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      I 5 QHBBTS . AwFDLVi 6 ititiO 5 . —by Mr Baker , at the Cumberland Head , City-road , on Thomas Small , ( 67 . ) a miller , lately employed by Messrs De la Rue , of Bnnhill-row . On Friday night last , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , the night watchman , while patrolling the premises , discovered the deceased ljing on hi * face in the colour-mill quite insensible . An alarm was raised , and a surgeon was called , who pronounced deceased to have been dead several hours . Tne widow stated that at five o ' clock on Friday evening he came home to tea , and that when he left to «*««» to his employment he appeared perfectly well . Verdict . " Found dead . "

      Fatal AccmBKi .-By Mr . Baker , at thei same place , on a man unknown , who was killed mine folfowin ? shocking manner . On the evening of Tuesday deceased was crossing the City-road , near Castlestreet , when he fell between the tore and hind wheels ofa timber c arriage passing alon ; the road at the same instant . Although the driver stopped his horses as soon as possible , the wheels of the vehicle passed over the unfortunate roan ' s body . killing him instantaneously . Every endeavour has been made to find oat who the deceased was , but without sueress . His age was about thirty-five ; he was five feet seven inches high , and was clad in m » leskin , similar ; to what is worn by engineers . Verdict 11 Accidental death . "

      The Murder a Shobkditch . —By Mr Baker , at the Old King John , HoIywelMane , on William Gobart , who was shot on Wednesday week by Thomis Brooks , now in custody , in Ilare-alley Shoreditcli . The evidence adduced was little more than a recapitulation of that given before the magistrate , and which has already appeared in the Northern Star . The jury ultimatel y returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against the prisoner . Thepri Btnerwa * on Tuesday examined at Worship-street No new facts were adduced ; and Mr Broughton fully commuted the prisoner to Newgate .

      Accident ox tub Eastern Counties Ratlwat . — OnTuesday , byMrBaket , &tthe I / mdxm Hospital , on the body of William Prior , aged 35 , a labourer on the Eastern Counties Railway . The decease ! had entered one of the trucks of a coal train , which was strictly prohibited by the company . The trucks opened at the bottom to allow the coals to fall through , and were not considered safe for any one to ride in . William Ferry said that the deceased and himself , on the evening in question , having missed a train

      that was to hare conveyed them to London , got into one of the coal trucks . Shortly afterwards , witness fell asleep . When the train arrived at Ponders End , the flap at the bottom of the truck he was in must have given way , and the remainder of the tracks , 22 in number , have passed over deceased ' s leg . Mr Day , house-sureenn . said that when the "deceased was admitted the iett leg had a compound fracture ; amputation wasresorted to , bat deceased expired on the 14 th instant , from the effects of the injuries received . —Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Fatal Effects of Istoxicatio . v . —By Mr Wakley , M . P ., at the Bricklayers' Arms , Grease-street , Oxford-street , on the illegitimate infantof Mrs Read , a dressmaker , living with a man named Allen , at 32 , Gresse-strett . From the evidence it appeared that on last Monday and Tuesday week the mother was so drunk that a fellow lodger took the child away and ftd it . Shortly after nine o ' clock she gave the child to the mother , who was lying in bed insensibly drank . Shortly afterwards Atleu returned home quite drunk , and went to bed in the dark . Between ten and eleven o ' clock'the wretched mother awoke , and found her infant deid at the foot of the bed . Mr Pf-plow , surgeon , who performed a post mortem examination , could not find the cause of death , as all

      the organs prestnted a healthy appearance , but from the evidence he was induced to think that the child had been overlaid and smothered . The jury retired , and after some deliberation returned the verdict , " That the deceased died while its parents were in a state of intoxication , bat there was no evidence to prove whether its death was natural or otherwise . " Fatal Effects of Putijcg at " Oat . "—By Mr . Baker on James Bonny , son of a pastrycook , living at 39 , Princes-street , Mile-end . The deceased , en Wednesday last , was playing at " cat , " when in stooping down to strike the play thing , a piece of wood pointed at each end , his head came in contact with the wheel of a cart , and he was knocked dowD , when the vehicle passed over bis back , killing him almost instantaneously . Verdict " Accidental death . "

      Fatal Cab AccmEsr . —By Mr Bedford , on Jeremiah Cunningham , a pauper in the Strand Union . On Wednesday last deceased was crossing Long-acre at the moment when one of Ilansom . s cabs drove past , turning down James-street . The deceased was called to , but instead of running back , he ran directly against the wheel , which knocked him down . Four of his ribs were broken , and he died of the injuries in King ' s College Hospital . Verdict— " Accidental death . Suicide by a Commercial Clhw . —By Mr W . Carter at the George Tavern , Lambeth-walk , on Mr G . Megevan , lately residing at 10 , Bolwell-terrace , Princes-road . The deceased had formerl y been in the service of Mr Mortimer , a solicitor , who bad

      latterly discharged ^ him , which circumstance preyed heavily on his mind . On Sunday afternoon , during the absence of his wife , he inflicted a severe wound on the side of his neck with a small clasp knife , whilst in the bedroom , where he was subsequently found lying on thefloor in a pool of blood . A surgeon was caled in , but the deceased died at ten o ' clock the same night from the effects of the injuries , which separated , the carotid artery and other branches of the neck . Before he expired he became conscious and exclaimed , " Let me die in the arms of my wife , " and repeatedly said , " Why did you not watch me ? " The deceased was a very sober man , and had been in a deranged state for a considerable period , arising from the loss of his situation . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

      Death from Ovebjot at Sbeiko a Lover . — SnoouB Ca « e—W . Payne , Esq ., at the King of Denmark , Old Bailey , on Jane Nicholson , aged 23 , whose death took place under the following singular circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased bad been staying with Mr Piper ! baker , of No . 19 , in the Old Bailey , and was in the enjoyment of the best of health and spirits . On Sunday evening last , between five and six o clock , a young man , ¦ named Alfred Britton , called for the purpose of escorting her home to her mother ' s residence , in Augustus-street , Regent ' s Park . Mrs . Piper told net she need not stop and wash up the teathings , but might go upstairs and put on her bonnet . The deceased ran up stairs to do so , and almost immediately after a heavy fall was heard , and on Mrs Piper going upstairs , the deceased was found lying upan the staircase lifeless . Medical assistance was promptly obtained , but the poor eirl had ceased

      to exist . Mr Watkins , the surgeon , who was called in , said he could not give the slightest opinion as to the cause of death without a pott mortem examination . The countenance of the deceased was remarkably placid when he saw her ; indeed , she Beemed more like a person asleep . She might have taken prussic acid . The coroner—If she had , you wouh have been able to have detected it by the smell . Mr Watkins—Oh dear , no ; the smell would have gone off in a short time after it was taken . The coroner —That is very different to what I have always understood . I have had many cases where the taking of prosaic acid his been proved solely by the smell in the mouth . Mr . Piper said the deceased was of too happy a disposition to think of destroying herself . The coroner left it to the jury to say whether they thought there was any suspicion in the case , or any necessity for a pott mortem examination . The jury thotiglt there was none . and returned a verdict of"Natural death . "

      A Feham Bbbki to D « aih . —By Mr W . Payne , the City Coroner , in the Board-room of Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of Mary Rutland , aged 41 years , lately residing at No . 6 , Grove-street , Deptford , who lost her life under the subjoined circumstances : — The deceased was a lodging-house-keeper , and was much subject to fits of epilepsy , for which ahehad beea under the care of a neighbouring surgeon . On Wednesday night , the 17 th inst ., she was sitting in front of the fire reading , when she was suddenly seized with an attack of that fearful malady , and in the

      absence of her daughter the deceased fell on the fire , which instantly ignited her wearing apparel . She remained in that awful position for several seconds , when she rolled to the floor , when the whole of her dresi was consumed , and her person literally roasted and blackened from the action of the fire . She subsequently recovered from the fit , when her screams brought several persons to her aid . Mr Wood , a surgeon , was called in , who advised her removal to the above hospital , when she died on Monday from the injuries she had sustained . The Jury returned a verdict of *? Accidental death . "

      Meiaschow AccnasT . —Mr Carter on Tuesday held an inquest in the Union Workhouse at Wandsworth , as to the death of Joseph Adams , aged 43 . The deceased was in the service of Mr Chapman , at Riekmansworth . On Thursday he drove to Streatham , and whilst he was getting hold of the reins , he fell from the cart , and the wheel passing over his head 8 ma * h ? d it to pieces . " Accidental death . " Death bt i Fall from a Cart . —Mr Carter held an inquest on Tuesday at the King ' s Head , Longlane , Bermondsey , on the body of Philip Day , aged 36 . The deceased was driving a cart up by the Great Western Railway , and in going to the back part , the tail board came off , and he fell with great violence to the ground . He was so seriously injured tbat he died from the effects of the fall . " Accidental death . "

      Deathm Biuxtos Gaol—On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr Carter in the Brixton House of Ejection . The deceased was John Foster , aged 34 . * * 5 c n wntenced to six months' imprisonment at the Sessions tor felouy , but he was attacked with ZSSIS ?* » . of which he died on Sunday . He * PW tohave had every attention in medical skill , " N . tarSdeSS » 8 iDkiD 8 framereqUired ' VerdW ! t ' onrtS tS ? ?*! -Mr BaI «* held an intfaJSteaa ^ sg&ss :

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      of a ship at present in the East India Dock . About six weeks since , whilst the vessel was about five degrees north of the line , the deceased fell with his nrm agains t the boof of the ship , which strained it very much , and caused it to become swollen . When the vessel arrived in London he was removed to the above hospital , where he > lied ftom the injury he had received . Verdict" Accidental death . " ACCIDENTS AND OPFENCKS . BwROLUW . —Between three and four o ' clock on Sunday morning a daring burglary was committed at

      the house ot IWrs Owers , Rose and Crown Tavern , Kew-green . The premises were entered at the rear , which abute on the towing path , along the Surrey side of the River Thames ; the thievesleft the same way , taking with them a dozen silver tea-spoons , aix silver ^ able-spoons , two silver salt-spoons , all marked " R . II . 0 ., " a large plain gold ring , with an emerald atone , a flat gold ring with hair round it , a cold guard-chain , link pattern , five shillings in farthings , and three shillings in halfpence . The thieves left behind them two hats and a new centrebit .

      Determined Suicide . —On Sunday about one o ' clock , a gentleman ot the name of Macvean , residing at No . 10 , BolwelUerrace Lambeth-walk , committed suicide , by running a knife several times into his throat . It appears that the deceased had for some time been suffering from illness , and was in a very dejected state . Mr Thompson , a surgeon , of Lambeth-walk , was called in , who attended deceased , but without avail . lie lingered until ten o ' clock that night when he expired . t Thb Smithfield Nuisahce . — A _ very distressing circumstance , arising from the driving of cattle to and from Smithfield through the crowded streets , adds another fatal case to the numbers which have occurred from this long existing nuisance . A young woman , named Lott , residing in Tudor-street , Blacki'riars , and who was about seven months advanced in pregnancy , went out in good health and spirits to

      Meet-street on an errand . She there became so alarmed by an ox from a drove , approaching the Pavement , that it was with difficulty she retraced her steps home , when she was prematurely delivered , and notwithstanding the utmost of medical skill , she could not rally from the shock , but expired . The infa nt h likely to da well . Robberies . —On Tuesday information was received by the police , that the kitchen of the house of W . Baith , Esq ., 12 , Chester-place , Kennington , had been entered , and robbed of two half-sovereigns , earring !) , broach , 8 < me silver , and memorandums . On the 21 st , from the shop of Mr Pawson Covery , New Bond-street , an extensive quantity of cloth : and from the shop of Mr Buckingham , hosier , of 14 . Baker-street , Pori man-square , under the pretence that the articles were to be sent to a respectable house referred to , six coloured shirts , six white ditto , six pair of gloves , and some silk handkerchief * .

      Sddden Dkath in a Bakehodsb . —Shortly before 12 o ' clock on Tuesday night a man of the name of George Pareloe , a foreman in the employ of Mr Creak , of 28 , Kine ' s-row , Walworth , baker , expired suddenly under the following circumstances : —The deceased , according to eu&tom , arrived from his home in Portland-street , Walworth , and entered the bakehouse to attend to his usual avocations about twenty minutes before 12 ( Mr Creak being there . ) On entering , the deceased proceeded to the trough , and remarked that the sponge was not ready . Mr Creak left the bakehouse , but had not been absent more than a minute when he heard a strange

      gurgling sound proceeding from the bakehouse , and be * coming alarmed he returned , and there saw the deceased standing near the trough evidently in a state of suffocation , blood issuing from his mouth . He immediately caught the deceased in his arms , and awoke his brother , who was lying asleep on the board , and sent for Mr Adey , surgeon , residing next door , who promptly attended , but his services were of no avail , as the deceased expired within three minutes of the attack from suffocation , produced from the bursting ef an internal blood vessel The deceased was about 45 , and has left a wife and two children wholly unprovided for .

      Loss of Life by Firs . —On Wednesday morning , about ten o ' clock , a shocking and fatal accident occurred to a child named Robert Quin , aged aix yean , whose parents reside at Loving ton Cottage , Waterloostreet , Camberwell . It appears that the deceased was left by his mother in a room by himself , and during her temporary absence the child ( as usual ) commenced playing with a piece of lighted paper , which set his pinafore on fire . He ran down stairs enveloped in a body of flame to the yard , where one of the lodgers roiled him into a tub of water , by which means the flames were extinguished , but not before the poor child was most frightfully burned over the whole ef his body . He was placed in a blanket and taken with all care to Guy ' s Hospital , whers he expired in a few hours after his admission .

      Melancholy Attempt at Suicide . —On Tuesday afternoon , Mr Benjamin Ilandley . a watch and clock manufacturer , residing at Victoria Cottage , Oxfordstreet , St . Pancras , attempted self destruction under the following melancholy circumstances . For a long time past the unfortunate man has laboured under a most painful disorder , which at times produced the most excruciating agony , During one of the paroxysms on Tuesday , the poor fellow procured a raror and cut- his throat , dividing the windpipe and all the prircipal arteries . He was removed to the University College Hospital , and attended by Mr Williams and Dr Listen , but the injury to his throat is of such a nature that he lies in the most precarious state .

      Gig Accidents . —On Wednesday evening , a horse and gig . driven by a gentleman in a state of intoxication , knocked a poor woman down in Holborn . near the end of Gray ' s-Inn-Lane , who , upon being picked op , was found to be in an insensible state , and so seriously iujured that it was found necessary to carry her to the hospital . The gig proceeded at a rapid rate towards Oxford-street , knocking down a man near the end of Bloomsbury-street with a basket of oranges , who was also seriously injured . At the corner of Crown-street , the police succeeded in Stopping the gig , and the driver , who was much inebriated , refused to give name or address , He was conveyed to Bow-street police station , and the horse and gig taken to the green yard .

      Chiuj Dropping . —On Wednesday morning , between six and seven o ' clock , a female infant , apparently abaut twenty-one days old , was found abandoned by the policeman on duty in the Cambridge Heath-road , near the Red Deer publie-house . A female , supposed to be the mother , was noticed watching the result ; but directly she saw that she was observed made off , and effected her escape . The child , which was comfortably clad , is now in the Bethnal-green workhouse . Death from Fear of Costaqios . —Last week Mr Watson , organist of the Philanthropic Chapel , St . Geerge ' s-fields , went to Brighton to see a friend who was labouring under a severe attack of small-pox , which had such an effect upon him that on his return home he was attacked with delirium , and expired about ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning last .

      Discovert of Hchax Bones . —On Monday considerable excitement prevailed in the immediate neighbourhood of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , in consequence of the greater portion of a human skeleton being found in a garden in front of one of the houses in Belvidere-place . From inquiries made on the spot , it appeared that Mr Bay lisa , a cabinet-maker residing in Belvidere Cottage , nearly opposite the Queen ' s Prison , was digging up the ground in front of his residence , about eight o ' clock that moraing , when in turning up the earth he discovered a human skull , which appeared to have been that of a female , but without any portion of the jaws or lower part of the skull . Feeling surprised at finding that portion

      of the human form , he made a further search , and , in digging a little deeper , he discovered two thigh ' bones , arm-bones , and several ribs , which , from their appearance , seemed to have been buried many years . The cottage in question has not been occupied by Mr Bayliss more than three months ; but , prior to that , had been tenanted by a person , named Lindon , nearly fifteen years . The person residing at the next house informed the reporter that , about six months ago . the greater portion of a human skeleton was found near the same spot , and it was their belief that they had been brought from some of the over crowded grave-yards in the Borough . 1 Model Lodging House . —The new model lodging house , in George-street , St . Giles , of the Society for the Improvement of the Labouring Classes , is nearly completed , and will shortly be opened . It will acoomodate one hundred labouring men , each of whom will have a separate sleeoine nlace . with the nse of a

      large living room , a kitchen , store room , washing room and every necessary convenience . The sdm to be charged will be 4 d , per night , less in some instances ; the rate now charged in common lodging houses in St . Giles , and other low localities , for beds crowded together in miserable and unventilated rooms . Tbeco 8 t of the building will ( independent of the eite of ground which was purchased for £ 1 , 270 ) , amount to about £ 5 , 500 , of which little more than £ 3 , 000 has as yet been raised by subscription . Amongst the principal subscribers are Prince Albert , £ 100 , and the Corporation of London , £ 300 . w New Ca tholic Chapel . —The long-pending negotiation for the purchase of a piece of ground in King Edward ' s-road , Mare-street , Hackney , for the erection of a building for Catholic worship , has been effected , and the foundation stone laid a few days * 8 ° * . A supper to the workmen engaged was given at the Dolphin Tavern , on Monday night .

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      ISnglanir , KOBTHUMBBRUND . Fatal Boiler Explosion at Burradon Colliery . —On Saturday morning a fatal accident occurred at the above colliery , the bursting of one of the boilers used in working the engine of the pit , by which three persons were killed . The colliery is situated about six miles north of Newcastle , and belongs to Lord Ravensworth and partners . The engine attached to the pit is of 80-horse power , and three boilers of large dimensions and of an oval shape are used to work it ; but on the morning of the aocident only two were in operation . A few minutes previous to the occurrence , the engineman , on examining the float , found the water more than a foot above the working mark , but as the steam was low he gave directions to the stoker . Robert Thompson .

      to raise the fires ; soon after which the boilers suddenly bunt with a tremendous noise , carrying away part of the engine-house and chimney , killing three persons , and injuring , more or less , several of the workmen at the shaft . The boiler was torn into three pieces , and parts of it were blown a considerable distance into an adjoining field . On examining the place the stoker was found almost buried in the ruins , dreadfully scalded and bruised , and quite dead ; a female named Prector , wife ot one of the miners , who was at the place getting water , was lying a tew yards from him . The other sufferer was a boy , abouteleven years of age , named Gordon , employed at the bank . The engineman escaped , though much scalded in the face , and injured in the head . Several of the workmen were also seriously injured by the flying bricks , but are all expected to recover . An inquest was held on the bodies . Verdict , "Accideatal death . "

      lancashire . Liverpool . — Manslaughter against a Policeman . —Lately , a lad , named Ryder , died at the Northern Hospital , Liverpool , from an injury on the head ) received from a stone cast by Warbriok , a policeman , as the deceased and some other lads were sailing in the Clarence-dock basin . The circumstances were brought under the eognisance of the coroner , and a jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the constable , who was committed for trial .

      Sickness and Mortalitt . —So great is the mortality in the neighbourhood of St . James ' B-street , that one night last , week no less than eighteen " wakes" of dead bodies took place between Crosbie * street and Lower Parliament-street . The medical officers of the North Dispensary apprehend that the past and present state of the poor population will result in producing a very severe epidemic of typhus fever , in the warm months ot June , July , and August . Bolton . —Condition op the Operatives . —The Manchester Guardian says : The meetings of the unemployed in Manchester , having , apparently , excited apprehensions throughout the county , we have been at some pains to ascertain the condition

      of the factory hands in the Bolton division . In the borough there are fifty-one cotton mills , of which number about fifteen are running full time , and the remainder four and five days per week ; not one , we are happy to say , being standing idle . In the other portions ' of the division , comprising twentynine townships , there are fifty-five cotton mills . Of these twenty-six are in full work , nineteen running short time , and ten have stopped . In these twentyninetownships 5 , 700 factory hands are computed to be in full work ; 1 , 300 are working short time ; and rather better than 700 are out of employment by the mills that have stopped . There are , however , a considerable number of joiners , bricksetters , < Ssc , out of work , which with the high price of provisions , causes

      a groat amount ot distress ; but there being , happily , no political cause of discontent , the people bear their privations with admirable fortitude . Mill Accident . —An adjourned inquest was held on Tuesday moraing , before Mr Chapman , touching the death of Elizabeth Coupe , who was killed by the sudden fall of a part of a shed , erected about two years ago . as an addition , to the mill of Messrs Gray , in Pollard-street , Manchester . At the first inves tigation ail the facts relative to the accident had been taken , and ihe adjournment was for the purpose of allowing scientific men to inspect and report on the cause of the accident . The gentlemen employed were Mr Fairburn and Mr Hodgkinson . Both were

      of opiwen that the accident was attributable to the giviugaway of the lower iron beam , and that it would have been much better if the beam had been sup . ported by pillars . Mr Uodgkinson was of opinion , however , that the immediate cause of the accident was to be found in the fact that the tie-rods or trusses had been so fixed , at the time of erection , as to draw the beam a little to one side , and that the vibration caused by the workiBg of the machinery , together with the pressure , had increased this original deflection or curvature , and gradually weakened the part , until fracture took place , and the consequent fall ot that portion of thu building incumbent upon the beam . A verdict to this effect was returned by the jury .

      DERBVsniREA Steam Incbndub . ? . —An extraordinary conflagration was seen , on Saturday , in a field which adjoins the Midland railway , near Bank Close . The field had yielded a large crop of aftermath , which had never been eaten , and was consequently full of dried grass . A strong west wind waa blowing when the express train swept by , and bore into the field some sparks from the engine ; these ignited the grass immediately , and the fire spread with a swiftness which terrified the beholders . The hedges soon caught the flames , and burnt furiously , and the residence of W . Drabble , Esq ., as well as a large haystack in the next field , were considered to be in danger . The fire destroyed all the verdure , and left the hedges in a blackened state . Great exertions were made before it was put out .

      TORKSHIRK . Another Comjery Accident . —A few days ago an accident occurred in the Broadgate coal mines , near Masborough , in consequence ot a * explosion of nre-damp . Seven men were badly burnt . Men , women , and children ran from all directions to ascertain who were the Bufferers . The explosion was quite terrific . It occurred between six and seven o ' clock . Medical assistance was promptly in attendance , and the surgeon said they were in a precarious state .

      WARWICKSHIRE . Discovert of a Cave . —In making the necessary excavations for the construction of a sewer in Lease ' - lane , the workmen on Wednesday came upon the entrance to a subterranean passage , at the end near Bell-street . On procuring lights , some of tke men entered , and a recess was discovered cut in the firmlj embedded sand , about eight feet in length , six in width , and eight feet high , and having a shaft , now bricked over , communicating with the cellar of the house above . After a portion of the rubbish with which the excavation was nearly filled had been removed , Mr Pigott Smith , the town surveyor , proceeded to examine the passage , when it was found to be a long gallery , thirty feet below the level of

      Bellstreet , extending , so far as could be measured , about forty-two feet towards Spiceal-streefc , and apparently still more extensive . The height of the passage is about seven feet , having on either side eight recesses , of various dimensions . Such is this singular subterranean gallery , but for what purpose formed remains a mystery . On the surface of the soil there was a thin layer of black powder , which proved to be decayed wood ; hence it may be inferred that a considerable length of time must have been required to reduce the timber to that state , as the porous and dry character of the soil is not such as to promote rapid decomposition . The workmen have since been engaged removing the loose rubbish , and on Saturday they found a great number of beef , sheep , and fowl bones . An empty bottle was also discovered ,

      which from its appearance would seem to have been made many years ago . The body of the bottle is five inches in height and fifteen in circumference , aad the neck three inches in length . Upon examination it was found to correspond exactly with the make of some bottles discovsred lying upon the skeletons dug up in Oxford-street a few months ago . Several pieces of fused metal and a large piece of chalk were also found . Up to a late hour on Saturday evening the men had not reached further than forty-three feet , and then they had arrived at a point where the cavern would seem to be increasing in she . This jjart of the passage , wherever it may lead to , is hlled up with loose soil . Considerable curiosity haying been excited by this discovery , wo understand it is Mr bmith s intention to pursue the excavation further . ag *

      Horribls Casi op Parental CsunLTT .-The inhabitants of Rugby were putjinto a state of considerable excitement a few days since by a report that a tapUm , residing with his wife and family in a house on the Bilton-road , had thrust his son ' s hand into the fire , and held it there till the ainows were burnt . It appears that the little sufferer is between seven and eight years of age . and had inhTi ? A fath «> ^ aawe ° y te »' ing a falsehood . In order to punish the boy the unnatural parent tied a handkerchief over his mouth , and then , sei « ine his arms , thrust his hand between the bars of the crate into the fire , where he held it till the sinewg w £ burnt to so serious an extent as to render it a matter of considerable doubt whether the poor little fellow wiii ot

      nm ouigea to lose ms hand . Having completed his barbarous purpose , tho father removed the handkerchief from his child ' s mouth , when a shocking spectacle was presented , the tongue being completely bitten through m the agony tho child suffered and its mouth filled with blood almost to suffocation The only notice , however , that its parent took of thiR was to tell the child that The pain itSJIfflS was not a httieth portion compared to that which it would be subjected to in a future state . " What adds to the enormity of the offence is that this said Cbd tain profe « ses to be a very religious character and has for some time acted as home missionary for St Matthew's district , Rugby , distributing tracts visit i « I person ' s houses , and exhorting them to lead godly and spiritual liv »» .

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      © XWBWHUBB . Tan Gajk-Laws . —iu « Secretary of State h » re . leased Baker and Hunt from Oxford gaol . They were committed from the petty sessions at Woodstock , on a game-law charge preferred by hlliott , head gamekeeper for the Duke of Marlborough . At the last petty sessions Elliott preferred a eame-law eharge against T . Herbert , of Handborough , labourer , but it could not be proceeded with , in consequence of ono of the two magistrates present refusing to act . The magistrate , T . Thornhill , Esq ., said , "I should be glad to see a discharge sent in every case of game-law conviction . "

      HEREFORDSHIRE . Robberies—The house of Mrs Bently , Croxley Green , Rickraansworth , has been broken into , and a quantity of valuable property stolen therefrom , amongst which were five sovereigns and three half ditto , two silver gravy spoons , eight table , and six dessert ditto , all marked B . ; a silver cream jug , and a metal repeater watch , with tortoise-shell ease with initials M . B . Also stolen from the person of Mrs B . Elliott , whilst at the Blackheath Institution , by three men , a purse containing six sovereigns and fifteen shillings in silver .

      SUSSEX . Qobenhhead . —Co-operation . —The shopkeepers of this neighbourhood were alarmed on Thursday last by the announcement that a number of independent individuals had resolved to put their means together and supply the neighbourhood with the best flour and oatmeal at a nominal profit . And that , accordingly , they would commence retailing these articles at Mr Isaac Lilly ' s that night . This announcement threw the shopkeeping fraternity into the utmost consternation . Some of the larger craft met in secret confab to see what was to be done to avert this threatened invasion of their territories , when it was considered that th « best plan would b « to " crush the new company at the outset by underselling them ; accordingly the bellman was dispatched announcing the reduction . This announcement was met by a further reduction by the on-operaforg , who will not be so easy to conquer as their enemies hope

      for . Poverty of Enolish Labourers . —The labouring poor in the Weald are suffering great privations . The whole of their wages is absorbed in the purchase of flour , and they have very little indeed of any tther kind of food . Many of the men with families go to work in the morning without tasting even bread , and return at night to partake of a scanty meal . As the wages of themillionsis now expended almost entirely for food , —for the barest necessaries of life , — trade Is in a wretched state . The general dealers , who always know the ntato of their neighbourhood better than any one else , state that they never knew the time when the working-classes laboured under such privations as at present . i »

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      Scotland EDINBURGH . Trial or RtoTBits—Infamous Sentence . — On Tufsday , at Edinburgh , before the High Court of Justiciary , Jame <* Falconer , AnuusDavidson , Daniel Sutherland . JohnYouncr , and John Main , all inhabitants of the county of Elgin ; and the indictment set forth that they had been guilty of mobbing and rioting , in havine attempted , riotously and violently , to ^ prevent the shipment of grain on board a vessel lying at Burghead harbour ; and also of tho crime of assault , in having attacked theaheriff-substituteof Morayshire , the procurator-fiscal of the shire , and a superintendent of police . The prisoners pleaded guilty , with the exception of James Falconer , who dM not plead guilty to the crimo of assault . The prisoners Davidson , Sutherland . Young and Main , were sentenced to be tranported for itvtn years each ; Falconer was sentenced to eighteen months

      imprisonment . Sentence or Death—A girl , named EliwiWeth Yates , haR been sentenced to death , by the Hieh Court of Justiciary , for the murder of her illesitiinate child , a male infant of some eleven months of age . The jury unanimously recommended her to mercy . Although pleading " Not euilty" at her trial , the prisoner made a contrary declaration on being first apprehended . The declaration stated that the devi ^ was busy with her at the time , and from the father of the child denyinsrher , and refusing to give anything in support of it , she thought it was well to pat the child out of the world .

      Fever in Glasgow . —Irish Pauperism . —Fever , which has raged in this city , during _ the whole winter with more than ordinary serverity , is not abating as the weather improves with the advance of sprine . butis rather on the increase . All the increased accoramodations for patients which public charity has been able to afford appears as yet to have heen inadequate to the exigency . One melancholy consequence of this state of things has of late begun to showitselfin the deaths of persons occupying respectable positions in life , whose official duties have placed them in the way of the enntaeion . Besides cases of this nature that might be referred to as having happened within tho last two or three weeks , we

      understand that during the last few days the Lieutenants at the Central and Gorbala Police-offices have in several instances been attacked , and one of them ( Mr M'Loan of the latter establishment , who waa in perfect health a week ago ) , has died of fever in some one of its forms . It appears that hords of Irish paupers still find opportunities of locating themselves amongst us , notwithstanding all that has been ea \ d and done to ^ prevent the evil ; and there can be no doubt that , if the disease is not imported by these personB , it is at least fostered and propagated bj them to a roost alarming extent , and that the lodgins-house system is the principal medium of its diffusion .

      Glasgow . —Frightful CoAcn Accident . —Two Persons Severely Injured . —On Friday nieht about 8 o ' clock , as one of Mr Bain ' s carriages was standine at the Wellington Arcade , in Sauchiehall-street , and while the driver was off the box , some bnys throwing stones startled the horse , a very spirited one , which started off at tho gallop in the direction of the Clelland Testimonial . Arrriving at which , it took the turn down Buchanan-street , and dashing forward , it knocked down and ran over a man named John M'llroy , who was so seriously injured that he had to be carried to the Royal Infimary , where it was found that his hurts were of a dangerous nature . The terrified animal continuing its career dashed down Buchanan-street , which is at present

      undergoing repair . The affrighted brute , however , perceiving the barrier placed across the street to prevent traffic , evaded the impediment by running on to the footpath , at that hour crowded with people , and sweeping along the western pavement , came in contact with the iron railing at the Monleith Rooms , which it instantly shivered . In his course down Buchanan-street , the vehicle knooked over a girl named Elizabeth Mackenzie , who happened to be passing ; whereby sh ' had both her legs very severely , but we aro glad to learn not dangerously , bruised by the concussion . In such a thoroughfare , and at such an hour , it is a miracle that there was not a great many injured , if not killed . The police , we understand , are making inquiries , as to whether and how

      tar the driver was to blame for allowing the horse to run off . Fatal Coixibry Accident . — Two Mek Killed . —On Saturday morning , as one of the colliers employed at Coltness Iron works , named Dougal , was getting into a cage to descend to his work , the engine is thought to have been unfortunately turned the wrong way , and took the cage up instead of letting it down , by which the poor man was precipitated a distance of seventy yards , and killed on the spot . Deceased has left a widow and three young children . Another accident occurred the same morning at Clel . landColliety , by Holytown , when a miner named Marrow was killed in descending the No . i pit , owing to a stone falling on him when going down . Deceased has left a widow and child .

      Appalling Increase at Fever and Deaths in Dundee . —During the first two months of this year death and pestilence have been making fearful ravages in this town . In January and February last year the deaths were 13 T and 136 . while in the correspondin g months of this year , the numbers are 250 and 232 , and , in the first week of March , 03 . The two extremes of old age and young children have been the principal Victims cut off ; and it is presumed , as reported by the physicians of tho infirmary , ot the quarterly meeting of the governors , held on Monday last , that numbers of these have perished from a want of proper nourishment .

      CAITHNESS-SHIRE . Murdir . —This district ( Wick , Caithness ) has this week been thrown into a state of great excitement , by the commission of one of those diabolical crimes which are fortunately of extremely rare occurrence in Scotland . Isabella Gunn , an old woman , apparently about sixty years of age , living in Achow of Swiny , in the parish of Latheran , has been made the victim of a most atrocious , yet evidently deliberate murder . Her residence is at tho end of the Free school of Achow , situated about 200 yards frrra any other dwelling . On tho mornings of Sabbath , a school ia tau&ht , and it is customary on that , as on other mornings , for some of the children to go to her room for fuel to kindle the school fire . Accordingly , on the morning of Sabbath last , ono of the scholars went for that purpose , and was surprised to find no reDlv given to the customary salutation . Another of

      his school-mates speedily followed , and discovered thebody of the unfortunate oreaturo lying under a quantity of straw which hud been spread over her . She wa » dead . The alarm was imraediately raised , and ferlhwith a number of the neighbours assembled . They found that thecrime of murder had been that morning committed upon the lonely woman , and judged that it could not have been of very late occurrence , as the body was yet wasm . The faul deed had evidently been committed by means of strangling , as a piece of rope was found round tho neck of the deceased . There were marks of violence on other parts of the face , one in particular on tho chin , where , to all appearance , an iron instrument bad been applied . On one of the hands there was also a blue mark . Several small sums of money , amounting , in all , to upwards of two pounds , were found on different part * of tho deceased ' B per *

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      • on , and lying between the body and the chest . A considerable time ago a forcible attempt was made to break into the house of the unfortunate woman , who J > as of late been living vory retired , having refused to domicile with any other individual . In the district she was reputed to have been worth a little money ; but as she wag of very penurious habits , and to all outward appearance in poverty , Bhe was admitted lately ou the poor ' s roll . It is said that since the attempt was mado to rob her , she generally slept throughout the day , and sat up during the nitrht . A young man had been apprehended and lodged m gaol , under suspicion of being connected with the murder .

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      lxt \ m % Dublin , March 20 . —There is a vast increase of fever in Dungarvan and Waterford . In the fever hospital of the latter place , there are 210 ill of that disease ; and so crowded is the hospital , that the convalescent patients sleep two in a bed . There are 500 paupers in the Waterford workhouse now beyond the number at this time last _ year ; and on Friday , such was the number of applicants for admission to the workhouse at Dunearvan . that two wompn on .

      feebled by destitution were crushed to death in the crowd—each applicant being eager to go before the gasrdians earfier than his neighbour . . A gentleman named Boa ^ writes respecting Abbeyside , Dungarvan , that that district will soon rival Skibbereen . There are , ne says , from twenty to thirty deaths per day ocou rring there caused by starvation , and he adds that he has recently met "half-naked women traversing the mountain of SHeve Griene , the only comraoditiei they brought from Dungarvan being co ffins on their heads . "

      Emig ration . —The current of emigration continues to proceed with great activity from Dublin , and a number of the landlords , following the example of Lord De Vesoi , are eagerly occupied in providing for tho transit of such of their tenants as avail themselves of the liberal treatment offered in a free passage , and money in hand on their arrival in the United States . The ship Atalanta has sailed for New York with one hundred and fifty emigrants , all of whom defrayed the expenses of their voyage on their own account , and took with them , in the aggregate , a large sum of money in specie . DISCHARGE OF LABOURERS PROM THI PUBLIC WORKS . According to letters received in Dublin on Tuesday morning from Limerick , Tipperary , Cavan , Queen ' s County , Meath , and Mayo—the discharge of the 140 , 000 labourers from the public works was going on peaceably . STATE Or THE PROVINCES .

      From the counties of Ga < w » y , Rosoommon , Sligo , and Waterford . there are again afflicting accounts of the continuing effects of famine ; and in Cork and Slieo , particularly , typhus fever is ragintr to a realy alarming extent . I -hould remark , that , taking the Country generally , there appears to be a decided decrease in the number of deaths from starvation ; and the vast importations of Indian corn appears to have produced a seasonable relief . Countt or Galwat . —The Rev . T . Newell , C . C ., in a letter to the Qalway Mercury , dated ' * Oranmore , 17 th March , " says : — " About a fortnight ago , I furnished you with the total deaths , amounting to fifty-four , that occurred in this pariah grace Decp . mber last , from the effects of starvation . That dismal catalogue has been augmented by thirty-three additional deaths ! On this day , the Feast of the Apostle of Ireland , no less than eight individuals are stretched in the cold arms of death from famine , in this parish . "

      Roscommon , March 20 . —The Rotcmmm Joutnal says : — " We are in an awful state here—few resident landlords—and the few , however well inclined , unable to meet the afflicting cry of hunger . Our soup establishment here must be closed in a few days unless aided by government . " County of Waterford . —Dunoarvah , March 18 . -rOn this day over two thousand of the poor labourers who have been dismissed from the public works , with their starving families , from the surrounding rural districts , came into the poorhouse , with a view of being admitted , or to get out-door relief . The guardians met , deliberated , and then went home , after announcing to the famishing multitude , who were waiting the " live long day" to get

      some relief , the cheerless intelligence , that they must return home again , as they were unable to eive them either ' * in or out door relief . " The Scots Greys were ordered out to the poorhouue to keep the people from the gates , and to make way for the guardians in their ingress and egress . As soon as the military arrived , the unfortunate people spoke to them , and said it would bean act of humanity for them to " commence and shoot them all . " Some of the brave Scots actually shed tears at the awful and soul-barrowing scenes of human misery and suffering they beheld . After the guardians left the board-room , the people saw there was no hope of getting relief at the poorhouse , and they then came into town , and stopped opposite to Mr Fisher ' s bakery . The poor creatures said they had no intention of attacking Mr Fisher ' s , or any other person ' s house or

      nroperly ; they should do nothing but merely go round to the bakers' shops , and appeal to their charity for any relief they would be kind enough to give them . The " Waterford Freeman , "from which this account is taken , then proceeds to describe the scenes which followed at the several bakers' shops , from the windows of which large quantities of bread were thrown to the starving multitude . Typhus fever continues to spread in Cork , and to extend amongst the upper classes . The number of deaths in the workhouse , for the week ending on Monday , was 171 , while the number of patients , in and out of the hospital , was 2 , 292 . Exclusive of the union workhouse mortality , 101 paupers had been interred in the New Cemetery , between the 14 th and 21 st . There are very affecting accounts from pwts of Roscommon . Fever ia raging in the work * house of Carrick-on-Shnnnon .

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      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Russrll Square—On Saturday morning , about 6 o ' clock , the servant of a medical gentleman named Farrer , residing at 28 , Guildford-streefc , discovered smoke issuing from the surgery . Having alarmed her master and family she opened the street door to catt assistance , which caused the flames to spread to the drawing and other rooms . Two engines from Farringdon-street and Holborn . as well asotherB , were promptly on the spot ; but before the firemen terminated their labours , property to the amount of £ 2 . 000 was destroyed . Another Attempt to Born Soham . —No place in the kingdom has suffered so much from incendiarism as this unfortunate place . In the present instance

      , the old cry of" Fire" aroused the townspeople between three and four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , when the premises of Mr Cooper , plumber , Pratt-street , were discovered to be in flames . The destructive dement extended with formidable fury , and in a very brief period the entire of Mr Cooper ' s property was in one general blaze . Immediately at the rear , were a number of farming premises , comprising four large barns , stables , nnd other outbuildings . Unfortunately , owing to the trade stock of Mr Cooper ' s being of an inflammable description , the flames raged so violently , that before they coulc in the slightest degree be subdued , the barns and stables ignited , as also a range of dwellings which adjoined . Again , aided by the thatched roofs , the

      fire ran along with rapidity , and great were the fears lest it should prove of greater extent than others that had previously visited the town . The engines , however , were got to play in a very effectual manner , and by eight o ' clock the conflagration was subdued . There are no less than seven families burnt out . Their loss is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . This is the third attempt that has been made to fire the same premises . A woman , named Sarah Munsen , has been apprehended on suspicion of having fired them . She is the mother of a prisoner in Cambridge gaol , who is charged with setting fire to Mr Owen ' s house , in the same town , in January last .

      Destruction of a Cotton Mill On Thursday moraine , about three o ' clock , a mill at Bacup was destroyed by fire , under very peculiar circumstances . It was known as Lee Mill , and stood a short distance from the town . It is calculated the loss will not be less than £ 1 , 000 . Extbnsite Conflagration at Hunningburt . — The village of Hunninghury , near Leamington , presented a scene of dreadful consternation on Saturday evening , in consequence of a fire breaking out on some premises occupied by a person who carried on business as a baker . The house where the fire originated , as well as a number of those adjoining , was built in the Elizabethan style , the wooden framewerk of which offered every facility for the flames to spread , and the result was , that although there was an abundant supply of water , and the engines from

      Leamington , &c , were spoedily on the spot , nearly one half of the village wa 3 laid in ruins before the firo could bo got under . Fifteen houses were totally destroyed , whilst Beveral others sustained considerable damage . Fortunately no lives were lost , though several parties had narrow escapes . One aged female whe had left her house at the first alarm , afterwards recollecting that she hud left a box containing money behind her , returned to the cottages , notwithstanding the remonstrances of her friends , and succeeded in saving her treasure , butnotwithoutbeing severely burnt . We regret to state that the rapidity with which the flames spread , afforded very little opportunity to the occupants of the burning tenements to remove their furniture , and the consequence is that in the great majorit y of instances , the sufferers have been reduced from a state of comparative comfort to utter destitution .

      Westminster French Protbstant Church . —On Wednesday forenoon , shortly after the commencement of divine service in the Westminster French Protestant Church , Bloomsbury-street , Holborn , the congregation were thrown into a state of alarm , by a report that the edifice bad taken fire . For some few minutes a strong smell of burning ' wood was experienced , but nothing particular was thought of that

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      ^ SM SSj K « Sr ^ sa ^ * J 355 £ iSS 5 ^ tSSBEa SSJBSlSSS rr ^ awsSi / SKrS p « r ^ tt-85 ttS 5 defect in the hot air flue , used for warming the build ing , and there is no doubt that had the outhmb taken place at night , after the church wl ofiK would have been destroyed . WU | u

      Ihb Latr Catastrophe at CARLSRDng . -. A lotfe * of the 15 th insfc . states ,-All public and private k , ii and other amusements have been suspended m «? the military bandI of the daily parade is iUmSS In order to provide employment for the numS workmen and other persons eneaged at the theaZ as speedily as possible , the Grand Duke has 2 S the Orange House ; in the Rayal Gardens asa fi rary theatre , until a new one can be erected Thn principal performers have consequently teceivel three months' leave of absence only . Uoon « h « W fortunate spot where the old theatre stood a * i , »™ L 19 to be erected . The new theatre wUl bJffiffi the garden of the Hereditary Prince . buUt m

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      MURDER AND MUTILATION . At the Derby assiies on Saturday , John Plaits was indicted for the murder of George Collis , in the But ! chew -shambles , at Chesterfield , in December , 18 i 5 The prisoner is not more than 20 years of age , and hw youthful appearance , and the awful character of inth cour mPUted tohina 'P roduced amark « d feeling / ia ^« / on the morni > ng ° f the last Friday in August turttt , ) some men were employed in emptying a remote cesspool attached to the premises of Mr Bunting , a flour-dealer , in Low-pavement , Chesterfield , when tneir attention was drawn to what seemed to be the remains of the carcass of a sheep ; a further search showed the mass to consist of two leg and thigh bonei , and a quantity of entrails . On the soil beine removed

      oa new for which it was intended , part of a ceat , trousers , hat . twosilk handkerchiefs , and thereraains ofa brace and stockings were discovered . One of tho handkerchiefs was marked *• G . C . " and , when Kmnd was tied as if for the neck , and on the legbones , w . erc garters—apparently old ones—one red , and the other white . This led to a more minute inspection of the cesspool , and at the bottom was picked up a skull , with a large fracture of the right eye . fhe examination of the bones by a surgeon sansf ying all doubts as to the remains , and the find-£ iL ° J male attll : ! them ' 8 oon gave strone Krounds for supposing that a murder ha ! been com . nutted , and the body of the deceased cut up as found , ihe wearing apparel being publicly exhibited , the

      -auuRercuiei bearing the initials of "G . C . " was i dentified by a young female , named Ellen Berestord , as having belonged to Georga Collis . This party , inthe ; course of the : preceding year , ( 1845 , ) went into partnership with the prisoner , Platts , as but . caers , and conducted their business in a miserable Place called the " Shambles , " adjacent to tho market . pjace in Chesterfield . Since Sunday night , tha it if P- 6061 " ** * 5 , Collis had not been seen , and we belief gained ground that it was his remains that were discovered , suspicions at the same time being entertained that the prisoner was the party who had « u " , hi 8 life » il b 8 i"g traced by ^ Chesterneid police that he had got a man named Knight to-P'edge a watch belonging to the deceased , at Mr Wilcock 8 on sa pawnbroker in Chesterfielda lew da »

      , , y atter Collis ' s sudden disappearance . When interrogated as to how he got possession of it , he said he had w > n it at a raffle , while to others he said he had nought it ofa man known in the neighbourhood as Lankey . " These statements being ascertained to be untrue , led to his apprehension . In addition w > iillen Beresford ( who had been enceinte by the de . ceased ) identifying the silk handkerchief found with fne remains , she spoke to the wateh produced being in deceased ' s possession on the 7 th December , 184 * ¦ they had kept company together some time , and oo his leaving her house on the evening of tbat day , at six o clock , he told her he was obliged to leave , as ne had promised to meet the prisoner , Platts , at halfpast six o ' clock . He told her Platts had several times

      promised to settle with him , for he was greatly n his debt , and he was determined to get the money coimng to him . She never saw him after . When he left her saw the watch in bis pocket . Hewaa dressed in a black surtout coat , black cloth trousers , canary-coloured waistcoat , and black hat . The witness also identified the red garter found on the leg w n Deoease took ^ from her in jest , She had the fellow one in her possession , which she produced . l he mother of the deceased identified the clothes lound in the cesspool as those her son wore on tho night of his disappearance , adding , that the prisoner , when applied to if he had seen anything of Collis , said he believed he was at Manchester , as Collis had old iumne intended to get out of the way of the ' em 'e Beresford , who was in the family-way by him . o . Uolbropk , an eating-honse keeper , said he remembered Collis coming to his shop on the 7 th of December . He Came in about-, a ntiarter t . n Hovpn

      o clock , saying to witness he had to meet Platt at ¦ new piace in the shambles , to get some money from nm , and he would meet llolbrook at twelve . Hoi . brook saw the deceased go in the direction of the prisoner ' s place , but never saw him after . That he went direct to the prisoner , not a doubt was enteramed . T . Harvey , a shoemaker , said , at about twenty minutes past seven o ' clock on the night ia question he was standing near Platts' shop , and heard two or three blows struck , as if bv a clever on a piece oi wood or block : The sound of the Wows was rather jarred . After the first Wow the witness distinctly heard groans ejaculated from a human !? f M ? i . he ttade a ! 1 ha 8 to to hia friendrt at aenw * ana tow them he was sure soma murder waB going on in Platts shop . His wife and sister returned seil ^ M " , bamble 8 . » "d finding the door secured , they knocked , and asked Platts what he was doing , a d who had in the shon ?—Tim ! ,, ; . ««»

      immediatel y answered- "Nobody ; " he had beea taking some rum , which had made him exceedingly "" i ;' that he was 6 oing to lie down . He waa asKed to open the door , and they would give him . E w& ^ r . but he would not . The females then cnarged Platts with having a woman inside . He eplied he had not , there was no one with him , and ae would not open the door for any of them . They -tarn left the shop . Shortly afterwards Platts came into a neighbouring public-house with one of hia Hands covered with blood ; he said he wanted to wash his hands as he had cut his finger . Witness observed , as did the other witnesses , that Platts had been kneeling , one of his knees being covered with dirt . They again asked him who he had

      . had . with him in the shop , but he refused to answer . . Other witnesses corroborated Harvey ' s evidence . Mary Radaell proved meeting the prisoner in January 1845 . He offered a watch ( the deceased ^ watch , produced ) , saying he had won it at a raffle , and wanted £ 2 for it . She told him 8 he was not in want ofa watch . After the discovery of the mutilated remains she met the prisoner at Chesterfield , and asked him if he had heard of the rumours that tollis waa supposed to have , been murdered . He said he had , but he believed Collis had done it himself . He added that Collis had often told him that ne would make away with himself . —George Knight spoke of haying bought a pair of boots of the prisoner lor 5 s . [ lhey were produced , and identified as lie .

      wSPk i ° ^ . HeaW de P ° to pawning a watch at the prisoner ' s direction . It was redeemed after the finding of the bod y by the prisoner ' s mother , at whose house it was found by the officers ; the prisoner telling them where they would find it concealed , ine statement the prisoner made when taken into custody was , that he did not owe the deceased any money , but that the deceased owed him some ; for ne lent him £ 2 on the last occasion of meeting with . »? k ^ at was on Saturday , the 6 th of December , 1845 . —Mr H . E . Walker , surgeon , stated that tho bones found in the soil , in the cesspool , were those of a , maleabcut 23 or 24 years of age . He was of opinion that the fractures of the skull had been inflicted be-SirWL TbBy ^ ere four in number , evidently KJS , . t BOme & J instrument , such as a butcher ' s cleaver . -Mr Macaulay addressed th » court for the defence , and called \* nuSEof witn ?^ » . whose testimony itapnearedS ,, ! tune

      me ot tne commies on of the offence tie mi . Mner had borne an excellent character " ^ honest ? SSSSs ^ asia ® SSS ^^ sssf AaftM CtWn ^ S e > ^^ «» shown to have been Sm t o tataS" evening ° f the 7 th of Member from traced SteTJ ? « i g «* o ' clock , they were traced fo Morley ' s shop , words were heard the prisoner was in possession of a deadly weapon . There k . j ? uffl ? and a &" H ? " 8 * en i » lse accounts , naa refused to let people in , was subsequently seen assisting in carrying a heavy weight , and was afterwards proved to be ia po « session of the deceased ' s w&tek , boots , &o . His lordship then eaniertffo ? horted him to repentance , and concluded by sentencing h , m to be hung , holdingout no hope of mS The prisoner , who had been very composed un to the time ofthe verdict , turned ver / palSfflK SToved & ttdoT ^ *™* »* °° »

      Confbshon op ihb MuBDBB Kn . -The prisoner , on Wednesday last , made a voluntary and ramb ing statemeni before several of the magistrates ,-Th ch left on their minds no doubt whatever of his guilt .

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      i "I ' TT here were fo « fires in Uveroool last do ^ Ste An association , has been formed for the nurnoaa of « ncouraglng the growth of a « iu Wuffi , ^

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      ft iw « Ti . ' . CIDE - ~ . Between two an < l three o clock on Thursday morning , Mr Sparks , of Dudley , near Birmingham , committed suicide by cutting h « throat , at the beer-shop , 3 , Bridge street , BfackpS tit rr * Men 7 wea ' i ner ; surgical aid was called , but life was pronounced extinct . * Shkbiffs of Lohbos fob the Ensuing Ysar . —At a recent civic dinner , the Lord Mayor drank to Mr William Cabitt , the eminent builder of Gray ' s-innroad , being the ancient mode of puttiae in nomination for the high ahd distinguished office of one of the sheriffs of London , and joint sherffof Middlesex .

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      « THE NORTHERN STAR , MABCH 27

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1411/page/6/