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      ISngiatttr-YOnKSHIUE . Death from Drinking Ardent S « Biss .-Earlyon Sundav morning lart . as one of the public watchmen of Leeds * as on his beat in the northern suburbs of the t « wn , fee discovered three men lying in a state ot intox i cation near the faotpath in a field about a mile ' and a quarter fr » m Leeds . Close l > y be found three ¦ bott ' es of wine ( Marsala ) and ( our empty bottles , gome of which had contained whisky . He also found an iron implement called n jemmy , commonly used oy housebreakers , and ' he therefore deemed it his duty fcj convey the party to " prison . Having handcuffed two of them who were less inebriated than the other man , he procured ' assistance , and the third man was

      removed in a wheelbarrow . The two men who were most sober gave their names as William Ilarrison , aged IS , and Robert Farnegs , aged 23 ; and the moat drunken rnsn was stated to be George Greenwood , aged 23 , who npto about a fortnight previou ? , had been for some years in service as grnom to Mr Simpson , tobacconist . ' Daring the removal of Greenwood to the police office , a change was observed to take place in his condition , which led the police to call up Mr Clayton , a sargeon , whose door they had io pass , in order-that he might examine him . Mr Clayton on seeing him pnmeBnced the man dead . His body was , however , carried . to the police office , where a post

      mortem examination was made ; and on opening the hee d the vessels of the brain were found much gorged , and smelt "f whisky . On Monday morning the other two men { Ilarmonand" Farness ) were brought up for examination at the court honse , when it was stated tnaton the nieht of Saturday last the Leedg Public Fever Hospital had been robbed of several bottles of Marsala wine and two bottles of whisky , by some thieves , who had entered through a window grate , and h ~ d left behind them a mason ' s chisel and a hat . An inquB « t was he ? d on Monday afternoon on the body of Greenwood , when a verdict was returned of ' Died bv excessive drinking . '

      WARWICKSHIRE . Railwat Accidents . —On Saturday , a frightful accident occurred at the Midland Railway station , Birmingham , by which one of the guards came by Ms death . It appears that tbs sufferer ( named Jacksonlwas to have accompanied the four o ' clock train to Derby , and had made the necessary preparations for that purpose , but unfortunately ne delayed a short time in taking his placs upon the train . The usual signal baring been gives the train moved , and just as it was set in motion , Jaoks 9 n attempted to get on the carriage step . Tils foot , however , unfortunatelv slipped , and he fell under the wheels and

      was crushed . The train w / a 3 stopped , and the guard taken up and conveyed to the General Hospital , where it wag ascertained that both his lees were all bnt severed from his body . He expired in about an hour after . lie was twenty-sir years of age , and lived at Derby . —Almost at the same haur another accident , which had nearly been attended with similar fatal results , happened at the Camp-hill station , belonging to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company . A man named Evans , was engaged with tiro other porters moving some carriage ? , when he unfortunately got between the buffers , and was dreadfully bruised .

      SUFFOLK . . As Attempt to bcrs bows a Pristixg Office is tfens reported in the Ipswich Express of Monday : — ' We noticed the calamity by fire which had occurred to Mr Piper ' s premises . As if the loss sustained on that occasion was not sufficient , an attempt hissince been made to fire the premises from end to end . On Monday norning , at a little past seven o ' clock , ft Jad belonging to the place went to the premises and found the back printing office door wide open . On entering he discovered the office to be filled with smoke , and in one portion of it flames were bursting fortb . He immediately carried away some burning papers , and found woodwork below them in a blaze , which he succeeded in extinguishing by throwing water upon it . OtherjJerson * were then called , and on a search being made it was found thai some villain had endeavoured to fire the premises in nine different places on the lower floor . In three places wire files , full of papers tad been hnnsr under light wood-work and thea fired .

      bunnD ? valuable documents to ashes , and igniting the wood , which fortunately in each case bnrnt out without doing serious damage , in consequence of being saturated with wet . The front counting house ( a small room filled with paper and shelving ) was set on fire in four different places , and a mass of burning papers falling on the floor burnt it through over a space exceeding a square foot ; brickwork nnderneath and the damp state of the wood alone prevented a general conflagration . Two attempts kad been made in the newspaper printing office ; one ¦ was an attempt to fire a wooden-framed press , by means of paperg attached to it , but which did not succeed ; the other was more successful , although the damp state of the frame and the timely arrival of the lad prevented much damage , Inquiries have been msde as to the causes of the first fire , but without success ; the conclusion now arrived at iB , that it also was the act ot an incendiary . '

      CAMBBinGESHlBE . The flADDESHAu Burglary—On Wednesday , at Ely , J and T . Hsrt , and M . and L . Jeffreys , were examined on the charge of robbing and ill-treating Mr Mitchell , of Dairy-house Drove , near Haddenhsm- The accused are reported to have borne themselves throaghout the examination with the ereatest effrontery , frequently interrupting and calling the witnesses opprobious names , and breaking at intervals i p to bursts of unseemly laughter . They were identified as a gan » of midnight disturbers who have loag infested the neighbourhood . They were fully committed on this charge . The same prisoners

      were then arraigned fora burglary committed under exactly simihr circumstances , in Wisbech Fen . They were a ! i distinctly sworn to by Mr Foster , and some property carried from his honse was also found ppoa them at the time of their apprehension . Having been committed for this second offence , the prisoners , who also stand charged with the commission of a burglary at Mrs Turner ' s , of Hileay . Norfolk , beins asked if they had aught to gay , Luke Jeffrey replied , It don ' t signify what we say ; things hare been sworn to : bat I can prove that two false oaths iave been taken . ' They were conveyed to Cambridge gaol .

      KEST . The Coxvicr Establishment at Woolwich . —All res Love . J—A day or two since a convict belonging to iheJnititiaconvicthulka !; Woolwich , named . Warren , ¦ 3- ho had beeltt removed from Millbank PeoitentiBry abqata fortnight since , attempted to perform a feat ¦ which beatssdme analogy to that of Lender , of classic mem'tv . on the Hellespont . A number of female cmvictshad been brought down from Millbank prison , for removal on board the E ! iz * and Henry , a hired transport ship , lying off the Royal Arsenal , and amorjrst them was a female with wh ^ m . Warren had

      formerl y cohabited . The prospect of thirteen thousand mtfes between him and his' Hero' wa 3 too much for the poor fellow , and after one or two lingering bn ? ing looks at the vessel , he sprank from the d « ck of the Ja = titia , a height of between 30 and 40 feet , and plunged into the stream . From hi 3 powers as a swimmer , there is no doubt he would have reached the E iz ' i and Henry , bat a boat rowed by another convict , named Fietcher , pursued him , and he was brought back to the hulk , to endure a separation which must last either ten or seven years , the period for which his lady Jove and himself are respectively

      sentenced . somersetshire . The Dusdbt Muedek . —Fcrtqer Pisci /) suee 3 . — The inquest on the body of Mr Walsingh . im Ilazell W 23 this week brought to a conclusion . In addition to the facts previously deposed to some circumstances were detailed calculated to strengthen the suspicion previously existing against the nephews of the deceased . The witness Capel ( who , it will be remembered , was at work in the bsrn on the Monday , and saw his master at the colts' house with the prisoners ) was recalled , to speak to a material fact , which at his former examination he had omitted to mention . He was in the habit of keeping an old coat at the farm f o work in , and his usage wag to

      take off his other coat when he came to hia labour , hang it up in the stable , and resume it when he left in the evening . He should , in the usual course , have gone into the stable on the Monday evening to fetch kis coat , but he found that some person had brought it out and thrown it acro 33 the door of the barn , so that it was unnecessary for him to do so . Mary Stallard , a connexion of the deceased , stated , that on the Friday after the prisoners were in custody she was at the Carpenters' Arm 3 public-honse , at Dundty , and saw James Hazsll there , in conversation with his si 3 ter . She heard hira Fay it was not be who did it , and also heard him exclaim , . ' 1 wish that Benjamin had never come here . ' A youth named Pritehard deposed , that on Tuesday evening ,

      whi . ' ethe search , for Me fjasell was going on , he went to the premises , and asked the prisoners if he micht not have got into the old well . They did not offer to search it , but said taey did not think he could be there . Josiah Sampson deposed , that in the search for the deceased a person named Rees took an active part . WitEeES heard the prisoner Benjamin say to his brother , ' Here ' s that old Reea agaia . He's been bothering here several tiroes , and wants a bit of Ui £ ^ dn knocked off his head . ' A man earned "ggslsiP ^ agssed that , on the Tuesday after Mr ^ nz ^ U diiap ^ peared , he saw the prisoners and the servant man Vcwie 3 in the stable . Vowle ? , who was

      tipsy , leaned against the manger , and ^ said , Oh , I'll die , I'll die . ' Ber . jamin Hazell inquired , What , bee st thee going to die instead of thes master V Tke Ashtoa constable , Young , deposed , that while tDe prisoner James was in custody a conversation tm& place about the umbrella . The prisoner said no one could have put it into the stable , as he had vg keys . Witness also heard him say , * I wish that iJeajamm had never come up at Christmas . ' The feen fiaiUy examined by thlt stSeT W 1 tbey haVe

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      Ireland . CHARTISM ASD ITS [ ORATOKS . —THR YOUNG IRKLASDBRS . —AIABMING STATE OP THE PEASANTRY . —FAMINE AKE DKATH . —THE ' COKCILIATORS . 1 —THE EPSClAIi COMMISSION . — VICTIMS OP THE GALLOWS AND THE FEVER . ( From our own CtrmpondcntJ Dublin , 7 th February . The proceedings at the Soiree in the National Hall , High Holbnrn , on the 2 nd inst ., were the moat interesting which we have read for many a day , and will be heard and spoken of with delight bj every senuine friend of liberty throughout the empire Chartism mav justly be proud of the orators to which it has given birth , and of 'the soul' which it has brought into Britain . The speech of Mr Julian =: =====

      O _ ., . I'll * 1 . T ikAtimffa i * -. Ilarney was one of the most brilliant of the timCs in which ' we live , ' whilst its Ere and beauty were eclipsed by its philosop hy—itsearnestness—its manliness—and the healthy tone of practical good sense which runs through its every ( sentence . 1 he speech of Mr Jones , teo , though too short , was . as far as it went , not less deserting of praise than that of his co-labourer , Mr Ilarney . To Irishmen in particular Mr Jones ' s address must te peculiarly gratifying , and thousands of Milesian hearts must beat high with pride , aad hope , and exultation , when they read the glowing prophetic words spoken by that accomplished pQefe and orator , in alluding to our unfortunate country . Bravo , Mr JoneB , long may you live to labour for your oppressed fellow-subjects , and may

      your rare talents and interesting toils meet their reward in seeing ' abridge of love and fratsmity spanning the bine waters' which separate our bleeding island from your happier shores , where both nations shall meet half-way , mingling their cries of England for the English ! ' and ' Ireland for the Irish ! ' for indeed , in verity , ' the tyrants of the one are the oppressors ef the other ! ' and whilst tho one sister is poverty-stricken , starving , arcd miserable , the other cannot be happy , or prosperous , or contented . Mr O'Connor ' s speech on that occasion , also , was such as one alwajs expects from the great English-Irish leader . Bnt as we cease to wonder at his talents and almoBt super-human exertions , so w » feel half disposed to withhold our admiration and our

      thanks froa that' bravest of the brave '—O'Connor . And why ? One cannot reply to this query , but our noble-hearted countryman has now travelledso far on his glorious mission , has been so long ' m the field ' afainst the enemies of liberty and justice , and has identified himself so prominently with the leaders of reform and progression in every civilised land , that he cannot—even if he would—retrace his footsteps ; he cannot now blench ; coma what may , he must press forwards—his course is onwards—he must lead to combat , and must 'do or die . ' And ' do' he will . The people of England are opening their eyes to their true interest ? . They begin t « find how they have been fooled , and betrayed , and plundered . They see also how puny , how despicable , how powerless , is that class of rogues and scoundrels —the ' higher orders '—to which they have so long baen blind slaves and grovelling dupes . They now

      discover that there is no power on earth but in the people ; and they have been successfully catechiBed in the sound moral doctrine , that the much-despised , long-insulted 'lowerorder 3 ' are , in reality , 'the people . ' They respond lustily to the trumpet-voice which summons them from the lethargy of ages ; " they start simultaneously at that potent' cry ; ' they shout for the Charier ; they swear they mmi have Jcstick ; and when a nation willt it she nwl be Frek . Everyday brines fresh evidence that the migity movement directed bj the Member for Nottingham is growing in strength and aew Jife , and the time is not far distant when those croaking birds of i ! l-omen , who sneered at Mr O'Connor and his ' plans , ' and who prognosticated tho worst results from his ' schemes , ' will find their prophecies 'false ' as those who spoke them , and see the Chartist Chief and bi 3 followers crowned with success , and enjoying the full reward of virtue , and perseverance , and patriotism .

      But alas for poor , wretched , ill-fated Ireland ! The enrse of disunion and treachery is still upon her , aad she seems as if doomed fer ever to groan from the depths of her degradation . Look at the proceedings last week in the Dublin Rotunda . Look there , and see what hope there is for poor Erin ! See those men who were to ' work miracles , '—who were sworn to stand by each other and be true te their cause—fo devote their . ' lives to the working eut of Ireland's redemption , and spill their hearts' ' young blood' to make her ' what she ought to be , '—see these men torn into rival and contending factions , impeaching each ethers motives—condemning each others policy , —one party holding . forth the other as eowards , recreants , jobbers , huxters , and cheats . —those again retorting on their assailants , and representing them as traitors to Ireland , insane , rabid , sanguinary butchers , who , for personal motives , would drive the

      starving peasantry into reckless insurrection , and dye the green vales of Ireland with human gore ! Here is hope for Ireland ! see here how we manage matters of Hfe-and-death importance—how Irishmen carry on the war against the tyrant and the oppressor ! "Won't the Saxon tremble when he reflects on the'doings' in the Rotunda!—won ' t he yield from very good nature and gratitude at the gentle , pacific notes of Smith O'Brien ! or crouch with terror at the war-whoop of John Mitchel and The United Irishman ! Oh ! Ireland , Ireland ! wilt thou always be unfortunate ? Will yonr children always be slaves— 'hewers of wood and drawers of water '—in their native isle ? Will disunion , falsehood , and treachery , always be your curse ? Will tho 3 e who enlist themselves beneath your drooping bannerwill they still 'learn to betray , ' or will you and yours never cease to be the laughing-stock and by-word oi civilised climes ?

      Last week , indeed , will ba long memorable in the history ot this ill-fated country . Melancholy days were those of Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday in the by-sone week . The work' of England against Ireland' was ' well done' ia the Dublin Rotunda , and the foes of the latter country may fairly exult at the disgraceful feuds raging at present between every section of Irish popular parties . For my part , I am not surprised at these occurrences . Whilst totally condemning the poltroonery of Conciliation Hall , I never had the slightest confidesce in' Young Ireland , ' In many of my communications to Tns Nobthern Stak , I told what I thought of this party ; and though many readers of this journal have , oi course , taken offence at my statements , and imputed

      wrong motives to my plain-dealing , out-spoken conduct , time hasj now proved that I did not err in my judgment ; and the events of the last month , and particularly of the last week , demonstrate that I had not miscalculated in my estimate of the New Confederation . I knew the men who were at the head of that organisation . I knew ( and my readers will recollect that I often said ) tho 3 e young fellows , though having—some of them—considerable talents and a great deal of confidence , were not possessed of the prudence and experience or good sense necessary to qaalify them for the teachers or leaders of a great and ^ growing people . Raah , ynin , arrogant , and jealoas of each ethew pretensions , they were the very worst hands into which the cause and hope of a nation could be committed . The Roman Catholic

      clergy , —with the exception of about a doz ^ n carates in all Ireland , —were utterly hostile to them , and after all , without the co-operation of the Catholic priests no popular party can be popular in this country . The Protestant landlords and capitalists were against them . As much as they hated O'Connell and hia old-fashioned agitation—though they knew he was a red-hot papist , and a little of a bigot —still they knew he was a' man of peace '; but they ianoied ' Young ) Ireland' a hobgoblin , whose play , things were pikes and dead men ' s skulls , and whose aliment was Protestants'entrails and Saxon blood Hence outside their own narrow circle , fand , in all Ireland , the Confederation did not reckon 50 , 000 membera , ) the men constituting the heads of Young Ireland' were regarded with hatred and suspicion .

      Anticipating that the Star will furnish sufficient detaih of this singular debate , I decline giving any lengthened report of the ' Three Nights Meeting in the Rotunda . The principal speakers on the ' Peace-Preservation' Bide were Smith O'Brien , Mr Michael Doheny , of Cashel . barrister ; Mr Ross , of Bladensburgh ; Mr J . B . Dillon , and Mr Duffy of the Natiox . The ' leaders' on the' Opposition' or ' sword ' side were Mr Mitchel , Mr T . D . Reilly , Mr Martin of Longhorne , and Mr John Fisher Murray . The debate wa 3 carried on with much warmth and animation oa both iides , whilst the interest which it excited amongst the respective partisans of either side , was only equallad by the indignation and derision of the O'Coanellites , who still form a stron ? muster in Dublin . The proceedinga of Friday night did not

      terminate until after two o'clock on Saturday aorniRg , when this pretracted ' war-eouncil was at length brought to a final termination . The show of bandi being in favour of the ' Olive branch , ' Mr MitcheJ demanded a poll on which ife waa found that of the entire assemblage , 188 were raised up for ' armed opinion , ' or ' war ' on the Saxon , whiht 317 were for the 'moral-force-amended '—or' Paddy-be-aisj '—Ha * of operations , for which the late Mr O'Counell wa * abased and spurned by Smith O'Brien , C . G . Duffy , and the ' quondam Saxon-slayer the Nirioy . Thus , for the present , the peace of Old Ireland is secure Yet the United Irishman will' shoulder his pike' oa next Saturday , in Trinity-street , and Mr Mitchel , nothing daunted at the ' flooring' he got in the ' Pillar Room , ' will never be aisy' until the ' ' ruction' is up , and Paddy wearing' a goold or a wooden leg . '

      In the meantime , whilst feuds and aniraesities distract our country , the situation of the peasantry is every hour petting more alarming , and the scenes of 1847 are again becoming terribly familiar . Upwards of fifty deaths from hunger have occurred in the various counties within the l * at fortnight , whilst hundreds of thousands are represented as dragging on a wretched existence on aBinglemealaday of . 'turnips and salt . ' There have been no agrarian murders ! aa % week , though not a night passes without fresh perpetration of outrage , assault , firing of shets , and house-breaking . The meetings at Conciliation Boll have been better attended theee last five or six weeks tflan , they ffifre

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      for many a month previously . The Rent , ' also . is Getting up , and the Repeal ' rocka' aro clapping their wings in anticipation of replenished ? boxes , ' and a fresh system of hoaxing . It will not do , however . O'Connell ia gone , and with all the faults with which he stands impeached , those ho left at the councils of Burgh Quay must never hope to ' look on his like again . ' The latter re action is owing principally to tho famous let ; . . of Dr M'Hale , Dr Maoinn , arid other If ish clergy men , who , Sn 8 e ) f- < jefence , have ' taken up the cudgel , ' and laid many a

      ' welt' on their Saxon calumniators—from the paltry Lord Shrewsbury , who vilifies for a 'leetle consideration , ' to the scribblera of the Tory press , who do it more respectably ' on system . ' The ' split' in 'Young Ireland , ' too . has materially contributed to this flowing of the Burgh Quay tide *; but my readers may take my word that' The Loyal National Repeal Association , ' like the 'Young Ireland' Confederation , will never be looked on by the great mass of Irishmen , but as ' a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . ' It will go down , as it should have gone down long ago ,

      Unwept , nnhonourod , and unsung , This week several of the unfortunate wretches , convicted at tho ' ate Special Commissions , will bo * Viud ? by the neck' in the different gaols of Munster , The Limerick hangman , ' from what motive , I can * not say , kas ' Bhyed . ' and refuses to' 'do the job' on any conditions ! The sheriff had , therefore , no alternative but to ' get a loan ' of our metropolitan ketch , ' who , I am told , has taken his departure to 'finish * the law , and the wretched victims of the law , ia 'Merrie Limerick . ' I will not wish 'that he may crack his own neck' before he returns , but I say fervently , may hsaven be more merciful to the po » r fellows thaa were their fellow-men—whether the landlords and agents who tortured them into the commission of crime , or tho dispensers of the law who exhibited such vampire thirst for their unhappy victims' blood .

      Fever and dysentery are doing the work of death in the provinces . In many districts the mortality exceeds the devastations of last spring and summer , whilst famine , as I said before , is knocking down scores who escaped last year . Several , of the landlords are making arrangements for wholesale ' clearances , ' and are about to transport their superabundant pauper tenantry to America , or anywhere , —anywhere , ont of—Ireland ! Only wait a bit ! If w e don't' do well' yet in Ireland , 'tis a queer thing ! Between the Special Commissioners , the hangman , ' the famine , the fever , the ' thruai-out' landlord and the lazaretto , if the Irish peasantry be not duly ' thinned , ' na bocklUIi ! And , then , when the BOOP ' mere Irish are all provided for ! ' Why , the Saxons and the landlords will have fair play '—that ' s all !

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      DEFINITION OV TBNA . HT HIGH ? . Mr Sharman Crawford , the undisputed hero . of 'tenant right' agitation , has been fetarin ? it in the north . Dinners have been given to the hon . gentleroan m Derry , Coleraine , and Downpatrick ; at the latter place the member for Rochdale , in the course of a long address , gave his definition of tenant right in the form of fifteen propositions , and they are : — 1 . That land is a trust to be administered for the public good . 2 . That the land in Irelnnd is to the unemployed working man a necessary of life ; and , consequently , the taker of sach land i 3 not In the position of a froe agent in dealing with the owner of it . 3 . That , therefore , he has jnBt claim to that protection against extortion , which in other like cases , is secured by the laws of the State .

      4 . That , as the State gives extraordinary advantages to the owners ef land in various ways , and extraordinary powers for the recaiving of rent , the State has a jast claim to interfere ia the regulation of rent . 5 . That the unjust relationship of the interests of landlord and tenant has been the ohiof source of tke present evils of Ireland . 6 . That the ejectment laws havo been most oppressively enforced—as , for example , by the last official return ia 1843 , 31 , 471 persons were served with notices of < j « etment in that year , over Ireland , involving an amount of population equal to 73 , 000 individuals . 7 . That an industrious cultivator aad improver of the Eoil is one of tho greatest benefactors of the com . muaity . 8 . That seen a person has a vested interest in the income created by hialnbonr and capital , after the payment of the landlord ' s rent .

      9 . That labour is th « source of all capital , and that if the rights of labour are not protected there caa be no security for any other kind of property . 10 . That the landlord ' s interests would be equally benefitted nita the tenant ' s by a proper security for labour . 11 . That no just claim of tenant right can exist except it ba founded oa industrial occupation ; because tse absence of industry is an injury both to landlord and to the State . 12 . That in all cases of lettings from year to year or for limited terms , tne relationship of landlord aad tenant

      abould be considered as a partnership—the one putting In land , the other labsur , and each enjoying a fair proportion of the net profits ( all expenses being first divided ) , according to the value put in by each ; and the rent either falling or rising with the changes in the value of production , or ether causes , se the ease may be . 18 . That the tenant's proportion ot the net profits , being an overplus income created by the action of the labour , science , and capital of the tenant on the soil , is tbe real property , aad is , therefers , a marketable commodity , wnich the tenant has a right to sell , and of which ha should not be deprived without being paid for it .

      14 . That justice and policy alike demand the establishment of this right by legal enactment . 15 , That any principle of compensation which would not acknowledge and secure the claims of tenants for improvements heretofore made and nor ? existing on the soil , or , which would extinguish the tenant ' s right to compensation for his beneficial interest at the close of a certain term of occupation , would be inconsistent vrlth his just claims , and ought not to be accepted as ' tenant right . '

      Bf ATE OP THE POOR . The Limerick Examiner gives a further most afflicting account of the condition of the poor Of tliat quarter . That journal says : — 'Some unaccountable fatality must attend the deliberations of the Limerick hoard of guardians . It comprehends men of undoubted intelligence and great personal humanity , and yet its measures are defective and abortive : the depopulating process thrives under it as well as under the most landlordridden board in Ireland . Within the workhouse the deaths for the last week were thirty-three ; and without , the number , pieventible by a proper application of the poor law , must amount to twice as

      many more . In this union perhaps one hundred graves are filled every week by the defective operation of the poor-law . A bill of £ 30 was recently paid one party for the conveyance of patients from the workhouBe to Barrington ' s Hospital , and some of these ill-fated beings were taken from their beds in the very crisis of their sickness , trundled into a ' covered' car , carried through populous streets , and dropped at Barrington ' s , where , before they could be removed farther than _ the entrance hall they perished ^ In one day , nine children , pulled from their beds , in measles , in which exposure to cold is fatal , and conveyed to Barrington ' s , dropped dead in the hall , one after another . ' . There are some further accounts of deaths from starvation in Kerry , Limerick , and King ' s County .

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      MANSION HOUSE . —The Cnr op Iondow Uniqw . —Rose Morris and fire other young women , who were proved to'have frequently received relief at the City of London Union , were brought before the Lord Mayor , charged by Mr Lloyd oae of tho assistant relieving officers , under the following circumstances . —J . Lloyd , of No . 3 , Northumberland-alley , said that on the preceding day , as lie was going io tho union , he saw at tho corner of'Northumberland-court , the six defendants . Heasksd them whether they wanted relief , and Roso Morris and two of the others said , ' You imprisoned us for three months ; and wo are come to pay you off , and are determined to do it . ' They then struck at him with their fists , but a policeman came up at the moment , and he

      charged bis assailants , having good reason to fear the worst from their ' v i olence and vengeance . —The Lord Mayor : What sort of relief do you give these femaleB !— . Witness : We give them an order for one night ' s lodging at Peckham , and somejbread when they get there , —The women said tho whole of the statement made by the ne . lie » ing officer was false . Two of them had , they said , been standing at tha corner ef the alley when the Other females were about to apply , and being aware of the crael nature sf the union rtlief which consisted of a long journey to Peckham , a piece of bread , and a turn out nest moraing after a tumble-down upon a filthy bed , they had no notion of making any application tQtmselve / The moment Hr Llojd bsw ihem , ho gava them into the custody of the police , without having received the

      slightest provocation ; but certainly , as he had struck and kicked one of them , tfeo blow was returned . Mr Lloyd denied these statements . —The Lord'Mayor : I cannot help aaj ing thatthe system pursued by the City of London Union must be a very bad one , for the complafats made to me again 9 t It by the poor are ten times as numtrous as ttese against any of the other unions . —Mr Harvey ( the City Police Commissioner ) said , ' This ease is of greater public importance than the facts stated upon it are capable of disclosing . I havo reooived many applications from bankers and merchants for protection against the growing system of window breaking , and I

      have been most anxious to trace the cause of such outrages as have been daily occurring . Yesterday I vUtted all our stntlon-houBos ; upon arriving at that in Bow . lane I ( heard" great noise and coafvialem , -which I was told proceeded from six women who had been placed in charge by one of the officers connected with the Cannon-street Union , and who were so wrtiagsww anu furioUB that the policemen were obliged to put handcuffs upon ono of tJ'era , and to threaten to restrain the rest of them in like manner . I considered it to be my duty to sea the women , and I spoke to them npoa tho subject , and -waa listened to With quiet and riapactful attention My eonvlotlon Is ,

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      thatif these poor creatures . were kindly , treated , jour loraship would not be so much annoyed by the complaints against the City of London Union , and the outraces described as having occurred would no longer be perpetrated . The real cause of tha evil I must say 1 can traw to nothing but the conduct of the offloeri of the unions , particularly of the City of London Villon , for when the unfortunate creatures go to the relieving officers for relief , they do not receive the order of admission till an advanced hour of the dny , aad then they are obliged , exhausted and worn out , to walk a distance of four miles to Peckham before they get a morsel of bread . In fact , tho officers of the City Of London Union do all they can to abate tho number of appltea . tions by renderings a , disagreeableMpo . « bl . > to the T = ? 7 = , ~ , , . „ .,

      pe 7 S us making " them , and tnro * a . l the . onu . and trouble on the police . -Mr Lloy d remarked that he was under distinct orders which those who employed him would not permit him to deviate from . He > mufoiinljr « anted orders to tho female applicants without delay . The defendants wid the relieving officer had refused tho repeatedly and most offenstvely .-One of thepolice stated that he had frequently been present when Mr Si , d refused to give orders .-One of the women accused ivss then charged with having kicked one of the nolice in a most dangerous manner while he was conveytee her to the statlon . — The Lord Mayor required ffiat each o ( the defeadanto flhould fiad bail to the amount of £ 5 the relioving officer ha » io 6 sworn that he

      apprehended danger to his life from their violence ; and directei that the City Solicitor should prosecute Mar , Phillip * , the woman who kicked the policeman . HIo lordship concluded by emphatically calling upon the an . thovUUB of the City of London Union to remedy , without further delay , an evil which they had allowed to reach a fearful magnitude . —When tho sis females were ordered to be taken back to prison , they turned upon the police nnd a violent bcuSs taok pWe iu ttia narrow bar of the jastice-room feetwoon the constables and their prisoners ; and leng after the latter were locked * p la the cage , they continued to ' scream and bellow through tho building , and to curso tbf > magistrate * , and the police , and the poor-laws , in language the most

      re-Tolting . ,,,, . „ GUILDHALL . —A Hopeful Son . — J . Moulo and Q . Hooker were charged , the first ( who has already been examinod ) , with robbing his mother , and the second with being an accomplice after the fact . Mrs Moule . had stated that he had taken £ 2 and some odd BhillingB , and he stated that a person named Hooker had bonght a donkey withit . —Tho mother of Hooker now stated that Moule , come to her and said that he had found £ 10 . Sheailied him questions as to Whether he had any father or me . ther and he replied that he had not . Moule then took several lads to the theatra , and bonght thorn clothes aad boot * , a * well as for himself . and meeting with h ( r aon , asked whore he could find a ledging . Her « on told him , and on his saying he should like to do something , she fixed him at the eorner of FaBn . street to sell oranges . He had previously bought the aonfcey , having fcorrevfed 8 .. from her son , be ( Moule ) only having 12 b in hia poB what he had

      seaaion . —On the Alderman asking Hooker to say he replied that he had lent Moule 3 o . towards purchasing the donkey , f nd that his fellpw-prisoner spent a great part of his money in toBmug with othor individuals . — Aldermaa Johnson . remarked that Mrs Hoeker wan much te blame throughout . Her eons character was none of the best .-Mrs Hooker , with the greatest apparent innocence , said that she knew nothing about the money , and that her Bonn were ladB brought up honestly to get their living in the streets . . ( Laughter . ) —Alderman Johnson thought it was no recommendation , the earning a living in the streets . —Mrs Hoo&er ( turning round to the prisoner Moule with aa air of injured innocenca , ) ' Why don ' t you tell the truth , and not ca « t aspersions like these on honest people ?—Moule , who was evidently rather timid , said in a low voice to the assiot . ant-gaoler ( Chambers ) , She told me thst other boys were in the habit of bringing lilk handkerchiefs to her , and that she had ten or eleven In her box . The Alder .

      man requested to know what Moule had said , and on Chambers repeating the words , Mrs Hooker raised her oy es in the utmoat astonishment , and exclaimed , ' Oh ! aint it a wicked boy , to tell such ntories , ' ( Laughter . )—Alderman Johnson ultimately decided on jemanding the prisoner ! until Saturday , but bound Mrs Hooker on her own recognisances to appear on that day , LAMBKTH . — Chaise of Stealing a Horse ahd Chaibe . —On Monday , Drjdon Blstob , a young man , who , it was said , is respectably connected , was charged with stealing a-horse and chaise , the ' property of Mr Tucker , livery-stsblc keeper , in Hart-street , Long-acre , From the evidence it appeared that on Wednesday last the prisoner hired-a horse and chaise to take him to Richmond and back at the stables of Mr Tucker , and , as

      the servant of the prosecutor was to accompany him , there was no serup le made about letting him have them . He hai not gone fav when he changed his mind , and instead of proceeding to Richmond he drove into Essex . At the end of Upton-lane he peinted out to the . servant of Mr Tucker , who accompanied him , a farra : house , and desired him to stop there and borrow from Mr How , its occupier , two sovereigns on his account . The servant proceeded towards the farm-house , as directed , but , wbile doing 80 , ho looked back , and found that the prisoner had drivsn off with the horse and vehicle as fast as the former could go . Information of the robbery

      was given to the police , and it was discovered that the prisoner had leffthe horse and vehicle at the Three Mackerels publichouse , ia the Mile End-road , having firat endeavoured to borrow , thirty * shillings on them . The prisoner himself had not been heard of until Sunday evening , when , from his description , he was' taken at Peckham , by George Quennier , an active officer of the P division of police . —The prisomr , ia reply to the charge , said it whb a mere drunkeD lnrk , — ' Quennier in . formed the magistrate that the prisoner had acknowledged to him that ho had deserted twice from the Srd Dragoons , while Btationed at barracks in th » city of Cork . Tha prisoner was remanded .

      THAMES . A Bhotal Outbade . — G , Burrell was charged with violently assaulting Sarah Llojd , a dressmaker , who stated that about three yesrs ago she became acquainted with tho prisoner who made honourable proposals to her , which were accepted . Before the time appointed for their marriage the prisoner effected her ruin , and then , up ^ n various pretences , he continued from time to time te put off the wedding day , but on his making the most solemn protestations of hit intentions to make her his wife , she lived with him for three months , when Bho importuned ., him to fulfil hifl promiso , and I ' . e again published the banns ; t '« e ring was purchaBed , and a day appointed for tho marriage ceremony to take place , but on arriving at the church the heartless fellow gave his bride the slip , and waa not beard of for several weekfl afterwards . Tho young woman

      subsequently gave birth to a obild , and has ever since con . tlnucd to support herself and her offspring by her own industry . The prisaner , not content with the misery and anguish he had brought upon her , has since frequently annoyed her , and because she has refused to renew the intimacy , he has more than once threatened her . He came to her mother ' s house on Saturday night , while he was in a state of intoxication , and on her refusal to walk out with him , he struck her several blows on the head and face , and knocked her down ; She was carried to the hospital . —Ths prisoner , in defence , pleaded intoxication , —Mr Yardley fined the prisoner £ 5 ., and in default of payment committed him to the House of Correction for two months . A communication would b < made to the governor of the gaol respecting the prisoner , for the purpose of ascertaining whether be really waa in asoundstateof mind or not .

      Gaoss Perjory , — Jjme Andrews , alias Party , ap . peared to an assault warrant issued at the instance of Mr James Morris , proprietor of the Star and Garter Tavern , Arbour square , Stepney . Some time since tho complainant was charged at this court with having assaulted a daughter of the man Darby , and committed to trial on the charge , principally on the evidence of the present defendant , who then swore that she was Darby's wife , though it was subsequently proved that she swore falsely . From the manner in which she gave her evidence at the Old Bailey , the jury at ones acquitted Mr Morris . On Monday morning the prisoner went to the St . ir and Garter , where Bhe abused the complainant , and threatened both him and his family . His object in coming to this court was , to protect himself in future

      from such visitations . —The defendant denied having used any threats , and said she went into the Star and Carter to KOt Bomo clotheB belonging v to _ the _ girl . Darby , who had been servant to Mr Morris , and also some shillings that were due to her . She did so by the advico of the police . —Mr Tardley : The police ? What policem an could advise you to 6 uch a course ?—Prisoner ( after some hesitation ) : Serjeant Forke , Serjeant Bartlett , Mr Day , and otherB . —Mr Yardley : You should not have adopted such advice , and if you had the slightest sense of decency after what had occurred , you thould not have gone to tho complainant ' s . It is not to be wondered at that your appearauce there Bhould

      have provoked him . Why did you swear in this oourt that you were Darby ' s wife ?—Prisoner : It was a mistake , sir . —Mr Yardley : A mistake ! I wish I hud discovered tho mistake when the present complainant was brought up before this court , I sheuld not have called upon him to fiad bail . —Inspector Hohnes begged to inform the magistrate that since what had previously occurred in this court had been reported , tho man Darbj hadbeun dismissed from the force . —Mr Yardiej : lam g lad to hear that . He aad this woman swore that they wero man and wife , the facts being otherwise . Such a person is a most unfit pe » Bon to be a constable . The prisoner was then discharged , with a caution ' not again to disturb Mr Morris .

      1 URYLEBONE . —Robblkt in & . D ^ iu « q-uo'dsb . —J . O'Connell and J . Martin were chafed with having entered thehouso of Mr J . Payne , 19 , High-street , ad . jnceut to the court , and stolen property to a considerable , nmount . Tho prisoner O' Connell , who had escaped from tho house by'jumping from a first-floor window , and who had thereby been severely cut upon the head , was extremely faint and weak from 'loss of blood . —Mvbs Caroline Payne , daughter of MrJ . PajHo , sni < 3 that on the previous evening , at a quarter past seven o'clock , she

      went up-stalrs to her bedroom on the third Boor , aad close to the door tine Bavr O'Connell , wUh a large 'bundle close to him . She asked him what business he had there when , without making any answer , ho knocked the candle out of her hand , and pushed her violently into an ndjoiniug room . The force used tnwards her caused her to fall down , and he ( O'Connell ) full over her . . She jumped up and screamed , nnd rushed down Btairs followed by a man whom ahe saw make Mb cfjfesB by tho private door . —Mr Payne , jun ., { brother of the first witness . ) slated that , being alarmed br tbe ecrearus of his

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      sister , and hearing the banging of the private cpor , h went out , and saw the prisoner Martin running at full speed . Witness followed , crying ' Stop thief , and he ( Martin ) was shortly afterwards captured , —Many other witnesses were examined , from whose evidence it appeared that O'Connell had , npoa the alarm being given by Miss Payne , jumped from the Bpper part of a shop front , two doors from Mr Payne's , and that in falling upon the pavement he had received a severe wound npon the head . He got up bleeding profusely , and through the instrumentality of Mr Sergeant , a pork . butcher in High-street , he was arrested and given np to the polic * . The prisoners had ransacked the drawers , < fec . in Miss Payne ' s nnd her brother's bed-robm , and two large bun-. ut ,.,. ... a h , MiBgtha banging of tfaeprivate coo . r , . h

      dles ready to be carried off hnd been packed op ' ; they contained property of different deicriptionsto the amount of from £ 40 . to £ 50 . On the corner of Miss Payne ' s dressing-table were some marks of green wax , and upon one of the bundles being examined a green wax taper was found . It wni also provo * that Martin , on finding that bo was hotly pursued , threw away a box of lucifer matches . —Policeman West said that Martin , who was better known to tbe police by tbe name of John Smith , had suffered transportation for burglary , and had also been summarily convicted at Bow-street nnd Marlboroug h-street police courts . —O'Connell hud nothing to say , and Martin denied all knowledge ef the robbery . — They stand committed for trial . John

      CLERKENWEtL . —NcisANCi . —Mr langdoD , the owner of some houses in lumb's-square , Clcrkenwell-green . which are tenanted by the very lowest order , was summoned uader tho recent Sanitary Act , for Buffer-Ing a nuisance . Tho promises , it appeared , wore in n mOBt filthy and unwholesome state , and unfit for human habitation . —Mr Bartholomew , solicitor and clerk to the Paving Board of Commissioners of St James ' i , Clerlsenwell , said that the defendant had recently purchased the property , and the tenements were inhabited by Btfeeps and costarraongors , < $ sc . i who were all huddled together with their donkey * , and the place was in a horribly nauseous and filthy condition . There were eleven houses in this condition , which had been examined by medical gentlemen , who pronounced them to be dangerous to the

      health of the public , and calculated to breed fever . — Defendant aaid he was using every effort to get rid of tbe filthy persons Inhabiting the place , and he WaB about to pull them down and have them rebuilt . He said it was Impossible to keep BweepB clean , and if they would not leave he mtiBt apply ta the law to ejsct them . —Mr Coombe made aa order for tbe removal of the nuisance . Another case of a similar description in the immediate vicinity of the above was brought forward , and a similar order was madi " , MARYBOROUGH STREET . - — Attempt at Rebcdb . —John "Burke , a thief , wss charged with picking the pocket of Sarah Kempshall . — The prosecutrix was standing before a print shop in St Martin ' u-lane , when the prinoner went up to her and adroitly eased her of her

      puns . The prisoner ran off ; but Me proceedings having attracted the notice of a person named John Harriett ^ an inquiry was made of the prosecutrix if she had lost anything , and on being . informed that the had lost her purse , he instantly set off in pursuit of the prisoner , and overtook him near Aldrldge ' s Repository . He had no sooner stopped the prisoner , than he was surrounded by half a dozen thieves , evidently associates of the prisoner , who . attacked him and bit Mb hands severely , in order te induce him to release the prisoner . Haraett , however , kept his hold , and teok tbe prisoner towards Bow-street pollco . court . On tho way the prisoner offered to pledge his' coat , and return the lady the inopey , If he was

      released . The case being in the district of Marlboroughstreet it was sent there . While the parties were on the road , a gang of the prisoner ' s companions surroDnded the prosecutrix , and attempted to intimidate her from appearing against tbe prisoner . The parties were followed through the Seven Dials by hundreds ef bad characters , to whom the prisoner appeared to' be familiarly known . —The prosecutrix proved the loss of her purse , which contained a few shillings . —The purse had not been found . —The witness Haroett said he saw the prisoner give the purse to one of hifl companions , who made his escape witn the booty . —The prisoner was fully committed .

      WESTMlNSTER . —EviDiNa Tom .. —Mr H . Smallbone was charged with attempting ' , to evade payment of toll . —Mark Webster , toll-collector at Yauxhall-bridge , whose facewas dreadfnfty lacerated , stated he was on duty at the Middlesex gate at a little before eight on Sunday evening , when defendant , who was driving a . chaise cart , passed through the gate without paying the toll . Witness called out to him to Btop , but instead of doing so the defendant immediately flogged the horse . Witness ran behind the cart and caught hold of it , when a man who was in the cart -with defendant said , ' Give it to him , ' meaning that he was to flog the horse again . Witness continued his hold of the tail of the cart , and was dragged about two hundred yards , when he put his foot on the top of the spring , and leaBing over the tail-board , took

      defendant ' s Mead ' s hat off . In getting down witness a foot got between the cart and the spring , and he was dragged ft great distance , first with hia head on the ground , and then with his arms . He contrived to clear himself from the cart , but after doing so was almost insensible , Tbe horse was stopped by defendant within 20 yards ' of witness , and driven back to him , when defendant ' s companion Baid , ' My miH , you ' ve got my bat . ' Witness replied that he had , when defendant's companion offered to pay the toll , adding , ' Nevermind my friend is drunk , ' Witntas called ' Police , ' when defendant's friend offered to pay any sum if he abstained from doing so . In ooneludinghis statement , complainant declined that he w as very sore all over and that the medical gentleman who hud attended him said he ought . not to leave his house for a week or

      more . —J . Banks , another toll collector at the bridge , proved that complainant called upon defendant and hi * friend to pay , at the time they passed through the gate , and that they af terwardB whipped the home repeatedly . He could not tell which used the whip . —Mr Broderip observed that this case was of by far too serious a nature for him to deal with summarily , and he should therefore send it for trial at tbe sessions . —Defendant expressed his deep regret at what bad occurred . —He was ordered to find bail , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties in £ 40 each , to answer the charge at the sessions . —Bail was immediately put ia , y . i . V ¦ '¦ . . WESTMINSTER , —^ Mpbdkbods Assault . — T . Ingram was chargej }' ^ vmh feloniously assaulting and wounding Elizabeth' Harris : — Charlotte Smith stated that the injuraTwoman and the prisoner we ' re in company with two or three friends at the Cheshire Cheese , QrOBVenOV-plaee , Pimlico , on Monday evening . At abont

      ten at night something was said by prisoner nbout seeing Elizabeth Harris home , which she did not approve of , when he suddenly seized the poker which was in the fireplace , and struck her several blows , two of which were on the head . —Policeman T . Bentley said that when be was called to the house , he found the injured woman sitting iu a chair , and a doctor dressing her wounds . She was subsequently conveyed to the hospital . The policeman produced a very heavy kitchen poker , with sharp edges , with which the blows bad been inflicted , and also the bonnet the poor woman wore at the time , which was saturated with blood . A certificate was handed to the magistrate from St 'George ' s Hospital , stating that the woman was suffering from two wound 9 in the head and ' other injuries , which would disable her for some days , and prevent her leaving the institution , — Mr Broderip remanded the prisoner for a week , without taking any bail .

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      THE MURDER IN S T JAMBS ' S PARK , Annette Myer ? , a native of Belgium , 26 years of age , and described ns a servant , residing at 40 , Albion-street , Hyde-park-gardeRS , was charged with firing a pistol , loaded with ball , and thereby causing the death of Heary Ducker , a private in the 5 th company of the 2 nd battalion of tho Coldstream Guards , aged 21 , in Uirscagcwnlls , St JameB ' B . patlc , oa Friday evening . The prisoner was brought to the Bow . street police court before ten o ' clock from Gardiner ' s-lane station , ' Westminster , in a cab . While in the cell at the place mentioned Bhe continued sobbing all night , and refusing any refreshment , with the exception [ ot some tea , —Mr Hvnry asked the prisoner whether she was a . ' foreigner or an Englishwoman ?—The prisoner , in a faint voice : I am a foreigner . —Mr Henry : Do you understand Eaglish !—Prisoner : I do . —Iu answer te another question she said Bho was brought up in Brussels . Tbe ' first witness was then called .

      Sarah Sexton , said : I was walking along . Birdcagewalk , towards Storcj ' e-gate , at twenty minutes before five o ' clock , on Friday , when I saw the prisoner at the bar fire a pistol at a soldier . She was' going towards Buckingham Palnce , and 68 the soldier ' s back was turned to her Bhe raised hor hand to witliin two yards of him , or it might be rather less , and fired with her light hand . I did not notice her particularly before this occurrence , nor did I perceive the pistol until I heard the report , at which time it was presented at tha soldier . He fell directly , and the prisoBur tbrew the pistol dowa at his Bide . I was at that time four or five yards from her , and I did not hear her make use of any espretiion .

      The soldier did not utter a syllable . I was the first person who came up to the prisoner . After throwing away lho pUtol she went on in the diraction of tho palace , at a quick pace , and I was so frighteaed that I did not try to stop her , but she was arrested by a man before she had gone very far . —Mr Henr j : Were the prL soner and soldier in conversation before yeu heard the report ? WitnesB : I cannot say . Mr Henry : Did either of them appear in any degree Qioited t—WUnes& . I dW not pereelve that they were . —Mr Henry inquired whether the priaoner wished to aek the witness any questions?—Prisoner ; I have none to ask ; but I did not run away , 1 eavo myself up . '

      Henry Killington said : I was iwslde the enclosuro in a lino with Birdcage-walk , nnd as I Was going toward * Buctinghnm Palace I heard a report of a pistol . Deceased had his back to tno prisoner , nnd ho fdl on hit : face , upon which she threw the pistol down close to his feet , and then turning round walked nwsy , not very quickly , towards the palace . I then ran out of the enclosure , arid the prisoner being stopbed by an officer in plain clothos , who aake ^ hi r to come , back , Bho said , 'Idid it , ' or words similar . There vras a gate leading out of tho enclosure a fow yards from me , through which I went when the pistol was fired . —Mr Henry ( to prisoner ) : ' Have you any questions to ask this wituess ? Frisener ; Tha pistol Wont Off D . fOTB I fired it , and I did not throw it doivn ; it full from my hand .

      John Gai-wood , a private in the 2 nd battalion of Cold-Stream Guards , said : I leit tbe 'Wellington' Barracks , last evening about five minutes biforo tho . deceased and ' was in advance of Mm about fifteen yards going in the

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      direction . of . Storey's-gate . The . first thing which traded my notice was a report of fire arms , just as passed tbe entrance to Queea's-square , and on turning round I saw deceased fall on his face . I did not at the moment observe the woman . I ran up , and a gentleman pointing to the prisoner said , ' That 1 b the woman ' Tbe deceased stretched out his hands and arms as if anxious to speak , bat never uttered a word . The pistol produced ( a large horse pistol ) was in the hands of the gentleman . When I left the barracks the prisoner was standing near the rai li « g § , and a private In the regiment , as he went out , observed to me , ' Thatjis Ilenry Ducker ' s ^ direction . of . Storey ' s-gate . . The . first-thing which

      mistress . ' I have seen them walking together on several occasions within the past month , and when I wag oa piquet guard last w » ek I eaw them walking together ia the barrack passage , but I cannot say whether they were on bad terms . On seeing her at the railings , I thought Bhe had a downcast look , aad was out of spirits , a circumstance which was remarked by others as well as myeslf . When I saw them on ether occasions they ap . peered on excellent ttrms . Mr Henry : Caa you say whether the prisoner and deceased ever had a quarrel together ?—Witness : Not at all ; nor can I tell why Bhe ' appeared so desponding .

      Joseph Mills , another private in the same corps , said he was near deceased when he fell . Witness did not hear any conversation between prisoner and deeeased before he heard the raport of a pistol . Ho was then about twenty yards distant , He had never seen prisener . Christopher Hedges , a policemen , said he v » aa on duty at twenty minutes before fire o ' clock , and was speaking to another constable when he heard tho report of tire * arms olosa by . He turned round and saw the smoke , and then perceived that the deceased had fallen oa his

      face and hands . Witness went up te him , and saw that he was blending from tbe back of the head . He then hoard come one cry out , ' Stop tfeat woman , she was with him , ' in consequeaoa of which he followed her and teok her . into custody . She was then walking , about thirty yards off , towards the palace . She did not speak , but looked as if she was going to faint . He then , left her in charge of constable 80 A while he went to look ajter the pistol . —Mr Henry : Am I to understand that you did notknow by whom the pistol was diicharged ?—Witness : —I did not ; and while I waB looking for it , eon stable 80 took the prisoner te the station-house .

      Mr James Beattie , gunmaker , of 205 , Regent-street , stated that the prUontr came to his shop on Thursday evening , at eight o ' clock , when she said , ' I wish to pur . chase a pistol , to shoot a Newfoundland dog . He is a very savage brute , havieg bitten tiro of my friends , and I wiBh it was destroyed . ' He told her he had not an odd pistol in the shop , except inch as were very eipensWe bat on looking over his stock he found one fie thought weald do to shoot a dog as wsil as a better , the price of which W 8 sl « s . Ho then advised that one of his men should go to shoot the Beimel , to which she

      replied it wee too far , as she rseidod at Hackney—that it wai acurioBs thing for a female to purchase , but that her brother was lante and could sot come , although he was quite capable of shooting the dog . She requested witness to load the pistel fer her , which he did with powder and tail , tilling ksr to fcecarefal of it , and he put the pistol into B ba ; , tying down tbehammer and the lock , to prevent any accid » nt escurring . She seemed quite collected , making observations about the time ; and having paid the demand , she went away . The pistol was the 8 « me new produced .

      Pay-Sergeant Love , of the same battalion as deceased , proved that he ff at going out of the barracks abeuta quarter to five , when be beard the pistel discharged , asd oa going to Queen-square gats , where ft crowd was collected , saw deceased lying on the ground . He remained sear the body until it was placed on a stretcher , and thtnhe accompanied it to the barrack guard-house , where it at present remained . He found certain papers bearing the Bignsttue of the prisoner tmong the articles belonging te the deceased . —Mr Henry said , there was ne use in reading sueh documents , as th « re was no pereoa present whoeould prove the prisoner ' s handwriting , In answer to questions from the magistrate , the inipeetor on duty said , that when he read the charge to the prisoner 6 he r » pll « d , ' I did it / at the same time giving him three letters ( produced ) , requesting he would read the large one , It being hers to tke deceased , a copy of which he took . It was bs followo : —

      • Monday evening . —Ily Dear Henry—I take my pea in hand to write these few lines ta tell you my mind . I must nay there , is something the matter with you , aa Sunday afternoon you did not as much as offor me your arm , but walktd as if we did not know much of one another . People must have thought so to see us . It was an unkind thing for you to tell ma you would go and see that young woman , and you would get some money from her , as I would sot give you some . Bat I do not like such ways ; and you say ii" she had not got any money she would lend her things—more fool stu ! No young man would wish ma to do ssoh things , except it was for some good matter ; but I think if any man wishes a young womaa well , and his meaning good to her , he will not wish anything of that kind of her . Heary , for yoe ,

      or any other y « ung man , I would not do sach a thing . Look back since Christmas how much you had from me ; so if that is all the lovo you have for me , I do not care for such lore . I know you do oare more for that young v ) OTQttfY tfean JOU do for me , bscauso she can give you more money than I can . She gets it easier than I can ; and she does not get it ia service . You know very well tbat no other man but you had my company ; but yon please yourself . Go and see her or any other youn ? woman that can give yon more than I can . But pleaso to give me what you have of mine—two books and tbe pencil you have ; but I think to Bee you once mote to part friendly . Ilenry , do not be afraid to face me for the last time , and write here . I hope she will be more kind to you than what I have been . One day you had

      the face to tell me I had done nothing to what some had , I have done all that lay in my power , and I am not going to do what they do to gat you xome money , I did not like to let jou do what you liko with me , hecause I thought of getting some money , but it was becausa I kindly loved you ; and what did yon say to me la the park last evening ! Henry , I little thoHght then I should have to write sneh a letter to yon as this . Henry , oar case will be a waraing for others . You will eee what kind love means soon , Henry ; but do not be afraid . I am not going to do anything to you . All I wiah from you is to see you once more . When I asked

      you on Sunday if I should see you nest Sunday , you said , ' It all depends . ' but you did not say what ; bat I can think what . If yon like to come next Sunday at half-past six o ' clock , I should be able to go out . We can make it the last time to see one another ; but please to iet ne know , as I may tell mistress in time tbat 1 want to go out then , and * if you have no * got a penny , as you say , you can send without ps / iDg for it , I hepe I have said onough for you to think what your meaning is to m « , No more . God tloss you . Do not forget what I told yon-. I will still remain yours till we part next 8 unday , or before , if you wish to corae down . — am yours affectionately , —Ankettb Jfrms .

      The Inspector said the lady who resided at Albion , street , aad was mistress of the prisoner , was not in attendance , although ( be bad promised to be , . Mr Joseph Skeltoa , surgeon of the 2 nd battalion of Coldstream Guards , said he was called upon and met thepolice carryibg the body of Ducker to the guard , house , wjtere he made an examination , which was merely superficial at the time , as the man was quite dead . There was a wound near the eye , and another oa the lower part of tho back of Jhe head , on the same gide , Buch as would be caused by a ballet shot from a pistol , which was quite sufficient to cause instant death ,

      Subsequently a witness , named . Samuel Rennie FuJobfr , belonging to the ' same battalion as the deceased , and who had been sent for to give evidence , having been previously absent , deposed that he knew the deceased perfectly well , and left tha barracks with him shortly before five o ' clock oh Friday afternoon . As they left the barrack yard witness saw the prisoner standing near the entrance gate . She followed them at a distance of about fifteen or sixteen yards .. The deceased must have seen hsr as they came out ,, but witness did not know they were aoquaintod , and was certain they did noi speak to each other . On arriving at the Queen ' ssquare gate witness left deceased and turned up towards Q'jeen ' s-square , He had arrived nearly at the Broadway when he heard the report of fire-arms , but having no suspioion of anything wrong he did not turn bock . Mr Henry inquired whsther the deceased ' s age was known .

      Sergeant Dore replied , that he was 21 yaars of age . it for a long time . Is lie dead ? ' Witness told her She was very foolish to talk so , and added ha believed the soldier was dead , to which she made no reply . The evidence of Fuleher wan a . lded to the depositions , and he was bound over , with the other witnesses to appear and give evidence ftt the trial . "

      THB INQCBST , Oa Monday morning , at eleven o ' clock , Mr Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , nnd a highly respectable jury , assembled at the Artillery Arms Tavern ; Roohesterrow , to investigate the circumitsnceB connected with the death of H « nry Ducker , aged twsnty , a private in the Colaatreani Guards , whovraB shot on Friday afternoon b y Annette Myers in St James's-park . The jury ; having betn sworn , proceeded with the coroner to view the body of the unfurtunato decaafied , which wa& Ijlng an . « . tal » l « ta an outhouse of the Military Hospital , ia Ymcent-square , It w » i In precisely the sumo » tate as when picked up in tbe Blrdoago-walk . The front of his coat and trousers nets covmd wtth nmo from his falling forward on his face . His fac » was smsarad with blood . His left eye was shot out , and thoro was a large wound immediately

      under the left ear , from whence the bullet passed through , the head and out of the eye . Upon the return of the jury to the inquest room , evidence was given as to the identity of tbe deceased , and of Mb having , when alive , belonged to the 5 th . company of Ihe 2 nd fetvttaWon of Coldstream Guards . A numb » r of witnesses irero then called , whose testimony w » s exactly similar to that given at the police court on Saturday . The ouly incid * at worthy of mention , in addition to what has alreadv appeared , is a reply of Mr James Beattie , of 205 , Recent . SlrOBt , WhO 80 ld the tfatol , and loaded it for tbg prisoner -On a cLoutlon of & « jOTy > Mr Beattio said that the woman oouM uot have been raor * composed at the time she bought the pistol , and that ladies often can ,, ia their carnage , t 0 buy pistols of him . _ 0 n « , « foreman atMBg rf It was u »« b 1 tor them to have them loaded , he replied that it was not . r

      The coroner having elonl y eammtd up , tin jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Wilful murder nBi , inat Annotto MJ"e , ' aud the coroner mada out his warrant , which he placed in the hands of the inspector of police . r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1457/page/6/