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The Northern Star. March 10, 1849 —^ V 9
THE NORTHERN STAR . March 10 , 1849 _—^ _v 9
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Brains asd Deaths is London . —The registrar's report for the week ending Saturday last , March 3 , ssbows the number of deaths to have been 1 , 133 , and tbe number of births , 1 , 547 . Thc 1 , 138 deaths are 31 below the winter average , and show a decline on the previous week of 53 . The return , therefore , renders on the whole a favourable account of the public health , but it will be observed tbat _scarlatin a , though it has declined , continues considerably above the amount ot previous years , and hoopingcough has become unusuallv " fatal . The former disease earned off 57 , while tlie average is 32 _^ the latter Sd , while the average is 42 . Thc deaths from diarrheea and dysentery , wbich seem to have been on the increase at this season during the last three er four years were 23 , the average being 14 ; those
from cholera were 35 , of which , with a case registered as _"diarrhiEa and collapse , " b occurred in "Warburtop ' s Lunatic Asvlum , Bethnal-green ; 2 occurred in the Refuge for the Destitute , Hackney--road . The mortality from small-pox and measles is unusually low ; that from typhus has fallen to the average , and is less than has been observed for a long period . The mortality from bronchitis is near the average , while pneumonia was fatal only to 81 , which is 23 below the average . The greatest mean height ofthe barometer in the week was on Saturday , when the reading was 30-2 _& 3 . The highest temperature was also on "Saturday , and was 55 deg . 5 min . The mean of the week was 42 deg . 4 i _: iin . Two men died of intemperance ; one man : of _exposure ; and a child of 21 months was certified I _» v medical attendant to have died of " extreme
cold and inflammation ofthe chest . " At Kensing ton , a girl of 6 years died of hydrocephalus , a case in which the coroner ' s jury considered that the deceased had not received food and proper attention , owing to the wilful neglect of some of her relatives ; An infant of 5 days died in 16 hours from the effects Of Dover ' s powder , prescribed for the mother of deceased , but given under a misunderstanding of Terbal instructions from the medical attendant , the paper containing the medicine not having inscribed on it the name of the person for whom it was intended . In Hackney , South , a girl of 2 years died , according to verdict , from the foetid vapours of a Sewer ; and in the same -sub-district a grayedigger iras suffocated by the earth falling in when engaged in his occupation . A child of 4 years died of " _cvnancheparotidaja , " a disease which is rarely fetal . *
Attempted Murder . —On Saturday last , some excitement was created in the city in consequence Of ** - report being spread abroad that Mr . John Southgate , packer and calenderer , of 23 , Old Change , Cheapside , had been shot . It appeared that on Friday morning Mr . Southgate , who is about fifty years of age , was walking in a copse or plantation near his honse at Walton-on-hill , close to Beigate , when he encountered a man about five feet -six inches high , dressed in a coatee jacket , and trousers made of the same material . The man asked him what business he had there , and he replied by asking the man what right he hid on his property ? and , seeing that he was about to be attacked , he held up his stick in self-defence , when the man snatched it from him . and struck him a violent
blow over the head . He attempted to close with the ruffian , but -suddenly felt something enter his left ear , and immediately blood began to trickle down his face and neck He was stunned , and lay Senseless on the ground for some time , but , on recovering , he walked in a very weak state towards his residence , when a messenger was despatched for Surgical assistance . In a very short time Mr . Chaldicott , from Dorking , arrived , and , haying examined Mr . Southgate , gave it as his opinion that the ball , or whatever it might he that had entered the ear , must remain there , in consequence of its being amongst thc ligaments , and beyond the reach of any instrument . Mr . Southgate then proceeded to L < jndon , and had thc assistance ot Drs . Ashton
Key and Lever , who perfectly coincided with Mr . Challicott ' _s view of the case ; and , finding that there was more danger than was at first expected , lie told Mr . Soutbgates' family that it was expedient to have the wonnded man ' s depositions taken . Accordingly , an application was made at Guildhall Police-court to tnat effect , when Mr . Alderman "Wilson andthe chief clerk went and took down his statement . The depositions were taken in private , bnt the above facts may be relied on . It appears the man immediately ran away , and the blow was so instantaneous that Mr . Southgate had not time to see his face so as to be enabled to identify him again . Mr . Southgate lies . in a very dangerous State .
Cholera , otherwise _Starvation , at a Cheap _Iiodgixg-house . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , befor e Mr . Payne , at St . George ' s "Workhouse , Southwark , on the body of a man , who died in one of tha lodging-houses in Mint-street . —W . Barnes , a labourer , said that he lodged at the Red House , in 3 ffint-street , for which he paid 3 d . per night . He had seen the deceased , who appeared to have had scarcely anything to eat . During the storm on "Wednesday last , he said he shonld go to tho workhouse and try to get _something to eat . He went out , but returned soon afterwards wet to the skin , ¦ when he said he had been unable to get to the relievhig officers , and had in consequence obtained no relict . "Witness saw him several times during thc day , when he was chewing and eating paper . The
Beit day witness saw him dead . —T . Downs said , as deceased slept in the same room , he had seen him devour the paper as spoken of by the last witness , and after one of the lodgers had drunk his coffee , the deceased took the coffee-pot , and , having poured SGme water npon the grouts , he drank the same , and appeared very thankful to get it . About halfpast two on Thursday morning , the deceased called him up , and asked bun to look at his legs , as they were cramped , and he was unable to move them . "Witness did as he was requested , and rubbed his limbs , which gave him some relief . He then asked for a draught of cold water , but witness gave him * _som- > warm . At seven o'clock , witness found him SO ill that he went for a surgeon , whose assistant attended , and gave him some brandy . He died soon of the dis
afterwards . —Mr . W . Handle , surgeon - trict , residing in _Sewington-causeway _, said that he Saw the body of deceased after death . It was exceedingly emaciated , and the features sunken . The bands and feet were contracted , and , from the history of the ease , it appeared that the deceased -was in a very low condition , and that the cholera had attacked him , and destroyed his life almost at once , simply because he had so little power . In the same house a man was attacked on Monday , the 26 th ult ., with cholera , and died in forty-eight hours . On Tuesday another was attacked , and on Friday last , the deputy of the house ( a woman ) was also attacked . The house is very dirty , and the bed clothes are used so long , that the stench is exceedingly bad . In the room where deceased _slent were nineteen beds all close He had reported
together . the state of his district of toe parish to the Board of Health some three or four months ago , and had pointed out particularly these cheap lodging-houses as being ill-drained and badly ventilated . He was constantly called to cases of fever in these threepenny lod g ing-houses , in some parts of his district in which it is necessary for a person to grope bis way , on account ofthe deficiency of light , and , consequently , ventilation . —By the coroner : The receipt of the report was merely acknowledged , and since then I have heard of nothing having been done . —The coroner said , he thought the present an important case , and it would be better to adjourn , and he would write to the Board of Health , and he ¦ would be able to tell thejury when they met again whether any steps were likely to be taken relative to the improvement of this district . It was no use having a Board of Health unless such districts as — - - ... - ti , drawn to
° these " were noticed when attention was them by the surgeon practising in the locality , which _evidently required great improvement . —Sir . Handle said , tbat many of the houses in and about the Mint , besides being in that filthy state already described , ¦ were almost in danger of _filling . —Several ofthe jurors corroborated the statement of the surgeon , and the inquest was adjourned . A casket of jewels , of great value , and a service of plate , of alady of fashion , were publicly exhibited on Monday at the auction rooms in Conduit-street , preparatory to the sale by Messrs . _Itobins . Railway speculations arc said to be the cause of so many beautiful ornaments being submitted to the hammer , which compel a peremptory sale . Many of the jewels are considered of matchless quality , and curiosity is much excited to discover the fair owner . It is a * rare occurrence for so many elegant ornaments for the person to be congregated in one sale . The public view was very attractive .
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Essex . —Burglary at Streathaix asd Death of OXE of the _IIobbebs , on Thursday morning , the lst of March . The premises ( Streathani Hall ) upon -which the _burglary was committed constitute the residence and farm-house of Mr . _Xehemiah Perry , an opulent landowner and occupier . They are situated in the parish of Streathall , about two miles from Chesterfora , the whole of which parish is occupied by Mr , Perry , part of it belonging to himself , and part to the Archdeaconry of Durham . The house is an old-fashioned building , placed in a lonely position upon a hill near the church , and at some distance from any other houses or cottages . Indeed ,
tne whole population of the village does not exceed twenty persons ; so that Mr . Perry ' s premises may well have been thought to favour the designs of midnight desperadoes , who abound in this neighbourhood , especially as it was known that the only individuals in the house were Mr . Nehemiah Perry ( an old man above sixty years old ) , his brother , Mr . Thomas Perry , and one female domestic . On "Wednesday night these three parties retired to rest , between ten and eleven o ' clock , leaving the doors and windows perfectly secure . A little before _' one in the moraing they were roused by a noise below stairs ; aal the servant , fancying the cat had upset some-
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thing , was about to go and see what mischief had been done , when she was met by Mr . Perry on the landing who told her there was somo one in the house , and by whose direction she returned into her bed-room . Mr . Perry is a man of great coolness and courage ; he has been in the habit , in consequence of the loneliness of his residence , and tne frequency of robberies of late , of keeping three i double-barrelled guns ready loaded in h _^ . _'*! : _^ om and has frequent _^ expressed his _determmatiori to _<* ive any thieves a warm reception , if they should . have the audacity to attack him . Upon this occasion he took his stand at the top of the stairs , armed with a loaded gun ; and scarcely had ho done so when a man appeared at the bottom of the staircase with a lautborli in one hand and a bludgeon or
pistol in the other , and a piece ot coarse ciottt over his head and face , with two apertures cut for the eyes . 3 fr . Perry was nothing daunted , either by the appearance of the robber , or the instigation of two companions behind , who urged him with the words , "Goon , you are all right . " But not so , for upon the robber attempting to ascend the broad , old-fashioned staircase , Mr . Perry levelled his gun at him and fired ; the man fell , and as it afterwards appeared was shot through the heart . One of the robbers , seeing his companion fall , cried out , "Where are my pistols ? " ' Come on with your pistols , " responded Mr . Perry : "lam ready for you . " And calling to his brother , who was now on the scene of action , he added , " I ' ve snuffed his
candle for him . You keep ready while I load again . " Disregarding a renewed request , to " come on , " the robbers , cowed by the vigorous measures taken against them , removed their dead companion to the kitchen , and finding that no breath of life remained , they decamped , leaving the corpse tbere . The Messrs . Perry , not knowing what might await them down stairs , kept their post till the horsekeeper came , about four in the morning , when the alarm was given , and the premises were searched . Upon the kitchen floor , quite dead , was found the body ofthe luckless wretch who was for leading the way up-stairs . He had on , as already stated , a coarse bag- drawn over his face , and tied with his handkerchief , with two eye-hole 3 . in it ; a
blue shirt , snch as railway labourers wear , was drawn over his dress ; and over his shoes were ' a pair of _worsted stockings , so that he might go more noiselessly about . By bis aide lay an ash stick . It was now seen that an entrance had been effected by the-removal of part of a scullery window , immediately under which stood a moveable plate-rack , which the robbers appear to have knocked over , and the fall of which awoke the inmates , and led to the fatal occurrence wliich we have described . ' It seems probable that the robbers assembled first in a barn about two fields distant from the house , and that their number was five or six , for the footsteps of at least four were distinctly traceable from the barn to the house . Various officers and others have
seen the body of the dead man , and on Thursday and Friday hundreds of persons visited tho place ; but ho one has been able to identify him , although some assert that he has been in the neighbourhood during the pa 3 t year with a nut-stall and target . Some false keys were found in his pocket . He appears to be about thirty years of age . An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday last , when a verdict of " _Justifiabl-j . Homicide" was returned . The body has been _identifiedby an officer who held a warrant against him for _breaking the arm of the gamekeeper of Col Pemberton , of Trumpington ( Camb . ) , about tbree years ago . The name of the deceased was Abraham Green , alias Woods , alias "Little Abel . " He was a notorious and skilful poacher , and one who has been several times "in trouble . " He
was identified by peculiar marks on his person , described in the gaol books . Two men , who give the names of "William Palmer , of Ashby-de-la-Zouche , hawker , and William Gooddy , of Chelmsford , labourer , have been apprehended at Newport under suspicious circumstances . One of these had in his bundle a pair of worsted stockings tallying exactly with those pulled over the shoes of tbe dead man , and like these had barley hales still adhering to them , suggesting presence with the deceased in Mr . Perry ' s barn . They were brought before the Hon . C . C . Neville , on Monday , and were remanded . The second prisoner has a round patch of blood on the knee of his galligaskins , about the size of the wound on the deceased , as though ho had either fallen over bim in his haste to escape , or had knelt in his blood while searching to ascertain where
deceased was hurt . _SliRorsniKE . —The jury empanelled to inquire into the case of alleged murder at Bridgnorth have been discharged without agreeing upon a verdict . The accused is detained by the magistrates , and will be tried at the assizes . Fatal Accident at Oriel College , Oxford . —At an early hour on Saturday morning last , the members of Oriel College wero thrown mto the greatest consternation , from the circumstance of the dead body of Mi * . John Key , a commoner of that college , aged nineteen , having been found in the front quadrangle between six and seven o ' clock . The spot where the body was found is at the south-east corner ofthe quadrangle , near the chapel door , and
close to the hall _staircase , and within a few feet from the wall . From this circumstance , together with the nature ofthe injuries the body exhibited , it appeared quite clear tnat deceased had fallen from the top ofthe college , a height of about forty feet . An inquest was heJH in the afternoon in the hall of Oriel College , before George Valentine Cox , Esq ., M . A ., of New College , the University coroner , and a jury composed of matriculated citizens , who , after having been sworn , went to view the body of deceased , which lay in his own rooms . The wrist ofthe deceased ' s right hand Was fractured , tbe left shoulder was dislocated , and one side ofthe face was a complete mass of blood , to which adhered a quantity of gravel . It appeared from the evidence that
deceased had been spending tbe evening at tbe rooms of a commoner of his own college , where he had become so much intoxicated as to be unable to take care of himself ; and that , on being conveyed to his own room , he became furious , and his friends were obliged to fasten him in by barricading the door with the sofa . The deceased afterwards , having got through his window , attempted to get into the rooms of another fellow-student , who heard him say something about getting out upon the leads by tbe window . Nothing more was known of him till he was found lying dead in the quadrangle in the morning . The verdict returned was , " That the said John Key having , as it appears f o the jury , got out on the roof , did accidentally fall over the parapet , and -was killed by the fall . "
_Sourn Derbyshire Election , —The death of Mr . Munday having caused a vacancy in thc representation of South Derbyshire , a number of the Tory squirearchy assembled at the King's Head , and nominated Mr . Mundy of Markeaton Hall , near Derby , a relative of the late memher , Mr . Munday accepted , and has just issued an address to the voters . The Liberals have not yet , it appears , met to decide upon the course they mar think well to pursue . During the past and present year the Liberals have had active agents working the registration . Lancashire . —Emigration from Liverpool . —The following facts aro interesting , as indications of what the amount of emigration from this kingdom is likely to be during the present year . From the
lst of January to the 2 d of March ( inclusive ) , of 1848 , the number of emigrants , of all classes , who embarked at Liverpool , was 11 , 295—that is , under the Emigration Act—and to these a few may be added ( say fifty or sixty ) , who found means of expatriation , individually or in small groups , in vessels that do not fall within the regulations of the act , they taking only a small number of passengers . During the same period of the present year tbe number that emigrated , under the act , was 21 , 598 , or nearly double that of 1848 , exclusively also of 110 or 120 stray passengers , of which tbe returns are onlv made neriodicallv at the Custom House .
The number of ships that took out nearly the whole of the 21 , 598 persons was 64 up to Saturday week , and a few have sailed since that date . Nearly the whole mass proceeded to the United States , not more than perhaps 100 or 120 being for South Australia , Canada , and California , As the season is yet , however , young , it may be expected that the tide of emigration will increase rather than diminish during the present and the next month . Several shins are advertised for California with passengers , and parties are being made up , including Welsh miners , artificers , workmen , and speculators ( both of wealth and of humble means ) , to try tbeir fortunes in the gold regions of that country .-
Frightful Railway Accident . —On Tuesday afternoon , about two o ' clock , a frightful accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on the Brighton and Portsmouth Railway , to the driver of the passenger train which left , the Brighton terminus for Portsmouth at ten minutes paBt two . When near the Arundel station , the driver , Jonathan Surtees , was suddenly thrown from his post , from some cause unknown . The guard and firemen instantly stopped the train and alighted , as did many of the passengers , and walked to the spot , when tbey found the lifeless trunk of the driver mutilated most horribly , one of his legs being cut off , his head cut and swollen , his arms Lacerated , and altogether presentinga mostsickeningappearance . The whole train had gone over him . The body was conveyed to the station" at Arundel , and thence to the hotel adjacent to that station . The deceased was one of the best engine-driver 3 on the line , ahd has left a widow and two children unprovided for , the widow enceinte and near her confinement .
Warwickshire . —Refusal of a Vicab to bury tiie Son op the Churchwarden . — Mr . John Franklin , one of the churchwardens of Radford , near Leamington , had a son named James , a veterinary surgeon , at Kidderminster , who died in December , and his last request was that he should be buried at Radford , where the other members of his family had been for two or three generations . The father , to comply with the last wishes of his son , had the body removed frora Kidderminster . Mr . Franklin applied to tbe Rev . Thomas Chapman , theviear , to bury his son in the churchyard , but he was refused , under the pretence that , as he did not
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die in the parish , he could not suffer him to be buried there . In vain did the distrestcd father beseech the vlcaf , telling him it was the last dying wish of his child to be buried where his relations by , and it would be the death of liis mother if he refused the request . The clergyman was not to be turned , and the afflicted family had to seek some kinder Christian minister , and buried their son in thc church yard at Ufton , the adjoining parish . The inhabitants of Radford feel strongly on this subj ect , as Mr . Franklin is universall y respected , having been churchwarden for the last three years , and a large farmer in the parish , occupying the same land his forefathers have done . What makes the matter more strange , is the custom of the vicar
( for a fee ) , to bury bodies who have died in Leamington , an adjoining parish , and moro than half tho large churchyard has not been used . Another Colliery Explosion . — Twelve Lives Lost . — On Tuesday morning a fatal explosion of fire-damp took place at tho Middle Patricroft Colliery , situate on the road from Wigan to Hindley , and about a mile and a half from eacli place . The usual number of hands , about twenty-five , had descended to their work at or soon after six o ' clock in the morning , and from the appearance of several of those taken out dead , who had the whole of their clothes on , it would seem that many of . them had not commenced working when the explosion occurred . The result of the accident , as far as has
been learned , was the death of twelve persons , and the serious injury of two others . Of the twelve said to be dead , one of them was missing and supposed to be dead in the mine , another died in a short time after being brought to the surface , and ten were dead when discovered . The accident occurred about 300 yards from the shaft , in one of the up drifts from a working , termed a « di g-brow ;'' but how or by whom caused was said to be a mystery . Ellison the underlooker , and the fireman who attends the furnace , had , it is said , previously to the men entering the workings , examined the whole of them , and reported all safe ; and several of the hands taken out uninjured , report also that where they were engaged the air was strong and
pure , and the mine in every respect , as far as they could judge , in good workable order . From every information that can be obtained from the survivors , and Irom every indication that can at present be seen , it has been caused by one of the workmen going with a naked candle into a portion of the works contrary to the express orders of the fireman , who had a short time previously been through the workings , and fixed up a fire-damp board , which the men should not pass when they see it fixed hi any part of the mine . Northumberland . — Accident by Fire Arms . — Mr . Jolly , one of the coast-guard , returned from night duty early in the morning of Monday last , and entered the station-house in Moorgate-street , Sunderland , having a loaded p istol in his jacket pocket . While in the act of stoop ing at the fireside , the p istol fell out of his pocket , the . hammer _strikms _atrainst the fender ; it exploded ; and the
ball passed through the lower part of his leg , and through the ceiling , lodging in the flooring of the room above . Lancashire . —Signs op the Times . —On Monday evening Jast tho mill and machinery belonging to the estate of Mr . AV . Eccles , situate at Cureden , near this town , waa put up for sale by Mr . Fisher , atthe Bull Inn . There was a good attendance , and the competition spirited . The property was ultimately sold to Mr .. Orrell , of Belmont , for £ 30 , 000 . Tliis sum is , we believe , about £ 10 , 000 more than the same property could have been sold for a short time ago , and shows very plainly thatthe staple trade of the county is in a much better state than at that time . We are g lad to find that the mill will be started very shortly , for the hands in that locality have suffered many and great privations since that and the other mul belonging to the same proprietor were closed .
Emigration . —Plymouth , March 6—The Sound is now looking remarkably gay with a large number of emigrant and other vessels , the former of which are preparing to leave for their several destinations . The Florentia , Captain Fitzgerald ; has a large number of emigrants on board for Sydney . A few more will be taken to fill the ship , and she will probably leave on Friday . The Hope , for Port Philip , will take in all her passengers from here , and will-leave to-morrow . The Emigrant , for Sydney , is to be stocked with Dorsetshire labourers , a large body of whom have been brought down here by the Hon . and R « v . S . G . Osborne , wbo takes a great interest in their welfare . She will probably leave on the 10 th . The Lady Peel , Captain Frazer , for Sydney , will be filled with about 230 Irish girls . She will leave about the 9 th instant . All tho above ships are chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners . The Lalla Rookh , a private Eass engor ship , is also taking her passengers on oard for Port Natal .
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Bank Robbery . —On Thursday week a most serious system of robbery connected with the branch of the British Linen Company ' s Bank in Glasgow was discovered . The parties implicated in the transaction are , we believe , an accountant , three tellers , and a check-clerk . Ono of tbe number died in September last , and another a few days 6 ince . It is rumoured that the discovery of the fraud arose in consequence of some disclosures made by the latter on his death-bed . There can be no doubt that the system has gone on for several years—we believe since 1845—undetected , in consequence of
all the persons by whom it should have been checked being compromised and interested in its continuance . The amount of money involved is variously stated at from £ 20 , 000 to - £ 30 , 000 . This sum . had been originally used in railway speculations , and the immediate loss will be reduced by property belonging to the unhappy individuals by whom the fraud has been committed . They had adopted several modes of falsifying the accounts ; but one of the plans was to make up parcels of notes , and to mark upon them a larger number than they contained , using the deficits for their private ends . The _managers of the bank had not the slightest idea ofthe injury they were sustaining , because the parties being engaged in different departments , and
working together , always made the' accounts apparently square . We need scarcely say that the party occupied a very respectable sphere in society . One of them , we hear , has been an elder in one of the churches ic this city for a considerable period , and was very much respected . The extent of the railway speculation in 1845—thc sums of money rapidly gained , and anxiety to share in these transactions , —were . . undoubtedly the causes which induced , originally , this systematic breach of faith . It may be even supposed that tho temporary use of the money was alone contemplated in the first instance , and that the confusion and reduction which rapidly occurred in the market rendered its return impossible .
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Dublin , Saturday . —Roscommon Assizes . —Mich . Gardner and Martin Brennon , two of the parties implicated in the murder of Major Mahon , were yesterday allowed to withdraw their plea of "Not guilty" to the charge of conspiracy to murder ; and , on the Crown consenting not to press for capital punishment , they pleaded " Guilty . " James Cummins has been found guilty of the murder . The chief evidence against him was the servant boy , who was sent for the pistols and ammunition . _Tiiu Rate in Aid . —Several influential meetings have been held in Ulster in opposition to this measure . The guardians ofthe North Dublin union on Friday week passed resolutions against the rate in much
aw , ana were auaressea at * length * Dy several gentlemen in opposition to the government plan . Thk Pope . —The fund for the Pope is under active process of collection , and considerable exertions are made to procure subscriptions . Liberation of Mr . M . * R . Leyne . —Mr . Maurice Richard Leyne , one of the actors in the late rebellion , who was arrested on tbe same night by tbe same party of police who captured Mr . T . Meagher , and Mr . O'Donohue , was brought up on Friday morning before the Mayor of Clonmel and set at large , after being bound ' in the sum of £ 100 to appear to answer any charge whicli Her Majesty s Attorney-General may prefer against him at the next assizes . His sureties were bound in the sum of £ 50 each .
Mondat . —Mr . Dm-FT . —This gentleman ( the last of the State prisoners ) has been removed from Newgate to the healthy prison of Richmond , where Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , M'Manus , and O'Donohue , are confined . " Tub Potato . —The Limerick Chronicle says- — " We are happy to hear that more potatoes are at present sowing in the county Limerick than for three years past . " The Cholera . —The Cork Constitution announces the appearance ofthe epidemic in that city . In the case ofthe conspiracy to murder the Rev John Lloyd , Michael Berner was put upon his trial but the leading witness for the Crown having completely broken down in his evidence , the prisonei was acquitted .
Destitution and Emigration . —Thero are further most deplorable accounts of distress and deaths from starvation in the west and south , and upon the other hana , emigration is rapidly increasing as the spring advances—an emigration , however , like tliat of the past year , consisting almost exclusively of the better class of peasants , with a sprinkling of the small gentry . It is stated that there has been a further flight of tenantry from the estdte of the Earl of Glengall , in- Tipperary , and that the lands unoccupied are considerably augmented . Prom Limerick a vessel is to sail for America toward ?; the end ofthe month , with some families of the lesser gentry , and those who had been substantial farmers . Tub Clearance . System . —The Limerick and
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other southern journals contain heart-rending accounts ofthe progress of the clearance system . The Cork Reporter gives a letter from Dungarvan , with details ofthe eviction of 130 human beings , and the levelling of twenty-four houses . The neighbouring farmers refused shelter to the unhappy outcasts , who bad to seek refuge within tho mud walls of the ruined cabins . .,. .,, , - At the meeting of the Limerick board of guardians , on Saturday last , Mi- ; Cullen declared that " a _svstem was now going on in the country , of tearing down houses , and hunting down their mmatesrwhich was a disgrace to humanity and civilisation , and was so hideous and revolting that the perpetrators could hardly expect to escape the vengeance of heaven for their vdlanyand hardhoartodness . "
Tuesday . —The _Movejieot against tub _Rate-i _**' - Aid . — In Wexford , one of the eastern counties , there is a vigorous and general opposition to the rate-in-aid , and upon grounds almost identical with those so repeatedly urged atthe many meetings in the northern province . The county grand jury have forwarded a petition against , the rate ; and the high sheriff has convened a county meeting at Enniscorthy , on Thursday next , to adopt a similar petition . The guardians ofthe western union of Ballinasloe , under the presidency ofthe Earl of Clancarty _, have " . pronounced" against the rate-in-aid , whether as regards the two shillings union-rate or the sixpenny national-rate .
The formidable character of the movement In Ulster is thus described by tho Enmskillen Chronicle : — " The agitation in Ulster , in opposition to the iniquitous rate-in-aid , headed by the brave , men of Fermanagh , is opened in right earnest . Scarcely a county in our province , or a single poor law union , that . is not already up in arms to resist the hated and unjust impost , and all , without exception , are buckling on : their armour . The peaceable , and industrious , and religious men of the north have shown themselves unanimous in a resolve to come to close quarters with those , who would rob them , in the face of day , by taking from them the hardearned fruits of thoir * . labour to bestow them upon
those who not only do not thank them , but who , as was justly expressed at 'the' meeting on Friday , would , if they had the power , exterminate them _, from the face of the earth . We rejoice to know that the people—that is , the farming populationwill not be allowed to fight the battle alone . The aristocracy ofthe country have nobly come forward —indeed-we may say the resident gentry and'landowners have taken the initiative , and shown themselves what , indeed — notwithstanding the large amount of gratuitous abuse' that has heen heaped upon them —¦ what wo always considered them —the real friends of their country in " a a case of need . "
Defence of Mr . Duffy . —The committee of tho fund for the defence of Mr . Duffy , who is to be tried again at tbe commission ontho _. Yth _. of April , have issued an address to the Irish people , calling on them to sustain against unparalleled persecution an Irishman who has rendered Ireland many and great services , and to enable him to prepare against coming , difficulties . r .,, Destructive Fire . — A flax-dressing establish ; ment was destroyed by fire last night , in Thomasstreet , and other houses were injured . Prince George of Cambridge was present , and rendered effectual aid in checking the devastating element . The Lord and Lady Lieutenant went in state last night to the Theatre Royal , where they were favourably received by a numerous audience . The " gods" cheered loudly for Mitchel and the Sikhs .
Wednesday . —Collection of Peter's Pence .- ? --The last drag at the pockets ofa people steeped to the lips hi poverty , namel y , the tribute now in course of collecting for relieving the alleged pecuniary wants of the dethroned Pontiff , has not been generally successful , at least in more than one diocese in Ireland . The peasantry , as well as the better class of farmers , in Kildare and the Queen ' s County have all but openly " pronounced" against , the impost , declaring that while so much distress exists at home , it is " too bad" to cripple their scanty resources by any fresh tax upon the fruits of their industry . To such an extent had this feeling prevailed -5 « out of doors , " that the subject' formed part of an altar discourse on Sunday last , the officiating clergyman soundly rating his grumbling flock for their worse than lack of enthusiasm in the cause of the acoredited head of the Roman Catholic Church . .
The War in India . —The subjoined announcement appears in the Cork Reporter : — " On Wednesday morning an order was received from tho Horse Guards , by the General commanding this district , countermanding the orders previously issued respecting the reduction of tho forces , here , by the discharge of a large proportion ofthe soldiers . The recent news from India has occasioned this countermand . " A similar statement is thus given by a Nenagh paper : — " Directions were on Wednesday received by the Commanding Officer of the 72 nd Highlanders , stationed at Nenagh , not to discharge the men selected for dismissal under the recent regulation of the Horse Guards . Similar orders have been sent to other regiments . " Tue Army Rations . —The contract for supplying the troops in the Cork district , for the next seven months , is singularly low , namely , fresh meat at 3 d . per lb ., and f >\ . for the 4 lb . loaf of bread . Such a contract shows the gloomy prospect before the Irish agriculturist .
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Saturday . —Robbery with Violence . —John Plovin was indicted for stealing , with violence , from William Leonard , the sum of 10 s . 6 d ., his monies . It appeared that the prisoner had watched the prosecutor from a public-house in Whitechapel , until he came to a lonely part of the road , when he knocked him down and rifled his pockets . __ The affair was witnessed by a little boy , who , giving information to the police , they subsequently apprehended the prisoner ; and the prosecutor , who was much injured , was taken to thc hospital where he remained for a week . Tbe jury found tbo prisoner guilty . — Some of the police said the prisoner was a most
notorious character , and was captain ofa band of regular young thieves . —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to fifteen years' transportation . —The prisoner , upon hearing his sentence , seemed'comp letely staggered , and appeared as if about to faint , but suddenly recovering liimself , he made a hideous face at tho Common Sergeant , and opening his mouth very wide , gave his cheek a smart slap as if in defiance . Having finished this bit of pantomime , which was evidently intended to express his indifference as to thc sentence passed on him , he swaggered out of thc dock . Burglary with _VioL-aiscE . —W . Cnllum , 24 , G . Digby , 20 , and F . Pike , 18 , were charged with burglary in the house of Mr . J . Waller , the
indictment also alleging that , at the time of the offence , tbey cut and wounded the prosecutor . The facts of the case have appeared within the last few days in the police reports . The prosecutor is a gentleman of fortune , residing at Stamford Villas , Fulham ; and between two and three o ' clock on the morning of the 10 th ult . was awoke by his lady , and he heard footsteps upon the staircase leading to his bed-room . He got out of bed ; -asked who was there , and , receiving no answer , opened the door , and saw a man standing in the landing . He asked what hc wanted , and the made answer with an oath , " There he istbere is the dog , " and a lanthorn was flashed in his face , and at thc same instant he was struck a
tremendous blow on the head with a life preserver , the effect of which was to cut a vein , and he was in an instant covered with blood . Ho contriyed to close the bed-room door upon his assailant , and by this time Mrs . Waller had gone to the window and raised an alarm , which caused the ruffians to decamp with such haste that they were only able to take away with them two or three tea spoons . —Mr . Justice Cresswell summed up , and the jury abnost immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty against all the prisoners . His lordship , taking into consideration the violent character of the offence they had committed , felt bound to inform them that they must expect to leave . this country for the remainder of their lives .
Post-Office Robberies . —1 ) , Broome and J . Witham , the two Post-office letter-carriers who were convicted in the early part of the session of stealing letters , were brought up for judgment , and Broome , who has been fourteen years in the Postoffice , and who received a very good character and was recommended to mercy by the jury , was sentenced-to be transported for seven , and the other for ton years . Monday . _—Darino Buuolaiiy . -- John Phillips , alias Neal , 16 ; George Phillips , alias Johnson , his brother , 19 ; Thomas Jackson , 19 ; Mary Anne Allen , 17 ; and Eliza Brown , 17 , were indicted for a burglary in tbe dwelling-house of Henry Raven , and stealing a work-box , some silver money , and other articles , his property . Mr . Cooper prosecuted , Mr . O'Brien defended the two girls , and the other prisoners had no counsel . The prosecutor in this
case is a surgeon in Compton-street , St . Pancras , and the prisoner , John Phillips , was iii his service as errand-boy , and although evidence did not clearly make out the fact , there wag every reason to believe thatthe robbery was " put up , " or projected by h ' im . The burglary was committed on the night of the 27 th of January , and the offence was clearly made but against the prisoners George Phillips and Jackson ; and it seemed that directly afterwards they proceeded to a brothel in Gray's-inn-lane , where the booty was shared with the two girls , who were prostitutes with whom they cohabited . The jury acquitted John Phillips and the two girls , and returned a verdict of " Guilty" against George Phillips and Jackson . Evidence was thon adduced to show that . Phillips had been twice before con-. yicted ; The . officers likewise stated thatthe prisoners _wei'C'twp _. of the most notorious and daring thieves th . 1 t 'infest the metropolis . —The Common Serge . anj / s ' aid ' there was not a single mitigating cir-
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_cumstance in the case , and he therefore felt that was impossible they could be permitted to remai in this country . —The prisoner Phillips here interposed , and said they would not send them abroad . —The Common Sergeant told . him he was mistaken , and that the government had at length como to the determination of enforcing the sentence of transportation , and that they would not onl y be sent out of the country , but that they would also be compelled to work . He then sentenced both prisoners tobs transported for ten years . —The prisoner Phillips , who had been laughing all the- time the Common Sergeant was passing sentence , when he bad concluded , said— - " Thank you , my . lord , I ' ve got the sentence ' wrote down before you passed it . "
I Charge of Murder . —Anno Mallandine , 28 , an unmarried woman , was indicted for feloniousl y castj higher son , Mason Mallandine , into the Regent ' s Canal , with intent to kill and . murder him . The prisoner ,. who appeared , very ¦ much affected , and wept bitterly during the proceedings , was defended by Mr . Cooper , through the humane instrumentality of the sheriffs . —John Stodart deposed that about four o ' clock on the afternoon of February Cth , he was near the Regent ' s Canal , at Haggerstone , when he observed the prisoner leading a little boy , between sixand seven years old , and saw her lift this boy from the ground and cast him into the water , arid she was about to jump in after him , when he seized her and prevented her doing so , and then
jumped mto the water and rescued the child . Before prisoner threw the child into the canal . he heard him say , ;' . ' Oh mother , don't , don't . " The water was about five feet deep at the place whero the occurrence happened . The prisoner said she was starving , and had nothing to eat , nor her child either , since the previous day , and she was crying , and appeared to be in great distress . —In answer to questions put by Mr . Cooper , the witness said that the prisoner appeared very wild and excited , but he did not hear her say _anything about her husband Or the father of her child , Alter the boy had been taken out of the water , the prisoner took no notice of him . —Mr . . Cooper then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , urging upon them that the
evidence established the fact that she had committed the act imputed to her in a moment of desperation _,, brought on by wretchedness and starvation , and that without imputing actual insanity to her , they would be . justified , in coming to the conclusion that she was in such a state of mind as not fobe aware of tbe effect of the aot she was about to _commit . The Common Sergeant summed up , and thejury , after deliberating for . a short timo , returned a verdict of . _*' Not Guilty- " Tuesday . - _^ - Cutting , ahd Wounding . — Thomas Roberts , 25 , a _gardener , was indicted for cutting and wounding George-Hester with intent to do him friey ' ous bodily harm . —The prosecutor , who was readfully . mutilated in the face , stated that he
keeps a beershop at Fulham , and the prisoner being in the place , . and _theprosecutor wishing to get rid of . him ,, had occasion several times to put him out , ai * d in so doing the . prisoner fell down , and his clothes becoming _^ soiled he . took out his knife to scrape the , mud off , aha while so doing attempted to enter , the house , and the prosecutor trying to prevent : him he . turned the edge of the knife towards him and inflicted , a , . fearful wound across the nose . — Thejury found , him [ ' { Guilty of cutting , with intent , " recommending him to , mercy . —The Common Serjeant said , the point in his favour Was that the . knife was in his hand and open at the time . The sentence would , therefore , be comparatively light . It was that he be imprisoned and kept , to hard
labour for nine , |» onths . Cutting and " Wounding . — -Sarah Crosby , 18 , spinster , was indicted for cutting and wounding John Smith , with intent to do bim bodily harm . — The prosecutor , a poliee-constabie , was about eight in the evening of the 31 st of January on duty near the Refuge for , the Houseless Poor in Whitecrosss , treet , and having oecasionto " move on" the prisoner , who was . one of the applicants for admission , she took out . a penknife , and having : abused and threatenedhim stabbed him several times inthe arm , the effects of . which prevented him from doing duty for ten days . —The pry found her " Guilty , and she was sentenced to be transported for seven years . . Sentences . —Henry Albert the porter in the
employ of Messrs . Wood who was on Saturday sentenced to seven years' transportation , was this day brought up to receive sentence upon the conviction against him at the previous session . —The Common-Serjeant sentenced hinvto seven years' transportation , to take precedence of the sentence passed on Saturday . —Howard- another porter inthe same employ , aiid who was convicted last session for robbing his masters , was also sentenced to seven years ' transportation . A great number of petty larcenies were triad before the Commissioner in the New Court during the day , but none of them presented any feature of public interest .-r-Withthe last trial at this court concluded the business of the session ; and the courts stand adjourned until Monday , the 9 th of April .
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Swansea , March , I . . Charge of Murder . —John Conners , an Irishman , aged 25 , described in thc calendar as a railway labourer , was indicted for the murder of one Thomas Lewis , at Cardiff , on the llth November last . Wm . Williams examined ;—I was in Bridge-street , Cardiff , on the night of the llth of November . I there met the deceased , with his wife and child . I asked him if he was going home ? We went together to the top of Mary Ann-street , when we heard a row , and we then proceeded to where the noise came from , We saw the prisoner standing by the Dowlais Inn . Deceased asked him " What ' s the row ? " to which
the prisoner replied " What ' s that to you—you had better go on . " The deceased then said "Don't be saucy ; you had better go home . " Deceased then went towards home . The Irishman drew a knife and came towards me . I ran and picked up a stone . He did the same . I thought it best to let the matter alone , so I went away . Directly afterwards the prisoner threw a stone , which struck the deceased on his knee . The Irishman ran away up Stanley-street , and deceased followed him . I ran also . As I was running I saw prisoner using his knife . It was a moonlight night , but rather dark at that part of the street where prisoner and deceased came together . I was fifteen yards distant from them . I saw the Irishman place his left arm round
deceased ' s shoulder , and with his right hand he struck him repeatedly . —Matthew Stuart , mariner , examined : —I saw the deceased with his wife and infant , and the witnesses Williams and Richards standing by the Catholic chapel . The prisoner was at the top of Stanley-street ; he threw a stone at Lewis ' s party , which struck Mrs . Lewis as she was stooping to pick up her child . He threw another stone , and then ran away , followed by the deceased . The deceased overtook him , and they struggled for a few moments together . Tbe Irishman turned right round towards deceasedand struck him several times with his right hand ; he then ran awav .
Lewis staggered , and I caught him in my arms . I asked him if he was hurt , but he made no answer . As I picked him off the ground , the first witness , Williams , came up . I never saw the prisoner before that night . Deceased ' s face was covered with mud , and he was quite dead . Other witnesses were examined , when the learned Judge , summed up the evidence at great length , pointing out the distinction which tho law makes between tbe crime of murder and that of manslaughter . The jury then retired , and after an absence of three hours and upwards , returned , a verdict , guilty of manslaughter _, upon this his lordship sentenced him to transportation for life .
Oxford , March 3 . Despbbate Burglary at Finmere . —Joseph Boswell and John Marriott were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr , George French ) of Finmere , and stealing therefrom three sovereigns and bank notes to the value of £ 40 . —The prosecutor is a farmer , living in a lone house at Pinmere , in Oxfordshire , with a housekeeper and a boy . On the night ofthe 20 th of November last , they retired to rest between twelve and one , and had not been asleep long before the prosecutor was awoke by footsteps outside his room , and shortly after two men entered , ono carrying a candle and the other a gun , they demanded his money , and he gave them all he bad in his pocket , whioh consisted of three or four sovereigns arid some silver . They pointed to a chest of drawers , and finding one locked , inquired for the key , and on his telling them he had not got it , one of the prisoners took a hammer and chisel out of
his pocket and broke it open , and took the contents , consisting of £ 40 in notes . The prisoners then went to the housekeeper ' s room and demanded her j money , which she gave them . They then , left her room and returned to the prosecutor ' s , and inquired where he kept his silver , upon which he replied that they had got quite enough , and he should not tell them . They then returned to the housekeeper ' s room and asked tho same question , but as they could get no information , tbey left the house . A reward of £ 150 was offered by the government and an association for the discovery of the burglars , and through the exertions of an enterprising constable , Charles Morgan , of Steeple Ashton , the prisoners were taken into ' custody , and clearly identified by the prosecutor and his housekeeper as the persons who committed the burglary . —The jury , pronounced both the prisoners "Guilty , " upon which the judge sentenced each of them to transportation for twenty years .
Winchester , Maroii 3 . Charge of MyRDER . _ Mary Ann Beveridge , a _<* ed forty , was placed at the bar , charged with the _witful murder of " James Beverid ge , aS inS aged five years , at the parish of Portsea . The prisoner ? whS was undefended , on being called on to nle _^ d to _C lne ? _ElS 1 _^ waa _&& S 0 ° 2 t actthis plea , and plead not guilty . _ It appeared _MffiS ? ' ? l ° f _nWWd is _thTS _^ _J-mu ? rv _?& _«* L P _? tSOa ' and _that on tho 2 Dth January last , she went up to a policeman , and told
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him she had murdered her child , and _unononZTbeing put to hop by tho _policeman , _tSft _" it was a boy aged five years . Hc detained H J ?' man , who appeared to be in a verv excited * ° " and sent another policeman to Her house n * getting tothe house , the policeman went un _sin ; V and found that the woman ' s husband was X ' and that her statement was too true , for ther i ' the infant in bed quite dead , with a ' piece of mi * y round its neck : but . it was now discovered _tb-it h woman Bevcridgc was the same woman who at tl last assizes , in 1817 , was tried at Winchester f „ the murder of another of her children bv _str-ii ling it , but was acquitted on the ground of ins * - **!" On that occasion she was ordered to be detainori Winchester gaol _during her Majesty's pleasure w uicrc ior
was connneu _eighteen months , when \ - t . was supposed by the surgeon ofthe gaol and \\ _governor , that she had quite recovere d herinenM powers , she was discharged from custod y , and sh
Mistake as to Identity . — -John Clark , a o . irnen ter , was indicted for a felonious assault on Elizabeth Saunders , at Summer ' s Town , on the 9 th nf February . —Mr . W . H . Cooke conducted tho prose cution , * Mr . Sawyer appeared for the prisoner The prosecutrix , a little girl of eleven years of aee was returning homewards on the evening in question at five o ' clock , when she was stopped by a man who carried her to a ditch , where he treated her with great violence . The poor child ran home in _-n- eat terror , suffering very much from the injuries done to her person . From the description she gave of her assailant the prisoner was taken into custodv on the next day , and on being brought into her presence she singled him out from other persons as the party by whom she liad been ill-treated . —On behalf ofthe prisoner an alibi was established by tho testimony of a respectable farmer and his men , who all
proved the met of the prisoner being at work two miles away , at Water Eaton , at the . time when tlie outrage was inflicted on the child . —After tho production of this evidence the learned counsel for the prosecution acquiesced in a verdict of acquittal . - Mr . Baron Rolfe concurred in tho course adopted bv Mr . Cooke , and remarked that this in vesti nation ought to convince jurymen and the public of the caution with which all evidence _as , to identity should be received from persons who are under the influence of terror and injuries . The most truthful persons have frequently persisted in their identity of parties whose innocence lias beon afterwards established in the most satisfactory manner . In this instance there was no doubt the poor child had really believed the prisoner was the . person who had so cruelly -used her ; but a most clear and conclusive alibi had 'been made out ; -and he left the court without any imputation on his character .
.. - Winchester , March 6 . Administering Poison . —John Parfitt was _chart-ed on the coroner s inquest with feloniously killV Ellen Miller , by a decoction of hellebore , on the 8 tfi of December . last . Theprisoner was a labourer , _residing at Amport , hear Andover . Was in the habit of preparing a decoction of hellebore for such of his neighbour's children as were thought to be afflicted with worms . On the 7 th of December he was applied to by the mother of the deceased , and for 3 d . supplied a quantity sufficient for three doses for tho deceased , a child of six years of age , which was administered . Thc child became severelv
convulsed , and expired the following day . — Thc prisoner , in Ms defence , said he had supplied the hellebore as an act of kindness . He had prepared it for other neighbours , and they were satisfied that it had done tneir children good , and had also given it to liis own children . — The learned judge having stated to the jury what constituted manslaughter , they returned a verdict of " Guilty" with a strong recommendation to mercy . — His lordship said it should . be attended to , and told the prisoner he should discharge him on his recognisances to appear to take his sentence if he should ever again resort to tho practice of administering his medicines .
Charge of Manslaughter . —John Jones , a druggist , of Romse _* _- * , was indicted for manslaughter , in having administered a certain drug , to Mrs . Georgiana Scrgison Smith , the wife of Captain Smith , of Jermyns , near Romsey . The deceased had consulted a physician for a slight weakness , and had been prescribed a tonic medicine , which Mr . Jones , the prisoner , had several times prepared . Mrs . Smith sent her servant for a fresh supply , which ought to have contained a . certain portion of salicine , but the prisoner used instead strychnine , which was one of the most deadly poisons . Shortly after having taken a dose of the mixture , Mis . Smith suffered the greatest agony . Mr . Taylor , a surgeon , of Romsey , was immediately sent for , but
the lady , in spite of aft that could be done , had meanwhile died . —At this stage ofthe case onc of thejury was taken ill , and a medical gentleman called , and the juror was removed ; but on his examination the surgeon thought he would be capable of finishing this case , and be discharged immediately after . After the _witnessfrbm whom tbese facts were elicited , C . Broxholm , apprentice to the prisoner _, was examined : Was in the shop on the 30 th of October , when a prescription was brought , and Mr . Jones made up a . double quantity of the medicine , as directed ; witness copied the prescription into a book , which he produced , and , on the 30 th of Nov . the first witness came for more medicine , wliich Mr . Jones made up . The strychnine and salicine are
kept in a corner of the shop on a top shelf , with thoso words printed on them . Mr . Jones told witness to remind him to write for more strychnine that night . On Mr . Jones coming into the shop thc next morning witness asked him if he had seen Captain Smith ' s servant ride past in very great haste . He said he hoped Mrs . Smith was not worse , and took up the strychnine bottle . He immediately exclaimed ; " Oh ! my God , I have g iven Mrs . Smith a deadly poison , " and immediately sent him for a horse and chaise , and drove _otfto Mr . Smith ' s . Witness-had been with Mr . Jones three years , and had never known the salicine bottle used before but once , and that was for Mrs . Smith eight days previously . It was possible the bottles had changed places on the shelf . When Mr . Jones made up the prescription it was nearly dark . On the discovery of his mistake , prisoner was much
excited , and , in fact , like a madman ; so much so that Mrs . Jones determined on going to Jermyns with him . —Mr . Taylor knew the deceased ; he went to Jermyns on the lst of Nov ., and found her _deud . Prisoner met Mr . ' Taylor in the park , and seemed very much excited after asking how Mrs . Smith was ; and , on witness _informing bim she was dead he became almost frantic , and exclaimed , "Oh my God what shall I do , I don ' t care so much for the results to myself , as that I have sent a fellow creature into another world 1 " He considered Mr . Jones to be peculiarly careful in making up hj 3 medicines . There was a very great similianty in the two powders , in their appearance as well . 13 their taste . —Mr . Randall , a chemist at Southampton , also considered the prisoner to be a very careful person , and one who well understood his business .. —His lordship summed up with much precision and the jury returned a verdict of " not guilty . "
Chelmsford , March C . Arson . —W . Wass , 19 , was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of wheat , the property of _» Rentley , at Aldham . Mr . Parnell prosecuted , and Mr . T . Chambers defended the prisoner . It appeared , from the' statement of the council for the prosecution , and the evidence that was adduced IB support ofit , that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor for several years , but in September of last year he had notice from hi * master to look out for another place , and his engagement would have ended on tho 29 th of tha ' month . On the night of the 27 th tho fire in tl . " tion took place , and before it could be _extineiiishei a rick of wheat was entirel y destroyed , The fir _= s circumstance
that excited suspicion against t _' P * soner was that he was not seen atthe five ; an v his being afterwards asked to account for his _* ' _•? he gave a very unsatisfactory statement , » _n" ? _> particular donied tbat he had been in ft ploug 11 field , from whence it appeared pretty plain the *» son who had sot fire to the rick had gone to _coi » w" . the act , and the footmarks' were found to _corrcsp _^ exactly witb those of the prisoner . There were ' variety of other minute circumstances in the c . »> all tending to establish : the guilt of the _pragj and negativing the , supposition that the one could have been committed dy any other per * * The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , " am ' prisoner was sentenced to be transported for *••• years .
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