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      . ' — Cooper to take his wife to theatres , but lie had W j ^ j ,. _ JIr . Hew did not think it a wopercaSto 3 t ? " - deHy as fte broth haa never beJaStyS Se £ . VZ' T t 0 analyse the draught , because it wis admitted tw i ^ smaU qaantityof tadan ™ « put £ , ™ % t&Z tion of promoing the ease , and not the death of he / Sanl-Se iften nsed injudiciously or i gnorant tX ver ™ IK ^ T * H not altogether satisfied with he eridenraof I , ™ ^ ... ^« , T Mcir > T . c c < , ;^ * . „ ! , „__ t . . , cv meute 01 ttie servants as to the expressions said to have been InnTier to take his wife to theatres . w uw i . ¦ , ' . . . _

      used by thepri oner YtTl 1 very improbable that a woman , intending todestov t fT" ? * ould disclose her purpose to her servant or talkZt \ ? 1 Iovefor another ma ,. The remark ,, ^^ ^ S ^ have resulted from the angry feeling of amount Tf , moreilK : elyto oi his wife could not lively ^" . dhvSSHS rearrangements for a separate mamtenance . - 'tte Sand ? am m danger of my hfe from her , and she shall never aS toten my doors-After a long discussion the husband agreed to " llwtte prisoner los . per week , and take their only chad limself Shi T n , aBded her pate and jewellery , bnt he re 4 d to ™ ^ deexcept her do hes and some bed W-Upon thu SrlLS &e prisoner was discharged . «*«« siauuuuug tne

      j ^^ zz ^^^ i **¦ a r r of age neral and John tilUams , a , ffi £ T ™ Ja dt £ bar before Mr . Henry , charged with creating a 4 SncTand assanltxng the police at Men ' s premenade concert , ? iw £ e Theatre on Monday night . Inspector Durkin , of the 17 described the character of these disturbances at Drnry-lane S ber of yonng men made it a rule to g 0 in a party , apparently for no other purpose than to get up a tow V The / usually commenced by » r * 2 S ? ° ! ± *™^ *™ **** they limed themse ^

      ^ into a circle , enclosing a large body of «* ^ ' ^ £ S ^ posed persons Apiece of money or paper was thrown doJ , id then the ring made a rush to the centre , amid indignant protestations irom the men and the terrified shrieks of thewomen . Thepeoplewho vrere encircled naturally pressed outward , and they were met with an equal crush in the opposite direction ; while the pohce , who did their best to capture the ringleaders , were knocked about on all sides f itness had been on duty at the theatre for several years past , and had always witnessed disturbances of a similar kind , commenced in thesameway . The signal for beginning operations was usually made at tneclose of the first part of the entertainment , and they were jrenerallv

      kept up at intervals during the remainder of the night , Witness saw the defendants taking part in the disturbance on Monday night , and his attention was particularly directed to Kemp , because he had seized one of the constables by the collar , and nearly throttled him ; and when witness begged him to release the constable , or he might choke him , he ( the dependent ) said he would not . Mr . Henry said it was too bad that the public should be deprived of the amusement which they had paid for by the wanton interruption of a set of foolish yonng men . The conduct of Williams' and Garden had not been so

      disgraceful as that of Kemp , but he felt bound to inflict upon them the fall pecuniary penalty of £ 5 each , or 14 days' imprisonment in default of payment . With respect to Kemp , however , painful it was to him to send a person of his ageand apparent station to prison , he must be taught that conduct like his was not to be atoned for by the mere payment of a fine . As a salutary caution to him , therefore , as well as to others of his class , he should order him to be committed for 14 days . The decision of the magistrate appeared father to startle the " gents" and sympathizers , by whom the court was crowded during the proceedings .

      CLERKENWELL . Stabbing by a Boy . —Wm . Bonner , aged 13 , was placed at the bar j charged by John Bonner , his brother , aged 15 years , with having stabbed Mm with a knife , by which his life is placed in danger . The injured boy , who was very weak and pale , said he was the son of labouring parents , of No . 2 , Weller ' s-court , St . Pancras-road . During their absence from home the prisoner took a knife to cut the loaf , when he ( witness ) endeavoured to prevent him doing so , on which the prisoner rushed at him and stabbed him under the ear . He bled very much , and fan out for assistance . He was taken to the house " of Mr .

      Kirkwood , surgeon , of Brewer-street , Somers-town , where the wound was dressed . The surgeon said that the wound was of considerale extent , and the boy ' s life was in danger . The prisoner was remanded . Caught in a Trap . —A man named Brown was charged with an attempted robbery at the house of Mr . John Chard , gold cutter , of Queen ' s-street , Clerkenwell . Mrs . Chard yesterday forenoon had occasion to go into the kitchen , when her attention was attracted by the

      sound of footsteps upstairs . She hastened above , and saw the prisoner peeping out of the parlour , upon , which she pushed . him inside , and said , " Kow I have caught you in a trap , my boy . " She immediately made an alarm , and her husband and other persons apprehended the prisoner whilst attempting to make Iris escape out of the front parlour window . The drawers , &c ., in the parlour had been ransacked , and were in confusion . The prisoner , who was identified as having been confined under a conviction for vagrancy , was sentenced to one months '

      imprisonment with hard labour

      MARY-LE-BONE . The Eobbery by a Catholic Lady . —Anne CampleU , a female of respectable appearance , was again examined on a charge of stealing jewels , the property of Mrs . Julia Ann Phillips . Some evidence was gone into in reference to the case , and Mr . Wontner said that his client was quite willing to abide by the decision of a jury , being conscious that upon her case being brought bofore a jury she would be acuqitted of the charge . Mr . Broughton said he looked upon the case divested of Catholicism or protestantism entirely , and it must be dealt with in another court , to which the prisoner would be sent for the lobbery .- The prisoner , who by the advice of her solicitor reserved her defence , was fully committed for trial . Bail was- taken for her

      appearance . Fratricide . —Wm . Baker , only 11 years old , was charged with having caused the death of his brother , Charles , aged 14 , by throwing at him a desert knife , and thereby stabbing him in the side . —On Fripay afternoon last the deceased was teasing his brother ( the prisoner ) , and hit him many times with great force upon the back with a saucewhich

      pan lid , upon which prisoner threw at Mm a knife , perforated his left side . Deceased ran down stairs bleeding , and was conveyed in an exhausted condition to St . Mary ' s Hospital , Paddington , in which institution he lingered for a time and ultimately died—Medical evidence stated that the knife had penetrated the cavity of the lungs . Hemorrhage occasioned by the wound was the cause of death . —The prisoner was remanded .

      MARLBOROUGff SEREET . Assaults by a Frenchman . —Edward Bucheted , a Frenchma n ) tos charged with ha ving violently assaulted two police-constables-The prisoner was fined 20 s . for each assault , or 14 days imprisonment Robbery by a Bill-Broker and his Cleek . —Robert Henderson Robertson , of 26 , Berkeley-square , carrying on business as a bill-broker at 5 , Lothbury , and Robert Hills , his Clerk , were committed for trial , the first for stealing a promissory note for 550 Z ., tha property of Mr . John Milnes , a wool-stapler , of Bochdale , in Lancashire , and the latter with aiding and . abetting his employer , to commit a felony .

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      SS rthhtat ?^! - * 5-sn * W ££ i& £ : ^^ P ^ W " ^ U < ^ B 21 *^ ? ° - About ol ^ sovereigns wer pm ^ of tie pIli Earn : MJ ^ T T ?*? ¥ ¦ ^ that cir ™ tance . ComffX f i ^ had lost any mone y' he felt satisfied rotted Th ! C ° nStable nOt °° T Up at the time ' shouW ^ ve been i ZZ ~ he P risoners strongly protested their innocence and a / sertedthe respectability of ihe& ^ diEracteorB ^ . The aSS ^ SSiSfwS My committed on two charges of felony . P ^ ners were

      WORSHIP STREET . Murderous ATTACK .-John Ludd , a journeyman cabinet-maker was placed at the bar before Mr . D'Eyncourt , charged with Smg t ^ IT ^ ng a yTg WOman named Ma ^ Anne Mitt 0 *> * i * h intent HrZ ^ rY ^ J ° hu Cous ins > tlie la * d of the Coach and Horses , Holywell-lane , Shoreditch , stated that shortly before five o clock on the preceding afternoon the woman Mitton entered his house 1 refreshmentof

      ^?*^^^^^ , Which she was partaking in front of the bar , when he heard a man in the street cafl to her by the name of " Mary , " aud she immediately went out to him After a short interval he heard a loud uproar in the street , and directly afterwards the injured woman was brought back to his house by two men , who supported her in their arms : and observing that she was bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the tnroat , lie gave directions for her immediate removal tn * h « TinO ^ foi

      —James Cousins , the nephew of the last witness , stated that while standing m front of his uncle ' s house at the time in question , his attention was attracted by the screams of a woman who was struggling with the prisoner on the opposite side of the street , and endeavouring to disengage herself from his grasp . He instantly ran to her assistance , and after forcing the prisoner from her , he caught her in his arms as she was in the act of falling to the ground , and carried her into the public-house , where he discovered that her throat was cut , and that the sleeve of his coat was saturated with blood . On

      hastening out in search of the prisoner , he found that he had effected his escape ; _ but the table knife now produced , the point of which was bent and stained with blood , was handed to him by a man who had picked it up close to the spot where the struggle had taken place . —Policeconstable N 236 stated that he succeeded in apprehending the prisoner at his mother ' s house in Hoxton on the preceding night , and on acquainting him with the nature of the charge , he made no observation whatever , and had not uttered a woid d \ mng the time he had been in custody . —The constable handed to the magistrate a certificate from the house surgeon of the hospital , describing the serious nature of the injuries the woman had sustained ; and added that , from his inquiries that morning , he had ascertained that she was in a ssateof imminent

      danger . —It was intimated to the magistrate by Alderman , the gaoler , that the wounded woman was the wife of a soldier who had been engaged for the last two years on foreign service in Canada , with his regiment , during the latter part of which period she had formed a connection with the prisoner , with whom she had been living for some months past . It appeared , however that she still kept up . a correspondence with her husband , and having recently received a letter from him , apprising her that his regiment had been ordered home and that

      she might shortly expect to see him , her feelings were so powerfully wrought upon by the intelligence , that she made a determined attempt at self-destruction , for which she was brought to this court about ten days since , and committed to prison ; but , after a week ' s incarceration , she was delivered over to the care of her mother , —The prisoner , who had listened to the evidence with an air of sullen apathy , ' and maintained an obstinate silence throughout the investigation , was ordered to be remanded for a week to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injuries the woman had sustained . ";

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      u—" A little girl at Bristol has recently been poisoned with eating cockles . Amongst the latest novelties in female attire are bonnets made of leather . The weight of rabbits imported weekly into the Thames from Ostend , varies from 50 to 100 tons . ' A new fraud has lately been discovered—the " milling" of threepenny pieces , so as to make them resemble fourpenny pieces . In London there are more Irish than in Dublin ; in Manchester and Salford more Irish than in Cork ; in Glasgow as many Irish and dependents of Irish as in Belfast . The electric telegraph wires and poles at Gahvay have been struck down by lightning . The wire or needle in the instrument at the terminus was completely fused .

      The Registration . —A . summary of the North Lancashire revision shows a total gain to the Reformers of 255 votes . At Rochdale the same party have gained 80 votes . Swearing-in of the New . Lord Mayor . —On Monday , Alderman Challis , the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year , was sworn into office in the Guildhall , with the usual formalities . . No Docks for Portsmouth . —The , government have officially notified to the corporation of Portsmouth , this week , that they will not sanction the construction of commercial docks within this port upon government property . Representation of Abingdon . —We are informed that Mr . J . T . Norris , of Sutton-Courtney , possessing considerable influence in the borough and its vicinity will be a candidate for the seat vacant by the death of Major-General

      Caulfield . Liverpool , Tuesday . —Mr .-Samuel Holme , was this day unanimously elected Mayor of Liverpool for the ensuing year , in place of Mr . Thomas Littledale , who retires from the civic chaiv with the good wishes of his townsmen . Government Appointment . —Mr . James Disraeli , brother of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , has been appointed to the treasurership of the county courts of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Lincolnshire ; circuits . 17 , 18 , and 19 . TJNFOPUiABiTy op the Militia . —A correspondent says : —On the militia being called out at Hertford for this month , to exercise , every captain but one resigned : and this day ( Nov . 9 ) the remaining . captain , Baron Dimsdale , has also resigned . Greenwich Time at Exeter . —It has been determined at a public meeting of the inhabitants , convened by the mayor , to alter the clock to Greenwich time . The cathedral chapter have held out for some time , but have at length given way , and the clock of the cathedral has accordingly been altered .

      The League Essays . —At a meeting on Saturday at Manchester it was determined to extend the time for these essays to , the 1 st of March . Several gentleman preparing to contest the prizes had written to prefer this request . The prizes offered , it may be recollected , \? ere 250 ? . for the first , and 50 J . for the next best essay . . The Convict Cannon , the Sweep . —Since his conviction communications have been passing between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Chief Baron Pollock , who tried him , on the subject of his being finally disposed of , and it is understood that the learned Judge has expressed his opinion that he stiould be transported for his natural life , and an order to that effect was on Saturday transmitted to the Governor of Newgate .

      The Australian Mail Packet Company . —Among the passengers who went out in theTa » us , which left Southampton on Monday , with the Peninsular mail , were the s ° cr ! tary and one of the directors of the Australian Mail Packet Company . They are gone out to Lisbon to investigate the affair of the Melbourne steamer , on the spot . The commander is to be superseded , and the chief officer i is to be appointed to the command , A new chief officer went out in the Tagus .

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      Trade CoMBiNATioNS . -At a recent meeting of the London Strong Boot and fenoe-manu facturers' Association it was agreed that non-society men should henceforth be admitted to employment on equal terms with society men . It was also determined that such abuses as forcing men to lodge in their employers * houses , supplying them with coffee or tea against their will , and making them nav sittings , should be abolished . s" » empay The Proposed Park at Finsbury— On Wednesday evening , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Pinsbury was held at Highbury Barn Tavern , to urge upon the government the necessity of securing the ground already XnX theprOP ° SedTOyalpark fOT Pinstur J ' Themeetingwas numerously

      , J ^" ?? ;™ ^ E . Justice CROMPTOsr .-The bar of the Northern Circuit practising at the Court of Passage , have presented ahaudsome silver vase to SvfrtS ™™» toia 'Z >™™ Us elevation to the bench , while judge of the totofl ^ par « es ^ ^ *""* ' Md gaVe mUCh SatisfaCti ° n J ^ Ztnt Tv f ? LUCIrER MATCH ^^ -B y a decree of the local government of Erfurt , no persons are in future to be engaged in lucifer match manufactures who have imperfect or partially decayed teeth . It has been found hatt hepho ^ to the bones of the jaw which are in bad cases consumed ; the disease is called the knochenfrass . All the workmen who have defects in their teeth are to be dismissed . The poisonous tendencies of lucifer matches have long been known t 6 medical men in England .

      grange Hallucinakon .-A German residing in Paris , a hatter , lately lost his reason from gnef at the death of his wife , and fancied himself made of S aSS ) , IV * accustomed t 0 tel 1 the Pe ° Ple ^ t to approach him too near lest they should break him ; and for the same fear he scarcely moved , and could with difficulty be persuaded to eat . Last week he hanged himself . A letter left on the table stated that he had voluntarily put an end to his existence to avoid beinbroken to pieces , " The Birkenhead SUBSCRIPTION . —The committee of the United Service Birkenhead

      Fund held their monthly meeting at the Eoyal Naval College , ' Portsmouth , on Saturday , for the purpose of delivering the bounty of the subscribers to the widows and other relatives of those who perished at the disastrous wreck of that ill-fated ship . The committee , since the subscription was opened in April , have issued upwards of 1 , 000 * ., having collected the cases of and relieved 138 persons connected with both services . Of these more than 100 are relatives of the soldiers who were on board at the time and lost their lives in her . The committee hope the funds already at their disposal , with what they may yet receive , will enable them to continue their present rate of bounty till next spring Execution

      in France for Incendiarism . -A man named Dougny was executed at Ounans on the 3 d instant , for the crime of incendiarism . From motives of revenge , he had set fire to a house in which an old man of 82 , a woman of 30 , and a boy of 10 , perished . Dougny had been confined to the prison of Lous-le-Saunier from the period of his condemnation . He was asleep on the night of the 2 d , when the gaoler entered to awake him . It was only when he entered the carriage which was to take him to the place of execution , that the idea flashed across him that his last day had arrived , He at first uttered some faint cries of despair , but soon after directed all his attention to the spiritual exhortations of the ecclesiastic who accompanied him . He ascended the scaffold with a firm step , and after having embraced the clergyman , delivered himself over to the executioners . The moment after he had ceased to exist

      A Sailor 8 Home for the Tyne . -A very important meeting of merchants , shipowners , &c , was held in the Town Hall , North Shields , on Friday night for the purpose of taking measures for the erection of a Sailors' Home in that town for the use of the seamen visiting the Tyne . The chair was oocupied by the mayor , Alexander Bartleman , Esq ., and nearly £ 1 , 000 was subscribed by the gentlemen present . The Duke of Northumberland has promised a handsome subscription , probably as much as is already subscribed . Local Museums of AuT . —Some time since the local committee managing the Macclesfield School of Art , published a copy of the catalogue of the casts , &c , of ancient statues and ornaments used as examples in the school , at the cost of the local committee of that place . This having been brought to the notice of the Board of Trade , a minute of the board was passed , in which— " My Lords" state that they " view this publication with general satisfaction , as affording a proof

      both of the interest which the local committee of Macclesfield take in their school , and of their desire to make the collections known and useful , not only to students but to the inhabitants of their locality generally . Their Lordships consider that , by taking such measures to enlist the sympathy of all classes with works of art , sure foundations are being laid of obtaining for the benefit of the town more extended and complete collections of them , and , so far as Parliament may place means at the disposal of my Lords , it will be their wish to encourage and assist , but not supersede , local efforts in promoting art education among the people , by means of collections of works of art . " After this declaration of an important principle , coupled with a former announcement of a willingness to contribute half the prime cost of examples , it remains to be seen how far Parliament will be disposed to grant the necessary funds , and localities to avail themselves of the opportunity .

      Antiquarian Excavations at Pevensey . —During the last two months Messrs . Roach Smith and Mark Anthony Lower , aided by their friends , have been directing excavations on the site of the Roman castrum at Pevensey , with a view to ascertain the original plan of the building . Pevensey is one of the most interesting places in England , but , from its peculiar situation , ia almost unknown except to the more opulent visitors of Hastings and Eastbourne , by whom it is visited chiefly for its picturesque attractions . The castrum , which encloses some dozen of acres , is by far the most perfect Roman building in this country . Nearly two-thirds of the great wall , 25 feet in height , and 9 in width , with huge solid towers , remains almost as perfect as ever , in defiance of time , of the ancient invaders , and of modern spoilers . Anderida , as the Roman tower was

      calledmade an obstinate defence against the Saxons , who seem to have succeeded byundermining the walls on the nortli and south sides . On the side facing the sea there is a bank of considerable elevation , overlooking a second of about half the height . It was supposed that these natural advantages were considered by the Romans a sufficient substitute for stone walls , especially if , as it is supposed , the sea flowed up to this side of the fortress . The excavations have , however , shown that the outer bank is in fact nothing more than an overturned wall , now buried many feet under the soil and herbage . On this side a small postern g ate has been discovered , and one opposite to it in the north wall j the chief entrance ia proved to have been the only one for carriages . The castrum includes a fine Norman castle , partly formed out of the Roman walls , the adaptation of which has been well developed by these researches .

      Cleopatra ' s Needle . —The fate of this interesting monument has at length been decided through the exertions of the Crystal Palace ' Company . Lord Derby permits the removal of the column , and its erection in the Sydenham grounds upon condition that the Government may hereafter reclaim it on payment of all expenses incurred tn the transit . Oxfordshire Militia . —During the week the militia have been drilled daily in Blenheim-park , on the left hand side near the entrance , a spot exceedingly well adapted for the purpose . The men are making great progress in their military knowledge , under the guidance of Serjeant-Major Austen , of Baldon , who was formerly in the Coldstream Guards , where he served for 21 years , and oh retiring on full pay received a good conduct medal .

      Confession and Convocation . —On "Wednesday , a very numerous meeting of the members of the church of England was held at the Freemasons' Tavern Great Queen-street , for the purpose of adopting resolutions against the attempted introduction of auricular confession , and the threatened revival of convocation . Several such resolutions were unanimously adopted . Earthquake at Malaga . —Three sharp shocks of earthquake , preceded by a loud rumbling noise were experienced eight days ago at Malaga , All the houses and public buildings were shaken , but it is not stated that any were thrown down or injured . The inhabitants assembled in the public squares , and many of them went on board vessels in the port . The temperature was suffocating , and the sky cloudy .

      . Extension of Steam Communication with Australia . —An efficien line of steam communication with Australia , by means of large and powerfu vessels is about to be commenced by the General Screw Steam Shipping Company The increase of trade between England and our Australian colonies renders th establishment of steam communication absolutely necessary in these days of rapii progress , and there can be no doubt Of the success attending this and other under takings of a like kind .

      DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN BIRMINGHAM . Birmingham , Thursday Night . —This town is suffering under the visitatioi of a most disastrous flood occasioned by the heavy rains which have been faHinj for some days past . The river Reahas overflowed its boundaries and occasiohei an immense destruction of property . In one part of the town the streets are imppssable , and some houseB hav < fallen . The traffic is stopped on the Birmingham and Gloucestershire line < railway , and the Walsale station is several fee nnder . water , i

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1704/page/7/