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      _atyasfts . . Smcms . —Btfore Mt WMam "Baker , Jan . ; tne deputy coroner , at the _fireen Man , _pnblie-hobse , _Hfeh-sf- _^ t , Poplar , _iw ' _-setuig the death ef _EKea-Rajment , a "" tumid woman , who _-ros foiniddrowneo ia tbe Hiver Thames , with her' throat cat . «• _Fowkrstated that , on Friday afternoon , he was wring a boat down the river , when , on _airiving oppoeue Me ? aia Fergnsoo and Co . % mast-house , _MHlwau , hesaw the body ef the deceased floating -K * f _»* _fihote- Hedrewit _inta his boat , and conveyed ! _a *» the dead-house in Poplar . The body was «* _fOWi decomposed , and had _evidently been in tto ««* «™ d * _v ¦ : Tbere were several large bruises _toena

      , twos the leg « , and the M _^** _- _» _- _^ J » _***| ° _T ill-used . _TW throat w _« _" _^» _sevewpUcei _^ . Bayment stated thst he was the son of the ««« easea , wh _?* as the wife ofa retired auctioneer . ™*»* No W _Ilieb-strc-2 t , Hoxton _, Old Town , _^ OnSaturwa , attached with a fit , and remained _msennble for three hours . Oa the following morning , she left the Ado ** , and wxb never seen * _fae : afterwards . Tbe deceased and her husband lured together TO-y _eorn f-. _rtably _, and seldom quarrelled . The inquiry was adjourned for a week , for the purpose of affording the police an opportunity , of procuring further evidence .

      Ruts _Srauf-BOiT _Acctdestt . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Nine Elm ? Tavern , reUtire to the death of J- Patten . _; aged 35 , a drill and colour sergeant of the Scots Fusilier Guards , who , together ¦ with . Wilson Emery , her _Maje-rtj- ' _a awan-keeper , were drowned , by a boat , in which they were , coming into coi'ision with the Matrimony iron steam-boat . George Franks , a mate ofthe Childe _Handd steamer , deposed to finding the body ofthe deceased floating down with the tide off Nine Elms pier « n Friday last . He got tbe same ashore , and conveyed it to the above house . Corporal R . Eye said that , on Saturday wetk , deceased and fonr other parties , including Emery , who acted as coxswain , started from "Westminster-bridge , and proceeded up the river as far as Barnes , fer the purpose of training for a match that waa shortly to come off . Upon their re . turn tbe same night , when tbey arrived nearly facing

      thePitfllicopier _. _tiieysawaffeam-boatconiiugtowards then . The _etac-wain stood np and shouted that there-was a small boat _a-head . They had not proceeded above five or six yards further before a colliaion between the two boats took _claee . aud the party suddenly became immersed . Witness turned out and got hold of the boat , and remained holding thereto nntil he was taken oS . Be saw-Corporal Smiths and Hopkins saved , bat the deceased and Emery were drowned . The night was rather dark , and witness considered that tbe occurrence was _cwinjr entirely to the coxswain mistskinzthe light of the steamer . Everything was done by the people on board the _steaa-erto save them . Thejury returned a verdict of' Accidental death . ' The whole of the non-commissioned officers and four companies of the battalion , together with the band , were drawn np in front of the tavern , where they remained until the coroner _i-sied his order for the interment of

      _decsased . The tody was then conveyed te the burialgrosnd of St John ' s , Westminster , the band playing the ' Bead March in Saul' through the principal _thoroughfares leading to the place of interment . Fatal Accidew at Sia WnutM _Joijjefb ' s . —Before Mr William Payne at St Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of James Holmes , aged fourteen years . The deceas d bad been working at Sir William Jgl lifiVs , at Guepsteau , and whilst he was feeding a thre ? blng _* niacnine , his left foot was drawn in and the limb was extensively injured . He was removed to the hospital , when it was fonnd _necessaiy to amputate the limb , bnt on Sunday he suddenly expired . Verdict accidental death .

      A _Peesis Choked wnxtfi Disisq . —At the King ' s Head , Great Mitchell-street , St Luke ' s , before Mr Baker , on the body of John Roberts , aged 85 years , a greengrocer , residing at No . 11 , Great Mitchellstreet . On . Monday last , the deceased was eating EQtne beef and bread , when he suddenly fell from the chair . A lodger immediately went to hiB assistance , and extracted a piece of bread snd two large pieces of beef from his throat . A surgeon was sent for , bnt he expired directly afterwards _. The deceased was in the habit of eating fast and ravenously . Verdict'Death from etrffocstion . *

      Smcro * . —Before Mr Baker , at the Old Red Lion , Wilson-street , Finsbury , on view ofthe body , o f Mr William Priest / aged 50 years , who committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid . Tho deceased wss an upholsterer , and was formerly in business - with a partner . Abont ; twelve months since , the partnership was dissolved , and the deceased opened a shop on his own account in Wilson-street . Finsbury . Hnringthesnmmerbnsieess was very dull , and deceased became much embarrassed in h '

      _scircam-Ftsnces , and oa Saturday last , oh being pressed for a bill whieh had become due , he was not prepared to pay ifc Oa Monday last , he was heard , to go oat o f the honse and return shortly _afterwardB-, He said he was very ill , and wantedrest . Some time afterwards he was heard groaning very heavily , and his sister went into the room' He was lying on the bed in an insensible state , and a surgeon was immediately sent for , bnt the deceased expired before'he came . A small bottle was found which had contained prussic arid . Verdict—* Temporary insanity . ' .

      ACCIDEST 8 , OTFtSCBS , EIC . . A CHixn Savh > _-- ? boic IhiowsiKeav a Doe . —On Sunday morning , a child bf ainat five years of age , during the absence of a servant to whose care it was in-rusted , fell into the canalfrom a parapet of the Ci-y-road-bridge . The accident bad scam jy been discovered before a large dog , of fhe Newfound land b e . d , leaped into the stream , and with great exertion saved the life of the child , by keeping its head above water until assistance wag rendered from the show . ' . V .

      Fatal Acc ** oEitr . _^ -A dreadful accident happened about ten o ' llock , on Monday" morning , on board the _Hntih Johnston , a collier , lying _oSTante ' _s-staits _, Rotherhithe . . Whilst the crew were busily engaged unshipping the mast by means of an immense pair of shears , the , mast . _^ suddenly . _VsBpped , carrying the shears and _ali along with it , clean over the tafiraiL There were two riggers at work in the top . at the time , and both were precipitated into the river . The tida naa ebbing rapidly , and one of the unfortunate men , after struggling a few minutes , sunk to rise no sore ; _Mother fortunately succeeded in catching a _rc-pe that was thrown to . him , and was _tescued . A toy , too . . had his ; arm _broads , and was otherwise injur _i ed , the n _*^ having atrack him in its fall , ¦ ,

      _AuaroiD Muedks _sri _Misuc<—Information was received by . MrWilliam Baker , deputy-coroner , of ihe dt-ath ofa min named Lewis _ifugford , whieh was occasioned by a wound infiiefcid bj his master , Mr Th ' bmas Mackintosh Davidson , a gentleman of pro per y , residing at _Clay-hilL Tottenham . Is appeared that Mr Davidson bad , been for many years put suffering _aittler mental detsngement . He had resided _ahont eleven "feats ah Clay-hill , and was under the care ofthe unfortunate man Lewis Mngford , who was appointed for that purpose . On Friday week two female servants and Mngford were at dinner in the kitchen ,, when Mr Davidson entered and tsok a knife ' away . " He was immediately followed by

      Mugford who came up with him in another room . Almost _inusediate- ' y a scuffle was heard , opou which Mrs Holmes preceeded tothe roam , when she saw Muglord _Btrnek in the throat by Mr Davidson with the knife . Mugtord . rushed into the road , where he was attended to by alady of the name of Thomas , living in aa adjoining house , buthhe fell down and died in a few minutes . Information was forwarded to Sergeants Butcher and Grey , at the Tottenham station , who took Mr Davidson into custody , and who now _regains in surveillance at his own residence . For _aereral _previsns years Mr Djridsoa naret showed » _. _< y signs of an intention te do mischief , and was allowed the' liberty of the grounds , beiug only wat _uxd by the domestics .

      FIESS . ; . -....-. - .. _- - _DEsiaccrrvK _iibb is Si Pa *\ _CIUB .- _*» On Sunday iBCim ' jig . shortly after two o ' c ' ockv a fire broke out at No . S . ia the K ' ng > road , St Pancras . The _enjT . _ecs were speedily at the scene , hut ; the buildinc , from bottom to top , was already _^ Mazing away with vehemence , and the flames continued to expand until the bouse was completely gutted . The damage done , it is _onderctood , wilt reach to nearly £ 500 , and _unfortunately Mr Want , the owner of the honse , was sot insured . How the fire originated is unknown , but from the fact of the house : being unoccupied s : rong _suspicionr ! are entertained that .- it was the _vr-itkaft-iincendiary . - _^ . . ,. _„ ,

      _SiKccian Firb _*—On Tuesday morning , between one and two o ' clock , a fire broke ont npon some premises situated at S 9 ,. Say street , Clerkenwell , bejoDging to Mr Laac , Tracy .. : Jt appears that during the past lew weeks workmen had been employed in rebuilding tbe honse , and a heap of lime had been placed on tbe ground near tlie scaffolding . ' The rain that Ml during the , night-slacked the lime , which list tbe _scaffold poles in a blaze . Tho side walls beiig away , and the floors open . it was at one period _npprehehded that a fearful conflagration would have _itdiowed .. _Theehginespromptlyattended , and there _beins an abandanee of water , tbe' Sre was speedily _estinguished , hnt not until the scaffolding was _contiderauly burned . Fortunately the _hui'dingreoeived no _^ nTy . j

      , . UISCELU 5 E 00 S . - - v ' Thb St _Pascaas I ' ooa . —1 sadeo , tjact as tat Wc . 3 snocsB Dikxabt . — ; 0 n _Tnesdayi- _^ _a meeting of the _tiirectora and guardians ofthe parish ef St _Pancris was held in the new vestry rooms , when the _chsir wag oocapied by Mr Churchw-uriien Howarth , yho , with reference , to the condition of the inmates _bfvthewerkhoasf , begged to call the attention of the b < ard toTthe inadequacy ofthe dietary table , especi ? llr . in . _jtle article of bread ; the paupers had potatoss and pudding together , which he ( the chairman ) : t ' i < _mghUras a bad combination of food . Uewas Bar , however , aware that thera was . any great objection tothe dietary _tablejiuthe . considered it ought to be so _regulated its to prevent ] by supplying proper _ntair--diment , ' the " _nf--oduetioBofe-Aranebus articles _of-foddintheworkhoass . The _chiinnaa then sag- _1

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      _0 * -t _« d the aaoointoent of a committee to inquire infBtare _shewtheallowanceof food fer each meaL Mr Morris _agreed that the . board taitmld establish a sufficient _dietiryto _^ prevent _-theinfewductionof articles which had been said by the medical men to be ofa dangerous character . Mr Clarke said the matter had come upon him rather sudden _^ r , as he considered tne dietary table . was everything that could be _wished , aad if the master or the-medical officer had anything to ebmplain of they onghtto come forward . The chairman repeated that the allowance of bread to the paupers was very inadequate .... Dr Bermingham was not aware oi anything that ; would lead to this alteration in the dietary , although twelve

      months ago he took a very active part ia the question , when it was admitted that the quality of the f ood was good , whilst the quantity was considered to be inadequate , and he lur Bermingham ) thought the poor . might still . have a better supply of food . He was , however , disinclined to yield to the rule attempted to be enforced by . the Poor Law Commis sioners , that of not allowing any astwle bronght to the . workhouse to be received , even a little wine , perhaps bronght to an aged individual by an _affeo * tionate relative . He hoped the board would not _sobinit to that kind of discipline . Dr Bermingham then recommended a large supply of pearl barley

      and also of peas , one of the most nutritions and least expensive articles that was introduced into the house . He then brought forward the subject of dying paupers inthe infirmary being exposed tothe gare of the other inmates , who were . sometimes _seriousy affected bythe groans and contortions of the individuals in the agony bf death . . Considerable discussion npon this matter arose , and atlengthitwas moved and seconded that screens be provided for the infirmary . The question was put , and carried nem . con ., and after some further business the board separated . _PaoaooKiOK o ? _Pajoumsst . —The Imperial Parliament was prorogued on Tuesday , by writ , to _Taesday , the 12 th of October .

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      _iSnslanU . _CCtfBERLASB . _Destbcciion op _LAmtncos" * AnBBT , _OASiisiiH . — The venerable pile , _Lauercost Abbey , so greatly admired by antiquaries , for its architectural beauties , Is now ., in ruins . _DariuK , tte high winds on Thursday last tbe roof fell in with a londcrash , arousing the whole of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood , who soon crowded round the rained structure . On examination it was discovered that the roof had given way in that part of tbe abbey where divine service was performed . Fortunately the accident did . not occur during the day time , otherwise it might have been attended with loss of life .

      _LANCASHIRE . > "LrvERPoot . — _SrEAimB Soke . —The steam-fog Edinburgh Castle , belonging to Messrs Spinkes and Co ., has sunk off the Toxteth Dock , Liverpool , supposed from some of the valves being left open . The captain and crew got on shore by thc boat . _pBEStoa , — Rkbuciion op " Wages . —Messrs T . Ainsworth and Co ., spinners , have given notice of a reduction on their spinners ' wages of five per cent ., and other firms are likely to adopt the same course . _Wio-ajt . —AsotBBB PaiKST lit OP _JFavea . —The Rev J . Walker , the second or jnnior priest at St John's Catholic Chapel , Wigan , now lies in a dan * _geroos state , ill of typhus fever , caught in his visits to the filthy dwellings of the lower class of Irish residents is the borough . The Rev J . Hearne and the Rev J . Johnson , the two ministers whose lives have already been sacrificed in attending to their duties , were successively the head priests at the same place of worship .

      IOBSSH 1 BB . Thb Foboibibs os ths _Shsfftcld . _ajtd Rotherham Bask . —A forgery of notes has taken place at the above bank . On the discovery at the bank , that a false note had . been cashed , ue alarm soon Sew over the town and district ; and early on Thursday morning placards were exhibited containing theoffer of areward of £ 100 for the detection of the offender or offenders . The imitation has been executed with considerable skill . The circumstance which first raised suspicion at the bank was the difference in the quality of the paper . But this was not likely to raise suspicten in the ordinary business of the town , because the notes bore the date of the 30 th of July last , and had , -. therefore , the

      appearance of recent issue , Thej notes ofthe Sheffield banks pass current over a large district , embracing Hull , York , Leeds , Halifax , Bradford , Huddersfield , Barnsley , _Rethetham , Chesterfield , Bakewell , Nottingham , and intermediate places , and we are , there f ore , prepared to hear that the plans of the forgers were sufficiently ingenious to adoptsome means of operating simultaneously in different parts of the district . The plan seems to haveheeh to commence the issue in uie fust instance in different towns . At-Nottingham , agents - were at work so early as Monday , and continued to pass several

      _spurious £ 5 notes to various tradesmen , A man named _Gough was apprehended in that town , charged with tittering one of these , and being nnable to give a satisfactory aeconnt of himself at the police-office , . was remanded . The issuers have also been at work in Sheffield , bnt without much apparent _saoeess , The forged notes have also been passed at Leeds , Hnd ' dersfield , Rotherham , and Doncaster ; bat in these places nothing appears to have been done on a scale to remunerate the forgets or issuers for tfeeiiak they ran . Tha authorised issue of the Sheffield and Rotberhaja Bank , nnder the late act of Sir R . Peel , 18 * 02 . 946 .:

      - _DB 8 BT 8 HIKE . "[ A _KEWLT-DKCOvsREn Cavebn . —A subterranean crystallised cavern has just been discovered by workmen employedat the limes tone quarries of Thomas Gisborne , Esq , near Doveholes , abont midway betwixt _Chapelen-le-Frifh and Buxton . Thia cavern , although not quite so large as some Ofthe celebrated caverns ia Derbyshire , is little inferior to any for richness and beauty ; notwithstanding the damage it _hassastained fromthe rustic visitors ; There are two caverns , but-the _fii-it is quite inferior to the _second , both in magnitude and splendour . The

      latter is very spacious , the sides and top being encrusted with spar . and crystallisations of various sorts , and from the roof are suspended- numerous _stalaetitesofgreatlengtb _. which , by candlelight , give to the grotto a brilliant appearance ; ' In a chink of the rock at one side of the eavern _, is a fossil greatly resembling the jawbone of some huge animal , ' the teeth of which appear to be perfectly entire' and as hard as adamant . -The general opinioiis _^ that there are more caverns connected-witb this OB *) Which will-eventually ; be _diseov-ored ,- as to all _apjitarahee ' the road although more _difScult to follow , - does ' not here terminate . ¦ ¦; _- . ¦ : ¦ .. ¦>¦ _.-. -. v .--.

      - _wan"OTCK * n- _* nui . -- - , •• • -= - -, - _Chmstuk CHAJttrr . — -For the last twelve or eighteen months Mr Proctor , of Ba ] sall _* hoh _^ aear Birmingham , has been subjected toa series of outrages , by which the lives of his family have been placed in constant peril . Sotne years ago ' _55 r Procter was in the habit of attending T rinity Chapel , and the mode of conducting . the -service' having- given offence to some members of the church , many persons who continued to attend that place of worship were _subjeeted to much _contamely and _annayance _/ Although Mr Proctor was not a member of-this _ootigregationi he was nnforttmateJy siftgled out-as an object of persecution .. Thefirst ' _attemptba- 'his life and property was made on the _^ th March last year , on which

      night a stone bottle charged with ; gunpowder , and wiih a fuse attached to it , was placed on the outside of one of the fitting-room windows , - toeetfier with two penny pieces , on which were engraved or punched ? Trinity shall be fired or something worse . ' * 0 —• is a papist , ' & e _.-Fortaosbely t tbe toach-Bapet to which thafusfl was attached went out j and thus the _porppse was defeated . No- farther-attempt -vasmade until the 9 th of June latrt , when , about _half-past twelve o'clock at night ,-Mr Proefor was _^ alamedby a loud , explosion , and on openihg _° his door" be found that one of his' windows _hw r _^ u ' _ehattered by ah ' infernal machine , * similar to the " one' above'described . -Efforts weremade to'discoverthe author of this outrage , bnt _withont'successi and ' nb farther

      act-of . violence was attempted until the night of Tuesday , when , a * oneof the _WorctStei-jhirerural police was passing by Mr Proctor ' s honse , he observed a canister on'his window-sill , with a lighted _fosej attached-toit . - 'Apprehensive of the . consequences of going to the spot , he threw a _stbha at the canister . wMch Ming on the grtrahd , the match ' was extinguished , and _on examiniiig the'' tin- case "he found it to contain about' nine ' ouhces of powder , and on the window ledge were placed '' several penny pieces , marked as before mth % _stieTl ( ras - warnings , such ai the _^ -Mowing _J---5 Silent , iibt" ' 8 uudned ' -- _^ Take care of something ' worse—* No e _» hfessum _4

      Papista * — 'No church-rate fora I _& iuish masshouRe ' —* Keep _from-apostate Triniiy _. _'ia _!/ The _wfiole of thesepnweeding 8 ' wb * ald ' appear ; _Wresiatfrom the heated brain of _BQme fMatieal _BeWmUeV bnt _] _aa there is not only method ' buf -malice in- 'the madness of the authors ; of these' _Ontragesi' ah- effort wilt be made to discover the-p _«^ _etotors ; and _^ make ah _eiaropleof them , as a _wsnimgtoothers . 'With this view we understand thatit is the intention of "Mr Proctor to memorialise the Secretory of State npon ths subject ,- aa it . would be monstrous to allow such diabolical proceedings to go-unpunished' Similar attempts have , been made to injure' anothergentleman residing in the same neighboorhood . ''•; - •''"'; : ; _-

      -, ...: _' - _^ _"UaCSSXBBSHIBK _^""' " p ;" - ";'•' , . _Iuufafss Stock op . _CooKreBFOT- _cflfo--Br _.---L ' a 8 t week an old man and woman took _v ready furnished house in a yard in _Belgrave-g ate , belonging to _Afrs Hextall . They leftyesterday ( Friday ) morning , and when Mrs Hextall went into the house to see that they had left ail right ; she fonnd , on turning down the bed , a pair of moulds for coining counterfeit _shillings . She immediately took them to tha policestation , and gave a description of the _parUce , on whicb Mr Charters and P . 8 . Smith started in j _^ x

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      suit , and having ascertatne . d . that they . had taken the _!^ a _ghbortagti i tviM , "foaowed'attd succeeu _^ iti overtaking the man near toMountsorrel i and the woman abont a quarter ofa mile in advance ; ' < The-nan had a basket / which , on being afterwards examined , was found to-contain 120 . counterfeit : ; _shilliaga tied in packets—mostof _.-theni' in an unfinished etatol ' -On reaching Mountsorrel , and on getting out bf the flyj the woman took hold of the basket , and was seen to put her hand in and draw ; something out , which she attempted to throw away .: - 'She : wa ? , however , prevented from doing so , and on being _examtoed it wss found to be one of the packets of bad money . The man and wethan , together with a younger womsn , who was found - walking with them , were brought to Leicester in the afternoon and conveyed to the Station house . They give their _names"iMatthew and Ann Donelly . The man is 70 years of age and the woman 62 . - ¦ ¦¦ . ¦¦ - ¦ - ¦ - ; . ¦ : ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ _•¦' ¦

      < - H-JNHSOD 0 IC 8 HIRB ; Ths Bdbniko op NEB » isawet ! Ta .---Sm 3 SCRiprioNs for the 8 nFmBBs . ~ The parish of Holytown" and Needingworth consists of about 950 inhabitants , who are congregated in two villages ,- ' More than -SO houses , _beine neatly one-half of the latter village ; have been totally destroyed byfire , together witb the furniture of most of them . Ten homestead " , -with all the rich produce ofthe harvest , were consumed , aad 87 families were left without raiment , food , or a spot to lay their 'heads ' . There are no men of property resident in the parish , and it is quite impossible that any aid can meet the tremendous ruin entailed on so many , who , at the approaching inclement season , have no shelter from its severity . The rector of the parish has made an appeal tothe charitable for assistance . _t , , ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ <¦ . ,. _' -. ¦ _¦<''< : ¦ •«¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      . CAMBRDWESmRB .- V . _Ikcesdubism . — -The other evening an' alarming fire broke out , shortly before eight o ' clock ,-on the farm of Colonel Pemberton _. at Trumpington _, near Cambridge . It originated in a stack oi straw , and from thence communicated to _^ foar others , two of which were , wheat , and all _. were totally destroyed . In consequence of the great . scarcity , of water fears wereentertained _forjthe safety ofjthe village , which ; if the wind had . veered a few points , mast have been burnt . The . fireis supposed *) have been tho work of an incendiary . The loss is estimated at from ' £ 1 , 000 to £ 1 . 500 , and it is stated will fall on the insurance offices . , < ¦ ,. ;•< . ¦ ' _- . ¦ -. . '¦ . •' . ' . '' ' _:

      Firb at March . — -A few days-since a fire took ? place on the premises of a farmer named Darby , by the side of the Eastern Counties Railway , occasioned by a spark from the down train communicating : with some loose straw round a thrashing-machine . Tho wind being very high , in an instant the whole ofthe stacks were , on fire . It is supposed that between three and four hundred pounds' worth of property is destroyed .,- It was ., stated that the railway authorities had given warning that the stacks were in a dangerous position . Farmers cannot be too cautious in not stacking their various . preduce in the neighbourhood of railways .:... ¦

      BCCKISOHAMSHIRB , The Duke of Buckingham and his _CaBOirons . --The stateof this , nobleman ' s affairs has forsome time formed a subject of conversation , and his embarrassments have become so public , that no secresy is now considered necessary npon the subject .. The creditors of the Duke have been trying to bring his personal property to the hammer , and to divideampng & t them what little could be obtained by the sale of the valuable effects of the ducal residences , _^ tbwe and , Wotton in Bucks , _Avineton in _Haapardre , and _Baekingbam-hoaBe and . _Chandos-honse in London . They estimated that the value of the pictures , furniture , plate , wine , & c . in these mansions would be between £ 50 , 000 and _£ 100 , 000 . Operations were

      consequently commenced , and in the latter end of August an execution wa < put into Buckingham House' for a sum of . £ 20 , 000 , far whicii a verdict had been obtained at the last assizes at Devizes . This ' was immediately followed by . other executions in , Stowe , Wotton , and Avington ( the honse in _Chandos-street being occupied by the Austtian embassy ) . The total amount of the Dnke _' _s debt is stated at between £ 1 , 750 , 000 and . £ 1 , 800 , 000 . When the officers in charge of Backingham House were about toBeize the furniture , & c . ' , it was intimated to them that the Duke had assigned over the whole of _hiseffectsdowa to his wearing apparel , wines , d * c ; to his eldest eon , ih satisfaction of a claim which he had against his father , and which wouldbo preferred to the claims of

      the creditors . The sheriff was then requested to leave the house , but tbis he refused to do , and an application _. was made to the judge at chambers ,- when it was argued that the deed of assignment was void as against the creditors , and tbat the . distress was legal . The judge decided that the eheriff should remain in possession until security was given for the amount o f the levies , and directed . issues to be tried between the parties to test the validity of the various claims , so as to bring the whole question before the Court .: It is reported that there ' are now no less than sixteen executions' in the town mansion of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham , at the suit of vsrious creditors , whose debts are from £ 30 , 000 downwards . The officers of the sheriff of . Buckinghamshire 'have failed in almost all their stratagems for gaining admission tothe Duke ' s residenceat Stowe Park . A few days since two of them , armed with ah execution for £ 80 . 000 , got under tbe porch and through a dwarf

      hatchway , when one of his Grace ' s domestics locked the door against them . On another occasion one of the officers demolished some of the windows of the mansion , and thereby obtained admission ; . but _uponapplicationbeingmadetotbejudge at chambers , his lordship expressed his opinion thst the act did not amount to a legal possession . The extensive property ' at Abingtoh . Hampshire , belonging to the Dolce , ' is also in possession of the sheriff of Hampshire , atthe suit cf _nhmewufl creditors . Opposed to the executions _efboaafide creditors , a number of claimB have been set up- under the'lnterpleadef Act , ' by the _Dake ' _srelativee-and others , who _iasiot that the greater portion of the valuable paintings , plate ' , die . belong to them . The judge / at chambers ,, before whom- all these cases have been heard , _hns recommeaded the sheriffs to delay the tales until an issue can be tried to set at rest the disputed claims . ' _, '

      _HBBtPOBDSHlRR . _, A _SrarBJr op _OraaAoa _A-ro-I-jinaDAWOKhas for some time past been practised towards the person and family of Mr Sparrow , of Westinill , hear _Buntingfield . Net long ago his honse was set on fire in three places , and but for timely assistance would have been'entirely consumed . Since that time a number of anonymous letters have been left at the ' house , directed chiefly to : Mrs Sparrow , ; In 1 oneof them the writer requested that lady to meet him in

      a'field iear her residence , ' adding' that ' _she might be accompanied by her _husband j and thatif she _^ wbuld _give'the'writer ah oppbrtnnity for explanation he _wouldtorget all his chumito revehge . 'f Mrs _Spwrow did not , * of course , " attend at the appoint _^ place . The MMpuatott _* ' _cbntiOTing * to alarni " 'the family , Mr- Sparrb ' w bis offered a ' rcwara _^ of £ 100 to any prson ' givtag _^ nformatibh ' whieh * ib ' ay lead to the _convictitm ' of'theincendiaries , and . twoadditiobal rewards of £ 50 each for the apptehehsioif _ojfrthe parties delivering or instigating'the delivery of the fetters _^" ' - "'' , ; ' ¦ ¦ ' " "' i !" ' _- ' - ¦ '' : '" : y : ' _" "' y ¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦

      ; . _> - ....-, - jasm . _i'r ;¦; , ' ; _...., .... \ Dove _^—Sebiocs Acc _* nBsr . ~ A serious' accident ' occurred to _theffiaila to beforwarded' by the packet ohthe llth instant . The railway cart had proceeded tothenewquay , ' where Her _MajeitylspaoketWidgeon , - destined for Calais , _washing to receive _^ the mail'bags _' ' which were pat'on board . The * mail driver ; mail officer , and mail pqrfer were on the cart , proceeding from the packet towards _^ wider part of the qaay , to effect ' a turning to convey tho _Ostehd | mails ( the night beingverydarki ;' when ' the horse 'shied , and' ran back towards the edge of theqaay . The three then with great difficulty escaped from the cart , but thehowe and-cart * went oyer the quay'ihto _thehaibour _^ _^ _with'themdilsforOstend . The , mails

      were' _happUy _^ recovered by ; the . praiseworthy _exertions of Mr Alfred _Bakerj the' mail Officer , Slid the crew of Heif _Majeetfe packet Y ( _idmoa . ' "Tlie mail bags had' tobe taken' Vthe _postoffice : to : be dried and _repacked'beforB theycoald _beforwarded to their _destmationi _^ THit wai ; _foHnnateiy donewithon _^ _dfr- _; taihftgthepa _^ troly a ' mhTac _^ OM _' _estalEie for the men , the » igbt being , very dark , and . had . they gone . oyer _mth the _bbrw and cart it is more' thanpronable some of them wonld havS'"B _^ _niaffiwrie ' d . _^ ; . It ' was a fortunate _^ cirr _, _cumstance'that , _the mail : bags'for'Calais . had beeKi putbn ' r _^ _d'"Her'M 8 Je ' sty s . '' packet ' WW _^ this bapp ' etted _^ br' some'bf _(^^ 'theai _' migh _^ have ' _^ been lost ; 'The horse was cut from his harness , ' ahdtowed ashore alive on the oppositeside of _thehfirIk ) ur , after beinginthe water half im ' mtm _^ _X _^ ' _^ _KVn _- i _:- »*>* _ws : ' ¦ ¦ - _^« _arott ' _

      ' NEGivbT OS IM BBIQHi 0 S A _^ D ( , Spuxk- ! cOA _^ R way . ~ On Sniiday night an old , taab , who has j the ! care ofthe _^ ate which _^ crbs ' _s _^ th _^ Wbrlhihg , _\ - 'haWng _7 _pttbtte _^ all " . ab _^ ut the . luggage _, train ; from [ 'Portsmouth to Brjgbtoh , _, ' _closed _tjttogate . after aU'the ' passehgers'hM passed , and weh ' ti to feed . Aboat ' midhight 'the ' _gobds _Strain ' came along , and dashed throagh the , gate _shiT 6 ring ( it _^ uit <) pie _<^ , hut fortunately ' _witbpnttorbwing the eogiaec _^ _tbe'iinejand noono . _wwKurt :. " _OnToesdaymorning a shhnar accident _hectirredfoh the same Jihe at _, B _^ n _^^ 3 _? : Ba _^ a train , ' containing ; a " quantity of _^ i _^ er bullion , which left Portsmouth at four o ' clock ,. ; _weiiiith-jnugh It with considerable Violenee , car ' rjrng ; the ; . gate . and the _^ josts with it . Some of the wood-work _beeame ' entaflgledin . the wheels ,-but didno _^' _ttrowthe train offtheline .- " : _*"'' . _> _' - " - - "'' ¦ _, _' '''" v : " ' v ¦ _" _¦ "' , ., _¦¦ :::. _' ¦ --a - . ¦ - ' _haasKisHmB : ' _'' •' ¦ : •''•¦ ¦ ' ' ¦' . _•'

      • CbuBios ; os" liHB 4 Dond _* iKSKB ; ' RAawAT _. _—Otf Monday night acoUisioh happened ' to the up mail train ; by which several carriages ' were thrown off the line , and much _damaj-e'dohe . _^ The mail ' wasdelayed hpwarfspffoarhout * aand- ;' a half , and the letters from Dorchester , and the dp-line Trom _Bisho ' p stoke were not delivered before elevenI o ' elock . _Auforraa tion of the collision was furniflhed at a late hour to the secretary of the London and Southamptoh Rai . way'Company by electric telegraph . The message was very brief : it stated that ' no lives are lost , and _nopersoh injured , the damage being confined' to ptoperty tmly . ' "

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      TmV _MtmnBB ' . _' & Do _^ _is _^ the i _>^ Petty Sessiohs , held on Saturday ,. Margaret Davis , who stands charged with the _rilful mn ** der , _orhe » _. »* i . ant daSter , was plsced attbe . bar .-rMary _MorganijepS that the pris & ner : came , to . herhouse to , lodge St six o ' clock enMonday _^^^ child withher . , Theohildappeared very lively , and _warriihningabout . all . the _^ out at aboHt 10 o ' clock ., . She returned in about half ah hour , and , found the prisoner had gone ont . ; , In abbuttweh ' ty . _minutes the prisoner came back , _carryr itfg the child ; iri her ' arms , and snid it , had gone to _tnoT _. - n tbe field . Witnesstold her . to pntit to _. bed ;

      the prisoner _didao , ih the next room . Witness did hot thenlobk at the child , but , sent the prisoner to fetch a nail of _. water , and after she had gone _^ witness went immediately into _. the room , . and saw the child Wing in the bed . ' with its eyes open _,, and , quite dead . -. Evidence was adduced that the clothes were , wet , _asTif the child had . been held _by . _fbe _.-egtin the water . Mr mite * ' surgeon , was , of opinion that the _ohild'e death bad been ca-i 8 edfrbm suffocation-produced by immersion , in the water .-The . prisoner who appeared wholly unconcerned , declined : saying auy ? thin g in her defence ,. er ; putting any .:, qav- _'tions to the witneMes . i-f . Tue ; . magistrates committed her _fbrtriaJ .:, " _, : ,. ; . i .. ' . - ' . v .-. ;; - ;' ,- ! . - . ¦ . _*; '¦ _- ,. ' .. - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦

      ;"• . . , . ' _.-,. , _. _UOKMOOIHSHIBB . „ : ';;¦ ; -..-: ¦' ' P _. _flospnoBBSCBJtCB of _iHBRivjtB _WrB .-rSorae _pergohs returning to Tinterne _Yrom _^ the _., New . Passage after nightfall in a boatf ! were , much surprised and pleased atthe _luminosity ofthe river Wye , in certain _partsifthetideway , where the water is permanently oozy and _thicks The phenomenon , it is well-known , is common at sea , and in all salt water estuaries . The curiosity is , tfatit should be discovered in tbe Wye . The lowdees ' of . the fresh water currents , and the pro-, portiohate influence of the tides ( carrying , the blackish and imudy contributions of the adjacent channel further than customary during neaps ) will account for . the fact , that the , luminosity extended on several _eccasions . this present summer , to that part of the river contiguous to the abbey . An old lohabitont . bf a cottage Dear tbe celebrated ruins went with , her . mop , one , dark night , through the Water-aate . to necfOTm a ter * " homely , task , and not

      with the remotest idea of making a pyrotechnio _. _display , butto her extreme surprise , what would nave beena whirl , ofdirty drippings at . any other time , was . converted , into ! . a , very respectable _Awheel . ' These corruscations arenot universal in the Wye , nor , indeed , even at sea ; on the contrary , they , occur in sheets ; or shoals ; , a ship may sail many a knot without eliciting a spark , of _phosphbresbence , and then suddenly immerge upon a tract rendered wonderfully grand and interesting -in the possession of this beautiful phenomenon . / Two such fields w shoals were seen from Chepstow , to the Livox Weir , above which tbe admixture of fresh , water is tod great to admit of the property being _displayed . It is generally believed that the . luminosity , is attributable to the multitudes of minute _meducem , hydm , and incipient forms of marine _molluses that . , undergo transformations , some of them , from _^ being free rangers of : the deep , becoming ultimately fixtures for life to the rooks and fuoi . ¦ "

      • ' ; v _-v '; _- _;;;; _- ' _- $ _wi « _ttsje- _' _.. _' _:- ; ,, : ' :, ' \ _-, ' _"• ¦ - _) ' ¦ : ¦ '• - _BtATB OT _TBR'COCKTRTi ' ' - ' ' : ' _- ' DoBN-r . —A severe season is expected forthe poor . The landlords are carrying off theorop in a wholesale fashion _from' the _= farmers , " and in the absence ' of all empibyment , ' there will be nothing left- 'for the labonrers bnt Btarvationi < It is idle to talk of relief by mean s ofthe workhouse . The ' rates cannot' be collected , ' or , at all evente will hot ba-paid , ' . * AH classes in Ireland , save one—the _paapen _. _seem pretty unanimous on that subject ; - A Catholic clergyman ,. 'writ- ' ingifroni Camck-on-Suir ' 'in the Freemon ' s'Jottrndf , puts the present state ' of _"Ireland very briefly ; but truly / befowthe reader :- _? _f '• _^ ' ' _- ¦¦¦ - ¦ - ' - •*¦ ¦¦ _••'

      The visitation ofthe last two yearg / 'be says , 'left the small _farmtri unable to meet their rack rents . ' ' At least _ene-tbird of tbe entire county is unabr eje ' cfmentV Now tbe crop Is ripe , the landlord steps in , takes ' the crop , turns the tenant on'tbe world ; and levels the " qbuscb , wltboiit tbe usual time or bbanco ' ef redemption I ! Where ejectments are not ; keepers are put on tbe ' crop tke moment It becomes ripe , kept On' at ' aruinous _ceit , until th « _b ill Is sold from tbe unfortunates _juit emerg . ing from-suffering ! beyond _desorfptfon . What mean them landlord !! "—or wbat-U to become of tbe outcasts f The _stbres . _' of Mr T . M . Usborhe , Limerick , a member of tho family of "Usborhe , corn merchants , of London , fell to the ground on Thursday _IJast ; all but the upper loft ; - The stores were laden with corn . * - - '' " 1 '" '

      Sw-ftw ' oBh .- _^ At'a meeting ; of the > board ' of _iguordiansbf the Swinford union ; - held _on'Tnesday _. the ) lithSeptember ; George : Vaughan _Jaoksoni E < _q- f' in the chair >' it _wasijrasolved' _unahimously : ' --n _-y-n' M that wefeelHr ) cbt , whlle _thepubUo _mlndls _agltatsu as to the demand * inade for the iepajroeat of . advances from the state for the relief of _hutftan suffering , ; and ihe salvation of life iu this union ; to declare tbat We'contU der ourselves bound-In _honsur end'duty to repay _su-b iumi ' - _'as- _tbegoveromeDtanrParllament upon ; , full knowledge ' and _( _centideratlon of -all the bearings of -tbe esse maycon # lder It just _endpropfir to demand ; at the same time we ; feel it due to _ourielves _/ and _thosewhoin ; as rate payers , ' we represent te' % vite' tbe _» f nlleat - in ; _qulry On'the part'of tbe ' gbve-nment , ' !" Bto tbef-arfbi

      operation of funiiue and _poetilsBW in ithlB _^ lBioE ! and the _patent capability _or-thexatepayert ( e ' meet heavy ijematia * _*; " _f wieeficbf government time to enable its ' ta ' KOQverironi the ' _ebock , society , lalt _« every relatioti , bis ree ' elved , " and ' bO to' cUvldeWr . years ¦ tbe _sums'to be re ' . pall is not to overwhelm'andbrush tbe _' _strnggltog in ' _duntry of the country , at present sank : to the'lowest point _of'depreislon ' , by ' a natloaalcil _gsnity , which has not a paralleliabi 8 fefy ,-nnd which has fallen with its worst lererity , on this and the adjoining unions ; i i Cl _* bk . — The condition of _tfienorth-eastern _^' portion of CJarH is moat depJorab ! e . _v : _iHungeri'and jrretohed hess threaten the * population immediately . _^ * At present provisions _aratexceedingy _^^ _scarrje _^ h the nei ghbourhood of Scapiff , Tomgraney , Bodike , & o .

      Government should at once look to this matter . There aro few . if any , resident proprietors in that quarter . , ' _JCiixeknt _^ _-AttsmpIiXO _sbt _Fiaa _"to * ihe Gaoi „—• Last yjeeW " some _p'risoners- _. cqafined in ihe city J gaol " ,. set & t _0-i _)> iibe _/ : 8 idet f > f one ,, of the cell _doors ,. wii ' h thei iatehtion . , H i 8 , , _pmumed , o |? burning ihe b ' i-ilding _^' shcjhan . extent , as , wo , Hld ; affqrd * them a means of escape . ' , -The scheme was discovered , and the firo _exUrigftUtiedbe _^^^ hi ' , LiMBRioK . _> _---Aman named Michael Conncll , _resid ' - ing at _Newcastle ,. near ., tbt « , townf , WAS jhot _, dearJ while engaged in his . ; ov _^ n ' _-haggard / , _wonrihg ai ' fly _, _riofcr _.. Therels' no , caus _«) SM ! gnqd , for this d « ad ] y . bnteage . _i _She . whola _^| hq ; nronej-ty . 6 f the . unkappy ; man , together . _w'th that of his , neighbour 8 ; Wa 8 , n- _* der . _seiiraro _foV' * eiit . --- _'AKattemptvwa 8 : made t 6 ,, _shopt a

      _manfBamed'Kplly also , _near'Limmcs . on the same , nighj :. 'r ( _Si * iijife-, was 8 aved , ! by f , the : 0 party w . hqcha ' rged _, iine _pistolji _^ hich the inten ' _dedas-i _sasin , fi redJoff ? _filbse * to his _peKon . _- _j _/ _Theicha-fgO j _^ as . riot . ' rammedhome . _?^ . _f-v-tUih ' _.- ' _i-.. ml _^ _uwil _v-:, " . , ! i _TaatsB---iA . number , _ofipersonsmawhingfwith : a black flag at _theirtiea" ] , forced their way _Jnto , the , _workhouse _/ a . ' few days ago ,. w , hile the g ' _uardians . were sitting , " and seised ; andj carried , away the _paHpers ' dinner whicn _. was ewking , ; atthe , time . . w , _^ ; Vv ..,. ' - , iRELKASB ; OF . THE : ieL _' . M . , _^ -. ; _, i .,. ; . , _^ The American ship ; Islam ; seised at GaIway ; for having on > boa- ; d ,: ; a quantity ; of contraband tobacco _^' has-been released . . . by . order of . Governmeht . rThe Islain arrived atGalway _. _some , weeks since , freighted by the _biti-anB of America _withproyisions fbr _. the der _stitnto people o | ' , , the west . . The Qalway _[ Mereury : _pii _^ M _J _^ t W aot of jostle - towards a people who

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      _havedonesoniochfortberelitf-of . _Iriihdistr' ** _, aud tbe , _promptltade . with . which , the-authorities have rotponded to the witb ' ei' of' the Inhabitant * reflects credit upon them .. The , _joy-bellsruDg ' . baV » , _;»«^ , ; _psal- _' j _in honour of tbe . beeailbn . _* y < _Xr-. _X , \* - '' _'X _^ f ' : ~ , ' _£ _yji : " ' 'V _s " v ' - BBPSAt _iwbc ' lATIO _^ _,.- _; .. ¦ ' y _ri . _^|> _4 ¦ The nana ! weekly meeting of _filie Repeal Aewci * tion WM _. held at the Conciliation Hall , _AldeN man O ' Brien , M . p ., fn ( he chair , Mr J . O'Connell animadverted in _strong terms of disapprobation ofthe meeting at Holy Cross , and congratulated the country that hot a single Catholic clergyman had identified _^ inuself with the movement , a circumstance which to him was quite conclusive that it was neither ptudent ' nw judicious . Mr J . O'Connell subsequently laid on the table a statement bf the accounts of the association , which , on the motion of Mr F . Costeilo , was received and adopted .- ' ' . . . The rent for the week amounted to £ 35 .

      • _PoBrAjawoTOif , —AccihBJir _osi thb Gubat Socthkrn Awo Wbstmm Railwat . —At this station on tha Great Southern and'Western Railway , ' an engine with a train of lorries attached was lying still on the up line from Ballybrophy , and on the same line another engihewith a train of lorries was proceeding _downj and the policeman on duty not having anfiirl « d the _sigrialflag _, and the carve being sharp , the engine-driver could not see far a-head , the train , in motion oame with terrific fury right in front of the _eheihelyingStilVandproduceda concussion which will hot be easily forgotten by those whosawit . The resistance of the ' engine and the lorries lying still was awful , and produced some fantastical effects iu ithe cumbrous machinery ; ; The engine , from , her

      great weight , kept steadily on the rails , biit the lorries _sprhhg and reared their ends right into the air , and in tbaf position the one we saw appeared like the hull of a wreck riding across the mane of a mighty mountain wave . The solid _iron-work be * came twisted into fantastical shapes , and the huge axUk and other pieces of heavy work " were snapped across like a brittle reed . One of the lorries lurched and tamed over against tbe train in which ' we sat , and forced two of the carriages off the rails , breaking all the glass and the panels on one side by the pressure . The most remarkable circumstance in the catastrophe ' was that not a man received the slightest injury . ' One poor fellow _^ a helper , who stood mone oi the lorrieson Beeine : the eneine anbroach . cast

      , himself down where he stood , and remained in the box ' amid the convulsion until all was . over , and on being asked by a gentleman if he was hurt , looked abont him with a stare of amazement , and said ' - ' By gorra , I'don't know whether I'm dead or alive , ' and shrugging his shoulders as if recovering from a deep sleep , continued - -- ' All right again ! 1 gave up entirely . I was so near being dead , that yoa might kill me with the blow of a _daiByJ ' Kbr _* - * . —Frem this county there are deplorable accounts of distress . The system of resistance to the payment of poor rates is extending , and the

      military and police are employed in enforcing the rates . At the ' meetingof the Tralee union on Tuesday , Colonel Stokes read the' following resolution : — 'That the sum brought to the credit ofthe union during the paBt fortnight by our collector , Mr Chute , w „ £ 116 but of a rate of about £ 14 , 000 , is very small and very unsatisfactory . If the collector cannot make better progress than the above in hia collection , it Would take sixteen months to complete the _dtttyjthat has been entrusted to him , and we be *; to direct the attention of the poor-law commissioners to this statement . ' This resolution was rejected by a majority of the guardians .

      ' GREAT MEBtlt * - ' AT _HOUCBOSS . TippBRAR-r . —AI great meeting of tenant farmers _asd labourers has been held at the above place for the purpose bf securing to tenants a perpetuity of tenure and rent at' a fair valuation , want of space precludes our giving a detailed report of this important meeting in our present number , which , however , we purpose doing in the ensuing week .

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      ¦ _- ¦; . ¦ ; ¦ ¦ _SeOtlflrttllC . _DatRti—LaBt week a _aenous riot broke out here among the HBemployed miners . Several were injured ; and the police and yeomanry had tobe called in .

      ; _-,- PBRTHBMRE . _RkvasaB Attn Law . —Last weeh : the proper _ahthotities were engaged ih precbgnescing a case , which has resulted in the committal for trial of the culprit accused ; and considering the circumstances , we are sure that most people would rather have wished that no such case had everbeen heard of . .. 'It may be : recoHected _. _' tb ' at about some ten or twelve years ago the ' eonnty jail was broken out' of ; and most of the prisoners effected their escape . Some were soon apprehended again in theiri flight , and ; others de _^ livercd themselves up , but a few still ' eluded the search ' made for them , and all efforts to recover them ceased lone ago . About a week ago , however , a _resnectable lookinir than was b ' rouehfc here inthe

      custody ,- df criminal officers' from York , asone of those ' who had'folly effected his escape at thetime alluded to . It appears that this person had ' been located in Yorkshire for a long , time , Beven or' eight years bf whioh he had conducted himself _honestly and _respectably _^ and ¦ been _^^ _employetl :, ih responsible ' _situaJ _ttohs , at liberal and advancing emoluments ,, on some of the _leadins ; railways ; lea _^ ing a quiet , industrious _, and eremplary _Hfei until veiy recently that ; he had occasios to boallenge br _^ hastise a fellbiv employed under him on _tbeworks ; who in _revenue gave informatibn ; 'to the prbp « _fdnctTOiriaiiwiii ; YorK _/" v ? hi ) bad the person apprehended and forwarded to Perth . Bis orifiinal offence wm rather a flagrant bnej" although he has e . nrleAVOUred tb _exoiate it to the bublic bv _' ah

      ¦ amended life—being nothing less than ah _fhstance of the propensity that so man ? Jof ¦ his Highland _pifbgenitors ( la the western district ofthis county—Rob Roy's country ) and their neighbours 'indulged inthe olden time , '' theli / b ' n' of ibmeliveatoek , . The fe _^ formed offender _itFnbw'tb' be' indicted for that depredation , ' coupled with the * aggravation , or rather additional crime of prison breaking . It certainly would have been desirable to all parties ' that this poor man—now respectably married and the father of a _' y-bdrig family—nad been allowed to lead' nhmblested that " reformed life of whioh he has for bo long manifested the evidence an'dI the good 'fruits , "''''' - " ; ' . ,: _"¦ " *'"" _Wvvw _^/ _e _» i _*» - « _isrtfc _^ -r «| i _^ _jj _*>>> _- _* -

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      IirroaTAHT Point or Law . —John Darby _surrenu * ered to take bis trial for misdemeanor , in obtaining £ 6015 f . from Edward _Oldfield , by fade pretence * . Mr _Ba'lan . tine prosecuted ; Mr _Prendergatt and Hr Perry appeared forthe defendant , . ¦ When the case . was called on , Mr Prendergast appliedfor a postponement , on the ground that tbe charge bad been preferred before the grand jury in the absence of tbe defendant , that he was de . _sirous to have' more opportunity to prepare bis defence , as he was p « rfectly Ignorant of tbe character of thc evidence that would be produced ag & inst bim . Tbe Recorder inquiied wby tbe charge bad been taken before the grand jury , instead of having it investigated before a magistrate . ' : Mr Ballantine said he did not know-wby

      this course bad been adopted , but he supposed tbat while grand juries existed people would ; make use of th _« m . _; Mr Edward Oldfield , the prosecutor , was then called . " * He said he carried on tbe ¦ easiness of a corn dealer , _atHyoV , near King-bury , aod be bad been acquainted . with bits for three years , On the 17 th March he called upon the defendant , wbo , at tbat time , carried on an _fxteasive business as a horse-dealer at bis stables in Dorset-square , aud the defendant produced a bill of exchange , for £ 85 ,- which purported , to be accepted by a person named Henry . Terry , and asked bira to discount it for him . - He told the defendant hedidnotlike to take any more blll _« .. with Terry ' s name as the acceptor , because bis _. last Bote bad . been noted ,, and tbe bankers did _, met like to discount his bills , and be wished to know

      who Terry ;! was „ The defendant replied thst Terry was a _; very , respectable man ,, and that hh bill w & e as good ab a bank note , and he also said that he was a "West India merchant , and that he had _watehoiweB in tbe West India Docks , land beld an appointment of- £ 500 a year in that establiihment . Tie _Hkewlse -aid that tbe bill _wssgiren fora horse be bad-sold to Mr Terry , and whioh he had shipped for India . The bill-was * made payable at the _Bull ; Inn , 'Aldgata , and upon'witness remarking _^ tbat it was extraordinary-a ¦ f en _tlerian in ' such a position of life should make , bit bill ' _^ ' payable at _' an inn , the defendant replied that tbe reason be did so was that he did not wish _hlrclerks to know that he-gave bills , and ho added that Mrs _^ _elsori , the owner of the j Bull Ion , and Jfr , Terry , were' Mfce brother and sister , '

      ' and bad . been _acquainted a greatmany _years _i In con . _sequence of these representations he was induced to discount the bill , which was never paid / and the de- ' . _fendantshortlyafterwards- was declared a bankrupt , -He gave the , prisoner , Inall ; £ 80 15 _« . for the £ 85 bill ; The Recorder asked the _prosecutorwhat rate of interest he , charged . as : di « countf The prosecutor replied tbat the defendant himself , suggested that he should have oho shilling in . the , pound upon the amount of tbe bill , which bad two months to . ran . , He _^ bad . had many similar - _tninsaetiottljWlth tha . _dsfends-it , wbexe he had _iakea bills when he Bold , _hofffil ,. and _> tbe amount of in . tereit depended , upoa , the amount of his profit ; , In this case the defendant _said he ; had made _» £ 25 out of . the horse , and he therefore proposed , to giro tone ehilling _. a *

      in _. the _^ pound interest , The Recorder did not think the ; ' , " amount of / interest was , . _-naterlal _^ in tbi-ca « e . It " w-s only- thirty per , cent , ' . . Mr Ballantine-said he was afraid ' - ' _thatv _. at . this moment some of .: tha ; first nirniB _, _tofthe _, Clty A of ; _. Londnn- _' _owe-c _* _-: very : ; glad to get . _accommodatioa - upon , -. the : . same terms .--The prosecutor said he had frequently . lent the defendant two or three bundred pounds without receiving any interest , and he _^ beHevec" * ;? r ? te _; a very respectable man , . and upon th ' e , faith of his , r _^ _AiseDtstion regarding the 'respectability of the acceptor of the bill he . was induced to discount the bill in . question . . Cross-examined : He bad had _. a good many , money transactions witb the _defendantj ond from , his opinion of his respectability , be believed the representation he made . MrPrendergast :

      TbeSiH tbeblil bad been drawn upon ; Aldgate pumpyou would , bave taken it upon his representation , would you ? ( A laugh . ) Prosecutor : I certainly . should not .. Mr Freniergast :. Wby . it is . only a step from ihe Bull to the pump you - know . !"; , " ReneWj _" . d llUghter . ) _-Upsnbeing further crosa _^ examiued , tlie prosecutor said that he bad discounted a number bf bills before _tbis-trassaction-for the defendant , which bore the name of Terry ,: aitfae ' ab . ceptbr , and several of them had been diahohoured . ; jfr Ballantine was then about to put . in a * evidence against tbe defendant . bis e-amjoatlon before the commissioner in the Bankruptcy Court , when it appeared be admitted that Terry , was hiB brother-in-law , and that be was not a " _rfestjiudia merchant , but , _tuipoint of fact , was in . poor circumstances , and thatthe bill in question was accepted

      _forlibU : a « _ommodatlo . n . . Mr , _'Prendergast objectedto this evidence , being received , and argued that ' a statement made , by a banbruptonder . _sneb _cirenmstance ' _^ wben be was compelled to answer the . questions put fo him , ought not to be made : use of to support a criminal charge .:,: A , long technical _dlsouesion _, ensued ,: andi , at length Hr Edward Clark , tbe solicitor : who attended _befbretbelBankruptey Court tb oppbse ; _- ; the . banbrnpt , was called aa a witness , and tin answer'to questions put to bim , he admitted very candidly , that , the questions put to the bahKrn ' pt were framed expressly . with a view _to-make ' out she present ebnrge against him , ; The Recorder upoa jtbis said he should reject the evidence sb : obtfiined ,.-aJhe considered it was contrary to natural _JiisUce anutc- tbe _princlpteof the law of England , that a man ; wbo _wasiin the . _pesitlt-a of ; tlie defendant should be Compelled to an . fitter questions without any caution , purpoiclyframed . Witb a view to prefer a criminal charge against him . Mr _Ballantln'd then said this . ivaMhe whole « f-. th » _eviueacb 1 _-- — -vw--- _ivfl _4 _u _^ w 9 a _\ aUTD " CViuP * HI"R to

      j _^ hebad _^ _' . _adduoeyjln support of , the charge . - ; TheRe _* _jOorderOTpressed - hUi opinion _, thbt , - independent , of'the statement of the defendant , ; which he bad ! : thoughtit his _jduty to reject , there . waa aotblng-to _~ show- that tho do * W 8 _, _ _d- r _fotion , the ,, jury retutned . a ; . verdlct '' bfnotgu ' _li-I J _^ r ew 8 _^ a « condlndlctment against ' tbe _' defendiiutor ; _slrnnar , character , bn > a » . the evidence , was pr « cis » ly the same as inthe former _ca-e , it was not gone into , and , _averdict _pfjnot guilty was recorded without any evia « nb » beiD _^ _offered _,,, i , _/; ,,.. '" _; , ' . ;;;;; , ¦ / > - J : _Pb--. iVi » q , ' _Mbaij ar F _* * _, s 8 _PamHcga . — 'j ohu - . Bullj 28 , deBcrlbei _^ _as an agent , was obarged with oh * _taining a , bill of exfehange _/ _otxsoo ftoni John Aiex « ndir MM ** .. Pretences . _Mr . _/ _Hudulestou py « B « c ' nted i _% v Clarkson appeared for fbe _dtfendant , ' it _appealed _froui , the evidenceof the prosecator _. ' that he was a draper , and . carried onbuaitw ' _ga at KelBo , _'ii ' _Scotiond . m ' May last he _saWan _- _advertisemtiiJ jn tho' Qlaig ' M SinJtd , which Stated that »» _umof _« _J 2 , (|| H ) W _« _ito _beid _^ _anced . ' He ; answered tho _advertis ment to the ' add / eM'in London ,

      Iirroataht Point Or Law.—John Darby Surr...

      . _iiud _. _received'ire _^ , fe \ _lHato advance £ _J 00 upon Us _acceptwee ¦ _itoAV 0 ' - . dors _^ _-neut of a _respe ' _ctaMe _partif _. and _nclMinl . ??* , tor tbft _^ _-nountdwwn by ths defendant . - _' T _^ _kii , la iBceepted by himself , accordlnjr to tho _oustoavih Bcn « * * 1 _fy writing m name _^ nder _' _tliat of ' the d « we , _^ i ?*> l _bfothfr ' wrot ' ibI « o '< mb ' a _^ rbs 8 tlie face ofthe bill _InaeM _^ He _th oTtly afterward- received aooth J _^ f _^»< l the > fendail ' » ' » "hich be stated that the j-,,, ment could not be aegociated _^ _'i'Stijlatid in thi-1 andenclo « ed anethar . ; _draftwitUthe form iaMH _' _?* was to be accepted and endor « d . i . He filled un ij , ;! " " cond bill , and transmitted it to the defendant C Sea money _wae sent in return " , and ou bis corning' _tbloM _^ to make inquiries into the matter . be ascertaiBi a _tw the defendant bad endeavoured to negotiate the "•• . ? _£ » , he tent to Wm , and that ., the statement of its not ' ' _¦; drawn in proper form waa merely a fall- pretence tot _„ ble him to obtain a second bill frem bim . The * found the defendant guilty , and he was _stata )!/* to be imprisoned and kept to . hard labour fir «» yearn . ' . ' . ' ¦ : _""^

      Bw 4 Kt . —CaroUn 8 _MatyRusseU , afwbion 8 bly . dre M _^ , young woman , of 25 , wa « Indicted for fcloniouilv _}„ » . _? _marryinit with William Henry , Stephens , her _husbnnl * Henry George Russell ; being then and still _slj re _« * Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr ' Ballantine defende ' d th prisoner . Mr Clarkson _aiated to tbe Jury that this n _seeution was instituted at the instance of the friend _^ tbe second husband , Mr Stephens ; wbo was _anatticlM clerk to _hli . father , ' a solicitor , In _Bedford-rew ; He waa but 19 years of . age ; and _wbb in the third year of hie servitude . The Learned Counsel -hen adverted to th-. facts proved > y the following evidence : —Mr George

      Garrow , cleric at the church of St . Leonard ' s 8 boreditco produced * he marriage register , by ; which It appeared tbat on the 17 th of February , 18 * 1 , the prisoner , by the * name ot Caroline Mary Kotraiu , wm married to Henry George Russell . The witness had a personal recoiled Hon of tbe marriage , and saw Russell after these pro ceedings were commenced . Henry Smith ,, 28 A , apprehended th « _prijqnerat 15 , _Alfred-place , _Bedford-iquwe . He found Stephens with _^ the prisoner , who , on being rc , _cusedofbigamy _, said , 'Itliofno _ise denying it ; thig Is that Russell ' s doings , ' Stephens demanded to see tbo policeman ' s authority . Witness produced copies ofthe

      certificates of both marriages ; after examining wbich Stepbem said to the prisoner , ' These are correct , my dear , it can ' t be _helped / The prisoner salt , that at thetime of her second marriage Stephens knew tbat she bad a husband living . -Mr Shaw , Stephens ' s grandfather , stated tbat his grandson was nineteen years old , big name was William Henry Stephens . The Jury found a verdict of Guilty , but strongly recommended tbe prisoner to mercy . Tbe Common . Sergeant ordered judgment upon the prisoner to be respited , in order tbat _inquiriea migbt be made as to the truth of certain statement * made , ¦ ' •;• ' ' Receiving Stohi * Goons . —Thomas Poster , a tailor , aged 30 , and Eliza Eaton , 33 , a widow , with whom he cohabited , were indicted for feloniously receiving twentytight yards of woollen cloth , value £ 6 , the property of William Grange , they well knowing the same to have been stolen . Mr Clarkson was counsel for both

      prisoners ; and Mr Robinson stated the . case for the prosecution ,- Several witnesses were examined ; and the guilt and co-operation of both prisoners being apparent , tbey were decUred guilty . The Learned Judge im _» mediately sentenced them to transportation for seven years , ' • _'¦ :. - ' - _- . ' _, _UOBDWT . —Alfred Covall , aged 28 , _wasin'dictedTor butxlariously breaking and ; entering _, the _dwellingbonse of Ebeueeer Webber , ' and stealing therein two dresses , a pair of bracelets ' , nnd other articles , value £ 7 , hia property . Mrs -Webber stated that on the' night ofthe 25 th of August , the left home to go to a ball ., leaving ber premises quite safe . When she returned , she-found tbey b « d been forcibly entered , and her apartments in disorder , and property' misting . A policeman on duty near the bouse of prosecutor on the night in question ,

      deposed tbat be saw the prisoner near thereto , with BomeVbing ia bis possession , wbicb turned ont to be . a bundle . When be Was questioned , he said that tbe landlady of the house was _vemoving , and Bhe . got bim to get tbe things but of the house . There was no truth in this statement ;' , ' Mr O'Brien addressed the Jury , and submitted that the case was one of exceeding doubt .: Tbe Common Sergeant remarked on the evidence , and left tbe jury to say , whether the fact of burglary bad been proved . For tbeir satisfaction Mrs Webber was recalled . She said tbat tbe landlady left home for the ball before her , and sbe ( Mrs Webber ) arrived at home first , _hsnee tbe prisoner ceuld not have seen her . The Jury consulted for a short time , and then found him guilty . The Learned Judge said the case was a very bad one , and sentenced bim to seven years' banishment . '

      Extraordinary Investigation In The Drape...

      EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION IN THE DRAPERY TRADE . ¦ An important movement bas recently been cause" among several branches of trade , more particularly that of drapery , in the course of whicb facts of a startling character would appear to have been elicited , affecting the honesty of our home trade , and ; tending in tbeir con * sequences to operate injuriously upon our relations with foreign markets . The question first arose from a desire on the part ef a few of the retail daalen to obtain tbe co-operation of tbe wholesale bouses in the more' equitable measurement of various goods , inasmuch as under the existing system the publie are constantly defrauded to an immense extent . A meeting for tbe purpose of iavest ' _eating ..-Into some of the allegations made ag & inst tbe wholesale houses has taken place within the last few

      days , in tbe presence of several exporters and Others intercsttd in the question . At tbis meeting sealed ' packet 4 * of ; _goods from many of the wholesale honse * were examined , ! and tbe result showed tbat there was much reason for complaint . Among other instances , reels of cotton thread marked ' warranted lOu yards ' were found to measure ' respectlvely , 92 J , 89 , 86 | , aud in some cases , even 25 per cent , less than the quantity in * dicated by tbe stamp , while in no single instance did tbe meaaurement . reach tha full standard . ; . In tapes -the deficiency ' was found to be still more considerable . " Itis usual to make white tapes in lengthsof nine yards , one dozen of these lengths being packed in a parcel , and then issued from the wholcsalebbuse with the _veadbr * a mark upon it ae ' warranted . ''tia measuring these ' nine

      yard lengths / it was found that in every instance tbey fell _sb 0 rt ; -Id _some"descrlpUbhi ' the nine ' yard lengths _wereiunaer- _sevetf yards , in others , uhaer _* 6 * -rj whilst another sample , where ' the tape itself bad been staVped at the end _iriindblihle ink * aa nine _yatdsj there were foahdto be _^ but S } ,, ; Otber _gobds were submitted to the same _. orde _' al' with ' like results ' . ' - It appeared from inquiries on " tb 6 » ub 3 ec _* i that lot _sbme'lengtli of time the manufacturers have' been , improperly acensed-of being the guilty parties * in these ' traUSftCtfOM' ' but tbti * _tfecoiint bf Uie » ff « lr is _,-that tbey are compelled to fellow the ' attractions or the ' -wholesale houses' in making up the 'paroe " * '' or to run _^ the risk ef tbe transference bi tbe _enstpin * ' to the Jess ; scrapulo ' uVtradei * . - Tbe wholesale houses , in their turn , extenuate _tfieh- 'eondact by refer

      ence to the competition which exists , and which ' compel * them to ' adopt- this' _questJoh ' able- _' systeni ' . ' f But by this _sy 8 teni | itiscoutended , _tney _not _^ ntybring ; undeserved suspicion on' thereteil _tfealer _^ but ruin also on the small shopkeeper ( frequently females ) , ' who / ignoraBt of _) the custom _alludea tb _^ ' rneasure out small portions of _toevairlous ' articles at _\ what tbey _' calbula ' te W _fairallq'itpt _' price , abd thus in the long ' run fiWd _tberaselve ' i _erlbus _/ losere witbbat knowing now or wbyV ' in ( thb fow " go ma « _kets loud complaints bavefor y ' _eaW . beenmaue ' _against these practices , more especially _at'Lelf klg . - In _' _rVormatien of this system ' meetings are' in course _^ . organisation throughout the country , aiid the'principals ' of some bf _JPHrth _^ * _^ - 1 hive _wt-mateu ' their de _' _s ' ire ' _wlVni _their'ihfluence towards the establishment of a eoun _' _der B _^ _stem oftrade ; . "" ' , "< - " -:- . - V _' _- ¦¦ . •¦ : !' _.-- .

      J Spfiaching A "Gubbm.-~The«E*Mai*Je'8ta...

      j _sPfiACHiNG a _"guBBM .- ~ The _« e * mai * je ' 8 tafe 8 that a professor Of _theiUniwisUy , sent out to Oceania by _ihergovernmentjis charged to give to Qoeen Pomaw lessons in the French i language , which _Jehe already epeakB . and writes with a certain correctness . ! She w also being taught ' the first elements of arithmetic e r- * ° 8 raPhy , and . history ; _f-TheQueen / _says _' _-the above _jaurnaii-f shows' such intolligence ' and penetrawon _. in he ' r . _'studieg , that tt . < is ; to bo ' regretted that _her-mind was not _soonercultivated ' . * -. ' _:- ' : ¦ _'" *" _^ ' ' !*• i [ WBST _^ _-LoNDbN'CBNTIU-i A 5 « ' _r-ENCtOSC 8 B : _' 'A . lK 0 _CIi ation '— _-At'the last weekl y _-meeting'bf thia ' Association at : the Princess Royal , _Oircus-strect , Ne * - «) adi _Septe-ubet 20 th >; Mr _Worledgein the chair "; an in

      habitant of Kensington _eainei-forwa ** d _'to lay the _cise . of _.-the : Enclosure . _dfiHolIand'Eark'beforeHh _* assoo-ation _; _i . Books to the amount _of-fe _veralbbnbdg } L ? - ° ' 7 %$ _;^ _-M _^' -ft _^ M _^ BOTritt " _' fot the _W'fff _aMociation _. _withfaprqmiso of more , _?? i _* _^ _^ _^ as _elecfed an _^ norary member . : A letter from Goodwyn Bnnnby _tviras also tea * - promising to become _ajmember ; 'and _givef'bohks ' ' tothe Hyp -V'f > mm _» --ee was appointed toPresist the _journed till the Monday following , ' afterTeight , to _^ twider th ehubjebt 8 tiUfuttheir _. ' ( _''t . _ii'if « . 3 . _"•! _- _>* j _MBBTHTn- _' ] - _- m _^^^ anno tthcement , a , meeting was . hed'l 8 st . iSat « _rtay . night to establish _^ abranch'of * the _National * _OoJODeratSesBeriefit

      Society .: There _wasalspahieeting'ield _iast'Satidaf ' lay eyemngto'reorganise _tho _' _NatioMlOharterJisso- ' fflooiation . ... ' -..- ' ! _C _">>| - vpB-rAni 1 B _< Qu _4 nTaR _? .--. Bon _* M $ a »* SBtay . is ; pro . * ro-• P _?< 9- * _i'fa * ia _,- . in order : toallow / hhato _have the 'the advice <) itho . arat . phyaioians _^ for an attack of acute _iute gastritis , from whioh ho has long been suffering . He He mmea from the- government ,. during his stay , an , an allowance of 18 , f _^ _frrfe 8 * _rt' -besfde « EiS » partoen _^ ent , _tlhoanunal rent of which is . 8 ; 000 fii-t . - _^ ; AROHAKOHL . ,, rnB lAxtQiimmvB Fmi .-Sis -Six hundred and eighty , houses . have been _. burnt to the > the

      _»?«;; . _W . BMoaiciedit w , du e _toTall parties for s for their activity m aiding to _extinRuishiit , ; , TbocrewB rewB ofM mm _ _^? sel 8 ,. _es _peoially _^ elEngM , ien- rendered _iwmcnse service . exeij « ng _3 _e'rf utmost amidst the _ragmg flames .. ' _- _. Tu ' erefleetibn of on of tl J _^' . _'B _^ e a _. a rt _di-tfhce bfi _. _seventy renty _wersts . Ihe _. Bufferings of the poor are very great . _ieat . —( Hamburgh papers , Sept . ' 2 . ) Z V ,- ' . L _}* i ? _" l . HI , - * _^ _wwry Coiirti _itVasstated itated that m the case of . Varty v , Dancan , ? _, £ 2 , 600 _hodj had been already , spent to . det « p mine . ; which '" party wasy was _JiaWeto paint a board aad . whitewash a _swu ' .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25091847/page/6/