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      Health Of Ioxdos.—The Returns Respecting...

      Health of Ioxdos . —The returns respecting the health of Xondon during the past -week as reported to the Registrar-General demonstrates tho further progress of the prevailing disease . The deaths irom aU causes , which in the two previous -weeks were 1070 and 13 G 9 , rose in tbe last to 1741 ; a number which exceeds the average of the season by 7-33 . ' In the two previous weeks the deaths caused hy cholera were 152 and 339 ; but in the last they have reached 673 , whilst the weekly average is only 8 . Of the GTS persons who have sunk under the epidemic , 355 were males and 323 females a more equal distribution than in previous weeks . Ihe rate of increase is apparent in the fact that in each ot the last two weeks , the mortality from cholera has immediatel

      hecn about double that of the week y preceding . Th e mortality from diarrhrea and dyienterv also increases , the deaths in three weeks having hecn oi , 100 , and H 6 ; while the weekly average of this season is not more than 84 . The whole mortality from the three diseases , in last week , is therefore 824 , and gives an excess on the average of 732 , which almost exactly coincides with the excess of mortality from all causes as above stated . The diarrhoea was fatal in a large proportion of cases , to children under two years of age . The increase of cholera is observed in each of the five metropolitan divisions except the Northern , which comprises Marylcbonc , Pancras , Islington , Hackney , and Ilampstead ; where the deaths in the week were only 7 . But it is chiefly remarkable on

      tlie south side of the river , where the deaths in the last three weeks were successively 93 , 192 , and 443 . In Xewington they were 53 ; in St . George ' s Southwards ! fin Bermondsey . Gi ; in Lambeth ,. 30 G . In Rotherhithc the deaths were 37 , the same as in the previous week . Typhus continues near the average ; hooping cough above , scarlatina and small-pox considerably under it . Two persons died of privation ; three of intemperance . The mean reading of the barometer in the week was 20 . 693 , and lower than in the previous week . The mean temperature was lower than the average , except on Monday and Tuesday . The highest occurred on the former day , and was 83 deg . umin . The mean of the week was 60 deg . 5 min ., less by 6 deg . than in the previous week . . " ¦ . ¦

      Ch arge of Maxslaugiiteb . —An inquest was held on Monday before Mr . Raker ( pursuant to an adjournment ) , at the Mercer ' s Arms , Jubilee-street , Stepney , touching the death of Henry Cowdun , aged sixteen months . It appeared that about three weeks since a woman , named Esther Bagg was engaged by the deceased ' s father , who is a watchman in the London Bocks , as a nurse to his wife , and also to take care of the deceased , who was then suffering from water on the brain . Mr . Cowdun sent the nurse with the child to Mr . Rose , a surgeon , and also gave her money to pay for tho medicine . She took the child three times , and it appeared to be improving under the treatment . The father continued to < nve the nurse money to pay for the medicine each time she was desired to take the child to

      Mr . Rose , hut instead of doing so , she applied the money to her own purposes . On Thursday week last the infant appeared worse-, and when Mr . Rose was called to it he said he had not seen it for a week . The deceased died on the following Saturday . It was afterwards ascertained that the nurse had charged ^ Mr . Cowdun double-the price for the medicine which she had paid Mr . Rose . —Mr . Cowdun said he was constantly giving the nnrse money to purchase nourishment for ; it , and he afterwards discovered that she kept the money , and never obtained the food . —Mr . Rose , surgeon , said he had made a post mortem , examination of the body but the brain was so decomposed that he was unable to state the cause of death . All the other organs of the body were perfectly healthy , and the presumption was , that if the child had been properly treated it would have survived . —The coroner said he could not send this case for trial , as the surgeon could not state the positive cause of death . Verdict , "

      Natural death , which may have been accelerated by neglect on the part of the nurse . " Mciidek of a Child . —An inquest was held on Monday before Mr . II . M . Wakley , at the Elephant and Castle , Camden-town , online body of . a male child found in a field at Kentish-town . —George "Weston , . 1 hoy living in Ferdinand-place , said he was flying his kite on Saturday evening , in a field near the Prince of Wales ' s-road , when he saw a bundle lying in a drain running from the field into the road . On opening it he found it contained the body of a child . Two boys , who were there at the time , said they saw a woman cross the field with a bundle some time before . He called thepoliceman , who brought the child to the workhouse . —Mi * . H . C . . Robinson said he had made a post mortem examination . The child had been born alive , and the immediate cause of death was congestion of the brain , and effusion of blood into the pericardium . Verdict , " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "

      Scicioe is Victoria . Pabk . —An inquest was held on Tncsday before Mr . W . Baker , at the City of Paris , Bonner s-fields , on view of the body of Mary Schooling , aged &§ , the widow of a licensed victualler , who destroyed herself in tho new ornamental waters in Victoria Park . Deceased ' s husband formerly kept the Ben Jon son public house in Houndsditch , and had been dead about ten years . Since that time his widow tad resided with her daughter , with whom she lived very uncomfortabl y in consequence of g iving way to habits of p ilfering . On Friday last she left for the purpose of going to

      her son ' s at Vaushall . It was afterwars found that she had not gone there , and she was never heard of until five o clock on the following morning , when she was seen to enter the principal gate of Victoria Park hy one of the park-keepers . She went towards the ornamental waters , and about half an hour afterwards her body was discovered floating in the water . "When she was taken out life was found to he quite extinct . It was stated that deceased lived very unhappily with he husband through her pilfeiinghabiis . r—The jury , in the absence of any positive evidence , returned an open . verdict-of "Pound drowned . "

      Death op Mb . Dkouet , or Tootdjg . —Mr . Drouet dicdon the 19 thinst . athisresidenceat Margate , after several months' severe illness . It will be rememheredthatafew months ago Mr . Drouet ' s life was in imminent danger from disease of the heart ; and the painful situation in wliich he has been placed since the death of Mrs . Drouet , which occurred in September last , and the subsequent breaking up of his establishment , have not , of course , tended to alleviate the disorder . The Conservatives axd Baeox Rothschild . — .

      . Several leading members of the Carlton and Conservative Clubs have formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of prosecuting the petition presented to parliament against the return of Baron Bothschild . They held a meeting on Saturday at the residence of one of the leading conservative members of the Douse of Commons , and it was arranged that steps should he taken to prosecute the petition with energy . Ponds , it is said , to any extent will be forthcoming to carry on the contest before a committee of the House of Commons .

      Cocnr or Aimbmex . —On Tuesday , Mr . -Alderman Lawrence gave hond to take upon himself the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex . Serious Accident to the Xassau Balloon . —On "Wednesday evening tlie feelings of hundreds , who had , notwithstanding the unfavourahle state ef the weather , assembled in Vauxhall-gardens to witness the ascent of the Nassau balloon , as well as those of the vast numbers of persons on the outside of The gardens , who had been on the lookout for the halloon , were for some time kept in a state of painful excitement for the safety of no less than eleven individuals , who had accompanied this immense machine . At seven o ' clock , the balloon having been sufficiently inflated , Mr . Charles Green , tlie veteran aeronaut ; Mrs . Green , his w ifeMr , and

      Mrs-; Green , his nephew and his wife 3 " « v » C ' cu , and Miss Gascoyne , of Vaaxha" gardens ; Mr . Cray haw , the iron-master * ^^ - Stephens , Mr . Faunce , Capt . On « lr » . " - - "Jair , Keree , making altogether eleven mdividuals , got into the car , and the word " all right" having been given , the ropes were unfastened and tlie balloon mounted into the air . in very good style , and the ascent was considered a very beautiful and successful one . The halloon proceeded in a north-eastern course , but it was soon observed that it was descending so rapidly thafit was generally thought that a considerable leakage of the gas must have taken place , and that an accident of a serious character was inevitable . Mr . Green , who was seated in the ear , perceiving the extreme danger in which he was placed , commenced emotvinsthe sand

      oags or ballast as quickly as he possibly could , but even this did not prevent the gradual sinking of the halloon . On passing over the St . GeorgeVroad , near West-square . it was painfully evident to the thousands who were looking on that the halloon must come in contact with some of the buildings , and in an instant it struck the roofs of the houses 94 and 85 on the north side of the London-road , and only one honse removed from the Jfunnery which had been formerly the Roman Catholic chapel . The car , in which seven of the aeronauts were seated , struck the front of the house with considerable force , so much so that three of the persons who were standing on the hoop were thrown forw *™ ° a - * h e ro ° f , which fortunately happened to be

      ? hi , if fourth clung to-the network of the balloon . The machine being thus relieved from tne weight of three of its occupants , and having fortunatel y escaped damage , instantly rose into the ^ J ? ASW ^^ when a brisk current £ j $ ? ' f ^^ „ southerly direction ; apparently toward ^ Croydon .- The ^ tKree iuai ' v iduals : the ° tSttaoor of * na ^* P ^ escenued through fte trap-door of an ad joining beer-shop from tie roof , reached the street , . and naving vrocareda cab drove as fast-as they couM to the gwdSto reltet amgeiy . A good deal of imWi done to two ^ ousS in the London-road- « Dpe of whichia occupiedb ? S % Cros ^ who : is a marae . store dealer , and the ether hy Mr . Hammond , a hairdresser The

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      carried on to the W ^ g ^ or ^ fe-to repair . Thefmndspf the pan of ^ ucb : W iefcy for ^ fwJimate safety ^ d the return of Mr . 'Green ortomS 1 he S to the « Royal property" was looked for with much interest . A messenger arrived ntVauxhaU-gardens , at half-past one a . m ., - ; convey-, in- the information that , after passing over a great portion ofthe county of Kent , the b alloon had safely settled upon terra firma in an open field within hall a mile of Eritb . Church .

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      Mouk Murders by Pokosisg . —Examination or A Bonv . —Westbuet , Wilts , Fbid . « . —Some time since an inquest was held and a verdict of wilful murder returned against a woman named Kebecca Smith , for a wilful murder of her child by the administration , of - arsenic . Circumstances which transpired in the course of that inquiry induced a suspicion that she had likewise made away with others of her eleven children , all of whom , with the exception of the eldest , died when quite infants , and their last illness was characterised by symptoms approaching those which follow the administration of acrid mineral hoisons . In consequence of these

      suspicions it was determined to examine the homes of some of the deceased , and the remains of- Sarah Smith , who was born on the ISth of June , Ibil , and buried on the 7 th- of August following ; and of Edward Smith , who was born on the 14 th of June , 1841 , and buried on the 29 th of the same month , were taken up in the presence ofthe officials and of the mayor , Mr . Shorland . The inquest on those bodies was resumed yesterday , the remains having been in the interim forwarded to Mr . Herapath , the eminent analytical chemist , for examination . —Mr . Shorland having deposed to the circumstances connected with the exhumation ofthe bodies , and the mode in which he packed up the remains , and forwarded them to Mi-. Herapath—Mr . Herapath was

      sworn , and was examined at considerable . length . He deposed to haying received a box , which had been carefully divided into three compartments . In the first was a portion ofthe graveyard soil , taken from where the remains lay ; in the others were the remains of bodies and of coffins . The one was Libelled with the name of Sarah Smith . The textures ofthe body were all gone , and the bones separated ; but , upon subjecting the bones to the proper analysis , witness found arsenic in them . There was also arsenic in the black mould taken from the cavity ofthe skull , and in the black mould taken from between the ribs . The witness then exhibited the arsenic to the jury in the several forms in which he had produced it . In reply to the coroner , he saidhe believed it was the first instance

      on record in which arsenic had been found at so long an interval as eight years . Treated the remains in the compartment labelled Edward Smith in a similar way , and with similar results . —The Coroner : Are you of opinion that the arsenic must have been administered duriug life ?—Mr . Herapath : I have no doubt of it . I have never succeeded in ' finding arsenic in any body in a natural state , and I mention this to correct the ridiculous notion which has gone abroad , in consequence of some expressions which have been attributed to the French chemists —There being no evidence to show under what circumstances , or by whom the poison was given , the jury , after a summing up by the ceroner , returned a . verdict , " That the deceased children died from arsenic , hut by whom administered there is no evidence to show . " ACCIOENT OS IHE LONDON AND NOBTH-WeSXERS

      Railway . —An accident occurred on this line of railway on Monday morning , between Coventry and Birmingham . The first down train ran into a number of carriages , which appear to have been left on the line .. Some of the passengers were bruised , and the arrival of the . train in Birmingham was delayed about three-quarters of an hour . Fatax . Colliery Explosion at Leeds . —An explosion of fire-damp , by which two men were killed , occurred on Monday morning , at Waterloo Colliery , Thorp Hall , Leeds . Maxslaughter . —The evidence at the inquest which has been adjourned twice , upon the body of Martha Wilkinson , an ille g itimate child , who was beaten to death by her father , at Kirkby , Notts , was brought to a close on Monday afternoon last ,

      when the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against William Atkinson . " The coroner ( Mr , Swann ) immediately made out his warrant of committal , and the prisoner was conveyed by train to Nottingham county , gaol , where he will remain till the next March assizes to take his trial for the offence . Suicide at Dover . —On Saturday night a gentleman named Jacob Sercherer , said to be a General in the German army , arrived by the eleven o ' clock train from London , accompanied by a friend , and they were about to embark in the Ostend packet , but while the latter was absent for the space of only a minute or two , seeing to their luggage , the former rushed out and running down a lane at the back of Providence Hotel , cut his throat so effectually as to cause death . It was stated that deceased was

      married about two months since , and that his wife dying very suddenly , he had been in a desponding state of mind ever since . He was on his way to join her mother and sister at Ostend . An inquest has hecn held on the bod y , when tbe jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Sudden Death of the Countess op Moketon . — The abovenamed lady , who has been an inhabitant of East Bergholt for " some years , was found dead in her bed on Monday morning . On Sunday evening she retired to rest in her usual health . —Ipswich Express .

      Destructive Fire at a Cotton Mill . —On Saturday morning last a fire broke out in . the premises of Mr . J . Rostron , spinner , Edenfield , Ramsbottom , near Bury , which has proved destructive to nearly the whole ofthe premises . JTone ofthe workpeople were engaged in the mill at the time , though several men who had been employed in repairing the engines , which were somewhat out of order , could not have been long absent from the building before it commenced . Its origin is atpresent unknown . So rapid in its progress was the fire , that before any effectual assistance could be procured , the premises were almost entirely destroyed , though fortunately a large quantity ofthe goods were rescued from the flames . The total damage to the building and stock

      is estimated at ± . 1 , 700 which will be partly covered by the insurances effected by Mr . Rostron . No lives were lost or injury inflicted by the burning or falling materials . —Manchester Examiner . The Mdkdek in Leveson-stkeet , Liverpool . — The Prisoner ' s Defence . —From information which we have received , it seems that the prisoner Gleeson wiU defend himself during his trial at the approaching assizes . On Wednesday a letter was received by the borough coroner , dated from the gaol at Kirkdale , and signed "John Gleeson Wilson , " in wliich the writer states that he shall require copies of aU the depositions connected with the transactions in Leveson-street , and desires that they be furnished to him in the course of the present week .. He

      states that it is his intention to conduct his own case , without the interference of any other parties , and says that persons who know nothing about the facts have already made themselves busy about him . He says that he has no money , and , in consequence of his friends living at a distance , he cannot procure any ; but lays much stress upon the necessity of having copies ofthe depositions in the course of the present week . Fatal Accident bt Lightning . — A Soldier Killed . —On Wednesday afternoon , about a quarter past four o | cloct a heavy thunder storm passed over Woolwich , accompanied ^ wS * V AtoV -Kod and rain . A vivid fbirf = -of-lightning was seen , followed « 2 u «; ii . \ . jo : /» y a sharp short clan of thunder . At

      the time the storm passed over the Royal Artillery Barrack-field , two-gunners of the Royal Artillery , named John M'Quiney , of the 7 th battalion , and James Milstead , were standing on-the-parade ground , and when the flash was visible both men were seen to fall / . Upon a number of gunners running to the spot , it was found that M'Quiney had been instantaneously killed , and Milstead was in a state of insensibility . Upon removing the latter to the Royal Ordnance Hospital , and proper remedies being a pplied , Milstead was pronounced in a fair way of recovery . The electric fluid passed through the hat and head of M * Quiney , leaving a hole completely through the cap , and also into the brain , so that his death must have been momentary .

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      DtTBtw , Satckday , Jot . v 21 . —Tub Qtsees ' s Visit . —The following is from the Mercantile Advertiser of last flight 2— " We are happy to have it in our power to announce the day fixed upon , for the departure of Her Majesty on her first visit to Ireland . We have seen a letter from a nobleman holcU ing a distinguished post in 'the Soyal . household , dated London , Thursday , whichcohtalns the following gratifying intelligence : —f It was arranged at Osboi-ne-hoose yesterday , that " the royal party would embark ; weather permitting , on Thursday the 2 nd : , of August - , their stay at Corit'is hot to exceed twenty-four hours , and thence "they . proceed direct to- "Dublin . ' It is probablo that the royal

      squadron will enter Kingstown Harbour oh the 7 th ^ r 8 th of ^ ugust . We have reason to believe that it is the intention of her Majesty to pay . a short visit to the sDuke and Duchess of Leinster during her sojourn in tie metropolis . ; ' -We have learned that arrangements are in progress at Carton for her Majesty ' s reception / 5 The preparations at Dublin " Castle and at the Ticercgal-wdge are stiH continued . ^ - -- ; The city is already rapidly filling , and some ! of the leading hotelsare crowded with strangers ;; Platforms and other contrivances wherewith to ' obtain a glimpse of royalty are in course of construction windows along'tlfe route itom the & mgsrwu Bail-

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      way to the top of North Frederick-street , near the Circular-road , are at a'hi gh premium ; each pane of g lass being worth quadruple its original cost .- Seats on a large platform to ; be erected at the Rotunda are offered at half a guinea-for each person .- . The Harvest . —Lani > lords-and Tenants . — There are still a few isolated accounts of bli » ht ! in the po : tato , but in-general that and all other crops are proceeding ; most favourably . There is now an abundant supply of fine , sound : potatoes in all the markets , at very moderate prices . The Kilkenny Journal , a repeal paper , . contains the following : — " On last Tuesday a gentleman named Mr : Nugent , who purchased a property lately from Mahsergh St . George , situated near the Lime Tree , came to Kilkenny , sent for his tenantry , and civilly requested them to give security that they would riot make away with ' the crop which , is now growing on their farms . ' Tbe tenantry laughed at Mr . Nugent , as much as to say— ' Don t you wise you may get it ?' Thev told him if they had anything to spare after ,,,, ^

      paying the poor rates * laying up a sufficient provision for their families , which they , wero entitled to as tillers of thesoil . thathe should have the remainder . They considered that he was rather premature . in counting the chickens before they were hatched . The fact is that there are three parties in the country at present looking with anxious eyes at the having grain—the landlords , the vice-guardians ; and last , though not least , the farmers themselves—the men who ploughed , and sowed ; and toiled to bring forth from the bosom of the earth ' the abundiince thereof . We believe that the farmers do really intend to partake of the fruits of theirown labour this season , no matter what political economy , Lord John Russell , Lord Clarendon , the landlords , and police say to the contrary ; and a good appetite to them say we . ' It is worthy of remark that the land in question was raised from £ 1 fis . an aero to £ 114 s ., and in some instances to £ 2 !"

      Chief Baron Pioot . — "We have to record the convalescence of this learned judge , after his late very severe and dangerous attack of diarrhoea ; or rather cholera , at Monaghari . Assize ' Intelligence , Limerick , July 19 . —John Fogarty and Thomas M ' Cormack were indicted for the murder of Daniel Dillon , and Catharine Dillon , wife ofthe deceased , wasalso charged as ' an accessory before the fact . DHlon was a wealthy farmer , and his wife was suspected of illicit intercourse with the prisoner , Fogarty , who was alone placed on his trial in the first instance . Tho jury found a verdict of" Guilty . " , : ¦¦ : . .

      „ Mo . vdat . —Mr . Thomas Carlyle is travelling through the south , in company with Mr . Gavan Duffy . They arrived at Cork on Sunday , and left together for Killarney on Monday . . . . . -- ¦• The Late Insurrection . —The commission . Tor , the South Riding of Tipperary was opened at Clonmel on Friday . The calendar is light , notwith-. standing the imposing array of fourteen cases of ' ¦ ' ¦ high treason" which figure at its head . ; In the course of the day , Lord Suirdale , foreman ofthe grand jury , with twelve ; of his fellows , appeared . in court and handed down true bills for high treason against two ofthe leaders of the insurrection of

      1848 , viz ., against Mi-. Michael Dbheny and . agairist Mr . John Blake Dillon . It is said that some other , bills for high treason are in the ^ course of preparation , with a view to having warrants ready for the apprehension of certain others of the leaders , should these , gentlemen think proper to return to Ireland . This prevents recourse being bad to the issuing ° f warrants under the ¦ Habeas Corpus Suspension Act , and will enable the government , if the parties he apprehended , to bring them to trial at once at the assizes next ensuing after then' apprehension ; whereas parties charged in bills found at the special commission in 1848 , for the county at large , could not be tried at the ordinary assizes ,

      inasmuch as the assizes are held under a commission for separate ridings of the country , . It is said that all the others now in gaol , and charged with being connected with O'Brien ' s insurrection , will be discharged on moderate bail . Tuesday . —State of the West . — A Leitrim paper has the subjoined statement : —' . ' We regret to find that vast tracts of land in the county of Leitrim now lie unoccupied ; in other instances , where the ground is not given up , the people are so reduced in

      circumstances that they cannot pay the rates . In one barony the lists of defaulters of county cess and labour rates exceed 5 , 000 names , and the sum in arrear amounts to £ 1 , 98416 s Cid . Welhave only to add , in order to show the awfully distressed state of the country , that the collectors have attached their oaths , and say , they " have used every exertion to collect the same , and could not | succeed in consequence of the great distress prevailing in the country , in someinstances the lands being waste , in others the cattle housed or driven off . "

      ' Thb Queen ' s Visit . —The Cork Sxammer of Monday , contains the following : — " Grand Stand on Psnrosb ' s-Quay . —Mr . Edward Scott , architect , is about erecting , under the orders'of the general committee , a grand stand or gallery on Penrose ' s-quay , immediately opposite the Custom-house , at which the Queen , is to land , after receiving the deputations , & c . The gallery is to extend 450 feet inlength , and to contain a dozen rows of seats , one gradually rising over the other , and it is calculated that it will afford accomodation to as many as three thousand spectators , the price of a seat being five shillings . At each end of the gallery the quay is to be railed off by a barrier , so that all thoroughfare will be stopped , and a promenade of 700 feet obtained . A portion , capable of accommodating £ 00 ladies , is to be arranged in the centre of the gallery , which is to be suitably decorated for the occasion ; and , to crown the whole , a military band is to be hi attendance . The whole structure is to be of

      the strongest materials , so as to preclude the possibility of accident . Mr . Scott's services are given gratuitously . " FataIi Paktt Conflict . —Government Inciuiry . —The inquiry ordered by government into the who ' e circumstances . connected with the fatal conflict at Dolly ' s Brae , and the subsequent homicides and wreckings at the village of Mahermayo , on the 12 th o' July last , will be opened at Castlewelkvn during the present week . The precise day has not yet been fixed , nor has the name of the Queen ' s counsel before whom the inquiry is to be held yet been publicly announced . Wednesday . —Arrests under the Habeas Cor

      pus Suspension Act . —The following significant announcement appears in the . Freeman ' s Journal of this morning : — "Last evening a party of police , amounting to seven in number , under the command of Inspector Dundon , entered the residence of Mr . Joseph Brennan , editor ofthe Irishman , They exhibited a search-warrant , and Mr . Brennan imme r diately led them to his sleeping apartment . The search then commenced ; his desk ' was opened ; his private letters were read ; and all his papers taken

      and transferred to the castle . ' Mr . Brennan asked if they had a warrant for his arrest , but they answered in the negative . At the same time they declined to permit him to leave the house . We understand that a Mr . O' Crady , who was a member ofthe L'ish Confederation , was arrested yesterday , near Carrick-on-Suir , and committed to prison in that town , we know not on what charge . Mr . O'Grady was confined six months in Clonmel Gfaol , we believe , under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . "

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      PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA . The returns made to the commissioners of police as to the health of the force , give but three deaths as having resulted from cholera throughout the whole police district of fifteen miles . In the whole population included in the bills of mortality , the deaths reported amounted to but fifly-fi vc on Saturd a y , and fev ^ iSve the day before . on Saturday last a married female named Theresa Phillips , and three of her children , died in King ' s College Hospital , from Asiatic cholera . The family resided' in the Camberwell-new-road , hot far from Mr . Farmer ' s vitriol , works , and on Thurday last the mother with two of her children , were attacked with cholera . ; The father , who works at a wine merchant's-in Pall-mall , was sent for , a s well as several medical : men , and at the request of the

      latter the three were instantly removed in a cab to the hospital . The father remained there during the night of Thursday , but at an early hour on Friday the wife and two of , her children died , and on returning home he found two more of his children attacked . They were also removed to the same hospital ; where another of the children expired on Saturday , making four deaths in one family in the space of a few hours . ' ,. ' Whilst the family was , being attended to by the medical officers of the institution , a man residing in Holborn walked in and complained of bein » seized with cholera .: He was immediatel y placed ^ in bed and the usual remedies applied , but during Saturday he expired . , J

      One of the nurses in the cholera ward was seized about the same time , and remains in a very precarious state . " ' . '•;¦ - - J ¦ . , 'During the night of Friday ,: Mr . Robertson , for many years connected with the Morning Post , and latterly with the Railway Record , died from an iittack of eiolerai ., ' A number of persons have died from cholera in Lambeth . Workhouse ^^ during the week , but no inquests have been held on . them ,: and Mr . Bedford has decided on not holding inquests on the bodies of those who have died in Sing ' s College Hospital . : r : 0 n : Friaay week ; MivMorse . ' surgeon , of

      Kenninfto . n-iane , was sent lor to attend a female , of the name 6 f Roberts , the ' wife of a'bricklayer , living at Smith's-place , Eennington-lane , ¦ . Upon his . arrival there he found the female . surrounded by her , family suffering from Asiatic . cholera ,-in its worst form-The usual remedies were prescribed' for her by Mr Morse , but she continued to get wor . ' ^ and about one o clock the next morning Mr . Mo / 'fie received a message to attend again immediately , asMr & iBoberts was supposedto , bo dying . ; Having -somcoiher patients ^ attend to ; he didnotreaeh the -tottse till then toldby the mother of- the femalerm b &

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      i - . ihter was dead , and had been laid out . twentyffm ^ „ Sate before tho ifuneral * could take place , T v a , J » 1 He was accordingly conducted the body at once , ue ^ B ^ to one of . t ^^^ g ^ t quitc cold , ; pulse Tjpon . feGhngtho W ^ J gQ contr £ cied imperccp hb e , tho j MMis " |« t tho . hand that , it was impossiblc for £ t nd ound that the He app lied his Xe w ceased Sbeat . . As a toi ^ r h 0 a ^ Mr Mom &&* m from whhm . Wood T ° nA filelj when to the astonishment of al pre-¦ flowedtrceiy , . wnLii w . u . . d t 0 5- ^ 3 ^ 2 SeTTo ^ S ^^ «& beCOmh , g

      0 ^ £ E d M ^ dlord , at the Millbankjrison ^ n the bodies of Joseph Ryther ; aged 32 and Thomas Lane , aged 28 , prfeoners , who , on Friday , uieu oi Sc cholera . Dr . Baly , tho physician of the nSS mS hVeply to questions from the coroner and Wthat in consequent of the prevalence erf Cholkfethih' the walls rf *| WfljfJ priaohers had bceu removed elsewhere ^ awLiW more were in tho course of removal . . The number of cases now under treatment in the infirmary was nine only , two of which were considered dangerous , and but one case had occurred since ; Fnday .-. Yerdiets of " Died from "Asiatic ; cholera

      werere-• Before MivH . M . Wakley , at the Coach and Horses , James-street , Kensington-square , on the body of James Millard , aged 26 years . It appeared from the evidence gone into' that the deceased was in the seryice of the . Equitable- Gas Company , at their '/ works at Stamford-hndge , Kmgs-road ^ Fulham . On Tuesday , he got up in his usual , good state of health , and . wcnt > to his duties at the-gas works , one of which was cleaning out a boiler , which he . has daily performed for some years , he 20 in" into it while hot ; having previously thrown m torn ! cold water . That duty caused him to come out in a state of perspiration ;; from which he had felt inconvenience . He ; vetui'ned homo

      never any at his usual time to the house of his parents , without the slightest appearance or complaint of indisposition , and having had his supper , went to bed . The . next' morning ( Wednesday ) Mr . Bedhead , assistant to Mr . Guazzaroni , parochial medical . officer for the district , saw the deceased , and . found him in a perfect state of collapse . : He immediately adopted all"the usual remedies that the urgency ofthe case required , hut without avail , as deceased continued to get worse , and died about three o clock in the afternoon of the same day . The jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera . Before Mr . Baker , at the Duke of York , Salmon ' slane , Stepney , on view of the body of James Brown , affedSO . ' aseaman on board the Guildford collier of

      South Shields . The deceased , who-was one of eight seamen onboard the above vessel , went to bed on Wednesday . n- ' g ht an good health , but between eleven and twelve o ' clock he was seized with sickness , ; and . he was attended at six by Mr . Cleland , surgeon , Ratcliffe ^ eross , who ordered his removal to the workhouse in Salmon ' s-lane , where he died in a few hours . —George Dodd , a seaman , stated that a sewer emptied itself close to the forecastle of the vessel , and that a most offensive smell came from it . —The Coroner remarked that it was possible the attack was produced from that cause . —Verdict , " Death from Asiatic cholera . '' >" ' On Monday Mr . Baker held four inquests at the London Hosnital . on the bodies of as many persons ,

      who had died in Whitechapel workhouse , from cholera . The deceased were removed from Wentworthstreet and Cartwright-strcet , Aldgatc , to the workhouse , suffering from cholera , and eventually died there . Mr . Nash , the surgeon , said there were numerous cases of cholera brought to the workhouse from Wentworth-street , but there . was . no ; . one present to g ive any evidence as to the state of the locality ,. After some conversation , the inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of haying the _ place inspected . The coroner received information of . the deaths of four persons in Limehouse , who had died on Saturday-and Sunday from cholera . Mr . Stephens , the constable for the hamlet of Mile-end

      Old-town , gave notice to the coroner of the deaths of two persons from cholera in his district . Tuesday , —Mr . Bedford held two inquests in the Westminster Bridewell , on the bodies of John Bonner , aged 40 , and Edward Burt , aged 21 , prisoners there , who died : of Asiatic cholera . —Mr . Lavies said h e was wholly unable to account for the disease appearing , for the prison had been free from it . There Iiad been six cases , but the other four were recovering . He had ordered a better diet for the prisoners ; but he believed the cholera was entirely atmospheric . Three of the prisoners had been attacked in one ward ; hut there was no difference be-; ween that and others . The jury , in both cases , returned a verdict of " Died of Asiatic cholera . "

      Before Mr . W . Carter , at the Coburg Arms , Webber-Street , Waterloo-road , on the body of Mrs . Ann Tipstaff , aged 68 , who died from Asiatic cholera , at No . 15 , Queen-street , owing , as it was alleged , to noxious vapours arising from an open sewer , running at the back of the houses iri that and several other streets in the neighbourhood . Evidence having been produced for the purpose of- proving that the sewer in its present state is injurious to the public health , the Coroner said that he would correspond with the Board of Health , and he had no doubt means would be adopted to rectify the evil .. Several of the jurors complained of the horrible stench , and of the large number of persons who had been attacked with typhus fever in the immediate neighbourhood of the sewer . The jury returned a " verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera , " at the " same time they ( the jury ) considered the open sewer at the back of Queenstreet predisposes persons to that and other epidemic

      diseases . Mr . W .. Payne , whilst holding an inquest at the Crown , Blackiriars-road , received intimation from Mr . Fairbrother , surgeon , ofthe London-road , ot the death of Peter Blyth , of No . 3 . Mount-place , Gibraltar-row , St . Gcorge s-fields , of Asiatic cholera , and that in the same house three other mcmbeis of the family , as also the mother , were labouring under the same malady . Mr . Fairbrother stated that the privies and the drains were in a most disgraceful

      state , and that the stench and noxious effluvia arising therefrom were of so offensive a character , that the inhabitants were continually vomiting , and that he thought the case was one calling for inquiry . Mr . Payne mentioned the circumstance to the jury , adding . it was important that iu all cases where it could be clearly ascertained that death ensued from circumstances for which a remedy might be found , an investigation should take place , and he subsequently appointed a day for holding an inquest ; the body in the meantime being removed .

      Death of the Chaplain op the ; Tower rnoii Asiatic Cholera . —On Monday morning , at twent y minutes to two , the Rev . Charles Boughton St . George , clerk , and ' chaplain to St . Peter s , in the Tower fortress , died from an attack of Asiatic cholera , under tho following very distressing circumstances . It appears that the rev . gentleman seemed in his usual health on Sunday morning last , and preached his usual sermon to a large congregation . His voice , which at all times was perfectly clear and

      loud , suddenly fell towards tho conclusion , and it became quite inaudible . After the sermon was over , he immediately went home to his parsonage house , wliich adjoins tlie church , and was immediat oJy attacked , with vomiting , purging , cramps , and all the symptoms which arc characteri ° li <> of an attack pf > eiaiio oholov * . A surgeon was instantly called in , but the unfortunate gentleman gradually sank , and died at tho above-mentioned time . Tho deceased was' universally respected by all the officers and soldiers in tho Tower , and his loss will be felt for

      some considerable time . Isle of Wight . —The cholera has appeared in the locality of Parkhurst barracks , but every precaution has been taken to arrest its progress . Southampton . —Althoug h the number of deaths from cholera is much larger this week we are pleased to hear that the disease is on the decline , and that very few cases of a malignant character have occurred within the last two or three days . BnisioL . —Last week there were many new cases of cholera in this city , in several of which death occurred .

      . Worcesteh . —There , were seven patients m the Hospital on Friday week , of these four have died , two have been removed ' convalescent , and one man named Combes , still remains not out of danger . A married woman named "Walker , diedon Sundays we regret to saythat she was lost , in all probability , through obstinately refusing to take the medicine prescribed for her . ; In some way or other she conceived a prejudice against tho treatment , and refused to continue it ; and although then recovering as rapidly as could have been hoped for , she speedily relapsed , the symptoms rap idly changed to their most advanced form , and she sunk in a few hours rHer case is highly instructive to patients , and-we state it here in order to induce an entire and trusting docility in them , as being most essential to their successful treatment . —Worcester . Herald Manchester . —Happily , -thc cholera has not ini

      creased m this localit y . Cases are heard of here and there , rather in a mild form , but few ' deaths have occurred / A woman died on Friday week in the Canal-street hospital , which is common' both'to fever and cholera patients . Shehad been taken to the hospital for fever , but was attacked with cholera , and having : led a dissipated life , she probably sooner became a victim ' to the ^ disease ! BuusLEM . ~ The number of new cases is on the decline , andthe proportion ^ of . therecoveries 6 htheincrease ., The localities where cholera has appeared are precisel y those parts of the town where fever most frequently commits eveh'greater ravages , and an explanation of the ^ everity . of botnmay fee seen in , the squalor and ! filth which abound . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ i •? " . FAM 8 . 7 "At . CMtfftho diseassis now confined to - the outskirts . Cases from Jul y ; 13 th to 19 th , 23 ; deaths ,. lo . At ^ erthyr-H continues to makefear-

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      fuLhavoc ; likewise at Dowlais and Aberdare . The returns for Merthyr and Dowlais , during the , . same six days—cases , 253 ; deaths , . 156 .:: Cases at Aberdare , 107 ; deaths , 15 . The ? epidemic has broken out at Newport , Taibach , iSic , Weaudale . —Two cases of Asiatic cholera , one of which has proved fatal , occurred last week at Stanhope , in lyeardale , being the first appearance of the disease in . that : district . : ' --• Wigan . —We have to report two deaths from actual cholera , and five from diarrhoea . The victims ^ of the former disease were in both cases poor people . The cases of cholera are . - - ^ -Peter Gaskell , collier , aged 35 , and Peter ' IIughes , weaver , aged 52 . ' The death of Catherine Catterall , aged : 46 , the wife of a carter , is one which has been reported to have been caused by cholera . - ,-, :. ; - ^!

      Oksiskirk . —Last week there were two fatal cases of Asiatic cholera in the parish of Halsall ,. in the Ormskirk union . The victims were a man and his son of the name of Eaves , boatmen on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal . It is supposed that they were attacked-first at Liverpool , and on ; their arrivalat Halsall the disease had become so serious that they were obliged to stop , and died in a few hours after . Eaves was aged 48 years , and his son was 18 / years . : K'ANTWiCH . r ^ -During :. the last week-this disease continued to apread into different parts of the town .

      Durin" the three weeks previous seventy-eight persons had been attacked , and thirty-nine of the cases proved fatal . Oh Wednesday week the shops were Closed and business was suspended ; but it is hoped that the efforts of . alleviation and ; precaution , ' so zealously commenced , will . be continued until . this dreadful- epidemic be effectually stayed .- ; . ;; :. - . ; . ''¦ ' Hull —With ' the exception of two cases ( one fatal ) tlie attacks have diminishedhoth iu / number and fatality ; arid have' not extended beyond the disr tricts mentioned in our last .- - v ^

      ,- Woolwich . —On Tuesday , evening , . Mr . C . J . Carttar ,. coronerfor West Kent ,. held two inquests at the Albion and Shakspere Taverns ,. Woolwich } the first on the ; body ' of William Butcher , a seaman rigger belonging io . Woolwich 'dockyard , who died of cholera on Monday morning ; the second on the body of a convict named Jones ; who died of consecutive fever , having laboured lUnder Asiatic cholera for seven days . The peculiarity about . this case was . that it was the first and only attack of cholera , which the Warrior convict-ship , ( lying off the dbckyard ) h ' as had . Verdicts in both cases were returned of "Death fromi cholera . " - ¦;' . - > - ' - ¦ '¦' ¦ ' ''"'¦ ' ; : - •' - ' ¦'" •'•" .

      Bosiox . —It is a singular fact thafcLincolnshirej which is considered to ; , be so unh ealthy a county , on account of J the marshy character ofthe soil , has been so free from the ravages of the cholera . In this town ( Boston ) there have been someatt & cks and ' a few deaths ; but takeii upon the -whole , the ^ mortality does hot seem to ¦ exceed that of the corresponding period ; of last year . To Market- Rasen , Louth , Spilsby , Grantham , ' and other towns throughout the county , the same / remark applies . , There have been but few cases , and those by no means of a violent character . . ¦ ¦ > i , - >

      ' Liverpool . —The new cases reported by-the parochiarmedical officers on Wednesday amounted to 80 , and the deaths to . 30 , but these only include , the parties who' apply for' medicines and attendance to the parish ; a large number of cases occur'in the : middle classes of society ^ of which no fqrmal report is given ; excepting that delivered to the J registrars when the attack proves fatal . j , ;\ ,. '¦ <;¦ ¦ , : Portsmouth . —In the island of Portsea the disease is fast disappearing , as among- the cases under the parish medical officers only three or four deaths are reported for Tuesday . The deaths under cognisance of the same authorities since the commencement amount to about 280 . n A large number of cases are still under treatment , but generally of a milder formr ¦¦ ¦ ' . . ' . '; .

      The Cholera in Paris . — We read in the Consti tutionnel . — " The silence of the government , with regard to the cholera has given rise to unfounded alarm , as to the progress of that malady during the last fortnight , although that silence is perfectly jus-, titled hy the sanitary state of the capital . -Notwithstanding the great heats , the epidemic ~ h as" remained stationary , and the number of victims to it continues to oscillate within very restricted limits . From the 13 th to the 17 th the minimum of . the daily number of deaths in the hospitals has been , eleven and the

      , maximum eighteen ; giving an average of twelve ; and from the- 10 th to the 13 th the average daily number of deaths in private practice had been the same average number , as it also was in the week preceding . The general mortality iu the city from all diseases united has been sixty-five In one day / only , and hag fallen to fifty , i As to the military hospitals , they are comp'etely free from cholera ; the hospital in- the Roule has only had one death in the last two days , and at the Val-de-Grace or the Gros-Oaillou there ; has not been any death , or even one case admitted .

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      Derby , July 23. Seduction.—This Was An ...

      DERBY , July 23 . Seduction . —This was an action to recover compensation for seduction and loss of services . Plaintiff is a shoemaker residing at Tickenhall ; defendant is a farmer residing at the same place , and his orchard adjoins plaintiff ' s garden .. Cheatle ' s sister resided with him as housekeeper . The facts of the case will best be gathered from the subjoined evidence . —Eliza Smith , daughter of the plaintiff , deposed : I and Cheatle ' s sister became intimate , and so did the plaintiff and defendant . My father , motherland myself reside together , and I do the household \ work . My father is seventy-lour . Defendant usually called him " uncle . " Defendant ,, oh every opportunity

      that presented itself , paid me attention . He told hie that he was thirty-four last April ; I am twentyeight . He frequently said he would marry me , and at times would say , " Miss Smith shall bemy wife . " lie was not often in the house . When . I have met him by accident I have walked with him . " Ih ' 1847 he asked me to meet him , but I refused . "In lastyear he asked me to meet him | and on the 1 st of August he ran after me in the street . In 1847- he offered to take some liberties with me , but he was not quite sober * We had a disagreements consequence , and I beat him and , blackened his eyei ( Laughter . ) He made it up again . .. In 1847 he laid an accusation against me which I denied . It' was the same evening that he offended that he asked me

      to forgive him . : I met him on the 12 th of August . He said he would act honourably , and make me his wife . Ultimately he had intercourse with me , and after that time I frequently met him , and the connexion took place again . In January I found myself pregnant ; and as soon as I became ; aware of the situation I was in , Unformed defendant of it . A child was bom on the 20 th of April . My father-has been much , distressed about it . My sister paid ' the expenses of my confinement .. My father has paid the rest . It was necessary'to have some assistance to go of errands . Mr . Baron Parke summed up . The jury then retired , and after an absence of some time , returned into court with a verdict for the pkintiff . —Damages £ 30 .

      STAFFORD , July 23 . Breach of Promise of Maumage . — This was an aciion brought by Miss Kezia Langley , a young lady of considerable personal' attractions , against the defendants Mr . Richard Tarton , son of a respectable farmer of this rmmty , for a breach of promise of marriage , - twrnages were laid at < 65 , OO 0 ., Counsel for the plaintiff , Mr .. Sergeant Allen ' and Mr ; Greaves ; for the defence , Mr . Sergeant Talfdiifd and Mr . Whateley , Q . O . —Mr . Sergeant Allen stated that the p laintiff was the daughter of a large and respectable farmer , who also practised , as a veterinary surgeon , and resident when the defendant' was first received into the famil y at Abbot ' s Bromley , in this county . She waa ayouug lady , who had been

      carefully brouglvt up , and had received a superior education . The defendant ' s family live at Bromley Hurst , and he was at . present abouttweht y-nmo years of age . The defendant was introduced to plaintiffs father in the latter end oflS 44 , and shortly afterwards commenced paying his addresses to the voung lady , who was about nineteen . His addresses " were accepted , and he visited as plaintiff ' s suitor . ' . The learned sergeant in the course of his address read extracts from severalletters sent . by the defendant to the p laintiff , ; the . whole of , which disclosed the strongest affection and most fervid love ; several of them anticipating the day when his desires should be consummated , by marriage . The tenor of the letters showed tuafcthe defendant was serious hv hw > mar .

      pose , there being -, v « ry ; little that \ was . 'mawkish or sentimental ^ in .- , them . The learned : counsel ciosed tus address bv ai \ eloquent and forcible appeal to the jury , affirming . that the . case was no light one , ' and requiring damages to the full araounti-Th e learned sergeant s statement was substantiated' by the < evidence of the brother and mother of . the plaintiff , the only evidence called . —Mr . SergeantTallourd having energeticall y addressed the jury 6 nr behalf of the defence , the learned judge summed up , stating iu'the course of his remarks that the plaintiff had received a very grievous-injury , and the jury , a fter * ten minutes' consultation , leturned ; , a verdict for . the ¦

      plaintiff for . £ 100 . - . , . , ., . Cutting . and Wounding at Lichheld —W Sandford , aged thirty-: one , was indicted with -feloniously and maliciously ctttting and wounding MaW Billmgs , on the 4 th of Jul y ,-at Lichfield . Ivll'Huddleston conducted the prosecution .: ; The , prisoner had not thehenefit ; of counsel , ; The prosecutrix ,, a respectable-looking young woman , whose rie ' ek wa » & nd UD ' ^ she had » a AvUh the prisoner some time , and determined upon leaving , hihv on the 4 th V my , in co nsequehcevof ' a quarrel which had taken Pir * ii ?; i ? ^ Bhe >? entt 2 ^ father - -who lived in Lichfield , for the purpose of inducing , him to accompany her to the prisoner ' s house an 3 remove her c othes , & c . , They aecirttihelv ' vV ^ nr * KSSi ^

      tw proceeding . up ; atairs , where * W packed up- her pfc ^ cty , and then caUed tocher fath ' erSe nSner wE ^ had remained down stafewithTher SI ? then m » P * ° th 9 lprose ' cutrix , oand ( puttingS arm round her . cut her , on the side of thft « £ t 1 : S ! " ™^ - iAarn iuBtmment / sayini ^ tlkl that' ^ Th ^^ juggled together a « li o ^ e bed , ^ prisoner

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      threatening and endeavouring S to cut her . : vThe ^ ffl « secutrix ' s Tather ^ hearing . ^ noise , ran up starST rndrolfedtheprisoner offthe ^ streaming from hisdaughter's neck . She was then removed ^ and the assistance of J . vP . Gates Lsq » surgeon / was procured ,- and ;^ e hemorrhage sjopp ^ A razor was found in the bedroom , where the attack had teen . made upon the prosecutrix , andalsoa broken glass . The juiy returned a verdict of Uuilty ; , against the prisoner ,-on the second count charging him with the intent to do some grievous . bodi . y harm ; when his lordship ; observing thatthe jury ttaa . acted with great forbearance in , not finding the prisoner guilty of the capital charge , sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years .. ' - :-: CAMBRIDGEJury 23 .. ; : ^^^^ ^ SoSS ^^ JUi

      , x Slayixg . —James Lee , a child ten years of agV was indicted for wilfully killing and slaying Robert Newman ; at Ely , on the 12 th instant . The prisoner , who had at firstpleaded guilty , called his father to speak tohis character , and the jury havingTeturned a verdict of guilty , the judge inquired of the father whether he would take care of his boy u he was speedily set at liberty , and having received the expected answer , he sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two days . The effect of-this sentence was . that the father at once took his boy from the dock , but not before he had " p ulled a lock of hair ' . at his lordship in tojeen of his gratitude .

      ¦ o July . 24 . / . .,.,--. . Highway Robbery and Gallant Defence . -r-Two young man ' , were charged with having , on the 6 th of April last , being Good Friday , feloniously assaulted Mr , Josephus Glover , B . A ., of St . John ' s College , and stolen from his person a silver watcb » a sovereign , two shillings , alatch key , and a penknife . —; Mr . Sanders prosecuted . ^ The prisoners were undefended . / Mr . Glover left his friend , -the Rev . Mr . Harding ' s house at Granchester , oh ; the evening in . question , at a quarter before ; ten , , and coming through the fields , saw a man stahdingnear tbe isiring gate , having a bludgeon in bis hand . about three feet long . As Mr .. Glover passed , the man

      said " Good night , " : and immediately after struck Mr , Glover a blow on the forehead , which , fortunately did not fall with full force , because of his . cap » but it . gave him a wound in the forehead , blackened his eye , and felled him to the'ground . Mr . Glover managed to rise , , arid was grappling with his assailant ; when he was seized-behind by another as ? sailant , and the two got him on the ground ; and rifled his pockets . They were then about to . turn him over as if to get at his coat pockets j but seeing an opportunity , he adroitly put his head between thellegsof one of the ruffians and threw him overi then springing upon his feet he snatched tbe bludgeon out of the other fellow ' s hands and threw it some

      distance away ., While the fellow went to look for the stick , Mr . Glover rah away shouting for assistance , and be was soon joined by , two persons who acr cpmpanied him to Mr . Eawcett ' s , a surgeon , at Cambridge , where he bad his wounds dressed and his arm placed in a sling , where it was compelled to be for more than five weeks . The jury , without / hesitation , found the prisoners ' Guilty / and his lordship sentenced them to be transported for fifteen years . EXETER , July 23 fi % . -- .. '¦ ..

      Sieaung Naval Stores . — Elizabeth Kickards and three other young women : were indicted for stealing a . quantity of naval stores from the Plymouth Breakwater . The prosecution was instituted by the direction of the Admiralty , in order , it was . ' stated ; to check a system of depredation which had ; recently been carried to a considerable extent . —They were all found guilty , but recommended to mercy , and the sentence of each was consequently mitigated to onemonth ' s imprisonment ; with hard labour . Jt / i . y 25 ,

      Seduction by a' Clergyman . —Mr . Collier stated the case . The Plaintiff was a poor woman who had been a monthly nurse , and she had three daughters . She brought this action for the seduction of her second daughter . The defendant was a clergyman , residing in Exeter , a married man , although separated from his wife . Maria Brooks was in his service , as she stated , in 1842 ; . In the month of November in that year she quitted his service to attend her mother , who was ill . . The reverend defendant was a constant visitor at her house under

      the pretence of bringing such articles as a sick person might require , and of administering religious - consolation to the mother . He also brought reli gious books to prepare her for the administration of the sacrament . He emp loyed the girl in making shirts and other articles , and required her to bring them to him singly as they were finished . On one of those occasions he effected his purpose . ' Her . seduction accomplished , she returned to his service and found herself with child . Drugs were administered hy defendant and miscarriage followed . She again became pregnant , and was delivered of a child in the defendant ' s house . The defendant nursed the child : it , 'however , died , and he paid the expenses of burial .

      Some time after he performed the office of churching this woman in his own parlour . After . the birth of the child a series of miscarriages occurred , each following the administration ot drugs by the defendant until 1848 . The rev . defendant then took another woman under his protection , and discarded Brooks . Has repeatedly promised to maintain her for the rest of her life , and put that promise in writing , but the document had been abstracted from her drawers . — These facts were fully borne out in evidence by Maria Brooks . —Eliza Brooks , sister of Mary Brooks " , stated that when the latter was taken ill Mr . Lamb , the surgeon , would not take the responsibility on himself , and proposed calling in Dr . Shapter !

      Defendant begged her not to call him in , as the bishop would know it , and he should lose his gown . He cried , and on his knees begged her not to have another doctor called in . Saw the paper Mr . Rooks had drawn up ; and was satisfied with the contents . My sister , continued with him . They frequently had prayers . —Mary Sheppard , the monthl y nurse who attended Mari a Brooks in her confinement , deposed to defendant ' s saying he hoped he could put confidence in me , and that I would not let Mr . Latimer know it , because he was ho friend to the parsons . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Greenwood , for the defence , relied on the statute of limitations barring the action ; and to prove that the girl was in Mr . Rook ' s service

      before 1842 several witnesses were called , among them Mary . Hanger , who stated that she lived with Mr . Rooks in 1840 . I , had the small-pox in August * 1841 , Mrs . Brooks attended me as nurse . 1 remained at Mr . Rook ' s until I was partially recovered , when I left . That was the latter end of September , 1841 . When I had entirel y recovered I went to Mr . Rook ' s to offer my services again , and found Maria Brooks there . That was in October , . 1841 . —Mr Collier replied , imputing that the entries in the pocket-books were recently manufactured , and that

      the witnesses in point of time were mistaken . —The Uarned judge summed up and said that , on the question of damages , the jury must take into consideration that tbe plaintiff was content to alio « v her daug hter to live on in opulence as the mistress of the defendant , and to send a younger sister as a servant in the same house ; and it was not until she was supplanted by . another mistress that any action was thought of . —The jury retired , and after an absence of about a quarter of an hour , returned a verdiet for the plaintiff—damages £ 100 .

      : : / YORK , July 24 . Breach ' of Promise of Marm-agb . —This was an action for breach of promise of marriaee ; ThP defendant denied the promise and th ? bSI ^ Mr Watson , in opening ^ the case , said , that the plaintiff was a young lady of great beauty and accomplish-^ f *! ' ^ , ^ 6111 ^ 116 ^ th 6 aau 8 Wer of an attorney at South Cave , nearDoncaster . The defennW f » ? fficer in the 1 st : Dragoon Guk ^ 3 s twenty-six years of age , equal in station : ; : An attachment had been formed , upon which followed an engagement , for breach of which the presentation was brought-not from sordid motives , but to stop the whisperings . which had goae ' abroad . — Mr ! Serjeant Wii kmsljere said that he had given mere tliari ordinary attention to the case , and he was of oninihri

      tnac no good man could withhold from the plaintiff 5 « sympathy and admiratioh . . The correspondence did infinite credit to her head and-heartl No human ? p nS Ji ^ teet fl ^ onovr . raore than' the deftndant did her acepmp ishments and dttractions ; but there was a destiny in marriage , ahd the lefell dant .-taring feltthat he could not promote her Snin nessaa a husband , In the . manner ' she ' WtiS ^ L would hear the wound he had occasioned : _ lfr Ate ^ - ^^»^ P 1 ^ ff-waB wmndSi mZtwi 2 l $ ieei « g P 0 sse 8 SeJ , nosoVaHi Klvin ' b ^ ^ ? M f ° *™ age 8 iWrle ft eij S ^ lS haads ' , ^ tonceacceded to the ' learned fi „ f /^ v , ? . l ' ' the jury , wduld ^ therefore find for the plaintiff damages ' M ^ erdieTaS uiugiy . ; - , / -. . . . .. . . ¦'¦"•'• - . ' ' U . til v . ' :, ; , (¦;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28071849/page/6/