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      ® $ c icrctwpoiw , . fcitftt o ? Losdos . — The official report wjs : 5 deaths resistered J !) the roetrWitan dratnctsin week , ending lasfSaiurdsy were l , 0 o . The mort- ; which was of unusual amount throughon * wWtratin the subsequen t three . weaW - ^ ^ iwf d a disposition to decline , ** &ara exhibits a conlerable es » -ess above wj £ t is usually experienced at i- period of thp y * ar . Last week was the sevenaiih of the year : taking the same week in each the ten years 1811-50 , it appears that the deaths i not rise in any instance so high as to the last « k '; that in ISiO they rose t <» 1 , 058 , but ia mnst s « -s-scarcely exceeded 900 . The average of the n cnrrespondin- weeks was 904 whichif cor-__ ^ % t l ? T « tro « rtltfl

      , , ned for assumed increase of population , becbmes ; 6 . . Above this estimated-result there wasari iurease last we- k amounting to 89 . Compared with w © Vtlie prebtding week , when the deaths were 993 le present . retnra exhibits an increase in the zylotic-or epid mic , and the tubercular classes of r tal diseases , and in those diseases which affect the espicat « ry or « an ? . . The zwnotic class numbered 217 Paths'in . itie previous week , and has now risen to 32 ; the difference arising almost exclusively from leasliS . whirh has nearly doubled its number of as—w ' nhin the formight . This complaint carried iffW-chUdrenlast week , scarlatina 10 , small-pox 8 hililrenand an aciult . Typhus was fatal in 32 case ; , liarrhoea in 21 , iifluenza in 7 , and honpioercoughin

      iG . Considerably more than the usual number of ibildren are still dying froiri this last-mentioned jomplaint , . which at this period of the year does not ; ener- 'Uy . exceed 43 in its weekly measure of fatality . Jther ' disesses which have last week been augmented n their fatal effects are consumption , which rose in ; helasttwd weeks from 10 S to 139 ( the latter number notrbeing far from the average . ) and pneumonia , or inflammation of the' lupgs , which rose from 52 to 90 . The increase in this latter disease has been thifflyxonfined to children ; and bronchitis , the mortality from which is spread more equally over all ages , actnally shows a . decrease . It is shown by a comparison of deaths at different periods of life that both the youthful and aged portions of the

      columnuuy , but chiefly the former have latterly contributed more than the usual amount of mortality , while the iMnbeof the nudd ' e-aged supply less than the average number , of deaths for this season of the year . The number of persons who died , last week under 15 years was 544 , while the average is only 394 ; the number at 15 years and under 60 ,. was 299 * while the average is 31 S ; and of persons of GO years and upwards there died 216 , while the average is 188 . Births . recently ha ^ e been unusually numerous ; a fact which will be admitted to account in some degree for increased nw » Ftalify among the yonng . In public institutions 147 deaths were registered last week , and these are distributed in the following

      propornons :-j-83- in workhouses , 7 in- military and naval asylums , 40 in hospitali . 7 in lunatio asylums , 7 io military and naval hospitals , and 3 in prisons , last week the births of 771 boys and 732 girls , in all l . oOS ehildren" were registered . In the sis corresponding weeks of . 1845-50 the . average number of bmhs was 1 , 449 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the we ^ k w as 29 * 54 S " in . The mean temperature was 49 . 9 degj , " which is about 2 dee . above the average of the same week'in ten years . The mean- daily' temperature was above the average of the several days till Friday , when it fell below it . On the same day the wind , wh ' ch had been in the east-weBt , and south-west , changed to north . . -

      Alleged Brutal Murder . —Considerable sensation has been created in Westminster in consequence of the supposed brutal murder of an aged respectable man by his son . The atrocious violence which caused death no doubt was inflicted by a poker , and the ' unfortunate victim expired on Saturday m » rntng : in the Westminster Hospital . The following is an outline of . the circumstances : —The deceased ( Richard Juiid , formerly an-army accoutrement-maker , a « ed sixty-two ) resident with his son Frederick , the accused , at No . 4 , Garden-place , Bell street , Vincent-square , and on the morning of Saturday sen ' night some groans were heard proceeding from the room he occupied , and in about five minutes , afterwards the son ( Frederick ) , came from the apartment and left the bouse . ' Some few minutes elapsed , when the aged father came down from hisrom . into the street , ' bleeding profuselv

      from wonnds about tbe bead , and was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital , after stating tbafc hison Frederick had committed the injuries he had received . 'Immediately upon his admission into ihe hospital he became insensible , - in which state he remained until he expired on Saturday . The wounds were of a desperate description . ¦ The son gave himself up to tbejiolice on the evening of the day the injuries were inflicted , and has been , from time to time remanded . — : An inquest was held on Tuesday evening by Mr . Bedford , at Westminster Hospital , on view of the body 6 f the said Richard Jadd . The evidence of theseverifl witnesses given at the "W estminster Police Court on Monnay . andat the previous examinations of the accused ( Frederick Judd , the son of the deceased ) , having been repeated , the jury , after two hours' deliberation , returned a verdict of "Wilful mnrder against Frederick Jadd . '

      Soicidb of the Dutch Commissioner fob thb Exhibition . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inques - at No . 21 . Finsbary-square , on view of the body of Mr .. F . G . Gamp , sg ^ d twenty-four , a fine young man , and of wealthy connexions in the Netherlands , who was Principal . Commissioner from Holland , appointed to attend to the arrangement <> f the contributions from that conntry to the : Great Exhibition , and who committed suicide under the follow , ing melancholy circumstances . —John Ramsay , servant to Madame Julia , landlady of tbe house , said the deceased about a month ago engaged anartments . He eame with several other gentlemen . When at home Le was employed the most of his time ia writing , as lie was ia the habit of receivingnumerous letters . He

      frequently rose at three o ' clock in the m'Tning . He generally lef | at nine o ' clock to go ; to Hyde Park , and returned at seven or eight at night , when he had hisdinner . Hensuallv diued alone in . the parlour , as it was bis wish- He was very reserved in his manner , and latterly witness had observed : bim to below and desponding . . Witness had remarked to the servant that he thought deceased would never live to go through with MadutieB at the Exhibition , a * he appeared to have so much anxiety : on his mind . Madame Julia tried to cheer him , asdidalso aaentleraan of tbe name of Monchet , who wa&a . lodcer . Last Saturday ni <; ht deceased returned from ¦ Hyde Park at seven o clock .. He appeared extremely desponding . He dined with , Madame Julia and Mr . Moucbet .

      About ten o clock the following morning witnrss went to his bed room with a . cupof strong tea .- tie knocked repeatedly , but conldobuiu no answer . The door -was locked . Madame Julia and Mr . Monchet , upon bearing him call so frequently came to his assistance . A key was obtained , with which Mr . Moucbetopened the door . Deceased was then found suspended by a piece of cord from the bedpost , snd life w * s extinct : Witness instantly weatfor a surgeon . Prom the evidence of gentlemen acquainted with deceased ' s afftfrs , it appeared that the duties « f his office were overwhelming him , and he more over'expected to be shortly superseded in bis commission . His accounts were properly kept , and corresponded with the state in which his funds were founds The jury returned a Terdictof ' Temporarvinsanity-, "

      Soicidb in ^ St . James ' s Pabs . —On Sunday morn * ing the body : of a . . gentleman of fair complexion , abont thirty years of age , and attired in black , was found in the . ornamental water of tbe park ; It was removed to St . Margaret ' s Workhouse for an inquest . ... ; - . ¦ ,. ]— . ¦ . ¦ : ¦¦ > ' ¦ '¦ ' ' ¦¦ '>¦ Deathop aWomak ^ roh BaoxAi Vioeekce at Chelsea . —At the Westminster police court on Monday Micbael Gonnell . andAnn , his wjfei were finally examined , charged with bavins caased the death of Caroline Jewejl by . brutal violence , at Chelsear-Tbe voluminous depositions ; the substanee of which , has teen already published , having been read over by Mr Taylor , tbe chief clerk . Mr . Broderip havine been

      informed , in answer to his inquiry , that there was no chance of procuring any further evidence , said ; Under these circqmstances , it is my duty to deal with the case on the evidence adduced before me . I abeolve the maleprisoner from any hand in the death of Caroline Je well ; but I commit the prisoner Ann Connell for killing iand- slaying her ; -and the male prisoner for the ; robbery , of Susannah Blanchfield . " Committed accordingly . —The protracted inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Caroline Jewell , was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday , by the jury returning a verdict of " Manslaughter agaiu « t Ann Conhe'J , " : the " womani who was committed f « rtrial unonthes % -. e charge at the Westminster Police Court , on Monday .

      Sdicidb of ah ExHTBiroai—OnTufsday Mr . Cartarheldaninqaestat Deptford , touching the death ot Mr . \ j . Stone , aged 6 fty-fonr , a corn dealer oftuat 2 rS . w ? Monk » sekee | . er to the deceased , stated that her master Vas at home all day on Satur . day and retired to bed that night at half-past elevea , S »? f h ° i ' y T ™*? ab , « ven o ' clock , thehouse-S ? i £ ^ alarmed . , called witness ' s attention to the tact that her master ' s bed room door was onen , and ao oae w the room The servants searched the house and premises , and found the body of deceased in the ^ " ^ . ^ pended from a trap door by a sasi Hne which had been thrice twistedround his thrS , Jnd to the end of which was attached a Wden . wekht 6 f lSbs , Deceased was in his shirt . Hehadbeeu « erwus and lovj ^ spirited for several day , , particulariv on Friday and Saturday last . havW , ViKS J 2

      received n letter from his 8 r , , dated Sy . lnevVm which he stated . hat he hadbeento California and 1 returned to Sydney , having failed in his object , ; andthat " on reaching Sydney thestinker or trusttehad become bankrupt ; the combined circumstances'bV « ruihen him . aud he feared he should want bread . —Mr . John Wade , builder , Deptford , saiJ the decease ! had been very much depressed at times lately . The deceased had placed aa invention in the Exhibition of a ) l Nhu . s . 1 'bej' were at the Exhibition together on Erinay . - Deceased seemed eccentric in his minner / and « - i ve y much depressed . T decesse left him at

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      the Exhibition to go to Oxford-s treet v-V ^ re he was I carrying on an , experimental bas £ - " ; . / articles , and has lost large ^ -f ™ - r « ' ^ ered matters , and the letter . ' . , . rfm 9 ^ " -7 These believed , wei ^ hr-d ?* , ° . foil ' s misfortune , he » o- —» "S UOnsly upon the deccastd ' s ner- ' vous system , wp . ' o , althbu-h a worthy mao , .-was easily excited . The hry returned a verdict of V Temporary insanity . " ' . .. ,-:. ' . Inqubsx os Mr . Tohlis , . inK BABRisiEn . —On Saturday afternoon last Mr Langbam , deputy coroner for Westminster , held an inqufRt in the liall of Lyoa'a Inn , JJewcastle-street , Strand ' , on ilie body of Mr . James Tomlin , aged thirty-onp , birrister-at-law . There were present about 100 . legal friends of the deceased , who appeared deepl y ' interested in the melancholy inquiry . Deceaseil was " a Mill Mill

      remarkably fine man , upwards of six teet in height , and the principal witnesses ' . testified to the great amiability of his disposition . —Mr . James Crowd ; , solicitor , said he resided in Porchester-terrace , Bays water , and had known deceased for tlio last eight years . He was in his company on Thursday evening last from half-past six to half-past ten o ' clock . Dined with him that ' evening , and four other gentlemen , at Richardson ' s : Hotel , Coven t Garden . Deceased , to all appearance , was in his usual state of health , and evinced hot the slightest symptom of despondency during , the evening . They left the hotel together at ten o ' clock , and walked to St . James ' s-square , where deceased wished witnes > to take tea or coffee with him ' at tHe Erectheiuni

      Clubhouse . Witness declined , and they parted at half-past ten .. A good deal of wine had heen drunk duringtliei evening . He could not say how much , ¦ nor could he tell how much deceased had drunk ' The latter was excited , but , certainly / he was not drunk . His-conversation was quite rational , allowing for a little more gaiety -in- itthanusiial , though his natural disposition was very livel y srnti cheerful . Nothing during the evening whatever occurred to . lead witness to suppose- that decease i would deBtroy . himself . ¦ ¦ ¦ Witness knew of no maD more unlikely to do eo . —Mri G .- Cooper ; superin tendent of the Temple police , said—a watchman'informed him that a man had'fallen from a' window . Witness went to the-place , examined the window !

      and found it open . There were no marks of struggling on the landing . The inner door of deceased ' s chamber was locked , the outer not . Witness should say that , as deceased' was running down from hit * chambers , his foot slipped on the « landing , and he fell tb . rough . the window , legs foremost . —Mr . H . Macleod , barrister , lived in the top story of the same house aai deceased . " About-half-pa 6 t eleven on Thursday night , he had just gone to bed , and thought be heard some one come up stairs . Immediately after he thought he heard two or three sounds of steps louder than usual , - and then he heard something like the sound of a violent leap down stairs , and immediately , after that he heard what he thought a second leap . It appeared as if a man had . leaped down a flight of stairs in high spirits . Heard nothing else on the stairs . About a quarter of an hour afterwards he heard a number of persons speaking under his ' window , and

      discovered that : an accident had happened : He had examined the landing , and saw on it , about nine inches from its edge , in the direction of the open window , marks of boots , as if some-one had slipped . He examined the spot outside '; where deceased- bad fallen , and found it seven feet from the perpendicular of the wall > showing that the deceased had shot out through the window with great velocity . The witness was decidedly of opinion that whendeceased jumped on the landing , which was Very slippery , from having had a coat of whitewash , his boots slipped , and he was sent legs foremost " through the window . The stairs' windows were often open by night . —The . Coroner summed up , and the'juryi after a brief consultation , returned a verdict of • Accidental Beath , " with a recommendation to the benchers , that windows similarly situate to the one in question should be effectually guarded and secured against accidents . ' >

      The Great Fair nearKensal Nbw Town , Kensington . —On Saturday the most active preparations were in progress for the opening of this fair on Thursday , 1 st of May . " 'The precise locality , or that which will beat any rate the nucleus of this holiday fair , is a large field—say twenty ' acres—abutting on tbe south of the Talbot Road , by the Westbourne Water Works ,. and runninR up northward to the bridge which crosses the Great WeBtern Railway , near the new Ragged-School of the south-western extremity of Kensal New Town . The field contained from six ty * o seventy ahowvana . ^ Theroads leading to the Geld were thronged with show , vans and waggons laden with materials for constructing booths . Borsisgof Spurious Tea—On Saturday morning several of the labourers in the London Docks were employed in burning about two tons weight of spurious tea , which had been seized by the officials of the Dock Company ., .,

      Meetikg o ? EsusiBRATOBs .- ^ Last evening a' nunieroug meeting ' of the' enumerakira under the census took place at the Equestrian Tavern , Blackfriars-road . Mr . Behana took the chair , and briefly explained the objects of the meeting . Mr . Potier said he was an enumerator in 1811 , and that' then the reraureration was better / although there was less o-ork to do than at the present census ; he thought that it would be un-English and cowardly if the present attempt at imposition on the part of the government was allowed to-pass unnoticed . After further animadverting upon the conduct of the government , be-concluded by moving a resolution declaring that the meeting was of opinion that the remuneration fixed by government for the enumerators of tbe census for 1851 was inadequate to the-onerous and responsible'daties which they have had to perform , especially in the metropolitan districts , where the returns were heavy , the $ ay diminishing in

      proportion as the labour increased . Mr . Roberts , of Chelsea ; Mr . Fletcher , Mr . Ives , Mr . Oxley , and Mr . Hallam , addressed the meeting . The last named gentleman said , he believed that- maoy of the enumerators' had'been deceived- when they undertook the arduous duties which had develved ' upon- them . He was personally acquainted with a registrar , Who had stated that if he < bved till the next census , and wished to revenge bimselfupoa an enemy , he would endeavour to appoint him an enumerator . He would wish to call particular attention to the fact , that for a * y odd number under sixty enumerated there was no pay , and adding all these odd numbers together , he fonnd -that ; the enumerators were mulcted by the government to . the amount of £ 375 . A committee was appointed to make arrangements for holding other meetings , to force the subjectupon the attention of the . government , and , the meeting separated . "

      Threatened Invi 8 Ion op Ebnbihoton Gatoesb bx EQTjESTHiMiS . —On Tuesday night a large and influential meeting of the residents of Bays water , Ken .-ingtbn , iUotting-hill , and the vicinity of Kensington-gardens i-was held at the Prince Albert Tavern , Notting-hil ] , to consider the propriety of presenting a petition to the Queen against the intended formation of a public ' ride in Kensingtongardois . Amongst those who signed the requisition calling the ; meeting were the two churchwardens of the parish of Kensington ; ' and nearly all the respectable inhabitants' ofthiB district . ' Mr . Boyle , barrister , presided , « nd '' said the question they had met to consider was one which did not affect the inhabitants of-Kensington alone , but one

      which materially-concerned the health ;' rejbreation , and comfort > of the whole metropolis . ' It waspto- posed to convert ' 'a portion of Kensington-gardens into a drive , and thereby to encourage a" concourse of people ; not only equestriana but costermongers , dealers in horse flesh , and others , noiey characters which would ' completely destroy tbe privacy and seclusions which the frequenters of the gardens had for upwards of a century enjoyed , such an assemblage would ! completely deprive ladies ; invalids , and children of the enjoyment of the gardens , and wonid act a * a * exclusion of them from the delight- ; ful&nd healthful'recreations which -thfej -fiad been in the habit ! of enjoying . The proposed intrusion was wholly unnecessary , because ' at present there was a drive for equestrians between Rotten-row and the Serpentine , and if it were necessary to have a more extended drive , that could be . easily ' obtained by making an additional one , at a very trifling

      expense , in the northern part of Hyde-park , where there was ample room without interfering with ' the convenience , ' comfort ,-or privileges ' of the people ' . ' Under these circumstances it was deemed advisable to present a petition to her Majesty Wthe subject , praying her Majesty to prevent the intended intrusion . —Mr . ; Dunford proposed the first resolution , which was- to . ' the effect that the . meeting viewed with _ 8 urprise and alarm the intention of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , to make a drive in Kensington-gardens , which had for upwards of a centary been set apart for the recreation of - all classes of her' Majesty ' s subjects , and particularly for-ladies and children . —Mr . Herapath : seconded the resolution . —Mr . Hopper supported the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . Bennett and Mr ; Thornton Hunt subsequently addressed the meeting , and a petition , to her Majesty , embodying the sentiment bf the resolution , was adopted .

      Eqoaijsation of the Land Tax . —On Wednesday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the old Artillery-ground , in the Liberty of the Tower of London , was held at the Court : House , Foft-street , Spitalfields , for the purpose of considering the propiiety of M memorialising the commissioners of the land tax on the subject of i tbe . unequal proportion of . the . laud tax-payable " . by-that liberty . —^ Mr . Hod gson was . called , to the . ' chair . "The ' chairman . staced that they had met for the purpose of taking

      measures to doaway- with " the . 'inequality which subsiated in . reference to the land tax . At present , the liberty iu which they resided , ' where the popu ^ lation was small , and far . from : beingiwealthy ^ was assessed ata > ate ; of-2 d . > 3 d . initte pound , whereas others in the same county were ratad as low as 2 d : per pound Ue / ntked if there was '* any jugtice or »<» ^ rf - Uio tax . were : equalised ' over the Tower Ham ets ,: the . rate . would only-be 51 d in tlie pound . Jhey had no desire to get ^ offlS

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      iegitimate - burdens ^ arid if they . were only crated fairly and equally with Other ^ parishes , they would have no reason to complain : but ' so long as the matter remained on such a footing of ' glaring inequality , they were entitled to call oh tlie commissioners to afford them : tlie relief which they had It in their power , to bestow . The commissioners had full power to equalise the tax . In support of this statement he quoted from the act of parliament itself , and referred to a recent decision on the subject in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench . The case-alluded to was that of Bradley Haverstoe , in the county of Lincoln , in which the Lord Chief Justice had hot only said that the commissioners possessed the power to equalise the tax , but strongly advised

      them to do so . Lord Campbell had said , — «« if the commissioners wish to have our opinion' of what they ought to do , I , for one , should have no difficulty in expressing that- opinion because , although the ^ assessments upon ' the counties are perpetual , whatever variance there may be in the value of property , still within the division there ought to be an equal pound rate and it is in their .. power to make the assessment equal within the division , and they certainly might have done more than they , : have done . " , iln the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice , the bench had unanimously concurred , lie trusted they would be able to make . such representations to ; the comissioners as would induce them to equalise the burden—Mr

      Edmunds moved that a memorial should be present to the Land Tax Commissioners , praying for ah equalisation of the land tax within the division of the Tower Hamlets . —Mr . Senecal seconded the resolution , which was put and unanimously carried —Mr ; Duthoit then read a memorial to the meeting which he proposed should . bo signed b y the chairman and other inhabitants , and forwarded without delay to the commissioners . The memorial represented that land tax atBe > sed on the" Old Artillery Ground required a rateof 2 s . 3 d . inthe pound perannum onthevalue of the property therein , whilpinthe neighbouring parishes of Shoreditch and Bethnalgnen the assessment did not exceed sixpence is the pound , and other parishes in the nifitrnnnlie

      were contributing only ; a nominal rate ; that the assessment on the Old Artillery Ground was the highest of any place in the ; Tower Hamlets : that all objection would be removed , and : justice would be done to all parties , by the substitution of an equalised in place of the present unequal rate ; and that it appeared , by a recent decisioh'in the courtR _ of law , that the , commissioners ' had 'full power to equalise the rate within their respective local districts . The memorial concluded by praying the commissioners to affordJbe memorialists suoh relief as the iuatice of the , case required . —Mr . Hodges seconded the adoption of the memorial ' which was likewise unanimously agreed to ; - A vote of thanks to the chairman , closed the proceed dings . , ... ¦ •

      TheOsinibds proprietors of the metropolis have given notice that , ' in eonsequenco of the decision of the city authorities relative ' to the inside cross seat , whereby each omnibus in its , usual number will lose " one iheicte pasBengCT , and the present high price of horse provender , that the short fares of 3 d . each passenger , ' as now , will be advanced to 4 d . on and after Thursday , the 1 st of ifay . : On the other hand , a number , of other- ' omnibuses have started to run from various parts of the metropolis to the Exhibition for 3 d . ' : , ,

      aduitbramon of Bbbb . —The following licensed victuallers were fined on . Wednesday eqch in the 8 umof £ 200 , for having , in their Beveral possessions , various articles used for adulterating beer : — BHnjamin Staines , Fountain Tavern ,. Mile-end-road ; John Rogers ; Homer-street ,. ' Mafylebohe ; Richard Lucas Williams , FashJoniatreet , Poekhead ; George Johnstoiie , the White" Horse ; Theobalds-road : and John Martin Wood , Red Cross , Barbican . Mr James Barker , of . the Bell and Bladebone , Lower road , Depiford , was fined £ 300 , a quantity of elicit spirits having been found in his cellar .

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      An Impodent EobbeIit was perpetrated at the Royal Hotel at Birmingham op TussSay morning . About seven o ' clock a teUovf of gentlemanly exterior walked ; in at the'front ' door , ' proceeded straig ht up tho stairs into abed' roohv in which a gentleman . was in bed ; in a moment or two he returned , : and made his exit as he entered , passing several . . of . the servant ? .- It was _ subsequently discovered that he had taken a sum in gold and notes amounting to auout £ 30 from . a pocket book in the drawer of tho room which he entered ,, leaving a gold watch and other articles untouched . ' Curiously enough , 'the gentleman robbed lay awake at the time the thiet entered theroom , 'but fancying it was is servant , took no notice of his movements ,

      and a < -still more remarkable circumstance connected with the occurrence was , the fact of the servant actually running up . : against the thief just after he had quitted his master ' s room , and begging . hiB pardonfor the apparent rudeness . The suspicions of the servants had also been excited , and the thief was watched down the' street , but at that tiro < 3 the robbery had not been discovered ; it was not until sometime afterwards thaUhe gentleman discovered that his Bervant . was not in . the room when he believed him to have been , caused , the drawer to be searched ^ when tho property above referred to was immediately missed . A person answering the description of the thief , left by one of the early north trains , probably for Chester / ; ¦ ¦' ¦¦¦ '

      Robbery at Wawham Abbey . —On Tuesday the prisoners , George i . ltowe , John Cornish , Charles Eve ; and Jessy Griffiths , were brought up for final examination , beforelthe magistrates , at Walthum Abbey . ' Mr . Bodkin appeared on . tlio p a . it of the Board of Ordnance ^ and said it was not intended to examine more witnesses for the prosecutiori , but he would call on the magistrates to commit the prisoners fpr trial at once , on the evidence already produced . : The evidence was then read over , and counsel having addressed the bench for each of the

      prisoners , the magistrates , after retiring a short time , said they would discharge Eve , on his entering into his own recognisance ' s to appear to any charge that might bo preferred against him ; the other prisoners , Rowe , -Cornish , and Griffiths , were" then fully committed to take their trial at tbe next autumn asBizes . Application was then-made for the money ' found in possession of Rowe and Cornish to be given up to theih ,, which was peremptorily refused . The prisoners were then conveyed back to 'Ilfordgaol . ¦¦ .- ' ^ - ¦ ¦ ' '" ¦ ¦ ' -. ' ; : ; ' ' '

      AlAKGBD MURPBR BY POISONING AX MANCnBSTBB . —The mother and stepfather of a girl , aged sixteen , named ; Mafy Waddington ( or Hardy ) , are in custody at Manchester , on the horrible suspicion oi having murdered her by . administering , arsenic . The names of the parents are James and Ann Waddington , ( the male prisoner being by trade a lamplighter ) , ' and thedeceased was an illegitimate child of the female prisoner , prior to her marriage with Waddington , by a . man named Hardy . : The prisoners . residing in Boundary-street ,. Manchester , and their daughter , who had been at service , resided with them at the time of her death , Suspicion of foul play was caused by the mother ' s and stepfather s aocounts of her death to the nolice .

      wtucn were , that she died during the night of Wednesday last , and was found dead in her bed room on Thursday morning , these statements being much at variance with other faots since ascertained ^ ¦ She ' was ; found . : to-have a' considerable quantity of arsenic in her stomach upon a poit mortem examination being made , and the mother stated that she was sick and ill from some cause , on the day previous to . her death ( Wednesday ) , but -that she had no ; su 8 picioti of the cause . The mother said she had had poison in the house , but had thrown it away . The statement that the deceased had' been pickon Wednesday is contradicted by neighbours , who had seen her out of doors and quite well up to eight o clock on Wednesday , night . Martha

      Fernhead , a woman who had lived neighbour with the prisoners eight months ago , says they used to beat the deceased very much when deceased was out of place ., On one occasion she heard him ( the male prisoner ) run up stairs in his strong shoes , and ask her if she had got ' . work ' yet . Heard her on one occasion say "Do , " and the male prisoner said with an oath , ; « "Madam , I ' ve worked long enough ' to keep . you—I'll kill you ' . " On these occasions she had heard himkick ' or throw her , down , and turn heroutof doors . - This occurred two or three times a week . . she bad heard both the father and mother gay to . the deceased many a time they . wished she was dead . Tbe motive for' murder is supposed to have been to obtain posge ' ssiori of ti in club money , and which was paid to the prisoners oh the . day after her death by the secretary of a ' sick' club ; of , which deceased was ' a memberi—An inquest was held on Monday , . when Mr . Browne ' . M . D . ' ' stated

      , , that he had made a posiinorteni examination . " of the body of the deceased , aria found a laiie quantity of areenic in the stomach . He ' was of opinion that the deceased must have died in' six hours" after swallowing the p 6 isoh . Witness was the medical man called in by the prisoners on Thursday morning to see the deceased , but he had not been called in till after her death / He said he found her in a sitting position on the floor , ' with the bedolothes around her body ; and she appeared to have died in great agony . He took some matter ejected from the deceased ' s stomach' to his own house on that occasion ,, and the female prisoner aftewards followed him home , and said she had had ' arsenic in the cupboard ; but had thrown it ail into the fire a fortnight ago , . The . inquest was adjourned to Tuesday next . ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦

      Aukoed Atiempi ' io Mdrpkr . —On the 25 th ult . " a 8 eaman , named Sacauel Harperl was brought before the . magistrates ' at Manchester , charged with attempting ' . to pour VUriol into the niputh of a woman at Shudehill market . The name of the woman is Agries'Gordon ,. and ' she had formerly lived with the iirisdner , but they were never married . He was committed to Kirkdale gaol for trial at the next Liverpool assizes . '" '• . ! ' \ ' ¦ Sodden Death of the Dcchess of Kent ' s Gardbnbr . —On Tuesday" an inquest was held at the Town Hall ; Windsor / by Thomas Marlin , ! Esq ., coroner ; for the borough , oh the body of George Young , many years gardener to her Eoyal Highness , the ; Duchess of Kent . 'It . appeared . that- de-1

      ceased , whilst inthe - Boyar gardens , suddenly dropped down , aiid died instantaneousl y . Mr . Eton having , made ' . a " post mor ^ m ' examination of the body t deposed thatdeathwas caused by the rupture of a vessel of the heart . Verdict accordingly . Thb North Country Shipowners , and the Coa ' lwhippers Bin —The shipowners of the northern ports * have during the earl y part of this ' week been signing petition to the House of Commons against the re-enactment of the coalwhipners act in the port of London . ';' Dabino Bobbery " at Bristoi . —A man named . Henry Parker was committed at the . Bristol Police-oourt . for a highway robbery , committed under circumstances of muqh daring and atrocity . Captain Meed , of the ' Dapper packet ; was passing through Broadmead" at about nine o ' clock in the

      evening , when he was attacked by three men , who knocked him down aiid robbed him of a gold watch and about £ 2 in gold and silver . When first " they met him the prisoner Parker , stood in front of him , ' and ' said to : his ' ¦ companions , ' '"Now- go it . " Im- ' mediately upon which , ' the others' struck him two blows on the head , ' which felled him , " As soon' as he was down , the ' others threw themselves upon him , and one of them forced some pasty stuftupon his lips , whifch must have contained ah acred ' matter in its composition as it left considerable soreness of the lips . As they were robbing him , ' a lady who wag passing observed what was going on , and called for assistance , upon , which ' the fellows ran off . in opposite directions . Captain Meed afterwards met aiid reoognised Parker , and gave him into custody , ^ but the others have not yet been discovered . ' ; . ' :. '• . ' . . ! : . ¦¦ ' - ¦ . ¦ : ¦'¦¦ > .- .: '¦ ' ¦ ¦

      . A- BurouK . Kittup ' -M a Poito » MAN . ~ It will perhaps be in the recollection of our readers that early on the 20 th : of March . 'two burglars , named George Wood alias Arthur Key , and Mark Smith , were apprehended , on the premises of Mr . '' Staok-Iioubo , at Walaall ; which theyihad entered from St / Paul ' s row , for the purpose ; of cprnmittinga felony . The superintendent of police , two police officers , » ud the superintendent ' s son , who had received information of what'was intended , ' surprised the two 'nen , who were about to make their esoa ' pe , when Key was captured bysuperinteiiden ' t Armishaw and Police Sergeant Smith , whilst PolicenYan Wood and the Superintendent ' s son chased ' Mark Smithdown the garden and up again : Fearing . ' Smith would escape , Policeman Wood shouted to Sergeant ' Smith to stop him , whehHhe prisoner Smith y who 'had " a large stick in his hand ,-struck , at the officer twicei who in self-defence inflicted a blow on tho

      prisoner ' s head with '* his cutlass and knocked him down . They were then both taken to- 'the Btation : house , and Mr . Whymper , surgeon , was sent for , who dressed the prisoner ' s head , and attended him until he was committed to Stafford gaol on a magistrate' 8 > arrant . While at g aol he Was attended by the surgeon , until the 17 th . inst ., when he died . An inquest was held . on the body at the . county , gaol , before Mr . W . Ward , coroner .. kpost mortem examination of the body had been made by Mr . llughes , surgeon ,, who after detailing the ' nature and the extent of , the wound , stated that , he had iio douht the cause of death resulted from the . fracture of the skull . . Other , witnesses were examined , and the jury returned a verdict of *• Justifiable homicide . " The prisoner Key was tried nt the quarter session , at W . alsall , on Thursday , on the charge of assaulting the police in the execution of ilieir duty , and sentenced to be transported . for ten

      years . . ; , ...- . . ; ; .-.,. ., , . 'Early Closing in . Oxsonb . —A public meeting for the promotion of the early ; closing movement in Oxford took place iu . the Town-hall of that city on TuesQity-. eycni » g ia ' s ' ti . 'Tf !*'" m 8 etin S > which was nuinerb . usly " aT ! dxes ] ye ( . ( a , b ! y attended : wa » "" ^ eU over bytthe Mayor of the town , and ^ as addressed by th « Rev . ? W . fiox' rector of Oar / ail ROfT 1 Lay ( yicar of Mag 4 a ^ n )^ Ke ' vi = JvSrSraff ^ Br , Paul' ^ Rev . Jo ^ Tyndal QmgSfitSg :

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      ter ) , 'Mr . E . J . Tarry , and Mr . Edward Moore ; also by : Mr .-: Pa 8 m 6 re Edwards ' and' < Mr . Lilwall ( secrerary ofthe parent society ) , ' who attended as a deputation 'from- the metropolis . Thero was a strong : feeling in ' favour of the : movement manifested by the imeeting , and resolutions in " accordance therewith were unanimously passed , when the proceedings terminated ; , .. ¦ ¦ : ' . ' . . : ;; Tire Anti-Papal ' agitators had a great meetitlg on Tuesday at the Liverpool Amphitheatro ; . Mr . Horsfall proaided . Mr . V . Smith , in the course of his address to the meeting , was taken ill / and fell down . ina-fit . Pi "> M'Neile . addressed [ the meeting in his usual stjle . One of the resolutions was to the ¦ ' ' li ' llMlllTl ' I - -- ^ ---. V- ' -i ^ . 'i-. ' . ¦ :.:: " . ' ¦

      effuct . -lr" T «» at ; considering the ' constitution and rules of ' trie ' House of Commons , and the power posaesspd'fty the anti-English faction : to obstruct ' any government ' , ' - if parties be as nearly balanced as usual , the m ^' ftiiJ K desire to impress upon thornselves , nnd earnestly invite the attention of their fellow subjects to the public duty of holding as secondary , at the next general election , every difference of opinion which does not involve true Protestant principle , so' as to secure to Piirliament an overwhelming' majority of sound Protestant representatives . " ¦ . > ¦; , . . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ : : ¦ ¦ . '" ¦ - ' . v ''' . "' , Tnc : Newcastie Poisoning " Cask , —The ' coroner ' s jury , in the poisoning case at Newcastle , last week , after two adjournments , returned an open verdict . The prisoners , Jenkins and Wilde , have been discharged from , custody by the magistrates . ¦ ¦ - p . . ; J I' ' * t& > - V . ¦ ¦ . - , . ' i' ' * tt& \ -.. . ¦ :

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      ; Sympathy of the Russians ano French in the Fate op Sir John Franklin . —By private letters received from her Majesty ' s ship Enterprise , Capt . Collinson , C . B . ; dated Hong-Kong , Feb . 26 , it would seem that much sympathy is felt by the Russians in the : fete , of our missing countrymen . ; The following is an extract of a private letter from one of the officers serving , on board : — We left two offioefs Lieutenant Barnard . and Mr . Adam ' s , assistant-surgeon , at MiohaelbwBk'i aiid Norton Sound with orders ; to ' proceed into the interior , and see whether any communication takes place between the Russian ports and the natives inhabiting the shores of the Polar Sea . From Michaelowski I went to Sitka , where from the researches of the Russians w « find ' ow Polar chart , as far as the Colvilleis concerned , totally in error . The Yoncon , it would appear , is the head water of the Kiverpak , which runs into Behring Sea to the southward of Norton

      Sound , and they have no port ob any river emptying itself , into the-Polar Sea . We found a great disposition , oh the part of the Russian authorities , to aid in our search . - The governor general , Capt , ReSGnburgh , has ordered the post of Michaelowski to be reinforced this year by eighteen Alutians and nine skin boats , whioh are to be placed at Captain Moore ' s disposal , should he require them ., The men are armed with rifles , are expert hunters , live upon Esquimaux diet , and ., speak a dialect of the same tongue . The Bkin . boatsare what the Russians ' have made use of in all their exploring expeditions . We are to sail on the 1 st of April to Behring's Straits ; Lieutenant Bel lot , of the French navy , Knight of the Legion of Honour , has volunteered his services , by permission of the Minister of Marine of France , to join an Arctic expedition , and speaks of the enthusiasm felt in , the French navy that one of their own officers should be embarked in . the g ' aored cause , which has engaged the sympathies of all nations . " ' !

      Passport System in Belgium . —The inhabitants of the town of . Ostend have determined upon petitioning the Minister of Justice against the continuance of the annoyance to which strangers are subjected by the existing police regulations . The petition states that at a time when , vast number * fromall parts of ; the world are about proceeding to theiyorld ' s great fair ; it is absurd and detrS mental to the interests of the nation " to offer anv obstruction to the freo passage of travellers , that Belgium by . her . geographicab positibn is calculated to anord tne ; best accommodation for . travellers to or . from ' many parts of , the Continent , and that un' l . iT ? f ' ; l . ' % P ««? nt Wort system jmmedmely takes

      place , travellers will he deterred Irom passing through Belgium , and that the ports of Calais , Rotterdam , Boulogneyand others , where lessi anuoyance . is . offered , will decidedly have the preference over the ports of . Belgium . The petition , which alread y bear ' s numeroua . signatures , concludes with the expression , of a hope that through immediate intervention on the . part of the proper authorities the present annoying system , will bo pat a stop to . ^ "" ippoimied old bachelor says , it . makes little j-tt" A " — " ""* lommitB suicide or matriomerence whether , a u , . •¦" - " '" ' A ^ n ^ other Su « r " Wiii 8 iite ' ^ '

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      1 THE EXECUTIO j 7 ^ mpl ] 5 rT ' Patrick Lyons , who , with his wife , was at the W assnes . sentenced to' be hanged , for thb L , «] £ ? eg , y Fabay at Warrin B ton , eXpia ed h ? s Snt' ° thescaffold at Kirkdale Gaol on Satu rdaSsSv hia conrtemnation Lyons has paid the most dS attention to his religious duties / expressimj the ° 5 most contrition for his o inie , and being quite S " igned and prepared to meet his fate . On Anl J he had an interview with his sister . TheS l ! ne WR ! J Acting , but nnthing materialn .. I between them . On tbe following dayTe'K ' 1 farewell of his wife , and intimated his intentio ! » * declare her innocence on the scaffold By £ ll ° o clock a large crowd was assembled to see tlmo cntaon . hutnotso large bv several tlS& " the occasion of . GIefi 8 on Wilson ' s execuSn TI ° had been engaged in devotioual prep arations i ° ? interior of the prison ; Pausing SSk ^ paced up l and down the room , andra 0 Shanon , expressed impatience at what appeared tt W .. nuecessary delay in carryingout the sentence ! , S law . Hedid not betray the . sligLtesUn "ll t nis

      regarain ;? apprqacningend . ' WKen tfacVkfVS arrived m Liverpool ' on Frida ^ afternoorTtllH the room the criminal saluted him Sa & nod , accompanied by a peculiar smile' m « S » H to ^ the operation of pinioning withthe same ? oS 2 which had characterised his previous conduct o » the way he nodded to several turrikev ' s Pho « f u bade them afinal adieu and "God blelthet » ^ carried in his hand a small book , which w aa s \ VPnT him at his own request . ' and a crucifix hiTuLe ofUie gallows he knelt down and r pekted aft r ! f priest , •• Father , into thy hands Tcm& spirit ; Lord Jesus , receive my soul . " El . Y on mounting the sraffold he turned quickly S ' ? looked up at the beam , from whicli the aSSi i a d to winch the noose is attached was 'suspS" h g eyed it for a few seconds , and again' f-Liu ? ' " course of people bowed twice and thrice A , Pn e . ° r ' wasabouttodrawthecapoverthe eyes ^ th . S nai inumatea innr 1

      ne , ne wished to address th » 7 He Bpoke distinctly , sometimes pausine a 7 if ° to recollect what he had intended to L V ere dress .. ran as follows :- "My d . ar brethren ft sorry for what I have done , and I confess to th A v mighty Qod , and all hereto-day , I firmly fatt ani guilty of this murder ; and 1 firmly believe mv poor wife is innocent , as innocent as a child Lord have mercy upon her I Here is the hand that donp the murder ; here is the body that has committed the sin ( A pause . ) Thank God that I am witX suffer ; but my Buffering is nothing . I am willing to nail my hand to the tree ; I am willing to drae ma between four horses ; I am willing to put ' me in the fire and burn to ashes—for the sake of my soul , because I knew Iwas doing wrong ; I knew that I had

      committed a sin . And , my dear brethren , what must be the cause of this ? I neglected mass ; I ne Elected Qod ; I neglected my prayers " morning and evening , and , only for I doing this , I would not be suffering-here to-day for such a guilty crime / My dear Christians , let this be a warning for ye , and learn to be wise in this world . I hope in my Saviour Jesus Chnat for salvation , and the Blessed Virgin to pray for _ me , and all gnod Christians . ( Another pause . ) I expect you will pray lor me tb-day , and I trust in God he wilr listen to me , and the Holy Virgm Mary , and theangels iii Heaven . Prayfot me this day . My dear Christians , learn to be wise in this world . We are here to-day and gone tomorrow . ( The criminal aeain Daused . 1 Vha ePntU

      men ot this place were very kind to me , especially the governor . 1 am veiy much obliged to him and tba « k h . m for his kindness . My poor wife lies in here , and grieves very muoh about this . May the Lord dehverherfromGaol . " Here there was a pause and the doomed man seemed to intimate to Calcraft that he had finished what he had to say . and in another moment he was launched : into eternity . The greater portion of the crowd then dispersed . After hanging the usual time the body was cut down and buried in the gaol . We learn that / during the morning , Bridget Lyons , the wife , remained in nraver in

      ner cell , { she was much affected when informed that the execution had taken place ; and that her huaband had exonerated her . •

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      Inhabited House Duty . —On Wednesday tho eovernment . bill to repeal the duties payable on dwelling-houses according to the number of windows or hght 8 ,. aml to grant in lieu thereof other duties on inhabited ' , houses , according to their annual value , was printed . The house duty is to commence from the 5 th of April last , from which time the window duty is to be repealed . The new duties are to be deemed assessed taxes , and to ba under the management of the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue . Market gardens and nurserr grounds are not to be included in the valuation of houses . The duties for armorial bearings to be still chargeable under the former act . According to the schedule annexed to tho bill , the duty on inhabited dwelling-bouses worth the rent of £ 20 or upwards by the year , the duty , for every 203 of such annual value shall be sixpence , and for other houses not used or stated in the schedule a duty of nmepence in the pound to be charged

      fas Famine at St . Nicolas . —Captain Rivera landed at St . Nicolas from her Majesty ' s sloop Volcano which he commanded , being obliged to return to England for the recovery of his health , and on eoing on board the Tay his representation was that hundreds have already perished from starvation , and that famine , together with exposure , has produced a mali gnant fever which is decimating the population . These , unfortunate people are dyinc daily in the streets without any one to succour them and so reduced are the living , they have not strength to carry the dead to the churches , , but inter them by the roadside , in the fields , or wherever they may happen to fall . . Such is their unhappy situation , ™ ^ J pr

      another claim . These are the men who so nobly risked , their lives in succouring the crew of tho Eclair when she arrived fever-smitten from the C ( l - r !? n ac Englishmen can never repay , but for which they will be . eratefu ' l for ever " Disbbntino . Chapels for Marriao . es . —A case of some importance ,, under the . Dissenters' Marriage Act , cas recently aris .-n , and caused a correspond dence with the authorities at Somerset House . The facts are Birnpl y these : _ On Monday , the 31 st of March last , the doors of the Independent Chapel , toleahill , near Coventry , were beset by a number of persons anxious to witness a marriage ceremony » « r h L ey ex P < 5 ted would be solemnised there . Mr . Withers , the minister , bad had no previous notice of the marriage ; but when tho parties were

      assembled he was applied to for the keys , of the chapel , and informed that they intended to be marneq by the registrar without any religious service . Having a decided objection to the use of his chapel for such a purpose , Mr . "Withers refused the key . This irritated the . registrar , and he abused the minister and threatened to break open . the chapel doors . Mr . Withers still refusing , the . , registrar employed a blacksmith to open the doors with picklocks , and then proceeded to marry the parties . They were not members of Mr . Withers' congregation , but of a ' Baptist congregation in the neighbourhood , whose minister had . from some circumstance s in the case refused to take part in the service . Mr . Withers applied to Mr . John Bennett , a London solicitor , who wrote to the Registrar Geeral the above

      n narrating circumstances , and pres-8 i «* bis"ishtotry the question , whethorthe use of Dissenting chapels be . not strictly permissive . The Begistrar General replied that he would render every proper facility ; for . obtaining the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Posi . Ofpwb ABOSEa ^ An official return of all the applications relative to the miscarriage or loss c S r . "f ' ^^ ta th 8 ' Postmaster-General or Colonel Maberley , would be a startling document , leaving no doubt that tbere is something wniS r ? , mthe system as at present ZImv " -f Petition . wiU belaid before Parlument shortly after the reoess , from the late Postmaster of Berwck-on . Tweed , containing statements as to Sitf ! H ! ffi ! at a ®™ ^ one for u flm

      ^ Deriod-authenticated by official vouchers-in which tne defalcations , during nine months of 1849 , are T l ° o ori , "" ^ 14 , 19 s . ii . lost in transit ; and f f ° * . 29 13 s . . in bills . The public have recently had ^ reason ; to complain , and we believe ¦ Iu / ' ° I the way in wh'ch some departments of the London office are conducted ; and there enn he no aoubt that the appointment of a Parliamentary Committee to inquire into every department of tlie lost Office , would be of great public advantage . It would at least throw some light upon the causes of the irregularities now complained of , and , what is still more important , it would bdow in what manner , and under what influences , appointments

      are mane m t ' . is branch of the public service ; and whether , as is currently believed , political influence hia more consideration than the character or merits of individuals ,, appointed to those subordinate departments in which there is great responsibility , and very inadequate remuneration for the services rendered , with a consequent temptation to the fidelity of the employed , and a probable loss to the public—Nonconformist . Tub Hong Kong Register states that Keying , the Chinese Minister , whose name has been rendered so well known inEurope by his negotiations with Europeans , has lately published a werk " treating largely of Christianity , and other knowledge , as now displayed to the Chinese by ' barbarians . '"

      A . Liver and Stomach Complaint of Iong Standing Cdbei ) bt IIolwwav ' s Pjus—Svrgeant WUton , late of the Honourable East India Company ' s scmee , and for nearly twenty-five years employed on the Bengal establishment , suffered most intensel y from an affection of the liver , indigestion , and sickness of the stomach , which appeared - to be I'iipWlj- . undermiiiinL' his constitution , notwithstanding the treatment of some of the most eminent of the medical profession . On liis return to this country he was advised to try . ' llollqway ' s Pills , anil this superior medicine has effected such a peifeet cure , that it has astwuslll'd all that wore an-ai-e .. of Ins former- apparently -- J as * ca $ e . ' UW ....

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      : : _ , .. irrcTJIltl . . ;• ' . - . I ' ' State of , the > Country . —Notwithstanding the improvement which has taken place in the physical condition of the people of this country as compared with the famine years ; there . are . daily : reports of sheer distress from almost all parts of the country . The utter absence of all hope of the farmers being able to sustain themselves hero is manifest from the continued rush of that class towards tbe seaports on their way to America ,.- The Tipperary Guardian , . tlie Cork Constitution , '¦ the- Waterford Mail . tKe Limerick Chronicle , and other provincial journals speak of the emigration with apprehension that the ' country must suffer , seriously from the desertion of the land . by its best cultivators , and by the withdrawal of so much ready money . The Roman Catholic electors , who forma majority of the eonstituency of'Kiiisalej have ' sigried a

      requisition to their representative , Mr , Benjamin Hawoe , calling on him to ' resign his seat . They say , — "By voting for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill you have utterly disregarded our feelings and opinions , made known to you by a copy of . k series pf resolutions adopted at our meeting of the' 12 th uli , in which , after censuring strongly yotir yote in favour of the introduo tion of this iniquitous measure , we . gave you the alternative of . opposing any further progress in penal legislation , ' or resigning the representation of thisborough . M % , ; ...... We callon you , therefore , to withdraw from tho position in , which , in an evil hour , we placed you . We insist as a right that you shall never more outrage our feelings by occupying a seat in parliament as the member of Kirisale . " ' It i 9 stated thafj'Sir James Emerson Tennent intends offering himself as a ' candidate for Belfast at the next election . ¦

      Mr . Billing , the gentleman who had so narrow an escape from murder in the county of Westmeath , a few day since , is recovering ' from the wounds then inflicted oh him . ' , , ,, .. . .- , - . . :. : Mr . Langriah , a poor-law inspector , has lost his place , owing to a stupid hoax which appeared in a Cork newspaper , representing him as the owner of a horse which won at races in' the south of Ireland . The statement met the eye of Sir William Spmerville , and it would appear that the explanation given by . Mr . Langrish was not-deemed

      satisfactory . . " M ? Dear RAY . "—The ex-secretary of tbe once powerful Repeal Association ' , the well-taiowu " My dear Ray" of the late Mr . O'Corinell , is now quietly esdonced in the office for the registry of deeds , in the position of second clerk . If this be not a . finishing touch to repeal , we know nothing of the / ' darling question . " As to Mr . Ray personall y there was no one who has ever had any communication with him in his late official capacity , that did not admire hiui for his amenity of manners and his obliging disposition , ..

      ' Mebtinq op Roman Catholics . —The great aggregate meeting of Roman Catholics , so long in preparation * came oB on Tuesday . ' Nofewer ' than twenty-eight of the leaders took part in the proceedings . ' Tub ' Freeman ' s Journal devotes nineteen columns to the affair .- The Hon . Charles Preston , son of Lord Gormanstown , presided . The principal speakers were Mr . Chama Fitrsimon , clerk of the hanaper ; Mr . Sergeant O'Brien , Mr . W . Keogh , M . P . i Mr . ; M . J . D . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., Mr . Thomas O'Hagan , Q . C ., Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., Mr . G . Moore , M . P ., and Mr . Lucas , of tbe Tablet . —Mr ; John Thunder njoved , and Mr . Keogh seconded , the JoU lowing resolution : —" That we consider the Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Hill , now before

      parliament ; a gross and intolerable violation of religious liberty ; and that the alterations proposed to be made by the government in that measure in no respect diminish our abhorrence of the obnoxious prinoiplewhich it involves . "—Thenextappeurs to be theraost important resolution of the series adopted : — " That we call upon the CatHolib clergy . and people of Ireland to hold simultaneous meetings in their respective parishes , on the second Sunday in May , 'for the purpose of petitioning parliament against the measure referred to , and to call upon their respective members to oppose the present , or any government which would support any measure infringing ' upon the religious liberties of the people of this empire . "—A resolution of thanks was passed to Sir James Graham .

      Representation of Belfast . —The Belfast Ckro-»« Wis " authorised to state " that on the dissolution of the present parliament Sir James Emerson Tennent intends becoming % candidate for therepresentation of bis native town . . ' On Tuesday the . police of . Dublin were aotively engaged in searching , the emigrant ships at our quays and in harbour , and in watching the railway stations arid coach offices , in the hopes of arresting a fugitive poor-rate collector , who was reported to

      have fled from a union in Kerry , taking with him a large amount of money . : ' ¦ ' Theemigration agent , who absconded with a large amount of money obtained from persons for tickets to entitle them to passages to America , is a Mr . John Harris , of Clonakilty . . His securities are understood to be the Hon . Cecil Lawless , M . P ., and Mr . John Townsend , of Shepperton . A warrant has been forwarded to Liverpool for bis arrest , it being supposed that he is about to emigrate from that port for the "land of liberty . "

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      © b ? PtoDtnim ¦ ¦ ¦ i ^ —^_ . * ; . - * < . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Thb . Liverpool Saimbs Home Bazaar . —When this undertaking-closed ( on Saturday last ); a meeting of the various sub-committees was held , an'd on ascertaining the amount of the' day ' s receipts , ' tho gross sum of £ 782 was announced as the day ' s takings , including receipts . at the doors and . sales at the Stalls . The total amount thus realised is upwards of £ 5 , 000 ; so that ; deducting a large sum for expenses , there must he more than £ 4 , 500 net proceeds for thexharity ; -..- '; . . ' ' < SmciDE op Mr . Wbiion , the Banker , —A'very painful sensation has prevailed during the past few days in the immediate vicinity of Egham in consequence of its becoming known that Mr . Wetton . '

      the banker of that place , " had committed se ) f-de-Structibn . The short fueta of the case , as detailed to the coroner ( Mr . Charsley ) , at the inquest ; held at the Green Man , Wraysbury , are as follows : — It appeared that the unfortunate gentleman left his house at Egham , on Saturday last , in a state ot mind that caused great uneasiness to his friends . The -following day : they received a letter , which stated that his body would be found at the bottom of tnesea . . In consequence of this , efforts were made to trace him , and inquiries were made : in London , when it was ascertained'that'he' had taken a ticket at the Waterloo-road terminus for Staines . Upon making inquiries at : the latter ! place it was found that he had gone there , 'but all further trace

      of him was lost . - His friendir , therefore , - repaired to Wraysbuiry , and learned that he had been found in i ^ ditch a short diktanco front the 'station . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "' ' MUHDBR OF . A YoOKO- WoMAJ ? -AT NOBWICH;—On Saturday last a painful sensation prevailed in the immediate neighbourhood' of Emg-street , in this City , in consequence of a brutal murder committed by a man named James Flood , - who resides in Berstreet . The forehead of the woman bad a cut ah inchand a half deep , the lip was also cut through , and the nose was broken , and she vomited blood . Mr . Day , a surgeon , attendded , but deceased died on Friday night . Caroline Collins said , she heard Flood say to deceased "You '— -. ' I'll kill vou : " ¦

      when be . ftruck ber on the head andknocked ber down , and heathen kicked * her on the head . The inquiry was adjourned . '' -:- H ¦ : ¦ ¦ .: ¦ *¦< <;• ' ,-. ' ¦ " -The Late / Mklanchoit ; Occorrbkce' at WAiiion;—On Saturday the jury and witnesses again assembled to sign the depositions and complete' the necessary forms . The remains of the unfortunate deceased were interred on -Tuesday lastj'in Ettleton Churchyard , near Newcastletoniand ^ frierids and acquaintances : from far and near flocked to'the spot to pay tbe last - sad tribute " of resn ' ett to " the memory of a man who was the pride of the district , and beloved and respected wherever he was'knowh . A correspondent , who witnessed the funera ' , says" The procession -presented a'very "imposing spectacle . In some parts ! of : the road alone whioh it

      passed , it appeared ag if it extended for nearly a quarter of a mile . It is doubtfur if ever so large an attendance was before B ' eenafany funeral in tlie parish- Many came from a great distance—for poor Sorbietrees . ' was known far arid wide—arid many more would have been ^ present ' , but ' thisWing the lambing ; season , the shepherds-could hot lea ' ve their flocks . : Grief was depicted-iu every" fdce . ' anri every uianseemed to'fwlsth ' elbssiaB ' a'pers ' oriarbe . reavemetit . " ¦¦ Mr , Armstrong ' -was - tHe ^ repreVenta tive of a-long ; line'of ancestorsV'famo ' ua ™ 'iti ®* « y as chiefs and leaders itfthe border ' warfare :

      He was considered' oneof the handsomest : men in Lidlesdale . f and the surgeons who made the ' » hm « nwr tem ^ exariiination describe him asono ' of the finest formed men ^ hey had eyer seen . " ' He was a last friend and a kind nei ghbour—ever tryin * to do goodto alLwha eve ^ came uriaer hi 8 n 6 ticei ' ItVas this strong feeling ef : regard"fdr all ' who had ever lived under hia roof that cost him hi » life ;• for there ls ^ no doubt , from what he said Ho his wife atid others , that the . object of : his calling at Walton Parsonage , was for the purpose of offering'to re ' - engagetHe : witness Glendinning , who had lived several y eara . with his father and himself , as a .

      servant : ,: ' - . :-:... - . -. ., . - •¦• ! . ;•• ¦ ' . ^ Pire at Mr ,- Maksh ' s Fakm , near- WoRKSor — On Sunday morning last , afire broke out at Mr Marsh ' s ; Jarm , non the Forest , and a considerable number of persons from Worksop , Clumber' < feo soon congregated on the spot . ^ arid- assisted in ex . tmguishing the . ; flre . - ¦ Two wheat-stacksiari oat stack , and part of a cloyer stack , 'tfith' twdshed ^' were completely destroyed ; one end of the barn was partially burnt , aud a ' portion of the roof' of the stable was charred . H . Heroing ; Esq ., who was present , and the police ^ instituted' a rigid and

      lengthened inquiry , and after numerous persons had ' been examined , Mr . Heming elicited the fact as to who was the originator of , the catastrophe . It whs ascertained that a daughter of Mr . Marsh ' s labourer , who is only four years of age , hid been with ahoy who was tenting birds in a field about 200 yard 8 from the . stackyard , and seeing him kindle a fire , which he lighted with lucifer matches , she obtained a match from him , and with it and the aid of paper fired some straw near to the stack , and with which it communicatod . Mr . Marsh is fully insured in the Norwich . Union .

      ; Secessions trow thb Chuuch at Hrat . — Another of - the curntes of the Hi gh Church of' tlull " the 'Ilev . Thomas Dykes , has- publicl y announced his resignationVon the same grounds as those stated by his . late coadjutor ^ Mr . Burff . Mr . Dykes says that : he entertains "doubts , " and will not again minister until those doubts are removed . - ; AMasx Giant , —• The ^ inhabitants of Liverpool were much surprised last week to' eee walking up and downthe . streets , ' a man of . extruordinary dimensionSj-Ai'thur Caley ,, from S ftlby'Lez .-iyfe , Islt of-Man . ; He is ' only twerity-three ; , years of age stands seven feet , ' six inches high ' , ' and weighs t'ienty-piie stones . ' He is a Manx farmer , arid has a litpe" property ' of ' his dwrij . He ^ amyed in Liverpborby the . fiing Orry , Captaih . , ( j «^ yle , from Douglass . 'He canie . to hid f-ireweirio a , number of his friend ? , who ' are about to emiciafe . ' ' - ¦ l" '• '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1624/page/6/