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BERWICK-DPOS-IWHtn . Skvkbal Riots took place in Berwick daring the early parMlast week , between the labourers employed oaths Berwick and Kelso Railway on one swe ^ and a number of fishermen and workmen belonging to the town on the other . The disturbance first arose at Tweedmonth , in consequence , as it is alleged , of a portion of the wages of the * navvies ' being withheld by the snb-contractor , Mr Skelsey , Contrary to agreement made at the beginning of tbe harvest . White Mr Skelsey was paying the men , in PoMier " * public-house , at the High Gate , some of them , wbo were dissatisfied with the wages they had received
, poshed in the window of the room in which Mr Skelsey was paying the men , seized the money which was lying upon the table , to the amount of £ 110 in silver and gold , knocked him down , and kickedand beat him , and would certainly have despatched him , had not some of the others , more humane than the rest , succeeded in getting him out of therwm . and conveyinghim across the road te the offieepf Mr Morns . The men followed , and threatened to pnllthe premises down . Nearly £ 80 was thus distnbttted , but many of the men were not satisfied , and broke the windows , besides committing other mischief . Thetnraultwas ultimately quelled ty the arrival of a number of the men under Mr Moms , who succeeded in expelling those who
remaxnea in tne yard , only one of the rioters has as 7 etbeea apprehended ; bnt it is expected that several of them will be discovered . One of the men . named ratncK Garonagh , died on Wednesday moraine from an injury received on the head . On Sunday morning the riot broke out in the town . Howitoriginaled & wnotbe « discovered ; bnt betwoen one and two o ' clock the streets were nearly filled . The windows ofalodging-hoasB fer * navvies' in Wallace ' s green were smashed , and the furniture brought out to the street and completely destroyed . The windows and furniture eft we houses ia Chapel-street were also destroyed in a similar manner . Daring all these proceedings the police were of little avail . Mr Proudfoot , chief officer , received a blow on the head from
a hoe , the wound extending from the temple to the lower part of the face , and he had , in consequence , to be conveyed home . In the course of the fight , which was not confined to one street , but spread through Chapel-street , Walkergate-lane , Churehstreet , tne High-street , and Golden-square , even knives were used , and a fisherman sustained a flesh wound of three and a half inches deep in the left side . From tha absolute want of an efficient quelling force not a single individual was taken into custody . The men have since continued quiet , though for several days they did not return to their work . A company of the 76 th regiment have since arrived , and it is hoped that their presence will prove an effectual check , should farther riots be contemplated .
CEHBEBUiro . Hordes xxak Carlisle . —A few mornings since as two men , named Hodgson , were walking sear Greyfield Cottage , they observed a woman ' s boanet and shawl , and a quantity of human hair , lying on the hedge at one side of the road , and a sheep ' s liver near them . Oa the breast of the hedge there were marks of feat and other indications of struggling . On looking around they saw , in a field on the opposite side of the road , the body of a woman lying apparently dead , with her bonnet and eap off —the latter saturated with blood . The gate of the field had been taken off its hinges , and was resting against the gate-posts . Two officers were speedily on the spot , and one of them returned again to the
town for a surgeon . . On his way up Botchergate hefound a man , hanagtthe appearance of a traveuing tinker , drunk , and creating a great disturbance , end tookhim in custody . This man subsequently turned out to be Peter Haulm ( or Handfey ) , the husband of the murdered woman . The police-officer returned to Greystone with a surgeon , and the woman was removed to a lodging-house in Botchergate , where she died in about ten minutes , without having exhibited any signs of consciousness . Inquiries were set on foot , and the following particulars obtained . The deceased and her husband ( Peter Hantin , whom the policeman had so singularly taken into custody ) were travelling tinkers , and , with their two children , and in company with Charles M'Minnis . his
-wife , and four children , had arrived in the neighbourhood ou Friday , from Westmoreland , and pitched their tent in I a by-lane near Durdar . On Sturday morning Hanlin and his wife , and M'Minnis and his wife , came to Carlisle , leaving their children in the camp . They were all seen several times in the course of the day wandering about the streets in a state of intoxication—the deceased carrying small articles of hardware for sale , and , in particular , being very drunk . About four o ' clock they left the town , and called at a publichouse in Water-street , where they had more drink . After proceeding about a mile the two husbands appear to have quarrelled . They were seen by two young men , who were passine , lying on the ground , striking at each other . M'Minnis had a whip in his hand , and was seen to strike Hanlin a blow on the head with the butt end of it . They then rose , shook hands , and declared themselves good friends
—Hanlin bleeding from the wound in his head . M'Minnis and his wife went forward , leaving thedeceased sitting against tbe hedge , too drunk to proceed any further , and her husband standing near her , also much intoxicated . Hanlin was afterwards seen striking his wife , and heard threatening to take her life , by persons passing on the road ; The parties appear to be all of the lowest class of travelling tinkers . M'Minnis and his wife were both taken into custody , bat liberated . On the person of M'Minnis was feud £ 16 and a few shillings . A very severe wound was observable on the forehead of Hanlin , which he says was given to him by four men , who attacked him and his wife , bat which there is bat little doabt is the effect of the blow given with the whip of M'Minnis . He is at present very unwell from the effect of this blow , and not entirely eat of danger . An inquest has been held before tiie coroner , and adjourned .
LANCASHIRE . A Cisvsa Attbhpt to Swudlb was brought before the magistrates at Manchester , of which the hero was a'Hon . Charles Walter Fitzclarence , Captain of the First Royals . * The following are the tactics which seem to have been adopted . A respectably dressed , genteel-looking young man , walked into the Albion Hotel , Manchester , ou Saturday morning , and ordered rooms , announcing himself as described above . About half an hour or an hour subsequently , he made bis appearance at the Holms barracks , asked for one of the officers , and getting himself introduced to Lieutenant Dallas of the 11 th Hussars , to whom he represented himself as lieutenant of the First Royals , stated that his servant had deserted at
Portsmouth , that he had reason to believe the man was in Manchester , and requested assistance . The result was , a promise that in a short time Sergeant Matthews , of the Uth Hussars , should wait upon him at the Albion Hotel . In due time Sergeant Matthews made Ms appearance , and was accepted aa his orderly . The Hon . Mr . Fitzclarence then proceeded to visit different tradesmen ' s shops to snpply certain deficieacesofhis wardrobe and equipments . Oneofthe first shops that he tried was that of Mr Ilambleton , toddler , whom he told that ha had only just been appointed to tha Hussars , and had received a cheque from his ancle , the Right Son . Lord Auckland , for £ 1 . 000 , which he had not yet cashed . Mr Hambleton accordingly allowed the lieutenant to walk off with a
pair of spars and a gold-mounted riding-whip . The next victim singled out was Mr Syddal , of Marketstreet , a sort of gentleman ' s haberdasher . Here he told the same story , and selected other articles to the value of between £ 70 and £ 80 , directing that they should be forwarded to him that night to the aadress of his uncle , the Right Hon . Lord Auckland , 41 , Whitehall-garden , London . Mr Syddall inquired how they were to be packed , and this called for a farther trespass on the credit of Mr Hambleton , who happening to sell very superior air trunks , had to supply a quantity for the * trifling articles' of wardrobe Mr Syddall was going to furnish . So far all had gene smooth , and the next ' move * was to get rid oi the orderly . This was soon done . The Hon . Charles
Walter Fitzclarence told the orderly sergeant tbat he had an uncle . Lord Cardigan , who was visiting at Sir Thomas Arbuthnet's , and despatched him thither with a note . It was now that things did not begin to run smooth . Mr Syddall had taken a second thought ; and , before parting with hii goods , sent up a shrewd shopman , to have an interview with the lieutenant touching the money . The lieutenant said he had nothing less than a cheque for £ 100 . The shopman went ont and returned , as he said , with change . ' Show me the money , ' said the lieutenant . * Show me the cheque / said the shopman , nothing daunted . The lieutenant , net to appear disconcerted , took the shopman into the passage of the hotel , pointed to a heap of luggage belonging to various
travellers , said his orderly had gone eat , and asked him if he thought a gentleman conld be expected to unpack tbat luggage for a paltry £ 100 cheque , when Monday would do as well ? The shopman went away . Mr Syddall hinted his suspicioas to the saddler , and soon afterwards the latter was at the Royal Hotel for his 'small account / The Hon . Charles Walter Fitzclarence did not wait for Mr Hambleton to say unpleasant things , but observed that the whip was not so handsome as he conld have liked— ' he did not mind extra expense /—and asked if he could hare a gold guard fixed to the handle ? Mr Hambleton sketched one which would only cost $ 25 additional ,
which waa agreed upon , and Mr Hambleton walked off with his whip , resolving inwardly that neither whip nor guard should be again forthcoming . Thus ended the adventures of Saturday . On Sunday Mr Beswick , superintendent of police , hearing of the affair , apprehended the Hon . Charles Walter Fitzclarenoe , who , giving a very unsatisfactory aocountol himself , was brought before the magistrates . He stands remanded . Boltos . —Workhouse Cruelt * . — For some days past the greatest excitement has prevailed in tbitown in consequence of a rumour , which has been pretty generally circulated , that a n old man , named
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John Rothwell , an inmate of . the workhouse , had been flogged to death by one of tbe male nurses . The circumstance coming to the knowledge of Mr Taylor , the borough coroner , he issued his warrant for holding an inquest on the body , when evidence was adduced : —James Rostom deposed that he was an inmate ot the borough workhouse . He knew the deceased , John Rothwell ; he wis 12 years old . Witness remembered the deceased going into the hospital on Thursday week . He was then afflicted with dysentery , and was attended by Mr Sharp . The nurse , named Henry Bicknell , was in the habit of beating the inmates with a whip . Witness remembered him striking the deceased about a week ago . Bicknell asked deceased to go to bed , but he said he
would not . Bicknell said if he did not ge he would make him , and he fetched the whip , which be used about the deceased ' s legs , after which he got hold of the small end , and laid the butt end about deceased ' s r ibs and back . Deceased had only his shirt on at the time . He got into bed , and cried ont murder , upon which Bicknell got hold of a sheet , and tied it over his mouth to prevent him from , being heard . On the following morning witness observed that the skin was knocked off from deceased ' s shoulder-blade aud the place looked much inflamed . By the coroner . —He saw Bicknell beat deceased again on Sunday , 26 th nit , ; it was between two and three o ' clock in the morning . Bicknell wanted deceased to get into bed , but he would not , whereupon he struck les which
deceased several times over the temp caused him to fall on the floor . He was assisted up again by witness ; There was no cause for Bicknell to strike the deceased . When Bicknell brought in tbe whip he said he had baaght it on purpose for them . Witness was frightened to inform the governor of Bicknell ' s conduct for fear he would treat him the same , lie remembered a female nurse inquiring about the wounds upon , deceased , and also how he had got a black eye . Witness said he bad fallen against a bed-post . He knew he was telling a falsehood , but he durst not say to the contrary for fear of Bicknell . Several other paupers were examined , all of whom corroborated the above testimony . Mr Sharp , the surgeon , said he saw deceased on Tuesday week . He ordered him to be removed to tbe hospital . His complaint was dysentery . He
also appeared to be a man of imbecile mind . Witness attended him from the time of his removal . He observed , a few days before his death , a skin wound a little below the cheek bene , which was attended with a blaek e ye . Witness asked what had caused it , and was told that it was produced by deceased falling when be sot up in the night . Witness had made a post mot ten examination . He considered the cause of death was dysentery . Be considered the treatment of the nurse towards the deceased was most brutal . There certainly was not any occasion to use violence to the deceased . The coroner having summed up the evidence , the jury returned a verdict , ' That the deceased died from' dysentery , bnt they cannot separate without expressing their abhorrence of tha brutal and inhuman conduct of Bicknell , and they desired that he should at once be removed from his situation . '
TOBKSHIBE . Affhat with xhk Military . —An inquest was held , at Sheffield , upon Thomas Morten , aged 30 , a cutler , who died from injuries which he received in a desperate affray with a party of the soldiers of the 40 th Foot . The inqnity excited the greatest interest . Maria Roberts deposed tbat on Saturday se ' nnight she went to the ArmyArms to her husband , with whom she left about twelve o ' clock , accompanied by deceased and his brother . When they were turning ^ down Barrack-lane they heard some persons singing , and shortly afterwards met two soldiers ,. John Morten asked them why they were singing sonea on a Sunday morning . The soldiers began f cuffing with tbe party , and witness called for the watchman . The guards came down from the
barracks , and one of the soldiers came up to witness ' husband , and said he had a good mind to run him through , and at the same moment pointing his bayo . net at him . She then saw deceased knocked down by 006 of the soldiers with his bayonet , and about six soldiers round him . She did not see anything more , but heard several heavy blows struck . The watchman then came up , and witness turned back , and went to the Army Hotel . By the Jury : Witness was close to deceased when he was knocked down . Several soldiers ran at him . None ; of them endeavonred to prevent the blows . It was not one of the soldiers who had had the scuffle , but one of the guard who came from the barracks who knocked deceased down . The bayonets which the soldiers
had were fastened to their muskets . George Roberts , husband of the last witness , confirmed her evidence up to the time when they met the two soldiers who were singing . Witness asked one of the soldiers what they were doing out at that time of night , and he replied . 'We have got a holiday for the night . ' William Thorp , the watchman , deposed that he was on duty on the night in question . His attention was called to the spot by Mrs Roberts . He there saw a person on the ground , and a soldier on top of him . Witness pulled him off , and asked him if he was going to murder the man . to which he replied tbat he had been insulted . The cross belt of oneofthe soldiers was lying on the road , and a soldier who had beea standing by the deceased picked it np and
walked away with it . The soldier whom he had pulled off the deceased made an effort to get away , bnt witness retained him until Sergeant Johnson took the prisoner ont ef witness' custody . The soldier was in custody , and witness could swear to him , and also to the person who was near him . When witness saw deceased he appeared much hurt , and when he was pulling the soldier off him deceased cried ont , ' For God ' s sake don't kill me . ' The Coroner said it was very necessary that the prisoners should be brought before him to hear the testimony of the witnesses . He should adjourn tbe inquiry . Fatal Stbau Boiler Explosion .- ^ In the afternoon of Monday , last the workmen employed at tha works of Messrs Smith , TJeacock , and Tannett ,
machine makers and iron-founders , called the Victoria Foundry , were interrupted in their labours by the explosion or blowing away , with a load rumbling noise , of one of the steam-engine boilers . The boilerhouse , which was fitted up with two boilers , for the working of an engine of about sixteen-horse power , was completely levelled with the ground , and the boiler , which burst was blown over an adjacent building from fifteen to twenty yards high , to a distance of about thirty yards from its bed . The adjacent boiler was also blown from its seat , and turned upside down , with the ends reversed , the engine itself being almost wholly destroyed , and the building over which the exploded boiler wasblowa , considerably damaged in its progress . The engine-man , named J . Newton , was so severely injured , that he died almost immediately . A girl , named Harrison , about fourteen
years of age , who was passing along a footway which adjoins the external wall of the premises , and over which the boiler was blown , was so severely sealded , that she survived the accident but a short time . A person named J . Williamson , who was employed in the works , was also so dreadfully scalded that bnt faint hopes are entertained of hi * recovery . Three other persons also received ' some severescalds and contusions . Owing to the death of the engineman the cause of the accident will probably be never satisfactorily determined . At present it is supposed to have been occasioned by the engine-man having allowed the boiler to become overheated , from an insufficiency of water , and that when he added water , on his return from dinner , the heat of the boiler generated steam too rapidly . It is estimated that the damage done will amount to nearly £ 2 , 000 .
NOTTS . NOTTTNaHAM . —A Chud attackbd by a Liok . — On Monday last , a little after ten o ' clock , a very fierce attack was made by the lion ' Nero , ' in Mr Hylton ' s menagerie , at the fair , upon a child , three years of age , daughter of Mr Chittock , the owner of a caravan attending the fair . The aunt of the child , Miss M'Pherson , the lion ' s queen , was in the act of walking in front of the den of the animal , carrying her niece , when the lion sent forth his paws through an opening at the lower part of the caravan , and seizing the child ' s head ton it most frightfully , both behind and on its forehead and face , and before it could be liberated , which was done by main force , one ef its arms was dreadfully lacerated
and its right ear literally torn off , as it only , hung by a little skin . A cry was raised that the lion had got at liberty , and the women shrieked and ran over each other towards the door for safety . At length the keepers succeeded in calming all apprehension en this head , and the real cause of the alarm became understood . The child waa conveyed to its mother , in the caravan , and surgical aid was obtained . While in London Mr Hylton removed the lion from bis own caravan , and there were no looking bars on the den in which 'Nero ' was exhibited , which was in fact the cause of this mischief . The lion ' s queen and a man who assisted her to drag the child from the lion ' s claws , both had wounds inflicted upon their handsby the animal , as he struck ateverything within his reach . The child lies with little hope of
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OLOtJCESTEHSniRB . A Lamrstablb Occurrence took place at the Bristol Infirmary during the night of Sunday last . About a week since , a man named John Rowcliffe , a fly-driver by trade , was brought to the house for treatment , labouring under severe inflammation of the lungs . Towards the end of last week his mind si owedsymptoms of being affected . On . Sunday his faculties wandered , and in the middle of the night he jumped out of bed and tried to make bis escape froni the ward . The night-nurse endeavoured to
prevent him , bat he escaped from her , and ran into the passage . She pursued him for some distance , and at length finding his progress arrested by the presence of an iron door , he ran back again towards the staircase . The nurse made a second effort to secure him , seised him round tbe waist , and called for assistance , and two other nurses came to her- help , but the poor fellow broke from her again , rushed down stairs , and dashed through a window into the street , The house-surgeon and others ran outside the building but tbey found him quite dead . A coroner ' s inquest was held on the body , and the iury returned a verdict that ho destroyed himselt whilst in a state ol lunaey .
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. OXPORDSHIRB , FavaT . Accidbot on ths Oxforb , Wobcbstm , awd WeivKBHAurioN Railway . —An accident , attended witb fatal ssusequenoes to a young man named George Ayland , happened on the works of the above lino of railway at Norton , en Saturday , and baa just formed the subject of a cwoner ' s inquest here . It happened that the deceased was assisting a Semersetshire labourer , named Henry Hooper , to' tip the wa » gons on their arrival at a certain place where their contents were lodged . While so engaged , he tripped and fell upon the rail , close in front of anadvancing waggon , which passed over his body , killing him instantaneously . The occurrence was ^ witnessed by Hooper and another man at work there , but before they could render the poor fellow any assistance the waggon had passed over him , —verdict , 'Accidental death . '
BEDFORDSHIRE . lscsNDiARY Firhs . — This county has once more become the scene of incendiary outrage Daring the past week two fires have occurred in the Woburn district , one of which threatened the destruction of a whole village . It took place on a farm belonging to the Right Hon . Sir G . Rose , Bart ., in the occupation of Mr Charles Gale , and abutting on the village of Little Brinkhill . The flames spread with rapidity from stack to stack , and the heat became so intense as to render approach to the rick ~ yard wholly impracticable . Owing to the distance it was a long time before engines arrived , and when they did they were nearly useless , on account of the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient supply of water . At this time the granary , barns .
stabling , and other farm buildings , were blazing fiercely , the reflection being visible for many -miles round . It was discovered that premises at the skirts of the village were on fire , belonging , respectively ) to Mr Penrose , surgeon , Mr Tomkins , and Mr King , maltster , and unless speedily arrested at this point , it was evident that the whole village must be involved in the conflagration . Happily , the efforts of the villagers were favoured by a change of wind , and the flames were eventually subdued at all points before daybreak . The losi cannot be far short of £ 3 , 000 . The second fire took place at a farm , near the village of Wavendon , in the occupation of Mr J . Lewsey . It broke out soon after midnight , anditheugh speedily discovered , and aid promptly afforded , the chief part of the homestead was reduced to ashes . The loss is said to be nearly £ 100 .
KK » T . Case or Dsowkiho at Rochester . —On the night of Saturday , the 4 th of September , the body ot & young female was observed floating in the river a short distance above Rochester-bridge . From circumstances which have since transpired , it appears that her name was Wise / and that she had been living with her brother , an eating-house-keeper in Fore-street , London . It would seem , from a letter found in her box , that disappointment in her affections led to the fatal termination of her life . Beyond
the following letter , her friends can assign no reason for this act of self-destruction : — Monday ; Aug , 30 .-Hiss Wise—I am sorry to Inform you that , after taking all things into serious consideration , I have made up my mind to drop the acquaintance that has beea between us ; but , at tbe same time , I shall notforget your kindness to me during tbe short time we have knows each other , and if it ever lays in my power to return it , I would do to with the greatest of pleasure , and should we ever meet again it may be as frlendi only . If you bare anything to say , you can write as before , and I will answer it . —Yours , respectfully , Aimed Hodsb .
Disoraceiul Outrage at Chatham . —At the County Magistrate ' s Office , Rochester , on Monday , William Berwick , a sailor , formerly belonging to the Dido , and iidward Price , a private of the 6 Srd Regiment , were brought up under the following circumstances . It appeared from the statement of Mr J . W . Alexander , landlord of the White Lion , at Chatham , that on Saturday , about midnight , after he had closed his house , some parties came to the front door , and knocking violently against the shuttors demanded entrance . He resisted as long as psssibls . but th ^ door was forced open , and the ; commenced demolishing the glass in every direction . Having at length succeeded in ejecting the assailants .
one of them then hurled a stone between seven and eight pounds in weight through the chamber window demolishing both frame and glass , striking against the bedpost with great violence . Mrs Alexander , who was in bed at the time , and who had been cob * fined bnt a few days , naturally was much alarmed , and , with her baby , took refuge in a closet in the room .. With the assistance of the piquet , four men were captured , two of whom , soldiers , had since made their escape from the barracks . The magistrates directed that warrants should be issued for the apprehension of tho other delinquents , and ordered the prisoners to be brought again at the next sitting .
DEVONSHIRE . Speculating . —Jenny Lind appeared at Exeter on Friday and Saturday , exciting among the townspeople the enthusiasm which has now become a mat * ter of course . The prices of admission to tho sub * scription rooms were £ 1 Is ., 15 s ., and 10 s . Gd . Some expert thieves were busy in tbe throng on the first occasion , and several robberies were effected . One gentleman lost nearly £ 2 . another £ 3 10 s ., and a lady upwards of £ 100 . Certain parties , it is said , speculated to the amount of £ 800 worth of tickets , which they were ultimately glad to dispose of at 5 s . each ,
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ZETLAND . Lerwick . — -Sumous Loss of Life . —While a boat waa at the fishing at the North Roe , elie was upset by a sudden squall , and two young men , Andrew Irvine and J . Ramsey , were drowned . On the 18 th ult ., while a six-oared beat was returning home to Lunaating , she was upset by a squall , near the Scar Island , and five men and three women weredrowned . The upsetting of the boat was observed on shore , and another boat was immediately launched and manned ; but she speedily filled with water , and the crew had to run her ashore to save themselves . These disasters , with the two which had but a little previously occurred , have spread fearful dismay over the islands . From the ISh of August to the 18 th of September , more than twenty lives have been sacrificed in Zetland alone to the fury of the sea , and many a heart bleeds over the sad loss . JOHNSTONS . A . Thrifty . Widow . —Widow Marshall , residing at Thornhill , near Johnstone , aged 96 , has this , as on former seasons , cut her corn and barley , binding and stocking it single-handed . She has also dug the potatoes oa her ground ; as she was afraid they would be stolen , and she is now engaged thrashing out the barley in her barn . V * V * A *«» . * . * . ft * M **^^ h **** >* . '' . ** » . * . *^*? #
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NArHWATi Cor / Ncii . —If we aw to judge of the future by the past , tbe National Council promises to be a national failure . On Thursday last week another preliminary meeting was held , at which only four members were present , MrJ . O'Oonnell , MrH . Grattan , Mr John Reynolds , and Mr Fegan . Mr H . Grattan being in the chair , Mr Reynolds and Mr O'Cbnnell had all the talk to themselves . The proceedings were entirely devoid of interest .
RATES ASH BENTS . The opposition to the collection of rates continues to progress . Seizures . are being made in almost every quarter of the country , and ftomJpaTtieahold , ing large tracts of land . If things go on as at pre * sent , nine-tenths of the population will be candidates for workhouse relief . At the last petty sessions for Kilkenny , the poor rate collector had thirty-five summonses against defaulters . This , be it observed , was for a 2 s rate . A Si has been struck since , and will be payable in a few days .
In the county of Kerry , where the poor law is now the mainstay and almost sole dependence ot the destitute , the opposition to the payment of the rate is becoming more general and organised . At the meeting of the Tralee board of guardians , on Tuesday , an official communication was read , announcing that the government had sent directions to tbe resident magistrate to afford the aid of military and police to the collectors , all of whom it appeared , had complained of the resistance given to them . Colonel Stokes called upon the gentry to aid the collectors , and a resolution to that effect was proposed . A debate ensued ^ during which some of the ex officio guardians objected to the resolution as reflecting upon the landlords and dictating to them . Finally the resolution was lost by a majority of two . STATU OF SK 1 BBERBEN .
On Wednesday an adjourned meeting from the previous week was held in Skibbereen Court-house , for the purpose of devising the best means of providing employment for the labouring population , The meeting was attended by several magistrates and clergymen . Thomas Somerville , Esq ., J . P ., presided . The Rev . R . B . Townsend , in proposing the first resolution , entered into the calculation as to the extent of the crops throughout ihe nine parishes embraced in the district , and proceeded—We have provisions for the whole of our population for two-thirds ef the year . Now , the landlord must live ; he must , therefore , get his rent ; he will be looked to to sup . port all dependents . The poor rate , and other heavy rates and charges at present on the land , must be
paid , and the bitter wcightoflastseason's ruin of property must oblige the tenant as well as the landlord to sell at once to find means of discharging the various demands upon him . We have calculated as though there were no rents to be paid , no taxes to be demanded , for other incumbrances to be provided for . I say , when all these things are taken into the account , it will be found that all you reckon on for supply of your population is small indeed . If I speak ef it as a matter of calculation , supposing the remnant to be equally divided , it may be safely spoken of as not sufficient for two months . We want employment . We wantonly the means of affording our people opportunity to provide , by their labour , for themselves . We want this to commence while i thei ? strength u available for their iouustrifiu
budport . I bflff to propose , tho first resolution : — ' That we consider it our duly to make -the government acquainted with the deplerable prospects that await our labouring population for the ensuing winter , and which are in oar opinion as gloomy as those that we had to look forward to this . time twelve months ; as the resources of tho higher classes are entirely exhausted , and as , from tho small breadth of land sown , the quantity of home-grown food for the people oannot at best be estimated beyond a few months ' supply in the Skibbereen Union . ' Pr Donovan seconded the resolution . After refer * ring to the frightful havoc which famine and fever committed in the union last year , he said—A filth part of the population of the Skibbereen Union was swept off . Twenty thousand died ingloriously under tbe influence of wasting famine . The attempt to support the people exclnsrfisiy from the rates at present would prove unavailing , and a bad beginning might , he feared , lead to permanent failure .
Several other resolutions and a memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant were agreed to .
TEWAHT BIOBT . It appears , from a correspondence in the ' Tipperary Vindicator , ' that there is every probability of a judicious and temperate agitation of the tenontright question in Tipperary . The correspondence is between Mr Sharman Crawford and Mr J . Ryan . The following are extracts from Mr Crawford ' s letters : — ' I need net observe to you bow important it ia that the demonstrations of public opinion on this or any other { question relating to the rights of the people should be conducted in such a manner as to afford no pretence to its opponents to charge against the mode or matter of such demonstration any imprudent excessany violation of constitutional principles—or any kind of proceeding which would create the apprehension of danger to the just rights of property , or to the publio peace , or good order of society , ' The following communication was subsequently received from Mr Crawford : —>
' 1 am glad you are not connected with Mr Lalor's meeting . The result of this meeting will show what course of proceeding would be expedient for you to take iu any future meeting . ' You-will conceive my coming to Thuriow would entirely depend upon how far my presence would be useful te the cause , and my acceptance , of any personal compliment , snob as yon allude to , would entirely depend upon tbat consideration . ' You can well conceive I would mot wish te be a party to any intemperate expression of opl . nions or intentions . My object would be to create a tern , perate national movement In support of Juit principles . '
STATB OF TRADB IK DOMJtr . The condition of the retail traders may be judged from a fact stated on Monday in the corporation , that in one of our best business streets , namely , Grafton-street , there were v « ry recently thirty-eight executions on City attachments within one week . LARGE FAILURE IK IBB CATTLB TRADE , Messrs Merejn and Molloy , very extensive cattle * dealers in Smith field , have stopped payment . The * Mercantile Advertiser' says , the firm bas been , for some years , engaged in the export of cattle to Liver * pool , and , we believe , their transactions have been on a very large scale . They have been in the habit of purchasing from the sales-masters in Smithfield , ana consigning the stock thus obtained to factors in
Liverpool ; and , according to the custom of the trade , the produce of the sales was remitted immediately after , and payments made to the sales-masters here in due course . Last Wednesday , however , the firm were unable to meet their engagements . As to the amount of their liabilities , nothing at all cert ain is yet known . Some reports set them down at £ 60 000 j bnt we are satisfied they will fall very far short of that figure , and perhaps , less than a third part ef the sum wonld cover their engagements . The house of Mergin and Molloy was also engaged in the tanning trade . Thb Rspbat . Assooiatios . —This body met on Monday , Mr FranoisSeully , M . P , in the chair . Mr Scully alluded to the present calamitous state of the
country , and the urgent necessity which existed for procnrlig food for the people . This was the paramount duty which would devolve upon the council of Irish members ; the next was tenant right , and its secure establishment . The meeting at Holy Cross for tbat purpose had not his sanction or that of his hon : colleague , for it was not held by the people of that county , but by strangers . A movement of that nature should come from that hall and tbe clergy . Mr John O'Connell , ia his address to the meeting , animadverted with considerable severity upon the address of the general assembly of Ulster , and the lord-lieutenant's reply . The body from which it emanated he called money seekers and sycophants , who spoke not the sentiments of the presbyterian
body . The reply he stigmatised as insulting , and as manifesting a want of feeling which was character , istic of English statesmen . He compared the aid given by England with that which England , he said , owed this country , and contended that the dealings of the former with the latter manifested a ' murderous niggardliness . ' The Lord-Lieutenant had asked what Ireland would have done if thrown on her own resources ? But had not Ireland , the church lands , and would not tbeir sale relieve the distress ? But if they were obliged to resort to the aid of other countries , had not Russia lent two' millions recently to England , and had not generous
America money to lend them ? Ireland had a right , he said , 'to get back from England the money of which she had been robbed / Mr O'Connell , in conclusion , said the roads now unfinished should be taken up—that parliament should be called together , and that Ireland should be preserved , or in the circumstances in which England now was , she might find her weakness augmented by Ireland . Mr O'Connell read a communication from Castlebav , agreed to atameetin'ofthe Roman catholic clergy of that district , of which the subjoined is a copy , and stated that he knew that similar representations had been addressed to the country from other more influential quarters : — I
At a meeting of the clergy of the deanry of Castlebar , held at the Chapel house , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —That we recall from contemplating the heart-rend Ing Bufferings which many of the poor ore enduring , and are likely to endure during the approachinjr winter , as their resources are now entirely exhausted , and tbe grain crops , if left exclusively to tho growers , would not support them for the next three months ; and we are convinced that thousands will fall victims to famine and disease , I f steps be not immediately taken by the government to avert the awful calamity with which they are threatened . That tho permanent poor-law in its present isolated state , unaccompanied with large and comprehensive measures for
developing the resources of the country , and stimulating the industry of its inhabitants , so far from producing the benefits intended by the legislature , will swell the amount of pauperism and endanger the safety of all property in Ireland by its heavy and unequal pressure . That wbilstwe freely admit the justice of the principle that property should support the poverty of the country , we deny its applicability to Ireland , from whose shores capital and skill have been for centuries excluded , whose oemmerco aud manufactures have been annihilated owing to the want of a domestic and independent legis . lature . The rent for the week was upwards of £ 65 . of which £ 43 were from Nenagh , the subscriptions principally of Roman Catholic clergymen .
MlHISIBSIi " , TRBATMSNI OF IRSIiAND . Mr Chisholm Anstey , one of the new members ef Parliament , a Young Irelander , in transmitting to Lord J . Russell an address and resolutions , from East Skull , briefly alluded to the more prominent grievances , which he conceived Ireland to have suffered at the hands of the Imperial Legislature , and concluded his letter in the following terms : — I shall not remind your lordship of the criminal and impeachable neglects and acts , in respect of Ireland , with which you and your present colleagues are so justly chargeable , further than by adding my personal testimony to the truth of the statements contained in these papers , and by expresing my own conviction that far
from having a demand to make for repayment of tbe sums you have squandered , you owe to Ireland a heavy debt , in respect of her labour wasted , her lands thrown out of profitable employment , and her roads and public works mpde useless or destroyed . I have , therefore , determined not to enter further into the subject of the enclosed papers than by calling your serious attention to them ; and I need not point out to your lordship tbat the constitution under which we live imposes on the servant of her Majesty a heavy responsibility for even an error of judgment in the discharge of his public duties , where grave interests are concerned , in this iastnnce the interest at stake is that of the lives of her people . Lord John replied in the cutting style , addressing his answer simply to' Mr T . C . Anstey . '
Sept . 20 , —Sir : I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 17 th inst . I am deeply concerned at the prospect of distress in East Skull , in the county of Cork , It appears to me that the owners of propertv in Ireland ought to feel tbe obligation of supporting tho poor who have been born on their own estates , tmi hove hitherto contributed to tbeir yearly incomes . It is not just to expect that tbe working classes of Great Britain should permanently support the burthen , of Irish pauperism . I shall not take any notice of the numerous errors of fact and argument into which you have fallen in your letter aocompanyisg the representation you have sent me . Mr Anstey had a few last words , in which he spoke out plainly about the' maladministration ' ' indifference' and carelessness of the ministry , and concluded : —
I have communicated to the gentlemen of East Skull your lordship ' s decision , and these comments ; and I have only to inform you that my failure te move your lordship by tho representation which I hav . e made to you on their behalf , compels me to proceed to the next step to whieh they have also invited me ; and that I shall immediately on the assembling of parliament do my part , as oae / f the members of parliament for tie borough of Cork ' towards giving the required information . ^ the legislature of the peculiarly grievous pressure of thefamiae , the impolicy andnnjustice of your lordship ' s proceedings with respect totfhe visitation , and' the Impossibility of effeetiug by such means the relief of tho destitute , ' or rather oi such of them aa may be no longer in tbo enjoyment of tbe existence which \\ ^\ i depouds e » you to save or to extinguhh ,
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MANSION HOUSE . —John Bray , aged 68 , formerly an extensive livery stable keeper in Moorgate-itreet , but reduced to the condition of a bailiff ' * follower , was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with earing attempted to violate the wife of a person In whoso house he was appointed to keep possession . Mr T . C . Lewis , musle . Beller , ofNo . 96 , Cheapside , said—The def endant was left in possession ef my premise ) from the Sheriff ' s Court upon a judgment of £ 19 odd , and has been in possession three weeks . Since he baa been there I slept out , my wife , two children , and a servant being left on tbe premises . On Friday morning , at 9 o'clock , I cajie home , and could find no one except tbe defendant and my young man and boy in tbe shop , My bedroom was
in disorder , aud the bad and bedstead were in the middle of tbe room , tbe drawers against the door , and all in confusion . In consequence of a communication from ray housekeeper , I » aid te the uefendant , 'Mr Bray , what has transpired during my . absence yesterday ?' He said , Oh , you have heard part of the tale , and I can only tell you your wife is a —; ehe has slept with me these last ten nights , ' I said , I'll knock you down if you say that again / jand he replied , ' Oh , I am in posses , sion , and I dare you to doit ; I . have arms about me , and I will use them . ' He afterwards repeated tho offensive words witb still more disgusting additions , in the presence of the sheriff ' s oflScer , who ordered him out , and I knocked him down in the shop . He then declared that he would cutmj throat , and my wife ' s throat too ,
and b » the death of the pair of us . Mrs Mary Ann Lewis , wife of the last witness , said—I had discharged my servant , and got my sister-in-law to reside with me . On Friday I went to a friend ' * house , and returned home at ifl o ' clock . I took off my bonnet and was going np stairs , and tho defendant , who was in the kitchen on the second floor , said , » S top a minute , hare some bread and cheese . ' I refused , and he stood between me and the door , and said , 'Now , my dear creature , you can ' t pass without giving me a kiss . ' He . used exceedingly gross and offensive language , and I threw up tha window and screamed for the police . He followed me and seized me by the arm and pulled me away , and I ran up stairs to my bedroom and put a chest of drawers agains t the door , and he tried to get in . I was in such a state of
agitation I could mot go to bed at all , and he remained outside the door . The witness then stated that she felt reluctant to increase ber husband ' s troubles by telling him what occurred . The defendant , however , continued bin solicitations on another night , regardless of the presence of Mrs Lewis ' s sister-in-law , who seeing an open raxer inula hand , threw up the window and called out Murder . ' The police , however , would not taka him into custody as he was in possession . For the first time then he used expressions against her reputation , and tho annoyance became so intolerable , . that exposure became indispensable . Mrs Hughes stated that she went to sleep with Mrs Lewis , in the absence of tbat laly ' i husband , and witnessed tbe extraordinary nature of that persecution with which tbe old fool harassed tbe poor
woman ,, and from her description it would certainly appear that Bray had taken leave of his senses . It struck several persons present during the examination that the two women might have easily punished the defendant for the filthy language he bad used . He , however , frightened them both by bis . brutality . Bray said tbe story had gathered a great deal in ths telling , and that he had never used any threats , for , indeed , there was no occasion for any : The Lord Mayor said the case was a very aggravated one , for the defendant had not only taken advantage of the distressed condition of the family , but was base enough te reflect upon the , character of a woman upon being steadily repulsed . Under such circumstances it was necessary to commit him for trial at the Central Criminal Court . Committed ac cordinirly .
LAMBETH , — The Djupebs' Association job Eablt Clobino . — CoxaoioN of tbe Emfloiebs . — Mr Kingston , a draper in tbeBridge-road , Lambeth , applied to Mr Norton , under the following circumstances : — Mr Kingston stated that a deputation from the Drapers' Early Closing Association had waited on him to obtain his sanction to close his shop at Sight O ' clock 00 and after the first of the present month , when , for reasons which he urged , be refused to comply witb their request , or to give any pledge on the subject . The consequence was that on the nigbtbefore , about nine o ' clock , when his man was aboot to put up bis shutters , a piece of glass , to replace which would cost him from £ 27 to £ 29 , was smashed by a piece of stone flung at it . On that morning , while in conversation with Mr Coates , tbe
partner of Mr Atkinson , a neighbour and brother trades , man , he , Mr Coates , informed him on the night before , and prior to the destruction ot his property , Mr Henry Aeutt , who was also a brother tradesman and neighbour , had made use of the expression , ' I understand tbey are going to serve Mr Kingston out . ' He ( Mr Kingston ) thinking this somewhat extraordinary , had this morning waited on Mr H . Aeutt to ask for some explanation for the use of such an expression just preceding the act ; but though he admitted having used the expression , he declined giving any explanation . He ( Mr Kingston ) then requested he would attend before his worship at this court , to give some explanation of the affair , and to state his reason for having used tbe expression before mentioned . He , however , made some excuse for not
coming , and he ( Mr Kingston ) wished to take his worship's advice as to what , under the circumstances , he should do , or what steps he should take to bring the parties who had so seriously injured his property , and Who he bad no doubt whatever belonged to the Early Closing Association , to justice , Mr Norton observed that he could hardly suppoie for one moment tbat a tradesman with any pretension to character and respectability wonld sanction such ah outrage ' as that committed . At the same time he felt bound to say that it was tbe dnty of Mr Aeutt not only to give every explanation for the use of the very significant expressions he bad uttered , but to give evtry asshtaace in his power in bringing to justice tbe party guilty of the outrage on the applicant ' s property . The worthy magistrate then directed Bedford , one of the summoning officers of the court , to go to Mr Aeutt and request his attendance . Mr Aeutt attended , and expressed himself with some warmth at the charge against him . He declared he had not tbe slightest idea
who it was who had broken Mr Kingston ' s window , and said that what he had mentioned to Mr Coates was from mere conjecture , and from what he had heard from the young men , who were no doubt very mach disappointed at Mr Kingston ' s not complying with the regulation they had in view of closing his shop on the 1 st of the present menth . at aight o ' clock . With respect to the young man in his employment acting as secretary to the association , he did not see what he , as his employer , had to do with private affairs , so long as he discharged his duty properly as a servant . Mr Kingston denied having made any charge against Mr Aeutt . Ail he required was an explanation of what he considered a strange coincidence . Mr Norton said , that however desirable it might be to have all the shops closed at eight o ' clock , still such outrages as that complained of could not be tolerated . For bis ( Mr Norton ' s ) part , he would give every assistance in his power to repress such acts , and he hoped Mr Aeutt would give every information in his power to bring the guilty parties to justice .
HAMMERSMITH . —Paisos Mania . —Mary Minton , stated to ba 'il years of ago , no home , no trade , 'was charged before Mr T . Paynter with being drunk and riotous , and breaking five panes of glass in a beer-shop window at Chiswick , The offence having been proved , and alfo that she had indecently pulled her clothes up while being taken te the station , and while there . Mr Paynter asked if she was known to the police and where ahecsme from s The prisoner instantly said with a saiile , ' Known ! oh yes , I have been here before . I took a cloak last June at Houaslow , on purpose to go to prison , and I was sent from here for two months . I have since had a month from Kingston , and I only cune out of prison yesterday . I came from Hanwell , but I don't like te be out of prison , for I like tbe regularity of everything there . I caa ' t stand my liberty , I
would rather be in prison altogether , and I want to go back again , The officers are always glad to see me , as they know I do my work . There is not a single thing in . county work but what 1 can do . I can do shoebinding , tailoring , shirt-making , or anything else whatever , and ( rubbing her hands with intense glee ) I only want to go back again to prison . ' Mr Paynter said if she came from Hanwell she had probably been in ths lunatic asylum , and had been turned out , as others had been , for cured . She must pay 10 s . fine , or go to prisonjforamonth . Prisoner : Therenow , that ' s always how I am served . I would not give a farthing for a month or two . Here , I ' ve now been committed nineteen times . Why don't you send me to prison at oaoa for good f That would ba worth something . She was then re . moved , much disappointed ,
CLEBKEN WELL—William Joseph Clifton was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murdtr of Matilda Clifton , his wife , aged 38 . William Henry Martin , No . 144 6 , deposed that on Monday morning , about half-past one o ' clock , he received information that a woman had been ill-used by her husband at a house No . 6 , Beauchamp-street , St Andrew ' s , Holbotn . He proceeded thither , and on making Inquiries he heard tbat the woman was dead , and that surgeons had been there , and that tha woman ' s name wa » Matilda Clifton . He left a coastable at the door of the house , and went to Mr Pollock , surgeon , of Hatton . garden , and saw his assistant , who said the woman had received a blow and a kick . Witness returned to the house , and found the prisoner . He went up-stairs with him to the back attic , where he found the deceased lying on a bedthere was blood on the stairs and floor . When ia the
room with the prisoner , witness said , « I must take yon into custody for this . ' The prisoner said , ' Very well : I am sorry for it ; at the time she aggravated me . ' He repeated tkis & t tha station-house . He found 13 s . 7 d „ and twopenknivesanda key in his possession . The body of deceased was laid out . She was without her clothes . Mr Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions lo the witness ! Prisoner ( decidedly . )— I have none , your worship . Mr Simeon Oolcleugh , surgeon nnd tasistantto Mr Pollock , depossd that he was culled upon to attend the deceased at about half-past two o ' clock in tho morning , at fl , Beauchamp-street . Bid not see the person who called , hut thought it was the prisoner . . Ho went to the house , and noticed on two < jf the upper stairs Wood and water . Saw a woman lying on her right side on tbe floor and another woman by her side , The face of the former was pallid , and
she was almost inseasvidt , She said , in answer to a question , that she wns ill . Witness went into tbe adjoining room , and found the prisoner sitting on the side of tho bed , Asked if he knew the came of hie
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wife ' s illness . A little girl ( hit daughter ) said her mother had been quarrelling with" her father . Shehtd fcen ill for two or three days . She said her father had kicked her mother . The bleeding had commenced be , fore ba kicked her . The deceased was quite reatlesg Witness left the place , and sent medicine , with instroc ! tions how to be used . The prisoner inquired of witness if he thought it a serious case . Witness replied . IB deed ills . ' The prisoner said , ' I am sorry for h . She was a dreadful temper . ' She threw a knife fe shovel , the poker and tongs at him . The poker struck him on the nose and ho kicked her . Witness received inform ation that sho died at four o ' clock ia the morn . ing . The prisoner declined putting any questions to this witness , saying , - * -It is quite right , I went for the aurgeon . ' Other evidence having been glv * n , | Mr Tjr . whitt » ald he should remand tbe prisoner , and he can . tioned him that he waa not bound to say anything . Tha prisoner , who was much affected , said nothing , and ho was remanded .
Bioamy —W . D . Daley was charged with intermarry lag with Mary Anne Barry , his first wife , Susan Gal . bally feeing still alive . The second wife stated that sho became acquainted with the prisoner about two years ago , when he represented himself as a single man . They wers married at St Gtorge ' s Church , Bloomsbory , on the 29 th of last December . Sometime after her mar . riage she ascertained that ho had been previously mar . rled , and that his first wife was then living with her mother , No . 8 , Crocker ' s-bulldlngs , Hoxton Old Town . She taxed the prisoner with the deceit be had practised
on her , when ho treated tha matter with the greatest levity , and said he thought his first wife bad been long ago dead . Mary ( Jalbally , tho mother of the first wife , proved that she waa present at the marriage of the pri . soner witb her daughter ia December , 1841 , and her daughter was residing with her at present . He treated her very badly , and left her shortly after the marriage , and they saw him two or three times during about a twelvemonth , after whieh they heard nothing of him until they were told be was In custody upon tbe present charge . The prisoner was remanded to Wed .
nesday . ,... MARYLEBONE . — Maoistebiai Ofiki » n of Loms PniiiPPB . —A lady , who gave her name au Lady Harriet Beck tine , banded a letter to the magistrate , addressed to bis Excellency tbe French Ambassador , Manchester , square , and requested him to see that it was delivered , MrBroughton : Why don't you leave it at the ambassa . dor ' s residence yourself ! Applicant : It ' s of no use . My letters when left there are intercepted , as I have eve » y reason to believe , by the porter . The / act is , sir , 1 haio a vast deal of money in the French funds , and the in . vestments therein in my favour were made by the Princa of Capua . King Louis Philippe has in his possession all my receipts and other valuable papers , which have beeh banded over to him by tbe prince ; and I find it quite impossible to obtain my rights . I am treated most shamefully . I have written repeatedly to Louis Phi . Kppe ; butpersena connected with the post office have , I hare no doubt , prevented my communications from
reaching his Majesty . Some more papers were handed to MrBroughton , who , after perusing one of them , said to applicant i The sum , which you consider yourself to be entitled to , and which , as alleged , have been invested by the Prince of Capua in your name , is no less than twenty millions sterling . Applicant : That is the case , sir ; and I claim that money from the King , who holds all my receipts . Mr Broughton : Louis Philippe is ona of the best men tbat ever lived , and wonld not wrong any one of a farthing . Let me give this letter which you hare addressed to the ambassador , to one of ray officers , who will put it in the post , and it will thea be sure to reach bis Excellency . Applicant : It will not , sir . Tha porter , as soon as he gets hold of it , will destroy it . Let me have it again . —It was returned to her , together with the rest of h « r papers , and she then made her exit , say . ing that she should go direct to Mariborough . street police-court , and try if she could not there obtain justice .
ScNoitto CoKB . usTiBt . ts by . Railwat . —Mr Collard , superintendent of the Great Western Railway Company , laid an information against Mr Parker , carrier , Newinn-yard , Old Bailey , charging him with having forwarded a bos containing forty-two pound * of lucifer matches to the railway for transit . The attention of the officers had been attracted by the smell , and tbe box was opened , and of course not forwarded . The penalty for such offence was fixed at £ 10 . The magistrate con . sidered tbe subject one of great importance to the public , and would take time te consider of his decision .
. WESTMINSTER . —Tub Pobwc Health Several householders in Palace-street , Pimlico , were summoned for pumping filth out of their cesspools into the public thoroughfare . Crow , the parish inspector of nuisances , having proved that the inoffensive matter was being almost nightly pumped out into the street , Mr Rogers observed that , with the exception of two or three houses , the filth from the cesspools-ot the whole of the other houses in Palace-street , which is ia the close vicinity of Buckingham Palace , was disposed of as the inspector had described , and was most offensive to tbe neighbourhood . The householders , in reply , complained of being in a very unenviable position . These cesspools were repeatedly emptied , but , as they were liable to overflow with heavy rains , they were compelled to pump them out ,
or go to tbe expense and inconvenience of having the matter carried away by carts every two ) or three days , iu consequence of the want of proper sewage . Mr Broderip inflictedthepenalty often shillings in each case , at the same time , observing , that he wished It to be distinctly understood that all offences against cleanliness and thepnblie health would bevisited , as far as he was concerned , with the most severe penalties of the law . Sewage in this and other parts of the metropolis , he regretted to say , was iu a most disgraceful state , but while it continued so it was the duty of persons to do the best they could , in the present state of things , and instead of pumping the filth they must have it properly carted away . He felt that the householders were labouring under great difficulties ; still the public health demanded that tha
law should be put in force iu oa ? es of this description . WOItSHIP-STREBT . —Shootiko a Woman . —H . H . Thomas was examined for having wantonly fired off a rifle , loaded with ball , at a . young woman , named Sarah Meade , who had since been confined in a dangerous state in St Bartholomew ' s Hospital . Tbe complainant , who exhibited extreme faintness and debility , stated that while conversing with two female friends in front of the Eagle Tavern , City-road , on the ni ght of the 23 th ult ., the prisoner and another young man , each of whom had a gun in his hand , accosted them , and the prisoner pointed his gun at one of her friends , who requested him to desist , and he at once lowered it , with the observation that it was not loaded ; but directly after raised it to his shoulder , within a yard and a half of complainant ' s head , and it instantly went off . She was not at first aware that she was wounded , and joined In the laughter
of her companions on hearing the report ; but at the same moment experienced a sensation of numbness down the side . of her face which was streaming with blood , and was only saved from falling by abjstander , who supported her . Mr J . Mather , the divisional surgeon , who attended the complainant at the station , described the nature of the injury as a lacerated wound extending about seven inches from the centre of the right cheek into the back of the neck , where there was a corresponding orifice , through which the ball had evidently passed . , He considered the wound to be of a very dangerous de- scription . Several other witnesses were examined , and 1 fully corroborated the complainant ' s account of the i transaction . The prisoner , in his defence , declared that i it was his firm belief at the time that the gun was not t loaded , and that the r « ult was purely accidental , , Mr Hammill ordtrad the prisoner to ba fully committed I upon the charge but consented to accept ball .
Jcvkhim : DsraAviTr . —Anne Watts , twelve , and her r brother , James Watts , fourteen , were finally examined , I , charged with robbing Eliza Jenklnson , aged nine . On a Thursday iast the mother of the girl Jenklnson sent her ir ont with half-a-crown to make some trifling purchases , i , and she was stopped by the female prisoner , who , ob- ) - serving the silver in her hand , advised her to be more re careful of her money , as a man was lurking about who io had recently cut off her ( the prisoner ' s ) pocket , and td who plundered all the children that came iu hia way . y . The prisoner then took the money out of ber hand , and id having , as the girl imagined , wrapped it up and placed ed it at tho bottom of her basket , hurried away , Finding ug directly aftorwards that her money was gone , she pur . ir . sued the prisoner and gave ber into custody ; and the he little culprit having alleged that her brother had insti-
itigated her to commit the offence , the latter was also ap- apprehended . —The mother of the prisoners informed the the magistrate that tbe male prisoner was naturally a well * elldisposed and dutiful child , but with regard to the girl , irl , she had manifested the most vicious propensities fronvom her earliest infancy , and it was her earnest wish to pro-iro . cute her admission into some place of refuge , as the the only meansof protecting the rest of her ohildrea frouvom the contaminating influence to which tbey must other-ierwise be exposed—Mr Arnold regretted that he had no , no power to further the views of the mother without send-snd . ing the girl to prison , and he should , therefore , orderrdei her to be committed for two months to the House ofe ol Correction , where she would receive proper instruction . ion , and he should forward a special representation of the thi case to the visiting justices .
MARLBOROUQH-STREET . —IatroBTANT to Pawjuwn bbokees . —Edwin Howell , agent , was finally examinodjinod charged with having pawned a large quantity of staystay entrusted to him to dispose of by a German mnnufaoufac surer named Tiies . The case stood over for the magtaagif trate's decision on this point . The prisoner , it apt aj peared , had been engaged by MrTliesln the capacity ffiityt agrnt for the disposal of the stays . Mr Vltes recetreteive £ 20 from the prisoner , who deposited upwards of 20 * f 2 C pairs with a pawnbroker as security for tho loan oi & tot & on cowiition that the atays should be forfeited if thif tt
money was not repaid by n certain tuno . This pawomwo teok place without the consent or knowledge of lb £ Vlits . Tbe money waa not repaid in tirao and thostajjst became forfeited , and the pawnbroker disposed of tbeif th to various shops . The transaction having come to tb to knowledge of Mr Vlies , the prisoner was given into cuto c tody on a charge of having Illegally pawned the proe p perty . Mr llardwkk decided that the case did nilid come within the meaning of tho act , inasmuch as the a the cused hadnot converted the . ' money obtained by thepaw » pa ing « f the stays to hie , own ' use , but had given the sum i sm tS : e proprietor of the stays . The accused was aocoraoci ingly discharged .
According To Howard, The Mean Temperatur...
According to Howard , the mean temperature' itM London exceeds that of the neighbouring countcoui about 1 deg , 3 min , Fahrenheit .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09101847/page/6/
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