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      Fiit cf Two Houses . —On Saturday evemtm the Utmost alarm was occasioned in End < ll-strcet , L-wgacre , in consequence cf the sudden fall « = f two large ' houses , numbered 25 and 26 in tbe above-named thoroughfare . The buildings in question h-id for some time past b ^ en Ci * n < idcrcd unsafe , and t ' w par' ticsoctujvin ! : them had r .-ceived notice in quit- ««" resideD'iof No . 25 had : eft the house a few day * , but Mr Croucher , the boiderof the other tenement , was busslv engaged durimr the day in gcitm , fl * fan & ore aw ^ . A few miners at ' - ? h « b &* lf the house the party wall of the two houses suddriih bui-ed and carried away the roof , flcorings . and back wails of both buiidii >«*!>

      .. , MODKL LOPCIXG-HOUSES fob inlOT « h « Classfs-The model iodgin-house of the Society for the Inwrovement of th « Labouring Clasues , situate in GeJegc-rfreet , Si G ; le *' * . « now complete The builtiin" contains accommodation lor uow . ird-. of ore hundred individuals , each of whom will hav ,-a separate dcepm * place The conveniences of to . ouilcins are ad i . kfcbly contrived , and the ventilation of ( he most perfect order . On the ground flooi arehatlisand wssbhou-es . alar ^ ekitchen w » li eve ry article necessary for cooking , a spacious living room ,

      store ro ; = ms , etc . The place is lighted by gas . The sum to be charged as rent will be only -id . per night . ( We hope the society may be cheerfully encouraged . so that it may prosecute its highly-praise worthy undertakings on a very extensive scale . t \ o greater benefit can be conferred upon our poorer brctlirvn than providing them th clean , comfortable lodgings , at a cheap rate . This waging of the war , on the part of this Society , against •* lilib , stench , anil death-dealing pestilence , " is a step in the ri ht direction 1

      Fail i » the Pbice of Bread . —On "Wednesd ay , ihe bakers throughout the metropolis lowered the price ot the 41 b loaf , | d . The best bread is 9 J to 9 Ji ; second quality Sd ; and in the Blackfriara-road , Westminster , Whiteebaoel . & c ., 7 | d and 7 d . Distressed Needlew .-mes ' s Society . —There was a full dress soiree on Wednesday at the Hanoversquare Rooms . The proceeds of it will go far to enhance the funds of the institution . It was under especial patronage . Several distinguished artistes volunteered their talent in the charity ' s behalf , and amongst them the Misses Williams , Birch , Betts .

      Solomons , Madame Bompnini , Messrs John Parry . Harrison , Philips , Sesuin . Richards and Chatter ! on . The stewards announce that a gentleman has offered £ 100 as a contribution toward ? an alma house for aged sempstresses , similar to that of ( he tailors' institution . At the conclusion the rooms were thrown open ior dancing . Tug Weiukotos Statue . —On Monday a number of men were engaged in removing the reroainingpurtion of the huce scaffolding which was erected to raise up the Wellington statue . It is expected that a fortnight will elapse before its entire removal will be completed .

      HQUESTS . Ikfakticide . —Before Mr Mills , by adjournment , at the Suffolk Arms , Grove-street , Camden-town . on the male infant of Eliza Marshall , an unmarried female , which was found smothered in the watercloset . Mrs Sutor , accused ' s aunt , said that tht accused was not suspected of being pregnant until the 19 th alt ., when the infant wastonnd iu the soil , and she acknowledged that it was her child . Mr Curtis , the district parish Burgeon , whose dea' . hfnuu fever uraa announced in last week ' s obituary , wasinstantly called in , to whom she confessed that the child was bora before its time . The coroner informed the : jury that since they last met Mr Curtis , who hadeximined the bodv and attended the inquiry ,

      died from fever . lie left behind him a written account of the postmortem examination , from which it appeared that the deceased had lived . But as that statement could not be pnt in as evidence , he was of opinion that tho jury would be compelled to return an open verdict . Mr Fellows , his assistant , said that Mr Curtis left his bed to attend the first day ' s in qoiry , on the 24 th ult .: he died on the 3 rd inst . Verdict— " Deceased was found dead in the privy : but tbire was no evidence to prove whether he wo > alive or not" At the dose of the inque * t the police arrested f he moth' r for concealing the birth . Death whixz Bathe » g . —Alleged Neglect ere tbe Police—Befor * Mr Carter , at the Mitre Tavern Broadwall , BlaeWriaraon E . P . Gibbonsaged 16 .

      , , Mr We * t , of Southampton street , Strand , stated that on Friday night , at half-past II , he went with the deceased , who was his apprentice , to bathe in the baths in Oakley-street , but found them closed . Deceased wanted to go into the water at Waterloobridge , and asked witness to go in . which he did , and swam beyond him . and then showed him how to strike « at , while witness held up his chin . He got Up to his fulldepth near the bridge , and asked witness to leave him . As they were simultaneously striking out , the witness left hold of deceasi-d , who was carried down . Witness made for the spot where he thought he had fallen , but could see nothing of him . Heli .

      was called for , and the Thames police and another boat came up . Witness got into the latter , and asked it the boy was found , and they replied " AH right . " Witness supposed he was in the other boat , or h < would not have left . Having changed his clothes af home , he went to the police ship , and was told the boy had not been found , aud thesuperintendentexpressed his surprise he should have left . He replied he should not , bad not the men called out "all right" lie pointed out to them the spot where he sank . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned . The coroner hoped there was some mistake as to the TLames police , for they were generally most ready to afford assistance .

      IxsxptiCABK Suicide . —Before Mr Payne , at St Georsre ' s workhous . on G . Kent , porter at the Clarence hotel , Brighton . Mathew Brass said that on Monday week , the deceased , who was his fellow-servant , asked him how long it would take to hang himself ? Witness told him he thought about two or three minutes ; upon which the deceased replied , that if he thought he would be dead in half a minute , he would hang himself . He did not say why , nor could witness guess the cause . In the course of that day he was sent for change for a sovereign , but instead of returning with it , came by railway to London . From further evidence , it appeared that the deceased took a lodgueon Thursday night last , at the "Red House , " a vagrant ' s lodging house in the Mint , and on the following morning was found hanging by a rope to a rafter acr « ss the room , and quite dead . Just under where he was banging , he bad written in chalk , " My friends live at 75 . Church-street , Brighton . " Temporary Insanitv . " Death o » the Stags Masaobr of tide Priscess '^

      THBiiKB . —Before Mr Mills , at the Feathers , Warrenstreet , PJlnroy-ptjuare , un Mr T . J . Walton , aged 48 , late stage manager to the Princess ' s theatre . Mr T . Parker , liou-e surgeon in the University College Hospital , said that last Friday evening a message wis S » f t to Mr Listen , requiring him to attend deceased . In the absence of Mr Listen , witness attended , when hs found drceased suffering from a painful disease , and aho from tbe effects of a strong narcotic . Having ascertained that he had taken a large quantity of laudanum and morphia to allay fats suffering , witness applied the necessary remedies to correct their effects . In an hoar afterwards Mr Listen arrived , and approved of his treatment . He understood that , in the first instance , Mr ilallion . deceased's medical

      atter-dant , had ordered laudanum , and that afterwanls he prescribed for him three grains of laudanum in an ounce solution , to be taken 30 drops every two hour-, to allay bis pain . Mr Halllon had also Med and 1 pur-ed bun . Witness remained until 4 o ' clock ou Saturday morning with deceased , who died about twelve o ' e ' eck . By the coroner : Understood that deceased had taken the laudanum oftener , and in greater quantities than prescribed . In all , he hail taken 16 J grains of opium , which was sufficient tokill an opium etter . He concluded that tne opium hastened hisdeath . although thepostmortm examination would not lustify the conclusion , as the length of time that elapsed between his taking the laudanum and

      his deaih . was so ureal that the svateia absorbed the poison and destroyed its trace * . ' Mrs Walton , de ceased s widow , confirmed the medical testimony . She further stated that her husband , who was in the habit of taking laudanum to assuage his sufferings , compelled her to purchase and give him at two separate timesdouble the quantity of laudanum prescribed bv Mr Hattion , which he took during Friday night . Bv the coroner : Her husband had no idea of destroying life ; his object was ease from his intense suffering . Verdict— "Deceased destroyed himself by a « ever dose of laudanum , which he took with the view of alleviating the disease under w hich he suffered , and that he had prescribed fur himself a portion of that laudanum . "

      ACCIDBST 8 , OmUOKg , & C . Fatai , AcciDBsr oh the Easirbk Cobniik Railway — On Monday afternoon , as Wm . Colewell , a porter in the service of tbe company , was proceeding down the line he was overtaken when about 200 yards from the Shoreditch terminus by an engine . The driver endeavoured to alarm him ; but from soma inexplicable cause he never turned team his ccnise until struck by the buffer of the engine , whioh passed over him . cutting his head in two . The deceased was tw ? uty-four years of aue , anative of York , and witbout a relative in London , had been frequently warned of the danger attendant on his recklessness by Mr Grhoshaw , the station-master . Fatal Accideni o . v ths Riteb . — On Snndav

      evening a bott . in which were two ladies and seven gentlemen , wa-s r-wampedjust below the pool , nearly opposite Hritt ^ nbary ' s Dock , by the swe : l of several atouneiN . The life buoys of each steamer wen throws Mvarb-sard , and a boat lowered , and all save * except Mr Smitu , of Gray ' s-inu , who was swept by the tide uvlit a tier « ishini » inj . and lo ? t sight of .

      The Remains Of A Large Corai Re;F, With ...

      The remains of a large corai re ; f , with gigantic branf-hps ,., a bea-. riful arbireseent fovni , have beeHi found in the Valley uf the Mississinpi . A new kind of onfon wa ^ introduced three or four years b ^ ic into France from Algeria , « iving the peculiarity that they ripen a mouth earlier than thcommon species . At the present moment tbey att nearly reidy to be * , taken from the ground . The * - onions are propagated by bar / in * thero-ts like garlic .

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      SORrnriMHESLASD . Poisosiko at North Shiklds . —A lengthened inquiry before Mr Ite ' nl , coremer at North Shields , h- S just terminated in a verdint of wilful murder against Marjaret Lennox , for hj . ving caused the death nf her husband , John Lennox , by poison . The deceased , who wag sisiy-seven years of a ? e , was formerly a sailor , but had latterly obtained a livelihood as a scullcrman ou the Tyne . Fie was in go » d health up to the 3 rd inst ., on wiieh day he went home to his dinner , as usual ; but on returninc to his occupation he complained of a pain iu the stomach , wliich increased to such a decree that he was obliged to

      return and go to bed . The symptoms continued , and he died the ? ame evening . ' A doctor was sent ? or , but ejecenseei died be . fore he arrived . No one * usi . ected hisdeath was attributable to unfair means , until it become know > i that an apprentice of a neiuiih mring chemist had sold .-woe arsenic , to the wife « f deceased « -n the Saturday morning . Information was then conveyed to the coroner , and an inquest was held on the body . A woman who was called in to attend upon the deceased during his illness described the sytrptoms . and the wife of the deceased evas admitted to make a vlimf-try statement . Shu ittributed the illness of deceased to having taten some pudditg made nf Indian meal , which she had bought at a neighbouring grocer ' s , and she said she

      also had been unwell from the same cause ; she acknowledged having purchased arsenic th-. it morning , but said it was for a gentleman on horseback " horn she had met in the street , and who could not elismourt and go into the shop , on account of the restiveness of the animal . She « id not know who the gentleman was . nor would she know him again , but s . iid he wanted the arsenic to destroy rats . On this ajjoit mortem examination of tbe deceased was directed by the coroner , and the inquest adjourned . A considerable quantity of arsenic was found in the stomach and intestines of the deceased on applying

      the usual tests . The fact of the prisoner having purchased the arsenic on the Saturday was clearly proved , and it abeo aopenred that the deceased and his wife had frequently quarrelled , on account nf the latter having given her .-eelf much up to drinking . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Margaret Lennox , who had b <» n previously taken into custody by order of the magistrates , and she was committed on the coroner ' s warrant to take her trial at the next assize- ; for the county . The deceas' d and his wife bad b .-en married for upwards of thirty ^ even years , and three of their offspring are living , two of whom are married .

      lonsaniRE . Suspected Iucbsdiabism—Scarcely a fortnight has elapsed since an extensive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs James Akroyd and Son , extensive worsted spinners , known as Bowling-dyke Mill , near Halifax , by which from 1 , 000 to 1 . 500 work-people were thrown out of employ , when a recurrence of the disaster took place . Last Wednesday week a lire burst out in the model-room of another mill belonging to this firm , situate at the bottom of New Bank , near the junction nf the two roads from Halifax to Bradford . The flames rased with sreatfury , and very extensive damace was done . This occurrence following so soon after that of the 1 st ., has led to the suspicion that the whole is the work of an incendiary , and great sympathy has been excited for the sufferers .

      BERKSHIRE . WlSDSOR—SlXGULAB CA"B OP SOMKAMBCMSM . —A most fearful accident has ocenrred to a Julie boy •• nly ten years of age , the son of Mr O- S . Votiles , solicitor , Park-street . Mr Stillwell . artinle . 1 clerk to Mr Voulea , hearing at a very early hour in the morning the breaking of ela « 3 , and the sound of something falling on the paved yard , immediately de--cended from his bedroom , when be discovered Mr Voules ' s son completely doubled up on the stones ard insensible . Mr G- Chapman , and other medical men < u the town , were speedily aroused and were in attendance . Although the poor little f < How was most dreadfully bruised , his body showing one mass-ot

      contusions , no bones , fortuvately , were broken . It * as gathered from the little sufferer , as soon as he w . is rest-red to sensibility , that he had been dreaming he was bathing in the river , and it is supposed ¦ hat when he was in the imaginary act of leapinc from a bank into the wate-, he sprang from the 'resVing-table through the window , failing from a height ( his bedroom being ou the second-flmr ) of upwards of twenty-eight feet . Although the pane of glass he leaped thr > ugh was little mure than a font square he sustained not the least injury from the broken glass . We reeret to state that from the extremely severe nature of the i juries he has su « - tdned , but very faint hopes are entertained of his recovery .

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      PHOGRSSS OP " cO * FBCATI 03 f . " The Guardians oftheFermoy Union , hesded bv Lord Mouutcasuell and Mr Burke Roche , M . P . anil including a vast array of the landlords of the county of Cork , met in great force tht week to discuss the vital question of striking a rate for the purposes of o . t-door relief , in pursuance of a peremptory warrant issued by the Lord-Lieutenant to levy a rate nf 3 s . in the pound off the union at large . Upau Mr Stephen Barry developed " the unpleasant duty of proposing the heaviest rate ever struck in Fermoy , " nnd iu fulfilment of this duty that gentleman proceeded to state ihe amounts for which the several electoral divisions were liable . After some discussion ,

      '' Air Sadubk suggested that the board should follow the example of the guardians of Ballingar , and forward a petition to Parliament , praying tor an extension of time for the repayment of the money advanced for out-door relief under the Temporary Relief Act . ' '" Lord MoosicASHEM , approved of a petition emanating on the subject from that body . But he apprehended it could not be presented in sufficient time . _ Talk of 9 a . in the pound , out of Macroney l It reminded him of the old saying , ' That they could not get blood out of a flint . * All the military in her . Majesty ' s service—all the powder in the universe , and all the bayonets that could be imported from Birmingham , could not enable them to pick up golel or notes in the Glanworth mountains-. Let government , if they chose , go to extremities , and set the i country vn a blaze .

      Mr rochb said , that so long as he occupied the position of trust he then held in the county , he should present any petition bis constituents required ; at the same time , he felt bound as an honest man to tell them that such a petition as had been suggested , emanating from such a body as that , when sent to England would be mere waste paper . It could have no effect unless backed by strong , powerful , and earnest agitation outside doors . His opinion was that this money , which was laid out to meet a case of national emergency , should not be levied as a local taxation , but should come from the Imperial Treasury . "Lord MousicisHBiL—Dear , hear .

      ' * Mr Rochb , —They should make a stand now , for it they paid the 3 s . in the pound they would be mulcted again and again , till a fraction was not left in tbe country , and till a revolution wou'd sprint ; up . ( Uear , hear . ) All the bloody revolutions which had arisen in Europe originated in financial difficulties . Let them , then , stand on the ground that they were nit bound injustice to pay this rate , and that they could not pay it . ( Uear . hear . ) Ho was net advocating the principle of not supporting the poor ; but this was not a question of poor-rate . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a question of a national difficuitv . ( Hear , hear . )

      'Lord MorjNiCABHtLi . said : the government ., indeed , might crush , them—they might confiscate their properties and bring mia on their dependents , and in that way put an extinguisher ou Ireland ; but how would they be able to govern Ireland afterwards * It must be by the sword . They should send for military governors and station them at various places , and try and keep order , if they could . But England must see the folly of looking for what there was not in this country , and he trusted they would not resort to such severe measures as would put the whole country against them , and occasion not only great loss ef treasure , but great loss of blood . ( Hear , hear ) . "The board then rose , the question of tho rate being adjourned . "

      inUlAHTEST , rhe usual very favourable reports have been re . ceived respecting the grain crops . Regarding potatoes , the accounts arestill conflicting ; but it is certain the disease has re-appeared to some extent , although in a form somewhat different from , what it bore iu the two preceding years .

      TBE MOBAL FORCE PRINCIPLE . The Irish confederation held their usual weekly meeting on Thursday evening at the Music-hall in Abbey-street . At the close of the proceedings , says the Freeman ' s Journal , within the hall large crowds had collected outside , who occasionally gave vent to their feelings in loud cries for O'Connell , Conciliation-hall , and Old Ireland , mingled with groans and "ther expressions of disapprobation for Toung Ire-» ISS tue confederates . On the appearance of Mr MeSh ^ Mp ' m > l u , , G ° m ™ > J "" -. Mr 2 ? a e « . ™ M ' tchell , and ether raembarsof the confederation , without the building , the groaning betZT ™ f arkland encr § e & ; and these , in turn , were met with opposite expressions of fe » W t om the persons « hohad attended the mee th , " . At . Ie

      ™ V , M 08 ft 01 " p ^ fr 01 n tke neighbouring streets , and the great . excitement that prevailed were truly alarming . & . large police force was in attendance , but thu was ineffectual in quelling the -lispontmn to not . Each moment the couritcr-denxonstration of opinion assumed more threatening -tspecte . Stones were flung rather freely ; and , in the tumult , several persons were thrown down and trampled upon . Matters continued in this state until the crowds had reached Saekville-street . when Woivs were rather generally resorted to-MrRiokati

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      O'Gorman . sen . was struck with a stk-k on the back of the nesd , Mr Meagher was knocked down at the corner ot Earl-street , and Mr Joseph Rogers , of Capel-streel , was attacked and beaten by some persons at tho same place . Amidst a scone of general nproar , the gentlemen before-named , with their friends , entered the shop of Mr Faulkner , feroeer , North Earl-street , for refuge , when tha holism * vs immediately surrounded , and ston » s flung through the windows , one of which hit Mrs Faulkner on the head , and severely cut her . After a short time s > ent at this pkew , a reinforcement of police arrived , which prevented any further attack , and enabled tho gentlemen to retire ? . The proaning , however ,

      continued for a long time , in the midst of which loud cheers wore s > iven for Old Ireland . " At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , Mr John O'Connell commenced the business of the day by handing in several sums of mouev . Amongst them was a remittance of £ 13 I 2 i H from tlie Right Rev . Br Iliggins , Bishop of Ardagli , who says that Uw contribution "is the voluntary offering of a poor people , almost heartbroken by every kind of oppression from bad government , bad landlords , ami mal-adminiatration of bad and cruel laws . Under Providence their only hopes for redress are fixed on the peaceful and persevering efforts of Conciliation-hall , for whose success they inceasantlyand fervently pray , " The rent for the week was announced to he £ 59 15 s -W .

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      GUILDHALL . —A . Mas ' s H , oC 6 B HOT HIS CWTLE . — Richard stringle was charged with being in the unlawful possession of a house in Toy-lane . —A Mr J . Ewins was a lessee , under the Dean of St Paul ' s , of some houses In Toy-iane . lie let one of them ( No . C ) to a person named Evans , who resided in it until about twelve months sinc 3 , whtn he transferred his tenancy to a person named Lewis , The latter eventually gave up possession to the original lessee , Mr Enrim , which reaching the ears of Evans , he wanted to regain possession , on the grounds that he bad never regular ); given it up . Accordingly , on Wednesday , a Mr Allen and tbe prisoner , entered the premises , and sai « l they came to take possession on behalf ot Mr Evans , and that the prisoner weuld be left there , Mr Ewins

      remonstrated , and told them they were trespassing ; but finding the man would remain , he called in a policeman , and the prisoner was taken to the station-house . Mr Hobler , for tbe prisoner , said he suspected the alderman had no jurisdiction . He wished to know what the nature of the charge was that they intended to press ?—Mr Humphrey's clerk said , for taking unlawful possession ! —Mr Hobler contended that the prisoner bad a right to do what be was ordered ; and , if he was trespassing , they had remedy in another way . —Sir C , Hurshall did nat think he could interfere . —Mr Humphrey's clerk said , tben he hnd no charge to press . lie should seek his remedy by an action of trespass . —All partius theu withdrew .

      BOW-STREET . —Robbebi bt I Soidieb . —Richard Kind , a soldier , aud John Martin , were charged with assaulting — Holborn , on Monday morning , and stealing his watch . One of the riding boys of the Post-Office said that he saw the soldier clasp the prosecutor round the waist and take the watch out of hiVpocbet . He handed it over to bis companion , who ran off with it . Witness gave the alarm , and with ene or two policemen , pursued the prisoner , who , finding himself hard pressed , threw the watch down upon tlie pavement . The two prisoners were caught and taken to the station-house . The soldier and prosecutor were both drunk . The prisoner Martin was sober . The prisoners were committed for trial .

      MANSION-HOUSE . —Tbe Thames Stsamebs . —The Lard Mayor said he had received a number of letters complaining of tbe dangers and annoyances to which the . trite ™ had been subjected , in consequence of the careless and reckless mode of navigating and overcrowding steam-boats upon tbe river Thames . To several of those letters he had replied , but many of them entered so much into detail that formal answers could not be given without the greatest inconvenience , and he hoped the press would , under such circumstances , notice the observations he was about to make upon the subject . The public inferred that because he was conservator of the river Thames from New Windsor to Yantlet-creek , he was , therefore , the represser of all tbe wrongs commit , trd Id that ext-ntJiTo pare of the river , but us a mauls .

      irate Ms jurisdiction was not co-cxtenslve , for if an offence was committed upon the river beyond the City of London , such act determined tbe msgistrate who should take cognisance of that offence . Now , he had observed that every complaint which had been made to him was capable of being remedied by the Watermen's Act ; but it was a singular fact , that not one cause of complaint « f the descripti -n to which he had referred r . rose within Ids jurisdiction as a magistrate of the City of London , the law requiring the complaint to be made to tome justi -e of the peace acting tor the place nearest to that at which the offence was committed . He was fully . eware that most criminal recklessness was displayed by tlie roasters of the numerous steamers plying upon the river , and be was anxious to do all in his power to

      prevent any accident from occurring , or any infringement of a law so necessary to be observed from taking place . He hnd given directum * to bis own officers to CO-optrate evith those of the Watermen's Company in checking in London , by means of rigid punishment , any abuse of their act of parliament , or of the very useful by-laws of ihe Court of Aldermen . He , however , wished it to be distinctly understood that if persons who witnessed the commission of any offence were imlihvrent as to tbe con . * eque-nct >« , or considered their time too valuable to be expended in the making of a personal complaint , the fault was theirs , not his . if punishment were not inflicted for the mischief perpetrated . He would ( as he had

      done during the preceding portion of his mayoralty ) r-a < iily and cheerfully devote his time to tbe duties of his office , and promise that no just complaint should be unredressed if tbe parties would wait upon bim ; but ho had too many engagements in his public capacity U allow him to enter into an epistolary correspondence with a number of persons who were wholly unknown to him . — Several summonses were subsequently issued by his lordship upon the application of persons who complained that Within his lordship ' s jurisdiction as magistrate in . Uviduals had performed the duties of captains without beinc duly authorised , and that in other instances the by-laws passed by the Court of Aldermen had been violated .

      LAMBETH—Double Chaboj or Bioakv . —Michael Daley was charged with intermarrying with Johanna Brown , his wife Bridget being still alive . About thirteen years ago the prisoner got married to Bridget Sheen , then supposed to be a widow , and four years ago , last Christm . ia Day he was married a second time , as it is alleged , in St Pancra « , to Johanna Brown , a spinster . — He deserted both wives , and his former one , Bridget , happening to meet him by accident , gave him into custody . —The prisoner d nied being married to Johanna Brown , and said his reason for leaving his wife Bridget was his having discovered that ibe corresponded with her former husband , who had been transported . The wife admitted ) that her husband had been transported for being a " Whit-. boy " in Ireland , but denied having heard from him Ionic before hsr marriage with the prisoner or since , —The prisoner was ultimately remanded , for the attendance of other and important witnesses ,

      MARYLEBONE . —AiTEHntD Soicidb Mary Anne Jones , a young woman , was charged with having attempted to commit suicide —A police-constable deposed ¦ hat on Tuesday morning , about five o ' clock , as he was on duty in the Rugent ' s-p & rk he heterd a loud scream in the direction of the bridge , near Gloucester . gate , and on proceeding to tho spot found the prisoner , who had just COt over the railin a on to the parapet of the bridge , with the intention of throwing herself into the canal , which object she would most certainly have effected had not a C-male , who happened to be passing at the time , thrust her arms through tbe railings and held her tightly by the dress . Witness with great difficulty succeeded in extricating her from the p-rilous position In which she had placed herself , when ih- declared that altheugh then disappointed , she would effect her object the first time any chance might offer itself . The prisoner was remanded while Inquiries are institutsd respecting her connections , with the view of having her placed under proper care and controul .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Absok . — John Watling was charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises of his master , Mr Do Sax , wadding manufacturer , Msotaguestreet , Spitalfieldt . —On Tuesday week the prisoner was objured by a lad named Williams t « leave the premises In a hurried manner , and immediately a fire burst out . A great portion of tbe building and property was destroyed . A constable stated that the prisoner came to him and said that he was desirous of giving himself into custody for' having set fire to his mister ' s house . Ho said he had accidentally let fall a lucifermatch , by which he was about to light ht * pipe , among a lot of tow , which had Ignited ; and seeing that the premises were likely to be set on fire , he hastened to escape . He , however , denied all intention of wilfully setting the hou-e ou fire . —Mr De Sax said that smoking was strictly prohibited not only in his , but in all factories of the like nature . His confirmed impression was that the prisoner had wilfully set fire to the premises —Mi * Arnold remanded the prisoner .

      CLERKE SWELL . —Coiirasioic op a Mobdib , —On Wednesday Jehn R . imsay , who somedays ago surrendered himself to thepolce tin bis own cosfession , was again charged with the wilful murder of Mr Henry Williams , when the most intense interest was manifested ; and long before the prisoner was placed at the bar the court was crowded in every part almost to suffocation . Mr Horry , the barrister , attended on behalf of the prisoner . The following additional evidence was adduced : —Mrs Sarah Osborne , wife of Mr Henry Osborne , of the University Hotel , Rathbone-street , St Puncras , havin * been sworn , deposed that , in October , 18 H , her husbnnd kapt the

      Crooked Billet Tavern , Tower-hill . She knew the prisoner , and also Mr Williams , the deceased . Had seen them a ? vc-tal times . Saw them on Saturday evening , the 2 nd of November , 181 * . The prison ** and Mr Williams came to her house intoxicated . It was between 8 and 9 o check at night . The prisoner stopped at the bar , one ! Mr Williams went upstairs , where there were other parties whom Mr Williams joined . A person named Strickland was there ., Understood that tlioy had business with the deceased , They had eight bottles of wine Theprisoner waited at tho bar about an hour and half ! «« . ' said more than once that he w utt . d to sec Mr Williams ZTJ if , . 8 messen S > T to Mr Williams , and he seat word back that he was engage aad couVi not com .

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      down 1 Mb was about ate hour after Mr Williams had JLiWri . *>« - **<** r f : a ; w S Sir William ' s came down » nd saw the prisoner , and tbey bt :, id . e short timeWther when Mr Williams returned again tothe'iwrty . upstairs . Did not see ttwm together after that . The prisoner left the house about 12 o clock bv himself . ' Mr Williams left the house at half-past VI o clo .-k evith Sirickland . When they left tl'ey were very tipsy . Had ntrcrseen the prisoner or Mr Williams since . On SuiWay night foltoeviiiB , she heard that Mr Williams hieii met with an accident . She was not enaminvdatihe coroner ' s inquest , Wneu the prisoner went uwiiy he was cross , ami as lie went , out He said that Mr Williams would n . it come down , and be would wait f » r him . J . imt-8 Georj-e Rogers , a city po liceman , de-posed that on

      Saturday ri'it'e ' , at _ half-piisc 12 o ' clock , on the 2 i . d of November , 18 H , he w « a ou duty in the Minories . He saw three men cuo-s fji'ffl the Sparrow-corner to tho city side of the Minories . They caraa as far es the railway bridge , ond hail- ' . l « liaclcney-coach passing by . Witness had his litiht with bim . Witness optiU'd the c-. taedi-door , and Mr WllHauiK K . ot inside tkst ; he was a stout gentleman . Another of ' the party uot into the . eoach also . What became ol the third person he did not know . He saw no murks of violence or blood . on any of the party at the time , and no complaint was m ide to him . Robert Copilot :. 2 , C . erej street , Vincent-street , Westminster , deposed that on Saturday , the 2 ' . id ot November , 1814 , he drove tin-hackney coach . Ho was at the .- inquest held on th > i hotly of the deceased Mr Williams . At half past 11 o ' clock on Sunday morning , November 3 , 1814 betook

      a tan- , close by the railway aich , Minories . It was a wet night , and two persons called him , and he drove towards them and took them up . He did not sec any blood or mark- of violence on either of them . In Whitecrois-Btrcet they < iff . ; red him Is ., but he claimed la fid . The deceased only had halt a sovereign , and they ordered bim to drive to Gray ' s-inn-road , and cue of the gentlemen told him to pull yp and p * t theen down ht a Iwuse in Constitution-row , "GrAj ' s-inu-rotid . One of them told bim to knock at the door and ask for the name of Williams . One setmert more w « ah than tha other , bis head hung down . Witness knockvd at the clo -r , and it was opened , A light eras brought , and the stoutest gcntlmau ( deceased ) was guided into the house . When in thepusiage , witness saw blood flowing from some part of his forehead . Did not see the wound . The cushion and inside of the

      coach were covered wilh blood . Dr Fogarty deposed tc having been tailed out of his bed to attend Mr Williams , whom be found in a state of insensibility , partly from intoxication and partly from an injury lie bad r . ceived over one of his eyes ; lie tv . nl an impression at the time , from the appearance of the injury , that it might have been inflicted by th- point of a uticie or an umbrella . He died on the following Tuesday or Wednesday in consequence of the injury . Elisabeth Bakfr Was at thu home ' iu Constitution-row when Mr Williams was brought home

      in a coach . Mr Strickland was with him . Mr Williams was insensible and oteedtng , Witews ? , tuok y »» smion of Mr William ' s umbrella , and Mr S rickland claimed the umbrella , whicbhad blood on the ferule , tie . Hi S trickland eteipptdtwo houtslu the hevnse , ano . he calkdon the following Monday to * ee the deceased . Had seen the prisoner at Mr William ' s before the night in question ; tut sever afterwards . Witness was at the inquest , but not examined . The umbrella stained with blood was called for , but not produced . Mr Arnold said the cute must be further investigated , and remanded the prisoner for a

      week . Chahqe of Manslaughter —John Bruce was charged with tho [ Manslaughter of Mary Allwortb , aged 68 years . The facts of the case have already appeared when they occurred . Ou Saturday night the prisoner entered the shop of a grocer in High-straet , Lambeth , and without the slightest provocation made a -avage attack upon a youth employed itur * . Not svuU & nd with pulling him about the shop , the prisoner drew the youth iuto the street by the hair of his head , and while the latter was struggling to disentangle himself from his savage assailant , both knocked down the deceased , who happened to be crossing the street with « uch force as to fracture her skull , and sho expind in six hours after . On her head being examined , au extensive fracture was found on the back part , which produced an effusion oi blood on the brain , and caused her death . Tbe prisoner said that having received a severe wound in I hit head , when he drank , he becaao so excited that lie did not know what he did , He was fuiiy committed tor trial '

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      WESTERN CIRCUIT .-DoRciiBSTKB .-VVilliam Apsey was indicted forhavim ; burirhii-intisly entered the dwelling of Thomas Colveriile , on the 20 th oi March , at Chardstock , and stolen therefrom £ 60 in gold , silver , five-pound notes , nnd doubloons . On the night et' the 20 th of Match , the property mentioned in the indictment was safely put into a chest in a small room adjoining the prosecutor ' s bedroom , A portion of the money stolen consisted oi twenty guineas , two crooked shillings , an old farthing , two doubloons , and a hall doubloon , and threelive-pound notes . They were cotvtaiiml in a small bag , which the prosecutor called his " mother ' s pocket . " The doubloons and the shillings had been in the possession of the Culvcrwell family for more than one hundred years . Thu prosecutor w . is & n itued

      farmer , and on the morning after the 20 th of March the window of the room in which the chest containing the money had boen put , was found to have bee-n broken open , and ( lie money abstracted . Suspicion fell on a man of tho name of Edwin Apsey , who was the prisoner ' s brother , who was in the employHwnto ! the prosecutor . This man had obtained the key belonging to his master ' s barn the night before the robbery took place , On the following morning he was found at his work there , and the prisoner was lyiu & on the straw . Edwin Apsey was afterwards tak « n into custody , when he stated that a portion of the stolen money was concealed in a hedi ^ e on the 5 re . se . ctitor ' s premises . The money was found there , .-end Edwin Apsey afterwards made his escape . In

      the course ot the following day , it ^ as alsoiound that the prisoner had disappeared , and the prosemitor dis covered , through tho means of Mr John Bevia , a neighbouring farmer , that he ( the prisoner ) haei slept in the prosecutor ' s barn on the day following the robbery . In the course of a conversation which took place between him and a man of the name <>' . Thomas Rowo , a servant of the prosecutor ' s , the prisoner stated that ho was going to leave the villain , as he was afraid that somebody would take him for stealing Mr Bevis ' s wheat . He stated to R < iwe that he had no money , and Rowe lent him half a crown Some time after tho prisoner h . ed disappeared , Mr Bovis received information which induced him to go in search of hint ! and after seeking liim at

      Bridgewater , Taunton , aud Bristol , he went to Cardiff , in South Wales , and gave a full description of the prisoner to the police . He returned to Chard , and in the course of a few days a communication was i .-iadi to him , that the prisoner was in custody at Cardiff . . He then proceeded to Cardiff , where he learnt thai the prisoner had been at a public-house at Newport , at which place he changed two live-pound notes , and showed the two doubloons to the landlord , and stated that his father was a soldier , and had brought those coins with himftom abroad . At that time the prisoner wore a black wig . -He stated thathte own name was Brown . U pon his person a larse sum of monev and the

      doubloons were found . He said that he had come from near Exeter ; and when the town of Chard was meationtd to him , he expressed his utter ignorance of any such place . Kt Bevis caused him to be brought back to Chard , and indicted hira at the assizes at Taunton for stealing his wheat , when he was convicted , and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . He was then brought here , and tried on the present charge . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation , to commence from the expiration of his present term of imprisonment .

      MIDLAND CIRCUIT .-LiNCOLN , MunnBits bt Poison . —Mary Ann Milner , a rather interesting young woman , aired twenty-seven , was charged with the murder of her mother-iu-law , Mart Milner , by poison . The prisoner and her husband lived at the village of Barnathy-le-Wold , in this county , and were agricultural labourers , or cotters . The deceased and her husband lived in the same village . It would seem the old people were taken ill , and recommended by the doctor who attended thera , to take sago . It would seem that during the time the mother and

      father-in-law were taking the sago , the prisoner was there , and had almost the whole house to herself , and to one of the witnesses she admitted having given the sago to the old people . The mother died . The fathersuryived , but has become paralytic . Suspicion having been excited by subsequent ciccumstanc « s > the body was exhumed , and the presence of arsenic clearly detected . The prisoner was proved to have purchased arsenic , but the facts were too slight to warrant a verdict of guilty , and a verdict of not guilty was returned .

      The prisoner was . then charged with the murder of Hannah Tickets , being the wife of her brother . It appeared that on the 30 ch of June , the deceased had eaten some pancake in the morning with the prisoner , and about ten o ' clock she camo into the kitchen of ene Mary Winter , stating she had been so eating the pancake , and that , she believed she was poisoned , and should die , that the pancake had poisoned her . She stated she had not taken any poison herself , and had never had any in the house . Deceased , who appeared to be in full possession of her souses , theu left and went to her own houao , the witness followed , and found her on her knees violently sick , and saying the pancake had poisoned

      nor . She wished her husband to he sent for , and he shortly afterwards arrived . This witness Droved that she was with tho deceased at intervals up to I two o ' clock of that day , and sho coatiauauj complained ot lier throat being very hot . Mary Watson went and told the prisoner what Tickels said about being poisoned by the pancake ; whereupon Bhe curneel pale nor lips became white , and she . , < oemeJ almost unable to wa k . The i . iisoner wen to th cceaS 0 d , and said , « 0 Hannah , cKu IjJftKj the pancake has caused you to be so ? " T ke s w % unable to reply . She died about six tfd 3 3 » $ sftnieevcni . hr . The first matter vomited wi ^ throw ,, ¦ orated houd he preserved , and told the prisoncV so , but after the death of TidM * , prisoner said i

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      had got thrown away . . Kfebetk WAj proved that between eight and nine ot the day in quest onl deceased came to her , and asked , ; 7 , " ^ , ™ ' ™} any one in her house ; » she replied , «' no . Deceased said , "slie would tell her something , but she was not to tell any ene . " She then stated the prisoner had come to her house and said , " Why , you have no fire . I'll lay you have had nothing warm this morning , and if she would go with her she ( the prisoner ) would fry her a nancako . That she went and had the punhad g , „ ,, ™* f-r ™ » war . Efebeth Watson proved

      cake , but she believed the prisoner put something in if , she felt so queer—that she would have left a portion of the pancake , but a lodger wa :-pre-cHt , and it would have looked unmannerly . William Percival , a grocer in the same village , proved that six or eight weeks previous , the decease d came for a pennyworth of mercury ( white arsenic . ) lie said it was rather an awkward thing , but she appeared to be in her right mind , and not likely to destroy herself . She replied , " Oh no , ; i want to kill some rats . "

      ... James . Burdet Moxon , a rurgeon , proved the making & post mortem examination of the body , and cave it as his opinion that death was caused by arsenic , in which opinion she was confirmed by Mr Paleron , a surgeon , of Brigg . The jury returned a verdict of guilty , and sentence of death was passed upon her . There was another indictment against her for the murder of Ellen Tickels .

      THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD . Tuesday last having been fixed for tho trial of Patrick Reid , charged with the murders of James Wraith , Ann , his wife , and Caroline Ellis , at MirfieH , the courthouse at York was crowded . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr Bliss , for the prosecution , stated the case . After describing various circumstnres , alluded to when the murder was investigated befre the coroner , jury , and the magistrates , he said : The day on which this murder was commuted was Wednesday , May 12 . On Monday , the lOfh , James Wraith wont with a witness who will be called before vou , to Wakefield Market . A person called © pen him , and he observed he had a second-best or older hat on , and that when ho went

      with him to Wakefield market he put a better hat on . He ( meaning the person who called ) paid him on that day £ 2 in half-crowns , and two sovereigns , and he observed also that he had a watch . The n .-xt dav , the lltb , a plumber went to Mr Wraith ' s house to put in a pane of glass , and when he paid him , the plumber observed that he took out of his poeket a considerable sum of » oney , both gold and silver . On the morning of the 12 tb , one of his ( Mr Wraith's ) step-sons . the son of his wife by a former husband , went to his house in the morning , and saw him while there counting his money , and observed a sovereign drop which he picked up . This is the person who last saw thera all alive , viz ., James Wraith , servantmaid

      A , Wraith , his wife , and C . Ellis , the - . After that , howeve * , J . Wraith was seen alive by other parties . About ten or eleven o ' clock he came down to . a house which is opposite to the Kings Head , to a nephew of his who lives in that house , in oreier to engage a great nephew—a son of that nephew—to come up to his house and assist him on his farm in gathering stones . His nephew saw him there , and having given those directions he returned home , lie was never seen alive after that .. The nephew went to the house rather later than he was accustomed to , as the ordinary time of going was about one o ' clock ; but it happened that there was a shower of rain at the time , and ho did not go til )

      after the shower was over . He went by a cart-road leading from the King ' s Head . That cart-road leads into the yard which is behind the houses of Wraith . The nephsw came up the cart-road , and entered the yard , where there is a wall on one side , and a barn on the oth \ r , but no gate . The kitchen faces into tha yard , and tbe kitchen door is under a flight ot stairs behind the house . The nephew , who is about twelve years of age , tried the kitchen door and found it fast . lie knocked , but there was no answer . He listened and all was still ; he could even hear tbe clock tick . lie then c-ime round the corner of the house to the kitchen window , and he observed that the shutters were closed bub not entirely , so that he could peep in , and he saw something white but could

      not tell what it was . He then went round to the front of tho liou-e , and as he passed a window on the ground floor he observed that the curtains were drawn to . Thnt is the window of tho parlour where the family usually dined . He saw the window of the other parlour had the shutters closed , but that was nothing unusual , it beint ; the better parlour notcommonly used . But he observed on the step stones to the front door a pool of blood which seemed to berunuuiu from under the door . This alarmed him : he went bae-k and made a communication to M'Kinnell , nnd at hiti own house . M'Kinnell returned with him by tlie eterae road . They -went to the kitchen door ; found it fast . They went round , and M'Kinnell saw what Green , the nephew , had bef re seen . They again

      went Tounu to the back part of the house , when M'Kinnell opened the kitchen window and entered tho kitchen . When he did so he saw Caroline Ellis , the servant maid , lying on her back with her head towards . the door , her feet towards the fire and t-i wards a fender which stood between the firs and the dodr , dead , but warm , her throat cut and her skull broken . A pool of blood wms about her head , some spots of blond were on the lintle of the daor , and some others near the door . From the kitchen he went into tbe passage which was between the two parlours . In that passage he saw Ann Wraith lying dead on her back , her head against the door , a pool of blood about her head , herthroatcut , and her skull broken . From the passage he entwred at the parlour door , and there

      he saw lying on his bick , dead , with his throat cut and skull broken in & similar manner , James Wraith , the dWased , into whose death you are now abou f , to inquire . Evoytbing was allowed to remain in tbe same state until 'he surgeon and the constable came , wh « j \ a more minute examination of the premises took place . In the room where Mr Wraith lay was a chest of drawers , of which a larger and a smaller drawer were open . In the under drawer was a raz * - case with two compartments , having one razor remaining , and the other raror , which was its fellow , and which had the mark e > f iVlr Wraith ' s name upon it . 1 ,-iyinsr bloody , pliced on the breast of Mr Wraith , as he lay on tne floor . iWrs Wraith ' s hands were bloody , and the wedding-ring gone from the finger

      where it is usually worn , and that finger was much bruised . There was no money found on Mr Wraith , with the exception ot one-ha ' : f-sovereign . His watch wjis gone , and a hat , which has never been seen since . I have told you that M'Kinnell entered by tbe kitchen window ; that the Vuehen di . or was locked with a key , and that key was not to be found . The trout dn » r was not locked ; but it had been bolted . All this transpired on Wednesday , the 12 th of May , between twelve and one and two and three o ' clock . In the afternoon of the same day a person was arrested named MCabo , and on the Friday morning after , between 3 -md 4 o ' clock , another person was arrested named Patrick Reid , the prisoner now at the bar . In a week after the murder , viz ., Wednesday

      the linn , a well which ' is in the yard » f Mi-Wraith's house , about five or six vards fn . m the kitchen dour , was pumped out . On pumping it down , first a key came up , afterwards there ciirne up a soldering iron , andafterwardsthe handleof that iron , which s-teuis to have Indeed on a ledge in the wall some way down as if left there by the water . That key was tried , and fits the kitchen-door , and unlocks it , and you will have some evidence to identify it as the key belonging to the kitudien-door . The soldering ivem was found to tit the handle . The soldering iron and the k-y had marks upon them , which were afterwards examined by a chemist , and who will be called before yon ; and the soldering iron will be traced up to the possession of the prisoner at the bar

      on the t ight betore the murder was committed . When arrestt-d , the clothes of Reid had spots of blood upon them , and 011 M'Cnbe ' s clothes was one spot , which was perhaps b ' ood . Now , as to the movements of Patrick Keii ! . On that morning he was aeen passing Sliill Bank , coming down Miiil Bank-lane , b- * a person who lives some way up , about ton or eleven o ' clock , with a cap on . He th > -n turned towards Lee yreen . He is seen at Chadwick ' s between 11 and 12 and likewise at James Sheard ' -s whkh is between Chadwick ' s ami Ellis ' s houses . From Sheard ' s he is traced to Loekwood ' s and he is there aeon going down the footpath towards vmulv ' s hmxse . Now , l connect the two together as far as ihey are traced by the evidence . It seems that Reid came to the Shoulder of Mutton about ten mmvitcs after M'Cabe had been there , and that he ( Reid ) turned down the footpath

      leading to Wraith ' s house twenty minutes before e M'Gahe turned d « v » n tho-faothpathand went in tho same direction . Reid is then seen on the f . otpath by a person who will be called before you . This footpath leads past Wraith ' s house , and goes down to Webster * house . He is seen about that time passing Webster ' s house in the rear , and going back again towards Webster ' s house about the same time lie ; is next seen by a peraon who is Water Koyd-liine looking towards WmilA house , who sees Reid standing at the corner of the lane , and sees M'Cahe standngdown a short distance from the King ' s Head with his face towards Mr Wtaith ' s home . About tbe same time a person who is taking in clothes put out to b . each in a field adjoining Mr Wraith ' s house Heard in adirection towards that bouse a loud shriek , which he will describe ) to vou . lloid is next seen at

      a place called the Town Gate , and from Wraith ' s house to the T » wn tiara there is a communication by means of footpaths , lie is seen there alter one 0 clock , and after what perhaps will pi 0 vo an important event to mark thu time , a shower ot rain seems to have come on at that moment . At the Town Gates W » mA \ JCT hod been standing for some time . II .. . j 0 iti « i his mother and went , towards the rhiuvh . F ,-,,,,, the Criurc 1 there u a footpath wW „ h leads into Sliillwnit lane , and he was seen goim * with iliat female \< m a house by a person who | til (| a short time previously wen him go past with a cap on , and when he saw him rolurn tlie prisoner had 11 hat on . Hu wan

      seen going down Burrows-lane , which leads to Dawgreen , and then again about three oVoek he was seen coming out of his own house . When M'Cahe h ' as arreted , and before he was arrested , he niades a stst'iement which it is not for mo to detail , na ho will be e . Mlled before you . When Uoid was arrested he

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      also made a statement which was this :- > ' < jiT " . was at the hmise about tho time you mention 'I my basket , Beilin- ; things . I knocked nt , th ,, . "' ^ no one answered , and I walked on . " He B . ' lllo f ; asked if he choose to say where he went , to siwl % He said , " Well , I went down the fi ... ¦ -. th ' u'S side of Wraith ' s garden . Wraith ' s was , ; ,, j ^ , ; "fc I called at ; I went forward , struck tl . iwn ine f * i nth which brought me to theTown-catein mJW and then I went over the * ti ! e and atom ; the f nJ i which leads to Mirficld church , and whilst on \ l \ footpath I saw a woman with a basket , f Waitt . u ? ,, she overtook me , and we went on together 113 L Mirficld churchyard . I waited there until sii . " * into a public-house near there , and when siier <; tii fpj we went down thccluirchyaH footpath which HW to Biirrows-lane , where we parted . I then went , J Mr Ilaigh ' s , the magistrate , m [ ^ rm \ Wl ) t ; ' * home . was then asked if he chose to $ nv * £ clothes he had on , and he said he had the a ;> iiie eoaj waisfco . t , trowfers , and hal " » that h , * hadtW also madeia stau-ment which , was Ihi , ^ teTT

      His hat and clothes were then taken t . tt anil kjy ,.,, . " the chenvst . In that statement there are some tyj remarkable . In the first pIacc he says he „ g the house , that he knocked at the door , and tbiU e . heard nothing . There is an omission of lm beii ,.- i Webster ' s , and it seems the . woman he spnke Uf tt „ his own mother . There is an omistion ot \ m Vteiriv seen at the barn comer , and there is also an -mij ^ of his hearing anything of what probably must haTe been taking place in Mr Wraiths house » b » m 1 ^ time . Now , gentlemen . M'Cabe will be palled |) ef 0 r , you , and his statement , I understand , will be . t ^ he also went to the house , that he knocked at tfc , door , that he received no answer , that he knoc ^ again , and still received no answer , and that he tl |( ft rattled his pots against the door . He says he hi ^ a noise in the house of some person moving about ., a noise of some person aoing up stairs . 1 hat * uj r < ca » e inside led to a window whioh is over the stak

      and commands a view oi the road outside . He ik x heard footsteps come down stairs . The dow wt , opened by a man ; be saw some bloodI ; and he hear * a moaning or a growing . And he will tell »» u that the man who opened the door is the prisoner at th , bar . It will be in evidence before you that the prj . soner at the bar had been in the habit some tune be . lore of calling at Mr Wraiih ' s house frequently , per . haps as often as once a week ; that he was on « nci terms with the family then ; that he was recmei into the hou ^ e , conversed with , and sometimes h » i given to hira meat and drink . But about Christmisi last , having been at the hmise with some tea -caefdiej he returned , after having left it , and charged C » rt , line Ellis with having taken a tea caddy out of /« , basket . This she denied ; but he persisted in it , anj Mr Wraith was called on to turn hira out ol ifo house , and be left the house with a threat that h « wnnld bo revenaed some time or other . Sorecentlr

      as Easter , he met a person in the road who * i | l £ called before you , who pointed to the house 1 in which Mr Wraith lived , and , speaking of the servant-maid , then uaed a threat that he would serve her nut , Reid ' s clothes were given to a chemist , who exami ned them scientifically , and found marks of blued on tie coat the cap , and on some other parts of the clothes . He will tell you also that he examined M'CW , clothes . I think I told you there was one sp „ to [ blood on his clothes , and I believe I omitted t . tell you that when M'Cabewaa arrested his siock'tip were found to be wet ; no marks of blood cuuid be detected , but there had been rain , and hi * shoes w ere very bad . The chemist examined the key and sol . dering iron , and ho will tell you that there are marki of blood , or traces of some of the component p ^ rtu of blood , found on all these—the key , the soldi-ring iron and the handle . Gentlemen , the sohlerin * iron wUl be traced up to the prisoner by thiaTO .

      / fpn / jg Michael M'Cabe said : I am 35 years of ace . I have hawked in the neighbourhood of Mirfield for the last five years . I knew Mr and Mrs Wraith , aid was at their house on the 12 rh of May last . I out hawking that day , and left homo about eight « the mornihg . I was at different places m M 11 M and amongst them at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn . I called there about twelve o ' clock , and saw Pan-ick Reid there . I knew him only by sight , and Jid not speak to him . From the inn I went to other pjacei , at one of which I exchanged some pots for some rajs , a large bone , and a piece of rope . After a tiwl went down the foot-road to Mr Wraith ' s h- ^ us e . I went into the back-yard , and set my lw-ketdown

      before the kitchen door , which was shut . I knocked , but no one answered . I put down my bag and waited awhile , and then knocked again . Then 1 heard * footstep , as if up stairs . I heard it descending toe stairs and become more distinct aa it apprmelted th * kitchen . I knocked again , and then the dour sal unlocked , and opened about six inches , no thai 1 man ' s face could be put out . I asked if anything ia my way was wanted , and was answered in a low voice , * ' No . " At tho same time I heard soinetfiinf like & soft nwa-n or sigh . On the wall , by the aids of the door , opposite to tho latch , I saw sprinkle * of Wood . My attention having been arresu'd by the white wall , the face , and the marks of blood , lio « M down on the floor , a . id saw other mark . s ofblol

      there . Tho person holding the door open , seeing me look down on the floor , partially closed theiiw . r . I theu retired a few yards off , and was in iho act of lifting my basket on my head , when 1 saw that the window shutters were closed . I th ? . n went on raj way ; and when I had got about forty yards 41 heard a noise , as if the door was suddenly closed . There was only my basket between me an . ) the man who came to the door , so that I was not more than * yard distant from him . That man was Patrick Reid . When I left the house , I went on to John e \ l 'Kinhell ' s , the King's Head Inn , at the top of tbe carriageread leading to Wraith's house . From tiiern J went to Smithson ' s , a few hundred yards off , where I smoked my pipe , and joked . A heary shower ol rain fell aa I was passing from M'Vutv nell ' s to Smithson's . When I left Smithitoh ' s , I went to Charley Flint ' s , at Robert-town . I had some rags and bones from him , and wanted to

      borrow some money from him to purchase tome gla ^ se * to take back to Mirfield . Flint was not in , and I waited till he came , and got from him the mone > , I then went to Hightown to purchase the classes . When Flint came in , after I had waited , he asked if we had heard anything about the mnrder at Mirfield . Bciii asked where , he said at Wraith ' s , where the old man , his wife , and his daughter , had besn found dead . I then made a statement to Flint . vV hen at Hightown I called at my own house , but did not slay three minutes . I went ba ^ k to Flint ' s , where I « a » Will Sheard , and we had some conversation ftbrnit what I had seen . Then I started back again for the Shoulder of Mutton , at Mirfield , with the pots and glasses , but was apprehended by the constable , Leadbeater , before I get there . I have known the pri-nner Reid , for about seven months by sight , but not by name . I havo met him occasionally as we h ; ivt ! bees hawking .

      Various other witnesses were examined , and cave 1 the same evidence as before tbe coroner ' s inque st and I the magistrates , all of which has been published ;; and we need not repeat it John Noble , gaoler of f York Castle , stated that the day after Mr Watts ,, attorney , visited eM'Cabe , Reid sent for witness , * Hd 1 seemed to wish to know what had passed bri ^ ten 1 M'Cabe and his lawyer . lie asked if I knew . Tiddd him I did not . Ho hesitated a good deal , and said i something . I said the public believe that 1 w » toen n couid not do it , 1 also said , that the peliee was af'erir

      two other men . I think it is right to say , that 1 < lid ; d not caution him , for I did not expect to be called onm as a witness . He then spoke ( but I cannot reculleckt the precise words ) to this effect : «« There was none ioin it , or none knew of it , but them two . " I did notot put the words down , and cannot be sure of the wotiiii . One said he used the word " them . " My "inwipredion" was , he meant "them" two , M'Cabe acid himself . He said , " us two . " - Cross-examit . ed : Willill not swear that those were the words used ; lor it ' «> possible that 1 may have been mistaken in iheiieii

      import . The case for the prosecution having closed , MMi Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury in defence , in a ; speech of three hours' duration , contending that tfitfii evidence was insufficient to show that Reid was thth nuilty party '; but that , if it proved anything , it wa » a that M'Cabe had himself committed tho murderiei N' » witnesses were called in defence . At twentnt minutes before six o ' clock , his lordship commencecei summing up , laying considerable stress on the contns mniiication made by Read to Mr Noble , the governono of the gaol . The jury , after being absent for two hoHVS aMUH forty minutes , returned a verdict of iVbt ( Tut ' liy .

      Colchester, Moxdat.-Extbnsivb Fmk.-Yei'e...

      Colchester , Moxdat .-Extbnsivb FmK .-Yei ' e terday torer . oon an extensive fire was discovered id i the f Arm homestead of Mr Frederick Wade , situahat at Alresford , abaut six miles from this town . ThTh only person at home at tbe time was the servant gitgit who stated that she first saw the loose straw in th tl yard on fire , and from thence it quickly caught tt tl buildings . The wind was rather ' strong at the timim and tho flames consequently made rapid progresres The alarm havim ; reached the village church , whichic is but a short distance from the farm in questiottoi the whole of the congregation , with the ministestc

      turned out to render assistance . An engine frufru the town was also promptly upon the spot , but thCthC being'little water within reach , the distinction on ihe premises was inevitable , and in about two hoihoi was coiuulctcd . The only portion saved was the no 1 sidence , which was uffeetcd by the exertions of the the present in pulling down the granary , by which tih t i \ omuniu ' v " , \ i \ oii was cut off . Mr Wade will bd hi severe iiulFt'rer by the destruction of hiscropofhifh and > . he loss of two valuable horses and n cult . T T bii-ldings were the property of W . W . Hawkins , E * Es of AIresford Hall .

      K . uituo . uak . 6 at Hayub . —On Saturtlay , the 1 < 1 1 inst ., ,. a iiuio before eleven at night , the slips ! of an earthquake was sensibly felt in the inimetluetl ueighliourhoud of Havre , accompanied by a Ja rumbling noise . Several persons were much sliamu in their beds in Ingouvillo and Granville , two ad ) a cent villages . There was a second shock ou In ) same night , and after an inicrval of two days it v , it repeated .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24071847/page/6/