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Ill Wfr&me&it ** Health of LoSDOS DDBfSO THE * WeBK . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths in the metropolis were only 896 , a result which indicates a low rate of mortality at the present time as compared with this season in former years . Daring the last month , the numbers returned weekly haye been 1 094 , 957 , 938 , 911 , and 896 , exhibiting a continuous decline . In the week corresponding to last , of the years 1 S 40-9 , they were never lower than 916 , in seven ot the ten weeks they ranged above 1 , 000 , and last year , when cholera was approaching and various epidemics were rife , rose to 1 , 138 . The average of the ten corresponding weeks , is 1 , 043 , which corrected for increase of population , becomes 1 , 138 : the present decrease on this estimate is
therefore 243 . In the eight principal epidemics , with the exception of diarrhoea , there is now a marked decrease ; diarrhoea was fatal to 81 persons ( two-thirds of whom were children ) , which differs little from the number of the Rame week of the last two years , " but is more than the average of the corresponding tenweekg . At 3 , Eiliptt ' s-row , Londonroad , the son of a painter and glazier , aged eight years , died of English cholera , after seventeen tours' illness . On the 24 th of February , at 7 , Albert-street , the daughter of a gunsmith , aged four years , died from hydrophobia , caused by the Kte of a rabid dog on the 15 th of November last , according to the verdict of a jury . Last week consumption was fatal to 93 persons ; there died on an average in former periods , 138 . Under other dtsexclusive of
eases of the respiratory organs , hooping cough , the aggregate is 176 deaths ; formerly at this season , they have ~ varied from 160 to 259 . The deaths of two persons are referred , ene to disease arising from intemperance , the other to injury daring intoxication . One person died of want , and another is also supposed to have sunk from destitution . The former was a porter , of 13 years , in Parson ' s-court , St . Luke ' s . The latter , a single woman Of 51 years , was found dead in bed , at 37 , Elizabethstreet , in the Church sub-district of Bethnal-green . - —The mean daily reading of the barometer , at the Boyal Observatory , Greenwich , was above 30 inches throughout the week ; the mean of the week was 30-168 inches . The mean temperature of the week ¦ was 42 deg . 8 min ., or 30 de ? . 3 min . higher thin tie average of the same weekln seven years .
Pibb . —Atihs " Examinbe" Printing-off'ice . —On Sundav night , between nine and ten o ' clock , a ire broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Revnell and Co .. the printers of the Examiner newspaper and other pu'iUcations , Situate in Littla Pulteney-street Golden-square , lhe building , which stretched orer Mary and Williamyard , was three floors high , of considerable depth , and containing a vast amount of property . Tie mliabkants « f one of the houses at the rear of the printing-office had their attention directed to the first floor by perceiving an unusual glare of light shining through the windows , but , as it was generally believed that some of the men ' were at work on the premises , no particular notice was taken of the Circumstances for some time , when at last the fire told its
own tale by breaking through the windows , and rushing up the back of the bui'dins . Mea * engers ¦ ware then despatched in sundry directions f « r assistance . The fire at length assumed such an alarming aspect that the numerous residents at the rear of tbe printing-office commenced removing their furniture to a more distant part for protection . The firemen carried the hose of their engines up the stairs , and even mounted the roof , by which means they were enabled to get the fire out by 12 o ' clock , but not until a serious amount of property deposited in the three upper floors was destroyed , or so injured hy the heat as to be comparatively worthless . ; The valuable steam engine and machines , it is understood . Lave not received any injury , owing to being in the floor below the one in which tfie fire commence i .
The orisin of the misfortune could not be ascertained . PiKB ~ 3 r eAK the Olympic Theatre . —On Sunday night about nine o ' clock , a fire , nearly attended with the loss of two lives , happened atNo . 7 , Cravenbnildings , Drury-lane , opposite tbe stage door of tbe Olympic Theatre . It commenced in the groundfloor , and was discovered by Mre . Hatton , the wifo of the owner of the premises , through hearing one of her children screaming violently . She repaired to the back parlour , when she found the bed in which her two children were on fire . By a desperate effort she pulled one of her children out , but she had not strenght left to rescue the other . Having giving an alarm , assistance came , and the remaining child was taken out . The Royal Society ' s escape and brigade
Engines were so m on tue spot , and the firo was happily confined to that part of the premises in which it began . - ¦ ¦¦ ' Fikb in the Borough and Loss of Life . — On Sunday night , at a late hour , a fire , unfortunately attended with a loss of life , happened on the premises belonging to Mr . A . Solomons , a furrier , carrying on business at No . 11 , Little Falcon-court , Red Crossstreet , Borough- It was discnveftd by a person living nest door , who had his attention directed to a strong Bmell of something burning- He therefore went into his backyard , to endeavour to ascertain tbe cause , whes he perceived smoke pouring forth from the window . Having raised an alarm , he sent to Southward bridge road Station for the assistance of the firemen . Fwo engines from that depot immediately started for Che scene , the ground floor was so full of smoke that .
it was with great difficulty any one could en ' er . The neighbours and firemen , however , succeeded in forcing their way through with buckets of water , which they threw upon the flames . As soon as the smoke bad in some measure cleared away , they beheld a fearfulseene . Upon the floor was ly ingMrs . Solomons , rompletely encircled with fire . Plenty of water baving ^ been thro wn i nto the building , tbe fire was JVentually extinguished , when it was found that Mrs . Solomons was so frightfully burned that it was feared she would not recover . A medical gentleman was sent for , who arrived immediately , and pronounced life extinct . How the fire originated could not be ascertained , the unfortunate female being tue only party in the house at the time . . Neither the building nor the contents were insured .
Fire ox Board a Steam-ship . —Saturday night last a fire broke out in the Trident st * -am ship , the property of the General Steam Navigation Company , lying alongside of St . Katherine ' s Dock Steam Wharf . Whilst the crew were packing goods in tbe after hold a box filled with fuzees fell into that compartment of the ship , and the contents exploded . Two of the ship ' s crew who were in the hold were frightfully burned , and were removed to the hospital , where they remain in a precarious Btate . The ship ' s company and wh * if labourers succeeded in getting the fire extinguished .
Fire near Sfitalfieids Chcrch . —On Monday morning last a fire , which caused great alarm , and was attended with considerable damage , occurred in the premises belonging to Mr . J . N . Thompson , a 'Wholesale , and export shoe manufacturer , No . 8 , Church-street , Spitalfields , a few doors from the parish church . Information being sent to the proper quarters , a strong body of police arrived , and two engines belong ing to the parish , with four more of the London fire Establishment The mains afforded an abundant supply of warer , fr « m which the parish engineer and London brigad « men set to work , but in spite of their most strenuous exertions the flame * could not be got ont until the lower part of the premises was gutted and the upper part severely injured . Mr . Thompson was insured in the Sun and Anchor fire-offices .
Sddden Death . —On Saturday last , Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Black Horse public-house Thomas-street , Rotherbithe , on the body of Mrs . Mary Ann Redman , aged forty-ei » ht years , who died Under Yery melancholy circumstances . The deceased was the wife of Mr . Thomas Redman , an outfitter , carrying on business at No . 43 . Russell-street , Rotberhithe . On the previous Thursday afternoon a sister of the deceased called upon them from Br i ghton on a Visit , having been from London many years . The deceased was in . very good health and spirits , and having ? at down in the parlour , they were talking together , when tbe deceased suddenly fell on the floor in a state of insensibility . An alarm was raised and a medical gentleman sent for . when Mr . Porter .
the surgeon , of Rotberhithe . promptly attended , and opened a rein in the the arm , but all efforts to restore animation were of no avail , as the vital spark had fled . Tie cause of death was an attack of apoplexy , brought on by excitement , —The dec ^ as d has left a family of nine children . The coroner having remarked on the melan'holy nature of the case , the jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God . " Death bi" Suffocation . —on Saturday last Mr . "Wakley held ^ an inquest , at Hillingdon , on the body of "William Yost . The deceased had been married on the preceding Wednesday ; on returning from ehu'eb lie called on his son-in-law , a man named Hopkins ; a quarrel en-ued betweo them , aud a fight took place ; they were separated by a man Darned
Pope , at whose house t ! : e wedding dinuer was to take place , and to which the deceased accompanied Pope . Shortly after having sat down to dinner he arose suddenly from tbe table and left tbe room . Pope followed him , when he fell and expired before assistance could be obtained . Ii appeared that Hopkins had been taken before tbe magistrates on Thursday , on a charge of manslaauhb-r , and was « . ut on bail . The Coroner adjounit-d the inquest till Monday , in order that a post mortem examination of the body might be made , and on the reassembling . of the jury evidence was given that the brain wa 3
excessively c-nge-ted , and th < : smarter vessels fail of red blood ; the death was attributable to apopl-xv . At the suggestion of the coroner , Mr . Jennings , the surgeon , made a farther examination of the body , the resnlt of which was the finding a large piece of m T & u wed ed in the opening . of- the throat , entirely b . ocking up the aperture of tbe air-passage , and causing suffocation . Tbe jury , after expressing Weir satisfaction at the exculpation of Hopkins , returned a verdict that "Death had been caused accidentally , by the lodgment in the throat of a large piece of unmasticated . meat- *' . The piece of meat weighed two ounces and , a half .
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Dbtermissd Sotcidb . — On Monday a person named Vincent , who lodged in the house of Mrs . Wells , a tobacconist , who carries on business at 35 , Recent-street , Westminster , " committed suicide by shooting himself through the head . with a pistol . The barrels of the weapon burst upon the discharge taking place , and inflicted frig htful injuries upon the upper portion of his person ^ His death was almost instantaneous ; and it is stated that the condition of mind which led him to comm t the rash act , was produced by long-continued suffering from illness . A Falsb AuBM . -On Tuesday night about eight o ' clock a quantity of smoke and sparks was ^ observed to issue from the roof of the Olympic Theatre , and a cry of "fire" was at onee rased . started off for thefireme . an » a few
Messengers ,, minntes « m » al engines were on the spot . The . r services , however , were not reqmred . as it was previously discovered that the alarming appearances on ™ e roof were occasioned by a fire tW w . as used by some workmen who were employedI inwwenng a pipe on a roof near the stage of the theatre . When the cry of " fire" was raised in the street , the manager immediately ordered the upper Windows and ventilators to be closed , by which means the audience were prevented from hearing the noise . The generally fatal consequences of a pamc-stneken rush were thus in all probability avoided . The Ckemornk Gardens . — At the annual licensing meeting for the Kensington division of Middlesex , Mr . Flood , sen ., who was . for many years the
chairman of the bench , opposed the renewal of the license for the above place of entertainment , on the ground that the proprietors conducted it in a manner which involved a great desecration of the Sabbath . The license was suspended until the adjournment day , the 30 th March ; the managers being directed on that day to present to the bench a memorial , stating in writing how they would conduct the gardens , and if it was approved of , the opposition to the license would be withdrawn . Boiler Explosion . —A most alarming : accident occurred on Tuesday morning , between the hours of seven and eight , at the Albion Brewery , Camdentown , belonging to Messrs . Baker and Son , from the explosion of a boiler , of six-horse power , -which itas resulted in the total destruction of the interior of the premises , besides causing a great devastation of property to the houses adjacent . So fearful was the explosion , that the neighbourhood of
Harapstead and Highgate felt the effects so severely , that they feared at first it proceeded from the shock of an earthquake . The houses in Caroline-place , to the left of the brewery , have , had the whole of the windows completely shattered , and' most serious alarm was caused to the inhabitants by a tremendous shower of bricks falling into the back gardens . A part of the boiler , 221 bs . in weight , was blown upwards of 300 yards to the rear of the premises of the British Queen public house . There were onlyfive workmen on the premises at the time of the accident , none of whom have received any serious injury . One man , who was in the mashtub close to the engine at the time of the explosion , escaped with only his cap being blown off , whilst another was blown through a door into an inner room , but was not injured . The cause of the accident is not known , nor has the amount of damage caused by it been ascertained .
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& $ e proumre * . Alleged Murder it Bristol—A good deal of excitement prevailed on Sunday last in the neighbourhood of St . James ' s Bristol , in consequence of its becoming known that during this sight a man named Joseph Prigg , had been apprehended by the police , and was in custody at the central station , Bridewell-street , upon a charge of " wilfully murdering Margaret Culley . " As far as can be gathered it would seem that the parties had cohabited together , and that some quarrel having occurred between them in the street , Prigg knocked bis companion down .
She got up and followed him to the corner of St . Jnmes ' s Back , where he again struck , her down in a savage manner , and while she was upon the ground kicked her with much ferocity about the head , and jumped upon her . She was taken up by some bystanders and carried to tbe infirmary , but upon her arrival there , at between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning , she was found to be dead . Information having been given to the police , a search was made for the man Prigg , who was ultimately found in bed at a cook shop in the neighbourhood , and was at once taken to the station house . — Monday . —The
coroners inquest was commenced at the Dolphin , Marlborongh-street , Bristol , before J B . Grindon , Esq . The accused , who is about forty-five years old , was present in custody . —Mr . H . A . Hore , house surgeon to the Infirmary , deposed that when the deceased was brought to that institution , at about one o ' clock on Sunday morning , she was dead . Witness had made a . post mortem examination of the body . Externally there « asa small wound on the head , over the left temple , and one over the left eye . Witness examined the cavities , and was of opinion that death was caused by concussion of the brain , the result of violence . —Caroline Davis lived at the house of Mrs . Williams , Deep street , where deceased lodged . On Saturday deceased was in good health . At » bout a quarter past one o ' clock on the niaht of
Satnrday witness was standing near the batcher ' s shop on St James's Back , and Culley was a ' few yards trom her , The prisoner Prigg *» ent up to' the deceased , and calling her by some coarse name , said , " I'll kill you for not getting my shirt ready . " He then knocked her down , and while on the ground kicked her twice . Deceased was tipsy , and so was Prigg . —Maria Williams , wife of Daniel Wiljiams , of Deep-street , examined : Margaret Culley , lodged witli me . She had been acquainted with Prigg eleven years , and used to , wash his shirts for him . On Saturday deceased was in good health . At half-past nine o ' clock that morning Prigg came to sec her , and asked her if she would wash him a shirt by one ii ' cl' -ck . She said she would do se , but afterwards took a glass or two of beer and went to sleep . He
came for his shirt at between four and five odock in the afternoon , and she was called down stairs to him . He said , " Have you got my shirt finished ? " Sbe replied , " No , Joseph , I have not . " He then said , making use of very improper language , " I'll be your butcher before I go to bed . " He afterwards said , " I'll do it if 1 catch hold of her , " and went away . The deceased last left witness ' s house at about nine o'clock that night She was sober , and apparently in good health . —Richard Masters , of Fox ' s-court , labnunn ? man , stated that he was passing along St . James ' s Back , at about one o ' clock on Saturday night , and saw the prisoner strike down a woman , but was not near enough to see whether he kicked her or not . After he had knocked her down be ran away . Witness and so me others helped up the woman , and finding her insensible and bleeding conveyed her to the infirmary , on her arrival at which the doctors pronounced her to be dead . —A boy named West likewise deposed to seeing Prigg strike
the girl at an early part of the evening ; she did not then fall down , but followed the man down St . James ' s Back . —This being the whole of the evidence the coroner summed up , and the jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Joseph Prigc , " who was straightway committed on the coroner ' s warrant for trial ,. Extensive Robbbbt at the Swan Hotel , Bristol . —Early on . the 1 st inst . it was discovered that a serious robbery of plate had taken place at the Swan Hotel , Bridge-street , from which property had been abstracted to the value of £ 50 . The thieves having managed during the day to conceal themselves in a cellar of the house cut through the panel of a door leading : to the tap of the hotel , where they regaled themselves with bread and cheese and brandy . After they got into the inn , where they made their way to a bedroom , in which the plate was kept , and possessed themselves of a great number of spoons , ladles , < fcc
Ikckkdiakt Fires is Bucks . —The utmost alarm prevails throughout this extensive agricultural county , in consequence of tbe numerous ihrertemng letters which have been received during the past month by farmers . In many cases . the threats contained in these communications havebeen carried into effect . Two extensive fires have just taken place at High Wycombe ,-destroying a large quantity of valuable farm produce . On Friday , the 1 st inst ., about midnight , the barn on the farm in the occupation of Mr . R . Wheeler , situated about a mi / ej from the town , was discovered to be in flames ; and , before assistance could be obtained , it was wholly consumed ; its entire contents , consisting of a large quantity of oats ( thrashed and in sheaves ) , a valuable' machine , and a
quantity of farming implements , being burnt at tbe same time . By the aid of the labourers and others the fire was prevented from ¦ spreading to : the outbuildings and stabling , in which were several valuable live cattle , the whole of which were fortunately saved from destruction . On the . previous evening , shortly after eight o'clock , a , large . stack of wheat , and an oat rick , wera fired on the farm of Mr . J . Williams , at Wycombe-heath , and both were entirely consumed . By the timely arrival of the engines from Wycombe tbe . fire was confined to the two ricks in which it broke out . Had it not been for this circumstance the destruction of several other valuable corn ricks would have been inevitable . It is hoped that a clue , has been obtained to the dastardly perpetrators of these agrarian out-¦
rages .. . . .,. ... , •' . : ¦• : •¦ : ; ... . The Gamk Laws . —Two Men- Shot . —Another serious occurrence took place at Barnsley , on the morning of the 2 ? th ult , arising out of the' Game Laws , on an estate belonging to ¦ the Hight Hon . Lord Wharncliffe , at Carlton . . It appears that a solicitor named Westmorland , residing at Wakefield , preserves the game on this estate , and employs a person named Jeseph Hunter , as a gamekeeper . This man , along with his son and another person , accompanied with a large bull dog * were out watching in a wood called Noreyds , and at three o ' clock a . m ., four persons came into the wood , of whom two ^ ran away on seeing the keeper and his men , and the other two named Moody and Gibson , were seized , when a regular fight took place . After a severe struggle Gibson
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was seized by the flog ) arid Moody extnpateji hinjself from his opponents and was running away , w&en the vounger Hunter shouldered his gun . and struck one of tjjciocki , which missedifire ^ HeUhen firedjthe other barrel at Timothy Moody , and shot him in the thigh , '¦ and ' -. wounded him " severely . On Saturday Jast a person named Cherry , of Barnsley , along wit many , more , were running after the . Badsworth hounds , which had ran through the above wood , and while Cherry and two companions were'in the wood , Joseph Hunter , who was about twenty yards from them , without speaking a word to ; them deliberately shouldered his gun and shot at Cherry ,. arid wounded him in the left arm and side , and the jacket which he had on at the time appears as if -it , had received the whole of the charge of small shot . Our correspondent adds—the police appear to take no notice of the matter . But how would . it have been had a gamekeeper been shot 1—Daily A # tw .
Devon and Exetkr Savings ' Bank . —At the annual meeting of the trustees and managers of this establishment which was held in Exeter last Week , it was stated iri the report that the . actuary of the concern had mixed up his own accounts with , those of the bank , and that practise had continued from 1825 to December , 1849 . In December , 18 i 9 , there was a balance due tathe .. bank of £ 1 , 471 . The committee required that the siim should be immediately paid , which was done , and a detailed statement since 1825 was furnishedi by which the average monthly amount due by the actuary to the bank was £ 1 , 586 . The loss which the bank has sustained is the interest those sums would have produced , if they had been invested with the rest of the capita ] , and tbe committee
suggest that the actuary should be called upon to pay that interest . The report also stated / that , the business of the bank was conducted in the most' admirable manner , and the concern was ; placed upon aa firm a foundation as any establishment of the kind in the kingdom . The report also censured the auditors for having overlooked the irregularities committed by tbe actuary . The report was adopted . The Aylbsduby Savings Bank . — By the Canada , which has arrived at Liverpool on its return voyage from America , information has reached Aylesbury that St rat ton , who robbed the bank of that town of nearly £ 1 , 000 , has landed at New York with his wife and family . The Canada is the vessel in which he sailed from England . Captain
Judkins ,. tbe commander , saw him shortly before he left New . York for England , driiring in a carriage along the Broadway of the city " , apparently in high spirits . Mr . James secretary of the savings bank ( in whose employ Stratton was as his clerk , ) has been defrauded by him of upwards of £ 90 . £ 25 , of which he had received from Mr . Thompson , a client of his employer , which he had embezzled and never accounted for . Stratton is in debt to nearly every respectable tradesman - in the town— drapers , ironmongers ^ phunbers , " watchmakers , ' hairdressers , ' coachmakers , and upholstered , being amongst tbe sufferers . In order to prevent Mr . James | ascertaining the precise amount of his defalcations connected with . the business . of his office , he either took
away with him , or as destroyed , Mr . James ' s cash and disbursement books and other documents . Should he not surrender to his bankruptcy , before Mr . Commissioner Fane , on the 14 th inst . / and this , of course , is not to be expected ) he will be proclaimed to be an outlaw , in the usual course ; and steps , it is conjectured , will be taken to cause his apprehension in America and bring him to England . From his extravagant style of living while he resided in this town , compared * with the amount ' of salary and pecuniary resources , it is not expected that the " purse" he has taken with him to . New York will enable him to lead a life of idleness in the Urite ! 1
States for any length of time . It is supposed thaf there will be a shilling in the pound for his creditors under thebankruptcy . .,. .. ; The Staspield Haix Property . — Since the family of the late Mr . Jermy have left their residence at Stanfield-hail , it has remained tenant ) ess , the gatekeeper being left in charge . On Saturday last , however , two men , named Jermy and Lamer , who have previously put forward claims to the estate , contrived to gain an entrance into thp hall , and retained possession until the police were sent for , but the intruders prudently withdrew before the arrival of the authorities .
Fire at Lobghbohouoh Barracks . —On Sunday night a fire occurred at the above place . The barracks are occupied at present by a troop of the third Dragoon Guards . At the bottom of the barrack yard is a large dung pit , sunk below the surface , affd walled round , to the height of several feet above it . It has been the custom to throw ashes , aa well as manure from the stables , into this pit , and sometime on Sundiiy some hot cinders appear to have been thrown in with a quantity of ashes . These set fire to the manure , and in the course of the evening the attention of an officer was called to it ,
bat he considered there was ho danger . Rear to the dung pit is a stable in which one of the officers ( Lieutenant Croker ; . we believe ) had four horsesthree hunters and a trooper . In the outer wall of the stable is a small aperture to carry off the drainage , and just opposite is a similar aperture to admit it into the dung pit . The flames appear to have spread through these apertures and set fire to the litter in the stable , and on Monday morning the four horses were found suffocated . It is stated that the horses were valued at from £ 300 to £ 400 . The damage done to the building was slight .
The Fatal Affray at the Dorchester Pbotectios Meeting . —At Dorchester , on Monday , Mr . John Brake , of Sydling , the farmer who has been sworn to as the party who struck down and killed the lad , William Allen , in the affray after the Dorchester protection meeting , was summoned to appear before the borough justices , on the charge of having caused the death of the boy . The-boy ' s father was not attended by a legal gentleman , as on a former occasion , and it is said that he sought the services of nearly all the attorneys in tho town in vain . Mr . Manfield attended for the accused , Two of the witnesses who were examined before the coroner—viz ., Sergeant Fitzsimons and J . Tincent , and two additional witnesses—viz ., T . Hardy , and I . '
Hodges , a little deaf and dumb boy ; were called by the father , and they distinctly and firmly swore to Brake being the party who knocked down the boy . Hardy said he saw him knock the lad down as they knock down a cow , and the little dumb boy , who was exaniined through his brother ( acting as an interpreter ) said he was standing near ' to the deceased when he was struck down . On being asked to look round the court to identify the man ( Brake having just been withdrawn by his solicitor ) he replied he was not present . In the midst of « js examination Brake returned , and some time afterwards on his being a »; ain desired to point out tho party , he went over and laid his hand on Mr . Brake . The witnesses were subjected to a severe cross-examination ^
which * produced some discrepances as to tne position of the parties at the time the blow was struck , and also as to the dress worn by the party who struck the blow—some describing the coat' as dark , others as light , though they agreed that it was not a black one , and was an over-coat . After an examination which lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon , the magistrates decided on sending the case to the assizes , but admitted , Mr . Brake to bail . Ptraourn . —On Tuesday morning , at a quarter after nine o'clock , a very serious accident occurred at the Plymouth station of the South Devon Railway , The goods train due about half-past eight
o ' clock , being very heavily laden , was about halt an hour afterits time . On approaching the static * the guards found it impossible , owing to the slippery stateof the rails , to stop the train , it rushed impetuously into the station ' , and the engine went through the wall and partition-work at tbe west end . The engine fireman , James Bolt , is dangerously cut about the head J the" driver , Tunstall , seeing the danger , jumped ' off ,. and ran along the platform . The engine , ' the Corsair , a new one , lately purchased by the company at a cost of nearly £ 4 , 000 , is very much shattered . The accident will cause no interruption to the traffic of the liner' .
Port of Folkestone . —The import business of this newly appointed' port' has so iniieh increased since the privilege was accorded to it of importing silks and other valuable goods from th ' e Continent , that it has been found requisite to strengthen the corps of the revenue' department from the headquarters in London , in order to meot the requirements of the public service , and afford the requisite accommodation and despatch to tnido . ' ¦ ¦ . JUWV ^^^^^ Si ^^^^^ w .,, ^^^^^^ _ <
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JEWIflilTJ . ¦ ' The early sowing of potatoes is now carried on to such an extent , and such general preparations for the planting of-that crop are in progress throughout the country , that apprehensions are already felt for the consequences , should another , blight unfortunately occur . Ouce more the fato of Ireland will be risked on the potato-. ; ... ; ; , : ;; . ¦ - Sixty ^ five casas of cholera have been ; reported in the Cahiroiveen ; union , thirty . ; of theso having proved fatal .: Tho appearance : of the epidemic in Valentia is also reported .: ¦ ¦; ' ,, ,. ¦ i- .- . . - - , rA wretched-looking woman named' Bridgett Mann has : been sentenced : to death ; at tU ' ellosoomr mon Assizes ,-for the murder of hW' > newly-uQrn child . .:.. . ' . . '• *
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/ At the Trim Assizes a man named Charles Coyle has been found guilty of the murder of a woman named Catherine G ; iffney , and sentenced to death . Deaths from Starvation . —Deaths from'destitution are still of everyday occurrences in Ireland , and the details which are elicited at the inquests on those occasions reveal a fearful amount of suffering and privation amongst the peasantry . At an inquest held on the body of a labourer , named Patrick Cane , at the slate quarries in Tipperary , last week , it appeared that tbe poor man had been seeking for work to the last ; that lie was . returning home in the evening when he fell from exhaustion , and expired on the spot . His wife deposed that for several days
their food consisted of a few' turnip ? , gratuitously given by the neighbours , with a little Indian meal mixed in water . They had often only a meal a day of such food . It was with great reluctance she ac ? knowledged the destitute manner in which she and her husband lived , and she said she would not tell it but for being on her oath . Another inquest _ of tho same kind ia reported along with the preceding onein theiVenoffft-Guardian . ?' Thehouse in which the body lay , " says that journal in describing the second case , " was almost roofless , one end of it being . dilapidated . There was no appearance of fire , food , or covering in it . Although the ' deceased was only twenty-three years of age , yet from her palid appearance , and the hueless and fleshtess state , or her body , she appeared ; to be as old as ¦
sixty . " , „ . ' An attempt was made laJ | r » eek to dislodge the poor people who , since tho famouB wholesale eviction at Toomavara , have been seeking shelter in earth hovels about the ruins of that village .: The land bailiff of the Bev . Massy Dawson , the landlord , was assisted by thirty men on the occasion , and they went to work levelling . The Incumbered Estates Commission have , at length ' , encountered a difficulty -which obliges them to have recourse to a court of law . It occiirsin the construction of a will in the matter . of the estate of Charles Denrochp Purcell , and Baron Richardfl i the ' chief commissioner , announced on Saturday last that a case should he prepared for the opinion !
of acourt of law , at the same time that they ( the commisioners ) might feel ¦ it their duty to act independently of that opinion . : : Tenant-Right Movement in Ulster . —In general , the proceedings of tho tenant farmers in the northern province have been characterised by modoration , whilst the claim of tenant-right , founded upon long usage and the custom of the country , has been advocated with the utmost zeal and . energy . The exceptions , when violent and inflammatory appeals were uttered , have been comparatively fow . A Scene is Court .--Thb Judoe at Fault . — Judge Moore opened the commission at Carrick-on-Shannon- on Friday . His Lordship , in addressing the grand jury , said it was unnecessary for him to
give any direction upon the duties they had to discharge , for seldom , perhaps , in any county in Ire Jand did a calendar disclose a less amount of crime , both as to its quantity and quality , than the one now before him . The number of cases was small ,, and ; with one exception , the equality of the offences were such as would necessarily exist in any county , however peaceable and well-disposed . He hoped that the state of the calendar presented not only an improvement in the moral condition of the inhabitants , but that it afforded a proof the county itself was in a state of prosperity . —Lord Clements and three or four of the grand jurors here said "No , no . "—Judge Moore regretted that such was not tho case , and that the country was not improving in tbe absence
of crime . —Lord Clements stated the calendar did not contain upon the face " the amount of crime that was committed in their county . Upon it should appear a list of servants of the government who had plundered them , The county was in the position of one that had fallen amongst thieves j they were plundered by those officers , who behaved in a manner highly reprehensible . The grand jury were highly indignant at the conduct tbo government had shown towards . them . —Judge Moore interrupted his lordship , and said : My Lord Clements , I have nothing to do . with that . If there was any impropriety or misconduct on the part of any public
officer , you must take the proper steps to remedy it . —Mr . M'Ternan -Lord Clements alluded to the paid guardians , my lovd . ( Laughter . )—The matter here dropped . Emigration to Buenos Ayres . —The . Irish Poor Law Commissioners recommend Buenos Ayres as a field for emigration from Ireland , the price of labour being excessive , and an especial demand for that work which the Irishman is peculiarly adapted to supply , such as hedging , ditching , and other agricultural work , cattle keeping , farming , and the driving of flocks from district to district . A clerical preferment has become vacant by the death of the Very Rev . the Dean of Leighlin , which took place on Saturday last . ¦
State of Crime . —There is this remarkable feature in the assize intelligence , that the bulk of the cases for trial in most of the counties are connected with the distress and disorganisation resulting from the famine . In the south , crimes of an agrarian character , which , in former years , used to render the circuits so protracted , and send many unhappy wretches to the g ibbet or to a : penal colony , are now comparatively rare , whilst highway robberies and plunder of-provisions contribute to swell the calendars . Even in Tipperary the murder cases are few , whilst there are upwards of one hundred persons charged with larceny , in the majority of instances superinduced by the distress prevailing in the country . The most serious cases tried at the assizes of Clare were those of some females convicted of setting fire to houses ; and it appeared
, hat they adopted this mode of qualifying themselves for a prison , after they had vainly endeavoured to obtain admission to the workhouses . Last week , the Sub-sheriff of the Queen ' s County , accompanied by a body of police , under Robert C . Reade , Esq ., S . I ,, of Abbeyleix , took possession under an habere ot the " Grennan " house and domain belonging to the Earl of Orkney , which had been deserted by the late tenant , Mr . Junior .. The house had been previously occupied illegally , and it is . stated that there were nearly £ 000 rent due on it , Lesides poors ' rate and county cess . ! ' The Queen ' s Colleges . —The Right Rev . Dr . Murphy , Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross , has issued an address to the clergy of the diocese , in which he " echoes the emphatic pronouncement of the highest authority in the Catholic Church , that the Queen ' s Colleges in Ireland are dangerous to faith and morals . "
The Repeat , Association . —The Association met on Monday at Conciliation Hall , Alderman Moran in the chair . A petition to parliament praying that the grant to the public hospitals in the city should not be withdrawn was adopted . Mr . O'Connell gave notice of motion to prepare a petition praying that the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland should not be abolished . He next referred to the debate in the House of Commons relative to the franchise , and stated thai the bill destroyed tho franchise of occupation , in which the popular strength lay . The rent was £ 1114 s . 3 d .
Thb Chahgi ; aoaisst Mr . Kenealt . —Mr . Kenealy , the barrister , who has been committed for trial , on a charge of cruelty to his child , has , addressed a letter to the : Cork Examiner , in which he ascribes the interference of the law ' in his case to a conspiracy Wl thopart of the "Whigs . He says , "My defence of the Irish repealers in 1848 still rankles in the hearts of those parties ; iny recent exposures of Lord Clarendon and the Whigs in Cork , have filled their cup of bitterness to the brim , and they are now spilling some of their venom upon me , taking advantage of an accident trivial in itself , and which might have happened to the best and wisest mini on earth . "
REPUDIATION . . The subjoined resolutions , drawn up by Mr . D . J . Wilson , of Belvoir , have been received and adopted by a majority of the grand jury of tho county of Clare , now assembled for the despatch of business at the Spring Assizes : — "We , the grand jury of the county of Clare , assembled at the Spring Assizes , 1850 ,, feel compelled to enter our solemn protest against tbe expressions of approbation and gratitude conveyed by somaof the Irish members to the Premier on the occasion
of . his ' sperch relating to the state of Ireland , and his intentionsSyith " regard to government advances . " 1 . Because we consider tbe statement reported to hare been made by him , that our deplorable situation is attributable to . successive years of famine , and not to legislation , is not correct . Providence inflicted a blow upon us under which we reeled—legislation , framed with the express intention of relieving us , was of so mischievous a nature as nearly to lay us prostrate ; each day are our resources' being diminished ; oach day are our liabilities being increased . ' . .
" 2 . Because the statement that whilo one in fifteen was receiving relief off the poor-rates in Eng land ' , only one in twenty-seven was . receiving in Ireland , Trns nibst disingenuous , and calculated to mislead—first ,, in referenco to the immense disproportion of proporty . available to the support of tho' poor in England . as compared with that of Ireland npplieablo to the same purposo ; secondly , as taking an average of the' four provinces of Ireland , when-it was an indisputable fact that the urcut distress was confined to the soutbV and west . In many of these districts tho proportion ; receiving was as one to four , taking the census of 1 S 41 , even though , in the opinion of the niost practical men , ' that census has in several cases been reduced at oast one-fifth . ' .. - . ¦ . ¦ .
" 3 . Wo protest against what we , have ever denounced as a , most unjust demand arising ; out of the Labour Rate Act—a measure which tended to demoralise tho people , throw ouv land out of cultivation , render many of our , highways up to this hour impassable—of the expenditure of which no aocount . has been rendered , being blended with debts whicli woadmit to be fairl y and justly due , in order to the enforcing of . the ; payment of , the i ^ gor un juat demand , b y coupling it witU , tho smaUer , which , we
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ABINGDON . Unauthorised Gamekeepers . —William "Woodi , 23 , and Thomas Beasley , 29 ^ wei' 6 indicted for night poaching at Remenham , and with having assaulted Thomas Penn and Thomas Neville . —It appeared in evidence that W . P . Freemapi Esq ; , of Remenham House , had let the right of shooting in certain woods and over certain Jand in that parish to a Mr . Jackson , and that Penn and Neville were employed by the latter gentleman as gamekeepers . ' Boon after three o ' clock , on the morning of the 3 rd of November , the keepers heard the report of-a ' , ' . gun in Remenham-pnrk wood , and as they went in that direction they saw the two prisoners JEome out of the wood . Neville inauired what they had been about ,
and took : hold of . Beasley , but finding ho had no fame , he let him go , and then seizea Woods who ad gat a pheasant in his pocket . Immediately on his collaring him ,. Woods drew a knife from his pocket , and pointed it at him , upon seeing which Penn struck him across the arm with a large and heavy stick . Beasley now seized the gun by the barrel , and aimed a blow with the butt end at Penn , but Neville ran in at the moment , and putting up a stick warded it off . A scuffle took place , which resulted , in Neville being struck to the , ground and rendered insensible for several minutes , the injuries altogether being rather severed—The learned counsel for tho prisoners cross-examined the
witnesses , and it was shown that there was a public path through the wood , and that the prisoners were standing ; in it when Penn went up and caught Beasley by the collar , and that they had no deputation from the lord of the manor . —Mr . Baron Platt said , aB the witnesses had no ' deputation from the lord of the manor to exercise the rights of gamekeepers , they acted illegally in making an attack on the two prisoners ,, and the case was not one coming within the meaning of tho act of parliament . The blows given by the prisoners were only , those that would naturally arise'in self-defence when a per * son was attacked on a public road The jury concurred in his lordship ' s view , and the twe prisoners were acquitted .
.. ; ;; .. : ; NEWCASTLE . Poacdiso . —George Richardson , 23 , and Thomas Orange , 36 , were charged wiih having on the 24 th December' ( with other persons ) entered upon a certain enclosed land for the purpose of taking game , armed with a gun . —Mr . Matthews stated tho case . The property on which the aflray took place was that of Addison Baker Cresswell , who was lord of the manor of Lilburn . John Smith , his gamekeeper , and two assistants , heard the report of guns , and 8 aw four men , two of whom were the prisoners at the bar . Three of the men had guns , and the fourth had a stick . On the watchers approaching them the men bid them stand back , and among other
things said , ' * Stand back , or we vrill make your wives widows ; " the men , at the same time placing their guns to their shoulders . They , however , did not fire , but retreated a short distance . The keepers followed , upon which Richardson levelled his gun at Smith , but it missed fire . One of the men , who had escaped , then fired at Smith , who was so near that his facowaa blackened , his eyes bloodshot , and part of his cap taken off . The men then ran away , out eventually the two at tno bar were captured , but not before Orange had discharged his gun in the scuffle which ensued . —The prisoners were found " Guilty , " and sentenced to ten years' transportation .
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE . —NICHOLSON V TURNBULL AND WIFE . This was an action for breach of promiso of marriage , brought by Mr . James Nicholson , of Newcastle , against Mrs ; Mary Turnbul ] , of Whitby , her husband being joined for conformity . The defendants pleaded the general issue . —Mr . Granger , Q . C ., and Mr . Udall conducted the plaintiff's case , and Mr . Serjeant Wilkins appeared for the defendants . —Mr . Udall ( in the absence ot Mr . Granger ) stated , that the plaintiff was a respectable tradesman at Newcastle , carrying on business as an organ builder . In 1848 he became acquainted with the wife of the present defendant , then a Miss Parkin , who was the daughter of a respectable
tradesman living at Etherby , near Bishop ' s Auckland , who had amassed a respectable property . The plaintiff was about thirty years of age , and the lady about twentyrtwo , there being no great disparity of age between them . The lady was an orphan , and possessed of her late father ' s property in her own right . The result of the intimacy between them was , that the plaintiff proposed to marry her , and was accepted , and letters had passed between the parties showing that the marriage was on the eve of takiag place , when Mis 3 Parkin suddenly broke off the match and ' maiTied Mr . Tuinbull , the present defendant , who is a master mariner at Whitby . ¦ In consequence of his engagement to marry Miss Parkin , the plaintiff had incurred considerable expense in taking a large house in Newcastle , and furnishing it for his intended wjfe , and had purchaseed the license for their marriage . When the match was broken off by Miss Parkin the
plaintiff could scarcely believe it , and went over to Etherby to see her , and there ho satr her and Captain Turnbull , and was assured of the fact and told that he would bo paid the expenses he had been put to . ( Laughter . ) Thus he had not only been tricked out of his -wife , but-was coolly told to send in his bill afterwards . ( Laughter . ) On his return to Newcastle he instructed his attorney to take proceedings for the breach of promise , to recover compensation for the injury to his feelings , and to the expenses to which ' he had been put in anticipation of the marriage . To avoid bringing the matter into court , his attorney had proposed a reference to arbitrators , in order to come to an amicable adjustment as to the plaintiff ' s claims . ( Laughter . ) That ,: however , had been refused , and Captain Turnbull had written the following letter to the plaintiff : — . . Etherby , April 21 , 1819 .
. Snt , —In consequence of not having beard from you , lam desired b y Miss Parkin to write to you , requesting to Know the nature arid amount of your claim for expenses-which you have incurred on her account , as she is -wishful to reimburse you as soon as she knows what are the expenses you have been at on her account . ^ : Yours respectfully , Mr . Nicholson . . ' Thomas TdbnbOII .. ( Loud iauglter . ) The plaintiff had been put to considerable expense , and it was for the jury to say what damages they would award him on that account , for the injury done , him , and for the loss of ah advantageous marriage . He callecl Mr . Hexrt Brotherion , of Bishop ' s Auckland , who stated that he knew Mrs . Turnbull ,
formerly Miss Parkin , and Mr . James Nicholson , the plaintiff . In the early part of J 84 S lie saw the plaintiff at Miss Parkin's father ' s . She was an only child , and her father was ! a man of property . The plaintiff was an organ builder . An intimacy sprang up between the plaintiff and Miss Parkin . He had heard Miss Parkin frequently say she was going to be married to Mr . Nicholson . In 1849 he heard her say she would make a waistcoat for Mr . Nicholson , and she wanted witness to , get studs for . the waistcoatv He believed the letters put in were in Mrs . TurnbuH ' s handwriting . Last Easter he got a license from the plaintiff for the plaintiff and Miss Parkin to be married , which he gave to Miss Parkin —Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Wilkins : I am a grocer . _ Do you deal in other , ' sweets besides groceries?—Yes , music . ( Laughter . ) He taught music . Did not recommend his friend to nis pupils . The plaintiff -was about thirty years of
ago . The defendant ( Miss . Parkin ) was then about twenty . The plaintiff was a . widower . He had three , children wlien the acquaintance was first commenced . Mr . Turnbull was a little in the way of seafaring , He was a printer . —Mr . Baron Alderson : I thought you said he was a seafaring man ? —Witness : Yes . —His Lordship : Oh ! you meant the letter C —( Laughter . )—Witness : Ho went to sea sometimes with his uncle , who was master of a ship . tut be was a printer . —His Lordship : I suppose he was at sea when the plaiutiff ' s courtship began . —( Laughter . )—Witness : Did not first tell Mr . Nicholson of this young lady . Did not tell him there was a nice sugar-sop at . his house for him . ( Laughter . ) The plaintiff first saw Miss Parkin as she was taking a lesson in music from him ( witncss . y . . ... .
Miss Jane Jackson , the cousin of Mrs . Turnhull , proved Mrs . Turn bull ' s marriage ! ¦• The letter put in was iu Mr . TurnbuH ' s handwriting . —Cross-examined : Mr . Turnbull had courted her cousin three years ago . The defendant ( Mr . Turnbull ) was about twenty-eight years of age . , Several letters having beeen put in and read , which caused much merriment in court , Mr . Serjeant Wilkins thenaddressed the jury for the defendants : Ilis . learned friend said that this was his case . Certainly . he could boast of the most extraordinary case ever presented to a jury , look at it from whatever point they might . They had had letters put in to convince them of the amount of affection which Miss . Parkin had felt for the plaintiff ; but when they compared the affection in them with the studs , with the buttons , and the waistcoats , it bore as much proportion to them as
Falstaff ' s bit of bread with his vast quantity of sack . In the first place , what did they think of ' a manone of their , own sex—placing , himself in such a position , ? . One could imagine n poor , lone , unprotected woman , not h : \ vhig . lbhe privilege of . our sex of wandering from flower to flower , seeking compensation from the man who betrayed her , and on whom sheOiiad placed her affection ; but on vrhat ground did the plaintiff seek for . damages ? Was his heartbroken ? . -He never heard but of one man who brokp his , heart , and he was the blnoksmith whom Sain Slick described . A Yankee and an English blacksmith competed together which could lift an anvil in a blacksmith ' s shop ; tho English- , man could nor stirit ; tho Yankee did lift it , but said . that it broko his . heart , ] for . he , never went to work , afterwards with . o . ut . ¦ a pain „ hi his back . ( Lau ghter ; ) But his Mend Mr . Udall , in his . zeal for his ' clierit . had let out ' the Veal truth ,: tor ho tind
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told them it was a serious ' grievance to the nlainti to be deprived of this young JadyV property-rwi person he , did . net care twopence for . Shn ' miSf five with'Mr : Turnbull as long as ahelived ' - bR was her property he , complained about . Lord h it-would set him up in his organ bnildW' / t / T j laughter . ) , How it : would set him up in h ' ia u and how it would , gild his , organs . ( CoutiniiL laughter . ) One might imagine the sortof arrant ment that had been come to between Mr Broth " tori and the plaintiff , and conceive the latter e ^ tu ' man asking the plaintiff , when he saw Miss iCZ
at his house "What do you think of Ci " Plaintiff- " She is a nice girl . " Mr . BrotheS , "Ah , she is ; her father is an industrious tauoT and has saved a bit of money ; why don ' t vou qfiiv up to her ? " Plaintiff- " Oh ! what chaff hS I ? " Mr .. Brothcrton-Oh ! leave that to m " And accordingly they did stick to her ; for in one of the letters read the poor girl said , » Mr . and Mrs Brothertondo teazemeso ; " and it appeared thaf in consequence . of some auch arrangement , Mr Brotherton and his wife were constantly teazmr ami tormenting her . If ever letters showed little affect In on a woman ' s part these did . But when the enBZ T'Vw *? " ?! . ¦ B " ° ifc was ' wa 3 bn * M » off . the plaintiff said the matter was to be referred In th ! name of all that was amorous , who was to be thl referee ? ( Laughter . ) What powers was ho ?! have ? What documents was he to inspect ? And after all , was his award to be made a rule of court i ( Laughter . ) . . uu
laughterTSmi >' " ° C 0 Urting ' brother ( Continued Mr . Serjeant Wilkiks : How anv man nearly fortv years of age , as this man must be , " for he had cot a child nearly seven years old- ( shouts of laughter ) - he was not so far wrong ; kt any rate fe wa £ middle-aged man-how any such men . could bring such an action as this into court he could not con . ceive . This middle-aged man met with a girl between nineteen and twenty , without father or mother , and with no one to direct her , and he and Mr . Brotherton contrived between them to cheat and jilt poor Turnbull . Did they not think tw
what had happened to the plaintiff was to quote tha Welch verdict— " It sarved him right ? " Did they not think that when a man tried to jilt another in bis absence , and to cause a giri to break her faith h 6 was rightly served in being treated as the plaintiff had been ? And did they not think that Turnbull had done more than he was called on to do in offering to pay any expenses this man had been put to when he married Miss Parkin ? She had not sent for the license : it was the plaintiff who had sent the license unbjdden to her Tha plaintiff first of all poaches behind the defendant ' s back : Mr , Turnbull comes home , and turns the poacher out of his grounds . Then as to the ring sent . She complained it was too large ; as they say in the Scottish song : —¦
How my auld shoon fitted her shaucledfeet ! It was suggested to him that this was very likel y the ring of bis other wife . ( Laughter . ) Then , as to his loss of her affections , he never beard such expressions of coldness in such :. a correspondence before . In one of the letters Miss Parkin spoke of making him a waistcoat—a strait one would have beem the fittest one . . ( A . laugh . ) .. Then she wrote , "You had better not come on Saturday ; it would be quite as comfortable for me one way aa another , " and signed "Yours , aff ., M . Parkin . " ( Laughter . ) "Don't come . Keep away . I don't want your company . Mr . BrowD , you are unpleasant . " ( Loud laughter . ) She was constantly unrinp this nlea . whilst she was being teazed bv the
Brothertons . There was n mixture in Yorkshire of treacle and flour called " parkin . " He must say there was very little of the treacle in this Parkin . Did ever any one read such love letters ? They reminded him of a scene very graphically described to him at Manchester by a gentleman , which had occurred between his maid and the man servant . They met and they did not speak one to another . At last one said to the other , "Aye , Nanny , I do love thee ; and if I talked oil day till dark night , I could not tell thee any more , though I feel a deal more . " ( Laughter . ) She said she was as anxious to be settled as he could be—not to fly to his arms and to his conjugal embraces ; but she compJamed that she was teazed and tormented by Mr . Brotherton . All this showed an absence of affection for the
plaintiff , and she had married the defendant , her old lover , who was more suited to her taste and age than the plaintiff : — Old men beware , If you marry young wives they will make you remember , They'll bring you to trouble and care , Like poor old Mr . December . What expenses had the plaintiff been at on her ac « count ? He had persuaded her to let him get the license , and he had sent her his former wife ' s cast-off ring . He hoped they would give the plaintiff a new farthing . True affection was not to be settled by a- reference ; the attempt to submit it to one covered this case with that contempt which legitimately belonged to it . Let them give the plaintiff a farthing , as they could not deny that the promise was made , and let them not encourage actions of this kind , which were disgraceful to
our sex . His Lobdsihp said to the jury that there was no doubt that the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict , and they must give him , under all the circumstanof the case , as much as they thought he was entitled to . The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages , one farthing .
DURHAM . Cutting and Wounding . —Francis Smith , Michael Cheetbam , Daniel Gill , Richard Hall , James Manderell , and William Hobnrt , were charged with cutting and wounding . John Zachariah Conncll , wits . intent to do him grievous bodily harm . —Mr . Matthews and Mr . Bigge prosecuted , Mr . Otter defended the prisoners . It appeared that the prisoners ¦ were in tbe employ of the Dcrwent Iron Company , and the prosecutor was superintendent of a body w police employed by that company , under the pron * sions contained in the 1 st and 2 nd William 1 >' ., cbap . 41 . In the autumn of last year a spirit of disaffection prevailing in the mining districts , " Strikes" took place in the various mines , and
amongst others at the pits of the Derwent Company , and the bound miners ceased to work ; tne company , therefore , took out a warrant for the apprehension Of the prisoner Francis Smith , who was one of their bound workmen , for refusing to work , he being a delegate and ringleader . The warrant was placed in the hands of the prosecutor Connell , who , haying procured the assistance of Sergeant Baxter , of the Durham constabulary force , proceeded to Redwells Hills , where they learnt that Smith would arrive about six o ' clock , by theeoacli from Newcastle , and upon his arrival took him into custody , and having placedhim in a gig , drove On to the nearest magistrate . At the fame tune a meeting of workmen was being held at Lcadgate ,
who , being informed of the arrest of Smith , ranl'n number about 200 ) and intercepted the gig . Sonie one cried out , " la that thou , Frank ? " and Smit " answered , " Yes , they have taken me with ai * rant ; " upon which the mob said , " Thou shalt not go ! " The horse and gig were then immediately seized , and the officer Baxter knocked out of » Conncll was then struck with a large stone : afltt Smith , who had got out of the gig , came hack ano aimed a blow at his forehead , which knocked n » cap off . Cheetham then struck Connell on the head , which cut him to the bone , and caused H" ? to bleed very copiously . The other prisoners toos . an active part in the violence which was otterca . Cheetham and Gill cried out several times , » D A
are you not getting him down ! Kill the b-r--Connell was rendered insensible for a shm't tiroii but soon came to himself again , and on doing - " » heard some of the men who were going on exclaim «• xhe b is not dead yet . "—Mr . Otter addres eu the jury for the prisoners , contending that , t » oufc it was true an assault had been conimitted by t « prisoners , the grave charge of cutting and woun * ing , with the intent laid in the indictment , c < n >' not be sustained . —His Lordship baying summed uF < the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —His Low * ship then sentenced Smith to be imprisoned s * months ; Cheethanii four months ; Gill and J | " ' six months : Madderell , four months ; and IIo u ari 1 seven months .
OXFORD . Robbing Colleob-Rooms . —Lewis Treherne tf >» acquitted of the charge of stealing a watch ana W belonging to Mr . Hamilton , of Merton College . " ^ was convicted of stealing a watch , seal , M from the rooms of Mr . Craven , of Lincol n c ° = J and ordered to be imprisoned and kep t to w labour for six calendai * month * . 0 Observance of thk Lobd ' s Day . — The <> iuy ' ^ of any interest tried this Cay was a special jurj <¦ •' Bai'ton v . Bvieknell . This was . an action tor 1 pass brought by Robert Barton , shop-kecF > 8 Ensham , Oxfordshire ,. against the Rev . »• . ^ Bricknell , vicar of that parish . Tho Tacts oi case ^ Yere these :-In ffovemaci -iSiS the deft * J issued a summons on tho information 01 i " _ , j t i .... nnneinMn n ( ininsf . nkintin for haVlOR ° " i
a pennyworth of fruit on . a Sunday to a boy i *" Aslifield . The proceedings were taken uiulei . act of Charles II ., for the better observance ot' ' Lord ' s day . Tho case was tried before the rev . " fendant himself , at . an inn in Ensham , asd tl' ° P ' t tiff was fined 5 s . with costs—the fine and costs » ^ being paid / , a distress warrant was executed ^ plaintiff's goods . Plaintiff took the ease by wv » k ¦ certwrari into , the Court of Queen ' s . Bench ,, «» , quashed the conviction , and tho present action { f < brought in consequence . —Tho jury gave a ^ i for the plaintiff , £ 24 odd , assessing the dafflflg " ' j sum which covered the oxpenses of 'the ui - warrant and proceedings before the mag * "' jia the . first instance , as , also the expense lncun . lhe Qouvt of- . Queou'a Bench , with one mm for ., damages . . >
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, scotiaiRfc , ' ' ¦ Suicide of a Military Officer" in Paisley . —It is our painful duty to record the death of Lieut . Noble , of her Majesty ' s 27 th re giment of foot , by his own act , which sad event took place in the Paisley Barracks , last week . He left the house . of a gentleman in town about eleven o ' clock , apparently in his usual health' and' spirits , and , was next morning found suspended from the stair-rail in his quarters , by his own s ' ashl The cause . of his committing this rash act is not known , but is supposed to havo been the result of temporary insanity . His remains were interred on Friday , the 1 st inst ., in the Abbey Churchyard , with lull . military honours . —North Rritisk Mail . •¦
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