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      g $ ? &stto $ olte > Tnm > , _ The official reportsavs : —The total ' ^ V / iSfrtistered ^ 'he metropolis in the week * r ^ ff £ tSS ^ s 1 , 324- This number exhibit , Hi ? ^ nrrLVeon the hish wto nf mortality in previous ftfU ? LttoTc on = tdera ! . le ostentit is augmented by cases " ^ irSiSiSte biw been Leld . and which are „„* entered SStSSSt ^* - proportion . The following are Sp ^ Sw n umbers returned since the end of February , SLTdeduSn is made of " sudden deaths , " and those caused by dr owning , fractures , and other violent means , v IConstitute nesrly the whole of the cases relumed by SiSXT-LOOS , 1 . 146 . 1 . , 1 . , and 1 , 181 .-6 Won the births of 833 boy . and 892 girls , in all 1 , 730 rhildren , were registered m the week . The average number in . even oTespo ^ ding weeksof ihe year 1845—51 is 1 , 365 . 4 rz . * _ Ek > frminIf £ >»

      --At tbe Itoyai observatory , tf reenwich , the mean daily lea ding of tlie borometer was above 30 in . on the last two day s of the week ; the mean of the week was 29 . CSG in . lie mean temperature of the week was 43 * 5 dpg ., which is slightly below the average of the sujno week in ten years . Th e mean daily temperature rose from 39 S deg . on Sunday , -wh : ch is 3 "G deg . below the average of corresponding days , to 4 , 6 9

      named Thomas Sheen committed suicide by leaping from the third fljor of a house in Hart-street , Covent-garden . The unhappy man ' s frame was complet-ly sn-ashed by the fell . He was , however , taken up alive by the passers-by whose lives he bad seriously endangered , and conveyed to Charhig-cross Hospital , where ho lived but a few hours . No moiive is assignable for his rash act . The Pook-Law-Board axd the Paihsh of St . Paxchas . — On Tuesday , at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the parish ( St . Pancras , held in the Vestry Hall , KingVroad Camden town , Mr . Churchwarden Baker in the chair , tt . e following communication fr m the Poor-law Commissioners was put in and read " . — "Poor-law Board , Whitehall March 31 , 1352 . —Sir , I am directed by the Poor-law Board to state , with reference to the proceedings which it will be

      inenmbtnt upon them to take at the commencement of the ensuing term , in regard to Mr . Eaton , the master of the workh » use of the parish of St . Pancras , that they desire to be informed whether the directors will admit him to return to the discharge of his duties in that workhouse , or will refine to do so . The board think it more desirable that they should have an answer to this communication than that they should direct him to attend personally at the workhouse for the purpose of resuming his duties . I am . sir your o ' tedieut servant , Courieaxat , Secretary . G . TV . f ! Cook , clerk to the directors of the parish of St . PancraB . * " - A discussion arose upon reading this letter as to whether any or what reply should be sent to it . —Mr . W . D . Cooper said there wag one of two things to be done : cither send a copy of the rcsolniiMi dismissing V . v . Eaton and appointing

      his successor , or take no notice whatever of the communication ; he would advise the latter course Mr . llickman considered the letter of the Poor-law Board a piece of equivocation . They well knew that Mr . Eaton was dismissed , and that his successor had been appointed . Mr . Dyke and Sir . Stockton contended that the Poor-law Board had no right to interfere m this mat < er . It was eventually agreed , upon the motion cf I \' r . Turner , — " That the vestry ° elerk retnrn the following reply : —• St . Paocras Vestry Office , April Cih , 1 S 52 . —My Lord . In reply to your lordshi p ' s letter Of the 31 st u ' t ., I am instructed b y the directors of the poor to info-m you that the appointment of master of St . Pancras Workhouse rests with the vestry . ( Signed ) G . VI . F . Cook , Clerk to the Directors . —Lord Courtenay . '" The board then broke up .

      Lacxcii of the Lndiaxa Cap e axd India Mau , Steam Ship . —On Wednesday a splendid iron steam ship , named the Indima , oue of the new fleet of vessels of the General Screw Steam Shipping Coaspany , which . ire to be employed on the Cape and OlcuStn mail route , wa 3 launched from the shi p buiidmg yard of Messrs . Mare and Co ., Blackwall . Tbo Indian ¦ ¦ is one of the largest screw steamers ever built on the banks of the Thames . She is nearly 1 . S 00 tons burden , divided into fire-proof and water-tight compartments , and is th « third ve ? sel which has been built for service on . the com : a Vs extension of route .

      Free Tiiabe axd PnoiEcnox . —On "Wednesday , at a meeting of tlie v < -siiy of St . Pancras , heM in the great hall adjoining the workhouse , T . Eld Baker , Esq ., senior cburchwardeD , in the chair ; the following resolution , moved by Mr . Brettingham , and seconded by Mr . VY . D . Cooi er , was carried unanimously : — " That in the opinion Of this vestry any return to a tax on the food of the people will be one of the mostfatul courses for any government to take . That the chief object of the present ministry appears to be to maintain the high rents of the aristocracy , and to continue that profligate expenditure of the nation ' s means , ¦ which , unless timely arrested by a reform of the people ' s own * house , ' the ' Commons llouse of Parliament , ' will inevittbly end . as it ha 3 done in other states , in a finanoial revolution . "

      Joseph Adt at Large . —On Tuesday Joseph Ady , tbe well-known letter writer , was discharged from the Giltspurstreet Comjiter , in which he had been for some months confined for a large amount of money due to her Majesty for tb . 2 postage of letters directed to persons all over the country , giving information of " ' something to their advanlogo . " Ady had not paid one halfpenny of the debt , as we were given to understand , but he has been in a declining state of health , and it is believed that the visiting magistrates of the prisons of the City represented the fact to the Post-tffice authorities . On Tuesday a note was received at the Mansion-house commanding his liberation .

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      $ 3 je ftotrinee ** EXPLOSIOX AXD MlBACGLOCS ESCAPE OS THE GREAT "WeStebx Railway . —Oa Saturday an explosion of an engine occurred on the line of the Great Western Railway . It appears that about three o ' clock in tbe morning , on a goods train , consisting of thirty-eight trucks , arriving at Bull ' s Bridge , near the Southali siatioB , the boiler of the engine suddenly burst \ uth a terrific report , by the force of which the funnel : md dome were shattered to pieces . The engine-driver , named Taylor , was thrown up several feet into the air , then fallin g on the tram-road ; while tbe fireman was precipitated about three yards on . to the embankment . Taylor was lying insensible , and was conveyed to Saint Mary ' s Hospital , Paddington ; his face , neek , and head were frightfully disSgured from having been scalded by the steam . Every attention was paid him , and on Sunday afternoon he was progressing favourably .

      The Romset Murder . —The condemned criminals Eyres and L . emish are reprieved , a notification to tliat effect having been received from the Secretary of State by the Winchester gaol authorities last week . The respite is a general one , viz ., during her Majesty ' s pleasure . Lewes . —Uomasbt TopnATioN . —A . young lady , a native ° v- ^ ewes ( whose name ba- > , in confidence been given to us ) thia week returned from Italy , where she has been staying some time . She states that when she arrived there the enstoms officers , in searching her trunk , took away her Bible—the p : irting present of her father—and during the 'whole of her stay there sho vras unable to obtain another copy or even the loan of one , so that she was wholly precluded the use and consolation of ihe sacred volume ! This is Papal toleration , and it is for the education of priests in such a creed as this that public money is to be granted year after year . —Sussex Express .

      Impoetast ro Stockbrokers , and Dealers fob Time Babgaixs—At the Liverpool assizes , on Saturday , an action was tried before Mr . Justice Cresswell , in which the plaintiff Mr . Falkner , a stockbroker of Liverpool , sought to recover the sum of £ 3 , G 3 S from the defendant , a Mr . Steelc , who had been induced to speculate in shares ; and the amount claimed was the aggregate balance due upon settlements extending over a period of nearly three years . It was stated that the defendant had verbally acknowledged the accuracy of the account supplied by the plaintiff , but had refused to give a written acknowledgment of the debt . The various transactions which had been entered into by direction of Mr . Steeie were proved by a clerk of tho plaintiff ' s , the coninrission charged being 5 s . per £ 100 ( 1 per

      cent . ) Mr . Hugh Hill , Q . C ., for the defence , contended that the contract , if any bad ever been made , was void , by reason of the nature of the transactions being of a gambling Character . Mr . Justice Cresswell , in putting the case before the jury , said that although debts contracted by ga Were whafc were called "debts of honour , " and probably not one of the jury or any respectable person would refnse to pay a liability so contracted , yet they had in the present case to deal with a strict question of law . i U ? 1 of ° P m ! on tUat the transactions in which the plaintiff had engaged for the defcudant were for bona-fi e delivery , he was entitled to recover the amount claimed ; but if it was a mere accumulation of differences , that was gaming , and the verdict must be for tUe defendant . The jury accordingly found for the defendant .

      itEHAHEAELE APPEAL TO IttE QCEEN . — At the late assizes , at Bury St . Edmunds , a farmer named Baldry was left for execution , haviug been found guilty on the most conclusive evideuee of administering arsenic to bis wife , with intent to murder her . Since his condemnation his wife has for warded a petition , containing tho following appeal to the Quean ia his behalf : —

      To her Majesty the Qneen , Kieliam&e letitioB of ilary Ann Baldry , of Preston St . JIarv . * Suffolk , •" Sheweth , — That your petitioner ' s husband , "William Baldry , wa 3 convicted at the assizes of administering poison with intent to murder your petitioner , a ^ jias been sentenced to die . That jour petiiii ner was not aware that the prisoner ' s conviction would involve the forfeiture uf his life , orvour petitioner would , at any risk to herself , nave dedined to be a party to the prosecution . That your petiturner has long been ia an infirm state of heal h , and the agitation w ttse recent proceeding the unhappy prisoner ' s approaching Trt' * T tbe reflectioa that tout petitioner may be the iustrmnent , i . , f ""^ baud ' s destruction , have so aggravated her sufferings ™ m jour petitioner ieels a strong conviction that a fatal result to dcaiu ? f ° ^ nin ? . > within a very early period , bring with it the yielded uXSESPT * - That Jour petitionerwith great reluctance absolute belief th ^ L t"Klso her friers to prosecute , and in the the offence was tra . n « f ? 1 ? 1 * Punishment that was awarded for tioner would leanHriSr 11011 or imprisonment That jour petiaoosneatoaionijtermlrftS " com P ° sure that the prisoner was awii * of his ifre , tfc auX& tion OTin > P * Konment , "en for Of knowins that she has Cestr ^ u sa J » therefore , tne misery j ™ tu lun uiaiw

      — » epeauinec and amn a ¦""""") auu ""«/ humbly prays jour Majestv that ikT ^ T" Your Petitioner most tonate prisoner William ialdrv mil 1 tca rassed on ^ e unfor-Eonjeless severe- punishment , and thathis Ute ™ L Comal } ? eA 10 ( Signed ) y spared . « .. . , , MABr Ask Bmabt . The above vm forwarded for presentation through the

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      " * ^^^^^^ mim ^ w ftiiummaip ^ i—roai ^^—< MM ^ naPMB Secretary of State , and on Friday an order was received irom the H « nne Office , respiting the execution of Badley until the 8 th of May' It is understood that his aentence will be commuted to ' transportaiion fur life . Respite for the Convict MickieburGh . —In consequence of a deputation , composed of J . B . Ross , E * q ., one of the magistrates of the borough of Ipswich ; Messrs . S . n . Cowell , J . Head , and other gentlemen , who are opposed to death punishment , having waited on the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Saturday last , with a memorial numerously signed , praying that the me of John Mickleburgh might be spared , a respite was , at twelve o clock on Monday night , received at the county gaol , Ipswich , fur the unhappy man during her Majesty ' s pleasure . A Child Killed Br its Parents . —The coroner's inquest at Southampton on the body of the child named Roe terminated at midnJeht . on Mondav . in a verdict of wilful Secretary Of Stato . nnd on TTrift ^ v an nr < W van rpflfiivftd

      nwtter agamst the father and stepmother , Roe and Ins w , and they were committed to gaol on the warrant of the coroner Edward Coxwell , Esq ., to take their trial at the nest Winchester Assizes . The moat damnatory evidence was brought agaiast the parents on Monday , particularly by one of the surgeons , Mr . Wiblin , who took part in the post mortem examination , and who proved that the wounds found on the bod y of the child , and which contributed to its death , could not have been produced by accident , as the parents alleged . The evidence was of the most heart-sickening character , and revealed a case of most unprecedented parental barbarity . The poor child appears not only to have been tortured to death by the most horrible neglect , but to

      nave received personal injuries which could only have been inflicted by the most abominable cruelty . When the parents were brought from the gaol to the council chamber , where the inquest was held , they had to be guarded from the attacks of an infuriated mob by a large ' body of police . The latter got roughly handled by the mob while attempting to keep the people off . Public indignation appears to have been raised to the highest pitch against the culprits on account of the wretches having professed to be austerely religious . The mob surrounded the inquest-room the whole evening , aud applauded vehemently the verdict of the jury .

      ^ Serious Case of Stabbing at Bath . —On Monday an irishman , named Edward Mahoney , was brought up before the Bath magistrates , at the Guildhall , in the ciiy , on a charge of stabbing a young man , named William luckey , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm , under the following aggravated circumstances : —On Sunday evening the prisoner had been drinking at the Seven Dials public-house in company with a female , with whom he quarrelled , and shortly afterwards left the house . In a few minutes afterwards , Tuckey and another man , with two young women , were passing up a Jane adjoining the Seven Dials , on their way home , when the prisoner who had stationed himself in the lane , and appeared in an infuriated state , declared that he would stab the first person that approached him . Tuckey

      and his friends continued to walk onward , without making any remark to the prisoner , when the latter rushed forward , and plunged a knife violentl y into the Side of the unfortunate young man . Tuckey fell to the ground , and the blood Sp j out over the persons near him . Assistance was called , and the prisoner secured and taken to the police station . The wounded man was removed to the Bath United Hospital , where it was found that the wound , although not immediately dangerous , was of a very sorious character , the knife having penetrated to a depth of upwards of two inches very near the region of the heart . The prisoner offered no excuse for his conduct , and as the wounded man was not able to appear to give evidence , the case was remanded for a week .

      Another Romish Sheriff . —The "Tablet" has the following impudent paragraph from its " Liverpool Corr . spondent : "— " The Catholic Sheriff of Lancashire attending Mass in State—What will Lord Campbell Bay to the following fact ? On Sunday last Thomas H . Btundell , Esq ., of Ince Blundell , the Catholic High Sheriff of the county of Lancaster , attended high mass at Copperas Ml Chapel , and came in full state in his carriage , attended by the Sub-Sheriff , Allen Keye , Esq ., another Catholic . The Sheriff had been on attendance on Mr . Baron AlderSOn , ORD of tho gom » judges of assize , who opened the Spring Commission

      here late on Saturday evening . On Sunday morning at an early hour the Sheriff attended mass at tho above chapel , and partook of the holy communion . At half-past ten , he with his officers and the Mayor , and several members of the Town Council , escorted Baron Alderson to St , George ' s Church , where the Sheriff left his lordship , and then proceeded in state in hi 3 carriage to Copperas Hill , preceded by htsj-ivelin men , the trumpeter going before him , sounding , as usual , the trumpet . The Sheriff was escorted , and on arriving at the chapel with his chaplain , the Rev . Peter Whitefield , the Sheriff was conducted to the pew of Mr

      iveye , tbejavehu men in livery with their javelins , kneeling before the altar . High mass was then celebrated , and after the saorifice had concluded the High Sheriff returned to his hotel in the same manner as he came . An immense crowd of persons followed the carriage . " The Quebx ' s Reception at Manchester . —A complete Statement of tho expenses incurred by the corporation of Manchester at tbe Queen ' s visit last autumn , was presented to the town council for the first time . The total was £ 4 , 970 . Adding the private expenses to which individuals went in providing banners and illuminations , the total would probably not be less than £ 10 , 000 ; and this is exclusive of the expenses incurred by the borough of Salford , the magistrates of tbe county , the Earl of Ellesmere , and the London and Sorth Western Railway Companybo that the pageant of the 10 th of October must have been a costly affair ; probabl y it would reach nearly to £ 30000

      , Murder at Bridonorth , Salop . —An inquest was held , a few days ago , in the Bridgnorth Union Workhouse , upon the body of John Gitton , aged fifty , an inmate of tbe workhouse , who was found murdered in the able-bodied men ' s dajronm , between seven and eight o ' clock on the evening of the 29 th ult . An inmate of the workhouse named Colley was in custod y charged with having committed the murder . Colley came . into the union house on the 9 th of January from the lunatic asylum at Shre wsbury . It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were left together for a few minutes in the dayroom with a blind idiot boy , who could give no account of the transaction . When the bell rang for prayers an inmate had to go into the room tor his coat when he heard a man groaning near tbe fire . It was the deceased , who was covered with blood , and who soon afterwards expired without recovering consciousness or the

      power of speech . He had received three terrible wounds upon tho head , theBkull having been cloven in three places and the brains exposed to view . A carpenter ' s axe , covered with human hair , brains , and blood , was found in an adjoining room . Upon the alarm being given the prisoner was observed to get up and leave-the boardroom , where the master was reading prayers . He was apprehended a few hours afterwards in the town , when blood was found upon his trowsers . lie said the governor gave him leave to po out of the workhouse , and denied having committed the murder . It appeared that tbe deceased and the prisoner had worked together a good deal , and had ne \ er been know to have any quarrel . The prisoner had appnared quite sane ever since he had lived in the house . Tbe juy returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Henry Lewis Colley , who was thereupon committed to take his trial at the assizes .

      Ouiraoe by . Policemen . —At the Liverpool police court on Wednesday two police constables were suspended from their duties in consequence of a violent outrage committed on Thomas Wilkinson , on Sunday ni ght last . One of the constables , mistaking the man for somo other person at first knocked him down and having got another to a 4 ist him , they continued their violence until the poor fellow was covered with blood , his knee broken , and he was compelled to be removed to the hospital . Mr . Mansfield strondy censured the violent conduct of the officers , who , in all pro babihty , will be dismissed the force . P The Government Contract for RiPLES .-The dispute between the master gun-makers of Birmingham and the workmen having _ l , een at last referred to an arbitrating \*

      on tne eve of adjustment-a sort of compromise has been suggested , and , we believe , accepted by all parties . The actual terms upon which the men have agreed to work have not transpired .

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      The National DEBT .-, ( From Tuesday night ' s "Gazette . ) ' —The Lords Commissioners of her Maiestv ' a Troa suvy having certified to the Commissioners for thereduction of the . National Debt , in pursuance of the act 10 th % ^' -f U'l ' f ' ( f i ?' aotual sur P lus re > ™ of the United Kingdom of Great Britaiu and Ireland be yond the actual expenditure thereof , for the year ended V ™ ^ Januar y- 1852 « amounted to the sum of £ 2 , 720 , 390 4 s . lOd . The Commissioners for the Reduction « f' ^• V - . 10611 * * * *'^* 1101 ' ' tnat the sa < n of £ 651 . 59 !) Ls . 2 d .. being one-fourth part of the said surolus of £ 2 , 720 , 390 4 a . lOd . will be applied , under the provT stons of the said act , between the 7 th day of April ISo ' and the oth day of July , 1 S 52 , to the following purposes , ' VIZ . I ~^ To be applied to the purchase of Stock ... £ 681 , 599 1 2 Add interest receivable on acoount of . Donations and Bequests to be applied to the purchase of Stock 2 287 8 3

      ; £ 6 fi 3 fiSft O K A . Y . Spearmas . Comptroller General . —National Debt Office , April 2 , 1852 . Brewers , < fcc—An amended return was printed on Monday respecting brewers and others . In England , in the year em ' tug the 10 th of October last , there were in Eneland 2 305 brewers , of which sixt y-four are in London ; and 60124 victuallers , of which 4 , 357 are in London . There are of licensed beersellers 37 , 2 GG to sell beer to be drunk on the premises , and 3 , 277 not to be drunk on the premises . In the United King dom there are 2 , 548 brewers and 89 266 victuallers . The brewers consumed 20 , 932 , 724 bushels of ? -o- ; o -. " the victualIers who brewed their own beer 7 , v 32 , 2 b 7 . Persons licensed to sell beer consumed 3 , 289 . 608 bushels to be drunk on the premises , and 3 S 9 . 529 bushels were consumed by persons who brewed beer to be drunk on the premises .

      Foreios NUTMEGS .-A complaint having been made to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury that nutmegs , the produce of British possessions , are charged the produce of the Dutch possessions are erroneousfy treated as ' wild nutmegs , " and pa 9 Sedat thelowratea of duty of 3 d and od . per lb their lordships have directed Mr . Hamilton , one of the Secretaries to the Treasury , to acquaint the Commissioners of Customs that they are of opinion , having fully considered the reports made on the subject , that no further quantity of nutmegs should be allowed to be delivered at the low rates of duty of 3 d . and 5 d . per lb ., except such as are 6011 a jidt " wild nutmegs " but that the duty of 2 s . 6 d . per lb ., legally leviable , should be demanded in all cases .

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      JManf . Archbishop Murray ' s Successor . —The Primate Cullen was elected on the 2 nd ultimo to the archiepiscopal chair of Dublin . There were six other candidates . Tiie Saxon Invasion . —Tho "Limerick Chronicle " states that industrious and enterprising Scotch farmers are extending their influence in the south and west of Ireland . Three brothers of the name of Matthews have recently taken oxtensive farms—two in tho vicinity of Limerick , B . illyanrahan , and Knocklishoen , the third near Miltown Malhay , which they are respectively tilling and stocking . The three farms comprise neatly SfcO acres . Remittances from Amkrica . —The " Galwuy Mercury , " speaking of the wholesale emigration of tho peasantry from that county , remarks that the parties who left within the last two years , are now sending home in small sums " an amount of money beyond all former example . " if _ * Tw _*

      State of the Clifdsn Union . —Another Galway paper ( the "Vindicator" ) draws the following gloomy sketch of the present state of the Clifden Union : — " It will be seen from a report , which we publish to-day that the union of Clifden is in a frightful state of disorganisation and destitution . A great arrear of poor rate is due by the lnr » o proprietors , while the improving landlords and the industrious tenants are forced to p : iy to the last farthing . The most scandv lous system of jobbing is carried on in the boardroom . The merciless exterminators who swoep the people from their propert y have secured a majority of their creatures at the board by which they can pepetrate n job , or again cast forth the Victims of their cruelty from the shelter of a roof . In that remote district , whore public opinion cannot reach the potty tyrants whose will is law , ana whose frown is dfiath , in the inaccessible wilds of Connemara , there are 1 , 368 paupers in the workhouso , and 1 , 800 arrenrof rates due by

      the large proprietors wbilo pauperism is every day rapidly increasing on account of the exterminations which still proceed unchecked in that region of evictions . From Oughterard'to Clifden there ia scarcely any sign of human life , and Mmmo ' s lodge is the only cot of its class , whoso interesting inmate appears to lie decently housed . From the Halfway-house to Clifden there exists peculiar facilities for reclaiming the land and turning it into splendid grass and tillage favms . Where them is nothing but tho snipe and the wild duck at presient thousands of human beings might he comfortably located—whero nothing now disturbs the stillness of this solitary waste , but the shriek of the curlew or the scream of the eaglo as ho swoop 3 down from the old grey mountain tops , the hum of labour and the gladsome voice of happy and requited industry might be heard if the arm of extermination were once arrested and tho work of progress once begun . "

      During tho past week tho Encumbered Estates Commissioners paid out £ 66 , 000 , making the total amount of funds distributed by them from the commencement , £ 2 , 041 , 000 . The same journal mentions the following agrarian outrage : — " Ten COWS , the property of Mr . Corboy , a farmer , residing at Boher , were burned alive yesterday morning , the house in which they were kept having been fired by incendiaries . " The Mnyor of Limerick presided on Monday at a meeting of some five or six hundred of the electors of tbe borough , for tho purpose of hearing the names of the candidates for the representation of the borough , previously selected by a sub committee , There was considerable confusion on the occasion , a lnrge majority of those present being in favour of Mr . J . D . Fitzgerald and Mr Potter ; butas no electors

      , were permitted to have a voice in the decision except such as had been named on the committee , the result was that the nominal majority was in favour of Mv . Fitzgerald and Mr . Sergeant O'Brien , who , it is to be supposed , are thus to be the candidates at the ensuing election . Mr . John Barton has been elected governor , nnd Mr . Robert Stewart deputy governor , of the Bank of Ireland . The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Eglinton , aocompanied by the Countess of Eective , and several officers of the . vice rcga [ court , went in state on Monday to visit the Dublin Univei \ siiy , where they were received by the provost and several of the senior ami junior fellows , by whom they were conducted through ihe library , the principal halls , the fellows' garden , the chapel , &c .

      A Suspicious Circumstance—Last week as a gentleman was proceeding from Boylo in an open carriage to Drumsna he was met between this town and Ardcarne by three armed men , who ordered the driver to stop , They then approached the machine , and having ascertained who the occupant was they gave him permission to proceed , observing that he was not the person they were desirous to meet . MnnDKR in Kilkenny—A dreadful murder was committed last week in n solitary cabin , situate in the lonesome " bosheen" which leads from Ballymack in tho direction of Kilcoran . This tenement was occupied by a man named William Brophyand his wife , Margaret Brophy , the former of whom was a labourer in the employment of Mr . William Townsend , of Ballymack , some of whose horses were occasionally kept in one of the rooms of Brophy ' s cabin . The

      body of a female , which presented obvious wounds on the forehead , was discovered by a- cowherd of Mr . Townsend ' s lying at a gate on his master ' s land , situate at a distance of a field from Broph y ' s bouse , and at tho other side of the bo 8 heen . There was a small bag suspended round the neck , which was open , and partially turned inside out , as if it nad been rifled . Blood was traced to tho lawn before Brophy ' s house , along to tho very door sill , upon which there were several spots . On entering the house all the suspicions which the previous indications gave rise to were at once confirmed , for not only were bloody marks apparent on the kitchen floor , but in the inner apartment , sometimes used as a stable , a quantity of straw was found saturated with blood that had been here shed in a vast quantity . The inmates were arrested , and on examining the premises a spade was discovered having blood upon it . Some of the people soon afterwards identified the body , recognising it as that of a poor pedlar whom they knew by the name of " Joany /' anativeofBallycallan , and a widowwho paid

      , periodical visits to this district , and sold tobacco , snuff , fruit , and such like matters , or bartered them for old rags . It appeared that this woman had been attacked with fever a couple of months previously , and had gone to the hospital of the Callan union , where she was reported to have died . But on Thursday morning she came from Callan to Ballymack , and mentioned to some people whom she met that she was proceeding to the house of William Brophy , where she had left her basket . The . probability is that the basket was consigned to the care of the Brophys when she was taken ill ; and the inference may probably be drawn that on the rumour of her death the persons in whose charge it was placed had appropriated her little store of merchandise to their own use , and upon her unexpected appearance to claim her property , had sileuced her complaints of robbery by murder ; after which the additional robbary of the contents of the bng which was round her neck was perpetrated . —The jury returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder , " and the prisoners were committed to the conntv gnol .

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The April Quarter Ssssion was commenced on Monday at Clerkenwell . Robrbry . —Michael Smith , 16 , was indicted for stealing a halt crown and other moneys belonging to Jane Howard , from her person . It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix , on the 24 th of March , was standing before a shop in Catherine-street . Hoxton , and the owner of the shop aaw the prisoner and two other boys Standing close to her , and then one of the younger boys took something from her pocket and banded it over to him . He told the prosecutrix what he had seen and the prisoner and his two companions ran off . She followed , and in his fli ght he dropped the mimey . He was caught , however , and given into cu&todv

      _ , -The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the Assistant Judge said it was evident that he was training the younger boy as a thief , and he should always give any one who did this as severe a sentence as the law would allow . He should have no opportunity of making boys thieve for tbe next ten years . He . then sentenced him to ten years' transportation Stealing from a Dwelling House . —John Smith , 33 , was indicted for stealing , in the dwelling house of Giles Bell , a silver jug and other articles , value £ 30 , and £ B and other moneys , his property and moneys . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty—The Assistant- Jud ge said it was a very heattlesB ease , and sentenced the prisoner to Bix months' imprisonment with hard lahnur .

      HoTOEBRBAKiNG .-William Green , 25 , and John Stanley , 23 . pleaded Giult ; to feloniously breaking and entering the shop of Henry Augustus Hyde , and stealing therein 337 pair of boots and 173 pair of shoes , value f 64 ? Ws property nardlabou 8 enlenced t 0 nine month 5 > imprisonment with

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      State of Public Opinion on the Mium BiLt .-The Dro posed embodiment of tho militia appears , by the accoEs which reach us from various parts of tho country , to hi the less liked as it becomes better understood . Many meetings have latel y been held to oppose the measure , ana prepavattonsuaye already been made for the holding of 5 still larger number . A few days since a large and euthu siastic meeting was held in Cowpewtreet Sohool-rooms iK ™ * ? r W" V ! 0 Chah < The ¦ P « I «« i ^ S the Revs . £ C . Galloway , R . Hamilton , Mr . W . II . Black and Mr . Green .-Last week a demonstration of public XZtion i n . Mf * W ? 9 held in the Be ™ n ? institution , John Scoble , Esq ., in tho chair . Addresses were delivered b y Messrs . Fishboumo , Brookway , and SrnTr ^ ° rOwaed meetin * been held in the Townhall , of Southampton ; Mr . Richard Laishley presided in place of the mayor , who was prevented from dWs ° w

      CpT ! J ? . ° prinoi P P ° akers wero Mcssw . " OIark , ocaee , and Lankester , whose remarks were received with S / PPlause .-A largo meeting has been held at Worcester ; the mayor in the chair . Speeches were delivered by Samuel Bowly and John Baker , Esqs . ~ An important gathenng took place in the Brighton Town-hall , t 72 id S i ^ ZT ° v - WalpoIe ' 8 bilK Tho ch ™ ^ S tL n , | Es 1- and araongth 0 s P eakeil s were tbe Rev jLni u o aud Ml > - WallU .-Two good meetings , hSo £ ? J ? ifc F . ™ Su , at which the feeling of opE toon to the ministerial proposal was unanimous -At a meeting held in Hereford , tho speakers being Joseph Mor-& « -n the Rev < John Davey > apotitSmlylst ffi St £ n ? Irf , unanimou ? 'y ^ PM . At Skipton and uuneioc good demonstrations have taken place-Two moetmgs have been held at Hull , and ™ JZ ? W « iZ

      " ™?» JM a ^ - the W » .-Milesi 3 speakingout earnestly menff 5 h ? traU ? " . agents . Proprietors , and work been hi * u am *» this populous neighbourhood has been held , at which an anti-milit a petition has been unanimousl y agreed to .-An enthusiastic and crowded meeting has been held at Morthyr . Tho speakers we ? e KSKsi : " ^ - LI ° * ' ' ¦ * £ '

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      GLOUCESTER . Horrible Outrage .-Two young men , Ilenry Shapcott , aged eighteen , and Hiram Archer , aged twenty-six , were indicted for having committed a most revolting outrage upon Mary M'Carthy . On the night of the 2 Gth of last July , the prosecutrix , a miserable , wayworn Irishwoman , about thirty-five years of age , was tramping from Coleford to Gloucester , suffering from hunger and fatigue , and had reached , about ten o clock at night , a part of the Forest of Dean , where some charcoal fires were burning . She proceedod to one of them , and sat down before it with a view of resting herself and drying her wet clothes . Thevo ahe remained until one o ' clock in tho morning , when nine of the chili-coal burners arrived . They at first appeared to treat her kindly , and one of them asked her to go to a neigh

      bouring public-house , but this she declined , asking the man to bring her some water . He did so , and when ahe had drunk it , they asked her to go into a cabin near ; and ono of the men , who said that he was the master of tho cabin , promised that no one should molest her . She at first refupod , but the men partly forced her into the place , and having lighted a fire and secured the door , tho nine ruffians , one after another , brutally assaulted and violated lvr , and turned her out of the hut moro dead than alive . She cried out for police and " Murder , " when some of the inhuman brutes threatened to throw her into the fire if she did not hold her tonirue . She resisted us much as sho was able , but at last fainted . When she came to her senses , she found herself outside the cabin , and one of the fellows threatened to knock her brains out with a shovel if she did

      not depart . She proceedod in the diroction of Blakeney , and on the road met with a woman to whom sho detailed how she had been treated . The poor creature then travelled on , and finding she could go no further , laid down by the side of a hayrick , where sho remained twelvo hours before she was discovered . In almost a dying state sho was conveyed to the Union , where she recovered . It appeared that she had one child , although unmarried , and that she was searching for her brother when passing through the forest . Of the nine fellows who committed the outrage , five were taken and tried at the last Gloucostev Assizos , and were transported for life . The prisoners have been apprehended since , and the prosecutrix swore to them as being two of her assailants . The jury found them both Guilty , and the learned judge directed them to be both transported beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives . TAUNTON .

      Charob of Murder . —Elizabeth Lewis and Thomas Crosby were indicted for the murder of tho child of tho prisoners nt Bath . This case excited the greatest interest on account of the respectability of the parties , the maleprisoner bMng a solicitor of Bristol , and the female having bei'n a governess . The charge was , that the woman having been confined of a child , put it out to nurse , and then called at intervals to see it that during such visits she had contrived to put arsenio into the mouth of tho child , and by that means caused its death . Among the several witnesses examined was Mr . Ilerepath , who proved finding traoos of arsenic in the vomits and napkins of the child , and in the liver , stomach , and bowela of the body , which had been absorbed into the system , and gave it as his opi . nion that the death was caused by that poison . Tho learned Judge having summed up , the jury returned a vordict of Not Guilty .

      The Pkome Murder . — William Sparrow , 30 , "William Ma ? gs , 44 , and Robert Hurd , alias Promo Bob , 37 , wero indieted for the wilful murder of Sarah Wat's , at Woodlands , Frome , on the 24 th of September last . Tho unfortunate deceased , Sarah Watts , was ii child of fourteen , the daughter of . 1 small farmer at Woodlands , near Frome . On the 24 th of September , her father and mother loft homo to attend Frome market , as they wero in tho habit of doing , leavine ; fie child alone in the house . On their return about four o ' clock , the father noticed blood on the floor of the kitchen , and hoard his dog lnpping in the milkhouso . On going into tho milkhouse , he discovered lm unfortunate child lying dead , with her clothes torn , and her person bruised and blood y . At first lie had no suspicion of foul play , and after acquainting his wife that

      the child was dead he very quietly went into the fields to drive in some cattle . The child was removed up-stairs , nnd the mother and some of tho neighbours were preparing for tea when it was discovered that iho bread and butter was missing , and that tho cheese had been cut . This first excited BUBpicion , and on a surgeon being sent for it was found that the unfortunate child had been ravishod as well as murdered , and that death had been produced by strangulation arising from pressuro on tho windpipe . Upon the wall there wero marks of the girl ' s shoes , which indicated that i-he had been taken up by tho hoela and forced headforemost into a whey tub , the milk in which was afterwards found to be discoloured , apparently by blood . Upon tho wall near tho door was found the impress of a loft hand , and from the thumb had trickled down somo drops of blood .

      It was shown b y a large body of testimony that on the day of the murder tho prisoners and a man who is unknown were waiting on tho road until old Watts and his wifo passed by to market . They were then traced in various dire -turns , apparently " dodging , " until at length Magga and Sparrow had approached to within half a mile of the house , going across tho fields in its direction shortly before tJhe time when the murder must have , been committed . Then ; course was again taken up an hour or two after , when they were coming away from tho house in a different direction from that which they followed in going towards Woodlands , and it would appear that one of them had substituted a " Jim Crow " for his usual black hat , and that the othor had put a short kertle frock over his clothes . They were then traced again into the company of Eurd and on

      to Frome market , where they stood in the market-place , as if to attract public attention , and they were again seen in the evening at a public-house . Whilst talking together in tho market a perso who was passing caught the words . " Watch , but no tin . " These circumstances and the prior reputation of the prisoners , led to their apprehension , when it was found that Sparrow had a bad thumb , as if produced by a bite , which he said had been produced by a ohap in a fight on Bradley fair day , but persona who saw his hand two days' after ,- and tho surgeon who examined it , positively stated thaJb , it was such a wound as could not have been dona so recently as three days , for that matter had formed beneath it . In addition to this , a handkerchiefthe only article left behind by the murderers—was snoken

      to , dui not very posttivily , by three witnesses as having been in Sparrow b possession . Against Maggs the evidence , m addition to the connexion with the other prisoners in the movements of tho 24 tb ,, a conversation was deposed to between Maggs and an unknown man in a lane to the following effect .- " Hast hfeard any news ? " "Yes , I've heard that London police offites h ' as been to Bill Sparrow , and said to he , "Ah , my good fellow , I ' m glad ' wsn ' t you com-Sl m Mrt ' you > 11 £ efc « 8 free Pardon and £ 50 . To this Maggs replied , " Ho'll neither have too pardon nor tho £ 50 , for-lie ' s tho man that killed her " This witness and several others had been much maltreated since he had given evidence . The court was occupied for eleven hours in hearing the case for the crown , and theiury wero then locked up . wtuwjuij

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      Fire at SEA .-On Monday information was received in the city of the 1 destruction by firo of the smack Lark of Greenock The intelligence was communicated by Gup ain M'Law , of the steam ehi p Shamrock . It appeared that tne Shamrock was on her voyage from Liverpool to Sligo , and when about nine miles distant , at 6 . 30 pro ., Port Sick Captain MIaw observed smoke near tho 4 udCn ' ' rocks which he at first took to boa steamer , but on lookinsit tentivel y through a glass he discovered that it was a "fs Hifhn ™? nfX ¦! ^ tered the course of tho steamer and boie up to her assistance . On nearing her he saw the 2 ? «? k * . bMrf . - . " she was iS flames fooan wiu

      * i ., uurnt to nearly tho water ' s edge , and the crew n the boat , with their clothes and a 9 many fit arSSS they could lay their hands on . Tho boats of the steamer wereimrnedlate ] y miinned and proceeded to endLvoT to we the burning vessel , which proved to be the S of Greenock with a cargo of lime , with which she hid left Lame in the morning . Finding that it was impossible to save Ih 9 vessel , and as two other vessels wereS off t well a a coast-guard boat that had put off from the main Captain M'Law proceedod on his voy age . Tho weafi fc a «^^^

      Mr . George Thompson and the Reform Mot ^ v Tn rSSSSSsIP &pm 3 * & 5 $ * $ tion , and I was compelled to atffi Th "y ^* " were protracted to an extpiiwHi «« 1 1 ° Proceedings were ovev . B \ Jtfop tKepHn ? i ? i hata ^ spoken nnd voted in favour 5 t 5 ef < ^ ed t 0 T should bilve extension of the right * $ voSJ , Vh { , 10 •' .. Re ^' & tho cise of thatrieht as mwln g < md ^ independent exerright conduct of £ „? n eSSe " tial to tne parity and * , „„ c ... audits in the Houso nf nnm . 5 t ™ ;„ en t 0

      _ tho ^ opl ^ riSeZT Vft ^>^ 0 th ^' power of 80 K . i-. lir . George Ku . " l 7 truly yonvs - Wnoi ThomtbeautifuuStt e ^ tSrh ;?!!' 0 , fo . llowi ? 2 P ^ ago from a oretary of the Socetvof « v ^ Leigh Hunt to the Somuch sympathyVnd wJl ? ° « m V ° ^ e ? house ( by medical aS , Ihavenotbcffl oufc ofmy siderable timo past T h J or these two month 9 5 ^ conconnexions , even b ' v H . J e no , been ab ! e to visit my nearest indulge myself with a lu p l fcye 'l rIwa 3 not able t 0 ing , though for the » rVi 8 what aI 1 * 01 > ltl ^ ere seenot a mile from the 1 snaf ' £ rt of lts existenco J was living fidenco , into which ™ ' ?? complete this piece of conto myself has led m < I »« . i , S mo of so niUch importance serious impressio n of h ? ' loave my friends with a moro help , I have reason ?„ , stato of m y ueaM than I can be more g ao £ 3 to m ^ ^ , ° comin « s » ' * wil 1 apparent overthrows TJ V \ l , ' and m ™* ar 0 th . ° course of my life r , V rOm whlctl I n * ve recovered m the more libertfea w ith tS&iKSLX * "' ^ " *

      ^ cutora of the lato pi ? ¥ ' de Bacourt » 0 ™ of the exeto the public iXrSK ?? Tall y ™ . ba 3 written » letor lately discovered fn * fef f S , at frauJs . simil « to those have been attanntod i « l relative , to Shelley > 3 Ietter 3 > to have been wriffi ? £ 5 " , ' ° i" . lettcrs falso ] y 8 t ! lted possession at pre 8 ent' » ytb 0 la ' ? IlT' << Ihavem my number of tC & - - Ml de Bacourt ' " a certain writing of he deceaS ' - ' »«» tin « exceedingly well tho by theViinS Guizot the -nn Uft u ^ Wltb the deceas ed , such as M .

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      This court resumed its sittings on Mon d ™ Charge of Perjuo t—John Stowcll andI ti surrendered to take their trial upOn a ; „ ; „ . ^ as Sw ,, which another person , named John now ™ n " * nt ^ pleaded ruilty to a charge © f perjury conn , i * " (•? same transaction at the last session ) was in 7 ' ^ * 't f ° charge of unlawfully conspiring together tnt- ^ Dta named Robert Kennett .-The ?„ - , £ , s"& » » P ' The particulars of this cW have been r 0 * ° G u& ducod in the police and county court reports a !? 11 ft !' trial , the jury found the prisoners Not Guiltv tef il W » Embezzlbmknt . —James Gower , 22 . butcher for t-mbezzlin ^ - the sum of £ 22 Us . lid the >\ indi et- n master , John Ashley Scarlett .-The pro secutorT \* « & living in Kingsgate-street , Ilolborn , and tho , « l , % been in his service Among the proseauto ^ !?¦* M was a lady named Palder , residing in Fitzrov \* Ust ° m Pt , rvii . 1 tin * kill n ,, «^ - ! .. t « » i . . . » V ur _ ° y-Squni « 7 » » an liiu

      r _ . > . .. v ,. „ .,. ^ uuitouj , March of l-mr » l ) n prisoner took a receipt in his master ' s name \ J ^ amount in question . When the June bill | , ae «» , 8 ° tk ! Falder called in the absence of prosecutor idD ^ l " ^' ter from March to that time . When prosecute * o the he instantly wrote a letter to Mrs . Palder to L f H March quarter was still due . Tho prisoner m , R th % tho letter , the contents of which he wl « n nt "itli with . The prisoner came back , and said tlia i ! q'lai [ " « 4 right , that Mrs . Falder knew it , and would nVv - !* *!! the next bill . The account at Michaelmas Div ?• * ''& small , the bill was not sent in until afar ch ' rL & *«*! then it was found that the bill had been d-iM '• an the lady ' s letter had never been broug ht hv th « * ""t Tho prisoner had left tho prosecutor ' s service in s ' SOtl ( * her last , and since had lived respectably in J , r ^ % vice .-The jury found him Guilty , and he was s 2 , Se ' - six months' imprisonment . oe « tenced t 0 Carlo Antonio Grimaldi , 26 , labourer ; and 1 . Guardia , 34 . labourer , were indicted for bavin ? in , 1 . ' « ' h tody and possession a die on which was made atu V Cus * the reverse side of a half sovereign . The evident !**«* proved that on the 10 th of January last the prim * " * maldiw ent to an engraver of dies named ConoupctT - Gril Holywell-street , Strand , and asked him if he could ? ia a medal , and producing at the same time half a l ^ which , upon Mr . Conquest examining , he found to h gn ' one . This he mentioned to the prisoner , who "avo p * good one , and made an arrangement with him to \ i l- a with the reverse side of a half soverei gn on it \ i -J ® quest asked him what it was for , and he said fo ' q ' " . ? ' tion that was to take place in Italy . After the Dr ' isn bi <

      guue w , conquest , having nis suspicions aroused 7 nicated with the police at Bow-street , and under tli ' 811 ' tions he completed the die . On the 14 th of Fehn rec > prisoner called by appointment and received the * rtta thea said he should want the head-side of thn Inlf 6 ' ""* cut in a die . Upon leaving the house he wL f & the police , and seen to ] oin the other prisoner m . i J gave the die , and he hid it under his cloak , n * f ™ ? lowed them for a short time , and then took ZJfl H ' tody . From subsequent inquiries they made \ t Ziol that the prisoners were intimate acquaintances , occu 2 the same lodgings , but beyond that nothing could be 7 n' ! put about them , excepting that they were iutives of lt 7 Ihe jury returned a verdict of Guilty , accom panying it Lift a recommendation to mercy . The sentence wns deferr j Father Gavazzi , the well-known separatist from theReS Church , was on the bench during the whole trial , and did 2 quit the court until the verdict was returned . Concealment op BiiiTH .-Caroline Cox , 22 , spw . was indicted for endeavouring to conceal the birth of ui female infant child . It appeared that the prisoner hrifj about two months been lodging at the house of a sho-mpt !

      m uiapel-street , Stockwell , and early in the month F lebruary the prisoner was seen to go to the water-closet and the landlady of the house going there shortly afterward . saw the bod y of an infant imbedded in the soil . The p ,, iice V ? th ™ called in , and the child got out ; it was quite flood . Thepnsoner , when taxed with it , did not deny the tact , and s-ud she was not aware that she had boen delivered hhe also showed her landlady some things she had prepared for the child . Mr . Henry Owen , a surgeon at Claphum , proved that the child was a full-grown one , and deat h had resulted from suffocation ; but it was probable that the delivery had been accidental , and the prisoner unaweof it . The jury Acquitted her . Cosshbaot im Pehjury .-Mii Stowoll , Thonu otowell , and George Hewson Garnett , were indicted for

      conspiracy and perjnry . -Tho prosecutor , Mr . Kennett , waa the landlord of the Hoop and Grapes public-house Westminster , and also a cab proprietor ; and it appeared that he was sued in the Southwark County Court in De . cember last by the defendant , John Stowell , upon two 1 U Us , amounting to £ 30 10 a . Two actions wero tried , m the firsti of wtiicu the plaintiff was nonsuited ; and in the Z ° " > lch wa 1 8 1 , t d ° y » j « ry , a verdict wasgmnfot tno dofendent . All the defendants in the present indictment were examined in support of the claim upon the prosecutor , and it was upon the evidence given by them that the charge now under inquiry was founded . —the iury m a verdict of Guilty against Thomas Stowell and Garnett , and Acquitted John Stowell . —Sentence -was deferred

      Bjgamy . —Ambrose Garratt , 34 , hawker , was indicted foi feloniousl y marrying Jane Boherts , his wife bein « alive —Ihe prisoner pleaded Guilty , and in miti gation of sentence said that the conduct of his first wife had driven him to the act . She had loft him in 1848 , and , although he had made every inquiry , could not gain any tiding of her . Ha had travelled twice on foot from London to York , and also to Doncaster , to make inquiries of her friends as to her whereabouts , but they would not give him any information respecting her .-Mr . Giffard said that the nrisoner ' a

      conauot to his first wife had been so bad that she could not live with him . —The second wife , a respectable-looking young woman , who seemed very ill , Btepped into tho witness-box , and in answer to the court said , that when the prisoner married her he represented himself as a single man , and that he was in a situation in the telegraph department of the Euston Hotel . She had £ 30 by " her , and ho borrowed a lortion of it at the time of their marriage , telling her that he had a sum of money due to him which he could not get , as the gentleman who owed it to him was out of town . He after that borrowed the rest of her

      money , and shortly afcerwards , she having to go from town to see a sick relative , on her return home found that he had broken open her boxes and made away with all her thiuga , and told the pawnbroker where they had been pledged they belonged to his dear wife that was dead . Mr . Guvney told the prisoner that his case was a very bad one , and ordered him to be kept to hard labour for twelve months Robbery in the MEDiTBRRANKiK .-Janves GMevt , 33 , sailor , was indicted for receiving a banknote for £ 5 , the property of George Rice—The prosecutor , now an eatiiuhouse-Ueeper m Hi gh-street , Woolwich , was , in the year 1848 , midshipman s steward onboard the steam-shiptto Firebrand , which at that time was cruising off the coast of Greece . The prisoner was gun-roosn conk on board the

      s r vessel . At that time the prosecutor had in a drawer 01 his desk some notes and coin , amounting in value in the whole to £ 30 , and there was also the half of a S . 5 note , the prosecutor having sent the other half to his father in rortsmouth . About that time the prosecutor ' s desk « broken open , and the contents abstracted , and also the half of the £ 5 note . The prisoner was spoken to about the robbery , and he said it was a rascally act to be "uiltj of . M suspicion wa 8 entertained of the prisoner , am i about three months after , in the March of 1850 , he was sent home an invalid . The prosecutor did not come home until July '" tho same yeav , and then he prosecuted one of * o ere * named Robinson , who was tried in this court and senict'cw to six months' imprisonment . —The inquiry that was subsequently mad e proved that the prisoner , as soon » " °

      could come on shore , had procured two persona to enter into an indemnity bond for the £ 5 note , prisoner sta ling that he had lost the other half , it having blown through the cabin window at the time he cut it . Prosecutor b « P look out for tho prisoner , but saw nothing of him •'" few months ago , when he met him by chance at t he JMJ » Tavern , Woolwich , when ho gave him in charge 0 ? tM police . —The jury found tho prisoner Guilty , and he « asentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Maids 10 " gaol . , Base Coin . —Joseph Fowler , Si , shoemaker , Samifl James White , 28 , tailor , and Mary White , 38 , his wife , were indicted for having in their possession a quantity ° counterfeit coin—James Ilawardone of the warrant r r F

      . , ^ ^ ^^ JJ b W * 4 W ¦ V ^^ W . III W ***** ¦»* " * ^— - ^» - w— -v ^ __ H _ V ~_ _ officers of the Worship-street police court , stated tint having occasion to apprehend the prisoner Fowler on » charge unconnected with the present one , he went , about eight o ' clock , on the morning of the 10 th of M iircll | i ° No . 25 , Martin-street , Blackfriars , and knocked at '" door , which wag opened by Fowler , whom he at on took into custody . Witness and two other constables ff were with him then took the prisoner into the up * ' ' room , where White and his wife and child were in uo J The woman got up , and , saying that she was ill , < J ^ permission to go downstairs , which was refused , ai " . .

      then let a small basin fall from under her clothes , f llHj " ' upon being picked up , was found to contain two o ° w j ' feifc crown pieces , twenty half-crown , sixty-three s bil » = , ' and twentynine- sixpences , all in a finished state '^ ^ 1 for circulation ; and in another part of the room werC b \ one shillings in an unfinished state , also a h alf-crown « " * some other bad coin . —From the evidence of Bva « > * - and another officer , who accompanied flayward , . appeared that the place was a regular manufactory 01 coin , for upon searching the place a box con taining » I vanic battery , a part of a sixpence that had been used precipitating , 1 silver coating on the bad coin , some plus of Paris moulds , a ladle with somo metal in it , so ' ? L , ,

      and other tools used by coiners , were found , Tho no v had been taken b y the woman about six weeks be fore t" ^ apprehension , and had since then been the rendezvou s ^ passers of bad coin . —Fowler , in his defence , said tna" j did not know anything about tho b * d money , ana merely gone to that house for iho purpose of concealing - Tho jury found them all Guilty . Hay ward was arrestcL , < l having esoaped from Colchester jail , where he was 00 » " { on a charge of passing bad coin . —The Common Qi"V sentenced them each to eighteen months' imprisoiim c ' , The two Italians , Griraaldiand Guardia , who wero ^ nvicted of having in their possession a dio for making , terfeit half sovereigns , were brought up and senienw twoyoara' imprisonment .

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      Papal Dealings with ihe Couhi .-So tho pre « en , of Mr . Sheriff Swift ' s Chaplain , " Monsi gnore & £ lor i the Queen ' s levee , has been cancelled , and 1 o 0 Cham berlain has sent back the reverend foreign j w j 0 ll 0 his patron ' s hands . Mr . Swift has found that w > ofi the Pope ' s business at Court to the effect of bbm " and quick returns . —Punch . , „ . . ; n , ' The CoiNAQE .-The » Gazette " has a pro ^ Ctli of " claring the legal currency of the " one florin , one pound . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1673/page/6/