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Bmras axd Deaths ix : Xosdow . —The registrar's report for the week ending Saturday last , March 3 , shows the number of deaths to have been 1 , 138 , and the number of births , 1 , 547 . The 1 , 138 deaths are SI below the winter average , and show a decline on the previous week of 53 . The return , therefore , renders on the whole a favourable account of the public health , but it vrUl be observed that scarlatina , though it has declined , continues considerably above the amount of previous years , and hoopingcough has become unusually fatal The former disease carried off 57 , while the average is 32 ; the latter 89 , while the average is 42 . The deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery , which seem to have been
on the increase at this season during the last three « r four years were 23 , the average being 14 ; those from cholera were 35 , of -which , with a case registered as "diarrhoaa and collapse ; " 5 occurred in "Warburtop ' s Lunatic Asylum , Bcthnal-green ; 2 occurred in the Refuge for the Destitute , flackneyroad . The mortality from small-pox and measles is unusually low ; that from typhus has fallen to the average , aud is less than has been observed for a Jong period . The mortality from bronchitis is Bear the average , while pneumonia was fatal onl y to 81 , which is 22 below the average . The greatest . mean height of the barometer in the week was on Saturday , when the reading was 30-288 . The highest temperature was also on Saturday , and was 455 deg . 5 nun . The mean of the week was 42 deg . 4 nun . Two men died of intemperance ; ono man « f exposure i and a ehild of 21 months was certified
by medical attendant to have died of " extreme Cold and inflammation of the chest . " At Kensington , a girl of 6 years died of hydrocephalus , a case in which the coroner ' s jury considered that the deceased had not received food and proper attention , owing to the wflfal neglect of some of her relatives . An infant of 5 days died in 16 hours from the effects Of Dover ' s powder , prescribed for the mother of deceased , but given under a misunderstanding of Terbal instructions from the medical attendant , the paper containing . the medicine not having inscribed on it the name of the person for whosa it was intended . In Hackney , South , a girl of 2 years died , according to verdict , from the fostid vapours of a sewer- ; and in the same sub-district a gsavedigger was suffocated by the earth tailing in whea engaged in his occupation . A child of 4 years died of •"¦ eynanche parotidsea , " a disease which is rarely
AiuaiprED Mcbdeb . —Ga Saturday last , some excitement was created in the city in consequence of a report being spread abroad that Mr . John Sonthgate , packer and calenderer , of 23 ^ Old-Change , Cheapside , had been shot . It appeared , that on Friday morning 34 r . Seothgateywho . is-about fifty years of age , was walking in a copse or plantation near hr 3 house at Walton-on-hill , close to- Beig * ate , when , he encountered a man about five-feet bix inche 3 high , dressed : in a coatee jacket * , and trousers , made of the same- material . Tie ' man ssked him what business he had there * andhe re-Pfetf by asking the man what right he hid en his P ^'^ erty ? and , seeing that he was about t * beat-&* eked , he held up his stick in self-defence , when the
' . man snatched it from him , and struck him a violent Wow over the head . He attempted to- clase-with the ruffian , but suddenly felt something enter his left ear , and immediately blood began to * trickle down his face and neck . He was stunned * and lay senseless on the ground for some time , but ,. en recovering , he walked in a very weak state towards his residence , when a messenger was despatched for Surgical assistance . In a very short time Mr . Chaldicott , from Dorking , arrived , and , having examined Mr . Sonthgate , gave it as his opinion that ihe ball , or whatever it might be that had entered the car , must remain there , in consequence of its being amongst the ligaments , and beyond the reach of anv instrument . Mr . Sonthgate then proseeded
to London , and had the assistance ot Drs . Ashton Eeyand Lever , who perfectly coincided with Mr . Chaldlcott ' s view of the case and , finding that there was more danger than was at first expected , lie told Mr . Southgates' family that it was expedient to have the wounded man ' s depositions taken . Aecordmglv , an application vas made at Guildhall Police-court to that effect , when Mr . Alderman "Wilson and the chief clerk went and took down his statement . The depositions -were taken in private , tut the abOYe facts may be relied on . It appears the man immediately ran away , and the Wow was so instantaneous that Mr . Sonthgate had not time to fiee his face so as to be enabled to identify him again . 3 dr . Sonthgate lies in a -very dangerous State .
CnOtEBA , OTHERWISE SlABVATIOX , AT A CHEAP liODGisG-HOTJSE . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , hefore Mr . Payne , at St . George ' s Workhouse , Southwark , on the body of a man , who died in one Ofthe lodging-houses in Mint-street . —W . Barnes , a labourer , said that he lodged at the Red House , in 3 fint-street , for which he paid 3 d . per night . He had seen the deceased , who appeared to have lad scarcely anything to eat During the storm on Wednesday last , he said he should go to the workliouse and try to get something to eat . He went Out , but returned soon afterwards wet to the skin , When he said he had been unable to get to the relieving officers , and had in consequence obtained no lelief . Witness saw hhn several times during the
day , when he was chewing and eating paper , next day witness saw him dead . —T . Downs said , as deceased slept in the same room , he had seen him devour the paper as spoken of by the last witness , and after one of the lodgers had drank his coffee , fhe deceased took the coffee-pot , and , having poured gome water upon tbe grouts , he drank the same , and appeared very thankful to get it . About halfpast two on Thursday morning , the deceased called Km up , and asked him to look at bis legs , as they -were cramped , and he was unable to move them . "Witness did as he was requested , and rubbed his Eiribs , which gave him some relief . He then asked for a draught of cold water , but witness gave him some warm . At seven o ' clock , witness found bun
50 ill that he went for a surgeon , whose assistant attended , and gave him some brandy . He died soon afterwards . —Mr . W . Kandle , surgeon of the district , residing in Xewington-causeway , said that he aaw the body of deceased after death . It was exceedingly emaciated , and the features sunken . The lands and feet were contracted , and , from the history of the case , it appeared that the deceased ¦ was in a very low condition , and that the cholera had attacked him , and destroyed his life almost at once , simply because he had so little power . In the same house a man was attacked on Monday , the 26 th ult „ with cholera , and died in forty-eig ht hours . On Tuesdav another was attacked , and on Friday last the deputy of the house ( a woman ) was also
attacked . The house is very dirty , and the beci clothes are used so long , that the stench is exceedingly had . In the room where deceased slept were nineteen beds all close together . He had reported the state of his district of the parish to the Board of Health some three or four months ago , ' and had pointed out partictdarly these cheap lodgmg-houscs as being ill-drained and badly ventilated . He was constantly called to eases of fever in these threepenny lodg ing-houses , in some parts of his district ia which it is necessary for a person to grope his way , on account ofthe deficiency of light , and , consequentlv , ventilation . —By the coroner : The receipt of " the report was merely acknowledged , and since then 1 have heard of nothing having been
done . —The coroner said , he thought the present an important case , and it would be better to adjourn , and he would write to the Board of Health , and he would be able to tell the jury when they met again ¦ wh ether any steps were likely to be taken relative to the improvement of this district . It was no use having a Board of Health unless such districts as these were noticed when attention was drawn to them by ihe surgeon practising in the locality , which evidently required great improvement . —Mr . Handle said , that manv ofthe houses in and about the Mint , besides being hi that filthy state already described , were almost in danger of falling . —Several of the jurors corroborated the statement of the surgeon , send ihe inquest was adjourned . A casket of jewels , of great value , and a service of plate , of alady of fashion , were publicly exhibited efts . Monday at the auction rooms in Conduit-street , preparatory to tfoe sale by Messrs . Renins . Railway apecuktionsare ' said to be the cause of so many beautiful ornaments being submitted to the hammer , which compel a peremptory sale . Many oi Jhe jewels are considered of matchless quality , and ' curiosity is much excited to discover the fair owner , It is a rare occurrence for so many elegant ornaments for the person to be congregated in one sale . The public view was very attractive ,
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Essex . —Burolabt ax Stbbathau . as » Dbath or OSE of the Robbers , on Thursday morning , the 1 st of March . The premises ( Streatham Hall ) upon which the burglary was committed constitute the residence and iann-house of Mr . Nehemiah Perry , an opulent landowner and occupier . They are situated m the parish of Streathall , about two miles from Chesterford , the whole of which parish is occupied Dy Mr . Perry , part of it belonging to himself , and part to the Archdeaconry of Durham . The house is an old-fashioned building ,, placed in a lonely position upon a hill near the church , and at some distance from any other houses or cottages .- Indeed , the whole population of the village does not exceed twenty persons ; " so that Mr . Perry ' s premises may well have been thought to favour the designs of midnight desperadoes , ' who abound in this neighbourhood , especially as it was known that the only individuals in the house were Mr . Nehemiah Perry ( an old man above sixty -years old ) , his brother , Mr . Thomas Perry , and one female domestic . On Wednesday night these three parties retired to rest between ten and eleven o ' clock , leaving the doors and windows perfectly secure . - A lit-tleTbefore one in the Tnnrning theys were roused by a noise below stairs ; aal the servant , fancying the cat had upset some-
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thing , was about to go and see what mischief had been done , when she was met by Mr . Perry on the landing who told her there was some one intne house , and by whose direction she returned into ^ ner bed-room . Mr . Perry is a man of great coolness and courage ; he has ' beenin the habit , m . WWquenceof the loneliness of his residgee , and ^ he frequency of robberies ° f late , , ° f keeping tnree double-barrelled guns ready loade d ! in biabed-recm , land has frequently expressed his . determination to < nve any < Keves a warm j-eception , if they should nave the aa & icity to attack : him . Upon this occasion he tools his stand at the- JQP of the stairs , armed with a loaded ? gun ; and scarc ely *** {• « ° » when a man appeared at the b ottom ofthe staircase withalanthorriai one hand ' and a bludgeon or
a pistol in the othef > and a piece 01 coarse cloth over his head and face > with two sprat urea cut for the eyes . Mr . Perry was nothing d aunted either by the appearance of tier robber , e ? th ? instigation of two companions behhvi , who urged him with the -words , "Goon , you are all right . ' But not so , for upon the robber attempting to zseet'd the broad , old-iashioned staircase , Mr . Perry level fed his gun at Ma and fired ; the maiffeh , and as it ^ afterwards appeased was shot througftthe heart , 0 ne of the robbetfsj . seeing his companion fall , cr . ied out , " Where are my pistols ? " " Come on wi , -h your pistols , ' " responded Mr . Persy ; "lam jea a 7 you . " And calling to his brother , who was n ow on the scene- of action , he added ; . " Tve m & Rt . d his
f candle for him . You keep ready while Tloadlaga m - Disregarding a renewed request ^ " come € « v" * robbers , eowedi by the vigorous measures Kai en against them ; . removed their dead companion « e » ft kitchen , asd ^ findingthat no breath * of life renminsd ,. they decamped ; , leaving the corpse- there . 2 & s Messrs . Per ? yj . not knowing wha # might . swaft them down stairs ; . ' kept their tftst . tHl title * horsekeeper 5 ame ,. abont four in the morning , wSeai the alarm -o » aB a given ^ and the p ^ nises -vrs sesearched . Ups * tho'latehen floor , qaite dead , was * found the body of tho- loskless wretch Who wasfeu ' leading the w ^ im / stasss . He had oajas already stated , a coarse-bag ^ dra-wB over his fase ; . and tied with his handkeismiefj . ' wifeh two eye-hoiey-in it ; a- ] bine shirt , * ucH- ' as-railway labourers wear , was <
drawn over his dress ; : andever his shoes "were a pair of worsted stockings , , so i £ at he might go more noiselessly about- Byhissfsielayanashstlek .- It was-now seen tbatrc ^ enti-a nce had been elffeeted b y the-removal of pas *;©^ ' a- serdlery window , immediately under whicH' stood-- » moveable p late-rack , wham the robbers ajj » ar to ihave knocked o- ? er ,. and the fall of which awoke the inmates , and lecUto ' the ; fiifedieccun-encewhieh -we have-described . _ Ifcseejass ; probable that the robbers -assembled first in aiba ' rn about two fields distant' from- the house , an * ithat ' tlieir number was i & e-ori six * , f & r the footstep ^ 'Of ai least four were > ditstinetly : traaceable fronu the bci ? n : tc « the house . Taiiousi > nlceiB and others Have seen , the body of the dead man , . and * on Thursda j-anu
Eaday hundreds of arsons -visited the place ; : b % t neionehas been able tc-identn ^ -hnn , although seme assert that he has bestin the neignbourhood 5 uiir % the- past year with a * nmVstall ands target . Sana * fi * u £ e- keys were founii in this-ppoket . He appeara to « be about thirty yeajw-ofage .. An inquest Was hclniunon the body oa . Saturday-last , when a verdkfe ot " Justifiable . Honaicide ' - ' wa «; returned . lifebody has been identuu 3 by : aBiofficeEwho helda warv rifflfeagainst him for breakmgjshe arm-of the gamit- ^ keeper ef Col Pemberton ^ nf iTrumpington ( Cambi ) ,-. about three years ago .. The -name-offthe deceased ! was Abraham Green , aMds--Woods ,, alios " Little-Abel / '' He was a notpirous-and skilfullnoacher , audi one who- has been several times "in , trouble . " -Bfe " was identified by peculiarimafks- ^ n'ttis . person ,
described in the gaol booSBi . Two men who give toenames of "William Pahnerj- . of Ashby-de 4 a-Zouche ,- . hawker , and- William . Gooddyi . of . Ghelmsford , In ^ bourer , have heen apprehended : at Newport under , suspicious ehcumstaness .. ' One ' of : these had in . fiisbundle a pan * of worsted : stockings- talhyihg exactly : with those pulled over- the-shbes of-Qio- dfiad . man ,. and like these had b-aley hales still- adhering t » them , suggesting preseEce-with . the-deceaeectin Mfci . Perry ' s barn . They were-bvought before the-Horn . C . C . Neville , on Monday , . and were remanded .. Shesecond prisoner has a round , patch of blood on theknee of his gaUigaskms ,. about thfr size- of th & wound on tiie deceased ; , as though he-had either Men over him in his haste to escape , or-had kuelt in his blood while searching , to- ascertain where- d » -
ceasod was hurt . Shbopshibe . —The jury , empanelled to inquire into the case of alleged murder at Bridgnorth have been discharged without agreeing upon a verdict . The accused is detained by the magistrates , and will be tried at the assizes . Fatal AccniBNr at Os & h . Coilebe , Oxford . —At an early hour on Saturday morning last , the members of Oriel College were thrown into the greatest consternation , from the- circumstance of the dead body of Mr . John Key , a commoner of that college , aged nineteen , having been found in the front quadrangle between six and seven o ' clock . The spot where the body was found is at the south-east corner ofthe quadrangle , near the chapel door , and
close to the hall staircase , and within a few feet from the wall . From this circumstance , together with the nature ofthe injuries the body exhibited , it appeared quite clear that deceased had fallen from the top ofthe college , a height of about forty feet . An inquest was held in the afternoon in the hall of Oriel College , before George Valentine Cox , Esq ., M . A ., of New College , tho University coroner , and a jury composed of matriculated citizens , who , after having been sworn , went to view the body of deceased , which lay in his own rooms . The wrist ofthe deceased's right hand was fractured , the left shoulder was dislocated , and one side ofthe face was a complete mass of blood , to which adhered a quantity of gravel . It appeared from the evidence that
deceased had been spending the evening at the rooms of a commoner of his own college , where he had become so much intoxicated as to be unable to take care of himself ; and that , on being conveyed to his own room , he became furious , and his friends were obliged to fasten him in hy barricading the door with the sofa . The deceased afterwards , having got through his window , attempted to get into the rooms of another fellow-student , who heard him say something about getting out upon the leads by the window . Nothing more was known of him till he was found lying dead hi the quadrangle in the morning . The verdict returned was , " That the said John Key having , as it appears to the jury , got out on the roof , did accidentally fall over theparapct , and was killed by the fall . "
South Dehbvshibe Election , —The death of Mr . Munday having caused a vacancy in the representation of South Derbyshire , a number of the Tory squirearchy assembled at the King's Head , and nominated Mr . Mundyof Markeaton Hall , near Derby , a relative ofthe late member , Mr . Munday accepted , and has just issued an address to the voters . The liberals have not yet , it appears , met to decide upon the course they may think well to pursue . During the past and present year the liberals have had active agents working the registration .-Lancashire . —Emigration from Liverpool . —The following facts are interesting , as indications of what the amount of emigration from this kingdom is likely to be during the present year . From the
1 st of January to the 2 d of March ( inclusive ) , ot 1848 , the number of emigrants , of all classes , who embarked at Liverpool , was 11 , 295—that is , under the Emigration Act-and to these a few may be added ( say fifty or sixty ) , who found means of expatriation , mdividually or in small groups , in vessels that do not fall within the regulations of the act , they taking only a small number of passengers . During the same period of the present year the number that emigrated , under the act , was 21 , 598 , or nearly double that of 1848 , exclusively also of 110 or 120 stray passengers , of which the returns are only made periodically at the Custom House .
The number of ships that took out nearly the whole of the 21 , 598 persons was 64 up to Saturday week , and a few have sailed since that date . Nearly the whole mass proceeded to the United States , not more than perhaps 100 or 120 being for South Australia , Canada , and California . As the season is yet , however , young , it may he expected that the tide of emigration will increase rather than diminish during the present and the next month . Several ships are advertised for California with passengers , ana parties are being made up , including Welsh miners , artificers , workmen , and speculators ( both of wealth and . of humble means ) , to try their fortunes in the gold regions of that country .
Frightful Ratlwat Accident . —On Tuesday afternoon , about two o ' clock , a frightful accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on the Brighton and Portsmouth Railway , to the driver ofthe . passenger train which left the Brighton terminus for Portsmouth at ten minutes past two . When near the Arundel station , the driver , Jonathan Surtees , was suddenly thrown from his post , from some cause unknown . The guard and firemen instantly stopped the train and alighted , as did' many of the passengers , and walked to the spot , when they found the lifeless trunk of the driver mutilated most horribly , one of his legs being cut off , his head cut and swollen , his arms lacerated , and altogether presenting a mostsickening appearance . The whole train had gone over him . The body was conveyed to the station at Arundel , and thence to tho hotel adjacent to that station . The deceased was one of the best engine-drivers on the line , and has left a widow and two children unprovided for , the widow eneeinie and near her confinement .
Warwickshire . —Refusal of a Vicar to bury the Son of the Churchwarden . — Mr . John Franklin , one of the churchwardens of Radford , near Ikanungton , had a son named James , a veterinary surgeon , at Kidderminster , who died in December , and his last request was that he should be buried at Radford , where the other members of his family had been for two or three generations . The father , to eomplv with the last wishes of his son , had the . body removed from Kidderminster Mr . Franklin applied to the Rev . Thomas Chapman , the vicar , to bury his son in the churchyard , but he was refused , under the pretence that , as he did not
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die in the parish , he could not Buffer him to be buried there . In vain did the distrested father beseech the vicar , telling him it wa s the last dying wish of his child to be buried whore his relations lay , and it would be the death of his mother if he refused the request . The clergyman was not to be turned , and the afflicted family had to seek some kinder Christian minister , and buried their son in the churchyard at Ufton , the adjoining parish . The inhabitants of Radford feel strongly on this subject , as Mr . Franklin is universally respected , having been churchwarden for the last three years , and a large farmer in the parish , occupying the same hand his forefathers have done . What makes the matter more strange , is the custom of the vicar
( for- a fee ) , to bury bodies who have died in Leamington , an adjoining parish , and more than half the large churchyard has not been used . Another Colliery Explosion , — Twelve Lives Lost . — On Tuesday morning a fatal explosion of fire-damp took place at the Middle Patricroffc Colliery , situate on the road from Wigan to Hindley , and about a mile and a half from each place . The usual number of hands , about twenty-five , had descended to their work at or soon after six o'clock in the morning , and from the appearance of several of those taken out dead , who had the whole of their clothes on , it would seem that many of them had not commenced working when the explosion occurred . The result of the accident , as far as has
been learned , was the death of twelve persona , and " the serious injury of two others . Of the twelve e said to be dead , one of them was missing and supn posed to be dead in the mine , another died in a 6 short time after being brought to the surface , and ten were dead when discovered . The accident : occurred about 300 yards from the shaft , in one of the up drifts from a working , termed a 'dig-brow ;" ^ > ut how or by whom caused was said to be a mysk ry . Ellison tbe underlooker , and the fireman Wtt ° attends the furnace , had , it is said , previously jjp -, ' . he men entering the workings , examined the w & oi ' of them , and reported all safe ; and several offffhe bands taken out uninjured , report also that where ! they were engaged the air was strong and n ., Ms . nd the mi ' np m p , vt > rv rmnecf- as far ns f hfiv e e
couliJ jm W > m good workable order . From every rnfowswU " on that can he obtained from the survivors , iandsftnwBi every indication that can at present be seen ) . it . Sat heen caused by one of the workmen gfling : -wfith a naked candle into a portion of the . werijB ^ oea & ri « y to the express orders ofthe fireman , w 3 b ' hadt » 8 h \ 0 rfctime previously been through the wos & ingsj . and' fixed tip a fire-damp board , which the memskouianoit paw when they see it fiased in , any parteof fthe- aoin e . ' I N 0 KTHUM 32 BX AOTJ , —AcCIDBKr Br FlRB ^ BMS . ~ Mr .. JMlyj . one 6 f tSfff coast-guard , returned * from hightedutyvesdy- in 4 b » morning of Monday last , arid ; entered ! tJ & e statfoHhnorase- in Moorgato-stercet , Sunderiandj . having a loaded p istol in his- jpsfcet pockets- While ? in the art of stooping at the fcresttie , . the pistoli fell out of his pocket , the hammer ptrikmgf af-aihso tiHe fender ; it exploded , an © tfte Loll TvxeuuliKtvinwV fliA IWa * navk of his loff . olid
throughitheeeuiag , lodgiagin . the * flooring of jihe ' room above ;' . " - s ' \ LiNCABHKSK—S & 6 S s of tebx . Times > . >—On Moh . Siy evenmg . htefcthVHall a nd mschuierybeJonging to t & r estate , ofliliT . lVi . acch 2 a , sSunie at Ctoeden , near ' thi 3 tbwnj . was-puuup ; for sai & by Mr ^ Slsher , at tins-• Hall-Ihni . 'Il & erewBsagoodaiStendanceyaod thecoma toetition : Sqiwtied ; . The property ^ was ultimately sold ? toMl ' .-. Of : sBH ^ jof ! SMmoiit , far £ 30 , fiOO ^ This Bum isj . webelieveraboufe £ 10 , 000 * more-thaw the same , property couidihaya' bee-n sounfora- shotft time agoj and ^ howsivervipiaialy that toe- staple- trade of the ^ coun ty- 18-iniSimuc . hibetter state- than , at t & at time . ! We are gladJto . ftbdliliat the milli will ! be- started jVsry * short % , ffl " rithe- hands im that locality have jsufieredmaEyaiul : gBoatprivatabns-since- that ^ and ithe other miili belonging to the-same-proprietor rwero closcdi .
; EiiioRATiOHir-BtmouiH , Maroh : 6 i—IHo- Sound ; is-now looking . ? einarkably gaywithalarge-nuoriber of emigrantandiotheu vessels , iJie-formerr of . ' which j nje . pi'epai'ihg ^ to . leAKO'for theiii'Several destinations ilhe Florentiai . Cap . tEih Fitzgerald ; has adiiKge-num 'banofemigmnts-onbeardfor Sidney . Afew . aaoro [ will be tal 5 n : tO'fill , Qie ship , aniiishe willi pnobably ileave on Fcidfty > . Tike-Hope , fen Port Shilin ,, will Itake in alt her , passengers fronashere , and ! will . leave ¦ to-morrows The Emigrant , for Sydney , is * to be stocked w 2 jk Dorsetshire labourers , a large- body of whom have » been . br , ought down , here j bjv the Hon . and Rev . Si , G .. Osborne ,, who takes a gzoafc iateaest in their welfare .. She will probably tea-ye- on , the 10 th . The- liadj * FeeL . Captain Frazer ,. ton- Sydney , VillbefillBdiwitliabaHt 230 Irish g irisi . She- vail leave aboat the-9 th instant . All tho abov . e shins are chartenedby the Colonial Land andlEmigEatum Commissioners .. The . Lalla Rookl ,, a pcivaie passenger-ship ,. i & also taking her jasaengees . on bo ard ?«• Fort NaM ,
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Bans Robbert . —On Thursday week a most serious system of robbery connected with the- branch of the British Linen Company's Bank in Glasgow was discovered . The parties implicated hi the transaction' are , we believe , an accountant , three tellers , and a check-clerk . One of tha number died in September last , and another a few days since . It is . rumoured that the discovery ofthe- fraud arose in consequence of some disclosures made by the latter on his death-bed . There can be no doubt that the system has gone on for several years—we believe since 1845—undetected , in consequence of all the persons by whom it shouldhavebcen checked being compromised and interested in its continuance . The amount of money involved is variously stated at from £ 20 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 \ This sum had been originally used hi railway speculations , and the immediate loss will be reduced by property belonging to the unhappy individuals by whom the fraud has been committed . They had adopted several modes of falsifying tho accounts ; but one of the plans was to make up parcels of notes , and to mark : upon them a larger number than they contained , using the deficits for their private ends . The managers of the bank had not the slightest idea ofthe injury they were sustaining , because the parties being engaged in different departments , and working together , always made the accounts apparently square . We need scarcely say that the party occupied a very respectable sphere in society . One of them , we hear , has been an elder in one of the churches in this city for a considerable period , and was very much respected . The extent of the . railway speculation in 1845—the sums of money rapidly gained , aud anxiety to share in these transactions , —were undoubtedly the causes which induced , originally , this systematic breach of faith . It may bo even supposed that the temporary use of Jhe money was alone contemplated in the first instance , and that the confusion and reduction which rapidly occurred in the market rendered its return impossible .
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Dublin , Saturday . —Roscommon Assizes . —Mich . Gardner and Martin Brennon , two of the parties implicated in the murder of Major Mahon , wore yesterday allowed to withdraw their plea of " Not guilty" to the charge of conspiracy to murder ; and , on the Crown consenting not to press for capital punishment , they pleaded " Guilty . " James Cummins has been found guilty of the murder . The chief evidence against him was the servant boy , who was sent for the pistols and ammunition . Tub Rate in Aid . —Several influential meetings have been held in Ulster in opposition to this measure . The guardians ofthe North Dublin union on Friday week passed resolutions against the rate in aid , and were addressed at much length by several gentlemen in opposition to the government plan . The Pope . —The fund for the Pope is under active process of collection , and considerable exertions are made to procure subscriptions . ., .. Liberation of Mr . M . R . Letne . —Mr . Maurice Richard Leyne , one of the actors in the late rebellion , who was arrested on the same night by the same party of police who captured Mr , T . Meagher , and Mr . O'Donohue , was brought up on Friday morning before the Mayor of Clonmei and sot at large , after being bound in the sum of £ 100 to appear to answer any charge which Her Majesty's Attorney-General may prefer against him at the next assizes . His sureties were bound in the sum of £ 50 each .
Monday . —Mr . Duffy . —This gentleman ( tho last of the State prisoners ) has been removed from Newgate to the healthy prison of Richmond , where Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , M'Mamis , and O Sonohue , are confined . " The Potato . —The Limerick Chronicle says;—"We are happy to hear that more potatoes are at present sowing in tho county Limerick than for three years past . " The Cholera . —Tho Cork Constitution announces the appearance ofthe epidemic in that city . In the case ofthe conspiracy to murder the Rev . John Lloyd , Michael Berner was put upon his trial but the leading witness for tho Crown having completely broken down in his evidence , the prisoner was acquitted . Destitution and Emigration . —There are further most / deplorable accounts of distress and deaths from starvation hi the west and south , and upoti the other hana , emigration is rapidly increasing as the spring advances—an emigration , however , like that of the past year , consisting almost exclusively , of the better class of peasants , with a sprinkling of the small gentry . ' It is stated that there has been a fur ther flight of tenantry from the estate of the Earl of Glengall , in T-pperary , and that tho lands unoccupied are considerably augmented . From Limerick a vessel is to p sail for America towards the end ofthe month , with some families ofthe lesser gentry , and those who hadbeSn substantial farmers The Clearance Sr 8 iBM . —Tho Limerick and ¦ " ' I | I » , [ | I i ¦ . i i
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other southern journals contain heart-rending accounts ofthe progress of the clearance system . The Cork Reporter gives a , letter from , Dungarvan , with details ofthe cviption of 130 human beings , and the levelling of twenty-four houses . The neighbouring farmers refused shelter to the unhappy outcasts , who had to seek refuge within the mud walls ofthe ruined cabins . . ... j * At the meeting of the Limerick board of guardians , on Saturday last , Mr . Cullen declared that « a system was now going on in the country , of tearing down houses , and hunting down their inmates , which was a disgrace to humanity and eivih-Son and was so hideous and revolting that the perpetrators could hardly expect to escape the vengeance of heaven for their vdlany and hardhcartedness" ¦ J - , 1 , irt ., «„« i « / lAnto ' n hpnrf-Tv » nHin < r
nn-. _ . Tcesday .-The Movement against tub Rate-in-Aid . - In Wexford , one of the eastern counties , there is a vigorous and general opposition to the rate-in-aid , and upon grounds almost identical with those so repeatedly urged at the many meetings in the northern province . The county grand jury have forwarded a petition against the rate ; and the high sheriff has convened a county meeting at Enniscortby , on Thursday next , to adopt a similar The guardians of the western union of Ballinasloe , under the presidency ofthe Earl of Clancarty , have " pronounced ' . ' against tho rate-in-aid , whether as regards the two shillrngs union-rate or the sixpenny national-rate .
The formidable character of the movement in Ulster is thus described by the Enniskilleri-Chro nieU - •— " The agitation in Ulster , in opposition to the iniquitous rate-in-aid , headed by the brave men of Fermanagh , is opened in right earnest . Scarcely a county in our province , or a single poor law union , that is not already up in arms to resist the hated and unjust impost , and all , without exception , are buckling on their armour . Tho peaceable , and industrious , and religious men of the north' have , shown themselves unanimous in a resolve to come to close quarters with those who would rob them , in the face of day , by taking from them the hardearned fruits of their labour to bestow them upon
those who not only do not thank them , but who , as was juatly expressed at the meeting on Friday , would , if they had the power , exterminate them from the face of the earth . We rejoice to know that the people—that is , the farming populationwill not be allowed to fig ht the battle alone . The aristocracy of the country have nobly come forward —indeed , we may say the resident gentry and landowners have tafeen the initiative , and shows themsc & res what , indeed — notwithstanding the ? large anrcunt of gratssSous abuse teat has been heaped upos them — what we always considered , tfesm —the- real friend * of their country in a a case ' of need . " ' . . .
Defbwce op Mr- - 2 > ufft . —The sc-romittee of teafund for the defence' of Mr . Duffy , who is to be * tried again at the commission on the- 7 th of April , have issued an address to the Irish people , calling on them to sustain agasBst unparalle & d ! persecution an Irishman who has rendered Ireland many and igreat scrvfecs , and to eaafele him to prepare against i coming difficulties . ! DusinucTivE Fire . — M flax-dressingjr establishimentwas destroyed by ffiw last night , itt ' . Thomasiefereet , and other houses were injured ! Prince j George of Cambridge was-present , and ! rendered jaflfectual aid in checking tho-devastating element . i The Lord and Lady lieutenant went / in ? state { Ins * night to the Theatre Bbyal , where tSey / were 'favourably received by a ? numerous ratdfence . Una- " gods" cheered loudfp' for Mitchel and ! the SHJifisv
WfeMTESDAY . —Collection op Peter ' s Paj « J 3 . — The last drag at the pockets offo people steeped ! to thV ilps- in poverty , namely ; , the tribute now in courser'of collecting for relieving 1 , the alleged jSeenniaryTwwita of the dethroned Idntiff , has not been generally successful , at least is * moro than one-di «> - cess' in Ireland .. The peasantry , as well as-ihe beti & ri'ofiiss of fanners , in Kildare * and the Queen / s Countyvliavo all but openly " pwonouneod " against the ijnpjwfc , declaring that while" so much distress * exisi & i & t home ,, it is "too bad ? ' to cripple tHeir scantjrvresoarces'by-any fresh tasvispon the fruite-off their industry . To > such an extent had this fceliag ; prevailed '" out of'deors , " that the- subject formsoi part ofi ' an altar discourse on Sunday last , tho ofScfcating-aleaggrmaHiSouadly rating ma--grumbling flack , for tlieir worse -thaw lack of enthusiasm in the causeof the- accredited head of the- Uoinnn OatheUo--Churelh
Tiijj : WiAR . -2 fr iNnia . —The subjcEied announcement appeals- in- the- Cork Reporter : —' - ' --On Wednesday ; morning : an ordon- was rcceiYeiMom the Ilorce ' Guard & i . by . tncGeneral commanding this distrMj countermanding the orders previously issued raspectingfthe-reduotioa of the forees-here , by the discharge-bf adarge-pronortion of the- soldiers . Therecent news-fromt India has occasioned this counter * - mand . " A ' , similar statement is thus given by a Ns .- * nagh paper : — " -Directions were-on- Wednesday
received , by . the Commanding Ofircer of the 72 ad Highlanders ,, stationed at Ifenagft . not to discharge the meai selected for dismissal under the recent refu latioa-. ofrfche Eorsp Guards . Similar orders havai een sent-to-other regiments . " The Mist Rations . —The contract fov supplying the troops in the Cork district ,, ftw- the next seven months ,, is singularly low , namsiy , fresh meat at 3 d . per lb ,,, and 5 J . for the 41 b .. leaf of bread . SecS a contract shows tho gloomy ipMpeot before tha Irish agaieulturist .
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Saturday . —Robbery with K ! o £ ence . —John Hi * - i vin was indicted for stealing ? ,, with violence , froia ] William Leonard , the sum ofi'LOs . < Jd ., his monies ., j It appeared that the prisonerriiad watched the pro- j secutor from a public-house in ; Whiteehapel , until he E camet & a lonely part of the-read , when he knocked ^ him down and rifled his pockets . The affair-was witnessed by a little boy , who-, giving information ] to the police , they subsequently apprehended ; the j prisoner ; and the prosecutor who was muchi hi- jured , was taken to the hosgiSal where he remained ( ' for a week . The jury found : the prisoner giuityx— Some of the police said tho > prisoner was a mosttho- torious character , and wa & captain of a band , of re- ] gular young thieves . —The- Common Sergeanfr sen- tenced hhn to fifteen years' transportation ^— -The prisoner , upon hearing his sentence , seemeds com- < pletcly staggered , and appeared as if about ts-faint , , but suddenly recovering himself , he made a . hideous , face at the Common Sergeant , and opening his , mouth very wide , gave his cheek a smart slap as if i in defiance . Having finished this bit of paai & mime , ' , which was evidently intended to express ; bis indif- ference as to the sentence passed on him ,, he swaggered out of tho dock .
Burglary with Violence . —W . Culksa , 24 , G . Digby , 20 , and F < Pike , 18 , were charged with burglary in the house of Mr . J . Waller j . the indict- ment also alleging that , at the time off the offence , they cut and wounded the prosecutor . The facts of the case have appeared within the last few days in the police reports . The prosecutor-is agentleman of fortune , residing at Stamford Villas , Fulham ; and between two and three o ' clock on the morning of the 10 th ult . was awoke b y his lady , and he heard footsteps upon the staircase leading to his bed-room . He got out of bed , asked who was there , and , re- ceivrng no answer , opened the data * , and saw a man standing in the landing . He asked what he wanted * and the made answer with an oath , " There he isthere is the dog , " and a lanthorn was flashed in his face , and at the same instant , he was struck a tremendous blow on the head with a life preserver , the effect of which was to cut a vein , andhe was in an instant covered with blood . Ho contrived to close the bed-room door upon his assailant , and by this time Mrs . Waller had gone to the window and raised an alarm , which caused the ruffians to decamp with such hasto that they were only able to take away with them two or three tea spoons . —Mr . Justice Cresswell summed upi and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty" against all the prisoners . His lordship , taking into consideration the violent character of the offence they had committed , felt bound to inform them that they must expect to leave , this eountry for the remainder of their lives . Post-office Robbemes . —E . Broome and J . Witham , the two Post-office letter-carriers who were convicted in the early part of the session of stealing letters , were brought up for judgment , and Broome , who has been fourteen years , in tho Postoffice , and who received a very good character and was . recommended to mercy by the jury , was sentenced to bo transported for seven , and the other for ten years . Monday . —Daring , Burglary . —John Phillips , alias Neal , 16 ; George Phillips , alias Johnson , his brother , 19 ; Thomas Jackson , 19 ; Mary . Anne Allen , 17 ; and Eliza Brown , 17 , were , indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Henry Raven , and steabng a work-box , some silver money , and . other articles , his property . Mr . Cooper prosecuted , Mr . O'Brien defended . the two girls , and the other prisoners had no counsel . The prosecutor in this case is a surgeon in Compton-street , St . Pancras and the prisoner , John Phillips , was in his service as errand-boy , and although evidence did not clearly make out the fact , there was every reason to believe that the robbery was put up , " or projected by him . The burglary was committed on the night of the 27 th of January , and the offence was clearly made out against the prisoners George Phillips and Jackson ; and it seemed that directly afterwards they proceeded to a brothel in Gray ' s-inn-lane , where the booty was shared with the two girls , who were prostitutes with whom they cohabited . The jury acquitted John Phillips and the'two girls , and PliiZ Vr ^ of ' W S ainsb George wuiiips and Jackson . Evidence was then adduced to show that Philli ps had been twice before cqn victed . The officers likewise stated that the pri soners were two 0 f the most notorious anddanng tnri " ^ ! 63 th 0 metropolis ,-The Common fceigeantsaid . there was not a single mitigating eir
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numafonna in t . hft o . ise . and he therefore felt that lfc camstance in the case , and he therefore felt that was impossible they could be permitted to remai " in this country . —The prisoner Phillips here interposed , and said they would not send them abroad . —The Common Sergeant told him he was mistaken , and that tho government had at length come to the determination of enforcing the sentence of transportation , and that they would not only be sent out of the country , but that they would also be compelled to work . He then sentenced both prisoners to bs transported for ten years . —The prisoner Phillips , who had been laughing all the time the Common Sergeant was passing sentence , when he had concluded , said— " ThanVyou , my lord , I ' ve got the sentence wrote down before you passed it . "
Charge of Murder . —Ajme Mallandme , 28 , an unmarried woman , was indicted for feloniously casting her son , Ma 30 . Mallandine , into the Regent ' s Canal , with intent to kill and murder him . The prisoner , who appeared very much affected , and wept bitterly during the proceedings , was defended by Mr . Cooper , through the humane instrumentality of the sheriffs . —John Stodart deposed that about four o'clock on the afternoon of February 6 th , he was near the Regent ' s Canal , at Haggerstone , when he observed the prisoner leading a little boy , between six and seven years old , and saw her lift this boy from the ground and cast him into the water , and she was about to jump in after him , when he seized her and prevented . her doing so , and then
jumped into the water ana rescued tho child . Before prisoner threw the child into the canal he heard him say , " Oh mother , don't , don't . " The water was about five feet deep at the place where the occurrence happened . The prisoner said she was starving , and had nothing to eat , nor her child either , since the previous day , and she was crying , and appeared to be in great distress . —In answer to questions put by Mr . Cooper , the witness said that the prisoner appeared very wild and excited , but he did not bear her say anything about her husband or the father of her child . After the boy had been taken but of the water , the prisoner took no notice of him . —Mr . Cooper then . addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , urging upon them that the
evidence established the fact that she had committed the act imputed to her in a moment of desperation , brought on by wretchedness and starvation , and that without imputing actual insanity to her , they would be justified in coming to the conclusion that she was in such a state of mind as not to he ' , aware of the effect of the act she was about to commit . The Common Sergeant summed up , and the jury , after deliberating for a short time , returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " i Tuesday , — Cutting asd Wounding . — Thomas Roberts , 2 & f a gardener , "Wris indicted for cutting and wounding ; George Hester with intent to , do him fri evous bocttly harm , —The prosecutor , who was l-eadfully mutilated in the & ce , stated that he
l keepsabeershog > at Fulham , asd > £ be prisoner being | in the place , and She prosecutor -wishing to get rid jof him , . had occasion several timss-lso put him out , iaod in so doing the * prisoner felS down , and his atefches , becoming siewed he took wit his knife to sorspejhe mud olf , ajw while so doiag : attempted to enter the house , and ! the proseeut & riwywig to prevent ? him he turned ? fthe edge of tbs'knife towards hiEyand inflicted afeMSfalwound across * fthe nose . — The-jusy found hhn "' © uilty of cut 4 iha , with intent , " ' recommendingKiaa to mercy . —^ he- Common Serjeant said , the-geint in his favour was that the feiiitewasinhishaiadlandopenatthe-tihie-. The senteawwould , therefore ; , be comparatively light , It was * float he be imprisoned and kspetwhard labourfoVnine months .
Cuttsmf and WouNMUSi—Sarah Crosby ,, 18 , spinstes ,, was indicted fb p- eutting and wounding John Smith * , with intent to » dohim bodilyh' simu . — The prcseouior , a police-constable , was about ! eight in the evening of the 31 st ef = " January on daty-near the RefugedSor the House & ss * Poor in Wh & ecrossstreet , aRdjibaring . occasion'to- ** ' move on" iihte'p . i'iisoner , whc-iros one of the applicants for admission ^ , she took owft a penknife , an * having abused * audi threatoned'hiffflstabbed him several times inthe-awn ,. the offocte-oi ? which prevented-foiim from doin ^ dhtji for ten dayej*—The jury foaiafc & er " Guilty , and ! she was sentenced to be- fcrassported for seven years . SB « TBNCE 3 i « r-Henry AlberfrthV porter in ths-cm ?* - ploy of Messrsri . Wood who was > on Saturday
sentenced to sevem years' transpeutetion , was this * day ; brought up tn- 'Bsceive sentenoe > upon the convibfcsdn against him atU & e previous session . —The Common-Serjeant sen tenesmi him to sevemyears' transportation , to take precedence of tHe < sentence passed on Saturday . —Mward , another porter in the same-employ , and who was convicted last session for robbing his masters * , was alsosentsneed to seven years '' transportation . ! . A great number of petty laueenies were triad before the Commissioner in tha Sew Court during the day , but none of them presented any featurciof public interests-Withthe last triaiat this court coneluded the business of the sessions ; and the ccuiiis stand adjoumsd ^ ijantil Monday ,., the Oth of Apr-H" .
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. \ ¦ . . \ ! 5 ' j \ ^ ] ' . ] ¦ 1 . ' . : \ ( Swansea , Marshal Charge orMtosB . —John Cdnxtws , an Iriahiaany aged 25 , described in the ealendan as a railways 3 a « bourer , was indicted for the mundfer of one Thomas Lewis , at CardJffj , on the 11 th Iffwember last . "VEm-.: Williams examined : —I was in BBk % e-streel , Cardiff ; .- on the night ofifche 11 th of November . I there-mot the deceased ,, vaith his wife acdiichild . I askedhim if he was goings home ? We w « at together tovthe top of Mary Ana-street , when . wa heard a rov-vand we then proceeded to where thfe-noise came fEbm . We saw the prisoner 8 tanding ; % the Dowlai 3 ~! Bii . Deceased asksdshim " What ' s » tbe row ? " to wliich the prisoner regJied " What' sihat to you—you-had better go on . "" Tho deceased . fhen said "D 6 B '' 2 ; be saucy ; you had better go hom * . " Deceased ! then went towardsshome . The . Irishman drew a ., knife and came towards me . I rannad picked up a ^ tone . He did the-same . I though it best to let ; the matter alon % . so I went awayy . Directly aftepjwirds the prisonenthrew a stone-,. ' which struck the de- ceased on hi * knee . The Irishman ran awoy up Stanley-street , and deceaseds followed him . . I ran also . As l \ was running I saw prisoner using his knife . It was a moonlight : night , but rather dark at that par & of the street where prisoner and deceased came together . I was fifteen yards distant from them , ibaw the Irishman , place his left araa ? . round deceased ' s , shoulder , ani with his right hand he struck hiiia repeatedly . —ifivtthcw Stuart ,, mariner , examined ? : —I saw the deeeased with his ,-wife and infant , and the witnesses . Williams and } Richards standing ? by the Catholia .-ehapel . The p ? i « oner was at the top of Stanley-street ; he threw ai stone at Lewis ' s ; party , which stnuck Mrs . Lewises she was stooping to pick up hep .- child . He thyaw another stone „ and then ran away , followed by tile deceased . The deceased overtook him , and they struggled for a few moments together . The Iriaaman turned ? riglriround towards ofeeeasedand struck him several ' times with his right , hand ; he then ; ran away , Lewis staggered , audi I caught him in . my arms . 1 : asked him if he -was * hurt , but he made no answer ; As . I picked him offf the ground , tb * first witness ^ Williams , came up .. I never saw the . prisoner befose that night . Deceased ' s face was cqyered with mud , and he was quite-dead . Other witnesses -were ea- , amined , when th © learned Jud ge ,, summed up the ; evidence at greaA length , pointing out the dist « c- 1 tion which the- law makes beiraeen the crime- of murder and that , of manslaughter . The jury fchen retired , and after an absence c-f three hours andi up- wards , returned a verdict , g « $ ty of manslaughter , upon this hiji lordship sentenced him to transportation for lifev
Oxford , ftSancn 3 . Desperate Burolary at * - Finmere . —Joseph Boswell and John Marriott we * e charged with breaking , into the-dwelling-house off Mr . George French , of Finmese , and stealing therefrom three sovereigns and bank notes to the value of £ 40 . —The prosecu- tor ia a farmer , living ia a lone house at rinmere , in Oxfordshire , with a , housekeeper and a boy . On the night ofthe 20 th of November last ,, they retired to rest between twelve and one , and had not been asleep long before the prosecutor was awoke by footstops outside his room , and shortl y after two men entered , one carrying a candle and the other a gun , they demanded his money , and he gave them all he had in his pocket , which consisted of three or four soverei gns and some silver . Thfiy pointed to a chest of drawers , and finding one locked , inquired for the key , and on his telling them he had not got it , one of the prisoners took a hammer and chisel out of his pocket and broke it open , and tookthe contents , consisting of £ 40 in notes . The prisoners then went to the housekeeper ' s roonj and demanded her money , which she gave them . - They then left her room and returned to the prosecutor ' s , and inquired , where he ' kept his silver , upon which he replied that they had got quite enough , and he should not tell them . They then returned to the housekeeper's room and asked the same question , but as they , could get no inforrhationr they left the house . A . reward of £ 150 was offered by tho government and an association for the discovery of the burglars and i ^ "gn tJoexortioBBof-an enterprising constable . , Carles Morgan , of Steeple Ashton , the prisoners , were taken into custody , , and clearly identified bv , the prosecutor and his housekeeper as the persons ? who committed the burglary . —The iurv urn ' : nouneed both the prisoners "Guilty , " upon wB I £ ffiyTeS ? 6 aCh ° ^ t 0 ^ Port £ n
- - - Winchester , march 3 . > Charge op MuuDER ^ Mary Ann Beveridee need I K ^^*^^ - * " ** ^ ithtle ' wifful fiS £ ffi ^ W " ^ t ? plead ioto traofflD h ^^? % ' btttwM induced *« re-It ^ xi V - ¦ ' and plead . not guiltv—It anneared jX ? K ^^ tsoa , and that on the 28 th of January last , she w . ea ^ iip to a policeman , and told
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him she had murdered her child , and upon questions being put to her by the policeman , she stated that it was a boy aged five years . He detained the woman , who appeared to be in-a very excited state and sent another policeman to her house . On getting to the house , the policeman went up stairs and found that the woman ' s husband was absent ' and that her statement was too true , for there lay the infant in bed quite dead , with -a piece of calico round its neck ; but it was now discovered that the woman Beveridge was the same woman who , at the last assizes , in 1847 , was tried at Winchester for the murder of another of her children , by strangling it , but was acquitted on the ground of insanity On that occasion she was ordered to be detained in ^ him she had murderedher child , and unon aiiMfinna
Winchester gaol during her Majesty ' s pleasure , aifd was confinea there for eighteen months , when , as it was supposed by the surgeon ofthe gaol and the governor , that she had quite recovered her mental powers , she was discharged from custody , and she returned home to live with her husband and family . Up to the time of the murder by her of the child she appeared to treat it with the most intense affection—indeed , as one of the witnesses described it , her whole existence seemed wrapped up in the child . —After several witnesses had been examined , Mr . Justice Williams summed up with great care ; the jury retired and after a few minutes' consultation , acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity , and she was ordered to be detained until her Majesty ' s pleasure should be known .
Mistake as to Idkstitt . —John Clark , a carpen - ter , was indicted for a felonious assault on Elizabeth Saunders , at Summer ' s Town , on tho 9 th of February . —Mr . W . II . Cooke conducted tho prosecution ; Mr . Sawyer appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutrix , a little girl of eleven years of age , was returning homewards on the evening in question at five o ' clock , when she was stopped by a man , who carried her to a ditch , where he treated her with great violence . The poor child ran home in great terror , suffering very much from the injuries done to her person . From the description sne gave of her assailant the prisoner was taken into custod y on the next day , and on being brought into her presence she singled him out from other persons as the party by whom she had been ill-treated . —On behalf of tbe prisoner an alibi was established by the testimony of a respectable farmer and his men , who all
proved the fact of the prisoner being at work two miles away , at Water Eaton , at the time when tho outrage was inflicted on the child . —After the production of this evidence the learned counsel for the prosecution acquiesced in a verdict of acquittal . — . Mr . Baron Htme concurred in tho csurseadbpted by Mr . Cooke , and remarked that tfcfo investigation ought to convf * se jurymen and the public of the caution with whfeh all evidence as to iiiJcntity should be received from persons who are undoirthe influence of terror and injnwses . The most truthful persons have frequently persisted in their identity of parties whose innocence has 4 been afterwards established in tte most satisfactory manner . In this instance tln » e was ho doubt She poor child had jeally believad the prisoner ifaa tho person who had so croslly used her ; but at most clear and conclusive atibr had been made ou * , and he left th * court without any imputation em his character .
Winchester . Mabcu 0 . AnUHtBirEMNG Poison . —Mn Parfitt was charged on the aoWHier ' s inquest With feloniously ktUing Ellen Mil ' er , by a decoction" of hellebore , on the-8 th of December last . The prisoner was a labourer , residing ; stf Amport , near Atodover , Was in She habit or preparing a decoctiemef hellebore for such of his neighlbouir ' s children as-were thought to he afflicted witlbworms . On the- ^ ih of December he was applieditio'by the mother off the deceased , and ; for 3 d . supnPMia quantity sufSeient for three dosesfor the decessedv a child of sixyfcacra of age , which was admintitened . The child became severely convulsed , and espised the followafeelay . — The prisoner , in his defence , said he had ^ sspplied the
hel--I febore as an aetof kindness . He Kad prepared it for other neiffhboasrsj . andV they were- satisfied that it Ihad done theizruliiSdren good , andMliad also given it ito his own children ! . — The learsedi judge having ; stated to the jh ? y / what constituted * manslaughter ^ itbey returned swesdict of " Guilty '' -with a stron ° - ire-eommendatioa tO'snercy , — Hiy lordship said it Islteaild be attended to , and told ) the prisoner : he should discharge- him on his recognisances to iappear to take h » 9 < sentence if Re- should ever ivga & i resort to- tno- practice of a & niinstering his Imedzcincs . © aAROE op MAWSKauoiiTER . —John ifenes , a druggist ,, of Romsey , wac ^ mdicted for manslaughter , in Tiavih g administered * a certain drinj £ . to Mrs . ¦
treocgiana scrgisow smith , the wire- of Captain Smith , of Jerniyns . - vnear Itomsey . The deceased hadiconsulted a physician for a slight weakness , and hadiBcen preseribed-ta tonic medicine-,, which Mr . Jfaiosy the prisoner , -., had several tines- prepared . Mrs :. Smith sent hbsr servant for a fresh supply , whieHs ought to have- ^ contained a certain portion of salieihe , but the prisoeer used instead * strychnine , whiclii was one of the-most deadly poisons . Shortly after having taken ., at dose of the miiaJure , Mrs . Smitit suffered the greatest agony . MS .. Taylor , a surgeon , of Romsey / . was immediately-sent for , but the-lady , in spite ofi ' all that could be-done , had meanwhile died . —Aiiias stage of the .-oase One of the jury was taken * ilL and a medicals gentleman at th ln Wi
called ) , and the juror vtm removed ; but : on his examination the surgeon-thought he would-be capable of finishing this ease ; ami be discharged immediately afterv . Aftcr the witEesa ; from whom these-facts were elicited , C . Broxhclan . apprentice to the prisoner , was examined : Was-ia the shop cn-the 30 th of October , when a prescription was brought , and Mr . Jones * made up a dfcuhfe quantity ofthVmedicine , as diracted ; witness -copied the preserintion into a book , which he produced , and , on the 80 th of Nov . the first witness cametSa- more medicine ,-, which Mr . Jones made up . l * h > strychnine and Ssalicine are kept in a corner of She shop on a teps shelf , with those « words printedoft them . Mr . Jones told witness to remind him to write for more-strychnine ca m <" a ° 1 w ° J < aj b < tl J < k ( tl n < th
that aight . On Ms ? . - JAnes coming intorihe shop the next morning witness , asked him if "he had seen Captoin Smith ' s sewant ride past in * , very great haste-. He said he- feoped Mrs . Smith was not worse , and took up . the-strychnine bottie . He immediately exclaimed ! Oh ! my God- ; j have given Mrs * . Smith a deadly poison , " aa < L \ immediately sent him for a horse-and chaise , aadi drove off to Mr :. Smith ' s . Witnes » had been with-Mir . Jones three yenes , and had neve * known the salicine bottle used before but once-,, and that was- for Mrs . Smith eight days previously . It was possible the bottles had changed places-en the shelf . When Mr . Jones mftdeup the prescription it was nearly dark . Oc the discovery of his-jnistake , prisoner was much excited , and , in fact , . like a madman ; -so much so that n < c hi w m N si a : y u c : h « tl c
Mrs . Jones determined on going tor- Jermyns with him . —Mi-. Tayloiv knew the deceased ; he went to Jermyns on the- lit of Nov ., and } found her dead . Prisoner met Ms *! Taylor in the-park , and seemed very much excited after asking / how Mrs . Smith . was ; and , on witness informing him she was daai he became almost frantic , and ezelaimed , "Oh ray God what shall ? I do , I don ' t car * so much forthe results to mysaff , as that I have sent a fei { ow ereature into another world ' . " He considered . Mr . Jones to be peculiarly careful , in making up , his medicines . There was a very- great similianty in the two powdfers , in their appearance as well as their taste .-Mr . Randall , a tiwmist at Southampton , also considered the prisoner to be a very , careful person , and one who welli understood his , business . —IIis lordship summed up with much precision and the jury returned a verdiirt of " not guilty . " B b J 3 v t h < r c J n t t f i
Chelmsford ,. March 6 . Arson . — W . Wass , 19 , was . indicted for fefeniouslv setting fir * to a stack of wheat , the property of S Bentley ,. at Aldham . Mr .. Parnell prosecuted , and Mr . T . Chambers defended the prisoner . It appeared , from the statement of the council for the prosecution , and the evidence that was . adduced in support of it , that the prisoner had been in the service ofthe prosecutor for several years , but ia September of last year he had notice from his mastey to look out fe * another place-, and his engagement would have ended on th * 29 th of that month . On the nisfct of the 27 th l » e fire in question took place , andffeefore it could . be extinguished a nek of wheat was entirel y desfeeved . Thefirsb circumstance that excited suspicion against fhe prU » ! ¦ ! : '
aoner was that he > was not seen at the fire ; and on his being afterwasds asked to account for his ti » 3 he gave a very unsatisfactory statement , and ia particular denied that he had been in a ploug hed held , from whence it appeared pretty plain theper * son who had set fire to the ricOad gone to commit the act , and the footmarks w « e found to correspond exactly with those ofthe prisoner . There were a variety pf other minute cirwimstances in the case , all tending ; to establish the guilt of the p risoner , and negativing the supposition that the offence could have been committed by any other person . The jury returned a verdict of" Guilty , " and the pnson & y was sentenced to be transported for fifteea years . * ¦ '
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, [ Advertisement . ]—S & EEF . —Tlie poet Young says "Sleeg is pat Nature's second course-the hahn of hurt minds-,, Johnson says , "ft Is the parenthesis of human ww-Sleep being thus appreciated by mankind , how desirou * ought we to be that aU should tranauilh- enjoy " sweet repose , the general obstruction to wwoh is through an * healthy action of the liver or other- viscera . A little att « " : tion to the " young disease , " by having recourse to a W * aperient , often produces the most salutary effect , an ? ™ , such purpose Frampton ' s PUl of Health stands prMBBJ ' in public opinion .
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[ Adv e » tlseinent ] -DisR 4 SE of the Chest , Ow Cou < n »' Colds , and Asthmas , permaneotlt Cured bv * fotwfff ' I ' lUS , —This fine medicine is universally atkuowledgW « ° be a most certain r emedy for asthmatic complaints , obstinate coughs , and colds , or indeed any affections or «« chest whatever . Patients suffering from either of foe * afflictions should have immediate recourse to KoUoffW " Fills , a few . doses will give great relief ; and if continued . m a time ; permanently effect a cure . They are equally en cacious for that insidious disease , the influenza , the cure which is greatly assisted by allttle of HoUoway ' scelepratE " Ointment being well ruhbea into the throat and chest ejei night aud morning .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10031849/page/6/
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