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    William Bent, Agreengrocer, Aged Seventy...

    A seizure was made on Saturday of an extensive illicit distillery in Eagle-mews , Eagle-street , Red Ltonsauare The lower part of the premises had the appearance of a stable and coach-house The place was well adapted for the purpose for which it was intended , and the means of retreat , if circumstances required , had not Deeif lost sight of , for the tiles had been removed from the roof ; and a rope attached to a beam , which formed a Sdy means of escape to the roof ^ o jn thence to the adjoining houses . It was evident that , white the officeS were breaking into the place at the front , the Persons working , the stilt used this plan , and escaped beforethey could gam admission . The still w * s a largo one , and . If ' kept iafaH operation , was capable of pro . duoing sufficient spirits to defraud the revenue to the amount o * £ 6000 per annum . of Lamhethrmarshtoft his

    M . Tfl , Wire . Ktocer , , shoTon SaturdfcaTmght , aocompawtfd . by his son Ct * elv « y ^ s of aS > fo ? his residence , % Lorim ^ terraoe , bav . ng about him a considerable & um oi mow Oa waebmg Manor-place , Walwortfcro & d , he fancwd . his steps , were do « B ed by two susp icious-looking men j and , ajfctitfip * tiBg an attack , kept on his guard . At the pmat wh «« e Weststreet U intersected by Canterbury-place , the ms * *** Beared to , leave , but suddenly retimed , and struck Mr . Wigg violently on the back , of his head , wiih . spme heavy instrument . Mr . Wigga » dhissoncalled , out " Murder ! as loudly as they could , when the fotmer again received two or three violent blows also on . the back of hw head ,, and some blows were also inflicted upon the head , of the child A poUoeman , who w . as on duty near the place , ran to the spot ^ ajvUbund _ Mr , JKlgS leajnn ^ agapst

    some palings and the Wood flowing proiuseiy Mom wounds in hi * bead . He , however , contrived to tell the constable that the villains , bad fled a , long Canterbury place , and accordingly the policeman went m pursuit of them . He apprehended one , but ; the other made his escape . Mr . Wigg and his son were within twenty yards of home at the time . The , thieves had not succeeded m abstracting any of the property . Mr . Wigg was very seriously injured by four large deep wounds at the back of his head . Near the scene of violence was discovered a short riding-whip , formed of gutta percha , the head of which was loaded with four ounces of metal .

    Messrs . Buck and Wooton , of the Post-office , Mountstreet , Lambeth , gave the following account of a recent attempt to break into their premises : — " This morning ( Monday ) , between three and four o ' clock , we were awakened by a noise in the V ?^ e ! r bi * ck P ^* tne house-Thieves had broken a pane of glass , and cut through the top of the shutter , athough partially lined with iron , which enabled them to unfix a bolt , aud remove the shutter bar . Having entered the kitchen , their further progress was stayed by a strongly-bolted door leading to the upper part of the premises . This defied their ' jemmies , ' as the marks testify ; and it is well for the burglars it did ; for , on the other side , we were prepared with loaded firearms , and should most certainly have

    given them a warm reception . This is the second time , within two years , that the house has been broken into . In May , 1849 , the loss exceeded £ 200 ; and since that period we have kept firearms loaded and ready . The thieves failing to force the door , or . perhaps hearing us , retired by the window ; but the morning being very dark we could only trace them by their footsteps after daylight . We are glad to say they took nothing of much value . We shall now adopt other fastenings , as this plainly shows that the ordinary bolts and bars are not insurmountable impediments to the experienced cracksman . "

    A poor woman named Dinah Embury , aged fifty years , residing in Southampton , was taken ill lately . The parish surgeon attended , herj ami she was allowed temporary relief . As soon as it was found she was likely to be a permanent burden to the ratepayers , the guardians of the poor ordered her into the workhouse . The poor creature had an invincible objection to go into the workhouse , and the relieving officer gave her relief in opposition to the wishes of the guardians . The latter

    threatened to disallow it , and it was discontinued . The surgeon appealed personally to the guardians to continue the poor creature assistance out pi' trie house , but , the latter were inexorable . The woman , died , and her death Was accelerated , according to the surgeon , by destitution-An inquest was held on the body , arid , after nemly a . fortnight ' s investigation , the jury returned the following verdict on Thursday : — "Diedfiom natural causes , and the guardians of the poor are censurable for not ' affording her relief in tho lam stage of her disease . "

    A case having something of the features of that of the unfortunate Jane Wilbred has just been brought before a bench of Worcestershire magiHtrateH . In this cane the ill-used domestic wan a young girl named iiannnh Hinton , aged sixteen years , who at Michaelmas last , wan hired at the utatute fair , by Mr . John Lee , a farmer , of Keinpsey , nour Worcester , us nursemaid to Inn children , at this wages of £ 2 per year . On her appearance before tlie magistrate she appeared much emaciated , aud her features appeared pinched and careworn , her general appearance being ttiut of a person much older . She deponed to frequent castigatioim inflicted by her ma . ster and miwtreKH , but especially tho latter . She also represented that the food which wus given to her was scanty

    , and when hIio had meat , or dripping upon her bread , it wan Htale and offensive to the nose , and pulute . Mih . l ' owell , a neighbour to tho Lues , gitvc : evidence us to the > 11-U « miuent <> f the girl . She had often heunl Mrs . Lue tliretu « u to kill tho girl , knock her brains out , Ac . Matilda Munii , a dressmaker , spoke of ueverul acts of cruelty exorcised by Mr * . Lee toward ** tho girl , who had ofieu ooiiiplttiiifd that she was ke |» tnl > ort of food , beaten , : '"< 1 iU-uttwJ . Had known Mm . Lee beat , her with a wallung- stick , and heard tuo tfirl aoream out . The ma-H ; i 4 trm « B lined Leo aud hi * wife £ 2 « uoli u » u costs ; and " » delivering thfl judgment of the court the chairman « jiiarao teii : c « d . the ca « Q a » one of " gr « at und uimeceHttury

    Three notorious , robbers made their escape on Saturday morning frp . m Carlisle gaol . The prisoners affected illness , and one was . supposed to be suffering from epileptic fits . They availed themselves , of the privileges allowed them for the purpose of accomplishing their object , which was done with , so much skill that they have hitherto evaded deteotion . A reward of £ 20 has been offered for their apprehension . As three young men , named George Darley , William

    Chew , and John Major Bennison , were put-poaching , yesterday , week , neac GUnton . Dafe-house , in Yorkshire , they were seen by Sir T . D . Legard ' a gamekeeper , who went after them , accompanied by six assistants . On coming up with the poachers a squffle ensued , in the course of which Darley , one of the poachers , was shot , and died- in a few minutes . At the inquest on his bo dy ic was stated by all the witnesses that the gun had gone offby accident . A verdict of " Homicide by misadventure" was returned *

    | n the county of Bucks crime appears to be on the en crease , and pauperism on tbe decrease . In the county prison at Aylesbury there are no less than 198 prisoners in that establishment at the present time . Last year , at this time , there were but 150 prisoners in the gaol—thus showing an encrease of 48 . On the other hand , in Aylesbury union-house , on the week ending the 4 th of January instant , there were 127 paupers ; at the corresponding period last year there were i 71 . We should like to know now many of the paupers have become poachers during last year .

    The Cork Reporter announces , on what it considers " perfectly—good -authority , — thatthe ^ -decrees of the Thurles Synod " will not be confirmed by the Sovereign Pontiff , and will , consequently , not take effect . " The Freeman , however , throws cold water on the statement of its southern contemporary , and is led to believe , from its own sources of information , that Pio Nono has come to no such sensible conclusion as that put forward by the Cork paper . . _ .,. at Dublin

    By a decision in the Court of Delegates , , on Saturday , announced by Mr . Justice Crompton , the right to an immense property , £ 3000 a-year real estate , and £ 250 , 000 personal and funded property , has been transferred from the widow of the testator , to whom , by will , he had left it , to Miss Elizabeth Thewlis , his first cousin and next akin . The testator was Mr . Edmund Kelly , of Merion'square , Dublin , and the widow and administratrix was a lady whom he accidentally became acquainted with and married , but had no issue .

    A coroner ' s jury , in the county of Cork , has returned a verdict that a poor man , named Daniel O'Brien , died on Saturday last " from starvation , through the neglect of the guardians of the union . " In the union of Ennistymon , where the commissioners have dismissed the ordinary board of guardians and appointed salaried guardians to take charge of the union , a shocking case of death from starvation is reported in the local journal . The jury at the inquest returned a verdict that death was caused by " starvation , through the neglect of the guardians . " account of serious

    The Belfast papers contain an a accident in the neighbourhood of that town on Saturday , from the falling of a new mill . The building had been roofed , and the workmen had just commenced their operations , on Saturday morning , when the whole edifice , three stories high and eighty feet long , came down with a crash . Thirteen men were at work on the premises when the accident happened , and twelve of them were killed . A verdict of " Manslaughter" was brought against Mr . Mager , the contractor , who lias been committed for trial . The body of a young woman was found impaled upon the railings of Gilbert ' s Hotel , We ' stland row , Dublin , on Sunday morning . An inquest was held on the body on Monday , when it appeared that she had thrown herself out of the window in a fit of insanity .

    On the night of the 3 rd instant , an armed party attacked the house of Michael Leffan , who resides in Coolyhune , in the county of Carlow . They fired several shots , through the windows , which they demolished , and posted a threatening notice on the house threatening him with the death of Marum , who was shot some yearn since in the county of Kilkenny , if lie took a farm in the townland of Halianu , from which some , persons had been ejected four years wince . Home families were lately ejected for non-payment of rent , and at the present period there are 400 acre * untenanti'd .

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    The recent statement in reference to Dr . Kitt . o ' s infirmities—that he in both deaf and dumb—is corrected , on ' ? the best authority ; " only the former of these- misiortunetj is Htilfered by him . Cincinnati , the " Queen City of the Went , " has a population of US . flOO . By the last . census , in 1 H 40 , it wus 4 ( i ,. ' 5 H 2 , . showing an encrease . of < ii ) , 20 o " , or about . l /> 0 prr eent . in ten yearn . A few days ago at the Hath station , the ticket-elei k forgot , to attend to bin duties , anil the people who wished to journey were obliged to take their place . - * in the train without payment , and without tickets . A Newcastle Protectionist paper alarms that , m-uiy of Karl Grey ' s best farms are uulei , and that , others of his teuunts threaten to leave their farms unless he reduce heir rents considerably .

    N " . llanieri , a painter of sumc reputation , died lately at ( Jimrdiiigrele , in the Atuuzzi , at the advanced age ol 101 . lie never drank wine , and his diet w ; n extremely simple . Mr . I , each , of lM .: in ( 'henter , stated at a Chartist soiree , at HhrHield , lately , that . " he had uncut eighteen of ihe best years of his life in speeeh-makiug , but lie would be Horry to waste the next , eighteen yeu , rs without , making a more Neiisiblr ami id inly effort toward . - * rioin < jr goixl . "

    Mr . Muntz , in his last letter , which appears in the Morning Post , says he is informed that " the Times and the Morning Chronicle are the same property , and that the principal proprietor of the Times is the house of Rothschild . Therefore , the Times took Marshal Haynau under their protection , together with all the Austnans . The case of a fugitive slave , now pending before th © courts in New York , excites * a great interest throughout the United States . Every effort is made by able counsel to give him all the protection which the law affords , ihe cause is managed with great zeal on both sides , but with no demonstrations of violence . Two apparently respectable women applied at the surgery of a public establishment in Devonport , the other day , to be permitted to place the hand of a man who had been drowned on the previous day on the knee of one of the women as a cure for the King ' s evil , with

    which she was afflicted . Pio Nono does not seem _ capable of governing his own small dominions , much , less this country . A letter from Rome says ,: — " The other night the diligence from Rome was plundered near Ancona , and , notwithstanding the vigilance of the Austrian Chasseurs , the people cannot go from one town to the other in the Rornagna without the danger of being robbed and murdered . " The Gazette de Lyon , in relation to the recent sham miracle , says : — "We learn that the commission appointed by the Archbishop of Avignon , to examine into the facts affirmed with regard to the picture in the chapel of St . Saturnin-les-Apt , has decided unanimously that there are no grounds ior proceeding any further in the matter , as the facts have nothing of a supernatural character in them . "

    An old man at Gloucester , on New Year s Eve , went to a party " to see the old year out , " when he was observed in a corner apparently asleep . It was agreed not to disturb him until after the last stroke of the old year had ceased to reverberate upon the clock bell , in order to have some badinage at the expense of his drowsiness ; but when the party strove to awake him , as they had designed , he was found to be dead . ' The churchwardens of a . parish in Yorkshire have returned the following answer to the circular received by them from the National Club , which has taken up the -work of Church Reform : — " The churchwardens of know their duty too well to require instructions how to perform it from London clubs and preaching dukes . Therefore , after reading Mr . Bellamy ' s printed circular , they have unanimously resolved to burn it , and have burnt it accordingly . "

    A manufacturer at Balbriggan , named Appleyard , means to exhibit at the " World ' s Fair , " in London , the perfection to which he has brought tlie manufacture of cotton in stockings of as fine a texture as silk , and with as beautiful a gloss and appearance as would make them available on any court occasion . A dozen pair of ladies full-sized stockings , of this manufacture , which he has in readiness to forward to the exhibition , weigh only nine

    ounces . The books in the Imperial Library at St . Petersburg , founded by Catherine II ., and which the Emperor Nicholas has thrown open to the public , have just received a new classification . It appears from the _ ntnv catalogues that it contains 503 , 420 volumes and l ; 3 , 47 l manuscripts . The duplicate copies amount to about 20 , 000 , part of which are to bo given to the Geographical Society of St . Petersburg , aud oth « -r . s to the Archaeological Society of St . Petersburg . Such works as remain over are to be sold publicly .

    An Italian , named Formiggini , belonging to an old and wealthy family of Milan , committed . suicide last week by means of laudanum , at his hotel , Hue de la Muctte , at Passy . Not having received any reply to his knocks at the door , tbe hotel-keeper caused it to be broken open , and found the unfortunate man lying dead on the bed . On a table was a letter addressed to Mine . O- -, for whom he appears to have entertained a profound passion ; in this jetter he began giving an account of his sensations on taking the poison , and continued to write until the pen fell fiom his fingers . SilkGownh . — We understand thata more than usually large number of applications have been made to the L ird Chancellor by gentlenu n of the bar for silk gowns , but that at present , his lordship does not intend to accede to any of the applications . — iiiuht ' ..

    GiKiiusAi . KMK LntKKATA . — It is reported at Vienna that the Catholic powers contemp late uniting for regaining the sanctified spots in the Holy Land ( by purchase and treaty , of course ); and that , tin : Order of the Holy Sepulchre shall be restored under the auspices of the 1 ' ope as Grand Muster . Knscoi'Ai . Frauds . —The liishop of Oxford , in a late reply to one of the addresses from ins clergy , is said to have thus expressed himself : — " 1-et us bold l > y thi " creeds , prayern , and ordinances which were given us by Jrsus Christ . " Now , any oik ; aeqiriinted with the hist . oiy of cieeilM and ordinances can contradict this ; and it . is astonishing thai such episcopal assertions are received salt siltrntio . — Dxainnnr .

    IIonkst HniiVANis . — The society formed at ; Frankfort ; on the Maine for the encouragement , of faithful services in servants , has just held its silting . Twenty gold medals wuc ^ iven to servants living nil h the same mast er for more than twenty years , fifh-en silver one . for more than leu years , and fourteen for more than « ight years . This speaks well for the morality of the place , as tho population it } only . V > , 000 , and the number of servants not I r I" t /; 11 . 'rilK . DlHTII . MCD Ks . SKNCK OF TI 1 K Y A N K V . V .. — AI r . Collins , of Kteam-shi |) celebrity , is thus described by the Unit , a |» lm nologieal journal : ¦¦ - " lie has a general goahendnliveness ot chai . iet . i . He ii emphatically a steamboat , in breeches ; possessing in himself , in a very nigh degree , all the trails that constitute the Yankee . He is a living representative of the best written description of the real American character curried out . to its ultimate : ) to repletion . "

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 18, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18011851/page/9/