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      The Health Of Losdox.—In The Week Ending...

      The Health of Losdox . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts wore 794—a number which shows that , the diminished rato of mortality continues , and which , taking the corresponding weeks of ten previous years , is less than in the week of any year since 1842 . The average of the ten weeks is 877 , of , augmented in the ratio of increased population , 957 , compared with which the decrease of last week amounts to 1 G 3 . The whole number of deaths recorded as caused by the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases is 159 , whereas in the same week of last year they rose to 393 , and the corrected average of ten corresponding weeks is 227 .

      To take particular epidemics : —small-pox carried off six persons , the half of whom were ohildren ; measles was fatal in 17 cases ; scarlatina in 20 ; hooping-cough in 23 , all of these exhibiting a mortality of less than the usual amount . Typ hus or whieh 35 persons died , shows the ordinary amount of raortalitv ; but it is much less fatal than in the same weeks of 1847—9 . Oa the other hand , diarrhcea _continues to increase , as is usual at this period of the year , but its progress is not remarkable ; in the last four weeks the deaths from it , for the most part among _children , have been 17 , IS , 33 , and ( last week ) 40 . The average is 27 . A case of English cholera is thus recorded :-On the 4 th Of Julyat 3 Pembroke-p lace , Upper Marsh ,

      , , Lambeth , a bov of seven years , the son of au engineer , died of " English cholera ( 14 hours , ) dropsy ( 9 days , ) effusion into the pleura ( 12 hours . " ) Exclusive of consumption , the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs were only 70 , which is less than in any corresponding week of 1840—9 , having ranged from 76 to 96 . From consumption there were 121 , whereas they fluctuated in the ten corresponding weeks from 116 to 152 . On the 3 d of July , a greengrocer ' s assistant , aged 18 years , died , in St . George ' s Hospital , to which he had been brought ; from Kensington , of " choera

      ( 9 days , ) softening of spinal chord , " post mortem . In the sub-district of Saffron-hill , a . skin-dresser , aged 43 , died from "diffuse inflammation of cellular membrane of chest and neck from the absorption of some animal poison ( 3 days } . " A man and woman died from intemperance . —Tlie mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 785 inches . The temperature varied little during the week , and the mean was 59 . 6 deg ., slightly below ihe average ofthe same week in seven years , The wind , blew during the first fonr days from the south-west , and afterwards generally from the west . MEUSCHOLT _OCCQKHEKCE AT BiSKSlDE . — On

      Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at the private residence of Mr . Winter , 8 , Bankside , as to the death of Mr . Richard Winter , aged 21 , son of Mr . Winter , of the firm of Winter and Richardson , of Bahkside , wine merchants . —Mr . J . W . Walton , 26 , Albion-grove , Islington , wine merchant , stated that on Friday he accompanied the deceased and other friends in a sailing boat to "Woolwich , where they remained about twenty minutes . They arrived back at Southwark-bridge

      by about five o ' clock . Deceased was at the head of the boat , the sails preventing his companions from seeing bim , and be was in a moment missed . Drags were' procured , and the body was recovered in abont thirty minutes , but life was quite extinct . He could only suppose that the deceased had slipped from the head of the boat , tbe noise ofa steamer probably preventing his fall into the water being heard . —Mr . Whittingden , another friend of deceased , concurred in this opinion . — "Verdict" Accidentally drowned . "

      The _Bebuoxdset Mubdeb . —The whole of the affair " connected with the Bermondsey murder has been settled by the Treasury . It may be recollected that shortly after the execution of the Mannings , all the property found on the convicts and in _ScOtfclRd , and the railway shares , were delivered over to the Crown , to be disposed of . That portion belonging to tbe murdered man was paid to his relatives , and the remainder , wbich was clearly established to be the property of Manning and his wife , was retained until some settlement could be made respecting the expenses of their defence . Mr . Binns , the solicitor for Manning , and Mr . Solomons , the solicitor for his wife , received instructions some time ago to Bend in their respective accounts , and

      last week letters were sent to them , requesting their attendance at the Treasury . On Saturday last those gentlemen bad an interview with Mr . Hauler , and received payment of their accounts , bnt much , reduced ia amount . The French Rente ; bate been disposed of , and the other property has been handed over to Manning ' s relatives . Post-office Sussax Labour . —A public meeting was announced to beheld on Monday night at the London Tavern , for the purpose of considering the motion to be made by , Mr . Locke , M . P ., in the House of Commons on Tuesday , for at once rese _ din < r tbe vote which brought about the present postal derangement . Mr . Douglas Gerrold was announced to take the chair , but was from some

      reason or other unable to attend , and Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry , presided over the meeting , which was so nnmerons that an adjournment took place to the large room upstairs , wbich was immediately crowded to excess . The Sunday _restrictiocist party mustered in full voice , if not in fall force , an 4 the meeting passed off in uproar Tbe first resolution , " That the closing ofthe Postofficeon Sunday , for the delivery of letters and newspapers , is arbitrary and unjust , and that this meeting considers such a proceeding opposed to the wishes and feelings of a large mass of the people , and pledges itself to make every lawful exertion to get the recent order for closing the Postoffice on Sunday immediately rescinded , " was

      proposed by Mr . Hodgkin , and seconded by Mr . Elt . To this the following amendment was moved by Mr . Lee , and seconded by Mr , Oafeey * . — " That this meeting is of opinion that the new postal arrangements , being the result of a constitutionall y expressed , wish ofa large and infiuentiul portion of the community , ought not to be rescinded until they nave had a Fair trial . " Mr . R . R . Moore then spoke against the amendment ; and several other gentlemen having also addressed the meeting , amid continued interruptions from one partof the assembly or another , the original motion was carried by a large majority . The meeting then separated . Bseadfol Accuses ! ax Hammersmith . — On Saturday last an accident , by which fonr men have

      been much injured , occurred on the Great Western ? read , near Hammersmith , at a row of houses which are in course of erection there . A cornice , consisting of massive pieces of York stone and other materials , projecting two feet in front , fell with a tremendous crash on the scaffold beneath it , on which were several men at work , and instantly carried it down to the ground , a height of nearly fifty feet . In a short ; time four bricklayers were extricated and carried to a neighbouring surgeon _' s , where instant medical aid was rendered them , bat their injuries were found to be of snch an extensive and dreadful nature that all except one ( who lived near

      tne spet , and was carried home ) were soon afterwards conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital . On Sunday it was fonnd necessary to amputate the arm of one ofthe sufferers , so extensivel y was it injured . . " Quick . Passage . —The . Little Western steamer left London-bridge Wharf on Saturday last at a quarter past ten , aud arrived at Bamsgate at a quarter to four . The Prince of Wales , on Sunday , left the brid ge at eight , and after calling at Blackwall , Wbplwieh , and Grave ? end , reached Margate before a quarter past one . This is . a specimen of ibe _passagenow _ ade on tbe Margate and Ramsgate station .

      BOBBEBT AT _ChBZST . CHDBCH , BlACKFBIABS . — Smce Sunday last it has been discovered that Canst Church , in the _Blackfriars-road , had been entered by thieves , under somewhat extraordinary circumstances . On the south-east side of the church there is _asmall window , only thirteen inches by eleven , across which was an iron bar . To reach tha window a ladder was placed against the wall , and the glass having been broken , some person must have squeezed himself through . Fortunately the communion plate was not in the church , and the only article stolen was the velvet covering of the communion table . - _^

      SxKAM-BOixAccn » EST at Lambeth . —On Wednesday Mr . William Payne held au inquest , _ which lasted nearly six hours , at the Steel-yard Tavern , Upper TnanKs-street , on the body of Mr . Hawtrev Jan ., son of the member of the Court of Common Council for Bread-street ward . The circumstances attending the accident having been detailed by witnesses ; the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . Baeixg _BoBotABY et thb Out . —It -was discovered ou Wednesday morning that the premises of Messrs . Muggeridge , Sprague _, and Co ., the extensive paper merchants , of Queen-street , _Cheap-SJvJ _** - a l ' ng the ni S been burglariously _^^^ 0 nght ! , ere was a _«* amount of property inthe place , Tery little was carriedoff .

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      Peace Cokobes 3 Ar _. F _ is _? oBr-ox-THE-MAiss . — This meetiog is now definitivel y settled . The German Senate has given in _writing their fall authorisatioa for holding the congress , and in tbe most courteous' manner complied with the application made for ' tbeir permission . Ah active committee is also formed for making the arrangements , both for the meetings of the congress and the hotel accommodation of the delegates and visitors . Some ofthe most eminent men in . Frankfort , including a member of the Senate , are on the committee , and bare engaged to do their utmost to secure efficiency to the congress . _Promfvarions parts of Germany and tbe continent adhesions to the congress have been sent in , and the interest felt in ibe undertaking 13 widel y spreading . Tho sittings will commence on the 22 nd of August , aad arrangements are making to _' eon vey tbe English delegate's and visitors from London on the 19 th of that month .

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      Suicide At Bristol - A Suicide Occurred ...

      Suicide at Bristol - A suicide occurred at Bristol on Saturday last . A Prussian ship , called the Borussia , upon her arrival at thafcport was rummaged by the custom-house officers , and _, a quantity of smuggled tobacco being found m the possession of _sWnfLbers of tbe crew , _* _FJf _* _% _?*?* against under the custom laws , fined at large _pena - ties and committed , in default of payment , to gaol . This circumstance , _toother with his being obhged to make a large expenditure for the ship , preyed on the spirits of her commander , Hemriche Lange , a nativeof Pilau , and threw . hua into a . melancholy

      state For four or five days he refused to-take any nourishment , aud ou Saturday last , having fastened himself into his state-room , he first cut hi 3 throat , and then insetted the muzzle of his tifla iu the wound , and forcing the trigger wiih his toe , discharged the piece . The noise attracted the attention of some of his crew , who hastened to the spot and found him on th 9 ground in a dying state , and with his person covered with blood . Information of the distressing occurrence was promptly communicated to the Prussian consul , M . Vesgir , and the police authorities , and an inquest was held on the body . The jury , after examining several witnesses , returned a verdict ' that the deceased destroyed himself while in a _s _' ate of temporary insanity .

      Gas _Explosion— Between two and threeo clock on Monday morning , two men , named John and Joseph Maurice , toll-keepers at tho Woodford Gate , Essex . John Serror , supposed to be an assistant , John Pollen , a gas-fitter , and Mary Ann Maurite , the toll-keeper ' s wife , together with her infant child , were brought to the London Hospital io a most woful condition . From the little that can be learned , itappeared that onthe previous night , or rather towards the morning , one of the Maurices observed that there was a large escape of gas in the vicinity of tbe toll-house . He at once sent into ihe village for Pollen , who , unfortunately , rushed suddenly with a light to ascertain from what direction the escape

      was " taking place . Ignition was instantaneous , and an explosion , which was beard for several miles around , ensued . Those in the vicinity hastened to the spot , when it was found that the honse was blown up , the roof being completely shattered , and the five persons above named were lying in a most disastrous state in various directions . The poor woman appears to have suffered most , one of her legs _being so shattered tbat it was at first proposed to resort to amputation , but her enfeebled condition prohibited the attempt . -All the men appear to have been soseverely injured that no detailed account of the affair can begot from them , aad it is apprehended that the child is the only one of the party likely to survive .

      Fatal Accident on thk Trent Valiev Railway . —On Saturday last an engine driver employed on the Lichfield portion of the London and North Western Railway , lost his life by coming in contact with one of the arches which crosses the line . He was driving a luggage train near Tamwortb , and being apprehensive that something was out of order in the train , he leant over the hide ofthe engine and looked towards the trucks . Unfortunately , while so engaged , the upper part of his body came in contact with the lower portion of one of the bridges , which threw him off tbe engine on to the same line of rails the train was travelling , and it was supposed the whole of them passed over him . Both his legs at the knee were nearly severed from the body , his right hand was cut off , and his shoulder dislocated . With all haste he was removed home , and after nearly four hours dreadful agony he died . No blame appears to be attributable to any of the company ' s officers , -:

      Neglecting the Use of the Safety Lamp -i The explosion of fire damp in Messrs , Charlesworih ' s pit , at Crigglestone , near Wakefield , a few weeks ago , has resulted in the death of John J agger , one of the hurriers , aged eighteen years . Deceased was hurrying coal for his brother on the day when the explosion took place , and the brother , wben in the workings , had a lighted candle ia his hand , which ignited ihe gas at a distance , he states , of about two yards from the face of the workings . The deceased was much burnt upon his body , and died on the 6 th inst . The ventilation of the pit is represented to be good ; and the brother of the deceased said Messrs . Charlesworth provided safety lamps for the use of the miners . Mr . Lee , the coroner , held an inquest on the body , when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally burnt . "

      | Capture of the Convict Griffiths . —Intelli-| gence was received at Woolwich on Saturday last that the convict John Griffiths , who bad escaped a few days previously from the Dockyard , had been apprehended , and was ia custody at Chatham . It appears the high constable there had received information of a burglary being committed at Brompton on the night of Friday , or early on Saturday morning , and observing two well-known characters in tbe abstracting line in company with a stranger , be had all three taken into custody and searched , and by that means ascertained that Griffiths was an escaped convict from the , marks on his stockings . Griffiths remains in custody , and wid be tried for robbery and assault , tbe waistcoat of one of tbe mowers , with whom he had a conflict on the farm of _Claypits , in the parish of Lee , being found upon him when apprehended .

      i Fatal Accident . —An accident of the most horrible nature befel a young lad at work in a hay field near the town of Romsey ; Hants , on the 5 th inst . The young man , _whose name was Fish , was in the act of descending a ladder from the top of a hayrick with a large fork in his band , and whether he let the fork drop and lost his equilibrum it is not known , but he was observed to be struggling on the _groutd , and was heard . to exclaim , " 1 am staked , I am a dead man . " After about thirty hours of the most excruciating agony death put an end to his pain . A post mortem examination took place , when it was found the handle ofthe fork had passed up into the cavity of the abdomen , until it reached the diaphragm , when it was stopped by the Strong material . Tbe blunt handle of the hayfork had carried away with it a part of the lad's trousers , which gave way at the moment of its entrance into his body .

      Highway _Robbebt . —Four women , named Bntterworth , Ogden , Keenan ( alias _M'CaU ) , and Thompson , all of whom have been previously convicted of felony , and a man named Hampson , who has already undergone a sentence of transportation , were , on Saturday last , and again on Tuesday , placed in the dock at the Borough Court , Manchester , on a charge of highway robbery . The prosecutor was a man named Samuel Garner , a gardener , living at Sale Moor , who stated that on Saturday morning last , soon after midnight , he arrived in Manchester with a cart , and put up at the Swan Inn , in _Shudehill ; and at half-past two in the morning he went to the stables to see that the cart was all right . "While there , he saw seven people

      coming up the street , four females and three men ; the females were those now in the box ; one of the men was the male prisoner . The woman Eeenan came np to him as he was standing near the stable , and asked him if he would have something to drink . He refused ; and almost immediately afterwards the male prisoner , came up and seized him by the throat , and threw bim down on his back , and while the other two men held . his legs , and three of the women stood by watching , the woman Eeenan rifled his pockets of lis . 7 d . He tried to shout out during this time , but the . male prisoner pressed his thumb into the prosecutor ' s neck , and thus prevented him from making himself heard ... In this prostrate position he was held for a minute and a half or two

      minutes - , Keeaan then Tan away , the other women followed ber , and the male prisoner and his companions , having held the prosecutor till the women had got to a distance of forty or fifty yards , followed then * example . Prosecutor , as soon as he could recover himself , ran after the retreating party , and came up first with the male prisoner ; who threatened to deter him from farther pursuit , and finding him determined upon it , again wrestled with and maltreated him ; the male prisoner then took a fresh start , and prosecutor Kept up the chase , and when in Miller-street , saw one ofthe women and secured her , and , at this moment , policeman

      _Wintersgill came on the scene of action , joined in the pursuit , and made another of the women prisoners ; and the remainder ( with the exception of two of the men ) were subsequently apprehended by Inspector M'Mulhn and other officers . Subinspector Lovatt , on searching the place on Saturday morning , at about a quarter-past three , found a purse not above a yard distant from the spot where the last wrestling between Hampson and prosecutor bad taken place . It bad no money in ft , and prosecutor satisfactorily identified it as his own . Other evidence was given , and the prisoners were all committed for trial at the assizes . '

      IMMERSION . —On Sunday Mr . and Mrs . Williams of Cornbourne , Goudburst , had come from thence to Yalding , to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr . Pryer , farmer , of this place , who is a latter-day saint , or Plymouth brother . The company were preparing to start for the river in Northwood , where the business was to be transacted , and a Mr . Slade , of _Goudbnrrt ; was tbe person who was to be immersed , but the ceremony was prevented by a most serious accident . Mr . and Mrs . Williams bad concluded to ride down to the river , and had just got in a cart for that purpose when tbe horse ran back into a

      very deep pond in Mr . Pryer _' s yard , and horse , oart _, and Mr . and Mrs . Williams were quickly ont of sight and under the water . The persons present , with great presence of mind , threw into the pond a Bh _' eep gate , and Mrs . Williams came up first , and caught hold of it , and then grasped her husband by one arm , the party dragging the sheep gate towards the yard , and Mrs . Williams and her husband ; and thus both were saved frm their perilous situation . The horse was drowned , and the cart brolien to pieces . This is said to be a very dangerous pond . - - Mr . Pryer ' a son met his death there about two years since / :

      A Balloon C & osskq the Channel . —Lieutenant Gale , in his Cremorne balloon , ascended from Shorebam on Monday evening , bis coarse being south easterly . The wind was blowing moderately along the land . - bat _thorily _afterwwtis it Qewronnd to the

      Suicide At Bristol - A Suicide Occurred ...

      northward , when the balloon took har . course across the channel . The mtrip idfaiteonautjaBtdiscerned Beachey Head at the ' closeof the evening , and darkness succeeding , he imagined that he was proceeding up channel . For upwards of three hours the greatest anxiety was felt by Lieut . Gale , as to . his whereabouts , till he observed a light . He immediately allowed sufficient gaa to escape to decrease his elevation _, when he threw out hu grapnell . One hour and a half more elapsed and yet . nothing could ibe perceived to indicate his approach to land , till the grapnell caught something , which proved to be a rock , adjacent to the sea shore , about six miles from

      Dieppe . Mr . Gale succeeded in securing his balloon . It was midnight when Mr . Gale reached a hamlet , and having partaken of the hospitality of the hostess , by a hearty drink of water , she very kindly called / or assistance , and handed him over to the gendarmes , as from bis explaining his forlorn ; condition in very questionable Krench , they mistook him for another Boulogne invader . He was conveyed to Dieppe to the British consul , where ho was immediately released , although the surveillance was continued up to the time of his leaving , which did not take place till Wednesday morning , at nine o ' clock ; in the Magician steamer . Mr . Gale could not get his balloon given up to him .

      Steamer . Blown Up . — Plymouth , Wednesday , July 10 th . —This morning , at a J ic tie before seven o ' clock , the Queen Btearaer , of about seventy tons burden , Captain Williams , blew up , when lying off _jfforth'Corner steps , Hainaoze . The engineer , William Mitchel , who keeps a tavern at Calstock , and is tho principal owner , was iu charge at the time standing on the larboard paddle-box , whence lie was blown with part of the ship into the sea . - The steamer was preparing for an excursion up tho river Tamer , and the steam was got up about five o ' clock . At the time of the accident the only person ; below was a man .: named' Lane , recently employed in place of his brother , one of the stokers ; lie was in the engine-room , and was carried away with the wreck ' The after-end of the boiler is

      blown completely out , taking with it the after-deck and cabin , companion , seats , and all ; indeed , the stern part is shelled , there being nothing but the ceiling of the hull to be seen . Six persons were on board ; Lane is miss _' ng , Mitchell , the engineer , seriously scalded ; James Smith , stoker , leg broken ; a fourth man injured , and two escaped without hurt _. The steamer was taking a turn a head at the time ; the valve was two inches- from the extreme . . The Queen was engaged for the day . by the trustees of tho Princess-street Independent Chapel , Devonport , and no doubt a very large number of persons would bave been on board ; bad the accident occurred a few hours later the loss of life would have been frightful to contemplate . The over-crowding of the steamers on the river Tam ' ar is deserving the attentionof government .

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      The Wife of a _CLEaoyMAN accidentally snoT Br her husband . —A _eryshocking event recently occurred at the town of St . Clears ( > near Carmarthen . The Rev . J . Lloyd , who resides ir i the neighbourhood , was examining a gun . , whicb he had procured for the purpose of killing vermin , and while rubbing the barrel with a piece of rag it accidem ally caught the trigger . The gun went off , and the contents were lodged in the body of the wife of the reverend gentleman , who was _seated in a chair near her busband . ' She fell immediatefy to the ground , and expired in aTew minute * . An inquest « as held upo ¦> thebady , and ' a verdict of" Accidental Death" was recorded . .-

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      Strike among tub Hacknbt-Coach . _Propriet'Oks at Edinburgh— I he stake among the _hacknsy coach proprietors _stillipntiriues , and , to the great inconvenience of the public , all the cab stands , except onef > remain deserted . An attempt was made on the ith inst . by _adeputation of the coach proprietors , to induce the magistrates to depart from their resolution _, and to accept ofa plan based on that previously in operation , but with a sixpenny ' fare for distances not exceeding half a mile . The magistrates refused to acquiesce in this _proposition , and insisted on a trial being made of the uniform scheme . The conference

      consequently ended in no'hing whatever being done . Soicidb . —A case of suicide occurred in Paisley on Sabbath morning last , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock . John Hart , a blacksmith , who had for about . a week previous , been indulging in drink , went , ostensibly for a walk , with a child of his , down the field lying at the back of Auchintoilie House , and which borders the river . Alleging some trifling excuse , he told the child to wait his return . It is supposed that he had gone direct to the river and plunged in . The coachman at _Auchintorlie heard ' the plunge , ran down and got him ashore too late , however , to save his life ,

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      Serious Rioting In Nkwry.—The Newry Exam...

      Serious Rioting in Nkwry . —The Newry Examiner gives the following version of a disgraceful riot between _sonw soldiers of the Second ( Queen ' s Royals ) and tbe civilians , in which the former appeared to have been the aggressors . —• ' _' . On Wednesday and Thursday ni ght Sugar Is ' andwasthe scene of violent fighting between the soldiers of the Second regiment of infantry and a ' number of respectable civilians . The soldiers on the former night began the battle by knocking down a man named Cowan . ' This was followed by an assault on a young man named Walker , whose collar bone was badly fractured by the soldiers leaping on him . Mr . John Hancock

      was knocked dowrc , and several other inhabitants were severely injured . The soldiers , on tbe other hand , did hot escape with impunity . On Thursday night the attack on the soldiers was evidently premeditated . Two of them began , without any provocation , on a man on Sugar Island bridge—and a whistle being given as a signal , immediately large bodies of soldiers came from various quarters , and taking off their cross-belts commenced heating every person in their way . Several civilians were badly hurt ; Mr . R . J . Browne received two severe blows on the head , and Major Waring was struck by some soldiers with tbeir belts . The picket instead of doing their duty aided their comrades . At last , the arrival of strong parties of police and military put an end to the disgraceful scene . "

      Abolition of the Viceroyai / _tt . —Mr . Robert Cane , ex-mayor of Kilkenny , and one of the mo 9 t respectable men . ; connected with the late "Confederation , " bad addressed a temperate letter to the Duke of Wellington , remonstrating against the al _lusion . made to him in the course of that memorable speech of his' Grace' which has bad tbe effect of changing the Ministerial mind upon the policy of abolishing the office of Lord-Lieutenant , although fortified by a majority of 256 votes in the House of Commons . After a denial of the accuracy of the Duke ' s statements as being applicable to his case , Mr . Cane concludes in these words : — "As an Irish

      man still thirsting _. after the independence and happiness of my ' country I , desire to see that office of Viceroy abolished , f ; Many of my motives for this wish may be directly the opposite of your Grace ' s to preserve it ; but there are some of them in which even you might concur , were you resident here and witnessing for the last twenty years , as I have been , the working of . that evil _aysteni , Could you know how its influences have been exercised according as it suited the Minister of the day , the elections of his supporters , and the interests of his partisans—could you see how , ina land of pauperism , it has been creating ; habits of , extravagance in the ruined peer and the broken landlord ; false ' tastes and destructive ambitions in the merchant and the professional

      man ; miserable and corrupting distinctions for all , drawing . men away from their proper pursuits and making Royalty itself laughable by its wretched mockery of it—nay , could your Grace have seen the Castle influences which , creeping along its backstairs , have too often guided its public acts , punishing and bribing there ; bribing upon this side and ruining upon tbat ; and then the mock Sovereignty itself , alternately coercing public opinion , yet cowering before a popular murmur ; blustering , and yet cringing ; wielding its patronage through friends and sycophants , and displaying a power exercised for , and measurable but by , its emoluments—could your Grace see things as tbey really are , you would promptly fix your heel upon the neck of the serpent and crush it . "

      Conviction for Mr / BDER . —At the Ennis AssizeB on tbe 5 th inst ., Patrick Howe , 49 , and Bridget Eeogh , aged 32 , brother and sister , were charged with the murder of a gentleman named Arthur _O'Donnell , at Derrynalicka , on the 10 th of April last . John Howe , being in fever , could not stand his trial . It appeared by the statement for the Crown that the deceased-gentleman was an unmarried man , having . hone , of his own immediate family residing with bim , but / that the female prisoner lived in his house in the quality . of housekeeper , and with one other domestic , named Michael _M'Mahon , constituted his household ; --The deceased

      was supposed to possess a considerable sum of money and in order to obtain possession , of , it Biddy Keogh had contrived his murder . A further m otive was imputed to her—namely ,, jealousy ; , as it would appear that some relation , subsided between her and _thedeceased , by reason of whioh' she harboured resentment on ; account of certain attentions " paid bv the deceased _tojanothM woirian . Both prisoners were found Guilty" and sentenced tobe executed but no day was named . ¦ '" .. ' _c _* uu „ , . hS ?* wT _^ _^ _MAliLKVERER _. _ It is _^ _Effi & _ft the P a _*» _Swn _' , parties implicated in the assassination of MrMaule-- _¦«^ :

      . verer . . . .... - _:-- . -- — . ~ . u . v coll _n _?* _- ? , Ji f IB _£ - S juries of the _K _* and c ? f Limerick have unanimously aaopted memorials for presentation , _tofthe Home secretary , praying that the commuted . sentence ; .. _- _¦; : ' ' .- ¦< _¦ ; " ' _¦ ' ! i

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      passed on Mr . Smith O'Brien *» might be carried out with _' _as much mitigation aa his safe custody would admit ; i' _^ Si ? David Roche objected to the wording ofthe resolution as . not being sufficiently . strung , ; jut at the suggestion of ' the foreman , ' - who ufged ; the _necessity _ofiinanimityiSir David _withdrew'his _' obJ jection , and the memorial passed , nem . con . ' ' ' ; ¦ ¦ '•" Lord _Castlereagh has addressed a letter , to : some of the Irish " papers ' to contradict a rumour which , originated in -the _^ Galway , _indicator , to the , effect that' Lady' Castlereagh had' become : a 'Roman . Catholic and that hohimself intended to follow herexample . . -. . ... ;¦ ¦ ¦ .- -. _¦ ¦ ¦ . . ; ¦¦ _' . '• .. ' : 'f - ¦ ' ¦"¦¦' .: ' Tenant-right Meeting . —At the last meeting o ;

      the Wexford Tenant Protection Society a statement was made which was perhaps but , an imperfect sample of what mig ht be related of other districts . A letter from the parish of Kilbride , in the * erns district , showed that _althoughjhe _^ population of tbe parish had been gradually reduced from _wwwi little over 600 previous to " 1845 ; yet ; since that date twentv-nine families , ' comprising , 163 lnaiviauals , have been exterminated . - Out of this number tortyninehave emigrated ;* This , says the correspondent of the Freeman ' s Journal , who communicates the fact , will afford a pretty fair -sample , of the mode m which some Wexford landlords exercise the right of

      _^' seuw g Human Bones _^ -A TOman was arrested by the police in Limerick . on Saturday last in the act of selling 1 cwt . of human bones , . which she had removed from the burial ground of Itillalee , outside Clare-street . The miscreant bad also a quantity of shrouding and caps worn by the dead . The General . Assembly , ahd _Penanf Right . —The most important demonstration on the question of tenant right that has yet occurred has just been made by tlie Gerieral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland , at present assembled in Belfast . After gome discussion , the Assembly , on tbe motion of the Rev . Mr . Roeers , bf Coinbier , adopted the following petition to the House , of Commons by a sweeping majority : — "The petitiouof the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland , adopted at their annual meeting in Belfast , July , 1850 .. .

      , " . Humbly _showeth—That while your petitioners recognise the hand of Divine Providence in _r-the _rialataities with which this country . has latterly been visited , they are at the same time impressed with a solemn conviction of the growing destitution of the vast majority ofthe people of this provinco , who are generally engaged in agricultural pursuits , and ofthe deepi distress of the inhabitants of the other provinces of Ireland ; and believing that the _impoverished condition of the country is the result , to a great extent , of the existing law of-landlord and" tenant , which , though some proprietors have honourably ; declined to take advantage of , enables the landlord " to claim and require possession of the farmer ' s capital-au _^ jtoil , either by ah arbitrary increase of rent , or , by eviction witKout compensation ; and feeling convinced that much of the _outraire which has occurred of late in

      the north , is more traceable to an infringement of the prescriptive usage - known by the name ' , of tenan ' right , this assembly deploring and condemning every form of agrarian and other crime , . _andsehslble ofthe injurious effect which'the unsatisfactory state of the relations between landlord and tenant exercises oh the morality and religion of the kingdom , do most , earnestly beseech your honourable house . to pass a law which will preserve ; in its integrity , the tehaht-rieht of Ulster , and legally secure to the tenant farmers of all Ireland the fruits of their eapitRi ; and skill , and labour expended inthe cultivation and improvement of the soil . And your petitioners will ever pray . !? Reduction or Rents . — -The _MarqiiisojfDoyvnshire has made a further reduction of bteen , per cent _, on his Kildare and Wicklpw . estates , ' which had been let at moderate rents . f . , ' . . ' _,-, < \

      : _SlATR OF ARMAOri . —The Armagh _QasetUhas an account of the serviceof further Rockite notices in Crossmaglen , the district where Mr . Mauleverer had been so brutally murdered . _OitiNGB Processions . —¦ Notwithstanding , the movement of parties of constabulary up to Tuesday , towards the districts in Down , and other _., ' Northern counties , it is not expected that any military precautions ¦ will' be necessary . at fthe _| approaching anniversary . The tenant-right ' inoy ' ement _. f whatever may b- its merits or defects in other ' respecfs ,. haB had the positive advantage of discouraging factious and sc c * . arian differences . The Presbyterian . clergyj who have taken so prominrnt a lead in that movement , have actively exercised the influence they are known to

      possess , in dissuading the Orangemen _belonging to their communion from joining in _Aparty displays . Altogether , it seems ' likely that the next Orange anniversary will pass over in peace , and that there will never'be a repetition of the dreadful scene , at Dolly ' s Brae . . '' . ' . The Harvest . —The provincial accounts generally state that the potato crop continues quite safe ; and even in those places where blight exists , its progress is very slow , and confined to narrow limits , Several correspondents of the Cork Examiner in Cork , Limerick , Waterford , ' and Kerry , declare that , there is yet no blight whatever , so far as they could ascertain . The reports of the cereal , crops are very satisfactory . ' . ,.. '

      Dinner to ins LordMltdR _^—Thepublicdinner given by the _citizensbf Dublin to the Lord Mayor , took place on Tuesday in the round room of the Rotunda , and exhibited , in point of numbers arid enthusiasm , a very unequivocal demonstr . it . ion of popular satisfaction . atthe success whioh Mr . . Reynolds has had-over the persecutions carried oh with such animosity against him ; by the Conservative clique in tbe Corporation . The chair was occupied by Alderman Keshan , and about 600 persons sat down to dinner .

      At the present assizes for the county of Longford only two barristers , along with the crown _COUnSe ] , attended the judges in court . In that county , as well as in Cavan , there was not a single record , and in EnniskiUen but two records , of which one was settled—thus exhibiting only one record for trial in half of tho North-West Circuit , la charging the jury on opening the Neath assizes _. Judge Cramp ton said : " There was in truth nothing on the calendar to call for any particular or special notice . It was extremely light , and evidenced a tranquil state ofthe country . " In Monaghan the learned judge said i " The calendar was contained in a single sheet , there being only ten prisoners , aud that he did not find a case in it that required any observation from him j nnd he had onl y to congratulate them on the evidence which the calendar afforded of the total absence of crime in tbe county of Monaghan . " _'

      Representation of Mavo . —Mr . Butt , Q . C ., has actually taken the field as the candidate on Protectionist principles . The learned gentleman is daily expected ! in Mayo for the purpose of soliciting in person the suffrages ofthe electors .

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      Tho July session of . -the , Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday , before tlie Right Hon , the Lord Mayor , tho Recorder ; AldermanFarebrother , Sir 0 . Marshall , Sir J . Duke , Hunter , i and ¦ Salomons ; Mr . Sheriff Lawrence , Mr . Sheriff Kicoll , Messrs . Millard and Wire , _TJnderrSheriffs , _ o ., & c . Charsb ojp Embkzzlembnt . —James Martin , 36 :

      agent , a respectable-looking man , was indicted for embezzlement . —Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr . Clarkson defended . —The prisoner had been _tpt some years in the employment of the prosecutors , who are . Messrs . Deeds , leathersellers , ; aa their clerk ; but in the year . 1848 , they not having any further business for him , he was discharged as salaried clerk ,.. but . - retained to collect monies and obtain orders on commission , and in that capacity be remained down to the present time , drawing the monies upon account of his commission during the whole of that period , but not coming to a regular settlement of accounts , which , it appears , upon one occasion , he was most desirous of doing . About the beginning of May , they having ascertained

      that several , small sums , amounting to £ 10 , bad been paid over to him , and which he had not accounted for , they , without coming to any balance , gave him in custody for einbezzlomont ' ; but the magistrate before whom , he was , taken at once ; discharged him , upon which ho served tho prosecutors with a notice of action : for . false , imprisonment . They then went before the grand jury , and obtain : ing a true bill , had him taken ; in custody , and put upon his trial . —In cross-examination the prosecutor said that the prisoner ' s settlement , in 18 i 8 was most satisfactory , that whilst he was in their employment thousands had passed through his bauds . —Several witnesses gave prisoner a high character for _respectabiUty . _~ Mr . Clarkson , for the defence , said the _caso had arisen from the

      neelecc ox cne proscucors in their accounts , and tbat but for the civil action they had been threatened with , these and ulterior criminal proceedings would never have been taken . —The jury acquitted the prisoner upon three indictments . Cutting and Wounding . —Charles Dowson , 17 , an intelligent-looking lad , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding George Curseloy , with intent to do him grievous bodily barm : It appeared , from , the evidence for the prosecution , that on ; tho 24 th of Juno the _prisoner the prosecutorwho is about his own age—and another lad , were out together in the , - neighbourhood of Uxbridge ; and the two latter , who had with them a long cart

      chain trace , laid hold of the prisoner and fastened the chain round his body iand legs , and then lifted him up and carried , him along by it for some distance _.. The prisoner complained of their hurting him , and called to thera to put liim down , arid at length the prosecutor ' s companion loosed his hold and lot tho prisoner fall , but the prosecutor had got the chain so tightly fastened round his ; own aims that be could not disengago himself , and while they weroin this situation , the prisoner drew a knife from his pocket ,. and opened it , and struck the prosecutor with it on the wrist , and in the : course of a subsequent souffle be ; received another out > on the knoe _^ both injuries being , however , ofa very trifling _oharaoter-infaotmerp . atones . It was admitted

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      in the course of tho case that tbe prisoner had been very roughly used , and that he was a good j deal hurt by the ohain which ' was fastened round him before he r , _esorted to any _aots of . violence—Mr . . Carter , _wbofde ' fendea the * ' prisoner ; urgeaVupon the , jury ' thatupbn _^ thesefacts'K 8 was nbt ' onlyefi ' titledtoan , acquittal J upon those counts 'in the indictment Which charged _. the felonious intent to do grievous 'bodil yrharm ,, but that he ought not even to _be'cbn- _^ y icted of a ' common assault ,: as under _., the circumstances , in which he was placed he contended thai ; he was justified iri the act he did to releasehimself from the Violence of the proseoiitor and his ' companion . - _^ Recorder interposed , and said that the learned counsel was of course perfectly , _iustified , . _.....

      m placing before the jury any view he mifht enterr tain ' of the ' e ' ase , biit he thought it ri ght to . inform liim thatalthbugh he agreed with him in : thinking that the counts , whichcharged'the _felonious'intent had not been . made out by the evidence , yet'he should certainly direct the jury that the use ofa knife under the circumstances stated was . an excess of resistance which the law did not sanction , and _thakthe prisoner was therefore amenable to the charge of assault , —Mr . Carter said , that after this intimation from his lordship , _5 he should refrain from making any further observations to the . jury _.-and _' he then called ' several respectable witnesses to Speak to the character of the prisoner _^ and they all ooncurred in describing him as a well-conducted ,

      inoffensive lad . It appeared that he was employed inthe establishment of Mr . Clarkci a magistrate for the county of Middlesex , . residing in Harefield , and the butler to that gentleman gave . him a most excellent character ; and it was also , stated that' he was willing to take Him again into his service when this matter was disposed of . —The _juiy found the i prisoner guilty of a : common ; assault , _biitrecommended him to mercy , on account of bis good _character . —Thei learned Recorder , in passing sen : tencesftidheq ' uifce concurred in the decision come toby the'jury that the prisoner had committed an _assault _. and he could''not help observing •' that . it

      would have , been , likely to caiise a great deal of mischief if it had been held out . to boys like the prisoner , ' or any one " else , that , they might upon any trivial _'squabble _rcsOrt to the use of a dangerous weapon like a knife' with impunity . His lordship then Baid that , taking into consideration that the prispnerbad _, already , been _in'Newgatt ffor a' fortnight , ' . the sentence upon-him' wag that' he _be'further _irilprisone'd for . one day ; and he at the same time expressed his opinion thatthe case mi g ht have very well been 'disposed of summaril y by the magistrates without entailing upon the county the _expenBejbf _, the present : trial . —The jury said that they , qiiitoagreed , with _hislordsbip in the latter ob-¦ ¦ ' ¦

      servation . , ' ' • _., ,, . . . ' . ¦ . : ; : . Skittle _Sham-ino . —Joseph Bayley _. _iS , and John Lawier , 2 _lT , were charged with conspiring , i _>? ith Other per 80 n 8 named in trie indictment , to client Thomas Bland of his money . . Mr . 'Clarkson ,. ' Mr . Robinson , and Mr . Woollcttconducted the _prosecu _^ tion ; !; The . pri 8 _oners were defended' by Mr . Parry and MrVParnell . —Mr . Clarkson having stated ; the facts ofthe case , ' Mr . Thomas Bland , the , prosccu tor , deposed that he carried on the business of a butcher , in iRuffart ' _s-buildirigs , Islington . ' 1 On the afternoon of the 3 rd of April , a person named'Ward . ' who was also a butcher , came into bis shop and asked turn to have a glass of ale , and they went to tho Blue-coat Boy public house close by _,. for ; that

      purpose . They found the ' _prisoner Law Ier standing at the bar of the public house , drinking brandyand water , and ' hee ntered _intocoriversation with witness and his companion , and remarked that " butchering ; " must be . a very , good trade , as he could not get a mutton chop under ten pence a pound . Shortly after , _thisi _^ the ' prisoner Bay ley came in , apparently intoxicated , ' and he immediately began talking , to them , and said that he had been' waiting for t _« ' 0 hours at the Angel opposite , for a i lady—hisf" dear Mary , " as he called her , _andsajd he thought it very hard that she had disappointed him . He then said that he had _$ one to Sadler ' s Wells Theatre wivh his lady the night before , and that he had given her . a new dress which cost him six guineas ; and he

      thought it / was very unkind of her W keep him wait- ' ing so long , for nothing . Bayley then _said-that he had had £ 500 left him by a relative , ' and . he ; . _asked ; witness what business he should advise him to start in : Witness replied that business was' very hazardous , and he advised him to keep his money , and get some situation , until he found a profitable opportunity to invest it ; and , Bayley , upon this , said he was a good fellow for giving him such advice , and he offered to treat him with brandy and water . Witness declined to drink with him , and the two prisoners , who ap-. poared to be strangers to each other , then got into conversation ; and Lawier asked Bayley if he could play at" knock- ' _em-downs ? " : Bayley replied that he did hot know such'a game as knock- ' em-downs ,

      and said that in his country they played at bowls upon a green ; Lawier then _siiid that if he could play at that game , he could play at k ' libck- ' _emdowns , and he challenged' him to play a game' for a bottle of wine . ' . Bayley then . _said he had got plenty of money , and he agreed to play for a bottle of wine ; and upon witness suggesting that , they must go somewhere else to play , ' as there was no skittle ground at _the'Blue-coat Boy , Lawier said he would take . _'them to' a' place where they could play . Bayley placed a sovereign in witness ' s hands , as stakeholder , and Lawier gave him 4 s . 6 d ., saying he had no more _change , and tbey all went to the John BuHpublic'house ; in Breiver-street , and went into the' skittle ground , ' where Lawier and Bayley

      played .. The former knocked the whole of the ' _skittles down at one throw , and Bayley seemed hardly able to throw the . ball , and when , the game was lost , witness handed over the stakes to Lawier , and tho wine was brought in and ' paid for , Lawier and Bayley then began playing for money—a sovereign , two sovereigns , and three soverei gns a game , and Bayley lost every time ;' Witness advised him not to play any more ; but he said he had got plenty of money , and did hot mind losing a hundred or two . At that time another man , who went by the name of Johnson , knocked at the door of the skittle ground , which was bolted , and Lawier let him in , and he betted upon the game that was going on between Lawier and Bayley , and won money ofthe

      latter , and Lawier then came up to witness and asked him why he did not have £ 5 , and he added that it was a shame Johnson should win . his money . Witness declined to bet , and Lawier pressed him to do so , saying he might as well have £ 5 , as Bayley was _Bureto lose all his money . Witness atlehgth consented to . bet Bayley £ 5 he did not get the ; skittles down in five times , and he won the bet . —The Recorder : Before you made tho bet , how many times did he generally throw-the ball to get the skittles down ? Witness : He generally threw eight or nine times . ( Laughter . ) --The Recorder - . But the ' moment the bet was jnade down they went ? Witness Exactly , my lord . ( Renewed laughter , ) Examination continued : After this , witness made another

      bet of £ 5 with Bayley , aiid Jost that _alsdT Bayley then offered to bet him £ 50 that he couldnot knock all the _skittles down in nine throws . He told him he had not got so much , money about him , and Lawier said ho could borrow it . . , And witness said that if a person he knew w '„ ' at home he- could get the money ; and Johnson agreed to accompany him . Before he went Lawier asked himto give a deposit upon the bet , and he . produced three sovereigns , which was all he had , and Johnson lent him two to make up £ 5 , and Bayley produced the Same amount , and it was placed in the hands of Mr . Ward as stakeholder . ' Witness then went to a person named Thorp , in , Stv John-street , and borrowed £ 45 of him , and returned to tho skittle-ground ; but when

      he proposed to make up the amount of the bet , Bayley insisted tliat . it was for £ 100 instead of £ 59 , and he refused to play unless that amount was made up .- •! The deposit money was then given up , and Bayley challenged him to play a game for £ 20 , lie consented to-do so , and knooked the skittleB down in four throws , and Bayley " got them" in three . Lawier then told witness that Bayley appeared to get stronger , arid that he witness was "funking , " but that if he went again he would be sure to win , and witness made another bet of £ 20 with Bayley , and lost again . During all this time witness and the others had been drinking wine and brandy and water . After losing the second sum of £ 20 , a suggestion was made bv the _orisonm-n . that .

      tho landiordobjeofed to their remainingany longer , as ho suspected tbey were playing for money . A cab was accordingl y called , and they all went to the Sportsman public-house , in the City-road , where thoy had brandy and water and cigars , and thoy then went to tho Duke of Bridgewater public-house , at _Hapgerstone , where lie played at skittle ' s again with Bayley , and lost £ 10 more . It was then suggested that another game should bo played for £ 2 _§ , and upon witness , say ing that bo had lost all his money , Bayley said it did not signify ; they knew he was a respectable man , and they would tako his cheque or-10 TJ , Pen and ink and paper were then produced , and he wrote an-order to pay Mr . Stevens _, which was the name Bayley went by , the sum

      of £ 25 , and he signed it William Brand ... Lawier , upon looking at the paper , aaid they knew that it was not his right name , biit , it did not signify as it was his writing , and they could make him pay the money another day . ' They then played for the amountc and witness lost , and Bayley p'lt the paper into his pocket . During the whole timo Bayley kept up thj ppearnnce of being drunk , but witness , at tho close of the transaction , was V stupid drunk . " After tho last game , Bayley pulled his watoh out , and Bald that he must go to meet his "dear Mary " as he could not think . of keeping . a lady waitin »

      juawior _aBueo mmto nave another game , and he at length consented : to do _. so , but said he _JUUSt go Out for a particular purpose , and left the skittle ground and did not return . Witness was about to follow him , but , Lawier stopped him , and ' said he would take care - that he had his money back , By this time witness began to think that he had been imposed upon , and he told . Lawier that he ' believed they were all a set of sharpers , and Lawier told hi _ . to be careful what he ' said ; ' that he vias a respectable man , ' and'his name was _' Dixchiand that he lived in the City * _road , and if . the offensiv e iieclara-

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      tion was repeated he wriiM servo himj ? ith . a vmt for defamation . -He attdf wards made inquiries , but could not find such a person at the , address ; ihe nan mentioned * . —Bevbr _^ l ' witneasea .. having . _been-, examined _. _fthe . ju ' ry _-Jret ' _urhedajerdict of }" . Guilty .,,, against both _prisoners ' . .. Sentence was deferred . Robbbbt bt a _BABMAS _.-Hehry . Wright ; 20 , ; barman and Caroline DayiB were . _indictod ; for _stealing several'sums-of money from John Plowman .. : . Mrv _iRobinson prosecuted , ' _Theirosccutpr keeps the-Three Compasses in the _WandBworth-ioad , and the male prisonerbad been . a _ishort time __ in his employment as barman , during _w _^ h _jwioitohadtoand _noliceon thewatcb they found , out thatthe female _,. i .. „ „„ _ato _^ _fcn ' wrinid serve him with . a writ

      who either . was -hU-wife or hveajnm . _^ _™ * the habit of comingand putting down a small coin . as payment for . something , and : receiving frona the prisoner more changethaa she ma _onbtJed to , and in the present instance theytqpk her at the . bar t > r the house , hWingreceived 2 s . lid . incbangefor Jfc Tho jury , thinking the female had acted under the guidance of the male prisoner , Acquitted her ,, and be was found , " . Guilty , " and sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment . , , f ; . ' ¦¦ „ ' . _"'"_ - Obtaining ' Mokky _bt . Fbaud . —Anna Maria Toifrey 36 , married , was'indicted for , obtaining money by false pretences : —Mr ! _Huddleston prosecuted , ' and . Mr . Ballantine defended;—William Henry , Richardson , residing at 19 , Sun-street , ' Bishopsgate , _saty that in the July , of 1848 , he . became acquainted

      with the . prisoner , having ' , been introduced to her _through his sister , who was acquainted with her , At that time witness had £ 50 in the hands , of , his attorney ; ; _TheXprisoner then _informed him that she had influence . in certain quarters , and could obtain hi ' rai a situation under government _,, and he subsequentl y received a letter , froni her making an ' appo intment at her lodgings iu Coventrystreet . He went there , and she again spoke of _. the influence she possessed , and mentioned a number of names of . influential persons with whom she wasacquainted ,, and amongst them that of Lord Alfred Paget , and he added , that she should requirb witness to give'Her £ 50 . ; Witness wished to know if it would be all rig ht ; and she said , " Yes _. it would ,

      as sho was intimately known to his Lordshi p , whom sbe ' . sbould see in a few days-. " After some further conversation she asked him for some money , and he , not having any about him , went home and got £ 15 , which he gave his sister , who paid it to prisoner . Shortly afterwards be had another letter , from the prisoner , appointing another interview , ' and on his going sho showed hini a letter sbe said she had received from Lord Alfred . Paget . He then asked ber what situation it . was tobe ., She said , a messenger at the Home-office , and , showed him a letter he thought was ' _of an influential character , and from that and further statements made he believed . what she stated to be true , and uponKer asking him . be gave her two more £ 5 notes ... He _finallysawher once more ih October of the . same year , and' she told him that he was to enter upon his situation on

      tbe Monday week following , and he then _^ gave : her another £ 10 , after which fie . _lbst sight of her until the 22 nd of last May , when she was takenby . Jone _' _a , the police-constable ; . and she then said she had given witness a bill for his money , which was un- true ; She had also told prosecutor that her hus . - band was an officer in the amy , whb it turned out was only a . private , and that ho had deserted hersome years ago . —Lord Alfred Paget , who was on thebenoh , was ,. sworn , and said he had not any knowledge whatever _. of , the prisoner , —The jury immediately found her "Guilty . "—Police-constable 255 A said , that he had found out that the prisoner had been incustody for 3 similar offence six , years ago , and that since then , by this system of fraud _s she had obtained some , thousands of pounds . —She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment .

      . Ciiahoe of . Bioamt .- Henry . Page , 36 , bricklayer was indicted for intermarrying with Emma Clarke _,, otherwise Smith _^ _his'wife being then arid now alive .. Mr , Charnocfc defended . —Mrs . Martha Page , the prisoner ' s mother , proved , his first marriage on the 6 tb of April , 1843 , at St . . John ' s the Evangelist * Waterloo-road , to . one Ellen Rag ' an , by . _whora-rh ' e had two _children : : He lived with her until , about two years ago , _whenj in consequence of . her . dreadful dissolute habits , he- was compelled to be separated , from : her , and made her an allowance pf six shillings a week .. Evidence was then given which proved that ori the 10 th of February , in 1848 , some one of the name of Henry Dickson , was

      married at All Saints , Poplar , to one Emma Smith ; but it could not be proved tbat the prisoner wasv the man , or that Emma Clark , who WaB then in the dock , behind the prisoner , awaiting . her trial for having committed bigamy , with him , was the woman referred to in the register . —The woman . Clark was then brought out of the dock into thef witness box , and having beoii Sworn and cautioned not tb sayany thing to criminate herself , unless she pleased , she said she knew the prisoner from his comingto her husband ' s house , and that her husband always encouraged their acquaintance . — The Common Serjeant : Did anything over occur between you and the prisoner at church ? You need not answer unless you like . —Witness : No . ' Nothing ever did .

      —The Common Sergeant Baid there was " an end of the case . There was no evidence to prove tho prisoner was the _mitti married at Poplar Church . An acquittal was then taken . Emma Clarke , 30 , married , was then indicted for bigamy with Henry Page , alias Dickson , her husband being then alive . It was proved that she was married in February , 1842 , to her husband Clarke , who is ; now alive ; but the same difficulty arose . in proving her to be'the party married at AH Saints ,. Popular . —The police officer Baid ' be . saw . the prisoner at the husband ' s house , on the ITth of June : she was recoyerinjj from an illness . She told him tbat she was married in 1843 , at All Saints , Poplar _,, to the Prisoner Page—she in the name of Smith .

      and he Dickson . The only persons present were the clerk and the pew-opener , ' as witnesses to the marriage—Mr . Charnock having briefly addressed the jury , dwelt on the fact that the only evidenceagainst her was the statement . made by her when on a bed of sickness , and which she now . denied on oatb _.-rThe Common Sergeant having suhimed up _,, the jury" Acquitted" her . l Stabbiso , —Benjamin Scott , 18 ,. was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding James Murray _,, with intent to maim and disable him , or to do him grievous bodily harm . —Mr . _Oarteen prosecuted , and Mr . Payne was for the defence . —The prosecutor in this case is the potboy at the . Murquisof Granby public-house , Southwark ,, and on the 21 st June , the prisoner , who has only ono leg , _waa ' standing' outside the liouso abusing and threatening a' lad who was being served with beer , and the prosecutor was ordered by the landlord to remove him .

      The prosecutorattempted to do so in a gentle manner , but the prisonerfwas very violent , and kicked bim with his wooden leg , and he _wasthrown down in the gutter ; He got up and went in doors , and nothing more occurred at this time ; but in about ah hour afterwards , upon the prosecutor being sent out with some beer , the prisoner , who appeared tohavebeeB lying in wait for him , suddenl y attaoked him , and made a stab at" him -with an instrument used in the business of a chairmaker . The thrust was aimed at his breast , but the prosecutor put up his left arm to ward off the blow , and in- so doing received two somewhat severe cut * upon the fore arm . —The jury found the prisoner . " Guilty , '' but recommended him to mercy on account , of his _beings a cripple , —Mr . Justice Pattesoh sentenced him to be imprisoned for one year , and during that period to be kept to hard labour as his state of body would enable him to perform .

      ROBBBRV OF A CnEO , UE _ynOM THE GlOBE I . VSl-RANCB Company . —Walter "Watts , formerly Jessee of the Ol ympic Theatre , and clerk in the Globe Insurance Office , who was convicted at a former _session of stealing a piece of paper , the property of his employers , was placed at the bar to receive . " judgment . It will be remembered that a point of law was reserved in this case which has since been argued before the Court of Criminal Appeal , and decider ! against the prisoner . —The Attorney-Goneral ; who appeared for the prosecution , said that before the court proceeded to pass sentence , he

      begged to call theu * attention to the fact that thei e were three other indictments against the prisoner , and before sentence was pronounced he had to _rr » quest that their lordships would read the depositions in theso oases , in order thatthey mi ght be fully aware of tho circumstances of the case before ? they delivered their judgment . He was anxious to save the public time ifhecoulddo so , but in oiieevent he should _feel-himself compelled to proceed with the other cases . —Baron Alderson said he would look at tho depositions , and in the meantime the judgment would be postponed , but he sbouldfuro bably pass sentence m ; the course of the presen session : ¦

      . ., ..., __ .. '¦ : _..-- ¦' _.- ¦¦ " Awno SnonB" Depredations . —John Dykes , twenty-six , ' bargeman , and Daniel . Williamson , sixty-three , labourer , " two respectable looking men , pleaded- guilty to an indictment for' stealing some wood from a barge , the property of Joseph' Jtwcws _Alloway . Mr . Parry prosecuted , aiid Mr . Ball / in tyhe and Mr . Payne defended , The prisoners , who it appeared were men of good character , > pleaded , guilty under ; the direction of their counsel , and the proceedings were takeni _*' not with a view , of making the prisoners individuall y a severe example , but to make it publicl y known that the offence for which the prisoners : had been given in _nnsJ-. n ' _iiw '

      could not longer be permitted to be carried on with impinity _^ Mr . Parry said , that although _JffvSe of the gooda . stolen was trivial , " still tho ' freo ' u __" i repetition ofthe offonciv made the owbers _ofth _s class of property-severe losers in the course of the year and more especially , _as the parties committing the depredations ( _mostiy those engaged in hi _siness along shore ) seemed to entertain an opinion _hatanythmg that _fellfrom a barge theywS legally . eptitFcd -to take , and for tHe purpose of making it known that such was not _thenaS ther prosecuted these two . men , whom they wished Z be dealt leniently with .. The prisoners . were sentonced to fourteen days' imprisonment ; in _legate . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13071850/page/6/