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      M0xday, Pebkcary 26. House Of Lords. — H...

      reasons could be alleged for the existence of such ^^ SiS ; sud he very grateful to the hon . , ^ fif « " t addressed tne House for giving jaronctwno ^ had 4 « -t ^ statement regardft £ KS ? 4 S befor / tbem The feat Svf-M tUfcieH the hon . baronet had referred vras one which naturally excited much interest , but it was a mistake to suppose , as some persons had done , S the svstem of contracts had originated since the passingof the Poor Law Amendment Act Jeariy V m years a « o it was authorised by the Sth of Geor-eL 1722 . Bv that statute the overseers of Soot were authorised to obtain contracts for the accommodadon and maintenance of the poor piitsidc of the workhouse . Ever since then provision for lb ^ o ™ becn contracted for in the manner recSeabv smute . Checksand V *™*™™* of course attendcl to , but there could be no doubt as to the legality of the practicc ^ ouc wUtevei . Ssni-rf . Aet ° m ovidcd for sending out of all

      children to parties who mi g ht contract-for their proviadvisable with rega rd toallHic Gilbert tots , In trsttJ & z ^& r-&^ zt . mstfr £ ~ E ^ s ^ = o »>> hciii" repealed , the practice , though still permitted and authorised , was no onger enjoined , iow , he mi « kt mention the establishment of Mr . Aubyn , at Norwood . It was legal to p lace children there , and the establishment was supported by the enactments and provisions ofthe 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , c . 101 , a measure bv which the right hon . member for TTinOn provided sufficiently for the subsistence and

      accommodation of pauper children . He intended to show hOAV that was done , and be should endeavour to g ive an historical account of the state of pauperism generally hi those hoiises which did not properly come under the denomination of workhouses , for he thought that the House would be anxious to receive information on the subject , and he therefore had taken some pains to . make himself acquainted with it . He was , then , enabled to state , that houses of that description scarcely existed anywhere except in the metropolis . They had been legal ever since the time of George 1 ., either as substitutes or auxiliaries ; but still he found scarcely any trace of them in the provincial districts . As to the districts in the nei g

      hbourhood of the metropolis , he found that , m London , Middlesex , Kent , and Surrey , there were seven institutions of that description . There were two of them at Stepney and Peckhani , where paupers belonging to the City of London Union were sent , but they would probably be vacated before the end of the present year , as good workhouses were being built . Those establishments would , therefore , die a natural death . The third institution , of which he had no doubt many hon . members had heard , was that of Mr . Aubyn , at Norwood , In which there were somewhat less than 1 , 200 children . That was an institution whieh , he believed , had been thought extremely well of by those who had visited it . He was not aware that

      any complaints had been made with regard to it ; the establislunent Avas in an exceedingly healthy situation ; and no one could doubt that , in an establishment of that kind , if it Avere well conducted , the children ' s interests were much better cared for than they possibly could be in an over-crowded workhouse , of if they were allowed to run about the streets . ( Hear . ) There Avere also two other institutions at Margate , one of them containing 131 persons , and the other 133 , comprising both adults and children . There were establishments to which paupers who required the benefit of sea air were sent from different workhouses ; there could be no doubt they were extremely valuable institutions , and ho believed there had never been any

      cause of complaint against them—at least , all the inquiries he had made led him to that conclusion . There was also a smaU institution near Welling , in Sent , where there were forty-four adult paupers , vho were sent from a particular union in the city of London . The only remaining institution of this kindwas one at Brixton ,, where there were 105 pauper adults and infants , and be understood tliat , with regard to that house , there had been practically no ground of complaint . These were the institutions , even in number , with which it was necessary to adopt some legislative measures . He purposely abstained from referring to events AvMoll had recently taken place at Tooting , because they were about to be made the subject of investigation

      in a criminal court of justice . On that account he would not say anything Avhatcvcr witb regard to the conduct ofthe person at the head of that establishment ; but he thought what had taken place there—whether that person was to blame or notfurnished a strong illustration of tbe { necessity of some further powers being given by the Legislature with respect to such institutions . It was manifest , at all events , tint the system was open to abuse , and he trusted this biU would enable them to take effectual precautions against the recurrence of such abuses , so Ions as bouses of this kind might exist .

      He did not think that such establishments would long exist , but while they did they ought to be effectually superintended . With this view , he proposed that the Poor-Law Baird should be empowered to make rules and regulations with regard to such establishments in the hands of contractors ; that the board should be enabled to mould the contracts entered into between the contractors and the guardians , aud that it should also be armed with power to enforce the observance of its rules . The bill then went through committee . Tlie House adjourned a Icav minutes before six o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , March 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A conversation took p lace between the Marquis of Salisbury , the Earl of Cmujslf ., and the Earl of Eizesmere , respecting some inaccurate statements which had appeared in the newspapers with reference to the late report of the committee of tbe House of Commons on the Crown Lands , and after some further routine business the House adjourned . HOUSE OF ' COMMONS . —Agricvltvrjll Distress . —Mr . iliLXER Gibson asked Mr . Disraeli if he was prepared to lay his resolution Avith respect to Agricultural Distress upon the tabic ? Mr . Disraeli said that he had laid his resolution upon the table , and that the Clerk might read it to the House if desired . Mr . Hume wished to have it read .

      Tlic Clerk thereupon read the resolution , winch was to the effect , that the whole of our local taxation , for national purposes , fell mainly , if not exclusively , upon the real property of the country , and borc with an undue severity upon the owners and occupiers of land , in a manner injurious to real property , and otherwise injurious and unjust ; that more than one-third of the revenue derived from the Excise was levied from agricultural produce , which had been exposed by recent alterations in the law to competition with the untaxed produce o other countries ; and that the House should resolve itself into committee , to take into consideration such measures as would remove the grievances of Avhich the owners and occupiers of land justly complained , and would tend io the establishment of a more

      equitable apportionment of the public burdens . ( Cheering from the Protectionist benches . ) Lord Ashixt then rose , and moved , " That an humulc address be presented to her Majesty , praying her Majesty to appoint a commission to inquire into the practicability and mode of subdividing , into distinct and independent parishes , for all ecclesiastical purposes , aU the densely peopled parishes in England and Wales , in such manner that the population of each , except in particular cases , at the discretion ofthe commissioners , skill not exceed four thousand souls . "

      Mr . Heme objected to the motion and moved , as an amendment , the insertion into the resolution , afterthe word " population , " of the words , " and farther to inquire into the best mode of putting an end to aU ecclesiastical sinecures and pluralities , and of uniting parishes which separatel y contained but a limited number of persons . " After a discussion , in which several members joined , the House divided , -when the namljers . -ffcre—For the amendment 18 Against it Ill Majority against ... ... 83

      The amendment havuisr been rejected , the motion was agreed to without a division . Poor Laws ( Ireland ) Dill . —Upon the question that the House go into committee on the Poor Laws ( Ireland ) Bill , with the vieAv of moving therein a resolution imposing for the next two years on every union in Ireland a rate of < 3 d . in the pound on each electoral division towards the relief of the poor , Mr . S . Crawford moved that it is unconstitutional and unjust to impose upon Ireland separate national taxation for particular localities , so long as

      the public general revenue of Ireland is mixed with the whole imperial revenue , and applicable to the general purposes of the United Kingdom . He stated at some length , the grounds upon which he rested this proposition , contending that any advances made to particular localities should be made out of the public revenue of the empire , tbe lands of those localiiies being held responsible for such advances . He called upon English members to join him in resisting the imposition of a tax upon the industry of Ulster to su pport other parts of Ireland .

      Several members urged Mr , Crawford to withdraw his amendment , in order that the proposition * e Go i- ernment ""^ De made in committee ; Dnt he declined , and upon e . division it was negatived by 139 to 15 . , J " Speaker ' s leaving the chair was then opposed by bir Johk Walsh , who contended that , after the appointment of a committee , the bringing down to the House a cut and dried resolution , without evidence , before that committee had completed its inquiries , was a violation ofthe practice of parliament and of the epirifcof the constitution . He insisted that a rate in aid of sixpence , which was vicious in principle , and had already created a flame throuch-

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      out Ireland , was utterly inadequate ; that it w « nild oppress the occupying tenantry of Ulster and Leinster ; and that whilst the poor law remained as it was , engulfinga'lproperty , any partialreief would be thrown away , lie expounded what he considered a sounder policy , and said he should divide tbe House upon this particular rate . Mr . Napier ridiculed this substitute for the comprehensive measure promised by the government . Sir G . Grey pointed out the inconsistency of those who obstructed the Speaker ' s leaving the chair , when an exposition ofthe views of the government mHithave been made , ofthe absence of which they

      complained , and deprecated the continuance of this preliminary discussion in a case of such urgent necessity . Mr . Disraeli , after justifying his vote against Mr . Crawford ' s motion , observed that this vote did not preclude him from opposing the vacation of the chair to ' go into committee to sanction a scheme of the government which had not been explained . Where was the evidence in support of the policy of the Ministers ? Why Avas haste required here , when the House of Lords would move deliberately ? If the Government had brought forward comprehensive , business-like measures , they might haA'e asked for temporary ones ; but Ministers were trifling with their reputation .

      ^ Lord J . Russell observed that , according to the forms of the House , he could propose the resolution only in committee , and he retorted upon Mr . Disraeli that in demanding delay he was trifling with the welfare of Ireland . He complained of a want of candour on the part ^ of Mr . Napier and Sir J . Walsh , and briefly pointed out the insufficiency of the remedies they proposed , of circumscribing * the area of taxation , and of emigration , and the mischiefs which would attend a property rating . Mr . H . Herbert declared that the present system of rating , under the tyranny of the Poor-law Commissioners , had paralysed the energies of all classes in Ireland . Sir H . Barron likewise drew a terrible picture of the effects ofthe Poor Law and denounced the menaced rate in aid .

      Lira Castlereagh regretted that this proposition should have been brought forward , which was at variance with the feelings that had prompted the Union , and which , he believed , would ultimately be given up as impracticable . Colonel Ddxne , Mr . Ker , Mr . Grogan , and SirW . Verjj ' er , spoke strongly against the proposition of the government ; Mr . Retxolds , though hostile to a rate in aid , supported the propo-ed rate , otherwise the poor must subsist upon the charity of England or die : but it was upon condition that all property should be rateable : whilst Sir L . O'Brien , though he had voted for the rate in the committee as part of a general scheme of measures , should now oppose the proposition ofthe government . After a few observations from Sir T . D . Acland , the House divided , when the motion was carried by 195 to 96 , and the House went into committee pro forma , the chairman obtaining leave to sit again this day . The other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o clock .

      ( From our Third Edition of last week . ) FRIDAY , Feb . 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Duke of Richmond put a question , pursuant to notice , as to the intended abandonment of the system of female convict discipline on board the Anson hulk , at Van Diemen ' s Land . Earl Gre y said he had the most perfect conviction as to the necessity of doing away with that establishment . The papers wou'd be at their lordships' residences to-morrow ( this day ) . Suspension of the Habeas Corpus ( Ireland ) Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdoavne , in moving the second reading of tbe Habeas Corpus Suspension ( Ireland ) Bill , entered into an explanation of the reasons which induced the government to continue the suspension until the 1 st of September next .

      Lord Brougham thonght the period of limitation too short , aud blamed the government for allowing meetings to go on u . itii it was too late to stop them . The noble and learned lord then proceeded to refer to the case of Burke , a juror on the recent trial of Duffy , who had got up and clapped his hands , and cried " hear , hear , " at some observations made by the prisoner ' s counsel . Such a country was not fit to have trial by jury , for nothing more indecent could have taken place ia the wigwams of Southern Africa . Lord Monteagle considered ^ he state of Ireland most alarming , but called the attention of the House to the fact , that there was no law which imposed any restraint on the possession of arms in that country . The bill was then read a second time , committee negatived , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday .

      Tlic other business was disposed of and the House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Parliamestart Oaths . —The House then went into committee on the Parliamentary Oaths , when the Chairman put the following resolution : — " That it is expedient to alter the oaths required to be taken by subjects of her Majesty not professing the Roman Catholic religion , as qualifications for sit ing and voting in Parliament ; and to inako provision in respect of the said o ^ ths for the relief of her Majesty ' s subjects professing the Jewish religion . Mr . V . Smith said that , in the amendment he

      was about to propose , he wished it to be understood that he was not throwing any obstacle in the way of admission of Jews to Parliament . He thought the oaths administered to Roman Catholic members highly objectionable , and would , if possible , strike out of the declaration , " on the true faith of a Christian . " He moved , as an amendment , " That it is expedient to abolish aU oaths except the oaths of fidelity and allegiance to her Majesty . " Lord J . Russeix repeated that the arrangement of the parliamentary oaths in 1829 , as regarded Roman Catholics , was looked upon as the final settlement of a great question ; he must , therefore , oppose the amendment .

      The committee then divided , when tha amendment was negatived by a majority of seventy-two ; the numbers . 140 to 68 . Mr . Bankes had given notice of an amendment , bui he should not press it until the bill arrived in committee . His proposition was to bind the consciences of persons who might become members of parliament by the same words as bound RomanCachoilc members at present . Lord J . Russell , after again referring to the fact that the settlement ofthe Roman Catholic oath by the Emancipation Act was for the protection ofthe established church , contended that it could not be supposed there was any danger cf the Jews subverting the church establishment , whatever apprehensions might be entertained as regarded the Roman Catholics , therefore he shou'd oppose their introdu . - tiqn as affecting the Jews or dissenters , upon whom this would bear hard or upon any other class , the Roman Catholics excepted .

      Mr . Goclburn was not one of those who would impose hardships or exclusions upon Protestant Dissenters , but when he found that the condition of their admission to coporate offices , when the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed , was an oath requiring them not to exercise any power or authority they might possess in connexion with such offices , to injure and subvert the Protestant Church , as by law established , he could not conceive 1 wav such a declaration could operate as a hardship , when imposed as a qualification for members sitting in Parliament .

      After a few remarks from Mr . Drummoxd , Mi . J . O'Coxxell , the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , Mr . Assiet , Mr . Xeavdeoate , Mi . Napier , aud Mr . Sheil , enlivened by a dispute between Mr . O'Coxneli ,, the Earl of Aruxdel and Surrey , and Mr . Sheil , on the proper interpretation of the Roman Catholic oath , Sir R . Peel was called upon by Mr . J . O'Cox-XEixto arbitrate between them , and observed that the oath was imposed upon Roman Catholics by the legislature , and that the legislature alone , and not he , could determine what was its real interpretation . Since 1829 , Catholic members had frequently voted on measures affecting the established Church —votes which he Lad neA'er called in question , believing that they had been g iven in conformity with the conscientious convictions of those giving them .

      Mr . Law would give his vigorous opposition to every stage of the measure although he would not then divide the Committee npon it . The resolution was then carried without a division . In answer to a question put by Mr . Hashes , Lord J . RUSSELL said that he would not propose the second reading ofthe hill , when introduced , until after Easter . Relief of Distress ( Irelaxd ) Bill . —On the motion for the second reading of the Relief of Distress ( 50 , 000 ) ( Ireland ) Bill . Mr Hume protested against the bill as a wasteful and pernicious expenditure of the public money .

      although he would not then divide the House upon it . He thought that the government , before proceeding further with this bill , should state in detail what measures they intended to introduce with regard to Ireland . Lord J . Russell observed , that Sir W . Somer-Tille had alread y alluded to three measures Avhich the government intended to proceed with . He himself had also given notice that evening of another . It was obviously impossible for him then to stale all the measures with reference to Ireland which the government mi g ht deem it expedient to propose during the session . Mr . Heme asked if any measure would be proposed with reference to tlie Irish Church ?

      Lord J . Rcssell could hold out no hope to the honourable gentleman that such a measure would be introduced . The Bill was then read a second time , to be committed on Monday . The other business was disposed of , and the House then adjourned .

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      WORSHIP-STREET .-HiOnwAY Robbeby .-G . Davis , Anne Wood , and Margaret M'Carthy were charged with having assaulted J . Byland , and stolen from him a silver watch and guard , ofthe value of £ o a quantity of loose silver , and other property . — The prosecutor stated that he was passing through Whitechapei about one o ' clock that morning , when he Avas accosted by the female prisoners , who requested him to "treat" them , and having been drinking rather freel y , he accompanied them to an adjoining public-house . They Avere followed into the house by the male prisoner , who was invited by the Avomen to join them , and the whole of them ultimately left together . Feeling some misgivings as to their character and intentions , he abruptly wished them

      good night , and walked rapidly on . He had onl y advanced a short distance , hoAvcver , Avhen he was overtaken b y the prisoners , who had been joined in the interim by two other men , and without the slightest previous warning he received a blow on the side of the head , Avhich instantly felled him to the ground . On partially recovering , ho shouted for assistance , upon which the male prisoner flung himself upon him , exclaiming , " Let us murder him ;" and grasping bun by the throat , held him forcibly down till he was almost strangled . One of the Avomen rifled his pockets of all tho money in his possession , Avhile the other raised the guard-chain oAer his head , and having secured his watch , she hastily snatched up his hat , Avhich had fallen off in the struggle , and the whole party effected their escape . He hastened in the direction which they had taken , and met a policeman , who conducted him to a notorious rookery in the neighbourhood , Avhere he found

      the woman M'Carthy at the door of one of the houses , and gave her into custod y . While they were conveying her to the station-house , they Avere overtaken by the male prisoner , who had managed to effect a considerable metamorphosis in his appearance , and addressing him in a disguised voice , observed , " You are altogether mistaken , sir ; that is a most respectable woman , and she has been in my company the whole of the evening . " Witness instantly recognised him as one of Ids assailants . The woman Wood was subsequently apprehended at her lodging , where the complainant s watch Avas discovered . It was intimated by Alderman , the jailer , that the prisoner Wood had onl y been released a few days from a similar charge of robbing a gentleman of his watch in the same nei ghbourhood , and that both the other prisoners were notorious thieves , against Avhom the evidence of previous convictions could be established . The prisoners Avere ordered to be remanded .

      BOW-STREET . — Embezzlement . — Henry E . Russell , who had been for twelve years a clerk in the Westminster Fire Office , in King-street , CoA'ent-garden , Avas placed before Mr . Jardine , charged with embezzlingmoney amounting to £ 800 . —Mr . Humphries , the solicitor , stated that the prosecution was instituted by the governor and directors of the Westminster Fire Office Company , but it was his intention to enter into a miner case only for the , presenfe and request a remand for a few days . —Mir . Ri Hnghes , a gentleman residing in Park-street , Be ^ nt & ' park ; stated that on the 29 th of January last'ho - went to the Westminster Office , and paid the sum of £ 6 to the prisoner , from whom he received the receipt-form produced . The

      payment related to an insurance . —Mr . W . BroAvn , the secretary to the Westminster Fire Office , proved that the prisoner was in the employ ofthe company in January , and that the printed form produced was one of the receipts usually given in the office . Witness had referred to tho corresponding number in the counterfoil from which the receipt-form had been torn , but the entry Avas in a different name , although in the same handwriting—namely , the prisoner s . No account av . is rendered by the prisoner ofthe payment of £ 6 deposed toby Mr . Hughes . Tho prisoner left the establishment on the Sth of February , on which day witness received the

      follOAVmg letter in his handwriting . It av « is Avithout date , but was signed " H . E . Itussell : " — " Sir , —I must at length confess to you that I have been unfortunate enough to do that which is wrong , and that my account is very considerably minus . I will give you an explanation to-morrow morning , but to-day it is impossible . I hope , in consequence of my long , and I may add , for a long time , faithful services , thai the directors , in consideration of my family , and circumstances unknown to them , will be as lenient as possible . I may also add that nobody is implicated in this matter but myself , "—Upon this evidence his worship ordered the prisoner to bo remanded for further examination .

      GUILDHALL . — An Amazon . —A young woman named Ann Elliott was charged with violently assaulting several police-officers . — Henry Elden Smith , policeman 131 , said , that about a quarter to six o clock the piwious evening he saAV the prisoner and a gentleman getting out of a cab in Fmsburyplacc-south ,- Avhen there arose a dispute as to the fare , and they refused to pay the cabman . The gentleman was intoxicated , but the prisoner was not , and they commenced rolling about the street , and at last created a great crowd . He Avent up , for the purpose of taking the old gentleman to the station-house , but the prisoner clung so closely to him that he was compelled to call the assistance of another officer , upon which she attacked him in a

      most violent way and scratched his face . A third officer arrived , Avhom she served in the same Avay , and fought so desperately ( more like a man than a woman ) that it took five officers to carry her to the station-house . The gentleman Avas kept till he became sober , and Avas then allowed to depart . — John Butler , policeman 115 , said , he came to the assistance' ofthe above witness , Avhen he saw a crowd of about 200 persons L around Smith . The gentleman and prisoner were on the ground , and she swore he should not go to the station-house . He tried to part them , Avhen she flew at him , gave him a tremendous blow on the nose , which made it bleed for nearly half an hour afterwards , and then scratched his face . Another officer then came up ,

      when she said that if she must she Avould have a fight for it , and she kept her word , for she then attacked the other constable . Before they succeeded in getting her to the station a crowd of from 400 to 500 people had assembled . She Avas half drunk . — George Longford , policeman 138 , corroborated the above evidence and his face , as well as the countenances ofthe other constables , exhibited the treatment sustained through the prisoner ' s violence . — Alderman Hunter asked the prisoner if she had anything to say for such conduct ? — Prisoner : I was very tipsy , and did not know what I was about . —A man here stepped forward and said he Avas the prisoner ' s husband , and he Avas sorry to see her in such a position . The fact was that if she took a

      little drink she became like a mad woman . She had never been in trouble before . — Butler said ho believed the man who said he was her husband , and his friend , who was in court , were nothing but bullies . They had been all the morning trying to bribe him and his brother officers to suppress their evidence . . Tho woman and the old gentleman hired the cab to drive them to Hackney for Is . Gd ., and arriving there agreed with the cabman at once to drive back again for Is . more . On arriving at their destination they refused to pay more than Is ., swearing they had previously paid the Is . Cd ., and hence arose the disturbance . — Alderman Hunter said the prisoner ' s conduct had been very bad , and therefore she must go to prison for one month . — On hearing the sentence she screamed most

      Violently , and was taken from the bar b y main force . — The husband begged hard that the magistrate would inflict some fine , and she should not he guilty o f the like again . —After some entreaty Alderman Hunter consulted the chief clerk , and then ordered the prisoner up again , and told her that in consequence of her husband ' s interference he had changed his mind , and instead of sending her for one month , should inflict a fine of 4 . 0 s ., or fourteen days , which he hoped Avould be a lesson to her . The husband went to get the money , but not returning before the court Avas up she Avas conveyed to prison . MARLB OROUGH-STREET . —Domestic Quarrels . —The Rev . T . H . Hardinge was charged with

      threatening to do some bodily harm to his wife , Mrs . Hardinge . —The complainant stated that she had been married to the defendant four years , during the whole of which period he had ill-treated her , and had threatened to do her some bodily harm . He had taken all he could aAvay from her , and had been unceasing in his efforts to get hold of her property . On Thursday last he called in two policemen and turned all her servants out ' of the house , and she was without protection or attendance . On that occasion he threatened her life , and she went in bodily fear of him . —Miss AValkden stated that she was at the house Avhen tho defendant turned the servants out of the house , and she heard the defendant say , " he would do for that infamous woman "

      meaning his wife . —The defendant , in answer to the charge , said he felt very much humiliated at the position m which he had been placed by his Avife who had separated herself from him , had gone to parties , and indul ged in company , while she had allowed him to get his breakfasts and dinners alone When he married her he settled on her the residue of his property , amounting to £ 500 a year . When be was bound over to keep the peace some time ago , she offered him £ 250 a year out of her income of £ 900 , to separate , which he should be most read y to take to escape from the horrors of his present situation . He could prove that his Avife consumed

      more wine than allowed her to keep sober ; that the rw ? i n order , t 0 do anything for him , and that he had been allowed to clean boots and perform other menial ofheee . He had turned the servants out ot the house because he- was not sufficiently master of it , and the g irl was a thief , and had accused him of assaulting her . The man-servant had made faun a prisoner in the house , and chared bun Avith seducing his wife . He considered the present case was a plot iigamsfc hirn . He denied bavin-threatened his wife , W , J said the treatment he had met with would have swroksd the indignation of any gentleman . After some more crimination and recrimination , , during which ihe complainant

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      said several deeds of separation had been drawn up , but which the defendant had always refused to sign , it was arranged that the warrant should stand over , to allow the parties to come to an arrangement . Child Murder . —On Tuesday the court was crowded to excess in consequence of its having been tho day appointed for the examination of Eliza Mitchell , on tho charge of murdering her female infant . An investigation was gone into relative to the mysterious affair on Monday , the 19 th nit ., and the following particulars then transpired , Avhen Robert Maisey , coachman to Mr . Home , carnagebuilder , of Long-acre , Avas the party accused ot bavin"' received the child from Mitchell , and not accounting for the manner in which he had disposed of it The evidence broug ht forward on the first

      occasion hy Sergeant Hoekaday , lo b , was tnai imoimation was communicated to the police with regard to a robbery committed at the house of Mrs . Henbow , a lady of property , residing at Lodge-yilla , St . Jots-wood , and with whom Mitchell lived as servant ; the management ofthe case was intrusted to him : and on Sunday afternoon , the 18 th , lie repaired to the residence of the lady , from ¦ 7 , » tm tolearnt that Mitchell was suspected as the thiol , no searched her box , and in it found some ofthe stolen articles , in addition to which he discovered a quantity of baby linen , Avhich had evidently been \ vorn * Mrs . Benbowtold witness that she had a character from her ( Mitchell ' s ) sister , Avho was employed by her as charwoman , and from whom she

      had understood that Mitchell was a married woman and the mother of a child . Hoekaday , Avho shrewdly suspected that there was something dark about the matter , questioned her as to Avhere the child Avas , wher she alleged that she had given it to Maisey ' s mother , who took it to Worcester ; he ( the officer ) thought that the infant . might have been improperly dealt Avith , and he had an interview with Mr . Williams , in the service of Mr . Home , Avhen he Avas told by him ( Mr . Williams ) that the young woman ' s story of the child ' s being in the keeping of the mother was not true , as he had heard Maisey say that he should not continue to pay for its . support unless he kneAV that it was living and properly taken care of . The sergeant returned to Mrs .

      Benbow , and pursued the inquiry as to the giving ; up ofthe child , when Mitchell said that she gave it to the prisoner ' s mother at a house in Long-acre ; but she Avas unable to say Avho was present at the time ; and on being further pressed she . burst into tears , and said , " What I . have stated about the mother is not true , for it was Maisey to whom I gave the child up . " He ( Hoekaday ) went to Mr . Home ' s , where ho saw Maisey , Avho denied the truth of the young woman ' s statement , and he went Avithout hesitation to Mrs . Benbow ' s with the officer . On his arrival there , Mitchel repeated that she had given the infant to hihf . It was further shown that the parties had livid together as servants at Mr . Home ' s private residence , in Maida-vale , whore the

      intimacy took p lace between them which resulted in the birth of a child . They had taken lodgings as man and wife at Mrs . Cooper ' s , 5 , Green-street , Paddington , the woman being at the time pregnant . They remained there till the 30 th of December , the infant having been taken out by Mitchell , on the 28 th , she alleging , on her return , that she had loft it with some one . ; Whp , «> yould see that itAvas properly suckled arid niirsew ^ Irs . Cooper said that the child had two . part ' CaBr marks by which it mi ght be known ,:: whcthcr fouiid , dead or alive—one was upon the lower part of the back , and the other resemblcd a strawberry . The latter was on the left shoulder . From the contradictory statement made of Mitchell the magistrate considered that she was

      tne most likely to he the guilty party , and accordingly ordered her to find good and substantial bail for her future appearance . She could not procure the hail , and was , therefore , locked up . Maisey was liberated on entering into his own recognisance to appear again , and on Monday , the day named for the re-examination , Sergeant Hoekaday brought up a number of witnesses , and said that he should no doubt be able to show clearly that the Avoman Mitchell Avas alone the guilty one in the transaction . She was accordingly placed at the bar , and after a brief statement oi certain facts had been made by Hoekaday , it was directed that she should be brought up again ; she was locked up , and on Tuesday ' she was placed at the bar upon the serious

      charge of child murder , —Liien Dimock , servant to Mr . Newton , Holland-cottage , Kensington , deposed that at nine o clock on the night of the 28 th of December , she saw a woman , whom she believed to be the prisoner , standing at the garden-gate with an infant in her arms . At twenty minutes past nine she heard a child cry , and found an infant l ying on the gravel path ; it was very cold and Avas screaming ; she took it to the station-house . A great deal of other evidence , which altogether occupied the attention of the Court nearly two hours , was gone into , and it Avas shown that the infant Avas taken from the station-house to Kensington workhouse , where it died in about a fortnight after its admission ; it was suffering from bronchitis and convulsions , induced , no doubt , by exposure to the cold .

      The identity of the child Avas established beyond a doubt , not only by the marks upon its person , but also by the apparel in Avhich it Avas clad ; the greater portion of the child ' s apparel Avas proved to have been on when the prisoner took it from the apartment which she occupied in Green-street . Maisey Avas no longer held to bail , but was discharged on his promising to attend next Tuesday , until which day the prisoner Mitehell ' was remanded . CLERKENWELL . — Ax amiable axd moral Scripture Header . —W . Allen Avas charged by Mr . Jackson with having assaulted kirn . Tho complainant deposed that the defendant was a " scviptxire reader , " and in that capacity he visited his house , when he sought the opportunity of seducing the

      affections of his Avife , and Avas in tho habit of writing letters to her . On Friday last complainant Avent to his residence in company of a friend , to inform defendant's wife of the improper intercourse , taking Avith him one of his letters written seven years ago , when he dragged and struck him , gaA'e him a black eye , and knocked out one of his teeth . —Mr . Morgan confirmed the evidence ; the defendant also assaulted him , and Avas most outrageous . —Mr . Tyrwhitt asked defendant what he had to say to the charge ?—Defendant said that a knock came to the door , Avhich Avas ansAvered by his daughter , Avho said that her mother was wanted ; he accompanied his wife , and lawMr . Jackson and his friend , Avhen the former called him a base adulterer , and said lie wished to speak Avith his ( defendant ' s ) Avife . He said , " Here is my wife , what you have to say to

      her say in my presence , when he repeatedly applied the epithet , " You base adulterer . " He ordered them out of the house , and as they refused to go he attempted to put them out , when complainant bit a p iece out of his thumb , and he ( defendant ) shoA'ea his fist in his face , and his tooth came out . Thoy said , " That is all avc want . " The complainant was scandalising and exposing him CA'erywhere , and had written to his clergyman , and on mooting his ( defendant ' s ) Avife and children he told them to go home to that " old adulterer their father ; " and they were destroying him in tbe pursuits hy which he lived . —Mr . Jackson here exclaimed that lie had never heard such lies in his life . —Mi . Tyrwhitt said they Avere not justified in going to defendant ' s house as they had done . Several letters were produced , but not read aloud . Mr . Tyrwhitt fined defendant

      5 s . and costs . Guild Murder . —John Copeland was placed at the bar before Mi - . Tyrwhitt for final examination . It will be necessary to mention that a month ago the unfortunate deceased , the son of the prisoner , who Avas only in the sixth year of his age , died of injuries ; supposed then to have been accidentally receiA ed , in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , and , on an inquiry before the coroner , facts of a suspicious na . ture came out to induce the jury to consider themselves justified in returning a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the mother , who was at once committed to Newgate for trial . Within the last few days additional evidence in connexion Aviththe aflair having reached the cars of Inspector Gibbs and

      Andrews , 106 G , they on Friday apprehended the prisoner , and on that day the renewed inquiry was entered on , and terminated on Saturday evening in his committal also to the Old Bailey to take his trial with his wife . The folloAving was the additional evidence now brought forward : —Mi . John W . Uanfield examined . —I am an accountant , and live at 20 , Acton-street , Gray ' s-inn-road . I haveknoAvn the prisoner at the bar about two years . He was formerly a bailiff in the sheriff ' s office . He first spoke to me about the deceased several months ago . He said it had been taken from its nurse , and he regretted he had over had it back , for it Avas extremely dirty , and he and the mother had in consequence taken a great dislike to the child ; that they

      had tried every means , such as tying its hands behind and beating it , to break it of such habits ; in addition to which he complained that it was addicted to thieving ; and even when its hands were secured behind , it Avould gnaw the food , and eat half-a-pound of dripping at a time . He also said that for these offences he had placed deceased in cold Avater ; that he had alloAved it to lie in its Avet , and put damp clothes upon it , but it was so hard he could not get rid of it , and if all other means failed he Avould burn the child . On another occasion he said he Avould put its hands between the bars . The witness continued , —When these expressions Avere used hy him it Avas tAvo years

      ago , and I remonstrated with him , as did also my Wife ; and she said at tlie time , " If anything should happen to your child , you will most assuredly get into trouble for saying so . The prisoner then in repl y said , " Who shall know it ? " and my wife observed , " I have heard you say that every room in your house is filled with lodgers , and why not they ?" and she again requested him not to continue illtreating the child ; and the subject ended on that day . He called several times afterwards , and still said the child Avas as bad as eA'er , and lately , on one of his calls , he said the child ' s clothes had caught firo , but it Avas not severely burnt . Xtoo Aveeks afterwards I again saw him ; and at that interview he said that his child had fallen against the iters of the grate and had hurt its head , and if it had not

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      had on a woollen dress would have been seriously burnt . I subsequently by chance heard that the child was in the hospital through the burns , and three Avecksago to-day the prisoner came to my house , and when I asked him how the child was he replied that it was dead , and that his wife had gone toWeate about it , but her life had been regularly sworn away . My wife asked him wh y he was at large , and he said he had not been questioned about it , but had seen the depositions , and was astonished at the perjury they contained , saying , " She had nothing to do with it , " whereupon my wife remarked , " . Oh , Copeland , you did not do it , then , for you often threatened it ? " He said he never had , when my daughter , who is six years old , said , " Yes ,

      you did—you said so on a Saturday . ' The prisoner madoansAver , " Neither myself nor my wife ever injured tlie child , although appearances are against us . "—Cross examined : When I heard the prisoner make these dreadful threats I did not believe what he said . Since his wife has been committed I have been told I should be keeping a murderer ' s company if I kept his company . I never heard of the inquest until it was over . —Jane Salter , wife of Henry Salter , of 7 , Palace-row , NoAv-road , next stated that the prisoner and his family lived with her two years up to last April , and that a few Aveeks after they became her lodgers deceased was brought home from its grandmother in a healthy state , but soon became changed , and she frequently hoard the

      prisoner and his Avife most cruelly beat the child , and use most awful language to it . The last time ( witness continued ) tho father beat it Avas three weeks before he left my house . I heard him say , " B 1 the little b , I'll dash its b y brains out , " and I heard a sound instantly at the panelling as if it had been dashed against it . In about ten minutes folloAving I saw the child come down stairs , when it said , " Look here , Mrs . Salter , what my father has done , " and it pulled its clothes aside , Avhen Isaw shocking marks on its person , which was swollen all on one side , and the blood was raised to the surface of the skin . — By Mr . Tyrwhitt : the child Avas of clean habits . In went off in condition three months after it came to my house . Both my husband and

      myself used to give it food on the sl y , because avc feared it would be more cruelly used if it wag given openly . I always thought the mother more cruel than the father , but God knows lie Avas cruel enough . —Other evidence haA'ing been given , the housesurgeon of St . BartholomcAv ' s Hospital described the injuries , which he considered would not haA'C caused death had the child been in a healthy state . It had been grossly neglected , and starved . —At the conclusion Of the evidence , Mr . Tyrwhitt , after giving the prisoner the usual caution , asked him if he Avished to say anything ?—Prisoner ( sulkily ) : Ho , I have nothing to say . — Ho was immediately reinoA'ed to Neivgate .

      The System Works Well . —A poor , careworn looking woman , who said her name was Lunt , applied for advice and assistance under the following painful and distressing circumstances : —She stated , with tears in her eyes , that her husband carried on business in an extensive and respectable way as a coffee-housekeeper for many years , on CleikenAvellgreen , and waa also the proprietor of lecture-rooms , in which some of the most celebrated persons of the day had delivered lectures . Unforeseen circumstances , however , had caused his failure in business , and for a considerable time he had to contend witbtho most trying difficulties and privations , which affected his health , and he was at length thrown upon a bed of sickness , the result of which Avas his death ,

      which took p lace on Friday night last . She had parted with nearly everything to provide for him during bis illness and to support herself and family , and she was now left destitute and starving , with out the means to purchase a coffin or defray the expenses of interment , and she entreated some advice and assistance under such painfulcircumstanccs . — Mr . Ma'lett inquired whether she had applied toth ; parish ?—She said the parish would ; not assist her . Her husband entertained a horror of the workhouse , and just before his death he begged of her not to let him have a " a pauper ' s grave" [ she was here convulsed with grief , and allowed a seat until she recovered . ]—The unfortunate applicant was recognised b y some persons in the court , who knew her

      husband in his prosperity , and sympathised for and afforded her temporary relief . —Mr . Combe humanely ordered that one sovereign fbould be given her for the present out of the poor-bo r , and the register of her husband ' s death ( which she produced ) was handed to Mr Bayliss , the chief usher of the court , with instructions that every proper attention should be paid to the unfortunate case , when the poor widoAv left with tears of gratitude . SOUTI 1 WARK . —A QuEsa Stout— George Lord and Jane Morgan were brought before Mr . Cottingham on the following charge : —Policeman 194 M stated that on the preceding night , between nine and ten o clock , as he was on duty in the vicinity of Horsemonger-lane Gaol he observed the

      prisoners in the inclosed piece of ground under the walls of the prison , from which they attempted to escape on being seen . He , however , pursued them , and , having taken them into custody , as he was bringing them along the male prisoner dropped a small portable instrument like a saw , evidently made into that form from a knife or some such article of the so ' . t . The constable subsequently went to the spot where he had first observed the prisoners , which was immediately underneath the outside wall of the prison , and there discovered lying on the ground a machine made like a fishing-rod which fitted into joints with a long hook at the end of it , and capable from its length to reach the top of the outer wall of the gaol . He also found a coil of small strong

      rope , with two capacious bags attached containing letters , evidently written by some of the inmates of the prison ; with a bow and arrow and a piece of wood , on which was written " Chartists , never surrender . " He added , that having taken the prisoners to the station-hou e , he informed Mr . Keene , the governor of the county gail , of the circumstances under which he apprehended the prisoners , and the discovery of the articles now produced . —Mr . Keene said , that from the circumstances under which the prisoners were discovered in such a place which was inclosed , he had strong grounds for A believing that their object in being ther ^ was either to convey information to or from the inmates to their friends outside , and that , for

      that purpose they had provided themselvts with the necessary apparatus to carry their object into effect . He had perused the letters found in the bag , and , although they had fictitious names attached to them , he had no doubt who the parlies were who had written them , and for whom they were intended . He added , that he did not know the male prisoner , but the woman Morgan was the mother of a young man now undergoing his sentence of punishment in the county gaol for being engaged in the late Chartist riots . — Mr . Cottingham asked Lord what explanation he wished to give on this subject?—He replied , that he knew nothing about the rope , or bow and arrow , or coil of rope with the bags attached , and never saw them until they were found by the constable . —Mr . Cottingham—What were you doing under the Avails

      of the prison at such an hour?—The prisoner gave an evasive answer , and added that he had no improper motive in being there . —Mr . Cottingham . — The circumstance of your dropping this instrument ( holding up the saw ) on your way to the stationhouse , in order to elude detection , showed that you were fearful of discovery . The magistrate added , that it Avas impossiblenot to believe that the prisoners had some design in being found in the place they were , either to convey information to or from inmates , or probably to assist in the escape Or Some of them . At a ! events , their conduct in the affair was full of suspicion , and as it was necessary to sift the whole of the business , he should remand them until next Wednesday ; the magistrate at the same time requesting Mr . Keene to exercise hu vigilance in the affair .

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      Colliery Explosions . —On Wednesday , before several members of the late and present goA'ernments , a series of experiments was exhibited illustrative ofthe application ot Mr . Gumey ' s system of high pressure steam to the ventilation of coal mines , as given in his evidence before the committee of the House of Commons , on "Accidents in Mines , " in 1835 . The Theatre of the Royal Polytechnic Institution was selected , as haying at command the hydro-electric machine steam apparatus , made use of in the recent lectures on the steam jet at the institution , which led to the adoption of the method of ventilation lately introduced by Mr . Foster , at Newcastle . Dr . Bachoffner denv nstrattd the principle by a series of conclusive experiments , which were afterAvavds followed by a discussion , in which Mr . Gurney , who waspressnt , practically explained its application to coal mines , as a positive means of . preventing the many accidents which so

      frequently occur . Amongst the company present were—Earl St . Germans , Marquis of Lansdowne , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , Sir J . Walmesl y , Right Hon . Sydney Herbert , Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., Lord Ashley , Sir Charles Lemon , Mr . EdAvard Cayley , M . P ., Mr . J . Pendarves , M . P ., Admiral Bowles , Admiral Hope , Mr- E . Brotherton , M . P ., Mr . Charles Forster , MP ., and a number of other gentlemen connected with the government , and the directors of the institution . Launch of a Steamuoat . — On Saturday last , there was launched from the building yard of Messrs . Wigvam , of Blackball , a steamboat of the Medea class , the Columbus , built for the Spanish Government ; length , 100 feet ; beam , 32 feet ; depth 20 feet ; tonnage , 000 . Her armament will consist of two fig-poundors , long guns , and ei g ht 32-pounders medium . Messrs . Wigram are building a sister steam-ship , to be called the Pizarro , to be armed in like manner .

      Pli-xbeii o * mb Imperial AjUoom at Vibkka .-The Convmissioners of the Metropolitan Police have tiansmitted to the Commissioners ofthe Customs a list of weapons , banners , models , & c , which have been stolen from tho imperial arsenal at Vienna , aud Avhich it is supposed will be brought to this country for sale , with a view to the recoA cry of the property , in the event of its importation .

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      - CORN . Fiudav , Feb . 23 . —Tlie receipts of all descriptions of grain have been but moderate during- the week ; iieverthp less , they have proved much more than sufficient for tif " very limited demand ; and although tlie small amount tf business transacted does not warrant any alteration v ™ quotations , the turn in price Avas generaUy in favour of iim buyers . JIB Mask-iake , Monday , Peb . 20 . —» 0 ur supplies of EiHicfi wheat from the neighbouring counties were small ° t ]|; morning , and moderate of foreign , tho sale of wheat , Loth English aud foreign , was slow , and last week ' s priw ' re barely maintained , Flour dull and Is per sack cheaper In barley less doing , and grinding qualities Is lower , hj malt hardly anything doing . Beans and peas vcvt ' ilU ]> The arrivals of oats were small , and fine samples without alteration ; but ordinary qualities difficult to quit at rather lower rates . In rye less doing . Tares offered cheaper and not so much in demand . Linseed cukes slow s-ile ' Cloverseed , both red and white , met with buyers at \ we vious rates . Tlie current prices as under .

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , Ms to Ut , ditto white , SSs to 4 Ss , [ Lincoln , Aortolk , and y . [ . shire , red , 3 Gs to 4 Us , Northumberland and Scotch , white 3 Cs to 40 s , ditto red , 34 s to 41 s , Devonshire and Somerset shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , rye , 2 as to ^ 7 S barley , 21 s to Sis , Scotch , 'J 3 s to ' 27 s , Malt , ordinary , —s , " _ s , pale , 52 s to 5 Gs , peas , grey , 30 s to 32 s , maple , 30 s to 35 s , white , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , 23 s to 30 s . beans , limm new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 23 s to 25 s , harrow , 24 s to 2 Ss , pigeon 30 s to 32 s oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 17 s to 23 = ' ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , Scotch feed , 19 s to 22 s , Irish feed and black , 17 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 20 s to 24 s , linseed ( sonhic ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Kssex , new , £ 2 G to £ 18 per last , eTr raAvay seed , Essex , new , 20 s to 2 Ds per cwt , rape cake , £ 5 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per i , ouu nuur per sack of 280 lbs ., ship , 30 s to 33 s , town , 38 s to 42 s . '

      Foreign . —Wheat . —liantzig , 4 Hs to 55 s , Anhalt and Marks , 44 s to 47 s , ditto wlute , 45 s to 49 s , Pomeranian red 45 s to 4 . 7 s , Rostock , 4 Cs to 49 s , Danish , Ilolstdn , and Friesland , 42 s to 44 s , Petersburg , Archangel , and UiKa 40 s to 43 s , Polish Odessa , 42 s , to 45 s , Mariaiiopoli aud He / dianski , 38 s to 43 s , Taganrog , 35 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 40 s to 44 s , ditto wlute , 42 s to 4 Gs , Saloniea , 35 s to 38 s , Egyptian , 20 s to 28 s , rye , 23 s to 24 s , barley , AVismar and Kostock , 21 s to 23 s , Danish , 22 s to 2 fis , Saal , ?> s to 27 s , East Friesland , 18 s to 20 s , Egyptian , 10 s to 19 s , Danube , 10 s to 19 s , peas , wlute , 24 s to 26 s , new boilers , i 7 s to 28 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , pigeon , 20 s to 3 Us , Egjp . tian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 18 s , ditto , tluek and brew , 19 s to 21 s , lliga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 17 s to 18 s , flour , United States , per Mlbs ., 24 s to 2 Gs , Hamburg 22 s to 23 s , Dautzig and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French , per 2801 bs ., 33 s to 80 s .

      Wednesday , Feb . 28 . —We continue to be well supplied with foreign wheat , but of other grain the supply is very moderate . The demand for grain to-day is very limited , but prices are without variation .

      CATTLE . IWwt , Peb . 23 . —There was , for the season , a largo number of beasts . This being the commencement of Lent but very little meat was wanted . Trade was exceedingl y bad ; comparatively only few sales were eri ' ectvd , and those at a raduction of fully 2 d per 81 bs . The supply of sheep , though not large , was more than equal to tlie demand , and . lower prices were taken ; indeed they could not aU be sold . Trade was very dull for calves , and late rates were barely supported . Pigs were also rather lower . From Germany and Holland there Avere 63 beasts , nil cheep , aud 90 calves ; from France , 12 beasts and 10 calves from Scotland , 300 beasts ; aud 100 milch cows from Hie home counties .

      Smithfieh ) , Monday , Feb , 26 . —The continuous decline in the value of live stock—especially beasts—in this market ( though long since anticipated by us ) is creating no little uneasiness in the minds ofthe graziers generally . hUhe past week the trade has been dull , almost beyond recollection , and prices of both beasts and sheep have given way quite 4 d ptr 8 tt > s . That the returns have been below a paying point Avill be obvious , when we state tliat , with very tew exceptions , the highest figure realised for the best Scots , on Friday last , was only 3 s Gd per 8 fl ) s , a much lower price than for many years past ; and the top quotation for prime old Downs in the wool did not exceed 4 s lid . shorn sheep selling at 3 s lOd per 81 b . At those rates great difficulty was experienced iu effecting sales . The onl y mode by whieh prices can be enhanced is a withholding oVa portion of the stock destined for consumption in London , Its effects , however , would be but temporary , as the number * :

      of both beasts aud sheep in Norfolk and Suffolk are coiisi . derably in excess of those at many corresponding verbis of the year , and a rise in the quotations would be productive of heavy importations from France , Holland , and Gcrmany . There was a decline ill the numbers of forei gn stock exhibited in to-day ' s market , compared with those shown on Monday last . Still , however , tlie trade was excessively heavy , and sales were with difficulty etli .-t-ted at depressed currencies . Notwithstanding there was a fallhi " off in the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up , tliismonu ing , we have again to notice unusual heaviness in tlio b . tt trade . The weather being somewhat unfavourable for slaughtering , the attendance of both London and country buyers small , and Newgate and Leadenhall markets largely supplied with each kind of meal—especiidly with beef , mutton and pork , which were selling at extremely low currencies—the prices of all breeds of beasts were fully 2 d

      per Sits , lower than on Monday last , being the amount oi depression noticed on Friday . AV'itli very few exception ^ , the best Scots produced no more than 3 s Gd per Slbi , and a large number of short-horns & c ., were turned out unsold . AV'itli sheep we were again scantily supplied as ; o number , but their general quality was extremely good , and the same observation may be applied to the beasts . ., 111 breeds of sheep sold heavily ut Friday ' s fall in value of 2 d per 81 bs ., the top general figure for the best old Downs iu the wool being 4 s Gu , and half breeds 4 s per 8 H > s ., and a total clearance was not cftcctcd . There ivere about 500 shorn sheep in the market , the prices of which ruled from Gd to 8 d per 8 Ibs . beucaui those in the wool . Calves , the supply of which was agnin small , moved off slowly at last week ' s quotations . In pigs scarcely any business was transacted , and prices nad a downward tendency .

      Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. ,. 3 , 4701 Calves .. ,. w Sheep .. .. 17 , 370 1 Pigs 1 st ) Price per stone of 8 lbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s Gd to 3 s Gd I A ' eal .. 3 s Gd to Is Cd Mutton .. 3 0 .. 4 C Pork .. 30 .. 44

      Per 81 bs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadenhaix , Monday , Feb . 12 . —Inferior beef , 2 s Jd to 2 s Id ; middling ditto , - . ' s Gd to 2 s Sd ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lud ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; lavRc pork , 2 s 8 d to 3 s Id ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to i ' s 8 il ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 3 s 8 d to is 8 d ; small pork , 3 s Gd to is 2 d .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —We had no material alteration in markets last week . The deliveries of Irish butter slightly increased , and a moderate amount of business was transacted at rather cheaper rates . Foreign not in active request , and fully 2 s per cwt . lower . Irish bacon sparinglydealt in ; prices incliiied downwards . Hams triflingly improved in demand ; prices stationary . In lard no change worth notice . For American singed bacon the demand was good ; prices for the best quality well supported—tov any not so the turn cheaper . Middles , shortcut , rib in , anil long boneless , found buyers to a fair extent at steady prices . In tierces the sales were limited . English Botteu Mahket , Feb . 26 . —Our trade for old batter now seems to be quite gone away , so that prices for the article are perfectly nominal . New milk Dorset is still ia great request , the quantity being as yet very triffii )^' . J ) orset , fine new milk , 112 s per cwt ; ditto , fine autumn-madr , 80 s to 84 s ; ditto , summer-made and inferior aOs to 70 s : fresh and Buckinghamshire , I 2 s to Us per dozen ; ditto , West country . 10 s to 12 s .

      PRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Gaiide . v , Monday , Feb . 26 . —The market was well supplied with most articles in season , with a moderate trade doing , at the following prices : —Forced rhubarb , Is to ls » d ; and brocoli , Cd to 2 s per bundle . Apples , Is 3 d to 4 s Cd ftienrs , 6 ' s to 10 s ; onions , Is 3 d to Is 0 d ; liiassels sprouts , Is to ls 6 d ; spinach , Od toSd ; andparsley , is 3 d to Is Od per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s to 3 s Od ; savoys , i ; d to od j celery , 4 d to Is 3 d ; and horseradish , Is 0 d to - ' s tiA per dozen heads ; turnips , Is 3 d to 2 s ; carrots , 3 s | 0 d toi *; and greens , Is Dd to 2 s 3 d per dozen bunches ; hothouse grapes , 4 s to 5 s ; Foreign ditto , 9 d to Is 6 d ; pine apples , -Is to 5 s ; and filberts , Is to 2 s per lb . ; oranges , 4 s to 1 'Os ; lemons , 0 s to 0 s ; and forced asparagus , 2 s lid to Js ; and forced French beans 3 s Od to 4 s Od per hundred ; sea Ualc . Cd to Is 3 d ; mushrooms , Od to Is ; and new potatoes , 9 d to Is per punnet ; turnip greens , Cd to fa'd , and broeuli sprouts 8 d to lOd per bushel basket .

      POTATOES . Soutiiwabk Ayatekside , Feb . 20 . —Our market is so well supplied , and trade so heavy that a reduction has beenagain submitted to with every description of potatoes u « sale . The iollowing are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire ltcgents , 100 s to 110 s ; Scotch ditto , —s to Pills ; Ditto cups , 90 s to 100 s ; French whites , 80 s to 100 s : Bekrum , 70 s to 90 s . '

      COLONIAL PRODUCE Tuesday . Evening . Feb . 27 . —The sugar market opened to-day with spirit , and an advance of fully Cd was established on West India and Mauritius . Bengal sellins at the full prices of last week . About 770 hhds of AYest India sold , including the public sale of 155 hhds . Barbadoes . 37 s to 41 s Od . 3 , 000 bags of Mauritius sold freely in public sale , chiefly yellow , 3 Gs , 40 s ; a few lots brown , fair to fim . 32 s , 35 s . Bengal , nearly 4 , 000 bags sold steadily in public sale . Benares , white , 38 s to 42 s ; grainy description , yellow to triiite , 40 s , 4 Ss . The refined market is standi ; bat no advance quoted . Grocery lumps , fair to fine , 4 . 8 s * Od w 51 s . The deliveries of sugar for the first two months ( eight weeks ) from tlie port of London stand thus : West lu-< lia , - , OUU casts against 1 S . 300 in the same period JWS : British East India , 171 , 000 packages against 134 000 iu 1848 ; foreign , 16 , 000 packages against 17 , 000 in 184 S : exported , 22 , 800 against 12 , 500 in 1848 . Coffee . —There has been only one small public sale o ; plantation coffee to-day , and that was nearly all bought ia by the importer , at high prices ; good ordinary native Ctf-Iou dull ut 34 s , 30 s .

      COAL . Mo . vdav , Peb . 28—Factors have been enabled to maintain last week ' s advance , although AYithmuch reluctant with needy buyers . Very little doing j—BruiMvU ' s " ; s ; lees , 1 Gb ; AVylam , 17 s Od ; Buddie ' s West Hartley , I ' 4 / llartlepool West Hartley , 15 s ; New Tantield , 12 s «<>; V , 5 < "" " » " « h . 12 s ; Havensworth AVest Hartley . Hf lanheld Moor 13 s 6 d ; Townley , 13 s Od ; AVylam , lSs « d ; WalTs-eud - .-hrown ' s Gas , 12 s lkdley , 15 s ; WhariicUHe . « JV , S dcn Mum 1 Cs ; Lambton Primrose , ' !* : Braddyh / s Hetton , 16 s ; Hetton , 16 s Od ; Haswell , 1 ; - Jonassohn ' s , 14 s ; Lambton , 16 s Cd ; Stewart ' s ltfs '> ' , "hitwell , 15 s ; Heugh Hall , 15 s ; Hartlepool , l « * . ' t . " Kelloe 16 s ; Thoraley , 15 b Gd ; Triittdou , Us Ud AdcUw * . fees , 16 s ; South Durham , las ; Tees , 16 s Cd . Shu * ' market , 127 .

      WOOL . Cur , Monday , Feb . 26 . —During tlie past week t '"' ?' were onl y a few bales of wool imported from OciW . WJ ' The market is buoyant for colonial wools , and at P " "" ; sales which terminated on Saturday the biddings were t ' j W ' to the last , and a considerable advance has been estaW' ; i" on previous rates , such in fact as to exceed , in the t '; ';' ' . ' : ' the lower descriptions , the most sanguine e-T ^ 'J ^' S There has been a better demand for Holland tuul &¦ ' &"' than for some time past . The average rise hi Austr . uhas been 'Jd to 3 d per lb .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03031849/page/8/