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_ " . atfttn » T 8 . Smcms .-Brfore Mr William Baker , Jan . ; tte deputy , coroner , at the Green M » a , pnblio-hoae , Higtstreetj Poplar , Kgpeet&ig the death « f Elfca nayment , a marri d woman , who was ( onnd drowned » tfee RWerThamea , with her throat cat . R Fowler stated that , on Friday afternoon , he « m row in ? a boat down the river , when , en arriving opposite Messrs Ferguson and Co . ' s , © ast-fcouse , MulwaU , he saw the bod ; ef the deceased -floating near the shore . He drew it into hlsboat , ana conveyed rtw the dead-honse m Poplar . The body was very much decomposed , and bad evidently been in the water Borne daja . There were several large braises found mm the fee * , and the bod * appeared to have been
ill-used . The throat was eat in several place * , h . Eayment stated that he was the son of the deceased , who was the wife of a retired auctioneer , residing at No . 77 , High-street , Hasten , Old Town . OnSaturday evening , tie 4 : h of September last , the deceased was attacked with a fit , and remained insensible ( or three boars . Oa the following morning , she left the house , and was never sees alive afterwards . The deceased and her husband lived together very comfortably , and seldom quarrelled . The inquiry was adjoarned for a week , for the purpose of affording the police an opportunity of procuring further evidence .-
Fatjl SiBiH-BOAt Acctdsnt . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Nine Elm ? Tavern , relative te the death of J . Patten , aged 35 , a drill and colour sergeant of the Scots Fonlier Guards , who , together ¦ wiih Witam Emery , her Majesty ' s swan-keeper , were drowned , by a boat , in which they were , coming into col ' -monwith the Matrimony iron « team-boat George Franks , a mate of the Chitde Hareld steamer , deposed to finding the body of the deceased floating down with tha tide iff Nine Elms pier on Friday last . He got the same ashore , and conveyed it to the above house . Corporal R . Bye laid that , on Saturday week , deceased and four other parties , including Emery , who acted as coxswain , started from Westminster-bridge , arid proceeded up the river as
tar as barnw , fer tee purpose of training for a match that was shortly to come off . Upon their re turn fte same night , when they arrived Hearly facing ftePualicopier , they « iw » Eteam-b 3 atcomingtowari them . The coxswain stood up and shouted that there-was a small boat a-head . They had not proceeded above five or mxjards further before S willwon between &a two boats took place , and the party suddenly became immersed . Witness turned but and got hold of the boat , and remained helving thereto anfil he was taken off , He saw Corporals Smiths and Hopkins saved , but the deceased and Emery were drowned . The night was rather dark .
and witness considered that the occurrence was owing entirely to the coxswain mistaking the light of the steamer- Everything was done by the people on beard the steamer to gave them : The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death . ' The whole of the nan-soHumssloned officers and four companies of the battalion , together with the band , were drawn up in front of the tavern , where they remained until the coroner i-saed his order for the interment of deceased . The body was then conveyed te the burialgroans' of St John ' s , Westminster , the band slaying the 'Dead March in Saul' through the principal thoroughfares leading to the slaee of interment .
Fatal Aocidkt at Sir WnmnJouirra '» . —Before Mr William Payne at St Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of James Holmes , 8 ged fonrteea years . The deceased had been working at Sir William Jol-JifiVs , at Chepstead , and whilst he was feeding a threshing-machine , his left foot was drawn in and the Umb was extensively injured . He was removed to the hospital , when it was found necessary to am . pntate the limb , but on Sunday he suddenly expired . Verdict accidental death .
A Pkrsih Ckked wmis Disikg . —AttheKine ' s Bead , Great Mitchell-street , St Luke's , before Mr Baker , on the body of John Robert ? , aged 85 yean , a greengrocer , residing at No . 11 , Great Mitchellstreet . On Monday last , the deceased w&i eating some beef and bread , when he suddenly fell from the ehair . A lodger immediately went to his assistance , and extracted a piece of bread and two large pieces of beef from his throat A surgeon was sent for , bat he expired directly afterwards . The deceased was in the habit of eating fast and ravenously . Verdict—* De * h from suff-cation '
SraciDs .-Before Mr Baker , at the Old Red Lion , Wilson-street , Finsbary , on view of the body of Mr William Priest , aged 60 sears , whocommitted suicide bjswall swing prusaic aeid . The deceased was an upholsterer , and was formerly in business with a partner . About twelve months since , the partnership was dissolved , and the deceased opened a shop on bis own account in Wilson-Btreet , Finsbary . During thesummerbusisea was very dull , and deceased became much embarrassed in
hiseircum-Ftances , and ob Saturday last , on being pressed for a bill which had become due , he was not prepared to pay it . On Monday last , ha was heard to go out of the house and return shortly afterwards . He said he was very ill , and wanted rest . Some time after wards ke was heard groaning very hcavilf , and his sister went into the room . He was lyisg on the bed in an insensible state , and « surgeon was immediately seat for , bnt the deceased expired before he came . A small bottle waa found which had contained prnsacaeJ '' . verdict—' Temporaryimanitv . '
- iccnrasTs , omscBt , eic . A Child Saved pkoh Bbovmsg bt a Dos —On Sunday merning , a child of abiat five years of age , durag the absence of a servaatto whose care it was intrusted , fell into the canal from a parapet of the Cfcy-read-bridge . The accident had scarcriy been discovered before a large dog , of fhe Newfound landb e d , leaped into the stream , and with great exertion saved thelife of the < hild , by keeping its head above water until assistance was rendered from the snore .
Fatat . Acctdbct . —A dreadful accident happened about tea o dock , oa Monday morning , on board the Hugh Jnhsston j a collier , ljing off PrinteVstaiw , Kotbernitnp . Whilst the crew were busily engaged unshipping the mast by means of an immense paw of shear * , the mast suddenly slipped , carrying the shears and all along with it , clean over the tafiraiL There were two riggers at work in the top at the time , and both , were precipitated into the river . The tide -wo ebbing rapidly , and one of the unfortunate sen , after struggling a few minutes , sunk to rise no rcore ; tMOtuer fortunately succeeded in ctfehinea npeinai ^ as thrown to him , and « aa mcued . A boy , too n&d few armbnfeen , and was otherwise injured , theinastteTingstruekhim initafall .
Axkosb . Mtoberbt a Masuc—Information was received by Mr William Baker , aeputy-coroner , o the d « uh of a man named Lewis Mugford , which was occasioned by a wound inflicted by hig master , Mr Thomas Mackintosh Dandwn . a gentleman of pro pery , residing at Clayhill , Tottenham . It appeared that Mr Davidson had been for many yearspastsuf fenng under mental derangement . He had resided about eleven years at Clay-hill , and was under the care of the unfortunate man Lewis Magford , who was appointed for that purpose . On Friday week two female servants and Mugford were at dinner in the kitchen , when Mr Davidson entered and taoka knife away » He wu immediately followed by Mugfordwho
, came up withhim in another room . Almost immediatey a scoffla was heard , upon which Mrs Holnjes proceeded to the roam , when she saw Mugtord struck in the throat by Mr Davidson with the knife . Magtord rushed into the road , where he was attjnded to by a lad y of the name of Thomas , living in an adjoining house , butbbe feU down and died in a few minutes . Information was forwarded to Ser-Keante Botoherand Grey , at the Tottenham station , who took Mr Davidson into custody , and who now re-nains m mrteillance at his own residence . For several previwu years Mr Davidson never showed mLUa *^ ?? ™ tenl 2 w , to io mischief , and was allowed the liberty of the grounds , being only wat lied by the domestics . ft
FIRES . DesxatcnvB hbs th Si Pascbas . — On Sunday irorn ng , shortly after twe o ' clock , afirebrofceout at No . 5 . ia the KingVroad , St Paucras . The en-Eines were speedily attheseene , but tha building , from bottom to top , was already blazing away with vehemence , and the flames continued to expand until the house was completely gutted . The damage done , it is understood , will reach to nearly £ 500 and unformnatel / Mr Want , the owner of the house . waa not insure ! How the fire originated fa unknown , bnt from the fact of the faoai being unoccupied strong suspicion * are entertained that it was the wtirk of an incendiary .
hixGcua r « K ^ -On Tuesday morning , between one and two o ' clock , a fire broke out apon some premises situated at 39 , Bay stated Cl « keSwell belonging to ilr Iwac Traoy . It appears that during the past few w « ks workmen bad been employed m rebuilding the hoose , and a heap of lime had been placed on the ground near the scaffolding . The rain that fell during the night slacked the lime , which cst the aenSAi poles in a blaze . The side walls being away , and tbe fljort open , it was at ene period apprehended that a fearful oonBigratien would have tuliowtd . Toe engines promptly attended , and there being an abundance of water the fire was speedily extinguished , but not until the scaffolding was coniMerably buroed . Fortunately the buLdingreoeived
no njoiy . HISCKXA . VE 0 U 9 . The Sr Pakcras 1 ' oob . —isABEqtJACt op the WoasaooeE Dietaet—On Tuesday , a meeting of the Directors and guardians of the parish of St Pantr ^ s was held ia the new vestry rooms , when the chair was TOcapied by Mr Churchwarden Howartb , wfie , with reference to the condition of ihe inmates of the workhouse , begged to call the attention of the b-ard-tothe inadequacy of the dietary table , especully in the article of bread ; the paupers bad potatoes and pudding together , which te ( the chairman ) tifiuut was a bad combination ofiood . llew * 8 not , however , aware that there was any great objection to tlic dietary table , but he considered it ought to bejjo reculated as to prevent , by supplying proper » r . ur shineat , the introduction of extraneens articles of fosd ia the wvrkhoase . The chairman then eoe *
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eested the appointment ; of a committee , to inquire iBto the matter , and that the dietary table should in future show tkoallowanceofLftod . for each meal . Mr Morris agreed thftthe . ljoari dwuld establish a ¦ nfiiiient dieUry to prevent the intredution of artioles which had been said by the medioalmea to be ot a dangerous charaoter . Mr Clarke said thematter had eome upon him rather suddenly , as he considered the dietary table was everything that could be wisaed , aadif the master or the medical officer had anything to complain of they ought to coma forward . The chairman repaated that tha allowance of bread to the paupere waB very inadequate . : Dr Beroing ^ ham was not aware ot anything that would lead to this altetatioa in the dietarv . althonch twelve
menthsago he took ar « ry active parkin the question , when it was admitted that the . quality of the food was good , whilst the quantity was considered to be inadequate , and ha . ( Dr Bermingham ) thought the poor , might stUUvcea better supply of feod . IIewas , howBver , di 8 inolined to yield to the rule attempted to be enforced by the Poer Law Cemmissioaen , thatofnot allowing any article brought to tke workhouse to be received , « ven a . little wine , perhaps brought to an aged individual by an affectionate relative . He hoped the board would not submit to that kind of discipline . Dr Bermingham thea recommended a large supply of pearl barley
and also of peas , one of tha most nutritious and least expensive articles that iras introduced into the house . He then brought forward the subject of dying paopers is the infirmary being exposed to the gare of the other inmates , who wera sometimes eeri * ousV affected by the groans and contortions of the individuals in the agon ; of death . Considerable digcusslen upon this matkr arose , and at length it was moved and seconded that screens be provided for the infirmary .. The question was put , aad carried item , cm ., and after seme farther business the board separated . Pborooation of Paruambkt . —The Imperial Parliament was prorogued on Tuesday , by writ , to Tuesday , the 12 th ef October .
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ISttglantr . . ¦' ¦ -. CUUBKSLAKD . .,: -. , r-.-. . DSBTRDCTIOS OF LARSR 09 ST AbBBT . CaBHSIX ^—The renerable pile , Lanereost Abbey ; so greatly admired by antiquaries for its architectural beauties , is now in rains . During tbe high- winds on Thursday last the roof fell ia with * loudcrash , arousing the whole of . the inhabitants in the neighbourhood , who soon crowdsd round the raised structure . On examination it was discovered that the roof had given way in that part of the abbey where divine service was performed .- Fortunately the accident did net occur during , the day time , otherwise it might have been attended with loss of life . —
, LANCASHIRE . LmapooL — Steaiibb Sohk . —The steam-tug Edinburgh Castle , belonging to Messrs Spinkes and Co ., has sunk off the Toxteth Dock , Liverpool , supi posed from some of tbe valves being left open . The captain and crew got on shore by tht boat Photon . —RsDocrioN o * Wages . —Messrs T Ainiworth and Co ., spinners , hate given notice of a reductioa on their spinners' wages of five per cent ., and other , firms are likely to adopt the same course . Wigak . —Anoibkr Prisst m op lFavBBi ~ The Rev J . Walker , tbe second or junior priest at St John ' s Catholic Chapel , Wigan , now lies in a daagerous state , ill ef typhus fever , caught in his visits to the filthy dwellings of the lower class of Irish residents in the borough . The Rev J . Hearne and the Rev J . Johnson , the two ministers whose lives have already been sacrificed in attending to their duties were successively the head priests at the same place of worship . -.-. - ¦ .. . ¦
YORKSHIRE . - ; - •• • - : - Ths Foboibies on the SnmEiD iiro Roihbb * ham Bakk . —A forgery of notes has taken place at the above bank . On the-discovery at the batik , that a false note had been cashed , the alarm soon flew over the town and district ; and early oa Thursday morning placards wen exhibited containing the offer of areward ef £ 100 for the detection of the offender or offenders . The imitation hasbeeh executed with considerable skill . The circumstance which first raised suspicion at the bank was the difference ^ the quality ef the paper . But this was not likely to raise sugpieien in the ordinary business of the town , because the notes bore the date of the SOthofJolylast , and had , therefore , the araear .
anoeof recent issue . The notes of the Sheffield bankiBtMcuneatoveralarge district / embracing Hull . York . Leeds , Halifax , Bradford , Hudderefield , Bamsley , Ratherham , Chesterfield , Bakewell , Nottingham , and intermediate places , and we are , therefore , prepared to' hear that the plans of the forgers were aufficieatly ingenious to adopt some meawof operating simultaneously in different parts of the distort . The plan seems to bavebeento commence the issae in the fiist instance in different towns . At Nottingham , agents wet © at work « o early as Monday , and continued to pass several spun . £ 5 notes to
ons various tradesmen . A man named Gougb was apprehended in that town , charged with uttering one of these , and being unable to give a satisfactory account ef himself at the police-office , was remanded . The issuers have also been at work in Sheffield , bnt without much apparent sBocess . The forged notes have also , been passed at Leeds . Huddenfield , RoShernam , and [ Doneaster ; but in these places nothing appears to have been dene oa aseale to remnnerate the forgers or iuaers fer tte rUk th « y ran .. The authorised issue of the Sheffield and * k&erham Bank , under the late actof Sir R . Peel , IS JCv « dvx 0 f . ' ' - .. . . '
BBBBT 8 HIHB .. A KEwiT-DMoovBBKD CAVjsBjr . -A subterranean crystallised cavern hasjast been discovered by , workmen employed at the limestone quarries of Thomas Gisborne , E sq ^ aearDoveholsa , about midway betwixt ChapeUn le-Fntli an * Buxton . Thiscavera . although not quite so large as some of the celebrated caverns in Derbyshire , is little inferior to any for richness and beauty , notwithstanding tne damage it las sustained from the rustic visitors . There are two eavetTO . tort , the first is quite inferior to the second , both in magnitude and splendour . The
latter is very spacious , the sides and top being encrusted with spar and crystallisations , © f various sortvapd from the roof are suspended numerous l 2 l JlS Ottoabn - i e t S ? peai ^ - fc » obink of SfS ^ ne . Mdeof ftie carem , is a fossU greatly resembang the jawbone of some huge animal the Uetb of wJ 1 iappearto [ beperfectl y % ntire and * as hard asadamant . The ' gene ^ VoBiLn inhatttere aremorecaverns connected wi& this oae which mU eventually be discoyered , as to all appearance the road ajthoughiEore dimcult to follow , does not heretermmatev *¦ -
WABWICSSHIBK . Christux CHABrjT .-. For the last twelve or eight- ' eep months Mr Proctor , of Balsall-honse , near Bir . mlngham , hasbeea snbjected to a 8 eries of ontrages . by whieh the lives of his family have been placed in constant peril . Some yeara ago Mr Procter was ia the habit of attending Trinity Chapel , and the mode of conducting the service having given offence to some members of the ehnrch , many persons who continued to attend that place of worship were subjected to much contumely and annoyance . Although Mr Praetor , was not a member of this congregation , he was unfortunately tingled oat as an object of persecution . The firefattempt on his life and property was made on the 4 th March last year , on which
night a stone bottle charged with gunpowder , and with a fuse attached to it , was placed on the outside of one of the sitting-room windows , toeetker with twopenny pieces , oo which wereengraved orpiinched Trinity shall be fired or somefliing woree / ' O- is a papist , &c . Fortunately / the tonch-paper to which the fuse was attached went out , and thus the purpose was defeated .: No further attempt was made until the 9 th of Jane last , when , about half-past twelve 'dock at night ¦ Mr Proctor was alarmeS b / a loud explosien , and on opening'hisdoor he'fouud thatone of his windows had been shattered by an infernal machine , ' similar to the one above des ^ cribed . Efforts were made to discover the author of this oatrage , bnt without sucwes . and no farther
ftd 6 f violence was attempted until the night of Tuesday , when , a * one of the Worcestershire rural police waa passing by Mr Proctor ' s house , he observed a canister on his window-sill , with a lighted fuse ; attached to it . Apprehensive of the congequenees of going to the spot , he threw a stone at the eanister , which falling on the ground , the match waB extinguuhed , and on examining the tin case he found it to contain about nine ounces of powder and on the window ledge were placed several penny pieces ; marked as before with mysterious warnings , Bucn esthe following s—* Silent , not subdued '' Take care of something worse '— 'No confession to
Papiate '— 'No church-rate fora Rombh mauhoase ' — ' Keep from apostate Trinity , ' &o . The whole of these proceedings would appear to result from the heated brain of some fanatical Bedlamite , but as there is not only method but malice in the madness of the authors ef these outrages , an effort will be made to discover the perpetrators , and make an example of them , as a warning toothers . With ' this view we understand that it » tbe intentionOf Mr Proctor to memorialise the Secretary of State upon the subject , as it would be monstrouB to allow such diabolical proceedings to go unpunished . Similar attempts have been made to injure another gentleman residing it the same neighboorhood .
LBICB 6 TBRSHIBE . Ivmbssb Stock op Cochibbfmt Moxsr . —Last week an old man and woman took a ready furnished house in a yard in Belgrave-gate , belonging to Mrs Hextall . They left yesterday ( Friday ) morning , and when Mrs Hextall vent into the house to see that they bad left all right , she found , on turning dowa the bed , a pair of moulds for coining counterfeit shillings . She immediately took them to the policestation , and gave a description oftho parties , en which Mr Charters and P . S . Smith started in pnr-
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anlt , and laving aspwtainedtliat they had taken the LoughboroBgHToad i ( bllowed and succeeded in' over taking the maa uear to ^ ountoonelpand thewomah boat a quarter of a wit m advanoe . The man had a basket , which , on being afterwards examined , was fotnd to ontainlM cottatei&atjshUlUgs tied in packet » rmo 8 t of them in an unfinished state . On reaohing MonntsorreVahd ba getting out of the fly , the woman took hold . df theVasket , an 4 was seen to pntherbandinanddraw ¦ omethirig out ; whichshe attempted to throw away . She was , however , prevented from doing bo , and on being examined it was found to M one of tne packets of bad " money 4 The man and weman ;; together witli a younger wiman i who was found walking with them , were brbuijaW Leicester in the afteraeen and conveyed to the station houee . They give their aamea Matthewand Ann Donelly . The man is 70 years ef age and the womai 62 . ..- • ¦ =. ¦ , ¦'¦¦ . - : . •* ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' -.... ¦ .-j m .. <
w _ : . : ¦¦ : HDNnKODOKBHiRB . ' : ' * > < ' •;¦ Tot Bbrniho of Nebbikowobth : —SijSscbipiwss ton ihk S > UFPEMKs . -The parish of Holytown and Needingworth consiste of about 960 inhabitants , who are congregated in two villageW Mort than 80 heusea , being , nearly one-half of the latter village , have been totaUy . destaoyea by fire , together with the ftirnitureof most of them . Ten , homesteads , with »«> be nch produce of the ^ harvest , were consumed , and 87 families ; were left without raiment , food ; or a spot to lay their heads . There are no a <* h of property resident in the parish , and itis . qaiteimposstble that any aid can meet the tremendous ruin entailed on s& many , who , at the approaching- inclement season , have no shelter from its severity . The rector of the paruh has made an appeal to the charitable for assutance . : . v
CAUBBIDGEaHIBB . IscESDUBiBM . —The other evening an alarming fire broke but , shortly before eight o ' clock ^ on the farm of Colonel . Pe ' mberton , at Truinpington , near Cambridge . ' It originated in a stack of straw , and from thence communicated tolfour other ! , , two of which were wheat , and all were totally destroyed . In consequeace of the great scarcity of water fears wsreentertained forjthe safety efjthe village , which , if the wind had veered a few ' pointB , must have been burnt . The fire is supposed to have been the wort of an incendiary . The ' loss is estimated at-front £ 1 , 000 to £ 1 . 500 , and it is stated will fall oh the insurance offices . " :. "' : ; : ''" , ' .. '' ,.. „>; , . r -..
• Fibs at ; Mabpk ;~ A few days , since a fire took place on tha premisesofa fateiernamed Darby , by the sideof the Eastern Counties Railway , occasioned some'loose straw round a thrashing-machine . The wind being very high , in an instant the whole of the stacks ware on fire . It is supposed that between three and four hundred pounds' worth of property is destroyed . It was stated that the railway authorities had given warning that the stacks were in a dangerous position . Farmers cannot be too cautions in not stacking their variona produce in the neighbourhood of rail ways . , . '¦ . ; .
\! : . BCCKINqHAUSHIRB , ...-.: ¦ - THB DCKB OP BucKINOHiM AND BIS CuEOIIORS . — The stateof this nobleman ' aaffairs has for some time formedla subject of oshversatipn , and big embarrass * menta have become so public , that nosecresy is now considered neosssary upon the subject . The creditors ofthelDnke have been tryipg to bring , his personal property to the hammer , aad to divide amongst them what nttleoBuldbe ebtained . by , the sale of the valuable-effepts of the ducal , residences ,, Stowe and Wetton in Bucks , Avingtbn in Hampshire , and Bttckinghaa-hovue and Chandos-houee in London ; They estimated that the value of the pictures , furniture , plate , wine , &e . in these mansions would be between ; £ 60 , 000 and £ 100 , 000 . Operations were ctnsequently commenced , and in the latter end of Auguii
an execution wa ? put into Buckingham House for a snm of £ 20 , 000 , for . which a verdict had beenob ^ tainedat the lastasaiKs at Devizes . This was immediately Mowed by other exedutionB' in Stowed Wotton , and Avington ( the house in Chandoa-street being occupied by the Austrian embassy ) . The total amount of the Duke ' s debt is stated at between £ 1 , 750 , 060 and £ 1 , 800 , 000 . When the officers in charge of Buckingham House were about to seize the furniture , &c . ; it was intimated to them that the Duke had assigned over the whole of his effects down to his wearing apparel , wines , < bo ., to his eldest eon , in satisfaction of a claim which he had . against his father , and which would be preferred to the claims of the creditors . The sheriff was then requested to
leave the house , but this he refused to do , and an app lication was made to the judge at chambers , when it was argued that the deed of assignment was void as against the creditors , and that the' distress waB legal , j The judge decided that the eheriff should remain in possession until security was given for the amount of the levies ! and directed issues to be tried between the parties to test the validity ef the various claims ; so as to bring the whale question before the Court . ; It is reported that there are new no less than sixteen executions in the town mansion of his Grace the Doke of Buckingham , at the suit of various creditors ; whew debts are from £ 30 , 000 downwards . The officers of the sheriff of , Buckinghamshire have failed in almost all their tratagems for gaining admistion totheDuke ' sresideneeatStowe Park . A few days since tweof them , armed with an execution for £ 80 . 000 , gbtunder the porcli and throneh a dwarf
hatchway , when one of his Grace ' s domestics locked the door against them . On another occasion one of the ' officers demolished some of the windows of the mansion , and thereby obtained admission ¦ but uponapplication being made to the judge at chambers , his lordship expressed his opinion that the act did net amount tea legal possession . The extensive property atAbingten , Hampshire , belonging to the Duke , is also inpofBeseiou of the sheriff of Hampshire , at the suit of numerous creditors . Opposed to the executions of bonttjide creditors , a number of claims have been set . ap under the Interpleader Aot , by toe Dake ' s relatives , and others , who insist that the greater portion of the valuable paintings , plate , 4 o . belong to them . The , judge , at chambers , before whom all these cases . have been heard , has recommended the sheriff * to delay the tales until an issue can be tried to set at rest the disputed claims .
t . . , HEBTFOBDSBIBB . , A Ststeu of Ootbaoe amd , IsiwiDAxiaKhM for Borne time past been practised towards the person ' and family of Mr Sparrow , of WestariU , near Bunt ingfield . Not long ago his house was set on fire , in , three plaeeB , and batfor timely assistance would have been entirely consumed . Since that time ^ * number of anonymous letters have been left at the house , directed chiefly to Mrs Sparrow . In one of them the writer requested that lady to meet him in ; a field near her midense , adding that &he migU ; be aooombanied by her husband , and that if she would give the writer an opportunity for explanation he would forget all his claim to revenge . . Mrs Sparrow did not , of course , attend at the appointed place . The conspirators continuing to alarm the family , Mr . Sparrow has . offered a reward of £ 100 to any person giving information whieh may , lead to the conyictioa of the incendiaries , and two additional rewards of £ 50 each for the apprehension of the parties delivering or instigating the delivery oftho letters . .....
: , - s : - ' . - REST . ; . ¦ . " . . . . Doveb .--Behiobs Accidesx . —A eeriou 8 . accident occurred to the mails to be forwarded by the packet on the 11 th inBtent . The railway cart had proceeded to the new quay , , where Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon , destined for Calais , was lying to receive the mail bags , whieh were pat on board . The mail driver , mail officer , and mail porter were on the cact , proceeding from the packet towards a wider part of the quay , to effect a turning to convey the Ostend mails ( the night being . very dark ) , when the , horse shied ; and ran back towards the edge of the quay . The three men with great difficulty escaped from the cart , but the horse and cart went over the quay into the harbour with the mails for Ostend . The mails were happily recovered by , the praiseworthy
exertions of Mr Alfred Baker , the mail officer , and the crew of Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon .. the mail bags had to betaken to the post-office to be dried and repacked before they could be forwarded to thur de&tinatien . This waa fortunately dene without detaining the packet beyond her appointed time .. It was truly a miraculous escape for the men , the night being very dark , ; and had they gone over , with the hone and cart it is more than probable some of them would have ; been drowned . . It was a fortunate tift cumBtanee Ih&l Ihe mall bags for Calais had been put on board Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon before this happened , or . some of them might have been lost . ThehorBewascutfromhisharneBB , and towed ashore aim on the oppositeside of the harbour , after being In the water half an hour .. , _
x ¦ . : ' SUSSEX . .. •¦ - : ¦ . ¦• : , .. . ... : Neouct oh ihe BaiGHroN ahd Sonia-ooAsi Railway ^~ 0 a Sunday nighv an old : man , who has the care of thejgate which / jrosees thejroad at Tarina near Worthing , having forgotten all ' about the hmZ &Sft Portemottt K B ^ n , dSdSSh after all the p aBseng « rs had passed , and went to fed About midnight the goo ( fs itrain came " w and dashed through the gate , shiverC It ? S £ PWbatfortunately withoStthrewinS the we and no one . was hurt . OnTnesdaySS wsrft ^ rs ist d'SS fflfM ^ SsS
D 3 BSKISH ! KK . , -. ¦ .. . OoUaSHHI ON THB jDoBCHKSISR Rauwat - On tram , by which several carriages were thrown off the line , and much damage done ? The mailSelaved upwards of foarhouw and ahalf . andSS £ K from Dorehester , and the ^ p-line ttm WmSSZ were not deUvered before eleven o ' eCkf ffma ! turn of the coUhion was furaished at a late houTto the secretary of the London and Southamltt Etf . way Company by electric telegraph . The meSce was very brief , it stated that 'no iS S 'mSFR 1 DJU ' thedama £ e being «»^*
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... ; SrATB-OP THB COUNIRT , <• Dcblik . —A BevereseagoB is expected for the poor . The landlords are carrying off the ; erop in . a wholesale fashion from the , farmers , and in the absence of all empioyment ,,. there will be nothing left for the la ^ bonrers but starvation ,. It is idle to talk of reliuf by means of the workhouse . The rates cannot be cot lected ; or . at all events will not be paid , AH classes ia Ireland , save one—the paupcrs . Beem ' pretty unanimous on that subject . A Catholic clergyman , writing fromCarriok-ph-Suir , in the Freeman ' s Journal , ; puts the present state , ef Ireland very briefly , bat truly , before the reader : — . . "¦ :.. ; , ThevliltaUon of thelaet twoyeara / he iftyi'left
, the small fanners unable to meet their rack Mat * , ' At least © ne-thlrd of the entire connty is under ejectment . Now the crop is ripe , the . landlord steps in , takes the ctop , taniB the tenant oh the world , and levels the heuies , without Uio , usual time or chance ' of redemption I ! Where ejeeimenta ere not , keepers are . put on the crop tUe moment it btcomu ripe , kept oa at a ruinous " cost , until their all is sold from the nnfortuoates juit emevj . ing from . Bufferings . beyond description . What mean these landlordB ?—or What is to fe ' ewnue ' of tne outcasts 1 The stores of Mr T . M . . U 8 borne , Limeriok , a member of the family of Usborne , corn merchants of London , fell to the ground on Thursday last , all but the upper loft . The stores were laden with ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦
corn ... ..: ... - , .,. .. ¦; . ....,,.,.. ; , : . Swewohd . —At a meeting of the board of guardians of the Swinford union ,, held on Tuesday , the 14 th September , George VaughahJaokson , Egq , ia the chair , it was resolved unanimously :-Tbat wefeelitright , while the public mind i * agitated as to the demandi made for the repaymeat of adTances from the state for the relief of human sufiferlng .- ' and the salvation of lif « in this union , to declare that we oonside . r ourselves bound in honour aniduty to repay suih sams as the government an I Parliament upon fall knowledge and conBideratidn of all the bearings of the case may consider it just and proper to demand ; at the same time we feel it due to ourselves , and those whom , as rate payers , we represent ' te incite the fullest in .
aulry on the part of , the government , into the fearful opera | ion of famine and pestilence in [ this union ; and tbe present capability of the ratepayers t » meet heavy demands . , We seek of government time to enable u « to recover from ihe shook , ' society , In itg every relation , has receivej , and so to . divlde over years the . sums to be . ee . paid as not to overwhelm and crush the struggling industry of the country , at present nmk > the lowest point of depression , bj a national calamity , wbioh has not a parallel ia hiBtoiy ,,, an . d whichI has fallen with its worst severity ,: on this and the adjoinin g unions ' CLm . The condition of thenorth-eastern portion of Clare lgmost deplorable . . ., Hunger and . wretched ness threaten . the population immediately , ' At present provisions are . exceedingly scarce in the neiahbourhoodof ScapifF , Tomgraney . Bodike , 4 o . Government should at once look to this matter . There are few , if any , resident proprietors in that quarter .
KlLKENWr—AlIBMPI 10 SET FlRK TO THB CrAOL — Last vreek some priBoners coafined in the oity gaol set fire to the sids . ef one of the cell doora , with ' the intention , it is presumed , of burning the buildin ? to snch an extent , as would afford them a means of escape . The scheme waB discovered , and the fire extinguished before any harm was dene . Limerick . —A man named Miohael Connell , residing at Newcastle , near this town , was shot dead while engaged in his own 'haggard , ' securing a hay rick . ' . There is no cause assigned for this deadly outrace .. < The whole of the property of the unhannv
man , together with that of his neighbours was under seizure for rent . —An attempt was made to shoot a man named Kelly also near Limerick on the same night . His life was saved . by the clumsiness of the patty who charged the pfetol , which the intended asaasin , fired off close to his person . The charge was not ' rammed home . ' ;; Tbawb-rA number of persras matching with a black flag at their head , forced theirway into the workhouse , a few days ago , while the guardians were sitting , and seized and carried away thenaunerfi dinner which was cooking at the time . v
REUSASB OF THE UUM . ¦ The American ship Islam , seized at Galway for having on . board a quantity of contraband tobaoco . has been ; released by order of Government . The Warn armed at Galway some weeks since , freighted by the citizens of Amarioa with provisions lor the destituto people of the west . . The Oalway . Mercury says : — ¦ This waB but an act of justice towards a people who
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bare done so much for tea relief of Irish distress , : aad M promptltuae , with whlshttio : authorities hava . responied to the wisheiof the Inhabitamti reflects credit ? W *«?; v : * « , JoyrbeHsrung out ; a merry , peal In hoaonroftheoeeuioa . ' >• = " "••¦•¦ - 7 \_ , ; ,- - ' - ' ^ > rai AwobunoH ^; . - ' ' ?''* l ? : ^ The nsnal wcekly ' mefitiijg of the RepeaI Associo tion : ^^ eld ^ a t ; the ; CeacilUtwn Hall , Alderman O-Bnen , M ; P ., in the chair . - Mr J Y O'Connell animadTerted in stroBe terms of disa » pwbation of the , meeting at , Ho ! y Cross , and wagratulated the country that n « t a single Catholic clergyman bad ldentified . himsetf with the movement , a circumstance which to him was quite conclusive that itwas neither prudent nor judicious . - '¦ , ' " ¦ ¦ - . ' : Mr J . O'GonneU subsequently laid on the table a statement of the accounts of the association , which , on the motion of Mr P . Oostelle , was received and adopted .. -. The rent for the week amounted to £ 35 .
POBTABMTOTOir . —ACCID 8 NT ON IBS GREAT SOUTHebn - and Wsbtjrk Railway . —At this station on the Great Southern and Western Railway , an engine with a train of lorries attached was lying ( till on the upHriefrora BaHybrophy , and on the same line another engine with a train of lsrries was proceed * ing down , and the policeman on duty hot having unfurled the signal flag , and the curve being sharp , the engiae-drirer could not see far a-head , the train in motion flame with , terrific fury right in front of the engine lying still , and produced a concussion which will not be easily forgotten by those , who saw it . The resistance of the engine arid the lorries lying still was awful , and produced some fantastical effects in the cumbrous machinery ; The eneihe . from her
great'weight , kept steadily , oh the rails , but the lorries sprang and reared their ends right into the air , and in that position the oae we saw appeared like the hull of a wreck riding across the , wane of a mighty mountain wave . The solid iron-work became twisted into fantastical shapes , and the huge axles and other , pieces of heavy work ; were snapped across like a brittle reed . One of the lorries lurched and turned over against the . train in which we sat , and forced two of the carriages off the rails , breaking a ! l , the glass and the panels on one side by the pressure . ; vThe moat remarkable circumstance in the catastrophe was that . aefca man received the slightest injury . . One poor fellow , a helper , who stood in one of the lorriee , oh seeing the eBcine approach , cant
himself flown where he steod , and remained ; in the box amw the convulsion until all was ever , and on being asked . by a gentleman if he was hurt , looked about him with a stare of amazement , and said— ' By gorra , I don't know . whether I ' m dead or alive , ' and shrugging his shoulders as if recoverine from a deeo Bleep ; obRtinned- ' All right again ! 1 gave up en-W . i'Iwsoaejiilieiiigdead , tbat jou might kill me with the blow of a daisy . " KsRRT .-rFrom this county there are deplorable accounts of di 8 tress ;; vThe : ByBtem of resistance to the payment of poor rates is extending , and the military and police are employed in enforcing the rotes . At the meeting of the Tralee nnion on Tuesday , f ° l ? ej . stokes ; read ^ the following resolution :-• That the Bum brought to . the- credit of the union during the put fortnight bv our milMtar : Mk nh > , ^
«« -i * 1 M out of a rate ofrabotki £ 14 , 006 , . is very smairand very unsatisfadtpry . > If the collector , cannot make ^ better progress than the above in his colleetion i it would take sixteen Months tocomplete the dutyithat has been entrusted to him , ' and' we beg to direct the attention of the poor-law commissioners to this . statement . ' - This > resolution was rejected by a majority of the guardians . : ¦ <_ ;¦ [ ' "BREAT MEEIIM , AT nOHCROSS . T 1 CTERAM .--A great meeting of tenant farmers and labourers has been held at the above place fer tne purpose of securing to tenants a perpetuity of tennre and rent : at . a-fair , ; valuation . -Want of space precludes our giving a detailed report of thisimportant meeting m our present number , which , however , we purpose doing in the ensuing week . ; "
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latroMAKt PotHT ot lAw , i-4 ohn Darby surrendered to take his trial : for misdemeanor , in obtaining £ 8815 B . fromBdwardOldfield , by falsepreteneet . Mr Ballan . tine prosecuted ; Mr Preudergait and Mr Perry appeared forthedefendant . 'When . the case was . called on , Mr Prcndergait applisdfor a postpon « ment , on the ground that the charge had been preferred , before the grand jury in tbo absence of the defendant ' , ' that he was de . " ilrous to have more opportunity , to prepare Us detence , as he wa » perfectly ignorant , of . the oharacter of theeTldflnee that would b « . produced , ^ g&inst him . The Recorder inquired why the charge bad been taken before the grand jury , instead , of having it investigated befors
amagUtrate . Mr BaHantine eald ' he did not know why this : cdursehad been adopttfl , but he supposed that while grand juries existedpeople would make nse of tb « m . ; MrBdward , Oldfleld ,, the prosecutor , ! wa » then oalled . iHetal 4 heeatrieaonthe business of a corn dealer , ] at Hja » , Bear Kingsbury , and he had been » cquainwa withbim for three years , On the I 7 th March he called upon the aeferiaaiit , who , at that ; time , carried on an txtessto businssg as a hewe-dealer at' his stables ' in Dorset- « qu&re , and the ' defendant produced a bill of exchanga for £ 85 , which purported to beaccepted by a person named Henry , T « nj , and asked him to discount it for , him . ' He told the defendant htdidnotlika to UVfc , any mbre'bffls with Terry's name as the acceptor , because hisi list nota had been notedand the bankew
, did lot like todiscounthii bills , and be wishadtdi know who TeKywas . liThe dsfeniant replied thai Terry was a tery resDeetable ( nian , andthat hU bUl waiiatsgond as a bank note , and he . also said , ths . t he was & WMt India merchant ; and" iKat . bV Kit waroftonsesb the ; WestIndia ' Docks / flnd ^ helddv appointmentof £ 500 ' a year in that establishment , He llkewisa said that ' th * billwas given fora horse he had sold to MrT « rry and whlch | he had shipped for India . .. The . bill was made payable ; atthe , Bull . Inn , AUgate , and upon witness remartiag that It was . extraordinary a f « ntlem ' anin such a position of lifeshonld ma ^ e bis bill ' payable at ' an inn , the defendant replied that , the reason he did so was that he did net wish' his clerks to know that he gave blllf / and he added that Mrs Nelson ,, the owner of the
Ball Inn , and MrTerry , ; wereJlk . e brother , and sister , andhad been ac ^ uainttdagreat many years . In cooseauecee of these ' representations ha was induced to discount the bill , whieh was never paid , and ths defendant shortly afterwards was declarad a bankrupt . He gaye tbe prisoner , in all , £ 80 16 s . for the £ 85 bill . The Recorder asked the prosecutor what rate of interest he charged as discount ! .-, The prosecutor replied ihat th « defendant . himself suggested that he should haw pn « , shilling in the pound upon the ambnntof the bill , whioh | had two months to rub .. Ho had had many R ! < M «»» aotiohs with the defendwt , ' where be had taken : bills . whea he sold horses , and the amount of interiUdependednppnith * amount of his proat . In this c » 8 . . !^^ defendant , said , he . had m » de ; £ 25 out of the
, horse ,, and . he'therefore proposed to , give , one shiUing in the ! pound as interest . " ThVRscorder did not think the amount of interest was material in this case . It was only thirty per oint . Mr BaHantine said he ' was afraid ; that at' < this moment some of . the first flnai ; ia . Uie ; City of London , were very glad to get accommodation uppn ( the '; same Utms , The prosecutor said he had frequently le . ut the defendant two or three hundred pounds wUtotttteceWng any inteKSt , and he believed him to a very respectable man , and upon the faith of his representation regarding the respectability of the acceptor of the bill he was indaced to discount the bill in question . Cross-examined He had had
a good many money transactions with the de * fendaut , and from his opinion of his respectability he believed the representation he made . Mr PrendergaBt Thea if the bill had been drawn upon Aldgatepump jou wouU oave taken it upon nis representation , would you ! ( Alaugh . ) . Prosecutor : I certainly should not .. Mr Prentogast : Why It is only a step , from the Bull to the pump you know ! ( Renewed laughter , ) Upon being further cross-examined , the prosecutor aaid that he had discounted a number of bills before this transaction for the defendant , which bore the name of Terry as the acceptor , , and several of them had been dishonoured . Mr . Ballantlno was then about to put in as , evidence against the defendant his examination before the commissioner
in the Bankruptcy Court , when it appeared he admitted that Terr ; was his brother-in-law , and that he was not a West India merchant , but ; in point of fact , was in poor citcunutaneei , and that the till in question was accepted for hU accommodation . Mr , Prendergast objected . to tblB evidence being received , and argued that a statement made by a bankrupt under such circumstances , when ho was oorapelled to answer the questions put to him , ought riot to be made use of to support a criminal charge . A long technical discussion ensued , and at ltBgth Mr Edwara Clark , the solicitor who attendud before the Bankruptcy Court to oppose tba bankrupt was called as a witness , and in answer to questions put to him , ka admitted very candidl y that the quwtlonB put to the bankrupt were framed expressl y with a view to make & % fr £ 2 ffi 2 £ ? " ?• The *»* " upo » this said he should reject tbe eridenee
so obtained nghe considered it was contrary to natural justice and to the essswaass&sarK sssas ^ p S ^ SSH ^ m ^^^ ^¦ ss s s ^^ the sa me u In the former case , it was not gone into and
Bui ! ' « is Zf " » P ^^ .-John ? aK '» wit ^ t" ° 8 gent « was charged with ob . bv& n " o ! eXeh 8 B 1 ? fw . « 00 from John Alexander byfolse pretences . Mr Huddlestouproswuted i Mr OlarksoH appeared for the defendant .. It appeared from the evidfne . of the prosecutor , that lie was a draper , and earned on business at Kelso ^ in ScoUaad . In May last b . e 8 aw , nndmti 8 eni ( ntj nthe aiatgota Herald , which stated that a ium of £ 12 , 000 was to be advanced * He answered the advertisment to the addiess in London ,
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WTt « We «' a ieply ^« n > e WindanHSfSg 'ferel to advanee £ 309 vfa « , - aQO « p& » e S ^ ^ dorsement of a respectable parto and l » £ l } * •* forthat . aouatdnwa ^ tl . ' deSaart Tte , " ^ by writing hU namo « d « that : of , thSwer a ° ^ brother ^ wrota his i . me across th | ^ ofXtilSS indeme ., He ihortly afterwardywalTedanotherStS from tt . defendant , in whiahhe itatea thatXlnS ? m « toonldnotb « aegoctaM Ja Eoglandln thUW and enclosed anrtlier : draftwith' the fona ; inilfe was to be acc « pted and endorsed , i He Sid nV ^ w k condbni , and tt « i « ltW - . ft ; 1 i : tj 1 , 5 i B 25 J ^ . oon « y wai sent in retotn , and on his coming to t ^ " * tomake inquiries into the matter , he a ^ KniaS the defendant had endeavoured to negoeiote the fiV . iKm he tent to Urn , and that tbe statement of its not hi Jaw niaprops ^™ , , fehe pM ™ ^ * l We . him to obtain a B « cOh 4 Wllfrett ^ iB rrZT * found the defendant guilty , and he ! wai ' , 2 ^ to be imprisenod . aia kept to hard laboiTr ^
Bw Anr .-. Carollne Mary Ruisell , afashibnably . d rei . * i joang woman , of 25 , WasindlcUd for felonloukly 22 ? - manjlng wltbWUUamHenry , Stephen ,, her nu , £ Henry . Gwrge Russdl . beiiig . then and still £ l & Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr Ballantlae dei , ?! prisoner . Mr Clarkson stated to the Jury that thLV ^ ecutlon wasinstitated at the instance ol ! «» £ Jft the second husband , Mr . Supheni , who was a ^ SlS clerktohi .. . father » soliclt « r , tnBedfOrd . row . HewS but 19 years of age , and was in the third jearaf w ! servitude . The Learn . d- Counsel then adverted to St facts , pror ^ by the foUowing . evidence :-Mr Geor « Garrow , clerkatthecharchofgt-Ieonard ' s 8 horeditch produced * he marriage register , by which it appeared that on the Wth of February , 1841 , U « e prison ^ by g nam . of Caroline Mary Korman , was married to He ^
ueargettttsseli . The witnmbad ' aperibnal recoiled , tion of the marriage , and law Russell , after these »« . eeedings were commeneed .. Henry Smith , 28 A , apnre . bended the prisoner at 15 , Alfred-place , Btdford . 8 quB » e He found Stephens with the prisoner , who ; on being » % cused of bigamy , said , « It I * of no use denying it ; this is . that Ruisell ' a doings . ' Stephens demanded to i « e tie policeman'i authority . Wltnesi produced copies of the certificate * of both marriages ; after examining which Stephens said to the prisoner , These are correct , my dear , itean ' t be helpai . ' The prisonerhU , that otto * time of her second mmiage Stephens kkew that she bad a . husband living . Mr Shaw , Stephen ' s '*; gr » nafatber , stated tbat his grandson was nineteen yea » oW , bis name . was William Henry Stephens . " TheJuryjfound a verdict of Guilty , but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy . The Common Sergeant ordered judgmeet upon the prisoner to bo respited , In order thatlnquirie * night be made as t « the truth of certain itatemeotf
made , . ; r ¦' . '¦' ., Rbceiviko StokhGoom . —Thomas Poster , a tailor , aged SO , and Eliza Etton , 33 , a widow , with whom he cehabited , wero indicted for feloniously receiving twenty , lght yards of woollen cloth , velut £ « , tbt property of William Grange , they well knowing the same to have been etblen . Mr Clarkson wai courijellfor both pri . seners ; and Mr Robinson stated the eaie far . the pro . ¦ ecutiba . Several witnesses were examined j and-tbe guilt and co-operation of both prltOBeTS being apparent , they were declared guilty . The Leaned Judge immediately sentenced thtm to transportation for seven years . . „ ... ; .. _ , ; , „ , ; ,
RoBBMT—Alfred Covall , aged 28 , was indicted for burglariously breaking aad entering ; the dwellingbouse of Sbeneser Webber , and stealing therein two drestes , a pair of bracelets , and other . attielM , ralue £ 7 , h » property . Mm Webber , stated jttiat on the . night ef the 25 th o ( August , the left home tt go to a : ball , leavingher premises quite safe . When she returned , she found th * y had been forcibly entered , and her apartments in disorder , and property misting , v A policeman on duty near tbe house of prosecutor onjthe night . in question , dtposed that he saw . the prisoner near thereto , with something in bis possession , which turned out to be a ibundle . When he wai questioned ; he Mid that the
laadlady of th » fcras 9 was temotiBg , and ahe got him to get the : things out of the . house . There was no truth in tbi » statement ; . Mr O'Brien addressed tbe-Jury , and inbmitted that the case was one of « ceto . ing doubt . v The Common Sergaant remarked on tbe evidence , and left the jury to » y whether the fact of burglary had been proved . Forthtir satisfaction Mrs Webber was reoalled . She laid that the landlady left home for the ball before her , and the ( Mm Webber ) arrived at home first , h » nce the prisoner ceuld not haveseen her . The Jury consulted for a Aort time , and then found him guilty , the Learned Judge said the ease wat a T * ry bad one , and sentenced him to seven years' banishment . . . ,
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EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION IN THE . ¦ ¦ . ; I BRAPBRY TRADE . An , Important movement has receatly been caused among several branches of trade , more particularly that of drapery , In the course of which facts of a startlingcharacter would appear to have been elicited , affectingthe honesty of our home trade , and tending In their con » sequence ! to operate injuriously upon our relations with foreign' markets . The question first arose from a desire 7 oji the part of a few of the retail dealers to obtain theco-operation , of tbe wholesale bouses in the more equitable nwSsurement ' of various goods , inasmueh as undtr tie existing system thepubUa are ' eouetantly defrauded to an immease extent . A mestirig for tbe purpose of in .
vestigating into some of tbe allegations made against the wholesale houses has taken place within the last few days , In the presence of several exporter ! aad ' othen in . terested in . the ; question . At this meeUng sealed packets of goods from many of the wholesale , house * wero examined , ' and the result showed that there waB much reason for complaint . Ameng other instances , reels of cotton thread marked ' warranted 100 yards * , were found to measure rsspecUvely , 02 § , 89 , 86 J , and in some cases , even 25 per cent , ltsstban the quantity indicated by tbe stamp , while In bo single instance did the'measurement rtach the full standard . In tapes the de . fiaknoy was found' to be still more considerable . It isusual to make white tapes in lengths of . nine yards , one dozen of these lengths being packed in a parcel , and then issuedfrom
' the wholesale house with the vendor ' s mark upon it as ' warranted . ' On tteasuring . these ' nine yard lengths , ' it was found that in every instance they fell short ; In some descrip . ions the nine yard lengths were wader seven yards , in others under slx , whUst another sample , where the tape itself had been stamped at the end in indelible ink as nine yardi , there were found to be but 5 J . Other goods were submitted to the same ordeal with like results . It appeared from inquiries on the subject , that for some length of time the manufacturers have been improperly accused of being the guilty parties in . these transactions ; 6 nt their » ecount of the affair is , that they are compelled to fellow the instructions of the wholesale houses in making up tbe parcels , or to run tberisk of the transference of the custom-to the lesi ; soronuUnwtfadftr . The wholesale houses
, in their turn , extenuate their conduct by refer- ence to the competition which existe , and which compete them to , adopt this : questionable system ' . ' tBut by thU sjBtem , it it comenaed , they notonlj bring undeserved suiploionon the riull dealer , bnt ruin also on tha small shopkeeper ( frequently females ) , who , ignorant of the custom alluded to , measure out small portion ! of the Va » rious articles ^ at what the , calculate a ifoir aliquot price and thus la the long rua find tbemselvei lerlons lours loud complamts have for yesrs been made against these tbU , vir rT danjatlol ^ B' In « formainof brouK ^ i , iDg 8 a ^ e iB COU"e of organlsaUon £ * lhZ . ° I ' ' ^ P rincI P » I « of some of heir f 5 , h f 0 U 8 eBiiav 8 ^ 'to'ted their desire to leni KJS 10 ^ ' 18 " ^ blishment of a sounder
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Brof ^^ tit ? T ? -T «» o Smaine states that a protessorofthe UmvereUy , sent out to Oceania by Sl& f " te th certain correctness . She ? fSJSS . l tau | ! i ht u 5 ? fir 8 t elements of arithmetic w gflORraphy , and history . 'The Queen , ' says the ttSSCrt / ° ^ Til inteU ^ and pYnetS w W a 8 tadie l 8 ' tbat ifc ia to be regretted that her mmd was not sooner cultWated . ' iffi ' * » v- IaBt * ? r meeting of this Association at the Pnncesa Rbya , OircuB-atreet . Newtrcad 'habitant of Kensington eatne forward to l « IL
case ot tne Enclosure ef Holland Park before the aaaooiation . Books * . the amount iSSHSiSk lS j 5 » w «« J , fiw' Mary HoStfor thl £ a ? ° Im ¦ BMWa tM « iwiih a promise of more AtSe ' rt & ^«^ 4 omySeSS a letter from Goodwjn Barmby wag also read , pro-HbS fe * ' . tf » books Whe SI ' a £ -WW ** - waa ^ Pointed to resist the 5 £ « fttt 7 ' and the meeting was ad-» ™ SJ ? Hta-T ™ 'ftT-A cootdmf' to announcement , a meeting was held last Saturday nighs to establish - ? -S 7 i > u f tho a *> onal Co-operative Benefit So-, oie . ty \ There was also , a meeting held last Sunday evening to re-organise the National Charter Association . -
m Comportablb QoAnTBB ? . ~ Bon Maza's stav is prolonged in Paris , in order to allow him to have the advice of the first physicians , for an attack of acute gastritis , from which he has long been suffering . lie receives from th « government , during his stay , aH allowance of 18 , 000 f . a year , beside * his apartment , the annual rent of which is 3 . 000 f . AEcnAKOBi ,. —Thb Lam Calamitoos Firb . —Six hundred and eighty houses have been burnt to the ground . The greatest ; credit is due to all narties for
their activity inaidingto extinguish it . Thocrewfl of the ; various vessels , especially the English , rendered immense service , exerting themselves to the utmost amidst the raging flumes . The reflection of the flames was visible at a distance of seventy werate . The sufferings of the poor are very great . - ( Hamburgh papers , Sept 2 . ) r At a late trial in the Chancery Court , it wasstated that in the case of Varty v DuBean , ' £ 2 , 000 had been already spent to determine which party waa liable to paint a board and whitewash a sign !
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: Th « Mcbdsb « DowiA » i--At theDowlau Petty Sessions . rheld on , Saturday *« Margaret < Davu , iflrho stands charged with the , wilful , murder ofihet . wfirat daughterV waa placed at the Jto ^ MaryMprgaB , de-: posed ' . that the prisoner came to her house to lodge at six o ' clock en Monday morning ; '' ahe brought her child with her .:. The child appeared very lively ; and was running , about all the morning . -. Witness went out at abpHtid o'clock . She returned in about half an hour , sxA foind the prisoner had gene out ., . In about twenty miriutea the prisoner came back , carry * ing the child in her arms , and said it . had gone to sle « p in the field . Witness told her to put it to bed ; the prisoner did so , in the next room . ' Witness did i ¦ i ... ' — ¦! ¦¦ ' ; ' . ' — -
not then look at , ihe child , but sent the prisener to fetch a pail of water , and aftershe had gone , witness went immediately , into themm , and saw the child lying in the bed with its eyes open , and quite ; dead . —Evidenco was adduced that tbe clothes wire wet , as if the child bad been held by the legs in the water : Mr White , surgeon , was of opinion that the child ' s death had . been caused from suffocation produced by immersieja-iu . the . water ' . —The prisoner who ap . peared wholly unconcerned , declined saying any * thing in her defence , or putting , any questions to the witaeeses . —Tne magistrates committed her for trial . < , !; - -- ^ <• -, - ; . i ¦ *>•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - -. ¦;•> : ; , : ¦
; , . ; ,.- , . ' , v . ! . » " . MOKMODIHBHIM . . •¦;• - ;" . : > r ;^; : ; : ' ; , PHOsPHOBKscmscB of iHB River . Wtb . —Some pBrsonB returningjto Tintcrne .. from sthe New Passage after nightfall in a boat , were' much : surprised and pleased at the luminosity of the river Wye , in certain parts of the tideway , : where tke water is permanently eozy and thick .: The phenomenoa , it is well-known * is common at sea , and in all saltwater estuaries ; - The enriojity . is , that it Bhould be discovered in the Wye . The lowness of the fresh water , currents , and the proportionate . Influence . of the .. tides ( carrying the blackish and mudy contributions of ; the adjacent channel further than customary during neaps ) will account . for the fact , that ; the j luminosity extended on several eccasiens this-present tummert to that part of tke rivet conliguouste . the abbey . ; , An . old inhabitant of a . cottage near the celebrated ruins went with , her mop , : wie dark night , through the Water-gate , to perform a very homely task , and not
with the remotest idea of making a pyrotechnic displar ., butto , her : extr « me BUrprise , v , wh » t WOUld haT 8 been a whwl ofdlrty dripping » at any other time , was converted . ' . into , a , very-, respectaWe .. ' . wheel . ? These eerruscatbns' a ' renot universal in the : Wye , nor , indeed , even at Bea ;' , on the centrary , they oceur in sheets or shoals ; a ship may sail many a knot with out eliciting , a spark of phosphoreecenee , arid then suddenly immerge upon a ttaot rendered wonderfully grand and interesting is the possession of this beautiful phenomenon . Two such fields or shoals were seen from Chepstow to the Livox Weir , above whieh the admixture offresh water is too great to admit of the property being disnlayed . It is generally be . heved that ; the luminosity , is attributable to the multitudes of minute meducece , hydros , and incipient formsof marine molluses that undergo transformations , ; some , of them , from beingfree rangers of the deep ,. becoming ultimately fixtures for life to the rocks and fuci .
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V " ¦ . ; ; I ^ Cptla t ^* : ; . :- ; ¦ •¦; . ;¦ DALRT . —LaBt week a serious riot broke out here among the unemployed miners . Several were injured , and the police and jeomanry had to be called in . . ' .- . ; , . ¦ >
¦' - ¦ •¦ !¦ ., ' - ¦ - PBRIHSniRB . ., ' , , . „ : Rbvekoe ' aisd Law . —Last week the proper authorities were engaged in precognesoing a ease , which has resulted in the committal for trial of the culprit accused ; and considering the circumstances , we are sure that most people , would rather have wished that no . fiuoh case aid ever Veen * heard . of . " , . It maybe recollected , that about some ten or twelve years ago the county jail was broken out of , and most of the prisoners effected their escape '; Some were - sbdn apprehended again in < their flight , and others deliveredthemselves up ,, but , a ' few still eluded the searoh made for themj and , all efforts to recover them ceased long ago , ' About a week ago , however , a respectable looking man was brouirhtTiere in the
custody oftriminal officers from York , asone of those who had folly effected his escape , at the time alluded to . It appears that this person had been located in Yorkshire for along 'time , " Mveii oT ' eighlfc ' years of which he hadeoaductedi himself : honestly and , r « spectabiy , and been employed , in responsible ; situations , at liberal and advancing emoluments '; on some of the leading railways , leading a quiet , industrious , and exemplary life , until very recently that he had occasion to challenge or chastise & fellow employed under him en the works , who in revenge gave information to the proper functionaries in York , who' had the person apprehended and forwarded to Perth . His original offence was rather a flagrant one . ' although
he has endeavoured to expiate it to the publib by an amended life—being nothing less than an instance of tbe propensity that so many ' . of his Highland progenitors ( in the western district of this county—Rob Roy ' s country ) and their neighbours indulged in the olden time , the lifim' of some live stock . The reformed offender is now to be indicted for that depredation , coupled with : the aggravation , or rather additional crime of prison breaking . It certainly wniM have been desirable to all parties that' this poor man—now respectably married and the father of a youBg family—had been allowed to lead unmolested that reformed life of which he has for so long manifested the evidence and the good fruits .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1437/page/6/
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