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      then he turned up her gown and broke her pocket off . Before that blow she was on her hands and knees , trying to get up . I turned to go out of the house , and I saw Wiles go into the shop , fie took up a loaf , and then what he did I do not know , for I walked on and he came after me . I do not know what he did with the pocket ; I believe he left it in the house , for I never saw the Socket after hewas out of the house . After this , going own the fields towards Upley , we began talking , and Wiles said , ' I have got a little money , but it is but a little . ' He took out eight shillings , a half-crown , and a sixpence , and he gave me 5 s . 6 d ., and said , ' There is half of it for you . ' He had also two bits of tobacco . I suppose it must have been half ounces before they were opened . That is all I have to say . "

      The case of " The Queen v . Bird and his wife " came on for trial , before all the judges , at the Exchequer Chambers , on Wednesday . The question was whether the prisoners , upon their trial for the murder of their servant-girl , Mary Ann Parsons , could have been legally convicted of an assault . Six of the judges were for an acquittal , and eight for confirmation of the previous sentence . Chief Justice Campbell , Chief Justice Jervis , Baron Parke , Baron Alderson , Baron Martin , and Mr . Justice Maule voted against the conviction of the prisoners ; and the Chief Baron Pollock , the Justices Patteson , Erie , Wightman , Coleridge , Talfourd and Williams in favour of it .

      Mr . Cooper , of Stanfield-hall , nearTodmorden , who was apprehended last week , on a charge of having poisoned his wife , has not yet been examined , but a number of circumstances have come to light which tend very much to confirm the impression that he is guilty . . A young woman who was servant in the house states that Mrs . Cooper was recovering very favourably after her confinement , up till December 27 , when she suddenly became worse , and continued so till her death on the 2 nd of January . A day or two before her death she said she had not been so well ever since she had taken the powder that her husband had given her , and which he said he had brought from the doctor . Mr . Cockroft , the surgeon who had been in attendance , when asked respecting the nature of the medicine he had sent , denied that

      he had ever sent any powder , and immediately summoned Mr . Cooper to the bedroom to ask him about it . Mr . Cooper then said that he had not given any powder to his wife , it was merely some preserves . One woman who was at Stanfieldhall during Mrs . Cooper ' s illness , described her as suffering from excruciating pain , so great that her fee twere drawn up to her breast ; her mouth and throat were very sore , and she complained of the powder which she had taken in preserves , as a very nasty one ; she had never been right since . On the Saturday night previous to Mrs . Cooper ' s death , her husband said he knew he would be a single man in January . Speaking of his wife , who was then very ill , he said "If I thought she would not die , I would go and get Miss Eckersley away before her father ' s face , and go away as far as I could get . "

      Cooper appears to have carried on an active correspondence with the young lady whom he intended to marry after he had buried his first wife . A number of letters between him « end Miss Eckersley have been found in a letter-case which he left at the Queen ' s Hotel , Todmorden , out of which the following have been published : — " My dear , dear , dearest Annie , —I cannot tell how it is , but I feel so much in reference to you that I cannot pursue my business for thinking about you . I am strongly impressed that you mean to break me off . I don ' t know why I should have this impression , but I have it , and I cannot shake it ofl ' . I cannot think you would be so cruel , yet this has come over me , and I

      don ' t know how . I shall not be happy until I have seen you , and have had some conversation with you . To all appearance the time is not far distant when I shall be . eft alone , save my dear little child , But if you give me up , then I am undone . Should it be so , I would rather die than live . It is only for you I desire to live ; as I am quite sure I cannot be long blessed with my present partner , and you are the person of her choice . You are mine , too , and to be forbidden you would be the greatest punishment that could he inflicted upon me . Do see me as noon us you can . Come and spend as much time as you can here . If you don ' t , then I must conclude that it is us I have supposed . " Yours most affectionately , " J . C . " No date is given with tho above letter , but them is no doubt thfit thin is tho reply : — " Alford , Nov . 11 , 18 / 50 . " Mr . Cooper , Dear Sir , —I write these few lines to inform you that I cannot feel happy , nor have any peace ' > f mind , no long us 1 have any engagements with a married man . I am sure that the blessing of God can never rent upon uh . Mrs . Cooper is an injured woman . How should I like to he in her place ? 1 consider myself perfectly ut liberty , whatever muy be the consequences .

      l don't . Kay that I am going to engage myself . I have no thoughts of it . No , not ut all . You will never prosper , nor myself either , under any engagements now . I have ' now dona my duty . At all events , with God . 1 know tlmt if it were true that Mrs . Cooper would die tomorrow , I have no btiHiucHH to bo engaged to you to-day . I will not . You must neo the propriety of this . I beg you will make thia mutter your prayer , to bo set right . Do ul tend to your duty mid Heek the blcBsiug of Clod . . Let ub keep his commandments holy , und then we ahull

      have his blessing . Let the Lord take Mrs . Cooper at his appointed time . I beg you wili attend to her . How could we expect to prosper , not keepi ng God ' s commandments ? You have never prospered since we first made the engagement . Remember , that if you destroy yourself , you will kill me . —I remain , yours affectionately , " Annie Eckersley . " The adjourned inquest on the body of Mrs . Cooper was held at Bilton , near York , on Monday , when the result of the analyzation was announced . The sto - mach was found to be free from all poison , death had apparently resulted from natural causes , and Mr . Cooper was discharged from , custody .

      The inquiry into the circumstances connected with a murder of a man named Firth , near Barnsley , having led to suspicion that his brother had been the murderer , he has been taken into custody . The constable who apprehended him states , that he ( John Firth ) was exceedingly anxious to know what was the nature of the evidence against him , whether any one had ever been hung for murder when no one had seen the murder committed , and whether any person charged with wilful murder ever got off with transportation ? The inquest terminated on Saturday . The verdict was " Wilful Murder against some person unknown . " They added , that there was much evidence to throw suspicion on the brother of the deceased , but not sufficient to warrant a verdict of wilful murder against him .

      A most deliberate murder was committed at Worksop on Sunday morning week . Edward Jefferies , a labourer , went to the house of Jonathan Brett , a mason , and called him up . Brett , who was in bed , got up , and no sooner had he put his head out of the window , than Jefferies discharged a gun at him . The contents struck him on the forehead , and inflicted such injury , that he died on the Tuesday following . The only cause assigned is , that Brett was too intimate with Jefferies' wife .

      A woman named Roberts was found dead in a ditch near Kivernool , Herefordshire , on Sunday week . From the appearance of the body it is supposed that she must have come to a violent end . Her husband had accompanied her part of the way home from market on the day previous , but they had quarrelled when a short distance from home , and , according to his account , he left her and had never seen her again in life . As there are various circumstances which attach suspicion to him he has been apprehended till the result of the inquest is known .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Quesn and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Prince of Wales , Prince Alfred , Prince Arthur , the Princess Royal , and the Princesses Alice ,. Helena , and Louisa , left Windsor Castle at ten minutes before four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon for the Windsor station . They travelled to town by a special train , and on arriving at the Paddington terminus proceeded , with an escort of the Sixteenth Lancers , to Buckingham Palace , where they arrived at a quarter to five o ' clock . They remain in town , with the exception of a brief visit to Osborne , till Easter , when the court will return to the Castle for the Easter holidays . The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Lyceum Theatre with their presence on Thursday evening . The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe , Honourable Matilda Paget , Lord Dufferin , Lord Charles Fitzroy , Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable Alexander Gordon . Prince Albert presided on Saturday morning at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Promotion of the Exhibition in 1851 of the Works of Industry of all Nations . He arrived at the building for the exhibition in Hyde-park at ten o ' clock , and the meeting lasted till one o ' clock , when Prince Albert took his departure for Windsor Castle . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary left Frogmore , the residence of the Duchess of Kent , on Saturday morning ; travelled to town by the Great Western Railway , attended by Baron Knesebeck , and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester , at Gloucesterhouse . In the afternoon the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary proceeded to Kew . Her Majesty has nominated the Duke of Cambridge , Knight Grand Cross of St . Michael and St . George , to be Grand Master of the order , in the room of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge . The ethnographic section of the Vienna Ministry of Trade is preparing for her Britannic Majesty a splendid album , containing the costumes and national melodies of all races comprised in the Austrian empire .

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      The marriage of the Grand Duchess of Russia , Catherine Miknailownu , with Duke George of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , was celebrated at St . Petersburg on the 2 nd instant . The Emperor himself gave all the orders for the ceremonials attendant on thia event . The JKail Grosvenor , who for some years has regularly vijiited the Highlands on grouse-shooting and deerstalking expeditions , has now adventured on higher game , having arrived at Ceylon on an elephunt-lmnting excursion . The Colombo Observer states that his lordship in accoiiipanied by the Honourable Frederick Leveson Gower and Captain Egertoit . The Observer welcomes the noble party , and ussureu them that every elephant killed is u benefit to the country .

      Mr . Granvillu Evelyn ILarcourt Vernon delivered a lecture to tho members of the East Retford Literary and Sciontilic Society last week , " On English Poetry , illustrated by the works of living poets . " The ftcvereml Thomas W ilium , author of Nazrani , Catholicity , &c , delivered his inaugural lecture on Physical Geography to a nuincrouH and attentive audience ut the Ladies' College , in Bedford-square , on Wednesday morning . We congratulate tho College on the acquisition of a very able und interesting

      lecturer , who appears to unite a profound knowledge of his subject with a most agreeable mode of imparting it . His delivery is natural , fluent , and emphatic , and he appears to possess the rare faculty of familiar and pointed illustration , which at once raises and satisfies curiosity . His language is plain a nd simple , his arrangement clear and lucid , and an extensive acquaintance with the phenomena of physical geography was displayed by the lecturer in a manner equally removed from pedantry and commonplace .

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      M . Dupin has been reflected President of the French Assembly , by 371 votes out of 583 ; Mathieu de la Drome , leader of the moderate section of the Mountain , obtained 71 ; General Lamoriciere , 64 ; M . Baroche , 38 ; Michel de Bourges , leader of the ultra-socialist section of the Mountain , 16 . The Gazette of Genoa of the 7 th , under the date of "Venice , Feb . 2 , says , " The illness of the Count of Chambord has assumed so serious a character , thatthe sacraments have been administered to him , and little hope is entertained of his recovery . His mother , wife , and aunt d'Angouleme have not quitted his room for some days . The Duke of Modena has arrived here expressly to see him . " Accounts from Frankfort say it is certain that the Germanic Diet will be shortly reestablished , without any modification in its form . All the news received accords

      with this , and preparations are being made at the palace of the Diet , which will be completed by the 1 st of March . Count Thun has been recalled , according to his request , but will remain till the arrival of his successor , who it is supposed will be Count Buol Schauensten . The Prussian Government has formally announced at the Dresden Conferences that it will not accept the proposition of Austria , to conclude an Austro-German customs league .

      The Central Federal Commission has addressed a circular to the various German governments , desiring them at the earliest convenience to express their opinion as to the fate of the " German fleet . " The present state of that establishment is designated as one which cannot be allowed to continue , and the fleet must either be sold or completed . The Central Federal Commission protests that the former alternative would be highly disgraceful , and it proposes a plan for the completion of the Marine establishment .

      Letters from Hamburg h state that the whole of the Duchy of Sehleswig was delivered up to the Danes on the i ) th instant , who immediately took possession , and the national flag was hoisted on the fort , and in the country round . A second effective measure has been resorted to by Russia to efface the last traces of the existence of Poland as a separate kingdom—the removal of the custom-house barriers . The first was the substitution of a Russian for a Polish post-office administration ; the next amalgamation act will no doubt be the introduction of theRussian civil law and law courts .

      The resolution of Mr . Clay in Congress , directing an inquiry into the expediency of adopting more effectual measures for the suppression of the African slave trade , by preventing American vessels and American seamen from engaging in it , has been passed by the senate , and the question accordingly referred to the appropriate committee . Hitherto American vessels have enjoyed peculiar privileges in this trade , in consequence of the refusal of that government to accede to the right of search .

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      A deputation , consisting of members of Parliament and other gentlemen interested in the question , had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday at his official residence in Downing-street , on Eastern steam communication . We believe we are justified in stating that it is the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce both the paper and advertisement duties to one-third of their present amount . The advertisement duty , in that case , will be only sixpence . —Morning Advertiser . The contract for supplying refreshments in the three places set apart for that purpose in the Crystal Palace , has been given to the Messrs . Schweppe , the soda-water manufacturers , their tender being conRidered the most advantageous to the public . The refreshment contractors undertake , as soon as the arrangements arc completed , to supply a cold meat dinner to all the workmen employed in the building . No cooking will be allowed

      beyond steaming potatoes , and warming soup , tea , coffee , < Ncc . The prices at which the public will be admitted have been decided upon , and have received the sanction of the Royal Commissioners . The Exhibition will be open every day ( Sundays excepted ) . Season tickets , not transferable , will be , for a gentleman , £ -1 Us . ; for a lady , £ 2 2 s . The Commissioners reserve to themselves the power of raising the price when the first issue is exhausted , should it be advisable . On the first day of exhibition , HeuBon tickets only will be available ; on the second and third days the price on entrance will be ( each day ) £ 1 ; on the fourth day , f > a . ; to be reduced on the twenty-second day to Is . From the twenty-second day the prices will be , on Mondays , Tuesdays , Wednesday : * , and Thursdays , Is . ; on IVriduys , tin . <> d . ; on Saturdays , f ) H .

      Mr . ILatchell , the new Attorney-General for Ireland , was l ( elected member for Windsor on Tuemlay , without opposition . The nomination of candidates for the representation of South Notts , took place ut Newark on Wednesday ; two candidates were proposed , Lord Newark , eldest son of Eurl Minivers , and Mr . Harrow , on the tenant interest . The show of hands was in favour of the latter , and u poll wan demanded on behalf of Lord Newark , to take place on Friday and Saturday ( to-day . ) Lord Rrackley l » a » resigned his seat for North Stafford nliire on account of ill health . Mr . Smith Child baa come forward as a Conservative candidate . Tho Honourable Stuart Knox will be returned for Dungannon

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      Feb . 15 , 1851 . ] ffifce Hca ^ tX . 147

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 15, 1851, page 147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1870/page/7/