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      Ireland. The Nceo'ints From This Unhappy...

      Raj , wa * prepared to show to any member of tlie association , who might desire such iuf « rotation _, all the old accounts from the -very _be-i ' iming . tic'Mr , O'Connell ) felt convinced that there was not a mercantile _bi-nsc in the kingdom that had lis bnok in better order—he even doubted if the Bank of Ireland were mire accmate . It Lad been maliciously circulated that wben the previous audit had been finished all the vouchers were destroyed . The contrary was the fact . They had preserved the vouchers for every sura expended , down even to three halfpence * . ( Cheers . ) The vouchers showed an expenditure of of tbem could be

      £ 73 . 000 , nnd every one produced . So "real indeed was the care _tnken to preserve them that they were all pasted iu a _liook and each marked by a particular number , so that _theie could be no difficulty whatever in finding one tbat niiuht lie required . " ( Hear , hear . ) That was all he ( Air . 0 * C _* nnell ) had to say with regard to thc accouuts ; he need not say more , he did nut think he could say less . Thc * remainder ofthe proceeding consisted of abuse Of O'Brien , the Nation and Youm ; Ireland : the rent for the week was £ 4614 s od " Small by degrees and _beautifnil ? less !"

      Reuef ' _Committkk- « . _—Governmkm Aid . — By an _important _conespondence b * . twecn the Earl of Rosse and Sir Randolph Routh , it has been elicited that the Conin >" s !« ary-Geiieral _wiilnot sanction donations from government to Mich relict committees as distribute food gratuitously , or dispose of it at reduced prices to the poor . Statu <¦* thk Coustt ot Ciam * . —Thc subjoined list of _outrages appears in the Clare Journal : — "On Friday night , at about 10 o ' clock , 10 armed ruffians , having their faces blackened , entered the bouse of Mr . Cornelius _O'Loughlen . at Moyrisk , whom they found sitting in his parlour with two others ; they beat the three most unmercifully with the butt-end of a blunderbuss . They wept up stairs in search of fire-arms ; he followed , thinking that

      they were absut to molest his wife , an English lady , to whom he has been but recently married . Here the work of blood was resumed , and the miscreants did not _depart nntil they left him , as they thought , for dead . Mr . O ' Loughlen ' s back is drea'lfully injured , and . we regret _Jo add , his skull fractured . Surgeon Greene was in attendance next day , and administered the necessary remedies . We should have added that the ruffians did not decamp without taking with them a gun and a blunderbuss . The only rea « on assignable for this barbarity is , that being a steward en the public works he refused employ ment to some of comparatively independent _circum-Stance _** , to the exclusion of their more destituteneiehbour _*** . We always knew him to be a person of kind and inoffensive habits , and one of the la-1 men

      in the country capable by any misconduct of _pro-Toking snch barbarous treatment . Some days since si party of men entered the house of Mr . James Martin , of Kilduff . in Upper Tnlla , and took away several stands of arms . They also broke his furniture . In that part of the country , on the day tbe arms were taken from Mr . Martin , we are assured that there were 25 outrages committed _during 24 hours . We _regret to have to state that the labourer .-around the _village of Clare made another attempt on . Friday last to obstruct the course of trade , by _presenting the Messrs . _Banuatyne from shipping some grain to Limerick . A number ofthe labourers left ihe public works for that purpose . A warrant has been issued against four of the parly ; one of -whom has been arrested and committed to gaol . "

      _Dreadi-tjl Murder . —The country papers are filled ¦ with accounts of outrages of every kind upon person ami property , of which the following from the Long ' ford Journal is one of thc worst samples : — - * On Sunday evening last , the 22 nd instant , between seven and eight o ' clock , an armed body of men , amounting to between thirty and forty , supposed to he from the county of Westnieath , traversed the neighbourhood of Castle Wilder , Foxhall , Jbc , in the south of this county , and visited several farmer *' houses , _inquirine of them it they had paid their rent , —and on being told ' No , ' ordered them not to do so , on pain of being again visited and punished for it . On coming on towards the residence of Jobn Flood , of Ardondra , he being alarmed by the barking of bis dog , went and opened his door ,

      and-demanded what the rurnans wanted , —when three or four of them came over to him . and attempting to force in through the door , he defended himself , and with the shovel p arried with a man with a long gun , but who , finding be could not force au entrance , discharged tbe contents , consisting of slugs and shots , into poor Flood ' s hip , who dropped down and died in half an hour . Flood was a married man , in mid . d ' _iina eireanistancis , and has left a wife and eight children to deplore the loss of a father and husband _, iie dealt in horses , was well known in Mullingar and all the fairs ia this neighbourhood , and , as our informant told us , the like of him was rarely to be found , for " * he never told a lie or cursed an oath , and was an extremely honest man . ' It is a melancholy refl-K _* -ti ,-n to think that so useful a _member of society _Eliould be so suddenly eat off bv a bodv of hearties * - .

      murdering ruffians , but we fear its origin was in thnt oi a deep-laic _conspiracy _auainst the payment of rents , in some eases urged on hy farmers well able tu pay , -t-.-hi .-h _f-ugl-t to be put down at all hazards by the strong arm of the law . We regret that we cannot ad-J . as vet , ihat the perpetrators have been arrested . " Forkcloscre of MORTGAGES . —A correspondent of 4 ne Freeman ' s Journal supplies the following rather startling piece of _iufo-riuau-in : — " I understand thai , within the last few months , and up to thc present time , there have been auaut 1 , 203 notices lodged in thc proper office at the Four Courts , to foreclose mortgages on Irish estates . It has been stated that tho _morlf-a _^ _es have resolved on this step , fearing tha landlords whose properties are involved , and paying iieavy ir . teie . -t on outstand-3 _i-nbiJitics . will not he able to meet the demands f _« _. r interest In consequence of the present state of the country . "

      This , if true , is the "beginning of the end" with the vengeance . _Dcnus , Dec . 1 . —The northern gentry have takct . _ep the question of encouragement to Irish fisheries , after a _sensible and practical fashion , namely , by fonr . ing themselves into a joint-stock Company , for tiie purpose of working the various fisheries on the : north _* . rn coast . With this view , a meeting was held at Kirkeubbln on Friday last . Colonel Ward in the chair , which was determined to proceed under the Joint-stock Company Bill . The capital of the _Co-Bjiaiiy is to be . £ 5 , 000 to be raised in shares of £ 5 each , with a deposit ol 2 s . Cd . on each share , on application , and 7 s . 01 . on their being _allocated . A Committee of noblemen and gentlemen was appointed to manage the affairs of the company . It is inteiidcd _toiig and equip lour deep sea boats forthwith _, and application will be made to government for the construction of suitable harbours , piers , fl-iay * - and _.-a-idi'i '' slips along the coast . Of the

      : result there can be no doubt whatever—the nortlicni i coast is literally teaming with fish ; but , like the ¦ western and south-western coasts , there is no means < ot making tiie _supply available . _5 Iektu . g op the _CnhPoiuTiox . —The Corporation i of Dublin met this day at the City Assembly-house , " _"William-Street , when Mr . Alderman _Staunt-. n , pnij prictcr of the Weekly Register , was elected Lord ' . Mayorfor the ensuingjear . Mr . O'Connell gave notice of his motion for rcvivi ing the _lt-zjiesi di * eu _* _-s " _<* _-i . JLHblix . Dec . 22 . —Letters from the country anmouiice several deaths occasioned by starvation . _. _AecaUHts from Tipperary represent the existence of : a fearful state of things in that , county : the people : arc famishing to death . In King ' s county , _parti-( _cularlv in the mountain districts , ike people are _retdm-ed to a horrible condition . To _-lugmentjthcir rni- ' ! iif . dd misfortunes , fever has broken out amongst t _ih--:. _* j in several i _

      ¦¦ groves . Di-klix . Dec . 3 . —Thc following letter _appears in MliK Cork Examiner of _yesterday : — _•** CnxuRes . 'Nov . 29 . —On Wednesday last _upivwar . _' s « f 1 , 200 wretched beings were thrown out o ! b _* tmji : _<* yr : ient regardless of every _coii-cq'icnce . On ilthe JV . _fiowiug Friday they poured into our little _to-. vn ramd rushed indiscriinij-ately into all the bread _bIioi . s , • breaking ' wiudiws , and _hei-ting themselves . The _Wflwn presented a scene of anarchy for some hours . I If means are not at once taken to allay ihe prevailing _^ discontent , Heaven oniy knows were the consejqaences will end . " _fcGBEAT Meetiso op ihe " Yonsc . _Inixisp" Partt .

      —On Wednesday evening a meeting of the loung ilreiand party took place in tbe Rotunda , Dublin ; 1 , _2 , 000 persons were present , including several ladies : ¦ _ibutthc majority of the assemblage was composed of Ithe better class of tradesmen—the men who . in oformer times , helped to swell the coffers of the Corn _^ Exchange exchequtr , as well as the _majorities that "triumphantly placed the " Liberator" in the proud (( position of representative of the Irish metropolis . I'll'he principal speakers of the evening were the more ¦ _prominent leaders of --Young Ireland , " besides two _tkoman Catholic clergymen ( whose revelation- _reproi-cting the _feelings of the priesthood in the _schi m revere highly instructive ) , and Mr . James Houghton , a _membsrof the Society of Friends .

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      ' The Late Forgeries bt the Postmaster at Bar-* _rKT . Some time since John Pearce Morse , a chym-¦ tst and druggist at Barnet , where he was also postlaaster , absconded from thattown _. having committed irprgeries of Post-office orders to between £ 2 , 000 and _^ 13 , 000 . From the inquiries instituted it was _| _found _lahathehadgOHeofftotlie continent ; one of the _rfost-office officers was sent to Bruges , but found on is is arrivalthere that Morse had left that city for _rtrnssele . Peak followed him to Brussels , and thenee i O Ostend , -where he was discovered under the name _Jlf Morton , living in the house ofa hair dresser in a _ir _^ ry reduced state , having squandered away all the _Dconev lie took with him , which is believed to hav e ecen a considerable sum . lie was immediately taken to to-custody by the Belgian authorities for travellj is under a false name , but it is not at present o- > own whether he will be brought over to thi _** inuntry to be punished for the crime he has com- ttitted . I

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      Monday. "Westminster Bibobacejoi, Conduc...

      MONDAY . " WESTMINSTER _Bibobacejoi , Conduct op a Policeman . —Wm . Smith , 191 V , was charged with the following gross misconduct : —Mr . Anthony _Msggs , of 28 , Yeoman _' s-row . Brompton , stated that about half-past _t-A-elvc , on _Saturday , he was walking along Grove place , Brompton « hen he was suddenly accosted by defendant , _whonaid , " What have you got about you i" Complainant was » urpri * ed at the inquiry , and asked what he meant , upon which the defendant said , "I know you very well ; you ' re oneof the swell mob . " Complainant inquired how

      he dm * i to make such an accusation against him . and gave him his name and address , and also that of his father in the same neighbourhood , in order that defendant might satisfy himself of his respectability , at the same time furnishing him with a pencil that he might put the address dowu . As it was in the middle of the daj , and in a gre . it thoroughfare , a crowd of persons soon collected . Complainant felt very much hurt at the conduct of _defendant , und requested him to satisfy him . « elf by inquiries of some of those around them who knew him , whether he was not the person he represented himself to be . Defendant , however , did not avail himself of

      tli _. B opportunity of settimr himself ri g ht , but upon the Mitreaty of the complainant accompanied him to tho _residence of his father , at 7 , Lloyd ' s-place . Defendant was introduced to complainant '! parents , wlieu he said , in reply to inquiries put by tbem , that a gentleman in a gig , " whom he did not know , " had pointed complainant out as a nwmber of the swell mob . Complainant ' s father recommended him to accompany the constable , and relieve himself at _thestatioaof _; hc aspersion uponliis character , and he accordingly went with defendant to Eburystreet _, Pimlico , where Serjeant For 6 ter , the acting inspector , said that there was nothing to justify com . plainant's detention , and discharged him . Complainant was determined not to let the matter drop in this way , and as the station in Ebury-strett belonged to the B divi . _sion he requested to know where he could find ihe superior officers of the V division in order that they might be acquainted with defendant ' s misconduct , and

      Sergeant Funster immediately sent a man with him to the nearest station of the V _' s , where , for the first time , the defendant said that the charge against the complaint was for taking a puree from a lady . The defendant further observed at the T station , that Colonel Rowan was the person who gave the complainant into _hischnrge . The defendant was then asked whether he knew Colonel Rowan , and said he did not , but described bis appearance . After s me further proceedings , Defendant , in answer to the charge , said tbat a gentleman in a gig pointed Mr . _Magg * out to him as a member of the _swfll mob , and tbe gentleman stated bimself to be Col . Rowan . Mr . Burrell observed tbat the case was clearly made out against defendant , who had conducted himself in a most unreasonable way . In his opinion , the story about Col . Sowan was a mere fiction , defendant having , from some inexplicable motive , taken the complainant into custody ,. He should fine defendant £ S . and , in dtfault , commit him for a month .

      A _Rojunce or _REiJ _* . LiF « . —At the Thames police office on Saturday last , Mr . Richard Mitchell , the chief mate of the ship E . iza , from B . ubadoes , appeared , to answer a charge of assaulting James _Pomnra , a New Zealand boy , whose history is a very extraordinary one . The case was opened by Mr . Hinde , solicitor , who _bsid the boy was 15 years old , and grandson of the celebrated Naw _Zealand chief romata . Hit father was killed and eaten in a native fight , and his motlu r died when he was very young . He reached Sydney in an English ship , after a variety of adventures , and was educated by his guardians . He arrived in _Enulaiid last March , and was tak « n great notice of by some ofthe leading persons in this country , and was introduced to Royalty itself , in Buckingham Palace . His proteetor was Mr . Celeb Angus , a merchant and shopowuer in the city . The lad

      expressed a wish to go to Sea , and was placed on board the Caleb Angus , a ship named after his protector , the captain being instructed to take very great care of bim , and _eee tbat be was properly attended and provided for . The Celeb Angus was wrecked at Barbadoes , and Fo . mara narrowly escaptd with his life , nnd was thrown ashore with nothing but his shirt and trowsers on . The lad , after visiting Grenada and St . Vincent , where he was taken into the service of the _hartwur master , and after undergoing many hardships and adwntures , which had more the appearance of a romance than the occurrences of actual life , was shipped on hoard the Eilza , for England . The Ind was exposed to much _ill-us . ige on board theEiiza , was frequently assaulted , and his unprotected state created no sympathy , as it ought to have done , the lad was then introduced into the witness box . He

      was attired in a midshipman ' s uniform , purchased tor bim by Mr . Angus , and his _intelligent open countenance prepossessed every one in his favour . The particular _assault complained of was committed while the vessel was at sea . The lad , who suffered much from rheumatism and pain , was treated very roughly , and one day he was directed by the mate to take a marling spike on to the main jard . The lad was directed to wait a minute by the man on the yard , and the mate called him down again , and after abusing the lad , said he would give him a rope ' s end , and gave him a severe flogging with the bight ofa thick rope . The lad threatened to complain to the master ofthe ship , on which the mate said he would prevent him doitig that , and , alter striking him with Hs _li'ts about the head and face , kicked him _severely . Pomara said he would make the mate suffur

      for his ill treatment when he reached England , and thu mate beat him again , and c » U _3 ed the blood to How from his nose and mouth . Pomar _. i was disabled for _somt time afterwards . The lad ' s statement having been confirmed by a seaman Mr . Pelham , after cros » -examininp the witnesses , addressed themagistrau * for the defendant , and submitted that the boy was insolent , and that the punishment was not excessive . Mr . Ballantine said the law did not give a _* _aj pow « r to mites ofthe ships to correct any one , and he considered the defendant had been guilty ofa very cruel and atrocious assault on a friendless lad . It was not _surprising that mutinies were sometimes heard of , when such cruelties as those complained of were practised . He fined the mate £ 5 , which was instantly paid . The lad Pomara will return to his native land with Mr . Eyre , the new Lieutenant-Governor •! New Zealaud .

      _MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Attempted Rape and Rcbbeky . —Joseph Toney , an Italian organ-player , was brought up for final examination , charged with having feloniously assaulted a uiarried woman in Hyde-park . The ehar » e whieh at first assumed the character of an attempt to commit a capital offence , on further investigation turned out to be of a more serious complexion , and the committal of thc prisoner was _dt-layed for the pur . pnse of inquiring into the character of the complainant . _Police-constablc-Norman now reponed thatthc complainant * > ore a very excellent character , and that she lived with her husband , in St . _Ann-street , Westminster . _Elizabeth Edwards , the complainant , said she was tli <* wife of a turner . On Wednesday last , about six o ' clock in the evening , she was passing _through Hyde-park , when the prisoner came up to her , and laid bold of her in an indecent manner . She puslttd him away , apen which he said if she did not submit to his wishes , and also give him her money , he wouid murder her . The prisoner then seized htr , tore her bonnet and cap from

      her head , and laying hold of her hair , dragged her four or five yards from the footpath , and knocked her down . She resisted with all her strength , and called murder _londly . The prisoner unfastened his trowsers , but several persons coming up atthe moment , who had been attracted by her cries , the prisoner let her go , and she was enabled to regain her legs . She told a constable of the trntraint she had obtained atthe hands of the prisoner , and she gave the prisoner into custody , and went to the _sta _' - ' on-house to make the charge . Park-keeper llembrey shM he ' was in the park on Wednesday evening , and hearing screams of murder he ran tithe place , and found the complainant and thc prisoner tujether , some distance from the footpath . The complainant ' s hair was about lifr ear . « , _ani siie _appeared t . _) have suffered con sid _** rable violence . She said the prisoner had attempted to rob and murdi r her . _Police-cnnstahle Norman , * _* " 148 , said he followed _aflir the hist witness , and found the complainant in thc situation _described . Hi r bonnet and cap were on the ground very much torn . The prisoner was fully committed to the Old Baily for trial .

      TTJESD & Y . MANSION-HOUSE . —A For . civiso Hosband . —John Johnson , a man employed en the Ipiwich Railroad , was charged with having robbed a fellow-labourer , in whose house he lodged , of clothes and money . The prosecutor chsrged the _prisoner and ki 6 own wife at the stationhouse with having rohbed him , and absconded from his houfe . He was surprised , upon returning home one day from work , to find that his wife and two _youngest children had departed by the Orwell steam vessel for London . As no time was to be lost , he took to the railroad , and arrived in town to catch the party with tht addition ofthe prisoner , who had evidently taken his place in his wife's affections . He did not exactly know what money his wife was possessed of when she-eloped , but he was in the habit of _supplyiag her with money weekly , and when

      lie apprehended her she had not « farthing abouther . The prisoner had between £ 7 and £ 9 about him . The Lord Mayor . How long did the prisoner live in the house n ithyou ?—The prosecutor : _Upwarde of two years , and we always worked together . But I am ready to forcive her all , if she will come back with inc . The nife of the prosecutor declared that she merely came to -London to see her sister , and the prisoner accompanied her as her husband's presence was _iicees » _ary at home . to support the two elder children , and keep tilings straight and comfortahle in her absence . The _jarigoni-r never induced her to come away to London , and her husband ' s clothes wtre merely borrowed for a time . The Lord _Kflj < ir : Then you arc willing to go back with your _husband ?—The prosecutor's wife : Certainly lam ; I never intended to

      stop away from him . Jly sister is married to a miller somewhere in London . an < * 1 wanted to have a little conversation nith her . Tbe prosecutor : I'll think nothing of what has t 3 ken place if she'll only ccme back . I'll forgive both of'cm . The Lord Mayor : Then you don ' t wUh to prosecute the man any further ? The _prosecutor : No , I won'thurt either of tin m at all . The _-oris'intr : 1 did'nt take any things of his , I only took care ; of tin m _fi-r his wife , and I'm sure we are as innocent as the two _children she has with her . The Lord Mayor ( to tht * prosecutor ) : Well , as jou _setm to think that no harm has been done , I don't _wish . to disturb your tranquillity . As for you ( to the prif oner ) , if the _chargis ha * l been pressed agaiast you , the probability is that undu * such circumstances _iratisjiort-ition would be the _penulty you neuld have paid for jour baseness . Tbe injured but

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      forgiving husband then took his clothes an 4 his wife and children , and a sovereign , which it appeared his wife had handed to the prisoner upon their departure , and Johnson , to whom , the _wmnan mid all the rest of the money belonged pocketed the rest , and the whole party walked off to settle the affair more completely in a public . _house . It _WttB Stated by & genlleman Who had experience in railroad matters , that tbe amcent British system of community of wives was fast re . appearing with the railroad system , { and that such scenes as the above described were frequent upon the _ririaus lines .

      MARTLEBONE An Intruder in me Kitciibn . — A geutlemanly . Iooking young man , was charged under somewhat curious _circumi-tances . Complainant , Mr . Pitchard Canterbury Villas , Edgeware-road , said be had . no | wish to give any _avidence , as he and defendant had arranged the matter between _thsm . Mr . Rawlin son—Very likely , Sir , but I must ln « i » t upon knowing why you have caused this person to be locked up . The complainant was then sworn , and hi « evidence went to show , that on the previous night , as he was about to retire to ben , he heard the voice of a man below stairs , wben , in order to _ascertain who was the intruder , he ( rent into the kitchen , from whence the sound proceeded , and there found defendant with the maid servants . He

      seemed excited , probably from having partaken too freely of wine , and as he could not , or would not , explain his reason for being where he was , he was desired to quit the place . Complainant at length succeeded in getting _l-im up stair ? , aud on putting him out at the ( rout door he exclaimed , " Now come on , old gentleman , " at the same time striking bim ( complainant ) on the back , He was then given into custody . Mr . Rawlinson—Now tell me , if you [ pleaie , the nature ofthe arrangement to which you bave come ! Complainant—The gentleman is willing to give £ 2 for the relief of the poor Irish , and taking all the other circumstances into consideration , I will upon his doing so , with your permission , withdraw the charge . The magistrate consented , and the money was handed to complainant , to be _appropriated to the purpose named .

      WEDNESDAY . LAMBETH . — Bxp £ M Robbebt bt DaAGSHBKHenry Jones , who described himself as a brush maker , aud William Evans , a _cab-driver , were charged brfore Mr . Elliott with having stolen a valuable bale of poods from the waggon of Mr . King , a carrier , at Croydon . It appeared that on the evening before the waggoner of Mr . King pulled up in front of th « White Horse public house , Brixton Hilt , t _» giv _« hia horses some water , and immediately after a young man came up and invited hint to have a glass of ale . He accepted the invitation , and after leaving his vehicle two other young men came up , took a bale of goods from the waggon , and carried it to a cab a short distance off . The driver , on returning to his waggon , fortunately missed the property , gave

      information to the police , and police constable 343 P , proceeded on horseback af 'er the cab , which he overtook , and placed in the care of a dismounted constable . He then " -cut in pursuit of the three men , whoso description the cabman had given him , . ind ultimately secured the prisoner Jones . On examining the cab , of which the prisoner _Evuns was tha driver , the baleof goods was found , and also a"life preserver . " The prisoner , Evans , in reply to the charge , said that on the erening before a man engaged his cab at St . George's church in the Borough , aud desired him to drive him along towards Kennington Cross . At the corner of New-sireet , tbe man

      called out to him to pull up , and having done so , the man got out of his eab and joined two others , who appeared to have _besn waiting for him . He asked the man for his fare , and he roplied that he had not done with him yet . and desired him to drive along after him . He did so until he gat near to the White Horse on Brixton Hill , when he was told to stop , and in a few minutes two of the men brought a large bale and put it into the cab . Tbey then desired him to drive to tbe Elephant and Castle , where they would meet him , and he was doing so when the policeman stopped him . The other prisoner denied knowing anything about the robbery , and both were remanded until Tuesdey next .

      WORSHIP-STREET . — Violent Assault . — John _Philips Weston , who described himself as a gentleman , residing at Prlmley , in Surrey , was charged with having committed an unprovoked and violent assault upon a respectable young woman , named Mary _M'Intosh , residing with her married sister , in Buck ' s-row , White chapel . It appeared from the 6 tatcment of the com . plainant , a delicatclooking person , whose rye was much _swollsn and discoloured , that betwepn three and four o ' clock that morning , she was hastening to procure the attendance ofthe family surgeon for her sister , who had been suddenly taken in the pains of labour , but had scarcely gone twenty yards from the door , when she was met hy the defendant , who , without uttering a word , seised her by the shoulders , and , shaking her violently ,

      flung her heavily on t ' ae pavement . He then commenced kicking her in a savage manner , and when she at temyted to rise , struck her a ' violent blow in tho face , which again knocked her flo * _vn , and rendered her insensible . On recovering her consciousness , she found the defendant in the custody of a constable , who appeared to have witnessed tne transaction , and by whom he was at once conveyed to the station-house . On being called upon ts answer the charge , the _defendant , with great coolne « _s _, declared that the occurrence originated in a misapprehension on his part as he had mistaken th _» complainant for a woman who had just before left his company , after robbing him of his ring

      nnd purse , but he was quite _raady to make her any pecuniary recompense the magistrate might _suggest , for the treatment she had receivtd . Sergeant Graves informed the bench that there was no foundation whatever for the defendant ' s insinuation against the character of the complainant , whom he had ascertained to be a person of un blemished reputation , and that she resided , as she had stated , with her brother-in-law , a man of property and respectability . Mr . Bingham said that he regretted his powers were far too limited to Heal adequat ly with such a case , but he should carry them out to the utmost extent , and order the defendant to pay a penalty of £ 5 , or be committed , in default , for two months to the House of Correction .

      Crockford _' _s Revived . —A foreign gentleman came into Court , and , addressing Mr . Hardwick , the _sitting _magistrate , in French , b « gged for advice under the foi . lowing , to him , very serious circumstances : —He had recently become the lessee of the celebrated Crockford '* , Club House for three years , at a yearly rent of £ 3 . 000 . His object in taking the premises was to convert them into concert and assembly rooms ofthe most select character . He had , however , unfortunately , signed the aereement to b come lessee , without being a ware that it was necessary to havo a license for music and dancing , und that such license could only be granted by ii magistrate _. He wished to know whether the magistrate could

      put him m the way of obtaining such a license . Mr . Hardwick said that such a license as that sought for by the complainant could only be grunted by magistrates in petty session' . The sessions wire held in October last , _indunleisthfre was an adjourned session , he did not know how the applicant was to get a license until the next year . If the applicant opened his rooms without such a license , he would be nt the mercy of every common informer , and would subject himself to a penalty of £ 50 each night , and also r # nder his visitors liable , without previous warning , tobe taken into custody on a w . 'irr . int by the police , and sent before a magistrate , there " to be de & lt with according to Inw . " The _nj _. plicant thanked the magistrate and then withdrew .

      MANSION HOUSE . _—SvsTEit or Plcsder . — Hugh Roberts and William Marshall were placed at the bar , the former charged with having robbed his employer , Mr . Brans , of No . 131 , _Clieapside _, of bandanas and other handkerchiefs to a very considerable amount , and th ' .-latter with having received the goods , well knowing that they had been stolen . Mr . Humphrey appearedt ' or the prosecution , find Mr . Hobler attended for the prisoner Marshall . George Todd , City policeman 709 , st ttd that on Wednesday evening he took a man named Upson , whom he found drunk in the street , to the station-house in Bow-lane , and found the black handkerchief with white spots produced upon Lim . Upson was subsequently admitted as evidence against thc two prisoners at tbe bar . Mr . D . Evans , warehouseman , stated , that the

      _prisoner Roberts was in his service . On Thursday last Everett , a policeman , called upon him , and in consequence of a communication which took place between them , he went to speak to Roberts , who was then iri . the warehouse . Having shown to Huberts the handkerchief alluded to , and said that a man was in custody about it , thatprisoncr said , "I may as well confess to you that 1 have taken a piece of handkerchiefs . You may as well prosecute me , for I am tired of my life , I have not had a moment ' s peace for some years , " In reply to a question , he said that he had taken nothing else . John Upson , stated , that he had been in the warehouse of Messrs . Swain and Pearce , of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , as porter , for thirteen or fjurteen years , lie had known Uob * rts for several years . Tho handkerchief produced

      had been taken from him by a policeman . ( Here three other _handkerchiefs were produced . ) He bought the whole of these handkerchiefs from _ItobertB about two months ago , for 3 s 9 deach , and a shawl handkerchief had been also bought bj him from the same prisoner about 12 months ago . Mr . John Marston , clerk to thc proEecutor , stated that after Roberts was in custody he went to the Bull ' s Head Inn in Wood-street , where Roberts lodged , and having heard the name of Marshall , the other prisoner , mentioned , he went to the house of Mr . Slater , in whose service Marshall was . He there saw Marshall , who . In answer to questions , said that ha knew Hugh

      Kohi its , and had purchased goods of him , for which he had bills of parcels and receipts . On being told to prodace the pi . pers _, h « _appcared to be going to do so , but he _halted and said he had not got them . He stated that he had purchased of Roberts tu the amount of £ 100 iu black silk handkerchiefs . Witness took Marshall to the station house , but _befura he went away he said he considered it a privilege he had to ! huy or sell goods . Atthestation house lie was searched , and amongst other papers found uponliiui was a small label with the names of "James and _Fwilinand JackBon" lupoc it , who were persons for whom Mr . Evans sold _OHiCojuuiissioii . . The Lord Mayor committed both prisoners for . trial .

      THURSDAY . - . ¦ SOUTUWARK Charge oi- _aztekptinc to _coukit Felony . —William Bearde , alias Donovan , a young man , nith a cat over his right eye , svas brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with entering the Jim * . COW puWiel / _t'iise _, High-street , with three other men , for the purpose- of committing felony . —Thc prisoner , who is _suspected of belonging tu a gang of _(' _lievcs who * plunder public-houses , walked _iu'o the i _' _un Cow . that _,-nornhig about hull-past tight o'clock . They « r « n , t into _uSe taproom and called for a qaar _^ _trn 0 f roja . and whi . V tho

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      bar-maid was serving th « m the prisoner took an oppor . tnnity of slipping unperceived out of the room . In about five minutes afterwards ha wa « s « eing coming down stairs , and endeavoured U make & "bolt" out Of the house , but was prevented . On examination of the rooms up stairs , it was discovered that three coats belonging to the landlord had been taken out of his bed . rown , and were found lying on the _staircasa , dropped , no doubt , by the prisoner , ia his anxiety to escape detection . Uis three companions escaped during the confusion of the > oment _* . When before the mag istrate the prisoner _asueverated his _innocenca of baring any felonious intention ; said it was all 6 pite , and that he obtained his living by honest means . Committed to the House of Correction for three months . BOW-STREET . —Stealing a _Wncnl—John Orchurd , a drummer in the Coldstream ; Guards , was chisrged with stealing a watch and a sovereign , tho

      property of Captain Charles _Grimstead . It _appeared that ou the 26 th of November the prosecutor left his gold watch and a sovereign on the table in his own room , adjoining the guard room , to wbich no one but the prisouer and a corporal had access , at eight o ' clock in the evening , when he went to mess . At eleven o ' clock he returned and missed the watch and sovereign . Nobody but the prisoner and the captain ' s servant had been in the room . The prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday last by policeman II 17 , at a publie house iu Whitechtipel . He said that he had taken tbe watch and sovereign , and had taken a cub toBatcliffe highway , where he gst n man whom he knew to pawn it for £ 3 . The policeman , after leaving the prisoner at the station , weut to the lodging of the man mentioned by the prisoner , but failed iu apprehending him . He afterwards made inquiries at the pawnbroker's , and found the watch which ha now produced , and which wns Identified by the captain . Mr . Jardine remanded the prisoner to Saturday week .

      CLERKENWELL . _—Assaoi / r . —James Brookes was charged with violently assaulting police constable 141 G , under the following circumstances : —The policeman stated , that last night he saw the prisoner in the New Road , in company with a drunken female , whom he knocked down and brutally assaulted , and when he ( constable ) interfered for her protection , the prisoner struck liim three times in the face , and attempted to trip him up . When he was taken into custody he resisted violently , nnd it required several constables to take him to the station house . Mr . Combe said he would not , in the present case , inflict a fine ; he would take tbe more effectual remedy of ordering the prisoner to find good bail to keep the peace . Not being provided with sureties , the prisoner was locked up .

      FRIDAY . CLERKENWELL . —A Wohan _seceetino Herself _iw » Church , —Sarah Fitzgibbon , nn elderly woman , whose appearance indicated temporary insanity , was placed atthe bar before Mr . Combe , charged with having been found concealed in St . Peter ' s Church , Islington , it was supposed with intent to commit felony . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . Thomas Dunn , schoolmaster to tbe National School , Islington , that the Rev . Mr . Estler , the Minister of St . Peter ' s Church , was in tbe habit of having a fire kindled iu the vestry three times a week , and attending there for the purpose of his religious duties . Sometimes the rev . gentleman sent his on n servant to light the fire , and occasionally witness ' s servant did so . -Yesterday morning , at an early hour , his

      servant went into the church , and proceeded to the gallery stairs , under which some patent firewood was kept . On opening the door , she heard something move . Tbe place was very dark j but on arriving at an avenue leading to the belfry , she saw a human form standing before her . She was greatly alarmed and terrified , when she sereamed aloud and ran out , calling for assistance . Witness met ber in a fainting state , and being informed as to what she bad seen he called in several policemen , who found the prisoner concealed under the gallery-stairs , and she was taken to the station-house . She begged of them not to send her to prison : she was in God ' s house , and asked for a prie 6 t . Police-constable 71 N corrborated this evidence . The prisoner said to him that sh « had been in the church three days aud _threa nights . She had a market basket ,

      in which was an empty quart bottle . On searching her three _sovereigns and 2 s . C I . were found , which she said belonged to her master , Mr . Herbert , of Cropleyterrace _Wenlock-street _, New North-road , Islington , who said she was an honest , sober , industrious , and quiet woman . Mr . Combe asked her what she had to say to the charge ? Prisoner , who looked vacantly , said the door was open aud she went into the church , and stepped there ; ( giving the same account she had given to the witnesses . ) Mr . Combe—Why did you go into the church ? _Prieoiier . —Because tbey told mc that I was to ba burnt and ray master was to be shot , Thc money found in my pocket wan my mastet ' _s He tcr . t me with it to pay the Queen's taxes . The prisoner was discharged and given _luto th .: care of her master , Mr .- Herbert , who said she should be properly attended to ,

      _MARLBOIIOUGII-STREET—Henry B . Latour , a Frenchman , who described himself as an agent , King Street , Soho , was charged with having feloniously assaulted Ann Dalye , a little girl , 12 years of age , who lived with him in the capacity of sen-nut . The complainant said 6 he had lived iu the service of the defendant _abeut three months , aud her principal business was to carry out newspapers und to make the beds , which latter duty was usually done ab » ut ten o ' clock at night . On Saturday night last complainant went up stairs to make tbe beds , when her master came to her , belli . ved with grots indecency towards her , and attempted to _effect his purpose . She screamed and resisted , and Was at last released . She mentioned to a _fillow-servaut , with whom she slept , what had occurred . The servant said it was a

      great shame , but advised her not to tell her mother as her mother would perhaps beat her . Complainant was afraid to tell Mrs . Luutour _, as her master ha < l threatened to murder her if she Bpoke of what bad occurred . Complainant went to her mother on the following Sunday , but did not mention the behaviour of her master to her . The other servant lelt a few days afterwards , and met complainant's mother accidentally , and then she told her what she ( complainant ) had communicated to her . Her mother imiueiiiately came to her , aud questioned her ato the truth of what she hud heard . She told Lor mother exactly how her master had treated her . She was then taken away , and the present proceedings instituted . The defence of the accused was , thnt he was not at home , except for a few minutes , on the erening when the alleged _assaulthad taken place . The charge ag inst him had been invented for interested purposes , A porson named Duflit _, stated that he kept the shop beneath Mr . _Latmir ' s rooms , und that he did uot bear any scrcnin

      on Saturday night from the child . Thu child had stated thather master had never before taken liberties with her . That was nut true , as the girl hud , three weeks ago , mentioned to his wife , that her master had taken liberties with her mora than ones before . The girl was questioned ou this point , and she in the most positive manner denied that this statement was true . At a late hour in the evening the charge was resumed , The solicitor for the prisoner said he was prepared to prove by many witnesses that much ill-feeling existed towards ttie prisoner on the part of the girl ' s mother , and the second servant girl , He , however , was prepared to admit that some indecency , though far short of tbe extent detailed by the girl , had been practised by the defendant towards the girl . After some evidence was given ou behalf of the prisoner , tending to shake in some degree the credibility « f the little girl , Mr . Hardwicke decided on dealing with the case as one of aggiavated assault , and accordingly _^ iuflicted the full penalty of £ 5 , or two mouths' imprisonment .

      THAMES-STREET . —Mr . Pelham , solicitor , came before Mr . Ballantine with fourteen men and boys , forming part of the crew of the Gleuel _, ; frigate ( late an East Iudiamaii ) , the flag skip of General 1 _'lores , which , with two war steamers . intended for the invasion ofthe Equador _, have been seized by the government under the Equipment and Enlistment Act , iu consequence , as it is alleged , of their being fitted fur thu purposes of hoitili . ties with a power on friendly terms with Great Britain . Mr . Pelham said he had been just informed that some of the patties for whom he applied were before Mr . Broderip on a former day , und on the Magistrate being informed thc Glenelg was condemned , and that no voyage bud been performed , said he had no jurisdiction . The men and _boys-iii attendance informed him , they hud entered

      into articles ot agreement with a Captain Gem , Jor the " run" to Coruuna , aud were to receive two months' pay in advance , and only oue nioHt' . ' s advance had been paid . The ship had dropped down to Graves « nd , and had been seized by the government , and brought buck to the East India-dock . Thc parties bad received from £ l 3 " _}» , to £ _' i each , and they wanted tbe other month ' s pay . Mr , Ballantine : whieh I have no power to order them . They belong to an expedition which has been intercepted . Supposing the contract to be a legal one , and that the Glenelg was chartered for the regular purposes of trade , I could order no wages till ( he contract was completed . Mr . Pelham : Enietly to . I told them their application would be useless , but they would uot be satisfied till they heard youropinioii . They told me a story about the ship being seized tor having smuggled goods ou board . ( A laugh . ) l know very well thereasuns which induced Her Majesty ' s Government to intercept the expedition , which appears to me to be an illegal one , and

      contrary to the law of nations . The spokesman of the party said he had shipped by the run to Corunna . Mr . B . Hantine : tbe ship is likely to run somewhere else . The seaman : I have received a month ' s pay in advance . Mr ' Ballantine : You are very lucky then . The seaman : But the boatswain and three others hnve received two nionths' _|| pay each . Mr . BallMiitinu ; So much the better for them . You will obtain no summonses here . The seaman said , tbat although he had agreed to go by the run to Corunna , fresh articles were to be signed there to go to South America , or somewhere else . Mr . Ballatine : What were you to do when you got there ? The seamau : I don't know , Sir , indeed . Mr . Pelham said he would advise all the people who had consulted him to leuve the Slenelg , aud bring their clothes uud hummocks ashore as quickly as possible , for he had no doubt Ihe expedition was an illegal one , and the intention of the promoters of it were hostile to a foreign power . The parties thai withdrew .

      LAMBETH . —Emily Julia Williams , aged 16 , and Henry Williams , aged 12 years , were placed at the felon ' * bar , before Mr . Norton , on a charge of stealing two g lazier's diamonds , of the . value of 85 s , The prisoners , though to young , have frequently been brought to this court on charges of felony , aud the girl has been tried and convicted at the Old Bailey . It appeared that on Wednesday a _j-lusB-eutter named Slar , _resloingnenrKennineton-common , lost two diamonds worth 35 s . On the

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      following day they were pledged at two difiVrent pawnbrokers by the prisoners . The duplicate of onijTdf tbem wan subsequently sold to a person nam » d PayneJwad upon hie applying to take It out , Mr . Arehbutt , the ' pawnbrokeV who had then received a notice of thediamond having been stolen , sent for Redford , a constable ; and this led to the apprehension of tho _prisonerr _. Redford , in his examination stated , that on going to the lodging of Williams , the father of thc prisoners , and seeing that person he asked him if he had had any graziers' diamonds in his possession « and he replied he had had twe . He said that he had formerly , kept a repository at Stoke Newington , and the two glaziers' diamonds were part of the goods left upon his hands . He also said that both were pawned . While he ( Redford ) was in the room , tho

      female came in with some tea and sugar , and he also observed in her hand a duplicate , which he took from her , and which he found to be for a picture pledged for _eighteen pence . The bt _>>* also came In with some coats , which were wet and dirty , and which he had very little doubt bad been stolen , and he took both into custody . Thomas Lockyer _, the gao er , deposed—that after he had locked up both the prisoners , the boy began to cry very much ; upon which the girl , who was in the next cell , called out to bim , "Don't cry , there won ' t be anything done to you . " The boy _re-slied , "Won't there ! " The girl then said , " There won ' t ; we must say that I wasn ' t with you when we took them . We must say that

      father gave us them twi > _, and we sold them to a Jew in the street , and the other , too , a man and a woman came along and gave them to us to pledge . We must say a man and woman gave us the pic tures to pledge . " Redford , the officer , said he should have taken the father of the prisoners into custody , as he had no doubt whatever he encouraged his children to rob and participate iu the plunder , but he appeared so ill at the time that he feared he would die . Mr . Norton directed that he might be at once attended by the par ' nh doctor , and , if he pronounced him in a fit state to be removed , he should bring him to the court . Williams was subsequently brought up in custody , and witb his children was remanded for a week .

      _WORSHIP-STREET . —Robbing a Child — _Marj Anne Buckley , a young woman respectably dressed tn mourniug , and wearing a veil , was placed at tbe bar before Mr . Bingham , charged with stealing the sum of ls . 6 d . from the person of a UttU girl , nine years of age , name Eliza Grey . It appeared from the evidence that the child was sent out by Its mother , at two o ' clock that afternoon , with the money in question wrapped up in paper , to make a purchase in tho neighbourhood , and on reaching _Finsbury-square waB accosted by the prisoner , a stranger to her , who told her that Bhe was intimat . ly ] acquainted with her mother , to whose house she was proceeding to take some plums and currents for the Christinas pudding , and asked her what s * he had in her hand . The child unsuspectingly told ber _k- * r errand , _ujOn which the prisoner took the paper from her , opened it , folded it up again and . having returned the parcel to her , was walking

      away , when the little girl , convinced that the package felt lighter than before , examined it herself , and finding it only contained a penny , was in great distress at the loss of her mother's money , and raised an outcry . Thfs attracted the attention of several passengers , and the prisoner , who was rapidly disappearing , was instantly pursued by two men , who overtook and detained her until the arrival ofa policeman , into whose custody she was given . Mrs . Hayward , the female searcher at the _Featberstone-street station , produced the money the prisoner had purloined , which she found in her possession on examining her dress , and it being stated to the _magistrate that a great number of other children bad been lately robbed by . a well-dressed woman in the same neighbourhood , the prisoner , who confined herself to a positivedenial ofthe charge , was ordered to be brought up again next week , to afford au opportunity for establishing other cases of a similar description a-nimt her .

      ' M The Late Death From Destitution In M...

      ' m THE LATE DEATH FROM DESTITUTION IN MARYLEBONE . On Monday the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St . Marylebone _asuembled for the purpose of investigating the charges made against the ' officers of the workhouse by the verdict of the coroner ' s jury in the case of Louisa Mordaunt . Mr . Messer _, the relieving officer , presented a report to the board concerning the facts elicited at the recent inquest . He said the case of the mother of the deceased female , Mrs . Mordaunt , was well known to him , she having been on the bonks as a pensioner for the last ten years . With respect to the young woman , the deceased , and hersister , they _applied for relief in the month of August last , and he gave them some bread , and offered tlie house . lie again did so in the latter end of October , and told them that he could do no more , but that there was an order of admission to the workhouse made out for them . Mr . WalpoleEyre—Did that order apply to the old woman , who I believe is upwards of 70 , and imbecile ? Mr . Messer—Yes , it applied to all .

      Sir James Hamilton—When these poor creatures applied to you for out-relief , and said they were starving , do you think you acted rightly in telling tlicm they must come into the workhouse ? Mr . Messer—I offered the workhouse as a test of their destitution . Mr . Galley—Now , ia it true , Mr . Messer , when Afarj * Anne Mordaunt applied to you for relief , you gave her a loaf of bread , and said , " Now I have done with you , there is no more relief for you ? " Mr . Messer—I said , I can give you no more relief , vou must come into the house .

      Mr . Calley—It seems monstrous to me that every person , howerer respectable , wben they apply here fov relief , should be offered the house . Do you not allow circumstances to alter casrs ? In this case , it is quite clear that the deceased women and her sister were in deep distress , and yet you did not think it a case rcquirini *; instant relief . Mr . Messer—I did not feel justified in offering other relief than bread and an order of admission to tbe workhouse . Mr . Potter—Are you aware , Mr . Messer , that of all persons likely to become destitute from the precarious nature of their work , it is needlewomen , ami that , therefore , you would be justified in going in such cases out of the ordinary rule ? Mr . Me . -ser—I considered this case one " ' . coming under the ordinary rule ; in fact , a pauperised

      case . Mr . Potter begged to tell Mr . Messer that the board had recently given him extensive powers and a large increase of salary , and they were by no means satisfied with the manner in which lie or the other officers had done their duty . Indeed , with one or two exceptions , they were unworthy of their situations . Mr . _Langley , the poor inspector , was called in , and admitted that he did not give the ticket to the sister ofthe deceased , but to a lodger in the house , lie also admitted that it was his duty to have inspected the case , but he had been up and down so many stairs during the day he did not do so . He asked no questions aa to tlie state of the parties , nor did he hear that the deceased was ill . Mary Anne Mordaunt ( sister of the deceased ) was here called , and repeated the statement she made before the coroner and jury .

      In answer to further questions by the hoard , she said the ticket was given by the inspector to a lodger . If the Inspector had ' made any inquiry he would have known her sister was ill . She had been receiving medicine from the dispensary for die last six months . , Mr . Messer expressed bis _ignorance that such was the case . „ ,. Mr . Potter—Here is a pretty state of things , tins peor creature had been receiving advice for six months , and the fact was not known to one of our ofiicers . Now , I ask Mr . Messer , if he had known the deceased hud been under medical treatment would he have given the same answer when she applied to him that he has done' Mr . Messer—Cer- j tainlv not .

      Mr . Potter said it was quite clear that the overseer had _( _-rossly neglected his doty in allowing the woman to die of want , when it * 'as considered that he had power uncontrolled of giving her relief or food to atiy amount . Sir James Hamilton regretted the obloquy thrown on the _bourd by this occurrence . The inspector , Langlcy , upou his own showing had proved his negligence . Had he inspected the case , as ho ought to have done , this catastrophe could not have happened _, lie should , therefore , at once move that officer ' s dismissal .

      Mr . Potter thought the board ought not to stop short at thc dismissal of one particular officer . Mr-Messer had been to blame , and there had been altog ether a scene of such gross mismanagement , that it involved the question of whether all the officers were not deserviiiK of dismissal . If , therefore , Sir _Jamea Hamilton would withdraw his motion , ho would move that a special investigation into ihe mode oi performing their duties by the wbole of the relieving officers and inspectors be gone iiv . o . Sir James Hamilton having assented to this proposal , Mr . Potter's resolution was adopted unanimously .

      Murder Of A Husband By Iiis Wife. The Di...

      MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY IIIS WIFE . The discovery ofa mysterious case of poisoning in the village of Acton , a short distance from Sudbury , within the last few . days , has created the greatest sensation in this part of the county of Suffolk . The circumstances connected with it are of a , very complicated character ' . —About a month ago , a healthy looking young man . named John Foster , 24 years of age , was married to Catherine _Mwrley , aged IS , the daughter of a widow residing in the _village . For three weeks they lived with the mother apparently on good terms , when , on the afternoon of the 17 th inst ,, he complained i , f heartburn and sickness , and in loss than twenty-foui' hours expired . The sudden nature of the death having beeu cou . irau \\ _ie-Ate . d to Mr . Harry Wayman , the Coroner for the county , an inquest was opened at the Crown Inn in the village , on Saturday the 2 lst ult . ;

      There being no suspicion entertained at this period that the death of the deceased was produced by poison , the young widow , Catherine Poster , w ; _ts called in and _^ _xiimined ns to tho circumstances attending her _hfcabar _. d _' s -ckm ' se . She slated that _ahc had been _nWiWijd to _tfcks . deceased exactly three

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      weeks on the day of his death . Flo had bein _^ plaining of pains in his head ever since their 081 * riage . Ho told her that , about a _fortnigh t _r _^* their wedding he h & d slipped off a load ' of \ L afte _» had hurt himself very much in the back . ' _*^ Very important _disclosures _/ . it appears , _** - ,. « _^ to the Coroner by tbe surgeon at the close J ir examination to the effect that the deceased had d- r from the effects of poison , and lie accordingly ) journed the inquiry till the 24 th instant , so _»« T enable a post _iM ) rter » examination ofthe bodv and analysis ot the contents oftlie stomach to oe ' ma , i _/ _5 On the resumption of the _investigation , the cn ner having been apprised of the probability of . . * deceased ' s death being found to have resulted fr « arsenic , he desired the widow to be called in . 5 after cautioning her in the usual way , read the _**; dence which she had previously given , to which _« u put her mark as _beine correct . ** - " _-B

      " . «! . a 7 i ! _w . e wa ? _*>»« i _isiven , from which h appeared that the poison had been mixed with _l dumpling , of whicb the deceased partook , and _wa _» seized immediately afterwards with heartburn anj S _" ' _^ U 8 ua - - ' " « at ' * <"' of poisoning g ™ _- - _* _- T 1 , e J - _^ _ewm * - . who made the _postmortal _exammation deposed to finding a considerable quant tity m the stomach , and gave it as their decided opinion that the death was owing to that caui ? Ihe Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder ' against Catherine Foster , the wi e of the deceased who was then committed to the County Gaol af Bury St . Edmunds for trial at thc ensuing assize ? rhe jury having met on Monday , pursuant ' _ta adjournment , to _siga their verdict , the _following additional evidence was taken . 5

      Mary Ann Chinery sworn -. I live with my grand father William Pawsey at Acton , and am a sinala woman . My grandfather lives next door to Mrs Morley ' s _, where John Foster died . On the day _atC his death , when the surgeons were opening his body Catherine Foster , deceased ' s wife , came and sat Hj our house . When she came in she said the doctors where going to open John's body , and she could not bear the thoughts of being within , and she asked if she might sit there the time they were doing it . She then sat down by the fire . After some time she said , "If I bad vent to Bury before I married , l would not have married him at all .

      The above waa confirmed by a younger sister o ithis witness . In consequence of information communicated to the coroner by Mr . Richard Holmes , a pupil of the Reverend Mr . _Qtley's , the little boy Morl « y ( bro . ther of the accused ) was sent for , and beinz sub . jeeted to a very close examination by the coroner the following evidence was elicited from him;— " My sister made two dumplings on the day when John was taken ill . She made them before he came in . The dumplings were both the same size . My sister gave John one of the dumplings . My sister and myself had the other dumpling between ns . Thesecond dumpling was made of the rubbings of the pan , and was a little one ; this is the one my sister and I had . John had none . of this one . My sister and I had

      nearly done our supper when John came in . We had a few potatoes and a little dumpling . On the Tuesday night , when John was ill in bed , and when Catherine was in bed , she told me to say that I ate the same victuals that John did . I had been in ' . lied ever so long . She told me a « ain on the day I first came up before the jury to say the fame , and also that there was only one { dumpling ; thi 9 is the reason why I said so . We neither of us had any ot the dumpling that John had . John asked me to have a piece . Catherine said I should not , and I had not . " It was evident that the boy had been tampered with , and it was with difficulty that ; thc above evidence could be obtained . By the direction of the coroner , he was taken charge of by Mr . Superintendent Ray .

      Another Poor-Law Murder. An Inquiry, Adj...

      ANOTHER POOR-LAW MURDER . An inquiry , adjourned from Friday [ last , was resumed on Monday respecting the death of Joseph Woodward , aged | 23 months , whoBe death , it was alleged was hastened by want of food . I Mr . Cou'tard , one of the relieving officers of St . Pancras , and other persons officially connected with it were present . The mother of the child gave evidence to the foi . lowing effect : —She resides at No . 90 , Albany street . The deceased child died after about a week's illness , during which Mr . Lambert , _a'surgeon , prescribed for it . It died unexpectedly . Her husband had been in prison for some time respecting _eorae money transactions , and was released on the day of the

      child ' s death . During his confinement she was in great want , ' ' with two other children ( > besides deceased . She applied for relief in the first instance on the | 15 th of October last , at the St . Pancras Workhouse . She received an order for two loaves cf bread , but ] represented that . being without tire ot proper nourishment for the deceased child , always a sickly one , bread would be of no use to her , whereas one shilling would purchase food and a few little nourishing things more appropriate for the condition of her family than bread . Money was refused , bat the asylum of the workhouse was offered to her . That she rejected , because the acceptance of it would cause her to lose a little occasional work she had . She went a second time to the workhouse on

      the 2 nd of November , and was again relieved with bread , but with nothing else . She received similar relief subsequently , but never received any money . Two of her children could eat bread , but deceased could not . She had not represented to the parish authorities that her child was ill . She only spoke of the destitution of the family . In order that her children might have a little food , sue had herself during the last seven weeks gone two days without any . Her chief nourishment was a little tea and dry bread . Her landlady had given her arrowroot for the deceased , and she had procun d biscuits for H , but it had lost its appetite for a few days preceding death . Before , and at the time death took place , deceased had more food than it couid eat . Uer other children had not , but they were healthy .

      Mr . Lambert , surgeon , of Albany Street , had never seen the deceased child alive , but had prescribed for it _accordins to the symptom * described to him by the mother . Since death he had examined the body internally and externally . The chiid was a very small one tor its aire , much emaciated and crook-backed , and otherwise deformed . lie had found extensive disease cf some of the internal organs—the right lung adhering to tbe plura , and disease of the pericardium . The stomach was healthy , but he found no food in it , and very little ia the intestines .

      Mrs . Woodward , tlie mother , having been recalled , stated that when she went to the workhouse she was kept waiting some times from nine i . m . to nearly five p . m . before she obtained thc relief of a loaf or loaves . The place was crowded with applicants kept waiting as long as she was kept , more or less . On Friday evening last , after the inquest , a person from the workhouse called , and inquired into her condition . He gave her 2 s . and an order for two loaves , and told her when that relief was exhausted to apply to the workhouse .

      Mr . Cou'tard , assistant relieving officer , here stated that he recollected the woman calling ou the 15 th of October and having been relieved with bread . She made no statement , to his recollection , that her case was an urgent one . If she had applied sooner , and repeatedly , and urgently , the condition of herself ami family would havo been inquired into , although that would have been going beyond what the hiw permitted . She and her family belonged to St . Marylebone , strictly speaking , entitled to noout-dorr relief in St . Pancras .

      The Jury having deliberated within closed doors for a long time , returned this verdict , ' * Died from effusion into the cavity of the chest , produced by natural causes ; " and in returning that verdict the Jury unanimously express their opinisn , founded on the evidence , ** That certain of the relieving officers of the parish of St . Pancras have been grossly apathetic and negligent respecting the family of which the deceased child was a member , when the direful wants of the family were made known to them on two or more occasions by the mother . The Jury further say that proper attemps were not made by the said officers to distinguish between the necessitous or truly deserving poor in St . Pancras , and those of persons who ave not so deeply in need of food , tiring , or clothing as wero Mrs . Woodward and her family , living at home , during the last seven weeks . They fear that

      a meek and orderly manner of application disarms the said officers of nil apprehension that distress fe real and emergent . They condemn most strongly the wanton and cruel custom of keeping largo numbers of persons waiting for relief , when early and prompt attention might , by other arrangements , bo given , and they consider that in the winter season this practice is especially wicked and injurious . Finally , the Jury hope that immediate steps will be taken in the parish , that the errors which have become manifest at this inquest , and the system of relief to the poor , maybe removed , in ordevbothto render the system more humane , and prevent the necessity in thc approaching winter of the summoning them and their brother inhabitants to inquire into causes of death , produced by the want of thc common necessaries of life . "

      Taking The Veil—Two Foolish Ladies, The ...

      Taking the Veil—Two foolish ladies , the Hon . Miss Middleton . and Miss Byrn , " on Wednesday , at thc _Convent , Parkers-row , Bermondsey . ESROLMEST OF PENSIONERS FOR NEW ZEALAND . —It is intended to enrol six companies of pensioners , ecah consisting of four sergeants , four corporals , two drummers and fit ' , aud seventy six : privates for service in Now _Zealitmli

      street , _ilayninrkct . hi the City _oMVcstmiurtw __ Office , in the same Street and Parish , wr th « I' <> _prietJr _, _pjsAttftua O'co-vson . fi * -.. aud nubhshed by Wlliak Il .-w . rr , of _; Ko . 18 . _^ _Wfe _^ v , dJii-sirect , Walworth , iu the 1 _' anah or 8 t .. M . u } , _£ «« _Ington . in the CVunty of . Surrey , at the U jjic e , ISO . _ « _ofeatWJndnii _SUtix-et , _llayumrkcr , in too OU o _Wt- _'tir- _' mslei' . .. _Satiirduy . December 6 . JIM ,

      Atthe P,.;,.Tn,I Hvtioribal M'Gowan. Of 18. Grcnt Wjiidailu

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05121846/page/8/