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      ; ^ jmmom * <« —* - — " r ?^^ TX .. «»» . » . XT Z , T £ r ~™^ -l- ' * --- --.--: t ~ c ~ iZ Health OF London dumkg the Week . —In Hie week ending last Saturday 880 deaths . were > eglsT tered in the metropolitan districts—a , mortality ' which is still less than tbeaverage , corrected for increase of population , but shows a disposition to'increase on the low rate of mortality that has been observed daring the previous three weeks . A gradual rise is apparent in recent returns ; for since the third week of April the numbers have been successively . 80 S , 829 , 857 , and 880 .. Taking the 10 corresponding weeks of tho years 1840-9 , it appears that last week's mortality was greater than in any corresponding week of 1 S&M > , but less than in any of 1847-9 ; and that the actual average of the 10

      weeks was 868 , or , raised in the ratio of population , 947 , compared with which latter numbers the present decrease amounts to 67 . Of epidemics , smallpox and scarlatina were fatal respectively in 5 and 16 cases , and exhibit a low mortality ; measles ' hooping-cough , which carried off 21 and 36 children resjpeetively , show nearly the average amount . Typhus , is also Ies 3 destructive than usual ; it was fatal in Pleases , ; bn £ in ; tne corresponding weeks of 10 years it ranged ftobi 18 to 79 , the average being about 38 . Five children died of infantile and remittent fever ; 7 . persons of erisipelas ; 11 of diarr-Boja . At 5 , Tindall ' s-buildings , Gray ' s-inn-lane , the wife of a baker , aged 45 years , died on the 11 th of May of "English cholera . " The place is

      described by Mr . Holmes , the Registrar , as 'large , open , thickly inhabited on both sides by Irish families , and having a large sewer at the bottom . " It appears that six . persons died in the Slioreditoh "Workhouse , IQngsland-road ,, between the 10 th and 15 th of May ; and that of these a man sank under continued fever , a boy under typhus , a woman under diarrhffia ( 8 days , ) and 2 women , one aged 27 years , the other 69 , under " constipation and inflammation of the bowels . " Last week the deatbs ' of 52 persons were registered from bronchitis , of 63 from pneumonia , and of 14 from asthma ; the total deaths in the class which includes these diseases were 144 , the corrected average being 124 . Besides these , 124 persons died of consumption , the corrected

      average" being lot At-20 , Martha-street , St . tleorge ' s-b-the-East , a beerseller , aged 39 years , died of . " tuburcniar disease and caries in the lungs ( 2 or 3 years . ] " Mr . " H / Reea , the medical man who certified the cause of death , states that "ibis is the fourth case in his own practice of sudden death from haemorrhage , whilst the patients lave been apparently improving from taking cod-. Iiver oil : " A commercial clerk , of 64 years , died of " mental disorder and exhaustion from refusing to take proper nourishment . " No inquest was held in- this case . A currier , aged 50 years , died from f ? free drinking and hepatic disease ( 12 months . )" -Another man , who was of intemperate habits and

      suffered from delirium tremens , fell with an earthenware pan and cut his thumb , which mortified and caused his death in four days . Of deaths registered in public institutions , 73 occurred in work-Jiouses , 43 in hospitals , 5 in lunatic asylums , and il 2 in military and . naval hospitals . —The mean : heightof the barometer in the week at the Royal iObservatory , Greenwich , was 29-817 in . ; the jnean temperature was 42-2 , less than , the average of the Bame week in seven years by 3-2 . ¦ On three days of the week , namely , Tuesday , ( . "Wednesday , and Thursday , the mean temperatures ¦ were go much as from 6 * to 9 degrees below the ¦ averages of the several days .

      Sudden Death-of Gesekal Sir James Sutheriisp . —On Saturday last Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest on Major-General Sir Jame 3 Sutherland , E . LC , atffo . 8 , Upper Cumberland-street , Marylebone . The deceased , who was in his 66 th year , and had . seen much service , invited a large dinner and evening party on last Wednesday , in celebration of her Majesty ' s birthday . Some of the company had arrived , and the gallant general was in the act of giving orders respegang the wine to the butler , when he fell insensible to the ground . Dr . Edwards was in immediate attendance , ~ but all efforts to save life were unavailing . Upon an autopsy of the body being made , nine ounces of clotted blood were found in the region of the heart The kidneys also were diseased . Verdict— " Deceased died of disease' of the heart . " .

      J SraciDE of a Teadesuax . —On Saturday last Mr . i Payne held an inquest at the George , Gracechurch--. . street , on view of the body of William llunter , . poulterer , who committed suicide under the follow-• : ing melancholy circumstances : —James Tates , late —in the deceased ' s service , stated that he found the r deecasedon the previous morning suspended by a . cord from the balustrades in the house where he ' . carried on business , in Ship Tavern-passage , : Xeadenhall-market . Deceased was ' quite dead . . About half-past six o ' clock—an hour before he was ; discovered by witness-he came from Dloxton , where he resided . —Peter Davey , deceased ' s clerk , said that on Thursday morning the deceased re-. ceived a letter from Mr . " Watt , solicitor to Mr

      Pricker , poultry salesman , Lecdjnhall-market , to whom he ( deceased ) was indebted a sum of . £ 147 las . 5 d ., requesting that he would pay the amount by two o ' clock the following day , adding : that other proceedings would be taken if it was not . i "Witness-found that letter on the deceased ' s table : after the body was discovered . —Other evidence . being given , showing that the deceased was in per cuniary difficulties , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " Fire iso Loss of Life . —On Saturday afternoon " last the nei ghbourhood of Tooley-street , South-• wark ; was painfully excited . owing to a fire , which , Tmfortunately , was attended with a loss of life , * - ¦ " ¦—^ i ——»———»^ •••«*¦ «« < vuu v * uivt

      breaking out in the private residence of Mr . H . Sunn , Ho . 11 , Brook-square , in the before mentioned street . The cause of this fire has been satisfactorily traced to a spark flying from the grate in the first floor front , and setting a quantity of wearing apparel in flames . At that period a boy about four years of age , unfortunately happened to be in the room , and before he could run away , the flames encircled his body , and he fellin the midst of them . Several persons , on seeing the smoke issuing from the window ,-and hearing the screams of the poor child , rushedup to render assistance ; but although they succeeded in confining the fire to the part ° the house in which it commenced , the child was burned almost to a cinder .

      The Alleged Ciuld Mubdebs at "Whuechapel . —On Saturday afternoon last an inqHest on Elizabeth Barker ' s child was c # mmenced by Mr . Baker , the coroner for Middlesex , at the Golden Lion , Cannon-street , Commercial-road , East . —Mr . Thos . Heares , Brick-lane , surgeon , said he should judge that the child had lived-two or three days . The face "was livid , and the tongue protruded from the mouth , and , on examining the front of the throat , ne observed distinct marks of pressure , as if from the finger and thumb . Those marks would be sufficient to account for death in a child so young , but lie would not undertake to say that death was so caused . The lunra were slightly congested , and contained a frothy mucus , and on onenin ? the

      bead he found extravasated blood pressing on the substance of the brain , and the brain generally injected with blood . These symptoms , taken altogether , do not , distinctly account for the mode of death , but in bis judgment it arose from suffocation ; at the same time , it was quite possible for death to -have arises from natural causes . The stomach and a portion of the intestines were in the hands of Dr . Letheby , of the London Hospital , for analysis . Dr . letheby informed the coroner tbat he had not had sufficient time to make a complete analysation , J ) ut he had seen sufficient to say there was opium inlhe stomach . At this stage of the proceedings the jury generally expressed a wish to hear the evidence of Mrs . Campbell , the midwife , who is in the custody of the

      police as an accessory to the murder . —The Coroner observed he could not enforce the attendance of this party under the circumstances . All he could do was to write to Sir George Grey , explaining the circumstances to him , and very likely ae might direct the police to bring her before them at their next meeting . —Xhe inquiry . was then adlourned . In the course of the afternoon , Harriet Campbell-was brought up on aremand , before Mr Yardley , at the Thames Police-office , charged with leingconcerned , with three others nowin tSe Heuse ^^^ . wflitto wlM murder of an infant child . Mr . Yardley , after an interview with Dr Godfrey , as to th £ result of the morUm exal mmation of the body , refused to take bail for the prisoner ' s re-appearance , and she was accordingly temanded . 6 *

      Death of Captie ? Whitiisoham . —Late on Monday afternoon a fatal accident befel Captain Henry "ffnittingham , of the merchant service , many rears engaged in Baron Rothschild ' s shipping , and for upwards of a quarter of a century in the service of the General Steam Navigation Company . This unfortunate gentleman , it appears , had been transacting some business on Monday , at the company ' s offices , ia Lombard-street , and was on his way home between four and five o ' clock . On arriving at Thornton street , Bermondsey , his foot slipped off the kerb-stone , and he pitched forward on to the carriage way . At the very moment a heavily laden waggon , drawn by four horse 3 , was passing , and , before there was time for the unfortunate

      gentleman to roll himself out of the way , the ponderous waggon passed over his body .. The driver , it seems , ' was jat the head of the loading horse , and was unoonscious of the accident till the shrieks of ' the unhappy man apprised nim of what had occurred . Medical aid was instantly obtained , but the fearful injuries Captain Whittingham sustained rendered , ms . casa hopeless , and he expired a few minutes ' S ? -iS ¥ ^ Tfae leased was in his . 67 th 5 'JStSw ? * * I" ! 0 ? and ei F children to la r : = H 5 S 5 SJBS % - ^« in the riverak sasWRS ^ Etdf ^ 'AccidentalBeS ^ S ^ ^ ' " - ^ bild has ^ MdSSffiaftiffB seared widow and family . VW J * l 0 * j * no • » .

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      AlLKM > M jJBDEB OF A WoMAN BY HKR HUSBAND . ^^^ feato ™ ^^^ ha 3 been . oc ^ iflHd throughouttheffl ^ hbotirhood-of ; Ken 5 iDgtoi ritbeing 8 tated that a" maii ' named : Patrick Barry , Jiving ih Jennihg ' s-builduigsi Highstreet , Kensington , had killed his wife , Mar ?; Barry , by kicking her on the bead . It appears that information reached the station-house of t ;> e' T ;; division , iin Church-court , that Barry had killed his . wife , on which policeman James King , T 192 , ^ and : Sbloman Gentry , I 243 , were immediately dispatched to Jenning ' s-bnildings to ascertain the truth of the report , when the unfortunate woman was found sitting : on a chair at the door of her house , surrounded'by a number of women , and bleeding from the ' right temple ,

      apparently dead . ' Mr . Guazzaroui , the parish surgeon , was immediately- sent for , and in . the meantime the unfortunate woman was conveyed to the Coach and Horses , at the top of the buildings , where Mr . Gazzaroni promptly saw her , and pronounced her dead . ' In the iuterim police-constable Sweeny , T 135 , while on duty in the High-street , was informed by some children that a woman had' just been killed by her husband , and that the murderer had run off up the Queen ' s-road , and across the Palace green to the Bayswater-road , on which he instantly-went in pursuit . Not seeing the man cm the Palace green , he suspected he would endeavour to make- ' his -way into the London road by the Palace avenue , and immediately ran round , and fortunately secured' him just as he was making off in the direction of Chelsea . He was instantly taken to the station-house , and shortly before five o ' clock was conveyed to the Hammersmith Po'ice-courtj when he was ulaced before Mr .

      Beadqn , the sitting magistrate . —Sergeant Clark , T 13 , said sufficient evidence was in attendance to warrant a remand on the charge of nrarderv—The follow- ing witnesses were then called : —Jobn Sweeny stated that about four o ' clock that afternoon , while on duty in High-street , he was informed'by some children that a woman had been just murdered in Jenning'sbuildings by her husband , Patrick Barry , " who had ran off , on which he immediately pursued , and succeeded in capturing him . —Mr . J . B . Guazzaroni , durgeon , stated that he was fetched to see the unfortunate woman ; Mary Barry , whom he found iu a room at the Coach and Horses , Jenning ' s-buildii'gs . On examining her he found her to be quite dead , - and had been so some short time . He had made no-particular examination of the body , and could not ; thtrefbre , express ah opinion as to the cause of death .-Mr . Beadon , upon that evidence , remanded the prisoner until that day week .

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      each bex large sheets of-glass were fpund , ] and ; attthe top P . ie ? es _ abouttour inches defep s * is ' -tOTrepreienfc ^ edge » -of 8 heet 8 ^ 6 f-gl 8 ^; But-ttnderaeatb * thMe were discovered a quantity ^ pfevleaf tobacco . The charge was very clearly proven , 'and the prisoner convicted in the penalty of £ 100 r lie stated , his utter ' . inability' to pay the fine ; ' and was then - committed to priaph forsix months .. -The charge against , the other p ' rispne > 'waswithdrawn . - , ; " - ; ;; j ., ;;^ ;^ ' GnvBLfr to"A- "WbnkHOusi ! , CHiip ; . ^ -Od ; Wednesday Mr . and Mrs . Boreham , a moat respectable farmer and his wife ; residing at BUIeriqay , who had been committed to the Essex SessiohsV'for most inhuman cruelty to EliZaWalker . " aiinion workhouse

      chihVwere placed at' theibar at the lowh Hall ; Chelmsfordi TJpon the * indictment bein ' g ; road over to . the , m , ' contrary to " ¦ general' expectation , both prisoners' pleaded ' guilty . The cake was one ' of-most unusual character , thyfecte being these ^ i —• The ' malc prisoner being a farmer in a respectable way of business !' applied to the guardiansof the Billericay Union and the little girl / ten years of age , was allowed to be taken into his service ! buthad not been there long when 8 he :: was ; ill-treated . One night the prisbnei ; and his wife were from home late . ' and cpme home in a" state' of drunkenhessi" The poor child worn out with fatigue , ' had lain down on a bed and fallen asleep , leaving - the candle burning , ' upon which the female prisoner caused the child to ' strip herself naked , when

      herself and husband commenced beating her to such an extent that her whole body was ' one mass of bruises and wounds , and so great was the injury that for several days the life of the poor child was despaired of . The appearance of her body was described as frightful from head to foot , to say nothing of the attendant indecent and revolting circumstances . ' The chairman ; on the part of the magistrates present , expressed their horror and detestation of the cruelty to whiohthis poor helpless and inoffensive child had beensubjected , and should mark their sense of it by fining them jointly in the sum of £ 50 . r D , Britannia Bmdge . —One hundred and fifty extra hands have lately been taken on at these works , in order to expedite . the preparationslor " the floatine of

      the third great . tube . " The situation which it now occupies being at much greater distance down . the river than the two already , floated ., has rendered it necessary , preparatory to being floated between the piers , to remove it into the basin occupied by the first tube , where it will be turned round so as to bring if . into ' the right position to cross the Straits precisely in'the same course as the first tube , parallel to which it is to be placed on the Ahglesea side . This movement is to take place on the ' 25 th of the present month , and the pontoons have'been already placed underneath the tube for the purpose . ' On the 10 th of June' ( the succeeding spring tide ) its final transit across to its permanent site is to take place . ; Since the completion of the present" tubular passage over

      the river , circu ' ar windows , four inches in diameter , fitted with glass , and standing at about twenty feet apart , have been placed along the sides . ' i '' - ¦ Anotmr Savings , Bank Defaulters-The Market Weighton Bank for savings was established in 1833 , as a branch of the Hull ' . ' Sayings" Bank . Mr . Jeremiah Roantree ; draper , an influential member of the Wesleyan society , being a local preacher , class leader and trustee , and a most liberal contributor to all objects connected with the societyrhaB been the agent arid manager of tHe branch establishment for the laeit' fourteen years , and his character was always . Considered to be beyon ^ BuspicJon . 'Hie directors of the Hull bank , having determined to . investigate , the affairs of all their' branches , sent a

      deputation over to Market Weighton , ' on the 10 th irist ., who stated the . objectof their visits ^ when Mr . ! Roantree . requeste ' d them to defer the investigation ' until after the fair , the week following . This they declined ; to- do . Mr . Roafltree afterwards ; ac- kriowledged'that there was , a serious defalcation . The aecounts were examined , and up tothe present ; time it has been ascertained that out of £ 8 , 000 , which has passed through ' -Mr . RoaihSree ' s hands ; there is a deficiency of not less than .. ' £ l ) 90 . 0 . ;; :. Itappearsirom thebooks thata system of entering ficti--tious names arid abstractingsums ' of money has been carried on from ' the commencement oi . Roahtree ' s connectibn with the branch . Different sums , varying from £ 51 to' £ 85 , had been abstracted at one

      time . It seems , also , that he had the entire management , and generally sat alone . He used occasion i ally to call in an old director , upwards of severity years of age , and has admitted that he was afraid ol calling in ojhers lest the errors should be detected . He had also appointed , parties to be directors , and never intimated the fact to them . The Reyi John George , Independent minister , had been . so . appointed , and neverikhew ho wag a director until he was summoned to meet the committee of inveBtiqa' tion . We understand there is sufiieienfin the Hull bank to' the credit of the Market Weighton Branch to pay the depositers 15 s . in thepound . ¦" .. Roantree has conveyed his real and personal property , tothe trustees , and a party is bound for ' the ' sum ' of £ 150 .

      It is hoped , therefore , that the depositors will not be serious losers . Oh the very day the bank closed ah application was made for upwards of £ 300 belonging to some orphans , which was due on that day , the regular noticeihayiug been given . . It is said that a subscription will be . entered into to . make , up any deficiency . It is reported , ' that in addition to the defalcation at the bank , Ronntreo ' s liabilities arc nearly £ 3 , 000 . . '¦ ,. i ¦ '; - Railway Compensation Case . —At Birmingham on Tuesday a jury was empanelled to assess the amount of compensation due to the owner of a building which had . been damaged by the workings on the London and North Western Extension Railway . Mr . Alexander , , Q . C .- , officiated as assessor , . with Sir

      Frederick Thesiger and Mr . ' Self for the claimants ' , and the Hon . John Talbot , Q . C ., ' and Mr . Mellor . for the company . The houses , the , value' of'iwhich formed the subject of this litigation , are ' sitnate i % the Bigh-streetof ; Birmingham , and within-one foot and a half of a tunnel , which the London . and North Western Company have madeforcontinuing their main line into the . Stour Valley Railway . By reason of the wording . and excavation the houses ? ank considerably , became dilapidated , and ultimately in part fell , thereby rendering them unprofitable to the owner , a . person named Allen , who thereupon made application to the Court of Chancery for an order to stay the company from going on with their works until compensation to the amount of £ 7 , 000 was madfo , The Master of the Rolls complied so far as . to order the company to deposit

      the sum named , leaving tho amount , to be paid-to be determined by a jury . The . company paid 1 in £ 4 , 500 in liquidation of the damage . On , the part of the claimnant it was contended . that as the property-was situate in one of the best streets , in Bii--mingham , and at its present rental fetched , £ 210 per annum , the fee-simple of the property was worth a much larger sum , and that a considerable allowance should be made for the forced sale . Messrs . Edge . Robing , Drury , and Houghtpn , architects and surveyors , swore that the property was worth £ 7 , 000 , without rating allowance for the forced sale . Oa the part of the company it was contended that sufficient compensation had been offered , especially ; . as they had settled with tenants , 'and had offered to rebuild the house in a style to raeetthe owner ' s wishes . . The jury awarded ; 65 ; 700 , which 13 equal to about twenty-seven years ' -purchase ;; : ,--.-. > . , v : ; ,

      OdIbagk at CRKWKBRKK . —On . Sunday afternoon , as Mr . and Mr § . Edgar , a rather aged couple , who occupy a cottage -at the extremity , pf . tha . town towards Yeovil , were , sitting at tea " , they heardahoiae in theroom overhead , and oh Mr . Edgar proceeding " upstairs to ascertain the cause he was assailed , with ' a violent blow on the forehead by a person in tbe room , who , it . appears , must have entered by the window , which is at the top _ of a hanging . roof . Mrs . Edgar , who followed up stairs , was at onde knocked down , and left stunned with the , blow , while the villain pursued Mr . Edgar round the room , inflicting very violent blows about the head and shoulders with a sort of pick with ; three prongs , which was used to secure the door . The prongs , of the pick

      were brokenwith the violence , and the villain continued the assualt with the stem , bringing the blood at every blow . _ . Meanwhile Mrs . \ Edgar sufficiently recovered to give an alarm , ^ an d the ruffian escaped from the window . - In his descent he waS fortunately seen and recognised by two . boys who were walking on the road . He was taken into custody . Mr . Edgar was seriously but not dangerously injured , although for some time insensible from loss of blood . DaringBuRGLART .-On . Thursday morning , the 16 th ingt ., between one and two o ' clock , the family of Mr . Thomas Richbell , of ^ Wickham St . PaSZ was alarmed by the entrance of thieves into the dwelling house . It appears that two of the . burglars forced open the front door of the houBe ; and that * of

      the parlour where Mrs . RichbeH ,: whois very infirm , slept . One of them broke open a . bureau with a chisel , by prizing it off the hinges , " when a picket book , containing £ 20 in notes , fell tothe ground , but fortunately eBcaped notice , being hidden by some loose papers falling on it . The other , man was employed in preventing the cries of ^ Wrs / Richell from being heard , by . holding , his hand , ioyer ' her mouth . Theservant girl . who slept at the back of the house , hearing a noise , most courageously jumped but ^ f her window , and in her , nightdress , fan across a ' field to the nearest cottage for assistance . A labourer of the name ef Hume , arined with a poker , returned with her and attacked the burglars ,, who ' struck him oh the arm . Mr . Richbell , who . slept ; up 8 tairs , was in the . act of gettingout of his bed " room window for

      assistance , when one of the burglars , ; who was on the watch outside , smashed thecasement . ' of the window to atoms , in attempting to . strikeMr ; , Richbell , with some weapon , but he ; , fortuhately ; escaped unhurt . ; The men , seeing " they were , discoveied , " iquickly decamped . Great praise is due td . the servant girl ; ' as , had itnot been for her , fearless pr 6 mptitude in arousing the neighbours , the house tiiight have been , robbed ,, and . the 1 , inmateB severely vounM . The ' girl hei . aslf , it seems , in jumpingfrom the window , ' which w . more than twelve feet from the ground , narrowly escaped injuring herself isa a w ' aterbuVt . ' ' ' 1- \ m ¥ m , , at . " Glabkmont ; PalAcb . — Conai ' derable « m . was caused in ^ the ; yiciriity . of ; Claremoht on . t eMayi , hy the discojery . pf a . fire haying , broken | out » thedining . rpojnsitJtfiopB £ ace ' , butitjfas iid-•'; ' ¦ - ' r . : ¦•; : ¦; :: ¦¦ ¦ A i . / ' ri ' l ''"^' ¦ ¦ ^ " ¦!'¦ ¦" ¦ .. , ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' " '* ¦ ¦ ¦' ' si' ^ - " - . '

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      mediately extinguished before any material damage had taken pjace . The outbreak is attributed to the overheMingjof ^ one ' ofitheflue 8 ^' . 'w , » . v ~ ... it .-. ^ i ' ,-R . u ^ .-a-r . wi T . ,: Gamb ,. Laws .-A few nights . since ,. four > of the Earl of 'Derby ' skeopersiynamelyj . Henry lyrer , James Tyreri lleriry Greehhall , and John Molyneux , proceed ed ¦ to Tinkle-pig-lane ; near the- Mayp - ole , where they-were ? to . meet , by-agreement , at , twelve o ' clock , the keepers of the Earl of Seftqn ., Shortley after their ' arrival , they heard the . sound of persons r appr 6 aching , 'andi ' c 6 ncluding thatfthey were their ex'pectedfrie ' ndsi went towards them . Instead of meetirie'the-Earl ofSeftori ' s men , - -they

      encountered-iourteenor fifteen poaclicrs , all armed with deadly , wear pons , and a battle-. instantly ensued . The poachers cried , . f * Kill . tneta ;" . ; - James Tyrer ^ Henry Tyrer , and Henry Greenh ' all , were" quickly prostrated , and believing that tbey'had accomplished their purpose , the poachers drew off . J . Tyrer was ' so dreadfully beaten that his life was considered ; in > danger , but he is recovering , as are his two comrades , who . were also 8 eri 6 usly / ihjured ;^ ' M 61 yhe ' ra ; ' e ^( saped ' . ' witli ' , ' a ' .: few alight bruises / ' ; This ^ brutalassault ,, 'it , is ^ su pposed , was made in conaequenco of ji poacher having'been recently committed for shooting atone of the beepers with intent to killhim . ; . The , EaH of Derbyhas offered a ' reward of ^ £ 50 for'the apprehension , of any of the offenders ^ ; : , : ' ' ' .: '¦ ¦ /¦ ^ : '^ ' ^ ' ' . :

      Coach Accident . —On Monday last an alarming accident hipponed to the : Gloucester and Maiverii coach . ih this city ^ ¦ ' TKe coach , on .. its . arrival from Malvernj had been ' driven to tho railway station , to put down tho passengers proceeding by train ; and the coachman ; porter , and horserkeeper , proceeded W unload it , the passengers for this city , keeping their seats . . Suddenly the horses , through , some unexplained cause , started off , and the cries . uttered by the coachman and others to . atop them only increased their speed ,, and they . ' broke into a gallop , to , the . infinite alarm of ; , the passengers , and' of persons walking along , the footpath . ' . Arrived opposite Messrs . Darton and : Co . ' s iron-warehpuse , the horse s darted round the , corner , towardsi the city ; but the sharpness of theturn upset the , cpaeh ] iind it fell with a terrible crash towards the iron railings in front of the warehouse .- There ; were three passengers in tho coach at . the time ;; one of them " , a

      young lady named Deyerille , of Newent , was thrown off , butescaped uiihurt ; sinoth ' eiVMrs . 'Daviesj'ls { ster of Mr .,, Lowel of . Northgatc-street ,. w , as , thrown between the railings and the coacb . ' which fell . uppnher legs , and it was miraculolis that she escaped impalement ; while tho third , being inside , was thrown against the roof of tho coach , and reoeiyied a severe blow on the head , which was- the more painful , " as the lady . was at the . time ah . invalid ; " ... Mr . ;( D . i . Clut-: terbuck , ' surgeon , of this , city , having witnessed , the acoident , immediately . rendered : his servicps ^ wnipn were most required . ; by Mrs . Davies , as the coach had fallen on her , and before she could be extricated it . was-necessary , to lift . it . ¦ Fortunately , no bones were broken ; ' although Mrs . Davies ' s ankle , is . ie- ; yerely ' sprained , and she is so much cut and ( bruised ; that it likely she will be confined to her . bed for a considerable time . - ., The , other . ' passengers were sufficiently wellto prooced to their , destination .,. '

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      upon the investigation before the Lords , that ho was the next heir , after Michael James Robert , and a 3 Jie . ha 8 . diQd . withoutis 8 ue , the eldest , son of Mr Prancj 3 , § tephen JJillon is the rightful Earl of Ro ^ common ., We are "informodVtha ^ owing . to his father s embarrassments ; and being disgusted with home , he enlisted as a private soldier , and went with his regiment [ to'North , America ,. where / we belipye ,: heafterwar . dsjettled , and ; i 3 : no \ v residing . No property ^ de 3 cend 8 ; . w . itti theititle . . .., ' '¦' , The ClearaniJe' SfSTEii . ' —Eyictions continue , on a . con 8 'iderablejscale ' , in various ; parts of the south and wea ; t . ' - ' Th 0 prooesS'Of olearing ' out the old occupioi's , and consolidating their farms , is carried on with . ' steady . perseyerance .:, ; Thoso : who can . scrape

      upthemeans , emigrate ; . but , the greater part enr deayqur . to make put a ' temporary livelihood in some other ; ' way , or go into the ' workhouses . ' ' ENFORCEHENi '' oi" Poor-rates . —In the Islands of Arr ' an , on the western coast , a body of police , under the command of ; Mr . J . B ; Kernan , resident raagistrate . -are nowengaged . in . enfprcing the , payment of poor-rates from the islanders , ' who , it ia stated , have no ' paup ' Rrs ' at preseht in '' the Union workhouses . The Admiralty steamer Lucifer is employed on this duty . ' . 'V .-c •¦ , < i . ' . v ¦' :,.. . .-: ; .:,.. ; ; . ¦; . •' .. "•;• v- ' , .. ; The-Repeal Association . —Ata . miaerably small attendance of . the Repeal Association , on Monday , at ' Concjliation'nall , theirbht was announced to be £ ll ' 7 s / 4 d . ' li " :: ; " ' ¦ ¦' . '¦[ ^ -. '

      i HiBERNiAS Bankiso Compant . —A regular " row " occurredat the meeting of this company on Monday , when . a , proposition was made to modify some of the ¦ . clauses , in thedeed of settlement , rea ' pecting the election . of directors .,,. ' A strong party of proprietors opposed ' any ' , change , ' and' an amendment to that effect , proposed'by ; Mr . Reynolds , the Lord Mayor , was carried by a majority of 107 to 145 . There was , a great deal of wrangling , and personal altercation , especially between the Lord Mayor , Sir Timothy , Q'Brien , Bart ,, Alderman M'Kenna , and others . — " "While the votes were being taken down , the Lord Mayor called on Alderman Sir T . O'Brien , who stood near the tellers , not to be interfering with the voting . ; It was great presumption in him

      to do so ., Who , cared about , | his . money ?—Sir . P . O'Brien : ' That is nice gentlemanly conduct on the part of ' the head of the corporation . —Near the close of'thepolirig ; the -Lord Mayor , ' addressing Aider-MfKenna , ;{ who was standing behind'the chair of one ; of the tellers ) said , -, '; Go , away out of that , air ; you havenp right to be there . '—Alderman M'Kenna : Sir , you are very impertineht to speak to ! me in tliatj , manner .. You arq ^ a foul-mouthed ruffian . — The . Loird Mayor : You iiave no fight to be " standing there . Toil are interfering with the voting of the people . '! ,: Go outofithat . —Alderman M'Kenna : I will do jio such thing . -You arq ' a moat impertinent ruffian .--The Lord Major : 'May I ask you , Mr . Chairman / to prevent this fellow from creating disorder in the ?

      meeting ( To Alderman M'Konna ) You have ho' . right to be there , sir . —Alderman M'Kenna : > 'Ii have a better right to be here than you .--Lord : Mayor : You . are . a foul-mouthed fellow , but you , have no right to . interfere with the voting . —Alderman M'Kenna : I wont suft \ r you to browbeat , mo . —Lord Mayor : 'Put that pbrson out . Go ' oiit ofthafc , sir ;—Alderman M'Kenna : I will not . —Lord Mayor : Who cares about your foulmouthedSlanguage ? I implore you ,: Mr . Moylan , to keep order and prevent this person trom interfering , with , the . voters , . ( Hear , hear , ) The final state of the poll was declared to be as follows : — For the' amendmerit ; 167 ; . against itj 145 . This result was received with repeated bursts of applause from the supporters of the amendment . "

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      ; MIDDLESEX . SESSIONS . . The May adjourned general . session ; of the peace for the county ef Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning ; at ' the . Sessions house , ClerkehweJl . ' There were fifty-eight cases . 6 f felony and four of raisdomeanour for trial . —The learned Judge very briefly addressed the grand jury after they had , been sworn . " , ; A-Liberal ; Jury . —John Turner , 2 i , was indicted for stealing two brandy casks , value 14 s ., theprop ' ertypf . William Ginger . —It appeared from the evidence , which was somewhat complicated , that on the ' lOth of April the prisoner went to a costermonger named Briant , living in Parks-place , ' Somew town , and requested the loan of a barrow fora short

      time ,. , at the same time giving Briant 3 d . for the hire of it . Briant conaented to his" haviBg tho barrow , and told an individual named Louig'Antonio DesserreauV who was in his : empl 6 y , : go with the pri 8 ouer , and take the barrow home when he had i ! one with it . There wbb another . man with the prisoner , and they , accompanied by Deaserreau , went to Albany-atreet , Regent ' s Park , and when they came to'the Cape of Good Hope , publie-houae , kept by the proaeculor , theprisoner got two casks from the railings in front of the house , placed them on the barrow and told Desserreau to take them to the Adam , and Eve , public houso . Tho prosecutor , however , immediately missed the casks , and on secing Desserreau going away with them , he went un

      to him and gave him into custody for steading them j but upon hearing the evidence of Briant he was discharged next doy by the magiatrates . The pri 8 oner and his companion escaped , and nothing was seen of either of them until repently , when Police Constable 81 S met the prisoner at Chalk Farm , and apprehended him . on the charge , i When on the way to the station the prisoner adroitly slipped out of the officer ' s hands and ran towards the Regent ' s Canal , pursued by the officer and several other persons , who had-been attracted by the cry , " Stop thief . " ; 'The prisoner reaohedthe canal , and leaped on to some'boats that were being unladen , when , seeing that no other chance of escape was left him , he plunged into the canal , and endeavoured to swim

      across , but he failed , in the attempt , not being able to prevent himself . from , sinking ; and had ft not been for the . timely arrival of the officer with a boathook , he would have been drowned . The officer caught him with the hook ' , as he was struggling to . prevent himself from sinking for tho last time , and he was dragged , ashore , more dead than alive , and conveyed to the station . The case depended entirely on the evidence of Desserreau . The prisoner had offered 5 s . t > Briant to say nothing about the truck . —The prisoner asserted that he was innocent , and that he ought not , to be ' convicted ^ iipbn the unsupported evidence of Desserreau , who had been complicated m tho affair .-Theiiiry found the prisoner «« Wnfc ftnilfv " TUU .. J t :. j m . n , » w ^^^ —iuo it oiuou

      . .. u . uuuge . — neiiigenuemen , the verdict ' s yours , not mine . I can only say that you have let loose again ono of the most notorious , thieves , in London . " j ChaiToe of Fraud . —Sidney Giles , 16 , was indicted for obtaining goods under false pretences . — It appeared that ^ tbe prisoner ' s father was in the employ of ' Mr . Warren ,, pianoforte manufacturer , flios . 5 and 7 , High-street , ; Hoxton , and the prisoner was in the habit of purchasing materials for his father ' s use of the prosecutors , Messrs . Goddard , ironmongers , of Tottenham-court-road . He had dealt there for eighteen months , always having the , bills of . what he bought made out in . the name of . Mr . Warren , and , paymjr ready-nionev . On thn

      22 nd of April he wentto them , and asked for two sets of vest pms , and two setB of basso strings , and asked for credit for them until the following Friday , in the name : of Mr . Warren . This . was acceded to , in the belief that ; he was authorised by Mr . Warren , and afterwards . he . obtained £ 9 worth of materials m the same manner . Mr . Warren had never authorised him in any way to make purchases for him , and this coming to the knowledge of the prosecutors , they cauaed the prisoner to be apprehended . — The prisoner , was convicted , and sentenced to three months' hard labour * . Shop Robbbrtv-Amelia Gill , who was convicted at the last session of stealing from a shop , where she had been giving fictitious ordersand remanded

      , , in order , that inquiries might be made as to the state of her mind ( her father having stated that he had reason to believe she was not responsible for her . acts ) , was brought' up for judgment . —The learned judge' said the result of the inquiries that had been made was by no means favourable to her . Her father ,. it appeared , " was a respectable man , and the cause of her taking to this course of life was . attributable to her mother . ' . Unless she reformed and became honest , transportation would assuredly be her fate , and he hoped she would not disregard that caution . —Sentenced to six months' hard labour . : . ¦ ; Pooket Pickiko . —George Smith , aged 2 } , a man who had been , convicted . at the laBt sessions for

      picking pookets , was brought up for judgment , having been remanded on that occasion in order that inquiries might be made as to the man's' previous-character . ; It was nowstated that the prisoner had : been convictedatthe Central Criminal Court , for , uttering . ba 8 e coin , in , the name of George Daniels , and that he had been sentenced for that offence to aix months" imprisonment and hard labour ; that in the month of April , 1849 , hehadboen again convicted , but in this inatanco for a felony , at the same court , when his sentence was nine months ' mprisonment . and hard labour . ; and that he had also been twice summaril y convicted . —THe learned Judge , remarking that such a man was unfit to remainin thisicountry ,. sentenced him to transportation beyond the seas for , ten years , . ¦ •"• ¦ '

      yiriLLiAM . jiuitB ^ a boy ^ f lCyeara of age , with S" ? ,, ? . »; was . convicted .. of . picking the pocket oi Wl l am .. Ki , rkraaH ofahandkerphief . -The learned Judge , in Bontencing this boy to transportation for 8 BVOnyeai's ; 8 aid ! that although haviig but ' one arin , hft . waa . one of : the , m . ost expert pickpookets of . the fl ay « s- He had been conyicted on a previous occasion atUuUdfprd , where his Sentence had ^ been an im-K 5 ° PS ?? t bf three month ' s ;—The policeman" who had taken the lad into dustbdy here stated that ' the father was a very respectable man ^ and with the view of ; fitting his son for a situation where the deprivation of his arm might not interfere with his pursuits , he had kept him at an excellent school ' for m ^ jmi . ' - ^ - ¦• . - »' - " - >;¦ " ¦ *¦• > ¦ -- - ¦ - ¦ ' •; =. Robbkut ;—John . Williams , : ; aged 18 , ' and 'John Davis , aged 10 ( a little ohild in personal appearance ) were- indioted fonhaving stolen two -pairsof boots , the property of Jol © Mftrshall , a shQeniaker ,, ta Ox-

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      ford-street . The ohild DavU fplea ' H&lX ^ rT ^' It appeared that the pdlicemaif B ^ eVS 1151 ^ soners walking together , the little boy Davis n W ' ing . a bag ^ wijoh upon being , searched subZ . *?' wa 8 : found .. to contain . the property in t , ???"/ There being something in tl . ^ ^ pearaSce ^ nS meanouroAhepnsbnlr Willian ^ SES& suspicion in the mind of the Officer ,-ho ff 5 them , and found the boots , which upon LI W quiry proved to have been stolen from themi of the pro 8 ecutor .-Tue learned Jude 7 £ mi . « summed up the evidence as against Wiill . ^ avill 8 jury " Acquitted" him .-Lockyer , an 3 BSg » Westminster Houso of Correction , Baffift liams had been previously convicted and sen % l to . six months' impvmmment , and that . T ®» winea not

      tne slightest doubt but that he Z ^ T '" . ^^ . ^ . '' tniiner ? ' of the little 2 S ^ That child , too , had been before convicted aS ' ' fact , had but just come out from the West ^ > . House of Correction when ho was taken STS ? chai-ge .-The learned Judge said that h ? 8 ( thl ) ^^^ . . reBpeot of young offenders £ \ $ wretched little child / who hajf pleaded guil fn b indictment / was nothing less than a diseraol / hlg civilised country like England . The senTn to a that child was ' six months' imprisonS ^ with regard to the older boy , William ? ho l ¥ direct tSathe should be detained in cZody >? that the officers might ascertain if thereK ^ other charges against him . ffcre a » y , AssACLT .-Mary Elliott was indicted for h , asaaulted Elizabeth Elliott , her atep ohfld ? , prisoner was hying with her husband , the ft * 1 * , the prosecutr x , . u No . 2 , Brill-terrace «„ of town , and the asaault charged a « minkt uS ™ ?"' committed-She was .-WnStaSC&IM ? ine

      ffn . ™ sitting near lier sewing , ? n n * latter asked her for somo tea , and finding he quest disregarded she went up to . tSW erre - sipped a little from the prisonl vcu ' p * ft ?« spner thereupon took up the cup and S 11 ! : threw them at the girl ' sWd , J ^ K" * con 8 equence , and Jier neck and shouidS ^ l scalded by the hot tea which fell over l 2 £ prisoner afterwards threw four other chm ^ cers at her , and she was so hurt thaTelS ^ of the house was obliged to carry WHnt . * About three hours blfore fi tfiftiSS threatened tocut her throat . -TheprisE ^ ad victedand sentenced to two montlRSo ' 011 ; SnopiiFTiNo . — Eliza Connor , a TOufe ?^ - woman , aaidto . be well connected , waVebh'S of stealinjsixteen yards of silk from the shont : 204 , Regent-street . iThis was an ordinary S * } shoplifting . . The prisoner was sentenced to tw « months hard labour . ¦ -. »««

      . Ak UjiSAiniiAii Parent . —Bridget Smith 3 " > was indicted for ' stealing twelve pounds of beef the property of Francis 1 ' onnington . —On the morn ing of last Tuesday week , at about half-past ten p clock , the prisoner went up in- front of the shoo kept by the prosecutor , a . butcher , in Walker ' s , court , St . James ' s , arid stood some minutes exa . mining some pieces . of meat , for one of which shb eventuall y made an offer , but such a low one that she must have been certain of its rejection . This evidently was done to divert the attention of the shopman from the operations of her daughter a child ten years old , who had crawled on her hand ? and knees up _ under the window , and dexterously Whipped the piece of beef mentioned in the indict '

      ment , from the board . This was observed , how . eveiyby a person on the other side ofthe thoroughfore , and , keeping Ms eye 3 upon the girl , he saw her pass the meat underneath her mother ' s cloak and the prisoner took hold of it with one of her hands , which the cloak - effectually hid . She then told the shopman that she was sorry he would not take the price that she had tendered for the meat and went off , followed by the girl . The person who had seen this , gave information to the prosecutor and the woman was shortly afterwards apprehended ' but the meat had disappeared . —Mary Smith , the child , said : The prisoner is my mother . She told me to steal the beef , and I did steal it . I don't

      know what became of it at all . My mother told ms how to steal it , and I did as she told me . —The prisoner , crying , said she was innocent , but it was no use of her saying anything , as her own child was against her . —The jury found her " Guilty . "—The learned judge said a more flagrant case ot the kind than this had never come before that or any other court . These were cases rarely brought before the public / but they wero by no means so rare in occurrence as might thereby he supposed . It was almost inorediblo the number of parents in London who regularly trained their offspring to be thieves .

      auch was the disgraceful state of the Jaw that had this poor corrupted child been caught and convicted , there would have been no means by which the hypocritical wretch who stood at the bar , pre ^ tending to cry , ' could have been compelled to con . tribute to her support whilst in prison . There where parents who did not caro what end their children came to , and when such cases as the present were brought forward , it was necessary that tha court should mark them strongly . The sentence was , that the ' . prisoner be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction at Westminster , for ono year . ..-.. '

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      . BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Road , Loxdon . Report of Lieutenant John MacKinnon , General Hygeian Agent to the British College of Health , New-road , London , . Cape Breton , March lGtb , 1 S 50 . TO ME 3 SK 8 . UOBlgOX . . Dear Sim , —1 have the pleasure to communicate to you that all that my heart could desire has been fully accompli * with respect to ray practice as jour agent " since I last )? , ported ; aud if would be tedious , indeed , to give a statement in full , of . the numerous cases of cure and benefits derived from the heaven-blessed medicines of the British College of Health . ' , The decided superiority of the Hygeian system of medicine to-all ordinary medical practice has been recently tested in . our neighbourhood , the particulars of which I feel bound-to communicate to ' you . We have lately Iteen visited with a fatal disease termed by our doctors typhus fever—and the name of the disease appears to be all they

      know about it ; for all the patieht 3 they took in hand were soon hurried to tho ; long home . Among others who fell victims to this dreadful disease was a Mr . Peter Kelly , aged twenty-two ; a Miss Mary Musgrave , a blooming yoimg lady of nineteen ; and , I have proof that the first doctor employed in this case after administeriu ? medicine , and blisterini ? and bleeding to excess , declared he had mistaken herdisorder ! however , they soon sent her to her account among them . Another who submitted herself to the doctors treatment ; , was a Mrs . M'Kay , a young married woman , aged twehty-ono , haying one child . She too , poor young thing , was soon hurried tothe grave . People now began to get out of conceit ofthe doctors , and thefollomn ? individuals placed themselves in my hands to be treated

      with the Hygeian medicines of Mr . Morison ; and under tho blessing of God the success of your medicines , gentlemen , has , ia the whole of these cases , been satisfactory in a higH degree , for all my patients have been thoroughly restored to health . Miss Mary Ann Moffatt , same age and related to the departed Miss Musgrave . , John Maidore , twenty-four years of age . Mrs . Stalery , twenty-three years of age . The Misses Grant , two sisters , and many others who had the fever lightly by taking the pills in time ; the name of these I have not mentioned , but those whose names 1 send you I consider were on the brink of eternity , but they are now perfectly , recovered , and I have every hope W disease has now vanished .. It carried off five members in one family near Sidney , and the doctors there neither knew

      the name ofthe disease or how to cure it . I shall only add that I rejoice to know that the system and medicine of the late venerablo James Morison are firmly established , and that the honest people who signed the petition to parliament against the use and sale of doctors' poisons are to have their names recorded ; andlfe " pride in the reflection that I have done my duty in the ) pause on this side the Atlantic , and havev ten children a * thoroughly impressed with the soundness of the Morisoman theory . Should I live a few days longer I shall be sixtyfive years of age , and I hare taken in my time 18 , 925 ot your pills ; but during thd past four years I have not take 0 a 3 many in twelve months as I formerly took in one , noriB one month as many as I formerly took in one day . lam , Gentlemen , very sincerely yours , ' John MackinsoS .

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      Wis » ino-up of Stock Compahies . —Process o ? Non-payment of Calls . —In cases where parties fixed with liability under tho Joint Stock Com * panies Winding-up Act , neglect to pay the caw mado to discharge liabilities , a peremptory order 13 issued by the Master in Chancery , notifying to the persons so refusing to pay their liability to be arrested under a writ of attachment , issued by tho Court of Chancery , Or by the Serjeant-at-Arms at * tending the court , and also to be liable to ha * their estate sequestered for the purpose of com * mlling . pay ment . The official manager , however has power , " with the consent of the Master , to enter into a compromise in certain cases , and to

      receive payment : of the calls by instalment ; »»» great difficulty is experienced in ascertaining trmy the pecuniary position of the parties , to justify tl 113 departure from the provisions of the Winding-HP Act . —Joint Stock Breweries . —Tbe Master ^ Chancery , Brougham , has just made a call of *•» on the shareholders in the Vale of Neath and Sou >» Wales Brewery Company , so far as tho list has dw » settled , and excepting as to those whose liaW'f' '' have , been settled with a limited quaHficatT ' Petitions have also been presented for the-M " ment and winding-up of the Oundle Brewery w * " ^ pany , . county of Northampton . — SHBFHBf *? Reword Basking Compant . — -A call to defray ^ liabilities has been made on the shareholders to ^ extent of £ 11 por share , any surplus halance w repaid them . „ . 1 . ' ' . -nnli ¦

      JLHB : VAMJ& OP rUBLIOlTT . — WnOBV Bi .,,-thrive out of tho common cowse—be ' . h » "P * jm politics or pills , solids or bubbles—must a 0 Tf { ho himself with indefatigable industry . B »» *« . secret of success is notoriety / Whai dotW ^ lions know of the exact merits of Moses , or the »»» Strop ? : Nothing-at all ; onlythatihey knooK J againsttbem at every corner , 1 canHlooUt a r $ wall without being invited to "try "' them , or ^ ,. the streets without having their greatness . tw *? into ' their hands ;* -And so Moses and the N « Strop heap up pyramids of . cash , while many f ™ i and Moseses are - born taitarve nnadvertweo » ^ iWasto their , geniua iathe . ohsoure'bytftM ?* - «« blind' alleys ; of the bowildering metropoW '*' ¦ WWrtftJM , ' : . ; .: •' ¦ ¦

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      %$ t . ptoittnr ?* . ¦ Mdrder at Newport , Gloucestershire , — Bkbkeley , JJay 17 . —The Coroner for the eastern division of Gloucester , Mr . W . J . Ellis , was engaged the whole of this day , in examining into the circumstances whereby Mr . Daniel Knight , a small farmer , residing at Woodford , near Newport , came by his death . It appears that for many' --yesrs past a benefit dub has been held at the Crown Inn , Newport , near Berkeley and the anniversary of the society , accord- ! ing to ancient custom , ' was celebrated : on Monday ! last , and the festivities were protracted till . a late ? hour , not only at the Crpwo , but at the White Hart ,:

      and other inns in the immediate vjcinity , a band being engaged and dancing kept up with much viva-City . The unfortunate deceased , it seemg . 'had an idiot daughter , named Elizabeth Knight , who formed one of the dancing party , and notwithstanding the warning of her father , that he wished her to be at home , she persisted in remaining . At a late hour her father went for her , and toother forcibly away , and , not contented with her quitting the company , he inflicted summary chastisement upon her by correcting her with a whip . ' This act , it appears , was witnessed by three men'j named Wm ^ Fethery , John NelmesaZwa Newman , arid Wm . Lovell , who , being exasperated by havine drank a Quantity of-beer in

      the course of the day , waylaid Knight , and beat him most unmercifully about the head , leaving him : fa a perfectly insensible condition , in which state he was subsequently found by the Berkeley police ; Hisskull was completely fractured , -and although he lingered till Wednesday he was not able to articulate a distinct syllable . The surgeon , Mr : John Hicks , who made zpost mortem examination of the body , clearly proved that death resulted from the wounds on the head of the deceased ; there was a great quantity of extravasated blood . After a short deliberation , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the thr ee prisoners , " and they were committed to take their trial at the next Gloucestershire assizes .- '

      Sodden Death of a Clbrgymak . —The RfiT . Mr . France , of Cockerhill . near Ashton-undef Lyne , died very suddenly on the 17 th inst ., while attending the Archdeacon ' s visitation in that town . "' A dispute of long standing with his parishioners was decided by the Archdeaon in his favour . The instant after the Archdeacon had announced his decision Mr . France sank down on the floor of the church , and expired before any assistance could be obtained . The court was abruptly closed , and a-surgeon sent for , bnt too late . The cause of death is supposed to have been apoplexy . . . .. ;

      The Forgery at Liverpool . —Mr . William Threlfall , who was lately arrested on the charge of extensive forgery , has been made a bankrupt . A messenger from the . Leeds Bankruptcy Court appeared before Mr . Rushton on Thursday week last , and demanded that all moneys and other property fonnd on the prisoner should be given up to him ( the messenger ) , which was accordingly done . He then proceeded to the < Bank of Liverpool , to get from Mr . Langton any property in hi 3 po / session which had be ? n found on the prisoner . ; . Incendiary Fires is Dorsetshire . —The village of Winfrith and the neighbouring hamlet of West Burton were thrown into a atate of much anxiety and alarm by three incendiary fires , which took place

      consecutively . on Thursday , Friday , aha Saturday nights , last . The first was a large dairyhouse and premises , near the Red Lion Inn , Winfrithj occupied by the dairyman of Mr . W . J . Reader ; which was discovered to be on fire about four o ' clock on Thursday morning , and the dairyman , his wife , ' and son had barely time to escape before the whole premises were in flames ; very few of the household goods were saved , and but for the prorcpt exertions' of the neighbours it is probable the opposite and surrounding premises could not have escaped . —On Friday night , about twelve o ' clock , the cottage . and premises occupied by the policeman , Forsey , who has been indefatigable in the execution of his duties , were set on fire , and the room in which be and bis wife slept

      was nearly surrounded by flames before they were aroused by persons from without , and the whole of the premises were in a short time in a heap of ruins . —On Saturday night , about eleven o clock , a hay rick belonging to Mr . Hopkins ( whose house and pre mises were only separated from the policeman ' s ' cottage by the turnpike road ) , was also set on fire and consumed . The premises above destroyed , in both cases , belonged to Joseph Weld , Esq ., of Lnlworth Castle , in the occupation of his tenants . On Saturday , in consequence of some reports which had been circulated respecting the abovenamed policeman ' s cottage , two idle characters of Winfrithj named Brine and Bowring , were apprehended and taken to Ware ham , where they were kept in custody until Monday

      , when the Rev . G . P .. Cambridge attended- and it appeared from the evidence ofRobert Trent , that on his return from Weymonlh on Friday night , and whilst taking his supper , his son ran in and gave the alarm of fire , upon which he immediately ran across the heath towards the village of West Knighton , believing it to be Mr . Hopkins ' s premises which were on fire . As he was approaching he saw . two men running away from the fire , and whose persons were distinctly seen between him and the glare of light , which was momentarily increasing . Believing at first that they must be tramp 3 , and had fired the premises , he made towards them ; on coming' up with them he knew and accosted one of tbe nartv with

      "Holloa , George , what be you doing here ; don ' t you see there is a fire ? " Upon which they replied that they did not , and appeared as it they wou | d still goon . This was talked ofthe next day , and led to their apprehension ; . previous to which , some foot marks leading over the garden hedge to the precise spot where the-fire broke out , and others again going the same way back , were carefully preserved , and upon the capture of tbe suspected parties the marks were found to correspond exactly with their boots . From this and other evidence which came but in the examination , they were both committed for trial at the assizes , for havicg wilfully , set fire to the house of tbe policeman . :

      Effects of Neglecting Vaccination . —The livetpool Journal states that serious ravages were making by the small pox amongst a vast number of children in and about St . Helen ' s . It is attributed to some objections raised against the sVstem by nearly all the mothers , who declined having them vaccinated ; so much so that , during tbe last season , winparatively speaking , very few children were vaccinated by those appointed for that purpose .-. It has ssatffis&ta ? ¦ fflfiSpSi ^ St ' StK ffilpnX& . JP ^ J " ** ' Portsmouth harbour , twice when

      suns Mr . Scaif , clerk , jumped ovTrboard and sewed him m the act of siniih » » ti . ; , 5 ^ and succeeded in keepinglffiKj % f S " ance was . rendered by a boat ' s crew from a . " CS George , when both parties were mcued . fronilS peulous situation . ' eir : Sekorb of Smuggled ToBAcc 6 . -TnoV . Collin-80 D andBenjamm Shores , two menf . taken into cus . tody last , week , were on Saturday ,, last , brought before the . Leedgmagistrates qnvthe chargei of havine been cpncsrned in conveying a quahaty . of smuecled tobacco , weighing altogether 4121 bs ;; -The ' chared were taken separately , ; tkt agtu ^ t . CplUrigbn first The prisoner it was stated had formerly been a com-1 inerci ? l , traveller . One of the case ' s in " . which the tobacco had been found was produced , and Mr , Jef . ferson , aCustom-house officer , of Hull . stated that it wss . packedso as to represent glaa ;; At each , dfeoi

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      ¦¦ - \ ;;; ¦ '' ; : ( -SWtlatWr ; ;;/; ¦' ;;¦ . ; ' The MBRbBiaa ; KEAii ; T ! i ) iNBunGH . 4 rAt the . sitting of tlie nigh Court of Justioiary ; at Edinburgh on the I 7 th inst . i ; before ; . Lord . . Mohcricff , ! Pe'ter Hoarson was placed atthe bar ,, charged , with thd murder of Dr ; Wilson and iiis aged mother , at , the , yillage of Juniper-greoh ,, on the 17 th or 1 . 8 th of March . On tho 18 th of March last Dr . . Wilson , a medical prACtitioner , residing at ; Juniperrgreen , was . discovered in the kitchen of his house , quite dead , with " his headalmost beaten to a jelly ; and in / the passage was found Bv . WilsonVaged . mother , ' also , quite dead , with wounds of a similar'description oh her body as on her son , which had been inflicted on both by . ' a poker aiad tongs . The pvisonerjwas found in bed in tho house quito naked , having burnt his

      clothes . The . prisoner , who is a stout-built man , about 40 years of age , wore a sullen and morose aspect , and manifested little or no interest in the proceedings . —Mr . Robertson , the' counsel for the prisoner , pleaded insanity , as a bar to . tbe trial . —Professor Miller was then called , who stated , that he had examined Pearson . in March last , at tlie request of the police authorities yrhqi declared him to be perfectly insane . —Dr . Spittaigave similar . testimony . —Lord Moncrieff ' said he supposed that the court could come to no other conclusion than that the prisoner at the bar ¦ vrasnot a proper : bbject for trial / and he therefore moved that ho bocohveyed , to the general prison . Perth , to be dotairied there subject . tofuture orders of the court . —Lords Cockburn' and Ivory concurring / tho prisoner was

      removed . .,,... ... : ... . \ Sir John ' Ross ' s Artic Expedition . —Launch op tub Felix;—The schooner selected by Captain John Ross to proceed to the . Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin and companions , was launched from- the , ship-building yard of Messrs . Sloan and Gemmell , ' on the 17 th inst . Sir . John will ride at anchor . in Loohryan for two or ; three days , when he will takei . 'hisj ' oha ' rts , - &o ., ' on board , from his residence , the nbrth-Vestcastlej Strahraer . Similar to the last occasion ;^ when ' he visited the Artie regions , he , thus will sail , ; direot by the North Channel , and the Felix will be taken in tow by ione of the Glasgow ; and Stranraqr steamers till that point is reached .,. Iti 8 " anticipated thatHady Franklin will vja | t Stranraer ^ tq be presentrat Sir John ' s departure . All the . members of the expedition—commanders , surgeon ,, officers , and crew—have arrived in town , and ar , e busy in making the necessary argements to brave the Northern io iuo ixormem

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      ran seas . iwigciueina ; ura . v « seas . ' ;;; 7 ' v . : ' - . ;;; % 0 anpv : \ - ;¦ ¦;;; . ; ' . ; ; -DESTiTrjTioN is CiARR . VWhilst the general rejorts describe the gradual improvement of the couhtryand the decrease of absolute destitution , some ' ew . districts are still in a deplorable ;! condition , 'as fegirds the state ot . the poor . . Kilrush , which had » btained ; so much notoriety , during the famine for wholesale clearances and deaths from . starvation , 3 till continues the scene of abject misery and want , » t a time when fopd . is \ in ' usu ' ally cheap , and abundantVand the markets of the districts are crowded with :, potatoes and other . ' provisions . The last acuounts from that union mention several more deaths from starvation ., At three inquests verdicts to that effeotwere returned . V /

      - Sales in . the Encumbered Cotjkt . —For the remainder of the present . month there will . be few public sales of any cohsequenpe ; but earl y in June the estates of Sir . Janies Cotter , Bart ., in the county of Cork , > ill be offered jaiida number of small fee-simple ' s are to be sold in , the course of the latter month . .,. ¦ ;! ., ; ' "' . " ., ' . ' , ' . " ..: ' ... ' . L ..-.. : . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . _ The Potato Crop ; --The . favourable change in the weather has already produced a beneficial effect on the growing crops , and there are no complaints , or even runiours , of the reappearance of the potato blight . The report from- ^ Donegal says : — Early Bown potatoes are fast recovering from the injury sustained by the- frost , and all green crops are 'doing well . Altogether , the harvest prospects are most encouraging . .. \ :. . .. . . ' . . ...

      ; Reverse : of , Fortune . — The Nenagh . Guardian supplies the following statement : — "A gentleman ofjhighly . respectable ' family and connexions , the owner , in fee of different' estates not niany miles from Newport , in this . county ,, and which realised untiLvery ' . recently a rental . of over £ 1 , 000 a year , died within the last few weeks a recipient of indoor relief within one " , of . the : Dublin workhouses . The father of the unfortunate gentleman referred to had been at one time high : sheriff of this county , held the commissioh of the peace , for the counties of Clare , Limerick , and Tipperary , was the possessor ia his lifetime of over twenty fee simple and freehold estates ,, and a courtier in the reign of George TV ,, with whom he was . a close companion and

      favourite when Prince of Wales . The remnant of the family estates , which are heavily incumhered , will , wo believe , be . put up for sale in the Iiicumbered Estates Court in the month of June , the order for sale having been made absolute some months since . " .. ' . . '! A fire broke out on Monday night on the premises of Mr . Winter , tallpw-phandler , in Grafton-street , and owing to the combustible nature of the materials , on which it , had . to feed , ii formidable outbreak was , apprehended . The flames , however , wore extinguished without much loss of property ! The Kanturk tenant-right meeting of Sunday last was most successful as a demonstration of popular feeling on the landlord and tenant question .

      Tho Cork Examiner states that two several specimens of new potatoes in a most . healthy state , and which had , been grown in the open air , were shown at that office . One specimen was produced by Dr ! Barry , of Middleton ; and the other oh the farm of Mr . Kean , of Sharigarhy , An incendiary fire i took place at Tpurancena , in the county of Cork last ' week , w . hen ' cattle and a quantity of furniture , belonging , to a man named Corbett were , consumed . '¦¦' :., ¦ ¦ - - , A party of armed men . with faces blackened , have been visiting , Beyeiral farming , houses in the North Riding of Tipperary in searoh of firerarms . It would appear , however , that they have not been successful in ; obtaining ; any . ' .. -..-, ! ,..-. ¦ « . ; . , ¦' . . ¦¦ : ¦ , , , Afewpersons-in Dublin ' have been taking steps during , the ^ las t' week to brcahise some . means for , the

      revival of Irian irianwfaotures and general industrial entorpriao in the country ; .. , . The local papersoqntinue to describe the fairs held throughout the ' eouhtry as the best for priceB thttt . bave . been'knbwhfoip a long period . ¦'¦¦¦¦ ., ¦ .: 5 ' The 'EABWoit pr RbsooMMON . —The'Du&Zin Evening Mailstatei it ; ttf ; be ; errbnepusly reported that the late earlmi the last of the ancient line Of the Rpsepmmon . 'family , ;; . When , the late earl ( Michael James Robert Dillon ); established his olaim before ' the Souse pfl ^ rtsVin ' , 1828 r his competitor- waij a Mt ' . ; Franois , StephenDiUpnj Mo , having fallen into 1 ^^^ 5 SW ^>' that time-^ a prisoner fbr ^ debt' ia , the ;; Four Courts ' Marshalsea , % thta oity ^ where ^ p . awuaftwdied , Thereva » nodouW

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      6 ... THE NORTHERN STAR . - ¦ . May 25 , 185 O

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1575/page/6/