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      Tj-aarH-o-P'LosMS DtBiso ! H « ''TtaK ^ Ihe Be ^ sirar-Genewl ' s weekly'return states thai , in in then »« rop ^ ib « i districts were 1 , 094 , and exhibit aa % crease V 6 ° on those of the previous week , awifitewistfatf racrease'of almost the same amount on the average of the'corresponding weeks ofthe 10 prisvfi-ras years ( 1840-9 ) , the mortality ; of these weeks I-a-nngrajiged from 780 deaths in : 1843 , to l ; 478 ' 'in * 18 fe . But , ' if a-correction is made fir increase' of population , the estimated average becomes 1 , 126 , and the deaths now returned are less than this number by 32 . " ' - The causes of death

      prcvail ' mg at the present timd are found ,-in by- far the largest proportion , 'in that class of diseases which affect the organs of respiration . In this class ,: of which the most important arc phthisis { or consumption ) , bronchitis , pneumonia , ( or inflammation of the lungs ) , and asthma , there are now enumerated the deaths of 3 S 4 persons , or more than one-third of all who died in the week : The corrected average of ten ; corresponding weeks is 376 . On the other hand , ' - the deaths from the zymotic or' epidemic classes ' - ' of diseases * were only 168 . : the corrected average being 216 . A ; girl of 5 years died- of "Asiatic cholera , " after 14 hours' illness ; in -port * man-place , near the Edgeware-road ; and in Fenchurch-street , a boy of 9 ' months died of " cholera , hooping-cough , teething , arid convulsions : " after a month ' s illness . " Diarrhma is the only ¦ epidemic which exceeds the average ; it was fatal to 11 children and 10 adults ; the average of this period isnot more than 9 ; the fatality of measles is ofthe

      usual amount ; ahd small-pox , scarlatina , hoopmgeoughj and typhus ' continue to show a decrease , which ; however , is most considerable as regards the first two of these epidemics . Four children and a man died of smallpox ; 13 children of scarlatina .-Consumption was fatal to 137 persons , about the average ; bronchitis and asthma to 159 , or more by 52 than the average ; and pneumonia to 75 , or 30 less than the average . Two persons died of privation . The meah daily reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was' above 30 inches on Sunday and "Wednesday . The mean temperature rose from 33 deg : on Sunday to 4 A deg . on Tuesday , declining to about 36 deg . on Wednesday ' arid Thursdayj arid rose -above 50 deg . on J-rlday and Saturday . ¦ ' On Sunday and "Wednesday i 6 wa 5 lower than the average of the same days in seven years ; and on Friday and Saturday it * was more than 15 deg . above it . The mean temperature ofthe week was 41 deg . 8 mini ; , which is 6 deg . above the average . ^ : -- r : j }''

      EXTRAORDINAar ROBBEBT IS THB ClTT . —Late on Saturday evening last , considerable alarm was caasedln the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate-street "Without , owing to the following daring robbery . A respectably-dressed young man entered- ' the shop of Mr . Hyho , a silversmith arid watchmaker , and asked to be shown a silver watch ' . One was produced ( a half-plate * lever ); which" the . fellow ^ exairiined very mmntely , arid having inquired the price , he put his hand into his pocket , as it was supposed , to take out the money to pay for the article . Instead , however ,. of _» doing , he seemed to hesitate a little , and asked tobe shown another , somewhat lighter . Mr . Hyho

      having turned round-to reach another , ' the fellow threw the contents of his hands , which , instead of fcerog money , were' either gunpowder or some other combustible , 'ripon-the gaslight . Several persons pasdngby the ' shop thinking the place had taken fee" immediately started to White Gross-street brigade station for the engine . The thief rushed out ofthe shop ; carrying with hits the watch . The moment Mr . fclyho recovered himself he ran out of the shop , " and followed tbe man for some distance shontmg ** ' Stop thief , " bat the fellow succeeded in getting cfear ofi- * . The onl y damage done to the premises was the breaking of the gas-lamp and blackening some pf the windows . - _• ' * . ' ' '

      Suicide atBebhoxdset . —On Saturday lastyMr . ' Carter went into an inquiry at the Simon the Tanner , lang-laue , BetmondBev , re ? pecting the death of Samuel Smith , aged thirty-two years . —Robert _ Burrows , the engine-keeper of St . Mary Magdalen , B = srmoriasey . stated that on Wednesday evening last he was'called to the deceased ' s residence bya policeman eftbeM * division . " Witness proceeded to No .-163 , I < ong-lane , wh « yfe , upon going to the second flonr hack , witness found the room door closed . Lie ( wit-Bess ) forced ah entrance , arid then discovered the deceased lying on the floor apparently lifeless . His clothes were partially destroyed , and in the same apartment was a charcoal , fire , between two fenders , which were placed ab-mt two feet from the grate .

      Theflw and joists had become ignited ,: and , were Han on fire . 'Witness extinguished the flames , and Said to make a precipitate retreat as the fames ofthe ' charcoal were so powerful . Upon making an examination , witness found that the various crevices round the window and door had been carefully covered over ¦ wit h pap-jr , which had been firml y ptsted do * n , and suist have taken two or three hours to accomplish . "Witness was of opinion that the deceased died from the effects of the fames of the charcoal , and had committed -die act himself , producing his . own death . — Other evidence having been offered , th ' s jury unani--moosly agreed to a verdict to" the effect" That the deceased destroyed bis own life , being at the time in Estate Of insanity . - "

      ' " Shocktxg ; AccrnENT . — On Saturday last an inquest was taken by Mr : Payne , the City coroner j at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , as to the death of Edward Hedger , Esq ., aged 71 . The deceased -resided [ at ; Branswick-terrace , liackney-road . . On "Wednesday mornmg'he went into the , City on business , ' and about eleven o ' clock was crossing from PrineeWstreeV ' opposite the Mansion-house , '* to Xombard street , ' and had reached the obelisk in-tlie centre of the road , where he waited loir aa omnibus to pass from King Willia-n-street to Princes-street . One of Hansom ' s cabs proceeding froih the Poultry

      to Lombard-street , came up , and before t ' ie cabman eould pull up his horse the shaft bad struct'the unfortunate gentleman ' s head , and it then caught ihe collar of his coat , turned him . round with great -violence and threw him on the ground . The horse was pulled oh' his haunches , but he first trod Oa the deceased ' s stomach , and- afterwards on . his ' leas . : Upon being got up by the policeman on duty , he was placed in a cab and conveyed to St . Barthohnnew ' s Hospital , where he died from the ; effect' of * concussion on the brain . The jury returned a -verdict of . « . * Accidental death . * ' " " . . .

      Melancholy Death . —On Monday afternoin an inquest was taken before Mr / II : M : Wakley , at the Bed Lion , public-house , Brompton-road , respecting the death of Miss Jane Tucker , ' aged seventy years , the well-known-originator of the . Governess Institution in Bedford-square . The deceased , foe the last six months ; had resided at No . 19 , Queen-street , Brompton , and during that time hai enjoyed a tolerably good state of health . About a fortnight snee she . went down toTentern , in Devonshire , to see her sister , who was dangerously \> l . She returned

      to her lodgings on Thursday night -last , apparently I well , with the exception that she complained of being fatigued with henonrney . She partook of some tea , and shortly afterward ^ retired to rest . On the following morning she did not make her appearanee , at the -usual hour , at which - the landlord of the house became alarmed , and her bed-room door was eventually broken open . The decease ! was found lying in her bed quite dead arid cold . Mr . Anderson , a surgeon , was called in , and ascribed death to an affection of the heart . - The jury imthediately returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .

      Suspicions Cask . — A protracted inquiry was held by adjournment , before Mr .-W . Baker , the coroner , on ths 1 st inst ., at the Fountain Tavern . Upper Clapton , Hackney , concerning the death of James Merritt . aged 34 years , a turncock in the employ ofthe East London Water Company ., who died from the effects o £ arsenic tinder the following very suspicious circumstances : —The deceased resided with hhV wife' ih Pear Tree-coart ; . Upper Clapton . He had enjoyed a good state of health - until within the last fortnight , and on Thursday morning , the 24 th ult , he complained of . a violent ' . sickness , and brought up a large quantity of bile-He said he had on the previous evening . partaken of some stew , and some tea immediately afterwards , which he , thought had not agreed with him ., . On

      thesame day he complained of intense thirst , and he had some gruel , which was -prepared : by his wife , Soon afterward ^ ' he appeared much worse , ; and . was compelled to go to bed and leave his work unfinished . While ia bed he complained « f violent pains in his Stomach and had cramps in his feet . The deceased gradually became ; worse , and Mr . Toulmin , a surgeon ; was called in , who prescribed for him , but he expired in about half an hour afterwards .., ImmenlateV ^& B-deeeased had breathed his lait his wife made amplication to a benefit society which'the deceased belohsed ; to for . the burial money . —Mr . Toulmin said he hadinade a post mortem examination ofthe body of the / deceased . —Dr . Henry Letheby , kctureronchemistry at the-London ; Hospital ,, deposed that he ; hadsnbmitted-the contents , of . the deceased ' s , stomach-to an analysis , and found it to contain eight grains and . a half of white arsenic . Witness" had not the slightest doubt that the deceased bad died from vthe effects ; of white arsenic .

      The stomach contained , about a pint of , fluid . whjch -bad a redappearance ,, in . . which . witness detected , ¦ the preaeuce . of . -areenic , and-TrMchhehadno doubt . ^ wiK . tbe . gruel .. i ' sj-aeceased . had swallowed .. The . it -coroner remarked ; that ; there * # as so much suspicion m the case that it require ' d a most rigid and search-: ; , ing myestigatibn ; - and he therefore could not thiok of , . icdosmg thf wqniryatthatatting ., After some further i ^ . -icsnversahon "ffiftiriquirywas adjourned . —Oii'Tues-. ,: 4 aymo-muigvap » elvieo ! 6 lbckstheadj 6 urn ^ , j -ra , rasnmea ^ fpr / tte | hird : time , at the ' Fountain :::-: ?« v « m , ^ pp e » Cl ^ ton ^ relative to the- death-of ~ 3 am * ^ ^| ^ ftJ !; tyi & dryear 6 ; i -turncbek ih k- ^ ib « . emji | oj ^ -fee EMt ^ qndpn . ^^^ ¦ : . wMdirf ^^ u rsday ^ e ^ h : bIfcVfrom ' the > ffe « te . ;^^ 8 rjenjc ^ lege 4 to . I » y ^ heen ^ dmimstered to'him bj his wifo Ann * to ^ . » i n ^^ ow , sJ ^ ds rem ' arided / Bntil neit'week , charged with ' ' aavidg caused her ' hns ^ and ' 8 death . The Coroner said , before he pro-

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      ceeded ' ih examining . ' the ; rinihe . rdhs ; - w . iteejMes ; -he would inform thejui ?^ that sind ^ the las t mkting ; ; li . e had received a" corairitiriicatron from : Mr , AndrewsV thesummdhiri ' g officeiv that' Mdeceased ' s father had died Suddenly under precisely " similar : circumstances , arid' that cori ' sideniblo suspicion . attached to the accused ' that she ha-l poisoned her father-in-law aswell as her husband . 'Heliad , . ttereforei . deemed itneces . sary to order the disinterment pf the"body , i ' poit mortem examination , and ' also an analysis of the contents ' of . stomach , to asrertain , if possible , if there was any foundation for tHe rumoUr : i . Hedid not : intend to call witnesses in that b- » se at thie present inquiry , hut should impanel a fresh jury at ; a futii ) re _ time ' . The following additional evidence was then

      adduced;—Mary Giilett , ' the wife of alabouringman residing in the adjoining house ttf the . deceased , sajd that on Thursday , last , - after the adjournment of the inquest , Mrs . M ' erritt ' ehtered the 'house and asked her . if she had heard that poison'had been found in the deceased ' s stomach . Witness . replied in , the affirmative , when Mrs . WeWtUkcUimed , •« I am innocent : he ' wai a dear good husband , and it is not likely ishould dbsuch a . thihg' * /; She then added , " Dear ' creature , if that is the case , he has done it by hi . vown hand / ' Witness remarked at the same time that that " was ' netve ' ry likely , a ^ he had purchased a new pair of boots the night previous to ' his death . Witness also 'knew the deceased- ' s'father , and saw h ni alive oh Saturday , the 29 th September last . He died oh the following day ; and for the last few hours

      previous tb his death he was suffering from pnins , and under similar circumstances as the ' deceased . " - - By the Coroner : The deceased belonged to a benefit society ! and « atly on thtt mbrnirig of ; his death . Mrs . Merritt applied to the society for the burial money , ar id received £ 3 15 s ., a portion ofthe siim she was entitled toon the' death of ' her husband . —By' the Ju * ry : Witness could riot undertake to say that the debeased's father belonged to the - society . —Other witnesses were examined , but their evidence was . of , no public imporUrice . ^ TThe Coroner said somc . fur ^ iher tinie vfashecesswy tp enable the police to make further inquiries , and it would , therefore , | be hecessary to adjourn again . In the interim the body of deceased's father would be thoroughly examined , and the . results ' laid before another jury . . The inquiry was according adjourned until Monday next .

      Ac . cidext from " GoNPOwnKR - . rr . QnJ Tuesday morning a boy about ' eight years , of age was taken to King s College Hospital , so irijuredas , to be without hope of recovery . Thechild had bsenamnsingbin : * self by playing with gunpowder ! . The neighbours , on hearing the boy scream , went . to the ro ^ ' m , which ' was filled with smoke , in otie cprner ^ of , which lay the . little sufferer ' on the . ' grpiind , burnt njpst , frightfully about ' the face , hands , and arms . ' . His' clothes . were nearly all destroyed . . The parents . were absent . from home at the time . ' ¦ " : ! "" '' '

      Firb at St . George a Workhousk . —On Saturday last shortly , after rioon , afire . br oke ' , out 'in the workhouse of St . George ' s the :: Martyr , ' * Snuthwark , which was promptly subdued by the inmates and tbe brigade'firenien . It . was . ascvrt ; ained ,, that , the , fire originated in a quantityof straw used ; for casual paupers' bedding . . Very little damage was done ' . ' ' . Ai ,. Vbm o ? Fire at Sr . Thomas ' s . HqsPitAr .. 'Great alarm was caused in the Borough op Monday night owing to flames being : seen issuing apparently throiighthe roof of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Messengers immediately started . in all directions for the' engines , and in the course of a" few minutes ' a strong body , of . the London brigade' with several engines reached the hospital , when the firemen happily found

      that the cause of so much alarm was owing to one of the chimneys taking fire ; the flame * from which , as they rushed through the pot , - being supposed by the crowd to issue through the roof . Alarming Fire in ; John-street , CLERKKNWEtt . —On Tuesday nighty about-ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . David Tattbri , umbrella and parasol manufacturer , No . 20 , ' Albemarle-street ,. St .: John ' s-streetv fjlerkenwell ; The flames were first discovered , by one of . the lodgers who , on returning home , found ' the'frbrit shop on fire . He instantly caused an alarm , arid ' several engines promptly attended ; but-the 'fire was hot put ootnntil the whole of the valuable stock-in-trade was reduced to ashes , and the premises much' damaged . The origin ofthe fire is unknown . . ..

      Fike in Wat £ ing-Stkeet . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire , broke out in the large range of premises ' belonging to Messrs . Smith and Sons , the wholesale fruiterers , " No . " 10 , Watling-street , City . ; For nearly a month ; workmen have been employed in the basement , -putting down asphalte . pavement , to protect the place from the ravagesof rats and damp . During the whole of tlm period ,, firemen belonging to the chief "brigade station have been in attendance both night-and day to protect thepremises from fire . On Tuesday afternoon , however ,. the ,: heat ; froiri three furnaces used for mdting the asphalte set some wooden bricksijh the chimney on ~ . fire ,. and in a ' very brief spkee of time the flames were ^ working into the ground floor * warehouse , where property of many thousand pounds' value was deposited . * ¦ The engines from tbe station in the same street promptly attended and by getting the small portable one to work / the fire was extinguished speedily , the damage ; done being very trifling . ¦'' '" ' " '' - '

      'Destructive Cosflagratiox is Lambeth .-t-OnThursday- ' morr iingj- ' shoftly'before oneo ' clocki a fire broke out in the extensive timber-yard belonging to . Mr . George Myers ^ of the Ordnance , Wharf ^ Belvide ;; e-road , which , hi . the extent of its , ravages , has very far exceeded any . c-itastroph ' e of the kind with which the -metropolis bjas been visited formony yeaVs past ; In' less than half an hour from the period of the outbreak ! the premises ' on the west side . of Guildford-street , formerly occupied by ,- Messrs . ; Grksell ( now in the tenancy of Messrs . .: Ghristophef Nickels and . Co . jjndia-rubber web manufactures , ) / became ignited , and a'l efforts to- stay the ' ravages ofthe flariies proved utterly futile . * Ihavery short period the window frames at the back of the houses in the York-road , caught fire , ; and . 'before any effective means could he adopted to prevent it , the whole range numbered 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , ' 11 , and-12 , wefe . one mwsot

      flame . The awful prbgresj Of the fire for some few minutes previously had forewarned . the inhabiT tants of the danger to which they were exposed , and a very large quantity of furniture was hastily thrown put of the houses into the . centre of the ; York-road , as the only , chance of saving it from being reduced to ashes . The ; firemen worked b ' ravelyi hut the extent of the catastrophe was so great that their ., energies appeared paralyzed-r-.- 'o to speak- ^ arid It soon beT came' evident that the fire must exhaustitself . , It is quite impossible ; owing to the confusion that prer vailed , to give anythinij .. approaching an estimate of the damage that niust accrue . from this frightful disaster . The great quantity of furniture strewd about all the thoroughfares' in 'the district gives' too much reason to feafthat thepoorer classes will suffer very severely .: On the question of insurance also no certain iuformation could be obtained . ' . V

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      A-Nother Sa-Vings Bank Robbery;—The Hull...

      A-nother Sa-vings Bank Robbery ;—The Hull Savings Bank appears to haVe' been'in the hands of a dishonest j-cutuary , and , the accounts are now in course of examination . So farj as that . examihation has been conducted from ^ the ^ present . time , to the year 1839 , the inquiry , has revealed fraudulent entries amounting , we are informed , to £ 2 , 580 i This is the

      whole extent of fraudulent entries yet ascertained ; but it appears from the published accounts ; that the claims of the depositors amount to £ 351 , 56616 s . lid ' . The Bank ' s investment in government securities is £ 346 , 160 3 s . 10 d ., and the cash'iriits treasurer ' s hands ^ 1 , 780 , making a total of £ M 7 $ i 6 Ss . M . The' actual deficiency therefore' appears to he £ 3 , 620 13 sVId . ; very 'fortunately the bank has a surplus fund ' of £ 3 , 450 , and holds security froiri the late actuary for ^ 2 , 000 , and therefore . the funds of the bank are more than sufficient to cover the liabilities ,

      But nevertheless it does appear" extraprdinary that defalcations to these large amounts ' cari have been going on ' . year afteryear ' without ;; detection ., To say the' leasjf , there must , haye ' , be ' eri great laxity in the riianagement . * - ^ K > ri * Atr « ' Gazette ; ' . / : . ' , ' Send them to the Ragged ScHbon .- ^ -Last week ' J . Gilraore and ; M . Mattiui 6 re , two ' ragged boys , were ' charged beipre the maglstrafesVat Sunderland , ' with having been , found besgirigT ^ 'prdered ' to ; b ' e sent to , the , 'Ragged School . Mr . Candiahi secretary to the' ^ Ra gged School , ' vfhp was preserit , ;* addressed the bench to the effect that the committee ,, being of opinion that juvenile : mendicancy ( . was | productive of great moral evil , would be * glad' to receive * all thfe children found begging in town . into the Ragged

      School / . The magistrates ' cohcurrcd in the op'hipn , and the police were ordered to sendall children found begging for the future tothe Rag ^ ged . Sfchool . ' , ; ,. Cholera . still : continues -to' infest some of . the colliery , yillages ^ , in . S 6 nth"Darham ^ Seyeit' deaths occurred in , ; SpUth-Church last ' 'week" from " this ' disease , arid . three : or four' ih Bishop . Auckland ; ' : StjipposED ' IifcEiiDrAitr Fire , near Roys-ton . — A dreadful fire occurred on Saturday last at Ashweil , near- Baldock , supposed' to he the act of an incendiary . Several farms were bnrht down . and a number of cottages ;' , and damage down tb ; the amountof £ 10 , 000 arid ; upwards . ' A high ' wind added much , to , the conflagation , which it was painful in the extreme fa behold . People seerii '' ata : ioss tbaf- ^ ountfor the ' act ofthe villain , as there is not a ' sipgleahie ' -bbdied

      man ; iii ' the union , ' nor h * K . tHete been . during j the . winter , ' all ' the labourers haying : iKeniwelleniplpyed , / Game LAwyENGEANCB .- ^ At the Ashehdoh petty sessions on the 1 st instant , Jesse Andrews , a labourer of Westcott , whbwas . hropgtit , up , by . warrant ,: was charged , by . George Griffin ^ gamekeeper for , tlie Rev . Geprgerphetwbde , ; . qf Chiltqri-hpuse , . befojei Messrs . BerhardVn 41 ^ r ^ hV . wi % . havmg . ^ the 22 nd bit . been armed , and jn . pursuit *; : of , gj ^ e , jin Grdv £ . wu 6 d , Wottoh ,, tEa . prppecty of the ^ Quig of , . Chandbs . ^ The . prisoni y waadefended hyMj > Jones . wfir at £ r , ; Ayle > J ^ yr »^ Thp ^' as ^ Hine , r watchers , ior ^ Mo ^ aboye , ; , reyerencl gentleiriah , proyed . the . ch . ^ rge . j I ^ apgeared the * accused was found with a gun and a pheasant on him . The magistrates committed him to Aylesbury Gaol

      A-Nother Sa-Vings Bank Robbery;—The Hull...

      ¦ fdf "three * . riioDths' ^ mprisOnmerit'lri ' the ^ 'HoiiSe of r 0 o */ rtc , tl 6 n , and rej-aiped' hira ; at -tH ' e ' rei ' plratibn of that'iime' to eriterintb His b * vyh ' sufety 'in' £ 10 , and to find two sureties in £ 10 each , of orie-in * iSl . O ' . for , his . gbbd conduct' foHweive ' nibhths ' ,- " aiii ' d "in ' default , of his * so doing , ' td'bV ;^ , imprisbried ' f 6 r ' a'further'term df-six mottths . ^ . ''" ;[ " ' ¦¦ '' ¦ ' K ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '• • * r - ¦ ¦ •^' - i & ¦ 'AYLEsnoRVSavings BankRdBBEitr . ' -i-Thedefalcat'ons ' of the savings bank ihay * nbW 'he said to , have ' reached ' a'suni appibachirig to £ 1 , 000 . i The examination-of the b 6 pks " exhibited an utter want of Care on tb 4 part of those ^ who \ tis supposed vi-ould have ; paid ; greater . ; attention to their own business . In' some instance ' s blank cUeque ' s ' . ' mu ' st ' have' been sighed by ' parties withdrawing ; apart of ' their de- ' pbsif ' srands ' bih ' e , whp supposed : theirtimount at'the >

      bank to have been reduced by withdrawing ! a sum of iE 5 . ; 'find , ' tq their' disappbintmeriti thai : thb cheques they , have signed have -been-filled up'fbr ' £ 45 , ' the ia ' g ^ r 'amount having been ' withheld ' and apppro- ^ printed- by " ¦ Stratton ; who oii many occasions must have , had narrow escapes of detection ; as the purloining ofbank deposits by him . may , be , traced as farbaclt astheyear 1845 ' . ...... " . .,, ' . ' : ,: ' Murder of Two CHiiDREii by -their ; Mother ' ii-ExETER , Monday . —Yesterday morning , public attention and'horror was excited by theTumour that a woman had murderedtwo of her children by throwingtheminto tiie , canal , and had attempted the life of a third in the same way . From inquiries ihsti- - tilted this mornjngthe following information relative to the sad affair has been obtained - — -The prisoner ,

      Elizabeth Bradford , is the ; wife of a carpenter and joinery living ; in .: Wood ' s-cour . t , i . Summerland-street . On Saturday aftetnoon , Mrs .: Curry , a friend of the family , which consisted of . the prisoner , , her husband , ' and three children , called and took the children with her ti > her apartments in Castle-street ;* - They were aged respectively about eight , six ,. and four yearsi ' the youngest being a boy , called James , ' and the two elder , ones : the .. deceased ,, nanied . Elizabeth and Harriettl Between six arid seven' ih the evening ' the prisoner ' came' and took them away . She 'did riot remain more than a minute or twb but ' Mrs : Curry observed that she looked very much agitated , ' and therefore ( ; ffe . red to accompahy her . home . Mrs . Bradford refused , saying ,, ' , 'I know you . are very

      pborly arid you shari'tcome with me . " A few minute ' s before eight " a person . ' r . ame'd Edmund Palnier , ah assistant ' « o Mr ; ' George Cobpei ' i ' Foreistreet ; who lives on the Haven Banks , wasreturninghomefrotri his work , andwhen . he had arrjyed at the first drawbridge on the / canal , he heard a splash in the water . lie proceeded onto the 'drawbridgearid ' ' therihe'ird the cryof achildl He called but'for / asststarice , arid a woman came iip ' . apparentlyifrom the bank ; which is lower than the * bridge , and said , " that is my dear chlld ^ - my poor Jemmy . " , Palmer , ohtaiped a lightj : from a neighbouringhouse ,. and'returried to the spot . ' Thechild " was still flbatingj " He held but his umbrella , ' arid told the child to " catch' holdof it . ' . which the little fellow did ; and was . thereby * saved . Mri

      Lyddon . a-gurgeon , attended upon him , and he soon recovered .- The . mother was . taken , into custody ' on the spot ; but , upon the recpmmendatibn of Mrj Lyddori , she ' was taken hohie . :: It ; was' riot then known * that she had * ' t hree children with her ; but as sonn as the police ascertained that the twoi girls were missing ., they proceeded . early yesterday . morning to drag the river ahd canaL "Inspector Stuckes discpvered the body of the youngest girl ; floating very near the drawbridge , on'the canalside ; and the j-ibdy ofthe other was found in the basin , or wet dbclf ;" sb that it eeenis probable the eldestgirl wasipushed . or . fell into the water at a different spot . It is said'that the poor woman had'been in a great deal of trouble . The house , in Wood ' s-court , had been left to her by her father , and she came with "her husband from London a short time ago , but since their residence in Exeter he had little or no ' work , in consequence of

      which they had suffered great privations . - 'The house WaVagreed'f . 0 be ' sold to-her brother , whose name is Garidy , a letter carrier in the : Exeter 'PpBt-omce . After the deeds were drawn * some dispute had arisen ; and proceedings were threatened ; On * the way to theatatibri house , the ¦ prisoner frequently exclaimed against her brother / " Oh , my tre & clierons brother , and . that wretch" ( meaning- her brother ' s wife . ) Yesterday she said the , bailiffs were coming to take all her things , ' and it was owing to distress that she didit ; - : ; There seems little d »' ubt of her beirig quite iriskrie , and the precaution of keeping a female turnkey always with her has been very properly adopted . At eleven o ' clock this morning this case was brought before tbeExeter magistrates by 'Mr . Steele ,, the superintendent of police ;' arid it was decided to hand it overto the magistrates of the county ; as the bodies were found in the countyi ' ; ¦ !¦ ' . ; . ";; *

      PROPOSEri Third Trial onone- OnAROE .-rrhe Shropshire Conservative says : —" Mercy Newton still continues an inmate of our county- gaol . under the charge of having - murdered her mother ! at ' Bndg . north , "in 1848 /' ' A memorial'has , however , been presented tb the Secretary of'State for the Home Departiricrit , praying that the prisonerwho has been twice tried at dur assizes * for thesupposed offence , should riot agairi be put ; upon , her ' trial , the coroner's juries 'dnd two crown 'juries haying been'discharged without nhding'her guiltyi The memorial'lia ' s'been signed'bji' 'ho less than 220 of . the most Respectable residents iri , and near , 'Bridgnorth ; It is signed by the mayori arid the whole of the council ( with'the exception of Mr . Newall . the ex-mavor , and one

      other O' ^ by " two ; but'of thiee ; of the ' committing magistrates , ' and many others of the magistracy ; by the whole of the' medical profession ( except those who were witnesses" for ( the ' prosecution ;) by the whole'legat profession ( except the solicitor 'for-the prosecotioh' ^ and ' magistrates' ^ ^ clerk ;)' and indeed by almost every person ; of , ' iiote arid standing "iri ; the tbwn . The result ' of this" application | is , 'hot yet known ; but we do hope . this poor creature will not be ' suffered to undergo a third tnal . - ' she'has already been , " tortured ' enough ; " and her long imprisphment '' has been suffioierit " punishment , ' for ;] any uhfilial a ' ctsbf her p ' dst'life ; ' We ; do not see ' why Mercy Newtori . shbu . ldbe written , to the scaffold wheri

      such an eminent work as Taylor s'Meoical Oiih . sprudehce is opposed to the judgment of Dr . Wright and another , who never saw the body of the dee ' easedj and when not one of the medical witnesses had . ever seenabodv burnt after death . As doctors differ j it Would , be rather a stretch of ' fancy ' to' strangle a woman on the , scaffold merely tb give : a ; triumph tb the medical inen ' ori one side * . or the' otber , ' . With the fact . on record" bf the '; cbrpner | s j ury and , two ctbwri juries riot having ' cohyicted . we think it very unlikely that a third or fourth jury can be found , to . consign a woman tb . death on such vefj weak circumstantial evidence as was produced'by IbV prbsecutipn at both , trials . ' If there is agraih of suspicipri . a s ^ td her guiit , ; there . is ' . ' . a ! . ' mouritainof circumstances ' to

      proclaim her innocence . " God and the prisoner brily knoW the truth '; ' there is no evidence , ' on which , it would be safe to cbnVictl " ' ' , ' ,, ' ' " ' ., ¦ . ! -.: i . .. ¦ > . ; '^ , -7 : ' ! : " : > . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ i )^ DESIRUCIIO ! I OF THE -VlLLAOii . OP ., ASHWELI . . Fibb . —A correspondentj Of , the Standard writes ;—Acircumstance . more direful , in . its . results than any which : has transpired in . this locality ; during my recollection occurred about . , midnight on Saturday last , i About , one-third of the neighbodring village ( Ashwell ,, Herts , ) is reduced ; to , ashes ( supposed to bo the work of an incendiary ) ,., and , liundreds of its rural . inhabitants are rendered houseless , and turned adrift upon the . world . ;;; The . fire . commenced : upon

      the premises . of Mr . Thomas Chapman , a . highly . respectable farmer ;;; , but owing tethb , wind blowing strongly , it spread with . astonishing ; rapidity , for more than . a quarter of a mile , until there ; was nothing more in that ; direction ' , , to feed it . A , few houses only are left standing on the south . side of the main street ,, and from thence to the back street nothing appears but a mass of ruins .,, Six or seven farm- premises , are . burnt , as . alsotheiIndependent meeting . and the -minister ' s residence . We are happy to-find that , the school , ; . in the erection of which : the , vicar ; and his amiable , daughters took . such an interest ,,. was , preserved . The damage is estimated , at the very lo . west ,, at £ 40 , 000 .. ; - ,: ¦ .,

      Suicide ' and lNPANTiclDB . ~ Groflt excitement has been created at Bath by the death of a man named Edmund Francis Hunt , ' who destroyed his own life and . that of his child / a little girl two , years-arid a half : old . The unfortunate man-was * -a plasterer , ' r ibout thirtyiseve ' n years of-r tgei living' in' Gbrriwallterrace , " Wakot-street , and his house abuts upon the river Avon . ¦ * He was a steady , industrious man ) and had been in the set' vice of his master upwards ' of twenty years . His wife ; ^ however , had sbveral times ' been convicted Of shoplifting ; and the poor fellow in consequence has undergonomueh mental suffering . Upon tho last occasion of his wife's delinquency becoming known / three br'four months ago , he declared that if ever shesq-disgraoed'him again he !

      should he induced tb destroy'himself . On Saturday night last , as the deceased was returning home ] he was informed by a ' neighbbur that Iris wife was again' apprehended-fot : shoplifting , ' Ho'hastened home , took his favourite child'Out ' of'bed / and ' was seen no more ' alive ; On the Suriday riiorriirigthe river was dragged ; and the body of tbeurirortrinate man ' was pulled up about fifty yards below his own house . ' His arms were folded over his chest as If embracing something ; The water was very flush at the . time ,. and the child must "have been swilled but bf-herrfather ' sariris / the body being oh Monday discovered in the ' river eighteen ; milesIhelbw-the spot where the sad catastrophe'happened : The jury returned a yerdiof"That ' the deceased drowned hiinself whilst labouring under temporary insanity ;" The wife has been Committed * on tho-charge of shoplifting , ' - .- [ wy : - •>» -. ¦ u > i \ - . -, v- -yi-.-. » ir - .-.. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;¦

      . Murder of . a , GAkEKEEPEit at 'nbRNc ^ sTL ^ rrrln the neighbourhood of Rpughtbn , a short'distance frbhr this , p lace , . Richard ^ Taske ' f , ' a " gambwatc | ie ^ , in thb service ' of ofthe Key ., &' . Dymoke ^ ' wSs ' mu rdered by . a : gang of poachers earIy ' , ' on ' the ; ' morning bf , Sa- ' turday'last : * Neither * the ' ldeceased , nor ' nis twocom' ^ aniops wlio ;^ ere with hi nise i ' ny ' of thoparfcy . '; Th ? policey howe ^ ei , . ' ar ¦ e ; en thb alert and Itishehe ' yed-theyMve obtainbd WbmV ' trace of them . '* : '' ¦»¦ ; : " " ^ , % * . hm « wf , **> ¦' i . ' -: ± ji -vwy-. t *< - ' .. ~ : l ? . - !*) j-,- ! : iji ' . » ' - . iiii' i , * 'k : ;' J /;*;* i {^ ProvidbntiaIi . EscAPK .-f . 0 n ... Tuesday ,, mprning , , about six o ' clock , ' the " inmates ' ofHKo ' Craven Arms ' Hotel , Coventry , wero alarmed by the cry of " Fire , " ,

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      ' whmh , ' * updn ; inquiryi * wa's fourid to proceed from the roombbecupied ; byMr . 'Georgia Thompson , 'M / Rrfor thevTojweK , ; Hamle , t 8 , -who . ; had -. been ; leetnring ;; the previous evening upon finanpial reforhiat St . Mar ^ rs ll-ilU''It ' appears . that'the"hohl ' gentlemBn , on : retiring to his .-Vpartment ' "foi"tfibriight / h ! id probably put " ' tho 'Cinaio by ! his , bedsido . for -the ipurposeot reading , when he unihtentibnally , ; fell asleep , : & m did ! not awake until- he found . himself enveloped , in flames . Sir Joshua ; ' Walmsley , " M . P , 'forBofton , who slept "int ^^ he ' . adjoining ' room , * liearirig a'disturbancev hastily rushed-butohr'tho landing , ahd / tohis horror , discovered ! flames issuing . from the > room occupied by Mrl Thompson . ii Weare happy to state > i however . 'that the hon : eeritleman escaped without

      injury , '> and > also that the : house ; and furniture are fully insured in ¦ thea West of England ' . Insurance Company . MiTheilossisestimated at £ 100 ; i -i-: Raelway Accident and Loss ^ of Lipb ;—rOn Saturday afternooni between four ^ and five O ' clock , an accident -occurred ! to a- cOal train on ' . the line . r of . the Great North of England Rail way ; about two / injles south : 'of Darlington , hy which ithe stoker ; Jdh ' n ' Tinkler / was -kil led , and' the engine driver and guard severelyihuvt .- Fortunately assistance was speedily procured ; and : the line—which had been blocked up by the tender being thrown onthe ; dowri line—; Wfis cleared so ' as to be passable inthe'bourso . ibf ; a fev ^ ' hours . ; On Monday , 'the 4 th ult ., ; an -inquest was

      held at Darlington on the . body of , the deceased ; before Mr . Trotter , ;¦ one' of the coroners' for the county of Durham , when it appeared that 'the accident had been caused by . the explosion of tlie boiler , owing to , their having too little water in itj and the cold water having been ; let > in when : it i * was' In' a heated state . Theengine ; was proved to be of excellent construction ,--and to have * been i in' good working order when taken leha '^ e of by the engine driver , ; After some consideration the , inquiry . was , adjourned until the 12 th inst ., to enable the jury , to hear the evidence of ; the engine driverand guard , who were so severelylnjurenthat theycould not at | present be examined .. : ' ; * ¦• . - ' ; . '•' ¦ ' . ' - •'

      . Accident on -thb Lancashire . and , : » obkshibb RaiIiWAT . —On Tuesday evening the . passeriger : train which left theSalford station ; - at six ^ foi ^ Bbltbn , having arrived at tho Clifton junction ; being" a dis ^ tanoe of about tMee miles from 'Manchester , * came in contact with a luggage train , which the immense hurricane of wind had driven down the line toa con * - , siderable distance / 'Three . carriages were smashed to pieces in the- passenger 'train ; and a lady in , a , first-class carriage broke her leg , and a few others ' were severely bruised : Fortunately no other injury was inflicted . '• , ¦ ¦ ¦<¦ : ¦ ¦ * - ; •;; ¦ ¦> . >¦ , .:. ¦;•»• '<* :-. ¦ ¦>; :.

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      row-passa ^ , when the : ladder broke ,:-and -numbers twere ' prec ipitoted jtpr ^ tbelground , from a height of npt . morp tjiaiji tehjeeL ? The ; sceiie *' t ' hat ( ensued is ^ most ij ^ diijorlbable—theshrie ' ks frbin ' uelbw induced those above tb ; press inWeeag ' e'fly towards the stair- ' cii ' gej ' aiid'as they came : tO ' -the * verge' of the ^ passage , downsftheyifell in tcrow . dstjQver eachrother . For sometime" all . remonstrance was unavailing to . dis-. suade the paupers frohi ^ rushing . heaiilbhg ' to ruirf , arid before the surprising nerve and exertion ofthe '

      matrbn ; ; Mrs .: ! SleemaiiV : arid assistant-master , Mr . O ' Shau ghnegsy . ' had' effect , twenty-seve'ri femjiles were killedor rather , suffocated , from falling on ' the top of each other . . The . number received : into the hospital . seriously irijured ^ was twenty-eight , and of these there are three riot expected ' to recover , Wo biariie is attached tb ' the officers of the institution , as" the ' melanchoIy occurrence ' originated with the paupers themselves . " i-The , funjeraliof , the twentyseven unfortunate workhouse victims-took place at Limerick on . the evening of . the , 31 st ult . "" ' .

      ' ExTnAbpiNAnV ; Scene in the ''" Cbhr-onAwok . - — The quai-t ' er assembly of the Cbrpbr . ition of Dublin , held last week at the Royal 'Exchange , presented a remarkable ' scene , of : excitement and tumult , on . account of the , opposition given , by the . ConseryatiTe party . t . o Mr ., Reynolds . taking his seat as'Lord ' Mayor ! ''" They'contend that lie has'becbmo disq . uaiified'h ' y the decisibnof theCburt of Queen's Bench , that he 'has'lbsf . hls tjualificatibn as a burgess , and that his ; name in consequence has . been erased from , the ; burgess : roll .. > The Lord Mayorcamo . in state , presided as , usual , and , attached his name to- ' . ' the niiiiutes / declaring that he has the advice of eminent counsel to sustain him ; ' Ho read the bpinibri' of the Attorney ¦ ' ' General on a case submitted to that right

      honi gentleman , to the effect that no election for ' a new . ' . Lord Mayor could take place , until Mr , Reynolds , was f rqmoved , by ; quo . warranto / . that . meantime'he might discharge the duties , ; , and that if he wero to appoint , '' a : deputy , or locum ' tinens , ' such deputy would riot incur' any penalty . The Lord Ma ' yorj however , ' admitted that any informer might ¦ proceed by action in the superior , courts for penal ; ties , against- him ,, and jhe was ready , to test the legality " of . his , conduct , by . mee tjng . ' . such actions . After an' angry . arid , boisterous discussion ^ in'which the Lord Mayor was warmly supported' by the majority of the' coiiricil , ; a resolution was proposed by . ; Sir ; Timothy O'Brien , . that , the solicitors of the corporation should prepare a case for . counsel , in order thata . legal opinion shbuld ; beat once obtained with respect to the preserit positiori of the Town

      Council , ' consequent . upbn the -decision of the Queen's Bench . ' . After ' another -seene of confusion aridwrangling , the corporation adjourned .- ' . . \ SxATE . pF Jn-FEBABY .-- ; The Tipperary yiridicator states that : - r" In one . of the unions a vice-guardian has , been' arrested . and lodged iri Ncnagh coun ty prisonfor alleged debt j ' whilstone bf the ' collectors appo ' irited by the vice-guardiaris was likewise arrested on the ¦ - day of his appointment for the same alleged reason . ^ In the greater ; part of the hitherto r'ch and ; prosperous , union of Thurles the misery of the poor is he ' artreriding in the extreme . In the Bornsoleigh electoral' division the poor are in a lamentable state ; but-dbbr relief hag cehsed , with some few' unimportant exceptions . ' ¦ : Within the last four ' months , rates amounting to : 8 s . lid . in * the pound have been made on the Borrisoleigh electoral division . "

      TnK P ° K ticai ' , , ; , CbN ' vicis .--The Nation , states that a letter has be ' en ' received iri Dublin announcing -the safe arrival in Sydney Bay of Mr . Johri Martin , of Loughorne and Mr .: Kevin O'Doherty ; ex-editor of -, tns . Tribune . newspaper . The voyage occupied but three months ,,, and , during that time , both " exiles " enjoyed " excellent health ' arid unimpaired spirits '; ' •"' ¦ '• • ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; - ; ' ; ; Incendiarism in- TJi . STEn . ~ Therea . re Isome-further incendiary fires in the counties of , Armagh and Down . One ; of these occurred near Lurgah , and a leMerfrom . that town . states that the peasantry refused to give ' assistance , in extinguishing the . fire , on the ground that the tenant had been dispossessed under circumstances of ' great hardshin . There are

      complaints ; that some landlords are " invading the tenant-right ,: " * long established . by custom in the northern province , and the most vehement denunciations against . ' a class of landlords ' have , ; been uttered at some of the meetings of . the tenantry . Stat ' b of THi'CouHTBTi ' —" ' We regret cxtre-TOely , * says a Drogheda-journal , " that destitution is . on the increase ; and in Drogheda apparently to an . alarming degree . The number of pauper applicants , however ,, are not natives of the town , ; not even residents' of : the union , but heart-stricken wretches driven bu ' t'bf the larids ' frbm ' which they drewtheir bread ; in Cavan , Mohaghari , ' Meath , and Louth / ' : .. -a ; , •¦ ; ., ' . ¦ - , ' '

      :-The Den-y : Standard says : — " The office houses belonging . to a farm . in the towiiland . of-Silverwood , lately in the . occupation of . Mr .. John Girdwood , of Lurgah , . were last , week set fire to , and completely destroyed . ; . ; An attempt ; was also made to burn the dwelling-house . in which was placed a care-taker ; but'it-failed , as is supposed , ' from- the calmness of themorning . ; Mr . - Girdwood-had . lately given up the premises and , farm in consequence , of the landlord , Major . Fulton , haying raised ; the rent on . the expiration of the lease , ' and possession bad been givento ' a'tdhant oh the day before , who , however , did not intend 'foremove to it fora few days . He has now expressed his determination riot to take the ; place at all . . Such ; was the feeling of . the neighbouring tenants on the subject , that they refused . to give the least assistance , in subduing the flames . -and would' riOt ' everi lend a * tiheari for that purpose .

      The Banner of Ulster , in mentioning some of the most pressing wants-of the ' country , says : —" Let us have . a . thorough system of-industrial security established in Ireland , and a moderate poor law taxation will be sufficient , as agricultural employment will . be universally created in exact •¦ proportion ; to * 'the ' amount of security guaranteed by the protecting statute . A really good system of peor laiws might itself hcmadea tolerably efficient instrument of agricultural" protection , " if our rulers and-. our legislators had public honesty sufficient to prompt its adoption . -For this purpose , it wouldbe ne 9 . essa ry only to establish the English law of settlement- ^ -to re-enact the former clause , imposing a check upon rack-renting as compared with a

      standard valuation . based upon'equitable principles ; arid then : to , make every -landlord ' s separate estate chargeable jWith the .. maintenance of . its own local poor . Were these simple provisions adopted , really good landlords would enjoy the advantages of their own generosity , while men of another stamp would he forced ; to the practice -of ' virtue in self-defence , or else—just to take the consequences . ; ; - r Aiit .- accounts concur instating that the Protectionist agitation ' has ; jbeen productive of the worst state . of feeling amongst . tiie . tenantry , in various parts of the country , especially in , the northern province . ; and incendiary outrages * afford laihehtaple , evidence bf'theebmmencemerit , in thai hitherto tranquil province , of that alienation between tlie owners and occupiers ; ot the land which led to . such a' > deplorable system of crime , inthe southern counties . 'As yet ; fortunately , this pernicious spirit has made little perceptible progress in'Ulster : and there is no

      likelihood that it can spread to any ' serious extent , unless through the mest gross mismanagement and infatuation on the part of . the landlords themselves . ¦ The Lord Match's Case . —A meeting of the friends of the . Lord Mayor was held at the Mansion House , on Monday , foV the purpose of considering what course should be . addpted by his lordship in consequence , of the " recent decision of the . Court of Queen ' s Bench . * 'Resolutions were passed to the effect thatithe proceedings which have resulted in the temovalof his lordship ' s name from the burgess-roll '' had their origin in private pique and enmity , and in j that fellspirit of -bigotry and sectarian partisanship which , from tiln ' e to time , hd * ' entailed so many . miseries onthis country ; " andthatthey , were determined to aid his'lordship by every Jigitimate means to overcome the , " unprecedented and malevolent '' at- tempt" now . making , to oppress and embarrass him . ' Upwards , of £ 250 were collected at the meeting .

      ; Repeai . AsspciATio-v .-r-The usually weeklv meeting of the association was held at" Concilliation Hall on'Monday , *' 'Mr . ' S ! "LW presided : Mr . John ' O'Connell ' addressed the' nieeting at 1 great length upon a varietyof topics . -In aUn « ion * 'to th'tf Queen ' s Speech ,-he said , * , ' nota word , occurs in it , or in the speeches of Ministers , from which we can augur good fjir this couritry . V . ' In " announcing the rent for the week , which ' waa- ^ . ' lOs . ' Sd . Mr . 'tii'ConneiLsaid" It L ls yery lowland ! confess I am rather glad' that it should ; at this early period of the year , bo low , ' in order , that it-mayicatch -the attention of the people , and rouse them to the / . necessity of exertion ; . *•* .

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      ¦ >< . ' . •'• ¦ - ••/ . ; , 'i , i . - !•'¦ .- ' . 'i •¦ i - . - . , ¦ Execution otf . Margaret . HAMiLTON . —The-imhappy woman was hanged on ^ Thursday week in front of theGourt-h ? use ; Glasgow , for the < crimes ; of ¦ forgery iand murder . By eight olclock there were ; fully 20 , 000 persons present , a much smaller number-tlian hare been in the habit of attending similarispectacles in former times * About nine o ' clock on > Wedriesday nistht sherequested Mr . Reid , the chaplain , to sing a certain paraphrase , * in which she audibly joined . She then wrote a letter to her husband ; but towards midnight she became faint ; and-wholly unconscious . She revived a little through ¦ the ; attentions ' ofDr . Gibson , the surgeon of the prison ; butnever regained

      her firmness ., Still ; : at the moment of her utmost weakness ; : she - whispered ' the > word ' . 'innocent 11 in the eartof the matron .- ; About four in , the morning herdre 8 S ^ had ! to . be put on , iand while she lay on a couch this'was done : by the attendants , without ; the slightest help from tlie unhappy woman . ' | So much ' bad her appearance-changed within a . few hours that recognition became uncertain . When the executioner appeared tb pinion : her she quietly submitted , saying , V Don ' t make it tightto hurt me ; " but during the operation the unh ippy being seemed almost lobe iii a comatose state :. At five minutes past reight a ; iovr , raoaningwas heardifrom the -narrow underground passage leadingfromtheprison to the Court-hause , ' and immediately . the unhappy culprit was borne into

      the hall ; supported in the srms of two of the prison officers , by whoseassistance'she slowly walked into the portico before-which the scaffold stood , and ascended 'the gallows , i While * the 'executioner put the rope round her neck , > and pulled the cap over her eyes , " she whispered to him , " Do it with as littlepain as you can , sir . '' The officers then left the platform leaving the criminal standing alone on the drop . ; The chaplain was praying earnestly ori the step behind her , ansl the executioner endeavouring once or twice to make her accept the signal handkerchief , but she eitherdid noturiderstand'what the riian meant , or wbuld riot tak ' eit . ' As-she stood- on' the drop her body was obseryed'to sway' backwards and forwards ,

      and finally she'fellback altogether , having evidently gone off in a stvoon . She thus swayed into a recumbent-position ; supported by the-rope , while her feet partially rested on the drop . . !; A momentary thrill of horror ensued .-r . tlie chaplin hastily descended , with ' the . pray ex . vmfimshed—but ¦ the « xecutioner " iri the next moment pulled- tlie bolt , and the . drop fell . The unhappy , woman died-almost instantly , having evidently departed while in a state of insensibility . A slight motion , of the limbs and hands was perceptible — -and- alL was over . : At five minutes before nine the body was cut down , after , hanging about ; forty , mintes , and in the afternoon it . was interred within the precincts of theiprisom . ' -.. ' •!

      ; Tueft : at the- GALLowsFoOL—Although , when ' comp-ired with the metropolitan gatherings at a public execution ,- that of the , immense ; coneourse . who on Thursday suiroundedthe scaff dd ,. and feasted themselves with the contemplation of a fellow creature ' s agonies , must be pronounced orderly , and ; decorous , the character of those composing it was not above the averageof that class from which such assemblies are usually drawn . ; A ; number r of * professed ; thieves mixed with'the crowd ; and no doubt found many opp ortunities for the pursuit of tlieir calling ., One little fellow . yaung in-years , but an old-offender was caughtin the act of picking a person ' s ' pocket ofhis handkerchief atthe very 'time when the drop" was about to fall , and the attention of those who could

      stand the sight was engrossed by ; the . doings on the scaffold . ' He was secured and conveyed to the police officeinstanten In an hour'aftewards he wasbrought , before the sitting magistrate , and i sentenced by him to-the usual sixty days of imprisonment . ; '" ' '' Lord Jeffrey was'buried on'the 81 st ultJ , arid according to the desire of his relatives andfthe'wish of deceased , the funeral'was strictly of a private nature , as'faras the public character of the deceased , judge would allows' Notwithstanding this ; however , a large assemblage collected in the neighbourhood of Morayplace , ! and numerous groups were formed along the line which the mournful procession was expected to take ,-all evincing by their demeanour , profound regret at the loss which' the public have sustained . ; , ¦

      'Death o * p Mni * W .- ' Lockhart . —Drowned in the Warinari , 'district of . Port Philip ; New ; South Wales , on the 3 rd of September last , William'Mercer Lockhart , 'Es ' q ., forirth son of Robert L'ckha ' rt , - Esq ) ' ¦ Castlehill , Lanarkshire . This' humane and generous hearted yourig gentleman ' gallantly plunged Into the river—then iri flood—tin- his horse , for the praise ? worthy purpose of saving an individual frojn drowning , but was urisuccessfril , and unforturiately perished in his laudable attempt . ' '

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      Ijbstitpiion In Clank^We Extract From A ...

      iJBSTiTpiiON in CLAnk ^ We extract from a letter in the timerick and Clare Examiner , the follbwing harrowing . picture ~ of , the present" cbnditiori of the Kilrush union , as drawn by Mr . Major , the assistant-barrister , in the Court-house , on the 26 th ult ., during the hearing of some appeal cases . The remarks ofthe learned chairman , who is remarkable for the moderation and prudence of his conduct and opinions , are thus reported in that journal ^ - " There must , be something radically wrong ih ; the Kilrush union , for . in every part of the country withwhich he was acquainted there were evident signs of

      returning prosperity , even . in the worst parts of those Sistricts ; , but . ; in this union , their , fellow-creatures -were reduced . ; to . a condition . unexampled iri any time or . country . :, jThe ., poor . presented a spectacle of wretchedness Jhat ( would be , insupportablo'to : the feelings of men , . if * they were not , as , appeared , to him , beginning ^ forget thatthese poor people ; were their fellow-creatures . ( In the , whole course of my life ( said Air , Major ) I never witnessed such patient agony . ; I protest that I thought the ; sufferings' of the , poor of ithis union beyond human , endurance . " Tho Clare Examiner-remarks that whilst the ; Asr sistant-Barrister ; thus . spoke . in the , Court-house ,: in presence of several , of ; the landlords and poor-law guardians , the coroner was / holding aninquest in

      the .. Market-house on , the , body , of a persori named Bryan M'Mahon ( tho son of an evicted teriarit ) , ' who | lt ; is stated , ; had lain : for four , days unboned within three hundredtyards of the workhouse ; OThat . paper adds ; : r- "Eviction 8 , ; : destitution ,. andj all will be . . cured by the summary process now going on . . The mortality , in : the workhouse there amounts tb ' one hundred and , twenty per month . " . , Even iri soine parts of Clare , . . -accordingto the teatimony ; of . Mr . Major , a most ; competent authority , there are manifest symptoms of impuoyement , . whilst Kilrush , so notorious for those . wholesale evictions described , by Sir ^ Robert . Peel , ; , in his ;' memorable speech ' last session , is sinking deeper and-. . deeper in destitution and bankruptcy .. . ; . . .: .- ' '; .-,, ... ; -: * . ' ? .-

      , ANOTlIBniDBBADFUt GATASTRO ]? flK IN A WoRKUQUSB . —TweniytSEvbn .-iLiveb : ; Losx . —The . ' , limerick Chronicle . : Thursday week ; contains an , account of a dreadful losgof . life , in ; the workhbuae "iri ^ Clarestreet , ; in ; . the city ,, on , the night ; before' : ^ ' « Shortly after , the inriiates , ; 50 p-females ; hadvretiredrto . restii a , ifalse alarm ; of . 4 rb .-was giveu * by , ! 0 * a « - » f * . othe ^ omenjwhether . ^ than ^ ldlc ^ lpteptio ^ . ofj cau annpysP . c . e , iorby ' . d . esigniias ^ unk ' nown ¦ ; butw J 5 » 9 W : WP . roBJ ^ c ^^^ tJbti ^ i ^^^ t ^^^ iouslyilth ^ females . op . thevfirs . t . lQ . ft leaped frbiii >' their beds ^ pd ^ P ; the . darkness , , rnsliqdiinl a body it the i % 1 l ! e 9 -r 1 » . ^ v - « rnilead ing r Afin ^ thatpbrtiQm . of the building to tho ground floor . Ultimately the " paupers on the other lom congregated in thenar-

      ¦ R .T *.- ... ; ^ Dmtruotion Of^Books*-...

      ¦ r . t * .- ... ; ^ Dmtruotion of ^ Books * - ^ The deatruction '' of books at . ; v arious ; times exceeds all calculation ; ' ¦ -The earnest . fapt , of . record . via , related by ^ Berosus : Nabonassar , who became king of Babylon , 747 years before the . Christian era , caused airthe histories of the kings ; , his predecessors , to he destroyed ; five hundred years later ; Chioang Ti , Emperor of China , orderediall- the ; hooks in ithe empire to be burnt , excepting , only those : which : , treated of the ! history . of his fanuly ,, pf . as . trolpgy ,. and of medicine , wln . the infancy . of-Christianity many libraries were annih'i- " toted jn various' parts ' of tho -Roman empire ; Pai gaps and * \ Christiahs being equally unscrupulbiis in destroyiri g their vrespeotivevbooks ; 'In .: 890 the

      m ^ gniflcentrhbrary ; jioufained , ip ^ . tbe temple , of : Serapis . j - i . was \ p illaged „ and . ' ,,, eritirely ,. ., disperaed . Myriads of books' have been' burnt in ¦ the ' . 'fre . queDt conflagrations '' of . 'Cohstantinople ;" ' and . when the Turkish "• trobp ' svtobk possession'iof : Cairb , 'in ; the eleventhbentury - i . thb ; booksinsjthe library of tho Caliphs ; Xi ; 606 , a ^ u ^' pVolumcj-i ) ,-were . distributed akrj ^ onfff tho ^& Qliliprs .. instead ofjw , (' . Ataiprico , " sayjs' : the . 'histbrfQn , " . , V faVbelow their value . '' Thbusandsbf the yoluni . es-, werbtom'to pieces arid ' . abSridohadi ' ori- th ' e ' outskirts of the city / [ piled ; iii large : ihcaros . * . ; The ' ^ sand JjOfe ihezcDese ft i having rbefen ' drifted jpn ithese , he , » ps , th , ey , retailed , th ^ ir , position for ^ many years , and were known as "the hills of books .

      Z H Mtjrdeit Of; Aiparish* Ai?Prenticb ....

      Z h MTJRDEIt OF ; AiPARISH * AI ? PRENTICB . The Northern Stair ofthe 19 th ult . gave a brief ac count'of the-ilKtreaftment-auffored-by a parish an . pfe'ntidb ' at ' a villa ' ge near-Bideford , in Devonshire wtiibfiorided iri'her " de ; atb ,-andftheobroinittal of hef master and mistress on a chargfe of wilful murder The . Wettei-n Times furnishes the following startling details ' offhe . criielt ' yinflicfedonthispobr girl : _ About three or'fburmiles to the south of Bide , ford-is ' situate the littlb secluded parish of Bucklant | Brewer / and' about two miles | and a . half from the village ; is a ; lonely farm ,- , called Gawlarid—the scene of tho ' horrible ; Jragedy we are about to relate . Gawland is the property of one Robert Curtis Bird

      who prior to Michaelmas lastj'iiveu with ins wife and th ' eir'fbur children at-Burringtori , in this county . About this period he appears . tohayeromoved with his wife , andfamilyto Gawland ; , and on the 29 th of September last Mrs . Bird . applied to Mi \ Thomas Sermon , the master r of the Bideford : union , for a servant , aha selected Slary Ann Parsons , aged 15 ( an ihrnate in the 'union .-- -This -girl ' s- mother was also * in the union , but her ; father for .-some years past has been in the . "West Indies ; , With . the consent ofthe guardians she was . permi ^ te'd "fo leave for Gaw . land ,. receiving two suits of clothes , ' and a promise ofaip ' airbf shoes " . iri a month . ' She ; wad then , ac . cording to the testimony of' the master ; " strong and healthy , although'not particularly . ^ bright , and

      had never been , 'ill whilst in the union . ? , About a mpnth afterwards her inMrps ' s ealleil at the wort house for the shoes , ' when she told the jfiaster that her servant' was an ' - ¦ honest , ' good ,--industrious girl . " On Christmas-eve Mr . ' Sermon again saw the mistress ; and ori this occasion she said , her servant " began to steal , tell , falsehoods , and bejdle ; " and this Mr . Sermon ( who has been a ' soldier , and appears , to have great faith in the efficacy of the lash , oven , when applied to young wbriien fifteen years of age , ) replied , " Have you properly chastised her ?" And in reply , to' some remark by . Mrs . Bird , which he says he did riot exactly recollect , he added , " i " ought properly to chastise her , arid if she continues to behave baldly , return her to tho house . " . Whether

      the brutal treatment which caused- the-poor girl ' s deatH , had commenced before this recommendation of proper chastisement , or whether it was a consequence of that , ad vice , does not appear ; but the master sayshe heardnothing more of the girl until Friday , the 5 th of Januarys when Bird came to the union and astonished hiuT by reporting that she had died that morning , and that "he had sat up with her ijntil . two b ' clo ' ck , when , : as . she seemed ( mite quiet and inclined to sleep , he left her , ' and in the morning when we got up she was dead . " About oiio o ' clock the ' same day Seriiion ( as wo" find in hig evidence 'given before the - magistrates ) went to Gowland andisaw the deceased ; -. Ho says , "The corpse , was in the ; coffin ,, and , on : removing it .

      and -ripping . off , ' the . petticoat , chemise , < fcc ., I saw that the legs had been lashed ; with a small birch , or ' something of that kind , ' more especially below'the knees . ; The-flesh of both legs was torn . 1 have been in the army , and have frequently seen sentences .-of . whipping ., executed under orders of courts , martial . We used , " to say it was hot "fair thrashing" if the flesh was cut with the ' end of the instrument in ' a similar mariner to the legs of deceased . The flesh was cut as though with the : point of something . Ishould say ; there , weroiorty orfifty cutsonthe . calves and front ofthe legs , and the marks were as if produced by a pin or knitting needle ; I mean to say the flesh waslaceratedinforty or fifty places . 1 ' 1 ! have

      punished children iri'the workhouse , but-never ser ved a child ; any thing likethat . ¦ : On ; the right pin bone I observed something , ! had . never seen , in a human being before—it was exactly like the ' Belfast , ' which ! have ' seen on horses' backs , caused by the saddle ' nofc fitting properly ; it was the size ofthe palm of my hand . The'inflammation arising from it extended from loin to loin , and to the points of the shoulders . There were wounds . on . the knees , which were , in . my opinion , caused ; by exposure . Some portions of the back ; were black ' , and some portions covered with small bladders . * : From the seat to the point bf the . hips was bladdered , and from the hip to the shoulder bone was black and discoloured . On the top part of : the back

      of the head was a wound , but it must have been of some standing , for it was partially closed . The extent of it was an inch f'b ' ari inch . and a half , jagged forwards . Enough of the hair was cut from the head to see the wound plainly . The impression on my -inind was that it was done by a fall . If it had been caused by any , blow from an instrument , it must have inflicted serious injuries . The left side of the face was bruised . The . second and third finger-nails , with portions of the flesh of the left hand , were gone . There was something the matter with the feet , but the injuries proceeded , I should say , from cold . ' ' Setfasts . ' , are . also caused by blows , pinches , Ac .,. and are pieces of .-flesh which rise from the body , the edges' become Weed , and

      the wounds forma sloughs , but . this had not done so . Having been a cavalry officer for some years I have seen them indorses . " ¦ h ,. * , . . . ¦ ¦; Rumours ofill-treatment were whispered abroad , and a-jury was summoned , who , underthe direction of the coroner , found an eperi verdict , '' That death occurred from congestion of the brain ; . 'induced bv external injuries ) but how or by what means such injuries were caused there was ; no evidence to show . ' . ' This verdict did not satisfy public opinion , nor silence the general belief that the girl had been cruelly treated by her master and mistress , and that her death was the consequence of ; such treatment . Application was '' accordingly made to the Rev ; J . T . ' Pine Coffin , the nearest magistrate , who

      on the Monday'following went out to Gawland and reduced to writing the depositions of the witnesses who had been examined at the inquest , and also examined some other parties , ' the ; result of which was , that hedirected Bird and his wife to be taken into custody to undergo a more formal examination . At the consequent examination before the magistrates , Richard Hooper ; of Buckland Brewer , spoke to various acts of brutality whicl j he had seen perpetrated on the unfortunate deceased . About a month or five weeks ago she appeared in good health . The day after Christmas Day She appeared to be very ill ; she could not stand : upright . I saw blood drop from her as she was walking ; as if coming from . her hinder nart . I also , observed a cut in the

      back part of her head , but it , did noCappear very fresh . ; There was no blood about it ; Mr ? , Bird ordered her to go in and go up stairs , which she diqY'but could hot get up very- ' fast . ' ¦ There were marks or stripes on her shoulders , ar id bruises on her arms . I saw Mrs . Bird flog deceased once with a hazel rod across the shoulders . The . rod was not very . big . 1 did not hear what Mrs . Bird said to her at . tlie time . ' I ' saw Mr . Bird flog her one morning , about a week ' before Christmas . He flogged her with a " furze' stub . ' - ' He struck her - twice across * the shoulderstwo heavy blows ; in such a way as I should not like , to be struck myself .. When Bird struck . her , he said ,- "> Yhat have yeu been about that you haven ' tli . t the fire . " "' The spectators ' were horrified at this stage of the

      proceedings'by the production of the instrument ot punishment ; it ; was a strong stickof ; about a foot in length , to which . were . ; fastened eighteen stout , sharp leather thongs , about two feet long . This formidable cat was capable ! of inflicting the most cruel laceration , as bad as ' the'army whip , and worse than the cowhide '' of'the American slave owner , and would riot'be used on a girl by any person possessed ofthe common feelings pf humanity . Maky Branch , who went to Gawland to lay out the deceased , described the horrible appearance of the corpse . ' Froiri the ankle to" the * -middle she was cut as if with a knife—some ofthe cuts' large enough to lay her firigor in ; Iri the-. centre of the back and across the shoulders ; there were pieces of flesh cut out . ... . ¦ ! ,,. . . ... ; .

      Mr . C .. Turner , surgeon , gave the " following evidence : —Rplioft Bird came tb me ' ori 'Friday morning ; last to request that I would go '" tb his house to Sieagirl who had been living with : him , and whom he had just taken from ; the ; union . workhouse , I asked him what was the matter ? . ; and he-said the girl . was , dead . . I then asked : him if any medical man hadseen her , and he replied ; " No . " I said , " ' it is useless mygoing to seehe ' r ' ¦"; j ' ou had better g ive notice of it to the constable ' and ' coroner , and , m all . probability , ' an inquest- will ; be held . " I didnlt inquire into the ; par , tic , ujars . In the evening the constable called to require- . my . ' attendance at Gawlarid ; the . next day i 6 meet ' the coroner . I went there , and , ' bri viewing a body in " ' an ?" unstair roonu 1

      found itto be that of a girlof about fifteen years of age , whose name I have ' since ascertained to be Mary Amy Parsons . The coroner was present when I ;; viewed the body , . hut not . at first . The female prisoner ancTthe witness Branch were tho only parties then present . The body having * been stripped of ' the clothes ih which it was enveloped , I imnie * diatcly discovered several marks ' ofvviolence—viz ., an , exteri . or . bruise :. on the anterior , ; and superior left part of the head to the cheek , , a bruise with a slight abrasion on tho cheek , hut I oiinri pt give an opinion as' to how : it occurred . It 7 wiis- 'sumcient to have caused ; the ; death of deceased , -pr , 1 rather the blow that : caused it , whichjwas a . recent o , ne . There was a bruisepn the chestjus , t below . ; the , CQllar bone , and on the anterior parts . of the" legs and thighs there

      were . vVopnds apparently inflicfeed'by ' a birch . That waslho impreasibri made on my mirid immedvatch I sawthemii . ^ There was a large , slough on the right hip , ; andjfour small wounds ; apparently of old date , varying in sue from half-a crown , ' to a shilling , on the posterior pai-t of tho hip . " The ' wounds on the M . ' fl been inflicted at a different ^ time from the others ;' some of thbrii wci- ' e ' covere ' d with plaster , and I cannot : say , by } whafcimeans ; they were occa-¦ f ^ K ^ RWffpj twabrwsesi , nbt very extensive ; petween ^ he shoulders ; ' and there were a bscesses onthe ' uppeFBd * forb-par ' t ' ofthb ' left arm , but I cannot say how-they ' wbreprbdtfdedJ On the upper pa i rttofthe . ii ght , anit there . swa ' Sia ' u abscess . % naUS i onj . fchgflrige-fsjoftthe'left ' handiwere gone , asi » thotops . gf . the . jfingers . had . b ' een . fvostbitten : p mills of the Br-ifc ' and'Vourth ' nngW gon «> about a fortnight , as new ones were coming ; t hose

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09021850/page/6/