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      IHeHeaith of London . —The «• - ' ~ , . . ite Le London district - ' ' ^ urrality has been great in ntnt v" ' _ ttUring { hc whole of March . Jo the . —* the month the deaths regutaed werel . m , m toe tee two following they rose to 1 , 232 and 1 , 203 , £ ud m the It nt must be obserred , however th ^ fte smw ^ ^ ^ mowiow appears over flu . preceding * f * ^^ ding the m an average number of wnn » . « « ^ othereiternal causes W ^^ 'KJH 5 fc « S * the numbers ia » f wf which inquest case * pnncipau * •» . ; l ; he ; helut three weeta / and ft ^ - ^ 'jJ ^ JjL aS T £ X L ^ ° & Sfo ( m hoy ^ m | irl 8 , g iiU ill 1607 childrenwere registered in London . The average

      . , wumumber in seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1 , 548 . ( at ftt the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily readiineine of the barometer was above 30 in . on Monday , the mean oaf bf the week was 29 . 814 in . The mean daily temperature ( frasfras above the average of corresponding days of ten years on tthethe first four days of the week , and below it on the last tihrthree days . It was highest on Monday and Tuesday , when t vt wis about 54 degrees , or about . 11 degrees ab ' ove the averragrage . It fell from 46 . 3 deg . ou Wednesday to 30 . 7 deg . on JTnffnorsday , and to JM . 7 , deg ., on Saturday . On the last day » f bf the week the highest temperature was only 44 deg ., the jowQwest 27 . 3 deg ,, $ Mist the mean was 5 . 6 deg . below the uveiverage of Corresponding days . The mean temperature of : hehe weekw ?« 45 ' . 5 deg ., which was 2 . 6 deg . above theaver .-agfage , in * the earlier part of the week the wind blew from

      : te : te'sohth-east , on Thursday and Friday from the northiJasJasVand on Saturday from the south . No rain has been : ««« corded in the Greenwich tables since the first day of IM ^ fiirch . 1 Accident tttaouon ths State of thk Siaeets . —Ori iruTuesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest bn the body of ¦ WAViiliam Idainwaring , an engineer late In the employ of I ^ AlessrB . Surmon and Co ., lieilbridge Ironworks , New ^ orUi JRdload . Deceased was returning from Barclay and Perkin ' s Ibrfcrewery to the above factory in company with Mr . Richard iSiSmith , one of the clerks , in a chaise tart ; and when in . iMMsorgatfrStreet the horse slipped flojyri . and both deceased i £ r £ nd Mr . Smith were precipitated , into the road , the former rerecrivihg a compound fracture of hisright . arm and several of of hisribg . and such other injuries that he died in com-e ^ qiquence at the above hospital ,. whither he had been removed inimmediately after the accident . One pf the witnesses stated fithat the only way in which he could account for the accident wins that . the roads were kept so bare by tbe street orderlies tl that the horse * co . uld . riot find sufficient hold for their feet ;

      aand the coroner remarked that that was now a very general ocbmplaiat . YerdicW Accidental death . " i i . ARHtVAL OF THEIB RofAL HlGHNBSSES THE DOKB J ^ D I Duchess D'AanoA . —Qn Tuesday , his Royal flighness tithe Duke d'Aquila ( brother , of the King of Napleskacjsoihppanied by H-K . H . the Duchess ( sister to . the Emperor of J Brazil ) , arrived at Mivart ' s Hotel , attended by a numerous a ' suite . ,. .... . .... ,-,.,. The | : various places « f cutamer amusement in and near the ttnetroppIis . tare already sounding the note of preparation . J foremost Imong them , as usual , is the Surrey Zoological ffirtr & ena . Mr . Danson and a host of assistants have been o occupied for weeks past on a subject which , we are told , is tto leave all the preceding ones in the shade . Most extra-0 ordinary novel and astounding effects are to be introduced , While the pictorial beauties will be of the most enchanting 1 kind * Extensive alterations in the grounds have been effected e and a large and expensive addition to the zoological depart-1 mentis shortly expected .

      Exxsssive Roboehies . —On Saturday last information ¥ ras deceived . that the premises , 23 , Oxford-street , had been plundered of a cash-box containing £ 220 , and a jewel-box , trith contents , valued at £ 60 ; also that £ 70 in gold , and pome letters written by a cardinal ; had been stolen from 6 , Albert-terrace ; also from 6 , Lahsdowne-villas , Nettinghill , silver plate of the value of £ 120 ; also , whilst in transit troth the railway station to tha residence of Lord F . Kennedy , several packages , containing jewellery and property -value £ 300 . Amongst the articles is a bloodstone cup and saucer , and a gold locket ; containing the hair of the Flying Dutchman , and the number of races -von by him on the hack : also from 1 , Larigham-place , RegentrStreet , a silver tea tray , weighing noJess than 113 ounces 15 drachms ; and from H . Hun-ell ' s ; Esq ., London House , Chertsey , silver jplafe , talue " £ 20 & . GiOBjaslait Goed . —Four . men , apparently voyagers "from a'far country , found their way ihtd . the great area of "the Rank of England last week , where they seemed to be

      » little out of their reckoning . Their helpless state being bbserved by one of the Bank porters , he went over and asked their business . When the spokesman of the parly inquired , "if they wanted to buy a little gold dust , " tho porter , seeing no parcel with them wondered where the < Inst might be , and took them to the assaye-office of the Bank , when , on being asked to produce it , tbey instantly commenced ripping up their coats , waistcoats , linings , and Haas , isppels and cutis , and so disgorged their hidden treasures . Lump after lump of the glorious store tumbled forth , and when the operation was concluded , the whole was taken away and melted into a solid ingot , which on being placed in the balances , was fonnd to weigh SGlbs . BOme odd ounces , and its value amounted to something over £ 1 , 700 . They were paid a part at once , and tatted for the remainder on Saturday . They aro Cornish $ nen , fresh from the diggings , and were cautioned by the B ank servants to be careful of their company , as a man had been robbed of £ 500 in the streets a few days previously .

      Suspected Ikcekdiarism at Hollowat . —On Monday taorhing a fire broke out in one of the newly-erected lofty nouses belonging to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . Without delay the engines were set to work , by which time the flames had ontained possession of every portion of the building with tbe exception of one room . After the lapse of a conple of hours the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the flames . The origin of tbe fire is not precisely known , but there is little doubt entertained that it was the work of some incendiary . IurnovEUsirrs is tbe Tower . —In accordance with

      orders issued by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , as Constable of the Tower , the whole of the menagerie buildings , guardhouse , and other erections opposite the west entrance fronting Thames-street , have been removed , and on Saturday last the esplanade , which has been stockaded and laid down with gravel walks and a macadamised pavement , was opened to the public . Iu consequence , however , of the opposition of a Mr . Gorfe , who holds a bouse granted hy government exactly opposite , the work remains incomplete . Mr . Corfe refuses to bndge without compensation , and his grace , having no funds available for that purpose , is brought to a standstill . Suspicions Affair . —An inquest was held on the 26 th March , on Henry Draper , aged fifty-nine , who was found

      Strangled at So . 2 , Kavenscroft-street ., Cambridge-heath . Deceased was of rather eccentric habits . The day before Ms death he called at the office of Mr . Tyssen , at Hackney , and was paid money on account of the rent of some houses that was collected by Mr . Tyssen . When he left he had £ 22 in a canvas bag . The next morning be was discovered in bed with a silk handkerchief round his throat , which was tightened like a tourniquetby means of a hearth-brush , but the canvas bag could not be found , nor tbe £ 22 . Tbe coroner suggested an open verdict , observing that it was a very mysterious affair . Verdict— " That the deceased was Stand dead , with a silfe handkerchief , & c , round his throat , tint how he became so dead there was not sufficient evidence to show . "

      Dread of a "Workhouse . —An inquiry took place on Saturday last as to the death of Charles Carter , aged forty . The deceased had for a short time been an inmate of the Epsom union workhouse , but had such a dread of going there that he told a man with whom he had previously lodged that he knew it would induce him to commit suicide . On Sunday week be went out , and was not seen again until Tuesday , when he was observed walking in a field , in which tfiere Is a large and deep pond . In an honr and a half afterwards a person passed by the water , and saw something in it which induced him to obtain assistance , and tbe body of tha deceased was taken out . He had a deep wound on the throat , and life was quite extinct . Verdict— " Tho deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanitv . "

      ACCIDEST AT THE LO . TDOS BRIDGE JiAILWAT TeB . MIXU 3 . — On Monday an accident of a very serious character occurred at tho London-bridge Railway Terminus , to Mr . John Giles Pilcher , merchant and wharfinger , of Morgan ' slane , Tooley street , St . Glare ' s , Southwark . Mr . Pilcher had just reached town , and while in the act of crossing the carriageway in front of the terminus , towards the end of DnkeVstreet , a Paddington omnibus came at a rapid speed in the direction of the railway , and , before he could get out of the way , he was knocked face downwards on the ground . The driver immediately pulled up his horses , and had previously called out to him ; but tbe off fore-wheel passed along his back to the right shoulder , agd before the horses could be properly secured , the same wheel passed back again . Several of the police officers , and numerous foot passengers , ran to the injured gentleman , and dragged him from nnder the vehicle on to the pavement , when be was found to be quite insensible ; He was at once carried into

      the surgery of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where Mr . F- TV . Teanby , and other medical officers , promptly rendered assistance , when they discovered that he had sustained serious internal injuries . Mr . Teanby dressed tho wounded parts and afforded every assistance that medical skill could suggest , after which , by his own desire , he was placed in Alderman Hnmphery ' s carriage , and conveyed to his residence at StockweU , where he lies in a very distressing condition , being advanced in years , infirm , and deaf . Fibs ax a FiooB-cuixn Mahcfactobt . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire broke out in the boiling or japan rcom at the north end of the floor-cloth manufactory and japan works of Mr . James Kolls , in Kennington-lane , which for a time threatened the total destruction of the whole of the immense pile of building . Fortunately it was at once discovered , and the parish and other engines were promptly on the spot , and by their united exertions confined the ihuies within a narrow circle , so that the destruction of property was very limited .

      Tbe Socieii of Arts . —His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Wednesday night at a vcrv numerous and influential meeting of the Society of Arts * when Mr . Bazely , President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , delivered a lecture on cotton as an element of industry , its confined supply , and its extending consumption from increasing and improving agencies . The lecture gave great satisfaction .

      The Committees Of The Approaching Cork E...

      The committees of the approaching Cork exhibition are forking with great earnestness in Cork , Dublin , and Belfan . Almost ail the necessary funos have already been collected , and is i 8 expected that ail the arrangements will 6 j mads in a most satigfacwry manner .

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      Liverpool Hwn Constablbbhip.—At A Specia...

      Liverpool Hwn Constablbbhip . —At a special meeting of the Watch Committee on Saturday last , Captain Greig , for nine years past adjutant and paymaster of the pensioners in Liverpool , was appointed to the head constableship of Liverpool , Dice Mr . Dowling . There were several $ ; ne"l "" litary applicants , but his principal opponent was a Jir Bigham , a member of tho Watch Committee . EMBEziLEMEST . —Mr . Alfred Hill , managing clerk to the principal legal g rm at flridgewater , lias absconded with £ 3 , 000 in cash , the moneys of his employer . Officers

      acquainted with his person have bten despatched to prevent him leaving the country . . Extbxsive GAnoiiE RoBBERT at LivehPool . —A gentleman was accosted by a female in Elliot-street , on the night of the 26 th March . He remained in conversation with her a minute or two , when he was suddenly attacked by two men , who knocked him down . The wdman immediately grasped his purse , containing about £ 300 in gold and notes . She was captured on the spot , but the two men unfortunately escaped . On the way to the station-house she threw away £ 250 , and in the Bridewell £ G 0 was found upon her .

      Manslaughter op a Bov . —Joseph Harker , the master of the Trinity National School at Stockton , has been committed for trial for causing the death of ahoy named Wm . Watson . The Jad attended the defendant's school , and > t was alleged that he had beaten him with a cane so severely over his back that his skin was " striped" by the violent lashings of the stick . Feabfdl Death of Foor PitiiES . —Four colliers met with their de \ ith last week ; by the breaking of the patent iron spring ; by means of which thc rope was attached to the cage ; by which they were precipitated to the bottom of the pit . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " expressing an opinion that the spring was made of improper iron ; . Desperate Attempted Escape oi Cosvicts . —A gang of

      convicts who were being removed by train on the York and Sorth Midland line ; from York Castle to Wakefield Gaol , on the 26 th March , made a most determined attempt to escape , and considering the peril some of them were exposed to , it is surprising that tbey were not cut to pieces . Mr . Noble , the governor of the Castle , started with fourteen in all , ihclhding Ellis , Jones , Jackson , Green , and Marshal , who were convicted at tho last assizes for uttering forged notes of tho Yorkshire Banking Company . They were ironed , and conducted themselves peaceably enough until the train had arrived about a ihile from Wakefield , when Ellis managed to snap the chain which attached him to the other four transports . He th ' eii opened the carriage door , and made an efforf to ^ nnjp out j Mr . Koble seiied him , when he was , attacked by Marshal . Mr . Noble was at Jims

      length co , ropeJIed to release his grasp , ana leapea on to the permanent way , and made across some fields towards ^ ormanton . At this moment Jones bolted out at an opposite door ; he , however , slipped his footing and fell , and at the time it was thought he was killed ; however , he escaped , although seriously hurt . At length the train was stopped , and the convicts wero more firmly secured . Ellis was speedily captured by some navigators on the line . Accidesi to the Steamer Mabhas . —Southampton , Monday . —As the Screw steamship Madras was leaving the tidal basin of the Southampton Docks , to commence her first voyageto Gibraltar , Malta , and Constantinople , her propeller became foul of one of thc chains of the mooring buoy

      in the centre of tho dock ; this obstruction brought np the engines which were in motion , and prevented the Madras from moving out of the dock . It is apprehended that no damage has been done , but it is possible the screw may have been strained ; ahd as a precautionary measure , therefore , after the vessel has been lightened , she will be placed in the graving-dock ; and the injuries ( if any ) set to tights ° A Free f babe Fact . —At tho board meeting of the guardians of the Bicester Union on the 26 th March ,- there were but eight applications for relief from tbe twenty parishes in the Bicester district , and of this number there was not one from Bicester . From the eighteen parishes in the Bletcbingdon district there were but eleven applications . The number is unusually small .

      Thk Shipwrights' Strike . — The strike of the shipwrights belonging to the yards at Hylton-on-tbe- Wear terminated on Saturday last , having lasted twenty weeks . The masters and men have come to a compromise—the men to withdraw their obnoxious rule prohibiting more than one borer being employed in a yard ; the masters promising that in _ this department they will give the preference to aged shipwrights . The Supposed Murder near Baukswy . — On Saturday an inquest was opened before Thomas Lee , Esq ., coroner of Wakefield , and a respectable jury , at the Woodman Inn , Smithies , near Barnsley , on the bodies of Annis Smith , aged twentr-three , and Emily , her infant child , aged ten months , who were found lying in Carlton-lane , Smithies , on the previous Wednesday , with both their throats cut . The

      inquiry lasted the whole of Saturday , and was adjourned . The bodies having been discovered under very suspicious circumstances , a man named James Gieadhill , with whom Annis Smith had been cohabiting for the last twelve months , was taken into custody on a charge of being concerned in tbe appalling deed . —After a lengthened investigation ( nineteen witnesses having been examined ) , the jury brought in the following : — "The deceased , Annis Smith and Emily Smith , were found with their throats cut , and quite dead , on the morning of Wednesday , 24 th March , but by whom the act was done we have no evidence to show . "—The prisoner , Gieadhill , who is a damask-weaver by trade , and a tall , stalwart looking man , was present at the latter part of the inquest , but declined to mike any statement . He is nnder remand by the magistrates .

      Child Mdrdbr in Liverpool . —On Monday an inquest was held by the borough coroner on the body of a newlyborn female child , of which Alice Shaw , housemaid in the service of Mr . Thomas Ripley , Abercrombysquare , Liverpool , had been delivered the same morning . From ths evidence of a fellow-servant it appeared that Alice Shaw had for some time past complained of being poorly , and latterly she had slept in a room by herself . That morning she came down stairs before breakfast , and went about her usual work . She took her breakfast and went upstairs to her daily work . Nothing unusual had been observed in her personal appearance . About one o ' clock Shaw was found lying in

      her bed-room in a state of insensibility . A doctor was sent for , who fonnd the body of a full-grown female child in an adjoining room , with its face downwards , quite dead , in a washhand basin half full of water . The cause of death the doctor stated to be suffocation , from immei sion in water ; that he had not the slightest doubt the child was born alive , and that jt was almost impossible the death could have happened without contrivance . —The jury returned a verdict of * ' Wilful Murder" against Alice Shaw ; and the coroner ordered that tbe prisoner should remain in the custody of the police at Mr . Ripley ' s bouse nntil she is sufficiently recovered to be removed . On her recovery she will be removed to Kirkdale Gaol to await her trial at the next

      . The Cosvict Servicb at Portsmouth . —On Tuesday the whole of tbe able bodied prisoners belonging to tho Stirling Castle hulk were transferred to the new convict prison , Portsea , in charge of Captain Knight , the Governor , and other officers . The invalid convicts have been sent to the York hulk till the Stirling Castle ' s lower deck shall be made more lofty . The chapel and other fittings of tho middle deck will be taken down so as to mike a flush hospital-deck of it for the more urgent cases of illness . When this is done , and she is out of the dockyard authorities ' hands , she will take the place at present occupied by the York , and that hulk will be sold out of tho convict service . Six officers and seventy able-bodied prisoners of the York were draughted to the new prison , and the remainder will follow as soon as some definite arrangement is come to relative to the employment of convicts on Easlar Breakwater , the fortifications , etc .

      A Child Starved to Death . —Great excitement has been caused in Southampton for several days past in consequence of a man and woman , named Rowe , having been accused of starving their child to death . Their house , situated in James-street , has been beset by a mob , who havo broken every window in it , and have maltreated the man and woman whenever thoy have made their appearance . The child is a boy , about five or six years of age . ltowo is a shoemaker by trade , and tho poor boy was by his first wife . The neighbours , it appears , have long noticed that tbe mother-in-law treated the child with great brutality , shutting it in a privy , and jamming its head in the doorway ; but it appears the proximate cause of death was a want of nourishment . The woman has two children of her own ; which she docs not appear to havo ill-used .

      Howe ' s house is now guarded by the police , to keep off the mob . What makes the mob more than usually indignant , it appears , is the fact that both Rowe and his wife have professed to be religious people . Incendiary Fire at West Beroholt , Colchester . —On Sunday night a destructive fire , the diabolical work of an incendiary , broke out in tho extensive farm premises occupied by Mr . Isaac Page , of West Bergholt , by which a considerable amount of valuable property was consumed . It appears that about twelve o ' clock on Sunday night , ns ^ Ir . Page's nephew was dressing himself to go to Colche ' ster for a load of night soil he observed through his chamber window a light in the barn , and immediately informed his master , mistress , and the servant , who got up and discovered tho premises to be on fire . A messenger was instantly

      dispatched to Colchester , but by the time the engine arrived , the premises , which consisted of a large barn , containing 100 coombs of barley , and seventy coombs of peas , partly threshed , with the straw , piggeries , bullock sheds , sheep yard , waggon , and farming implements , were completely enveloped in flames . The stock ia insured in the Sorwich Union Fire Office to its full value , but the premises are not protected by insurance . The estimated damage , as far as can be ascertained at present , is hetween £ 500 and £ 60 'J . The farm formerly belonged to the lato Daniel Howard , E * q ., of Chcton-is now in Chancerybut Mr . Edward Smith , draper , of High-street , Colchester , has purchased it , although it has never been conveyed to him . A man was captured ou suspicion of causing the fire , but af . er having been before the magistrates , he was discharged .

      Proclamation Tor Asse.Mdli.Vo Pablmmknt....

      Proclamation tor Asse . mdli . vo Pablmmknt . —On Tuesday Lord Brougham ' s bill as amended on report , to shorten the time required for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof , was printed by order of the House of f \ , 'i nkstands it is "that so often as her Majesty sna . l by her Royal proclamation appoint a time for the first meeting of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after a dissolution thereof , the time so to be appointed may be any time not less than Dirty-five days after the day of such proclamation , the act of the fifth year of Queen Anne , c . 8 , or the act of the 7 th and 8 th years of William 111 ., c . 25 , or 3 lly other law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding . "

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      Suspicions Cash. — On Tuesday Afternoon,...

      Suspicions Cash . — On Tuesday afternoon , a young man named Kirkwood , residing at Bridgeton , was taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the death of his father , which took place somewhat suddenly that day . The rumour in the neighbourhood is that the old man and his son had quarrelled , and that blows had been ex-Changed bstween them . This much , at all events , is certain , that violence appears to have been used , and that the young man has been apprehended , but this latter step may merely be a precautionary measure . —Glasgow Constitutional . DiABuicAL Attempt to Murder an Infant . —A few days since , two respectable females , be ' onging to Cathcart , when passing a field within 200 yards of the bridge across Cart ,

      at Cathcart Holm , heard a sound which they found proceeded from a child . They went into the field and examined a dung-heap , and disc ivcred a piece of white muslin projecting from the top , and , on persevering with their search , they found a female child , apparently about three weeks old , embedded in the manure , its whole body and head having been covered to some depth , and so as completely to prevent its twins seen . Fortunately , however , the chiidfi cries saved its life , ' for it is beyond all doubt that it was left there by some unnatural monster to perish . The females who discovered tho child had come from Pollokshaws ; and

      on the road , about half way between tho field where it was found and tho old road to Langside , they met a woman , who in passing partially covered her face with her shawl . This led to a closer observation of her > han they otherwise would havo made , and they describe her to be between twenty and thirty years of age , rather stout made , and dressed in a straw honnet with red ribbons , blue and red stripod petticoat , front foro teeth open , and she carried a bandbox . If the woman described bo the mother of tho child , we trust she will be speedily brought to justice ; and tho minute description which has been given of her will enable the authorities of tho district to trace her out . — Glasgow Paper .

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      Thk Ttomks Camolic Bisnopmc O? Acnonwr.—...

      Thk ttoMKS Camolic Bisnopmc o ? AcnoNwr . —The " tyrawley Herald " says i— " In all probability Dr . Costello , of CrossmoVwn , will he elected as Bishop of Achonry , vacailt by the death of Br . M'Sicholas . His name is second Oh the list that is to bo submitted to the Pope . " . ItEfVubfioN of Rent . —Tho Right Hon . Edward Lucas , of Casfleshnne , hasniaile a very considerable reduction in his rents , and in doing io availed himself of the services of that humane and excellent gentleman Hugh Swaniey , Esq .,

      of Castleblaney .-EMiOHATlON .- ^ Tiie tide of emigration ( says tho "Traleo Chronicle" ) from every part of the county continues unabated , or rather has set in with renewed force . Troops of comfortable farmers , with their wives , children , and household furn \ turo ,.. have passed through our streets this Week , to take shipping from the Samphires . At a sale of land held in Limerick , under the order of the Encumbered Estates Court , an estate yielding a profit rent of between £ 700 and £ 800 , sold for £ 12 , 020 . The incumbrances on the estate amounted to £ 20 , 000 .

      Tenant Right . —The meeting of the citizens of Dublin , convened by the Lord Mayor , to support Mr . Sharman Crawford's Tenant Right Bill , was held on Tuesday in the Music Hall , and was rather respectably , though by no means numerously , attended . The Lord Mayor took the chain ' The Poet Moore . —A meeting of a highly interesting character was held on Monday in the town mansion of the Earl of Charlemont , the noble earl himself presiding , for the purpose of faking steps to erect in Ireland a suitable memorial in honour of the lamented Thomas Moore . The result amounted to this—that funds would at once be collected , several of the highest names in Ireland undertaking to act as collectors , and that until the whole amount that may be contributed shall have been ascertained neither the site nor the design of the memorial shall be decided on .

      The Electors of Ennis have met and passed a vote of total want of confidence in their present representative the O'Gorraan Mahon . A requisition has been forwarded toSir Coleman O'Loughlen to stand for thc borough . Election Preparations . —Mr . Butt , Q . C ., is now definitively in the field for Youghal . He is for giving Ireland a " fair share" of the public expenditure ; he thinks this country has a hist claim to tho total remission of the advances made to it during tho famine ; wouldjlook to industrial employment as a substitute , to a great extent , for the Poor Laws ; and , finally , would advocate a " moderate protection" for Irish interests , whether manufacturing , commercial , or agricultural .

      A new candidate , Mr . J . Vandelcur Stewart ; a cousin of the Marquis of Londonderry , has addressed the electors of Down on high Tory and landlord principles . He declares himself prepared to give a " steady and unflinching support to Lord Derby ' s government , " and deprecates " any atti-mpt to legislate on tenant right . " The electors of New Ross havo finally pledged themselves to support Mr . Charles Gavan Duffy , who has been carrying on a successful canvass in the borough during the last few days . Tho Lord Lieutenant , accompanied by the Rev . Dr . Tighe , dean of the Chattel Royal , paid an unexpected visit on Monday to the national schools under tho management of the Rev . Dr . Spratt , the popular head of tho Roman Catholic establishment in Whitefriars-street . His excellency expressed himself highly pleased with the arrangements of the school and the proficiency of tho pupils .

      The MuNSTKtt Exhibition . —A deputation from the Cork and Dublin committees of the Cork Exhibition had an interview with Lord Eglington on Tuesday . His excellency promised the deputation his warmest support .

      The New Application Of Gas.—On Tuesday C...

      The New Application of Gas . —On Tuesday cveni ng Mr . Defries gave his annual dinner at tho Freemason s ' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , to rather more than 100 members of the gas-fitting trade . In his circular of invitation , Mr . Dairies says : — "When I last had tho pleasure of meeting you , 1 pledged myself to produce by the next occasion some substantial novelties , calculated to give a powerful impetus to the progress of gas lighting . " Tho . chief of these " novelties" is the substitution of gas for tho agency of coal fires for all domestic purposes , and which has already boon noticed at some length in our columns on the occasion of an exhibition of this peculiar application of gas at the Polytechnic Institution . Together with two of those gas fires—one ignited hy common coal gas , and tho other , " the most brilliant of the

      two , by hydrogen—were exhibited , models ot several stoves , and of a hath , by which , as tho company wero informed by Dr . Bashhoffner while that gentleman was proposing the health of tho chairman , any one could be sup « plied in six minutes with forty-five gallons of water heated to ninety-five or even 110 degrees entirely by gas , and at a cost of three-halfpence . Thi * , the Doctor thought all would agree , looking at thc expense and trouble at present attendin ? the procuration of a warm bath in London , was an application of vast public utility . Dr . Bachhoffner further stated , that Mr . Defries and himself—for they were now in partnership—would in a few weeks be enabled to bring before the public a substantial and well organised company

      for furthering the application of gas to nil purposns now answered hy coal fires ; in doing this they confidently looked for the support of the gas fitters , on whose co-operation much must depend , and who would in common with tbe public and the patentees reap ample benefit from tho application . —Mr . Defries , in returning thanks , stated , among other things , that he had just completed the fitting up of tho kitchens , & c , of the Houses of Parliament , where in future cookinir , washing , drying , and all similar processes , would be carried on through the sole agency of gas . This adoption by parliament of thc novel use of gits , had already Jed to many , and would necessarily lead to many more , orders .

      Tub Cuffe-btreet Savings Bank —On Tuesday a deputation , consisting of several members of the House of Commons , waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer , at Downing street , to make the right hon . gentleman a proposition on behalf of the depositors who suffered in the bankruptcy of the CuftVstrcct Savings Bank , in Dublin . Mr . Reynolds observed that , referring to the recent vote of thc House of Commons , on the subject of the Cuffe-atreet Savings Bank , he was not prepared to accept it as a general settlement of tbe question , and that considering the tone of t ' - 'e debate , and that upon that occasion ho had the support of tho majority of the Irish members now in England , in addition to that of Mr . Hume and many other influential members , he still entertained tho hope that her Majesty ' s government would reconsider tho case of the 2 , 000

      unfortunate persons in Dublin , who in their old age had been deprived of the means of existence by the dishonest practices of the managers of this bank . Tbe deputatton concluded by begging of the right hon . gentleman to allow thc case to be tried in a court of law ; as , by compliance with this request , a ques . ion would be finally set at rest which was now regarded by hundreds of her Majesty ' s subjects with tho most intense anxiety 11 The deputation did not wish to press the government to a hasty decision , but they threw out the suggestion in the hope that the government would reconsider the subject . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer reminded Mr . Reynold ' s and tho deputation that this was not a new case , as the facts had been repeatedly brought under the notice of tho house and the late government . If tho hon . gentleman would put his proposition , on behalf of

      tho depositors , in writing , he would take care that it should receive full consideration , and that an answer would be returned in writing . —Mr . Reynolds undertook , upon the part of the deputation , to put a proposition in writing , which he trusted would receive the full and fair consideration of tho govemment . -The deputation then withdrew . ^ Forkio . v Watches with a British Name . —A portion of a large parcel of foreign watches imported for thc purpose of delivery for use iu this country , on payment of the duties , having been found to bo illegally marked with the name and address of a British manufacturer , in violation of tho law prohibiting the importation of foreign goods having the ltamon , & c , oT British makers , with intent to pass tliem off as British-made articles , they were sezo . d by the officers of tho revenue as forfeited under the aet 81 I 1 and 9 th Victoria , cap . SO , sec . 43 , and ordered to bo

      prosecuted . r HoLiowATS Pills , an admirable remedy for Indigestion and Disordered b : omachs .-The widow of an Oilicer in the Army , residing nt sjoutliamptim , who had lived for several years in India , suffered tnere Pc-dreadfully from the liver complaint and indiuesiion that sie could scarcely ever keep any food on her stomarb , and her sjrtem became thereby so debilitated that she was reduced to -i complete skeleton , and suffered continually from sick headache ' s SJlSU ii " n 5 ' ° » 1 , ev ; r ™ , 0 EnB """ l she commenced tak n " lollowaj's Pills , and in tbe course of six weeks tin ' unrivalled ^ &^^ ^ ***** , -d

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      Enrolment 1 Of The Militia. A Public Mee...

      ENROLMENT OF THE MILITIA . A public meeting of the inhabitants of M ilo-end , - Stepney « fco ., took place on Wednesday evening ,- March the 31 st , at the Beaumont Institution , for the pta-poae of protesting against the proposed embodiment of the" militia . —Mr . John Scoble presided . He observed that thef subject was scarcely second in importance to any that could hediscussetf . Nearly forty years had elapsed since the last war / and in Clio' interval there had been several attempts to create a militia force ' , but the public had always protested azainstit . afldnn'government had been strong enough to carry it . ( Hear , hear . ) ' A militia of 80 , 000 would entail an annual expense on the country of from £ 300 . 000 to £ 400 000 . But he objected ' less to the cost than to tho principle of compulsion , ft was" said' the force would only be called up for drill for twentymo day ' s in the year ; but the government reserved tho right of imposing any other duty upon them , either of suppressing popular tanvnl s , or driving any enemy into the sea . They wo » W ,-in foot , b « »» . u-mv of resnrve ; and the country might wolJ inquire where

      was the necessity for it ? ( Hear , hear . ) Her Majesty was made to assure the parliament that our foreign- re Mions were most amicable . There was no enemy in theftW ^ nor any likely to appear . Continental despots , from Kufcna to France , had enoueh to do to maintain thoir own poslSisiV . The President of Franco dared not send his army away frm Paris ; wero he to attempt to invade this country , it would be his downfall . ( Cheers . ) Tho popular fueling of the two nations was in favour of peace . ( Hear . ) We had at present 180 , 000 men under arms , in tho pay of this country . Of these , 45 , 000 were in the colonies ; but there were 50 , 000 soldiers reariv to ho moved at any time to any part of the

      country . We had besides , the dock-yard battalion * , the yeomanry , and the police , in all between 230 , 000 and 240 , 000 men , tho greater portion of whom could be brought into play at any time . We had an immense navy—not less than 100 armed vessels , manned by 30 , 000 men . What then could we want with a militia force ? ( Hoar , hear . ) flio fact was , tho government had lately found it extremely difficult , owing to tbe progress of education among the working classes , to gain recruits for the army ; and their object was to make this militia a kind of depot , from which to fill up the ranks of the army . ( Hear , hear . ) The moral effect of this would be most pernicious , by spreading intemperance among the people generally ; for every one knew the demoralising effect of barrack life . Soldiers were slaves in the proper sense of the term ; they renounced

      their manhood , and became mere machines . ( Hear , hear . ) The Heverend Mr . Fishbourne moved a resolution declaring that the meeting had observed with unfeigned satisfaction the emphatic assurance given in the royal speech , that her Majesty continued to maintain the most friendly relations with foreign powers , and regarded with surprise and regret the proposals made to increase the armaments , and especially to enrol the militia as a permanent force to the number of 80 , 000 men , calculated to encourage vague and unfounded apprehensions at homo , and to create irritation and distrust amonu neighbouring nations . — Mr . Chosham seconded the resolution , which was unanimously agreed to . —The Reverend Henry Richards , secretary of the Peace Society , moved tho second resolution , decfaf ' ng that , tho present Militia Bill of the government

      was open to all the objections which lay against former measures , seeing that it retained the principle of a compulsory ballot , with all its hardship and injustice , while it had features of its own still more obnoxious , extendivg the liability to servo to all males from eighteen to thirty-five years ofage , virtually putting the force under the command of half pay officers of the army , ahd involving nn expense of probably not less than a million and a half in five years . While , so far as its volunteer character might operate successfully , it would be the means of bringing together tho worst and most demoralised part of the population , to the serious detriment of the community among whom they might be assembled for exercise . ( Hear . )—A petition to the House of Commons , founded on the foregoing resolutions , was adopted , and directed to he forwarded for presentation to one of the members for the Tower Hamlets .

      PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A public meeting was held on Tuesday evening at tho Literary Institution , Leicester-place , Clerkenwell , to consider tho above subject . —Mr . A . Grant having been called to the chair , dwelt upon tho importance of legislatorial power being invested in tho hands of the people —Mr . A . Wood moved , and Mr . Bryson seconded , a resolution , pledging the meeting to contend for nothing less than the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , —Messrs . . Tones , O'Brien , Bezor , and others supported the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . —Tho meeting , after the usual preliminaries , dissolved .

      Enrolment of tub Militia , —On Monday evening an anti-militia meeting took place at the British School room , Cowper-street . City-road . The chair was taken nt eight o ' clock by the Rev . Dr . Fletcher . —The Rev . C . J . Calloway moved the first resolution , "That this meeting having observed with unfeigned satisfaction the emphatic assurance given in the Queen ' s speech at the opening of Parliament , that her Majesty continues to maintain the most friendly relations with foreign powers , together with thc reiterated declarations of men of tho highest political authority belonging

      to all parties in the state , that thc panic attempted to ho created in the public mind on the subject at present likely to expose this country to the dancer of war , cannot but regard with surprise and regret the proposnl ma-le to increase the armament , and especially to enrol tl e militia as a permanent force , is calculated to encourage vague and groundless apprehensions at home , and to create irritation and distrust among neighbouring nations . " Rev , H , Black seconded tho resolution , which wag adopted . It was also resolved that n petition should bo forwarded to Parliament . The meeting then separated .

      Land-Tax E Qtjalisation. The Annual Meet...

      LAND-TAX E QTJALISATION . The annual meeting of the Lawd-Tax Commissioners for the county of Middlesex , to fix the quotas for the divisions , took place on Wednesday at tho Sessions-houso , CJerkcnwcll . Mr . Iliirgrave Mann in the chair . Mr . Lush having read the minutes of the last meeting , Mr . Coppoek appeared on-behalf of the promoters of the equalisation of the land-tax of the Holborn division , and observed that that part of the Middlesex assessment which apoeared to press most unequally was assessed upon the parishes that were least wealthy ; while the populous and wealthy parish of Marylebone complained that they had to pay the enormous sum of loss than a farthing in the pound—(' " « No , no , " from tho Marylebonians )—the parish of St . Andrew ' s was at the same time paying Is . in tho pound , supposing

      Marylebone to havo paid the full farthing . For twenty-five years tho inequalities had passed unobserved ; and when at last an appeal was made from Mr . John Wood , chairman of the Inland Revenu » , to tho Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Charles Wood , they were met by the letter of Mr . Keogh , tho solicitor . ( Here Mr . Coppoek read extracts from tho letter . ) London paid about Is . in the pound , on an average , to the tax ; Liverpool about one-eicht of a farthing , and Manchester about one farthing ; while other divisions paid Hid . in the pound towards the tax . In 1849 , the riebt hon . gentleman now holding the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a speech at Aylesbury , in which ho expressed bis belief that after due consideration thoir endeavours to obtain their just rights would succeed ; for tho right hon . gentleman showed that the county of

      Bucks paid If . 5 d . in the pound , while other counties , far more wealthy , paid infinitely less . Tho opinions of the present Attorney and Solicitor-General pointed in the same direction . Doubts had been thrown out whether the law was with the equalisers ; but how could there bo a doubt after tho decision in tho case of Bradley HaverstOP , and after what Lord Campbell and the other judges had said in that case ? Mr . Coppoek concluded by moving "That to raise the sum of £ 107 . 002 lis . 7 d . the quota laid on 'the rest of the county of Middlesex , ' in and by the 38 th of Geo . III ., cap . 5 , for tho service of tho year 1852 , the proportiens to be raised by each division he as follows . [ Here followed

      the list of places , from Gore to Finsbury , with the sum assessed upon each printed opposite the name . ] , And that the samo be raised by an equal pound rate in each . division . " —Tho resolution was seconded by Mr . Offer . —Mr . Payne , the coroner , said his conclusion was that the Commissioners had no power by tho last act of the present rcicn to alter tho quotas as they existed under the act of William and Mary . He proposed an amended resolution , which was adopted . Afterwards a resolution was passed referring the matter to the same committee that had acted last year , to confer with the Chancellor of tho Exchequer . A vote of thanks having been unanimously passed to tho Chairman , the Court adjourned .

      Covrt Of Alpermen.—A Court Was Held On T...

      Covrt of Alpermen . —a Court was held on Tuesday . Mr . Alderman Lawrence presented a petition from James Simpson , aged sixty-six years , now lying in tho gaol of Newgate since tho 1 st day of September , 1848 , for a default to thc Crown in the payment of money received as a collector of property and income-tax . The petition stated among a variety of matters , that the unfortunate petitioner at tho end of January and the beginning of February 1849 received information that his obligation as a defaulter to tho Crown had been arranged that his surety was to pay £ 50 annua ly , and that his pension was to po quarterly i 5 ! XriSn « , ? " r h ! f efalcation « t , le P «" Sh % uthorft . ies £ K ? . 2 A ° " , ? -1 arran 'ement J notwithstanding which he had been , and still was detained in prison , and had continued to pay by his pension and in his person as a ™ . ? t ° ] ? ° y- Artille 'T- Alderman Lawrence sa . d ho was of opinion that the Court were hound , for the sake of humanity , to iiiterfrro in sunh a n . ™> na

      toe punishment of endless confinement in the gaol of Newgate was not proportioned to the malefaction which had been committed , ( Hear , hear . ) Sir R . Garden warmly seconded the suggestion of Alderman Lawrence . Alderman bidney disapproved the interposition of the Court under tho circumstances of the case . The aldermen had no jurisdiction whatever in it , and ought not to depart from their uuty as magistrates for tho purpose of obtaining a remission of the punishment which tho government considered to be merited . After considerable discussion , the petition was referred to the committee

      Brkslau , Mahoii 23 . —The Corn Trabe .-A heavy blow threatens the speculators in corn . The prices have been falling for the last fortnight ; rye is thirteen silver gro ? chin , wheat ten ditto , and bailey two ditto per bushel lower than in February . Oats alone keep up . This fall is caused chiefly by reports from abroad , for our own market is but scantily supplied , and our large exports , both abroad and to the interior of the country , would certainly occasion a rise were it not for the favourable reports from foreign markets . All apprehension that the frost has injured the seeds is p astjpd away . —Angieger & iwg , March 24 ,

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      Bury St. Edmunds. Cbar6e Of Murder.—Will...

      BURY ST . EDMUNDS . CBAR 6 E of Murder . —William Baldry , 50 , w . s . for administering poison to Mary Ann Bald ' rv »>! ' k ( Fl with intent to murder her at Preston , on tho ' eib f * ito » last , —Tho prisoner was a respectable farmer anH Cc - ' pcared that on the 6 th of December , his wife ocino-n ' - took a glass from tho washstand , loft tho room III , l ! 8 returned with a glass of beer , into which he put somn ^ stirred tho beer , and gave it to his wife . She n u gar gliass , and said that it looked white , and drank som ^ The prisoner asked if she was not going to drink thn ° * "• She oaid , "lam afraid , " to which the prisoner r « , ? lo > " Never mind , sup it out , it won ' t hurt you . " She ]? ° « it out , and gave tbe glass to her husband , who poured k cold water into it . In the night the prosecutrix woke SClIle plained of illnwa and vomited violently . The i * - 0016 ' came into the room ; during the timo ho was in tho " 0 ni ! t ins who motnerjeii

      Mrs . uope , s , , me room for an of an hour , and on her return found that tho glass lndf empied of the water , leaving a white powder reta-ii n She rinsed the glass and put the rinsing into a scen t ' h n *' and on tho loth gave tho bottle to Mr . Vincent , a sun , ' the sediment was afterwards analysed and found to co * "' arsenic—On the 13 th of the same month , a cup of ff which had been prepared for tho prisoner ' s wife , nnd ° i C been left in a room in which the prisoner was alo ne " * found to contain a white sediment , and tho prosecutrix ffIIS Jll after taking it . —Tho Jury returned a verdict of of I ' and' the' Learned Judge passed sentence of death in I ' usual ' form upon the prisoner . n « b MONMOUTH . \ Vjim Mb-r-dbr . —The trial of Abel Evans ns 4 pr Dore , for the wilful murder of their female illewtil li offsprin-g , a child of six weeks old , terminated by tno ° finding L'Oth the prisoners Guilty , but strongly recomJ" 7

      ing tho woman to-mercy . —His lordsmp said ho wou u f ward tho recommendation to the proper quarter , but f his own part , . he cowld hold out no hopes . His ' ] or ??' then put on the blaete eap , and passed sentence on thorn ? the usual manner .

      LIVERPOOL . ACTION FOR CRlM . COS . AGAINST A CLEnOTMAN . Harding v . Middle toff , Clerk . —This was an action the case , for criminal conversation , to which tho defenda «! p leaded Not Guilty . Sir f . Thesiger stated tho case toX jury . The plaintiff is a luerehant residing at Ramsdalo house , Didsbury , about fh ' e miles from Manchester - hi married , April 7 th , 1841 , his , *> J *« er * t wife , the subject of tho present action , he having beei'i at *^ * a widower of about thirty . seven , with one si" » n , the lady h « n ^^ tour , and the daughter of a ret pectable woollen manufno . ' turer at lluddersfield . For many * y ^ rs they lived together in perfect happiness . Ho was ab sent nearly every ify 9 n busincs ? , and about two years ago the dt'fendant , theRev , 5 Jr Middlcton , who was about fifty ' yeara ofage , and a widoW

      also with one son , was introduced to we family . The de * fendant is tho incumbent of St . Gcorj . ' ^ ' s-fi elds , MantS ^ . ter , and having during a severe illness o » t ^ plaintiff ' s eou expressed great concern , and going cons . lastly to pray a $ the bedside of the suffering patient , the . fwher ' a heart ,. softened by affliction , yielded to the sym pairtiy ,. and tLo * closest intimacy and friendship ensued betwe en the pnrties . From this timo the visits of thc defendant Uooame continual ; and no cause for suspicion arose in the rw . nd of Ho plaintiff , until the month of July , IS 51 , when th « * defendant was forbidden to continue his visits . But it * ould jjj proved by the servants and others , that not only b

      iu the habit of n \ ectin « each other * , that he came , % u ) 0 , absence of the plaintiff , and remained in tbe parlour > hhi Mrs Harding for two or three hours at a time , orAre . being given to the servants only to come in when the M ; rung , and to knock before opening tho door . On theseoc--casions , the blinds of the rooom were drawn down , even to the north , where the sun never came on the windows , and even in the month of January . When the defendant supposed the timo was drawing near for tbe plaintiff to como home , he would leave by the back gate , and come in nam on Mr . Harding ' s return , and meet Mrs . Harding , as if ha bad not seen her that day . Sir P . Thesiger mentionod several circumstances , which would be proved by witnesso ? . which he said would leave doubt the

      no on minds of tl . o jury that the defendant had indulged his criminal pasiions . Evidence having been given , Mr . Sergeant "Wilkina addressed the jury for the defendant . Tho jury wero ariien by their adverse verdict to hurl into everlasting shaira two persons to whom thntsenience would beEaorodestructive than even death itself ; mid it was urped tbat-iltf plaintiff had been compelled to enmo before a jur . y'for- ' are . ' dress of his wrongs and the vindication of his-injaved ' honour ; but they would not be led away bj ? unqualified assertions or ad captandnm conclusions , even ' - though corning from her Majesty ' s Attorney . General , ' Tho learned sergeant proceeded , with great minuteness and force , to dissect the evidence which had been given by tfe '

      various ^ witnesses , contending that their testimony showed tho plaintiff ' s domestic life to have been an unhappy one ; that frequent quarrels were shown to have taken place relative to the son , who , however much the - nbiect of his father ' s affection , to the plaintiff ' s wife couu ? f . from lis drunkenness ( which had been the cause of his Ulvim ) , ba but the object of disgust . The evidence of the scrvantf ; amounted only to the suspicions of ignorant ancHifnptirti minds—from that of Miss Martha Norton , the housM : *} , ' , who had been in tho plaintiff ' s service a month , awMc was called to prove the defendant ' s familiarity in giving ; . * orders to the scivants , and whose evidence was , that iu > defendant had had the audacity to say to her , "Norton ,.

      put the tray here , " to that of Elizabeth EccJcston , who ,. when asked if she weie in tho family war , declined to answer , and laid "that was hor business , " and who . « e testimony was evidently tho sii 2 gest . inn of an impure mind ,, and could not bo credited . According to this girl ' s testimony , never was there a man so under tho government of his passions as this defendant of fifty years ofago ; ny night and by day , in fog and in sunshine , indoors awl out Of doors , on ihe sra shore and in the green fields , he was . perpetually—always inilulgiii . < r his passions . The evidencoas to the letter writing clearly sho-. ved that tho defendant came as a mediator . Notes passed- between him awl tto plaintiff's wife , which ended in llei' sending him a packet

      of letters , n-questing him to read them and post them , the top letter being addressed to Mr . Brotherton . The night before that , and frequently after , there had been a quarrel between the plaintiff and his wife . Having gone through the whole of the evidence , tbe learned sergeant apolog ited for having occupied so much of their time . Ho had * most solemn and important duty to perform , lie did not talk about damages , because if they gave one farthihjr , ft "" verdict would bo followed by a conviction worse than death to the two persons . Give the plaintiff ft verdict , anil fnough he was counsel that day for tho defendant , he d eclared W them he felt more for the plaintiff ' s wife than for the defendant . Give the plaintiff a verdict , and where must she look for sympathy , protection , or countenance ? Gowheio she will , the slow and withering finger of scorn trill it pointed at her , and even her own sex will withholdfronl

      her their sympathy and regard . Give the plaintiffawdiet , and then talk about damages ! His client hnd'beeit set apart for the holy calling of tho church . So ! o # ' he maintained tho character of sanctity and propria ? * would be deservedly placed above thc common orde ? 0 ' men . But once convince the world that he had been g u' (! ; of tho crime imputed to htm , aud there wag an end of -f career . He did hope that they would feel it to be their privilege and dcli » ht to teach tho plaintiff that he iW " an injured husband , and that he might with safety restore his confidence to his wife ; and that his client , althoug h might feel the affliction which hail come upon him , mp view this charge onlv as an instrument for chastising l » heart and for teaching him to look on high for support '' tho hour of peril and of suffering . —Mr . Justice CrfisSM then summed up , and the jurv , after six hours- delineation , returned a verdict for ' the defendant .

      GLOUCESTER . conoNKn s cnAnoKs for depositions . — extortion Mr . Huddleston applied to his lordship for an order j compel a coroner to give a prisoner , who was commit ^' take his trial for manslaughter on a coroner's in ^ 'S a copy of the depositions at I ho charge provided try Prisoners' Counsel Act—namclv , l § d . per folio « f "J " , J words . Tho coroner considered that he was not inC „« within the provisions of the above act , and therefore * not bound to supnlv the denositions at that rate , a" . «

      frequently claimed a higher sum , nearly £ 3 , for » ° | , them . —ilia Lordship , after looking at the statute , fi ' f coroner was clearly within the words as well as fv \> tho act , and ho was sorry that the prisoner did not ?® ^ exorbitant sum demanded , and then indict or 8 » ° coroner for extortion . . . J Shooting with Ia-tent . —John Dorey , 40 , wis w < y with shooting at Henry Bennett , on the 29 th of" . ' dim laft , at Bristol , with intent to murder him . too grievous bodily harm , & c . The prisoner had been « l , man , but was discharged from the " force" <"> ' L , iii of bigamy beinjr preferred against him . lie was ¦»» ' ( rrcr , acquitted of this charge owing to some tccluii « " ^ Tho prosecutor commenced paying attentions . jjt second wife , and in a quarrel the prisoner fired . ft P j cf prosecutor without effect , but whether intention . ^ accidentally , the evidence failed to show . * ' Guilty .

      BODMIN . , . trffltf William Hnmlyn Pascoe was indicted for ad"" '" ieiit one drachm of savin to Catherine Nicholls , vtit '' i ( ier ir , a procure a miscarriage . It appeared that ^ p b \ ft Hicholls was the daughter of a saddler residing » t w near Truro . Tho prisoner was a surgeon pract » " * ,, ! bcrt , about sixteen miles from Probns The jurj' ( ft « J a verdict of Guilty . Mr . Justice Erie , in | iassinfc - ^ told the prisoner that he could not but com 0 , ' % ik I < f elusion that this was not the first offence of t » ° le p which he had been guilty , and guilt more ag ? ' $ & was difficult to conceive ; ho must be transport ^ ' t si years . The verdict and sentence seemed to conic « i prisoner like a thunderbolt .

      British A.\N Pennies Ship Builwno. -Tkrc...

      British A . \ n Pennies Ship BuiLWNO . -Tkrc ¦ i . ^ j sent loading in tho river Tyno a new vessel « el ^^' company at Hamburgh . She was built at bun" ent , ^ emigration purposes , ' is 484 tons new mc » s « rc' 0 it >\ built at £ 9 per ton , and is stated to have cost i t ^ in her building and fitting out £ 1 , 500 less tn « i \ t 5 (| iii ' have been the outlay at Hamburgh , the ship *" ' * H Wear being paid 4 s . per day . ... off in . ; . DiFFEfiENriAi , Durs . —On Saturday a h "' ^ : ,. *!; , ' . House of Commons was printed to enablei f S ^ abolish , otherwise than by treaty , on conditio" ^ procity , differential dues on foreign ships . *\ pilU that tho rates and duties on foreign ships may ^ jjsan order of the Queen in council , flO as t , Q nw ' Geo , III ., c , 54 , applicable .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03041852/page/6/