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      ^¦^^*^^^^ B **« wa *^^««^^ Ray , was prepared to show to any member of the association , wiio might desire such information , all the oid accounts from the Tery beginning . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) felt convinced that there was not a mercantile house in the kingdom that had its book in better order—he wen doubted if the Bank of Ireland were more accuiate . It had been maliciously circulated that when the previonsaudit had been finished all the Touchers were destroyed . The contrary was the feet . They had preserved the vouchers for every sum expended , down even to three halfpence . ( Cheers . ) Tite vouchers showed an expenditure of

      £ 73 . 000 , and every one of them could bo produced . So great indeed mas the care taken to preserve them that thev were all pasted in a book and each marked by a particular number . 80 tfut there could be no difficulty whatever in finding one that misht be required . ( Hear , hear . ) That was all he < Mr . O'Cunnell ) hadtosay with regard to the accounts ; he need not say more , he did not think he could say less . The * remainder of the proceeding consisted of abuse of O'Brien the Nation and Touni Ireland : thereat for the week was £ 4614 s 5 d " Small by degrees and beautifully less J" . _ .

      Relief ' Committees . —Govebshsnt Aid . —By an important correspendence between the Earl of Rosse and Sir Randolph Routh . it has been elicited that the Commissary-General will not sanction donations from government to such relief jommitteesas distribute food gratuitously , or dispose of it at reduced prices to the poor . State of the Cocsrr or Clark . —The subjoined list of outrages appears in the Clare Journal : — " On Friday nisht , at about 10 o ' clock , 10 armed ruffians , having their faces blackened , entered the house of Mr . Cornelius O'Loughlen , at Moyrisk , whom they found sitting in his parlour with two others ; tbev beat the three most unmercifully with the butt-end of a blunderbuss . They went up stairs

      in search of fire-arms ; he followed , thinking that they were about to molest his wife , an English lady , to whom he has been but recently married . Here the work of blood was resumed , and the miscreants did not depart until they left him , as they thought , for dead . Mr . O'Loughlen ' s back is dreadfully injured , and . we regret to add , " his skull fractured Surgeon Greene was in attendance next day , and administered the necessary remedies . We should have added that the ruffians did not decamp without taking with them a gun and a blunderbuss . The only reason assignable for this barbarity is , that being asteward on the public works he refused employ ment to some of comparatively independent circumstances , to the exclusion of their more destituteneighbour ? . We always knew him t % be a person of

      kind and inoffensive habits , and one of the last men in the conntry capable by any misconduct of pro-Tokinz such barbarous treatment . Some days since a party of men entered the house of Mr . James Martin , of KHdnff , in Upper Tulla , and took away several stands of arms . They also broke his furniture . In that part of the country , on the day the arms were taken from Mr . Martin , we are assured that there were 25 outrages committed during 24 hours . We re-ret to have to state that tiie labourers around the village of Clare made another attempt on Friday last to obstruct the course of trade , by preventing the Messrs . Bannatyne from shipping some grain to Limerick . A number of the labourers left the public works for that purpose . A warrant has been issued against four of the party ; one of whom las been arrested and committed to gaol . "

      Dhbadfol Mohder . — The country papers are filled with accounts of outrages of every kind upon person and property , of which the following from the Long ford Journal is one of the worst samples : — "On Sunday evening last , the 22 nd instant , between seven and eighto ' clock , an armed body of men , amounting to between thirty and forty , supposed to be from the county of Westmeath . traversed the neighbourhood of Castle Wilder , Foxhall , &c , in the south of this county , and visited several farmers ' houses , inquiring of them it they had paid their rent . —and on being Md 'No , ' ordered them not to do so , on pain of being agaia visited and punished for it . On coming on towards the residence of John Flood , of Ardondra , he being alarmed by the barking of his dog , went and opened his door , and demanded what the ruffians wanted , —when three or four of them came over to him . and attempting to force in through the door , he defended himself , and

      witii ihe shovel parried with a man with a long gun , but who , finding be could not force an entrance , discharged the coatents , consisting of slugs and shot ? , into poor Flood ' s hip , who dropped down and died in half an hour . Flood was a married man , in middling circumstances , and has left a wile and eight children to deplore the loss of a father and husband . He dealt ia horses , wa 9 well known in Mullingar and all the fairs ia this neighbourhood , and , as our informant told us , the like of him was rarely to be found , for " he never told a lie or cursed an oath , and was an extremely honest man . ' It is a melancholy ^ reflection to think that so useful a member of society should be so suddenly cut off by a body of heartless , murdering ruffians , but we fear its origin was in that of a deep-laid conspiracy against the payment of rents , in some cases urged on by farmers well able to pay , which ought to be put down at all hazards by the strong arm of the law . We regret that we cannot add , as vet , that the perpetrators have been arrested . "

      Foreclosure of Mortgages . —A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal supplies the following rather startling piece of information : — " I understand that , within the last few months , and up to the present time , there have been about . 1 , 209 notices lodged in the proper office at the Four Courts , to foreclose mortgages on Irish estates . It has been stated that the mortgages have resolved on this step , fearing that landlords whose properties are involved , and paying heavy interest on outstandliabiiiiies , will not be able to meet the demands for interest in consequence of the present stale of the country /' This , if true , is the " beginning of the end" with the vengeance .

      Dram , Pjec . 1 . —The northern gentry have taken ap tl e question of encouragement to Irish fisheries . After a sensible and practical fashion , namely , by forming themselves into a joint-srock Company , for the purpose of working the various fisheries oa the northern coast . With this view , a meeting was held at Kirkcubbln on Friday last . Colonel Ward in the chair , which , was determined to proceed under the Joint-stock Company Bill . The capital of the Company is to be £ 5 , 000 to be raised in shares of £ 5 each , with a deposit of 2 s . Gil . on each share , on application , and 7 s . 64 . on their being allocated . A Committee of noblemen and gentlemen was appointed to manage the affairs of the company . It is intended to rig and equip lour deep sea boats forthwith , and application wili be made to government for the construction of suitable harbours , piers , quays , and landing slips along the coast . Of the result there can be no doubt whatever—the northei n

      . coast is literally teaming with fish : but , like the western and sauth- western coasts , there is no means of making the supply available . Meeting of thb CouraBATioN " . —The Corporation of Dublin met this day at the City Assembly-house , William- ; treet , when Mr . Alderman Stauntun , proprietor of the Weekly Register , was elected Lord Mayor for the ensuing year , Mr . O'Conncli gave notice of his motion for reviving the llepcal discussion .

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      ts 's Late Forgeries bttbb Postmaster at Babsex . —Some time since John Pearce Morse , achymist and druggist at Baruet . where he was also postmaster , absoonded trom thattown . baviug committed fofi'trie * ofP& > . t-offiee orders to betweenJE 2 , 000 and i £ 3 , G 00 . From the inquiries instituted it was . found that he had gose off to the continent ; one of the I \ 'St- » nice officers was sent to Bruges , but found on his arrival there that Morse had ' kit that city for Brussels . Peak followed him to Brussels , and thence to O . stend , where he was diseov .-red under the name of Morton , living in the house of a hair dresser in a very r ^ JuceU state , having squandered away all the money betook with him , which is believed to have been a considerable sum . lie was immediately taken into custody by the Keigian authorities for travelling under a false name , but it is not at present known whether he will be brought over to thic conntry to be punished for tlie crime he has committed .

      AItsieriods Death of a Last , —An inquiry respecting the death of Mrs . Mary Summers , aged 48 years , lately residing at No . 10 , Ilolland-p S ace , Denmark-street , was concluded on Monday . The deceased , Waio was highly connected , had been in the enjoyment of excellent health for several years . On Wednesday ( last week ) she retired to her dresfins room , and having remained for a considerable time some alarm was manifested by the oilier iisembtus of the family , and after a few minutes scared , one . of the servants discovered the deceased lying on the floor by the bedside , in an insensible state . A surgeon was called in who pronounced life to be extinct . Mr . Barridge , surgeon , and a chemical lecturer said , they were utiable to detect anything of a deleterious nature , but death had clearly resulted from the rupture of a blood vessel on the brain . Verdict " Death from natural causes . "

      Deaths is the Street . —On Saturday afternoon a matt about forty years of age , name unknown , and rather meanly clad , was observed while passing along Blenheim-street , Bond-street , suddenly to fall on the pavement . Several persons ran to his assistance and he was conveyed to a surgeon ' s in Bondstreet , who pronounced him dead . The body was removed to the Mount-street workhouse , where it was searched ; but beyond a rosiry and crucifix nothing was found that would lead to identi fication . On Monday an inquest was held on the body ot Thomas Grant , ased 46 years , a seaman . On Wednesday evening last , the deceased was found sitting on the pavement near Furnival ' s-inn , Holborn , quite insenible , by a policeman , who obtained a stretcher , and onveyed Mm io the hospital , where lie was found to > e dead . In hi 3 pocket was found a certificate showng that he had been connected with a vessel called he Souter Johany , of Liverpool , from which he had hen discharged . Deceased died from disease of the ¦ eart . Verdict , Natural deatb .

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      MONDAY . WESTMINSTER . — DisoEACEroL Cohduct or A Pomceman . — Wm . Smith , 191 V , was . chared with the following gross misconduct : —Mr . Anthony Maggg , of 28 , Yeoman ' s-ro . w . Brompton , stated that about half-past twclre , on Saturday , he was walking along Grove place , Brompton , when he was suddenly accosted by defendant , who said , "What have yon got aboutyou ! " Complainant was surprised at the inquiry , and asked what he meant , upon which the defendant said , "I know you very well ; you ' re one of the swell mob . " Complainant inquired how he dared to make such au accusation against him , aud cavo him his name and address , and also that of his father in the same neighbourhood , in order that defendant night satisfy himself of his respectability , at the same time furnishing him with a pencil that he might

      put the address down , As it was in the middle of the day , and in a great thoroughfare , a crowd of persons soon collected . Complainant felt very much hurt at the conduct of defendant , and requested him to satisfy him-> ttf by inquiries of some of those around them who knew him , whether be was not the person he represented himself'to be . Defendant , however , did not avail himself of tbis opportunity of setting himself right , but upon the entreaty of the complainant accompanied him to the ri-eidence of his father , at 7 , Lloyd ' s-place . Defendant was introduced to complainant's parents , when he said , in reply to inquiries put by them , that a gentleman in a gig , " whom he did not know , " had pointed complainant out as a member of the swell inob . Complainant's father recommended him to accompany the constable , and relieve himself at thestatioaof theaspersion nponhis

      character , and be accordingly went with defendant to Eburystreet , Fimlico , where Serjeant Forster , the acting inspector , said that there was nothing to justify com . plainanl ' s detention , and discharged him . Complainant was determined not to let the matter drop in this way , and as the station in Ebury-street belonged to theB division he requested to know where he could find the superior officers of the V division in order that they might be acquainted with defendant ' s misconduct , and Sergeant Forster immediately seat a man with him to the nearest station of the V's , where , for the first time , the defendant said that the charge against the complaint was for taking a purse from a lady . The defendant farther observed at the T . station , that Colonel

      Rowan was the person who gave the complainant Into his charge . The defendant was then asked whether he knew Colonel Bowan , and aaidbe did not , but described his appearance . After some further proceedings , Defendant , in auswer to the charge , said that a gentleman in a gig pointed Mr . Maggs out to him as a member of the swell mob , and the gentleman stated himself to be Col . Rowau . Jlr . Burrell observed that the case was clearly made out against defendant , who had conducted himself in a most unreasonable way . In his opinion , . the story about Col .- Bowan was a mere fiction , defendant having , from some inexplicable motive , taken the complainant into custody ,. He should fine defendant £ 3 . and . in default , commit liim for a month .

      A Romahce of Real Life . —At the Thames police office on Saturday last , Mr . Richard Mitchell , the chief mate of the ship Eliza , from Barbadoes , appeared , to answer a charge of assaulting James Fomara , a New Zealand boy , whose history is a very extraordinary one . The case was opened by Mr , Hinde , solicitor , who said the boy was 15 years old , and grandson of the celebrated New Zealand chief Pomara . His father ivas killed and eaten in a native fight , and his mother died wben he was very young . He reached Sydney in an English ship , after a variety of adventures , and was educated by his guardians . lie arrived in England last March , and was taken great notice of by some of the leading persons in this country , and was introduced to Royalty itself , in Buckingham Palace . His protestor was Mr . Celeb Angus , a merchant and shopowner in the city . The lad

      expressed a wish to go to sea , and was placed on board the Caleb Angus , a ship named after his protector , the captain being instructed to take very great care of him , and see that be was properly attended and provided for . The Celeb Angus was wrecked at Barbadoes , and Pomara narrowly escaped with his life , and was thrown ashore with nothing but his shirt and browsers on . The lad , after visiting Grenada and St . Vincent , where he was taken into the service of the harbour master , and after undergoing many hardships and adventures , which had more the appearance of a romance than the occurrences of actual life , was shipped on board the Eilza , for England . The lad was exposed to much ill-usage on board theEliza , was frequently assaulted , and his unprotected state created no sympathy , as it ought to have done , the lad was then introduced into the witness box . He

      tvas attired in a midshipman ' s uniform , purchased for him by Mr . Angus , and his intelligent open countenance prepossessed every oae in his favour . The particular assault complained of was committed while the vessel was at sea . The lad , who suffered much from rheumatism and pain , was treated very roughly , and one day he wa « directed by the mate to take a marling spike on to the main yard . The lad was directed to watt a minute by the man on the yard , and the mate called him down again , and after abusing the lad , said he would give him a rope ' s end , and gave him a seveie flogging with the bight of a thick rope . The lad threatened to complain to the master of the ship , on which the mate said he would prevent him doing that , and , after striking him with his fists about the head and lace , kicked him severely . Fomara said he would make the mate suffer

      for bis ill-treatment when he reached England , and the mate beat him again , and caujed the blood to flow from his nose and mouth . Fomara was disabled for sonvt time afterwards . The lad ' s statement having been con . firmed by a seaman , Mr , Pelham , after cross-examining the witnesses , addressed the magistrate for the defendant , and submitted that the boy was insolent , and that the punishment was not excessive . Mr . Ballantine said the law did not give any power tonritei oftheghipa to correct any one , and he considered the defendant had been guilty of a very cruel and atrocious assault on a friend , less lad . It was not sui prising that mutinies were some , times heard of , when such cruelties as those complained of were practised . He fined the mate £ 5 , which was instantly paid . The lad Pomara will return to his native land with Mr . Evre , the new Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Attempted Rape and Rubber ? , —Joseph Toney , an Italian organ-plajer , was brought np for final examination , charged with having feloniously assaulted a married woman in Hyde-park . The charge which at first assumed the character of an attempt to commit a . capital offence , on further investigation turned out to be of a more serious complexion , and the committal of the prisoner was dolayed for the purpose of inquiring into the character ot tbe complainant . Police-cnnstableNorman now reported thatthe complain , ant bore a very excellent character , and that she lived with her husband , in St . Ann-street , Westminster . Elizabeth Edwards , the complainant , said she was the wife of a turner . On Wednesday last , about six o'clock in the evening , she was passing through Hyde-park , when the prisoner came up to her , and laid hold of her in an indecent manner . She pushed him away , upen which he said if she did not submit to hia wishes , and also give him her money , he would murder her . The prisoner then seized her , tore her bonnet and cap from

      her head , and laying hold of her hair , dragged her four or five yards from the footpath , and knocked her down . She resisted with all her strength , and called murder londly . The prisoner unfastened his trowsers , but several persons coming up at the moment , who had been attracted by her cries , the prisoner let her go , nnd she wag enabled to regain her legs . She told a constable of the treatment she had obtained at the hands of the prisoner , and she gave tbe prisoner into custody . and went to the station-house to make the charge , Park-keeper Hcmbrry said he was in tbe park on Tf ednesday evening , and hearing screams of murder he ran to the place , and found tbe complainant and the prisoner together , some distance from the footpath . The complainant's hair was about her ears , ani she appeared to have suffered con . sidirable violence . She said the prisoner had attempted to rob and murdirher . Police-constable Norman , X 148 , raid lie followed alter the last witness , and found the complainant in the situation destribed . Hi r bonnet and cap were on the ground very much torn . The prisoner wasfully committed to the Old Baily for trial . ¦

      TUESDAY . MANSION-HOUSE . A Foeciviso Hossund . —John Johnson , a man employed on the Ipswich Railroad , charged with having robbed a fellow-labourer , in whose house he lodged , of clothes and money . The prosecu . tor charged the prisoner and feis own wife at the stationhouse with having robbed him , and absconded from his bouse . He was surprised , upon returning home one day from work , to find that his wife and two youngest children had departed by the Orwell steam vessel for I < on . don . As no time was to be loBt , he took to the railroad , and arrived in town to catch the party with tist addition of the prisoner , who had evidently token his place in bis wife ' s affections . He did not exactly know what money his wife was possessed of whea sbe eloped , but lie was in the habit of supplying her with money Weekly , aud when

      he apprehended her she had not a farthing about her Tbe prisoner had between £ 7 and £ 9 about him . The Lord Mayor . How long did the prisoner live , in the house with you ?—The prosecutor : Upwards of two jeare , and we always worked together . But I am ready to forgive her all , if she will come back with mo . Tbe wife of the prosecutor declared that she merely came to . London to see htr sister , aud the prisoner accompanied her as her husband ' s presence was necessary atfcome to support the two elder children , aud keep tilings straight and comfortaMe in her absence . The prisoner never induced her to come away to London , and her husband ' s clothes were merJy borrowed for a time . The Lord Mayer : Then you are willing to go back with your husband ?—The prosecutor * * wife : - Certainly lam ; I never intended to sister it married to miller

      stop away from him . My a somewhere in London , ani I wanted to have a little conversation n ith her . The prosecutor : I'll think nothing of what has taken place if she'll only come back . I'll forgive both of ' em . The Lord Mayor : Then you den ' t W « h to | iro « ei : ute the man any further ! The prosecut" r : No , I won ' t hurt either of Hum at all . The priso n * r : 1 uid ' nt take any things of his , I only took care of them for his wife , and I ' m sure we are as innocent as the two children she has with her . The Lord Mayor ( to tlie prosecutor ) i . Well , as you geiui to think that no hum has been dune , I don ' t wisMo disturb your tranquillity . As for you ( to the prisoner ) , if the cliar ^ o had been pressed agaiast you , the probability is xhat undir such ( . ircumstunceB transportation would bo the penalty you would have paid for { your baseness . Xhe . Uyuxed but

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      forgiving huehand then took his clothes an $ his wife and children , and a sovereign , which it appeared his wife had banded to the prisoner upon their departure , and Johnson , to whom the woman said all the rest of the money belonged pocketed the rest , and the whole party walked off to settle the affair more completely in a public-house . It was stated by a gentleman who had experience in railroad matters , that the anicent British system of community of wives was fast re-appearing with the railroad system , ( and that such scenes as tha above described were frequent upon the various lines .

      MARYLEBONE . — An Intbudeb in the Kitchen . — A peutlemanly-looking young man , was charged under somewhat curious circumstances . Complainant , Mr . Pitchard Canterbury Villas , Edgeware-road , snid he had . no , wish to give any evidence , as he nnd defondnnt had arranged the matter between them . Mr . Rawlin son—Very likely , Sir , but I must insist upon knowing why you have caused this person to be locked up . The complainant was then sworn , and hU evidence went to show , that on the previous night , as he was about to retire to bed , he heard the voice of a man below stairs , when , in order to ascertain who was the intruder , he went into tbe kitchen , from whence the sound proceeded , and there found defendant with the maid servants . He

      seemed excited , probably from having partaken too freely of wine , and as he could not , or would not , explain his reason tor being where he was , he was desired to quit the place ! Complainant at length succeeded in getting him upstnlrf , and on putting him oat at the front door he exclaimed , " Now- come on , old gentleman , " at the same time striking bin ( complainant ) on the back , He wts then given into custody . Mr . Rawlinson—Now tell me , if youjriease , the nature of the arrangement to which you havecome ! Complainant—The gentleman is willing to give £ 2 for the relief of the poor Irish , and taking all the other circumBtances into consideration , I will upon his doing so , with your permission , withdraw the charge . The magistrate consented , and the money was handed to complainant , to be appropriated to the purpose named .

      WEDNESDAY . LAMBETH . — Exfekt Robbery bt Dbagshen . — Henry Jones , who described himself as a brush maker , and William Evans , a cab-driver , were charged before Mr . Elliott with having Btolen a valuable bale of goods from the waggon of Mr . King , a carrier , at Croydon . It appeared that on the evening before the waggoner of Mr . King pulled up in front of the White Horse public house , Brixton Hill , to give his horses some water , and immediately after a young man came up and invited him to have a glass of ale . He accepted the invitation , and after leaving his vehicle two other young men came up , took a bale of goods from the waggon , and carried it to a eab a short distance off . The driver , on returning to his waggon , fortunately missed the property , gave

      information to the police , and police constable 345 F , proceeded on horseback afrer the cab , which he overtook , and placed in the care of a dismounted constable . He then went in pursuit of the three men , whose description the cabmen had given him , and ultimately secured the prisoner Jones . On examining the cab , of which the pri . soner Evans was tho driver , the hale of goods was found , and a'so a "life preserver . " The prisoner , Evans , in reply to the charge , raid that on the evening before a man engaged his cab at St . George ' s church in the Borough , aud desired him to drive him along tawards Kennington Cross . At the corner of New-slreot , the man

      called out to him to pull up , and having done so , the man sot out of hia eab and joined two others , who appeared to have been waiting for him . He asked the man for his fare , and he replied that he had not done with him yet , and desired him to drive along after him . He did so until he g « t near to the White Horse on Brixton Hill , when he was told to stop , and in a few minutes two of the men brought a large bale and put it into the cab . They then desired him to drive to the Elephant and Castle , where they would moethiir , and he was doing so when the policeman stopped him . The other prisoner denied knowing anything about the robbery , and both were remanded until Tuesdey next .

      WORSHIP-STREET . — Violent Assault . — John Phi > lips Weston , who described himself as a gentleman , residing at Primley , in Surrey , was charged with having committed an unprovoked and violent assault upon a respectable young woman , named Vary M'Intosh , residing with her married sister , in Buck ' s-row , White chapel . It appeared from the statement of the com . plainant , a delicate-looking person , whose eye was much swollen and discoloured , that between three and four o ' clock that morning , she was hastening to procure the attendance of the family surgeon for her sister , who had been suddenly taken in the pains of labour , but had scarcely gone twenty yards from the door , when she was mot by the defendant , who , without uttering a word , seized her by the shoulders , and , shaking her violently ,

      flung her heavily on tne pavement . He then commenced kicking her in a savage manner , and when she attemytcd to rise , struck her a violent blow in the face , which again knocked her down , and rendered her insensible . On recovering her consciousness , she found the defendant in the custody of a constable , who appeared to have witnessed tne transaction , and by whom he was at once conveyed to the station-house . On being called upon to answer the charge , tbe defendant , with great coolness , declared that the occurrence originated in a misapprehension on his part as he had mistaken ths complainant for a woman who had just before left his company , after robbing him of his ring

      nnd purse , but he was quite rsady to make her any pecuniary recompense the magistrate might suggest , for ths treatment she had received . Sergeant Graves informed tbe bench ' that there was no foundation what * ever for the defendant ' s insinuation against the character of the complainant , whom he had ascertained to be a person of unblemished reputation , and that she resided , as she had stated , with her brother-in-law , a man of property and respectability . Mr . Bingham said that he regretted his powers were far too limited to deal ade . quat-ly with such a case , but he should carry them out to the utmost extent , and order the defendant to pay a penalty of £ 5 , or be committed , in default , for two months to the House of Correction ,

      Csockfobd ' s Revived . — -A foreign gentleman came into Court , and , addressing Mr . Hardwick , the sitting magistrate , in French , bogged f r advice under the following , to him , very serious circumstances ;—He had recently become the lessee of the celebrated Crockford ' s Club House for three years , at a yearly rent of £ 3 . 000 . His object in taking the premises was to convert them into concert and assembly rooms ot the most select character . He had , however , unfortunately , signed the agreement to b-enme lessee , without being a ware that it was necessary to have a license for music and dancing , and that such license could only be granted by n magistrate He wished to know whether the magistrate could

      put him in the way of obtaining such a license . Mr . Hardwick said that such a license as that sought for by the complainant could only be granted by magistrates in petty sessions . The sessions w . tre held in October last , and unless there was an adjourned session , he did not know how the applicant was to get a license until the next year . If the applicant opened his rooms without such a license , he would be at the mercy of every common informer , and would subject himself to a penalty of £ 50 each night , and also render his visitors liable , without previous warning , to be taken into ens tody on a warrant by the police , and sent before a magistrate , there " to be dealt with according to law . " The applicant thanked the magistrate and then withdrew .

      MANSION HOUSE . — System ob Flundeb . — Hugh Roberts and William Marshall were placed at the bar , the former charged with having robbed his employer , Mr . Erans , of No , 131 , CheapBide , of bandanas and other handkerchiefs to a very considerable amount , and th « latter with having received the goods , well knowing that they had been stolen . Mr . Humphrey appeared for the prosecution , and Jlr . Hobler attended for the prisoner Marshall . George Tocld , City policeman 709 , st ted that on Wednesday evening he took a man named Upson , whom he found drunk in the street , to the station-bouse in Bow-lane , and found tbe black handkerchief nith white spots produced upon him . Upson was subsequentl ; admitted as evidence against the two prisoners at the bar . Mr . D . Evans , warehouseman , stated , that the

      prisoner Roberts was in his service . On Thursday last Everett , a policeman , called upon him , and in consequence of a communication which took place between them , he went to speak to Roberts , who was then in the warehouse . Having shown to Roberts tbe handkerchief alluded to , and said that a man was in custody about it , thatprisoner said , " I may as well confess to you that 1 have taken a piece of handkerchiefs . You may as well prosecute me , for I am tired of my life . I have not had a moment ' s peace for some years . " In reply to a question , he said that he had taken nothing else . John Upson , stated , that he had been in the warehouse of Messrs . Swain and Fearce , of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , as porter , for thirteen or fjttrtecn years , He had known Roberts for -several vears . The handkerchief produced

      had been taken from him by a policeman . ( Here three other handkerchiefs were produced . ) He bought the whole of these hfliidkerchiefs from Roberts about two months ago , for 3 s 9 ( leach , nnd a shawl handkerchief had been also bought by him from tbe same prisoner about 12 months ago . Mr . John Mars ton , clerk to the prosecutor , stated that after Roberts .. was in custody he went to the Bull ' s Head Ian in Wood-street , where Roberts lodged , and having heard the name of Marshall , the other prisoner , mentioned , lie went to the bouse -of Mr . Slater , in whose serviceMarahnll wns . He . there saw Marshall , who , in answer to questions , said that ha knew Hugh

      Roberts and had jiurchase'l goods-of him , for which he had bills of parcels and receipts . On being told to produce the papers , Iteappeared to be going to do so , but he halted aud said ho had net got them . He stated that he had purchased of Roberts to the amount of £ 100 £ e black silk handkerchiefs . Witness took Marshall to tlie station house , but before he went away he said he considered it a privilege he had to buy or sell goods . At the station house he wus searched , and amougst other papers found upon him was a small label with the names of "James and Ferdinand Jackson" upon it , who were persons for whom Mr . Evans Bold on commission . The Lord Mayor committed both prisoners for trial . { From eur Second Edition of last Wetk . ) THURSDAY . THAMES , —Alleged Cboelty to a Lonatic at Sea . —An extraordinary application was made by Mr . Felhain , the solicitor , on behalf of a shipowner , in the City , against the captain of a bitrque lately arrived in the river , from the Mauritius . The address of Mr . Pelhain was of considerable length , and detailed some very harrowing circumstances . Tlie ship in question sailed in Juue , 18 < H , on a voyage from London to Singapore , ladrae , Fond&Lerry , Fehang , HoDg Kobu , to the

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      Mauritius again , and lastly to the Island of JJtlHelana and England . During the voyage , which was prOCHUtinated by the master , three different crews were shipped , and the first one , with the exception of two men , were tried for mutiny at the Mauritius , ; and upon convic . tion sentenced to four years' transportation . The principal charge against the master , who had been cuilty of very great cruelty and tyranny , towards the crews he had shipped , was that of a course « r barbarous ill-usage towards a young man who was the wcondmateof the ship , and who became insane . The poor lunatic was afterwards exposed to the most horrible tr eatment , and only allowed bread and water for his sup . port The help less creature was put in irons and fastened all day to the davits of the ship by a chain put round his " . .

      arm , and every night he was chained by the leg to the cabin table . The lunatic , during his lucid intervals , had made » ome revelationB relating to -the ill-treatment of a boy at Singapore , who was afterwards drowned under circumstances of suspicion . The insane manis at present in his mother ' s house at »« ptford , in aparlially comat « a slate , and labouring under symptoms evincing serious injury to the brain . Tho man ' s arms , feet , and legs had been laceratedaud coatused . Mr . Pelham , after putting in a medical certificate of the lunatic ' s condition , called upon the magistrate to issue process against the master , for the purp « so of investigating the case . He had the full authority of the owner to make this application , and

      tbe mother of the lunatic was present , who would , relate the existing condit ' on of her son . Only , ono of the original crew , a man of colour , besides tbe luna'ic , had returned with the ship , but many of the hands shipped at the Maurisius were in attendance to prove the cruelty exercised towards the lunatic on the homeward voyage . Mr . Ballantine thought , in a matter of so much importtance , involving charges of a most serious nature , tbe owner , who was bound to protect his crew , ought to be present : be did not think he could issue process on the application of the lunatic ' s parent , who could know nothing of the affair except , from hearsay . Mr . Pelham ultimately promised to produce the . owner on Friday and renew the application . ( From our Third Edition of Last Week . )

      FRIDAY . MARYLEBONE . — Shopliftiho . — A respectably dressed female , irho gave her name Sarah Littlejohn , was charged with the following robbery : —On the same afternoon the prisoner , who lives in the Edgeware-road , went to the shop of Mr , Howitt , a linendraper , dec , near her own residence , and asked to look at some ribbon , to match a pattern which she bad with her . A box full of ribbons was p laced before her on the counter , and while turning over several pieces she was observed to take out one of them and secret it under her shawl . As she was

      about to leave the place she was taxed with the theft , when the produced the piece alluded to , and laid it down by the box . Sh « was told by the foreman that he should not be satisfied unless she was searched , . ' and she then took from her dress two other pieces of * ibbon , at the same time crying and begging that her offence might be forgiven , for the sake of her family . ( Stenister , 174 D , w is called in , and she was conveyed to the station house , where nothing more was fonnd upon her than a few of tape and other trifling articles . The whole of the ribbon was identified as being the propurty of Mr . Howitt , and the prisoner was committed for trial .

      THAMES-STREET . —Ceaboe of Cbdeut against tbi Captain or a Ship . —Mr . Johnson , a shipowner of Fenchureh-street , accompanied by Mr . Pelham , the solicitor , came before Mr . Ballantine , for the purpose of renew , ing the application made by the latter gentleman on Thursday , against Captain Thomas Malmgrew , the master of the barque Favourite , now lying in tbe West India dock , for cruelty towards Henry Johnson , the secend mate of the vessel , who , it was alleged , had been goaded into madness by the inhumanity of the captain , who subsequently treated tbe unfortunate lunatic with merciless severity on the voyage from the Mauritius to London . Mr . Johnson said he came forward on public grounds to charge the captain of the Favourite , of which' he ( Mr . Johnson ) was owner , with various acts of cruelty , and he thought it was a duty he owed society , aud to the merchant marine , to expose the tyranny which had been prac

      ti sed towards a number of British seamen . His ship left this port in June , 1844 , and nine or ten deaths had occurred , some of them under very extraordinary and suspicious circumstances , and nine crews had been shipped during ft voyage which had been procrastinated by the acts of the Captain to a , most unusual length . The barque Favourite , after being fitted out at * an expense of upwards of £ 1 , 000 , left London on the 19 th of lune , 1844 . under the command of Thomas Malmgrew ; called at Madeira , where the master ' s bad conduct was first developed ; arrived at Madras on the 13 th of October , 1844 ; proceeded thence to Penang and Singapore to land goods shipped on board from London , from there to Madras , Arracan , and back again to Singapore ; from that place to Hong Kong , afterwards to Moulmein , Mauritius , St , Helena , and London , where she arrived on the 20 th of November . Mr . Johnson went

      over many transactions connected , with the ¦ vojage . Atone place the captain kept the ship unemployed for 4 months , at another plac * be incurred debts to tlie araountof £ 300 . and during his last stay in the Mauritius , he ineurred expenses to the amount of £ 1 , 300 , for which the ship was bottomried , Mr . Johnson also' charged the Captain nith vatious other irregularities ; with trading on bis own account , and with staying three days' at St . Helena for his own pleasure . The Captain had declared that he would keep the ship out as long as she could float , and it was only by a ruse he was prevailed upon to bring the ship home again . Mr . Bullantine said he could have nothing to do with the matters referred to by the owners . —Mr , Johnson siiid , he would enter into a narrative of tlie Captain ' s cruelty and harshness to the crews , Tbe Captain had had nine crews from first to last , and seven chief officers . Only two men who went out in the ship returned with her , and one of them was now insane . — Mr . R . illcntinp wished to ennfine himself moid

      especially to the case of the lunatic mentioned by Mr , Pdham on Thursday . After a long discussion , and the hearing of two witnesses who generally confirmed tin ; statement made by Mr ' . Pelham on Thursday . Mj , Ballantine said , there was no pretence for saying the Captain ' s conduct had driven the second mate to madness . Tha next question was whether the lunatic had been coerced more than the necessities of the case required . It might seem harsh on shore to chain a lunatic to a post , or to make him fast to a table , as was represented to huvc been done in tbis case , hut tbe peculiarities

      of the sea service ought to be considered . The services of every man were required in the navigation of the vessel . There was no one on board ship who understood the care Of insane people , and it a seaman became deranged it might be necessary to chain him to prevent him throning himself overboard , injuring bis shipmates , or getting at the spirits . He law nothing to call for his interference , but at tbe same time he must add , that Mr . Johnson , the owner , had done what was right and proper , and he wished all shipowners would take as much interest in the welfare of their crews as he had done . The parties tiicn retired .

      MARLBOROUGII . STREET—RoBBEni BT A Seh . tant . —Ann Richards , a servant in the employ of Mr John Gurton , landlord of the Red Horse public house , Bond-street , was charged with having stolen at varioua times a large quantity of property from her master The complainant said be had suspicion of tbe prisoner , and on Thursday moruing he went up stairs and found her coming out ef her bedroom with a bottle of port wine ia her hand . The prisoner said she had had the wine for some time . Complainant searched her room , and in a drawer he found a stone bottle full of gin , which the prisoner said her uncle had given her . A police constable was sent for , and the prisoner ' s bedroom was thoroughly searched . Between the bed and mattrass were found six bottles of wine , nine bottles of brandy , three bottles of Bin , three bottles nnd oue stuno bottle full of ruin , one bottle of whiskey , about two pounds weight of cigars , and a quantity of loaf-sugar , all of which complainatit had no doubt was his property . The prisoner declined to say anything , and was committed ,

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      THE LATE DEATH " FROM , * ' DESTITUTION ; ; : 1 N MARYLEBONE . On Monday the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St . Marylebone assembled for the purpose of investigating the charges made against the officers of thei workhouse by the verdict of the coroner ' s jury in the case of Louisa ' Mordaunt . , , ' Mr . Messer , the relieving officer , presented a report to the board concerning the facts elicited at the recent inquest . He said the case of the mother of the deceased female . Mrs . Mordaunt , was well known _;» : » . m ^ n i > . m . » ; :.-, r ., rn » - ;; r \ T < arnT'riTT'PTnw

      to him , she having been on the books as a pensioner for the last ten years . With respect to the young woman , the deceased , and hersister , they applied for relief in the month of , August last , and ho gave them some bread , and offered the house . He again did so in the latter end of October , and told them that he could do no more , but that there was an order of admission to the workhouse made out for them . ... Mr . Walpole Eyre-Did that order apply to the old woman , who I believe is upwards of 70 , and in > beetle ? Mr . Messer—Yes , it applied to all .

      Sir James Hamilton—Fhen these poor creatures applied to you for out-reiM , and said they were starving , do you think you acted rightly- in telling them they must come into the workhouse ? Mr . Messer—I offered the workhouse as a test of their destitution . , -, " Mr . Calley—Now , is it true ,. Mr . Messer , when Mary Anne Mordaunt applied to you for relief , ' you gave her a loaf of bread , and said , " Now [ have done with you . ' there is no more relief for you ? "

      Mr . Messer—I said , lean give you no more relief , you must come into the house . Mr . Galley—It seems monstrous to me that every person , however respectable , when they apply here for relief , should be offered the house . Do you not allow circumstances to alter cases ? In this case it is quite clear that the deceased women and her sister were in deep distress , and yet you did not think it a case requiring instant relief . Mr . Messer—I did not feel justified in offering other relief than bread and an order of admission to the workhouse .

      Mr ' . Potter—Are you aware , Mr . Messer , that of all persons likely to become destitute from the precarious nature of their work , it is needlewomen , and that , therefore , you would be justified in going in such cases out of the ordinary rule ? ¦ Mr . Messer—I considered this case one fcoming under the ordinary rule ; in fact , a pauperised case . . ¦ : Mr . Potter begged to tell Mr . Messer that the board had recently given him extensive powers and a large increase of salary , and they were by no means satisfied with the manner in which he or the other officers had done their duty . Indeed , with one or two exceptions , they were unworthy of their situations .

      Mr . Langley , the poor inspector , was called in , and admitted that he did not give the ticket to the sister of the deceased , but to a lodger in tho house . He also admitted that it was his duty to h . ive inspected the case , but . he had been up aud down so many stairs during the day he did not do so . lie asked no questions as to the state of the parties , nor did he hear that the deceased was ill . Mary Anne Mordaunt ( sister of the deceased ) was here called , and repeated the statement she made before the coroner and jury . . . ¦ ' In answer to further questions by the board , she said the ticket was given by the inspector to a lodger . If the Inspector had made any inquiry he would have known her sister was ill . She had been receiving medicine from the dispensary for the last six months . Mr . Messer expressed his ignorance that such was the case .

      Mr . Potter—Here is a pretty state of things , this poor creature had been receiving advice for six months , and the fact was not known to one of our officers . Now , I ask Mr . Messer , if he had known the deceased had been under medical treatment would he have given the same answer when she applied to him that he has done' Mr . Messer—Certainly not . Mr . Potter said it was quite clear that the overseer had grossly neglected his duty in allowing the woman to die of want , when it was considered that he had power uncontrolled of giving her relief or food to any amount .

      Sir James Hamilton regretted the obloquy thrown on the board by this occurrence . The inspector , Langley , upon his own ahowin ? had proved his negligence . Had he inspected the case , as he ought to have done , this catastrophe could not have happened . _ lle should , therefore , at once move that officer ' s dismissal . Mr . Potter thought the board ought not to stop short at the dismissal of one particular officer . Mr-Messer had been to blame , and there had been altogether a scene of such gross mismanagement , that it involved the question of whether all the officers were not deserving of dismissal , If , therefore , Sir James Hamilton would withdraw , bis motion , he would move that a special investigation into the . mode of performing tueir dutt « s by- the whole of the relieving officers and inspectors be gone ini o . Sir James Hamilton having assented to this proposal , Mr , Potter ' s resolution was adopted unani mously .

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      MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIFE . The discovery of a mysterious case of poisoning in the village of Acton , a short distance from Sudbury , within the last few . days , has created the greatest sensation in this part of the county of Suffolk . The circumstances connected with it are of a very complicated character ;—About a month ago , a healthy looking young man , named John Foster , 21 years of age , was married to Catherine Morley , aged 18 , tbe daughter of a widow residing in the village . For three weeks they lived with the mother apparently on good terras , when , on the afternoon of the' 17 th iiist ,, he complained of heartburn and sickness , and in less than twenty-four hours expired . The sudden nature of the death having been communicated to Mr . Harry Wayman , the Coroner for the county , an inquest was opened at the Crown Inn in the village , on Saturday , the 21 st ult .

      There being no suspicion entertained at this period that the death of the deceased was produced by poison , the young widow Catherine Foster , waa called in and examined as to tbe circumstances attending her husband ' s demise . She stated that she had been married to the deceased exactly three weeks on the day of his death . He had been complaining of pains in his head ever since their marriage . He told her that , about a fortnight after their wedding he had slipped off a load of hay , and had hurt himself very much in the back .

      Very important disclosures / it appears , were made to the Coroner by the surgeon at the close of her examination to the effect that the deceased had died from the effects of poison , and he accordingly adjournedj the inquiry till the 24 th instant , so as to enable a pott wortem examination of the body , and an analysis ot the contents of the stomach to be made . On the resumption of the investigation , the coroner having been apprised of the probability of the deceased ' s death being found to have resulted from arsenic , he desiied the widow to be called in , and after cautioning her in the usual way , read the evidence which she had previously given , to which she put her mark as being correct .

      Other evidence , was then given , from which it appeared that the poison . had been mixed with a tlutnpling , of whiuh : the deceased p&rlobk , and . was seized immediately afterwards with heartburn aud vomiting , the usual indication of poisoning by arsenic' The surgeons who made the post mortem examination deposed to finding a considerable quantity in tho stomach , and gave it as their decided opinion that the death was owing to that cause . The Jury returned a verdict of " WiH ' ul Murder " against Catherine Foster , the wile of . the deceased , who was then committed to the County Gaol at Bury St . Edmunds for trial at the ensuing assize ; . The jury having met on Monday , pursuant to adjournment , to sign thei * Verdict , the following additional evidence was taken .

      Mary Ann Cmnery sworn : I live with my grandfather William Pawsey at Acton , and am a single woman . My grandfather lives next door to Mrs , Morley ' s , where John foster died . On the day after his death , when the surgeons were opening his body , Catherine Foster , deceased ' s wife , came and tat in our house . When she came in she said the doctors where going to open John's body , and she could not . bear the thoughts of being within , and she asked if she might sit there the time they were doing it . She then sat down by the fire . After some time she s » 'id , " If I had went ta Bury before I marvied , I would not have married him at all . The above was confirmed by a 'younger sister of this witness .

      In consequence of information communicated to the coroner oy Mr . Richard Holmes , a pupil of tho Reverend Mr . Otley ' s , the little boy Morley ( brother of the accused ) was sent for , and beinc subjected to a very close examination by tlie coroner , tho following evidence was elicited from him : — " My sibtev made two dumplings on the day when John was taken ill . She made them before he came in . The dumplings were both the same size . My sister gave John one of the dumplings . My sister and myself had the other dumpling between us . Thesecond dumpling was made of the rubbiugs of the pan , and was a little one ; this is the one my bister and 1 had . John had none of this ono . My sister and I had

      nearly done our supper when John came in . We had a few potatoes and a little dumpling . On the Tuesday night , when John was ill in bed , and when Catherine was in bed , she told me to say that 1 ate the tamo victuals that John did . I had been in 'bed erer so long . She told me again on the day I first came up before the jury to say the same , and also that there was only one dumpling ; this is tho reason why I said so . We neither of us had any of tho dumpling that John had . John asked me to have a pitcc . Catherine said I should not , and I hud not . " Jt was evident that the boy had been tampered with , and it was with difficulty that the above evidence could be obtained . By the direction of the coronet , ha was takea « W © , of hv iVr , Superintendent Ray .

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      CORN EXCHANGE , Noteheee 30 . Our arrivals of English wheat during the past wek have been large from Lincolnshire , which want mostlj direct to our millers , At this ilsy ' s market there was a moderate supply , which met a steady sale at the currencj of this daj week . In free Foreign the transactions are not extensive , out there is a good inquiry fur Irish , at late rates . Tliweis less demand for bunded , as the French markets generallj come lower , —*^ - — —

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      STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —There was scarcely anything doing at the Clotb Halls , except assorting to positWe orders , either on Satur " day or Tuesday . Tha trade , is as usual at this period , falliag off us respects the homo demand , and there is }'« but little duing ill market goods for shipping . The same ( lull state of business obtained in tlie warehouse ! . Manchester , Friday Evening . —We huve still nothing favourable to report of our cloth market , and a ful'llllir decline in prices would not , it is thought , induce lsirg ® purchasers to appear ; and the market closes very heavily . . . Ukadford , Thursday . —There is a better demand fi > r wool than last week , but still the demand is an extreme !? dull one , even for the season . The supply of wool i » fully an average one . Prices , to the surprise of every one in Bradford , do not give way . Clothing- wools are «»' in good sale . For heavy jjiece goods there is consiifcra " inquiry . Uuddersfield , Tuesday . —There has 1 ) 0611 but ' -Httl * activity again to day . In the f . mcy department casshiets and caslimeretts were mostlj in demand . The wool market is languidbut prices remain firm . :

      , Halifax , Satdedai . —There has been rather ni " ' 1-doing in the piece trade to-day , but no better pricey The yarn department seems in a very awUward positw > spinners having- to encounter a rattier firmer feelins * the wool market , at the same being unable to support recent quotation !; for vnrn . ' rip Rochdale Flannel Mabket , Monday . —we m ™ had less business done to-iliiy than on the previous aioudny , but no rliunge in prices . -, ; . u Babksley .-Tlie linen trade during the last . fortnigiw has been rather better than for some months previous . NoTTiNGHAW .-The condition of the cotton hosiery trade in any of its branches , ' whether wrought , cut-up ,, " fancy stockings , h « s not mended . The J 1 > awe ^ "d , K taloon branch , too , is extremely dull . The silk M « trade is in much the same state . The lace trade , u " bobbin and warp , continues in a very depressed stnto .

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      street , Haymarket , in the City of Office , in the same Street and Parish , tor t , . prietor , FEAUGUS O'CO . S'XOU , Esq .. and pUll l >» by Wlliau Hkwitt , of ^ fo . 18 , CuarleMtrec , |" * don-siveet , Walworth , iu tho Parish ot *> t . MaiJ , inL' ton , in the County of Surrey , ai tho . ( Juice , *» Cre » t Windmill-street , llaymai-kot , m tno ^» - > " i > "e « tiiiii ] 5 ttr . Saturday . S , euir r 18 * 6 .

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      A . Celebrated Character . —The ultra anti-uiar portion of the Whigs in Boston seceded recently from the main party , to nominate a special anti-war member ot Congress . Their votes ( thus lost te the party ) amounted to 1 , 355 , and they had no expectation of electing their candidate ; but they wished to express to the government their abhorrence of the war with Mexico , and their proceedings have doubtless had the effect they intended . Their candidate was the well-known Dr . Howe , the l'hilhellene , the champion of the Poles , the instructor of Laura the

      Brid ^ man ( deaf , dumb , and blind girl mentioned by Diekena in his Travels ) , and tlie Principal of the Asylum for the Blind at South Boston . Dr . Howe says , in his note of acceptance of the nomination , "You want some one to stand up and be shot at ; some one to fall into the ditch , that others may walk over it ; " accepting the nomination as a duty , in the style of Quintus Cut'tiua . Philanthropy , i » some shape of antagonism , is the passion of -this gentleman , and he has done a great deal of pood in his time , and is likely to be heard of wherever the heroism required is particularly trying .

      Murder by a Wife . —An inquest , which commenced on the 24 th instant , was terminated on Friday lust , upon the body of John Foster , an inhabitant ^ Sudbury , in Suffolk , who died under suspicious circumstances on the 18 th . The evidence produced on the first day of the inquest led to directions being given for impost mortem examination of the body , and the proecedincs were adjourned to allow time for the completion of tbe analysis . When the inquiry was resumed witnesses were examined who deposed to the deceased kiving returned from work on the evening of the lith , apparently in perfect hc . illh : but after

      partaking of supper , which hud been prepared by his wife , to whom he had been only three weeks married , he was seized with violent sickness , and remained in great suffering till thu following morning , when he died . The atedieal witnesses stated that they had detected arsenic in the intestines , and other appcarences of the body led to the- conclusion that death hail been occasioned by some virulent poison . The jury ultimately returned a verdict of wilful murder against the wife , Catherine Foster , who was committed to the county gaol at Bury St . Edmund ' s for trial at the ennuing nssizHs .

      Emrouibnt of Pensioners for New J ^ ealanp . —It is intended to enrol six companies of pensi oners , ' ecah consisting of four sergeants , four corporals , two drummers and fifei'S , aud seventy six privates V * ( service n New Zealand . , '

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      AN OTER POOR-vLA * MURDERS An inquiry , adjouraetf ' frora ^ Mw last sumed on Monday respecting flAdea ' th « rr Woodward ,, aged | 23 . month 8 , whose deatlvi ** alleged was hastened by want of food . i *« a Mr . Ceultard , one of the relieving officer ! . Pancras , and other persons officially connect * . ? ? > it were present . . * "" Cted » ift The mother ' of the child gave evidence to ft r lowing effect -. —She resides at No : 90 , Albanv . ? ° ' * The deceased child died after about a week ' s ill **' during which Mr . Lambert , a ! surgeoh , pregor& » it . It died unexpectedly . Her husband hM * in prison ' for ' some time respecting some J ^ transactions , and was released on the dav of ii child ' s "death , During his confinement ghe Z ? 8 great want , S with two other children , beaiiiJ / 1 ^ ceased . She applied for relief in the first & £ ANOTHER PrtfiRlfi ^ ir uit . » , _ ~ -S

      on the | . 15 th of October last , at the St . Tzn * Workhouse , She received an order for twoloivT ! bread , but ; represented that . being without fir" ' proper nourishment for the deceased child , alwav sickly one , bread would be of no use to her , whew * one shilling " would purchase food and a few li ^ nourishing things more appropriate for the condifin of her family than bread . Money was refused hif the asylum of the workhouse was offered to her That she rejected , because the acceptance of '\ l would cause her to lose a little ^ occasional work gift had . She wenta 8 econd time to the workhouse On the 2 nd of November , and was again relieved with bread , but with nothing else . She received similar relief subsequently , but never received an y monev

      Two of her children could eat bread , but deceased could not . She had not represented to the parish authorities that her child was ill . She only gpoko of the destitution of the family . In order that her children might have a little ; food , she had her self during the last seven weeks gone two . 'days without any . Her chief nourishment was a little tea and dry bread . Her iandladr had given her arrowroot for the deceased , and she had procured biscuits foe it , but it had lost its appetite for a few days prece . ding death . Before , and at the time death took place , deceased had more food than it could eat . Her other children had not , but they were healthy .

      Mr . Lambert , surgeon ; of Albany Street , ' had never seen the deceased child alive , but had prescribed for it according to the symptoms described to him by the mother . Since death he had examiued the body internally and externally . The child wa 3 a very small one for its age , much emaciated and crook-backed ^ and otherwise deformed . He had found extensive disease of some of the internal organs—the right lung adhering to the plura , and disease of the pericardium . The stomach was healthy , but he found no food in it , and very little ! q the intestines .

      Mrs . Woodward , the mother , havine been recalled stated that when she went to the workhouse she was kept waiting some times from nine a . m . to nearly five p . u . before she obtained the relief of a loaf or loaves . The place was crowded with applicants kept waiting as long as she was kept , more or less , 0 a Friday evening last , after the inquest , a person from the workhouse called , and inquired into her condition . He gave her 2 s . and an order for two loaves , and told her when that relief was exhausted to apply to the workhouse .

      Mr . Coultard , assistant relieving officer , hero stated that he recollected the woman calling oi the 15 th of October and having been relieved with bread . She made no statement , to his recollection , that her case was an urgent one . if she had applied sooner , and repeatedly , and urgently , the condition of herself and family would have been inquired into , although that would have been going beyond wh : it the law permitted . She and her family belonged to St . Marylebone , strictly speaking , entitled to no out-doc r relief in St . Pancras .

      The Jury harisg deliberated within closed doors for a long time , returned this verdict , " Died from effusion into the cavity of the chest , produced by natural causes ; " and in returning that verdict the Jury unanimously express their opinian , founded on the evidence , " That certain of the relieving officers of the parish of Sc . Pancras have been grossly apathetic and negligent respecting the family of which the deceased child was a member , when the direful wants of the family were made known to them on two or more occasions by the mother . The Jury further say that proper atteinps were not made by the said efficera to distinguish between the necessitous or truly deserving poor in Ss . Pan'jras , and those of persons who are not so deeply In need of food , firing , or cloth * ing as were . Mrs . Woodward and her family , living at home , during the last seven weeks . They fear that

      a meek and orderly manner of . application disarms the said officers ot all apprehension that distress is real and emergent . They condemn most strongly the wanton and cruel custom of keeping large numbers of persons waiting for relief , when early and prompt attention might , by other arrangements , be given , and they consider that in the winter season this practice is especially wicked aud injurious . Finally , the Jury hope that immediate steps will be taken in the parish , that the errors which have become manifest at this inquest , and the system of relief to . the poor , may be removed , in order both to render the system more humane , and prevent the necessity in the approaching winter of the summoning them and their brother inhabitants to inquire into causes of death , preduced by the want of the common necessaries of life . "

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      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . RicnuoND ( Y / o : < kshire ) Corn Market , Saturday . — We ouly had a thin supply of grain in our market to day , which was soon broujjnt up , at an advance on last weekprices . Wheat sold from 7 s to 10 s ; oats , 3 s 3 d to 4 s 3 d ; barley , 5 s to 3 s € d ; beans , 6 s to 6 s 3 d per bushel . Wakefield Corn Market . —The arrivals of all grain but moderate . The wheat trade not over brisk but sold on fully as good terms as on this day week . Warringtos Corn Market . —There was a fair attendance at the market , and our supply of wheat from the farmers was good , while the millers bought it with more spirit , at about last week ' s prices . Hull Corn Market . —Since our last we liave liad but little passing in Hie corn trade . At this day ' s market we had a short supply of wheat from the farmers which was taken off freely at last week's prices .

      Liverpool Corn Market . — Considerable transactions have occurred in wheat and flour since Tuesday , chiefly for shipment to Ireland , and for local consumption , and an advance obtained , of 2 d to 3 d per bushel on wheat , aud fully Is per barrel on flvur > Manchester Corn Market . — Holders of wheat , at our market this morning , generally required an advalce ot 1 ( 1 to 2 d per bushel ; but at this enhancement the transactioug were limited . In tho value of sack flour no material improvement could be established , but at tlie »«« currency of this day se ' nniglit a tolerably freesaU tor tlie article was experienced . Birmingham Corn Exchange . — During the present week the English wheat offering lias sold readily at tttt advance of Is to Is Oil per quarter .

      Newcastle Cobm Market . — Our market was fairly supplied with wheat to-day from the growers as well as coastwise , mid having a s , 'ood attendance of buyers , me demand proved brisk for all descriptions of quality , at prices the turn dearer than on Saturday last .

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      Taking me veil—Two foolish ladies , the Hod . Miss Middteton , and Miss Byrn , " on Wednesday , at the Convent , Parkers-row , Bermondsey .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1395/page/8/