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      authorities have power to embody special constables to keep the peace ? They are at full liberty to do so , and may swear in special constables to-morrow if tbey please , but it is after they have sworn them in , and wish to support them , that they make application for the military in order to ena ' ble the special constables to do their duty . ( Cheers . ) In fact , the state of society has changed from the time when every man was ready to arm himsulf , and to go out into the streets to keep the peace of the tov : i . The great mass of the peop le in towns ar © now accustomed to follow peaceable occupations , and look to other forces to enable- the peace of the town to be kept , and if you refuse them all military assignee , and if they were to be harassed week after week , and night after night , bv being called

      -out to do the duty of special constables ,- it would g ive rise to great discontent , and to numerous coniplaiiits of the government of the country . ( Cheers . ) In euect , thereof , when we call in the troops under such circumstances , it is not to keep down the people but to defend the majority from the minority—( he ' -. r hear ) , and to protect the great mass of the well-affected against the smaller number of the turbulent—persons not well contented , and boys , and others rerv often hardly connected with the towns , iut who , if there was not some assistance given to preserve order , would not only be very mischievous , but commit serious injuries on private property . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought it necessary to defend my

      right hon . friend , and not only this government but the ireneral government of the country , from the statements of the hon . gentleman . ( Hear . ) Nothing can be more tmfounded than the statement that the military force of this country is maintained to k ' . M .-p down the people , and I am very sorry that the lion , gentleman , knowing as he must do the iistory of his country , should have lent his authority to assertions which , if generally believed could do nothing but mischief among the people . ( Cheers . ) The committee having divided , the amendment of Mr . Hghe was negatived by 182 to 40 . The votes were agreed to , and with the usual desultory discussion , after disposing of some other business , the House adjourned at one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 20 . HOUSE OF LOIIDS . —So business of importance was done in this Ilouse . DOUSE 9 F COMMONS . —After disposing of the private business questions and notices of motion , Itr . Uorsmas , after presenting two petitions upon the -ubject , moved for an address , praying her . Majesty to issue a commission of inquiry into certain allegations by the parishioners of Bishop TVearmouta ami Sunderlnnd , and into an asserted agreement between the patron of the living of Bishop Wearmouth and the incumbent , whereby the surplus above the reserved income of the living is to be paid over to trustees ; and tc report the best mode of appropriating that surplus to spiritual

      purposes . He stated facts showing that , owing to the ill distribution of the revenues of those benefices , the dense population had been neglected by the ¦ C hurch ; he entered into various details concerning the arrangement between the Bishop of Durham ( the patron ) and the incumbent of Bishop AVear mouih npon the subject of the temporalities of the living ; he contended that many of the evils and abuses connected with the existing distribution and administration of ecclesiastical revenues were congregi . ied in the wealthy and populous parish of BisEop Wearmouth , and he protested against the doctrine of episcopal irresponsibility , which had been broached by Lord John Russell with relation to tliii matter .

      LorJ J . KcssEii denied that he had laid down any such doctrine as that of episcopal irresponsibility ; he considered that bishops were bound to regard their patronage as a public trust , and to exercise it for the public benefit . But it was a very long step from episcopal irresponsibility to say that in each particular case of the use of patronage the Houw of Commons might be called upon to give an opinion whether it had been properly exercised ; and in th := case the petitioners , and Mr . Horsman like-¦ wise , bad esprcssly disclaimed any imputation against the individuals nominated by the Bishop . Lord John Russell then examined the specific allegati-jiis of the petitioners , and of Mr . Horsman , respecting the spiritual wants of the population , the distribution of the revenues , and the arrangement in question , the object of which was to increase the

      amount of spiritual instruction . With reference to the motion , declining to give a positive opinion whether the arrangement was the best that could possibly be made , considering that it was confessed by t . ' se petitioners that the clergymen appointed to the benefice were " eminently fit , " and " of exemplary character , " that the arrangement was intended to diminish the income of the rector , and to apply the surplus to the spiritual instruction of the parish , he thought it better that Parliament should make soms general arrangement than act in an individual case tainted with a good deal of personal feeling . Mi-. Alderman Thompson supported the motion , expressing his regret that Lord John Russell had not boen authorised by the Bishop of Durham to state that a bill would be brought in to deal with the temporalities of Bishop Wearmouth .

      Lord H . Yane thought Mr . Ilorsman had been unfair and ungenerous towards the Bishop of Durham , ¦ who ^ e distribution of patronage had been as fair as could be , and of whose liberality to incumbents of poor livings he had personal knowledge . Mr . Dishaeli wished to know what objection there could be to the introduction of a bill . Lord John Eus : fcil had admitted that a parliamentary measure would be the best course , and if he would give an assurance that a bill should be introduced , it would spare the House a painful duty . said it

      The Chaxceixob of the Excheqtjee was not for the government to take the matter up . Wu-. v rights were indisputable , to legislate against them without the consent of the parties interested would be an act of spoliation . Sir R . Peel would be very reluctant to acquiesce , in a ajotJon implying disrespect for a bishop whose general conduct in the discharge of his duties did not deserve any harsh judgment , and expressed his hope if the motion was negatived that the noble lord would make friendly recommendations to the Bishop of Durham , in accordance with the unanimous feeling of the House and of all parties concerned , to set the example of a new appropriation of

      theso revenues bv act of parliament . Lori Ashj-et said the great objection of Mr . Ilorsman was that the Bishop had transferred the surplus iucome of the incumbent to the hands of trustees , to accumulate for an indefinite time and an indefinite purpose—funds which were given for spiritual purposes . He most heartily concurred in the principle of the movement initiated by Mr . Horsman : but he hoped that , after he had elicited so stronir an expression of opinion , he would abstain from " pressing his motion to a division , and leave the matter to the good sense of the Bishop of Durham . After some further discussion ,

      Mr . Hobsmax said his position in respect to this question was a very difficult one , as this was not an isolated motion , but one oi a series of motions ; and he referred to various propositions regarding ecclesiastical revenues wliich he had in the last session withdrawn upon pledges from the government , which had not been fulfilled . Lo : « l J . R . C 39 ELI . denied that he had given any such j'iedges , stating that the press of other important };> ibhc business had prevented his bringing forward s-ich measures as those alluded to by the hon . member .

      Sir F . Barixg had waited until the Last moment , in th « hope that the hon gentleman would withdraw Ii 3 motion ; but , as such was not the case , he would move the previous question . On a division Mr . Horsman ' s motion was negatived » iy a majority of 13 ; the numbers , 39 to 52 . Mr . Slaxet " was proceeding to submit a resolution relative to the adoption of means for improving the working classes , when the House was counted out , shortly after eight o clock . WEDNESDAY , March 26 . HO 1 SE OF COMMONS . —Small Debts ( Tue-1 A 5 D ) Bill . —Mr . W . Faqax moved the second reading of the Small Debts ( Ireland ) Bill , stating that it was framed on the principle of the English Count v Courts Act , and no dcubt would prove , should the House agree to it , as advantageous in its operation for Ireland , as that act had done in this chantry .

      Mr . 5 atiek felt himself compelled to oppose the bill , on the ground of the legal difficulties that stood in the way of applying the provisions of the English measure to the machinery now existing in Ireland . It would be highly objectionable , also , to eonvere the petty sessions courts of justices into a kind of civil tribunal , inasmuch as the effect would 6 e to create a scene of turmoil from one end of Ireland io the other . Sir W . Somervillb considered that the adoption Ot the measure would be fraught with great danger . The subject had been fully considered by the

      Solicitor-Gt'itcral for Ireland and himself , and they had 'found die objections to applying such a measure insuperable . - Sir If . KoBRETa retorted upon Mr . Xapier that it was not to be expected that members of the legal profession would facilitate the amendment of the law , and pointed out tho inconsistency of that hon . and learned member who had a bill on the paper , giving magistrates cognizance of contracts , which wonlu involve the decision of nice legal questions , while he objected to their deciding a simple question of debt .

      Mr . HcME thought justice to Ireland required the extension of an act which had worked well in this country , and with reference to the bill being opposed bj certain parties in Ireland , referred to the allescd fact every attorney hi England had opposed the County Courts Act . Mr . J . O'Coxxell wished the bill tobe referred to & . elect committee . Tin SouciTOK-fiBSERAi was of opinien that tho County Courts Act might be extended to Ireland with advantage , but it must first be determined b

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      what machinery it was to be worked out , which could only be done by having the clauses drawn and settledbv competent parties . The proposed jurisdiction to be given to the magistrates was highly objectionable , and as the House appeared to be a-reeduuon nothing but the title of the bill , he sugg ested its withdrawal . After some further conyerfation the House divided , when the second reading was negatived by a majority of 2 , the numbers being " Landlord axd Tenant Bill . —The Landlord and Tenant Bill was committed pro for ma , in order that it might be reprinted with certain alterations , which Mr . PusEr said he had made in it since the second reading in order to obviate tlie difficulties suggested ^ Mr . Mullings and other members . The bill was ordered to be re-committed next Wednesday , after a declaration of unabated hostility to it by Colonel Sibthorp and Sir George Strickland ,

      Tub Clergy Relief Bill . — Mr . Booterie , in moving to refer this bill to a select committee , said , a statement had appeared in one of the leading journals of London , in reference to the case of a gentleman which was the immediate occasion of this measure , and , as it impugned the accuracy of the statement he ( Mr . Bouverie ) had made , he thought it right to state to the House the facts of the case , without entering into any controversy on the question then before them . It was stated in one of the morning papers that " the object of the proceedings in the Arches Court was not to imprison or excommunicate Mr . Shore—but to depose him — in other words , to divest him by the only process which the law affords for that purpose of an office the duties of

      which he felt himself conscientiously unable to discharge , " and that " Mr . Shore , a clergyman of the Church of England , persisted in officiating without the licence of the bishop . " Without insisting , as he mi g ht do , that the diversement so alleged to be prayed for of Mi ' . Shore from holy orders would not free him from the liability of proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court , he would simply state that that allegation was not only not the fact , Jmt directly the reverse of it . He happened to have in his possession the whole formal proceedings that had taken place in the Arches Court , and which were subsequently laid before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , and he found in the articles of accusation against Mr . Shore that the final and

      concluding prayer was this , — " That you , the said Rev . James Shore , clerk , be admonished to abstain for the future from publicly reading prayers , preaching , and administering the holy sacrament of the Lord s Supper , or performing ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the said unconsecrated chapel , without a licence , or other authority in that behalf , first had and obtained , and that you be otherwise duly and canonically punished and corrected according to the nature of your offence and the exigency of the law , and that you be condemned in the costs made and to be made ; " and in accordance with that prayer he found in the judgment of Sir H . J . Pust the following passage , — " When the case came originally before the Court , the prayer at the conclusion of the article was , that he should be

      admonished to abstain from performing ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the chapel in question , be canonically punished according to the exigency of the law , and be condemned in costs . As I understand , the prayer now made to the Court is to the same effect . " Mr . IIesley was glad the hon . gentleman had taken the course of referring this bill to a select committee , and hoped that some provision might be introduced that every clergyman wishing to divest himself of Ms office should be divested of it through the same authority by which he was invested with it . The mode now pointed out by the bill was a very summary proceeding , almost enabling a man to divest himself of the office of clergyman with as little trouble as to blow his nose . ( A laugh . ) It was too summary for so serious a business .

      The bill was ultimately referred to a select committee . Insolvent Members Bill . — On the motion for going into committee on thi 3 bill , Mr . Henley suggested delay . Mr . Moffatt saw no objection to proceeding with it at once . Sir H . Willouguby asked whether a member who was called upon for the payment of costs in a suit would be liable under the bill to be deprived of his seat ? The Solicitor-Gexehal replied undoubtedly such would be the result ; precisely the same process would be gone through as when a judgment was obtained in the case of an ordinary debt .

      Mr . R . Palmer suggested that the members of both branches of the legislature ought to be placed on the same footing , and that a similar bill ought to be introduced in the House of Lords . Sir W . Clay thought it perfectly certain that the other House would not pass a similar measure to the present , and this alone constituted a fatal objection to the present measure . Giving every credit to the honourable member who introduced this bill ( Mr . Moffatt ) for bis good intentions , he though * the nouse was proceeding on a principle that was wholiy false . It was perfectly clear , from what the Solicitor-General had just stated , that for no moral

      fault , but simpry in consequence of becoming involved in a law suit , a member of that House might be deprived of his seat . ( Hear . ) Now , that was at variance with the principles of a representative constitution , fora man was not elected because he was rich , but because of his probity , his talents , his knowledge of the local wants of his constituents , or a dozen other things . He would almost say that the House had no right to limit the choice of the British empire except to say that they should not elect in that Ilouse a man who had been guilty of some disgraceful act . If such a bill as the present had beeii in existence fifty years ago , Fox , Sheridan , and probably Pitt , would have been excluded from the House .

      The Solicitor-General explained that the effect of the bill was , that if a man became insolvent and vacated his seat in consequence , there was nothing to prevent his constituents from electing him again , if they so thought fit . ( Hear . ) It mi ght be said that in that case he would have no qualification ; but if the electors chose to continue their confidence in him they mig ht re-elect him . It was a very common thing at present for a man to get a qualification who was insolvent , and there were many ways in which a man after being declared insolvent might sit in Parliament if his constituents thought proper . If this bill had been in existence it would not have prevented Mr . Fox , Mr . Sheridan , and Mr . Pitt from sitting in Parliament , but he thought it might have prevented them from getting into debt . ( Hear , hear . ) Where the electors had elected a man thinking him to be not insolvent , the bill would give them an opportunity of deciding whether he

      was a fit man to continue to represent them , they having elected him under different circumstances . The act did make the law more strict against insolvents than against bankrupts , and there was some reason for it . A trader might by accidental circumstances become a bankrupt ; but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred a man became insolvent by culpable misconduct . ( Hear . ) Tho bankrupt was , therefore , to sit and vote for twelve months after the date of his fiat ; the court of law might exercise a discretion in the case of an insolvent member of that House , and , unless in cases of great misconduct , that would also be about the time , in most cases , which would elapse before the seat of an insolvent member would be vacated . A similar measure , applicable to members of the other House , must come spontaneously from that House , and probably , if the present measure were found to work well , the other House might be induced to originate a similar bill as regarded their own members .

      Mr . F . O ' Coxxor : —Sir , if the question had been complicated before , the hon . and learned Solicitor-General has succeeded in convincing me , and I think the House , that the proposition is " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now what does he propose ? Why neither more nor less than that the person who has been declared an insolvent , and in consequence may have lost his seat to day , may be eligible to be re-elected to-morrow . ( Hear , hear . ) Now that is tho whole question , simp lify it as he may in its details . Wiat did the first minister of the Crown declare in his place in parliament with reference to the oaths required to be taken by members ? Why that it was the duty of parliament , as far as possible , to simplify those oaths , while now it appears to bo the intention of

      parliament , to puzzle the people as well as their representatives . The people were demanding payment of members , and no property qualification . ( A laugh . ) Well , he would discuss those questions another time , but what he would now ask was , whether parliament was prepared to move backward , just when the people were preparing and determined to move onward ? He ( Mr . O'Connor ) would not be liable to the provisions of this bill , but he warned hon . members who were not so circumstanced , that the result would be compulsion to pay debts which may be sued for that were not justly due , fromnn apprehension that some opposing party , adverse to the member's principles , might induce some clever attorney to hamper him under the provisions of this bill . . ..

      Mr . HtaiE believed { here was a 6 trong feeling on the part of many peers that a similar measure should he introduced in tho House of Lords ; but with that tho House of Commons had nothing to do . Sir W . Ciat moved that the chairman report progress ; and , after some observations from Mr . IT . Jerkeley , Mr . Stafford , Mr . Mackintosh , and Col . Thompson , the committee divided : ayes , 34 ; noes , ' 77 ; when the clauses were proceeded with . Mr . R . Palmer moved a clause , which was agreed to , placing an insolvent , under the bill , in the same position with a bankrupt member under the existing act , wliich rendered him ineligible for re-election , until he should have obtained his discharge in due course of law . Mr . Berxal expressed his belief that nothing which could be done would remove the vice of the principle of the bill . Mr . C . Lewis brought up the Public Roads Bill ( No . 2 ) , which was read a first time .

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      On the motion of Mr . Soiherojt , the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill was read a second time , and Mr . Mullings having introduced a bill to extend the remedies of sequestration of ecclesiastical benefices , the House adjourned at five o ' clock . ( From our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , March , 15 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Hate in Aid Bill .-Thb Chancellor of the Exchequer answered Sir Robert Peel by statingi ' r at the second reading of the Rate in Aid Bill would ertainly be proceeded with before Easter .

      Agricultural Burdexs . —The adjourned debate on the burdens on agriculture was oponod by Mr . M . Gibson , who drew the attention of tho House to the distinction existing between the two motions before them , involving , as they did , entirely ditterent principles—the one being founded upon leaving the whole amount of the public burden and taxation as it now stood , merely transferring a portion from one class to another , by adding a charge of six millions on the consolidated fun < 3 ; and the other , founded on the principle of giving relief to all classes—agricultural as well as commercial—first by a reduction of expenditure , in order that the claims of the national creditor might be duly satisfied , and noxt , by apptyin / r the surplus to the repeal of thoso taxes which

      pressed upon the agricultural and commercial industry of the country . The right hon . gentleman then proceeded to review the state of the local taxation of the country , and urged that , even if the transfer of the charge of six millions to the consolidated fund took place , still there would be the same machinery necessary for the collection of the rates ; and , therefore , if the proposition was sound in principle , it would be better to transfer the whole charge to that source . He had never agitated for the repeal of the malt tax , because he had thought there were good economical arguments against it , but looking to the fiscal reforms that had taken place , and the principle upon which they had been

      carried out , he thought the like arguments applied to the malt tax , and that its repeal might be justified on the same grounds ; therefore he was now prepared to advocate its repeal , which would be . in perfect consistency with the policy parliament had hitherto pursued . If , however , hon . gentlemen turned their backs on reduction of sxpenditure , and pursued the phantom now leading them astray , they would run the risk of letting tho repeal of the malt tax slip through their fingers , and the opportunity might not offer itself for some time of conferring this great boon on the agricultural interest , on the labouring classes , and on the general industry of the country .

      Mr . Ker Setmer defended the landlords from the attacks which had been made upon them . He should vote for tho motion of his hon . friend the member for Buckinghamshire . Lord Norrets could not vote for the original resolution , because if such a plan were carried it would necessarily lead to an increase of the income tax ; neither could he vote for the amendment of the hon . member for Montrose , because it would be in opposition to the vote he had given on the motion of the hon . member for the West Riding , which involved the keeping faith with the public creditor .

      Mr . C . Lewis entered at some length into the principle involved in local taxation , particularly with regard to the poor laws , and expressed his conviction that the only means of keeping the relief of the poor within bounds consistent with the safety of property , was a strict adherence to the princip le of local taxation and administration . The adoption of the plan proposed by the honourable member for Buckinghamshire would not afford any relief to the landowners and agriculturists . Sir M . J . Chomlev expressed his intension of voting for the motion of the hon . member for Buckinghamshire , but would suggest that , instead of an increase in the income tax , as contemplated by the

      Chancellor of the Exchequer , there should be a moderate fixed duty on foreign corn . Mr . P . W . Miles contended that , for the purposes of nationality , real property was too : highly taxed , and that what was required was that a mode should be devised in which tho unfair pressure could be best removed from the shoulders of those who now bore it , and that it should be redistributed more justly . It was because he believed the proposition of his hon . friend would have this effect that he felt he had no choice , but must vote for it . Air . Bbiojit , in reference to a quotation from a speech of his read hy the hon . member for Buckinghamshire , in which he was represented to have admitted that great distress prevailed among the

      agricultural classes , denied that he had ever expressed himself to that effect : what he had said was that although there might have been something of the sort said at meetings here and there in Cambridge , or in Suffolk perhaps , yet in the south of England the cry of agricultural distress had scarcely been heard . The hon . gentleman then proceeded to refer to the price of wheat , stating that inasmuch as at Dantzic wheat was now 53 s . a quarter , and other wheat of fair quality 48 s ., English wheat of the same quality as the latter would fetch the same price . Therefore

      if that were so , the pretence on which the motion had been brought forward had signally failed , that no ground had been laid for any change in the existing burdens on the land which could be justified either by the present condition of the tenant farmer , or by the price of agricultural produce in the home markets . The hon . member concluded his address by paying a tribute to the character of Mr . Cobden , warning the house that the measures his hon . friend proposed had the sympathy of millions , and many sessions would not pass before the house would vote for the measure which he recommended .

      Mr . S . Herbert concluded a speech of some length by expressing the opinion that ho thought the house had some right to complain , when a plan of this magnitude was proposed , that there was no mention how the expenses were to be met ; and not believing that any explanation which could be given would render the plan more feasible , and not wishing to raise false hopes , he should oppose the motion . The Marquis of Giunby followed in support of the motion for going into committee , and Mr .

      Goulburn- and Lord J . Russell against . Mr . Cobdex , in an address of some length , supported Mr . Hume ' s amendment , after which Mr . Disraeli spoke in reply , and the Ilouse divided , first on Mr . Hume ' s amendment , wliich was negatived by a majority of 324—the numbers 7 . 0 to 3 'Ji ; and secondly , on the original motion , which was rejected by a majority of 91—the numbers ISO to 2 S 0 . The result of the latter division was hailed with loud Protectionist cheers , and the House adjourned at two o clock . ( From owr Third Edition of last week . )

      FRIDAY , March 10 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The business was limited to the presentation of petitions and reading the Overseers ( Cities and Boroughs ) Bill a second time . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Committee ofSupflt . —On the question of going into committee of supply . Mi . nuME moved the following amendment : — " That in the state of the finances of the country , her Majesty's ministers , before calling on this Ilouse to vote the estimates for the public service , should submit a general financial statement of the whole or expected revenues , and the total intended expenditure for the ensuing financial year . " The hon . member , in answer to an anticipated objection of throwing any difficulty in the way of the government , said there could be no objection to voting a reasonable sum on account , until thc required statement was before the House . Sip II . Willougiiby seconded tho motion .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer combatted the proposition , which was supported . by Sir . Cobden . , On a division the motion was rejected , by a majority of 49 , tho numbers , 48 to 97 . Navy Estimates . —Mi . Waud concluded a speech of details as regards the past and present condition of the navy , by moving that the number of seamen , marines , and boys for the ensuing year be 40 , 000 , the number for the past year having been 43 , 000 . Mr . Hume replied at some length to the observations of the preceding speaker , and after some general observations on financial matters , moved that the number of seamen , marines and boys , be reduced to 35 , 000 .

      The amendment was opposed , on the part of the government , by Sir P . T . Baring and Lord John IlussELL , and wa 3 supported b y Sir W . Molesworth and Mr . Cobden , the latter of whom proceeded to call the attention of the House to the gross mis * management which existed not onl y in the naval department , but also in all the government establishments—indeed , the larger the establishment the greater the waste . The only way by which a reasonable reduction in the cost of tho navy could be effected must be by changing tho system , and having smaller establishments . The committee then divided , when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 86 , the numbers being 144 to 5 ? , and the vote , as also tho second on the head of wages , was agreed to .

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      EiREA-CH OF PROMISE OF , MARRIAGE . - ^ MAN SUING A FEMALE . Liverpool , March 20 ,-Kershaw v . Cass . In this case Mr . Watson , Q , C-, ami Mr . P . Robinson , appeared for the p laintiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Hugh Hill for the defendant . This was an action brought by the plaintiff , an elderly widower , aged sixty-seven , to recover compensation in damagesfrom the defendant , an elderly Widow Of fifty-S veil , for a breach of prom . se ofW via-e . The defendant pleaded that she did nofc prom se in manner and form .-Mr . Watson opened fhTSse . The p laintiff had at one time acquired considerable property , but in cowequen ^ ^ railway siieculatiors it had been dimmnhed ; the defendant owned the house in wliich she resided , and a Few acres of land . In September of last year , Mr .

      Kershaw made advances to Mrs . Cass . lie ( ivir . waxson ) could not prove what had taken placo « n the first ' occasion , because the plaintiff and defendant only were present : but there were several meetings between the pirties , at which overtures of marriage were made to Mrs . Cass . which were well received , as would be seen bv a letter from Mre . Cass to the plaintiff . This ha < i been written for her by her br ther-in-law , a Mr . Rore , a local methodise preacher , residing in the neighbourhoo-l : - " v > "t erhead Mill , Oct . 12 , 1848 I write you to say that I shall not beat home till Monday next ; and likewise , that I have considered the question you meutiored in all its bearings , and have come to the conclusion ( at least for the present ) not ti enter into the solemn and important state of marriage . I hope you will

      direct your attention to another quarter , l tmnK that you could possibly find one who would suit jr » u much better than I possibly might . Wishing you the true enjoyment of the things of this life ; but , above all , meetness to enjoy the things of an eternal state , I subscribe myself , your well-wisher , Maria Cass . " On this encouragement Mr . Kersbaw followed up his suit , with what success the witnes 3 ss would pro ^ e . —Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , for defendant : I ask your lordship if it is not a shame to take up the time of the court with such nonsense ? We don't cast any aspersions upon the gentleman at all , but the idea that a jury would give damages in such a case is preposterous . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : What do you propose , brother?—Mr . Sergeant

      Wilkins : To withdraw a juryman . —Mr . Watson refused to consent . —Joseph Andrew Kersbaw , the son of the plaintiff , was called . His father , be said , was now retired from business . He had formerly been a fruit dealer in Rochdale . Witness went to see Mrs . Cass , the defendant , on the 17 th of November last , and took tea with her . They had some conversation together . He ( witness ) told Mrs . Cass he was well pleased with his father ' s choice , and would like to see them married , happy and comforfable . She thanked him , and said she would make an affectionate mother-in-law . He answered that he would try to prove a dutiful son . ( Laughter . ) Witness again went to Mrs . Cass ' s on the 20 th December , with a eiff . and brought Mrs . Rose and Mrs .

      Cass to his father ' s house . Tliey dined there . It was agreed that they should be married by licence on the first market Monday in January . The party stayed till night , and witness then drove them home . Witness went on the Friday to take an inventory of Mrs . Cass ' s goods , when she said , " I ' m sorry I can ' t let you ; I must see your fathsr first , as there is something between him and me . " She told him to te'l his father to come , which he did , accompanied by witness His father pulled out ' a ring , and called to her to fulfil herpromiae . ( Laughter . ) Mrs . Cass snid she had heard ho had had two wives before , and that he had behaved with cruelty to bofli : two persons had told her so . After some upbraiding , his father said , " Well . Mrs . Cass , I have conducte d myself as a gentleman since I approached you ; I told you my property was encumbered , and have have

      never deceived you . " She answered , " you not . "—Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Wilkins : My father has n » house now : he haB resided with me since May , 1848 . The sheriff sold all his goods . I do not know that whilst courting the defendant there was an execution out against him . My father lias not been in any business for the last twelve months . Ideal in fruit : potatoes also . I do not know that m y father had courted another lady shortly before the defendant . The landlady of the White Beay Inn at Manchester is a widow , but I do not know that my f ither frequented the house . My father has leasehold property , but it is mortgaged fri the extent of £ 1 , SOf > . Berond that , he has no other possession in the world .- Re-examined by Mr . Watson : My father has £ 90 a year coming out of his property independent of the mortgage .

      Mr . Serjbant Wilkins in a very humorous speech , addressed the jury for the defendant . He said , after the doleful appeal which had been made to their sympathies bv his learned friend on the part of this youthful , broken-hearted , love-sick swa n he hardly knew how to address himse'f to the case on the part of the defendant . So numerous and so numerous were the facts , that they reminded him of the once celebrated cat in a tripe shop—he hardly knew where to begin . ( Langhtrr ) Barring the evidence of the plaintiff ' s snn . which came from a most suspicious and interested quarter , this was the most meagre case ever presented to a jury . This was about the third time in the history of cases of this kind in which a man had been booby

      enough to bring such an action . They had occasionally hf-ard of some young woman , after believing in the promises of some swain , and devoting to him the flower of her life in the hope of passing in comfort with him the rest of her days , on being heartless'y deceived , bringing such an action as this ; but had they ever before , in the whole course of their lives , heard of a man sixty-seven years of age —nearly three score years and ten—bringing such an action aga ' nst a woman of fifty-seven , and asking for damages from her frr having changed her mind , yielding to a righteous fit . and determining to devote the short residue of her life to holi ° r objects ? What injury had the plaintiff sustained ? How was he damaged ? It was clear that he was all bnt a

      pauper . Surely the plaintiff did not mean 'o come into court to complain that he could not be a p-nsioner of an old woman for the remainder of his life ? lie complained , not of the loss of her society , or of any want of comfort occasioned thereby , but that in railway matters be had lost his substance , and like a mean paltry fellow , sought to derive his subsistence from the means of this old woman . He ( the learned serjeant ) was strongly reminded when the son came into the witness box of what old Sam Weller said to his son in Pichvick . — " Sara , " said he , " if there be a weakness that I have in this world , it is my affection for widdies , and especially if they happen to have a little blunt at the bottom . " The plaintiff had a great penchant for " widdies , "

      whether they kept the White Bear at Manchester , or lived quiet at Bury , so long as , " there was a little blunt at the bottom . " He could fancy the plaintiff preparing himself for his first visit after the widdy " was recommended" to him , pulling the grey hairs out of his nose and tying his choker round his neck , to puff the wrinkles out of bis cheeks ; and afterwards going to visit her iu her garden . What per suasive topic he had used he ( the learned serjeant ) could not tell - whether he had asked about the weather ? or whether anybody thereabouts kept pigs for sale ? -but he had been most expertitious in his courtship . It was all completed between the end of September and December . They read of Romeo and Juliet , and of youthful passion springing up in a

      moment ; but in this case , an old man of 67 , to whom a widow had been recommended by a doctor , just as he would recommend his medicine , had in somo two months perfected his suit , and they found his son talking to his prospective mother-in-law , f rvd promising to be " a dutiful son'' as early as November . The plaintiff had evidently lost ro time . His learned friend had treated the letter which had been put in as a spark calculated to fan into a name the plaintiff ' s brilliant fancy . He ( the learned serjeant ) did not see it in that light . It began " Waterhead Mill . " As lm brother Murphy observed , that was a cooler to begin with . ( Laughter . ) TThe learned serjeant

      then read the letter . ] Much as they might approve of the closing sentiment of the letter , he certainly never read a less amorous one ; and this was the only written document the p ' aintiff could produce . Then came the evidence of the scene in which the p laintiff ' s son expressed his anxiety tobe a dutiful son-in-law to the defendant . His learned friend had introduced the plaintiff's son as a" fruit merchant , " but he ( the learned serjeant ) was fond of plain Ianguage . The plaintiff's son was what they called in London a " costermonger . " He dealt intaties , tarnips , yapples and sparagrass . " ( Loud laughter . ) The whole proceeding had been of the most businesslike nature . Then came the conclusion : —

      • 'Love theygay is gr wing old , " Arithmetically cold , " Sells his favourite now for gold . " The plaintiff began at the final meeting the defendant notwith I hope , dearest Maria . " ( Laughter . ) He did not address her , '' Light of my life ; charm of my soul , and delight of my eye "—( continued laughter ) ; but he said , " I hope , Mrs . Cass , you have changed your mind ? " Oh , no , I have not . " tl Very well , then , " he says , " 1 tender the nnj —( laughter );—if you don ' t marry me , I have a son to come into the witness box , and I will bring an ac ton for breach of promise of marriage against you . ' He said that this was about the third time in the

      legal history of this country that a man had been such a booby aa to present himself under such circumstances before a jury of his countrymen . His learned friend said aspersions had been cast on the plaintiff , and he never again would bo abb to ho'd "p hishfiadinhis neighbourhood unless he brought this action . Why ? Because he had made such a fool of himself in his old age , playing the old coquet . Did they suppose the plaintiff oared twopence about this widow ? His learned friond said , this was not one of those cases in which " affection could bs said to be like a rose , nipped in its bud . " A rose nipped m its bud !—au old worn o ; t gtvmip ! ( Lov . fl laughter . )

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      " I am cold , I am worse , " I want a nurse , "I want sweet wedlock ' s pleasure . " The plaintiff wanted this old lady ' s soeiety on purpose to keep his back wa ' m—( roars of laughter )—and . he wanted the old lady ' s purse to keep his stomach warm . Burns had said" Oh eie me the lass that has acres of charms , " Oh gi ° . me the lass with the weel stocked farms . " This history of the . courtship of " Widdy Cass , " would henceforth bi memorable . The jlaintiff ' s name would live in old song-, " Did you hear of the Widdy Malone , ' -. - " Oh-hone ! " She liv'd in the town of Athlone

      "Alone , " She bother'd the hearts " Of the swains in them parts " So lovely was Widdy Malone , " Till one Mr . O'Brien , of Clare . ''Ilowquare ! "Put his arms round her waist , " Gave ten kisses at laste , " And says he , " You are my Molly Malone , " ( Roars of laughter . ) lie would now ask them if it were not a waste of time further to consider this matter ? What injury had the plaintiff sustained ? What damages could he recover ? It was clear that he was all but < i pauper , and that he had wished to pension himself for the rest of his life upon the old woman . —His lordship briefly summed up ; and the jury , after consulting for a minute or two , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages , One Farthing .

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      The following appeared in our Town Edition of last week : —

      The Murder at Bristol . —Committal of Sarah Thomas . —The inquiry into the murder of Miss Jefferies was resumed on Thursday , but the evidence given unimportant . The coroner summed up at considerable length with ability , and the jury , after about ten minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Sarah Harriet Thomas . "—The accused , who had maintained a firm and even impudent bearing , was much affected upon hearing the verdict , and when she was removed from tho inquest-room , sobbed bitterly . The mothor still remains in custody , and will be charged before the magistrates as an accessory .

      Suicide in tub Regent s-park . — At the early hour of seven o ' clock on Thursday morning , James George , one of the park constables , and Sergeant Hockaday , of the S division , observed a gentleman upon one of the seats iu the park , near Hanovergate , and he was in such a position as to induce them to imagine that something of a serious nature had taken place . They hastened to the stop , and there beheld a man respectably attired , and between thirty and forty years of age , quite dead and cold , his bruins having been blown out by the discharge of a pistol , which had beyond all doubt boon fired off in his mouth , so that his head was literally shattered to pieces , and the seat on which he reclined was in a complete pool of blood . The

      uody . which has not yet ueen identified , was without loss of time conveyed to Marylcbonc workhouse , where it awaits a coroner ' s inquest . Siiockisg Discovert . —Yesterday ( Friday ) morning about ten o ' clock , the workmen employed pulling down tho houses for the formation of the new street from Walbrook to Queen-street , Southwarkbridge , on entering tho house No . 1 , Castle-court , for that purpose , to their horror , found in one of tho upper rooms tho corpse of a woman , with three children crouched around it , the eldest apparently not ten years , all seeming on the point of death ; the fetid odour that issued from the apartment for the moment compelled the men to retire ; on returning they questioned the children , but all they could glean

      from them was , that they were stav ing . Information was instantly forwarded to the police-station in Bow-lane , and the children who had scarcely a vestige of clothing , and were literally covered with vermin , were removed to the City workhouse in Cannon-street , where they received every attention , but from tho deadful state of exhaustion of the two youngest they are not expected to survive . The corpse of the unfortunate woman ia merely covered with a ragged gown , no clothing , furniture , nor bedding was in the room , and it is supposed , that finding the house empty , she , with her children , crept in for shelter , and they are believed to have been there for some days , totally withonfc food . The Attempted Murder of Mu . Southgate . —

      Epsom , Friday . —Alfred Ayres , a gipsy of desperate character , and well known to the local police , was brought up in custody from Horsemonger-lane Gaol , to Epsom , before the sitting magistrates . After the examination , of the son of Mr . Southgate , and several policemen , the prisoner was discharged . The Hutton- Conykrs Murder . — At York , on Thursday , before Mr . Justice Coleridge , Edward Mathers , aged forty-ene , was charged with tho wilful murder of John Harrison , a gamekeepor , in the employment of Lord Ripon , at Hutton Conyers , near Ripon , in the North Riding of the county of

      York , on tho 25 th of January last . The jury acquitted the prisoner . The Strood Murder . —At Maidstonc on Wednesday , before Mr . Justice Wightman , Thomas M'Gill , 42 , fisherman , Maria M'Gill , 42 , his wife , and James M'Gill , 22 , his son , also described as a fisherman , were indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Abbott , by suffocating her by means of a piece of carpet , which it was alleged they forcibly pressed and neld over her mouth and nose . In another count the cause of death was alleged to be drowning . The case occupied the court thirteen hours , and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guiltv . "

      Murder . —At Maidstone , on Thursday , George Millen , 57 , and Henry Sheep wash , 16 , were indicted for the wilful murder of William Law , by beatin g him on the head with an iron bar . After a lengthy investigation , thejuryreturnedaverdictof " Guilty , " and his lordship passed sentence of death upon the prisoners . Charge of Wilfui MunnER . —At Stafford , on Thursday , before Mr . Baron Watt , Martha Jones , aged twenty-three , was arraigned on an indictment charging hoi with the wilful murder of Edwin Jones nnd Mary Spencer , on the 13 th of September last , at Lane Head , near Wolverhampton . Tho prisoner , who is a married woman , aged twenty-three , lived with her husband at Lane Head , near Willonhall . A

      child , aged ( at the time of the horrid transaction ) about eighteen months , was the fruit of their marriage ; and , in addition to this , she had had confided to her care a niece , aged twelve , the other victim to her murderous hand . The strongest maternal affection was evident in the prisoner towards her offspring ; but for some time previous to the perpetration of the crime the unfortunate woman ' s mmd showed undoubted symptoms of aberration attended with lengthened lucid intervals . These symptoms were strengthened by a religious phren ' zy . Tho jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty " ' on the ground of insanity ; and she was ordered to be eonfined in the gaol during her Majesty ' s pleasure . Irelaxd . —Conviction for Murder . —At Clonmel assizes on Wednesday , two men , named William

      Quinlan ( nicknamed the " Cud" ) and Hugh Kennedy , were indicted for the wilful murder of John Walsh , on the Sth of October last ; and in other counts Kennedy was indicted for inciting the other to commit the murder . Quinlan was once in the army , but discharged . A great number of witnesses liaving been examined , the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against William Quinlan , and acquitted Kennedy . Judge Jackson said he would not pass sentence at that late hour . Kennedy was greatly agitated , but Quinlan not apparently so . He w . is smiling during the day , and his manner jf as very strange . France . —At the conclusion of tho sitting of the National Assembly the results of the second ballot for the office of President of tho Assembly was announced as follows : —II . A . Marrast , 378 ; M . Dufour , 256 ; M . Grevy , thirty-one ; M . Billault , six . M . Marrast was thon declared to be duly elected President of the Assembly .

      M . Ducbesne , editor of le Peujyle , and M . Louis . Morcard , author of a feuilleton published in the journal , were sentenced b y default on Wednesday by the Court of Assize of Paris to imprisonment for four years and to pay a fine of 5 , 00 l ) f . l ' On Thursday evening the electoral law was finally adopted . The elections will take place on May 13 th , and the Legislative Assembly will meet on the 28 th of May . At Bourgos , on Thursday , M . Lamartine was examined for tlio prosecution . He gave his evidence against the prisoners with all that bitterness which so well becomes him as a traitor to the Republican cause . On the day previous , Degro , one of the prisoners and a painter , amused himself the whole day sketching portraits of the judge , jury , and counsel .

      Glorious Victories of the Hungarians . —A bloody battle which terminated in the utter defeat of the Austrians lias been fought at Kopolna . The Austrians lost at least 3 , 000 men . On the Sth , a corps of the Hungarian army marched from Czibakazii towards Zolnok , where an engagement took placo between it and the Austrians , in which the Austrian brigade , Grammont , was completely defeated , and lost great numbers of men , especiallv the battalion of Chasseurs . Bom has boateu Pxvoh " - ner twice iu Transylvania , and has again laid sieee to Hermanstadt . Comornand Peterwaradein still hold nrm ior the Hungarians .

      eY ™ . LoMBARDY .-Tho news of the resumption of hostilities between Charles Albert and the Austrians , turns out to be substantially oorreefc , war having m fact recommenced . Tho * declaration of war was to be published at Turin hist Tuesday . Charles Albert was to have been at Alessandria , at the head of the army , on the Hth insfc . inuEE Kew Steamers for America . —The Lords ot the Admiralty have reoeived notice that three new steamers are building to convey the mails betwoon Liverpool , New Ifork , and Boston , and that they will be called the Orion , the Ad . n . u ya , ! , and the Commodore .

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      Injurious Effects op CuoLonoroBM .-Mor than one correspondent has obliged us with th particulars of a case , in which alarming effects hav resulted from tUe application of this powerful anesthetic . The case is that of Miss Carpenter , of Harleston , who , on the refusal of a medical man to extract a troublesome tooth for her under the influence of choloform ( from an . apprehension of its effects on her constitution ) , applied to a veterinary sura-eon who , after considerable hesitation , eventually " complied with her request . The operation , successfully ¦ - — — — w — — — — m ' ^ ^ —»»— ^ — — j — . f w ^ «* V "W > V W £ | ¦

      f ormed , was followed at first by faintness and langour , and afterwards by stupor , in which state she has remained for five weeks . Durin" - the first three weeks she received no nourishment , excepfc what was forced between her teeth . Mustard plasters and blisters were tried a fortnight since , but they caused hysterics . She lias spoken a few time ? , but the tongue is so injuriously affected , that it will be a long time before she perfectly jjrecovers tho faculty of speech . She has the best medical attendance , and is slowly recovering , though not out of danger . —Norfolk News .

      Excursion to Paris in Easter Week . —A plan for an expedition , on a large scale , by way of return for the late visit of the French National Guards , is now in active organisation . The French government have offered every facility for the gratification and accommodation of the visitors . A number of individuals will constitute a committee of surveillance , and be allowed the privilege of granting pass-cards to the visitors , free of all charge , and without trouble .

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      COEN . Friday , March lGth . —The arrivals of wheat from atjrwtd are more moderate this week than last , and of Engfish grain from other parts the supplies are not extensive . There is a dull mnrftet this morning for both wheat anil Spring corn , with the rates of Monday badly supported . Mabk-laxe , Monday , March I 9 U-The supply of Enj j lish , wheat to-day was again very short , but the demand limited , without any alteration in last week ' s prices . We had % Iarc ; e attendance of country lnivers , but their purchases

      were confined to retail quantities of foreign wheat , which sold fully as dear . The flour trade was dull and rather lower for English . Barley and malt went off very slowly , unless very fine , and barely maintained last week ' s prices . Pme beans wove scarce and quite as dear . Ctrcy peas met less demand , and white sold rather cheaper . In rye nothing doing . The demand for tares was very ihnited . Good and fresh oats sold pretty readily , but inferior stale sorts were very dull and rather cheaper . Cloverseed met a slow sale on ratlior lower terms . Linsood cakes doll sale . The current prices as under .

      WEEKLY AvmiAGr . FOB AGGREGATE AVERAGE OP THE MAHCII 10 . SIX WEEKS . Wheat .. .. 45 s Id Wheat .. .. 45 s 10 . J Barley .. .. 29 0 Barley .. .. 29 : ; Oats .. .. 1 « 11 Oats .. .. 17 2 Bye .. .. 2 G 11 Rye .. .. 27 4 Deans .. .. 80 1 Beans .. .. 30 1 l ' eas .. .. 33 1 Pea 3 .. .. 33 1 Wednesday , March 21 . —We have to report a large arrival of Foreign wheat since Monday , but of English wheat , or other grain , the supply is scanty . With the large supply of wheat , and declining country markets ^ the trade liere this morning- is very quiet , so that prices are almost nominal . Arrivals this week . - —Wheat — English , 550 ; foreign , 15 , 240 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 380 quarters . ; foreign , 5 , 330 quarters . Oats — English , 760 ; foreign , 6 , 573 quarters . Flour—English , 2 , 180 sacks .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d to 7 id ; of household ditto , 5 d to GAd per ¦ ilbs . loaf ,

      CATTLE . Friday , March , ICth—The supply of meat this morning : was short of an average quantity , but notwithstanding which the trnde was very dull and heavy . Beef further de | clined 2 d per stone , and other meats sold slowly at the ivduction noticed on Monday . Scots made 3 s 0 d , and inferior beef from 2 s lOd . Tho price for Downs was 4 s Cd , and polled sheep from 3 s Oil . Smitiifiecd , Holiday , JfarcJt 19 . —Our market to-day iv , ij very moderately supplied with each kind of fat stock ; but from the various home-grazing districts thefresh receipts of beasts were seasonably larg ? , and in excess of those on this day se'nnight , both as to number and quality . The dead markets being- heavily supplied with tlieir last week ' s arrivals , and the attendance of both town and country buyers small , the beef trade here this morning was ajwiu

      excessively heavy , at a decline in the quotations paid ou Monday last of 2 d par 81 bs . A few very prima Scots pro . duced as 8 d , but the general top figure for beef did not exceed 3 s Cd per Stbs ., at which a clearance was not effected . The numbers of sheep were again on the increase , ami at least two-thirds of them were above the average quality . There were nearly 7 , 00 !) sheep more in the market tlian at the corresponding period in 1818 . For all breeds the demand was heavy in the extreme , and to efftet sales prices receded id per Stbs . from those of Monday last . The highest general figure for the best donna in the wool was Is 4 d , out of the wool 3 s lOd per Slbs . About a third of the supply was shorn . The few Iambs on offev realised from 6 s ( id to 7 s per 81 bs . Calves , the supply of which was very moderate , moved off slowly at drooping price ? . In pigs next to nothing was doing . In the quotations no material change took place .

      Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 7221 Calves .. .. IU Sheep .. .. 22 , 240 ! Pigs % i Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s Gd I Veal .. 3 s 8 d to 4 s lfi . 1 Mutton .. 2 sl 0 d .. 4 s 4 d | Pork .. 3 2 .. 4 2 Ter 81 bs . by the carcase . New gate axd Leaden-ham , Monday , Mar . 12 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling- ditto , 2 s Cd to 2 s Sd ; prime large , 2 s ZOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; iatye pork , 2 s Kid to 3 s ( id ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to ' - ' s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , os Cd to 3 s 10 J ; veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s 3 d to 4 s 4 d .

      PROVISIONS . Lo . VDOV , Monday . —No change , either interesting or important , has occurred in our markets since our last communication . Of butter the transactions in Irish have been to a fair extent , at prices , varying according to kind ami quality from 5 fls to 7 l ! s per civt . Bacon : Irish siniri'd sides sold slowly at 50 s to 5 ft > per cwt . Hams in moderate request at 64 s to 74 s per cwt , and lard in bladders at oils to 60 s ; kegs , 40 s to 46 s per cwt . American singed bacon moderately saleable at 4- ' s to 45 s . Short middles rib in at -iUs to 43 s ; long boneless , 41 s to 43 s per cwt . English Bctteh Market , March 19 . —We are non- setting an increased supply of new butter to market , and all sorts are declining in price . As to our stouk of old butter it seems quite neglected , but should a buyer appear he may make his own terms . Dorset , fine new milk , HKs to 105 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 90 s to 96 s ; ditto , old , 5 iis to 70 s ; Fresh Buckinghamshire , 11 s to 13 s per dozen ; ditto , West country , 0 s to 12 s .

      FRUIT AM ) VEGETABLES . Covent Garden Makket . —The market continues to he well supplied with Vegetables and Fruit , l'ine-apples are sufficient for the demand . A few hothouse grapes have made their appearance . Pears are becoming scarce ; they consist of Beurre-Rance and Easter Heunv . Apples are getting dearer . Nuts in general arc sufficient for the demand . Oranges and Lemons are plentiful . Amongst \ vj » otaMe 3 Carrots and Turnips are abundant ; Cauliflowers ami Broccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus is dearer ; French beans , Rhubarb , and Seakale , are plentiful . 1 ' " - tatoes remain stationary , Lettuces and other salailin ; . ' are sufficient for ttie demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut Flowers consist of Heaths , Pelargoniums , Christmas Koses , Camellias , Gardenias , Tulips , Hyacinths , Cinerarias , Fuchsias , and Roses .

      POTATOES . SournwARK 'Waterside , March 19 . —The continental arrivals continue to be liberal , which , with our home supply , are quite equal to our wants . Tho following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire Regents , HMs to I : "'* Scotch ditto , 90 s to 110 s ; Ditto cups , 100 s to JJOs ; ditto whites , 70 s to 80 s ; Frencli whites , 80 s to 95 s ; BeUpan , 80 s to 90 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday-, March 20 . —The sugar market has opened with a very dull appearance , and although a re duction of Gd . was submitted to , but a small amount oi business has been done . 80 hhds . only of West India sol '' in the private contract market . ' Out of the R , W ba S ' Mauritius offered about one-third was "bought in ; bvown sold 04 s to 30 s ; yellow , 37 s to 39 s Cd . " Of Bengal , T . s'W bags , and more than one half bought in ; white Benares * "M 39 s to 42 s ( id ; Mauritius Mud , 38 s Cd to 40 s . About -W bags Madras sold , brown , 31 s to 33 s Gd ; yellow , 31 s to ** Refined market dull , and last week's prices scarcely - <<' ¦!'• ported . Coffee , —The only public sales to-day have l «' , ° Mochn , one of 2 , 200 bags , imported from llodeWa : " ** quality was fair green , but not so clean garbled us | ' ° " ' bay . A few lots sold at 50 s ; the remainder boujf W i »« . the importer at the price . About 200 bags vcrvgucl cle : garbled regular import sold D 8 s ( Id to GOs . We l ' llVtt not a J transactions reported in Ceylon to-day . u . Hice has further declined 3 d , and the prices must no * ^ considered on a par with the lowest period .

      COAL . Mon-day , March 19—Market still heavy , and without *" . alteration in prices from last day . * ., -kj ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) Buddie ' s West Hartley , 14 s fid ; Carr \ s Hartley . Hs '' - East Anglian Main , Vis ; New TanfioW , 13 s fid : > ' »' "V . Hartley , Vis ( id ; Rareusworth West Hartley , l * U Walker ' s Primrose , 12 s ; Wylain , 13 s : West IIa rtl ( ?"' !* oril > . Wall ' s-end : Brown's , 13 s jPramwellgate . 14 s Cd ; 1 W « ^ , ' 12 s ; Hilda , 13 s Gd ; Percy Benslwm , 13 s Sd ; So "' ' ^( , ingwovth 4 . 2 a 3 d ; Eden Main , 14 s 9 d : Lnmbton l" « ^ . 15 s ; Belmont . 15 s 3 d ; Hetton , lGs 3 d ; Haswcll , i ^ Jonassons , 13 s ; Lambton 16 s ; Shotton , ' ¦"'< ,,, . ij ; 13 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , Its fid ; Thornlt' ? . i « Trimdon , 13 s 9 d ; Whitworth , 12 s 9 d ; A dtlI £ l * ifo : ISs Gd ; Denison , Us G , l ; SeVuiour Tecs , U * till : ^ . ' v . The Bishop ' s Tees , 10 s ; SVest Hetton , Us * U , ' . ); 13 s 9 d ; bison ' s Merthyr , 20 s fid—Ships from l » ' » ' - ' fresh arrivals , 48 . —Total , 132 . WOOL . . , . ,, ( 0 Cm , Monday , March 19 th .-The » mP or ' ? * LW fret " London last week were small , including i *> "; ral ) e oi

      Germany , 148 from Sydney , and the rest » -- 1 ) ul yiri Good Hope . The market for wool is quiet . *| llf j 5 2 ( i , w ave the prices given by a brokev : —Spa *^*' - "" ,,,. ' , ' . J . ist **?* Is 4 d ; P . and S ., lid to Is 2 d per U > . ^ f d »^ It ., 8 d to 8 . jd ; do ., F , and S ., lid to Td ; do . . * - ; tl j , | : to Oporto , "id toijd ; do . yellow and locks . "" . "L ^ cU * 11 ' unwashed , 3 d to SJil per lb . Unite . * Statea . —* i" , „ , ]» « .- ; lOd to Is 4 d ; slips and slcius , bd to Is per »>• ,, ;) , 1 to » Lambs ' , 9 d to lOd per lb . Husslm-Merino . »» Cll . J * fid ; brookwashed , 9 d to lid ; common . •>•}« ' E ,, j li ^ lambs ' , Gil toCJd . ; do , autumn , '> dt <> 5 l ^\\ \ oil t 0 ' { wool , SU to Is . per lb . Irish wool . ~ Hc < * u'iw l . "n ewo and weather do ., 9 d to lOd per lb . * " - > otci 1 Iig ) l ] ,, # . Cheviot , 11 s to 14 s ; da cross S 3 fid toJs ; ^ W ^ 5 s 9 d to ( is 3 d ; white Cheviot , 13 s to lbs ; ul-8 s Oil to 9 s per 24 lbs . ^^

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      GATcniNO a Tartar . —A singular circumstance occurred at Chesterton , near Cambridge , on the 9 th instant . A servant g irl wont to tllC river to fetch a pail of water , nnd espied , floating on tho top of the stream , a remarkably fine pike ; sue made a plunge at it with her pail , and succeeded in capturing her prize . The pike not relishing his confined position , jumped out of the pail , and fell hy the river ' s edge ; and tho girl , fearful of losing him , threw herself upon the pike , placing her hand upon his head , when he bit nearly the whole of her middle finger off , and the next moment was safo m his native eloment , carrying with him the poor girl ' s finger , She has been . y < W ill ever since ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1515/page/8/