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Health of Losdn ? Duhbto the Week . —( From the Begiztrar-GeneraVs i ^ rtHTfae public health , as indicated bv unusual lightness of the bills of mortality , bears at the present time a favourable appearance . The mortality is low , not as compared with that which prevails in places of better sanitary condition , but with what has been commonly observed in London at the same period . of former years . The deaths registered in the week ending ' last Saturday , were 736 ; in the twentysecoihd week , of the ten years 1840 9 , they rose from 769 ; which was the lowest number and os-curred in 1842 , to 960 in 1847 ; the average was 860 , or if corrected for increase of population , 938 , the present
decrease on which therefore amounts to 202 . The deathsfrom disease of the respiratory organs , exclusive of consumption , were only 105 , against 138 in the _ previous week ; the average is 113 . Consumption carried . off 103 persons , the corrected average being 153 , and the lowest number in any corresponding week having been 118 . The deaths enumerated in the class of zymotic or epidemic diseases were only 130 , against 156 of the week pre-¦ vioas ; the corrected average of ten corresponding Weeks is 190 . Six children died of small-pox , - II Children and a private ofthe Grenadier Guards aged 23 years , of measles ; ITchildrenof scarlatina , 28 of hooping cough , aud 26 persons of typhus , all of these eDidemics showing a decrease , especially the
three first mentioned . Diarrhoea was fatal to is persons , 9 of whom were children , theaverage being 10 ; this is the only epidemic amongst those that frequently prevail to a considerable extent , which ¦ does not show a decrease on the returns of corresponding weeks . Two persons died of influenza , and two , both adults , of purpura . At 11 , Brown splace , Shacklewell , the son of a plasterer , aged 3 years , died of " scarlet fever , aggravated hy effluvia firom certain cesspools which they were emptying . " An inquest was held on this case , the child having had no medical attendance . Sir . Martin , the registrar for St James , Bermondsey , states that " he never knew his locality so healthy as at present ; the mortality has been very low for several months ;
no zymotic diseases prevail ; the drainage is improved , the pavement in excellent condition , and cleansing has not been interrupted . But the tidal ditch is the great plague spot ofthe district , and last week men have been casting the decayed vegetable matter and surface mud on the banks , from which , arises effluvium the most disgusting , and especially dangerous under the temperature which prevails at the present time . ^ The process cannot be completed for some weks , persons residing on the banks are already suffering , and it is intended to cart the noxious slime to a dust heap nearer the city . " A cowkeeper , aged 47 years , died of " delirium tremens ( 10 days ) convulsions from arachnids ( 6 days . ) " It is stated that this person
was habitually intemperate , and frequently drank a quart of spirits in a day . A woman about 50 years of age also died of apoplexy , when intoxicated . On the 23 th of May , in Princes-street , St . Anne ' s Westminster , the daughter of a watch-case maker , aged 13 years , died of " cholera . " The death of a woman of 63 years , who suffered from disease ofthe thorax and defective circulation , is stated to have " been accelerated by an execution for rent" It is further reported that a man of 36 years , who had disease ofthe heart , was fishing in the New River , and captured " a jack ; " and that the excitement attending his success caused a fit of apoplexy , from "which he never recovered . The classification of deaths in public institutions shows that the deaths of 85 persons were registered in workhouses , 46 in hospitals , 11 in lunatic asylums , and 8 in the Royal
Hospital , Greenwich . The mean daily reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwick , was above 3 flin . on Wednesday , Friday , and Saturday , on which last day it was 30 * 179 in . ; the mean ofthe week was 29 * S 9 a . The mean temperature in the week was 58 deg . 2 min ., rather higher than in the same week on an average of seven years . On Thursday it was lower than the average , and on the two following days it was respectively -5 deg . and 2 deg . above it . The births during the week numbered 1 , 374 . Fatal Accident . —On Sunday evening , between five and six o ' clock , a boat containing five persons was capsized off Milibank , and the entire party immersed . Three of the party were rescued in a very exhausted state ; but Mr . Weth ? rell , residing at No . 125 , Princes-road , Lambeth , and his grandson , aged five years , were drowned . Drags were used for some ' time , but the bodies ' were not recovered .
Determined Suicide . —On Saturday last a jury was empanelled before Mr . II . M . Wakley , in the hoard-room of the Middlesex Hospital , respecting the death of Mr . Robert Dandas Jones , aged thirtythree , a solicitor , who destroyed himself by swallowing a quantity of essential oil of bitter almonds , under the following extraordinary circumstances : Mr . Hobler , solicitor , was present to watch the proceedings on the part of the deceased ' s relatives , who are highly respectable ; in fact the deceased was related to the Duudas family . —Mr . Thomas Walton , of No . 7 , Castle-street East , Oxford-street , deposed that the deceased , who was a solicitor , had occupied apartments in his house for the last nine months ; of late he had shown strangeness of
manner , and frequently left the house without his hat and coat , aud with his shirt sleeves tucked up . On the previous Thursday morning he left home about 11 o ' clock , and did not return until half-past six o ' clock in the evening . He appeared in a very excited state , and , on being let" in , he inquired of witness if there were aoy letters for him Witness replied ia the negative , on which deceased ran upstairs immediately , and locked himself in his room . In about a quarter of an hour afterwards , Mr . Hurst , a lodger in the same house , informed witness there was a loud moaning noise in the deceased ' s apartment He knocked at the deceased ' s room door , but was unable to gain admission from the room door being locked inside . After some time he called in a police constable , and the door was broken open , when he found the deceased lying
on his back on the floor close to the bed , in a state of insensibility . lie was removed in a cab to the above hospital , where , on being examined by the house surgeon , he was pronounced to be quite dead . It appeared that the deceased had been the draper of several bills of exchange , which were alleged to have been -accepted by his brother , who is a clerk in the Foreign-office But this tbe brother denied in an action which took place before the sheriff . The consequence was , that the holder of the bill of exchange consented to be nonsuited , and determined to take up the deceased upon a charge of forgery . ' This led to the deceased committing tbe act which deprived him of life . The jury retained the following verdict , " That the deceased destroyed himself by swallowing essential oil of bitter almonds , hut what state of mind he was in at the time there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "
Fatal Accident is Farringdon-sirrkt . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . W . Payne , at St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of William Todd , agedsixty-five . —John Scu'h—who isout on bail , in two sureties of £ 100 each , and himself in . £ 200 , on a charge of furious driving—was returning on the previous Wednesday from the " Derby , " with a phaeton and pair , having been engaged as a postilion to drive a party to Epsom aud back . One of the horses became , on several occasions , exceedingly restive , one moment" gibbing " and the next plunging forward , to the imminent danger of the lives of those in the carriage . _ On reaching Balham-hill , the horse showed every disposition to remain there , by lying down , much Jo the inconvenience of the defendant , who was riding it He however , after some difficulty , suceeeed in getting the horse up , and
inducing it to proceed on its journey- Whi ' e driving along Bridge-street , Blackfriars , the horses broke their breecmngs , and became unmanageable , and defendant found it necessary to apply the whip to make them cross the end of Fleet-street at a rapid pace in order to escape the vehicles which were passing to and fro . The horses immediately on feeling the whip , dashed forward at a furious rate , and ran right into thecabrankinFarringdon-street , knocking down William Todd , an oldwaterman , belonging to the stand , whereby he sustained such severe injuries that it was found necessary to convey him to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where it was ascertained that his arm , jaw-bone , collar-bode , and several of his ribs were broken , and he wa-i otherwise very seriously injured . The deceased expired on the 31 st alt . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF Medical Students . —On Monday , at noon , an inquest was taken by V . T . H . Wakley , at the University College Hospital , ontheboJyof Ann Tr ascott , aged twenty-three , a single woman , late servant hi the family of Mr . Edwards , chemist and druggist , No . 63 , Great Rus sell-street , Blonmsbury , who destroyed her life with arsenic Daring the examination of the witnesses a number of medical students entered the inquest room and behaved io such a disorderly manner , that the coroner was obliged to send for the police to clear the apartment . Before their arrival , however , Dr . Cleaver , the house physician , succeeded in inducing the whole of the students to leave . The police subsequently made theirappearance , but supposing that the disturbance was " at end they did not remain . They had scarcely left the prec * ncts ofthe hospital
when the students made a determined entrance into the inquest room , and a repetition of the former scene took pbce . The coroner upon this adjourned the investigation till the evening , remarking , that in we meanwhile he would communicate with the authorities af the hosp - ta i on the satject , 0 n thc re . K ™ B of the iury-at which time there were Wnrt S ? 1 dents in the room-the coroner , Wp fKlfi ^ lr '" ^ des i red allstrange rs to leave the worn upon this intimation from the coroner , fcestadents gradually ieft bnt ° , ^ diatety after a large bellwhich wasia the room , and which communicated with the front door ofthe hospital , waskeptconstantly twaa * Most discordant nois ^ were uttered law © nail adjoinin g the inquest
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room , which interrupted the . proeeedinjjB . ' A' police inspector * . f the E division , with 6 ome of his men , werem the street , but theirappearance had noeffect , as the dismrbance listed till the conclusion of the inquiry . yeid ! et- « ' That the dece-ised . des'royed heraelt w » tti arsecic . but there was not sufficient ; evidence to . " show her state of mind ; and the jury ' cannot separate without expressing th ? ir ' Rreat' ! . disapp ' rouation of tbe gross conduct ofa number ofthe students of the University College Hospital : and , the 'jury further wi > h that this fact should be , made . known to the heads of the instituiion K by the coroner . "Tha coroner said that lie s'tonld Certainly aqt in compliance Willi the wish of the jury " . '; ' _ Shocmso Child Mcrdbb , —On Tuesday , Mr . H .
M . AVakiey held an inquest at the Lord Hill ,. North Wharf-road , Paddington , on view of the body , of a child , about eighteen months old , which was . discovered murdered on the Great Western ^ Railway . On the 29 th of October , 1848 , a , deal box , about fourteen inches square , arid ten and half inches deep , sewed up in a piece of canvass , and which had the * direction on it , " Mr .. Watson , . passenger , Exeter , Deron , " was found on the . platform of the Slough station by one of tho porterat As no ' one -ipplietf for it , after a few weeks ifc was brought up to London , and placed in the lost property department . It was there till Saturday last , ; the 1 st of June , that being the annual day when lost property is examined , Mr . Bailey , the superintendent of
that department , opened the box , and ^ h eu discovered the body of the deceased , which was carefully folded up in a piece of calico . It had all the appearance of a mummy , having been evidently pressed down in the box . A cambric handkerchief was tied tightly round its throat There were cuts about the arms and legs , showing that there had been atwmpts to sever the limbs from " the eddy . Mr . Cullard , superintendent of police , and Mr . Seymour , manager to the company , have been attempting to discover the perpetrator of the murdqr , but without effect . ~ Dr . Thorn , surgeon , Harrow-rdad , said that the body was covered with flannel clothing .
There were four teeth in the upper and two ' teeth in the lower jaws . Over the shoulder joint ofthe right arm he found two deep cuts close together , showing that a blundering attempt had . been iiriade to remove the arm at thessocket by someone , unacquainted with anatomical principles . The left arm and both thighs had been cut in a similar manner . Oe was of opinion that the child was from fifteen to eighteen months . old . He had not the least doubt but that death was the result of strangulation . Verdict , " Wilful murder against some . person . or persons unknown , " and the coroner . directed ifir . Coll . ird not to relax his exertions in order to discover the guilty parties , which he promised to do .
Suicide at Wesiminstkr Hospital . —On Wednesday an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford , at Westminster Hospital , on view of the body of Thomas Couthard , aged forty-eight , who precipitated himself from a window of a corridor , on tbe third story , at the Westminster Hospital . The deceased , who was a woodcutter , lived at Crosrfietri-pl-ice , Deptford , was , on the previous Friday admitted into the institution' suffering from a dislocation of the thumb . Deceased was progressing favourably under the treatment of the surgeons till Monday night till about half-past eleven o ' clock , when an attack of delirium suddenly came on . lie then started out of bed and began to dress himself . The nurse of the
ward endeavoured to quiet him , when ho observed that he was not going to stop in the hospital to be hacked about , and that he would go home that night . She called up the hniisc surgeon , who attempted to calm the deceased , but he ran away into the corridor adjoining . He was followed by the surgeon , who , thinking he was going into a lower corridor , proceeded down stairs to meet him . ' Deceased , instead , rushed into the one above , from whence he flung himself out of a window , falling a height of between forty and fifty feet . He was taken up in an insensible * condition , bleeding from the mouth and nose , and both ankles were broken . He died in four hours from the shock to the system . Terdict— ' « Temporary insanity . "
Dbstbcctivb Fire im Lambhth . —On Sunday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , afire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Belton , bread arid biscuit baker , at . the corner of Agnes aid Cross Streets , Waterloo-road . The discovery was made by one ofthe constables ofthe L division , whilst patrolling his beat Smoke which he saw issuing from the lower part of the premises convinced him that the place was on fire ; he therefore raissd an alarm , and , after repeatedly knocking at the doors , succeeded in arousing the inmates , consisting <> f Mr . and Mrs . Belton , their son , and two female lodgers . By tbe time , however , that they were made sensible of their danger the whole of the basement w * s one immense body of fire , and the flames had ex'ended half way up the staircase . Finding it impossible to escape down s ' airs , the two female lodgers leaped -nut of the top
window , and Mr . and Mrs . Belton were obliged t > resort to the dangerous expedient of first throwing their child out of window and afterwards jumping out themselves . Mr . Belton was very severely hurt about the feet , but the other parties fortunatel y received no injury of any importance . The West of England engine arrived , followed by several belonging to the London Brigade . Unfortunately during the excitement which prevailed the turncock had not been called , and the consequence was , that although the engines were all ready to be worked , not a drop of water could be procured , and , the house , with all it contained , was soon reduced ta ruins . At length the turncock having been apprised of tile misfortune , attended immediately , and a plentiful supply ot water was then obtained . The whole of Mr . Belton ' s stock in trade , furniture , and wearing apparel were destroyed , and £ 500 in bank notes consumed ..
Partial Destruction by Firb >* f the East London Water-works . —On Monday a fire took place at the extensive works of the Ea-t London Water Company , situate on the banks of the river Lee ,- Old-ford , near Bow , Middlesex . At a few minutes before three o ' clock in the morning , a policeman saw a great light in the inferior , of the engine-house , a lofty , red brick building , some seventy feet in length and thirty in breadth . He knocked up the resident engineer , who resides on the premises , when , on the doors of the engine-house being forced , _ the _ place was found-in a complete blaze . The interior contained an en rmous steam engine , 1 , 000 horse power , reaching almost to the roof , while numerous galleries and staircases
extended round the four walls . The c tmpany , it appears , supply the mains by water forced into them by this engine and others in other parts of the works , having no high pressure resourc-s . By some accident the engine got out of order in the course of Sunday , and was not at work on Sunday night and the place being locked up will account for the fire gaining so great an ascendancy before it was discovered . The fire gained progress rapidly , and shortly burst forth from the roof , eventually destroying the whole of the interior and root . The machinery of the engine sustained very considerable injury , partly by the action of the fire and partly from the roof falling upon it . Singular Frbak . — On Saturday morning last , clck
about two o ' o , a scene took place which gave rise to a great deal of merriment . Ath * ck-set , middleaged man , in the garb of an engineer , from some strange cause or other , took it into his head to close Temple-bar , and with a strength and adroitness that was perfectly marvellous , he , with a single swing at each , drew both the ponderous doors under that noble and expansive arch closelv together , and thereby prevented all ingress or egress to or from the citv . The police who assembled with much difficulty sue ceededin forcing open the half-dw on the north side , but thit on tbe south side baffled a 1 their exertion and strength . They could not move it an inch . The wag who had called forth this exertion bad managed to get away , and might hare got clear off , but , for some cause or other , he returned , and bin loud
laughter at their perplexity caused the police to suspect him , and a city constable , who , no doubt , thought the act was an insult offered to the Lord Mayor or tbe city police , instantly seized him , and was in the act of removing him to the station , when thefellow asked , if in the event of his performing the task of putting back the half gate , he would be allowed to go about bis business ? The constable hesitated , when several persons who had heard the proposition thought it a very fair one , and expressed their opinion to that effect , and the result was that the offer was accepted . The man , with a tact which evidently proved he knew what be was about , took the gate in his hands , and gave it two or three shakes , after wh' . chhe pushed it back with the greatest ease , and walked away , amidst loud cries from the crowd of "Bravo , old fellow !"
Review of the Enrolled Pensioners .-In consequence of an order issued from the Adjutant-General ' s office , appointing a review of . tbe enrolled Chelsea pensioners of the metropolitan districts , it took place on Saturday last , in Hyde Park . The number of pensioners present amounted to 7 , 800 rank and file . At half-past ten o ' clock the line was formed , and soon after the Duke of Wellington , Prince Lemingeu . Lord Gough , Lard Fitzroy Somer Military secretary ) , and several general and staff omcers arrived , and were received with the customary military honours , the bands playing the national anthem As soon as Lord Gau « h was recognised a simultaneous cheer arose from tho assembled veterans , and which they prolonged for some time . The line having been minutely inspected by the officers
general , grand divisions were formedi ' and the battalions marched past in slow and quick time . Several evolutions were then performed with great prec sion , subsequent to which firing . commenced by single file , platoon , sections , sub-divisions , divisions , and volleys by grand divisions . To conclude the pageant , the line was again formed , when another general salute having been given , the men were marched to their respective quarters . The Household Troops . —An inspection of the Coldstream , Scots Fusilier , and Grenadier Guards took place on Wednesday morning on the Grand Paradefacing the Horse Guards . ' Shortly after ten o ' clock the ground was taken , and the troops were minutely inspected by the . Colonels " of the different regiments . The inspection was " ordered to afford
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theHepaulese Princes-an opportunity of wjtnessing the appearance of the British troops in review order , His Highness the Nepaulesb General was delighted with the appearance ofthe Guards , land , at the conclusion of the inspection , desired his'thanks to bo conveyed to the officers for their kindness , and bis admiration at the precision with . which the men went through their movements . ,:. , : <¦ . .. Vicissitude op FoRiuNB .-rEvery one who has passed through St . Paul ' s Churchyard to Cheapside on a rainy day , when birch brooms aro very much in requisition , must have noticed the well-known Hindoo crossing sweeper ,: who has for years past regularly stationed himself at the north-east angle Of the Cathedral . A day or twp ago he was at his post as usual , when the , attention of the Napauleso
Ambassador , who was passing at the time , was attracted towards him . His Excellency ordered the carriage to stop , and entered into conversation with him , the result of which , was that he threw his broom with desperate eagerness over the railings of tbe burial-ground , and then scrambled into the carriage and took his seat by theside of his Excellency , who immediately drove off with his singularly-acquired companion . We understand that our ex-erossihgsweeper is engaged during his Excellency ' s stay m this country , which will probably be about two months , to act as interpreter to him and his suite ; He now appears in the carriage of his Excellency every morning arrayed in a new and superb Hindoo costume , and is not too proud to recognise his old acquaintances and friends of the broom . —Times . ,.
Embankmrnt of the Thames . —Sewerage and Water Supply . —On Wednesday , evening Mr . W . H . Smith , C . E ., exhibited , at the Society of Arts , John-street , Adelphi , a plan for embanking the Thames , by which he proposes to combine a system of sewerage with a puro supply of water to the metropolis . There was a large number of scientific persons and supporters of sanitary reform present . The chair was occupied by Mr . Ricardo , M . P . It appeared from tbe statements which were made , that three several objects are proposed to be accomplished . In the first place , twelve . feet above high water mark there is to be a terrace , exclusively for the use of the public , by means of which the river traffic will be facilitated , and the approaches to the
Thames increased . The proposed esplanade is to bo sixty feet , and in some places upwards , in width , and it ia to be connected with all the great thoroughfares . On its margin shops and warehouses are expected to be raised . Underneath there is to be a railway tunnel , connected with all the existiriglines of railway , through which passengers can be con ; veyed from one end of the metropolis to the'Other . Then itis proposed to carry the sewerage twenty miles down the estuary , and to convey back a plentiful supply of pure water , properly filtered . The embankment and tunnel are to commence—should
the plan be adopted—at Vauxhall-bridge , and are to be extended as far as the West India Docks ; and the supposed expense of the works is estimated at £ 300 , 000 per mile , or £ 3 , 000 , 000 in the aggregate . Mr . ' Smith , who , we understand , is to have an opportunity of again bringing forward his ingenious plans and models at Lord Itosse ' snextconvflwaijone explained his views in detail , apparently to the satisfaction of the audience . The plan of carrying off and deodorising the sewerage , according to Messrs . Stbddart and Boccais' plan , was afterwards explained , and the meeting separated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman .
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The Smuggling Cases at Bristol . — The three men apprehended at Bristol — Richards , Sprague alias Attwell , and Barrett—upon a charge of being concerned in an extensive smuggling of contraband tobacco , have been examined before the magistrates for that city upon charges preferred against them by the customs' authorities ; and a man named John Attwell , the father of the second named prisoner , and who carries on the business ofa farmer in the neighbourhood of Gosport was likewise charged
with' eing engaged in the same illegal transaction . Mr ; H . Palmer appeared for the crown , and Mr . Ayre defended three prisoners , anda gentleman from Portsmouth the fourth . A number of witnesses were examined . It was further shown that the waggon and horses seized belonged to the elder Attwell , and that the prisoner Barrett was a carter in his service . The two Attwells and Barrett were fined £ 100 each , and ordered to be imprisoned till paid , and the younger Attwell was likewise sentenced to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for resisting the revenue officers .
Thb _ Suspected Poisoning at Clavering . — The adjourned inquest at the above village on the body of Richard Chesham . supposed to have died of poison , was resumed on the 31 st ult . What gave increased suspicion to the case was the fact of his wife being the person who two years ago was tried for the supposed murder of her two children . A communication having been received from Professor Taylor , stating that he had detected arsenic iri the stomach , but had not concluded the analysis , the inquest was against adjourned . Collision in the British Channel . — The
Brilliant steamer , which arrived at Bristol ou the nisbt of the 31 st ult . from Hayti , brought intelligence ofa serious collision having occurred'in the British Channel , off Lucy Ioland . The outwardbound barque Ceylon from Cardiff came in collision with a homeward-bound barque from Cuba , the < ame of which is not given . The Cuba , ship , which was heavily laden , went down , arid two of her crew Io * t their live * . The Ceylon received injuries which disabled her . ' and she was obliged to be taken in tow by some boatsi "" i "
. Dddlet . —Murder of a Child by its Mother . An inquest was held before Mr . Robinson , the coroner , at the White Swan Inn , New Dock , on the 31 st ult ., on the body of a male child , only a few weeks old , who was savagely murdered by its mother , a married woman , named Elizaoeth Thew . — The first witness was William Smart , a shoemaker , who worked in the house where the prisoner lived . He recollected Wednesday last , when he saw the de ? ceased ' s mother with the child at her breast . Her husband was there then , but went out soon afterwards to buy some leather . About seven o ' clock the same evening the female told witness she was going out to see her sister , and requested him to tell her husband where she had gone to when he returned
home . —John Williams proved seeing a woman walk to and fro along the railway leading to Blackwell'swharf the same evening . She had a child with her , and when any one approached her she walked away . Joseph Timmins said to him bethought she meant some mischief . She at length approached within two or three yards of a pit shaft , and threw the child headforemost down , and then ran away . A man named Merritt followed her . —Abraham Hills aid , on bearing what had taken place , he was lowered into the pit by means of a rope . Having a candle with him he saw the deceased at the bottom , with his head broken to pieces , and the brains scattered about . He was drawn up , and took the child to the above house . Life was extinct , but the body was quite warm . —George Merritt proved having followed the mother , after she threw the child into the
pit , to her house , in Thirteen House-row . lie never lost sigiH of her- —Superintendent Jewkes said , that from information which he received he went to the prisoner ' s house , but found neither at home . He then went to the female ' s parents , and found Thew and his wife there , both of whom he took in custody . The female , on his speaking t o her , said , " I did it ; I was drove to it" Whilst proceeding to the station-house she said , "I told my mother-in-law a week ago what I should do with the child , " and she said , " You may do what you like with it , for I won ' t have it here . " She also said that she was walking ab itit the pit for mare than an hour before she threw the child down , and had her mother-in-law told her not to have done it , she should not . — The medical evidence having been given , the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against Elizabeth Thew , " who was committed on the coroner ' s warrant .
SUDDRN DKATH OF A RETIRED MILITARY Officer , at Bolton . —On Saturday morning a gentleman , who had taken lodgings as a commercial traveller at the Swan Hotel , on the previous evening , was found dead in bed . It is supposed that he bad died of a disease of the heart , having previously complained of being so affloted . He was of gentlemanly appearance- dressed in black , but bo papers were found in his possession from which his name or that of any of bis friends could be gathered . His hat had the initials "G . L . m . " written inside , and tho maker ' s name was Kisbe y , Waterford . A commerci'il traveller has since recognised him as a person wh-j a few days previously left the Macclesfield Arms vfacclesfield , unable to pay his bill ; and he had been stated that he formerly held a coramission in an Irish regiment as major , but sold out . It is said that he had also resided at various hotels iu Manchester , vie * tim ; siug the landlords . lie was there known as Major Lister .
Glmjdeiis . —Mr . Garfit , landlord of the Sack Tuvern , Waterside , Lincoln , died last week of the above dreadful complaint . He lingered in great pain for a period of about eight weeks , having taken the disease from a horse which was lodged in his stables by Bomeboatmen . ^ Md rder WiLL OcT . ' * -Stephen Carlin , beastjobber , from near Skipton , was last seen alive at Faleley-bridge . in company with his partner ( a cousin ) elwn or twelve years ago . His cousin said that he had gone to America , but foul play was always suspected ; and on the Uoth u ! t ., a digger of peat on Koggin fiv
-nwor . e miles from Patelev-bridge , found me body of the missing man , a few " feet below the surface , in such a state of preservation ( owing to the ?•« i Jn "ature ° r tbe so ] l ) thafc ifc was readilv iden * tined . 1 he tniior , too , knew the clothes to be Car-( in s ; and a married woman , whom he had wooed in her lnairfe / ihooil , recognised as her property a handkerchief aud cumb . that were found in the pockets . The cousin , Juna ' . havv Bland , was apprehended at Skipton last week . : ; . . : « V Murder , at Birkenhead . —On Saturday , night last a most brutal murder was perpetrated in Conway-street , Birkenheadt the victim being a navvy
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or dock labourer , and : the . siipposed murderer -a , man ofsimilar ( piling . '< ' Late »' at night twoimen , named Sennett , and , Cox , were drinking , togetherat . Sal irion ' s beerhouse , in Back Chester-street , ' and about ' ¦ twelrc ^' clocfi' / they proceeded ;' tri'fhe'direct ^ h ; of Conway-street . - Shortly afterwards a young woman , resident iri the neighbourhood ; was pas ing along the road , when she diBcoyerfd the body of . a . man tyin g across the „ fpothpath , and apt ; areritly dead , On the opposite side of the road i « he saw another man standing against the ' Scotch Church as if endeavouring to conceal 'himself . ' This man , as it afterwards turiie'l out was Cox , ' and the other , who . was lying across tbe , p » t , h , was Sennett . Gunning , theoffiper on tie beat , was informed of the circumstance , and
immediately proceeded to the . spot and found the tftin lying as described . ' ' Dficea-ied had sustai ned' t wo wounds ; one of mu"h severity on the temple and the other i at the back . of thebkull , both , evidently inflicted by a stone , many of which were lying nsar ; but there wns no blood upon ihem . The'b ody " " was conveyed to ; the . dead house at . the dispensary , and Police-constable Birnie ^ apprehended C « iat his own house , where the' deceaned ' 8 hat , which had been missing , was also found ; On bdng confronted with the young woman alluded to Cox wa *> at on ;*© identified as the man who was standing in the road , anH he admitted that he'ha'd been in c ^ mjiahv > ith" the murdered man ! but si uil that the act was comriiitted by some men whom they had met , but who had made their escape . —The inquest was held on Monday afr
ternoon ,, before ll . , Churton , Esq . In addition to the evidence ' adduced . be . fore the magistrates , Mr . Macdougal stated that the wound' on the head ofthe deceased , which caused death , might have been produced by a fall . It was also shown that the deceased and ; Cox / the person in custodv , left the house of Mr . Sainton , in Back Chestet *; street , at half-past ten . That oh their way home they called at the Conway Arms , tap , Conway-street , and were drinking there until twelve o ' clock , when thevleftin company with other persons ,, two of whom stated that they went along Conway-street with them , to near the Scottish kird , * that at that place , which was near where the body was found , there were five or six men staridinir , ' ranking a noise ; thnt Cox , the than in custody , said
to the deceased , " Let s go across and raise a row ; that Cox crossed the street ' to the five or six men , followed by the deceased , and a row commenced : but the two men ,: finding , that they were likely to be attacked , ran home . Under these circumstances the jury , after hewing- the coroner ' s ' sumh ^ irig upj' found the following verdict : — ' That'the ¦> deceased was found dead in Conway-street , * that his death was . the result of . a wound upon the left temple ; but as to how that wound was inflicted no evidence appeared before thejuiy . " A Man summoned for not maintaining a Wife and Six : Children on 7 s . a Week . —A poor mati , wi'hthe appropriate name of Bones , wis summoned for allowing the guardians of the Wormingford union to maintain three children of his wife
by a former . husb'ind . In defence , the man said that his earnings were only 7 s . a week , and he found it impossible to maintain eight people on tbat sura . Me had been nearly starved in the attempt , and at last took three of the children to the union arid , left them there . ' . ' . The workhouse had , been offered tohimvelf and family , but he declined to go'jnto it . The Rev . J 7 R . Smythies said tbat the parishioners of Worm * irigford ought to pay better wages than those of any other parish because the land in it was so superior . The fact of the man having a dislike to go into the union , was a proof to him ( Mr . S . ) that he was an honest and industrious man * as to his supporting bight people on 7 s . a week , it could not be done , and he would never sign the man s conviction except upon mcraa ' amus . —The case was then dismissed .
Collision and Destruction of . two Vessel ' s . — -A collision , involving the loss of at least a doz ^ n lives , and which took place off that part of the coast known as Blackballs , has just been reported at Seaham . The Harriet Emma , Mr . Lundie , master ^ belonging to and bound for Wisbeai-h , left Sunderland harbour on Wednesday the 29 th ult . ' She proceeded out to sea as usual , and early in the morning of tlie following day the weather thickened to a foe , the wind , setting in rather strong from 'heN . and N . N . E . She was about wearing off on a starboard tack , when a large schooner , apparently heavily laden , painted black , with the bust of a female for figure head , was seen , beatine towards her , and before there was time to wear off they came in fearful contact with each other . On the vessels striking , Mr . Lundie , the master of the Harriet Emma , with his mate and
apprentice , clambered on board the schooner , leaving the two survivors behind in their own ship . It was soondiscovered that the schooner «• as rapidly filling , and ere they could adopt means apparently of preserving themselves , she foundered with every soul on board , her own crew arid the three , including Mr . Lundie , ofthe Harriet Emma . The two men left on board the latter vessel met with a more fortunate fate . : Finding she was settling down they energetically set to work in getting the boat which stood on the deck clear , and having launched : her , thevgot from the wreck just before she lurched and went down also . After being buffeted about in the open boat some time , they were picked up by the Prince Albert , of Jersey , and landed near Hartlepool . The number who perished is thought to be : about a dozen , and none of the bodies have been recovered . . • .
Alleged Forgery , and Embezzlement bt an Assistant Overseer . —At the Watford petty sessions , last . week , Mr . John Parker , assistant overseer of Abbott ' s Larigley . ' and who had al-o , held for seyevalyears the offices of schoolmaster and parish clerk , was charged with embezzling money and with forging the name of a Mr . J . Evans The allegations against the prisoner , whose duty it was to make out the books , were as follows : —A rate was made in October , 1845 , amounting , according to the rate book ,-to £ 729 lis . 6 d ., butin the receipt and payment book it appeared as £ 629 lis . 6 d ., showing a
difference of £ 100 ; and , ns regards the latter amount the figure six had been erased , and the figure seven substituted . Also , as respects the rates made the 23 rd of April and 28 th of July , 1849 , they stood respectively in the rate book * for £ 732 0 s . 3 d ., while in the receipt books -they were only stated as £ 702 Os . Sd ., making £ 30 difference in each rate , the lesser sums having been thus allowed by the auditor . The charge of forgery , as alleged , is the signature of the principal overseer , Mr .. J . Ev > ins , to the rate book ; for 1850 . On these allegations the prisoner was remanded on bail , until the whole o * ' the accounts since 1843 have been submitted to a thorough
examination . A Change of Fortune . —About eight years ago , a man of foreign aspect , clothed in rags , went into the shop of an individual , in this town , and representing himself as a Hebrew merchant from Berlin , in deep distress , applied to him , as one ofthe wardens ofthe Jewish congregation , for relief . The request was not only generously complied with , but the shopkeeper procured for the stranger a passage to . America . -A few days ago the merchant again presented himself to his astonished benefactor , not , however , as a suppliant for relief , but to thank him for his exertions on his behalf , exertions which had been instrumental in transforming him from a dependent upon charity into a . wealthy man . Soon
after the arrival of the Hebrew emigrant in America tho gold mines of California were discovered , and the enchanting stories of tho boundless wealth of the region attracted him thither . The result was , that in a brief space of time he became the possessor , according to our informant , of immense wealth , and he has now returned to Europe to visit his friends : The shop of Mr . — , in Castlestreet , was no doubt one of the first places at which he called on landing in Liverpool , and having in vain tried to induce'the gentleman to accept an acknowledgment of his services , he p laced in his hands ten guineas to bo distributed in offices of charity , such as those which had paved the way in his case to the acquisition of a fortune . —Liverpool Mercury .
Destruction of Farm Produce . — On Tuesday afternoon afire broke out upon the premises of Mr . Gf : ) Iii t ' tle ; Farcet Fen ( where a steam-thrashing machine was being used ) , five miles from Peterborough , and five large stacks of corn three of wheat , and two of beans , were consumed . Thc property was insured in the Sun Fire-office . A Child Starved to Death . —On Tuesday last , and two days of the previous week , an inquest was held before J . Barnett , Esq ., on the body of Maria Hook , a little child about four years of age , who had been , for the last two years , the victim of revolting cruelty on the part of the father and a woman who is the sister of his deceased wife . The Case was broiiijllt before the coroner ' s notice by
tho Rev . Qoprgo Charles Hall , the rector of the pariah , who , from circumstances which had come to his knowledge , refused to'perform tho burial service over the body until an inquest had been holden . Tho father of the deceased , Richard Hook , is a woodcutter , and lives at the village of Uivdwood , about six miles from Gloucester , on the Ross road . He has foi- years rented a cottage on the estate of Richard Hodges Carter , Esq ., barrister , of Gloucester , arid being a good workman , has for many years been in constant employment , earning , with two of his children , from 18 s . to 21 s . per week . About two years ago his wile died , leaving him with five children , the youngest of whom was tlie subject of the present investigation . Almost immediately ; after his wife's death , ho took her sister , a Mrs . Bubb , to live with him . Mrs . Bubb four children
was herself a widow , with three or , arid from the moment of hoi * coming to manage the , house , the neighbours observed a marked difference between her ; treatmont of her own children arid those of her deceased sister . To the former she afforded every indulgence and an abundance of food ; while the latter wero ; ill-treated aiid neglected , and kept on a bar © allowance of dry bread . The youngest of the Hooks , in particular , was illtreated , worse than either of the others ; it was kept with only a bundle of rags tied about it , and constantly crying for food .. In , such a wretched condition did it erawl about , that the neighbours , who frequenUvsupplied it with food , called ' it : 'by the ^ amo : Oi ,, the living . skeleturi , and it died on tho morningM the ( . 24 th . ult , Ori the body being viewed , hy the " cwouQf '" aha jury , th « most dis *
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fcressing . spectacle , presented , itself . .. The body , it body it could be cafled ;' was ' liferallyri 6 thin ' ff"huta bundle' of hones ';' which ' were * iri manyplaces pro *; trudirig'through''the-skinV and yet'this - spectacle of starvation occurrediri a house-in which two flitches of bacon were hanging at the time , and where an abundance of the necessaries of life was everywhere to'be found . On being examined by ' the ' surgeo ri ' , the , body of this child , four years of age ,- was found to' be" barely Gibs , in weight , the average weight ' 6 f a ' healthy child , at the , moment of birth , being Clbs . and a quarter . On making the internal examination the surgeon found similar evidences '' of starvation—the lungs ,: heart , and viscera , were healthy , but there was a total absence
of nourishment in ;; the intestines , on which also there was hot a particle - of fatty matter ; and the unhesitating opinion ofthe medical officer was that thechiidhad died of starvation , accompanied and preceded by ' long-continued neglect and ill-treatment ; A number of witnesses were examined , of whose evidence the'foregoing statement is a' summary . The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter " , ' agamst Richard Hook and Elizabeth Bubb , who were both comriiitted under the coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester Gaol . Thoy were removed in custody , without manifesting the least sign of feeling . The other children were , by the direction of the coroner j iriimediately taken charge of by the parish authorities ., ;
W . Threlfall s Bankbuptct . —A meeting under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against William Threlfall , of Addirigham , cotton-spinner , was held on Tuesday , in the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy , before Mr . Commissioner Ayrton ; Mr . Oxley , ofthe firm of Messrs . W . W . Brown and Co ., * bankers , Leeds , and Mr . Joseph Langton , the public officer of the Bank of Liverpool , were appointed , without opposition , tho trade assignees . The amount of debts proved the same day by three banking firms and an eminent London firm of money-dealers against the bankrupt ' s estate was
£ 33 . 766 . The bankrupt , it will be remembered by our readers , was lately examined at Liverpool , and ijotrimitted for trial at the ensuing assizes at that town on several charges of forgery . Britannia Bridge . —The operation of floating the third great tube across the Straits to its position between tho towers of the bridge is to take place on Monday the 10 th inst ., the next spririg tide . Tho pontoons , used in turning the tube , still remain in their places berieath , ready to convey their ponderous burden to its destination , when : the signal shall . be given . . / A host of workmen ^ were actively employed in clearing the rock and rubbish from under tHe fourth and last tube to be floated .
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• The Encumbered Estates . —Dublin . —Thirtyfour additional petitions for sales were lodged in the court last week , making a grand total since October of no less than 876—a large proportion out of the wh ole body , of Irish landlords , and a very visible symptom , whether for better er worse , of a not distant change in the proprietary of the soil . The name of theEarl ofGlengall appears in the last list , the petitioners in the matter being the Right Rev . Dr . Foran , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford , and ano'her .
Relations between Landlord and Tenant . — The Northern Whig , of Saturday last , has a sensible artie ' e r > n the present unhappy relations between the owner and cultivator of the soil , in the course of which it ¦ observes : — ' * The awful occurrence , which has just taken place in the neighbouring county of Armagh , comes in to read a terrible lesson upon the subject of the relations between landlord and tenant . In this state of affairs the case was such as no tenant right principle seems to have affected . It was acase which presented ; on the one side , a course of landlord misconduct and harshness almost surpassing belief , and on the other a misery and blood-stained herbalism which we contemplate with dismay and hor' or . " . The details ofthe inquest , with other
particulars already published , have presented a picture of 'he most revolting kind ; but it is deepened and rendered more horrible by the narrative which the coro ? ner , Mr . Magee , has ,, somewhatunprofessinnally , bnt most properly , taken care to bring before the British public . This is a case which sows , as it were , the seeds of murder abroad . Ejectments were brought , und a multitude of wretches were—or thought they were to be—cast out , perhaps to perish ; and they coolly deliberated how they were to prevent this . They did not go deeply into the matter , but took the ostensible "head and front of the offending "—the agent ; and with the cognizance , and , no doubt , in view of numbers , they seized him , and beat in his skull with many blows . The medical witness said ,
' I found his skull a mass of fractures . ' There had been a desperate struggle for lite ; but there was no chance of escape to the man who fell a victim to a course of mismanagement , neglect , and blind oppression , hot of his making , but which , nevertheless , at this moment is pleading throughout the United Kingdom in extenuation of the shocking murder . Itis vain to attempt to gloss over this fact—for a fact it is - Let us rather raise our voices against the double crime—the crime of barbarising the miserable district , and the crime of the awful murder . If adequate punishment could fall upon the real criminals onbothsides . it would be simple justice . Who or
hiw many may have been guilty of making the very name of landlord ah abomination in the district we kr . ow not ; and except by that deterioration of property , which they have so richly earned , they are hot likely to suffer . That the prime murderers are known is probable , and that they may be brought to justice we earnestly hope ; but happen what may with respect to either party , an awful warning has been given , which , we trust , will not be despised either by the Legislature or by those men of influence in Ireland who ought to know that they cannot wrong or neglect those dependent upon them without preparing for themselves a day of retribution and calamity . "
Repiieskntation o ? Drooheda . —Mr . J , M . Cantwell ^ in an ticipation of a vacancy by the elevation of Sir W . Someryille to the Upper House , has addressed the electors as a Repealer , and an advocate of tenant-right . Tbe Office of Lord Mayor . —A very stormy meeting of the corporation was held on Saturday , to take into consideration the mandamus issued by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in reference to the office of Lord Mayor ; and , afier considerable discussion , a resolution was adopted by a large majority , to the effect tbat the law agents be directed to prepare a return to the order of the court , under the advice of counsel ; and that the council could not proceed to hold an election of Lord Mayor , as the office was already filled .
A rule nisi was obtained in the Queen ' s Bench on Saturday , for a criminal information against Charles Gavin Duffy , the editor and proprietor of the Nation , on the part of Mr . Durham Dunlop , formerly editor ofa paper called the Monitor , In the Nation newspaper of the 25 th of May last , two publications appeared , which Mr . Dunlop complained of as intended for him , as libellous , and as calculated to do him very great injury with the public at large . One was contained in an article headed , " Mr . Leyne ' s case-Supplementary Statement . " The Irishman did not make its appearance on
Saturday last . The proprietor declared in his last number that he would resume the publication if he obtained 3 , 000 quarterly subscriptions in advance . W . S . O'Brien . —The iVb ' ttonof Saturday contains an appeal to the country on behalf of Mr . William Smith O'Brien , who is stated to be subjected to such severe treatment in tb £ penal settlement of Maria Island , that both his reason and his life are in imminent danger . The article is headed , " The Murder of Smith O'Brien , " and purports to be written on private information .
Harvkst Prospects . —The splendid and seasonable weather has given an appearance of remarkable luxuriance to the growing crops—wheat , oits , potatoes ,. turnips , and flax . Vegetation has received a wonderful stimulus , and upon all sides there is the fairest promise of abundance . Re-awi » tmbnt ° f RBNTS .-Hitherto the reductions generally made havo been merely temporary ; but several extensive proprietors are row making arrangements for a re-adjustment of a more permanent character , grounded upon new veluations
prepared for the purpose . Ihe Hight Hon . > Y . a . Tighe , who has large and well-managed estates in tbe counties of Kilkenny and Carlow , lias made reductions ranging from twenty to thirty per cent ., and has given substantial encouragement in various ways to his tenantry , since the commencement of the famine . The poor rate in the Woodstock electoral division—chiefly the property of that gentleman—is so low as fivepence in the pound . The Neivry Examiner states that the Earl of Roden is about to make a permanent reduction of the rents of all tenants-atrwill .
Sailing of the Steamkr "Viceroy , " from Gai . way . —The Viceroy got under weigh from Galway roads , at a quarter to ten o ' clock on Saturday forenoon , amidst the hearty cheers of crowds assembled from the surrounding country , to witness the novel spectacle of a steam ship Starting from that western port for America . —The pilot who took the Viceroy out of Gal way Bay states , that she steamed the first twenty-seven miles , from tbe loadstend to the North Sound of Corran , in two hours ten minutes and had then got fairly under weigh , with almost a perfect calm . She carries thirty ' -thiee passengersnot twenty-eight as stated—and rather a laree mail .
. ScvcvaI incendiary outrages are reported in the provincial papers . Tippmry , Kvkc & uy , and Devry , being the scenes of these unfortunate results of misrule . Representation op Cork . —Quito unexpectedly , Mr . William Pagan , one of the members for the city of Cork , has announced his intention of vacating his scat upon the first opportunity that arises after the Irish Franchise Bill becomes law . In the course . of an address to'bis constituents' the hon , gentleman assigns the following reasons for the adoption of this step :- " Had my experience fin Parliament induced me to believe that my centum
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ingirilhfl reptfseritatiolFWould have-onnfoTr ^ slightest . advantaged- my fellow dtS ^ tti country , I -would willingly , hWsubmittort ty years longer tcthe personal sacri . lces I was " ? 0 , ) 1 » Biit , alas ! the . truth is , that neither so'TumKi " 6 individual as I am , nor any other Irish diTl ** can do anything in Parliament single-hamy ^ » be of any value , you must either support the V ter in all his measures , and then you may Zt ) crumbs of patronage for your constituents f . * must join cordially the Opposition . Y ou ^ 1 ^ long to one or other of tho Parliamentary naw * The Irish members can never form a di 3 , i , r " 9 . in the House . There is no princi ple of colt - ^ amongst them ; and when they enter P ^ rli'i ^ 4 they instinctively , with few exceptions , full inf ^ i ranks at either side ofthe House . The mere r pendent member , acting without conceit ' others , can do nothing , and if he were to con ** " " sacrificing health and fortune to the end of h * istence he would effect no good at all coramer , * ex ' to his own personal sacrifices . " ^ urate
Repeal Association . — Mr . John O'Co-nm weekly services were on Monday remm ,., ' ! I ? , v " i sum of £ 10 8 s . 6 d ., being nearly double thl * Z * ofthe previous week ' s fees . The threat of \ h ^ up has "told' ? for about the sixth tin * " . ft * resuscitation of the association under th ? U , i . , ? of the member for Limerick . uder 8 l "P The mansion of Mrs . Wolsley , at Sardvrnn , near Dublin , was destroyed by fire on KnminvS : The insubordination of the paupers in Lime ?; i . continues to give a good deal of trouble th * re The Qcben ' sCollboes . —Welmve m < od aW rity ( says tho Freeman ) for stating that his ( w tho Primate has recently received a most S tant and decisive letter from Rome on the suC of the government colleges . We have beeuS to understand , that according to the intr-r iirctat 2 leuer to tne
was gives late rescripts , Catholic cU gymen cannot hold office in , or otherwise be in strumental in advancing the project of the Q « Jl colleges . Wo believe its contents are to Oe offl cially communicated to tho Irish bishops and thai those bishops are to instruct the laity against send ing their youth for education to the condemned colleges . C , J Tiik Potato Cnop .-Specimens of early p otatoes . of excellent quality , are increasing ; and very small supplies hegin to appear in tho Cork market Tiir Land Question-The Banner of Ulster ^ , - " There are usually ( it seems ) upon estates certain functionaries called 'law agents , ' andintakim * out processes for arrears of rent , these gentlemen have a choice of proceeding either in the Assistant
Barrister s Court , or m the superior courts ia Dublin . When the arrears exceed a certain amount . the latter form of proceeding * is imperative , but very often it is a matter of pure choice on the ' part of the . « law agent , ' himself , and therein consists tha special evil referred to . In the Assistant Barn ' s , ter ' s Court the law agent ' s ' bill of costs' is mode . rate , rarely exceeding £ 1 or 30 s ., at tho most * whereas , in the superior courts , it amounts to four five , or even six times that sum , br probably to a great deal more . The ordinary herd of serfs , who if sued in an expensive form , would realise onl y the proverb ' made and provided' in the case of all ' beggars , ' are brought under the barrister ' s juri « .
diction , and snug pickings are frequently made of it , as it is a practice nponsome estates to hare whole batches of decrees against poor wretches te < gularly put through the court , as well as still larger batches of notices periodically served upon them , and all this for the sake of the attorney ' s costs , which are an invariable condition of their settlement , either in or out of court . An enormous tax is thus levied upon tho 'miserable tenants , ' for the enrichment of the ' law agent , ' who , if he ba not an exceedingly conscientious man , can usually create at pleasure a tolerable business for himself , In the case of tenants of a richer order than those supposed , who , if they sometimes want ready money , have either value for it at home , or credit amongst their neighbours , the superior courts w the law agent ' s favourite resort . In these courts
the expenses are extravagant , varying from £ 12 to £ 15 , or probably near £ 20 , for each writ that raaj be issued , of which expenses the estate attorney pockets a handsome proportion , and soon rises to the dignity of a landed proprietor on his own account . Even the very bailiffs , in imitation of their own superiors in office , are in the habit of levying the most oppressive exactions upon the poorer classes of tenantry , while the latter dare not com * plain , lest they should be reported to the agent as troublesome characters upon thc estate . The bailiff usually possesses the agent ' s confidence , as the agent himself possesses that of his own master , and between these two classes of gentry the peasant masses of Ireland are exposed to a system of oppression which , in any other country of Europe , would produce worse consequences than agra * rian crime , bad as the latter is . "
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . JOSXS V . A C 0 XV 1 CTWN OF P . BIXanAM , XSQ . This was an appeal by James Jones ,, described as a coal-merchant , residing at No . 2 , Pembroketerrace , Caledonian-road , against a conviction by Mr . Bingham , the police magistrate , under whicti he was fined £ 10 , for having unlawfully acted as doorkeeper at a common gaming house , No . 11 , Jermyn-street , St . James ' s . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr , Huddleston appeared for . 'the appellant ; Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Ballantice in support of the conviction . —The counsel for the appellant submitted that
the conviction was bad , inasmuch as thc magistrate had no power to inflict a penalty , and direct imprisonment in default , in one judgment . He was authorised to inflict a fine not exceeding £ 100 , or to commit to prison for a term not exceeding six months ; but in the case of a fine being inflicted , that fine was only recoverable by a distress warrant under the hand ofthe magistrate . —The Court held that under this particular statute , when the magistrate adjudicated the infliction of a fine , his power was exhausted , and that when he made the second adjudication of imprisonment , the conviction be * came bad altogether . —Conviction quashed .
BEALK V . A CONVICTION OF P . BINGHAM , ESQ . This was an appeal against a conviction by the same magistrate . The appellant was fined £ 3 for knowingly permitting prostitutes to meet together in a place of public resort , known as the " Piccadilly Saloon , Piccadilly . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Pashley were for the appellant ; Mr . Bobkin an * Mr . Ballantine for the respondent . —The Court said the statute did not make any distinction betwea disorderly and orderly prostitutes , and the question was , did the evidence show that tbe appellant baa sufficient grounds for concluding that the women frequenting his saloon were prostitutes . The Court thought the evidence did sho v that , ana the conviction must be confirmed . —Confirmed accordingly . W . DUDGALE THK ELDER , AND H . MAT , V . CONVICXIOXS
D . JARMSE , ESQ . . These were two appeals against convictions tor the exposure of indecent prints in shop windows in Holywell-street , Strand . — The evidence given ut support of these convictions was ofa character not fit to be dctailed .-The Court quashed the conviction against May , and confirmed that against Dugdale , who was committed to prison to undevg 0 w punishment specified in the conviction , » . « . tares months' imprisonment . — The learned Judge reserved in Dugdale ' s case , for subsequent consideration , a point as to whether it was sufficient to pre * duce a copy of a print exposed in a window . . A Notorious Pickpocket . —The June . §«|* eral session of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced Tuesday morning at the Session UUllllUvMwCU
on VII * "vguui AtlVAUiiigj «•** " **~ P House , ClerkenwcII .. There were sixty-six cases felony , and four of midemeanor , for trial . —"" " Wilson , 19 , a well known thief , was indicted tor stealing the sum of Is . 8 d . from the person of Mary Dixon , ' and also for assaulting and wounding Michael Haydon , » police-officer , in the execiit'oa of his duty . —Haydon , the well known City detective officer , who had his arm in a sling in consequence of the injuries inflicted upon him by the prisoner , stated that on Sunday evening , the 2 nd inst » he was on board a penny steam-boat , running be * tween London-bridge and Hungerford-pier , and tw prisoner was pointed out to him , amongst the p » ' sengers , by a police sergeant , who told him that he was a noted pickpocket and accordingly W
( Haydon ) watched him narrowly . The prisoner got out at Hungerford , and whilst he was standing on tho pier , he put his hand into a lady ' s pocket , but the crowd was so great that he ( Haydon ) lost siga * of him for an instant or two afterwards . The prisoner then went up to Mrs . Dixon , the prosecu tr »» and witness distinctly saw him pick her V ^\' Having ascertained that Mrs . Dixon had lost ls . oo * from her pocket , he went and told the pri s ° . ne he was in custody upon a charge of robbing "O , the person , upon which he said , " Oh , very wen , and immediately he drew a purse from his poc « w and threw it into the river . He was about to » peat this with another purse , when witness tnr him down , and took from ono of his po <* £ 1 10 s . 6 d . The prisoner kicked ana ' sistcd with extreme violence , and witness oi
his truncheon , but ( hat the prisoner wrestefl " « him . Still ho kept his hold , and got him W * the stops leading from the dummy to the » rws when the prisoner , placed one of his legs » e * those of witness , and in endeavouring to u » him , forced , him up against tho balustrade- ' j ness ' s right hand was at liberty for a moment , * thc prisoner seized it , and taking hold ofthe lojj finger , ho , by a sudden jerk against the raw a bent it double backwards , completely sevevuu ^ bone near tho knuckle . "Witness still retaine r . hold of the prisoner , but the latter succeeae » throwing him down' the steps , and , seizin g mw , tho cravat , attempted to choke him . He * .-j upon him , and kept him almost immovable , » ^ he was secured by the piorroan , just as ne j . fi the act of taking hold of the hair of his head , * the view of beating it against the steps . , *» 3 carried , off to the statioa-house , wd-iriww
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08061850/page/6/
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