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      » — . — — ¦¦— .. _ . . . . . "NATIONAL LA ^ fD CONFERENCE ( Concluded from the First j > ojc . ) 3 Ir . Sarsr . sss moved , " That all members , ¦ w hether paid op or not , shall pay the sum of three halfpence per -. re-k , per share , until all the members are located , unless the member has paid the cost of h s aJ'oiuu-iit , then he shall be exempt from his weekly subscription . That members be allowed the pmilego «» f purchasing up dissatisfied niemters' shares ; those only are bona fide members who hare complied with the Birmingham Conference ; tlw purchaser to be exempt from the -weekly £ ubs-:-riptions except his own shares . The amount of shares , or part of shares purchased , to be placed to the credit of the purchaser in the redemmioii fund . " * - ~~^ r =

      The vfc'e ^ ziiesfrom ^ Newcastle , Ashton , and other places , tho ! 3 « ht the ballot would restore confidence . Mr . M'Gkath felt the question of the dissatisfied members iobe the most important one ; he thought that when Mr . O'Connor took legal advice ^ they VFOV . U be sMc to get rid of the great mass of them ; the other method was to purchase up the shares of the remainder ; no difficulty should be thrown in the way ; of their doing this he believed that they should not call upon any menwer to pay the levy for more than four shares ; working men could not afford to do so ; they should also be careful to what interest ihev applied the shares so secured , he thought they should be applied to the redemption

      fond ; this would be an excellent method of the shareholders becoming proprietors of the land of the company . . § Mir . O'Co . V-MJR showed that it would entirely stop the reproductive principle of the Company ; the persons purchasing these share 3 would become proprietors in fee , and thu 9 , to the extent they purchased , hinder the selling or mortgaging of the estates . He was confident that they must legalise the company with the ballot , he thought that cold water seemed to be thrown upon the effort 3 to restore confidence in the members ; there was yet £ 200 , 0 $ ) 10 he paid by the members , and he believed ihe restoration of the ballot would cause a great :: ; uoum of that sum to be paid .

      Mr . t * u « K supported the -views of Mr . M'Gratn . Mr . O'Ceumr , he thought , did not clearly understand t ! : e sentiments expressed by him ; all tbo members were part proprietors , and Mr . M'Grath wished io rc-Juce their amount ; for the good members to be allowed to swallow up the bad . If the company was legalised to-morrow , they would have 70 , 000 to locate , but if they allowed the 20 , 000 good mc-niliers to purchase up the shares of the 50 , 000 , on terns advantageous to themselves , they would sail have the same amount of capital in hand , bui LaTC only 20 , 000 , instead of 70 , 000 to locate . Mr . OXorvxoB explained , and likewise Mr . H ' Gsut ; -. „ . . .

      Mr . V , ' 3 teei . ks showed the fallacy of their passing resolutions calling upon the members to pay extra levies n £ ion their shares , he wa 3 confident they -would never pay them ; the plan laid down by Mr . Saunders Tor purchasing shares , might be carried out ; bur , as explained by Mr . Clark , no sane man would ever act upon it . Mr . Wilsox expressed similar opinions . It would be impossible for them to obtain extra levies from the member . ? . He agreed with the plan of the ballot , as propounded hy Mr . Munday ; it would give soiae inducement to members to take extra , shares , of purchase up those of the dissatisfied members , as it would g ive them extra chances in the bailor-. Mr . Dotting thought the oallot wojild restore confidence , wen more so than legalisation .

      Messrs . O ' Coxxob , Edwabds , and Wheeler , showed that Mr . Munday ' s plan was the self-same as that now actually in operation ; il a person boHght twelve paid-np shares they all went into the ballot-box , awl he stood his chance on them all . Mr . B . wspats would so qualify hia motion that a person narcbn « ing shares snould not be allowed to purchase more than one four-acre allotment in fee ; any overplus he might purchase should stand to his credit until the -winding up of the company . Mr . l ! os < : \> : believed the Merthyr people would be qnite satisfied with the institution of the ballot . The Conferonee then went out of committee . Mr . fouTH moved , " That after the report of the Auditing Committee the Conference adjourn its sittings ui-. fii .-ifter the decision of the llegistrar General . " f Withdrawn . )

      Mr . 1 ' otj . FTT moved , " lliat when the company came to if . le-ralised the price of the shares should be douWed . " " ( Withdrawn . ) - Mr . UiRfisc- thought that whatever the Conference mi-At do the result of the legalisation might entirelyfrnsti-3 t « them , and theyifouldonlj be wasting time to pass these resolutions , he therefore moved , and Mr . 3 i'i , ELuxD seconded , " That this Conferencedeem it wise that any alterations in reference to the purchase of shares , or adding additional subscriptions , be deferred until the company he

      legalised . " Mr . Wheeker agreed with llr . Uarding ' s motion . He thought the ballot might induce members to pay up , and when they had paid up would be time sufficient to tax their shares . If he thought that any sum wonld be carried , he should propose as an amendment , " That on a ballot taking place each paid-up shareholder shall pay threepence per share , on every share , prior to his being entitled "to have his name placed in the ballot-box . " He , however , trusted tint Mr . Eardins ' s motion would be

      carried . Themotk . n of Mr . llardinsr was carried by a considerable wajoritv . Messrs . WnKELEBand Gilbert wished the Conference to decide upon the question of granting leases to the occupants . Mr . O'Co . v - vok stated that a half-year's rent would be demanded in November , but any person prepared t o pay ic now should have his lease immediately granted him ; the dead half-year was always allowed , so that if a year ' s rent was due at May it was not -paid until November . Iflease 3 were now granted they would lie a receipt for all hack rent , it was therefore impossible that leases could he granted until the arrears were paid up : immediately they ¦ were reauv with rent , he was ready with leases .

      Mr . "Wheeler was confident that to pass the subject off iu so hurried a manner would not give satisfaction . The Conference should -come to a vote upon the subject . The rent had never been fixed , and it was understood that a year ' s rent was to be given to the allottees on account of the bad seasons . Mr . Gilbebt trusted that something definite would be arranged relative to their rents ; he requested an explanation relative to a mortgage of £ 5 , 000 upon Minster Lovel . Mr . O'Cosson explained that the property was good security for the mortgage , and it would never he an Injury to the allottees at that estate . . After further discussion upon that subject the morning sitting concluded . [ During the sitting Mr . O'Connor announced that the Hungarians " had defeated the combined Austrians j « hT Russians , which was received with tremendous applause . ]

      Afternoon Silltna . The Chairman tookhis seat at the appointed time . After which the roll was called , when twelve members were reported absent . The Finance Committee -brought up their report , which ha ring been read , Mr . Skevikgtos asked several questions , which 3 fr . O'Coxxok answered . Mr . Edwards said that as one of the Finance Committee he could not allow the report to pass without expressing his approbation of the excellent manner in which the accounts have been kept .

      lie never saw books kept in a more perfect manner . The report was moved by Mr . Saexders , seconded by Mr . Bostock , and agreed to unanimously : — " The Finance Committee , after a most careful examination of the accounts of the National Land Company , and also the Touchers connected with the same , beg most respectfully to lay the following statement before the members of this Conference , viz ., that they find the available property in the hands of the Directors of the company amounts to the sum of £ 17 , 183 , from which must be deducted £ 4607 due to Mr . O' Connor .

      " The committee have great pleasure instating that the accounts have been kept in the most business-like manner , and brought down to Saturday , August 4 th , 1 S 49 , which have been audited by "William Henry Grey , Esq ., one of the government accountants . They feel that they should be wanting in their duly if they did not express their most cordial thanks to Mr . O' Connor , for the honest and straightforward manner inwhich he has performed his duty , and for his indefatigable exertions on behalf of the members of the National Land Company . James Lokd , Oldharc . James Enowx , Prestoa . James IIardixc , "Worcester . Samuel Dottlisg , London . Jjimes Edwabds , Devonshire . David R . Mobgax , Merthyr Tydvil . James Sweet , Nottingham , Chairman .

      Mr . Bagshatt wished to know l > ow it was that .-: cler ; was employed k , the oScc . ajid Mi-. Clark could go io Sheffield and other places to contest elections , &c . Mr , O'Coxxok said , it was very hard that men Snould send for a man to gratify their own desire 3 , and then find fault with him because he did not do just what they wished him . Hecoaldsavthat there Tjere nomore mm m that office than were essentially necessary . Mr . Cube was indebted to his Sheffield friends for this mark cf their thanks , for the trouble and

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      expense to which he had been put in going to that town for electioneering purposes . He went to Sheffield at the solicitation of the Sheffield people themselves . He had only to observe that he had gone to Sheffield to contest the borough , and should necessity require it , he would do so again . Elections did not often occur , and , therefore , rather than give up the right to serve the cause of the people in the way of contesting elections , he would forego the situation which he at present held , Mr . Sketogtox asked some questions in reference to the expense for the last quarter . Mr . M'Grath explained that the great proportion of the expenses wero general , ana the expense of the Directory ; and as something had been said about the Directors , he , for his part , had been on the Directory , and he considered he had given work worth the wages he had received ; and , further , if his situation depended upon his giving up his advocacy of the " People ' s Charter , " he would not hold that situation another moment .

      Mr . Bostock said his instructions were to move or support a resolution for the reduction of the Board of Directors to three , including Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Bagshaw moved , and Mr . Oijvjjr seconded — ' That the Directors shall not be members of the Chartist Executive . " After a few words , the resolution was put from the chair , and negatived almost unanimously . Mr . Soitox said the time was come when , he thought , men should speak their mind as freely IU that room as they did outside that door . Charges were made , however men might think proper to be silent now .

      Mr . Edwards moved;— " That eighteen members be appointed , to be divided into committees of three each . The following gentlemen were appointed : — Messrs . Sutton , Munday , Halliwell , Morgan , "Wheeler , Taylor , Connell , Saunders , Yatos , Dowling , Irvine , Bagshaw , Smith , Oliver , Skevington , C . Clarke , Bostock , and Sweet . The case of Mrs . Watson was brought before the Conference by Mr . Clarke , when the decision of the Directors was confirmed . The Ciuhman brought forward the case of Mr . G . "Wheeler . Mr . Haixiwell moved , and Mr . Muxdat seconded : —" That compensation be given to Mr . G . Wheeler , but that the Directors be empowered to give what they think he is justly entitled to . " Agreed to . The Conference then adjourned until the following morning , at nine o ' clock .

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      THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —The miners of Northumberland and Durham Lave got into the spirit of union again . All the attempts of the masters to reduce the miners have signally failed , they ( the miners ) having resisted such attempts in al ) rave and uniform manner , thereby affording another proof that " union is strength . "

      At the delegate meeting held on Saturday last , at the " Greyhound" Inn , Durham , there was an accession of numbers , two or three large collieries having joined—viz ., Haswell , Shincliff , and Heough Hall , making an additional increase of nearly 500 members . The chief question for debate was the utility of restriction of lahour—or , as some parties more justly term it , " the regulation of work . " To understand this question aright , it will be necessary to state , that in the absence of union among the miners the employers make every effort to get great quantities of coal to bank

      in as short a time as possible : for instance , a pit may he working five days per week , the hewers getting three shillings and sixpence per day ; the master makes some addition to the maciineryand other arrangements of the mine , and is thereby enabled to draw to hank so many coals as to allow the hewer to earn 4 s . ( id . per day . This arrangement , however , is only of seeming advantage to the hewers , inasmuch as the pits only work four days per week , instead of five , as before ; thus , the five days' * work , at 3 s . 6 d . per day , will give but 17 s . 6 d ., and the four days' work

      will make 18 s ., an apparent advantage of Gd ; but the drawbrack is , that these hewers have hoys at work who are paid hy the day—some Is . 6 d ., and others Is . per day , and if only two boys at the cibove wages!—the pit being idle one day per week—gives a loss to the individual hewer of 2 s . per week . Besides , it invariably happens that the hewer must stay longer at work for the increased pay , and he is thereby compelled to work harder , and necessarily-Tequires more sustenance , and which , with extra labour being done in a shorter time , tells fearfully upon the constitution . All these

      things considered , the miners no sooner get together in union than they evince a desire to alter this state of things , and the general cry is , " Restriction . " It only requires a little reflection , to ascertain the true cause of such general desire . The fact is , the physical energies of the workmen are exhausted , and it is hut the cry of nature urging with all her might for ease , an abatement of the severity of the toil . This question then is become of vital importance , and the delegates present were unanimous that restriction was necessary ; the point of debate being to what scale to fix the earnings per day , so as to meet the general

      wish of the workman , and not hy fixing it so low as to give the master cause for complaints ; in fact , they wish to hit upon the medium state , and thereby he enabled to move on more uniformly for the future . It was ultimately agreed that no collier exceed 4 s . per day , and that each delegate endeavour to ascertain the exact state of the colliery , whether any great quantities of coal are laid by , and how many unemployed men they have ; so that at an early date they may fix ( if necessary ) , the amount to be earned lower than 4 s . ; the object being to have all the unemployed at work , and to have not less than five days per week .

      The subject of ventilation was also referred to , when it was resolved : — " That a letter be sent to SirG . Grey , signed hy all the delegates , pleading the necessity of appointing some of the miners as inspectors of mines , seeing that between this and the meeting of parliament many valuable lives may be sacrificed , which a due inspection would prevent . " The necessity for a general meeting upon Shadow ' s Hill was then discussed , and ended with a resolution to refer the same to the colliers , and their opinion to be brought to the next delegate meeting . That district general meetings should be held was next agreed to . The Wear to meet at Sherburn Hill , on

      Saturday next , at one o ' clock , p . m . ; the Tyneto meet at the Avenue Head , on the same day at five o ' clock , p . m . Having agreed to have a permanent secretary , and received the reports of the agents , the meeting was adjourned to Saturday , the 18 thinst ., to beheld at the house of Mr . T . Hutchinson , Masons' Arms , Monkwearmouth , and to commence business at nine o ' clock in the forenoon precisely , and to continue its sittings until the business ia gone through . M . Jude , Chairman . Monday , August 6 th , 1849 .

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      Extraordinary Cosdtjci of a Wife . — An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . Baker , at the Old Duke William , Old Gravel-lane , St . George ' sin-the-East , touching the death of Joseph Duncan , aged 43 years , a wealthy West India planter , who died from an attack of cholera , which was alleged to have been accelerated by neglect and want ot proper attention on the part of his wife , to whom he had not been married a month . The widow ol the deceased was formerly the wife of a superannuated exciseman , named Bayley , and about a fortnight after his death the deceased went to reside with the widow , and it being well known that he waa possessed of large estates m the West Indies she began to pay marked attention to him . In a few davs afterwards he proposed marriage to

      her , which she quickly agreed to , and in less than two months after the death of Mr . Bayley she became the wife of the deceased . On Sunday afternoon last he was taken suddenly ill , nnd died on the following morning , ami > rUh : u . i mouth after his marriage . Evidence showing that the deceased had been grossly neglected by his wife having been given , the jury returned a verdict of— " Death from Asiatic cholera ; and added that they could not separate without expressing a public opinion that there was great neglect on the part of the wife , and that her conduct had been very extraordinary . " The coroner then called Mrs . Duncan in , and severely reprimanded her . Extraordinary Fecusdity . —A single female house-fly , in such a season as this , is calculated to produce 20 , 080 , 320 eggs .

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      ARISTOCRATIC MORALITY axd PRACTICES . MARLBOIiOUGII-STREET . — The avenues of the court were thronged on Monday , in consequence of it having transpired that the lad y known as Lola Montes , Countess " of Landsfelt , had been apprehended on a charge of bigamy , and was to be examined by Mr . Bisquam , the sitting magistrate . Arrangements were promptl y made to prevent the court from being inconveniently crowded , and to afford facilities to the various witnesses . Mr . Clarkson appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Bodkin for the Countess of Landsfclt , About half-past one o ' clock the . Countess of Landsfelt , leaning on the arm of Mr . Heald , her present husband , came into court , and was

      accommodated with a seat m front of the ba ' v . Mi' Heald also was allowed to have a chair beside her . The lady appeared to be quite unembarrassed , and smiled several tunes as she made remarks to her husband . She was stated to be twentv-four years of age on the police sheet , but has the look of a woman at least thirty . She was dressed in black silk , with close-fitting black velvet jacket , a plain white straw bonnet trimmed with blue , and a blue veil . In figure 8 he is rather plump , and of middle height , of pale dark complexion , the lower part of the features symmetrical , the upper part not so good , owing to rather prominent cheek-bones , but set off by a pair of unusually large blue eye * with long black lashes . Her reputed husband , Mr . Heald , is a , tall young man , of Juvenile nVure and

      aspect , with straight hair , and small light town downy mustachios and whiskers . The nose being turned up gives him an air of great simplicity . During the whole of the proceedings , he sat with the Countess ' s hand clasped in both his own eccasionally giving it a fervent sguceze , and at particular parts of the evidence whispering to her with the fondest air , and pressing her hand to his lips with juvenile warmth . „ . " ' . .. 1 ; .. Mr . Clarksof said—Sir , however painful the circumstances under which , the hdy . who sits at my left ( Mr . Heald ' s aunt ) is placed , she has felt it to be a duty she owes to her deceased brother ( the father of the younggentleman now in court ) to Jay before you the evidence of this young gentleman's

      marriage with the lady at the bar , and also ether evidence which has led her to impute the offence of bigamy to that lady , In the discharge of my duty I shall at the commencement of the proceedings have to prove to you that young Mr . Ueald , the son of the late well-known Mr . George Ueald , of the Chancery bar , has gone through the ceremony of marriage with the lady by his side , Eliza Rose Anna , or Rosanna James . I shall further prove to you that the lady is the wife of Thomas James , now captain of the 21 st Regimenfof Bengal Native Foot , who is at this time with his regiment in India . The offence imputed to the lad y at the bar by Miss Heald , the aunt , and for some time the guardian of the estate of the young gentleman , is . that knowing that her

      husband ( Captain James ) was alive , or that every reasonable ground existed for believing that he was alive , she has contracted marriage with this young gentleman , a circumstance which , if established , will render her , aa well as others , amenable to the legal results . I will not here enter into particulars unnecessarily painful to any party , but in discharge of my duty to Miss Heald I have no discretion but to State these facts . Miss Heald ' s nephew came of age on the 21 st of last January . He is now supposed to bethe husband of Mrs . James , respecting whom I desire to say nothing except in reference to this case . She calls herself tho Countess of Landsfelt , and , whatever / may be her distinction or notoriety , I shall refrain from making any allusion to it

      on such an occasion . This young gentleman has considerable property in his possession , £ 0 , 000 or £ 7 , 000 a year , and on the 19 th of July last ho contracted marriage with Mrs . James , who was already married . The first marriage with Mr . James took place in July , 1837 . Mr . James was then a Lieutenant in the regiment of which he is now Captain , and to which he has always belonged . lie was married in Ireland , and I have here a copy of the certificate of the clergyman who married him at Meath , in Ireland . From this certificate it appears that on the 23 d of July , 1837 , Thomas James , of the East India Company ' s Service , a Lieutenant of the 21 st Regiment , was married to Rose Anna Gilbert , spinster . From the absence of Darties at

      present I am not yet prepared to establish the legal fact of this marriage ; but I have here an officer of the Consistory Court of tho Bishop of London , who will produce a copy of proceedings in that court , and I shall only refer to them to show that the lady at the bar , then the wife of Lieutenant James , went to India with him and returned to England without him . I shall produce Captain Ingram , who brought the lady over here , and who will prove the identity of the party . That , however , is not a point about which I presume there will be any difficulty , for the lady herself when apprehended admitted she had been the wife of Captain James , but that Lord Brougham had got an act of Parliament to divorce her from Captain James ; If such an act of Parliament is in existence no one knows

      better how to avail himself of it than my learned friend who appears for the" defence . I shall prove that the Ecclesiastical Court only granted a divorce a mensa et thoro , I shall next sho ' w that the second marriage was contracted . I shall call the clerk of St . George ' s , Hanover-square , who will prove the identity of the parties . In addition to this , I have to show from the East India department a record of the effective state of the Indian army to the end of last June ; and from that I shall be able to prove beyond all doubt that Captain James , the husband of the lady at the bar , was then alive in India ,. This is the substance of the evidence I shall produce before you on this occasion . I am bound further to state that this proceeding is , on the part of the

      aunt , Miss Heald , without tho consent of Mr . Heald , her nephew , who no doubt would , if he could , prevent these proceedings from being carried on . Miss Heald has felt it to be her duty to the family of the young gentleman , who are hi ghly respectable , to take these proceedings , even without his consent ; and no one , I think , will venture to impugn the motives or the purity of the intentions of Miss Heald in taking this step . My application to ihe Court is for 'the lady at the bar to be remanded until such time as we can get the proper witnesses from India to come forward . For this purpose I shall proceed to prove that when the lady married this young gentleman , on tho 19 th of Julv .

      her husband , Captain James , was alive in India . Miss Heald , an aged lady , was called . She said —My name is Susanna Heald , of Headington-grove , Horncastle , Lincolnshire . I am unmarried , and am sister to the late Mr . George Heald , Chancery barrister . That young gentleman is my nephew , and son of my late brother . Ho has a commission in the army . I was appointed as his guardian by the Court of Chancery . He became of age in January last . Ihavcfeltitto be my duty to prosecute this inquiry . Thomas Howard Moxtagce , clerk in the Consistory Court , produced the record of the proceedings in the suit of "James v . James . " The decree of tho Court was a divorco from bed and boawl . Witness had a copy of the sentence .

      The Countess of Laxdsfelt with an impatient gesture said , " I don't deny it . " Mr . Clarkson read the decree of separation , which was dated the 15 th of December , 18 i 2 . It decreed that Thomas James and Eliza Eosc Anna James be separated ; but that neither party have power to contract another marriage during lifetime . Frederick Dakvers , clerk in . the East India House , produced a copy of the return of the effective state of thp army in India made up to the 13 th of June last . At the . period of that return Captain James was alive and in India with his regiment . '

      CnARLBS Powell , parish clerk of St . George ' s , Hanover-square , produced the register of marriages contracted between George Trafford Heald and Maria Tores de Landsfelt . Was not present during the ceremony , but saw the parties now in court sign their names in the register . They were married by licence by the curate , the Rev . A . Alston . Miss Heald said the handwriting in the register was the handwriting of her nephew . ° Police Sergeant Gray . —I am a police sergeant in the detective force . I took the Countess into custody this morning about nine o ' clock , at Ho . 27 Halfmoon-street . The Countess was in the passage '

      ] ust about to get into her carnage . I told her she must consider nerself in my custody on a charge of bigamy , she having intermarried with Mr . Heald , her former hushand , Captain James , being alive . The Countess replied she had been divorced from Captain Jaraes by act of Parliament , The Countess said , " I don't know whether Captain James is alive or not , and I don't care . I was married in a wrong name , and it was not a legal marriage ; what will the Long say ? Lord Brougham was present when a a divorce was granted , and Captain Osborne can prove it . " . Inspector Whall confirmed the police-sergeant ' s statement .

      Mr . Clarkson intimated that this was all the evidence he should bring forward that day , with the exception of Captain Ingram , who brought the lady from India . ¦ : ' " Captain Charles Ingram , — Commanded the Larkins , East India trader . Had brought Mrs . James from India . Hr . d no doubt the lady in court was tho S : \ ni 6 paiton , though , since that ' time , she had altered considerably . Had seen Captain James when he brought his wife on board . This was in the year 1841 or 1 S 42 , witness did not know which but could easily refer to hi& books . '' This being the evidence for the present Mr Clarkson intimated that he should leave the ease in the bands of the Court . Mi-. Bodkin appeared on'behalf of the ladv , who hadbeen dragged that morning to a station . house to answer a charge which , m all his professional experience was perfectly unparalleled ! IWrrl coUecteda case of bigamy in which neither the first

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      husband nor the second ^ husband came forward in SchnrnctOT o f a complaining party . Tne matter a « i < I however undergo investigation , and if ,. an yhn ^ one the illegality would be held responsible for heir conduct . As far as the proof had gone ho waa In in- £ . admit enough had been laid before the S 5 : «« S- ! -i 5 S gggaftsski mmmsm ed been „ __ , T-T ~~ T ~ rT ^ anmnA husband came forward in

      ^ S thc hn utofi ^ e ojDmjgjM had been committed under ™ ™ ™ Zl £ Stto tainly appeared to justify tho act . Ik . ^^ V ? this circumstance tor the purpose > of . askingJta Court to allow the lady to leave the court altei putting in unquestionable bail to appear to meet the inquiry at a day to be agreed upon It was in the highest degree improbable that a charge ot tins sort would be attempted to be evaded by the parties most interested in the inquiry , and he hoped , therefore his request would be acceded to . He would not attempt to cast any reflections on tho motives of those who had brought forward the case , but it must be clear that a private , and not a public object , orig inated the present proceodingS ( . MrlilftWAMafter a short consultation with Mr .

      . , Hardwiok , said—It is observable in the present case that the person most immediately interested a ) person of full age and holding a commission in her Majesty's service ) is not the person to inatituto or countenance the prosecution . It is quite compatible with the evidence now produced that the accused may have received by the same mail from India a letter a few hours later than the official return communicating the death of Captain James by cholera or other casualty . The law presumes she is innocent till the usual proof of guilt has been brought forward . Here that proof 19 wanting , and the magistrate is requested to act on a presumption of guilt . I feel great reluctance in doing so , even to the extent of a remand , without an assurance on

      the part of the prosecutor that the evidence necessavy to insure a conv ictvon willcevUinly be producible on a future occasion . No such assurance can be given in this case , because between the 13 th of June and the last marriage , a period of near six weeks , Capt James may have been snatched from life b y any of those numerous casualties with which life is beset , in a military profession and a tropical climate : Howover , upon the express admission by the advocate , that in his judgment sufficient ground has been laid for further inquiry , and upon his offer to find security , I shall venture to order a remand , and to liberate tho prisoner , upon finding two sureties in £ 500 each , and herself in £ 1 , 000 , for her re-appeavance here on a future day . Bail was immediately tendered and accepted .

      The Countess of Landsfelt and her husband were allowed to romain some time iu court in order to elude the gaze of the crowd which had assembled before the court . • • WESTMINSTER . Mr . Richard James Webb , of Brompton , described as a money-lender and horsedealer , appeared to a summons charging him with horsewhipping and otherwise assaulting Air . Thomas Holdon Alloyne , formerly a captain in the army . — Mr . Clarkson , who attended on the part of the complainant , having stated the circumstances of the case , dwelt upon the indignity inflicted upon his client by the peculiar nature of the assault , and ob « served , from the position in society in which the defendant—whom lie described as a horse-dealermoved , he had adopted the only course that

      presented itself , by bringing the offender to that court , lie then adverted to an offensive letter written by his client to the defendant , which gave rise to the assault , deeply regretting that lie should have written it , although it could not be held as any jus . tification of the assault , but observed that his client had been betrayed by the transaction into the strong expression of his feelings . —The assault coinplaii ed of was freely admitted hy Mr . Lane , solicitor to the defendant , who observed , that although the offensive letter was certainly not in law a justification , yet it certainly was as great a provocation and palliation as could possibly be set up . —Mr . Burrell having conceived , from the course taken , that it was the wish of the complainant that he should exercise

      summary jurisdiction , fined the defendant £ 5 , observing tliat it was the sort of case he should have felWtJiis duty to have sent to tho sessions . —Mr . Alleyne having stated that it was his wish that the matter should he sent before a jury the magistrate proceeded to take the evidence . Mr . Alleyne , of 94 , Ebury-strcct , Pimlico , on being sworn , said , that on the second day of Ascot races he was at Slough with Sir John Malcolm and Captain Darcey , and while there the latter borrowed £ . 100 of him . On tho settling day after the races Captain Darcey came to Tattersall ' s and handed complainant his cheque on Cox and Co . for £ 300 , requesting him to take the £ 100 and give him change , which he did , the cheque being cashed by Captain Price . The

      latter gentleman shortly afterwards wrote to him informing him that the cheque had been dishonoured , and demanding repayment of the £ 300 , which he ( complainant ) immediately forwarded a cheque for . Captain Darcey made an apology , and said it was not his fault , but that of a Mr . Webb , who ought to have paid the amount in . Upon comp lainant applying to Captain Darcey , he handed lim another cheque for £ 300 , in lieu of the first . This was about the 20 th of June , and upon comp lainant paying it into his bankers , they presented it , and it was also dishonoured . Complainant saw Sir John Malcolm and Captain Darcey about it , and they declared it was Webb ' s ( the defendant ' s ) fault , as he had promised to pay tho money . Subsequently

      complainant received three letters from defendant upon the subject of his cheque being dishonoured , —[ The letters were put in and read ; the first contained promises to pay if it were again sent to the bankers , and requested that no blame should bo attached to anybody else ; but in the subsequent ones it was alleged that another party should have paid the money in to meet it , and that defendant had desired his bankers not to pay it unless the amount expected was so paid ; and then again there was a promise to pay it in a few days , : if time was given . ] Complainant went on to state that at an interview with defendant he again promised to pay , but the cheque remained dishonoured to this time . It having been

      frequently presented , complainant wrote a letter to defendant . This letter , which was also put in and read , was couched in very offensive terms , and accused the defendant of very dishonourable conduct in respect of the cheque for £ 300 . Complainant said his reason for Avnting such a letter was , as stated , the innumerable times the defendant had broken his promises , and his slippery behaviour and misrepresentations . On the 4 th of July complainant was riding on horseback between Belgravcstt'Mst and Belgi-iivc-squatc , when Sh' Jolift Malcolm and defendant drove up in a phaeton , and Webb said , " What do you mean by sending me that letter ? " Complainant replied , he meant exactly what was in the letter , and he richly deserved it ;

      upon which defendant jumped out of the phaeton , and made an attack upon him with a stick , at the same time trying to pull him off his " horse . . Complainant drew the stick out of his hand , and defendant then ran back to the phaeton , took the carriagewhip out of Sir John Malcolm ' s hand , and attacked him again , flipping the horse on the ear , and striking at him , but not coming within reach of the stick , using all the time , as on first addressing him , disgusting language . Tho horse got frightenod , reared , plunged , and at last , turned round and galloped away . The phaeton was driven on , and he then followed , when they stopped , and defendant said , " You mean to strike me , do you ? " Complainant replied " Kb ; I have come to ask you what you mean by your cowardly behaviour ? " Defendant then took tho whip out of Sir John ' s hand and thrust it in his face , using disgusting language .

      Complainant then defended himself as well as he could , and struck him with the stick . The horse again- took fright , and defendant several times struck complainant and the horse . with the whip . Complainant , who had no stick or whip in his hand when first attacked , then threw defendant ' s stick at hia head and rode away , —The complainant then stated that he had been informed by Sir John Malcolm that the sum of £ 300 ( the amount of these cheques ) was included in a bond of £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 held by Mr , Webb , which Sir John Malcom assigned as a reason for not paying the cheque . —Mr . Webb denied this in the most positive manner , and his solicitor declared that he had been a suffering party in the transaction . Mr . Webb having admitted the assault , but denied the disgusting language , he was ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions . Bail was shortly put in .

      MARYLLBONE . —A Heartless Wretch . —John Tidd was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having , under circumstances of a most heartless nature , robbed a young woman , named Martha Staker , of a considerable sum of money and other property . Mr . 'Wontner attended for the prosecution , and Mr . Grange for the prisoner . A great deal of evidence was gone into , and it appeared that in May last , the prisoner , who is known by several aliases , first became acquainted with prosecutrix , at which period she was living in

      the service of a family in Ciidogan-place ; she subsequently quitted her situation , and advertised for a place as plain cook , with directions that all applicants were to address letters in answer to be left at Mr . Shirley's , Exeter-street , Sloane-strcet , Chelsea . The prisoner , who had used every endeavour to find her out , at length succeeded in doing so , and it ; urncd out that his suspicion with regard to her being the advertiser was correct ; he , by dint of manoeuvring found access to her , and gave her to understand that lie biow of a cook ' s situation which

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      ; would be just the thing for her , but that ifc would not be vacant for a few weeks , ne prevailed upon her to go into lodg ings with ; him , . whOTG . they lived as man and wife , and under a promise of marriage to her he plundered her jof £ 43 , and a quantity ol wearing apparel , which , as it turned out , he had pawned . The day for the wedding had been fixed , and the bans had been put up by him at St . Mary s , Lambeth . He had also purchased the ring . He at length absented himself altogether from the prosecutrix , from whom , as alleged , he had forcibly taken possession of a portion of the money above alluded to , and he left behind him some duplicates for her apparel which he had pawned . Information of the robbery was communicated to the police , and ^ - »™» ^^ would be just the thing for her , but that it would

      the prisoner was taken into custody by Sergeant Dalton and Police-constabte Culling , of the D division , who met with him in Milman-strcet , Russellsquare . The prisoner was committed for trial . BOW-STREET . — Allied Hapb . — William Gregory , a young solicitor , residing with his father at 5 , Upper-Montagu-street , Russell-square , was placed at the bar before Mr . Henry , charged with a rape upon Mary Johanna Keary , a housemaid in the Bervice of the family . —Mr . Humphreys attended for the defendant . — The prosecutrix said she was twenty-six years of age ( she looked much older ) , and had lived in the service of tho defendant ' s father about three months . On Sunday morning last , Anvina divine service , and while the family were at

      church she was at her work in the bedroom adjoininffthe ' defendant ' s , when young Mr . Gregory came into the room witli nothing but his dressing-gown upon him , and asked if they were gone to church . She replied that she did not know . He then ap-Droaehcd her and , after a stout resistance , effected L purpose , in spite of his efforts to prevent him .-The prosecutrix was cross-examined at great length bv the defendant ' s solicitor , to whom she admitted that he had been in the habit of kissing her and taking indecent liberties with her repeatedly for six weeks past . She had ucver mentioned it to her mistress , thinking that ho might desist , and not likin g to lose her situation . On the Sunday mornin <* in question the parlourmaid and . a boy were m fho linnsp at , the time : they did not come to her

      assistance . He had often kissed the parlourmaid also , but thoy did not think anything of kissing . She entreated him not to cause her rum , but he only replied that she had been ruined before , which she solemnly died . She did not remember if the door of the room was shut .. She believed it was ajar , or partly closed . —By Mr . Henry : It did not occur to lier that she could have defended herself better by keeping the slop-pail in her hands than by putting it down . Her object was to have the use of her hands . —Mr . Honvy , without hearing the remaining evidence , declined to commit the defendant on the charge of rape , after the admissions made by the girl herself . — The defendant was thereupon discharged . CLERKENWELL . —Sisters' Quarrels . —A

      dissipated looking woman , named Martha Mackford , who conducted herself in a violent manner when placed at tho bar , was charged by her sister with having threatened her life . —The prisoner , who conducted herself like a maniac , used the most dreadful threats towards her sister , and exclaimed , " Give me my shawl , give me my bonnet ; " and she was so extravagantly violent that it required two constables to hold her down at the bar whilst the case was proceeded with . —The sister's statement went to prove that on the previous night the prisoner called upon her in a very quiet mood , when they sat down

      together , had supper , and made themselves cozy over some whisky and water , when all oh a sudden the prisoner went into a passion , raved and swore at her shockingly , and threatened to have her life , and would have done her some mischief had it not been for the arrival of the police . Tho witness said that the prisoner assumed madness . —Mr . Combe : Are you in danger of your lifo from her threats ?—Witness : I am , your worship . —Mr . Combe : Then she must find bail to keep the peace . —The prisoner struggled violently , threatened to " do for her sister when she had an opportunity , and after great difficulty the officers locked her up .

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      _ u ^^ _—BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT . Hasiie v . Sir H , W , Barron M , P , —A Footman ' s Claim for Wages . —Thia was an action against the defendant by the plaintiff lato footman in that gentleman ' s service , to recover a month's wages in lieu of a month ' s warning . —Plaintiff stated that on the 21 st of May last he entered Sir Henry ' s service at the stipulated wages of twentyfive guineas per annum . On the evening of Sunday , the 24 th of June , he was talking to a friend in the area when Sir Henry came down , and addressing him said , " You drunken vagabond , you leave my service to-morrow . " He received no further notice , and on the next day , on Sir Henry paying him £ 2 10 s . 6 d . for the five weeks he had been with him , he quitted tho house . —Sir Henry said that the

      plaintiff was repeatedly drunk , and on the Sunday in question Lady Bs \ rron , on returning from a visit to Lord Palmcrston ' s , having complained that while accompanying the carriage thithor he had used exceedingly offensive language , he ( Sir Henry ) determined on immediately discharging him . To prove that he was drunk on the Sunday he would call his coachman , who , however , on ascending the witnessbox , refused to bo sworn . —Judge : What persuasion are you , coachman?—Coachman : That ' s my business ; but my conscience won't let me take an oath . —Mr . Wright ( chief clerk ) : You ' re liable to bo committed for contempt for that answer . — Sir Henry : Your honour , his refusal to be sworn ought to make his testimony more valuable ; but

      can't you send him to prison for not taking the oath ? ( Laughter . )—Judge : No . —Coachman : Sir Henry don't mean that . ( Laughter . )—Sir Henry Well , I can't make him out . ( Laughter . )—Judge Nor I either ; for if he knows anything he seems resolved to keep it to himself . —Sir Henry here asked the case to be adjourned while he fetched Lady Barron , who , on returning with him , deposed that she believed the plaintiff was drunk on the Sunday , as he staggered about , and on the carriage leaving the door , shouted loudly to the coachman , " Don t go the wrong way , you ' re as mad as her ladyship . —His honour said , that such misbehaviour being fully sworn to , fully justified Sir Henry in acting as ho had , and he should dismiss the plaint . Plaintiff nonsuited .

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      . - ^ - The Italian Refugees at Malta . —We have already announced the refusal of the Governor of Malta to receive about 200 of these unfortunates . We now learn that about 100 have left in the same French steamer which brought them for Civita Vecchia , where no doubt they will be severely dealt with . So much for British humanity . The Magellan , French steam-frigate , arrived at Malta on the 24 th of July from Civita Vecchia to give convoy to the steamer conveying them , but tho latter had left the day before , —Morning Ckronich Of Tuesday .

      Meeting op Italians resident in London . —Papal Policy . —On Friday evening a meeting of Italians resident in the Metropolis was held at tlio WosI < mmi Literary Institution , Leicester-square , " for the discussion of the religious questions involved in the present state of Italy , and of urging the Italian people to protest no longer against the Pope merely , but against tho system of popery itself . " Signor O . T . Vignati took the chair , and the meeting ° \ vas addressed by the Cavalier Fcnzi , Signov Ratfaello di Roma , Professor Gabriele Rosetti , Signor Boccalossi , Signor Sussanni , and other gentlemen . The following resolution was finally agreed to : " That this meeting , condemning as tyrannical , infamous , and anti-evangelical , the impious acts of Pius IX ,, invites all Italian . -. patriots to follow the true religion of Jesus Christ , that of our ancestors , throwing aside the Papal church , which is a snare and conspiracy against the liberties oi BAti 6 f tg . "

      Fatal Effects op Stopping a Coins it . —An inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at tho George , Chapel-street , Soho , on the body of Mrs . Martha Sanderson , aged 45 , the wife of a schoolmaster residing at 20 , Groat Chapel-street . Mr . Robert Wade , surgeon , said that on Tuesday niornin » ho was sent for to see the parent , and on his arrival found her suffering apparently from exhaustion . He ascertained that she had taken two pennyworth of paregoric . One ounce of that specific would contain about two grains of opium . Any narcotic given to a person in the state of health deceased was in would have the effect of causing suffocation , by stopping the cough . Verdict— " Natural death . " Caution against retaining Money Orders

      too fcONG m hand . —The following notice has been issued by the Post-office authorities : " By the 11 th and 12 th Vic . c . 88 , it is enacted , that all money orders issued before the end of August , 1848 , and not presented for payment before the end of August , 1849 , shall be null and void . And by a regulation made under the authority of the same act by the Postmaster-General , with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury , every money order issued subsequently to August 31 , 1848 shall be void , unless presented for payment before the end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was issued . Thus , a money order issued in September , 1848 , will lose all value , unless presented for payment before the end of September , 1849 " oithe

      Eruors ' Press . —In our last a sentence reading , " many members twpu and amongst them Mr . Speaker- Winthrop more than once gave way to-his feelings in & flood of tears , " assumed on the printed page the reading . of" many members slept , and Mr . Speaker Winthrop more than once gave way to his feelings in a mug of ¦ Iwr . —Mnnchcstw Mercury ( U . S . ) The Romans have not lost their satirical honhomme oven in tho midst of misfortune . Unable to subdue the French , they oontent themselves \\\\ h laughing at them ; and whenever a French , yegiment marohes down a Roman street , it is saluted with innumerable " oocli-crQwings" frm fom window ^ aud . ¦ balconies .

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      OrsTEKS __ Tlio oysters of the British coasts have SsS&fiffiSMSS ; S » S ^^ Uf ^ if f are small , round plump , and white , with _ thin shells , which are easily opened . The oysters found ia tho river Colno , on which / stands the city of Cplchester , in Essex , are also of excellent quality , ajltt are renowned over the whole island . Massing ^ has made them classical , by causing " Justice Greedy , " in a New Way to Pay Old Debts , to say to oi hum —»~« ^ T ~~ V ^ IV *?«* " « » f t" « British coasts havo ¦ " »™ "' . Imitted -to be the best nrocurab e-m

      that he had notning speiis . uu > rmug uyu « . » breakfast , except a barrel of Colchester oystejs . The Colnc , neartho ' town , forms a great many , ar ^ as and creeks exceedingly well suited for theformatioa of ovster banks . The Dorsetshire oysters ranfc next in estimation to those of Essex . _ Thoso « f Poole , especially , hold a high reputation ; as do those of Faversham in Kent , of tho Isle of : Wu 4 fc anuofTenbyon the coast of South Wales Vasfi quantities are carried to the continent from Keitt . Several hundred vessels were at one time employed annually in thia trade alone . In Lendon , at the proper season , the trade in oysters is very considerable , both for exportation into the country , and for native consumption . The dealers bestow great

      pains in preserving and feeding the oysters in tubs containing an infusion of salt water and oatmeal . Besides those on the English shores , oyster banks are very common on the northern coasts of Ireland ; The Scottish capital has been , till a recent period plentifully supplied with good oysters from thw Frith of Forth , in its immediate vicinity . Nearhr opposite to Leith there was a large depot of thenj | formed around or near the islet of Inchkeitifij Looal poets speak with rapture of tho deliciouS " ealler" ( that is , fresh ) " oysters" which werg to be had in Edinburgh for evening festivities . Front mismanagement , or some other cau 3 e , the Eduf uurrti oysters have greatly degenerated in quality ; and the town has consequently lost one of its objects of attraction . Dublin is supplied from Ark- ^ low a liitle to the east , and oysters are conveyed to artificial beds , near the capital , on the northern side . At Sutton , Polebeg , and Dalkey , p laces but a shorts auaitionai fiuwi

      way from lniDiin , suppne » . uc ^ for the tables of the Irish metropolitans . ; . | . The Potato Crop . —The dry weather of May and June and the first half of July has apparently savet the potato crop . At least , there aro no serious indications of disease up to the present time . Hare and there potatoes have been attacked , but the cases have proved local both in Great Britain snd Ireland . That we are not yet safe is , however , to . be gathered from a report by the Inspector of v ^ . e < ni"hhind Relief Board , dated Lochalsh , in Rosa- ; shire , July 25 th , 1849 . This intelligent officer states that it ha ' s broken out in the village whence his letter is dated , and that it made its appearance there a month ago , on the spot where he first oo « tected it in 1847 and 1848 . We have reason \ o believe that in the district here alluded to the bad effects of a safe potato harvest are already observable . The peasantry are losing their industry , ' and trusting to the root of idleness , while otheu , who had prepared to emigrate , have changed their minds . —Gardener ' s Chronicle . i

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      CORN . . /* . IUrk Lane , August 6 th , —The supply of English wheiti this morning was short ; but with a large arrival ofj Foreign , and a continuance of very fine weather for harvest , ? the trade was very dull this morning , though a reductio ^ of 3 s to 4 s per qr . upon last Monday ' s prices for EngUsh , £ , and Is to L ' s for foreign was submitted to . Flour dull sale , / at a decline of Gd to Is per barrel , and Is . to 2 s per sact . V Tliero bohi" a good arrival of foroigu Barley , prices gatm wav Oil . per gi \ , but at this reduction there was a fair sale . l In " malt hardly anything doing . Beans fully Is lower . rf Peas without alteration , l'he arrival of oats was large , ] and dealers had no difficulty in making purchases at fully ! Is per qr . under previous rates . Iti rye nothing doing . ?; Linseed cakes , of good quality ready sale . New rapeseed' £ 1 per last cheaper . Fine new English carraway seed solij rather better . The current prices as under : s

      Bnrnsii . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 34 s t * 42 s , ditto white , 88 s to ids , Lincoln , iSorfolIc , and Ycrk * shire , red , 32 s to 41 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , | 34 s to 40 s , ditto red , 33 s to 40 s , Devonshire and Somerset ^ shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , T barley , 24 s to 27 s , Scotch , 28 s to 2 tis , Angus—s to —s , " -. Malt ordinary , —s to —9 , pale , 52 s to 57 s , peas , grey , nev , _ \ 29 s to 31 s , maple 30 s to 33 s , white , L ' us to L' 7 s . boilers ( new ) , 29 s to 32 s , beans , large , new , 2 Cs to 20 s , ticks 2 Cs to 30 s , ¦ harrow , 80 s to 33 s , pigeon , 32 s to 34 s , oats , Lincoln and j Yorkshire , feed , lGs to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato , ; ISs to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 23 s , Scotch * - , feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 20 s , ditt » s . potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , "< Essex , new , £ 25 to * 27 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new . < 27 s to 31 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , lini A seed , JE !) 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , f ship , 2 i ) s to 81 s , town , 40 s to 42 s . jr

      Foreign . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 4 Gs to 58 s , Anhalt and Marks , 3 Gs to 43 s , ditte white , 41 s to 4 Gs , Pomeranian red , 37 s to 43 s , Hostoek 40 s to 4 Gs , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 32 s to 38 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and lliga , 34 s to 46 s , Polish Odessa , 34 s to 40 s , Murianopoli , and Ber- dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 35 s , Brabant and ' French , 35 s to 40 s , ditto white , 37 s to 42 s , Salonica , 32 s to 35 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , Wisniac and ltostoek , 28 s to 23 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal . 21 s W 25 s , EiistFrieslimd , IBs tol 8 s , Egyptian , 15 stolGs , Danube / 15 s to 10 s , peas , white , 26 s to 28 s , new boilers , 2 Ss t « 30 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 2 Us , pigeon , 31 s to 33 s , Egyp- £ tian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Grouingen , Danish , Bremen , ana Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 17 s , ditto , Hack and brewf lGs to 21 s , lliga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 ^ to 17 s , flour , United States , per lUGlbs ., 22 s to 23 s , Ham-v burg 20 s to" 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin . 21 s to 23 s , French perl 2801 bs .. 32 s to 3 Gs . '

      AUCUST 8 tli . —* VG are _ moderately supplied with grain , this week , but quite sufficient to meet the wants of our buyers , who , in consequence of the continual fine harvest ' weather , confine their purchases to immediate consumption . Arrivals this week : —Wlieat — English , 730 quarters ; foreign , 5 . 0 G 0 quarters . Barley—foreign , 3 . 2 U 0 quarters ; Oats—English , 850 quarters . Foreign , 13 , 010 quarters j Flour—2 , 170 sacks . i

      BREAD , The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d . to 7 £ d . ; of household ditto , 3 d . to CJd . perilbs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfiei-d , August Gth . —Notwithstanding that there has been a considerable increase in the arrivals of foreign stock into London during the past week they have been on a very moderate scale , the time of year considered ; the total importation having amounted to S . 08 S head ¦ against 7 , 415 ditto at the corresponding period in . 1847 , and ( i , 703 ditto at the same time in 1 S 48 . From our various grazing districts the bullock supplies fresh up this morning were somewhat less than those received on this day se ' nnight ; yet they proved seasonably extensive , and of full average ' qualitv . As the dead markets were scantily supplied , and-the attendance of buyers on tho increase , the beef trade was

      steady , and m some instances the quotations ruled 2 d per 81 bs higher than on Friday ; a fair clearance being effected , at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last . A ew very superior Scots produced 4 s ; but the general top igure for beef was 3 s lod per Slbs . There was a slight falling oft m the number of sheep on offer . All breeds commanding a steady , though not to say brisk , inquiry : and > noes were about 2 d per Slbs higher than on Friday ' last . Prime Down lambs moved offsteadily at full prices ; otherwise the lamb trade was in a very sluggish state , at lust ; week ' s currencies . Calves , the supply of IVllicU was good , " met p . slow trade , at last week ' s decline in the quotations . In pigs next to nothing was doing , at late rates .

      Head of Cattle at Smitjiheld . —Friday . —Beasts , 930 ; sheep , 12 , 900 ; calves , 498 ; pigs , 2 S 0 . Monday—Beasts , 3 , 433 ; sheep , 39 , 880 ; calves , 203 ; pigs , 225 . * Trice per 6 tone of Slbs . ( sinking the ottal ) . —Beef , 2 s Sd to 3 s lOd ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s Od ; veul , 2 s 104 to 3 s 8 dpovk , os 2 d to 4 s Od ; lamb , 4 s Od to 5 s Od . Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , Aug . 7 th Inferior isef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s -Id ; middling ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d -prime large , 2 s 10 dto 3 s 0 d ; prime small , Ss 2 il to Ss 4 d ; larce ' pork , 3 s id to 3 s Gd ; inferior mutton , 2 s lOd to 3 s 2 § •' middling ditto , 3 s 4 dto 3 s Gd ; prime ditto , 3 s 8 d to 3 s 10 dveal , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 6 d ; small pork , 8 s 8 d to 4 s Od lamb ' ' 3 s ioa to is l 0 d per Slbs , by the carcase .

      mo visions . l 0 ^ , ° ?; 1 . » S . 1 —The arrivals last week from Ireland were 12 , 900 firkmsi butter , and 1 , 030 bales bagon ; and . from tan ^ 8 470 cask s butter , aud 8 S 0 boxes and bato bacon . In the Irish butter market but a moderate amount of business was transacted during the past week , although wlders for general descriptions were willing to take rather ower rates ; tine was held more firmly , owing to Foreign having advanced 4 s to 5 s per cwt . The bacon market also ruled dull , except for choice fresh parcels , which met a fair sale ; prices range from-56 s to 70 s , accordinKto quality , &c . b , English Butter Market , August G . —Tho best weekly Dorset butter is m rather better demand at an advance in price of about 2 s per cwt ., but the general market is without improvement . We quote prices as under- —Dorset fine weekly , 80 s to 84 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 68 s to 74 s Devon , 70 s to 74 s ; Fresh , 9 s to 11 s per dozen

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Gabdesj Market . —Strawberries , 4 d to 9 d and raspberries , Cd to 9 d , per pottle ; peaches , and nectarines 15 sto 20 s per dozen ; cucumbers , Od to Is pec brace ' pens , Is to is M ; broad beans , Gd . to * 9 d ; French , ditto * Is , 3 d to Is Gd ; currants , 3 s to 6 s ; gooseberries 2 s 6 d to 4 s 6 d ; apples , 2 s to 4 s ; pears , Is Gd to as ; plums , 4 s to'Gs and greengages , 7 s to 8 s per half-sieve ; cabbages , 6 d to 9 d ; cauliflowers , Is to 4 s ; and horseradish , Is to 2 s 6 d per dozen heads ; turnips , 2 s to 8 s ; carrots , 3 s Gd to ( is ; onions , Is to 3 s ; aud greens , 2 s to 2 s per tUreen bunches ; hothouse grapes , 2 s to 5 s ; pineapples , 4 s Gd to as Gd : chemes , id to is ; and new potatoes , Id to 3 d per 16 ; oranges , 10 s to 16 s ; lemons , Ss to 0 s ; walnuts , for pick-I . ng Is to 2 s ; and gherkins , Is to Is Gd per hundred ; table fruit , 9 d to 2 s ; and mushrooms , 0 d to Is 3 d per punnet ; foreign pines , Gd to 2 s ; and melons , Is to 3 s each ; cos lettuces 4 d to Gd uer score '';

      wool . ; CiTir , Monday , August 6 . —The imports of v ,-ool into '. ondon last , >•« & were 1 , ( 540 bales , ot whiun 70 d were from issaffi ? m f , omGMy , COAL . inTuv ^ l ? - ^ ^* , ? raarket » 14 L Stewart ' s , WvUm u \ i , « d 5 Brada jU ' s , 17 s ; Kcltoo , MSM ; Wylam , 14 s Market iirm , at last day's prices . Fresa arrivals , 106 ; left from last day , 35 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1534/page/8/