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      Monday, Peb. 12. ; Douse Of Lords.—This ...

      committing _theses to it . f _* _g e _^ tS tn An iu < _-ucc to the colonies , let them _gweuieiu _xlT SSiou to which they were entitled , Mid _^ Canada , as well asthe others , had _*??»** _ But ihe question was not a mere commercial ouethe purpose for which the _navigation laws _were-:, tablished and maintained was of even greater mv portanccthan mere commerce--. it was the _advantage —the safety of the state . Mr . _Dhcmmcmi said , _ha had found throughout the conntvv great misapprehension a ** , to the real na _ture of this measure ; and it . was not too much to _sav that he thoug ht it possible there might he some memhers of that House also labouring under the same misapprehunsion . In fact the measure now before them , translated out of the flffiehl _iar-ron in which it was couched , and put

      into honest English , was simply _tbis-tha- , it was the last of a scries _vf measures inculcated hy tne > _Manchester sclKKd _, and the end and _mtentwno ! _Sich was to dis , harge _ft _^^ S _^ _SS _^ ploy foreign labourers m their stead . _(^« J _*« horn thc Protectionists . ) He would _ao _^ _tn _^ g the details « £ those measures . It had - _^ J _*^" that dav thai we were to have foreign timber _instod if _Kb-forcign shipwrig hts instead of Britfeh Vllear . ) He might , in fact , go tnrough the whole ea \ mU _ _-o of labour in the same way , all S _' dlle fo ? the advantage of mercantile men and the _3-mchester cotton spinners . The country considered it to be a question of mere trade and commerce . But it affected essentially , and much more , the class of labourers in this country tban any other nucstion that could be named . ( Hear , hear . )

      sir . Hume expressed his astonishment at this obfscrvation . It was the interest of the labourers to obtain employment , and what brought employment on increase of trade , which was checked and impeded by these laws ? He hailed the measure as a means of * putting capital into activity , and thereby creating a demand for labour . Mr . _Hnnsuiovn looked upon the measure as one of a scries emanating from the Manchester school , the end and intention of which was to discharge British in order to g iv * j emp loyment to foreign workmen . Mr . Home held that thc removal of all

      monopolies , whether in corn or shipping , was beneficial to the industry of this country . So far from America refusing to reciprocate , he believed Mr . . Bancroft had intunated to Lord Palmerston that his government were prepared to give perfect reciprocity . Mr . Baxkes agreed with Mr . Drummond that Free Trade was a policy for the depression of tht British labourer . He believed the colonics would much rather wait for the turn in public opinion , which was fast progressing , to give them a better and fairer system of legislature , than owe an advantage to a measure which would entail a serious evil on the whole empire .

      Colonel _Thompso _* " advocated the Tree Trade policy generally , and contended that the argument that It was necessary to maintain the navigation laws for the sake of the national defences , was as much as to say that it was worth while to give a shilling for sixpennyworth in return . A military marine depended on other things than the merchant navy—as for instance , on the general wealth ofthe country—and even sailors might be bought too dear . The debate was continued by Mr . R . C . Hildtard , Mr . J . L . Ricardo , Aldeiman _Thompson , Mr . MrrcnEii , Mr . Robinson , Sir Jobs Tyrrell , and the Marquis of Graxbt ; and ran very much in the current ofa general Free Trade discussion .

      At the close Mr . Labouchere stated that the government , during the recess , had communicated to foreign powers thc purport of this measure , and had endeavoured to obtain from them n general notion of tbe course they proposed to take , andthe correspondence would very shortly be laid before the House . Thc resolution was agreed to , and reported to the House , and a hill founded thereon was ordered to be Drought in . Habeas Corpus _Suspessios _( Irrla- _** d \ - —On the order of the day for the consideration of the report on tbis bill .

      Mr . J . 0 'Co **** n _* ix said , he hoped that it would not be proceeded with at that hour ( ten minutes to six ) _. Sir G . G & xv wished to take this Btage , in order that the third reading might be fixed for Friday . Mr . J . O'Cossell said , then he should _propose that the report be considered that day sis months . The Speaker informed the hon . member that he conld not mere that amendment . If he had any clause to propose , according to ths new roles of the House , it might be received . Mr . J . O'Coxxell said tha * , in that case , he would move as an instruction the clause which he had proposed in commi tee ; but he would allow the government to fix this and the remaining orders of the day on the papers for the following day , if he were not deprived of his right of speaking npon this stage

      Sir G . Grist said it was competent for the hon . gentleman to speak nntil six o ' clock , and , as the House would then adjourn , the three orders would stand for the following day . Mr . J . O'Coknell said , in that case he should speak with great pleasure . ( A laugh ) The hon . aud learned member then proceeded to address the House , but , from the noise oc asioned by hon . membeis leaving , be was not heard in the gallery before The Speaker intimated to him that the honr of six bad arrived , and that the House would adjourn . Thc House adjourned accordinglv .

      THURSDAY , Feb . 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-Their lordships met at five o clock . The Duke of Richmond presented a petition aeainst the endowment of the Roman Catholics in Ireland . The Bishop of Oxford presented several p ? titions praying for au alteration _ufthe law for the punishment for tbe _fraudul-nt seduction of women . The Right Rev . Prelate laid on the table a biil to effect this purpose , which was read a first time * , and gave notice that he should propose that it be read a second time after the Easter recess . L ' _-rd Brougham moved that the Criminal Law _Consolidation Bill andthe Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Bill be read a second time . The bills were then read a second time nnd ordered to be committed .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . After the lapse of two or three minntes—during which nothing was done except tbe presentation of two private petitions by Mr . Henry Berkeleythe House was counted ; and there being only twentyfour members present , the House adjourned . FRIDAY , Feb . 16 . THE HOUSE OF LORDS adjourned at an early hour last evening , after disposing of some unimportant business . THE HOUSE OF _COMMONS . — ' Navigatio _* Laws . —A short conversation was provoked by a notice of Mr . Labocchere , that he intended to delay the secon d reading of the bill forthe alteration of the _Navi gation Laws until tie 5 th of March .

      _Sdspessios of thb Habeas Corpus Act . —The House then proceeded to the further consideration ofthe report npon the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus ( Ireland ) Bill . ___ Mr . J _.-O'Cosssu , renewed his attempt to insert inthe Bill the provision he had proposed for securing to the subject the right to hold meetings for the purpose of petitioning for a repeal of laws , redress of grievances , or other constituti nal object * . Sir Geor g e _Grev said the House had already heard this proposition twice debated , and had _negativedst on both occasions ; it was superfluous , therefore , to refute arguments in which there was nothing ; new .

      Mr . H . Grattan feared that it wonld be a hopeless effort to attempt to press this _clanse after the tate which it had before met with . He Bhould continue to record his protest against the bill , but he would advise his countrymen to submit to the infliction aboat to be visited upon them , with that philosophy which belonged to injured innocence . ( Laughter . ) Mr . F . O'Connor said , that waiving his support of the present clause , which he admitted was identical , in substance , to the instruction which had been rejected by the Eovse , he should give to tbe third reading of the bill his most strenuous opposisipn . He was surprised to find that the noble lord ( Lord J . Russell ) . had made so nice a calculation as

      to the support he was likely to receive on this measure , ond had formed so strange an estimate of the prostitution of _fee'ing on that side of the house , Gat he had htecally fixed the Monday following the _ths-d reading of this Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill ftr-the introduction ofthe bill for admitting Jews to Parliament . S peaking frora many years' experience ss a member of that House , he must confess that "there never trere a greater set of slaves than tte . _Ir-eh members . " ( Loud laughter . } He trusted that tae Insh representatives would awake themselves from their lethangy , and offer every obstruction to a bill-which neither Whi gs nor Tories at one time would haue dared to propose .

      . Mr . _Keswolds said that , havingon a fonner _ccca-SZSSnK * _^** - * - Clarendon S _™ 3 i * _¥ S , _*' . 13 of tola act temperately and _xnercifully _, he felt it to be bis duty to refertoXt _S _^ _c _^ _t _^ _^ _MMr . _JratS hadtfd f _W _^ _asatisa ? _iacelis _^ _teen hour * ont _ofS _^ _S « _S ev were refused access to the newspapers , and that thev _* T _^ _^ -s / ram fheir f _. _iends , except by an order from the _under-secretary . y

      „„ 7 £ _£ _* GE Gbet said - , _"BWtted that he had n 0 i _J " . % _pemorandnB . which wonld have _^ _bl edhim to . B ~ t a distinct - _^ to tfae „ g _™ i > f . thehon , member , _jSpeaiujg ( rem memory , _imf-

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      ever , he believed that tb & Lord-Lieutenant _approvea tf _tltt Steps l ___ j i | j eea _^_ txx __ _% _particular _circumstances , wit _' i resnent- to a anal ! number of indi _** - _luUa-s * , and __ _ \ _e lord ** as ready to b _Zat whatev *; r SR _ of responsibility those sieps eni tailc The prisoners were originally p laced on the debtors ' _gide of the gaol , and we _sub-ee . to as little severity as possible ; but on its being found that _£ tool advantage of that relaxation to write commuiicatiors to the public papers , and that ; or . beinz remonstrated with they refused to defiist , they had _bsen removed to another part of tuft prison , where they were deprived of tha opportunities within their reach before . ; MrFO Coxxor would ask the right hon .

      baro-, . net a question . "Was it the fact that one of the prisoners referred to , Mr . Meany , had written a letter to Mr . Redington on the 19 th of December , which appeared in an article in the Freeman s Journal on the loth of January - -that after that the Sheriff of Dublin came to Kilmainham , and that Mi-. Shaw had said that if Mr . Meany wrote again he should be removed to the criminal side of the prison ; and that Mr . Meany said he should so write ; and tliat thereupon Mr . Shaw called in six policemen , who removed the whole ofthe prisoners to the criminal side , whereas Mr . Meany had been the only person who had offended ? Mr . Meany had not repeated the crime , but had said what he ( Mr . F . O'Connor ) would have said if labouring under any grievance ,

      orfif any of his privileges had been denied him [ cries of " spoke , spoke' ] . Honourable members would do the same as Mr . Meany under similar circumstances . If their liberties were jeopardised , he asked them whether they would try to settle the matter by cries of" spoke , spoke" ? Ha committee were granted him , he would undertake to prove that five gentlemen had been removed from the debtors ' to the criminal side of the prison , for the crime of one of the number , which had not been repeated . Sir G . Gre said that he had not before heard the hon . memher for Xottingham ' s account ofthe affair and that he did not believe it be a correct one . ( Hear , hear . ) The course adopted h y the authorities seemed to be indispensable . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Grattan said , that his information of the circumstance had not been derived from any letter sent from Kilmainham gaol . Mr . Hume said , he wished to make an appeal to her Majesty ' s ministers , respecting certain prisoners in this country , who were now confined and treated as criminals ofthe worst description , who were denied pen , ink , and paper , and who . were dressed in a manner very unusual in England in the case of political offenders . He had laid before the ' government a petition on the subject , and he hoped the case would be considered , andthat while public justice was administered , great severity would not be used . ( Hear . ) Sir G . Gbet replied , that the government had no power to interfere . Those persons might appeal to

      the judges to be placed in the first-class misdemeanors . Such applications had been made , and in some cases the judges had so decided , but in others they did not feel that the prisoners were entitled to that indulgence , and they were therefore suffering thc full punishment awarded by the law . Relief for Ireland . —On the report of the vote of £ 50 , 000 for the relief of Irish distress , Mr . P . Scro p e renewed his proposal for limiting the advance to a loan , repayment to be secured by a lien on the lands liable to the _uncollected rates with power of sale for its recovery , and providing that the money shonld be expended , as far as practicable , in the productive employment of the

      able-bodied . After several members had addressed the House , The Chancellor ofthe _Exchequer combatted the several objections that had been made to the grant , and opposed Mr . Serope ' s amendment as impracticable . After some further discussion , Mr . Scrope withdrew his amendment , and a division was taken , at the instance of Sir W . Barron , on thc question of adjourning the debate , which was supported by nine votes only , there being 174 against it . Lord D . Stuart then proposed his amendment , to the effect that thc advance be issued as a loan , to be repaid out of rates levied on the whole of the unions in Ireland , except those receiving the relief .

      This amendment was also discussed at some length , and a division was taken upon it , the result being—For the amendment , 9 , against it , 157 . The House then divided on the main question , which was carried by 128 to 39 . The report was accordingly agreed to . Thc Inland Navigation Bill was read a third time , and passed , and the House adjourned .

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      Ladt Fraxkl **** . —The Arctic Expedition . —This lady is at present engaged in a pilgrimage to thc ports whence the whale ships are likely to proceed to Davis ' s Straits , with a view to plead her anxieties and distresses , and to animate the commanders of these ships in her cause . Lad y Franklin has already visited Hull , where she has been received with much enthusiasm , and the strongest desire hasbeen manifested by the masters and others connected with the whale-ships , not only to carry out any instructions or wishes that may he conveyed to them from government , but are also themselves disposed to undertake certain measures in connexion with the usual objects of their voyage , for affording succour or gaining information respecting the missing ships .

      Her ladyship intends visiting Leith , Kircaldy , and Montrose , the more northern ports of Aberdeen . Tbe Mdbdebs ox board t ** e Amelia . —In our last number we published a short account of the horrible catastrophe which took place on board the Amelia , bound from California to China , with gold for the purchase of silks . The following extracts are from a private communication from Hanavoora Bay , in Wahooa , one ofthe Sandwich Islands , ( on which stands the town of Honolulu ) , received via Mazatlan , per the last West India Mail , by a mercantile house in Manchester , which corroborates every main fact ofthe account we have already Dublished , f iving however , fuller particulars and dates ofthe orrible tragedy : — " On the night of the 3 rd of

      October , in the middle watch , three of the crew , namely , Jose * Cabrero , Jos 6 Torres , and Andrew Boldevio , mutinied , attacked the mate , and killed him . Captain Alva ( a Spaniard ) , and Mr Francis Cook , ( passenger ) , hearing the noise , came on deck . Two ofthe ruffians attacked them , killed Mr . Cooke , and immediately threw him overboard , and badly wounded the captain , but who , nevertheless , succeeded in getting down into the cabin to arm himself , and came on deck again with a cutlass , but the murderers stabbed him in the neck with a knife , and he fell a corpse . Mrs . Cook , her maid-servant , Hudson , and- the flag-captain , M'Nally , ( a native of Dublin ) , who were below when the murderous scene began , were confined' to

      their state rooms ; and the mutineers , who were all Peruvians , shaped their course for Peru , On the following morning Captain M'Nally offered , with the assistance ofthe carpenter , to leave the ill-fated ship , with the females , provided the mutineers would give him one of the boats and the necessary provisions . This they seemed to assent to , but on his going on deck he was seized , bound , and thrown overboard . They then threw the papers and documents all overboard , andgetting out a large quantity of gold , divided it amongst the remainder of the crew , compelling each to take a part . On the ni g ht of the 5 th , the murderers having drunk freel y two of them went to sleep , when the carpenter , in accordance with a plan arranged by some of the

      crew , "killed them with his axe , while others attacked the third murderer , who resisted , but was likewise despatched b y Smith , and the vessel brought to these islands ( the Sandwich ) by the apprentices , Thomas Gannon and Charles M'Donald . Smith , the carpenter , is a native of Hotterdam ; Gannon and M'Donald are from London . The specie , about 300 , 000 dollars , has been secured by ; her Majesty ' s consul-general . Mrs . Cooke and servant are living on shore , and it i § expected will return to the coast of Mexico when an opportunity offers . Collision in ihe Channel . —At twelve o ' clock on "Wednesday , a boat arrived , and landed seven men on the beach at Bri ghton , in front ofthe Custom House , who reported themselves to be the master and crew ofthe Alfred , of Portsmouth . The master gave his name Bobert Hopkins , and stated that he was on his way from Portsmouth to

      Sunderland , in ballast , and at five o ' clock in the morning , when a mile off Beachy-head , he was run down by the bri g Agnes , coal laden , from South Shields to Gibraltar . The bows ofthe Alfred were stove in and the vessel immediately filled and went down the crew saving themselves by jumping into their own boat , just about half a minute before the vessel went to the bottom . The master afterwards boarded the Agnes , and remonstrated with the master of that vessel ; after which , the sea being suitable , he joined his crew inthe boat , and made for Bri g hton . The crew lost the whole of their clothes , and the master in addition lost Ms quadrant and other implement * of navigation . Atthe time ofthe collision there was a li ght breeze from the north-norih-east . The Alfred was of the burden OfW tons .

      The Ien Hours _Aghaiios . — A meeting of factory owners was held at Manchester on Tuesday evening , on the subject of the restriction of the hoars of labour . The _meeting was strictly private , but we learn that a deputation was appointed to wait npon the leading members of the government , the object being to effect a compromise on the _Ten Hours Question . They propose , on condition of the time being extended to eleven hours , to abandon the system of relays so far as females and young persons under eighteen years of age are concerned . . ' .. Agricu ltural Prize Essays . -Thc Belgian _^ _f _- _!? **? - ' - _-Stated two prizes-of 5 , 000 t £ wf ?* _J-i ld medal and - _*' 000 respectivelythe " _SfoK _^ _S eneral - _^ culture , ami _lotatt & besfc t _T eatise oa the disease of the

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      - _-WESifaifSSTBF . — _burglart vim _Viohwce . --V 7 . Cullen , G . ! j \ gDy , and F . Pike wero charged with _burglary at the residence of Mr Waller , 13 , Sfcimford . Villas , Fulham-road , hnd with personal violc p . ' ce tothe proprietor . -The accused were taken info custod y on the following ni g ht , for being found in the rear of some houses in Cadogan-placc—A medical certificate was produced to show that Mr . Waller , in consequence of the injuries he had received , was unable to leave his room . He was awoke by a man entering his sleeping apartment at about three o ' clock on Saturday morning , and on jumping out of bed was wounded , on theliead with some heavy blunt instrument " , and' his assailant

      escaped . —Inspector Drake found that after two- ineffectual attempts to get into the house frem a closet and kitchen window , in both of which a crowbar had been used with some force , the burglars forced open the doors of some out-houses , and broke a hole large enough to admit a man , and from one Of these _effected an entrance through the brickwork into the kitchen . It was proved that , between one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a policeman heard some onc in a dark , passage leading to the back ofthe houses in _Cadogan-placeV and found there the prisoner Pike ; who pretended that he was there for- ah ordinary purpose , and gave a name and addrcs ' s which ultimately turned out to be false . Soon after this the constable again heard a noise near where

      he had observed Pike , and having , with another constable , mounted the ' wall , they saw the two prisoners , Cullen and . Digby , in a yard in the rear of one ofthe houses in _Cadogan-place , and the officers jumped down and secured them . Amongst other articles found on Digby was a penknife with the blade broken , the point of which , _precisely corresponding with thc portion left in the handle , was found in some putty which had been cut from" a pane of glass at Mr . "Waller ' s , at the time of the burglary _. The prisoners had previously been seen in company . —Mr . Broderip remanded them for a week . . ' : ' ' . ' .. Assault on a Woman by a Soldier . —J . Kennedy , a private in the Scots Fusiliers , was filiall y examined , charged with assaulting Anne _Jennings . —On the evening , of Saturday . week , _complayi'ht : was at the bar ofthe King ' s Arms , . Tothill-street , Westminster , when defendant , who was in company

      with some of his comrades , accosted her in very ' filthy language . She told him not to interfere with her , as she wished to have nothing to say to him , - and said that if he repeated his conduct she would throw the contents ofthe drinking vessel she had in her hand over him . Defendant immediately laid hold of her and gave her a push , in doing which a small portion of the beer was spilt over him , when he attacked her with great fury , struck her violently in the mouth , and kicked her so desperately that it was found necessary to take her to the hospital , where she was scarcely able to move for a week in consequence ofthe injuries she had received . — -Defendant in reply to the charge , said that the complainant was most abusive to him as well as those who were in company with him , or he should not have acted as he had done . —Mr . Broderip committed the prisoner for trial , and in default of bail he was locked up .

      SOUTHWABK . — -Charge of . Fravduli _* ntw Obtaining Money at a Couxiy Court . — -Cooper was charged with fraudulently obtaining money * of suitors of the Southwark County Court . —Mr . King , a farmer , stated that he was sued in the above court , and went there for tho purpose of paying the amount sued for . When he got ' to the entrance of the court , he was accosted by the prisoner , * who asked him if he wanted a summons . His reply was in the negative , Mr . King saying that he came there to pay money , upon which the prisoner said that he would receive the debt , and g ive him a receipt for the money . Complainant , under the impression that the prisoner was an officer of the court , _handed him the summons and then paid him over the debt

      and costs , and having had a receipt given him for the money , then departed . Some weeks afterwards an officer ofthe above court surprised Mr . King by a call at his residence in thc country to levy a distress for the debt and costs incurred in two actions in which he was defendant . The complainant mentioned the fact of his havino * paid the money into court , and when he described the circumstances and the prisoner , the officer said that that person was not at all connected with the court , but was known as a man who was in the habit of hanging about the entrance . The complainant paid the money over again to save his goods from seizure . — The chief clerk of the County Court explained that agents were not employed to receive monies of suitors ,

      and that a clerk , whose desk was m the court , - was appointed for that purpose . He added , that he had seen the prisoner about the court on previous occasions . — Mr . Cottingham thought it would be advantageous to the public to have a notice exhibited at the entrance ofthe court ina conspicuous place , to apprise those by whom and these to whom monies were to be paid in there . The case in question disclosed a scandalous fraud on the part of the prisoner who , however , in his opinion , had not ren _^ dered himself amenable to a criminal prosecution . ' Ho had received the complainant ' s money and given him a receipt , and instead of paying the amount into court he put it into his own pocket . It did not appear that he represented himself to he an officer ofthe court on thc occasion , nor did Mr . King take the precaution of asking him any

      questions on thc subject , but merely paid him thc money under the supposition that sueh was the fact . —Mi-. H . C . Knell stated that being defendant in a cause tried at the same _courts the prisoner called upon him , and representing that he had come from the court for the debt and expenses , amounting- to £ 1 lis . 6 d ., that sum was g iven to him , anu he gave a receipt for it . Witness was subsequently sued for the sum , which he had to pay over again . TMr . Cottingham said that this case differed from the former , inasmuch as the prisoner had used ' a false pretence in obtaining the money , by representing that he had called from the . county court for the debt . He should commit the prisoner on the latter charge , and as it was understood that other cases of a similar description were likely to be preferred against him , he should remand him until Wednesday .

      Bape . —David Thomas , an extensive wharfinger at . Shad Thames " , was brought before Mr . Cottingham , for final examination , charged with criminally assaulting Phoebe Hyde , a very interesting " ' "little girl , twelve years of age . The child was again examined , and gave a repetition ofthe evidence which appeared in our last number . —Mr . Binns , the solicitor _,, again attended for the prisoner , and cross-examined the child at some length . She stilted that the house which they entered was in the _LowerHfoad , _- Deptford . She had an aunt living near the place , and she thought she could have pointed the place out , to the police , but when she went with the officer she . could not distinguish the house . —Mr . "' . Cottingham asked her what she had atthe

      publichouse ?—Complainant replied that the prisoner put some tobacco in her mouth atone place , which made her sick . He afterwards compelled her to smoke a pipe , and threatened to cut her throat , unless she complied with his request . He also gave her beer , and at the public-house poured gin down her throat . —Mr . Cottingham : Why did you not raise an alarm when he did it ?—Complainant : I was afraid , as he pulled out his knife , and said he would cut my head off if I did . —Jackson LcWis , police-constable 76 M , said that on the evening in question , a little after six o ' clock , he met the child in Tooley-street . She was crying very much , and a female told him that she bad been ill-treated by ; a man . He ascertained that she lived in Shoreditch , and after hearing her story he took her home to her parents . On the Sunday he went to Deptfordj with the hope of finding the house , but the child cduld not point it out . From information he received he

      . went to Gainsfoi'd-street , _Horsley-down _. ' and appre * hended the prisoner . On his acquainting 'WmPCnth his business the latter . exclaimed , " PoorchildpUm sorry for her . " He also said he met her . i _* ear . St . Thomas ' s Hospital , crying for the loss of fourpence , and being afraid to go home , he took charge of _hei-. —The pot-boy at thc public-house deposed thathe saw the prisoner and tho child in the tap-room oh the . evening in question . She smoked a pipe , part of the time , and before they went he _witnessed something unfit for publication . —Mr . Burchell , a surgeon atKingskwd , said he examined the child on Saturday night , the 3 rd . inst . Great violence had been used towards her , and he believed the capital °° ? _flce had been committed . —The mother of the chdd , a very respectable female , corroborated the surgeon s statement , and informed the magistrate that her daughter was extremely simple , and liable to be led astray—Mr . Cottingham committed the

      _prisoner for trial . ,, _^ RIjI l ' ! l 0 lIG ?; P STET _- ColO- * _elB * anewas summoned before Mr . Bingham , for having neglMted and refused to prry the maintenance o ' f his _W 5 W _f _* _W . - _^ ch he had been orwhom \ U J - _* _?• BlB ' hlto ' -rS t _* _-ate before whom the original summons was heard . Thirteen weeks having elapsed without any money havimr been paid under the order , thc _compSSf out another summons prayingthe magistrate toput the law m force , either by issuing a warrant to distrain on Colonel Blane's goods for the amount f " Med , or , if there should not be sufficient goods , _lo aajudge a proportionate term of imprisonment . — air- umgham heard evidence to the effect that no money hadbeen paid under the ' _ordeR—Colonel

      _Zrft sprpfessional adviser applied for a postpone-£ _nif 1 ? _^ for a _week > on the le -- that itwas _m contemplation to remove the case into the Court of Queen _s Bench ; that Mr . Pashley ' s opinion had _SenfoSh _^^ _^ _^ T _^ *¦ _***• would be tafcen forthwith . It may here be stated that in _additiontopoints _wlncl / _mi ght uta _if' _^ _M nary case tbere is one special point relied noon to overturn all that has been _hitherto don _? This point relates to the jurisdiction of a _magistrate over thh- _case ; it being contended that _/^ _S as the child was bom fn France no order CanbC S _r e _T-oi . _^ _T ' . ef s . / _«* rcum « tances .-. _Colonel Blanc _ _plicitw said , if the magistrate ob-

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      - l 7 mm _?^& . _SZ _& 2 _\ considering that the sum which Colonel _Blaftewas cXd Son to pay weekly was very small in pron « _r _finntohi _** means he could not feel justified m _^? toftX 5 _Wr . The arrears with costs Sh aUhat court andthe sessions , must be paid .-The costs already allowed ty the two courts against 3 d \ - bmSoit to £ 36 / This sum , of course , is a very trifling part ofthe actual expenses . BOW STREET —Edward Broome , who has been pmoloved in the PosOOfnee for fourteen years , was Seed at the bar charged with stealing a letter _containing money , the property of the Postmaster-General . Mr . ' Peacock appeared for the prosecution , and Mr .. Binns for the prisoner . -Mr . Walter R . _Senlthorne . a _suneriiitendent-president attached to

      the London district , said that m consequence ot numerous complaints from Deptford and the neighbourhood , respecting missing letters , he caused a letter to be written on Saturday , addressed " ihps . Jeffries , Mickley , near Ripton , . Yorkshire , enclosin- r a half-sovereign and a sixpence , which he marked , in the presence of Mr . Cole , an inspector of letter carriers , and which were folded m a card for security . The letter was enclosed in an envelope , sealed , which he delivered a few minutes hefore two o ' clock to Peake , the officer , with directions to post it at the New-cross office before four o ' clock , that it might be collected there by the prisoner and taken to Deptford , to be forwarded . in the mail bag to town The Deptford bagarrived at the General

      . , Post-Officc about ten minutes before six o ' clock , tied and sealed , and being opened by witness he could not find the letter produced , upon which he proceeded to Deptford with the officers and found the money and letter upon the prisoner . On being asked to account for it , he said it was jolted out of his pouch bag on his riding with a man in a cart which had no spring ; and the reason why he did not give it up to . the charge-taker was , that he did not discover it in giving in his collection until he was leaving the oflice . Other officials belonging to the Post-Office having given corroborative evidence , the prisoner declined saying anything in his defence , andhe was fully committed for trial . MARYLEBONE . — Unfounded Charge . — Mr .

      Isaac Falcke , a tradesman , carrying on business as a dealer in foreign china , pictures , bijouterie , & c „ at 304 , Oxford-Street , and 131 , Regent-street , was charged by thc Rev . R . Bellis , curate of St . Paul's , Lisson-grove , with having gained admittance into his house under fraudulent pretences . —Complainant deposed that on the same morning , as he was dressing , his servant handed him a card , saying that a person who had g iven it in wished to see him . The name and address upon the card was "Mr . J . Williams , St . John ' s-terrace , Islington . " He ( complainant ) went down , and inthe drawing-room found the defendant . He asked him the nature of his business , when he hesitated a little , and after _apolosrisiner for intruding , said he had called to inquire

      about a person whom he ( complainant ) knew , the Count de Condatori . Complainnnt . said he did not know any such person , and thathe thought defendant hadcomdto his . housefor an improper purpose , and comp lainant sent for a policeman , pending whose arrival , the defendant abused hira , alleging that he-was acting neither like a gentleman nor a clergyman . The constable who took defendant into custody produced a card which defendant gave in at the station ; it bore his right name and his place of business in Oxford-street and Regent-street . — Defendant : ! I had several cards in my pocket , and perhaps took out the one the complainant received which . I handed ,, in , not thinking at the moment whether it was my own or not . I can

      give the hig hest testimonials as to my responsibility , and I have for many years had dealings with the highest noblemen and gentlemen in the land in the way of trade . Defendant here Landed to the magistrate numerous papers connected with business transactions to a large amount . Mr . Broughton perused them and felt satisfied therefrom , as well as from the statement ofa witness named Kirsch , who had taken a note written by defendant to a partner at one of his houses of business that he ( defendant ) was a man of respectability , at the same time he was of opinion that the rev . gentleman , when he gave the charge , thought that he was doing his duty to society . He ( the magistrate ) would have imagined that something was wrong . It was well known that parties were going about to the houses of reverend gentlemen to collect alms for clergymen alleged to be in distress , and that much imposition had been practised . The worthy , magistrate (

      addressing defendant ) , added , that , satisfied as he was of the respectability of the accused , he should strong ly recommend that the rev . gentleman should make the amende honorable at orice , in order to prevent , ulterior proceedings . —Complainant : I think , sir , you have taken too favourable a view on the part of defendant . I'll not withdraw anything I have said or done , and I feel that no apology should be required from me . —Mr . Broughton : If he had had an improper object in view when he came to your house and gave in his card " Mr . J . Williams , " he would , if he was an improper character , have still kept up the name and not have given his real address and name . The worthy magistrate finding that all his endeavovivs to © Sect a reconciliation were perfectly futile , said to defendant , " I am sorry for what has occurred to you , and I shall discharge you . "—Defendant then quitted the court .

      A Would-be Ghost . —A foreigner , who could not speak a word of English , and who had a coarse sack wrapped around him from head to foot , was brought up by a police-constable , who , at twelve o clock at night , saw theprisoner come out of No . 18 , Avenue-road , St . John ' s-wood _, the said dwelling being at present taken care of by some parties until it can be let . He ( prisoner ) walked with a slow and stately step , at the same time making an unearthly noise with his mouth ; and from the grotesque appearance which he exhibited , he caused witness to start , not knowing at first what the form , could be . —Mr . Broughton ; You thought it was a ghost , did you not ?— "Witness : Some people might well have imagined _sp , your worship , but 1 don't believe in supernatural beings . The prisoner was remanded till next Monday , in order that some inquiry may . be made into the state of his mind .

      Worship-street . —Brutal Assault . —A tradesmap named Radcliffe was charged with the following brutal assault upon his apprentice , a youth named Thomas Camfield : —The apprentice stated , that while in bed at half-past twelve o ' clock on the night of Saturday week his master rushed into the room , and without g iving the slightest , reason for such conduct seized him by the hair Of his head , dragged him out of bed , and kicked him in the most furious manner upon various parts ofthe bod y , The defendant then left' him , and the complainant with great paiii and difficulty contrived to get into bed again ,, out had not been there more than five minutes when the defendant returned , and , again seizing him in the same manner as before , a second time dragged him out of . bed , compelled him to dress himself , and notwithstanding the lateness of the hour , turned him into the street . —The defendant , in answer , said , that upon returning home his

      wite told him that the complainant had both insulted her grossly and struck her , and , feeling naturall y exasperated , he ordered the complainant to leave the house ; this he positively refused to do , and he , therefore , Used sufficient force to compel his compliance , but he denied that he had either kicked him or illused him to the extent described . —Anne Camfield , the . lad ' s mother , stated , that upon her son returning home , he had a severe contusion upon one of his eyes , and she found upon examination that he had other serious bruises upon his hip , knee , and the middle of his back , in addition to which he also complained of suffering extreme pain from some internal injury in his loms . —Mr . Hammill considered that no provocation could justif y such , extreme violence as it was clearly proved the defendant had been guilty of , and ordered him to pay the full penalty of £ 5 , or in default to be committed to the House of Correction for two months . The penalty was immediately paid , and the defendantliberated .

      THAMES . —A Trick Somewhere .-Mr . Thompson , pawnbroker , Commercial-road East , was charged with detaining a gold watch-guard . C . M'Crombie said , having pledged his watch and a gold guard chain at the defendant ' s shop , he sent a person , named Louis Solomon , to relieve it , at the same time handing him the duplicate , which distinctly specified that the chain was a gold one . When Solomon redeemed the article , seeing that the guard was not gold , he called the attention of the shopman to that fact , and showed him that it was described as gold in the ticket , to which the shopman replied that he had it as it was pawned . — Mr . G . Cripps , foreman to thc defendant , said he received the watch and chain f rom the complainant

      wnich ne put in a room to which no one had access but himself and another , who had been a long time in the employment ; . He remembered taking the pledge , but did not remember anything ofthe chain There was no remark made about the chain by Solomon when the pledge was redeemed , and when Solomon came back with M'Crombie , the latter instead of asking for his own guard , said it would be better for them to give him another . —Mr . Yardley said there was evidently a trick somewhere but upon which side it was hard to tell . —In answer to the magistrate , Mr . Cripps said that thoy never took in articles , described as gold , without _testintr

      uiem . Ahis appeared not to have been done in the present instance . —Mr . Yardley said it was impossible to come to a decision on this evidence , it lay with the complainant to prove his case , hut as he had not done so the summons must be dismissed . Stabbing . —J . Harley was re-examined char- * ed with cutting and wounding Margaret Putt The prisoner was quarrelling with and ill-using a woman with whom he lived . Her screams were heard bv the people in the room below , and among others bv the woman Pu tt , who went up to take he ? Dart She was _-mutely attached by thc prisoner in the dar & , and heWfliCted several wounds with akntfb She _reteuied _to the apartment she had left bleeding

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      copiously , and became quite exhausted from Joss of blood She received three incised wounds onHhe left arm , and another in a much more dangerous place , k _* _Wch . bad nearlv e Zs _, her her life . She Waa removed to the london H . c 5 _picai , where she has since remained . —The . prisoner was again remanded . Char ge of Burglar * and Robbert .-J . Jury was charged with feloniously entering the dwellinghouse of Mr . A . Skarratt , pastrycook , Lemanstreet , Whiteohapel , and stealing property and money therefrom . —The prosecutor said , that at twelve o ' clock on the preceding night he made everything apparently secure before he went to bed . He came down stairs that morning about half-past seven o slock , and found everything in confusion , and property of every description strewed about the floor . He missed several things from the shop and parlour , including a considerable sum of money in silver . The parlour window , which opened into the back yard , was opeu , and the thieves appeared

      to have obtained entrance by climbing over seme premises at the rear of the house , and had forced open the parlour window . A piece of wood , which had been nailed over the bottom ofthe wmdow-sash , hadbeen removed . —A police sergeant stated thathe went to Keate-street , Sp italfields , where a great number of thieves , p ickpockets , and other rogue 3 , abounded _. He was passing along the street in plain clothes , when he saw the prisoner near his own house , exhibiting to several other thieves a large coral necklace . He knew from the first glance _thift it answered the description of one stolen from the prosecutor ' s house , and he seized the necklace , and secured theprisoner before he had time to make any resistance . —Mr . Skarratt identified the coral necklace , and also a needle case found in the prisoner ' s possession , as part of the stolen property . —In answer to Mi ' . Yardley , the officer said the prisoner was known as a thief , and lived in one of the worst houses in Keate-street . —Mi ' . Yardley remanded the prisoner for a week .

      GUILDHALL . —Charge op Embezzlement . —H . C Fox a porter in the employment of Messrs . Dakin and Co ., tea merchants , of No . 1 , Lud | atehill was charged with embezzling the monies ofthe firm—J Richardson , in the service of Messrs . Dakin and Co ., said it was the duty ofthe _pmoaer , as porter and carman , to render an account of all monies received , hut , instead of that , he brought back the Way bill on the 13 th of November last , and at the bottom of the column there appeared in his handSing , the words , " To Account . " This was in the column ruled expressly for the porters , to assi _gn their reason for not bringing the money , or for entering whatever they received . It had since heei _^ ascertained that the bill ( £ 1 3 s . Id . ) , had been n 3 , _* d and the prisoner gave a receipt , which receipt

      ftheA produced ) was in his handwriting . Again , on the 9 th of December , it appeared that he received 13 s lid . from a Mr . Harley , and instead of giving up ' the money , he wrote in thc column the word "Monday , " meaning that the amount would be paid on the following Monday . —W . Perritt ,. clerk to Messrs . Dakin and Co ., said the porters should account to him for all monies received by them , but the sums above-mentioned had not been accounted for It was stated that when the prisoner was taken into custody he said , " Why do you make an example of me ; others have been quite as bad . — Aid . Hunter considered ' the case so serious from the expression made use of by the prisoner respecting his being made an example of when others had been as bad , that he had made up his mind to remand him for a week . Bail was refused .

      Charge against a Cab-driver . —D . Curtis , a cabdriver , was summoned for the following conduct . — Jane Myers said that she and a friend were at a wedding in Clerkenwell till a late hour in the morning , when a male friend put them into the defendant ' s cab and desired him to drive them to Aidgate , instead of wliich they shortly after found themselves in St . Paul s Churchyard , on the eastern or dark side , when the door was opened and a man got in , and a second was following , upon which she and her friend thrust him back , and screamed loudly . Both the men then ran off , and the defendant was desired to drive quickly to his destination ; but on arriving in Cheapside the cabman again stopped , and then a man came up and wanted to

      fet in , observing that he was going their way . hey again raised an alarm , upon which the man left , and the cab proceeded at a very slow pace . On arriving at Aldgate the defendant made use of the most disgusting language . Witness then left the cab , and spoke to a policeman , who refused to take the charge , and told her if she felt aggrieved she could take out a summons . Ann Jacobs corroborated the above evidence , and added that they were obliged to walk home in a mizzling rain for about ten minutes . —The defendant said , that when driving past the Post-office , a gentleman ran up and asked if it was disengaged ; but on

      seeing the prosecutors inside , he made an apology and left . With respect to getting into the cab , he denied that altogether . —Alderman Challis sent for the officer who refused to take the charge ; and on his arrival , he said he was not told to take the cabman into custody , but certainly the lady called police , and said that a strange gentleman had _attempted to get in . On being _questioned by Mr . Lewis , the officer said he had seen the defendant , since the transaction , but had had nothing to drink , and he had even refused to come forward on his behalf . —Alderman Challis : I at once dismiss the summons .

      Dealings in Petticoat-Lane . —I . Levy , of Bellcourt , Petticoat-lane , was charged with having unlawfully exchanged a gold ring for a brass one . — The complainant , Ann Pipe , was in distress , and on Sunday last took her wedding ring and offered it to the prisoner for sale . He went inside the house as she supposed to test it , and shortly returned and gave her a ring back , saying that it was not worth anything . She discovered that it was not hers , as it would not go on her finger , but he insisted that it

      was the same he had received , and would give her no further satisfaction , upon whieh sho took out a summons . —S . Cohen said he was atthe door when the complainant came up , she was in liquor , and asked if the ring was gold . The defendant at once said it was not , and returned it to her . He never turned round to go inside the house . —Alderman Challis said he felt inclined to believe the woman , and therefore the defendant must pay 8 s ., the value ofthe ring , and 2 s . costs , or return the ring . The money was paid .

      GREENWICH . —Bigamy . —Elizabeth Ann Nadin , aged forty-five , but who appeared much younger , was charged with intermarrying with Edward Chesney Seal , aged 18 , a stripling of a lad , son of a dairyman at Lee , her first husband being still alive . William Nadin , a man about the same age as the prisoner , deposed that he is a stone-mason , residing in Boone-street , Lee . He married the prisoner about seven years ago , at the church of St . Paul ' s Deptford . They had not latterly lived happily together on account of her returning home frequently at a late hour at ni ght . She absconded from under his roof on the 22 nd ult . _^ -George M'Kenzie , residing in Greenfield-street , Commercial road , deposed that he was present when the marriage ceremony was performed between the prisoner and young Seal . It w * as on the 8 th of January last , at Whitechapelchurch . —The next charge was against E . C . Seal on suspicion of having feloniousl removed a

      y quantity of bed clothing , carpetting , and wearing apparel from the premises of the prosecutor , found in the trunks ofthe prisoner and Mrs . Nadih , at the lodgings in Southwark ; but there being no evidence to prove that he had acted in concert with Mrs Nadin inthe removal ofthe articles found , Mr . Traili said thc prisoner must be discharged . He left the court laughing , and demanded his money and other property detained by the police on searching his apartment . —The prisoner , Mrs . Nadin , was then fully committed on the charge of bigamy , and left thc dock laughing , and turning to her husband gave him a smile of contempt at parting . After the second marriage on the 8 th of January , she _l-eturned home to her husband ' s house , and remained there until the 22 nd , and then being prepared , eloped with her second love , as it was stated , for the purpose of going to America , being well provided with money .

      HAMMERSMITH _.--KX 0 CKINO out a Man ' s Eve . _kt-1 . lonkin was finally examined , charged with assaulting J . Ready . It appeared from the statement of Ready , which was corroborated by several witnesses , that on the 22 nd of December last , he went to witness a walking match at Harlington Corner . While there a row took place between the prisoner and others , and some stones having been thrown , witness saw the prisoner and _fourteen- * or fifteen others coming towards him . He endeavoured to get out of their way . They however overtook hun

      , and one of them struck hiin with a stick , the prisoner instantl y afterwards throwing a stone at him which struck him on the ri ght eye , and he fell bleodmg to the ground . The _prisone _** * and others then surrounded him , and beat him over the head and body in » brutal manner with their sticks . Thev left him and pursued another man , who escaped from them . He ( Read y ) was an in-patient ofthe hospital for a month , and he produced a medical certihcate from the house surgeou of the hospital stating that the eye was completel y destroyed - The prisoner was fully committed for trial '

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      Educate tue ARMv _.-The Duke of Wellington says , and his _saymg deserves to be written inthe largest letters , over the Horse Guards , and round every cannon s mou » is time that i gnorance should cease m the British army . " And _itT is _bi-rh time ; but we hope none of our military readers wfi have their vanit y wounded , if we _vLture to puUhe following question : « When the aforesaid iLorance ceases , how long will tho British _SyTst f' ht 7 _™\ r _^«* t 6 e dt - ' <> to be killed , when they are in a state to veason ? _Depond upon it , they will not do it to pl _ease anybod y ! But still we cry , as loudl y as the duke , " Educate the army . " -Punch .

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      v _CORtf . _Mark-und _, Monday , Feb . 12 . —The show of samples , of wheat from'Essex and Kent to-day was smidl , but tlie con . dition being indifferent , th _» sale was slow at a reduc tion of Is to 2 s per quarter upon last Monday ' s prices . _Poi-ejjm likewise met with less inquiry , and must he quoted _lg , por quarter cheaper . In flour little doing . Barley- and malts very dull and easy to'buy . Beans and peas neglected . The supply of oats was moderate , but buyers acting with xaunb caution , the trade was very dull , and Cd per quarter lower Rye excessively dull . Tares saleable at rather lower rates than on Monday last . In linseed cukes rather more floit-p Of clover-seed , both red and white , we had buyers at p- _£ vious rates .

      BRrnsn . — "Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 3 gs to 44 s , ditto wliite , SSs to 48 s , { Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 36 _' s ' to i 3 s , Northumberland and Scotch , v , hit ~ 3 Cs to 40 s , ditto red , 34 s to ils , Devonshire and Somerset ' shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , rye , 26 s to : ' 8 B barley , 24 s to 30 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordinary , __ s t < 5 —s _, pale , 52 s to 5 Cs _, peas , h " og , 30 s to 32 s , maple , 30 s to 85 s , white , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 80 s . beans , l arco new , 21 s to 28 s , ticks 23 s to 25 s , harrow , 24 s to 28 s , pi geo _*^ 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 17 s to 236 ' ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , Scotch feed , 10 s to 22 s , Irish feed and black , 17 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 20 s to 24 s , linseed ( sowing ) 00 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per Jast , carl raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt ., rape cake , £ 5 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 000 , flour , Der sack of 2801 bs ., ship , 30 s to 33 s , town , 38 s to 42 s .

      Foreign . —Wheat . _—Uantzig-, 48 s to 56 s , _AnhaJfc an ( j Marks , 44 s to 48 s , ditto white , 45 s to 51 s , Pomeranian red 47 s to 48 s , BostOCk , 46 s to 50 s , Danish , Holstein _, and Friesland , 42 s to 45 s , Petersburg , Archangel , and R- g , 41 s to 44 s , Polish Odessa , 42 s , to 4 Gs , Marianopoli and hurdianski , 38 s to 44 s , Taganrog , 35 s to 39 s , Brabant and French , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 42 s to 46 s , Salonica , 35 s to 38 s , Egyptian , 25 s to 29 s , rye , 23 _e to 25 s , barley , Wismar and Hostock , 21 s to 23 s , Danish , 22 s to 26 s , Saal , 2 i > t 0 27 s , East Friesland , 18 s to 20 s , Egyptian , lGs to 198 , Danube , 16 s to 19 s , peas , white , 24 s to 2 Gb , new boilers , - ! 8 s to 30 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , pigeon , 28 s to 30 s , _Egj-p . tian , 24 s to 2 Gs , oats , Groiungen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lGs to 18 s , ditto , thick and brew , 19 s to 21 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish . l _? s to 18 s , fl _« ur , United States , per 19 Clbs ., 24 s to 26 s , Hamburg 22 s to 23 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French , per 280 ] bs ,, 35 s to 37 s .

      Wed . _nesdat _, Feb . 14 . —Again we have to report a fair supply of wheat , but short of other grain . The accounts from all the country markets held yesterday being dull toned , the effect here is to cause our buyers to be vei * y _reserved . Arrivals this week : _—wTieat—English , 1 , 020 qrs . "foreign , 9 , 410 qrs . Barley—English , 810 ; foreign , 4 , 020 . qrs . Oats—EngUsh , 1 , 74 . 0 qrs . ; Irish , 1 , 240 qrs . ; _foreij-n , 270 qrs . Flour 1 , 130 sacks . FBiDAr , Feb . 16 , —There was very little English wheat fresh up for market ; hut the arrivals of foreign were again liberal . Although holders evinced a disposition to submit to a reduction of fully ls per qr . upon the rates of Hondnv last , tho millers acted with extreme caution , audpurchasg ' ii the merest retail quantities . Barley , oats , beans , and peas , were dull of sale , but prices cannot be quoted lower . Flour was rather easier to buy .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the . metropolis are from 7 d to 7 _^ d ; of household ditto , 5 d to G _} d _jier _tibs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , Feb . 12 , —On the whole , the supply of foreign beasts in to-day ' s market was tolerably good , and there was a slight improvement in its general quality , The number of sheep from abroad was again limited , but that of calves was seasonably extensive . Each kind of foreign stock met a very dull inquiry , and prices had a downward tendency , without effecting a clearance . Thero was a considerable increase in the supply of home-fed beasts on offer _tjiis morning compared with that exhibited on this day se nnight . A very small number was beneath the quality . Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country bujers was good , pie beef trade was exceed _, ingly heavy ; and , to effect sales , a decline of from 2 d to , in some instances , 4 d per 8 lbs . was submitted to by tlie

      salesmen . The extreme quotation for the best Scots did not exceed 3 s lOd per 8 lbs . At the close of the market several droves left unsold . The present value of live stock here will be best understood when we observe that , tliis morning , beef was selling at from 4 d to 8 d , mutton 4 d to Sd , veal 6 d to 8 d , and 4 d per 8 lbs . beneath the prices cb taincd at the corresponding period in 1848 . We have to re . port the arrival of a full average number of sheep , the re . turn showing an increase in it of about 3 , 000 head ; owine to wliich the mutton trade was in a very dull state , at a fafi in the currencies of quite 2 d per 8 lbs , The primest old Downs sold at from 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd per 8 lbs . We were well supplied with calves . Prime small qualities of veal moved off steadily at full prices , in other kinds next to nothing was done . Very little business was transacted s pigs , at last week ' s prices .

      Head of Cattle at S * flT * " _*** ii * Li > . Beasts .. .. 3 , 0161 Calves .. .. 54 Sheep .. .. iy , 180 [ _Pigs us Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 3 s Od to 3 s lOd I Veal .. 3 s lOd to 4 s lOd Mutton .. 3 4 .. 4 10 Pork .. 3 4 .. 4 8

      Per Slbs . by the carcase . _Newsate and _Leadenhau ,, Monday , Feb . 12 . — Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime large , 3 s Od to 8 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 dto 3 s 6 a ; _lnrj-c pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s lOd ; prime ditto , 4 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 8 s lOd to 4 s Gd . Fridat , Feb . 16 . —The supply of beasts was large , consisting principally of foreign and those left unsold on lionday last . A few choice selling things made about 3 s lOd , but 3 s 8 d was the fair average for best qualities ; indeed , very little business was doing , and several could not be sold . For the time of year tlie number of sheep was quite large enough . The demand was so very limited , tliat Mon day ' s quotations were scarcely realised . Trade for calves was rather more active , but it was difficult to obtain any advance in price . Pigs met with a dull sale at about late prices . From Germany and Holland there were : HS beasts , 528 sheep , and 60 calves ; from France , 10 calves : from Scotland , 240 beasts ; and 136 milch cows from the home counties .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Gardes , Monday . Feb . 12 . —This market was well supplied with most articles in season , with a moderate trade doing , at the following prices : —Forced rhubarb , is to ls 9 d ; and brocoli , 8 d to 2 s per bundle . Apples , Is 6 d to 4 s Gd -pears , 5 s to 10 s ; onions , Is 3 d to Is Gd ; Brussels sprouts , ls to 2 s ; spiuach , 6 d to 10 d ; and parslev , » 1 to ls 3 d per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s to 4 s ; savoys , ( id to Is ; celery , Gd to ls 3 d ; and horseradish , ls Cd to 2 s Od per dozen heads ; turnips , ls 3 d to 2 s ; carrots , 3 s Gd to 4 s : and greens , ls Sd to 2 s 0 d per dozen bunches ; hothouse grapes , 4 s to 5 s ; Foreign ditto , 9 d to Is Gd ; pine apples . 4 s to 5 s ; and filberts , ls to 2 s per lb . ; oranges , 4 s to lit ? . lemons , os to 9 s ; and forced asparagus , 2 s 6 d to 5 s _** cr hundred ; sea kale , _8 d to 2 s * mushrooms , Gd to ls ; ami new potatoes , SA to Is per punnet ; turnip greens , ( id to l « d , and brocoli sprouts lOd to ls 4 d per bushel basket .

      POTATOES . Sodthwabk "Watehside , Feb . 12 . —The arrivals durint * tlie past week have heen quite equal to the demand , wliich lias been very heavy , and in several lots less prices hasbeen submitted to . The following are this day ' s quotations : -Yorkshire Regents , 100 s to 150 s ; Newcastle ditto , 100 s to 120 s ; Scotch ditto , 100 s to 130 s ; Ditto cups , 90 s to 100 s : French whites , 80 s to _UOs ; _Belgian , 80 s to 100 s .

      _PROVISIONS London , Monday . —The transactions in Irish butter since our last have been few and unimportant ; prices nominal , lhe sale of foreign was also slow , except line Friesland , wh : ch found buyers at 110 s per cwt . Irish bacon not _frcel " dealt 111 , nor prices weli supported . Hams in fair demand and price . Lard in better sale , and the turn dearer . American singed bacon sold well , and the best at improved rates . Middles in moderate request ; prices steady . i-NGLisn _BuiTEtt Mabket . Feb . 12 . —As the season advances , our old butter becomes more aud more a drue in the market

      , and prices for the article are difficultto quote , hut all lower none is saleable except here _' smd theve ft tiu parcel , which is rarely to be met with . The same re _* t > tl also applies to Irish butter , the stock of wliich was verj iieavy , and despite of great exertions on the part of _lioldi-ri to sell , is hardly reduced at all . The end of old butter this season must he very had . As yet but very little new mite Dorset butter has made its appearance here , so that tl * » n ? _t „ £ * _ii 1 , owevw * we may safely calculate that i _: will be about fifteen per cent , under the opening price ol ij . las * and Previous years . Dorset , fine autumn-ma * , _?„™ 2 ? vtr __ , - dlt _* ' summer-made aud inferior . $ to f / _£ . esh Bn _, c anShamshire , ios to 14 s per dozen ; ditw West of England , 8 s to 12 s . _f '

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . _Lontmk _* , Tuesday , Feb . 13 . —The weight of thepul * l _£ l _^ _X _™ Cn < l emly mo than the market coulJ bear hut the importers sustained prices hv buviw ' * largely ; out of 15 , 000 bags of _tfa-iritius / _full / IS" U bought in - the vemamdw sold at last weeVs ni-iee " 0 * of 10 500 bags Bengal , full y 3 , 000 wereThough ? ™ _ftcV 2 ™ _Wr * _Braves at about 6 d decline , ' W _* grarny descnptions sold at previous rates . 2 0 UU Use * _rfr _iot , r _^\ 8 ,, l ) , ? _^^* _•* - *•» _soldatlttV prices . 500 hogsheads of West India sold ( 130 _of-vi _>» were Bardadoes ) in publie sale , the result showing a _W « 2 * _™ meS 8 «; a i ' ic , es which averaged those of _W _rSf ! a _S e refin ( ; d m , arket _^ ady , but Sot active . lhe coffee market Ms been flat . 1 , 800 _b-j-s of (* omn # good ordinary native Ceylon were offered , for wliicfi _^ tull previous value , 35 s , was not bid , and they were mil- * w r i , 00 , , a s vel'y B ° ordinary sold , 35 s ; a *•* _Mhtn _?*^ v ¥ ' _^ f iIouha ' S °° _° _* 8 arUe _' ' * i tra t ' WaS V than the P _revious l , rivaM c Bice has sold , without spirit , at last week ' s currency . I

      COAL . London Monday Feb . 12 . -. From the official report _« tne Coal Meter ' s Office , we quote the following sta tem _* _" ' : ¦ -The total quantity of coaht , & c , delivered in the _lW * London during the month of January , was iHl _. SW' _-S Of this quantity we have again to observe that tltf _^ nwn-ber of 105 _. 18 C tons was delivered bv private ****** u _^ _fef _' _" * the offici _* d cer tificate . _Ste-f _*? _j _E , " _-Kf-My-l ' _-i . IBs M J Wylam , 13 s ; Tees , 15 s 34 £ from laBtday 132 ships ; fresh arrivals 106 . Total , > Market closed very heavy .

      WOOL . _Cixr , Monday , Feb . 12 _, -The . imports of wol fotoI _** g _umr eU r \ T * 11 S beUes fro , n Germany , 30 from B _* _J 100 from Odessa , 20 . from the Cape , and 3 0 torn *** , Ayres . The public sales of Colonial have been in Iff ! f , since Wednesday week , and are going to 2 d . to 3 d . _a-i '" " _** STATE OP TRADE . _^ Manohester , Tuesday .-We have had another v _& g factory market this day , transactions generally 1 » r _, been much limited by the unsettled state of tlie _« _" »' for the raw material . The advances in co " _" ,, _^ been so constant , and so far beyond tlie advance- , ' _, | t . the manufacturers have heen enabled to obtain , dun n- , _, last few weeks , that many purchasers have been toi _* 1 _* _^ _^ driven out of the market . Buyers for foreign I 10 ' * ,:.,, !!' quite unable to meet present rates , and are _consul j doing little or nothing . Nor is the home trade in _> ' jbetter condition , though many offers were _yerterda _; . j at the rates current . last week ; they were in •¦ T . ' _-tf ' cases refused , and manufacturers sav , tlfat even » " sent higher prices are far from remunerative .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17021849/page/8/