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HiAun of Loxoos ddriks the Wees . —Summer app roaches , and brings with , it the usual improvements in the public health . The deaths registered in last week , which were 986 , are more than the average estimated for increase of population ; but show a decrease of about 70 on the month of April , which was unusually cold for the season . It continues to be observed , that hooping-coujrh nnd bron-Chitls are the most active agents iii maintaining the late of mortality at the present mark—the former increasing though the latter declines . From liooping-3 ough the mortality— -namely 71 deathsis doufile the average ; whUe the 57 deaths from bronchitis are " 20 above tho average . ¦ The deaths from pneumonia arc 77 , or 16 more than the average ; those from consumptioa 139 or rather less than the
, average . There were 12 from scrofula , or 7 more than theavera-re ; and amongst those enumerated ¦ aader this iead were four deaths of males , chiefly toys under -1 » , ascribed to lumbar or psoas abscess . Tne mortalitr from scarlatina and measles contisues slightly " above the average ; that from smallpox anS tvphus is stiU under it- Twenty-two persons died of diarrhoia and dysentery , bnt not more than in the same week of the last two years ; thirteen of these were children under two years . A girl two boys , and a man died of cholera , the last xa the Dreadnought IIospitaL ~ A female of 31 years died in St . Clement Danes , and the . cause of death is reported by the medical man to have been " exlansiion from grief , * ' after an illness of five months . Fire . — On Sundav morning , between four and five
o ' clock . ' afirebrokcout in the premises belonging to George Gossett Hill , Esq ., 2 fo . 24 , Portlandplace . The flames commenced in thestabling and coach-house at the rear of the private mansion , and although Jin alarm was given ; and assistance ¦ promptlv arrived , the -whole of theupper psu-fc of the building became enveloped in . flames . " The coachman ( who lived there , with liis family ) , succeeded in rescuing his wife and children , when he returned i-o the stables for the purpose of saving , if possible ^ his master ' s horses and carriages . He contrived to "bring-two horses out uninjured , but jrhilsl in the act of leading the third out , tie heat became so great as hothto overpower jnah and horse , and they
fell in the midst of the fiames . The kicking and plunging of the animal caused some of the bystanders to enter , when they found the horse "wrapped in flames ; and the coaclonan . lying at its side . A policencjiistable who was / on dnty there , succeeded "in pulling the -unfortunate man out , ' but not until he * was seriously burned , and he was afterwards removed to the hospital . The firemen were ¦ unable to get the mastery over the flames until the stabling , coachhouse , three valuable carriages , arid a horse worth 100 guineas , were destroyed . 2 fos . 5 , G , and 7 / "Weymouth-street , occupied severally tiy Mr . R . IL Jones and Sirs . Jephson , also received some damage . The whole of the sufferers were insured . ' .
IXO . CESTS . . Suicide . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Higgs { coroner for the duchy of Lancaster ) held an inquest at the Spotted Dog , Strand , on the body : of Henry Pord , a compositor , who" committed self-destruction "by precipitating himself over "Waterloo-bridge on the previous morning . W . R . Cooke , a fellowworkman of the deceased , stated that he had known Ford , whom he believed to be thirty-five years of age , for the last seven or eight years . Met him at the Bell public-house , 'Wellington-street ^ at five o ' clock on Friday morning , witness having gone therefor refreshment , before going home , having "been , at work all night . The deceased appeared to Mm to have been drinking , but seemed perfectly sensible of what he was ab " out . He" appeared very depressed to spirits , and had been noticed to have been so for the last fire or six weeks . Deceased iad nQtbeenatwork on ^ Thursday ' night . / Witness left the Bell in an hour and a half with a friend , and
the deceased followed , " and , after putting down a penny to" the gate-keeper at Waterloo-bfidge , he -went on a little in advance . Hariug reached the second or third recess of the bridge he mounted the seat , and ( as witness thought ) must-have thrown himself over the balustrade ; he had been suffering mentally for some time , on account of the embarrassed state of his affairs . Kichard Tidsdall , a -waterman , deposed that he did not see the man throw himself off the : bridge , but noticed him when his body was halfway down . Ills head struck the stone abutment , and he rolled into the river . His head at the left side was smashed in , and he must have died instantly . Bowed the body on shore , and took it to the Strand engine house . After some consultation , the jury returned a-verdict to the effect " That the deceased died from a fracture of the skull , caused by his falling over "Waterloo-bridge ; but whether he fell from accident , or by his own act , there was not sufficient evidence to show . " .
Suioide . —Before 3 Ir . "YV . Baker , at the . Red Lion , Church-street , Stoke 2 fewingtonj ; on Monday last , on the body of Ann Pallet , aged 29 years , who drowned herself in the Sew River . It appeared -that the deceased had been married four years to ! Mr . J . Pallet , whois connected with tlie formation of the new . branch of railway at Hornsey . The deceased was unfortunately addicted to drinking . On Monday , the 30 th ult ., she left home and said , " she was going to a .. watchmaker's in . Camden Town ,-for the purpose of having her watch repaired / ' She placed the watch in her pocket , and also 39 s . in money . She stopped out all night and squandered all her money away in drink , and in the morning she found herself penny less .. She pledged
ler watch for a sovereign , and she was afterwards seen intoxicated in the streets of lloUomy . -. On the following Thursday , Mr . Pallet received a letter from his wife , inclosing the duplicate for the watch . The letter ran as follows : — "I have sent you this to let you know where it is , and you will see no more . of me . So God-bless you—good bye : and ¦ when you uear of me , it ¦ will be in the seas . " . Nothing more was heard of her until about four o ' clock on Saturday morning- last , when her basket was found upon the ground , close to . the street-door of ler husband ' s residence . In the" basket were her bonnet , shawl , collar , and an empty purse . . A search was made for her , and about an hour afterwards her body was found floating in the 3 few River , near-the reservoir ;—Verdict , "found drowned . "
Tatu . Accidest os the River . —Before Mr . Bedford , on Tuesday , at the Feathers , Bean-street , "Westminster , on the body of W . Sanderson , aged twenty-two years , a messenger to Messrs . W . 'H . Smith , news agents , Strand . It appeared that on Sunday morning last the deceased and his brother hire I a wherry at Mr . Searle ' s , boat builder , Jiear "Wesiininster Bridge . Each took an oar , and they rowed np the river . The tide was running up xery strong , and the wind was blowing hard . They approached a number of barges moored together near the Mllbank Prison , and thev expected that the
bo . it would come into collision with the barges and be upset . " " if order to prevent it , they instantly dropped the oars into the boat and leaped out . The deceased caught the gunwale of a barge , and his brotier succeeded in seizing the ropes which kept the barges together . - They screamed out for- assistance , and before any could reach them the deceased sank into the river from exhaustion . It was proved that the boat never struck the barges , and if the young men had remained in the boat the unfortunate accident would not have happened . ' Tercet , " Accidental Death . " Fatal Affray on me Eastern * CotisriEs
Rail"WAT . —Before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body , of James Carter , aged- 33 years / 1 who was alleged to have died from injuries he received in an affray : with a . man named David Archer , who stands charged at Worship-street police-court with having caused the death of the deceased . George Gower / 7 a porter at the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway , stated that the deceased md Archer were plate layers on the same line , and m Thursday week last , a quarrel took place between hem .: At length the deceased threw down his ihovel and made an attempt to strike Archer with
tis fists , but failed to do so . Archer returned the > low ,- and struck the deceased on the breast . ' and he tumbled backwards , and fell heavily upon the rails / A surgeon was sent for , and the deceased was subsequently removed to" this hospital . —Mr . Edwards , house-surgeon , said the deceased-had received a fracture of the base of . the skull , about three inches in length , Aom the effects of which he didon Monday last . Several witnesses were examined ; but they-were unable to state that' the deceased fell from the force of the blowi- ^ The Coronet said it RToald be advisable to give Archer the benefit of the doubt . —Verdict ; "Accidentaldeath . "
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WHAT ABB IHB . RranT 3 . 0 P A pIIIZENt— OOT ighfem ; society ^ are numerous . ; the right of enjoy ing life and proper ^; the right' of Texeftirig pur ihysical and mentarpowera in an innocent manner , rat , the " great right of all , / and without "ffhichthere s , infactiJw rightt ia , ' ihe , T ^ hi df Mydgapdrtm he making oftht lavas' oyl which' we arc governed ? Chisiighfis founded in that kw of nature spoken > f above ; itjsprmgs outof the ve ^ principle " of ; iril society ; : f 6 r ^ what ^ mpac ' t ^ ljbab agreement , rhat" ; etihmonassent can liosaiblv be imaorihed hv
vhicKmen would give np all the" rights of nature , dl tfifr . free- enjoyment of their bodies and their ninds ; in order to snbject themselves' to rules ' -and aws " j . iit ; thef , making , of which they should'have irthm ^ to sa y , and which should , lw enforced nppn hem withputtheirassent . The great M » ht » ' th | re oro ,. oftvert , W-ffierighi 6 trights ; : is the right vtSS ? * : * ¥ » i ' the making of ; the Jaws : to ^ K ^ 61 ' jPfeibbe ; once' ii a : ^ irienting ^ mood ; ^ M ^ m ^^^^ : ^ " Secrets with girls , like loaded guns with boys ? &rtpeyer valued till they make a ^ ^ noise ; - ¦ - ¦ ' - . < - ' . . -To ; shpw " , how jrorthy they their powersdisplay '• t ^ aM ^ 'tew ^^ j ^ thej ^ thei r trost betray ; ' l Me |« n <» ln . chjldren-spockets sec ' retsJie - . ; r ? tofetralebospms ; they must burn or fly . " ¦" . ' -=. — l : ^ a'i . ^ : % '^ t' 7 ~'' ~ -.-r- - *¦¦ : , v ... - ... •¦
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- FmghtfdIi SoiciDB on the Midund Railway , — On the 3 rd instant , the en-ineer of the tram from Derby , which arrives in Uotting hivra about ten , Vclo ^ k ; shortly aftei- it passed theWon-gate ofc jserved a man standing by the ¦ «*» . of the hne , on ^ a Railwav Almost immediately after first discovci . - Sto ' iui ^ rMmaiw - hisl ^ up into tte air . anJ tlln cast himself across the line , and the tram mssed over his body . The tram was stopped a 3 looVas possible , and on returning to the . spotthcy found Wm lying on the line with the upper part of Shead comptetely severedfromthe W ,, They placed him on the train , and removed , himtoftfe Uottinglmm station . From ^ e name ^ he ha ^ it
appeared that the deecisefl ' s name waauww ^ r ro » Vs , an exciseman , of Riiddington . . The only reason assignable for this shocking event , by winch a wife and ' si ^ children have been left in an almost destitute condition , is that le was Ubout to be removed to ' Notting ham ; from Ruddington , which wouldhe an inferior situation . // "" --. " ' . ; The MubdWof i HtsnAsb . aT his Wife at Bath - ^ Exhusutios of another Body .- —As the'riature of this horrible affair becomes more fully developed , the painful interest felt by the . public increases . It will be recollectedthat a young Than , aged twentyeight Tears , named Ilenry Marchant , resided with bis ' "mfe , a woman of about his own agVand one child / three years old ; in the Lower Bristol-road ; he home l
that on a Saturday evening came as usua in perfect health , and after having parfcakenof some tea given him by his wife , 'he-was seized WithI 8 Udden illness consisting of vomiting , acute pain in the stomach , &c , of-which , on the following Sunday morning , he died ; without ' any suspicions having been awakened in the mind of the medical man who attended "him that he had been poisoned . On * the succeeding Friday he was buried in the usualcourse ; and all' would probably 'hive passed ; over , but ' from the facts of his widow having removed on the morning after the funeral to lark-Kali ; the other end of Bath , where on the Monday morning she was ' married ,- by licence to' an oldinaia named "William ^ arrisj aged seveiity-two years ; but who was supposed to be possessed of some property .
This awakened suspicions , and upon "; two married females who resided in the same house with the deceased in the Lower Bristol-road going to Lark-hall to ascertain the" truth of the-marriage , they " there saw the ' aged'husband and also . 1 feWale Mined Shaylor , who . had assisted on the day after : the funeral in removing the widow ' s goods , and also discovered that theI husband of this Shaylor had been one of the bearers of the body at the funeral , and had been the other personTemoving the goods . It was also found that the cakes" for the new wedding ' had' been made before the poor . man was buried , and that the licence lad been applied for before he was' dead . Under these circumstances an application was made to the magistrates and the
coroner , and the body eshumed ; a post mortem examination was made , and the viscera having been delivered to Mrl Herapatii , the analytical chemist , that gentleman discovered 3 * grains of white'arsenic in the contents of the stomach , and that there was arsenic hi'tne solid portions of the stomach , in the liver , and in the intestines , leaving no doubt of the man ' slHaving been p {>« &ned . Under these cus cumstances the newly-married wid 6 w , her , husband ; and thetwo Sha ^ lors . 'Vman ' M hended , and--evidence was given at the "inquest ; which has been adjounied . from day to day , of Mrs . Marchant haying beehofte n seen in the company of Harris before her hibband ' s ' death , and that upon ; the eveninsr that ' he was taken ill . they-were seen
together . The police - also . V upon searching / the houses of the prisoners ; found in Shaylor ^ s house two doors from that In which Hams resided ; , ; a packet ^ contamihg 83 igrams of arsenic , and yarious other things . ^ It being alsb ' shown that Harris had buried three wives previously , the last of whom died as lately ' ' as : \ February ; in * the present .. year , ' ; ihe coroner and authorities ' came to the determination ; to exhump her body , which was accordingly done in the presence of , " Mr . Herapath , chemist , Mr . ' -Harris , " surgeon ,, and a . ' large number of the highest medical and other authorities of Bath . " AniAquest upon . the body was convened , from whicli we learn the following facts . The deceased-woman ' s maiden name : was Louisa Perry , and she was married to ' the prisoner Harris at the end of Julyj 1 S 43 . She , after a few . months ,
died ; and was . lraried on the 1 st of February , in the present year ; in the' burying-ground . attached to Walcot Chapel , 'Bath . 'Prior to her death she had been for some time in ill-health , and had been a patient at the , Bath United Hospital , where she was attended . by" Mr . Harris . For about " a fortnight before her death ; however , ' she"had been very much better , andhadgone about . in , a state of- convalescence . . Mr ; Hamsat this time left Bath for a few days , and on his return ' was'much ^ surprised to find that his former ' patient was dead -he could not help making a remark upon" its suddenness , although he had no suspicions at . the time of her haying . come by her death unfairly . V ^ Since , the inciuiry into the deathof Henry Marcharit had . been commented , it
was , however , ' ascertained'that this . Mrs . Harris , prior to her death , had been seized with retchings , acute pain of the " stomach , diarrhoja , &c , all of which are symptoms consequent . upon -the administration of irritant poison ; and that upon : her . death Mr . Harrisj instead of being , affected by Lei , loss , had said , jlffever mind , I will have another within a month , " and that he even refused to , and did not , attend her funeral . Under these circumstances it was determined to exhume the body . This determination was communicated to ; the prisoner , Mr . Harris , and also to . the prisoner , Mi's . Shaylor , who thereupon exclaimed , "I hope they will not ! I hope they will not , for if they do I shall die !" Upon the body being exhumed a post inortcm
examination was made by . Mr . Harris , and the viscera were in a good state of preservation , one of the characteristics of the presence of mineral poisons , such as arsenic or mercury ; the contents were then delivered to Mr . Herapath for . analytical examination , and the inquest was adjourned .: - " . . Misterious Poisoning of . Ciiji . drejj > - ¦ At . Witchfort , in the Isle bf Ely , several persons , more especially children , have recently died very , suddenly after only afew hours' illness , under circumstances giving rise to a strong suspicion ofpoisdhing . \ At the present time Mr ., "W . ilarshall , the coroner , is engaged in an inquiry which commenced on the 11 th ult ., and which extends to two cases only , namely John and Susan Bailey , aged respectively about two ; and four jears . They are . the children of John Bailoy , an agricultural kuouror , residing in ytitchford . It appears that the children were left in the charge of their mother on Saturday ,- the 14 th ult ., wh
¦ en at noon the . same day they were seized with violent vomitings and -pufgings , shortly after ' partaking of their dinners , which consisted of meat , pudding , and bread and : butter : - These symptoms increased in severity ,. and-in the space of six or eight hours both died . Previous to death they both complained of great thirst-and excessive pain in the abdomen , the usual , characteristics of poisoning , Mr . Muriel , the . surgeon , had since mado . a post fiwr / ei » examination of both bodies , and Mir . Pearson had made an analysis of the contents of both stomachs , tho result of which had most satisfactorily proved thaiboth had died from the effects of arsenic . ; - The coroner , after several adjournments , remai-ked'that . ' . although the cause of death had been satisfactorily established , the . labours of the jury could not terminate at the present point , as they had to ascertain , if possible , in . what manner and by whom : the poison , was administered , The inquiry was , therefore , adjourned . ;
Murdees and SdicideI—The Welchncm says , — On the 2 d inst . a rumour gained credence that' in the neighbourhood " of Llanbyther a man had murdered hia wife and child , and then committed' suicide ; and upon making in . vesttira . tion i ' nto the circumstances , it was unfortunately ascertained that the report was but too true . The name ofthe perpetrator of theseinhuman deeds is ' Thomas D . ivies , a . small farmer ,-residin «" at- Cefhrhyddhii-issa' inthe parish of Llanwenoj , Cardiganshire , and it appears that eariyon the 1 st tost ., -while in bed with his wife and child ( the-latter only nine nfonths 6 ld ) ,-he-atta 6 ked' them ! with a ' razor , and having first nearly severed the infant ' s head from its body , 'he attempted the destruction of his wife : - " He first cut her across
the-wrist , ^ -severing ; the arteries completely , and nextgashed ; herthroatandfacein the most fri ghtful manner . ^ -Not content with'this , - he cut Tier across" the-abdomen ; hyping . it completely open , ahd causing the" intestines to protrude ; -Leaving the house he rushed into the Tivyj for the nurpose , it is imagined of drowning himself ; butfifiuirigthe water , too . jhalld # : for My purpose ^ he returned to thei hbuse ' and attempted * to '! cut his own throat ; . Failing " , however ^ 'to ; Sevef ^ the 'jugular yem , he ripped open hi 3 own ' aMpmeirwith the ' razor , which caused a similar protrusion to that which his unfortunate-wife \ experienced . ' - Police-sergeant Lloy , ^ stationed atXlanybyther , hearlbgof the occurrence , immediately repaifed- 'to " - the ^ spot ,- and found the little" girl in bed , with ^ its throat' frightfully lacerated , quite dead and cold . -The wife , Mary Davie ' s / hadiescaped from'the houaerafld havinff proceeded
about afield s ' breadth on the * g buth 8 ide , fell . dbwn . "When foiJ ^ d . she- ^ asi stUl sdive , biitlying exhajisted She'c&uld speak faintly , ' and ; 'in : repl y . to , questions / answered' ^ n at her ^ husbafid ^ d xommitteH tMoutrage withra-razor . i She was' immedidtely conveye'd , to , the house ^ wrapp ^ d in ; a blanKet ; and on a further search . bemg-maue '' bri th ^ north ^ dcncej at : ' tte ' bottQm oifa j 5 eld , the' husband was found ; Ijripg' " on'Tusj ' - leftj ' side . ; in / hi 3 " ' shirt ' sleeves ; having -his lfipai ' laTCrattd , ; and-Tiig : abdomen cut open- from ' side to " sjde ' about' aSTachf-below the tovd , with his iuiestinea vrofin&vpg . l SivrassM alivpi ' aiid ' coiild- speakTmbre : ' . disKnctly tlian " c 6 uld hJfi | . ; ilV&tid ' - ' partner : . Hefackribwledg [ ed ' fo the policy cdnstebletlntheh ' ad ' kiUedthecluiaUhd that he _ had ; cHt-his ' own ; and wife ' s throat-with his razor ; .- The razor ^ found'lyirigTff a brbok ' adia ^ mt io ; ihe ^ otVhere -t heman ^ ^ was ; discorcrea . " ]( j [ r ; inomas , surgeon , of Dolhini ' mst speedily sent for ; : - . c k ^ c ^ V ^ r V : , ' ^/ : S ' v :. r :. - .: ' ' " ' [
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X XX Hi n v w ———who dressed th < $ various wounds , but ,. at , once , pronounced each case to be mortal , ; -His ^ prediction was ^ verified . by the .. death-. of , nThoma 9 .-Davjes , a ^ isleven" o ' clock Jhafnighf ; thei wifo lived till the following morning . - . ' " ' "' ¦ "'" " ° ' * ' T ' \ ' ¦' Attempted ; Mubdbr , —At Banbtiry , oh Monday , in desperate attempt was made by a man , ; namijd James Laytoh , to murder liis wife by shooting her , and afterwards cutting her throat . The parties are both natives of Banbury , though for some time past resident' at Leamington ; where the husband was a builder , and had accumulated some property , being the owner of nine or ten houses in that place . They have a family of six or seven children ; and a son ofthe wife , born previous tb ' her marriage with ¦ Layton , " resided with them ? " There ; appear to have been some disputes reeently . about . his property , and ¦ Layton accused his wife , her ' sdn , and one of her ud _ - _—————— « i " ll : - - .
brothers , at'Neithrop , ' with ' cohepiringifoMefra ' him of it . On Monday he set off with his wife to walk to Banbury . They were , seen -together upon the road six or seven miles from ^ thati town , -j One inan who saw them . thought they were . ? ' sweetheartirijr , " as Layton had his arm over his wife ^ s shoulder ; -When they reached ^ cthe spot above referred to , Layton : puta pistol close to his : wife ' s forehead , the -poor woman says he put it quite under , her "bonnet , and fired it . An oblong pice oflead with which-it was ! loaded struck her onthe forehead ; and the powder burnt her . face ; 'he then took out a large table knife , with which he cut her throat , and also wounded her hands . She screamed ; . and : several persons being within hcaringuthey ran to her assistance , and several of them : went - hv pursuit of Laytdriiwho ran into the fields . Hewas captured ana taken to Great Bourton , to which place also his wife was conveyedi : On Tuesday one of . the county magistrates took the deposition ofthe injured woman , and the accused was remanded .: i i ¦' . ; . '
Serious Occoubencb js CAMBniDOE . ~ -On Saturday last some jjaviours . were ¦ at work , near Trinity College , Cambridge , when some students gave them bottle after bottle of wine to drink ; until one ofthe men became so drunk that he died . ! . ¦ - ' : ¦ > ;¦; ¦ . : Murder in North- Lincolnshire . —We last week reported the fact that another case of murder had occurred in Lincolnshire . -The victim was Catherine Farrow , aged fifty-two , the wife of John Farrow , who lives at ' the village of Brocklesby , in a cottage near the road leading to'Habro'rail way station , and about three-quarters of a mile from Brocklesby Hall ; the seat of the Earl of Yarborough , on "Whose estate the husband worksas a . labourer . ' The noor woman lef t her home on the forenoon of theSCil
ult .,- about 20 minutes-pastslO , to go to Keelby with butter ; and to procure shop goods . She had in her pocket two sovereigns , two shillings , a sixpence , and a penny .- ' - Her way-was across the fields , and she had pasged over six closes when she was assailed by her murderer . About half-past twelve a man found her lying on her-back dead , near to a g ate leading into , afield occupiedby Mri Holgate , in the extra parochial : place of ¦ Nun' Cottani , about three-quarter of a mile from her own house ; and in the direct path to Keelby . Ah alarm having been given to a man who was hedging on the other side of the field , Mr . Jcffreyi surgeon , of Keelby , was sent for , and he pronounced her-dead : without much examination : he ' stated that he considered'death was caused
by-i the breaking of a blood-vessel , and so the affair rested until Friday , the 27 th , when' a coroner ' s jury : was summoned for ' an : inquest , but upori . Mr Jeffrey ' s making a more particular examination , he discovered wounds upon the' head which pro ved . 'that she had not died fromn ' atural causes . Mr ; Marri 3 , the eoronipi ' , having been apprised of the circumstances , a . post mortem examination was ordered to be made ; which - was" done accordingly on Sunday morning , and they found three large wounds on' the head , ' apparently inflicted by a heavy blunt instrument ; -there ¦ were" extensive ( fractures of theskull . On- examining her pocket ; if ivas found ' to , have been emptied of its contents ; and orie ' of thestrings attachingit toher person was-broken as if by
violence in getting out the ' money . / Strong suspicion attached to a man named Charles Overton , aged about 27 ( who was imprisoned not along ago for poaching , and who , five years ago , was convicted of breaking into a houseat Habro' ; and imprisoned for some months ) , ar id he was accordingly apprehended and detained in custody by Mr . R . Potteni superiritendeht constable of Brigg . --The principal cause of suspicion avose from- his changing'two ; sovereigns at two different places in Ulceby ( about three miles distantj'ion the day of the murder , from his not having previously had any money , and his stating to his mother the morning after the murder ( when'he , gave her some ) that he had been at work four days ,-and had drawn' part of his wages , although lie hac
i | 6 t been at work , and ) consequently , had not drawn any money j the way in which he accounted for the possession of the money which he changed , and the employment of his -time , was also very unsatisfactory' -The p lace where the mui'der was committed is very public ; ' Ifc is the footpath from Brocklesby to Keelby , arid from Keelbjr-rbad ' to Roxby , Ilmirigham being immediately past it : it is also very near to a mueh-frequented path-- from : Keelby' to Habro ' stationi " ¦ There were' ' almost : all . around' the place soveral men engaged : in felling trees , repairing fences , &c . There are also two cottages within a quarter of a mile of tlie spot ., There can be no doiiotthe first blow prevented any calling biit . / ! Mni Hudson ' s Brother-in-law Drowned a * York . —On Wednesday information was received that : during the previous wgH the body of Mr . Nicholson had been found in the river Ouse .
Deceased was a 'director ;' arid auditor of the York and North Midland Railway ; he was also brother-in-law to Mr . Ilud-on . ' As may be well imagined , h e tonk a" deep interest in everything connected with the York Railways ; arid It is said had a very large inVesfimeijt in them . He was in " the gardent of the Yorkshire Museum during the evening previous to his death , and about half-past ten o'clock his body was discoveredirithewatefs of the' Ouse , near to the esplanade , and not far from , his own residence at Clifton . When the body was brought to the shore signs of life were apparent , but he died before medical assistance ceuld be procured . His remains were conveyed to his own house . Mr . Nicholson was fqrraerly'tliecopartner of Mr . ' IIutlson , as drapers in Yorki He was a bachelor , arid was an admirer and patron of the fine arts . His collection of paintinirs was valuable , and included many of Etty ' s best productions . " ' r
. Suicide or as TJndbrgradtjate at Cambridge . - ^ Inq . uest . ~ 0 h Wednesday morning , a jury , was emparirieled in the Cpmbination-robm ; of Cfare Hall College , Cariibridgei : tta inquire into the circunistances attending the'death of : Edward Hayinan , a sizer of that Collegei—Elizabeth Barton , bedmaker to the deceased , deposed to ! finding him , at half-past four on Tuesday afternoon , lying upon ' the floor , bleeding from a wound in his throati ¦ He was ayery steady , exemplary young man . —Mr ! Hough , ; surgeon ; stated that' the deceased was in his bedroom , quitedead , when lie 5 vas : called inV On a high reading-desk in the sitting-room a sheet of writing paper , with blood on it , was found , bearing the wbrds hastily scrawled , 11 Good by , father . . Thank you , dear Henry , for—"
There Was a pool of blood near tin ' s desk , and a pen Stained with blood upon the table . .. A : large pool of blood was observed near , where the body was found , as ; well as on , the dressing : table ,: drawers , and looking glass in the bedroom ., The deceased had manifestly ' made a" first : attempt , at the high desk , then wrote the paper , ar id , going to the bedroom , accomplished Ms purpose before the looking-glass . Tlie incision was , prbbablyi made from left to right ; and a portion of it was jagged on the left , side ; " when , in all probability ,, the ¦ first attempt was made .--John Marshall Hayniari , undergraduate of St . John ' s College , stated that he was broilier of the deceased . He produced some correspondence between deceased and another brother in London , which went to favour the
idea that the unfortunate young man had gone wrong in his mind on religious topics . Witness then said : I saw the deceased on the Thursday or Friday before he passed his " Little go . '' He came to my rooms on the Sunday evening before the examination , ~ Ris object being to satisfy , me that it was impossible for him to pass , and that he ought tohave a medical certificate to' . excuse . him . '" , ' , & ¦ is clear he , was . 'then labouring . under aidelusibtf , because he went ; in , ' arid , as l am informed , " passed a most satisfactory examination , being ; We ! l prepared in all thei subjects . My brother ' s Bpirits had . been very low ^ during the last fortnight , and I ; frequently , noticed an appearance ahout his eyes as . itbough . he ' had been crying . — Thomas Mayer Nixsbn saidrf-I was a friend of the deceased . . In the middle of last . week' he ; sent his bedmaker-to say he ; wanted to see-ine . I went to his rooms ,, ] He , \ ra 8 ^ undriBSsid in his bedroom . ,. ' ¦ He said he wag very ^ unhappy , that he bad committed a ^ rea ' t
crime , and wanted Borne one to comfort him . , He then saidhehad been guilty ^^ of gluttony theTday ^ ber fore ' , and that he had smoked . a cigar overnight'i ri . tiXs room ? , for the first timein ; ' : hw life ..: Ii ' trieif to laiigh the ; matter , off ,, and ; deceased [ said he ; wanted . to be coiB ; fprtedandnotlaughe . dat .. ' l could not ; persuade him that he had not committed a serious offence , and by his desire we wenj £ int 6 ; the , sit ( ing-ropm , and there read the church : prayers , together , and some . passages pt : Scrlptare-ii , He seemed . beiter . . 'J'hereJwaf more evidence , but the jury here expressed themelves ^ satisfied | andj the coroner ; . said he , thought tK ere could only be one opinion on the matter . The . jury ; then returned an ;¦ unanimous verdict , of " . Temporary . insanity , " and the remains of the' deceased were confided : fohis brother for , interment ., The late Mr . Hayman-wasia . young ^ man ' of great promise .: He entered , CIare . HaIl ; inj 847 ; as Grecian from Chrises Hospital ..-- . He was the . 80 Qbf , a . clergynian-in Soniersetshire i and . was about ; t « fenty ; oneyears of . age , 1 ¦ ?
; THE POISONING . IN- SUSSEXv - ¦ -ro .-Theadjbura , ed inquest was resumed oni Saturday last ; "' ; ' •¦* Wi .- />^ U J- > « : >> : C ,, ¦ - Wy ^ . - ; It has already been ; j&wefly announced that the mysterious illri ' ess of Benjamin' ( Jeering gave rise to the belief th ^ 'thedeceased ^ husband of the accused Mrs . Geerihff ^ andtwo so ps ] ' whose syihptoins . of illness wereajl alike , had iriet with -their deaths unfairly , Richard Geering , " aged'fifty-six ; the father , dicdpa thei 3 tb ; of September i ' I 8 ^; George | < 6 ne of ihesons , agetl : 21 ; on the 27 th of Pecenibeiv '
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<~ m <•» " " ^ — ' Hi ^ i—irii ^^ tmm ——w ^^——>^^^^^^^ " ^^^' J n the samejear ; , and another flon , 'James , aged 25 , on the ^ th ! of last- Marcltf , The coroner directed tne exhumation . of « the , bodies r which .-ha d . beeajnterred in Gu estling'Churchyard , arid" the contents , o f the stomachs were forwarded to MK-Tuylorj . the professor of chemistry , at Guy ' s Hospital . The analysis ls . not complete in all the cases as yet , arsenic , howoyer , in quantities has . been found . in , two instances , and there is little doubtas ^ to similar -pain fu l discoveries being made in others , ' ¦ , " .- ' ..- „ ¦ T / Thompson ; a superintendent of the East Sussex constabulary ; : said : I apprehended the prisoner , on the 26 th ult ., at her house in . Gucstling . ; .-Jt : Js si j tuatcd on ! Guestling-green ,, and . the end of a rpw . of five cottages under . one , roof . -On , the lowest floor theris bedroom arid ^ MioiiBa .: ' l&ymi ' " ~ , „ , . , .. _ J another-flOn . 'JameS , afffiU £ 0 ,
e a mo on the top 6 f a nest of old shelves , in the corner ; o : ardom , 'the . paper-produced . ^; It ^ is labelled " noison . " and contains red powder—red precipitate , I bolieveV I told the . prlsoner . what ^ he was charged with . Sheisaidshehad not had arsenic mherMprise for many month s . , ' . . ¦'"" , : ¦ . ' ,.-. „ ,- : Heijri PiTMiK , ' a , druggist , residing at Creek ^ m Hastings , was called . ' On Monday , the 2 nd of-April , the prisoner came to my shop witha six-ounce bottle , and asked for some , medicine for her son . It was sweefnitre and capivi . ' She had had similarbeforc . ' She did not pay-for it .. Ontfie' 24 th June , 1848 , I moved to my present abode . I recollect hei' ; coming to my former shop frequently . In the course of last autumn I remember fler ~ buyin £ . gome arsenic at my Vinuse . She . had a . pennyworth , at a time ,, , and I
used to give her one drachm ,, or sixty grains . I recollect that . on one . occasion ihe ; had two-pennyworth \ of arsenic ; in separate ' parcels : . She desired to be served with it i » tr ? 0 parcels . ; , She said one was ^ f pr herself and tlie other for ano . ther part-y . 1 do not' reriieniber whether she . said it was for . him or heh I labelled ;^ the t ^ o parcDls as if theyVere for different persons ^ . ; SUiB ^ said .. it , was to , de 3 troy rats ! I think I sold her . some arsenic at the latter end Of the year .. In , the nionth of . ^ ebx ' uaryl was out of arsenic for a short time—about A . week . ; . On the 12 th I receivedV , a fresh supply . ; , / While I was out of arsenic . tho prisoner came , and asked for sbme .. In the / course of , the followinjj week after I . had rer ceived ^ the supply shecailed at my shop arid had a
pennyworth ., Another , occasion after , sue ^ aa ; two penny worth ..- : " ; . " .. ¦ ' ' . '' .. ' . -. ' . ¦ ' ¦ .,. ' ¦ ¦ .-. -. - ¦ ¦ ,- ¦' ,., Benjamin , GEERiNo . the son ofthe accused ,, said : I am nineteen years lof age , and am a son of ; the prisoner . . L reside at ; Guestling ,: and for . the jfast twelve ' months ^ I . presided ; witb ... my ,: mother ' . ' . " ., My father , Biehara Geering . died : pn : the 13 th ^ of ;; September , 18 . 48 . ' ., That , was at his own house ; . He . was ill from Friday night till . the . following . Wednesday . My father : vra 8 sick / when . he , was . takenill .. ., I did not sedhirii . from . the Sunday until the f"VVednesday upon which : / hetdied . . I ; did not . think he . w .-is , so ill . I do not' kpow whether he was in great pain " . Mr . Pocbck , the surgeon ,, of Winchelsea , attended him . Mr . ; i ? ocock only saw him pnee ^ I saw my father after he was dead : there was not much
alteration in his face ... I might have seea him ,--once or twice ; after he was , dead ; his face was riot black . The . lid / of , the coffin was screwed down on . the , Friday . George Geering , my brother , died on the 27 th of December , 1848 . . fie . was twenty-one years ptago . He was , ill . four days . He was very sick when first seized .-7-Chairfnan : Did anything-particular , occur to him after he was seized ?—Witnes ? r ( reluctantly ) : He kept eraving for water , / he did not appear to be " in very great pain . " He drantwater .,, My brother , James Geering ,. died on the 6 th .. of last March . He " was ill ; there weeks and five . days . He . was sicki-rClerk : Who laid the bodies out ?—Witness : My mother laid my ; brother , but , not my father ; Judith , a'hurse , did that . On . Good Friday , last I
was taken sick ; , it was . rather late in the day . . 1 had ; previously . beenrin good health . . I dined . at home bri that ; day . The . family consisted-of my motfiwv "William , Edwin ,, andmy brother / William'B threelittlechildren . ; Wehad . what . we usually . had for breakfast—bread and cheese , and . bread , arid bafcter , ' and ; tea or . coffee . Bid not always harp sugar . I dbn'ji know who made , the tea . ; ., My , mo-i tlierimostly poured the . teaout : when at the ¦ breakfast table . She ; generally niade , the bread , itwas made . up . inlargeloaves . . She sometimes made pies . I had no pie-, pn Good Friday . At breakfasfc ; l ate andv / drankas others , ; I- drank ,, out of . a tea-cup . I had a cup to myself . I -, ; do- not recollect exactly what / we had for dinner , but we had
pudding . . My . mother helpedmeto some , . In the afternoon I went to Eaton ' s , on tho opposite side of the way , andhad three or , four glasses ..-of ale ., I went home , and between eight and nme o ' clock that night Ir was . taken ill . I retched . and felt a ' sensation . : in . my ; throat . . My mother . knew I was sick . She did-not . do anything for . me . - .. I thought the beer made me sick . On the Sundaymorninglgot up and followed the bullocks . I returned to breakfast a , little after eight . I felt sick after breakfast . My mother was . there .: We , had tea . I was not there when itwas made . I generally had sugar and milk i ' 3- my tea . My mother had breakfast . that morning . The cups were kept in the cupboard place . 1 was very sick , after breakfast . My throat was sore , it
was heated , and any . belly was sorei il was sick seyerali times . My mother did not do anything for me , for . I . could not take anything .-.. I . was sick in thchaiulbason . , ¦ I noticed-what I threw up was of . a greenish , colour , j , 1 had no medical advice on Sunday . The neighbours , sent Mr ; P , ocock in on the Monday . My mother , toldrme I had : better have advice . ; 0 n the Monday morning I had some water , but notmueh .. . . I could not have kept it down if I had . . What IJbhrew up had been thrown away , when Mr . Pocock came . He gave me some pills ; he said he 'did not know what to do with me . ; He wished mo to have- Mr . vTicehurst in . I believe my mother went to him on the 11 th . She said she had seen him . Mr . Ticchurst came on the 13 th and saw me .
I told him my symptoms , m the presence of my mother , and on the Sunday I had a bottle of medicirto and some powders : from . Mr . Poeock . I took them , and the sickness stopped . Saw Mr . Ticehurst on the Friday following . On Saturday , the 21 st of April , I was again taken ill , sick , with heat and pain in my stomach . My mother had her breakfast with . me .: She , baked that . morning . We had breakfast together , as usual . My mother . helped me to .. what- 1 . drank .- We -had our tea-cups as usual . I was taken . sick after- dinner . I had ; a . piece . of .-new bread to dinner , with some butter and cheese . : I had coffee to drink . ¦ ¦ I drank it from a cup . What I threw up was of a greenish colour . I had the same burninef
sensation . That sickness continued , till : the Tuesday . Mr . Pocock and Mr . Ticehurst came on the Wednesday .-4-Clerk : I believe . you belong . to a benefit club ?—Witness : Yes , I do . —Clerk : Your father belonged to the club ?— "Witness : He did . —Clerk ? : Arid your brothers , George and James ?—Witness Yes . —Clerk : Now , don ' t you know that upon the respective . deaths of your father and brothers your mother had a certain sum of money ? Witness : I don ' t exactly know , but there . are more than 100 members in the club . —Clerk : Then she would hare £ 5 on each death . —Witaess : Yes , sir , if each member pays his . shilling . —Clevk : The society allows
to . sick members Ws . a week for tho first three months , and-6 s . for the . nine months?—Witness : Yes , sb . ' .-4-Clei'k : When you were-ill who got-your money ?—Witness : I-had it , nnd I gave it to my mother . —Mr . F . Ticehurst , surgeon of Hastings , went into a lengthened statement as to the appearance of : the . lad Benjamin Gebring , and the treatment pursued towards him . A portion of- what he had [ discharged immediately after his last attack-of sickness had been forwarded to Professor Taylor , of Guy's Hospital for analysation , the result of which was that the presence of a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cause death was discovered . >
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^ a ^ ——— ^ mmwmm was the publisher of a book called the « Beauties SYorkshfre , " that a copy of . the book had been supplied to therorJwrf . thaae . wished . fp ^ pay ^ ent Sn ^» bbhese -lettefrthFCom of PoUc ^ i ri : London ; arid fjf ^ jgg SocietyV ; had cowmunieated . with Capt ain W , lUs ,, the chief constable ; aty Manchester , ; and he ; . ( ¥ »•; B o * - wickj ^ avin ^^ i scoWed tlie ^ risoner ^^ ng had taken Inspector M'Multoji ; with him ; to tho lodgings arid had there apprehended the prisoner and seized his papers and letters . These werefound in a bpx , the key , of : wiich was in the prisoner s ^ posr session . when he / was taken . / , " , " . " .. " ... , . .. ¦ -.=. ,-i , i iiiiUiniicr of a book called the " Beautie was lUV W » uuou ^ ' hnnfr UnA lioon
. Mr . Bes wick' h' ei-e ptodiiAed upwards of a nundred letters from various noblemen arid gentlemen / J soirie of -which showed ; the : success with which the prisoner had mefcv ; . jOthers" were , copies of his own , tetters of application . By one of these copies of his own letters ,- dated in 1845 , ' ifc / anpears that he first entitled Ms iyorfe , " The Curiosities' of Yorkshire ;" and" charged 10 s . ; 6 d , " per copy . ' By one of these copies " of ; a later date , it would seem' that'the " BeautiesjOf Yorkshire ! have . paid so well that he has brought out a second part . •/ :, . ' , -,., ., [ Letters were / produced which had been found in the prisoner ' s possession from MnT . M . ' Gib son ^ M . P . for Mahchester ; Mr . E . " S . Cayley , M . P . ' . - Lord Fitzharding ' e , the Right Hon . H .- Goulburn ; Lord Dartmouth ,. Sir Bbberf ; H ; Inglis , . M . P . for Oxford the Duke of- Leeds , ;¦ Earlof Thanet ,, Mar qui 3 of Thomond , JEarl / Grey , yiscount Me ^ boufne , Lords Sdmers , ; C 6 urteriay-, Dacre ; . Ohichester ; Clare , ' Mnhoh , Delambre , Denbigh , De Rqs , Calthoi'pe , and Stairs Sir Charles Wood , Dr . Bowing , and Sir William Somerville , &c ., &c . } : : ' , ¦ . . / , v
" Mr . ^ Beswick also- produced ; a great ; number . ^ papers inthe prisoner ' s handwriting , on . which were memoranda ., of . the ; .. parties" written '; to , . with' the final result of the applicatioh , whether successful ' dr hopeless . The following will give an idea : — " Viscount Falkland , paid i-sEarL of Winchilsea , " paid ; Earl Dalhousie , bad ; ,. Lprd . Kenyqn ,, p . p . ; Marquis of Winchester , bad ; . Lord , Yancj piim ; Lord . Lansdownej ' b ^ rEai'lpf ^ arrowby ^ Earl of Albeinarle , ' bad ; ' Earl of . Eglinton , paid ;; Earl of YarbbrbugH , paid j Duke of Devonshire , paid ; Thomas' Milher Gibson ,. paid ; > Duke , of : Norfolk , paid ;; Earlof Mayo , paidj . -. Earl of Wemyss , paid ; Earl of Tvanmere . naid . " Besides these were found
paragraphs . and ^ advertisements from ' . newspapers , including notices to creditors of deceased persons to send in their accounts ' ; notices of assignments ' of property j notices ?' of sales of . property of deceased persons . ';; and . paragraphs noticing- the illness or . demise of noblemen ...- Mr . Beswlek said . he should oft ' another / day ; his . able . "foshow : that the prisoner had scarcely omitfed to reply , for sbriio time ' past , to every advertisement addressed to creditors of de ^ ceased persons- in Manchester ,: sending in a claim for ; debt . ; :. The " ipVisoner : came from Majiham , near Skiptpn , ; in > Yorkshire ,, and probably ,. were his house searched , there , / other , letters' and pApers would befoundshiowinghis impostures . Heapplied to haVe ; the ' prisoner reriianded . until answers could be obtained front parties in' London to whom he t \ K » l 'Hftawi /> ltA had wi'it . t . firi ' . tn nrnvn thfl fmiuls .- :
The prisoner was remanded . -, ; ,, ; , ,.: .-- . ; Wbdnksdat . —John . Hartley . wasbroughtfor . further examinatiiiri'before the magistrates at Manchester . — Mr . Beswick , the chief supermtenderit of the detective police , handed to the bench some letters . which he had . received fromj Lpridon . —Mr . Maude : Dp you know / anythrng of him ? r Mr . Beswick : I learn that . his nape'Ts , Hartley , or Hurtley ; thjiitfrhe ' lires ' . at a small estate of his own , which / brings him in-aboufc £ 40 a year / Vou will perceive by tike letters ! have handed up to the bench that the ; parties wvitten . to in London , decline to , come down all the way here to piosecute . —Mr . Maude : WelJ , he must , Le disr charged . r-Tlie' prisoner . was immediately set at liberty . ; ' . ' : '; ' ¦; . ' . ' _ " ' , ' .. ' / . ¦" :- "¦'¦ '' ¦ ¦ ' ' - ¦ : ' - ¦
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• : PENASTCE IN A PARISH-GHURCH ^ 'Cambridge , May 6 . —The parish of Fen Ditton , about two milesifrom this place , has-been " the scene of most extraordinary . and ; disgi-aceful doings this morning . In conformity . with , a sentence lately passed in the Arches ; Court by Sir Herbert Jenrier fust , ainah named Edward Smith ; a gardener and the village fiddler ; - "' was to'ita ^ and do penance in the' parish church foiv the offence below , recited . 'The ' : suit / was a cause of dpfaraation promoted by Mrs . Martha .-James , the wife of the Key . William Brown James , Vector of ForiDitton , against Edward Smith , of the same parish , for that he , in the months of April " and May , 1848 ; iri / a reproachful arid insidiousmariner ; - charged Mrs ; James -with -the crime
of adultery . : ., The , wwtwas brought into the Arches Court ; by request ,, from the Yicnr-general of the Bishop of Ely ; . and no appearance / being given for the , defendant ; the . proceedings were / conducted * ' in pennant . It was proved that Smith had , "at ; a public house in the ; village of Ditton , w hen " . half drunk and half foolish , " used the defamatory wovds imr puted , and the averments in the . libel having been proved ,-, judgment was prayed , and granted , to the effect that the usual , penance should be performed in tho parish , church of Fen Ditton , on Sunday , May . Oj Smith / was'also condemned in costs , which amount to £ 42 17 s . 6 d . ¦ .- . -, Thesubject has been ; the matter of talk in the countrv round since , the-nassinar of the sentence .
and between the hours of nine and eleven o ' clock ( the tiriie fixed for the corninericeirieht of the service ) , - the thoroughfares leading to 'Dittou from Cambridge and other adjacent places were crowded with passengers , and there were not less than three thousand-pei'sons in the village before the bells had done chiming , "The majority of these were of course irienibers . of the lower orders , - though some anxiety ^ ¥ as evinced ariiohffst tlie most respectable Iamilios in the neighbourhood to hare pews " secured , " whercfrom : theylmight . have a glimpse of the novel proceeding . . Thc / . churchyard was crowded , and as soon as the doqrs . wpre open " , a . rush took place into the edifice that would have disgraced the upper gallerv of a theatre in ( London on , i boxing night ,
and every available spot was occupied in less than five minutes . . The screen ; was covered by men ( bargees ) sitting astride ; the capitals of the pillars had each their human ; occuparit , arid Ditton Church , which is computed ifco be capable of seating 1 , 000 persons , was crowded to suffocation , the majority of the audience standing upon the seats and ' eagerly fighting for the spot which would command the best view of the place where it was supposed Smith would atand . ¦ - .. '¦ i " . / . / The Rev . A . H . Si * H , of Emm « mel College ; Cambridge , who had undertaken to do duty for the rector on , the . occasion , entered the church exactly at eleven o ' clock , followed by Mr . James and his wife , the prompter" of the suit . Mr . and Mrs . James took up their position in the rector ' s pew , and the service commenced . All eyes
were strained to get a glimpse of Mrs . James , and the officiating minister had no sooner commenced thnn he was saluted with a shout of " Speak / up , old boy , " and a chorus of laughter and similar interruptions were continued throughout . ' The hymns were omitted by the special request of the rector , made to Mr . Small ' at an interval in the service . ' . Mr . Small having concluded the prayers , entered the pulpit , and taking his text from the seventh chapter of Matthew , verse 1 , "Judge not , lest ye' -be judged , ? ' proceeded to the delivery of an impressive discourse , interrupted by the breaking of windows by the . mob - outside ,-. cat-calls , ¦ whistles , laughter ,
and ; other unseemly noises , which increased as he proceeded , until : his voice was finally "" 'drowned , partly'by" the noiseinside ; arid partly by that outside , consequent upon a dogfight , . which ; had been got up in the churchyard . ^ The interest excited by 'this ' gave way , in itstuvn , . to that excited , by a cry , "Smithis coming , " several times reiterated ; and tho struggle that ensued for places commanding a view of the aisle up which he was to proceed to his appointed position' opposite the reading-desk baffles all description . ; ? . - - ; At last his vevitabloappeavance was announced by a shout from the . partios outside tliat almost , shook the ; edifice ; arid ' a complete stop was piit / to the sermon . It was clear that at ' this time there were
several parties smoking m the bodyof the ( church ,: as the smoke was seen rising towards the . roof , andr a smell of tobacco ., , was evident : to . all ....: The shout outside subsided ^ as ' Sm ^ out was' taken ' up by its ; occupants with thi'ee hearty cheers . cla ' pping of hands , ' . whoops , -and' other discordant sounds . On'his reaching the reading-desk ; theipreBS was so great that he had . to . be . liftedinto the pew of one of the churchwardens on men ' s arms , and , ; when . there ' he ; . vas .-niounted / on . ' a " hassock , placed , bii a seat immediately facingthe pew of the lev . Mr . James . ' ¦ / Nothing but this ^ ou 'ld : satisfy he audience , and qriiet was in some degree-restored by Smith waving over his head the paper from wmch ¦ -he : was , to read his . recantation , supplied to '
ura , by .. iIi ; .. lCooper , attorney :, of Cambridge , the legal adyiserjof Mr . James . ' Mr . Small ^ essayed a continuance , 6 f his discourse repea ' tedly , ' but tvjis' often' ; riiet- by cries of *» Smith , Smith , ' one cheer more foriSmithj" . the said cheer being most beai-tily giyen ,. and Shiith . as often callings" Silence .. for . the minister . " , j ,, This uproar , continued , . and theri / SjnitH beckohodto Mr : Kent , one ofthe chiirciiwardehs ' and asked him what was to be done , saying ; " Ydu seeiwhata state / the church is in ; you'know wnfit is best ; I am yout . 'prisoner , and will : do , as you think ) roper . f .. WMIe . v this obseryatipti < . \ vas : makin ' c a ^ pmL ^ Ach . bad been . found , in ' ohe ' corner of the FS ^ kl ^ . fe ^^ sp ^ then ahilier then
tno pews were brbkeh / hnd the ^ pie bes ^^ n U ^ rectW-T . hejhassdcks . came S afS S SKSKfissisi TJX& % < ' P PO ^ of hearing ifc , \ i 8 of tlffitaf «^ ' * rev * « " 8 ! thfttotal ^ em ° olii 6 ri fiffJSS ^ ^ S * ' ^ ^ d ^ which at :. Sffe ^ bie ; , It .,. was impossible to hear «« SWuW the vepoHer of this havrative ' Vas aot ^ halfa yar&fromMfpahv : ;¦ " - . '*¦ ¦ '' ¦ ,.- '; . - ^ j ;; mi' - - > iY : < ' -: ¦< ... ¦ ,, .- ¦ - . .. . -.. :......... ¦ ,-
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^^ Mr . Small had no sooner left the pulpit than it was occupied by spectator ^ , who . maintained their position-there to .. the end of the . proceedings . At lasta hassockistruck' / Mr . 'Smallj ' ariiaat ' the - aame moriient Smith concluded reading-his recantation and moved out of tlie pew to-leave the cburclii On his setting liis feet on the stones of the aisle he wag tak « n np by the mob amid shouts of " Brayo Smith—well done , . Smith , "" and the most hearty cheers , and , carried out on men ' s shoulders . On his way to . the Plough / to which he repaired , he was called upon for a speech , and in reply said to the immense crowd which . was besetting him , " I ani 8 orry I cannot ask tlie-whole of ; you to dinner , but I am a , poor man . " ~ On his way " throuefi the ^ Mr . Small had no sooner left the pulpit than it wna nn . r . iwip . d bv SneetatorflT . whn mnmtJiinaJa ..
-village the inhabitants rushetrout tp . shake hands with him , and on his entering the Plough the house became immediately filled-with his admirers , who consumed the , remainder of the afternoon in smoking arid drinking on tho green . Smith , however , with , gobd ' taste , retired to his . domicile , saying that he was desirous there should be no "disturbance ; Mr . and Mrs . " James ; on the other hand , werehooted on their ;; exit . from the church / and were followed to the rectory ; house by > a : mob ,-sioine of the members of it breftking the windows with stones . ¦ Smith ' made ' a ' spbecliat ' the Plough , to the effect that he ' hrtd formerl y been urider-gardener at the rectory , and that-during the tho time he was there the body ^ of- achildi had-been found buried in the garden , and the head , - . - which had-been severed therefrom , in another . ; part . Mrs . James had , he said , accused him of bringing this body from the ehurebj-ard for scandalous purposes , and the
consequence was , ' that he had been out of work ever since . ; The observation'he had madewithJregard to Mrs . James , was ; ho said / made in a tap-room when he was half drunk aiid the . other half foolish , and was conveyed by a nieddling constable to one of the ehurchwardens , who refused to entertain the complaint , and' thai theri ithe constable sent a note to Mr . James . . He said that if-the rector had " pu 6 him" ; in a minor court , he could have fought him . He thought , however , the rector was sick of meduliiig with the fiddler . Throughout the day , a collection was going on through the village' by men carrying boxes , Mayday ; foshion , . the ^ ' supplication being , " Please to remember ; Smith , " and Ithe proceeds being intended to be appropriated towards the payment of Smith ' s . costs . Ifc is doubtful if the house of God was ever / the theatre ' for the enactment of a similar scene ,-arid the whole affair has oiily'tended to increase the original scandal . ;' :- ¦ - ¦ -. -- - ¦ - " - ;
. This morning Mrs .. James was waited upon by tha church wardens arid other gentlemen of influence in the ! village , who imploreu her ( seeing the storm that was brewing ) to absolve Smith . It is stated that Mr . " James . would * have acceded , -but the lady Was not 'agreeable , - ¦ Mrs . James was formerly housekeeper to the ; reverend the rector , and they were privately married about two years ago .
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¦ ¦ : .,. : . . - , . . / , . ; . ? . !; . , . , - .. ( i ., : ; . : THE " BEAUTIES OP YORKSHIRE . "—A ' NEW TRICK . A man has been apprehended in Manchester , who has been preying upon tlie nobility and , gentry of the country for the last five or six years , and duping thajh of their guineas under apretence that they Bavb some time ago .. put down' / their namesjon his subscriptipn list for a new . ' . vrork' which he had . published , under the / title of the " Beautio ^ of . Yorkshire . '' The' "Beauties of . Yorkshire ;' . ' / is stated to be cjuite an imaginary publication , ' , ' no siich work havingeverissuedfrorii thepress . Theimp'ristorseems to-have trusted to tho oblivion ' which great irieri have , or arc / supposed to have , of such eventsin their
lifetime as having written their names , upon sub . scription lists for new books , and the event certainly appears to have frequently justified his knowledge of human . naturo in that ; respect .. xButtho ; cleverest part of the trick is the manner in which he has enabled himself to ; furnish proof , orjat leasjt . what might appear prima fade evidence , ' to the . var ious noBlemen . whom ; he has applied to of-theiv-haying subscribed to his work . He writes . ito Lord-Dr- . / i '¦ . ¦ , for instance , and ; reminds ; his ? lordship : that , the guinea for ; which he was . pleased to / entpr . his name on the subscription list , for , the , ; ^ Beaut ios . of York .-shire , " six , years . : ago ,: has not . yet ; been paid . and says he . shall , be glad : if his lordship . wilLremit the
amount . The answer received ; says i— ' ! Lord D ; . ; ., .... . . does not recollect ever haying put his name to the subscription book named by Mr . Hartley , but if -Mr .: Hartley , can furnish Lord I ) ¦ ¦ " withhb autograph ; from the said subscription book , as a proof of , his-signature , the amount shall boire ^ mitted . " . The i pretended .. publisher very adroitly cuts out the > name , D- ; . .- — ' ? from , his- 16 rdsinp * s note , sticks it in alettev addfessed to ; hisjordsliip , ' and grumbling tliat he has been obliged to deface and render , incomplete his : subscription book by cutting the autograph out , hopes . his lordship will notjdoubt i his own handwriting , but pay the money without further trouble . ..- ., .:, '•
- "Tjie ' prisoner ' a . namo is Jolin Hai'tley , and on Saturday . ^ he :. was : brought before the magistrates at Manchester , for examination ; - ; < . i ,,- ... , ~ , <;~~ - JMrrvBeswick ,. chief superintendent of the deteV ' tiyo police at Manchester , said Ltho prisoner had been apprehendedon the previous , day at a lodging-house n ^ aci : Piccadill y . .-The prisoner ; . had beeiiUn the ab t of-writing letters tojioblemea stating toe
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t ¦ ' ¦ : - " '"' v // yv <*//<« H ^ MWWMvw ^» " ¦ ' ^ Stfflavto . ¦ ;¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' Great Fire in Glasgow . —On Sunday lqsfc , afire broke out in . the sugar refining premises of Messrs . Wainwright and Co ., Washington-street , Glasgow . The' fire , soon , destroyed the premises of Messrs . Wainwrig ht , afterwards communicated with various buildings adjacent , which were all destroyed . The flames then seized the Anderston Chapel-of-ease in Clyde-street , ' which was burned ^ to the ground . They afterwards communicated with the large soap arid candle works of Messrs . C . Boyd arid Son , then crossed the street , and attacked the boiler manufactory of Mi * . Ban ; the trood-yard of Mr . Marshal ) , and the stable-yard of Mr . Hutchison . These premises were , all completely destroyed . The value of . the property destroyed cannot be estimated afc much . under £ 50 , 000 , but the whole was insured . Apprehension on " a ¦ ¦ Chahge of mckdeb . —in
October last , tho . body of a woman , named Eupliemia Bourhill , was found in the Union Canal , near Falkirk . . The body bore the most unequivocal evidence that death had been caused , by violence . There" were" several deep gashes " about the head , and bne ' or ' two severe woundsin other pi > rts of the body . ' From some hints dropped by a lad who is employed in connexion with some . ofthe boats on the Union . Canal ,.. the police have apprehended three men ; on suspicion of being concerned in the murder . Theirnamea are James Turnbullj MurigoDuff , and James'Gray . They are all boatmen or carters cor . - nected with the canal . Birth Extkaordisart . —On Friday , the 4 th insfc , a lady who ; had taken ber seat in the train which left "Edinburgh for Glasgow at four o ' clock p . m ., was delivered of a child in the carriage . Her husband , a corn merchant in Leith , was present at the time , ' ¦' - :: - •' ¦
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• STATE OF TUE SOUTH AXD WEST . : . , . ( From . the . Times . )( . DuBLis , Saturday . —This postbrings the usual mass of intelligence with respect to the rapid progross of Irish destitution . There is no variation in the details , which are of a piece with the gloomy accounts that day after day ring upon the public ear , until hope at length ; begins to vanish as the " difficulty " seems to bo hourly becoming more insurmountable . The Peel project arid Sir John Romilly ' a bill are , no doubt , steps in the right direction ; but time presses , and before the latter shall become law it is greatly , to be feared that the words . "too late " will have , to be written on the records of imperial
legislation . A gentleman connected officially wita the Poor Law department states , it : as his positive belief , that the death ' s from privation ! within thclasfc month , outnumber those of the whole winter ofthe year 1846-7 , arid tliat a more fatal season has yet to come , inasmuch , as ho apprehends that what , in April , and May is no worse than a scarcity will amount before ' Midsummer to ii positive famine . Fortunately , however , these dismal anticipations may not bo realised , as a glorious run of fine weather has given new life to those who almost hope againsfc hope , and should the country be blessed with .- even . . in average harvest , the temporary relief thuft
aflorded would give statesmen an opportunity to mature their plans undisturbed by the voice of lamentation on the one hand , and , on the ether , freed from those incessant demands on the national resources which , " while ; exhausting the patience and energy , of one country , are wholly insufficient to satisfy ' the wants of the other .. - In the meantime , while famine and disease are doing fatal execution in the ranks of the population , evictions are adding their contingent to the overcrowded poorliouses . ";¦ that is , for such of them as aro capable of affording accommodation to the hordes of miserable beings who otherwise must perish on tho roadside oi ' in the ditches .
, ; A special reporter , - from' the Cork Examiner , is now traversing the county of Kerry , and the accounts he furnishes to that journal of villages depopulated and cabins . levelled , are really appalling . Subjoined is an extract from a communication dated Tvalce , "Monday evening : — " The farms of Knuciavuhig , Biendhufib , and Ballinavuhig , with others , arri ' a portion of the property of Trinity College . Tliey were held up to n very recent period by J > h : Staughton . That gentleman's term having expired , and he not wishing to pay the renewal fine , the lauds were advertised for sale ; arid after some competition ; were knocked downtb Mr . Pope arid Mr . lUcc , ofthelocality . Mr . Pope ' held a large farm in the townland of KnuckavuW . from Mr : Stauffhton , on
which resided a number of small holders and thuif labourers , previous to his becoming actual lessee , in conjunction with Mi . Rice , of this college property . I , in the first place , then visited Mr : Pope and Mr . Rice ,- both of whom I saw : ¦ ¦ ' and they spoke as if they were completely irresponsible for the ejectments which had taken place on the property whica was then theirs—how far theyimay prove correct 1 will endeavour to show . / Haying left Messrs . Tope and Rice ; r proceeded towards Iuiuckavuhig , where I" was \ inable to perceive hught but a number—a large number indeed—of : unroofed : cottages . I , ia ^ ain , inquired for those who once inhabitedthem , and in this dilemma proceeded a little further on , when , ; to iny surprise , I . perceived a couple of sheds
erected bri the open highway ; their existence being principally indicated by the smoketMt issued from their many-apertureSi : : I approached'ythem , and . shall not ,: soon iorgets . the , appalling . pictui'e . of destitution . and misery- " which here presented itself . About tour , feet apart , on the public road , were erected two , sheds , abbut / five feet long an& three feet high ;' - They were ^ constructed of pieces ; of old timber ,-which were covered' with large sods of grass , i I . called ' . to itbeiinmatesi one of ^ f ° { after a great deal of hesitation , and not till I « $ * assured-hirathat I : was . no legal officer or -landlovd s deputy ,, came ., lorjEli ;;; His name" was John Lw" /; He-was living-in that shed ;' which was built BJ himself ' about thrGei weeks : ago- there were two . othev families besides , his : own ^ living in "if . , thc { were Patrick-Halloran and Mary Leahy , HaUoia& had threeinfamily .. Mai-V Leahvhadfourinfain ' /'
and he Wmself had .. fiVe . ' The shed was built . dp p f the / rafters of what ' was once his own house ; i * had lived at'Knbck ' avuhigu for the lasfc twenty' )« " » where he held a cabinrand four acres of land at-i " rate of ; £ * a yeav' , ; h . e . « waslten . ant to Mr . &&JL heldun 4 er Mr . Staughton ; he got notice ot cj ^ ment from Mr . Mum , the solicitor of TrinitJ ^ lege , on the title , 'riot for-ribn-payment of rcnr ) 1 ' . was ejected -and his House ' levelled t ' ro . ? p ,. uiiis three weeks ago ; . he . built-a ; little shed on tiw ^ of his house ,. where he slept for tlu'ee priour ul o | l 0 but that was thrown- do » n , by Mr . Rice's u »»> in turnedhitoself aiid his family adrift on the W ° ^ ' | ie a cold rainy ' night- - Ho bwod bno yoar ' s re " . , j S time of his ejectment , ! and always paid reg u ' [ ' ' {]¦ & now ir i receipt oflj stone of meal per week-- * supporUf . nye / in . iamily . ;//;• ¦ : :. ,, rtiie i'CDozens of " similar cases are montionctt oy * ^ porter , / who also furmshesreturn s of the to « nand nunibei 'of families evicted on the 0 ? ( l \ js ( i perty ^ froni .-wWbliit-appears / . that wt lun w >
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iv i fi THE KORTHERN STAR . Mat 12 , 1849 . " * —— " ^«——^—™— ' ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1522/page/6/
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