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      _*_ ^_ _ . _ . _ ___ - __* __ _ , ti DISPEXsARY FOR THE CUUE OF DISEASES Of THE SKIS AND ALL CUTANEOUS AiTFECTIONS . HmPlTEAl StltKBT , FiTZaot So . C » RE , Piysieian—THOMAS INN 1 S , M . D ., 83 . Fitzroy square , Mnxber of the Royal CoUege of Surgeons , Londw ; late AsthUni Surge ** in ihe Son . Eatt hidie . Company ' s Servite . IT IS a strange tfnomaly in th 3 practice an 4 prepress 9 f medical science in this country , that amongst all the bon « v «\ ent and noWo institutions established for the alleviation of human misery , there exists but one devoted to the cure or amelioration of Diseases of the Skin . It is a truth well known to the members of the faculty , that the ranges of these stubborn » nd andurmg plages of human life are more extensive than thoje tt' a » y other knnwi disorder , there beinr litUo Bbart ef lmlf-a-milhon

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      THE GREATEST SALE OF ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE . IIOLLOwTFs PILLS . A Cure of a Desperate Scorbutic Eruption of long Standing . Extract Of a Letter , dated WoUerhampUn , thelOthofFeb , 1847 , confirmed by Mr Simpson , Stationer . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —Having been wonderfully restored from a state fgreal suffering , illness , and debility , by the use of youi pills and ointment , I think it right for the sake of others to make my case known to you . For the last tw « years I was afflicted with violent Scorbutic Eruption , wliich completely covered my chest , arid other parts of n , y body , causing such violent pain , that I can in truth say , that for months I was not able to g « t sleep fur moro than a very short time together . I applied here to all the principal medical men , as also to those in Birmingham , without getting the least relief , at last I was recommended by Mr Thomas Simpson , Stationer , Marketplace , to try your pills and ointment , which I did , and I am happy to say , that I may consider myself as thoroughly cured ; I can now sleep all the night through , and the pains in mj back and limbs have entirely left me . ( Signed ) Richard Haveix .

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      The Timks announces that an immedi ate augmentation wiJl be made to the artillery i ' * rce of the kingdom . Twenty new ompaniea are to be formed , whioh , at a strength of ninety-nine men e . irh . would give an additional effective force of rearly 2 , 000 well drilled gunners . At a meeting of tha Metropolitan Court of SewetB held a few days ajo at the committee room , No . 8 , of the IJouse of CommonB , Mr Leslie , one of the commissioners , stated that in Kenanyton he had known an instance in which no fewer than 1 , 300 peisonswere found to have slept in one night iu twenty-five house . " , and that there was but one piivy to accommodate so large a number .

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      Leeds . —A most deliberate act of homicide was committed at the Cavalry Barracks on Thursday evening . About seven o ' clock , a worried man , named William Garratr , a private In the 57 th Regiment , was in his room at the barracks , with bis wife , private Miohael Stake * , » orjfeant Koennn , private Dooley or Dorian , and other soldiers . Without any angry words or the slightest : observation , Michael Stokes got his musket from the : rack In which It was usually kept , and took it for a ! m-snont or two to a fable , as if ha was about to clean it . Ho . however , suddenly turned round , pat the piece to

      j his sbouldflF , pulled tho trigger , and « hol Mrs Gan-att . ' Sh « fell to the ground mortally wounded , the bullet from ' , the musket having entered her abdomen , and paauod out ! at her back , Mr Jackson , the regimental aurgcsn , was immediately callod and in attendance upon the poor woman , bat she expired in about an boar and a , half ; afterwards . Stokes was Jmtantly taken into custody . | It is stated that after he was takon into custody be acknowledged , in the presence of sergeant Mustark and ¦ private Jones , of thu 57 th , that he had premeditated the 1 deed for two months , and that ho loaded his muilcet '< about two hours before be fired it . The d : coasof ) , Mar' garot Garratt , was twenty-eight years of age , I On Saturday an inquest wbb held at tho barracks , rrt ¦ ¦_ ___ .. * # f _ i- _ . * r * i * _ * — 1- _ f _ ^\ # * * M — - - The Michael Stokeswho is 20 of

      prisoner , , years age , wao brought into the room , where he remained during the proaeudingo . He is a slender young man , and » ome . what boyish in appearance . The expression of his countenance was rather serious than otherwise , and he seemed to pay great attention to the proceedings . Mr W . Price , Burgeon , stated : —I examined the body of the deceased at four o ' clock yesterday afternoon . On exposing the body it was observed to be much blanched , and a small circular wound that would admit the point of the fore finger was seen about two and a half inches from the pare ! on the rijfbt tide . Another wound ap . peai-od en the back , Immediately below the last rib and near to the spino . A quantity of blood bad issued from both these wounds . The body was then opined , aBd the whole of the wall of the integuments was turned back ,

      and I traced the prcgrees of the wound , I found the substanoo hnd passed through the kidney , breaking up Its structure entirely , and that it bad passed through the muscles of the back and out at the opening I have described . The other viscera were uninjured . It had passed between the largo intestine and the liver , and both these were uninjured . There was no dUeafle in the partr . I should suppose that the wound had been occasioned by some round hard substsoca or ball . It could not have been produced by a sword or bayonet . It had all the appearance of a gunshot wound , and the wound was sufficient to produce death . Tho hemorrhage occasioned by the wound had cawed death , ( The de . ceased ' s clothes wera here produced . ) Mr Price gtatad that'the tubstance which had passed through tha de . ceased ' * body bad passed through her clothes at the corresponding part .

      William Garratt , the husband of the deceased , said ; —I am a priTate in the 57 th regiment , Michael Stokes ig a private in the same regiment . The deceased was twenty-eight years and fnur months old . I did not know the prisoner until about four months ago , when I and my wife came to the Leeds barracltB . Stakes mas in tho regiment beforo , but I had not known him before then , as I belonged to another company . Since we have been in Leeds , Stokes has slept in the same room with me and my wife . About seven o ' clock on Thursday evening tho prisoner was in the room with us . The prisoner came up to Michael Dooley and asked for a piece of beta-waxed rag . Dooley said there was some in his havresackbag . The next tims I law tha prisoner be was standing at a table in tho middle of the room , and he

      appeared to me to be doing something with his musket About a minute afterwards my wife came up to me and a « ked me what o ' clock it was ! I took 9 Ut Hiy vratch and told her . She was laughing and joking with me , and I had scarcely got the watch into my pocket when I beard the report of the musket . I wait standing with my back to the fire , and she was standing on my left . As soon as I heard tha report I turned and saw the musket drop from the prisoner ' s hand upon the floor . I saw my wife gtepger backwards , and she exclaimed , Lord have mercy upon ua , what have you done V I ran up to tho prisoner and said , 'You seoundrel , what have you done ? Have you shot my wife V I thought at first my wife was fainting , owing to the report of the musket . I said to the prisoner , in my excitement , ' I'll loud my piece , and

      shoot you . ' He said' Load it ; ' and my wife , who was lying upon her back , called to me for assistance , and I went and lifted her up . There were two or three more men in the room , who took the prisoner into custody I placed my wife on a form , and she bevged to be car-Her ) to bed . I carried her to bed , and found a wound in her belly , from which she bled a great deal . Mr Jackson , surgeon , waa in . attendance immediately , but my wife died about lialf-past eight o ' clock . No conversation had taken place that evening , befere this happened , between the prisoner and me , or between him and my wife . I do BOt think my wife had been out of my sight for three minutes during two hours before this happoned . I don ' t think she was five minutes out of my sight from half-past twelve o ' clock at noon to sevea o ' clock in the evening . Tne prisoner had been in the room , but I do

      not think I had spoken to him during the time , nor do I think my wife had . Thtre had been no quTrel with the prisoner Oh that day , I do not know that my wifo had ever quarrelled with hin > , or said anything to him , except telling him that he was more nice than nny other man was . It is not the custera in the barracks to keep the musketB loaded except when oh duty , or on escort . It is against ti >* gentr il rule of the army . Stokes was at the parade in the morniajf . The pi . ces ore all examined during parade . I can gke no explanation of this occurrence . I do not recollect my wife ever saying an angry word to the prisoner . There are so many rounds of ball and cartridge packed up in every man's pouch , and if > 'O makes away with any of it he is liable to be tried by a court-martial . [ The witness , in reply to a question from a juror , said he was a private , but wore a stripe as a ' good conduct man . ' ]

      William Keenan , sergeant in the 79 ih Rogituent of Post , stated : —The prisoner Stokes has been in the regiment about two yeara . I was in the room at the bar . racks on the evening when this happened . I went in a little after fire o'clock . The deceased , her husband , and Stokes were there , I remained in the room from tbe time I have state 1 till this happened . During the whole timel did not hear any conversation pass between tbe prisoner and Mrs G arrant , or between him and tbe deceased's husband . The prisoner was in the roem all the time . He was lying n part of tho time on a form near tbe fireplace . lie had his eyes shut , but he was not asleep , as I saw him open one of his eyca and look at me . I do not think he was asleep during the time . About a quarter before seven o'clock I saw him go into

      the armoary in the same room , and soon after that I saw the musket in his hands . He appeared to be in the act of cleaning it . I afterwards saw him lift the muoket towards his shoulder . I was about two yarda from him . I heard him cock the musket , and immediately be raised it , pointed the muzzle towards the deceased , and fired it off . It was dono very quickly , but I am sure it was done deliberately , and that it was not an ascident . The muzzle was pointed at tho centre of the deceased ' * body . Instantly after the prisoner bad fired he threw the musket at my feet , and said , ' There , now , that wi' . ldo ; I am satisfied , ' He then took hie jacket off and did not speak again . I immediately made a prisoner of him , and be seemed to be willing that I should take him into custody .

      All tbe subsequent evidence adduced showed that the prisoner had deliberately murdered the woman , and hod purposi-d committing tbe crime for the last two tnonthB . He expressed no compunction , bat on the contrary said h « could now be happy , he ceuld not have died happy if she had lived . Tbe Coroner , after cautioning tbe nritoner , asked him if he had anything to say ! The Prisoner . —No , Sir ; I have nothing to say . Tho Coroner then summed up , and ltd ihejury to say whether the prtsaner was guilty of murder or manslaughter , observing that in order to constitute the offance of murder they must be satisfied that he intended beforehand to shoot tho deceased . To him it seemed one of the clearest cases which had ever come before a jury of wilful murder . There appeared . to be no extenuating circumstances , and nothing whatever to reduce the set from murder to manslaughter .

      The room at two o ' clock was cleared for the jury to consult , and at a quarter past tveo they returned a verdict of' Wilful murder' against Michael Stokes . The coroner made out his warrant , committing the prisoner for trial at the next assizes , and the witnesses were bound in recoin ' zanct' 8 to appear and givo evidence against him ,

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Leoalit ? of a Di 8 T 8 E 3 s , —Samuel and William Hodgkinson were indicted for an assault upon a person named Sprag . 's . —Mr B . illantine prosecuted . The prisoners were dufendod by Mr Charnoekand Mr Metcalf . — Uappeared that William Hodgkuuon waa la occupation of a bouse , No , 1 , Vernenpluce , and being in arrear with his luiidlord , a Mr Greenwood , the latter employed a broker , nam'd Worms , to get the rent , and to get tbe defendant out of the house , Worms sent Sprngga , tho prosecutor , wiih a distress warrant , and he managed to get in between seven and eight on , the morning of the 3 rd inst . Hodgkinson asked to see the warrant , but SprHggs not producing it , the defendants committed the assault charged io expelling him from the house . — Mr Ctmrnock contended that his client * wore oolite justified in < jectins Spraggs , on the ground that he did not produce anything t © show that he was not a trespasser , and

      thnt the warrant , if lie bad it , could not legally bo ese . eu'ed before aunrifle . —Evidence was given that Sprapes did not show the warrant when it whs called for , and an almanac was produced to show that on the morning in question the sun did not rise till eight minutes past eight . —Tho learned chairman summed up in favour of the defendant ? , telling the jury that if Spraggs did not produce tho authority upon which he waa acting , the defendants worejuatified in treating him as n trespasser , and in turnirg him into the street . —The jury said thej wished to give their verdict free fiom all legal questions . The learned chairman said that in this case they could not g' -t rid of the legal point . —Tha defendants were then found guilty — Sainutl wag fined Od . and liberated . William nns bound over to appear for judgment ifeallad upon , it being utiderat Kid that be would not be c *?!? d vpoa if he giv .-a up poas 23 S ' on of tha housa .

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      CITY POLICE COMMITTEE -Bxm « i > w « T Cm of Bia ' AMr . —On Sir Chapman Marshall and Mr Alder , man Gibbs taking their Beats in this court , a gentleman , whose name did not transpire , attendod and made kaown tha following romantic exploit of a young fenalt , who , by craving tho henerolence of Sir Chnpn »» n Marshall , had placed herself in Torlt Castle , under a very r « marhable charge of bigamy . On Friday , the 7 th instant , bh Interfiling , Beatly-nttired young woman , giving the same of Amelia Tounjr , applied to Sir Chapman MaroboH for bio aid in feeing gent back to her hotav , With great plausibility she told her tale , her dialect favouring the truth of htr story . She o » id that when only twelve years of age , ehe was stolen from a boarding school and raarritd to a young man , who worked at the

      plumbing and glazing . They were separated two days afterwards , and h « r husband wns tried And imprisoned for enticing htr sway—ehe having «* me pecuniary expectations . Aftor ho was liberated he enlisted for a ooldier , and was discharged after seven years' servitude , bat as he rras a drunken follow sbo did not live with him . Sho learnt straw bonnet making , and having an uacle residing in Marylebone , the came up to London from York in quest of him . She had , however , been unable to find him , and having no means 9 f sustaining herself , and being in very distressed circumstances , she hod been induced to appeal to Sir Chapman Marshall for bis asoistnnce in getting back to Focklington , near York , The worthy knight put several questions to her re » p « ct « ing different partitn at York , and finding her answers to

      be correct , he directed that the inspector of police should be communicated with on the subject . The reply was favourable to the applicant , and 80 s . was giren her to proceed home . It appears , however , that she only returned to her native locality , to add another link , as it were , to her romantic history . As soon as the reached Pooklington , she wa » apprehended by Mr Key , the polios * superintendent of the dintrict , and on Thursday last sbo was examined before the magistrates at York Castle , on a charge of bigamy . Here her true life came out . She waa the daughter of Mrs Ann Atkinson , who carried on tbe business of tinmen and brazier , in 1839 , ia the city of York . Her daughter nag then twelve years of age , and she made arrangements to send her to school . On the 29 th of April the girl went , as tha mother thought ,

      to school ; but on her proceeding the Bame day to pay the entrance money , she found that her daughter was not there . A young man , oftVio name of James Young , who worked in tho parent ' s business , had made some ex . cuse to leave his wsrk that morning , and did not return . It appeared that the girl , on coming of age ,-would come into possession of £ 200 , and Young , being aware of that fact , bad taken her off by the coach to Leeds , and married her ou th » following day . The father of Young aided their flight , and at the next asilzes at York they were tried for abduction , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . How they were separated bos already been given . Tho evidence adduce ! to support

      tha charge of bigamy , showed that about four yen ™ after her first marriage , vie , on the 2 nd of April , 1 M 3 , she wai united to Charles William Ellard , living at Pocklington . la her dtfonce , she did not 4 eny the » econd marriage , but she stated that when she wae wedded to Ellard , her mother told her that she was uot doing wrong , and tbat aba was at perfect liberty to marry again , the former marriage being null and veld , and that Young bad no claim upon her . Tbe magistrate , however , committed her for trial . Sir Chapman Marshall , after expressing considerable surprise at tbe plausible way she bad imposed on him , obaerved it was difficult to guard sgainet such impositions at ell times .

      GUILDHALL , — Lubiutt or Mabtekb io scipoet thiib Apfbentices whbh In . — Mr Elcoate , of the firm of Chapman , Elcoate , and Co ., printert , in Shoelane , was summoned to show why be refused to continue a payment of ten shillings per week to his apprentice , who from illneia bad been unable to work for some weeks past . It appeared that , about three years back , James Edwards was appromiced to the defendant , but no pre miam wet given . He was to receive ten shillings per week for the first three years ; twelve shillings per week for tbo next two ; and eighteen shillings per weeK for the remaining period of his apprenticeship . About eight weeks back ha was taken ill , and the first week , Edwards was paid the ten shillings , but Mr Elcoate declined continuing it on the grounds that it was not tho rule of

      bis house or the trade in general to allow an apprentice his wages when ill , unless a premium had been giren with hln ? . —Alderman Finnis utked for tbe indenture , which W 4 B produced , but there were no seals attached i * it , and Mr Collett , who attended for Mr Elcoate , said that that very fact rendered the document of no avail , as the words abore the signatures ran , ' signed , sealed , and delivered , ' which was net tbe cats . —Alderman Finnis said that he thought the instrument was a legal di cument , as Mr Elcoate had made ic such by employing his apprentice under it for nearly three years . ' —Mrs Edwards produced a doctor ' s certificate , which stated that her son could not attend , as he was exceedingly ill , being in a rapid decline . She also deposed to her son working regularly for Mr Elcoate unt < l tbe last few weeks , aBd

      that no complaints had ever been made about him , nor bad bo been ill during tbat period . —Frederick Pratt , compositor , deposed to signing the indenture produced , and afterwards delivering it to Mr Elcoate . It was in tbe same state then as when he signed it , as far as regarded tho seats . There never was a seal on it —Mr Martin said that made little difference . —Mr ColJett begged to differ with Mr Martin . He contended that as the indenture was not sealed it could not be a valid instrument , —Alderman Sir Win . Magnay said that the defendant had taken him aa an apprentice , and would , if tbe youDg man had not fallen ill , have gained considerably the Utter part of his time , and therefore , he thought , as he bad so taken him for better or for worse , he was bound to continue to support him , according to

      the terms of the indenture Mr C ? llett said that there was a case in ' Bum ' s Justice / where it wss held that if an apprentice waa ill for any time , the master was not bound to maintain him . He was in a poflitioato show , if the alderman allowed him , that it was not tbe custom of the trade to support any apprentice when ill with whom the ma 3 ter hud . received no premium . —Alderman Sir W . Magnay was of opinion tbat , as tbe master would have been the gtfner had thu apprentice continued well , it was not too unreasonable that be should support him when he ttq 9 so unfortunate ae to be afflicted by illness . HVflhould make tho order for continuing the p&ymeu*—Mr Collett said that as that was the case , and he had been told by council that the indenture was not valid , he should appeal against tbe dooision .

      GREENWICH . —Hiohwat Robberi and Attempted MDEDEtt . —John Jones and JAthtS King , watermen , were re-examined , charged with robbing Thomas Carey , a seaman , of a quantity of sovereigns and silver , and afterwards throwing him into tho river , off Itottarhithe ; and the prisoner King with further OBBaulting Daniel Pelby , who gave the alarm on hearing Carejr ' B cries from the shero , Carey had been paid off from the Wiabeach , Russian trader , nt Wisbeach , on tbe 11 th instant , on whioh day he cams up by railway to London , and being too late to reach Di-ptf ' ord , where his family resided , tbat night , he proceeded to Wnpping , and bired a boat to tako him to Deptford from Execution Dock stairs . He engaged the prisoner Jones to take him , but the prisoner King jumped into the boat and said , as ic was late

      ( eleren o clock ) tfiey would make short work of it . When in the stream . Jones proposed to g * to tbe -Eagle , ' at Rottierhlthe , and have a quart of' hot pot . ' Prosecutor Hgreed to this , and they pulled the boat across the river for that purpose . In addition te the ' hot pot , ' the prisoners called for some rum . Three separate halfpints were drunk amongst them , when Jones said , ¦ It ia time to be getting under weigh for Deptford . ' They then proceeded to the boat , and on reaching the bottom of tlia causaway , Jones took Carey by tho collar and riflad his pockets . Carey , who was drunk , resisted , upon which Jones forced him ( iff tho pa'hway on to the bed of the river , and nearly burled him in the mud . Fclby , who was standing on tho Bhoro , heard cries , and went to assist , when King ran to struggle with him , and

      got him on tha ground . Felby roared loudly for the police , when a police constable came and secured Jones , and another came to the aid of Felby , and both prisoners were securod and taken to the ttation . Part of tho stslen property was found on the person of Jones , consisting ot two sovereigns , two half-cro ^ nd , and oneshll . ling and sixpence in silver . The prosecutor was , with difficulty , got out of the mud , and saved from a watery gravo , ss the tide was coming up . The caae had been remanded , in order to complete the evidense , and prepare the depositions , but on the case being called on , it wa > ascertained that tbe prosecutor and tbo witness Felbj had not been home all night , and that it wqb confidently believed that they had been tamptred with , and had some women of the town ' planted' on them for that

      purpose . —Mr Traill said , tbo ends of justice should not Ve truetrated 1 £ be could prevent it . He should remand the prisoner * from week to we * . k , and in tbe meantime issue warrants for the apprehension of the parties . — Warrants were accordingly placed in tbe hands of the police . MARYLEBONE .-CoNTEMPi . kTED Robbery of £ 2 , 000 , —Frederick StvarniBD , recently a constable iu the D division , was charged before Mr Long with having incited James Walkley to assist him In committing a robbery atthebou-eofMiasDlngley , No . 2 i , Paddington-green . From the evidence gene into , it appeared that the man Walklay had lived at tha prisoner ' s house for the last threem > nths . OnSunday , the 16 thinstant , the urlsoBer on coming off duty told him he was reported at Scot , land-yard , and if compelled to resign , or be discharged , he si ould go to sea . On asking the prisoner how he would be ablo to meet the expense of doing so , be said

      there was plenty of property in Miss D \ ngley'o parlour , and that his intention was then to go to Fraace , and from thence to Maryland , United StattB . He further said be could put on Wulldey ' s coat and go into the house and fetch out £ 2 , 00 !) worth ef jewellery and other artldeg > On Thursday last , prisoner had some further conversation with Walkley , and asked him to go to Miss Dingley ' s tbat night , that as soon as he ( prisoner ) could get the cook to sleep he would let Walkley in , to take tVe property and let him out with it , but Walkley refused to have anything to do [ with the robbery , and told Sergeant Hardnick , D 7 , of tbe proposal the prisonerhad made to him . The prisoner fcad betu discharged from the ? police force that day Miss Dingley ' s cook and housemaid admitted that the prisoner and Walkley had been in tho habit ef visiting them almost daily at thtir mistress ' s house . The prisoner was eventually remanded , StluCKINQ DfiPBAVITT OF TWO YoUTflS . —0 . Hart , aged uine , and J . Jenkins , aged thirteen , were charg-O

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      the former with baring atolen a pares containirffn » n reip , and ulnotoen ahilllngs and sixpence in tii ^ r the latter with being concerned in the robb « v V \ had been in tbe habit of going upon errandg tor JJ ? stables sleeping at the soetion-bowe of the D divhi !* I Bry « nstone-plaoe . aad while Arch . r , 137 D . was i"S ?« } apurs ^ o entaiuinjaaoTereign . andBi ^ en . hS * BDdllipeneoIn ulw , wa . stolen from hifl tro « 2 ! pocket . It was further shown that Hart had dlrlHI * the booty with Jenkins , , 8 nother boj nbo was % of hii ; companion . . The prisoners , who each aecuS the other , wer » remanded . j" »« a ^ IAMBETH .-TMt llMwm , ™ A [ Mr R . A . bby , » builder , appeared to answer a mnnnow taken out by Mr D . Roper , the district surveyor fo ! enwtiDg . asit was alleged , a building , so as to extend bejoad th « general linea of the points of the houses on either elda , contrary to tbe provisions of the BulIdW Act . The ease cseit . d & good deal of Interest amonm * builders , as well as iurvoyow , sad tbe court was much crowded with respectable persons anxieus to hoar tha ^ i Ana &r \ awv % am mm * l A t . L .. u !^^ . _ A . ~ . f — — _ . . " ¦* *• -:

      result . Mr Clarkson , the barrister , attended on behalf of the defendant . —Mr Roper put in the award aad cm tificate of ttro referees , under the BulldW Act and called upon the magistrate to eaforos the law against the defendant . Mr Clarkgon was willing to admit that Mr Roper did not wiih to do anything beyoad what he conceived to be his duty , but ho wDuld find tbat tbe " of parlismont und . r which tho preient proceeding , were taken would not suetain them . The award put la hocontsadea . waanoaward . asit had not been made ! on tbe hearing of both parties , and should contain the whole of the matter in tho case . Mr Repor ; Thepartloii were before the referees ; Mr Aahby attended ] —Mr Clarkaon : Ysj , io attended , but that was only to protest sgainst their authority to interfere , tha building alluded to being within the exceptions . Is it really jour impression , Mr Eeper , tbat you have nothing more to do in the case than merely to produce the certificate , and call on a magistrate to commit a respectable trades .

      man ? Mr Roper : It is my opinion that that is all the act requires me to do . I have put in the certificate and award cf the referees , and call on the magistrate to en . force tbe law , —Mr Norton : Are you aware that the act in this case is highly penal , and do you think tbat I sm to send tha defendant to prison on the mere production of this certificate without a single tittle of evidence as to whether a nuiBBncehaa been caussd or ths law vio . lated !—Mr Boper : The certificate of the referee * is a prittut fade orideuco of the fact , and . I presume it reBts with the othtr aids to show the contrary . —Mr Clarksen ; I could do so by the testimony of saveral gentlemen pre . sent , if necessary , but I shall aot do so , nor witl tbe defendant , If called oh , offsr any bail to take dowa tha building . On the contrary , he would refuse to do go

      and it will be for the magistrate to commit him to prlson if he should think proper , but I feel convinced ha will not , under an act of parliament which ail mankind has agreed to be one of the most unintelligible acts that has ever parsed the British legislature . After a length , ened diseusBion , Mr Norton asked Mr Roper whether 6 c should go on to prove his complaint br evidence ; the latter replied in the negative , and added that he considered he had complied with all the law required of him . He therefore considered be was entitled to call npon . hii worship to enforce the law , —Mr Norton replied that ha certainly could not think of acting without sufficient evidence of tbe existence of tbe nuisance , and if evi . deneo was net produced he should not proceed farther , —Mr Roper ultimately withdrew the summons .

      SOUTHWARK—EXHALE EDUCATION IN A Woaj . H « t 7 flS . —Seven healthy-looking younjf female' Were charged with threatening to murder the master of Ber , mondasj workhouse . —Ono of the porters said that tha prisoners had been breaght up from their infancy ia that place . They had been placed in difftrent situa . tions , but so violent was their conduct , that no person weutd keep them . They were in fact a terror to all the inmates , and everything had been done by the guardians to reform them . On Sunday morning they refused to attend divine service , and during its performance they Bang obscene songs , and used such horrible language ai to frighten the old infirm paupers in the next ward , After the service tbe chaplain conversed with them , but they treated him ia a disgusting manner , which led the officer * to place them under restraint . That morning they were released , and in passing the lobby they broke two hundred panes of glass . When remonstrated with .

      three of them tock from under their garments opea knives , and flourishing them over their heads , threa < tened to stab tbe master or murder any perton that dared attack them . Fortunately a police-constable was on the spot , and with his assistance they were all secured , and the knives taken from thethree ringleaders . —Tbe prisoners here exclaimed , in a riotous wanaer , Yes , we will rip the maiter open , if we get hung for it , He is a tyrant , and ought to be murdered . '—Mr Cottiug . ham informed tbe porter of the workhouse that it was a case of too serious a nature for him to dispose of . He was in possession of no power sufficient to testrain them , It T 7 BB necessary tbat tbo ; should be sent to a higher tribunal , where they would receire such punishment aa would render them sensible of their disgraceful be . haviour . They were committed for trial . The witnesses were accordingly bound over to prosecute . Whilo the depositions were being reaA the priseners behaved in the mott disRustin ? manner .

      WORSHIl ' . STREET—Anonymous Siandebs . —Mr N . Lee , proprietor of the Standard Theatre , accompanied by Mr Heritage , his solicitor , and several mem * hers of the theatrical profession , attended to request tbe assistance of Mr Hammill . For nearly a twelvemonth past , anonymous letters , written , in various disguised hands , and couched in obscene and scurrilous language , had been addressed by poat to Mrs Lee , aad the principal members of the company . In somo of these a direct threat bad been held out against the life of the principal tragedian , and also assailing the chief actress of tbe establishment , whose character and conduct were irreproachable , with infamous imputations . Not satisfied with the persecution of this lady , her secret slanderer , had addressed letters to tbe principal of the firm , ia

      which her father bad held a responsible situation for thirty years , stigmatising the latter as a returned transport , and slandering the whole of hisfamilj . In the hope of stopping the annoyance , directions had been given tbat no more of these letters should be taken in ; but this precaution proved wholly futile , as the writer then sent them under cover to various tradesmen in the neighbourhood , to be forwarded to the persons to wham they were addressed . Some of the female membess of tbo company bad been bo painfully affected by tbe imputations caat upon , them that they had threatened to re . Bigu their situations . Many of the subaiquent letters threatened similar communications to all the town and country managers , so as effectually to preclude them

      from obtaining other engagements . —Mr Hammill inquired whether the applicant was atvare if they had emanated from a discharged servant or personal enemy of those to whom thu Utters had been written?—Mr Lee replied that the whole of his company , who had been , a long time in his service , wero unconscious of having given the slightest cfixneo to anyone , to render themselves the objects of such invoteratu and persevering malignity . —Mr HummiU expressed his regret that he had no means of assisting the applicant until he had succeeded in diicovering tbe unknown auth » r of such a monstrous course of persecution , but assured them that in that tvant , he should issue an ituBiedie . te watre . nl for his apprehension , and deal with him witb the Utmost 8 . Verity of the law .

      An Impostos—Sarah Lee was charged with having eo . n \ Tavtted a ( s&ud ujioa Mr J . Uag&n , a TiYrtaerymai ) , at Upper Clopton ,. About six months ago the prisoner introduced herself to the r > ifo of the prosecutor , to whom she told such a plausible tale of her respectability and expectations , amoDgst which she mentioned that she was upon the point of coming into £ 7 , 000 . from an uncle at Kensington , that the latter was induced to receive her into her house , and treat her in every respect as a mem . ber of the family . The prisoner continued to reside there upoa thtae torms , without having paid anything the whole time , until about the 3 rd of September last , when she expressed her wish to Mr Hagnn to send for her father and mother , who resided at Dover , ond establish them in a house which she represented as her

      own property , and at tbe surne time handed him a sovereign to defray their travelling expenses to totrn . Tho witnesB gladly accepted her offer , but Rhortly befi vi the arrival of her parents tho prisoner left home , under tbe pretence of receiving some dividends at the Bank , and never afterwards returned , and upon subsequent inquiries in the neighbourhood it was found that she had received the sovereign above alluded te from a tradesman in the neighbourhood , and also a second one , in the name of the witness and her husband , who she asserted had sent her to borrow them . They had Bince instituted inquiries at KenaiugtOD , and having ascertained that 8 ha had no relative residisg there and

      that her entire statement was a pure fabrication , obtained the assistance of the police , who ultimately succeeded in tracing her to another lodging , where they took her into custody , and rectived from tho landlady the duplicate relating to a shawl , which ibe prisoner had borrowed from the witness ou the tvu-vmng of the departure . —A . police constable stated that upon capturing the prisoner she made an acknowledgement to him of the correctness of the charge , and from information he had glace received , he had no doubt , if she were remanded , that he ihould be abb to establish several other cages of fl similar description against her . —The prisoner was remanded .

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      The food of a man has been calculated at the value of five pounds annually . The Ihvkbnbes Coubub mentions that a white deer was shot a short time since r . ear Ardishlake . Imfortant to Miners . —A commission of mining engineers assembled a few days ago at the coal pit of Bois d'Avray , near Liege , to witness the trial of a new invention by M . Jouquet , for preventing the accidents of frequent occurrence by the breaking of the ropes used in raising the boaes filled with coal from the pit to the mouth of the shaft . The trial succeeded completely . A box filled with its ordinary weight of coal was raised to the height of 300 yards , and then the ropes were cut ; bui the box , instead of ' falling , sunk only for a few inches down the upright posts , between which it wa 3 raised , then stopped and remained firm ; leaves no . doubt of tho efficiency of the apparatus .

      The committee of bhs ' Birmingham Arfeana ' Penny Subscription Mo 7 « maat' have raada a . pre& 9 « t of £ 924 . ISi , to the Qjxesafo Hospital , til . \ aiaai in pennies .

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      A Woman Shot. By A Soldier.

      A WOMAN SHOT . BY A SOLDIER .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1455/page/2/