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F Bbsioir Siidi ~ The Northern Star • Ma...
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TJxoxrniaTK will be read one ofthe most important of Mr . Roberts' -many important triumphs- ^ more important than those cases decided by themere whim or capriceof a single justice ofthe peace , because it carries with it the weight of the verdict of a jury . It would but weaken the reported case to offer further comment than merely to call attention to tbe rascality of those free traders who contract for the weaving of fifty-four yards , and make the unfortunate shwes produce seventy . Ofcou « e , Mr . Clarke ' s name will be found amongst the list of free trade subscribers , and the evidence adduced upon the trial is a significant taste of the justice in store for the working classes when bis party shall have gained political power . It will be seen that Mr , Roberts has got a verdict for the full demand of his client , and that , therefore , he evinced sound judgment » his desire to have the case tried at the assizes , as originally intended , had not the judge considered it a nt case for the assessor . _ . .. ......
Tvehave frequently thonght , and we still think , that Mr . Roberts' exclusive engagement with tho eolbVrs , although , highl y beneficial to that trade , is ne vertheless a great national loss . In our opinion , Mr . Roberts , as a local or sectional adviser , is thrown away . His legitimate p lace is tbe metropolis—near the courts , in the vicinity ef the Senate House , directing a national movement , instead of wasting his energies for mere sectional purposes . Booby solicitors can do better service under Mr . Roberts'
training tlian those of a superior class without his instruction . What we desire to see is , a great national movement , not of the trades only , as far as Mr . Roberts is concerned , but ofthe whole of the working classes , with Mr . Roberts installed as their Attorney-General , and elected to the house of Commons , to *» atch their interests there : to see to the repeal of laws pressing injuriously upon labour , and to the enactment of those required for its protection . We Tkno-w of no single act more easy of accomplishment if the people would only decide upon its necessity .
MANCHESTER . SHERIFF'S COURT , Thubsday , Afhil 23 . { Before Bdbert Brandt , Esq . Assessor . ) WEAVER ' S WAGES . —LENGTH OF .. COTS . . Eoscoz v . CtABXE , —This was an action for wages , involving a somewhat serious charge against Messrs . Geo . Clarke and Co . cotton spinners and manufacturers by power , Pollard street . Mr . Greene , barrister , instructed by Mr . W . P . Roberts , appeared for tbe plaintiff ; and Mr . Saunders , of the firm of Atkinson , Saunders , and Atkinson , attorneys , for tu « defendant . The declaration staled , that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 10 s . the value of labour done by the plaintiff for tlie defendant , and at hisreqnest . To this declaration the defendant pleaded that , except as to 9 s . 6 d . he never
was in Jetted to the plaintiff in the manner alleged , and that that sum was ready to he paid . Sir . Greene stated the case for the plaintiff ; who , he said , now worked at Oldham , hat was formerly in the service of Mr . Clarke , an extensive manufacturer . In September or October he went into that employment , npon the hiring of Mr . Charles Clarke , the son of the defendant , who took Turn on the terms that he was to have 2 s . ed . for weaving a cat of nankeen , of 54 yards length . After the plaintiff had been there sometime , he began to think the cuts were considerably longer than 51 yards , and on the 10 th of January the plaintiff and someother weavers measured a Cut , and found that instead of being 54 yards , it was acta . l * j- 70 . yards , measured by a string of 37 inehes to tlie yard . Complaints had been made by the weavers retort
this , that the cuts were too long , and these complaints being thus proved to be well-founded , the weavers turneri out . . Mr .. Charles Clark summoned several of the weavers , but tho charge was afterwards abandoned , Now , when tbe defendant turned out , there were some wages ineto him ; for the mode of payment in the mill is , for the men to receive oa the Saturday payment f « r the work done up to "Wednesday , so that what the defendant did between Wednesday , and Saturday was unpaid . He and Other men applied for summonses against llr . Clark for these wages , hut the magutrato refused them , on the { round that he had not jurisdiction in the matter , when the aicorat sought for was under a week ' s wage * . Ifthe summons had been granted , probably the plaintiff would have been well satisfied with it , whatever the decision
might hare b ? en . But that being refused , he went to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , with the intention of having the case tried before one of the judges . The ease ought to have been tried at the last Liverpool assizes , hat in consequence of some delays that could not he done , and the judge decided that it was a case propt-r to he "brought before the learned assessor . On the 28 th . of January , Mr . Charles Clarke called together a number ofthe hands who had turned out . among whom was the defendant , and proposed that they sho dd have 6 d . a cut additional . Now what was this fort Was it not dene "because the detection had taken place ? 3 fr . Clarke , it could also he shown , had acknowledged that the cuts were 66 yards in length . Besides , from & e "Wednesday to the Saturday the plaintiff had
woven three cats , which of course amounted to 7 s . 6 d . but the defendant had paid into court the sum of 9 s . 6 d . which seemed very like an admission that there had been more work than . 54 yards done to the cut . Mr . Greene ( hen called Mr , Charles Clarke , and examined him at some length . From his evidence it appeared that when a weaver , got a warp , he received a . " taUy . paper * " with it , on which , amongst other figures , were " 54 , " in a column under the head "length . ' * This , it was stated hy the plaintiff , was understood to represent the length ofthe cut , and they had ns other mode of knowing the length ofthe cut hut that , except by measuring it yard by yard . The witness said the 54 was merely a nominal number , that it had been used for this . description of goods ever since he had been in the mill , and that it merely
indicated the quality of the work , and not the length of tbe piece , so that any other sign , an A or a B , would answer the purpose as well .. The actual length of tbe cuts of blue nanheens varied from 59 io 64 yards , and the wea-TeHwerepaidfrom 2 s . 4 d . to 2 s . 6 d . for weaving them . They did not tell the weavers the length of the cut . They could easily tell whether it was long or short , by measuring it with an inch rnle on the beam , —A number of witnesses ,. who were called for the plaintiff , distinctly stated that they understood the figures " 54 " to he the length of the cut , and that they had continued working onderthat impressionvand some ofthe witnesses for the defence admitted that they had the same impression ,
hut though the ; thought the cuts were longer than that , they never complained . —Mr . Saunders and Mr . Greene haring both addressed the jury , the learned assessor summed up , and briefly explained the case to the jury . He said , though there did not appear any direct attempt at fraud on the part of the defendant , yet it might reasonably he supposed mat the plaintiff had been misled hy the figures * . ' 54 " jr' and if the jury believed that to be fas ease , they wenld return a verdict for the plaintiff . The jury , after a short consultation , f ound for the plaintiff , damages 30 s ., based on the calculation that the plaintiff had been underpaid 3 s . a week for the 10 weeks he was in the service of Messrs . Clarke .
Visit To The Chartist Estate. Let The Re...
VISIT TO THE CHARTIST ESTATE . Let the residents in the murky dens ofthe manufacturing toivns , and this occupants ofthe filthy garrete ofthe Great Metropolis , follow ns to this truly delightful spot , the first fruits of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society . If health , happiness and Zjmiort'be ail object , it may be enjoyed in this beautiful place . Talk of town life , with its bilious complaints ,, bad appetites , < fec . —surely , the fortunate shareholders on this estate ma ; escape all these ¦ without the aid of Holloway ' s pills . But lest the Chartist body should remain in doubt , perhaps it would be better to enter more minutely into detail whilst describing the first portion of the working
man ' s land of promise . On Sunday morning . " April 26 , Thos . M . Wheeler of London , Henry CuUingham of Hammersmith , Walter Thorn of Birmingham , and George White of Bradford , setoff to visit the Chartist estate at Herringsgate near Rickinarisworth , 5 Herts . The road lay through Tyburn-gate , Bayswater , Hanwell , and Uxfaridge , to Denham Park , a better road need not be required , and from Denham Park to the estate equals the avenues of the most aristocratic entrances of the proudest nobleman ' s seat . For more than a mile , in a straight line , the road is enclosed on eacli side by lofty trees . We then proceeded along beautiful green lanes , and passed scores of acres of cultivated
-watercress . On arriving at our destination , we met a farmlabourer , who turned out to be the bailiff in charge of the property ; he immediately volunteered to escort ns to the farm-house , and great was our surprise to find that the people ' s estate was in every respeet equal , if it did not surpass , those which surround it . The bailiff informed us that the property was purchased by a gentleman in London , meaning Mr . P . " O'Connor , and belonged to a number of working nen . We were ushered into a snug parlour in tbe farmhouse , where a cheerful wood fire blazedas also
, another on the old-fashioned hearth in the kitchen "We were invited to partake of refreshment , and feell ing our appetites considerably improved by the journey , we gladly accepted the offer . From the wiildOW -we had a view of one part ofthe estate , and from the numerous trees which are to be seen in all directions , it may be well imagined to be a pleasing prospect . After concluding our repast , we res-dved to have a long ramble , and set off . accompanied by Mr Ellis in the direction ofthe wood which stands on a eentk slope on the top of the estate .
We passed some wheat fields which looked exceedingly well . We next overhauled the plan of the state to ascertain whether the reality agreed with the drawing : We" found everything exactly as described , and were thus enabled to name each field as we passed it . Our ramble through the wood was rather a rough one , there being so much underwood and the ground being wet from the late heavy rains ]
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hutthat didfa * -prev « nt ttST : fro ^^ and violets , which were very-numerous ,. ! her ? i isa very excellent ';\ prihe . ' in , thesweod » awhieh , flows gently aoTOthe ^ msf ^' an'l " summer time must form a pretty accoinpahiment to ( the melody of the feathered tribe . ^ .. .. ¦ , ••; -.. . * . -..:-, -i ! -,., On leaving the wood , we made a circle round the boundary and passed several fields of wheat and clover in good condition . During cursraraWe , the worthy bailiff contributed much to oar knowledge by his exp lanations . On arriving at a field where turnip s had been grown last year , he said that it was famous land , and that they had turnips off it as large as tea-kettles . He also stated that the gentlemen in the neighbourhood were sadly vexed that they had
not purchased the property . In his own words"they be fit to chaw their fingers . " After spending five hours on the land of freedom , we took our departure , and returned to London , well pleased with our journev . If any one doubts this description , let him go and see for himself . In addition to the descri ption already given , it may be added that there is a spacious barn near the farmhouse , in good repair and having an excellent oaken floor . It will make a capital ball-room for those who go to visit tbe people ' s estate in the summer . Taking it for all in all , the members ofthe Chartist Cooperative Land Society may congratulate themselves on being the proprietors of such a lovely spot . May the factory slaves have the wisdom to follow their example .
Attempted Assassination In Drury Lane.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN DRURY LANE .
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. On Saturday night , a few minutes before nine o ' clock , the neighbourhood of Drury-lane was thrown into consternation by the report of another act of attempted assassination . It appears from information obtained hy the reporter from those who were witnesses of the diabolical deed , that about ten minutes before nine o'clock a lithographic printer , named Blewett , residing at No . 18 , White Hart-yard , Drury-lane , was returning home from his employment , and walking down Drury-lane from the direction of Great Queen-street , towards Princes-street . On his arrival near Morgan's dining-rooms , at the corner of Princesstreet , he was shot . A man named Samuel Sandered , who was drinking outside the public-house exactly opposite , hearing the report , ran across the road , and succeeded in catching Blewett in his arms as he was stagger *
ing : He exclaimed , " Oh , I am shot ; " and the blood was seen issuing from the front of his shirt . At this moment the youth who had fired took to his heels in the direction of Great Queen-street , pursued by police-constable Dunsftirrf , 83 F . The wounded m in was conveyed to the ihop of a surgeon , in Brury . lane , where , on opening his shirt , it was discovered that he had received a bullet wound in the left breast . He was conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , where , on being examinedby Mr . Walker , the house surgeon , it was ascertained that the ball had entered the left breast , and passed out at the right . He is also of opinion that the wound is mortal . Immediately information was forwarded relative to the sad occurrence tothe wife of Blewett . He was at this time able to speak , and stated that he was wholly unconscious of who had shot him , and that he had not had the slightest quurrel with any person .
DuHstord , the police-constable , continued his pursuit without losing sight of the accused until he arrived in Little Queen-street ( singularly enough the place where the murderer Wicks was captured ) , and where he took the prisoner into custody . On the accused being taken into custody by the constable he still had the pistol in his hand with which he bad committed , the act , aud on-being searched a powder flask , containing a considerable quantity of powder , and a number of bullets were found on his person . He tremiJe . ! very violently and was quite out of breath from punning , hut ag ' eoon as he recovered himselfhe exclaimed to Duusford that it was ah accident . On his arrival at the Bow-street station the prisoner was placed within the bar until Mr . Superintendent Pierce , who was at Covent-garden Theatre at tlie moment , was sent for , During this interval he trembled evceeflinKly , and frequently buried his face in his hands . The accused is of exceedingly juvenile appearance , with dark hair , sallow complexion , and rather long features . He was attired in a most respectable manner .
The charge was entered , and , on being interrogated by the inspector , he said in a tremulous voice : Hy name is John Braham ; I was fifteen years old last January . I reside at No . 31 , Harrison-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , and am clerk to Mr . Humby , a soliciter , No . 8 Begent-street ; 1 mean Lower Regent-street , near Waterloo-crescent . Inspector Black : You are charged with shooting a man in Drury-lane , with a pistol . The prisoner : It was quite an accident , , The accused was then removed . On the prisoner ' s person was found £ 2 in gold , and about lis . or 15 s . in silver . The wounded man is described as an extremely fine , tall man . From aU that has transpired on the subject , it is believed that both individuals were strange to each other , which is confirmed by the fact that the wounded man , when asked , had no idea hv whom the shot was fir cd .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . The officer selected for the purpose of visiting the residence of the accused , So . 1 , Harrison-street , Gray * s-innroKil , Tragponce-serjeantI ocoe * r , of the F division . On his arrival at the house , he found that Braham ' s father is a grocer in a most respectable way of business , having lived in the neighbourhood and being the owner of considerable property there for many years . On making Mr . Braham acquainted with the position his son was in he expressed ; no considerable surprise at it , and adderi that it was what they expected , for they never could stop his taste for fire-arms . Oa proceeding to the accusedV bed-r-iom , on the three-pair back , he searched it , and
round two guns , a shot bag containing a quantity of shots , a powder flask full of powder , a box containing a quantity of bullets , a bullet mould , and several pieces of metal for making bullets . He also found a . small cannon , and a canister which had "! contained powder , but which was empty . There were also screw-drivers and' a number ol other instruments used for removing locks , Ac , from fire-arms . He alto found in the accused ' s box a book , called " Statham ' s First Steps in . Chemistry , " useful as an instructor in experiments to south of both sexes . Tht father of the accused accompanied Poeock to the station . He identified tbe pistol as belonging to his son , but was not permitted to see him .
, From the moment when the unfortunate man Blewett was taken into the King ' s College Hospital all hopes of his surviving were given over . At " an early hour Mr . Fercuson was called into consultation , and gave the best professional assistance , which was however too late . It was impossible , from the condition of the patient , toprobc the wound , although from the direction of the wound it appeared that the bullet having entered through the right mamma , had passed through the right lobe of the- lungs , and came out behind . the . clavicle , having . probably wounded one or more of the , branches of the" leading pulmonary arteries . In the course . of the night he suffered much , but in the early part of the morning his pains materially lessened , and he expressed to his wife
his opinion that he would yet survive . She was in-1 cessant in her attentions to him during the whole of the day , and he was visited by his daughter , a child seven years of age . On marrying his wife he became a Cawolic , and on his admission to King ' s College Hospital , immediately requested the presence of a priest , and was visited by the Rev . Mr . Coyne , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , who was that night and yesterday very attentive in . the discharge of his religious duties . Throughout yesterday a great number of members of his trade , that of a lithographic printer , called at the hospital to make inquiries , and amongst others the Secretary to the Society of Lithographic Printers , to administer to his wants , or those of the unhappy wife . At nine o ' clock the unfortunate victim was still living , but life seemed drawing to its close .
EXAMINATION AT BOW-STREET . On Monday the prisoner John Braham was brought up for examination . John Braham was placed at tbe bar , charged with shooting at and wounding Thomas Blewett , whereby his life is endangered . Louisa Cook , 12 , Great Earhstreet , Seven Dials , ser . vant to Mrs . Dowling . —I was going into Clare-market at five minutes past eight on Saturday evening . The prisoner was crossing Drury-lane towards Princes- street . I pushed accidentally against his elbow . He said with a
coarse oath , " What made you do that V I answered by asking , "You puppy , what made you call me that—can you prove you words V He came behind me , and seizing me by the shoulder , said with another oath , " I would do for yon to night , hut for one thing . " I saw the muzzle of a pistol from under his coat , and cried "Police I" and he ran away towards Drury-lane ; He seemed quite timid . > . Cross-examined : You said he looked wishful at you . What did he mean by that ? He looked wild as if he would do something if he dared . He seemed frightened , hut perfectly sober .
William Hathaway , Compositor , dwelling at No . 9 , Horford-place , Drury-lane . I was at the corner of Princes-street , Drury-lane . Met the prisoner there . He had in his hand a . pistol , which he presented at me as he advanced , until the muzzle was very near my breast . 1 was rather alarmed , and moved on one side , and as hepassed me I heard the report of a pistol and a man cry out "I am shot ! " I looked round and saw a man staggering about on the foot-path . He was carried into a doctor's shop . 1 hart previously seen the prisoner run off , u _> Drury-lane . The wounded roan had just passed me , and was not more than a yard from me when he was shot .
Charles Baker , 32 , F division . —I was on duty in Drury . lane . I passed on about twenty paces towards Grea * Queen-street , when I heard a report of fire-arms behind me , I looked back and saw a cloud of smoke at tho COOkshop windows , and there saw a man with his hand to his breast bending foiwardand exclaiming , "Oh dear ! Oh Lord ! " I immediately went towards him , but had not gone five steps , when I met the prisoner running towards me , I took hold of him : I asked " What is all this ? " He replied : " It was a pistel went off by accident . " At the S'inie instant , a dozen voices exclaimed , " The man has shot himself ! " and not seeing anything in tbe hands of tbe prisoner I let him go ; not suspecting it was he that had- fired the pistol . I then got the stretcher , and the wounded man was taken to the hospital . When I returned to Drury-lane I saw a woman , and from what she said to me I took her to the station , and there I found tinprisoner in custody . I immediately said , You are the young man I stopped in Drury-lane , and you said the
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time catching hold of his hand , which had the pistol in n . He replied , only a little pistol which I have just let off ; . I was going to the shooting-gallery in Drury-lane . He said I might take the pistol or anything else he had , hut he hoped I would let him go , or else I should injure him for all the rest of his life . I brought him back to the doctor ' s shop in Drury-lane , and there learned that the wounded man hsid been taken to the hospital , In return ^ ing along Russell-street , I met two policemen , and gave the prisoner into their custody , and delivered the pistol to Inspector Blake at the station-house . - Dunaford , police constable 83 F , corroborated the evidence of the last witness , and said , as he was taking prisoner to the station-house , he repeatedly asked whether , anybody was hurt , and repeated over and over again , that it was done by accident ; took from his pocket a powder flask and five leaden bullets , He was then told what he was charged
with . ' . ;;; ... " ¦ .- - ¦> , . - . ' Edwin Masters , 129 , Drury-lane , pawribroker ' sassistant —Identified prisoner as having come to his master ' s shop , and said he wanted to purclase a percussion gun . He looked at several ,, and . then said , he had a gun and pistol which he wanted to sell , and we agreed that he should have our gun for his own and the pistol , with two shillings . On Saturday week he returned , and wished . to buy the gun and pistol back . again , as the gun he had from us did not suit him . I let him make the re-exchange on condition of his paying a shilling . The pistol is the one which has now been produced . The prisoner was here asked his age , and he ; replied , fifteen last February . . ' ,:.-. ; : I
Mr . Henry remarked upon the impropriety of selling deadly weapons to mere boys ; and' the witness replied that he took the prisoner to' be eighteen years old ait leasti—Inspector Blake deposed to having received the prisoner in the station house , and said that h ' e ' repeatedl y affirmed that the pistol went off by accident —Superintendent Pearce reported from the hospital that the man was still alive , and likely to recover—The prisoner , who , by the advice of his solicitor remained silent , was then remanded until Saturday next at one o ' clock ,
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SOUTHWARK . Attempt at IUve . —On Monday Robert Eyre , a tall , powerful-looking man , was brought before Mr . Cottiugham , charged with attempting to violate the person of Eliza Goreen , a little girl , eleven years of age , the daugn ; of respectable parents residing in Park-street , _ ' St . Saviour ' s . The complainant having answered satisfactorily as to her knowledge of the nature and obligation of an oath , was then sworn , and from her statement it appeared , that on Saturday evening about seven o ' clock , she was in care of the house of a Mrs . Edmonds , a neighbour of her mother's . While there the prisoner called , and having inquired for Mrs . Edmonds , he was told that , she was not at home , but he said that he should wait until her return . He then followed the complainant into , the parlour , and sat down , and laying his head upon the table , pretended to fall asleep . ' In a short time , however , he rose up , and taking a knife out of the table drawer , hi approached the chair on which the complainant was
sitting , and pulling out his handkerchief placed it over her mouth , and then threatened to run the knife into her if she called out er made any noise . After this , he then proceeded to act towards the child in a most disgusting manner , and continued so for some time , she being fear , ful of calling out or making any alarm , under the apprehension that he would carry his threat of using the knife into execution . She however entreated him to desist , saying that her mother , or Mrs . Edmonds would he in immediately , and he then let her go , and she rushed out of rh « house , and went heme to her " mother , to whom she instantl y communicated the treatment shehad experienced from the prisoner , who followed closely after her . The prisoner , when asked what he had to say in answer to the charge , merely ejaculated that it was all false , and that he neither used a knife nor handkerchief , as asserted . Mr . Cottingham said that he believed every word ofthe little girl ' s evidence , to whom the prisoner , a giant in ap . pearaoee , and advanced in years , had behaved in tbe most scandalous manner . It was fortunate for him
the child escapedhis brutality before he had completed an act which would have placed him in a more critical position than he W » S at present .: The magistrate added that the case was of too serious a nature for him to dispose of summarily , and that he should therefore commit the yrU sontr for trial to the Central Criminal Court , Robbebi bv a Hospital Patient . —On Tuesday Thomas Swainson was brought before Mr . Cottingham for re-examination , charged with stealing a watch , nnd a quantity of wearing apparel from some of the patients in Guy's Hospital . It appeared that the prisoner was admitted as a patient into the above hospital , about four months ago , and when he became nearly well , he ingratiated hi . nself into the good opinions of several of his fellow-patients who were all labouring under the affliction of loss of sight . He availed himself ofthe opportunites thus created , and in the first instance he procured the papers of a poor fellow , a pensioner belonging to the mcrchant seamen ' s service , and without his knowledge or
sanction endeavoured to obtain his quarterly pension . He next took a watch from a lad in the same wards and having also taken various articles of clothing from other patients , he absconded , and having got rid ofthe property , ne expended the proceeds in dissipation . It appeared that the excesses into which he had plunged when he got the money had such an effect upon his health that he was compelled to apply for admission again into an hospital , but he took care that It should not be Guy ' s but St . Thomas's . Here . he was discovered soon after bis admission , and talten into custody . In the course of tbe examination it was stated by a policeman that the prisoner had been for sometime past supporting a woman at the west end of the town , and that he had promised her marriage , which was to have taken place had not the discovery of his dishonest acts towards his fellow patients taken place . It was further slated that the prisoner belonged to a very respectable family in Scotland , by whom he . was encouraged long since to leave London and return to them . The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial ,
MARY 1 BBONB . Shocking CanEi . Tr to aChim .- On . Monday , Joseph Bales and Elizabeth Bales , the former a railway porter , were brought before Mr . Eavslinson oh the charge of having ill-treated their child , Hannah Eales , eleven years of age . An application respecting the case was made on the 1 st inst . to the magistrate , by Clarke , 85 S , who produced a certificate from Mr . Curtis , a surgeon , which . sot forth that he had examined the poor child , who appeared to him to have been dreadfully beaten and nearly starved ; he ( the officer ) also said that the child had been removed to the St . Pancras Infirmary , and that some time would probably elapse ere she would be sufficiently recovered to come to the court . Hannah Eales , who looked extremely
thin and weak , was sworn ; and she said that she lived with her parents , who had four other children , at No . 27 , Ferdinand-place , Hampstead-road : she gave her evidence with such reluctance , as to induce a belief that she had previously been tutored as to what she should say , and all that could be elicited from he * wa « , that she was sometimes kept short of food , and beaten by her mother . whenever she did anything wrong . The answer to the charge was a denial , of any cruel behaviour ; the mother said that the child had for some time past been living with her grandfather in the country , and had not many months been at home ; she had always a sufficiency of food , and was only beaten when she told untruths . The male prisoner was ordered to put in bail far his and his wife ' s attendance on a future day .
WORSHIP-STREET . .. . ... A Beastlt Kascai . —On Monday a man about 30 years of age , named Joseph Hosier , was placed at the bar before Mr . Brougbton , charged with indecently exposing his person to a married woman named Caroline Smith , the wife of a painter and glazier in Devonshire-street , Globe-road , Mile-end , The complainant stated , that while proceeding to her own residence through a rural lane leading from Victoria park to Hackney , at eleven o ' clock that morning , she passed the prisoner , who was standing still on-one of the park bridges ; but had only gone on about a hundred and fifty yards further when he overtook her , passed her two or three yards , suddenly stopped , and , without uttering a word , deliberately perpetrated the offence he was charged with . She called
lura a scoundrel and threatened to give him into custody , on which the prisoner mumbled out something she could not understand , and , not stopping to offer an explanation , ran off as fast as he could . She pursued him as fur as the house of a lady of her acquaintance , on reaching which she nearly fainted , and while afterwards deliberating whether to inform the police of the man ' s infamous conduct , the prisoner returned , re-paseed the bouse , and again proceeded inr the direction ofthe park . By the advice of her friend she informed the first policeman who came up , and the prisoner was pursued and taken into custody . She could positively swear that the prisoner was the person who had so 'insulted her , and could not be mistaken in his identity . —The prisoner now declared that the lady was entirely mistaken ns to the chief fact in
li « r evidence , and that the aetion imputon to bun was one of which be ' should scorn the perpetration , but he unforiunately had no witnesses who could confirm his innocence . Mr . Brougbton , who had closely and repeatedly questioned the witness , having expressed his entire approbation both of the manner in which the complainant had given her evidence and the decided course she had adopted to insure the prisoner ' s punishment , for which the public were much indebted to her , said it was impossible for him te entertain a doubt of the commission of the offence upon such testimony ; and though a conviction was of serious importance to the prisoner , as fixing him with a peculiar character which ho mi tf ht never be able to rid himself of by years of after conduct , it was his duty to declare the offence proved , and to sentence him to undergo three months' imprisonment and
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hard ^ labour in the . House , of : Correction as > a ^ roguerand vagabond , and if the accused Bras dissatisfied with the sente ' nca he could ' exercise' his privilege of appealing against it , and procuring Its reversal . " The ; 'prisoner , however , who appeared astounded at ' the result , did not express any such intention , and was removed in the van . Despebate Assault . —On Wednesday , two ' ' athletic young men , named John Hurlock and William Fleming , were placed at tbe bar before Mr . Broug bton , charged with having assaulted and wounded pollce-COnstable Walter White , of theG divirion , whereby bis life had been seriously endangered . Shortly before one o'clock on the morning of the 22 d instant , the comp lainant was called to suppress a disturbance in a public-house , in
Holy well-lane , Shoredttch , and oh enter ng the house , found a tumultuous mob assembled in front ofthe bar , amongst whom were the two prisoners . The instant he endeavoured to separate the assemblage and get them out of the house , he was attacked by the prisoners , and knocked down several times in rapid succession , but ultimately succeeded , with the exertions of the landlord , In forcing them into the street ; on reaching which , however , they renewed the attack , and threw liim heavily upon the pavement . On recovering his feet he was again felled to the ground by the prisoner Hurlock , who threw himself upon him as he lay upon the pavement , and , fastening his teeth into the lower part of the constable ' s face , bit a piece completely out of his cheek . His staff had been previously wrested from him by one of the mob , and both tbe prisoners having kicked him in the most malicious manner , J started off , leaving the officer in a state of insensibility . They were instantly pursued by
two tradesmen , but after following them a" short distance , the prisoner Fleming suddenl y turned round and struck one of his pursuers such a ' violent blow in the face , that he was compelled to desist from further interference , and the other witness only escaped similar ll-usage , by pretending that he was one of the same party endeavouring to elude the police . He was aecordinfily , under this supposition , allowed 'to proceed with them nearly half a mile further , when he fortunately met - two constables , and gave the prisoners into custody . Mr . Brougbton ordered the prisoner Hurlock to pay the full amount of penalty it was in his rower to inflict , namely £ 5 , or in default of so doing , to undergo two months' imprisonment and bard labour in the House of Correction ; and the prisoner Fleming , whose conduct had been less culpable , to pay a penalty of 00 s ., or in default , six weeks imprisonment and , hard labour . Neither of the penalties was paid , and the prisoners committed accordingly . ^
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fcheVWhite Bear , King William-street , Londonbridge , on the . body of Mr . Frederick Edgell , aeed fifty-one years , a gentleman residing at Wandsworth . Thomas Greguon , conductor of one of the Clapham omnibuses , deposed , that on Tuesday night last , about eleven o ' clock , whilst standing in front of the Cross Keys Tavern , Gracechurch-street , the deceased entered witness ' s omnibus , in which were several other gentlemen . The vehicle proceeded as far as
the Monument in King Williamigtreet , when witness Was alarmed by the passengers calling for help , as one of the gentlemen had been taken ill . . Witness and the driver assisted the deceased to the siireery of Mr . " Fuller , who opened a vein in the arm , but ' life was then quite extinct . He was searched , and on his person were found a £ . 5 note and three sovereicns in cold . Mr . Hugh Fuller , of No . . 53 , King Williamstreet , surgeon , said that when he fist saw the deceased he was quite dead . His eyes were contracted and the features very palid . Other evidence having been adduced , the jury returned a verdict of " Nafural death . "
Death ; of a Father and Son nr Suffocation . — A very afflicting accident , but one unfortunately of frequent occurence , took place last week in tbe works of Messrs . Bagnall . Toll End . near Wolverhampton , by which a father and son lost their lives . It appears that on Saturday morning , Thomas Onions , one of the men engaged in the worlts , went into a pit through which the pipes that supply the works with gas empty themselves , for the ' purpose of pulling out the plugs and letting out tho water . In ao doing a great quantity of gas rushed out , and the unfortunnte man fell down nearly suffocated . Not returning out of the pit , which was only three or four feet deep , the son hastened to his father ' s assistance , when he too was overcome with the eas , and
fell down senseless . The young man was drawn out a few minutes afterwards , but he was quito dead . The father , who was lying in the pit a considerable time longer , was not dead when taken out , and hopes were , entertained of his recovery , but he survived only , till the following day ( Sundayl . when he expired . .. Inquests were held on the bodies before George Hinchliffe , Esq ., coroner , when , it appearingr that no blame could be attached to any one , tbe father bavins the care ofthe pipes for many years , verdicts of " Accidental death " were returned . Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday Mr . Baker held two inquests , one at the Star and Garter , Arboursquare , Stepney , and the other at the London Hospital , on the bodies of Henry Ephraim nubble , aged thirty-one , and George Marshall , aged fifty . It appeared in the first case , that Hubble was landlord of the Star and Garter . Several years ago . while in Calcutta , he bad an attack of insanity caused by
pxceasive drinking . On Eaater Monday the oolice cleared his house , and turned the gas off . The deceased complained of it and appeared to be very much excited . On Friday evening he went to bed as usual , and shortly afterwards got up and ran down stairs into the street with nothing on but his shirt . and drawers . He was brought back , and he died a few hours afterwards . There had been a summons out against him for keeping his house open , after twelve o ' clock on Sunday nights . This also excited the deceased , who thought himself ill-used by the police , and had often complained of their conduct . The jury relumed a verdict of" Died bythe visitation of God . " ^ -In the second case it appeared that the deceased , Marshall , was seen to pass down North-street , Steoney , on Sunday evening . Suddenly he staggered and would have fallen tothe ground had not a man caught him in his arms as he was passing by . He was conveyed to the London Hospital , but died before he reached there . Verdict of "Natural death "
was recorded . ExTiuonwuAnT Case oy Mahslauohter . — An affray of a fatal and extraordinary character has occupied the attention ofthe magistrates and coroner nf Itamseate during the last" few davs . The facts elicited by them went to show that on Wednesday last a large number of the inhabitants ot the neigh , bouring villages congregated in Margate to cehbrate the festival of a benevolent society , in the Tivoli Gardens . Amongst them was a " man named James Sutton ' , reported to be respectably cennerted . who , towards nisht , attracted attention by his boisterous conduct . It appears that after the evening ' s am usement he le't his brother ' s company , and nothing ; was heard of him until midnight , when two men , named
Kemp and Kitching , on their return home fmm the gardens , while proceeding along a footpath leading to Hartsdown , . an adjacent parish , saw a man some distance in advance , calling " Holloa ! " On comimr up Ihey found M to be John Price , a carrier , livine at Runcorn . Price said , in a very excited manner , " Here is a man who has been attempting to rob me . and I will not leave him until I see who be is . " A few yards distant the * saw a man lying on the ground , who seemed senseless , who was discovered to lie Sutton . Price then charged Sutton with attempting to rob him ! His statement to the inspector on duty was as follows : — " On Wednesday night , about half-past ten , I was going home from the Tivoli . and when half-way between that place
and Hartsdown . Sutton jumpon out of the hedge by the footpath , and demanded , of me , catching me by the collar , if I bad a watch . I said I bad . He asked if I had any money . I said I had . He then caught hold of me by the neckerchief , and said he must have it or my life . We struggled together , and T slipped up my hand and untied my neckerchief . He then knocked me down twice , and kicked me . I at length got the better of him , and got him down . I struck him several times violently on the head , calling out for assistance , ' and sitting across him to keep him down . Kemp was the first who came to my assistance ; we were-struggling for three-quarters of an hour . I was sober and alone . I did not knowthe man . " The man Sutton being apparently dying .
medical aid was promptly called to him . but he never rallied , and expired in the course of a few hours . On the magistrates hearingr of tlie dwilh , they ordered Price to be arrested , but subsequently liberated him on bail . On the inspector inspecting the spot where the affray occurred , he noticed a quantity of blood on the ground , and marks of a very violent struggle ; and in the ground was a hole , evidently made by a man s head beaten against it , and in theeentre were two small stones sticking up abour . an inch . At tbe coroner s inquest , Mr . Thornton , a surgeon who bad made a post mortem examination ofthe body , deposed that d eath had been caused by concussion ofthe brain , and which mig ht have been produced by beating the head upon the ground . The head wn & dre » dfully
knocked about , 'he eye blackened and lip cut , and marks on the throat as if seized by the neckerchief and a man ' s knuckles forced into the ficsh . It was proved that the deceased and Price were perfect strangers . The deceased's relatives spoke to . his being » quiet orderly man , and called the police to show that they knew nothing of him , at- Irast in the shape of a highway robber . The coroner ' sjury . after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Price , considering the violence more than necessary , and > he was forthwith ordered into CUatody by the coroner , and committed
to Maidstone caol to take his trial at the next *< w ? m Outbade at Birkenhead . — An outrage of a very serious nature took place on Monday at Birkenhead . A tMr . M'Leod , a contractor in the formation of the docks at Birkenhead , seems to have given some offence to the navies employed under him sand suspecting that he was secreted at Mr . Watson ' s ( late La French ' s ) , a mob of them surrounded the house / and insi sted upon Rearchinn it , swearingthat if they found him thev would murder him . He was not there , however , but they found him at length , and inflicted serious injuries" upon him . Mr . M'Lfod's j house , up to the hour at which wo write , i 9 gH ' arfleo by the police ; but we understand ho has lcftlt , ^ -returned
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WT T ; s V ' - ' : l : ;( Frorni the ; ZV » ie « . ) \\ - '•"' . ' : " ' Ddbmn , April 2 f . " THE PKOVISION SCARCITr . " - ' Matters appear to be nearly at a stand-still . There are but few facts of any importance mentioned in the provincial papers for the last two days ; so it is to be presumed , that if distress has not abated , it has not , at all events , increased to any considerable extent . The county of Galway is , perhaps , an exception . Fronvthat district the accounts continue of a very unfavourable nature . In two parishes adjoining Headfort , according to the Tuani Herald : — : Scarcely any public works have been obtained to afford employment for over 7 , 000 people , two-thirds of whom have no potatoes for seed or food . Three weeks have elapsed since a ' memorlal was forwarded from thtse pariihes to his Excellency , praying for relief , but as yet no answer has been returned to the applicants . "
. ' .. ; BEPBAL ASSOCIATION . Thig was another dull day at Conciliation-hall . The " house" met—it may be said , pro forma —& t the usual hour ; the head pacificator assuming thecharacler of "Speaker . " The Secretary : read a letter from Mr . Smith O'Brien , vfho , not content with the leadership of the " Irish party" in the Imperial Parliament , appears also to aim at the dictatorship of home analrs , vice Mr . Daniel O'Connell , whose tenure of both offices is evidently about to expire . . , There was a frightful deficiency in the week ' s revenue ; at half-past three o ' clock the sum received bv the treasurer amounted to a naltry £ 70 , and about £ 10 additional was all that that clear-headed functionary could safely calculate upon coming in , up to the hour of closing the books for tbe transfer of stock ., Although this is but a sorry state of affairs for those " who live on the peasantry ' s pence , it may not ; after all . be quite so cheerless aprospect for the contributors themselves .
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SMITHFIELD . Amongst tho importations of live stock which have taken place into London during the past week , we have to notice the first arrival of a small ^ cargo of beasts from Prussia ; These animals—thirty in number—were on sale here to-day , and , as might be expected attracted no little attention from the butchers present . Considering the distance they have travelled on foot , and by steam conveyance , they came to hand in most excellent condition ; hence were in fair demand , at prices varying from £ 19 to £ 21 each , at which the whole were disposed of . Although tbe stock ia question was by no means symmetrical—the hind legs being very long and badly-shaped —It was well fed , and will , no doubt , die Wfdl . Considering the prices obtained , it is by no means improbable that similar imports will take place during the present year to some extent . ; From Hamburg , Rotterdam , and Schiedam , about ' 100 oxen and cows were on offer , hut which moved off slowly , at barely late rates . Forthe time of year , the receipts of home-fed beasts fresh up this inorntngweriB tolerably good , and of excellent quality ,
the actual weight appearing to increase every week . On the whole , the beef trade was inactive , yet the quotations ' obtained on this day se ' nniRht were pretty genentlly aup . ported , the primest Scots producing 4 s . 2 d . per 8 lbs The droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted of about 1 , 800 Scots , homebreds and short horns , from tbe western and midland districts , 600 Devons , Herofordg runts , die : from other parts of England 200 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots . Tbe supply of sheep was again somewhat on the increase , and of excellent weight . Although the mutton trade was not quite so active as on Monday last , prime old downs moved off steadily , at full prices ; but most other breeds were a slow inquiry , , At the close of the market a fair clearance was effected : About 300 sheep came to hand from Scotland . Eton the Isle of Wight , 185 lambs were received per railway ; while the receipts from . Bisex , Kent , Sussex , Hampshire , dsc , were liberal . The very primest down qualities supported with difficulty last week's figures , all other kinds being a mere drug . Calves and pigs—the supplies of which were moderatemoved off alow ] y , at barely stationary prices .
By the quantities of 81 b ,, sinking the offal . s . d . a . d Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 10 8 0 Prime large oxen « . 3 6 4 6 Prime Scots , & e . . . . . 4 2 4 6 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 3 10 4 1 Second quality .... 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown . . . 5 2 5 6 Largecoarse calves . . . . 4 4 4 10 Prime small . . , ' . 6 2 5 6 Suckling ealves , each . . . 18 0 31 0 Large hogs . , ... 8 10 4 8 Neat small porkers ... 465 6 Quarter-old store m ' es , each . 1 G 0 22 t HEAD OF CATTM 3 ON SALE . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 648—Sheep . 20 . 500—Calves , 78—Pigs , 440 .
HEWSATE AND LEADENHALL . We have to report the arrival of a fair average quantity of country-slaughtered meat up to these markets during the past week , chiefly by railway conveyance , and which has come to hand in tolerably good condition . "With meat killed in the metropolis , we have been . moderate ! v well , but not to say heavily , supplied . Prime mutton and lamb have commanded a steady sale , and previous rates are well supported . In all other kinds ' of meat only a mo d erate business hasbeen transacted , at late currencies . About 400 carcases of lambs have reached ns from the eastern and western parts of England , hut which have sold on very easy terms . Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Apbil 27 . — The supply of heasts at market to-day has been rather larger than last week , but the quality not quite so good . The number of sheep was smaller , Beef , SJd . to 6 | d . ; Mutton , ? d . to 7 id . per lb .
Newcastle Cattie Mabket , Tuesdat . —At our market this morning there « af a fair supply of beasts , which was of a middling quality ; a short supply of sheep , and the same of swine . In the beast market , though there was little alteration in prices , there was a decided improvement in the demand ; the south dealers bought freely , and all soon sold up . In the sheep market there was little alteration in either the demand or tbe prices , Business commenced slowly at daylight , and continued bo until five o ' clock in the afternoon , when all was sold up . Store pigs are in brisk demand ; several lots were sold yesterday to the south jobbers , and those on offer this morning brought high prices . Beasts , small cutters , Gs . 9 d , ; steers of the best quality , 6 . « , 6 d . ; middling , 6 s , ; pork , small , 6 s . ; large , 5 a . 6 d . per stone of 14 lb . Small sheep about ls . a head fallow T ^ d . ; large fat , ditto , 7 d . per lb ., sinking offal .
LosnoN Cobn Exchange , Monoat , Apbii 27 . —The wheat trade was not particularly brisk this morning , but tbe supply of English beihgscanty an improvement of fully Is . per qr . upon the prices of this day week was established upon the finer runs and rather more money was made even for secondary qualities . Finesamphs of free Foreign wheat are now scarcely to be met with , and the sale of bonded for consumption is materially checked by the high price of certificates ; speculative inquiry there is none . Barley was vevy heavy stda , bnt no gveat alteration can be quoted in the value of any description . . Oats were extremely'dull at last week ' s prices , and where it was necessary to make way a reduction of Gd . per qr . had to be submitted to . Beans and grey peas were fully as dear as on this day se ' nnight . "White peas ls . per qr . higher . The clover seed season is drawing to a close : there was put little inquiry to-day for red , and none whatever for white or Trefoil .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED IN MARK-hANE .
BBITISH OBAIIf . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & Kent , white , new .. 49 to 63 .. 57 to 70 Ditto , red .. .. .. 47 69 ... 53 65 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Lincoln and York , red ... 47 57 white 49 62 Northumh . and Scotch ... 47 60 Rye ,. .. .. .. .. .. 22 38 Barley .. Malting' .. .. .. 36 84 extra 37 — Distilling .. .. .. 26 89 Grinding .. .. .. 28 2 « Malt .. Shin .. .. .. .. 53 57 'Ware 59 61 Malt .. Ship .. .. .. .. 53 57 Ware 59 61
Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 21 s Od to 23 s Gd ; potato , or . short , 22 s Gd to 26 s Gd ; Poland , 22 s 6 d to 27 s 6 d ; Northumberland and . Scotch , Angus , 21 s Od to 25 s ( id ; potato , 21 s Od to 25 s 6 d ; Irish feed , 20 s 6 d to 22 s ed ; black , 20 s 6 d to 22 s 6 d ; potato , 21 s 6 d to . 24 s 6 d ; Galway , 19 s 6 d to 20 s 6 d . Beans .. Ticks , new .. ... .. 32 3 G old 88 44 Harrow , small , new .. 34 38 old 40 48 Peas » White .. .. .. .. 87 43 boilers 40 41 Grayandhog .. .. 83 36 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 44 49 Town-made ( per saek of 2801 bs ) 46 53 Buckwheat , or Brank .. .. .. SO 32
EtteLISB SEEDS , iiO . Bed clover ( per crvt . ) .. » « 42 to 72 White clover ( per cwt . ) .. .. •• 47 76 Rapeseed ( per last ) : •• £ 26 28 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) is to lis ; white , 7 s tolo ' s . - '• ' '• •' ¦ 'j Tares , ( per bushel ) , spring , 6 s . ; winter , 5 s . to 6 s . Cd . Linseed cakes ( per loOU of 81 b each ) £ 11 to £ 12 VOJftSlQH OB Alt ) , _ , Shillings per Quarter . Free . In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 46 — 59 Ditto ditto .. 54 — . 61 .. 44 — 52 Pomeranian , & c ,, Anlmlt 56 — 63 ., 44 — 52 l ^ anisb , ; Holstein , kc . ., 54 — 61 ., 42 — 48 Russian , hard .. ., — Ditto , soft .. „ 55 — 58 ,. 39 — 48 Spanish , hard .. „ — Ditto , soft .. .. 58 — 62 .. 44 — 51
Odessa & Taganrog , bard — Ditto , soft .. .. S 3 — 58 .. 39 — 48 Canadian , hard „ , _ . Ditto fine .. .. 58 — 60 Rye .. Russian , Prussian , & c . — Barle ,. Grinding 23 — 2 G Ditto , distilling .. .. 36 — 30 „ 18 _ 20 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 25 — 27 „ ? o — 21 Russian .. .. .. 94 _ 26 .. 19 _ 20 Danish h Mecklenburg 24 — 26 .. 18 — "l Beans .. Ticks , 33 to S 8 , small .. 36 — 40 " <> 8 — 30 . ' \ Egyptian 33 _ 35 . " . 28 _ 30 Peas .. White , 32 to 43 . pray .. 33 _ 36 Flour .. Dantsic anil Hamburgh . " \ ( per - 'barrel ) , fine 30 « " " 82 , superfine .. .. 32 — u 22 _ qr ^ € anada , 30 . to 33 , United ^ States" - . , .. .. 32 _ 35 .. 26 — 28 Buchwheat w - 32 .. 24 - 28
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, & e , - $ A ' Linseed .. Petersburgh and Riga ( free of dutyi ' 2 ?^ . Archangel , 40 to 45 , Memel and KoBiga . 48 berg .,: > .. i . ... •¦; . - .. - ;„ ¦ „ ! ,, gg . . Mediterranean ,, *© to 48 , Odessa .. j Bapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 J * Wed Clover ( 16 s per' cwt . and 6 per cent , on the ** duty ) .. . •• •¦ , ' .. „ 42 m White ditto ' V . .. ' " ¦' . ' . .. .. .. 47 ? £ Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 , large „ 44 I ? Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 6 19 g , £ 7 . M French , per ton .. .. . ¦• .. .. £ 7 0 , £ 7 1 . Rape cakes ( free of duty ) .. . .. .. .. £ 5 19 £ 5 \ . and 5 per cent , on th ; dut » , AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from th . ..... . ¦ : 17 th to the 23 rd of April , **• - Wheat Barley Oats . Bye . ' Beans " ?^ Week wding 8 ' ' 8 ' d > A } ¦ .- *»• ¦ ¦ d . Tj Mar . 7 , 1846 .. 54 10 29 8 21 10 , 33 6 34 11 33 » Week ending - .. ' . )• ¦ *¦ s Mar . 14 ; 1846 .. 54 3 . 29 4 21 9 34 2 35 , 2 84 5 Week ending Mar . 21 ,. 1846 .. 55 1 29 10 22 0 33 10 34 4 33 t Week ending Mr . 28 , 1846 .. 55 5 30 2 22 1 34 0 35 0 33 a Week ending < < April 4 , 1848 .. 55 9 30 7 22 6 33 . 7 34 lo 34 o Week > ending Aprilll , 1846 .. ; 56 0 30 0 22 , 9 33 ,., 4 ' 85 I 33 g Aggregate aver , age of the lust . six weeks .. 55 3 30 0 22 2 33 9 34 11 33 » London , averages ( ending April 14 , 1846 ) 61 10 30 10 23 4 38 2 33 3 36 i /> Duties .. .. I 17 0 8 0 6 p [ 9 6 8 6 l 9 1
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[ Newcastle Cork Mabket , Tcesdat . —Our market was well supplied with wheat to-day , both from the farmers and coastwise , but the attendance of buyers being Email , we experienced a dull trade , at similar rates to last Saturday . - 'For barley , tbe trade proved extremely limited , as a great number of our maltsters are stocked for the season , and totransact business lower prices must have been submitted to for all except the choicest quality . In white peas " we had little or nothing passing . Rye scarcely maintained its value , Oats add other grain re . mained without any material alteration .
Livebpool Cobn Mabket , Mondav . —Easterly winds have kept back supplies of grain , A c ., from Ireland , and the arrivals since last Tuesday are very small . Tha quantities of foreign produce are likewise limited this week . All descriptions . ol wheat have been held firml y for the full . prices , 6 f Tuesday last , but the millers and dealers have at the same" time restricted their purchases within the limits of their immediate wants , and the business of the week in that grain has been of a limited amount . Flour , has met a moderate demand without
ch . nnge Of value . Scarcity has giren a little enhance , ment to the value of oats ; a few of fine mealing q uality have brought 3 s . ' 9 d ;* to' 3 s . 9 Jd . per 45 lbs . " Oatmeal baa met a fair sale , ' at fully previous rates , say 33 s . to 34 s , per 240 lbs . for the best old arid new . The transactions in fearley , beans , and pease , ha » e been . Iu retail onl y , without alteration in value . A good demand has been expg . rienced for Indian corn during the week , principally for shipment to Ireland , and prices have improved a little . The bonded market has bad little attention , and the quotations for wheat and flour are nearly nominal ,
Richmond ( Tobkshibe ) Gobn Mabket , Saturday . — We had a tolerable supply of grain in our . market to-day . Wheat . sold from 5 s . to 9 s . ; Oats , 3 s . to 4 s . 3 d , ; Barley , 4 s . to 4 s , 3 d ,: Beans , 5 s . to 5 s . Cd , per bushel .
State Of Trade. Leeds.—There Was Conside...
STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —There was considerable improvement in business at the Cloth Halls , both on Saturday and Tuesday ; the latter day more goods were sold than on any market , day during the last two months . Prices continue pretty steady , and the stocks on hand are below the usual quantity at this season . Trade has also been more lively in the warehouses this week than for some weeks past . A number of drapers from the country and from Ireland have visited the town , and some Americans Have also been here during the week , Altogether tha prospect is better than might have been expected a few weeks ago . —Leeds Mercury .
Manchester , Friday Evening—We have had rather less doing in cloth this week : and this has been more decidedly the case to-day than yesterday or Wednesday , There is , however , a strong disposition on the part Of bsyera to do business at a small advance on the lowest prices , but the manufacturers being firm in their dem mds prevents any thing on an extensive scale being done . Yarns scarcely so buoyant as on Tuesday , hut not lower . 1 . ¦ Bradford , Thursday , —There is no disposition to buy
any kind of wools except on the limited scale we have observed for some time past . no alteration in price . The improvement in tbe demand for yarns , noted in our report of last week , is fully developed to-day , as the buyers are disposed to purchase for distant delivery , to which the spinners are not ready to accede , as the price now current must undergo a great advance before they can realise prime cost : but as long as wool maintains its present disproportionate price to yarns , there is little hope of the large quantity of totally idle machinery be . ing put to work to relieve our distressed eperatives ,
During Hie week" and to-day more business has Been done in all kinds of dress goods suitable for autumn , andafeeling is gaining ground that we shall continue to improve . The delay in the Government measure affecting the Corn-laws , has no doubt tended to retard the progress ofthe merchants , particularly the export houses . The absence from the market of a rather extensive buyer noted in our last , turns out mere unfavourable than was expected , and considerable embarrassment is felt among the smaller manufacturers , several of whom have already had to yield to the loss they will sustain , and many once respectable men will he completely ruined , and necessarily involve increased temporary distress among the operatives in the villages where they reside ,
. Halifax . —There is no improvement in this market , i n either wool or manufactured goods . Prices are with , out material alteration since our last . In the wool trade , middle bogs are quoted at £ 12 15 s „ and middle wethers £ 12 per pack , common noils and broke , together , fetch about £ 10 7 s . Cd . Huddebsfield . —There has been a sli ght improve , ment in the amount of business done to-day , and more especially in the various descriptions of goods that suit the American . market . As this is the season . when our transaltanic customers come over to make their purchases , we have remarked a considerable number of American buyers in the town , and these with several ef the largo London feuyers being also down , there has been more doing in the . warehouses during ' this and the last week than what wc "have notieed for some time previous .
Rochdale Flankel Market— The market this week has been quite equal to that of the preceding Monday . There , has been a fair demand for goods , and a govern , ment order for 7 , 000 flannels , which was divided last week amongst six manufacturers , has given a little stimulus to business . Tlie wool market was rather quiet , and the transactions limited . Nottingham . —The wrought eotton hose branch has retrograded , but not to the extent of being much felt . The spring has arrived , when , in former times , at this season , stockingers as well as workmen were at a premium . Tke cut-up or rather slop . hose trade is pretty good , though one branch , namely , the half hose
selvagefooted hose , is in a state of agitation against a master stockinger at Snenton , who , from circumstances , has been induced to stop hisframes . This has been construed by his workmen to be with a view to fl reduction Of wages . Both the hosiers and journeymen have united to reduce his profits , though , by the aid of machinery , he has been enabled ' to make as good hose , three at once , as is in general made one at once . Several workmen have been committed to Southwell under the Intimidatinn Act , aa every species of annoyance hud been resorted to to induce the master to succumb and take on the refractory men again . The drawer branch continues a shade better . The glove trade keeps pretty good . The fanev lace * trade is
considered worse than ever , though there are some exceptions where . machines are yet worked to a profit . The plain trade , though both low in wages and profits , is much bitter than the fancy trade . Invention and improve , mfcnt seem to be nearly abandoned . The warp lace trade is in a most depressed condition . Leicester . —Several home buyers have been in our market this week , and have bought cautiously ; manu . factored stocks in hand are light , and there is mo inten . tion to produce by the makers what is likely to be wanted . Some American orders have been received , and purchasers are now in the market for goods suitable for the fuU demand , but the uncertainty existing with respect to the Oregon question induces them to conclude theirpurchascs quickly , leaving no time for anything to be manufactured on speculation . Wools remain the same , and worsted yarns are more in demand .
Glasgow , Friday . —Cotton Yarn . —The market has exhibited some animation for all Nos . of shipping yarns , from 40 s . downwards , and prices may be quoted * , to i higher , but yarns for home consumption are still in li . mi ted demand and prices unsteady . —Cotton Goods : We cannot report any improvement in the market this week . Business , generally speaking , is far from being brisk , or , indeed , what we usually expect at this season of the year , Prices for most descriptions may be said to be nominal , and , iu general , there is not much inquiry . —Iron : — Prices are as undernoted : —Pig iron , £ 3 10 s . per ton ; bar iron , £ 10 per ton ; nail rods £ 11 per ton ; boiler
, plates and sheets , £ 1310 s . per ton . —American Produce : sweet barrel flour , dCSI "brumls , 32 s . 6 d . nettpcr barrel ; sour ditto , 32 s . Cd . nett per barrel ; 1 st . Montreal pots , 23 s . to 23 s . 6 d . per cwt . ; 1 st Montreal pearls . 23 s . ( id . per cwt . ; butter , Canadian , best quality , 75 s . per cwt . ; lard , common , 47 s . per cwt . ; ditto , refined , 50 s . per cwt . ; cheese , ordinary , o'Js . per cwt . ; ditto . best . 55 s . ptrewt . . The price of barrel flour is firm , and rather on tho advance , A large proportion of the stock is now bonded , and eon umeiN have not much on hand , but , owing ' ° tl , e ""* certainty of the new Corn Bill they will buy only aua' - ingly .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02051846/page/6/
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