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authorities have potfer to embody special constables to keep the peace ? They arc at full liberty to do so , and may swear in special constables to-morrow if they please , but it is after they have sworn them in , and wish to support them , that they make application for the military in order to enable the special constables to do their duty . ( Cheers . ) _ In fact , the state of society has changed from the time when every man was ready to arm himself , and to go out into the -streets to keep the peace of the town . The great mass of the people in towns are now accustomed to follow peaceable occupations , and look to other forces to enable the P «« « f , *™ town to he kept , and if you refuse them au f ™ 51 assistance , and if they were tpbe toras ^ weeK afwwJfc _ andnidit after night by bang called
out to do the dutv of special constables , it woum glVer ¥ eteg V ^* fccorlnt , plaints of the government of the co-unUy . { Cheei s , ) In effect , thereof , vrtwm we call mthc ^ oop 8 "nder such circumstances itisnot to ^ ep . f ™ ££ L Die , but to defend the majority J ^* t ? £ rf tE ( bear hear ) , and to protect tflC great mass' « * e Saffected against the smaller number of the lur-SmKeVsons not well coasted , and boys , nnd * SerWr ? often hardly ejected with the lowns , * £ who ? tf there was not « mo assistance . given to preserve order , would not < enly be very mischievous , hut commit serious iiqSrics on private property . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought it necessary tc defend my risrht hon . frknd , and * fet only this gowfrument hut
tho general govcrnmer * "t of the county , irom tne statements of the hsa . gentleman . ( Hear . ) 3 Jothin » can be more -snfounded than the statement thatthe military force of this countsy is maintained to keep down thegtople , and I am Very sorry thai the hon . gentleman , knowing as he must do the historv of his country , should nare lent his authority to assertions wbj-jh , if generaUy believed could do nothing but missSnef among the people . ( Chews . ) The committee having divided , the amendment of Mr . Hume was Qcgatived by 162 to 40 . The votes vwre agreed to , sad with the usual desultory discussion , after disposing of SOl & e Other business , the House adjouraed at one o'clock .
TUESDAY , March 20 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —2 fo business oflmportance was done " ir this House . HOUSE OF COMMOXS . —After disposing ofthe private business questions and notices of motion , Mr . Horsman , after presenting two petitions upon the subject , moved for an address , praying her Majesty to issue acoBaraission of iaqiriry into certain allegations by the parishioners of Bishop Wearmouth and Sunderland , and into an asserted agreement between the patron ofthe living of Bishop Wearmouth and the incumbent , whereby the surplus above the reserved income-of the living is to be paid over to trustees ; and to report the best mode of appropriable that surplus to spiritual
purposes . He stated foots showing that , owing to the ill distribution of the revenues of those benefices , the dense population had been neglected by the Church ; . he entered into various details concerning the arrangement hetween the Bishop of Durham ( the natron ) aad the . incumbent of Bishop Wearmouth upon the sufcject'Of the temporalities of the living ; he contended * hat many of the evils and abuses connected with the existing distribution and administration < yfecclesiastical revenues were congregated in ihe wealthy and populous parish of Bishop Wearmoath , and he protested against the doctrine of episcopal irresponsibility , which had been broached fey lord John Russell with relation to this matter . . ' _
Lord J . Rcssetl denied that he had laid down any such doctrine as that of episcopal irresponsibility ; lie considered that bishops were bound to regard their patronage as a public trust , and £ o exercise it for the public benefit . But it was a very long step from--episcopal irresponsibility to say that in each particular case ofthe use of patronage the House ot CosumoBs might be called upon tp give an opinion whetheKit had been properly exercised ; and in this case the-petitioners , and Hr . Horsman likewise , had expressly disclaimed any imputation against the individuals nominated hy the-Bishop . Lord John Russell then examined the specific allegations of the petitioners , and of Mr . Horsman , respecting the spiritual wants of the population , the
distribution tHd-he revenues , and the arrangement in question , theobjectof which was to increase the amount of spiritual instruction . With reference to the mots-en , declining to g ive a positive opinion whether the arrangement was the , best that could possibly be made , considering that it was confessed hy the petitioners that the clergymen appointed to the benefice -were " eminently fit , " and " of exemplary character , " that the arrangement was intended to dimmish the income ofthe rector , and to apply the surplus to the spiritual instruction ofthe palish , bethought it better that Parliament should make some general arrangement than act in an individual case , tainted with a good deal of personal feeling * .
Mr . Alderman Thompson supported the motion , expressing his regret that Lord John Russell had not been , authorised by the Bishop of Durham to state that n bill wonld ' be brought in to deal with the temporalities of Bishop Wearmouth . Lord R . Wasb thought 3 Ir . Horsman had been unfair and sagenerous towards the Bishop of Durham , whose distribution of patronage had been as fair as could be , and of whose liberality to incumbents of poor livings he had personal knowledge . Mr . BiKEiEU wished to know what objection there could he to the introduction of a bill . Lord John Hussell had admitted that a parliamentary measure would be . the best course , and if he would give an assurance that a hill should be introduced , it would spare the House a painful duty .
The CusscELLon of the Exchequer said it was not for the government to take the matter up . "Where rights were indisputable , to legislate against them without the consent of the parties interested would be an act of spoliation . Sir R » Peel would be very reluctant to acquiesce in a motion Implying * disrespect for a bishop whose general conduct in the discharge of his duties did not deserve-any harsh judgment , and expressed Ms hope if the motion was negatived that the noble lord would make friendly recommendations to the Bishop of "Durham , in accordance with the unanimous feeling of the House and of all parties
concerned , to set the example of a new appropriation of these revenues by act of parliament . Lord Ashley said the great objection of Mr . Horsman was that the Bishop had transferred the surplus income ff the incumbent to the hands of trustees , to accumulate for an indefinite time and an indefinite purpose—funds which were given for spiritual purposes . He most heartily concurred in tlie principle of ihe movement initiated by Mr . Horsman ; but he -hoped that , after he had elicited so strong an expression of opinion , he would abstain from pressing his motion to a division , and leave the matter to the good sense of the Bishop of Durham .
After some itirther discussion , Mr . Hokshax said his position in respect to this question was a very difficult one , as this was not an isolated motion , but one ot a series of motions ; and he referred to various propositions regarding ecclesiastical revenues which he had in the last session withdrawn upon pledges from the government , -which had not been fulfilled . Lord J . Russell denied that he had given any such pledges , stating that the press of other important public business had prevented his bringing forward such measures as those alluded to by the hon . member .
Sir F . Barixg had waited until the List moment , in the hope that the hon gentleman would withdraw his motion ; but , as such was not the case , he would move the previous question . On a division Mr . Horsman ' s motion was negatived by a majority of 13 ; the numbers , 39 to 52 . Mr . Slaney was proceeding to submit a resolution relative to the adoption of means for improving the working classes , when the House was counted out , shortly after ei g ht o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , March 21 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Small Debts ( Ibeissb ) Bill . — -Mr . W . Fagan moved the second reading of the Small Debts { Ireland ) Bill , stating that it was framed on the principle of the English County Courts Act , and no dcubt would prove , should the House agree to it , as advantageous in its operation for Ireland , as that act had done in this corsntry .
Mr . Xafieb felt himself compelled to oppose the bill , on the ground of the legal difficulties that stood in the way of applying the provisions ofthe English measure to the machinery now existing in Ireland . E would he highly objectionable , also , to convert the petty sessions courts of justices into a . kind of civil tribunal , inasmuch as the effect would he to create a . scene of turmoil from one end of Ireland to the oilier . Sir W . Somesville considered that the adoption of ( the measure srould bo fraught with great danger . The subject hadieen fully considered by the SoTici ior-f ^ neral for It-eland and himself , and they had found the objectless to applying such a measure insuperable .
Sir B . ivorrets retorted upon Mr . . Napier that it -was not £ o be expected that members of the kgal professioE . would faciHtato the amendment of the law , and glinted out tho inconsistency of that hon . and learnei member who had a bill on the paper , giving magistrates cognizance of contracts , which would involve the decision of nice legal questions , while he objected to their deciding a simple questioa ^ fdebt . u Mr , Hume thought justice to B * eland « equired the extension of an act which had worked well in this country , and with reference to the bill being opposed by certain parries in Ireland , referred to the alleged faet every attorney in England had opposed thct ! ountv Courts Act .
Mr . J . O'Cox-vell wished the bill tobe referred to f elect committee ! The Solicitor-Gexeral was of opinion that tho County Courts Act might be extended to Ireland sjth advantage , bat it must first be determined by
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what machinerv it was to be worked out , * hieh could only be dbne by having the claus > 8 drawn and Sfe ^ r ^ stst ^ Xted ts withdrawal . Mer some further converfation the House divided , when the second reading was negatived by ajMajor ity of 2 , the numbers bemg 2 Landlord and Tenant Bill . —The Landlord and Tenant BUI was committed p > ro fornut , in order that itml ^ ht be reprinted with certain alterations , which Mr . fWf said he had made in it since the second rp . adinir . in order to obviate the difficulties
suggested by Mi-. Mullings and other members The bill was ordered to be re-committed next Wednesday * after a declaration of unabated hostility to it by Colonel Sibthobp and Sir George Strickland . The Clergt Relief Bill . — Mr . Booverie , in moving to refer this hill to a select committee , said , astatemeRt had appeared in one of the leading journals of London , in reference to the case of a gentleman which was tho immediate occasion of this measure , and , as it impugned the accuracy of the statement he ( Mr . Bouverie ) had made , he thought it right to state to the House the facts of the case , without entering into any controversy on the question then before them . It was stated in one of the moraine papers that '' the object of the proceedings
in the Arches Court was not to imprison or excommunicate Mr . Shoro—but to depose him — in other words , to divest him by the only process which the law affords for that purpose of an office the duties of which he felt himself conscientiously unable to discharge , " aad that "Mi ' . Shore , a clergyman of the Church of England , persisted in officiating without the licence of the bishop . " Without insisting , as he mi ght do , that the diversement so alleged to be prayed for of Mr . Shore from holy orders would not free him from the liability of proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court , he would simply state that that allegation was not only notthe fact , butdirectly the reverse of it . He happened to have in his possession the whole formal proceedings that had taken
place in the Arches Court , and which were subsequently laid before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , and he found in the articles of accu * sation against Mr . Shore that the final and concluding prayer was this , — " That you , the said Rev . James Shore , clerk , be admonished to abstain for the future from publicly reading prayers , preaching and administering tbe holy sacrament of the Lord s Supper , or performing ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the said unconsecrated chapel , without a licence , or other authority in that behalf , first had and-obtained , and that you be otherwise duly and caaonically punished and corrected according to the nature of your offence and the exigency of tbe law , and that you be condemned in the costs made-and to be made ; " and in accordance with that prayer ho found in the judgment of Sir H . J . Fust the following passage , — " When the case came
originally before the Court , the prayer at the concision of the article was , that he should be admonished to abstain from performing ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the chapel in question , be canonically punished according to the exigency of the law , and be condemned in costs . As I understand , the prayer now made to the Court is to the same effect . " Mr , Henley was glad tho hon . gentleman had taken the course of referring this bdl to a select committee , and hoped that some provision might be introduced that every clergyman wishing to divest himself of his office should be divested of it through the same authority by which he was invested with it . The mode now pointed out by the bill was a very summary proceeding , almost enabling a man to divest himself of the office of clergyman with as little trouble as to blow his nose . ( A laugh . ) It was too summary for so serious a business .
The bill was ultimately referred to a select committee . Insolvent Members Bill . — On the motion for going into committee on this bill , Mi-. Henley suggested delay . Mr . Moffati saw no objection to proceeding with it at once . Sir H . Willoughbt asked whether a member who was called upon for the payment of costs in a suit would be liable under the bill to be deprived of his seat ?
The Solicitor-General replied undoubtedly such would be the result ; precisely the same process would be gone through as when a judgment was obtained in the case of an ordinary debt . Mr . R . Palmer suggested that the members of both branches of the legislature ought to be placed on the same footing , and that a similar hill ought to be introduced in the House of Lords . Sir W . Clay thought it perfectly certain that the other House would not pass a similar measure to the present , and this alone constituted a fatal objection to the present measure . Giving every credit to the honourable member who introduced this bill ( Mr . Moffatt ) for his good intentions , he thought the House was proceeding on a principle that was
wholly false . It was perfectly clear , from what the Solicitor-General had just stated , that for no moral fault , but simply in consequence of becoming involved in a law suit , a member of that House might be deprived of his seat . ( Hear . ) Now , that was at variance with the principles ofa representative constitution , fora man was not elected because he was rich , hut because of his probity , his talents , his knowledge of the local wants of his constituents , or a dozen other things . He would almost say that the House had no right to limit the choice of the British empire except to say that they should not elect in that House a man who had been guilty of some disgraceful act . If such a bill as the present had been in existence fifty years ago , Fox , Sheridan , and probably Pitt , would have been excluded from the House .
The Solicitor-General explained that the effect ofthe bill was , that if a man became insolvent and vacated his seat in consequence , there was nothing to prevent his constituents from electing him again , if they so thought fit . ( Hear . ) It might be said that in that case he would have no qualification ; but if the electors chose to continue their confidence in him they might re-elect hiin . It was a very common thingat present for a man to get a qualification who was insolvent , and there were many ways in which a man after being declared insolvent might sit in Parliament if his constituents thought proper . If this hill had been in existence it would not have prevented Mr . Fox , Mr . Sheridan , and Mr . Fitt from sitting in Parliament , but he thought it might
have prevented them from getting into debt . ( Hear , hear . ) Where the electors had elected a man thinking him to be not insolvent , the bill would give them an opportunity of deciding whether he was a fit man to continue to represent them , they having elected him under different circumstances . The act did make the law more strict against insolvents than against bankrupts , and there was some reason for it . A trader might by accidental circumstances become a bankrupt ; but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred a man became insolvent by culpable misconduct . ( Hear . ) The bankrupt was , therefore , to sit and vote for twelve months after the date of his fiat ; the court of law might exercise a discretion in the case of an insolvent member of
that House , and , unless in cases of great misconduct , that would also be about the time , in most cases , which would elapse before the seat of an insolvent member would be vacated . A similar measure , applicable to members of the other House , must come spontaneously from that House , and probably , if the present measure were found to work well , the other House might be induced to originate a similar bill as regarded their own members . Mr . F . O'Connor : —Sir , if the question had been complicated before , the hon . and learned Solicitor ; General has succeeded in convincing me , and i think the House , that the proposition is " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now what does he propose ? Why neither more nor less
than that the person who has been declared an insolvent , and in consequence may have lost his seat to day , may be eligible to be re-elected to-morrow . ( Hear , hear . ) Xow that is the whole question , simplify it as he may in its details . "VYtait did the first minister ofthe Crown declare in his place in parliament with reference to the oaths required to be taken by members ? Why that it was the duty of parliament , as far as possible , to simplify those oaths , while now it appears to be the intention of parliament , to puzzle the people as well as their representatives . The people were demanding payment of members , and no property qualification . ( A laugh . ) Well , he would discuss those questions another time , but what he would now ask was , whether parliament was prepared to move backward , iust when the people were preparing : and
determined to move onward ? He ( Mr . O'Connor ) would not be liable to the provisions of this bill , but he warned hon . members who were not so circumstanced , that the result would be compulsion to pay debts which may be sued for that were not justly due , from an apprehension that some opposing party , adverse te the member ' s principles , might induce some clever attorney to hamper him under the provisions of this bill . Mr . Hume believed there was a strong feeling on the part of many peers that a similar measure should be introduced in the House of Lords ; but with that the House of Commons had nothing to do . Sir W , Clay moved that the chairman report progress ; and , after some observations from Mr . H Berkeley , Mr . Stafforp , Mi * . Macrixtosh , and Col . Thompson , the committee divided -. ayes , 3-i ; noes 77 ; when the clauses were proceeded with .
, Mr . R . Palmer moved a clause , which was agreed to , placing an insolvent , under the bill , in the same position with a bankrupt member under the existing act , which rendered him ineligible for re-election , until he should have obtained his discharge in due course of law . Sir . Bernai . expressed his belief that nothing which could be done would remove the vice of the principle of the bill . On the motion of Mr ; Soiheron , tbe Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill was read a second time , and
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Mr . Mullings having introduced a bill to extend tho remedies of sequestration of ecclesiastical benefices , the House adjourned at five o ' clock .
THURSDAY , March 22 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Oui-DOOR PAUPER Bill passed through committee on the motion of the Earl of ( Carlisle . Italy . ;— The Earl of Aberdeen' then brought forward his motion on the renewal of the war in the North of Italy . So long as any reasonable hope remained of preserving peace in Upper Italy , he felt it his duty to abstain from any observations which might embarrass the government in its efforts to promote so desirable a result ; but now the ' armistice had been terminated by the King of Sardinia , and hostilities were on the eve of commencing " , he thought it right to move that all such correspondence as had passed between the Court of Great Britain and the representatives of any foreign . Powers should be laid on the table of the House , in order that their lordships might have some information as to the steps taken by Her Majesty's government to prevent the renewal of war .
The Marquis of Lansdowne said , the production of the papers for which he had moved would at the present moment be attended with the greatest inconvenience . It was not , in fact , until all negotiation was at an end , and hostilities had actually recommenced , that the government would feel justified in making those explanations , which , if made at all , should be most ample and comprehensive , giving in the minutest detail all the negotiations which had been entered on . The noble Marquis concluded by insisting on the warm desire of the government to maintain our ancient friendshi p with Austria , but at the same time to preserve the closest relations with France , and sat down af ter assuring Lord Aberdeen that every paper connected with the affairs of Upper Italy should be laid before the House at no distant period . Lord Brougham expressed his delight at the declaration just made by the Marquis of Lansdowne , for he thought that Austria and France were our best allies .
The motion was then withdrawn , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Various questions were put to the President ofthe India Boabd , the answers to which were of much interest , Mr . Shaw—( A Chartist Prisoner . )—In reply to questions from Mr . F . O ' Connor , Sir George Gret was understood to say ( for his voice was scarcely heard in the gallery ) , that the prisoner Shaw was subject to no special regulations with respect to his confinement in Kewgate . A regulation was made at the last court with respect tohim , but it would be reconsidered at the next meeting of the justices . Some of the books sent to Shaw by his friends vfeve deemed by the chaplain of the prison improper books for his perusal , and
were therefore rejected by him . Occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia . —Lord DudIet Stdart , in moving for an address for copies or extracts of any correspondence between the government and the governments of Turkey and Russia , relating to the occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russian troops , pressed tM question upon the attention of the House , as ohe of hi gh national concern , and whichaffectcd the commercial interests of this country , and observed that he merely wished Lord Palmerston to put the House in possession of information , showing whether he had interfered , and to what extent , in relation , to the occupation of these Turkish provinces . ; Colonel Thompson seconded the motion , and
advocated the policy of assuming for this country a high moral position , and of our making friends who should help lis in the coming struggle between civilisation and liberty on tho ono hand , and barbarism and despotism on the other . Lord Palmerston retained the opinion he had before expressed , that it was desirable for tlie interests and honour of this country that the House of Commons should take a lively interest in tho foreign relations of this country ; but he did not think it consistent with his duty to agree to the motion , as the papers were connected with discussions now going on . He assured Lord Dudley that her Majesty s government attached great importance to the independence of the Turkish
empire , both in a political and a commercial view ; and other Powers of Europe were as sensible as we were of the great importance of maintaining the independence and the integrity of Turkey . Mr . Anstey gave a long history of the arbitrary , oppressive , and insidious proceedings of the Russian government towards Turkey since the treaties of Akermann and Adrianoplo , and contended that the p lea for the occupation of the two provinces was groundless , there being no disorder there save the disorders produced by the presence ofthe Russian troops . A discussion took place between Mr . Milnes , Mr . Uwjviiart , Mr . Hume , Mr . Disraeli , and Sir H , Vekney , after which Lord Dudley Stuart withdrew his motion .
Court-martials is India . —Mr . Anstey then moved for copies of proceedings in the Court of Inquiry and Court-Martial at Arcot , in 1844 , in the case of the mutineers of the 6 th Regiment of Madras Li g ht Cavalry , and of other papers relating to that subject . He explained the circumstances of the case , which he characterised as one of downright tyranny . Sir J . Hobhouse , premising that there had been but one instance in which a court-martial had oeen made a subject of inquiry in that House , proceeded to develope what he considered to be the origin of this attack upon the Marquis of Twccddalc , which
he traced to a difference Between the Marquis and Mr . M . Lewin , a provisional member of council at Madras , who was removed from that office , and who had presented a petition to the House upon this subject , which the committee of petitions had found to be so libellous that they refused to place it on the table ofthe House . Sir John then justified the proceedings against the mutineers by detailing all the particulars of the mutiny , and objected to tho production of the papers . After some observations from Mr . John O'Connell , Mr . Hume , Mr . Elliott , and Mr . Aglionbt ,
Sir B . Peel thought that the House of Commons should not be compromised by the imprudence of an individual member , and engage in such an unusual inquiry as this . Great allowance must be made for persons charged with the duty of enforcing military discipline , and , for all he , knew of Lord Tweeddale , he believed him to be the last man who would be guilty of excess in that duty . The Attorney-General suggested various reasons why the motion should bewithdrawn . Mr . Anstey made a spirited reply , and refused to withdraw his motion ; upon which the House divided , when it was negatived by 54 to 14 . Protectio"s of Justices ( Irbla * st >) Bill , —On the motion that the Protection of Justices ( Ireland ) Bill , as amended , be considered , a division took place on an amendment moved by Mr . J . O'Connell , that the third reading be postponed for six months , which was negatived by 38 to 2 .
The other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a few minutes after eleven o ' clock .
From our Tliird Edition oflastiveek . ) FRIDAY , March 16 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The business was limited to the presentation of petitions and reading the Overseers ( Cities and Boroughs ) Bill a second time , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —CoMMirrEE of SurpLr . —On the question of going into committee of supply . Mr . Hume moved the following amendment : — 11 That in the state of the finances of the countnr ,
her Majesty's ministers , before calling on this House to vote the estimates for the public service , ' should submit a general financial statement of the , whole or expected revenues , and the total intended expenditure for the ensuing financial year . " The hon . member , in answer to an anticipated objection of throwing any difficulty in the way of the government , said there could bono objection ' to voting a reasonable sum on account , until tho required statement was before the House . Sir H . Willougudy seconded tho motion .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer combatted the proposition , which was supported by Mr . Cobden . On a divieion the motion was rejected , by a majority of 49 ; the numbers , 48 to 97 . Navy Estimates . —Mi * . Ward concluded a speech of details as regards the past and present condition ofthe navy , by moving that tho number of seamen , marines , and boys for the ensuing year bo 40 , 000 , the number for the past year having been 43 , 000 . Mr . Hume replied at some length to tho observations ofthe preceding speaker , and after some general observations on financial matters , moved tbat the number of seamen , marines and bovs . be reduced to 35 , 000 . *'
The amendment was opposed , on tho part ofthe government , by Sir F , T . Baring and Lord John Russell , and was supported by Sir W . Molesworth and Mr . Cobden , the latter of whom proceeded to call the attention of the House to the gross mismanagement which existed not only in the naval department , but also in all the government establishments—indeed , the larger the establishment the greater the waste . The only way by which a reasonable reduction in the cost of tho navy could be effected must be by changing the system , and having smaller establishments . The committee then divided , when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 85 , the numbers being 144 to 59 , and the vote , as also the second on the head of wages , was agreed to .
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Dublin , WEO . VEsnAY . —Convictions r 0 R High Treason . —At the Clonmel Assizes on Monday William Kelly , John Shea , and Thomas Burke ' were placed at the bar to receive sentence for bavin * been concerned in the insurrectionary attack on the police-barracks at Glenhower . The prisoners were each sentenced to be transported for ten years ,
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Liverpool , March 20 .-Kerrha . w v . Cass . In this case Me . Watson , Q . C .. and Mr . F . Robinson , appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Hugh Hill for the defendant . This was an action brought by the plaintiff , an elderly widower , aged sixty-seven , to recover compensation in damages from the defendant , an elderly > vidow Of fif ty-s-2 ven , for a breach of promise of marriage The defendant pleaded that she did not promise in manner and form . —Mr . Watson opened the case . The plaintiff had at one time acquired considerable property , but in consequence of railway speculations it had been diminished ; the defendant owned the house in which she resided , and a few
acres of land . In September of last year , Mr . Kershaw made advances to Mrs . Cass . He ( Mr , Watson ) could not prove what had taken place on the first occasion , because the plaintiff and defendant onlv were present ; but there were several meetings betwe « nthe parties , at which overtures of marriage were made to Mrs . Cass , which were well received , as would be seen by a letter from Mrs . Cass to the plaintiff . This had been written for her by her brother-in-law , a Mr . Rore , a local metnodist preacher , residing in the neighbourhood : — " Waterhead Mill , Oct . 12 , 1848 . I write you to say that I shall not beat home till Monday next ; and likewise , that I have considered the question you mentioned in a'l its bearings , and have come to the conclusion
( at least for the present ) not to enter into the solemn and important state of marriage . I hope you will direct your attention to another quarter . I think that you could possibly find one who would suit you much better than I possibly might . Wishing you the true enjoyment of the things of this life ; but , above all , meetness to enjoy the things of an eternal state , I subscribe myself , your well-wisher , Maria Cass . " On this encouragement Mr . Kershaw followed up his suit , with what success the witnesses would prove . —Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , for de * fendant : I ask your lordship if it is not a shame to take up the time of the court with such nonsense ? We don't cast any aspersions upon the gentleman at allbut the idea that a jury would give damages in
, such a case is preposterous . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : What- do you propose , brother ?—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins : To withdraw a juryman .-rMr . Watson refused to consent . —Joseph Andrew Kershaw , the son of the plaintiff , was called . His father , he said , was now retired from business . He had formerly been a fruit dealer in Rochdale . Witness went to see Mrs . Cass , the defendant , on the 17 th of Novem * her last , and took tea with her . They had some conversation together . He ( witness ) told Mrs . Cass he was well pleased with his father ' s choice , and would like to see them married , happy and comfortable . She thanked him ; and said she would make an affectionate mother-in-law . He answered that he would try to prove a dutiful son . ( Laughter . )
Witness again went to Mrs . Cass s on the 20 th December , with a gig . and brought Mrs . Rose and Mrs . Cass to his father ' s house . They dined there . It was agreed that they should be married by licence on the first market Monday in January . The party stayed till night , and witness then drove them home . Witness went on the Friday to take an inventory of Mrs . Cass ' s goods , when she " said , "I'm sorry I can ' t let you ; I must see your father first , as there is something between him and me . " She told him to tell his father to come , which he did , accompanied by witness His father pulled out [ a ring , and called to her to fulfil her promise . ( Laughter . ) ^ Mrs . Cass said she had heard he had had two wives before , and that he had behaved with cruelty to bo * h : two
persons had told her so . Aftersome upbraiding , his father said , " Well , Mrs . Cass , I have conductet myself as a gentleman since I approached you ; I told you my property was encumbered , and have never deceived you . " She answered , ' * you have not . "—Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Wilkins : My father has no house now ; he has resided with me since May , 1848 . The sheriff sold all his goods . 1 do not know that whilst courting the defendant there was an execution out against him . My father lias not been in any business for the last twelve months . I deal in fruit : potatoes also . I do not know that my father had courted another lady shortly before the defendant . The landlady of the White Bear Inn at Manchester is a widow , but I do
not know that my father frequented the house . My father has leasehold property , but it is mortgaged to the extent of £ 1 , 800 . Beyond that , he has no other possession in the world . —Re-examined by Mr . Watson : My father has £ 90 a year coming out of his properly independent of the mortgage . Mr . Serjeant Wilkins in a very humorous speech , addressed the jury for the defendant . He said , after the doleful appeal which had been made to their sympathies by his learned friend on the part of this youthful , broken-hearted , love-sick swain he hardly knew how to address himse'f to the case on the part of the defendant . So numerous and so humorous were the facts , that they reminded him of the once celebrated cat in a tripe shop—he hardly
knew where to begin . ( Laughter ) Barring the evidence of the plaintiff's s m , which came from a most suspicious and interested quarter , this was the most meagre case ever presented to a jury . This was about the third-time in the history of cases of this kind in which a man had been booby enough to bring such an action . They had occasionally heard of some young woman , after believing in the promises of some swain , and devoting to him the flower of her life in the hope of passing in comfort with him the rest of her days , on being heartlessly deceived , bringingsuch an action as this ; but had they ever before , in the whole course of their lives , heard of a man sixty-seven years of age —nearly three score years and ten—bringing such
an action against a woman of fifty-ieven , and asking for damages from her for having changed her mind , yielding to a righteous fit , and determining to devote the short residue of her life to holier objects ? What injury had the plaintiff sustained ? How was lie damaged ? It was clear that he was all but a pauper . Surely the plaintiff did not mean to come into court to complain that he could not be a pensioner of an old woman for the remainder of his life ? He complained , not of the loss of her society , or of any want of comfort occasioned thereby , but that in railway matters he had lost his substance , and like a mean paltry fellow , sought to derive his subsistence from the means of this old woman . He ( the learned serjeant ) was strongly reminded when
the son came into the witness box of what old Sam Weller said to his son in Pickwick : — " Sam , " said he , " if there be a weakness that I have in this world , it is my affection for widdies , aud especially if they happen to have a little blunt at the bottom . " The plaintiff had a great ^ owfccmt fox " Viduies , " whether they kept the White Bear at Manchester , or lived quiet at Bury , so long as , " there was a little blunt at the bottom . " He could fancy the plaintiff preparing himself for his first visit after the -middy " was recommended" to him , pulling the grey hairs out of his nose and tying his choker round his neck , to puff the wrinkles out of bis cheeks ; and afterwards going to visit her in her garden . What persuasive topic he bad used he ( the learned serjeant )
could not tell-whether he had asked about the weather ? or whether anybody thereabouts kept pigs for sale ? -hut he had been most expeditious in his courtship . It was all completed between the end of September and December . They read of Romeo and Juliet , and of youthful passion springing up in a moment ; but in this case , an old man of 67 , to whom a widow had been recommended by a doctor , just as he would recommend his medicine , had in some two months perfected his suit , and they found his son talking to his prospective mother-in-law , nnd promising to be " a dutiful son" as early as November . The plaintiff had evidently lost no time . His learned friend had treated the letter which had been put in as a spark calculated to fan into a flame the plaintiff ' s brilliant fancy . He ( the learned serjeant ) did not
see it in that light . It began " Waterhead Mill . " As his brother Murphy observed , that was a cooler to begin with . ( Laughter . ) [ The learned serjeant then read the letter . ] Much as they might approve of the closing sentiment of the letter , he certainly never read a less amorous one ; and this was the only written document the pl aintiff could produce . Then came the evidence of the scene in which the plaintiff ' s son expressed his anxiety to be a dutiful son-in-law to the defendant . His learned friend had introduced the plaintiff ' s son as a" fruit merchant , " but he ( the learned serjeant ) was fond of plain language . The plaintiff's son was what they called in London a " costermonger . " He dealt " in taties , tarnips , yapples and sparagrass . " ( Loud laughter . ) The whole proceeding had been of the most businesslike nature . Then came the conclusion : —
" Love they say is gr .-wing old , " Arithmetically cold , "Sellshis favourite now for gold . " Therplainliff began at the final meetintf the defendant not with " I hope , dearest Maria . " ( Laughter . ) He did not address her , "Light of my life f charm of my soul , and delight of my eye "—( continued laughter ) ; but he said , " I hope , Mrs . Cass , you have changed your mind ? " Oh , no , I have not , " " Very well , then , " he says , "I tender the rinj —( laughter );—if you don't marry me , I have a son to come into the witness box , and I will bring an ac t on for breach of promise of marriage against you . ' He said that this was about the third time in the
legal history of this country that a man had been such a booby as to present himself under such circumstances before a jury of his countrymen . His learned friend said aspersions had been cast on the plaintiff , and he never again would be able to hold up his head in his neighbourhood unless he brought this action . Why ? Because he had made such a fool of himself in his old age , playing the old coquet . Did they suppose the plaintiff cared twopence about this widow ? His learned friend said , this was not one of those cases in which " affection could be said to be like a rose , nipped in its bud . " A rose nipped in its bud !—an old worn out stump ! ( Loud laughter . )
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•• I am cold , I am worse , " I want a nurse , " I want sweet wedlock's pleasure . " The plaintiff wanted this old lady's society on purpose to keep his back warm —( roars of laughter )—and he wanted the old lady ' s purse to keep his stomach warm . Burns had said" Oh gie me the lass that has acres of charms , " Oh gie me the lass with the weel stocked farms . " This history of the . courtship of " rViddy Cass /' would henceforth be memorable . The plaintiff ' s name would live in old song , " Did you hear of the Widdy Malone , " Oh-hone ! " She liv'd in the town of Athlone
; Alone . "She bother d the hearts " Of the swains in them parts " So lovely was Widdy Malone , " Till one Mr . O'Brien , of Clare , "Howquare ! "Put his arms round her waist , " Gave ten kisses at Iaste , " And says he , " You are my Molly Malone . " ( Roars of laughter . ) He would now ask them if it were not a waste of time further to consider this matter ? What injury had the plaintiff sustained ? What damages could he recover ? It was clear that he . was all but a pauper , and that he had wished to pension himself for the rest of his life upon the old woman . —His lordship briefly summed up ; and the jury , after consulting for a minute or two , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages , One Farthing .
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The following appeared in our Town Edition of last week : — The Mueder at Bristol . —Committai , of Sarah Thomas . —The inquiry into the murder of Miss Jofferies was resumed oa Thursday , but the evidence . given unimportant . The coroner summed up at considerable length with ability , and the jury , after about ten minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Sarah Harriet Thomas . "—The accused , who had maintained a firm and even impudent bearing , was much affected upon hearing the verdict , and when she was removed from the inquest-room , sobbed bitterly . The mother still remains in custody , and will be charged before the magistrates as an accessory .
Suicide i . v the Regent's-pauk . — At the early hour of seveu o ' clock on Thursday morning , James George , one of the park constables , and Sergeant Hockaday , ofthe S division , observed a gentleman upon one of the seats in the park , near Ilanovcrgate , and he was in such a position as to induce them to imagine that something of a serious nature had taken place . They hastened to the stop , and there beheld a man respectably attired , and between thhty and forty years of age , quite dead and cold , his brains having been blown out by the discharge ofa pistol , which had beyond all doubt been fired off in his mouth , so that his head was literally shattered to pieces , and the seat on which he reclined was in a complete pool of blood . The body , which has not yet been identified , was
without loss of time conveyed to Marylebone workhouse , where it awaits a coroner's inquest . Shocking Discovery . —Yesterday ( Friday ) morning about ten o ' clock , the workmen employed pulling down the houses for the formation of the new street from Walbrook to Queen-street , Southwarkbridge , on entering the house No . 1 , Castle-court , for that purpose , to their horror , found in one ofthe upper rooms the corpse ofa woman , with three children crouched around it , the eldest apparently not ten years , all seeming on the point of death ; the fetid odour that issued from the apartment for the moment compelled the men to retire ; on returning they questioned the children , but all they could glean
from them was , that they were staving . Information was instantly forwarded to the police-station in Bow-lane , and the children who had scarcely a vestige of clothing , and were literally covered with vermin , were removed to the Ci-ty workhouse in Cannon-street , where they received every attention , but from the deadful state of exhaustion ofthe two ydungest they are not expected to survive . The corpse of the unfortunate woman is merely covered with a ragged gown , no clothing , furniture , nor bedding was in the room , and it is supposed , that finding the house empty , she , with her children , crept in for shelter , and they are believed to have been there for some days , totally withont food .
The Attempted Murder of Mr . Soutiioate . — Epsom , Friday . —Alfred Ayres , a gipsy of desperate character , and well known to the local police , was brought up in custod y from Horsemonger-lanc Gaol , to Epsom , before the sitting magistrates . After the examination ofthe son of Mr . Southgate , and several policemen , the prisoner was discharged . The Hutiox Conters Murder . — At York , on Thursday , before Mr . Justice Coleridge ; Edward Mathers , aged forty- « ne , was charged with the wilful murder of John Harrison , a gamekeeper , in the employment of Lord Ripon , at Hutton Conyers , near Ripon , in the North Riding of the county of York , on the 25 th of January last . The jury acquitted the prisoner . The Stuooo Murder . —At Maidstone ou Wednesday , before Mr . Justice Wightman , Thomas M'Gill .
42 , fisherman , Maria M'Gill , 42 , his wife , and James M'Gill , 22 , his son , also described as a fisherman , were indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Abbott , by suffocating her by means of a piece of carpet , which it was alleged they forcibly pressed and held over her mouth and nose . In another count the cause of death was alleged to be drowning . The case occupied the court thirteen hours , and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Murder , —At Maidstone , on Thursday , George Millen , 57 , and Henry Sheepwash , 16 , were indicted for the wilful murder of William Law , by beating him on the head with an iron bar . After a lengthy investigation , the jury returneda verdict of " Guilty , " and his lordship passed sentence of death upon the prisoners .
Charge of Wilfui Murder . —At Stafford ,- on Thursday , before Mr . Baron Piatt , Martha Jones , aged twenty-three , was arraigned on an indictment charging her with the wilful murder of Edwin Jones and Mary Spencer , on the 13 th of September last , at Lane Head , near- Wolverhampton . The prisoner , who is a married woman , aged twenty-three , lived with her husband at Lane Head , near Willenhall . A child , aged ( at the time of the horrid transaction ) about eighteen months , was the fruit of their marriage ; and , in addition to this , she had had confided to her care a niece , aged twelve , the other victim to her murderous hand . The strongest maternal affection was evident in the prisoner towards her offspring ; but for some time previous to the perpetvatwu of the crime ths unfortunate woman ' s mind showed undoubted symptoms of aberration attended with lengthened . lucid intervals . These symptoms
were strengthened by a religious phrenzy . The jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty" on the ground of insanity ; and she was ordered to be eonfined in the gaol during her Majesty's pleasure . Ireiand . —Co . wicno . v for Mubder . —At Clonmel assizes on Wednesday , two men , named William Quinlan ( nicknamed the " Cud" ) and Hugh Kennedy , were indicted for tho wilful murder of John Walsh , on the 8 th of October last ; and in other counts Kennedy was indicted for inciting the other to commit the murder . Quinlan was once in the army , but discharged . A great number of witnesses havin-r been examined , the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against William Quinlan , and acquitted Kennedy . Judge Jackson said he would not pass sentence at that late hour . Kenned y was greatly agitated , but Quinlan not apparently so . He was smiling during the day , and his manner was very strange .
France , —At the conclusion of tho sitting of the National Assembly the results of the second ballot for the office of President of the Assembly was announced as follows : —M . A . Marrast , 378 ; M . Dufour , 256 ; M . Gravy , thirty-one ; M . Billaulfc , six . M . Marrast was then declared to be duly elected President of the Assembly . M . Duchesne , editor of Le Peuple , and M . Louis Mercard , author of a f & mlleton published in the journal , were sentenced by default on Wednesday by the Court of Assize of Paris to imprisonment for four years and to pay a fine
Of 5 , 000 f . On Thursday evening tho electoral law was finally adopted . The elections will take place on May 13 th , and tbe Legislative Assembly will meet on the 28 th of May . At Bourges , on Thursday , M . Lamartine was examined for the prosecution . He gave his evidence against th e prisoners with all that Bitterness which so well becomes him as a traitor to the Republican cause . On the day previous , Degrc , one of the prisoners and a painter , amused himself tlie whole day sketching portraits of the judge , jury , and counsel . Glorious Victories of the Hungarians . —A bloody battle which terminated in the utter defeat of the Austrians has been fought at Kopolna The Austrians lost at least 3 , 000 men . On the 5 th a
corps ofthe Hungarian army marched from Czibakaza towards ZoJnok , where an engagement took place between it and the Austrians , in which the Austrian brigade , Grammont , was completely defeated and lost meat numbers of men , especially the battahoR of Chasseurs . Bern has beaten Puchnor twice m Trmylvania , and has aga laid siege toHermanstadt . Comorn and Peterwaradein sttll hold firm for the Hungarians Jl ^ n lhT ^ '~ 7 l ™ vs of the I'osumption of hostilities between Charles Albert and the Austrians , turns out to be substantiall y correct , war having m fact recommenced . The declaration of war was to be published at Turin last Tuesday . Charles Albert was to have been at Alessandria , at the head of the army , on the 14 th inst .
Three New Steamers fob America . —Tho Lords of the Admiralty have received notice that three new steamers are'building to convey the mails between Liverpool , New York , and Boston , and that they will be called the Qhon , tbe Admiral , and the Commodore .
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Injurious Effects or CHOL 0 R 0 F 0 RM .-Mor than one correspondent has obliged us with th particu ars of a case , in which alarming eftects hav resulted from the application of this powerful anma * thetic . The case is that of Mias Carpenter of Hai >' leston , who , on the refusal ofa medical man to extract a troublesome tooth for her under the influence , of choloform ( from an apprehension of its effects on her constitution ) , applied to a veterinary surgeon who , after considerable hesitation , eventually com ' plied with her request . ' The operation , successfullv
pertormeel , was followed at first by faintness and langour , and afterwards by stupor , in which state she has remained for five weeks . During the first three weeks she received no nourishment , except what was forced between her teeth . Mustard plasters and blisters were tried a fortnight since , but they caused hysterics . She has spoken a few times but the tongue is so injuriously affected , that it will be a long tune before sho perfcet / vjrecovers the faculty ot speech . She has the best medical attendance , and is slowl y recovering , though not out of danger . —Norfolk News .
Excursion to Paris in Easter Week . —A plan for an expedition , on a large scale , by way of return for the late visit of the French National Guards , is now m active organisation . The French government have offered every facility for the gratification and accommodation of tho visitors . A number of individuals will constitute a committee of surveillance and be allowed the privilege of granting pass-cards to the visitors , free of all charge , and without ; trouble .
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CORN . Friday , March 16 th . —The arrivals of wheat from aoroaJ ave move moderate this week than last , and of Kneli ' sh grain from other parts the supplies are not ex tensive . There is a dull market this mornin g for both wheat and Spring corn , with the rates of Monday bad ] , supported . ' Mark-lane , Monday , March 10 . — The supply of English wheat to-day was again very short , but the demand limited without any alteration in last week ' s prices . We had a large attendance of country buyers , but their purchases
were confined to retail quantities of foreign wheat , which g old fully as dear . The flour trade was dull and rather lower for English . Barley nnd malt went off very slowly , unless very fine , and barely maintained last week ' s prices * Fine beans were scarce and quite as dear . Grey peas met less demand , and white sold rather cheaper . In rye nothing doing . The demand for tares was very limited . Good and fresh oats sold pretty readily , but inferior stale sorts were very dull and rather cheaper . Clovcrsecd met a slow sale on rather lowcv terms . Linseed cakes dull sale , The current prices as under .
WEEKLY AVERAGE TOR AGGREOATE AVERAGE OF THE MARCH 10 . SIX WEEKS . Wheat .. ,. 45 s Id Wheat .. .. 45 s ioa Barley .. .. 29 0 Barley .. .. ! * g 3 Oats .. .. 16 11 Oats .. .. 17 2 Rye .. .. 26 11 Kye .. .. i > - 4 Beans .. .. 30 1 Beans .. .. 30 1 Peas .. .. 33 1 Peas ., ., 3 . 3 j Wednesday , March 21 . —We have to report a large arrival of Foreign wheat since Monday , but of English wheat or other grain , the supply is scanty . With the largesnpply of wheat ; and declining country markets , the trade here this morning is very uuiet , so that prices are almost nominal . Arrivals this week : —Wheat — English , 550 foreign 15 , 210 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 380 quarters . ; foreign ' 5 , 330 quarters . Oats — English , 700 ; forefeii 6 578 quarters . Flour—English , 2 , 180 sacks . * '
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d to 7 id ; of household ditto , Sd to Old per 41 hs . loaf
CATTLE . Friday , March , 16 th—The supply of meat this morning was short of an average quantity , but notwithstanding which the trade was very dull and heavy . Beef further de ' dined 2 d per stone , and other meats sold slowly : it tlie re * duction noticed on Monday . Scots made 3 s Od , and inferior beef from 2 s lOd . Tlie price for Downs was 4 s GO , and polled sheep from 3 s Gd , Smithfieid , Monday , March 19 . —Our market to-day wag very moderately supplied witli each kind of fat stock ' : but from the various home-grazing districts the fresh receipts of beasts were seasonably'larg ? , and in excess of those on this day se'imight , both as to number and qualitv . The dead markets being heavily supplied with their ' last week ' s arrivals , and the attendance of both town and country buyers small , the beet' trade here this morning was again excessively heavyat decline in the
, a quotations paid on Monday last of 2 d per 8 R > s . A few very prime Scots produced 3 s 8 d , but the general top figure for beef did not exceed 3 s Gd per 8 ) hs ., at which a clearance was not effected . Tlie numbers of sheep were again on the increase , and at , least two-thirds of them were above the average quality . There were nearly 7 , 000 sheep more in the market than at thecori'espondiiig ; periodml 848 . For all Weeds the demand was heavy in the extreme , and to effect sales prices receded 2 d per Slbs . from those of Monday last . The highest general figure for the best dowiiii in the wool was 4 s 4 d , out of the wool 3 s lOd per Stbs . About a third of the supply was shorn . The few lambs on offer realised from Cs Od to " s per 81 bs . Calves , the supply of which was very moderate , moved oft' slowly at drooping prices . In pigs next to nothing was doing , In tlie quotations Immaterial change took place .
Head of Cattle at SHiTHruxD . Beasts .. .. 3 , 722 I Calves .. .. JH Sheep .. .. 22 , 240 1 Pigs 260 Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 8 s 8 d to 4 s K-a Mutton .. 2 s lOd . , 4 s 4 d | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Per 8 Ibs . by the carcase . Newgate and Lexdeshaix , Monday , Mar . 12 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prims large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s fid ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Srt middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s fid to 3 s lOd ' veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d . '
PROVISIONS . Loxdos , Monday . —No change , either interesting or im . portant , has occurred in our markets since our last communication . Of butter the transactions in Irish have be « n to a fair extent , at prices , varying according to kind and quality from 5 fis to 70 s per cwt . Bacon : Irish singed sides sold slowly nt 50 s to 5 ( is per cwt . Hams in moderate request at 045 to 74 s per cwt , and lard in bladders at 50 s to 00 s ; kegs , 40 s to 40 s per cwt . American singed bacon moderately saleable at 42 s to 45 s . Short middles rib in at 40 s to 43 s ; long boneless , 41 s to 43 s per cwt . E . VCLI 8 H Butter Mabket , March 10 . —We are now petting an increased supply of new butter to market , and all sorts are declining in price . As to our stock of old butter it secmsquite neglected , but should a buyer appear lie may make his own terms . Dorset , fine new milk , lOtJs to 10 ¥ s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 90 s to 96 s ; ditto , old , Ms to 70 s : Fresh Buckinghamshire , lis to 13 s per dozen ; ditto , West country , 9 s to 12 s .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Coyest Garden Mabket . —The market continues to 1 ) C well supplied with Vegetables and Fruit , l'ine-apples ave sufficient for the demand . A few hothouse grapes have made their appearance , Pears arc becoming scarce ; the ** consist of Beurre-Rance and Easter Beurie . Apples are getting dearer . Nuts in general are sufficient for the demand . Oranges and Lemons are plentiful . Amongst vegetables Carrots and Turnips are abundant ; Cauliflowers and Hroccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus is dealer ; French beans , Hhubaro , and Scakalc , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . lettuces and other salading arc sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut Flowers consist of Heaths , Pelargoniums , Christmas Roses , Camellias , Gardenias , Tulips , Hyacinths , Cinerariaf , Fuchsias , and Hoses .
POTATOES . SoutiivvAkk Waterside , March 19 The continental arrivals continue to be liberal , which , with our home sn |> - ply , are quite equal to our wants . The following are this day ' s quotations .- —Yorkshire Regents , 100 s to ISfc : Scotch ditto , i ) 0 s to 110 s ; Ditto cups , 100 s to IlOs ; ditto whites , 70 s to 80 s ; French whites , 80 s to tWs ; Belgian , 80 s to 90 s . ' ^
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London-, Tuesday , March 20 The sugar market la opened with a very dull appearance , and although a reduction of Gd . Was submitted to , but a small amount ci business has been done . 80 hhds . only of West India soil in the private contract market . Out of the 0 , 000 bap Mauritius offered about one-third was " . bought in fciW sold 34 s to 30 s ; yellow , 37 s to 39 s 6 d . Of Bengal , 7 , 6 V bilgg , and mOl'C than OUC half bought in ; white Benares scil 39 s to 42 s 6 d ; Mauritius kind , 38 s 6 d to 40 s . About *•' bags Madras sold , brown , 31 s to 33 s Od ; yellow , 34 s to *' - Refined market dull , and last week ' s prices scarcelv sirported . Coffee . —The only public sales to-day have Iwi Mocha , one of 2 , 200 bags , imported from Hodeida : < M quality was fair green , but not so clean garbled as Ito ° - bay . A few lots sold at 50 s ; the remainder bout-lit in W the importer at the price . About 200 bags very good ck- garbled regular import sold 58 s Gd to 60 s . Welfare not * ? transactions reported in Ceylon to-day . Rice has further declined 3 d , and the prices must now W considered on a par with the lowest period .
COAL Monday , March 19 . —Market still heavy , and without a » J alteration in prices from last day . ( Prico of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) . Buddie ' s West Hartley , 14 s 6 d ; Cnrv ' s Hartley , N ^ jl East Anghan Main , 12 s ; New Tanfield , 13 s fid ; North P « W Hartley , 13 s 6 d ; Ravenswortb . West Hartley , l » s <¦« ; Wa ker ' s Primrose , 12 s ; W ylam , 13 s ; West Hartley . »«*' WaU ' s-endi Brown ' s , 13 s ; Pramwellgate , 14 s tid ; li « Us ; Hilda , 13 s 6 d ; Percy Bensham , 13 s 2 d ; South M » ingworth 42 s 3 d ; Eden Main , 14 s 9 d : Lainbton Prim" - *' 15 s ; Belmont , 15 s 3 d ; Hetton , 16 s 3 d ; Ihwvell , 1 » *| Jonassons , 13 s ; Lambton 16 s ; Shotton , 10 s ; f ^ . . 13 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , Us 6 d ; Thornier . »« ° ' Tnmdon , 13 s 9 d ; Whitworth . 12 s 9 d ; Aclelaid "" Used' Denison , Ha 6 d ; Seymour Tees , Us M ; T S" ,, ' ? . ? ftJ Bls l' ? P s Tees > 1 Gs " . West Hetton , 146 W ; *^ . , Us 9 d ; Nixon ' s Merthyr , 20 s Od—Ships from last *"' fresh arrivals , 48 Total , 132 .
WOOL . , . ClTS , Monday , March 19 th .-The imports of ^ London last week were small , including 158 <&*? d Germany , 148 from Sydney , and tlie rest from *« . * ' ? £ ¦ # Good Hope . The market for wool is quiet . The fo'Wj * are the prices given by a broker ;—Spanish . —R- j iijoii , Is 4 d ; 1 > . and S „ lid to Is 2 d per lb . Por tugal .-- ^ ^ 11 ., 8 d to 8 . W ; do ., F , and S ., 6 d to 7 d ; do . A ., ^ . dc . Oporto , 71 d to 7 fd ; do . yellow and locks , 50 to "t :, unwashed , 3 d to 3 Jd per lb . United States . -Fle < K V 1 )> . lOd to Is 4 d ; slips and skins , 8 d to Is per lb . C a" ' . ' , j ' * 5 Lambs ' , 9 d to Kid per lb . Russian . — Merino , is ° ,., ]( ,. Od-, brookwashed , 9 d to lid ; common , SJJ M v . Jj'i' * lambs ' , Od to 61 d ; do . autumn , 5 d to 5 . W per 1 « - f t g is : wool , 8 d to is . per lb . Irish wool—Hog fleeces , ^" ewe aud weather do ., 9 d to IOd per lb . Scotch Y » ^ VVfoiiil Cheviot , Us to 14 s ; do . cross Ss Od to 9 s ; do . K ^ i l , fls 9 dtoGs 3 d ; white Cheviot , ISs to 18 s ; do . n * 8 s Gd to 9 s per 24 lbs .
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Printed hy WILLIAM KIDER , of No . 5 , Mace-jf « S *' in the narish of St . Anno . Westminster , at the ^
Office, 10, Great Windmill-Street, Hayma...
office , 10 , Great Windmill-street , Haymar Wt , '" ^ 0 ^ ofWestHiinster . fortheProprietor . FEAKOrlisu V ^ n ' Esq . M . P ., and published by tlie said Wiluam ' J . the OftW , ii \ the same streat aud pul'lS'l . — March 24 th , 1819
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24031849/page/8/
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