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      Supposed / Poisosisg ' seas . ' . Hastings . — On ' the 27 th nit ., a jury was sunmbried before Mr . 3 f . P Kell , ceronerfor . the : rape ; df Hastings , at the White Hart Inn , £ uestfing , near . Hastings , to inquire into the circumstances attendirigthe . deaths ofthree persons suspefeted' to hare been poisoned . ' Thecircumstances of the ; case are as folld > ts > -On tlie . 13 th ; of September last , a labouring man , . named Eichafd Geering , ; age 4 ^ living - \ yifli ; Jiis ; wife , 3 fiiy Aim

      some little rwWle ,:: died , biit no particular suspicion ^^ . f 7 ^_^ f ? tT ^ tu ^ atthoughJ-tbeoo 4 ' -wal S& ^ J ^^« -A ^^ J ^«^'«^ "aeewi-Qn . the 27 th of B ^ m b »^ foUomri g ;' a . 8 on ^ named worge ; aged ZliMm ^ &i home , " also , died and on ^^^ i ' aAecond ^ n , liTihrat ' , hpme , Vambd 9 ™?'*» miUnfS ? na-wereatfenaed daring&elriEn&styMr : £ j . Pococki ; ; lfltterl ^ a thld Sf abont . 20 rears of / age , namda Benjamin , ias been ft aetate , ofm heaUn , accompaniii mthunnaSrS tnn ^ and-yoi ^ tings . Jfr , TreeKuret , haTiDgbcf .

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      casion to attend tlic latter , was suspicious . of aoinc :: thing -wrong , and ,: had " the iPatierit ; s rdiet consequently altered ,. when he soon begin to rcco ^ w . This made the circum stances a" ** ^ ' ^^ deaths look so suspicious , that ^ Xsof Sard warrant for the exnumationof ^ bo ^ es of . ^ JaiU ^ m ^ 3 < - % 1 ^ £ mg ^ wotToceede ^ to the church-Wd The three graves from which the bodies had been taken were on the « asfc side of the church and were very watery . The coffin containing the body of Hichak Geering was first brought out of the church and placed on a tombstone ... Thelid was then unscrewedand on its . removal the body , was

      , found to be in an advanced state of decomposition , except ia the region of the abdomen . The features of the deceased were too much impaired to be recognised , but . the identity of the . coffin was . Touched for by the maker , who was also the sexton at the time of interment . Mr .. Ticehurst , Mr .. "VV . Duke , and Mr . F . Duke , then proceeded to make . ajwst mortem examination of thfc body . The effluvium was tlrqadfol , andthe body swimming in the water . Toremove the latter holes were bored in the coffin . . The whole of , the deceased ' s intestines were removed and p laced , in . jars . The coffins containing the bodies of the two sons .. were then brought out and opened . The face of , George was but little disfi-< nircd , while that of James- was far gone . In each case the inscription on the coffin Iidwas discernible .

      The intestines of the two sons were . also removed and taken into the possession of Mr . Ticehurst . In all the bodies . it was found that the stomach was in an unusually good state of preservation . From the stomach of George Geeriiig a small pi ece of white , gritty matter ,. resembling arsenic , was . produced , and gritty . matter was also observable in the case of the father . On the . whole , the appearances prer sented by . the different bodies seemed to be strongly indicative of death by poison . The examination being so far concluded , the jury assembled in the church , where they were addressed by the coroner , who stated that Mr . Ticehurst was of opinon that the analysis of the contents of the bodies could not be completed for a few days . The inquest was then adjourned .. The woman , Mary Ann Geering , is in custody . .. .-. ¦ ¦

      . - Burglary at HiLi . SDEX .-rOn Saturday last Win . Green , John Sheppard and William . Sheppard ( father and son ) , and William Warner , wcre brought before the magistrates ( the Rev ,. J . OV Gray , an < J . T . Senior , Esq . ) , charged with breaking : into the firm-house of Mr . Hines , standing in a lonely situation , about two o ' clock , on Friday morning . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . Hines , a respectable . elderly farmer and grazier of Hillsden , that he and his wife were awoke in the night by hearing a talking in the room above them , where were sleeping two servants , a man and sk boy . Mrs . Ilines called out" Richard , " thinking that it was the man stirring ; There was , . however , no answer . Immc ? diately after , this a noise Vas heard at the bedroom door , which was fastened . Mr : Hines £ 0 t out of bed

      and demanded " Who was there ?" . Kb answer was returned , and soon after the door was burst violently open , and . two men entered . One was armed with a gun and the other with a brace of pistols ; and two other men came in afterwards . It seen | s they , bad already been , up-stairs , and had frightened , the servants , and . the man with the pistols . stood at the bedroom door , pointing them up the stairs further to intfmidate then ? . The robbers brought lights into the room , when one of them said-. to Mr . and Mrs . Ilines that they wanted victuals and money , and they would have them or their : lives .. They , took a purse . out of Mr . Hines ' s . breeches , pocket , containing only is . 6 d . " they then . made Mrs . Hihes get out of bed , and then they searched the bed . After this two remained with Mr . Hines whilst the

      other two obliged his wife to go . down stairs with them in her night clothes , to snow ; them , where she had a little money , which she gave them . They next searched for and found a dozen or two of silver spoons , a silver cream-jug , and some othev small articles of plate . They then took a bottle of . rum , a bottle , of wine , some cold meat , < fcc , and having collected together their , booty made off . As early as possible , however , when Mr . Hines and his family had recovered from their panic , information was conveyed to the local ponstables , who by instantly going in . pursuit came upon the robbers at Stokenchurch-hill , where , they were found comfortably taking their case on a bank by the road-side . After Iff . Ilines had given his evidence , and Mrs . Ilines had been called forward as a . witness , the prisoner

      William Green said , "He should not . like the lady ¦ to be put out of her way at all ; . there was enough evidence of what had been done . " The goods were , ot course , recovered and identified ! , The gun , with a kind of old-fashioned duelling pistol ( neither of them loaded ) , and a small pistol , which was loaded , were taken from the prisoners ,, and were produced . These men evidently form a portion of a regularly organised band , of professional burglars , whose head-quarters are in London . They were committed for trial at the assizes , none of them denying the facts proved against them . ' * CiiargeofMaxslauguter agaixst Two Brothers . —On Friday , the 27 th ult ., an inquest was hold at

      Manchester , on the body of a man named George Brannon , a weaver , who had died on the . Wed p ' csdav previously , from the effects of wounds received about three months ago in a quarrel at the Spread Eagle public-house , in Rochdale-road , Mancfcester . Two men , Owen Devine and Peter Devine , had been apprehended for the offence , and were * present at the inquest . Brannon had " been very much injured , especially on the right side ; and the medical men who attended him were of opinion that his death had been occasioned by the sick ? and blows of the two Devines . . Several witnesses were . examined , who deposed to the savage treatment to which the deceased had been subject ; and the surgeon stated that two of his ribs were found to have been

      broken . A verdict of " Manslaughter was returned against the two prisoners , and they were committed to the assizes . Straxge Loss of a Vessel . — About , half-past eleven o'clock on the night of the 21 st ult . ( says the Hull Tocket ) , the sloop George and Mary , 'George Johnson master and part owner , was lost-in a most extraordinary manner . The vessel was , at the time of-the occurrence , between Scarborough and Robin Hood ' s Bay , about twelve miles . from the land , it being very thick , with , no wind , and . small drizzling rain . About the time we have mentioned , according to the statement of the master , a fireball , or something similar to liehtning , descended on the vessel , entered the cabin , and set fire to it instantly . So

      rapidly did the destructive element progress , that in about . half - an hour the whole stern . of . the vessel was inflames . Every endeavour was made to extinguish the fire , but to no avail ; and seeing that all chance of saving the sloop was gone , the . crew endeavoured to save their clothes , but in this , likewise , they were unsuccessful ... The master , besides his clothes , had £ 12 or £ 14 in money , which he lost . They then all took to' ! , the . boat , and , abandoned the vessel , and in three Quarters of an hour after leaving her . ' she went down . So lightning or anything of the kind . was seen previous to the unfortunate accident , but afterwards two or three flashes were seen . The crew landed , as may be supposed , in ayery destitute . condition . ¦

      jPoRTSJiopTi ^ r-MoNnAT .-rAnother frightful accir dent occurred at this port to-day . As a party of men in the . employ of'Mr . Bushby , the contractor for the erection of the" joint terminus of the London and Brighton and London and South-Western Railw . ays at Landporfc , were engaged in pulling down a house standing on the site of the intended structure , they excavated too much of the foundation of a wall of the tenement before they tried to take it down ; " consequently , although warned of the impvopriety of their proceedings by their fellow-workmen , one of whom told them not to peck any more as he went down the ladder , they went on with the work , when .. on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took an opposite impetus , and fell inwards , burying four meii in the ruins of the lower part of

      , he . house . Theu ; names are , Connor , a labourer } Simnis , a bricklayer ; ' White , a stonemason ; and Harwood , a labourer . . The accident took place ; at about a quarter to " seven o'clock this morning . The poor * creatures were dugout . ' of the " . ruins in about a quarter of an hour , and speedily conveyed to the Por tsmouth , r . ortsea , and . Gqspprt Hospital , where . their respective . cases , met . with the ' . promptest atr tention . ; the ' - 'itwo firstVriamed , liowever , sustained ¦ such / rightfuliujurie ^ in ^ such a multiplicity of ways that life was'despaired of from tne first ' . ' ' . The wall was oi \ the second floor of the building . IMavyfop ^ hipwj ^ sdislocated . ,.,. ' : ' ^ ' ~ ., . ., ' . ' ' ' :. ; ¦ " > ,.-\ "IiASCASHiBE . ^ f- Tiffi EE . TOUSO lU ^ N DROWNED IS ! jhb RivER , Irwell . . — On Monday , evenjng , three jp ungiinen named George Booth , JoKn'Tinling , and Edwafd Jones , left' Manchester in a light boati or

      skiff , to proceed from Manchester by the river Irwell to a fete , af ; the Pomona Gardens , about two roiles distant , but on arriying . at a bendof the river called Throstle Kest " . ' the boat . was upset . All three of the * importunate youths sunk before any aid could be rendered from the shore , and perished , j r , _ ., Murder o ? a School-boy .:. t- An . extraordinary circumstance has transpired at Ashton-uuder-Lyne . Three boys , whilst'going to school along the canal side ,-it appears , quarrelled , and one of them threw flxe cap of anotjier , ; , into the canal , -TJie-thirdboy laid holdt-of the , one who . had thrown the : cap into the canal , and j pushed -him in after it ; , The two

      children « n terra jicjs ^ ithen left their , companion to parish ; quite unconcernedly , and . went . to , school ; jThe . finding of . thOidead body iof ^ the . bpj ; ^ ho "stas drowned is said . to tiaye led to . the , elicitung of tlus statement fi » m . t | je 8 ur , yiy . 0 rs .. ; . , -, _ :- _ i - _ -: ^ . . ^ \ -..-. ; ,, LixcpiiS 8 HiRE ,.. —; A ; murder ,, accompanied by robbery ^ was perpetrated on ; the--26 th-, uH . " , iin tihe vicmity of Brocklesbv .- Thervictim is , a married woman na m . ed ; . Catherine ,: FarroWj ¦ _ and the supjosed murderer an agrieultural-labourer ; named , harles . Overton , \ who is ih . custody .. An inquest Wai aeld on . tpe body on , Monday and adjourned .- •; . ' \ ' 5 ABlisd Man eoEB > io bee an Executioh . —A Car *

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      ^^^— —— '' ' diff paper states that among the hundreds who went from Merthyr to Brecon to see the reeert execution , a blind man , from Penyrheol gerrig , was worthy of notice . This man has been blind since he was five years old ,. nevertheless ho went to " seethe hanging , '' as . he . himself phrased it . He started early , and was there in good time , and anxiously took his . place where a good view of the execution could he commanded . He seemed to hear every movement , and eagerly caught every remark . When all eyes were turned to gaze on the culprit , when at last he aiade his appearance , the blind man saw him too ia his mind ' s eye , and was as highly excited by the spectacle as any of his neighbours .. Fhse Paudon . —At the late Kingston assizes a man named John Roberts was convicted of a criminal assault , and sentenced to fifteen years'

      trans-portation . ; The prosecutrix , who upon the trial represented -. herself as a married woman , gave her evidence in such a manner upon that occasion as _ to induce a Tery genera ] belief that . s £ e . was not telling the truth as to the actuaL character of the transaction ; but the jury returned a verdict of guilty . Very soon after the matter had been thus disposed of . it . was ascertained that the prosecutrix had made a great many false statements , and that , instead of being -a respectable married woman , she was a person of a very ; different description ; and there was every reason to believe that the whole charge had been trumped up against the prisoner . The whole of the . facts having , been submitted to the Home Secretary , the result has been that Mi . Kcene , the governor of Horscmonger-lanc Gaol , received a free pardon for the prisoner on Saturday , and he was immediately discharged from custody . — Globe . ¦ ...

      Colliers Explosion . —On Monday an accident tooK p'ace at t he Agecroft New Coal Mines , about four miles from Manchester , resulting trom ail explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas , which had accumulated in the mines .: The- mines are the property of Messrs : Knowles , of Pendlebury , ami a-e situated between . the highway . and railway , leading-from Manchester , to Bolton ... The approach to the mines—two in . number-rris by a shaft upwards of 900 feet deep , and from 90 to 100 men and boys had , descended at iix o ' clock in the morning , and were nearly equally distributed in the two mines , when about eight o ' clock a loud explosion was heard in what is called the four-feet mine , and from ¦ colliers who soon came rushing to the . foot of the . shaft , anxious to escape

      from further danger , it was discovered' tliat a quantity of carburetted hydrogen gas had been ignited in one of the distant workings , through a boy carrying a Ushted candle to it . The great body of-the collieis were drawn from the mine withont suffering from the explosion , but a youth named : ' Jacob Barker , and his brother Israel , were both severely burnt , and the former survived only a very short time . Richard Price , the hoy through whose imprudence the gas was ignited , and who worked with the Barkers , was knocked down by the explosion , is badly hurt _ and much scorched about the face and hands . John Barker , the father of the boys of that name , wss employed at the back of the workings where the boys were , 'and be and some oompaniong had to make

      their way to rescue the boys , and carry them .-to the foot ofi the shaft , : through den ? e fumes of burnt sulphur , which almost suffocated them , but with the . exception of exhaustion from inhaling the-sulphur and from the shaking caused by the explofion they havereceived no injury . It appears to be the practice in these mines to descend with Davy lamps , but these , after the freedom from foul airin the workings has been tested by them , are exchanged for candles , and the colliers work the remainder of the day with the flame of their candles quite exposed ; and run all hazards . In the many colliery explosions in Lancashire and elsewhere this seems to be the invariable practice . ' ' -Davy ' s lamps are used in all miiies , but they are used so sparingly : as to be of 'little

      protection . The light they throw upon the : working is so inferior to that afforded by the candle that colliers will not be troubled with them , unless some stringent rule on the pttit of their employers is put in operation to compel their constant use . The evidence 61 the father oi" the deceased boy in this ease proves this ; -for he says , that when in these mines the sulphur is found to have accumulated , the hands generally leave work altogether , and when they have tried the workings in the morning , they used naked candles for the rest of the day . lie says the foul air had accumulated on this occasicn in " an out place , " or a working which had been exhausted and was disused . Similar evidence has been given in other cases where explosi ns have occurred .

      - THE POISONINGS AT BATH . Bath , April 30 . —The greatest excitement has pervaded this city during the whole of the day , and . although it was known that the inquest would not commence till six o ' clock in the evening , as early as three ~' o'clock , the market-place was crowded with people anxious to get a glimpse of the accused as they were 'taken irotii the stationhouse to the Guildhall . A man named Shalor ( a collier ) and his wife , residing at No . 10 , Brookleaze-buildings , Larkhall , have been arrested . The wife of Shalor accompanied the wife of the deceased man Marchant to Mr . Bright ' s shop , near the Oldbridge , where she purchased some avseriic a short time previous to her husband being fatally attacked .

      Mrs . Harris , or as she was then Mrs . Marchant , first of all went to Mr . Bright's shop for the arsenic by bcrself ; he refused to ' supply her with it ; she siibsoquontlyreturnedwiththofomaleprisoner Shalor , and unfortunately succeeded in getting it . Mrs . Harris and ^ Mrs . Shalor have ; been very intimate for a long time . It is said that a quantity of arsenic has been found in the house of the man Harris , which has been placed in the custody of the chief officer of the police ' . Mr ' , narris , solicitor to the parties in custody , ' lias applied to the mayor to bo allowed to have an interview with them . Mr . Sutcliffe , however , refused the application . The bodies of the deceased wives will not be exhumed till after the termination of the present inquiry . ;

      ; ISqUEST , The adjourned inquiry into this case was resumed on Monday night before the coroner ) Mr . A . H . English , in the Sessions-court at the Guildhall . The excitement continued to be most intense , and it required the united exertions of a strong body of police to keep tlie crowd from forcibly makicg their way into the "Guildhall long before'the' hour appointed for holding the inquest . The four prisoners were brought up in the custody of the police and accommodated with ' chairs . The- woman Harris looked much'dejected . and hold down her head ' , but Harris throughout appeared to pay great attention to the proceedings . The other msoners seemed to be wholly unconcerned . A

      large number of magistrates were present during the inquiry , and the spacious ' room was'densely thronged in every part of it . ¦ v ¦ The first witness called was William ITerapath , who , having been sworn , deposed—On thc . 25 th of the month Mr . Lloyd " -brought me three Vessels which he told me contained the remains of a human body . He opened them in my presence . I was requestedto examine whether there \ yas anything poisonous in either of those materials , and in doing so I found white arsenic in the contents of the stomach , in the solid matter of the stomach , in the contents of the intestines , and in the . liver . I separated from the contents of the stomach 3 J grains of white ' arsenious acid / This I produce ( handing it to the coroner . ) It had never been in solution . Talso

      produce seme of the same sublimed and purified , so as to show it in' its natural state . ' I should mention that the first lot is discoloured , owing to tea having been administered sifter it . I also produce metallic arsenic produced from' it . Also three tests which prove it to be metallie arsenic . These are Scheele ' s green , arsenite of silver , and ' sulphuret of arsenic , commonly . called orpiment .- These five re-agents leave-the matter unmistakable . I found thoarsonious acid contained in the stomach was not pure ; there was a portion of freestone dust mixed with it , either by design or accident . ' I found'the remains of food , in : the sfomachi the only distinguishable ones were portions of the husks , as Ihave no doubt , of barley , probably pearl barley , the outer husks having disappeared . I ; do not belieVe they were those of the oat , as there arc-no ^ hairs of the oat discoverable by the best microscope ; There was 'also' some portions of' tea

      leaves ; I should have said ; all the starchy parts of the grain had been removed bydecomposHiori , which is generally-the case , the starch'soon " disappears . Mr . Lloyd also brought me some pills—four ' pills ; these ; - Were composed of calomel arid vegetable matter whichl believe it to be coloeynth / -It being vegetable ) matter there'is no positive test for Ut . Thef'Estate of the stomaeh-and ¦ mt esHhes were inflamed , and in patches large and ' red , having all the appearance of the action of an . irritant poison ; Taking air the circumstances together I-have | no doubt thafthe body was- destroyed by : poison , and that the poison was white arsenic . ' ' - * : ¦ ' ' ' < ¦ - ' The Coroner here read over the evidence of-Mr . Lloyd , surgeon . He ; requested the prisoners topay attention to it , as-it affected some or all of them , arid they might- not halved the' opportunity- ' again of hearing itj and they might think it'necessaiy to asfesbmeq ' uestions ' onit .- ' !• : ¦; ' : . ,: ;

      ' Mr . HKBAPATHContinued , after hearing'that evidence 1 have to saythere is only one point'in which I differ : from MrrLloyd . The poison had . npt been * in * the stomach'five days , and probably ? not more than 24 : hours . * I therefore think ; iftheUf ' st illness was occasioned by poison it must have been administered twice . ¦ I'think \ thediatfhoea must Haveexlsted from the ; state of-the intestines arid' contents , ' ^ ii ? " * 3 V 0 ' ev * r - seen . such appearances except where diarrhoea MtfprecGded . ''' In all other respects the / ; Bympt « hs ' are' suchas " generally follow- thead-¦ mmistiation of : hreenic ;! : "Iallude of course to ¦ ¦ tKe ' sickness . ito the cramps or spasmBy and to the acute pamjinvthe stomach ; which gtftoconfirm ' the fact ' of JSSnrt ni ^??^« yinptbms would be exliibitea iromten minutes to six hours Aftprthp ZiiiWv ft : & ( m 6 ^ V **™ lwi been lick mmediatel y after ' Bwallowing : it . : Severil-drmrs ^ ye been ^ hown to ine mce'IhteSS-S

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      packet shown me by the superintendent of police contains arsenic . . . ' Mr Oaklky , superintendent of police , sworn , —I found this packet containing arsenic _ m a tin case in the house of the prisoner Daniel Shalor anc his wile . I also found in the house of Hams and his wife a small jar containing dust , which I like wise showed to Mr . Herapath . Mr , IIEIUPAM . -Of the first packet I found the contents to be arsenioua acid , and I have examined the pot containing dust . I have very little doubt it is freestone dust , but without an accurate analysis I cannot say . Mr . Oakley also produced-to me a pot containing poarl barley . I was also shown i teapot by him ; there was nothing in it but a few water hare not

      tea leaves and some drops of . I tested it ; it would bo too delicate an operation to try here without the proper tools . —A Juror : ¦ uo vo ' u consider the constant vomiting observed by the medical attendant , during the five days he attended the deceased , would have been caused by the gradual administration of arsenic ?—Certainly it might . —A Juror : Will you state the quantity of arsenic you extracted' ?—The actual quantity I extracted from the contents of this stomach was 3 i grains ; the quantity contained in the liver and intestines wo . uW have been much greater . I should state that , had there been onl y a minute quantity , such as the hundredth part ot a grain , I should have extracted the whole , but as I found this quantity in the stomach , " it- was . unnecessary . I-haveno' doubt the death of this man was occasioned , by arsenic . . ( Sensation . ]

      —The Coroner : Are you able to state , Mr . Herapath , in what this arsenic was administered ?—I should say not in tea . The weight of the arsenic would have carried it down . It is difficult to administer poison in tea , or in a liquid fluid ; it is generally-g iven in a starchy fluid . -. Here are the . remains of corn , of barley , and I think it highly probable it was administered in ' that pearl barley . — The Coroner : Would the symptoms first spoken of have been occasioned by its having been administered in the : tea of which mention has boon made ? There might have been some given in the tea , as this would have ' occasioned tlie retching which has been spoken of , and also the pain in the stomach . The coroner here handed to the jury the copy of the registration of the death of Henry Marchant , where it was certified that he died- of acute disease

      . uvthc stomach . .. : . : . Mr . Lloyd , surgeon , sworn , said the first application to me to attend the deceased was on the 2 nd ult . An order from the parish was _ left at my house . ' J got'this - order in th 6 morning between ten and eleven . In pursuance of that order I went to ' where it was addressed , 13 , Lower' Bristol-road . The name on the order was Marchant . I could find no one there of that' name . ' I again went , some hours afterwards , to inquire again , and no one could tell me where any person of that name lived . Afterwards Mrs . Marchant , now Charlotto Harris , came herself about five or six o'clock in the evening . I told her I had been in search of her house . She came to fetch me , and wondered ! had not been .

      She wished me to go directly . She said she bad told . Mr . Douglas"Angol-placo , " and not "Lower Bristol-road . I did riot go with her . ' I followed soon after , and found the house by her direction . ' I went up into a room in the front story on the first floor , ' and'found the deceased in bed . ' His wife was in the room , I believe no " one else . I went up to the man ¦ ho complained of pain in his iatomach . Both he and his wife , I think , told Hie he had been very sick . ¦ She stated that he had been exceedingly sick , and had had great pain in the bowels ; but th . at they had not 'been opened / they were confined . Sho said ho had . suffered from thirst , and that he had been sick the whole of . that day . —By the Coroner : Did you ascertain" when that sickness

      commenced?—I cannot speak positively that either of them told me when it commenced , or that I inquired of them . 'Jf felt his pulse and * foiihd it iathor do- , pressed . I put my hand on his abdomen and did not find it particularl y sensible to pain . I asked if he hail taken anything that disagreed with him ? I think his wife said , " No . " I left orders that he should diet off gruel and tea ; and his w'ife was to fetch . the medicine , from my dispensary . ' ' She fetched it soon after I got home . I saw him again the following day ; he was in bed and his wife was present . I inquired about his symptoms , and was told that tKe sickness still continued , arid that the

      bowels had not becu opened . I did not ask if the medic'ne had been taken '; I concluded it had from its having been fetched ; I also saw the vomit he had discharged ; it was a brumous bloody sort of fluid . The deceased did not express himself surprised at the attack . I saw him the next day . I nevev saw any one with him but Ms wife , there , was still censtipation of , the bowels . He said he had suffered much from vomiting . ' I- don't . think the deceased ever told me he was suffering froni constipation . On Wednesday evening his wife fetched me saying-he was worse , -and-she yished me to come . I went soon afterwards ' and found him as

      usual m bed . He appeared much the same , and was perfectly collected . I ordered him some pills of calomel . and colocynth . I' saw him again on Thursday , and was told his "bowels had been relieved , but as for as I could learn there had been no diarrhoea . I don't think his wifo asked me if he would recover . I saw him for the last time on Friday , and the next day when I'heard of his death I thought it was sudden . I was told of it by Mrs : Boavis , aninmate of his house , who came to me for

      the purpose of having his death registered . —A Juror : Do you mean to say , Mr . Lloyd , that you attended him for five days and never asked if he had taken your medicine ? No ; I concluded that he had taken it by- his sending down . — 'The Coroner : I believe , Mr . Lloyd , your evidence is somewhat contradicted by Mr . Herapath ; arid if may be by some of the witnesses to come ; I therefove wish to know if you can recollect whether youever heard from the lips of the deceased himself that he was ' suffering from constipation of the bowels ? I do not recollect .

      Mr . Barrett , surgeon , confirmed the evidence he gave at the previous examination . He added that his opinion as to the cause of death then given was founded on the report han-ded to himlbyMr . Lloyd of the symptoms during life , and certain appearances presented by the' deceased after death . There was no doubt a large-quantity of feculent matter in tlje intestines , which appeared to confirm that he had suffered frorirconstipatibie . " He thought it right to say that Mr . Herapath had not had the whole of the intestines ; he only had the smaller ones , and the greater portion of the feculent matter was found in the ^ larger intestines . —The Coroner : Was'there moro feculent matter than would luuc accrued in twenty-four' hours ?—Certainly ;

      especially if the man had been fed on tea and grueli—In answer to the coroner , the witness further said , perhaps they could not get this larger intestine , for the i-ats might have eaten it ; they had got at the body . —A Juror ; Theremust have heen great neglect somewhere then . I should like to know if the body was put into a coffin after the postmortem ' examination . — The Coroner said this was not material . — By the Coroner : There was nothing in the post mortem examination which wasi at variance with the deceased hating had diarrhoea . Ho might have had it a few days previously . —A ''Juror : What would have prevented all this would have been if wo had . been allowed to choose our own medical attendant ; it would-have been a great' satisfaction

      to the public as well as ourselves , ' if this had been done ';' ¦ and I hope if it is a privilege that iii future it will not be denied to thejury . —The Coroner : I have not the power to al ' low it to you . —The Juror : In your opening to us you stated that you had . —The Coroner : I told you I could allow you one for yourselves , if you were not satisfied — The Juror : Wo were not ' satisfied . —The Coroner : You had Mr . Hcrapiith . —The Juror : Yes ; to make the analysis ; but we wanted to , have Mr . Gore to make the post mortem examination '; and we should not have had Mr . Hovanath foi > the flnnlvsiu . " ami

      should have'been overruled , if we had not stuck hard and fast for it . ( Loud cries of '; " Hear , hear , " and applause , which wafe cliecked by the Court . ^ The Coroner : I am quite ready to admit that in this instance you ¦ exercised more ' discernment than I did . ' I must say that I did not see all the serious ' consequences of the case .. —Tlie Juror : Then- for the future . I hope yoii , " , will not endeavour to overrule the ' jury . —The . Coroner :. I complied with " the' -unaniinous wish of thejury , I must say against my own feelings , and that' is all a man could do . —The matter then dropped . The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry .

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      and'in no case above 8 s . 6 d . a fortnight . Tho young women on strike expressed thenv determination not to return to their work upon the old terms , and it was unanimously agreed "that the meeting has neither the desire nor the power to compel the workers of Mr . David Smith or Messrs . Maclevoy , Hamilton , and Co . to return to their work , such a proceeding being contrary to the spirit of the age , and diametricalFy opposed to the often-repeated declarations of frce-tvftdoi's in this city . UlC meeting then adjourned . ¦ . . . , Od ft / 1 „ fn-fniniif .. Thn-voun

      MELANcnoLY Occuhrence at LEiiir . —An occurrence of a very melancholy character , which has cast a gloom over , the whole locality , and created great anxiety in several family circles , took place at Leith on Thursday , the 215 th ult . About eleven o ' clock the' sea had receded so far as to leave the ledge of rocks ; running parallel with South Leith Sands , commonly known as "the Black Rocks , " quite dry and untouched hy the water ; and a considerable number of' individuals , both old and young , had assembled , picking muscle ' s off the rocks , on which they arc found in great abundance . Thursday being the fast-day : both in Edinburgh and Leith , a crowd larger than usual had collected , among which there were several children of both

      , sexes , some of them" not more than six years old , and a few lads from thirteen to fifteen years of age . By rioon the tide had begun to flow , and lial reached so near the rocks that the older and moro observant thought it prudent to leave ; before the waters surrounded them . From this time the numbers on the rocks gradually diminished , but it appears that a considerable number still remained , having become so deeply absorbed in the search that they did notJiobserve " the . progress of the . sea landward . Being stream-tide , the waters flowed » ith great vapidity ,- S 0 j rapidly indeed , that at one o ' t-locU , when the ' children ' on the rocks Were pbsorVOU , tho distance between them and the shore was little less than a mile . No sooner was their dangerous

      situation noticed from the shore , than every measure which , could be- thought of- was adopted for their rescue . .. They were in imminent danger of bome swept ,. off tlie rocks ,, for the waters had now covered almost the highest point , and no time was therefore lost in rowing off boats' to the spot , with the view of saving them . In a few minutes three boats were on their way towards the rocks ; but before they reached the spot three of the little sufferers had been carried off by the tide , while two others still maintained their footing , although they were immersed in water nearly to the neck . These two were . the . first , rescued , though one of them , named Andrew Dalgleish , at - / first \ refused ; to betaken on board before ' his brother , who , , he

      said , iiad ' gomy down near him , was picked up . This poor little fellow however , was never afterwards seen . The other three who were struggling in the water , were taken up by the other boats , one of . them being almost in a lifeless condition . They were immediately conveyed ashore , and taken to the Dispensary , where they were attended by Dr . Frame and Dr . Henderson , The other two children who were , rescued ; were also brought to land , and speedily : so far recovered as to beaWe to walk home . The bodies , pffiv , e of the sufferers were found the next ' morning , ' after the tide had receded , near the spot where , " it is supposed they had been swept from the rocks '; and another , boy , whose body has not ye ^ been found , is known ! from the testimony of

      his brother , to hava perished also . As six other children are , still ' / missing , , there is but too much reason to fear that they have perished . The bodies found the day before were taken to South Leith churchyard , where they , lie till claimed by their parents . The ledge of rocks on which the children were , collected , extends to ; upwards of a mile in length , and over this space they were scattered , so that it must Have been with extreme uncertainty that they could observe how many were in the same dangerous predicament with themselves , especially in the circumstances in which they were placed . But two of the children who were saved allege that there were not fewer than nine or ten along with them , and one of them states that a brother who was with him ; at the time had aonc amissing . Groat

      jraise is due , not . only to the medical gentlemen , but also , to the various individuals , who so readily aiid courageously exerted themselves on the occasion , and , especially to those who rendered such valuable service in manning the boats for tho rescue of tlic-poov children . from a watery grave , which ; but for . their services must inevitauly have received them . In the evening the waters in the vicinity of the distressing occurrence were searched with dredgingnets . but it wasnofc till the next morning that any bodies were found . Tho melancholy event , as may be supposed , has excited a great sensation , not only in Leith but in Edinburgh , and has caused an anxiety the more distressing that the extent of the calamity is as yet unknown . —Edinburgh-Witness . ¦ .. ¦ ¦

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      following was the verdict of the jury : — ' "We find that on Sunday , the 22 nd of April , Patrick Conolly a pauper in Youghal workhouse , was confined in ,- ( place called the Mack-hole , being at the same tirne deprived of his rations , and while so confined , being seized with sickness , shortly after died ; ami tho iury find that said Patrick Conolly came b y iij s death in consequence of being ; so confined in said Black-hole , and being deprived of his rations ; and thejury wish to put on record tlufr marked ooiu demnntion of the Black-hole of the Youghal work , house . ' The skeleton frame of Conolly tTie pauper was submitted to the exploring knife of the surgeon , who declares on oath that ' . not a particle of fat could be found beneath the skin or in tho abdomen of tho miserable man !'" following was the verdict , of the iurv : — ' Wn fi ^ . i

      The Mayo Telegraph oi Wednesday has the follow , ing account of the awful condition of . that unfort-u nate county : — " On yesterday the Rev . Mr . Curley R . CO ., called at our office with a sample of tfie meal delivered to the out-door paupers at Dally hcane , a portion of which he also left with Captain Farren , poor law inspector , and which lie procured at the relief dep 6 t of the electoral division , on Mem . day last . To describe its pernicious properties , oi > the unwholesome odour . arising from it , is beyond our power . On Monday the rev . gentleman , between the hours of eleven o ' clock ( noon ] , and seven o ' clock ( afternoon ) , administered the rights of the llomau Catholic Church to no less than fifteen human beings ^ -all of whom declared ' they were gettin « thp

      out-door reliei , and that the meal was killine : thum ' Two anointed on that day ( father and son ^ diwl on yesterday . Two of tho Roman Catholic curates of the Deanery of Ballinrobe , hardworking and self . denying Christian clergymen , —the Rev . llr . Gill R . C . C ., Kilmain , and the Rev . Mr . Robinson ) R . C . C ., of Joyce Country—have fallen victims to tlieii 1 unceasing attendance on ' the sick and the dying in those places . They were both buried on yesterday . " ¦ The same paper contains the following : — " We have just learned that keepers have been placed on the Castlebar Union Workhouse , at tlie suit of George Clendinning " , Esq ., late treasurer to the union , whose claim on that establishment is said to amount to tlie large . sum of £ 000 .

      Declixe op Business is the Law Courts . —The Court of Queen ' s . Bench did not sit yesterday for more than half an hoiir , in consequence of the want of business . There is a general paralysis in ail departments of" the legal profession—in the Common Law as well as in the Equity Courts . The Exchequer Court is the only one at all well employed . There is a marked diminution in all the others ! The Queen's Bench has little to do , and the Jud ges of the Common Pleas are nearly altogether unoccupied . ) ri Chancery there is much less pressure of causes ; and sales of "lands under decrees are now rarely attempted .

      The Cholera in Dublix . —The epidemic has at length , bvoken . out in . this city . The Mercamik Advertiser of yesterday says : — " There have been , ' during the last three or four weeks , isolated cases of cholera in Dublin , but it was not until yesterday that the epidemic could , be said to have ' decidedly appeared in the metropolis . The localities in which it has broken out are chiefly in the vicinity of Smitlifield and Bow-lane , amongst a very destitute class of persons ; biit the cases up to tllis day , at two o ' clock ; were comparativel y few . " There were

      about thirteen cases amongst the poor from Thurs . day evening until Friday morning ; but a respectable resident in Dame - street died of cholera early yesterday morning , after " a few hours' illness . At a special meeting of tho guardians of the North-Dublin Union , yesterday , medical officers were appointed , and it was arranged that a building called the Sheriff's Prison should be opened for the reception of cholera patients . In the country districts generally cholera is declining , and . in Ennis and one ' oil two other places , the cholera hospitals lave been' closed .

      Monday . —The State Prisoners . —Tiie Writs op Error . —We have just heard that the 10 th of May is fixed for opening the argument in the House of Lords in support of tho writ of error sued out on behalf ,. of Mr . William Sn \ ith O'Brien .. His counsel on the occasion will be Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Q . C ., and Mr . Napier , Q . C . Sir Colman O'Loghlen will probably be selected to argue the case on the part of Mr .-M'Manus . Ko writ of error has been issued in the case of Mr . Meaghov or of Mr . O'Donolioe . The impression generally prevailed that the gentlemen who appealed to the Hou ' sd of Lords would be brought to London to be present at the argument , but that supposition was erronepus . They will remain in Richmond Bridewell pending the disposal of their cases . —Evening Freeman .

      Evictions . —Tho hmcrick Examiner states that eight houses were levelled on Tuesday at Castlcconnel , and fifty persons turned out to swell tlie crowd of paupers clamouring for relief . State of the "West . —A correspondent of the Ti pperart j , Frce Tress writes ;— " Cfalwny , Tuesday Evening , 7 o ' clock . —I have this moment returned from Conncmara , where I have been staying during the past three weeks , and I hasten to lay before your readers a few facts concerning' the awful state of that part of our suffering country .. "It would sicken the hearts of the stoutest to behold tlie sights that I have seen during my sojourn there—the bodies of human beings half-buried alongthe road-sides , in tho fields , and in the bogs ; the peasants unable to walk from

      , the effects of sheer starvation ; anil a total disappearance of cultivation . You will sonwolv believe it when . I tell you that the labourers are willing to hire with persons who would undertake to feed them , sometimes demanding 10 s . or 12 s . a year' into the bargain , but in numbers of cases tliey have offered their services for their food and fls or 10 s . a-year .. You may easily imagine what kind ami what quantity they would get in . these awful times As to think of levying taxes for the relief of the astounding calamities of the people of that part of the county , it is the most absurd idea , for there are no persons there to pay them ! Men who , but a few short years ago , were the comfortable owners of half a dozen-cows , thirty or fortv arid of mountain

      sheep , a good strip ground to maiutain them—men who lived decently , and carried on a . continual exchange of one article of food for another , living after their own rude fashion , are now the poorest of God ' s-suffering , creatures , stalkincr through the , country , hungry , naked , and homeless " and wishing for death , as a happy termination of their sufferings . Even the hereditary owners of the soil have been stripped of their inheritance solely on account of the enormous taxes- which , of course . could not bo collected ; ,. yoai'g of famine have produced in Conncmara the most remarkable chanires The " inhabitant ' s were always hardy and ready to earn their bread by honest means ; now they " sire not hardy , but weak , infirm , disheartenedand dis

      -, persed , and instead of being the dwellers in a comparativoly-happy soil , they are the most afflicted people on the face of the earth . Hourly are they icrislung . on the land to which they so firmly adhered ; and judging by tho numbers whom I ' have seen at the chapels at Clifdeh . ind" Ballinaliiln , 1 should say that there is not more than one-fouvthof the people alive in these parishes . Imagine to yourself a large country chapel , filled almost to suifoeation , with the adjoining yards and ditches covered with people . This is what you mi ght see three or four years ago at a country mass . Kow a room twelve or fourteen feet square would contain the congregation-at Ballinakiln ! After my return to Gahvay I had occasion to go to Oranmore , a small

      village distant four miles , and on my way I met six funerals on the road . ; I stopped at Oranmore , on getting up next morning-I saw a considerable numberof persons , from a part of the countrv not s . o badoft as Connemara , and whom the taxation -had not yet destroyed taking their departure for Galway , there to take , shipping for -America ! Thus you see our people _ are broken dOAVll at llOlllC , winie those who have just sufficient to remove them worn the sight of such misery , hasten to "et » glimpse of that promised land , where to be liulastyious is a blessing , and whore the people are « o « nnding . a new home . " The Limerick Examimv has the following illustration of the warfare between poverty and pronci'tv in a western district-that of Goit , county of Galwav : — "On-Wednesday last , a herdsman of J . Martvn , Esq ., J . P ., Tullirah Castle , caught a woman having a live lamb under her arm , which she was after

      stealing off the land and concealing under her cloak ' She was - brought before- ~ Mp . Martyn , and that gentleman was fully satisfied as-fa eoi hack us property .,- However , : the steward and Mmao locked up the woman in the stable until the Adralian police would-come and take hei \ , The police did come ; they opened the stable-door' and found tlie woman dead ,-and the body hanging from a chain . " . " . Tire 'CiioeerA' is !' spreading thrbu ^ h the western districts , arid it -appears ; unfortunafclv , that little or nothing , has'been done in the way ofprccautionary ^ aiTangements . In the large and populous town a-flF * f ^ ? : caP'ta ! , - in' fact , of Oonnaug ht- » "Wft ^ iftsen . as to ' carrying out the Nuisances i . ^ afm Act » "bebause the' houses are not . mimpercd ! "This - fact ti-anspired at the meeting oftho town commissioners on Thursday week , whetrtlie loilowing . communication , was read from the Loru-Lieutenant : — ' . ' ' . !

      "Geritlemeri . -ii-I ' ani directed bv the Lord-Lie 11 ' tenant"toft ransmit-toy 6 ua c 6 ^ y ' ftf a report fro ? Colonel Sir Michael Creagh , relative to the pf siqns of the act 11 and 12 Viet ., ' cap ; 123 , and the directions and regulationsissuedtoyouby the Central . Board of Health , which ' , it would appear , tera aot been carried- into" effect . —I aiil " , gen ^" !^? obedient serraiit ; Ti '> W . Rebinotos .-DuW " ^ ' April 25 . Y \ ([' - «• <¦ -. ; . .- \ - ¦'¦ i S # -Sjuyl havethe honour to report , for the in formation of , the . Right . Honourable the Commander o » the Forces , thatnone of the troops in this garrisou haye < beeii htlltcked with cholera since yestcW - There " -havS -teen eighty cases ' ' of cholera » «" hospital ^ thisvtown since yesterday , out of we " thiKty ; three ' . haYe " died ; , . several , dead bodies l ^ been seen'lying about the roads near this to «'' The town i $ crowded with beggars , and the author . ties appear to ^ be doing nothSg fo r the relief <> Iluv

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      ' ^////// A ^ ttk ^ v ^ MMw ^ a - . ' '• " : Scptlawpr . . ;}; ¦ '¦ :: . ¦ ¦ •'• • Strike or * Power-Loom WonHEhs . —A large body ofthe ' power-lbbm workers of Glasgow are now on strikii ; The ¦ operatives' have made a demand for an advance of wages " , which the ' employers resist , on the grourid ' that the "' unsatisfactory state of trade will ' - not justify them in . acceding to the Idemand On Monday week a numerous meeting of delegates , principhlly ' wbmbn , " was held in the Lyceum Rpoms | Glasgow , for . the ' purpose of receiving reports '' na to the number" of mills vrhich had u ' eonclosed , and also a report from a committee previously app ' oihted . t to endeavour to' obtrtih' a coriferehce with the einploy .-ers . 'The" report'of the committee was to the effect that tliey had obtained an interview" with four of the

      employers | who . had stated that comrhercial doprog . sion prevented them' from acceding tei thedemands of'their w 6 rkors . They declined again to treat with the committee unless they wore authorised to intimate that the' weavers ^ ere ready to return to . their worki The reports of'the delegates showed" that sixteen of the ¦ miliaWn ^ a h ' ad agreed , f o . 'thaterms of ; he workers—namel y , a halfpenny a piece " . \ ipon Jght goods , and twopence on' theVhbayier '; that fourteen had ' positively declared 'itneir 'deierniiriation to resist the ' demand ;'^ ahd ' that . ten or [ twelve otters would grant what was' askedj' proyiiled'the ;^ hers agreedto'do . so . Inreference ' toastatemeht whicH nad ' appearcd' in ¦ % ^ n ew 8 p ^ ftfers ^ tKa ^ p ; p ; ariies who had left work were"fcarmng teh : 8 hilling 8 ' ,, p ' ei > wedk ; it * as Stated thaViii many cases ' theywore unable to niakemore than five shillings a fortnight ;

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      Ivtuxwn . Dunns , Satukdat . —The Crisis . —The accounts from the southern and -western provinces continue to . be of a . most deplorable character . In truth , matters arc getting from bad to worse . The task of reading the provincial organs , Repeal and Tory , has really become painful . They are all in the one story , and set to the . same dolorous tune—bankruptcy in the upper and middle classes ; the sons of the gentry squabbling fov situations . which tlie butlers of their progenitors would scarcely deem worthy of acceptance ; Protestant clergymen reduced to the most pitiable state : of" destitution , the landlords being no longer , capable of paying ' the tithe

      rentchargo ; Roman Catholic priests shorn of their "dues , " and flying to-the relief lists , their flocks being either inmates of the poorlionse or the grave , or wanderers to other lands , in the hope of gaining that subsistence which is denied them at home . As for the . peasantry ,- it is needless to recapitulate their sufferings for the . last three years . ; they are patent to the world . And when to all this is added the early prospect of another deficient harvest—for in the west there are alread y unfavourable symptoms—the picture , of Ireland in 1849 is complete . — Times . ¦ ,. ¦ ' : :-. ' . ¦ A correspondent of the Evening Mail communicates tlie following , as illustrative of the progress of desolation ;— 'Mn . the once thriving ; . town of Newcastle , ; in the couniy of Limerick , during the quarter sessions just ended , there were over 1 , 200

      prisoners to be tried , and it occupied . the court but three days to try them all . And why ? Simply because they all pleaded guilty , in the hope of being detained in prison ; and two . who were discharged were the next day accused of riot , committed in an attempt to break into gaol . On his former visits the assistant-barrister had comfortable lodgings in the town ; ¦ on . the present occasion the oner of a guinea a-night could not procure him a bed , even in a cabin ; All , all had fled from a rate exceeding 20 s . in . the pound . " ¦ ; : : A Waterford paper thus describes the-state of the town of Carric ' k-on-Suir : — " Such is the frightful depression of trade and business in Carrick-on-Suirthat between seventy , and eighty shops have closed in one street only ; they appear at mid-day , as if the occupants were in bed—a complete wilderness of shutters ! " ' . :

      The Cork Examiner , contains the proceedings of an inquest , held under peculiarly melancholy circumstances , upon the body of a man who . died ' from maltreatment in the . " Black Hole" of Youghal workhouse . The fact ' s of the case are set forth as follows : — "On Friday , the 20 th of April , a weak , tottering man—or . the : skeleton of what once might bo called a man—staggered into the . ' workhouse of Youghal . He was lean-and hungry , with ' the voracity of a wolf . On Friday and Saturday he was supported by the bountiful charity of the Poor Law , and on Sunday morning , instigated by hunger , this wretched being attempted—what ? - -To- commit what terrible crime ? Murder ? No , —to steal a morsel of bread ' ... iThis . was the . sole crime of which

      the pauper Patrick Couolly was guilty . Reader , understand this well ; Conolly . was .-caught in the act of abstracting - nil additional . morsel ¦ of bread from a basket , nothing more . Well , for'this crime the Draconian punishment was death ! It is as true as it is horrible . His punishment was deathdeath by ; cold ; . starvation ,- and mental torture—a death of . lingering agony . It is a positive fact , listen ;—he was taken by one official into the presence of another , and ithen handed over to tho Custody of a third ; . who placed . ; him : in what , without the least stretch of fancy , is rightly called tho Blackhole ; . a , den . TOthoufc-air . br light , and measuring eight feet by six ! - IntOithis ; hole the starving man was ,, thrust ; his miserablemeal having beentorn 4111 41 fe

      , . M m m r ( , T ""*»* V J IllVi ** ' ** WVW *« ¦ VVm mm from his hungry eyes , and wolfish appetite !• When the hour came for the paupers to thank God for pbriuuge , vConolly ' siprison door was thrown open , and he was led forth to-i-pray ! . Maddened with'hunger and nervous hovrot—for his cell adjoined the deadhouse , and hehad been locked up for a while-in the chamber of : death ,, where two coffins-lay ^ -this . victim . of . workhouse discipline was'bidden kneel . do . wrr before the , altar , and ofter up his thanks and adoration to . the Father of Love rand-Mercy ! . When he staggered up .. from his trembling : knees , he was led . . ° k again , to . his . cold , dark , airless , cell , to tenant ¦ ™ , h hls ™ S in hunger and unutterable sufterinirs Sf i ^ Tl ^; ™ - *^ « y ded ^ ted by the ChrV Liau tot

      - wonu noughts ofpeace , and ove ,. and holiness . , „< ! at . two o ^ lockdeath-more rn cSSa n ^ nr : laidite ; . cold ; hand . * n ' , the heart ofthe vffi w « asass ± S S floor ; >; iffl- rttfed ; fl > ame ^ asliftedfromthc ' huvriK ;; ff owlfl v be «^ red themselves ; -, nuraes ? nd iftor ^ W ^ had been . struokctiDahoineffitffi ^?^ ^ *^ hourB in speechless S ™ ' i ' 90 n ^ pHib& Pauper , yioldccTup the gnoat ! . An inquest vasheldoV the body , » n 3 > the

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      < Elje fHnropoli& . Births axp DEATirs Registered ix Loxr ^ nciiwo the Week exuisgSatuudatlast . —Th inum \ , erof deaths from all causes in the metropolis durin < r flic ' week ending Saturday last , accordinv to the return of the Begistrar-General , amounte d to l , 05 S , being 95 above the ¦ weefely average of spring ; tlioro is . however , a small decrease on the two previous ¦ weeks . The excess of average arises from bronchitis and hooping-cough . The / excess from bronchitis may be attributed to lowriess of temperature The mean of the week w . as 45 p . 9 . jOniy one fataloase of cfeolera was registeraO . in the . week ; itoccMTodin "Whitechapcl , « nd w « s that 9 f a girl aged te a years . The number -of binSis during the -weet was 1 , 323 . The uks EsErf tAORmsAKt Escape tsoh Xewcate . —On ^ fttorgav fast , at tl « e meeting of the in of the

      committ ^ se-of rtldsrmen the ianer room new coimeil chamber , for the transaction of t ! ie business COmwcSoa ^ iSt the several pdsons , f . aols , and the police , Mr . ^ ope , the governor of Jwwgate , laid oefore- the-ocnimittee a le ^ thened report in conuesion wiiR the recent escape of the oonvict Strud-• wick . "SteEdwick , -who is ta his 25 th year , is known Wtheyasl authorities sad . tic boHcc as the first bur"la ? of the day . "What were obstacles to others , to him -presented not the slightest difficulties . . His 4 aring-snd skill . were coouuensurate to his success , forhe-rrasla the habit of tossing , and playing , at skiifles . and losing , in the course of an afternoon , from £ 59 to £ 101 ) , the whole of wluch was obtained by robberyl "When apprehended , ' which . was for iunjlarv at l'imlico , a person of the name of

      Jackson -was taken with him , and , when arraigned , the Hatter pleaded '" guilty , "' declaring . that Strudwick < was innocent . This "declaration , which ha'd an ulierior oljefcfc in view , Was disregarded ) and Strudvick : was tried , found guilty , ' and sentenced to be transported for ten years . Xothing further trans pired relative to him until Monday afternoon , when ie was directed , " with another convict , to whitewash ¦ one of the wards , and , in the opinion of the authoirities , there is no doubt the Litter assisted Strud-¦ wick to reach the skylight , aud thus gain the roof ; According to the regulations of Xewgate , the convicts wear their ownclothes , and , on the afternoon in question , a pair of canvas trousers and a smockfrock , having the word " Xewgate" on them , were given Mm to wear while he was engaged in white * ^ sashinsr . These he disencumbered himself of on

      the roof of one of the houses ; and at the time he reached tlie roof of the house of Mr . William Macdonnald , the landlord of ~ So . 7 , he had only his "waistcoat ' On , and his shir t sleeves tucked up ! It may be observed -that the back part of Mr . Macdonald ' s house is a story lower than the front , and the former being leads , a door opens to the landing ,-and which was kept op' -n . On the afternoon in question , Mr . Macdonald ( who was standing in the bar waiting for a Mr . Sewell , his surgeon , who came and dressed his right shoulder , \ rhichnehad dislocated about three weeks since in a steeple chase ) , hearing a small ' terrier bark , went to the stairs , and met the convict on the stairs , bleeding from two ¦ wounds , one in the thick part of the arm , the ' other above the wrist , the shirt sleeve still up . On leaving

      the house it appeared he ran down Warwick-lane into Amen-corner , " and through Stationers ' -hallcourt , where all trace of the co-ivict was lost , within five minutes after he had p assed thi-eugh Mr . Macdonald ' s house . Mr . Sewell came , when he was told , that if he had arrived earlier , he would have lad a new patient , on which Mr . Sewell said , " Surely there has not been an escape from Newgate . " Mr . Macdonald replied that was impossible . In half an hour afterwards twoof the turnkeys , who lad gone through one of the adjoining houses , came down stairs , they having traced the track of the escaped convict , when the whole matter was explained . Since then the course of the convict has been traced , and it appears that he threaded the narrow parapet at the back of the prison , but , as a . chasm of several

      feet presented itself between " that portion of the gaol and the house he partly altered his course , and came round to the front , at the corner of Newgatestreet , where , between the house in which the two lead turnkeys live and the prison , an inclined wall , the upper part hanging over , and still further protected by a thevaux de frieze , presents itself ; by an extraordinary muscular exertion , the ' eonvict caught loldofgomc of the spikes , and actually balanced himself on them , and swung over , and it was here he received the . injuries . lie then placed one of his ieet in the gutter , and fell about twelve feet . Had ie missed has footing he would have been precipitated , either into the yard of the gaol or into the street . Although in danger ' of certain death , he made the attempt , and succeeded . Not the slightest

      information has been obtained as to his hiding-place The court , after being informed of all the flicts of an escape unparalleled in the history of the gaol , acquitted the turnkeys of all blame . Swrtisg Lotteries , &c—At a special meeting of magistrates , held on Saturday last , in the Boardroom of the llolborn Union Workhouse , 3 Ir . Whisten ( the chairman ) , said that too much publicity could not be given to the unanimous determination of the licensing marfstrates of the county of Mddlesex , -which was , that in future , wherever it was proved by the police , or other disinterested testimony , that a publican had exhibited betting-lists on lis premises , or permitted gambling of any description , Ids licence would most assuredly be taken away fiomiim ; and some of Ms brother

      magistrates went-50 far as td Sap that they would not even sanction the transfer of a licence to cither an out-going or in-coming tenant proved to have been guilty of such an offence . -Attempted Murder asd Suicide at Itmeeouse . — ' On Tuesday morning some excitement was created in Limehquse , in conseouence of a desperate attempt aaving been mace by a man named Daniel George Holm to murder a young woman of the name of Martha Brider , by cutting her throat with a razor , and likewise " to destroy his own life by similar means . It appears that Holm and Brider had T ) een living together as man and wife for nine years . In consequence of his intemperate and violent habits , she left hup just before last Christmas , and ¦ went to reside with her mother ^ Holm visited her ,

      and being in distress , she supplied him with food , and even procured him shelter . Tie pressed her to Eve with him again ; but she refused unless he married her , and he accordingly had the banns published , and their -wedding was to have taken place last Sunday . As late as last Friday , however , he was taken into custody for threatening to cut the young woman ' s throat . But on his expressing contrition , he was liberated . This led to her refusal to marry him . Within the last few days he had suspected that she had formed an attachment to another man , and he was heard to threaten both him and her serious mischief . About half-past seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning -he went' to the woman ' s abode and asked for some coffee . After "he had been in

      the place about three-quarters of a hour , and while the unfortunate -woman had her back to him , he suddenly caught her by the hair , and , with a razor ¦ which he purjwsely brought with him . he inflicted a gash -in her throat . The poor creature managed to . getaway from him , and he then drew the razortwicc acrosshis own throat ; inflictin «»' vcry serious wounds . Seeing the unfortunate female escaping into the street , he endeavoured to follow her ; but his foot catching the door step he fell to the ground in a state of exhaustion . Medical attendance was procured , and both parties were removed to the London Hospital .. Hopes are entertained for the recovery of the woman , but fatal consequences arc expected in the case of the man .

      Death of a Convict fkoxi Refusal to take Food . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Bedford , in Millbank Prison , on-the body of John Lauder , aged 21 , a convict . From the evidence of Mr Foster , deputy . governor , and several officers of the prison , it appeared that the deceased was received therein on the 16 th of August last , from Bodinin gaol ,, Cornwall , under sentence of ten vears' transportation for felony . He bad been three times previously eqnvicted and punished , and since his confinement in the prison he had been twelve times reported for misbehaviour , and had been more or less punished . . On the 21 st ult .-he -was confined by desire of the governor in one of the dark cells , and -was

      ordered to live upon bread and water-for'two days . On that day he complained of a -violent pain in his bowels , and being seen by the resident surgeon , was removed to tbe . infirmnry . Every kindness and attention was there shown him ' , ' but he perseveringl y refused to take cither medicine or food , and he died on Saturday last . —Mr . J . T . Itendle ; the resident surgeon of the prison , stated'that he visited the deceased in . the dark cell on the 20 th nit ., to see if the punUhment awarded him would affect his state of health , and he then said he was quite well . ' On an examination of the body , witness had found the cause of death to be dysentery , which might or might not have yielded to his treatment . —Verdict , * "Died from dysentery . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1521/page/6/