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      MURDERS NtlAE ABERDEEN . ... , , A shocking double murder was committed at Kittybrewster , about a mile north of Aberdeen , on Monday ni ght . The "victims were a widow , named Ross , and her grandchild , a little boy about five years ' of . ige . The murderer is a man named George Christe , formerly a private soldier in the East India Company , from whom he at one time enjoyed a pension , which was taken from him on his being convicted of stealing silver plate from Murth-house , about three miles west of Aberdeen , on Deeside . Christie had been employed thrashing here in a

      bain adjoining Mrs . Boss ' s house for a few days previously , and he , as well us those working along with him , had been in the habit of getting irotn Mrs . Ross water to cook their meals . On Saturday Mrs . Boss had expressed in his hearing her intention of selling two pigs ; she did did sell them , and a wish to rob her of the proceeds is the only motive that can at present be conceived o account for the brutal deed Between eight and nine o ' clock Christie left Aberdeen , saying to an acquaintance that he had forgotten something at Kittybrewster . Peter M'Robbie , a gardener , whose bere he had been thrashing , came down

      soon after to look into the barn , , anu not finding Christie there he looked into the window of Mrs . Ross ' s house , and saw Christie walking about with a candle in his hand , and Mrs . Ross lying before the fireplace . He knocked at the door , when Christie answered it , havino " however , first blown out the candle . Mr . M'Robbie also heard groaning inside , and this , ' along with the excited appearance of Christie aroused his suspicion . He immediately went to the toll-honse which is close by , and returned with the toll-keeper . They knocked * at the door , and M'Robbie said he wanted to sec what had been done in the barn . Christie expressed his readiness to go with them , and did » o They also asked him •* what that groaning was , " and he replied that had air bll

      ilie little boy n " s ey . " After leaving , the barn he again returned to the house . M'Robbie and the toll-keeper watched and saw him leave the house with a bundle in his arm . Thev forthwith gave information to the police , who succeeded in apprehending the murderer about half-past one on Tuesday morning , in Lower Denburn , Aberdeen . On being charged with the murder , he denied , his guilt , but afterward , in the watch-house , he said , " This should have been done long ago ; " whether referring ' to the murder or his incarceration , it is impossible to say . Blood was found on the leg of his trowsers , his shoes , and the wristbands of his shirt . A gold rin « - and fourteen shillings were found 011 his person . The bodies of the victims were horribly mangled . The murder is believed to have been committed with an axe . Mrs . Ross was above the middle atre ™ d W murderer is ebout fiftv . b '

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      PUHTHBB * AimcUI , AHS . Abbbdeek , Wednesday . The public prosecutor has this day concluded the procognition of the charge of murder perferred against George Christie , and he is now fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes . The instigation , so far as the facts hare become inown , leareslittle room for doubt as to Christie being the guilty man and the

      crcumstances , as so * ascertained , meal a case of the most refined atrocity and savage cruelty . It now appears that Mr . M'Corrie , who had employed Christie to thrash some barley in the barn by the cottage where the diseased lived , had occasion to go and see it ° n Monday evening between ? and 8 o ' clock . The key of the barn was in the cottage , and on calling for it the door was opened by Christie , who handed him the key ; but , as a light wai required , M'Corrie wen * again to flie cottage , when Christie cameoutTrith oue and went with his employer o look at the barley . Mr . M'Corrie , hearing % moaning noise within the honse ,

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      inquired of Christie what was the matter , and he replied , "Oh , nothing , its only the boy that ' s got unwell . " Not satisfied with this Mr . M'Coirie got a neighbouring farmer , Mr . Grant , to call with him at the cottage , when the door was again opened by Christie , and groans were heard . Grant it seems , saw , or thought he saw , the widow lying before she fire on the floor , but as Christie repeated that it was only the boy that was ill , they did not press for admittance . M ' Corrie and Grant now left , and while consulting together as to what shonld be done , Christie came whistling past , and proceeded along the road leading to Aberdeen . M'Corrie and Grant then returned to the house and found the door locked . They knocked !**_ ..: u ^ a ^ m * + \ . -. ;_ a ? .. _!__* •¦ i !_ . ¦» it * "vi _ j . i _ ; . ii .- ah 1 h

      loudly for admission , but got no reply , and yet heard moanings within . They then hastened for Richardson , the constable of the district , and after some hesitation broke opeu . tbe door and went in with a light , and found the widow and the boy both murdered . The body of the woman , which was quite warm , was lying with the head towards the chimney , and her scull battered , as if she h ad been struck from behind when seated before the fire . Close by was t / ie body of the boy on his face , bearing marks also of having been struck on the baek of the head and on the brow , and surrounded by a pool of blood . The axe with which the murderer had perpetrated his terrible deed was found beside the bodies . When the

      murder was thus discovered instant searcli was made for Christie , who was found , as stated yesterday , in his house by the Lower Denburn . Here , it seems , he Was cohabiting with a woman of loose character , and they were drinking whiskey when he was apprehended . Though then partially intoxicated , he was quite sober , according to the evidence of Mr . M'Corrie and Grant , when they saw him at the cottage in the evening , and the police have ascertained that on his way dowu George-street , after the murder was committed , he pawned two shirts for Is . each , which have been identified as belonging to the deceased , The ring the deceased wore" was also found upon his person . He appears quite indifferent as to his position .

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      STABBINGJBY FOREIGN SAILORS AT BRISTOL On Thursday a very ferocious assault with large knives was was committed by some Danish sailors in the neighbourhood of Broad-street , Bristol . The men , who formed part of the crew of an American vessel , lying on the quay , were in the habit , as is not uncommon with foreign sailors , of wearing large knives appended in leather cases to their sides . On the evening in question the Danes came ashore in a partv , for the

      purpose of amusing themselves in the city , and in the course of their peregrinations they picked up with three or four girls , with whom they went drinking . During the time they went to a tavern in the neighbourhood of the centre of the city , at which there was singing going on . After amusing themselves for some time they left , and when in a public passage communicating with the house they commenced a quarrel with the females , and between each other . In the course of the

      disturbance they drew their knives out of their cases , and flourished them in a way which created considerable alarm among the bystanders . One of the persons looking on was a working man named Robert Jones , who had been through the passage to the house of a fellow workmen , and who on his road stopped for a few minutes to ascertain what was the cause of the tumult He had not interfered in any way , and he was standing quietly with his cap in his hand , when one of the sailors , named Hans Kresshnar , made a rush at him with his knife and inflicted a wound on the back part of his head . Upon finding himself wounded and bleeding Jones cried out that he had been stabbed

      and a femnle named Ann Rogers , who resided close by , and who had come from her house to see what was the cause of the disturbance , seized Kresshnar by the arm , in the hope of averting further mischief . The fellow , disregarding her , aimed a second blow at Jones with the knife , which , inconsequence of her pulling , his arm glanced off , and the point entered the woman ' s neck . He then at once broke away from her and escaped into one of the houses , but he was watcHed , followed , and ultimately apprehended by the police . He had contrived to rid himself of the knife , but the case in which he carried it was strapped round his waist .

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      ] NUMEROUS SHIPWRECKS . Accounts have been received from the various outports , detailin g numerous casualties to shipping , unforturotek involving a serious loss of life ; the' gale is described by the seamen who were caught in it as most terrific in its ] violence and disastrous in its effects . Among the many disasters that oeeured , a ship called the Elizabeth , Mr . Baynes , of Jersey , was wrecked on the Main , between St . Margaret ' s Bay and Kingsdown . Crew saved .

      Off Dungeness , New Ronmey , and Eye , four vessels , named the Laurel of Whitby , the Thomas and Anne from Dieppe , the Honoria , for London , and the William from Liverpool . Crews saved , A brig , named theEuphenia , belonging to Blakeney , bound from Seaham fo London , on Tuesday evening struck on the Shipwash Sand . Only part of the crew saved . Near the same spot , a barque was seen by the Coast Guard to capsize and disappear . Not a soul was saved from her . On the Scroby Sand , near Yarmouth , the ship Alte Agent , belong inw to Dant&ic , from Shields . Tne master and one boy lost , the rest were saved .

      Nearly 200 sail took shelter in Bridlington Bay to escape the fury of the gale . The surf in the bay was so great as to prevent all communication with the vessels . By the last post the storm was stated not to have moderated .

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      CORN . —MARK LANE , October 4 . There was a small show of Wheat this mornin" from v the whole sold readily at Is . per qr . advance upon w n , and ** # foreign there was more doing , with a tendency to higher rates ? " « - dear . Barley met with more buyers , and was Is , per nuaw ' . ° « l' i ^ u ' " Monday last . Beans and peas wanted at full prices . 'fh . i gflei ' tli ^ moderate , purchases could not ho made without paying e / to ?* ° ° alt C than last Monday . Carrawayseed scarce . Linseed calccB unaltere / 01 ' % PRICE OP BREAD ? " ~ - — ^

      The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from < vu hold ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . per 41 bs . loaf . ^ t 0 ' ¥ \ of | 1 Ol ) , (

      CATTLE .-SMITHPIELD , Oct . 4 . "* — ^ We were a « ain liberally supplied with foreign stock , but it was inferior . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of h * 8 e " ' Wilt derably less than on Monday last ; nevertheless , they were sea « i Were CO | * least two-thirds of them bein } , ' beneath the middle quulitv h * , y ' ^ ii improvement in the demand fop the bestbiveBs at an advance h ! u ** " d ? t % fully 3 d . per 81 bs . ; whilst the value oi other kinds of Deasts had ^^ H deney . A very few superior Scots realized 4 s , per Dllw but , " PWard teri figure for beef was 3 s . lOd . per 81 bs . The supply of sheen havi 8 e"ei ' il 1 H great falling oft ; the mutton trade ruled firm , at an improvement ¦ Clhil > i ( e ( l * per 81 bs ., and a good clearance was effected . The pnmest old V > ^ J 1 - 4 s . 9 d . per 91 bs . Prime small calves were scarce , aud quite as < l , . mii ^ the veal trade was in a sluggish state . The top figure for veal w * " ' « ' ^ '' ^ We had a moderate inquiry for pigs , and late rales were well supposed ^ Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . ) Beef 2 s . 2 d . to 3 s . lOd . Veal .. " ' Mutton . „ ... 3 2 .. 4 ( 5 Pork ., , 7 * M ( —— , ! Z 1 ! TI ! 1 >> 3 "•' A E \ TOATJi AND LEADEXHALL . -Oirr ~ 4 " " ^

      During the last week about 3 , 500 carcases of meat were received ir parts of the country , chiefly per railway . With meat , hilled in tlm ^ we wero heavily supplied , but its general quality is very inferior . 0 i * T ! - the trade is inactive , at . our quotations . ' n th ' ^ o !? , Per Slbs . by the carcase . Inferior Beef Is lOs . to 2 s 2 tl . Inf . Mutton •<• S ! Middliugdo 'i 4 - ft- G Mid . dttto .... ' . ' . 'Z . ' . 3 0 ¦ Prime large 2 8 - Si 10 Prime ditto .... g e " i fi Prime small 3 0-34 Veal " .., ' , " 3 0 " * ° Large Pork 2 10 - 3 0 Small Pork !!!! " a 0 " ! ° ° 1 3 in

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . —Covext Garden , Oct . 2 ~~~" Vegetables and fruit are plentiful , melons ave abundant , and plums apples sufficient for the demuud . Apricots are all but over . Tomatoes ' " ' ^ to be imported , but English grown ones may now be obtained . Filberts arTi * tiful , and realize better prices , Potatoes are plentiful , but diseased . p «! scarce . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelarcniL !' r oses , mignionettes , biRiionia venusta , and fuchsias . '

      PROVISIONS . " There was nothing of much importance passing in our markets the tew The dealings in Irish butter were on a moderate scale on board and lauded ti * deliveries from the wharves were very large , and the appearances promisint Prices current : —Carlow , 76 s . to 80 s . ; Clonmel and Carrick , 80 s . to 84 s . ; Water ' ford , 70 s . to 80 s ; Cork : 80 s . to 81 s . ; Limerick , 74 s . to 77 s . ; Kilrush aiidTi * 70 s . to 78 s . landed , and at corresponding rates on board . Priesland of best quality ' 88 s . to 90 s . Of Bacon the supplies were limited , but equal to the demand . Price ! a shade lower . Irish , ^ 4 s . to 60 s . ; Hamburg 52 s . to 58 s . por cvtl . landed , as in size and quality . Scarcely anything sold for present or forward shipment . Haras a slow sale , at 60 s . to 70 s . Lard in steady request , at 62 s . to 68 s . bUddered , ami at 54 s . to 60 m . per cwt . for kegs . Potatoes per ton , 00 * . to 130 s ., per cwi , kU to 7 s ., per bushel . Is . ( id . to 2 * . 6 ( 1 .

      SEEDS . Holders of clorerseed manifested increased firmness , and for trefoil full tern * were asked . In other kinds of seeds we have no change of consequence tonoikt . Canary seed was held very firmly , and carraway was again the tarn dearer . Then was rather more hempseed offering , and this article was decidedly easier to boy . Winter tareH ; were plentiful , and ottered freely at 5 s . per bushel .

      BU 1 TI 8 B SEEDS . Linseed ( per qr . ) ..... sowing 50 s . to 55 s . ; crushing 45 slo 45 s . Linseed Cakes ( per ton ) ( f 8 0 s . to £ i \ k Hapeseed ( per last ) new £ 22 to £ 23 , fine £ 24 , old £ 31 to $ Ditto Cake ( per ton ) £ Us , to £ 41 fe Cloverseed ( per cwt [ nominal } Mustard ( per bushel ) white 7 a . Od . to \ to , tow » , 7 » . toto

      Coriander ( per cwt . ) old 10 s . to Ife Canary ( per cwt . ) 8 B « . tofe Tares , Winter , pev bush ., .... 5 s . 6 d . toft Spring [ nominaVj Carraway ( per cwt . ) new , 46 s . to 47 s . ; flut . fe Tow Grass ( per qr [ nominal ; Turnip , white ( per bush . ) ...... Swede [ nominal ! Crefoil ( per cwt . ) Sis . to Sfe

      HOPS . Our market is now largely supplied with hops of all descriptions , and print have apparently reached their lowest range . Sussex hops command a slight i Vance , and other sorts are Jirmly supported . Sussex Pockets 7 * Js . to 80 s . Weald of Kents 8 (? i . to 88 s . Mid and East Kents OOs . tolMs Farnham lOOstolUOs

      HAY AND STRAW . Smithfibld , Oct . 5 . —Little doing at the following quotations :-Prime Meadow Hay , . „ 7 is . to 80 s . Inferior 70 to 08 Rowen 50 to 60 Clover 75 to 95 Second Cut 65 to 90 Straw . ; . ; ........................ ! . l !!!!! ..... 27 to 32

      BANKRUPTS . —From Tuesday ' s Gazette . August John , and August William , Norwich , builders . Morewood , Joseph , Fludyer-street , Westminster , merchant . Marlow , James , Walsall , Staffordshire , iron founder . Guest , John , Burslera , Staffordshire , woollen-draper , ftowell , George , jun ., Carlisle , painter . -.. —¦ —

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      DEATHS . ^ ^ General Hastings Fraser , C . B ., Colonel of the 6 lst Regiment , died a' « since , at 37 , Uury-street , St . James ' s , at the age of 81 . f G | tj Colonel Sir Dlgby Mack-Worth , Hart ., dird on the 23 rd ult ., at his »»• Usk , Monmouthshire , aged 52 . jijP > Major M'Alister , late of the 13 th Light Dragoons , died at Kaimes-nou" . ¦ port , on the 17 th ult . . ... » it

      Lieut Gen . Sir John Rose , K . C . B ., Bengal Army , died on the 9 " Holme , N . B ., aged 75 . , Dr . Egilsson , the Icelandic philologist , died a few days since in Icbm * ' ^ Mr . Thomas Thomson , —a coadjutor of Jeffrey , Sydney Srnitt , , Brougham , in the establishment of the Edinburgh Review , and was a 1 oj member of the liberal party at the Scotch bar .-died at ttlinburgl ) , instant . _ ^ n , Prince Gustarus , Duke of Upland , and second son of ( lie King « died at Christiania , on the 24 th ult . _ - ^ *

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      Murder at G-renock by a Lunatic—The town of Grenock was most painfully agitated on Thursday afternoon by an occurrence which is one of the most dreadful in its annals . The perpetrator of the deed is a half-insane young fellow , named Scott , a shoemaker ; who lived with his father , a respectable man named Matthew Scott ' who followed the same trade , and resided jin Cross-shore-street . So far we have learned , the elder Scott and his wife , who is stepmother to the young man , had gone out , leaving their infant daughter in the cradle , in charge of a girl , about 18 . years of age , and who is a relation of the family . James , the son , was also left in the house , and he If-and-by got a razor * and made such threatening remarks and flouthat the 1

      rishes with it ^ n-fled , leaving the infant in the cradle hehind her . She immediately returned , however , along with some other people , and found that in the meantime a bloody deed had been perpetrated . So effectually had this lunatic committed the act of murder upon his little helpless stepsister that the head of the infant was found lying on the floor , while the body remained in the cradle . The fellow had immediately effected his escape , but officers were sent in pursuit in all directions , and m the course of the evening Scott was apprehended on the Inverkip road . . This fellow had repeatedly shown insane tendencies , and has suffered imprisonment for acts of violence It is not much to the credit of the authorities of Greedock , therefore ! that he should have been allowed to remain at large till he had an op ' portunity of committing a deed m truly diabolical

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      ^ FOREIGN INTELLIQENCE , FRANCE . Pabis , Thursday Evening . Some important political arrests , connected , as it is asserted , with the Marseilles plot , liave been made in the Haute Loire . Two ex-representatives of that department lately passed seTeral days at Brionde without having , so far as the poliee could learn any ostensible object either of business or pleasure . The house

      of M . Badal , an ex-inspector of primary schools at Puy and A gen , was also searched , and papers were seized , the contents of which have not transpired . M . de Badal was dismissed from his ipspectorship by M . de Falloux in 1849 , on aecount of his socialist opinions . He was absent from his house at the time of the search , and lam not aware whether a warrant has been issued to arrest him . Among the persons arrested in the department is M , Audiard-Bounet , formerly editor of the socialist iournal IS Ami du Peuple ..

      Preparations are already making for the President ' s triumphal entry into Paris . The municipal commission has opened a credit 40 , 000 fr . for the construction of a triumphal arch at the entrance of the bridge of Austerlitz , opposite the principal entrance of the Jardin des Plantes . M . Fisconti is to have the management of this decoration . The "Prince ' will make his entry on horseback ot the head of 52 squadrons o £ cavalry of the first military division . All the infantry of the garrison will be under arms , to form the line of procession , in conformity with the decree on the honours to be rendered to the chief of the state when he re-enters the capital .

      AUSTRIA . We learn from Vienna than an English officer has been insulted by . an officer in the Austrian service . We have received no particulars , but we arc informed that Lord Westmoreland has thought it necessary to demand redress . AUSTRIAN . ITALY . The Epocd of Milan announces that the Emperor of Austria is to visit Venice in the month of JVbvember , together with other downed heads .

      TWO SICILIES . Tim political proeess against the persons accused of participation in the insurrection of May 15 , 1848 , approaches its close . The public prosecutor , Angelillo , calls for sentences of death on m ' ue , of thirty years' imprisonment on other two , and of fiveami-twen ty vears' imprisonment on 16 prisoners .

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      * s > t . Bride % London , by GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY , ° l ^* ' ^ S 0 row , Queen ' s-square , Bloonwbury , in the County of MM * ' ' October 9 ,. ! H { 52 ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1699/page/16/