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    HEAXTH-OFX'ONDOK. (J?rom. the, Begistoax...

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    MISCELLANEOUS. The Australian Robbery-.—...

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    Our Civilisation. A Stranok Case.—Philip...

    iefused ,. iow » ver ,. ta . pjfefiBnany charg 9 i agaanat tbe . ; prfsoner ; bob , he-was dfitaiHed ^ nevertheless ,, and . brought before the magistrate-- The nrisoneris- answer to . the charge was , that the woman with whom he had been living had long beea . affected . in . her mind , and that in a state x > f excitement she got out . of bed and possessedher Belf of his case of razors . He was in . the act of rising from his bed when she drew a razor across his throat , and then ran to a corner of . the . room ,. where shedrew the

    razor across her own throat . Some other particulars were gone into , and the prisoner called a witness to show that on the previous day , the woman , being , required to sign some documents with respect to property , exhibited a " derangement of intellect . She walked to and fro in the room for above two ; hoair 9 ? and was evidently labouring tinder a temporary aberration of mind . At the police-court , she again , refused to prefer any complaint ; and the magistrate having ., discharged the prisoner , she left the court in company with him .

    "Woman Beating . —A case of savage assault was brought before the magistrate at . the Thames : Policeoffice on Tuesday . Mary Oldfield , the injured woman , had lived with the accused , a dustman , for nine years , and during , the whole of that period'had been , subjected to perpetual ill-usage . She . supported the prisoner by her own earnings as a . sack-maker ; and these amounted onanayerage to 2 s .. a day . On Monday , night , the-man picked , a" quarrel with her on purely imaginary grounds ,

    stunned her with a blow from his-fist * kicked her about the head and . body while on the- ground , and . fhaally threw her from the top of the stairs to the . bottom . Here she was found by a policeman , who was . brought to the spot by her cries . She was then insensible ^ and covered with blood ; and the prisoner . was foaming at the mouth , and raging like- a madman . The poou woman stated that her person was covered with bruises , and < thai she had lost a . large quantity of blood . Mr . Yardley sentenced the ruffian , to six . months' imprisonment ^ with

    hard labour . A Gamkhlaw Case ;—On the Oxford Circuit , —Miller and — Pritchard , labourers , were charged with shooting at David . Holt , a gamekeeper , with intent to murder him . It appeared that at about ten o ' clock on the night of the 24 th , of August- last ,. Holt was passing along a lane , when- he- heard some * sheep running in a field belonging to his master ,. but in the occupation- of another- persfln ^^ He got over into the field , and there saw Miller , whom he knew . He collared him , and asked what he was doing therei - The prisoner thereupon raised a stick , and cried , " Stand off ! " The gamekeeper said he would not , and that the prisoner should go along with him . Miller refused to

    do . this , and tried to get away . A scuffle . then ensued ; , and the prisoner called out , " Come on , mate . " Upon this , another man came up , 'supposed ; to bo the other prisoner , Pritchard , and struck the gamekeeper a blow on the head with a stick . Both the men struck him several blows ; but the latter kept hold of Miller ' s collar with one hand . The gamekeeper had a double-barrelled gun in his left hand all this time , which the men were endeavouring to get away from him ; and at length he was knocked down , and Miller took the gun from his hand , and , according to the gamekeeper ' s statement , pointed it at'his body , " and ' nred it . Fortunately , he hod still hold of the barrel of the gun , and was able to turn it aside , and thus escaped injury .

    The gun was then thrown aside , and the parties made off , but not before they had inflicted several additional and severe blows on tho gamekeeper with . sticks . BIHlcr was the same night taken into custody at his own house , when his shirt-sleeves and other parts of his clothes were found to be stained with fresh , blood ; and the next morning his hat was found near the scene of the struggle . A net , and some sticks for spreading , it , ¦ were found near tho spot , and also a bag containing six dead rabbits ; so that there was little doubt as to the purpose for which tho parties were there . There was no evidence to identify l ' ritchard , who was , therefore , acquitted ; but Miller was found guilty of unlawfully wounding .

    A Lady Ciiaugeo with Theft . —Mrs . Mary Ramsbothain , wife of the well-known physician of Portnmnsquarc , appeared on Tuesday at tho Mnrylebone policecourt , charged witli stealing four cambric handkerchiefs from tho shop of Mr . Moulo in Bakor-stroet . She wns allowed to sit ia tho dock during the investigation . Dr . Kamsbotham was in court , and sat close to the witnessbox . From the evidence of tho shopman it apponred that Mrs . Ramsbotham took the handkerchiefs while thero were no other customors in tho shop , and shortly after left ; that , on being followed , * she first denied having been at Mr . MouIo ' h , and then admitted it , and said eho had tho handkerchiefs in her pocket ; that she afterwards stated she took tho handkerchiefs to show to her sister , meaning to return them if not approved ; nnd that she was given iuto custody , notwjtlwtanding 1 her ociireatics to bo forgiven .. She was roniandud until M « u-<* ay ; and Mr ; Broughton refused to accept bail .

    A' YouNa Man thweatknino his PAxmiit . —A ywjng man -was on Thursday convicted at Worship * - street ; of having threatened his -father ' s life , and inonuce / i hiBv-withr a'drawn' swwd . He-waadntoxieated at tho tftney but it would < appeari ; hat' bid violence i * habitual , W'hls father , according to tlio tttrtt « mcnt of one of the witnesses , ia obliged to carry- loaded pistols for Inn

    pro--teetian * .. The pHsoaHttwaa awteacft ^ to-sfcKaaontisf . iBa-. pjriflema * nt ^ ia ' . dBfidultio & 'fiiidto ** smfttie * ft * , hia , gaod > behaviour . Assault Biri a-Fasheb oiMhs Dauohteb . —A . dissipated old-manwasoonvieteii , atiGlerfeeawell Police ^ . cotirtf . o £ a savage . aastfolfcoa bis ^ daughteft ; Crvbloys TOt A *« a £ * iS * T ~ J « sep &; Johnson * . Uxbridge carrier 4 haa beea fined 5 / . aadicoata for . having ill-used his horses . Thb- Case < oy EsiXHraotra AsasjOizrupon a- servant girl at the Bevw , Mr- Sugd < p * 's $ i nea *> Dorking , by a lad of fifteen , the : assault' being ,, assisted , by the groom and cook ; has been- tried . ' a ^ thetGriownt-Couxt on the home circuit , and : bwofee d 4 wnv , owiag to / at probability appealing tbatithe-gal was a consenting , party *

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    Heaxth-Ofx'ondok. (J?Rom. The, Begistoax...

    HEAXTH-OFX'ONDOK . ( J ? rom . the , Begistoax-Geneval ' * , Repen t ^ TsOBTBEac hundred : and e « gfcty * tharee- persons * namely 701 males and 682 females , died in London far the week that ended last Saturday . The public health is improving , though the rate of mortality is still high even for March ; for there died last week 123 persons more than the number obtained by calculation from corresponding weeks in previous years ( 1845-54 ) . It does not happen usually till April that more genial weather prodteces-a . marked : effecti » : the redaction of the mortality . ¦ .

    Diseases of the respiratory organs have been more fatal than the zymotic , or-any class- in ; which the causes of death > are arranged * Their deciease in the last five weeks , from the point afci which their mortality was greatest ,, is shown in the following numbers : —434 , 433 , 313 , 33 f t , ami ( last week ) 285 deaths * The last number is higher than usual , which is owing specially to bronchitis , the deaths from which were 146 v while the estimated . number ia 108 . The . mean temperature ( 38-2 ) degs ., about'the-same as-in . the previous week , was 4 degs . below the average , and the latter part of the week was remarkably cold . Hooping-cough is . prevalent , and 75

    children died of it . The total number of deaths from measles did . not exceed 20 ; but about a third of these occurred , in the workhouse at Betbnal-green , and 4 on the same day . Scarlatina has become less , prevalent than it was in the earlr-er parfc'of the year ^ the greatest number of fatal cases lastweek occurred oh the North districts , chiefly in Somers Town and Kentish Town . Typhus and common fever do not prevail more than usual ; 17 of the 49 deaths occurred in the South districts . Cancer was fatal in i 6 'cases ; hernia in no fewer than 10 cases ; in the first eleven weeks of this year this complaint has averaged 5 . Three- persons died of

    intemperance . — Last week the births of > 800 boys , and 759 girls , in all 1558 children , were registered in London . In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1635 .

    Miscellaneous. The Australian Robbery-.—...

    MISCELLANEOUS . The Australian Robbery-. —Ai'I'kkhension of one of tub Culprits . —Henry Beresford Garrett , one of the principals in the robbery at the " Victoria Bank in October last , has been-apprehended ia London . He and . his wife arrived in England on the 12 th inst ., and sold to a bullion-dealer in Cornhill 499 oz . of gold-dust for 1975 / . He was shortly , however ^ traced by the detective policeofficers , and arrested in Oxford-street with such suddenness that he was unable to use the weapons which he carried about with , him—two loaded revolvers and a dagger . On Friday week he was examined at Marlborough-street , and remanded until the following Friday .

    Falling in op a Tunnkl on the Midland Railway . —A portion of the Long Landstone tunnel , on the Derby side of Ambergate-stotion , has recently fallen in . About lialf-past two o ' clock r . M . nearly fifty tons of stone ( solid limestone rock ) -fell upon the up-linc , and completely blocked up the road . A man who was working upon the rail had tho presence of mind to stop an advancing train by motioning with" his arms ; the engine was reversed , and , although it was thrown off tho line , the concussion with the diibris / was ao far lessoned that no one was hurt . LoitD Duxuonalt ) A > u > ins Plan . —Lord Dundonald has written to tho daily papers to say , that as his offer to destroy Scbastopol , Cronstadt , & c , by means known only to himself , has not been accepted , ho ahull make the same proposal to our- " wise and energetic ally . "

    Explosion of Gas ani > Lob . s of Lifi :. —An explosion of gas took place in Portsmouth dockyard about ten o ' clock lttHt Saturday night . Tho constables belonging to tho dockyard police-station had for somo days perceived a smell of gas , and , though they complained of tho matter , no attempt was made to remedy it . On Saturday night tho smell was stronger than usual , and one of tho policemen foolishly applied a light to tho crovices of tho boards to ascertain tho nource of the escape . A loud report followed ; tho flooring was torn up , tho roof blown into the air , and tho men ( about ton . in number ) wore buried under tho ruins ., On being . cxtricatcd , it was fouiid that the legs and arms of Home wcro broken , and that all wore seriously injured . One I of ' the men , has- since dfcd ,. and' tho ihspoctor will' have to undergo amputation : of 'both' legs .

    America . —Late advices fromHondurasniieritipn , t % e prevalence of rumours of Filibuster : etxpetfi ^ piw ftom tb £ United States f 6 r the invasion , of the , Mpsgu $ j . country ; and of the design * of General , Carrera- to ; subfile , and annex , the state of Honduras to- Guatemala .,, It wasjilso expected * that another bombardment , and destruction- of Gfeytown would take place . Tfcosereports , had > reat « d an unusual excitement among the inhabitants . Advices from Mexico to February 19 represent Santa Anna as daily losing and Alvarez , gaining ground . " It was said that Santa Anna held several" steamers ready to receive him on the approach of the Revolutionists . Santa Anna had sent what he could of the 7 , 000 , 000 dote , received from the United States out of the country , together with all his valuables , and had sold the 3 , 000 , 000 dols . yet to be paid to Mexico by the United States .

    Havannaii . —According to advices from Havannah of the 4 th , matters were all quiet throughout the island , and business appeared to be recovering . The United States steam-frigates San Jacinto and Princeton were at Havanaah . The markets had undergone but little change , the blockade of the-ports preventing free supplies of sugar . The Barque Madonna ( St . John ' s built vessel , 569 tons register ) was destroyed by fire on the night of Thursday week at Belfast . The Sebastopol Committee . —From the evidence printed for the- use of the Committee , it appears that they have put upwards of 5000 questions to the witnesses and have received 5000- answers since the inquiry commenced , or at the rate of between 400 and 500 postulates and replies-per day . _

    Death of Mb . W . B . Gurnet . —Mr . William B . Gurney , the short-hand writer to the Houses of Lords and Commons , died on Monday morning , at his residence , Denmark-hill , Camberwell , in the seventy-eighth year of his age . His death was somewhat unexpected , as the state of his health was such as to encourage the hope that he would be able , on the first Thursday in May , to lay the foundation stone of the Jubilee Building of the Sunday School Union , of which , in 1803 , he was the founder , and o £ which he held the office of President up to the time of his death .

    ^ The Chinese in California . —The Tung-Nga % SaPr Luh , a weekly Chinese newspaper , published in California , in the Chinese language , and edited by Lee Kau , appears te-have been chiefly established to reply to the aspersions cast upon . the Chinese in California by the United State . s governor of that state . According to the Tung-Ngai , there are five Chinese clubs flourishing in San Francisco . These clubs furnish beds , fuel , and water to Chinese guests who remain for a short time ; andsick

    also lodging places and medicines for the aged : . The Americans say that the members of these ^ clubs are slaves , but this is denied . According to Lee Kau ' s journal , the Chinese in- California do not number more than 40 , 000 ; the governor has stated that the number is much greater . The Chinese are charged with not bringing their wives with them . They acknowledge that there are only 2000 Chinese women in California , but they say their wives have compressed feet ,, and- are unfit to encounter the winds and waves during an ocean

    voyage . Tlicy complain of the violence and extortion to which they arc subjected in California . The Americans have at length decided that the Chinese shall be treated like ; indiiins aiTd nepoes , and not allowed to . give , evidence in a court of justice . At this Leo Kau is indignant , and remarks in an editorial— " When we reflect upon tho honourable position that China has maintained for many thousands of years , * upon the wisdom transmitted by her philosophers , upon her array of civil and military powers , upon the fame of her civilisation , upon the wealth and populousneas of her possessions , and then behold the people of other nations heap ridicule upon us as if we were tho same as Indians , who wear neither clothes nor shoes , and who live in wild places and in caves , we ask—i . s it possible that this can bo in accordance with the will of Heaven ?"— Daily News .

    SuiUSlHOItlTY OF AN KxPANDINO litON SHOT OVER THE IMtKSIiNT SjittVICB VOK LAUOE CANNON . On Thursday , the 22 nd March , an experiment was made at Shoebuiyness , with a new cannon shot , tho invention of Mr . Worssom , Oakley-creseent , City-road . Tho charge used for the government round shot of 9 lbs . against which it was tried , was $ lbs . powder , while- Mr . \\ orasam ' s , weighing 1 G lbs . ( ncurly doublo the wCI fc ' but for the same bore ) wan- tried with 2 , f nnd 1 $ 1 US .-only . Mr . Worssam ' s shot , with the former of these charges , ranged 273 , and vith tho latter 71 J feet beyond that of the boWU-o ! It is , therefore , natural inference that , if Mr . Worssmn '* » Iiot were llred [ froma gun whose weight of mewl would allow of tl o full charms of powder , it wonW obtain u range of at least ftSS 1 to 1500 foot beyond the shot in present'use .

    uoo A moetiiur of cotton manufacturers was held , at ManohTtSS week ,, at which the ^ oij « f U-c djpuUUoj to the Homo Sucroinry w « h rcml . It was «« " - «""» Sir Goorwe ( irey hart dcifenwl hU answer for a few days , ami it wn » determined mennlin . o to « o on organising , a National l > efi . i . co Association , and that ' . fund ftf of o 00 n 0 ^ lw . rn ^ l ( in addition to tho aubflcrlpt on of Is . per homo r < Wvor from each member ) With a y « W ot '«*»«*& AmdH for resisting , » hbuld Government bo determined to powovero in subjecting factory , owners to the present prosecutions for not fencing machinery sufficiently , and

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031855/page/11/