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The Health of Losdo . v . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 794—a number which shows that the diminished rate of mortality continues , and which , taking the corresponding weeks of ten previous years , is teas than in the week of any year since 1843 . The average of the ten weeks is 877 , or augmented in the ratio of increased population , 957 , compared with which the decrease of last week amounts to 1 C 3 . The whole number of deaths recorded as caused by the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases is 150 , whereas in the same "week of last year they rose to 393 , and the cor-Meted average of ten corresponding weeks is 227 .
-to take particular epidemics : —small-pox carried off six persons , the half of whom were ehildren ; measles was fatal in 17 cases ; scarlatina in 20 ; hooping-cough in 33 , all of these exhibiting a mortality of less than the usual amount . Typhus of ¦ which 35 persons died , shows the ordinary amount of mortality ; but it is much less fatal than in the same weeks of 1847—9 . On the other hand , diarrhoea continues to increase , as is usual at this period of the year , but its progress is not remarkable ; in the last four weeks the deaths from it , for the most part among chiMrcn , have been 17 , 18 , 33 , and ( last week ) 40 . Theaverageis 27 . A case of English cholera is thus recorded : —On the 4 th of July , at 3 , Pembroke-place , Upper Marsh ,
Lambeth , a boy of seven years , the son of an engineer , died of " English cholera ( 14 hours . ) dropsy ( 9 dajs , ) effusion into the pleura ( 13 hours . " ) Exclusive of consumption , the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs were only 70 , which is Ies 3 than in any corresponding week of 1840—9 , having ranged from 76 to 96 . From consumption there were 121 , whereas they fluctuated in the ten corresponding weeks from 116 to 152 . On the 3 d of July , a greengrocer ' s assistant , aged 18 years , died in St George ' s Hospital , to which he had been brought from Kensington , of " choera ( 9 days . ) softening of spinal chord , " post mortem In the sub-district of Saffron-hill , a skin-dresser , aged 43 . died from "diffuse inflammation of
cellular membrane of chest and neck from the absorption of . some animal poison ( 3 days ) . ' A man and . woman died from intemperance . —The mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 785 inches . The temperature varied little during the week ,. and the mean was 59 . 6 deg ., slightly below the average of the same week in seven years . The ¦ wind blew during the first four days from the south-west , and afterwards generally from the west . MeuxcholtOccursexcb at Baskside . — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at the private residence of Mr . Winter , 8 , Bankside / as to the death of Mr . Richard Winter , aged 21 , son of Mr . Winter , of the firm of Winter and Richirdson , of Banks-tie , wine merchants . —Mr .
J . W . Walton , 28 , Albion-grove , Islington , wine merchant , stated that on Friday he accompanied the deceased and other friends in 3 sailing boat to "Woolwich , where they remained aboBt twenty minutes . They arrived-back at Southwark-bridge by about five o ' clock ; . Deceased was at the head of the bloat , the sails preventing his companions from seeing him , and he was in a moment missed . Drags were procured , and the body was recovered in about thirty minutes , but life was quite extinct . He obnld only suppose that the deceased . had slipped from the head of the boat , the noise of a steamer probably preventing his fall into the water being heard . —Mr . Whittingden , another friend of deceased , concurred in this opinion . —Verdict" Accidentally drowned . "
The Beemondset Mother . —The whole of the affair connected with the Bermondsey murder has been settled by the Treasury . It may be recollected that shortly after the execution of the Mannings , all the property fonud on the convicts and in Scotlasd , and the railway shares , were delivered over to the Crown , to be disposed of . That portion belongino to the murdered man was paid to his relatives , anS the remainder , which was clearly established to he the property of Manning and his wife , was retained until some settlement could be made respecting the expenses of their defence . Mr . Binns , the solicitor for Manning , and Mr . Solomons , the solicitor for his wife , received instructions some time ago to send in their respective accounts , and
last week letters were sent to them , requesting their attendance at the Treasury . On Saturday last those gentlemen had an interview with Mr . llaule , and received payment of their accounts , out much reduced in amount . The French Rentes nave been disposed of , and the other property has been handed over to Manning ' s relatives . Post-office Susoax Labour . —A public meeting was announced to be held on Monday night at the London Tavern , for the purpose of considering the . motion to be made by Mr . Locke , M . P ., in the House of Commons on Tuesday , for at once rescinding the vote which brought about the present postal derangement . Mr . Douglas Gerrold was announced to take the chair , but was from some reason or other unable to attendand MrWilliams
, . , the late , member for Coventry , presided over the meeting , which was so numerous that an adjournment took place to the large room upstairs , which was immediatel y crowded to excess . The Sunday Mstrictionist party mustered in full voice , if not in iull force , and the meeting passed off in uproar The first resolution , " That the closing of the Postoffice on Sunday , for the delivery of letters and newspapers , is arbitrary and unjust , and that this meeting considers such a proceeding opposed to tne wishes and feelings of a large mass of the people , and pledges itself to make every lawful exertion to get the recent order for closing the Postoffice on Sunday immediately rescinded , " was proposed by Mr . Hodgkin , and seconded by Mr . Elt
lo this the following amendment was moved by Mr . Lee , and seconded by Mr . Oakey : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the new postal arran <^ - ments . being the result of a constitutionall y expressed wish of a large and influential portion of the community , ought not to be rescinded until they have had ; a Fair trial . " Mr . R . R . Moore then spoke against the amendment ; and several other gentlemen having also addressed the meeting , amid continued interruptions from one part of the assembly . or another , the original motion was carried by a large majority . The meeting then separated . msarm Accidbs t a Hahhkbshuh . — On Saturday last an accident by which four men have been much injured , occurred on the Great Westernread , near Hammersmith , at a row of houses which are in coarse of erection there . A cornice , consisting of massive pieces of York stone and other materials , projecting two feet in front , fell with a
tremendous crash on the scaffold beneath it , on which were several men at work ; and instantl y carried it down to the ground , a height of nearly fifty feet in a short time four bricklayers were extricated and earned to . a neighbouring surgeon ' s , where instant medual aid was rendered them , bnt their in-J unes were found ^ to be of suca an extensive and dreadfulnature that all except one ( who lived near the spaj ; , and was carried home ) were soon afterwards conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital- On Siih-S day it was found necessary toamputate the arm of one of the sufferers , so extensively was it injured . QracK Passabe . —The Little Western steamer left London-brid ge Wharf on Saturday last at a quarter past ten , and arrived at Ramsgate at a quarter to four . The Prince of Wales , on Sunday leftthebridgeat eight , and after calling at Blackwa ll , Woolwich , and Grave ? end , reached Margate before a quarter past one . This is a specimen of thei passagenow made on the Margate and Ramsgate station . '
RoBBm at Cubist Chdbch , Blackfriabs — Since Sunday last it has been discovered that S ^ rv S ?? tteBkckfriars-road , had been entered by thieves , under somewhat extraordinary effenmstances . On the south-east side of the church there U a small window , only thirteen inches by eleven , acrop -whiea was an iron bar . To reach this window a ladder was placed against the wall and the _ glass having been broken , some person must have squeezed himself through . Fortunately the communionplate was notin the church , and the only article stolen was the velvet covering of the communion table . *
Steam-boat-AcciDrar at Lambbih . —On Wednesday Mr . William . Payne . held an inquest , which lasted Beariy six hours , at the Steel-yard Tavern Upper Thames-street , on the body of Mr . Hawtrev Jan ., son , of the member of the Court of Common Council fer Bread-street ward . The circumstances attending the accident having been detailed by witnesses , , the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " DAEraa Burglar * w the Cot . —It was discovered on Wednesday morning that the premises of Messrs . Muggeridge , Sprague , and Co ., the extensive paper merchants , of Queen-street , Cheap-SLS ^ nte * ^ been burglarious ^ entered , and the several desks forced open ; but , fortunately , although there wag a vast amount of property mtheplaee , very little was carriedoff .
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PiJACE . COKBBKB AT FBAHKK ) ML . tH 1 ! ^ ^ _ Thi 3 meeting is now . definitivel y settled The Gpin « n Senate faasgiven in writing their full authorisation for holding the congress , and in the most courteous manner compliedwith the application made foe their permission .: An . active committee m also formed &e making the arrangements , both for the meetings of the congress and the hotel accommodation of the delegates and . visitors . Some
of the most eminent men in Frankfort , includine a member of the Senate , are on the committee and have engaged to do their utmost to secure efficiency to the congress . From various parts of Germany and the continent adhesions - to the congress have been sent in , and the interest felt in the undertaking is widely . spreading . . The sittings will commence on tne 32 nd ofAugngt , ! and arrangements are mafangto convey the English dfilegateaand naitore from London on the 19 th of that month ; - ' : ¦ * ' -. [¦• - . ¦ - ... - . 1 - ¦ . --.-,. * . - * - ¦ ' .. ¦ '¦• . " ¦ : , -. ' - ¦ ; ¦ . - 'j ¦ , ¦ ;
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Suicide at Bristow — A- suicide occurred at Bristol on Saturday last . A-Prussian ship , called the Borussia , upon her arrivalat that port wa » rummaged by the custom-hous * officers . and a quantity of smuggled tobacco being found m the possession of some members of the crew , they were proceeded against under the custom laws , fined in large penalties aod committed , in default of payment , to pi . This circumstance , together with his being obliged to make a large expenditure for the ship , preyed on the spirits of her commander , Heinriche Lange , a native of Pihwu and threw him into a melancholy state . For four or five days he refused to take any
nourishment , and on Saturday last , having fastened himself into his state-room , he first cut his throat , and then inserted the muzzle of his rifle in the wound , and forcing the trigger wiih his toe , discharged the piece . The noise attracted the attention of some of his crew , who hastened to the spot and found him on the ground in a dying state , and with his person covered with blood . Information of the distressing occurrence was promptly communicated to the Prussian consul , M . Vesgir , aad the police authorities , and an inquest was held on the body . The jury , after examining several witnesses , returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a s ' ate of temporary insanity .
Gas Explosios . —Between two and three o clock on Monday morning , two men , named John and Joseph Maurice , toll-keepers at the Woodford Gate , Essex . John Serror , supposed to be an assistant , John Pollen , a gas-fitter , and Mary Ann Maurice , the toll-keeper ' s wife , together with her infant child , were brought to the London Hospital in a moat woful condition . From the little th ? t can be learned , it appeared that on the previous night , or rather towards the morning , one of the Maurices observed that there was a large escape of gas in the vicinity of the toll-house . He at once sent into the village for Pollen , who . unfortunately , rushed suddenly with a I ' ght to ascertain from what direction the escape
was taking place . Ignition was instantaneous , and an explosion , which was heard for several miles around , ensued . Those in the vicinity hastened to the spot , when it was found that the house was blown up , the roof being completely shattered , and the five persons above named were lying in a most disastrous state in various directions . The poor woman appears to have suffered most , one of her legs being so shattered that it was at first proposed to resort to amputation , but her enfeebled condition prohibited the attempt . All the men appear to have been so severely injured that no detailed account of the affair can begot from them , and it is apprehended that the child is the only one of the party likely to survive . ,
Fatal Accident ok thr Trekt Valley Railway . —On Saturday last an engine driver employed on the Lichfield portion of the . fcb ' ndoh and North Western Railway , lost bis life by coming in contact with one of the arches which crosses the line . De was driving a luggage train near Taraworth , and being apprehensive that something was out of order in the train , he leant over the side of the engine and looked towards the trucks . Unfortunately , while so engaged , the npper part of his body came in contact with the lower portion of one of the bridges , which threw him off the engine on to the same line of rails the train was travelling , and it was supposed the whole of them passed ever him . Both hi& legs at the cnee were nearly severed from the body , his right hand was cut off , and his shoulder dislocated . With all haste he was removed home , and after nearly four hours dreadful agony he died . No blame appears to be attributable to any of the company ' s officers .
Neglecting the Use of the Safkty Lamp — The explosion of fire damp in Messrs . Charlesworth ' s pit , at Crigglestope , near Wakefield , a few weeks ago , has resulted in the death of John Jagger , one of the hurrier ? , aged eighteen years . Deceased was hurrying coal for his brother on the day when the explosion took place , and the brother , when in the workings , had a lighted candle in his hand , which ignited i he gas at a distance , he states , of about two yards from the face of the workings . The deceased was much burnt upon his body , and died on the 6 th inst . The ventilation of the pit is represented to be good ; and the brother of the deceased said Messrs . Charlesworth provided safety lamps for the use of the miners . Mr . Lee , the coroner , held an inquest on the body , when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally burnt . "
Captors , of thb Convict Griffiths . —Intelligence was received at Woolwich on Saturday last that the convict John Griffiths , who had escaped a few days previously from the Dockyard , had been apprehended , and was in custody at Chatham . It appears the high constable there had received information of a burglary being committed at Brompton on the night of Friday , or early on Saturday morning , and observing two well-known characters in the abstracting line in company with a stranger , he had all three taken into custody and searched , and by that means ascertained that Griffiths was an escaped convict from the marks on his stockings . Griffiths remains in custody , and will be tried for robbery an'd assault , the waistcoat of one of the mowers , with whom he had a conflict on the farm of Claypits , in the parish of Lee , being found upon , him wben apprehended .
Fatal Accident . —An accident of the most horrible nature befel a young lad at work in a hay field near the town of Ronisey , Hants , on the 5 th inst . The young man , whose name was Fish , was in the act of descending a ladder from the top of a hayrick with a large fork in his band , and whether he let the fork drop and lost his equilibria it is not kn own , but he was observed to be struggling on the grourd , and was heard to exclaim , "I am staked , I am a dead man . " After about thirty hours of the most excruciating agony death put an end to his pain . A post mortem examination took place , wben it was found the handle of the fork had passed up into the cavity of the abdomen , nntil it reached the diaphragm , when it was stopped by the strong material . The blunt handle of the hayfork had carried away with it a part of the lad ' s trousers , which gave way at the moment of its entrance into his body .
Highwat Robbery . —Four women , named Butterwortb , Ogden , Keenan { alias M'Call ) , and Thompson , au of whom have been previously convicted of felony , and a man named Hampson , who has already undergone a sentence of transportation , were , on Saturday last , and again on Tuesday , placed in the dock at the Borough Court , Manchester , on a charge of highway robbery . The prosecutor was . a man named Samuel Garner , a gardener , living at Sale Moor , who stated that on Saturday morning last , soon after midnight , he arrived in Manchester with a cart , and put up at the Swan Inn , in Shudehill ; and at half-past two in the morning he went to the stables to see that the cart was all right . While , there , he saw seven people coming up the street , four females and three men :
the females were those now in the box ; one Of the men was the male prisoner . The woman Keenan came up to him . is he was standing near the stable , and asked him if he would have something to drink . He refused ; and . almost immediately afterwards ther male prisoner came up and seized him by the throat , and threw him down on his back , and while the other two men held his legs , and three of the women stood by watching , the woman Keenan rifled his pockets of 11 s . 7 d . He tried to shout out during this time , but the male prisoner pressed his thumb into the prosecutor ' s neck , and thus prevented him from making himself heard . ' In this prostrate position he was held for a minute and a half or two minutes ; Keenan then ran away , the other women followed her , and the male prisoner and his companions , having held the prosecutor till the women had got to a distance of forty or fifty yarda , followed their example . Prosecutor , as soon as he could recover himself , ran after the retreating party , and
came up first with the male prisoner ; who threatened to deter him from further pursuit , and finding him determined npon it , again wrestled with and maltreated , him ; the male prisoner , then took a fresh start , and prosecutor kept up the chase , and when in Miller-street , saw one of the women and secured her , and , at this moment , policeman WintersRill came on the scene of action , Joined in the pursuit , and made another of the women prisoners ; and the remainder ( with the exception of two of the men ) were subsequently apprehended by Inspector M'Mullan and other officers . Sub r inspector Lovatt , on searching the place on Saturday morning , at about a onarter-past three , found a purse not above a yard distant from the spot where the last wrestling between Hampson and prosecutor had taken place . It had no money , in it , and prosecutor satisfactorily identified it as his own . Other evidence was given , and the prisoners were all committed for trial at the assizes .
Jmhbrsioij . —On SuudayMr . andMra . Williams of Cornbourne , Goudburst , had come from thence to Talding , to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr . Pryer , farmer , of this place , who is a latter-day saint , or . Plymouth brother . The company were preparing to start for . the river in Northwood * where the business was . to . be transacted , and a Mr Sladf , of GoudhuMt , was the person who was to be immersed , but the ceremony was prevented by a most serious accident .,: Mr . and , Mrs . Williams had concluded to ride down to the river , and . had just got in a cart for that purpose when ; the horse ran back into a very deep pond in Mr . ; Fryer ' s yard , and , horse , cart , and Mr . and Mrs . Williams were quickly out of sight
and under the water .. The persons present , with great presence of mind , threw into the pond a sheep p ** t '«» a _ Mr 8 .- Williams came up ; fint ,, and caught hold or it . and then grasped her husband by one arm , -j ^* - ^ 2 gps ^ . « n « Peite towards the yard , and Mre . Williams and her husband , and thus' both were savedfrm their perilous , . situation ., : The . horse was drowned , and the cart broken to pieces . This is said to be a very dangerous pond .. ¦ Mr . Pryer ' s son met his de » th « 6 reabouttwo year 8 Wce : , " ; A Balloon Ceosskq ihb Chansel : —Lieutenant Gale j m bis , Cferaorae balloon , amended from Shorehanvon Mpnaayerening , Ma course' being south eas . *« ^^ . " ^ 9 wtaa . lws ¦¦ blowln g mdaei » itely . al 6 nt : the land , but shortl y afterwards : itjew ' round toi the
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northward , when thebalkxm took hnr course across the ohranBfci'l'he ^ ntrepid ^ Beachey Head at , the close of the , evening , and dark * ness succeeding , he imagined . that he was proceeding up channel ! For upwards of three hours the greatest anxiety waVfelt by Lieut ' . ^ Gale , ' as to hiii . whereabouts , till he observed alight . . He immediately allowed sufficient gas to ; escape to decrease his , elevar tion , when he threw out his grapnell . ; One hoiir . and a half more elapsed ' and yet nothing could be . per ? cei 7 ed to indicate his approach to land . tiil ' the grapnel ! caught something , which ' . proved to . he a rook , adjacent to the sea shore , about six miles from
Dieppe . Mr . Gale succeeded in securing his balloon . It was midnight when Mr . Gale reached a hamlet , arid having partaken ol" the hospitality of the hostess , by a hearty drink of water , she very kindly called for assistance , and handed hint over to the gendarmes ! as from his explaining his , forlorn condition in very questionable trench , they mistook . him for another Boulogne invader . He was conveyed to Dieppe to the British consul , where he was immediately released , although the surveillance was , continued » p to the time of his leaving , , which-did not take place till Wednesday . morning , at nine , o ' clock , in the Magician steamer ^ ' Mr . Gale could not get hia balloon given up to him . .
Sieambr Blown Up . -- Plymouth ; Wednesday , July 10 th . —This morning , at a little before seven o ' clock , the Queen steamer , of about seventy tons burden , Captain Williams , blew up , when ' lying ; otf Jforth-cornersteps , Hamaoze . . The engineer , William Mitchel , who keeps a tavern at Calstobk , and is the principal owner , was -. in charge <^ t the time gtandiagon the lai'board paddle-box , whence ' he was blown with part of the ship into the sea . The steamer was preparing for an excursion up tho river Tamer , and the steam was got up about five o ' clock . At the time of the accident , the only , person below was a man named Lane , ' recently . employed in place of his brother , . one of : the stokers ; he was in the engine-room , and was carried away , with the wreck . The afterrend : of , the ' boiler is blown completely outtaking with it . the after-deck
, and cabin , companion , seats , aud all ; indeed ,, the stern part is shelled , there being nothing but the ceiling of the hull to be seen .. ' Six persons were on board ; Lane . is missing , Mitchell , the . engineer , seriously scalded ; James Smith , stoker , leg broken ; a fourth man injured , and two escaped without hurt . The steamer was taking a turn a head at the time ; the valve was two inches irom the extreme . The Queen was engaged for the "day by tliefrustees of the Princess-street Independent Chapel , ' < Devonpoi't , and ; no doubt a very large number of persons would have been on hoard ; had the accident occurred a few hours later the loss of life would have'been frightful to contemplate . The over-crowding of the steamers on the river Tamar is deserving the attention of government . ¦ - ¦ -i ¦ : : ¦ : • ¦ ¦; . ¦ . < . ¦
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Jmaito . ; Serious Riotinq , ik . Newry . —The NewryExaminer gives thfe following version , of / a disgraceful not . between some c ' oldiers of the Second ( Queen ' s Royals ) and the civilians , in which the former appeared to have been the aggressors . —• ' On Wednesday and Thursday night Sugar Island was the scene of violent fighting bet * een the soldiers of the Second regiment of infantry and a number of respectablo civilians . The soldiers on the former night began thebattle by knocking down a man named Cowan . This was followed by an assault on a young man named Walker , whose collar bone was badlv ' fnu > tnr * A
by the soldiers leaping on him . Mr . John Hancock was knocked downj and several other inhabitants were severely injured :. The soldiers , on the other hand , did not escape with impunit y . On Thursday night the attack on the soldiers was , evidently premeditated . Two of them began , without any provocation , on a man on Sugar Island bridge—and a whistle being given as a signal , immediately large bodies of soldiers came from various quarters , and taking off their cross-belts commenced beating every person in their way . "Several civilians were badly hurt ; Mr . E , J . Browne received two severe blows on the head , and Major Waring was struck by some soldiers with their belts . The picktt instead of doing
their duty aided their comrades . At last , the arrival of strong parties of police and military put an end to the disgraceful scene . " Abolition op thb Vicbboyaltt . —Mr . Robert Canei ex-mayor of Kilkenny , and one of the most respectable men connected , with the late " Confederation , " bad addressed a temperate letter to the Duke of Wellington , remoDStifatingligainat the . al lusionmade to him in the course of that memorable speech of his Graoe which has had the effect of changing ' the Ministerial mind upon the policy of abolishing the office of'Lord-Lieutenant , although fortified by a majority of 255 votes in the House of Commons . After a denial of ithe accuracy of the
Duke 8 statements 88 being : applicable to his case , Mi " . Cane concludes in these words : — " As ' an Irish man still thirsting' after the independence and happiness of my country 'I desire to see that office of Viceroy . abolished . ' Many ' of- my motives for this wish may- be directly the opposite of your Grace ' s to preserve : it ; but there are 80006 of them in which even you might concur , were you resident here and witnessing for the last twenty years ! as I have been , the working of that evil system , ' . Could you know how it 8 inflnencwliayebeen exercised according as ' it suited the Minister of the dayi the ; elections of his supporters , and the interests of his ' partisans—could you see how , in a land ofpauperism ; it . has been
creating habits of extravagance iri'the ruined peer and the broken landlord ; false tastes- and destructive ambitions in the merchant and . the professional raan j miserable and corrupting , distinctions for all , drawing men away from their , proper pursuits and making Royalty itself laughable by its wretched mockery Of it—nay , could your Grace have seen the Castle , influences which , creeping along Us backstairs , have too often , guided , its public acts , punishing and ; bribing there ; bribing upon this side and ruining upon . that 5 and then the mock S overeignty itself , alternately coercing pnblic opinion , yefc cowering , before a popular murmur , ; blustering , " : and' yet cringing ; wielding its patronage through friends and
Bycopnanw ,, anu displaying a power , exercised ; for and measurable but by , its emoluments-could your Grace see things , as , jthey reaUy . are , you . would promptly fix your heel npon the neck of the sernent and crush it . " . . , , / . . Conviction foe , MuBDSR .-rAt the Ennis Assizes on the £ th inst .,, Patrick Howe ,. 49 , and -Bridget Keoghi aged . 32 , brother and . sister , were charged with the murder . ofa ; gentleman named Arthur O'Donnell ^ at , Denynalicka , . Jhe 10 th of ( A pril last . ' John tlowe tJbeing in . fever , ' could not stand his trial . It . , appeared , by the . statement for > ithe Crown that , the deceased j gentleman ,, was an ; urimarried man ,, haying , none of Ms ; own immediate familyregidin g . with him , bnt- that the , female , prisoner liv . ed in hia Mm in the , quality of-
housekeeper , and . wjthone ' other domestic , namedMiohael M ' Mahon , constituted his household . The deceased was suppoBgd to possess a considerable sum of money and in order to obtain possession of it ; Biddy ; Ke ' obh had contriy , ed his . murder .,, A further . motive > was imputed ; to herrrpamely , deaiousy ; , as it , would appear that some ; relatiott j ^ subsidediibetween ; her and the deceased , by reason of ^ hich j she-harboured-resentment on account of i certain attentions paid bv the deceased , to . another woman . LBoth prisoners were found "Guilty !^ and sentenced , to be executed but no day was named . ' . ... ,. > , . i Thb : Muedkb ; op ,, Mb . ' -, Maumverbr ! — It is stated ^ thatthe Attorney-General will ; g 0 8 down pJ . onlly to the ensping asnzes . at Armagh for the JS 5 . pose ofprosecnting ,, on Jthepart of the Crown the *! S * ™ PlH * ted ) in the assassinatioiJof ^ Maut '
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passed o ^ MnSmiw ^ OxBrienl ^ mightbe carriedout with a 8-miich % Ulgatlon - " ag his safe " custody would admit . " Sir David Roche objected -to J the wording of the resolution as not Joeing sufficiently strong ; jut at thosuggestipnof the foreman , who urged . the . necessity' of unanimity , Sir ! I ) ayid . withdrew his ph-JBCtidnfandthe'memorial pawed , nem . coti ! '" ,, ' ,. > . ; , Lord Gastlereagli lias addressed a letter to some of the Irish . paper 8 to ; oontradicti a rumout which priginated (; in : lW . Qabpay ; Vindicator ,, -to . the . effect t ' ha . t- ' Lady Castlereag h ; had ¦ become , o iRoman Catholic , ; and that he himself ^ ntended . to follow ; her example . ' . ; " " ,. "• " - ' . " . "' " ' ' .. . , .. ¦• ¦ . '¦ ¦ ,
Tenant-right Mbbting . —At the last meeting of the Wexford-Tenant Protection Society' a statement was made which was perhaps but < an ; imperfect sample of what might-be related ! . of- other ;; , districts . ' A letter from tbe parish of Kilbride , . in , ; the ( Ferns district , showed that ^ alth 6 ugh ; the ^ pppulatip n . of the parish had been gradually reduced fronvl , 2 { Hrto very little over 600 previous toi 1845 ; yet-Since that date twenty-nine families , ^ com prising 1 ; l » o Jindmauals , have been exterminated . Out ^ this . number fortynine . Have emigrated ; This , ; say 8 , the correspondent oft the Freetrian ' s' Journal , > h 6 / , communicates ^ he fact ; will'afford ' a pretty fair sample of . the mode in which some Wexford landlords exercise the right , of propertVi . M / i •)•' ¦ ¦ . . - • ¦ '¦' ¦ ¦ ' - ' ' ' ¦ •*' ; '¦ '" '¦ ' ' " - ' " '¦ '' " ' .. s » ni » n TTmfiw ' RnwEs . —tAwomanwnnnrrpsfpil
by the police in Limerick on Saturday last in the aot ; 6 f sellinglcwt . of human bones , which she had removed from the burial ground of . Killalee , ' outside Clare-streeti' > The miscreant had also a quantity of shrouding and caps won * by the dead .- ¦ * - ¦ tHB ; GBKERfl . I .. . A 8 SEMBl , Y ; iND , TI 5 NAHT RlOHTi —The most . important demonstration on the question of tenant right that ha ? yet occurred has just been made by the General Assembly of , the Presbyterian Churoh'of Ireland , at present ' assembled iii Belfas ! t . After some discussion , the Assembly , ¦ on the motion uf the Rev . Mr . Rogers , of . Coinbier , adopted the following petition to , the House of Commons by a sweeping majority : — ' ? ' The petition of the General Assembly of the Pres-; byterian-Church in Ireland , adopted at their
annual meeting in Belfast , July , 1850 , : . < ¦ ' ' . Humbly showcth—That while your petitioners recognise , the hand of , Divine Providence in the calamities with which this country has latterly been visited , they are at the same time impressed with a solemn conviction of . the growing destitution of the vastmajority of the people ; of this province , who are generally engaged in agdcultural pursuits , and of the deep distress of the'inhabitantsbf the other provinces of Ireland ; and believing that'the impoverished condiiion of the country is the result , to a great extent , of the existing law of landlord and tenant , which ' , though some proprietors have honourably declined to take advantage of , enableB the landlord to claim and require possession of the farmer ' s capital and toil , either by . an arbitrary increase of rent , or by . eviction without compensation ; and feeling convinced : that
much of the outrage which . has occurred of late in the north is more traceable to an infrinietnent " of the prescriptive usage known by the name of tenan right , this assembly deploring and condemning every form of agrarian and other crime ; and sensible of ihe injurious effect which the unsatisfactory state of the relations between landlord and tenant exercises on the morality and religion of the kingdom , do mosf earnestly beseech your honourable house to pass a law which will preBerye , in its integrity , the tenant-right of Ulster ; and legally secure fo the tenant farmers of all Ireland the fruits of their capital , and ' skill , and labour expendedin the cultivation and improvement of the soil . -. And your petitioners will ever pray . " Reduction . 0 ^ Ren ts . —The Marquis of Downshire has made a further reduction of fiteen per cent , on his Kildsre and Wicklow estates , which had been let at moderate rents . ; - ' " ' ' "
Statk of Armagh . —The Armagh Qaztttt has an account of the service of further Rookite notices in Crossmaglen , the district where Mr . Mauleverer had been so brutally murdered . ' - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' Ohangb Prock 8 Sions . — Notwithstanding the movement of parties of constabulary up to Tuesday , towards the districts in Down , aad other :-Nortbeni counties , itis riot expected that any military precautions will 'be necessary at the approaching , anniversary . ¦ The tenant-right movement , Whatever may b " its merits or defects in other respects ,. has had the positive advantage of discouraging factious and sectarian differences . The Presbyterian clergy , 'who have taken so prominent a lead in that movement , have actively exercised the , influence they are known to
possess , in dissuading the Orangemen belonging t « their ; communion from joining in party displays . Altbgetner , it seems likely that the next Orange anniversary will pass over in peacej arid that there will never be a ' , repetition of the dreadful Bcene at Dolly ' s Brae . ¦¦ ' - '¦'>' ¦ The Harvest . —The provincial accounts generally state | that the potato crop continues quite safe ; arid even in those places where blight exists , its progress is very slow , and confined to narrow limits . Several correspondents of the ( fork , Examiner in Cork , Limerick , ArVaterford , , ' and ' ^ iKerry , ' declare that there is yet no bIighVwhatever ^' so far as they could , ascertain . Th ' e reports of the ' eereal cropB' are very satisfactoryi' ^^" -: ^ -- ' ^ . / ' :
Dinnbr xothbLobbMator . —The public dinner given by the citizens of Dublin to the Lord 'Mayor , took place on Tuesday in the round room of the Rotunda , and exhibited , in point of numbers and enthusiasm , a very unequivocal demonstration , of popular satisfaction at the success whioh Mr . Reynuldsjhas had over the persecutions carried on with such janimosity against him by the Conservative clique ia the Corporation . The chair was occupied by Alderman Keslian , and about 500 persons sat down ! to dinner . "
At the present assizes for the county ' of Longford only two . barristers , along with the crown counsel , attended the judges in court . In that county , as well as in Cavan , there was not a single record , and in Enniakillen but two records , of which one was fiettleu—thus exhibiting only one record for trial in half of the North-West Circuit . ; Iu charging the jury on opening the Neath assizes , Judge Grampton said : " There was in truth nothing on the calendar to call for any particular or special notice . It was extremely light , and evidenced a tranquil state of the country . " in Monaghan the learned judge said : " The calendar was contained in a single sheet , there being only ten prisoners , and that he did not find a case in it that required any observation from him , and he had only to congratulate them on the evidence which the calendar afforded of the total absence of crime in the county . of Monaghan . 'f
Rkprksbniation of MA ? o . ~ Mr . Butt , Q . C ., has actually taken the field as the candidate on Protectionist principles . The learned gentleman is daily expected in Mayo for the purpose of soliciting in person the suffrages of the electors .
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tion was repeated he would | serve , : birn with a wrilP . j for . [ defamation ; \ He afterwards made inquiries , but i , could not . fipd 8 uohapersbnattho address he had ,, " . meritioned . —Several . xritnesses having been' eia- ;' mined / ' the jury . jret , urned . a , verdict : of " Guilty " : against both prisoners . Sentence was deferred ;;; ; ¦ - RoBfijtRY ej ' a BABUAS ^ Heijry fright , 20 , ' bar- ,-. man , and Caroline Davis "were indicted for stealing . several . sums of riioriey from Johii Plbwm ' ani . Y Jfr * Robinson prosecuted . , iThe'prosecutor keeps thfr ' Three Compasses in the j TYandB ^ orth-road , and- tbo ; male ' nrisorier badbeeri a short time in his employ ';
merit as barman , during whicb period he ; had , found ; , v great deficiencies in' his takings . ' Hayirig / set . the- ,. po Iibe . on the watch , they found out that the female , who either was his wife or lived with him , was in . , ' the habit of coming and putting down , & small coi » - as payment for something , and yeeewing . from- the prisoner more change than she was , entitled . j ; o , and : ; : m ' the present instancelihe ' y't ' ook her ^ at the bar of , . ( the house , having received 2 s . lid . in change for Iff- .. Tho jury ,. thinking the female' had aoted under ' the 'J guidance of the male prisoner ,, Acquitted- 'her , and he > as found ' ** ¦ Guilty , " arid sentenced to twelve- months'iimprisQnrnent . . ' ;;;
Obiaisino Monbt ' PoAnD . —Anna Maria , Tol--frey ,, 86 , married , was indicted for obtaining money by faUe pretences . —Mr . Hiiddleston prosecuted , and Mir . . Ballan . tine defended .-rWilliam ; Henry Ri ^ ' ohardson , residing ' at ., 19 , Sun ; street ,. Bishopsgate , said that in the July of 1848 , hebecame acquainted with the prisoner , ' having been ' introduced ,, to her through . his sister , who ; was' acquainted . With' her , At that time witness had £ 60 in the hanaV ' of H * attorney . The prisoner .,, then , informed him thk she had . influence in certain . quarters , : and ( iould . obtain him a situation under governmenr , and he ' subsequently received' a letter from her making an appointment at her lbdgirigs in Cove ritryr street .: He . went-there ! andsheagairt spoke of the
influence she possessed , and mentioned a number of ' names of influential persons . with whom she' wa » ¦ acquainted , and amonmt them that of . Lord- Alfred ; Paget , and he added , that she should require wit- ; ness to givo her £ 60 . ' Witness wished , to know if - it would be all right , and 8 he said , " Yes , it would , ' as she was intimately known to his Lordshi p , whoia she should see in a few days . " After some further conversation she aisked him for some money , and he * • ¦ i not having any about him , went Home ' . and gotilS ^ . . ; which he ' gave his sister , who p / aidlt to ; prisoner . - ^ Shortly afterwards he had another letter , frbb 'the- ' prisoner , appointing another , interview , and on his- ' going she showed him a . letter she said she had re- ' ceived'from Lord Alfred . Paget . ; He then asked
her what situation it . was , to'be . : She said a messenger at the Home-office , and snowed him a letter , he thought was of an influentiaVcharacter , and from that and further statements made- he beUeved what ' she stated to be true , and upon her asking bimbogave her two . m ' oje . ' * 6 ' . " notes , "' . He , finally saw her once more in October of ' . the Vame year ,, and she : told him that he was to enter upon bis situation on the Monday week followirig ; arid ; he then gave her . another £ 10 , ' after which he lost sight of her until the 22 nd pflastMayjiWhen sheawas takeri by Jones ' ; the , police-cpn 8 table ; . and she then said she ! had given witness a bill for ' his money , which was untrue . She had also told prosecutor that her husband was an . officer in the army , . who it turned out 1
was only a-privat v and that ' hehad deserted he psome years ago . —Lord Alfred Paget , who was on the bench , was ! sworn , and said he had not any knowledge whatever of the prisoner . —The jury immediately found her "Guilty . "—Police-constable-255 A said , that he had found out that , the prisoner had been incusfody for a similar offence six ' years- , ago , and that since'therii by 'this . system of fraud ,, she had obtained some ^ thousands of pounds . —Sha was sentenced to eighteenJmonths' imprisonment . ' Charob op BiOAMT .- r Henry Page , 36 , bricklayer ^ was indicted'for interma ' rryirig . with Emma Clarke ,, otherwise Smith , his wife being ' then and now alive ^ jMr . Charnock defendedi—M ' rs . VMartha Page , the ? prisoner ^ mother , proved his first marriage on the 6 th of April , 1843 , at . St . John ' s the Evangelist ; Waterloorroad . 'to one ; Ellen Ragan , by whom he had two . children . ; He lived with her . until about two years ago , when , in consequence oif her
dreadtui dissolute habits , he was compelled to be separated from her , and made her an allowance of six shillings a vreok . Evidence was then given which proved that on the 10 th of February , in 1848 , some one of the name of Ilenry Dickspn was married at AH Saints , Poplar / tp one . Emma Smith ; : but it could not be proved that the prisoner was the man , or that Emma Clark , who was then in the dock , behind the prisoner , awaiting her trial for having committed bigamy with him . was the woman , referred to in the register . —The woman Clark was then brought out of the dock into the witness box , and having been sworn and cautioned-riot to say anything to criminate herself , unless she pleased , she said she knew the prisoner from his coming to her husband ' s house , and that her husband alwavsencouraged their acquaintance , — The Common Serjeant : Did anything , ever occur between you and the prisoner at church ? Tou need riot answer unless you like .-Witness : No . Nothing ever did
. —The Common Sergeant said there was ah end of the case . There was . no evidence to prove the prisoner wa 8 the man married at Poplar Church An acquittal was then taken . . ¦ Emma Clarke , ' 30 , married , was then indicted for . bigamy with Henry Page , alias Dickson , her husband being then alive . It was proved that she was married in February , 1842 , to her husband Clarke ,-who is now alive ; but the same difficulty arose in proving her to be the party married at All Saints , Popular . —The police officer said'he saw tho ' pri * soner at the husband ' s house , oh the 17 th of June ' * she was recovering from an illness . She told him that she was married in . 1843 , at All Saints , Poplar ,. to l 6 8
il Jr . , ? ** & *— sne in the name of Smith , and he Dickson . , The onl y persons present were the clerk and the pew-opener , as witnesses to the marnage . —Mr . Charnock having briefly addressed the jury , , dwelt on the fact that the only evidenceagamst her was the statement made by her when on a bed of sickness , and which she now denied onoath .-The Common Sergeant having summed up . the jury" Acquitted" her . y * ^ Stabbihg . —Rerijamin Scott , 18 , ' was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding James Murray with intent to maim and disable him , or to do him fir ^ Ddlly harm —Mr . Carteen prosecuted , and Mr .-Payne , was for the defence . —The prosed cutor in this case is the potboy at the Murouis of
yranoy public-house , Southwark , and on the 21 st June , the prisoner , who has only one leg , was standing outside the house abusing and threatening a lad who was being served with . beer , and the ' prosecutor was ordered b y the landlord to remove him . The prosecutor attempted to do so in a gentle manner , but the prisoner was very violent , arid k ' icked him with his wooden leg / and he was thrown down in the gutter . He got up aiid . went ; in doors , and nothing more occurred at this time ; but in about an hour afterwards , upon the prosecutor beinir s « nf .
out with somo beer , the . prisoner , who . appeared to have been lying in wait for him , suddenly attacked him , and made a stab at him with an ' instrument used m the business of a cbatrmaker . The thrust was aimed athis breast , but the prosecutor , put ni > his left arm toward off . the blow , ' . and in so doinc received two somewhat severe cuts upon the for » arm .-The jury found the prisoner « Guilty : " but recommended him to mercy on aecouot ' of hi ! beinr a cnpple .-Mr Justice Patteson sentenceSim tf be imprisoned for oneyear , and during , that ! period
Robbery of a Cheque from thb Globe Imfc r * nb ? te Theatre , . and c erk in the Globe Insusion pf : Steahng a piece of , paper , ' thepropertv of S * 3 S ^ ^ n PlaC ^ ^ t he bar" to r 2 ive C «™ ent ' . ^^ ll > e r eme mbered that . a point of irl !? ? i 5 f 8 erv ^ n thi 8 ca 8 e which W A beea S ^ VS J rk Of Criminal A PP < and decided agamst thepriBoner . -The Attbrney-Genehi * I Sh appeared for the Prosecution , said that Sfil ' ° ^ l \ the ! ra » tion tothefacfthattner
_ . , . ... e and It th er ^ lndlc ^ ents against the . prisoner .. , „ n » f ? * . f i en tence w » s pronounced he ; had to rcl ¦ quest that thoir lordships would read the deposi- " uons in these cases , 'in order that they mightbe'S 5 i *? - ? * ^ e circumstances oi the case ! before . i > i tney delivered their judgment . lie . \ yas .. ansipua . to snvethepublictimeifhecoulddoso , butinoneeyent " ' ne should feel' himself , compelled , to proceed " witH ' " the other oases . —Baron Aldersori safd ' he' Would " - look at the depositions , and-in the meantime- the ' judgment would . be postponed , but He should nrc « bably pass sentence in the course of the nresen . " session ¦; ' - "" r-
. ( , . "Alowo Shore" ' DEPRipATioNs . -Joimiyke 8 twenty-8 . x , bargeman , and Dariier Wmlamsbn ' : sixty-three abourer . tworespec ' tab ' lelooU nSn ' ' " '' pleaded guilt ^ to an indictment fte ' . - Bt ^ il . S- ' '" gSSpaasst ^ SSBSBSi
ofiHB ' iwwi . I ' l ^ ? , that although ' the value ? eS £ If l ° V Wlal - Btill . fhefiequeiit ollffrfA ' f '^* Offijnco « made the owners d / thia oiass of property severe losers in the . oqurse of the , tfn »'*»? u m < r especially , ' , as tlie parties commit * Wg the depredationa ( mostly those engaged in business alongshore ) seemed itoehiertain an opinion that anything , that fell' from la barge they ' were' " . legall y entitled , to . tajie , and ;; for the-purpose of mukmg . it knovrh'thatsuoli . w ^ npt tU ^ owe they p roseouted tbe se two . 1 . menli ,, wliQm ityy , wished . to Ee dealt Mm : m ^^^ Mt £ ' tenoed to fourteen days' lmnrispumerit'iiimwgate .
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fficilale ^ . ; , ;; .. The Wivb of s . Clbrg ?« au accidbntally shot bt her HnsBAND . —A > ery shocking event recently occurred at the town of St , Cleara , near Carmarthen . The Rev . J . Lloyd , who resides in the neighbourhood , was examining a gun which he had procured for the purpose of killing vermin , and while rubbing the barrel with a piece of rag it accidentally caught the trigger . The gun went off , andthe contents were lodged in the body of the wife of the reverend gentleman , who was seated in a chair near : her-husband . ^ She fell immediatefy to the ground ,-arid expired in a few minute * . An inqueBt was held upo > i the bsdy , arid a verdict of . '" Accidental Death" was recorded .
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scotianu . SlBIKE AMONG THE HACKNET-COAOH PrOPRIKTORS at Edinburgh —The stnke among' th ' e ' vhachn . Hv coach proprietors still continues , and , toth ' frgreat inconvenience ol the public , all the cab stands , except one > remain deserted . An attempt : was made on * the 4 thinst . by a deputation of the coach proprietors , to induce the magistrates to depart from their resolution , and to accept of a plan based on that | ireviousl y in operatiop , but with a sixpenny fare for distances not exceeding half a mile ; " The magistrates reiused to acquiesce in this proposition , and insisted on a trial
being made of the uniform scheme . The conference consequently ended in nothing . whatever being dorie . Suicibk . —A case of suicide -occurred irilPaisley on Sabbath morning last , between the hpuf 8 ? of eight and nine o ' clock " : John Hart , a blacksmith , who had for about a week previous , ' been-iudulging ^ n ' drink , went , ostensibly for a walk , with a child of his , down the field lying > at the back of AuchintorlJe House , and whioh borders the river . Alleging some trifling excuse , he told the child to wait his return . It is supposed that he had gone direct to tho river and plunged in . Thercoachmah ' af Auchintorlie heard the plunge , ; ran down ! and got him ashore too late , however , to save his life ,
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The July session of the Central Criminal Court oommenced on Monday ,, before the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , ' the Recorder ; Alderman Farebrother Sir C . Marshall , Sir J . Duke , Hunter , and Salomons ; Mr . Sheriff Lawrence , Mr . Sheriff Nicoll Messrs . Millard and Wire , Under-Sheriffs , Ac , < fco ' ' Charob of Embezzlement . —James Martin , " 36 agent , a respectable-looking man , was indicted for embezzlement . —Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr plark 8 on defended . —The prisoner , had been for sortie years in the employment of the proseoutor 8 who are Messrs .- Deeds , leathersellers , as their clerk ; but in the year 1848 , they not havinir anv
turther . business for him ,: he was discharged as salaried clerk , biit retained' to collect monies arid obtain orders on commission , and' in that capacity ho remained down to the present time . 'drawing the monies upon aocount of his commission during the whole of that period , but not coming to a regular settlement of accounts , which , it appears , upon one occasion he was most , desirous of doing . About the beginning of May , they haying ascertained that several ¦ small sums , amounting to £ 10 , bad been ; paid over to him , and whiob' he had riot accounted for , they , without coming to any balance , gave him in custody for embezzlement ; but the magistrate before ! whom he was ; taken at once discharged him , upon which he served the proseoutors with a notice of action for ; false imprisonment .
They then , went before the grand jury , and obtaining a true bill ; had him ' takeri in custod y , and put upon his trial—In cross-examination the prosecutor said that the prisoner ' s settlement , in 1848 was most'satisfactoryi that whilst tie > '¦ was in their employment i thousands : ' had / passed through hia hands . —Several witnesses gave prisoner a hieh oharaoter fop . respeotability .-r-Mr , Clarkson , " for thei defence , saidthe oaBe had . arisen from- the ' nek ^ leotiof the proscutors in . their accounts , arid that but for the . civil . . action they had been threatened with , these and ulterior criminal proceedings would never : have , been > taken .-The . jury , acquitted the prisoner upon three indictments . ' V - " ; Cuiiinq ; and -vV oundino . —Charles DowBOn 17 . an . intell . gent-looking lad ; was indicted'for felon 1 fnfi ^ Jft " ' ^* W ^ S George Curseloy ^ with intent to , ; do him . grievousbodily harm ; ¦ . ' ft anpearedfrom . itho . evidence forithe iprosecution thst on the- 24 th . oMune the , prisoneMhe S itS
wnojs aDout :: his own iage ^ and ! another lad Were out ogetherJii ¦ the-neighbourhood , of UxbriS and . the t , wo , attor ,. who : nad with themalontr cart ohaintrace , llaid ; hold of the . prisoner : and faftene . the chain round his body and legs , and theS So & « tf ^ hira alon s 4 •* ¦ ** 52 tance . The Pusoner complained of their . hurtinl firt iCalled t 0 th r put - him d ° i Sf ! 5 Si f nf P ? 8 eout 0 / f companion ; loosed his hold and let the priaoner fall , but the -proseciitorihad got he chain so . t . ghtly fastened round MB ^ nSf . that he : could not disengage-himself , and ; whUe'th ™ werem this , aituationyitne . priBoner''draw a : knife fronv-inspocket , andpponedit , "and . 8 truck ! ' thenrb ! wcutor withit on thewrisfc , andin ! the " course 1 JJ 5 S bseq _ n » t ! 8 ufflerhe 1 recehedane £ knee ; , 14 b injuries being , ; however of a . « K" 3 ik 8 oharacter ^ fact mere ^^^ ^ ¦ i ' ' ¦ " , ' - ¦ ¦•¦ ' .:.. HI ¦ 0 ; ; '• T . 'iil ' ¦ :. 4 : ; :-A \ lw , , ;¦; ,: ; . ¦ . '¦ : > . il : !; •; ; ; ,, , ... ;; , ,,..
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intho course of the case that the . priaonerJiadbeeri veryf oifg&Iy uised , and that he was a good deal hurt bytheohainwhich wasfasTie ' ried ' round himvb ' efoi ^ he . re 8 drted to any ! acts-of violerioe . ^ Mr . ' ^ Car . ter , who , defended ^ the prisoner , ; urged upon : the'jury that upon these facts he was not onl y entitled to an acquittal upon those counts in the indiotment which charged the felonious intent to do . grievous bodily harm ; but " that heought riot even' to be ' eonyicted : ofi a . commonassaulf , ! as under ' the circum-8 tancesin which he was placed he contended that he was jus ' tifiod in the aot he did to , release himself frpfn the ' violence , ' of , the prosecutor and his com-) anibn . f-Tho - Redorder interposed , ' and " said ' that
ihe learned counsel was of course perfectl y iustined ih ; placing . before the jury any view'he ' niifht e ' nterlaitiofthocase , but he thought it . right to ihfofrh him that although be agreed with him in thinkinc ; hat the counts which charged " the felonious intent had not been made out by tho evidence , yet ho should certaihly direct the jury that the use of a knife . under the circumstances stated was an excess ' pfrgsistance whioh the law : didnot sanction , and that the prisoner was therefore amenable to the charge of ' assault . —Mr . Carter said ; that after , this intimation from his lqrdship . 'he ' should . refrain irom making any > further observations to the jury , and he ; then called several respectable witnesses to speak to the oharaoter of the prisoner , and they all
concurred m describing him as a well-conducted , inoffensive lad . ; It appeared that ; he . was employed in the establishment of Mr . Clarke , ' a magistrate for thecounty of Middlesex , residing . in Harefield , and the butler to that gentleman gave him a most excellent character ; and it was also stated that ' tie was willing to , take him again . , into his service when this ' matter was dispoBed ; of .--The jury found the prisbrier ^ guilty of a " common assault ,, but recommended him to mercy , on account of his good character . —The learned Recorder , ; iri passing sentence said , ho quite concurred ; in the decision come to by the jury that , the prisoner had committed ; an assault , and he could not help observing ; t , hati it
would have-been likely to cause a great , deal of mischief if it had been held out to boys like" the " prisoner , or a ' ny one else , that they imight upon ahy trivial squabble , resort to the use of a dangerous weapon , like , a knife iwith ' impunity . 'His ^ ^ lordship then said that , taking ir . to consideration that tho prisoner had already be ' e ' nin Newgate for a , fortnight , the sentence upbn him was that he be further imprisoned for one day ; ' arid he at the same time expressed bis opinion that the case might ha ve very well been disposed / of : summarily by ; the magistrates without entailing upon the county the expense , of the present ' trial . —The jury said that they quite agreed with his lordship in the latter ob-¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦
servation . - ; ' - ' - : "• ! " •" ' ' - ' ¦/• - •' . SkiTiLESHARPiNo . —JoEeph Ba yley , 45 , and John Lawler , 27 ;' . 'were charge'd . with '' conspiring- , ' wJth other , persons .. named in the ; indictment ; to cheat Thoma 8 . B | and of his money . 'Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Robinson ) and Mr . Wpollett conducted the prosecution . ¦ The prisoners were defended" by Mr . Parry andjMr . Parnell;—Mr . Clarkson having stated the facts of the case , Mr . Thomas Bland , ' the pros ecuto r ,: deposed that 'he carried on the business bf * a butcher , in RuSart ' s-buildingSj Islington . On ; the afternqonipf the ^ rd of April , a person named Ward , who ; was-also--a butcher , ' came into his shop and askedhim to have a glass of ale , arid they' went to the Blue-COatBoy public house close- ' by ; for' that
purpose . ; ,., 'ineyjfound the prisoner Lawler standing at the bar of the public house , drinking brandy and water and he entered intoconversation with witness and his companion , and ; remarked that " butchering '; ' must be : a very good trade ; as ho could riotge t ^ a mutton chop under ten pence a pound . Shortly aftertb | 8 , -, thepri 8 onerBayleycaftie- 'in , apparently intoxicated , and / he immediately began talking to them , and said , that he , had been wajting for two hours at the Angel opposite , for a lady—his " dear Mary , " as he calledte , and said he thought it " very hard ; that she had disappointed hiin . He then said that jhe had none'to Sadler ' s Wells Theatre with liis lady ; the night before , and that he had' given her a new dress which cost him six guineas , and he
thought it was very unkind of her , to keep him waiting . so long for nothing . Bayley then saicl that he bad had £ 500 left him by a relative , arid'W asked ' witness what business he should advise him to start in . Witness replied that business was very hazardous , and he advised , him to keep his money , and get some situation , until he found a profitable opportunity to mvestit ;' arid Bayleyi upon this , said he was a good fellow for giving him such advice , anid he offered to treat him with brandy arid water . Witness'declined to drink with him , and the two prisoners , who appeared to be strangers to each other , then got into conversation ; arid Lawler asked Bayley if he could play at" knoek- ' . om-dowtis ? " Bayley replied that he did not know such a game as knoek- ' em-downs
, and said that in his country they played at bowla upon a green . Lawler then said that if he could play at that , game , he could play at knoek- ' emdowns , and he challenged him to play a game for a bottle of wine . Bayley then said he had got plenty of money , and he agreed tbplay fora bottle of wine ; and upon- witness suggesting that they must go somewhere else' to play , a 3 there was no skittle ground at the Blue-coat . Boy , Lawler said howouldtake them to a place where they could play . ' Bayley placed a sovereign in witness ' s hands , as stakeholder , and Lawler gave him 4 s . 6 d' Baving hejiad no more change , arid they all went to * thi John Bull public house , in Brearer-street , and went into the . skittle ground , where Lawler and Rivlpv
played . The former knocked the whole of the skittles down at one throw , and Bayley seemed hardly able to throw the ball , and when the game was lost , witness handed over the stakes to Lawler , ' and the wine was brought in and paid for . Lawler and Bayley then began playing for money—a sovereign two sovereigns , arid three sovereigns a game and Bayley lost every time . Witness advised him not toplay ; anytiiore ; but he ' said he had got plenty of money , and didnot mind losing a hundred ' or two At that timeanotherman , who went by the name of Johnson , knocked at the door of the skittle ground / which was bolted , and Lawler let him in and he betted upon the game ithat . was coine on between Lawler and Bayley , and won money of the laiier
ana xawier . tnen came up to witness andasked him why he did not have £ 5 , and he added that it was a shame Johnson should win his money . . Witness declined to bet , and Lawler pressed him to do so , saying he might as well have h , as Bayley was suretoloseal his money . Witnessatlencthcon-SinV ^ , ^ A h 6 did no J Set the ifis down in five times , and he won the bet . —The Recorder : Befpre you made . ithe . bet , how many times did he generally throw the ball to get the skiSes down ? Witness : fie generally threw eight or nine mentthe bet ^ as made down they went ? Witness Exactly , my lord . ( Renewed laughter . ) Ex " minaion oontmued > After this , witness mide another bet of £ 5 with Bayley , and J 08 t that aC t ! he
SflSSi ? r - ^ ° thafc couwnotia S £ Si nnf l d 0 Wn m T throVs ' " ^ told him i d m u got «•' " »*« h money about him , arid Lawler 8 a , d he could borrow it . And witness ' s " id hat if apersqn heknew was at home he' could get lie money ; and Johnson agreed to accompany him . Before he went Lawler asked him ' to give a deposit upon the bet and he produced three sovereigns , which was all he had , and Johnson lent him two to make up * 5 , and Bayley produced the same amount , and it i was plaoed in the hands of Mr . Ward as stakeholder . Witness then went to a person named Ihorp , ; in' St .- John-street , ' and borrowed £ 45 of nm , and returned to ' the skittle-ground , but when he proposed to make up the amount of the h < if .
Bayley iusisted that it was for £ 100 instead of jEoO arid he refused to play unless that amount ^ was made up . .-The deposit money was then . given up ; and Bayley challenged . bin ) to play . a game for £ 20 . Hecorigehted to do so , arid ' knocked the skittles downin four throws ; and Bayley " Ebt them" in three : Lawler . then / told . wUnW that Sy an " f ^ & ^' ifiF&tl ; ° x that . hewitness . was "funking , ' ^ but that . if he went again he would- be sure to win , and witness made another bet ol £ 20 with Bayley / and lost again . During all this time witnessed the others Sad been ' drinkin gSe and brandy and , water . !; After losing' the secSnd sun ? of S ° - \ * 5 Vg ^ 8 t ^ P w ? 8 raa < le : by the prisonersTh ? ¦ ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1582/page/6/
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