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• MI .-GBIXAMOUS . Cojunssios op Lusagt . —A commission has been field at tho Horns Tavern , Kennington , before Mr ^ mmissioner Winslow , to Miss Ana Ilarum , aged 55 , a maiden lady of 2 , Tork-row , Kenaington-road . i be property was stated to consist of houses , which Were in adilapidated slate , and of goreramentstock . to the amount of £ 10 , 000 ; three of th « houses had not been tenanted for eight years . Her delasis-ns Tcre that her hands were not human , but the claws ofeaglea ; , thatit was not her tongue that spoke , oat magic ; and that her heart was being torn to pieces . She said she could not see , and that she was fitona blind . She was constantly grinding her tcctb . Theserrant who attended her for many years had become impared in mind by waiting oa her , and died in Bethlehem Hospital , the jury had an interview with the lunatic lady in her house , when they were quite satisfied of her insanity . The jury returned a Tsrdict , dating ber unsoundness of mind from March ,
1847 . WESTOff v . nitt . —Cum . Cox . —This case was tried-in the Queen ' s Bench . The plaintiff kept a public-house in AfaryJefwne , and the defendant , a livery stable keeper , lived not far from him . They were on intimate terms , aad it was stated that the defendant visited at the plaintiffs house in his ahsence , and was , on one occasion , seen with his arm r ound tbe waist of the wile . On the fast dav , the plaintiff and defendant had arranged to leave town on some excursion together , but the plaintiff having bjen obliged to go out , the defendant came before ha return . When he arrived he looked thromh the Window of the parlour and there was the defendant
, and his wife in such a position as to induce Wm to believe he had been dishonoured . In order to obtain evidence of this , a person was placed in such a position as to hear what occurred in an interview between the plaintiff aud defendant , in which the former charged the latter with the offence . AH , however , that he heard the defendant say was , that although lie had hot been guilty , he might have been . —For the defence it was contended that this was only an attorney ' saction , and that the mode which had been adopted to obtain an admisson fr « m the defendant * ras raost discreditable . —Verdict for the plaintiff . ^ Damages . £ 250 .
Fgbther Fatj . isr thb Peice of Bread . —Another reduction in the price ofthe i lb . loaf took place on Monday throughout the metropolis . The best bread i * now charged 10 d ., second-rate 8 d , League bread fid , weighed on delivery ; household Id . and 61 d . the leaf . Daxokr op Lkstoho Boats to Bora . —On Monday afternoon a email skiff , containing no fewer than ten lads , was onset near the Surrey side of Waterloobridge , and Alfred Smee , of No . Ill , Fraser-street , South Lambeth , was drowned , tbe others being res- j cued by some persons who put off from the shore . The accident was caused by the lads not understanding the management of a boat , and she was swamped by tho swell raised by a passing steamer . The body vw not recovered .
Statue of Pbtsce Albert is the Royal Exchange . —TIte marble statue of Prince Albert , subscribed for by the merchants of London , is about to be erected in the vesiibaleof Lloyd ' s , in the Royal Exchange , in commemoration of hia laying tho foundation stone of that splendid edifice . Fiee atDockhead . —On Monday afternoon afire of an alarming character was discovered on the premises ia the occupation of Messrs Oiler and Border , coal and charcoal merchants , 52 , * Shad Thames , Dockhead . The flames when firstpcrceived had obtained a firm hold of upwards of two thousand
bushels tf charcoal deposited in one of the lofts . An attempt was made to extinguish tbe fire by heaving buckets of water upon it , but owing to the suffocating gas from the borning material , the men were obliged to make a precipitate retreat . The firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the flames , but they Wr « not entirely extinguished until considerable damage was done . The precise cause of the disaster could not be ascertained , bat the prevailing . opinion U that it originated spontaneously iromtbe intense heat ofthe weather acting on the charcoal fte firm was insured in the Atlas Fire-office .
isquESis . Warm , MrjKDBB . —Before Mr Mills , in the Marylebone workhouse , on the male infant of Xlary Anne Gamble , wife of Henry Gamble , hairdresser , 35 , Homer-street . A great reasa of evidence waa produced , from which it appeared that the prisoner bad been for a long time separated from her husband , and a child , of which it was proved that she was the mother , was found in the water-closet , smothered , she saying the birth was unexpected . —Bannister , D
124 , deposed to finding the infant . —Mr G . Wilson , Surgeon , stated that on a post mortem , examination , he found that it was a full-born and a full-developed child , and that it lived some time after its" birth . It was suffocated by the soil . —The jury , after a lengthened deliberation , returned a verdict of " wflfal Murder" against the parent , who was conveyed to Jsewgate . The unfortunate woman , who hitherto bore an irreproachable character , is the mother of four children , all cf whom , with the exception of one , bare died .
Suicide is a Pail of Water . —Before Mr J . Payne at Bishopsgate workhouse , on Joseph Ilart , latelv resitting at 3 . Half Moon-street The deceased had for son-., ; time past laboured under bodily suffering ha / aaiady beingdisease ofthe lungs : long-continued " illness had reduced him to a very weak and low state , and althomh he did not suffer absolute want , he was in needy circumstances , and subsisted chiefly upon the kindness of a few friends . For two davs previous to his -iecease he had been light-headed at intervals and oa Sunday morning his landlady found deceased on the Boor of tbe shop near the fire-place , with hi * head immersed in a pail of water , with a knife resting by his side , stained with blood . —The surgeon who -ras called said he was convinced death was ' the
result of suffocation from the immersion in the water , and which was very easily caused , as deceased had ' suffered much from difficulty ot breathuv . Verdict " Temporary Insanity . " ° I Maxslacghteb . —By Mr W . Carter , at the Windmil ! , UigU-street , Lambeth , respecting the death of Mary AUworthy , aged 63 years , lately residing at 23 , High-street , who died from the effects of injuries caused by James Brace , on Saturday last , under circumstancea detailed in our " Police Report . " The jury , alter hearing the evidence of the witnesses , and the testimony of the surgeon , who attributed death to thcrapture of a blood-vessel , resulting from external violence , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter asramst James Bruce , " who stands committed to liorsemonger-lane , to await his trial .
HOKWBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE . Oa Tuesday evening , between the hours of four a : id five a mftstfearfu tragedy was enacted in Hickmans * oiiy , Bardmondsey , hy which the whole Eeignbourhood has been thrown into a state of painful excitement . r ft appears that a coope ? named Griffin resided with his wife and family at $ n . 6 in the Follv . For sprue tune past a daughter of Griffin ' s , named Matilda . had been corresponding with a person nanvd Henry Parker , who lodged in the same house , liurmg the past few days Parker bad appeared jealous of some other attachment , and said more than once fast rather than any one else should cam w
affections he would kill her and himself . la th 3 afternoon the people living in the place were alarmed by hearin ? screams from the upper part of the house . A Mr Cremer hastened up stairs auo met Mr Gnffius little boy , who was crying oa " 'M y ^ KtBki'MV and on goto * into the back attic discovered upon the floor tbe bodies of Matilda Grimn and Henry Parker / o . -ered ^ ith blood , wlfch was still issuing fro m tLeir throats . MrCremSvm rncaiately ran out to obtain medical assistance In £ ff « ° * - i niDa X ***» . « -geo ' n , of tferraondsey , arrived , and he at once pronounced life in both eases extinct . A razor covered with blood was found lying by the side of Parker , with wbich tae deed had been accomp l ished . There can be no doubt but that the man first cat the woman ' s throat , and atterwards added to his crimp , that of suicide
Superintendent Evans and several policemen immediately repaired to the place , and it was with the greatest difficulty that thc crowd , numbering several hundred persons , could be kept from filling the house . The police , very judiciously , would not allow any one unconnected with the family to enter . The young man accused of committing the dreadful deed was in tbe linen-drapery line , but his place of business conld not b » ascertained . Tbe two bodies have been taken in charge by Mr Slow , tbe coroner ' s officer , who will keep possession oft ' iem until after the iconest .
Frjwnica Pakvicvjl . w » . —A sensation , which it is impossible to describe , has been created since the perpetration of tho above deed . Wednesday so treat vraa the crowd , that the police were obliged to be kept on duty . The parents ofthe unfortunate young womanareinastateof heartrending distress ; and the father is obliged to be watched , as he has several times since attempted to destroy himself . From inquiries made , it appeared that Matilda Griffin and xierr ? Parker had been keeping company together far IS months or two yeare . On Monday night , the female went out with s male acquaintance to some place of entertainment without Paikcr , tvho , on bearing t > ? ittbreaterred to do soraethVns desperate .
, On Tuesday , about half-past four , the girl was sent bv ber mother up stairs to make the bed , at the same time telling her , in the event of Parker coming in , to leave the room , as she did not like his manner tbat day . She went , and it is presumed , tbat whilst shewas kneeling down , msking the bed . Parker en-U-r « d tiis room nnobscivcd . awl that heihea inflicted thu fatal wound . Upon examining tho neek of Parker , tbtrc are three gashes in the threat , one of which is very extensive . Mr Johnson , a butcher , « h « j lives opposite , f . mnd a letter which was written l . y Parker , and which alluded to the dreadful affair . It , has teen handed over t » thc police , bat thc contents will not be made public at present .
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WESTMOHELAND . Tbo th Hoasaa Kuxsn . —An unluck y accident has occurred at a ballast-hole , ntar the bridge where the Burton road crosses the railway . A number ol horses are required to draw the waggons from this hole up the incline to a sliding , whence the waggons are fetched by an engine , and the horses then return to be ready to draw up other waggons . By a mistake of a boy in turning the points , the waggons , instead of going into the glidings , rushed down tlie incline again with fearful velocity upon three ofthe horses ( the property of the contractors ) , and destroyed every one of the animals . Two were killed on the spat , and three legs of one horse were actually cut off by the waggons .
LANCASHIRE . AsoTHHK Colliery . Explosion . —Two lives were sacrificed again on Friday evening , by another explo > ion of sulphur , in Aberdeen Pit , near Adlington . and enly a few miles distant from the KirWess Hal ! colliery ! The Brinks pit had been stopped in consequence of its having been flooded , but last week the water having been pumped out , an attempt was made to work again . The colliers , however , reported that the sulphur was present in the workings and facings to such an extent as to render it impracticable ! and on Fridav the underlooker turned a stream of water ,
which came from an upcast shaft down this , which is a downcast shaft , to dislodge the sulphur . It had the desired effect , but part ofthe dislodged sulphur was forced into the workings of ire Aberdeen pit ( the workings of both pits being connected ) , where the colliers were in the habit of getting coal with the naked canities . In tbis state of things , two colliers , John and Elijah Rutter ( father and son ) , were going to work at 7 o ' clock on Friday evening , with naked candles in their hands , came in contact with the sulphur , an explosion ensued , and they were killed . It would seem to be unsafe to allow colliers to work without safely lamns under anv circumstances .
DERBTSIIIRB . Barbarous Murder near Harrwoto . —A most diabolical murder was committed at Weeton , near ITarewood , en Monday week , by a man named Francis Britton , his victim being his own child , a little girl about three years old , named Maria Brit : ton . It appears the murderer had been in confinement asa lunatic fur some weeks , aad on Saturday evening he returned home . On the following morning a person named Bright , who lodged in the house , arid slept up stairs , heard a heavy tread in the room below , occupied by Britton , his wife , and child . Shortly after , Brfeht heard a heavy stroke , and a
moan ; he immediately went down stairs , when he saw Britton hit the child threo times with the poker . He held tho poker in both his hands , and hit the deceased oh the forehead as she lay in bed . . Bright immediately seized Britton , and handed him oyer to the custody of the constables . The poor child ' s head was awfully mangled , and blood and brains were scattered on the floor and walls of the cottage . . It appeared the wretch had taken the opportunity of committing the dreadful _ act during the temporary absence of his wife . An inquest has been held before Mr Lee . coroner , when a verdict of " Wilful murder against Francis Britton" was returned .
The Chesterfield Murder — Apprehension of Mk R . Statjiam . —The town of Chesterfield has again been thrown into a state of excitement by tho apprehension of Mr { I . Statbam , a master butcher , charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of George Collfa . A fortnight ago Anthony Launt , a butcher , was apprehended on the same charge . Evidence has now been given against Mr Statbam ( who found the money , and evinced great interest in the defence of Plaits , executed as one of the murderers of Collis ) . A witness swears to seeing Mr Statbam in the yard at the back r . f Morley ' s shop , and to . certain conversations 5 'a * si ; g between him and Merley , at the time Flatts and Collis were in the shop , aud immediately after the "scuffle" and " blow" wete heard , and the shop deora banged to . He also swears to Stahara removing his dog from the yard into the house , and to seeing him looking through a pane of glass into the
shop . In fact , if the evidence be correct , it would seem that Statbam was in reality an aider and abettor ofthe murder . He was taken into custody on Monday . When the warrant was read over to him in bis shop ; he made no reply , ' but accompanied the policeman to prison . He was on Tuesday taken before the magistrate , when the witnesses examined at Platte' trial were again examined and the haw evidence adduced . At the close the mayor said the bench felt bound to commit the prisoner to take his trial at the next assizes . An attorney , who appeared forthe prisoner , asked the magistrates , to takebail , but they peremptorily refused to doso , * ' unless compelled by aiudge . " Stalh ' am said , tbe " evidence" { as re nardeu himself ) was false , and that it was " ahard case . " He was taken to the county gaol , at Derbyj and both he and Launt will be arrai gned at the ensuing assizes .
KOTIISOHAHaniRg . __ Attempted Murder op a VCi ? s —Great consternation has been created in consequence of a man named Jacob Parrott having attempted to cut the throat of his wife , in a bye lane near Snenton church . The circumstances ofthe case were stated by tbe prisoner when taken to the lock-up , Parrott has been married about four years , two years of which period he and his wife lived together in Nottingham , as comfortably as could be desired . At the end of that time she absconded with another man . The prisoner ultimately went to Manchester , where he learned that his wife had been living at a house ot ill-repute ; that she had been obtaining clothes under false pretences ; and thatafter other misconductshe bad made her
escape unobserved . Parrotc was so exasperated , that he returned to Nottingham , with the determination of murdering his wife , fie slept with her on Thursday night , and on the following morning they went out together , and were out during the whole of the day , except for a short time whilst they were getting something to drink at two or three " public-houses , which they visited for that purpose . About 1 o ' clock they walked down the lane at the back of Snenton church , and sat down together . While seated the prisoner took out a razor , anddrcw itacross his wife ' s throat . She then asked him to forgive her , and he
dropped the weapon in her hand , and went to procure assistance and to give himself into custody . The first person he met was an old man , whom ho told what he had done , and requested to be taken prisoner ; biit tbe man would have nothing to do with him . The prisoner walked on and met many other people , to whom he related what had occurred ;> but it was not till after a great crowd had collected that he waa taken into custody and conveyed to theoounty loek-np . The woman was conveyed to tho General Hospital , and was reported likely to recover . The prisoner was examined before the magistrates , but no new facts were elicited . lie was remanded .
SOBFOLK . Morr Poisoxisos . —On Monday last tho inhabitants of Stokeferry were alarmed by a report that a diabolical attempt had been made on-the lives ofthe family of Mr John Mayes , butcher . Oh inquiry it was found to be but too true ; for breakfast was barely over before each and all who partook of the tea , of which it chiefly consisted , were taken suddenly and violently sick , with acute burning pains in the throat and stomach . Of these , Mr Mayes was the greatest sufferer , though all were more or less affected . At Crst it was thought to be something iu the tea-pot , but on examination by Mr H . B . Steele , surgeon , arsenic in a large quantity was easily detected in the kettle from whicu-the tea-pot had been supplied : this kettle Mr Steele immediately secured .- Of course prompt and , W 8 hope , effective measures , : were resorted to ;
for on : inquiry : ;; the whole of the sufferers ( ccven in number ) were stated to , be bettor . Wc regret to add that the effects of this horrid act have been visited on an eighth person , Mrs Tindale , ofthe Crown Inn , who , calling on her neighbour , "Mrs Mayes , unguardedly swallowed a small quantity of the water from the teakettle ( this was before it was known or even suspected to contain poison ) , and has ever since been in asuff-ring , not to say alarming condition . Had she , like the rest , taken enough to cause immediate reaction , she might possibly have suffered less ; for tho ultimate safety ofthe intended victims , if saved they are , may besaid to hepwing to the strength of thc poison ; and thus the very bane becomes the antidote . Measures are being taken by the police which , it is hopzd , will soon afford a clue I to the perpetrator of this vile attempt .
BBEKSHHIB . Wimdsor . —Lamektablb Case op Drowning . —On Monday an inquest was held before W . J . Marlin , E ; q . coroner , at the King ' s Arms , Thames-side , on Mr Julius . Jaeobr-on , of the firm of Jacobson Brothers , merchants Great St Helen ' s , Bishopsgate-street , who wai unfortunately drowned while bathing in the Thames , a short distance below Windsor-bridge . Dr 11 . Scherer , the gentleman who accompanied deceased , deposed as follows : —The deceased audi arrived iu Windsor on Monday , and shortly afterwards engaged a boy to take us in a punt to a part of thc Thames where there was plenty of room for swimming . I had no doubt the deceased could swim , as we had teen bathing together last weikatlUchmond . We told the lad we could swim . I first pluugcd into
the water , close to the weir , from off thebank ; the deceased shortly after Mowing mc . 1 soon after , while I was standing upon the weir , saw him struggling through tbe stream , but 1 heard him utter no cry . I immediately sprang into tho water to his assistance , but was unable to reach him for a minute or two , in consequence ofthe rapid nature of the current . I found him sinking and exhausted . I managed lo get hold of his shoulder , the whole of his body being under water , but such was hiswoHit aud so deep was thc river , thaimyowiistrenVth tailed , anil it was with difficulty I saved uivsc-lf and reached ihe shore , w-it-n I fell down from exhaustion . J he body was afterwards found in a deep hole , within a ies j arus whence it sank . Some oilier witnesses were maimed . Verdict , " Accidentally drowned wmle bathinsr . '
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old in the absence of its parents , crept into the 1 aarden , and approaching a deep well , slipped in , The airiwho ' had charg « niissirigit , rah ' to the well . immediato !* , and seeing the infant at ' tbe bottom / wwiout hesitating , lowered the bucket , and descended by the rbpe 63 feet , when she succeeded in grasping the child . The neighbours arrived , ano the child wp pulled up , nearly dead . Every assistance was rendered to the infant , which is much bruised about the body , and the girl , in descending by'the rope , suffered serious injury in her hands . ,
MELB 03 E . Meiasciiolt Duatk and Spread op Fbveb . —On Monday week a railway labourer called upon Mr Murray , inspector of the poor here . ^ and stated that there was a man lying very ill in his hut , and that they wanted him removed to Ireland . Mr Murray said he would lay the case before the parochial board , and let him know what decision they came to .
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The man went away without making any further remark , but returned again in tha afternoon with a cart , and said that he had brought two sick men to betaken over to Ireland Mr Murray said be had acted in a very improper manner in removing the sick men . lie then went . forward to see tho men , but was astonished at finding one of them a corpse , Tbe man that brought him said the sick man had walked into the cart himself ; but it has been ascertained since that such was not the case . The individual who removed him has been taken into custody , and the matter is undergoing investigation . ¦ H
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Thb Weather and the Crops . —The latest accounts bring the highly gratifying intelligence that the weather has again " taken up . " The heat continues excessive . The reports from all parts of the kingdom continue to describe the crops , including the potato , as luxuriant and fast ripening , giving every promise of an early and abundant harvest , 'the very heavy rain which had fallen on the 11 th inst . had been productive of great benefit to the crops , particularly oats and turnips , which are very abund . ant . The critical time for thepotato has approached ; bnt all accounts dwell upon the freedom of the crop from disease , and describe the fieldsas most luxuriant ia appearance . '
State or the Cooktrt . —On account of tho intense heat , fever is increasing in some localities ; but , owing to the efficient arrangements forthe supply of food and the extent of hospital accommodation , the mortality has greatly diminished . This has been adverted to by Mr Justice Torrens , at Longford . The learned judge , after congratulating the grand jury on tbe lightness of the calendar , made the following gratifying observations on the state of the country : — "Some time ago it was apprehended by the judges that as fever prevailed to a certain extent throughout Ireland , it would be dangerous to
have large numbers of persons assembled at the different assizes throughout Ireland , preferring their claims for damages under thi * ( the Labour Rate ) Act , sonic of whora , it was thought , must be more or less affected with that contagious disease , fever , which it was natural to conclude others so attending would imbibe ; but he was happy to state that they had received information upon which tbey could rely , thatfever was greatly on the decrease , so that they became satisfied that those persons might withsafety attend without the tear of any bad consequences resulting therefrom . "
Importation- op Paupers from Englakd . —At the recent meeting of the Health Committee of Cork , it was announced by the inspector that the first batch of paupers transmitted under the new act had arrived , and that the master ofthe vessel told him " the majorit" of his cargo were just come out of all the fever hospitals in Liverpool . " Tho members of the committee determined to appeal to the citizens of Cork for voluntary contributions to meet the increased demands upon their funds . Abuses in the Relief System . —Some very shocking disclosures of abuses in the out-door relief system are given in the following extract from the Qalway Mercury : — " At a meeting ofthe Ardfahan Committee , held on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult ., the
ratepayers attended in a body with a list containing the names ofa number of person * who were on the relief lists who " haiL ample means to support themselves and families , and . insisted on their names being struck off . asthey would not suffer themselves to be robbed . Major Burns , G . I . O ., immediately insisted ou a scrutiny , which ended in striking off avast number—an example which should be held up to other committees as praiseworthy conduct . ' Can it be true that coachmen in the employment of gentlemen , sate-keepers , woodvaneers , and , for all wo know , ladies ' maids , are receiving relief ? On the following day a very opposite > roceeding took place at Killeenavre committee . No less than four ot the members , two ratepayers and two poor-law guardians , clamorously insisted on having gratuitous relief . M-yor Burns commented on their conduct in the m ? st indignant terms . We have the names ot these
parties , holding each from eighty to one hundred and tlirty acres of land , ata valuation of from £ 50 tu £ 80 ; and if conduct of this kind be persevered in , we must discharge our duty by placing them in the proper light before the public . We can atate from good authority that the relief laws are means of getting rid of the poorer cottiers . On one gentleman ' s property , not one hundred miles from Kilchreest , a poor family , consisting of the man , his wife , and seven children , were lately ejected , the house they lived in pulled down , and ( orders having been issued by tbe relief committees in tbat neighbourhood not to admit ladders into the houses ) tho unfortuaate _ family alluded to were compelled to seek refuge in an adjoining electoral division in the Gort union , where we hear they have been refused relief . If we mistake not , tho affair appeared before the Ardraham committee . "
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. HOME CIRCUIT .-CnELM ^ oRD , Juit 13 . Poisohisgbta Wife . —Emma Elizabeth llunie , 21 . was indicted for attempting to administer to Thomas Hume , her husband , a quantity of sugar of lead , with intent to kill and murder him . The prisoner s husband was a widower at thc time he married the prisoner , and had grown-up children . Prior to April he had been suffering from a liver complaint , and Marcbant , who lived in the same village , and had the reputation of being able to cure the disorder in question , had made him some pills . On tbe 7 th April the prisoner was observed by her daughter-in-law to be mixing up some Hour and water to a thick paste , and she then moulded it to the form cf two large pills , which she placed upon the oven to dry , and when they were dried she put them into a box wbich
contained somen ! the pills that bad been sent by Mar . chnnt . At this time her husband was bedridden , and it appeared that she tried to persuade him to take some of the pills she had made . From circumstances that had previously occurred , he had some suspicions of her intentions , and after observing that the pills were too lame and strong for him , 'be refused to take them . The prisoner pressed bini to do so and told him that Tom Warner had said that they were just the thuu-sfor his complaint ; but he persisted in hisrefuaaV . The next day she again pressed biro to take tho large pills , but ho refused / and it ap . peared that after this they were handed over to tbs police . The prosecutor also stated that a abort time before this happened , the prisoner had brought llim some fried potatoes , and he found they bad such a
nauseous taste that he was obliged to si . it out what he had taken ; and upon another occasion she brought him . some broth , which had tlie same taste , and ho refused to drink it . The prisoner ' s daughter proved she saw her mother mix up the large pills , she also stated upon the occasion when her mother mwle the mutton broth , she first put some white powder into a basin , and mixed it up , aud then poured the broth into it . When ber fattier refused to drink it , the prisoner told her to throw it away , and directed her to wash the basin and saucepan quite clean . Tho prisoner said it was not true that she asked her to wash the saucepan ; she did it herself . Fox , who took the prisoner into custody , said that upon his showing her thc large pills she denied all knowled ge of them , but afterwards admitted that she had attempted to administer them to her husband , but said she did not intend to poison him . It was then given in evidence that the two pills referred to were found to contain
2 C | grains of sugar of lead , and that , in the state of health of the prosecutor , that quantity would certainly hare caused his death . The prisoner , in her defence , merely denied the charge : Mr Baron Parke , having summed up , the jury , after deliberating for a few minutes , returned a verdict of Guilty . The learned judge , after addressing thc prisoner , said he felt it to be his duty to pass upon her tho most severe sentence fixed by the law for ' this offdnce ; and he , at tbe same time , observed that he k-ew of-no otb ° r crimeso dreadful that was not visited with the punishment of death . He then o . 'dercd ( he prisoner to be transported for the term of her natural life . The prisoner heard tho address of thc / earned judgs with apparent indifference , and the moment th * sentence was pronounced she sprang to the side of the dock where her husband was standing , evidently with tho intention of inflicting any irjary thatniiehtb-. ! in her power upon h ' m . She was immediatel y seized , and carried out of court bv the turakevs .
OXFOIW GUICVIT . — OxrouD , Jolt 15 . Emuezzismest iiv 'hie Sechi . taiik .. ? a Vkiesdly Si . cieti—Richard "» Vui ( t ; , ; i memoer ufa IrioiuU ;; sotiuty called the *• Uiiivtra . ilists' Cluli , " lidil at Hamilton , was i-h : ! i |; cd « ith cinhc 7 . / . ! i » t' . I'S , received by him as the clot k tif the wiciifty . The club met btr-eriodicut intervals fur tlie degpitch of busiuuss ; a | i monies wore received iu the first instance hy a colSrcror , afterwards they were handed to the prisoner as secretary , for tho purpose ol being paid by him to tho banUrsirfthe society . Ui . an a particular ocoaskw the V ri ^„ vr sug ^ tcd that the interest allowed b y the bankers was siuall , and tbat I e could obtain a higher rato Irom a ii , m in London , who oameaoa b- . uirwssin SomcrsOowa , Via'Ally , wuhth ?
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.. " v •_ . ? „* tha club , he drew « approbation and o ^^ . 'JSJ 1 bank , for tho whole ' cif the . deposit * from t ^^ SS to lime pUrpo . eofmaU » rtha dnvel , tmeBt : Fom tun m he Tead frora ' a book a ¦ statement ^" gJJJ- At of the eompauy , which seem ed . highly « JJ ^ . length oneof the ¦^^" . . ^/ ,, * T to ih ^ id « r us he Wa * reaain ( r out of » he book , .. andobae » * « £ J £ tt-nts . thereof were in the-handwriting of the P «« 0 uer tbta- « dted .. o . ptol < m : an inquiry was " JfJ £ letter was written to thefirm in London , W hich was re
turned through tho dead-letter office , and : tott « wj " turned out that the prisoner had appropriated tbe Wnai of the society to hi , own use .-Mr Juatlcu Coleridge " marked there was a difficulty at once apparent . lm » wai a snfcles of . larceny , 'and it was quite clear that a man could not be guilty of stealing hia o « n property . H . ro tl e prisoner » a » a trustee for tha whole club ¦ ho receded the money in question with the consent ofthe moiety , forthe purpose of investing it : he was himself interested in it U never could be said that , under this state of things , be was their clerk or scrrant . There was a marked distinction between this case and that of "Hex ii flalli' ^ Tlie prisoner wa < discharged .
,.,.., > .: ' ! ' . >• MIDDLESEX . . SESSIONS . Neomctbo CuitnaEN . —T he . court »< it on Tuesday for the trial of ' 27 charges of felony standing over by adlournmuiit from last-session . Several of these cases « on » isted of poor children neglected by their parents and allowed to run . wild about the streets . Tho thefts laid to their charge were of a petty nature . Tbe learned judge lamented that there was no way of reaching the careleas parents , who Were , in many instances , the real parties to be blamed . The provisions of the Juvenile OfL-udera Bill were steps in the rightdirecti-ir , but much was still necessary to render it a . measure calculated to meet the evils in reference to Juvenile offenders which constantly came under their notice in that court .
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SOUTflWAltK . — Indecent Abbioit . — William Saunders , a baker In Lant-street , was charged with assaulting Eiiea Kelsey , a little girl between eight and nine years o : age , with a criminal intent . The com . plainant deposed that she lived with her parents in Hill , street , Blackfriars-road , and that on the preceding day the prisoner , who served them with bread , called at tho house and inquired if either of her parents were at home . Sho replied In the negative , upon which the prisoner walked into the parlour . At this moment an infant up stairs began tocry , andtho prisoner desired complainant to send her little sister to quiet the .- bahy . Her sister th-m ascended , upon which-the prisoner desired comp lainant to gointo the kitchen , andhefollowed her . When he got her there he gave her a penny , and
proceeded to act in such a manner as to leave no doubt of the offence whieh she described . While these proceedings were going forward a knocking was heard at the street doori upon which th « prisoner pasted out in a hurry , and complainant aftervards communicated tho facts to a Mrs King , who lives opposite ber father ' s houie . The prisoner said the complainant's father owed , him a bill for bread ; that he called several times for the money but could not get it ; and that this story was trumped up against him out of ¦ revenge . The prisomr's solicitor condemned bfs line of defence and said , If the magistrate considered a case of assault wss made out he hoped toat he would dual summarily with it and convict the prisoner . Mr Sucker said , the charge was of too serious a nature for him to treat In the manner suggested , nod committed tbe prisouer , but consented to take bail , himself in £ 80 . and two sureties ot £ * 0 each .
CLERKENWELL . — MoBDEnorjs Assault upon a Wirs , —Thomas-Prior was charged by Harriot , his ' wife , with having assaulted ber . On Sund . iy morning , between one and two o ' clock , the prisoner came home intoxicated , and without the least provocatwn com . menced quarrelling with her . She endeavoured to appease him without effect , when he seized the poker , and struck . her a violent blow on the head , which wounded her severely . The prosecutrix saemed desirous not to press tbe charge . Ordered to £ nd ball , but locked up In default . ¦
LAMBETH , —Ruffianlt Ootkase and Charge of Manslauohteb . —James Bruce' was charged with manslaughter , in causing the death of an aged female named Mary AUworthy ; and also with committing an unprovoked aud Ravage assav . lt on James Blake , 19 years of age . On Saturday night the prisoner , in a state of intaxlaation , entered the shop of a grocer in High-street , Lambeth , to purchase some coffee ; and on approaching the counter he made a most savage attack upon Blake . He caught him by the hair of the head , without the slightest provocation , dragged him about the shop , and ultimately into the street-, and while the youth was struggling to disengage himself tbey both rolled against the woman AUworthy , and knocked her down . She
was taken up insensible , and removed to her dwelling , when , after a partial recovery , she became delirious , and died in less than six hours after ; The medical eentlemm on eximminn her found a de ? p incision eo the hack part of the head , and a fracture of the skull , occasioned no doubt by h ^ r falling on one of tbe large stones which were lying about , through tbe sewer being under repair . The prisoner in reply to the serious charge , said that he bad received a serious wound on the head some years ago , and when he took the least drink be became so much excited as to be perfectly unconscious of what he did ; and in the present instance he had not the slightest recollection of the circumstances stated by the witnostes . —Tho prisoner was remanded .
WESTMINSTER . — Extensive Fraod . — Thomas Johnston , a young man was charged on suspicion of having committed a series of frauds . One case was clearly proved . On the 23 d of June an errand-boy of MrSchmelz > r ' s , 1 , Rupert-strtet , Ilajmnrket , was taking home a parcel of hoots aad shoes , when prisoner accosted him in St James's Park , and entering into conversation accompanied him till he saw him deliver a pair of boots at the house of » gentleman named . Dcoivn , whore pri-• oner afterwards went and . oht . iiiied possession , of the bjots by representing that he was sent > y Mr S . cbelm ° r , who was desirous of showlne the boots as a pattern . Prisoner was met afterwards by the l « d ,. and git en juto custody . Sergeant IngHsb , i C , said that therahad ^ beVn of late numerous complaints of similar . fraud ' s ,: and if « ho prisoner were remanded there might be other . charges ag ilnst him . Tbe prisoner was committed , but ordered to beagain brought up .
MAHYLEBONE . —Tub Mistakes or . a . Night .--Jane Saintree charged William Ledger with haying . disturbed hoe out of her sleep , by demanding admission into her bod . room nt 11 o ' clock at night . , Imugiuiug . it tube her . husband , she opened ' the door , when , to her amazement , Mr Ledger appeared : In the , meanwhile , language ot anything hut an amicable nature was . heard in another part of the house . Oninquiry . it . was found .. that this colloquial difference had taken place between Mm Ledger and Hr Saintree , Mr Saintree , having made a mistake imilarto that made by his fellow-loiigcr , and insisted ' upon entering Mri . Ledger ' * apartment . Mrs Saintreo called loudly for . her husband , " and Mrs Ledger with equal vehemence for hers ., At . lehgth . a , servant . girl , with a candle brought all the parties , to " iigiit . ' Mrs Saintree , nu'pectir . g the "isit premeditated , insisted on magisterial interference to prevent , a repetition of such conduct . — Mr Long bound all , the parties over ' to keep ' the peace for six months .
WORSHIP-STREET . —A suspicions Wat of " ma . kihq . up '' a Qi'ABnBL .- —Etleu , JsTCarthy was charged uniacr-. ' tbe JVloiving suspicious circumstances : —The prismer had bonn a lodger in the house of Caroline Lawsou , in Vinegar ground , St Luke ' s ; a quarrel had UUen place , which was followed by a separation , M . 'Cirthy " vowing vengeance" against Lawson . . On Saturday they met in Holborn , and M'Cartby was invited by Lawson to take a glues of gin , so that all animosity should cease . This was agreed to , but one glass produced another , and at about half . past 12 Lawson
u as found loaning against one of the peuns in Sroitlifield , uii . ib ! e to move , ' and ArCnrthy ,. standing by bar sida . A man who was piiosihg . calU'il . a cab , '' and Lawson . ' was placed in it ,. and . ' accompanied by M' Carthy . lawson was , driven to . her' -residence , but on liev arrival was found to bo . insensible . . " Cmistablu 153 was . soon' upon tho spot ,. and . ha ; hast' -ried ' lbr .. Mi : ^ oward , I . the district police surgeon , who . prpmiun . ^ The prisoner was remanded ;;^ t , at . ' tho ' lngiiekt the fallowing verdjetwas givGn .: _ That ~ the de ' ceas ' > : J wus ' fouad dead in ¦» cab ,. but ' by . '" jjiiiftj means , she " c ame by her i ' death tiieruvyasnocviac ' ueetoprove , " , , ; '
. ¦ ¦ Thb:Daob»Haji Muhdeb,—Thomas Kimpt...
. ¦ ¦ Thb : Daob » haji Muhdeb , —Thomas Kimptonand Isaac Ilickton , coiistable ' so ! ' th " e . K , division of police , took their trial at Chelmsford , on ! Wednesday , last , charged with , wiifuLanuV , corrupt perjury , in tlie above case , the particularsj . of which mint " be fresh in the minds of our readers . , So completely clear was the evidence-throuahout , that . the course ! f or the piisoners felt he could not offer any answer to the facts . Kimpton . was . found Guilty , as also llickton , ; but the latter prisoner was recommended to mercy . Jadgment , however , in both cases , was deferred . Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam .. K . O . B ., the senior naval lord ofthe Board of Admiralty has been appointed to the vacant office of Master and . Governor ol " . Greenwich Hospital , vice ; Sir Robert Stonfovd , deceased .
The Ministerial white bait ., dinner , at Greenwich , which immediately precedes the prorogation of Parliament , is fixed for Wi'tluesiiny , i ? iafe insfc . Captain Fitzgerald , latc . Gpverncr . 6 f uttrsettlement at tha U : iiubiu , has bucnappointcd Governor of Swan iiiver " . ¦ , , ¦ ; , , , , ... ., „ ' ' ; Tho Kingof . Qavavia . has , just published / a fourth volume oi his pooins ,, ; , . ' ; . .. ' , ' " "• ; A German lady who . is ' nbw . re ' sidin * "' oil tlie banks of Windermere , is said ,, tq , be . ouo , bf the bistiwvti's on ,. tho . hike ,,, and , during ,, the ,, , winter she was ! requently . distinguished as a sportswoman in shoolinc wild fowl . . .,..., ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ • b
T . German , EBq . ) . pfl \ e . H 6 i , / li ' na ; giycn ' £ l , 000 for the e «* w «» ot » » Muaoa » . toira- " and spire to the church . ot bt rttcr's ,, !!! . th , a . t town . " ¦ " ¦ ¦ In consequence , of ; | ho h ^ h , price of provisions at Vienna ,. theArchbnhophas or , lcr « d that prayers Sonic wrirhorsrs [ have been imported into Lon ^ dbii irom . . Is hj . um , ant h 4 vc t 4 d a rca ( vs 2 as fe aroroiil to resemble the Suffolk hor e ' 1 he ( . .. Feet ot recent . ' experimohte on tho Menai Bviuso has been to -throw some doiil ! £ n ., TJ ? naftlyofiWo structure , ;™ ao WBfiMtthe
. ¦ ¦ Thb:Daob»Haji Muhdeb,—Thomas Kimpt...
RAILWAY ACCIDOT AND CASUALTIES . : Fatal Accident oh ' , 7 m !; ' P « "b » jw « . { £ Etr .-An accident ot a very serious charattW j tj and with injury to one or two ^ e » tappene dggj on Thursday , the 8 th Inst ., near the' £ ««?^ L bridge , twenty-two miles distant , by thoG 10 exureaa train running off tho rails .. Tho , tram was running oa an iodine , when the engine was thrown oft the rails and was , with the tender ,, hurled completely round , and then fell down an embankment to the edte of a water-way , which runs for some diitance alon" that portion of tho lino . Fortunately the car-Yiaaea broke away from the tender , and brought up a few feet from the spot , owing to the wheels being emb edded or fixed in the gravel of the permanent mr the rails being torn up or displaced by the engine . How tho passengers escaped seems very remTrk & ble : yet we believe all were unhurt save a ^ triflin / bruises on out or two of them . The wmio toe ^^ rr . «««« , Affl » O ASuALnw
stoker was found apparently much hurt engine driver was discovered crushed on the rails by Sobrcak-iron , quite dead . The poor fellow ' s desth must £ ve ! been instantaneous , as that portion ot his body on which the iron rested was nearly flatteLd-On Friday morning the inquest of the eneine driver \ as held near the station . Before proc ed S the coroner wished to . know whether the Borcrnne itinspcctor had examined the engine and Sol ne where the accident tooke p ace - A . gentleman Z behalf of the company , said that he was not "la , ' D « h « theranv communication was received from
London since he left ; he would cause an inquiry to that effect to be sent , through , the electric telegraph . After waiting a few minutes this answer was returned — " W . e hare not yet heard when thc government inspector will como to inspect the scene of the accident " -The coroner then said that , such being the caso ' he should not think it necessary to go into tho inquiry further at present . It wai only necessary now to identify the body . Evidence to this effect having been put in , and tbe warrant for the burial of the deceased being made out , tho inquiry was
adjourned sine die . Siciiiova Ooimsjos o » run BaionTow Railway . — An accident occurred between ten and eleven o ' clock on Monday night . The annual excursion of the Printers' Pension Society took plaoe to Brighton , and all proceeded well , giving satisfaction to all parties until the return of the train , when near the New Crois ' Station , a collision took place . A Croydon train ' "Was but a short distance before the excursion train , and so near that thelattcr train was frequently slackened ; but on nearim ; New . Cross station , the engine' of the excursion train ran with great violence against the hindermost carriage of the Croydon train . ' Thc engine rebounding at the same moment against the long train attached to it , consisting of
about twenty or twonty-four' carriages ,. the shock waa tremendous . . The party waa thrown into the utmost alarm . Affer a delay of an hour the train was again set in motion , and on its arrival at the terminu * at London-bridge several persons were conveyed to Guy ' s and St Tliomasfs Ilpspitals , where assistance was rendered . One man had his ribs broken , another his teeth knocked in , and fractures were numerous The accident is supposed to have arisen from the absence of the red or cautionary light on the last carriiiue of the Croydon " train , which being stationary at New Cross leaving passengers , the engine driver of tbe . followifig train was notaware that he was so clo ' -i ' e upon it .
Furtiibb Particulars . —From further inquiries it appears that a " pick-up train " arrived at the New Cross station at thirty-four minutcspast nine o ' clock , and a Croydon train was then due . The " pick-up train " was not able to getaway in time , and a signal was feiven to stoptho Croydon train ; that having been done , the Brighton excursion train came up , when a collision took place , by which it appears that some injuries of a serious bnt not dangerous character have taken place to parties in the first and second class carriages of the Croydon train . Two gentlemen had their ribs broken , one passenger has received a severe cut over the eye , and another a wound on the leg , and three ladies more or less hurt , but no danger is apprehended in any case . Only one of the
parties injured was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , and he is doing well . The greatest attention was paid to the sufferers , medical aid , being immediately obtained , and as scon . as possible they were sent to their residences in cabs .. Mr Rothwell , jun „ one of tbe printers' committee , had five teeth knocked out , and his muuth severely cut Sorao femaks , also in the excursion train , rcceired slight iijury , but the damage , done to ' the catvwvge tvVrvfltag . A strict investigation into all the circumstances of tie case will take place before the directors and oflicer i of the company at . the New Cross station . Fatal Accidewo . v the Gkeat Wxstebn Railway . —A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday evening at the Reading station , on the arrival of thirdt-lass trains at the intermediate stations passengers
are allowed to be supplied with refreshments at the carriages . The deceased , William Waugh , 18 , was employed as potboy at the Great Western Hotel tap , ana was supplying refreshment to one of the passengers by the up mixed train , which reaches Reading at e wht minutes before 6 o ' clock , when , while alighting from the step of one of tho carriages he rebounded on a heap of coals just by thc side of the . line , which eiving way , he slipped en the nearer rail at the very time the train had started . The poor boy was kept waiting on the carriage after the train bad started , owing to the delay ofthe passenger in handing thc money and a glass . Shocking to relate , the wheels
passed over several parts of deceased ' s body , which was dreadfully mutilated . The poor , fellow must have been crushed to death instantaneously , without happily any attendant sufferings , ' tor on the immediate removal of the body not the least apparent motion was visib ' . e . The body was conveyed to the Railway Hotel tap , to await an'inquest , which has since taken place before the bmough coroner , and a verdict of" Accidental Death " returned . A general feeling was expressed against the practice of allowing persons to approach so closely to the . trains just on their arrival and departure , and even at a time after the starting . signal has been given , when it ought to be least permitted .
BfiCMIKT V . rlklTKX Cot / JfTIKS RAILWAY . —CoJIS r-BKSATioN . —This was . a writ of iniuiry to asses damages in an action to recover compensation lor certain injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a pssse , n < reron the defendant ' s line of railway . On the 18 th of July last , a passenger train on the Eastern Counties Railway was run into when near the Stratford station by miother train , Mid the consequences were tlie loss of one life , and serious bodily injury to most of the . passengers . Amongst those hurt were the plaintiff ' and hia wife . The wife was seriously bruised , and tho plaintiff received severe contusions , had a fractured leg , and other hurts , from the effects of which he kept his bed tor 24 weeks , entailing medical aud other contingent expenses to tbe amount
of £ 250 . The plaintiff had tarried oa tho business of a com factor , merchant , miltsrer , and brewer , at Colchester , near which town he held a farm of about 150 acres . The whole together realised him . ah income of about < £ ( 50 O a year , but in consequence of the injuries he received by the above accident the greater portion was given up , as the plaintiff could , not attend to . it , and the profits . diminished in ' proportion . The . Attomoy . General , for tho defendants , said he was instructed by his clients to ask the jury to award full and even liberal compensation ; but , in forming thciv estimate ol the damages to be ' given to tho plaintiff , they must be : guided by facts , and not insinuations . The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages £ 6 C > 0 ..
BnoMtET and . Wifk v . tiie Same . —In this case a verdict was taken hy dunsent f . > r the pl aintiffs-Damages £ 150 . It was an action brought by the plaintiff , jointly with his wife , to recover couip ' ensation for injuries sustained by thc latter or . the game occasion . The Oalkdo . vm . v Railway . —Wo have authority to contradict the statement in some of the newspapers that fevov had broken out amongst the ' workmen of the Caledonian ItaiU-ay , and was making sad havoc amongst them , So far from this , the men ( upwards of 1 , 000 ) are in the most healthy and vi"orous atate r-f action ; and their employers , the : extensive contractors , Messrs ; Stephenson and Co ., are attending to their wants , as they always do ; and tho line will be opened sooner , perhaps , than waa anticipated .
Thk Accidrntat WoLVEitroN . — At the Norfolk Assizes , on Saturday last , Bernard Fossey was indieted for the manslaughter of John Lambert Clifton , at Wolverton , on the 5 th of Juno . The prisoner , an intelligent-looking young dim , was also arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for the manslaughter of . six other persons . Mr O'Malley and Mr Power appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr lrendei-gast tor the defence . The charge against the prisoner was , in substance , that the death of Mr Uitton was caused by the negli cnco ofthe prison *! -, Ihe tacts of this unfortunate euto- have already ap . peared in tho Aorthem
Star . Witnesses were eU amined in support of the charge a ^ inst thc prisoner , who was clearly proved to have been tuUtv of £ was . expected ami that no goo . U traill WM lIae ' ™ . thatumo . ihe jury wmwwl a verdict of" Guilty » and mt . mated their opinion th ., i the company vVrc w Ii te h n e V ,, imerl l , is ° 1 ' »»<»« tlint to riiowi-i had been most properly convicted 1 though , a t ; ood ehwaetet had . \ ec , \>\ vCn S ' K coud hot a ! o taavcrU 8 cve , e Sn «! il S a . use i he prisoner ought to have w . v . to . l „„«¦ . ? . SV
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Jw \ W fiu # '" waded , batked by thoDnko's l ^ . thii tibo Wellington statute- is to remain upon the arch . . The Chinese spend annually £ ' . ) 0 , 000 . 000 for incense to burn beloro thaiv idols-aboilt live shillings for every man , wpyaiu-,. and cbilil in tho enunu ' ,
The Fatal ' Duel At Oamdk&Ts^ Four Years...
THE FATAL DUEL AT OAMDK & tS ^ FOUR YEARS AGO . ° K SUnURMDKR OF LIEUT . MUSRO . On Mosday at about eleven o ' clock , bj . ; i Long , tho sitting magistrate at Marlborou ^ 1 % court , was engaged in the disposal of some chs , " ^ trilling importance , a person of militaiy apaJi !' ' *! entered the court , accompanied by another fiI ft " man . He stated that he wax Lieutenant Mnn , L **¦ that he had come to surrender himself , in order ' a " he mig ht take hh trial tor the unfortunate due which Lieut .-Coloncl Fawcett fell . It wi ; i bj , ? 'J in the recollection of tho public , that the duel J ? t re sulted so fatally tor > k place four years a to i „ Q . adjacent to thc Brecknock Arms , Camder . f '' ** yEAKS M-I 0 » ,
when Lieut .-Uol . Fawcett . owing to a wou . „ j 7 ° j he received , lingered for a short turn- and then £ l An inquest « ns held hy Mr iVaktey- upon too ba I ' and after two or three adji-u-nments , the jur . ' < tinned a verdict ot" Wilful Murder" against I . C Munro as the principal , and asainst three other g J * tlcraen as accessories ; tho latter ultimately » ,, themselves up , and after being tried at tho CentJ Criminal Court were acquitted . Lieutenant Mui ) j absconded , and a wairant forhisapprehension w . i sa one period in the hands of Hooker , a warrant offioer of this court .
Mr Chambers , an inspector present , said he « oiity endeavour to ascertain , if possible , in whose hani , the warrant remaine 1 . He retired , and in tliero ^ of an hour returned , having been unable to obtain ^ necessary information . Mr Long was of npinion that it was only necessity to have Lieutenant Munro ' s voluntary adniissjQj reduced co writing , ? nd signed . Mr Phillips , the clerk , then took down from tfcj lips of Lieutenant Munro , * -ho , throughout the pro . ceedings , Rcemed much dejected , the following Wiej statement : —
"I am here to give myself up to tho hv » s of uj country , having understood that a warrant ia out against me for killing Colonel Fawcett ina duel . anj I have como forward voluntarily from Dresden fo surrender awl take my trial . The duel was fought on July 1 , 1843 . " « ...-, Lieutenant Munro having affixed his signature to the above admission , was conveyed , accompanied ty the usher , in a cab to Ncw « a e .
Extensive Jewellery Robbery, On Saturday...
EXTENSIVE JEWELLERY ROBBERY , On Saturday John Daniell 1 alias Johnson ) agj Marianne Smith , who had a child in her arms , wer brousht before Alderman Gibb % at the Mansion , house , charged with having stolen gold and silvef watches , diamond rings , & c , of the value of about £ 1 , 000 , the property of Mews Brown and Walker of Whitoehapel and Leadenhall-street . Thepremij » J in Leadenhall-street were those in which the robbs was committed , and the moment the discovery to , ^ place the prosecutors employed Haydon and Webb , two of the most vigilant officers of the city police , j a tho work oi detecting the thieves and recovering th 8 stolen iroods .
Mr Charles Brown said : 1 am in partnership with Mr John Brown , and carry-in ? on business as jeire ) lers , & c .. at 92 , Iligh-streut . -Whitechapel , and » lw at 110 , Leadenhall-street . The male prisonenm shopman to us up to Saturday night last , and had all the property in Leadenhall-street , under his care . The articles vrere rerjr valuable . It was the male prisoner ' s duty to sleep upon the premises even ni ght , arid it was his duty every Sunday momin ^ bring the keys to m , and to come in the evening for them and return to fcleep in the house . He brought the keys as usual last Sunday morning to our house in Whitechapel ; but he did not return in thoevenW 1 visited the premises on Monday morning ateiegj
o ' clock , and saw that they were locked up according to custom . 1 found my lad at the door , and he sajj Mr Daniell had not arrived . I opened the premise ; , and , as the shop was dark , directed that the shutUn should be removed . I then perceived that a number of articles had disappeared , and the tickets vhich had belonged to them werescattered about theplacej and I said to the lad , "I see how His . " [ fa brought in some gentlemen . [ Hero tho officer pro . duced several bundles , containing jewellery of van . ous kinds . ] I can identify the gold watch found by ono of the officers upon Daniell as our property , and part of that which had been on thc premisei on Saturday , and had not been accounted for br Daniell .
Mr John Walker said : I went on Monday rnorninj to LeauonUaUsttt-et , and found everything there in a state of confusion , the property stolen , and the tickets about the premises , I instantly commenced a course of search , accompanied by Haydon and rVebb , the officers . I went with them for the purpose of identifying Daniell , After having uone to i variety of places wc at last called at 21 , Grove-place , Lisson-grove , where the officers knocked at the door , and inquired whether Mr Johnson was at home , " Yes /' said the person who opened the door , " walk in . Upon entering we saw the female prisoner , and asked her whether Mr Johnson was « t home / She replii-d in the negative . I said , upon looking at her , " Your name is Daniell . " "No , ' said she ,
"it is Johnson , and Mr Johnson is out . " I at once recognised a particular hook , which was on tiie table , as Daniell ' s , and I said , " Tnat ' s his book . " and one of the officers said , "That ' s his hat . " We then sean-lieil the next roam , and Webb discovered Daniell under the bed , and pulled him out . I said to Daniell , * ' You scoundrel , where is my property i " and he replied , " I see it ' s no use—it ' s in that box , " pointing to a heavy trunk . The trunk was then opened , and we found alrurst all the property winch had been stolen in a carpet bag in it , done up in H parcels , and wo took an inventory of tbe propcrtr . Daniell made no statement , but the female prisoner inquired of him what it was he said , to which he tepfied that he would tell her presently . The wholeof the property produced is ours .
The female prisoner . —Mr Walker said at the tiro he did not" charge " mo . Mr Walker . —Yes ; but afterwards I found that you hau a black brooch and ring of mine . Robinson Webb , city policeman 65 S , aud Daniel Iiayd « n . who had traced the prisoners and the propcrty trora place to place with extraordinar y skill , gave evidence in all the main points exactly corresponding with that « iven'b y Mr Walker . When Daniell acknowled ged that there was no use in
further attempts at concealment , he handed to oneof the ofheers a key which he singled out as tbe key with which to open the trunk , and also the key adapted to the lock ol the carpet ba < r in which the prooeny wascontained . Each lock waa at once openedVith 2 S Ti ' 8 ? J C 0 te fc to UM" ^ Pockets were found not on y the gold watch identified by Mr Brown , but several foreign coins . MrAValker saidhe had no doubt that the coins were the property of the firm , as Daniel ! was in . trusted to purchase old sold and silver .
When the ofhci-ra told Daniell what they were , and asked him whether he knew where they came from , henoddid assent ; and when asked whether he wished to say anything before the house was searched tor the property ho said , " We'll , it ' s all over , it ' s wv . ' . £° " l " a 11 * ' ««« , " Pointing to thetrunk . V ) hen the officers told the woman that she must consider herseli their prisoner , sho replied , " Ye * . 1 have norther wish but to share his punishment . " ihe prisone rs were then remanded . A great deal of ingenuit y had been exercised by uie prisoners to escape detection , but it uiij in & tew days overcerae by the seal and vigilance of the > policemen . . On Monday tho prisoners were re-examined , Th » > only evidence in addition to that aiven above , was i
w . nx . wnicti formed a necessary connecting link oe > tween the statements made un Saturday by tlw- wit- >• nesses then examined . The Lord Mayor said th « e e was not evidence enough upon which to commit lh » » female prisoner , but his lordship convaiitted DauieHH tor trial at the Central Criminal Co'jrt .
Inisn Cosped6u.Vtion._The Cq- Nfcderates...
Inisn CosPED 6 u . vTioN . _ The Cq- nfcderates met orai bunday evening at CarUrightVMr Broome in Hub chair , the chairman addressed the raeetin « in a vcrjr i-tT rhiT ""' 8 pCOt ' h " in tb «»»« e of which l « h mon tvS ? m . " WaS CTl" ** a - eou e of lecture * KiifSiwlV * MrGU T >' ffioVeatue >' ° ^» ' ^ resolution , which was sec ond' d bv Mr Manlv mini ffifffaT ? f ^ L * h ™«* S 1 ship be terwnrded by the So- .-retarv of the Cdnfcdcr > n oS ' ttSTw ^ f eT b 0 f April , without a 7 ^ plai ation vvliatever for - Chcir delav . is a wi ' ilfiW 7 ireltoZlit \ T T " ' t thc couucil in their niodiu ^^ t ^^ f h ^ r ^ . » i ' ** 18 unjust- . aud wc do V . prtbv c » w
" tndJwSSlT llberty lu , d P atro » 3 « naif >" Snh , Iw fUo * uW , c countenance this aetfct of 11 o Ir h 5 ° Ve nce U wi » tc »' 1 "who the lca . lei . le 0 Pr . ii . frS ^ l > lecallous and unmindful on simiWl ucca . i . ii . s Umn jvain , Sullivan , lleard .-n a «» b ! ,, vn « , o « r ' a , id ! -es : sc 'l the meeting . A furtiicrat ? , joofnmcnt wt the discussion on their "Deoiaratwti ' and . Uijectr" took place ; after ^ iiicli the usual voko oi tniwiKs was given to thc chairman , and the mctoci I mg sopar nted . j Lost ; L 0 ? t ! the Consciences of the Bakers js j wn « y , doii . —Whosoever has found the i-auw ami » 'l « j brio ' ^ it to be tried by the price of corn in to wn a ^ a 1 oinntiy , shall receive a four-pound lout , full wiA 1 j Sl ' . id best bread , far seronpence . J might just * t * i'tlint- ' Bomo person had the substance of the aWiun
"died" the uthci- week when tho markots warosrc much lowered , which caused them ( the bakers ) s ) consult their t-iinsi'icnccs and lowci- 'the price of brcarci but I am sorry di say that it had not tho dc ? ir ;? i effect to-day . although thc notice was put up i « ' « market place of the town . D » t J am hopi / t . B , !>* , h ever , that in allowing it a conspicuous corner in )' . )' Staii , the spark of liuht ivi ght plitnnier on the * c . in . seictiees of the bakers . — A Coxstast linvw Abingdon , July lijili . ¦ ¦¦ :.
In addition to tho literary pensions lately civ ( ferrtd . £ 100 per annum hashed ) granted toMr ?> r ?> )) nrl . F . R . S .. well known as ow oi the ioimik'i ' u ^ the Kmoiuolo & ic . nl Society ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17071847/page/6/
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