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      CHARTISM v . PARLIAMENTARY ASD FISASCIAL REFORM . A public meeting , convenedbythe « IfggJSSuJ the National Parliameutarj and Financial £ efOT |? - * s ? Mia tion /' was held on Wednesday evening , May ™> * hm spaciona new Hall , aid to be capable d **« liX sandpenons , Canterbury Arms , C fftJS for & purpose of taking into f-nj ^ g ^ g , £ " £ , SBBiBJ ^ fpsB £ mcetingadtot who ^ e yon rtruefriends

      . At halSsteig Tt o ' clock Jons M-Leob , Esq ., took the chair , who said he had been an advocate of Reform for nearly twenty- yeare . Mr . Webbee moved the first resolution , as follows : — "That this meeting , being fnlly impressed with the necessity under the present aspect of political partie 3 in the House of Commons , for firmness and unanimity to prevai among all classes of Kefonners , calls upon the liberal eleel tors of Lambeth to resist , by every constitutional meansany attempt to reimposeabreadtax , and , at the same time , urges the return to Parliament at the next electioa of noi e bnt tried and experienced men . "

      Dr . EvAss , m seconding the motion , declared himself a converted Tory and a political compromiser , anxious to obtain something ; asserted that the soil of England waa not capable of maintaining her people , which assertion was met by an emphatic negative by the audience . After a few words from Jlr . Dixon , the resolution was carried . ¦ " -. ¦ ' * = » ¦ iHilSfl J- P . li'McBRotGH , Esq ., moved the Eecond resolution , embracing the well-known five propositions of the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , and declared that all who -would be left unenfranchised , after the legali-Eation of their re 3 idental clause , would be " like the gypsiea —the sleepers on door sills in winter , and on the Carpathian mountains in summer "—and urged the usual topics put forth by the advocates of the Bame cause in general , in favour of the motion . Mr . Faiecuild seconded the resolution . Mr . SALMossaid he was a Chartist , but did not think he "W 33 compromising his principles by supporting the resolution .

      Mr . Hobpes said , he believed no good would ever be done for the cause of industry until labour was represented in Parliament ; and he could not see how this was to be accomplished , unless members were to be paid for their services . After a few word 3 in opposition to the resolution from Mr . Auierv , Mr . GRiSi moved an amendment to the effect— " That no measures short of those principles contained in the People's Charter , viz ., Universal suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , will ever permanently and politically benefit the whole people , " and said it was no factitious motive that induced him to stand on that platform ; bathe did believe that , were the Political and Fnancial Reformers to unite cordially with the Chartists , and add the enthusiasm of the latter to their other appliances , they could carry the Charter in a much less

      time than it would take them to carry the lesser measure . He trusted the meeting would show its good sense in adopting the amendment he had proposed . Mr . Fhoes and the ReT . Mr . TowsSESB rose together io second the amendment . The Chairman gave the preference to the rov . gentleman , who said—Eleven years ago he read and admired tho principles of the People ' s Charter , and sines then bis veneration for it had bereaved , and he wished to make all that were not Chartists become so , and ho would make the numerous public meetings held So many teaching schools , and did not despair of seeing the principles of tha Charter become the law of the land . " The rev . gentleman then condemned the manner in which tha Charter was advocated , strongly censured what he designated obstructives , and was reminded , amidst shouts of laughter , that at that moment he was an obstructive . His allusion to the sacrifices he had made for the cause "was met by a peonliar whistle , and the rev . gentleman resamed his seat after secondine the amendment .

      Mr . J . Fisles then rose to support the amendment . They had heard it seconded—such seconding forcibly recalled to his mind the opposite aphorism of "Oh K « e me from my friends . " ( Cheere . ) It would appear they bad arrived at a new phase in the agitation for their rights ere now . Men hid spoken Chartism , and TOted against it : now men professedly seconded the object , and stabbed -while they supported . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho Bteod there to oppose expadiency—to advocate justice—to support the People ' s Charter , which would confer , legitimately , the rights of all . ( Loud cheers . ) What was required to benefit the masses was , that Labour should be represented on the floor of the House of Commons ; and

      one gentleman , belonging to the Parliamentary Reform Association , had well observed this could never take place nntil members of Parliament were paid for their services . ( Applause . ) The representatives returned under any lesser measure than the Charter , would always be men who had made colossal fortunes out of the sweat and blood of the SOns and daughters of Indnstry , and who never conld , or would , represent the interest of Labour . ( Much applause . ) A gentleman had observed , that the advocacy of the Charter h ^ d brought too many of its disciples to prisons , psnal settlements , and death . Tes ; they had loved principle even better than liberty or life itself . ( Loud cheers . ) But who were the jurors whose verdicts had sacrificed

      those heroic men ? Why , those very middle class men who now hypocritically asked the despised Chartists to join them . ( Loud cheers . ) True , very true , men had been thrown into the darkest duns-eons , had been placed at the lelon bar , sent to penal settlements , and some , like the martyrs of old , had sanctified the glorious principles of humanity with their blood . The seeds of Democracy had , indeed , been sown in this rich soil , and had fructified ; and Chartists , like the Poomux , bad arisen from the asUes of the martyra' funeral pile , and would carry on the strangle tmtU victory crowned their efforts ; the principle was immortal , and could never die . ( Immense cheering a » ain and again repeated . ) " ° The Chairman then distinctly put the amendment and motion , when not one single hand was raised for the motion , and the Chairman declared the amendment carried , amidst the most vociferous cheering . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman , and the meetins ? was dissolved .

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ( Before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assittant Judge . ) SINGULAR AKD . INTERESTING CASE . Thomas Henry Stone , 40 , was indicted for having , by means of false and fraudulent pretences , obtained from Kicbard Foster , a post-office order for the payment of 4319 s . Ca ., with intent to defraud him thereof .-Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Poland appeared for the prosecution , which was instituted by the Mendicity Society . The prisoner , after he was placed at the bar , retained Mr . W . Cooper , to defend him . —The learned counsel , in opening tie case , said the offence with which the prisoner was charged , was one of a most mi-chievous character , being that of a person who , by artful and plausible representations , and ficticiovs tales of distress , imposed upon and plundered the charitable and the affluent , and by the produce of this system of fraud , carried on a career of dissipation and immorality . —From the evidence of the witnesses examined , U appeared that the

      prisoner , who was a cripple , having but one leg , and . whose countenance presented remarkable expressions of hypocrisy and deceit , was a begeing-letter impostor with great success , as may readily be inferred from the fact , tba : he , with the aid of a young woman , named Merton , alias Stanley , whom he used as an instrument in theBe frauds , obtained not long ago a sum amounting in the aggregate to £ 450 from his Grace the Duke of Wellington , the young woman Stanley having represented herself in numerous applications to the Duke as the daughter , penniless and destitute , of officers slain in battles fought under his command . Iu the months of March the prisoner addressed a letter to Mr . Samuel Whitbread , one of the partners in the extensive brewery firm , applying for pecuniary aid , in the usual manner , and that gentleman sent it to the Mendicity Society for investigation . In the

      course of the inquiries made by the officers of that society , the fraud upon the present prosecutor was brought to light , and Mr . Whitbread of course having been put upon his guard , Horaford , one of the officers watched a post-office in Cramer-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , and on the 15 th of April the prisoner was apprehended as he was leaving it , the Post-offica order he was now charged with having obtained being found on him . Tho prosecutor was an architect in Ormand-street , Queen-square , and in consequence of an advertisement is the " Times , " on the 26 th of March , addressed " To the Charitable and Affluent , " and which , in effect , was an appeal for pecuniary aid by " a young and moat unfortunate lady , an almost helpless being—friendless , and reduced to the last extremity . * ' Mr . Foster put the

      half of a £ 5 note in an envelope and forwarded it a 3 the advertisement requested , to the Post-office , in Great Randolph-street , Camden New Town , and on the receipt of that being acknowledged he sent the other half . The . letter he received deseribed the writer who used the initials T . C M ., in the advertisement , but the name Frances Merton , in the letter , as the daughter of a merchant , who died suddenly , two years ago , in a railway carriage—stated that she bad beeu seduced and brought to ruin , and that she was at that time struggling with the deepest misfortunes and adversity ; but Mr . Foster destroyed that letter , though he could undertake to Bay that it was in the same hand-writing as one he subsequently received , and which was produced . It was as follows : —

      Friday , April 2 nd , 1852 . So , —I again offer you my gratitude for your charitable feinanes 3 , I am quite unable to speak the prompting ! of my heart for your great goodness to me , an entire stranger , but you may believe , sir , lam very sincerely thankful . You « i : l , lam sure , be happy to hear I have paid the few trifling demands upon me , and also obtained sufficient of my wearing apparel to make a decent appearance , but it has swallowed up the whole of your generous bounty , or I should this day have removed to the Hampstead-road , where a farmore comfortable lodging hai been offered tome , and where , sir , if you would condescend to call , I would cheerfully and with pleasure relate the circumstances of my past history , and I hope jou _ might then consider me worthy your further notice j but it is my earnest desire to support myself and dearest child by by own industry . As I mentioned before , I have youth and health , and have received a good education , but , alas ! I fear I shall have

      great difficulty in obtaining employment such as I desire , for I have fallen—1 am a mother , and my poor dear boy the child of my sin ; but T was deceived , Mr . Foster , cruelly deceived by a base and heartless villain ; a licence was even purchased for our marriage . I believed all—my heart knew no guile . The deceptions of the world I had scarcely ever heard of , bnt too soon I found myself destroyed and lost , and myself rendered infamous aud degraded—hut I did not continue to live in sin . Oh . no . I despised and loathed the villain who had so deceived me : Beither hav « I received , nor would I , one shillinjjfrom him . I think I stated in my first letter I was the daughter of a deceased merchant , —euch in the truth ; and had I some friends to interest themselves for me , I do think it would be found I am entitled to some little property . However , it would be first necessary to explain personally every ciicumstance , and to you , sir , I would unreservedly explain all ; and , oh , I do earnestly hope you would , after hearimrmv * ad tale , think there was

      some little palliation of my graft . In answer to the advertisement I had inserted , I received many offers of assistance , out they contained overtores of 3 uch a nature that I could not allow myself to reply to one of them . You , 6 ir , have been my best friend , and may Gou bles 9 you for your sympathy and kindness . I sin very desirous to remove , but cannot do so without a little money in my pocket . Tour charily has enabled me to provide all I required , and pay that which I owed , which is a great relief to my mind . I hepe and trust you will not think me covetous , or encroaching upon your goodness , in asking you to assist me with a small sum further , for the purpose named . Should yon , however , deeline doing so , believe me should be equally grateful ; andit U most painful and repugnant to my feelings to ask , but I know not to whom else to apply . Entreating your early reply , however it may result , and with every good wish and the sincerest and warmest acknowledgments of ray heart , believe me , sir , always your most thankful and humble ser . Ta ? t > .. _ _ Fbasces .

      Please direct T . C . M ., Post-office , Cromer-street , Gray ' s-innroad . It was proved that the manuscript of the advertisement was in the prisoner ' s hand-writing , and a witness stated that to tha best of his belief the above letter was also written by him in a disguised female hand . That witness was Mr . Enutb , a tailor , in King-street , Borough , who identified a number of documents produced , as in prisoner ' s hand-writing , but it was with very great difficulty that a direct answer could be obtained from him . In answer to the letter given above , Mr . Foster sent a note enclosing a sovereign to the post-office , and afterwards sent a Postoffice order for £ i , less the cost of the order , and it was as he wa 3 leaving the office with the letter containing that or-ter , that the prisoner was apprehended by Ilorsford . The prosecutor sent this letter in consequence of a further

      appeal being made by " Miss Merton , " who , as a reason for soliciting further aid , represented that she bad obtained a situation to educate some young ladies , and had to meet some preliminary expenses in putting her own child out to nurse . The prisoner received all the letters from the post-office , the envelope of one in which one of the halves of the £ 5 note was sent , was found upon him , and Mr . Bodkin caused considerable mirth in court by stating that the charge against him was that he was the Frances Merton who had been so cruelly seduced , and was the mother of the child of sin , and whose heart knew no guile , or the ways of the world , « fcc . The representations were all untrue . When in the House of Detention he wrote a letter in his very best style , full of cant and hypoorisy , to Mr . Foster , and mentioned the names of individuals , who knew , he said , a person named Frances Merton . Inquiries were made , but no such person could

      be found . One of the witnesses stated that one of the persons named had beard of a young woman named , Merton , thirteen years ago , upon whioh the prisoner ' s countenance , which throughout the case had been dismal in the extreme , suddenly brightened up , but it lasted for a moment only , for the Christian name of that person was proved to have been Harriet , and not FraHces . A number of letters in which the same story was told , the name given , being varied—sometimes Panny Hamilton , or Mary Whitmore , at others Mary Manvers or Fanny Lyons—were produced and proved to be written by the prisoner . They had been sent to various parties dnring the last two years , and had found their way to the Mendicity Sooiety . —Mr . Cooper addressed the jury , urging that the evidence was not conplete , and the assistant Judge having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty on the first count in themdictment , and he was sentenced to aeven yeara' transportation .

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      LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND . On Monday the twentieth anniversary of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , took place at thi '25 L " ^ ^ " Ter ? fully attended . Lord SfeS&f * - resideDtof the AssociatiOD ™ f" ? 5 * KBECK ' SH ** Honorary Secretary , read the Kg ? SSf-l ^ ° yeM > ° * the «* "Hie report commenced by expressing satisfaction at thevitalitv humamtj , and the pohcy of England , have , through the exer tions Of IS ? SCC 2 - « " , bee . j ^ owed to sin k entirely into oblivion andthesufcnngs Other children , driven to seek a r ^ TZ ^

      ns nytne tyranny ot Her oppressors , have never been pmnittedtS remain wholly unmitigated by sympafty or succour . The sword of the late Genera Bern lying on the table , was noticed as one of tiiepreciousrehcsof Polish heroes . The report then referred to the extraordinary gemus displayed by the sons of Poland , notwithstanding the obstacles in their way , and it was peculiarlv remarked , thatof the sec refugees who exhibited , five received arize medals . In reference to the oppressors of Poland , the report said that Prussia hadmadefurther attempts to denationalise the Grand Duchy 6 f Posen . The report stated that the income of the association dunng the past year was £ U 0 tGs . 6 d ., of which above £ 800 was contributed by the Poles . The expenditure was for relief in distress , ^ 271 ISs . - , in sickness , £ 210 73 ° -to live the countrv £ 511 UCd . ; for education , £ 20 ; for funeral ? £ 12 ™ & > , &

      urn- wererenwrea oy avm . Ijicr - anincrease of sixtv refugees over * e nnmfer of lait year , ana during tne year there were nearly 1 , 000 refuses m England . The repon concluded w " h anener ^ etcappeal to Europe in general , and Lgland nnardcu-The rerort was adopted , and the meetino wne « . ura *~» A by several speakers , including thoEar t of"fiStS * M ° Monckton Mines , M . I ' ., Lord Grosvenor JIP fml T ^ i Duiley Stuart , M . P ., who was r ^ lX Ki ' i ^^ ^ Association for the ensuin * vear esident of tbe

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      at this season of the year , and which grows to a large esculent plant , on which sheep and other stock are fed in the winter . The paring and burning progressed favourably for several daj-3 , until Friday last , when it was perceived by the men that the fire had ignited the upper and under stratas of the earth , spreading in the most alarming manner in all directions , and so rapid was its progress , that the united efforts of a great number of men , who had flocked from all quarters to assist in staying the destruction , was of but little avail , chiefly through the great scarcity of water , the drains and ditches being quite dry . The fire spread for more than a mile , although many hands were set to work to dig entrenclinsents to arrest its progress , and it was not till Saturday afternoon that a mastery was effected .

      GREAT FIRES . ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE ~ FIRE IN THE FENS OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE . Since the great fire a few days since in Holme Fen , another of a similar nature , and nearly as disastrous , has taken place through the same careless way of setting fire to'the sedge , reed , and other coarse grass , which grows so long and rank in the fenny districts . This was on the farm of Mr . Gifford , of Wood Walton Fen , not more than three miles from ' where the destruction was caused in Connoughton and Holm Fens a few days previous . From what we could gather on the spot , it appears that Mr . Gifford was cleaning and preparing some land to fit it for receiving cole seed , sown

      The following facts were gathered : —On the land belong , ing to Earl Fitzwilliam , 237 acres has been burnt , destroying everything that had been growing thereon ; yet , fortunately , the farm buildings , stacks of corn , anil stock were saved . — Mi . Thomas Baker ' s farm had 164 acres of fine productive land burnt to ashes , in some places to three or four feet in depth ; stock saved . — -Mr . Bailey ' s farm of March—there the destruction was not confined to the land—a large water mill , three haystacks , and immense piles of turf for fuel

      were burnt to the ground ; partly insured , but not to balf the injury done—The farm in the occupation of Mr . Thos . Gifford Wood , Walton Feu , has for this season at least been rendered valueless ; all his growing crops destroyed . —Mr . Goodiiffe suffered greatly , most of his young wl ; eats burnt ; besides many smaller occupiers of land , who are by this dire calamity reduced to beggary . The injury at present it is impossible to calculate with certainty , the lowest computation puts it at more than £ 5 , 000 ,

      THREE VILLAGES NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE . A fearfully destructive fire occurred on Saturday at the village of Stoke Lyne , near Bicester , which , in a short space of time , consumed nearly thirty houses—the dwellings of no fewer than one-hundred and twenty . seven families . It broke out about noen , on some premises in the occupation of a party named Robert Hickman . Owing to the difficulty in obtaining water at the moment , little or no attempts could be made to check the career of the flames , the consequence was that the conflagration obtained considerable ascendancy . Besides Hickman ' s house , some half-a-dozen adjoining became involved in the general blaze , and the scene of excitement and consternation that ' ensued amongst the inhabitants of the

      village was of a most agonising description . Men on horseback were instantly despatched in every direction for the aid of fire-engines , but ere there was time for any to gain the Bpot , the destructive element had effected frightful havoc . Extending across the road , several houses on the opposite side caught , and the wind which was blowing rather strong , scattered the flames over the surrounding neighbeurhood . Homesteads , granaries , barns , workshops , and other buildings took fire , one after another , and the whole of them fell a sacrifice . By the time the engines came up , between twenty-five and thirty dwellings , besides the farming property just enumerated , had been levelled to the ground . Fortunately , it was then prevented extending further . A subscription is being raised to

      relieve the wants of the families burned out , and who are in the greatest distress—none of them were insured . Another dreadful fire , nearly as destructive as the above , took place the previous day , at Freshwater , in Hampshire . It ocenrred in a bakehouse , adjoining the premises of Mr . Wells , baker , near the church , and from thence communicated to the Red Lion Inn , and numerous tradespeople ' s shops . The whole of that property , together with a large muraber of buildings , workshops , &c , forming a large part of the village , were consumed . The total loss is said to amount to £ 6 , 000 , The other village was East Dean , near Chichesterj the disastrous event happened on Saturday , and was not got under till nearly twenty buildings , consisting of houses , &c , were totally destroyed . No lives were lost .

      An Oh Warehouse on FiRE .-On Sunday morning , abont seven o ' clock , a fire broke out in ( be premises belonging to Mr . Davis , a wholesale oil and Italian warehouseman , carrying on business at No . 35 , Houndsditcb . Mr . Davis and household were asleep at the time , bui fortunately escaped from the devouring element . The engines of the London Brigade promptly attended , and a plentiful supply of water having been procured the firemen set to work , and happily succeeded in confining the flames to the store house on the bisement floor . A considerable deal of damage , however , was done . The sufferers were insured in the Sun Fire Office .

      Fire at the Rose and Crown , Knigutsbridge . ~ Shortly before three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Keuneday , licensed victualler , and proprietor of the Rose and Crown Tavern , Knightabridge , which was also nearly attended with a loss of life . Shortly after the inmates had retired to rest , they were awoke by an alarm being given that the premises were on fire . Upon getting out of their beds , they found the" fire extending from the ground floor so high as to seize upon the roof , at the same time every room in the tavern was filled

      with smoke , of such a suffocating character , that it is quite aBtonishing the inmates were able to leave the premises alive . The Royal Society ' s escapes and several engines of the London brigade and parish were quickly on the spot , and the machines having been set to work , the fire was eventually extinguished , bat not until a serious destruction of property had taken place . The only portions of the premises that escaped were the bar and cellars . Unfortunately , the sufferers were not insured for a single penny . The origin of the fire is unknown .

      Destructive Conflagration at Kentish Town . — A fire , resulting in the total destruction of a newly-erected eight roomed bouse , and some damage to two others , oc curred on Saturday afternoon , in the premises belonging to Mr . Feme , a builder , situate at No . 15 , Torriano grove , Kentish-town , making the second fire that has taken place in the same neighbourhood within the past four days . The moment the discovery was made infdrmation was despatched in sundry directions to the engine stations , and in a very brief period the parish , London Brigade , and West of England engines attended , but during the interval the flames

      had made fearful progress , for the building became fired from the bottom to the top , and owing to the great distance the flamei were ascending beyond the houses adioinine Slff" were entertained that every building near Kould have been level ea mth the ground . The firemen having set heir engines to work , some tons weight of water was thrown upon and into the blazing mass , but the fire could not be got under until the building in which it becan was burned down , and the two adjoining on Ser side SaS The losswill fall on the Defender jJK offiT B ' Fire at the Ship , RAmiFF . -At a quarter before Ship Tavern Ratchffe-cross , but owing to timely assistance the damage done was not very considerable . a 9818 tance '

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      ACCIDENTS AT SEA . MERCHANTMAN ASHORE OFF DUNGENESS . — MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE . DEAL . —Tbe Coast Guard authorities , stationed here , have been informed of a deplorable occurrence having happened off Dungeiiess , which terminated in the loss of several daring boatmen connected with the Revenue service . It appears that the ship Alice Maude , which has made a remarkably quick passage from Algoa Boy , was coming up Hie Channel with a strong south westerly breeze , the weather being rather foggy , when she unfortunately went ashore , and all efforts at the time failed in getting her off . A boat from the Coast Guard stationed at Ridge , manned by seven of the most expert hands , put off to the ship ' s assistance . IThey were joined by the chief mate of the

      Alice Maude , and one of the sailors . It was then proposed to send on a kedge anchor , in tha hope of hauling the vessel off , and as the boat was bearing it out , the ship took a sudden cant on one side , and tbe strain on the cable attached to the kedge caused the boat to capsize , throwing the whole of its unfortunate occupants into the sea . The slate of the surf almost prevented any efforts being made in time to preserve the whole of the unfortunate fellows , and we regret to announce that six of them perished , four Coast-guard men and the chief officer and seamen belonging to the vessel . The names of the revenue boatmen who were drowned were—Philip Light , Thomas Fletcher , Thomas Noble , and Samuel Eddy . ' Those who were saved are Peter Smith , Thomas Rivers , and Charles Seaward .

      Frightful Collision and Loss of Life , —A large American vessel , called the Jane , from Boston , laden with flour , and bound to London , while beating up the Channel was run into by a large ship , name at present not ascertained . Sbe directly began to fill , and in less than twenty minutes went down in deep water , with , unhappily to relate , Beven of her hands . The master , Mr . Stiers , and the remainder of the crew , succeeded in getting away in the boat . They were picked up by the Ontario , from Glasgow , which afterwards transferred them to the John and Wolf , and landed them in tbe Mersey . The loss of the Jane is estimated as very considerable .

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      CRIMES AND OFFENCES . HORRIBLE MURDER IN DRURY-LANE BY BURNING . Monday evening Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Three Horse Shoes , Milford-lane , Strand , on tbe body of a newly born female child , who was murdered under the following appalling circumstances : — John Mahoney . an Irish labourer , stated that while going a ' ong the passage of 5 , Bennett ' s-place , Drury-lane , last Saturday night , his foot struck against a bundle , which upon examining proved to be tbe body of deceased . He instantlj gave the alarm , and the body was conveyed to the surgery of Mr . Richards , Newcastle-street . The body was wrapped in an old black stuff petticoat .

      Mr . Richards , surgeon , made a post mortem examination of the body . Deceased was a fine healthy child , that had lived twenty-four hours , and had been , in hia opinion , five days dead . Tbe body appeared to have been doubled up with violence . The nose was broken in , and the head , legs , and arms had been burned . He was inclined to think that the child had been held over a fire and slowly burned to death . Police-conBtable Thomas Price , 73 S , stated that although every effort was made to trace the inhuman parents , no due could be obtained to the perpetrators of the horrid murder .

      The Coroner declared that it was one of the most inhuman murders that had ever come under his cognisance , and expressed a fervent hope that every publicity would be given it , and that neither expense nor trouble would be spared in endeavouring to find out ( he inhuman murderers . In his opinion more than one was conceded in it . He suggested that the petticoat should be exposed in some public place , ag such exposure would be calculated to lead to the detection of the guilty party . Verdict , " Wilful murder against soms person or persons unknown . "

      Case of Murder . —Sentence of Death . —At the Perth Assizes , Charles Fancoat , from Dunfermline , was charged with the murder of Michael Harrigan , in Dunfermline , in February last , by stabbing him in the breast . The prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty , " and the case went to trial . Evidence wa 3 then read , which showed that the parties had been drinking and quarrelliag in a public-house in Dunfermline , and that the deceased having struck Fancoat , the latter soon afterwards met him in the street and stabbed him with a knife , which he had got form a butcher ' s stall . After nearly half an hour ' s absence the jury returned a verdict , finding the panel guilty of murder , but strongly recommending him to mercy , owing to the extreme provocation he received . Lord Cockburn passed sentence of death upon the prisoner , that he be executed on the 25 th of may , in Dunferaline ; and stated that the recommendation of the jury would be transmitted to the proper quarter .

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      FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN . The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate colliers killed on the 24 th nit ., at the Nerley-ball Colliery near Wigan , was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Driffield , of Preacot , coroner for the West Derby hundred of Lancashire . The number of persons who have died in consequence of injuries from the explosion to this time was twelve . Peter Greenall said he was a collier , and worked in tbe lowest drift but one of the mine on the 24 th ult ., which was the part of the workings that the explosion occurred in

      Had worked there a month , and sometimes worked with a Davy lamp and sometimes with a candle . James Atherton worked in the lowest drift of the old workings , below witness ; John Atherton next nbove witness ; and James Hitchf n next above him . Winten worked in tbe mine till three o clock m tbe afternoon , when he left his drawers to get out the coal , and ascended the shaft . He met his drawers on his way out , and noticed that they bad their Davy lamps closed . Left John Atherton and James Hitcben at work . He _ did not pass James Atherton when he left , but saw him attll at work a little time previously . Witnssa worked that day both with a lamp and a naked candle . When housed the lamp it was with the top off . Cuetton , theunderlooker , and the firemen , had seen him work in that and

      way , never forbade htm , though he had seen Cuerton lock the lamps of the men who worked on the opposite side of the pony road . Had never had reason to believe there was any rule against using the candle or the open lamp . Between the place where witness worked and that where John Atherton worked there was a " cut through" to let air from tbe main drift » to their drift . The " cut through" having no stopping would prevent the air going round to where James Atherton worked , to some extent ; but when he was last in James Atherton ' s place there seemed to be a good air . Where witness worked there was good air , but the draught did no " blow out Ins candle or particularly disturb the flame Ha S 2 rs ^ . a ^ " ^" ' » i -

      Sft ^ ^^ ' ^ ttriJSt James Atherton ' s place . It cme Uol tZSlSh attrss s ? Kftr : a fal J ? t £ 7 ? e fiie after U had P " ' Witness hE mmmm fioh ' ^

      a ^^ Pj- . was so g ^ courdhara a ^^^^^^ - lj SKS EISSS ^ i& ^ M&'zr r ' - required two lamps for each cg o fj 1 ^ ' They and one for the use of his drawer . Neve lit » T r " men or underiookers blame hlamaste ? Z « J firewith the flame exposed . Had " eTthe il ?™ 5 fa laWp other side of the pony-road l'JSd Iff USe / on the kept the key . Tb ? y LffeVtSir i , £ P ""^ lookers they put through the netting T . L ™ by a wire wllich injure tbe nettfnir cS £ I * was to ° * ° because it was not £ ed r ™ " ? 816 " 6 ^ his own lam P ' ment of Greenall , and L » boy eonfirmed the 8 tate " eiiherin the drift hfa" ££ * £ ™ . 'f ?? or stopping from it , so that the air ft » . Ji or m the cut through " these openings coFefl , ^ " ^ ^ " ^ «<> ke through drift where j ' ames Aihertou I ? " * " * ^ insteat 3 of the origin of the explosion ! ] M > ! Upposfid to hav <> been the joutne ^ oVSi eX ! the i 2 ft & ^ * m ^'

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      On Monday , at the Bow-street police- ^ ? Belasco a powerfnily . built young man Z ? r 1 ' ^ i wife , who carried an infant in ber arms ,- an ? j ^^ - Mi lins , their tenant , were placed at the bar , chanri l ? c ° lfullycausing the deaih of Robert Clark , of k 0 b i „ J * il . street , Marylebone , by violently assaulting and k ' jA- ^ * - in a house kept by them in Hart-street , Lo «» ! s hi m , first witness called was the constable 95 p | ' .. He stated that on Sunday morning he was on dn ? , | L * <> before two o'clock , in Hart-street , when he Z ? 6 horll » ljingon the pavement , at the corner of BanburvV a ^ positea house of assignation , with his head lean " ;* ' ° P « the wall , upon which he spoke to him , but ™? - * 8 iidit answer , he shook him , his impression being th ' aH * * ° same person he bad seen , in company with twn i 111 * enter the house , 31 , Hart-street , which is a « a K resort . Seeing ao person near , and hearine ip »• . ioil s in a front room , he called out to know if thev u Voice s aooni

      alleged m ^ S 7 tT b r ^ 5 S =

      wing mm , and the answer was , "Weknow , > 0 ¦]""• n ° f re P eatin e rt " q ^ stion some « erson ° - '" S t « d , "Don't answer him . " The sergeant cameT ^ moment , and being desired to turn on his iiEht , at «> e mined the man ' s pulse and found that he was n , i , > upon which they conveyed him to the station ^ IjS thence to the King ' s College Hospital on a s \ reS Sergeant Adams , 15 F , said " that on coining ,, „ V witness and inquiring in tbe usual way if all As ri v ast drew his attention to the man on the pavement . V a short delay , they took him to tbe hospital , " he" ? Sftct quite dead—Alice Tillett said , I live at u ' V i * place , B ! ackfriars-road , ana am an unfortunate rirlt in company with another girl when we met the h * in Trafaljar-square , about one o ' clock on Sunday m ¦ Md much intoxicated , in consequence of which we ° orniD 8 ' allowed to remain in a house in Hop-gardens St m " - " , " lane , where we first went , but proceeded to the hot i ' ' " by tbe prisoners , where we saw them , and havi . !* pt up-stairs to the first floor ,. they demanded the sum P ? The ot

      deceased said he had no raonev . Ho . i .. « i' « ine deceased said ne had no money . He then la * sofa , saying he would not come out , as he meant ' if * T sleep ; upon which Collins laid hold of him by the wi ? " drag him out , while the other female prisoner callV ^ v " Irish , " which seemed to exasperate him to such il that he commenced putting himself in a fiihtinB attu i e strike them . The male prisoner then made his a 2 ? t 0 and , as the deceased was going out with me ontoi , i ?' pushed him violently down stairs , which caused him i tu forward upon hia head to the bottom , there betairJfi . . in tbe passage to break the fall , and he bled tZ $ nose . The prisoner then commenced beating and Zv him on the / ace and under the ear with his fist n r ceased never spoke , nor aid I hear him breathe ¦ ' «!« . * I said " it was too bad to treat him in such a manner" B

      tvViiaY ) tVii » mala nrSennAP in ! J (( ** *« .... . ' ** PuU which the male prisoner said , " yon are ft woman of Z world , and ought to know better . " The other dtmim .. then pulled him into the court along tta ^ S'S placed him against the opposite wall in a sitting posture I and my friend were then invited by the maie ^^ remain and take a glass of gin , which « e did , and on our leaving we heard a policeman call out , ' < there ' s a mra lying dead at your door whom I saw enter your bouse with two females , and you'll have to answer for it . " The male prisoner replied that he had not been in his house , ana he therefore , could not see any such thing , and suheequentlv he desired me and my friend to say , if there was anytliiiw about it , that tbe man had fallen down stairs . We then

      left , and seeing a policeman in New . atreet , told him that we would be forthcoming if our evidence was required . Elizabeth Hayes , the companion referred to by the former witness , said , when we met tbe man , we took him to Hop . gardens , where there was no objection to receive us , except that there was no room for us , but no observation was made about his being too much ' intoxicated . We then went to the house in question , where he was unable to nay 2 s . ; and as he sat on the sofa , the female Collins desired him to leave tbe room . Tbe man then got up to have a hit at one of them , and when on the landing , some person pushed him with such force as to cawe him to fall upon his h hb

      ead to te ottom , and then the male prisoner took hia up by the shoulders , and commenced striking him on the head and neck , and kicking him on the back . He was then dragged out by the female prisoner and another woman , who set hia head up against the opposite wall , at which time his nose was bleeding . Witness at some length fully confirmed tbe account given by the last witness . — Inspector Dodd , F , said that when the man was brought to the station he had him taken to the hospital , when he was pronounced to be dead . Having gone to the prisoners ' bouse and questioned them if any disturbance took place in the court , they denied that there had , and pretended they knew nothing about the deceased . The prisoners were remanded .

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      SHOCKING MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . Oxford , May 4 . —Scarcely has the excitement attendant on the murder of old Mr . Kalabergo , and the execution Oi his nephew , subsided in this city , ere it is again aroused , bj the information , which soon spread throughout Oxford thai a woman had died on Monday morning from a wound given by her husband on the night of Saturday . The unfortunate victim is a person named Charlotte Noon , a clean , into trious , and quiet woman , the mother of five young children , varying from fourteen years old to seven months , the youngest not having left the breast . The murderer , her husband , is a man of industrious , and before this sad occurrence ol sober habits , by trade a maaen , who has worked in that capacity for his brother , Mr . Thomas Noon , abuildeio ! this city , for many years . The sad crime , there is no doubt

      was commuted in a passion , and while the perpetrator m under the influence of drink ; but at the very moment of ill committal there was something so deliberate , that fully justified the jury in returniug a verdict of wilful murder . what adds much painful interest to this deplorable event is , that the only person who could give any account oi it is the daughter of the prisoner and the poor murdered woman , between twelve and thirteen yeara of age , who was the only person present when the mortal wound was given . ACoroner ' 8 inquest was held by W . Brunner , Esq ., at three o clock in the afternoon of yesterday , when the daughter gave her evidence in a very plain and intelligent

      manner , the substance of which was : —That on Saturday nigat , about twelve o ' clock , her mother went to look te her father , and that in a few minutes they returned tojetaer , the latter being rather tipsy . They had not been home long , before Mrs . Noon called him a nasty drunken * to for stopping out so late . He then went into the garden without aaying a word , and came in again and sat by the fire , and began to unlace his boots ; she was at the same time speaking angrily and was very cross to him . He aross from his seat , and pulled out a bag containing hia money ( the earnings of tbe week ) , and was going to pay her t sovereign , which he always did on Saturday evening , tw

      nuungi oeing returned to him on Monday morning . While ne was doing this , her mother said that he would go anywhere else and treat other people , but would not treat her . Her father then seemed in a passion , but said not a word . He went to a shelf and reached down a aword , which Ui belonged to his father , who had formerly been a sergeant in the militia , and waa in a sheath ; her mother got up out of the chair , and tried to go out at the front door , which she ( the daughter ) had locked , and her father took fte sword and

      out of the sheath , throwing down the latter , struck her mother across her back with the flat part of it-She then unlocked the door , and laid hold of her mother s arm , but could not get her out . Her father stood a minute , and then ran the sword into her side , and her mother Ml down on the street steps screaming , and saying , "Ohdear I" No other blows were struck . Her father put » fl sword into the sheath , and into its proper place on the shelf-Her mother waa , with the assistance of her and her fatber , carried up stairs , aud the latter sent for some brandy . H «

      mother said , - Pray lay hold of my band , or else Isf die . " He did so , and said , "Oh , dear ! oh , dear ! w » shall I do ? " Her mother got worse , and died about otf o ' clock on Monday morning . A post mortem examinattoo of the body was made , from which it appeared that «* sword entered between the seventh and eighth ribs , on « e left side , and penetrated , in a sloping direction , just below the heart , through tbe pleura , and slightly into the w , lung ; it then passed through the diaphragm , and enter ** mto the small caviture of the stomach , wounding the coronary artery , and then quite through the stomach , w & ^ f have penetrated ten or eleven inches . Thnre was scarcely

      any blood to be seen outwardly ; but a good deal ot hasmorrage was found internally ; this was the cause . ot death . A neighbour , who was called up by the daug hter , stated that on going into the room , she asked Mrs . Noon « she had the spasms , her reply was , " No , look at the woiiua which my husband has given me with the sword . " D ur ' Sunday the prisoner was in and out of bis wife ' s bedroom , and the latter , in the presence of the last witness , and W before her death , told him that sbe freely forgave him aiif and hoped the Lord would forgive her , adding that sne hoped he would avoid passion . The jury , after three quarter , of an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of " W Murder , " and the prisoner , who had been taken in to custody by the orders of the superintendent of police , Mr . »• Lucas , as soon as he heard of the affair , which was no until Monday morning about seven o'clock , will t&ke fl ; trial for the offence at the next Summer Assizes . The p »'

      soner is well known in Oxford , and very much respecieo and has for ruanv years been a successful breeder of s ™ $ m birds .

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      The " Preston Chronicle" immortalises a CockcrtaJ goose , as old as tho nineteenth century , < jiowsKt" > D her eggs , "

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      Profitable Jegglino —^ nm llegerdemain entertained ' an w m ? aeo > a »«>*««*» ° f principally comp el ou £ r ? \ V ^^ ? ' . , natives" with various mSm Lt Af * er " astonishing tbe water , Ac .-hoasked thelonS ^? i « phM 1 D | r wine into his admirers . Aco lie ? S , ° a , ? P . eimy fl' ° ra any of the coin , which the £ w r- ' ^ M le he f l . tion - handed ou ' transformed into a S ° W . ? « bibited f ™ be said , claimed the collier ? «' Undni ( n , ! that my bawbee ? " esgler . " Left Eee V said tt ? r y" aiiSWercd thc j"Band round in exatninS •> lisr ; nnd tlIrnin& [ t round thanked the juggler for i ? 0 V- , ec 6 tacy of del 5 8 ht » Ins pocket , siidf ' V % iw ^ T ' > > putting ' ' lt nt ° again . " " eUllrn l Fell no tum ' t into a bawbee

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      « THE STAR OF FREEDOM . M , Tfil ' " 1 AY 8 , l » Rn

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      BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS . ( From the Report of the Registrar-General } iflShiT * tte ^ J m boys and 730 « irlB ' a 11 l ' chddren were registered in London . In tfe seven corresponding vreeks of tbe years 1845-51 the average number was fleSiSS-S ? ^ ? ** « % the number of S ?» ffi ? ^ ° nd 011 WM 1 ' ' & * « nearly the game as m the previous week . In the ten empmJn ^

      S » m £ swHhiET " i T 3 S ° of W » M «* a * Monies 993 . S&a 228 " S ^ ttetma > SJJBES 5 . * a ? SSf ^ SfM ? ? m B 0 favourable a state as might be expected at this period of the year . THE MARRIAGES , BITtTHS , KSD DEATHS IS m . . . ENGLAND . The rday

      quarterly return of marriages , births , and deaths ^ S £ r ^ - ^ iene fal results of the S thSSf ^* V " 2 «» S « e « eed the average number SlS ^ hf ° ' d 6 ath 8 «• below th ^ veraS gSftt&SOtf feSSSTpHS wmwm any other autumnamcelsS ' " * « restertail 1 s-S ? J ** 5 ? 5 ?« . WB «»«^* w ^ born alive . m . riMi

      « u «; woaias oi January , February , and March 1 ®» Th « Biti corona exhibit the greatest excess over their ordinary nHSS ^^ PK Wers 161 . 7 : e , the de . fl . 8 lOG . . W . &S 5 ^ 83 % W « twn in thr ee months o ZS * -T * » *? ° ° ral increase . Darin ? the

      « £ Torss ^ 7 F * durin = three monft 3 ™ tality £ [ " £ S ^ SSmSS U " . riSw ' tbe moraverase of the season considerably below tho ^ t j ^ ' f ^^^ t ^ in tbe three thirteenweeJaS g ^ S ^ " * ™ h ; U . 4 S 1 iathe

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1677/page/6/