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      ™? ' « 3 . and he informed his mother that he should . ^ . RC hw to the same theatre on the following Moud&y . His firm belief was that the fire had occurred from some accidental cause . He was insured in the Atlas Fire Office for £ 300 , but he had lost all his effects , furniture , wearing apparel ; and £ 60 in notes and hard cash . —The coroner having summed up , remarked upon the distressing nature of the case , and the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death . " : : Nbuerots FiRBs .-f-Three fires broke out in the metropolis on Tuesday , which caused great activity at the various engine stations , and alarmed several distant neighbourhoods . The first fire happened in the premises of Mr . Moffatt , a linendraper and wholesale clothier

      , carrying on business at No . 76 , Seymour-street . "When discovered the flames had obtained a firm hold of the lower portion of the premises and by the time the inmates could be aroused the lofty building was wrapped in a general sheet of ihme . Fortunately the whole of the occupants manapd to effect a safe retreat . The engines Umpany were immediately sent for , but before sufficient time had elapsed for the messengers to convey the intelligence , the flames rose bo f , ii- t 0 . . l ! ummate tue ^ ho'e of the metr opolis , which became a far more speedy messenger of danger than the parties previously T * ' T h CaU 3 ed a F ? ml turn o « t of the en . gipes , and the moment they reached the scene they ZZT ^ ^ but ! £ of the utmost exnS / efirenieJ'tbe tomes could notbeexof Mr Sffff ? ^ ° - ' not ° eforethewhole of Mr . Moffatt ai stock : in trade , furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects were destroyed and the building gutted . The totallossis very considerable but fortunately the sufferer was fJSffSSA the West of England Fire-office . -The second fire occurred on the premises . of Mr . Stephens , a watch and- clock maker . No . 14 . Barfh ^ < , 4 ,. c « .. oJl

      Ironmonger-lane , St . Luke ' s . The prolreVof this nre was inconceivably rapid , and two men-one who was in bed asleep , and another who attempted fnr « fh » ' M flame& ~ neari y l 08 fc tueir lives before they could effect a retreat . The engines of the pansh , London Brigade , and West of England , were soon on the spot , and no time was lost in setting them to work , but in spite of the firemen , the work of destruction continued , and very speedily the entire range of premises became a blazing mass , firing in succession the property ofMr . Gallicque , French hatter , No . 13 . in the same Hnnn ™ . and nf

      Mr . Saunders , the Prince of Wales beer-shop . Copious streams of water having been scattered over the adjoining premises ; the fire was prevented from extending in those directions , hut before the flames were got under , the whole of Mr . Stephens's premises were reduced to ruins , the costly stock in trade and furniture , consumed , and considerable damage done to the premises on either side . ^—A third conflagration originated between three and four o clock m a warehouse of Mr . Aahfiold , builder , opposite the House of Correction , Clerkenwell . The highly inflammable nature of the materials strewed mall directions lent vigour to the flames , and although the engines were soon" on the snot the stock in trade in the building was destroyed £ wXrs '* ° niOn ° ° premise 3 « Mr - Ash "

      BoBotABT . -On Tuesday morning , as it is supposed between the hours of one and two o ' clock some thieves broke into the house $ o . 8 , Hamiltonplace corner of Belgrave-street , New-road , occupied by Ik-. Thomas Carr Jackson , the late house surgeon of the Royal Free Hospital , and stole therefrom several articles , consisting of wearing apparel , silver spoons and forks , aflute , andseveral things of small value . The entrance was effected by removing the ironbarsofa window of the watercloset . It was evident that the meals had been disturbed in their operations , as , had they been more leisurely employed , a much greater amount of property might have been removed . Desks , boxes , and drawers were found" opened , and their contents strewed upon the floor . Information was given to the police , who are investi gating the matter , with a view of tracing the thieves and the stolen property .

      The Mbibopous Water Biix . —On Tuesday , the bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis was printed . It contains forty clauses . At present the metropolis is supplied with water by nine companies , and on the 30 th September next it is proposed thatthey shall be formed into "The Metropolitan Water . Company . " There are twenty acts now m force respecting the supply of water which are to be repealed . Among the provisions there are several providing for the purity of water to be supplied for domestic purposes , where the proper pipes are in use agreeabl y to the regulations of the company , and the supply mav . with the nn

      proval of the Secretary of State , be suspended , unless the regulations are carried out . A constant supply of water is to be kept for cleansing sewers , drains , &e ., and for other public purposes . The united company may demand such rates as are now demanded by the companies existing , and are not to exceed the same . The rates are to be reduced when the profits are more than sufficient to pay a dividend of six per cent . The united company may make bye laws to carry out the spirit of the intended act , which it is considered would be advantageous to the public .

      PnoPOSED Rims Across Kunsington-oardkits —A very numerous deputation , representing the inhabitants of Kensington , Bayswater , and Paddington , headed by Archdeacon Sinclair , Mr . Evans , M P and accompanied by Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P had an interview with Lord Seymour at the office of the Woods and Forests , to protest against the threatened ride across Kenaington-gardenBi The deputation enforced upon Lord Seymour their notion of the injury which would be done to the frequenters of the gardens of all classes , and more SSSWASft . inraHds > ? nd children , by carrying into effect the

      contemplated alterations , and showed that any inconvenience which might 3 Hse to equestrians from the fact of a portion of Hyde-park being for a time taken from them ought not to be compensated by nny part of Kensington gardens being withdrawn from those accustomed to take their walks there , and expressed their hope that his Lordship , considering the strong feeline entertained . by the public on the subject , would reconsider the question . Lord Seymour having made ins bow . the deputation retired , and afterwards assembled at the Ship Hotel , Charing-cross ! to concert measures for carrying their object into effect ,

      TflK ChABOE AflAIKST THE MASTER OF Si . PaNCHAS WORKHO 13 SB . —ABASnOKUENT OP THE PilOSEi u '~ I 2 Tuesday a very numerous meeting of the board of directors of the poor of St . Pancras took place m the board . room adjoining the workhouse at . Camden Town , for . the . purpose Of COUfiidermg the position of the board with reference to the master of the workhouse , Mr . Eaton having been committed for trial by Mr . Combe , the polic magistrate , on a charge of violating Eliza Smith , a p auper mmato . Mr . Churchwarden Baker having been called to the chair , great aenRati / m **<¦ « . £

      ated by the reading of the following extraordinary communication from Mr . Ballantine , the counsel rSSTl ? ?\ . VrTmt } m > au"WSB 6 d to Mr . Cook , the clerk to the board : — " 3 , Upner Gower street , May 5 th I 851 .-My dear ftSEe tto £ vestigation at Clerkenwell Police Court to-day I have carefully considered the evidence adduced by Mr . Eaton , m answer to the charge made against mm . It appeared to me at the time , unless perjury wu imputed to the girl , it was impossible to imagine him innocent , and in that view of the matter it would scarcely . have been proper to abandon the prosecution nor could the magistrate have done otherwise than leave it to a jury to decide ; but I confess that it appears to me imooBsihle .

      taiung the girl ' s health into consideration , and the evidence of the woman who spoke of her complaining of her head , and being unable to recollect ^ the circumstances of the transaction she was detailing , that ehemay bo mis-stating matters without being fully aware of what she if stating . She has suffered from epileptic fits , her memory is evidently deranged , and her mind may have become impregnated with a fallacious idea ; at all events it is more desirable to suppose this than that she has committed a wilful falsehood ; and I must say upon very careful consideration , that I think Mr Eaton has avowed the charge as presented on the " part of the prosecution . I do not see any ground whatever for doubting the testimony of the girl Henley , and her manner and general demeanour

      were creditable to her ; and , although it is possible that the doorkeeper may be mistaken as to the time of Mr . Eaton ' s return , if he be correct , the evidence from Hampstead completel y negatives the charge . I confess that I entertained , from the demeanour of the prosecutrix , a strong opinion that she was giving a true account ; but , as the directors have done me the honour to submit the management of the case to me , and to state that they would be guided by my opinion , I feel , now , that I am called upon to advise them to abandon the prosecution of Mr . Eaton , and if they concur with me , I will make a statement to this effect on Wednesday , when Mr . Eaton is brought up . I am dear sir . yours very faithfully , Wm . Baiuntine ' G . W . F . Cook , Esq ., &c . "—Mr . Cook stated that

      he received this letter as late as nine o ' clock , on Monday night . The communication having been ordered to be entered on the minutes , a discussion ensued as to the course the board should pursue . — Mr . Laimhen ultimately moved , "That Mr . Ballantine' 8 suggestion ( that the prosecution against Mr . Eaton be abandoned ) be carried out ; and tbnt Mr 13 ; illa iitine be requested to make such a statement as may place Mr . Eaton and the directors in a proper position with the public . " .. Mr . Waller seconded the resolution ,. aud ; it , < was carried by a majority of feventeen , tq . four . —Mr . Billett , in a powerful address , stated itiat he viewed this as tantamount to an Rcquittal , and , hoped the board wo « ld sjmppthisewitb Mr . Eaton . He moved that he bo requested to send his account in of law charges , and that a cheque be given by the board .

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      TIXALTH OP IiOXnOS DURISO THE WEEK . —The 3 fifci .. l report say-s : Thernteot mortality that nov prevails , in the metropolitan population is Biill higher--th-in-from the-experience of-late ye * A % be wwcied at the b ^ innwg of May . The death * , which in the previous wek had risen to 3 075 hav- declined in the »? cek ending last Saturday to 991 ; but as the ave rse of tencorrespond ^ weeks is only 883 , aid , if raised in the sntrooseu ratio of increase of population , doc 3 not exceed 963 , it apprars that there is still an excess in tlie mortality of the present time above the corrected arcrgc , equal to 31 . It will be seen from a comparison of eorrespoKding weeks of 1 S 41-50 , that enly in one instance , which occurred in 1 S ± S , when small-pox , scarlatina , and typhus abounded , were the deafes more numerous than those re-^ " ^ " ' " '—— - —

      gistered last week . In the previous week the number of jguus persons who died under the age Of 15 years was 544 , in the k-t it was 443 . Hence it appears that , tliouL'li this latter number is greater than usual , the health of the juvenile part of the po-Tittlationli&simproved . BnUheunseasonable ' coWness of the weaiher is more perceptible in its effects on the old ; fur in the atme period the mortality of this class has increased , the'deaths of persons of 60 years and upwards having been in the previous \ 7 cek 21 G , in the latter 232 . The zymotic or epidciniu class of disorders exhibit * little difference between last week ' s results and the average . Four--teen persons , ail of whom were children except one , died of small-pox A death which occurred at the

      Small-pox Hospital is recorded thus : —On 2 nd May , a police-constable from Lambeth , aged 22 years , " small-pox , confluent , unprotected ( 20 days ) . " Mr . Wans , the ies ; istrar adds that "the deceased had been sent up from Hampshire to be in attendance at the Exhibition , and with some others of the police was atiacked with the disease and conveyed to the hospital at Upper Holloway . " Hoopiug-cougb . 13 on the decline , though it numbered last week 57 , while the corrected average is 45 / There were also 5 deaths from croup , and 11 from influenza . In the tubercular class there are 8 deaths from scrofula , 8 from tabes mesent « rica , 145 from consumption , while hydrocephalus , or water in the head renches the large number of 50 . Cephalitis

      or inflammation of the bruin , which stand in the clasn of diseases of the nervous system , was also fatal in 19 cases , * which was nearly doable the usual number . The 69 deaths from the two last-mentioned complaint ? , cephalitis and hydrccephalus , occurred with only three exceptions among children and exceed the corrected average by 24 . The Irirtbs of 757 boys and 730 girls , in all 1 , 487 children were registered in the week . The average in six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 . was 1 , 424 . At the Royal Observatory Greenwich the mean height of the barometer in the -weefc was 29 . 537 in . The

      . jnean temperature was only 4 Sdeg . 8 min ., which is 7 degrees below the average of corresponding weeks in 10 years . Having been above the average jn the previous week till the last two days the daily mean fell on Sunday and Monday to 40 deg . 6 min ., ¦ wh : ch is nearly 9 desr . below the average of these days ; it rose gradually to 46 -leg . on Friday , nearly 5 dcg . below the average , and fell again on Saturday to 4 U . 3 , wlueU » neatly 11 deg bejow tine average of that day . The wind , which was in the north at the beginning of the week , afterwards changed to south and west , and on Friday and Saturday returned to north and north-west .

      ConoSER s IsanEST . —On Saturday last an inquest ¦ was held before Mr . Carter , at the Three Mariners , Usher , Surrey , on the bod ? of a male child , which lad been found in a drawer in the mansion of Lady Noel Byron , on the previous Wednesday evening . It appeared from the evidence of a female in her ladyship ' s service that a young woman , named Jane Baker , a kitchen-maid , who had not previously been suspected of being enceinte , was found extremely ill , and circumstances tending to confirm the fact that she had recently been delivered of a child prevailed . On being taxed with the same she admitted the fact . On further questioning as to what she had done with

      the child , she directed the attention of Miss Randall to a drawer , in which , she discovered the body of a fine male child , full grown , bat quite dead . On an examination of the body by Mr . Coleman , of New Kingston , he gave is as his opinion that the child might . have breathed , but that it was certain it Lad not existed more than a moment or two . The body Vas free from all marks of violence , but might have lived had the mother been properly delivered . The jury , upon hearing the evidence , returned a verdict that " The child was still-born . " The female re-Jnainsin custody at her ladyship ' s mansion ; and as soon as she has sufficiently recovered will : be examined on the charge of concealing the birth .

      Fatal Accident . —On Sunday morning , about ten o ' elock , Captain R . Maddan , of the brig Frowning Beauty , was being rowed on shore from his vessel , lying in the Pool , for the purpose of landing at Sbadwell , when , from some unexplained cause ,- the boat got foul of a mooring chain and instantly capsized . . The apprentice , Robert Hunter , clang to the chain titt assi&tancereacned him , and he was rescued ; Irat we are s-nry to say that Captain Maddan sunk and was drowned . Drags were used , but the body was not- recovered . Fihe at Cramer asd Beam ' s , Music Fob-Xishers . —On Monday afternoon about two o ' clock , the neighbourhood of Regent-street was alrraed by a fire which brake out in a warehouse situate on the Jbasement floor of the house situated at the corner of where Condnit-street joins Rcgent-street , In the occupation of Messrs . Cramer and JBeale . In less than ten minutes after the fire was discovered

      the Brigade and other engines attended . Before , however , sufficient time had elapsed to set the first engine to work , an immense body of flame broke through the window , and rose a considerable height in Conduit-street . The firemen , by starting the plujs , obtained a supply of water before the turncocks had time to reach the scene , and the same having been discharged upon the flames , they were presented from making any further progress towards the upper part of the building , bat upwards of half an hour elapsed ere the fire was wholly extinguished , and not unul the warehouse termed the country department , in which the disaster commenced , was turned out , and the other warehouses on the basement daipaged by heat , water , smoke , and removal . The origin of the fire is unknown . Fortunately the Exchange Fire Office .

      Fbightfdi . Death of a Lady bv Fihe . —On Monday evening Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at 3-3 , Albion-street , Hyde Park-square , the residence of tha late Miss Sarah Gladstone Clark , aged fiftyone , who was burned to death . On Saturday morning , the cook , as usual , took to deceased ' s bedroom her breakfast . Having knocked at the door without receiving an answer , she went into the room , when she was horrified at beholding her mistress sluing on the coal-scuttle near the fire place , almost burned to a cinder , the rushlight screen standing near her and the roshlight melted down . Dr . James Hill , Guildford-place , deceased ' s medical attendant , stated the deceased was very nervous . He had no doubt that ter dress having caught fire , she fainted , and thus perished , without being able to call assistance Verdict , " Deceased was found frightfully burned in her bed-room ; but whether her death resulted from fire or fright there is no evidence to prove . "

      The iate Fire asd Loss of Life at Walwohth . —On Monday Mr . W . Carter , the Surrey coroner , held a painful inquiry at the Fountain Tavern , Wal-\ rortb . Road , respecting the death of Henry Elliott , Jan ., who perished in the fire which occurred on the previous Friday morning , in bis father ' s premises , the free trade provision and butter warehouse , No 3 Port Place , Walworth Common . —Mr , Henry Eliott ' sen ., said that onThurgday last his son ( thedeceased ) went to Astlev ' s Amphitheatre , and not having returned at eleven o'cluck , his wife proposed that witness should retire to bed , and she would ait up for deceased ther

      . He efore went to bed , his two daughters having previously done the same . During the night he was suddenly awoke by some one , whom lie thought was his wife , when he found himself almost suffocated . He then heard a springing of rattles and a knocking at the doors in aU directions . His wife then cried out , " Oh save , oh savethe children " Witness staggered into the front room , where tha ' deceased was in bed asleep , shook him violently , and told him to fly out of the window , or he would be burnt to dea < b . Thedeceased was then on his feet , when witness heard his wife cry out that she had lost one of the children . ( The witness here became

      deeply affected and sobbed aloud ) . He , therefore , staggered back again to his wife , thinKing his son would jump out of window , iRncn they could not find their youngest daughter , Sophia . At length his wife found the child , and they all four got out of the back windowon to the ledge , and he handed his two little girls down to gome one below , and his wife was saved in the same way . A ladder was then brought and witness made his escape down it . Before they had So j , ^ l ? of ^ epeople to go round to the SrJd& ^ v V , ^ At » thefr ' jnthe ISS ^ n ^* ? * ^ resaved ; but from vZ ^ to S ^ &r *^? ^^ s ^ tBt ^^ ing over the window siU and L ^ S ^ &

      fri r- ¦ wo men took bold of h « foot \ Z 7 a pellfdhimtocome down itoMKn v I ™" would hsehisown lifelf ' l » , 1 tellln S , 'm that be ttss&H&SFtt ^• aaafiraa ^ t igpslsgii one o clock , and appeared delighted with the perfor-

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      The motion was negatived aa premature , and the board separated . Census ENUMKRAiORS . -Qn Tuesday ^ meeting of the enumerators of thfi census " of 1851 took place at the Bengal ArmsrBivchin-lane ,-to adopt a memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , complammg of the inefficiency of the payment awarded to them for their serViL , and calling upon the government to make a mS ' adeqiiate return for the onerousi and responsible duties of the office . —Mr . Behenna in the chair —The me moral , after setting forth the iniustin . " t , 1 ^

      the enumerators had been subjected went on in state that the registrars , in Vr in 8 truc * ^ « ° emphatically greeted to employ none but . intelligent and trustworthy , persons , and men whose no > itionm life was a sufficient guarantee that the duties of their officewouldbe performed in a properand efficientmanner . -Thatthememorialists ( vere notaware at the time of the appointment , of the arduous duties which they had engaged to perform , the enumerators' instructions not having been handed to them until they had-signed the forni ofContract They therefore considered the present scale of remuneration totally inadequate to compensate them for their services , and they trusted that such further payment mightfbe granted to thnm »< , n , » ;„» .

      tice of tne case . requived . —The chairman observod that letters had been received from various enumeratorsi in various parts of the country , expressing their desire to co-operate with the London committee .-Certain resolutions , passed at a previous meeting , were read and confirmed , and the adoption of the memorial was moved by Mr . Fletcher who stated that , after making : allowances for the cost of endorsing the schedules and entering them in the books , he found that Ms pay was at the rate of £ 1 03 . 6 d per week . This was not such a sum as should be given to an ' « intelligent person " It was below the wages of a mechanic , and there were few enumerators who would have accepted such a scale of payment had they been aware of it before mgnmgtho contract .-Mr . Jones , an enumerator of

      St . James s parish , seconded the motion , observing that he had experienced considerable trouble in discharging the duty . He : had in many , instances gone five times to one house , and had delivered three schedules before he had succeeded in obtaining a return . Three days were occupied beforo he secured the whole of the returns , and the number of persons included in such returns amounted to 1 , 400 ; whilst m some cases the names were bo difficult to read that it took him a quarter of an hour to decipher them . He complaiued that the money , small though the amount was , had not yet been paid , and he considered that they had a right to expect more prompt remuneration , lest a " bankruptcy" should occur in the Exchequer . ( Alaugh . ) -Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and the memorial was unanimously agreed to , with the addition of a specific clause , pointing to the fact that the rem » .

      neratioiun 1 S 5 I was much less than that of 1841 although the labour at the present time was much greater than at the former period . Reunion dbs ARTs .-Under this designation a society has been formed , «• the purport of which is to bring ; together , m social union , artists and amateurs , English and foreign , that each may have an opportunity ot exhibiting his particular talent , and that by Jr equent intercourse the taste for , and love of art , of its members may be cultivated and improved . " Such is the statement in the prospectus . and to accomplish this object it is proposed that the members m « et every Monday evening at the Queen Aune-Street

      Room ? , where restraint shall be kid aBide , and every one , whether professional or otherwise , contribute according to his accomplishments to the enjoyment ol the rest . In fact , a purely artistic eomjevzatume is aimed at ; for not only music , but any other intellectual pursuit likely to be of interest is to be encouraged . . . The CHAMPlossmr- of the Thames . —At a period when the combined industrial productions of the civjlized world have drawn to our shores a host of continental visitors , this great match possessed more than ordinary features of interest , as affording the foreign visitors an opportunity of . witnesses a

      trial of skill and endurance but rarely or ever seen in any other part , of the globe . —The competitors were Robert Coombes , the renowned champion of the Thames , and Thomas M'Kinney , of Richmond who aspired to that honorary distinction ., The weather was most agreeable . All the steamboats were crowded , thousands of spectators lined the snore or river , and a more interesting or animated scene as thei horn ? for the contest approached it would be difficult to describe .-Ataquarter , to six tne rival candidates moved towards Putney-bridce to row a dear right-away wager to Mortlake . Both looked full of confidence and health , and although M Kmney had the advantage of being twelve years the younger , and nearly three parts of a stone the heavier man , Coombes was backed freely at five and six to four , and a very lanre amount war i » m

      outat that odds , the takers . being extremely eager . —Coombes took his station on the Middlesex side of Putney-brid ge , his opponent being on the Surrey side . At twelve and a half minutes past six a capital start was effected , andM-Kinney immediately began to show the stem of his boat slightly in front , and u j to opposite Messrs . Searle ' s premises might be said to have retained precisely the same lead . ± rom this place , amidst deafening shouts from all sides , M'Kinney forced his pace , so as to get his boat completely clear of hisadveraary , but he was not allowed long to enjoy his advantage . The pace on both sides was killing , and it wbb obvious that one or the other mu * t soon give way On neanngXIraven-cottage the renowned champion

      put on a spirt which in a dozen strokes changed the aspect of . things , and placed Mb boat ' s nose a couple of feet in front . M'K \ nm . y applied himself again to , his work with even increased power , but Coombes again " put the Bteam on " so as to show »« « . ^ - y ° , hful adversary that he was invincible . AllM'Kmneyfs efforts , " plucky" as they were were unavailing ., Coombes went through Hammersmith-bridge two clear lengths ahead , increased his advantage gradually , and won by a dozen or move lengths , thus retaining his title of Champion of the Thames and Tyne , besides the valuable consideration of £ 100 stakes—The time occupied by the winner was twenty-seven minutes and thirty Beconds . . .

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      1 S' t Zn ? of ° E T ^ elner the e « denoe as to V ^ S' £ # « taken pother with some of the expressions said to have been used by the prisoners , was such aa to showthat they felt a desiretorid themselves of the burden of her support . It was a remarkable thingj that before death there was an admission . that it was believed tho deceased had taken arsehie , while from the time that Dr . Brown was called in there was no reference to it , until . it had been ascertained that death had resulted from arsenic . ; Thejury , after a consultation of half an hour , returned a verdict of , " Wilful murder " against both prisoners . The prisoners were iirimediately ' committed to take their' trial at the next Liverpool assizes . »¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ....

      . Romance in ReaiLifb . — . On Sunday last a person named John Rowland died at the workhouse in Lynn , whose history presents as awful a n account of reverse of fortune , as It has been our bt to become acquainted , with , The individual in question was educated at Eton College , and was afterwards fellow of . King ' s College , Cambridge . He was ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Horsloy ; officiated at'St . James ' s , Westminster ; and , went out to St . Petersbure as chaplain to the embassy .

      Subscquently , he either threw up his gown , or had it taken from him , and he became a blacksmith and Goach-apring maker , io Norfolk-street , in Lynn . The next account wo , have of him is , that he was apprehended , tried , and transported for stealing some iron , the property of Mr . ' Bottomly , of South Gates . . On the expiration of his term of 'transport tation he returned to Lynn , made a settlement in the town , and was for several years in * the , work > house , where \ he died on Sunday last , at the advanced age of seventy-eight years . ' , ' .- ' :

      -Funeral op tiie Huntsman of the Hauamshibe Pack . —The funeral of the late ^ George Sampson , for twenty-three years huntsman of the famous Hallamshire harriers , took place at Bulwood Church on Sunday se ' nnight . So great was the esteem . in which ho was . held amongst his brother Nimrods , far and wide , that at least 3 , 000 assembled at the village of HaHam , where he had resided , and accompaniedhia remains to the grave , as . many as was practicablewalking in procession . Great num . * bers Had come from places as far distant as Glussop , Ashopton , Barnsley , Barlow , and Chesterfield . The deceased huntsman expired on the previous Wednesday , at the ago . of fifty-seven . —Derby M&rwry , . : , .

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      Ernano . Rbpresentaticn or DcBUN . —It is rumoured that tho Hon . Sidney Herbert and Lord Naas have turned their eyes towards the constituency of Dublin , in anticipation of the general election , and already the note of alarm has been raised on the subject by some watchful enemies of " centralisation . " ... ¦ :- ,.-. At a privy council held last week in the Castle of Dublin , the proclamation under the Crime and Outrage Act was revoked for the county of Kerry , and for twenty-four baronies in the county of Cork . ...- . ' ,.. ' Represbhtation of Belfast . —The Belfast Newsletter says , " . Sir James Emerson Tennent has formally resigned the Governorship of St . Helena . "

      The merchants of Belfast say they are resolved to return one of their own body to represent them at the next election ; and have , it is said , selected Mr . Mulholland for that purpose . The Iri 8 h Roman Catholic Members . —The Irish Roman Catholic members , as a body , did not act badly on Friday ni ght ; but this is all that can be said in their favour . The Freeman ' s Journal , of Monday morning , thus touches up the absentees : — " There were not a few absent from thi 3 division who were not in Ireland , and who have not voted against the minister . These- men , unlike Mr . Keogh , Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Moore , Mr . Devevevra , and those who were working the good cause athome , were in London or elsewherebut were not

      , where duty called them , and where they had themselves taught the nation that they ought to have been to protect the rights of conscience , and tO strike down the enemies of religious freedom . The fiat of the Irish nation has gone forth , and every member representing a liberal constituency is bound to act on that decree , or resign the trust which he is not prepared to discharge in accordance with the wishes of those whose trustee he is . Ireland cannot afford even a semblance of neutrality . At a crisis like the present , when her liberties , perhaps for centuries to come , are poised in the balance , there can be no neutrality . Ireland

      will have none . "He who is not for us is against us . " " The Letteb . " -Ahint darkly thrown out by the metropolitan organ of Dr . M'Halo touching some further revelations in connexion with the "State paper" of the Tablet , has set the public on the qui viye , and rumours are freely circulated that Bomo additional documentary evidence is in course of digestion , and which , when brought to light , cannot , fail to add to the " excitement" created by the underhand production of the missive to Rome . ^ Be this as it may , the next epistle from bt . Oarlath s will be looked for with no ordinary curiosity .

      , Mb . Bn , MNo . —This gentleman is now considered ma fa » way of recovery . The dreadful wounds inflicted iipon him by his intended murderer are likely to be healed . Tiie Tapai Agitation . -Dr . Murray has issued a card to his parishioners , intimating that " a petition to parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles mil , and the Religious Houses Bill , will lie for Bignature at the doors of the metropolitan church tomorrow and the following Sunday , and he hopes that such petition will be numerously signed . " The Irish Confedkhates in Aostrama . —The Irish Exile states that Messrs . O'Doherty , M'Manus , and O'Donohoe had forfeited their tickets of leave for going beyond the bounds prescribed lor them to pay their respects to Mr . W . S . O'Brien . They were-reduced io the state ol common convicts , rire 8 sed : in the convict dress , and sentenced to hard labour at Taamnn ' s Peninsula .

      Emigration from Ulstrr . —From a tabular return , of , tho number of emigrants who have sailed direct from the port of Derry for British America and the United States since the opening of the season in the present year , and in the corresponding period of 1850 , it appears that the emigration this year nearly doubles that of last . For 1851 the total number of ships was 15 , carrying 23 cabin passengers , and 2 , 834 storage- ditto-total , 2 , 907 . For 1850 , 6 Bhips , carrying 21 cabin passengers , and 1 , 349 steerage ditto-total , 1 , 370 . The Berry Sentinel , commenting on this return , observes : — " 2 , 900 persons have emisntod in the present season , \ vhile a much larger number have gone hence to Liverpool ;> ntl the Clyde , to take shipping there ; so that from 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 penorn , at a very low estimate , have left the noitli-wes tof Ireland since

      the commencement of tho year . There are also several emigrant ships now in port , and others are expected , and the agents calculate on having the full compl « ment of passengers for each . It should likewise be rcmavken that the generality of the emigrants are of a better class than formerly , being clnefly small farmers and their families , who have some means of their own , and most of them in the prime of life . It mUst be an additional source of regret that the great majority of these emigrants have transported themselves and their property , not to one of our own colonies , but to a foreign country . The twunty-three cabin passengers , and upwards of 2 , 300 of the steerage passengers ,. left our shores for the United StateB , to augment the wealth and the power of that rapidly-advancing country . "

      The Ecclesiastical Titles Biu ,. —The Roman Catholic organs are highly elated at the recent Ministerial defeat , and the necessary postponement of the committee on the " l \ iins and Penalties " bill . The " Irish Britade" are exhor'ed to strike and spare not . Out with the Whigs let who will be their suecos « ors . Fire at Lough TItsn .-A fire broke out at Loueh Rynn , the snat of Lord Clements , ou Sunday moraine ) as ! . , . J hlch dam 8 ge . to the extent of from £ 1 , 000 to ± . l , o 00 was caused to the house and furniture j £ Z ^ Ta ^™ - -T 1 ' ^ dalk Dmoem , wiich reached Dullm ou Monday morning , an ^

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      nounced that the brutal attack on Mr . Samuel Coulter had terminated fatally . It was evident from the first that no medical skill could be of any service , as the wqunda -vere mortal , and after snfforing great agbny'he expired at three" o ' clock on Saturday morning . Mr . Coulter had a sum of £ 10 on his person when proceeding to the fair , but his assassins did not attempt to'touch- it ; and it was Found on him when-he was discovered bruised and bleeding on the road side . The ill-faced man is stated to have given evidence in a number of ejectment cases at the last Biillybot quarter sessions where pjeotment decrees were obtained , and whichj it is said , -were expeoted to be put in force in a fow days . Four persons have been arrested on

      suspicion , and remain in custody pending the isaue of the coroner ' s inquest . . - The inquest was resumed and concluded on Tuesday . The following was the verdict : " We find that the deceased , Samuel Coulter , came by his death early in the morning of the 3 rd inst ., at about the hour of two o ' clock , inconsequence of severe fractures of the skull , inflicted by some person or persons unknown , on the road leading from Dundalk to Crossniaglin , in the morning of Friday the 2 nd of May inst . " So far only has light been yet let in upon this horrible affair $ not- is it likely ; as in the case of Mr . Mauleyerer , another noonchiy murder en the high road , that much more will ever he known about it . There is but too much reason to

      fear that the case is only , another of the results of the landlord and tenant system , the unfortunate deceased having , in bis capacity of agent , been called upon to put the ejectment law inforce . ¦ . ! ThbMurdkr of Mr . Coulter . —A correspondent of the Evening Mail , who signs himself " An Englishman , and who has been visilina the scene of the late murder in the south , after describing the beauty of the surrounding country , proceeds to gay : — ' But yesterday I visited the spot where on the day before the owner of one of those pleasant dwellings I have mentioned was , in the broad light of day , waylaid , beset , and murdered . He had set out on horseback for a neighbouring fair , and when but a short half-mile from home the shot was fired which , aided

      b y bayonet stabs , and blows from heavy stones , left his wife a widow and his two young children fatherless . In the struggle be , a strong and powerful man , had fought raaafully . for life , as wa 3 evident by the trodden herbage in the ditch by the wayside , and the tracks of blood upon the road for some thirty yards from the place where he had first fallen , in the direction of his home , to the spot where the tragedy was perfected , and the scarcely breathing body left with its head beaten into a soft pulp , hanging over a low wall of large loose atones , which were literally black with gore when I saw th « m yesterday , The shot was plainly heard , as were his cries for help , by labourers employed by a gentleman , his neighbour , in a field hard by , who , when asked why they had not gone to

      ascertain what was the matter , replied , that they knew the master was ab road , and that , therefore , they did not like to leave their work . ' The victim of this horrid deed was a substantial yeoman , holding , under a lease for ever , a farm of between 100 and 20 ( acres—honest , upright . and unassuming . Bathe was an agent , as had been his fatherbeforehim , for some small properties thereabouts . Born and bred in the neighbourhood , well belo ved for his many acts of kindness to the people about him , yet he was an agent , and therefore marked oat for the assassin ' s hand ; and well and surely the work was done . " RiBANDiBM in LouTH . —The Aewi Utter contains the following statements : — "Dundalk , Monday , May 5 : In the fresh outrages pernetratine in and

      about this immediate neighbourhood , are to be seen the consequences of those sanguinary and blood thirsty doctrineB propounded and received a 3 truths by . the deluded peasantry of this unhappy countrydoctrines and opinions which , if permitted lonser to be instilled into the Irish mind , will decidedly eventuate in acts of barbarous aggression on the one aide , and in judicial and legal sacrifice of life on the other . Scarcely had the public mind calmed into repose from the painful excitement produced by Mr . Coulter ' s murder , than Us feelines are again rowed l > y the perpetration of a fresh outrage , on the . life of a farmer and his wife . On Saturday night a party of eleven armed ruffians entered the house of a farmer living between Castleblayney , in the county Monaghan , and Redy , in the county of Armagh , and beat him and his wife unmercifully , inflicting severe wounds on the old man ' s head , and telling him that

      ii he aid not give up the land he had lately taken they would return and kill him . A neighbouring farmer , who heard the cries , ran to the Oarragh police station , a short distance off . The party promptly arrived , but found the villians had fled , leaving the old man weltering in his blood . The police heard the barking of dogs , and at once proceeded to the place where the barking came . Upon arriving at the bog , close to where the omnibus driver was lately fired at , they saw a light in a house . They went to the window and looked in , when they saw eleven ruffians in the act of swearing the man of tho house , who was on his knees . The police , though few in number , at once entered , just as the oath was administered , and arrested the eleven men . They were handcuffed and conveyed to the old man ' s house , when he and his wife at once identified seven of them as being the persons who broke into their house and nearly murdered them . "

      AnOTHBB ATTEMPT AT ASSASSI 8 ATION ' .--On the 2 nd inst . a respectable farmer , named George Coulter , was shot at , at a place called Hackball Cross , near Dundalk , in the county Louth , by a miscreant who was concealed behind a hedge . Castle Appointments . —Mr . Matthew Winter , second clerk in the Chief Secretary ' s office , retires on a pension , after having spent a long life in the service of the public . He is to be succeeded by Mr MatheBon , who fills the post of third clerk ; and Mr . Burke , who discharges the duties of assistant , or secretary , to Sir ThomaB Redington , is to be appointed to the third clerkship . This latter gentleman it was who had the charge of Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s portmanteau subsequent to the affair at

      Ballingarry , and was afterwards examined as to its contents during the State trials at Clonmel . Sai . es op Encumbered Estates . —There were a few sales on Tuesday , but as none of the properties presented any striking feature to allure the investment of idle capital , the proceedings were almost totally devoid of interest . Advance is the Prices of catilb . —The Kilkenny Journal states that at the fair of Castlecomer , held on Saturday last , the prices obtained for black cattle were not only satisfactory but highly encouraging . The rates ranged from £ U to £ 16 per head , and in one instance as much as £ 18 10 s . was realised . Milch cows sold from £ 8 to £ 10 , and sheep were on the average 48 s . each : prime

      Leicesters went to 55 s ., and pigs 40 b . per cwt . Altogether the fair was an excellent one for the breeders of all kinds of stock . Decrease op the Population . —The Tipperary Vindicator , referring to the census return for the ?* iL ? f Ca 8 he 1 ' 8 ay 8 :- « 'In 1841 there were 1 , 090 inhabited houses in Cashel ; in 1851 the number of inhabited houses is but 822 , In 1841 the number of uninhabited houses was 87 ; in 1861 , 171 In 1841 there were 11 houses building ; In 1861 not one V In 1841 there were 1 , 431 families ' residing in the city ; in 18 ol but 1 , 077 . In 1841 the population of the city amounted to 7 , 036 ; in 1851-can it be ff ^ SUT ThU 8 mak ^ adecrea 8 ei «

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      Death of the Ex-Loro Chancellor ins Earl op Cottenham . —The Earl of Cottenham died at Pietra Santa , intheDuohy of Lucca , on the 29 th ult ., m , the 71 st year of his age . —The Right Hon . Charles Christopher Pepys , first Earl of Cottenbam , was second son of Sir William Wetler Pepys ( first baronet ) , by the eldest daughter of the Right Hon . William Dowdeswell . He was brother to the Bishop of Worcester . Born , 1781 ; married , in 1821 , the daughter of William Wingfield , Esq ., and niece of the second Earl of Digby ; graduated LL . B . at Trinity . ; College , . Cambridge ,. 1803 ; was called to the bar , ' at Lincoln's-inn , 1801 ; appointed a King ' s counsel , 1326 ; Solicitor General to Queen Adelaide , 1830 ; Solicitor Genera' to tho King , February , 1834 ; Master of the Rolls , September 1834 ; First

      , Commissioner when the great seal was in commission , in 1835 ; Lord Chancellor from 1836 to September ; 1841 , and again appointed to that office in August , 1846 ; was appointed a commissioner to consider the state of the bishoprics , 1847 . Represented the borough of Malton in parliament from 1832 to-1836 ; had previously flat for'Higham Farrnrs . The family of Pepys settled at Cottenham , in Cambridgeshire , early in the sixteenth century and one of its representatives , Richard Pepys , whs a olnef justice in Irelan d in 1664 ; his greas-erandson was father of Sir Lucas Pepys , M . D ., physician to George III ., and physician general to the armv who received a baronetcy in 1784 ; and the brother of Bir

      Lucas was Sir William Wellor Pepys , a Master in Chancery , who received a baronetcy in 1801 Both these titles descended to Lord CottenhamtenT / eded ' , i ? brother in the b « iw 2 J 7 « H 84 fr , « fe i ^ °° l ! in t « e baroneky of ffi f ^' ul" ¥ ' however , he received the fe r kn ! ghth 0 ° d > a"d i » 1835 was appointed a Privy Councillor . He was created a baron in Jan . 1836 , and was elevated to the dignity of an earldom Hnl n ? TTi ffOm hi 8 hi « « ffi < * l"t y-r- The of fhPr ^ i ^ ^ d 8 Pe P ' born in 1824 ( Clerk ¦ fit 2 vi *? £ hancery ) . succeeds his deceased father as Earl of Cottenham . Five . other sons and a & Survive their noble P ' went . „ ^ Y ! Maid - ~ A » incorrigible old maid , living upon slender meaDs , cut the acquaintance of a triend because he advised her to " husband " her re-¦

      sources . ¦ . .-. . ' RnEUMATISM EFFECTUAny CUBED BV H 0 M , 0 WAf ' 8 PllLS . — ft seijeantof oneoftheregimenu doing garrison duty in uoimrt lown had been fot years a manyr io rheumatism ; ne was under the cave of the regimental surgeons , but deriving not the least benefit from their treatment , in des-Pair , he hnd recourse to Holloway ' s Villa , and , as by a miracle , ttm invaluable medicine had been the sole meuns of perfectly curing him , and he now tnjeys the l > eit Of health . For obvioiiB rwsous , the names of the sergeant aiid tho regiment are withheld , but Major Waleh , of Hobart Town , mil \ o \ wl \ for the truth of thiB statement .

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      ® % e ^ romnces . The Riotbrs at the Boston EuecTioN .-These men were brought up for examination on the 2 nd mst . Not any of them were charged with the full offence . Seven were discharged on . finding security vtt fi'i ii , " selv « m * 50 . each . Three were fined £ 1 , each , and one £ 5 . A number of new trifling cases were brought forward , but the parties were aU discharged on finding the requisite security for keeping the peace , some for six , and others for twelve months . ' AwBMPr to Overturn a TRAW .-On Saturday last two men , named Thomas Sudell and William Smith , well known in the neighbourhood of Hatfield , tlerttord 8 hire f as notorious poachers , were broueht

      up m custody of the rural constabulary at the Town SirkS n- | fore f ' ' Mills ( chairman ) , ih , 0 h Ie , P " n 8 dale , andi other county magistrates charged with haying placed certain pieces of timber ? £ « rr » 1 V i PJW ° f overturning a train on ™ tit r N ° rth r ? ^ y- lhereb y Monger-« nLS « T ° f he J e 8 ty ' sheets ; The prisoners , on the usual camion being given to them , declined saying anything in their defence . TheSaR " ; mi f eii tn ? ra ° » . heinous offence of having attempted to sacrifice the lives of innocent persons , S y comraitted tLem to Hertford Gaol for FlBB ON THE GEEAT ^ ESTERS RAlWAvi-On Sunday night a fire occurredat theWallinirford Rnari

      orauon jontueuneof th » Great We 8 tenT Railway . The building was reduced to a heap of ashes-in the short Bpace of a quarter of an honri and the . propertv destroyed is estimated at between £ 800 and £ 1000 The precise origin of the fire is not knaw # b * t itis conjectured to Inn occurred from the bursting of a naptlm lamp , which was in the shed . B Polish and Hungarian REruaEES . -On Stmdav last twelve of the refugees who recently landed S Liverpool from Turkey arrived at Leeds TheIi verpool committee are distributing theTrrfumL in the principal large towns of the kUdwI , 2 Uhev have forwarded these twelve to lends w ! M . Vv raise funds for their support until able taTJZ . meuiteivea&

      . meeting of the woikinn „[/„ wa « held in the Bazaar , the usual meetin W S asssNft'tria ' Saft ? subscription was started for their suppirt , a Tint Cask op Poisoning bi Parhnth »* \ t . TEB .-The adjourned inquest reZctW Jtt" ^" of Mary . Hardy , alia 3 ^ ihSXXli ^ Sr Berford , the borouch coroner at tho *? V Mr # Uoyal Infirmary , on Tuesday Lt Tho ^" r h < fer of the casehave already appeSed m h f , ? ar tlcula «; It will suffice to repeat hefflfthe £ ^ T * sixteen years of a / e , an illegSm ^ e * ofi Slhort with her mother Ann WadWton . " X " Vl rauicr

      james Waddlngton , alamplj ehtw in her death , which took place sudden " v ¦ SSfVi , » Jfc ult ., it was ascertained that she had ^ Sa I f quantity of arsenic , that she had had ^ W assistance , while wr , contradictor ^ - rtX » f * to the nature and duration otlSJ ^*** f by her parents . The deceased ^ iasS ' in \ ma ^ club from which £ 7 was recefv d oi he day She death . James and Ann Waddingtoni the parents of the deceased , were at present in * cuStoaV TI ber of witncBses were examined in addition to E previously produced , and the coroner S SS the whole of the evidencg , pointinTout tl ? g Yl selves , as well as the great extent to ffl £ v were , contradicted by the witnesses , itT would b «

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      mam . Stbikb on the Banqor aud Carnarvon Railway . —In consequence of a large number of Irishmen being employed in its construction , the Welch and EBglish " navvies" all along this line have struck . The turn-out has been general , for the men more determinedly hostile . to the : Irish forced , by threatened hostilities , those employed in the tunnels to discontinue their work and join them , in expelling the obnoxious party . About forty special constables were sworn in , as great disturbance was anticipated ,. The men have refused ' ? * $ * t 0 their v ! ork until th ® wnole of the Irish shall have been discharged . Their hostility baa been manifested for some time , but asttike was not expected .

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      Scotumii , ¦ A Wouan Kimkd bt Her Hosband , —A man named Moodie , a hosier by trade , and residing in Potter-row , Edinburgh , , was apprehended on a charge of inflicting some injuries on his wife , of so serious a nature that she died in a few hours afterwards . On the man ' s going home on Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , the unfortunate woman made some allusion to the lateness of the hour , and m the course of an altercation which . ensued , ; he gave her a kick , which resulted . more seriously than be had perhaps anticipated . He immediately obtained the assistance of a surgeon who , after being with her aliout four hours , succeeded in arresting the copious flow of blood which had been occasioned . Soon after his departure , hdwever ,. the wound broke out afresh ,, and before assistance could again be obtained the unfortunate woman had expired .

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      _____ ^ T" *> im bwSTB 5 S 0 FI B 5 § 55 I If tf ^ p ^ t& ^>> : L I : Ha » 'ngton , John Fahey . Wiffffr , C % fc .. on thatmonmg . ¦ ' '™ ^ lnwf - jH JlHKS ?^?!!!!! " ! ^ "id , tt !•« .-. ' > V " i

      3 i »" ^ , morn" » g was , on duty inlr Put # " walk , and heard a great noise a little V Va « 4 ll fm and on proceeding to the place ! Z \ t ™ V * 3 t ffi Police constable Henry Chaplin 77 f ^ ** £ i S and endeavouring to persuade thitr ' v Was aI « o the , & Mr . Elliott : What wLe the men d ^ n ° ° Se ' MtO Witness : They were making a ma ? 5 th e 3 rj $ & . quietly , if not I shall lock yo J » ^ go C , WEtt * them went away , but returned ^ . * £ > Or « b i $ | w f ^ A « 8 « S ^ or what ? JLSL" «!* a 2 MW uiBD and

      onras , on coming near tn r-l ! <> h « W prisoner Hickey flung this ston ^ Z . L ^ 4 1 R ? « him on the mouth . ( The witness K » and ttrn ? «^ choker , a missile weiring nearly lbsf m ^\ W $ ceeded to say , that the effect of the , bffi ft Alld vl « & deceased to stagger against a window S ^ 4 IS 1 ' which he stood , but he soon appeared ^ er ' nea' Wt was enabled to draw his staff ami !? ° " ^ er , Z mfi * the forehead , the blow product h " ^ ! » that prisoner bore . Thl \ nSt'& £ *•« 4 h Sf Hicke . y the prisoner came up to him ^'' "stmck S ? ( Chaplin ) a desperate blow " wi ftfe ^ S B ^ ' left side ot the head , or temnip - « j fllnt on tfi ^^ same moment another oW ' S > t »? C < cannot recognise , also cameVandV ^ ^ MR ceased on the right temple , " nd hi - truck th « de . B ^ to the foot pavement . I inJfBn »? e lnstant ! y fe Mb ? soner Cnefud laid ho d ol S ' ^^ ^ 3 IP ' securing him , but at tfa " ££ ? / tf ! Purpose 0 ffif ?" blow from a stone on t taWiS ^ f '" i 'Mfet me down on tho pavemeut t ZWhlcil kn °° m ¥ W laid hold of Cane a Sccon J u L ^ 'Bain . and HK me down and got away btfoj ftJ ?* *»! " *** & Ku ! along Salamanca-place , sprinl , " U ^ ^ MF * immediately after a mgmT ! Xl ' *> W WS& came up . I returned with them t ? SS 1 * 8 HK . ™^ < t * ^^^ » m uUlu

      gu « o , « u , « uu uieuumjr profusely from Ti * ^ ihe mouth , nose , and some wounds oa his t » T the ^^^ 11 assisted in removing him into the QuS ' ""* » n publ . c-hou e , he , al the time , remaini ng f ! ^ K of perfect m ^ eitsibi ty . Soon nfter it . slak W& fch the constable , to a hWin " SaK ? 2 K knocked at the door several times beffi \ »• opened , and on entering it I saw the nr i ! 9 & ' Hickey standing at the kitchen door bl « SiJS 5 » a wound on hia forehead , andhia hand . Mj M ^ bloody . One of the constables who accomD l ? K ^ me charged the prisoner with assaultinc c £ W •« constable , but Hickey declared he had uoffi 1 ? Wfr all the night , and that the blood upon his £ » had been occasioned by a bleeding from his « J W We then took him into custody , upon vfhich k ^ P * made some resistance , but was ultimately uuJfc mf * the stution-house . Soon after Hickey ' s remol » from the house I saw the prisoner M'Ellitrott I ? Mipl

      aown Anderaon ' s-walk and into Vauxhall-wa k Z MW on coming up to the railings of the house ft *? M ** which Hiekey had been removed , heMSMB fe stop and 1 at once recognised him as one of Z ? W §\ men 1 had just before seen in Lambeth-waft 2 ^ W $ gave him . nto custod y . We went into the ho ' uea ^ PP second time , and there found tho prisoner Si W coming up stairs from the cellar or cole-hole 3 W he attempted to make his escape by ^ S S -W he back way , but wo secured him , and at that time ? he vras bleeding from a wound on the side of 5 ; fe head which I have no doubt I gave him 1 & ™ A stafi while we were struggling , and I endeavoured i ^ B to 8 himTkranft : r siri to

      eaure . ^ an .. . ,, "" secure mm . l have no doubt he is the minnhn ; ; W struck Chaplin with the Btone on the leftside ofi ^ head or temple , and that he i , al 80 th Zl n ! « deavoured to secure . "When we took him into i Vffl tody he asked what it was for , and upon being told £$ 8 for brutally assaulting a constable , he endeav ^ urrf iWk to escape , and we had some difficulty in preventing \ W& him . I afterwards saw Chaplin in bed at his oto Mn house , where he still remained in a state of in- P § 3 s sensibility , and was removed to Guy ' s Hosmtal . £ iE

      Mr . Ladd , a surgeon , said he had been sent for on | that morning to attend the deceased , and oa eoine I to his residence he found him in a state of perfect I insensibility . On examining him , he found on the i right side of the head , just over the eyebrow a I small incised wound , and the right eye was tctt 1 much contused . On the left side of the head vas i a large wound which communicated with a fracture I of the skull , and a piece of the bone was depressed 1 upon the brain . He was bleeding from the mouth 1 and ears at the time , and it was probable therefore 1 that the iraoture extended across the base of the I skull He fainted in my presence , and Irecom- I mended his

      removal to the hospital . I believe the Wm ottuae of his death to be the blow on the leftside ?! & which had caused the fracture of the skull . Bis > J * nee was altogether very severely bruised . v f g , . A certificate of the death oC Henry Chaplain , Mj signed by the house surgeon of Guy ' s Hospital , was & then put in . The poor man was fast dying when « ¦ ho reached the institution , and sank a few miautes * afterwards . t ™ After the reception of some subordinate evidence S « ji % u ° . of the P'woncra were remanded . f f S S The prisoners previously charged were brought % up for re-examination on Wednesday , and Thomas ft Lynor , Thomas Burke , and Edward Stelling were % charged for the first time with being also engaged l b in the brutal murder . The prisoners had been on < in Sunday to a rAffle at the "White Lion public house , tn m Vauxha 1-walk . r L

      C . Margaret Cole , the wife of Robert Cole , a »«] labourer at the London Gas-works , said : —All the v < J prisoners , with the exception of M'Elligott and fi Stelling , lodge at my house , 49 , Vauxhall-walk , I a : was at the White Lion on Sunday night , but -sm at h home and in bed loBg before twelve o ' clock . I heard 11 the prisoner Cane come into the passage , and was -d awoke by _ his noise . I opened my bed-room door ' £ and saw him ( Oane ) in the passage with my servant ^ v alien Dunn , who was endeavouring to prevail on £ ) him riot to go oui . I saw that he was bleeding from id a wound on his face , which was covered with blood , j ? fl - ••«« .. » u .. uw uiuc , wuicu was covered wiiu uiuuu , at and he

      said that he had beenstruck by a policeman , m I advised him not to go out , but he said he should , M and did go out . I went into my bed-room , and in M about a quarter of an hour heard a noise in the m passage which induced me to get out of bed and go p into the passage , and there saw Cane , Hickey , and M Harrington in the act of going into the cellar , when pt I followed to see what was the matter . I saw that m Cane was cut and bleeding , and Hickey took a basin | | s to get some water to wash it . At this moment the | | l servant called out , and on my going up stairs I sa * || f the police coming over the palingB , and I said 1 tM

      would open the door for them . Hickey stood at i || the wash-house door , and one of the policemen « D pi seeing him said , " Here ' s one of them , " and took S Hickey . Ho resisted , but I advised him to go , and fi before he got to the outer gate 1 saw his ft « Sp streaming with blood , and that was the first bload M I saw on Hickcy . When he came in I saw no blood if on him or Harrington . After taking Hickey away the i - policeman returned and- took the prisoner Cane in h the passage . After Cane was taken away I went into if ; the kitchen , and there saw the prisoner Lynor , and j $ asked him what was the matter and what it was au fe about * He Said it was a bad iob , for when he « a « fe

      coming nome he saw a man lying dead in tbe . stiw , m near the Queen ' s Head ueer-shop ; and that it *« p ; a policeman , and that no one was near him . " « M said that he had been to see two females homo to & Lambeth-walk , and saw the man ou his way home | | Ihe prisoners Hickey , Cane , and Harrington came Eg home together , and when the police were W » B W Hickey , I saw tho prisoner " William Burke come | g down stairs in his stockings and partly undressed , ft and I advised . him to go to bed again ,-In cro ss el- p animation , the witness said that it was after Cane m had returned home , once aud afterwards g ° ne 1 out that he and the prisoners Hickey and Harrmg- | ton came home together .- She went into a roott | where Thomas Burke alenfc . hut could not say >?» ' E

      She saw him in bed , nor did she recollect telling him that the police had taken Hickey . Saw IlicW beforo he was taken , and was quite sure he had w blood on him . The police had a ereat striigF with him to get him out , and she had not the lea » doubt that whilo so engaged the police struck nil" ' and inflicted the wound en his forehead . HH * eJ was in the act of going with a basin to get sod > water to wash tho face of Cane when the po » rushed in and seized him . The witness , « flC " pressed on the point , and after some reficotwn . * it was her impression and belief that she -w Thomas Burke in his bed . ag Euen Dunne , servant to tho last witness , /»* called , and said that , tho ni-isnn <> r Lvnor had cm

      in some time after Hiukey and Cane bad been t » w away , and on her asking him where he had ueen said to see two girls home , and that as ne Cpming back he saw a policeman stretched on 1 side of the road , and that as he was coming « J " struck him , or struck against him , she did r . ot H » u which . —Mr . Elliott—Sec if you cannot reco ] W * i which it was . —Witness . —I think he said lie kic »« him when he saw him down . , . ) ,., { Police-constable Pudtiuit , 93 , L , depose d , 1 * about ten minutes or a quarter ( 0 one 0 cloC 1 ! j . | . . Monday mot-nincr he saw tho prisoners , Lynn , ^ £ mas Burke , aiid ' two women standing by a ra «» S arch , between the White Lion pu blic-house , •» , No . 49 , Vauxuall-wnlk . As ho passed them one « the women said , " That is rot the man that iw ** you up is it ? " one of the men said , "Wt go . " One of the women asked him if 1 >« s 5 oU ' h » m on the beat the following night , but he made w no answer . y 1 ' olice-scrgeant , ChaklesBurges Goff , i , V \ . the White Lion was at the end of tbo Y » uXB '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1625/page/6/