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      INOUSBTB _. ,- . i _, Death op _Focr Children _bt FiRE .-Before Mr Bak _? _lt the _London Hospital , on the bodies of four children who had died in the above institution from in urie 7 they had received by their clothes _catching _Sc- The first inquest was on the body of Charles Griffiths . 3 £ edfour , ofNo . 17 , _Ebzabeth-eardens Stratford . On Friday morning week , the deceased was left alone by his mother while she went tor an errand , and , during her absence , he commenced playing with some luclers . His clothes soon caught Ire , and he was immediately enveloped in flames . He was seen running across tbe garden by a female , who called loudly for assistance , and the flames were _extinguished . 11 a was burnt most severely , and _expired on the following ; Sanddv . The second inquest

      was tn tbe body of Ann Bacnel , aged three , ot No . 5 , _Tyler-place , Dalston . On Friday week the deceased was left in the room by her father , who had gone out to procure foal for his children , and when he returned he found the deoeased a mass of 5 re . The fhmes were put out , but the __ injuries were of sich a serious nature that she expired the same da ;' . The next was on the body _oJ Jane Mason , _ag-M eight , residing in Turner ' s - buildings , St George ' _a-in . the . Efisi . In this case the accident occurred during the absence of her paren ts , and the _onlv witness that could give any evidence was a child ared six years , and from what she stated it appeared t iat the deceased _lighted a p iece of paper , and her clothes caught fire . ~ -A ledger went to her

      assistance and extinguished the flames . Thf re were three other children in the room , one aged bix years , another two years , and the third eleven m onths . — The last cas * was on the body of Michael "awley , aged two , No . 7 , Green-bank , _Wapping _. The mother left the _deceased , who went to the fireplace _, and his clothes caught fire . lie died from the effects ofthe burns on the following Friday . The coroner expressed his surprise that the whole of the oases Bhould be se much alike , and said he considered the eause of there being so many deaths from fire was in consequence of the weather being so intensely cold during the past week . Thep & Tents ofthe deceased were then called in , and severely admonished for their negligence In leaving the children alone . Verdiel , ' accidental death'in each case .

      Death by Violesce . —Before Mr G . I . Mills , at the Hope , John-street , _Tottenham-court-road , on the body of Joseph Edge Macdonald , piano-forte case maker , aged thirty-four . The deeensed , who had , been spending the evening of the 13 th ult . at the Hope , Francis-street , Bedford-square , left the house abont two o ' clock the following morning , when , as Be was crossing Tottenham-court-road , opposite the chapel , he was attacked by three men , who attempted to rob hira ; but having resisted them one ofthe party felled hira to tha ground with the blow ofa bludgeon , which inflicted a dreadful wound on his head . The wound was dressed by Mr Parke , of the University College Hospital , and deceased was at . tended at his residence , 78 , John-street , by Mr

      Weston , until he died en the 25 th ult . Both these gentlemen stated that death was the result of erysipelas , produced by the injuries inflicted on the head . Verdict—' Deceased died from erysipelas , produced by a wound on the head ; but how that _around was inflicted there was no evidence to prove . ' Death bt Fise . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Prince of Wales Tavern . Brixton-hill . relative to the death of Mary Ann Spicer , _aced fifty-two—Mr J . Mathews , of No . 9 , Church-row , Brixton-hill , a merchant , deposed that the deceased was his cook . On Wednesday night last , whilst witness and his family were in the dining-room , they were alarmed by the shrieks of females , and on witness _hastening into the kitchen , he found the deceased enveloped in a mass of fhmes . Witness and the housemaid brought

      her to the back-room , and endeavoured to put ont the fire , but . she broke away from them , and ran into the yard , where they again seized her , and rolled her en the grass , but the deceased , in her agonies ,, a second time got away , and ran across the yard to a water butt , where she turned on the tap , bnt there was no water . _Witness seized a mat , and , with great trouble , succeeded in extinguishing the burning clothes . Deceased waa carried into the house , and promptly seen by Mr 'Wray , a surgeon , who dressed the burns , which-almost covered the body . She died in a few hours afterwards . She said she was reachine from the mantel-piece , when her apron eanght , and before she detected it her gown also became ignited . The jury returned a verdict of' Accidental death *

      A Child Scalded to Death bt a Cup op Tea . — Before Mr Carter , at the White Horse , Waterside , "W andsworth , upon the body of R . J . Fennel , aged tw » yeare , On Tnesday afternoon the mother of the decrased , who is wife of a gentleman ' _s coachman , waa . sitting at tea , when the deceased caught hold ofa cup full of scalding tea . and upset it . Part was spilt on his neck and shoulders , and Bome entered his ear . The poor child lingered two or three days , _^ nen deat h _enderl its sufferings . —Yerdict , ' Acci _« dental death . '

      Mtstf . riou 3 Deaths . —Before Mr William Baker , st the Queen Catherine public-house , _Brook-Btreet , Balcliff , to inquire into the circumstances attending the deaths of Mr Andrew _Witham , an engineer , aged sixty-eight , and his wife Ann Witham , aged fiftyeight _, who died at their residence , 45 , Carolinestreet _Commereial-road East . Mr Buchanan made & posl mortem examination , and forwarded the contents of the stomach to Dr Letheby , lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital . —Mr Frimley ,. a _solL'itfvr . who appeared on behalf ofthe relatives _. Kid a will had been made only a few days before the death ofthe deceased . Andrew , and that he had left the -whole of his property to his nurse , Elisabeth Taylor , who had attended him daring his illness .

      He was instructed that the deceased was imbecile at the time , and that he had two brothers living .. Tbis eirenmstanee had caused great suspicion , and the suddenness of their deaths had caused rumours to be circulated tbat tbey bad died trom unfair means . "—Mr Douae , a solicitor , said he framed the will according to the directions © f the deceased , who , he ennsidered , was in a sound state of mind . Elizabeth Taylor applied to him on the 19 th ult ., and infermed him that the deceased required his _servicee . She told him that he wished to alter bis will , and the Banner in which he intended ta _dispose of his pro - perty _, lie went rn the following day , and the will , which had beers made , leaving the whole of his property to his wife , waa altered , and made over to the

      _auree . " His wife wss in a dying state , and died two days afterward * . His brothers visited the deceased _onthedavhedied , and he told them distinctly tbat he should not alter his will . —Mr Buchanan said he attended deceased first about eighteen months since , _trhen he was attacked with a paralytic stroke ,, and rince that period he had been in an imbecile state _. When witness called on the 21 st ult ., the deceased was in bed , and appeared in the same state . His wife was also very ill , and died the same night . Witness w ag called in by the constable in consequence of the sudden death and the reports that were _circuloted in the parish . Witness placed the contents of the stomach in bottles , and forwarded them toDr Letheby . —Dr Letheby stated that he examined tbe stomach _telonging to Andrew Witham . It contained about half an onnce of a thick , brownish-green matter , which had the appearance of mucus mixed

      -with some vegetable extract . This matter had a ; peculiar heavy odour , strongly resembling that from . mice . Itwas examined by six others who arecon-Tersant with the odour of medicines , and they all : agreed that it was strictly identical with that from ' . Bemlock and its _preparation . Witness , could not ; affirm positively thai the deceased Andrew "Witham < died from the influence of poison , but he entertained I strong suspicions ofthe existence of hemlock , or of _iBome preparation thereof . He had also analysed 1 the stomach of the deceased Ann Witham . It had fthe same dull narcotic odour as that from the stoi BJacb . of her husband . Upon analysis he was unable 1 to defect the presence of any mineral poison , but he l thought the existence ofthe odour of hemlock was a i suspicions eirenmstanee . —Mr Buchanan considered i deceased was decidedly imbecile when he saw him , ; and not in a fit state to make a will . —The coroner

      _i said it was a very peculiar case , and required : further investigation . The inquiry was accordingly : adjourned . _mags . _DESiarjCTrvB Pibe is * _Lambeth . —On Tuesday _; night , ab nt half-pagt ten o'clock , the immediate Ticinity of the Westminster-road was thrown into a i state of considerable alarm through the sodden outi break of a fire . The flames were discovered by ! some of the neighbours breaking through the root of 1 the fraifc stores belonging to Mr Moses , the foreign : fruit importer of Mount-street , Westminster-road . 1 There being au abundance of water immediately ] procured , the firemen set their engines to work , but 1 they were ' unable to ' gefc'the'fire extinguished until i the building in which it originated , together with i the Btock in trade , were Bearly destroyed .

      Aubmisg Fibb is Somers Town . —Oa Monday ! Dight , about half-p 3 st ten o ' clock , a fire ef a most s alarming character broke ont on the premises of Mr ] Duffin , stationer , No , 14 , Union . street , Somers ' Town , which for a considerable time threatened not _tonlv destruction to that but the adjoining house , in t the occapation of Mr Bacon , dairyman . Mr Ddffin , v with bis family had jnst retired to rest , when police « constable 142 S discovered a stronger glare in the _sehop than usual . He raised an alarm , and _encc ceeded in getting the family cut . The neighbours , in t the most praiseworthy manner , procured buckets , a and therebein ? a plentiful supply of water , succeeded i in cheeking the flames ' , The fire , by their exertion , v was confined to the shop _,, the whole stock of _stations ary , very considerable , being destroyed . The only j available use the _enginea were put to was to cool the _i tipper part of the house and these adjoining . The .. _i-re was caused by an escape of gas , bat it is to be l _rearetfed that Mr Duma was not insured

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      Bite , who s » w smoke issuing from the upper windows . An immediate alarm was given , and tho residents were made sensible of the danger to which they were exposed . The whole of the parties , with the exceptionofachild inbed , _asleeep , were able to get out without much difficulty _; but upon their again attempting to ascend the stairs , to rescue the child , they found the placo so full of fire that they were unable to enter . One of the firemen of the name ef Stare , upon learning that a child waa in the preraises succeeded , at no little personal risk , inTorcmg his way through the smoke and heat , and he happily succeeded in bringing the child out in safety . of LiFEAbout half-past ten

      MELANCHOLY Loss .-on Tuesday morning a fine boy , about eleven years old , was burned to death in _GroYe-place , _New-cut Lambeth . Two children , named Brown , one a girl of four and a boy of five , were left sitting in _chairvbefore the room fire , nnd during the absence of the mother the clothes ofthe boy became _« gntted . His screams brought the neighbours , who found the boj ' s clothes in _fiameo , and the fire spreading round the room . The little sufferer survived only to have the partly-bunt things removed from him . The greater portion ofthe humble furniture of the room was destroyed . Works

      Fibe at Mr Apslby Pellatt ' s Glass . — On Thursday , about one o clock , a fire broke out in the extensive premises known ns the Falcon Glass-Works , the property of Apsley Pellatt . Esq ., situate near _Holland-street , _BUckfriars . An instant . cry of fire was raised , and messengers were despatched in various directions for the engines . As soon as possible the bripade engine from Southwark-bridgeroad arrived , tollowed by the West of England irom _Farringdon-street and Waterloo-road . The firemen then found that the flames were furiously raging , apparently in what is termed the ' cutting shop , * immediately over the steam-eng ine-house . The hose of the engines were quickly drawn out , and everything was in readiness for work , but , unfortunately , not a drop of water was flowing from the firemains in the district . To obtain a sufficient supply , the engines were taken down one of the Tbis

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

      UISCELLANE 0 D _3 . Ths Deaths in Losdon during the week ending Saturday last , Jan . 29 th , were 1 , 457 ; being . 350 above the average . The excessive . mortality is shown by the tables ofthe register still chiefly to arise from typhus , measles , small-pox , influenza , and inflammation of the lungs and air tubes . It should be remarked , however , that as compared with ; the deaths of the previous month ot December the ' mortality from influenz * has very greatly diminishedthe number of fatal cases during the past week being only fifty-six , whilst daring the week ending December lltb , the deaths from influenza were upwards of fifty a day . The births during last week were 1 , 346 , or 111 lew than the deaths .

      NlWSPAPEES CAS BR LEGALLY _LUNt OX HlRtiU-In the case of ' Miller v . Champion , ' reported in the Star , itwas decided by Mr Dubois , atthe _Bloomsbory County Court , tbat newspapers could not be lent en hire . This decision , we learn , froc a competent legal authority , is erroneous . There is no law against lending newspapers for hire . There was formerly an act ( 20 Geo . III ., o . 50 . 1798 ) which prohibited it tinder a penalty of £ 5 . ; but that act was repealed bythe present Newspaper Act , 5 < fc 6 Will . IV ., c . 78 , and the provision has not been re-enacted . Indeed , for many years previously to the repeal the enactment had , so far as the Stamp-office was _concerned , become a dead letter , it having been ascertained that the practiee of letting out newspapers tended to promote the sale of them .

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      CUMBERLAND . Alstos —The parish of Alston , though numbering a population of 7 , 000 souls , had only _sixteen deaths in three months ending the 31 st of December .: This is the more iemarkable as many ofthe population are engaged in mining , which is considered ; aad justly , to he 3 very unhealthy occupation . Alston is the highest ( in altitude ) market town in England , and is the centre town of Great Britain , measuring from north to south and east to west .

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

      Cork Mm . _Borst . —Tiia old com mill occupied by Mr Richard Smith , was discovered to be on fire about ten o ' clock on Friday night ; the flames illuminated the Mersey and the opposite _Bhero of Cheshire to a considerable distance , and _bsfsre the Liverpool fire brigade could reach the premises they were entirely burned to the ground . WiaAS . —Fatal _CoLUsar _AcciDBRra . —On Saturday last three men were killed by the breaking of a rope at Haigh colliery . Oa the same day two boys were killed' by the falling in of tha roof at Rose Bridge Colliery , and on Tuesday last . Henry Shar . rock , banksman , at Mr _Blandell's colliery , Pemberton , fell down the pit and was killed , leaving a wife and two children to lament his loss .

      _YOBK'HIRE . Leed 3 . _—Violuhcb to a _Prisokbr ., — The Mayor of Leeds has been engaged in the Investigation of a charge against a policeman , named Smith , who , it appeared , struck a drunken prisoner , named Heath , with a fire-shovel , and fractured bis jaw . TKe mayor said the magistrates exceedingly regretted the occur rence . . They were of opinion that the policeman , Smith , in the exercise of his duty , had used unnecessary violence . The prisoner Heath , would be attended by a surgeon , at the expease of the magistrates , and the policeman Smith would be suspended , and his case brought before the watch committee at the next meeting . The decision of the bench- elicited an unmistakeable expression of [ approval from a number of persons assembled in the gallery of the court ,

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

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

      MIDDLESEX . Suicidb op a Woman io _Etaub Justice . —On Saturday last Mr Mills held an inqueBt at the Castle Inn , Isjeworth , on the body of Caroline Frith , agad sixty-eight , who hung herself under the following singular circumstances : —The deceased had a daughter by a former husband , named Cook , and at the commencement of the present month the girl Cook and another girl _. named Sarah Volley , were taken into _custcyy bn " a charge of stealing some shoes , the

      de-Ceased being also charged as the receiver of the stolen goods . The case was tried at the laBt session of the Central Criminal Court , but they were all acquitted in consequence of there being a misnomer in the indictment . The Brentford magistrates , _hswever , ifinding that other shoes had been stolen , not mentioned in the first indictment , ordered the re-apprehenBion of all the parties previously oharged . The deceased heard of this , and to escape apprehension she hang herself to the bedpost . A verdiot of' Temporary insanity' was returned .

      KENT , Scicide . —An inquest was held at Rochester on Saturday last upon J . Stewart , late quartermastersergeant in the 63 rd regiment , from which he had been discharged only two daja after an honourable servitude of twenty-two years , eighteen af which had been spent abroad . Deceased committed suicide by precipitating himself from _Roeheaterbridge on the previous evening , and falling , a depth of upwards of forty feet on to the starling beneath , by which he received sueh injuries aa to cause hia death , after lingering until twelve o ' oleok the next day . Verdict , * Temporary Insanity . '

      I 6 LB OP WIGHT . Cowes — Royal Palaces ' . —For some time past the works on her Majesty's _estate in this island have be-en rapidly progressing , The old mansion , known

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      1 y _& erto as _Oabome-house , has , since the departure [ cf the court , been taken down , and not a vestige of [ the former building remains . The ground _haslbeen excavated , ahd prepared for the foundation « f what will be the front elevation ; and wo learn that his Royal Highness Prince Albert , and probably accompanied by her Majesty , will pay a short visit next week , fer the purpose of laying the _loundation stone . The present intended elevation will be connected with tbe extensive building lately erected in the rear , and when the former is complete , will form fhe main building or body of tbe new _Osborne-house . The west wing , on which is the tower , has been inhabited for some time past by the Royal family , and- will also be connected by a corridor to the main building ; and when the other intended wing and clocktower are erected , will be one of the handsomest marine mansions . The building is in the Palazzo , or Italian and Grecian styles .

      60 MBRSET 6 HIRP .. Thb Dukdby Mubdbr . — On Saturday last , _Ber _« jamin and Janes Hazell were committed for trial , charged with the murder of their uncle , W . Hazell . _-DBVOKSHIKE . Exktbb . —Signs of the Times . —It is a memncholy fact that there bave been already opened at the Bankruptcy Court , one half as many fiats in bankruptcy , during the first fourteen days of the present month ( January ) , as during the whole of the year 1844 .

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      _ZBTLANO . A SnoAL of Whalbs . — In a storm on the 13 : h ultimo , a shoal of no fewer than one hundred and eighty small bottle-nosed whales we ' re ' shipwrecked ' on the island of _Haroldswick . GLASGOW . There are upwards of twelve thousand unemployed persons in Glasgow at present , and serious considerations are beginning to obtrude themselves us to the means which onght to he employed for the relief ol so much destitution , which has sarther the appearance of increasing than diminishing . EDINBURGH . Drunkenness , — Tlio police cases of this description were 4 , 900 in 1844 , and have gradually increased to 1 . 585 in le 47 .

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      ME O ' _COKHOH ' _S BEAT—FRIGHTFUL CONDITION OF THB IABOBRIKO POoa —VICS-EZOAL _VEflTlVlTIES— -THE ' CONCIIIATOBS' THB _VOtlNQ _IBELAHDEEB THB _COBFOSATIOtr— iTATB OS TBE 5 DBAL _DISTBfOTfl . ( From our own Cerrespondent . J Boblin , Jah . 80 th . I am happy to find that the friends nnd admirers of Hr O'Connor seem determined to support him in his contest with his opponents , and that tbey are resolved that he shall not suffer in a pecuniary way by contesting his scat in Parliament , with those who would fain strip that _gentlemaB of his well . deserved honours , and deprive both England and Ireland of his gallant services as a guardian oftho poor man ' s privileges , and the champion of tbe _oppresied of every _cante and creed . It would

      indeedba an indelible stigma on the character of English _, men were they to evince Insensibility to the many claims which Hr O'Cosnor possesses on tbeir gratitude . He wbo suffered eomuch in person and in property , for Ifteir sake , should not bow be forgotten when an opportunity presents itself for making a grateful return .- In fact , those people are not only'bound in honour and gratitude to see that their advocate be bo further a sufferer on their account , but common justice and com . mon honesty would dictate tbat those who reap the advantages of _anvthinjr , so matter what , should be liable to the contingencies thereunto attached . Thousands , nay millions , have benefitted by Mr O'Connor ' s noble exertions , and , in my opinion , they would not be deserving of the name of Britons if they did not now bear him _scathless tbroagh _the-conflict—showing to his and tbeir ene * mleg , that they would stand by their groat leader itf every _viscisltude . and that his exertions fer their prorperity

      wero duly appreciated by a deserving and grateful people . In defending his seat in Parliament , Mr _O'Connor should not , is justice , ba at a single penny cost . He holds that seat for the people ; his labours in Parliament , as well as elsewhere , ore devoted exclusively to their interests . He gains nothing for his unprecedented tolls . He seeks no tax , no tribute , no . pay from bis followers . His time and his talents , the ' wear and tear ' of his soul and body , are all turned to the ; one groat object—the good of tbe public—and it would be a Crying injustice if one single farthing of whatever expenses will attend the defence of his seat , should come out of hia own pocket . Chartists , Englishmen , then rally for your chieftain!—for your cause . '—for _lonasELVEB I But it Is needless 'to make this appeal . It is a Work of supererogation to remind yoa of your _DriT . Hurrah , then , for the _iabooaino classed !—ton the _CBABTE & l AHD FSASanSo ' cOMKDB !

      It was _uot nntil now that the worst horrors ef winter began to manifest themselves in Dublin , Durin _g the _by-gone week the weather was extremely cold , ahd whilst I write tbe snow is descending rapidly . Tho sufferings of tha poorer classes exceed all belief , and to use their own expressive , melancholy phrase , ' none bat God alone can tell how they live , ' - As one walks the streets a thousand gaunt spectral wretches howl mournfully for aid , and stretch forth their shivering hands , _vainlj- soliciting that relief which bat few have to bestow . And here let me remark , that sufficient praise cannot be given to the wealthier cissies in this city for tbeir benevolence to their suffering fe ' _. _low-creatures . At all times proverbially charitable and kindly-hearted , they have during these latter trying seasons acquitted themselves in the noblest manner . Protestant and Catholic—priest and minister—all vying- _in'thejlabours of charily , and love to their suffering neighbours . But thousands of those wbo one short year ago could well

      afford to stretch a friendly hand to the poor , arc ; now , _themielvea scarcely better off than paupers . Four-fifehB ef our mechanic *) and artisans are mostly _disemployed , whilst the business done in the way of . 'trade' is entirely monopolised by a few Sootchmon , and English and Jews , who attract almost _everybody to their gaudy , _< _well-pnfied' bazaars and saloons , to the exelusion ' of tha long-established Irish _housis . It would be impossible to describe the ills which beset almost every class In Dublin at present . Erery thing looks gloomily—every man speaks bitterly of the _preseat , and _despondingly of the future . Where will this end ? Will _thonewho gavo Coercion and npooial commissioners to heal the miseries of the Southern peasantry , devise some equally salutary romedy for the afflicted people of Dublin ? Oh England ! England ! wbera is thy blush ? Dost thou not tremble leat . the _cursfs of starved asd starving millions of your own _ohildren _, will not sooner or later draw down the red vengeance of Heaven on your guilty head S

      In the meantime , amid the _eriea of starving thousands , tho ' sound of revelry * is occasionally heard in pur high places , ' aad with our well paid _Saston officials at Dnblin Castle everything goon ' merry as a _marrisga belli ' The last week waB distinguished by a viceregal Levee and Drawing-room , the first given b y Lord Clarendon since he assumed the reins of the Irish government . On Wednesday , the 26 th , the Levee was held at the _Oastlo , and the' knowing ones' in such matters concur in describing It as the most brilliant and numerously attended of any which was witnessed since George ] IV , was a guef t In St Patrick ' s Hall . Every creed , every shade of polities , had their representatives at this splendid reunion With the ultra Orange Earl of Rodea cams his Popish lordship of Fingal—and side by side with the Protestant Archbishop Wbately stood the Catholic pre « lates , _Crolly , _Kmrray , Hale , * Whelan , and M'Gettigan .

      The meeting at Conciliation Hall , on Monday , the 2 tih , was more Humorously and respectably attended than usual . The Lord Mayor , at the ' motion of John O'Connell ! ' occupied the chair , and took occasion to refer to hia _ualuckly ' unintentional' blunder in omitting the name of Daniel O'Connell from the list of toasts at tbe recant Mansion-House banquet . John O'Connell took occasion to have a tilt atthe embryo United Irishman , describing it as a ' seditious paper , ' which if not crushed in the germ , would set the country in a blaze ef rebellion and anarchy , adding , tbat its projectors and the other members of the ' Young Ireland * organisation , wero conspirators against tbe cause ef Irish freedom , and ' paid by government' to excite dissensions and strife amongst tbe genuine friends ol this country . He finally denounced the unfortunate _TJhiteo _IaiBBifAH , and , ' anticipating crime' callod on the logal authorities to' look ahead , ' and take cognisance of every publication uttering sentiments calculated to excite sedition , or derange tbe existing orders of society .

      However f notwithstanding Mr O'Oonnell _' _s Ire , and despising his _abuBe and denunciations , the United _Ibisu . man will make its appearance in a few days . Already the necessary preliminaries have been affected . The duo securities -h ave been lodged , and the proprietorship of the paper registered in the names of Hr John Mitchel , Air T , P . Meagher , and Mr Joha Martin , of Logborne . People of all classes loot forward Impatiently to Its appearance , and Its early numbers will , no doubt , be ebjeets of the deepest curiosity _. At unadjourned meeting of our corporation held at the _Assembly-House , William-street , on Tuesday , the 25 th Jan ., our excellent ; representative , Mr John Key . _nolds , moved a resolution in favour of the Emancipation of her _Majes-y's subjects of the Jewish Religion . The motion was passed unanimously .

      At the same meeting , Alderman Keshan moved—• That Petitions be presented to Parliament for the total Abolition of Ministers' Meney in Ireland . ' Mr Fergusson , a Protestant , supported the motion , but . the mem . bers prosent beinp ; counted , it was found that there were sot enough * to make a house , ' so the subject was drop _, ped until the next meeting _. The Marquis of Clanrlcarde and his agent , Mr _D'Arcy , have entered proceedings against Mr Richard Barrett , of the Pixot , for libel in that paper of the 31 st December last .

      The condition of the rural districts of Ireland is getting from bad to worse every day ; hunger and _peatllence striking down thousands ; _specii . 1 commissions banging wretohes by dozens ; crime and outrage careering through tbe laud with unchecked rapidity I—But more on these _sutjecls next week .

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      THE »* _'iHJln-U _UUUO" «'" CtoKHEt , Jau . 27 . _—MoBDxa of Lobd _Ormoud ' s Uhdk « _Stewabd —Philip Cody and Henry Cody , brothers , the former about 20 and the latter 30 years of age , were indicted for having , upon the 9 th of July last , 1847 , at Ktllorney in this county , fired a gun at Edward Madden , and Inflicted a wound , of which he languished and died in tW Th AMonHEV _Gehbjui stated the facts shortly . He said tnat vbemost _extraordinary circumstance In tbe ease was that the deceased was fired at within the very short _distance of one hundred yards from his fellow workmen , some of whom heard the shots ; and , as far as he ( the Attornoy . Genflral ) CO aid judge , many of whom could have _aecured the murderers . ' _...... The facts are given in the subjoined evidence : —

      John _Kuti-T : _IKveatBallyknackln _. ond am a steward In the _omplog went of the Marquis of Ormond , at the wood o ! Klllerney . The deceased Edward Madden was employed there as an assistant steward _ovsr the women engaged in barking the timber . I know the prisoners . Ob the 9 th of July I left tay own place te go to the wood . Aa I was passing through it I heard a shot , and heard Madden bawl . I knew his voice . I looked after I heard the shot , and saw the _smoko , end observed a man , nnd then another , who bounced out oloee to where the first man was , and fired a second shot , I afterwards heard a third shot , and saw the man who fired it . I heard Madden bawl Immediately after tho first shot , nnd before the second . After tho first shot was fired he began to move

      away , and then tho two others were fired after him . Madden ran out at the gap , ahd the three men followed him ; the three shots were fired at bim before he reached the gap . There were heaps of brushwood collected on tbe sides of the path along which the deceased was passing , and tt was from behind the brushwood the men who fired the shots came . The persons who were present did not pursue tho murderers . I did not attempt to follow them myself for they wero out of sight in a minute . I turned back from tho place and set the people to work _. The list of workmen was called over but they did not all answer . There were 160 men altogether . Henry Cody did not attend tbat day at all , but Phil . Cody cams atone o ' clock and made a half day : Tbey Were both at their work on the following day . They worked there all that

      day , but never after . Mr M . Ryan , resident magistrate : I went to see Madden after he _wo « shot , on the same day , and found him lying In an out-house . The first word ho said was , Ah , sir , they have done my job at last . ' He also said he did not expect to recover , that be was almost oil" . He was perfectly in his senses at the time . He told me tbe priest bad been with him , Ireduced to writing the statement he then made . He said , ' 1 _hspe you'll have on eye to ray bit of ground , and bave it settled on my eldest eon . * I took the statement'from his own lips . Ho wrote tho document now produced as his dying declaration , in presence of Constable Harnet , and Sir _Charlos O'Donnell , who accompanied the troops there . Mr _RottEeTOK , In _address _' ngjthe jury for the defence , poititodouthow dangoro ' usit would be to convict men upon the _evldenoi supplied by a dying declaration .

      Tho Solicitor _QSHBRALhaving replied , ths Chief Baron charged the jury , who retired , and in about twenty minutes found the prisoners Guilty—Henry Cody of the murder , and Philip Cody of having elded and assisted in it . The younger man received tho dreadful announcement with much firmness ; but it seemed to have con . _siderabla effect on the other prisoner , whose countenance and manner exhibited the anguish he felt at the moment . Sentence was deferred . RoBBiRT , — Loaded _Fjbe-arks ih Coobt _.- —Timothy

      _Hog-. in , Michael Whelan , aud PatCoonan , all young men , were indicted for having entered the house of William Hackett , at _Dorrlavolau , on tbe 26 th of November , and robbed it of several articles of wearing apparel . —The prosecutor and his mother deposed to the fact of the robbery by three armed men , but could not identify the priseaers Sub-constable Sullivan swore tbat he arrested the prisoners on the night in question , three miles frem prosecutor ' s house , Hogan in a stable , where some of the articles stolen , with a gun and three pistols , were found . A man named Keane was also arrested on the occasion .

      —In reply to the court , the witness said that the arms were loaded when he got them , and'that people said the gun was taken from ilr Little on the-night he was shot . —Mr Scott : ire the arms loaded nowl—Witness ' . Thay are sir . —Mr Scott : Well , take care , air ; you ought not to be throwing them about in that way . ( Laughter , )—Mr _RolUstou : Take care , you might shoot the law officers . ( Laughter . )—Chief Justice : It is very improper to bring tho arms loaded into court . What is the use of that 1—Martin Keane ( an approver ) deposed that he was one of the party who went to the progecutor ' a house , Tim Hogan

      told him that he knew where there was a case of pistols , and asked witness to go with himself and the other prisoners to the prosecutor' ' s ; Witness had tho largo pistol produced . Hogan had a single and a double-barrelled pistol , and Whelan a gun . When ( hey went to the house Hogan demanded a case of pistols , but they did not get thera . They then took tho clothes . —To Mr _Bolleston : I was at the robbery of Ward , the pay elerk , and got £ 7 . of the money . I was also engaged In the robbery of _arrnB _, but I never fired at a man . —The prisoners were found Guilty .

      Atthe Bitting of tb » Court on Friday , . sentence of transportation was passed upon three mea for attacking a dwelling-house . One of the _prisoners thus disposed of , named Hogan , is a . person of the worst nharaoter , and believed to be implicated in several of the most barbarous murders ia the eountycf Tipperary , and amongst others in the assassination of Mr , Waller , although no satisfactory evidence could be procured against him . The next case called on for trial was one which exeited very great interest , _XMward _'Soiran & ad John Daly , the former about twenty . five , the latter forty years of age , were placed at the bar , charged with , having attempted the life of Mr Richard Uniacke Bayly , upon the 13 th of November last , by discharging a loaded blunderbuss at him , whioh wounded him severely in the head . Rowan wai charged with being the person who actually fired the shot . There are threo other persons implicated in this crime , One of whom has turned approver ; another hs in prison 111 of fever .-

      The' At ' _torhev-GeiIiibal shortly stated the case for the prosecution . He said that , like many other cases tried during the commission , ft arose out of the position which Mr Bayly held as agent to a gentleman named Rowley , and brought him Into contact with some of the prisoners , who entered into a conspiracy to take his life . It would appear that the prisoner Daly was _arrestadfor a sum of £ 70 . at tho suit of Mr Rowley , and that he and the other men on trial , together with several others , knowing it was Mr Bayly ' B usual habit to go home to his residence , about three miles and a half from Nenagh , every Saturday evening late , met him on the night in question , and fired at him with a blunderbuss , the cantents . of which entered his head , and very nearly deprived - him of life . He was driving his gig , and his brother-in-law , a Mr Head , was sitting beside him when Rowan discharged the shot , as he ( the _Attorney-Geueral ) wo aid be able to prove , not only by the testimony of one of the criminals themselves , but by strong

      corroborative evidence . William DwtEB ( tho approver ) examined by the Solicitor-General : I lived at _Carriganose , about three miles from Nenagh . I know John Daly , tho prisoner , who lived about half a mile from me . I met hlet at the fair of Nenagh , on the 1 st of November , when there was a man named Connors with him . Daly told me not to go homo for a start , end we would have have some drink . One o' { them said tbey wanted to see William Carty and Ned Rowan , to see would they fire atMr Bayly . I did not go to Connell ' _s _, but went home . On the day before Mr Bayly was shot , I went to look for lambs of mine , and passed by John Daly ' s place . Daly and Ned Connors were there . Tbey asked me , behind the house , would I go fire at Mr Bayly , and I said I would . The

      conversation took place iu the stable , Connors and I went in and shut the door . I returned to Daly ' s house the same evening at _duekisb _, but did not go ia . John Daly came to me in tho turnip-house . He was followed by Rowan , aud we said we would meet each other the next _Say , I went to look for lambs the nextday ( Satur . day ) , and saw Daly on his own land , in the nest field to hisown house . We took a _dcink of whiskey there , Daly had it in a bottle . We went on then together towards deary ' s fort , and passed thehaggard of D , Spain , into which I throw Daly ' s riding coat . Bo had a brown frock coat under that , and ha and I changed clothes , our ooatB and hate , Wo ' crossed the Dublin road , and came out near Mr Bennett't-place , Before we came to the Dublinroad , we saw two men filling manure , and passed

      within three or four perches of them in tbe _bohreea . Daly said , ' Ged bless tbe work , ' and the man bade us welcome , "We crossed the road and went towards tbe fort , passing through a tornip-fleld , in which we saw a man a good way from us . In the next field there were three men sowing wheat ; one of these men was Andy Cleary , of Kuockattin , to whose fort we were going . We then went into the fort , having talten two or three _houre to reach It from Daly's _hc-uae . I went to the road next the fort to light my pipe . There was an old woman in the house . Wo got William Carty and Ned Rowan inside the dit « h at the fort , Cartyhad a gun and-Rowan a blunderbuss . Daly took out the same bottle and gave them a drink of whiskey . I was going to li ght my pipe again , and I heard Carty ask what would be dons to Mr Bayly . 1 heard no reply made to him . He ( Carty ) desired not to shoot Mr Boyly . I next saw the three men passing inside a quickset ditch , on the right-hand side of the Nenagh road . I joined them then , and we

      stood inside tho ditch , beside tho road , at the corner of the field next Nenagh . Before tho shot was fired , I got back my own coat and hat . After the arms were loadod , Daly got William Carty's coat . We were about half an hour in the field before we heard the gig coming . When It was coming , they pushed down from me . John Daly want first , Rowan next , and then Carty . I stood I onthedltch . There was no signal , but I heard John ! Daly say -halt . ' Carty and Rowan had the fire-arms , and I had a _loaded switch—a switch with lead in it . 1 was standing on the ditch , but I did not see the gig until I heard the shot . I did not see the flash of tho shot , se as to say where it came from , but I heard the report . I don ' t know who fired the shot . After the shot they came up to me in the corner , and we left the field , and Daly got back his own coat and hat , I W _« B in Bill Mam ' s house , near my own , the same night , plajing cards . I was on my keeping for about ten days after that night , and then gave myself up to the police

      Cross-examined by Mr _Roileston : A brother of mino was transported seven years ago for going to warn away a steward . I have seventeen acres of land , and did not

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      pay much rent th « Be two or three years . I paid some the year before last . I would not murder a man for money . I believe it is worae to shoot a man than to commit perjury . I am not taking a false oath now . I took the long gun I have now from a man of the Kennedys , at _Ardereiny . I took it because it was a thing doing through tho country . I loaded the gun with shot to practice . I was at the beating of _Costollo four years ago . I was not paid for it . I heat him because Johnny Scnlloagh bid me . He had quarter ground , and because he would not give it to Johnny _Scullough I was sent te beat bim . I beat him on the body , but he was cut on the head . I beat him on the head also , and had pistols , which I borrowed to look at . To the Cod & t : I had a pistol when I went te take the gun . , _t _»» .-. _ . __„« . it , „ . „ . <„ . « I naldsome the

      To Mr Rouxstoh : I fired the gun after I took it out of Kennedy ' s house , but not at any person . Mr Bayly did me injury . It was not he committed me to gaol . I was taken on suspicion two or three times . The Injury that Mr Bayly did me was , that twelve or thirteen years ago he took land from us . When asked to go and shoot him , did not remember that he took tbe land . I might murder any other gentlemen in the county if the same man _atked me . When sent to gaol , I was told that John Daly was going to bacomo informer , and was advised to turn myself , and not leave him to swear against me . I gavo myself up because the police came to look for me , but didn ' t know what they were after me for . Heard of the reward in the case before I gave myself up _.

      After the examination of other witnesses for tho prosecution and _defeace , and aa address to the jury from Mr _Rolleston forthe prisoners , and a reply from the Solicitor-General , on the pari of the Crown , tho Chief Justice charged the jury , who , _afcer a quarter of an hour ' s deliberation , returned into court with a verdict of guilty against Daly , and of acquittal in favour of Rowan , County Limjcbick Special Commisoiok . —Summary of convictions at the special commission for this county from the opening to the close , on Saturday evening : — To be _Hahqbb . — On the 7 th oif February , William Ryan ; * Puck , ' for the murder of : John Kelly at Knocksentry ; Andrew _Dea , for the murd « r of Edward Murphy at DuHtryleague . On the 11 th February , John Ronehan , for the murder of John _M'lueroy of _Adamttown . On tbe 22 i February , Jamos Skeahah aud James _Quans , for the murder of Mr Ralph Hill at Rathurd ; Michael Howard , for the murder of Johanna and Cornelius Hourigan at _Bally ' cullen Bear Crcom . Total , six for execution .

      To be _Tbahbpo & xad _voa Lira . —William _tfrewen , of New Garden , for harbouring William Ryan ; , 'Puck , ' knowing him to be charged with feleny ; Patrick Bourke _, attacking the dwelling of Christopher Miller at Coolabrown ; Denis Ryan , attacking the dwelling of John _Nunan at Ballygulla ; John Shaughnessy and John Hassett , assault and robbery of arms from the residence of Mr C . Meade , at _Ballyegna . Fob Fodbteeh _Ybabs . —John Farrell , being of an armed party tbat attacked the house of Richard _Burkman ; Daniel Looney , Michael _Madigao _, Jeremiah Garvin , and _Patt _Gleeson , aidlug in tbe abduction of Catharine _Moloey of LlBnamuck . For Teh _Yeabj . —Patrick Rlohardaon , Maurice Dare , Michael Kennedy , and Joha Connery , being of an armed party that attacked the house of William Staunton of Glenaeurra ; Michael Callaghan , attaching the houBe of John Carroll , at Crean .

      Fob . Seven Years . —John Collins , violent assault and robbery of _£ 8 _s 7 . Cd . from Matthew Ryan near Annacotty ; Denis Flynn , assaulting the habitation of Mary Bouvanizer ; Thomas Newman , attacking the house ot Richard Beants , at Glenaeurra , Total under rule of transportation , 18 . To be _iMpaiseNEn . —Por two years : Daniel Nunan , Michael Collins , and William _Duggen , burglariously entering into the dwelling of Thomas Mitchell , at Balllnabtnch ; -Thomas Hinchy , firing iato the dwelling of Michael M'Carthy , at Eillonihan :. John and Lawrence

      H'DoDBell and William Slattery , robbery of money from the house of John Slattery , at Ballynanty . For twelve months : Michael Looney , assisting in the abduction of Catherine _Molony ; John PreWen , harbouring a felon ; Patrick and Ambrose Cummins , stealing a gun from the house of T . P . Vokeo , _Eiq _, _Roxborough-road . ' Por nine months : James . Healey , Thomas Walsh , John Walsh , Thomas Moore , 'John ' Rourke , Michael Falvey _, Michael Loesdn , David Conneil , Connor Daly , Connor Tracy , Patrick Ahern , and Thomas Guerin _, riotous assembly at Bruree . For six months : Thomas Frewen , harbouring a felon . ' Total to be _impritoned _, 24 .

      Total nnmber of prisoners tried , convicted , and sentenced , 38 . Ehnib Special Commission . — Summary of coavlc tions and sentences : — To bb Hahoed . —On the 15 th February , Patrick Ryan , ' Small , ' ond Thomas Hayes , for tbe murder of James Watson , E « q ., of Baliycorney ; James Crowe , for eoaspirlng to murder tho same gentleman , on tbe 19 th Fe . bruary ; Michael Butler and Matthew Hourigan , for the murder of Patrick Cleary , at Broadford , on the 17 th of February . Sentence of death was recorded against John M'lnerheny , Patrick and John _Guarta , and Charles Healey , for the murder of Thadj _M'Mahon , at Caberhumore ; also against Michael M'Mahon , for conspiring to murder Matthew Boland _, at Claremont .

      To » r _-TsAHSPoa-rsD . —For fourteen years t John Lyddy , Patrick Cmny , Michael Hickey , and Michael Skeahan _, for attacking and robbing the house of William Walsh , Esq ., of Trough ; Joha Slattery , Michael Murphy , and Daniel _M'Namara , attacking the house of Thomas Hennessy , of Ballahoy . - Por ten years : Owen Lyddy and Timothy O'Brien , for attacking the _housa of John Hogan , of Knockbrack , To be Ihpbisonbd , —For two years : Patrick _Cusack , appearing in arms , ahd firing at a horse , tbe property of Mr J . P . Molony . For eighteen months : John M'Namara ,

      John and Fatnek Connors , and Michael M'Cormack , assaulting the _carf . taker of William Griffin , at Bread _, ford , and stealing a gun ; James _Hurse _, James _Duggan , Laurence Shanahan , and John M'Mahon , posting a threatening notice on the gate of Crofton M . Tandeleur , Esq , ; Patt Cunningham , Martin Molony , and Thomas King ; attacking the bouse of Patrick Bourke , at _Barnsf h . Mdbdeb op William Cbawlex . — Cobioos _Cisccmstakce . —John Hayden wa ' s placed at tbe bar , charged with the murder of William Crawley . When asked to plead , the prisoner made no reply ..

      The governor of the gaol said tbe prisoner had not spoken a word since he was fully committed , about three mouths ago . _Chidf _Josticb : Explain to him the meaningofthis ; ask htm to plead to the indictment . ¦ ¦ The Governor then told the prisoner the nature of the proceeding , and asked him whether he was guilty ar not guilty ; but still he made no reply . There was no one employed for him . Chief _Jostice _; Mr Attorney , what will you do ? _Attobhev-Genebal : I have been speaking to the medical gentleman who attends the gaol , and he has told mo that ha believeB all this to be feigned oa the part of the prisoner . Chief _JosTigb : Well , _you _^ Unew what the law enables you to do in such a case .

      _ArroBNEX-G & _NSBAZ .: Yes , my lord , but as the doctorls of opinion that it would be better to allow some time to examine the matter more fully , I think it would be well to _postpone the case till the assizes . The bill of indictment was then quashed . The pri . soner , who is rather a well-looking young man , about twenty-six years of age , was then removed . Itis said that when first committed _tD gaol he spoke , but he has not uttered a ward Blnce he wasfully committed .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . —Shamipdl Tbeathebt or the _Wbitechapsl Poob _. —J . _Baynes nnd J , _Dotines , the latter of whom stated that he had carried on business as a master butcher ia tho _disUict for thirty years , oppiled to Mr Hammill for assistance . —It appeared from the statement of BayheB , that having recently had the misfortune to lose bis wife by apoplexy , and one of his children by Bmall-pox a few hours afterwards , he was reduced to such distress and privation that , being unable to obtain any provision for his three remaining children , one of whom was dumb , and all in delicate health , he was compelled to apply to Mr Finlater , the overseer of the Whitechapel union , for admission to the house , having lived for four years in that pariah , Mr Pinlatcr gave him an order for one night ' s lodging only ,

      and on presenting it ou Saturday night at the bouse , he and his children were conducted down a gateway to a kind of long shed in the rear of the building where he found about forty other outcasts huddled together upon the ground , with nothing but a little straw to servo for a bed , sad were each presented with a small piece of dry bread , which was the only sustenance they received . . The place had two skylights on the roof , but bo many of the panes in them were broken that tbe wind and rain poured in down upon them throughout the night , and they were almost paralysed with the cold and damp , which produced In each of them a severe attack of rheumatism , and the sense of hearing in one had been almost entirely destroyed . The place _was-infested

      so with rats , that one of them , who had saved bis bread till morning in his hat , found that it had been devoured , and tbe handkerchief in which it was wrapped had been partly dragged down one of tbe boles . Tbe next morning they were all turned out , without any food being given , them , and their renewed intreaties to be taken in . to the workhouse were met with a determined refusal , and an intimation that if they returned at ni ght they mast expect no other accomodation . In this emergency they had since been compelled to subsist upon tho casuol bounty of _Btrangere , nnd as they were both in a state of extreme debility nnd suffering , and one of them had three sickly and starving children upon his hands , they were induced to submit their ease to the conBlderatlnn

      ofthe magistrate . —Mr Hammill expressed some surprise at the statement of tho applicants , as it was manifest , from their appearance , that their urgent claims were entitled to ample and immediate attention , and he directed Rowland , tho _wantanl-omcer , to lay out five shillings from the poor-box iu the relief of their present . wants , and proceed with them to the office of the relieving overseer to represent his opinion of the case and request that it should be at once attended to _destitotion—o , Hart was oharged with having broken tho window ofa tradesman , who would not appear ogalnsthim . —Mr Arnold said that there being no complaint , there was , of course , an end of the case , and he discharged the prisoner . The prisoner , on leaving the bar , said he must go and do something more , for ho had nowhere to go to , had been refused relief bj the parish , and should starve if not sentto _prison . _—In a ftw

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      I minutes hj » was again _piaqed at thebar . —InBpeetor £ ' said that _dtrecfca / a « _tt- « ie prisoner was _disohwgj !' v _teo 4 i §» _wooBcn eap from his head , and putting his si In _li ' _dashed his hand through the window of the Br 0 Bear public-house , immediately opposite the o _5 ia 9 _^^ breaking two _jquaresofgUui _. —Mr Arnold , after _JS _"* further isiqulry , sentenced the prisoner to pay 33 _^ Hie value of the glass , or be imprisoned seren ' d » ' Being un able to pay he was conveyed to prison . J 8 % 8 ' SOUTHWARK . _—Hxibtless Comddct of a P _[ , , han . — Arthur Pasco , _» policeman , Iato ofthe If _dlvkla _**' was summoned under the Bastardy Act The circa ' stances were of a very aggravated charaottr aca _' D _at , _^ defendant . It appeared that while aj _> olicemanhefonnl 1 _2 witn Dutcner named minutes hj » was again _piaoed at thebar . —InRn _«^» . _« .. .. '

      sn acquaintance a ( Gams , in Big u _man-street , who had an only daughter " a girl , _sevjntew _^ years of age , living with him . With this girl the _dT , fendant had aa improper Intimacy , nnd the girl prov A * L enceinte , aad when the defendant was apprised of h condition he endeavoured to induce ber to swear thH I it was by another m » n . —The father of the girl ff , examined , and ho gave an account of the defendant * *' base conduct in the transaction . That he ( the _fathern was compelled to leave his house and shop in the car of his daughter while he was gone to market . Tint * tho defendant , being a married man , had offered to paM [ that part of his beat as often as he could , aB a klnd 6 f F _protoctioH to the girl left at home , The father _hwt with tears in his eyes , said that the defendant ¦ _„ ' ' stead

      ' of acting ns a protector , was the destroyer of hi » 1 daughter's virtue , and had brought disgrace upon a girl young enough to be _Jhis daughter . —Mr Cottlna _' ham said the corroborative proof in this case » J \ wanting , although he had no doubt of tho defendant ' being the father of the child . He ( the Magistrate ) did ' not regret tho want ol proof iu such a case , as the pB . _nidhment he would have the power of inflicting was * quite inadequate . Ho should , therefore , discharge tba defendant , but would recommend the father oftho girt to lose no time in levying his action for _seduotion against the defendant , and , no doubt , ample damages would ba awarded . If the defendant was not in a con . dition to pay them , he would be detained in prison , aa thb Insolvent Commissioners , in the event of bis appli . cation , would remand him , for the longest period .

      Umwabrahtable Cohddct op a City Comstabie , _ H . Isaacs , who stated himself to be sn officer ia the employ of the Bankers' Protection Society , was charged with obtaining a work-box from tbe house of Mr Cross , Cumberland-row , Walworth-road , under fraudulent prt » tences . —Complainant said that on Thursday night while he was absent from home , the prisoner came and obtained ' possession of the box under tbe pretence that he was sent by witness . He , however left his card with address , and on tbe previous morning he apprehended him in the Bankers' Clearing-house , and gained _posnes .. sion of the box , which witness purchased at an auction A female In the complainant's service said tbat on * Thursday night , a little after nine o ' clock , the prisoner entered the coffee . room , and said he was an officer , tnd

      that the box , which was given to him in consequence of the representation made by him , had been Btolen . —Mr W . T . Abern , gold refiner , St James ' s-place , Clerken . well , Baid that his counting-house was plundered oi cansiderable property by a female servant , wbo ab . sconded about four months ago . She had since been apprehended by the prisoner and committed for trial on Thursday last , at Clerkenwell Police-court , The box in question was a portion of the stolen property . —The prisoner said that what he bad done was with tht advice of a police magistrate . —Mr Cottingham said that such could not have been the ease . He had no right to take the property away without first obtaining a warrant from a magistrate , His conduct was quite unjustifiable . He should , however , discharge him , and hoped that It would be a caution to him for the future .

      HAMMERSMITH . —Ahkotamce bt _Ounibus Con _. _dcctobs . —W . Smith , badge No . 2 , 756 , conductor of a Hammersmith omnibus , was charged with having assaulted and rudely treated Miss Alice _Escome . The complainant , a young lady residing with her father at No . 3 , Willlata _' e-terrnce , _Chiswick , aaid tbat on tbat day fortnight she stopped tbe defendant ' s omnibus at Knightsbridge , but finding that it was a Kensington omnibus , not going to _Turnham-green , sho shook her head at the driver . Defendant , however , _pcrcisted that he was going to _Tarnham-green , and rudely tried to force her into the omnibus . He did force her up one step , and while she was struggling with him , Kirbj ' s Kcw-bridge omnibus came up , and the complainant said she would goby that . _Defendant , however , still persisted that he was _geing the whole distance , and oa tbe complainant attempting to get into Kirbj ' s omnibus she was pulled back by tbe defendant , but eventually went by Kirbj ' s omnibus , —The defendant , who denied the charge , was fined ten shillings and sosts _.

      BOW-STREET . _—Consfjbact of _Emploiies . — J , Edwards , who was stoker on board tbe Cricket steamer , applied to Mr Henry for some relief out ef the poor box . He stated that since he gave the information respecting the tying down of the valves on that vessel he bad not been able te obtain any employment ; he was in a state ofthe most abject poverty , and be hoped the magistrate , in compassion for bis circumstances , and in consideration ofthe service he had rendered to the public ia disclosing ? ; what he knew of the practices on board the Cricket , would grant bim some relief . —Mr Henry

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

      interfere . CLERKENWELL . _—Affectiks Case or Destiiotiom , —A poor woman , named M'Donald , was charged by a Mr Fletcher with wilfully breaking Bix squares Of glass _, fhe defendant did not deny tbe * charge , but endeavoured to justify herself , saying that the complainant hed recently , by inhumanity , occasioned , or , at least accelerated , the death of her boh , aged 17 , who had been apprenticed to bim by the parish of Tooting ; aad that , at the coroner's inqueBt , tbe verdict of the jury was , that ho died of consumption , and tbat his master was reprehensible for having kept him on short diet , ( She here handed morning papers of the 10 ih and 20 th ult ., to the magistrate , the former containing tbe report of tbe inquiry , and the latter a leading article , animadverting on

      the conduct ofthe master and mistress of _' the deceased . ) She called on the complainant to demand the clothes of her child , and on their being withheld she committed the offence laid to her charge . —Mr _Tyrrwbitt _, having road the report , said It was evident the boy suffered severely , but wbo the party or parties were who were to blame was not for him to inquire . He asked her how she could pay for the damage !—She replied tbat she had not the means of doing so , adding , her _children were then at home without food or _[ firo , and tbey had not tasted anything during that day , She took her dying child home , and was obliged to take off his shoes and sell tbem to sustain his life , until she was able te procure him _edmisslon into St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where

      he died . During his apprenticeship he had frequently complained of Insufficiency of food , and when defendant remonstrated with his mistress , she answered that be should have less , aud his master said that his treatment was teo good for a parish apprentice . When she visited her eon prior to removing him home sha found him lying in & cold shop , with scarcely any covering ; and when she requested tbat he should be removed to bed , at he was in a most do ; lorable condition , with a swollen head and face , Mrs Fletcher said that if he was he should hava hospital allowance , namely , three basins of water gruel a day , —Mr Tyrrwbitt Baid it was a most shocking affair , and having obtained the defendant ' s promise that she would not repeat the annoyance he discharged her , and otdered that her sou ' s clothes should bs given up to her .

      WESTM 1 NSTER .-Death m a Statioh-hocse _.-MrSymonds , one ofthe _inspecters ef the B division , informed the magistrate that John Wilson , whose name appeared upon the charge-sheet as having been found incapable of taking care of himself in Tothill . street , at half . _past five on Wednesday morning , had died about three hours afterwards in the station-house . It was found on _Inspeetlng the cells that the poor man ( supposed to be a mendicant , nearly seventy years of age ) was 111 , and he was immediately brought out to the fire and medical aid sent for , but ho died almost immediately , —Mr Broderip directed that the necessary notioe should be given to the coroner .

      THAMES . —DK 8 TITOT 10 N AND LoVE . _-Lsniaa _Boswell and c . Jones were charged with stealing a small piece of bacon from the shop of a butcher named Daniels . The male prisoner Is a _hemp-dresser , wh 0 ) being afflicted With asthma , had been for some time out of employ - and the young woman , who has wealthy connexions la Wapping , is a servant out of pUca and In great necessity : being mueh attached to Jones , and loving him the moro for the infirmity under which he laboured , tbe administered to his wants as full y as _sheceuld _. and on Tuesday pawned the only article she could spare ( her petticoat } to procure a half . quartern loaf , of which they had . a remnant and three _halfpencu on Wednesday _merning . She told the male prisoner that she would

      try to got a little bit of meat with the coppers , and he walked on . Whilst standing at the shop the bacon tempted her and not having money enough to pay for it , she snatched it up stealthily , and passing the male pri . _soaer hurriedly desired him te put it in bis pocket , which he did . Tbe buteher ' s boy saw the whole proceeding , and the prisoners wire taken into custody . — The female prisoner , on hearing that Jos ? 8 Was to bo committed for trial , burst into tears , and threw herself into his arms . She then started np , and addressing tbe bench , said : * Oh , sir , ' twas I did It , He knew nothing about It . He thought I paid . He ' s unhealthy . It will kin him if be _goeB to prison . '

      Wi T « X R °, N I '? E ' South-Wbbtmi, R...

      wi t « X r ° , i ' ? ' South-Wbbtmi , Rah rtICt . _ecaseofU . Jones and Lewis Fleming , 3 «« m f . _£ eth p ° h , Co »" , which is now thus far S _f + r _^ _^ hlrakesa ' _^ o _^ d carefully considered the evidence , and had decided that both the prisoners must be committed to take their trial for manslaughter . He required , in the case of Jones , two _Bureties of £ 100 each , and himself in £ 200 ; i . _l ! ™ " _? _. two Bureties of £ 50 , and hiraeeU in _fc IW _, for their apoearance at the nest assizes fti | t he county .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05021848/page/6/