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      Hv.Ai.Ta Os Losnos.—The Deaths Registere...

      Hv . Ai . ta os Losnos . —The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the first three weeks of March were successively . 1 , 247 , . 1 , 401 , and 1 , 412 ; and in the last week they were 1 , 418 . If theten weeks of 1841-50 corresponding to last week are taken f or comparison , it appears that the lowest number occurred in the corresponding week of 1 S 42 , and was 832 : and that the . highest occurred in that of 1848 , and was 1 , 294 . The average of the ten weeks was 1 , 073 , which , if corrected according to the assumed irate of increase in the population , namely 1 . 55 per cent , annually ; becomes 1 , 171 . list week ' s return ,. therefore , exhibits an excess , on the estimated amount , of 247 . But it is

      satisfactory to observe that tbis apparent increase is not due entirely to the complaints which have recently swelled the " weekly contributions of mortality . A number of cases , on which coroners' inquests had -been iHJld , have been allowed to accnmulate for some weeks , and now , at the end of the quarter , appear for tlie first time in the register books . The class of casualties on which the coroner ' s function is daily exercised , namely , banging' and drowning , fatal burns , fractures , wounds , and poison , comprises 129 cases , though in the previous week the number was only 25 , and the average falls short by at least two-thirds of the number now returned . Intemperance is recorded as the . cause of death in four cases , besides three in which fatal injury was

      received in a state of intoxication ; 4 persons died of privation , 7 children from want of breast milk , 3 persons from cold ( 2 of these being cases of exposure in travelling ) , 7 from poison , 26 from burns and scalds , 22 from banging and suffocation , 14 from drowning , 42 from fractures , and 17 from wounds and other injury . Sixty-six cases also fe-1 under the coroners observation in which persons are reported as having been "found dead , " or having died "from the visitation pf God , "the fatal erase sot being described in more sufficient " terms , probably because it could not be ascertained . The class of diseases affecting the respiratory organs , including laryngitis , bronchitis , ' pleurisy , pneumoniaasthma , " and others less accurately : defined ,

      , numbers this week 272 , whilst the corrected average does not exceed 195 .:. There is , however , a marked decline on the previous week , when the deaths in this class were 3 o 0 l Bronchitis " has fallen from 156 in tbe former week to 109 in the last ; pneumonia from 126 to 117 . Hooping congh has declined from 81 to 6-3 ; influenza from 65 to 37 . Phthisis - { or consumption ) , which was fatal in the previous week to 160 , numbered last week only 129 , which is rather less than the usual average . Small-pox continues to grow less fatal , and only 12 cases were registered last week from this disease . With tbe

      exception of hooping-cough , measles now appears most prevalent amongst the complaints peculiar to children , though it has not risen to any considerable amount . The births of 947 boys and . 833 girls , in all 1 , 7 ^ 6 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks hi the years 1 S 4550 was 1 , 510 . At the Royal Observatory , € reenwich , the mean-height of the barometer was 29-383 in . The mean temperature was 46 * 3 deg ., which is about 3 degrees above-the average ef tbe same week in 10 years ; The daily mean rose towards the end of the week . The wind blew generally from the south-west . . - > ..

      Sacrilege at Chbistchuhch , Blackfbiars . — On Saturday afternoon , last as the sexton of this church entered to make the usual arrangements for the next day ' s service , he was astonished at finding ten squares of glass in the second window on the south side of the building demolished and a quantity of blood smeared over portions of the glass , and also on the ventilator of the window . Upon making further search , it was pretty evident that someone had obtained admission through the ventilator into the church , and had in so doing fallen through the squares of glass , for close by . the ^ spot it was apparent-, that tbe individual , whoeVer he was , must

      have been much cut , and the appearance ' ol tbe floor showed that he bad been seized jrith sickness . An attempt had been made to force the door of the ¦ vestry-room with a pair of shears ; which were left on the floor . -The locks , however , 'proved too strong to yield to the attempts , and all the valuable articles therein remained j safe . The large clock facing the pulpit had been taken out of the case , broken to pieces , and scattered over . ' the floor . Toe splendid candlesticks had been taken out of the pulpit and also demolished , but the only articles at present known to have been taken away were two clerical plices .

      sur . . : *_ :- . Successful Attempt of the tjokb of Bnmvswick to Cross the Channel—On , Monday shortly after one o ' clock , the Duke and Mr . C Green ascended in the balloon from Hastings in the presence of a multitude of people . - As on a former occasion , the aeronauts were amply supplied with everything requisite for their voyage , and departed in gallant style amid the cheers of the spectators . The balloon was in eight' far over the tea , bearing directly for Pari ? , in which city bis highness intends to resi <> e . It is remarkable that the present Duke is

      not the first of his family who has shown a parr tiality for travelling in balloons . Frederick Augustas , Duke of Branswick-Oels , a grandson of Frederick the First of Prussia , and a prince of great scientific attainments , not only made a tour in a balloon in 1761 , but' was the author of a short treatise , which was entitled Thoughts of a Cosmopolite on Air Balloons ; which was printed by him . many years afterwards for private distribution , among several other works which had been composed bv the same prince . .

      Phocessiox of Seamen on SrnixE . —On Monday morning the seamen on strike in the port of London assembled in Prince ' s-square ; Ratciiff-highway , and having formed into procession marched in regular order through Whitechapel and the City , carrying banners inscribed " Repeal of the Mercantile Marine ¦ Act . " The procession moved' over London-bridge , and paraded Southwark , Bermondsey and Lambeth , . ultimately returning back to Tower-fliH , where they gave three eroaus for the Mercantile Marine Act , and disbanded .

      Iufodext Robbbby . —On Monday afternoon , about two o ' clock , a bay pony and light spring cart , belonging to Mr . Gale , 4 , Horton-sireet , Islington , were " left outside 6 , Bedford-square , whilst the owner was transacting business therein ; a man leaped into the chaise , knocked down the hoy in charge , and drove off rapidly , ' and notwithstanding an immediate pursuit in which hundreds joined , distanced all and got clear away . Somethixgvery Cool . —Au intimatien has just been ; officially given to the inhabitants of St . Clement Dane ' s , Portugal-street , to the relatives and friends of deceased persons whose remains are buried beneath this plot of ground , "Thata bill is now

      before Parliament for its partial appropriation for tbe enlargement of King ' s College Hospital , and the said bill contains provisions for the disinterment and removal of the dead to another place of sepulture . " Every « ne will remember the improvement ; under Geo . lV ., andtheagitationtbat prevailed in the royal parish of St . Martin ' s , when whole tons of human bones were carted away to some distant spot . The tears shed over tbe last resting place of the dead is hallowed and sacred , and he , or those , who disturb the ashes that affection has wept upon , and friendship cherished , can be nothing more than a utilitarian of extreme decree . Can this ground have been consecrated ? If so , whv desecrated ?—Itailv Sews .

      A YonJJG ffouAN Burnt to Death . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held au inqnest at the "Western Dispensary , New-road , on Mary Cowell , aged nineteen , late servant in the family of Mr . Perkins , wholesale cheesemonger , Crawford-street , Bryanstone-square . _ The body was completely charred and burnt to a cinder . Thomas Cornall , shopman to Mr . Perkins , stated that lie was at dinner on ' the previous Tuesday , when , hearing frightful screams outaide the parlour door , he opened i :, and saw deceased standing in the passage one mass of flames , which towered over her head , so much so that at first he did

      not recognise her . She was running about in all directions , like a maniac . He rushed towards her with the hearth rug , intending to throw her down and extinguish the flames , but she ran from him towards her mistress . At length he reached her and threw a carpet over her . After a severe struggle she again escaped from him and ran into the shop , all in flames , and was making into the street , when some policemen seized and pushed her down , and then succeeded in extinguishing the flames by means of the carpet and water . Mr . Perkins gave deeea ? ed a most excellent character . The coroner having summed up , the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of

      "Accidental death . " , Fire in Holloway-Road . —On Saturday morning last a fire , involving ' destruction of property to the extent of nearly £ 2 . 000 , broke out in the premises of Messrs . Henning and Co ., silk mercers and Manchester warehousemen , Holloway-road . It commenced in the lower part of the building , but from STi 3 ? il * im P ° 55 ible to tell . Very fortunel * ijt - . ? mates succeeded in escaping from 2 tw S ? ? ? ?•" - ' The outbreak caused W «^ M armwthenei S "hood ; eventual , SXn Itt rem < » ased tosubdue the fire , bnt the West ofEo gland FirSce . PertyWaa M 8 Ured m

      A BEPaiATKw from the Hotel and Tavern-keeners of the metropolis , consisting of Messrs < W ^? Ellis , Bnrrell Wright , Elder , *&? S £ S cellor of the Exchequer on Monday , and presented a memorial , numerously signed by the tradeV Praying for a repeal of the window tax on their coffee and sitting rooms , also the tax on their servants , so as to be placed on the same footing as shopkeepers and other traders . . " v Ox Tuesday at a fully attended meeting ofthe directors of the poor of St . Pancras , Thomas Eld Baker , Esq ., jun ., churchwarden , in the cha : r that gentleman staled that it would be remembered that ia his evidence in the late inquiry before the Poorlaw Inspector , he had stated that he had commissioned a gentleman of the ' name of Stewart

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      who was going out to Bermuda , . to ; make . inquiries as to the state of the ' -children ' sent , out there ' by that parish , and in cases where they had behaved well , to give them a gratuity oh his account . He begged to inform the Board that Mr . Stewart . had now returned , and reported most . favourably of the conduct and condition' of the children , several of whom he had seen . He wished it , to be understood that these steps were taken before any dispute arose as to the propriety of the directors sending out these children . In answer to a question , it was stated that an official letter had been written to the Governor ' of Bermuda to ascertain the state of the children—and in all probability , by thenext arrivalfrom tbeisland , areport would be received as to how ' every one of those sent out was provided for—and this would show that the children were cared for by their guardians . ' - ;

      _ The Hon . and Rev ; R ; Liddel entered upon his ministry in Si . Paul ' s , Pirnlice , on Sunday , by preaching the morning sermon . The service was conducted at both churches exactly according to Mr . Bennett ' s usage , except that the black . academic gown was worn in preaching instead of the surplice . - — - "' ^^^ kwy ^^^ n ^ ,

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      Wholesale Disfrascuisemest. —We Feel It ...

      Wholesale Disfrascuisemest . —We feel it our doty to keep before the public eye the astonishing effects of the Small Tenements act , which in . the townshiu ' of Bradford alone has disfranchised in relation to tbe election of guardians , as many as 8 , 200 out of the 11 , 600 votes ; and in Horton 5 , 000 out of 6 , 000 ! Facts like these " are stronger without comment than with it;—we simply recall attention to the tremendous fact—Bradford Observer .

      : The Boiler . Explosion at . Manchester . —The ninth and last body of the unfortunate persons killed by the burstirgofa boiler at Manchester , was taken from the ruins of the mill qn Saturday morning ; the remains are those of a boy named' Jnhn Com * miskr . Tbe safety-valve , which wss , blown from the top of the boiler at the explosion , has been found , and it is said to be very small for the quantity of steam which would have to blow eff when the pressure was , very high . ¦' ..,.- : ¦ ¦ I . . . -. ¦'¦ ' ' . !" - ' . . ' Poisosiso is Suffolk . —On Friday and Saturday last a long investigation took place at Stonham Aspal , near Ipswich , before the coroner and a jury , to ascertain by what means a labourer named C * ge came by his death , suspicion having attached to his

      wife of having poisoned him with arsenic ., Prom the evidence produced it appeared , that the deceasedand his wife lived on the worst terms , and that she was a very profligate woman ,, that Cage was for some days previously td his death very ill in bed , and that medical aid was , obtained . . , He died ,- and was . about to be buried , ' when from : certain intelligence ' as to the cause of his death the clergyman of . the parish caused a postponement of the funeral arid a coroner ' s inquest to be called . The evidence of two medical men affirmed the fact of the presence of arsenic in the stomach , & c , and it was proved , that Mrs ' . . Cage had employed a woman to purchase for her a penny : worth , of arsenic A good deal of circumstantial evidence wasaddnced to fix the guilt on . Mrs . Cage , '

      who has . been taken into custody by order , of a magistrate , and remanded . The inquest has been ; adjourned for a full analysation of the contents of the stomach of the deceased . ..... ... •; . .. CounmoN ov Oxfordshibe . —The Beverend WFerguson , of Bicester , a Dissenting Minister , says that there are hamlets in Oxfordshire , at which the poor people have no other water to drink than what they draw from the stagnant ponds at which horses and cows drink , and in ; which ducks . , and geese swim ! V Numbers of inhabitants die annually of a . fever , which is the effect ofthe water they are forced to drink , and of tbe bad - quality and short quantity of their food . " , * i ; William asd Ellen Craft , thb Fugitive Slaves .

      —We understand that it has been arranged to hold a public meeting in Bristol to receive these singularly interesting fugitives . They fled to this country a few weeks since , in consequence of the operation of the fugitive slave law of the United States . Mrs . Craft is said to possess considerable personal attractions , and is as fair as our own countrywomen . . Southampton . —Sir Alexander Cockburn , the AttorrieyrGeneral , arrived in Southampton on Moriday , amidst the riierry ringing of- 'the'church bells ; to commence hiscauvass . The council of the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association placarded the town ever with bills on Monday , calling on the elector ' s to insist on the Attorney-General renewing his ' promises , and pledging' himself to

      press his views upon the government , of- whielr he is a member , on the subjects of the suffrage , ballot , electoral redistribution , . triennial parliaments , and financial reform . Inthe evening a meeting , of the electors took place at the Star Hotel . ( Mr . Joseph Clark , a Quaker , and an affluent tradesriieh in the town , in the chair ) , at' which they resolved to Un *' terrogate Sir Alexander on bis past and future conduct in Parliament . Immediately after this meeting broke up another took place , at the .-Attorney-General ' s committee rooiris , at which he was present . : Before they would form a committee , or pledge themselves to support his re-election , they insisted on hearing his explanations and ; views on certain matters . Sir ; Alexander frankly declared

      that he did not appear before them so independent a candidate as when he first-solicited the honour of their ' suffrages ; He was now a ' : member ' of the government , and he thought himself justified in sacrificing an independent vote on government measures of an inconsiderable and unimportant nature . He declared , however , that on any . of ; the important questions of the _ day on the support of which , hie reputation as a liberal reformer depended , ' father than voteicontrary to what he had hitherto professed and voted , he would resign : office . He declared himself an unflinching supporter of the ballot arid of the unconditional abolition of the window duties . He was not iri the cabinet , but he had every reason to believe that those duties > would be

      unconditioriaBy surrendered to the people . ¦ He ' was against Iiocke King ' s measure for extension of the suffrage ; because the constituencies it would make would be completely under the . dominion of . the squirearchy , and because it was a Protectionist measure ! He would go much farther than Locke King , by voting for an extension of tbe franchise iri large boroughs which sent' members to parliament to enable such members to represent a . larger , and less corrupt constituency . The Attorney-General declared that he was a Free-trader in the fullest sense . He was' for triennial parliaments , provided there were no constitutional means for intermediate dissolutions of parliament . 'And be pronounced against colonial wars on boundary questions . ' Ho

      assured the electors , that no one could imagine the difficulties , which government had to contend with to pass measures through thchouses of parliament , owinjr to the complicated state of parties at the present time , - and . the hostile interests by which they were environed . - If . was , his sincere opinion , however , that ,, the members of tho government meant well ., The following , resolution was then , passed unanimously : —* ' That this meeting , whilst congratulating Sir A ? E . Cockburri , - on his appointment to the office of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , pledges itself to promote and - support his . reelection as representative ofthe borough of South * ampton . " Three Conservative candidates have been applied to to oppose Sir Alexander Cockburn , but owing , it is . said , to the near approach of a general election , they declined . - CoMUrTTAL OF A WlPE FOR MuBDERIKG HER

      HnS-BANn . —Ipswich . —On Monday afternoon the coroner ' s inquiry concerning the ^ eath of James Cage , an agricultural labourer , living at Stonham Aspal , hear here , was resumed and concluded , at the Ten Bells public house , of that village ^ before the jury previously erapaimelled . ' . Towards the latter end of the week before last the deceased was taken seriously ill , and in the course of ,-the Saturday night he expired . The funeral was arranged to take place on the following Thursday , and the corpse wag on the way to the churchyard for interment , when the clergyman , in consequence of what he had just beenjnformed of , caused the ceremony to be delayed and the present inquiry instituted . Some additional evidence having been received , the coroner proceeded to sum up , and the jury , after a brief deliberation , returned a verdict of" Wilful murder" against the wife of thedeceastd , and the cirorier accordingly made out his warrant for her trial at the assizes . < : . ; :

      Representation of Bdbt . —The electors of this borough are taking steps to secure the services of a gentleman to represent them in Parliament at the general election , which it is believed is fastapproaching . Mr . Walker , the present member , has never yet taken his seat , and , of course , no one thinks of him . ¦ The Conservatives are desirous to bring forward Mr . Henry Hardham , a gentleman of somelocal influence . The Liberals have not yet made a selection , though the Reform Association is actively moving in the matter , arid purpose holding a meeting of electors on the subject , in the course of a few days , West Somerset Election . —Mr . Gore Langton has acceded to therequisitionaddressedtohim by tbe electors of West Somerset , and has announced himself as a candidate for the representation of that division ofthe county in Parliament . As no other

      gentleman has made a similar declaration , the return of Mr . Gore Langton may be calculated on . . The day of nomination is appointed by the sheriff tor Thursday , the 10 th of April . .. . Libeualitv of Mb . ALriBBMAN SALOMOss ^ The Rochester Gazette states , that Mr . Alderman Salomons'has expressed to the rector of Ashurst , Tunbridge Wells , his intention to build at ; his own expense , in that parish , ai school house arid teachers ' , residence , similar to that erected at Fqrdcombe Green , ' in the parish of Penhurst This will be a great boon to the poor of the parish of Ashurst , which hitherto hasjjwe believe , been without a school ofany kind . ,. CiUBGE of Robbery *&& Elopemest at Liverpool . —On Tuesday afternoon the charge of rohiieryandelopement , preferred ' agiihst Mr . James . Meade , wine merchant , of - Berkeleyisquare , canie i-n for re-hearing . Mr . Snowball , solicitor for the . r . secutor , having recapitulated the facts brought

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      ' before thei court si itie las % earinfi f gaid he believed tho . state . of : the : law , was ,: thhv that : if a man ireceived money , from , a wife , which was given . to her ; ' her h ' usband , ' itwas not a felony j but . where it could be proved that a wife had committed adultery with a man , and then given him moneyj received from her husband , the fact of : the . man so receiving the - money constituted a , felonious act . . Several witnesses were then examined , for the purpose of showing that ah improper intima'd y had ; existed between the prisoner and 'Mrs ^ Gilbertson . ¦ ; Mr . ' Atkinson / for the prisoner , ' contended that the charge of adulter y had entirely failed : *' The evidence ad-1

      duced in support of ' it wasentirely'insutBcient ' . Mrs . Gilbertson was then called , and examined oh behalf of the prisoner ' . She'Stated , that Mr . ' Gilbertson had g iven hfer the £ 50 , and that the prisoner had not received ariyfjiortiohyof itbut ' thai ) which belonged to him . " She ' ( Mrs . Gilbertson ) owed him £ 710 s ., arid'she paid him ... He returned her the £ 50 in notes and sovereigns after chan ging it for her at the bank in Liverpool . After further evidence , the case terminated ' jV the " acquittal of the accused , on the ground that the alleged improper intimacy with Mrs . Gilbertson had not been proved .

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      The South Wales Railway Will Be Opened F...

      The South Wales Railway will be opened froth Chepstow . to . Gloucester on . the 18 th of June next , so that there will then be a continuous line of railway for . the accommodation of the public from Swansea direct to the metropolis . ; , . ,

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      The North British Mail Announces .. The ...

      The North British Mail announces .. the death of Lord Moncrieffe , which took place . at . i his residence in Moray-place , Glasgow , on Sunday afternoon .

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      The Roman Cathomc Hsivkrsitt.—The Comv M...

      The Roman Cathomc Hsivkrsitt . —The comV mittee of the projected Roman Catholic University held a meeting on Friday to receive areportpf the amount of contributions made at ; the simultaneous collection on the 16 thjutt .. / She . sum . handed iri . is stated to have been ^ . TjOOO , . of which £ 2 , 000 ,,. were contributed ; in- Dublin sand its . vicinity . But it is added that , " owing to . the , anxiety , of , the contributors to ! ¦ increase ,- < their- coHections , the . returns from a great number of . districts have been delayed , and no money . has yet been forwarded . " ,, \ . . ' .. - . ; .

      Representation . OP ; Enniskillen . — The _ Hon . Colonel Cole is ' about to resign the repre ' sentation pf the familyborough of Enniskillen ; . Itissaidthat the hon . and . 'gallant gentleman is , influenced ., by , family considerations in ; coming to this , determination ; among , the most prominent of which is , the iHnesBof . hiseldestbrother / theEarl . of . EnniskiUen . The Repeal , AssociAifoN . —The , ; Committee of the 'Repeal Association have succeeded , for-the present , in redeeming Conciliation Hall and » ts appurtenances fromthe mace of the auctioneer . .. The half-year ' s rent due arid payable on Lady-day has ir i

      been scraped together , and the puWic are , consequence , threatened with the re-opening of the concern . It appears , from a statement in the morning papers of-Saturday , that ' ai . meeting has . been held for the purpose of re-eonaidering the subject of " recommencing , business , ^ when it was'finall y determined to hold , a public meeting dri Monday , the 7 tb inst . It . would appear that the ' JObmiriitfee' have completely discarded Mr . Johri O'Cbntie . il . and have intimated to the public that the business , . letters of the Association are to be addressed to Mr . J . ' Bagnell , Mary ' s Abbey , while letters intended for Mr . John O'Connell . are . to be addressed to the House of

      Commons , London . ' . ,, . " . ' . ' The " lBiSECoTjRT . " - ^ -The Ministeri al announcement on Friday evening respecting tbe'iriterition of government to abandon the ' projected , measure for theabolitionoftheYice-foyalty has'diffused great joy ' ariibng the ; partisans of " the Castle ' . ' and afforded a portion of the press fresh grounds , for exultation at the recent system of tactics played off by the Irish ( brigade , to the ; potent- ag ency of whose "vote "^ is attributedi ' , perhaps fairly , Lord' John Russell ' s deference , to the ; voice of public opinion upon this question of abolition . , y , " [ . '" . . . . ' '

      i A New , Packet . 'Station . —A prospectus has been issued by an . "European and American'Steam Packet Company , " ' provisionally ' registered , the object of which will be to establish , a line of firstclass stearii ships to p ly between "Galway arid some port or ports of America hereafter to be determined . Itis proposed , for the purpose of carrying out the project , to raise a capital of . ' £ 250 , 000 , to begin with , inS . 000 shares of £ 50 each . : ' ' " Emigration is progressing at a formidable rate ; The Wdttrford Mail states that the steamer ' which left that port , for Liverpool took ; away 200 pasJ sengers bound tor America , and that' all of them

      appeared to belong to the more comfortable class of farmers and shopkeepers . - Upwards of 300 persons have lately emigrated from the vicinity-of Ballysbannon : and a current . of emigration on the ' same scale is following front every locality in the country . ' Mr . Miley , emigration agent in Dublin , paid in-the course of last year £ 25 , 000 bri orders froiri New Orleans alone , by natives of Irelarid who had emigrated . A' ; ; ¦' ¦ . !' ; : ' ' - ' ¦¦ "• - :: - ' "" - j ; : ¦ The Athlohe Sentinel says : — " Some of the pauper girls who . ' were sent from this workhoiise 'to Australia eighteen months' ago , have senthomieto their friendsir i this neighbourhood sums of money varying from £ 10 to * 15 . " ; ' -. ¦ - '

      Reduction of Rents . —The Lord Chancellor has made a reduction of twenty per ceriti in the rents on the estate of Island . Magee , iu the county of Antrim . , ' . " ' [ v "'' J ' , Wreck . or an ; Emigrant Ship . —The emigrant ship Favourite , from Liverpool to New Torkj laden with iron and salt , and ' carrying 225 passengers , was wrecked'oh the ' roek ' a ' off the lands of Trabolgan , thedeiriesni ) of Mr . E . B . Roche , in the-Bay of Cork ,, on Wednesday week . " The-passengers and crew were saved , but it was supposed that the ship would become a total wreck . ' She had been'out twenty-five days from Liverpool .- : Mr . Maurice O ' Connbh ; , the member for Tralee , having addressed a letter to his constituent 8 , desiring'to know their wishes ; as aibodyj as to the

      course which they Would deem it advisable for . him to pursue in voting on divisions which would affect the stability ofthe Ministry , a meeting of the electors of Tralee has accordingly been held , and a reply voted . Iri which Mr . O'Connell is told , that " Lord John Russell has for ever forfeited the confidence ofthe Catholics of the empire , " ; and therefore that " it becomes his ( Mr . O' Connell ' s ) imperative duty , in union with : the members ; of parliament who have already so distinguished themselves by theirvote ' on Disraeli ' s motion , to labour unceasingly to effect the overthrow of his administration . ?'; '• '; - ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ •' -- - - ; ' - - ¦ •'¦' - ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ . - A iaroe body of constabulary , ' draughted- from the . reserve force in the Pboenix-parki proceeded on Monday to the proclaimeddistvict in the county

      of Down . This prompt display of determination of purpose on the part of the Irish Executive seems to have given great satisfaction to tbe well-disposed and peaceable classes in the county of Down . . - The Acwry Telegraph received on Tuesday morning states that some further disturbances had occurred at . the close of the week in the southern end of the barony of jKillevey . It says : — "On Friday night two houses were set on fire on Mr . Chambrc ' s estate , and one of them nearly destroyed , but the other . was saved before any considerable conflagration . ensued . The only assignable cause for these outrages is that the tenants preceding the occupiers of

      these houses , aud lauds have been ejected for : nonpayment of rent . The inhabitants in these instances , ' of course , had a narrow escape of being burnt to death . ' Such is the system of terror in the neighbourhood of Meigh , that even should leaarta run off in heavy arrears without being ejected ,- all parties are warned on penalty of death not -to take the vacant houses and farms .- Bodies of men at night traverse- the country , to the terror of the peaceable portion of the people . The Meigh patrol of police is . now reduced to three men—a force which seems , notwithstanding their activity , numerically unsuited to their large district . ?' - ; . ¦ ::. > - - ¦; ,

      ¦ i Mr . Whiteside , Q . C ., has announced himself as a candidate for the representation of Enniskillen , vacant by tho resignation of the Hon . Colonel Cole . Mi \ Whiteside is a conservative , but in his address lie says : — " I will support the application of a wise economy to the management of trie revenue , and to the financial departments of the state ; but 1 will stedfastly resist the heartless system of centralisation sought to be enforced against Ireland , and which is as injurious to her interests as it is hurtful to her pride . " It is said a Mr . Collum , a solicitor , has had tbe start of Mr . Whiteside in canvassing the electors of Enniskillen , and ; that he has already had the promises of three-fourths ofthe constituency ^ .... The accounts from the provinces represent the spring as backward , almost beyond all experience . The Ulster Gazette says : — " There is a general and well-founded alarm among our farmers at the

      lateness of the season as regards the temperature , progress of field labour , and vegetation . There is , as yet , very little of the first blush of spring on the hedges , gardens , or green sward , and there not only remains a large amount of planting , and sowing to be done , but a great breadth of land to bo ploughed . The weather is quite as cold as it . was in December , and the ground was until lately , and still is in riiany situations ,, too wet for pleasant and speedy work with a * Wilkie' and a sweating team ., From Conriaught similar accounts have been received . The weather for the last . fortni ght has been most unfavourable to- the- progress of spring . labour . There is little or nothing done in the , sowing of bats , nor . as yet do we see any prospect of change . Potatoes are in like manner delayed in the sowing , owing to the wetness ; of the season . Wheat—the little of-it ' we have seen this year—looks delicate , and in this crop we look in vain for the fine healthy

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      braird ' of Yoriner years * ' "Beyond'the ' mere rearing , of sheep and cattle , we see very little hbpe of amendment in theciroumstanoes of the'farmer . While we write , therein still continues one incessant down pour . '' - . !¦ -: , i .,

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      Norwich . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' = ^; ' ' Wiuox ' Murder . —George Baldryy aged 33 j was arraignedon'thecharge of having , on . the StbAugustlast { murdered ;< CaroIine Warnes ; by beating : her on tbe head with a hammer , at Thurlton , so thatshe idied on . the 24 th of ; thesame monthi- // Dhe prisoner pleaded Not . "; guilty , —The . unfortunate , deceased was the daughter of , a labourer named ' ' Warnes , with . whom . the prisoner , had _ lodged for many years . Oh tlie 8 th ' August the prisoner committed the crime With which he was charged . " The ' evidence for the prosecution was of the dearest arid roost conclusive character , ' and the "learned iudce . in summing ; up , said that he saw rid sign . of

      any circumstance that would reduce the enraefrom murder to manslaughter , or ., any . lower degree of h 6 m ' c'de , ; no . sign of any , provocation on the part of the deceased that could lead to the attack . " < The only question that might have reference " to the degree of guilt was the state of the prisoner ' s-intellect at the time when he perpetrated the deed . — The jury deliberated- onl y ' a few minute ' s , and returned a verdict of Guilty . —His Lordship ¦ then passed sentence of death in the usualforrri on -the prisoner , who received tlie awful sentence without appearing to be in aqy , w . ; iy affected ,,. ... ;) -., ; . < i .-, ' ; , ; Thb Gamb . Laws . Again . —Robert Carter , Robert Mason , WiU'am " Godda rd , and George rlobbs , were indicted for maliciously wounding George Coa ' tes ,

      on the night of the 14 th of December last , with intent to murder , io resist tlieir'lawful apprehension , and also to do some grievous"bodily harm .--The prosecutor is the head keeper of Mr , Villebois ; the occupier of MHrham-house in this county , and i ( appears that , his master , being absent , ; the house , and shooting had been let to Sir ^ JohnListon Kay , and that . the keepers" went along with theishooting . 7 . On the . nig ht in question the keepers were aware of the presence of poachers ' -intone of the woods attached to the house , and having hastily armed themselves with puns and sticks ; they setoff in ' pursuit of them * accompaniedbyalarge . New . foiindland . dog . : , When . they reached the part of the wood whence the report of firearms had proceeded .

      they came li ' p . to five armed riiehi who all presentea their guns , and ordered them' to stand- back . " ' The Erosecutor , however , replied , "No , ' my lads' ' . ' we aye had enough of that before ; now we will have something else ! "and made towards the poachers . At that instant one of the latter shot the . dog , ; and a second let fly right at the head keeper ' s body ; he beihgidistant only ; three yards .,. Fortunately , i . thV keeper ' 8 : gun and his left arm intercepted the . bulk ! of the shot ; but tlie effect ol the shook , was 'to ' cause the involuntary discharge ofthe' keeper ' s weapon into the air . Immediately after this another poacher fired his ; gun \ at the second keeper / but with such unsteady aim-that the contents of his ; barrel , -haying passed through : the coat land pockets of the object , lodged themselves in the .

      posteriors of a third poacher ,, named Hobbs , who . bad become - mixedi up in the mlee with : the keeper . This contretemps putan end fto the-cpnflict , for : the , fifth poacher took to his heols ,-, and the ; bther four , who are the prisoners , were shortly . afterwards secured . —His Lordship having . directed an . , acquittal . on the second count , on the objection . of . Mr . Palmer to the authority , ofthe , keepers ., to jarrest-the poabhersi'left it to the . jury to , say whether the prisoners were actuated by either . of theiintents laid in the other counts . ~ The jury-found J all the } prisoners Guilty . generally , ahd : , they were thereupon sentenced to be transported , for life . . ;• . ¦ )¦ Williiim Hooks , was also sentenced to the like term of / transportntion , he having been convicted of a similar . otfence the day before .,, , '¦ . .: ; . . , . ¦

      ; •; , ;_ , ' ' i : " v ;' ' XiyERPOOL .: ,, ; ¦' ;•' ; . ' ; - Chargbop Rapb . —John Melamphay and Francis Hcsley , each aged 22 , were indicted for a rape upon Ann Moorhouse , at Manchester , on the , 2 nd of March last . r-It appeared the prosecutrix lived in service in Lower Moseiey-street ,.. Manchester , , and was a young married wornan separated from iher husband , Qn Sunday night , the 2 nd of March , ' the prosecutrix obtained her , mistress ' s leave to go out fprtheeveningto see her mother .. , Ori her return , about ten o ' clock ; she was met by the two prisoners in , a street , called Jackson-street , when one of them ( Melamphay ) seized ; her by the , . shawl , ^ and asked hor if she . was going home . The prosecutrix told him he bad better leave her , alone , when , he called out ' to the other prisoner , ' "Come ' . and

      lookntmy wife ,: Hesley went up , and then cried out , ' . ' ! Oh , the . rib , do bring her along . '' They led her along several streets , Mclampby making a great noise , and abusing her whenever they met any one saying 'f . He had found her out in her capers , arid he would trim her- when he got home , " , inducing ' the passers-by to believe that she was his ! wife ^' , In this manner she . was . led and dragged ' along to ! the Cheshire Cheese public-house in ' Brook-street , ' nearly a mile from where tbey met ; her ! - There they ! dragged , hor , up ' an entry , when Melamphay threw . ; her down and tried to , ravish her , Hesley keeping watch a little , way off ., ' , She screamed out and made all , the noise she could , till she was heard by aiwoman who lived in the entry , arid who came

      out with a candle andcried out 'f-. ViUain ^ deBist . " A policeman coming that way the prisoner got up and raised her , but treated her in such a manner , that the woman then thought she was his wife , whom he was ill-treating , repeating- what , he had before said ,: " I ' ve . found you . out in jour capers and I'll trim you when I get you borne . Go home , go home , " The prosecutrix entreated this , woman rr-a Mrs .-Percival—to prevent . the . man , from , illusing . her ; Mrs Percival saying , . * . ' She could riot ' iri » te ' rfere between man and wife , '' . and went in . ' again . They then left the entry , the two ' prjsoriers dragging her by force to Moss-lane , and forcing a ' bandkerchief into her mouth to prevent her screaming , arid threatening , to kill her if sho made a . noise .

      They , then forced her up an - entry in this lane , where Melamphay threw ber , down arid by -, f orce succeeded in ravishing her , ; the . other , prisoner who was standing by , immediately doing tlie ' same ; After this she escaped from them and ran down Brookstreet , the two prisoners following her . At length she met a policeman , to whom sho ^ related theoutr rage that bad been committed upon . her , asking him to'darken > his lantern till the merl , cameiup . , The prisoners , however , then escaped , but where after-Iwards taken into custody—the prisoner Melamphay saying- he should , not have donerit > but he was drunk ; , and Hesley saying : he thought she was a prostitute , or he should not have done , as he , had done . —For the defence it was contended that the

      story told by prosecutrix was , improbable ,, as , by her own account she ' had been an hour and a half in the company of the prisoners , and . had been dragged along through ; a populous neighbourhood ,, where any outcry on her part would have brought assistance to her aid . —The jury after , ; a short absence , found the prisoners Guily of an assault . The sentence of the court was- thafc . the prisoners be each imprisoned : for two years , which , was . the utmost punishment the law allowed him to impose . , . : Thk ( Warkingto . v Mukder . —Bridget Lyon * ,. 40 , and Patrick Lyons , 21 , were . indicted for the wilful murder of-Margaret , otherwise . Peggy ; . Fahy , at . Warrington , on the -ith of February last . , They were also arraigned on the inquest . : Mr . Monk

      stated the case for the : prosccutiori . The deceased had lodged with the prisoners—who were : man and wife—about a week , in a ; house * -in . ; . a .-. low . -.. part . . ' of the town j chiefly inhabited by Irish ,. and they , besides a man ofthe name of New . combe and an old woriian ofthe name of Collins , were the only jnmates . Faby was a travelling pedlar ,.- , CollinSj - oil the morning of ihe ith , hewd a . ecveara . .- Faby . was not seen during the day nor the following night , or morning , ' which excited the suspicion i of the , old woman , Collins , and she . communicated witli the police . A search- was made in . the house of the prisoners , and the body of Fahy was found in the coal-cellar : —Peggy Tavellin , or . Collins , an old Irish woman , who could scarcely , either speak or

      understand English , said she slept at . Pat Lyons ' s house on the night Peggy Fahy was kilt . Witness had lodged there a week , and Fahy came two days after her . Patt ' s wife ! and Fah y ; went : out every day with baskets hawking . -Fahy weut out on Saturday night to make purchases for her basket , and when she returned she-said'she had-got all she wanted , and . had-all that left ,, showing a good , deal of silver , on which Pat ' said to his ' wife , that was the woman , she ( his wife ) ' was good for nothing . Newcombe lodged there , but . he .. did not come on the Monday night . PatLyons and hiswifew ' eritto bed in one . room first , and witness and Fahy in another room , in the same bed . . Next morning she heard Pat tell his wife the day . was breaking , and shouldprepare to go out with , her basket , and soon after she heard ( hem go down stairs . ; She next heard the wife call but , " Peggy Fahy , get up , it is time for us to go out , " and then , Fahy got ud and

      went down to the kitchen . Witness then heard a very hard screech in the kitchen eoirig on , and she put on her petticoat to go down , when Biddy came up , and she asked what was , that going on in the kitchen ? '' A drunken man , " said she , and thou rolled witness down on the bed , rolled the blanket round her and held her down to prevent witness going down stairs . When tlie screech ceased , Biddy said , f ' . Weli , now , I think . the drunken man" is gone : " , ahd she then-got up , and . went to the top of the stairs , arid witness got ; up , and ; followed , but she found the door closed against , them , arid they could not get down , the string which lifted the latch being taken out . They went back ! into' the room , arid witness put her hand to open ' the window , and said she would call out to tell the' murder ' that was going . , on in the kitchen .... Biddy then said she believed the drunken riia ' n was gone , and they then trentdown . The'door and windows-were ' closed , and it was quite dark , and the witness stepped with

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      her bare foot into something-wet , and she said , " Brddy , "this-i 8 ' thebIood , V-audHUldy said ,,. ? . No , it . was the . water . the drunken man had spilt " - Wit-r nesS rati out , " The'door was shut after her , ' arid ' she went to " a neighbour ' s house . ' . ; Some' tirri'd after she returned ! and fdurJd the door and' window-shutters olo sedV . andthey remained so all day . At ' night-she went again andfound Biddy _ alone , but ^ he ^ 'house qiiiet , ' and she .. went to a neighbour ' s / -. . She ' sqrrie time after werit . agairi , arid saw , Biddy give a caudle to . the bpy Ne ' w ' conibe to ' go to bed with . ' "Witness then went in : for her shoes and ' stocking s , and ' ¦ saw Biddy sitting on' aietool against the little ; coalhole door . ' Witness -put - herhandirout ; to . ppen it . y , What do . you ; want j there V . said . Biddy . - J 1 . 1 warit ^ riiv ; shoes arid stbckinEs /' . said the witness . : "fi 8 ' myseif ' th at ' will ' give ' em you , " ' said Biddy , - arid after-being in the hole sorrietime ' sbe threw ' them ! out ; vand witnessvleft'the . 'house'to-look for

      lodgings . eise ' where , as she was . afraid ; to sleep , , at the prisoner ' s , Othgr witnesses proved , hearing , aneiseoii the night in question ,. the discovery of the body in the coal-cellar after an attempt by the wife to cohceal it ; arid : abscondal r * nd- apprehension of-the husband ; ; On-the Clerk of < the Crown putting the usual question , why sentence of death . should not be pronounced upon them , Lyons answered firmly ,: ' Nothing ; " whilst bis wife , with ; equal firmness and coolness' said , " I anr as innocent of that as ' the night' I- " was borri /' ^ Mr ; Justice Cresswell' then' passed [ sentence : of death in theusualform . —Patrick Lyons said , I am , full willing , ; my lord , so long as my wife is ,-along . with me . - Bridget'Ljoris ( as / her ., hu 8 band' was retiring from the barj said—Ho could clear niethis momerit thathei ' s going / , The prisbrie ' rs , who had throughout the ' day m ' airitairiedthe utmost indifference , heard the dread sentence ; withoutiemotion , andicft the bar apparently as unsubdued as ever .. .... ..

      : Extbnsivb Swindhn , & . —William Russell ,, 47 , Frederick W . P . "Russ ' ell ; 20 , his son , and Edward Oxford , 42 , were indicted for having / at Heatori : Norris v conspired togOtherto Obtain-goods ' byfalse preterices . . tThere were no less than . fourteen counts in the indiotment ,. yaryiBg the allegations , ' to cheat MichaefSimms , Frederick ^ James , Robert Be ' mari , and others . ^ The facts ' , of'the case disclbs ' e'd exte ' risiveI'frauds . ' 'Thr defendants had taken " a-small place 'at' * NoV i , AvenUe-street , . ' Stockport , ' : whence they werelin the habit of writing to parties carrying on business in ; -various i parts , of . the , country , for samples , of goods , under the , pretence , that such goods were required'in the ir business . From Mr . Michael SimsJ ' rope aiid . twine maker of-Hinckley ; tbev bad obtained a corisiderable'quantity of twine

      and coils iof rope ;; from : Mr . Charles Prattj corn . merchant , Stratford-uponr Ayon , a . large supply owheat and . grain of different-sorts ; and , in ' shortf goods of all kinds that people ' would ' entrust them with . At the bottom of'their ' priritod circulars , which . were headed ' "Edward'Orford and ' Co ., " they hadia : line , ¦ > f No ; : 4 , ' Avenuerstreefc , ^ Stockport , arid at BencliffMill . ;'' bufcawitnessnamed Jackson , who described himself ., as ^" . lawjagent , ' '' , and who had been employed to attend the place' in Stockport during the day , said ' fie , never saw'Mr . ; . Or / brd there , rior the-elder Russell- niore , thari / lhalf' a dozen-times , but the j youngerprisoner , called . three or four times a week . ; , ; Tliere was aletterrbox outside the door , and all letters found therein were ,

      given to one or other , of the Uussells . Any parcels that'came ; the witriess , whs-directed to convey to the' railwity at : Heaton NorriS' immediately , < to : be ' forwarded . toiManchester , -where , one of theifiussells usually , received , them , . The first lot he . conveyed in this , way , was twenty-six " sacks ' ' of \ wheat , ' arid afterwards sorrie rope ' arid twine ; if any goods were left at ' the office , even for a short time ; the old ' direction was to be taken off , and : witness ' s name , " Wmi . Jackson , Maucbester . V put on .. , ' , He receiyed , likewise some hampers of cheese , and a large quantity ofjleather , which ., were sent to Manchester in the same way as the ; other-goods .- ^ Mr . " Pratt deposed that he had supplied 'the prisoriers with wheat to the amount-of > £ 8 Q 17 s . v . for ; which he ; had received a bill of . excharige , ; purporting . to be drawn by Thosi TJpping , of-Liverpool , upon and , accepted

      by A . . S . Phillips , Manchester , and ltidorsed'by Edward Oi'ford ' and Son ^ , but that ! bill ' had been returned di shori ' oured , ' an ( l'had never been paid . Befpre'it arrived at maturity he received a printed circular frorii the superintendent of , police at . Stockr port , stating that the parties calling themselves E . Orford arid Son , at that place , jh ' ad been taken . up for ^ swindling . —The carrier who . had usually ' been employed to reriiove the goods from Stockport to Manchester , deposed that he was ion one occasion employed by the two Russells to remove some wheat , cheese , and leather , all at the same time , from , the Stockport railway to Manchester , but received strict orders' riot to ' let the people' at the station know where thegoods were taken to . He also removed some ropes and twine for them . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . — Judgment deferred .

      . v , v ' ¦ ¦¦;;! - GLOUCESTER . The Sodborv Murbkr . —D . G ; Hathway , who is described in the calendar as twenty-six years of age , having been arraigned , pleadedin a firm ' voice " Not" Guilty . " The indictment charged him with having , on the 14 th ofFebruary , 1851 . feloniously mingled with some broth a ' quantity of a ' certain deadly poison called white arsenic , and with having administered siich broth to Jane Hathway , his wife . A second coiintcharged the prisoner with administering the poison ' ¦ without its bein * mixed with the broth ; He was also charged on the coroner's inquest with murder , After Searing the evidence , the jury acquitted the prisoner . ¦

      '¦; . ¦ : , ; ; . ; . :,, ' Kingston . - •• Burgiart . —George Roberts , 32 , and Charles Dp we , 18 , were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Resta Mo 6 re ,. aiid stealing three silver spoons , a pair of gold spectacles , a coat , and other articles , his property . It appeared that the ' pyoBec ' utbr occupies a house at Epsom , ' a portibri ; of whic ' hon the ground floor was let as a branch of the West Surrey Bank . The . robbery in . question ' was ' committed on the night of the 31 st of'October , and it was evidently the intention of . the prisoriers to have plundered the , Bank , 'frorii . whence they . no doubt expected to have obtained a large booty . The house was all locked' up as usual on the night previous to the robbery . Arid about two o ' clock

      on the following morning , a person named . HoIland , who lived next door to the Bank , was awoke by a light shining-into his window , and upon looking out / he saw two men , whom he clearly identified as the prisoriers , in the act of examining the drawers in the'back office of the' Bank . ' He afterwards ' saw a third man , and , upon his giving an alarm , the light was extinguished , and'the prisoners and their companion attempted to make off / The prisoners . were , however , stopped by the police close to the spot ,.. and , upon their being searched ,, several articles that had been stolon from the Bank wero found in their , possession , and also achisel . the aixe of which corresponded with marks that appeared upon the irori chest of the 'Bank ; and also upon

      some other places - of deposit . which the prisoners had ; succeeded iirforcirig open . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners , and they were sentenced to be transported for twenty years ' . The Frimlky - Murder . —Levi Harwood ,. 29 , Samuel Harwood , his cousin ,- 25 , and James Jones , 29 , were placed at the bar , charged witli having , on the 27 th of Septenibcr ,, 1850 , ' lit the parish Of Ash , feloniously made , an assault upon George Edward Holiest , and that they discharged a pistol at him containing a substance called a marble , and thereby gave him a mortal wound / of which he languished until the following day , and then died . —Tho prisoners all pleaded ' not guilty ;—The evidence of Mrs . Holiest and other witnesses did not differ from that

      already given . —Hiram Smith the accomplice , but whose re * l name . is Richard Fowler , deposed to all the ! circumstance ' s of the burglary , and ' said , when we got into the bedroom I ' aa > v Mr . arid Mrs . Holiest in bed ; Mrs . Holiest awoke , and Levi' Harwood said to her , " If you don ' t lay still , my good woman , I shall blow your brains out . " We were all three at the foot of the bed at this time . ' Mrs . ' Holiest got out . of bed , and to the best of my belief she screamed , and Jones laid hold of her and thrust her intothe corner . ¦ Mr . Holiest then awoke , and was ( n the act . of laying hold of Levi Harwood , when Levi liar wood fired this pistol at him . ' While this was happening I took a gold watch off the stand or table that was at the foot , of the bed . We all four then ran down stairs , arid I believe Samuel

      dlarwoodpicked up all the boots and shoes , and we all ran off through the front gate . It was :. Jdnes who pushed Mrs . ' Holiest into the corner . Levi Harwood and . I ; did not more from the foot of the bed , and Levi . Harwood . shot him while he was standing in that position . Mr . Holiest was getting out ' from ' the foot of the bed when he was shot . LeviJlarwood was standing on my right . I had rib pistol in my hand , i had a watch in one hand and a candle in the other . Levi Harwood was about a yard or a yard and a half off Mr . Holiest when he fired at him . Mr . Holiest was going to make a " grab " at Levi when he fired at him . . I did nothing to save Mr . Ilollest , but after the shot had been fired , I ran down stairs ., Circumstantial evidence of a conclusive character prov . eM the prisoners' presence at the house of Mr IIo ! lest oii the ntebt in Question .

      and after an hour and three-quarters' consultation , the jury gave a verdict of Guilty against Levi Harwood and James Jones , and they declared Samuel . Harwood Not Guitly . The foreman at the same time said , that it was the unanimous opinion ofthe jury tliatneither Levi Harwood nor Jones fired the fatal shot at the deceased , but that it was fired by Hiram Smith . —When the prisoners were called upon in the ; usual way to say why sentence of death should riot be passed upon them , ; Levi Harwood said , I ain as ' perfectly innocent as any one in court , . I am as innocent as your Lordship of having been concerned in either the burglary or the murder . " Jones also declared that ho was innocent . —Mr Baron Parke then put on the black cap , and after an impressive address passed sentence of death upon the prisoriers in the usual form . After'the two-prisoners upon whom the sentence bad been passed hail

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      been reirio ; ved , Samuel Harwood was arrai gned nnon the ohargeofburglarousl y breakmgand entering So dwelling house of the deceased : gentleman but r > l evidence being offered in hebalf of the ^ rosecufi on the learned judge directed theljury to return a ver dict ' of Not Guilty .- He was taken into custody n n ft » his leaving the court , by Mr / Merloni the sunX tendent of polite at Tunbrid ge Wells , upon a chltt of being concerned in another burglary in Suss ' ev ¦ The approveiyfliram Smith ; was ordered to be hT tained in custody . until Her . Majesty ' s-plea ™ , should be made known . respecting , him

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      . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ¦ The ApHl ^ nerai Quarter Sessions of the Peac « for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tut ^ i morning at tho . Court-house , Clerkenwell S ay Sergeant Adams . ' > - ¦ ¦ - i ;* .: ; - . ' "uore '" Edward . Masters was indicted for having « fni . silk handkerchief , value 12 s ., fromthe person IfV Milnes , Esq ., M . P .-The prisoner pleaded Cil " andwheri he was placed at the bar to receive ' i ' ment he wished to address a few words to th ^" in mitigation . ''HO then proceeded' to sav th ^ Tl Deccmbertwelvemonths he waeone of thV « thebrig Jane , of Bristol , which wis cast awwH °

      voyage irom oouin uaronna to Cardiff and u' i had since then used every exerltlori ' ariri'Iiad unl gone great hardship and privation ia pn / t 0 o „^ - to get an honest living .-The Cour TsSZ ^ to six months' hard labour . ,- .. - ¦ senten « d hua ; John Saunders , 16 , a cripple ,-and David iinco n pleaded Guilty to an indictment in which th ' ' charged with having stolen twelve brush ^ *??* property of Ed ward Reece .-The officer " tw £ younger prisoner had been repeatedly iiiDrknn j two sessions ago a brother of his was conviGtei " - this court , and was at the present ' time m S on The prisoner ' s father was a . glazier ani- « , ;„) . arid bis !; mother- was dead , The prisoners ^' sentenced to six months' imprisonment . _ '' Mary Ann May ^ ne , a woman of the town who convicted at . the last session of robbin g a ' - gaiul ' eight sovereigns , was brought up to receive 1 L *

      ment- « may . oe rememoereu that the robbery of which the prisoner was convicted , was commit whilst tte sailor was in a state of inscnsibilitv Ha that there was reason to believe that be hadWn reduced , to : ; that condition by the ' application nf chloroform ^ by the prisoner . . The prosecutor stifP , that the prisoner , gave him a " dab " under thn nose with a pocket handkerchief , and that he be came Unsensible immediatel y afterwards and th « prisoner ! was remanded , iri order that inquiries might be made ,. as to whether chloroform would produce insensibility in the short time stated —Tim learned Judge said he had been informed that chloroform would not produce insensibility with the ra pidity , with , which the prosecutor as he stated los * - all consciousness after the application of the hand ° kerchief to his mouth by the prisoner : tilt , under all the circumstances of the case , hefelt it his duty to pass upon the prisoner thesentenca thn * ua

      been . passed by other courts in cases of the like kind , which sentence was that she be transported for the term of seven years . , ' ! Thb Thieves' Kitchen .- Charles Aubrey " ¦> and Jane-Denham , 23 , were indicted for unlawfully attempting to commit a robbery upon a certain man whose name was unknown , and also for a like attempt upon a woman whose name was . unknown — John Garni , a sergeant of the G division , deposed that ori ' thenight of the 25 th of March , at about halfpast ten o ' clock , he was on duty , in- plain clothes with other officers in Gray ' s-inn-lane , near to Foxcourt . The prisoner Aubrey was standing at the door of the Fox public-house at the corner of Foxcourt , and on a gentleman who Was the worse for

      liquor passing him he coughed once , as if to make some one inside the house hear ,-and the female immediately came out . She followed the gentleman and took hold of him by tbe right ! arm , upon which Aubrey ran up . and whilst the woman was engaging the gentleman ' s attention , he put his right hand into the gentleman ' s coat pocket . The gentleman then shook them both off and walked on . Witness crossed over to the gentleman arid asked hirii if he bad lost anything . He said he had not , arid witness then left him . ' He continued to watch the prisoners . They were standing near the end of - Bell-court when a respectable lady passed them . ¦ When she bad got about twenty yards away from them , tbe prisoners went after her . The male prisoner walked up to her

      on the left side , and the female on the other , and she irnrhediately put her hand into the lady ' s pocket . At the same moment she turned . round , and observing one of the officers who was with witness , she said , "Here ' s that ——Fisher ; " and . both prisoners took to their heels , and ran downTash-street , Fisher followed , and took them into custody in that street . —Fisher , 127 G , corroborated this evidence . When he took Aubrey into custody , , and told him tho charge , he said , "That ' s not my racket , and you know well I don't get my living in that way . "—The jury found both prisoners Guilty . —Fisher said that Aubrey had been convicted of felony at the Old Beiley , and was a trainer of young thieves at the "Thieves'Kitchen , " in Fox-court , Gray ' s-inn-lane . Several of his pupils 1 had been tried in this court , and he himself was a notorious thief , and had been long

      connected with the " Kitchen . " The other prisoner also belonged to-the "Kitchen . " - She was likewise a well-known thief , and had been convicted of felony at the . Old Bailey . —Aubrey said he and his fellowprisoner were not the first this man Fisher had made an example of . —The learned Judge said that was perfectly , correct , for Fisher and the other officers had by this time nearly cleared out this infamous place—the Thieves' Kitchen ; The court would pass upon the prisoners the . same sentence as had been passed upon others who had been brought from this same place , which sentence was ; that they be each imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months . —On hearing the sentence the female prisoner fell prostrate in the dock , and was carried out screaming" violently . She declared her innocence , and her cries were heard for sometime after she was inthe cell . >

      ROBBBRY OF A ^ FoREIGNER' —Eliza Jones , IS , Catherine Willis , 20 , Johanna Flinn , 20 , Elizabeth Davis , 16 , Ellen Davis , 15 , Mary Trimlett , 19 , and Ann Dixon , 17 , were indicted for stealing ten shillings from the person of Jan Junker . The evidence of the prosecutor , who stated . that he was amerchant , and resided at No . 10 , East Mount Terrace , was , that at about seven o ' clock on the evening of the 22 nd ult ., he accompanied two girls to a honse in George Street , Spitalfields , but not liking the appearance of the place he was about to leave , when he was assailed by the prisoners , who demanded money . He had 1 * 0 purses , in one of which was eleven sovereign ? , and in the other ten shillings and twelve pieces of Dutcb coin . He took the ten shillings out of his purse and put them in his mouth , but he was forced to take

      them out again b y the prisoner Jones holding hin > tightly by the neckerchief . He held them in his kanih and whilst the other prisoners held , him by the artrtf and jacket , Jones forced his hand open , took out tbe ten shillings , and handed them to the prisoners Flinn and Dixon . He was then permitted to leave , andhe at once procured a police constable , with whom ho returnedI to the house and gave all the . prisoners * except Dixon , into custody . jDixon was taken on the i following day . He identified all the . prisoners , and I was sure he wasnot mistaken ., -The jury , after somfl ) consultation , found Jones , Willis , and Dixon , Guilty ; ; and Acquitted the others . , The learned judge tlie" ' sentenced each of the prisoners convicted to b 8 J transported for seven years , and cautioned the others 8 as to their conduct for the future .

      Robbeky of a Sbaman . —James Holderson % h Catherine Hare , 20 , and Caroline Lidgetfc , 21 , ve to indicted for having stolen twenty-three soverei 2 " 3 3 from the person of Robert Sheffield . —The pros < Teii < itor was a seaman and had just returned from n China . The prisoner Holderson was a seaman i » » tho royal navy , and lod ged : in the same house s * ' the prosecutor , the King . ' s Arms . New Gravel-lane- ?• On the 20 fch ultimo Jlolderson induced . fche prosetf | ' *; tor to accompany him with the two female pri' ' •' soners to a public-house , and thep . ee to a house in to which the prisoner Lidgett lodged . He was there re naUr \ ii 4- *\ r \ . \ * rn .. nAHA « . j u : t i . i * i i . Cnrt id asked to for takieS

      . pay something to drink , and on » S out his purse , its contents , twenty-si * sovercij , ' » 5 ' | 5 ( were knocked out . ot . his hand . Thinkin" tliis ^ » done by way of a frolic ho allowed th ' e ' m very qnie * # to pickup the sovereigns that fell on the floor , t # ® subsequently denied all knowledge of the tran » c" 'c ' tion , and the prosecutor then gave them into f ° ' » ' tody . Two sovereigns were loft in the purse , o »» a ? was afterwards found on the floor , so that the pr ' f soners possessed themselves of twent . y-three .- >' r' lr Ballantino addressed the jury on behalf of IIoW

      Patest Law Aiiesdmest.-Lovd Broug Ham S ...

      Patest Law AiiESDMEst .-Lovd Broug ham s ^ bJl to amend- the law touching Letters Patent {» w Inventions , has just been printed . It con tain jin twenty-two clauses . By the preamble it is declare" ire u to bo expedient to make certain additions to /; ,, ^ , alterations in the present law touching l « tf | » «! patent for inventions . It is proposed to constiti' . tutbe Lord Chancellor , Master of tho Rolls , K K others , Commissioners of Patents for Invention ?^ iV whom three may act . Thcv are to make m-f- 'U-f- ;' fee . After petition and report , the Commission ^ ine > are to cause a warrant for sian-mnnnnl to be n »» 'ia 11 ;

      on which the Lord Chancellor is to issue tbe W . U patent . The specifications are to be F ' frX ; I here is a list of fees in the intended act , slio ^| ^ ' ' that letters patent may be obtained for abouUg ^ Compensation is to be provided for persons an ^^ j by the provisions . The act , which is to be c ? ' ¦ » ' ¦ .,,, " The Patent Law Amendment Act , 1851 , i > » -, come into force in one month after the pa- " " " thereof . i M 5 m 5 > ' Metairik v . Wiseman . —This case , which ^ , 1 ^ ., occupied the . attention of' Yico Chancellor t y " ^ worth for some days past , is fixed to be bro ^ f ^ before the Lord Chancellor at Westminster » - * on the first day of next November term .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05041851/page/6/