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6 ... THE NORTHERN STAR- April 12, 1851.
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6 ... The Northern Star- April 12, 1851.
6 ... THE NORTHERN STAR- April 12 , 1851 .
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Health of Losnox . —The official report says :-The last wvek has witnessed a great improvement in the public health . The deaths in the metropolitan districts , which had ranged above 1 , 400 in the last three weeks of March , fell in the wtek ending last Saturday to 1 , 053 . But this is still a high rate of mortality j not only as compared with what pre-Tails in country districts ,- under conditions more favourable to health , but also with that which the papulation of London usually suffer at this period ofthe vear . In none ofthe ten corresponding
we ^ 'ks 1 S 41-50 , with tlto exception of that _ of 1 S 50 , did the number of deaths exeied 1 ^ -28 , while the average of these weeks was ' 946 , which , if a correction be made for acreage of p » pul- » TM > u , will heeorCO 1 , 032 . . Compared with tbe laueresuii . at . ed result , the deaths registered last wfck *» . » increase of 27 . A decrease in the mortality ; awn complaints which fctve lately bees prevalent is now perceptible ... The sy motie or . c ? afcmtc f * f f kea « s , * hicb cosipri . es lioopa ^ cong h anc wflnei . zi with nmetecn other forms -oi malady , Ins decliYcJ from-245 deaths , which , it numbered m the class oi
previous week , to ISO in the las : Tue di < ea « s of thercsuiratory organs , from 2 <* iu the preccdinir week to 220 in tbe present n tun .. The tubercular class , which iuclsdes scroful-, eabesmcsent-. Tica , phthisis or consumption , and avilroeephaliis has remained ncarC ? the same iu the two weeks ; white complain t * of the digestive organs show prcciselv the sam-s amount Last week 05 died of bronchitis . SI of pneumonia , 21 <> f asthma , only the first of these dieases showing more than - usual fasaKtr ;; 59 children died of hooping-cou ^ h , -which is more than tte average of eom-spotultug weiks . The cases in which the fatal eauseis
specified as influenza , have now jensisly decreased ; the number in this return is 23 . Tbe progress and decline cf influenza , during the lasi six weeks , may he traced in the deaths registered , which , were successively 8 . 15 , 38 , «' , 37 , and 23 . Tiie fatal effects of "diseases of the respiratory organs" ( phthisis aot being included in this category ) may also be traced , during tte same period , in the . following weekly numbers : " 281 . 321 , 352 , 350 , 272 , and 220 . SmaH-jwx has further declined , and last week the deaths of only 7 c hildren and 2 adults are ascribed to it ; measles also exhibits a more favourable result ; and only 5 fatal cases of scarlitiua are recorded . La-: t week the birtbs of SOS boys and 752
girls , in all 1 ,-533 children , were reg : ste-ed Tbe average of six corresponding weeks in lfcla-oU was 1 353 At tbe Royal Oi-serwstory , Greenwich , tbe raoah daily reading ofthe barometer was above SO hi ou Monday and Tuesday . The meau of the week was 30 * 907 in . The mean temperature was 43 5 degrees , which is about the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily tern pr-niture vared little during the week , but it fell to 39 5 on Satordav , which is 5 degrees below the averse . The direction of the wind varied from southwest to north during the first four days , and was chiefly north-east during the remainder .
Fine jxthe Thames Bask Depositary . —On Moadar morning , at a few minutes after seven , a fire of a very alarmine character , which was not subdued for nearly six hours , happened in the Ranelagkroad , Thames-bank , Pimliw ^ An immense ran ge of premises has been in the builders' bands to be fitted up as a ' soft of barracks , or sleeping depot for tlie accommodation of some hundreds of persons who intend to locate themselves in the metropolis daring tiie ensuing sreai national Exhibition . This portion of tbe building formed one part of thai in . which tlie present misfortune occurred , and an immense amount of mischief was the result . Mir . Smith , the m iriaging clerk says , that tbe depositary , at the time of the disaster , was filled with valuable property of
nearly every description . In order to keep the articles in the place free fronnlamp or mildew , a hot-air pipe passed along the ceiling of each floor , and it is generally understood that the heat of this pipe caused the great destruction of property . At the time above stated , some of the men who were at work in the yard perceived smoke issuing in slight volumes from one of the windows in the depositary ,-facing the model sleeping rooms , and , upon entering the first-named building , it was found that a fire of * formidable character was burning , and as particles o f thraing ; materials kept falling among the many hundred packages in tbe premises , it became apparent that unlesstheflameswerespeedilychecked , a frightful sacdfice . of property must inevitably follow . Nu
lime was lost in summoning asatance , but owing to the want of water , the flanvs wens not extinguished until noon , when it was found that scarcely an article -of furniture in tbe depositary where the flames had entered had escaped damage of some sort , and many of the costly goods were entirely destroyed . As to whether anv of the property was insured or not , it is impossible at presentto tell with certainty . The premU ' es being termed fireproof , were ; however , not insured for a single penny . Suicide in Pall-mall . —About half-past seven o ' clock on Saturday morning last , Mrs . Licette M'Nicol , committed suicide by throwing herself out ofthe upper garret window of Mr- G-iindle , chemist ,
ofl 22 , P * Jl-raall . ' - She fell upon her back lifeless , and-was immediately conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital / where an inquest will be held on . her body . Adverse circumstances are assigned as the cause of this rash act . Her husband , who was formerly steward of the Reform Club ; is now in America . It appears , that this is not the first time she Las-made au attempt to commit self-destruction . An entry ia the admission hook of the Glaring-cross Hospital states Mrs . Licette M'Sical to have been admitted on the 26 th of January last labouring under the effects of a powerful dose of laudanum which she had taken to destroy herself . \ Mrs . M'Nicolwas a remarkably fine woman , forty-four years of are , and a native of Switzerland .
Soicide from BiiCKFaiABS-BranoE . —On Sunday evening , about nine o clock , a man of respectable appearance suddenly , mounted tbe parapet of Blackfriars-bridge , and plunged into the water . In his descent , the unfortunate man ' s he ^ d struck against the third abutment from the Surrey shore . Au alarm was raised , and boats put off , but nothing was to be seen of him . ' The persons who were close to him describe him as about forty , dressed in black , with white cravat . ScicrbE . —On Tuesday ari inquest was taken by Mr . W . Payne , at the Hofselydown Tavern , St . John ' s . Southwark , on tbe . body of Sir . Charles Mayo , aged nineteen , who destroyed himself in the following manner : —The deccised resided with his lather in Bedford-place , Eotherhithe , and had formed a strong attachment to a young lady living at Hotherhithe , but it seems some words bad taken
place between them and she had sent him : a note desiring ; that their correspondence should cease . This had a great effect on bis mind , and , on the morning of Thursday ; the 20 th of March , lie left a letter for " the lady with her servant , in which he said that She is all tbe world to ine ^ -ic is too heavy for my brain to bear , and she would only now see the wreck . " He was then in a very depressed € t & te of mind , and about three on the same afternoon the mate of the Citizen D steamer saw a body fallintr froa the parapet of London-bridge , and the hat falling off , it was at once identified as . the deceased ' s . His body was not found , however , till Monday last , when it was discovered floating down by Horselydown . He had a gold watch in bis picket and a locket round his neck , which had been presented to him by fc : clady . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " -
The Friulky Murderers in HnRsr . MoxoERiake Gaol— Oa the 4 ' . h inst ., John Sparkes , E « q ., the hish sheriff of Surrey , accompanied by Mr . Sraallpiece , one of the under sheriffs , arrived at Horsemonger-lane Gaol , from tbe Home-office ,, with warrants for the execution of Levi Harivo-. ul and Jones , the two men sentenced to death by Baron Parke at the Kingston Assizes , for tbe murder of ibe Rev . Mr . Holiest , at Frimley . The sheriffs -were conducted to the respective cells of the
condemned convicts by Mr . Keene , the governor of the gail , when the warrants were read over to them , by the under sheriff , and they were told that no hope could be entertained of their lives being saved . Jones received the announcement in a very deplorable state , hut- Harwood seemed rather indifferent The unhappy men are confined in separate cells , with , two turnkeys to sit np with tbem night and day . Since bis condemnation and removal to Horsemonger-lane Gaol , Jones s conduct has greatly altered . The execution of the criminals is ordered
to take place on Tuesday morning , the loth met , at nine o ' clock , on the top of the entrance of Ho rsemonger-lane Gaol . . Smith , the approver , and Samuel Harwood , are also confined in separate parts of the prison , but the latter will shortly be removed into Sussex for examination respecting other burglaries he is su pposed to be concerned in , in that ctranty . A petition si gned by the whole of the Jmr I * s been forwarded to Mr . Locke King , M . P ., for presentation through the . Home Secretary , craving S : ssKtf £ a = ttScJ . aaattjs . 'SKfiKga ' is based upon the strong conviction of the iurv th-it neither of the men Levi Harwood nor SamOe [ j 0 lLS
W ? w ? t ? J \ tv > u ^ r ^^ - -On Wednesday Mr . Wakley M . P ., held an inquest at the Feather / Sloanc-street , Ohelsenr ^ nCCaroHne-J ewcH , a . ed thirty-eight , a marned woman , who had been Utterl y separated from her husband . -Gcor » Findes deposed . that he was the landlord of-2 Exeter place , where deceasedI . lived in-the front kiteh"n with a man named Connell and his wife ! At balfpa « tonc ^ on . SuiifJavjnoniing ^ . Conhell ' cabled ' 'him " and said that he thcughYtliat soioebJJuyjWas dead ' He " went down to Cobnell ' s kitchen , " whereghe fotfnd deceased lying on her back in ' the midfllO rJl the room . She was dressedVorie hand wsslvine oa her breast , the oilier by herside . Coimsfl asked him if be thought she was dea-1 ? Witscss having raised her hand , pronounced her dead , aud
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sent for the police , who called in Dr . Muller . At one o clcek that morning he heard a great noise in Council ' s room , which ceased before he was called by the latter . Before that , " witness heard deceased beg of Connell and his wife , who were not sober , not to quarrel . As he entered the kitchen a strange woman whose face wis . enveloped in a shawl , and who appeared much frightened , rushed by him . In her haste she left her bonnet , but he did not kliOW that woman . Deceased was sober . —Mr . F . S . Muller , surgeon , said that he was called upon last Sunday morning to attend deceased , who had been three-quarters of an hour dead . She was lying on the floor on her back , with a severe wound across her nose . He made a " post mortem
examination . In his opinion deceased was knocked dewij by a blow on her nose , and fell with Violence to the ground on tbe-back of'her head . — Inspector Moras produced a pistol and a large clasp knife vrtiich were found on the floor of Connell ' s kitchen , close by the deceased . —Daniel Connell , aa intelligent child , aged five , son of the prisoner , stated ( unsworn ) that' fie was in bed on Sunday morning when'liis father and mother began fighting . Deceased having interfered to quiet tbem , his mother freat aud knocked her down , after which deceased Kever stirred . A woman Kimed Joy and another . woman whom he did not know were present . After his motker knocked down deceased sho dragged her intothoiniddleof the room . —Inspector Morau , in answer to the : coroner , said that the accused were in custodyi" The morning after the woman s death , ibe female prisoner abscondedand
, WS ; S not taken- till the followingnior ' ning , when she said that upon returning home on Sunday morning sue detected her husband with the strange woman spoken of , and that then the fight commenced . She was vexed with , deceased for allowing her husband to act so . The coroner , who expressed regret that the ascuseil parties were not confronted with their accusers , adjourned the inquest , to afford an opportunity to the police of finding out tbe strange woman . After which the jury and witnesses were bound over to attend the adjourned inquiry . —The woman Connell keeps afruit-stand at Knigbtsbridge . Her husband has been several times before the magistrates for having brutally treated his wife , whose arm he once broke , it is said , across his leg . ¦ A short time since , while working at the " Crystal Palace , " he fell , and sustained such injuries that his life was despaired of .
Smcrne nr Prcssic Acio . —On Wednesday a long inquiry was-gone into before Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , at the Marlborough Arms Tavern , VYesttnoieland-place , Camberwell , into the circumstances connected with tbe death of Mr . William Augustin Dubourg , chemist , aged ? 9 , whodestrojed himself , as was demonstrably proved , by taking prussic acid . The unfortunate man left behind him several letters , one addressed to the coroner , assigning distress of mind as the reason ' of the terrible act he was about to commit . The jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity . "
Death fbom CHtonopoHir . —On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the House of Plenty , Mile-end , on the body nf John ilolden , an inmate of Stepney Union . -Deceased was about to undergo an operation , and desired the relief of chloroform . Mr . Swain , a surgeon , administered the chloroform under tbe direction of Mr . Reynolds , and in the presence of two other medical gentlemen connected-with the establishment . —Mr . Swain said , that having examined the deceased , and finding nothing to prohibit the administration of chloroform , he administered half a drachm , which was less than the average dose , without producing any of the premonitory symptoms . He again administered a similar dose , when the patient suddenl y died without exhibiting any one of the symptoms usually found to precede the full and desired effects attendant on the administration of chloroform . The countenance was suddenly suffused , tho heart ceased its action ,
the pulse was still , and tbe vital spark wasinstantl y quenched . Witness could only account for the result on the supposition that the peculiar idiosyncracy ofthe patient was such as to render him more than usually sensitive to the influence of the dru ^ r . Cafes of the kind were of frequent occurrence with respect to medicines whose sanitary character was held in generalestimation , such as calomel , Ac—The coroner , in summing up , read several extracts from an unpublished work which he basin the ' press , . showing the value of . the discovery of chloroform as an alleviant of human suffering in severe surgical operations , aud cited several opinions of judges to show that even non-medical men operating with Jiood intentions were not liable to the charge of manslaughter when the result proved fatal . —Tbe jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died through the administration of chloroform , though all the requisite precautions had been used .
Caution to the Puntic—We have been inf ormed , from authentic sources , that an abominable system of swindling lodging house keepers has been successfully practised in London within the last Jew days , by riiariy of the numerous foreigners who , in consequence of the Great Exhibition , are now resident amongst ' ns . The system is one from which , by process of law , the aggrieved person has no remedy , and it is therefore the more necessary that additional caution should be used . It seems that in all the cases the particulars of which have readied us , one or two persons called at the house where lodgings were to be let , and , in default of references , paid the rent in advance f or three , months . Tbe bargain completed , in a very short time , sixteen or more fortigners , each
with a small mattress , entered the ' lodgings , ' the drawing room of which was soon converted into a common room for cooking , smoking , and sleeping . The destruction of fnmhure , to say nothing of such an agreeable addition to a quiet family , may be easily imagined . We hear that several respectale families in the West End have been thus victimised , and that handsomely furnished bouses have been tenanted , greatly to the amazement of the landlord , by thirty br forty ' men j whose purses , it would seem , bear no proportion to the length of their beards We caution persons having lodgings to let against this ruse of our continental frieuds , and counsel them in no ' case to let their rooms without some guarantee that the house is not to be converted into a barrack . —2 Vt » es .
Natioxai ^ Reform Association . —The third monthly , soiree of this society wag held at the London Tavern , ' on'Monday night—Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., in the . chairjwhen Mr . Edward Miall delivered a lecture on " The Extension of the Suffrage , as the means of training the people to a better understanding of their political rights , and appreciation of the constitution under which they were governed . '' Eo . rjAUS . vrioN of Poor Rates is tub Cm . —Ori Monday forenoon a deputation of . gentlemen connected with the City Association , for establishing an Equalisation of the Rate for the Relief of the Poor throughout tbe City of London , waited , by appointment , upon . Mr . Baines ; M . P ., at the < ffice of the Commissioners , Somerset House . Alderman Sidney .
M . P-, introduced the deputation , which consisted of gentlemen belonging to the Board of Guardians of the city of London . Mr . Baines was attended by Lord Courtenay , M . P ., Sir Georte Nichnll , and R . Wi Gray , Esq ., the successor to Viscount Ebrington , < M . P „ the late secretary'to the Poor Law Board . Mr . Alderman Sidney , in introducing the deputation referred to the operation of the present law , which tended to relieve the richer and burden the poorer parishes , and in support of a more extensive area of rating quoted tho opinion of Mr . G . A'Bi-ckett . tbat expenditure was administered just as carefully , in unions as individual parishes . The deputation expressed their concurrence with this opinion , and Mr . Sidney urged the Chief Commissioner to deal with
the subject by bill , before the Easter recess . Mr . Baines said in reply that tbe Commissioners had been for some time impressed with tlits necessity which existed for a material alteration in the Poor Law Rating and the Law of Settlement , and he thought it was fight that the legislatureshou'dstepin to make tbe necessary alterations in the statute . They were most anxious that this should be done , and he ( Mr . Baines ) wouid give his best attention to what bad fallen from the deputation , so that the truth and justice of the case miftht be met as soon as possible . At ptesent , however , in consequence of the un-ettled state of public affairs , he could make no further promise upon the subject . The deputation , after thanking the board , withdrew .
The Polishing Brigade . —On Saturday a number of young men , dressed in red uniform , and furnished with apparatus for cleaning clothes and shoes , were stationed ia the vicinity of the Exhibition building and west-end thoroughfares . They are all lettered , aud wear' badges : inscribed " The Shoeblack Society . " They , have been selected . to these offices from the London ragged schools , previous to being assisted to emigrate .. ,. IuneSs of ' the Bishop op LbNoojf . —It'having been understood in tbe parish of , Eriightgbridije during the past week that the Bishop , would occupy the Pulpit of at . Paul ' s for the purpose , of advising the congregation on their . new and . peculiar position since the removal of Mr . Bennett , and the . simplification ofthe service there , a large congregation assembled on Sunday ; Mr . Liddel . 1 , however , ' ascended the ' pulpirafte ' r prayers , and said that . the bishop wits so ill as to be unable to leave bis house . ' .
Emigration . —A family group meeting of the emigrants who are about to sail in the '' . Blundell , '' the Family . Colonisation Loan Society ' s first ship . of the season , . which leaves -England early next month , took place on . Tuesday , evening ,, at , the . jltoyal British In ' stittitiori . Cfty-road , for the . purpose of being introduced to each other ,., and . arranging , all the necessary . preliminaries " for * their . voyage . It appeared that 230 persons , were going out-by . the nes 6 ; ship , sixtyrfoup * f .: whoin -had--brothers ' and wfv r % ^» Pn ]^ ' ? ! eighteen were . aged ¦ wWm ^ # ** # % < by ,: tbeV children / wno , w mosteases ,- . hadrfoi ; wM-ded = JE 5 . towards tbe Sy ^^^^^ - ' ^ S ^ B ^ bfwiaiatMn-. \ Z ! ft . X ' ' ;? hD re ? Pk fa ™ . 'thV wfifciabout io c ; i . igi . ite tue next voyage amounted to £ l 2429 s a-J ;^ 1 „ C f " /? Ct h ! ldn - bci :,, waWfeuwl , t JOrf i -st the intending emigrants , and the various
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necessary arrangements carried . out , the meeting broke up . Grbat METaopotiiiN Pairs . —On Wednesday the allotment of space at the " monster fair " to be held at the Hippodrome , Bayswater , during the Exhibition , commenced . The ground marked out exceeds twenty-five acres , all of which will be covered with booths and shows . Messrs . Kelson arid tee , who have the management , speciall y agree , before granting the ground , that . no gambling or Sunday trading will be permitted . . At Battersea-park upwards of fifty acres of land have been portioned off for holding of a fair . ' On Kennington-comm' n a largo fair ' wtif be held , another on Stepncy-grcen , and one in Prirarose-hill-park . ¦
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The Wabbixgto . v Mukdebebs . —Cospession . of PjiiBifK Lyons . — The prisoners are Roman Catholics , and since tbeir condemnation the Rev . J . ' -H . Marshall'has attended them as . their spiritual . instructor . Both prisoner ' s have , since their' return tollirkdalc , made a statement which , they desired should be given to the public . Patrick Lyons acknowledges his own guilt , but exculpates his wife from any participation in the crime . He was not instigated by jealousy . His object w-s to get possession of the money which Margaret Fahy " bad on her person ; but after the dreadful deed had been committed his spirit failed him , and he had not the courage to steal the purse from the dead body of , bis victim .. He sayshis wife had no Knowledge ' of his intention to commit the murder . Two or throe
days previous he asked his wife whether , it he were to kill Margaret Faliy , she would help him . His wife told him to bless himself , and not Icfc ^ such an idea enter his head . She app ' eared ^ to think little of the remark , as if she considered him . too good natured to contemplate seriously , such an act . He states that on the morning of the murder he hesitated a long time , struggling with the temptation ; that on Maraaret Fahy coming down stairs he struck the blow with tho butcher s cleaver himself ; that his wife rufched upon him and gave him a strong push away ; that lie then threatened to do the same to his wit ' e , upon which sho ran up stairs . This statement coincides exactly withthat made by
the female prisoner on the day . of the trial . There has been no communication between the prisoners since their condemnation ; but the account given by each agrees sp . exactly iu' the most minute details that the reverend gentleman to whom the disclosures have been made , has no doubt whatever , of their truth . Acting upon this belief , a representation of the , facts of the case , with the statements of the prisoners , has been forwarded to . Sir George Grey , in the hope of inducing the Home Secretary to recommend to her Majesty , as respects the wife , a commutation ofthe sentence of death . We sincerely trust that the appeal may bo successful . — Liverpool jVcre ' urv . .
Aylesbury Elkctios . —Saturday last being market day , the news soon spread over , the borough , that the suffrages of the electors were about to be solicited bv three candidates , all on the spot—Mr . Bethell , Q . C-i Mr- Houghton , and Mr ! Ferrand . As Mr . Bethell came forward ¦ on moderate principles , Mr . Houghton consented to retire from tho field rather than run the risk of suffering Mr . Ferrand to slip in through any division of the forces in tbe opposite camp . On tbe Papal question , Mr . Bethell ; in ' his address , declares'himself to be utterly " opposed ( o the establishment of a Popish hierarchy . Believing it necessary to , maintain the measures which have lately afforded the largest field to commercial and manufacturing enterprise , he is still keenly alive to the necessity of adopting every step to relieve the agricultural community
from every undue burden . " He adds that he presents himself unfettered by any pledge , and stands before them an independent candidate for their suffrages . " The contest promises to be a severe one . " On Monday Mr " . Ferrand commenced an active canvass , ' aud is said to have'inct with great success . In one district of the borough , it is said , he has received promises from ten out of eleven ofthe electors . Mr . Bethell has also commenced an active canvass , as the friend of Mr . Calvert , and advocating the same opinions as that gentleman , by whom he has been introduced to the electors . It is understood that he has tho support of Mr . Abel Smith , M . P ., and the Barons Rothschild . Mr . Calvert , on Monday , addressed a large meeting of the constituency at the White Hart Inn ; on tho treatment received by him , ( Mr . Calvert ) from the Committee of the House of Commons .
Poisoning sear WisBKAcn . —On Saturday last the examination of Ann Averment , charged ' with having caused the death of her mistress , Mrs . Ann Dearlove , of Leverineton , by mixing arsenic in a podding , which deceased ate and died , was brought to a close . The proceedings began on the 22 nd ult ., and had been adjourned to the 24 th , the 2 . 0 th , and then to Saturday last . The magistrates , at the conclusion of the examination of the witnesses , announced that they had come to the determination of sending the prisoner for trial , and she was accordingly committed ; '
Scene is a Wild-heast Snow : —On Saturday e ening last , a scene took place in Wombwell's inenaeeric * at Rochdale , which produced a powerful impression on the mfads of those who witnessed it . There were about 150 persons in the . exhibition of wild beasts at Rochdale , and while oneof tbe keepers was showing the lion cubs ' at one-end of the ' place , there was a dreadful crash heard at the oilier end , which attracted the attention of- the * visitors . 'A huge and savage-looking animal , called a South American tapir , of the hippopotamus species , bad broken loose from its den , and walked majestically forth into the space assigned for the visitors . The people were terribly alarmed , and ran about in all directions , jostlinff one another by the rapidity of
their motions . Tbe other anima ' s were " ' . much excited by the noise and consternation'produeed , and the whole place appeared to shake in consequence of the sounds which issued forth from bipeds an d quadrupeds combined . The keepers at length succeeded in restoring order , by assuring the people that the animal was quite harmless , and might be approached with safety . The keepers , assisted by others , " were about twenty minutes in replacing the animal in his den . No accident occurred , and the people seemed no worse for tbe excitement which the ^ rfears had created , : ' SupFosBh Toisoking or Five CniiDHEK at "WysreswoM . —During the past week considerable excitement has been created at this and the
surrounding villages by a report that Robert James Holworthy , who a few years aco was well known as the proprietor of " Holworthy ' s Pills , " had poisoned five of his children . It appears thatsbme time back Holworthv became reduced in ¦ circumstances . In July , 1849 , his children were ' . all ; , apparently ehjnying good healtVi , but since then five of them have died , ' and the symptoms preceding death in each case bore a strong resemblance . Two of the bodies have been exhumed , and an inquest was held at the Three Crowns , before J . Gregory , Esq ., coroner for the county . From the evidence given by . ' Mri B . W . Brown , surgeon , who had mado ^ a . ' post-mortem examination , of the bodies , it was deemed necessary to forward the stomachs to an eminent chemist in
London for analygation . The inquest was cousequehtlyadjourned . . ' . Tns Sitwtion of Stipendiary Magistrate at Liverpool is vacant hy the death of Mr .. Ed ward Rushton , who has filled that office since 1839 , and who , previous to that time , was known as a very active politician during the liberal struggles of previous years . Mr . Rushton ' s salary was £ 1 , 600 a year ; but it is understood that the , Borough Council at Liverpool , which possesses by the net the power of settling the number of justices as well as the salaries paid to those officers , will recommend the appointment of two justices instead of one , whose united salaricBwill be £ 2 , 000 a year ; This would certainly be ! an improvement ., The . borough property is targe , and ( he council possesses ample funds !
wnieu could not be better employed than in applying an additional £ 400 per annum to the more effective administration of justice . . The business of the police court is too much for anv one roanj and it was with great difficulty that Mr . Rushton was able to keep it down , with all his indomitable energy and bis great local knowledge of the place of which he was a ' native . . We would , be glad to see the system of stipendiary magistrate—men learned in the law , . aiid free from local prejudice and influences ^ -extended throughout the other great towns , ' and iri time even throughout the country . Amongst other advantages , they are known to exercise a most ' useful and salutary control over the police , which is seldom obtained by the ' -local magistracy . —Observer .
. The -Hum . Seambn . —About 150 seamen belonging to Hull , who have not yet obtained employment on the terms sought for by them , proceeded to Sheffield some days since , in order to obtain pecuniary assistance . They appear to h » ve been successful , and on their return home ( after a week ' s stay ) they paraded the streets , preceded by a band . of music , and carrying models of ships , and banners with such inscriptions as these— " Assist your tars "— f- We want but justice "—? ' Treat us as men . " Prominent in' the procession were two or three waggons , loaded with upwards of a ton of bread , hhni , ' and beef , which a
board borne by one of the seamen ' s co mmittee announced to be " a present from the ' shopjeeepers / of Sheffield . " These subitantial tokens of avropathy were afterwards difcussed by about 500 persons , sailors and their families , at a tea meetin gat the Sailors ' I . istitute . ' Addresses were delivered by several individuals , and by Mrs . Oliver , ; a " sailor ' s ' widow , ' who urged the women of Hall to rise' in abody ; as the women of- 'Sheffield had done / to obtain' a ' repeal ' -of Hhe v Mercantile Marine - Bill ; The' meeting : terminated with' three ' cheers for the ' -Queen ; and three grosns for Mr . Labouchere ; '" ' - : : - ' . < •! .:. ¦
• i . . TnE ' MiM- OpBRATivESi—A" meptinff of three br ' aucUcs ofthe operative weavers employed in -lickings , nankins , fustians . Ac , was held oif Saturday last , in tlie neighbourhood of Manchester , * 0 manifest their sympathy for the workpeo ple lately «« t « e employ of Sir E . Armitaseand Sons , ivho have " -QM "
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pleted the . twenty-eighth week of theirstrike . It appears that the operatives collect the sura of £ 109 weekly , of which £ 110 weekly goes to support , the persons late in Sir E . Armitage ' s eraploy—350 in number . ; A . regular report of the disbursements is kept , with a secretary . and assistants for the receipts and disbursements , from which it , appears that a . Trades Union for turnouts is completelyi organised . A regular procession of operatives . from different districts was formed , and between 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 persons were collected together , who , having reached Pendleton , c ommenced their proceedings in . theopen air . The language of Hie ! speeches was temperate , and no breach of the peace took place .
A SmuiGB Cask of Suicide . —On Saturday lMt an . inque 8 t "; WM held . at High Garrett , ^ in , the parish of Booking , Essex ,-on the body of David Wright , aynuih , aged seventeen years , who committed suicide by biinsjicg himself in a loft on . the premises of his employer , Thomas Porter , a builder . Mr . Porter stated that he , was quite at a loss to discover any motive which could have induced deceased to commit the act . Since Droury ' s execution , however , he bad frequently made inquiries about the process , nf hanging , and how the rope was fixed . —Lvdia Porter said : The deceased dined with-me as
usualiOn Thursday iastjahd he then went into the yard , and I saw no more of iiim alive . I am quite at a loss to account for his hanging himself . Since Drory's execution he had asked me sev . eral questions at different times ; about hanging ' —how the r « pe was placed round the neck , and the knot tied . He has , at those ; times , -appeared in good ¦ spirits . Other witnesses gave testimonr as to there being no motive for the deceased committing suicide .. The jury , after a . short consultation , returned a verdict " That deceased destroyed himself by hanging , butwhevher unintentionally or by design , there was not sufficient evidence to show . " ' - ' '•
Coventry . Election . —Mr . Geach was returned on Tuesday as representative in parliament for the city of Coventry , by . a . majority of 436 over the Right Hon . Edward Strutt , the late member for Derby . . The , Puei , Monument , —Three packages . have lately arrived at Liverpool from Rome , containing casts to be used in the execution of the monument to the late Sir Robert Peel . The Lords of the Treasury have authorised their passage through the Custom-house without " examination . . Another Boa aLARY wifii VibiiEitcB . —On Tuesday information was received by the Commissioners of the-Metropolitan Police , that the private residence of Mr . Charles Pickup of Birken , near Pontefract , a farmer , was , during tlie temporary absence of Mr .
and Mrs .. Pickup , broken , into by . five men , all wearing long smock frocks and masks . They forced the inmates , consisting of . two servant girls and a lad , into the cellar , and after maltreating them , the villains loaded a gun and threatened to shoot the parties if they made any further alarm . The three servants for fear of being thot , were obliged to remain , in the cellar . with a man standing over them , withagun in his hand , whilst , the other four men ransacked the house . ; taking and carrying away with them ; six silver table-spoons ' , ten silver , teaspoons , all marked *• P , " a silver desert spoon , marked " M . P , " £ 7 in cash , consisting of sovereigns , half-sovereigns ,, and silver , and several articles of wearing apparel which cannot , at present , be described . No accurate , description of the burglars can be given . ,
The : late Boiler Explosion at Stockport;—After several adjournments , the jury met again on Monday last . Several witnesses were examined , and about two o clock on Tuesday morning fcuo jury presented the following verdict in writing : — "Verdict 'Accidental Death . '—It iY the opinion of . this- ' . Jury-that tho junction valvo upon the boiler , leading to the bvwking kiers , was closed at the time of . the explosion , and that the overloading of tbe sxfety valve prevented that relief to the boiler which was . necessary for the escape of the steam . ; and these conjointly caused the explosion . But that this jury has no evidence before it to show by whom , or by what means , the said junction valve was closed ; and that-the overloading of the
safety valve is attributable to the act or hanction of tho engineer , Joseph Hyde , of whose conduct in this matter the jury express their unqualified censuie . . It is also the opinion of this jury ,. that the applying of this boiler to high pressure steam is highly censurable ; . and , although the extra stays were applied , '; such application has ^ been , done without' due calculation and judgment . That , with a view to guard against imperfect boilers . for the future , this . jury recommend a certain standard to be adopted—fay twice the extent of pressure intended to bo applied ; . and that all boilers be testediand stamped or registered by a responsible and appointed authority prior to their removal from tbe makers' premises . " . ;
Tub " NoRWicn . Murder . —The convict , George BaldryV who was convicted at the last Norwich assizes , for tbe murder of Caroline Warner , a , little girl only thirteen years ; old , by beating her brains out with a hammer , has been respited during Her Majesty ' s pleasure . '' ' GRAVESENn . —A strbng . sensation has been excited in the town of Gravesend in consequence of the suspension for six months of the . Rev ., Mr , BleW i minister of the church , of St . ; John , ' by the' Bishop of Rochester . The report in . the . district is that the bishop was originally applied to on the subject by Mr . Duval , churchwarden of . the ' church ' of . the Most Holy Trinity , and subsequently a correspondencp took p lace between Lord Ashley , MivDuval , and the bishop . ; The result ha ? been the suspension above mentioned . It appears that the church of
St . John was originally erected by subscription and lot outatditferent . 'times ; to different clergymen ,. and that Mr . Blow ultimately became the proprietor by purchase . The reverend gentleman bad succeeded in bringing a large congregation , to the church , had formed . a school , cloisters ,. die . The gravamen of hia offence is the having subscribed an address to . D . 'Wiseman , got up . by certain clergy : men , of the . High Church party , in which those whose names are . attached regret the manner In which he has been received in . England ; address him as " your Eminence , " express respect . for his person and office as a " bishop of the church of God ; " and state that the " clamour of the many " in his case "is not to be regarded as the unequivocal voice of religion and of the Church ol England . " ... . .
Traoed y at Mahch , Islb or Ely . —An extraordinary occurrence has just taken place in this district , in consequence of which one life has been sacrificed , and two others placed in considerable danger . Mr . Miller , a brewer and mitlster in the above Jocality ,, suspeoted that two of his maid servants were in the habit of pilfering his flour , and on Monday he accused them of it . ibut agreed , on their promising better behaviour for the future , to look over their offence , and continue them hvhvs service . Qn Tuesday morning Mr . ' Miller ' s two servants were missing , and also another femaio in the
employ , pf . bis sister . , On the same evening the body of one ef Mr . Miller ' s servants was found in a field at the back of the town , and it was ascertained that her death had been caused by laudanum . . The two other girls were discovered almost in a dying state in an outhouse on the premises of Mr . Miller . They were suffering from the effectsiof . laudanum , but the usual remedies were at once , applied , avwl . it is hoped they may recover . It has been ascertained that the three girls bought three separate fourpennyworth-of laudanum , at three different druggists' shops on Tuesday , and that they all agreed to end their existence together . . : ¦
-.-CiiAnon o ? Arson . —On Monday ¦ last Joseph Charter , farmer , of Witcnam , was fully committed for trial at the nextassizes , oh the charge of having , on Sunday , the 9 th ult ., feloniously set fire to the bouse , of Mrs .-Mary / Remington , his mother-in -la- * , part of wfcich was in his own occupation , together with the farm-yard , and to the reversion of vhieh his wife is entitled ; but be was admitted to bail himself in £ 200 and two sureties in 100 each . Mrs . Remington is insured in the Suffolk Fire-office ; but it cannot be ascertained that Charter was insured oh his own effects , which are of considerable value : so that the motive , on the supposition of his beini ; guilty , is a mystery , —BiiryPost . "
A Woman Killed by hbb HosBANn . —On Saturday last , a woman , named Esther Curtis , - was killed near Gloucester , ^ her husband , under , circumstances of great brutality . The poor woman called upon the fellow at a public house , where lie was carousing , when he , attacked , her , with such ferocity that she died . in half an . hour from the injuries which he inflicted ., , He is now in custod y , awaiting the result of a ? coroner ' s inquest . —The inquest . was held on Tuesday evening before SeptimusPruon , Esq ., on the body of Esther Curtis , a Woman about twenty ¦ five years of . age . Mrs . .. Wilkes , keeper . of the White . Lion Inn , . near ' Gloucester , stated that on S * turday , last deceased went , to her husband , who was sittinK . iti . the . kitchen : Witness , ' and the
deceased , and Curtis . had .. ' some / conversation about a bill he' 4 w gH ~ . for ale . ' ! Shortly afterwards witness hekrd the deceased asking her , husband to come home phe refused ; and then she . complained of the hardship of her being obliged to work at the house ter ; ha 1 f , a , day'forj 8 a ' ., and , that he would come there of . a might and spend a shilling ., ' They then went outside the door together , and witliin a couple of ; rainutes ; a . sh ' arp " scream wa » heard , aud ' oh witness goinir out she found trie deceased l ying on het stpmaob ,. across an iron , palisading , and tlie husband beating her with his fiat . She called a " man
to the assistance of the deceased , '' and he was dragged from his wife . ' who then fell to ' the ground 'iu' seria'ible . . She never . spoke ; pr rno ' ved ' atierwitrds Mr / CJ . irke , _ surgeon ; made ' •' a ^ rTOortem ei aminai tion of the body . ; : There , were two external bruises ' one ' over the' left' eye , 'the / otlieroir the " riM me of th ' e-head ; -b » t the : internal viscera Were heaUhv excepting an cffilsibn of blood ' at th ? base of'the hrain , ; consequen ' tuppnth ebio k deceased had died . " . Thtf- jury Afund a- vei-dict of manslaughter against Edmund Curtis , who wis committed to take his trial at tho next assizes jt tto inquest the prisoner appeared to feel deeply the situate in which ho had placed himself .
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The Roman Catholic UNiVKBgiTY . —Thei Rev . Mr . Cooper , one of ; the secretaries of the intended Roman Catholic University , acknowledges having received an addition of j £ 929 to the funds tor that project , within the last five days , . This gam is composed bfsraall contributions from various parts of the country . "'' Thb Wbatiikr . —From all quarters the weather is still complained of as greatly retarding spring operations , and very little , indeed , has in consequence been done by the farmers , as yet . The state of the fields in all directions look more of the aspect of tbe month of January than April , 'whereas , this time last y . 'ar very large tracts of ground were tilled and sown . The ground in many districts is almost impossible of being ploughed , and in many instances the horses have lain downfrom exhaustion in the effort , so clammy , is the soil . ' ''' .. ' " '
Emigration . —Tlie Clonmel Chrghicla says ; "The tide of emigration has taken " another turn , and instead of flowing , aa heretofore , towards the ; city of Watevfetd , it ykwj drives towards New Ross , from Wexford and all the surrounding ; counties . " Irish Elections . —The Cork journals announce that a letter has . been received from iMr . . Willi-im Fa ^ an , stating that last week terminated his caree r as a public and Parliamentary man , " for ever : " • The contest for Enniiikillen promises to be an ex ; tremely fierce one . Both candidates and their friends are equally confident of success . Thb Potato Crop . —The Limerick Chronicle reportsthe failure of seed potatoes in a field of two acres in the North Liberty Barony . The " skillenes " are represented to have ' entirely decayed' from the constant rains of the early part of the season .
Incendiarism . — -Last week a poor man was burnt to dentil in a house of which he had just obtained possession from a tenant who emigrated to America . The house was discovered in tbe morning enveloped in flames , and as the neighbours declined to render any assistance , it is supposed . that the act was the work of some agrarian incendiary . ,-. ' ; \ A stable ; containing-five valuable cows and two horses , the property of a respec ' . able farmer residing near Sligo , was set on fire a few nights since , and all the animals wliich it contained were reduced to ashes . This was also the work of incendiaries , and the scene of destruction is described as having been a heartrending one .
There is a very fatal epidemic prevailing in many parts of this country at present amongst horses , and great numbers employed in draughting on the road have died from the effects . . .. Tho Corporation of Limerick have ; by a majority of seventeen to nine , passed a resolution , rcscindingthe vote of censure upon Mr . John O'Connell , agreed to on the 6 th of March , and directing that tne . sarae should be expunged from the book of tte corporation . Tho scene-on the occasion was one of great excitement , and the whole subject is said to he the cause of much angry feeling throughout the city of the violated-treaty .
A meeting was held on Monday at Conciliation Hall , called by advertisement , : of persons styling themselves the Repeal Association , eschewing altogether tbe word " Catholic , " which Mr . John O ' Connell had lately added to the titles ofthe deceased body . of which lie was the head . The chief objects of . the meeting : appeared to be to make speeches and collect money ; and in the latter part of the business ,. they announced their success to the extent of £ 51 9 * „ a-sum that must startle Mr . John 0 'Connell , - as a weekly , contribution of rent long unknown in amount at the same shop , while belaboured to keep it open , ' . 'A letter was . read from Mr . O'Connell , declaring himself still as staunch a repealer as ever ; and at the conclusion , an address to the . people of Ireland , and a petition
to parliament against the removal of Kilrush hospital , were agreed upon by the meeting . Three or four persons wero ' on Saturday last-held to bail at , one of the police offices , cUargcd . wtth having created a disturbance and riot at a Roman Catholic Chapel , on Sunday evening , during a controversial sermon by Dr . O'Connell of , Waterford . It appeared , however , that the parties were themselves all Roman Catholics , and . the scene , which was described as one of great confusion and danger to the congregation , iromthe rush to escape , was caused in tho first . instance by a youth named Burns , ' who is subject to fits , ' and in ono of the . se
attacks called-the priest a liar , and used other abusive language . ; ' , . . , ; . A magnificent carpet , intended for the grand London Exhibition , has been exhibited in ; Dublin for a few days previous to its departure . It is composed entirely of Berlin wool , and is tke . neeo le work of a hundred and . fifteen ladies of this city ; and although each had the choice of her own subject for the portion allotted to her , as her taste might suggest , yet the harmony of . tho whole is wonderfully beautiful . It comprises ninety-one squares of Berlin work , with a magnificent border , and measures twenty-one feet in length and twelve feet , in breadth .
State ov Mayo . —The practical instructor , who has been to visit the Westport Union in the county of Mayo , to assist the people' in their mode of cultivation , gives the . following distressing account in his report of the condition of that district : — " Never was relief more wanting than , to some of tho people of this union , for Ihave never witnessed scenes of greater misery , destitution , and starvation , than I have here , even-in . Galway West in 1818 ; matters are far from being at the worse yet ; thousands are flying tho . country ; those who are able to go to America , and those who are not , to England or . Scotland .. There are very few , no matter how well circumstanced they may be , who are not wavering , ; and will likely emigrate next season ; the good accounts received from America , from their friends or neighbours , the large sums of money also sent ,, keep their minds continually
disturbed , so that emigration is talked of and discussed in every village , above all and before everything else . A large . portion of the population of this union is already gone . On the authority . of the Rev . Peter Ward , P . P ., Aughagower , more , than two-thirds of his parishioners are gone within the last few years ; other parishes of the union arc perhaps even more depopulated . .. Generally , land is let very moderate , in fact , lower than ever I heard of , except in somo few cases , Rates and taxes are what tho people . dread , they being higher than the rents in many places . There is iio employment for the labourer . ; . a man can be had for spring work now for three or four pence a day , without meat or drink ; even at this low price employment cannot be had on the land . I met a man the other day who sold his * toy'for one penny , when he ' f ailed in getting employment . " ' . ; .. ' -.
Bodies of armed men are . now almost ni ghtly in tiie practice df marching through various districts ofthe north , and with the utmost daring and apparent , confidence in their impunity , attacking and pludering houses , and . violently assaulting , if not murdering , the unhappy ' immtcs . On ' Saturday night last , a gang of this description attacked the house of a respectable man named M'Connell , hear Newry , and beat tbe . owner to isuch a degree that his life was in danger for some days . ' My . Move OTerraW , the ex-governor of Malta , has been selected by the , liberal club of Long ford as their candidate for the . county , Mr . Serjeant Shea having declined , the honour
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j Admission of . Jbws to Parliament , —The text of the bill for the removal of Jewish Disabilities about to be brought . into the House of Commons by Lord John Russell , is as follows : — " A Bill to regulate the mode of administering tho Oath of Abjuration t <> persons professingthe Jewish Religion . Whereas her Majesty ' s subjects professing tho Jewish religion are by law capable of being elected to serve as tiiembf-rs of tbe House of Commons , and of holding divers offices in respect of which they areormay bo required to take the ' oath of abjuration ; and it is expedient to direct in what manner that oath should in all Cases bo administered to persons professing tlie said religion : Be it 'therefore enacted by the
Queen ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons ,-in this present parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , that whenever any of her Majesty ' s subjects professing the Jewish religion shall present himself to take tlie said oath of abjuration , the words " Upon the true faith / of a Christian , " shall be omitted out of tho said oath . in administering the same to such person ; and the taking of the said oath by such person professing the Jewish religion , without the words aforesaid , in like manner as Jews are admitted to be' sworn to give evidence in courts of justice , shall be deemed tobe a sufficient taking of the oath of abjuration . " ¦ •'• '¦ ' °
Thb . Metal BuiroN , TnADE .-The . operatives of Birmingham are , now availing themselves of the opportunity _ afforded b y the great influx of foreigners , to the Exhibition of 1851 will bring to this country , to resuecitate , if possible ,. the inotal « "on . waaf . . which ) formerly flourished , . aiid afforded employment to many families in that town . A deputation , on Saturday last , waited by appoint-., ment on Prmoe Albert , who received the deputation ,, and . after , hearing the memorial read , . expressed himself hi ghly , gratified to learn tliat ' bis patronage on a former occasion bad proved ' sobehencialto a deserving , body of operatives and
gra ciously stated that itVwould ' giv e ' him great satisfaction , if the siime result followed his ' support on . the . present ^ occasion , by again promoting tuere : Viyal of the-Ta ' ahtoil . ' of ' wearing gilt buttons . •' Uis Royal higuridss ; assured' the ' . ( leputa'tion 'that- ' it would afford ) iim ' much ple ' asufe to . 'encourage the ina'oufa ' ct ure' of ' such , beautiful" articles as -those then . exhibited . ' . His Kojal ; Highness wa s graciously ' piea ' se'i to accept several sets of giltbuttons . and oil his own behalf , and that of tho two Royal Princes , thanked ^ he artisans m-e .-enting them , and expressed his intention of wearing them , and ei the two young i nduces doing the same .
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TAUNTON . Tub NempsettMurdrr .-John Wills wasiud . Vi ., for the wilful murder , of William Wilkiris b » t , ft l ? ing him down with a spade , and when on ft * » S beating him , on the head with an RaK d giving him divers mortal , wounds of whicS L ft at Kcmpnett on the 8 th of Pebruarv ¦¦ •» i ? Smith was charged with aiding and . abe ' ttln {? ba Other counts chared both prisoners with n ? 5 . ' ' S .-trah Wilkms was carried into the witr , | s ? SSt - * a chair She bogged not to be put neTr fnr ? sonor . She saut-i am . tho widow of w ? n Wilkins . Wekept a shop at Nol „ ° l " ^
seventy ; my husband was seventy-four T I m the prisoners , and I knew Wills befnr « n , worked at Hyatt ' s . Tho prisonoT . cSJv " f f of bread on the morning of tho 8 th nf t ?„ i 0 af They found they had " no money , „ / $ *** - away . Smith stood at the door when tv i Dfc ini They « -ame back again in a sborTtinw WtT put me down-on tbe ground I beg g 0 , i hin toS mercy . I got-up on my knees , and Will IT struck , mo with a-spade ; he thought I Z , ? Smith had the spado first , and then'Vflk ill * spade , and they went into the kitchen ! , i the husband was , and then I heard mil ,, m ? "Murder" two or three times . I C 0 » uT cry struggle , but I could not sec them , fy ar a knife in my pocket with * bit of silver in th ' - ? cn * handle ; I had some silver money in m , " 1 ? ?
We bad an Italian iron m the house , which \ y » n the table to be cleaned . I saw it in my honsewhw ! I came to myself , and it was then broken to ««»« We sold tobacco—it was made up in two-oiimpackets . This is the penknife . I have had it fn twenty years . I know it . by . marks . Cross-evi mined : My husband and I were both hi th kitchen . The old man was sitting in the cliimnev corner , I was near the door , hand y to the passiiro Wills bad a short stick with , an iron knob , i oid riot see , them for a minute before they caino ud 1 tue . lie-struck me directly . I was stunned lor a bit . I bad my eye towards the door to make mv Smith had not in when
escape . come Wills struct me ; he was standing at the door with tho spado j n his hand . After Wills had left inofor dead he went and struck my husband . I did not see the blowbut I heard him cry "Murder . " ( The poor old woman was hero so much -overcome that she was obliged to be assisted by the surgeons , ati'l have stimulants . She kept crying " Don't ce , don ' t cc " 1 It was a fearful sight . I was before the magi strates the same day , and had then a distinct rec ollection of what had taken place . 1 did not see Smith strike a blow , but I have recollected since that T saw . him with the spide . I did say that I saw Smith go into the kitchen where my husband wis
I think I said before the magistrates that whether Smith came in or not I could not say . I have been very ill ever since . My " neighbours have told me a good deal . 1 heard the blows given to my husband but could not see them . —Other witnesses bavin * beeii examined , the jury returned a verdict ol Guilty against both prisoners . —His lordship then in the most affecting manner , passed sentence of death . —The crowd was intense . Charge op Murder . —Joseph Clarke was indicted for the murder of his wife , Maria Clarke , at Bath on , the ISth February last , by forcing a stick into her . person .. It appeared that the prisoner had been married to his wife about ten years . She was a person coming from a very respectable though
, somewhat reduced family in Gloucester . The prisoner was ' in a much lower rank of life thun his wife ... The marriage was , therefore , agaiuht the consent of , her family , by whom she had in consequence been abandoned . She had recently fallen into habits of intoxication and dissipation . They lived at Kb . 5 ,. Lampard ' s-buildings , Bath . The prisoner , had been niueh attached to her , almost ; to jealousy . They , bad three children . Tho prisoner used to leave her , on Monday mornings to go to his work some mile ' s off , and icturn again on Saturday night , when he generally found her in a state of intoxication , and his children neglected . On the Saturday night preceding Tuesday , the 18 th of February . be came home ' as usual . His wife was
not at home . He knew not whereto find her . He was ' told that ., during tbe week his Wife had been constantly drunk , and that one of his three little children had been found in flames , and had not some one accidentally passed the room , it would have been burnt to death . The man said , " Poor unfortunate wretch ! I don ' t know what Ishall do with her . " She did not return on the Saturday night , nor on . the . Sunday , nor indeed before ho left home to go to work on the Monday morning . It would seem that the man felt the sad situa ' tton in which he . had left his . children , and be returned home on tbe Tuesday following . Shortly before his arrival , however , his wife returned ; she was in the most beastly state of intoxication . She wenc
to her room and threw herself on " the bed . After the prisoner had gone up stairs noises of apparent struggling and blows were heard , and the . woman was , heard to say , "Oh , don ' t Clarke , don ' t Clarke ; " and then there were cries of ' Murder . " One of the inmates of the house went up stairs , and finding the door of the prisoner ' s room open , they looked in and saw tho prisoner apparently suppor * ting his wife . . The prisoner shut the door . A noisa of some person falling down very heavily was heard .. ' Shortly afterwards some one again went to the room , and the wife was then found tobedead . A great deal . of blood wasabout'tbefoom , and their was a pan in the room , broken in pieces . The prisoner was asked what he had done to his wife ? Heat
first said nothing , but afterwards said he had beaten her with a stick : and a . stick which had been broken was found in the room . Ithadalarge quantity of loni' hair upon it . Part . of her hair hud been torn from her head by violence . Some one suggested that a surgeon should be sent for , and the prisoner said , "Oh ,. pray do . " Surgeons came , and upon an ' oxamination they found that the inside of her person , had been niuch lacerated , as they conceived , by a stick . They did not consider it possible that the injuries could have been accidentally inflicted . The Stick which , was found bad apparently , been recently scrappd atone end , This stick , the surgeon saw , would have caused the
injury if it had been used for the purpose . Upon further examination they found what is called the "drunkard ' s liver . " She died from loss of blood , caused by the lacerated wound in her person . Tho wound was two inches and a , half in depth . Tho prisoner had been out of the room for a short time after the cries of " Murder had . been heard . " It was shown that the prisoner'had always borne an excellent character , and had always treated his wife with the greatest kindness . —Mr . Slade addrcsFetl the jury , and urged that the death was caused by accident , by the woman falling down upon the pan . —The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter . — Tho prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life . ¦
BURY ST . EDMONDS .. The Lawskall MtianER . —George Carnt was in- dieted fur tho munler of Elizabeth BainbrMgc . . The prisoner , , on being arraigned , . pleaded Not 5 Guilty in a firm voice .. He is a good-looking young ; man , and his features certainly do not indicate the 9 ferocity of disposition requisite to commit the deed d with which he was charged . He is described as s twenty-three years of age ,, and was attired in a a fustain coat and plaid trousers . The unfortunate o woman , Elizabeth Bainbridge , was about thirty y years of age . Some nine or ten years ago she mar- rricd the butler of a clergyman in the neighbourhood id of Seawardstor . e . . Her . husband had since joined ; d the corps of Rovul Sappers and Miners , and i' » l > - l > -
pe * red that they bad not been living together tor nr the laat seven years . With her child , tlie results ta of wedlock , she went and resided with her f ather , r , who is a hard-working and respectable farmer at at Lawshall ,-in this . county ;; . The murder was cum- inmitted late in the afternoon of the . 20 th of last ist January . For ten or eleven days previously , tho ho deceased had been staving with her sister , whose jsei husband , Mr . Payne , kept the Harrow public-house isei at Lawshall ;'¦ The prisoner-had also been lod . ^ g n-g ! there for about a week . On-thc afternoon of that hat ; day the deceased left the-Harrow for the purpose osei of returning home to her parent ' s farm , pro ceeding ingf across the fields ns the nearest way . The prisoner neiv in
was 'the kitchen when . she left , and upon « e e going out by ( he front door the back one was lieai'd ardl to open , and Carnt was found to have also le t . ielt .. Shortly after seven o ' clock Carnt returned to toe ttioa Harrow , ' having let ' himself in by tbe back-door . oor :. He seemed very much agitated , and shook const-hiskdcrably . " He had no hat oh , and his clothes weremcc wet and dirty . He stood before the kitchen ore farce several minutes Without- saying anything , and hel hee then . siiddenly remarked , " The halter i ~ s for n » y niyj nccki" Mr . Favne ' Said « Nonsense ; what had ' MHW been doing ?"• He made ho reply . Mr . Payne thentnen proceeded : to assist liim in taking off bis cloUi <*> tu <* - when he begged that he might be let alonNonee " Let me alone , " he observed ;•' it does notPign f' » g V , what becomes ; of me ; ( he gallows is my doom . om .. He then exprewed a wish to go up stairs to hcji j ucuu and his wet clothes being removed , he wi \ S p « t l % t tt
bed nnd wrapped up ' in bhtnkcts by Mr . Payne M am a person named Farrow . The appearance oftWt ' H prisoner , together with the absence of the oC'C «« ceased who . had not reached her father ' s house eXuoeSJ cited suspicion , and the footsteps of two pcrsoiftrsoKv were traced to a pond in a remoie part of » P » vp a ! J ture , and some eight or nine rods from ; i stile , „ _ " ' '_" c ! othe « of a woman were - discovered . The oincfWhew then went into the water and broug ht out tfiutttt body ' of ' a woman , " which wns at oiico ' W «»' W « w tifted to be tlio deceased . ' - ' -She ; wits quite dead mi m stiff . Sho bad no' bonnet ' on , and her hair ira j . r w " quito dishevelled . The -gown was torn all ronu ^ onuii ' nearly ' from ¦ the ' gathfii . ¦ There was blood flowinjowim from her nostriLVaiid there was- an . appearance < incc a severe blow on tlie right cheek just under hcreyScreyy Tho pond was partially surrounded by thorflthoriin About fire v . irds from the pond was found !« nd lui cloak , which * was much torn , and the s trings ireis wet
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12041851/page/6/
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