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      UIsCBlLAKBODS . Commission of Lusact . —A commission has been held at the Horns Tavern , Kermington , before Mr Commissioner Winslow . to Miss Ann Ilarntn , aged 56 , a maiden lady of 2 , York-row , Kensington-road . The property was stated to consist of houses , which were in adilapidated state , and of government stock . to the amount of £ 10 , 000 ; three of the honses had not been tenanted for eight yean . Her delusions a ? sre-4 hat her hands were not human , but tbe claws of eagles ; thai it was not her tongue that spoke , bat magic ; and that her heart was being tors to pieces . She said sh&could not see , and that she was stone blind . She was instantly grinding her teeth . The servant who attended her for many years had become impared in mind by waiting on her , and died in Bethlehem Hospital . The jury Lad an interview with the lunatic lady in her house , when they were quite satisfied of her insanity . The jury returned a Terdict , dating her unsonndnessof mind from March ,

      1847 . Westos v . Hill . —Cbim . Cos . —This case was tried in the Queen ' s Bench . The plaintiff kept a public-house in Marylebone , and the defendant , a livery stable keeper , lived not far from him- . They were on intimate terms , and it was stated that the defendant visited at the plaintiff ' s house in his absence , and was , on ene occasion , seen with his arm round the waist of the wife . On the fast day tbe plaintiff and defendant had arranged to leave town on some excursion together , but the plaintiff having bsen obliged to go onfc , the defendant came before ha return . When he arrived he looked through the window of the parlour , and there was the defendant and his wife in such a position as to induce Wm to believe he had been dishonoured . In order to obtain

      evidence of this , a person was placed in such a position as tohear what occurred in aninterviow between the plaintiff and defendant , in which the former charged the latter with the offence . All , however , that he heard the defendant say was , that although he had not been guilty , he might have been—For toe defence it was contended that this was only an attarney ' aaction , and that the mode which had been adopted to obtain an admisson from , the defendant was moat discreditable . —Verdict for the plaintiff . Damages . £ 250 . Further Fall is the Price of Bread . —Another reduction in the price of the i lb . loaf took place on Monday throughout tbe metropolis . The best bread w now charged 10 d ., second-rate fid , League bread v » d , weighed on delivery ; household 7 d . and 6 | d . the loaf .

      DasokbofLendisgBoatsto Bots . —On Monday afternoon a email skiff , containing no fewer than ten lads , was upset near the Surrey side of Waterioo-• iridge , and Alfred Smee . of No . Ill , Fraser-street . South Lambeth , was drowned , tbe others being rescued by some persons who put off from the shore . The accident was caused by the lads not understanding the management of a boat , and she was swamped by the swell raised by a passing steamer . The body was not recovered .

      Staioe of Phisce Albbhi es ihk Rotal Exchasos . —The marble statue of Prince Albert , subscribed for by the merchants of London , u about to be erected in the vestibule ef Lloyd ' s , in the Royal Exchange , in commemoration of his laying the foundation stone of that splendid edifice . Fibk at Dockhead . —On Monday afternoon a fire of an alarming character was discovered on the premises in the occupation of Messrs OUey and Border , coal and charcoal merchants , 52 , Shad Thames , Dockhead . The Barnes when firstperceived had obtained a firm hold of unwards of two thousand

      bnshelsef charcoal deposited in one of the lofta . Aa attempt was made to extinguish the fire by heaving buckets of water upon it , but owing to the suffocating gas from the burning material , the men were obliged to make a precipitate retreat . The firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the flames , but they were not entirely extinguished until considerable damage was done . The precise cause of the disaster could not bj ascertained , bat the prevailing opinion is that it originated spontaneously from the Mtense heat of the weather acting on the charcoal The firm was insured in the Alias Fire-office .

      . TOIUBSTS . WoFcr , MnsDEtt . —Before Mr Mills , in the Maryleboue workhouse , on the male infant of Mary Anne Gamble , wife of HeBry Gamble , hairdresser , 35 . Jttomer-street . A great mass of evidence was produced , from which it appeared that the prisoner had been fora long time separated from her husband , and a child , of which it was proved that she was the mother , was found in the water-closet , smothered 8 he Baying the birth wag unespseted .-Bannister , D 124 , deposed to finding the infant . —Mr G . Wilson aurgeon . stated that on a past mortem examination Jie found that it was a full-born and a full-developed child , and that it lived some time after its * birth . It was suffocated by the soil . —The jury , after a len . rt . li .

      ened deliberation , returned a verdiet of " Wilful Murder" against the parent , who was conveyed to Hewgate . The unfortunate woman , who hitherto tore an irreproachable character , is the mother of bflvVd 1 ed ' ° ° ' withtbe exception of one , SmcinE hi Pail of WATEB .-Before Mr J . Pavne at Bishopsgate workhouse , on Joseph Hart , latelv residing at 3 , Half Moon-street The deceased had for some time past laboured under bodil y suffering his malady being disease of thelungs : long-continued ritnws had reduced him to a very weak and low state , and although he did not suffer absolute w ant , he was %£ ? l ?? f ?™* fisted chiefly

      S ' : ™ : upon tte kindnas of afewttends . For ^ c ^ y prevTu toha decease had been light-headed at intervals and 0 H Sunday morning his landlady founddeceased on the floor of the shop near the fire-place , with his fiead immeRed in a pail of water , with a knife resting by his side , stained with blood ! -Tfae surgeon who was called said he was convinced death was the result of suffocatien from the immersion inthe water and which was very easily caused , as deceased had suffered much from d . fficulty ot breathing . Verdict , Temporary Insanity . " B ! rllAHsuccHKB .-By MrW . Carter , at the Wind-Mill , high-street , Lambeth , respecting the death of

      wary Aiiworthy , aged 63 years , lately residing at 23 , High-street , who died from the effects of injuries caused by James Bruce , on Saturday last , under circomstances detailed in our " Police Report . " The iffilE ""^* evidence ? the wit « esses , and tie testimony oi : the surgeon , who attributed death « l « J / ture ° !? "i 037 ^ . reacting from external violence , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter gainst James Bruce , " who stands committed to Horsemonger-kvne , to await his trial HORRIBLE MURDER AND ' sTTTmntt

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      nlZZL ?? " * S" ^ « s offered Mr Sheridan Juwwlee , from the Rcyal bounty , £ 100 a-year .

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      England WESIMOHELAND . Three Hobsbs Killed . —An unlucky accident has occurred at a ballast-hole , near the bridge where the Burton road crosses the railway . A number bl horses are required to draw the waggons from this hole up the incline to a sliding , whence the waggous are fetched by an engine , and the horses then return to be read y to draw up other waggons . By a uptake of a boy in turning the points , the waggons , instead of going into the slidings , rushed down the incline again with fearful velocity upon three of tbe horse : ( the property of the contractors ) , and destroyed ererj one of the animals . Two were killed on the spet , and three legs of one hone were actually , cut off by the waggons .

      LANCASHIRE . Asotetrb Colliery Expioskw . —Two lives were sacrificed again on Friday evening , by another explosion of sulphur , in Aberdeen Pit , near Adiington . and enly a few miles distant from the Kirkless Hall colliery . The Brinks pit had been stopped in consequence of its having been flooded , but last week the water having been pumped out , an attempt was made to work again . The colliers , however , reported that the sulp hur was present in the workings and facings to such an extent as to render it impracticable , and on Friday the underlooker turned a stream of water ,

      which came from an upcast shaft down this , which is a downcast shaft , to dislodge the sulphur . It had the desired effect , but part of the dislodged sulphur was forced into the workings of the Aberdeen pit ( the workings of both pits being connected ) , where the colliers were in the habit of getting coal with the naked candles . In this state of thing ? , two colliers , John and Elijah Rutter ( father and son ) , were going to work at 1 o ' clock on Friday evening , with naked candle 3 in their hands , came in contact with the sulphur , an explosion ensued , and they were killed . It would seem to be unsafe to allow collier * to work without safety lamns under an v circumstances .

      OBBBTSmBE . Barbarous Mordeb near Harkwood . —A most diabolical murder was committed at Wee ton , near Harewood , en Monday week , by a man named Francis Britton , his victim being his own child , a little girl about three years old , named Maria Britton . It appears the murderer had been in confinement as a lunatic for some weeks , and on Saturday evening he returned hope . On the following morning a person named Bright , who lodged in the house , and slept up stairs , heard a heavy tread in the room below , occupied by Britton , his wife , and child . Shortly after , Bright heard a heavy stroke , and a moan ; he immediately went down stairs , when he saw Britton hit the child three times with the poker .

      He held the poker in both his hands , and hit the deceased on the forehead as she lay in bed , Bright immediately seized Britton , and handed him over to the custodyof the constables . The poor child ' s head was awfully mangled , and blood and brains were scattered on tbe floor and walls of the cottage . It appeared the wretch had taken the opportunity of committing the dreadful act during the temporary absence ef his wife . An inquest has been held before Mr Lee , coroner , when a verdict of " Wilful murder against Francis Britton" was returned . The Chesterfield Murder . — Apprehension of Mb R . Stathau . —The town of Chesterfield has again been thrown into a state of excitement by the apprehension of Mr R . Statham , a master butcher , charged

      with aiding and abetting in the murder of George Collis . A fortnight ago Anthony Launt , a butcher , was apprehended on the same charge . Evidence has now been given againsfc Mr Statham ( who found tbe money , and evinced great interest in the defence of Platts , executed aa oneof the murderers of CoU'is ) A witness swears to seeing Mr Statham in the yard atthebackof Morley ' s shop , and to certain conversations racing between him and Merley , at the time Platts and Collis were in the shop , and immediately afterthe " scnmV'and " blow" wete heard , and the shop dwrs banged to . He alsoBwears to Staham remoTing his dog from the yard into the' house , and to seeing him looking through a pane of glass into the shop . In fact , if the evidence be correct , it would

      seem that Statham was in reality an aider and abettor of the murder . He was taken into custody on Monday . When the warrant was read over to him in his shop , he made no reply , but accompanied the policeman to prison . lie was on Tuesday taken before tbe magistrate , when the witnesses examined at Platts' trial were again examined and the new evidence adduced . At the close the mayor said the bench felt bound to commit the prisoner to take his trial at the next assizes . An attorney , who appeared for the prisoner , asked the magistrates to take bail , but they peremptorily refused to doso , " unless " compelled by ajudge . " Statham said the evidence ( as regarded himself ) was false , and that it was " a hard case . " He was taken to the county gaol , at Derby , and both he and Launt will be arraigned at the

      ensuing assizes . NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . > Attempted Mdrdeb of a Wifb —Great consterna . Kon has been created in consequence of a man named Jacob Parrott having attempted to cut the throat of his wife , in a bye lane near Snenton church . The circumstances of the case were stated by the prisoner when taken to the lock-up . Parrott has been married about four years , two years of which period he and his wife lived together in Nottingham , as comfortably as could be desired . At the end of that time she absconded with another man . The prisoner ultimately went to Manchester , where he learned that his wife had been living at a house ot ill-repute ; that she had been obtaining clothes under false nratences :

      and that , after other misconduct , she had made her escape unobserved . Parrott was so exasperated , that he returned to Nottingham , with the determination of murdering his wife . He slept with her on Thursday night , ana on the following morning they went out together , and were out during the whole of the day , except for a short time whilst they were getting something to drink at two or three public-bouses , which they visited for that purpose . About 1 o ' clock they walked down the lane at the back of Snenton church , and sat down together . While Beated the prisoner took out a razor , and drew it across his wife ' s throat . She then asked him to forgive herand he

      , dropped the weapon in her hand , and went to pro-: ure assistance and to give himself into custody . The first person he met was an old man . whom he told what he had done , and requested to be taken prisoner ; but the man would have nothing to do with him . The prisoner walked on and met many other people , to whom he related what had occurred ; but it was not till after a great crowd had collected that he was taken into custody and conveyed to the county lock-up . The woman was conveyed to the General Hospital , and was reported likely to recover . The prisoner was examined before the magistrates , bat no new facts were elicited . He was remanded .

      NORFOLK . Mobe Poisoxisqs . —On Monday last the inhabitants of Stokeferry were alarmed by a report that a diabolical attempt had been made on the lives of the family of Mr John Mayes , butcher . On inquiry it was found to be but too true ; for breakfast was barely over before each and all who partook of the tea , of which it chiefly consisted , were taken suddenry and violently sick , with acute burning pains in the throat and stomach . Of these , Mr Mayes was the greatest sufferer , though all were more or less affected . At first it was thought to be something in the tea-pot , but on examination by Mr H . B . Steele , surgeon , arsenic in a large quantity waa easily detected in the kettle from which the tea-pot had been supplied ; this kettle Mr Steele immediately secured . Of course prompt

      and , we hope , effective measures , were resorted to ; for on inquiry the whole of the sufferers ( seven in number ) were stated to be better . We reg ret to add that the effects of this horrid act have been visited on an eighth person , Mrs Tindale , of the Crown Inn , who , calling on her neighbour , Mrs Mayes , unguardedly swallowed a small quantity of the water from the tea kettle ( this was before it was known or even suspected to contain poison ) , and has ever since been in a suffering , not to say alarming condition . Had she , like the rest , taken enough to cause immediate reaction , she might possibly have suffered less ; for the ultimate safety of the intended victims , if saved they are , may besaid to ba owing to the strength of thepoison ; and thus the very bane becomes the antidote . Measures are being taken by the police which , it is hoped , will soon afford a due to the perpetrator of this vile attempt .

      BERKSHIRE . Windsob . —Lamentable Case op Dbowniko . —On Monday an inquest was held before W . J . Marlin , Esq . coroner , atthe King ' s Arms , Thames-side , on Mr Jnhos Jacobson , of the firm of Jaoobson Brothers , I merchants . Great St Helen ' s , Bishopsgate-street , who wa 3 unfortunatel y drowned while bathing in } the Thames , a Bhort distance below Windsor-bridge . Dr fl . Scherer , the gentleman who accompanied deceased , deposed as follows . - —The deceased and I ar-| rived sn Windsor on Monday , and shortly aftevwarua engaged a boy to take us in a punt to a part of the Thames where there was plenty ofroomforswimmi ' i C aadnodonot tbe deceased could swim , as we had been bathing togetherlast weekafc Richmond . We told the lad we could swim . I first pluneed into

      tne water , close to the weir , from off the bank : the deceased shortly after following me . I soon after , while I was standing upon the weir , saw him struggling through the stream , but I heard him utter no cry . I immediately sprang into the water to his assistance , but was unable to reach him for a minute or two , in consequence of the rapid nature of the current . I found him sinking and exhausted . I managed to get bold of his shoulder , the whole of his body being under water , but such was his weight and so deep was the river , that my own strpnofi ! failed and it was with difficulty 1 ZT ^ SA reached the shore , when I fell downfr om exhaustion The body was afterwards found in a deep hole within a few yards whence it sank . Some other witnesses S SS Vwdict ' " AccidenKo" ^

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      old . in the absence of its parents , crept into the garden , and approaching a deep well , slipped in . The girl who had charge , missin g i t , ran . to the well inv mediately ) and seeing the infant at the bottom , without hesitating , lowered the bucket , and descended by the rope 03 feet , when she succeeded in grasping the child . The neighbours arrived , and the child waa pulled up , nearly dead . Every assistance was rendered to the infant , which is much bruised about the body , and the girl , in descending by the rope , suffered serious injury in her hands . . , ^ , i

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      HOME CIRCUIT . —CiiBLMSFORn , Jult 13 . Poisoning nr a Wifk . —Emma Elizabeth Hume , 24 , was indicted for attempting to administer to Thomas Hume , her husband , a quantity of sugar of lead , with intent to kill and murder him . The pri-6 on ? ra huabaad was a widower at the time he married the prisoner , and had grown-up children . Prior to April he had been suffering from a liver complaint , and Marchant , who lived in tbe same village , and had the reputation of being able to cure the disorder in question , had made him some pills . On tbe 7 th April the prisoner was observed by her daughter-in-law to be mixing up some flour and water to a thick paste , and she then moulded it to the form < i two large pills , which she placed upon the oven to dry , and when

      they were dried she put them into a box which contained some of the pills that had been sent by Marchant . At this time her husband was bedridden , and it appeared that she tried to persuade him to take some of the pills she had made . From circumstances that had previously , occurred , he had some » uspioions of her intentions , and after observing that the pills were too large and strong for him , he refused to take them . The prisoner pressed him to do so and told him that Tom Warner had said that they were just the things for his complaint ; but he persisted in his refusal . The next day she again pressed him to take the large pills , but he refused , and it appeared that after this they were handed over' to the police . The prosecutor also stated that a short time before this happened , the prisoner had broueht him

      some fried potatoes , and he found they had such a nauseous taste that he was obliged to spit out what he had taken ; and upon another occasion she brought him tome broth , which had the same taste , and he refused to drink it . The prisoner ' s daughter proved she saw her mother mix up fhe large pilku She also stated upon the occasion when her mother made the mutton broth , she first put some white powder into a basin , and mixed it up , and then pnured the broth into it . When her father refuged to drink it , the prisoner told her to throw it away , and directed her to waah the basin and saucepan quite clean . The prisoner said it was not true that she asked her to wash the saucepan ; she did it heweU . Fox , who took the prisoner into custody , said that upon his showing her the large pills she denied all knowledge of them

      Ducattenvards admitted that she had attempted to administer them to her husband , but said she did not intend to poison him . It was then given in evidence that the two pills referred to were found to contain m grains of sugar of lead , and that , in the state of neaitn of the prosecutor , that quantity would certamly hate caused his death . The prisoner , in her defence , merely denied the charge . Mr Baron Parke havingsummed up , the jury , after deliberating for a few minutes , returned a verdict ef Guilty . The nlrrf fe i t 6 r addre 8 siD P «> e prisoner , said he felt it to be hiaduty to pass uoon h / r the ^^ sentence fixed by the law for this offence ; and he at thewme time observed that he knew of ho o ? kr Sent of H ^ ifir nOfc , Ti 8 it

      ms&sss KwernnnM - ng C \ "y "' jary that mieht be in ardSdn ? f i- - S ^ Wiw immediatel y seized , ana carried out oi court by the turnkeys . OXFORD CincUIT . _ OxruhD , JiaT 15 . t-MBEZZlEMENT BY THE SECHLTAIlt uF A FRIENDLY aociETX . -Itichard Waite . s . inembur ofa friendly society called the " TJniv * rsalistb' Club , " held at Bampton , was churged with embezzling £ 3 , received by him as tbe clerk of thu society . The club met at periodical intervals for thu d-spitch of business ; all monies were received in the first instance by a collector , afterwards they were handed to the prisoner na secretary , for the purpose of

      being paid b y Wm to the bsnKtM tffthO BOCiQtJ . Dpen a particular or . caiion the priaqney suggested that the interest allowed by the bankers wbb small , aud that 1 « could obtar ., a higher rate from a tum Ui London who wried . ou bunineBs in Soraers-toffn , Finall y , wj ( h ttie

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      approbation and consent of ths club , he drew put th « whole of the debits from th « Wltney bank , for the purpowof mafeUiuihe inwtmeiiti FronUtme to time he read from a book a statement of the . financial affairs of the company , which seemed highly BatUfaotorj . At length' one of the member * , belnjr anxious to see the account In black and white ; looked over hU shoulder as he was reading out of the book * and bbserVed the contents thereof were In the'handwriting of the prisoner ; this excited suspicloh s an inquiry wa » instituted . A letter w «« written to the'firm in London , which was re . turned through the dead-letttroffioo , and in the end it

      turned out that the prlsonw had Appropriated the funds of the society to his own use . —Mr Justice Coleridge remarked there was a difficulty at once apparent . Thin was a species of larceny , and itwas'qutte clear that a man could not bo guilty of stealing Me own property . Il « e tl . e prisoner was a trustee for the whole club ; be received the money in question with 'the consent of the society , for the purpose of investing it : he was himself intereited in U . It ne » ef could be said that , under this state of things , he'was their clerk or servant ; There was a marked distinction between this case and that of "Res t Hall . *—The pridorier wn < d !« charged .

      • ""MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Neolsctei * Childben . — The court sit on Tuesday for the trial of 27 charges of felony standing over bj adjournment from last session . Several of these cases consisted of poor children neglected by their parents and allowed to run wild about the streets . The thefts laid to thsir charge were of a petty nature , Tbe learned judge lamented that there was no way of reaching the careless parents , who were , in many Instances , the real parties to be blamed . The provisions of the Juvenile Offenders Bill were steps in the right dirertlor , but much was still nocessarjr to render it a measure calculated to meet the evils in reference to juvenile offenders which constantly came under their notice in that court .

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      SOUTIIWARK . ~ Ixdecent AssidLT . — William Sawders , a baker in Lantstreet , was charged with assaulting Eliea Keltey , a little girl between eight and nine years o > age , with a criminal intent . The com . plainant deposed that the lived with Her paints In Hill , street , Blackfrian . road , and that on the preceding day the prisoner , who served them wltk bread , called at the house and inquired if either of her parents were at honie « She . replied in the negative , upon which the pri . Boner walked into the parlour . At this moment an infant up stairs began to cry , and the prisoner desired complainant to send her little sister to quiet the baby , ller sister then ascended , upon which the prisoner desired complainant to go into th « kitchen , and he followed her . Whenhe got her there he gave her a pennv , and

      proceeded to act in such a manner at to leave no doubt of the offence which she described . While these proceedings ' were going forward a knocking was beard at the street door , upon which the prisoner passed out in a hurry , and complainant afterwards communicated tbe facts to a Mrs Kitig , who lives opposite her father ' s home . The prisoner said the complainant ' s father owed him a hill for bread ; that he called several times for the money but could not get it ; and that this story was trumped up against him out of revenge . The prisoner ' s solicitor condemned his line of defence and said , if the magistrate considered a case of assault was made out be hoped that ho would deal summarily with it and convict tbe prisoner . Mr Seeker said , the charge was of too serious a nature for him to treat in the manner suggested , aud committed the prisoner , but consented to take bail , himself in £ 80 . and two sureties of £ 40 each .

      CLEUKENWELL . — Murderous Assault uroK a WirE . —Thomas Prior waB charged by Harriet , his wife , with baring assaulted her . On Sunday morning , between one and two o ' clock , the prisoner came home intoxicated , and without the least provocation commenced quarrelling with her . She endeavoured to appease him without effect , when he seized the poker , and struck her a violent blow on the head , which wounded her severely . The prc-Beeutrix seemed desirous not to press the charge . Ordered to find bail , but locked up in default .

      LAMBETH . —RUFFUNLT OUTBtQE AMD CHiKCE OT Manslabobteb . —James Brure was charged with manslaughter , in causing the death of an aged female named Mary Allworthy ; and also with committing an unprovoked and savage assault on James Blake , 19 years of age . On Saturday night the prisoner , in a state of intoxication ,, entered the shop of a grocer la High-sweet , Lambeth , to purchase some coffee ; and on approaching the counter he made a most savage attack upon Blake . He caught him bj the hair of th « head , without the slightest provocation , dragged him about the shop , and ultimately Into the street ; and while the youth waB Struggling to disengage himself they both rolled Rgnin 8 t the women Allwortby , and knocked her down . She

      was taken up insensible , and removed to her dwelling , when , after a partial recovery , she became delirious , and died in less than six hours nfter . Tho medical gentleman on examining her found a deep incision on the back part of the head , and a fracture of tbe skull , occasioned no doubt by her falling on one of tbe large stones which were lying about , through the sewer being under repair . The prisoner in reply to the serious charge , said that he had received a serious wound on the btad some years ago , and when he took the least drink he became so much excited as tobo perfectly unconscious of what he did ; and in the present instance he had not the slightest recollection of the circumstances Stated by the witnesses . —The prisoner was remanded .

      WESTMINSTER . — Extknsiye Fraud . — Thomas Johnston , a young man , was charged on suspicion of baving committed a series of frauds . One case was clearly proved , On tb . 8 28 d of Juno nn errand-boy of MrSchraelz-r ' s , l , Rupert-9 trcet , Haymarket , was taking humeaparcel of boots and shoes , when prisoner accosted him in St James ' s Park , and entering into conversation accompanied him till he saw him deliver a palr . of boots at the house of a gentleman named Brown , where prisoner afterwards went and obtained possession of tbe boots by representing that ho was sent by Mr Schelm ? r , who was desirous of showing the boots as a pattern . Prisoner was met afterwards by the lad , and given into custody . Sergeant tngUsh , 4 C , said that ther ^ bad betn of late numerous complaints of similar frauds , and if the prisoner were remanded there might be other charges aguirmt him . The prisoner was committed , but ordered to be again brought up , '

      MARYLEBONE—The Mistakes or aNionT . —Jane Saintrce charged Willtam Ledger with having disturbed her out of her sleep , by demanding admission into her bed . room « t U o ' clock at night . ' Imagining It to be her husband , the opsned ' the door , when , to her amazement , Mr Ledger appeared . In the meanwhile language o > anything but an amicable nature was heard in another part of the house . On inquiry It was found that this colloquial difference had taken place between Mrs Lodger and Mr Salntree ; Mr Salntree bating made a mistake similar to that made by his fellow . lodgcr , and insisted upon entering Mrs Ledger ' s apartment . Mrs Snintree called loudly for her husband , and Mrs Ledger with equal vehemence for hers . At length a servant girl with a candle brought all the parties to light . Mrs Salntree , suspecting the visit premeditated , insisted on magisterial interference to prevent a repetition of such conduct .-. Mr Long bound all the parties over to keep the peace for six months .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —A suspicious Wat of " ha . kino cp" a . QrABREL—Ellen M'Carih y was charged under the following suspicious circumstances : —The priuner had been a lodg « r In the Iioubo of Caroline Lawson , in Vinegar ground , St Luke ' s ; a quarrel had taken place , which was followed by a separation M'Carthy vowing vengeance" against Lawson . On Saturday they met in Holborn , and M'Carthy was Invited by Lawson to take a glaes of gin , ' so that all anlmosity should cease . This was agreed to , but one glass produced another , and at about halfpast 12 Lawson found

      was leaning against one of the pannsin Smlthfield , unable to move , and M'Carthy standing b y her side . A man who was passing oalled a cab , and Lnwson was placed in it , and accompanied by M'Cartky . Lawson was driven to her residence , but on her arrival w&s found to be insensible . Constable 153 was soon upon the spot , and he hastened for Mr Coward , the district police sargeon , who pronounced life quito extlnot , The prisoner was remanded ; but at the inquest the following verdict was given : _ T haf the deceased was fouSd dead in % cab , but by what means she came by her death there was no evidence to prove . "

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      T vat DAdg ^ HAM MuRDBR .-Thomas Kimpton and Isaac H . cktoh , constables of the K division of police , took their trial at Chehnaford on Wednesday last hM ^^ . MlM . aiideimNp « jUy i » i £ S case the particulars of which mint be fresh in the minds of our readiirs . So completely clear wS he Z ^ Tn ^ ^ ' that th 0 c « l for ™ e prisoner * telt ho could notoffer any answer to theK Kimpton was found Guilty , " as also Hickton H «? t J lm \ Pri 8 Oner . t M Commend d to S ££ 2 T * ^ P ^' . vice Sir Robe ?? St opS

      wW ? »^? - ° rial ,. Whlte balt dinner . at Gre <^ wjc i , which . mmed . ately precedes the prorogation ot Parliament , is fixed for Wednesday , 21 st inst . Captain Fitzgerald , Into Governor of our settlement « tho Gambia , has been appointed Governor of Swan Iwrer . " ¦ The King of Bavaria has just published a fourth volume of his poems . A German lady who is now residing on the banks of Windetmere , is said to be one of the bcBt rowers on the lako , and during the winter she was frequently distinguished as a sportswoman vh Bhootinc wildfowl . " . ' - , . T . German , Em ., of Preston , has given £ 1 , 000 for tho erection of a handsome tower ar . d anirntnjhn churck of St Piter ' s , in that town . . P t 0 th 0

      should ^ said in all the Lrtffl * JJ ^ SS toy A aSi « r ^ ° d 0 Ubt 8 *™ **

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      It » at length finally ueeulod , backed by the Duke ' s wqueBt , that the Wellington statute is to remain upon the aroU . The Chinese spend annually 290 , 000 , 000 for incense to burn before their idols- *» bout five shillings for cyery man , woman , and cuild in the empire ,

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      TUE FATAL DUEL AT CAMDEN . -nW ^ FOUR YEARS AGO . ° ^ i 80 MIBHDRR 0 ? LIEUT . MrjNRo . On Monday at about eleven o ' clock » v , Long , the sitting magistrate at Marlborouoh , ^ court , was engaged in the disposal of some , ' * trifling importance , a person of military ann ? 1 entered the court , accompanied by another " ^ man . He stated that he was Lieutenant Munh ^ ' " that he had come to surrender himself , in otd ' *^ he might take his trial for the unfortunate di ^' which Lieut-Colonel Fawcett fell . It will & ? ' ' in tho recolleotion of tbe public , that the duel , 3 resulted so fatally took place four years ago in a r *•

      adjacent to me erecKnocK Arms , Lamder , f " when Lieut .-Ool . Fawcett , owing ' to a wound ft ?" lie received , lingered for a short timo and then d" ' An inquest was held by Mr Wakley upon the L ^ and after two or three adjournments , the jnr ! ° ' "'turned a verdict ot " Wilful Murder" against [• * Mupro as ( be principal , and against three other o 1 tlemen as accessories ; the latter ultimatclj !!"' themselves up , and after being tried at the qI Criminal Court were acquitted . Lieutenant Mu » absconded , and a warrant forhis apprehension v ? aj ? one period in the hands of Hooker , a warrant uK of this court . " ^

      Mr Chambers , an . inspector present , said he wogij endeavour to ascertain , if possible , in whose q J the warrant remainei lie retired , and in theco | J of an hour returned , having been unable to obtain ^ necessary information . Mr Long was of opinion that it was only neces ^ to have Lieutenant Munro ' s voluntary admi ^ reduced te writing , i > nd signed . Mr Phillips .. the clerk , then took down from ( i , lips of Lieutenant Munro , who , throughout the p , ? ceeding 9 , seemed much dejected , the tallowin g ^ statement : — I am here to give myself up to the U * s of „ , country , having understood that a warrant is J , asainsttne for killing Colonel Fawcett in a duel , J I have come forward voluntarily from DresiW surrender nnd take my trial . The duel was Wi , on July 1 , 1843 . " m

      Lieutenant Munro having affixed his signatur e ! , the above admission , was conveyed , accompanied j , the usher , in a cab to Newgate .

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      . EXTENSIVE JEWELLERY ROBBERY , On Saturday John Daniell { alias Johnson ) m Marianne Smith , who had a child in her arms , * ,. brought before Alderman Gibtw , at tbe Manti * house , charged with having stolen gold and si | , s watches , diamond rings , < fcc , of the value of aL £ 1 , 000 , the property of Messrs Brown and Walb of Whitechapel and Leadenball-atreet . Theprenju in Leadenhall-strect were those in which tbe robC was committed , and the moment the discovery U place the prosecutors employed Haydon and W u two of the most vigilant officers of the city police » the work ot detecting the thieves and recoveriag ' ^ stolen goods ,

      Mr Charles Brown said : I am in partnershi p w ' ,. 1 Mr John Brown , and carrying on business w jew ; . Ier 3 , Ac , at 92 , High-street , Whitechapel , vtA ' il at 110 . Leadenhall-street . The male prisoner wu shopman to us up to Saturday night fast , and had ii the property in Leadenhall-street , under his can The articles were very valuable . It was the n ^ prisoner ' s duty to sleep upon the premises erm night , and it was his duty every Sunday motnintti bring the keys to u * , and to come in the evening % them and return to sleep in the house . He broujtj

      the keys as usual last Sunday morning to our bocjj in Whitechapel , but he did not return in the evenb , 1 visited the premises on Monday mornin R at ei £ ( o ' clock , and saw that they were locked up accordit ; to custom . I found my lad at the door , and he saij Mr Daniell had not arrived . I opened the premie and , as the shop was dark , directed that the shutttn should be removed . I then perceived that a number of articles had disappeared , and the tickets wb ^ had belonged to them were scattered about the piece and I said to the lad , "I see how it is . " I tin , ' brought in some gentlemen . [ Here the officer nre .

      duced several bundles , containing jewellery of ran , ous kinds . 1 I caa identify the gold watch found b one of the officers upon Daniell as our propertt and part of that which had been on the pretnisi on Saturday , and had not been accounted forbt Daniell . . Mr John Walker said : I went on Monday mornia to Lcadenhall-strcet , and found everythin g there ? a state o { confusion , the pirc-perty stolen , and tin tickets about the premises , 1 instantly commenced a course of search , accompanied by Haydon arf >\ ebb , the officers . I went with them for the pjrpose of identifying Daniell . After having gone Hi variety of places we at last called at 21 , Grove-iila «

      Lisson-grove , where the officers knocked at the doer and inquired whether Mr Johnson was at home . Yes , " said the person who opened the door , "wall m . Up on . entering we saw the female prison and asked her whether Mr Johnson was at homd ahe replied in the negative . I said , upon lookinni her , " Your name is Daniell . " " No . " said she " it is Johnson , and Mr Johnson is out . " I at once recognised a particular book , which was on the table , as Daniell ' a , and I said , " That ' s his book * and one of the officers said , "That ' s his hat . " ff * then searched the next roam , and Webb discovered Daniell under the bed , and pulled him out . I » i j to Daniel ) , " You scoundrel , where is ray DroDertv i

      and he replied , " I see it ' s no use—it ' s in that box " pointing , to a heavy trunk . The trunk was then opened , and we found almost all the propertv which had been stolen in a carpet bag in it , done up in 11 parcels , and we took an inventory of the propettr . Daniell made no statement , but the iemale prisoner inquired of him what it was he said , to which he replied that he would tell her presently . The wholeoi the property produced is ours . The female prisoner . —Mr Walker said at the time he did not " charge " me . MrWalker .-fe >; but afterwards I found that you had a black brooch and ring of mine .

      Robinson Webb , city policeman 658 , and Daniel llaydon , who had traced the prisoners and the property Jrom place to place with extraordinary skill , Rave-evidence inalUhemain points exactlyCorresponding with that eiven by Mr Walker . When Daniell acknowledged that there waa no use in further , attempts at concealment , he handed to one of tne oftcers a key which he singled out as the kev with which to open the trunk , and also the key adapted to the lock ot the carpet bag in which the propertr wascontained . Each lock was at once opened with the key selected . In Daniell ' s pockets were found not on y the gold watch identified by Mr Brown , but several foreign coins . Mr Walker said he had no doubt ttaat the ooini were the property of the firm , as Daniell was intrusted to purchase old gold and silver

      . 1141 " ° ffiCerS tOltl Dan ! e 11 What tUeV Were - &Iii asRea him whether he knew where they came from , lie nodded assent ; and when asked whether he wished to say anything before the house was searched tor the property , he said , " We'll , it ' s all over , it ' s no use , jou'll find it all there , " pointing to the trunk . When the officers told the woman that she mustwnaider herself tbeir prisoner , she replied , " Tes , Ihave no other wish but to share his punishment . " Th . e prisoners were then remanded . A great deal of ingenuity had been exercised bf the prisoners to escape detection , but it was in a few days overcame by the zeal and vigilance of lbs policemen . &

      Monday vhe prisoners were re-examined . The only , evidence in addition to that given above . «» that which formed a necessary connecting link be ' tween the statements made on Saturday by tlie witnesses then examined . The Lord Mayor B » id there was not evidence enough upon which to commit the temale prisoner , but his lordship committed Daniell tor trial at the Central Criminal Court .

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      Ini 8 H Cosm > EnATio . N . —The Confederates met on bunday evening at Cartwright ' s , Mr Broome in the chair , the chairman addressed tho meeting in a verj able and eloquent speech , in the course of which he stated that he was preparing a course of lecture * upon Irish History . Mr Clancy moved the followicJ resolution , which was seconded' by Mr Manly an * adopted : — Resolved— ' < That the cards of member ' ship be forwarded by the Secretary of the Confeder * lion , bearing date the 7 th of April , without any e * planation whatever f , 6 r their delay , is a wantd omission oi duty , or . - gross disrespect ; and . furtlief more , that the cond uct of tUe COuncilin tfeiWi of treatnient

      adop ced towards a respectful and w »' 5 » i » ii"f drer . « from tUU locality of Confederate Sd roll ? - of UWly » nd P ^ rons of fair > hPiiJS I * i '•' ex P fe 89 their ° P ini 6 n 8 ofthes : inie n * - ' A '' ' ^ P uWie countenance this act of tt i "" Affe « nce , it will tend to make the leader ui me in- ^ people callous and unmindful on sin * occasion ^ . " Messrs Dffain i Sl , nivani Keardoua " , piners . a so addressed the meeting . A further f J ° ^ . rrent of the discussion on their " Deolarnti " 2 , Ejects" took place ; after which tue usual wt 01 fcl . ranks was given to the chairman , and the iaee 1 D ' i separated . ' Lost ! Lost ! the Consciences of the Bakers !

      Abingdon . —Whosoever has found the same and »' tiring it to be tried by the price of corn in town »" country , shall receive a four-pound loaf , full v feig li and best bread , for sevonpence . I might just $ •' that some person had the substance of the aboi " cried" the other week when the marketB wero much lowered , which caused thorn ( the bakers ) consult their consciences and lower ^ the price of lire ' but 1 am sorry to say that it had not the dejin effect to-day , although the notice was put up i »' market place of the town . But 1 am hoping , & 0 ' ever , that in allowing iu conspicuous corner iu P bTAR , tho aparU of light wi ght glimmer on the * consciences of the bakers . — A . Cosbtasi Rm Abmgdon , July 13 th .

      r Vo ?™ lon to the literary pensions lately ? ? , \ i 00 per annum has been granted to Mr > port , I . U . S ., well known as one of the fouuderi the Entomological Soviety ,

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      Ireland Tns Wexther akd the Crops . —The latest accounts bring the highly gratifying intelligence that the weather has again " taken up . " The h £ at continues excessive . The reports from all parts of the kingdom continue to describe the crops , including the potato , ns luxuriant and fast ripening , giving every promise of an early and abundant harvest . The very heavy rain which had fallen on the 11 th inst . had been productive of great benefit to the crops , particularly oats and turnips , which are , very abundant . The critical time for the potato has approached ; bnt all accounts dwell upon the freedom of the crop from disease , and describe the 'fields us most luxuriant

      in appearance . . State of the Coontrt . —On account of the in « tenaeheat , fever is increasing , in some localities ; but , owing to the efficient arrangements for the supply of food and the extent of hospital accommodation , the mortality has greatly diminished . This has been adverted to by Mr Justice Torrens , at Longford . The learned judge , after congratulating the grandjury on the lightness of the calendar , made the following gratifying observations on the state of the country : — ' Some time ago it was apprehended by the judges that as fever prevailed to a certain

      extent throughout Ireland , it would bo dangerous to have large numbers of persons assembled at the different assizes throughout Ireland , preferring their claims for damages under this ( the Labour Rate ) Act , some of whom , it was thought , must be more or lesB affected with that contagious disease , fever , whioh it was natural to conclude others so attending would imbibe ; but he was happy to state that they bad received information upon which they could rely , that fever was greatly on the decrease , so that thty became satisfied that thoBeperions might wiihsafety attend without the tear of any bad consequences resuiting therefrom . "

      Importation of Paupers from Engund . —At the recent meeting of the Health Committee of Cork , it was announned by the inspector that the first batch of paupers transmitted under the new act had arrived , and that the master of the vessel told him "the majorit" of his cargo were just come out of all the fever hospitals in Liverpool . " The members of the committee determined to appeal to the citizens of Cork for voluntary contributions to meet tbe increased demands upon their funds . ,. Abuses is tbe Reusf System . —Some very shocking disclosures of abuses in the out-door relief system are given in the following extract from the Galway Ifercunr . — " At a meeting of the Ardfahan Committee , held on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult ., the

      ratepayers attended in a body with a list containing the names ofa number of persons who were on the relief lists who had ample means to support themselves and families , and insisted on their names being struck off , as they would not suffer themselves to be robbed . Major Burns , G . I . O ., immediately insisted on a scrutiny , whieu ended in striking off avast number—an example which should beheld up to other committees as praiseworthy conduct . Can it beiruethat coachmen in the employment of gentlemen , gate * keepen , wood'rangers , and , for all wo know , ladies ' maids , are receiving relief ? On the following day a very opposite jiroceeding took place at Killeenavre committee . No less than four ot the members , tworatepayers andUopoor-law guardians , clamorously insisted on having gratuitows relief . Major Burns commented on their conduct in the mfst indignant terms . We have the names ot these

      parties , holding each from eighty to one hundred « nd thirty aores of land , at a valuation ot from £ 50 to £ 80 ; and if conduct of this kind be persevered in , we must discharge our duty by placing them in the proper light before the public . We can state from good authority that the relief laws are means of getting rid of the poerer cottiers . On one gentleman s property , not one hundred miles from Kilchreeat , a poor family , consisting of tbe man , his wife , and seven children , were lately ejected , the house they lived in pulled down , and ( orders having been is 3 uedbythe relief committees in that neighbourhood not to admit lodgers into the houses ) the unfortunate family alluded to were compelled to Beek refuge in an adjoining electoral division in theGort union , where we hear they have been refused relief . If we mistake not , the affair appeared before the Ardraham committee . "

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      $ cotUmv MBLH 08 E . Mblancholt Dkatii and Spread of Fever . —On Monday week a railway labourer called upoR Mr Murray , inspector of the poor here , and stated that there was a man lying very ill in his hut , and that they wanted him removed to Ireland . Mr Murray said he would lay the case before the parochial board , and let him know what decision they came to . The man wentawav without making any further

      remark , but returned again in the afternoon with a cart , and said that he had brought two sick men to be taken over to Ireland . Mr Murray said he had acted in a very improper manner in removing the sick men . He then went ^ forward to see the men , but waa astonished at finding one of them a corpse . The man that brought him said the sick man had walked into the cart himself ; but it has been ascertained since that such was not tho case . The individual who removed him has been taken into custody , and the matter is undergoing inveatiga-

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      - - - i i i , Ml . 1 I RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES , FATip ACCWBNT OK , TBB ^ ETEBnOBOUOK AKD Ew . —An accident ota very , serious character , terminating fatally to . % Staples , an engine-driver , and with injury , to one or two , others , happened early on Thursday , the 8 th inst ., near the '' Hundred feet bridge , twenty-two miles distant , by the 610 express train running off the rails . The train was running on an incline ,, when the engine was thrown off the rails , and wag , with the tender , hurled completely round , and then fell down an embankment to the edge of a water-way , which runs for some distance along that portion of the line . Fortunately tho carriages broke away from the tender , and brought up a few feet from the spot , owing to the wheels being

      embedded or fixed in the gravel of the permanent way , the rails being torn up or displaced by the engine ^ ' How tho passengers escaped seems very remurk&ble : yet we believe all were unhurt save a < ew trifling bruiseB on one or two of them . The stoker was found apparently much hurt , while the engine driver was discovered crushed on the rails by the break-iron , quite dead . The poor fellow ' s death must have been instantaneous , as that portion of his body on which the iron rested was nearly flattened . —On Friday morning the inquest of the engine-driver was held near the station . Before proceeding , the coroner wished to know whether the government inspector had examined the engine and

      tho tine where the accident tooke place ? -A gentleman , on behalf of the company , said that lie was not aware whether any communication was received from London since he left ; he would cause an inquiry to that effect to be Bent , through the electric telegraph . After waiting a tew minutes this answer was returned — " We have not yet heard when the government inspector will come to inspect the scene of the accident . "—The coroner then said that , such being the case , lie should not think it necessary to go into the inquiry further at present . It wai only necessary now to identity the body . Evidence to this effect having been put in , and the warrant for the burial of the deceased being made out , the inquiry was adjourned line die . .

      Serious Cotusios on the Brighton . Railwat . — An accident occurred between ten and eleven o ' clock on Monday night . The annual excursion' of the Printers ' Pension . Society took place to Brighton , and all proceeded well , giving satisfaction to all par * ties until the return of the train , ' when near , the New Crojs Station , a collision took place . A Croydon train was but a short distance before the excursion train , and so near that the latter train nasfrequently slackened ; but on nearin ; New Cross station , the engine of the excursion train ran with great violence against the hindermost carriage of the Croydon train . The engine rebounding at tbe same moment against the long train attached to it , consisting of

      about ' twenty er twenty-four carriages , the shock was tremendous . The party was thrown into the utmost alarm . Affer a delay of an hour the train was again set in motion , and on its arrival at tbe terminus at London-bridge several persons were conveved to Guy ' s and St Thomas ' s Hospitals , where assistance waa rendered , One man had his ribs broken ; another his teeth knocked in , and fractures were numerous . The accident is supposed to have arisen from the absence of the red or cautionary light on the last carriage of the Croydon train , which being stationary at New Cross leaving passengers , the engine driver of tbe following train was not aware that he was so elo ? c upon it .

      Fuutuer Particular * . —From further inquiries ' it appears that a " pick-up train " arrived at the New CruBa station at thirty-four minutes past nine o ' clock , and a Croydon train was then due . The " pick-up train " was not able to get away in time , and a signal was given to stop the Croydon train ; that having been done , the Brighton excursion train came up , when a collision took place , by which it appears that some injuries of a serious but not dangerous character hare taken place to parties in the first and second olass carriages of the Croydon train . Two gentlemen had their ribs broken , one passenger has received a severe cut over the eye , ana another a wound on the leg , and three ladies more or less hurt , but no danger is apprehended in any case . Only one of the

      parties injured was taken to Guy s Hospital , and he is doing well . The greatest attention was pa \ d to the FUfferera , medical aid being immediately obtained , and as soon as possible they were sent to their midences in cabs . Mr Rnthwell ,. jun .. one of the printers' committee , had five teeth knocked out , and his mouth severely cut- Some femaks . also in the excursion train , received slight injury , but the damage done to tbe carriage is trifling , A strict investigation into all the circumstances of tie case will take place before the directors and efficerj ot the company at the New Cross station . Fatal Accident om the Great . Wbstern Railway . —A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday evening at the Reading station , on the arrival of

      thirdclass trains at the intermediate stations passengers are allowed to be supplied with refreshments at the carriages . The deceased , William Waugh , 18 , was employed as potboy at the Great Western Hotel tap , and was supplying refreshment to . one of the passengers by the up mixed train , which , reaches Reading at eight minutes before 0 o ' clock , when , while alighting from the step of one of tho carriages he rebounded on a heap of coals | just by , the side of the line , which giving way , he slipped en the nearer rail at the very time the train had started . The poor boy was kept waiting on the carriage after thetrain' had started ^ owing to the delay of the passenger in handing the money and a glow . Shocking to relate , the wheels

      passed over several parts of deceased ' s body , which was dreadfully mutilated . The pi > or fellow must haveJbeen crushed to death instantaneously , without happily any attendant sufferings , for on the imme < diate removal of the body not the least apparent motion was visible . The body was conveyed to the Railway Hotel tap , to await an inquest , which has since taken place before the borough coroner , and a verdict of " Accidental Death " returned . A general feeling was expressed against the practice ot allowing persons to approach so closely to the trains just on theirarrival and doparture , and even at a time after the starting signal has been given , when it ought to be least permitted .

      Bimimlbt v . Eastern Counties Railway . —Coms pknsation . —This was a writ of-inquiry to asses damages in an action to recover compensation for certain injuriessustained by the plaintiff while a passengeron the defendant ' s line of railway , On the 18 th or July last a passenger train on the Eastern Counties Railway was run into when near the Stratford station by another train , and the consequences were the loss of one life , and . serious bodily injurv to most of the passengers . Amongst those hurt were the plaintiff and his wife . The wife was seriously bruised , and the plaintiff received severe contusion *

      had a Iractured leg , and other hurts , from the effects oi winch he kept hiB bed for 24 weeks , entailing ISa . i othe , ywittoga * expenses to the amount of £ 250 . 1 he plaintiff had carried on the business ofacorn factor , merchant , maltster , and brewer , at Colchester , near which town he held a farm of about 150 acres . The whole together realised him an income of about £ 000 a year , but in consequence of the injuries he received by the above accident the creator portion was given up , as tho plaintiff could not attend to it and the ' profits diminished in p ™ tion 'ihe Attorney-General , for the defendants said he was nstmcted by his clients to ask the ffi to award full and even liberal corapensa ion but 5 orming their estimate of the damages to be K to the plaintiff , they must be guided b 7 facte $ & £ ^^ £ ™

      Bromlky and Wife v . the Samb . -Ih this caae a verdict w » s taken by . consent for the plaintiffs-D , ami $ S . . 15 It was . an action brought by the Pontiff , jointly with his wife , to recover compeimtion tor injuries sustained b y the latter on the same occasion . , B ' ¦ "The CttTOOsiuj Railway . —We ha \ e authority to oontradict the statement in some of the newspapers that fever had broken out amongst the workmen of the Caledonian Railway , and-was making sad havoc amongst them . So far from this , the men ( upwards of 1 , 000 ) are in the most healthy and vigorous stat * trwton , Messrs . Stephmwm and Co ., are attending to their want 8 , , as they always do ; and the line 3 be opened sooner , perhaps , than waa anticipated Ihb Accidknt at Woi . YBnroH . -At the Norfolk "Ambm , on Saturday last . 'Bernard FnZ « X . T £

      moted lor the manslaughter of John Lambert Clifton , at Wolverton , on the 5 th of June . The prisoner , . an intelligent-looking young i »» n , wjw also arraigned on the coronot- ' u inquisition fur the manslaughter of six other persons . Mr O'Malley and Mr Power appeared for tho prosecution ; and Mr I ' rendergaat for the defence . The charge against the prisoner was , in substance , that the death of Mr Clifton was caused by tbe negligence of the prisoner . The tacts of this unfortunate case have already appeared in the Northern Star . Witnesses were examined in support of the charge against tbe prisoner ,

      who was clearly proved to have been guilty of the most culpable neglect ; it being evident a mail train waa expected , and that no goods train was due at that time . The jury returned a verdiet » f" Guilty " and intimated their opinion that th& company we ' re to blame for not keeping two meu * t vhe place The learned judge then expressed his opinion that tho prisoner , had been most properly convicted and though a good character had been eiven him ' « . «? coud not operate to avert a severe Sit IR £ g a case . The prisoner ought to have waited untilT-« Wal vm answered , and have distingu hed bei JV a goods tram and a ^ asseiigor train , 5 nd haw ' "' cued mote caution in changing the direSio T train which he had at first recognised as am -u ° ; he had too much to do , he . oihllo hi ?^ »

      meuuties imposed on him . The tenU ' Z » T court wa , that he be imprisoned and f £ to " ha labour tor the term of two veam P to

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      On Tuesday evening , between the hours of four and £ ? " * im ?^? 2 *** % ** enacted in Hick - mans Folly , Berdmondsey , by . whieh the whole washbourhood •»« been thrown into a state of painfal excitement . It appears that a cooper named Griffin resided with his wife and family at No . 6 in the Folly . For some time past a daughter of Griffin ' s , named Matifda , had been corresponding with a person named Henry Parker , who lod ged in the same house . During the past few days Parker had appeared jealous of some otherattachment , andsaid more than once that rather than any one else should gain her affections he would kill her and himself

      In . the aftoneon the people living iu the place «!? t ^ T ^ rl * ^ rearas from tne upper part of the house . A Mr Cremer hastened up stairs and met Mr Griffin ' s little boy , who was mine on ? "MydsteriakiUed ! " and on going btoffbSk atfac discovered upoa the floor the bodies of Matilda Griffin and Henry Parker covered with blood , which was still issuing from their throats . Mr Cremer imtnediatelyranout to obtain medical assistance . In the space of a few minutes Mr Wartin , surgeon , of iiermondsey , arrived , and he at once pronounced life in notti cases extinct . A razor covered with blood was found lying by the side of Parker , with which ? $ & } £ 5 ^ accom P ' 3 hed . There ean be no doubt but that the man firstcut the woman ' s throat and afterwards added to hi 9 crime that of anicide '

      . Superintendent Evans and several policemen immediately repaired to the place , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the crowd , nnmberin" several Hundred persons , could be kept from filling the house . The police , very judiciously , would not allow any one unconnected with the family to enter *¦ 1 ™»?» *?™ « wiBed orcomraUting the ' dreadful deed was in the linen-drapery line , but his place ot business conld not be ascertained ullU 13 f lttW ? The two bodies have been taken In charge by Mr sasaBsaas * » . »—¦» Fobth

      . ee Pmicnuas—A sensation , which it i 3 unpossible to descr ibe , has been created since the perpetrauon of the above deed . Wednesday so great was the crowd , that the police were obliged to be tept on duty . The parentsofthe unfortunate young woman are ma state of heartrending distress : and the father is obliged to be watched , as he has several times since attempted to destroy himself . From inquiries made , it appeared that Matilda Griffin and flenrv Parker had beenkeepiog company together for 18 months or two years . On Monday night , the female went out with a male acquaintance to some place of entertainment without Parfeer , ttho , on hearing of it , threatened to do something desperate . On Tuesday , about half-past four , the girl was sent

      by her mother np stairs to make the bed , at the same time telling her , in the event of Parker coming in , to leave the room , as she did not like his manner that day . She went , and it is presumed , that whiUt she was kneeling down , making the bed . Parker entered the room unobserved , and that he then inflicted the fatal wound . Upon examining the neck of Parker , there are three gashes in the throat , one of which is very extensive . Mr Johnson , a butcher jn n lives opposite , fiund a letter which was written tyFarker . and which alluded to the dreadful affair . iM / fJ ? i enll ! f < lver to the police , but the tonteute will not be made public at present .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1427/page/6/