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      A * ti-FREE TRADE MEETING AT BRiQllTOxX . BraoniOK , Jav . 26 . —The fifth annual meeting of the Sussex Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry was held at the soeioty ' e rooms on Friday afternoon . The Dake . of Richmond ( president of the society ) took the chair . The report tif the committee was read by tho secretary , which set forth that not only those farmers , but others who thought Free Trade would mak « this country prosperous , at length saw the delusion , nnd begun with sorrow to find that thc substance had been sacrificed to thc shadow , that a great number of farmers had heen ruined , and thousands of the airriciiltural labourers thrown out of employ ,

      without any countervailing benefit to the manufactures , commerce , ortradeof this kingdom . Mr J- ELLMAN-movedtae adoption of the report , in doing which he asked leave to adduce a few facts . Every dkv ' s experience fchowed the total mipossi-Lility of British ^^ urists ^ lT vrot ^ m foreigners without protection , and a full P ™« g ™ for Inch- produce . In 1847 , when Y ^^ s werf at £ 25 to £ 30 a load , the agri cultuusts were Sunil for Sim * ** ™ WSftoS from Free Trade / " ^ ta * harm has F ^ t S 2 - " w ^ s aUed The answer was- " SO harm now * b uTwaTt attle while , and we shall find it . " \ nd everv day ' s experience showed the correctness of that antici pation . From the 7 th of July to the Sth of October , 1847 , thirteen weeks 2 , 000 , 000 nnart <> r « of corn were imported into those ports

      which they saw advertised every week in the London Gazette . " Unfortunately , that contabed nothbg imported into many ports in England , and none at all imported bto Ireland ; and he believed that he was under the mark when he proposed to add on this account 50 * 1 , 000 quarters . Wheat , which sold at £ 25 to £ 30 a load in June , fell b September more than 50 per cent . He found by the Gazette that wheat fell from 102 e . to 49 s . 6 d . Then it was that persons who had thoug ht that Free Trade would not hurt the farmers began to doubt whether they had not , to use a common expression , " hallooed before they got out of the wood . " It was then clear from tho falling prices and also from the ruin which overtook so man v ofthe first houses b Mark-lane

      that they had very much overrated the want of corn b this country ; " and , b fact , that , owbgtothe suspension of the Corn laws which had then taken place , they had run head-over-heels bto speculation , and were rubed to a g reater extent than had been known for a century . As the report stated , the farmers completely saw the delusion of Free Trade . ( Hear , hear . ) TVnen tney looked at the short crops this year , aud he spoke particularly of Sussex , a crop one-third at least below the average , and when they found that the price was such as would not be remunerative , even if the crop had been an average crop , it must be acknowledged on all hands that Free Trade had done them mischief , and thatevery anticipation which the Protectionists made of its

      effects had been entirely realised . ( Hear . ) They all knew that it was impossible to sclL Only last Tuesday he offered his first sample of wheat this year , a very good sample for the year , carried m good order " and fresh thrashed ; but every person replied , "I am no buyer . " He offered it to the largest buyer in the neighbourhood , yfr . Catt , of Bishopstone , and his reply was " I am so inundated "with wheat , and I have offers to such an extent , and at so low a price , that as long as I can I must keep off using English wheat . At present I can onlv . use one-iburth . . English ; and the offers from abroad frighten one , and I wax obliged to be as ' careful as possible . " When the corn duty was taken off Last March , what was the

      consequence ? Foreign wheat did not rise 6 d . f showing-, as clearly as possible , that the duty wag paid by the foreigner * , and not by the people of this country . ( Hear . ) So , when the duty came off next week , wheat would not be 6 d . cheaper . Taking the country at large , the whole rental had been lost during the year ; the whole rental had been paid out ofthe c apital of the tenantry . ( Hear , hear . ) He had land of his own , and he also hired land at . £ 1 , 500 a-year ; and he asserted that during the last year he had lost the whole of that £ 1 , 500 . He had paid his rent out of his capital . It was said > and it had been said by what was called the leading journal of Europe , the Times , that the farmers were Irbhtened—that thev had been frightened before ;

      "You are frightened out of your wits , " said that journal , " about the 1 st of February . When that IstofFebruaryisover you will find that you are frightened for nothing , and things will all come right agab . " This was all a mistake . It was true that corn had before been released in considerable quantities at a particular time ; hut we then retained power by the corn laws of shutting the door when the supply was greater than the demand . Kot so now ; and how the English farmer could cultivate Lis land at a profit , when the door was open at all prices to foreign corn , he could not imagine . Agriculture ahroad had been much improved of late , and was daily improvbg . Mr . Jonas , of Cambridge , stated at a nicotine last Friday , that a few days

      pre"viously he had on his farm two farmers , one of them a nephew of Mr . Bates , one ofthe first breeders of shorthorns , and he stated that he and Ms brother had purchased an estate b Prussia , on the banks of the Elbe , whither they were gobg to transfer theb capital and their skill * , for the purpose of sending their produce to the Eng lish market . Mr . Jonas inquired the freight of wheat , and the reply was , 'About 4 s . ; " and the rent was not one quarter , and the wages not one-fifth of what were paid here . With such facts before them , who could say to what extent we should be overwhelmed by foreign wheat ? ( Hear , hear . ) He could not pay Mr . Bates the compliment which was wittily paid to a person transported , that "he left his country for his

      country ' s good . He left his country to raise corn to send back , in order to assist still further b mining his friends whom he left behind . Mr . Ellman here referred to figures , in order to show that , of the ¦ wheat and flour imported into London from the 7 th of October , 1 S 4 S , to the 6 th of January last , the foreign was b thc proportion of Si to 1 of British , while of barley , oats , & c , the foreign also was a large proportion of the whole . If this was the case in the metropolitan market , it was clear what was the cause of the depression b the country . Mr . EUman proceeded to show that the increase " b the revenue of £ 1 , 533 , 000 was owing almost entirely to the duty on foreign corn , which was to cease on the 1 st of March , and the duty on barley used in malting . The duty was from the growth of 18 i 7 , which was of very good quality for malting . A large quantity of malt was therefore made , and that would

      correspondingly lessen the revenue irom that source in the next year ' s return . There would , then , be a falling off ; and how was this revenue to he raised , or how were the farmers to be relieved ? We had one scheme fably and honestly brought forward , — he meant Cobden ' s . "We had another put forward b the Peel paper , and supposed to speak the sentiments ofthe Peel party . Of the two budgets he Lad no hesitation b saying give him Cobden ' s . Cobden proposed to reduce the Excise duties on malt , hops , soap , & c to the extent of £ 6 , 000 , 000 , and so to benefit both the farmers and the public . Sow for Peel ' s budget . He proposed first to take off £ 1 , 650 , 000 for wmdow duties . He believed that the class who were now suffering most was the small farmers , under £ 200 a-year , aud these men paid no window duties . The next item of reduction was assessed taxes . What assessed taxes did the

      farmers pay ? They were allowed a horse . ~ Sone of them could keep more than one , and a great many none at all . . Next came bricks . This he should saywas a commodity quite as much wanted in the manufacturers' chimneys and mills as on landed estates . " Stage and hackney coaches . " How tbiswould benefit the farmers he was at a loss to know . Sext came *' . French wbes . " Farmers had a great deal to do ¦ with these , certably . ( Laughter . ) It was then proposed to put on one per cent , on freehold property b lieu of probate and legacy duty . That would not benefit the land much . The next proposition was the most impudent thb g ever proposedthat all incomes should be taxed down to £ 50 a year . Small farmers were precisely the class who

      did not pay incoine-tax . And this was to be a relief ! To call on them to pay who had nothing to pav with was an absurdity . There was another item of reduction bcluded in the total of £ 6 , 170 , 000 . It amounted to £ 1 , 100 , 000 , and its repeal was to lM ? neSt the tenant farmers . It was for insurance . "Why , the farmers were already exempt from it ; so that this was adding bsult to insult With regard to a bait thrown out to them by Cobden , he hoped that thc farmers were not yet so lost as to consider Cobden a friend . ( Hear , hear . ) He only invited them to join him b order to hel p him to pull down all classes of society . He ( Mr . Ellnian ) asked , "Was ever anything gained by concession to agitation . " It was very coolly proposed to knock off £ 10 , 000 , 000 ofthe revenue , no matter how , but the army and navy were named ; and Cobden had striven to cajole the farmers to assist him . A small duty was not

      worth petitioning for . If Ministers should propose a small duty his advice was , "Take it as proposed , as a matter of revenue , to be paid by foreigners ; but do nt thank them for it . The agriculturists . must either have protection for theb industry , or they must have their burdens removed , ( Hear , near . ) From -what occurred during the last session of Parliament ; it was clear that the propertv-tax could cot be increased , nor the assessed taxes . Wnere then could the revenue be raised , except by the HnpoHtion of Customs ' duties ? Mr . Ellman concluded by moving the adoption of the report , which was carried by acclamation . Mr Parkhcbst , the secretary , then read the finaneial report , the chief item b which wac a vote of £ -59 towards the Benrinck testimonial . Mr . Bigg moved the adoption ofthe followbg memorial to lord John Sussell - —

      TO THE BIGOT HON . MM ) JOHX ECSSEU , H . P ., FISST MED OP _ „ . , „ THETREASCBT . ErC . Ine Memorial of Iand-ownetB , TenaaWanners , and others os tae county of Sussex , present at a aeetaxg held ia Brighton , on the 25 Ui of January , l 8 iS Humbly sbawttb-Tfcat the profit fituatwn and future

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      prwpeciuvf jour mttnorialw * are in tb « sre ?^! J ? Xin differing , and , unless some eoriy measures ar t acopwuI 1 M one war or other towards their relief , they »««« * " [* ^^ ^^ s ^^ t ^ r ^^^ pleased Providence to visit thi <> Wngdom w ^^ -o « rable *« r « V . S £ BW ^ S ^ SH ! M £ jKn-rnces ^ « *^ ^^ 2 a enable them to endure tion on the ¦ g ^^ Mnce ofthe very large influx tt But at present , « J £ ^* trta which have not Buffered XmS lfsS they find themselves obliged to " 2 , at a lower ratio than would be remunerative m an ibandaxit year , and even in many instances they cannot obtain anv sale at all , owing to the foreigner offering in the market a ' beticr sample .

      . Wc implore your early and serious attention to such a threatening anomaly . For , however captivatinf may be certain new theories , we can never believe that our government -nill perseveringly consent to sacrifice the territorial produce ofthe soil ofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , if they can be brought to eee and anticipate that the consequence of their legislation must shortly be , that a great portion of that soil will cease to be cultivated , over-burdened as it is with taxes and tithes . It must be recollected that such burdens were laid on the British soil , with no unsparing hand , in periods when that Kiil was protected from unrestricted foreign eompetition ; but if it is doomed to be henceforward exposed to it , those burdens should in justice and reason be previously removed .

      It is impossible that land subjected to such great and complicated disadvantages should continue to grow produce in competition with land which is totally free from many of them , and but moderately affected with others . There will in future , under the existing law , be no protection beyond the smaH expense of freight , which , in many instances , is not greater from foreign ports than from one port of this kingdom to another ; and we must further add , that fertility of soil and steadiness of climate are superior in many ofthe competing countries to what they are in these islands . Our union-houses are rapidly filling , and are fuller than they have been at any period since the introduction of the Jfew Poor Law ; nor is there any other cause assignable for this misfortune than the absolute inability of the land occupiers to employ labour , when paralysed in the disposal of their produce .

      The malt tax is admitted by all partieg , even by our greatest opponents , to be a gross injustice done us ; but to this we have hitherto patiently submitted , partly owing to its importance in the national revenue , and partly in consideration of other compensatory circumstances , hut henceforward we tee ourselves about to be deprived of every compensation , while the barley and hop growers in particular are rapidly approaching to insolvency , the growth of hops being attended notoriously with a very heavy outlay in addition to the duty , and barley being at present almost unsaleable in this maritime country by the importation of a much heavier quality from France and other foreign

      countries . Iu conclusion , we emphaticaHy and most respectfully press upon government tie reconsideration of this subject , to avert our impending downfall . The total prostration of so large and so important a portion of the community as the owners of land , the occupiers of it , and the labourers who till it , can never he conducive to the good of the whole It is others who have brought us to this state of distress . We can be accused of no delinquency on our part We would remind your Lordship , that though it is always easy to destroy , it is difficult to build up again , and that the delay of a year may urine : upon us a degree of ruin which we believe no wise and paternal government can justify or contemplate . Signed by order of the . meetfcg , Richmond . The memorial was adopted . Thanks havbg been voted to

      The Duke of Ricunosn , he spoke as follows * . — "I am not one of those who thbk it possiblo that the agricultural interest can be prosperous unless the manufacturers arc also ; but 1 have always felt that the manufacturer must be rubed unless the home trade is in an efficient and flourishing state . Go to the country towns ; ask the grocer , the draper , any ofthe tradesmen , whether , when the price of corn is low , they receive a Quarter as much aa at other times . At public meetings people are apt to say : " Why don ' t the farmers employ the labourers % " The farmer cannot if he has no money to pay them frith . ( Hear , bear . ) I like a countrv life ; but it is heartbreaking to me now every morriing to see the numerous persons who come and ask for work . Formerly , when men of loose character came and asked for a iob . the reply mieht have been ,

      " Ton are a single man ; you made plenty of money when b work , and squandered it b the bcer-shop , and therefore I cannot give you work . " But now , men of good character come and say , "We don't ask any favour . We only want to provide for our families by the sweat of our brow . " And this makes a residence b the country almost unbearable . I go to the workhouse , because it is my duty as a guardian to do so , and I see 40 or 50 men able and willing to work , and who would have work but for Free Trade . Cobden and Bright come forward and ask the farmers to join them . Job them in what ? By agitation to prevail on the government , which is supposed to be made of rather " squeezable materials , " to go back to the estimates of the year 1835 , by disbanding a portion ofthe army and navy ,

      and by abstaining From public works . But when these men are disbanded , who mabtabsthem ? Sot the manufacturer , but the landed bterest . Thoy come back and fall on the Poor-rates , a small portion only of which falls on the manufacturers . I have been argutag this only b a financial point of view ; I will now take higher ground . Have we no more colonies now than b 1835 ? ( Hear , hear . ) Are we at peace in India ? Have we not had insurrections at the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon ? And do you thbk that b the present depressed state ofthe West Indian colonies , it would be safe to brbg back our soldiers and sailors from that colony . Then Mr . Bright , because he happens to be a Quaker , says , ' You should not go to war ; war is ridiculous ; have a Peace Society , and leave everv

      thbg to their arbitration . " Really , gentlemen , this humbug is too gross for discussion . It he thbks he can promote peace without army , navy , or police , I recommend him to go over to Ireland and try to keep one village quiet . It is perfectly ridiculous . But the object of the Anti-Corn Law League was to destroy the landed bterest , and they first went to the farmer , knowing that the landlord must follow . They hate the farmer as they do the landlord , because they know that the farmer and the landlord are loyal men , and that they will stand by the Sovereign and constitution of the country . They have hit us hard , and , not content with waitbg the due time when , if the Free Trade measures are not repealed , we shall go entirely to the wall , they wish to ^ hurry it by persuadbg the farmers to assist in destroying the establishments of the country , and then we shall have the scenes which have disgraced France and Germany acted in this country . I do not mean to say , that if nothing

      can be done to relieve the farmers b theb present appalling situation there will not be many who will job with Mr . Cobden , because we well know that a drowning man will catch at a straw ; but I have too good an opbion ofthe loyalty , ofthe good sense , and ofthe capacity ofthe great body ofthe farmers of England , to believe that they will give Mr . Cobden any support as a body , because I believe they will never follow a man whom they believe to have been theb enemy , and that , though they will forgive him as Christians , they will never forget that all the distress that has come upon us is owing to Mr . Cobden , and to that other individual , Sir It . Peel . Of the two , I declare I know not which is the worst . ( Hear , hear . ) I agab beg to thank you for the vote of thanks which you have passed to me , and to assure you that I am not one of those who change as Sb Robert Peel does . ( Cheers . ) The meetbg then broke up , but the committee remained behind to arrange the plan of the ensuing campaign .

      The Trial Of Baxter.—When The Trial Came...

      The Trial of Baxter . —When the trial came on , a crowd , of those who loved and honoured Baxter filled the court . * * Two Whig barristers of great note , Pollexfen and Wallop , appeared for the defendant , Pollexfen had scarce begun his address to the jury when the Chief Justice broke forth , " Pollexfen , I know you well . I will set a mark upon you . You are the patron of the faction . This is an old rogue , a schismatical knave , a hypocritical villain . He hates the Liturgy , He would have nothing but long-winded cant without book ; " and then bs lordship turned up his eyes , clasping his hands , and began to sing through his noso , in imitation of what he supposed to be Baxter ' s style of praying —• " Lord we aro thy people , thy peculiar

      people , thy dear people . " Pollexfen gently reminded the court that his late Majesty had thought Baxter deserving of a bishopric . " And what aded the old blockhead then , " cried Jeffreys , " that he did not take it ! " His fury now rose to madness , He called Baxter a dog , and swore that it would he no more than justice to wbp such a villain through tht whole city . Baxter himself attempted to put in a word , but the CMef Justiee drowned all expostulation in a torrent of ribaldry and invective , mingled with scraps of " Hudibras . " "My lord , " said the old man , " I have been much blamed by Dissenters for speaking respectfully of bishops ' " " Baxter for bishops , " cried the Judge , " that ' s a merry

      conceit indeed . I know what you mean by bishopsrascals like yourself , " Kidderminster bishops , factious , snivelling Presbyterians . " Agab Baxter essayed to speak , and agab Jefireys bellowed , " Richard , Richard , dost you thbk we will let thee poison the court ? Richard , thou art an old knave . Thou hast written books enough to load a cart , and every book as full of sedition as an egg is full of meat . By the grace of God I'll look after thee . I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know what will befal theb mighty don . But , by the grace of God Almighty , I will crush you all . " * * The noise of weeping was heard from some of those who surrounded Baxter . " Snivellbg calves ! " said the judge . —Mtcaufay ' s History of England .

      Contemplated Reduction of the Abmt . —It is understood that a reduction alluded to of 10 , 000 men will take place in the army estimates for this year . But as 3 , 000 men are now on passage to India ( the cost of maintaining which is to be borne by the East India Company , ) the actual number to be reduced will be 7 , 000 . This numerical reduction to the extent of 7 , 000 men will he effected b the regiments b the United Kingdom and b depCts of corps serving in the colonies , which depots are also wtwUitedKbgdom .

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      BOW-STREET . —Hocubmkg asd Robbert . —J . Browne was charged with hocussing a servant and robbing hhn of his watch . —A constable stated that a servant m livery arrived aHhe railway station on Thursday morning from the country , and , on his calling a cab , the prisoner made himself very officious , and found means to get bto the vehicle with him . Ivothin ? further was known of what took place until the cab was seen passing through Tothillstreet , Westminster , when the prisoner opened the door and went away , leaving the young man fast asleep and stupidly drunk inside . The cabman , who must have known something of the matter , drove to tho next public-house , and it was discovered that

      the man had been robbed . —The prisoner admitted that he got \ ery drunk with the servant , but he recollected nothing either of the watch or being with him in the cab . —He was remanded . LAMBETH . —Robbert with "Violence . —Mary Ann Flood was finally examined charged with robbery . —E . Bates , the prosecutor , who is still suffering from the effects or the injury he received at the time of the robbery , and the marks on whose countenance sufficiently showed the violence with which they had been inflicted , said , that on the mornbg of the rCth ult ., he met the prisoner on the Hungerford Bridge , and after walking with her some distance , she gave him a violent blow , which caused him to reel from one side of the bridge to the other , and he fell with his face against the orickwork , and seriously injured himself . The prisoner tried to

      escape , but was secured before she got on tho bridge . A man who came from some place of concealment was seen to assist the prosecutor up after he had fallen , but he succeeded in effecting his escape at the other side of the bridge . The prosecutor was taken to the station-house , olee-ding , and in a dreadful state , and after he had given the charge , thc constable went back and found the prosecutor ' s watch in a coal barge close to the bridge , and near the pbee where the prosecutor was knocked down . The prisoner was committed for trial . On Tuesday , James Edward Smart , a powerful young man , who has been for some years under the surveillance ofthe police , was charged with being concerned , with Mary Ann Flood , in robbing aiid ill-using the prosecutor . After hearing some evidence , the prisoner , who offered nothbg b defence , was fully committed .

      Charob op Improperly Floooisg a Child . —Mr . J . Mackeneie , schoolmaster at the St . Mary ' s National School , in Princess-road , appeared to answer to a summons chargbg him with havbg shamefully flogged and injured J . J . Powell , a cripple , aged eight . The little sufferer said that on Friday last he was ordered by the defendant to hold out his hand to receive a blow from a cane , and , on his refusbg to do so , he was struck , knocked down on the floor , and was used very severely . He had lost the use of his ri ght side by paralysis . The boy ' s father exhibited his left side , which shocked the magistrate and every person in court . His left arm , from the shoulder to the hand , was covered with large weals , and the whole of his left side was , even at this remote period , nearly covered with blue , black , and livid patches . —The defendant , in reply to the charge , said the boy was so obstinate that he could scarcely do anything with him . On the day in ques-4 f /\« , n ^ Aitn **»/* .. lis ... lml . 1 sv ., X K . f . K ^ mW 4-n KfUi . iwfl wuh uciu iiio iiauu wvitb

      ** jvixugci uuv uuu w . chastisement for the same offence as that of which the complainant was equally guilty , but on its combe to his turn to receive a slightpunishment he refused to hold out his hand . He , the defendant , was , however , sorry he had been led to punish him so severely . —Mr , Dunn the beadle of the parish of Lambeth , spoke to the general conduct of the defendant for kindness and humanity . —Mr . Elliott remarked that there could be no doubt from the defendant ' s own showimr that the punishment administered was highly improper , and that he had no right whatever to beat a child b the body in the manner in which he seemed to have done ; and to mark his ( Mr . Elliott ' s ) disapprobation ofthe defendant ' s conduct , he should order him to pay a penalty of twenty shillbgsfor the assault , together with two shillings expenses , or , in default , to stand committed to prison for twenty-one davs . GUILDHALL . —Sham Suicides . —When Mr .

      Alderman Musgravc had nearly finished the business ofthe court , a respectably-attired woman handed the followbg letter for bs perusal , respecting the cha racter of the man Jaques , whose attempted suicide was reported some time since : •—The writer , who signed her name " Mrs . Rattray , " of 17 , Ironmong er-street , St . Luke ' s , then wont on to state that Frederick Jaques had lodged in her house the latter part of 1847 and a great part of 1848 , during which period she not only hoarded , lodged , and washed for him , but recommended him to a tailor for a suit of clothes . For his board and lodging he ran up a bill to the amonnt of £ 7 7 s ., promising to pay as soon as he got a situation ; and he likewise induced her husband to become security to a Loan Society

      for £ 6 , and left them to pay it—but , being unable to do so , in consequence of her husband , who is a baker , bebg out of employment and very ill till a short time since , the society was now proceeding against them . He obtained two or three situations , but never had the honesty to repay one farthing , After that he prevailed upon a woman servant to lend him £ 20 , with which he took an eel pie-house in Barbican ; and instead of being turned out by the landlord , he absconded , after selling some of the materials , and with the remaining portion of the money got married , and , lastly , excited the sympath y of the public in his behalf by what the writer considered a sham attempt at suicide . On Saturday night last , being short of money , and not

      wishing that her husband should go to prison , she called at Jaques ' s lodgings , for the purpose of asking him for a trifle of what was due , when she saw Mrs . Jaques , who refused to do anything , and defied her ?—Mr . Alderman Musgvove said he had no doubt as the press had been the means of obtaining the money , the same facility would be afforded to give his true character , to prevent further imposition . — Mrs . Rattray , with tears in her eyes , said that she and her husband had relieved Jaques when they themselves were in want . It was therefore that , knowing his character , and seeing that he was receiving money from the court , she came there on public grounds , as she considered benevolent bdividuals ought not to be further imposed upon . —Alderman Musgrove had no doubt that Mrs . Rattray ' s conduct wag very creditable . He should order her 5 s . out of tho poor-box , which he thought very well bestowed .

      WESTMINSTER , —A Wretch . —Hannah Kelly , a middle-aged woman , whose face was disfigured by a contusion under each eye , apparently the result of a recent pugilistic encounter , was charged with beggbg , and also with cruelty to a fine little child she haa b her arms . —Mr Broderip expressed his regret that he had not the power to take the poor little thbg away from her . He entertabed not the slightest doubt that the defendant was a professed beggar , and one of the very worst of that class . ^ It was in general with reluctance that he exercised the extreme power given him ; but in tbs instance he regretted that the law did not allow him to inflict a greater punishment , as he had no doubt that she was b the habit of tormenting the poor child , that by its cries she might tho better extract money from the benevolent passers-by . He then committed her for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction .

      The Case of Destitution in York-street , —Mr . Broderip said , with reference to the distressing ease in York-street , Westmbster , tho result of an I extensive correspondence , consequent upon former statements is , that , after paying everythbg up to the present date , a sum of £ 117 remains for the widow Williams and her family . I have ^ seen her , and she expresses her wish to go into business as the keeper of a shop for child ' s Iben , a business of which she has had a previous knowledge . With her consent , about £ 70 of tho money in hand will be laid out in the purchase of stock for the shop , and the balance will bo paid to her for the purpose of enabling her to carry on her trade , as soon as she is sufficiently strong to do so .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Desperate Outrage and Robbert . —John Flavin , a powerful fellow , who was recognised by the police as having been repeatedly in custody upon other charges , was placed at the bar before Mr . Hammill , charged with navbg robbed and brutally maltreated a compositor named Jeremiah Leonard , whereby he had sustained such serious bjuries as to endanger his life . It appeared that , as a policeman named Sanders , of the II division , was passing through Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , a little hefore one o ' clock on Sunday mornbg , he found the man Leonard stretched upon the pavement , to all appearance perfectly lifeless , the whole of his pockets turned inside out , and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound at the oi

      uacK part ms neau . The only person near him at the time was a little boy , on the watch at a short distance , who told the constable that the man had been attacked by a party of thieves , who had rifled his pockets , and afterwards knocked him down and left him b the condition described . With the assistance of another officer , tho bjured man was conveyed upon a stretcher to the station-house , where his wounds were dressed by Mr . Meares , the divisional surgeon , and the man , on bemg partially restored to consciousness , stated that he had been robbed of a quantity of silver , but was unable to give any further particulars , and , therefore , the

      sur-Eeon advised his removal to the hospital , where he ad ever since remained in too bewildered and suffering a state to afford any detail of the circumstances . Such an accurate description , however , of the most active of the man ' s assailants wassupi plied by the boy who had witnessed the attack upon him , as left no doubt of his identity with the prisoner , and he was , therefore , subsequently traced to a low . lodging-houso b the nei ghbourhood , and taken bto custody . —Mr . Hammill ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week , to afford time for the bjured man ' s recovery , and attendance to prosecute ; upon hearing whieh , the priso ner turned from the tor and assailed the witnesses ^ j . ^

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      * , *— . most vindictive threats and imprecations , and vocifcrOWSlT koptthem up until he was removed by main force to the cells . A Novbl Divorce . — A distressed-looking woman , with an bfant b her arms , who gave the name of Mary Ann Barber , made application to Mr . Hammill for ft summons against a man named Henry Gray , to show cause why he refused to contribute towardsthe support of her child , of whfch sh « declared h ' un to be tho father . The applicant stated that she was a married woman , but had parted from her husband by mutual consent , nearly five years since . About three years after the period of their separation she was induced to aceept the protection of the man Gray , and the child in question , now ^^^

      nine months old , was the result OI tneir mwa ^ y . She continued to live with Gray until a few days since , when he suddenly discarded her , and , as he refused her any assistance towards the support ol their offspring , she was compelled to resort to compulsory measures agabst him . Her husband nau been all along aware of tho nature of her relation with Gray , during her residence with whom a formal instrument was drawn up and signed by them hoth , with thc view of cancelling their marriage contract , and which she was told would be equivalent to a legal divorce . The following is a verbatim copy of the document referred to by the woman , which was handed in for the magistrate ' s perusal : — " Wee , John and mary ann barber , do mutaiiy oth freo

      agree to separate for ever giving each er a toleration to marry whomsoever wee may think proper ; if marry ann barber marris I John barber do agree to pay the marrige cerrimoney , and give mary ann barber to the man shee mig ht fix her choise on b what church shec mig ht think proper , and each pledges themselves never to anoy or mislet each other . —1 6 th May , 1 S 48 . —{ Signed)—John Barber , —Mart Ann BaRHSH . Witness , Henry Watson , — Goliah Gray . "—In answer to further questions the applicant said , that the witness , Goliah Gray , whose name was appended on the paper , was the father of the man against whom she sought redress ; and that the document was prepared and executed at his instigationin order , in jsomo measure , to

      ob-, viate the scandal arising from her connexion with his son under such civcumBtauces . —Mr . Hammill told the woman that the agreement of separation upon which she appeared to rely was not thing more than waste paper ; and as regarded the liability for her child ' s support , she had clearly no claim whatever upon Gray as the putative father . In all cases of voluntary separation between husband and wife it was held , that whatever thc subsequent conduct ofthe latter might be , her children must be deemed legitimate if she continued to have access to her husband , and that access was to be presumed if an opportunity for it had been afforded . Hc considered that such presumptive access existed in the present instance , and ho must therefore decline husband

      granting the summons agabst Gray , as her was alone liable in law for the mabtcnance of the infant . —The woman then left the court , evidently much dissatisfied , and expressing her intention to apply immediately to the parish to take up the case , and adopt proceedings against h er husband . Another Robbery . —A young man named Thomas Ivory , the son of an extens ive florist m ono of the suburbs , was charged with the following violent highway robbery : —The prosecutor , a shipwright m the London Docks named Peters , went upon a p leasure excursion on the 26 th ult ., accompanied by his mother , bvothev-b-law , and sister , aud on their return they all stopped at a public-houso m Old Ford-lane to procure some refreshment . There

      they stayed some time enjoying themselves , and the prisoner , who was there also , but a stranger to their party , pergeveringly forced himself upon their attention , and ultimately , upon their leaving the house at nine o clock , insisted upon accompanying them part of the way home , more particularly attaching ; himself to the prosecutor , whose arm he persisted b takbg . In this manner thoy walked until they reached a desolate part of the road on the edge of Victoria-park , when his brother-in-law left him to protect the women , who had gone on in advance , and the instant he had done so the prisoner turned fiercely upon him , and , telling him he was determbed to have his watch , grasped hold of the chain , which he tugged so

      violently that it broke , and loft the watch in the prisoner's hand . The prosecutor attempted to recover his property by seizing and struggling with the prisoner , but was struck down by a terrific blow under the ear , and left in a state of insensibility , during which the prisoner effected his escape . How long he remained senseless he could not tell , but he tit length became conscious of his relatives feeling about for him on the grass in the dark ; and upon recovering he was m such a state of debility that he was obliged to be supported until a cab could be procured to carry him to the police station , at which he gave such a description of his assailant as ultimately led to his apprehension . —Vhen called unon for his defence , the prisoner

      earnestly protested his innocence , declaring that he . had gone strai g ht home after leavbg thc prosecutor and his friends at the door ofthe house they had been staying at , and that hc had never before been in custody for any offence in his life . —The prosecutor ' s brothcr-m-law , however , likewise swore positively to the prisoner ' s identity , mentioning several facts which could leave no doubt about it ; and a man named Wilkbs , who had formerly been b the police force , proved that in October , 1847 , the prisoner was in his custody upon a charge of felony , for which he was subsequently arraigned and convicted , and sentenced to a lengthened term of imprisonment in Ilford gaol . —The prisoner upon hearing this , became instantly silent , and , the depositions having been taken , he was fully

      committed to Newgate for trial . SOUTHWAKK . — Dining Our . — Maria Ann Wright , Rosina Carter , and Henry Davies , three well-known characters , were brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with committing a murderous assault on Mr . F . Bellinger , a French merchant carrying on business in Gracechurch-street . —The complainant , who seemed very much knocked about , stated , that on the previous evening he dined with some friends at Camberwcll , and on his return home he met with a woman named Newman , and went into a public-house near the New-cut . While drinking at the bar he saw the prisoners , who seemed to be acquainted with the woman who accompanied him . A little after two o ' clock he went with Newman to her lodgings in Whito-horse-street , where lie undressed and went to bed . About

      five o ' clock he was aroused by some parties breaking bto the room , and on looking round he saw the prisoners rush towards him . Thc women emptied his pockets and stole his purse , containing a sovereign , while the male prisoner pulled him out of bed and beat him in a most unmerciful manner . He called out for assistance , and in a a few minutes a policeman came up to him and secured the prisoner . He had been drinking a little , but was quite positive that the money was safe in his purse when he entered the house . —Police-constable 196 L said , ho was passing the house in

      question a little after five o clock that morning when he heard a scuffle in the first-floor front room . lie listened , and heard some parties beating another , when he instantly procured the assistance of another constable , and entered the house . After some difficulty they succeeded in entering the room in which the prisoners were , when he perceived the prosecutor lying on the floor , quite naked , and covered with blood . He was speechless , but pointed with his hand that the prisoners were behind the door and under the bed . He seized Davies , while another constable secured the others . —In answer

      tothe charge , the prisoners denied stealing the purse and money . They were drunk when they arrived home , and were exasperated at seeing a stranger in the room . —They were committed for trial . Charge of Arson . —J . Scollard , and W . Scollard , his brother , egg and butter sellers , 46 , Bermondseystreet , were charged with wilfully setting fire to the house they occupied , [ on the morning of the 15 th ult . An inquiry took place before the coroner as to the cause ofthe fire , which resulted in no proceedings beb g taken against the accused . Mr Cottbgham , having been accidentall y made acquabtedwith the suspicious circumstances against them , gave directions that they should be taken bto custodv . —A oiaieu ukh

      puuveuuui > ux nan-past tnree o clocK on the morning ofthe 15 th ult ., as he was passing 46 , Bermondscy-street , he saw smoke issuing through the chinks of the shop door . He burst open the private entrance , and alarmed the inmates , upwards of thirty of whom , men , women , and children , came down from the upper rooms not half dressed . He afterwards saw J . Scollard come out of the yard with his shirt and trousers on , and carrying his coat and waistcoat on his arm . He did not say anything relating to the fire , nor did hc make any inquiry about the people in the house , as to whether they had made their escape . —J . Wilkinson , fireman , said that on arrivbg at the prisoner ' s house he found some butter firkins on fire under the staircase . When these were extinguished he proceeded to the room at the rear of the shop and there discovered that several articles of linen which had been hanging up were on fire , that the firo in tho shor > and

      that in the parlour were two distinct fires , and neither of them were near the grates . Finding that a dense smoke issued from the cellar under the shop , he went down there , and found some pieces of hoard on fire , which were laid across one another on the ground , and in such a position as to set in flame two wooden uprights used as supporters to the rafters above . There was no communication whatever between the fircsin the shop , backSuT and cenal . and lt was impossible they eoiSd have been communicated from one to the other . There was nofire-placenear where tho fires were found . He could not undertake to state the value of the proparty on the premises , but that it must have been of & Eft I le . r i thing but a few half fiS tbKft 7 old egg boxes , and some paltry articles of furniture m the cellar—Another fireman hX « L 7 » f f ? V ? «* policeman entered the house by the sub door , for had he broken open the Sffhfr 1 \ whichthe flame was smouldering , it would have been attended with disastrous conV

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      quences , and in ^ S * ^ 2 * f most of the lodgers would have been burnt . J . BCOllarO . t 0 W ^ tne « that the *™ £ ™> £ " ™* * ° the amount of £ 350 , and showed witness a policy oi insurance Witness ' asked him where TOB the property , ^ all he found there was three or four half firkins with a little butter in each of them , and a few egg * . The reply was , there had been fcrtj firkins of butter there previous to the fire , but that thc heat must have melted it all away . Witness said that was quite impossible , for there would nave been evidence of it if such had been the case . Witness questioned the prisoners as to the cause ot the fire . They said , b answer , that they could not account for it ; that they both slept in the . same bed in the back parlourand were aroused by a smell of T mmm ^ i rf .. - " . ^ ,., ;[_^ : t . „ m ; ,. „^

      , smoke , and got out in the best way they could . In answer to Mr . Cottbgham , witness said he had no doubt that the fire was caused wilfully . —Mrs . Hoare stated that she and her husband and two children occupied the back room on the first floor , and that the house contained altogether about thirty inmates ; that she and her family on going to bed about half-past ten o ' clock on the night in question smeft fire , and saw smoke coming up through the flooring ofthe cupboard situated over thc prisoner's sleeping-room . Witness went down stairs , and , in answer to thc question if there was anything burning in the back parlour , J . Scollard answered from within , that he was only lig hting the fire , and that nothing was the matter . Witness and her family

      then went to bed ; and , in the morning , were awaKened by a cry of fire , and made the best of their way down stairs . —J . Bezell stated that he lodged in the house , and that after hc had escaped with his wife and children , he returned , knowing that the prisoners slept in the back parlour , and not seeing them about , he went into the passage of the house , and on getting to the back room , lie found it so full of smoke that he could not enter in an upright position , so he went upon his hands and knees , and crawled over to thc bedstead , under the impression that the prisoners were l y ing there . He , however , managed to ascertain that neither of them were there , and with difficulty he groped his way back into the passage , and from thence out into the yard ,

      when he saw J . Scollard with all his clothing on but his ooat and waistcoat , which hc carried on his arm . —A policeman saw both prisoners in the yard , at the rear of the house ; J . Scollard had something bulky b his pockets . Witness- asked him what he had there . The answer first was that he had nothing , upon which hc ( policeman ) felt the pockets outside , and then Scollard produced a policy of insurance , besides £ 10 in gold , and silver , and farthings , and a watch and guard chain . —In answer to the charge , W . Scollard said : All I have to say is that the house is crowded with lodgers , and that Other men had access to the places where the fires were as well as I or my brother . —J . Scollard said I don't know how the firo happened , and I am innocent ofthe charge . —The prisoners' solicitor said that if the case was adjourned to a future day , he was instructed that he should be enabled to produce

      evidence of such a character as would tend to fihow that the prisoners were innocent of the charge . — The prisoners wero remanded . A aor Charged with Stabbing . —G . Spencer , aged 13 , was charged with stabbing J . Spencer , a lad about his own age , with a clasp knife . The complabant stated that on the previous afternoon he met the prisoner , whom he had known before , and they had some words which ended in a scuffle . During the affray the prisoner took a clasp knife from his pocket , and opening it exclaimed that he would use it , and immediately rushed upon the complabant and stabbed him in the fleshy part of the left arm , near the elbow . Tho prisoner aimed a blow at complainant's body , and the pomt of tho

      knife would have entered there had he not protected it by holding out his arm . —Prisoner admitted the offence , saying he did it because tho complabant Wanted tO mahe him kiss the ground , and held him down for that purpose . Hc added that he was sorry now for what ne had done , and that he did not intend to have done so much bjury . —The magistrate then committed him to prison for trial . A SCHOOLUOT Attbupxiss to Cokuix Suicide . — A boy named John Dean , the son of a corn merchant at Horselydown , was charged with attempting to destroy himself . —He was found sitting on the steps of a door . He was in evident pain , and stated that he had swallowed some white precipitate powder , with the intention of destroying himself . The reason he

      gave to the magistrate for what he had done , was that his sister pulled his ears because he did not go to school . —The prisoner ' s brother , a young man , said , that the facts were , he wag sorry to state , that his father petted the prisoner to such a degree that he spoiled him , and he not only neglected his school , but if he was sent on an errand that ought Ollly to take three minutes , he stopped away three hours , with a parcel of idle boys Ike himself . His sister , old enough to be h / s mother , checked him for his idle habits , and his passion was so great , being allowed by his parents to have his way in everything , that in the excitement he went and purchased the poison to destroy himself . —The magistrate deprecated the conduct of the chemist in selling

      a boy poison . —The chemist said , white precipitate powder was an article much in demand in his neighbourhood , and was used for children ' s heads . That , n the same afternoon , he had served two or three boys with the article , and did'not consider it necessary to make any inquiry . —The magistrate said , he should commit the prisoner to gaol , to see how a little wholesome correction would operate upon him . MARYLEBONE . —Robberies on the Great Western Railway . —Robert Frost , one of the Great Western Railway Company ' s guards ( was reexamined , charged with having stolen a quantity of haberdashery and other articles . He was also charged with having stolen property to a large amount , belonging to the Earl of Craven . — . T . August was

      charged as the receiver of the articles stolen , but , after a little evidence had been adduced , admitted as a witness against Frost . —Mr . Joseph Scott Wallis , steward to the Earl of Craven , deposed that on the 10 th of November last , he sent eleven packages from his lordship's seat at Ashdown Park , by a carrier , named Taylor , to convey to the Shrivenham station , addressed to his lordship at his other country residence , Combe Abbey , near Coventry . On the 25 th of the same month he ( witness ) arrived at the Abbey , where he found that the proper number of packages had been received , but on examining one of them he discovered that the lock had been forced , and property to a large amount abstracted therefrom . The articles stolen consisted of a gold snuff-box , a

      prayerbook with enamel cover , a large gold musical sea ' , a paper-knife with agate handle and silver gilt blade , a candlestick , and a gilt cup with coins let into it . — Mr . Justins for the prosecution : In opening one ofthe boxes from which you missed the articles youjfoundan empty case , did you not ?—Witness : I did , and from that case the sold box had been taken ; it was an exceedingly valuable one , and highly prized by Lord Craven . The said case was here shown to the witness , as was also a gold seal , both of which he identified as belonging to his lordship . Murch ( the guard ) who detected the prisoner , stated that he had seen the seal in Frost ' s possession at a tavern eight or nine weeks ago ; he said it did not belong to him , but that it was p icked up by a packer working on the Eastern Counties Railway .

      This article was recovered in consequence of a man named Brooks having given up the duplicate thereof to Mr Collard , who conducted the case . —T . August deposed that he was brother-in-law to Frost , and that he resided in Pivot ' s-row , Old Ford . He first saw the seal produced about a month ago at his father ' s . Saw the prisoner who asked him to take the seal down to Old Ford and raffle it . A man named Brooks said he'd raffle it . Did not know that it was pawned . —Several other witnesses were examined whose evidence was strongly exculpatory ofthe prisoner ; and Mr . Justing requested that a remand might take place , inasmuch as he had every reason to believe that some of the stolen property belonging to the Earl of Craven would be speedily traced , —The prisoner was remanded .

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      Noitingham . —Thb Framework Kniitsrs . — The situation of a great number of these unfortunate workmen is truly deplorable . The men . employed by one firm having struck against a reduction of wages , several hosiers have refused to give their workmen cotton , in hopes to compel the men on strike to submit to the reduction . If the shopkeeping class are wise , they will assist the men in their struggle , and by so doing ease their heavy poor ' s rate .

      The Fire is Lincoln ' s Inn . —Many documents of great value and importance have been rescued from the debris of this fire ; and one which is said to involve the receipt of upwards of £ 70 , 000 a year has been preserved intact . There' are many others , however , still missing , and of the recovery of which there exists now no hopes , and their loss must entail the most serious consequences upon those concerned . A contemporary , iu alluding to the frequency of these calamities , calls attention to a patented process of Messrs . Fox and Barrett , of Leicester-square , which has been applied with the most marked success to the erection of buildings perfectly fire-proof at a cost no greater than bv the ordinary mean 8 . The new lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch is to be thus built , and as the principle appears eminently calculated for the Jraiseworthy afford-d ? m VieW ' ° pUbUcity cannot be

      The Times recommends a large issue of ail ™ three-penny piGces , hy which 0 , WuseS will Z more customers and . convey them with less delay while the circulation of the bears' coiS wil be diminished , "Silver th * St ? LiS 5 S fP ?*** W freely and tiSJJB ^ S Oi ^ n vlwi ° A g 00 d - authorit y » tha * her Majesty Queen Victoria has written an autograph letter to K- « ' / nd that ^ c government has consented itw ^ int ™> tionof France in his fevwir .-wtttm Ztoiw . »{ m & t acxt ?]

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      NEW YEAR'S GIFTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE CHARTIST VICTIMS . THHE PRESENTS " ALREADY RE-¦¦ - CEIVED far exceeding in number and value what was anticipated ( with promise of numerous others ) , and as many ofthe tickets still remain unsold , the committee have decided on postponing the final disposal of the Gifts till MONDAY , FEBRUARY 19 th . Tickets , Sixpence each ( which will entitle the holders to an article of value ) , may be obtained of Mr . James Grassby , 8 , Noah's Ark Court , Stangatc , Lambeth ; Mr . Stallwood , Hammersmith ; Mr Greenslade , 21 , Allcrton-street , Hoxton I \ cw Town ; Mr . Grey , " Two Chairmen , " Tardourstreet , Soho ; Mr . Knowlee , " Globe and Friends , " Morean-Street , Commercial-road East ; Mr . Brfgck , "Two Sawyers , " Minories ; Mr Allen , * ' Crown and Anchor , " Waterloo Town ; Mr . Merriman , 262 J , Stroud ; Mr . Soar , " Olive Branch , " Old St Ftmcras-road ; Mr . Holmes , 1 , Riding , house-lane , Portland-place ; Mr . Allnutt , Headman's Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green ; Mr . CoUins , South Londoa Chartist Hall ; Mr . Brown , Cartwright ' s Coffee House , Hed Cross-street ; Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; and of the Secretary , John Arnott , 11 , Middlesex-place , Somers Town , London , of whom every information can be obtained , if by lstter , pre-paid . N . B . The local members of the Executive , sub-secKtarieB aad others , are invited to forthwith solicit subscriptions from their friends , and forward the same with name and address , to the secretary as above , if by Post Office Orders , « ade payable at the Battle-bridge Post Office , when tickets . Till be promptly returned , and the amount r eceived acknowledged in the Star when finally closed . Friends who fern tickets for sale , are requested to make a return as ftu-Iy as possible .

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      FOR SALE AT O'CONNORVILLE . A THREE-ACBE ALLOTMENT , in the XX best portion of the Estate , and in excellent condition . Three-quarters of an acre is cropped with wheat , 25 poles with tares ; the remaining portion is well dug for spring cropping ; 30 bushels of good seed potatoes , a quantity of small seeds , and a considerable number of fruiWrees , and the gardening implements will be disposed of with the allotment ; also , a good Yorkshire oven and boiler . Thei'e is a good barn , twenty-four feet by twelve . The house is a detached cottage . Terms ( including cropping , & c ) , £ 35 . The purchaser will also have to pay the Company ' s , demands , which will amount to £ io ; but for which a reduction will be made in his rent . Apply ( by letter , post-paid , and enclosing a stamp for reply ) , to Benjamin Kxott , O'Connorvillo , near Rickmaus » worth , Herts .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . A POUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE XX in thc National Land Company . Address , A . B ., 12 , Smith-street , Stepney .

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      CORN . Frioav , Jan . 26 . —The arrivals this week are more moot , rate of all grain , both foreign and English . Wheat this morning-was a slow sale nt Monday ' s rates , but with little English offering . Barley was dull for all kinds . Oats w « rq a langmd demand , but not cheaper . Beans and peaR continue a difficult sale , unless offered the turn under Monday ' s rates . In other articles there is no change . Mask Lave , Monday , Jan . 29 . _ Vf e had a short supply of wheat this morning from Essex and Kent , which wis

      teken off readily . at fully last Monday ' s prices , nnd for extra fine samples rather more was paid . Foreign wheat , both free and in bond , met more demand at the rates of last week . Flour without alteration . Finest samples &» English malting barley being scarce , obtained a slight ail-Vance , other cualiticR and foreign were fully as dear , Malt slow sale . Beans and peas unaltered . The arrival of oats was small , and the trade firm at previous rates , the bonded held higher . Rye dull . Small foreign tares saleable at 2 fis to 28 s , with a fair demand . For cloverseed there is a tolerable sale nt our last Monday ' s quotations . linseed cakes In more demSUul .

      Wednesdav , Jan . 31 . —With moderate supplies of all grain , our trade is to-day very firm , having many country buyers , who now come forward , as today thc eliding-sciJe ceases its further operation . Arrivals this week ;—Wheat—English , 1 , 240 ; foreign , 6 , 100 qrs . Barley—English , 4 , 710 ; foreign , l , 4 i 0 qrs . Oats—English , 5 , 680 ; Irish , 1 , 460 ; foreign , 2 , 810 qrs . FJotir —English , 3 , 180 sacks . BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frem 7 id to 8 d ; of household ditto , SJd to 7 dper ifbe , loaf .

      CATTLE . Fruht , Jan . 26—The supply of meat atSmithfield mw . Jfet to-day iras singularly small , and partly in consequence of which an improvement in the general tone of trade « . curred . The demand was better for everything , and better prices were obtained , Smthfield , Monday , Jan . 29 . —Very few foreign beasts or sheep were on offer in to-day ' s market , and their gentrj quality was inferior . The demand for them was steady , at fuuy last week ' s quotations . Calves gold briskly , tit high prices . From our various grazing districts the aid . vals of beasts , fresh up this morning , were limited , even time of year considered ; but there was a great improve , ment in their general quaUty and condition . The wcatiur being more favourable for slaughtering , and the attemliUice of both town nnd country buyers on the increase , the lu-.-f trade was firm , at , in most transactions , au advance in xlis

      prices of Monday last of 2 d per 81 bs . The primest Stots sold without difficulty , at from * s to 4 s 2 d per 8 lbs , and a good clearance was effected . There was a further decrease in tho numbers of sheep , and a great scarcity of renlly prune downs and half-breds was noticed . For all breeds or sheep the demand was very firm , and the extreme prices of last week were realised in every instance—the btet downs readUy producing 4 s lOd per Slfis . Prior to the close of the market , nearly the whole of the sheep had been disposed of . Although the supply of calves was tolerably extensive , the veal trade was brisk , at a rise in value tf quite 6 d per 81 bs . Prime small calves sold at from 5 e to 5 s 4 d per 81 bs . Prime small pigs moved off freely , at fall prices . Otherwise , the pork trade was heavy . Head of Cattle ax SmitofibIiD . Beasts .. .. 3 , 3441 Calves .. .. Itt Sheep .. .. 17 , 280 1 Pigs m

      Per 81 bs . by the carcase . Newsatb and Leadenhaia , Monday , Jan . 29 . — Interior beef , 3 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , Us 8 d to 2 b lOd ; prime large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 g 4 d to 3 s 6 d : larjrc pork , 3 b Od to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s li'il : middling ditto , 8 s Od to 3 s lOd ; prime ditto , 4 s to 4 s i & . veal , 3 s lOd to 4 s 10 d ; small pork , 3 s lOd to 4 s Cd .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —No Improvement has occurred in ille demand for either Irish or foreign butter . The sales of all kinds since our last have been on a limited scale : the prices current : —Cariow , 70 s to 80 s ; Waterford , 60 s to ' t ^ s : Cork , 70 s to 72 s ; Limerick , 63 s to 6 'Us ; foreign , Ms to ; m per cwt . Irish bacon in moderate request , at 52 s to its . Hams a slow sale , at 66 s to 70 s . Lard rattier more sal * . able , at 52 s to 62 s , bladders ; kegs , 42 s to 46 s per cwt , ;'» Amer ican produce the demand was active . English Hotter Mabket , Jan . 29 . —Since our last vty . < rt , the demand continues upon the best parcels , twid ' . ' . ««• rates have to be submitted to . The middling qualities a : e pressing on the market , and prices are quite nominal . T :. e quantity of fresh butter is increasing , and lower prices ate accepted . Prime Dorset , 90 s to 94 s per cwt : inidiilit . i ' , 70 s to 80 s ( nominal ); fresh , 10 s to 13 s per dozen .

      VEGETABLES . Covest Garden-, Monday , Jan . 29 . — This market wi * well supplied with both fruit and vegetables , at about !«** week ' s prices . POTATOES . Socthwakk TV ' ATEBsmi , Jan . 29 . —Th 6 continued ailwse winds have left our market so barely supplied with c ' > 'J description of potato that we hare but few sorts to ( - ! : ' tc the prices of this week : —Yorkshire Regents , 100 s to ift 1 ; Newcastle ditto , 90 s to 110 s ; French ditto , 90 s tolJ «; Belgian ditto , 60 s to 100 s ; Dutch ditto . 00 s to 80 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Londo . v , Tuesdaj '—The sugar market has opened to-: l . i >' with a further improvement ; all that was offered in r- ' " ' '' sa ! e wjis bought freely at the full prices paid on Friiay , : ' i and 6 d advance on strong working qualities . 0 , 0001 : 4 ' * . % Mauritius sold in public sale—good to fine grocerv , ? - % ' ¦ ¦ & I to 38 s Cd ; refining qualities , 88 s 6 d to 39 s « d ; 1 , UHJ l--s « t * also sold by private contract at the same rates , a , ' . ) 1 . ' - i ^ s | j Bengal also sold in public sale ; Dhobah , good and * - | 41 s 6 d to 43 s 6 d . 830 hogsheads of West India sold In * , £ ¦ private contract market , 41 s 6 d to 48 s 0 d \ Kefinea f . r » , j low to good grocery , 48 b 6 d to 51 s . m Coffeb . — This article has been dull , and prices k « 3 M shade lower . A great portion of the 1 , 500 bags of ] il ; i « - M tion Ceylon was bought in at last week ' s prices for wan : rf M buyers . jls

      COAL . Jp Monday , January 29 . —Price of coals per ton at the c-l < # m ^' ofthe market . —Buddie ' s West Harley , 15 s ; CharloM Mr "' -.- ' ' 13 s ; Chester Main , 14 s ; East Adair ' s Main , l' 2 a 6 d ; Jon * - Ip V-v sohn ' s Hartley , 12 s 64 ; New Tanficld , 13 s , Original Tao m * field , lis 6 d ; Ord ' s Itedheugh , I 2 s 6 d ; Smith's VeuuJ , E ? < ¦ ¦ lis Gd ; Tanfield Moor , 13 * ; Tanfield MoorButes , lis *>'• m -V Walker ' s Primrose , 12 s ; West Hartlev , 15 s Gd ; WtlH ' . ^ f | : Si Brown ' s , 13 s ; Brown ' s Gas , 12 s Gd ; Sramwellgate , W " > $ halhngworth , 13 s 9 d ; Eden Main , lfls ; Belmont , 1 * \ % Braddyll ' s Hettoii , 15 s fid ; East Hetton , lis ; Lvon ' . ' . ' ' * ' S Haswell , 16 b 3 d ; Russell ' s Hetton , 15 s 9 d : Stewart ' s !'*' ¦ ;> West Keepler , 14 s 9 d ; WhitweU , 13 s 9 d ; Caradoe . li * H , ' . "¦ Cassop 10 s Od ; Kolloe , 10 s 3 d ; South Hartlepool . " * | . : J Ihoruley . 14 s 9 d ; Trimdon , 13 s ; Adelaid Tcrf , l- ' ! ' 3 Tees , 15 s 9 d ; Yfhitworth , 13 s 6 d ; Witton Park , Hs *« ; ¦ ; , Cpwpen Hartley , 15 s ; Hwtley u 8 6 d ; Howard ' s flt- - > , J Hartley Northcrton , 15 s . Ships at market , 240 . K £ WOOL . M Crrv , Monday , Jan . 29 . —The imports of wool Into ^ 'f ™ gii last week were limited , comprising 180 bales from «« <•"» f £ ] j of Good Hope , 357 from Sidney" and 1 * ' * ' ' roin ^ 'iV , W Ayres . The public sales commence on the 7 th « » ~ | ^ month , and from 20 , 000 to To , 000 bales are expected l - j | gj j offered . Already pi-ices ave higher by anticipation . -mf >

      DEATHS . n mt Recently , at Manchester , Andrew Kinloeh , m )< >¦; ¦ : | W year ; the first man who ever weaved at a gowcr-I «» - ' - _ ( JBSS commenced work as a power-loom weaver in »* > e ; ' , ^ . ¦&§§ at Glasgow . He left for England in the year 1600 , .. ^ . ¦ j | fc employed first at Staleybridge , and subsequently in ^ atriu ^ . | gu , towns iu Lancashire in setting up power-loonw . »> - - ^ ffiw was burnt out at Westhoughtou by the distressed ami g ffl riated hand-loom weavers . „ , .,. _ fi „ ir , t : l ? W ^ M % Recently , the widow of the late John ^ Z ^ XU III Miss Harper , at the advanced age of'J' . *> he wa aJ ; j ^ ^ j * ratio singer , and made her debut as Bosetta , in . Jg > , m ^ g VxUage , '' attheHaymarkct , hU 776 . She retired Irom . ^ Stage in 1792 . . . rI „„ i , « x \ c } - '\ i £ & Hccentlv at YorkThomas Dalylate of * - ° !^« % *

      New , , of the most anient of the Repeal Confedei atcs . J-. , ^ g York mirn says :- " ^ Yc knew Mr . »« £ . ""^ T ^ > M interested patriot or generous man never eustcu . , „ ** At Manchester , General Sir T . Arbuthnot who * - * - . ;; 5 ^ treaeral officer commanding tha northern and midte ^ j . >® K and the colonel of the 71 st Highland Begimcnt , ^ -M on Thursday last , - > $ J

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03021849/page/8/