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      MAXSIOX-HOuSE . Theesdat . —Chaege or Robbebt . —Ttro men named Birby and Armstrong were brought before Hie lord Mayor upon suspicion of having plundered the premises of Jlessrs . Letham , Blyth , and Lethani , of Friday-street , muslin-manufacturers . Mr . Matthew leifcaai , of the house of Zetham ana Co ., stated that on the morning' of "Wednesday last , two pieces cf goods ( trimmings ) were stolen from the warehouse . He could swear to some o : the goods positively l > y the private marks of tlie house . They were Scotch goods , and many ferns had the same sorts of goods—Mr . W . Bemar , of Totteiihaffl-courtr oad , stated that his partner purchased some trimmings fr omthe prisoner Kirby , and witness paia £ 8 4 s . or £ 8 6 s . for then ? and three or four dresses , about ten or

      , eleven days , or perhaps only a «* ago . ( Here a parcel of goods tos produced which the witness identified as those he had purchased ) . —James Nelson , a person in flic employment Of Mr . Evans , . aTim and 150 , Tottenham-court-road , stated thatasecond ^ Pbcel of goods , which was produced , had been brought ly the prisoner Kirfcy to Ms employer about a week ago , ana that Mr- Evans paia £ i 7 s . 9 d . for them . The Mill of parcels was here exhibited—it enumerated the particulars of the purchase with the usual regularity . —Inspector Waller stated that , in consequence of information which he had received that a robbery had been committed on Wednesday-week in the warehouse of Messrs . Letham and Co ., and that the goods stolen had been offered for sale , he went to Mr . Evans ' s house to look at the property . Mr .

      Xetham identified the property , and Sir . Evans stated that Kirby , who resided at Islington-green , at a coffee-shop , lad sold them . . At Islington-green , Kirby , upon ¦ being Questioned , with the due caution to mind what he said , as lie was to consider himself in custody , stated that he could dear up las part of tj ; e transaction by proving from whom he had got the goods . 5 irby then accompanied him ( Inspector Waller ) to Stanhope-street , Glare-market , where , after haying waited a considerable time , he saw the prisoner Armstrong go up to the door of a house . Eirby then approached Armstrong , and said to him , " Why , I am come after these goods—tkisis a pretty fliing . ^* "Witness

      then asked Armstrong , Laving told Mm previously that iewas not bound to answer , where he got the property . Armstrong said he coald not directhr tell , nad witness conveyed him to the station-house . Witness afterwards searched Armstrong ' s lodgings , but foand there hut one Small piece of goods , which he said lie left with his wife , to cat up for caps for the children . —Mr . Ewin , who stated that he was in the employment of Hcssrs . Letliam and Co ., said he had packed some parcels on the day preceding the robbery , and taken them round in his chaise and afterwards deposited them in the warehouse , and that on going next "day to the warehouse he found that thoy had been stolen . The prisoners were reirsMided .

      Ikish Ahcskiexts . —A very wild-looking Irishman , named Sed Howe , was brought before tLe lord Mayor , npon the charge of having assaulted Margaret ilacnatoara , a countrywoman of Iris own , after having been bound over , a short time ago , to keep the peace towards Jier . The assault ttos committed nndtr rather oad circumstances . The statement of Mrs . Macnamara was to the effect that she had , about three months ago , been involved in a row with defendant hi Angd-allev , and that the liord 3 &ayor thought so baffly of "his conduct upon -that occasion , that his lordship thought proper to bind him otct in a serious penalty to keep the peace for sis months . Notwithstanding , however , so solemn an engagement , he bounced oat of his window in Cock-court , Angel-alley , in his shirt , on Wednesday morning early and pitched his knuckles into ha- ribs with such violence that she wondered the life did not leave her along with her breath . —The Lord Mayor : Do you mean that he literaUvgot out of his window without his clothes to attack

      yon ?—Complainant : Tes , your lordship , All he had on in the world was his shirt , and I was in front of the court getting a kettle of water . —The Lord Mayor : Well , defendant , what have yon to say ! Ton are accused of breaking your bond to keep the peace . —The Defendant ; O , thin , my lord , who couldstand it ? Why , do yon know whatsheealledme ? By the ' vartueof myoath , she called me a— . —Complainant : Well , my lord , what do you think lie called me ? By the vartne of my oath he called me a , anda ' nt thatasbad ? ( Great laughter . ) "Why should I be tumbled over head and heels , and a kittle of water in my hands , for calling him what his mother knew very -well he was ? ( Laughter . )—The Defendant : The devil a oit I hurt her , for I didn't give her a single" clout on earth . —The Lord Mayor : She swears tJiat you did , and Jt is quite intolerable , after a magistrate Ms taken your own' recognisances to keep the peace , that you should co grossly break it . 2 fow , I must put a stop to this sort of proceeding . I shall sena the case to the sessions to be disposed ol—The prisoner was accordingly committed .

      Wxdsesdat . —Bigamy . —Mrs . Mary Frances Keele urrendered in discharge of the recognisances entered into by her husband on Wednesday last , for her re-examination upon the charges of "bigamy preferred against her bj her mother-in-law , 3 frs . Sarah Keele , of Canterbury . 3 &r . Clarkson appeared on behalf of the defendant , who , in consequence of her oad state of health , was ordered by the Lord Mayor to be accommodated with a chair in front of the bar . The evidence which had beea given by the prosecutrix and her son ( the husband ) , as well as the statement made bj the defendant at the last examination , laving been read oxer , John Dixon , city policeman , & 9 , produced two marriage certificates from the register of the parish of St . George ' s , Hanover-square—the one « f a marriage solemnised between John "Well e * and Mary

      Frances Witham on the 7 th of June , 1631 , and the second of the marriage of William Gurney Keele with Mary Trances Weller in the month of October last year . —Wi ! - iiam Gurney Keele repeated his fcrmer testimony , and Added ihat ihc prosecution had not bees instituted by his desire or wish . The letters produced were in the handwr iting of his mother , -who had repeatedly applied to him to leave his wife and return home . Since his marriage lie had not sent any money home , but when he and his wife left Canterbury to come to London , the latter , knowing the condition of his mother , gave her 30 s . —Mr . Clarkson : Answer this question—have you not stated , since ton have been here to-dav , that nothing on earth should

      induce you to leave the defendant , though your mother has stated you wished toleave her !—The witness hesitated - , but , an the question being repeated , replied , that ieliaa noreason to complain of his wife ' s conduct ^ and that he should not wish to be separated from her in case her first husband was really dead . —The youn ^ gman Seele said , he would be answerable for his wiie ' s 3 p " pearsnee , in case ' she should be required afpia . —Tie lord Major intimated to the prosecntrix , that if she could procure any evidence to show that the first husband was gtill in existence the defendantcould be brought up again . At present the defendant was discharged for want of evidence . —The parties then quitted the justice-room together .

      Satbbdat . —Cuascs of Robbibt . —John Xirby , and and a man named Armstrong , who were charged with being concerned in a robbery of certain articles of mooslelin from the premises of Messrs . letham , of Cheapside , were again brought up and the evidence of two or three witnesses taken . The evidence was not important , sad the prisoners were again remanded till Thursday . next . Kirby -was released on bail . A number of vagrant esses disposed of , and we are glad to be able io state that on this occasion the shoeless and shirtless met with more consideration than upon previous occa-IJOBi . BOW STREET .

      Pesuat . —The Leicesteb Basr JIobbebt . — Bichard XHiot , who stands charged on suspicion with being concerned in stealing the sum of £ 3 , 07116 s . 10 d ., during the transfer l > y railway to London , the property of Messrs . Pares and Co ., lidoestershire Joint-stock Banking Company , was brought before Jlr . Jardine , for final examina-Hcn . Mr . Wiliiam Bradley , 41 , Stafforu-street , Birmingham , gun-maker , said , that in September hist he received ihe letter produced by post , enclosing the sinister halves of two £ 5 Sank of England , notes , and an order for a double-barrelled gun , two single barrelled guns , and sx pair of pistols , amounting to £ 12 . The numbers were 49 , 760 and 52 , 011 , and having completed the order he sent the goods to 3 ir . Moore , care of Hi . Draper , Gtobe Tavern , Hatton-garden ; lmt he never received the corresponding halwwtcs . — Mrs . Jane Jones stated that in September last she was housekeeper in the service of Mr . Draper , « t the Globe Tavern , and recollected a person coming to request that

      a letter , addressed to Mr . John Moore , might be received there , and he afterwards took the letter and a box directed to **««*• ¦ person ; bnt as the man wore a fustian cost and a different dress from the prisoner , she could not positively swear that lie was the person . —Inspector Shaciile said ¦ Uiat completed the evidence , "bathe thonght it necessary to add that he found other property upon the prisoner , which the parties to whom it belonged declined to come forward and give evidence upon . —Mr . Bcbinson submitted whether his client ought to be committed for trial on such evidence . There had been a number of notet found by an old woman near the Euston-square station , and because two corresponding notes of a robbery , which took place twelve months back , were found in the prisoner ' s possession , which he might have received in the course of bis trade as a tobacconist , he was to be prosecuted , although the numbers of the notes were not known even at the Leicester Bank . —Mr . Jardine said it was a fit subject for the consideration of a jury , and ordered the prisoner to he iuliv committed for trial .

      CHARGE OF BniOlABY . —A young man named Thomas Coffee , described as a painter and glazier , was placed at the bar , charged on suspicion with stealing from the Feathers public-house , in Great Wyld-strect , Lincoln ' sinn-fide !? , the sum of £ S 0 in gold , £ S in silver , a quantity of copper money , a silk handkerchief , silver spoons , and a solver watch , the property of Geosge Mason , ihe landlord . Remanded for a week . Satdsdat . —Stbeet Beggjkg . —Maria SuiJivan was charged with being found begging in Russell-square . The constable who took her into custody stated he had often seen her loitering about ; and though he had watched her , he never found her in the act of begging till that day . She ¦ mta Tery artful , and eluded their vigilance . She was ad . jodged one month ' s imprisonment .

      AwEstrnxc to Pass Base Coin . —Eliza WiBiams was charged T ) y His . Parr , of 221 , Tottenham-court-road , frith passing & counterfeit shilling on the previous even-Ing in the ^ purchase of a pennyworth of tobacco . It appears the prisoner had [ gone into the shop forapenny-• vctrih of tobacco , for ~ vchicli she tendered zhe sinning , nen Mrs . Fair immidiatdy oamereuEd the connUr , and

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      without miking any remark , called fora constable and gare her in charge . Mr . T wyford said Mrs . Parr had no right to give theprisoner into custody without some proof , showing that the prisoner knew the shilling to be bad-She was acco rdingly dismissed . A Suspicious Case . —A boy of the name of Davies was brought up under the following suspicious circumstances . One of the police force seeing the prisoner with a bundle under his arm , in Great Charles-street , aud suspecting that all was not right , he took the bundle from him , and found it to consist of a sheet and a blanket . On asking theprisoner w ] J 0 they belonged to , he said they were his mother's , andtfcathe had brought them from near King ' s-cross , New-road , to Drury-lane , in ordpr to be cleaned . The constable then said he would accompany Mm home , on wMchhe shuffled and gave another address , where he said his brother resided . On going there the constable learned that no such person lived there . The prisoner was remanded , in order to make inquiries about the owner of the property .

      COHIXG IT Stbojjc . —A youth , who gave his name as Antley , was charged by a shopkeeper in High-street , St . Giles ' s , with stealing ham from his shop , on Saturday morning , about eight o'clock , while the shopkeeper was taking down the shutters . Seeing the prisoner running out of the shop with the ham under his arm , the latter ran after him , seized him , and gave him into custody . The prisoner , on being interrogated respecting the robbery , declared that he did not take it , but that a man in the ' shop threw it to him , and he Tan off with it . Committed for trial .-A IIaed Case . — An old woman , whose name we did net learn , was charged with having stolen a pint pot from a public-house in Seven Dials . She admitted having taken it , as she wished to be transported rather than to be living in the state she was in . She was com . niittcd for trial .

      Tce 6 dat . —Posi Office Robbery . —William Onleyj a letter-carrier employed on the Islington district , was piaec-d at the bar before Mr . - Jardine , charged with stealing a letter containing a £ ' 5 Bank of England note , and 30 s . ia gold , the property of the Postmaster General . Sir . John Brooks Johnston , a clerk in the Boyal Exchange Insurance Office , 21 , Lombard-street , stated that at the Christmas of 1835 there was a pokey of insurance effected for furniture to the amount of £ 100 , in the name of the prisoner , the address being 1-5 , Regents-terrace , near Regent ' s Canal , White Conduit-fields , Islington , in the county of Middlesex ; the annual charge upon which is 6 s . In the month of December in each year a printed note similar to the one produced is sent to each of the insurers , and in December last one was sent to theprisoner ,

      informing him that the sum of 6 s . would be due on his policy at Christmas . On the 30 th December last the notice pro dnced was brought to witness at the office by some person who paid the insurance with the £ 5 Bank of England note produced , Leeds branch , No . 20 , 095 , dated July 25 , 1843 , which he marked with the number of the policy , W 3 , 11 G , and he gavehimthe change . —Matthew Pealte , aconstabloi enjoyed at the Post Office , said he was present in tire solicitor ' s office ivhen the prisoner was brought in , and being asked where he lived , he gave his address , saying he had resided in the samehouse during the last eleven years , at a rent of £ 21 annual !} - ; that he > aid the taxes , and had insured his furniture in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office for £ 100 , the charge for which was Gs . annually-On being asked who had made the last payment , lie

      replied he had done so himselt , and , as if recollecting him . self , he said , " Oh , there is some mistake about that payment , for I received a notice after Christmas , stating that the insurance would be due , but in a few days after I missed it . He then said he had spoken to Mr . Wood , the charge-taker at the Islington Post Office about it , adding that lie did not know what he should do without it , and that Mr . Wood advised him to take the number from the policy , and to go to the insurance office , which would answer the same purpose , which he did ; and to his great surprise he found it was paid bj some person , but he never asked by whom , and he came away satisfied . In a few days after he received a receipt for Gs . in a letter , through the Post Office , which he showed to Mr . Wood and other persons at Islington . He was then told that a

      £ 5 note was used in the payment at the insurance office , which was sent in a letter on the 27 th December by post from Dewsbury , addressed to Vo . 14 , Upper Bransburystreet , Liverpool-Toad , Islington ; and he replied that he did not know who had paid the policy for him . He then said , " Caa I see the gentleman ? " and being qnestioned wliat gentleman , and what he wanted him for , he said , " the gentleman who lost the money , and I would pay him the money if I should pledge my bed . " Witness then went to the prisoner ' s house , and on making a search found the Reproduced on the top of a book-case in the front parlour , on which was the receipt for 6 s ., and in a bureau the policv produced , marked 443 , 116 , which

      corresponded with the number of the receipt . Witness then returned to the Post Office , and having taken the prisoner into custody , he requested , as it was then late , that witness would take him to his own house for the night , which he did . On the way he begged that Mr . Wightlock , a lodger « f his , might be sent for ; and on his arrival he desired him to wait on Sir . Wood , in Moor-street , who would tell Mm where Spints lived , by whom he would be informed where the gentleman resided who lost the letter , and to do what he could with him ; at the same time giving directions to get the money , if his bed should be pledged for it . Witness upon tbis cautioned him , and the conversation dropped . The prisoner was remanded .

      MARLBOBOUGn-STBEET . Pkidai . —A Black Case . —An overgrown chimneysweeper , with his features hidden by a thick mass of soot , ascended the witness box , and making a profound revere » ee to the bench , begged to " ax for a varrant in a case of climbing . "—Mr . Hardwick : Where did this occur ? —Applicant : At Earl Grey ' s , in Barkly-skvare , yer vership . The criminal ' s name is Towser , and cos he's got so large about the lines that he can't climb himself , he sends to borrow a boy wot ? s only 15 years of age , and aint liable to go up no cliiinbly according to the new haet . — Mr . Hardwick : Your complaintis , then , that this Towser does not use machinery ?—Applicant : No , he gammons to use The machine ; but I ' ve got vitnesses to prove as he shoves up the brush first , and sends the boy up arterwards . —Mr . Hardwick : The penalty , I think , is forty shillings . —Applicant : Ten pounds , yer vership—and little enough , too , for sich a crime . —The summons was granted .

      Tdesdat . —Night Robberies . —Lucy Arnold , a woman of the town , well-known at this court , was brought before Mr . Maltby , charged with having assaulted aud robbed a gentleman , who gave his name and address James Edward Pye , No . 4 , Berkeley-square . Mr . Pye said he was passing homeward through St . James's-square about twelve o ' clock the last evening , having previously been dining ¦ with a friend and drinking rather freely , when he was accosted by the prisoner and another woman , who persisted in following him into York-street . He turned down Apple-tree-yard to avoid them , bat he noticed that two women , and he believed a man , came utter him , and almost immediately afterwards received a blow on the head vfMcb . stretched Mm on the ground insensible and bathed in blood . He believed he was taken into a

      publichouse , and that the landlord sent for a police-constable . He could not recollect anything very eleurly ; all he could say further was , that he missed his pocket-book , to get at ¦ which his coat must have been unbuttoned , and the top of his diamond pin , worth £ 2 , which had been torn from his stock . —Inspector Pinme said the complainant was not sober when he came to thft station-house , lie believed the complainant said something about having taken the prisoner into a public-house and treated her withaglass of wjne . The complainant said he had no recollection of having done anything of the sort . In fact he had not a very clear recollection of what really had occurred . —Mr . Maitby said he feared that the imperfect idea which the complainant liad of the whole occurrence would prevent a jury from convicting the prisoner on bis evidence . The prisoner was tlien discharged !

      QUEEN-SQUARE . Tedbsdat . —Ckdei . Bobbekt . —Bosina ilonro , a girl about 18 years of age , was placed at the bar for re-examination , charged with stealing some blankets aud a large quantity of linen , wearing-apparel , and other articles , the property of Mrs . ^ Bennell , a lady residing in Warwick street , Pimlico . —The circumstances are of a very cruel description . Prosecutrix is the widow of a gentleman named BenneH , who for many years was managing clerk to Messrs . Yates and Turner , of Great George-street ^ solicitors , and who , - about the month of November last , died suddenly . On hearing of her

      bereavement the lady took to her bea , and has continued from that period to the present in a very delicate state of health . On tlie day of her husband ' s funeral she entreated the prisoner , who had been in the habit of doing needlework for her , and of whom she appears to have entertained , undeservedly , a-very high opinion , to remain with her for a short time , and she did so in the capacity of companion and friend . On New-year's day prisoner , tvlio had taken occasion to pick a quarrel with her , left the house ; and shortly afterwards the lady discovered that she had been plundered of nearly everything of value she possessed . —Jlr . Burrell remanded prisoner for a week , to give time to search for the property .

      MAKYLEBOXE . Thdesdat . —Outrage st a Servant axd semous Destruction of PBerjyiTS . —This day Joseph Farmer , groom to Mr . Allen , surgeon , No . C , Holmes-terrace , Kentish Town , was placed at the bar before Mr . Long . The maid servant , Elizabeth Riley , deposed that on the previous liighf , between ten and eleven o ' clock , during her master ' s absence from home , the prisoner demanded to be paid his wages immediately , as he intended to leave , when Mr . Allen , jun ., desired him to make application for his money to Mr . Allen on the next moruiug . He then became exceedingly violent and noisy , and going into the kitchen , he seized hold of a large poker , with which he broke the door to pieces . He nest smashed to atoms a complete dinner , dessert , and

      tea service in the kitchen and pantry , and then made his way up stairs into the surgery and diningroom , in both of which apartments , as also in the passage , he demolished with the poker the frame-work and glass in two or three of the windows , and a valuable lamp . There were two policemen in the house , but they for some time seemed afraid to interfere . Inquiry wa » made by the magistrate as to the amount of damage . It was estimated at not less than £ 20 ; r-Stevens , 222 S , said that he was called in , and on approaching the kitchen the prisoner rushed at him with a large poker , swear , ing that he would beat out his ( witness ' s ) ThrainB , at the same tune aiming a blow at his head , which fortunately missed him , and by the force with which he ¦ tprisoaer ) struct , the « gor was shattereil , WitneBS added that as soon as he was able b « and faia brother officer

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      secured tlie prisoner in the passage . —Mr . ~ Long- ( to the prisoner ) : Have you anything to say for yourself ?—Prisoner ( sullenly ) : Nothing . —Mr . Long observed that he could not deal with the prisoner for the damage , the amount thereof putting thatpartofthe case entirely out of his jurisdiction . He should , however , inflict a penalty of 10 s . for the assault , and in default of payment one month's imprisonment . The prisoner wa ' s then removed from the bar . Fbidat . —Extensive Robbebt op Plate . — John Simms , driver of the cab No . 1130 , was brought up in custody of police constable Hillsden , 42 S , and placed at the bar before Mr . Long , charged on suspicion of having stolen a considerable quantity of silver plate , the property of Captain Thomas Callen , who a short time ' ago arrived at Liverpool in his vessel from Calcutta . Robert Mayner , the captain ' s steward , deposed that on the previous night , about twelve o'clock , he got into the prisoner ' s cab at the Spread Eagle , Gracechurch-street , and was driven - —

      to the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway , Euston-square , where he alighted , and soon afterwards missed a bundle containing a number of silver spoons , forks , ladles , fish slices , &c , all of which he was about to take down with him to Liverpool by the first train in the morning , in order to deliver it to Captain Callen , the owner thereof . Soon after daybreak he met the prisoner , and asked him if he knew anything respecting the bundle , to which he replied that he did not . He was then given in charge . The prisoner denied the robbery , and said that if any parcel had been left inside of the cab , which he did not believe to have been the case , it must have been taken away by some one during the time that he was absent , while endeavouring to get from the prosecutor his proper fare . The prisoner ( as there was a considerable deal of doubt with regard to his guilt ) was given to | understand that he would not be committed to prison if he would pvocuragood bail for Ins being forthcoming on Thursday next .

      Wednesday . —Attempt to Stab a Constable . —A ruffianly-looking fellow , named John Bobinson , was placed at the bar before Mr . Rawlinson , charged with the following sanguinary outrage upon police eonstableSouter , 212 D , who , from the injury he had received , was so lame as to render it a matter of some difficulty for him to step into the witness-box ; he is still on the " sick " list , and unfit for duty . The evidence given was to the effect that on Monday night there was a loud cry of " Murder" and "Police" in the Uxbridge-road , aud on Souter' going to the spot , he found the prisoner engaged in an altercation with two other persons , one of whom was bleeding

      profusely from the nose . The party who had been assaulted refused to prefer any charge , and the prisoner was desired to go away ; he refused to do so , and abused Souter in a most shameful manner . He was then taken into custody , and on the way to the station-house he kicked him ( witness ) upon the legs with all his force , and injured him seriously . Before bis arrival at the station lie contrived to draw from his pocket a clasp knife , with which he made a lunge at his ( witness ' s ) side , and the instrument perforated the whole of his clothing . Mr . Rawlinson committed the prisoner for one month . Marl

      Wednesday . —Night Robberies . —Mr . Hardwick received the following letter yesterday , in relation to that class of robberies committed at night in the less frequented streets at the West-end , by men who net in concert with women of the town , a number of which cases have received publicity from this court : —

      TO MB . HAHDWICK , MAGISTRATE . Sin , —Seeing in the police reports that a woman was taken up for a robbery on a barrister , in Regent-Btreet , I wish to inform you , for the benefit of the public in general , that this system is now arrived sit such a pitch that unless it be checked by prompt measures , no person by-and-by will be able to walk about the streets without being robbed and maltreated as this gentleman has been . The purport of this letter is to let you know where he , for the ends of justice , is to be found . He is , however , very reluctant to prosecute , though he has been very badly U 6 ed , his mouth very much cut , % tooth knocked out , his eye bruised , and his clothes cut about . -

      The writer concluded by giving the address of the injured party . —Mr . Hardwick remarked to Mr . Superintendent Bcrcsford , who had come into court on business , that it appeared to him a necessity existed for adopting stronger measures to put an end to this increasing class of robberies . From the complaints made to him in his judicial capacity it would appear there was a particular set of loose womon , confederated with thieves , who contrived to waylay or otherwise induce persons of respectable appearance , especially if these persons had the appearance of intoxication , to accompany them into some dark or unfrequented street , and , when there , to commit robbery with violence by the help of the men with whom the women were leagued . An instance had come under his notice of a friend whose pocket

      had been dexterously picked by a woman who accosted him for a moment in Jhe otreet . The gentleman shortly afterwards met with the woman again , and , on taxing her with the theft , two men came up and began a quarrel with him . —The Superintendent said he was quite aware that robberies by persons of the character described were just now by no means unfrequent . He had taken care , however , to have additional police placed in those districts where these offeucea were usually committed , and several constables had been specially appointed to look after those women who were suspected of being concerned with thieves in night robberies . The best way . to put an end to this offence would be fov gentlemen to avoid speaking to or -walking with women of that low class by which such robberies were committed . The ordinary way in

      which such robberies were effected was this : —As soon as one of the women was seen to induce a gentleman to walk into aby-atreet , two or thveemen yreve 9 we to mnk . » their appearance , one of whom , in a rough manner , demanded to know from the gentleman what business he had to ipeak to Ms wife . The gentleman , naturally alarmed , either permitted himself to be robbed by giving his purse to he let quietly off , or , getting involved in a stuffle , had his property forcibly taken from him . The police were made acquainted with but afeworthis kind of offences , from a natural reluctance of persons who had been plundered to come forward and disclose the whole of the circumstances which had led to their losses —Mr . Hardwick said he should depend on the additional precautions adopted by the police for a diminution of this sort of darintr robbery .

      LAMBETH . Friday . — Chabce op Mubdeb . —A tew minutes before five o ' clock , and when Mr . Norton was about to leave the bench , Thomas Jones , a middle-aged man a jobbing carpenter , was brought before him in custody of Mr . Brooke , beadle and assistant-relieving officer of St . Marv's , Newington , and two constables of the P division of police . Brooke , the beadle , snid that being informed by the medical gentleman who attended Margaret , the wife of the prisoner , that she had died from the effects of injuries which had been inflicted upon her , he felt it to be his duty to give him into custody . Several witnesses proved that the pvisonei 1 hud been guilty of great violence upon the person of the deceased . The prisoner was remanded for a week , to give time for the coronev ' e inquest .

      Monday . —Charge of IIubdeb and Attempted Suicide ' . — John Campbell , alias Wright , was charged on suspicion of murdering his mother , a poor old woman of GO years of age , at a low house in Fore-street , Lambeth , and afterwards attempting self-destruction , by throwing himself into the river Thames . Police constable L 89 stated that between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning tlie prisoner was given into custody , on a charge of creating a disturbance at the door of Mr . Morgan , the Ship public-house , but Mr . Morgan did not press the charge , and the prisoner was liberated . About two o'clock the constable received information that the prisoner ' s mother was found dead in the passage of the house where she rented a room . —Thomas Massey , L 39 : The house in which the prisoner and his'mother lived is in my beat .

      Shortly before two o'clock , a person , close to lrtierc the deceased lived , told ine that there was something lying in the passage ,, in consequence of which I . went to U \ e passage , and then I saw the deceased was lying on the ground quite dead . Her right thigh and part of her person was exposed . There was some liquid on the ground , which smelt as if she had been drinking rum . Her tongue was protruding , and her mouth was wide open . She was quite cold , and there was no pulsation . Hr . Jeffery , surgeon , was sent for , and arrived in about twenty minutes ; he attempted to bleed her , and eould get nothing but some congealed black thick blopd . I assisted to carry the body to the dead-house at Lambeth Church , where it at present awaits the coroner ' s iiiquest . —W , Hull , Jj 88 , has known the prisoner for five years . He is the son of the deceased , -whom he has been in the habit of cruelly ill-using . —Another policeman stated that about

      two o ' clock he saw the prisoner making for the river , near Lambeth-stairs , when he stated that he had destroyed his mother , and he should find a place of rest for himself . The prisoner endeavoured to get away from the police , and ran towards the river , but was overtaken , and charged on suspicion of causing the death of his mother . The magistrate was informed by Mr . Inspector Evans that there was aj > erson at the coffee-shop v , ho heard the prisoner exclaim , " Keep your legs out of the way . " This took place in the passage , and it is supposed ihat the prisoner , who was then very drunk , was ill-using the poor old woman . The prisoner denied having stated that he said he had destroyed the old woman , and said that he had no quarrel witlihis mother on Saturday night . —Mr . Henry directed that l ) v , Jeffevy might be sent for , and the prisoner was remanded to await the result of the inquest .

      CLERKEWELL . Thohsday . —A Spiritual Case . —An elderly gentleman , dressed as a clergyman , and who described himself on the police-sheet as the Rev . Thomas Hanbury , of Leicester , clergyman , was charged with having been found drunk . —Police constable E 165 deposed that on the previous night he found the prisoner in Bernardstreet , Russell-square , drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . —Mr . Greenwood asked the prisoner what he haa to say to the charge ?— -Prisoner : I have nothing to say . —2 Ir . Greenwood : You are fined five-shillings . Thdbsdat . —Robbery . —James Shirley , alias Thomp . son , alias Chambers , a smartly dressed shrewd-looking young man , was brought up for final examination , charged with numerous robberies at the houses of professional gentlemen ; also with a burglary at the house of Mr . Kogers , a gentleman residing in Bedford-square , The prisoner , who refused to give any satisfactory account of himself , . was committed for trial .

      . Disteebbikg CA 8 E .-Awell-dres 8 ed good-looking young woman , named Sarah Lynch , was brought up by Inspector Penny , of toe 9 dfriBion , who stated that on the previous night , between seven and eight o'clock , she was found

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      lying in the street near King ' s-cross , suffering from the effects of poison which she had taken . Two bottles , containing laudanum , were found oh her person . She was conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray ' s-innroad , where the noxious liquid was removed . She refused to g ive any other account of herself than saying that it was distress induced her to do it , and that she had come to London jfrom Enfield seeking for employment , but could find none . Mr . Cator , the overseer of St . Paneras kindly took charge of her . Monday . —A Bbutal Schooimasteb . —Michael Donovan schoolmaster at the St . Aloysius Roman Catholic School , Granville-street , Somers Town , appeared upon remand to answer the charge of violently assaulting James Cftvanagh , a boy of nine years , one of his pupils . — ^^ M ^^^^^^^^^^ a ***'

      Mr . Greenwood directed the boy to expose his back ; he did so , and every one present was shocked at the spectac ] ei , jlr .- Crouch cross-examined some of the witnesses , and attempted to show that the boj s back had been much injured by rubbing against the bottom of the bed , when creeping under it ; but ibis supposition was distinctly negatived by all the witnesses . —The prosecutor admitted that he had been well fed , and comfortably clothed and lodged ; butsaid , "BrotherLuke , " as welTas theprisoner , had been unkind to him . His motlier was dead , and his father lived in Bristol . —Mr . Broad , a surgeon , living in Goswell-street , stated that the marks on the boy ' s back mast have been caused by brutal treatment . If injuries of the same nature hail been inflicted on the side , they would probably oause congestion of the lungs . The

      leather strap with which the boy was beaten was produced a thick heavy weapon . The prisoner alleged , on Saturday , that if the flogging of the boy with such a strap was improper , the authorities of the school were to blame for putting it into his hands . —Hr . Cooke , on . behalf of th e Rev , M , Narinckx , hoped the public press would , in justice to the establishment of St . Aloysius , notice the fact he was going to state—viz , that the masters had been strictly forbidden to beat the boys with this strap , except on the left hand . No corporal chastisement of a severe nature was sanctioned by the directors of the school . — Mr . Crouch , on behalf of the prisoner , observed that the

      punishment inflicted on the boy was not more severe than the punishment inflicted on the boys at Westminster and St . Paul ' s schools . —Mr . Greenwood said his opinion was against corporal punishment altogether ; but the Act of Parliament permitted the master to use the same reasonable degree of punishment as parents used . The case was of too ' serious a nature to be dealt with by him , and he would send it for trial . The prisoner was then formally committed for trial , but ultimately was held to bail to appear at the sessions . The prisoner ' s functions were suspended on the spot , aud the little boy removed to St . Pancras Workhouse , there to remain until the result of he trial be made known ,

      Wednesday . —Cbueltt by i . Step-mother to a CniLD . —Yesterday , this court was crowded with spectators in consequence of its having been generally known that the parish ofiicers of St . Luke ' s were about prosecuting a woman living at No , S , George's-yard , Golden-lane , St . Luke's , for cruelty of a most atrocious character towards her step-child . John Marks , a smith , and Anne Marks , his wife , were brought up on a warrant , charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks , aged ten years , the daughter of the former , and step-daughter of the latter prisoner . Between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a poor woman , living next door to the prisoner , went to the police-station , and informed the Serjeant on duty there that a eliild had \ mq \\ most brutally treated in George ' s-yavd . The police Serjeant ( Kidney ) .

      and police-constable Pew , 154 G , went to the house of the prisoners , . and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment somewhat intoxicated . They asked for the child , but she refused to give any smswev concerning her until her husband was present . The husband was sent for to a public-house , and upon Ms arrival the child , who had been washing out a rcom , was produced . The ofiicers declared that her appearance shocked them . She had no covering but a threadbare shift , black with dirt , and a piece of a sack , quite as filthy , about her BnouWers . There was an ulcer on one of her feet , and a bruise on her back , and another sore in her neck , her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt , and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable . The child deposed—My name is Anne Marks , and I will be 11 years of age

      next April . My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning , and when I returned with it she me " me at the door , and , saying that I had been idle , she seized me by the hair and dragged me into the passag * . She lifted me up in her arms and threw me down as hard as she could on the floor , and kicked me on the body . I screamed , but she took me up and " chucked " me down again . She kicked me on theside and on the thighs , and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on me . I lay there crying . When my mother went away I went out and sat upon a door step in the court . I sat there crying for half an hour , when a woman came and took me in . I had nothing to eat up to this time . The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my father gave me a fortnight ago . My back was vry sore .

      I stopped more than an hour in the neighbour ' s house , when my father came for me and brought me home . As soon as n \ y mother saw me she van . at me a » d 'kick . fed . ma again , but my father beat her for doing so . The child added that she did not wish to hurt her father , who had given her bread ° . nd butter . All the clothes I had on was a shift and a bit of a sack , and sometimes the skirt of a petticoat fastened upon me ivith a rope . The poor child , who as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more and more convulsed with grief , at length swooned away in a paroxysm of grief , and was removed from the court in . a state of insensibility . The female prisoner uid not 8 eem in the least moved , but actually shook her head and laughed when the child was borne by her like a corpse . Mr . Combe said , he should discharge the male pr isoner , but send the female for trial .

      SOUTHWARK . SiiunpAT , —Dabihq Shop Hobbeht . — Artfvl JRf . fence . — William Wade , a middle-aged man , who was described on the charge sheet as a hawker , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Cottingham , charged with entering the shop of Mr . Rowland , tobaconist , No . 32 , Bermondsey Xeu' -i'ond , and stealing therefrom a box of Hivvannnh cigars , value 2 Cs . Mr . Rowland stated , that on , the preceding night , about eleven o'clock , he was sitting in the pariour , at the rear of the shop , when he suddenly missed his dog . He got up from his chair and looked into tlie shop for it ; when he saw the prisoner enter , followed by another man , the former seized a oox of cigars off the counter , and was in the act of putting the contents in his pocket when lie ( witness ) ran out of

      the parlour . The other mau got out of the shop and made his escape , but he seized hold of the prisoner , who was running after his companion with the box of cigars . They hail a struggle together , in which tlie cigars were thrown on the floor and tvampled on ; but a policeman passing at the time , came in and secured the prisoner . —Prisoner said that he entered the shop to purchase some tobacco , when another man vame suddenly behind him , and pushed him into the shop with great force . He unfortunately fell near the edge of the counter , and knocked the box of cigars on the floor , when they were trampled on . Had he had the box in his possession , he . should have run awny with them , and not have remained to be collaved by a

      policeman . —Complainant remarked that he held him so tight that he had not the slightest chance of running away . The prisoner said that he frequently had purchased tobacco at Jlr . Rowland's shop , and he said to him when they were struggling together , that if he had done anything wrong he had better kick his backside and let him go . —Mr . Cottingham said that most likely he concocted the robbery when he purchased his tobacco on a previous occasion . It was quite clear from the sworn testimony oi" the prosecutor , that he had the box in his possession . The prisoner replied that he merely trampled on them . Mr . Cottinghaui said that unless he altered his course of life , he would soon be transported ; as this appeared to be liis first offence , he should merely commit him fov one month .

      THAMES POLICE . Tuesday . — Abandonment of British Seamen . — Captain Alexander Simson , tlie master and part owner of the barque Elizabeth , appeared before > Ir . Broderip to answer a charge of having wilfully and wrongfully left Wm . Burgess , a seaman , at Quebec , contrary to law , by which he had rendered himself liable to be indicted for a misdemeanour , and , if . convicted , to fine or imprisonment , or botJi . After hearing evidence , and a great deal of argument , Mr . Broderip ordered the defendant to find bail , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 each , to answer the charge at the next session of the Central Criminal Court . Bail was immediately tendered and accepted .

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      station of the Grand Junction Railway Company . About halt-past eleven on the night of the 20 tu December , Ault came with a waggon-load of glass from the works of Chance , Brothers , and Co ., at Spon-Jane . A regulation had been made by the Grand Junction Company not to admit earners' teams later thaa eleven o'clock ; and whilst he was telling the driver that he could not be admitted that night , Mr . Eborall , the chief manager of the Grand Junction Company at Birmingham , came up . On the matter being referred to ' him ( Mr . E . ) , he told the driver that he could not go down to the shed that night ; but as he had come a long distance , he might bring his goods inside the premises and lay them down by the side of the wall . Mr . Vardy and Mr .

      Eborall then left the gates and went to the goods shed , and in a few minutes a porter , named Robert Crisp , came to them , saying he was afraid Davison was killed by Ault . s waggon . Mr . Vardy ran to the spot , and found the waggon thirty paces from the gate on the road to the shed . The deceased had been run over in his endeavours to stop the waggon from proceeding to the shed contrary to Mr . Eborall ' s orders . The deceased said to Ault , " You did it on purpose , " and continued to say , that when he ( Davison ) remonstrated with him , and laid hold of the horses' heads , Ault jumped on to the front of the waggon , and began whipping his horses , crying out to them , "Gee up , " several times . Robert Crisp and Mr . Eborall fully bore this testimony out ; and in addition the Rev . George S . Bull was called , who stated , that on the day alter the accident he attended the deceased , to administer to him the consolations of religion . He

      ( the deceased ) believed at the time that lie had only a ' few hours to live . Mr . Bull took down a statement the deceased had made relative to the accident , which he gave as a dying man . He said— "Auld saw that I had hold of the horses ' heads , when he immediately got to tlie front of the waggon and began whipping and urging them forward . I cried out when down , Out lie drove over me . " The deeeased lingered until the 14 th of January , and then died , according to Dr . Charles Annesly's evidence , of the injuries received . Mi * . Partridge ! the solicitor , attended for Ault , and Mr . George Chance gave him an excellent character . The coroner summed up . remarking judiciously and impartially upon the very elaborate evidence as he proceeded ; and , after being in deliberation a quarter of an hour , twelve out of fifteen jurors returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Thomas Ault , " who was immediately given into custody , and committed to take his trial at the Warwick Spring Assizes . —Birmingham Advertiser .

      Melancholy Death from FoisoxiNo . ~ An inquest was held on Friday the 17 th inst ., atShiffnall , Shropshire , on the body of Mr . George Evans , hair-dresser , who died from poison administered by liis mother under circumstances affording additional proof of the necessity lately so apparent for the adoption of some legislative compulsion of caution on the part of dealers in drugs . The deceased , it appeared , was labouring under violent nervous excitement , being in a state bordering on confirmed delirficm tremens for some days previous to his death . With a view to procure an abatement of his sufferings , he sent his son , a _ boy aged about ten years , to a . neighbouring druggist for two pennyworth , of laudanum , the

      medicine he was accustomed to take for similar purposes . The druggist , who also combined with that trade the business of a grocer , had no laudanum at the time in the house , but sent the child for it to a neighbouring surgery , where he obtained it in a teacup , and then proceeded home . The mother , ignorant of the fatal strength of the potion , gave it < to her son , who swallowed it at a draught , and shortly after fell into a sleep , from which the application of the stomachpump and all- the ordinary remedies failed to awake him . The agony of the parent , on finding that sh « . was the unconscious . instrument of her son ' s death , is described as being most poignant . The verdict of the jury was , " That deceased died by taking an f » xc « ss of laudanum—viz ., two or more uraclum . "

      Poachlvg . —A band of poachers , about ten m number , were met with on Saturday week , on the Stoke estate , Herefordshire . The watchers were so severely beaten that they have been obliged to keep their beds ever since . On Monday five men wei'e taken before It . B . Phillips , Esq ., at Hereford , and remanded till Monday ne $ . Fire . — On Saturday week an alarming fire broke out , about half-past four o ' clock , on the premises of Mr . Webb , a broker and auctioneer , residing in Peter-street , Whitechapel . As a man named Wilmot was passing , he perceived smoke issuing from the grating over the Idtchen window , and saw a large body of flame . He at onoe raised an alarm , and tlie inmates were with much difficulty made sensible of their perilous position . Fortunately the flames

      had not reached the first floor , so that they were enabled to make their escape through the hall . In less than five minutes after , all the lower part of the building was one body of flame . 3 y this time several engines from the adjacent stations were in attendance , and succeeded in confining the fire to the lower part of tlie premises , the greater jportion of which , ns well as a large quantity of furniture which was stored there , was totally destroyed . InJess than half an hour the firemen had so fnr succeeded in subduing the flames , as to banish apprehension with respect to the remainder of the house , or the adjacent premises , which at one time were in imminent danger . Unfortunately , Mr . Webb was not insured .

      Ireland . —Elopement . —A painful fact has occurred in this country within the past few days , which has brought indelible disgrace on . a . lady of vaak , the iliotliei' of a large family , and her paramour , an officer in a cavalry regiment . Lady Georgiana H is connected with several noble families in England . Her unhappy husband is a stipendiary magistrate of a midland county , and was formerly a captain in the army . His elder brother is a Companion of the Bath —an honour conferred upon him for his services during the Peninsular war . Captain and Ladv

      Georgina II— - had thirteen children , ten of whom ave living , and they vreve hci'etofore a most interesting an ( V happy family . Lady H . has , in an evil hour , left her home and family , and formed a criminal connection with Lieut . M , who is in his 25 th year . He possesses property of the value of about £ 15 , 000 a year , in a county adjoining that in which the family resided whose peace and happiness he has destroyed . Legal proceedings have been commenced against him , and the damages laid at £ 20 , 000 . The case , it is said , will be brought before a jury in the month of May next . :

      Murderous Affray at Killaloe—A desperate conflict , attended with loss of life , took place near the town of Killaloe , between twelve and one o'clock on Thursday morning . Captain Cole ' s company of the 15 th Regiment is there stationed , and it appears four of tlie soldiers accepted an invitation from a few of the townspeople to a night ' s party on the river , with tlie intention of amusing themselves by moonlight fishing . Previous to gGin « on tke water tlie company rambled as far as Clanfadda ; about a mile and a half from Killaloe , where they agreed upon taking supper on a smalhsknd , which they intended visiting , known by the name of Friar ' s Castle , nearly opposite the lord bishop ' s residence . Beingalittleelevatedfromliquor , they made free with a couple of eeeae belonffW to . t

      farmer named Gleeson , which they carried away to their boat , and embarked for the island . - Soon after the owner missed his fowl , and having traced their route , immediately repaired to Killaloe , where he gave information of what had taken place to the police , only two of whom , snVconstaUes Brophyand Callaghan , were at the barrack , the remainder of the party being at the time on patrole . A boat having been procured , the two policemen accompanied Gleeson to the island , where they found the soldiers and their friends enjoying themselves ; and thoy had by that tJHie kindled a fire under the pot for supper . Gleeson was directed by the police to look fov his geese , but while he was in the act of doing so he was struck by one of the party and knocked down .

      Sub-constable Brophy remonstrated , and the party instantly turned on him and his comrade , knocked them both down , and one of the four soldiers , it is said , unscrewed the bayonet off Callaghan ' s carwne , and with it stabbed him in the body , until he lay fov dead . Brophy received t > vo baronet wounds , from the cficcts of which he too fell ; but , watching an opportunity , again raised hhnnelf from the ground , aud thougn writhing with pain , grasping the carbine which lay by his side , lie discharged it in the direction of his antagonists , one of whom , a young man jianied John Ellis , fell dead , the hull having passed through his neck . Before he fired , his ramrod was drawn from his carbine by the party , thrust into his mouth , and forced out . it the back of his neck . The policeman re-loaded , fired again , and it is said tlie shot took effect , as one of the party , named Malone , is missin

      g , supposed to have fallen into the river when he received the shot . While this dreadful svfiray was going on , Glecson hail escaped from the island , but soon returned with a strong party of police from Balhna and Killaloe , who made prisoners of the tour soldiers , and William and Joseph Ellis brothers of the deeeased . The military also recSved bayonet wounds in the desperate conflict With the polico but which are « ot of I serious « SffS hie of sub-constable Callaghan is desnoIvcA of As soon as the additional police force appeared hi view i , n Se lispei n f oiig - wJK £ - ? ci some ol them perished in the attempt to swim ashore as they were seen struggling in the water -Snri ' soners am \ wounded poWWl were soon after t £ n FlffffSSifST * ' \ i W % the body of WS thoTatt t Vard ?«« i « d ^ toS £ ffin&J ^^"" the 15 «> ¦» " ^ e

      antexedi ^ ± v - ° t ma «* sto , of which the SI £ ! ? P Jiichael M ° l ° ny from his away ESf w Gten % W uot wewiU take Hr Si W ? T Ould be for from injuring Mr . S 5 i ^ ) ! f Molonyinhis service we Sto ™ I f ^ *^ ° P ^ y ! H te compels £ ; t ™ to visit him , we will certainly take may his hie , if he does not discharge Molony

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      before ten days . Signed—Cap tain > <> r-rsi . / ^ . Tipperary . " On Friday morning , vi- u ~ ' , * 9 % a strong armed party ofcountryuiiM \ -, ' ,- \ , ° * ° ck lands of Aherina , near Doonas ' , tl / ge ^ , | y , !! thj Wyndham , and dashed in theouter < W- , v- ' , oi ° nel the . house of Michael Kenny , latel y -. i .-u " , ' ,: 7 * ' * of sion of the farm . They were resisted ' ¦ •{ -. ' l ' ' ^ seg . by Kenny ' s daughter , whose arm tiui \ ,,. ' . ' . ^ nce Kenny bravely defended himself with . ; " -: ¦ ' '• bu fc a room inside , and the fellows then mad , ' ¦¦ ¦ ' - ; v "k in all hia furniture , after which they dep-r .: ' ,. ! * of shots . On Wednesday evening , the house . '¦ r '"g M . Bradshaw , Es < j ., of Coolready , betw& ¦ ¦ . ' < " " « Connelland O'Brien ' s Bridge , was attack ' ¦ "¦ ' '• ¦ - armed party , who struck the gentleman of tK ' ¦ ^ ' n beat him severely with the butt-ends of tta ;/ * 1 *

      and carried away a fowling-piece . Four of «¦«'"'¦* posed gang have been since apprehended by then - On Saturday night a Rockite notice was wJ » ' - lC £ the shop window of Mr . Henry Burgess ot Bft ° ' kane , threatening him with death if he had aimf- " to do with the Finnoc-road . Two persons have kT arrested at Borrisoleigh by sub-inspector iMa ' ] o l r the barbarous murder of Mr . Samuel Smith of l duff . Thursday night , four men , with their ft *" blackened , and representing themselves as noli broke into the house of one Michael Quirk n Gort , on the estate of James Daly , Esq ., of Castf daly , demanding money , and proceeded to openi box : but not succeeding in doing so , commence d \ l attack on Quirk and his wife , the latter iw »;

      iVmuch injury from the blows of a spade , while ernlea vouring to save her husband from the . murderoiw attack made upon him . Next morning Charles Mil lace , Esq ., of Lime-park , immediatel y took steps ' tn have the party arrested , and placed fiia warrant ; ,, the hands of constable Belford , who succeeded in capturing the entire of the party that night , who were forwarded to Gort petty sessions , where three of them , having been identified by Quirk , were iu ! lv committed . The fotirth . was then brought to Quirk ' s house , where the wife identified-this man as the person who struck her , and he was also fullv com . niitted .

      Llovd ' s , FniDAY Night . —Djseadful Shipwrecks and Loss of Live . —During the storm on Monday the Lady Anne , a sloop , Paget , master , belonging to Yarmouth , was lost opposite the harbour of St . I \ V s . The crew were endeavouring to run into tlieliarfwuv , to take ' shelter , when a tremendous sea drove het against one of the piers , causing such mischief to her hull , that the crew had barely time to effect an escape in tlie boats , before the vessel sank . Oft" Padstow the gale is described to have been fearfull y violent while the sea ran very high , presenting a most awful scene . At an early hour in the morning a brig wag driven on shore near , the entrance of Padstow harbour , and became in a few minutes a total loss

      all the crew with her . The occurrence was not known until daybreak , when the Coast Guard observed the wreck within a short distance of the shore . There was something floating also towards the beach which was at ilrst imagined to be a dog , but it proved to be one of the crew of the name of James ilewison , lashed to a spar , and who was apparently lifeless . ) Vhcn dragged out of the surf , thesnar was cut away from him , and he was convoyed to the nearest inn , where , in the course of a short time , fVoni the kind treatment exercised , he revived . The ' unf ' ortunate vessel was then ascertained to be the William Pitt , belonging to Snnderland , and her master Mr Cowser : she was from Alexandria , with a car ^ o of beans , and was working her way onwards to Gloucester , when the fury of the gale rendered her miriianageable , aud she was driven ashore us described

      Since then four bodies of the ill-fated crew have been washed up within a mile of the spot where the wreck happened ; one of them is named Morgan , but Ihe names of the remainder are not yet known . The Tweedside steamer , belonging to Sundcrland , was totally wrecked in the course of the same day $ hc had , it appeara , gone out of the harbour at the commencement of the gale , for the purpose , it is understood , of rendering assistance to vessels in distress When about seven miles off the land , to the southward of the town , she came in contact with a brie named the Concordia , from London , with such violence as to stave her larboard-bow completely in The sea rushing into the vessel ' s holdthe crew

      , were , for the safety of their lives , compelled to abandon her ere many seconds had elapsed . Another distressing wreck took place on Monday morn . ing , within a few miles of Newport , in Pombrokesliive . Amidst the heavy squalls , a vessel seemingly between CO and 70 tons , with masts cut away , was observed , apparently making for the liarbour , when suddenly a tremendous sea threw the vessel on her beam ends , and she disappeared with all on board . Several pilot-boats have since been out , in the hones of discovering something of the wreck , bnt as yot all exertions have failed . The bri < -

      j Morthumbm , ot Uardiff , for London , was wrecked during the same pale , among the Scilly Islands , at a place called the Icross Sound ; her crew were saved by taking to the . shi p ' s boat . Reports have also been received from tlie master of the Rose , recently arrived at Bologon , relative to a large vessel having been seen dismasted , and evidentlyin groat dishes * oa Monday last , within a short distance . 'itncEddystone Lighthouse . A great number of vesiscls engaged in the guano trade are renorted to be lost , off different parts of the coast , Sixteen vessels are branded on the coast oi' Romelia , in the Black Sea . Most oart of them are expected to become wrecks .

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      . " . gv ' - Law Changes . —We are enabled to give the following as certain ;—Mr . Platfc , ft . C , is the new Judge . Mr . Shepherd , Q . C ., son of the late Chief Baron of Scotland , is appointed to the Commissionership of Bankrupts , vacant by the death of Sir C . F . Williams . Mr . Shepherd gives up the compensation ( upwards of £ 1 , 000 a-year ) to which he is entitled as ex-Olerk of the CustoiUes . —iS ' taKft ' ani , Saturday evening . Amekicax Amusements . —A . correspondent of the New York Herald , in giving particulars of a ball at Cincinnati

      , mentions that the gay prooeedinas wre sntiiieiiiy diversified by a fight , and which is " * spoken ol as '' one of the most desperate of the season-quite a creditable affair . No less than from tweatv to thirty attacked one man for using improper liberties with a lady visitant . Bowie knives and pistols were the order of the evening . He was niost cruelly cut-in every way . He hails from Louisiana . Also , a gentleman was shot . by a friend of his wife's . Quite an affair . Tins is a somewhat cool description of Cincinnati balls .

      A Strange Adventure . —Amsterdam , Jam . ' 23 .-Extracfc of a Jotter from Batavia , dated October i , I ! tV ~ , V " yroyage out , being off the Island of bt . Paul , I went on shore in a boat to make observations- > ve heard at St . Paul that that island , and xne Island of Amsterdam , wore taken possession of on the 23 rd of July , 1843 , in the name and at the instance ot Adam Mixowstawsk y , a Polish exile , who now exercises his authority on both islands . The establishment consists of fifty-six persons , among whom are six soldiers and twenty ncgroc 3 and ncgressw , who have the care of domestic affairs ; the men are employed in the whale fishery , the oil is builcd ia tlie island , and four vessels ( schooner and toks ) are constantly employed in conveying it to Bourbon . "

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      W * v * . « - «>««< M-- ^ p-- *» v « + ++ * + * ++, Fire at Portsmouth , Jan . 22 . — At about six o ' clock this morning a lire broke out in tlie back-of a house , in the centre of High-street , occupied by Mr . Blackwell , furniture broker and cabinet maker . It was first discovered by Dr . M'Lean , of the f 6 th regiment , a lodger in the house , who w . is awoke by a strong smell of smoke . He immediately awoke the people of the house , and wave the alarm . The town aud government authorities were soon on the spot

      with engines , &c , but some time had elapsed before water could be procured . The fire raged with extreme violenccfor some time . Fortunately , there was not any wind , and at nine o ' clock no further < h »« ey was apprehended . A great portion of Mr . BlackweU ' s stock was burned , and the damage has been estimated at £ 3 , 000 . We hear that in tlie cellar of the house was a large quantity of powder ( it issaid as much as three or four barrels ); providentially this did not ignite , ov the destruction of life and property would have been most distressing .

      Death from Hydrophobia . —On Saturday week a boy named Dynea , aged twelve years , died of hydrophobia , in Moyntaghs , near Lurgan ( Ireland *! . The disease made its appearance on the Wednesday previous , nearly thirteen mouths after he had received a scratch from the tooth of a dog on the hand , the wouud at the time being so slight that no Wood appeared . Committal fob Manslaughter . —a coroner ' s inquest was opened on Friday week , at the house of Mr George Stewart , the Vauxhall-tavern , Ashted , and continued , by adjournment , on Tuesday morning touching the death of Thomas Davison , aged 64 a police-officer in the employ of the Grand Junction Railway .. Company . The part y accused was a young man named 'ihomas Ault , the son of John Ault carrier , Spon-lane , who was present during the inquiry thougt not in custody . The first witness examined was Mr . James Vardy , who said the | deceasfld -was a polK * man , on night duty , at the gate of the goods

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      The Adelaide Gailert . —We have visited the evening ' s amusements at this institution , and were highly pleased with the musical jiart of the performance . ' The baml is powerful and effective ; the dancing portion of tlioi . muso . rncnt js also nuil sustained . Miss Forrest ami Sfaster Framptim deserve particular attention . Though voang , they will scarcely be excelled by older hands . Mr . SimmomVs imitations of living actors are excellent . In the dissolving views we noticed some beautiful changes . Some of the representations were trul y magnificent , Tlie Shadows wluck preceded the dissolving- views serve r . ell to excite the laughter-loving portion of the visitors . Among the cosm < iran : ic views we were particularly delighted with

      one , whirl ) , toy mi optical illusiou , represents Venus beantitully chiselled ; but , like many fancied realities in life , the nearer you approach the fainter the fair form becomes ; ii / itil when you have approached so near as apparently to be able to touch what previously appeared a realitv , \ ou find the phantom vanished . The observer feels elevated , lifted abova the dull tilings of earth , when first he gates on what appears a U-uu-ideal of beauty anil grace ; but on a nearer approach tlio poetr y is dispelled ! He falls from the high state of feeling to which lie had oeen raised , and finds , to his great mortification , nothing but a hole in a board , through which issues a strong and bitter wind , which forces upon him the full effect of the disappointment .

      Hotal Polytechnic Institution . — We are much in the abit when we have an hour to spare of visitbir the museum of aris inrtitntion , and we regret that we cannot dedicate move hours to these visits ; because there we know our toe would be well spent . Last week we were much gratified t , y inspecting the model of a bedstead for which Mr . Henry Pratt , of New B < md * troBt , fciuobtdntd ? J $ 2 \ f l ^ Y 1 S / ° * rthe Use of ^ V « vm or invalids of all classes , and its use consists in a peculiar 2 ™* " ^ ^ Y * the tanne-Tvork , by mean * of which the mattress or bed , or whatever it mav be on which the sick person is stretched , may be withdraw :: from under the patient , and replaced after having been shaken up , _ aired , or cleaned , without tlisturbii . !; the limbs or altering the posture of the botlv . it will easilv be

      seen ot what importance such a contrivance mat- i > ei » cases m which repose and preservation of one position is required inoreparticularl yincasesoffractuvedlimbs . Tlie Dottstead , as exhibited in the model , is distinct from an outer iraining , to the latter of which a sheet is attachediu \ d iustenuert over sido rails , for the purpose of supporting the patient on the occasions required , independently Of the bed or mattress . This may be done by raisina , bJ means of a winch and screws on tli . it part of the outer trarae to which the distended sheet is attached , or itf lowering the bedstead on which the bed or mattress leans , so as to leave the patient supported by the distended s !> eet whilst the bedstead with the bed , &c , is withdrawn . WJ * simple and efficient in its construction , can be understood almost at a glance , and , what is important , can be usedo >" worked by anybody of the commonest capacity . The best way tor our renders is , to go and see the model at tlie Polytechnic Exhibition , and judge for themselves .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1300/page/8/