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    • ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN DRURYLANE.
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      _V7. P.Roberts, Xjsbsbseath Will Be Read...

      _ V 7 . P . ROBERTS , _XJsbsbseath will be read one of the Stoat important of Mr . Roberts' many important triumphs—Biore important than those cases decided by the mere whim or caprice ofa single justice of the peace , because it carries with it the weight of the verdict of a jury . It would but weaken ihc reported case lo offer further comment llinn merely to call attention to the rascality of those free traders who contract for the weaving of fifty-four yards , ami make the unfortunate slaves produce seventy . Of curse , Mr . Clarke s name will ne found _auwmsst t « e l « t « f free l _^ e _Bubscribers , and thc evidence adduced upon the trial is a significant taste of the justice in Btore te-the _working classes when his party shall have gamed political power . It will be seen that Mr . _ROHKntS U _8 S _^ verdict for the full _^ , - * _J _»^ _£ that , therefore , he evinced sound judgment-n Ins the 8 _

      _desire to have the case tried at «« M . «« r . p-2 ff £ e **»*»* jU < 3 ge C ° case for the _assessor- . , „„* i „ * _rinnoht . and we still think . We have frequently _tnoiwii , * , _^ « _Vwr _RnnEKxs * exclusive engagement with thc _LerthV cs _. agrea t national loss . In our opinion . Mr _Rom-nis . as a local or sectional adviser , is thrown away . IRS leg itimate place fe the metropolis—near the courts , in thc vicinity ef the Senate Ilouse , directing a national movement , instead of wasting his energies for mere sectional purposes . Booby solicitors can do better service nnder Mr . Robmits' training than those ofa superior class without his instruction . "What we desire to see is , a great national movement , not of the trades only , as far as Mr . Roberts is concerned , but ofthe whole of the working classes , -with Mr . Roberts installed as their Attorney-General , and elected to the house of Commons , to ¦ watch their interests there ; to see to the repeal of

      hw 3 pressing injuriously _upen labour , and to the _enactment of those required for its protection . "Wc know of no single act more easy of accomplishment if the people would only decide upon its necessity .

      MANCHESTER . _SEERIFFS COURT , Thursday , Aran , 23 . { Before -Robert Brandt , Esq . Assessor . ) WEAVEa ' 3 _WACES- —U 2 N 0 TH OF CDTS . Roscob v . Clarke , —This was an action for wages , in--voiving a somewhat serious charge against Messrs . Geo . Clarke and Co . cotton spinnsrs and manufacturers by power , _Poiiard street . Mr . Gret-ne , barrister , instructed bv Mr . "W . t \ Roberts , appeared for the plaintiff ; ana Mr . Saunders , of the firm of Atkinson , Saunders , and Atkinson , attorneys , for ths defendant . The declaration stated , that the defrndant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 10 s . the -ralue of labour done by the plaintiff for th * defendant , and at hisrequest . -To this declaration the defendant pleaded that , except as to 9 s . 6 _d . he never

      was inle" tedto the plaintiff in the manner alleged , and that that sum was ready to be paid . Mr . Greene stated tie case for the plaintiff , who , he said , now worked at OMliam , but was formerly in the service of Mr . Clarke , an _exten-5 « e manufacturer . In September or October he ¦ went into that employment , npon the hiring of Mr . Charles Clarke , the son of the defendant , who took lira on the terms that he was to have 2 s . 6 d . for weaving a cut of nankeen , of 54 yards length . After the plaintiff 3 iad been there somt- time , he began to think tlie cuts were conrideraWy longer than 54 yards , and on the 10 th of j- nu" _* r * h «> plaintiff and some other weavers measured a cut , and found tbat instead of being 54 yards , it was acta Uy 70 yards , measured by a string of 37 inches to the yard . _Comjtauvis had been made by tlie weavers before

      this , that tie cuts were too long , and these complaints being thus proved to be well-founded , the weavers turned out . Sir . _Ghs-rles Clark summoned several of the wea--vtrs . I nt the charge was afterwards abandoned . Now , when tbe defendant turned out , there were some wages due to him ; _f-u : the mode of payment in the mill is , fo _« - liie men to receive on the Saturday payment l-r the work done up to "Wednesday , so that what the defendant did between Wednesday an-1 Saturday was unpaid . He and other men applied for summonses against Mr . Clark for these _Traces , hut the magistrate refused them , on the j round that he had not jurisdiction in the matter , when the a « o mt sought for was under a week ' s wage * . If the summons had been granted , probably the plaintiff wonld have been well satisfied with it , whatever the decision

      migithave been . But that being refused , he went to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , with the intention of having the case teed before one of the judges . The case ought to have been tried at the last Lwi-rpool assizes , but in consequence of some delays that could not be done , and the judge decided that it was a case propir ti be _brought btfure the learned assessor . On the 23 th of January , Mr . Charles Clarke called together a number ofthe hands who had turned out , among whom was the defendant , ana proposed that they she 'hi _1-avc Cd . a cut additional . Now what was this fir ! " - " as it not dune because tlie detection had taken place ? Mr . Clarke , it could also be shown , had _acknowleil- _^ _etl that the cuts were CG yards iu length . Besides , i ' rom tie _Wednesday to the Saturday the plaintiff had

      twiwii tiiree . cats , which of course amounted to 7 s . ( id . ; battue defendant bad paid into court the sum of 9 s . Gd . which seemed very like an admission that there had been mors work than 54 yards done to thc cat . Mr . Greene then called Mr . Charles Clarke , and examined him at some length . From his evidence it appeared that when a _weaver got a warp , he reeeived a "tlHy . paper" with it , on which , amours : other figures , were ' iA , " in a column under tie head "length . " This , it was stated by the plaintiff , was understood to represent the length of the cut , and they had no other mode of knowing the length « f she exit but that , exci-pt by _treasuring it yard hy yard . The witness said the 54 was merely a nominal number , _ih-itit had been used for this description of goods ever since he had been in the mill , and that it merely

      in-< iir _ite-i tlie quality of the work , and not tbe length ofthe piece , so that any other sign , an A or a B , would answer the purpose as well . The actual length of the cuts of Wae nankeens varied from 58 to 64 yards , and the weavers were paid from 2 s . 4 d . to 2 s . Gd . for weaving them . Tiiejr did not tell the weavers the length of the cut . Tbey _cii'dd easily tell whether it was long or short , by measnr ' ng it with an inch rule on the beam , —A number < j 3 wren- SS _2 S , who _tvere called for the _planting distinetly statei that they understood the figures " 3 t" to be the length ofthe cut , and that they had continued working lustier that impression ; and some of tho witnesses for the tiefvnee admitted that they had the same impression ,

      bni though tbey _thought the cats were _longer than that , ihey _newr _complained . _—3 Ir . _Saunders and Mr . Greene liaring h : iih addressed the jury , the learned assessor summ ? d up , and _bru-fiy explained the cast-to thejury . He _. _'aitl , _though _th-.-re did not appear auy direct attempt at fniud on tbe part of the defendant , yet it might _reason-ihly bo supposed that the ptainln ? had been misled by _ihs figures * ' 51 " ; and if tlie jury believed that to be C : ee . se , th ? y wsnilA return a verdict for the plaintiff . _Tha jury ; after a _fh-. rt consultation , 'bund for the plaintiff , -da _tt . _ties Site ., based on the calculation that the _jflaa _* 5 fi _*} i 3 ! _l beeu underpaid 3 s . a week for the 10 weeks ho was in the service of Messrs . Clarke .

      Visit To The Chartist Estate. Let The Re...

      VISIT TO THE CHARTIST ESTATE . Let the residents in the murky dens ofthe manufacturing t * nviis , ami the occupan ' s of the * ilthy garrets ofthe Great Metropolis , follow us to this truly _delightful spot , the first fruits of the Chartist Gooperative Land Society . If health , happiness and comfort be an object , it may be enjoyed in this beautiful place . _Taik-cf town life , with Its bilious _cotnp-aims , b : d appetites , < fec . —surely , the fortunate shareholders on this estate may escape all these without thc aid of Holloway ' s pilis . But lest the Chartist body should remain iu donbt . perhaps it woild he belter to enter more minutely " into detail _wiinstdesciiMn _? the firat portion of ' the workiu « r man ' s " and of promise . °

      On Sunday mnmin < r , April 20 , Thos . M . Wheeler «* London . Henry _Cullin _^ ham of llammersmiih , "Walter Thorn of _Birminnham , and George White of Bradford , set off _t-t visit the . Chartist estate at _Herjrimsgate near Ri -kniansworthy Herts . The road lay through Tyburn-gate , Bayswater , _UanweSl , and TJx bridge , ta Denham Park , a better road need not be required , and from Denham Park tot he estate equals the avenues ofthe most aristocratic entrances of the proudest nobleman ' s seat . Por more than a mile , in a straight line , the road is enclosed on eac ' i side by lofty trees . We then proceeded along beautiful green lanes , and passed scores of acres of cultivated watercress .

      On arriving at our destination , we met a farmlabourer , who turned out to be the bailiff in charge oi the property ; he immedinicly volunteered to escort us to the farm-house , and great was our surprise to find that the people ' s estate was in every respect equal , if it did not surpass , those which surround it . The bailiff informed us that the property ¦ was purchased by a gentleman in London , meaning Mr * . P- O'Connor , and belonged to a number of working men . We were ushered into a snug parlour in the farmhouse , where a cheerful wood fire blazed , as also

      another on the old-fashioned hearth in the kitchen . " We were invited to partake of refreshment , and feeling our appetites considerably improved by the journey , -we gladly accepted the offer . From the window we had a view of one part of the estate , and from the numerous trees which are to be seen in all directions jt may be well imagined to be a pleasing prospect . After concluding onr repast , we resolved to have a long ramble , and set off , accompanied by Mr . Ellis , in the direction of the wood which stands on a gentle » Iope on the top ofthe estate .

      We passed some wheat fields which looked exceedingly well . We next overhauled the plan of the es _* ate to ascertain whether the reality agreed with the drawing . We found everything exactly as described _, and were thus enabled to name each field as ire passed it . Onr ramble through the wood was la'hcr a _rouah one , there being so niuch _underwood * nd the ground being wet from the late heavy rains '

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      _buttliatdidfnr _f _^^ _gently down the _^ « _% g £ _{ _the melody of the form a _preitv accompaniment w « _«« , / feathered _tritav _^ _^ madea circle round the On leaving the _™*> _w { fieWg of heat flnd _-T _^ _S _-JSa " conditiom During our ramble , the _hfeesp Janations . On arriving at a field where _tnrnios had been grown last year , he said that it waB « unousland , and that they had turnips off it _aslarge as tea-kettles . He also stated that tue gentlemen in the neighbourhood were sadly vexed that they had not purchased the property . In his own words—•• they be fit to chaw their fingers . " After spending

      five hours on the land of freedom , we took our departure , and returned to London , well pleased with our journey . If any one doubts this description , let him go and see for himself . In addition to the description already given , it may be added that thereis a spacious barn near the _farmhouse , in good repair and having an excellent oaken floor . It will make a capital ball-room for those who _« o to visit the people ' s estate in the summer . Taking it for all in all , the members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society may congratulate themselves on being tlie proprietors of such a lovely spot . May the factory slaves have the wisdom to follow their example .

      Attempted Assassination In Drurylane.

      ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN DRURYLANE .

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      On Saturday night , a few minutes before nine o ' clock , the neighbourhood of Drury-Iane was thrown into consternation by the report of another act of attempted as . sassination . It appears from information obtained by the reporter from those who were witnesses of ths diabolical deed , that about ten minutes before nine o ' clock a lithographic printer , named Blewett , residing at No . 18 , "White Hart-yard , Drury . lane , was returning home from his employment , and walking down Drury-lane fren the _direction of Great Queen-street , towardB Princes-street . On his arrival near Morgan ' s dining-rooms , at the corner of Princesstreet , he was shot . A man named Samuel Sandered , who was drinking outside the public-house exactly opposite , hearing the report , ran across the road , and

      succeeded in catching _Dlewettin his arms as he was staggering . He exclaimed , " Oh , I am shot ; " and the blood was seen issuing from the front of his shirt . . At this moment the youth who had fired took to his heels in the direction of Great Queen-street , pursued by police _^ _onstahle Duns _, ford , 83 P , The wounded m -in was conveyed to the shop ofa surgeon , in Brury-lane , where , on opening his shirt , it was discovered tbat he had received a bullet wound in the left breast . He was conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , where , on heing examined by Ur . Walker , the house surgeon , It was ascertained tbat the ball had entered the left breast , and passed out at tha right . He is also of opinion that the wound is mortal . Immediately information was forwarded relative to the sad occurrence to the wife of Blewett . He - was at this time able to speak , and stated that he was wholly unconscious of who had shot him , and that he had not had the slightest quarrel with anv person .

      Dunsford _, the police-constable , continued his pursuit without losing sight of the accused until he arrived in Little Queen-street ( singularly enough the place where the murderer Wicks was captured ) , and where he took the prisoner into custody . On the accused being taken into custody by the constable he still had the pistol in his hand with which he had committed , the act , aud on being searched a powder flask , containing a considerable quantity of powder _, and a number of bullets were found on his person . He trembled very violently and was quite out of breath from running , but as soon as he recovered himself he exclaimed to Dunsford that it was an accident . On his arrival at the Bow-street station the prisoner was placed within the bar until Mr . Superintendent Pierce , who was at Covent-garden Theatre at the moment , was sent for . During this interval he trembled exceedingly , and frequently buried his face in his hands . The accused is of exceedingly juvenile appearance , with dark hair , sallow complexion , and rather long features . He was attired in a most respectable manner .

      The charge was entered , and , on being interrogated by the inspector , he said in a tremulous voice : My name is John Brahain ; I was fifteen years old last January . I reside at No , -31 , Harrison-street , Cray ' s Inn-road , and am clerk to Jfr . Humby , a _soltciter , Bo , 8 Regent-street I mean Lower RVgcnt-street , near Waterloo-crescent . Inspector Black : Tou are charged with shooting a man in _"Drnry-lane , with a pistol . The prisoner : It was quite an accident , The accused was then removed . On the prisoner ' s person was found £ 2 in gold , and about 14 s . or 15 s . in silver . The wonnded man is described as an extremely fine , tall man . From all that has- transpired on the subject , it is believed tbat both individuals were strange to each other _, which is confirmed by the fact that the wounded man , when asked , had no idea hy whom the shot was fired .

      FURTHER PARTICULARS . The officer selected for the purpose of visiting the residence of the accused , "So . 1 , Harrison-street , Cray ' s inn . road , was police-serjeant Pocoek , of the F division . On his arrival at the house , he found that Braham ' s father Is a grocer in a most respectable way of _bililnesfi , h & VlHf lived in the neighbourhood and being the owner of considerable property there for many years . On making Mr . Braham acquainted with the position his son was in he expressed no considerable surprise at it , and adder that it was what they expected , for they never could stop his taste for fire-arms . On proceeding to the accusedV bed-mom , on the three-pair back , he searched it , ant

      found two guns , a shot bag containing a quantity of shots , a powder flask full of powder , a box containing a quantity of bullets , a bullet mould , and several pieces of metal for malting bullets . He also found a small cannon , and a canister which had ] contained powder , hut which was empty . There wer- ; also screw-drivers aud a number of other instruments used for removing locks , & c , from fire-arms . He also found in the accused ' s box a book , called *• Statham _' s First Steps in Chemistry , " useful as an instructor in experiments to youth of both Cexes . Thifather of the accused accompanied Pocock to the station . He identified the pistol as belonging to his son , but was not permitted to see him .

      From the moment when the unfortunate man Blewett was taken into the King ' s College Hospital all hopes of his surviving were given over . At an early hour Mr , Ferguson was called into consultation , and gave the best professional assistance , which was however too late . It was impossible , from the condition ofthe patient , to probe the wound , although from the direction ofthe wound it appeared that the bullet having entered through the right mamma , had passed through the right lobe of the lungs , and came out behind the clavicle , having probably wounded one or more of tbe branches of tbe leading pulmonary arteries . In the course of the night he suffered much , but in the early part of the morning his pains materially lessened , and he expressed to bis wif .

      his opinion that he would yet survive . She was incessant in her attentions to him during tbe whole of the day , and he was visited by his daughter , a child seven years of age . On marrying his wife he became a Catholic , and on his admission to King ' s College Hospital , immediately requested the presence of a priest , and was visited bj the Rev . Mr . Coyne , Lincoln ' s _Inn-fields , who was that night and yesterday very attentive in the discharge of his religious duties . Throughout yesterday a great nurxber of members of liis trade , that of a lithographic printer , called at the hospital to make inquiries , and amongst others the Secretary to the Society of Lithographic Printers , to administer to his wants , or those of the unhappy wife . At nine o ' clock the unfortunate victim was still living , but life seemed drawing to its close .

      _EXAMINATION AT _BOTV-STItBBT . On Monday the prisoner John Braham was brought up for examination . John Braham was placed at the bar , charged with shooting at and wounding Thomas Blewett , whereby his life is endangered . Louisa Cook , 12 , Great Barl . street , Seven Dials , Ber . _vant to Mrs . Dowling . —I was going into Clare-market at five minutes past _eit ; ht on Saturday evening . The prisoner was crossing Brury-lane towards Princes- street . I pushed accidentally against hi 3 elbow . He said with a

      coarse oath , " What made you do that % ' I answered by asking , "Yon puppy , what made you call me that—can yon prove you words V He came behind me , and seising me by the shoulder , said wi th anoth er oath , "I would do for you to _nighty butfor one thing . " I saw the muzzle of a pistol from under his coat , and cried " Police 1 " and he ran away towards Drury . lane . ne seemed quite timid . Cross-examined : Ton said-he looked wishful at you . What did he mean hy that ? He looked wild as if he would do something if he dared . He seemed frightened , but perfectly sober .

      William Hathaway , Compositor , dwelling at No . 0 , _Horford-place , Drury-lane . I was at the corner oi Princes-street , Drury-lane . Met the prisoner there . He had in his hand a pistol , which he presented at me as he advanced , until the muzzle was very near nvy breast . I was rather alarmed , and moved on one side , and ns he passed me I heard the report of a pistol aud a man cry out "I am shot ! " I locked round and » aw a man staggering about on tbe foot-path . He was carried into a doctor ' s shop . 1 had previously seen the prisoner run off , u ? Drury-lane . The wounded man had just passed me , and was not more than a yard from me when he was shot .

      Charles Baker , 32 , F division . —I was on duty in Drury . lane . I passed on about twenty paces towards Grea ' Queen-street , when I heard a report of firearms behind me , I looked back and saw a cloud of smoke at the cookshop windows , and there saw a man with his hand to his breast bending foi ward and exclaiming , "Oh dear ! Ob Lord ! " I immediately went towards him , hut had " not gone five steps , when I met the prisoner rumiin _; , ' towards me , I took hold of liim : I asked " What is all this V He replied ; " It was a pistol went off by accident . " At the same instant , a dozen voices exclaimed , "The man has shot himself ! " and not seeing anything in the hands of the prisoner I let him go ; not suspecting it wns he that hsd fired the pistol . I , then got the stretcher , and thiwounded man was taken to the . hospital . When I returned to Drury-lane I saw a ivoman , and from what she said to _nm I took her to the station , and there I found th .-prisoner in custody . I immediately said , You are thc young man ! stopped in Drury-lane , and you said the

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      pistol " went off by accldent ; to _wMohha replied , " It is true ; it was pure accident . ' ' ,, John Fisher , 22 , Rose-str « et , Long-acre , chimneysweeper I was in Drury-lane at five minutes to nine passing up the right hand side towards Long acre ; when opposite the burial ground I hoard this report of a pistol ; turning towards the side the sound came from , I saw the prisoner running , and as he ran , he was putting a pistol into his left hand pocket . He turned up great Queenstreet , and crossed to the left hand side of the street , and ran so fast that it took my greatest _uaoe to catch bim . I caught him at the print' Bliop , at the corner of Little _Queen-strcet . I said to him , do you know what you have done ? He said "Have I harmed anybody ? " I replied , No matter , you must go with me . I then saw that he was moving the pistol from one pocket to the other . I said , what have you got there ? at the same

      time catching hold of his hand , which had the pistol in it . He replied , only a little pistol which I have just let off ; . I was going to the shooting-gallery in Drury-lane . He said I might take the pistol or anything else he had , hut he hoped I would let him go , or else I should injurehim for all the rest of his life . I brought him back to the doctor ' s shop in Drury-lane , and there learned that the wounded man h » d been taken to the hospital . In returning along Russell-street , I met two policemen , and gave the prisoner into their custody , and delivered the pistol to Inspector Blake at the 6 tatiou- ' iouse . Dunsford , police constable 83 F , corroborated the evidence of the last witness , and said , as he was taking prisoner to tbe station-house , he repeatedly asked whether anybody was hurt , and repeated over and over again , that it was done by accident ; took from his pocket a powder flask and five leaden bullets . He was then told what he was charged with .

      Edwin Masters , 129 , Drury . lane , pawnbroker ' s assistant —Identified prisoner as having come to his master ' 6 shop , and said he wanted to _purclase _apcrcuissum gun . He looked at several , and then said , he had a gun and pistol ¦ vhich he wanted to sell , and we agreed that he should have our gun for his own and the pistol , with two shillings . On Saturday week he returned , and wished to buy the gun and pistol back again , as the gun he had from us did not suit him , I let him make the re-exchange on condition of his payinga shilling . The pistol is the one which has now been produced . The prisoner was here asked his age , and he . replied , fifteen last February .

      Mr . Henry remarked upon the impropriety of selling deadly weapons to mere boys ; and the witness replied that he took the prisoner to he eighteen years old at least . —InspectorBlake deposed to having received _tbt prisoner in the station house , and said that he repeatedly . iffirmed that the pistol went off by accident . —Superintendent Pearce reported from the hospital that the man was still alive , and likely to recover- —The prisoner , who , by the advice of Ms solicitor romaiued silent , waB then _iv-manded until Saturday next at one o ' clock ,

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      SOUTHWARK . Attempt at Rape . —On Monday Robert Byre , a tall , powerful-looking man , was brought before Mr . Cottiug-Imm , charged with attempting to violate the person oi Eliza Goreen , a little girl , eleven years of age , the dau- ; h : of respectable parents residing iu Fark . street , St . Saviour ' s . The complainant having answered satisfactorily as to her knowledge ofthe nature and obligation ot an oath , was then sworn , and from her statement it ap peared , that on Saturday evening about seven o ' clock , she » _'us in care of the house of a Mrs . Edmonds , a neighbour of her mother ' s . While there the prisoner called , anu haviBg inquired for Mrs . Edmonds , he was told that she was not at home , but he said tbat he should wait until herreturn . He theu followed tbe complainant into tht

      parlour , and sat down , and layiug his head upon the table , pretended to fall asleep . In a short time , however , he rose up , and taking a knife out ofthe table drawer , , 'htapproaehed the chair on which the complainant was sitting , and pulling out his handkerchief placed it over her mouth , and then threatened to run the knife into lier if she called out or made any noise . After this , he then proceeded to act towards the child . in a most disgusting manner , and continued so for some time , she being fearful of calling out or making any alarm , under the _appro-Uension that he would carry his threat of using the knife into execution . She however entreated him to desist , saying timt hermother , or . Mrs . Edmonds would be in immediately , and he then let her go , and she rushed out of the house , and went heme to her mother , to whom she

      instantly communicated the treatment _shehad experienced from the priioner , who followed closely after her . The ( Ji'isoner _, when asked what he bad to say in answer to the charge , merely ejaculated that it was all false , and that he neither used a knife , nor handkerchief , as asserted . Mr . Cottingham said that he believed every word of the little girl's evidence , to whom the prisoner , a giant in appearance , and advanced in years , had behaved in the most scandalous manner . It was fortunate for him the child escaped his brutality before he had completed an act which would have placed him in a more critical position than he was at present . The magistrate added that the case was of too serious a nature for him to dispose of summarily , and that he should therefore commit the prisoner for trial to the Central Criminal Court ,

      Kobbehi _bta Hospital Patjemt . —On Tuesday Thomas Swain « on was brought before Mr . Cottingham for re-examination , charged with stealing a watch , and a quantity of wearing apparel from some of the patients in Guy's Hospital . It appeared that the prisoner was admitted 39 A patient into the above hospital , about four months ago , and when he became nearly well , he ingratiated himself into the good opinions of several of his fellow-patients who were all labouring under the affliction f loss _ofsight . He availed himself ofthe opportunites thus created , and in the first instance he procured tbe papers ofa poor fellow , a pensioner belonging to _themt-r-• . _-hant seamen ' s service , and without his knowledge or sanction endeavoured to obtain his quarterly pension . He next took a watch from a lad in the" same wards and having also taken various articles of clothing from other

      patients , he absconded , and having got rid of the property , he expended the proceeds in dissipation . It appeared that the excesses into which he had plunged when he got the money had such an effect upon his health that he was compelled to apply for admission again into an hospital , but he took care tbat it should not be Guy's but St . Thomas ' s . Here he was discovered soon after his admission , and taken into custody . In the course ofthe examination it was stated by a policeman that the prisoner had been for some time past supporting a woman at the west eud of the town , and that he had promised her marriage , which was to have taken place bad not the discovery of his dishonest acts towards his fellow patients taken place . It was further stated that the prisoner belonged to a very respectable family in Scotland , by whom he was encouraged long since to leaveLondon and return to them . The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial .

      MARYLEBONE . Shocking Cruelty to a Child . — On Monday , Joseph Eales and Elizabeth Eales , the former a railway porter , ' were brought before Mr . Raniinson on the charge of having ill-treated their child , Hannah Eales , eleven years of age . An application respecting the case was made on the 1 st inst . to the magistrate by Clarke , 85 S , who produced a certificate from Mr . Curtis , a surgeon , which set forth that he had examined the poor child , who appeared to him to have been dreadfully beaten and nearly starved ; he ( the officer ) also said that the child had been removed to the St , Fancras Infirmary , and that some time would probably elapse ere she would be sufficiently recovered to come to the court . . Hannah Eales , who looked extremely thin and weak , was sworn ; and she said that she lived

      with her parents , who had four other children , at No . 27 , Ferdinand-place , Hampstead-road : she gave her evidence with sucb reluctance , as to induce a belief that she had previously been tutored as to what she should say , and al ) that could be elicited from her was , that she was sometimes kept short of food , and beaten by her mother whenever she did anything wrong . The answer to the charge was a denial of any cruel behaviour ; the mother said that thc child had for some time past been living with her grandfather in the country , aud had not many months been at home ; she had always a sufficiency of food , and was only beaten when she told untruths . The male prisoner was ordered to put in bail far his and his wife ' s attendance on a future day ,

      WORSHIP-STREET . v ; A Beastlt Rascal . —On Monday a man about 80 years of age , named Joseph Rosier , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with indecently exposing his person to a married woman named Caroline Smith , the wife of a painter and _glazier in Dcvonshircstrcct , Globe-road , _Mile-end . The complainant Btated , that while proceeding to her own residence through a rural lane leading from Victoria-park to Hackney , at eleven o ' clock that morning , she passed the prisoner , who was standing still on ono of the park bridges ; but had onlj gone on about a hundred and fifty yards further when he overtook ber , passed her two or three yards , suddenly stopped , and , without uttering a word , deliberately perpetrated tbe offrnce he was charged with . She called

      him a scoundrel and threatened to give him into custody , on which the prisoner mumbled out something she could not understand , and , not stopping tooffer an explanation , ran off as fast as he eould . She pursued him as far as the house of a lady of her acquaintance , on reaching which she nearly fainted , and while afterwards deliberating whether to inform the police of the man ' s infamous conduct , the prisoner returned , re-paseed the house , and ag . -un proceeded in the direction of the park . By the advice of her friend she informed the first policeman who came up , and the prisoner wns pursued and taken into custody . She could positively swear that the prisoner was the person who had so insulted her , nnd could not be mistaken in his identity . —The prisoner now declared that the lady was entirely mistaken as to the chief fact in

      her evidfince , and that the action imputed to hira was one of which he should scorn the _perpt-trat ' on , but hiunforiunatcly had 4 io witnesses who could confirm his innocence . Mr . Broughton , who had closely and repeatedly _questioned the witness , having expressed his entire approbation both of the manner in which the complainant bad given her evidence and . tlie decided course slithad adopted to insure the prisoner ' s punishment , for which the publie were mueh indebted to her , said it was impossible for him to entertain a doubt of tbe commission of the offence upon such testimony ; and though a conviction was of serious importance to the prisoner , as _fixins him with a peculiar chiinicter which he might never be able to rid himself of by je & ts of after conduct , it was his duty to declare the oftVncu proved , and to sentence him to undergo three months' imprisonment and

      Southwark. Attempt At Rape.—On Monday Ro...

      hard labour in the House of Correction as-a rogue ana vagabond , and if the accused was dissatisfied with . the sentence , he ' could exercise his privilege of appealing against it , and procuring its reversal . The prisoner , however , who appeared astounded at the resuit _/ did not express any such intention , and was removed In the van . Desperate Assault . — On Wednesday , two athletic youD _/ men , named John Huriock and William Fleming , were placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having assaulted and wounded police-constable Walter White , of the G divirion , whereby his life had been seriously endangered . Shortly before one o clock on the morning of the 22 d instant , the complainant was called to suppress a disturbance in a- public-bouse , m _Holywell-lane , Shoreaitcb , and on _entering the house , in front ofthe bar ,.. ' . _ _ „ ,. .: -. . „ a

      found _atamuUnoHS mob assembled , amongst whom were the two prisoners . The instant be endeavoured to separate the assemblage and get them out of the house , he was attacked by the prisoners , and knocked down several times iii rapid succession , but ultimately succeeded , with the exertions of the landlord , in forcing them into the street ; on reaching which , however , they renewed tbe attack , and threw him heavily upon the pavement . On recovering his feet he was again felled to the ground by the prisoner Huriock , who threw him self upon him as he lay upon the pavement , and , fastening his teeth into the lower part of the constable ' s face , bit a piece completely outof his cheek . His staff had been previously wrested from bim by one . of the mob , and both the prisoners having kicked him in the most malicious manner , started off ,. leaving the officer in a state of insensibility ; They were instantly pursued by two tradesmen , but after , following them a short

      distance , the prisoner Fleming-suddenly turned round and struck one of his pursuers tuch a violent blow in the face , that he was compelled to desist from further interference , and the other witness only escaped similar It-usage , by pretending that he waB one of . the same party endeavouring to elude the police . He was accordingly , under this supposition , allowed to proceed with them nearly half a mile further , when he fortunately met two constables , and gave the prisoners into custody . Mr . Broughton ordered the prisoner Huriock to pay the full amount of penalty it was in his rower to inflict , namely £ 5 , or in default of so doing , to undergo two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction ; and the prisoner Fleming , whose conduct had been less culpable , to pay a penalty of 60 s ., or in default , six weeks imprisonment and hard labour . Neither of the penalties was paid , and the prisoners committed accordingly

      , ¦ Drath Of A Gentleman In An. Omnibus. - " - On Monday Evening, Mr. W. Payne Held An Inauest At

      , ¦ Drath of a Gentleman in an . Omnibus . - _" - On Monday evening , Mr . W . Payne held an inauest at

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      the "White Bear , King William-street , Londonbridge , on the body of Mr . Frederick Edgell , aered fifty-one years , a gentleman residing at "Wandsworth . Thomas Gregson , conductor of one of the _Clapham omnibuses , deposed , that on Tuesday night last , about eleven o ' clock , whilst standing in front of the Cross Keys Tavern , Graccchurch-street , the deceased entered witness ' s omnibus , in which were several other gentlemen . The _rehjcle proceeded as far as the Monument in King William-street , when witness

      was alarmed by the passengers _calling for help , as one of the gentlemen had been taken ill . Witness and * the driver assisted the deceased to the surgery of Mr . Fuller , who opened a rein in the arm , but life was then quite extinct He was searched , and on his person were found a _£ 5 . note and three sovereigns in cold . Mr . Hugh Fuller , of No . 53 , King Williamstreet , surgeon , said that when he fist saw , the deceased he was quite dead . His eyes were . contracted and the features very _palid . Other evidence having been adduced , thejury returned a verdict of " Na-• _ural death . " ;

      Death op a Father ano Son nr Suffocation . — A very afflicting accident , but one unfortunately of frequent occurence , took place last week in the works of Messrsl Bag * nall , Toll End , near Wolverhampton , by which a father and _. son lost their lives . Tt appears that on Saturday morning , Thomas Onions , one of the men engaged in the works , went into a pit through which the pipes that supply the works with eas empty themselves , for the purpose of pulling out the plugs and Jetting out the water ., In so doing a great quantity of gas rushed out , and the unfortunate man fell down nearly suffocated . Not returning out of the pit , which was only three or four feet deep , the son hastened to his father ' s assistance , when he too was overcome with the gas , and fell down senseless . The young man was drawn out

      a few minutes afterwards , but he was quite dead . The father , who was lying in the pit a considerable time longer , was not dead when taken out , and hopes weve entertained of his recovery , but he survived only till the following day ( Sunday ) , when he expired . _Inquests were held on the bodies before George Ilinclil'ffe _, Esq ., coroner , when , it appeariner that no blame could be attached to any one , the father having the care ofthe pipes for many years , verdicts of "Accidental death " were returned . Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday Mr . Baker held two inquests , one at the Star and Garter , Arboursquare , Stepney , and the other at the London Hospital , on the bodies of Henry Ephraim Hubble , aged thirty . one , and George Marshall , aged fifty . It appeared in the first case , that Hubble was landlord of the Star and Garter . Several years ago , while in Calcutta , he had an attack of insanity cansed by excessive drinking . On Easter Monday the police

      cleared his house , and turned the gas off . The deceased complained of it and appeared to be very much _excited " . Oh Friday evening he went to bed as usual , and shortly afterwards got up and ran down stairs into the street with nothing on but his shirt and drawers . He was brought back , and hft died a few hours afterwards . There had been a summons out _aaainst him for keeping his house open , after twelve o ' clock on Sunday nights . Thtsalso excited the deceased , who thonght himself ill-used by the police , and had often complained of their conduct . The jury returned a verdict of" Died by the visitation of God . " —In the secoRd case it appeared that the deceased , Marshall , was seen to pass down North-street , Stenney , on Sunday evening . Suddenly he staggered and would have fallen to the ground had not a man caught him in his arms as he was passing by . He was conveyed to the London llospita ' , but died hefore he reached there . Verdict of " Natural death "

      waft recorded . _EXTIUOHDINARY CaSB OF MANSLAUGHTER . — An affray of a fatal and extraordinary character has occupied the attention ofthe _matristrates and coroner of Ramscate durine the-l » st few davs . The facts elicited by them went to show that on Wednesday last a large number of the inhabitants ol the neighbouring villages congregated in Margate to celebrate the festival of a henevolent society , in the Tivoli Gardens . Amongst them was a man named James Sutton , reported to be respectably connected , who , towards nisrht , attracted attention by his boisterous conduct . It appears tbat after the _evenine's amusement lie left his brother's company , and nothing was heard of him until midniffht . when two men . named KemD and _Kitehinir . on their return home friwn the

      _e-irdens , while proceeding along a footpath _lpadins to Hartsdown , ah adjacent parish , saw a man some distance in advance , calling " Holloa ! " On _cominsr up they found it to be John Price , a rarrier , livinir at Runcorn . Price said , in a very excited manner , " Here is a man who has been attempting to rob me . and I will not leave him until I see who he is . " A few yards distant thev saw a man lying on the ground , who seemed senseless , who waa discovered to ! , e Sutton ; Price then _chargf-d Sutton with attempting to rob him . His statement to the inspector on duty was as follows : — "On Wpdnesday nisht . about half-past ten , I was going home from the Tivoli , and when half-way between that nlnce and Hart = down . Sutton jumped out of the hedse by the footpath , and demanded of me , catchhnr me bv

      the collar , if I had a watch . I said I had . He asked if I bad any money . ' I said T bad . He then cauebt hold of me by the neokerohipf , nnd said he must have it or my life . We struggled together , and T slipped up my hand and untied my neckerchief . He then knocked me down twice , and kicked me . I at length cot the better of him . arid got him down . T struck him several times violently on the head , _callintr out for _aiaistance _, and sitting across him to keep him flown . Kemp was the first who came to my asvsistance ; we were struggling for three-quarters of an hour . I was sober and alone . I did not know the man . " Tbe man Sutton being apparently dying _, medical aid was promptly called to him . but he never rallied , and expired in the course of a few hours . On 'he _maei' _-trates hearing of the death , tbey ordered

      Price , to be . arrested , but subsequently liberated him on bail . On the inspector inspecting the spot where tbe affray occurred , he noticed a quantity of blond on the ground , and marks of a very violent stru ? ele ' and in tlio ground was a bole , evidently made by a man ' s head beaten against it , and in the centre were two small stones sticking up about an inch . A t the coroner ' s innnest , Mr . Thornton , a surgeon who had made a . post mortem examination of the body , deposed tbat drath had been caused by concussion of tlie brain , and which might have been produced by beating the bead _woim the ground . The head was dreadfully knocked about , 'he eye blackened and lip cut , and marks' on the throat as if seized by the _necherehiff and a man's knuckles forced into the _hVsh . It was proved that the deceased and Price were perfect _Btrangers . The deceased's relatives spoke to his heing a quiet orderly man , and called the police to show that they knew nothing of him , at least in the

      shape ofa hiehway rnbher . The coroner ' s jury , after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict of . _* ' _Manslaughter" against Price , considering tbe vio-Ip ' _nce more than necessary , and he waa forthwith _ordi-vcil into custody by the coroner , and committed to _Maiuslone enoi to take Wa trial _aUhnnext'i' -iwe' ' Outrage at Birkenhead . —An outrage of a very serious nature took place on Monday at Birkenhead . A- 'Mr . _M'Leod , a contractor in the formation of the docks at Birkenhead , seems to have given some of-I ' cnee to the navies employed under him : and suspecting that lie was secreted at Mr . _Wnts'in's ( late La French's ) , a mob of them _surroundeil tbe bouse , and insisted upon searching it , swearing that if they found him thev would murder him . He was not there , however _, but they found him at length , and inflicted serious injuries _^ upon him . Mr . _M'Leod ' s house , up to the hour at which we write , h _piarded bv the police ; but we understand lie has left it , and returned to his family .

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      . . < - : _~~ - , ( From thei limes . )' . , ' _,-, ' . '¦;¦ ' Dublin , _Aphu , 27 . THE PROVISION SOABCIXT .. # Matters appear to be nearly at a stand-still . There are hut few facts of any importance mentioned in the provincial papers for the last two dayB ; so it is to be presumed , that if distress has not abated , it has not , at all events , increased to any considerable extent . The county of Galway is , perhaps , an exception . From that district the accounts continue of a very unfavourable nature . _Intwoparishes adjoining Headfort , according to the Tuam Herald : — Scarcely any publie works have been obtained to afford employmentfor over 7 , 000 people , two-thirds of whom have no potatoes for seed or food . . Three weeks have elapsed since a ' memorial was forwarded from these parishes to his Excellency , praying for relief , but as _yet-no answer has been _returned to the applicants . "

      KEPBAt ASSOCIATION . This was another dull day at Conciliation-hall . The " house" met—itmay besaid , pro forma--at the usual hour , the head pacificator assuming _thecharacter of " Speaker . " ' - ¦ The Secretary read a letter from Mr . Smith O'Brien , who , not content with the leadership of the "Irish party" in the Imperial Parliament , appears also to aim at the _diofttorahip of home affairs , vice Mr . Daniel O'Connell , whose tenure of both offices is evidently about to expire . ...... There was a frightful deficiency in the week's revenue ; at half-past three o ' clock the sum received bv the treasurer amounted to a paltry £ 70 , and about £ 10 additional was all that that clear-headed functionary could safely calculate upon coming in , up to the hour of closing the books for the transfer of stock . Although this is but a sorry state of affairs for those who live on the peasantry ' s pence , it may not , after all , be quite so cheerless aprospecfc for the contributors themselves .

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      SMITHFIELD . Amongst the importations of live stock which havo taken place into London during the past week , we have to notice the first arrival ofa small cargo of beasts from Prussia . These animals—thirty in number—were on sale here _te-day , and , as might be expected attracted no little attention from the butchers present . Considering the distance tbey have travelled qui foot and by steam conveyance , they came'to hand in most excellent condition ; hence were in fair demand , at prices varying from £ 19 to £ 21 each , at which the whole were disposed of . Although . the stock in question was by no means gymmetrical—the hind legs being very long and _badly-shapcd —it was well fed , and will , no doubt , die well . Considering the prices obtained , it is by ho means improbable that similar imports will take place during the present

      year to some extent . From Hamburg , Rotterdam , and Schiedam , about 100 oxen and cows were on offer , bat which moved off slowly , at barely late rates . For the time of year , the receipts of home-fed beasts fresh up tbis morning were tolerably good , and of excellent quality , the actual weight appearing to increase every week . On the whole , the beef trade waB inactive , yet the quotations obtained on this day se ' nnight were pretty generally supported , the primest Scots producing 4 s . 2 d . per 8 lbs . The droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted of about 1 , 800 Scots , _homebreds and short horns , from the western and midland diitrict » , 600 Bevons _, Herefbrds runts , < fee ; from other parts of England 200 of

      various breeds ; and from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots . The supply of sheep was again somewhat on the increase , and of excellent weight . Although the mutton trade was not quite so active as on Monday lsst , prime old downs moved off steadily , at full prices ; but most other breeds were a slow inquiry . At th < - close of the market a fair clearance was effected . About 300 sheep came to band from Scotland . Fron the Isle of Wight , 185 lambs were received per railway ; while the receipts from Essex , Kent , Sussex , Hampshire , & c , were liberal . The very primest down qualities supported , with difficulty last week ' s figures ,, all other kinds being a mere drug . Calves aud pigs—tbe supplies of which were moderatemoved off slowly , at barely stationary prices .

      By the quantities of 81 bi , sinking tb _* offal , _s . d . _s . d Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 10 SO Prime large oxen ... 3646 Prime Scots , < fcc . .. , ..-.. 4 2 4 6 Coarse inferior sheep .. . . 3 10 4 4 Second quality _:- _,. ' - . . . , " 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown . . " . 5 3 5 C Large coarse calves , , . > 4 4 4 18 Prime small ., ' _., ' _., '¦• • 6 25 6 Suckling _ealves , each . . . . 18 8 81 0 Large hogs . . . • 3 10 4 8 Neat small porkers . . , 4 6 6 6 Quarter-old store pips , each . 16 0 22 fl BEAD OF CATTLE ON 8 ALB . ( From the Books of th ? Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 648-Sheep , 20 , 500-Calves , 78—Pigs , 440 .

      NEWGATE AND _LEADENHALL . We have to report the arrival of a fair average quantity Of country-slaughtered meat up to these markets during the past week , chiefly by _railiva }* conveyance , and which has come to hand in tolerably good condition . With meat killed in the metropolis , we have been moderately well , but not to say heavily , supplied . Prime mutton and lamb have commanded a steady sale , aud previous rates are well supported . In all other kinds of meat only a _moiieratQ business hasbeen transacted , at late currencies , About 400 carcases of lambs have reached us from the eastern and western parts of England , but which have sold on very easy terms . LivEEPooL Cattle Market , Monday , Apkil ' 27 . — The supply of beasts at market to-day has been rather larger than last week , but tbe quality not quite so good . The number of sheep was smaller , Beef , 5 } d . to Gid . ; Mutton , 7 d . to 7 Jd . per lb .

      Newcastle Cattle Mabket , Tuesday . —At our market this morning there wag a fair supply of beasts , which was of a middling quality ; a short supply of sheep , and the same of swine . In the beast market , though there was little alteration in prices , there was a decided improvement in the demand ; the south dealers bought freely , and all soon sold up . In the sheep market there was little alteration in either the demand or the prices . Business commenced slowl y at daylight , and continued so until five o ' clock in the afternoon , when all was sold up . Store pigs are in brisk demand ; several lots were sold yesterday to the south jobbers , and those on offer this mornii g brought high prices . Beasts , small cutters , Gs . 9 d . _gteers of the best quality , Cf , 6 d , ; middling , 6 s . ; pork , small , Cs . ; large , 5 s . Gd . per stone of 14 lb . Small sheep about ls . a head btlow 7 $ d . ; large fat , ditto , 7 d . per lb ,, sinking offal .

      London Cobn Exceange , Monday , April 27 . —The wheat trade was not particularly brisk this morning , but the supply of English being scanty an improvement of fully Is . per qr . upon the prices of this day week was _established upon tbe finer runs and rather more money was made even for secondary qualities . Fine samples of free Foreign wh _* at are now scarcely to be met with , and the sale of bonded for consumption is materially checked by the high price of certificates ; speculative inquiry there is none . Barley was very heavy sale , but no _iireat alteration can be quoted in the value of any description . Oats were extremely dull at last week ' s prices , and whereit was necessary to make way a reduction of 6 d per qr . had to be submitted to .. Beans and grey peas were fully as dear as on this day se'nnight . White peas ls . per qr . higher . The clover seed season is drawing to a dose : there was but little inquiry to-day for red , and none whatever for white or Trefoil .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED IN MARK-LANE .

      BB 1 TISU OB AIM . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & Kent , whlte _. new .. 49 to 63 .. 57 to 70 Ditto , red 47 59 .. 53 65 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 47 67 white 49 62 Lincoln and York , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Northumb . and Scotch ... 47 60 Rye .. « 22 88 Barley .. Malting 30 84 extra 37 — Distilling .. .... 26 29 Grinding .. .. .. 23 26 Malt .. Ship ' .. 53 67 Ware 59 61 Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , ills Od to

      33 s Cd ; potato , or short , 2 _'is 6 d to 26 s 6 d ; Poland , 22 s 6 d to 27 s 6 d ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 21 s Od to 25 s < _-d ; _potato , 21 s Od t o 25 s Sd ; Irish feed , 20 s Od to . 128 ti ; black , 20 s Cd to 22 s 6 d ; potato , 21 s 6 d to 24 s fid ; . Galway , 19 s Cd to 20 s G . l . Beans .. Ticks , new .. .. .. 32 3 G old 88 44 Harrow , small , new .. 84 S 3 old 40 46 Peas .. White .. .. .. .. 87 43 boilers 40 44 Gray and hog .... 83 36 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 44 49 Town-made ( per sack of 280 lbs ) 46 53 Buckwheat , or Brank .. .. .. so . 82

      ' EN 6 MBB SEEDS , & C Red clover ( per cwt . ) .. .. .. * 2 to 72 White clover ( per cwt . ) * 7 76 _Knpeseed ( per last ) .. £ 26 28 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 s to lis ; white , 7 s toles . . Tares , ( per bUBbel ) , spring , 6 s . ; winter , 6 s . to 6 s . Cd . Linseed cakes ( per _lOOtf of 31 b each ) £ 11 to £ 12 FOREIGN _OaAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Free . In Bond , Wheat .. Dantsic and _Konigsberg 63 extra ! 70 .. 4 G - 59 Ditto ditto .. 54 — 61 .. 44 — 52 Pomeranian , o 'c „ Anhi lt 56 - 63 „ 44 - f 2 Danish , Holstein , & c . .. 54 — 61 .. 42 — 48 Russian , hard _ Ditto , soft .. .. 55 — 58 .. 39 — 48 Spanish , hard „ _,. — Ditto , soft .. .. 68 — 62 .. 44 — 51

      Odessa & Taganrog _. hard — "Ditto , soft ., ,. 58 - 58 .. 39-48 Canadian , hard „ , — Ditto fine .. ,. 68 — 60 Rye . Russian , Prussian , & c . — _Barli .. Grinding .. ., .. 23 — 26 Ditto , distilling „ „ 2 « — 30 .. 18 — 26 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 25 — 27 .. ? 0 — 21 Russian .. .. .. 24 — i * .. 13 — 2 ll Danish & , Mecklenburg 24 — 26 .. 18 — 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 36 — 40 .. 28 — 36 Egyptian 33 * — 85 .. 28 — 3 D Peas .. White , 82 to 43 , gray .. 33 — 36 Flour .. Dantsic and llambureh ( per barrel ) , fine 30 32 , supei flue .. „ 32 _ 34 „ 22 -. 28 Canada , 30 to 33 , United States .. .. .. 32 _ 35 „ 26 _ 28 Buckwheat .. .. „ „ 30 _ 30 n 24 _ _og

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      _, Linseed .. _Petersburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) * w _?? _- Archangel , 40 to 45 , Memel and _Koniga . t 0 48 . berg' ' . ' . .. ¦' _-,. - ' ¦ ' „ ¦ „ «» Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa j « *• Rapeseed { free of duty } per last „ „ " il J * Ued Clover ( Ws per cwt . and 6 per cent , on the duty ) ... ... .,. ..- . .. „ „ ., a White ditto .. ... " .. .. .. .. .. _„ «* Tares , small spring ( free of duty } 40 to U , large ' , ' u J ? Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 6 10 s , £ 7 *" French , per ton .. .. .. „ „ tyj " .. Rape cakes ( _fres of duty ) „ .. „ .. ¦ JB 6 lrf £ 5 }! and 5 per cent , on th . dut , v AVERAGE PRICES Of _teM _A' _^ _jn _^ _nid _^ _Duties from th . Wheat Barky _^ - _^ _jg _^ _-p _^ Week "Hiding _** - . * * 8 * d * 8 * _< _M »• d . _UTd "" _sTi Mar . 7 , 1846 .. St 10 29 8 21 10 , 33 6 34 H 33 ft Week ending ! a 8 Mar . 14 , 1846 .. Si 3 29 i 21 9 * 3 * 2 35 2 Si a Week ending " Mar . 21 J 1846 .. 55 1 29 10 22 0 8310 34 4 33 l Week ending 3 f r . 28 , 1846 .. 55 . 5 30 2 22 I 34 0 35 0 33 3 Week ending April 4 , 1848 .. 55 9 30 7 22 6 83 7 34 lo 34 o Week ending " * April _U , 1846 ,, 56 0 30 9 22 9 33 4 35 1 38 _g Aggregate aver . '" age of the last > six weeks .. 55 3 -30 0 22 2 33 D 34 11 33 « London _averagea ( ending April 14 , 1646 ) 61 10 30 10 23 4 36 2 33 3 sc in Duties- .. 17 0 8 0 6 ol 9 6 869 ?

      Newcastle Cobn Mabket , Tuesday . —Our market was well supplied with wheat to-day , both from the farmers and coastwise , but the attendance of buyers being small , we experienced a dull trade , at simil ar rates to last Saturday . For barley , the trade pioved extremely limited , as a great number of our maltsters are stocked for the season , and to transact business lower prices must have been submitted to for all except the choicest quality , In white peas we had little or nothing passing . Rye scarcely maintained its value , Oats and other grain remained without any material alteration .

      Liverpool Cobn Mabket , Mondat . —Easterly winds have kept back supplies of grain , < fcc , from Ireland , aud the arrivals since last Tuesday are very small , Tli _» quantities of foreign produce are likewise limited this week . All descriptions of wheat have been held'firmly for the full prices of Tuesday last , but tbe millers and dealers have at the same time restricted their purchases within the limits of their immediate wants , and the busi . ness of the : week in that grain has been of a limited amount . Plour b ' as met-a moderate demand without

      change of value . Scarcity has given a little enhance _, ment to the value of oats ; a few of fine mealing quality have brought 3 s . 9 d . to 3 s . 9 _Jd . per 45 lbs . Oatmeal has met a fair sale , at fully previous rates , say 33 s . to 34 s . per 240 lbs , for the best old and new . The transactions in barley , beans , and pease , hare been in retail only , with _, out alteration in value . A good demand has been expe . rienced for Indian eorn during the week , principall y for shipment to Ireland , and prices have improved a little . The bonded market bas bad JitHe attention , and the quotations for _wbeat and flour are nearly nominal ,

      Richmond ( Yorkshire ) Cobn Mabket , S & tobdat . — We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold lrom 5 s . to 9 s . ; Oats , 3 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; Barley , ' 4 s , to 4 s , 3 d , ; Beans , 5 s . to 5 s . Sd . per bushel .

      State Op. .Trade. Leeds. — There Was Con...

      STATE OP . . TRADE . Leeds . — There was considerable improvement inbu-8 _* ness at the Cloth Halls , both on Saturday and Tuesday ¦ the latter day more goods were sold than on any market day during the last two months . Prices continue pretty steady , and the stocks on band are _bslow the usual quantity at this season . Trade fails also bees more lively in the warehouses this week than for some weeks past . A number of drapers from the country and from Ireland have visited the town , and some Americans have also been h' _-re during the week , Altogether the prospect is better than might have been expeetedafew weeks ago . —Leeds Mercury .

      _Mauchesteu , Friday Evening . _ We have had rather less doing in cloth this week ; and this has been more decidedly the case to-day than yesterday or Wednesday . There is , however , a strong disposition on the part of buyers to do business at a small advance on tha lowest prices , but the manufacturers being firm in their deminds prevents any thing on an extensive scale being done . Yarns scarcely so buoyant as on Tuesday , bat not lower . Bbadfobd , Thursday . —There is no disposition to buy any kind of wools except on the limited scale we have observed for some time past , no alteration in price . The improvement in the demand for yarns , noted in our report of last week , is fully developed _to-dny , aa the buyers are disposed to purchase for distant delivery , to which the spinners are not ready to accede , as the price now current must undergo a great advance _bt-fore they can

      realise prime coat * but as long as wool maintains its present disproportionate price to yarns , there is little hope of the large quantity of totally idle machinery being put to work to relieve our distressed _tperatives . During the week and to-day more business has been done in all kinds of dress goods suitable for autumn , andafeeling ia gaining ground that we shall continue to improve . She delay in the _Government measure affecting the Corn Jaws , has no doubt tended to retard the progress ofthe merchants , particularly the export houses . The absence from tho market of a rather extensive buyer noted in our last , turns out mere _unfavourable than was expected , and _considerable embarrassment is felt among the smaller manufacturers , several of whom have already had to yield to the loss they will sustain , and many once respectable men will be completely ruined , and necessarily involve increased temporary distress among the operatives in the villages where they reside .

      Halifax . — There is no improvement in this market , { neither wool or manufactured goods . Prices are without material alteration since our last . In the wool trade , middle hogs are quoted at £ 12 15 s „ and middle wethers £ 12 per pack , common noils and broke , together , fetch about £ 10 7 s . 6 d . _HonBEBsriBLD . —There has been a slight improve _, ment in the amount of business done to-day , and more especially in the various descriptions of _goodi that suit the American market . As this is the season when our transaltanic customers come over to make their purchases , we have remarked a considerable number of American buyers in the town , and these with several of the large London buyers being also down , there bas been more doing in the warehouses during this and the last week than what we have noticed for some time previous .

      _Rocbdaxb _FtANKEL Mabket—The market this week _hasbeen quite equal to that of the preceding Monday . Tiiere has been a fair demand for goods , and a government order for 7 , 000 flannels , whieh waB divided last we « k amongst six manufacturers , has given a little stimulus to business . The wool market was rather quiet and the transactions limited , ' Nottingham . —The wrought cotton hose branch has retrograded , but not to the extent of being much felt . The spring has arrived , when , in former times , at this season , stocking *** as well as workmen were at a premium . The _cut-up or rather slop-hose trade is pretty good , though one branch , namely , the half hose selvagefooted hose , is in a state of agitation against a master stockinger at Snenton , who , from circumstances , has been induced to stop his frames . This has been construed

      by his workmen to be with a view to a reduetl » not : wages . Both the hosiers and Journeymen have united to reduce his profits , though , by the aid of machinery , he has been enabled to make as good hose , three at once , as is in general made one at once . Several workmen have been committed to Southwell under tho _Intimldatian Act , as every species of annoyance had been resorted to to induce the master to succumb and take on . the refractory mtn again . The drawer bi anch continues a shade better . The glove trade keeps pretty good . The fancy lace trade is considered worse than ever , though there are some exceptions where machines are yet worked to a profit . The plain trade , though both low iu wages and profits , is much better than the fancy trade . Invention and improvement seem to be nearly abandoned . The warp laee trade is in a most depressed condition .

      Leicester . —• Several home buyers have been in our market this week , and have bought cautiously ; vn & _vo factured stocks in hand are light , and there is no intention to produce by the makers what islikely to be wanted . Some American orders have been received , and purchasers are now in the market for goods suitable for the full demand , but the uncertainty existing with respect to the Oregon question induces them to conclude _Ibelrpurehasce quickly , leaving no time for anything to be manufactured on speculation . "Wools remain the same , aud worsted yarns are more in demand .

      _GLisaow , Friday . —Cotton Yarn ;—The market has exhibited some animation for all Nos . of shipping yarn * , from 40 s . _downwards , and _pjices may be quoted J to i higher , but yarns forborne consumption are still in limited demand and prices unsteady . —Cotton Goods : We cannot report any improvement in the market this week . Business , gem-rally speaking , is far from _btini ; brisk , or , indeed , what we usually aspect at this season of ihe year . Prices for most descriptions may besaid to he nominal , and , in general , there is not much inquiry . —Iron : — Prices are as undernote d : —Pig iron , £ 3 10 s . per ton j bar iron , £ 10 per ton ; nail rods , £ 11 per ton ;

      boilerplates and sheets , £ 1310 s . per ton . —Amtv ' tcan Produce : Sweet ban-el fl « mr . best brands , 31 s . Cd . nett per barrel ; s . mr ditto , 32 s . Cd . nett per barrel ; Ut . Montreal pots ' , 23 s . to 23 s . Cd . per ewt . ; lsfc Montreal pearls , 28 s . Cd , per cwt . ; butter , Canadian , best quality , 76 s . ptr ewt . lard common , 47 s . per ewt . ; ditto , refined , 50 s . per ' ewt . ' eneese , ordinary , 52 s . per cwt . ; ditto . best . 55 s . perewt Thcpnce of barrel nourisftrm _. _audratherontlw _iidvivnc ? A large proportion of the stock is now bonded , and con _umew have not much on hand , but , owing to the uncertainty of tho new Corn Bill tliey will buy only spar _, _ingly . - - _s-. v

      Praiseworthy Law.—In The Chinese La-*S, ...

      Praiseworthy Law . —In the Chinese _la- * s , one ol the grounds upon which a husband may divorce his wife is boing given too mueh to talking ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02051846/page/6/