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      Health op London during the Whsk . —The present return happily shows a continuance of that low rate of mortality which has now been obs ? rved for many weeks , and which must be considered as favourable , when compared with what has prevailed in Loudon at the same season in former years . The deaths _ending last Saturday did not exceed 775 . _Taking corresponding weeks of ten previous years , the mortality was never so low , _except in _1811 and 1 S 42 , and it rose in 1847 and 1849 to nearly 1 , 000 deaths ; the average is 861 . or raised in the _ratio ef supposed increase of population , 943 ; the _deaths last week were , therefore less than the latter number by 168 . The deaths from diseases tbat ara

      included in the zymotic or epidemic class numbered last week 161 ; the corrected average is 206 . Smallpox proved fatal in 16 cases ( of which 4 occurred amongst persons between 20 and 69 years of age , } showing an increase in this disease , which hns now risen to the average ; they have htely _ransred on ' y from 6 to 9 . Measles was fatal also in 16 cases , while the average is 28 . Scarlatina destroyed 19 parsons , _which is only about half the average ; but this average is ra < sed considerably by the excessive mertaiity from scarlatina in 1818 , when the deaths ofthe correspondine week were 107 . Hoopingcough was fata ! to 23 children , being rather less than the average . Typhus slightly exceeds the average ; the deaths from it in the last four weeks have been 26 . 39 , 43 , 40 . There were 18 fatal cases _ofdiarrhoei , which ft nearly the same as in the

      carresponding week of last year , and less than in those of 1846 , 1847 , and 1848 . The deaths registered as caused by consumption were only 102 , they were never so low in corresponding weeks of the last ten years , having been 107 in 1 S 48 . and 167 in 1841 . and haying been generally 136 . "With regard to other disease of the respiratory organs , the cases fatally resulting from them were 106 , which scarcely exceeds the usual number . 23 persons died of cancer , of whom 17 were women ; the whole nnmber of cases occurred above 40 years of age . A ca = e of intemperance , in a woman of 37 years , is recorded inthe following terms . " Paraplexia ( 5 weeks , ) delirium a potn , " The births during the week numbered 1 , 430 . At the Observatory , Greenwich , tiie mean daily reading of 'he barometer was above 30 in . on tbe last five days of the week ; the mean of the week was 30 . 052 in . The mean

      temperature , which was 53 degs . on Sunday , rose gradually to 63 degs . on Saturday , on which day tiie highest in the sun was 96 degs . The mean temperature of the week was 62 degs . 1 min . On Sunday and Monday the mean was 8 degs ., and 5 degs . loner than the average of the same days in seven years : it then rose higher than the _average , and on Friday and Saturday was about 8 degs . _uhautt it .. Numkkous Fires . — The virions engines ofthe London Brigade and West of England Insurance Company , were kept ia Continued movement daring tiie whole of Friday night and Saturday morning last , their services being required at not fewer than five fires in the metropolitan district . One was

      nearly attended with the loss of five persons . It happened in the premises of Messrs . Scrivener and Bowler , the extensive vellum binders , in Great St . Thomas Apostle , Garlick-hill , City . When discovered tbe workshops on tbe ground floor were in names , and a female , with four children , in the upper part of the house . Three of the latter attempted to escape by the door , but could only reach the middle of the stairs , when they became exhausted and drooped down . The female , unable to get near her children , made her escape over the roof with an infant in her arms , and reached the street io safety . The state of the poor creature , on finding that tiie three children were on the stair * , and unable to escape , can be easily imagined . The endues from the

      different stations having come np , Wilkinson , the head engineer of Watling-street , broke open the front door , when , at the peril of losing his life , he rushed through the flames , and brought out two of the children , _whilst Sergeant Leonard , ofthe City Poliee , forced his way through tbe fire , and brought ont the third . Although nearly suffocated , they all shortly recovered . By great exertion , the firemen got the flames extinguished , r-nt not before a great destruction of property had occurred . Shortly after this fire was subdued , another , and far more serious one , broke out at No . 8 , Bed Lion-street , near the London Docks . The building was in the tenure of Mr . Macphese , Mr . Naggs , Mr . Taylor , and Mr . Dalrymple , each partv having several children . The

      mocent the discovery was made the residents , who were in their beds , were aroused , and , after some trouble , they succeeded in effecting a safe retreat , bnt not until they were nearly stifled with smoke . The sufferers were all taken to a house opposite , where they were provided for during the night . The brigade , parish , and West of England engines , with the Royal Society ' s fire-escapes , attended , but the flames , in spite ofthe firemen , continued to rage for hours , and they were not extinguished until the building was destroyed , and those adjoining much damaged . —— The o ! her fires were at Wapping . Tabernacle-square , and _Lissoh-grove , but , fortunately the damage done at each was not considerable ..

      A Fire broke out on Monday evening , at about twenty-minntes past nina o ' clock , at tbe Soyer _Coffee-honse , 110 , Chancery-lane , in the vicinage of the Law Institution . Fortunately from the eariy period ofthe evening the engines of the parish , the London , and the West of England were early on the spot . All the inhabitants were quickly got ont of the house , and no persons were injured . The upper part of the premises were totally destroyed , but the _bottomof the building was comparative uninjured . According to the account of the police on duty , it appeared ihat the fire had been caused by a lodger in a state of intoxication having ignited his bed clothes . Fatal Accident on the Nobth Kent

      Railway . — On the arrival ofthe 2 . 30 p . m . train from Woolwich on Monday , and while the train was at the ticket platform of theLoadon station , the engine having been detached , and being in the act of moving to the rear of the train to propel it into-a shed one of the ticket _collectors ( a new hand ) imprudently attempted to cross the line , when he was knocked down by the engine . The poor fellow was immediately conveyed to -St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he shortly expired from the severe injury he had received .

      Fatal Leap From _SourHWAas-BiunGB- — On Sunday morning , shortly after daybreak , a respectably-dressed man , between 30 arid 40 years of age , paid the usual toll to the man on duty at Southwarkbridge , and then passed on to it , apparently for the purpose of crossing . He , however , proceeded to the centre nf the bridge , when 6 _ome other persons who were also crossing saw him jamp ; 6 n to one of the _pierheads . and plunge 'headforemost into the xiver . In h s descent ihe unfortunate man ' s head struck violently against one of the abutments , and there is no doubt that his skull must have been completely battered in by the force' of the fall . An _aknn was instantly given , and Bacon , one ofthe firemen , who was on duty at the A floating-engine , put off in the small boat , and rendered all the assistance in his power to rescue the man , but without success , as he hid disappeared . Who the unf _irtnate man was , or what induced him to do destroy his life , is at present unknown .

      Death by Drowsing is thb Serpentine . — On Snnday morning , a few minutes past six o ' clock , a young gentleman named John Billowin , whose father is an extensive planter and merchant at Trinidad , and who was residing with some friends at No . 39 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-square , was drowned in the Serpentine , fie went there , accompanied by a friend and a servant , for the purpose of bathing . They were all good swimmers , and took the north side of tiie Serpentine , about 150 yards above the receiving house . They had gone out between forty and fifty yards , when deceased got into a boat ,

      which , with two more , was moored off there . In a few minutes he again plnnged into tbe water , shortly after which he called the servant to his assistance . Griffiths and Cox , boatmen , ia the employment of the Royal Humane Society , proceeded in a boat to his rescue , but before they reached him he disappeared . In about six minutes he was found , when le was conveyed to tbe receiving house , where he was instantly pat into a warm bath . The usual remedies to restore the vital functions were continued upwards of two hours , bnt without avaii . This is the second loss of life this season at the north side of the

      Serpentine . Fatal Accident at thb _Philahthropic So-Ciar . _—Oz Tuesday a workshop on the premises lately occupied by the Philanthrop ic Society , in St . George ' s Fields , London-road , suddenly fell with a tremendous crash . There were several workmen { French polishers ) iu the shed at the time , one of whom , a man named Wilson , was crushed to death , and two others were so ranch braised that it was found necessary to remove them to the hospital . Melancholy Suicide . —On Tuesday evening a distressing suicide occurred at the lodging house of Mr . Abbot , No . 25 , _Jermyn-street . Mr . Lloyd , of the firm of Lloyd , France , and Co ., Pope ' s Head allev . who had been residing there for the last eight

      weeks , hag lately been labouring under slight mental derangement . The delusion under whicb he laboured indueed him several times in the course of Tuesday to send to the house opposite to inquire if his brother was not stationed at the window . This was , of course , jnerely _anental hallucination ; but so convinced was he that bis idea was correct , that he himself left the house shortly before the metakholy act was committed _, in order to ascertain the truth of the matter . A few minu tes after he had reascended to his apartmen fs , he p recipitated himself from the second floor _window * and jn his fall _aust have tamed a somersault , and dashed his feet through the drawing room windows ; On heirig removed to ; the Charing-cross Hospitallife was fomid to be extinct , v ¦ _ ..

      ; - ' _-WaannKirsBTfMPOBiBT BRiDGB .-i . The conv vittee of the Honse of Comm OTs have decided that tha standing orders may be dispensed witli in favour rf thig meager * . which ii to tt » b * the commis-

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      sioners of Westminster-bridge to build a temporary structure from Bridge-street to the opposite shore , to maintain it during the repairs of Westminster-bridge , and to authorise the commissioners to mortgage the bridge estates . The bill is to be brought in by Lord Robert Grosvenor , Sir Charles Burrell , and Mr . F _"« _-wen . Crre Skwkbb Commission . —On Tuesday a meeting of the commissioners of sewers , for the city of London , was held at the Guildhall ; Mr . Deputy Peacock presided . The ordinary routine business having been transacted , several personal applications were attended to , and the reports ofthe inspectors read and considered . The smoke nuisance : Mr . G . Walker then br _ought forward a memorial from

      gentlemen connected with tbe ward of Farringdon Without , which was as follows :- " To the worshipful the commissioners of sewers of the city of L « ndon : We , the undersigned inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Without , in the city of London , respectfully and earnestly request that you will petition the Honse of Commons , that the bill , now under consideration , for the prevention of smoke arising from the furnaces of steam engines , die ., should be passed into a law , because the health and _cimfort of the inhabitants so greatly depend upon the removal of all nuisances , particularly in _densly populated neighbourhoods ; and the more so . because the recent investigations of science have clearly demonstrated that

      machines may be made to consume their own smoke , both to the benefit of the manufacturers , and the health and welfare of the citizens at large . —( Signed ) Frans . Bullen , M . R . C . S ., 20 , Farringdon-street ; John Lowe , 68 , Fleet-street . " Deputy Obbard presented a petition to the same effect from Dr . Hutchinson _, of Bridge-street , and others , which having been received—Deputy Holt would move that the petition be referred to the general purposes committee for their examination and report . —Mr . Thomas Hall warmly seconded the motion . —Deputy Lott also supported the reference . —Mr . Walter thought the court should petition Parliament npon the subject , and in support of the bill , without delay ; as did also Mr . W . Barber . The motion was carried

      unanimously . Some businessof minor importance was then transacted , and the court adjourned . Mas . Glover ' s Benefit . —The claims of this lady upon the consideration of the play-going public have been thus set forth by the committee who are arranging the forthcoming benefit : — " Mrs . Glover has for sixty-four years been a member of the theatrical profession ; of that time fifty-three years have been devoted to the Lond-n stage . Throughout her whole cireer she h » s occupied a distinguished place in

      the foremost ranks of genius . She has devoted ber earnings to the support of five generations : her grandfather , her parents , her husband , her children , and grandchildren have successively been mainly dependent npon her exertions . The object of the proposed benefit is , in the first place , to offer a testimony of public respect to merit so rare ; and , in the second place to secure the means of rendering comfortable the remaining years of a life worn by long toil , and already beginning to sink under the effects of _natural decay . "

      Election of Sheriffs . —On Monday a Common Hall was held for the election of sheriffs and other officers fer the year ensuing . The Recorder having briefly stated the nature of the duties of the shrievalty , the livery proceeded to the election , and in a few minntes the Common Sergeant announced that Alderman Carden and Mr . Caldecott were chosen sheriffs fi r the ensuing year . Consecration of the New Church of St . Barnabas , Sooth Lambeth . —Monday having been fixed for the ceremony of consecrating the above

      church , shortly after e ' even o clock " the Lord Bishop of Winchester , attended by his chaplain , registrar , & C , & c , arrived , and was received at the doors of the Eacred edifice by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Surrey ; the Rev . G . B . Dalton , rural dean and rector of Liiubeth ; the Rev . W . Harker , the new incumbent , and about twelve of the district clergy . The ceremony was performed in the usual form _, and after divine service by the rev . incumbent , the right rev . prd , te delivered a di : course to a crowded congregation .

      Consecration of Miss Bukdett CouitV _Cbukch , Westminster—Monday being appointed for the consecration , by the Bishop of London , of the new church in Rochester-row , Westminister , erected throu . h the liberality of Miss Burdett _Coutts , a gratifying demonstration was made by the inhabitants of the district , whose honses were very senerally decorated either with flags , festoons of flowers , or laurels . The school attached to the church are adapted for the reception of 210 boys and 200 girls . The Bishop of London , attended by the Rev . Mr . Humphreys , performed the ceremony , after which the company partook of the dejeune prepared for thein . The Rev . W . _Maskell was received on Saturday last into the Roman Catholic Church at the chapel in Spanish-place .

      Great Rowisg Match . —The scullers race between Cole , of Chelsea , and Chitty , of Richmond , which has for some time past created the most lively interest in the rowing circles , came off on Tuesday afternoon , and was one of tbe most spirited contests upon record . The competitors are known as the two best new men of last season , whose pretensions as fresh candidates for acquatic fame were then first brought into notice , Cole being the winner of Doggett ' s coat and badge , and Chitty as the successful competitor for the coat , badge , and freedom annually given by Mr . Evan Morris at the Thames Regatta . This , as well as the " famous comedian ' s" bequest , has for years past brought out the best young men of the day , and as a diversity of opinion existed with respect to pre-eminence , both men soon found backers , and the race

      of Tuesday was the result . The match was for £ 50 , the distance from Putney-bridge to the ship at Mortlake , and there had been no less than three steamers chartered to accompany it—the Childe Harold , Lalla Rookh , and Citizen K—which conveyed those desirous of witnessing the event . The men went to the stations shortly before three o ' clock—Chitty on the Middlesex side ef the centre arch of Putney-bridge , and his opponent at the other . Both appeared in capital condition , Chitty having an advantage in length and size . They started at the same instant and evenly , but owing to the speed at which the first two or three strokes were taken by Cole he had to . pause for a _moment while his extremely light boat righted herself . Chitty took a slight lead , but half a dozen dashing strokes of Cole ' s soon brought them together , and then a most determined and beautiful race followed .

      Off the Star and Garter Cole had the nose of his boat about three feet in advance of the . other , in which position , or nearly so , they remained three or four minutes , but on nearing the point Chitty put a fine spurt and again took a slight lead , but in the next few strokes they were again level , in which position , rowing , at a killing pace , they continued right up to the Crab Tree ; Chitty again made a gallant spurt , but his advantage was but momentary—from this point Cole went steadily by degrees in advance , and ultimately won by seren lengths . The _Keedlewomau Emigration Society . —A large party—amounting to sixty-one—of the young females being sent out to Australia under the auspices of Mr . Sidney _Herbet's society , embarked

      on Wednesday on board the ship Northumberland , a teak built Indiaman , forming one of Mr . Green ' s fleet , and bound on the present occasion for Port Phillip . Amongst those who availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing this interesting scene , where the Marchioness of Drogheda , Lord and Lad y Wharncliffe , and the Honourable Mrs . Wortley , the Honourable A . Einnaird , Mr . H . _Tuffnell and the Rev . Messieurs Queckett and Brown . The party consisted almost entirely of young females , who have been earning such a scanty livelihood as the needle can procure in this land of taxes and competition . In some respects , however , they were bet : ter off than several batches of tbeir predecessors . The committee had less than usual in the way of

      outfit to provide , and a fair proportion of the girls were characterised by a neatness of taste in dress and a quiet grace of demeanour , which betoken a certain degree of cultivation and educated sense of feminine propriety . Among tho rest there . were three who paid for their passage out , but who , proceeded under the care and prestige of the society . The emigrants were placed opposite their berths and their names severally called over , and on each answering to her name a testimonial of character and a copy of the regulations to be observed on board was handed to her . In a few instances , where the parties were unable to read , they were told that they could acquire that advantage during the voyage , as a teacher was on board for the

      purpose of instructing them . They were then addressed by the Hon . Mr . Kinnaird and the Rev . 2 dr . Q . ueckett , and the necessity of observing obedience , mutual kindness , and good conduct while on board strongly inculcated . They were informed ofthe attention which had been paid to their comforts and necessities on the voyage ,, and most of them appeared deeply grateful and affected . It may be mentioned that one of the expected emigrants , who had paid for her own outfit , drew back at the eleventh hour , and refused to undertake the voyage , declaring ( though a Londoner ) that she was frightened by the noise of the steamer whioh conveyed the emigrants to the Northumberland . i

      Mr . bonnet s safety Avm —un Wednesday an additional series of experiments , for the purpose of further testing the soundness of the principle oh which this little vessel is constructed , and 0 f proving its applicability to life-boats , were conducted in . the Serpentine ; opposite the Royal Humane Society ' s House , in the presence of a large concourse of people . In the first place the yacht was half filled with water and then hauled overbeing , let go , she immediately righted , and when afterwards filled full of water , she sailed and an _sweredherhelm well .: Two . heavy men then sat upon the extreme end of her , counter , stood upon and hung over her gunwale , and" then one . stood oh the . _bewsprit-i * nd _Jhe , other ; on the stem without capsizing her . They then hnng on to the mast , the sails being set , till they were nnder water , and sub-

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      sequently she was pressed down till she was bottom upwards . In both cases she righted immediately upon being let go . The experiments appeared to give great satisfaction to the concourse assembled to witness them .

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      Another Case of Poisoning . —On the 21 st inst . William _R-iask was brought before the magistrates of Moseley , charged with the wiltul murder of his wife , by administering arsenic to her . At the coroner ' s inqu ' ry , whioh has been long pending , a woman named Caroline Bottomley said that she saw the deceased a short time before her death , when she told her 'that her husband had put somethingihto her porridge which had made her unwell . That party asked the husband what he had put in , when he replied , "Oh , only a little soda . " . The medical evidence proved that the deceased died from the

      effects of arsenic , and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from arsenic , but by whom administered there was no evidence to prove . The coroner then ordered the husband , who had been taken into custody , to be discharged : The superintendent of police , from information subsequently received , went and again apprehended the husband _. andon removing him to his cell he cut his trousers fob out , and found in it a small portion of white powder , which , upon being chemically examined , proved to be arsenic . The prisoner then said that he might as well tell all about it . On the Thursday before Whit-Sunday he bought threepenny worth of arsenic for Maria

      Buckley , who gave him sixpence to buy it . He returned the next day and gave Buckley the arsenic , who gave his wife some in treacle , on two mornings . The remainder of the packet she gave to the prisoner , who put it in his watch-fob . Buckley and her husband , he added , knew all about the poisoning of his wife , and they ought to be taken into custody . He also told the officer where he purchased the arsenic . Mr . F . C Calvert , p rofessor of chemistry , described the internal appearances of the stomach , and said they were generally healthy . He also proved finding arsenic between the seams of the prisoner ' s fob . A great many additional witnesses were examined , who in the main corroborated the above .

      Fatal Effects of Prize Fighting . —Early _, on Monday morning a prize fight took place at Long ! Eaton , a village eight miles from Nottingham , be-, tween two men , named Richard Hall and James Brown . The brutal exhibition was to have taken , place in the meadows near the town , but the parties ' were surprised by the police , and were therefore obliged to retreat . Toe men fought for an hour and a quarter , at the end of which time Brown was completely exhausted , and lay upon the turf , vomiting blood freely . The backers and seconds had him

      immediately conveyed to a railway carriagej but before the train arrived at Nottingham he died ., Upon hearing the fate of his antagonist , Hall instantly decamped , along with the seconds and others engaged in the affair . As soon as the police were made acquainted with the circumstance they- commenced an active pursuit , and succeeded in capturing George Clay , one of the seconds , and doubtless the others will soon be taken . Hall is only seventeen years of age , and has been engaged in several fights . Brown was twenty-two years old .

      Arrival of General Garibalm in Liverpool . — It will be interesting to our readers to learn that , on Saturday last , General Garibaldi , the celebrated defender of Rome , arrived in this town by the steamer Queen from Gibraltar , which reached the Mersey at three o ' clock in the afternoon . The general , who was accompanied by an aide-de-camp , looked exceedingly well in health , and appeared in excellent spirits . Indeed , we are told that he was particularly cheerful and agreeable during the voyage . We believe the general will remain ia Liverpool for ashort time , and that he contemplates a visit to America . A . Paris letter , written some few weeks ago , says , "Garibaldi , the well-known leader of the republican system at Rome , is now residing at _Tangiers , in Africa , and he is very busily engaged in _writing memoirs upon the great events in which he took such a large part . The manuscript has been sold to a bookseller , bf Paris , who will publish it atthe same time in the French and Italian languages . "—Liverpool . Albion .

      Outrage on the Police at Bristol . —A disturbance of a serious and alarming kindoccurred at Bristol at an early hour on Sunday morning , among . = ome Irish residents of the neighbourhood of Lavin ' _s Mead , one of the lowest districts of that city . It _appears that at about one o ' clock in the morning some men who had been drinking together pretty freely comm . nced a quarrel in Christmas-street , from which they removed to Lavin ' s Mead ,, where they commenced a fight , and the inhabitants , becoming alarmed , sent for the police . Police-constables 71 arid 46 hastened to the spot , and finding a man on the ground and others maltreating him , the officers interfered . ' They had no sooner done so than the men commenced a very savage attack upon them , and

      a crowd of people soon collected from the adjacent courts and alleys , and urged on the _assailants of the police , calling upon them with oatbs ahd imprecations to " murder the —• . " Police constable 71 was struck a blow across the head with some heavy instrument , which cut through his hat , wounded him severely on the head , and felled him insensibly to the ground , where he lay for some time , the fellows around him beating him and kicking him on the head and various parts of the body . Police constable 46 was attacked with equal violence , and was struck in the face with such force as to knock out one of his back teeth , after which a man fell upon him with a

      bar of iron , and placed him in peril of nis life . Some other policemen who came to their assistance had received injury , when the neighbours , considering the constables in danger , sent to the central station , and a strong detachment being despatched to the spot , the injured men were rescued , and several of the ringleaders in the disturbance arrested and conveyed before the magistrates , by whom they were sent to gaol . ' _^ . ' .. ¦ . ' . The Quakers and Church Rates . —Brighton . —Several members of this body were summoned last week before the magistrates for refusing to pay church rates , which resulted in the issuing of distress warrants againt the defendants , The parties may appeal .

      Death of a Medical Student from the Use of Chloroform . —A painful case , illustrative of the fatal effects of tho incautious use of chloroform , occurred at Sheffield , on Monday , the sufferer being Mr . James Smith , aged 21 , a pupil in the house of the late Mr . James Ray , surgeon , and the third son of Wm . Smith , Esq ., barrister , of the Northern Circuit . The young gentleman not coming down at his usual hour in the morning , one ofthe domestics went up to the . bedroom , and knocked loudly without receiving any answer . She then went to the bedside , and shook Mr . Smith by the shoulder , but failing to wake him , she ran down stairs and gave the alarm . Mr . Jackson , surgeon , whose house adjoins Mr . Ray ' s , was immediately

      called in , and he , on entering the room , found Mr . Smith lying upon his right side , . quite dead . In his if nda he held a pocket handkerchief , which was firmly pressed to his mouth and nostrils ,. His knees were partially drawn up , and his limbs were in a state of rigid contraction . Mr . Smith , it appears , had for a considerable period been in the habit of inhaling chloroform , which he poured upon his handkerchief and applied to the nostrils , for the purpose of allaying a severe pain in the face , to which he was subject . In order to guard against the possibility of inhaling too large a quantity , he usually called Mr . Ray _^ s groom into the surgery to sit by him during the process of inhalation , with instructions to arouse him in case he

      should become insensible . He had complained of pain in the face on Sunday , but does not appear to have resorted to his usual remedy until retiring ior the night . A bottle which had contained _ohloroform was found uncorked in the watch-pocket at the head of the bed , and in a private drawer of Mr . Smith ' s there was also found two bottles labelled chloroform , one of which , was empty , and the other contained half an ounce . —At the inquest Mr . Edward Jackson , surgeon , said , I found Mr . Smith lying on his right side in bed , with his hands , in which he held a pocket handkerchief , closely pressed to his mouth and nostrils . His knees were partly drawn up , and his limbB and muscles generally were in a state of rigid

      contraction . There was a purple discoloration on all the lower surface of the body , but chiefly on the side on which he lay . His jaws were pressed together , and a little blood . had oozed from . the mouth , in consequence of the tongue having , slightly protruded , and been cut with the . teeth . . / From the position in which the body was found , there could be no doubt that convulsions preceded death ... There was no smell about the handkerchief or in the room to indicate that chloroform had been : _used . The body was not perfectly cold when I was called in , but was below the natural temperature of life . I cannot state' definitely the length of time he had been dead , but should think at least five hours . It is possible that he might have inhaled the chloroform immediately upon getting into bed ; and have died shortly afterwards .. In the afternoon , I , along with my father and Mr . Porter ,, sure-eon ,

      made apostmortem examination of the body . Externally . ; there _, was no _, marks of violence . The blood was in a ivory fluid state and very dark in colour . The lungs were , perfectly healthy , hut highly congested . ; ; The right cavities of the heart were much distended with blood ; the loft cavities and the substance of the heart were healthy . The liver and kidneys were somewhat . congested , but quite healthy in structure . The stomach contained some food undergoing digestion ,, and the mucous membrane was a little reddened . There was no smell in the contents of the stomach , blood , or any ofthe fluids from which' we could ascertain that chloroform had been used . There : was nothing in the . state of t the chest , ' heart , or any other organ , to mdicate that the inhalation of chloroform would be dan _gerousi . Tfaofaot oft Mr . Smith ' s _ilying in a bonz ontah position when inhaling the chloroform , ' and hiB being unable , from insensibility , to remove the _handkei- would cause his death . The

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      hands grasped the handkerchief so firmly that it was with some difficulty it . was removed . I have no doubt that death has resulted from inoautiously inhaling chloroform . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased ' s death had resulted from chloroform , inoautiously administered by himself . It appeared that from the house'being full of relatives to attend the funeral of Mr . Ray , a gentleman sle pt in the same bed room with deceased , coming up to bed about twenty minutes after him . When the visitor had been in bed about a quarter of ah hour he heard Mr ; Smith moan , ; but as there was no repetition ofthe noise , ho concluded the latter had been dreaming , and , accordingly , composed himself to sleep . ' : . : ' . '"' ¦

      .. . , .. A . NOTUER Fatal Case of " Coffinibm . "—An inquest W _« 8 held at Parton , near Whitehaven , on Monday , on tho body of a young man , named Wm . Hewitt , who died from the effects of a dose of Dr . Coffin ' s preparation , known as "Lobelia . " , The deceased was a founder , and belonged to a benefit club ; a man , named William Tait , who was a turner at a foundry , professing to bo his modical ' adviser . _Aboiitthree or four weeks ago the deceased comp lained of a pain iri his stomach , which seemed to have continued almost up to the period of his death . On Wednesday evening he consulted Tait , who mixed him up some of the Lobelia and administered it to him , ih threo doses . He appeared worse after he had taken it , arid he voniited during the whole

      night , and on the following day ( Thursday ) . On the Friday his state became more alarming , and no medical man having been called in up to this moment the deceased wished one to bo sent for , as he was sure that the Lobelia was fast killing him . Mr . Hilton , surgeon , saw him and found him in a state of great prostration , and that ho had vomited severely . He complained of aburning pain in the stomach : that he had taken some of Dr . Coffin ' s stuff on Wednesday ni ght , and that he had not been well since . He was understood to say , 'that he had taken a _teaapooriful and a half of the medicine several times . Deceased was afterwards seen liy Mr . Wilson , another ! medical gentleman , but nothing

      could recover him , and he died on Friday afternoon . The post mortem examination of the body showed that the stomach and bowels were highly inflamed . After the . usual tests , Lobelia was found , and the opinion formed was that the deceased had died from inflammation of the stomach and bowels , 'brought on by undue administration of Lobelia Inflata . Its poisonous effects having been described , Mr . Tait denied its having suchan influence—too much could not be taken bf it . If the deceased had followed his instructions , he mig ht have survived . The jury found , " That the deceased died frem the effects of Lobelia Inflata , administered to him by William Tait . " The case will accordingly be tried at the ensuing assizes .

      Fiuun nr a Parish Officer . —At the county magistrates' office at Rochester , " on the 21 st inst . Mr . George Savage , farmer , of Cobham , who had been for the last twelve years overseer of the poor of that parish , appeared on bail , charged with misdemeanor for having fraudulently obtained £ 76 lis , the amount of a poor ' s rate which he alleged to be due from the Earl of _Darnley , but which had been previously collected by him . Several witnesses were examined _^ from whose evidence it appeared ' that on July 23 the accused was-paid the sum of £ 76 Us . by Mr . R . Forster , who was then agent to the Earl of Darnley . At Michaelmas Mr . Forster was succeeded in the stewardship by Mr . George Franks , and . about five weeks afterwards

      Savage called upon the latter at his residence at Thong , and made a demand for a similar sum , alleging that the same was due from his lordship for a poor ' s rate made onthe 19 th of September . Mr . Franks having come there so recently , remarked that he thought it bard that he should call upon him so early , and told him he would send him a cheque for the amount . The aocused said he need not do that—he would call again , wbich he did on the 21 st of December , and Miv Franks accordingl y gave him a cheque for the amount . Reference to the accounts for _Beveral yeare back , resulted in an application to the magistrates for a warrant against the collector , who called upon Mr . Franks , and said that if he had receiTid the amount of Mr ; Forster he was sorry for it , and asked if anything could be done if he called upon his lordship . Mr . J . Stone Cashier at the bank of Messrs . Day and Nicholson , of Rochester , proved

      payment of the cheque on tho 21 st of . December , £ 45 of which was carried to the account of the North _Aylesford union from Cobham parish , and the remainder was taken in cash . The magistrates determined to send the case for trial . Mr . Southgath , solicitor of Gravesend , who attended on behalf of the defendant , ask for his own personal convenience that the case might bo tried at tho assizes and not the sessions , to which the ; court assented . Mr . Cross , solicitor to the Earl of Darnley , said there were several other cases against the accused , which he purposed taking chronologically . The second charge was for obtaining the sum of £ 41 3 s . from Mr . ; Forster , on the 3 rd of May , 1843 , for a rate alleged to be duo from the trustees of his lordship , then in his minority , This charge' on investigation failed , the accused was then held to bail in the sura of £ 1 , 000 and two sureties of £ 500 each .

      Suicide by , a Cmlb only Seven Years Old . — An extraordinary case has just occurred at Newark , of a boy ngod only seven years deliberately and wilfully walking into the river Trent and drowning himself . He was the son of John Hanson , a waterman , a respectable man , living at Millgate . The boy , it appears , had frequently complained to his schoolmaster of his mother beating him , and the day before his death he cried and said she had been flogging him , and that if she did it again he would drown himself , and unhappily on Saturday last he carried his threat into execution . He was not believed to be weak in intellect . An inquest " was held over the body on Monday , before T . F . A . Burniiby , Esq ., coroner for the borough , when George , son of W . Holmes , of Newark , bnckmaker , said : I went to bathe in the Newark Navigation , on Saturday : Edward Hanson ( the deceased ) camo and undressed . Tho deceased walked into tho water ; it was up to his knees then ; he kept walking on ,

      and I told him hot to' do . so , as' it was dangerous . I then went out of the water , and when I came back he was in the middle of the stream , and I could not see his head , but he was holding up his bands . I oalled to him to come out ; but the stream carried him away ; ho never called out . The deceased did not act in the water like a boy bathing ; he never spoke to us , but seemed determined to get out of his depth . William , son of John Wilson , of Newark , porter , aged seven ' gave similar evidence . —T . Kemp , blacksmith , said he found the body of tho deceased amongst some weeds , about four fields below the Bottom-lock . —Verdict to the effect tbat , being an infant , and not having discernment between goodahd " evil , he drowned himself . . ' Railway " Accident at Burt . —On Monday last ; about half-past nine o ' clock in the morning , as Mr . Berry , manager of the goods department at the Bury station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , was walking on the line near to the station , he

      met an excursion train from Yorkshire that was proceeding to Liverpooland Fleetwood . He stood out of the way of the train , when a goods train from Bolton , proceeding in an opposite direction , came up and struck him on the side , driving him on the slope of the line . He was immediately conveyed home insensible . A surgeon speedily attended , and it was found tbat Mr . Berry ' s right arm and four of his ribs were broken . The medical men have expressed an opinion that if fever in the head can be kept down he will probably recover .

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      Tiie South Wales Colliery Strike-—Wo Are...

      Tiie South Wales Colliery Strike- —Wo are sorry to learn that the strike of the colliers in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire still continues . ; Our last report names the following colleries as still suspended in Glamorganshire : —The Churbh , tho : Tyr Adam ,, the Carrigethin , tho Cilvach , and the ! Clander ; in Monmouthshire , the Abercarno and Gwythen , the Cwmtilery , the Barcella , the Butteryhateh , the Rook , the Place , the Waterloo , the Gwrhey , the Argoed _, the Mamhole , the Ruepark , the Wellington , the Blencoon , the Penyven Hold , the Havod Vein ,, theBlaencuffin , the _Tenycooda , and the Trynant . The strike is doing

      considerable mischief to the ports of Cardiff and Newport , the bhicf outlets for these collieries , numerous vessels have put in for cargoes having sailed outompty . A comparison of the present rate of wages with the price of coal and the comparative price , of coal and labour some years ago , shows that the colliers have little reason to complain . In April , 1844 , the price of coal was 7 s . Cd . por ton , and up to the end of last year it was raisod to 9 s . Od . per ton . On that rise Gd . per ton was added to the miners' wages ; but the coal is now reduced to 7 s . 6 d . per'tb ' n again , and tho wages aro now reducedf 2 d . per tpn .-rTimes of Thursday .

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      Melanoholt Accident In. Edinburgh.—On Sa...

      Melanoholt Accident in . Edinburgh . —On Saturday 'afternoon ;/ between three and four o ' clock , aniannamedMaogregorwent into bathe in Duddingston Loch , immediately below the rook at the Windy : Goul . _^ Being an . expert swimmer , ; he had crossed to the opposite side and returned to within a short distance of the place where he started from , when a man who had accompanied him to the Looh observed him . suddenly to sink under the water ! The manwaded in as far as ho could with safety but could not reaohthe drowning man . He then ran to _theivillage ; of Duddington . for assistance , and returnedto the . Loch with some . persons ; one _£ S ; i , „ T 6 / De"ham _raechanfo , dived , and _sZf _i'te _^ r _u "' , V oonyeyed w » ' _^» were adopted ., _toa-estore animation , . ' , but in , vain _, lira medical OTntlernen . who _^ w present were of opinion that tho unfortunate man had died in the water from apoplexy .

      Melanoholt Accident In. Edinburgh.—On Sa...

      Theft by A Solpieb in _Glasgow .- On Monday morning , a private of the 21 st Regiment , named Alexander , was brought up at the Central Police Court , charged with having robbed a groom of nine and a-half sovereigns . The latter had arrived from Yorkshire shortly previous , and scraped up . _anacquaintance with the , son of Mars . -They repaired together to a drinking shop , when the proposal of the latter to take himself off f _athersuddenly excited suspicions , which led to the ; discovery of the theft . He : was committed , and sentenced to sixty days'imprisonment . > ¦ ¦ - >¦ ¦ ••

      -Serious Rror at _DonFBSutnts . —For the last few days great excitement has been-occasioned in the western district of Fife by certain outrageous proceedings , which have assumed so , alarming an aspect as to induce the civil authorities to apply for ihe aid of the military from this quarter . : On Saturday evening , about eleven o ' clock , a band of , " _navvies , " armed with bludgeons arid knives , made a ' savage and unprovoked attack on some of the inhabitants of Dunfermline , several of whom , were severely injured—one , it is feared , fatally—from a stab in the neck and fracture of the skull . , The utmost excitement for some time prevailed ; but ultimately tho . navvies were overpowered , and eleven of them lodged in gaol . Again , on Sunday

      evening , two men were attacked and stabbed m the suburbs of Baldridgeburn . The feelings of the townspeop le had now become muoh exasperated , and a certain class resolved on summary retaliation . Accordingly , about ten o ' clock on Monday morning , a mob of about 400 or 500 , principally very young men and boys , paraded the streets , vowing to send all the Irish out of tbe town , and , proceeding to the Irishman ' s lodgings , turned them summarily out of doors , g iving them time ' only to take their clothes with them . Only one man , we believe , resisted , having struck at one of the townsmen , with an axe , and cut open his-arm , for which ho was severely punished by a dreadful blow from a bludgeon ; which laid his scalp open . The mob having proceeded to the works of the Stirling and

      Dunfermline Railway , about a dozen men were marched thence , and . the whole , paraded through the town for the purpose o being sent across the Forth to Queensferry . A gentleman , who left Dunfermline on Tuesday , afternoon saw from forty to fifty at North Queensferry , where the Sheriff and Fiscal had proceeded , and managed to protect them from any ill-usage . A company , of the 13 th Light Dragoons passed through this city at seven o ' clock on Tuesday night to aid the civil authorities , as it was apprehended that the populace would rise against the Irish weavers and colliers in the district , of whom there aro a good many . It was also feared that abont 300 navvies who are employed on the Comrie section of the railway , would march in to aid their countrymen . ' In the afternoon about 300 special constables were sworn in .

      The Lanarkshire Miners . —The miners' strike has virtually terminated—the lapseof another week having induced a change upon their resolution to decline any compromise . The Glasgow men were the first to agree on the acceptance of modified terms . Those who belonged to the other four districts have since come to . the , same determination . Tbe conditions to which they have now proclaimed their willingness to accede are 3 s . Od . of a daily wage , together with' weekly payments . The first branch of tbis claim has been offered by many firms , and will we suppose be now accepted . The miners of Ayrshire and Falkirk , who have struck , still hold by their original demands . —Daily Mail .

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      _irewntj . Doblin —Encumbered Estates . —Between the 15 th and the 20 th inst ., thirty-one new petitions for the sales of estates were lodged in the Encumbered Court . Several of the inheritors in this list are petitioners in their own cases . Amongst the encumbered proprietors is the name "Maria Helena Baroness Clanmorris . " The total nnmber of petitions is now 978 . A t this rate of progress , the commissioners , before the end of the summer , would have more estates to sell than they could dispose of in four years . _^ They are , however , preparing for vigorous operations after the recess . Within the week ending the 19 th inst , no less than fifty-two conditional or absolute orders for sales were pronounced .

      The Hahvest and the Potato Crops . — Still , fortunately , there is no authentio account ofthe re-appearance of potato blight , but , on the contrary , the provincial journals , received on Monday morning , are almost unanimous in describing the healthy appearance of the crop , and the general prospect of an abundant harvest . The supplies of new potatoes are steadily increasing in all the markets , and the prices are becoming moderate for this "luxury . " The Cork Reporter declares that nothing like the present cheering prospects bas been witnessed for five years past . Wheat , oats , and birley , are ripening under the influence of the present fine harvest weather . The Charge against Mrs . Bleazbt . — The assizes for Armagh commence on tbe 10 th of July

      next . There are not many cases on the criminal calendar . In allusion to the charge against Mrs . Bleazby , the Newry Examiner Bays : — " From what has transpired thus far it ia almost certain that the prosecution in the Bleazby case will be abandoned by the government , as all the evidence adduced atthe protracted inquest is utterly irrelevant to the perpetration of the crime of murder charged in the indictment , or rather in the verdict of the coroner ' s jury . Again , the immediate relatives of the late Mr . Bleazby , namely , his three brothers , and also his uncle Major Bernard , are so firmly impressed with a

      conviction of Mrs . Bleazby ' s innocence , that they would be among the last to instigate a prosecution . Moreover , there is as yet no intelligence whatever regarding Anne Elliott , the girl who waRsentto America ; and even if her return to this countrv before the period of the assizes could be calculated on , it is questionable enough if any evidence criminatory of Mrs . Bleazby could be elicited from her . To meet any contingency , the following able counsel are still retained for both Mrs . Bleazby and the steward , Gordon , namely , Messrs . Napier , Whiteside , Tomb , and O'Hagan , all Queen ' s Counsel , and also Mr ; John Perrin .

      The result of the experiment made by the Viceroy , in her first trip from Galway to America , is thus , apparently very . fairly , stated by the Freeman ' s Journal : —The Canada , 2 , 000 tons burden , with engines of 850 horse-power , left Liverpool at ten o ' clock on Saturday morning , the lst of June ; at the same hour , on the same day , the Viceroy , a boat built . for the channel trade ,, crowded with coals above her _cunwale , . of , 350 horse-power , sailed from Galway . Wagers were laid in Liverpool that the Canada would overtake and pass the Viceroy on the fifth day . The weather must bave been tempestuous at sea , for the Canada was nearly two days more than ber usual

      time on her voyage to Halifax . This fact told terribly against the little cockle shell ' s speed , yet what is the result—the Canada arrived in Halifax on the 11 th of June at nine o ' clock in the morning ; the Viceroy arrived in eight hours after ! Let us put the reverse of the present case of sailing . Let the Canada sail from Galway and the Viceroy from Liverpool , the Viceroy would havo been at . least thirteen days making the passage , while the chances are that the Canada would have done the voyage in eight , but certainly at farthest nine days—thus showing a clear gain of from four to five days in favour of Galway , or equil boats being on both stations , of two days in favour of Galway !"

      The Potato Crop . —So far there are , providentially , no apparent grounds for the rumours which prevailed in the earlier part of tbe week respecting the alleged appearance of the blight in the potato-crop . The last accounts from Limerick bring on confirmation of the reported failure in that district , while in the north , where it was confidently asserted thafc unmistakeable symptoms of disease had shown themselves , it seems that the plant is healthy and luxuriant , and that there is a reasonable prospect of a crop of more than ordinary abundance . Two Ulster papers are quite explicit on this point : — " In consequence , of certain rumours '" gays the Newry Telepraph , " which have been prevalent respecting the conditi < m of this important crop , we have made such inquiries

      and received such replies as satisfy us that , with hard ly an expectation , the potato crop in this district is most healthy and flourishing ., Some few weeks back , indeed , the top ' s of the early potatoes in this neighbourhood were , from the effects of the frost blackened and curled up , as if entirely blighted \ but the late rains have quite resuscitated even these sorts , which now present strong and vigorous plants . We have a similar good account of the potato from a neighbouring district . Our correspondent in Armagh , writing on Monday , on the subject says ; - " I can observe no case of the reported blight among the potatoes in this yioinity , although some farmers say they have seen it . Others are confident tbat it is on . y the effect ofthe one or two _storinvdays that occurred about a week " '

      ago . _kMiaRATioN . -LiMBRicK—Since the 1 st of Jan . twenty-six vessels have sailed from this port to Canada , with 4 , 113 souh ; twenty-five sailed for the United States , with 3 , 330 souls-making in all ? v . - * ' j . i sh ? g the emi gration to Canada and tno States to be nearly equal . The total number of . emigrants for the year 1849 to the States and _Unada were 11 , 554 . This gives a striking illustration ofthe preference of our countrymon to the government ' of the States .

      _ENpusn Landlords in , Kilkenny . —The Kilkenny Journal ( extreme Liberal ) brings the names of three parties before the public " as identified with acts whioh are not less honourable to themselves than benofioial to their tenants : ' '— " First—Lord Veaux . This English nobleman , a Catholio peer of the renlm , has _,, as we have already , intimated , been staying for some time at Ballyconra-house , . and has been engaged . in a , personal supervision of tho state of his property iri this country . : Whon . we made the announcement of Lord Veaux ' s arrival , W 8 stated

      our impression that from his ' character as an English landlord , _hisvisit to tbis country would be attended with much benefit to his tenants . From the

      Irewntj. Doblin —Encumbered Estates.—Bet...

      repbrtof the proceedings of the last meetinr oftiir Castlecomer Society , it will be seen that the J en tleman forgets not the duty bf-property ; His Lor _j ship has opened an extensive system of improve " ment in drainage and building ; on his property m " Feroda , in this country ; and Vhaa made consider _ableabatementstohis tenants since that property fell into his immediate management . ' We also learn , with feelings of lively pleasure , that his Lordship , not unmindful of the blessings of educa . tion of the poor , has given a considerable portion of land rent free , for the erection of a school . In th _« expressive words of the report ; he 'treats hi * tenantry more like a father than a master . ' Next we mention Lord Clifden and his agent , Mr . Mm _» ' gendge . We learn of the latterexcellent gentleman

      _<¦ _" ** " _"? " _ueawiesa ox tne cottages ot the tenants and the comfort whioh is manifest in their nem _^ ' bear unequivocal evidence of the gener _« us treatment which they have experienced . under his manace ment ; ' and we can also state that Lord _Bliflen gives the most hearty approval to every act of his agent , which goes to render the tenantry comfortable and contented . Mr . Muggerid ge is not _lono agent on Lord Clifden ' s property ; but he at once cancelled outstanding and hopeless arrears—that dead weight on the tenants' backs , which nearly as much as high rents paralyzes . industry , and deadens hope . Then , he , made 1 considerable abatements ' inthe rent , or promised them , which means a g ood deal , when , the character of a good man is a security that performance ia sure to follow profession "

      The Potatoe Chop . —All the accounts received by the provincial papers on Tuesday morning with one exception from Newcastle , speak in the most cheering terms of the state of the potatoe crop The Limerick Reporter says : — " Such has been the largeness of the supply since Saturday , that the price of the new potatoes has fallen from one penny per pound , to elevenpence per stone of fifteen pounds . Potatoos in almost every part of the counties of Limerick and Tipperary have now attained to , such a height and luxuriance , that the trenches are covered with the _outspreading foliage ofthe plants . Pink eyes , and the _ash-leaved species , and _. kmneys , are all in blossom , and in m _/ nv

      the fields are : being dug for market . " ; Outbreak in a Workhouse . —The following appears in the Limerick Reporter of Tuesday : — " Such is the ungovernable condition of Mount Kennett Workhouse , that yesterday ( Monday ) , the neighbourhood was alarmed by another outbreak onthe part of the inmates of that auxiliary , the male portion of whom raised a terrible uproar , breaking down some of the boundary wall , assaulting the officers of the house , and causing apprehension for tbe lives pf those placed over them . The police under head constable Joy nt and Shannon , were soon on the spot , but the pauper youths ofthe establishment utterly disregarded their , presence , and commenced to fire a shower of _stOBes at them , by some of which they were struck and severel y injured _. Dr . Gibson was about to read the Riot Act . Tbe

      police charged and wounded some of the rioters ; and it was not till after a long period that anything ' like regularity was restored . These pauper youths refused to bake their own bread , saying , bed—d if they would work for any man ; and when stirabout was ordered for them by Dr . Brodie , the attending physician , they rejected it , and declared they would not use it . Several of these boys break bounds every day _. and wander into the country , where they amuse themselves till the dinner hour ; and it is usual to witness groups of adult paupers walking through the public streets with tobacco pipes in _tfieir mouths , and loaves of bread under their arms , laughing at authority and scorning discipline . In the auxiliary workhouses , with the exception of Clare-street , insubordination to some extent continues to prevail . "

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      Court Of Common Pleas. Newton V. Chaphn....

      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS . newton v . _chaphn . —actios to recover tub-AMOUNT PAID FOR . RALIWAY SHARES . In this case a rule had been obtained for a new trial on the ground of the improper reception of evidence . The action had been brought to recover a sum of money paid upon certain railway shares . The grounds upon which the plaintiff relied were

      fraud and want of consideration . At the trial the plaintiff called a witness to produce the books of the company . Itappeared that this witness had only been served with a common subpoena , and not a subpoena duces tecum . Upon this the plaintiff applied to give secondary evidence of the contents of the books , and the Chief Justice refused to receive it . The court were of opinion that the Chief Justice was wrong in such refusal , and that the rule for a new trial must , therefore , be made absolute . —Rule absolute accordingly .

      HATTY V . MAI . LIL 0 . —THEATRICAL CONTRACTS . The declaration in this case stated the action was an action on promises , and that tbe defendant , and Caroline Malillo , his wife , did from the 17 th of July , 1818 , agree for the period of three months to perform as equestrians on the stage and in the ring at Astley ' s or elsewhere , in such manner as the plaintiff should require , at a salary of five guinea * s week ; and that if either party should make default the sum of jE 50 should be paid as liquidated damages . The declaration further stated that the plaintiff requested the defendant and his wile to go to Peebles , iu Scotland _; and although the plaintiff was

      willing to furnish two horses , aud although within the period ofthe said agreement he had given notice to the defendant to go to Peebles to perform there , he had refused to do so . The special ground of demurrer to this declaration was , that the defendant and his wife were not asked to perform on the stage or in the ring at Peebles , and that a _reasonable time had not elapsed between giving the notice and the time within which the defendant and his wife were required to perform . The Court , now stated ihat they were of opinion that the declaration was good , and that the breach was sufficiently stated , and judgment must therefore be for tbe plaintiff . Judgment for the plaintiff accordingly .

      ZAGURT V . _POnSSELL . —COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES . This was an action upon the case to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of tho defendant—Mr . Willes and Mr . Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff , and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins for the defendant . — The plaintiff is a Portuguese trader from Terceira , who comes to this country annually to purchase goods . The defendant is a baker and confectioner in Cornhill . In July last the defendant had excavated in front of his shop , for the purpose of erecting a new oven , and had covered over the excavation with planks , for the accommodation of foot passengers . On the 29 th of that month , as tho plaintiff was walking over them , the planks , from

      somo unexplained cause , gavo way , and the plaintiff tumbled to the depth of nine feet into the cavity , and was thereby stunned , and had his arm injured and his head broken . The defendant immediately rendered all tho assistance practicable , and sent for his own medical man , who attended the plaintiff , and so far restored him as to enable him to proceed home in the course of an hour . Arrived at home , the plaintiff sent for his own medical attendant , and subsequently forMr . Bransby Cooper , both of whom attended him for some time . Ten days afterwards the plaintiff was seen walking in Tower-slreet ; but his own medical man deposed that he was a very impatient and imprudent person , and that his sufferings had been prolonged for five weeks through his neglecting the medical instructions given to him . No evidence was given to prove that he had been

      detained longer in this country that usual , nor thr . t he had suffered any permanent injury , nor any evidence given as to what occasioned the accident . On the other hand , it appeared that the defendant had desired that his own medical attendant should at » tend the p laintiff at the defendant ' s house , and that he had paid him between £ 4 and £ 5 for having done so . —The Lord Chief Justice told the jury that if an acoident of this kind occurred , and there was no evidence of any negligence on the part of the sufferer , it must be assumed prima facie that there was _negligence on the part of the defendant , as , for instance , if a coach broke down , and the passengers were there injured , it must be assumed , unless the contrary were shown , that there was negligence on tae part of tlie coach proprietor . —The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      Excuequeb Chamber. Tub Queen V. Waits. T...

      EXCUEQUEB CHAMBER . TUB QUEEN V . WAITS . The Court cave judgment in this case . The prisoner , it will be remembered , was the lessee of tbe Olympic , and the Marylebone Theatres , and also a clerk ih the Globe Insurance-office . He was tried nnd convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Ceurt for stealing a piece of paper ( a returned paid cheque ) , the property of the directors of the Globe Insurance Company , Two points were reserved for the opinion of the judges constituting this court by Mr . Justice _Cresswell , who tried the case ; first , whether , as the paper was delivered to the messenger of the company by him to bo given to the prisoner , whose duty was , not to hand it over to the directors or to place it for thorn in any depository , but to hold it himself as a voucher to be produced wheB called for , it was felony in him to take

      or destroy it , or to put the point more simply , whe ther it had . become in law the property of the . _directors ; and _seoondly , whether the prisoner , being himself a shareholder , could , though a servant , of the directors , bo guilty of stealing that paper in which he had a joint ptoperty . —The Lord Chief Justice now read the following judgment of the Court : We have considered this case and we arc all of opinion that tho counts ih the indictment which charge the stealing of a p iece of paper , the property of the masters of the prisoner , are sup ported by the evidence . From the case stated to us , it appears that Goldsmith and others arc the elected directors of the Globe Insurance , Company , and _^ hat by the constitution _^ of _^ . that company they _hafyeyested in them ' . the power . of , appointing and dismissing its servants , ' and that they'fix and pay the salaries of tho clerks employed in their office .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29061850/page/6/