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      Health Of Losdon During Thb Week —In The...

      Health of Losdon during thb Week —In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 800 . Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1 S _4 _A-9 , it appears that the deaths were never lower than 750 , which occurred in 1841 , when the _nopulation was less than at present ; and that Ihey rose in 1848 to 1 . 000 . The average of tbe ten weeks is 851 , or , raised in propcrlion to increase of population , 928 : there was , therefore , a decrease last week on the corrected average amounting to 128 . In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases the deaths enumerated were 167 ; and of special complaints which it comprises , smaU-ppx was fatal to 9 children , and scarlatina to 19 , both still

      considerably under the average ; measles was fatal to 20 , and hooping-cough to 30 . both of which are near ths usual amount . Typhus , on the other hand , seems to prevail more fatally ; in the last three weeks it carried off successively 26 , 39 . and 43 persons , and has now risen rather above the average of the ten corresponding weeks , in wbich it varied from 17 to 69 . Or . e person died of ague , and 2 of remittent fever ; 2 of influenza , and lof purpura . On the 5 th of June , at 13 , Tyssbn-street , Bethnal-green , She son of a comb-maker , ag 8 _d 2 years , died of cholera , after S 3 hours' illness . Diarrhoea and dysentery were fatal to 18 persons , all except 5 having been children j tins is not equal to the number registered in the sime-week of 1847-9 ; " _» * be corresponding _wei K

      of last year 33 deaths occurred from the two complaints , and at the same time 42 were caused by cholera . Last week 10 women died after childbirth , in 6 of which cases puerperal fever was the _causeof death . Mseases of the respiratory organs , exclusive of consumption , was fatal in 92 cases ; tbeir gradual decline as tbe temperature _increases is shown by the numbers returned in the _' last fire weeks , namely , 143 , 13 S , 105 . 94 , and 92 . The mortality of consumption is still below the average ; the number of fatal cases last week was 129 . Five women were registered last week who had reached 90 years of age and upwards . On the 10 th of June , at 5 , Britannia-gardens , St . Mary , Marylebone , the widow of a labourer died from " decay of nature , " after having lived , if such

      _statements , without the corrohorationof a register of births can be credited , to the extraordinary age of 110 years and 5 _months . Her name was G . O'Flaherty , she was a native of Claymorris , in the county of Mayo , in Ireland , and " continued ( adds . Mr . Martin , the registrar , ) ia full _prssession of her faculties , and two days before death could thread a needle without the aid of spectacles . " Her son , wh = > made this statement to bim is a labourer , and is 67 years old . A woman , aged 40 , died in the London Hospital , to wbich sbe had been brought from Bow , of " inflammation of the arm from the sting of a bee . " A y _« ung woman was found dead in a dust-bin , from suffocation produced by a fall under the influence of what the coroner ' s jury describe as an "alcoholic fluid . "

      Four children were suffocated in bed . The reading ofthe barometer atthe Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was about 30 in . on Sunday ; tbe mean reading ofthe week was 29 _' 72 . The mean temperature of the week was 58 deg ., and rather less than tbe average of the same week in seven years . On tbe first three days it wa 3 above tbe average , and tbe excess on Tuesday amounted to 7 * 8 deg . ; on the last three days it was below tbe average , and on Saturday it was less than tbe average of that day by nearly 13 deg . . The wind was generally in the south-west . — Among the notices from the registrars' reports is tbe following : —In Kensington Town sub-district , at the Potteries , the daughter of a labourer , aged 1 year , died of " rubeola ( 7 days , ) pneumonia ( 6 days . )" Also a sister of the above , aged 5 months , died of

      " pneumonia . ' Mr . Frost , the medical attendant , stater with regard to the former case , that ¦ " this is another victim to the non-enforcement of tbe Nuisances Removal Act . This child came from the eountry a few weeks ago , and had an attack of measles , followed by pneumonia , whicb , in consequence of the depressing influence of a pestilential atmosphere , soon assumed a typhoil character . The mother states that the stench in the Pottery is at times so offensive as to make her' vomit , and almost bring her heart up . ' The prematureloss of life in the Pottery ( or more properly the pig-feeding district . ) has been fr ' ghtful during the three years endng December 31 , 1848 . The average age of persons at death was 11 years 7 months and 2 weeks . The locality is one of tbe most filthy in the vicinity of the metropolis . "

      Singular Death . —On the 14 th inst . Mr . ' H . Wakley held an inquest at the Portroan Arms , _Broauiey-street , Dorset-square , on Mr . Joseph Wat-Sins _, son of Mr . Watbins , surgeon , Strand , aged twenty , and assistant to Mr . Jeynes , chemist and druggist , Broadley-terrace . Mr . Jaynes stated that he kept two separate establishments , one of whicb deceased superintended . He wa 3 informed on the previous Wednesday morning that the latter was not open at the usual hour , and be accordingly repaired to it , ard looking through deceased s bedroom window , be beheld bun at the foot of bis bed , on hi 3 knees , as if praying . Having in vain endeavoured to arouse bim , he entered his room , and wa 3 horror-stricken at finding bim quite dead , his

      head and face enveloped in tbe bedclothes , bis countenance black aud flattened as if by concassion . Mr . Hammill , surgeon , who was instantly called in , performed an " autopsy , " when he found a considerable congestion of tbe brain , but no trace of poison . In his opinion deceased was smothered by his head and face being closely covered by the bedclothes . A verdict was returned in accordance with the above evidence—namely "That deceased was smothered by the bedclothes . " Fibk and Loss of Life—On Monday morning , between _ttvo and three o ' clock , a fire broke ont at 12 , Phoenix-street , a narrow thoroughfare running ont of Crown-street , Soho , which was attended with tbe I 033 of two lives . A Mrs . Harding , who occupied a portion of the second floor , attempted to

      make herescane by the window , but , after holding on by her hands for some time , was compelled to drop on the stones beneath , and her death was almost instantaneous . Her son , who had made the most courageous efforts to save her , was S 3 burnt as to be obliged to be removed to the hospital . —A man named Kemble _, who lived in the kitchens , at the peril of losing his own life , rushed through ths fire and succeeded in pulling bis wife out , where he returned three times and brought through tbe flames his three children . When he reached the street with the last one be was nearly suffocated with smoke . Mr . Norland , who lived on the -second-floor , managed to save himself and two of bis daughters , bnt one of his children , a girl , about fourteen years of age , was burnt to death Having gained the middle of the stairs , tbe fire rushed upon them , and

      ignited the night clothes of one of the daughters . He however impressed upon tbem the necessity of fightmj ; their way through the flames to avoid being burnt to death . One of his children , on seein _w her sister enveloped inflames , rushed to the top of the house , hoping by that means to escape , but she fell amidst the fire , and when discovered one of her legs was burnt off , and the whole of her body reduced to a blackened and shrivelled mass , so that it was impossible to identify her . Mr . Roland , and his two Other daughters at length reached the street , bnt one ofthe latter was frightfully burned . —Mr . Connorton , the principal officer of the West of England firemen nearly lost bis life at the fire . One of the heavy ladders fell off a high wall and tore the shoulder of bis coat off . Had it fallen half an inch nearer it must have broken his head . As soon as

      the rums were sufficiently cooled the remains of Miss Noland were placed in a shell and removed to St . Giles ' s workhouse . Every article of furniture and wearing apparel belonging to the different lodgers , for there were six or seven families living in the house , was consumed , and the premises completely gut Jed before the flames were extinguished . —Mr . Henry Jones , who occupied the ground floor , said , that on Sunday night be returned home from Chelsea , about 10 o ' clock , and went to bed with bis wife , inthe back parlour . _Between 2 and 3 o ' clock his wife woke him , and cried get np , for I think the house is on fire . - -He immediately placed his hand against the wooden partition separating the two and found it

      apartments , so hot that it burned bis „ hand . He jumped out of bed instantly , and ran up , stairs shouting "Fire . ' TPhen he came down he found that some one had opened the parlour door and the flames were coming ont . He , therefore ' pulled it to again , and ran up stairs the second time , and succeeded in arousing the whole of the inmates , and when he returned he found the parlour door lying across the passage , and the flames issuin » forth most furiously . Notwithstanding , six or seven persons managed to rash through the fire ; but < several others were unable to do so , and were compelled to get on to the parapet , and pass on to the next , house . How tbe fire occurred he conld not form the

      remotest idea . The unfortunate young man Hard _, log , who was so dreadfully burnt , on hearing the alarm given , got up and went ont in his shirt to his brother ' s in Old _Compton-street , to request hint to come and help him to save his mother . He rushed through the fire and at length reached tbe room his

      Earent was in , Sbe was then going to jump out , e pulled her back , knowing she must be killed if v -. fihe threw hereslf out . The fire at length progressed ' - ,, so fast , that his mother got out of the window and o : ¦ held on by tbe sill until the flames came up and burnt -- her side , when she let go ber hold and fell into the _-.: stone-paved yard . It is not a little singular that , .- although he can tell how his mother got out he has _z-: no recollection of the way he got out himself . The o- unfortunate woman was fifty-six years of age . The . : ; . . tots 1 number of individuals on the . premises when

      _v _; the fire broke ont was eighteen , and they have by j / -. this misfortune been bereft of everything they _passessed . —An inquest was held On Wednesday , by Mr . - () ... Wakley in _EudeU-atreet , St . Giles on the bodies of . Charlotte _Hirding , aged fifty-four , and Margaret _ssne N « ln » Y aged twelve ,. _end after hearing a number of _« _^ witnesses to endeavour to trace the origin . of the fire , the jury returned the following verdict : " That Charlotte Hardinst died from tbe effects of a fall , and Margaret Nolin from the effects of fire ' ; but how that fire occurred there was no evidence to show . "

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      The Baptism of Moruonitks . —Sunday everting , at dusk , the inhabitants of Pentotiville-hill were somewhat astonished at seeing two carriages drive up to the Pentonville ; Swimming Baths , containing ladies , attired in the most fashionable manner .. The ladies were observed to go into the boxes , and began to undress themselves . Jn the mean time tbe Rev . Mr . Cook , of the . Pickering-street Mormomte or Latter-day Saints' place of worship , had addressed the _auditory . He plunged into the water , n _* dress being made of Macintosh ' s waterproof cloth , and there awaited the arrival of the . ladies about . to be baptised He ga ve out a hymn , in the singing of which all present joined : After a short interval the ladies made their appearance in bathing dresses , and

      after having p lunged about the water for some minutes ihey were immersed three times , after which thTev . gentleman blessed them , and the ceremony of baptism , according to the rites of the Latter-day Saints' religion , was terminated . The singing of a hymn closed the proceedings . It was stated tbat the ladies were suddenly struck with the ideas of the Mormonites relative to baptism , and at once consented to become followers of them . Their , names did not transpire , though _tbeirequipages proved that they belonged to the higher orders of society . Loss of Life ox the Brighton Railway . — For some months past a large number of workmen hare been employed in making alterations at the Brighton Railway terminus , more particularly tbat

      portion situated on one side of Webb-street , and which h nearly completed . During the last few days the men in tbe service of Messrs . Piper and Son _Bishopsgate-street , City ( who hid the contract for that part , ) have been engaged in laying down what are called the " turn-tables , " weighing about five tons racb _, and . made of cast iron . To raise the immense mass of iron , it was necessary to bave a _quantity of tackle , wbich was placed upon the top of some scaffold-poles . On Monday , wben one of the imn tubes was being raised a few feet above the carriage-way of the brick-work , immediately over the crown of one of the arches , one of the-thick ropes suddenly snapped assunder _, and the whole body of iron fell with an awful crash . The men rushed

      from their several places ; but one poor fellow , named George Rowe . a _° ed twenty-nine years , ' a ganger , was buried beneath the immense weight of iron and brick-work . ' Two other men , named John Hackeit , and George Ilowison _, in the same employ , were also greately injured , the former having sustained a fracture of the leg ,, dislocation ofthe right shoulder joint , and numerous severe contusions on the face aud body . The unfortunate rmn Rowe was found in a shocking condition , his head and the upper portion of bis body being fearfully mutilated . He was carried , without loss of time , to Guy ' s Hospital , but life was quite extinct . His death must

      have been instantaneous . Tbe man Hackett was removed home , by his own wish , but no hopes , are entertained of his recovery . The other man , Howison , is going on favourably . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening before Mr . Payne , at the Dyers ' -Arms , West-street , on the body of the unfortunate man , whose real name was found to be George William Stubersfield , aged twenty-nine years , bnt who was more familiarly known as George Rowe . George Martin , a carpenter , particularised the accident , which was a confirmation of the above facts . The jury returned a verdict "Accidental death . "

      Fbightful Occurrence at Messrs . Whitbread ' s Brewery . — Yesterday evening Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held an inquest at the Civit Cat , Chiswell-street , Finsbury , on the body of William Jones , aged 42 , a labourer , in the employment of Messrs . Whitbread and Co ., the brewers . —William Cox , a labourer , in tie service of the firm , stated that on Monday afternoon last , about four o clock , witness and deceased received directions to clean tbe bottom of an ale vat , which contained a quantity of grounds , and which had been in tbat state for some months . The vat was about eight feet in depth , and was capable of holding about eighty barrels of ale . A ladder was procured and lowered into tho vat . Deceased descended , without

      having first tried the state of the atmosphere in it by means of a lighted candle . In' a few seconds witness , who bad a li ght , saw hint returning up the ladder . He staggered and fell into the grounds ; upon which witness gave an alarm , and went to tbe deceased ' s assistance . He bad , however , scarcely reached the last step of the ladder , when he be came nearly insensible from the effects ofthe gas in the vat . On the arriv . il of some of the labourers , witness was taken out , and in about five minutes after deceased was got out , life being extinct . A surgeon was called in , but he was unable to restore the vital functions . In answer to the coroner the witness stated , tbat general directions were always given not to clean out any vat without first having

      tried with a lighted candle to ascertain if it contained foul air . —Mr . David Slater , master brewer , stated tbat be _bsvd frequently cautioned the deceased against entering any vats for the purpose of cleaning them of the grounds , without first opening the hatch and turning the tap for a few minutes previously , to allow the escape ofthe carbonic acid gas generated from the grounds , which would collect in a short time . The vat in question contained about two barrels of grounds , and had been closed since February last . The deceased and the witness Cox , who bad been in the service of the firm nearly sixteen years , were well acquainted with the practice , but had neglected to adopt the usual precautions . Verdict , "Accidental death

      from carbonic acid gas , and tbat no blame was attached to the firm . " Fatal _Accident . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the North Briton , Sfew North-road , Hoxton , on view of the body of Emma Mary Lemington , aged eleven years , the daughter of the late Mr . Lemington , civil engineer , No . 1 , Grantbamterrace , adjoining . If appeared that on Saturday evening last , the mother of the deceased returned home with a parasol , which she had bought for her . Deceased , delighted with ber present , being in tho drawing-room , ran from there to the balcony , for the purpose of showing it to a playmate in tbe next house . She had no sooner put

      her weight upon it than it gave way , and she was precipitated on to the spikes of the railing attached to the burial ground of St . John ' s Church , Hoxton . Some of the spikes entered her left side , and upon being removed blood flowed profusely from the wounds . She was taken indoors by the servant , and attended by Mr . _Amsden , surgeon , but she died in four hours , in great agony , from the injuries received . Verdict , "Accidental death , " and at the request ofthe jury , tbe landlord , who was present _,, consented to have the balconies ofthe several houses in the terrace removed , as they were found to be in an insecure Btate .

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      Suicide Of Colonel Craigie —An Appalling...

      Suicide of Colonel Craigie —An appalling act of suicide was committed on the 14 th inst ., by Col . Cragie , at his own house in Victoria Terrace , Mount Radford , Exeter . At breakf _ast-time one of the servants was sent up to call her master , who was in his dressing room . The servant went up and knocked at the door , but not receiving any answer , she repaired down aud informed her mistress . The latter having also knocked several times , and not being answered by ber husband , she procured tbe aid of the coachman and butler , who forced open tbe door , wben they found the unfortunate Colonel extended on the floor in a pool of blood , and most frightfully mutilated over various parts of the body . His throat wag

      completely cut from ear to ear , and there were wounds on his legs . Besides these injuries there were three wounds in bis abdomen , which bad evidently been inflicted with a knife . A razor and knife , both covered with blood , were found in the room . The unfortunate . Colonel was alive , bnt speechless from the excessive loss of blood , and it was quite apparent that he could not survive many hours . Several medical men were soon in attendance , and tbey did all that was possible to save his life , bat he died in less than an hour after he was discovered . A rumour was in circulation that the deceased bad been murdered , but from the inquiries made since , there is no doubt tbat deceased destroyed his own life . The unfortunate gentleman was a retired Lieut .-Col . in the

      Bengal army . Fire at the Leeds and Thirsk Station . —On Saturday evening last a wooden building , used as a temporary goods station or _warehouse , by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company , in Wellington-street , Leeds , accidentally got on fire , and in less than half an hour was burnt to the ground . Five goods' trucks partly laden with leather , stationery , & c , were very much damaged . Representation of Salisbury . —It is generally reported that Charles Penruddocke , Esq ., of Campton Cbamberlayne , intends to come forward as a candidate for this city , on tbe Protection interest , whenever an election may occur . It is fully understood that F . W . Slade , Esq . will bs a candidate on the same interest .

      We ark happy to hear that the _nail-mastersaround Dudley and its neighbourhood bave been enabled to offer their men the old wages again , and that in consequence the nailers' strike is now at an end . Orders appear to come in more freely , and a considerable accumulation has taken place during the month passed without work , so that at tbe present time all hands are fully employed . —Birmingliam Gazette . Singular and Fatal Accident on Brighton Beach . —On Tuesday morning the children of Mr . Lewen , a visitor to Brighton , were taken to the beach to bathe . Two of them , a girl about nine

      years of age , and a boy about , seven years , having been bathed , were dressed , and released from the machine , to play . on the beach while the remaining brothers and sisters went through the process . It appears that . they commenced climbing on tho wheels of the machine , _^ unobserved either b y those within or those witbout _^ wheri the machine-driver received tbe usual signal fa draw , the . machine , by the aid of his horse , furtherinto . the sea . Being on the opposite side ofthe machine at tho time the notice was given , he did _not-observe the children , nor in attaching the horse . At the'first movement of the wheel by which he held the boy quitted bJB

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      bold , and fell to the'beaob ; : receiving some ! slight injuries by tho fall . His siBtor , on the '; contrary , iustead of . quittingrher hold , only clung thetighter , and as the wheel , revolved she rose , was carried over with it , and descended , head foremost , on tho other side . The wheel then passed over the side of her head ; the blood gushed from her ears ; and tho poor child was taken up insensible . __ A surgeon was instantly sent for , but before he arrived she was a corpse . The body was instantly conveyed to the large room on the Esplanade , where a number of medical men inspected it , but all hopes of restoring life were _speodily given over . The accident occurred immediately opposite the Duke of Devonshire ' s residence , the noble duke being considerably pained when informed of the result . Mrs . Lewen , the mother , only gave birth to her seventh child two days previously , and the father was in town at the time of the accident . The > family had recently arrived from India . :

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      Strike At The Wblsh Collieries.—We Regre...

      Strike at the Wblsh Collieries . —We regret to announce , that a very general strike has taken place in tbe collieries of Monmouthshire and Glanmorganshire ; and tbat at this moment no less than twenty-five coal works of great extent , and requiring avast number of hands , are at a standstill as the lamentable result . —Monmouthshire Merlin ,

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      The Miners' Smikb.—The Glasgow Daily Mai...

      The Miners' SmiKB . —The Glasgow Daily Mail says : — " The propriety of making a relaxation in the terms propounded as those on which alone tbey would resume employment , has been much canvassed during tbe past week among the miners who are out on strike . Hitherto only a very few employers bave acceded to the demands preferred , and tbe . number does not seem , likely to receive a speedy , augmentation , though there are several parties who have expressed a willingness to approximate towards tbem . A wage of 3 s . 6 d . daily , has been offered in many cases . It appeared as if some of tbe claimants for

      4 s . ; hopeless of obtaining that sum , were not indisposed to accept the smaller amount _., They , could not act , however , on their individual feelings — they were not at liberty to abandon or break _itp the union —and tbe important question was made tbe subject of consideration by the collective body . An aggregate meeting was hell on the 13 th inst ., to determine tbe point , which was debated at great length and with considerable vehemence , and the meeting was adjourned before coming to any resolution . _, Next day there was another large assemblage . The . discussion was resumed , and , finally , by an immense majority , the original terms were carried ; Whatever

      private views and feelings may have existed favourable to the taking up of lower ground , tbey were not expressed . Under a dozen of hands were held up for that proposition . It was then agreed to bold aggregate meetings in the various districts and the preliminary for a conference of delegates from all the mining districts of Scotland , to be held here , were arranged . It is understood tbat the disputes amongst tbe colliers , and tbe influence of the . monthly , pay night , caused some disturbance in the eastern division late on Saturday night and Sunday morning . Six or eight colliers , were taken to the police-office ; and two of the policemen were considerably beaten before their prisoners were secured . " .

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      Nor Men Being Allowed To Land; Nor Could...

      nor men being allowed to land ; nor could we _, get any fresh provisions . The only thing we got was water , of which we were much in need , having been on short allowance for a considerable time before . From the Cape I wrote to * * * * and yon , doubtless , will have seen some one of tbe letters , so I need not refer to the first part of my voyage . From the Cape we had a six and a half weeks of as dreary a sail as could well be imagined . The Indian Ocean is a bleak , inhospitable sea . It was bitter cold . We felt this tbe more after just leaving the coast of Africa ; but , notwithstanding , we weathered it out right well , and arrived here on Saturday , October 27 th , We expected , on our arrival , to be all _putin prison together for some time ; but , to our surprise

      Letter * hom Mr ; M'Manus . —The following -is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman in Liverpool from Mr . M'Manus , one ofthe Irish state con victs . It confirms the statements that have been published ofthe harsh treatment which Mr . Smith O'Brien has received : — " The Police District of New Norfolk , " VanDiemen ' s Land ; February 18 th , 1850 . "My Dear . ***—! intended writing you from the cape ; but as you will , no doubt , long since have heard of the summary mode in which wewere ejected from it , you will be at no loss in conjecturing tbe cause of my hot doing so . We fully expected three days there , but only got a few hours—neither officers

      and mortification , an order came on board that we must all be separated , and scattered over various police districts of this island prison . I need not tell you what our feelings were , after all we had gone through together , after all we had suffered , and after having come over eighteen thousand miles for the same cause , to be thus separated on a foreign land , without a human being that we knew of to _apraktous . However , so it was ; and one by . one we have been scattered over tbe face of the country ; under a very strict police surveillance . Here are the conditions : —lst . Not to proceed out of . the police district ; 2 nd , to report . your residence , and every change thereof , to tbe police magistrate ; 3 rd , to report yourself personally once a month to the said

      magistrate ; 4 th , not to be absent from your registered place of residence after ten o ' clock at night ; and , 5 th , not to enter any theatre or billiard-room . I stood out three days before I accepted these terms , as the district assigned me was a very small rural one , where I could not get the slightest chance of emp loyment ; but I was compelled ultimately to yield or else to go to Port Arthur , one of the most beastly penal settlements they have here , and where none but the most abandoned characters are kept . I took my ticket of leave , therefore , on the 1 st of November , with a view of remaining , comparatively speaking , at liberty , until my letters would arrive from home , and which , I am sorry to say , is not the case yet . I have not got a single line

      from one __ of my friends , nor even an old newspaper , although it is now over seven months since we left , and over three since we landed . Surely it cannot be possible that the government are holding them back ! It is a very cruel state of suspense to be in , as , with the exception of an odd extract from some of the English or Irish papers , we are in a total ignorance of anything that is occurring at home . It cannot be for want of opportunity ,. as we bad eight vessels from London , and one ( the _iMarine Plant ) from Liverpool , since our arrival . All the others are in the same predicament with myself in this . regard , except Mr . O'Brien , who , l'believe , had one short letter . By tbe by , I should bave mentioned that Mr . O'Brien'beld out , and would not give his parole

      unless he got the freedom of the island . This would not be granted , and he is undergoing a very close imprisonment in Maria Island , and , I regret to say , is suffering very severely in health in consequence . * * * ' We have the privilege bf corresponding with each otber through the post-office . Martin stood tbe voyage well ; and is in exceedingly good health , considering his enfeebled state on . leaving Ireland ; . All the others are quite well , and I never was in more robust health in my life . In fact , I ' m ten years younger than when last you saw me . I take great exercise , and kill my time in fishing and shooting . The district I am in is a sterile , barren one , with nothing but bills covered with stunted trees , and with about twenty acres of tolerably gded land to 1 , 000-of bad . It is twenty miles from Hobart Town , the prinoipal town of the colony , and

      has certainly a most magnificent river running _throush it , called Ihe _Derwent , in wbich I catch as much fish as I can eat , and . occasionally kill a splendid kangaroo , tbe hind quarters of which are very excellent eating . Although , we did not expect it , we have an immense number of sympathisers here , and who , Btrange to say , scorn to know all about our proceedings , even to the , smallest _minutiw . They are friendly to us ,, arid even the English and Scotch settlers are nearly all very civil and respectful . The colony ia at present in a very _dtpregsed state , and all who can leave it are off for California . There are ten vessels now in Hobart Town for it . It is about ten weeks' sail from here . We have a rumour that John Mitchel bas been permitted to go . anywhere he pleases but back to . the old country . Can this be true ?—Believeine , yours , & o ., T . B . M'Manus .

      Tenant Right Meetings . — Crowded tenant right meetings bave been held at Tuam and _Ennis corthy . The Potato Crop . —The accounts received from all parts on Sunday and Monday , contradict the assertion that the . potato disease bas re-appeared . On the contrary , all the reports describe that crop as progressing most satisfactorily . < Enoumbbred Estates . —Some of the Irish repeal journals " refuse to fraternise with tbe Earl of Glengall , on the ground that the noble lord has been quite too late in entering tbe field . It is a remarkable circumstance that an ultra-Protectionist journal , the Cork Constitution , pronounces an unqualified condemnation upon the Marquis of Westmeath ' _s Bill , the object of which is to better tbo discretion of

      the Encumbered Commissioners in the future sales of estates . That journal remarks : — '' The necessity for the compulsory sale ofa single acre we regret as much as , others ; but , when debts are contracted , they must be paid . " Movement against " the Democrats . " —For some months past Democratic associations in the South have been holdine occasional meetings and establishing clubs . In Kilkenny their proceedings have been . denounced as mischievous and dangerous by the Roman Catholici Bishop , Dr . Wahhi It appears by tbe following from the Kilkenny Moderator , that the government begins to look sharply after them . On Wednesday evening , whilst the Kilkenny Demociats were sitting in conclave in their clafa-

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      _rbomtCoal ' . _Markets tbey were , most unexpectedly Sid a _visitfby W _/ F . _Winslow , - Esq .,, S . I ., with a party of the City constabulary , who , having . first placed sentinels at all the avenues from the ' bouse , made a search ; of the premises , took a list , p f the names of the members ' , and carried off their minutebook and ' other documents . After keeping the assembled members in durance in their own room for about an hour , the police retired . It is said the authorities grounded their search on a sworn information that armsand seditiousfdocuments were tobe found on the premises ; we are told , however , that nothing more alarming or treasonable was . discovered than the A «< i 0 w ' newspnper , which the , club-men were at the time engaged in reading . . ' . . ..,.

      Capture of the Sheriff and Policb in Clabk . —The Clare Journal contains the following startling announcement : — " A rescue of stock seized under an execution at the suit of Synge against _Synge took place yesterday ( Wednesday ) at Caherhue , when the sheriff ' and police acting under him were attacked by the country people and driven into a sand-pU , where they were detained until the stock was removed . Mr . ' ' Syngc was from home at the time . None of the party engaged in the rescue bave yet been arrested . ' , ' . Landlordism in Fermanagh . —Our Fermanag h correspondent has furnished us with some startling facts with regard to the doings ol' certain landlords in that coiiuty . The work , of eviction , is carried on to a great extent in the neighbourhood of Monea , extending through several _townlands on theBoho . — Deny Standard , , [ , [ , _-.- ' ¦ . ,

      The , . Orangemen of tbe Money more district assembled last week in the Protestant Hall of their town , with , Mr . William Blair , their district master , in the chair , and passed the following sensible resolutions : — _«' That inasmuch as it seems to be the opinion of many eminent men—men of every shade in politicsthat party processions should be discontinued , and that tbe law of the land is inimical to the develop : ment and carrying put of the Orange system , and that in the providence of God , the causes which called that society into existence are fast passing away , we deem it-to he our duty , as members of the State and as christians , to . dissolve our connexion with that association . V—V That we would humbly tender _. o . ur advice to the , various lodges , instead of assembling for

      political purposes , as heretofore , to establish reading societies throughout the length and breadth of the land , and devote their money ; to the diffusion-of knowledge , which , in a short time , with the blessing of God , would-raise them to a higher degree in the scale of public opinion than ever they had attained under the fold regime , ' always remembering that ' knowledge , is power . '" . _¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ _-,-Actios for Slander _againsi a Roman Catholic Clergyman ,. —The Court of Common _Preas was occupied the entire of Friday and Saturday last , with the hearing of an action for slander , in . which Mr . Hugh Morrow , sub-sheriff of the county of Longford , was the ; plaintiff , and ihe Rev . Edward _M'Gaverj P . P . of Granard , defendant . _Damages were laid at

      £ 2 , 000 . Tho language complainedof was spoken at a Protectionist meeting at Longford , in December last , and at wliich the defendant seconded an amendment to the first resolution of the Protectionist pariy , at the same time observing , "I , of my own knowledge known number of well-conducted , honest tenants in my own neighbourhood , who have been held up to high rents , and have been compelled to give np their land for the purpose of enabling an individual to get it into his own possession ; and one man , having six acres was driven out of his farm to satisfy the wishes of this person ; and another tenant who took compassion on that man and let bim in , was sent to by the agent ,. and the bailiff told him that if be sheltered bim be would be put out himself : and another most

      respectable man , although he wore a frieze coat , was called upon by the same person to give up his farm at forty-eight hours notice , as he wished further to enlarge his demense and make gravel walks , and upon his . asking , 'Where am I to go ? ' he was told , ' You have been asking , your old wife and yourself , and you may go into the byre ( the cow house ) , but if you do not give up tbe land I will put you into the gaol for the rent you now owe me . ' He then said to the agent , ' you came to me three years ago demanding possession , and my son who was then recovering from fever , took a shivering , and you killed him , and you are now going to kill me ? ' It turned out too true—Andy Egan was the man . He toook to his bed next day . I attended him in his illness , and he

      was dead in one week—murdered by that agent , the same as his son was a few months before . The same agent told him that another son of his was a Ribbonman , and he was the cause of banishing him from the country .. This is the treatment which may be expected from landlords and tbeir agents ; " Some of the gentry oh the platform having insisted on the name of the party alluded to being mentioned , the rev . gentleman named Mr . Morrow , in consequence of which the present action was brought . Forthe prosecution several landed proprietors of the county of Longford , who attended the meeting were examined , and deposed to having heard the words spoken by the defendant . Mr . Holmes and Mr . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., addressed the jury for the defence , but called no witnesses . After a _charse'from Judge Ball , the jury brought ; in a verdict for the plaintiff for £ 3 . 00 damages , and sixpence costs .

      The Municipal . ' Battle , —The Dublin News letter says : — " On Saturday , tbe 15 th' instant , Mr . Reynolds was served with nine writs of summons , for penalties of £ 50 each , for acts done in his capacity as : Lord Mayor . These proceedings would _haye been taken long since , but that it was considered advisable to wait- for the passing of the recent Process Act , which puts members of Parliament upon the same footing as ordinary subjects in relation to law proceedings . Mr . Reynolds must , of course , under this act ,. enter _appeaTances within eight days from service , and declarations and pleas must follow as if it were term . . It is understood ' that a writ will be served for every act , either by the Lord Mayor de facto or his locum tenens . Deanery of St . Patrick . —The Rev . Ralph Sadleir , prebendary of Castleknock , has been appointed sub-dean of St Patrick , on the resignation of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Dublin .

      The Repeal association . —The association met on Monday in Concliation-hall , Mr . _Bagnall _, T . C ., in the chair . ' Mr . John O'Connell addressed the meeting , and alluded to the late verdict against the Rev . Mr _., M'Gaver , P . P . at the suit i of Mr . Morrow ., He hoped the people oi Ireland would defray the expenses of the rev . gentleman . The rent for ihe week was £ 17 5 s . 8 d . Murder in . tub County of Down . —Another murder has been , perpetrated * in Ulster ; but it would appear that this Crime had no connexion with the land . system . The Belfast Whig of Tuesday . contains the following particulars;— " The victim of . this diabolical act is James Nocher , of _Drumaness , a most inoffensive and respectable farmer

      ,-who has resided in that neighbourhood for many years . ; Tho particulars , as far as we have been able to , glean them , are these : —The unfortunate deceased had lately accepted the office of gamekeeper to , the Rev . W ., B . Forde , of _Seaforde , from which , a mini named M'Qartan had been dismissed . He went out about two o ' clock on the morning in question to prevent poaching ori tho estate , and when he was on his way home he was shot , at a place called the . Elevon Acres , near , the house of a man named . Darby Morgan . Noeher was found dead at Morgan ' s house , and the account which the inmates give is , that be came there , stating that ho bad been shot in the valley , and got a drink of buttermilk . -The Rev . Mr . Forde , with the police , examined the spot , and , . from the slugs ana wadding found on the road and at tbe . wall nearly facing tbe

      house , they are of opinion that the fatal shot or _shot 3 must have been cither fired from Morgan ' s house , or from behind a wall beside it . The unfortunate man ' s ; body presented a horrible spectacle , having been almost riddled . with slugs from the head to the stomach . The doctor who examined the body stated that death must have occurred almost instantaneously , aa tbe deceased was shot through the heart . A young man named Davy , a nephew to the former gamekeeper , and several others , bave been arrestod on suspicion . Itis right ; to state , that the , police searched . the house of the former gamekeeper , in which they found a gun and pistol whioh wore quite dusty , and had not recently been in use . An inquest bas been held on the body , but we have not obtained particulars . Nocher has left a wife and five children to lament his loss . "

      Irish Packet Station . —The Dublin News Letter contains the following announcement : — " The government have at last consented to grant a commission of inquiry into the suitableness of ' one of the Irish : ports for an Amerioan pnoket- ' station . This concession is one of the utmost importance , and shows what may be obtained at tho hands of any Ministry , by united resolve and determined action on the part of the Irish representatives . "

      Cholera Is Barbart. —We Learn From Malta...

      Cholera is Barbart . —We learn from Malta , under date of tho 9 th of June , that this scourge of tbe human race had manifested itself at Susa , Sfax , Mehdia , and other parts of Barbary : and according to some accounts , even in the military barracks within two hours' distance from Tunis ; and such is the panic among tbe people that upwards of 600 « u 4 . m boats and sma 11 craft ,, and reaohed Malta , where , notwithstanding petitions have beon addressed to the governor , _prayine him to imnnsA n

      quarantine of at least seven days from date of _departure from the infected port , pratique is reoklessly given to all arrivals unless sickness actually prevails on board , which moasure has alroad y been the oause of putting Malta into quarantine with Sicily and Naples , and whon they come to learn that a fatal case has occurred in Valletta Harbour ( though before tho admission of the vessel to pratique , as she arrived during tho night time ) after fourteon hours illness , no doubt a sfratto , or total reiection of arrivals from Malta will bo enacted J "

      Tub Shipping Gazette states , that Mathews , the late defaulter at Dublin Castle , is a natural son of the late Marquis Wollesley , by whom , when his lordship was Lord-LieutenaDt , ho was appointed to tho situation which he held ,

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      Cutting Ano Wounbino.—M. Haean Was Indic...

      Cutting ano Wounbino . —M . Haean was indicted for cutting and wounding Elizabeth Egan , with intent to do her grievous bodily harm . —Mr . Thompson prosecuted , and Mr . Payne defended the prisoner!—It appeared that the prisoner lodged in the same houso with tho prosecutrix , and on tho 11 th inst :, 'upon her applying to him for some rent , he abused her and struck her . Not satisfied with this violence , he shortly afterwards went into her room

      with a candlestick in his hand , and after making use of more , bad language , be struck ber a violent blow on the lip with tbe candlestick , the ; effect of which was to cut it open and- inflict very severe injury . On behalf of the prisoner an attempt was made to show that the prosecutrix herself was the first aggressor , but the evidence was not by any means of a character to warrant such a conclusion being come to . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and ho was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept io bard labour for eighteen months ..

      . Uttering a Foroed Receipt . —Francis Johnson , 29 , described as a clerk was indicted for feloniously forging and littering a receipt for money , with intent to defraud . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Robinson prosecuted ; Mr . Ballantine was for the defence . — The prisoner , it appeared , was in the service of Messrs . Warner , who carry onanextensive business as ironmongers in J _owin-street ; and the evidence loft no doubt that he bad been oarrying on an extensive system of fraud and robbery upon his employers , and that ho had resorted to tho expedient of falsifying the entries in the books of the firm in order to cover"his delinquencies . _—^ Tho jury found the prisoner "Guilty . "—There were other indictments against him ; arising out ofthe same transactions , but they were not proceeded with . —The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years . ¦ ... . f ;_ ' ¦ '¦ ' .

      _ , , „ Charges of Skittle' Sharping . —Alfred Hawksby , a respectable-looking-yOung man , surrendered to take his-trial for misdemeanour . —Tho facts of the case were these . The prisoner , who had been sent for trial with another man , named John Steadman j but who had not surrendered at the time tlio court sat , ' is a butcher , living somewhere near Whitecross . -street , and : at the time the alleged offence _* was- committed the prosecutor was a butcher , in the New-road , St .. George ' s-in-the-East . As far back as last July it appeared that tho plan was laid to entrap tho prosDOUtor , whom it would appear somewhat prided himself on his skittle playing , and these wero the means employed . The prisoner _Hawksby and the man Steadman were at

      that time playing _. _skittles together at the Hope Tavern , Bannerrstr ' eet , . St . Luke ' s . Some of tho party said that prosecutor , whose name is Meteyard , was good for £ 50 , and it was arranged that they should go into the prosecutor ' s shop to buy something , . and . tben pretend to get up a running match for a sovereign , asking . prosecutor to hold the stakes—that Hawksby should be there , as if by accident , fand that , having drawn prosecutor out , skittles should be proposed , and the prosecutor be picked up . Accordingly , Steadman and another man went and met tbe prosecutor , and Steadman said , "Now , fat ' un , are you ready to rHn for this match ? " to which the other assented , and prosecutor was prevailed on to hold the stakes . They

      proceeded to run the match . Wine was then introduced , of which the prisoner and prosecutor drank . A game at skittles was then proposed , and betting ; commenced ,. and at last prosecutor was induced to go home and fetch £ 50 to make a bet with prisoner and Steadman that a certain number of pins could not be got , the party who was to knock them down being apparently drunk . As soon as the'money was staked the match was p layed , and prosecutor , of course , lost . Feeling convinced that he had been duped , be applied to . have a portion ( if not the whele ) of his money back , which was refused . —A number of witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner a high

      character . —His Lordship , in addressing the jury , pointed out the evidence as being very slight , against which _previous . charaeter ought to weigh ; and , __ _aafar as the act of gambling was concerned , tbe intent was alike blameahle to both parties .-The jury immediatel y acquitted the prisoner . _. - The prisoner Steadman , whose recognizances bad been estreated , then begged his lordship to allow him to surrender for , trial . —The Court , having satisfied itself that his not surrendering arose from an error as to . the hour they would be taken , allowed the trial to proceed . —The evidence was pre * cisely the ' same as in the previous case , and the jury at once acquitted the prisoner .

      Mock Agenct Offices . —Sydney Robert Sparks , olerk , 27 , Charles Wm . Stanley , 23 , Edward Wright , 23 , agent , and James Campbell , 37 , agent , were indicted for conspiracy and fraud . —The case occupied the court until considerably beyond the usual hour of sitting , and before it-had closed the court was inoonvenientl y full with the numerous witnesses in the case ,, their friends , and persons who bad been duped by the gang . —As far as personal appearance went , the prisoners seemed to be tbe last that might have been expected to succeed in so many instances of fraud . Campbell is a tall , scampish looking , shabby genteel man , sporting _moustacbioB ,. an imperial , and wearing glasses . Sparks , a little , dirty , vulgar , dissipated man .

      Stanley , a half smart looking young man , such as may invariably be seen hanging about racecourses and horse fairs . And Wright a small , vulgar , gentish looking young individual . —Mr . Parnell stated briefly the manner in which tho . fraud had been effected , from which it appeared that somewhere about Christmas last the prisoners as a gang commenced operations , and the first the prosecution could learn of them was that Campbell , whom they learnt had been a gentleman ' s servant , was traced to have met with the other prisoners at a public-house near Holborn , for the purpose of arranging their future plans of operation , and tho arrangement was that as there were many thousands in tbe metropolis and provinces seeking for

      situations , they should take offices and open them as estate and registry agents , then advertise for clerks to deposit a certain sum of money with them by way of security , and then employ them for a week or two at a salary , getting rid of them as soon as they couid pocket the deposit , and when one of tbe places so taken became , to use their own term , too hot to hold them , they were to shift to another quarter , and the difficulty about references was to be removed by the parties , under different names , having more than one office at a time , by which means they could- give reference from one to another . Somo one at this meeting said they thought the public were too much on their guard to be taken in , when Campbell said he bad a

      scheme that would throw the devil off his guard , and , producing a well-drawn up and well-printed circular or prospectus of the concern , said he thought that would lick them ( meaning the public . ) Shortly after this the firm made its appearance , first in Upper Wellington-street , as Wright and Co ., loan-office , general registry and investment company , auctioneers , & o . The same party then commenced operations in Exeter Arcade , then _Brownlow-street , nolborn , then Adam-street , Adelphi , Great Queen-street , Kingsgate-street , and lastly at Cavendish-square . At these various p laces the prisoners were each to be . found acting in . concert ; and by answering and inserting advertisements , got numbers of young men to place sums varying from £ 5 to £ 50 with them . They then

      employed tbo parties so engaged for a short time , by sending them long distances from home to inquire after houses and businesses to let , and the end was that they never got Iback their money or salary . The learned counsel then went on to detail the evidence , which , having so rcoently appeared when the prisoners were oxamiued at the police court , only requires the main points to be noticed . — James Botfomloy , a servant . out of place , coroboratod the learned counsel's statement as to the particulars of what took place at the public-house . The first be knew of Campbell was that he was to get him a situation as a servant ; and witn _3 _ss having been out of service some time , bad no character , and Campbell proposed to give bun a

      false one , for which he was to receive £ 2 , £ 1 5 s . of whioh was paid to him . Not being able to get his money hack , tbey wished him to assist them in the proposed scheme . —Cross examined ; I never said I would swear anything for ten shillings and a good blow but ; that was Campbell ' s favourite word ; when some one said how about directors to the company , to which their circulars referred , Campbell said , ' Only let me get the tin , and I'll get names enough . " He was called tho Captain . . Sparks was introduced as his partner . — George Morris proved having . seen Stanley and Wright ; acting in concert in Upper Wellingtonstreet . Witness had been defrauded out of £ 15 by the elder Wright . —It was then proved that the

      omce in Exeter Arcade had been let to Wri ght and Stan ey , who , after a month , turned it over to Sparks , who converted it into a cigar and betting _J ° r * James Howo , a poor looking old man , said he had been engaged at Wellington-street by Stanley and Wright . . He paid £ 5 deposit , and when he became clamorous to have it back , they said they must rob some one else to pay bim . —Alfred _Savago , another of the victims , proved the payment of £ 5 , on account to Wright and Stanley , in Wellington-street . —John _Macdonald , having paid £ 10 on _account at Kingsgate-street to Campbell , and finding that ho could not get any employment ,

      wished to have bis money back , when Campbell became insolent , and Baid that , as witness had left before his time , he should have the advice of the legal gentleman ofthe firm before he should return the amount ;* . ' -which was never repaid . —Charles Gage , n % apm said that , seeing an advertisement , he _weritPearlHn Maroh to Kingsgate-street , where ho saw Sparks ' and Stanley , who said they must have £ 10 . ' He went down to Dorset and got the money from ' his friends ; and ail the wages he got was 16 s . —Heber Loter , having deposited £ 10 , was duly engaged as clerk to the firm in Kingsgatestreet , acting as legal adviser to the firm ; as soon

      Cutting Ano Wounbino.—M. Haean Was Indic...

      _as-. rbe agreement was signed and he _waTfT _^ on his duties , they gave him two days' hnli _, _i , _?« H to Greenwich fair . ( Laughter . ) A _^ lt _^ S money was an IO U for four weeks' salarv \ vk _^ affair at Kingsgate-street broke up witno _« 1 , _^ and the only valuable thing in the place was _, choil » pot ; Cross-examined : I madoa disturbance s _, ewte * g ave me in custody ; I made a _charg e of _onL n % but Mr . Hall said an individual case would _/ _' _^^ tain the charge . ' —Mr . Parry said that the ea _^! * so flagrant that , on tho part of Wrieht h l withdraw from the charge , and let him plead I _^ —The payment of two more sums , of £ io _»„§ _" _!!!?• Wnr _« llilin _nunn / , _^ onil nlun _, k _ l il . "U Jtnft _juuiuu iimi

      ....... , _uuu » . o « me pr 8 onp » C gone by various aliases , and that when tiieir ii \ - a < 1 became clamorous the parties would _dodol _J IIa ! l from one office to another , and a _carDtml abo t , fc had fitted the place , having culled upon S _A ho some money , said he requested him to _aten i 31 or he was going to nail a long customer nni , as pay him .-Sergeant Thompson said he ' _tnnk n _Hi bell and Stanley at 15 . Bl _andford-street 1 _?*™?' square > hero they had just commenced omZ ' under the name of Harvey , Loan and r » i ! on 3 _» Office . He met Sparks in Grea t Russell ? , _? unt took . him .-Mr . Paine contended thank £ _- had not been sufficientl y proved a gainst _Z ! -Mr . Horry , atso . no length , J Sphrk ' X * 11 mere scrvant .-Tho learned _conimisS _^ . 3 a summed up the jury immediatel y f 0 l , nd . _I _' " Guilty . " -Mr . Parnell said that the frSL _^ tb , _% werebutafewof _^^

      Edward Wright , 57 , father of the prisoner in iu last case a fellow who has for nearl / uZtv t been carrying on the same game , aiid who 2 ? office at Charng-cross , an 3 has been _befoK vie ed , was indicted with- James for deframi ? n ' William Davis of £ 10 .-Wri ght pleaded gu lty d f theiury convicted James .-Mr . Parnell faid i \ l * had obtained two sums of £ 10 in one £ bvT same practices .-The learned Judge , in _passing tence _, commented upon tbe _groV natu _S ' charges , and sentenced Wright the elder tL . sonment and hard labour ; but . considering tS Sparks had not takenany money , and _WrigltlS acted under the guidanco ofa bad father tha \ _Jz tonce on them would bo twelve months U *

      • _BuaoLAnv . —Robert Jamieson , 19 _Wai irui _;^„ , i for a burglary in . tho d _, GllingisI of _° { Itelph , and stealing a largo quantity of coppS money , a . number of cigars , some screws of to ! bacco , three knives , and other articles , his proner v Mr . Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr . O'Brien defended the prisoner . —The prosecutor in this case is th » landlord of George IV . public-house , in Edward street , Regent _' _s-pavk , and it appeared that th _» robbery in question was committed on the 27 th of April At a quarter past two o ' clock in the morn . ing of that day the house was all properly secured and the family retired to bed , and at twenty-fi _« minutes to six o ' clock the same morning itwas dis

      . covered that the premises had been entered _during the night , and that nearly a peck of copper monev which was m a bag in tho bar , several bottles if liquor , some knives , a great many screws of to . bacco , and some cigars had been stolen . The evil denceagainst the prisoner was solel y _circumstan _! tial , but at the same time appeared to be quite con elusive ol his guilt . It was proved tbat the hou _< of the prosecutor was entered by a window in the back yard , which abutted upon a house in which the sister of the prisoner occupied a room , to which he had constant access ; and it appeared that very soon after the robbery was committed he was seen to go into this room carrying two bundles . It was

      also shown that on this same morning the prisoner went to the shop of Mr . Thompson , a pawnbroker in the _Hampstead-road , and redeemed some articles , for which he paid with nine shillings in copper money , and he then purchased nine shillings' worth of other things , which he also paid for with copper , and he then requested the pawnbroker to give him ten _shilling in silver for that amount of copper money . In addition to these facts it appeared that upon searching the room occupied by the prisoner ' s sister , and to which he was seen to go on the morn _, ing of the robbery , some knives , twenty-seven farthings , and four screws of tobacco were found , seve _« ral of which articles were identified as forming a of the stolen

      portion property . It also appeared that when the prisoner was taken into custody a further sum of 2 s . Id . in copper was found in his possession . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and evidence was adduced to show tbat he had been before convicted of felony . —The prisoner was then charged , upon another indictment , with a burglary in the dwelling-house of William Clark , and stealing fifty cigars , a corkscrew , a scarf , and otber articles . —The prosecutor in this case , it appeared , is tha landlord ofthe Jew ' s Harp public-house in the same street as that in which the former prosecutor resided . The robbery in question took place on the night of the 15 th of April , nnd a considerable portion of the stolen property was found in the possession of the prisoner a very short time afterwards

      —. Tho jury again returned a verdict of " Guilty . "The Recorder , in passing sentence , said there could be no doubt that the prisoner was a systematic robber of public-houses , and ordered him to he transported for fifteen years . _RoBBERt . —William Anderson , 50 , hairdresser , pleaded " Guilty" to an indictment for stealing from Robert fatten thirty sovereigns , twenty half-sovereigns , and a Bank-note for £ 10 .-The Court sentenced him to ei ghteen months' imprisonment . —The prisoner , who evidently expected a much more severe sentence , and did not rightly hear , said , ' eighteen years , my Lord ?"—Common-Serjeant : No , eighteen months . —Tho prisoner , seemingly much pleased , made a bow , and got out of the dock as quickly as he could .

      _Btoamv . —Arthur Matthews , 27 , labourer , was indicted for feloniousl y intermarrying with Susannah Joyce , his wife being still alive , —Mr . W . Cooper prosecuted . —It appeared that the prisoner , who is an Irish dock-labourer , had married his first wife at St . George ' s-in-the-East in 1843 , and that being a woman of drunken habits , they separated , and she went to live with some one else , upon which he in May last married his second wife at the office of tho district registrar of Stepney-green . —The prisoner was convicted , and sentented to be imprisoned for two months .

      Assault . —William Plant , 29 , shoemaker , was indieted for unlawfully assaulting Elizabeth Harbud _, with intent , 4 c . —Mr . Parnell prosecuted , and Mr . O'Brion defended . The prosecutrix , an interesting , modest-mannered girl , who seemed still to he suffering from tho effects of tho prisoner ' s violence , and the drugs it was supposed he had administered to her , stated that on the evening of Friday , tho 17 th of May , a man whom she believed to be the prisoner met her , and having forced himself into conversation , prevailed on her to accompany him to the Cock public-house , at the corner of Margaretstreet , Great Portland-street , where he called for a glass of brown brandv-and-water . a small _ouantitv

      of which she partook of , and almost immediately felt sick and giddy , and then lost all power of recollection until ten o ' clock the noxt _morning , when she found herself in the Middlesex Hospital , where she was compelled to remain for a fortnight before sbe had entirely recovered . —The barmaid at tho Cock public-house proved the prisoner to be tbe man that had given the prosecutrix the _brandy-andwater ; tbey were standing by a wall . Prosecutrix forced herself from the prisoner , and immediately fell headlong into the road . Water was obtained , but she not recovering , was taken by tbe police and three gentlemen to the hospital . —Police-constable Hodges , of the E division corroborated their

      _statemont , adding that from the position he saw them in there could not be any doubt hut that the prisoner had criminally assaulted her . ne heard her say " Get away , you beastly fellow . " Upon picking her up he found her clothes much disordered , and she was quite insensible . Prisoner begged of him not to tako her to the hospital , at the same time stating that a policeman in Bakerstreet had requested him to see her home , and at the station-house ho said he first saw her in Oxfordstreet , with a crowd of men round ber , and that ha took charge ofher from motives of humanity . —Mr . Corfe , tbe resident surgeon at tho hospital , said that when she was brought in they applied the stomaoh pump , but could not detect the _preaonce

      of liquor , or any narcotic . Her breath smelt oi sherry , and althoug h there was no positive evidence of the fact , he , from all circumstances , felt convinced that she was suffering from the effects of chloroform . She was very ill upon recovering ber sensibility the following morning , and remained w a critical state for a fortnight afterwards boforo sue was well enough to leave the hospital . —The jury immediately fouud bim _«« Guilty . "—The prisoner said , aa thero was a God in heaven he had only seen the girl a few minutes before the policeman came up , and was innocent . —Mr . * Gurney Baid his protestations wero only an aggravation of bis gnwt 5 there could not be any doubt , and , further , that lie met the prosecutrix prepared with means to ettecj his purpose . —He was then sentenced to two years , imprisonment and hard labour .

      Clerot Sold For Slaves.—Walker, In His" ...

      Clerot sold for Slaves . —Walker , in his" Suf * _ferings of the Clergy , " says , " There was a pro ject on foot to sell some of the most eminent { . ot | n » masters of colleges , doctors in divinity , & c . ) to tw Turks for slaves , and a considerable progress _fl- . mado in that horrid purpose . " And , writing Dr . Edward Layfield _, under tho head of " Ionuo « Cathedrals , " Walker again says , that " at last , w the company of others , hewasolapt on ship boaro _, under hatches ; " and that " they were threaten _^ to be sold slaves to the Algerines , or to some of o »* own plantations . " Again , it is recorded , in _B'sW Cosin ' s life , tbat by his will «• ho gave towniu ) w » redemption of Christian captives at Algiers _W * towards tho relief of the distressed loyal party _» England , £ 300 ; " upon which I should be glw put a query—viz ., is thero sufficient ground ' » supposing that any of the loyal party wero really s ° _ for slaves during the rebellion _?—ilWw and v '"''

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22061850/page/6/