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1 , 070 , compared with which theS 70 or-. o . I-.--. weekVshifct a great decrease . Bat It IS 10 DO ol ¦ served that cholera had made much rogre . s a . tm * period in 1 SJ 0 . and wiili diarrheal n * i iai **« . l £ totaJ diwths in the correspiMiam ? week < -f r ,-.. it jea . to 1711 : heece tho average mortality as now SiatoU is iii » b » r than a normal state cf the population wonfi hare produced . The mortality of London last week is equal to only half it-- ? sum at a tune when cholera had begun , but is greater than what prevail * in districts wfcero more favourable conditions of health exi-t . In . the present lcturn the deaths ari ««» from disc-ises of tho respiratory org . iui amount to U 2 , while the correct-. ' . ' ! average of com'soo-iding weeks is SO . In the zymotic crass the number of " fatal diseases is 2 ( K 3 , of which 21 ¦ were produced 5 > y small pox , 21 by measles , 31 by hoopiiiji-L'Ou ^ h , and wily < S by iC-. > rVv . i : \ . In the last Mifca weeks diarri-cea has been fatal
successive ! -, to 20 , 53 , and 61 p-. rsor . s , showing a { -rada- ' l iacreaje . Of the 64 only 31 were more than 15 years < jf age . Eight cares of cholera were registered in various districts . The births of 710 boys and OSS girls , in all 1 , 407 children were registered last week . The average number in sis corrcsp-mdings weeks of 1 S 15-5 ( I is 1 , 2-11 . The mean hei ght of the !> . iron-cier in the week was 20 040 in . at the Itoyal ObMirvatory , Greenwich . The moan toi . ; - pen-ture was 53 * 1 cog ., w ! ich is 4 ' 'ejrs . less than the average of tho sumo week in ten years . The daily mean was ljjlow the average on every day of the week , and on Thursday fell to oi-i ) cleg , or 7 helow it .
A Max Drowned is a Wi . i . l . —On Saturday evening last * -n inquest was held by Mr . AT . Baker , at th--Lamb public house , North-sin'et . Bethnal Green , on ills body of Henry Pupiey , a ? ed forty-three , who was drowned in his or . s well . Yu-dkt— " 1 hat th < s deceased was found -. ; ead in a well , but how he came therein thry had no positive proof . " Fatal Accident . —On Saturday morning last Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Ship York public house , Lov .- « r llotherhithe , en t iie body of Henry Campbell , aged fifteen , who tiled from drowning . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
Fatal Fall from a Masihsad . —On Saturday after-iooa last Mr . W . Baker , coroner , held an in quest at the London Hospital , as to the death ol iticlmrd Harrington , aged thirty-four , a ship rigger . The deceased was engaged on the top of a mast in the import dock , Biackwall , when the mast broke and threw him on the deck . Verdict— " Accidental Death . " Frightful Accioext . —A dread-ul accident recurred on tiia 18 th inst ., at Constitution Hill , just as her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the Royal Family were leaving Bucking-ham Palace to proceed to the Isls of Wight . A respectable-dressed individual , seeing a mail cart coming , ran io the other side of the road , but as the carriages of her Majesty were proceeding vapidly towards him in the contrary direction he turned bsck , and ran under the head of tbe mail cut horse , ile was knocked down , trampled on . sad ihe wheel missed over his bodv .
ArrKMPiEi > Suicide . —A melancholy attempt at suicide , and which it is feared will prove fatal , was made un Saturday last , by a young female named Gotch , in ths presence of her father , a respectable boot and shoe maker , keening a shop in Kiiii . ' -street , Lower Road , Islington . The unhappy girl was in conversation with her afflicted parent and other members of her family , when suddenly without any apparent cau-e , she seized a knife used for cutting leather , and inflicted a frightful wound in her throat . She was immediately conveyed in a cab to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where every kindness and requisite attention was afforded her by the house sur geon and ethers attached to that excellent institution . The poor creature has for some tinis past exhihited conside able absence of msnncr , betraying symptoms < -f a disordered intellect , but nothing dangerous w . ; s expected at her hands .
Disccvkuy of Human * Skeletons . —Last week sonic workmen who wew engaged in forming a new sewer in Ci > th Fair , West Smithfieid , discovered at the depth of about sen feet a great number of human remains . There is no dcubi that the spot was formerly the burial j . Jace attached to the monastery In Smithfieid ; and it is a singular fact , that although gome of the bones are in a most perfect state—whole set-s of troth being found as white as ivory—yet there is not a vestige of a coffin , but the bodies had been laid with gieat regularity . A short time since some remains were found under aa old house , ' near the spot which was known to have been erected several centuries .
Fatal Accident . —As Mrs . Rowe , the wife of Mr . Rowe , auc-ioneer , Coieman-strect , City , was proceeding at four o ' clock on Monday afternoon along the New Road in a pony phaeton , " driven by a servant , the animal became restive and unmanageable , and ukimnteiy ran away towards Euston-square , driving from or . e side of tbe road to the other . At that moment the carriage of Mr . Christie , M . P ., with the hon . gentleman in it , and an omnibus , drove up in an opposite direction , when 31 is . Howe ' s ponv ran so furiously sgnint Mr . Christie ' s carriage , that the phaeton and pony were wheeled by the concussion to ihe opposite side close to the omnibus , where Mrs . Rowe was flung * ritli such force to ths ground that her neck was broken . When raised up the unfortunate lady was quite dead . The servant was also thrown out , but sustained only a few scratches , and the pony and phaeton were scarcely injured . Deceased was si 3 ty-fo ** x vears of age , and very corpulent .
Fatal Omnibus Accident . —On Monday Mr . Bedford heid an inquest at the Charing-cross Hospital ou the bo'iy of James Floyd , aged forty-three , an omuibus driver , who , on Friday last died from injuries received while engaged in driving his vehicle on th- * previous Tuesday . William Smith , of King ' s-read , Chelsea , stated that on Tuesday last he was enga-jed in condacrin *; a Fulham omnibus , while decatsed was driving . As the bus was coming down the Haymarket , about five o ' clock in the afternoon , and while parsing over a crossing , it received a violent shock and was thrown over , causing the inside passengers to sbont for witness , who drew them out through the windows . Witness then saw the deceased lying on the ground , and heard a
gentleman say his thigh was broken . He was removed on a stretcher to Charing-cross Hospital . On examining tbe under part of the vehicle he found the off-hind ax ' . e broken . The crossing , like three or four others in the ilaymarket , was a little higher than the road , and it was his opinion that either of ihem would break the best axle-tree . Witness had bee .. . hut two days engaged with deceased . —Charles Perry , waterman , stated that at the time of the accident she bus was not crowded . On exaiviiui .-g the . -isle-tree , he found a bad flaw near the sJsonldcr . The Coroner here remarked on the silence of the Ja * t witness as to the flaw , while , he mentioa-d the crossing as contributing to the
accident . He did not like to see evidence given in that way , —Mr . Henry Dalton , surgeon to the hospital , stated that deceased was brought to him with a broker . Uik'h , and continued in great pain , till Friday , when he died i : i a fit of dderium tremens , inflammation bavins come on about twenty hours before his death . During the time he lingered he required the grea ;;? t support , and was constantly supplied with wine . & c . —Mr . J . Hartley , propieior of the bus , sta = ed , in s-nswer to Mr . Bedford , that such as the axle use was it had bren for fifteen years . The jury were of opinion that ihe occurrence was . entirely accidental , and returned their verdict accordingly .
Dfstkuctjve CoxrtiOiUTiox on the Marquis or Wesim « st £ b * s Estate . —On Tuesday night about a quarter past eleven o ' clock , a fire of a very fierce and alarming character broke out in one of the newly-errcted iio- 'se . * bslouging to Mr . Hutchinson , the build *? in Moi ten-place , Pimiico . An immediate supply of water was procured , but before the flames could be assuaged the premises in which they hegaa were totally gutted , the only portions left being the outer brick walls . The origin of the fire is not precisely'knowii i but the prevailing opinion of ' . he inhahi : a *;* s -v . 15 that it was , the . w- ^ rk of . some vile inee-j ^ iary . Owing * o the great confusion which m-vailcd , h ksj impossible to learn whether the sufferer wa- in-nred w not .
Two uhildrex fousd Murdered . —At an earlv m-mr on V \ - . in- ^ day raormnij the mutilated remains el . a newi . y-. wn , mic child was discovered by two ? LV Ti ! -- , ? - soaie ° W houses in Lambethf ^^^ . The deceased was tied up in ^ Se ? S ! f ^ t r ^^ mnve -, * evaiSi ^^ m ^^ t ^ TT ' f ? ? ' that the chUd h ,. i bL . hor % ^ t ^? f fe 5 a , OB " tha r , su : t of ar « n v . olencT Sin ^ i ¦• 8 1 i- eath w -- 1 •• • " ^ " - 'cnce , * 3 incc the dl = coverv a Teniae imagw i ! i e neighbourhood faas be 1 n taker « - -ocai tojy 9 jtho o : i « , on mpidon " fcSiSS dea : n flhe lohut . Aa-ther body of a child wS found cy a * prjlce on iY « lne * far mornin on Ihf s » P ot a dear in L ndon-W . I , City . The cMld had i-ren recenny horn , ana marks of viol , nce w , re visible on t ; : e head and neck . .
Catjtios to Trade ^ mex . —Information Las been received at tha General Pest-office of a series of robbe -ws which hare lately been practised upoa respect-
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•!•> : <; tiMtu smen , and which have been -fleeted in the s ' o . io- ing manner . The person engaged in this S'rindiin *; trans-iction takes care to rc * 1 de within the ; if :. ' -= ! i mile circuit of the London district post . ' When i"c < -i ? dlicob ( ainsamoney order to the amount of -nf . > hiilin : % which is made payable at one of the offi ^ s in the metroijolis . He then orders goods , chtilv in woollen ar ticles , to the amount of £ 0 and uov . ards from roate house in London , specifying at ti ' ic : amc time that alibisbusinessisconducted onthe principle of immediate payment in cash . In this maimer he multiplies orders , altering the amount o f one shilling to £ 5 , and from the neat way in which the erasure of the " one shilling" is effected , it is almost impossible to detect the fraud . It is almost- needless to state that after the delivery of the • roods , the tradesman , upon application to the Postofiice , finds that he has been swindled , no such
amount as the £ 5 or the £ 10 having b ° en paid to his account there . It is to be hoped that this caution will set tradesmen on their guard , and lead to thedetection of this artful swindler , who no doubt U now making a circuit of the suburbs of London for the purpose of victimising the metropolian tradesmen . Blackfbiaus Buidge . —In consequence of a continued subsidence of the pier of this bridge , it is the intention ofthe committee shortly to atop the carriage way for a brief period , in order either to lessen iho superincumbent wei ght , or afterwards if the pier should continue to move , to load it so as te drive the foundation timbers and stonework down to the bed of day , a short distance below , The strong wooden crtiitcrini lately put up under the two arches which saring from this pier , are to enable it to settle without damage iu the event of the foundation sinking until it reaches the clay , upon which no . doubt is entertained that all further movement will cease .
ll'IBBEMY AT THE GltEAT EXHIBITION . —On Wed-! . f-sday information was circulated throughout the Metropolitan and City Police Stations tha ' . a case in tiie Exhibition had been plundered of a silver medal of the Royal Dublin Society , 1844 ; a gold medal ot ihe Dublin Society , 1851 , with the name of Bradford mi both — and some razors marked "Bradford , Chmmel , cutler toH . R . H . Prince Albert . " A ssc-nd case was plundered of a silver medal of the . same society . Unqualified Practice op Medicine . — On Wednosday an inquest was opened b y Mr . Baker , at the Bell . RatcliflVhighway , on the body of Henry Steward Davis , aged thirteen . Deceased , whose mother was a lunatic , being inclined to idioev , was
placed under the cave of a married woman named I '/ Mzibeth Wanstall . On Monday last as he complained of a pain in his bowels , Mrs , "Wanstall gave him a composition powder obtained for one penny , at the shop of a Mr . John Stephens , " medical botanist , " potato merchant , and agent ; to Dr . Coffin , On Wednesday evening witness saw Mr . Stephens , who prescribed another dose of the powder . The same evening Mr . Stephens administered an anema to the deceased . Witness was prest-nt , This was about eight o ' clock at night . Ho seemed to bo relieved by it , and exhibited ilo symptoms of suffering pain . The following morning he appeared lower . About twelve o ' clock that day he had the rattles in his throat , shortly after which he died . —William Richard Croker , shopman to Mr . Stephens , Eaid that he had supplied Mrs . Wanstall with the composition powder . Witness guessed at the quantity he was to give . He did not mention
either to the constable or Mrs ; "Wanstall how it was to be administered . The injection was made of the composition powder , with some Valeria andsabelia . The whole-was about a quarter of an ounce . It was not weighed . Witness does not know what he added to make a liquid of it . Mr . Stephens has no diploma , and witness believes he has " received no education for medical purposes . Witness hud no oilier knowledge of medicine than what he has ¦ icked up from Dr . Coffin ' s book . If witness found a difficult case he would consult Mr . Stephens . — Sir . Garrett stated that in the deceased ' s condition nothing of an astringent character ought to have been administered to the deceased . —The Coroner stated that he should adjourn the inquiry , in order to have the analysis of the contents of the stomach , and he directed that Dr . Letheby should be applied to for that purpose . —The inquiry was then adjourned .
Smithfiem ) Market . —The committee on this bill re-assembled on Wednesday . After considerable deliberation with closed doors , the committee came to the following resolution : — " That the City is entitled to comynsation to be calculated on an average of five years ofthe tolls prior to its closing , should tho site become valuable and built on , the tolls to make up the deficiency , as in clause fifty of tbe Islington Market Bill . " The committee re-assembled after a fortnight ' s sitting on Thursday , to dispose of the remaining clauses , and in a formal manner to declare the preamble proved .
1 estimonv of Respkct . —The members of the corps dramatique , and the equestrian company attached to Astley ' a Amphitheatre and the Hippodrenie at Kensington , assembled at Mr . Mackintosh's Tavern , Westminster Bridge , fur the purpose of presenting Mr . Pritchard Ballard with a massive gold Fnuff box as a testimony of respect . This gentleman is associated with Mr . Batty in the extensive aud successful speculation of the hew Hippodrome . ' The New Italian * Roman Catholic Church . — It is said that the arrangements for the erection of the intended Italian Roman Catholic Church in London are already so far matured , that a much earlier period will be fixed for laying the foundation stone than the public expected . The site will be in the ne ¦ . street leading from Farriugdon-street to Clerkenweil .
Marriage op Miss Talrot . —The marriage of this young lady , whose name has been so prominently before the public , took place on Tuesday morning at the Roman Catholic Chapel , Warwickstreet . Shortly after ten the arrival of those who bad been invited to be present commenced , and continued until the time appointed for the ceremony , every porl ion of the chapel being filled with well dressed ladies nnd gentlemen . Lord Edward Howard arrived with his fair bride , who was attended by six bridesmaids . They were conducted to seats appropriated for them in front of the altar . After
the usual ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church had been gone through , the Rev . Mr . Doyle ( the testamentary guardianof the lady ) officiating , assisted by several priests . low mass was performed , at the conclusion of which the respective parties repaired to the sacristy , when the ceremony was completed and the register signed . The Lord Chancellor , as the legal guardian of the fair bride , gave her away . After leaving the chapel the happy couple took their departure for Arundel Castle : the distinguished persons present being entertained at the maiision of th ' e Duke of Norfolk , in St . James ' s-square ,
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Fatal Thcnderstorm , —On Friday afternoon , the 13 th iust ., the neighbourhood of Rochester was visited by a storm which , although of short duration , was of an alarming character , andit is feared may have done considerable injury in its course , as in its progress over our ancient city it struck . . tho Cathedral / and set fire to the church at Frindsbury , situated on an eminence above the railway station . Clouds had for some time been gathering to the northward , and at a quarter past four o ' clock in the afternoon , after some distant thunder , a dense mass of clouds approached , when a flash of lightning , accompanied simultaneously by a loud clap of
thunder , occurred , the electric fluid striking the north pinnacle of the tower of the cathedral , from which the point was detached , and hurled up ? n the i-oof below , breaking through the slates . The portion of the pinnacle detached was broken into fragments - , the largest piece weighing nearly a quarter of a hundredweight . To those near the spot the sound , when the pinnacle was struck , resembled the report of a gun , and , although ' the thunder and lightning might be said to be instantaneous , yet the report of tbe explosion was distinctly perceptible before the roll of ihe thunder commenced . Persons on tha bridg . , and other open spaces , who witnessed the phenomenon , describe it in ea « h instance , both at the Cathedral and Frindsbury , as a ball of fire
falling on the edifices , and persons in conversation at the time , though distant from these buildings , as being suddenly impressed wiih fear for the safety of those with whom they were conversing " , as . each appeared to the other at the moment as if enveloped in flame . Fortunately the Cathedral has sustained no injury beyond that we have described . At Frindsbury church the electric fluid appears to have tun down the spire and set fire to the sbiiij-le at its b * se . Prompt measures were taken to extinguish the flames by persons who witnessed the occurrence , and by the active and judicious exertions of a few individuals the church was saved from destruction . A stack at Bredgar , between Rochester and Sittingbourne , was also struck by the electric fluid and entirely destroyed . A violent thunderstorm also broke over the western suburbs of Worcester on Thursday evening- ; which proved fatal to a labouring man named Joseph Fowler . The deceased was trussing hav on tbe Crow ' s-nest Farm , about two miles from
Worcester , with his brother and a young lad , when the storm came on , and they took shelter under a tree . The boy had left the free for a few minutes , and was returning , when a tremendous clap of thunder burst over him . and he was thrown insensible to the ground . When he was able to ri-e again he found his brother lying upon the ground , with a portion of his clothes on fire . Two persons eame up at this juncture , who found the man quite dead , and the hay on which he was sitting , together with a hedge close at hand , burning . The boy was still suffering much from the effects of the ' shock , and had not recovered on Saturday . An inquest was held on Friday , when a verdict of Ac ctderiral death was recorded . lie has left a wile , and . bore an excellent charae'er . A territfc storm passed' over a pan of Essex on Friday , and in some p ' aces the heavy rain and wind did considerable damage in beating down the wheat crops . At Coleheater a poor woman named Pettitt , who stood at
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a tub in her own house washing , was struck dead by the lightning . The electric fluid tutored the room and killed her instantly ; and at the same time the adjacent houses were injured . Ac L yme tl » 9 Storm occasioned much damage , aud at a neig hbouring farm as many as upwards of thirty sheep were killed by the electric fluid . They were standing under a tree . On the ISth hist .. Sunderland was visitt-d by a destructive thunderstorm . From a vessel lying , in ihe roads a large ball of fire , having a blue appearance , and being tinged with red , was seen to descend and fall upon the lower part of the town . , This was immediately followed by a tremendous peal of thunder , resembling a salvo of artillery . The sky for several moments was completely illuminated with sheet lightning , which was
followed immediately by a heavy shower of rain . The electric fluid struck the chimney of a house in Burleigh-street , which was shattered to pieces , and the bricks strenn in all directions , and broke in the roof . . The electric fluid passed down the chimney . Several pieces of wood and iron were thrown about in the attic ; it passed dowu to a room in the third story , and threw the plaster off the wall , and tore up the flagstones of the hearth and turned them upside down , and broke all the windows . In the second story there was a large cast metal stove around the fireplace , which seemed to have attracted the electric fluid , for a large stone chimney-piece was thrown out of the wall on to tho floor , a large quantirv of crockeryware was broken and a door
shattered to pieces . In the lower or basement story a closet door near to the fireplace was completely shattered to pieces ; the teiter of tho bed , which was fixed with iron pins , was thrown down , and part of the furniture and the windows were broken . At this moment a horse and cart was standing in the street , aud three children were playing at a short distance , the horse suddenly reared in a rampant position on his hind legs for a moment , and the wheels of the cart were completely illuminated with a bright blue electric light . Several persons had a narrow escape from the falling bricks . Two of the children received severe blows from tbe falling missiles . A boy , named Bally , was severely cut 011 the toes of the right foot , and was also struck with lightning . He was taken up in a state of insensibility , andespired the samoepening at nineo ' elock . In a neighbouring house in the same street , as Mrs . Woodcock , a married woman , was sitting sewing
her husband ' s clothes in an upper room , the electric fluid struck the needle and thimble on her finger , and she received a powerful shock and wa g thrown down on the floor , and when taken up she was found to have completely lost her speech and hearing . She was immediately attended by Mr . Dickson , surgeon , and recourse was had to galvanism . Tho apparatus was hi ought , and a gentle current ofthe electric fluid was passed through her frame for about a quarter of an hour , and she again received her speech and hearing , and although extremely weak she is likely to recover . During the , whole evening the street was crowded by a dense mass of people , and the greatest excitement prevailed among the inhabitants of that part of the town , which is principally occupied by the poorer part of . the population . This violent storm was of short duration , and about two hours afterwards the sky became calm , clear , and serene .
The Suspected Murder at Norwich , —The excitement caused by the recent discoveries of human remains in this city and . neighbourhood , and which had in some degree become lulled , has been renewed by a discovery which was made on Saturday last . On the afternoon of that day , as a man named Henry Layton , was employed in mowing the grass in the churchyard of St . Peter , of Southgate , he found a human foot , the left one , which had been concealed in the long grass . It had evidently , from the ap ; earance of the grass aronnd and other circumstances , lain there for some time . It had been cut offat tbe ankle joint , and the toes were contracted in the same manner as those of the foot previously discovered at Lakenham . The feet in size arid general appearance correspond exactly , and they are evidently those of the female whose fate appears to be involved in such mystery .
Charge of Fokgbry . —On Saturday last a description was circulated of a person named William Henry Barrett , a miller and corn merchant , who had absconded from the city of Gloucester , taking with him a considerable amoUnt of money , and who is charged with forgery . A reward of £ 100 is offered for his apprehension . His wife , a short stout woman , with pais care-worn countenance , is stated to be with him . Accident to Mui Roebuck , M . P . — -The Sheffield Independent states that Mr . Roebuck , M . P ., has
met with n somewhat serious accident . A few days a- ; o the hon . member was amusing himself with his Newfoundland dog , and was feigning to throw a stick , when the dog eagerly springing to seize the stick , caught hold of Mr . Roebuck ' s hand in his mouth , and severely lacerated tho muscles of the thumb . This injury , acting upon a highly nervous temperament , produced for some days very unfavourable symptoms . Mr . Roebuck is still under the necessity of avoiding excitement as much as possib ' c .
Alternate Grief and Jdv . —The distressed relatives , at . North Shields , of a part of the crew of the Tyne brig Theodosia , the crew of which vessel were supposed to have been buried in a watery grave some time age , were clad reluctantly in the sombre habilmovits oi" grief for the memory of supposed departed husband and brother , when on Sunday last the " rap tap" of the postman brought letters announcing the glad tidings that the missing part of the crew were not dead , but had all been landed safe at Rio de Janeiro . ' This is a striking instance of the vicissitudes of alternate joy and sorrow expressed by the families of those whose occupation is on the mighty deep . —Newcastle Journal .
Hauwich Election . —In the event of a new writ being issued for the representation of this borough , Mr . 11 . W , Crawford having been unseated , it is said that neither that gentleman , nor Mr . Prinsep , will present himself again for the favour of the electors . It is understood that a gentleman locally connected with the district will come forward . Charge or Murder .-On . the , 17 th inst ., inform « tion was received at the Plymouth Police-station of a Peruvian , named Frederick do . Bezon , having murdered un old naval pensioner named Costello , a shoemaker . It appeared that the deceased on the previous night had been out drinking , and his own homebcing . in Devonport , he repaired to
Stillmanstreet , where the prisoner was residing . He attempted to get in hut was unable . He afterwards went away and returned about one o ' clock in the afternoon ] when he again . presented himself at the house in a state of intoxication . ' lie . was desired to leave , but refused , and the prisoner , who was sober , went'down to him . to put him out . forcibly . Still refusing ' to leave , he took hold of him by the shoulders and knocked him down in the middle of the street —his head coming with great violence on the pavins ; stones . He lay senseless for a few minutes on the ground , and , was afterwards takeu into the house , when he was found to be dead . The prisoner was immeciately taken into custody .
Representation of Scarborough . —Tue contest between L-rd Mulgrave and Mr . G . P . Young resulted , on Saturday last , in the return ofthe latter gentleman by a majority of thirty-three . The chairing of the new memoir took place the same day . Shocking Brutaliiv . —A boatman , named J . Wick , is in custody , at Manchester , on the charge of kicking a woman to death . Police-constable Moores was going down Back Irwell-street , about twenty minutes to five o ' clock , on Monday morning , when he heard screams from a cellar , and on going there found Wick kicking and beating two women , whom he accused of having robbed him of four half-crowns . One of the women was bleeding about ihe head and
face , and appeared to be duiiff . She was afterwards conveyed 10 the Infirmary , but died on the way . The other woman was also carried to tbe Infirmary , where she lies in a precarious state . — -Tbe prisoner was brought up ' at' the Manchester Borough Court on the same morning , but was remanded . On Monday afternoon the deposition of the woman whom the policeman found on the floor of the cellar , was taken , in consequence of . fears being ohtertained that she would not survive . She said her name was Helen Farrand , and that of deceased was Margaret Firling . Thoy lived together in tho cellar in Back Irwell-street . The deceased went out late on Sunday night , and returned with the . prisoner about four o clock in the morning . Deceased said Wick
was an old acquaintance of- tiers , and asked him to treat them . Wick promised that he would pay for breakfast for them all iiext-morning . Witness was in bed when they . came in ,, but got up and supped with themofl some piokled herrings and sonic . beer , of which they all had rather too much . Wick afterwards wont to bed . He gave each of tho women a s illing , and they then , went out for a walk . They returned in about half an hour , when Wick seized and beat them both , saying they had robbed him . Witness , remembered no more of the matter . On Tuesday the prisoner was again brought up at the Borough Court , when Mr . Skinner , house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary , stated that he had
made a post mortem examination of deceased's body . He found an extensive laceration of the liver , with effusion of blood on tho abdomen . The ribs ou both sides v .-ere fractured , and one of the lungs lacerated . There wore also several contused wounds on different parts of the body , with great appearance oi inter-mi violence caused by external blows . These appearances were quite sufficient to account for sudden death , and might have been caused from the feet or knees of a powerful man liko the prisoner . The prisoner was again remanded for a w-.-ek . Mr . Ilnrford belt ! an inquest on tho body of Margaret Firiing , but no additional evidence was adduced , and ft was adjourned .
Alarming Riot- on thr Oxford , Worcbsthr , and Wolverhampton Railway . —For some time past an extraordinary degree ot excitement has pre . vailed in a little village named Camden , a place where the head offices of the contractors for the for-
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mation of a tine of road through the Muckleton Tun : nel arcsitiiated , iu consequence of . a party warfare bring carried on between . the officers of the Oxford , Worcester , : md Wolverhampton Company , and a contractor of ihe name of Marchant . During the past month Mr ., Marchant has been requested to desist from keeping on any workmen , and the agents of Messrs . Peto and Betts , who were employed to complete Marchant ' s work , were ordered to collect about 500 men , and march them on the Saturday niuht to Muckleton funnel , to prevent Air . Marchant ' s men from pursuing their work on the Monday . On reaching the . Worcester end of the tunnel , Mr . Cowdery , with his gan » of 200 men from Evesham and Wyre , with their pickaxes and shovels , was met by Mr . Marchant , who dared any of Messrs , P ' eto and
Betts's men to pass the bridge , on the pain of being shot , Mr . Marchant himself being well supplied with pistols . Mr . Brunei , engineer of the line , finding expostulation unavailing , gave peremptory orders for Messrs . Peto and Betts ' s ; men to proceed and take everything on the line . A rush was then made by the men ,, which for . a few seconds was repelled with great force by Marchant and his men , and the consequence was that several heads were broken , and three men had their shoulders dislocated . A man in the emplov of Marchant having drawn pistols , ho was seized upon , and his skull nearly severed in two , Marchant then left Messrs . Peto and Betts ' s men for an hour in undisputed possession of the ground ; but at tbe
expiration of that time he relumed with some three dozen policemen from the Gloucester constabulary , and some privates of the Gloucester Artillery , accompanied by the two magistrate ' s . of that plsce , who immediately commenced reading the Riot Act . At this juncture a melee had taken place on a high embankment , and here several broken limbs were the result of the conflict , Mr . John M . Grant being within an ace of being trampled to death , having been hurled into a ditch . About four ' o ' clock Mr . Charles Watson , of Warwick , arrived with upwards of 200 men , and the Great Western Company also sent a similar number , in order to expel Marchant . The magistrates here told Marchant ' s men to commence their
work , but no sooner was the order given than Messrs . Peto and Betts ' s agents were directed to stop the work , even by force , if necessary . Marchant now finding resistance useless gave in , and lie and Mr . Brunei adjourned in order to come to some amicable arrangement . In their absence a small batch of navvies again met , and one of them had his little finsjer bitten off , . and another his head severely wounded . Ultimately it was arranged that Messrs . Cubitt and Stephenson were to act as arbitrators , and that the works were to be suspended for a fortnight .
A SrxGULAn . Fatality to Two Gentlemen m a Coal Mine , and to two other persons , at Chorley , near Preston , Lancashire , has caused great excitement ' and gloom in the neighbourhood . On Monday afternoon , it appears that Mr . Henry Horedon Fazakerley , of London , a young gentleman who had come in possession of extensive landed propertv at Chorley , and Mr . James Green , of Bryanstonesquare , London , descended one of tbe mines of Messrs . Blundell aud Sous , Chorley , in company with two . workmen , and whilst . they were at the bottom of the shaft an explosion of choke-damp occurred through their having carried an unprotected light
with them . It was near midnight before their bodies could be recovered , when they were quite dead . They were much burnt , and at the time assistance wassent their bodies were under water , in what is called the " sump hole , " at the bottom of the shaft . The names of the other sufferers were William Taylor and Mr . Billinge , the underlobker of theraine . ' Mr . Fazakerley had come down with his mother and sister , whoreturned to London on Saturday last . Mr , Green was a friend of his who had descended the mine very unwillingly , and not till after repeated assurances from the miners that he would be as safe in the shaft as at the top .
Another Extensive Fire at Bristol . —Another extensive fire took place during Monday night on the premises occupied by Mr . George Payne , timber merchant , lath render , and dealer in rope aud oakum , Temple Backs . The fire was first observed by the police constable on the beat , at a little after eleven o ' clock on Monday night . At that time'it appeared to bo confined to the department of the premises in which the lath making business was carried on . As soon as he discovered it the policeman gave an alarm , and this'being spread through the city , the engines of the police force and the respective Fire Insurance Comp-iriifs hastened to the spot , and used the utmost efforts to arreat the progress of the fire , but the materials were of a very combustible nature , consisting of timber , much of it irripregnati-d with creosote , and
ihe flames spread with such rapidity and burnt with such vehemence , that for some hours all the surrounding properties were placed in the greatest danger , and considerable injury was done to thepremisea occupied by Messrs .. Crowley , carriers . The flames broke through the roof of their sheds , and it was with very great difficulty that a valuable lot of horseseighteen in number—were g . t out of the stables . Three of those animals were so . much terrified , and kicked and plunged ao violently , that for some time nothing could be done with them , but , at length , the carter hit on the expedient of harnessing them as if they were required for use , and this being done , they
came out pretty quietly , and were thus saved . A horse belonging'to Mr . Payne perished in the flames . The fire burnt furiously until about two o ' clock , when , having destroyed the premises and the greater portion of the stock , it began to die away . During its , height the , flames rose to a . great altitude aiid illuminated the city , the elevated points . of which were for hours crowded-, with ' citizens watching its progress . The extent ot the loss has not been ascertained , but it must be considerable , as about £ 150 in bank notes were destroyed . Mr . Payne was insured , but to too small an extent to cover anything like his loss . The premises are also understood to have been insured .
Effects of Railway Competition . —A striking instance of the results of competition in Railways has just occurred at Leeds , where the Midland and Great Northern are struggling in a most extraordinary . ruanner for the Exhibition traffic . The consequence is , that on Tuesday the third-class fares from Leeds to London and'back were only four shillings and sixpence by the Great Northern , and five shillings by the Midland , with a prospect of a still further reduction , each company having announced its determination to be sixpence lower than its competitor . Murder or a Wife by hkr Husband . —On
Tuesday night one of those terrible consequences of giving / way to violent passion that have been of late so prevalent occurred in Liverpool . It ; appears that between nine and ten o ' clock- that evening a man named Thomas Hogartli , who has hitherto been considered . stendy and industrious , came home to his residence , 18 , Gomcr-strcet , Liverpool , when some words ensued between him and his wife , originating iu a disagreement regarding supper . T . he quarrel rose to such a height that the neighhours soon heard a scuffle , as if blows were being inflicted , and those next door proceeded tointerpose ; but before they could effect an entrance , the woman was felled to the earth by a blow from
her husband ; and on Dr . Turner , of Soho-streetJ being called in , he found life quito extinct . The son of the unfortunate deceased , a youth sixteen years of age , rather than stay to witness the quarrel between his parents ' , had left the house immediately on the commencement ofthe altercation . Hogarth was immediatel y taken into custody , and conveyed to the Rose-hill station , where he was locked up , but he had not been more than five minutes' in the cell when it was discovered that he had suspended himself from one of the iron bars of the window by his neck-handkerchief . He was all but dead at the time ho was cut down , but he subsequently recovered . Both parties were sober when the transaction occurred .
Sudden Death . —On Wednesday morning , between three and four o ' clock , Peter Miller , who resided at 35 , Russell street , Liverpool , was found dead in tho area of 101 , London-road , in that town , by a sergeant of police . He had been seen ^ apparently good health but a short- time previously . The body presented no external marks of violence . LivEiipooL . —The inquest on the bodies of two children supposed to be murdered b y their mother and who afterwards attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the ' Mersey , from tho landing steps , has been again adjourned , owing to the illness of one of the jurors . A report was circulated on authority upon which reliance may bo placed , that another case of stabbing has occurred in the London-road , Liverpool , where a man walked up to a police constable and stabbed him in the . back . Though immediatel y pursued the assassin effected his escape .
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Music by Stbam . —Hard work has hiihertobcen the lot of steam ; now , it is going to have a little holiday amusement . An ingenious little apparatus , it is said , has been exhibited at . the foundry of Mr . Vingoe , at Alyerton , constructed by two workitm engineers of St . Just , named Niuho ^ as James and Thomas Bottrell . It consists of a series of bells , having a compass of two octaves , struck by covered hammers , poised on levers , and worked by a barrel similar to that of a hand-organ , this barrel being kept in motion bv . a small steam-engine . It plays the " Copenhagen Wallb , " " National Anthem , " " Tyrolese Waltz , " « ' Swiss Boy , " with changes on she bells , anu others , amounting to ten in all . It was intended for the Exhibition , but was too late for admission .
This Excumbered Estates CoMMissioN . —On Tuesday a return was primed by order ofthe IIou * e of Lonis 0 : some importance in reference to the Encumbered Esta ' . es Commission . It appears that the amount of encumbrances , as set forth in the petitions , which have been left unpaid in casei ) where the . lands have been sold and the produce ol the sales distributed by the commissioners , was set forth at £ 503 , 286 5 s . 2 d ., and the amount paid over to the owners by the commissioners out of the proceeds ot the sales after the discharge of the encutnbrances waa £ 7 , 80710 a . lOd .
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, Tur . Aooreoate Catholic Meeting . —The longpvomiscd requisition for nvi " aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland , " to bo held in Dublin , has nt length made its appearance . It comprises the signatures of twenty-one Roman ' Catholic prelates , about 1 , 000 of the lloman Catholic elergv , and between two and three thousand uames of the laity . " Papal Aggression . —The Tablet intimates that Cardinal Wiseman and the other Roman Catholic bishops have determined to petition the Lords for
permission to be heard by counsel at the bar of their lordshios ' house . Messrs . Hope , Sergeant Shee , and Baddeleyarc spoken of as the counsel likely to be employed on the occasion . Tho same journal , with its usual tone of defiance , adds : " Tho law is still being beautifully broken . The rescripts empowering the immediate consecration of the bishops elect in England have already arrived , and will , of course , be put in force without delay . One of the vacancies has already been filled up in Rome , as wo learn from a paragraph in the Roman Observer of the 7 th ir . sfc ., " ( alluding to the mention made in that journal of the consecration at Rome of a Catholic bishop of Sonthwavk . )
Trial for Murder at Dumulk . —Patrick Kieran and Michael llamill were on tbe 17 th inst . tried at Dundalk for the murder of Bernard M'Intaggart , on 16 th of June last , at Louth . The facts of this atrocious crime were published at the time it was committed . " The jury could not agree to a verdict , and were discharged . The assizes were adjourned to tho 7 th August , when the prisoners will be tried again . For this purpose a special commission will be required . The Mukdeb of Mr . Coulter . —The six persons in custody charged with being concerned in the murder of Mr . Coulter , in the county Louth , were admitted to bail , the Crown not having preferred any bill of indictment against them , and Sir Thos , Staples , the Crown prosecutor , consenting to their enlargement .
Harvest Prospects . —The weather is very unfavourable , and a change is looked for with anxiety . So far , the only complaints heard from the farmers relate to the injury to the hay crop , which has been lying on the ground for some days . It is satisfactory to find the journals which a week ago spoke of the potatoes being blighted , now announce their restoration , or tho disappearance of the suspicious marks upon the tubers . Decrease oe Crime is tue South . —The commission for tho county of Limerick was opened on tho 18 th inst ., by Mr . Sergeant Howley , who is acting as one of the judges of assize , ills lordship , in his charge to the grand jury , referred at considerable length to the marked decrease of crimes arising out of the old confederacy for the possession of land , that fruitful source of Irish misery , svhich has made this country a byword among the nations of the civilised world .
. Representation of Limerick . — Lord Arundel and Surrey has accepted the invitation of the Limerick electors to represent their borough . In his address he refers them to his fourteen years of public life for his political principles , and says . — ¦ 'The name of Limerick has been long distinguished in the annals of , Ireland for her sufferings and exertions in the cause of religious freedom . To represent such a city at such a time as the present will necessarily demand all the efforts and all the powers of which I am possessed . I trust the day will come when perfect equality of religious rig hts will be permitted throughout the United Kingdom ;
when religious obedience will be no longer branded as inconsistent with the duty of _ a patriot ; and every portion of her Majesty ' s subjects will possess full liberty of serving God according to their conscientious convictions , undisturbed by the officious inleference of the state in their system of church government . But while the struggle lasts , I should consider myself a deserter if I did not accept an honourable opportunity of incurring my share of duty and of labour . . Waiving , therefore , my own wishes , which would induce me at present to remain out of parliament , I respond with sincere gratitude to the call which you have made upon me . "
The Conspirac y to Murder . — Mr . Smith , the Clare magistrate charged with conspiring to procure the murder of bis mother , was acquitted by the jury late on Saturday evening last . The case baa excited extraordinary interest . By the evidence produced for the defence it appeared that during the very . time when it was alleged ' . that Mr . Smith was concocting the conspiracy , he was actually engaged in proceedings , to evict some ofthe persons who have sworn that he instigated them to commit the crime . The learned judge , in charging the jury , said that he never kn . ew or heard of a charge supported by witnesses of so bad n , character . The last rail on the Mullingar and Galway Railroad was laid late on Saturday evening last . The line is thus now complete from Dublin to Galway , tho work having been finished nearly a fortnight before the appointed time . The public opening takes place on the 1 st of August .
The Limerick Election . —Lord Arundel , it seems , will not have a walk over in Limerick : Mr . F . W . Russell , the wealthy merchant of that town , is resolved to contest the representation with him , and has already addressed the electors , offering himself , as an " Irishman and fellowcitizen , " in preference to " an Englishman and a stranger ; " and claiming , their suffrages as a ' friend of civil and religious liberty , without distinction of class or creed . Mr . Russell is a Pro ; testant , but ho and his family are very popular in Limerick . Irish Manufacture . —An amalgamation' of the two bodies into which the Society originally , established for the Promotion of Irish Manufacture was split is about to take p lace , tbe secretary of the original board , to whom the fault of tbe division is attributed , being , by a resolution adopted on Tuesday , dismissed from his office . Encumbered Estates Court . —Tho Eavl
Eitzwilliam appears as a petitioner in the Encumbered Estates , Court for the purpose of selling a property in the . King ' s County . Papal Aggression . —The synod of the " Reformed Presbyterian . Church in Ireland , " which has just closed its sittings in Belfast , has adopted a series of very strong resolutions against the late proceedings of the Court of Rome , and more especially against that " audacious act of the- Pope , appointing and investing with supreme spiritual authority over England a Romish Cardinal Archbishop , and , under him , twelve bishops , with territorial titles , to give a distinct utterance on that subject . Transatlantic Packet Station . —The Lord
Mayor presided on Tuesday at . a meeting of citizens convened by one of the societies recently established , here for the promotion of native manufacture ; the principal object of the meeting being that of co-operating in the efforts now made to obtain the establishment of ' a transatlantic packet station in Ireland . Several . highly respectable mercantile men expressed their opinions on the subject under consideration , and it was agreed that an aggregate meeting of the citizens should take place to discuss the question .
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EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL OUTRAGE . An outrage of an extraordinary and daring character was committed near Manchester at an early hour on Saturday morning , which , to some extent , met with immediate punishment from the fatal results which ensued to its lawless perpetrators . On the southerly side of Manchester , and scarcely a mile from the borough , is a brick field in the occupation of Mr . James Fan * . It stands in the rural little village of Birch , in the township of Rushholme . Crossing , a few fields from the fashionable precincts of Yictoria-park , a field-path on the , right bank of a rather wide brook which skirts the grave and church yard , you cross the stream by a foot
bridge at the west front' of the church , nnd are within a hundred yards of the premises of Mr . Farr . Mr . Farr has had the misfortune for those two years past to contend with the uncompromising hostility of a brickmakers' trade ' s union , and at frequent intervals he has been liable to invasions of his premises by armed bands of men in the ni ght time , who have discharged fire-arms to intimidate his watchers , have destroyed his property by trampling down his new made bricks , and otherwise annoyed him . Last year he sustained losses from incursions of this kind to tho extent of £ 260 , and the county police when co-operating to afford him protection were surprised and beaten . He has been compelled to keep constant watches upon his
premises night and day ; and whilst his Watchmen wero Oil duty , no longer ago than Sunday morning week , three unionists suddenly rushed upon them armed with , a rude kind of lil ' o-preserver , and assaulted them with great violence . It was in consequence ot this last attack that Mr .-Farr determined to arm his watchmen , and on Fridav night they wero each of them provided with an old blunderbuss or fowling piece , loaded with bullets and small round shot . They bad in reserve at Mr . Parr ' s own cottage , at the south-east corner of tho croft , a small cannon ; about a foot long and of tlll'COq Darters of an inch bore . This formidable piece of artillery was charged with three or four musket-balls
and about as many marbles . Soon after midnight the watchmen were apprised , by the barking of their dogs , by distant fiis-iml whistles , the low murmur of voices , and trampling ef many feet , on the north side of the brook , that an attack was meditated . They wero not kept long in suspense , for by a quarter past twelve o ' clock about a hundred men had crossed the bridge and were upon the flats or " butts " on which are spread out to dry tho newly made and soft bricks , trampling them down and destroying thc-m . There were four watchmen in all , and the moon being overcast , they could probably only ho very indistinctly seen as they awaited the attack under the kilns ; hut , however , they were fired at by the atti » pking party , and some ran-
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dom shots whistled about them , and stri" . -. . "" kiins , merely ' chipping off some pieces of thol ' "• and leaving traces " « f their presence . Two 'i '' . * watchers discharjrod their p ieces at i \\ q n . Sli ,, "; ' ' :, 5 itnocher found that his priming was fault ' a ^ 'i '' *' ' missed fire , and tho fourth ucrceiviiif uiaj , ! , I ; , 'l sailants wore rapidly approaching , " und V' ° - ' them loudly deride the efforts of his cornr ,. " ' ^ - ? saying that their sruns had been discbar < r « d -p '' i ' , , " was nothing more to be feared , ran to ^ et ' or '' '' ° cannon . It was placed on one of tho w « jj J \ ^ bricks so as to sweep transversely the jj- '"'" bricks which the unionists were destroviiu , ' ^ ' unionists were now busy throwing down tlio ° » 11 '* dried but unburnt bricks , as well as trai r ' upon the soft ones . The voice of one 0 ' i ¦ ' leaders was heard encouraging them , and « ¦ "Go it , my lads , they ' ve only a .-un « nf , ? . „ .... ! . » ....... » i .: ™ u „ j \ . __ » i r ° . ' . 30 It . . ' it . 1 31 uia mi ueiure
, „ , „ , -uctuijb--j yuu . immedia'Hv <• tho cannon was discharged , it seems " to i spread consternation and panic in their e What injury resulted from it is not known t t ^ was followed by cries of pain and groan * ' '' which . in instantaneous and rapid retreat ff I l- "' ,, * - The county police at the nei ghbouring c ^" ' ' " 111 ' - Chorlton , Didshury , Longsight , and £ eVen , h » i 0 f were alarmed by the report of the fire-, l , llG judging correctly enough what had happ-iucd ' an , J Generated upon the spot , but not in time to ' * bend any of the ruffians in their retreat " xr ™' daylight broke , or soon after three o ' clock itfound , however , that the contest had nn / i s bloodless . The lifeless body of a unionist found lying in a pool of blood under a wall nf ^ burnt bricks which he had appa rently ' been 7 " stroying , a charge of shot cither from a »! „ pistol having entered his head a IIttlo faelon * tl left ear . Reappears to have come to the -i-t . -.
won proparea , ior a cavalry pistol was found un . ^ him , heavily loaded with bullet and swan-shot in his pockets were found five other bullets a n » , ' . ' . tityofcaps and powder , and a tobacco-box full oi * swan-shot . This unhappy man does not appear to have been the only sufferer among the unionist " for upon tho soft bricks destroyed , and w ^' amount to about 0 , 000 , there were found numerous traces of blood ; and a private watchman Iinvin ^ care of sonic new and unfinished houses bcioneinv to Mr . Dove , in the direction the unionists * « - treated , states that a party of them brought a man on their shoulders , who was apparently suffering great agony from a wound , ana wanted to leave him in one of these houses ; he , however , induced them to take the man away by tUreatcniug to call tho police in the Victoria Park .
As may readily be imagined , the intelliirence a what had taken place as day advanced caused cor . siderablc excitement , and the body ' of the decease . ] unionist having been carried to the Birch-villa Hotel , great numbers of people went to view it No one , however , was able to identify it until Saturday evening , when it was recognised as tho bodv of a man named John Redfern , a brick-moulder , ' of Ashton-road , Manchester . An inquest was held the same evening on the body by Mr . W . S . Butter , county coroner , " at which most of the facts given above were stated in evidence . Captain Sheppard and Captain Durie , of the county constabulary , were present , and Captain
Sheppard stated that these outrages last year wero carried to such an extent against Mr . Van- that government were induced to offer a . reward for the offenders . The surgeon who had mad e a ;•[ . ;• mortem examination of the body of deceas-id said that he found a charge of slugs at the back oHhe neck , on the right side . It had entered under the left year , carrying with it a piece of thin v iuidinV paper ,. and had traversed the base ofthe brain , and another largo piece of the wadding-pawr had entered as far as the cavity of the brain , ' He was of opinion that the gun or pistol produein" this
wound must have been fired at a distance not exceeding five or six yards , and that it had produced instantaneous death . From other evidence it appeared that the watchers never fired slugs , nor discharged their guns within fifty yards of the spot , and the jury , under these circumstances , were oi opinion that the wound must have resulted from some accident by one of deceased ' s companions , and who , from the direction in which the ball had come , was following him in tho * attack . Ultimately ttiev returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against some person unknown . —Times .
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EXECUTION OF THE BELGIAN COUNT BOCA 11 ME . The execution of Count Hippolyto Visart do Bocavmd , condemned for poisoning the brother of hia wife with essential oil of tobacco , took place at Mous , on Friday week . It was not till the previous day that either the condemned or tho public of Mods was made aware of the time fixed for iho event . About six in the morning , M , GouMini * , governor of the prison , repaired to the cell of tha unhappy count , and informed him that liis appeal to the Court of Cassation had been rejected . The first effect of this intelligence on the convict was a profound stupefaction . A moment afterwards ha exclaimed— " Impossible ! " His face , ordinarily
pale , became immediately suffused with blood , and his limbs trembled violently . Presently he begin to speak of the possibilities of yet receiving a pardon . The governor told him that ho had litilo to hopo for from that extreme resource ., lie wa then left in his cell , under the guardianship of tho three keepers , who had . never left him since hi * sentence . lie shortly asked to see the -procureur , who visited him in company with the officer of tha court at eight o clock . , The procureur read to liita the judgment of the Court of Cassation , and the rejection of his appeal , and . told him the day and hour fixed for his execution . This terrible
announcement was received with the most perfect tranquillity . " I Juve but one more request to make , " said the Count , " be kind enough to take care that the blade of the guillotine is well sharpened . I have read of executions where iimcli suffering has followed tho neglect of this precaution ; and the thought of that makes me tremble . " The procureur told him he would obseno his request as the last wish of a dying man . The magistrate on leaving said , " You have now no affairs to occupy you but those , of your soul . " " That is tho priest ' s affair , " was the count ' s response . M . Abbe Ahdr 6 , chaplain of the prison , and M . Descamp . , dean of St . Waiidru , were sent for : the latter
brought with him the Archbishop of Cincinnatti , distinctly related to . the Bocanne family . Tha condemned was left alone with tbe archbishop ; but notwithstanding ' the most urgent entreaties , ho refused to confess . It was then about noon , and the clergyman thought it better to leave him to his own reflections for a few hours before making another appeal to his conscience . At one o ' clock he requested dinner—soupe au lait , a pullet , and some cauliflower , and a pound of cherries were brought , of all which he ate readily . At a later hour he betrayed a real emotion . At intervals ho weptand at last consented to listen to the
consola-, tions ofthe priest . At four o ' clock he confessed . A few minutes before , he had seen throug h ths grating M . Mathys , the . surgeon of the militM ? hospital , who was passing by the prison . Be called this gentleman in a supplicating voice , and » P ' pealed to him by his former kindness to come W him now that he so much needed his support , . "• Mathys replied that the rules of the prison ;» -r *•« the interview , but he would apply to the gown * . He questioned him further through the gratim''' ? - ' peeling the shai pness of the knife , and beggo'l I ' M to see to it himself . The surgeon left , prbnilsii >? come on the morrow . From this moment the >*
domned manifested no 'sign bf ° emotion nor W ' From time to time , however , he inquired rcspeoiiag the hour , and went like a child , and sat on iw knee of one of his keepers , for whom ho had con * coived an affection . In the evening , without " ? preparation , and as if suddenly struck w ' - * thought , he exclaimed , •¦ I will give each of 5 ^ 100 , 000 francs , if you will let mo escape . " r ' ' i | o ' clock the procurcup again visited him in I * * -V After their departure he asked for some relre *» ments . One of the keepers offered him * f ™ gauffrettes and biscuits with a glass ot *<»* . These ho refused , saying that he felt u nvre 7 m would prefer a capon with move cherries . rr this moment until tho hour when the exew" ^ was to prepare him for the scaffold he si » " | j rtoll tnllfincr nnd nviinfoIni ' iMi nil tlifi cOOlaw * ' ,
r signation of manner winch had charact Mh _ his demeanour on the trial . At midnight tne l Won of the scaffold began , and by six m tin . »» , ing the sun ' s rays were reflected from the p 0 i » blade of the engine of death . From a conu "„ dable feeling of the solemnity of the o ^ fT-eJ the proprietors of cafes , hotels , and shop-, w their establishments , and the blinds 01 V ^ houses wero likewise drawn down . An aB j crowd assembled to witness the execu tn 0 , ^ waited in profound silence in front ° *' , p LBt ' i A little after six the executioner entered tue ^ j cell , and the preparations were comple tetl , , ned the least departure on the part of th , l 5 in ' from the sang froid which he had li 1 " , ""^ hft tained . "Are you my executioner . ; .:. ] -,= ( "Yes , M . le Comte . " " Ah . " This ** - ^ word hiiffirp . nsepiwlino tin ? scaffold , tn . . % y ,
companied to the place of execution hy ' " , ) , ( , bishop of Cincinnatti and the dean of bt . ^ and walked unsupported , with a firm si * p ^ 5 carrying his head erect . His face- . \ f'l Ji > calm . Ile wore the bosom ot UIS : '' 0 fil * and had on black pantaloon s , silk stochi' ^ ^ pdl same colour , and new enamelled pumps , ^ . jfef were secured behind his hack . Having ' - ^ p t a moment tbe scent of a bottle ot toilet 1 ¦ b ( J . offered'him bv tho dean of SUVandni ,. w ^ m ced him and the archbishop , kissed tho ci r . the last time , walked steadily * P ( 0 . " . ' V , ^ - - placed himself on aboard to _ whic . ii ^ ' ^ n l > -j of the executioner were waiting to ' . ' i , ) , ^ with straps . During this opera tion , w ^ , t jDie ' five minutes , lie turned his head 8 eV »! ' m *)! and looked at the crowd . TT . ea to ous «»
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26071851/page/6/
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