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SIohtautv ix the Metropolis . —The 1 , 191 deaths in London arc twenty-two above the average , and show a small decrease on the previous Aveck . The rate « f mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs is the same as on the average has prevailed hi five previous winters ; for though , as was observed last week , the deaths from bronchitis are 118 , or 40 above the average , those from pneumonia arc 85 , or 15 below it . But zymotic diseases continue to show a £ rreat excess : they were fatal to 100 persons more than died weekly in the previous vears the prevailing epidemics being hooping cough , scarlatina , diarrhoea , and cholera . Hooping cough , which carries off the young , as bronchitis the oiu , caused 7 G deaths , or 34 more than the average , scarlatina 50 , or 18 above tho average . It ; « j » - ked that thecases in which death fo » ° ^ ™" KiarKeu inai uiutsuro jiu
mar » »» v » - ., ., effusion consequent on scarlatina arc c ° nslU ( *\ H ; - fewer , relatively , than when the cnidem < c ™ Vn * height . The mortality from measles is it paj low ° ; that from small-pox is near thel aWg J ; woman died from " variola and disease « f * c tort at the age of C 3 . Four p ersons mcJ « y | ranee , on one of whom . West ; ' « ^ J- ^ died of delirium tremens , ^ f ' ^^^ O the result of intemperance . Aboj of loisceninca to have died of " starvation , after an attack of smallpox" ( no inquest ) . A woman died in Lambeth , at KadUc ^ agcV lOO Te ^ fiomncm ^ of the throat , after an illness of two months . Ofthe 40 deaths from cholera , 10 occurred at the Female Before for the Destitute iu Shorcditch , and 10 at Warburton ' s Lunatic Asylum in Bcthnal-green .
The barometer was highest on Sunday , having been 30 . 333 , and lowest on Saturday , when it fell to 29 . 520 . The mean temperature of the week was 45 . 4 . Mr . Steib , the registrar of the Hackney subdistrict , states , in reference to four cases of cholera in the Park-house , Church-street , and published in the return for the week ending February 10 th , that " the deaths happened on the 10 th , 11 th , and 12 th , of January , but in consequence of the inquests having been several times adjourned , and the inquiry afterwards abandoned , they were not registeniu till the 5 th of February . " It will be observed , that the return professes to give the deaths registered in the week ; but , except in inquests , which are returned by the coroners , registration is performed shortly after death .
IXQCESTS . Reverse or FonruxE . —On Saturday last , before Mi-. Carter , at the Windmill , Upper Kenningtonlane , Lambeth , on Mrs . Ann White , aged fifty-six . Upon the jury viewing the body , they and the coroner were astonished at the frightful state of emaciation , in which it was , and , indeed , it appeared as if the deceased had died of starvation . As she had refused medical assistance , though pressed by her husband , who had behaved with the greatest kindness to her , and as a surgeon was onl y called in on the night previous to her death , he declined to give a certificate , and this inquiry was necessary . The husband of the deceased lady formerly held a situation under one ofthe government commissions for the emancipation of shwes . When that ceased , about three years ago , he was dependent on his own resources ; and about four months ago he and his wife went to reside at
Kennington-cross , where they Lid but a single room . On Friday night , the deceased becoming apparently worse , Mr . White called in Mr . Smith , of Clapham-road , surgeon , but she then seemed . to have been in articulo mortis , for she expired the next morning . It was shown that the deceased had never wanted food ; and Sir . White stated that , although lately he had been dependent on his friends , the deceased had for the last week or so jellies and other things ; but her stomach was so far gone she could scarcely eat anything . —The coroner said that the appearance of tfie bony , and tho registrar refusing to register the death , had given rise to an impression that the deceased had died from want of food , but 11 was now shown that was not the case , and that she had died of wasting of the wbole system . — Terdict , " Natural death . "
A Gravedigger Buried Alive . —On Saturday afternoon , an aged man , named Charles Barker , who for a long period had discharged the duties of gravedigger in South Hackney churchyard , was preparing a ten-feet grave , when , having attained a depth of about six feet without the aid of shores , an immense mass of earth gave way , and instantaneously buried him . A young man , named Jackson , Avho witnessed the occurrence , gave an alarm , and no time was lost in extricating the unfortunate man , who was found in a stooping position . A surgeon promptly attended , and used every effort to restore animation , but without effect . The upper portion of deceased ' s face was severely contused . The accident is ascribed to the disuse of shores , and the
proximity ofthe ground to a neivly-filled grave , the soil of . which is of a loose and gravelly nature . On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Green Dragon , Wells-street , Hackney , on view of the body of the deceased . T . Jackson , assistant gravedigger said , that on Saturday afternoon he assisted " deceased in excavating a grave in the cemetery adjoining South Hackney Old Church . It was a ten-foot grave , and was formed without shores or props . Deceased had dug the proper depth , and witness was standing at the edge in the act of receiving the last pail of earth from the deceased , when one side fell in , by which deceased was completely covered . Upon Avitness giving an alarm several persons came to nis assistance , and deceased
was extricated , lifirDeing quite extinct . Three quarters of an hour elapseu before he was extricated . —By the Coroner : The grave was made near another which had been recently formed and filled up . It is not usual to place shores or props , as the soil is of a hard gravelly nature . The witness attributed the accident to the grave being constructed too near the one which was so recently formed . Mr . Steel , sexton , stated that there were fenders and props provided for the gravediggers , who thought it too much trouble to use them . The coroner said that he hoped that the sexton would take care that proper precaution was taken in future . Verdict— " Accidental death . " Death from Starvation . —On Monday before Mr .
W . Carter , at tlie Rose Tavern , Snow s Fields , Bermondsey , on the body of Elizabeth Rose , aged 64 . —S . Tubby , a broker ' s assistant , stated that the deceased had been living with him for the last thirteen years . Witness had formerly been in a large way of business , but through misfortune had been reduced to extreme poverty . Witness , his daughter , and deceased occupied one small room , and latterly they had been without food for days together , occasionally obtaining a little bread from the nei ghbours and others who had known him in his prosperity . About the 13 th ult . deceased became very weak and ill , when witness called in a female lodccr , who waited Aipon her until her death on Tuesday last . —By the Coroner : Made no
application to the parish authorities for relief . The deceased would not allow me to seek aid from the parish , and I think she would rather have starved from hunger than allow any one to go the workhouse if she knew it . I coidd not go myself as I was also suffering from ill health . She had been without food for four days previous to her death . The Coroner : You might have sent to the relieving officer , who would have attended and afforded instant relief in such a case—The witness added that the three of them slept on the floor upon some old bedclothes . They were unable to have a fire for several days prior to deceased ' s death . Witness and his child were starving , and , if something were not done for them immediately thev must cliarn n cimilnw £ . */ % «» + l . « J i mL . - - ... uiaxaseuiuc
„„„ „ uuuu > u Mva ,, a me . — jury agreed to the following verdict : — " That the deceased died from the want of proper nourishment , and that great blame attached to the persons in charge of her for not making the case known to the parish authorities , who were kept in ignorance of the case , and upon whom no reflection Avas cast . " Tuesday . —Suicideat St . Luke ' s Luxatic Asylum . —Before Mr . Baker , in the hoard-room of St . Luke ' s Hospital for Lunatics , Old-street , City-road , on the body of Elizabeth Berry , age 34 , a lunatic !—Mr J . 2 fash , surgeon of the institution , said that on Friday last the deceased was admitted into the asylum , having been Drought from Sudbury , Norfolk , where she resided with her husband . He received a certificate with her , in which she was described as
dang erous to her children , and of a suicidal disposition it was also stated that she was unfit to be trusted alone . She slept in a room by herself , from which everything was removed with which she could possibly commit suicide . About three o ' clock the following ( Saturday ) morning witness was called to see . deccased , who had strangled herself with a str ip that she had torn off part of her linen . Life had been extinct about half an hour . —Three nurses who were on the night watch deposed that the deceased went to bed about ei ght o ' clock on Friday night , and that they had received instructions that she was dangerous . Her shoes were taken from her , and she was watched every hour . When she was found she had a strip of linen twice round her throat and tied in a knot . —The sister of the deceased stated that she thought the deceased ought to have been watched oftener than once-an hour . The night before she left home she attempted to '
commit suicide in the presence of her Two nurses . She thought that she should have , been under some restraint . —Mr / Ifash said , that when the asylum was vuuted on the last occasionjjy tho commissioners ( 16 th February ) they made a complaint about ^ J ^ St ^ y ^ ^" - "rtjninL—The coroner observed that an opinion was entertained by mediles * likel y to take p lace when under , than when free from restraint . That course was practised at the With respect to the suicide of patiente , he was surprisedItueywere not morefregnent . He had ftree fetabhshnients in his district , at which there were abont l , o 09 inmates , and there were at them not four suicides ina year .-Mr . Hamlin ; the registrar , ^ ted that during eleven years there had been but four suicides at St . Luke ' s Hospital—Verdict , . ^ mt the decease d , committed Buiaie while in an
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unsound state of mind , " and the jury ( with one exception ) observed that proper steps had been taken to prevent deceased from destroying g «™ dnegday ScrrosED Murder at Is Lisoio ^ -On " of > morning , shortly after six o ' clock tl * J » oy gentlemanly attired man , between fifty an , yean of age , « s discovwed lying * J fieM cut and in a pool of ^ at * ie h ^ aledonian-road , called Dennis ' s Brick Field m VM uai ^ Islington , J ^ fJJg ^ nd Xorth Western % tTZ Icter ? was first made by a man SK ' li Dearer , who states that he went to work Tn Mr ! Dennis ' s Brick Field ( in whose employ he is ) nndon entering the field his attention was , attracted hv the whining of a dog ; and he saw a little black and white curly dog sitting at the feet of the body of a man lying immediately behind tho palisades . f ) n <* oim ? to the snot , he observed at the southern
end of the palisades a large pool of blood , at a distance of about twenty feet from where the body lay . The doer growled and snapped at him as he approached , and seeing the blood on the body , he knocked up some workmen Avho lived near . About four or five " feet from the spot where the first pool of blood was discovered was a purse , empty , with the exception of a small key , and in the mud of the pond , about thirty feet from the body , they found the blade of an old razor , which , with the exception of about two inches ofthe broad part of the blade , was bound round with strong cord , in order to give a hold and answer the purpose of a handle . Between the place where the first pool of blood was discovered and the place where the body lay is a
Avooden bar , fixed into the ground at one end , and passing in a slanting direction upward to tho top of the palisades in order to support them . Tho top of this bar is covered with tenter hooks , and on one ofthe hooks the right-hand glove ( the other being on the deceased's left hand ) was found suspended . There were several marks of footsteps , and a track of blood between the first pool of blood and the place where tho bodv lay , as also bloody finger-marks on the bar . The distance of the razor from the body leads to a strong suspicion , coupled Avith the fact ofthe purse being found empty , and nothing being found on tho person of the deceased , that he has been the victim of some foul p lay . It appears that a man , residing in a hut within the field where the body was found states his belief that during the
ni g ht he heard the barking of a dog , but that he paid no attention to it , and went to sleep again . The night was boisterous , and he much doubts had there been a struggle whether he should have heard it . The body is that of a man about sixty years of age , with grey hair , and about five feet ten inches in height . His attire consisted of a light-coloured silk handkerchief , black waistcoat , trowsers , and body coat , a dark green great coat , and cloth boots . On the police being made acquainted with the occurrence , the body was removed to the vaults of Islington Church ; and it is stated that during the afternoon it was identified as the body of Dr . Crook , of 11 , Bayham-street , Camden Town , but nothing has transpired to show how he came to be in the p lace where his body was discovered . The body awaits a coroner's inquest .
SMiinFir-LD Market . —On Tuesday , a discussion , which lasted nearly six hours , took place in the Court of Common Council , upon the following proposition , made by Mr . John Thomas Morris : — " That a market for the sale of live cattle in the midst of a city is incompatible with the convenience of persons resorting thither for the purposes of business ; that the present market of Smithfield is insufficient in space , as well as objectionable in situation ; that the safety and health of the inhabitants demand its immediate removal ; and that , therefore , a special ward committee be appointed to consider what steps shall be taken to remedy the existing evils , by providing a suitable market place . " As the discussion was adjourned , and a number of members declared their intention of speaking upon the subject , we postpone our report until the proceedings shall have terminated . The previous question was moved by Mr . Deputy Hicks .
The Galleries at the Central Criminal Court . —It will be remembered that some time ago a change took place in the management of the galleries at the Central Criminal Court , the sheriffs taking them into their own hands and employing money-takers of their OAvn , the fee for admission being under all circumstances one shilling . Before that time the galleries were "leased" at the rate of £ 25 per session to a Mr . Reeve , who regulated the charge for admission according to the peculiar circumstances of the case under mvestigation , a practice to which the attention of the public has been frequently directed . A few months' experience has told the sheriffs that tho regular remuneration of one shilling each was not quite so remunerative as
the lettmg them to Mr . Reeve for a stipulated sum , and as Mr . RecA'e was willing to become the lessee again if the sheriffs would reduce their terms , an arrangement was last Aveek made between him aud the sheriffs . On Monday Mr . Reeve took possession of the gallery keys , and the individuals who were formerly in his employ as " agents" again made then - appearance . Mr . Reeve , it is understood , is in future to pay at the rate of £ 250 a year for the galleries , the amount to be charged for admission being , as formerly , entirely optional on his part . The receipts of the galleries , whilst they were under the control of the sheriffs , fell far short of £ 20 per session . There is no gallery to the new third court , which will be opened for business this session . Order of Affiliation ox Colonel Blane . —Mi .
Justice Fattcson , on Saturday last , at Judges Chambers , granted a writ of certiorari to remove this case into the Court of Queen ' s Bench . The application was made on Thursday week , by Mr . Pashley on behalf of Colonel Blane , when he stated that the grounds for the application were that the mother ofthe child having app lied to Mi * . Hardwick the magistrate at the Westminster Police Court , for an order of affiliation , which was refused , the case could not be re-heard by another magistrate ; and also from the fact of the child having been born abroad , it Avas out of the jurisdiction ofthe English law .
General Post-office . —Xotice to the Public . On and after the first of March next the postage upon all late letters posted at the provincial offices , as well as the late letter fee , must be paid by attaching the requisite number of stamps . As any late Ietternot bearing the requisite stamps , as determined by the office scales , must be detained until the next despatch , the public arc advised in every case in which such detention would be inconvenient carefully to avoid all doubt as to the sufficiency of the stamps . As this arrangement Avill facilitate the receipt of late letters , the hours of closing the late letter boxes have been revised throughout the kingdom , and they will , whenever practicable , be kept open later than heretofore .
THE ROBBEItT AT ST . PANGEAS WORKHOUSE-ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . On Wednesday week while the directors of the poor were assembled in the Xcw Vestry Rooms , Mr . Pitt , the accountant of tho board , rushed into the room , and announced that he had at that moment found the three deposit cheques of the London and Westminster Bank for £ 3 , 000 , which had been taken out ofthe cash box broken open on the night of the robbery . They had , Mr . Pitt stated , been found by him lying quite open on the floor of the strong room from whence the money had been taken . The spot where Mr . Pitt describes he found these notes is within a yard or two from the press closet from which the money was taken . Mr . Pitt
was exceedingly particular in calling his ( the chairman ' s ) attention to some holes in the cheques , which he stated had the appearance of ha \ ing been either filed several times or perforated by nailed shoes . On this information the Chairman ( Mr . Churchwarden Healy ) left the board room for the clerk's office to inquire more particularly into the finding of the deposit notes . He ascertained that when Mr . Jaques , the chief clerk , went into the strong room just previously to get the minute book for the use ofthe board , he was immediately followed by Mr . Pitt , who exclaimed , " Look here ' . " and on Mr . Jaques turning round , he discovered Mr . Pitt in a stooping position , with the three deposit receipts in his hand . Mr . Pitt showed the chairman tho place where he picked them up , and said Mr . Jaques saw
him do so , on which Mr . Jaques replied , " I did not see you pick them up , but I saw them in your hand . " The chairman asked Mr . Pitt if he had any business to go into the strong closet , and he said , " Xo . " He then asked him what he went into the strong room for , and he replied , "Nothing at all ; " to this he ( the chairman ) rejoined , " On , if that is the case I suppose all you went into the room for was to pick up the notes . " These facts were stated by Mr . Healy , the chairman , to the vestry on the same day , and he exhibited the deposit notes , which are considerably larger than the ordinary size of cheques , and printed on bright pink paper . Thev were perforated
at various parts , as if by small shoe nails . The Chairman observed , that it was quite impossible they could have been left on the floor ofthe strongroom , as it was searched at the time of the robbery by tho detective police and by tho members of the board of directors at least twenty times since . The key had been in the possession of Mr . Jaques up to ten o ' clock that morning ; , when it was handed over to the vestry clerk , and no one had been' in the place since the discovery of the notes . That branch of the inquiry having been disposed of , several persons were examined by the vestry , whose evidence tended to lead to a discovery ofthe robber .
R . Clarke , cabman , said , that between twelve and one o ' clock on the morning of Friday fortnight , he was coming back into the Pancras-road , after setting down a fare , when he was hailed at the ucav vestry-rooms , and told a gentleman had met with an accident . There were four men there , one ot whom carried the gentleman on his back , and placed him in the cab . He Avastold to drive up SS ; ; « at / rst > and then to So . -, Black-[ hodiS ; t , , rove * ° ^ e house mentioned , by SS'tt ™ , ° S f ^ j the eab , and rang a bell , and a gentleman looked out at one- of theuplw *
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windows , came doAvnin a minute or two in his dressing-gown-, and stood and talked for some minutes to the gentleman in the cab through the . cab-window . The former then told him to drive as fast as possible to Guy ' s . Hospital , and he did so , and saw the gentleman taken out of the cab , carried into the accident ward , and put into bed . The doctors said his thigh Avas fractured . One of the young doctors paid him his fare , and the gentleman said his friends would pay it again . He then came away from the hospital , leaving the party there . By the Chairman . —I did not hear what conversation took place between the gentleman hi the
dressing-gown and the one in the cab , nor did I see whether bags or anything else was passed from one to the other . I do not think the cab door was opened at all . I think if anything like hags had passed betAveen them , I must haA-e seen them . I think the gentleman in the cab was between forty and fifty years of ago . He Avas dressed in a black dress coat , I think , black waistcoat , and Wellington boots . I think , if an inmate of the hospital , I might knoAV him again . Three ofthe vestry were then appointed to visit the hospital , and the house in the Blackfriars-road , in order to get , if possible , the parties identified by the cabman .
J . Lye was next examined . —He said he was in the employ of Messrs . Bradbury and EA-ans , printers , of Whitefriars . On the night of Thursd ay , the 8 th instant , he was passing the new vestry rooms , when he was called to by a respectably-dressed man inside the railings , who was leaning against the wall , and said , "Will you help me ? " Lye asked "What is the matter ? " and the party replied , "That some man in going by had thrown his hat OA'er the railings , and that in climbing over to get it he had fallen , and he feared had broken his thigh . " Lye had assisted him over the railings , when three labouring men came up . These men also gave their testimony , and corroborated that of Mr . Lye , one of whom procured a cab , and another ran for a doctor . The lamed person refused any one ' s company to the hospital , and Avas driven off .
The Committee appointed to proceed to Guy ' s Hospital and the house in the Blackfriars-road , having returned , Mr . Prendergast reported that on gomw into the accident Avard of the hospital they founa a party Avhom Clarke , the cabman , identified as being the man he had taken from the vestryrooms on the night of the robbery . He stated his name to be Jackson , and that he had received the injury to his leg by stepping off the kerb just on the other side of Westminster-bridge . He denied all knowledge of the cabman , or of having been in tht neighbourhood of St . Pancras Workhouse on the
night in question , but refused to state his address , or giA-e any further information . They had instituted inquiries at the house in Blackfriars-road , where the cab stopped , and had ascertained that the party who came out to the man hi the cab , although ' an elderly man , is rather a gay sort of character , and has no known means of getting his living . After the breaking up of the vestry , a detective policeman took Mr . Lye to tho hospital , and he also identified the patient as the person he had helped into the cab .
On Saturday , the policeman obtained , after some difficulty , an interview with the person residing in the Blackfriars-road , who denied all knowledge of the man in the hospital . After considerable reluctance , Lockerby , the policeman , succeeded in getting this individual to accompany him to Guy ' s Hospital , and on entering the ward Avhere the man who gives his name as Jackson lay , he pretended to be asleep , but on being roused declared that he had not seen the visitor before . The latter was , however , identified by the nurses and the patients in the surrounding bed as a daily visitor to Jackson , with Avhom he held close conversations . He had , however , not made his appearance since Jackson had heen in custody . This Avas also the case Avith tAvo other parties who were constant daily visitors up to the time of the introduction of the policeman , but who have since been non est . One is described as having dark moustachios .
Another circumstance , discovered on the arrival of the detective officer at the hospital on Saturday , was the altered appearance ofthe patient Jackson , who had managed during the night to divest himself of his whiskers unknoAvn to the policeman in Avhosc custody he was placed . A pair of scissors were found secreted by his bedside . It is understood that two or three parties are under the surveillance of the police .
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however , no mischief Avas done to life or limk Upon examination , it turned out to be an infernal machine , consisting of a stone ginger-beer bottle , covered with a copper Avire , which had been wrapped round so closely , that previous to the explosion no part of the bottle could have been visible . It had evidently been filled with gunpowder and missiles , and when the explosion took place the neck only was blown off . Mr . Floyd , solicitor , stated to the bench that the daughter ofthe prosecutor had had a child by the prisoner , who -had absconded to Bolton three years ago to evade the payment of the affiliation order , where he had resided over since . He had repeatedly written threatening letters to the prosecutor and his daughter . The prisoner was
re-Dablet Main Colliert Explosion . —By the list of subscriptions for the numerous families bereaved by the catastrophe at Darley Main Colliery , it appears that upwards of £ 1 , 200 has been put down for this beneA-olent object . Hampshire . —Timber Stealing in Neav Forest . — Three ofthe principal keepers in the Xcw Forest have been dismissed from their situations in consequence of the timber stealing which has recently been brought to light , and which has excited so much interest throughout the country . These are the only persons , therefore , that have yet Deen punished for this most extraordinary and extensive
peculation . All the persons prosecuted haA'e been acquitted . The elder Read , it is reported , is likely to retain his situation . Colonel ThornhiU ' s situa * - tion is not yet filled up . The government have received nearly 300 applications for it . Important Conviction under the Wreck and Salvage Act . —A most important conviction , resulting in the committal to gaol of the master of a steam vessel , for evading the provisions of the act 9 th and 10 th Victoria , chap . 99 , known as the Wreck and Salvage Act , has just taken place at Newmarket , in Flintshire . The decision in this case is one of great importance to the maritime interest , and cannot be too generally knoAvn by masters and commanders of vessels . It appears that
the Taliesin steamer , plying betAveen Liverpool and Rhyl , on her passage between the above ports , on the * 9 th of January last , fell in with an abandoned vessel , which proA'ed to be the Dasher , of Killough , in Ireland , laden Avith oatmeal , and bound for Liverpool . This wreck was taken in tow by the steamer , and was safely brought into the river Dee , where she Avas stranded near Mostyn Quay . The master of the steamer reported the circumstances to his employers , the Messrs . Eyton , of Mostyn Colliery , but neglected doing so to the Receiver of Droits of Admiralty for the district , as required by law . The Messrs . Eyton took measures for saving as much of tho cargo as possible , and they transmitted a full narrative of tne circumstances to Lloyd ' s agent at
Liverpool , and the owners of the Dasher . A small schooner was laden Avith the recovered property , value £ 150 , which was forwarded to Liverpool by Messrs . Eyton for the benefit of the underwriters , by whom it had heen claimed . The remainder of the cargo Avas plundered , and carried away by a number of lawlesss depredators . For the non-compliance with the provisions of the act , in thus neglecting to place the vessel and cargo at the disposal of the Receiver , Hugh Jones , the master of the Taliesin , was summoned by Captain Tarleton , the Receiver of Droits , before the magistrates at Ncavmarket . The case Avas fully entered into , and the fact of the non-reporting to the Admiralty officers clearly established . The magistrates inflicted the
penalty of £ 100 , which sum they had no discretionary power to mitigate . In default , of payment , the master was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . It may not be generally known that all goods and articles cast up by the sea , or secured as derelict on the waters , are immediately to be reported in writing , as such , by the salvors to the receivers for the Aamii'alty . The act is most stringent and decisive on this point . In the above instance had the master properly reported the case he would have been entitled to a large sum as salvage . Keigiilei-. —EccLESiASTicAL . —The case , "the Clerk versus the Churchwardens of Kei ghley , " for wages , which should have gone before the County Court , here , last Wednesday , has been , we understand ,
removed to the Court of Queen's Bench . This event has been a source of much disappointment to the sinners of the locality ; all feeling convinced that the saints would not bring then * spiritual affairs into a temporal court , without some unusual reason . It seems , too , that strange revelations were anticipated . Surely the Churchwardens mean not-by this pious upper-court move to disable their " weak brother "from making any response thereto , save his monotonous dissylable "Amen . "—The Labour Market . —Operatives engaged in the staple trade of the locality have now full work . In several instances improved wages have been realised . On the prices of combing and weaving an immediate and general advance seems quite probable . Bristol . —One of those unseemly transactions a
sale of goods under seizure for church rates , took place in tins city on Monday , and gave rise to a good deal of excitement . The goods , which belonged to parishioners of the parish of St . Stephen , were of a value very disproportionate to the sums assessed by the rate upon the parties to whom they had belonged ; but in addition , the fact of the owners being conscientiously opposed to the Church of England greatly added to the painful nature of the occurl rence . As soon as the seizure had been made , bills ZT ^ u' ! innou , . dnf the intended sale , and stating the house at which it would take place , and an immense eoncpnno of persons attended and comletelfilled the house
p y ; so much so , ; that the officers were compelled to effect an entrance through a ton window by means of a ladder , being wholly ¦ unable to force their way through the shop , After a while ft ^ tT ^^ ifr *? - auctirer be *™ CO call out , i , l * 08-, Ac ., and ultimately the articles were knocked down , but nobodyWuI see any one bid for them , nor would the auctioneer give the name of the party who had bought X whole . affair seemed to give great dissatisfaction and to excite anything but a religious feeling , and on the auctioneer quitting the public-house at which the sale was made no was hooted thrpugh tbi
. _ . , m streets , and he Avas obliged to take refuge in the Guildhall . The Murder of Mr . Griffith near Brighton . —Two men were apprehended by tho Brighton police on Sunday in consequence of something which had fallen from them ; but the expressions proved to be those of drunken folly , and they were , immediately set free . . . California GotD . -Thero is , ( says the Liverpool Standard ) , ' at present to be seen on the Earl of Derby ' s estate at Knowsley a considerable quantity of cold dust imbedded in soil which has been broug ht from California along with some rare trees and plants . ,, „ Manchester . —Attempted Murder of a Family „ .. . v t » v * t . xat . Machine . —A middle-aged man ,
named James Buckley , was placed in the dock at the Guildhall , on Tuesday last , charged withering an infernal machine in the house of Geo . Blackbuin , of Lower Houses , near Almondbury , with the intention of murdering the whole family , or doing them some serious bodily harm . About one o clock on tho morning of the 1 st ult ., the prosecutor was awoke by the breaking of one ofthe window panes ; by-and-by ho was alarmed by the hissing of a fuse , which was attached to something that had been put into the house through the aperture just made in the windoAV . He Avas proceeding to get out of bed to see what it was , when a frig htful explosion took place , breaking several other windows , and shaking the entire buildincr to its foundation . Fortunately ,
manded to Saturday . Unequal Match . —Tho usual tranquillity of the border country has lately been somewhat disturbed by the discovery that the heiress to a landed estate of £ 4 , 000 per annum Avas betrothed to a domestic servant ofthe fam ily . The lady is young , the fortunate swain , who is the gardener , is double her age , and it is believed that a similarity in their religious views has produced this result . Be this last circumstance as it may , however , the family , whieh is an old one , claiming the rare distinction of being embalmed by name in the unfading page of Shakspere , is in deep distress on account of the match . It may be added that the gardener is of unexceptionable character . The marriage is expected to take place in a fovr days .
High Rent . —Tho farm of Greenfield , tho property of AndreAv Hunter , Esq ., of Doonholm , was let on Tuesday week , on a nineteen years' lease after Martinmas next . The extent is about eighty-seven arable Scotch acres of fine land on the banks of the river Doon , near to Burns s Monument . It Avas during last lease let at a grain rent of three and a half bolls per acre , averaging about four guineas in money . From all appearances the farmers in this quarter do not seem to partake of any alarm as to the effects of Free Trade being injurious to farming , as the new lease has been taken up at £ 5 6 s . per acre . We understand there Avas considerable competition .
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Dublin, Saturday Morning.—Opposition To ...
Dublin , Saturday Morning . —Opposition to the Rate in Aid in Ulsthr . —The northern province is moved by a sp irit of determined resistance to the rate in aid proposed by Lord John Russell ; and Ulster , heretofore so free from agitation , is excited from one end to tho other . The local journals , without distinction of party , oppose the new taxation with energy , and appeal to tlie people to moot in all quarters , to remonstrate against the injustice of taxing the north for the relief of "the improvident western squires and their paupers . " Several meetings have been convened , and it appears likely before the end of next Aveck , that the movement will be universal throughout the province .
The " Social Revolution . " — A letter from Clonmel of yesterday's date , after drawing a most g loomy sketch of the state of the South Riding of Tipperary , proceeds as follows;— " At this present moment a large landed proprietor , residing Avithin a few miles of this town , and who is also tho agent over one of the largest properties in the country , is locked up in his house , closely watched by sundry suspicious-looking characters , each of whom has a Avrit to hand him to the value of from £ 50 to £ 700 , amounting in all to some thousands . The samegentieman is closely looked after by numerous tenants , to whom receipts have been given for renton unstamped paper , thereby rendering them liable for the same rent at the demand of the landlord , whenever he
may choose to institute proceedings to that end . ' The poor rates , ' our people say , ' are killing them ; the shopkeepers complain bitterly of them ; the landlords and tenants are determined not to pay them ; they will emigrate first ; ' and if they have not the means to do this they will go into the poor house . One poor Avoman yesterday Avas Avalking in the tOAvn , and her cloth cloak av . is seized from ofl her back for poor rates , and sold in a short time after by public auction , at the mainguard , for 4 s . 6 d . This will give an idea of our actual state , for prospects we nave none . " The State Prisoners in Kilmainham . —An in-A'estigation has been ordered by the Government
respecting the treatment to which , it is alleged , the six State prisoners , still confined hi Kilmainham , have been subjected . Mr . Joseph Brenan has written a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , complaining of Sir George Grey ' s statement in the House of Commons , that '' all the prisoners had threatened to offend as Mr . Mcany had offended , " by writing articles for newspapers . Mr . Brenan says that Messrs . Meany and Rca were the only gentlemen of the six confined at Kilmainham who published any articles ; he himself , Avith O'Higgins , Meyler , and Hclpin , was Avilling to giA'o a pledge to the contrary . Yet they also were " sent to the damp cells of the felon yard .
Monday . —The only information which has reached us is that scA'cral meetings haA'c been held in different places , to testify their opposition to the rate in aid . Tuesday . —An emigrant ship—the Lord Sandon—Avas burnt at Kin sale . Its value Avas £ 2 , 000 . ' So lives were lost . The vessel was uninsured . Clonmel Assizes . —Treason Trials . —Next assize promises to be one of tho heaviest and most protracted that CA'en Clonmel has ever seen . Just fancy fifty or sixty state prisoners—twenty are to be tried for high treason , twenty for aiding in rebellion ( that looks like a distinction without a difference ) , seventeen for carrying on a little rebellion on their own account , the overt acts of which arc : burning the slate quarry , police-barrack , and
attacking Glenbower ( far eclipsing Ballingarry . ) Mr . M . R . Leyne , Avho Avas arrested with T . F . Meagher and O'Donoghue , Avill probably be tried here ! He Avas removed with S . O'Brien , & c , before the special commission , to our jail , Avhere he has since been kept . He vras the orator of Conciliation Hall for a considerable time , and for some months Avas in the habit of making the speech ofthe day at the Aveekly meeting . At the time of the League agitation , he joined it , and hence his connexion with , the Young Ireland party . We believe he is the son of a stipendiary magistrate , and a relative of the Messrs . O'Connell . A Miss Power , aunt to Mi ' . O'Mahony , is to be tried for high treason , and for " aiding her nepheAv to escape from justice , he being at the
tunc a proclaimed traitor . " Mr . Killilea , proprietor of the Waterford Chronicle , Avho was arrested in company with Miss Power , is to be arraigned on a similar charge . If there was anything like a hero in the whole movement , one of the Glenbower assailants , named Kelly , has tho best claim to the appellation . In his desperate encounter with the police , he received four bayonet wounds , one of them in the head , besides a blow across the ear from the butt end of the carbine . Notwithstanding his sufferings and loss of blood , he has never remained in bed a day since , and was sufficiently strong to be removed from Carrick bridewell to Clonmel in about a week after the affair at Glenbower . Four men are in prison for the murder of the three bailiffs at
Banana , and are to be brought to trial at the approaching assizes . —Clonmel Chronicle . Seizure . in a Workhouse . —The Cork Examiner states that the bedding , furniture , < fcc , ofthe Bantry workhouse has been seized , under execution by the sheriff , at the suit of one ofthe contractors . The Ulster Fibes . —The Xewry Telegraph says : — We exceedingly regret to learn that tho acts of incendiarism , which have recently so much disgraced this county are not at an end ; but that , on the contrary , they have been extended from tho districts adjoining Belfast , to the hitherto quiet orderly and prosperous neighbourhood of Gilford . On the night of Sunday , the 18 th ult ., a house in the towna « dof Muiiabrack ( CountyDown , from which the landlord had occasion some time ago to eject a tenant for
| non-payment of rent , Avas maliciously set on fire , and completely destroyed . We are assured | that the landlord , Mr . Franklin M'Oreighfc had repeatedly , even after he had obtained the ejectment , offered to allow the tenant to sell his interest in the holding ; . but tho latter could not be prevailed upon to accede to this fair and reasonable proposition—lie would neither pay rent nor crop his pound : and , consequentl y , Mr . M'Creight , though sorely against his mclmation , had no other alternative than to dispossess a tenant so utterly unprincipled and so worthless . On Wednesday night a house , in the townland of Loughans , in tho same neighbourhood the property of Mr . R . II . Nicholson , justice ofthe peace , Avas also maliciously set fire to , and most of j $ ilCS t •* O J vu ) yrED . TEBVAT .-m Ulster movement still con-
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tinues , and all the boards of guardians in the north are signifying their displeasure with the proposal of the rate in aid . To-morrow tho guardians ^ of Antrim arc to ' have a full meeting for the special purpose of condemning it . The Lurgan board has vehemently remonstrated on the subject , and so also have tho guardians of Maherafelt and Newtownards . The Dungannon union is to proclaim its adverse sentiments to-morrow , and on Friday the ratepayers of Belfast are to hold a public meeting , and record their disapprobation . The Cholera in Ireland . -- This fearful disease , since its appearance in Ifewry a few days since , has been steadily increasing ; but fortunately tlie cases on the whole are not numerous . There were eighteen cases up to tho 25 th ; and the proportion of deaths Avas one-third . ¦ __ . __ t 11 Al _— V ... i < 1 ii f \ £ fyiinV / llirAD 111 + l */\ nnUh
In Belfast , on Monday , the number of cases suddenly increased to twenty-eight . The Banner of Ulster says : — "Total cases in Belfast Union , 610 ; died , 210 ; discharged cured , 275 ; remaining under treatment ^ 131 . It is rather an alarming fact that already , AA'ithin little more than two months , 210 human beings have fallen victims of this disease in our town and vicinity ; but Avhen we state , on good authority , that a very large number of these Avere seized by this awful malady Avhile indul ging in the beastly habit of drunkencss , the consideration becomes truly awful . " The cholera has also appeared in Ifewtownards . The exact number of cases is not given ; but most of them had proved fatal . In Kilkenny the total cases are twenty-six , deaths eleven , exclusive of the cases in the workhouse .
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FIRES . . London . —Fire at St . John ' s Chapel , Bedpokd-Row . —On Sunday afternoon , during divine service , at St . John ' s Chapel , Bedford-iw , the congregation was alarmed by a cry of " Fire . " The Rev . Air . Garrod , who had just commenced his sermon , begged the people to leave quietly , and not to be frightened , as there was no danger . They , howeA'cr , hastened into the street , Avhen they discovered that the roof of the chapel was on fire . Information was given at the fire offices , and as soon as the flames were extinguished it Avas ascertained that tho accident arose from the folloAving cause : —In tlie body of the chapel , immediately underneath the
galleries on either side are two furnaces used for Avarming the building , the smoke from which is carried off by moans ot iron pipes . The heat from the furnace had fired the bond timbers ,-and the flames extended from them to the roof . No one was aware of the building being on fire , until the children in the upper gallery saAr the sparks falling from the roof . Fire in the College School-room at Gloucester . —The inhabitants of Gloucester were alarmed shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night last , by the breaking out of a fire in the School-room , which it was feared would spread to the venerable cathedral . The school-room is over the
chapterroom of the cathedral , and the chapter-room adjoins the library , which opens into the cloisters and into a room communicating Avith the ' treasury and with the body of the cathedral . The fire is supposed to have originated from one of the four stoA'Os by Avhich tho school-room is warmed having set fire to the floor , which was much burnt ; some of the flaming books fell through the floor , and , but for the discovery of the fire , must have communicated the combustion to the room beneath . The papers , documents , & c , kept in the closets beloAv were rescued , and by the vigorous exertions of the inhabitants ofthe city and those Avho had the direction of the engines the flames Avere subdued before any damage was done to the cathedral .
Destruction of Two Indiamen in £ Fire . —The arrival ofthe Indian mail on Friday week communicated the distressing loss by fire of two fine Indlamen , bound for England , involving a sacrifice of property to the extent of little short of £ 60 , 000 . The unfortunate vessels were the British-built ship , George Armstrong , belonging to Liverpool , 491 tons burthen , commanded by Captain Faxton , the property of Messrs . Bodd and Co ., the shipowners ; and the ship Cape Packet , for London , 340 tons bu . thcn ( built at Sunderland , in 1843 ) , the property of Messrs . Lamb and Co ., of Lloyd's Room . The first-named vessel sailed from Calcutta on the 15 th of January , with a full freight , and a number of passengers . A feAv days after , Avhile lying off Fort
Glostcr , near the Hoogley , a heavy squall drove her ashore , Avhere she was subsequently discovered to be on fire . Her crew adopted all possible means available to check the progress of the destructi \ e element , Avhich was found issuing forth among the bags of jute in the fore part of the ship , but to no purpose , and ere many hours had elapsed it had reached the main-deck , and issued forth in huge volumes from the hatchways , and other parts of the vessel . Fortunately , all the passengers and crew escaped without injury , though in the confusion that prevailed , most of them left behind their clothes and baggage , which were burnt . After the mast had fallen overboard , it Avas determined to scuttle tho ship to prevent an explosion , some 200
bags of saltpetre being stoAved in the bottom portion of the vessel ' s hold . The operation succeededjust sufficient Avater was got into her to cover the saltpetre . It was considered a most fortunate circumstance , for had the matter ignited , it is probable the consequences would have proved direful in the extreme . The A'essel continued burning some hours , until she became a perfect Avreck . With the exception of 400 barrels of sugar , the whole of the cargo was destroyed . The owners are stated to be fully insured . By the acceunts received , the origin of the fire is attributed to the jute being shipped on board in a damp condition , and heating eventually , broke out in flames . The destruction of tho other ship , the Cape Packet , is reported to have taken
place on the night of the Gth of December , at Penang . She had on board a rich cargo of China produce , the whole of which Avas destroyed . It is gratifying to observe that , in this case also , no lives were lost , or any person injured . No cause is assigned for the disaster . Cambridgeshire . —A fire , which consumed a considerable amount of property and some live stock , broke out on the night of Friday Aveck , on the premises attached to Scotland Farm , in Back-lane , Chesterton , the property of Mr . William Wragg , and occupied by Mr . Jabez Ablett . The fire Avas first observed at a quarter before twelve o ' clock bursting from the roof of a line of barns and other outhouses Avhich run at right angles to the lane . A
man , who was sleeping in the granary or loft of one of these barns to guard the poultry against the depredations of thieves , av . is , Ave belioA'c , the first to observe the flames , in consequence of some flakes falling upon him from the roof . He immediately gave the alarm , and , although the hour was late , a considerable portion of the village population immediately turned out to assist . The village engine was also soon procured , and water was obtained in abundance ; but the houses were thatched , and constructed of materials of such an inflammable character that one engine playing upon the burning mass produced little eflect , and so rapid and destructive Avas the progress of the flames that they rushed along with resistless and inconceivable fury from one end of the line of building to the other a * s if it had been a heap of stubble . Every effort Avas
made to save the live stock , but in spite of all exertions one heifer and sixteen fat hogs fell a prey to the flames . At length the element of destruction reached the stable on the side of the farmyard furthest from the lane . _ Fortunately , this building was made of brick and tiles ; and , with the aid of the engine , Avhich played continually upon it at the point of its contact with the flames , their progress was arrested in this quarter . A considerable quantity of corn in the granary and a drill and gig were consumed . We are happy to state that the buildings and the stock were all insured . No doubt is entertained that the fire was tho handiAvork of an incendiary . At present , however , suspicion does not expressly attach to any one individual , although a man was brought up in the County Court on Saturday , charged with poaching on the land in Mr . Ablett ' s possession .
Adulterated Flour Detector. — M. Boland,...
Adulterated Flour Detector . — M . Boland , a baker , of Paris , has invented an ingenious instrument , called b y him the aleurometer—the purpose of which is to indicate the panifiable properties of Avheat flour . The indication depends upon the expansion of the gluten contained in a given quantity of flour—say 500 grains—Avhen freed by elutriation from its starch . A ball of gluten being placed in a cylinder to which a piston is fitted , the apparatus is exposed to a temperature of 150 degrees : as tho gluten dilates its degree of dilatation is marked by the piston-rod . If 25 degrees of dilatation are not obtained , the flour is rejected—the best flour usually giving from 3 S to 00 degrees . From experiments Arnica haA'c been made by Chcvrucl nnd
Payen it appears that the dilatation shows correctly the degree of deterioration whieh the wheat flour has undergone ; . and consequently the aleurometer offers itself as an instrument of practical importance . The same principle may be applied to various other purposes : indeed Silberman has constructed a new alcoholmeter , of a character similar to the aleurometer . —^ tfteinceiwn . —[ There is also an instrument in use in Paris for showing the genuineness of milk and the degree of richness of cream , invented by Dr . Donne , and called the lactometer . The practical use suggested by our contemporary of sucn instruments was well illustrated in Brussels on the
27 th of June , 18 U . That morning a body of police armed Avith lactometers , were posted at the various gates or "barriers . " They tested all the milk that was brought into the city for that day ' s consumption , and the consequence was that eighty lar ^ e cans of it were condemned . ] ° Revival of ax Old Rumour . —It is Ainderstood tlmt immediately after opening Ids next budget , Sir C . Wood packs up his awls and decamps from the Lxchequer . —Liverpool Albion . The lace manirfacturers and hosiers in Nottinghamshk'fi have agreed to advance their workmen ' s irages .
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Tub Robbery At Messrs. Shoolbred'.: N Mo...
Tub Robbery at Messrs . Shoolbred' .: n Monday , W . P . Hebditeh . aged 26 a norw tT ° dieted for stealing , on the 6 th of February TO * parish of St . Pancras , £ i 3 in gold and silver ? J bank note for £ 10 , in the dwelling house of K , Shoolbred and others , and afterwards break ; out ofthe premises .-The prisoner pleaded Guilt ? —Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the pro < tcnti « l ' stated that the prisoner had been in the emnlov « p prosecutor , and had gained admittance by secrptitv * himselfinacoalcellar .-A former conviction 3 sentence of transportation in 1839 was m-ovp j The prisoner said he Avas driven b y distress to enn 7 mit the robbery , the prosecutor having disclm " him without a character . —Mr . Clarkson said it w « true Mr . Shoolbred had so dischar ged him but ¦ '*¦ was because he had abundant evidence of the n souer s dishonesty , but did not care to prosecnt " The prisoner had also been convicted of horse stM ?' ing . —The prisoner was then sentenced to ten vearl ' transportation . 3 r "
On Tuesday , the time of the court was occunied in trying several cases , not one of which possessed any feature of public importance . Robbery . —llenry William Storey , a pain'er aged 39 , and Walter Palmer , a coach painter 29 Avho surrendered in court , were indicted for ste ' alinir some silver spoons and other articles of tlate valnf £ 5 , the property of Harriet Magnay . —Several witnesses were called , who gave Palmer an excellent character . —The prisoner Storey again asserted that Palmer Avas innocent , the evidence not being at all conclusive as to his identity , and the jury acquitted him , and convicted Storey . —Storey was * then sentenced to seven years transportation .
Wednesday . — Post-office Robberies , — E Broome and J . Witham , t « -o Post-Office letter-car ' riers , Avere convicted of robbing letters containing money . —Sentence deferred . —G . Elton was also in . dieted for stealing a letter containing two fourpennypieces and a postage stamp , On Feb * 24 a person named Holdernesss , residing at Eton , addressed a letter , Avhich contained two fourpenny-pieces and a postage-stamp , to a Mr . Goodburn , residing at No . 63 , Ernest-street , Regent ' s Park , This letter would arrive in due course at the Portland-street branch post-office , to which the prisoner was attached on the same day , but it did not reach its destination . It would appear that some suspicion attached to the prisoner , and he > as tnk « n into custody on some other charge . On his being searched , the envelope of the letter i-i question , as well as two fourpennypieces which could not , however , be identified , were found in his pocket , and in bis desk at the Post-office
there was found thenostage stamp which had been in the letter , and which was identified by its having upon it the following letter to the stamp on tlie envelope , the two having been purchased at the same time . —When Mr . Clarkson had concluded his opening address to the jury , tho prisoner expressed hig desire to retract his plea of not guilty and to plead guilty , but Mr . Justice Cresswell said that was not the usual course when a trial had commenced ; and the case proceeded , the testimony of the witnesses clearly establishing the facts as above narrated . - The prisoner , in his defence , asserted that be picked up the envelope in the street , and as to the fourpenny-pitces , he said it Avas customary for letter carriers to have such coins , as they were convenient to give change . —Mr . Justice Cresswell summed up , and the jury , to the astonishment of every one in court , the prisoner himself evidently not excepted , gave a verdict of '' NotGuilty . "
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Neavcastle , Fed . 23 . Wounding with Oyster Knives . —M . Stewart , and Jessie , his wife , charged with having , in January last , cut and wounded Alexander Young Robertson , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm , were convicted . Prisoners kept an oyster-shop , and a dispute having arisen as to payment , each of the prisoners took up a knife and slabbed the prosecutor twice in the face . The Newcastle Lasso .-James Clegg , nineteen , and Agnes 'lhompson , twenty , pleaded not guilty to assaulting and robbing Thomas Watson , on the Quayside , on the 27 th November last . Thompson Avas sentenced to ten years'
transportation , and Clegg , on two former convictions having been proved against him , was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . This is one of the many cases which have originated in Newcastle and neighbourhood , Avhere robbery is committed by means of a " hang , " or loop , like the lasso used in South America to capture wild animals , being thrown over the victim , so as to render him powerless . The following case is of the same character . Christopher Rutherford pleaded not guilty to having assaulted Charles Anderson , and stolen from him four sovereigns , eight half ' crowns , and twenty
shillings . Mr . James and Mr . Heath appeared for the prosecutor . The prosecutor was master of a small coaling vessel and as he was proceeding along the Sandhill on the 28 th of August last , he fell in with the prisoner . They went to Antill ' s publichouse , where they had a good deal of drink . Four men were in the same room . Prosecutor then Avent to the bar and got some paper , in which he wrapped his money . He then left , and Avas accompanied homewards by the prisoner . In proceeding through the Dean arin-in-arm , a man came in behind and put something round his neck , while tAvo came in before him . lie became insensible with the attack .
and when he came to his senses he found himself alone and all his money taken from him . The prisoner was apprehended a short time afterwards . — Mr . Seymour defended the prisoner , and contended ihe charge could have no weight with tlum , as the evidence throughout was entirely circumstantial ; ihat his client could not have been plotting a robbery , from the fact that he Avas asked twice by the prosecutor to accompany him , and that prosecutor at the time was so drunk that he could not describe the parties who attacked him— "Guilty . " To be transported for ten years . Feb . 24 th—A Daring Robbery . —W . While and J . Kane were charged with having , on the 23 rd December last , feloniously stolen from John Oliver ,
Street-house , Wyland , twenty sovereigns , a silver watch , and several articles of silver plate . —Mr . Matthews appeared for the prosecution , and stated the case . The prosecutor was in bed , his wife was standing over him , giving him something waun , when the two prisoners entered the room . Kane stepped up to the bed with a stick , with which lie beat him on the legs , and demanded his money . White during this time was also threatening Mrs . Oliver with a knife , and demanding money . Prosecutor then told his wife to give them the money . They then extracted the articles from a box , and decamped . The prisoners were captured on tlie 8 th of February , and were both identified by Mr . and Mrs . Oliver . Verdict , "Guilty . " --To be transported for fifteen years .
Ahisgdon , Feb . 27 . DEsr-EKATE IIighaa'ay Robbery .-James Hargrave was charged with assaulting on the highway-William Musson , with intent to rob him , on the night ofthe 18 th of August last . —The Judge summed up , after which the jury deliberated fur a very short time , and pronounced the prisoner guilty . The judge , in passing sentence , told the prisoner that he Avas too clever and too desperate a character to remain in this country , and adjudged him to oo transported for ten years .
Case of Manslaughter . —Charles Giles , John Briant , and Edward Cope , were charged with I " 6 manslaughter of Charles Gilliam , on the 2 / th of December last , in the parish of Shinfield . —Mr . Williams for the prosecution , Mr . Pigot for Giles , and Mr . Carrington for Briant and Cope . —From the evidence it appeared that on the day in question the prisoner Giles had a slight disagreement with tne deceased , Charles Gilliam , who would settle it in no other way except by a fight , which it was agreed should take place at their dinner hour . At
thattime they proceeded to a field , and tho fight commenced , in which the prisoner Giles had the best of the rounds , but would willingly have ceased fisnting , but Gilham expressed his determination to ng «» like a cock and not give up , In the last round tlic deceased had scarcely strength to stand up . ^ would not give in ; he was , however carried off '" , ground , and in about forty-eig ht hours after he dieiif and on a post mortem examination being m ade bymedical gentleman , a wound was found on the «•' side of the skull , which , in his oninion . > vas tlie
cause of death , and was produced by external violence . The prisoners Briant and Cope acted a » seconds . —It was contended by Mr . Pigot . . , * part of Giles , that he was provoked and oblige" w fight , that he wished to leave off , and the light W » S a fair stand-up fight . —Mr . Carrington , onthepa ' Ilriantand Cope , maintained that they took no f in the fight until after it had commenced . —In : l > acquitted all the prisoners . Hertford , Feb , 28 . Burglary . — James Rackley , twenty- * '' * Daniel Brown , twenty-two , Alfred Lunnon , three , three powerful-looking young men , were j
dieted for burglary in the dwelling-house or . **/ Stacey . and stealing a £ 5 note , and other » on «* her property . — ' 1 he Honourable Mr . Gnmston p « scented , and Mr . T . Chambers was for the detenu-It appeared that the whole number of Per ? s L entered the house was six , and that threei 0 j »>« were armed with sticks , and the fourth had tee * which had fastened the window before it wasM" * open . The prosecutrix swore positively totuei tity of Brown and Lunnon , although their face »* blackened ; and as regarded the prisoner IJ * chit was shown that his shoes corresponde d witn ^ steps that were under the window , audit wa »« ^ proved that , on the morning after tho burg mi / ^ was seen in company with the other two w- . at a beer-shop , and that they all three ^ aslico faces , which appeared to have been blackei-e « ' , soot . TLg jmy found all the prisoners guuty were transported for fourteen year ? .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03031849/page/6/
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