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      that several of the defendants energetically exclaimed j that it was so , the prosecutor , af ;« r some prevarlcaf or positively denied that then was any foundation for the charge , farther than that the young woman referred to had voUntarily taken up her residence in hit premises , and tbat he had accepted her services ia the capacity of housekeeper . —Mr Arnold said , that nothing conld justify such an outrage ens attack as had bein undoubtedly established , aad , as he considered it ef far too serious a tfature to be disposed of summarily , be should send the « ase to the seuUH 3 as one of anaulv and riot , aad order tacn of tbe defendants to putia substantial ball for their appearance there to answer ft

      CKUt .-Co ! t . md Robbejx ., — A . young man named Wm . Smart was placed at the bar before Mr Arnold , charged with having feloniously appropriated a timepiece and a large quantity of household furniture , the property of Mr John Groves , apeulterer , living ia Poole Street , Horton . —The prosecutor who was greatlydistressedand excited , stated ibat tbe prisoner had formerly ledged in bis home fer about four months , and that although durlug tbe latter part oJMs so doing . iveral circumstances occurred whicb induced him to fear th . t aa intimacy 01 too close a description subsisted between the prisoner and his wife , to whom he had been married » ae years , aud who was the mother of four children , nothing transpired to positively confirm hi . inspiclona umU the morning of Satursay week , when upon wtnrning home from tran « acting his business at XisadenbaJl Market , be

      wassbobedat finding that his wife had absconded , leaving her children , the eldest ef whom was enly leven years old . crying by themselves in one of the lower rooms ; aud that the house had been completely stripped ef the whole cf its furniture , and every other article in it . Hiving- ascertained from the eldest child that tbe goods had been removed in a cart shortly after he had gone cut , under the direction of hia mother , he felt convinced that she had been seduced to such gross misconduct by the persuasion of tbe prisoner , and therefore obtained tho assistance of the police to endesvoar to find hia . but every tffort to traci tbe retreat of either of them bad been uasuccessful until a few days ago , when he acc'dentally discovered the prisoner in t ^ e company of his wife at a bouse in Tabeinsole Walk , and immediately gave him in charge . Tha most conclusive

      part of tke case was established by the evilence of Curxoa , a constable of the G dtvison , and a man named Keeale or Kiddie , iu the service of a carman , tbe former of whom stated that he wss selected . to accompany the prosecutor la search of the prisoner aad Mrs Groves , from having some previous knowledge of the latter , and tbat having , while passing through Taberseela Walk accidentally eanght sight of the prosecutor ' s wife loaklsg out at the top window of one of tho bouses , he immediately made his ¦ way up-stairs , and demsnded of her where the prisoner was te be found , as he bad a charge of robber / against him ; the woman positively desied that ha was there , or tbat she had had anything to do with him ; but , aa her answer was manifestly false , the witness p-oceeded to search the place , and upon examining a turn-up

      bedstead found the prisoner doubled up , secreted behind it , and at ence secured him . —Needle stated that at an early boor on the morning of Saturday week he was knocked up by the prisoner , who told him to go immediately te the house No . S 3 . Poole Street , to remove tbe goods of the occupants , who were about to change their residence . Ths prisoner accompanied him a short distance with a horse aad cart wbich he ( tbe prisoner ) had brought with him for tbe purpose , and npon reaching Poole Street it was leaded with furaiture out of the pro eemtor ' a hou ; e , wlth the assistance of that person's wif . - , who was shortly afterwards joined ry tbe prisonir , when both ef tbem got on the cart and directed him to drive to a bouse in Mark Street , Finsbury , when hs left them together , and at which latter house the proseouter subsequently discovered the greater portion of his property .

      At the cloie of the evidence for the prosecution , the magistrate asked the prisoner If be wished to make any answer to the charge ; but before he had time to reply a flaunt ' ng , sbowUy . dressed woman , who announced herself as the protecutor ' s wife , pushed forward from the rear of the court , and witb great flippancy and boldness expressed her determination to take upon herself the whole respoaslbllhy of abstracting the goads , the removal of whicb . she declared to be solely under her direction , and that the prisoner was entirely innocent of any culpability in the matter . She and her husband bad been upon very bad ttrms fer a long time past , and it was no great while ago tbat a penalty bad beeu in-Sicted upon btr for assaulting him , —Mr Arnold , however was clearly ef opinion that a sufficient ' asportation ' oa the part of the prisoner had been established

      against hia to fulfil the requisitions of the law , and , therefore , ordered him to be brought up again in a week f .. r the formal completion of tbe case . The pri aoner was then removed by Alderman , the gaoler , but before he stepped out of the dock the prosecutor ' s wife rushed forward , and , uttering to him some endearing expression , Sang her arms round tbe prisoner ' s neck , and , regardless of everybody present , kissed him so loudly that it was heard distinctly all over the court . This called forth an observation of scuts bitterness from her unfortunate husband , upon which ths wlfa attempted to follow the prisoner out to the cells , but tha gaeler forced her back and took the man out by blnuelf . On Wednesday Smart « as reexamined , and same farther evidence was gone into , whicb went folly to establish tke fact that tbe prisoner bad been instrumental in tbe removal of the property , which was deposited , with his assistance , at a house in Maik Sweet , Finsbary , where

      it was subsequently discovered by the injured husband iu the joint possession of his wife aud her paramour , when tbe latter was taken into custody . The deposi tions ware ordered to bo at once taken , and the prisoner was committed for trial the MsgUiffita refuting to accept bail for his appearance . —Immediately the case was disposed of , the wife ef the prosecutor entered the wit . ness box , and made an earnest appeal to induce a more favourable consideration ef his conduct on the part f tha maglstrats ; but fiading him inexorable , she besought him with the utmost coolness , as she was now without the means of support , to compel her husband to enter into some permanent arrangement , with aview ot providing for her fature maintenance . —Mr Hemmill told tha woman , that after the heartless profiigscy that had been developed la tha whole of her conduct , he was astonished at her assurance in making such aa application , and ordered her instantly to stand dowa and quit the court .

      IjAHBETH . —EirsAOKDiHlBTCASE . —Mr G . Englan , the eminent engineer , aud proprietor of the Hatcham Iron Works , in Pomeroy-street , Old Sent Road , appeared before Mr Elliott to answer to two summonses , taken out against him by the Rev . Augustus K : rr Bo » i Grenville , Incumbent of St James , Hatcham , the one charging fcim -with Tiling threatening and the other- & ba sire language to that TUtetttti Ojflrfefflfln . He Qttn . ville , npoa fclng sworn , said : On Sunday last I was walking with my wife , and met the defendant and ansther man by the Railway Tavern , at New Cress , Deptford . The ; came out as we were peeling , and on

      seeing me he ( Mr England ) called me a vagabond parson . He also said X was a scoundrel , aud that he should like to kick my —— . I looked to sea if I could recognise the person who was with him , when the defendant said , ( If he looks round again I ' ll punch his face . ' The defendant also said , ll never let him alone while he is lathe neighbourhood ; I'll stick to him . ' I had , by virtue of my office , to remonstrate witb tbe defendant , and I did lu the mildest manner possible , iu 1845 , and ever since he has aaneyed me whenever he sees me . On his cross-examination by the defendant , the It v . Gentleman said he was certain defendsnt came out of the

      Hallway Tavern , and thought he bad waited there until he and Mrs Greavllle came np . Oa a former occasion he bed slackened his pace on meeting him ( defendant ) because ha was looking out for a policeman . Oa that occasion he had also passed his own houss because he was la search of a constable , the defendant having then jabnsed and threatened him . Oa Friday week he ( Mr i Grenville ) did slacken bis pace , but that was occasioned iin consequence of M ^ sOrenvilla baciming very unwell . —Mrs Grenville was next sworef and said—I was walkling with my husband on Friday last , and we were f « l flowed by Mr England and another man . Mr England ( called my husbaad a rascal and a vagabond , and on my Ihosbind locking round Mr England said , * If he does it jagila I'll punch bis bead , ' and also said he was sorry 'I was married to such , a vagabond . He farther said .

      "I'll stick to him as long as he is in the neighbourhood , ' ] I was so frightened at ( he defendant ' s manner that on liny hnsbsnd taking me into a shop I fainted . —Mr Eog-Hand , when called on for his defence , said the causes i which led to the present complaint were of some years ' isunding . In the first place , he said , he had been ini Etrumeutal in the appointment of Mr Grenville to tbe lu-( cumbency of the hamlet of Hatcham , having been a i member of the committee who had petitioned the Eccleleiestical Commissioners to send him to that newlyiformed parish . Having taken an active part in the i financial matters of tbe hamlet , with the view of check-1 Ing es much as possible all uauecess & ry expenditure , he 1 btcaae . obnexlouE to the rev . complainant , and consideri able ann iyance was the remit . —Mr Elliott here remarked ( that he could have nothing to do with matters that

      3 pissed some years ago . and requested Mr England would < coc : e dowa ta the circumstances of Friday lift . —Mt ] Eag and thta went on to say that Mr Grenville had I summoned him before a magistrate at Greenwich for an i alleged assault , when he was fined £$ , and he , in hie tturn , brought an action for damages against tbe rev , { gentleman for a counter-assault , and got one shilling cdamases , each paying his costs . After this the reireread gentleaan soa / fat various means to annoj ltim . On one occasion he went so far as to denounce ifcim fr-im tho pulpit for heaping a woman , as he talleged , aud called upon bis congregation on that occs . teion to assist him insetting rid of birn ( Mr England ); land on roomer objected to his becoming a member of tthe Foresters'Ciub , held at the Rtilway Tavern ,

      dec daring him ( Hr England ) to be unaVfor the society of imoral or respectable men . and said that , If elected , h * (( Mr Grenville } should withdraw from the society as its Ihouorary chaplaia . —The Rev . M . Grenville—In refcreenee to the alleged denunciation from tho pulpit , and the eether matters alluded to by Mr Eagland , he would only eaay tbat at the time , the whale of the circumstances were Ibroueht under the notice of his bishop , who thoroughly iunvestfgatea them , and , after such investigation , " boggulttsd him of any charge of impropriety . —Mr England hhavlmj been repeatedly requested by the magistrate to ccome to the subject matter of complaint , said that en tithe day in question he was walking with a friead , and , ma Basing the complainant , he , addressing his friend , I * "d , ' That is my beautiful parson ! that is my vagabond larsoa , ' He dsnlcd using the vulgar language . men .

      Clerkenwbll.—Henry Philip Pierce , Alias...

      tioned , and expressed much regret that aojthlng be had said should annoy Mrs Grenville , aa nothing could be more distant from his intention than that of doing bo . He then caUed a witness , who corroborated his statement ,-In reply to the magistrate , he said that the defendant ' e first expression was . « Thaf . the . parson I told , ou of . ' He then said , H . ' s a besutifui fellew to go en about me as he has done . He's a pretty vagabond J arson to Wk " f me . ' He did not hear anything said about punching or kicking , nor did he hear an , bad Ianw „ , _ Mr EUiott remarked that thera could be no doubt ' the expressions aud manner of the defendant were highly Improper , and for the abusive language he convicted him in the penalty of 40 s ., and for the other be ordered him to fiad bail . —The defendant eomplled with bothand was at onee discharged .

      , A GEMlwaiiLT Tain . —Edward S'one , alias Gon . ger , a notorious member of the ' swell mob , ' was charged with being concerned , with two others not la custody , with breaking Into the hoase of a widow lady , named Tinkln , In Leipsic Road , Camberwell , on Sunday evening last , and steaUng therefrom two valuable watches , the one gold and the other silver , two gold chains , brooches , rings , and other property belonging to that lady . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on Sunday evening last , Mrs Tinkln , and a young lady residing with her , left home about half-past four o ' clock to take tea with a friend in the neighbourhood , and on their return at about a quarter before tight ,

      they discovered that during their absence the house had been entered by thieves , and the property before-mentioned stolen . The thelves , it appeared , had first tried to get inte the hoase by means of skeleton keys , but the door having been double-locked they conld not manage it in that way . They then broke a piece of glass In the parlour window sufficient to enable them to undo the fastenings and throw np tho under sash , and thus tbey accomplished an entrance . The prisoner was identified as beiag one ef the three persons seen coming from the house , and who effected the robbery , by a little girl who lives next door to the prosecutrix . —The prisoner declared te was totally innocent of the charge , and sa ' . d he had been In the tap ef the Elephant and Castle with his friends , and enjoying his brandy and

      water when the robbery was committed . —Mr Robinson , the superintendtnt of the P division of police , who had attended to watch the case , here Informed the megistrat-o that the prisoner was a notorious member of the swell mob , and had been frequently in custody for the most daring robberies . He ( he prisoner ) had latterly gone to live in his ( Mr Robinson ' s ) division , and he was sorry to say that since he had done so robberies of this description had increased , and oa the eveaing in question no less than two of them had been cohmltted within a few doors of eaeh other . For years the priseaer had been without theslightest visible ' mean of existence , yet be had at this moment as elegantly a

      furnished house as any of its sizs In the parish of Cimberwell , and also all the appearances of wealth and affluence , —The prisoner said it was perfectly true tbat by getting Into bad company he bad been frequently in custody , and suffered imprisonment ; buf he was perfectly innocent of the present charge . Indeed , the off : Bce „ be said , was one In wbich he could not join , as be had recently lost tbe use of bis left arm , and such rough work as that of housebreakng woulA not ruit him . With respect to the furniture ia his house , he said It was well known to all who were acquainted n'ih him that he bad some tasta ia that , so tha * it ( 'he furniture ) , exclusive of the paintings , was worth £ 508 . Tha prisoner was remanded .

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      - * ew- SHERIFFS' COURT . CRIH . C 05 . —HOGHTON V . WIGSST . This was an action to recover compensation for criminal conversation . Judgment was allowed to go by default , and a writ of inquiry was issued to assess the damages , MrH . F . Hodgson opened the pleadings . The plaintiff was Henry Hoghton , who complained that the defendant , Clarence Wigaey , had seduced his wife . Louisa Josephine Hoghton . The damages were laid at £ 10 , 000 . Sir Frederic Thesiger stated the case . The plaintiff , Mr Hcghton , now only ? 8 years of age , was the eldest son of Sir Henry Hoghton , Bart . In 1813 , on tbe plaintiff ccming of age , he became entitled to considerable estates in the eonntyof Lancaster . He became acquainted with the subject of the present

      action , Miss Leuisa Josephine Saunders , who was then only 17 , and possessed of great personal attractions , nnder the care of her mother . Mr Hoghton followed her to Boulogne in Jane of the same year , proposed , and was accepted . The marriage took place on the 14 th of August , 1845 . The defendant was the son of a gentleman who was formerly a banker at Brighton , and ho was an officer in the service of the East India Company . It appeared that on the 9 th of April an arrangement had been made between Mra Hoghton , and Mra Pugh , the lady of the member of parliament for Montgomeryshire , to so to Greenwich : On arriving at Hungerford Stairs the defendant , who was unknown to Mrs Hoghton , presented himself ; he was introduced by Mrs Pugh , and having , as was understood , missed his party , he

      was invited to join their party . On the next day he called on Mr Hoghton , and they drove about to notice the Chartist demonstration . On the 17 th of the same month Mr Hoghton wag called into Lancashire , and bis wife was left , visited by her mother , aad sufficiently protected . It would ba impossible for him to trace the parties throughout their course until the fatal consummation , It would appear tbat tbe iefendant met Mra Hoghton in the Park and Kensington Gardens . The man servant observed assignations made to meet at the Zoological Gardens and other places . On Wednesday , the 21 st June last , the fatal step was taken , The family was to leave town on the 21 st Jane . Preparations were made , and on the morning ot the day before Mrs Hoehton ' s maid was allowed ta eo to Bristol . Mrs

      Hoghton had informed her husband that he had an invitation to dine that evening with Sir Archibald M'Clay , and that she would go to a friend at Lang , ham place to tea . The invitation to dinner was for the 21 st of June last , and whether it was designedly represented by Mrs Hoghton to be on the day before he would not atop to enquire . After Mra Houghton was set down at Langham Place , the carriage returned to take Mr Hoghton to dinner , when the mistake was discovered that the invitation was for the day following . Mr Hoghton desired hia servant to drive him to the University Hotel , where he would dine . The servant had his suspicions excited , and he hurried back ta Mivart ' g , and Ma aaspioiona were confirmed . He hastened to hia master , aad on their return it was too clear to be doubted that Mrs

      Hoghton had eloped with the defeadant . Mr Hogh ton was dreadfully affected . He would not remain another night at Mivart ' s , and removed to another hotel . He consulted his solicitor , and it was ascertained that the parties had left by the train for Djver and had gone to Ostend , afterwards to Brussels , and to Wiesbaden , on the Rhine , whither Hirat , the servant , and Leadbetter , who was employed , found them passing as Mr and MrsWilmot . They remained for some time on the continent , and afterwards returned to London , and on the 20 th of October last the guilty pair embarked for India , where they had now probably arrived . Could anything

      compensate tbe plaintiff for the loss he had sustained ? He ( Sir F . -Thesiger ) asked himself , what will be the palliation offered for such atrooiou-i conduct ? The jury could only afford pecuniary satisfaction for the irreparable injury , and it would be urged that he was unable to pay . But was th it any excuse for his conduct ? Tha action was for the Eieat injury inflicted . Although the duty of the jury was to compensate and not to punish , if their verdict should seriously affect the defendant , it would perhaps make him , as well as tbe partner of his guilt , feel , though he could not sufficiently atone for the atrocious injury he had inflicted .

      Mr John Wilson Patten , M . P ,, the Rev . Arthur Truman , Mr Flowerdew , steward to the plaintiff ; Mra Pngh , the lady of Mr Pugh , M . P . ; George Hirst , the servant ; asd a Mra Newmin , were called on the part of the plaintiff , and established the priecipal facts detailed by Sir Frederic Thesiger The marriage settlement was put in after an objection to its admissibility en the part of the defendant . The witnesses described the « aff 3 ctionate terms on which the plaintiff and his wife lived . The servant said he did not mention his suspicion ? , because hetnought it would make them unhappy for life . Mrs Newman , who resided in Welbeok Street , proved that Mra Hoghton and the defendant resided in her house under the name of Wilmot .

      Mr Pe ' . ersdorff ( with whom was Mr Prentice ) addressed the Court on the part of the defendant . He appeared on the part of Lieutenant Wigney , not to justify his conduct , but to confess his transgression , and to urge circumstances in mitigation of tha large amount of damages sought to be recovered . The action was not to obtain large damages , but with a view to ulterior proceedings , to enable the p'aintiff to obtain a divorce . The defendant waa a young man , only twenty-three years of age , and , without abusing the claims of friendship had yielded to a sudden temptation , Sir F . Thesiger . —Net a sudden temptation .

      Mr Petersdorff ventured to say a sudden temptation , and the evidence proved it . Only a few weeks had elapsed before the elopement . What object would the plaintiff gain by large damages , surrounded as he was by wealth ? Money he did not want ; and could it bs imagined for a moment that , if they could ba paid , he would touch one peony Of tb / e sum awarded fer the dishonour of his wife ? What effect would large damages have on the defendant ? Was he not already ruined ? The learned counsel asked thejury not to award such an amount of damages as would render the defendant an exile for life ; or , if he returned , consign him to peroetual imprisonment . After a few obEervatiohs ' fr o m the U n d er Sheriff , Th 3 jury retired for a quarter of an hour , and en their return assessed the damages at £ 3 , 003 ,

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      Suiona KWK Revxmk of FoMrws . ^ -Oa Saturday last an inquest waa held by Vxt W . Carter , at the Surrey Arms , Thomas Street , Kennington Common , as to the death of Mr Robert Duran , aged 50 . The deceased was a master builder , and lived aft 2 , Hereford Street , Kennington Common . On Thursday morning he bad his breakfast , but in a few minutea afterwards hia wife heard a dreadful moaning in the room , and on going upstairs she diecovered that the door was fastened , and on makinf an entrance the deceased was sitting on the side oi the bed , with hia head leaning forward , and a large pool of blood at bis feet . On raising his head it fell

      back ; the throat was out a great length and depth , indeed so as to separate-the windpipe , and after two heavy groans he expired . It waa elicited that the deceased had been ill for the last year with a paralytic stroke , and had been unable to attend to his business . His property had dwindled away ; he applied to a club to whioh he had subscribed many years , and he waa allowed 15 ) . a week to support himself , a wife , and four children . This was reduced to 7 s ., and would , at the the end of the year , be but 3 s , 6 d . They applied to the parish officers at last , and had relief . Thejury returned a verdict of ' Temporary insanity , '

      Dasiko Bormabt . — A burglary was committed on Sunday morning at the house of Mr Josephs , a jeweller and watchmaker , near Zion Chapel , Waterloo Road . The family were aroused by some neighbiure , who aaw the shop door open , and it was found tbat the whole of the stock had been stolen . Ikoehwus RoBBi-nr nr a Pbemndkb Clbrgtimn . —On Wednesday evening week , between five and six o'clock , a person , having all the appearance of a clergyman , entered the shop of Messrs Lambert and Rawlings , jewellers , in Coventry Street , and stated that he wished to make some wedding presents at the Bishop of Winchester's , 19 , St James ' s Square . He required some ladies' watches , chains , and bracelets . Articles of this kind were shown him , and be

      selected several of considerable value . He also gave an order for a dinner service of plate , and said he should call on Monday and pay for it by cheque . He said his name was the Rev . John Coulson . ^ Hav i n g made all his selections , and desired the dinner service to bo laid before him , he s a id , ' Will you . have the kindness to send a shopman with me to the Bishop of Winchester ' s , with the ornaments for the ladies ?' Hia request was acceded to , and a shopman putting tha articles into a bag accompanied him in a cab to No . 19 , St Jamee ' e Square . He got out and kneeked at the door with easy assurance , and when it was opened he asked the servant' Hag the Rev . Mr Flint arrived ! ' [ A clergyman of that name reiiding at MordenSurreyis in the habit of visiting the

      , , Bishop of Winchester at hia mansion , St James ' s Square . ] The servant Raid he had not . ' ' Oh , don't mind , ' said the false clergyman ; 'Is Mr Sumner ( the Bishop ' s son ) in ! ' The servant answered in the affirmative , but added that Mr Sumner was at dinner . 'Nevermind ; do not disturb him . I will take wine with him by and by . I want in the meantime to write a note to him . ' He was then shown into the waiting-room , the shopman entering with him . He immediately commenced writing a note , but suddenly stopping and addressing the shopman , he said , 'By the by , I want some eignet-rnfls ; I forgot to erder them , Go back , and bring me some rings of that sort . ' The shopman , completely off his guard , went , leaving the bag and

      its costly contents . The other finished the note to Mr Samner , which he left with directions to the servant to deliver it , and then quietly walked away . He did not take the bag , but abstracted its contents . In the meantime the shopman came back , saying te the servant , ' I have brought these rings for the gentleman . ' 'Why , the gentleman is gone— ' said the servant . ' Where is my bag ? ' exclaimed the shop , man . ' Here it is , ' said the servant , bringing it to him . It was empty ! Information of the robbery was , without delay , communicated to the police , and a detective sergeant took the affair in hand . He waited on Mr Sumner in St James's Square , who said he knew no such person as the Rev . John Coulson . The delinquent was telegraphed to all the London

      railway stations , and notices were sent to all tho pawnbrokers and police stations of the several metropolitan districts . However the sharper was too quick in his movements , for he had already pawned the three bracelets aad three of the watohguards for £ 70 at the shop of Mr Vaughan , pawnbroker , 39 , Strand . The seven watches he did not pawn . On Fridsj moraing the Messrs Lambert and Rawlings received a letter from him , dated Bath , and bearing the postmark of that city . In it he expressed his deep contrition for what he had done—declaring that ha was the unfortunate dupe of more designing parties than himself—entreated the Messrs Lambert and

      Rawlings to preserve the greatest secresy , asseverating that if they did they should be paid in full when the writer came back to England . He wrote that of his own knowledge he knew nothing of any of the persons in St James ' s Square , but that he had derived information respecting them from certain parties living in the parishes of St Luke and St Gearge ' s in the East . Mr Lambert , though convinced that the letter was a rwe . proceeded to Bath , but of course without hitting off any traces of the chevalier d'induslrie . As yet be ia lying in some undiscovered locality—very likely in the heart of London . A reward of £ 50 is offered , for his

      apprehension . Cauiisk to Buildebs . —On Monday morning an inquest was taken before Mr Payne , the coroner , at the Cross-Keys , Wood Street , Cheapaide , relative to the origin of a fire whioh occurred on the previou * Friday on the premises of Mr Scholesfield , Manobesa ter warehouseman , of No , 2 , Clement ' s Court , Milk Street . Some prefatory evidence having been given , Mr Braidweod , superintendent ef the Fire Brigade , was called , and fully detailed the cause of the calamity . He stated that on an examination of the place he found that the fire had resulted frem kindling a fire on the hearth of Mr Scholesfield ' s warehouse , the surrounding brickwork being about four inches and a half in thickness . The firs

      penetrating through the brickwork had ignited what is termed a * dead shore , ' inserted in the party wall . These dead shores were very dangerous , being concealed , and they were only to be detected by pricking the wall . Kindling a fire in sueh a place , if it were known that there was a dead shore behind , or indeed kindling a fire ia any place where there was no stove , was highly imprudent , and could not be too much guarded against . Mr Montague , the district surveyor , stated that the recent alterations in the premises in question had been made under his superin tendence . There was n * law to prevent a builder raising a chimney against an old parly wall , and it

      was out of his power to interfere ia sueh a case . Tbe coroner , having summed up , and remarked upon the peculiarities of the case , aid the necessity for the exercise of the utmost edition in these matters , the jury returned the following special verdict : — ' That the fire originated through the ignition of a certain portion of timber in an old party wall against whioh a fire-place had been recently erected . That it appeared that all the usual precautions were adopted by the builder , but it is the opinion of the jury that more stringent regulations are required in similar eases . ' Mr Braidweod stated that ninety-nine fires out of one hundred resulted from a like cause .

      ThiCht GabQuesiiow . —On Tuesday a deputation from the inhabitants of Farringdon Ward Without , waited upon the Lord Mayor with a requisition signed by upwards of 500 ef the inhabitants , praying that his lordship would eonvene a wardmote for the consideration of the question of the enormous price of gas in tha City of London . His lardship appointed the wardmote to take place on Friday , the 12 th instant , at the Court House , in the Old Bailey , at six o ' clock in the evening . NvisAxcga in St PajiCbas . —A correspondent oi the Journal of Public Hialth says -. ' I would wish to point to the neglected and disgraceful condition of seme portiona of the parish of St Panoras . There

      is a main thoroughfare ( Cambridge Street , north of King ' s Cross ) , which is unpaved and unsewered—a vary sty of filth and impurity , bounded on one side by manure-wharfs , where swine revel ia putrefaction ; on another by a gas manufactory ; on a third , in the eentra of human dwellings , by a large churchyard . Such ia the condition of ths chief street—you can easily infer the state of the bystreets of the district . Tour space will not permit me to enter into further particulars ; but I may be allowed to mention that there are other streets and alleys in the parish which , though not iu as primitive a state aa Agartown , are full of disease , misery , and wretchedness , brought on by removeable causes . '

      Two Children Bornsd to Dsath . —On Tuesday night Mr Payne held two inquests in St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the bodies of Jane Irons , aged six years and a half , and Shadraoh Fulerd , aged four years , who were burnt death . The evidence in the first case proved tbat on Saturday forenoon last a man named Alfred Walker , in passing Pierpoinfc Row , Islington , heard some women crying Pirel' He went to No . 11 , and on getting on to the stairs he found a number ef rags burning , and the place full of sraeke . He however succeeded in getting inte the

      first floor front , when he found the child lying ia the middle of the room , surrounded with fire . By taking his eoat off , he wrapped it round the deceased and extinguished the flames , asd then brought the child to the hospital , where it died on Monday . The evidence in the second case proved that the child lived with its parenta at No . 2 , Clarke S t re e t , Goswell Road , and on Saturday week it aet fire to its clothes similarly to the other , and received such injuries as to cause its death on Sunday last . Verdict in each case , ' Accidental Death . '

      The Earlt Closing Movement . - Pursuant to ™ h 5 . T 1 Eauedb 7 * H ^ ° P rffcmdon , tbe metro-LioSad- f -T ? ctlV - eIy imaged within their re . spective districts , forming for the instruction of the young men released from business by the early closbg movement , evening classes in Greek , Hebrew Sin tors , ebieflv Clergymen , will give their services Gratuitously . Rewards for proficiency and honorary certificates for attendance , to be granted £ CS

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      men . SeTenteenof thew dam b » w Hw »« J k « n established in the metropolis . Ihqubbts on-TwsnAT .-Mr Bedford Jold an inquest at the Morpeth Arms , Millbank , on Jhe body of Mr Nicholas Loftus , aged 34 , a &» £ *™*} ™ Z in the literary werld , wlioie . death occurred ^ nder the following melancholy ^ umsUnces ^ -It appeared , in evidence , that the deceased wauled at No , §? Poisenby Plaee Pimliet . and for . woe' days had sufferedfrwn aneffus on on tbe brain . On 8 "" daflatth- ^ a ! so bad « to be obliged to kee p his bed , but tbe following day he waa w far nmsrid ss tone able to walk out . Whilst preeeediDg down Roehampton Street , adjoining hu owa residence , dv s-me means which could not be clearly ascertained , unfinished house

      he fell down ene of the areas of an , and fractured his right collar bane . He was taken home , and Mr ' George Pears © , surgeon , of Regent Street , attended and reduced the fracture , and deceased appeared afterwards more comfortable . The next morning Mr Pearse was sent for , and on his arrival he found that deceased had tern off his bandages , and that he was in a partial state of delirium . He again bound up the fracture , and left him ; but in half an hour afterwards a person came and informed him that he was dead . He immediately hastened to the house , and found that life was extinct , A post mortem examination proved tbat deceased had died of apoplexy . Thejury having consulted , they returned a verdict of death from apoplexy , accelerated by a fall —Mr Baker held two inqueststhe first at the Windsor Castle , City Road ,

      ; on the body of Charles Barker , aged 56 , of No . 14 , Recent Street , City Read , who was found in his bed with his throat out on the evening of Friday last . It appeared from the evidence of Mrs Mary Fawcett , and other persons with whom he was intimate , that deceased had been in independent circumstances , bnt , having been reduced by misfortune , be bad lately been engaged as a tradesman ' s clerk . Verdict , * Temporary Insanity . ' The second inquest was at the Spread Eagle , Homerton , upon the body of a male person of gentlemanly appearance , name utkn o wn , who was found in the Regent ' s Canal , nea r the Cat and Mutton bridge . Hackney , on Saturday afternoon last . There was ho clue whatever to the circumstance , and whether death was the result of accicent or premeditated deed remains unknown . Thejury returned a verdict of' Found drowned . '

      Dsits op aw Eccbntbic Cbabacmh . —A considerable deal of excitement has been caused in Liseon Grove , Marylebone , in consequence of the following di > eovery . For many years an elderly man , named Arch . Aroatrontf , a retired s ur g eon , had resided at 16 , E arl St reet East , Lisson Grove , and his habits of life were ef a most singular and eccentric nature . His shutters having been closed for several days , some of his neighbours felt convinced that something was the matter , and they accordingly made known their suspicions to the polio ? . Inspector Porter and Sergeant Bennst , oi the D division , repaired to the house , and an entrance having been effected through a staircase window , on entering the back parlenr they found the individual alluded to lying upon his

      cloak in front of the fire-place , dead . There were two dogs iu the room , and the greater portion of the flesh was eaten from the face by the animals , who had nothing else in the place upon whioh they could feed . An inquest was held before Mr Wakley , at the Royal Champion , Lisson Grove , as to tbe death of Mr A . N . Armstrong , aged sixty-fire , formerly surgeon of the 8 th Royal Veteran Battalion of Gaarda , lately carrying on business aa surgeon and apothecary at No . 18 , Earl Street East , Edgeware Read . —Bennett , 18 D , said he discovered the body of the deceased , on Saturday evenin g last , in the back parlour of his house , No . 18 , Earl Street ; was induced to g » there by Mr Yates , a neighbour , who said that as the shutters had been up for eight or ten days past

      he feared the doctor was dead ; obtained admission by the parlour window . The body was lying wrapped in an old coat ] in front of the fire-place , and the parlour door was open , and there were two dogs eame running in and out , snuffing at the body , and then running away . All the flesh had been eaten off the f ace , and the hands partially . On searching the body there was found 16 s . in silver and copper , and in an old stocking in tbe corner of the room was found JE 3016 s . 6 d . in gold and silver . In the room were found eight pistols , six of which were large horse pistols , all loaded , some of them with as many aa six bullets . Found two diplomas bearing hia name , one from the Royal College of Surgeons , and the other from the Apothecaries' Company , bearing

      date respectively March and April , 1816 . He had searched the deceased ' s letters and papers , and there was not one bearing date later than 1841 . He had endeavoured to seek out some relatives , one of whom , he understood , was engaged in the service of her Majesty at one of the palaces , and others who resided in the Commercial-road , bnt had not been successful . —Mr H . Obre . surgeon , of Lisson Grove , said when he saw the body it was lying on the floor in a very filthy condition , enveloped in an old coat . The body was in snch an emaciated condition that it presented all the appearance of having been reduced to tbe last stage ef exhaustion . The whole of the integuments of the face , were removed , and the entire bones , from the top of the forehead to the bottom of the lower jaw , were completed denuded of flesh . —By

      the Coroner ; My opinion is that the flesh had been eaten away by some animal or other . I , at first , supposed il might be by the dogs whieh were found running abeut , but I thought it impossible that dogs wonld be enabled to have cleaned the orbits of the eyes bo completely out . I should say rather that it must have been rats or mice . Mr Obr £ , in conization , said that the flesh was also eaten from bath hands , and that since the body had been locked up , and the dogs removed , he fonnd there . had been still more eaten . He found , at the apex of the right lung , a large abscess touching the clavicle . This abscess had broken and discharged itself into the air passages of the lung , no doubt causing death . The deceased had evidently been dead for ten days . —The jury returned a verdict of ' Natural death . '

      Sudden Dbath . —An inquest was held on Wednesday at St George ' s Hospital , on the body ef Mr George Stevenson , aged 37 . an artist ef some celebrity . By the evidence of John Luther , driver of the Windsor stage coach from the Bolt-in-Tun , Fleet Street , it appeared that the deceased hailed him and mounted hie coach in Piccadilly , on Saturday morning last . Deceased having placed himself on the seat at his back , witnest asked him if he would not be more comfortable on the box , but he replied that he wonld rather sit where he was , because he conld hold hia parcel belter . Immediately thai he uttered Ihose wordshe sunk back on the seat and died . Mr Henry Potter , the assistant apothecary , said the deceased was brought into the hospital Quite dead . A voit

      mortem examination of the body had been made , and all the viscera found healthy . Having beard that the deceased had run very fast for some distance before he overtook tbe coach , he thought he had died from exhaustion . This was very probable ; but the witness could not say that the cause of death was beyond deubt . The inquest was adjourned for an analysis of the contests of tbe stomach , Regulations or the Londos Brigade in Cask op Fire . —On Wednesday , the London fire engine establishment issued tc tae police a code of regulations for the better guidance of that force and the public generally in the event of the outbreak of a fire within the metropolitan district . It is printed on th ck cards , and a copy will in the course of a few days , be within the hands of every police constable in the City and metropolitan districts . On one side of the card is printed a list of the several fire-engine stations , and the names of the companies fpnaintr tbe brisade .

      Oa the other side is printed tbe following : — 'It is found very useful in preventing the spread of fire to keep shut the doors and windows of the premises ( after tbe escape of the inmates ) till the water is ready to be thrown , as ^ nothing causes a fire to burn : so rapidly as the admission of air . Any police-con * stable who first discovers a fire , without having his attention called to it by any one , is allowed a sum not exceeding 10 s ., provided no human lives are lost ; and it will be generally more prudent for one policeman to remain oh the spot , and send another person to call the engines . Any person giving the first call to a fire at any of the engine stations ia allowed one shilling for each station , which will be paid by the engineer . Cab hire or other expenses incurred by a pelice-sonstable , for the sake of expedition , will be repaid , on the eharge being certified by his superintendent . —( Signed ) Jambs Bkaidwood , Superintendent , 67 , 63 , and 69 , Watling Street , City , January , 1 , 1819 .

      Thb Deaths ik London dnring last week number H 03 ; tbe average being 1 , 154 , This excess is partially explained by the Registrar-General , who says : The present return exhibits a great increase of deaths registered above the weekly average . But , it must be observed , that the excess is only to a slight extent produced by increased mortality ; it is chiefly due to an accumulation of coroner's cases , many of which occurred in former weeks , but were aot registered till the end ef the quarter . Scarlatina , the mortality from which is double the average , aid typhus , continue to be the only epidemics which prevail to an excessive degree . ' The births during tb ? week were 1 . 458 . The mean temperature was 41 2-A Boy Drowned on Clapham Common . —On

      Wednesday , at CJapiam Common , the ice gave way on a large pond , known as Twining ' s Pond , while a great number of persons were skating and sliding , several of whom had a very narrow escape from drowning , and one fine youth , fifteen years of age , sunk under the ice . Every assistance was rendered , but twenty minutes elapsed before the drags could he procured , when tbe body was found and taken to the private residence of Roger Lse , Esq . Tbat gentlemap had a warm bath procured , and rendered every assistance humanity could suggest , Dr Parrott , of uapham , was in attendance , aud used every means to restore animation , but without effect . The deceased is the uon of Mr Taylor , a car pe nter , at

      At a meeting of the General Board af Health at Gwydyr House on Wednesday , Lord Ashley ia tbe Chair , a deputation from Birmingham , consisting of the mayor . Aldermen Philips and Martineau , and the town-clerk , had an interview , and presented a petition from the rated inhabitants , praying for the application of the Public Health Act to ffirt tow .

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      MR COBDEN'S PLAN OF FINANCIAL RE FORM AND NATIONAL ECONOMY .

      The following is an abitract of Mr Cobden ' s plan of national retrenchment and financial reform , which formed the subject of Mr O'Connor ' s comments in last Saturday ' s Star . . A communication from Mr Cobden on tbe subject of national retrenchment and financial reform was read on Wednesday night week , at the _ meeting of the Liverpoal Financial Reform Association . We are prevented by its length from giving it entire , but ( he following abstract will be found to embrace the Erincipal points t—Mr Cobden commences his letter y stating ibat his object in addressing the association is . to sajgest whether it might not be advisable to publish a national budget , exhibiting on one side in tbe and

      a considerable reduction expenditure , on the other the several excise and customs duties which tbe assoo ation propose in the first place to abolish . ' I do not , ' he says ' mean by this a perfect financial scheme , each as may be contemplated as the ulterior object of your association , but a plan which , whilst it went in the direction of your principle of direct taxation , and relieved the mass of consumers from a heavy tax upon their necessaries and comforts , s h o uld commit tho s e p olitic i ans o f all shades wh o now join in the vain cry for ' eeenomy and retrenchment' to some practical measure worth contending for . ' Mr Cobden then recommends , as the basis of this national budget , the expenditure of the year 1835 the whole cost of the government in that year ,

      , including interest and debt , amounting only to £ 44 , 422 , 000 , whereas in the year ending in April last it amounted to £ 35 , llr 5 , 000 , being an increase of £ 10 , 753 , 000 . According , h ow ever , to the estimated expenditure of the current year ending the 5 th of Anril , 1849 , the increase in round numbers is about £ 10 000 . 000 . This sum Mr Cobden proposes to take off , but before he details his plan he desires to add a million and a half to the revenue by the extension of the probate and legacy duty to real property . He says : « In the last year upwards of £ 2 , 000 , 000 were paid into tbe Exchequer by the heirs to personal property , consisting mainly of tbe hard-earned accumula t ions of our merchants , manufacturers , professional men , traders , and mechanics ; whilst the ducnl

      domain , or the estate of the great landed proprietor , pass untaxed from the dead to the living . ' He deee not think that great resistance will ba offered to the equitable adjustment of this tax , provided the peop'e speak oat as becomes tbem , and adds , ' No living proprietor will be affected by the change ; and the landowners are as conscious as you or I that these are not times for transmitting such a class of privilege to posterity . ' Mr Cobden then proceeds with his plan , aad begins with the customs duties . He wouid reduce theduty on tea from 2 % 2 fi to Is per lb ., or to an ad valorem duty yielding the same amount of revenue , by which , according to the estimate of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , there woildbe alo & s for the first year of £ 2 , 000 , 000 . The duty on timber

      and wood must be wholly abolished . This is a necessary consequence , if not an accompaniment , of the Repeal of the Navigation Laws . The amount is £ 945 , 000 . Tbe duty must be taken cf butter , cheese , and upwards of one hundred items of the Customs duties , yielding altogether £ 516 , 000 ; and leaving only about twenty articles in the tariff pay . ing duty . These three sums amount to £ 3 , 461 , 000 . The next subject is _ the Excise , in which department ke would abolish the malt tax , amounting to £ 4 , 260 000 : the hop duty , £ 416 , 000 ; the duty on soap , £ 850 , 000 ; and the duty on paper , £ 720 , 000 ; the feur sums amounting to £ 6 , 246 , 000 . Lastly , Mr Cobdeu demands the abolition of the window-tax and the advertisement duty , the former producing

      £ 1 , 610 , 000 ; the latter £ 160 , 000 ; the two together amounting to £ 1 , 770 000 . The total loss to the re venue by these reductions will be £ 11 , 477 , 000 , or £ 23 , 500 less than the £ 11 , 500 , 000 of surplus which he proposes to create by the diminution of expenditure and the equalisation of the probate and legacy duty . On the diminution of expenditure Mr Cobden says : * The great increase since 1835 has been upon tbe army , navy , and ordnance . In the year 1835 our armaments cost us £ 11 , 657 , 000 ; for the twelve msnths ending on the 5 th day of April last they reached , including £ 1 , 100 , 000 for the Caffre war , £ 19 341 , 000 ; and I expect that the charge for the present year will not be much less , For the same time the total expenditure of the government ,

      exclusive of the interest oi the debt , was £ 26 , 747 , 000 , and deducting £ 19 , 341 , 000 , the cost of our warlike establishments , it leaves only £ 7 , 406 , 000 to cover the whole of the civil expenses of the government . It will be self-evident , then , that if any material retrenchment be effected , it must be upon our armaments , the cost of . which has been increased £ 7 , 000 , 000 ; and this during a period of profound peace , and in the abwnee of all revolutionary con * vuleions , and whilst eaeh successive speech from the throne assured the assembled parliament of the peaceful disposition of all fereign powers . But if we take into calculation the present reduced value of commodities , it will bs found that £ 10 , 000 , 000 expended upon our armaments now will go much

      further than £ 11 , 657 , 000 did in 1835 ; and I suggest that you propose the former sum as the maximum expenditure for the army , navy , and ordnance , bv whioh you will gain about £ 8 , 500 , 000 of the proposed saving of £ 10 , 000 , 000 . I by no means , however , wish to commit your association to £ 10 000 , 000 as tbe minimum cost of our armaments , for I believe that you will live to see the waste reduced to lees than half that sum , Ehe remaining £ 1 , 509 , 009 to complete the proposed reduction of £ 10 , 000 . you will have no difficulty in saving from all the other heads of expenditure , including the cost of collecting the revenue , and the management of the crown lands . ' And he adds , ' I repeat emphatically , all hopes of any material relief from taxation hinges

      upon the question of a large reduction in the cost of our army , navy , and ordnance . ' Mr Cobden contends that to facilitate a reduction in the amount of our armaments changes must be effected in our colonial and domestic policy ; the principle of non-interference in the affairs of foreign countries must be carried into practice ; the colonies must support their own civil . and military establishments ; and finally , that we must endeavour to aot at home more in accordance with the good old constitutional principle of governing by the civil , and not the military power . ' We are , I fear , tending towards too great a reliance upon soldiers , and too little on measures calculated to insure the contentment of the great bedy of the

      people . It was madness , indeed , to think of relying on bayonets for the permanent support of our institutions , after the warning examples afforded by so many countries on the continent , where so lately we saw military despotism crumbling beneath the weight of its own intolerable costliness . And even if armed authority has everywhere resumed its sway , has that solved the problem of their financial embarrassments ? On ths contrary , they have only entered again upon the more vicious circle , where enormous armaments , lead to increased expenditure , to be met with augmented taxes , which will be followed by groaning discontent , and end as before , in convulsion . '

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      MR M'GREGOR'S FINANCIAL SCHEME . l ( r . J . M'Qregor has published , iu a letter to hit eo » , sfltaents , a detailed exposition of the retrenchmsnts which he thinks may immediately be made in public expenditure , and of the way in whieh he would avail himself of the saving thas tfhctsd to relieve the tax . payers . His proposals are britfly as follows : — Tbe total expenditure of ISil ( after deducting £ 1 . 525 , 800 for Irish distress ) was £ 57 704 . 614 . Mr M'Greger is of opinion that , by certain arrangements , the expenditure of the year might be redaced to £ 52 . 400 , 000 . Of this sum he allots £ 28 , 250 , 000 to pay tec interest of tbe debt ; aad in order to make tbe remaining £ 24 , 150 , 000 meet tbe remaining current ex . penses of tbe year , he proposes the followloe

      reductions : —Army , navy , and ordnance , from £ 18 , 500 , 000 to £ 14 , 250 , ( 00 ; civil list , from £ 393 , 800 to £ 390 , 000 ; eth-r charges on the consolidated fund , from £ 2 , 319 530 to £ 2 , , 000 ; miscellaneous eirvloes from £ 3 , , 067 to £ 3 , 250 , 000 ; charges of collecting tbe revenue from £ 8 , 963 , 539 to £ 3 , 850 , 000 ; other payments out of the taxes ia tbtir progress to the Bichequsr , from £ 703 , 926 to £ 710 , 000 . Tbe tetal proposed saving he states at £ 3 804 . 61 * , of which £ 4 , 150 , 000 is to beeffected by reducing the expenses of our defensive establisbmtnts . The four ordinary sources of revenue upon which Mr li Gregor relies to raise the revenue required fer his estimated expenditure are : —Customs , Excise ( under one office wiib Stamps } , Post Office , and Crown lands . He would levy customs duties only on eight

      articles—tobacoo , sngar ( at present duties ) , distilled spirits ( all kinds ) , wines ( at duties adjutted for revenue ) , spices ( all klEda ) , fruits ( all kiadi ) , tea ( at la . per lb . ) , alik masufiotures , and other articles of luxury ( at an ad valorem duty , ihe rcvfcnuu colluded by the combined excise and stamp boards , he would have raised upon spirits end malt , licenses , stampi , and legacy and probate duties . He estimates the total return from easterns , excise and stamps , post-office , and erowu lauds , at £ 41 , , 000 , thus leaving a dedelt of £ 11 , 000 , 800 . Te raise this be would impoie in jlieu of the present tax of three per cent , upon all incomes , a * duty of five per cent , upan the rents or proBis of all realised property , whethsr fucdes , houses , lands , warehouses , docks , Ba t India Stock , Bunk Stock , and all stocks and abates whatever bought and sold In the market . '

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      Derbt . —Chahob op Wixpoi . Murdbr . —On Thursday weak last , an adjourned icquest was held before Mr Baleuy , coroner , and a respectable jury , at the Town Hail , Derby , on view of the body ot Eliza Bull , whose death was supposed to have bees caused by ill-treatment received from her hu band-. It appears thai tae parties kept a disreputable house in the George "iard , Sadler Gate , and have four children . The deceased was again enceinte ; some blo * s r .-ceived from ber husband produced premature confinement and death . Bull was taken into custody , aid brought before tbe coroner and jury , in the custody of Ssrjeant Hardy , when , after hearing e fidonce confirming the above , the jury consulted fir a short time , aud returned a verdict of ' Wilful murder , ' asraiasfc Henry Ball , who waa committed to take his trial at the next ; rmzzs .

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      REPRIEVE OP RADCLIFFE

      We Are Informed That Radcliffe, Sentence...

      We are informed that RadclifFe , sentenced for execution at the late Liverpool assises , charged with the murder of police-constable Bright , at Ashtoa * under-Lyne , m ' . August , has been reprieved . It fa said tbat Constantino , at first tried as an accomoliee and acquitted , but afterwards found guilty under mother indictment and sentenced to transportation , has made disclosures of an important kiod , ia which he exculpates Radcliffe from all participation in the crime , aud fixes it upon a person still at large . - 'Daily News ,

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      MELANCHOLY OC C U R RENCE AND L OS S OF LIFE AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE .

      THE INQUEST . On Friday Mr TV . Carter held au inquest at tha Hereof Waterloo Inn , Waterloo Read , Lambeth , ou the bodies of J . Costello , acred fourteen , and W . Phillips , aged eleven , the two parties who lost their Uvea at the Victoria Theatre on Tuesday evening Wm . Franklin said that on the afternoon in ques > tion he went te the gallery stairs of the theatre audi got as far as the second landing ; when he seated himself en the tow rail , He was there at four o ' clochj and very soon afterwards the entire gallery stairs were crowded . He assisted to pull several boys , wbo wera fainting , 03 t of the crowd , and they were handed to

      those below . Tbe heat at the time was most oppressive . There was no light on the stairs , the lamplight ?]* being unable to get up on account of the crowd . Witness pulled out six or sevei persons , and one was bleeding at the face . Some of the persons had sunk from exhaustion and were afterwards trodden upona He had great difficulty in raising them np , and be was obliged to pull one out by the hair of his head . — By the Coroner : The parties were rolled down , not thrown . They were got out as besft practicable . Some time before the boys fainted the lower rail broke . There was a window oa the landing where the boy » fainted , which had no class in it , but the atmosphere was so hot tbat it was almost impossible for any one te stand on ths stain .

      Mr H . Knight , assistant to Mr Sewell , surgeon ^ of the New Cut . deposed as to the state of thejjodies 1 when brought to Mr Sewell ' a house on the night of the accident . L . Titchner said that on the day mentioned ha went to the Victoria Theatre at half-past two o ' clock * The door was opened at half . paat three o ' clock , when he went on to the top of tbe stairs . About four o ' clock a man laid hold of him and pitched hint down the first flight of stairs , where he remained , when four men pushed by and squeezed him very

      much . They forced him against the wall under ths window . Witness asked the men to let him pass ( but they said they could not . Ths place got so hot that witness called out murder , and slipped down between some of the parties . A man at length laid hold of the hair of his head and pulled him up , and handed him to another man . Whilst he was down , a man had his feet on his chest so that he conld not breathe . He therefore tried to bite his leg to make him get off . He never said tbat he had been thrown over the banisters and had fallen on anether lad .

      B jMr J ; Sewell , surgeon , had made a post mortem examination of the bodies , aud he found that they had died from suffocation . Tbe boy Titobner , when , in his surgery , made a statement to the effect that he had been thrown down the gallery stairs , and had been thrown en to another . —The boy was recalled , and still persisted that no one had threwn bin ovefi the landing , and denied that any one had told him to make a different statement . Other witnesses were examined . The Coroner bavin ? summed up , thejury returned a verdict that the deceased were accidentally suSb * cated , and they wished to impress en the mind of the lessee the necessity of an increased ventilation , to prevent a similar occurrence ; and that , in futare , the outer doors should not be opened at so early an hour .

      At the elose of the proceedings the foreman of the jury called up Franklin , and , after eulogising hia conduct , handed him over 10 d . from the jury , in addition to his expenses . A like Bum was also given to Mrs Phillips , wha is a widow , and mother of one of the deceased boys .

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      CORK . Mask Lamb , Homdar , Jan : 1 Oar supply of English wheat was very limited today , and fine samples were taken mare readily by the Millers at fully former prices . We had asore buyers of foreign wheat , both free and in > bond , but to sffect sales of aay quantity lower terms were submitted to . The flour trade was very heavy , but ¦ © tckeaper . Owing te further large arrivals fforeiga barley prices were fully Is lawer , and sales very limited . Malt very dull . Beans and peas sold slowly , and is cheaper . Foreign rye was offered on lower terms , but met very little denand . In oats we had not much doing , though the arrivals were not large , and goodqualit ' es offered fully is perar . under former prices . Linseed and cakes were dull . Tares continue very dull . Nothing „ yet deinf in cloverseed . The current prices as uader . r HB

      ^^ T ,-Es 8 ex ' Suff « 'k , and Kent , red , 86 s to 50 s : ditto wnito , 88 s to 4 Ss ; Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 40 s to 47 s ; Northamberland aad Scotch , white , IPs to 45 fi ; ditto red , 38 s to 43 s ; Devon and Somersetshire , red , I ? " f ° * . » s ; d , ! , l ' t 0 508 Aour . per sack ( Town ) , 41 s U Hi barley , 25 s to » 3 s ; Scotch , 24 s to 28 s ; mslti ordinary , » 2 stoS 6 s ; fine , 58 s to 60 s ; rye , 28 s to 30 s ; peas , hwr , 32 » to S 5 s ; maple , 33 s to 36 s ; boilers , nov S 2 s to 3 is ; beans , tick , 3 Us to 35 s ; pigeon , 32 s to 33 s ; Harrow . 2 fis to 36 i ; oats , feed , 17 s to 2 os fine , 82 b to 24 s ; Poland , 18 s to 24 s ; potato , 20 s to 35 s .

      DUTIES OK FOREIGN CORN . \ ^ \ \ ? srl J I o 0 at 8 I R y ° I Bea " » I Peas 8 s Od I 28 Od I 3 s Od I 2 s Od I 2 s Od I 2 s Oil hZ T ? u ' *[ - - - The wind helng favourable , we have a further large supply of all kinds of train . Our buyers are extremely reserved , and little business n ^ trd f' " Pri

      CATTLE . Smithfieid , Monday , Jan . i .-From our princinal gra « Bg districts the arrivals ofbeasti fresh up thTs morn , ing were seasonably good as to number , and of fair aver . ? ll „ quailty * Notwithstanding the attendance of both o ? . ESw connt ; y ^ uve « was good , and the weather de . I ^ , * . * i ° / 0 r slauBhtorinfT , tbe beef trad « was In XSImM ?* ' £ rLdaj ' 8 depression in the quota . ™? lffl £ F r ™\' - tnd » twhich " total clearance was ? rtdSSfafj ; . Th e h h , eh 0 Bt «*«» f ° * the best Scots was * s . 2 d per 81 bs . There was a considerable increase in Ae supply of shssp , ewing to whicb , the demand tor that description of stock was heavy , at a decline in tbe price o £ Monday last of quite 2 d per « ba . The extreme cumncv Wk * f ^ ° WftB from * " *<> *• 1 «* per « b ? Half-breeds and long ; wools were particularly dull . Al ^ though the supply of calves was limited , the veal trade ruled duH ; but we have no further decline to notice ia prices . We have to report a slight improvement in the demand for the best pigs , at fuU currencies . Othwwifio To ahow

      ZfV , k . r ^ lb lh * txtentof tbebea vinessoftha trade , n to-day ' s market , we may observe hatbeef was selling at frem 2 d to iod , mutton 6 d ; veal lOd , and pork 2 d to 4 d per 8 lbs . lower than at the correal ponding period ia 1848 . corres .

      Hbad op Oatixe at Skithfield . Beasts ... 3 . 8911 Calves ... « Sheep and Lambs ... n . 090 J Pigs ... . " . " "' ^ t , , Pri « P ?' 8 t ° ne of SDjs Wnklnir the offal ) "' Beef ... 8 s . 2 d . to 4 s . 2 d . | Veal ... is . od . ta 4 e 6 d . Mutton ... 8 2 ... 4 io | Pork ... 8 18 „ . " g * NawaATB and Leadknhali , Monday , January l — Inferior beef 2 s 8 d to 2 s lud , middling ditto u tea to * T pork 3 s 6 d to 4 s 4 d , inferior mutton 2 s If d to 8 s 4 d mid f £ ditto 8 s 6 d to ss lOd , prime ditto 4 s « dto 4 sifd veal carcase " ' maI 1 PWk 4 B 2 d t 0 is 8 d ' P « « bs & tt £

      COLONIAL MARKETS . London , Tuesday . -The sugar market opened with a . & W 1 . W t 0 day « and P ™« »«»* be con . sideredfidtolshijherthan at the close of the market prevwus to the holidays . Sea hhds West India , 2 , 550 bags 1225 * 1 * 2 nd v 70 ° bag 3 of Madras sold at that advance , itefinerthas been active . Grocery lumps , 47 s 6 dte sis Member . ° " 6 daiT * nce ° n » " > lowest point in l £ Cofki . —The importer bought in largely of the Plants . h ? X t yl 0 ,, °£ ered in P ubl ? c 8 ale at « 'y l 28 Priced * n „ 0 ° f JW ^** 2 s t 0 3 s above tbe cl ° » ing prices ' p rei vious to the holidays . Good ordinary native CevloS te new firm at 32 s 32 s Od . None offered in public sale to ° day

      COAL . Londok , Monday . —Heltons , 19 ? : Stewart's io fi . tod » 18 s 6 d ; Eden Kain ' , 18 s 3 d ; Kudsoa H ^ taSolJ iVl ed ' Fresh arrivals , 303 ; left from last day , 23 , _ Total S 26 WOOL . ' " London , Moaday .-The market for raw wool has been very steady , but dull as usual at this period of tho yea ? fewi ! , , tS , nt £ Loudon ' , astweek , were confinedtea few bales from Germany and the Cape of Good Hope

      State Of Trade. Makchesteb, Wednesday. —...

      STATE OF TRADE . Makchesteb , Wednesday . — To-day we have litMe K " boturr 0 u d f r ^ ^<^ wti £ * . «™» \ } v : ^ Soods and yarn , remain firm , but the E . ^ l f iB limited ' The hom e trade houses are busy stock-taking , and in tho meanwhile tire P - ! v . ? $ ? n rally ou the market . The fereign houses Withhold their orders , which does mot , h » wever , affect the firmness ef the market ; engaged as the producers generally are , they da not appear at all mere disposed to acc » p tfurtaer erders , swept at full rates . The Greek houses have for tho pressat withdrawn frem the market in consequence of untoward news in regard to monetary matters . Some expression of discontent has been manifested by the hnndi ia some of the out nmnufacturinir districts , » nd an intemi » n expressed to turn out for ua advance of wages . Hoddmsfikld , Jan . 2 . —There has been a brisk market here to-day , and more animation in the hall than we hare witnessed for ssme time past . Leeds , Jaa . 2—Wahave quite an altered state of bufi . ¦ ess in our sloth market . More goods hava bson sold at the cloth halls theylast three carket days than has been tho case sinue November .

      Streetin Tne Printes By William Rider, Of No. 6, Mncclosfiek'.

      streetin tne PrinteS by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 6 , Mncclosfiek ' .

      , Parish Oi St. Anne, Westminster, °T Tk...

      , parish oi St . Anne , Westminster , ° t tke Printing Office , 16 , Great Wiadmill-street , Hav .. market , in tno City of Westminster , for tha Proprietor rEARGUS ( VCONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., an /? by the said Wit . liaw n » Btt , at the Office , in fl Stnestand Parisu .-Saturday , Jauuwy « th , \ U

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06011849/page/8/