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      ^ B ^ fcM ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^— r „ . . » ¦ J^—_ a . ^ fc ^^_ JOW ^^ BBi ^ B ^ BBWW ^ B ^ BBB — ^^*^—mmmm ^ am * m *^^^^^^^^™ - ^— — - - ^*« S $ e JBetiftpOIfe * Health of Losdos . —The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the first three weeks of March were successively 1 , 247 , 1 , 401 , and 1 , 412 ; and in tbe last week they were 1 , 418 . If the ten weeks of 1 S 41-50 corresponding to last week are taken for comparison , it appears that the loweBt number occurred in the corresponding week of 1842 , and was 832 : and that the highest occurred in that of 1843 ; and was 1 , 294 . The average of the ien weeks was 1 , 073 ; which , if corrected according to the assumed rate of increase in the population m * ---- ! ^ :. -:- - : ^ * mm 0 mi H * g &bt i&ttVfWQlfo *

      , namely 1 . 55 per cent , annually , becomes 1 , 171 . last week ' s return , therefore , exhibits an excess , on the estimated amount , of 247 . ' Bnt'itis satis-UCtOrv to observe that this apparent increase is not GUC entirely to the complaints which hare recently Swelled the weekly contributions of mortality . A number of cases , on which coroners' inquests had 1 > een held , have been allowed to accumulate for Bome weeks , and now ; at the end of the quarter , appear for the first time in the register books . The class of casualties on which the coroner ' s function

      is daily exercised ; namely , hanging and drowning , fatal burns , fractures , " wounds , and poison , comprises 129 cases , though in the previous week the ziamber was only 25 , and the average fallB short by at least two-thirds of the number now returned . " Intemperance is recorded as the cause of death in four cases , besides three in which , fatal injury , was received in a state of intoxication ; 4 persons died of privation , 7 . children from want of breast milk , 3 persons from cold ( 2 of these being cases of exposure in travelling ) , 1 from poison , 26 from burns and scalds , 22 from hanging and suffocation , 14 from drowning , 42 from fractures ,. and 17 from "Wounds and Other injury . Sixty-six cases also fell under the coroners' observation in which persona

      are reported : as having been "found dead , ' or laving died "from the visitation of God , "the fatal cause not being described in more sufficient terms , probably because it could not be ascertained . The class of diseases affecting the respiratory organs , including'laryngitis ; ' bronchitis , pleurisy , pneumonia , asthma , and others-less accurately defined , numbers this week 272 , whilst the corrected average does not exceed 195 . There is , however , a marked decline on the previous week , when the deaths in « l » is class were 350 . Bronchitis hai fallen from 156 in the former week" to 109 in the last ; pneumonia from 126 to 117 . Hooping cough has declined from 81 to 63 ; influenza from 65 to 37 . Phthisis ( or Consumption ) , which was fatal in the previous week to 166 ,-. numbered . last week only 129 , which is

      xather Jess than the usual average . Small-pox continues' to grow' less" fatal , and only 12 cases were registered last week- from this disease . With the exception of hooping-cough , -measles now appears most prevalent amongst the complaints peculiar to children , though , it has not risen to any considerable amount . The births of 847 boys and 833 girls , in all ! 1 , 730 children ; were registered in the week .- The average of six . corresponding weeks in the years 1845 ^) was'I , 510 ; At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer was 29 * 388 in .- The mean . temperature was 46 * 3 deg ., which is about 3 degrees above the average © f the same week in 10 -yeaTS . The daily mean -rose towards the end of the week . The wind blew gecorally from the south-west . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦'¦

      Sacrilege at Chribtchobch , Blackfiuars ;—On Saturday afternoon last as the sexton of-this church entered to make the usual arrangements for the next day ' s service , he was astonished at finding ten squares of glass in the second window on the south side-of the building demolished anda quantity of blood smeared over portions of the glass , and also oa the ventilator- of the window .: Upon making farther search , it was pretty evident that some one bad _ . obtained admission through the ventilator into thexhurch , and had in so doing fallen through the squares of-glass , for close by the spot it was apparent ,- that the individual ,-whoever he was , must

      have been much cut , and the appearance of the floor showed that he hadbeen seized with sickness . An attempt- had been made to ; force the door of the vestry-room with a pair of shears , which were left on the floor . The locks , however , proved too strong to yield to theattempts , and all the valuable articles therein remained , safe . The Urge clock facing the pulpit had been taken out of the case , broken to pieces , and scattered over the . floor . Tiie splendid candlesticks had been taken out of the pulpit and also demolished , but the . only . articles at present known to have been taken away were two clerical surplices , , .. < . .. «

      -..-Sccckssful Attempt of t 9 b Does of Brokswick to Cross the Channel . —On Monday shortly after one o ' clock , the Duke and Mr . G . Green ascended in the balloon from Hastings , in the presence of a multitude of people . As on a former occasion , the aeronauts were amply supplied with everything requisite for their voyage , and departed in gallant style amid the cheers of the spectators . The . balloon was in sight far over . the sea , bearing directly for Paris , in which city , his highness intends to reside . It is remarkable that the present Duke is

      not the first of his family who has shown a partiality for travelling ; in balloons . Frederick Augustus , Duke of Brunswick-Oels , a grandson of Frederick the First of Prussia , and a prince of great scientific attainments , not only made a tour in a balloon in 1761 , bat was . tbe author of a short treatise , which was entitled Thoughts of a CosmopoliU on Air BaUoons ; which was printed by hini many years afterwards for private distribution , among several other works which ha d been composed by the same prince . '

      Procession of- Seamen on Strike . —On Monday morning the seamen on strike in the port of London assembled in Prince ' s-square , Ratcliff-highway , and having formed into procession marched in tegular order through Whitechapel and the City carrying banners inscribed " Repeal of the Mercantile Marine Act . " . The procession moved over Landon-bridge , and paraded Southwark , Bermondsey and Lambeth ^ ultimately returning back to Tower-hill , where they gave three groans for the Mercantile Marine Act , and disbanded . ' ¦ ..- ¦

      Impoobst Robbery . —On Monday afternoon , about two o ' clock , a bay pony and light spring cart ; belonging to Mr . Gale , 4 , Hortou ^ lreet , Islington , were left outside 6 , Bedford-square , whilst the owner was transacting- business therein ; ar man leaped into , the chaise , knocked , down the boy in charge , and drove off rapidly ,, and notwithstanding an immediate pursuit ,-in which hundreds joined distanced all and got clear away . , ' SoMBimsGTEaT Coot . —An intimation has nut been officially given to the inhabitants of St Clement Danes , - Portugal-street , to the relatives and mends of deceased persons whose remains are buried beneath this plot of ground , " That a bill is now

      beftre Parliament for its partial appropriation for the enlargcmentof King ' s College Hospital , and the said bill contains provisions for the disroterment and rer moral of the dead to another place of sepulture " Every one will remember the improvement under Geo . IV , and theagitation that prevailed in therojal parish of St . Martin b , when whole tons of human bones were carted away to some distant spot : The tears shed over the last resting place of the dead is hallowed andsacred , and he , or those , who disturb the asheg that affection has wept upon , and friendship cherished , can be nothing more than' a utilitarian of extreme degree . Can this ground have been come crated ? * If so , why desecrated ?—Daily News .

      A Young Woman Burnt to Death . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Western Dispensary , New-road , on Mary Cowell , aged nineteen , late servant in the family of Mr . Perking , wholesale cheesemonger , Crawford-street , Bryanstone-square . The body was completely charred and burnt to a cinder . Thomas Oomall , shopman to Mr . Perkinsystated that he was at dinner on theprevious Tuesday , when , hearing frightful screams outside the parlour door , heopened it , and saw deceased standing in the passage one mass of flames , which towered over her head , so much so that at first he did not recognise her . She was running about in all

      directions , like a maniac . He rushed towards her with the hearth rug , intending to throw her down and extinguish the flames , but she ran from him towards her mistress . At length he reached her and threw a carpet over her . Afteraseverestruggleshe againescaped from him and ran into the shop , all in flames and was making into the street , when some policemen adzed and poshed her down , and then succeeded in extinguishing the flames by means of the carpet and water . Mr . Perkins gave deceased a most excellent character . The coroner having summed up , the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Fire inHouoway-Road . —On Saturday morning last a fire , involving destruction of property to the extent of nearly £ 2 , 000 , broke out in the premises of Me 6 sra . Henningand Co ., silk mercers and Mancheater . warehousemen , Holloway-road . It com-Kl ^ sawPiste Ss& ^ -s ^ howev « ftate mtbe ne 1 ghboarhood 5 eventually , ¦ SSSrw ^ sswffsiJS ^ sssjfijgjs . mg for a repeal of the window Sr ™ «^ ° » ^ V ' SlS ttsSS

      JW « . Esq :, j un . ! ehurchwa £ ! i ? Jfehit gentleman stated that it would berememberea ? W in hui evidence in : the late inquiry before the P ™ law Inspector , he had stated that J ? had c « m miaoued a gentleman tf the jiTof StoSrt

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      Who was going out toBermuda , tp ina&e iriquiriei as to the 8 tate , of the xWidren sent out there'by that parish , and in " cases whe re they had behaved well , to give them a gratuity on his account . , . He begged to inform the Board that Mr . Stewart h ' ad now returned , and reported , most favourably of the conduct and condition of the children , s&-. veral ' of whom he had Been . . He wished it to be understood that these steps were taken before any dispute arose as to the propriety of the directors sending out these children . In answer to a question , it was stated that an official lettered been written to the Governor of Bermuda to ascertain the state of the children—and in all probability , by thenext arnvalfrom the jston . d . areport would be reprovided for—and this would show that the children were cared for by their guardians . yho was gping out to ' Bermuda . td mak ' e ' jriauirifli

      m £ ? - ^ f' ?? d ? iW - el entered uponhismU nistry m St . Paul ' s , Pimlico , on Sunday ^ by preaching the morning sermon . The service was conduced at both , churches exactly according to Mr . Bennett s usage , except that the black academic ' gown ' was worn in preaching instead of the surplice

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      iveianv . '' - . '• . ' . : . . ¦; ¦ ' ' The Roman Catholic U . vivbrsitt . —The | com mittee" of the projected Roman Catholic University held a meeting on Friday to receive a report of the amount of contributions made at the Bimultajneoius collect ion-on the 16 th ' iilt . ' The ' -sum handed in is Btateil't ' o have been £ 7 , 000 ; of which £ 2 , 000 ! were contributed itf Dublin and ita yioinity . But it ia added . tbat ; "' owing to the anxiety ; of-the > contributors to . increase' their ; collections , the 'returns from ' a great number of district a have been delayed , and no money hasyet been'forwarded . "' . ¦; ¦

      ; Representation op Enniskillbn . — The , Hon . Golbiiel Cole iB about to resign the representation of thefamily borough of Enniskilleni ¦ " > It is said that the' hoh , and gallant gentleman is influenced , by family considerations m coming to' this detettmnation , among : the most prominent of which •• is the illnesa of tils eldest brother , the Earl ofEnniskilleri . : The Repeal Association . —The * Committee of the' Repeal 'Association have' succeeded , for the present , id redeeming Conciliation Hall anditaappurtenane ' es from the mace of the auctioneer . ; The half-year's rent due and payable on Lady-day has been scraped together , and the public are , in

      consequence , threatened with the re-opening r of the con ? cern .- It appears , from a statement in the morning papers of ; Saturday that a meeting has-been : held for the purpose of re-considering the subject of " re' commencing- business ;'' when it -was finally determined to hold a public meeting * on Monday , the 7 th inst ; It would ' appear' that the Committee have completely discarded Mr . John O'Connell , and have intimated to the public that-the business'letters of the A 93 ociationare ' tobeaddre 88 ed toMr ; J . Bagnoll , Mary ' s Abbey , while letters intended for Mrs John O' Connell are to be addressed to the House of Commons / London . : ' ; ' ¦ -: :: ' ;> : ; : .. ;>' i .

      • Thr " Irish Court . "—The Ministerialann ' ouhce " men ' t on Friday evening respecting . tbe intention of government to abandon the projected measure for the abolition of the Vice-royalty' has diffused < great joy' among , the' partisans of '' ' ¦ the ' - 'Castle , '; and afforded a portion of the pre ' ssfresh-grounds for exultation ^ at the recent system of tactiC 3 played off by the Irish'brigade , to the potent ; agency of whose " vote '' is- attributed , perhaps fairly , Lord 'John RusseU ' B deference to the voice of ! public opinion uppn " this queBtion of abolition . : = ; ' ' i ¦ . . j A New Paokbt SiAiios .--Apro 8 pootu 8 hasibeen issued by ' an ' European ' and American ¦ Steam Packet'Company , " provisionally registered ] the objectof which will be to establish , a Hne-of fi . rst' c ] agS 8 team ships' to ply-between Galwayarid some port o ' r ports ' 6 f America hereafter to be ' deternuned . It is protibs ' edi for the purpose : ofi , carryifijBroui ~ the

      proieeV ; to ' raige a capital of £ 250 ; 000 to ' . Begin with , BWsliaresof £ 50 ^ aoh . - ¦ . " : ¦¦* : ; '¦ . * s * i * » n 1 - : Emigration is progressing ataformidable rate . "iWWaterford Hail states that the sfeamer--whibh left that-port" - 'for- Liverpool took away ; 200 passengers bound for America , and that & \\ of J them appeared to belong to the more comfortable clasa of farmers and shopkeepers . Upwards of 300 persons have lately emigrated from the'vicinity of Ballyshannon : and a current of emigration'on the same scale i » following from every locality in the country . Mr . Miley , emigration agent in Dublin , paid in the course of last year £ 25 , 000 on orders from New , Orleans alone , by natives of Ireland who had emigrated . ¦ ' • - •; - ¦ • ; - ¦ j The Athlohe Sentinel eajs : — "Some'of theipauper girls who were sent from this workhouse to Australia eighteen months ago , have sent home to their friends inthia neighbourhood' sums of money varying from £ 10 to £ 15 . " •••¦ ¦ !¦ ' ¦

      ' Rbductiohof Rbsts . —The Lord Chancellor has made a reduction of twenty per cent , in the ; rents On the eBtate of Hand Magee , in the county of Antrim .- " - : ¦ ¦ ' . . '• ' Wrkck ' of an Emigrant Ship . —The emigrant ship Favourite , from'Liverpool'to-New York , laden , with iron and salt , and carrying' 225 passengers , was wrecked on the rocks off the lands of Trabolgan , the demesne of Mr . E . B . Roohe ; in the Bay of Cork , on Wedhesday week . The passengers ; and ! cre ' w were saved , but it was supposed that the ship would beoome a total wreck . She had been out twenty-five days from Liverpool ; ' • ! . ¦ ' MB ; 'MATJKicBO * GoNHBHi , the member for Tralee , having addressed a letter to : hisconstituenta .

      desiring to know then * wishes , ; an ' a body ; ; as to the course which they would deem it advisable for him to pursue invoting on divisions which would affeot the ' stability of the Ministry , a meeting of the electors of Tralee hasaocordinglyj been held ,, and areply voted . . In whichj Mr . O'Connell is , told , that "Lord John Ruaaell has for ever forfeited . the cpn-r fidence of the Catholics of the empire / ' and therefore that "it beoomeB his ( Mr . 0 . ' : Connell ' s ) . imperative duty , in union withrthe : members of parliament who have already so distinguished themselves by their , vote on Disraeli ' s motion , to labour . unceasingly to effect the overthrow of . his administration . " •¦ - ¦ ¦ . . . .- . i ¦ '; ¦ : . A large body of constabulary , . draughted . from the reserve force in the Phoenix-park , proceeded

      on Monday to the proclaimed district in the county of . Down . ThiB prompt display of determination of purpose on the ^ art Of the Irish Executive seems to have given great satisfaction to the well-disposed and peaceable classes in the county of Down . . The Aewry Telegraph received on Taosday morning states that some further disturbances had occurred at , the close . of the week in the southern end of the barony of ; Killevey . It says : — "On Friday night two housesi were set on fire on Mr . Chambre ' e estate , and one of them nearly destroyed , but the other was . saved before any considerable conflagration ensued . The only assignable caute for these outrages is that the tenants preceding the occupiers of . these housea . and . lands have been ejected for ;

      nonpayment of rent . The inhabitants , in ? these' instances , of course , had x narrow escape 0 $ being burnt to death . Such is the system of terror in the neighbourhood of Meigh , that even should tenants runoff in heavy arrears ^ without being ejected , all parties are warned p , n penalty of death not to take the vacant , houses and ' farms . Bodies of men at ¦ ni ght ; traverse . the country , , to tho terror of the peaceable portion of the people . . "The Meiehpatrol of police is . now reduced to three men—a force which seems , notwithstanding their activity , numewoajlyjnnsuited to thoir large district . " ¦ Mr . Whitesidb , Q . C ., has announce d himself as a candidate : for , the representation of Enniskillen , vaoan | by . the resignation of the Hon . Colonel Cole . Mr . " Whiteside » a conservative , but in his adih-esa

      he says : — " 1 will support the application of a wise economy to the management of the revenue , and to the financial departments of the state ; but 1 will stedfastly resist the heartless system of centralisation Bought to be enforced against Ireland , and which is as usurious to her interests as it is hurtful to her pride . " It is said a Mr . Collum , a solicitor , has had the Btart of Mr . Whiteside in canvassing the electors of Enniskillen , and that he has already had the promises of three-fourths of the constituency . . 1 . . The accounts from the provinces . represent the spring as backward , almost beyoad all experience . The > Ulster Qazttu says :- « . , There ia a general and well-founded alarm among out farmers at the" lateness of the season asregardi the temperature , proof field labourand

      gress , vegetation / There is , as yet , very little of the first blush of spring on the hedges , gardens , or green sward , and there not only remains a Urge amount of planting , and sowin" W be done , but a great breadth of land to be plougned . The weather is quite as cold as it was in December , and the ground was until lately , and still ia in many situations , too wet for ' pleasant and Bpecdy work with a « Wilkie' and a sweating team . From Connaught similar accounts have been received . The weather for the last fortni ght has been moat unfavourable to the progress of spring labour . There is little or nothing done in the sowing of oats , nor as yet do we see any prospect of change . Potatoes are in like manner delayed in the sowing , owing , to the wetness of the season . Wheat—the little of it we have seen this year—looks delicate , and in thia crop we look in vain for the fine healthy

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      braird 1 :: of former .-years . i ¦ Boyond , the . mere rearing of sheep , and cattle ,, we see very little . hope of amendment in the circumstances of the ! farmer . While we write , the rain still continues one incessant dowa pour ; " ¦ ;¦ j .- " '; , - ., i - - •_ . _

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      ... -,.. ' ... ' .. . Norwich . . .... ' , . ; ; . : Wiwuii Mordbiu—GeorgeBaldry . aged 33 , was arraigned . on thexharge of having , ' on the 8 th"August last , murdered Caroline . Warnes , by beating he roa . the head with a hammer , ' ai Thurlton , bo that she died on the 24 Ui of tho aame month . ' t , Tb . e prisoner pleaded Not , guilty . —The unfortunate deceased was the daughter' of- a labourer named Warnesj with whom the prisoner had lo ' dged'for many years . On the 8 tli August the priioner' committed the crime with which lie was charged . The evidence , for the proseoutibn was-of the clearest ,

      and most conclusive oharacter ,,, andrthe ^ Iearned judge , in ' summing ; qp ' ,, said that he ; saw lio sign of any circumstance that would reduce tHe crime from murder fo ' manslaughter , or any lower degree of homicide ; no sign of any provocation on the part of the deocasod that oould lead to the attack ,: 'The only question that might have reference to-the degree of guilt was theBtateof > the prisoner ' s-intellect at the time when he perpetrated ; thendeed . — The jury , deliberated onl y ; Ja , few minutes , and returned ri a . , verdict . of , Guilty . —His , Lbrdship ! then passed sentenoeof ; deathin , the usual form on the prisoner , who received the , awful , sentence without appearing to be in any way ' affected . . . ¦ Thb ° Ga « e -Law 3 AdAim ^ Roberfc Car ' teiyRobert

      Mason ; William 6 oddardj : and : Geofge Hobbs , were indicted for maliciously wounding George Coates , on the night of the 14 th of December last , with intent to murder , to resist their lawful apprehension , and also , io ; do ; some grievous bodily harm . — -Tho prosecutor , is , the head keeper , of . " Mr . Yillebois , the occupier of Marham-house ' in this county ,. and it appears ' that , his master being abwnt , the house and shooting had been let to Sir John Liston Kay , and that the keepers " went along with the shooting ' . '" On the night in question the keepers were aware of the presence of poachers in- one of the woodB attached to thohouBe , and having hastily armed . themselves w . ith , guns and , sticks , they set off in , pursuit ., Qf . them , accompanied by a large

      iNewtoundlana dog .. Wnen they reacb . ed . the part of the wood whence the report . pf firearms had proceeded ; they cajne up to'five ariried'inenV who all presented their guns , and ordered / theni to ' stand back . The proBecutor , however , replied , " No , my lads ! we have had enough of thafbefore ; now < we will have something else ! " and made towards the poachers At that instant one of ithelatter shot' the dog - and a , second let fly , right at the head keeper ' s body . he being distant only . three yards . Fortunately , ' , the keepers gun and his left arm intercepted the bulk of the shot ; but the effect oi the shock wag to cause the involuntary discharge of the keeper ' s weapon into the air . Immediately after this another poacher fired his gun at the second keeper ; but witt such unsteady aim / that the contents of his ¦ barrei ;» having passed through 'the coat and

      pooKet 8 of the object , lodged themselves in the posteriors of ; a third poacher , named Hobbs , who had become ., mixed up in the melee . with the . keepers This contretemps put an end . to , the ' confliot , for the fifth poacher took to his' heels , and the other four , wh 6 are' the prisoners , % > re shortly afterwards ' sioured . r-His Lordship having ' directed aii . '' ¦ acquittal on thesecond count , on the objection " of Mr . Palmer to the : authority of the . keepers to arrest" the poacher 8 , leftit tQ ; the jury tosay whether the-prisoners were actuated by . either , of the intents laid in . the other counts . —The jury , found : all the ' prisoners Guilty . generally , and they were thereupon sentenced to be tranBttorted for life . ; ¦; < * ' ¦¦ ¦ ••' William H , ooks was : also " s ' enfehced ! to the ? like terroof tran 8 p 6 rtatlbn / he h ' aviiS been cbnvictedof a sjmilafotfence the day before ^ ., ¦ •*¦• ' ¦ ¦ .- » . ¦";¦ .: . " . / •¦ ' •¦¦

      ; v ; . ;( . ; ., . ., LlTERPOpL . ., ; .,- li i J ; i" : ' Charob . o ? RAPB . frJ . ohniMelamphay and . Prancis HeBley , eaoh . aged 22 , were indjotedior a r . ape lupdn Ann Moorhquse , at . Mapohester , on . the , ' 2 nd ' . of March , lasf . rrliappeared . the prosecutrix lived in servicb in ¦ Lqwef Mb 3 eley-8 trfeet , Mancheiteri ' and was a young '" married ^ woraari separated from ' her husband , OnrSunday - nigut , the 2 nd of Marob ' , the progefeutrB pbtaihedher / mistre ' BB ' a leave io go ^ oui for the ' evening to tsee ^ her , mother ; ' = Oh her return , about . ! teno , '; clook ;> Bhe 3 was met by . thetwoprispners in ia , 8 j , reet ; called .-, Jaekspn-street f . when' : dne of . them ^^ ielamphay . ) seized her , by ' ,. the . ' shawl , v an'd WeiKet ^ ahe- was gpinff hp , me . Xt&wmJ 0 i £ ttt d'h m Kfl '' h ^ Ahfittfift ffinvk'fipi ! - ^ An ^ - ^ li « -Kd

      , Called" put" to the ' . ' otHe * ' pHsonW , '' " Cpftie ( and look at my wifei" 'Hepley / weht' iip / and then cried ! out , ' "Ob , the rib , do bring tier alongy / 1 They led . her along-several streets ;' Melampby making a great noise , - and abuaingiher . . whenever they met any ' one saying " He had found her . out in her ; : capers , and he would trim her when he got home , " inducing the pas 8 er 8 rby to believe that she was . his wifei' In this mariner . ^ he ' w ^ s led and . dragged along to the Ch ' eB . hire Cheese public-house in , ' Brook-street , ne ' arly 'amile ^ fromwhere ' theytnetf ner . ' There they dragged herapan entry , when Melampbay threw her ; do ; wn \ aud . t ' ri ^; to ;'] paVjBb : ' her , ' Hesley keeping iraM ri little , " way on" ; ' She screamed out

      and made all the npis . e she . could , till she was heard by a woman , who liv , ed in fhe '" en try ,, and who came oufc , Vith , a candle and'eried out J' | Tilbiin , deBiBt . ''' A . policeman coining that jva ' y . ' the prisoner got up arid . raisedhery . but . treated her , in such a manner , that the woman then . thought ' . sne was his' wife ^ whom he . , was ill-treating , repeating what he had before said , " I ' ve found you out iniyou ' r c « p ' e . rs and I'll trim ; you . wh eri Igetyqu home . Gphbto ' e , gohome / ' . The . prosecutrixentrenited this woman -- a Mrs ., Percival—to' prevent , the inan from illusing her ;; . Mrs Perpiyal saying ,. " She could not in . terfere bptween niah and wife / ' and went in again , They then . left the entry , the two prisoners dragging her by ' force to Moss-lane , mid forcing a

      handkerchief , into her mouth to , prevent her screaming , and . threatening to , k ' ill .. her if she made a noise . They ; then ., f 6 roed . her-up . an entry , in this lane , where Melaropnay threw , her down and by force Buoceeded in . raviahing her ; the other prisoner ' w . ho wa 8 ; st . an 4 ing ; by , . immediately doing . thejjanie . After this ; she , escaped . frpm them and ran down Brook ' - Btreet , the two prisoners following her ; . ' At length she met a { toliceman , to whom she related the ' out rage , that had been committed upon her / asking him to darken his lantern till the inen . came up .. 1 The prisoners ,. . however , then j escaped , but where afterwards , taken into custody—the prisoner ' . Melaraphay saying he should ; not have done it , but he : was drunk ; andiHealey . saying he thought she was a ¦

      prpstitute ; or he should not have , dpne ; as he had done . —For the defence it" was contended that the story ' told by , prosecutrix waB improbable , as by her own account she , had been an hour and a half in the company of the prisoners , and had been dragged nlong . througha . populous , neighbourhood , ' where any outcry on 1 her part would , Eave brought assistance to her aid . —The jury after a short absence , found the prisoners Guily of an assault . The sentence , of .- the court was that the prisoners . be each imprisoned for , two years , which , was . the utmost punishment the law > allowed him to impose . " ¦ ¦ , . Thb WiRRiKaTON Mubdbr . —Bridget Lyons , 40 , and Patrick Lyons , 21 , . were iniliotedfor the ; wilful murder of Margaret ,, other wise Pearcv : Fahv . at

      Warrington , . on the 4 th of 'February la « t . = They were also arraigned on tho inquest .- ; Mr . . Monk stated the case for the prosecution . The deceased had lodged with the prisoners—who were man and wife—about a . week , in a house in a low part of the ; , town , . chiefly inhabited by . . Irish ,, and tHey bosideB a man ; of . the name of Newcombe and an old womanofthenameof Collins , ' weretheonly inmates . Fahy was a travelling pedlar ; . Collins on the morning of the 4 th , heard a scream . Faby was not seen during the day ripr the following night ' or morningj _ which excited the , suspicion . of the " old woman , Collins . and she , communicated with the police . : A ! search was niade an . the ; house ' of { he prisoners , and the body , o , f Faby was found- in ' the

      coal cellar . —Peggy T ^ velliu , or . ColJins , - an old Irish woman , who could scarcely either speaker understand English , Baid . she slept at ¦ Pat Lyons ' s houseon the night Peggy Fahy was kilt . Witness haddodged ; there a week ^ and-Fahy . came two dnys after hei-.. Patfs wife , and Fahy went out every day withbaskets hawking . Fahy went out on Saturday night to make purchases for . her basket ^ and when she returned she said she had got all ahe wanted ; and had ^ all that left . ahowing a good deal of silver , on which Pat said to his wife , that was the woman , she ( his wife ) was good for nothing . Newcombe lodged there , but he did not come on the Monday night . PatLy . ons and his wife went to bed in one room first , aridiwitness and Fahy in

      another room , in the same bed . Next morning she heard Pat tell his wife the day was breaking , and should prepare to . go out with her basket ; and soon after she heard , them go down stairs . <; She next heard the wife call out , " Peggy Fahy , get up , it is time for us to go out , " and then Fahy got . up arid went down' to the kitchen . Witness , then heard a very hard screech ih the kitchen going on , and she put on her petticoat to go down , when Biddy came up , nnd she asked what , was that going on in ' the kitchen ? "A drunken man , " : said 8 he , and then rolled witness'doTfn on tho'beu , rolled the 'blanket round her and held" her down to prevent witness

      going down stairs ' . When the , screech ceased , Biddy said , " Well , ¦ noiv , I thinlc the drunken man " is gone : " arid 8 he then got up , and went to the top of the stairs , and witness got up , ' and followed but she found the door closed ' against them ' arid ' they could not get down , the string which lifted the latch being taken out . They went tiack into the room and witness put her hand to open the window and said she would call out to tell the murder that 'was going on in the kitchen . " . ; B . iduy , theri aaid . she believed the drunken man was gone , and they then went down . The door " and wirinows wereclosed and it was quite dark , and the witness stepped with

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      her bare , foot into . ao ^ methingwet ,-and she said , " Biddy , this is 1 thp . blo 6 d , ! . ' . . and Biddy said , "No , it was the water the drunken man had spilt . " Witness ran out . The door was shut after her , and she went to a neighbour ' s house . Some time after she returned and found the : door and ^ window-shutters olosed , and . jthey . remainodisoiall day . At night she went . againand ( found Biddy . alone , but the , house quiet , ' andshe wenl ' to "; neighbour ' s ; ' She some Itimp after went again , and saw ; Biddy give a candle , to the boy Newcowbe tojgo ; tp ' hed ; with . ^ Witness then .-went in for her shoes and , stockings , and saw Biddy sitting on a- stool against the little coalhole door . - Witness -put her band- out to open ifc . M What do you want there V said Biddy . 4 "I want my ahoe 3 and stocking , " said tho witness . "Its myself that-will give ' em you , " 8 aid Bidd y ^ and after being in the nole some ' time she threw them out , and witness left the'house to look for ^ . ' ' -j : > . ?' , i . n ¦ . - . ' . ' ' ^ . . . ¦ ^

      lodgings elsewhere , as she was afraid to sleep at the prisoner ' s . Other witneaaea . proved hearing ano . iseon the night in question ,. the discovery of the body in the coal-cellar after , an attempt by the wife- to conceal it > and the abscondal -and apprehension of the-husband . On the ! 'Clerk of-the Crown putting the usual question , why sentence of ideath should not he pronounced upon them , Lyons answered firmly , ' . " Nothinjj ;" whilst bis wife ^' with . equal firmness and coolness' said ; - ' - ' ' -I am as ; innooentof that , as the night I was born . " -Mr . Justice Cresswell- then passed senterice of death , in the usual form . " Patrick Lyons said , ; I ' am full willing , my lord , ' so long as my wife is lalong with me .. . Bridget Lyons ( as her husband was' retiring from the bar ) aaid--Hecould clear Die this moriieUt ; that he is going . - The . prisoners , who' had thrbujh . out the day maintained the utmost indifference ,-heard the dread sentence without emotion , and left the bar apparently as unsubdued as ever . '

      Extbnsivk Swindiiko ;— William Russell j 47 , Frederick W . P .- Russell , 20 , his son , artd Edward Oxford , 42 , WBre" indicted for having , at Heaton-Norria , ttonspired'together ' . to' obtain goods by false pretences ; . . Thereivere no lesathan fourteen counts in the indiotment , varying the allegation ' s , ' to cheat Miohael Simma , Frederick James , Robert- Beman-, and others ^—The fadts of the case disclosed , extensive frauds . The defendants had taken a small place at No .. 4 , . Avenue-street , Stockpqrt , whence they were in the habit of writing to parties carrying on business " in various-parts ; of the country , for samples of goods ,-under the pretence that siich fiods , were ; re ' quired in their business , ? IFrom-Mr . ichael Sims , rope and twine maker ; qf Hinckley , ey had . obtained a considerable quantity of twine and coils of rope ; from : Mr . Charles PratC ' corn

      merchant ; StratfordTUpon-Avpn ; ' a large supply 0-wheafc and grain-of differeht ' sortB ; and , in-shortf goods ofi ' all kinds that people would ' entrust them with .:. At tha ibottom ; of : their printed circulars , . which . . were headed ' , ' Edward Qrfqrd , and Co . , " they had a line , "No . i , Avenue ^ streeti Stookpprt , arid at Bencliff Mill ; " but a witness named Jackson , who des ' pribed'himself as a '" lawagetit ' , " ' ari'd who had been : employed to attend the place in Stockport during ; tho day ,: said ; he -never ; stiw ; , Jlr .- Or / brd there , nor the ,, elder Russell more than half a "d pzenRimes ' , b ; ut , tlje younger , p ' r ' isoner called three or four timeBaweek . There was ' a letter-bdx Putside ^ the ' door , ' and all letters" found " therein were gWen . toone or other of the Russells . 'Any parcels ithat . catne- . the witness wdai- directed ; to . convey ¦ „ to

      the railway at HeatonNoms immediately ,-to , be fprw . ardedtp Manchester , where one of the RusseHs usually received them . '' The first IoVhe conreypd iri'this ' way ^ aa' tw enty-six' sacks' of- whea ' t , ah 5 i afterwards-some rope andtwine ; if any goods were left . at the , office ,, even fora short time , the old ; direetion ; . w ( as to pe- . taken off , and t witness ' s name , , " jVra ,. Jackson ., Mauche 9 ter , " , put on . ' ,. He received likewiso . apme hampers of cheese and a large quantity / of leather , ' . whibh ; were sent to Manchestflrin the ' 8 ame way ' as' the' other goPds ;~ MrV Prat ' t '• ' ¦¦ deposed that heihad supplied the prisoners' with' wheat , tp [ the amount'of' £ 80 17 s . ' ,, for ,, w : hioh he ; had received a ,, biU . pf . exqhangjB , purportiri g ^ tp ' . be ' drawn b ) Thps . Tiping , of Liverppqi , uppnaria accepted . by'A . 8 . Phillip ^ , Manchester ^ and iiraorseil by

      Edward ' Orford ' and ' Son , but thatibill'had-. been'returned dishonoured ; and had never ibeen ; paid .. Bj 9 f 0 re . it arrived , at iBiaturity he received'a'printed circular , from the superintendent ,. p £ police , at Stockport ,, stating that the parties calling themselves E , Orfordmnd Bon ,. at that place , Had bofen ' Menup for ' sffihdling . —The / carrier who had ' uevially been employed : to ^ remove the goods from 1 Stockport to Manchester , deposed that : he wa . 1 ion . one occasion ? PJ 9 ^ X ! . ! two , Ru 8 s . ell ? ' to remojve some wheat , Qheese , aniJ . lpather ,. ajl ' at the ! , same timeVfrom the ;^ oek ^ hrt ^ ailway ; t 9 Maridhester ; But'rtceived strict ^ rflers ne £ ' iff-le ^ tneVpeople- ' at ^^ . the station know where the : goods' were taken toi He also rehioved aoioe ' roBesrand twine for them . —Thejury returned a verdiofc ; . of -Guilty against all . the prisoners .- — Judgment , deferred . - ' ' '

      , ..,,.. ' . .,, . glI ) Ucester ; . ;;•; Thb Sodbubt ; MirbBB .-D . G . Hathwayi who is described in the calendiir as twenty-six years of age ; 'having been arraigned , pleaded in a'firm' voice " Not G&ilty / ' The indictment charged him with having ; on the 14 th of February ; 1851 ; feloniously mingled with gome broth ¦» quantity of a certain deadly . poiapn called white arsenic , and with haying administered such broth toJaheiHathway / Ms wife ; . 'A' second' count charged tihe ' prisoner with administering the poison withtiut ' . 'its bein : » mixed with the broth . He !; was alsocharged on the corO " ner ' s inquest with murder . ! After hearing the evidence , the jury acquitted the prisoner .

      ' , .,- , i . h ' KINGSTON . , ; BuRotiRT . —George . Roberts ,, 32 , and Charles Dove , . 18 , were . indicted for , a burglary in the dwel :.. ling-hoilie of Reat ' a Moore , arid stealing three ' silver spoons , a pair of goldispectacles , a ' c ' oat , and ' otKer articlesjhisproperty ^ It appeared that the proeec ' utor occupies a house at Epaom , a portion of which on the ^ round floor ; was let as a branchof the West Surrey Bank .. The robbery in question was committed on the night of the 31 st of October , and it was evidently the intention of the prisoners to have ' plundered the Bank , from whence they no doubt expected to .. have ; obtained a large booty . The house ; was all locked up as uaual pu the nieht

      previous to the , robbery ; And ; about two 0 " clock on thef p'Ubwingiriqrning , a person named Holland , ' who . lived next dpov to ' the Bank , wan ayvok e by a light shining - into hi 3 window , and upSn looking out , he saw two men , whom he clearly identified as the , prisoners , in , the act of examining , the irawers in the back office of the Bank . He afterwards saw ? . % H-Wi ' » "P . 8 ' ») g' an'alarm , the light" was extinguished , and the prisoners and their companion attempted to make off . ' The prisoners were , however , stopped fcy the police close to the spot , and , upon their being searched ,: several articles . that had been stolon from tho Bank were ^ "PJ .. ? . their Possession , and also a chisel , the size of which corresponded ; with marks that appeared . upon ' the iron chest of the Bank , ' arid alsoupon some other places ol deposit whioh the prisoners

      nau succeodod m forcing open . —The jury returned * verdict of Guilty against both prisoners , and thev were sentenced to be transported for twenty years * . Tub Fkimlby , MBRDBE .-Levi Harwood ,: . 20 . SHinuel Harwpod ; his cousin , 25 ; and" James Jbriej , l ^ t I aced ^ bar > charged with having , on the 27 th of September ,. 1850 , at the parish of Ash , ^ 'Pfpusl y made an assault upon George Edward Holiest , and that , they discharged' a pistol at him Containing a substance called a marble , and thereby gave , him , a' mortal wpund , of which ho languished until the following day , and then died . — -The prisoners ' all pleaded not guilty . —The evidence of Mrs , Holiest and other witnesses did . not differ from that already gi ^ jn . —Hiram' Smith the accomplice , but whose real name is Richard , Fowler , deposed to all . the circumstarices of the burglary , and . said , when we got into the bedroom I saw Mr . and Mrs . Holiest in bed . Mrs . llolloet awoke , and Levi Harwood

      said to her ,, '; If you don't lay still , my good woman , I shall blow your brains out . " We were all three at . th ' efo ' ofc of , theihed at this time . Mrs . Holiest got out of bed , and to the best of my belief she screamed , and'jones laid hold of her and thrust her into tho corner . Mr . Holiest then awoke , and was \ ti the sot of laying hold of Levi Harwood , when Levi Harwoed fired the . pistol at him . While this was happening I , took a gold watch off the stand or table that was at the foot of the bed . We all . four then ran down stairs ; and I believe Samuel Harwood picked up all the boots and shoes , arid we all ran off through the front gate . It was Jones ! who pushed Mrs . Holiest into the corner . Levi Harwood nd did

      aI not move from the foot of the bed , and Leu Harwood ahot him while he was standing in that position . Mr , Holiest was i&tia ^ ilZ the foot of the bed when he was sho 8 i , i £ ? mSnnf ^ A B ° n m ri Sht' l ha * no pistol n " m the other . Levi Harwood was about a vard or a RK ° Mr . Holiest when he fired" 5 hK Mr . ; HolIo 8 twasgomgtomakea " grab" at I . evi when he fired at him . . 1 did nothing to save Mr Holiest , but after the shot had been S ran &S ; Circum f {!^ evidence of a condusue charaoter proved the prisoners' presence at SS ^ 0 f , Mr IIo i Iest on the nightln question and after an hour and three-quarter ? consultation the jury gave a verdict of Guiltv aeainst Lev

      rZ , ° ? I and / ames Jones , and they declared bamiael Harwood Not Guitly . The foreman at the same time said , that it was . tho . unanimous opinion of the jury Wiatnoither Lovi Harwood nor Jones fired the fatal Bhot at the deceased , but that it was fired by Hiram Smith . —When the prisoners were called upon in the uaual way to Bay why sentence of death should not be passed upop them , Levi Harwood said , I am as perfectly innocent as any ono . in court . I am as innocent as your Lordship of bavinf been concerned in either the burglary or the murder . " Jones also declared that he was innocent . —Mr

      Baron Parko then put on the black cap , and after an impressive address passed senterice , of , death upon the prisoners in the usual form . " After the two prisoners upon whom the sentence had been passed had

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      . MIDDLESEX SE SSION . : The April General Quarter Session-. « , ! for the county ofMiddW comn SL tlle % > morning '» t . the . Court-house , SSr . SJ Sergeant Adams . ' '¦ ' ¦ . ¦ rKe » we || , C ? Edward Masters was indicted for „ , „• ' silk handkerchief , value 12 a tZ » i m « stolon Milnes ¦ Eaq ., Mi .-The STr & ?«• *{ and . when taw , placed attho bar S ^ Hj ^^ . rt dtoaddrew . a ' fowlfereii '

      m miurai on . m then proceeded in tlll ! «<) ii December twekemonth . s ' be was S ^ ^ < thebng Jane , of Bristol , which IZ »}* Qt <*< t voyage from South Carolina 0 JSP *> had since then used every excr-Zt ! ^ tkt " gone great hardship J ^ SSS ^ M i 5 to get an honest living . — % , « ¦ n ™ 1 nde ilv ouri » to six months' hard labour . " rt sen «' Md !| ¦ John Saunders ; 10 , a crinnle -inrf t > : . pleaded . Guilty to an indicfi ' V Ju ?^ charged with having stolen Sve T >' S prpperty . of Edward Ree ™ _ mr , > ushD !> . a

      younger pn . oner had been repeated | v T ^ % U two sessions ago a brother of his S ' o tl ? . " ' thia court , and waB at the m ^ Lf J conv'cte ( l in i The prisoner ' s father . ^ f J « J »» in P 20 J and his-mother , was dead Thi r nd Painter I sentenced to six months' imnrisnnn pr ' « a were I ; Mary Ann . Mayne , a woSfJfS ?' - ' I convicted at the last session oi' roW , fe | ^ ° Wa ' 1 eight sovereigns , was brou ght J ? f '" P ? ailo ^ o {| ment . —Itmay be remembered t £ ; ° . rece » v 6 iud . I ^ hioh ; . tlie . . iffi 8 oner . w » , 7 Sg * » t th 9 robbei , Jl whilst"the sailor was in a state of Was co ™ "ntted 1 that there' was reasbn to bS eve K' ^^ 21 reduced to . that condition b tK ^ Ki Phloroform by the prisoner TiJ ? Z P « ion of thatthe , prisoner Wehim a ' 5 ° b •' CUto ^ la N nose with a . pocket , handkerchief , "L ft 9 1 came insensible immediately afteSLL '' f •* I prisoner : was remande . 1 , in ' ordciMl ^ f ' - ^^ 1 might "be made , as to whether ' chlooL lnquities I produce insensibility in tho short timestatV 01111 1 learned Judge said l , e . had boen LflJiJS ^ roform would not produce insensibilhy with t ^ i uuHBuiousneas

      « alter tne application of h « i' " kerchief to his mouth by the BrisnZ r ^ Utto"dr « im ^« ofCj ^ i& »* r to pass upon ihe prisoner the enSeV ' thS' ! been passed by other courts in case " of tt vi kind , which sentence was that she he tV lllie for the terni of seven years trans poited PHSSSI * y toB . name « , ] cnw ,, aJdat * < , ? . £ ! tnftwaanwiWhM mme il , ui , ™ m ^ tiessissssiiSr , aaK&vs ^ aS ^ cpurt . , The prisoner Aubrey was slndW m ^ door of the Fox pubhehouse at thfco S 0 W court ,- andori a ' gentleman who was the wor 3 J liquor passing him he couched once , as if JVZ

      some-one inside the house henr , and the female m mediately ; came out . ^ She followed th > SkZ and took hold of him . by . the right arm , upon 3 Aubrey ranup ^ and whilst . the woman was enj-ne the gentemails attention ; heputhis right hand the gentleman ' s coat pocket . : The gentleman 7 shook them boih off and walked on . Witness aZ over to the gentleman and asked him if he had to anything ., He said he had-not , and witness th « Mt him . He contmued to watch the wisonet . They were standing neaj the end . of Beli-cburt Bu a rMpectable lady passed them , . When she had « . abftutWy yards away from them , the priWn wenUfter her .: The maeprbober walked up to on the left side b and the female on the other , a . immediately , put her hand into the . lady ' s pocket . I * ft « m * ff ° ment ah ? turned round / and oh'J

      * H ^ thT ^ - v- * Z W , vilms > ^ e sail , W ' T ^* ' ' Bnd both prisone fcnLo ^ a * i > fL nd ra . n dovrn Tosh-streotjbta followed , and took them into cnstidy in that stmi -iJisher , 127 . ^ . corroborated this evidence . VIir he took Aubrey into custody , and told Mm tt . charge , he mi " Thaf 8 n . otmy racket , and 5 know well I don ' t get my . living in that way . - ' !* S h d i ° ? Pns ?" e - rs Guil . fy .-Fisliersaidtk Aubrey had ; been convicted of felony at the ( H ^ S ^ ' ' . wasa trainer of young thieves at Oe "Thieves Kitchen " m F 0 x-cpurt / Gray ' 8-inn-IaK ; Several of hw pupils had been tried in this court , * . ! he himself was a notorious thief , ' and had Wn k ,

      connected with , the '" . Kitchen . " The other pri « S also belonged to the "Kitchen . " ShewsfikeS IXh nW -f ' ? u been convicted of ''« at the Old ; Bailey .-Aubrey said he and hwfeW prisoner were not the first this . man Fisher had mh an example ot .-r . l ' he learned Judge said that to perfectlr correct , for Fisher and the other office * had bythis timenearly cleaved out this intam place ^ -the Thieves' Kitchen . The court would m iupon the pnsoners the same sentence as had beta passed upon others who had been brousht from ttk

      same place , which sentence was that they be eaci imprisoned and kep . t to hardlabdur for eighteea calendar months ^ On heariuR the sentence the (* male prisoner fell prostrate in the dock , and was carried out screaming violentl y . She declared her innocence , and her cries were heard for seme time after she was in the cell . ; . ROBBBRYOF A Foreioner -Eliza Jones , IS Catherine Willis , 20 , Johanna Flmn .-20 , BhM Davis , 16 ,-Lien Davi Si 15 , Mary TrimleU , 10 , « ni Ann D « on , 17 , were indicted for stealing ten sW lings trom the person of . Jan Junker , The evidenc W i ? P ^ Sfcutor , who stated that he was a mercbafi and resided at No . 10 , East ' Mount Terrace , was , ihi . atabout seven o ' clock on the evening of the iU ult ; , he accompanied two eiHs to a -hun s * in r « oi : e

      Street , ' Spitaifieldg , but not liking the appearance « l the place he was about to leave , wheahewasagjaild by . the prisoners , who demanded money . He had Ha P ^ rf ! in one of which' was eleven sovereign ? , and is the other ten shillings and twelve pieces ' of Dutd coin / He took the ten shillings diit of his purse at ! . put'them in his mouth , but he was forced to take them out again by the prisoner Jones holding bin tightly by the neckerchief .. He held them in bishsni and whilst the other prisoners held him by the arffli and jacket , Jones forced his hand open , ' took out tti ten shillings , and handed them to the prisonersVlim and Dixon . He was then permitted to leave , andte at once procured a police congtable , with whom to returned to the house and gave all the prisoner- , except Dixon , intocustody . Dixon was takenen tti foUqwing _ day . He identified all thn mUnnm . d

      was sure he was not mistaken . The jury , afterso ^ consultation , found Jones , Willis , ami Dixon . GuilUi and Acquitted the others . The learned judge tk » sentenced each of the prisoners convicted " to be transported for seven years , and cautioned the olli «> as to ttieir conduct for the future . ¦ ^ Robbbry or a SBAMAS .-James Holderson ft Catherine Hare , 20 , and Caroline Ltdgett , 21 ; *» mdioted for having stolen twentv-three sovereig n from the person of Robert Sheffield .-The prosed tor was , * seaman , and had just returned fr «* Unna . The prisoner Holderson was a seani . in 15 the royal navy , and lodged in the same hou > e * a Pu o e n Ut 0 r ' the Kin ' 3 Arms . New Oravel-h * On the 20 th ultimo Holdersbn induced the prosector to accompany him-with the two fentaW spnera to a public-house , and thencoto a housewhich the prisoner Lidgctt lodged , lie was **

      asKeato pay for something to driuk , and on ^ out his purse , its contents , twenty-six sovereign were knocked out of his hand . Thinking tl < dono . by way of a frolic he allowed them very q ^ j to pick up the soverei gns that foil on the floor , t" subsequentl y denied all knowledge of tho tra «* tion and'the prosecutor then gave them into c ^ tody . Two soverei gns ivere Jnft in the pur-V ^ was afterwards found on tho floor , so that the Jsoners possessed themselves of twenty-throe- -- } ' Balhintine addressed thejury on behalf of U » ' , son . The prisoners were all found Guilty , a " ^ court sentenced each of them to six months l iaru labour in the House of Correction .

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      ' Patent Law AMENDMEST .-Lord Broug ham s ^ to amend the law touching Letters Patent » Inventions ,, has just- been printed . It c ° n ' r ! twenty-two clauses . By the preamble it is dedaj , to be expedient to make certain additions to » alterations in the present Jaw touching 1 « " patent for inventions . It is proposed tocof ^' j the Lord Chancellor , Master of tho Bolte ? j others , Commissioners of Patents for Invention * . whom threo may act . They are to make n-i- &c . After petition and report , tho Commissionare to cause a warrant for sign-manunl to b « i «^ on which the Lord Chancellor iB to issue the I ? A patent . The specifications are to bo pr »! , There is a list of lees in the intended act , sl »» that letters patent may bo obtained for about g Compensation is tn 1 . 0 . nvnvMiui fm- nersons ani' j

      ?/ i . he Provi « ions . The act , which is to bc *^ The Patent Law Amendment Act , 1831 . K . come into force in one month after the F- " " thereof . y Metaihie v . Wisemas . —This case , ^ % ^ occupied : tho , attention of Vice Chancellor i * . worth for some days past , is fixed to bo bro ^ before the Lord Chanoellor at Westminster" ' on the first day of next November term .

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      acotiafflr . Thb North British-Mail announces the death of Xord Moncrieffe , which took place at his residence in Horayiplace , Glasgow , on Sunday afternoon .

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      &Ue proxjmws . "Wholtesaib DisMANCHiSEiiENT . —We feel it our duty to keep before the public-eye the astonishing e& c ^ . of the Small Tenements act , which in the township of Bradford alone has disfranchised in tei lation _ to the election of guardians , as many as' 8 , 200 « MnW W ° S » nd ™ -Horton 5 , 000 Putof 6 , 000 ! Facts like these are stronger without commenttnan witlrit ;—we simply recall : attention to the tremendous . " fact . —Bradford Obt&wtr . ' ;

      Thb Boilkb EXPLOSION ai Manohtssibb . —The ninth and last body of the unfortunate persons killed by the bursting of a boilerat Manchester , was ' take ' n from the rums of the mill ou Saturday morninr ; the remains are those of a boy named John 'Commisky . The safety-valve , which' . was blown ; from the top of the boiler at the explosion , has been found , and it is said to be very small for the quantity of steam which would have to blow off when the pressure was very high . :, . -r ;¦¦ . i -:- ¦ Poisosiko is Sotfolk . —On FridayandSaturday last a long investigation took' place at Stonham Aspal / near Ipswich , before the coroner and a jury , to ascertain by what means a labourer 'named Cage came by his death , suspicion having attached to Lia wife of having poisoned him with arsenic , From the evidence produced it appeared that the deceased and

      his wife lived on the worst-terms , and that she was a very profligate woman , that Cage was for ' some days previously to his death Tery ill in bed , and that medical aid was-obtained . He died , and was about to be buried , when from certain intelligence ' as to the cause of his death the . clergyman of ; the ' parish caused a postponement of . the funeral and a coroner ' s inquest to be called . The evidence of two medical men affirmed the faot of the presence of arsenic in the stomach , &c , and it was proved that Mrai Cage had employed a woman to purchase for her a pennyworth of arsenic . A good deal of circumstantial evidence was adduced to fix the guilt on Mrs . Cage , who has beea taken into custody by order of ' ¦ a magistrate , and remanded . The inquest has been . 1 adjourned for afull analysationof the contents 6 £ the stomach of the deceased . .= .:::.. ; .

      Cosditios op Oxfordshire . —The JSeVerend < W . Ferguson , of Bicester , a Dissenting Minister , says that there are hamlets in Oxfordshire , at which the poor people have no other water to drink than ! what they . draw . from the stagnant ponds . at which Horses and cows' drink , and in wnicH 'ducks and geese swim 1 . "Numbersof inhabitants die annually « f a fever , which is the effect of the water they are forced to drink , and of tho bad ' quality and Bhort quantity of their food . " " ¦ WtttiAM ahd Ellks Chv ;? , thb Fboiiivk Slatbs . - —We understand that it has been arranged to ' hold a public meeting . inBristoltoreceive , thesesingularly interesting fugitives . They-fled to this country a few weeks since , in consequence of the operation of

      the fugitive slave law of the United States . "'Mrs ; Craft is said to possess considerable personal ' attractions , and is as fair as our own country women ., - ¦ Soothamptok . —Sii- Alexander" Cockburn , ! . the Attorney-General , arrived in Southampton on Monday , amidst the merry ringing of " the church bells ? to commence his canvass . The council of the : Parliamentary and Financial Reform AsBpciatiori placarded the town ever with bills bri Monday ^ calling on the electors to insist on the ' Attoroey-Creneral renewing'his promises , and pledging' biuuelf to press his viewsupon the government ; ofwhich he is a member , orithe subjects of ^ ^ tbe . suffrage , ballot ; electoral redistribution , triennial ' parliaments , and financial reform . In the eveninsr a ' meetinff « f . the

      electors took place at the * -Stir ' -Hotel ( Mri ^ ssttte Clark , a Quaker , and an-afflaeut ; tradesmen ' in - -tne town ,-in the chair ) , at which they ,-resolved to -rnterrogate Sir Alexander on his past ' and ' futureconi duct in Parliament . - Immediately after tflU meeting broke up another took place / at' the Attorney-General ' s committeerooms , at' which hewaB present . Before they would form a ; committee , or pledge themselves to support his re-election , they insisted on hearing his explanations and views on certain matters . Sir Alexander" frankly . ' declared that tie did not appear before them so " independent a candidate as when he first solicited the honour of their suffrages . He was- now . a member of the government ,. and , he thought hisaself justified in

      sacrificing an independent vote oh government measures of an incoBsiderahleaiid unimportant nature . He declared ; however , that on atifof the important questions of the day onthei support of which his reputation as a liberal , reformer depended ,- rather tban vote contrary to what he . had : hitherto : professedatid voted , he would , resign . office . He declared himself an uiiflincHing supporter of the ballot and of the unconditional abolition- of the window duties . He was not" in the cabinet , " but'he had every reason to believe that those duties would be unconditionally surrendered to the people .,. He was against Locke King ' s measure . for extension of the SAiffirage , because the constituencies it would make would ' be completely imder the dominion of ' the

      squirearchy , and hecause it ' was a Protectionist measure . He would go much farther ; than Locke ffing , by votingior . an extension of , thYfranohiee in largeboronghswhichsent membors . topatliataent to eiiablo such ' members to ' reprosent a larger : and less' corrupt constituency . " The Attiorney-Gerieral declared that he" wag , a Free-trader in the'fullest sense . He was for triennial parliaments ! provided there were no constitutional means for intermediate dissolutions of parliament . And -he pronouncedagainst colonial wars oh boundary uues , tion 8 . i He assured the electors ' that no one' could imagine the difficulties which government had to contend with to ' pasa measures through the ^ h ' ouies of parliament , owing to the complicated Btate of parties at the

      present tune , and the hostile interests by which they were environed ! It was his sincere opinion , however , " that the members bf the government meant well . The following resolution was then passed unanimously : —" That this meeting , ' whilst congratulating Sir A . E . Cockburn , on : his appointment to the office of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , pledges itself to promote , and support his reelection as representative of the borough of Southampton . " Three Conservative candidates have been applied to to oppose Sir Alexander Cockburn , but owing , it is said , to the near , approach of a general election , they declined . : .,. ,..= . . . : Committal of a Wife FOBMifBDERiNG hb ^ i Qvaband . —Ipswich . —On Monday afternoon the cbro * ner ' s inquiry concerning the •' eath of James Caire . an

      agricultural labourer ,-living at Stonham Aspal , near here , was resumed and concluded , ~ at the Ten Bells public house , of that village , before the jury previously empanneUed . Towards the latter end of the week before last the deceased was taken seriously ill , and in the course of the Saturday . night he ' expired . f he funeral was arranged to take place on the following Thursday , and . the corpse was 00 . the way' to the churchyard for interment , when , the clergyman , in consequence of what he had just been informed of caused the ceremony to" be delayed' and the present inquiry instituted . Some additional evidence having been received , the coroner proceeded to sum up , and t ^ e , « SP , ^ ter ^" . ^ deliberati ° n , returned averdict of " Wilful-murder" against the wife of the deceased , and the coroner accordingly made out Mb warrantfor her trial at the assizes . . .

      Representation as BrjBY . - ^ The electors of this borough are teking steps to secure" the BerviceB of ( a gentleman to represent them'in Parliament at the general election , whichit is believed is fast approaching . Mr . Walker , the present member , has never y ? ' taken his seat , arid , of course , no one thinks of him . The Conservatives are desirous to bring forwwd Mr . Henry Hardham , a gentleman of some local influence . The Liberals have not yet made a selection , though the Reform Association is actively movin the matter and

      ing , purpose holding a meeting of electors on the subject , in the course of a few days . West Somerset Election . —Mr . Gore Larigton has acceded to the requisition addressed to him by the electors of West Somerset , and has announced himself as a candidate for the representation of that division of the county in Parliament .. As no other : gentleman has made a similar declaration , the return of Mr . Gore Langton may be calculated on . Thedayof nomination is appointed by the sheriff for Thursday , the 10 th of April .

      . Libebalitx of Mr . Aldbbman Salomons . —The Rochester Gazette states , that Mr . Alderman Salomons has expressed to the rector of Ashurst , Ttinbridge Wells ; his intention to build at his own ^ expense , in that parish , a school house and teachers ' residence , similar to that erected at Fordcombe kreen , in the parish of Penhurst . This will be a great boon to the poor of the parish of Ashurst , which hitherto has , we believe , been without a school of any kind , ' Charge of Robbery : and Elopement at Liverpool . — On ^ Tuesday , afternoon , the charge of robbery and elopement * preferred against Mr . James ¦ Meade , wine merchant , of Berkeley-square , came on for re-hearing . Mr . ' Snowball , solicitor for the . secutor , having recapitulated Uie facts brought

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1620/page/6/