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      expen-S iSr Fox ^ m . E replied that the militia force had liJa mere skeleton , vacancies occurring irons STed np ! so that the object . of the hon . member was < T- » du-illy in course of attainment . ^ f lUTiER introduced a bill for the appointm eS ' of commissioners to inquire into the claims IS So Sew Forest and Walthnm Forest which Smdafirst time , as ™ s also the Workhouse ^ eKSaLl . le uills -re advanced a Etajff , and the House adjourned at half-past fi \ e o ' clock .

      ( From our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , July 12 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A BUI for digesting the Laws respecting Homicide and Offences against the Person was read a first time , on the motion of Lord BnOCGHAH . , , . Some other T ) usines 3 was disposed of , and their lordships adjourned . . . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —At the morning sitting Mr Labouchere explained the details of lus measure ( which is not to he pressed this session , relating to Light Does and Pilotage , and other matters affectin" the mercantile marine . At the evening sitting lord John Bbsseix announced that the Marriage axd Registration of Births ( Scotland ) Bills were not to be proceeded -with during the present session .

      Ohdxaxce Estimates . —The House then went into Committee of Supply upon the Ordnance Estimates ; but , upon the first item , Mr . Hume , snpporied by Mr . Cobhex , Mr . Hebkies , and several members on both sides , objected to proceeding until the House was in possession of the report of the Select Committee , and he moved that the Chairman report progress , which motion was negatived on a division l > y SO against 43 . The motion was repeated by him , and was again negatived by GO against 21 . The motion was renewed again and again , with a still decreasing minority , and its repetition , attended by a debate of some warmth , left the committee no time for entering upon the estimates ; at length , it being twelve o ' clock , Lord J . Russell , administering a temperate rebuke to the minority , consented that the chairman should report

      progress . Several tolls were advanced a stage , and the other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at one o'clock . ( From our Xldrd Edition of Ian week . ) PRTDAY , Jour 1-3 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Poob Relief ( Ireusn ) Bin . was read a second time , and ordered to fce committed on Monday . 1 'heir lordships shortly afterwards adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The House met at twelve o ' clock . The Estates Leases ( Irelaxd ) Bill went through committee . " , The Jodgmexis !( Ihelasd ) Bill was then , after some discussion , read a second time . The House then adjourned till five o ' clock , and at that hour it re-assembled . lord John Russell intimated that it was his intention to proceed with the Lords' amendments to the Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill , on Tuesday next , at twelve o ' clock , and with the Australian Bill on Thursday next , at twelve o ' clock .

      Supflt . —On the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee of Supply , Mr . Jons O'Cosselx . moved as an amendment , for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the fiscal relations between Great Britain and Ireland . . The Chaxcellok of the Exchequer objected to the amendment , which , after a few words from Major Blackall , Mr . Frexcii , Colonel Dcxxe , and Mr . Pagax , was negatived without a division . The House then went into committee of sunply , TheBritishMuseum estimates , the militia estimates , and the remaining estimates and commissariat excess , 1347 , were severally agreed to . The House then resumed , The other business was disposed of , andtho House adjourned .

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      MeLAXCHOLT OCCUREESCE AT CASTOEN-TOWJf . — Two Lives Lost . —Between seven and eight o ' clock on Thursday evening a melancholy occurrence took place at Camden-town . It appears that a poor man named John Emery , who is a blacksmith by trade , -was passing over the bridge which crosses the Kegeat ' s-canal into the Eing ' s-road , when he observeda child fall from the banks of the canal at Bawlings's wharf into the water . He instantly rushedronnd from the bridge to the wharf , and was passing to plunge into the water to save the child , when he was suddenly observed to stagger and fall close to the edge of the bank , People on the other side of the canal residing in St . Paul ' s-terrace , who had observed the occurrences at first supposed this to

      be an accident ; but perceiving that the man was motionless , whilst the child who had fallen inte the water was drowning , several ran round to the wharf to see what had happened . It was then discovered that the unfortunate man had been seized with a , fit of paralysis , and in the meantime the cluld had disappeared . An alarm was given , and the pew man Emerjieing found to be totally insensible , and apparently in a dying eondition , was removed , and medieal aid sent for . The body of the child was got ont , but life was extinct . Emery was conveyed to the workhouse of St . Pancras

      workhouse , where he received theaitention of Mr . H . C . Robinson , the parochial surgeon , but expired shortly after Ms admission . The body of the child was removed to its parents' residence at Bawlings ' s wharf , llr . Robinson gives it as Ms opinion that the death of Emery resulted from either a sudden disease of the heart , or a paralysis of the entire D ^ ous system , caused by Kis fright at seeing the cmidiall into the irater , and Ms anxiety to rescue - rt H ? P that the unfortunate man , who has mtteattemptto perform so praiseworthy an action SJftSfo £ 8 widow ™ " » Ler conflne-* " ? $£ ? £ fe ^*™ totalty unprovided for

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      ATLESBURY , July 13 . ' Xbmsojbd gtATim-jraiianr Hall , aged 12 years , was indicted for wilfully killing and slaying wllliain Gibson , on the 1 st of June last , at Chipping Wvcoinbc . —Mr . Sanders prosecuted the prisoner , wllo was defended by Mr . Griffiths . —It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased , who was fifteen vears old , were playing together on Flackwellheath , near "VFyconibe , on the day in question , with five or sis other youngsters , and that aftoi ' sonic little time they quarrelled about a bird ' s nest . In the course of their dispute the deceased threw away the boot of the prisoner , who thereupon called him " several bad names . " Irritated at the abuse , the deceased struck the prisoner two blows over the head with the open hand . This attack led tft a kiuk

      at first , and then the prisoner stooping down , picked up a small jagged flint stone , which he threw right against the head of the deceased when within tlu-ee yards of him . The ' blow ' thus inflicted staggered the lad , who placed his head on his sister s shoulder , and slowly repa ' ved homo . His parents administered such assistance to him as suggested themselves to their simple minds , but , as he got evidently worse and worse , they at last sent for a medical man on the ninth day , At that time the patient was suffering from violent erysipelatous inflammation in the head , accompanied by extensive suppuration from the left ear , in the immediate

      vicinity of which the stone had struck him . Notwithstanding the skill and attention which were bestowed on the case , the lad lingered on in great pain and suffering until the 19 th of June , when he died , and the prisoner was taken into custody on the verdict of the coroner ' s jury . —The jury having found the prisoner " Guilty , " ' * the Chief Justice proceeded to pass sentence on the boy , who wept bitterly during the whole trial . His Lordship , after commenting in mild but firm language on the impropriety of his having had recourse to such offensive weapons , even in defending himself from an older antagonist , sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months .

      Attempted Murdek . —James Harding , whom the calendar described as a shepherd , and as being 26 years old , was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Alison , on the 12 th of April last , with intent to murder her or to do her some grievous bodily harm . Mr . Sanders conducted the case for the prosecution . —From the evidence of the prosecutrix , a young girl aged 20 , with no very extraordinary personal charms , it appeared that she and the prisoner had " kept company" in the pleasant lanes of Dinton from Michaelmas to the 12 th of April , when her mother " overpersuaded" her to reject his proffered hand , and to break off their contemplated union . This determination was announced to the prisoner at seven o ' clock , on his going to the house to take their accustomed walk ; and it would appear that

      he went forthwith to a neighbouring butcher , from whom he borrowed a knife to " stick a sheep which was lying on the road , " suggesting , before he left the shop , that " it had better oe just touched up on the steel , as lie wanted a sharp * un . " From this shop he went to the stile , close to the house in which the-girl lived , and there he waited till she and her mother came out , at half-past seven o'clock . When the women , who were accompanied by a man named Thomas JSewns , approached the stile , the prisoner went up to the girl , and asked her " whether she was going to leave him ? " He had no sooner received an answer in the affirmative than he drew a knife from his pocket with his right hand , and ,

      throwing his left hand over her bead , attempted to draw the knife across her throat . Fortunately , however , Kewns observed his action , and instantly seized his right hand , and held it so arrested while the girl slipped her head away from her lover ' s grasp , and ran shrieking into a neighbour ' s house . As soon as the girl got clear off , the prisoner dropped the knife , and , running away from Ifewns , made off to the village , where he bought another knife , and , being so armed , again lurked about the house into which the prosecutrix had escaped until he was taken into custody and lodged in the stationhouse . There , and before the magistrates on the following day , he admitted that he had procured the knife from the butcher with the intent to kill the

      girl , adding that he regretted he had not succeeded in his design . —His Lordship having summed up the case , the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . " In passing sentence his lordship regretted that the law did not enable him to inflict a more severe penalty than two years' imprisonment , which was accordingly passed . Criminal Assaults on Females . —The Court was occupied all day in disposing of two most aggravated cases of-rape , which presented revolting features . In the first case , William Bailey and Jacob "Weston were charged with a criminal assault upon Ellen Wilkinson , a widow at Beaconsfield , on the 24 th of June last . Both were found " Guilty , " and Bailey having been before charged with a similar offence

      was sentenced to fourteen years . The other to ten years' transportation . —In the second case , the charge was preferred by a child , named Mary Ann Cooper , living at Chipping Wycombe , against a workman named Frederick Wright , in the employ of her father . No charge was ever more clearly sustained . The child became the sabject of dangerous disease in consequence of the offence , and his Lordship , in passing sentence , said no case had ever , in the course of his experience , given him more pain . Everything of cruelty characterising such offences belonged to this case ; and but for the recent change of the law , as surely as he now lived would the prisoner have gone to the scaffold . Sentenced to transportation for life . —This finished the business of the first Summer Assize in Aylesbury

      OXFORD , July 13 . Charge op Murder . —James Lajton , aged 45 , was placed at the bar yesterday charged with having murdered his wife , Martha Layton , at the parish of Croprcady , in this county , on the 29 th of May last . While the officer was reading the indictment the prisoner was smiling or simpering in a manner which seemed tosome indicative of weakness of mind , but to others did not convey that impression . When the indictment had been read , and he was called on for his plea , he said , after a pause . " I am not fully persuaded that she is dead . I have seen her since with my own eyes "—His Lordship : Then , if she is not dead you are not guilty . —Prisoner : I have heard her steps . I know them well . I know she is not dead . —His Lordship inquired of

      the governor of the gaol how the prisoner had been treated in gaol . —The governor said , that he had not been aware the prisoner was insane . He had been left out with the other prisoners , and did not complain , except when he first came in , when the surgeon gave him some medicine . He had been since sometimes depressed and sometimes lively , but had not been treated as insane . —Ills Lordship inquired whether there was any medical man present who had attended the prisoner ; and finding that there was not , and that the counsel for the defence wished the trial to stand over , adjourned the case till nine o ' clock this morning . At that hourj the court having reassembled , the prisoner was again arraigned , and asked for his plea , when he again answered that he was not satisfied that she was

      dead , and he knew she was alive . —His Lordship : If she is not dead , then you are not guilty . —Prisoner : But , my lord , how can I plead guilty , ( and after a pause ) or not guilty under the circumstances ? —His Lordship having inquired whether there was a surgeon in court , and having privately communicated with Mr . Wood , the surgeon of the gaol , again addressed the prisoner , "Kow , what do you say : are you guilty or not guilty ?"—The prisoner , after a moment's pause , replied , " Not Guilty . "The jury were then sworn and the case proceeded . Mr . W . JET . Cooke and Mr . Cripps were council for the defence . It appeared from the evidence that

      on the 7 th of May last the prisoner and the deceased were seen walking together on the road from Leamington to Banbury , and that the prisoner first shot his wife in the forehead with a pistol , and . after wards cut her throat and inflicted several other wounds on her with a knife . Having perpetrated this brutal deed the prisoner fled across some fields but was pursued and captured , when he confessed that he had " done it . " The unfortunate woman lived twenty-two days after this horrible occurrence , and died on the 29 th of May , before which she made the following declaration to Mr . Lloyd , a magistrate of thecounty : —

      I , the undersigned , being fully convinced that I shall not recover , declare that my name is Martha Layton , and that my husband , James layton , did fire a pistol at me yesterday afternoon , about six o ' clock ; that afterwards he cut my throat with a knife ; that he was not in the habit Of carrying a pistol with him , but that lie has carried one ou two or three occasions to Banbury . I do not know why lie fired at me . We had not been quarrelling ; but he had been " goingon" with me—swearing dreadfully . He has threatened to munier me , and did so oa Sunday last . He sharpened a knife go Sunday , and several times before , for the purpose of cutting my throat . I did not see the knife . He bas « everal times threatened to shoot me with a pistol .

      i never eaia anytmng to offend him ; but begged of him not to « rear *> , and bequiet He had three pints of ale at the Harp , at Southam , at two o ' clock . I did aot wish him to have butane pint He had some brandy-and-water near the Fenny Compton wharf . I am not sure that he sharpened the knife for the express purpose of cutting mytiu-oat / but I thought so . IBSM a girl and a woman coming ifcom their work , and wanted to keep up with them , for I was frieht . enea , but he pulled me back . I was coming to Banhury to get advice from my fiieads about my being separated fircmhim , but he did not know that He said he was coming to Banbury to get work . The knife now ehowa to me is one of my husband ' s knives , but not the one he sbarpened .

      The case for the prosecution having closed , Mr-Pigott proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner—contending , both from the facts proved on behalf of the prosecution , and others which he should prove , that the prisoner was at the time in question not responsible for his conduct , in consequence 6 f being insane . — Several witnesses were then examined , who proved that the prisoner laboured under a delusion as to his wife , her son ( before marriage with the prisoner ) , and her brother having cheated / him out of property , consisting of several houses . The judge having summed up the

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      evidence , the jury retired , and , after an absence of ten minutes , returned with a verdict of " Jfot Guilty" on the ground of insanity . —The prisoner was then ordered to beremoved . Since his arraignment he had behaved himself like a sane person , except that he was once about to interpose to put a silly question to a witness , but on his attorney whispering to him he became quiet . The only sign of emotion he exhibited throughout the trial was when his counsel was alluding very feelingly to his wife , and his last interview with her , when ho swooned , and remained insensible for a few minutes . The case was not over till six o ' clock . The court then rose , and thus terminated the assizes for this county . WINCHESTER , Jolt 13 .

      Thomas Holloway was indicted for having ueafcen William Holloway , and so injured him that lie died . —It appeared from the evidence that the deceased , a little boy between ten and eleven years of ago , was the son of the prisoner . On the 26 th of May , in the evening , the boy was playing in the street , and , seeing his father coming he ran into the house . The father said he was going in to give the child " a cut or two" for not doing something that he had ordered him to do . The prisoner followed the child into the house , and the child was then heard to cry

      , and the prisoner was heard beating him with a strap . The prisoner shortly afterwards brought the child down in Lu arms . He breathed once or twice , and then died . During the time the prisoner was beating the child his little sister cried , " Don ' t , father , don't , Billy will die . " The prisoner said he hat beaten the child with a strap . The surgeon stated that the death was not occasioned by the strap , but by a severe blow under the ear . —The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty ;"—fifteen months imprisonment .

      YORK , July li . Forged Bank of EsGLAsn Notes . —John Dale , 38 , was charged with having uttered two forged £ 5 notes of the Bank of England . " Mr . Martin am Air . Adolphus prosecuted ; Mr . Overend defended the prisoner . —A farmer , named Longstaff , at Northallerton fair , on the 5 th of May , sold a cow to the prisoner for £ 9 , which was paid in two £ 5 notes . The prisoner on receiving a sovereign in change , took possession of the cow , and Longstaff then went home in good spirits , thinking he had made » good bargain , lie took the notes to the bank of the Messrs . Backhouse , at Northallerton , to get changed ,

      when it was discovered that both the notes were forgeries . Between six and seven o'clock the prisoner was seen by a person named Wightman , driving the cow on the road between Craike and Newburgh , a distance of twenty miles from Northallerton , and in a totally different direction from Ripon , the place where he said in the morning he was going to . The cow had been evidently over-driven , a « she was very much jaded and distressed . The prisoner was subsequently overtaken and apprehended . —The defence was that the prisoner had paid the notes without guilty knowledge . —The verdict was " Guily , " and the sentence transportation for ten years .

      Darjng Burguht . — Serious Assault on the Inmates . —Jonas Mitchell , 33 , and William Snowden , 22 , were charged with having on the 22 nd of May last , at Warley , burglariously entered the house of John Rothera , and stolen £ 20 his property . Mr . Boofcbby prosecuted ; Mr . Hardy appeared for Snowden ; Mitchell was not defended . The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Warley , near Halifax . Shortly before one o ' clock in the morning of the 22 nd of May last , the prosecutor was aroused by a loud knocking at the door , and on looking out of the window he saw four men , who requested him to get up immediately and look at a neighbour ' s cow , which was dangerously ill . The prosecutor accordingly lighted a candle , dressed himself , and opened

      the door , when the four men rushed into the house . Two of them seized the prosecutor by the throat , threw him violently down on the floor , and there beat and ill-treated him in the most unmerciful manner . Whilst this brutal conduct was going on , the other two men , who were the prisoners , went into the room whore the wife and daughter of the prosecutor wore , and threatened to take their lives if they did not at once deliver up all their money . There was a lighted candle in the room . The wife at first hesitated to comply with the demand , and held the candle near to the iace of Snowden , in order to enable her to recognise his features . Upon this Snonden spat upon his hand , put it up the chimney , and then blackened his face with the soot . The lives of the mother and daughter were again threatened , when the former gave to Snowden a mug which contained £ 9 in silver and a sovereign . Snowden remarked that he knew they had

      more money than that in the house , and if they did not find it directly they might expect nothing short of death . Mitchell seized the mother by the throat , and threw her on the floor . The daughter was also thrown down violently by Snowden , who then took the candle and immediately ransacked a chest of drawers , in which he found ten sovereigns . The two inen who attacked the prosecutor and the prisonevs immediately decamped with their booty . The mother and daughter , as soon as the ruffians were gone found the prosecutor lying on the floor in a state of insensibility , and covered with blood . There were several bruises about his head and face , and he did not regain his consciousness for twenty hours afterwards . He was unable to identify either of the men who ill-used him , and as they were not seen by his wife or daughter , they have consequently escaped the hands of justice . With respect to the prisoners , however , they were immediately sworn to . On the 4 th of June the prisoners were apprehended . Before Mitchell was told what he was

      taken in custody for , he said , I" was not at Rotheva ' s house ; I was in bed at . tho timo . "—Mr . Hardy , for Snowden , endeavoured to prove an alibi , but he failed in establishing it . —His Lordship remarked that the crime of which the prisoners had been convicted was of so aggravated a nature , that sentence of death would be recorded against them . That sentence would not be carried into effect , but they might expect to undergo a lengthened period of transportation — at the very least eighteen years . WORCESTER , July 16 . Ingenious Burglars . —Thomas Withcrford , aged 25 , boatman , was charged with a burglary in the house of Mr . Henry Stibbs , farmer , residing at Warndon , near Alvechurch , in this county . The robbery , as it appeared in evidence , was effected during the nighti of the 10 th of June last , ia a somewhat clever manner . It appeared that the

      prosecutor , after retiring to rest , was aroused by three men knocking loudly at the door , and upon the window being opened they informed him that ,- in passing his fields , they saw the cows fighting furiously , and advised him by all means to go and part them . The prosecutor immediately dressed himself , and opened the door , when the men immediately seized Mm , and , before no had time to give an alarm , he was dragged to the granary , where the ruflkns bound and gagged him , and then robbed the house of two £ 5 notes and a quantity of bacon , with which they got clear off . The prisoner was recognised as one of the men , and , after a short trial , was found " Guilty ; " and , a previous conviction for felony having Been put in against him , he was sentenced to-fifteen years' transportation .

      LINCOLN , July 10 . Commission of Escheat—Statute of Mortmain—FonFEiTUKE of Estates to tue Crown . —This was an inquiry under a commission of escheat , consisting of John Mellor , Esq ., C . S . Denison , Esq ., and L . C . T . D'Eyncourt , Esq , to ascertain what property the late Maria Serena Lowe , of Boston , was seized and possessed of at the time of her death on the 27 th May , 1835 , and to find if there were any heirs to the same . —It was proved by the production of several title-deeds that Miss Lowe was the owner of a farm in the Few Ends , of two pasture fields in Kirbeck Quarter , and two houses in Boston Churchyard . By her will , dated 2 Sth July , 1828 , she left one of these houses to her friend , Ann Oates , for her

      lifetime , and , after her death , to the Yicar and Churchwardens of Boston , for the use of the dispensary . Miss Oates is still alive . The other houses , the fields , and the form , she left to her servant Sarah . Wake for her life-time , subject to the yearly fine of £ 30 for repairs of Boston Church ; and £ 20 per year for four single women of good character ; % , ' u w £ ^ VA * rever"o Boston Church . Sarah w ako died 25 th August , 1841 ; and her brother , after a time occupied the house in the churchyard The arrears of rent are £ 69 , but he claimed £ 62 for repairs , and this set off was allowed . The tenant of the farm , John Bland , has £ nl ° Ju * sincemi > ^ d his arrears amount to £ 930 . The birth and death of Miss Lowe , her father . motherand aunt

      , were proved , and Mr . Rayner , Solicitor to the Treasury , proved insertion of advertisement , ' To heirs at law and next of kin' of the deceased in the Zondon Gazette the Times of the 13 th and 15 th of March , 1849 , and in the Lincolnshire Advertiser . Several parties replied , but none with the shadow of a claim except one from Herefordshire , who said that Mary Lowe , deceased ' s aunt was ihe sister of his grandfather , but he failed to prove the lineage . Several aged witnesses preved , some that they lad never heard Miss Lowe mention having any relations , and others who had heard her say that she had none whatever . —Mr . Mellor ( Chief Commissioner ) then summed up to the iury He said that by th « 9 thofGeo . II .,. persons were

      prevented worn devising lands and tenements by will to charitable purposes ; there had been a variety of previous statutes on the subject / parties havin <* been induced when on their death-beds to devise lands to religious uses { under an impression that it would be for the good of their souls ) , to the injury of their rightful leira . Thus ecclesiastical corporations had been benefited by such bequests , and kin <* s and queens injured . By the 9 Geo . II .,- a gift of lands and tenements for charitable uses must be made good by deed , which deed must be enrolled twelve months before the death of deceased ; in this case there was no deed / therefore the will was void , and the estates reverted to . the heir-at-law , and , failing the finding of any heirs , it becajne forfeited to the

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      ~~ 7 lT ~~ Tne bequest thus made to Sarah Wake was HrfeffS ^ sa ttess ^ . tssstttt her royal prerogaUvc . « M DJgt ^ Oates would at her deat ) llKDW |» t , propert . y to the Queen . The annual J a ue « ^ y j was £ n 0 ayear . -A luro ^ i Ga ^ priation of the funds ? -ifte pitsiu | o ^ ff ^ SjgvBsAa EnssKS ^ faas

      "SLir'to ™ , Miir , B .-j , w ^ ? 2 CtKtir ^ £ » af | ta conducted the defence . The P ' . ?^^! witK mother , and another member ^ JJfio ThS female servant , lived in a small farm-housp . ihe prisoner had repeatedly made overtures . of . intimacy ; o the servant , which she declined , and his mothei Hmonatnited with him upon his conduct He ceased his importunities for awhile , but again resumed them , and the girl threatened to leave the liouse . He offered to marry her , but both the girl and the mother were averse to such a step . Iho prisoner then endeavoured to effect his object by force On the morning of the murder , he had had words with his mother about the servant

      some and used threats towards her . _ In the afternoon he entered the liouse with a gun m his hand , and findin" his mother asleep in her arm-chair , he levelled " he gun at her , and deliberately shot her through the head She died instantaneously . The servant was the only other person in the house . Of course , she was exceedingly terrified , and wished to call for assistance ; but the prisoner prevented her , and threatened her unless she accompanied him . She parleyed with him for some time , and was at length induced to promise him thatshe would go away with

      him if he would let her go up stairs and get her clothes . He consented to this , and she then escaped , and « ave an alarm . The prisoner , finding she had eluded him , also left the house and secreted himself , but was soon afterwards found in an out-house , lying on the ground , having made a slight attempt to cut his throat . He was taken mto custody and committed . Mr . Wilmore , for the prisoner , attempted to show that his mind was affected , but the iurv found him " Guilty , " and in a very impressive address Mr . Justice Coleridge passed upon him

      sentenceof death . DORCHESTER , JuitlO . Perjury . —George Lush , alabourer , was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury . Mr . Hooks was for the prosecution ; Mr . Edwards defended . At the October sessions of the peace a girl named Eliza Brockway was indicted by the prisoner for robbing him of some money on the night of the 19 th or August . The prisoner was the only witness in the ca 4 and ho swore most positively to the truth oi his charge ; upon which the girl was convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation . The prisoner's solicitor , Mr . Geo . Ohitfcy , believed , on investigating her case , that she had been improperly

      convicted , andhe forthwith applied to the secretary of State , who at first commuted the sentence to twelve months' imprisonment , and afterwards a free pardon was granted . Upon the trial tho prisoner was asked if he was drunk , and he repeatedly declared that he was sober . Upon this statement perjury was alleged—the question as to whetherJ ; he prisoner was robbed or not being left undisturbed . For the prosecution a great many witnesses were called , who proved that on the night of the alleged robberv the prisoner was " so drinky" ( as they

      expressed it ) that he fell down in the road , tumbled into the hedge , nearly cut himself with his scythe , and was ultimately refused liquor by the landlord of the third inn that he called at , because he appeared to have had sufficient . Tho liberated convict , Eliza Brockway , was called , and swore most distinctly that she did . not see the prisoner on the night of the alleged robbery . Vei'dict " Guilty . " The prisoner had been four months in prison , and he was sentenced to be further imprisoned for eight months , and kept to hard labour .

      CHELMSPORD , July 17 . Incendiarism . —Benjamin Cross , 28 , a miserable looking man , was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of wheat , the property of Samuel Newcome , with intent to injure him . Mr . Rodwell conducted the prosecution . —The prosecutor is a farmer at Orsett , in this county , and the fire in question occurred on the night of the 1 st of June . The prisoner shortly before the fire applied to the relieving officer for assistance , which was refused him . About ten o'clock on the night in question the prisoner applied at the station of the county police , at Ovsett , for relief , and the inspector on duty told him he had no power to relievo him , and hei must go to the parish officer . The prisoner replied that he had been there already , and the parish would do nothing for him , and as he was going away

      he said that he would give the police a job Tbefore long . He then went away in a direction towards the prosecutor ' s farm , and he was seen near the wheat stack by a lad belonging to the neighbourhood , with whom he entered into conversation , and in the course of it he expressed his intention to have a flare-up among the prosecutor ' s wheat stacks . Very soon after this the stack in question was discovered to be on fire * and before any effectual assistance could be rendered , the whole of it was destroyed , the value of the rick being estimated at between three and four hundred pounds . The prisoner subsequently admitted to a labourer , named Oliffe , that he had committed the act because he could not get relief from the parish . —The jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of " Guilty , " and the Lord Chief Baron sentenced him to be . transported for fifteen years .

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      ' MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —ImmoiulBoors . — F . Hunt , alias J . Brooks , a bookseller , residing at No . 66 , Castle-street , Leicester-sgurae , was charged with selling and exposing for sale several books and prints of an indecent nature . —Thomas Norrish , a clerk in the employ of Messrs . T . Davis and Son , tailors , No . 10 , Hanover-street , stated that he received an advertisement , now produced , from his employer , with directions to purchase the work named in that advertisement . He went to No . CO , Castle-street , Leicester-square , and ou entering the shop _ he saw the prisoner , to whom he gave the advertisement , and asked him for the book therein named . The defendant demanded two guineas as the price of the book , and wanted to know where he

      should send the work when he procured it . Witness said he would call again , and having paid the defendant the money he left the shop . On his return in about twenty minutes he saw the prisoner , who gave him tho book produced . Witness , before leaving the shop , looked at the book , and told tho prisoner that ho tuoughfhe ( defendant ) had given him the wrong book . Defendant said it was the right book which answered to the advertisement ho had 'brought . He then took the book to his employer . Cross-examined : Told the defendant that wanted the book for a friend in Switzerland . He was not in the habit of reading such books or purchasing them . The book was for a customer of Mr . Davis ' s . Mi" . Davis was not in the habit of

      purchasing such books tor his customers . Witness did not agree to abandon the present charge if the money was returned . —Police-Sergeant 293 A stated that on Monday night , about seven o ' clock , he went to defendant ' s shop , accompanied by the last witness . On seeing the defendant , he asked him if he sold the book produced to the complainant . Tho defendant replied , that he had no knowledge of it at all , and that he did not sell the book . Witness then told him that he must consider himself in custody , and conveyed him to the station . Witness subsequently searched the shop , and found a number of obscene books and prints , some of which were exposed for sale , and the whole of which he

      now produced . —Mi * . Davis stated that the advertisement was so worded as to lead any person to believe that the work advertised was the authentic life of Lola Montes . A nobleman now residing in Switzerland , and who was a customer of his , had seen the advertisement , and believing that the book contained the life of that celebrated danseuse , he had written to him to purchase it for him . On receiving the book he ( Mr . . Davis ) found its contents to be of the most obscene nature . He , therefore adopted the present proceedings , in order to put a stop to the sale of such immoral publications . —Mr B i ^ . am held the defendant to bail , in two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear at the Quarter Sessions , to answer any charge that might be preferred against

      SOUTHWARK ,-HiOHWAr BoBBEBT . -JohnBray fr ^ M % ^ thst u alin S P * containing 18 s ? tnTS SP mphveys - , * Prosecutrix Stated iat on Saturday forenoon she was proceeding along nSH * ^ r the Borough , with thf ) urse in her right hand . When near Church-street the prisoner ran up to her and suddenly soized hold of her purse and attempted to pull it from her She , however , retained one end of it , and called out ' Police , but the prisoner pulled her down Churchstreet making use of dreadful oaths , and in the struggle the purse broke and the money fell on tho pavement . She stopped to pick it up , and while doing so the prisoner made Ms escape with the other end ^ ofher purse and six shillings , A policeman shortlyafter came up , to whom sHe sraVeI in-& tlOn ° 4 1 > 0 - bber ^ Wifch a ¦* WSfJ the Ent The Piusonerwas arrested tfhe same srxrmSK

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      ¦^» ^ i ; K £ ^ Sat fnnv half-crowns from Rebecca uoopei ,. . u Sle in a dying state lying JjJjW ^ £ ttKraSfefeS s » ss" ^ c » C wholesale Saciulegb * J ^^^" as ' elm ? ed Canning , a notorious housebreaker was ciiaigcu with b ? eaking into St . Michael ' s Church , btock well , and stealing therefrom a surplice , black scan , and three keys ? St . John's Chapel , west-stieet , Wahvorth ; Ebenezer Chapel , ^ ondso ^ Jfc Owen ' s Church , College-street , Chelsea ; Baptist Chapel , Pond-place , Chelsea ; Crosby-row C hapel , Long-lane , and stealing from them property ^ ol various descriptions . The prisoner was also cnaigeu with breaking into MessrsBarclay and Co . S leaa i 5 =

      . Will" - * fcJ * . W * Hi » l . * £ g tllliU XlJL \ y " 3 "JI O . »^ . »« . w»— , ; ¦• warehouse , Great George-street , Bermondsey , ana stealing a silk umbrella , eight-day clock , andother articles . There were also other charges of a similar nature against him . —Gardiner , police-constable 7 » M stated that during the last two years a vast number of churches and chapels had been robbed in the vicinity of the Metropolis , but neither property nor thieves could be found until May , 1848 , when the Prisoner and a man named Cobbett , were apprehended , and Charged with breaking into St . Mary ' s rSmrob Old Kent-Road . The property stolen SSom was found on Cobbett and both of them were tried at the Old Bailey , when the latter was Transported for seven years , and the prisoner soneu 3 to twelve months ' imprisonment . SmceU | a

      time witness had ascertained wac uw same puruw hadVS connected with the other robberies men-HnnPd in the charge . He consequently went to soner into custody on the day of his liberation . He had b en Se to trace most of the property , and ad since found out the party who pledged them She was sister to the transport , and cohabited with theprisoner .-Several witnesses having been jexa mined , the principal of whom was Mary Cobbett , the transports sister , to whom the stolen property had been given by the prisoner and his associate for the purpose of pawning it .-Mr . Cottingham said there were four cases he could commit the prisoner for but as further evidence was wanted to complete d him for weekWith

      the Others he should reman a . respect to the female , she must be in attendance , and to ensure that he should order her to find a surety for that purpose , as he very much doubted the iudn-e would order her to be placed alongside the prisoner . He was accordingly remanded , and , at the latter part of the day a young man , who stated he was about being married to Cobbett , came forward and entered into security for her attendance on Monday , when she was released from custody . CLERKENW ELL . —Duel Prevented . —Mr . G . W . Whitaker , of No . 12 , Canonbury Cottage 3 , Islington , was brought up on a warrant charged by Mr . Henry St . John Bullcr , surgeon , of No . 24 , Judd-street , Brunswick-square , with havin <» challenged him to fight a duel , and also with having

      threatened his life . —Mr . Buller deposed that He liaa received a message from the defendant requesting him to call upon him on Monday morning last at his residence . He proceeded thither in company of his ( witness ' s ) brother , and on entering his parlour the defendant produced a pair of pistols , one of which he took up , cocked it , and presented it at witness , saying , "I could take your life this moment if I chose , and if you appeal to the law , I will settle the business summarily . " Prior to this he offered witness one of the pistols , and challenged him to fight a duel . He ( witness ) said he would decline that mode of satisfaction , and he should appeal to the law for protection . —Mr . Combe : Are von aware whether tho pistols were loaded or not ?

      —Witness : I know they were loaded . Witness ' s brother having corroborated this statement , Mr . Combe informed the defendant that he should find bail , himself in £ 200 and two sureties in £ 100 each . The defendant was then locked up . THAMES , —Fatal Fight . —John Sotcher , a labourer , residing at 12 , Sophia-street , Limehouse , was charged with having caused the death of Joseph Dunmore by fighting at the Plaistpw marshes , Westham , Essex ; and William George , a seaman , Charles Cockling , a labourer , of Bell-alley , and Henry Bolton . of Birchfield rope-walk , were charged

      with aiding and abetting Sotcher in killing and slaying the above-named Joseph Dunmore . —Wm . Joseph Dunmore , brother of the deceased , stated that about five o ' clock on Sunday morning , the party proceeded to the Plaistow marshes , and a regular stand-up fight took place , the wager being five shillings a side . They shook hands before the fight , which lasted for half an hour and five minutes , naving during that time fought twenty-eight rounds . Cockling and Bolton were seconds to the deceased , and George was one of tho seconds to the prisoner Sotcheiv At the end of the twenty-eighth round , when the time was called , deceased , who was sitting

      on one . of his second s knees , was not able to come up . He was conveyed home , but never spoke after and died at twelve o ' clock on the same day , —Cock ' ling ; Your worship , I desired him to give up before the three or four last rounds . —Sotcfier : Yes , and the poor young man was left lying under the hot sun three-quarters of an hour . —Mr . Ingham said he would not proceed further with the case that day . He should remand the prisoners until Wednesday , and an inquest would be held on the body in the interim .

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      " ill ' Riotous Proceedings at Killingworth Colliert . —On Monday ni /; ht , some of the colliers now on strike at the Killingworth and West Moor Collieries belonging to Lord Ravensworth , disguised themselves , some being dressed in women ' s clothes , and others in masks , with their coats turned inside out , assembled at West Moor Colliery , and proceeded to destroy the works . They drove the men that were there away , threw the corves and materials on the surface down the shaft , gutted the houses of one of the men who had not joined in the strike , assailed the police , and broke the windows of the colliery offices . Intelligence of these riotous proceedings having been conveyed to Newcastle , a large body of police , under Mr . Stephens , proceeded to the

      colliery , armed with cutlasses . On their approach the rioters fled , but were pursued , and six ot the leaders captured , who were brought in custody to Newcastle , and after undergoing a preliminary examination before the magistrates on Tuesday , were remanded till Saturday . The names of the prisoners are William Arnott , Matthew Teasdale , William Puncheon , David White , John Baxter , and Henry Walker . A considerable number of the Newcastle police have been sworn in as special constables for the county of Northumberland to meet the emergency , ' Cholera . —An inquest was held yesterday , before Mr . W . Carter , as to the death of Cecilia Davy , aged two years , who , as well as three other persons ,

      had ( lieu oi Asiatic cholera in Lambeth workhouse where the inquiry was gone into . Evidence having been given that the deceased had been in the house for some timo , Mr . Duke , the surgeon to the workhouse , stated his opinion to be that the disease was infectious and contagious , and that it had been brought on by the deeeased being in a ward where were cholera patients . —The Coroner : Do you mean to say that cholera was in the ward ?—Mr . Duke : Yes : there were fifteen patients suffering from cholera at the time . —Tho Coroner observed that if the jury came to the conclusion that cholera was infectious , he would so represent it to the Secretary of State , in order that further inquiries should not be needed , and the bodies be at once buried . —The iurv then

      returned a verdict of " Died of Asiatic cholera . " An Amateur Steeple Clijiber . —For some time past workmen have been employed in repairing tho steeple of St . James ' s Church , Clerkenwell . On Thursday afternoon a man named Thomas Butler , a pocket-book manufacturer , ascended the ladder for the purpose of viewing the surrounding neighbourhood from the scaffold . Ho told some of the workmen that he would come . down much faster than he went up . Upon reaching , tho church steeple the unfortunate man laid hold of a rope which hung to the ground for tho purpose of sliding down . He had , however , only descended a few feet when the rapidity with which he descended caused the rope to pull the flesh nis

      on nanas , ana Doing unable to keep his hold of the rope any longer he fell to the bottom , a distance of sixty feet . He was picked up iu a dreadful state of suflering , and removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . Distressing Suicide of a WAiiER . -An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . W . Baker , at the Three Compasses , Dalston , on view of the body of John Ball , aged 59 years , who had been waiter for upwards of forty years at Baker ' s Coffee-house , thange-alley , Cornhill . The deceased was disi covered on Saturday night last , lying upon the footpath m the Middleton . road , Dalston , and blood was flowing copiously from an extensive wound m his throat , which he had inflicted with a razor which was found lying by his side . He was subsequently removed to the German Hospital , and lingered in great agony until Thursday

      morning last , when he expired .. The decoased had been in a very desponding state for some months past , which was attributed to the death of his young master , to whom he was much attached . Verdict —" Temporary Insanity . " ^ Determined Suicide . —On Wednesday evening , about half-past six , a young man precipitated himself from the centre arch of Blackfriars-brid we . Owing to . his leap having taken place from the Waterloo side of the bridge , and the attention of all oh the pier being occupied by a steamer which was discharging passengers , two or three minutes elapsed before a boat was put out , and the attempt to save lus life was lutilo ; and although he rose at not more than a scull ' s length from the boat ^ rtawsss as&'jL ^ SffS ftaaatiSff ^^^ Misery u caused by the disobeying of Nature ' s

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      DEATHS . The Dublin Irishman informs us of the death of John h . eegan , of that city , for some time ( 1848 ) Dublin correspondent to this journal . We take the following tribute to the memory of the deceased from the above-named paper : — John Keegan was well known to the public by the initials J il ,- V ; ' , ^ mc , h " ere subscnt > ed to many of the best poems published in the columns of the Nation , and in our own . He was a poor man , and had no property but his intellect In our time , that is a miserable patrimony . These are the daysof "UaihvayKings ; " and men have more faith , as Mitchel remarked , in sonp than in Scripture . We have returned to the iron age , and the poet is regarded as an extra man . Poetry is surplus , and the demand does not equal the supply . Toor Keegan knew tltis well ; he hail bitter experience of its truth . He was a contributor to many of the periodicals ; and the best articles which appeared in TMmOiu 'a Magazine were written bv him . From

      the publication of our first number he was connected with our staff , and few of our readers will fail to -remember his sweet strains . His nature was purely Irish . He was one of the People , and understood them well . There were no legends , familiar to the peasantry , with which he was not acquainted . His poems were thoroughly idiomatic , and racy of the soil . They were the Irish heart translated and set to music . _ They touched us more than the polished lines of drawing-room bards , because they did not consecrate affectation , but showed us ourselves . The charms of his poetry was its characteristic simplicity . Like the mistress of Horace—simplex munditiis—it did not require this gewgaws of fancy , it was plain and exquisite in its truth . At the time of his death he was preparing a volume of tales for the press ; he died before they were completed . Even m a fragmentary state , the works of such a man deserve publication , and we hope to see them , before long , in the hands of our readers . "

      At Blaekhill , near Berry Edge , Mr . Joseph Saint , died lately of a lingering consumption . He wa 3 thirty-two years of age , and had been for many years a zealous Chartist , and took a great interest in the social improvement of the working classes . : John Branaghan died on the morning of the 12 th inBt ., at Hamilton , aged 5 G years . He was . a true democra t ^ JKy pP ? . ^! ^ monopoly ofttie aoil-vfas amongsv S& £ f v at i } ° 2 th / National Land Comply , and £# hSw I ? WW « o « a ftw-ncre share previous to the first Dauot . He has left behind him a wife and family to mourn

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      pansn of St . Anne , Westminster , at the ranting , office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , in the City ofWeatminster . fortheProprietor . FBARSUSO'CONNOK , Esq . M . P ., and published by the said WiiiiAM Rider , at the Office , in the ssme street and parish . —Saturday duly 21 st , 1818 . '

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      TO F . O'COiraOK , ESQ ., M . P . Deak jlsd Hoxouked Sir , —Having ^ read your letter in this "week ' s " Star , " concerning some of the members being dissatisfied with their allotments , I am ready to take an allotment , at £ 16 rent , ueing a shareholder of the Leeds Branch of the National Land Company . Having paid for a four-acre share , I have not "been able to pay Bonus money . I should be glad to occupy one as a tenant . I remain , your humble servant , Doncaster , Robert Kay . July 8 th , 1849 .

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      TO F . O'COUXOE , ESQ ., M . P . Honourable Sir , —If any four-acre allottee on the Bromsgrove Estate is "wishful to let his allotment , I shall he glad to take the house , land , and crop at a rent of 171 . a year , for ten op more years ; the rent payable half-yearly , and to have possession next mouth . I am , honourable Sir , your humble servant , John IYhiie . BSston , July 10 .

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      23 , Princess-street , Devonport , 14 th July , 1849 . Sib , —Having seen an advertisement in the "JVorthern Star" of the 7 th inst ., relative-to the disposal of an allotment on the Bromsgrove Estate , and being anxious to rent such—if you should feel disposed to let it , I beg leave to offer the sum of five pounds per acre per annum , and any other little expenses which may be attached -will be cheerfully met , By your obedient humble servant , 3 ur . J . Boonham . Spencer Ltjscombe , 144 High Holborn , Baker and Grocer .

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      COM . * ssrsa ^ s ^^ wsra sf a fcK ., v » i > - «« fAwyr isis ^ eif' Uoekad ^ boiii" removed , and the consequent iuitnei ^ ££ MrftJMX £ r r » SKs& * w s& « air-sft . }; as -= d , ^ tcotW for * ood fresh samples , which are

      „„ scarceT Kye , very dull sale . Thire WHS Tamer more inouU-vfov the best made linseed cakes . A few samples of Sew Esssx rapeseed were at market and offering at £ 28 to £ 50 per last ; the quality , in general , fine . BwTiSH .-Wlioat .-Bssex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 47 ^ 0 white , 40 s to 53 s . Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , shire , red , 37 s to Ms , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 38 sto 43 s ditto red , 868 to MS , Devonshire and Somersetshire red , -s to-s , ditto white - to -s , rye , 22 s to 24 s > barley 24 s to 30 s , Scotch , 2 is to 28 s , Angus -s to _* , Storduiarv -s to —s , pale , 52 s to 5 Cs . peas , grey , new , 30 s \ o 3 ^ maple 80 s to 34 s , white , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , to li oSs , largo , now , 28 s to 8 U , ticKsWsto 3 * ,, So , 18 s to 24 s , Unseed ( sowing ) 60 s to 52 s , rapewefl , Essex , new , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , carr . way seed , Essex m , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton , hnseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of / 80 lDS , ship 81 s to 323 town , 40 s to 42 s .

      , , Foreign . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 48 s to 55 s , Anhalt and Marks , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , 43 sto 48 s , Pomeranian red , 38 s to 45 s , Rostock 42 s to 50 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 35 s to 42 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Kiga , 35 s to 47 s , Polish Odessa , 36 s to 40 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 33 s to 36 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 3 « s , Brabant and French , 80 s to 42 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 32 s to 35 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 Gs , rye , 21 s to 28 s , barley , Wismar and ItSstock , 29 s to 23 s , Danish , 22 s to 2 is , Saal , 22 b to 27 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , Ms to 1 is , Danube , lCs to 17 s ; peas , white , 2 Cs to 28 s , new boilers , 28 s to 30 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 2 < is , pigeon , . 30 s to «** *«* & tian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 13 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 21 s , Higa , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , lo 8 tol 8 s , flour , United States , per weibs ., 23 s to & * , Hamburg 22 s to 24 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French per 2801 us . 33 s to 3 Gs .

      , Wednesday , Jolt 18 . —With wheat we continue to be very scantily supplied , whilst of oats and barley the aiTlVOlS areVtun large ! The weather continuing favourable for the giving crops , and peace being believed to be restored between Germanv and Denmark , by which the Baltic and German ports ' will again . be opened for tlie recepUon of supplies of grain from those quarters , our trade is influenced by these circumstances to the demand being con . fined to immediate want , that prices of every article are to-day almost nominal . Arrivals this week : —Wheat-English , 820 quarters ; foreign , 3 , 530 quarters . Barley—Foroign , 12 , 330 quarters ; Oats—English , 830 quarters ; foreign , 20 , 340 quarters . Flour , 7 , 548 sacks .

      CATTLE . Jolt 13 . —The supply of beasts was small , and , owing to the morning being cool , there was more inquiry for best qualities ; and 4 s was obtained for choicest descriptions . Trade was more cheerful for sheep . We were abundantly supplied with lambs , and tlie average quality was very middling ; trade was heavy , and late prices with difficulty maintained . Smithfield , Monday , July 16 . —The supply of foreign stock on offer this morning was extensive , and in full average condition . With homefed heaats wo were tolerably well , but not to say heavily supplied , the general quality of the arrivals from the north was decidedly good . The dead markets being very scantily supplied , and the attendance

      of buyers on the increase , the beef trade was steady , at prices lully equal to those obtained on Monday last , and at which a good clearance was effected . A few of the primest Scots sold at 4 s ; but the more general top figure for beef was 3 sl 0 d per 81 bs . The numbers of sheep were again on the increase , and large , the time of year considered . Still , however , the demand for that description of stock was firm , at fully last week ' s quotations . A very few prime old Downs produced 4 s . per 81 bs . There was a steady , but not to say brisk , inquiry for lambs , the supply of which was E 80 u , at the late declino in value . Prime small calves moved off steadily , atfull prices . Otherwise , the veal trade was in a sluggish state . The sale for pigs was heavy . In prices we have no change to notice .

      Heah of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts " .. . 3 , 2311 Calves .. ,, 393 Sheep .. ... 29 , 880 1 Pigs .. .. ' .. 245 Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking tlie offal ) . Beef .. 2 s Gd to 3 s lOd I Veal .. 3 s Od to 3 s lOd Mutt 6 tt .. Ss Od .. 3 s lOd | P 6 rk .. 9 2 .. 4 0 Lamb .. . is Od to 5 s Od . Per 81 bs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leaden-haix , Monday , July 16 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 dto 3 s 6 d ; large pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s Cd ; inferior mutton , 3 s oa to 3 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 2 dto 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Gd to 3 s 8 d ; real , 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s Od ; lamb , is 4 d to Ss Id . .

      PROVISIONS . Lojtoon , Monday . —Of business , in the past week we have but little that is new to communicate . Butter . —The transactions in Irish , on board and landed , wove neither numerous nor extensive ; and for some descriptions our quotations of this day se ' nnight were scarcely maintained . Foreign declined 2 s per cwt . ' , and sales not bx-isk Bacon . —Irish singed sides were sparingly dealt in , American respectably ; and each at full prices . Scalded Middles without change . Hams trifling less hi demand , mid the turn cheaper . Lard dull . Enclish Bdxteb , July 16 . —In Dorset and Devon butter we note a dull trade , but without alteration in prices . For fresh butter there is an improved demand , and an advance of Is per dozen has been established ; but as foreign is still lower , with a bad sale , we must report the market altogether as drooping . Dorset , fine , 78 s to 80 s per cwt . : ditto , middling , C 8 s to 72 s ; Devon , 70 to 72 s ; fresh Buckinghamshire , 10 s to lls Cd per dozen ; fresh West Country , Ss . to 10 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Toesdat Evenikg , July 17 . —Scoab . — The market has opened rather heavily . 920 hogsheads of West India have been sold ( including 170 hogsheads of Barbadoes and 100 hogsheads of Trinidad ) at auction ; 4 , 731 bags of Mauritius sold at rather easier rates ; of 3 , 400 bags of Bengal 2 , 500 sold at previous prices , the remainder were bought in at high prices . A cargo of brown Bahia has been sold afloat , for Antwerp , at 20 s per cwt . Coffee . —The sales of Ceylon coffee have gone offsteadily at about former rates—730 bags and casks of plantation , at 43 s to 60 s fine ordinary mixed to middling ; 1 , 000 bags of native at 34 s to 35 s ( a few lots at 35 s Oil ) for low good ordinary to eod ordinary . 422 bags of Singapore brought 29 s Cd per cwt ., Mocha was rather dull of sale , and only a portion of 424 bales and half-bales sold at former prices . Privately a cargo of 2 , 500 bags of Kio reported sold at 31 s per cwt . Rice . —A small sale went off without change .

      COAL . Monday , July 10 . —Market very heavy , without alteration from last day .

      WOOL . Cn % Monday , July 1 C—There has been some Foreign wool received since our last . About 3 , 000 bales have come to hand from Sydney , 2 , 000 from Port Philip , and a little from the Cape of Good Hope , Germany , ic . The . sales are progressing extremely well , and to a full attendance . Liverpool , July 14 . —Scotch . —There has not been a single transaction in any kind of Scotch this week . All concerned avelooking forward to the result of tlie lairs now about tailing place in different parts of Scotland . Laid Highland Wool , per 24 fcs .. 6 G to 7 0 * White Highland do 8 ( i 9 0 Laid Crossed do ., unwashed .. 7 9 0 0 Do . do ., washed .. .. .. 9 0 10 6 Do . Cheviot do ., unwashed .. 80 10 0 Do ., do ., washed 12 0 15 0 "White Cheviot do . do is 0 T 2 0 Imports for the week .. .. m bn-s Previously this year .. ., 4 , 702 bags .

      FoMJlcs .-ThGre was a public sale of about 400 bales of East India this week , wliich went off at fully late rates . OgivesabeVer KToSs Pr ° gieSSi " ftt 0 UnU 3 r * Imports for the week .. .. 537 bales . Previously this year- .. .. 28 , 831 bales . 29 . 308

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1531/page/8/