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      f thf the rev . gentlemen , was present . After a short time they rcroceroceeded to the court-house , which was completely desertedby 1111 mil mag istrates of the neighbourhood , with the exception of Mr . oolmohn O'Brien , resident magistrate , Tulla , to whom the " great mnpainpaid" entirely left the duty which devolved upon the bench ) ior tor the day . Several persons were in court who had been rtrreitrrested on the previous day , charged with rioting on the 22 d ililt ., dt ., and others charged with the abduction of certain voters rronlrom Meelick on the same morning . Soon after their appear-Liinccmce hi court , Mr . O'Brien intimated that he was ready to take

      raaitaiil in the grand jury room for those who wished to tender bail . [ i [ n dii answer to an inquiry , whether he was ready to proceed to tithe the open court to hear such applications as would be made on bbehbehalf of the accused , Mr . O'Brien refused doing so , stating it vwawas not his intention to leave the grand jury room . After con-?? id < sid erable wrangling with respect to the cases of the less notable irioTioters bail was fixed for two of them at £ 20 each , and sureties iin in £ 10 each , and the others in £ 10 each , and sureties in £ 5 . "flThe question then arose as to the bail for the Rev . Messrs .

      Ucliourke andChme . Application was made by Mr . Joynt for tii time to take bail until the return of the professional adviser of th the rev . gentlemen , but Mr . O'Brien refused . Subsequently a vt very long discussion ensued , in the course of which the rev . s < gentlemen refused to give bail unless they were compelled , iv whe n sub-inspector Donovan said he held a warrant for their ai arrest in his hand . He accordingly arrested them . Mr . O'Brien

      s sum of £ 50 each , to answer the charge of riot at the next a assizes of the county of Clare . Messrs . Michael Quinn and J . 1 T . Devitt entered into bail for the Eev . J . Bourke . Messrs . D t J . Wilson and Maurice Lenihan entered into bail for the Rev : Mr . Chine . *

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      Mysterious Death At Horselydown.—On Satu...

      Mysterious Death at Horselydown . —On Saturday evening , Mr . TV . Payne held an inquest at the Horselydown Tavern , Fair-street , St . John's , Southwark , respecting the death of Elizabeth Wilton , aged 40 years , who died under the following circumstances : —Mary Ann Dickins , of No . 4 , Ereeman ' s-lane , Horselydown , stated that the deceased was a widow with three children , and resided in the same house with witness . The deceased had been unwell since Sunday week , but witness could not account for it . She had been attended medically , and by her own mother from Stockwell , together with the occasional assistance of the lodgers . Deceased was frequently in an excited state from some cause , but she would never divulge anything to her companions . The deceased expired on Wednesday , and since her death witness had seen various wounds or marks

      of violence on her person which , vntuess was unable to account for . —John Richardson , an engineer , said he had known the deceased for a considerable time . She was generally in good health , and of a cheerful disposition . Witness had been keeping company with the deceased about twelve months , and was to have been married to her a week since , but the ceremony had been postponed in consequence of her sudden illness . Witness and deceased went out for a walk on Sunday evening , the 15 th instant , and before they returned the deceased was taken seriously ill . Since that time she had not left her room . Deceased

      had been very low spirited , and when witness asked her the reason , she replied , " They have used me shameful . " Had heard of the wounds on the deceased ' s back , & c , but he was quite ignorant of the manner in which they were inflicted . He had made inquiry , but the case was enveloped in the greatest mystery . The mother of the deceased was examined at great length by the learned coroner , who was unable to elicit the slightest information respecting the marks discovered on the bodv of deceased , who never made any complaint to her during

      the period of her illness . Mr . David Phillips , of No . 7 , Ireeshool-street , Horselydown , surgeon , deposed to the state that lie found the dececised in on Sunday . week . She was labouring under great nervousness , fever , and vomiting . Her mind was in a distracted state , and she was suffering from histeria arising upon great mental excitement . Witness attended the deceased , and prescribed for her , but she gradually grew worse and died on Wednesday . Witness made a po st mortem examination of the body . The stomach and intestines were in a state of

      inflammation . The viscera generally were in an unhealthy state . Upon examining the body externally , witness found at the bottom of the back or spine two wounds or punctures . One was an inch long , and the other about half an inch . There were also other marks of a similar character on the right side and thigh . The injuries had been inflicted about a fortnight with some sharp instrument , but were progressively healing . The inflanunation of the stomach Avas mast probably caused by some active poison , but , not having made an analysis of the contents , he could not speak positively . The coroner closely examined the whole of the witnesses , but none could throw any light as to the manner in which the deceased had met with the injuries

      on her person . The inquiry , after considerable discussion among the jury , was adjourned for further evidence and to allow time for an analysis of the contents of the stomach . A Woman Killed by her Husbaxd . —On Tuesday night week , a violent quarrel took place between a man named Flory ( sexton of Bramford , near Ipswich ) , and his wife , both of whom had been drinking during the evening at the Angel public-house , in the village of Bramford . The man knocked his wife down several times , and their only daughter was so much alarmed that she sought refuge with a Mrs . Long , who lives in an adjoining house . During the night shrieks were heard proceeding from the cottage of the Florys , and a man who was passing the house at a late hour heard cries of " Murder ! " but they

      seem to have been entirely disregarded by the neighbours , in the morning , soon after six o ' clock , when the daughter returned home , Mrs . Flory was found lying on the bed in a deplorable co ndition , her head and face being covered with blood . She was , however , sensible , and said that her husband knocked her down twice as she was going up stairs . The daughter , a girl ly years of age , states also that her father knocked her mother down twice soon after they arrived at home . Mr . Atliill , surgeon , was called in to attend the unfortunate woman , but he

      found her sinking fast , and she died shortly alter his arrival . An i » quest was held on Thursday , when the surgeon deposed that death had been occasioned by fracture of the skull , and a jcrilict of " manslaughter" was returned against Flory , the hus band of the deceased , who was committed for trial at the spring assizes . Captu re op ax American Baxic-xote Forcer . —A man named -Murphy , an American-bom subject , was brought before the

      w agisiratcs of the Head-office of Police , Dublin , on Friaay , char ged with forgery of American bank-notes . It appeared that in June UBt ho called upon an engraver in this city , and agreed with him to execute a plate for the notes required . The e agraver acquiesced , but at once informed the magistracy and

      Mysterious Death At Horselydown.—On Satu...

      the American Consul of the matter , who advised him to go on with the work , and that when the proper time arrived they would be enabled to catch the delinquent at full work . This the police very cleverly accomplished—about 50 notes were worked off , and in Murphy ' s possession were found a quantity of American gold and silver coins , and a pistol loaded with ball . He was remanded for further examination . His object , no doubt , was to pass the forged notes upon numerous emigrants leaving Dublin .

      Assaults upox Women . —The following letter has been addressed to the Times : — "My indignation was incited to the highest degree on Saturday night last by witnessing the sufferings of a woman from the brutality of a man , who perpetrated upon her a most violent and dastardly assault . The facts are these : I was passing through the Eclgware-road soon after 12 o ' clock , when my attention was suddenly claimed by the rush of a man towards a young woman who was walking quietly alone , and who appeared to me to be going home . In an instant afterwards she was lying on the pavement insensible and

      bleeding profusely from the face and mouth , having been felled hy a Mow from the ruffian ' s fist , directed with tremendous force in the poor creature ' s face . I sprang forward instantly and seized the scoundrel by the collar , who almost simultaneously was joined by another vagabond—b y this time several persons had gathered round us—I roared " Police ! " and made considerable exertions to secure the offender , but , I regret to add , without avail . Among the crowd that congregated to learn the meaning of the fray no one evinced any disposition to render assistance ; on the contrary , they appeared to delight in

      the disturbance , and to regard the whole affair as an ordinary occurrence . Finding that I was likely to get seriously embroiled , and without anyone disposed to help me , I relinquished my hold of the scoundrel and went in search of the police ; but again , my intentions were frustrated , not being able to obtain the necessary assistance , although I continued to shout " Polipe ! " for a considerable time . By this time the scoundrel and Ms accomplice had got away from the victim of their brutality . I afterwards proceeded to the station-house on

      Paddington-green , where I stated the occurrence to the sergeant on duty , and judge my surprise when he politely intimated to me that he was the only person in charge there , that all his men were at there respective posts , and he regretted exceedingly he could do nothing in the matter . He further slated to me that an application had been made just previously for the services of a policeman , which he was not able to comply with .. It is really astonishing that the dastardly act which I desire to direct attention through your columns could have been perpetrated without it being possible to secure the person of the offender . "

      Outuage and Robbery at Bradford , Yorkshire . —A daring robbery , accompanied with violence and outrage , was committed on Monday night last , at Bolton Orange , near this town , the residence ' of Mr . Charles Clough , solicitor , and clerk to the Bradford County Court . About half-past nine o ' clock seven men , armed with pistols and bludgeons , having their faces blackened and covered with masks , entered the house , first making their appearance in the kitchen , and ordering the servants whom they found there to maintain the most perfect silence , on peril of having their brains blown out . The scream which arose at this moment attracted the attention of Mr .

      Clough , who was at the dinner-table , having been detained at Bradford to a late hour . He thought tho noise was occasioned hy the children in one of the bed-rooms , and he proceeded tither . On going up stairs , however , he found that the children were quiet , and he was just about to return , when one of the domestics below said , " You are wanted , sir . " He immediately went into the kitchen , and ,- to his alarm , there encountered several men , whose faces were blackened and masked- He had no sooner got into the kitchen than he was instantly knocked down by one of the bludgeon-men , who struck him a severe blow with a stick on his head . One of the party immediately pointed towards the stairs , and one or more of them exclaimed ,

      "Where is your plate ? "Yy e want plate ; wc must have it . " They then forced Mr . Clough before them into his own bedroom . They threw him upon the bed , and ordered him to remain there with his face towards the bed-clothes . Mr . Clough had received several severe wounds , and was bleeding at this time very profusely . The plate-chest was situated near the bed of Mr . Clough , and the fellows began to take out the plate , carefully examining it , and separating the silver from the in ferior metal . Mr . Clough once glanced his eye in the direction where they were engaged , and for doing so received a violent blow from one of the burglars , who accompanied the attack with many threats . They secured all the silver plate , and left the inferior articles behind . They also demanded of Mr . Cloudt

      any money he might have upon him , and he was obliged to give them two 61 . notes , some gold , several checks and bills of exchange , besides a gold watch and appendages . In the meantime , others of the brutal gang had plundered other parts of the house , taking from Mrs . Clough a gold watch and appendages . Two or three of them had also been to the stable , turned out the horses , and conducted the groom , whom they found there , to the house . The band of robbers then , with the most violent threats , conducted the whole of the household—master , mistress ,

      and domestics—to the cellar , and locked the door on them . The robbers got safely away , taking with them property in silver plate , & c , to the value of 300 Z . The police have since been engaged in an active endeavour to discover the perpetrators of this outrage and robbery . A reward of 100 ? . has been offered for the capture of any or all of the robbers . Mr . Clough is confined to his bed , and has suffered greatly from the wounds he has received . We may add that it is supposed that several other men guarded the outside of the house . Bolton Orange is a lonely place , at a short distance from Bradford .

      Murder . —The Court of Assizes of the Moselle was lately occupied with the trial of a man named Joseph Marty for the murder of his wife . It appeared that the prisoner , who had ueen married twenty years to the deceased , had long been in the habit of ill-treating her . She had at last withdrawn from him to Gravelottc , where she lived with her relations , while her husband worked as a labourer at Ars-sur-Moselle , a place about four miles off . The husband and wife only mot on the Sunday . Marty had requested his wife to come and meet him on the 9 th of May , which was a Sunday , and he so managed it that she came up when he was in the wood of Gravelottc . After the

      usual greetings , he led her off the path , and , while conversing , induced her to accompany him into a thick part of the wood . There he pulled out a bottle of wine , and , after drinking some , gave her the bottle in her turn . She had scarcely taken the bottle from her mouth , when he seized her by the tliroat , and in the most brutal manner told her that her last hour was come . He then pressed her with all his force against the tree ncaiMvhich she was standing , and kept on pressing her throat until life was extinct . He then p laced the body on the ground , arranged the dress , settled her hair , which had become tumbled in tho struggle , and left the spot , his idea apparently being that it would bo supposed that she had died of apoplexy . ' But it so happened

      Mysterious Death At Horselydown.—On Satu...

      that the whole scene was witnessed most unexpectedly . A boy of about twelve years of age , named Henri Friste , was out birdnesting ^ and happened to be in a tree close by when the man and wife came up , and in that way heard every groan of the victim and saw every struggle . As soon as the murderer took his departure , the boy hastened out of the wood and got on the high road , but had scarcely reached it when , to his horror , he saw Marty at a distance coming towards him . Terrified at the thought of being suspected by the man , the child stooped down and covered his shoes with dust , as if he had been walking for some time on the high road . Marty , when he came up , looked at him icil

      suspousy , and then began to interrogate him as to where ho had come from . The boy mentioned a place quite opposite to the scence of murder , and Marty , apparently satisfied with his replies , told him that a woman was lying dead in the wood , and desired him to go and inform the autliorties . The boy then went to the mayor , and informed him of all that had happened , and had scarcely terminated his recital when Marty himself came up and delarcd that his wife had died suddenly in his arms when passing through the wood . The murderer was at once arrested , and , on the trial , was found guilty on the boy ' s evidence and sentenced to death . He heard the ' sentence pronounced with perfect indifference .

      Extkaordixaky Suicidk . —A very painful sensation was created on Tuesday in the immediate neighbourhood of the Old Bailey and Ludgate-hill , in consequence of the following frightful occurrence : —From the inquiries made , it appeared that a person named Meek had resided for some time past in Green Arbour-court , Old Bailey , where it is generally believed he had accumulated considerable property by working at his business as a tailor and collecting rents . Between eigh ' t and nine that morning he came out of his house , and entered into cheerful

      conversation with some vintners' porters . Shortly afterwards he sallied forth into the Old 33 ailey , and deliberately cut his tliroat in the open street . He staggered once or twice , " and then fell to the ground , the blood at the time gushing from the wound , which it was subsequently found he had inflicted with a knife . Several persons who witnessed the unfortunate man fall , hastened to his assistance , and , having picked him up , at once conveyed him to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he remains , it is believed , in a dying state . What could have induced the poor fellow to make such a desperate attempt to destroy his life is , for the present , enveloped in obscurity . . & , _

      Rake Coins and Antiquities . —The sale of tho collection of Greek , Roman , Byzantine , and mediasval coins and antiquities of the late Mr . II . P . Borrell , of Smyrna , a gentleman distinguished for his numismatic and archaeological taste , was concluded last week by Messrs . Sothebyand Wilkinson , at their house in Wellington-street . The collection comprised some extraordinary and unique rarities in the Greek series , and many unpublished denarii of the Roman Emperors The suite of coins of the Byzantine period , and those of the middle ages , were very interesting and extensive , and many of them so rare as to have escaped the acute observation of M . de Saulcy .

      Among some of the more important ones may bo mentioned —Lot 21 , a coin of Chalcis , in gold , £ 28 10 s . ; 86 , an unpublished coin of Larissa , in silver , £ 12 ; a tetradrachm of iEtolia , - £ 14 14 s . ; 123 , an interesting and unpublished coin of Carthaea —Cei , £ 25 ; 126 , the unique dr achm of Aristarchus , . £ 33 10 s . ; 128 and 129 two drachm ® of Mithridates VI ., £ 15 15 s . each ; 134 , Lamsacus in gold , of great rarity , £ 27 10 s . ; 183 , a coin of Erythraa , with unpublished magistrate ' s name , £ 40 ; 184 , another of the same type , £ 45 ; 196 , an unpublished coin of Smyrna , £ 37 ; 198 , another , with new name of magistrate , £ 41 ; 285 , Pixodarus , King of Caria , £ 12 ; 287 , an unique coin

      of Baratea , £ 12 ; 297 , an unpublished variety of Nagidus , £ 35 ; 308 , Pharnabazes , who was Satrap of Bythynia , £ 26 ; 316 , an uncertain coin of Cyprus , £ 33 10 s . ; 378 , a coin of Demetrius , before his captivity , £ 16 16 s . ; 381 , an unique coin of Antiochus VII ., £ 32 10 s . j 386 , an unique coin of Alexander II ., with the tomb of Sardanapalus on the reverse , £ 105 ; 392 , Antiochus VIII ., £ 31 10 s . ; an octodrachm , representing on th obverse a Persian king in a car , a coin of the greatest rarity , £ 50 ; 455 , a supposed unique coin of Pordosia , £ 16 ; 525 , a medallion of Diocletian , £ 14 14 s . Among those of the Byzantine series maybe enumerated—Lot 1 , 012 , an unpublished

      type of Constantino XII ., £ 7 15 s , ; 1 , 052 , Manuel III ., presumed to be unique , £ 9 10 s . ; and among those of the Middle Ages—1 , 152 , a gold concave medallion of Hugh I ., £ 10 ; 1 , 154 , another of Henry I ., £ 8 ; 1 , 155 , another of the same , presenting a different type , £ 13 10 s . ; 1 , 163 , Amalric of Tyre , £ 14 ; 1 , 173 , John d'Ibelin , Lord of Beyrout , £ 7 15 s . ; 1 , 180 , Mainford , Lord of Romania , £ 6 10 s . The antiquities comprised some rare and interesting objects found in Asia Minor , and some Etruscan and mediaeval ornaments in gold : —Lot 1 , 453 , a necklet of the most delicate and minute work , an exquisite

      specimen of Etruscan art of the best period , £ 53 ; 1 , 454 , a square > military decoration in gold , of much interest as a relic of an- - tiquity , £ 10 10 s . ; 1 , 488 , an Egyptian cylinder , similar to those i called Babylonion , of great rarity , £ 5 7 s . 6 d . ; 1 , 491 , a bronze 3 statuette of a naked boy , £ 27 10 s . ; 1 , 492 , a fine and spirited I bust of a Bacchante , £ 11 lis . ; 1 , 554 , a beautifuljBtruscan vase e in bronze , £ 6 10 s . ; 1 , 557 , a fine Greek helmet , beautifully y embossed , £ 13 13 s . ; 1 , 450 , a curious circular ornament of if mediaeval art , £ 15 . The collection also comprised some very y curious specimens of Etruscan toys in bronze , antique marbles , s , tablets with Greek inscriptions , and other interesting objects ts of art and antiquity . It produced in the total £ 3 , 831 .

      ¦¦¦^ - ¦ • The Wonders Of The Great Metr...

      ¦¦¦^ - ¦ THE WONDERS OF THE GREAT METROPOLIS . The population of London exceed that of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany by by 300 , 000 ; that of the Grand Duchy of Baden hy upwards of 500 " , 000 , it is nearlyrlyr or about five times the amount , of the population of Nassau . Ascending to ; too kingdoms that fill more or less prominent roles on the great stage of the poli-oli--tical drama , we get the following results-. —London is within 400 , 00 0 oiO on 500 , 000 of half the population of Bavaria , exceeds by upwards of 100 , 000 haUhalHi the population of Belgium , and by 400 , 000 , half the population of Holland aid :: is equal to the whole population of Hanover ; exceed tho whole population om o 1 > : Westphalia by 450 , 000 ; and is considerably more than the whole poptilationtioi )

      of Greece . Some of us may loam for the first time , that "if the streets ots ox ths metropolis were put together they would extend , " 000 miles in lcngth / stli , ' , ' that " tho main thoroughfares are traversed bv 3000 omnibuses and 3 . 508 . 500 ( cabs , employing 400 , 000 horses , " There are 3000 omnibnses in London ana ano < the suburbs , which carry not less than 800 , 000 , 000 passengers yearly , a numnumn her equal to one-third the population of the world—employing 11 , 000 mcuaniian <\< working a capital of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , with an annual expenditure of £ 1 , 700 , 000 and awm paying to . the revenue a duty of £ 400 , 000 , or as much as all thestagetage ; e coaches in the empire contributed before the establishment of railwayiwayvs These dry figures suggest a lively idea of the perfection to which wehavhavv

      brought the art of packing , illustrating to the last extremity the economicemicsis problem of the greatest possible number in the smallest space . Assnmimminn the area of London to bo . 19 square miles , it yields us a population , on eact eacc mile of 130 , 000 human creatures , performing within that stinted compass aiss aa tho operations 1 of 3 ito and death , mixed up in a fearful inekn of passions ams arm interests , luxury and starvation , debauchery and criminality , hard work airk am idioncss ; besides uu infinity of occupations —• useful , ornamental and mid mhi ehievous , making lovo , begging alms , picking pockets , juggling , grlndhindhh organs , rolling in carriages , exhibiting "happy families" i . u the streets , aits , ami returning at night to unspeakabloaniserv at home .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04091852/page/5/