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THB POOR MAX'S PRAYER . Great God ! then maker of us all . ' O ' . bear n » , wnen to ibee we ca . lL Preserve na from tbe powers of -wrong , Yoj ire are helpless ; thou art strong . O . look upon tbe itarring pool , Who beg their bread from door to door . Do them protect them , plead their cause ; And prosper them amidst their foes . Tbon JtnoWst the poor hare enemies , VTho heap on them keen miseries ; And hold them down in slavery , Bat thoa , 0 Lord , can ' st set them free . proTide the poor with food and clothe *; Bnable them to keep thy lavs ; Be thou , 0 Lord , their guide and friend ; jLnd let iby peace on them descend . ¦ Take all unequal laws away ¦ prom this t > nr land , we anmb ) y pray . Let slaves no longer bow the knee In this oni land , to tyranny . Let peace , with mild effulgent ray , Cb&se war for eTermore away ; And justice , truth , and grace , and Iotb , Bnle all below as all above , A Poob Chartist
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ODE TO LIBERTY . I > = TC > id of libertr whsfs life ? A shadow and a name ; An -undivided scene of strife , Of misery , and shame . A thonsand world * were Toid of worth , If liberty were lost , A thoBsasd to obtain it giv * n Wo * bet » trifling cost . -Jit liberty make * all thing * rweefc , Its loss makes all things sad , \ There freedom reigna fond pleasure meet , And every heart is glad . ¦ yThat are the empty dreams of -wealth , Where thou art not a guest ? Ambiuoa runs its mad career , And avarice rules toe breast . 0 ! give me back my freedom lost , Or lay me in the grave , 5 one wili survive its loss divin . 6 , Sate he who ' * born & alaye . Cbito . " Olibam , April 25-Ji , 1 S 13 .
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LEEDS . —Sikail ^ g Weajuxg Apparel , —On Hondaj a man named John Hewitt , was charged at the Conn-House , before ileasis . Baines and Pawson , with . having stolen several articles of wearing ipparel , the property of a Mr . Hunter , residing in Marsh-laae . . Mr . flnnter i » a bay-dealer , and on Saturday eveninf , Mrs . Hunter left her bouse for a few minutes , « sd on her re-urn she fsnnd the prisoner stripping a clothes horse , baring at the time the clothes or = r his arm . She seized him aX once , » id called in the asi-is-aaee of a policeman , by whom be Bis convejea to prison . He WaB committed lor trial Li the sessions .
Dfttxxtszd Suicide . —On Monday afternoon , an bpeJ was held a ; the Conn-Bouse , before John Eafitbnm , E > q ., on the body of Wm . Swainson , » bw * -ke « per , m the employ of Messrs . Shann , in jTrrstrseU and who , on the same morniEg , at an eirij honr , hac cu : hi 3 throat in a most dreadful and determined manner with a earring knife . The ( jaeetfcd ha ; been ill for some time , and a fortnight ago wai 50 Ecch so ss to render it necessary for las to teas : from his employment . Since this time iebi ? been ntider medical treatment , his wife and j coikr attending upon him . He had been upon Sasuy / or the £ rat lime , and was somewhat better , ud his wife , who had been greatly mistimed with Tniikg upoa him laj down on a bed in tbe same room with him about twelve , at which time she desired him if fee awoke and wanted anything io call her He
ar « ised to do so , and nothing further was heard of tin until about sis o ' clock on Monday morning , wies a se-rvaut girl fonnd him in a chair a : the foot rf lie stairs ; she gave an alarm and then he was imi to be dead , with his throat cat in a very dreadfsi Banner , his head in fact beiDg nearly severed froahis body . The deceased was consumptive , and lad for some time been in a ce > ponGing Elate BErg from the fear of being obliged to give up his cx&iicii on account of his health ; nothing had tea obstrved , howeTer , to lead his family to suspect flm he meditated self destruction . He was thirty tots of age , and was moch respected by his ettplcvers , in whose service he has been fine © he * is JiTcaieen years of age . Tne Jcry returned a nrciei , "Thai the deceased destroyed himself wiSs : labouring under temporary insanity . *'
Ceod 3 £ 5 Dbowmd . —On Saturday last , an incmk was held at ihe Tiree Horse Shoes Lan , hoslej , tear Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq . Coroner , on the body of a little girl , three y--ars and £ r = * mrsrhs eld , named Hannah Hargraves , whose pireits reside adjoining the canal side , in liodiej . Itecect&sed was plajhig , on Tour ^ ddV afiercoon , ken she sot into ihe water bv some E ^ ana nntsr-wn , there bsing lo witnesses to the accident ; K ' -i ? aisled , however , a > earch was raace . and the ro -J was foand on Friday morning . Verdict , — . k v = ad drowned in the Le « ds and LiTerpool Canal . " —Oa iae i&xaz day , another inqnss ; was held by the Stes
Coroner , at the Cross Kej ? Inn , Holb ? ck , on tk * of a little boy , fire Tears of age , named George sals . Tie deceased resided with his mother in & fC 25 e close to the Holbeck beck , wnica , on Friday o eonsequence of the rain was Tery much swollen ; ce wk oat playing in the eyening , and his mother said him shout out thai there was a large piece «¦• wood in the beck . She immeciattly went out , be ; could see nothing of him—he seemed to have ^ appeared all at once . The beck was instantly ^*^^ . ud the body was found some time af ; er vl-j h » lf a mile from the place where he must haTe ^ ra in . The st ream was runaing with great ra-P'klj . Vcrditt-- Fotmd drowned . "
^ Dura sr DiovsrsG . —On Monday morning , an Muest wig held at the house of Mrs . Su ' . cliffe . the ji ^ - ^ T ^ - ^ PPerhead-row , Leeds , before tioas Bijckbam , E-q ., on the body of Johs Sutcliffs , P soa of tn laaaiacy , who was taken out of a » - £ s W 4 iercisl € ni ) a . ; the rear of n ? mothers' prer * " ^ ^ Saturday night- The deceased wa 3 thirty P *» « »« 3 . and resided at the Wheat Shesf ; he j ^ . p * . ^ for a _ fortnight , ai / d seemed rather low t ^ Dat ° ^ ta ^ Particular notice was taken , e * v ^ notJlin S uncommon . He wru : to bed at an ZT ? 0 Dr M Sa-crdar zi ^ kt , and w&- Izsi seen by £ j- <« tne serrants about half-past niae o ' clock . eieTj f on ^ rrant in : o his i tt r ; iuiv iiis xifuui qm
tn « , a s gv-r : n room vu a J ^ rv ans » . s h ^ l v ^ waat « i anything , she found ^ a * Q icft fl- jjgj j ^ aa g on yTooce n ~ } ng jnto an ad-;^ ? room she found the window open , and the - * o : agreai confusion , —a chair br : JE broken , and S ^ Sb ^ V hiafcd ' the 1 ^ - ' -s " * ^ « Udiv » ns imae-: ia : ? iT £ •** . .- an alarm ; ^ >^ e eiitc m being cirectly brlo ' w tne window , it « £ » V . ?* ^ F ^^ d . aad there his bony was fonnd , £ s iJ ^ T Tr-a"e ^ 3 = no eridene ^ to show whether tad ti ^ ™ accidentally or thrown cizn - fif ia , fco »? Li- liat * t' «; returaed a Terdict ot " Fuuna fn fcT ? * * cistern / ' Xue cisteru is abuu ; tftinft ^ P * contained at the lime , nearly ¦¦ ' gmoas qj ; yrtla .
tin >? j m raE Chasgss " -On Tuesday last , a f r ^^ o ^ os . Good twfco had been remanded tie ( W J Was placed befcre the magistrates at ^ J ^ " Uouse , on a charge of attempting io i ^ V 1 ? 008 *» aespeop ! c , hy the old trick of fcupY ? « hange for haif-a-crown , and en two shil-Srsiri , * ^ P ^ b ? iog given to him , suddenly * % iaT ^ app ? S to throw , ; h money down T- ; l ^ r ^ e ^ iDgtobe fiTourcd with all sixpences . lo ^» q ? f tr ' cd in ^ ^ ai instances , but in fcn = m ' ' « V * f ^ cceed . d , cur Leeds people being Eeeij , , 1 "; . ^ ° north" for the trickster , for on <* t » - " Tv ^^ onIy P ut doiini one shilling instead fct £ z £ -l ? v v Oflc * rcfll 5 ed to hare any further fc * ktt , » - , » and he ultimately go ; into ^ - ^ aoa Of po ijeeman Outhwaite , who had ftauS ™ " *;* ™* . " ^ Q ^ asked by the Mairom
igjujj ,: - " »« "'> , wnere ae cams , ue fc i xfiii Wilil astonishment at the question , Ku « W a ?* us * ' 5 aid ' " w ^ l . dsaT me « now l " eabpri " th v name of tbe P ! see ^ suddenly feriP h te added " 0 . Sundurland , Sunder-Uke- jj ? asnred the magistrates it was all a mis-^ t erthhT ° recoI -ection whatever of having POe is , 'r i w ^> 2 g ; and said that he was so far &t tiip ^ £ ^ fle had no remembrance at all of ^* ed wii * v esdaT > -e ^ eral other parties at-« d toi ? " ^ ^ e had Ti-ited , but in no instance tw TJ « M snff-red my low .. Wa th ^ n d ^ arsd
fetad aaT * "fleeted coming to Leeds at all ; *^ C ^ a £ a ¥ ) rance a * to when he did come , nor k fcJUriL ^ , 6 fron > 5 the only thing be seemed to * Wi ? t- ! *! fta » he worked at Liverpool , but 5 ? *» rf 0 ; v ~ , . » » or when , he really could ^ tUtttedtv ^ not ^ n sober of three weeks * $ 8 itot 7 > m > Ristr&tes wonld consider this as a ^ Wt Cf ^ f v ^ ytning which he roight have * - nW It if Ld ! d not remember having done fc * t ban *^ Tne . Bench told him they wonld ^ J W ^ , ° ? i unity of getting quite sober before « » oty with him and also of knowing where leBt < tefcTir ' Md whit he worked at . He wa ? * d ^ Ta ^ ° - ttoI ' sexerc . ise at £ he treadmill , * Uuj ^— , ' - T ^ j it Leeds again , at the expiration " * lor if he did he would be looked after .
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5 CDDS 5 Death of a . v Infant . —Oa Saturday evening , Mr . Blackburn held au iuqupst at tbe Court House , on the body of Mary Ana Peacock , au infant eight weeks old , whose parents reside m a miserable hovel in Marsh-lane , and are both in some dtvr-e of weak intellect . Tha child was foutid dead by the side of its mother on Saturday morning , having been in its usual health on Friday night . There was , however , considerable excoriation about the mouth of the child , and the coroner therefore ordered an examination of its body to be made , from which it appeared that it bad died from perfectly natural causes , and that the appearances about the mouth had been caused by a peculiar kind of dropsy , to which it bad been subject . The jury returned a verdict to this effect .
Suffocation in a Pig TaorGH . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held at the Globe Inn , Braxnley , before John Blackburn , Esq .. on the body of Mary Ann Turner , a little girl two years of age . The deceased , on Monday afternoon , went with her father into a tgster field adjoining his house , and whilst he was engaged with some cloth , the child strayed away from him . On looking round for her a few minutes afterwards , he had lost sight of her altogether , and , on going towards a pig stye in the field , he found her quite dead , having fallen with her face into the pig trough , and there been suffocated . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Stealing Clothes . —On Taesday last , James Belhouse was charged before the magistrates , at the Court House , with having stolen a suit of clothes and a hat , the property of a young man named John Vause . The two parties had lodged together at the house of John Plumpton , in East-lane , and on the 20 ; h of February , the prisoner having nothing to do , dressed himself in Vause's clothes and set off with them , telling Plumpton that Vanse bad lent them to him . He was not seen again until Monday last , ¦ when he was apprehended by Inspector Child m Kirkgate , with the stolen trousers on . Ho was committed to take his trial at the next Borough Sessions .
Conviction vndbb the Chimnet- Swkepkks' Act . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Holgate , chimney-Bweeper , residing in Cryer ' s Yard , North Town End , Leeds , was charged before Messrs . Goodman and Pawson , at the Court House , with having employed a lad under twenty-one years of age in sweeping a chimney at the house of Mr . Fennell , in South Parade , by whom the information was laid . The offence was committed on the 12 tb of April , and was proved to the satisfaction of the Bench , who convicted the defendant in the lowest mitigated penalty of £ 5 . In the event of his goods failing to satisfy the amount by distress , he was ordered to be sent to WakefieU for a month .
Horse Stealing . —On Tuesday last , two men named Charles Rawson , and Gvjorge Lea-thley , both of Holbeck , were charged at the Court House , before Messrs . Geodman and Pawson , with having , on the I-tihof April , ( Good Friday ) stolen a brown mare the property of Mr . Samuel Petty , earthenware maaufaciurer , of Beestou . From the evidence of Joseph Crossland , servant to Mr . Petty , h appeared that he locked his master ' s stable safe on tbe night of the 13 ' . h , leaving in it at that time the mare in question and a horse . On the next morning he found the deor of the stable had been forced open and the mare and & pair of blinders were gone . He did not see the mare again until Monday week , when , in consequence of what he bad heard , he
went to Mr . Thomas Tnornton ' s , of EcclesLill , near Bradford , where he found the mare and brought her away . Michael Ashworth , woolcomber , of Eccleshill , siat « d that on the Saturday before Good Friday , the prisoner Rawson called at hiB hon&e , and after some conversation he toid him that if ever he wanted to buy a horse cheap , if he would go to Leeds he thought he could get him one ; that on Good Friday , he ( Lawson ) came again to his house , where he had not been above fire minutes before the other prisoner also came , having with him a brown mare > vnh a pair of blindtrs on . Leathley said he understood he wanted to buy a horse , and Baid be had . one to sell , for which he asked in the first
instance £ 3 10 s ., but which he bought , after some bargaining for SOs . That mare was the same which he had lent to Thomas Tnornton , and which had been claimed as haviDg been stoLn . The prisoner Ttewson , he said , took no part in tbe bargain for the sale , nor did he seem to be at all acquainted wiih Leathley , who described himself as a coal-dealer from Bradford . Evidence was given to show that the two prisoners had lived neighbours to each other , at Holbeck , for abaut twelve months , that they were constant asswsiates , and that Rawson did not contradict Leathley when he stated that he came from Bradford . The prisoners said nothing in defencs , and were commiued to York Castle for trial at the liext assiz 3 s .
CAMBOK . WE , CoaswALL . —Thia town and parisb have this wetk been thrown into a very great state of excitement by the novel announcement of a church-rate meeting , never such meeting being before held in this parish , the parish authorities having allowed it to be taken out of the other rates . Toe miners , on thia occasion , mustered most nobly , when the cnurchwardens -proposed that a rate of three-halfpence in the pound be made to cover the expences for the sacramental wine , ice . Mr . J . Skewes , jun . proposed ; bat that meeting « to adjourn , and the question of the church-rates be postponed to that day twelvemonths . The chairman refused to put the amendment to the meeting , the question being " whether there should be a rate or not . Mr . Skewe ? , jun . then moved that there ehould be no rate ma < ie . A show of hands was taken for and against , in which the blistered bands out-numbered
the delicate fingers by scores . Aft-r a great deal of shuffling with the followers of the apoBtles , E . W . W . I ' eudarves , M . P . demanded a poll . At the last election , the honourable M . P . when asked his opinion on church rates said , he was decidedly of opinion that they ou # bt to come out of the revenues of tbe church . So much for his honesty of opinion . Mr . J . Skvwes . jtta . did not forgtt to remind him of his broken word , however tha poihng ensued , and after many miners hid been compelled to vote for mother church with lears in th- jr eyes , by their task-masters , tbe church wardens refused to proceed further with the poll , arter being opea three days , and gave in the contest , there being a majority of forty-one against the rate . In the course oi' ihe afternoon , Mr . Skewes , jun . delivered an open-air lecture on the rise and progress of the church , aud the political rights of the working men , to several thousand people , with great effect .
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The Tipfekabt Union is in debt £ 1 , 100 . Hes Majesty ' s new steam-yacht , the Victoria and Albert , was launched from the Koyal Dockyard , Pembroke , on Thursday , James Fobo , who was sentenced to death at the last Cnester Assizes , baa r--Ct : ved a respite , and will not be bung . A vacanct has occurred in Salisbury , on the retirement of Mr . Brodie from tbe representation of that town . The i . a-egest Man in the British service is Lieutenant Sutherland , of the 26 : h Regiment , at Cork . He weighs twenty-five Etone , his height is six feet four inches , and he ia twenty-three years of age .
It is a ccbrent report all through Oxfordshire , that no lets thaa seventy- three teuants have given notice to quii iheir farms nnder the Blenheim estate . This is ( English ) re-Peel with a vengeance ! — Mark-lane Express . The motion for a petition to Parliament , to repeal the Act cJ Union , was carried in tbe Cork Town Council , oh Wednesday week , by a majority of thirty to nine ; two declined voting at all . The Great Western steam-ship . Lieutenant H ^ sken , B 5 ,, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday fj _ r New York . To Destroy Mict—Fry a sheet of brown paper ( the coarser the better ) io any grease ; this the mice wih' eat , and it wili destroy them . This is safer , cheaper ,- and easier than any trap .
Thames Tunnel . —Last week the number of persons who visited the tunnel was 64 , 682 , and the ' receipts were £ 269 10 a . 2 d . Since the opening 479 , 655 persons nave been throngh . j Money . — " Is this good money , " said a man to [ a suspicious-looking waj ; , who bad made some small i purchase of him . " It ought to be good , for I made it myself , ''" wus the answer . With that he took the man up for forgery—but the man in his defence proved that be made ihe money by fiddling . Ysbt nearly ten pages of the Votes and Proceed- . ings of the -House of Commons , delivered on Satur- j day morning , are occupied with the mere enumeration cf the petitions presented last night against the ' educational clauses of Sir James Graham ' s Factory , Bill . TbJ 3 is the greatest demonstration of peti- ] tionine ever remembered to be made on one night ]
omy . A ci&CL-HSTAKte , without precedent , on the Dub- ! lin and Limerick mail coach line , occurred on Mon- day morning , when tbe coach arrived at this office , without a "^ pas 8 enger , or even a single parcel , on ! tbe whole roate from Dublin to Limerick . Tbe j way-bill was a perfect blauk , not so much as tbe \ scratch of a p » n upon it . —Limerick Chronicle . i The Bristol Gasette of last week , states that Mr . ! Brunei , the engineer , whilst amusing the children of j % friend , incautiously placed half a sovereign in bis ! month , which slipped into tbe trachea , where it ineffectual
stuck , « very effort to remove it proving . Sir B . Brodie was going to make an incision in the thorax , to endeavour to remove it . Mr . Brunei's life has been placed in great jeopardy . W . Fikldem , Esq ., M-P . for Blackburn , had a providential escape on Wednesday . As he was driving a phaeton near Blackbnrn , tbe horse took fright , and ran down a steep hill , at the bottom of which were Borne iron railings , against which it ran with great violence , and was thus stopped . Mr . Fielden was able to get out of the phaeton unhurt .
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On Tuesday morning , a herring , which wriched three pounus ! w&s taken in fhe net , at the Nortn Inch n 3 hu ; # station . —Perthshire Advertiser . Ths Weatheh . —Last week , the mountain , and even the lower range of hills around Kcndal , were clad with snow . Iw x case heard before the Court of Bankruptcy , the other day , one bill-broker admitted that he charged 40 per cent in ins transactions ; another would not swear that he had not received 200 per cent . On Wednesday evening , a young girl named Smith fell into a sound sleep in Bishopwearmouth Chapel of Ease , and remained in that state until the edifice was locked up . When she awoke , she alarmed the town by an extempore peal from the bell—which brought some hundreds of knights to the fair lady ' d deliverance .
To Peesoxs in want op a Bhougham . —Henry Vanx respectfully informs the public that he has on hire a Hack Brougham . It was considered the completest thing upon town a few years ago , although it is at present a little crazy . Any kind of jobs undertaken ; the respectability of parties engaging the "back" is of no consequence . For further particulars apply to H . V ., House of Lords . —Punch . The Austrian Lloyd has published an account of Trieste , from which it appears that English trade
with that almost sole port of Austria has greatly increased . In 1841 , Trieste received forty-one vessels from England , and fifty-eight English vessels from other ports . In 1842 these numbers increased to eigbty-four and eighty-three . There arc as many more from the Ionian Isles and Malta . Austrian trade with Brazil , too , has much increased . One-third of tbe whole export of Brazilian coffee goes to Austria , which sends corn and iron in return . S . rauge to say , its iron must go round by Hamburgh , and call itself Swedish .
On Tuesda y last , a woman calling herself Thompson was brought before the Lord Mayor of London , charged with having stolen a little boy , four years old , supposed to be the child of respectable parents . The child evidently showed superior birth and training , and talked about a mother who had a piano in tbe country , and lived in a fine room with a carpet upon it , and of the cruelty of his other mother ( tbe prisoner ) , who lay in dirty beds , and beat him . The woman was remanded for a week , to allow time to get further evidence . She persists that it is her child , but from the number of falsehoods she has told it seems extremely unlikely .
Laconic . —A gentleman connected with a large mercantile establishment in thia town wrote , it is said , to the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the projected inland bondiag system , to whicii the gentleman in question is strongly opposed . A reply was received from his Grace in due course , and , it id rumoured , ran somewhat in the following words : — " The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments i to Mr . . and begs to inform him that with respect to the Inland Warehousing Bill , the Government will do what they con . idor right , but they will not deem it necessary to consult Mr . on tbe subject . "—Liverpool All /
ion-Fatal Disaster at Camden Town . —This neighbourhood was , at about seven o'clock on Wednesday evening , thrown into the utmost consternation by the following distressiug circumstance : —Mr . Thoa . Hal ] , about forty years of age , upholsterer , of No . 3 , Stucley Terrace , was lyiDg ill in his chamber , of brain-fever . It happened , about this lime , that reason had left her empire , and delirium having gained an ascendency in the mind of the unfortunate gentleman , he attfmpted self-destruction by an endeavour to leap out of the window , which is two stories above
the shop . His brother happened to bo there attending upon him , and , of course , made every effort within his power to prevent the precipitation , but was immediately felled to the floor by the afflicted maniac , who , we regret to state , Bpcedily accomplished his purpose . He was subsequently picked up from bis appalling situation , lying upon the pavement with nothing on but hid night-shirt , by one of tbb workmen of Mr . Gomug , a neighbouring farrier , in whose arms be expired in less than three minutes afterwards .
Bsidgnobth . —A melancholy instance of the dread ' ful effects of passion occurred in this town on Monday week , and caused considerable excitement . The unfortunate victim of his own ungovernable pasBion was Mr . G . Preece , a highly respectable individual , about sixty . Mr . Preece , on returning home from Much Wenlock-market , discovered that his nephew ( who resided with him ) bad neglected some slight business which he had been instructed to do during his uncle ' s absence , and became greatly exasperated at the circumstance . An altercation ensued , and
Mr . Preece took up a stick and threw it at his nep hew , b-jf missed his aim , which caused the latter to laugh . This so enraged him that he jumped off a high step into the yard , and running his ncphow into a corner gave him a violent beating . His passion being exhausted he turned round ; but , melancholy to relate , he began to vomit blood , and died immediately , having ruptured a large blood vessel by over-exertion . A surgeon was ssnt for in all haste , anO promptly attended , but unfortunately all his attention was unavailing . —Stafford
Adverhxer . Fatal Event . —Dumfries . —About three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Mrs . Muir , innkeeper on tbe White Sands , directed a young girl who was occasionally employed by her to rinoe a small pail at the time greatly swolJrn by the recent rains , and while in the act of washing the tub the girl exposed the inside of it to the force of the current , when she and it became inrolred in the water * in tbe depth of about six feet . Tb- - girl was instantly carried down the river , vainly striving with a full tense of danger to make to the side , and a number of individuals made unavailing efforts to reach the object of
solicitude . At the watering place , Bank-street , one man ' s life wa 3 fairly risked to save her , and but for the prompt and energetic assistance of the bystanders be wonld to all appearance have perished by his temerity . The body of the sufforer was followed by many streaming eyes , and was often seen on the surface of the raging element until near the middle of the dock , where it was completely submerged and given up for lost amidst one of the greatest floods that have laved thu banks and braes of the Nith for ? om 5 time . Tbe name of the unfortunate victim of the catastrophe is Sarah Watton . To add to the calamity , the state of tbe river utterly precludes the hope of the body being recovered . —Caledonian
Mercury . The French Marine Ministeb has asked for £ 240 , 000—five millions of francs—for the expense of establishments at the Marquesas and Tahiti . He estimated the annual expense at £ 100 , 000 a-year . The force to be sent was 1 , 200 men . The Minister declared , tBat the Marquesas first occupied were so little fertile as to be Bcarce able to provide for the warn 8 of the French whalers , which were to crowd the Pacific . When the lf-tnmus of Panama was cut through , ihe Marquesas would be on 6 of the most important stations of the globe . Even at present the islands would be useful entrepots of merchandise . They would be oppd to all imports , save arms and ammunition . " For a long time , " said Admiral Roussin , " English missionaries have been established in the Society Islands , and to their efforts , of
which preceded tho . ^ e our own missionaries , is owing the more advanced state of civilization in Tahiti . The good which they have done , and may yet do , gives them a right to the protection af th ^ French Government . This they shall have in all their plenitude . On the other hand , we sro happy to think that French influence will find in these foreign missionaries auxiliaries devoted to the oau ? e of civilization , which it is the great object to defend . " A coarser piece of irony than this we have not read or beard for a long time . That Admiral Roussin couid utter it without bursting into a laugh shows that the diplomatist had a full command of his nerves . We are certain that no seminarist or congregationist in Tahiti can read it without holding his side 3 . For tbe poor English missionaries , however , it is too bitter a joke . —Morning Chronicle .
Railway Accident . — An accident occurred on the Manchester and Birmingham lino of railway at Stockport on Friday night week . The sufferer is a labouring man named Luke Shore , residing at Stockport , and the accident he has met wi ' . h , which is likely to cost him his life , occurred salely from his own intemperance and folly . On the evening in question he got drunk , and on leaving the public * house at which ho had be n drinking , went a distance from his home to the Ed ^ ley tunnel of the Manchester and Birmingham railway , where be fell asleep , with bis right arm across tke rail , and the
luggage train which leaves Manchester at a quarter past eleven passed over bis arm , and inflicted some serious injuries on bia head . It would appear that the man was so stupid that the accident did not awake him , as he was fonnd still asleep between three and four o ' clock ou Saturday morning . He was conveyed to the S'ockport Infirmary , when it was found necessary to amputate his arm above the elbow . He was much cut on tbe head , from which injuries bis life is considered somewhat in danger . There is no road across the railway near this point , and Shore must have climbed over Bome railing to have got in tbe tunnel where tbe accident occurred .
Sleep . —Nothing has bush a tendency to restore the system as sound and refreshing Bleep ; a popular writer beautifully remarks—* AU-healing Bleep soon neutralises the corroding caustic of care , and blunts even the barbed arrows of tbe marble-hearted fiend Ingratitude f and by a well-known poet it is described as 'Nature ' s sweet restorer *; yet there are thousands who pass weary and sleepless nights without taking tb e trouble to ascertain the cause ; many resort to opiates , and thus aggravate the evil . Parr ' s Life Piila v / ill be found to soothe the irritated state of the lierv es , and will soon bring the whole system into that c » ol and healthy state as will induce souhd and refw shing sleep , and thus fit the mind and body for the varied dmits of life , which henceforward will br performed with , ease aad satisfaction . "
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The Throne of Ireland . —It is very doubtf'jl whether Sir Augustus d'Este is not the next lawful hoir to the throne of Ireland after the descendant of the late Duke of Ken :, aud the present King of Hanover , and to the throne of Hanover atur the present Royal Family . Mr . O'Connell , who e opinion as an Irish lawyer is entitled to great re-Bp « ci , has given it as his opinion that Sir Au « u 4 us d Este is legitimate in Ireland , the Royal Marriage Act having never received tho assent of the Irish Parliament , aud there is every reason to believe that he is equally so in HanoTer . —Liverpool Times .
Ths way to win a Fashionable Woman ' s Heart . —Let your hair hang in superfluous riuglots over your neck and ehoulders—never suffer a razor to touch your face—squeeze yourself into a coat of mulberry cloth—put on a vest , striped with green , yellow , and red—pantaloons checked with blue , crimson , and purple—shove your feet into a pair of boots with the heels at least three inches highdandle a little black stick , tipped with brass—a huge brass ring on you little finger , and you will be the don of the day . —Fashionable World
Glasgow Assizes .--Conviction of a Husband for the Mukdek op his Wife . —In the Circuit Court of Justiciary , at Glasgow , on Friday last , Charles Mackay was charged with the crime ot murder , in so far aa on the 18 th day of December , 1842 , he attacked and assaulted Catherine M'Kechnie his wife , which violence terminated in her death . The prisoner pleaded Guilty , " but not with intent to murder . " This plea was rejected by the Advocate Depute , and the case went to trial . After the examination of several witnesses , Lord Meadowbank summed ap the evidence , and the jury having retired about twenty minutes , returned with a verdict , finding Mackay , guilty as libelled . Lord Meadowbank then assumed the b ) ack cap , and in the most solemn manner sentenced the prisoner to be executed on Thursday , the 18 th day of May next . The prisoner during the time the sentence was being passed stood , and exhibited considerable firmness . The court was much crowded during the trial .
A Gang op Murderers . —The Kilkenny papers give an account of the capture of a formidable banditti who within six months committed the most appalling murders in that and tbe neighbouring counties . It appears there ia evidence to shew that they murdered tne late Mr . George Haly , of Johnstown , and after that set fire to the body , to destroy all traces of the murder , They also murdered Mr . Mortimer , in Freshford , having hired themselves for a sum of money for that purpose ; they shot General Kearney ' s steward , butchered a poor farmer named Hoyne , at noon-day , in bis own yard , aud they closed their singular career by attempting to assassinate Mr . Shee .
Explosion at a Firework Manufactory . —Another of those alarming accidents which so frequently occur ia buildings of the above description tooK place on Monday afternoon , shortly after five o'clock in Regent-street , Lambeth-walk , on the premises occupied by Mr . Ralph Fen wick , firework manuiaciurer , and pyrotechnical astist , by which one poor man , named James Field , sustained such frightful injuries as to render his death a matter of certainty , and two others , the one a son oi Mr . Fenwick and the other a workman in bia employ , wero dreadfully burnt in various parts of their bodies .
Massacre of the Governor of the Marquesas Islands and Suite . —We regret to state that very melancholy intelligence has just been brought to this country from the new French settlement in the Pacific by a merchant vessel , the Sarah Ann schooner , which left Otaheite on tho 23 rd of October , It appears that the French Governor of the Marquesas with fourteen attendants , had been on a visit to the native King , Nichaevar , where they had been hospitably entertained , and suspecting no danger , they left , his residence to return to the French station without probably taking proper precaution against
the treachery of tho natives . They were attacked on the way , and the Governor and fourteen persouB were killed . This unfortunate , event proves the unfriendly disposition of the natives ; but what will it avail them ? The French Government will instantly send out a sufficient force to crush all opposition , and finally deprive the King and every person in authority in those islands of every semblance of power . It may also have an injarioua effect on the relations botween tho French Protector of Otaheite and the inhabitants . It in , therefore , an eveut deeply to be regretted . —London Paper .
The following painful fact has been given us by an undoubted authoriiy . A gentleman , whose name we refrain from mentioning , had lately lived in the neighbourhood of Llandogo , whose whole time and energies were employed in doing good to his indigent fellow creatures . Amongst other acts of beneficence , he founded and maintained a large school for the poor , and was in thu constant habit of visiting their abodes and administering to them both temporal and spiritual assistance . Some of the members and companions of the notorious Bant win band determined to rob this excellent man ; ( heir lawless threats were reported to him , and such was the effect of the intimation on him , who had no reason to suspect baying an enemy in the wide world , that it actually caused an illness which has terminated in the destruction of hit ) reason , and he is at this moment within the wards of a lunatic asylum . — MjTimouthshire MerAn .
The Law of Akrest ag . un !—Attempt at Suicids . —A respectable gentleman , named Taylor , aged upwards of seventy y ^ ars , who filla the situation of valuator to the South Dublin Union , was arrested on Thursday last upon a Sheriff ' s writ . He was conducted , in castodv of two bailiffs , to the Four Courts' Marshalsea , Thomas-street , at three o ' clock , and , while the deputy governor , into whose charge ho waB given , was making out the requisite reoeipfc for the sheriff ' s officers ' , Mr . Taylor , who was standing in the batch , furtively took a penknife out of his pocket , and drawing the blade , inflicted therewith a severe wound across his throat , in the direction of the left jaw . Doctor Benson , the physician of the prison was called in , and rendered prompt and effective assistance to the sufferer , who is now in a fair way to recovery . He appears , however , to bo afflicted with great despondency , and threatens to repeat his dread . ' ul attempt whenever a fitting opportunity may occur . —Dublin Monitor .
Four Men Drowned . —On Saturday , about noon , most of the Oystermonth boats employed in the oyster fishery put off to sea , the wind at the time blowing rather fresh , and among others the Sarah and Rachel , with her crew , namely , David John ( master ) , Taomas Davics , Noah Jones , and John Evaus . They had scarcely left their moorings half an hour when ' the alarm was given by the coastguard men at the look out station , that a boat had been upset in the mixen pool by a squall of wind , aud the crew lost . Instantly three or four Ncath pilots put out to sea to render all the assistance in their power . Some time necessarily elapsed ere they r » -ached the spot , and when they did reach it , after much exertion , owing to tho violence of the wind , which by this time had risen to a high gale , they only saw the boat and a fow spats—the unfortunate
crew had disappcaro ' . At length the Neath pilots succeeded in fastening the Sarah and Kachel to their own boat , and intowin ;; her to the Mumble-roads . David John bas loft a widow near her confinement , and a family of six young children . Thomas Davies ha . 3 alsoleft a widow and six young children . Noah Jones and John Evans wore single men . The last named young man was a stranger in the Mumbles and merely accompanied tbe party from nioti < rcs of curiosity . He was to have been married on Friday ( to-day ) . Their bodies have not yet been found , that part of the channel where they went down being nnusually deep . It is said that the accident may to a certain extent , be attributed to the want of cautiou exhibited by the captain ( David John ) and hia crew , in carrying « n too much canvass . The other boats had their sails double reefed , whilst bis sails were fully expanded . — Welshman .
Extraordinary Dismissal op a Captain of the Akmy . —Captain Stanton , of the 1 st Royal Tower Hamlets Militia , has been recently dismissed from the service , aud reinstated during the past week under the following extraordinary circumstances ; —In the month of December last a man named Henry Stanton , alias Dr . Winkworth , alias Palmer , was convicted at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced to be transported for life , for stealing two watches , valued at £ 35 , the property of Mr . Menzies , jeweller , cf Clerkenwell . The case created unusual interest , from the fact of the prisoner having married several respectable females and made away with property ; in addition to whiob ha had been previously transported , but got a remission of his
sentence in consequence of stating that he had some years since given important information to the Government repecting Ireland . The prisoner also stated that he bad been an ofiacer in the army , and that he , in the year 1830 , offered himself to represent the borough of Southampton . The matter reaching the ears of Lieut .-Colonel Grant , the commandant of the above regiment , he waB anxious to ascertain whether tbe Captain Stanton belonging to his regiment was one and tbe same person , and sent an officer , in company of the relieving overseer of Hackney , ef which parish the Captain was formerly one of the overseers , to Newgate , for that purpose . On their arrival tbey were shown the prisoner , rat neither of them spoke to him ; they , however , Btated he was the man . Is consequence of this a
communication was forwarded to the War-office , and without farther inquiry , Captain Stanton was dismissed the eervioe . At this time Captain Stanton was residing » t Brigg , in Lincolnshire , and received his half-pay from the branch bank of Messrs . Prescott , but upon applying he was greatly astonished on being told that the person he repres « nted himself to be had been transported for life . On receiving this intelligence , Captaia Stanton wrote to the authorities at the War-office ; aud he subsequently received a letter requesting his attendance in London fof the purpose of being identified . This haa been done to the Batisfaotioa of the Date of Wellington , Sir Henry Hardinge , &c ; and the Captain has not only been reinstated , but an apology made to him for the painful situation in which be had been placed .
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Lamentable Occurhence . —Ou Saturday last , us Bcnjimiii Lowe and Menjamiu Beddall were employed in repairing the top of a pis mouth , at Moorlar . u , Kingswinford , tho temporary t-caffuiding o * which they were standing gave way , and they were precipitated to the bottom of the pit , thirty-four yards in deptn , the scaffold , mortar can , bricks , &c , falling upon them . The monar can ( a heavy iron vessel ) fell on the head of poor Lowe and killed him on the spot . Beddall and tho scaffold ateo fell upon him ; the former barely reaped with his life , having his right arm broken in two places , and so seriously injured on the head aud various parts of tne body , that but little hopes are entertained of his recovery . Poor Lowe haa left a widow and four small children ; Beddall is married and has one child . — Worcestershire Chronicle .
The Gun Tbade .-A good deal of dissatisfaction has b « en manifested by the gun trade , in consequence » f the Board of Ordnance having , three years ago , entered into a contract for a considerable supply of foroijjn »; un-stocks for the small arms' department of the Ordnance , and a memorial has been presented to Sir George Murray , the Master-General of the Ordnance , by Mr . Dugdale , M P . ; but it is found , from the reply given , that the board will not institute any inquiry into the present system of purchasing foreign walnut stocks , and that without further tfforts the guu-makers will not be able to obtain redress . It is expected that the subject will be brought before Parliament . —Evening Paper .
Rebecca and her Daughters . —On Fridiy , at the Neath Petty Sessions , Morgan Ree 3 , Thomas Koberts , and David Williams , three workmen in the employ of the Neath Abbey Iron Company , wero brought forward to answer to a charge of breaking and carrying away some gates at Neatb Abbey ou the 10 th of April . The evidence in this case was clear and conclusive , as police-sergeant Jones , 10 R . P ., caught them in the very act of destroying the gates ; but as the parties whose property have sustained injury did not appear to prosecute , the magistrates , on account of previous good character , deemed it expedient to dismiss the case . — Welshman .
Reharkable Cask of Conscience . —The Suffolk Herald publishes tbe following : — "Our readers may frequently have seen advertisements in the daily papers acknowledging , on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , certain payments made by anonymous persons , who , having defrauded the revenue , make thia restitution , and it is called * conscience money . ' A remarkable instance of this kind has come to us from a most credible source . An individual wrote a letter to tbe Exchequer-office , saying , that although he had returned hia income-tax correctly on his ostensible business , yet that he was extensively engaged ia smuggling , and as his returns from that source were very great , he had it on his conscience not to have made any return of that , and he therefore enclosed , as the amount of three years ' tax , £ 14 , 000 ! Every effort has been made to diseo- > ver the conscientious contrabandist , but hitherto without effvet . The fact may be relied on . " i
A Midnight Flight . —About midnight on Satur day last a msst violent and alarming noise of at unnatural kind of screaming was heard over the whole town of Perth , awakening such as were asleep and frightening those who were awake . The visitation continued for upwards of a quarter of a » hour , in which time it was discovered to proceed from an uncommonly numerous flight of wild geese winging their way to the sea side . It is known thai when these birds are night travellers , and to preven straggling the leader keeps up a constant cry , which is taken up at intervals and repeated by the whole or greater par , of the flock . Whether in passing over the town the glare of the gas lamps had alarmed them , or their leaders thought increased caution was r » quired so near the habitations of men , can only be conjectured ; but the fact is unquestionable that the noise exceeded anything similar ever heard , and some females were so much frighted as to have suffered in health in consequence . —Caledonian Mer .
Incendiarism . —The village of Madley , about six miles from Hereford , continues to be the scene of a succession of diabolical outrages which are a disgrace to any country or people . Some miscreants have conceived the horrible plan of setting fire to stacks and outhouses belonging to various farmers in the parish , and during the present month no less than four fires , the fiendish acts of incendiaries , have occurred . On Monday night last , or rather about one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a barn or outhouse
was discovered to have been fired , and although every effort was made by the villagers to check the devastation , the whole waa burned to tbe ground , entailing a loss to the proprietor of from £ 15 to £ 20 . The secrecy in which these nefarious schemes are planned and executed is astonishing , and about as inexplicable as the lawless conduct of " Rebecca and her daughter" in Wales . Large rewards , varying in amount from £ 100 to £ 30 Q ? have been offered for the detection of the marauders , but as yet without producing tho desired effect . —Gloucester Journal .
Alleged Death in a Workhouse from Want of Propku Nourishment . — A long inquiry took place , on Monday , at the Feathers , public-house , Dean-street , Westm / nter , concerning the death of Sarah Bright , aged thirty-eight , an inmate of the workhouse of St . Margaret and St . John , Westminster . The inquiry was instituted by Mr . H'ggs , deputy coroner t >> r Westminster , in consequence of s report that was in circulation that the death oi the deceased had been greatly accelerated by the
want of proper nourishment , she being pregnant and labouring under a cancer of the breast . The case having lasted nearly six hours , the Jury said they were satisfied with the evidence they had heard , and that it was not necessary to go further into the case . After a short consultation they returned a verdict that " Deceased died of a bleeding cancer of long standing , and expressed their full couviction that every thing was done by tbe medical officers and others belonging to the workhouse that her case required . "
The Iron Trade . —The iron and metal trade gets worse and worse . It is in it that the want of the American market is principally felt . This will readily be believed when it is considered that in 1839 our exports in the United States of iron and steel , copper and brass , and tin plates amounted to £ 1 . 227 , 808 , besides hardware and cutlery , amounting to £ 849 , 640 , making a total of £ 2 , 077 , 448 worih of metals and their manufactures exported in one year to America . Further , when we consider that of this prodigious sum no less than £ 1 , 650 , 838 was for iron and its manufactures , and that this extensive trade has fallen to about one-third , we shall have an important fact to assist us in guessing at tho causes of the depression of the iron trade . In Staffordshire , out of 111 furnaces , 53 are now lying co ) d , and have been blown out for twelve months , and their
nonproduction withraws at least 220 , 480 tons weekly from the market ; notwithstanding this , the price of iron continues to fall , the demand is become less , and the worst , but clearly inevitable , evil followswages are reduced , and industrious men are driven out of employment . — Worcester Herald . Decrease in the price of British Iron . —Since the commencement of 1842 , a continued gradual depression of the price of English iron has taken place . In January , in that year , bar iron was quoted at 140 a ; cargo in Wales , 120 s ; hoops , 200 s ; pig in Wales , 82 s Cd ; pig in Ciyde , 60 s . Slight advances and increasing depression have marked the intervening period to the end of March , when ths following prices only were obtained , being a falling off of about 23 per oflnt . in fifteen months : —bar , I 05 a ; cargo in Wales , 155 s ; hoops , 1553 ; pig in Wales , 70 d ; in Clyde , 45 s . — Welshman .
The Law op Arrest for Debt —On Monday morning an inquest was held at Whitecross-street Prison , before the coroner of London , upon view of the body of Edward Cox , aged 55 , the son of a gentleman of largo estate in Ireland . From tho evidence of Mr . Wadd , the surgeon of the prison , and others , it appeared that the deceased had from improvidence become embarrassed . To one of his creditors , a Mr . Heatbcote , of Manchester , he owed £ 43 for ^ a horse and chaise . The deceased having , in answer to an inquiry after him , said be had gone , or was going , to Ireland , Mr . Heathcote went before a judge and made affidavit that the deceased was going to leave the kingdom , aud obtained an order for his arrest . He was accordingly arrested , and
reached Whitecross-strePt Prison on the 28 th of March . As he waa evidently labouring under the distressing symptoms of consumption he was immediately placed in the infirmary , and received all the care and additional nourishment his case required ; food , bower , would not remain on his stomach and in a few days he was confined to his bed . On the 18 th ult . an application was made to Mr . Justice Maule to liberate him on account of his illness , Mr . Wadd giving a strong certificate that there was no hope of saving his life if he remained in the prison . Dr . Heath gave a similar certificate . The application was stoutly opposed by the creditor , who repeated hia affidavits that the deceased wished to leave the kingdom . The judge felt that he bad not the
power under the act to order the liberation of the deceased on the ground of extreme illness . He however , made an order for his release on finding sureties for the sum of £ 40 . This was only £ 3 less than the sum for which be might be bailed as of right , without any special application . The deceased was unable to find sureties and lingered till Sunday last , when he died of consumption . Tno Coroner asked if any affidavits were filed to show that the deceased waa not in a state of danger , and was answered , none . The Coroner remarked , that it was to be reeretted that the law did not authorize a judge to
liberate a person detained for debt where a man s life was really at stake . To return to hi 3 native country if he did intend to return , waa what a man io hie state of disease wonld naturally think of , aad if the judge had not authority to interpose he should have hoped that the creditor from humanity would not have so strongly opposed the unfortunate man's application . He trusted the Legislature would extend the judge's power , so that he might liberate on common appearance where a man ' s life was believed to be in danger . The Jury heartily concurred with the opinion of the Coroner , and a verdict of '" Natural Death" was recorded .
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Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Apbil 29 We had a very iar # a supply of Grain in onr market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 s , 3 d to 6 s 3 d . Oata Is lOd to 2 s lOd . Barley 3 s 3 d to 33 6 d . Beans 3 a 3 d to Ha dd per bushel . Mancuestkb Corn Market , Saturday , April 29 , —There is no change to notice in the trade , tbe transactions in Flour and Oatmeal during the week having been limited ( as already noted for somo time previously ) to the demand for immediate consumption ; but as stocks of the former article are light , fresh supplies continue to be taken off by the bakers
as they arrive . 9323 loads of Oatmeal and 4330 quarters of Oats from Ireland constitute tbe chief articles of import into Liverpool and Runcorn : the arrivals of Flour via tho 3 e ports , as also from the interior , are only to a moderate extent . At our market this morning few sales of Wheat were reported ,, and , with a lifeless trade , we repeat tha quotations of tins day se ' nnight . The demand for Flour continues equal to the supply ; and for Oatmeal there has likowise been a fair inquiry , but no sales to any extent were effected . The trade ia Oats , Beans , and other articles was dull , without alteration in prices .
State of Thade . —The demand , yesterday , for some descriptions of goods , and especially for printing cloth , was not quite so animated as on the preceding Tuesday ; but shirtings continue in extensive demand , and many of the buyers seem desirous of making contracts at the full prices of last week . The yarn market continues flat , and some descriptions have been bought a shade lower than last week . Still , we believe , there is no accumulation of stock ; and the market may be considered tolerably healthy . We are glad to learn that the continued demand for manufactured goods has caused soma advance of wages in the neighbourhood of Blackburn , where two firms of spinners and manufacturers ( one of them amongst the largest in tbe kingdom ) have given notice of a general advance , amounting to ten per cent , to all the hands employed in their factories . To what extent this example will be followed , remains to be seen . —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monda y , Mat 1 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been rather larger than last week , with little or no variation in prices . Beef 4 <] d . to 5 . jd ., Mutton , 51 . to Sid . per lb . Number oi Cattle at market : —Bersts 1055 , Sheep 2585 . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Mat ¥ ?—With the exception of 8990 loads of Oatmeal from , Ireland , the arrivals of Grain , &c , into this port during the past week are of moderate amount . Tho decline of Id . to 2 d . per bushel noted in prices of
Wheat on Tuesday last hag not been followed by further reduction ; the trade , indeed , has shown more firmness , though the genoral demand has still been limited . Flour has latterly met rather more inquiry ; we make no change in its value . The supply of Oats has been small , and though few have been wanted , holders have maintained previous rateB . Two or three thousand loads of Oatmeal have found buyers at 19 * . 6 d . to 19 s . 9 d . per 2401 bs . There is no alteration to report as respeots Barky , Beans , or Peas : "
Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , April 29 . —The weather this week has sot been quite so favourable as we have had occasion to note of late , much rain having fallen accompanied with a cold pinching wind ; to-day , however , there are indications of a favourable change . At our market this morning , we had a very large supply of wheat from the growers , but the arrivals coastways being trifling , a clearance was early made at a decline of Is . per quarter . In foreign fevr transactions occurred , holders being unwilling to submit to any further reduction . Although the arrivals of flour this week have been trifling , we cannot note any improvement either in its value or demand , but the stocks in warehouse , as well as those in the hands of the dealers being moderate , would lead us to expect a better demand shortly .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , May 1 . — During yesterday and to-day we have had very fine weatht-r , and the barometer and thermometer have both risen considerably . The show of Wheat at Mark-lane this morning was very small from Essex , and quite moderate from Kent and Suffolk . At the commencement of business there was some competi tion among tbe millers to secure the finest quaJities , and for picked samples of White ls . perqr . more was realized than would have been obtained on Monday la&t ; subsequently , however , the demand slackened and the trade closed rather languidly at about tbe currency of this day se ' nnight . In free Foreign Wheat the operations were not extensive ; a parcel or two were , however , taken for shipment to Ireland and holders remained firm , refusing to accept less money than on Monday . The bakers bought Flour
very cautiously , but we do not alter quotations of either town or country manufactured . The quantity of Barley on sale was small ; and , notwithstanding the arrival from abroad , this article was held vtry firmly at fully former rates . Malt was taken in retail at about the prices of this day se ' nnight . In addition to the quantity of Oats reported , about a dozen cargoes have arrived from Ireland ; we had therefore on the whole a good display of samples . Fine English and Scotch corn brought fully as much money as on this day fee ' imight , bat Irish was very difficult of disposal , and in partial instances , where vessels were coming on demurrage , a * mall abatement was acceded to . Fine new English Beans found buyers at folly previous terms Other kinds were dull of sale . The trifling business done in Peas was at about the currency of Monday last . For Bonded Grain we heard of no inquiry .
London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday . —From the various grazing districts the arrivals ot Beasts fresh up to our market to day were moderately extensive , but not to say large , while there was an evident improvement in their general quality , notwithstanding a large portion of them was suffering severely from the epidemic , particularly as relates to those from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire . Amongst ? he Bullock supply we noticed two wonderfully fine Durhams offering by Mr . Robert Morgan ; these magnificent animals were bred and fed in Warwickshire , while their estimated weight "was 180 stones , and they came to band , by the Birmingham Railway , in excellent order . The attecdMce of both town and country buyers was by no means large ,
and we have to report a very dull inquiry for Beef , although tbe supplies of dead meat in our various markets are far from large . On Friday last the trade was steady at an improvement of 2 d per 81 bs ., but to day it was quite as dull as on this day se'nnight , and the quotations declined 2 d per 81 bs . ; the very highest figure for the primest Scots not exceeding 3- \ lOd . per 3 lbs ., and a clearance was with difficulty effected . There were about 99 store cows , barrens , &c , on sale , but they were with difficulty disposed of at extremely low rates . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received 1 , 750 Scots , homebreds , runtst &c . ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire &o ., 100 shorthorn s &c . ; from the western and
midland districts , 200 Devons , Durhams , Herefords , runts , and Irish beasts ; from other parts of England , 350 , of various breeds ; from Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 90 Beasts . Nearly the whole of the Sheep being out of the wool , it must be borne in mind that our present arid future quotations for Mutton will refer only to those in that condition . The supply was by no means so heavy as last week ' s , yet it was fully adequate to meet the wants of tbe butchers . Prime old Downs sold somwhat freely ; other breeds of sheep heavily at last Monday ' s prices , or from Si 6 d to 3 s 8 d for the former , shorn , and from 23 10 d to 33 6 d per 81 b . for other descriptions . The arrivals of Lambs n « re seasonably good , but by no means of prime quality . The total
number was about 8000 ; 230 of which were received from the Isle of Wight ; the remainder from Esses , Kent , Surrey , &o ., &c . Prime Down Lambs were takan . at full ratei of currency , but those of other descriptions were from 2 d to 4 d per 81 bs . lower . Calves were in moderate supply and heavy demand , at barely stationary prices , the top figures not exceeding 4 s 4 d to 4 s 6 d per 8 lbs . Nearly 200 pigs were received by sea from Dublin and Cork , and the total supply was good . The . Pork trade , however , was in a very depressed state , at unaltered quotations . During the past week the imports of foreign stock at Hull have consisted of 49 Oxen and 2 Cows by a sailing vessel from Aalborg ; at Southampton 40 Oxen from Spain ; but not a single head has reached the port of London , there beiBg nose on offer here to-day .
Wool Market . —The public sales , so far as they have progressed , are favourable , and the prices have advanced quite Id per lb for colonial descriptions , and a £ d on other kinds . Bobough and Spitalfields .- —Full average supplies of Potatoes have come to hand , the time of year considered , since our last statement , and , in consequence of tbe abundance of grown vegetables * the demand is extremely inactive , at , in some instances , depressed condition . Borough Hop Mabkki . —We hare a moderate supply of Hops on offer in thia market . Fine qualities of last year ' sgrowth axe mostly taken on full aa good terms as of late ; but , otherwise tne demand is excessively dull , at almost nominal quotations .
Tallow . —There is but little alteration to notice in this market . PriceB are firm , both on the spot and for the autumn delivery , the former at 43 s 3 d to 43 s 6 d ; and for the latter there are buyers for the last three months at 43 s 6 d . There are about l , 00 # casks of various sorts advertised for public sale on . Friday next . The demand for Town Tallow is very good , the net cash price being about the same as Y . C ., and the trade give the former the preference . By letters from St . Petersburgh this morning we learn the price then was a trifle lower , with little doing .
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