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Health of Londox during the _WEEK .-In the weekending last Saturday , the deaths registered m the metropolitan districts were % h showing an _increase of _nearlv 100 on those of the previous week , and a disposition to rise after a continuous fall during a period cf five weeks . The-average of corresponding weeks in ten yeans ( 1810-9 ) is 991 , which if corrected for increase of population becomes 1031 ; the number now returned is therefore less than the average by 114 deaths . Taking against the 10 corresponding weeks , it appears that the deaths fluctuated between " * 92 audl _, llS , and that the mortality , which showed a decided tendency to increase in later years , rose in tiie last three above 1 , 000 . To account for the excess
in the present retura over that ot the former week , the only epidemics observed to be more fatal , are ho / _ping-caugh _, croup , and _diarrbosa , wliich numbered respectively 43 , 9 , and 17 , against 35 , 3 , and 9 of the previ -us return but these diseases , except the last , do not seem to prevail more than usual at this season , fhe if deaths from diarrhoea . a _« double tbe average of ten corresponding we-fcs , hut in the three weeks of 1 S _47-49 , during which _yea--s this complaint has increased , they _wer-j 10 , 19 , and 20 . The increase is further accounted for by phthisis , the mortality from which has ri-en lo the average , and amounts to 1-13 deaths ; and also to some extent by bronchitis frora which there were 79 . and by _pneumoiiia from which there were 82 , though neither o '
these numbers is remarkable as compared with returns for the same season iwthe last three years . The deaths of three persons were registered last week from cholera , of wbich ike following are the particulars . *—Ia GoWensquare district , at 174 , Regentstreet , a chemist died on the 10 th of March , at the age of 55 years , of " cachexia ( 6 montlis ) , English cholera ( 3 " weeks ) " In St . Mary ( sub-district of Marylebone ) , at 3 , _Sa'isbary-p'ace , a widow died or the 7 th of March , aged 77 years , of " cholera _biliosa ( 2 days ) indigestion . " And in thc west sub-district of Islington , al 24 . Albion-grove west , a widow lady died on the 14 th March , at the age of 73 years , from " premonitory diarrhoea ( 16 hours ) , cholera ( 46 hours ) . " With reference to the last case . Mr . Watte _, the ragis ' rar , states that ' * the locality is good , well paved and drained , and ha- ? a regular supply of New Uiver water . " At 3 , Newman ' s Mews , in All-Souls , a _lookinfr-alass _si'verer died at the ace of 49 . of
" salivation—effusion on the brain . "' " Copious salivation was produced by the constant use of mercury in the exercise of his profession . " Two men died from excessive drinking , which produced'iu one case _apoplexy , and in another delerium tremens . Last weak there were registered the deaths of 85 persons in workhouses , of 69 in hospitals , of which 17 occurred in military and naval institutions , and 7 in "lunatic asylums . —The births during the week were , 3 S 4 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tbe aean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 : o . ou every day of the week ; _onTue-day it was so * 3 iL'h as 30-438 : and the mean for the week was 59252 . The temperature decreased considerably towards the end ofthe week , and the mean was 40-9 deg ., rather less than tbe _average of the same week in seven years . It was less than the average on the last three days , and on Friday and Saturday was from 4 deg . to 6 deg . less than the average of these days .
Suspicious Death . —Mr . W . Baker held an inquest on Saturday , at the Cherry-tree public-house , "Bromley , touching the death of a respectably dressed female , name Unknown , apparently about thirty years of age , who was drowned in the new cut of the River Lea , under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of two witnesses , named Roberts and "Wayne , engineers , that between seven and eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening week thoy were proceeding from Limehouse to Stratford , along the towing-path of the new cut of the Lsa . River . When ne-ir the Bromley-badge the deceased passed them , going in the opposite direction , and walking quickly . They had not proceeded more than a dozen yards wh <* n their attention was arrested by the loud
screams of a female , and on their looking round they observed the deceased d -posit her bonnet on the ground and deliberately plunge into the water . They did not attempt to assist her , and on their reaching the above house they gave an alarm . The _uraas were obtained , and after _searching for _s-me time they found thc bsdy , life being quite extinct . The deceased was about five feet three inches in height , dark hair , and was attired in a plum-coloured plaid dress , black bonnet , trimmed with crape ; black shawl , with coloured border . She w <* re a gold wedding ring , and two of her front tee : k are gone . The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased destroyed
herself by drowning ; but as to the state of her mind at the time they had not sufficient evidence to say . " —Shortly after the jury had been dismissed , a youth _residing in the neighbourhood came forward and stated that on the evening in question he was passing the spot , and saw one of the men deliberat ely throw the deceased into the water , and , fearing they might serve him in the same way , he ran away , and was the first to five the alarm at the above house , which fact -was established by the landlord of the house , who Was fr _.-m h _. me during the inquiry . The coroner has been made _acquainted with the statement , and It has caused a great sensation iu the locality .
Suicide through Destitution . —Oa Saturday list an inquest was taken by Mr . Payne , at the Gibrahar , St . George's-road , Southwark , on view of the body of Charlotte Whenham , _aned thir . ' y-two , a single woman , who committed self-destruction by swallowing a lar = * e dose of prussic acid . The deceased lived at No . 46 , Elliot-row , St . George's-road , and was employed by Mr . Perry , glove manufacturer , in the Walworth-road . She used to be at work the whole day , and could earn no more than 3 s . _q . to 4 s . _awfc-k , out of which * he paid Is . per week for a ground floor back room . She would have starved but for the assistance of her landlady and a lodger , who _occasionally gave her food . On the afternoon ofthe 32 th inst , she went --nt , aad returned at S o'clock . The following morning she was found dead in her bed by her landlady ; and two phials , which had contained the essential oil of bitter almonds , were found in a cupboard . Verdict , ''Temporary Insanity . "
JWei , axchoi . t Suicide , —About six months ago a case was _reported under the head of Greenwich Police-court , wherein it appeared that a publican residing in Woolwich , in a large and respectable way of business , together with his ton , a promising young man , about twenty-four years of age , were charged with caiting and removing several cart loads of bricks belonging to the railway company , and _depositing them on the premises of the father ; and after an examination before the magistrates , they were sentenced , the Iither to undergo an imprisonment with hard labour for eighteen months , and the son to six mouths' with ha _^ d labour . The son ' s imprisonment expired on Friday the Sth inst , whereupon he immediately returned to the iun kept by his father and resumed his avocation
, of waiting upon ihe customers as usnal , _a-id whilst so doing on Tuesday the 12 th inst , one of them incautiously made use of the expression , " How about the bricks , " or word * to that effect , which appeared to have such an effect npon the mind of the young man , that he immediately repaired to a shed at the back part of the building , and hung himself by a rope which he attached to one of the rafters of the outhouse , where he continued hanging until his family , missing him , made a search , when he was found , lie was immediately cut down , and medical assistance promptly procured , but life had teen extinct some time . We understand that the person wbo made use of the expression , bas been compelled to quit the neighbourhood .
Death of A Miser worth - £ 50 . 009 . —During the last few days codsiderable interest has been excited in the neighbourhood of Sadler ' s-welis , in consequence of the death of Mr . William Crew , hair dresser , No . 32 , Arlington-street , who , thouj _* h always living in the most penurious manner , is said to have died worth - £ 50 , 093 . The following facts have been stated on good authority : — Deceased came up a charity bay . in 1790 , to try his fortune in London , and was taken as errand boy by Mr . Frederick Uartland , hair dresser , at Sadler ' s-welis , on whose "death the He
he succeeded _^ business . was r . markable for his penurious habits , and , after some yeais , married a person as penurious as himself . About a wiek before his death he disclosed to Mr . _Turpin that he was worth nearly £ 59 , 000 in scrip in raiiway companies , houses , « 6 c , which he promised to leave to him , and , after his death , the draft of a will to that efisct was found . His bed ** onsisted of a few rags . The property , wliich he made by loans and speculations in the stocks and public companies is claimed by a cousin of the deceased , and the case is likelv to cause litigation .
Suicide Br a Lunatic—On Sunday afternoon an inquest was held in the board-room of Bethlem Hospital , before "Mr . W . Payne , the City Coroner , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of one of the female patients , named Elizabeth Leeds , who committed self-destruction by _strangulation . The deceased was admitted into the asylum on Saturday last , and on Sunday evening she availed herself of a temporary absence ofthe nurse in attendance on her , to possess herself of a silk handkerchief , with which she contrived to _strangle herself , in the course of the night . The jury returned a verdict , that " deceased destroyed herself while in a state of unsound mind . "
., Explosion- at Eouxslow . —The funerals of . the mtfortunate men who were killed by the blowing up of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey ' s iniils , took place on _triuay the 15 th inst . Four were interred in thc H _^ l ifce _TiilaSe of _Hamworth , and three in * _^ JP _^ _w _^ _ch-yard . Their remai ns were followed _Pr-mf in ? _- ' as plaee fay serenii thousand persons . * Sen S _^ pr _^ _*? tbe stat 8 of " _*<* _winded . ss _^^^ _a _^ _s _^ . _^ _» ' _» ** " _iiireiiYCrvmntarfo _^ i _, ., * - _* _bn _<* rJf who wes inv _^& o _^{ _ix _% _xx ? surs _* r _^ and noh _^ m _^^ _mZ ?? - Wl ! bain Pearce , who is ( fill _UW-A _^ Wf _^^ _* s H 9 Spital - " _goingon _mostfavombfy . > " * C * "S 5 £ ? - " aS * Ss '<<* - :, - ** fc _*^ _g : _"M _^ "iV v - ' - _-i _& _h
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Thb Convict Axn Merritt . —Thei-authorities had the panful duty ; ' on Saturday last , of communicating to this unhappy woman that theexe ' eution will take place on Monday , the 1 st of April ' next ( Easter Monday . ) The convict was found guilty : of poisoning her husband , James Merritt , a turncock , in the employ of the East London Waterworks-Almost from the moment of her return to the cell , after her condemnation she has been absorbed in grief . When -visited by the Eev . Mr . Davis , the ordinary , orthe governor , she bas exhibited the most painful distresF , and often has reiterated her pcrteet innocence ofthe crime for which she has been condemned . Onthe 15 th inst , Lady Pirie , and otner have much
ladies forming a commitee of ladies , who interested themselves on behalf of unfortunate creatures who havebeen confined in the metropolitan prisons , saw the miserable woman mher cell ; and ner grief , while in their presence , was most excessive . From the violent manner she wept , and other circumstances , some of the ladies entertained the impression that she is enceinte . Although she did not urge that state , when sentenced , it is not improbable tout sho may really be so , and that a jury of matrons would be _dirtcted by the Secretary of State to examine into her condition . Her three children , the eldest of which is about eight years of age , are in the Homerton workhouse , and the guardians have prevented their becoming objects of any
morbid curiosity . Great Fire at Westminster . — On Saturday nig ht last a few minutes before eight o ' cloek , a fire ofa very alarming character , broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . J . and C . Rigby . carrying on an extensive business as builders and sawmill proprietors , situate at Ko . 23 , Holywell-street , Westminster , within a short distance of the Millbank Penitentiary . The first discovery seems to have been made by the private watchman on the premises . In less than three minutes after tbat time the engine was taken to the place and instantly set to work , but the contents of the several buildings were of such an igniiible nature that ' the flames soon enveloped the steam-boiler house , the saw mills , and
about two thirds of the joiners' workshops , together with the stores over , and the drying-houses . The last named compartments contained a valuable assortment of property , amongst which were the seats and other carved work for St . Stephen ' s Church , building in Rochester-row . This edifice was to have been opened by desire of Miss Burdett Coutts _, the founder , in May next ; but , owing to the present disaster , some time must now elapse before the church can be completed , as the whole ol the fittings which were finished have been reduced to ashes . In less than a quarter of an hour from the time the fire was discovered , the roof of the joiners ' shops fell in , when the flames rose 60 high in the air as to make the neighbourhood as light us at noonday , whilst the Abbey , thenew houses of Parliament ,
and other buildings in the distance were brought out in bold relief . The lurid glare in the atmosphere caused the intelligence to be more speedly carried to the engine stations than the messengers sent for them , and forthwith nine engines of the London brigade , with those of the brewhouse , " belonging to Messrs . Thorne . the parish and West of England company arrived at the scene ; but so high was the fire mounting that every house in the immediate neighbourhood appeared doomed to destruction . Fortunately an abundant supply of water was furnished by the Chelsea Company , from which the engines were worked witb full vigour by nearly 200 hired auxiliaries , but in spite of the exertions of all present the work of devastation continued . until a serious amount of property had been destroyed .
File . —On Tuesday a fire touk place at a cabinet manufactory , Old-street-road , Shuredltch , opposite _Piifield-street . There was a ready supply of water _, and fortunate ' y the firemen suceeded in confining the damage , which was extensive , to the workshop . Smithnkld Market . —The Commissioners of Inquiry into thc Market of Smithfield and the other markets for the sale of live and dead meat in the metropolis , will make their report immediately after the Easter recess . The plans for the enlargement of Smithfield Market , and for its better management under an improved system , have been laid before the commissioners by the authorities of the City . The Report , however , will embrace the whole question in all its details . Extreme Cold . —About twelve o ' clock on Sunday night last , in the vicinity of Richmond , the glass , in a northern aspect , but in a ' _sheltered position _, ranged below 25 .
The Loss sustained bt the Globe Assurance Com _** axy trom the recently discovered defalcation- _, of one of their e ' erks will , it is said prove to be of large amount , ranging probably above £ 50 . 000 or £ 69 , 000 . There seems to be an impression , however , that the embezzlement was managed by increasing the figures of _various claims paid to assurers , so that the assets of the company wdl not present _different results from » hat have hitherto been shown in the periodical balance sheets , the fact being simply that but for the sum thus abstracted , the return of profits from , time to time for division amongst the shareholders would to that extent hare been augmented .
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Matricide jixd Attempted Parricide . —The secluded village of Little _Eversden , in Cambridgeshire ( about eight miles from Cambridge , on the Bedford-road ) , has just been the scene of an awful tragedy . An old man named Carrington , has lived for many years in the village , with his wife and one son , John . On Tuesday a quarrel ensued between the father and the son , when the latter struck the former several blows on the head with a spade , injuring him so severely that he lies without hope of recovery . The wretched man ' s mother coming into the cottage at the time , interfered for the protection ot her husband , and was also so savagely beaten that she died almost immediately . He was ,
of course , immediately taken into custody , and locked up . The prisoner is forty years of age , and the eccentricity of his conduct for some years past favours the supposition that he is insane . On Wednesday a coroner's inquest was held , and the facts as detailed above were given in evidence . The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder" against John Carrington , who was consigned to the county gaol to take his trial . The deposition ofthe injured man will be taken so soon as his state of health will allow , so that in case of his death it may be used at the trial of the prisoner , who evinced no emotion on being made acquainted with the verdict of thejury .
Wholesale Emigration from Liverpool to me _Tjsiieo States . —The tide of emigration seems again to have set in for we learn that six vessels for 2 few York alone lay in the Mersey on Tuesday , awaiting the tide . The aggregate number of their passengers was upwards of 3 , 000 . Meanwhile , hundreds of other persons are waiting to depart by other ships . TnE Rochdale Savings Bask . —The trustees of this savings bank announced their intention of commencing paying 10 s . in the pound to the depositors on "Wednesday last , withaproinise of giving them , a some future time . 2 s . more , making in the whole , 12 s . in the pound . On receiving this first dividend , each depositor is to sign a release to the trustees and managers , freeing them from any future claim .
Depositors , whose united claims amount to £ 1 , 600 , have hitherto refused to accept this dividend , except as an instalment , with a promise that the whole 20 s . in the pound shall be paid . Those persons who have paid their money into the bank since thc death of tho late actuary are dissatisfied that their deposits should go in liquidation of Mr . Haworth ' s defalcations ; and they consider it especially unfair tliat their money should go to pay the claims of what are considered illegal depositors . It is supposed that there are £ 30 . 000 of illegal deposits , such as those made by unenrollcd societies , or by persons whose deposits amount to more than - £ 30 in one year , and - £ 150 in the whole , or who have not signed the declaration , 9 Geo . IV ., cap . 92 , sec . 31 , stating that they have no money in any other savings bank .
Strange Visnons rx an Assize Court . —On the 1-ttk inst . Mr . Selby Lowndes , who sat lis hi gh sheriff at the Aylesbury Assizes , had , it seems , directed his huntsman to bring his hounds to the White Hart Inn , at Ayleshuy , in order to treat his hunting friends with a bye day to Aston Abbotts , immediately after thc assizes . The White Hart Inn yard , in which the bounds were placed , is close to the court where the sheriff was sitting ; and owing to some disturbance in the ' court , the sheriff was repeatedly obliged to call " Silence , " which he did with his strong and powerful voice in
good earnest . The call was heard by his faithful hound Silence , who at length broke through the paling , and rushed into the court , where his master , the sheriff , was sitting , with thc whole pack at his heels . The assize trumpeter was requested to blow , but his metre was not attended to , the hounds would not quit the court for him , nor did they till their master , thc sheriff , called them together , and to the amusement and satisfaction of the court , took them , in the style of a thorough good huntsman , to a place of safety . All business was suspended till the worthy sheriff returned to" the court .
A SEmous CnAHGE of Immorality has been made against an officer of the Portsca union , which was fully inquired into on Friday evening , the 15 th inst ., and the result of the investigation forwarded to the poor law commissioners . He is not a resident in the house . The person alluded to is the Rev . J . R . Huston , who , for four years , has officiated as chaplain to the union-house , and who last evening , we have learnt , has sent . . in his resignation of the ofiice to the hoard of guardians , which , for tho sake of propriety , we trust will be accepted without hesitation . —Hants Telegraph . St . Patrick's Day is LivBm ? oon . —On Sunday the various Hibernian lodges celebrated the anniversary of Ireland ' s patron saint by walking in procession through the streets of Liverpool ; This was in despite ofa placard issued by the oranjemeri ,
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•" hat if the authorities did not put' down the procession , they would ! Every " police " precaution' was takeni and ho disturbance took place . '' ''" " _" _- The _Ailesbury Savings' Bank !— As there is not the most remote chance of any funds , under the bankruptcy of Stratton , being forthcoming to liquidate the claims of the depositors in the Aylesbury Savings B ank , to the extent of between £ 900 ' and £ 1 , 000 , ' arrangements have been made to give full compensation to the poor people who have been plundered by the fugitive bankrupt , and to restore the money of which they have been defrauded . ' The whole affair having been laid before the ; commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt , they have just signified their consent tothe sum of £ 500 being taken from the surplus fund of the bank , aud appropriated towards making good tho claims of those robbed by the defaulter . The remainder ofthe deficiency _will'be paid by Mr . James , the secretary to the savings bank , in whose employ Stratton held
the situation of clerk at the time the defalcations took place . By these satisfactory arrangements not one farthing will be lost to the depositors , whose claims have been allowed by Mr , Tidd Pralt . Itis expected there will be about 2 s . 6 d . in the pound , under the fiat , for the private creditors ofthe bankrupt . Steps will now , it is stated , be immediately taken to cause tho apprehension of Stratton , in America , and bring him back to England . Brighton C emetery . — -The arrangements for the construction of acemetery at Brighton have been concluded , and every impediment removed . It has been agreed by tbe vicar to receive £ 50 for the first rear _aUer the com ' _-letion of the cemetery and the consecration of the necessary portions of land , £ 75 for the second year , and £ 100 per annum during the continuance of the Company , and the use by them for the purpose of interment of 6 uch consecrated portions of land .
Extensive Robhery op Jewellery _.-Biumingham . — -On the night of the 14 th inst ., or early on Friday morning , the premises of Mr . Osborne , manufacturing jeweller , Lichfield-street , Birmingham , were broken open , and gold , silver , and plated goods , consisting of brooches , guards , pencil cases , seals , rings , studs , pins , snuff boxes , < J _* c ., amounting in value to between £ 500 and £ 600 , stolen therefrom . In consequence of previous robberies thc doors and window-shutters were iron-plated and deemed impregnable . The premises were locked up by the porter soon after ten o ' clock . The thieves succeeded
in entering the back part ot the warehouse by breaking a hole in the wall , and having thus obtained ingress , by dint of great labour and the use of crowbars , they broke open the interior doors and found access to the most valuable portions of the stock , No fewer than six crowbars were discovered in the warehouse next morning when the workmen came to their employment . A reward of 100 guineas has been offered ror the apprehension of the depredators . High-way Robbery .- On Saturday last , a gentleman was stopped outside Manchester , and robbed of £ 375 .
_Lovs and Crime . —An extraordinary circumstance , which had nearly been attended with loss of life , occurred on Friday the 15 th inst ., at the house of Mr . Grindall , the Bell , in Suffolk-street , Birmingham . It appears that for the last three years a young man named Abraham Lee , son of Mrs . Lee , coal dealer , Essington-street , was in the habit of frequenting the Bell , and appeared desirous of heing considered a suitor of Miss Ellen Grindall , daughter of the landlord . Lee . however , never received any attention from the girl or her family to justify him in believing that he was recognised in the manner he desired . - lie visited the house as an ordinary customer , and it is supposed became jealous of a young man named John Scott , who also frequented the Bell . On
Friday evening , about eight o ' clock , whilst Mr . Grindall was at the workhouse attending a meeting ofthe _Kuardians , Lee , accompanied by a young man named Kingston , went to the house , and their hands being dirty , they proceeded to the brewhouse to wash them , and called for a pint of ale , with which they were supplied . Whilst in the act of washing their hands , Mrs . Grindall told her daughter to go into the brewhouse and finish her ironing . She did so , and it appears was followed to the door by Scott . Miss Grindall good-humouredly intimated to Lee and his companion that they should leave the brewhouse , as she wanted to finish her work ; but she had no sooner done so than Lee took a pistol from his pocket , and
this being observed b . v tlie girl she instantly put up her left arm in defence . Lee fired the pistol , which was heavily loaded with shot , and a portion of the contents lodged in her arm , chest , ana neck , about fifteen shots taking eflVct . She fell upon the floor , sere » ming , and bleeding profusely . Lee was taken into custody , and , on searching him , another pistol , loaded to the muzzle , was found in his possession . The prisoner ha ? since been brought up __ before the magistrates , but in consequence of the inability of Miss Grindall to attend , the case was remanded . The wounded girl is , however , said to be out of danger . The prisoner has since stated that the contents of the second pistol were for himself .
Explosion of Fire Damp .-- Thirteen Lives Losr . —A correspondent , writing from Wigan , says that between six and seven o ' clock on Saturday morning last , an explosion of fire-damp took place at Messrs . Evans and Turners' colliery , at Haydock , situated about a mile and a half from Newton raceground . The explosion occurred in what is called the "Rock-pit , " and thirteen persons were either burnt or smothered to death , some of them being literary burned to a cinder . It appears that eleven of the parties were working in a drift 1 , 000 yards from the pit-eye . without any conductor , when the explosion took place ; all of whom were burned to death . Two others were working about 120 yards nearer the pit-eye , and they , on hearing the
explosion , rushed into the face of the five , instead of making to the pit-eye . The names of thc sufferers are as follows -. —John Durdon , and his son ( the elder ) Ralph , leaving a wife and five children ; William Battersby , wife , and four children ; "William Knovtle 3 , one child , and -wife ( pregnant ); Ralph Unsworth and John , his son ( the elder ) , leaving a wife and four children ; John Glare , leaving a wife and five children ; John Ilolloway , drawer to Glare , killed at the same time ; John Simm , James Bailey , Christopher Hesketh , Thomas Glover , and Joseph Ilatton — all vonng men . The men were allowed safety lamps , if they thought proper to use them ; but there does not appear to have been any restriction 3 gainst working with naked candles , although
the men had to run away from the fire thc day before the fatal occurrence took place . —On Monday an inquest was heid before John Ileyes , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury , on view of the bodies , when the jury returned the following verdict : — "It so happened that the foul and inflammable air in the said coal mine , by some means unknown to thejury , accidentally casually , and by misfortune , took fire and exploded , whereby the said unfortunate men and boys were grievously scorched and burnt upon the body and limbs , whereby they instantly died . " More Discord in the Diocese of Exeter .- — The Exeter Gazette gives an account of a quarrel between the perpetual curate of Plymstock , the Rev . E . E . Cooke , and Colonel Harris , and other parishioners , the immediate cause of which does not
appear . The bishop was applied to for a commission of inquiry into the rev . gentleman ' s conduct , which the former offered to grant on the expenses being guaranteed by the parishioners , who , however , appeared to think the expenses ought to be paid by the bishop . His lordship urged on both parties mutual forbearance , and an endeavour to live in peaceadvice that appears to have been followed out by the curate shutting up the organ , and dismissing the choir , and the parishioners meeting , and agreeing to petition the Ilouse of Lords , praying their lordships , in consequence of this last act , "to make such a revision of the rubric and canons , or to grant such summary power to the bishops of tho diocese to check these misdoings , which at present tend to endanger the safety of the national church . ' '
Incenoiaky Fire . — On Sunday night last , shortly before 8 o ' clock , a destructive fire , which their seems little doubt v / as the act of an incendiary , was discovered on Bayntou-hill Farm , near Hungerford , Berkshire , in the occupation of Mr . J . Grant . Within the short space oft « o hours after the outbreak tbe buildings ( consisting of a stable , two barns , and outhouses , with their contents , ) three extensive wheat ricks , and one straw rick , about 30 quarters of barley in one barn , a quantity of tinthrashed wheat in another , a dressing machine , and various barns and husbandry implements , were destroyed . There being no dwelliughouse attached to the building there was no one to give alarm . S _<> rapid was the progress of the fire that although
several hundreds of people were quickly on the spot the flames gained such an ascendancy—the buildings being old and the materials very dry—that not the least portion , either of the premises or the other property , could be preserved . Fortunately no cattle were on the farm at the time , all the live stock having ' been removed to another farm about a week previously . The reflection of the fire was Been for miles around , and altogether , nearly 1 , 000 persons were attracted to the spot . From the situation of the ricks they must have been fired in two or three places ; and this coupled with the fact that a' most respectable farmer in the adjoining village of
Tinhead has , within the last week , received an anonymous letter threatening that hia premises wouid be burnt , strengthens the belief that an incendiarv hami has been the cause of the devastation . Lord Metliueu having observed tho conflagration , ' immediately posted off to the scene , bringing with him some of his own servants and two policemen stationed in the parish ; and several of the county police were promptly on the spot , endeavouring to trace out the incendiary . The extent of the loss is very heavy : but that part affecting the tenant , Mr . Grant , is covered by an insurance in tho Royal Farmers ' and General Fire-office .
TnE Ten Hours _AGiTATion .-An important meeting of tbe master spinners was held on Tuesday afternoon at the office of Mr . Heron , Binless-street , for the purpose of considering the steps desirable to take , and was very numerously attended . A petition was adopted praying for an Eleven Hours Bill as an
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effectual settlement ' of the question , '' ih preference to the present fluctuating _sytem ; and a . deputation was appointed to' proceed to London on the malter . Fishin g for Rats . —A new branch of industry has sprung up in Newcastle . Juvenile disciples of Isaac Walton -the shade of the old angler frotvns upon us white we write- _" -may be seen inthe streets patiently reposing by the side of a grate , with a line and baited hook in the sewer , to catch rats . Their prey are sold to the jackals ofthe rat hunters , men who keep hundreds of rats in store , and sell them to sportsmen—Gateshead Observer .
Tragedy at _Clayton-on-tite-Heights , Halifax—The beautiful and secluded little village ol Clayton was on Saturday last the scene of a dreadful tragedy , in consequence of a young man recently married having shot his wife through the left breast , audblowii his own brains out . The subjects of the present tragical occurrence are two young people named Abraham and Elizabeth Jessop , each about twentyfive years of age , and the cause ofit an unhappy and ill-assorted marriage , leading to a separation , which the wife ' s friends had unluckily attempted- to render permanent , instead of seeking a reconciliation , The main supports of the village are some extensive stone quarries ih the neighbourhood ; and Jessop , who hid come to reside there ! from _Brigbouse , was a smith ,
and was principally employed in' sharpening the delvera' tools . He had paid his addresses to the girl for some twelve or eighteen months , and about three months ago they were married . Jessop had not a cottage furnished to take his wife to , and they took up their residence along with the wife ' s mother and sister . The husband , who had been given to intoxication at times , had given great promises of more steady and industrious habits at the time , for some months before their marriage he had carried out of his earnings five shillings per week to his intended wife , and for five or six weeks after marriage the young pair seemed to be comfortable enough . Some stormy weather which succeeded , however , rendered it impossible that the quarrymen could pursue their
employment , and Jessop was thrown out of work , Almost immediately afterwards quarrels with his wife and her friends led to his being turned out of the mother ' s house , and a consequent separation . He had attempted in rain a reconciliation ; and the unhappy man seems to have sought an interview . ou Saturday evening last , with a view to putting aperiod to all future strife and heart-burning about the matter by ; murdering his wife , and afterwards destroying himself . Atter fortifying himself by taking several glasses of ardent spirits at a public house , "to keep up his courage '' for the fatal scene , he entered the house where she resided abeut half-past three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and found her in the presence of her mother and sister . * He asked
her to accompany him to the door for the purpose ot a private conversation , but she declined , observing that she had no secrets which her mother might not hear . He then attempted to induce his wife to give him an audience , in another room , telling her she might relate what passed afterwards to her mother if she thought fit . This she also refused , and he then took from one of his coat pockets a pistol , and hastily advancing towards her , discharged it with the muzzle almost close to her person . The ball took effect in the left breast , but missed tbe heart , piercing the breast in the direction of the left arm , and emerging immediateiy under the arm . Before any attempt at interference could be made , he then drew a second pistol , and placing the muzzle under his right ear , discharged the contents through his head . The unfortunate wife ran to the door , aud sank upon the causeway in a state of insensibility . She was
afterwards carried to bed by her mother and some neighbours who lent assistance , and surgical aid being procured and the wounds stanched , she still survives . It is feared , however , that the ball has passed through a portion ofthe lungs , and that she cannot ultimately recover . The wound which Jessop inflicted on himself was of a more immediately mortal character . He fell at once upon the floor , and expired in a pool of blood—his skull being fearfully shattered . The body was removed to the Black Horse public house in Clayton . The young man ' s parents are not living , but he has brothers and sisters who had come to the village with the view of discharging the mournful duties ( as far as the verdict of a coroner ' s jury and the law which regulates such matters will allow ) , which devolve upon them in consequence of this event . The wife has only one parent livingthe father having destroyed himself about three years ago , by hanging .
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HiGiiwAr Robbery . —On Saturday , the 16 thinst ., between four and five o ' clock in the afternoon , as Mr . Osborne , traveller to Hemes and Co ., of Manchester , was driving in his gig from Bala to Llanfyllin , North Wales , at a lonely part ofthe road near the top of Borwyn Mountain , four miles from any dwelling-house , he was attacked by three men , who stopped his horse and dragged him eut . Mr . Osborne attempted to struggle with his assailants , but he was beat about the head till he became insensible , and whilst in that state they took from the gig box _iS ' _- oO in gold and silver . The ruffians got clear away .
Alleged Murder by Colliers on Strike . —The coroner ' s inquest on the body of' John Thomas , whose death was caused by the burns and injuries he sustained _^ from an explosion of combustibles thrust into his bedroom , where his wife and family were sleeping , was brought to a conclusion last week at Aberdare , The chief witness examined was the wife , who , after stating the facts relative to the death of her husband , attributed the fatal occurrence io her late husband working in the colliery al n time wheii there was a strike amongst the colliers . A verdict of "" "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " was returned .
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Fhiohtful Murder near Edinburgh . — The Edinburgh Courant relates the discovery of a horrible occurrence at Juniper-green , about five miles from Edinburgh , where Dr . Wilson , a resident practitioner , was discovered lying dead in the kitchen of his own house—his head beaten in by some heavy instrument . In the passage was also found the body of Dr . Wilson's aged mother , upon whom similar violence had been also exercised . — An investigation immediatoiy took place , and a person was arrested on suspicion ; but further particulars did not transpire . —It is said that , at a late hour on Sunday night , a man named Pearson , who is understood to have been in confinement in a lunatic asylum , called at the house of Dr . Wilson for medicine or medical advice . The doctor prscribed a simple , dose , of which one half was to be taken that night and the remainder next morning . Dr . Wilson having iust returned from
visiting his country patients , _lelt the man at the door , while he himself and the maid-servant went to the stable to put up his horse . Upon his return to the houso Dr . Wilson found the outer door locked , and , upon knocking , was immediately admitted . This appears to havo been observed by the maid-servant , who then went to her mother ' s house in the neighbourhood , where she usually slept . —The precise circumstances that followed within Dr . Wilson ' s house can only be matter of conjecture . It is said that the man Pearson who had called at the house the previous night , is the person now in gaol upon suspicion of the murder ; and it is added that he had passed the night in the house , sleeping in Mrs . Wilson ' s bed , having first , it is supposed , burned his clothes . He was found naked in bed and sound asleep . —Dr . Wilson was about 50 years of age , strong and healthy . His mother had attained the age of 00 .
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Abolition or _inE Lord-Lieutenancy . —An agitation much moro earnest than any one anticipated against the contemplated abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy seemB already to havo set in , and wo shall probably have a series of meetings in other parts of Ireland as well as in Dublin to express the popular "feelings ' on tho subject . A commencement was made on thc I 5 th inst . by the Dublin . Traders ' Protective Society , which was presided over on the occasion by Alderman Kinahan . Several respectable merchants and tradesmen taking part in tho proceedings . The following resolution was adopted it to be the intention of
—•' That understanding her _Majesty ' s government to introduce a bill for tho abolition ofthe office of Lord Lieutenant in Ireland , this society , having for its sole object to watch over and guard the commercial interests of the traders of Dublin , and therefore declining to express any opinion as to the political bearing of the subject , considers it to bo not only its legitimate office , but its incumbent duty , to protest in the strongest manner against any measure having for its purpose tho removal of tho viceregal court from Dublin as calculated to inflict serious injury on the already "r eatiy depressed trade of this city . " ° _MuhdJ- _'RO ** A Bailiff . —Agrarian crime i 3 once more on the increase . The _Kilkenny Moderator of Saturd ay last contains the following ;— " On
Tuesday , two bailiffs , named John Ryan and Richard Cro _' wdle— - in execution of a decree whieh they held at tho suit of a person named Patrick Dooly , of Windgap , in this county , against the property of a fanner named Philip Meiglian _, of Csirrigeen-Morriee , nea _» Kilmoganny—seized a quantity of cattle _, which they found on thc lands , hut which Mcighan and his family forcibly rescued , assaulting and driving away tho bailiffs . Next day , tho bailiffs took out summonses against the parties for the rescue , and again proceeded , in the evening , to the house , in order to servo them , when it appears that Edward , son to Philip Moighan , resisted their en- trance to the premises , and inflicted on Ryan a stab from a weapon resembling a pike , in the » bdomen ' from the effects of which he almost immediately expired . Crowdlo ran away , and informed the _pol c ' after which M absconded , for the ' ' _nni-nage , it would
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seem ,, of not being forced to give evidence ,. The perpetrator of the deed , a young man under twenty years of age , has also absconded ; but his father and sister have been arrested by the constabulary . " _Encumdbbeo Estates Commission . _—Thirty-two additional petitions forthe sale of estates have been filed in the week ending the 13 th inst . The encumbered inheritors in this list are chiefly small proprietors , and some of them , for instance the Kev . Sir Christopher It . Lighton , Bart .,, are petitioners on their own behalf . The commissioners have ordered a large number , of sales , in some cases of considerable estates , during the months of May and June next .
Sr . Patrick s Day . —According to the accounts received , St . Patrick's Day passed over without any _Berious manifestation in the way of processions or excitement in the northern province , where such vigorous and general measures of precaution had been adopted by the government , A Mr . Francis W , Kiernan had a narrow escape from assassination on Friday evening " , the 15 th inst ., at Loughorna , in-the county of Tipperary . lie exchanged shots with the- assassin , who fired at bim twice from behind a hedge , close to his own door , and was slightly wounded in the hand . Several evictions have lately been made on the property . Exposition of tub Industry of all Nations . — Great preparations aro in progress in Belfast to
organise that important town , and the northern province generally , in support of the Industrial Exhibition in London . At the request of the Chamber of Commerce , the Royal Flax Society and the linen and muslin manufacturers , the Mayor of Bolfast has convened a public meeting for Friday next , to adopt measures for securing effectual cooperation in the great national demonstration . The Northern Whig , referring to this movement , says , " We hear of Irish cambrics being sold as Frenchof Irish linens being got up as Gorman , because the excellence of these articles is , in many cases , not yet known ; but we may fearlessly exhibit the products of our looms beside those of France and of Germany , and show the foreign merchant proof
positive of our superiority . Our sewed muslin manufactures , also , which have grown into such importance , are in many countries unknown , or styled of French production . We can show the foreign consumers of Russian flax tbat Ireland can furnish them with a better article ; and , with the progress now making , in the west and south , through th © indefatigable exertions of the Flax Society , we may soon behold cargoes of flax leaving our shores to displace the Russian in tho supply of foreign factories , and thus have an export of agricultural produce often times the value of the corn we formerly shipped to England . " Agricultural Operations , For the last five years there have not been such cheering indications of industrial progress as are to be found in the
agricultural reports of the present month , and in all quarters the farmers , taking advantage of an unprecedented run of fine open weather , are represented as being actively engaged in making preparations for the ensuing harvest . In every field , says the Tipperary paper , are tobe seen ploughs , horses , and men , engaged in sowing peas , oats , and potatoes . In the north riding a large breadth of land is occupied with grain crops , while the planting of potatoes is as universal as in the most prosperous days . From the west the accounts arc-ofthe same satisfactory character , and although the rural population appear to have effectually cast of their apathy , and resumed their wonted occupations with revived spirit , and in the hope that the advent of Irish prosperity is at length close at hand .
John O'Grady , a wealthy farmer in the county of Limerick , has been convicted for the murder of his wife and maid servant , and sentenced to be executed . The murder was particularly _remarkable for the total absence of all apparent provocation . Tho prisoner first murdered the servant inthe stable by stabbing her with a bayonet fixed on a stick , and then killed his wife by discharging two p _istols at her while she was in bed . The defence was temporary aberration of mind , but this was not sustained by any evidence . Mathew and William Gavin were convicted at the same assizes for the murder of John Ryan , at Coppamore , and sentenced along with O'Grady , to be executed on ths 10 th of next month .
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE . Murdkr of Patrick Moore . _—MARiBORouon , March 16 . —Catherine Moore and Bridget Thompson were placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Patrick Moore , at Turrow on the 26 th of August . There were three counts in the indictment * , the first stating the crime to be committed by Catherine Moore , by making a cut with a knifo on the right side of his throat , and charging Bridget Thompson with aid and abetting ; the second count charged Bridget Thompson with being accessory after the fact ; and the third count laid the deed to have been committed by strangulation . —Being asked if they were guilty or not , Catherine Moore ( wife to the murdered man )
pleaded guilty . She was in a most distressingly excited state , and was obliged to be supported throughout tho entire trial . —Her attorney , Mr . Roe , withdrew the plea . — Bridget Thompson , ( mother tothe other prisoner ) was perfectly unmoved by her own awful situation and the wretched appearance of her daughter . Sho preserved a sullen and relentless expression of countenance , and pleaded not guilty , in a firm voice . —Catherine Murphy , examined by Mr Griffith , deposed to finding the body of deceased , Pat Moore , in a bog hole at Rossmore . —Owen Moore , a young boy , examined : Is brother to the prisoner , Catherine Moore . On the 26 th of August , his sister did not go to bed until about one o ' clock at night . She
went out about ten o ' clock . She did not sleep with his mother . She got up about five five o'clock in the morning . She called his mother up , and said she wanted her for a certain business . They both went out of the place then . He went to school at nine o ' clock in-the morning . Came home about four o ' clock . ' "When 'he came into the yard he missed the ass ' s car . His sister Catherine was , not then at homo .. She returned about six o ' clock , and brought the ass ' s car with her . Witness met her , and , in consequence of what he had heard from his sister Betty , called her a murderer . She answered , "It was great harm indeed , " and if he said anything , she would get his mother to beat him . Catherine Moore then told her mother whero
she put her husband . Said she put him in a hoghole , near Clogrennan . Rossmore is near _Clogrennan . His mother said , if it was known she killed her husband , they would bo all taken . Catherine said she brought the car to the bog-hole , got into the car , cut the cord she had , tying her husband , and rolled him over into the bog-hole ; then covered him with sods . In two days after heard his sister , Catherine say to her mother , "Thank God I got rid of him ready , " and that she would be well enough if tho body was not found until she got off , Two knives were here given to the witness , who identified them as belonging to his mother . Heard his sister tell her mother that she gave her husband whisky , and that he lay dead
then , and she cut his neck . In three days after , wanted the reins of the ass . Missed a small portion of the reins . Asked Betty where it was . Betty said Catherine tied up her husband with it to make him short . —Elizabeth Moore examined : Is sister to Catherine Moore . This witness corroborated the evidence given by her brother . On Monday morning-, when Catherine had gone out , about five o ' clock , her mother called witness , and said " It was a woe night ; thoy had let out Catherine by herself , for she had killed her husband . " Witness asked her where he was . Her mother took her out and showed her the body of ¦ _Patrick Moore , at the summer-house in the garden , covered with rushes . Tho clothes were all on the body except the hat .
There was a cut en his neck , and blood along his breast . When they came in , witness aaked Catherine " What made she do that ? " Catherine said it was neck or nothing with her , for that Pat thought to stab her until she got to turn the knife to his own throat . Witness said * ' You murderer , I'll get you took and hung . " Catherine then began to cry . —Constable Maurice Ryan deposed that after arresting the prisoner , Catherine , on the 29 th September , she acknowledged having murdered her husband ; and said her mother and the vest of her family were innocent . She said her husband was drunk , and endeavoured to stab her first . — The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners on the third count . —Chief Justice Doherty , addressing himself to Catherine Moore , said it was not his intention to prolong the painful scene by any _observntions on
tho evidence . In all the cases which had come within his experience , her crime was without precedent—he might say unpaiaUelcd in tho annals of the country . She had comedouhlv armed with the bottle and the knife ; and when she had drugged her victim , so as to render him helpless , she put into execution her cruel and blood-thirsty purpose _, liis lordship , after commenting on the evidence , assumed the black cap , and passed the extreme penalty of the law , to be carried into execution on a day to be hereafter named . As for you , said his lordship , addressing the older prisoner , I shall not waste words on you . The jury havo found you guilty of bping accessory after the fact ; and I have no hesitation in passing on you the heaviest penalty the law allows in tho case—that you he transported for tho term of your natural life .
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British Colleg e of Health , Nkw-koad , London . —Fellow _Coui-trtmkn . —In tho name of humanity and justice wo ask how much longer are the remains ofthe poor to bo cut up in the hospitals , in order to put guineas into tho doctors' pockets ? Oh ! the infamy ! Are the poor who die in hospitals aware that doctors make money by selling their remains to medical students , who pay thorn so niu ' cli for a leg , another so much for an arm , & c ., ito . ? Down , with , the odious traffic , say all Hygeists . Anatomy is perfectly useless in the cure of any disease . People arise !!
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_^ -- . DORCHESTER , ' _MaNSLAUGHTJSB ' AT THE DoBSET _VnkrM _MEETit-u-Mr . John Brake was indicted fo _& _* _* t . |* _>^» ngton ,. on the , 20 th of Februar ? - _^' ?» William Allen on the head ; thereby siy \ Ia' _£ Nk morta ! bruise , a mortal fracture of the _sknl *** , mortal extravasation of blood ' on the brain _nV 3 _?** 8 he died—Mr . Cockburh ; Q . < J ., and Mr _W were the counsel for ' . the 'defence ; Mr phi _** peared for the prosecution , with whom _ZU _*? Kersley _.-This case arose out of a disturb ance t _. * _* occurred at the close of a Protection _meeting m _* _* _- Dorchester on the 20 th February last _Kti-. ensued between the _farmefaand the peopU 21 _, ? boy Allen was felled to the ground bv a & . * he stick , and died almost instantly . The _evidnnn * exceedingl y conflicting , and the _leaWd 1 _^ summed up at considerable length ahd wit _* Jut , 8 <" minuteness . In the course of his observa L _?» _- lordship , in remarking upon the meeting , _S _\ S the agriculturists _worA _uprfpnih- , _* i , oi _. ; fi „ j -X aia that
from the riding-house those persons who _intern nf S the proceedings of that meeting . His lord « h ; n pte ( 1 minded the jury that there were four PersZ J ! - * swore positively to the prisoner at the bar anfl witnesses who as distinctly swore that Mr n s , was not the man who Btruck the blow . Be ni _" t « _.-evidence on both sides very clearly before _tD 5 and left the case with the utmost confid ence i » $ _** hands -The jury , in less than five _minuteB , mu _> , a verdict of " Not guilty . " ' * '" - a
STAFFORD . Burglary and Murderous Attack * _- Pos t Inmates . —Samuel Bates , a young man of rein table appearance , aged 18 , was indicted for break- * and entering the house of William Vyge , at Ha _„ i 5 in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent , and _cuttineT-j wounding the said'"William _Vyse , avid ? L " , Mountford , with intent to kill or do them T grevious bodily harm . —Mary Bradshaw V ySe ! _S of the prosecutor , sfated that she had retired to » If with her husband a little after twelve o ' clock on _tlT night of the Gth of October last , when Bhe heard b noise below in the yard , and upon calling out i know who was there the prisoner informed her that he had seen three men jump over the wall of tb yard , and recommended her to look to the doors
and windows . She knew the prisoner ' s voice he was the son of a neighbour and had often been in the house , and , after thanking him , she went down stairs and found all was safe . Half an hour afterwards she was again disturbed by a noise resembling the breaking of a window . She immediatel y go t un and went down stairs in the dark , and , on op ening the door at the bottom of the stairs , was cut on the throat with some sharp instrument , a portion of fUsh being cut away from the chin to the throat , The prosecutor , an elderly man , followed by his nephew , Samuel Mountford , had by this time reached the door , and the former rushed between his wife and her assailant , when he received a severe
cut in the face . In _struggling with the man the prosecutor took a cap from his head and placed it in the bosom of his shirt , when he received another _aevere wound across the neck , also others on the shoulder , side , and across the fingers of the right hand , numbering altogether ten . Mountford was also severely wounded on the cheek , the flesh being severed from the cheek bone down to the mouth . Whilst this was going on Mrs . Vyse ran to the outer door , and raised an alarm for assistance , when the man rushed past her , and made his escape , followed by Mountford , who , however failed to overtake bim . After medical aid had been procured the cap was examined , and , suspicion falling upon the
prisoner , Mountford went to his father ' s house , about fifty yards distant , and , on inquiring whether he was at home , was answered in the negative , Evidence was produced to prove that the prisoner had a few weeks before bought a razor from a cutler , and on the previous night had exhibited a stick , which was found at the bottom of the stairs in tbe prosecutor ' s house . About two o ' clock the same morning , the prisoner went to the house of a person named Gater , at Shelton , and inquired whether he would let him lay in the houseplace until morning . Gater at first refused , but afterwards came down stairs and let him in . Between seven and eight o ' clock the same moiningi the prisoner called Gater up , and requested
him to lend him a coat and cap , and having obtained these he left the house . During the morning the wife of Gater found in the air-hole underneath the grate a razor with blood on it , which was produced , and which was stated to resemble the one the prisoner bought of the cutler . After he left Gater ' s house tbe prisoner proceeded to the police station , and made a com _*) laint that three men had beaten him during the night and taken hia coat and cap from him , whereupon the coat and cap found at the prosecutor ' s house were shown to him , and he immediately owned them as those lie had lost . An open pocket knife was also found at the prosecutor ' s house covered with blood , and likewise some hair , similar in colour to the prisoner ' s , on the casement
of the window . The prisoner was then taken into custody , but denied the charge . Subsequently , however , he told Inspector Cole that three men met him on the night of the burglary , and said they were going to break into Mr . Vyse ' s house , and requested him to go with them . This he refused to do until they threatened to cut his throat if he did not . They then all went , a : ; cl one of the men broke a pane of glass in the back window , opened the casement , and put one of his companions through to open the door . This _beins done they all walked in , and one of them eommiite < l the brutal outraged above narrated . —His lordship minutely summed up the evidence , and the jury immediately returned a verdict of * 'Guilty "
The Stafford Rioters . —The fifteen individuals who had heen held to bail on a charge of riot and assault at the late agricultural protection meeting will not be tried , the whole of them having traversed until the next assizes .
NOTTINGHAM . Peculiar Case op Murder . —John Sansome , aged 53 , was indicted for having at Sutton , in Ashfield , on the 10 th of April last , caused the death of Elizabeth Baily , who was at that time _pregnant , by attempting to cause a miscarriage . This offender was tried on a similar charge of felony at the last assizes , and acquitted , but was detained to answer the higher charge of murder , —The learned judge in summing up , dwelt upon the gravity of the charge , and the nature of the law respecting it . ic was perfectly legal now to arraign the prisoner for the charge of murder , although he had heen previously tried and acquiteed of a minor offence . "Sor was it necessary to justify a verdict of wilful murder that the prisoner should be proved to have meditated the death of deceased . If , in the
performance of an illegal act , he had done that which had subsequently caused _de-uh—his intention at the time being of a very _diifercnt nature—he wns still liable to be convicted of the capital charge . —The jury retired , and after an absence of more than three hours , returned into court with a verdict of •' "Wilful Murder , " they , however , recommended the prisoner to mercy . —The Learned Chief Justice immediately passed sentence of death . __ no would forward the recommendation of the jury ; to the proper quarter , and it would remain to be seen what effect it would have ; he earnestly desired him however , not to expect the slightest mitigation of the sentence . . Sarah Rean , 53 years of age , was found guilty of a similar offence at Radford , and sentenced hy Mr . Baron Farke to _transposition for life .
YORK . The Plate Robbery at Leeds . — "W _" . Green and T . Kay , who wero convicted of receiving stolen property in London , thc proceeds of plate and other robberies in Leeds , were placed at the bar , on the opening of the court , to receive sentence . —Mr Overend , on behalf of the prisoners , moved an arrest of judgment in consequence of an alleged inaccuracy in hoth . indietnients . His lordship overruled the objection , and sentenced the prisoners to be severally transported for fourteen years . The Scarborough Savings Bank Defaulter . — T . Strumwaite , who pleaded guilty to two separate indictments of embezzling , . certain sums of money received from the depositors of the savings bank at Scarborough was next placed at the bar . —Sentenced to be imprisoned in York Castle for two years .
MAIDSTOKE . Burglary . — George Saunders , 23 , and John Henry , 22 , were indicted for a burglary in tho dwell ing house of Henry Staple ? . —It appeared tbat l' ' _"J prosecutor is a farmer , living near Farningham . * ¦•* - on the night of the 29 th Duecmber , he was absent from home , leaving his house in the charge of three of his labourers , a father and two sons , named Packman . Upon this night one of , the sons was awoke out of the
by hearing a noise , " and upon looking window ot his room , ho saw a man , whom he believed to he tho prisoner Saunders , standing in tbt > garden , apparently upon tho watch . He immediately gave the alarm , and upon his brother and h "* - self dressing and going into tho garden they _sivw ' n the snow which had recently fallen the footsteps el four men , who appeared to have gone away i _* the direction of Farningham . The two brothers followed the tracks ' , - and after havin *
gone somo distance they came up to four nicn » Who threatened to kill " them if they _follov"W any further . - " Tho ' brothers , however , being joinc shortly afterwards by _llu-ir father , aeain ' conf menced the pursuit , and came up with the four mt _*" a second time at the entrance of a wood close - -J Farningham . The father , unon seeing them , calico out that if they did not stop ho would shoot tlie »; - nlthough it appeared that ho had no fire-arms my possession , and upon his doing so the four _ininieo' - ately attacked their pursuers , beat them severely with sticks , and in the end' made their escap '" Thejury found both ' prisoners ' - " Guilty , " an ] _, _^ donee was adduced to show'that Saundors . had bee " before convicted of felon v .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23031850/page/6/
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