .

      Bbitisii . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , -10 s to 505 , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 37 s to 14 s , Northumberland and Scotch , while , U 7 s to 41 s , ditto red , 35 s to i' 2 s , Devonshire and Somerset , ¦ hire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 'Us to 24 b , barley , 25 s- to 33 s , Scotch , 24 s to 28 s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 52 s to 5 ( is , peas , grey , new , 26 s to 28 s , maple 2 " s t » 30 s , white , 24 s to 2 fc , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , large ,, new , ' 21 & to 23 s , tieks 22 s to 24 s , harrow ,, 23 s to 215 s , pigeon , 28 s to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 10 s to 19 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick an * Scotch , 18 s to 20 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 21 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 19 s , ditto potato , 18 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseud , Essex , new , £ 2 G to £ 28 per lust , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 » per cvrt , rape cake , Si to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 32 s to 34 s , town , 40 s to 44 s .

      FonEiQN . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 48 s to 56 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 s to 49 s , Pomeranian red » 40 s to 4 Cs , Rostock 4 ' . ' s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 36 s to 42 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Riga , 38 s to 42 s , Polish Odsssa , 36 s to 41 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 88 s to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Salorica , 33 s to 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 ns , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 22 s t * 27 s EastFrieslnnd , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , 16 s to 17 s , Danube , 16 s to 17 s , peas , white , 24 s to 28 s , new boilers , 26 s t « 29 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 26 s , pigeon , 25 s to 29 a , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 14 b to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 20 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 e to 17 s , flour , United States , per 19 fllbs ., 23 s to 25 s , Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bS ., 34 s to 3 Cs . Wednesday ^ April 18 . —With very moderate supplies of grain , our market is very firm fur every article — all our country markets being on the advance .

      Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 580 quarters ; foreign , 8 , 790 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 140 quarters ; foreign 2 , 970 quarters . Oats—English , 5 , 580 quarters ; foreign 9 , 530 quarters . Flour . 1 , 170 sacks .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Old to 7 d ; of household ditto , 5 d to 6 dper 41 & 6 . louf .

      CATTLE . SHirnnELi ) , Monday , April 16 . —Even the time of year considered , our market to-day was very scantily supplied with foreign stock , the general quality of which was inferior ; yet the demand for it was in a very sluggish state , at barely last week ' s quotations . The numbers of beasts received fresh up from our grazing districts were again extensive , and of very superior quality ; indeed , scarcely a second-rate bullock was ou offer . Although the attendance of buyers was lavge , and the dead markets were well cleared of their last week ' s supplies , the beef trade , owing , to the heavy suppl y . ' was by no means acti ve . However , a fair average portion of the beasts were disposed of , at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but

      the highest general quotation for beef did not exceed 3 s 6 d , per 81 tis . Beef is new selling at fully Is , mutton , Is 4 d , lamb , 8 d , veal , Cd to 8 d , and pork , ' 8 d to lOd , per 81 bs . beneath the prices obtained at the covresponvlwg pefiuu in 1848 . There was a decided increase in the numbers of sheep , most of which were in good conditiuii ; yet the mutton trade was tolerably steady , at Friday ' s improvement 5 n value . The primest old downs in the wool , sold at from 4 s to 4 s 4 d , out of the wool Ss 6 dto 3 s lOd perSlbg . Lamba wert in good supply and fair request , at from 5 s 4 d to 6 s 4 d per 81 bs . We had a better sale for calves , the value of which had an upward tendency . In pijrs exceedingly little business was transacted . Prices remained unaltered .

      Head of Catixe at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 8921 Calves .. .. 99 Sheep .. .. 20 , 800 Pigs 250

      • Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s Id to 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 3 s Cd to 4 s 64 Mutton .. 2 s Sd . . 4 s 4 d | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lambs .. .. 5 s 4 d to 6 s . 4 d . Per 81 bs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leaden-hall , Monday , April 9 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s M ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to Us Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 dto 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s lOdto 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Gd to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 2 d ; lambs , 5 s 2 dto 6 s 2 d .

      PROVISIONS . Lohbox , Monday . —The cold weather in the past week 6 lightly improved the demand for Irish butter , and a fair business was done , at prices for the most part corresponding with the views of buyers . Foreign was dull , and the best 2 s per cwt . lower . Bacon Irish singed sides were not freely dealt in , nor prices quite so firm . —American sold steadily , at full prices . Of scalded middles , long boneless , and short rib-in , and tierces , the same may be reported . Hams and lard in moderate request , at steady rates . English Butter , ' April 1 . 6 . —Notwithstanding the present cold and backward spring weather , our trade is anything but active ; but one good effect of the cold weather is , that it helps off our remaining stock of old butter , which would otherwise go to grease . Dorset , fine new , 90 s per cwt . ;• ditto , middling , 78 s to 84 s ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Buckinghamshire . 9 s to 13 s per dozen ; ditto , West Country , 8 s to 10 s .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Garden . —The market is well supplied with vege . tables and fruit , but trade is very dull . Pine-apples are sufficient for the demand . Hot-house grapes are very good , and more plentiful . Nuts in general are sufficient tbi tlio demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Amongst vegetables , carrots and turnips are abundant , cauliflowers and broccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , and seakale , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . New potatoes begin to make their appearance . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand , Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut flowers consists of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cinerarias , tropoeolums , fuchsias , and roses . ¦

      . POTATOES . Soo thwark Waterside , April 16 . —Our market continues scantily supplied with English potatoes ; but we ave so well supplied with foreign growth , there is not mueh advance in prices . Tho following . are this . day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire Regents , 130 s tol 80 s ; . ScQtch .. ditto , 120 s to 140 s ; ditto whites , 90 s to 100 s ; French whites , 80 s to MOs ; Belgian , 80 s to 90 s ; Dutch , 100 s to 110 b .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday . —The weight of the public sales of sugar to-day has caused a dull market , but the firmness of the importers of Bengal , of which the bulk consisted , prevented a decline beyond 6 d ; but half of the quantity offered was bought in , 5 , 000 bags sold ; 400 hhds . of West India and 1 , 500 bags Mauritius , also sold a shade ' in favour of the buyers . The refined market ha 6 been dull , and prices are 6 d lower than last week ; grocery lumps , 50 s Gil to 53 fi . Coffee continues to wear a dull appearance ; the small public sale of plantation Ceylon did not alter quotations , ^ it chiefly consisted of damaged . 1 , 000 bags Padoiift ( foreign ) sold by private contract at 27 s , which is nearly !»¦ under the late highest point of the market . Cocoa sold freely in public sale ; good red Trinidad , Ws to 43 s Cd .

      COAL . London , llonday . —Tho March return of coals in the port of London shows the quentity delivered by the Meter ' s Office to be 160 , 642 tons , and by private meters 95 , 729 tonf . Uus gross amount is short of the delivery of the cowspoudmg month of last year by 86 , 060 tons ; and short of the gross delivery of coals only ending March 1848 , by 143 , 8 *'' WOOL . City , Monday , April IS . The imports of wool into London , last week , were 1 , 324 bales from Port Philip . , " Illi * few bales from Germany , &c . We are now receiving p » ' ' of the last season's clip from Australia , and this will < -oa > e iuto the May sales . In the meantime the market is quiet . DEATH .

      The Paris papers report the death in that city of Jules Slowacki , one of the mest distinguished of the Polishpocif , at the eai'ly age of thirty-nine .

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      in the parish of St . Anne , Westminster , at the I'm ""*' office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , » «? .. y , y ¦ ofWestMinsUr . fortheProprietor . FEATlGUSO'COX . NOK j Esq . M . P ., and published by the said Wujjam Rioeb , j the Office , in the same stvaet and parish . —SaWi « iv ¦ April 21 st , 1 « 9

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      Forgery . —William Wilkinson , aged 30 , described as a smith , pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously uttering a forged order for payment of £ 235 10 s ., with intent to defraud W . A . Hankey , and was sentenced to be transported for life . MtmnER . —John and Eliza Copcland , man and wile , were charged ¦ with the wilful murder of John William Copeland their own child . The prisoners pleaded not guilty . After hearing a portion of the evidence , the learned judge stopped the case , and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " The prisoners were detained in custody on a charge of cruelty to their child .

      MAN 8 UUGHTER .--James Cowell surrendered to take his trial for the manslaughter of John Heatherington , late of Farringdon-street . It appeared by the evidence that death was caused in a pugilistic encounter with the prisoner in which the deceased was the aggressor . The jury acquitted the prisoner . Stealing from a Railway . —John Bowling , 21 , a Labourer , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing 21 bs . wei ght of grease , the property of the Eastern Counties Railway Company . —Mr . Bullock sentenced him to seven years ' transportation . Steamibj from the Pkrsox . —Two young women , named -Herbert and Blandford , were found Guilty of stealing from , the person of a gentleman , named Welch , a watch , value £ 10 . It appeared that they both led a dissolute course of life , and were the associates of thieves . Herbert , who had previously been , convicted , was transported for ten years , end

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      April 31 , 1849 . o THENO ^ TMTT'ftN STAR . _

      Prftited By William Rider, Of No. S. Ma Ccleifieutetreet

      Prftited by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . S . Ma ccleifieUtetreet

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1519/page/8/