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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE T ( Concluded from tht Second page . ) TUSCANY—The « Riforma of Luecastatet from Horeace , October 11 , that the Tuscan government has seized au edition of Mazzini ' s letter to MM de Bellini . Colonel Fori . es . who lately commanded a detachment of Garibaldi ' s trosps . arrived at Florence on the 10 th with an Austrian passport . The Tus can government has ordered him to leave Tuscanv " A letter from Florence of the 14 th inst . states ihat some crowds having been collected in the streets , the isrisas- " - * —^ - tt - . TT-< - < W . « m *» ir . * . „_ ,
« r ^??? ' ~ H ? S from Yeni ce « 1 " ° ^ » J the « CsBstatationak * of Florence , slate that an imiense number of passports had been applied for by inhabitants of Venice and of the Venetian provinces , hut { bat the Austrian government generally refused to give any . Although the city is not openly subjected to a war-contribution , the . richest families are privately forced to pay large sums . The port and city are deserted misery at its height , and commerce at a stand . The writer adds , tbat if the free port of Venice is abolished , the city will be ruined for ever The Patrie of Corfu states that Messrs . Manin " and Tomma > eo , and General Pepe , have been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the Ionian * Mamn and 1- epe are both well known . Tommaseo is the translator of the popular songs of Greece , and is cdeorated as a man of letters .
THE IONIAN ISLANDS . According to advices from Trieste of the loth hut . the disorders were net yet put down in Samos , and fresh detachments of troops were sent thither . In Cephalonia order was completely restored . The Lord Commissioner promised toremovethe embargo and martial law , and to proclaim a general amnesty so scon as the two ringleaders of the insurrection were brought in .
SPAIN . FA 1 I . CF XAKYAEZ , Private letters from Madrid , dated the 19 th inst ., and received in Paris oa Wednesday morning , announce the fall of the Narvaez Caliinet , including its Piesident . The letters announcing this strange news an . \ that the coup d ' etat had been long arranged at the Palace , and in the profonndest mystery . A telegraphic despatch received in Paris on Wed . nesday , announces that the Narvacz Ministry , which Baa been recalled to office on the 2 lst had heen again dismissed .
GERMANY . BADEX . —Feeibuhg , Oct . 5 . —We learn indirectly from the Suabian Mercury , ' that the peasant girls of St . Joergen who strewed flowers on the graves of those Republicans that had been shot are still kept in prison . Rastam , Oct . 13 . —The soldiere , Gerbart and Doll , of the 1 st infantry regiment ( now disbanded , € f course ) , wore tried here to-day for mutiny , breach of fealty , and for taking part in the armed insurrection ; both had used violence , but neither had committed murder . The Judge-Advocate moved for
ten years * imprisonment against both . The court , however , in its thirst for blood , notwithstanding the formal protest of the Judge-Advocate against then : decision , in which he expressly told them that they , the members of the court , could not legally go beyond the penalty he had moved for , actually sentenced Gerbart to death by a majority of four to two . Since the sentence was not unanimously passed , it will have to be confirmed by the Ministry « f War before it can he put in execution . It remains to be seen whether the "War Minister of Baden ¦ will dare to reject the sentence of a Prussian courtxnartial .
The 'Kolner Zeitung' publishes an account of the reception which General Klapka met with at Hamburgh , where he arrived on the 17 th instant , large crowds of people met the Hungarian General at the railway terminus , and accompanied him to his hotel , where he addressed them in the following manner : — " Gentlemen , —I thank you for your sympathy with a wretched nation , which was conquered ¦ while struggling : for its liberty . "We . its champions .
are exiled after the combat . It is a comfort for me and for all my comrades that the respect of true patriots , and " especially that of the inhabitants of Hamburgh , accompanies ns into exile . " In the evening General Klapka visited the Hamburgh theatre , when the manager and the audience received him as they might have done a sovereign pr ince . The orchestra struck up , and the public rose as one man when General Klapka entered the house .
The 'Emancipation , 'of Brussels , states that General Elaplca does not intend to proceed to America , but to England . The ' Deutsche Zeitung' has letters from Rnstadt of the 20 th inst ., informing us of the execution of Messrs . Jansen , Schrader , and Bernigau . These men were natives of Prussia , and had token a prominent part hi the insurrection in Baden , and in the combats with the Prussian troops . Beuus . Oct . 19 . —Ujbazy , the civil commissioner at Comoro , and one of the most strenuous characters in the revolution , arr ived thi 3 morning , by the five o'clock train from Breslau , together with thirteen Hungarian officers . They were all obliged to quit Berlin two hours after for Hamburg , from which port thev will embark for England .
AUSTRIA ASD HUNGARY . The PesHier Zdtung records the execution of another eminent Hungarian , Csani , who has been hanged at Pesth . Nor is this the only victim announced . Baron Jesserak has been subjected to the same fate . Both of these victims attempted to address the crowd , but the roll of the drums drowned their voices . The Jack Ketch stripped the bodies to theirUnen . They were left hangitg for an hour , and then conveyed in a cart to the hospital . The dowry of the Countess Bathyany amounted to seven millions of florins , the whole of which has been confiscated to the Austrian treasury .
The German papers state that the crown of Saint Stephen hits been sent to London . They assert that M . Szemere , the Hungarian minister , had M . Kossuth ' instructions to take the Hungarian crown and insignia of the empire to Eng ' and . This statement explains and con'radictsthe late rumours wfcich have gone abroad in the Austrian press , of M . Szemere having robbed M . Kossuth . Letters from Pesth of the 11 th inst . mention the execution of M . John Gonzezky , chaplain to the military stud ( militaTgcstut ) at Mozohegyes . He was shot on Sunday , the 7 th . inst . The Vienna paper , I / hnid—always a doubtful authority-states that instructions have been sent to Pesth to prevent the
further execution of capital sentences . It was nevertheless expected that Messrs . Nyare , Perrenzi , and Stutter would he executed on the Uth . Viessa , October 15 . —On the afternoon of the 12 th there arrived in Pesth a courier , with instructions that in future no sentence of death should be executed It is accepted as a token of the truth of this statement that Paul Nyarz , Perrenzi , and Stutter were put yesterday into the condemned cells of the new building , without their execution having taken place to-day , as was expected . Iranzi , a former member of the Diet , is said to have been apprehended in Gratz , on the 10 th inst . Gazen Beothy ,
an old man of eighty , of high parliamentary reputation in Hungary , has also been arrested , and condemned to death . Beothy , for a series of diets , was alwsvs at the head of the radical opposition , and a strenuous separatist . He wag one of the bes « speakers in the Diet after March , to which he was -elected , in spite of all the exertions of the Austrian party ; and his powers of sarcasm were much feared by his adversaries . . The Vienna papers announce the arrival ot General Haynau at Gratz . The Wwie r Zotoy publishes a sentence condemning one Paul fcontag to be imprisoned for two years ' , for having in Oc : oter last assisted Gen . Bern in escaping from
From Pesth we are informed of another bloody scene It has latelv become the fashion to force voun" Hungarians of birth and education to enlist in ftlAutnan regiments . A certain Baron Podtnanitzkv was thus compelled to be a common driver SeSeiy . and it so happened that shortly after Mb S 5 n- the corps he was accused by his corporal Svtag ° on a march lost part of a bag tfegnri the young nobleman was sentenced to be flogged Oa Sorning after this disgraceful Punishment Stan inflicted on him , Baron Podm anitzkyen-SS apartment of his captain , and offering that EHI ^^ i JSB ? 3 K * - *> - ,. trim * cour t-martial .
. „ ,, TURKEY AXD RUSSIA . On the 2 nd the Turkish army * #%%£ & neighbourhood of Constantinop le ,, was ! re « ewtu fcrfsfi ^ &iffittS ^ ^ ? n'Jf mns The English , French , Prussian , and & InStdors werl present , on the occasion . ftSnffld Austrian Envoys were absent . 5 tttS Petersburg Jf the 9 thmentu > n of Jitienui on me « uu we u » -
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Aeaebodc , with whom he had a long interview Ao details are known of what took place at that in ternew . The Constantinople letters of the 5 th confirm tho fact of Gen ,. Bern , Kinely , Slaon , and thlty ™ her Polish and Hungarian officers having embraced tho Mohammedan religion . 6 vmuracea '&e The 'Patrie ' publishes a letter from St Peters burg , dated October 6 , which states that v ,, a Efiendi . the Envoy Extraordinary from fiftS ? had not then been received by tho Car % & writer adds that , not withstanding the impediment stf ^ psBSyssS sr ^' az-iS a possible arrangement . piospect ot UNITED STATES . The later accounts bring the following from „ ? ° . etaUa are *""»» ° f wLa « took Place at tha ill
skmSSSSS ?? ? F ^ « sfAs 5 SmaiI ?™ dem ?' Our governmentT 5 hS ™ T ° dlrect from Washington , and the % 2 n TW" - Most of them think BriiJSrt . been misun « erstood . I do not . 2 ™ g that a crown is the aspiration of the President , that ueheliotes his popularity will carrv him through everything , when events mnt .,, ™ t . fmnM
not be surprised if he sought to give a turn to the popular French sentiment against this country , solely because it is a republic . If this was his intention , he has now the opportunity , f ., r General iaylorbas taken his ground , and he will be supported m it by the country without respect to partv Our navy is panting for active service , and if France wisnes to lose a few ships , and roll up a few more millions of francs debt , she has the opportunitv . I 5 ?«* «» fl ™^ that Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , and Leeds would have no objections to the exchange of a few blows between the United States and Franee .
TheAstor-house rioters—the parties implicated in the riots arising out of the Macready-Forrest affair —have been found guilty , after a trial of fourteen days . Judson , the principal offender , has been sentenced to confinement in thepenitentiary for one year , and a fine of 250 dollars , the extreme punishment for his offence allowed by law . The others have been more leniently treated .
CANADA . The news brought by the Cambria , from Canada is , as usual , of a sombre hue , the shades darkening with each successive mail—agitation and discontent more prominently brought forward by the dark background of the unpopularity of Lord El"in . The elevation of Lord Elgin to the peerage had created no surprise , or , if any was created , It was smothered in indignation at the avowed determination of the Colonial-office to maintain him in the
course he had adopted . The feeling in favour of annexation with the United States is becoming more manifest . The proposed removal of the seat of government to Montreal is another subject of violent discussion . The ? Montreal Courier' declares that no man m Canada now owes allegiance to a sovereign whose ministers are permitted to treat the Canadians as they have done , and declares that a movement is on foot which will convince Earl Grey and Lord Elgin that then- policy is at an end .
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CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE . This often wished for . but never realised improvement , may now be said to be effectually achieved . We speak not from mere theory , but from actual observation . -A short time ago Messrs . Chambers , of our city , erected a new furnace and chimney for a ten-horse power steam-engine , which moves their printing machinery ; and , with a view to remove all challenge respecting smoke , they applied Juckes ' s patent smoke-consuming apparatus . This apparatus resembles nothing else of the kind . It consists of what may be called an endless chain of bars disposed not crosswise but lengthwise , and this chain of bars forms the bottom of the furnace , on vhich the live coal blazes . The chain moves very Jowly forward —not more than at the rate of an inch in the minute
—from the front to the back of the furnace , carryin " the fire along with it . At the back or bridge of the furnace , the chain of bars moves round , and conies back beneath . Thus it goes on endlessly from morning till night . The apparatus is fixed ok a carrirge , which is nn into its place on a spesies of railroad and the whole—that is , the whole bottom of the furnace—can be dragged in or out at pleasure , by which means every facility is presented for cleaning , renovation , < fcc . The chain of bars is moved by connec ttng gear from the steam-engine . The coal is laid on a hopper at the mouth of the furnace , and is carried forward by the bars , the depth of coal that enters being regulated by an iron door , which is depressed or raised like a slnice . The principle of
smoke consumption consists in the slow and regular admission of the coal . Instead of being heaved with a shovel , so as to produce continual gusts of smoke , it is admitted , as it were by hair-breadths . The ignit'on is . therefore , little at a time , and what smoke is raised having to go over the bright firs beyond , it is necessarily consumed . Nothing gets up the dimnty but a slight fume , scarcely perceptible to the eye . lhe apparatus , we are told , has the further advantage of economising 1 uel and attendance , while it sustains the steam equally with the common practice of firing . The great beauty of the whole thing , however , is , that thesmoke is consumed . "We have seldom seen any process of art more simple , and yet more ingenious and beautiful . —27 « Scotchman .
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A BALLOON FROZEN . -A VOYAGE IN THE AIR . A correspondentsays , " Mr . Gy » 3 on the aeronaut aais ^ s ^ s wi ssssKi&Sx didates for aeronautic honours , but the J ^ C A BALL 0 ON FROZEN . -A VOYAGE IN THK
hX ? a ^ on Alined , and a lan ; e cargo of ballast was deposited in the car . ThebaltoonroSft SsKs ^ ssKSS pi ogress to London . The aeronauts shortlv ifter quitting theeanh entered the clouds , and ' beSmeto visible to their friends on terra fy mlTv \ SZ the dark- massy clouds that hung suspended e Mi - met ' s coffin between earth and heaven The « h geurs were saluted with a sharp sW of sfeet ^ or fine snow , that drifted over them i ^ Ll directions SteV ^ M * ! i ^ olKle encased m a spangled shroud of ice The hiHnon winged its way with thernniiKt . « f i ;! lJ- _ ^ .. °° ?
the , massive bodies of snow ^ g ^ y ^ Z " wTth S tW rhr 0 Unde ( I ; ! ending Twr 8 at S ™™ the ™ auts finessed the remarkable kIt Z a fthc « " ? i » Wch had set before they lett the earth , assuming a retrogade action . The 5 , ? hfr blen , f ° ? dan 3 P $ fetched across the sky , as slowly and progressively tiie se e - ing sun rose in the west , floated n ^ th n air , and « ubfh S ? - y 80 f a 1 gl 0 ri J ° sunshine . ' The gas 6 JSf ™ 7 * T denS J ed state tlie wll 0 le of the day was now two milcj and a half above the clouds , assailed by a rapid and powerful exnansinn . * tlint
it oecame necessary to open the valve and relieve the balloon of the extreme pressure that was thus inflicted upon the whole surface of the silk . But here arose an extraordinary incident-tbe hbso of the safety valve , which had been tied up before leaving the earth to prevent the admission of atmospheric air , wasfouud to be frozen quite hard , so that it became quite impossible to extend it to allow the superfluous gas to blow off . Under those circumstances Mr . Gypson endeavoured to cpen the valve atthecrownoftheba ' loon . but that , too , from the peculiar description of luting with which the valve was luted , was found to be inseparably frozen . As such Mr . Gypson had but one alternate-hp . nnfcM »
passed himself through the hoop , and , with his knife made a large incision in the lower part of the balloon ; the gas streamed forth in one continuous stream through a two-feet opening , and , singular to relate , the gas that had been passed into the silken globe an invisible vapour , rushed out as white as the steam from a steam-engine , such was the effect of the frosty air upon the gas . And thus the aeronauts were rescued from the jaws of destruction ; for had not such an expedient as the knife been adopted , nothing could have prevented the silk giving way to the extreme force then acting upon it , at three and a half miles from the earlh , for such was then their altitude , as shown by the sinking of the mercury in the barometer . The mercury at startinwas 28 2-10
g and at the highest altitude 14 MO . The escape of tie gas in the aperture made b y Mr . Gypson with hi ? knife was the dismissal of danger ; and the adventurous voyagers , regaling themselves with a little cognac , congratulated themselves on their providential escape . True , they had an abundance of ballast in the car , but with the silk frozen as hard as a wet Jinen cloth on a winter ' s night , it would have availed them but little had the silk been beyond the reach of an incision . They had now a tendency downwards and began to shake off the glittering ice or frozen snow that had rendered their garments a coat of mail The merrury now rose to 19 3-10 , which showed a mile lower than their hi ghest elevation , still descending , but veiy little warmer . Thev acain
tried the valve , but could not open it ; and in their efforts to accomplish the object , repeatedly brought down , the crown of the balloon , the valve obstinately refusing to give way . The rays of the sun were now lost ; Sol had taken his final departure for the night , and a rapid condensation of the gas was the consequence . Ballast was brought in lequisilion and the downward tendency checked , rs it became highly necessary to have full command over the valve before the final descent was attempted . Mr . Gypson and hwfriend describe the immense masses of cloud over which they were floating in appearance as most magnificent , undulating like hill and dale , here a silvery tinge on the higher range of the snow-like mountains , and there the frowning scowl on those
resemblng dingy , dirty ice—in ' some places they op . ned and displayed the beauty of the scenes below . The travelleris were now within a mile of the earth , the temperature of the air much warmer , so that the >\\ k resumed its accustomed softness , the valve opened with a very slight effort , thegrapp ! in » -iro nand cable were extended ; ths wind carried ' the balloon across the country with great velocity , the grappling iron took hold of a quickset hedge , tore it up by the roots and rapidly approached the buildings of a farmhouse ; bags , ballast , and all were thrown out to avoid it , and the balloon cleared all obstructions by ascending again . A second descent was accomplished with safety , though not without violent oscillatiun
, near Ottmoor , in Oxfordshire , fifty-nine miles from Bedford , and the time occupied in the journey was forty-four minutes . Not a soul was to be seen , and the travellers fcad nearly emptied their aerial vehicle , when a ploughman , approaching the monster of the air , took a sly peep , and likewise took to his heels ; entreaty and persuasion were useless , nothing could induce him to return . Mr . Gypson and his friend , after much delay , succerded in setting a conveyance to take them to a railway station , and reached Bedford at eleven o ' clock the next morning . After all the perplexities and hazards of the trip , the aeronauts affirm they would give balloon travelling the preference by far to either coach or rail . "
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WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP . —NINETYNINE LIVES LOST . The Boston ( American ) Evening Journal of the 8 th inst . has the following : — A severe gale from N . E . commenced Saturday evenins * ( Cth inst . ) , and raged wish great fury during the whole of the niaht and throughoutthe day on Sunday . The gale was probably the most severe of the season , and we fear has proved very destructive upon the coast . The British brig St . John , Captain Oliver , from Galway , Ireland , anchored inside llinot ' s Ledge about six o'clock , a . m ., on Sunday , dragged her anchors and struck on the Grampus rocks about nine a . m . Captain Beale , of the steamer Mayflower , gives us the following particulars . He understood that the brig struck on the rocks known as the Sea Ledges , a little to the west of Minot's Led » e
light , about one mile from the shore , and immediately went to pieces . There appears to be different statements in relation to the number of passengers on board . The captain says there were but lid , while the passengers who were saved say there were 150 . Of those saved and arrived at Cohasset , ten in number , seven were females and three males . Six of them were provided with quarters at the house of Captain Abraham"H . Tower , and the other four at Mr . Lathrop ' s . AU of these came ashore on pieces of the wreck . Two of the women it is . thought will not survive , one bein « badly cut on the head by a piece of the wreck . The other woman it is said has a husband residing in this city ; she had three children on board with her , all of whom were lost .
The captain and one of the mates we are informed arrived in the city from Cohasset in the noon train to-day . The following statement is from Captain Oliver himself : — " Saturday , five p . m ., pas- 'ed Cape Cod with a light S . E . wind—weather thick ; hove to with head to the N . E . ; at four a . m . wore ship and stood south ; at balf-past six made Minot ' s Ledge . Not havingroom to wear ship , ventured to run where we saw a brig at anchor , inside of the light . The violence of the gale and heavy sea caused us to drag our anchors , when we cutaway the masts , and held on for a short time . The . gale increasing she dragged again , struck and thumped heavily for about one hour before she broke up . Previous to breaking up , the jolly boat vns banging by the tackles alonvside , when the
stern ringbolt broke , and the boat fell into the water . The captain , second mate , and two boy >! , jumped into her to clear her , when about twenty-five passengers , jumped in and swamped her ; the passengers , together with the stcond mate and two boys , perished . The captain caught a rope hanging over the quarter , and was drawn on board by the first mate . The long boat was got clear shortly after , and a heavy sea coming on board cleared her from the vessel , when a number of passengers jumped ovw to swim to her , but all perished . The captain , first reate ( Mr . Cummerford ) , eight of the crew , and two passengers , swam to tha boat and reached the shore in safety . Ten others , seven men aud eight women , came ashore en part of the deck . Total loss of life , 99-saved , 21 . Twenty-five bodies have been washed ashore this morning . "
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Sir Jonx Franklin ' s Expedition . —A letter from St .- Marie River , dated September 24 , announces the arrival , on his way to England , of Sir John Richardson , from an unsuccessful search after Sir John Franklin ' s expedition . The latter mentions that after reaching the Arctic Ocean lie travelled 500 miles along the coast ; and also that Sir John speaks confidently of the existence of a northern passage , the practicability of it , however , being exceedingly doubtful , the summer lasting only from thirty to sixty days . Tub Retort Courteous . —A Prince , laughing at one of his courtiers , whom he had employed in several embassies , told him " he looked like an owl . " "I know not , " answered the courtier , what Hooked like ; but this I know , that I have had the honour several times to represent your Majesty . "
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its sHthiJsTn rfn Central Criminal Court resumed SSSrS ^ ' ^ ^ ^ S ^ Hon . the Lord Pvffi ™? 1 ? f ecorder ; Alderman Gibbs , Sydney , See ' 2 f . fT * : Me ^ rs . Mcoll and Uv-SbVidWh * "nd thei 1 ' duties , Messrs . iKdcwbI ^ i and , Other usual City officer ., vrisonon ^ lJrV Cillendfll > tliat there wcre 20 S Son y comm » tted for trial at this seagrind jur ? . OrdOP thCn deUvorcd W » charge to the le * St \ ° l '~~? } Oma Asllton Cocka y " e SU 1 " mearii- -Mr w ^ tVial u P a cl ™ S » f m 5 sde - khi an lTf , i » n * C ? ° P er prosecuted ; and Mr . Bodn ? u , e of L ^ ' ? tIne were for the defencc-Tlie ? n who if , n niIsdcmea » ° r imputed to the defend-Sn ' nStwW *! 1 WM " PCMonvery respectably nmter nf ' th « w who holds tho o { & ™ ° f deputy ton w \ stl af JfSt 0 - Gwmnmp Sch 001 «* BroV Slt nUn , a r 'ng conimitted an indecent assauit upon a pohcc-const . ahli > nf . M , n k , !; ,. ;„;„„
SSS ^ H ^ ^^ he wLXfirfffl unsatisfactory character , and istestimoivw ^ , some material portions of ins testimony by the other witnesses in tho case ^ B ^ f ^^ most eloquent and forcible anneal in Z 5 ™ . L
hat ot the defendant , and severalhril v ¦ eVpectablewitnesses were then examined ? 1 fof ? hom re ^ to tt ° f ment ° , tlle ^ ''"od counsel X regard to the character fov morality and honourable conduct enjoyed by the defend Jt .-TheWy , without hearing any more evidence , said they were ¦ satisfied that no case had been made out against the defendant . —A verdict of "Not Guilty" was then recorded . —The Recorder gave directions to the inspector of police on duty at this session to report to the proper authorities the fact of the jury having expressed an opinion that the prosecutor was unworthy of belief . At present he was in the position of a protector of the public , and it was therefore very necessary that the opinion entertained of him by the jury should be reported in the proper quarter . lie had no doubt that it would be so , but ho felt it right to state publicl y what his opinion was upon the subject . r
Robbery . —James Soraers , a respectablc-lookin * young man , surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with having stolen the sum of £ 160 , in sovereigns and half-sovereigns , in the dwelling house of Richard James . —Mr . Prendergast and Mr . Englo appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ballantineand Mr . O'Brien for the defence . —It appeared that the prosecutor is a cheesemonger , living in Victoria-road , Pimlico , and was acquainted with the prisoner , who is the son of a butcher m the neighbourhood , he havincr about three years ago been in prosecutor ' s employ . They were both on terms of friendship , and prosecutor having lent prisoner some money , which the latter could not pay , he agreedin part liquidation of the
, debt , to whitewash his kitchen , which he be » an some time boforo the day of the robbery , but fiad not completed . On tho 16 th of last August the prisoner called on prosecutor to sec him , and at that time . prosecutor was in the parlour counting out some gold , in the whole £ 3 G 3 . Prisoner asked him what he was about to do with his money , and the reply was invest it in Consols . Prisoner then asked him to como out and have a glass of ale , to which prosecutor assented , and having returned his money to the cash-box , placed it on the top shelf of the parlour cupboard . Whilst at the public-house prisoner looked over the paper , and observed that us Consols were then very high , prosecutor had better defer the intended investment until there
was a fall , which prosecutor agre ed to do , and returned h > mo , and having tied his money up in bags , put it where lie usuall y kept it , in a cupboard in his bed-room . Shortly alter the prisoner came , and expressed hia intention of finishing tho whitewashing job , for which purpose ho went down stairs , but left again without doing anything . On the next day he was in the house for the same purpose , but left without being observed , and it was then found that he had not at all forwarded tho job , neither -was any subsequent attempt made to do so . Prosecutor not requiring to go to the cupboard where his money was did not miss any until the 27 th of the same month , when he discovered that one of the bags , containing the s um named in tho indictment
, had been abstracted , the cupboard having been forced and closed again . Having made tho fact of his loss known to those in tho house , he learnt that the servant of a lady living in the upper part of the house had seen the prisoner on the 17 th come down on tiptoe from the upper part of tho house , and that he left by a door that was not used by the prosecutor or any of his friends . He then appeared to have something heavy in his pocket , which be tried to conceal . Prosecutor subsequently told him of his loss , and he said it would be butter if ho kept it a secret , as the knowledge of tho loss would cause his ncighboura and tradesmen to suspect he was not able to keep up his credit , and that it would not do him any good , as ho could not identify the
gold . Prosecutor said he did not care for his tradespeople , as he was quite independent of them . Prisoner then snid that he must take care his lodger did hot hear of it , or she might leave . This raised prosecutor ' s suspicions , and he communicated them to the police , who advised him to keep an eye on the prisoner , which he did ; and subsequently , going out with the prisoner , and seeing him inadvertantly pull some gold from his pocket , and knowing him to have been in bad circumstances , spoke to him of it , and asked him to let him have a portion of what was due . The prisoner said he would try and let him have a half-soverei gn the next day , which he did , and prosecutor at onco identified ' it as one of those he bad packed up , from the fact of
its being marked with his teeth , prosecutor having broken one of his teeth in trying whether it was a good one . Prisoner having also been seen with much money in his possession by other people , the police apprehended him , and having denied that he had any money about him , he was searched , and seventeen half-sovereigns and some sovereigns were found on him , which ne said were his mother ' s . For the defence it was contended that the identity of the half-sovereign was insufficient , and that as the prisoner was managing his mother ' s business , he had ample opportunity of being possessed of the money spoken of . —A number of witnesses were
called to prove the payment of small sums to the prisoner , but not one accounted for the number of half-sovereigns found on him . —In answer to the Court , prosecutor said there were a great number of half-sovereigns in the bag , and that prisoner well knew where he kept his money . —A number of highly respectable witnesses were then called to character . —Mr . Prendergasfc having replied , Mr . Bullock summed up . —Tho jury having consulted some time in the box , asked to retire , and when they returned , having been locked up for a great length of time , acquitted the prisoner . —The announcement was received with a loud hurrah by the numerous friends of the prisoner who were waiting
outside . Tuesday . —Charge op Attempting to Extoht Mosey . —John llarpur Jones surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour , in having unlawfully threatened to publish certain libolloiis matter , with intent to extort money . —Mr . Glarkson and Mr . Bodkin were for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ballantino and Mr . Ihiddlestone appeared for the defendant . —The money attempted to bo extorted by tho prisoner was won b y gambling on various occasions from the prosecutor , a young gentleman named Francis Robert Kewton , who , at tho time of the transaction , and at present holds the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Marines ; it appeared that
lie is not yet of age . The debt of " honour " not being paid , the prisoner wrote to ¦ prosecutor ' s colonel apprising him of the affair , and also a letter to the prosecutor , a copy of which the prisoner stated bo would publish . There did not appear to be any evidence . in support of tho accusation that there bad been unfair play on the part of the defendant ., and tho prosecutor admitted that upon one occasion when he wished to play at whist for £ 13 a game , tho defendant refused to do bo . — Mr . Ballantino having addressed the jury for the defendant , they almost immediately returned a verdict of "Sot Guilty . " Thk Bermoxdsky . MuiiPEn . —The grand jury came into court and informed the Recorder that they were about to enter into the inquiry relating to the unfortunate affair of tho Mannings , and they wished to know whether they might have the assistance of Mr . Hay ward , the solicitor of the treasury , while
tlicy were proceeding with it . —The Recorder said he did not see any objection , and ho thought it likely very much to facilitate the inquiry if the witnesses were brought before them in the order in which their evidence would apply . —The Grand Jury said this -was the object for which they wished the assistance of Mr . Hayward , as he was well acquainted with all tho details of tho case . —The Recorder said that Mr . Hayward should attend them , but it was customary in such a case to swear- the solicitor for the prosecution , and place his name on the back of the bill as a witness . —Mr . Hayward was accordingly sworn , and the grand jury then retired , and proceeded with the consideration of the bill , and about an hour afterwards they returned into court , finding a true bill for murder against both prisoners . Bigamy . —Patrick Crook was indicted for intermarrying Mary Bourke , his wife , Johanna Crook , bomgatthattimealivo . —ItwftBproved that in 1837 , the jnsoner vfas married to hiBfirBt -wife , by Father
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Colter , an Irish priest for the district of Uandon , iw ? y of Cork , and that she was seen alive w ™ « . ? L atiT 0 P lace < as late as M » y last , and hatonthe thofPebril ( 1 l 7 i 1847 , lie was married at St . John ' s Waterloo-road , to Mary Bourkein tjS """ ^ " defence , said he left his wife ZStJZ- % 110 t having llCiird fl > or " hei > in K " ,, lettc 1 ' ' thought she was dead .-The mcndSwi ? Pris ° riel' " « r" butrccom Et nmei , ! ° ™^>~^™ . twelve inonths ' - kn
tliJiJXL ? "" - ^ TCll - ° ™ » caber of tow ! nnmnXr * Smit 1 ' ' antl * * onmnof tho town , named Stewart , were convicted of boin » S ^ TfJS iS ssriS Mr Rvlaffi ^^ T - ! mthori ^ for whom All . Kyland an * Mr . Laurie appeared , and Mr Payne for the male pnsoner . -The case , which was cle , " y proved by Michael Haydon and Brett , tho wellknown otneers of the City detective force , * asof the ordinary character of these class of robberies Ihefomalo prisoner was one of those class of prostitutes who bang about the street for the purpose of decoying gentlemen into secluded places and there plundering thorn , and , should anv resistance be offered , calling upon a man following in the rear to aid them in their designs .-Tl . o male prisoner was sentenced to ten years' transportation , and the female to twelve months' imprisonment
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llvLT' " , , Ieft Seethe false one in its place . nosPdfoT ! tlmt , w ! ien . P ° rter who ™ suptoennnlf ° r adOam istakeC ! lllcd * SV * ^ ™ S in tbih instance they bad returned the parcel in an Sri ' . ' mnUe ?\ dceds not bemg of a ! J value to them , and thtro being no probability of a reward being oflfered for tlieirWn , the SunwJ Barton being then m custody . The iurV found t . email " Guihy . " -Tl , o Common L ^ t sS they evidently thought that the parcels contained money , lor the lad who had been insti gated by his father , he should order lnm to he imprisoned for six months ; llnnbuiy , who had aided in the offence to seven years' transportation ; and the elder Barton , who was the prime mover in the ailiiir , to fifteen years .
Charge or Forgery agai . vst an Insane Person . — John "William Bird , 5 i , surgeon , was placed at tho b .-ir , to plead to an indictment charging him with unlawfully forging and uttering a . certificate , purporting to be a certificate that lie was a member of tho Loyal College of Snrgoons , with intent to de-• illM t . Sed nick I * nn .-Mr . Rvland , who with Mr . Laurte \ yas instructed to conduct tho prosecution , on behalf of the City authorities , said that in tins case he had reason to believe that the prisoner was not in a fit state of mind to understand or to the
plead indictment , and he proposed , innccord . anco vuth iU provisions of tl . J statute , to pHco evidence to that cftcct , and the prisoner would then m t , !?' 1 V 11 ? . ° MannM ' diri > ct 0 ( 1 b - v thc l ™ .-Mr . G . M'Murdo , the surgeon of Newgate , was then sworn , and he confirmed the statement of thc learned counsel as to tho prisoner ' s condition , and the jury at once returned a verdict that the prisoner was of unsound mind .- The le » rned Commissioner gave directions that the prisoner should be detained in safe custody until her Majesty ' s pleasure should bo nv-ule known respecting him CS
¦ J ^ f- " 7 ^ ^ wtworth , alias Green , was indicted for forging two bills fov the several sums Of £ G 0 and £ 70 . with intent to cheat and defraud iieuvy BejuoUs . Mr . PrenuCTgast appeared for the prosecutor and Mr . Rebton for the prisoner . Horn the speech of the learned counsel for the prol sccution , it appeared that thc prosecutor , who is a surgeon ra Cambrid ge-terrace , having a house to let in SaviUe-row was applied to by the prisoner who representing himself as a civil engineer , and son to Mr Godfrey Wentworth , of AVoolly-park , near Wakefield , expressed a desire to become , the acZ
pantof tne house . He further added that be had but just returned from India , where he had been for some years making a survey , which had not yet returned from India , having been detained in i > vpt and that ho was in communication with government on the matter . IIo also claimed an aS quaintaSo with the Lady Augusta , and several persons known Ity name to the prosecutor , and said that ho ( the prosecutor ) had only to inquire in the City , and at Wyn s the bankers , which he did , and they imagining the inquiry to relate to the son of Mr . Godtrey « entworth , gave an account of his high respectability . In consequence of this , prosecutor tiZZ wT l : ? with him ' t ] l ° ^ was , that be let him the fiouse , and as securitv took the two pomisscry notes in Question : im snnn » . ™ T
oner got into the house lie engaged Messrs . Cub t to make some alterations m ° tho place , which amounted to about £ 100 . It was in consequence of Hi s that seme . suspicions was created , ana the Tesult of the inquiry was that the prisoner was not named Wcntworth , but Green , and that he had been but a very few months out of the IIOUSG of Con-ection , where he had been for two years taking a survey of the walls and bars of that establishment - Mr . Rob on , for the defence , contended that the prisoner haying changed his name after leaving prison , had a right to give a bill in that name , without committing any legal offence .-Tho Common Scr . geant , having conferred wi th the learned judges in the other court , said the defence mi ght have held good but for the fact that the prisoner had represented himself ns the son of a well-known respectable gentleman , which . bein < r a falsn m-ohX * .
5 ? , theforgery . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . Ihero were other indictments for obtawing coods by fraud , and it was proved that , besides the imprisonment alluded to , which was for naud , he had been previously imprisoned twelve months for conspiracy , lie was then transported for fifteen years . l
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THE BEJJMOKDSEY MURDEE . TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS . This important trial commenced on Thursday morning at the Old Bailey . As might have been expected from the interest which the case had previouoh ; excited , the court presented , Jong before the hour for the commencement of the proceedings a very unusual appearance ; but the crowd outside was by no means strikingly large . The arrangements made Vy the under-shcriff were so excellent as to prevent the possibility of confusion . Amonset those attracted to the court to witness the proceedings were the following : On the bench were the Swedish minister and his secretary , Count ( olloredo ; the Austrian minister and his secretary
Baron Kohlcr ; the secretary of the Prussian leeation ; the Marquis of Azeglio , tho Sardinian c / , ar « e d affaires ; tho Marquis of Hertford ; Lord Strong , ford : Alderman Garden , Majjnny , ami Lawrence the Lady Mayoress ; Mrs . IVilkins , the lady of the learnea sergeant ; the Eev . Mr . Gibson , rector of St . Mary Magdalen , Dermondsey . A considerable number of ladies sat on a line with the judges , and in the raised seats of thc court , and exhibited in their countenances an expression of anxious expectation and interest . Ai nine o ' clock several prisoners were arraigned at the bar , m tho ordinary courso of procedure , preparatory *) their trial . '
I he legal gentlemen engaged in the ca . se entered the court shortly before 10 ; and . " at five minutes alter the Lord Mayor , who was immediately followed by the Lord Chief Baron , Mr . Justice Maule , and Mr . Justice Cresswell , by whom the case wa 3 tried . The prisoners were simultaneously placed at the bar . There was nothing remarkable in the appearance which they presented . Tlieis expression was very calm , and while tho indictment was being read over both looked down fixedly towards tho bar .
The counsel for the prosecution wore the Attorney-General , Mr . Oarkson , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr . Clerk ; for the male prisoner , Mr . Sergeant 'Wiltons and Mr . Charnock ; for the female , Mr . Ballantino and Mr . Tarry . The prisoners were described in tho calendar as " Frederick George Manning , 30 , traveller , " and "Maria Manning , 28 , married . " The charge placed in juxta-position to their names bein" " the wilful murder of Patrick O'Connor .
The prisoner Manning took up his position at one of the front corners of the dock , and his wife almost at the opposite extremity . Manning was dressed in a suit of black ; tho female wore a plaid shawl , and on her head a sort of white lace fall , covering only about half the head , and haying a large flowing tie extending down to the waist . The hair was arranged in long crepe bands . She had lace ruffles on her wrist , and wore white kid gloves . The indictment having been read over by the clerk of the arraigns , the usual question , " Guilty or Not guilty , " was addressed to the prisoners . Manning replied in a firm voice , "Xot guilty ;" the female made the same reply in a lower tone .
Mr . Bauaxtine then rose , as counsel for Maria Manning , and objected to her being tried with her husband , claiming for her u separate trial on the ground that she was a alien , and as such entitled to the benefit of the statute of Kiiwavd the Third , De medhtatc lingua ' , under which , besides bcinc tried separately , half of the jury must be forei gners ! The AiTonNET-GEXERAi . contended that , as tho wifcofa natural born British subject , although , originally an alien , thc prisoner hacl no right toa separate trial . In order to plead the stsitute Be Mcdietate Linqua ; she must have thc disabilities as well as the ri ght of aliens . By thu 7 ih and 8 th . Vic ., chap . GO , sec . 10 , any woman married toa-. natural born subject , or person naturalised , must be deemed to bo herself naturalised . The learned
counsel then referred to Bar ' s case in More ' s lleports , in support of his proposition . Mr . BAUMtTiKF . said the words of the 7 th and 8 th Victoria , being in the nature of implication , could not be held to abrogate the important right claimed by the prisoner . Mr . Pahry followed on the same side . The 7 tk and 8 th of Victoria conferred on aliens who were married to British born subject ? , but it did not deprive them of any privilege previously conferred on them by act of parliament , if possessed by them at common law . Iv ' o prisoner could be divested of the privilege in question without the authority of parliament . The learned counsel then referred to the case of doe dem Francis Ackland in support of his view .
After some further discussion , the Chief Baiu > h Baid that the Act of Victoria was a complete answer to the application ; but ho was not disposed then to lay down any general rules on thc subject without more consideration . By that statute , however , a foreign lady by marrying a natural born subject becomes naturalised—the quality of an alien disappears , and she becomes an Englishwoman . It appeared to him , therefore , right that tho trial ou » ht to proceed . ° Mr . B . U . LAXUXK replied that tlioploa of the femaleprisoner that she was an alien , and ou"ht to be tried by a jury de medietate Unqucc , should be entered on the record . [ This application is , no doubt , made for the purpose of obtaining a writ of error to be argued before all the judgcsJ The Attoiwet-General bbjectud to tho proposed endorsement on the back of the indictment .
Ihe Chief Baron said the question must be so framed as to carry it to a court of error , or , if preferred , to tho House of Lords . Thc option was given to Mr . Ballantine to tafce the mutter before
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<» - . PREVENTION CF MINE ACCIDENTS . At the meetin ? of the British Association recently held in Birmii . gham , the attention of the members was invited to a patent apparatus invented by Mr . Foudrinier for obviating the risks which attend the breaking of the ropes or chains attached to the corves or cages in whii h tlie miners descend into and ascend from the pits . Such accidents-not only cause destruction of human life , but in shafts which are fitted up with gu'des , according to the most improved practice , occasion considerable damage to the shaft fittings . The object of Mr . Foudrinier ' s invention is to fix , in all such cases , the corve or cage ( whether loaded with tubs of coal or with its daily and far more precious freight of human beings ) firmly and instantaneously to the guides , through the instrumentality of
selfacting springs , levers , and wedges , attached to the top and forming part of the corse or cage . These come into action when disengaged through the breaking of the rope or chain—that is , in the very instant at which the accident occurs . The apparatus is so admirably contrived that , through the operation of simple mechanical principles , the tightness with which the wedges hold increases in proportion to the inert ase of weight in the cage . There is in mining operations another source of danger in the liability of the load to be drawn up against the pulleys , through the negligence of the engineer—an accident attended with nest to certain death to the men as well as great damage to the shaft . The risk attending such an accident Mr . Foudrinier also obviates by attaching to
the rope or chain a disengaging apparatus , such as that made use of in the pile-driving machine , the corve being , at the moment of disengagement , left affixed to the guide * at a certain , distance below the pulleys . In this case also the apparatus is self-acting . Mr . Foudrinier is known to have perilled his own safety ( if , indeed , any term implying risk can be employed ) in order to test the efficiency of bis apparatus . At the Usworth Colliery , in the county of Durham , where it has been in operation since the 16 th of April last , it has more than once teen subjected to very severe trials , and a numbtr of colliery viewers and engineers having seen the cage , though loaded with two lull tubs , and weighing about 2 A-tons , stopped instantaneously upon the disengaging " of the
rope , have come forward to bear public testimony to the value and completeness of the invention . The apprehension which some persons had entertained wiih inference to the fall of a portion of the rope , when broken , on tbe top of fhecorve or cage , appears to have been removed by a communication from Mr . Elliot , the owner of the Usworth Colliery , which was published in the IKning Journal of the 28 th of July last . Mr . Elliot there states , that in the Usworth Colliery , a broken rope , of about 200 fathoms in length , and weighing about 37 cwts ., had in that month fallen on a cage top there in use , consisting merely of a three-inch Memel plank , without any injurious result . This he explained by the circumstance that the fall of the rope is distributed over several
seconds of time , and that , consequently , the latter does not acquire the momentum which , would be acquired by a mass of the same weight when descending in a compact and solid body . The numerous experiments made at Birmingham with this apparatus afforded the highest gratification to many of the distinguished persons who attended the meeting of the British Association ; and Dr . Buckland and many other gentlemen expressed a high opinion of its value . The columns of tbe JUnu ' n ^ Journal , during the past year , show that , through * the breaking of ropes or chains ( the fatal results of which are effectually obviated by Mr . Foudrinier ' s invention , ) eighty-nine
human beings prematurely met their end ; and this number , it must be observed , is taken from a return fathered from nine counties only in England , and not alluding to a single accident in Scotland . Under such a state of circumstances , tbe necessity of introducing iuto their mines either this or some better apperatus ( if better can be found ) , in order to prevent a recurrence of such casualties , cannot be too strongly impressed on the owners of mining property . Measures so easily adopted , and so obvious ' y requisite to preserv * tbe lives of a large number of our fellowcountrymen , ought to need no other recommendation to prirate interest , philanthropy , or intelligence .
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Wednesday . —Ihe Clapham Murders . —James Weston , 37 , was then put to tho bar to plead to two indictments , one of which charged him with the wilful murder of his wife , Maria Weston and the other with the murder of his daughter Maria Elizabeth Weston , at Clapham . —When the indictment charging the prisoner with the murder of his wife had been read , Mr . Bodkin , who was with Mr Clerk instructed on the part of the Treasury to conduct the prosecution , said that he felt it his dutv to state , that , from the information received bv those who conducted the prosecution , he believed there was no doubt that the prisoner was at that moment in such a state of mind as rendered him incompetent to understand or to plead to cither of the indictments that had been preferred acainst ai ivilu
m . — . r . -juurflo was examined as in the previous case ; and he deposed that lie had constantly seen the prisoner since his committal to Newgate , and , in his opinion , he was of unsound mind , ant not m a fit state to plead to the indictment . —The Chief Baron : You are of opinion that he would not understand what he was charged with , to be able to defend himself ?—Air . jH ' . Murdo : Certainly , my OVd . IIo has not hnd a single lucid interval since ho has been in f lie prison . IIo has no idea that he himself committed the act , and fancies that I did it , and that tho doctor who attended him did it . I have no doubt that he is quite insane . —The iury returned a verdict to that effect ; and the same order was made as in the case of the former prisoner , Bird . r
Eobburt bt a Clerk . —Edward Gracie , aged 25 , clerk , was brought up to receive judgment , having upon the previous evening pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing two separate sums of money , tbe property of his masters , Messrs . Bivington . He also , this morning , pleaded guilty to a further indictment for stealing 395 printed books , valued at £ 157 3 s ., the property of the same firm . —He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Obtaisiko Goods vndkb False Pretences . — Henry Stanbridge , aged 28 , coal dealer , pleaded guilty to several indictments for obtaining goods amounting in value to above £ 100 , the property of Messrs . Wilkinson . —The Common Sergeant ordered him to be transported for seven years upon each indictment .
Attempted Murder in Dui / wich Wood . — Stephen Alfred Jordan alias Dowland , 17 , was indicted for the capital offence of feloniously cutting and wounding Sarah Francis Ewings , with intent to murder her . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clerk conducted the prosecution , instructed by Mr . Hay ward , for the Treasury . The prisoner lia-. l no counsel . Mr . Bodkin briefly opened tbe case for the crown , ard the following evidence was th ™ adduced . The prosecutrix , who still appeared to be sufferirg severely from tbe injuviesshe hpd received , and who wai unable to speak louder than a wisper , deposed , that she was a single woman , and she had been acquainted with the fnsoncr for fifteen months . He had promissed her marriage , and in September last she was
IB the family way by him . On the 16 th of that month she wrote a letter to the prisoner , in which she told him that she had left all her friends for his sake , and if she did not hear from him before Thursday lollO" ing She should write to her grandmother , and tell her how lie had deceived her . On the 18 th she received a letter from ihe p . isoner , in which he made an appointment to meet her on the following night , at eight o click , at Brixton Church , as he said he was gcing to take her to Uroulon , and be requested her not to tell her landlad y where she was £ oing or who she was going with , and he twice said in the letter , that she was rot to come at all , unless she brought the letter with her . She got to Brixton Church at the appointed timeand the nrisoner
im-, mediately asked her to give him Ws letter , and s > he did s <> . He then said that he had taken lodgings for her at Croydon , and he had brought paper and ink , and she must write a letter to her landlady to tell her that she should not be home for a day or two , and she must also wiite a letter to him to the same effect , which he might be alilo to show in case her friends should make any inquiry of him respecting her . 1 he prisoner then pn duced pen , ink and paper , and also the cover of a book , and witness wrote upon it the letters in the terms the prisoner had dictated . He then said that he was going to take her over Penge Common , and she replied that she bad not got any clothes , and he said that did not signify as she could go and fetch them in two or three days . The
prisoner then asked her how she came to write him such a threatening letter as she had done , and what she meant , and she replied that she did not mean to threaten him , and told not to think any more about it , as she had only written the letter to frighten him . They walked away together towards Dulwich . and when they came to a wood , the prisoner said , " This is JJnlwich wood ; " and they got over a stile and went into it , and the prisoner told her not to be frightened it she heard any rustling in the bushes , as there were a great many rabbits about . He then took hold of her hand , and they walked on through the word , and the prisoner stopped thvee times ; and , on her asking him what he stopped for . hermlied
that be thought he heard somebody coming , and said that perhaps it was the gamekeeper . It was quite darn at that time . The prisoner put his arm twice round her neck , and kissed her as they were walking along ; and , upon his doing so , a third time , he at the same moment thrust a razor into her throat , and threw her to the ground . The prisoner * then knelt on her side , and put his two fingers to her throat . She struggled , and succeeded in getting upon her knees , and Ihe prisoner then knocked her down again with the butt-rnd of a pistol . The struggle between them continued , and she succeeded in getting hold of the razor , which broke in her band , and the prisoner then continued to beat her on the head with tlie pistol . Alter this she became
insensible , and when she came to herself the prisoner was gone , and she managed to drag herself to a cottage close by , where she obtained assistance . The prosecutrix added , that during the deadly and protracted struggle between them the prisoner did not utter a word , and when she endeavoured to exclaim , " Oil you wretch , " he prevented her from doing so by holding her throat tightly . The prosecutrix also stated that the prisoner promised to marry her in July kst , ard that at his request she gave the usual notice to the registrar , and she left her situ-tion in order that she might be married , I ut the prisoner refused to perform his promi .-e — The prisoner put a few questions to tbe piosecirrix , but none of them ter ded in any way to invalidate
the testimony she had given . —Two or three other witnesses were examined , and the constable who apprehended the prisoner , deposed that upon his asking him if he had been in Dnlwicli 'Wood on the previous night , he replied that he knew what lie wanted him for , and to'd him to say no more about it . —The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , told a rambling story about his intimacy with thc prosecutrix , and denied that he had ever promised her marriage , v * that he was Ihe father of the child of which she was i regnant . —Mr . Justice Cresswell having briefly tunimed . up , the juiy immediately returned a verdict finding the prisoner "Guilty of wounding thc prosecutrix with intent to murder her . " — Sentence was deterred .
Railway Parcels' Robbery . —G . Barton , 19 , a tailor , W . Barton ( his father ) , and — llanbury , an elderly looking man , were indicted for stealing a quantity of parchment and paper , valued at above £ 20 , the property of Messrs Chaplin , Home , and others , the well-known railway carriers . Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin appeared to prosecute and Mr . Cockle defended the younger prisoner . The facts of this case were these : —The elder prisoner , Barton , who is a well-known old thief , and had evidently carried on the same game as the present for some time , had been in the habit , in conjunction with the other prisoner , of stealing lawyers' parcels that had been sent by rail , and the plan adopted on this occasion was this : he had
watched the porter carrying thc parcels , which being deeds and papers were tied up in a peculiar way with red tape , from the prosecutor ' s carts which delivered them in town after their transit by vail , and having made up some false parcels to represent them , sent his son , on the morning of the 27 th of September , to Messrs . Gregory and Faulkner , and also to Home , Loftus , and Youngs , two well-known firms , to effect the substitution of the one parcel for the other . The parcels being left at an early hour and before business commenced , the younger prisoner came attired like a porter with a book m his hand and the fictitious parcel , and asking if his fellow-servant from the railway had heen there , said , " Oh ! ho has made a mistake , and left the wrong parcel , " and having obtained possession
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1545/page/7/
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