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      n ' ,, i ,,-r ^¦ ° ^ " *™ g « ytgl > BWg $ % c fflmopoti ** IlrAi-ta cf Loxdox . —The mortality exhibits a tcnuencr to increase ; the deaths in Loodoa , which in the ti . ree preceding wseks uf July were successirriy r ^ l , S 7 o , 956 , rose in the last week to 1 , 010 . The " a vir * se number of deaths in the ten corresponding Crisis of 1841-50 was 1 , 023 , and with the same rate of aioriality amongst a pQjmlatiou equal to the present mmber of inhabitants it would have been 1 , 131 ; but excluding 1819 from the account , in the corre :: po iing week of which year cholera had raised the icoriaiiiy from all causes to nearly 2 , 000 , the number . of ijeaths registered last week docs not differ ivw-trially from the average thus obtained and correcua for increase of population . —While the persons : - * ho > nnk under diseases of the respiratory

      organs were 84 , almost exactly the same number as in the prec- 'ding week which showed a decided reduction , and while phthisis , one of the tubercular class , has fallen to 122 , the complaints classed as " e * nde mic" continue to increase rapidly . Epidemics were fatal in the ( wo previous weeks m , 209 and 2 S 2 cases resnectively , and in last week the number rose to 333 —Tlnis increase arises from diarrhcea , the growing prevaieuce of which , concurrenty with the approach of autumn , is shown by the numbers of the last 5 w ess , viz ., 23 , 53 , 64 , So , and ( m week ending la--t Samrday ) 143 . The number now returned does ; iot exceed the u » nal weekly amount at this per ioiTdurinis the last 5 year 3 ; but it would appear from a review of the last decennial period that the fatality of this disease among

      chiWrea h-s of late years increased to a great extent . It vriii he seen that the Registrars spscify local nuisance- in connexion with the appearance of diarrhoea , ia particular Instances . A child died of it , as r ^ port 2 'l in tUe la * t return , in a house in Payne-street , Islington ; another has since been registered , and now the father and a third child are suffering . The Smell ot a drain , which the Registrar describes as " overpowering * " is considered the exciting cause . Twelve Mai cases of cholera were registered in the previous week , and the same number appiared iu the present . The births of 773 boys and 073 girls , in all 1 , 451 children , were registered iasi week . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1 S 40-50 was 1 , 312 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in t he week was 29 * 765 in . The meau

      ternperaturc was 63 * 4 deg ., which is two degrees above the average of the . same week in ten years . The highest temperature occurred on Friday and Saturday , when the means were 6 S * 3 deg . and C 61 deg . respectively , bsing from five to seven degrees above the averages of the same days . The wind blew for the mo = t part from the south-we 9 tf but was generally calm . SixcruR Occurbencb . — Mr , Wabler , the Coroner , liclo an inquest on Saturday last , at the Hou ? e of Correction , Culduath-fields , respecting the death of William Pontifex , aged thirty-seven , wb / i had been sentenced to three months * iraprisonmeat for embezzlement . Tae deemed , a ravenous , thin-buiit man , was devouring his morning allowance , wheu a piece of bread , weighing four ounces , stuck iu his throat and choked hitpr although medical ami other kiudly aid was instantly at band . A verdict of " Accidentally suffocated" was returned .

      Sudues Death . —On Saturday night last an mquevi was held at the Red Lion ,. Strand , on the body of Thomas Gill , whose real name is Edsfortb , mac-Mnist ac the Strand Theatre , now known as yunca ' 3 Playhouse . The deceased was thirty-nine years of - 'igc , and was well known by country managers as an ingenious and clever machinist . He was found dead in his bed . Evidence was given to 3 how that he had died of a disease of the heart , and the jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death . " The Marquis of Lansdowne met with an accident last week , by beiug thrown from his horse . Though his lordship did not appear much hurt , it waa thought desirable to postpone a meeting of tile Committee of the Privy Council of Education appointed to be held on Saturday last at the Counciloffice . The noble marquis has , however , sufficiently recovered from his fall to be able to resume his officialdiuks , though he is obliged to carry his arm

      in a sung . FirkI—On Saturday afternoon last the neighbourhood of Waterloo-place was greatly alarmed by flames bursting from the vaults of the extensive range of wine-cellars belong to Messrs . Gordon and FarreJL and adjoining the mansion of the Archbishop of Armagh . The accident , we find , occurred from one of the men having for a few minutes left taepacking floor , in which were a number of hampers of wine ready for delivery , without extinguishing Ms candle . Providentally the fire was confined to a spot where water could be thrown upon it from one ot the trap-doors , and thus probably the whole of the valuable stock was saved . Thel o > s was -very trilling , only two or three hampers of wine Injured j and the fire was quite extinguished before the arrival of even a single engine .

      Yjctokia-steeet made a Pobuc Road . —On Monday contrary to all expectation , Victoria-street was opened for carriages as well as foot passengers , although it was generally understood the latter would act be allowed to pass through until after the pub . fe opening by the Earl of Carlisle , the Earl of Shaft--sSiry , and the commission ra . * During the whoie yf Sunday the street was crowded with foot passengers . This great thoroughfare so much shortens the distance between "Westminster-abbey , and Pimlico , Grovesnor-place , and the parts adjacent , that several omnibuses have already passed through w and from those places , notwithstanding the roiighuess of the carriage-road . Pris ' cf Hoheslohe at St . George ' s , Sopthwxrk : — On Sunday morning the Rev . Prince iloiiiniohe officiated at mass at St . George '? . A somewhat general expectation that the Prince would preach was disappointed . CNjMMKSCBMENX OF THE OrSTEB SEASOK . The

      regular oyster season commenced at Uungerford and Billingsgate Markets at six o ' clock on Monday

      morning . The late Gold Dost Robbkry .. —From information that has come to the knowledge of the solicitors to she London and South Western Railway Company , there Is good reason to believe that a regular gang has long been formed for the plunder of this line , and that the parties engaged in the robbery of silks , &c , were the same parties who committed- the robbery of gold dust on the railway on the 8 th of . May last . In fact , one of the parties has proved ; tnatasaleof a portion of the stolen silks was negotiated by Plampin , who was recently convicted ' and sentenced to ten years' transportation for the gold dust robbery at Winchester . Important information has been received , implicating several retail dealers is London , and Plampin will : in a few days be brought out of 'Winchester gaol to give evidence , against them . . .

      The'Bodt of a Poob Ca . im . iJ fouxd in the Sbbpettise . —On Tuesday morning one of the men of the Royal Humane Society found ,. in the Serpentine River , the body of a remarkable cripple , and it is somewhat surprising how be got into the . water . He is about forty-five years of age , short . His left arm and hand turn inwards , aud hang close to the body , and the right foot is also turned in the same direction . -The dress consisted of a brown cloth overcoat , fnstian trousers , and a hat , but nothing was in UJ 8 possession likely to lead to the identity of the body , which . appears to have been in the water for some time . ' Mt . Smith , the attentive beadle of St . Margaret's , has had it removed to the dead house at Kniglirsbridge , where it will remain until the inquest is appointed . ¦

      GaEAi Conflagration in Finsbcrt . —On Tuesday night , between the hours of eight and nine ,-a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Messrs * James'Wild and Co ., the extensive upholsterers , cabinetmakers , ' and feather merchants , situate in Worsfiip-street and the Curtara-road , Shorediteh . The property in question was of vast extent , - and formed sis hocuses in the last-named thoroughfare , whilst anotherturned the angle into ; Worship street , 'and the whole stretched backwards between 200 and 300 feet into Gillafd ' s Fields . The engines attended with

      all possible expedition , when the firemen found the flames , ascending some dozen feet above the surrounding hobses : They therefore directed the water from the different engines in snch directions as ; to cut off the further ; spread of the fearful element . During that time a number of persons were engaged in removing tb ' e-furniture , &c ., from the show rooms oh the ground floor . Although the principal stock in those'depbis was removed , it was much broken . During the , progress of the conflagration a waggon filled with beds or mattresses was drawn ou from the

      gateway , but the contents were blazing away most furiously , and it was not until a great part of the freight ' iras destroyed that the fire could be extinguished . The firemen laboured without the least intermission until past midnight , when they succeeded in getting the mastery to some extent over the fire , but it was then far from being extinguished , althoug : no danger existed of any further-extension . The damage doae wUl amount to some thousands of Pound f . to say nothing of the injury to the premises , lne whole of the . extensive premises at the rear are gotteoYand the entire length of buildings in front as lar as the ground S floors are bnrned out . How the fire originated is a mystery . The men had left off work £ 8 lBdllot been d 8 ed than

      £ J ^ £ LT \ .,. " mora ^ £ fW V * the nnweI « H ° e dfceovery was v £ U £££ t «« teSK * iththe fi - wJonly . TO LlCK 5 SE D . TlCrDALLE ns .-At the Court . « f Bureesses , Westminster , on Tuesday a party apr-eareoon behalf of Mr . J . B . Shnusou of tb f ^^ r ' -, ? nE 8 ell-8 trcet - Cove ™? garden whoHS-beea ^ finedby the ket jurv for haTinTa nurabec of silver measures representing pints and $ i : ;« rteif , iWJnch were not sfcimped with the West ' minstej ; > tamp ; and it was alleges Mr . Simpson had ? aic ! : he would not send them lor the purpose to the .-tSco , : i 6 it would be the means of disfiguring the ; n . . Two of them were produced in court , The ih . i-Mfcaa fan Mr , gimpaon ' s representative . that

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      every . tradesman who lived , in Westminster was bound so have his weights . and" measures " stamped with the Westminster stamp , ' and it was no excuse in this instance to say the measures we . i'Q of silver ; they would be used no doubt as if they were made ot any ' other metal . The party said Mr . ' . Simpson was engaged , or ho would have attended himself , and ho was directed not to' dispute the fine , which he would pay , but simply to know whether it was nocassary that plate , such as he held in his hand ,-was obliged to have the Westminster stamp . ' The chairman told him unquestionably , it was . The foreman of the jury here observed that Mr . Simpson told them when they went to his house that "he would not have his pkte knocked aboutby sending them to the stampihg-office . The applicant said Mr . Simpson had changed his mind since then ; ( A laugh . ) The chairman told him to pay his fine ; the oflicersof the court would take care the plate was not injured in the course of stamping . The fine wais then paid , and so the matter ended .

      Waier Committee . —On Monday , this committee re-assembled for the last time ; ' The ropm was cleared , and . the committee deliberated for ' about half an'hour , and on re-admission of the public the right hon . chairman said—The committee have come to the following resolution : — That the preamble of the Metropolis Water Bill was read , and the committee came to the unanimous decision that the preamble of the bill was not proved . It ia calculated that the inquiry cannot have cost the water companies less than £ 30 , 000 , and the government anou ' t'lalf that amount .

      DlSC 6 SriXCAXCE OF TTIE , ENTERTAINMENTS ON board" ihe Chinese Jonk . —The illuminations with the music and dancing which have been . for some time proceeded with on board the Chinese Jnnk , have been suddenly discontinued by the peremptory command of the City Navigation Committee , arising , it is said , from the complaints of some of the inhabitants of Essex-street and vicinity , tenants of the Duke of Norfolk , made through his Grace ' s solicitor . . Swimmixg Fete . —On Tuesday a swimraing / e « e took pjace at the Holborn batha . The attendance was very numerous , and the matches were admirably contested . Feats of eating , drinking , ' and smoking under water were also performed ; but the most interesting event of the evening , was the

      appearance of Sergeant Twohy with a number of swimmers towing a cot , the bottom of which consisted of one of Silver ' s floating mattresses under a canopy of transparent muslin the two youthful children of the sergeant were reposing , one being four years of age and the other only two aud a-half ; both , on their father's invitation , plunged into the water , ' and swain and floated with the most perfect ' ease and self-possession . Subsequently the floating apparatus of Messrs , Silver were tested by numbers of , modern Tritons , who clung to them in clusters , and tried their strength more severely than would be experienced in a storm at sea . ' The best swimmers seemed to appreciate highly the Utility of such efficient appliances in an emergency . v >" Singuxar Fatality . —On Wednesday a highly

      respectable master butcher named Earnell , living at 47 , First-street , Wilton-street , Chelsea , expired in St . George ' s Hospital from the injuries caused by an accidental stab , which occurred in a ~ mO 9 ti Singular manner . On Saturday evening Mr . Barnell had been talking with another master butcher , a neighbour of his , and the latter having sharpened his knife , placed the handle against his stomach so that the blade was forward , and in a few seconds afterwards the . deceased , wuo probably was not aware of its position , or from the darkness of the night noi seeing it , suddenly turned round towards the other , and the blade of the knife was in an-instant forced into the stomach . The injured man was taken directly to St . George's Hospital , where

      he was placed under the care of one of the principal surgeons , but although he had every aid that skill could afford , he expired on Wednesday from the effects of the injury . Teetotal Feie . —The teetotallers held high fea * tival at the Surrey Zoological Gardens on Wednesday afternoon , where they assembled in great numbers to indulge in the varied amusements afforded by that favourite placo of resort ; Looking at .-the wild beasts , hearing their own lions , or orators , declaim on the advantages of thin potations , drinking tea , listening to the Welsh choristers , sax-horns , and other music , seemed to afford a happy and contented afternoon to those disciples of a single idea . The entertainments were so varied that on oho or

      two occasions they rather clashed , ' and to an unenlightened spectator would haro seemed like opposition . But all things with patience come right at last , and under the presidency of Mr . Joseph Livesley the orators descanted on the inestimable value of " total abstinence , were savcasfcical on the opposing press , and sang encouraging songs on the one great theme , more distinguished by energy than beauty . An address to the Queen , and another to the House of Commons , were agreed to , supported by tho eloquence of Messrs , Hudson , Whittaker , Ripley , the Rev . F . llowell , and other gentlemen :

      The speeches were all of the same character . ^ Some struck into the pathetic ; others the comic path ; others again took an illustrative method of argument , and contended , for instance , that because a plant withered on the application of alcohol , or other intoxicating drinks , to its root , the human frame must suffer in a similar way . However , all tended to the same point , that without drinking cold water no possible good could arise , and so passed the day to the groat edification and enlighten , ment of an attentive audience . —Times . Balloon Accident . —An accident -occurred on

      Tuesday evening which all but resulted withloss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut engaged . ' The lady in question was the celebrated Madame Palmyre Garneron , and the scene of her operations was Batty ' s Hippodrome , Kensington , from whenc 9 Mrs . Graham took her disastrous flight last June . Six o ' clock was the time appointed for the ascent , but in consequence of some little difficulty about the inflation , it did not take place till nearly a quarter to seven . The wind was rather strong at the time , and the moment the machine was released from its moorings , it rose very heavily , and barely cleared the Circus enclosure . ' Madame Garneron immediately emptied a bag ot ballast amongst a large crowd if uo were watching it in Victoria-road , but before she was able to discharge another , the car of

      the balloon struck the projecting window of No . 1 , Madeley Villas , which was just on the opposite side of Victoria-road to the Circus , and in an instant the poor lady was seen with her feet entangled in the netting at the side of thei half-inverted car ; and hanging right out £ of it with her head downwards . A loud exclamation of horror burst from the frightened crowd , and just at the critical moment when they expected to see the balloon ( out of which a sand bag had rolled ) rise with its unhappy occupant In that'fearful poaition , the ' nijttJng caught in a stack of chimneys , the balloon at once collapsed with tho shock , and in a few seconds it was bangincr helplessly ; flapping-over the house "side'into

      the garden , while the unfortunate-lady was left lying on tho roof . Wonderful to say , she had xeceived no injury , and after she had recovered from the faintness caused by the sudden escape of such a volume of gas , she stood up and feebly waved her acknowledgments to the' spectators below , who hailed- her safety with loud cheers . Mr . Johnson and Mr . Peter Cunningham ( whose houses 1 ) 0 . 70 . a joint roof ) , with their domestics and policemen , immediately rendered her every assistance , and we are happy to say that she not only was able to assist and give every necessary direction about her balloon , but that the damage to Mr . Johnson's house was of the most trifling description .

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      The skull on the-right side had been shockingly mangled by a pistol bullet , which , ' had ' probably b ' eun &Ved through the " niouth ; . and underneath the body was found the pistol with which tho fatal act had been committed . •; It-was- an old-fashioned pocket pistol , which in his lifetime had been much valued by the deceased , it being-one which he had carried at sea with him in some of-his earlier voyages . Several witnesses were ' called , who deposed to the foregoing facts , and the coroner having carefully summed up the evidence , the jury returned a verdict ' of " Temporary insanity . " Fire : at the Royal Artillery Forage Store , WooLwicH . ^* Abouc twelve o ' clock on Monday an alarm was given that the forage store for the horses of the Ro yal * Artillery , and situated on the north

      side of Artillery-place and opposite the north entrance jto the barrack ^ was on fire . The engines were promptly on the spot , but , although a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the mains and a large reservoir at the rear of the store , all attempts to stop the fire were ineffectual for upwards of two hours , and , as each ivisp of straw was removed by being drawn out with a hook attached to the end of a long pole , the flames broke out afresh . The building for holding the stores is constructed entirely of cast-iron pillars and the sides and roof of corrugated iron , arid it would have . been dangerous to the life of any person to enter many feet into the building , although it had Iarjje folding doors capable of admitting waggons loaded with bay or straw , the steam

      arising from the fire inside and the great power . of a midday sun making the interior to contain a dense mistr ; of scalding water . ^ Several of the men mad e daring attempts to extinquish the fire , but it appeared that nothing would stop it until the whole contents could be got out and' scattered on the ground at the rear of the building , and then covered with water . The houses on each side , although ' . at some' distance from the building , were at one time indahger ,, and the furniture was entirely removed out of them . The origin of the fire' Is not known , but'the power of the sun daring the two preceding days must have made the sheet iron very hot and rendered the hay and straw in the building very dry and combustible . . '

      Britannia Bridge . —The Mossier Hotei ,. — The works for the erection ot the monster Hotel , in connexion with the Britannia Bridge , are to be suspended'for the present , the shareholders of the line being , it is said , indisposed to . sanction the expenditure of so large a sum of money in connexion with the railway . Messrs . Holmes have contracted for the erection at a cost of £ 120 , 000 . The pleasure grounds , however , are to be proceeded ^ with . : 'Seizure of Concealed Property . —On Saturday last Mr . Austin , the messenger in Mr ,

      Commissioner Fane ' s court , reported of a seizure which he had matoe of several chests of property , and twentyV one new silver watches ' , &c ., in all of the value of about £ 170 , belonging to a bankrupt named Keeping , of lUnion-street , Ryde , Is ] e of Wight , who has absconded to New York . The ; b&xes had been deposited in the name of Kerr , with Messrs . Garrett arid Co ., the ship agents , at Portsmouth , and , no doubt , were intended to be forwarded to the bankrupt had they not been intercepted by the vigilance of-Mr . Austin and his assistant . ' '

      ¦ The Corviot Sarah Barbeb . —The intense interest felt in the fate of this unhappy woman , by a vast niimber of persons in this locality , has induced the getting up of petitions to the Queen to spare the life of the convict . To these petitions a large amount of names have been appended both in Nottingham and neighbourhood ,, as ¦ likewise at Eastwood . We have ' not the means of ascertaining accurately the number of signatures attached , but have no doubt they already exceed 3 , 000 . The interest excited in the public mind in favour : of the ' wretched culprit is the most intense we ever witnessed in anyinstancl ! of the * kind during all our experience with such natters . —Nottingham Mercury , . .- . - . -

      Accidents , troii Machinery . — A , question , _ of some importance to faptory workers , and one which has not before been raised , has just been decided by the magistrates of Leeds ; Mr ; WJ Hill , flax spinner , ' had been summoned , on the information of Mr . ' Baker , sub-inspector of factories , for having , after notice to fence oS certain machinery in his mill required to be fenced off , neglected to do , so , in consequence of which neglect , the information alleged , Mary Freemen , a girl seventeen or eighteen years of age , received a severe lacerated

      wound on one of her hands . The accident happenedon the 10 th ult . Tho facts proved were that the notice , which was a general one , applicable to all flax machinery in the mill , was given by the inspector on the 14 th of February last , but the particular machine at which the accident occurred was hot then on the premises , and was not brought into the mill until the 22 nd of March ; and the question for decision was , whether the notice was valid as applied to a machine not existing in the mill at the time it was given . The magistrates held that the'notice must be one founded on the

      inspector ' s own observation of the existing machinery in the mill , and that it was never meant by the legislature in passing the act of parliament , that machinery brought' into a mill at some future tithe should beeovered by n general notice previously given . They therefore dismissed the summon ? , but in doing bo Mr . J . H . Shaw said , the case was one in which the occupier of the mill was clearly bound , probably bylaw , butcertainlyinpointofmorality , to take care that such ' compensation as money could make should be made to the unfortunate girl for the injury she had Buffered , which might , to some extent , render her a cripple for life . The

      unfortunate people who were subject to accidents of this kind were not left without any redress , although the matter might not be within the act of parliament . The Secretary ; of State , upon the report of the sub-inspector ,- might order an action to be brought to recover compensation ; but the magistrates trusted that the feeling of Mr . Hill would inducejhitn to do that justice to the girl . which wfiuld render an application to the . Secretary : of State wholly unnecessary .. Mr . Hill said he had already ordered his foreman to pay the girl ' s wages , and her case , under the treatment of the surgeon " at the Leeds General Infirmary , bad taken a favourable turn . ¦

      Alarming Fire at Makohester . —On Sunday about five o ' clock smoke was discovered issuing from the top rowns of the warehouse of Messrs Henry Bannerrnan and Sons , ' . George-street , and notice having been conveyed to Mr . Thomas Rose , superintendent of the fire brigade , two engines were quickly got into play , and , after an hour ' s vigorous exertion , the flames were reduced , with . a loss only of £ 3 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 . Messrs . Bannennan are general Manchester merchants , and their stock includes woollen , silk , and cotton-goods of the most costly description , so that had the fire got much a head when discovered , the loss would have been immense , as the warehouses of Messrs . 'Wright and

      Lee , Messrs . Potter and Norm ^ and others ,, would have probably sbared the sanie fate . The . stock of Mi ssrs . Barinerman is insured in seventeen different offices , to the extent of £ 120 , 000 , and the entire property placed in jeopardy is perhaps worth little less than £ 500 , 000 . The cause of the fire is supposed to have been spontaneous , combustion—a quantity , of tailors' measuring tapes , made of cotton well saturated with linseed ' oil , delivered from the manufactory on Saturday night , being the first things apparently on fire . ' These bad- been placed in- the : top story , and had been smouldering and burning some hours , it is supposed , before the smoke issuing from the . premises attracted attention .

      Entertainments to Wohkpeopi , e .- —On Satur day list an examination was held of the schools established by'Messrs . Gardner and Bazley , cottonspinners , of Manchester , m = connexion with their works at Halliwell , near Bolton . : The examination was conducted chiefly by Richard Gardner , Esq ., of London , andwas hi g hly creditable both to the teachers and the pupils ; the system of tuition , which is that promoted by the Borough-road Schools , has proved ¦ most successful . Many of the answers' in arithmetic , physical and ' political geography , astronomy , history , &c . ' , were exceedingly ready and characteristic , and elicited repeatejd approbation . The company :- consisting of

      upwards of 1 , 000 workpeople , ' and ' several gentlemen of the neighbourhood then sat down to tea . The Isohoola , —together with library and newsroom ^ were " erected five years ago , by Messrs . Gardner and , Bazley , at a cost of upwards of £ 5000 .-Respite , of Sarah Barbkr . —A messenger from the office of the Secretary of State reached Nottingham by mail train at three o'clock on Tue * dav morning , taking with him a respite for Sarah Barber , io extend over fourteen days from tlie date at which her execution was fixed to take place . Facts which have come to light since the trial , tending to show that she was an accessory to the murder only after the fact , seem to have led to this respite . '

      EXTBAOBDINABY OcCl 7 RBENCfi . —Oil the Istilist .. at Plymouth , a most remarkable event , conned ei ) with tlie accidental death of a fisherman named Bra ' served'to create considarable consternation and excitement down at the quay . ^ Deceased was the master of a trawling sloop , and on the day in question was out in his vessel fishing , when ho fell overboard and was drowned . About four hours aitevwards his son , who was mate of another trawler , and who bat ) not heard of the accident , was hauling up his trail , which , appeared unusually heavy . Alter tome difficulty , however , the trawl was hove en to the vessel , and within- . itwas discovered , to tlie consternation and dismay of all parties on board , the body of the mate ' s father .

      Charge op Manslaughter at Sukderlaxd . —On Monday morning last there was considerable excitement among the commercial classos of SundcWaci ' , owing to the sudden death of Mr . Christopher Jolm Spence , shipbroker , who was reported to li . ivc die . ) from the effects . of a blow received during nn nitercation with Mr . Joseph Buchanan , ship-buiiilor , of Sunderland . It appears tliat both the-gentlemen were on' the best terms , and on Friday weak they both went into tlio bar of tlio Bridge Hotel , whoro , while drinking together , an altercation ensued , and Mr . Buchanan seized a large drinking glass , aud

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      threw it at'Mr ; Spence ' s , head ; it . hit him on * the right temple . jand the'iwqund ,: bledfreely .. .- . They separated , and Mr . Spence went . home and had his wound dressed , and felt liirasDlf . better , and walked out next morning ,. and again met with Mr . Bucbar nan and they walked together on terms of friendship The next day ,. Mr . jSpence . : grew . , worse and tookttf his bed ' , " , and , m . ortifioatipn haying taken place , He expired on Monday morning last . On tae afternoon ef that day a " -: warrant was issued for the , apprehensioc of . SIr . Buchanan , . and the same day he was taken into custpdy . aild b ' rpugbtijefore the Mayor of Sunderland , ' chargedMy Mr . W . Brown , superintendent of , police , ; with killing and slaying Mr . Christopher ^ John , &pencel , broKer . Mr . . Cooper , solicitor ; appeared on behalf of the . prisoner , arid

      said that his client felt the , . deepest . sorrow , tor . the unfortunate circumstance ^ arid , that he had walked with thedeceased the ' day after the quarrel , and he had alao ' . vi 9 ited . himthe day , before hia death ; and , under , all , the " circumstances , he hoped that the Mayor and . magistrates would allow , his client to find bail '; but , the , magistrates declined to accept bail , and the prisoner was remanded ' until a coroner's inquest be held on the body bf-the deeea ' sQd . I ILivebpool Police "' . Office . — Nicholas Herbei t Delamere , a passenger agent , carrying on business in Dublin , was brought ujj by warrant on Monday to answer an information in . which he was charged with receiving a sum ' of money from an" emigrant for a passagei to America , an'd neglecting to provide such passage . The complainant , ' an emigrant ,

      named Murray , " stated that he applied at the . prisoner ' s office in Dublin for passages for America for himself * his wife , and seven obil ^ reri ,, The prisoner arid a clerk were in attendance , and lie paid over to tliem £ 12 , ' on account of the p ' assagea ,-: receiving , the usual ticket signed in the handwriting of the prisoner .- ; He was to have embarked ; at Liver ^ ooi on the 9 th ult . by the ship Ellen ' i but ;/ on . making application lie . was refused' a passage on board that vessel . | Complainant wassubseduently referred to Mr . Rippard , but he refused to have anything to do with him , ordered him ouii of the office , arid ' said he had better go " back , to Dublin . Hehad . notbeen furnished with a passage , neither , had , f fae " _ passagemonoy been returned . . The prisoner ih' hia defence denied'that the court had any jurisdiction in the

      case , the alleged transaetion ' not'having , occurred in Liverpool . The magistrate . replied' that the court hadjurisdiction , and referred to the act which said that "' the'iusiices could take coghisahce of complaints of this kind , _ - either where the cause of complaint shall arise , or where the offender cbmpiained of ' shall happen to be . " Therefore , as the prisoner happened to be in Liverpool , the court Had cpgn isance . The prisoner then cross-examined the complaifiant , but did not elicit any thiDg to alter , tl . e statement he : had . previously , made . It appeared that the complainant . had received about . £ 5 from the prisoner as , detention money ; The prisoner alleged , that . no . direct . proof had , been given of his having signed thd passa g e contract , ' or received " the

      money ; . anu fhe eornp ] a ! n&nthad ,, on the previous day , admitted that he , tendered the '; balance of . the passage-money to Hugh ' . Rippard , who refused . to receive it . He complained : of the manner in which he had been treated , and said that false witnesses hadbeon suborned against , him , and the transactions were altogether such as to form agrouhdfor a criminal prosecution , a course . which he ,, intended to adopt . Mr . Mansfield , after consulting with his brofcher . magistra to , decided that the prisoner should ' efund the £ 12 , pay £ 1 Ts .. 6 d , detention nwrieyj and * 20 ln . respeot . of 4 tiie damage ' sustained by the emigrant from being delayed . Air . , Wybergh asked whether the prisoner ' . was in a condition to pay , the money . —Prisoner : 1 will never pay it } I have been lealt with most unhnndsomelv . ' ¦ " . ., ¦ - ...

      Attempted Robbery ANnllunuBn . —On Saturday even ieg lust , a young , man named Stone ,. a . seaman on board a ' ship just arrived at Sheerhesa from a foreign station , having got leave of absence . to visit his father , who * lives , in Union-street , Maidstone , was walkingfrom Rochester , anddnarriving ubout half-way , betiveen Bridgewood-gate and . the Upper Bell , was assailed fey a fellow , who jumped out of ttie hedge . demanding his money or his life , » nd at the same time making a blow at his head which he parried with a stick . Another man' then appeared who dischargeii a pistol at hini , the . contents of whioh took effect in his right ear and . the painv of hia hand , hia arm being ; raised in the attitude of defence . He exclaimed , ' " , You don't mean to murder me , " ar > d began to lay about him most vigorously , when the . cowardly villains made off into the wood , which was searched immediately afterwards for them , but without effect . .. . ¦ The Boiler Explosion near Oi . DHAM .--The

      inquiry into the deaths of Samuel Lord , James Wihterbottom , and Jonah Brierly , who were killed by the explosion at Messrs . Rhodes ' s cotton mill , on the 29 th ult ., terminated oh Tuesday last , before Mr . 0 . Gledhall , of Halifax , tlie deputy coroner . Mr . James Hirst , an engineer and boiler maker , said he had been acquainted with the manufacture of . boilers upwards of twenty years . Tie had made an examination of the boiler at Messrs . Rhodes ^ mill . . It was of forty-two horse power , the shell being cylindrical , seven feet four inches diameter ; for about , ' twentyrsix feet'six inches , and the talserup , or part over the fire , seven feet-and a quarter long . The flue was oval-shaped , and the fracture was where the flue joined the takeup over the firing ' place . The safety valve was two inches and three'Quartei ; s in diameter , and ; was

      weighted equal to twenty-four pounds per square inch-It . was in good working order , but sadly too small . He did not think it advisable to work such a boiler at a higher pressure than twelve pounds to the square inch , The flue being a flat oval ,, was not nearly , so strong as a circular one would be . He was of opinion that the explosion had been caused by the scarcity . of water , and the injection of a stream of cold water causing a sudden generation of steam , and a greater amount of pressure than the boiler was able to resist . —James Taylor , a workman at a neighbouring mill , coasuiered that ' the explosion was attributable to the faulty sha-ie of the flue , which was a flat oval- and did noi think { ft irtness . of water had anything to do . with theisccideut . He thought the safety valve was top small . He should not likfito work such . a boiler as

      the one which hurst , at a pressure of more than six- ; teen pciunds .-rFrom subsequent evidence it appeared that a young man yarned John Wood was aUays re-. C'gnised as the engineer , and had control over . the engine , but , when he was hired , his father , Thomas Wood , was put to look over him . John Wood > had controlled the ecaine for two -. years ; - but if Thomas recommended anything , it was done according to his judgment and direction . —John , Wrightiand James , Halkyard . who were employed at the mill , said : they had never known anything wrong with the boiler * nor felt any fear on . the . suhject ; it had been worked very regularly by the present engineer . The jury , ai-. er deliberating nearly t . wo hours , returned' a verdict to

      ilve effecttliatthe . deceased . had , lost their lives by on " accidental-explosion . " of the boiler .,. They accompanied their verdict hy stating , that the evidence , was not such' as itrictly to justify their returning ' a ; v ' erdicti of mauslaugliter , but , nevertheless , strongly censured Mr . llhodesfor employing a person who was acknowledged to be ignorant , in a very great degree , of the nature of the work entrusted to his care . The jury were also strongly of opinion that it was time for the government to take into itsiimmediate consideration Ithe necessitythere was for putting , a Btopr-Dy SOIBe stringent act of Parliament—to the construction of such boilers a 9 that which had now exploded , and the erection ; of buildings over boilers , as was the case- in the present instance ., ' •• : ' . ¦ . . , ,.

      Inn Fhijii-et Murdkr . — Several contradictory statements have appeared in the newspapers relative to the disposal of Hiranv . 'Smith ; one of tho men who burj-1-riously entered the house of the Ilev . George Edward : Holiest ,-at Frimley , and . murdered . the reverend gentleman , in October last . It may be in the recollection of somo of our readers that Smith Was admitted approver on , behalf of . the Crown , and that his companions , Levi Ilar . wood and James Joues were tried at the last Surrey Assizes at Kihgston , in March last , and executed at . Horse-: monger-laneGaol , in the early part of April . Smith was ordered to The detained " m ' cqstqdy ,.. and it- was supposed'that no ' would have been liberated and ' sent out of the country . Such , however , was not the intention of tlie . ' g ' ovornm ' ent , as orders were ' given to the governor , of -Jlorseraonger .-lano

      tooefftin him until thu fortlicomirig Summer-Assizfjsfor Surrey , which will be , hold at Croydou . ' The calendar of the pvisoners about to be tried the : o isjust printed , ? and . Hiram Smith's name stands firsi on'the list .-He h charged on the coroner ' s j inquisition with ,, the wilful murder of the Rev . ; George Etlward Holiest , at Frimley , in the comity of Surrey ; . and further chargea with burglariously entering the rev . gentlmaii ' s house , with two others , since convicted . His companions were not tried oh-the eoronar ' s inquisition , therefore , his being ; opprover . at tho tiine does not save . him from being tried . for the otFence in whioh he was a pa ' rtic ' piitor . ¦ ¦ ' , ' ¦ . ' •'' ' ¦ ¦ - ' ' ¦ - ¦ Gubat NonTHEBN- 'Railw . iy . —New Route to Cambridge . —By the opining ofihU coinptiny ' s line to Shupreth , a new ; routc is furnished bettveen Cambridge arid London . , - - . ,

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      (¦ Uproar . ) He called on them-as . rational-beings to exercise a wise discretlbri ' orituo ' present 'occasion . ( Cries bf" Sit down . " ) He would-not . ( Groans . ) Who , he . asked v " . wag : . tlii 9 : ; Eari ; of ; 'Ai- ' iibdelland Suvreywho they had heard had so-many names ? ( Cries of " He is a Roman Catholic . " ) Did they forget the noble-minded Smith "" O'Brien , who had been so ba 3 ely'treated by the . party who ' now-introduced , a Saxon' ? ' ( Cheer ? nnullifiaesi ) He argued that io far as religion . was . concerned , the attempt now being made ought- to be resiated'to . the fullest extent , but he insisted ^ hat was'riot-the place to do so . ( Groans and uproar . ) " Lord-Ariindel requested th ^ erevi ' gentleman Would ; be' heard ,- ; Fairargu . ment ought not to be suppressed : Rev ; Mr . Quade made a similar request . . Rev . Mr . Kenypn said it

      may not be top late for him to call on them to think of the consequences of " their conduct ' . He was ' their friend . ( Cries " of "We disown you . " ) In the tumult it was impbssible'to hear , but Father Kenyon was understobd to say . that Lord Arundel ought not to be elected while an IriBhmiin could be Had to . advocate the rights of the country , and concluded by proposing Col . Sir ' Charles O'Donnell as a fib and proper person io represent the ancient city of Limerick . ( Groans . ) ; The ' nomination was seconded by Mr . Dallas , solicitor .: The indignation of the mob at this unspected prospect of a new competitor , broke through all restraints ,. and assumed a formidable aspeefc . Mr . Dallaa waa immediately exposed to personal ' violence ; and -amidst vociferous execrations and shouts of " Put him

      put , " '( ' Tear him down , " 'a portion of the rabble took th ! e platform by storm ' , and the routed occup ants of the intervening places , were compelled to entrench themselves within tha prbetriots of" the bench . ' The priests arid other friends of 'Lord Arundel clustered round Mr . Dallas , and hedged him in ' from the vengeance of'his assailants , who were at length appeased . The , High Sheriff then called for a show of hands , which , were all , raised in favour of Lord Arundel , and hialordship was accordingly declared duly elected . ' Lord Arundel , Mr . J . O'Brien , M . P . ; and ' some other gentlemen then addressed the electors , and thus the proceedings terminated . In the evening bonfires blazed in all directions , and the streets were paraded up to a late . hour by temperance bands and pipers ,

      acoompanied with large banners and burning tarbarrels , and followed by the shouts of the populace . A mosti ludiorous feature in ; the , carnival was displayed by a group of boys , wearing fantastic helmets and pafti-coloured dresses , who bore , suspended on a pole , ' a hideous effigy intended , to represent the Prime Minister , who was subsequently ' cbmmitted to the flader with all' Imposing ceremony . The news from Limerick was last evening celebrated-by a . merry ; poal' from the bellsof - St . ; Paurs ; Catholic Chapel in the city . ; : : - , ; .. The Roman Catholic . organs treatithe result of the Limerick election as a great triumph . ' They regard the a , ue 8 tiou at issue as having 'boon a purelyi religious one ; arid point to all the circumstances of the- ' easoas a foretaste of what . may be expected throughout Ireland at the next general election ; The popular excitement on the occasion was unquestionably intense , arid there can' be very

      little . douu . t'tliaftho timely withdrawal ot Mr . itus . sell was the moans of saving human blood . - Side ; by side with a telegraphic communication , announcing that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill had received the royal assent , and finally passed into law , ' , the Freeman ' s Journal of-Saturday , morning published a document ; having affixed to it , it * prominent array , tho signatures of " Paul Cullen , Archbishop , < &c , Primate of all-Ireland ; " and of the three other" Roman Catholic Archbishops , with the titles of the respective sees of- Dublin , . Oashel , and Tuam ; and' of Dr 8 / CantwelJ , - - Ilaly , and Eoi- « im , with the ecclesiastical titles of Meath , Ki' - dare , and Waterford , severally attached to their names . The document is ¦ an " Address of the Archbishops , Bishops , Clergy , and others , composingitnO'committee appointed b y the Synod of Thurles for founding a Catholic University in Ireland to the . Catholic Clergy and Laity of England ,- - ¦ ' - - ' -

      TnE Galway Railway . — The opening of the Midland Great Western Railway to Galway took p lace on Friday . Public trains started at intervals during the day from both ends of the line , and performed the journey with the utmost precision as to time and speed .- The length of the line is 126 miles , and the transit occupies five and a half hours ; Over some portions of the lino where the train passed for the first time the speed was so much , as forty miles per hour . On a-portion ^ of tho line near Galway a single line of rails has as yet , only been laid down , to be used until the second line shall have been completed . *'• ¦ -. ¦ -. . . ¦ ¦ •; The Chops . —Much injury hag been inflicted on the crops in various parts of the country by ; floods arising from the heavy rains which fell in the early part of the present week . The weather continues . unsettled , but tho harvest reports continue , with scarcely any exceptions , to be favourable . .

      The Potato Crop . —Two days ( Saturday and Sunday last ) of suffocating sultriness , with a heavy and moist atmosphere , have had , in" several localities , an unfavourable effect upon , the potato crop . In tho immediate vicinity of Dublin ,-a field , which up to Friday night looked most promising , before tho close of the following evening showed : indissoluable traces of the old and fatal pestilence . » The tops had -become blnckland . withered , ' and . on digging up the roota all doubts were set at rest by the extremely offensive smell they emitted . The failure however was only partial , and the bulk of the crop was unaffected . From the county of Clare the accounts state that there is no . longer any doubt of the re-appearance of the blight there . Along the western coast "it is painfully visible to a great extent

      in the stalka , and in several oases also the tuber has become affected . " ¦ But there is nogdoubtthat as it has appeared tkis yeav-laf er in . the season than formerly , it will not be attended with such injurious consequences . From Galway the reports are pretty much to tho same effect , but due allowance must be made for the 'natural alarm which even the semblance of the'blight is'calculated to create in the minds of the -most dispassionate witnesses . Of the south-generally tho Cork -Examiner thus spea-U 3 ; - * " We have at thi 3 moment accounts hefore us . from nearly the whole of Munster—from Kerry , Waterford , . Tipperary , Limerick , and . all parts of Corkrespecting this crop ; and the conclusion to which we come ' is this—that though there are in some localities traces of apparent diseaso , tho orop

      generally is safe . ( We could give a variety of particulars , but they would come'in the " end to the same conclusion . * There will be , nO doubt , ¦ isolated instances of actual failure , arid perhaps ' many instances of partial disease , but as a whole we feel satisfied that there will be an abundant yield of-as fine tubers as were ever dug . " • ¦• • v > -The " ' Mator'altt op Dublin for the ¦ Ensuing Year . —Mr ; John D'Arcyj the eminent brewer , ' was on the 1 st . ' itist . unanimously chosen ; Lord Mayor for the ensuing year . His proposer was the present chief magistrate , and the nomination was seconded by Alderman Roe . Mr . D'Arcy is a Roman Catholic , and the fact of there being no opposition to his election is a tolerable proof of the estimation in which he is held by all classes of his

      fellow-. REPKHSENTATION oj ? DowNpatrick . —The vacancy in tho representation of-this borough ' , ' -. created- by the appointment to a diplomaticipost , and consequent retirement from Parliament , of Mr . Richard 'Ker , ' will in all probability- be filled-uprby the . election of tho Uon . Charlo 9 Sv Havuinge , eldest son of Viscount Hardirige . His po litical principles are identical with those entertained by the late member , S anti as these are wholly at-variance with those now in the ascendant in high places , the uninitiated are at a loss'to' know the nature of the services which , induced the-present government to confer a substantial mark of favour upon a professed opponent ; " ' : ¦ ' '; - :: ¦'¦ ' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ . : ¦¦ ¦ ' :., ¦ .

      • The Archbishop of Dublin ' s Annual Vjsisation . —The Most Rev ; Dr . Whately held his iannual visitation at St . P . itrick' 8 Cathedral on Tuesday . His grace , delivered a' charge of mdre than ordinary ; interest , in which lie adverted at length to tho Papal agrrre ' ssion . 'the'legisiatioivin reference theretoj and his own ' reasons for declining toU ^ te on the . bill in ' its passage through the Hoiiseof Lords . 3 ' < - TRrAi . of k Soldier . eouMordbr . —At the'Cork assize ^ oh Tnes'lay , Joseph Briggs , a private in the Royal Artillery , aged 22 , was indicted for" having , on the 8 tti of June last , afc''Ballincollifir ; 'in-.-th .-county Corfe , inflicted a wound , upon the right side of private John Bull , of the same regiment , ; from tho effect of which he died on the followinsr day . Several witnesses were examined in support of the Crown case , and it appeared from tbeir testimony that the prisoner , who held a very good character in the regiment , and the deceased , ; also a man of excel ont character , were in their bearoom on the

      evening of the day in question , and both sliohrly under the influence of drink when the unfortunate occurrence took place . I There were fouv o * five soltliors in the room , at between eight and nine ! , * f \> w ie" a } ' « lo boy came in and asked for ins mother s shawl , which was lying in brie of the windows . . The deceased went over to the window to give it to the child . ' upoh" which thoprisoner iri ' - ttrposed , and refused tolet it betaken away ; the icsult ot which was that a scuffle took place , in the course of which the prisoner produced a small pen-Ktu . e j and inflicted a wound under the left arui of the deceased , wtncli . terminated fatally in afey--hours iifterwards .-On . tho part of the prisonci- it was contended that tl . o occurrence was purely accKiental ^ and happened whon . the two men were scufllingabout ashavrl ; and it Was alleged , and it tninsp-mi in tho course ' of tlie evidence for tho Crown that he took out thb knife for the purpose ol ,. cutting the shawl in two .-The Jury confe ' rrd pnsoncv of manslaughter . Sentence de-: —itriMM ' ' :

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      . ' . ... ; HORRIBLE MURDERr ~ ~~~ " Ere ,: August ' s . —The ' courity ' Of'Suffolk 1 , again ' , been the scene of a deliberate and voi-nli- 3 murder . . The perpekator of the atrocious do a s a farmer riam ' e d John Micklebureh , who J ¦ about fifty acres of land in his own iiBhti " i neighbourhood ot Thrandeston , a scatterred vill and parish in the Havtismere Hundred , thi-nn ,, ¦ $ * and a half north-west of this town . lleuV ^ rie . d man and has three children , the eldes ^ J whom , a girl , is fourteen years of age . tu " happy creature who perished was a sinnlg WnJJ * named MaryBaker , who for two years and ¦ aft had been in'the service of Mickleburgh as a oe ' , domestic servant . Although he was marri ? H , j his . wife and family lived with him under the « rootit

      , was-evidont that he had formed a str attachment for the girl , and from big represont tions it would seem that an improper intinWv k t existed between them . The girl , however * generally considered a well-conducted person' il notlring was ever Been up to the period of tS tragical affair that would tend to show that 2 gave-him any encouragement . On Thursday li ? a large cattle fair ; with shows and booths , was ht \ l in the . village , and Mary Baker obtained Lmu sion from her mistress to attend it , it being a cen ral holiday among the domestics in that part of tha countiy .. Sho first visited her sister , a married woman named French , who , in the course of tha afternoon , accompanied her to the fair . A voun ? man named Boatman joined-them , and was con sideml to be the deceased's sweetheart . Jliclde . burgh having learned where 9 he had gone nhnX

      sited the fair . He found her and followed her about , and seemed highly incensed at her talkin « with the youiig man Boatman . Wishing , however " to conceal his feeling from Boatman , he invited him with the deceased into a booth ,. kept b y a persou named jEastaugh , where he treated them to brandy and water and wine , and while there the deceased ' s sister , Mrs . French , and her husband camo in whom he was also acquainted with , and called foe more wine to treat them . He solicited the young man Boatman to drink moro freely then he did , apparently with a view of rendering him intoxicated and so obtaining possession of tho girl . Boatman , liowever , resisted his entreaties , and between six and seven o'clock left the booth in company with the deceased . Before quitting , Mickleburgh asked

      the deceased what time her mistress expected her home . She replied , " About half-pastnineo ' clook ;" and ,. after they had gone , Mrs . French followed them , leaving her husband drinking with Mickleburgh . Some time transpiring , and French uoti coming home , his wife returned to the booth , where she waited until they came out . Mickleburg then aildvessed her saying , " Tell Mary ( meaning deceased ) to go home by nine o ' clock . I will be in the meadow ( alluding to one adjacent to bis farm ) just before nine ; - as 1 v > anfc to see her . " He appeared much excited , and she . understood that if the deceased girl did not meet him he would be revenged , lie parted with them and went in another direction of the fair , while Mrs . French and her husband proceeded to a public-house kept by a man named Barrett , where the deceased and her sweet ' heart ( Boatman ) were regaling themselves . Witbia

      a short time of Mickleburg parting with tho Frencheshe went to a stall of a hawker in tho fair and purchased a stilletto knife , with a blado some four or five inches in length and protected by a 0 pring back . In- the course of the next halfhour he visited-the house where the deceased was . There was a sort of village frolic going on , and all were enjoying themselves , the company ¦ . amounting to about forty or fifty people . What followed will be best gatheved from the unfortunate girl ' s own statement , which was taken by a magistrate shortly after she had received the fatal injury . . She said , — " I was sitting in this ! house alongside of William Boatman , with whom I had been keeping company , and my sister Clara French . About eight o'clock in the evening my master came in , exclaiming , 'Ah , Mary , I see you . ' ¦ I made no reply ,. nor did I observe anything n his manner to excite alarm . lie left tho room

      immediately , and returned in about two minutes , and without saying a word he came up to where I was sitting and plunged a large knife in my side . I did riot feel it until he drew the knife out , when he said , ' , Mary , you have it now . ' I saw the knife in his hand . Boatman waa sitting by my side all the time . I recollect nothing more until I found myself up stairs in bed , I solemnly declare there has bsen nothing improper between me and Mr . Mickleburgh . " Most of the persons in . the room witnessed the occurrence . He was in . , stantly seized .: He offered not the slightest resistance , nor . did he evince the least emotion at tha fearful net he had committed . He said that he had

      had his revenge , and all he regretted was that his « rm had not been stronger , as he would have given her four inches more of it , and ho hoped he had finished her and she would die . The poor girl survived but a very few hours . The point of the stilletto had entered the ' cavity of the stomach to the extent of four or five inches , dividing all the vital parts . ' - .. - - .-.. - ' On Monday the prisoner , John M /« k 2 e 6 urgh , ua « derwerit an examination at the Town-hall , before the Rev . T . Lee French , and a full bench of magistrates , . on the charge of murder . He waa wretchedly dejected , and fainted during the course of-the . proceedings . ' Mr . Palmer attended to watch Ithe evidence for the prisoner . :

      The principal witnesses examined were the young man William Boatman , Mr . and Mrs ; French , and some other persons ; but 'the only additional fact that came out in their statements was , that the prisoner went into one of the outhouses after he had first entered the room of the public house and had seen the deceased ; -and deliberately opened tha knife . As before observed , \ ie returned to the appartmenr ; and plunged it into the unfortunate girl . The shawl , gown , and stays which she wove at the time were produced , - and they bore holes in them

      corresponding in size with the blade of the knife . W . Sayeb , a licensed 'hawker , proved selling- the prisoner the knife between six and seven o ' olouk on the evening of the murder . He believed the pri « soner was sober at the time . Mr ., Miller , surgeon , of Eye , stated that he had made' a post mortem examination of the deceased . ile found a punctured wound about half an inch long , and between four and five inches deep , at tha lower pavt of the left Bide of the chest , between tbo eighth and ninth ribs : It passed into the spleen , and into the mesentery . It caused death .

      J , Bakeb , a police officer , stationed at Mendles * ham , : deposed' that he -was- at the fair . About eight o'clock in the evening he waa informed that a young woman had been 9 tabbed . Went to Barrett ' s house' and ' found the prisoner seated by the side of John French . ' He told him that he was charged with stabbing the deceased , and took him into cus « tody . Prisoner said ' , " : You may take me and ( io what you like with me . I have done what I in * tended to do , and I hope I have done it effectually ; had my arm been a little stronger I would have given her three or four inches more of it . I have always done what I liked with her since she baa lived , with mo , " Witness believed he was tipsy at

      the time . When Sillett , another officer , caraeupi the prisoner said , " Ah ! Sillett , you may take me . "' He repeated the wish about the strength of his arm , and said , " "I mean for revenge . " U 8 stated that he went to a Stall in the fair ttnd p « r " chased the knife '; he gave 2 s . for it . He added , that he'then went to Barrett ' s , and when he got into the house Mary 3 iker , the deceased , sai < i "Ah ! Master , here ami . " Prisoner answered , "; Ah , you 3 han ' t be lon <» beforeyou have this piece of steel . " He then went into the back house , ana opened the knife . When it was open it looked like her

      a dagger . -lib also said , " If I have not killed now 1 hope she will die . If she don't come to my proposals , ' I have got the best 'brace of pistols the world can- produce . " He added , that on tuo Wednesday night beforo his wife went to Diss Mary slept with him . Prisoner's wife enme to see him at the station-house ' about six " o ' clock in the morning . He said to her ; " ^ ow you know all about it ; i' ? ° * had died a year or two ago this would not have occurred . " Witness searched him , and found a lar jp olasp knife . Prisoner replied , " That is not tne knife I did it with ; it was not large enough toe h "'

      er .-• The evidence closing the bench fully committed fchft prisoner for trial at the nest assizes . iWJ coroner ' s jury came to a similar determiaatioiii anu returned a verdict of" Wilful murder . "

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      Arrest op Absconding Debtobs , —On t J . J tHe new act for the arrest of absconding deMcrs , which received the royal assent on Friday , } printed . ; ' It contiiins twelve sections and two _ scih . dules . ; By ivirtu'e of this law , which is now m torw . the district commissioners of the Court oi B » " * ruptcy and . the judges of the County Cour ts , t . cept in Middlesex and Surrey , are empowered « application by or on' behalf of any creditor , to gr < a warrant for . the arrestof absconding debtor * . capias is to issue , and the warrant of appre |) c ;" 3 to . be Auxiliary to such writ of capias- J - , . jj a so arrested- may-be discharged on p' * fraenjL , a debt" and thedeposit of £ 10 for costs "

      . . . » p h person 'is arrested on a warrant , the effect ot ^ warrant is to oeaso . on detention by tho v v * capias , <' 'Any person for whose arrest a wa ; shall have been granted , " either before or "V the arrest , " may apply to a ' commissioner ot « ^ ruptcy , judge of a county court , or judge ot 0 the superior courts , for thoii * protection trom a w-irranli ' - and the matter is to be heard ana oi rimde . .. There is a form of the warrant given i schedule annexed to the act , and a notice oi >>• ing to a defendant of a capias to be served on " ^ after the warrant . 'In another schedule a ( < " » fees is given , the highest of whieh is n . fee oi " guinea for the caption of the --viirrant . -, Mr . Bonn has ouce move become lessee ot v ' lane Theatre .

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      ¦"""""""""¦""¦— " LiUENriBLE Suicide . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Monday at Bedminstor , near Bristol , to inquire into the cause of death of Captain Frank Cundy , who resided at a -villa on the Cumberlandroad , ' and who died by his own hand on Saturday morning . Mr . Cundy , who was about forty-six yeara of age , had amassed some properly , and had iavested a portion of his means as a partner in' the business of a wholesale cheesemonger . It is supposed that the excitement consequent upon the carrying on of a large and pushing trade was too much for him , as it was observed by his friends that his nervous system was affected , and a few months since he , while taking a walk one day , was seized

      with a fit , and fell down in the street . In consequence of the impaired state of his nerves , he retired a short time since from the cheese trade , ' his place being supplied by his son . Bis acquaintances had noticed a marked change in bis manner , but it did not appear that any violence was apprehended by him . He retired to rest on Friday night at the usual hour accompanied by his lady , and at seven o ' clock on Saturday , which was his usual time for rising , he got up , an « l began dressing himself as usual . Mrs . Cuudy followed , and having made her morning toilet , she went down stairs for the purpose of superintending the preparations for the family breakfast . Captain Cundy remained in his room , which was not unusual for him to do , and no apprehensions were felt until about half-past seven o'clock , when one of the servants , who was

      engaged in sonic domestic offices in a room underneath his bed cha-iibcr , was greatly alarmed by hearing a loud report followed by the falling of some heavy substance on the grouh ' . The girl at once called to her mistress ; and they both hastened as rapidly as . they could t > i the bedroom , where their fears were increased by finding the chain her filled with the smoke of gunpowder . They gayo , an alarm , and attracted by their cries Mr . Sleeman , a merchant who resided next door , and some' other neighbours ran to their nssietance . On first entering the room nothing of the unfortunate gentleman could be seen , but in a minute or two his legs were seen protruding from under . the side of the bedstead , beneath which his body lay . There were stains of blood visible upon the floor , and on pulling out the body it-was found to be quite dead , and covered w ; th bloodfrom a terrible woundof thehead

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      LiMnnrcK Election . —The election . took place on Friday . the 1 st . inst . There was u- tfi-eat ' deal of bustle andVxcitcment . 'Tiic mob ' had everything its . ' own - way , ' and filled the city with ! sll 0 U ' ts 6 ~ f triumph ; and in the n . ulst of all tliis the . Earl of Arundel jukI Survey was put in nomination . and : returned without opposition , as the . - representative of thehoroujjh of Iiiriieiick . iii Parliament . . The proposer of Loni Arundel was ihe ' Rov . Mr , TJrahani P . P ., « Jid Wiljiain Morieell . ' E-. qj :, M . P . for ' the county of Limerick , seconded thenoinimition . Tlio High Sheriff having inquired whether anyone cho ' h-id a candidate to propose , the Rev . John Kenyon of Toiiipk-dorry , the woll-known " Young Irelnild " ' pries * . , ihcn uiiexpbctcdJy caino . -. forward ,.-and was received with some chem and hisses . He said he did not want them to che 6 r him but to-hoar h " m

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      > i Sir Georgo Gvoy recovers but very slowly from nw sevtreinaisposition ; thorieht hbn . baronet being still . too un-roll to transact business .

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      6 r / THE-NtmTHEfl ^ S mafc * .. AuggT ;^ IS 51 ,.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1638/page/6/