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      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ < £ ije £ 8 ctYBpali $ . Health of Lospon bcrixg thb "Week . —On Tuesday tlie IJegi-rtrar General ' s report for the ¦ week ending Saturday last was issued , and shows tint the deaths during the sevou days Vevc 1 , 083 ; the births 1 , 321 . The 1 , 083 deaths registered in the week arc less by 86 than itJhe average of the season ; and , therefore , the reborn continues to indicate that improvement in ilie pidslie health , which commenced a fortnisht a < ro . ' ? hou < rh the total number « f deaths exceeds thai -of flic previous week by 36 , yet it is shown tfjat the mortality from epidemics -coEtinues to decline , for the deaths enumerated in this elass in tJte hist three weeks were respectively 3 itt , 243 , and 333 , and have now fallen to within twelve of the xwrage . Small vox and measles arc

      latal m a week to -only half tne usual number children ; the ravages of scarlatina have declined from nearly two hundred deaths in the autumn of last year " to 42 , which is little above the average . Typhus lias also * kllen to near the weekly average . The deaths renasiered from cholera last wees , were onlv nine ; the highest number in any week of recent experience was 91 , when it broke out at Tooting Of die nine , two occurred in the workhouse at St . George-in-the-East , where 10 deaths have oec ««* d in the last five weeks , besides three dnriii * tltc whole period , which have occurred in the cholera hospital at Bath-terrace . It is worthy of notice , that deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery , which were 29 ait- numerous for this season , though

      , little more than in 134 S . The mortality from bronchitis is shout the average ; that from pneumonia Las been for some time considerably less . Hooping cough , which has been prevalent , shows a decrease . Two yoanjr men , on whose bodies inquests were held , died in the infirmary of the Milbank prison , one of consumption , another of scrofulous peritonis , disease bavins been accelerated in both cases , says the registrar ' s report , by unseasonable removal from another prison ; both died between two and three weeks after reception . A mason ' s labourer , ased 315 , died , according to the verdict of the

      coroner ' s jury , from " choloroforni properly administered on amputation of a toe . " Death was instant , and a port mortem examination was made . The mean height of the barometer during the week was above 30 inches on every day except Tuesday , when it was 29-99 $ inches . It was highest on Sunday , namely , 30-270 . The hig hest temperature observed was 60 ' 7 degrees on "" Saturday ; the mean of the week was 45-l ( degrees . The greatest difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was on Sunday ; and the mean on this day was 11 decrees . The weather has been calm , but the wind generally in the north-west .

      Licensing ix the Cut . —On Monday a remarkable scene took place at the meeting of the City magistrates on the subject of granting licences to new applicants , on which occasion the recognition of the principle of free trade appeared to be the order of the day . The whole of the aldermen were upon the bench " , with the exception of Sir Claudius S . Hunter , who was absent in consequence of indisposition , and Alderman Thompson , who was performing the duties of the Guildhall police-court .

      All the applications for licensing new houses ( and there were nine ) were , with one exception , granted , and in that case the party was a female , who appeared to have no interest in the house , the name of another person being over the door . Counsel were employed j > ro and con in all the cases , but in most ¦ were not heard upon either side . A list was handed round , and as soon as it was signed each license was granted , to the astonishment of many who have been in the habit of witnessing the practice pursued on licensing davs in the Citv . There was a

      difference of opinion amongst the aldermen as to the renewal of the licences of houses which had been conducted in a disorderly manner , and had admitted persons of abadch : iractcr , but generally the licences were renewed . In one case in which the bench refused the licence , the party thought himself hardly dealt with , « nd seemed determined to appeal against the decision , but as the whole Court of Aldermen ¦ were sitting in judgment , there was no court of apppal . The Lord Aiayor , in the course of the proceedings , called to take the chair , but there being no more room in the court , his lordship retired . Some of the aldermen declared that they would grant every licence that might be applied for next year by qualified persons .

      Accident ox the Eastern Counties Railwat . — Considerable excitement was created at the SUoreditcli terminus on the above line , on Sunday evening last , in consequence of the non-arrival of the Norwich parliamentary train , due at forty minutes past nine o ' clock . The Woolwich train being likewise overdue , increased the consternation , and on inoUMlH * down the line , i £ was ascertained thai an accident had occurred at the other end of Mile-end station , by the Woolwich , with two engines , having overtaken and ran into the Xovwich train with such violence as to have thrown the pilot-engine of the former off the line . About half-past ten o ' clock both trains arrived at the terminus , with from twelve to fifteen of the passengers ( Norwich ) more or less severely injured . Mr , Richardson , the

      superintendent and Mr . Hancorn , the surgeon , were instantly in attendance on the sufferers , some of ¦ whom were ultimately conveyed to " their residences in cabs , while others it was found requisite to accommodate with beds in the neighbourhood . It is stated that the delay of the Norwich train was through inability to make way in ceuscquence of the slippery state of the niet « ils , and that everyprecaation against accident was adopted by showing the signal lights , &c . The Woolwich train was heavily laden with passengers , who would not proceed io London by thff steam-boats on account Of the prevailing fog , and the driver of the pilot-enffine asserts , that no signal lights were descried by him until too late to avert the accident , he , of course , deeming the Norwich train to have passed long previous .

      Improvements is Hcxgerford Market . — The extensive improvements which have been fov some time in progress in this market arc now completed , and the handsome and commodious range of shops on each side appropriated for the sale offish arc now opened . The new erections add greatly to the completeness and architectural proportions of the market , and the shops , being fitted up in a uniform and tasteful manner , with handsome marble slabs in front , and well stocked with every kind ot fish in season ( of the best quality , and at ' moderatc prices , ) present a most attractive appearance . The obleetion which has hitherto existed on the part of the public—of being obliged to descend by staircases to the lower area of the market—is now entirely obviated . The new fish shops being on a level with the Strand , the public may now , without inconvenience or exposure to the weather , purchase the various commodities offered for sale in the several

      departments of the market . The access to the steam-boat pier and bridge , and the nearest foot passage to the York-road station of the South Western Railway , being through the market , will no doubt render it a point of great attraction and concourse during the ensuing summer . Charge of Xeglect against Two Nurses at Cct's Hospital . —On Tucsdav an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of J . Bugoua , aged sixty-seven , a gardener . The deceased , on the 12 th instant , was employed in Ms master ' s gftl'den at Streainani , forming a new fence , when a carpenter ' s axe , with which he was driving in stakes , fell upon his foot , cut through the artery , and divided the joint . The hemorrhage

      T ) eing great , and deceased being inconsiderable pain , le was removed to the above hospital , where he died on Saturday last . —Elizabeth Brown , the sister of Stephens' Ward , said that she remembered the deceased being admitted into her ward . He went on favourably till Saturday morning . Witness left the ward at ten o ' clock on Friday last , and returned at eight in the morning . She ha ' d no report made to her Sy the night nurse , out at twelve o ' clock , in passing along the ward , she thought the deceased looked worse . The doctor came up at the same time and prescribed for him . —Alary Hollingsworth said that she wag the night nurse of Stephens' Ward on oa Friday last . About two o ' clock on Saturday morning the deceased changed very much—became restless , and threw himself out of bed upon his knees . "Witness had great difficulty in getting him

      into bed again , and when she did he appeared delirious , and threw the cradle off his foot . —The Coroner : When you found this great change in the man what did you do ?—Witness : —I gave Him some barley-water and beef-tea , but did not then inform the sister of the ward nor the house surgeons . —The Coroner :. What are your directions in case of a patient getting suddenly worse ?—Witness : To send for the sister ; but I . did not in this case , as I did not for a moment consider he was going to die . I told the sister when she came at eight o'clock that the deceased had been very restless all night and got out of bed . —The Coroner : The probability is if you had called up the sister when you found the man got so much worse he would have lived longer . This was a case in which you ought to have sent for the sister , so that the surgeon might be sent for . You are not fit to hold the situation of

      nurse , for it is of the utmost importance that patients entrusted to your care should be properly attended to , and not neglected , as this poor man has been . —Mr .. Stacker , one of the house surgeons , said that he was in the building on Friday night , but knew nothing- of the change until between eleven and twelreo clockoE Saturday morning , when , in going big rounds , he saw the state the man was in , and no ordered him some brandy . The nurse ought to have reported the case the moment the deceased got worse . —The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , coupling , with it their unanimous opinion thafc not only had Mary Hollingsworth , the night nurse , been guilty of great neglect , but that Elizabeth Brown , the : giste * of . the v af d , tad also , neglected tbe .. deeea 2 * 4 , & P /» t attending to him when she was told by the £ » ght nurse howlie had been all night , on her aniFal ~ iif ? the morning . They ., ( the iurr ) also requested " , the eoJSBBfia make known to tSe authorities of thehprofcali tew opinion , Bo . that they might hwea 6 rfherinT « etig ?« W Mto . tfl ? wit

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      duct of the two parties . The steward of the hospita ' having been sent for , the coroner informed him of the decision of the jury . The steward snid that , the matter would most certainly be fully investigated . BUBGLAKT . AXD ATTISITIED MUKBEit AT CnELS .-i . —On Tuesdav a communication was made to the police commissioners » of a burglary , ftltewajrw " attempts at murder , having taken p . lace between two and three o ' clock in the morning , at Ao . ix , EoSace , Eng " road , Chelsea , the reszdencc of f 5 C a . number of the English bar , andwho hoWstw-h judicial appointment at the Mauritius . \ t the re-ulir . tour the family , including three servants , retired to rest , when every part of the house appeared to be safe . Between two and three o clock MrVCollings was awoke by hearing a noise in his

      bedroom , when , after listening for a few seconds , he was satisfied there was one , if not two , persons in the room . Upon making tills discovery he instantly jumped out of bed and came in contact with some person whom he at once grappled with . In another instant he was felled to the floor . Directly after Mr . Collings had left bis bed , Mrs . Collings , who was awakened , also got out to ring the bell , but before she could do so , she heard her husband groan , and fall , when she rushed towards the spot , and was rendered senseless by a blow . Tiie consecutive falls and cries aroused the servants , who , upon entering the bedroom , found both Sir . and Mrs . Collings apparently dead , bleeding profusely from wounds in the head . An alarm was raised ,

      when it was found that an egress had been made by the street door . Yesterday , Inspector Field , of the detective , went to examine the premises , and from the results of the inquiries , no doubt remains that in the first instance a burglary had been effected , and from it being presumed that Mr . Collings was in the habit of keeping a large quantity of valuable property in his bedroom , the burglars at once made for that part of the house and had possessed themselves ot Mr . Collings's gold watch and some rings , when they were disturbed by Mr . Collings . From the nature of the wounds inflicted on Mr . Collings and his lady , the worst results are anticipated . In the course of Wednesday afternoon circumstances transpired which , in all probability , will lead to the speedy apprehension of the parties .

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      discharged upon her finding bail in the amount of £ 40 to appear and answor sny charge thafc mi g ht be preferred against hoi ' . Cheshire . — Railwat Accident . — An accident happened to the train which leaves Manchester by the London and " Spiith Western Railway , at 11 40 a . m ., on Saturday , through the wheel of one of the second-class carriages giving way when the train was near to Chelferd . A gentleman's lc- was booken and a lady received a-fracture of the collarbone . Several'passengers received severe contusions hit no life was lost .

      Breach op tub Factory Act . —Mr . Graham , sub-inspector of factories , attended at the Borough Court , Manchester , on Friday week , to sustain a summons against Mr . S . Gibbons , cottonspinner , Livesey-street , for non-compliance with the 21 st section of the factory Act . This section of the Act makes it imperative upon the owners or tenants of mills , in which machinery was so exposed as to be dangerous to the workpeople , to box it off , and the defendant having an upright shaft in one of his rooms so exposed , had neglected this provision of the act of parliament . Mr . Gibbons said the shaft had been covered by a casing , but that soon after Christmas it had been removed to repair the shaft , and had not been replaced . The court imposed a penalty of £ 5 . .

      Norfolk . — The Stajjfield-iiaix Murders . — From inquiries made on Saturday last at Stanficldhall , as to the state of health of the unfortunate lady . Mrs . Jermy , and her maid , Elizabeth Chestney , it appears that Mrs . Jcrmy was described ., to bo in an exceedingly critical situation . Since the operation she underwent on Tuesday morning , of the amputation of her wounded arm , she has had two ' good nights' rest ; and although she is far from being out of danger , yet her sufferings arc not so severe as they were previous to the removal of the limb . At first it was deemed necessary by tho legal gontlomen who are preparing the case tbv the prosecution , that Mrs . Jermy should be' brought forward as a witness at the trial , to prove certain important conversations between the elder Mr . Jermy and Rash ,

      a few days prior to the assassination . It is now clear , however , even should she survive , that it will be quite impossible for her to attend . It has been said that , by the Attorney-General ' s new act , Mrs . Jenny ' s deposition would be admissible as evidence . Such , however , appears not to be the case . Another difficulty also presents itself in the unfavourable state of Elizabeth Chestnoy . The poor girl is ' devotedly attached to her mistress , whose precar-ous condition has so much affected her as to bring on a relapse , and she continues in a low way , requiring the constant attendance of the medical gentlemen . Notwithstanding the melancholy condition of those witnesses , the officers for the prosecution have decided on placing Rush on his trial at the forthcoming assizes . On the authority of a magistrate , vrc learn that Rush intends to defend himself . The

      greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry of the county to be present at the trial , and it is stated that already large prices have been offered for seats in the court . A Youxo Impostor . —A few days since a delicate little boy , about twelve years of age , was admitted into the Taunton and Somerset hospital in a deplorable state of palsy . He was helpless in all his limbs , and on making efforts to stand or exert himself became violently convulsed ; but the most remarkable symptom attending his disease was an . inability to swallow , tho nourishment of his body appearing to be kept up by his retaining fluids in the mouth for considerable periods , small portions of which would insensibly nnd their way into his

      stomach . His intellect was perfect , and his turn of mind serious . He was reported to have laboured under these sufferings for nearly a-y : ar . All treatment had proved unavailing ; indeed , the faculty were fairly puzzled by the anomalous character of his malady . A few days' residence in the hospital tended to confirm the account given of his various , symptoms . The discovery of the deception was thus made : —On Sunday , when all the patients from his ward ( excepting himself ) were attending Divine service , he was observed , after stealthily seeing , as he supposed , that the coast was quite clear , to rise from Jus bed , and visit in succession the lockers of the other patients , levying from each a titho of the provender they contained , which he despatched with

      astonishing celerity . On a slight alarm he was back to his bed like lightning . On being questioned , relative to these eccentric movements , he denied thorn in toto ; but , in explanation of the missing food , said a female form , dressed in gay apparel , which he described , had visited the ward , and been to the lockers during the service , and , doubtless , she had made off with the provisions . He was equall y read y in explaining away other strange events , and never at a loss fov a plausible answer in the most difficult position . His cure was rapidly effected on Monday morning , when his medical attendants gravely informed him that , all previous

      remedies having proved ineffectual , one alone was left for them to employ ; it certainly was a most painful one , producing excruciating agony , but it was a last resource , and never known to fail . This was now prepared in his presence . His heart evidently began to fail him . As the time for applying the remedy approached he thought he could stand . On a still nearer approach he did stand . Nearer still , he walked—then ran ' . And finally , in the presence of his wondering fellow-patients , ho ate a large piece of bread , and drank offhalf-a-pint of tea . no evinces little , if any , sorrow or shame for his conduct , and obstinately refuses to confess ¦ what motive has actuated him in his career of deception .

      Discovery of a Cave ox the South-Eastern Railway . —During the operations of the workmen on the North Kent line of the South-Eastern Railway , when tunnelling under the hanging woods at Charlton , near Woolwich , they came upon a cave of considerable dimensions cut in the chalk and flint rocks . A greai quantity of sand has fallen at one end , blocking up the side from which it has apparently been entered , and the workmen arc now busily employed in shoring up a part of the roof of one of the chambers , the railway passing over its entire breadth . Four chambers have been discovered , forming alternate recesses from the main

      cave , loading in a westerly direction . Tho roof of the cave is on a level with the line of railway , and the base about twelve to fourteen feet lower . Tho atmosphere in it is remarkably dry and pure , and presents a strange contrast with the damp and close atmosphere experienced in passing along the tunnel to tho extremity where the cave lias beeiTdiscovercd . The men state they found a knife and spoon on exploring it , and they turned their discovery to good account on Sunday last , having lighted the whole of the tunnel with candles , and conducted visitors over the cave at the extremity , charging them 3 d . eacli for admission .

      Discovery of a Coining-house im Birmingham . —On Tuesday the police broke into tlie domicile of some coiners , situated at No . 23 , Chapelstreet , the inmates being an old woman , Elizabeth Foster , the landlady , a man named llobcrt Smith , and Harriett Smith , a young woman said to be his wife . From certain information received by the police , detective officers Palmer , Dutton , and Xli fson , went to the house in question between five and six in the afternoon , wlien they found the front and back doors fast . The officers then employed a lad to take a note to tlie house , and after knocking two or three times the landlady came and opened the door to him , on which Palmer ran into the house directly , and , being seen by Robert Smith , the latter

      went upstairs into a bedroom , followed immediately by Palmer , who also was followed by the old woman , who , on getting into the room , fastened the door , at which time the young woman was in the room . The man ran to the table , on which was lying a plate turned upside down , with two or three counterfeit shillings on the outside . Palmer seized him as he was going to the table , on which the young man called out to tlie young woman to go and throw the shiUiugs away . As she was going to the table , Palmer seized her , when she and the man attacked him , and a struggle ensued . At this time the other officers were outside the house in readiness to capture any one who might run out ; but Dutton , hearing a cry of " murder , " entered the house , followed by Hidson . On getting to the bedroom door it was found necessary by Dutton to force open the door , which he accordingly effected with a crowbar . In answer to a question from Palmer , the old woman

      had said she was the landlady , on which Palmer ordered her to call for the police who were on the outside , but this she had refused to do . Dutton and Hidson found Palmer struggling with the two Smiths . Tne police handcuffed the prisoners Dutton then discovered and seized , under the plate that was on the table , fifty-six unfinished counterfeit shillings , all dated 1844 , and in a closet in the same room , he found a ladle for melting metal , and which contained some metal . There was also discovered a pair of clamprand a file , together with two pieces ot zinc , a bottle containing a quantity of solution of metal , and another bottle containing some oil of vitriol . In addition to these were discovered a copper frame used lor the purpose of drying moulds , a basin containing plaster of Paris , another containing soda , and some copper wire . No moulds were found . The three prisoners were taken before the magistrates and remanded for the purpose Of receiving lnstructiins fro » the Mint .

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      the above-named firm of Hall and Co . and a Mr . Bcvcrid"O , cloth manufacturer of Dunfermlme . The latter party received anovdei' for goods to tho amount of £ 180 for which he received in payment a promissory bill for £ 200 , signed by parties representing tiemselvcs to be J . Stevenson and Co ., of Manchester . When the bill became due it was found to be a purely fictitious document , no such firm as that named existing in Manchester . Mr . Beveridge , becoming painfully ware that he had been duped , started for Glasgow , ' ind lodged information with the authorities here , Who , wEen apprised of the cireumstances granted . a warrant for tho apprehension of Mr . Hall , the onlv party then suspected of tho fraud . His place of residence being in Wellcroft-placc , as was ascertained bv reference to tho order which he had sent

      to Mr Boveridgo , Captain Wilson , of the southern district , was waited upon . He immediately dcwched a policeman with the shoruTs officer in order , if possible , to apprehend Hall before he could have time to get out of the way . On proceeding to the house of tho suspected party , they found no one inside but a servant girl , and failed at the time to learn' anything- of the movements of her master . All the papers and documents about the domicile were secured , and a watchman in coloured clothes stationed outside to watch the premises in the event of Hall making his appearance . From the cautious movements of this individual there is reason to believe-that he dreaded a visit from the police , as , instead of coming ia by the front entrance to the

      dwelling house , ho was observed , accompanied l > y another individual , at that time unknown , endeavouring to get in as quietly as possible by a back court . Precautions , however , had been taken in the event of such an attempt being made , and no sooner were the parties fairly housed than the police made their appearance and apprehended both of them . The second individual , it has now been ascertained , is the party who signed tho bill for £ 200 , under the name of Stevenson and Co ., Manchester . He was at one time in business in Glasgow , though latterly lie appears to have attached himself to the fortunes of Hall and Co ., and become a party to his fraudulent transactions . The papei' 3 seized , and which have been partly examined , disclose a most extensive and deeply laid scheme for fleecing the country manufacturers . Their cerrespondence embraces most of the principal commercial towns of

      Scotland and England , and extends over a period of three or four years , during which time there is reason to fear that very considerable loss must have been sxistained by various parties . Their plan of operation appears to have been to send orders for small quantities of goods , which , in the first place , were promptly paid on delivery . A larger ordor would thoii be transmitted to tho same manufacturers . This , too , in all likelihood , was settled immediately ; but after confidence had been thus established , advantage was taken of it to ovdcv a still larger consignment of goods , which , if the manuflicturor complied with , were probably never more heard of , the whole circumstances being as already mentioned , under judicial investigation , the facts may yet transpire which will , it is honed , give a clue to the apprehension of other parties . There seems reason to believe that the swindling

      transactions , have not been . confined to the parties at present in custody , but that they have correspondents in other parts of the country . It might perhaps facilitate the detention of such parties , if individuals in the country who may have had dealings with tho firm of Hall and Co ., would communicate with tho authorities at Glasgow . A third party , named Ewan , supposed also to be a member of the same firm , lias been apprehended , and ia at present in custody for examination . Edinburgh Parochial Board . —Increase of

      Pauperism . —An adjourned meeting of this board was held last week , Mr . Law in the chair , when a deputation from the Parochial Boavd of Invevesk , consisting of Provost Hope , of Musselburgh , James Bridges , W . S ., and Dr . Lawric , was introduced'to the meeting , and communicated certain resolutions of that board regarding the alarming increase of pauperism and poor-rates over Scotland . The members of tlie deputation severally addressed the board , pointing out tho evils of the present system of poorlaws , and urging tho necessity that exists for a new amendment act , in which provision should be made for employing tlie poor in the reclamation of waste lands and other productive works . Tho views of the deputation wove warmly sympathised with by the board ; and on the motion , of Mr . Blackaddcr , seconded by Mr . Boyle , a committee was appointed to consider the suggestions ' submitted by the deputation , and to report to a future meeting . The meeting then adjourned .

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      Hvtfanbt Dunr . ix , Saturday , March 17 . —Depreciation' of the Value of Laxd . —The failure of the attempt to effect sales of some lots of Crown lands , at the ( Juit Kent Office in this city , en Thursday last , was a remarkable proof of the unwillingness of capitalists to make such investments in the present condition of tho country . Some of those lots were in comparatively well-circumstanced districts , and one of tliem , a few acres in the county of AVicklow , not far distaut from the metropolis . Yet nothing like the fair value was oiferod ; all the lots had to be bought in by the government officer . " On Tuesday week last , a small freehold estate , consisting of one hundred acres of arable land , with

      thirty-five acres of reclaimablc bottom , was soul b y auction in the town of Balliua , in the northern division of Mayo . The lands are held on lease for ever , charged with a nominal reserved rent of twenty-fivo shillings annually . Dr . Atkinson , of Ball ' ma , became the purchaser , for the sum of £ 900 . This was considered an exceedingly low price , as only two years since , and during the year of tho famine , the same property would have brought £ ' 2 , 000 . Tiik Clearance System . —The Cork Examiner , Tqipcrartj Vindicator , and other southern journals , contain accounts of the progress of the clearance system , and the levelling of tho houses of the evicted tcnantrv . There are also further accounts of

      deaths from starvation—the facts being authenticated by the verdicts of coroners' juries . The Case of Mr . Duffy . —At si meeting of the ratepayers of Linen Hull VTavd , held yesterday evening , Mr . John Bagnall in the chair , for the purpose or adopting the most effective means for having the memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant , praying the liberation of Mr . Duffy , numerously signed " , a resolution was adopted , calling upon the other wards of tho city to hold meetings and appoint committees for the same laudable object . Murder near Kells . —On Tuesday night week , about eight o ' clock , a young man , " named James Brennan , of Loughsallas , in the parish of Donomaggin , was murdered on his way home from Kclls . An inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of wilful murder returned agahwt the parties , ' who are highly respectable . The melancholy occurrence was occasioned by the parties having drank too freely .

      Murder in Kildare . —On Thursday week Mr . Rniloy Oluxtoi ) , of Kilcullcn , was committed to Nans gaol , for trial at the coining assizes , charged with the murder of John Jones , a labourer , whom ho beat violently on Saturday last . The unfortunate man died from the effects of the injuwea on Wednesday evening . Michael Murphy is to bo hanged at Tnllamore gaol on the 10 th of April for the murder of Sergeant James Grant , of tho enrolled pensioners .

      Tub Rate ix Aid . —Emigration . —The northern journals arc still occupied almost exclusively with the agitation against the rate in aid . In many of the country districts every individual , who c : \ n gather up as much money as will take himself and his family to America , is preparing to escape from the ruin which continued misgovcrnment is preparing for Ireland . In some places , whole congregations , chiefly in connexion with the Presbyterian Church , are in danger of becoming extinct from this sole cause .

      Party Processions in Ulster—DESrEBATE A > 'D Fatal Conflict . —For some days past , owinsr to a recent fatal collision between Orangemen and Roman Catholics , the government has been actiroly engaged in precautionary measures to preserve the poaco on St . Patrick ' s Day ( Saturday last ) . Stipendiary magistrates and police have been despatched to various parts of Down and Antrim , where disturbances were apprehended . In one district all these precautions have been unavailing , as will bo pei - ceived by the following , from a , third edition of tho Downpatrick Recorder : — " Eight o ' clock p . m . —The facts as contained in our second edition arc , unhappily , too true , respecting the collision at Crossgar . We repaired to the spot , to ascertain the facts

      exactly as they occurred . About 3 , 000 of the processionists assembled at Crossgar , the place of rendezvous previously arranged upon . On their attempting to go up a street , called Killyleagu-atreet , the opposite party , wo believe Orangemen , mustered pretty strong , and declared ' up that street they should not go . A party of police were here drawn up , at the entrance of the street in question , in ordor to prevent a collision , which , unhappily , with all the efforts of the magistrates , had not the desired effect . Stones were resorted to with great violence on both sides . The police came in for their share , until at length fire-arras -were discharged we could not ascertain from what quarter first . Mr . Anketell , one of the masristrates in attendance , then

      road tho riot act , immediately after which one of the party in the procession advanced from the ranks nnddrovcthemuzzloofa gun against his breast , giving him a severe thrust . The struggle was now between the Ribbonmcn and tho police ; firing , on both sides , ensued , and the result was that a policeman , named Burke , from Newtownbreda district , was shot through the iiecfe , and instantly expired . A woman , named Ann Woods , from Belfast , who iiaa a stall in the street , also received a . gun-shot wound , and died shortly after . A man / named femyth , who . was merely looking on at the time , and took no part in the procession , hag been mortally , wounded , and is in a . dying state . Several of the police and country people are more w less

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      injured from the effects of slugs . A countryman has been conveyed to the infirmary badly wounded . " Several of the doors and windows of ' the village are perforated with balls and slugs ; and tho walls of the bridge , on which a party of the police , with one of the magistrates , was standing , bear marks of gun bullets . Our only astonishment is , that more lives were not lost , from tlie fact that the firing was kept up for nearly twenty minutes . The magistrates in attendance were James Sharman Crawford , Esq ., William It . Anketell , Esq ., and James L . M'Cance , Esq ., ll . M . The police force , which was the only one present , amounted to about sixty men , and was commanded by Sub-Inspector Despard , from Ifavan . We arc happy to bo able to

      state that the injury which Mr . AntekeU received in the head from the blow of a stone is not serious ; that gcntlem .-m being able to take part with his brother magistrates until the village was restored to its wonted tranquillity . " Emigration . —Vast numbers arc passin" through Watorford from the counties of Waterford , Wexford , and Tipperary , on their way to Liverpool and other English ports , to take shipping- f ov America . Iuksdml - . —Tke IUte-is-Aib . —Lord Londonderry has addressed his tenantry in Ulster , and urged them to be quiescent , and take no part in tho antirate in aid agitation . The noble marquis is respected as an admirable landlord , but his opinions in public matters command little weight in Ireland . Dreadful Murder . — -On Saturday ni ght last the house of a , man named Robert Arnold , a tenant on

      the estates of Mr . Ormsby Gore , residing on the lands of Loganomner , in tho parish of Cloone , and county of Leitrim , was attacked by an armed party , who fired several shots through the windows , whilst Arnold , his wife , child , and uncle ( Robert Todd ) were eating their supper . One of the shots took fatal effect upon the uncle , who instantly expired . The assassins then went to the house of another tenant , named Flood , and also fired several rounds , without , however , causing any mischief . Immediately on the murder of Todd being made known , Mr . William Lauder , of Mough House , Foenagh , the agent of Mr . Gore , proceeded , in company with Mr . John Lauder , J . P ., and a party of police , to scour tho country in search of the miscreants , and succeeded in arresting several suspicious characters , none of whom , however , have boon as yet sufficiently identified to warrant their committal to gaol . It mav-be recollected that about twelve months

      since Mr . Laudoi ejected several defaulting tenants from this property , and substituted in their places a more respectable class of persons , Arnold and Flood being among tho latter . Party Coxfuct at Ratuforund . —Tho Naury Td&ijraph of this day contains an account of a conflict between Orangemen and Roman Catholics near Kathforland . It is stated that some persons were shot . The cholera has broken out in Ennis . Several cases occurred there on Friday last , and two deaths were recorded on Saturday . On Sunday morning there were fourteen cascs ^ out of which eight had died , pne was cured , and five were under treatment . At Limerick there wore not less than eighty-nine extra cases , besides those in hospital . Starvation—The provincial papers record several cases of death by starvation . In the Nenagh Union there are 3 , 019 paupers , out of whom io died last week .

      ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE . Limeiiick . —Murdku Case . —On Thursday week Denis Long was indicted for the murder of Thomas Walsh , on ~ thc 20 th of November , at Cappamorc . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter . Sentence deferred . Friday . —Attempt to Murder Mr . Saxdes . — William Collins was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Sarnies , Esq ., and discharging a loaded gun at him with intent to murder him , on the 12 tli of January , 1849 . A second indictment charged the prisoner with feloniously assaulting him , with intent to rob him of his arms , W . Sandcs , Esq ., J . P ., examined : I was returning from attending a meeting of the poor law guardians at

      Itathkealeand was proceeding to my home beyond Aslicaton , when several men came out on the road before me . One of them caught my horse ' s head . A man whom I saw on tho road as I went on ran alongside the gig and looked very hard at *« ic . When the horse was stopped a man came to iho wheel of my gig , and presented a gun at mo . Another of the party cried out fire , and immediately a shot was fired . I am sure from the report the gun was loaded . My servant was in tho gig and he nttemped to save me , when he received several blows . I was struck with stones on the head . The man that fired was the prisoner . He caught mo by the cloak und attempted to pull me out of the g i g , and continued striking me with a stone , so that lie loosened my teeth . My horse turned round and made away , and a shot was then fired after me . It was duskisli at the time , iust between day and dark . The next

      time I saw the prisoner was m the town of Askcaton . I came suddenly upon him as I turned the corner of a street . I was at the time far from the police barrack , and being lame I could not so sufficiently quick to get him arrested , so I saidnothing about the matter . I next saw him ; vfc Riitiikealu liridcwcll , where I pointed him out amongst seven or eight people . The witness was cross-examined by Mr . Kenny , counsel for the prisoner , with the view to show that from the darkness of tho night , he might have been mistaken in the identity of the prisoner , but he persisted that he was not mistaken . —Pitt Griffin , the servant , deposed to the facts of the attack , but could not identify the prisoner . — Mr . Kenny addressed the jury , urging on them that Mr . Sandcs' opportunity of identifying could not have been sufficient to warrant a conviction on his evidence . —Verdict , " Guiltv . " To be transported for life .

      DoffXrATRICK . —CO . WICTIOX OF A SURGEOX . —Joilll Maclean was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Dawson , by careless , unskilful , and negligent treatment of her in childbirth , at Magheralni , on the 17 th of August last . The Chief Baron charged the jury , who , liaving retired for an hour , returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter , with a recommendation to mercy , in consequence of his previous good character . —Sentence deferred . State Trials ix Cloxmel . —On Friday evening Mr . Killileo , proprietor of tlie Wuterford Chronicle ,

      and Miss Power , were brought before the Court , both charged with having unregistered arms on the 23 rd of last September . Mr . Killileo pleaded " guilty , " and was liberated on giving security , himself in £ 50 , and two securities in £ 25 each , to appear when called on . The Clerk of the Crown then liaving read over the indictment against ; Miss Power , asked if she pleaded guilty or not guilty , to which she replied , " Not guilty" in a firm tone of voice . Several of her friends earnestly besought her to alter her determination , but she persisted to the last , and was liberated on her own recognizances .

      S . vri ? nn . \ r . —Thomas Morrissey , William Marks , Patrick Walsh , John Sullivan , and John Cavanagh , were charged with training and drilling at Carrickon-Suir , on the 9 th of July last , with sundry other divel's persons ; thoro wore several counts ! They were also indicted for attending unlawful assemblies . —Mr . Francis Meaghcr submitted , for the prisoners , a plea of guilty , on tho understanding that it was not the intention of tho Crown to press foi 1 punishment . —Mi . Scott , Q . C ., heard the statement of Mr . Meaghcr with extreme satisfaction ; there was another name in the same indictment , one which had

      of late acquired muck notoriety , that name was Michael Dohcny , who was now a fugitive from justice . It was not the intention of the Crown to press for punishment , but as a caution to others , and in order to make them amenable at any future time , he would require that the prisoners and each of them be severally bound in the sum of £ 50 , with two sureties each of £ 25 , to appear to receive . judgment at any future time , upon getting ten days' notice ; and , addressing the prisoners , assured them that the Crown were treating them with the greatest lenity , relying on their future good conduct . —The travcrscrs then left the court .

      Murder . —Catherine Browne and Michael Baker were indicted for the murder of Thomas Browne , husband of the female prisoner . After a protracted trial there was a verdict of "I \ ot guilty . "

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      The Directors of the Edinburgh Apprentice Schools have sent us an interesting report of the annual meeting of their classes , Lately held in tlie Music-hall of Edinburgh , Mr . Sheriff Gordon presiding ; Mr . Charles Cowan , M . P ., and a number of tlie leading citizens being present . Tho Edinburgh Apprentice Schools wore established some five vcars since , with tho aim of affording . opportunities for prosecuting education to persons who had been deprived of the opportunity of training in vouth bv being forced too early to attend to the business of rarnmg their livelihood . Reading , writ-inn arithmetic , algebra , practical mathematics , book-keeping and English grammar , are taught at a fee of

      is , dd , a month . Aor is the moral training neglected . The pupils consist of mechanics , clerks , shopmen , and domestic servants , of ages from fourteen and under up to sixty . In one school there are to be seen , in the same class with juvenile apprentices five individuals of forty and one of sixt y years of age . Many of the pupils aye married men with numerous families ; and , in s ome cases a tathor is seen attending the same class with one " or two of his sons . This meritorious institution seems very worthy of encouragement and imitation

      1 HB L ' OUTKAIT OF CHARLES I , alleged tO bO tho work of Vela 8 que , Trhich was seized ' in an cxhibi tion-rown at Edinburgh some time back bv + ? , » trustees of the Earl of life , has been rStareX Jfe exhibitor , Mr . Snaro , by a ' decisS oftherfff Got . don , who considGi-edthat , at . present , the trustees had made out no sort of claim'to the nictu e An interdict was afterwards obtauicdfrom W&w il-SH > ip : l Sid thTtAT ' - 7 ! the interdict , and gjered that the picture should , be restored to Mr .

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      Derby , March 17 . A FtoijTiso Family . -W . Daft was charged upon three indictments , with maliciousl y cutting and wounding Thomas Smith , Joseph Stenson" and Samuel Parker , at Sawloy , on the 9 th of January last . The facts , briefly stated , are these . There bad been a sort of wake held at Sawley , and partics were drinking together late at thepubiiu-house . The prisoner ' s father was in the street , challenging persons to fight ; and no one accepting the chaElonge , he and his son had a " set to ; " after which they adjourned to the public-house , where the three prosecutors wore . According to their testimony , no quarrel took placo ; but on going home between two

      one and o ' clock in the morning , the prisoner attacked thorn with a hatchet , and committed serious wounds upon them . Parker was insensible for some time , and kept his bed several weeks . The prisoner called his father to prove that the prosecutors were the aggressors , He stated that they threw him upon the fire in the public-homo , and then followed him home , where they committed all sorts of atrocities—The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . " In passing sentence , Mr . Justice Maule observed that tho _ prisoner appeared to belong to a nirhtin" - family , for when nobody else would accept his cha £ longe , the father and lie seemed disposed to gratify their propensity . Sentenced to six calendar months ' imprisonment and hard labour .

      As Incendiary . —James Singer , a tramp , whohad slept in tlie Nottingham Vagrant Office on tlienrcvious night , was charged with attempting- to set tire to a straw stack at lUsloy . Ic appeared that when on his way from Nottingham to Derby , in company with a weaver who was out of work , the prisoner went to the back premises of the prosecutor , Mr . Blundstone , to ask . fov relief . On boW refused ho went into the stack yard , and on return " ing to his companion ( Ilcnry Wilson ) who was waiting on the road ; he said , " Come on , you'll see a flare-up immediately . " Wilson askod him what La

      meant ; he said , "I have set fire to one of the stacks . " Wilson immediately went and informed the prosecutor , and on examining a straw stack , they found a lighted torch , red hot , burning . The straw near it was scorched , and had the stack ignited , others would undoubtedly have been destroyed also . Search was made for the prisoner , who was taken . as ho e . inie out of a field about a mile distant . When taken , he said the rag ( meaning the torch ) was damp , or else it -would have fired the stack inunediately . Sentenced to ten years ' transportation .

      M . iitcii 19 . Murder in a Lvxatio Asylum , —II . Strelly , a member of a highly respectable family , was indicted for tho wilful murder of S . Tomlinson . The tleed was perpetrated in a private asylum , kept by Dr Brigstocke in Derby . Strelly and the deceased slept in the same room in different beds . Tae door was locked , and the keeper slept with otlier patients in an adjoining room . Between five and six o ' clock in the morning the keeper heard a noise in Strolly ' s room , and on taking alight he discovered tho deceased lying on the floor weltering in his blood , and

      the prisoner standing in a corner . On search being made , a lath taken from the prisoner ' s bed , with marks of blood upon it , was found , and there can be no doubt that as the deceased was in the act of dressing himself , the prisoner was seized with a sudden paroxysm , sprang out of bed and struck deccascd with the lath . A verdict of " Not Guilty " was returned , on the ground of insanity . His lordship made some strong remarks upon thy conduct of the proprietor of the asylum , in allowing two insane persons to sleep in the same room without a keeper .

      Altering a Money-order by a Tost-office Clerk , —J . T . Shepherd , 48 , the money-order clerk in Derby , was charged with having , on the IHil Sept . last , feloniously forged and altered a certain order for the payment of money , purporting to be a Post-office order , drawn by W . Mather , for the payment of £ 5 , with intent to defraud T , P , Uainbriyge . —Mrs . Margaret Iloppcrstall , wife of Mr . J . lloppcrstall , of Stockport : The paper now produced is not so large a sheet of paper , I think , as the one I obtained . After I had obtained the order , I put it in a letter directed to " Mary Birks , Derby . " The order I obtained was for £ 1 . —W . Mather " : I am a clerk in the Post-office at Stockport ; I am acquainted with the system of granting money-orders , On tho Oth September last I granted this order .

      which is numbered , which is the same as tlio number in the book . The order has been altered from ill to £ 5 . Tho same d : iy I sent an advice to tho Derb y office . "So other order was issued on tho Post-office at Derby for that day . —By the Jik /» o : All tlie three persons in the office receive . 'Hid p ; iy money , but there is only one general money drawer . Only one person enters on the account sheet , and not each clerk his own orders . We account for the cash at night to the postmaster , but , supposing any moncy ~ bc abstracted , we could not tell which had taken it , or find It out . In giving out orders , it sometimes happens that one person receives the money tuul another gives the order . —Mary Eirks On the Oth Sept . lust I received a letter containing

      a money order , with which I wont in tho afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , to the post-office , and received one sovereign . I signed my name to the order as having received it . The " u" in my name was not there then , as I signed it Birks When 1 presented it , it had a figure 1 upon it , but it is a f > now . I ilo not know who paid mo the sovereign , but that it was a man . —T . P . Iiainbriggc I am the Post-master at Dorby , and the tho prisoner " was employed as money-order clerk in September last . There i--s no doubt this order was received at the office on the Uth of September , which might be done by one of tho dorks , as it is no one ' s duty particularly . It was the prisoner ' s duty to enter letters of advice . The paper produced is the letter of

      advice which the prisoner signs his name to , which imports that it is " entered In the advice-book . The entry in the advice-book of this particular ordor is in tlie prisoner ' s writing . The entry in the daily account-book usually sent from Derby to London fs also in prisoner ' s handwriting . It runs thus ; J 224 , Stockport . £ 5 . It is headed , " Postmaster of Derby , in account with the money-order office . 9 th Sept . 1 S 4 S , " and is signed by myself as postmaster . Cross-examined : I liad a great deal of voulblcncc in the prisoner , and ho usually signed the accounts for mo . The sheets wore rcturiiud if I requested it , and there is no doubt that this particular one was . The order in question was seat back na disallowed , in consequence of the error . It misrlit lie returned

      in a day or two after . There is written on the order and returned from London , " Debited advice UOs . only , but incorrectly claimed in account of the Oth of September as & 5 , the body of order has £ 1 . " That is the usual way they are returned . — W . J . Godby : I am surveyor for the Midland district . On the 12 th September I received tiie order , and pointed out to prisoner the niruivs . and asked him how he could account for thenC ^ d what amount he had paid . lie said he could not tell me exactly wlmt he had paid , I then asked him if the order had been out or his possession before it went

      up to London , and he said it had not . I also remarked that the signature of the order had been altered , mid lie s .-iiil ' Iic k-ul done that hhnsi-ll ' ,- and I asked his reason ; and he said , to make it correspond in the entry or ad vice-book ; and 1 sent ; to : the book while he was there , but it was still wrouif , being Bukes instead of Birk . I asked him if lie altered the figures and he said no . That was all that passed about the subject of the figures . —Mr . Wliitehursfc , having addressed the jury for the defence , called several witnesses to character . —His WilsUip summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of "Guilty . "

      March 20 . —While his lordship was passing scntencc this morning the prisoner tainted , and on the sentence of seven years' transportation being passed upon him he was led from the dock , supported by two officers . Many persons , who had known tho prisoner through life , were in tears , and the scene was altogether an affecting one . Fiuud by a Surveyor of Highways . —R . Emery , a farmer , residing at Lallington , was indieuvl fov defrauding the parishioners of certain sums of

      money , whilst acting as surveyor of the hi ghways . The prisoner had charged certain accounts ^ P » "l for labour and material , which , on investigation were discovered to be fraudulent claims . lie offered a cheque to refund the money , but the vicar and the parishioners considered it an oftence of so grave a character as to require punishment . —The ji '' 7 found him ' Guilty . "—In passing sentence , his lordship adverted to the position of the prisoner , and the disgrace he had brought upon himself by his conduct . —Sentenced to six months' imprisonment .

      Cambridge , March 17 . CiunGE of Forgeuy . —George Edward SlieWon * 27 , aresnetable-lookinff younsjman , son of u ti-atJesman in Cambridge , and described as a teacher , was indicted for feloniously utterinc ; a forced promissory note for £ 40 , with the intent to " cheat diaries North , of Trinity College . Mr . Ranee is a solicitor ? f m ^ ' ^ S ' anA Borortimes discount ? bills ; <» the 23 rd of September , last year , prisoner called as Mr . Ranee ' s office , and brought him a note for **'> signed by Mr . Korth and Mr . Hewett : did not remember the date . Advanced him £ 27 10 s . y » note was payable at four months . Kept it » lllb possession , as collateral security for the advance of £ 27 10 s . upon prisoner ' s own noto . When ws own note was repaid , prisoner garc him ^ 30 , ftOu he delivered both notes up . Prisoner never tow witness that it was Mr . North , of Trinity , M . fancied it might be that gentleman , as he knew p «" 8 oner had been in tho buttery at that collesre . Ar plied also to Mr . Hewett , of Trinity College , W letter , in both cases . This was when prisoner s note was over-due . Mr . North called upon ff "P , - * but witness never got any money from him . J " W » day s \ vr prisoner ' in custody , and Inspector wgBr : inquired of him ( prisoner ) , whero tho note was ; £ » said he had destroyed it . —Inspector Lagff » n » "i " i had Marched prisoner ' s house , but could Dot «' thenoto . "Wfcen apprehended , the prisoner saw v >*

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      Efje iUroinnrcG . JIunDER OF A PCBLICAN AT ToCKlXGTOX . —The quiet village of Toekington , Gloucestershire , situate about ten miles from Bristol , was on Friday night week the scene of the above dreadful circumstance . The victim , Mr . Fowler , landlord of the Crown Inn in that village , was a very respectable man , of about middle n ^ o ,- and universally beloved in the village fov his kindness and urbanity of manners ; he leaves a widow and three children to lament his untimely death . It appears that the party charged with the commission of this crime is a voun ? man of about twenty-five years of aire , named

      Charles Kibby , a farm labourer , employed on the farm of Mr . Samuel Bowden . lie has always borne an indifferent character , not only as a person of violent temper and intemperate habits , but as having been two or three times charged with the commission of petty thefts . During the afternoon of Friday this man had been drinking at the White Hart , a public-house in the village ; and , at about eight o ' clock in the evening , having been refused further drink , he went to another public-house , the Swan , where , however , he was refused admission . He then proceeded to the Crown . On entering the house , he called to tho landlord , using an offensive epithet , to get up out of the chair in which he was sitting , and ordered some cider . He was furnished

      with it , and gave a half-crown in payment . Tho landlord , in sending him his change , deducted some coppers for some cider -which he had left unpaid on a previous evening . At this he became violently angry , cursed and swore at the landlord , and vowed vengeance against him . Mr . Fowler at length told him that he could not permit any rows there , and ordered him to leave the house . He swore that he would not , and continued his disgraceful conduct , until at length the landlord seized hold of him for the purpose of forcibly ejecting him . The ruffian immediately attacked the landlord with great ferocity , beat him severely about the head and body , and at length struck him so severe a blow over the region of tiie heart as to instantly deprive him of

      life ; the unfortunate roan foil , and never spoke a word afterwards . The people in the house at length succeeded in securing him , and he was conveyed to the nearest police station . The Coroner ' s inquest on the body was held on Monday . The accused Cliarleu Kibby was present in custody . The evidence adduced detailed the circumstances under which the unfortunate man came by his death in pretty much the same terms as given above . A witness named Smith , a potato jobber of Olveston , deposed that he was at the Crown at about eight o ' clock on Friday evening , having some beer , when , as he was conversing with the landlord the prisoner came in , and as he passed to the taproom he called to the landlord , who av . is sitting resting on a settle , and

      using an abusive epithet ordered him to get up . No notiee was taken of him , and he passed on and ordered a pint of cider with which he was served . Nothing occurred till he came to pay for it , when he gave half-a-crown to the Landlady , who , instead of giving him his full change , deducted threepence for a pint of cider , which he had before had in trust . lie then became turbulent , swore that he would have the whole of his change , and became so quarrelsome and abusive that the landlady at lengtk ordered him to leave the house , and said she would insist upon his being turned out . He would not go , and the landlord took him by the back of his coat collar to remove him . The prisoner then grasped

      the landlord , and struck him a blow over the temple which would seem to have deprived him of life , for his head fell forward , and lie shortly afterwards sunk on to the floor a dead man . Medical assistance was at once sent fov , l > ut-it was too Into . A blacksmith named Edward Ireland , who -was likewise in the house at the time of the fatal affray , gave similar testimony ; and the surgeon who examined the body having stated that the blow over the temple produced a shock upon the nervous system which caused death , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Charles Kibby , " who was thereupon committed on a coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester county gaol , to take Ms trial at the ensuing

      assizes . Sudden Death at Liverpool . —On Tuesday a general gloom prevailed in the Liverpool Change in consequence of the sudden death of Mr . Priestley , of the well-known firm of Priestly , Griffiths and Cox . He was unexpectedly seized with a fit of apoplexy , and died before surgical assistance could be procured . ExTRAORniXAitY Scicide . —An act of suicide , on the part of a young and newly-married female , took place a short time since , at the retired village of Leavesden , near Watford . The deceased was a young woman of excellent character , and had lived in service , for two or three years , at Aylesbury , in Buckinghamshire , - where , it is said ; she "kept

      company" with a young man , with whom her future marriage was partly arranged . Circumstances occasioned her removal to Watford , -where she attracted the attention of a respectable young man , named Downer , tlie son of the keeper of the village ale-house , at Leavesden . The second lover plied his suit so successfully , that , aided by the recommendation of the deceased ' s own relatives , the former attachment was soon forgotten , and a marriage agreed upon between the deceased and himself . This marriage was solemnised on the Sunday , and after the ceremony , the newly-wedded pair took possession of a neatly furnished cottage in Leavesden , intending to make it their future residence . The husband remained at home on the

      Monday and Tuesday . On Wednesday morning week he left home for the purpose of resuming his occupation , that of a carpenter , at Watford . Before leaving , he laid the fire for his wife , who remained in bed at the time of his departure . In the evening , on his return home , he found his cottage door fastened . Imagining that his wife might be gone to her father-in-law ' s , he hastened there to meet her ; but , on inquiry , it appeared that they had seen nothing of her all day . Returning to his cottage , and finding the door still locked , he burst it open , when he was surprised to find the fire just as he had left it in the morning . On proceeding np stairs , he was horror-struck at discovering his wife , in her night-dress , suspended bv a cord to the

      bedpost , and quite cold and stiff . Medical assistance was called in , but death had taken place many hours previously . A close examination discovered nothing leading to any explanation , on the part of the deceased , of the rash act she had committed , but it was quite evident that her purpose had been most determined , and that she had hung herself almost immediately after her husband's departure in the morning . An inquest has been held on the body , and a verdict of " Temporary Insanity" returned . It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that the exciting- cause which led to the melancholy event , was the deceased's own regret at the faithlessness she had shown to her former lover . The Bristol McruER . —The mother of the servant girl who stands committed upon the coroner ' s warrant for the vrilful murder of her mistress , Miss

      Jefferies , was on Saturday last charged before the magistrates , at the Bristol police court , with being an accessary to the murder after the fact . It will be remembered that when the police went to tho house of the girl's father , at Horfield , for the purpoge of apprehending her , tho mother answered hem from a window , and on being asked by the inspector of police if Sarah was at home , replied that she had not seen her for two months , and that she was living at Keyndean or Pehsford . Subseqnently the prisoner and stolen property were found in the house , from which the guilty Knowledge of the mother was inferred . The magistrate ' s , considering that the mother bad been admitted and sworn as a witness on the coroner ' s inquisition , did not consider tho case a sufficient one ' -to commit upon , and directed that the old woman should be

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      Scotland Extensive Fraud by a Gang of Swisdlers . —On Friday week two individuals were apprehended at Wasgow on suspicion of being concerned in a systematicplan of swindling the public , and examined on Saturday before the sheriff . From the facts already ascertained , it appears ¦ that a firm in Glasgow under the designation of J . g . Hall and Co have been in the practice of sending orders for goods to country manufacturers to betransmitted either to St . Vincent-place or St . Enoch-square , in both of Trhieh . locaht . es it would appear that , they have places of business . Tho transaction ¦ which \ J In tUe fortunaite det « ction " of the fraud was between

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      6 THE NORTHEKJN S J A K . B !»__ - _«_«__ . ^ march 24 , 1849 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1515/page/6/