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      M 19 CILULHK .. I * ThiThh Wkathib . —Tne following note ia Kul'Joincd tl » the Greenwich table of observation * : — " TinsaUeather daring this week has been very remarkable Ith oth ouaeoonnt of the high temperature and thndry ss ( ws of tbe atmnsphere . and particularly so « inS"itd * y . ;* y Jay 23 , and Friday . May 28 . On the fonner nt the * aw aynhe highest reading of thermometer in »»«»• BdeSdeg . 8 rain ., and nn the latter day it was 86 <* ee . loi min . ; on the same d & vs the hi -best readings at rtrtfcrtaoufh-terrace . Lewishara , tfte r « M « " »"» « ttr ( fr Gkvaher , were 86 deg . 8 min ., and . 88 dee . 2 . liuLito . respectively . These rea < ingR arc . a * f » r ** i for ( Sr Glaisher can ascertain , without parallel o ¦

      re-TX & pt & , as occurring in the n on h of May- The hr-( rbnrometncal state of the sir « n both days wa- also Remarkable for iutdrrness . but . mow narttcuhrly « m he She 28 th day ; on this day , at 3 b . 2 < i inn . p . m .. tie Brmemiieratnre of the air » a » 85 dng . 3 min . and thai If tif the dew- ^ . int was 56 Am mm . ; at the a-. niiroa ' meat MrG . ' aisher '» e 9 tdenoe , these elements « pn-J di 7 deg .-8 nrin .. and 56 deg . 3 min respectively , thsrnjemperatere of 'he air being 31 de * . 6 min . abuviiathit of dew-point temperature . At this timeth « egilegiee of humidity was atrjut 8 . 4 min ., that nfia nrauration beinr ? 1 The weight of vapour in a cnhio » ot > ot of air was 5 ' 5 grains , and it would have rrq-tired : / qi / qnantitr exceeding seven griin * additional tf » v «» ve saturated the same mass of air . "

      B . Baths wd Washhodsks fob tbe Labourmo fcufctssKS . —The ^ number of persons who have availw nerhemselves of its benefits since the opening of th .-BtastahUshmeut in August last tn Satwfoy in the astast month 83313 males and 7 . 127 females had isttathed , aad 19 , 417 poor women had washed , ironed , scfce ., the wearing apparel belonging t ¦ themselves atad families being a total of 77 , 908 individuals . .

      ISQCB 5 IS . B Eatai . Accident with thk Grand Di « ke Cox-KA . XA . vrist' 3 Horses . —Before Mr Bedford , at C *>» rHi .:-jFOwossn <* pital , onthebody of John Mitchell , aired " 1 . 11 . It appeared in evidence tbat , nn Saturday we > -k Jheiie deceased was sent from Mr Ricketes ' t . owt-Dsnaster , Oxford-street , with a pair of post-bores for SuShense of the Grand Dnke Cons'antine , and w « u ridriding down . Regent-street on one of them , an entire ttoiorse , when , it reared , and , throwing him on the grfrauud , fell on him . He was taken to the hn « nital , amadinafewdaysdied from the injuries . ' Verdict , H /« Accidental death . " F « S >! CBAR IHB PoST-OrTICB . —Before Mr Pavne thtneinq-uirj ha = i been concluded as to the o-igin of

      ththe recent fire whirfa oecnrred at the premises « f Mr 3 J . F . Fallshaw , fancy box manufacturer . 8 , S'anni"elalane . near the General Post-office , on tbe nighr "ft he 3 SM alt ., and which has been detailed in the star of blast week . After a lengthened examination , in which tithe whole of the evidence entirely failed to Mro * aony light upon the cause of the outbreak , and the oojoroner having commented on the carelessness * f WSfr Fallshaw , in having intrusted his premises to be Mocked np by a boy , and the more so , for leaving the palace at nine o ' clock in tbe evening , and not returninng until £ three or four o ' clock the next morning . Hthejury recorded the subjoined verdict : "That hbowt'ie fire originated there was not suffic > ent evddence before the jury to enable them toteide . "

      Fatal Aecassr—On Tuesday evening before Mr William Payne , on the body of * Mr Henry Sparrow . Mged 49 . ' coffv-e-hinse keeper , of St John-streH 0 > tithe 19 ti alt , the deceased appointed to meet somr ffriends at the Croydon station , London Bridge , to »•«• Kr / railwayto Epsom . The crowd there was very ggreat , and in order that he might the more ensile ^ discover his friends , he . stood upon the wall , when , neither from giddiness or from the pushing •* / ' ( crowd , he fell down into Toolev-street . - - "'P ? " * MDore than thirty feet . He was taker . «» the hosoisal urith several bones fractured . - "d died there « n JSimdav moraine . Verdict . ' ' Accidental Death "

      Casinos Acctotst -At GuyN Hospital , on the iBoay _ r rr- rf < -arias William Dunn , aged 50 . » ) teacher of music and ¦ m ^ inz . On Friday evenhu-Ithe deceased was seated by the side of the d-iver ol iwe oi Ball ' s omnibuses coming from Brixton t-London . As the conductor was not with the orani-IfcM . the driver had to look out for passenger * , and while hailing a lady in Streatham-plaee , ran the wheel of the omnibus against a post by the roadside The omnibus w « overturned an . l the deeea « ed anrl taa driver thrown into the road . The latter w . - » BOt mnch hurt , bat the forme had his 'e ? b' - 'ken I two places , and died on Saturday . Verdict , " Acci dental Death . "

      MURDEK OF A FEMALE . The officers of the D division of police were or Wednesday morning called into activity by a raordet committed under , it is presumed , tbe mr * t cool am *' deliberate cirenmstances . It appears that Mary An-Bunt , a female about thir ^ r years of age , nut of - situation , about eleven weeks since en ? a ? ed . tbp share of an apartment with an aged woman , namr-Wary Stowell , occupying the front kitchen nt Mi Baylis ' s , baker , Uo . 40 , " Adam-street w ^ fBrvapstone-Square . On Wednesday mors'f ^ , abmt ha f past four o clock , as police-c rm ^ We Ba » ter * by 124 1 ^ was on duty m Q < ieen . 9 t reet , Edgeware-mad h •^ senred Hunt walking a \ mg - , th two bnndlw 2 > uspecting _ someftjnff was wronw . as she annearer

      greatly agitata ; 8 t 0 pped her , and asked h < - wnereshg came from , to which she at first mnde n ' r toPStSat immediately afterwards said , * N * . 4 « . Agah-street" Tbe constable repaired thither wit iier in his custody , and having alarmed the inmat <« on proceeding to the apartment lately occupied b > the prisoner and deceased , a hnrrible sight presented itself , on tbe floor fronting the fire-place lay the body of Mrs Stowell ) her nead literally smashed ti atoms , a poker covered with blood and brains , with which evidently the diabolical crime had been committed , lying by her side . A thick piece of rope wa « round her neck tied in a knot , from which it woul ^ appear that the prisoner had first attempted to stran ? je ier while in her sleep , but her efforts being inefactual , she had taken the poker .

      SXAMINAIIOH OP THE FKIS 05 SB . Mary Ann Hunt was brought an in custody an- ' placed before Mr Rawlinson , at Marylebone policeoffice , on the charge of murder .. The first witness examined was—Batterahy , 24 D , who said—At a qnarter-pasr four this morning , as I was on duty in Adam-street West , I saw the prisoner put her head outside of the door No . 40 . On her seeing me she drew in and shut the door . Thinking that there was snraethin ? very « ii « - ficioos , I concealed myself close by , and ^ a'ched th <» ouse till a quarter to five , when f saw -k prismer soming out with two larse bundles . Tne moment she saw me she threw them into the passace . m * dosed the door , shutting herself in . T went over and

      tried the door , and found it fast I waited again a few yards off , when I saw the door opened an inch or two . I went np and tried to open it with my hand , but could not ; I put my shoulder to it and forced it in , when Isaw the prisoner behind the door . I « aid to her do these two bundles belong to yon , and she said " yes . " I said to her if you had been an honest woman yon would have called a cab . and not have watched , till the policeman wasoutofsieht ; she then said , " If yon donbtme for a moment I'll Ieav » - the bundles and call for them in half an hour when the people are up . " ' I told her that I most see the eld lady in the front kitchen , and desired her to follow me . ; We went down together , and she knocked at the door , at the same time Ravin ? , "it ' s of no use

      for she ' s as deaf as a stone . " I went in the area wit * her , and looked through the window ; there was no furniture at ail in the room . I said t her , you hav . told me a falsehood ; when are we coming to the troth ? She made no answer . We went up stair * and I knocked at a side door in the passage . A female answered , and I wished her to open tbe door of the back kitchen , but she told me that she had nm got the key . ' I said to the prisoner , who was with me , this looks very suspicions ; when shesaid . " don ' say I did it ; " and she seemed greatly agitated . A constable was passing , and I desired him to take the prisoner to thestation-house . I made my way into the kitchen , and found . therein the body of the old lady , with , a poker lying beside her . Her head wan nnder the grate . 1 got into the room and found thf

      woman dead , with a cord twisted round her neck She had no gown on . She had a large wound on the face and several other wounds » n the crown of the head , which appeared completely crushed ; great quahtity . of blood had flowed , and I perceived it in all parts of the room . I sent for the doctor , wh " lived a'few doors off . and on his attending he said the deceased Had been dead several hoars . I examined the bandies at the station-house , and they contained articles of apparel marked "M . S . " . Wm . Crofton Moat , surgeon Upper Berkeleystreet , stated that he wis called into the house where the murdered , woman was lying shortly after five o ' clock that . morning , and described the nature ot tteinjttji « inrlicted . She had been dead then , in his opinion . abont eight hours .

      Mary Anne Porter , wife of a constable of the D division , said : I was called to search tbe prisoner , and I found a steal deal of btood upon her clothins . Her bonnet strings and cloak had also marks of blood upon them . W . SRUs , 3 . George-place , Carnabyatreet , St James' ^ iSaid ; I am porter to Mr Baker , 160 . Itegeri-slreefe and am son-in-law of deceased . I di-cd wi * n her on Sunday last , and have not seen her Jhce . .. Jha prisoner , who was a servant out of phce had bee . nJodging . with her for eleven weeks , and a fortnightjag ' o she . received notice to quit , but she refu « edto . do « Q . Last Sunday morning my mother Cdeceaseditold her she was grieved at not being abl < - toget rid of her , and prisoner / iad been heard to make an observation to . the effect th at sbe knew the old lady had some money in a corner drawer .

      Susan ni Nisbett : I lodge at 40 , Adam street , on the first floor . I knew Mrs Stowell , the deceased , and saw heron Wednesday afternoon between threr and four , . o ' clock . Mr Ra > lins « n : Did the prisoner lodge with her ? —Witness : Yes . Mr Rawlinson : When did yon last see the pri soner ?— . Witness : At twenty-minutes to nine I saw her come out . ^ : .- ; > .. j .-Mr Rawlinson : Did yootbear aof noise tie strtg-£ > "tin tfeefefiBW Wfyce , ( k .

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      Mr tU * Iinson : Did you ever hear the prisoner threaten the deceased ?—Witness : Yes ; the night before last I beard her call her an old wretch , and said aha would do for her . The clothes contained in the bundles before re . senvd to and marked M . S ., were proved to belong ¦ o tbe murdered woman . The prixoher , on being asked what she had to say md hein « duly cautioned by the magistrate , denied II knowledge of the way in which the old lady came by her death . The magistrate remanded her . ftr further examinadon .

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      RICH AND POOR . L"OX » H THIS FICTDSE . AND OK TOM , On TVsday \ bv Queen Wootwica — The Cokw-*«• Prine- Albert , tbe «<> k of tbb SolmW . — Grand Duke Cnnntantlne . William Francis , a private ' ¦>¦ ¦ Grurnt Duclies * of Sax nfiheRujal Marines , wm w-imer . an < i all her other cbargeil before Mr " Traill ¦< r . i , m viMtnrK , went to w ' tthsteaVngapairofb-ots , \*<; , i R < eP « in nine open ( be property of James ct « iBg . » and four , ronvry- Coo .. er , of Richard-streetaa Uw c ^ hm ^ t Ministers , Folii-e-constabla Gladwin , lift Dulta of Wellii'g'on , 123 R , depoied to having 0 urt < fcc . A magnificent S the prisoner take the ""tinu- s (« on < piini"d the boots from the door of tha

      ftijal progress . The Stand , complainant . —The prl-A < -.. Her rrowded with the loner . ia his defence , said ariMorraey . he took tha boots through H-r M : tj sty gave n Brand want . He had a wifaaud h nq : iet in the evening in three children who wen ft . O orre ' i Hall . The i > er starvins , having been « 'ith-«> ea « f gold plate was used , out food the whole of Sa-The mngnificent " St . turday . His pay , after de-Oeorpe Cant't » btum" wag ducting the stoppages he placed in the cmr- of the was nnder , amounted to t bi-, which was bril ianrly only 5 * . 81 . per week , and i < lumin < itti 1 nith candelabra out of that he had to pa ; of Urge me , and richly 2 s . 31 . rent . lie had dia-Hi-upurpd ingoll . R ., W 5 posed of all his wife ' s nf soil di $ he < * era ranged clothes to purchase food ,

      the pnur « h ngth o' the ta- and his room was without hie . the Uretr sort renins bed chair , or table . The on e » gl-9 of silver eilt , and landterd of the houes in <> 'i the plateau , among tho which the prisoner resides different c-ntre pireea , were expressed his conviction arrai : g * d several beautiful that the wife and children plam * i » rl wer . inserted in of the man were absolutely Ta ^ aofjMtvirgUt . starving ; tbe room was A buff-tofcoldplatewaa without furmiture , and tha arreted at each end of the only covering thej had was hall , that at the eastern one blanket , all thvir goods ettremity rootaininir a haviitit been parted with to number ¦ f racina cups , in- purchase food . Mr Traill c a-. 'in ? the * ' Lincoln cup . " committed him for trial , and twu 0- > i . rtw . ^) d cupa , DwfiiiLwas ov the Poo *

      won bj Fieur-de-Lia , . the W toND «« f . — Ofiicih nmpi-rty of his Majesty STATEJtEax . — «¦ The Ctss-0 org « I 7 . paols , which are all but Amonir the remarkable tipen , po ' non the air and article !! nn the buffet was pollute the dwellings of the tlie brilliant Hunia . , com- poor . Inauch places were vo e-l of put e platen of gold , there are aewers , they be-- ^ o * elv inliid with precious come the source of disease , -itmies hnving pearls for its in consequence of the wan ' •» jre « , and having suspended of traps and - aocquste fro :, iu beak a Urge and supplj ^ wate r to c .-ange valHabl- ru'y . '" - « " *" etB of ° - ta trom the Tke Queen had i ^ 'ter- bouses , and to facilitate the rards an evenlwr »>* rty . ere 3 P 8 of Pestiferous gases The R « v' »' " ' , wr > . mi- from the decomposition of

      ,, i ittr ,-nd e'iMof theari-. animal and vegetable t % frMy w > te present on matt < r . " ! ia > hoi'ea < lons . Highland Destitctiou . Th- r « i-t io be an inspec- —Letter of Lurd Paumare i « n of the household tro » pg to Dr B « ytor . — " Brechin 'j her Maj —> y in pen » m , in Cantte . April 20 , 181 T . —My th » presence of the illas- dear Sir— I hare just now trioui f . ir < - > ti > € v « , her viav- rectitedyoar letter , dabid t « ra . This Brand insn-c- F » rtreP , I « le of Skyc , ttth ion is to take place in the April , 1817 . the contents of i . > wer Park on the north which make my heart bleed ront of the CaniK-, so that when I think of the airful spl-ndid « nd commodious state to which so man ; law of it m-ty be obtained thousands of our fellow - > . > m tne norib terrace . citizen * are reduced .

      H-r M » -j « ty » cd hU Poiitical Ecobomt » mi » it iyal IInl . n »» Prince At- Englawd ' s OaSATHCSS . — > -rt , acrmnpRnird Vy the Af we pass through the •¦ fine- ? ef h Ininscn , have streets of crowded IiOudon , t ^ rain hoa-iviv ! the Op < ra misery meets us at every ¦ » 'th th-ir jir-sence . step , rnd could we moralise MAONiricEtr Banqdets . on want , there is food for —His Excell- ncy the Uan . n thought . The followtpj da Brunuow gave a magui . facts apeaka ^ - a , volume , tie-int entertainment on Cfcie to Shoreditch Church -ii'urday last at As ^ hurn-. we beheld a

      labourer—boldnam Hou < b to theprmc ; , ^ fair a spade under arm umbers of her . Msjasty's —and on it written with * 5 . vernment . iavited to chalk , these words , — I AM leet his . ! ait , erial Highness WILLING TO WORKfie Grand Duke Constan- AND IN DISTRESS . Too ine . truel England's people btg-The distingiiishel per- pared—tlie spade an alms-< -naeea invi * e < 1 to meet the diah 1 Read it , statemen , 'irand Duke be ^ an to a-u and think ef political eco-. mhls at half-past nerea noray ! We ascertained his ¦ * cl-ick . The < e included cnae to be one of real

      dts-•> e Prince Lichtensteiu , the trest . Prince Lieven , tha Dnk- of Such is the destitution >) * on < hire , L < wd John that prevails among tho itu ^ seil . the M » rqm ' s of poor at Newmarket , that L nsdowne , tlie Marq-iis of the potatoes arebeingpulled \ usteuy . the M . qiis of out of the ground to get at Nnrmanby . the U rquis ef the seta , and theyonmrcab-Ginnricardd . > he E . rl of baga plants stolen—the Aarklanii . ifaeBarl ^ p ' ncer , ornieM being often ebliged he Earl Grey , the E . rl of to stop up at night on the tiorley . Ti » c-unt Palmers- watch—Clare Journal . ton . Sir G urge Grey , and Eviction op Tenaittst . Mr Staff rd Cminiug . —The Cork Examiner ton . The banquet was of the tains an account of the evicmost auperb description , tion of a number of facatsvery thii-g in connection lies from the parish of herewith bving conducted Cresgb , in that county . on a scale of primely huspi- One of the unfortunates , it tality , without any regard is stated , died i » the rains of ta expense . hit oxen house .

      Tne circle did not sepa- Nospaimbht or Poo * - rat « umil a late hour . bates . — Thirty persons Wednesday ids Excellency were summoned before tbe gw a second superb enter- ta « 8 * attate * ° * Wigan , on tnium .-nt iu honour of the Monday , for nonpayment of Grand Duke , at which his poor-rates . throughporerti , Imp rial Highness was making upwards of a huu-• igain present , th guests on dred such cases ia a fortfits occasion comprising niuht . th leading m » mhfrs of the Hakobkstsr— Sklcikg corps dtpom . tique . Meat Onvit Foa Human The banquet whs on the Food—At the Borough s'ussealeof prineelv mag- Court a woman named mficence as that of the Martha Amour , of

      Crosprecedinc day . toun , Knotsford , was TheEarlofEllenborough charged with selling four gave a grand dinner on quarters of beef , ia Wood-• Utturday to a numerous street , which were quite circle , at bis bouse iu unfit for human food , lu-E . wa-square . specter Alcock stated that Mr . Hudson , M . P , gave he found the meatiaacela grand dinner on Sstur- lar in Wood-street ; and di . v , at his mansion , Albert Mrs Amour admitted she Gate , to a distinguished had sold it for 2 | per lb . circle cf M-mbtrs of the Several respectable buUfeers Lower House , saw tbe beef , aad they declared it te be unfit to be used as human food .

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      IToRarnLB Case of Suspected Mcrdbr . —As in . f ] U »* t was held by Mr Bedford , at the Windsor ¦ Ji ^ tle , Charles-Street , St Margaret ' s , as to the death ¦' ¦ a female child . The circumstances connected with the finding of the separated remains had caused the almost excitement in the immediate neighbourhood vhere they were found . Upon the Jury going to the -vorkhouse tho trunk was lying on a table , aid the It * ad in a bundle by the side . George Fox , deposed that no was a nshmoneer , and was called in on Tuesday . fternnoh at No . 10 . Caere-street , some children telling him tb . it something was in the water-closet . He jot a scoop , and found the trunk of a child . There w is no head npon it . Upon looking down agaia he -aw a bund e , which was also got out . and in that he

      discovered the evident remains of the head of a child , fnere were but the bones . A policeman was sent or , and the body and head were sent to the workhouse . Mtlliman , 95 8 , gave evidence as to conveying the remains to the workhouse , and the state of the bones of thejhead . Dr Wright , of Storey ' s-gato , M D ., said that on Friday morning , he was seat for to tbe workhouse , lie saw tbe body of the child , which appeared to be one ef eight or nine months . The head was entirely separated and tied up in a bundle ; there was no scalp or outer covering , the drains were all gone , and the trunk was very much decomposed . The Coroner—Can you state what was tlie cause of d * -atn ! Dr Wright—Any examination would be very unsatisfactory , from the state in which the body is . Tbe Coroner—Can you state if the bead was taken off when the child was alive t Dr Wright—It would be difficult to say whether the head had been taken off before or after her death ,

      but the head had been taken off . The Coroner inquired if a pit mortem examination would leal to any beneficial result , suppose any one hereafter thonld be in custody . Dr Wright feared that any medical testimony , from the state of the body , would lead to so many doubts that nothing satisfactory would be arrived at . The Coroner—Yoa have no doubt the head was taken off ? Dr Wright—Not the least ; it had been separated , and not by decomposition . Milliman was recalled , and ahked if the inquiry w * s adjourned whether he thought he should tie able to find any clue to the parties concerned , and be replied be thought not . The Coroner then suggested that tbe jury could either adjourn or return an open verdict , for there seemed to bo some doubts ¦ vUether the guilty parties could be discovered . The Jury agreed to a verdict of "Found dead , " thns leaving the case in the hands of the police for future investigation . . .. ' ¦ ¦¦ . . ... „

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      Lancashire, Pbrsibn.— Dsstrtrciivk Fire....

      LANCASHIRE , Pbrsibn . — DssTRtrciiVK Fire . —The mill belonging to Mr Bashatl , at Preston , has , notwithstanding all the efforts of tho firemen , who were quickly oh the spot , been reduced toa mass of blackened ruins . It required the utmost exertions to preserve tha adjoining property . The factory had stopped working some days previously , and the origin of the lire cannot bo accounted for . The loss was estimated at from £ 3 , 000 to £ 5 , 000 , but the building was insured .

      TORKSIIIREPostefhact . —A pewon having £ 200 depending upon the late Derby races , in his great anxiety to have the earliest possible intelligence , hired a horse and gig and proceeded to the electric telegraph office , at Ca-tleford , a distance of three or four miles , Cossack being announced as the winner , was aucb-a stroke uUortune for him , that he at once lost all recollection of tbe manner in which he had come from Pontefraot , and proceeded home again , with all possible haste , on foot , without it ever once crossing his mind that he had left his horse and gig . until he had reached his d ° « tination and wanted a pocket handkerchief from his top-coat , in order to wipe off the nerpiration from his face !

      Mibpiexd . - The Murders . — The prisoners , Michael MCabeand Patrick Reid , has undergone a long examination before the magistrates at Dewsbury . About nine o ' clock the prisoners arrived in Dewsbury from Wakefield , in the police van ; and at ten o ' clock were placed at the bar of the magistrates' room , Court-house , Evidence was then heard at great length , but no new fact of importance , or more seriously implicating the prisoners in the murders was elicited . At the close of the examination they were remanded .

      staffordshire . Dudkt . —Fail op Pari op the RailwayBhidoe . —This bridge , built by tbe Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Railwav Company , under the Dudley and Birmingham turnpike road , near to the entrance to the Dudley tunnel ! , fell a few days ago with a great crash . Some boys were standing upon tbe part a few moments before , but a man being near , and seeing the brickwork giving way , warned them off ( he bridge , and immediately afterwards it fell in . The damage already done is very considerable ; it is said that it will take at least £ 1 , 000 to repair it . Be it as it may , the whole expense will have to fall upon the Company , their engineer having certified the work as complete .

      WORCRSTERSHIRE . Morosr at KinoERumsrER .-A dreadful murder was committed in . this town on a brewer named Phillpotts . The murderer is a journeyman ironmonger named Lloyd , in-the . employ of ; -Messrs Weloh- and Sons . The deceased and prisoner had been drinking at several piiblio J houses , and bad quarrelled ; ' Whm they were going home ; and Lloyd was at his door , ho aimed a blow at Phitlootts with a clasp-knife , severing the windpipe . Mr Br . ; . H » r ' a \ xrf , c » u , * no immediately it ; attciiannce , but life was extinct . The priouum- is in custody .

      SUFFWiK . Yarmouth . —Fearful Accident . — Considerable sensation has been caused at West Somerton , near this town , by the following shocking catastrophe occurring on the estate of Mr J . Hume , M . P ., and which , it is sadly feared , will involve a greater loss of life than has already taken place . It appears that on the 28 th inst . several children were returning from school , when they met a lad , named Kemp , with whom they went to a pit in the neighbourhood , where a number of martins harbour , for the purpose of getting their eggs ; Kemp , who is about 15 years of age , thinking the children would be pleased with the amusement , placed himself on the brow of the

      pit . with one or two of the children , in such a position that , by leaning downwards they could reach and get tbe eggs out of the holes of the earth , the other children being below to receive them . Suddenly » large quantity of earth gave way , and nearly all the children were buried under it . On the poor little creatures being extricated , they were found to be frightfully mutilated ; many had their legs / amis , and collar bones broken , while others had their limbs dislocated , and otherwise bra jsed .. A fine buy ( nf the name of ' 1 unier , was killed on the spot ; and Knni > had his arms broken , shoulder dislocated , and budy much hurt . —A verdict of "Accidental Death " - was returned . .. - " " - " ' " v .. _

      - - ~ OXFORDSHIRE . Melancholy Case of Drowning . —Oxford . —It is our painful duty to announce the death by drowning of two young men in the prime of life , one an undergraduate member of Lincoln Colleue ; Mr John George Stilwell , and-Mr C . Sewell , ofFurnivaPs-inn , London , a man of independent fortune , who had been spending a few days at Oxford . Tbe two deceaseds , in company with three others , cUizens of Oxford , went in a four-oared boat on a pleasure ercusion to Nuneham , the beautiful domain of the Archbishop of York . After being there some little time the deceased went bathing in a part of the river Isis abounding with deepholes . They had not been long in the water when Mr Sewell , who could not swim , got out of his depth , and cried out for help , his friend , Mr Stilwell , seeing his danger , immediately went to

      his assistance , and succeeded in getting him on his back , but while endeavouring to reach the bank , bm h went down together . Mr A . Joy , one of the party , who was angling about two hundred yards higher up the river , hearing the call for help , ran t- the spot , threw off his coat and courageously jumped into the water , and after somestruegling succeeded in getting hold of Mr Sewell by the hair , but before he could reach the shallow be became so much exhausted that he could not maintain his hold , and Mr Sewell sank to rise no more . The bodies were soon afei-wards found , but life was quite extinct ; they were brought to Hall ' s boat-house , Oxford , and inquests were held , one by the City Coroner on the body of Mr Sewell , and the other by the University Coroner on the body of Mr Stilwell , when the above facts were given in evidence , and the jury in both cases returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning .

      BUCKS . The Duke of Buckingham . —Rumours are afloat as to matters at Stowe House , the residence of the Duke of Buckingham . The result of this circumstance is said to be a determination on the part ef his grace and the duchess to leave England for a few years . It is said that Stowe House will be shut up , and the gamekeepers , & o ., dismissed . We understand the Marquis of Chandos will forthwith form an establishment , and take up his residence at Wotton House .

      SUSSEX . Fatal Railway Accident . - On Monday nieht , ns the down train of the Brighton nnd Portsmouth Railway was passing Bosham , the carriages got off the line , and the coupling-chain , which connects the engine with the passengers carriages breaking , the former was precipitated down tbe embankment , killing the engineer , and injuring the stoker so severely that his death was hourly expected . From the fortunate circumstance of the connecting-chain giving away , the passengers escaped unharmed . Anenuino engaged on the line canveyed the intelligence of the accident to Brighton , from whence another engine was despatched with assistants and material * for repairing the damage . The anxiety of the pass < neers detained at the intermediate stations , and of the friends of those who were expected to arrive that night , was painful in the extreme ; and it is to be regretted that more prompt measures were not taken by the company for relieving their uncertainty .

      WILTSHIRE . During the past week there was found in a field in the parish of Charterhouse Hinton , a smal I silver coin of the reign of the Emperor Adrian , the adopted son and successor of the Emperor Trajan . The figure nf the Emperor , and that on the reverse side of the coin , are both as plain as whenfir . st stamped , and tho inscription * ' Adrianus Cmsar Tra : " perfectly visible , Adrian died A . D . 133 , consequently the coin must be upwards of 1700 years old . The above valuable relic of antiquity is in the possession of Mr Samuel Phippen , of Northwood Farm .

      Food Riot . —A tumult has occurred in the veeetahie market at Frome , in consequence of the conduct ofapotato jobber who was eadeavouring to extort 2 s . 8 d . per peck from the poor for very small potatoes , only fit for pigs . This . exasperated some women , who commenced upsetting the potatoes , in which effort they were soon assisted by some railroad labourers , several sacks being thrown about the market , causing a general scramble , and the exchange of a few blows . An attack was next expected in the corn market , but the gates were immediately closed , and this prevented it ; but business came to ah end , and some fear being excited in the butter market , the dealers in that article soon made a precipitate retreat . The magistrates , who were then sitting in petty sessions , swore in a large number of special constables , and the town has remained quiet .

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      Logax . —Curious Theft . —Jas . Wilson , an Irish labourer , was committed to Stranraer prison on the 9 th ult ., on a charge of removing the foundationstone from the new steading in course of erection at Logan , and stealing the bottle from it , whioh con * tained a number of coins and papers Two feet of building had been removed before the depredator got to the cover of the stone . Snow-storm . —Ou Monday morning last the whole Grampian range , as well as the Ochill and Sidlaw hills , were enveloped to their bases in snow , and that even lunaoull hill had clad its shoulders ina . h arctic mantle . The i « now on the lessor elcvat ' ions soon melted . At Kinross , so intense was . tup . ' cold , that numbers of swallows wore found dead , ir . small clusters of six or eight , under the thatch / of houses and other places where they had taken belter .

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      The- Tuato Herald heads the announcement of the Queen ' s allowance of a uouM of bread a-day , " £ V mine ia high plasea , "

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      The Middle-Class beoinnino to . Suffer . —Up to th ' w time the traders of Dublin h « ve sustained themselves with astonishing firmness a trainst a pressure unequalled in severity for many years past ; and even still public credit , all circumstances considered , may be regarded as comparatively sound . But many small traders have been compelled to stop payment , especially those who had been working without actual or equivalent capital . On Monday the failure of several persons in tho leather trade wa * announced , and amongst them are some tanners heretofore considered quite solvent , but who , in consequence of

      the difficulty of making sales , have been unable to take tin th « ir acceptances , although having stock on hand more than equal to the payment of twenty shilling * in the pound upon their engagements . It is stated that a firm , encaned in the woollen yarn trade , a short dixtance from Dublin , has also stopped payment , Several shopkeepers , in various branches nf trade , have failed ; but notwithstanding , very few docke'R have been struck . The creditors , wishing to avoid the expense and . litigation of the Bankruptcy Court , are endeavouring to make the best term" they can in the way of a composition .

      The Potato D / ibasb . —The followinc is an extract from a lettvr by Jrwpli Iliegins and Sons , 29 , Coliege-er ' en : — " We hesitate not to communicate to you the result ofan experiment made by us on the pototo plant , which we regret to spy , lea 'es butslender hope of securing the trowing crop from disease . Beini : of opinion that there was a very considerable risk in cultivating potatoes this season , we p lanted a few sets in a green-house , whiVlnoon vegetated , and flourished beautifully until about a we ^ k ago , when the fatal disease suddenly but certainly appeared . On the same diy our attention was attracted to a small plot of ground in which was growine , up to thut time very luxuriantly , a variety called Earlv Martin , the seed of which had been

      saved with the utmost care , having been what is termed ' ereened . ' On examination they proved to be decidedly affected , and in a manner similar to those grown in the greenhouse . We have decided on making the above facts as public as possible , as we have learned this day . that already some hundreds nf acres in the onuntv nf Carlow have been ascertained to be irretrievably attacked . The di r seaseassumes various type»—in Tipperar ? the leaves speedilv black « and curl . In Carlow the stalks are found to hi > affected just below the ground . LiusRicK .. —A basket of new potatoes of the kidney species was offered for sale in the market at the moderate price of two shillings per dozen—twopence a piece !!

      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . CLARK . Noble Conduct of the Starving Irish The town of Ennistymon was thrown into great excitement on Monday for theseennd time , in consequence of the creat crowds whioh collected into it . and the dissatisfaction seen in every f ' ice , at the idea of porridge being auain for the rations of the poor—many were determined to die rather tban submit to ttq t-e-Introilufttion , while others would hav .- taken it . or indeed any other food , that would keep life in them , uut were in dread of doing so . This excitement continued during the day , and assumed as night ap . proaohed a more dreaded apoearanoe , as large crowds of at least 700 people left the court-house , and

      marched through the town . The window-shutterg were put up and doors closed , but there was no occa . sion for this precaution , for they passed quietly through in the direction of the workhouse , where they arrived at seven o ' clock , in the most orderly and peaceable manner , several of them acting as police to prevent any damage being done to the pleasure-grounds attached to tbe house . When the mas . ter stood at the door , they one and all cried out they were starving—some not eating a morsel but boiled nettles < ince Friday night , and demanded admission . The master told them that the house wa * originallv

      built to contain bat 600 . had now nearly fOQ , that no more i er aous w < w . to . he adraitt- d until the number were reduced below 650 . They then demanded that night ' s dinner , but thev were answered that there wai no provision in the house but what would suffice for the inmates durine the next day . They seemed satisfied , ann they then requested the master Br , vuid write a certificate that tbey had » D : ili ? uind were refu-ed . . 1 he master did so . 5 b $ they then left in the Bame orderl y . asflsefas hey came , and went G . ic ! c io uie town , where they a-rived almost at the » ame time with a detachment of infantry from Ennis . the night passed off quietly—no riot or

      disturbance

      KILKENNY . A Robbery for Food —A check clerk u * der the Board of Work-t , named llackett , whilst on his way from the village of Kelts to Stonvford , was stopped by three men , two of them armed with pistols , who jumped out ot ' a uroveon the road side and ordered him to " surrender his money quietly , or tbey would give him the death of Mr Prim . " ; -ackett submitted to bis fate , and the famished men havin ? searched his pockets , look therefrom the sum of 15 * ., after whioh they returned to the cover ol tbe erove , and suffered the man to proceed on his journey . LiMKiiicK . —Attacks bave bsen made upon the

      houses o » live farmers , residing between . Bruff and Kilmallock , within tne last month We have to add to the list the attack on John Madisran , a respectable farmer , within a qua-ter of a mile of Bruff . where police and military where stationed , en Monday night last . The names-of the above persons are , —ibe R . vans , of Tnnkardstown ; Thomas Carroll , John H ' iggins , of Ballinstana , and P . Gary , of Uregare . The houses of these persons were robbed of money and fire arms . Such is the terror and intimidation in the country , that although they were seen by a person living in a house a « joining , yet no steps were taken to procure the attendance of the police who wer « so near at hand .

      R'BBRBIKS OS THE WESTERN COAST . —Within the last month several vessel * have been plundered offthe coasts of Blacltsod , in Irris , and Acbill Head , in the barony of Buriishoolo . On Friday last , tho Defiance , laden with provisions from Wt-stport , was boarded by a large number of countrymen inside the Achill Sound , who plundered her of a large quantity of meal and ( lour . Food is scarce , and prices are exorbitantly high in the markets . Plunder of Paovisiun . Vessels ox the Coast of Mayo — VeB > ela laden with provisions are regularly bearded by ean ^ s of the peasantry . These depredat ions have been frequently committed with impunity , and now the insurance companies have actually refused to pay the value of goods so plundered , the county having avoided the payment , and they have also peremptorily declined eifectine insurances on vessels laden with breadstuff for this coast . Merchants will not incur the risk of bringing in food at so ereat a Imsard .

      Food Riots in Donegal —Early on Tuesday morning , a large concourse of people attacked the mill and store at Ii'i » hto » n , and were lepelled for a time by a charge of bayonets , during which two of the people were mortally and others severely and slightly wounded . The people , uotwithntandintr , continued the as-atilt with great yiuotir , and ultimately compelled the police party to retreat , leaving their assailants in quiet posse-sion of the mill and store , which they cleared of . very vestit'e of its provisions .

      AN HUSH RELIEF CMMITTEE , The DubHn Evening Post » ays that it has received the following statement on authority whioh leaves not the least doubt of its correctness : — Certain supplies nere tent to Gahirclveea for the purpose of distribution amongst tbe destitute of that miserable sput , Amongst these supplies were several barrels of biscuit Meal and some of the biscuits were distributed ; but eight bags or barrels , containing perhaps 1 cwt . each remained . Well , thry might bo wanted the next day , or the day after ; and a committee was named to take charge of the sacred trust . It was a committee of eight , This committi'a enme , on the very day of their appointment , to a unanimous resolution to to divide the bi eui's equally—amount themselves 1 And the deed was done . We dare say the names of the committee may be found in the prefer offices in Dub . lin . But , be this as It niny , wh repoa ' . it , that of the accuracy of the statement there is no q ' uestion ,

      Amount of Emigration — I he . emigration is very great . Some calculate tint 300 000 person will have emigrated to British Anievioa / and the United States , in the course of the current ryeac ; The emigration is , and will continue to be wjry great to tireat Brilain . It will certainly exceed 300 , 000 in the year , notwithstanding all theeffor ts—and very natural they are , we must admit—to pr event the influx . SPREAD . OF FBVKR . Fever is still on the increase , and smiting Clio rich as well as the poor . We have to record the death of the Rev . George Lewis , curate of Clor . tibn-t . At Shinrone , the ' Rev . Mr O Leary , R . C . ft . has been ill from fey jr . Mr Smith his assistant has been attacked by the same complaint . .

      At Oavofin , "county of Clare , of typhus fover , caught while in attendance , at the relief depot , Thomas Bloor , , Esq . In Ballysb annon fever israpidly spreading throughout the town and vicinity , and several wealthy persons are »;& present lying in it . ' Kilkenny . —At the meeting ef the Kilkenny board of guardians on Thursday , the master of the workhouse reported that fever is increasing in the town and country districts , and that" the patients wtere three in bed in the fever hospital . " ' Mr R . Bariiott Barry , cha- ' rmanof the town commissioned of Mallow , has died of the fever .

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      Leeds . —Twnus Fevrr . —The progress of typhus fever 'in this town unhappily appears to bo on the increase in the low districts of tne town . Three Roman Catholic clergymen have now become the vie tiniBoftliis malignant disease , contracted amongst the'ipoor and fever-stricken . '" It'is only a week or twtf ago that we noticed the death of the lit v . It . Wilson one of the late im-umbents of St . Ann ' s Ohurcli . On Thursday afternoon last , the Rev . II . Walmsley , became a second victim to tho virulent disease ; and his death was succeeded , on Friday ; by that of the Rev . 'E . Matealf , who , onthodentu of Mr Wilton , was sent to Supply his place .

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      MURDERS AND ATTEMPTS TO MURDER . Unfortunately , familiar as the public have become with details of murders which have taken place in various parts of the country , we bave this week the painful task of recording events of the kind , which , from their extraordinary character , and from the appalling singularity of the circumstances connected , are almost without a parallel in the records of crime , , Parkoate , sear Rothbrhaw . —An honest and industrious woman , named Jagger , wife of a mechanic , who , from ill health , has for nearly two yean past been unable to follow his trade , and who theiefore kept a small shop on Masborough Common , as a means of livelihood , was proceeding towards

      Parkirate , on some matter connected with the details nf her husband ' s small business , when , without a moment ' s warnine , "he was attacked b > a monster , who being under the influence of some fearful hallucination produced by liquor , put a perio I to her existence , by cutting her throat with a pocket-knife upon the turnpike-road . The murderer is Samuel Linloy , a joiner , working for Messrs Scholfield and Co ., at the Parkgate Works , where he has been employed for some months . Ho is a man of very drunken habits , andaboutampnthortwo ago was suffering under delirium tremens , for which he was successfully treated by Mr Wilkinson , of Rotherbam . About eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , a female named Turner , whoso husband keeps the toll-bar before-named .

      saw Lin ley come out of tbe yard of a tailor named Abson , where he lodges , and go down the road leading towards Rotherham ; he was quite sober to all appearance , but as she observed a certain wildness in his looks , and knew that he was subject to fits , and had moreover heard that he had had ono that mornim ? , she was induced to follow him . He took the footpath which is upon the right side of the road , and at that time Mrs Jagger was coming in a contrary direction along the middle of the road , by herself . When they were nearly opposite Mr Oxley ' s upper gates , Linley deliberately went up to her and knocked her down by a blow on the back part of tho head . Seeing this singular attack . Mrs Turner made an alarm , which was heard by Joshua Ilewardof Rotherham

      , , labourer , who happened to be crossing the Four-Iancends at tbe time , lie directly ran down the road towards Rotherbam , and saw Linley beating Mrs Jag . ger about the head , he being then between one and two hundred yards from them . He hastened towards them , and on his way heard Mrs Jagger scream out . He saw Linley knockdown the unfortunate woman , then s'ide upon his knees and get her shoulders between his knees . When Ileward was about ten yards from them he saw Linley pull a knife from his pocket , on which he called out to him to be quiet , and united him what ho was going to do ? Linley exclaimed , "Oli . damn her , " and cut at tbe right side of her neck several times . On getting up to Linley , Ileward seized him by the arm . Assistance

      ojmmg up , Linley was secured , and the knife taken from him . The wound before described was found in Mrs Jagger ' s neck , and , to use the words of a bystander , the blood poured from the wound like water from a pump . The carotid artery and the jugular vein had both been completely separated , and . as may be easily imagined , death ensued in the course of two or three minutes . The first expressions which Linley made use of were to the effrct , that he hoped God would ibrgive him . On being asked why he had committed such a crime , he said he did not know . He repeatedly said he had made a job of it , and that drink had done it . On being asked if he was drunk then , he repliod that he was not , and said he had only had a little peppermint that morning . We

      understand that subsequently he stated ; that be thought the woman was the devil , and that he determined to make an end of him . The murderer is a middle-sized man , with nothing very particular in his appearance . He seems to be between 50 and CO years of age . The knife alluded to was an ordinary buck-handled pocket-knife , and the blade with which he deprived the unoffending woman of life is about three or four ¦ inches in length . On his reaching the gaol he became more violent . He was there seen by Mr Bland , the high constable , whom he seized by the throat , and who had great difficulty in getting clear from him ; He was in such a state that it was considered unsafe to leave him alone .. aijd hg was SEc ' ordihg constantly watched . An inquest was held ,

      and the lurjr returned ft y « v « let Ot " Willal murder against Samuel Linley , " and a warrant for his committal to York Castle was signed by the coroner . Uulmb and Manchester . —Awful Attempt to Mubder . —A shocking and most extraordinary attempt has been made by an old woman in Hultne , to murder her son-in-law , while asleep in bed , by cutting his throat . The name of the woman ia Elizibeth Jackson , and her daughter and son-in-law , Thomas Royle , lived with her , at No . 43 Caton-street , tlulme . Jackson is a married woman , but separated from her husband . She slept in the same room with her sonin law and daughter , and at an early hour went to the beside of the young couple , who have only been married nine months , and leaning over the budy of

      the daughter , with a large table knife cut the throat of Royle , who lay next to the wall , and who , as well as his wife , was fast asleep . Fortunately the knife was not very sharp , and the young man was awoke hy its passing across his throat before a sufficiently deep incision had been effected to prove fatal . He put out his hand to save himself , when the end of one of his fingers was nearly cut off , and he then sprang out of bed , and ran into an adjoining house for help . Ellen Thompson stated that she lived at 55 . Clarendon-street . She said Royle ( the prosecutor ) came running to their door , and asked if they could h ' nd a policeman ? He was bleeding profusely from a wound in the neck , and stated that his mother-in-law had been attempting to cut his ' throat William Court , a police officer , stated that he was called in by the last witness , and went to the prisoner ' s house , when

      ho found her sitting by the bed-side . He told her what she was charged with and took her into custody , She accompanied him willingly , merely observing , " Very well , take your time , and I'll e-nie with you . " Superintendent Taylor said when he saw the prisoner he cautioned her of the use that micht be made of any confession , and then asked if she bad any voluntary statement she wished to make . She answered , « ' I hardly know what I'm doing , I ' m sure , for nil sides ; for he only n ante to gee my property from me , and won't wait till my death . " The kni » e produced in court was vory blunt , but of lar ^ e size , and the wound inflicted on Royle ' s throat was from two to three inches in length , but not very deep . The surgeon , Mr J . Foster , Medlock-street , who had examined tho wound , was not present , and ultimately the case was remanded , that his evidenee might be obtained .

      A whole Fashlt Poisoned . —An occurrence of a most appalling character , by whioh six person * have prematurely met their death , and the lives o f three others have been greatly jeopardised , took place in Kensall New Town , Harrow-road , on tho afternoon of Sunday last . A man named Thomas Hickman , aged 34 , occupied with his wife and six children a small cottage , in Penton Villas , Middle-row , adjacent to the cemetery at Kcnsall-grssn . On Sunday morning last , Caroline Boneny , a sister of Mrs Hickman , called to spend the day , and during the morning she was a » ked by her sister , who . was otherwise engaged , to prepare a rhub * rb pie for dinner . It appeals that alter the batter was mixed , and all the flour exhausted , the substance was too thin , andt oh

      going to-an adjoining cupboard ! she found in a paper bag what she imagined to be another package of flour . This she added to the formes mixture , and the whole was sent to the bakehouse . At dinner the family , including the sister of Mrs Hickman , partook haartily of the pie . Shortly after very alarming symptoms were perceptible in the whole of the children ; tbey were first seized with violent sickness , accompanied by a burning sensation in the throat and stomach . Whilst Mr and Mrs Hickman were attending upon them , they were , together with Caroline Boneny , at tacked in a similar manner , and they then for the first time imagined that the fruit in the pudding bad caused the symptoms , and assistance was called in . — Mr Abercrombio , a surgeon , of tbe Kendall-road , was

      promptly in attendance , and on examination ot the pie pronounced it to contain arsenic . On hearing this , Hickman exclaimed , " Why , that is the white arsenic I have had in the house for so many years . " Mr \ bercrorabie , immediately on hearing this , administered the usual antidotes , and did all that thenatine of the case would permit of , but without any beneficial result ; and at C o ' clock , James Hickman , a fine youth , only nine years of age , died . In thecouraeof an iiouranu a halt afterwards , another of the children , named John , three years of age , also expired . A third child , aged IS months , named Henry , next died ; Mary Ann , aged four years and a half , died at half , past 10 . Seeing that there were little hopes of saving any ot the sufferers , Dr Barnes , of Notting-hill , and Dr Browne , of Kensall-green , were also called in , but , in spite of their utmost exertions , they were unable to effect much good , and at 11 o ' clock on Sunday .

      night , the fifth child , named Harriet Elizabeth , aged I six years , expired . Mr Abercrombie continued in attendance throughout the whole of Sunday night and Monday morning . The father died at half-past 12 on Monday . He was only 34 years ot age , and up to the time of his death exhibited the greatest anxiety for the fate of his wife and offspring , Mrs Hickman , her sister , and her s » n Thomas , aged 12 years , were at six o clock on Monday evening alive , but it was the opinion of the surgeons that , although there were strong hopes of the sister and son ' s recovery , that from the fact of Mrs Hickman being mecinte , she could not possibly survive many hours . Mr A bercrombie has taken possession of the remainder ot tho pudding , which he has analysed , and lound that it contained a considerable quantity of arsenic ; and on questioning Caroline Boneny he learned troru her that the bag contained at least half a pound of that poison .,

      A lengthened inquiry was instituted into tho circumstances connected with the horrible event . —The Jury having been sworn , proceeded to tho cottages to view the bodies . The sight iva * a peculiarly distressing one . They were ult lying in the front room , tho father . . on a stump bedstead , the second sou was tyio « oa & dml t & W & WMlw Uw wiwt «» , ami the r « st in other parts of the room . I ho Jury appeared much affected at the slant of a father ' a » q . live children , all cut off within 22 hours . During the absence of

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      the Jury from the inquest room , the Cornr ... marked to the medical gentlemen as sembled in »?* case , the fact that the eyes of some nf . the sufferer , B dilated , and thoseof others were not . Mr Ahow " ^ bie said the whole of the sufferers died wi » i , V ? ?" eyes dilated . Mr Wakley said thev were Z S " when he s * w them . It wis as fri ghtful a case n * u bad ever "pen . to » ee a lather and five "hildren l » - dea-l together . Mr Brown observed that the » l " i of the sufferers w-ro perfectly sensible to the ll * The Jury havintf returned to the inqueH room tl Coroner addressed them , saying that he should 1 I off pane further into the case until the next 5 ( Wednesday week ) , and in the mean time the nijr bodies would be opined and examined . Mr Rr

      „ U . J nUn \ nfn * maA tlim tliof hr tW tint . \ , . ™ H had nho informed him that by that time Mrs I [;» l man and her sister would be able to attend and »; evidence . The imjuirv was then adjourned . . ^ Wednesday , the 9 'h instant , and the Jury wn ^ \ ^ over in recognisances of £ 20 te be in att"iir ] an ( i ? hat day . During some conrer <» ti'n which j ,, ^ quently took placf between Mr Wakloy and »!»« , *" geons . it wai « tated that a variety f reportswpta' ^" circulation in the nciehhni . 'rliond relative to thpep J ? rence , and that while Mrs Hickman states the 00 J ' tity of arsenic wag about a pound , her sister » X ; itea ii to have been two tabic spoonful .

      DRV . M > VVJI . M « nDKR AT KinDRTlMtNSTRn . —Thistrj Whas been thrown into the ereai < sc excitement j n consequence of a shocking murder which ha * Ksej committed here up "" a brewer , named Phillpni t « by a brazier , named Lloyd , and an inquput has 1 , ^^ held on the bndv , at the Town Hall , before R ^ Docker , Esq , C" « nty Coroner . It appr-ars t na { some ill feeling bad been excited between Phillnntts and Lloyd , and their respective companions and I ' el . low-workmen . Both parties were rfri king at the Wheatsheaf and other public-houses' in the tnwn oa Saturday night , and all became more or lew excitr-d

      They oroceeded home in two parties between nn « and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , and at the I / mn . hill both parties met , whenafi :: ht immediately commenced . Lloyd ' s party being in the . minority sought refuge in the bouse , of one of them , a hr ^ et named Lockiey , and the d -or was closo-d unon PhiH . potts and his friends . Some taunting exprp « i » n , however , was used towards Phillpotts , on which he attempted to follow Lloyd into the h"itee . and had got half way through the door when Lloyd rtuhed from a back room to thedoor with a knif * in his hand , which he drew across Phillpotts' thrnat , eutting the

      win dpipe completely through , Phil'r-ott s immediately cried out . and fell back into the street deluged with his own Wood , which ran « vev the road , Felons who had witnessed tbe affray from ?¦ lip ? r bedroom windowson rushing tn the spot * imnd Phiflontts a * already described , and apparently quite dead , Lloyd wa « then taken into custody , and the knife was found in tbe room where , he had been sitting . The evidenee fully bore out this statement , of facts ' ; but an adjournment took place in consequence of he numh ° r of witnesses win h : > d to he examined .

      Alleged Vf unDKB of a Woman bv hrr Hosbaxo . —Bhibtol . Wednesday . June 2 . —Yesterday evening , at about eieht o ' clock , the densely populated neighbourhood of Jacob ' s Wells was thrown into a state of unusual consternation aridalarm ' . 'b . v . a ' reDort that an Irishman , named Skinner , who worked as a . journeyman nailronker , and who had . but recently come to ' oc . onny an apartment at No . 4 , Limekilnlane , had killed his wife , by throwing her from a second story window into the street , a d ^ pth of thirtyfive or f rty feet . It would seem that " the parties bad not lived verv happily , and that the hush tnd had . a dav or two before . bea * en bis wife . wh' > was a finevotingwoman . ofah'iut twenty-eight , years old . Last night , atahoitt half-past seven o ' cWk , atwisther

      of deceased , narred Irwin , called at her lodsinss , to see her and her hushand The sitter h > d emnplained to him of suffering f ' om wounds and bruise * , and the husband , on its being mentioned , said be h > id beaten her , which was what she wanted . The . brother remonstrated with him about heatine her , and said they had better separate at once rtfhw than < J nne « thing else but Sght an * quarrel Words ensued and the husband ordered Irwin instanf . lv to quit his room , which he was about to do , when she cnichi h dd of him , and said— " You shan ' t co—for God ' s sake uOtl't go , fo if yon do he will mnrder m «< at once . " The husband insisted on turning him n llti and a scuffle ensued , in » he course of wfcirh the husband ran to a dresser in the room , and cot a table

      knife , which he brandished in a very menacing manner . Irwin broke from his sister and eotoutnfthe room , and had got a few stairs down when b « baited to listen , and in a moment heard a great crash as of something falling . He w < nt down stairs into rho street , and the fir » t object that met his sieht was the body of his sister lying on the ground . She was quite senseless , and bleedinc pr -fusely f ram her mouth and ears . Assistance was procured as sneedilv as possible , and she was taken ud and conveyed into the house , but she only breathed once or twice and then died . Information of the dreadful occurrence was immediately forwarded to the CI fton police-station , nnd the hushand was nt once taken intocustody upon a charge of ki line h s wife .

      Irish Conpkdrration.—The Confederate 1 !...

      Irish Conpkdrration . —The Confederate 1 ! met as usual at Cartwriulit ' s , Red Cros « -street , anvnsst whom we noticed most of the active men of tho old Repeal movement — Messrs Frawiey . E . M'Carthy , Kennedy , Glass , and S'attery . ex-Rc ^ eal wardens , took part in the evenir-s ' s proceeding . Mr Branlani occupied tfte chair He said he Mt nroiid nf the p osition they had placed him in . lit * wou'd say of their meetings as was said of the Roman citizens if tbey did not snecefd it was not because they had not endeavoured to succeed . \ He was c lad of the opportunity to rid his breast of gome of his indignant feelines against those who governed the t eople until the last half century . The government could get pi nty of paid minions , such as flesxions , & e ., to fiuht their

      battles ; but when cash was eettinir short they enuld still get the yountr men of Ireland to spill their blood on the plains of Afghanistan and the banks of the Indies ; but he would say . "Shame to that government who could' thus take the young beloved ot heland , and foave the aged male and female to perish of hunger and want in the midst of plenty . " ( Cries of Shariie . ) ' The Secretary said he believed they had all read the mornina papers 0 * ' the pa » t week , on the death of Mr O'Cnnnell : he thonsht they should hear what the- IHspatch had to tmy . Mr Slattery objected to the reading of any article by Publicnla . Mr Ryan said , Puhlicnla was dwdi and he did not think it was fair to attack a man wh ? n dea . d if anothw had taken his mantle ; he could not see any fair objection

      to hear wbat he had to say After some f briber discussion the meeting decieVd on the article being read . After the readinir . Mr Dwain md , though their object wa < harmony and cnod-will amnnest all mankind yet he was elad tr > s < e opposite opinions and principles clash , in order 'bat . bydiscus ^ ioRthey might sift the truth from the <» S « phood . Tho writer of the article was the Rev Mr Fox , who wa * a different character to the lute Pnblicola . The readingof such iarticles had a tendency to soften down- their feelings ' and prejudices , and exercise the mind'andjndement in pursuit of truth . He approved of much that was said in that article , tboueh he did not seree with << IL The Irish landlord » as an example to the human family that ought to he avoided , tlwy rarae over to

      Endand and manased their e » tates > , telling tbe English gentleman , that the Irishmen were such an uncultivated race of people that tbey could make no hand of them ; bnt the English uentlemen were bcgining to find the Irish landlords out , and dsipised them accordingly , as being the real authors of Ireland ' s misfortunes . Thanks to Henry Hunt , Cobbet , Duncombe . Feaveus O'Connor , and such men , they had brought about a better feeling , and tbe National Charter of Ireland could yet shine forth in all its solendour , in spite of designing knaves . Mr E . M'Carthy said , the press was now lauding O'Connell , but O'Gonnell had taught them a lesion about the press of this country . The time was coma for Irishmen to combine , for , he believed , there was a

      crisis at hand that would elevate Ireland to her proper position or throw her back for ages . It was necessary to take a If sson from tbe past and not de » pend upon mere words , but rely upon their own exertions . He was no advocate for physical force ; but ; in a country like Ireland , peace to her was more 1 dreadful than any blow that could be struck with . 1 the sword . Talk of black slavery ' . were the blacks 1 ever seen crawling down to the sea shore to satisfy r the cravings of nature with the weeds of the ocean ? ? Mr Martin next addressed the meeting . O'Connell 11 was dead , the papers bad said he left a blank , and i asked , who would 611 it up ? he hoped no one would i fill it up but the 1 eoplo themselves * ( Cheers . 1 Let st tke people get up such mecunes asMuleghmastand d

      tbe blank would bo tilled up . He had read that morn * n * ing a new publication called the " People ' s News- spaper , " a notable scheme to send some of the le labourers from tie Fens of Lincolnshire to Ireland to to teach the Irish people agriculture . ( Laughter . ) If If that was a fair sample of the " People ' s Newspaper , " , " God help the people that looked for food for either , ier , body or mind from such a source . Mr Frawiey said , id , his heart rejoiced at tho harmony that he had wit- itnessud , he was highly delighted , and entirely agreed : ed with all that had been said . Mr Glass , from the he West Knd Confederates , next spoke , complimenting lug

      the meeting on tbe order arid good feeling so ap- Apparent . The usual vote of thanks having been given ren to the chairman the meeting separated . The follow- awing resolution , proposed by Mr Dwain seconded by by Mr Frawiey , was pa-sed unanimously : — " That this Ihisi meeting recoKnir .. 8 the right of every nation to , toi manage its ann internal affairs , nnd receive the in- interference 0 ? tho Whig government in the political icftll affairs of Portugal , as an infringement on public blia liberty , ¦ and pledges itself to use all legal means los Ifl counteract such baseness , and further deem it a dutjlutj to call upon all lovers of liberty to pronounce in Uin it similar manner . "

      Promise of Eahly Harvest . —On Tuesday a fint fini shot ear of wheat of the current growth was exhi- > xhii bited in the Leeds corn market , by a corn arid floiirdouii dealer , who had gathered it on the prev ' ' 4 day at a at J short distance trom Leeds . . The wheat hawest in Van , DjelRen ' s Land h » H hm been vtry plentiful .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05061847/page/6/