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      INQUESTS . tj c \ f-Demu op Four Children by RM'T ? . eftr ? , „ Baker , at the London Hospital , on the ^« s » f f J » ° children , who h * d died in the above institution from injuries they had received by their clothes catching fire . The first inquest was on the body of Charles Griffiths , aged four , of No . 17 , Eiiabeth-wriens , Stratford . On' Friday morning week , the deceased was left alone by his mother while she went for an errand , and , darir . g her absence , he commenced playing with some lmd ' ers . His clothes soon caugat fire aud he was immediately enveloped in thmeg . Be was seen running across tbe garden by a female , who called loudly for assistance , and the flames were extinguished . lie was burnt most severely , and expi * -ed * on the following Sunday . The second inquest was en the body of Ann BagneP , aged three , oi No . 5 , Tyler-place , Dilston . On Friday week the deceased was left in the room by her father , who had gone

      ont to procure fool for his children , and when he returned he found , the deceased a mass of fire . The flsmes were put out , but their juries ¦ were of sich a serious nature that she expired tha same da t . The next was on the body o J-uie Mason , sged ei = ? ht , residing in Turner ' s - buildings , St George ' s-in-the-East . In this case the accident occurred during the absence of her paren ts , and the only witness that could give any evidence was a child aged sis years , and from what she stated it appeared that the deceased lighted a piece of paper , and her clothes caught fire . A ledger went to her assistance and extinguished the flames . There were three other children in the room , one aged 8 » years , another two years , and the third eleven months . — The last case was on tha body of Michael Ilawley , aged two , No . 7 , Green-bank , Wappins- The mother left the deceased , who went to the fireplace , and his clothes cauzht fire . He died from the effects

      of the burns on tha following Friday . The coroner expressed his surprise that the whole of the cases should be se much alike , and said he considered the cause of there being so many deaths from fire was in consequence of the weather being so intensely cold during the pstst week . The parents of the deceased were then called in , and severely admonished for their negligence in leaving the children alone . Verdict , 'accidental death'in each case . Death by Violbkce . — "Before Mr G . I . Mills , at the linpe , John-street , Tettenham-court-road , on the body of Joseph Edge Macdonald , piano-forte case maker , aged thirty-four . The deceased , who had , been spending the evening of the 13 th ult . at the Hone , Francis-street , Bedferd-square , left the house

      about two o ' clock the following morning , when , aa he was crossing Tottenham-conrt-road , opposite tbe chapel , he waa attacked by three men , who attempted to rob him ; but having resisted them one ofthe party felled him to the ground with the blow of a bludgeon , which inflicted a dreadful wound on his iesd . The wound was dressed by Mr Parke , of the University College Hospital , and deceased was attended at his residence , 78 , John-street , by Mr Weston , until ho died en the 26 th ult . Both these gentlemen stated that death was the result of erysipelas , produced by the injuries inflicted on tho head . Verdict— 'Deceased died from erysipelas , produced by a wound on the head ; but how that wound was inflicted there was no evidence to prove . '

      Death bt Fibe . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Prines of Wales Tavern , Brixton-hAU . relative to the death of Mary Ann Spicer , aged fifty-two . —Mr J . Mathews , of No . 9 , Church-row , Brixton-hill , a merchant , deposed that the deceased was his cook . On Wednesday night last , whilst witness and his family were in the dining-room , they were alarmed by the shrieks of females , and on witness hastening into the kitchen , he found the deceased enveloped in a mass of flames . Witness and the housemaid brought her to the back-room , and endeavoured to pnt out the fire , bat she broke away from them , and ran into the yard , where they again seized her , and rolled her

      en the grass , but the deceased , in her agonies , a second time got away , and ran across the yard to a water butt , where she turned on the tap , but there was no water . Witness seized a mat , and , with great trouble , succeeded in extinguishing the burning clothes . Deceased was carried into the house , and promptly seen by Mr Wray , a surgeon , who dressed tbe burns , which almost covered the body . She died in a few hours afterwards , ' She said she was reaching from the mantel-piece , when her apron Caught , and before she detected it her gown also became ignited . The jury returned a verdict of' Accidental death . '

      A Child SciLnsn to Death bt a Ccp of Tea , — Before Mr Carter , at the White Horse , Waterside , Wandsworth , npon the body of R . J . Fennel , aged two years , Oh Tuesday afternoon the mother of the deceased , who is wife of a gentleman ' s coachman , was sittinz at tea , when ths deceased caught hold Of 2 . cup full of scalding tea , and upset it . Part was spilt on his neck and shoulders , and some entered his ear . The poor child lingered two or three days , when death ended its sufferings . —Verdict , ' Accidental death . '

      MT 5 IKHI 0 TJ 3 Deaths . —Before Mr William Baker , at the Queen Catherine public-house , Brook-street , Eatcliff , to inquire into the circumstances attending the deaths of Mr Andrew Witham , an engineer , aged sixty-eight , and his wife Ann Witham , ased Skyeight , who died at their residence , 45 , Caroline street . Commercial-road East . Mr Buchanan made a post mortem examination , and forwarded the contents of the stomach to Dr Letheby , lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital . —Mr Frimley , a soliater . " who appeared on behalf ofthe relatives , said a will had been made only a few days before the death ofthe deceased , Andrew , and that he had left the whole of his property to his nurse . Elizabeth Taylor , who had attended him during his illness ,

      He was instructed that the deceased was imbecile at the time , and that he h * d two brothers living . This circumstance had caused great suspicion , and the suddenness of their deaths had caused rumours to be circulated that they had died from unfair means . —Mr Donne , a , solicitor , said he framed the will according to the directions of the deceased , who , he considered , was in a sound state of mind .. Elizabeth Taylor applied to him on the 19 th ult ., and infermed him that the deceased reqsired his services . She told him that he wished to alter his will , and the manner in which he intended to dispose of his property . Hewentonthefollawingday , an & the will , which had been made , leaving the whole of his property to his wife , was altered , and made over to the

      nurse . His wife was in a dying state , and died two days afterwards . His brothers visited the deceased onthedav hedied , and he told them distinctly that lie should not alter his will . —Mr Buchanan said he attended deceased Srst about eighteen months since , when he was attacked with a paralytic stroke , and since that period he had been in an imbecile state . When witness called on the 21 st ult ., the deceased was in bed , and appeared in the same-state . His Trifewas also very ill , and died the same night . Witness was called in by the constable in consequence of the sudden death and the reports that were circulated in the parish . Witness placed the contents of tho stomach in bottles , and forwarded them to Dr Letheby . —Dr Letheby stated that , he examined the stomach belonging to Andrew Witham . It contained about half an ounce of a thick , brownish-green matter , which had the appearance of mucus mixed with some vegetable extract . This matter had a

      peculiar heavy odour , strongly resembling that from mice . It was examined by six others who are conversant with tbe odour of medicines , and they all agreed that it was strictly identical with that from hemlock and its preparations . Witness could not affirm positivel y that the deceased Andrew Witham died from the influence of poison , but he entertained strong suspicions ofthe existence of hemlock , or of some preparation thereof . He had also analysed the stomach of the deceased Ann Witham . It had the same dull narcotic odour as that from the stoaachof her husband . Upon analysis he was unable to detect the presence of any mineral poison , but he thought the existence of the odour of hemlock was a suspicious circumstance . —Mr Buchanan considered deceased was decidedly imbecile when he saw him , and not in a fit state to rsake a will . —The coroner said it was a very peculiar case , and required further investigation . The inquiry was accordingly adj ourned .

      FIRES . Destructive Fieb is Lambeth . —On Tuesday night , ab . ut half-past ten o ' clock , the immediate ¦ vicinity of the Westminster-read waa thrown into a state of considerable alarm through the sudden outbreak of a fire . The flames were discovered by gome of the neighbours breaking through the root of the fruit stores belonging to Mr Mose * , the foreign fruit importer of Mount-street , Westminster-road There being an abundance of water immediately procurad , the firemen set their engines to work , but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until the building in which it originated , together with the stock in trade , were nearly destroyed .

      Alabjos g Fibb is Sohebs . Town . —On Monday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , a fire of a most alarming char acter broke out on the premises of Mr Duffin , stationer , No , _ 14 , Union-street , Somers Town , which for a considerable time threatened not only destruction to tkat but the adjoining house , in the occupation of Mr Bacon , dairyman . Mr Duffin , with his family had just retired to rest , when police constable 142 S discovered a stronger glare in the ehop than nsaal . He raided an alarm , and succeeded in getting the family out . The neighbours , in the most praiseworthy manner , procured buckets , and there being a plentiful supply of water , succeeded in checking tbe flames . The fire , by their exertion , was confined to the shop ,, the whole stock of stationary , very considerable , being destroyed . The only available use the engines were put to was to cocl the upper part ol the house and those adjoining . The fire was caused by an escape of gas , but it ia to be regretted that Mr Duffin was not insured .

      DEsrsMjcrrvE Fibb is High Holboe ; j . —On Monf ay corning , shortly after one o ' clock , a fire , attended with a considerable destruction of property , ^? - 'S ' ^ P ^ nwes belonging to Mr James discwry was made by some-ofthe fiei-bfeurs oppo-

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      site , who saw smoke issuing from the upper windows ' An immediate alarm was given , and the residents were made s ensible of the danger to which they were exposed . The whole of the parties , with tbe exception of a child in bed , asleeep , were able to get out without much difficulty ; but upon their again attempting to ascend the stairs , to rescue the child , they found the place so full of fire that they were unable to enter . One of tbe firemen of the name ot Stage , upon learning that a child was in the premises , succeeded , at no little personal risk , in forcing his way through the smoke and heat , and he happily succeeded in bringine tbe child out in safety .

      Melancholy Loss or Life . — About half-past ten on Tuesday morning a fine boy , about eleven : years old , was burned to death in Grove-place , Nev-cut Lambeth . Two children , named Brown , one a girl of four and a boy of five , were ^ ft sitting in chairs ,-before the room fire , and during the absence of the mother the clothes of the boy became ignited . His screams breught the neighbours , who found the boy ' s clothes in flame-., and the fire spreading round the room . The little sufferer survived only to have the partlv-Vunt things removed from him . ino greater portion ofthe humble furniture of the room was destroyed . , „ m Wosks

      Fjre at Mr Aramr Piatt's Glass . — On Thursday , about one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the extensive premises known as the Falcon Glass Works , tho property of Apsley Pellatt , Esq ., situate near Holland-street , Blackfri & rs . An instant cry of fire was raised , and messengers were despatched in various directions for the engines . As soon as possible the brigade engine from Southwavk-bridgemad arrived , tollowed by the West of England from Farringdon-street and Waterloo-road . The firemen then found that the flames were iuriensly raging , apparently in what is termed the ' cutting shop , ' immediately over the steam-eng ine-houso . The hose of the engines were quickly drawn out , and everything waa in readiness for work , but , unfortunately , not a drop of water was flowing from the iiremains in tho district . To obtain a sufficient supply , the engines were taken down one of the

      I wharfs , and set to work from the Thames . This , of necessi'y , took up considerable time , and the i flames meanwhile continued to travel—so much so , that the immense pile of buildings appeared doomed to destruction . The moment the engines could be charged with water , a powerful stream was scattered into that portion ot the premises where the flames appeared to be raging , but without producing any impression on them . The firemen eventually cut a number of holes in the upper window shutters , and by inserting the hose pipes into the apertures they were at length enabled to reach the fire , but it was not entirely extinguished at two o ' clock in the morning , although all danger of any further extension was at an end . The origin of the fire , or the extent of the damage , cannot at present be ascertained . The mischief , however , from the outside of the premises , appears to have been confined to that portion of the building in which it began .

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Deaths is London during the week ending Saturday last , Jan . 29 th , were 1 . 457 ; being 350 above the average . The excessive mortality is shown by the tables of the register still chiefly to arisefrom typhus , measles , small-pox , influenza , and inflammation of the lungs and air tubes . It should be remarked , however , that as compared with the deaths of the previous month of December the mortality from influenza baa very greatly diminishedthe number of fatal cases during the past week being only fifty-six , whilst during the week ending December lltb , the deaths from influenza were upwards of fifty a day . Ths births during last week were 1 . 346 . or 111 lea ' s than the deaths .

      Newspapers can be legally lent on Hire—In the case of 'Miller v . Champion , ' reported in the Stab , it was decided by Mr Dubois , at the Bloomsbury County Court , that newspapers could not be lent en hire . This decision , we learn , froc a competent legal authority , is erroneous . There isno law against lending newspapers for hire . There was formerly an act ( 20 Geo . III ., c . 50 . 1798 ) which prohibited it under a penalty of £ 5 . ; but that act was repealed by the present Newspaper Act , 5 < fc 6 Will . IV ., c . 76 , and the provision has not been re-enacted . Indeed , for many years previously to the repeal the enactment had , so far as the Stamp-office wascsneerned , become a dead letter , it having been ascertained that the practice of letting out newspapers tended to promote thesale oftfeem .

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      CUMBERLAND . Alstos —The parish of Alston , though numbering a population of 7 , 000 souls , had only lixteen deaths in three months ending the 31 st of December . This is the more lemarkable as many of tlm population are engaged in mining , which is considered , and justly , to be a very unhealthy occupation . Alston is the highest ( in altitude ) market town in England , and is the centre town of- Great Britain , measuring from north to south and east to west .

      WESTMORELAND . Poverty is KKNDAL . r-The operative classes , especially the weavers , are in a very destitute condition , owing to the extreme and long-continued depression of the woollen manufacture in this 'town . A meeting was held at the police-office on Friday , to consider the propriety of opening the soup kitchen for the relief of the poor , and the best means of providing the requisite funds . About £ 100 . is said to remain over from a fund contributed some years ago for that object . This town appears to fee suffering equally with those of Lancashire and Yorkshire from the prevailing ; depression in trade . The shopkeepers complain of the falling off in their business .

      LAXCASHIBK . Corn Mill Bubnt . —The old corn mill occupied by Mr Richard Smith , was discovered to be on fire about ten o ' clock on Friday night ; the flames illuminated the Mersey and the opposite shore of Cheshire to a considerable distance , and before the Liverpool fire brigade could reach the premises they were entirely burned to tbe ground . Wigan . —Fatal Colliery Accidsnis . —On Saturday last three men were killed by the breaking of a rope at Haigh colliery . Oa the same day two boys were killed by the falling in of the roof at Rose Bridge Colliery ; and-on Tuesday last , Henry Sharrock , banksman , at Mr Blundell's colliery , Pembarton , fell down the pit and was killed , leaving a wife and two children to lament his loss .

      YORKSHIRE . Leeds . —Violbkcb to a Pbisoner . —The Mayor of Leeds has been engaged in the Investigation of a charge against a policeman , named Smith , who , it appeared , struck a drunken prisoner , named Heath , with a fire-shovel , and fractured his jaw . The mayor said the magistrates exceedingly regretted the occurrence . They were o & opinien that the policeman , , Smith , in the exercise of his duty , had used unnccessary violence . The prisoner Heath , would be at-: tended by a surgeon , at the expense of the magistrates , and the policeman STilth would be suspended , and his case brought before the watch com-I raittee at the next meeting . The decision of the bench elicited an unmistakeable expression of ^ approval from a number of persons assembled in the gallery of the court .

      komhahptoushise . 'The Lord op Burleigh . '—A short time ago a valuable dog , belonging to a respectable individual at E as ton , got loose from the premises where it was kept , and two children having enticed the animal into Easton wood set it upon a rabbit . They were observed by a person who gave information to Lord Exeter ' s gamekeepers and the children ( each twelve or fourteen years old ) were summoned before the magistrates acting in St Martin's , Stamford Baron ,

      aud the dog { which had found its way to its owner ) was borrowed to be exhibited at the judicial hearing . Both the children were fined , and the dog was ordered to be sent to Burghley , in order , it is presumed , that Lord Exeter might see what description of animals were kept in the neighbourhood of his estates . This occurred several days ago , and though repeated applications have been made by the owner of the dog lor its restoration , he has not been able to obtain it , and indeed has not succeeded in getting any information respecting it .

      MIDDLESEX . Suicide of a Woman to Evade Justice . —On Saturday last Mr Mills held an inquest at the Oastle Inn , Islewortb , on the body of Caroline Frith , aged sixty-eight , who hung herself under the following singular circumstances : —The deceased had a daughter by a former husband , named Cook , and at the commencement of the present month the girl Cook and another girl , named Sarah Volley , were taken into custody on a charge of stealing some shoes , the de

      ceased being also charged as the receiver of the stolen goods . The case was tried at the last session of-the Gpnttal Criminal Court , ' but they were all' acquitted in consequence of there being a misnomer in the indictment . The Brentford magistrates , however , ^ finding that other shoes had been stolen , not mentioned in the first indictment , ordered tho re-apprehension of all the parties previously charged . The deceased heard of this , and to escape apprehension she hung herself to the bedpost . A verdict of 'Temporary insanity' was returned .

      KENT . Suicide . —An inquest was held at Rochester on Saturday last upon J . Stewart , late quartermastersergeant in the 63 rd regiment , from which he had been discharged only two daja after an honourable servitude of twenty-two years , eighteen ef which had _ been spent abroad . Deceased committed suicide by precipitating himself from Rochesterbridge on the previous evening , and falling a depth of upwards of forty feet on to the starling beneath , by which he received such injuries as to cause his death , after lingering until twelve o ' cleck the next ^ ay . Verdict , ' Temporary Insanity . ' ISLE OF WIGHT . Cowss —RoyA Palaces . —For sometime past the

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      works en her Majesty ' s estate in this island have beea rapidly progressing . The old mansion , known

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      hitherto as O aborne-bouse , has , since the departure i of the court , been taken down , and not a vestige of the former building remains . The graund has been excavated , and prepared for the foundation of what will be the front elevation ; and we learn that bis Royal Hig hness Prince Albert , and probably accompanied by her Majesty , will pay a short visit next week , for the purpos e of laying the foundation stone . The present intended elevation will be connected with the extensive building lately erected in the rear , and when the former is complete , will form the main building or body of tho new Oaborne-house . The west wing , on which is the tower , has been inhabited for some time past by the Royal family , and will also be connected by a corridor to the main bonding ; and when the other intended wing and clocktower are erected , will be one of the handsomest marine mansions . The building is in thePalazsn , or Italian and Grecian styles .

      SOMERSETSHIRE . The Dundry Murder . — On Saturday last , . Berjamin and Janes Hazell were committed tor trial , charged with the murder of . their uncle , W . llazell . DEVONSHIRE . Exktkr . —Signs op the Times . —It isa melancholy fact that there have been already opened at the Bankruptcy Court , one half as many fiats in bankruptcy , durin ; the first fourteen days of the present month ( January ) , aa during the whole of the year 184 i .

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      ZETLAND . A Shoal of Whale ? . —In a storm on the 13 th ultimo , a shoal of no fewer than one hundred and eighty small bottle-nosed whales were * shipwrecked ' on the island of Haroldswiok . GLASGOW . There are upwards of twelve thousand unemployed persons in Glasgow at present , and serious considerations are beginning , to obtrude themselves , as to the means which ought to be employed for . the relief of so much destitution , which has sarther the appearance of increasing than diminishing . . BMNBBBGH . DausttENNEss . —The police cases of this description were 4 , 900 in 1844 , and have gradually increased to 1 . 585 in 1 & 47 .

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      WB O ' COHWOB'S BEAT— . FBIQHTPDX CONWTIOH OF TAB lABooama * oo *—vicb-sioai ; rBSTlVltlES—sue ' CONCIMATOBS '—THS YOUNG 1 BBLANDSBB—THB COBPOBATloa—STATE OF THE BUBA 1 , DISTRICTS , ' ( From our own Correspondent . J Publjs , Jan . 30 th . I am happy to find that the friends and admirer * of Hr O'Connor seem determined to support him ia his contest with his opponents , and that tbsy are resolved that he sliail not suffer in a pecuniary way by contesting his seat in Parliament , with thoae who would fain strip that gentleman of his wall , deserved honours , and de . p ' riveboth England and Ireland of his gallant aerriees as

      a guardian ofthe poor man ' s privileges , and the cham . pion of tbe oppreeied of every caste and creed . It would indeed be so indelible stigma en thecharocter ' efEngHshman , were they to evlnee Insemlblltty to : the many claims which Mr O'Connor possesses on their gratitude . Ho i who suffered so much in person and in property , for tfteir sake , should not now be forgotten when an opportunity presents Itself for making a grateful return . In fact , those people are not only " bound in honour aud gratitude to see that their advocate be no further a sufferer on their account , but common justice and com . mon honesty wonld dictate that those who reap the advantages of anything , no matter what , should be liable to the contingencies thereunto attached . Thousands , nay millions , have benefitted by Mr O'Connor's noble exertions , and , ' in my opinion , they would not be deserving of the name of Britons if tliey did not now bear him Deathless through the conflict—showing to his and their enemies , that they wouldaland by their great leaderln every

      viscisltnde , and that his exertions for their prosperity were duly appreciated by a , deserving and grateful people . In defending his seat in Parliament , Mr O'Connor should not , In justice , be titt' single penny cost . He holds tbat seat for the people ; hlfflabours In Parliament , as well as elsewhere , are devoted exclusively to their Interests . , He gains nothing for his unprecedented tolls . He . seefcs no Jtax , no tribute , no pay from hia followers . His time and his talents , the ' wear and tear ' of his soul and body , are all turned to the one great object—the good of the public—and it would be' a cryinginjustice if one single farthing of whatever expenses will attend the defence of his seat , should oome ont of his own pocket . Chartists , Englishmen , then rally for yeur chieftain!—for jour cants!—for toobselvzs ! But It is needless ' to make this appeal . It is a Work of supererogation to- remind yon of your di'tt . Hurrah , then , for the labocmno classes !— . fob the chabteb ! AND FEABQUS 0 ' cONNOH !

      It was sot until now that tho worst horrors . of winter began to manifest themselves In Dublin . Daring the by-gone week the weather vat extremely cold , and whilst I wrlta the snow is descending rapidly .. The sufferings of the poorer classes exceed all belief , and to use their own expressive , melancholy phrase , ' none but God alone can tell how they live . ' As one walks the streets a thousand gaunt spectral wretches howl mourn , fully for aid . and stretch forth thoir shivering hands , vainly soliciting that relief which bat few have to bestow . And here let me remark , that sufficient praise cannot be given to the wealthier classes in this city for their benevolence to their suffering fellow-creatures . At all times proverbially charitable and kindly-hearted , they have during these latter trying seasons acquitted themselves In the noblest manner . Protestant and Catholic—priest and minister—alt Tying in the labours of , charity , and love to their suffering neighbours . But thousands of those who one short year ago conld well

      afford to stretch a friendly hand to the poor , are now themselves scarcely better off than paupers . Four-fifths of our ; mechanics and ¦ artisans are mostly dispmployed , whilst the business done in the way of . ' trade' is entirely monopolised by a few Scotchmen , and English and Jem , who attract almost ever . / body to their gaudy , ' well-puffed' bazanra and laloonsi to the esclusionof tbeloog-establieried Irish houses . It would be impossible to describe the ills which beset almeat every class In Dublin at present . Every thing looks gloomily—every man apaaka bitterly of the present , and despondingly of the fntu . ro . Where will this end ? Will those who gave Coercion and special commissioners to heal the miseries of the Southern peasantry , devise some equally salutary remedy for the afflicted paop le of Dublin ! Oh England ! Eajland ! where is thy blush ? D > at thou not tremble lest tho cors's of starved and starving millions of your own children , will not sooner or later draw down the red vengeance of Heaven on your guilty head !

      In the meantime , amid theories of starving thousand ? , the ' sound of revelry' is occasionally heard in our ' high places , ' and with our well paid Saxon officials at Dublin Castle everything goes ' merry as a marrlaga ball !' The last week was distinguished by a viceregal Levee and Drawing-room , the first given by Lord Clarendon since he assumed the reins of , the Irish government , Oa Wednesday , the 2 Gth , the twee waa held at the Castle , and the ' knowing o $ es' in such matters concur in describing it as the most brilliant and numerously attended of any which was witnessed since George ; IV . was a guept in St Patrick ' s Hall . Every creed , every shade of politics , had their representatives at this splendid re-union . With the ultra Orange Earl of Rodea oama his Popish lordship of Fingal—and side by side with the Protestant Archbishop Wbately stood the Catholic prelates , Crolly , Hurray , Hale , Whelan , and M'Gettigan .

      Tbe meeting at Conciliation Hall , on Monday , the 24 ih , was more numerously and respectably attended than usual . The Lord Mayor , at the ' motion of John O'Connelll' occupied the chair , and tools occasion to refer to bis unluckly ' unintentlon ?! ' blunder in omitting tho name of Danitl O'Connell from the list of toasts at the recent Mansion-House banquet . John O'Connell took occasion to have a tilt atthe embryo United Iuishman , describing it as a ' seditious paper , ' which if not crushed in tho germ , would set the country In a Mass af rebellion and anarchy , adding , that its projectors and the other members of the ' Young Ireland ' organisation , were conspirators against the cause ef Irish freedom , and ' paid by government' to excite dissensions and strife amongst tho genuine friends of this conntry . He finally denounced the unfortunate United Ibishmak , and , ' anticipating crime' called on the legal authorities to ' look ahead , ' and take cognisance of every publication uttering sentiments calculated to excite sedition , or derange the existing orders of society .

      However , notwithstanding Mr O Oonnells iro , and despising his abuse and denunciations , the United Iaisuhan will make its appearance in a few days , Already tho necessary preliminaries have been tffected . The das securities have been lodged , and the proprietorship of tho paper registered in tho names of Mr John Mitchel , Mr T . F . Meagher , and Mr John Martin , of Lo ' ghorne . People of all ' classes look forward impatiently to its appearance , and its early numbers will , no doubt , be objects of tbe deepest curiosity . At an adjourned meeting of our corporation held at the Assembly-Honse , William-street , on Tuesday , the 25 th Jan ,, our excellent ; representative , Mr John Reynolds , moved a resolution in favour of tho Emancipation of her Majes-y ' s subjects of the Jewish Religion . The motion was passed unanimously .

      At the same meeting , Alderman Keshan moved ' That Petitions be presented to Parliament for the total Abolition of Ministers' Maney in Ireland . ' Mr Fergusson , a Protestant , supported the motion , but the members present being counted , it was found that there were not enough ' to make a house , ' so the subject was drop , ped until the next meeting . The Marquis of Clanrlcarde and his agent , Mr D'Arcy , have entered proceedings against Mr Richard Barrett , of the Pilot , for libel in that paper of the 31 st December last .

      The condition of the rural districts of Ireland Is getting from bad to worse every day ; hanger and pesti . lence striking down thousands ; specii . l commissions hanging wretches by dozens ; crime and outrage career .. ing throngh tbe land with unchecked rapidity |—But more on these suWeota nest week ,

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      , THE SIMsUlAL , . C toHMEt , Jan . 27 . —MUBDEB OF LOBD OflMOND's Undeb 8 TEWABD . -Philip Cody and Henry Cody , brothers , the former about 20 and the latter 30 year * of atre . were Indicted for having , upon the 9 th of July last , 1847 . at Klljemey , in this county , fifed a gun at E Iward Madden , and inflicted a wound , of which he languished and died in Th » ATTOBfET Geneba & stated the facts shortly . He ea ' d that the most extraordinary circumstance In the case was , that the deceased was fired at within the very short distance of one hnndfod yards from his fellow workmen , Bomo of whom heard the ahota ; and , aa far as ho ( the Attorney General ) co ildjudjre , many of whom oouldhave secured the murderers . The facts are given In the subjoined evidence : —

      John KelIv : IKveatBallyknackln . ftnd am a steward In the employment of the Marquis of Ormond , at the wood of KUIerney . The deceased Edward Madden was employed there as an assistant steward ov « r tha women engaged In barking tho timber . I know the prisoners . On tbo 9 ih of July I loft my own place to go to tbe wood . As I was passing through it I heard a shot , and heard Madden bawl . I knew his voice . I looked after I heard the shot , and saw tbe smolco , and observed a man , and then another , who bounced out close to where the iiret man was , and fired a second shot . I alterwarJs hr-ard a third shot , and saw the man who fired it . I heard Madden bawl Immediately after tho first shot , and before the second . After the first shot was fired he began to move away , and then the two others were fired after him .

      Madden ran out at the gap , and the three men followed him ; the three shots were fired at him before he reached the gap . There were heaps of brushwood collected on the sides of the path along which tho deceased was passing " , audit was from behind tho brushwood the men who fired the shots came . The persons who were present did not pursue tho murderers . I did not attempt to follow them myself for they were out of sigbtin a minute . I turned back from tbo place and set the people to werk . The list of workmen was called over , hut they did not all answer . There were 160 men altogether . Henry Coiy did not attend tbat day at all , but Phil . Cody came atone o ' clock and made a half day . They were both at their work on the following day , They worked there all that day . but never after .

      Mr M , Rtan , resident magistrate : I went to see Madden otter be was shot , on the same day , and found him lying in an out-house . The first word he said was , ' Ah , sir , tbey have done my job at last . ' Ho also said he did not expect to recover , that he was almost off . He was perfectly la hit senses at the time . He told me the priest had hoeh with him . I reduced to writing the statement he then made . He said , 'I hape you'll have an eye to ray bit of groond , and have it settled on my eldest son . ' I took the statement from his own lips . He wrote the document now produced as his dying declaration , in presence of constable Harnet , and Sir Charles O'Donnell , who accompanied the troops there . Mr RoLLEtTON , in addressing ^ the juryYor the defence , pointed out how dangerou * it would be to «< mvl « t taw upon the ovidenao supplied by a dying declaration .

      ThoBoiioiToBOENBBALhaving replied , the Chief Baron charged the jury , who retired , and In about twenty minutes found the prisoners Gailty—Henry Cody of the murder , and Philip Cody of having aided and assisted In it . The younger man received the dreadful announcement with much firmness ; hut it seemed to have oon siderable effect on the other prisoner , whose countenance and manner exhibited the anguish he felt at the moment . Sentence was deferred , Robbery . —Loaded Fibe-abms in C > dbt . —Timothy Hogan , Michael Whelan , and PatCoonan , allyoungraen , were indicted for having entered tha house of William Hackett . at Derrlnvolao , on the 26 ' . h of November , and robbed it ofseveral articles of wearing apparel , —The prosecutor and his mother deposed to the fact of the

      robbery by three armed mon , but could not identify the prisoners . Sub-constable Sullivan swore that he arrested the prisoners on the night in question , three miles frem prosecutor ' s house , Hogan in a stable , where some of tho articles stolen , with a gun and three pistols , were found . A man named Keane was also arrested on the occasion . —In reply to the court , the witness said that the arms were loaded when he got them , and tbat people said the gun was token from Mr Little on the night he was shot , —Mr § cott : Are the arms loaded now f—Witness : They are sir . —Mr Scott : Well ,, take oare , sir ; you ought not to be throwing them about in that way . ( Laughter . )—Mr ' Rolloston : Takecare , you mitfhtohoot the law officers . ( Laughter . )—Chief Justice : It is very improper to bring

      the" arms loaded into court . What is the use of that ?—Martin Keane ( an approver ) deposed tbat he was one of the party who went to tbe prosecutor ' s house . Tim Hogan told him that he knew where there was a case of pistols , and asked witness to go with himself and the other prisoners to the prosecutor's . Witness had the large pistol produced , Hogan had a single . and a double-barrelled pistol , and Whelan a gun . When they went to the bouse Hogan demanded a case of pistols , but they did not get thorn . They then took the clothes . —To Mr Rolleston : I was at the robbery of Ward , the pay clerk , and got £ 7 . of the money . I was also * engaged ia the robbery of arms , bat I never fired at a man . —Tke prisoners were found Guilty ,

      Atthe sitting of ¦ tha Court on Friday , sentence of transportation was passed upon three men for attacking a dwelling-house . Oae of the prisoners thus disposed of , named Hogan , is a person of the worst character , and believed to bo implicated in several of the most barbarous murders ia the county of Tipperary , and amongst others in the assassination of Mr Waller , although no satisfactory evidence could be procured against him . Thenoxt case called on f . ir trial was one which excited very great interest , Edward Rowan and John D . ily , the former about twenty-five , the latter forty years of age , were placed at the bar , charged with having attempted the life of Mr Richard Uniacke Bayly , upon the 13 th of November last , by discharging a loaded blunderbuss at hira , which wounded hira severely in the head . Rowan was charged with being the person who actually fired the shot . There are three other persons implicated in this crime , one of whom has turned approver ; another is in prison ill of fever .

      The Attornet-Genebal shortly stated the , case for theproaocotlon . -lie said that , like many other cases tried during , the commission , U arose out of the petition which Mr Bayly held as agent to a gentleman named Rowley , and brought him into contact with some of the ptUon ^ rs , who entered into a conspiracy to take his life . It would appear that the prisoner Daly was arrested for a sum of £ 10 , atthe suit of Mr Rowley , and that ho and the other men on trial , together with several others , knowing it was Mr Bayly ' s usual habit to go home to his residence , about three miles and a half from Nenagh , every Saturday evening late , met him on the night in question , and fired at him with a blunderbuss , the contents of which entered his head , and very nearly deprived him of life . He was driving his gig , and his brother-in-law , a Mr Head , was sitting beside him when Rowan discharged the shot , as he ( the Attorney-Geueral ) would be able to prove , not only by the testimony of one ofthe criminals themselves , but by strong

      corroborative evidence . WiLtiAM DwVKE ( the approver ) examined by the Solicitor-General : I lived at Carrlganoss , about three miles from Nenagh . I know John Daly , tho prisoner , who lived about half a railo from me . I met him at the fair of Nenagh , on tho 1 st of November , when there was a man n » med Connors with him . Dal / told me not to go homo for a start , and we would hare have soma drink . One of them said they wanted to see William Carty and Ned Rowan , to see would they fire at Mr Bayly . I did not go to Council ' s , but went home . On the day before Mr Bayly was shot , I went to look for lambs of mine , and passed by John Dalj ' s place . Daly and Ned Connors were there . - They asked me , behind the house , would I go fire at Mr Bayly , and I said I would . The

      conversation took place in the stable . Connors and I wont in and shut the door . I returned to Daly's house the same evening at dusklsh , but did not go in . John Daly came to me in the turnip-house . He was followed by Rowan , aud wa said we would meet each other the next day . I went to look for lambs the next day ( Satur . day ) , and saw Duly onhis own land , in the next field to bis own house . We took a drink of whiskey there , Daly had it in a bottle . We went on then together towards Clcary ' s fort , and passed the haggard of D . Spain , into which I throw D . ilj ' a riding coat . He had a brown frock coat under that , andhe and I changed clothes , our coats and hats , Wo crossed the Dublin road , and came out near Mr BcnnoU's-pUco . B . foro we cams to tbe Dubllnroad , we saw two men filling manor ? , and passed

      within three or four perches ot them in tho bohreen . Dily said , ' Gad bless the work , ' anil the man bade us welcome . Wo crossed the road and went towards the fort , passing through a turnip-field , in which we saw a man a gaod way from us . In the next field there were three men sowing wheat ; one of these men was Andy Cleory , of Knockattin , to whose fort we were going . We then wsnt Into the fort , having taken two or three hours to reach it from Daly ' s house . I went to the road next the fort to light my ' pipe . There was an olJ women in tho heuse . We got William Carty and Ned Rowan inside tho diteh at the fort . Carty had a gun and Rowan a blunderbuss . Daly took out the same bottle and gave them a drink of whiskey . I was going to li ght my pipe nfeain , and I heard Carty ask what would' bo done to Mr Bayly . I heard no reply made to him . Ho ( Carty ) dea ' red not to shoot Mr Bayly . I next saw tho three men passing inside a quickset ditch , on the right-hand side of the Nenagh road . I joined them then , and we

      stood inside the dltcb , beside the road , at the corner of the field next Nenagh . Before the shot was' fired , I got back my own coat and hat . After the arm ' s were loaded , Daly got William Curty's coat . Wo were about half an hour in the field before weheard the gig comin ¦> When it was coming , they pushed down from me . John Dalj went first , Rowan next , and then Carty . I stood on the ditch . Thero was no signal , but I heard John Daly say 'halt . ' Carty and Rowan bad tho firearms and I had a loaded switch—a switch with lead iu it ' 1 was standing on tho ditch , but I did not see the gig until I heard the shot . I did not see the fl , sh of the shot , 69 as to say where it came from , but I he « rd ihe report . I don ' t know who fired tho shot After the shot they came up to me in the corner , and we lift tho field , and Daly got back his own coat and hat I was in Bill Mara ' s house , near my own , the same nWht plft ) ing cards . I was on my keeping f „ „ bou " ten days after that night , nnd then gave myself up to the police .

      Cross-examined by Mr Rsueston : A brother of minewas transported seven years ago for going to warn awny a steward , 1 have seventeen acres of land , and did aos

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      pay much rent those two or three yean . I paid some the year before last , I would not murder a man for money . I believe it is worse to shoot a man than to commit perjury . I am not taking a false oath now . I took the long gun I have now from a man of the Kennedys , at Ardcreiny . I look it because It was a thing doisg through tbe country . I loaded the gun with shot to practice . I was at the beating of Costello four years ago . I was not paid for it . I beat him because Johnny Scullough bid me . He had quarter ground , and because he wonld not give it to Johnny Scullough I was sent te best him . I beat him on the body , but he was cu " t on the head . I boat him on the bead alto , and had pistols , which I borrowed to look at . To the Codbt : I had a pistol when I went to take the gun . nut muph rnnt tin ; an twn or thvoo vnnvu T n » ld anm * Hi »

      To Mr Rouestow : I fired the gun after I took It out of K-nnedy ' s house , but not at any person . Mr Bayly did me injury . It was not he committed me to gaol . I was taken on suspicion two or three times . The injury tbat Mr Bayly did me was , that twelve or thirteen years ago be took land from us . When asked to go and shoot him , dtf not remember that he took the land . I might murder any other gentlemen in the county if the same man n * kisd me . When sent to gaol , I was told that John Daly was going to > become informer , and was advised to turn myself , an 4 not leave him to swear against me , I gave myself up because the police came to look for me , hut didn ' t know what they were after me for . Heard of the reward in the case before I gave myself-up .

      After the examination of other witnesses for the prosecution and defence , and an address to the jury from Mr RolUston for the prisoners , and a reply from the Solicitor-General on the part of the Crown , the Chief Justice charged the jury , who , after a quarter of an hour ' s deliberation , returned into court with a verdict of guilty ag & inet Daly , and of acquittal in favour ofRmaa . Countv Limbics : Spsciai , Commission , — . Sammary of convictions at the special commission for this county from the opening to the close , on Saturday evening : — . To be Hahgsp , — On the 7 th ot February , ¦ William Ryan , Puck , ' for the murder of John Kelly at Knocksentry ; Andrew Dea , for the murder of Edward Murphy at Duntryleogue . On the 11 th February , John R inehan . for the murder of John M'lnerny of Adamstown . On tho 221 February , James Skeaban and James Qaane , for the murder of Mr Ralph Bill at Ratnurd ; MicOael Howard , for the murder of Johanna and Cornelius Hourigan at Ballycullen near Creom .. Total , six for execution .

      To bb Teanspobtsd fob Lif * . —William l ? rewen , of New Garden , for harbouring William Ryan , 'Puck , ' knowing him to bo cVarjed with felony . ; Patrick Bourke , attacking tha dwelling of Christopher Miller , at , Coolabrown ; Denis , Ryan , attacking the dwelling of John Nunan , at Ballyguils ; John Sbaughnessy and John Hassett , assault and robbery of arms from , the residence of Mr C . Meade , at Ballyegna . Fob Fodbtbzh Yb . abs . —John F . arrell , being of an armed party that attacked the house of Richard Bnrkman ; Daniel Looney , Miebael Madigan , Jeremiah Oar . vln , and Patt Gleeson , aiding in the abduction of Catharine Molony of Lisnamuck . Fob Tbh Teas ? . —Patrick Richardson , Hsarics Dare , Michael Kennedy , and John Conntry , being of an armed party that attacked tbe house of William - Staunton of Glenacurra ; Michael Callaghan , attacking the house of John- Carroll , at Crean .

      Fob Seveh Ybabs—John Collins , violent assault and robbery of £$ * 7 . 6 d . from Matthew Ryan near Annacotty ; Denis FlyUn , assaulting tbe habitation of Mary Bouvanizer ; Thomas Newman , attacking the house oi Richard Beam ' s , at Glenacurra , Total under rale of transportation , 18 . To be iHPBisesED . '—For two years : Daniel Nunan , Michael Collins , and William Duggan , burglariously en . tering Into the dwelling of Thomas Mitchell , at Balllnal . inch ; Thomas Hinchy , firing into the dwelling of Michael M'Carthy , at Killonlhan ; John and Lawrence

      M'Donnelland William Slattery , robbery of money from the house of John Slattery , at Ballynanty , For twelve months : Michael Looney , assisting in the abduction of Catherine Molony ; John Frewen , harbouring a felon ; Patrick and Ambrose Cummins , stealing a gun from the house of T . P . Yokes , E * q , Roxborough-road . For nine months : James ' Healey , Thomas Walsh . John Walsh , Thomas Moore , John Rourke , Michael Falvey , Michael Loeson , D-tvid Connell , Connor Daly , Connor Traey , Patrick Ahem , and Thomas . Guerin , riotous assembly at Bruree . ' For six ' months : Thomas Pre wen , harbouring a felon . Total to ba impthoned , 24 .

      Total number of prisoners tried , convicted , and sentenced , 38 . Enhis Spkcial Commission . — Summary of convic . tlons and sentences : — To be Hahqsd . —On tbe 15 th February , Patrick Ryan , ' Small , ' and Thomas Hayes , for tbe murder of James Watson , Eiq ., of Ballyoornoy ; James Crowe , for conspiring to murder the same gentleman , on the 19 th Fa . bruary ; Michael Butler and Matthew Hourigan , for the murder of Patrick Cleary , at Broadford , oa the 17 th of February . Sentence of death was recorded against John M'lnerheny , Patrick and John Gu « rin , and Charles Healey , for the murder of Thad ; M'Mahon , at . Caborhumore ; also agtinst Michael M'Mahon , for conspiring to murder Matthew Boland , at Claremont ,

      To bz Tbanspobted . —For fourteen years : John Lyddy , Patrick C « nny , Michael Hlckey , and Michael Skeaban , for attacking and robbing the home of William Walsh , Esq ., of Trpagh ; John Slattery , Michael Murphy , and Daniel M'Namara ,. attacking the house of Thomas Hennessy , of Batlaboy . For ten years : Owen Lyddy and Timothy O'Brien , for attacking tbe heuso of John Hogan , of Knockbrack . To be Imprisoned . —For two years : Patrick Cusack , appearing in arms , and firing at a horse , the property of Mr J . P . Molony . For eighteen months : John If'Noroara ,

      John aud Patrick Connors , and Michael M'Cormack , assaulting tbe caretaker of William Griffin , at Bread , ford , and stealing a gun ; James Hurse , James Duggan , Liurence Shanahan , and Jjhn M'Mahon , 'posting a threatening notice en the gate of Crofton M . Vaiidelonr , E « q . ; Patt Cunningham , Martin Molony . and Thomas King , attacking the house of Patrick Bourke , at Bsrnagh . Mubdeb or William Crawley . — Cobioci Cibcohstancb . —John Hayden was placed at the bar , charged with the murder of William Crawley . When asked to plearl , the prisoner made no reply .

      The governor of the gaol said the prisoner had not spoken a word since he was fully committed , about three mouths ago . Chief Jostice : Explain tohiin the meaning of this ; ask him to plead to the indictment . The Governor then toli the prisoner the nature of the proceeding , and asked him whether ho was guilty or not guilty ; but still ho male no repl y . There was no one employed for him . Chief Jostice : Mr Attorney , what wUl you do ? Attorney . GtmuAi ! I have been speaking to the medl . cal gentleman who attends the gaol , and he has told me that he believes all this to be feigned on the part of the prisoner . Chief Jostice : Well , youTsnow what the taw enables you to do in such a case .

      Attobnei Gbnebal : Yas , mylord . butasthedoetoris of opinion that It would bo better to allow some time to examine the matter more fully , I think it would be well to postpone tbe case till the assizes , The bill of indictment was then quashed , Tbe prisoner , who is rather a well-looking young man , about twenty-six years' of age , was then removed . It is said that when first committed ti gaol ho spoke , but he has not uttered a worn since he waa fully committed .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . —Shameful Tbkatmbnt of the Whitecbapel Poob . —J . Bayne ? and J . Doitnes , the latter of whom stated that he had carried on business as a master butcher in the district for thirty years , applied to Mr Hammlll for assistance . —It appeared from the statement of Baynee , that having recently had the misfortune to lose his wife by apoplexy , and one of his children by small-pox a few hours afterwards , he was reduced to such distress and privation that , being una . ble to obtain any provision for his three remaining children ,-one of whom was dumb , and all in delicate health , he was compelled to apply to Mr Finlater , the overseer pf the Whitechapel union , for admission to the house , having lived for four years in that parish , Mr

      Finlater gave him an order for one night sludging only , and on presenting it on Saturday night at the house , he and his children were conducted down a gateway to a kind of long ahed In tho rear of the building where he found about forty other outcasts huddled together upon tho ground , with nothing but a little straw to serve for a bed , aad were each presented with a small piece of dry bread , which was the only sustenance they received .- The place had two skylights on the roof , but so many of the paues in them were broken that the wind and rain poured in down upon them throughout tho night , and they were almost paralysed with the cold and damp , which produced in each of them a severe attack of rheumatism , and the sense of hearing in one had bean almost entirely destroyed .. ¦ feThe place was ' infested

      so with rats , that one of them , who had saved his bread till morning in his hat , found that it had been devoured , and the handkerchief in which it was wrapped had been partly dragged down one of the holes . The next morning they were all turned out , without any food being given them , and their renewed intreaties to be taken in . to the workhouse were mot with a determined refusal , and an intimation that if they returned at night they must expect no other accomodation . In this emergency thoy had since been compelled to subsist upon the casual bounty of strangers , and as they were both in a state of extreme debility nnd suffering , and one of them had three sickly and starving children upon his hands , thej were induced to submit their case to the consideration of the magistrate , —Mr Hammill expressed some surprise at the statement of the applicants , as it was ma .

      nifes . t , from their appearance , that their urgent claims wore entitled to ample and immediate attention , and he directed Rowland , the warrant-officer , to lay out five shillings from the poor-box in the relief of their present wants , and proceed with them to the office of the relieving overseer to represent his opinion of the case and request that It should be at once attended to . Destitution—O . Hart was charged with having broken the window of a tradesman , who would not appear against him . —Mr Arnold said that there being no j complaint , there was , of course , an end of the case , and he discharged tho prisoner . The prisoner , on leaving the bar , said ho must go and do something more , for he I bad nowhere to go to , had been refused relief by tho parish , andshould starve iC not seat to prison . ^ -In a Se «

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      minutes b » was offoin pi ^ td the bar . —InspCC ( or rj „ ~ saldtbatdwtct ^ ,. « . , & a prisoner waa discharged h t « o 4 '« s wooflea eap from bfohead , and putting his fi ! in ut dashed his hand through the window of the Br 0 » Bear puWi .-hoass , immediately opposite the oOJtlfl dftft " Waking two square * o / jf lass . —Mr Arnold , after Bom ' further inquiry , sentenced the prisoner to pay 2 ^ gj die value of the glass , or be imprisoned seven day . ' Being unable to pay he was conveyed to prison ' SOUTHWARK . —Hkabtless Conddct or 1 Ploice . man , —Arthur Pasco , a policeman , late ofthe if division * was summoned under the Bastardy Act . —The ci reum ' stances were of a very aggravated character against the " defendant . It appeared theA while a policeman he formed „ ' ... i .. I , „ -. « . . j . _ . j _ . ... ... ' — ¦

      an acquaintance with a butcher namedVking . in BiacK msn-street , who had an only daughter , " a girl , seventeen years of age , living with him . With this girl the de . fendant had aa Improper intimaey , and the girl proTe ( j encsinte , and when the defendant was apprised of her condition he endeavoured to induce her to swear that it was by another m » n . —The father of the girl wag examined , nnd he gave an account of the defendant ' s bate conduct in the transaction . That he ( the father ) was compelled to leave his house and shop in the care of his daughter while he was g « ne to market . That tbe defendant , being a married man , had offered to pass that part of his beat as often as he could , as a kindef protection to the girl J » ft at home . The father here

      , with tears in his eyes , said that the defendant , in . stead of acting as a protector , was the destroyer of hit daughter ' s yjr tae , and had brought disgrace upon a girl young enough to be , "his daughter . —Mr Cottingham said the corroborative proof in this case waa wanting , although he had no doubt of the defendant being the father ofthe child . He ( the Magistrate ) did not regret tho want ot proof In such & case , as the panl » hment he would have the power ol inflicting was quite inadequate . He should , therefore , discharge tha defendant , but would recommend the father ofthe girl to lose no time in levying his action for seduction against the defendant , and , no doubt , ample damages would be awarded . If tbe defendant was not in a con .

      dition to pay them , he would be detained in prison , as the Insolvent Commissioners , in tho event of his appli . cation , would remand him for the longest period . UNWA . oaAHTA . BlE CoNnOCT 0 T A ClTl COHBTABU . ™ H . Isaacs , who stated himself to be an officer in tha employ of the Bankers' Protection Society , was charged , with obtaining a work-box from the bouse ot Mr Cross , Cumberland . iow , Walworth-road , under fraudulent pre , fences . —Complainant said that on Thursday night , -nhiuhewat absent from nome , tbe prisoner came nnd ohulned ' possession of the box under the pretence that he was sent by witness . He , however left his card with address , and on tho previous morning he apprehended him in tbe Bankers' Citfrlog . houae , and gained posse :, slonof the box , which witnees purchased at an auction . A female in the complalnant ' d service said that on Thursday night , a little after nine o ' clock , the prisoner

      entered the coffee-room , and said he was an officer , and that the box , which was given to him in consequence of the . reuretientattou made by Wm . had been stolen VLt W . T . Abern , goId refinsr , St James ' s-place , Clerkenwell , said that his counting-house was plundered of considerable property b y a female servant , who absconded about four months ago . She had since been apprehended b y the prisoner and committed for trial ou Thursday last , at Clerkenwell Police-court . The box in question was a portion of the stolen property . —The prisoner said tbat what he had done was with tha advice of a police magistrate . —Mr Cottingbam said that moll could not hare bocn tha esse . He had no right to take the property away without first obtaining a warrant from a magistrate . His conduct was quite unjustifiable . He should , however , discharge bim , and hoped that it would be a caution to him for the future .

      HAMMERSMITH . —Ahnoiahck by Omnibus Cos . nccroBs . —w . Smith , badge No . 2 , 756 , conductor of a Hammersmith omnibus , was charged with having assaulted and rudely treated Miss Alice Escome . The complainant , a young lady residing with her father at No . 3 , Willlam ' s-terrace , Chlswick , said tbat on that day fortnight she stopped the defendant's omnibus at Knightsbridge , but finding that it was a Kensington omnibus , not going to Turnbam-green , she shook her head at the driver . Defendant , however , persisted that he was going to Tumham green , and rudely tried to force her into the omnibus . He did force her up one step , and while she was straggling with him , Kirby's Kew-bridga omnibus came up , and tho complainant said she wonld goby tbat . Defendant , however , still persisted that he was g » ing the whole distance , and oh the complainant attempting to get into Kirby ' s omnibus aha was pulled bsck by tbo defendant , but eventually went by Kirby ' s omnibus . —Tbe defendant , who denied the charge , was fined ten shillings and costs .

      BOW . STREET . —COSSPIBACT OF EmplOIIBS . — J , Edwards , who was stoker on board the Cricket steamer , applied to Mr Henry for some relief out ef the poor box . He stated that since he gave the information respecting the tying down of the valves on that vessel he had not been able te obtain any employmtnt ; he was in a state of the most abject poverty , and he hoped the magistrate , in . compatsion for his circumstances , and in considera . tion of the service he had rendered to the public ia disclosing jWhat be knew of the practices on board the Cricket , would grant him some relief , —Mr Henry ob .

      served , that if it was otherwise in his power he eould not relieve him while there were actions pending relative to the explosion of tho Cricket , and that he should apply to the parties who were prosecuting those actions , and who had no doubt summoned him as a witness . —Ed . wards said they would give hira nothing , as his evidence might not be wanted . —Mr Henry : One great difficulty in the way of my granting relief while these actions ara pending is , that my doing so might be referred to in the courts afterwards as an evidence of my opinion on your conduct . I am sorry for your distress , but I cannot interfere .

      CLERKENWELL . —ArF £ ciiKO Case op Destitution . — -A poor woman , named M'Donald , was charged by a Mr Fletcher with wilfully breaking six squares of glass . The defendant did not deny the charge , but endeavoured to justify herself , saying that the complainant had recently , by inhumanity , occasioned , or , at least accelerated , the death of her bob , aged 17 , who had been ap . prentlced . to bim by the parish of Tooting ; and that , at the coroner ' s inquest , the verdict of the jury was , that he died of consumption , and that his master was reprehensible for having kept him on short diet . ( She hero handed mcrniug papers of the 19 th nnd 2 Qth ult .. to tha

      magistrate , the former containing the report of tbe in . quiry , and the latter a leading article , animadverting on the conduct ofthe master and mistress of ' the deceased . ) She called on the complainant to demand the clothes of her child , and on their being withheld she committed thp offence laid to her charge . —Mr Tyr ' rwhitt , having read ihe report , said it was evident the boy suffered severely , but who the party or parties were who were to blame was not for him to inquire . He asked her how she could pay for the damage ?—She replied that she had not the means of doing so , adding , her children were then at home without food orjfire . and they had not tasted anything during that day . She took her dying child home , and was obliged to take off his shoes and sell them to sustain his life , until she was able te procure him admission into St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where

      he died . During his apprenticeship he had frequently complained of insufficiency of food , and when defendant remonstrated with his mistress , she answered that he should have less , aud big master said that his treatment wai too good for a parish apprentice . When she visited htr son prior to removing him home she found him lying in r cold shop , with scarcely any covering ; and when she requested that he should be removed to bed , as he was in a most de , lorable condition , with a swollen head and face , Mrs Fletcher said that if ho was he should have hospital allowance , namely , three basins of water gruel a day , —Mr Tyrrwhitt said it was a most shocking affair , and having obtained tke defendant ' s promise that she would not repeat the annoyance he discharged her , and oidered that her son ' s clothes should be given up to ' her .

      WESTMINSTER , —Death in a Statiok-hocse .-, MrSjmonds , one ofthe inspectors of the B division , informed tho magistrate that John Wilson , whose name appeared upon the charge-sheet as having been found incapable of taking care of himself in Tothill-street , at half-past five on Wednesday morninp , had died abaut three hours afterwards in tho station-house . It was found on inspecting the cells that the poor man ( sup . posed to be a mendicant , nearly seventy years of age ) was ill , and he was immediately brought out to the fire , and medical aid sent for , but he died almost immediately . —Mr Broderip directed that the necessary notice should be given to tho coroner .

      THAMES . —Destitdtios ank Love . —Louisa Boswell and C . Jones were charged with stealing a small piece of bacon from the shop of a butcher named Daniels . Tho male prisoner Is a herap-dresser , who , being afflicted with asthma , had been for some time ont of employ ; and the young woman , who has wealthy connexions in Wupping , is a servant out of place and in great necessity ; being much attached to Jones , aud loving him the more for the innimity under which he laboured , she administered to his wants as fully as shec » uld , and on Tuesday pawned the only article she could spare ( her petticoat ) to procure a hnlf-quartern loaf , of which they had a remnant and three halfpence en Wednesday msrning . She told tho male prisoner that she would try to get a little bit of meat with the coppers , and he walked on . Whilst standing at the shop the bacon tempted her , and not having money enough to pay for it , she snatched it up stealthily , and passing the male prisoner hurriedly desired him to put it in his pocket , which ho did . The butcher ' s boy saw the whole

      proceeding , and tho prisoners wtre taken into custody . — Tho female prisoner , or bearing that Jones was to be committed foi- trial , burst into tearj , and threw herself : into his arms . She then started up , and addressing tho bench , said : ' Oh , sir , ' twas I did it . He knew nothing about it . Ho thought I paid . . He ' s unhealthy . It will kill him if ho goes to prison . '

      Late Accideki On The South-Western Hail ...

      Late Accideki on the South-Western Hail wat . —In the case of U . Jones and lewis Fleming , at the Laraboth Police Court , which ia now thus far decided , —the magistrate said he had carefullv considered the evidence , and . had decided that both tha prisoners saust be committed to take their trial for manslaugbtsr . He required , in the case of Jones , two waetiea of £ 100 each , and himself in £ 200 ; l " nd n r n , , two Bureties of £ 50 , and himself lis A 10 O , for their apuearau . ee al the nest assises for f the couutfi

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05021848/page/6/