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      TfeiLta of Losnos dcrixq the WKEK . ~ The " rils In the u . etropohtAn population is still foaher than from the experience of late years wht be expected at the beginning of May . The Meatus , which in the previous week had risen to -j ( J 75 j , ; , v .- declined in the week ending last Saturday to 091 ; but as the average of ten corresponding weeks is only 883 , and , " if raised in the supposed r-itio of increase of population , does not exceed 903 . it appear * that there is still an excess Sn the mortality of the present time above the corrected iivergc , equal to 31 . It will be seen frotn a . irisyn of corresponding weeks of ISilSO .

      comp ^ that only in one instance , which occurred in 1 S 18 , when sniall-pox . scarlatina , and typhus abounded , ¦ were the deaths more numerous than those reg istered last week . In the previous week the number of young persons who died under tho age of 15 rears was 5 U , iu the la > t it was 443 . Hence it appears that , tliouirh this latter number is greator than U 4 U-. 1 , the health of the luvemle part of the po-Tiulatioaha ^ mproved . Buttheui . seasoi . abtecoIdness of the weather is more perceptible in its effects on the old : for in the same period the morfcihty of this class has increased , the deaths of persons of CO tear- and upwards having been in the previous week 216 . in the latter 222 . The zymotic or

      epidemic ciass of disorders exhibits little difference between last week ' s results and the average . Fourteen persons , all of whom were children except one , died of small-pox A death which occurred at the Small-pox Hospital is recorded thus : —On 2 nd Slay , a police-constable from Limbetb , aged 22 Tears , " small-pox , confluent , unprotected ( 20 days ) . " Mr . Watts , tbe i egistrar . adds that' « the deceased bad been sent up from Hampshire to be in attendance at the Exhibition , and wita some Others of the police was attacked with the disease -and conveyed to the hospital at Upper Holloway . " Hooping-cough is on the decline , though it numbered last week 57 , while the corrected average is 45 . There were also 5 deaths from croup , and 11

      from influenza . In the tubercular class there are 8 deaths from scrofula , 8 from tabes mescnt- rica , 145 from consumption , while hydrocephalus , or water in the head reaches the latge number of 50 . Cephalitis orinfia : mationof the brain , which stand in the class Of diseases of the nervous system , was also fatal in 19 cases , which was nearly double the usual number . The G 9 deaths from the two last-mentioned complaints , cephalitis and hydrocephalus , occurred with only three exceptions among children and exceed the corrected average by 24 . The tirthsof 757 boys and 730 girls , in all 1 . 4 S 7 children were registered in the week . The average in six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 . was 1 , 424 . At

      tbe Royal Observatory Greenwich the mean height of tbe barometer in the week was 29 . 537 in . The mean temperature was only 42 deg . 8 nun ., which is 7 degrees below tbe average of corresponding -weeks in JO years . Having been above tbe average in the previous week till the last two days tbe daily mean fell on Sunday and Monday to 40 deg . 6 min ., £ r ch is nearly 9 deg . bcliw the average of these ys ; it rose gradually to 46 deg . on Friday , nearly 5 deg . below the average , and fell again on Saturday to 40 . 3 , which is nearly 11 deg below the average of that day . The wind , which was in the north at the beginning of tbe week , afterwards changed to south and west , and on Friday and Saturday returned to north and north-west .

      Coeoveb s lKQUEsr . —On Saturday last an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Three Mariners , Xsher , Surrey , on the body of a male child , which had been found in a drawer in tbe mansion of Lady JNoel Byron , on the previous Wednesday evening . It appeared from the evidence of a female in her ladyship ' s service that a young woman , named Jane Baker , a kitchen-maid , who had not previously been suspected of being enceinte , was found extremely ill , and circumstances tending to confirm the fact that Bbe bad recently been delivered of a child prevailed . On being taxed with the same she admitted the fact . On farther questioning as to what she bad done with the child , she directed the attention of Miss Randall to a drawer , in which she discovered the body of a £ ne male child , fall grown , but quite dead . On an examination of the body by Mr . Coleman , of New Singston . he gave it an bis opinion . tbat . the child might hare breathed , but thftt it was certain it Lad

      not existed more than a moment or two . The body was free from all marks of violence , but might have Jived bad the mother been properly delivered . The jury , upon bearing the evidence , returned a verdict that " The child was still-born . " The female remains in custody at her ladyship ' s mansion ; and as soon as she has sufficiently recovered will be examined on the charge of concealing the birth . Fatal Accidents—Oh Sunday morning , about ten o ' clock , Captain R . Madden , of the brig frowning Beauty , was being rowed on shore from his vessel , lying in the Pool , for the purpose of landing at Shadwell , when , from some unexplained cause , the boat got foul of a mooring chain and instantly cap-Hied . The apprentice , Robert Hunter , clung to the chain till assigtancereacbed him , aud he was rescued ; hut we are sorry to say tbat Captain Maddan sunk and was drowned . Drags were used , but the body was not recovered .

      Fire at Craheb asd Beai . es , Mnsic PobzisHERS . —On Monday afternoon about two o ' clock , the neighbourhood of Regent-street was alrmed by a f re which broke ont in a warehouse situate on tbe fcasemenfc floor of the house situated at the corner of where Conduit-street joins Regent-street , in the occupation of Messrs . Cramer and Beafe . In less than ten minutes after the fire was discovered the Brigade and other engines attended . Before , however , sufficient time had elapsed to set the first engine to work , an immense body of flame broke through tbe window , and rose a considerable height

      is Conduit-street . The firemen , by starting the plujs , obtained a supply of water before the turncocks had time to reach the scene , and tbe same having been discharged npon the flames , they were prevented from making any farther progress towards ihe upper part of the building , but upwards of half an honr elapsed ere the fire was wholly extinguished , and not un'il the warehouse termed tbe country department , in which the disaster , commenced , was burned out , and the other warehouses on the basejnent damaged by beat , water , smoke , and removal . The origin of the fire is unknown . Fortunately tbe premises and tbeircontents wereiasurediu the Royal Exchange Fire Office .

      Frightful Death of a Lady by Fire . —On Monday evening Mr . U . M . Wakley held an inquest at 33 , Albion-street , Hyde Park-square , the residence of the late Miss Sarah . Gladstone Clark , aged fiftyone , who was burned to death . On Saturday morning , the cook , as usual , took to deceased ' s bedroom her breakfast . Having knocked at the door without receiving an answer , she went into the room , when she was horrified at beholding her mistress sitting on the coal-scuttle near the fire place , almost burned to a cinder , the rushlight screen standing near her . and the rushlight melted down . Dr . James Hill , Gotldford-place , deceased ' s medical attendant , stated the deceased was very nervous . He had no doubt that her dress having caught fire , she fainted , aud thus perished , without being able to call assistance . Verdict , " Deceased was found frightfully burned iu her bed-room ; but whether her death resulted from fire or fright there is no evidence to prove . "

      The lam Fire axdLoss op Las at Walworth . —On Monday Mr . W . Carter , the Surrey coroner , held a painful inquiry at the Fountain Tavern , Walworth Road , respecting the death of Henry Elliott , jnn ., who perished in tbe fire which occurred on the previous Friday morning , iu his father ' s premises , the free trade provision and butter warehouse , No . 3 , Port Place , Walworth Common . —Mr . Henry Etintt , sen ., said that on Thursday last his son ( the deceased ) went to Astley ' s Amphitheatre , and not having returned at eleven o ' clock , his wife proposed that witness should retire to bed , and she would sit up for deceased . He therefore went to bed , bis two daosbtera having previousl y done the same . . During the night he was suddenly awoke by some one , whom he thought was his wife , when he found himself

      almost suffocated . He then heard a springing of rattles and a knocking at the doors in all directions . His wife then cried out . " Oh save , ob savethe children . " Witness staggered into the front room , where the deceased was in bed asleep , shook bim violently , and told him to fly ont of the window , or he * oqld be burnt to dea > h > The deceased was then on bis feet , when witness heard his wife cry ont that she bad lost one of tbe children . ( The . witness here became deeply affected and sobbed alond ) . He , therefore , staggered back again to bis wife , thinking his son would jump out of window , when they could not find their youngest daughter , Sophia . At length his wife found the child , and they all four got out of the back window on to tbe ledge , and he banded his two little

      girls down to tome one below , and bis wife was saved in the same way . A ladder was then brought and witness made his escape down it . Before they bad escaped be begged of the people to go ronnd to tbe front and hel p bis son When he got to the front he was told that all his children were saved ; bat from a conversation he overheard , be felt convinced tbat Tiltu ^» , i .- , rain s- He , therefore , rushed up ™ nif „ n r to * *""* "" window , when he found the SLlWf "S * - i & then convinced hisson fore ^»! . heC 0 nW bear , li 8 e ^ He , therefore , made a desperate attempt to save him . bv lean-2 d him t ™ ea t 00 k ^ . of h 5 s *¦* »* « mpelled him to come down , they tdfinz him fhHr ho oaia

      w am as own life if he stopped there nnnW mmute Hecould not form the 3 gtaSf 3 bT !? 5 how the fire or . gmated . When he w « aroused n ° when he went to bed . was not turned Quite off h „ t the deceased in . Tbe deceased was very sober , and he was not aware , of his own k nowledge , that he anoked . He was * good linguist , and possessed of treat musical attainments . He returned homeabout one o clock ^ and appeared delighted with the perfor

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      mances , and he informed his mother that he should take her to . the same theatre on the following Monday . His firm belief was that the fire had occurred from some accidental cause . He was insured in the Atlas Fire Office for £ 300 , but he had lost all his effects , furniture , wearing apparel , and £ 60 in notes and hard . eash . —The coroner having summed up , remarked upon tbe distressing nature of the case , and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " mu ¦ ' , . XOHERocs Pires . —Three fires broke out in the metropolis on Tuesday , which caused great activity at the various engine stations , and alarmed several distant neighbourhoods . The first fire happened in the premises of Mr . Moffatt , a linendraper and

      wholesale clothier , carrying on business at 2 fo . 70 , Seymour-street . "When discovered the flames bad obtained a firm hold of the lower portion of the premises , and by the time the inmates could be aroused the lofty building was wrapped in a general sheet of fhme . Fortunatel y the whole of the occupants managed to effect a safe retreat . The engines ofthe parish , London Brigade , aud West of England Company were immediately sent for , but before sufficien t time bad elapsed for the messengers to convey the intelligence , the flames rose so high as to illuminate the whole of the metropolis , which became a far more speedy messenger of danger than the parties previously sent . This caused a general turnout ofthe

      engines , and the moment they reached the scene tbey were set to work ; but in spite ofthe utmost exertions ofthe firemen , the flames could not be extinguished for some hours , and not before the whole of Mr . Moffatt ' s stock in trade , furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects were destroyed and the building gutted . The total loss is very considerable , but fortunately the sufferer was insured for £ 650 in the West of England Fire-office . —The second fire occurred on the premises of Mr . Stephens , a watch and clock maker , No . 14 , Bartholomew-square , Ironmonger-lane , St . Luke ' s . The progress of this fire was inconceivably rapid , and two men—one who was in bed asleep , and another who attempted to extinguish the flames—nearly lost tbeir lives

      before they could effect a retreat . The engines of the parish , London Brigade , and West of England , were soon on the spot , " and no time was lost in setting them to work , but in spite of the firemen , the work of destruction continued , andivery speedily the entire range of premises became a blazing mass , firing in succession the property of Mr . Gallicque , French hatter , >" o . 13 , in the same square , and of Mr . Saunders , the Prince of Wales beer-shop . Copious streams of . water having been scattered over the adjoining premises , the fire was prevented from extending in those directions , but before the flames were got under , the whole of Mr . Stephens ' s premises were reduced to ruins , the costly stock in trade and furniture consumed and considerable

      , damage done to the premises on either side A third conflagration originated between three and four o clock in a warehouse of Mr . Ashfield , builder , opposite the House of Correction , Clerkenwell . The highly inflammable nature of the materials strewed in all directions lent vigour to the flames , and although the engines were soon on the spot , the stock in trade in the building was destroyed , together with a portion ofthe premises . Mr . Ashfield was insured . Bvbglart . —On Tuesday morning , as it is supposed between the hours of one and two o ' clock , some thieves broke into the house No . 8 , Hamiltonplace , corner of Belgrave-street , New-road ,

      occupied by Mr . Thomas Carr Jackson , the late house surgeon of the Royal Free Hospital , and stole therefrom several articles , consisting of wearing apparel , silver spoons and forks , a flute , and several things of small value . The entrance was effected by , removing the iron bars o f & window of the watercloset . It was evident that ' tbe . rascals bad been disturbed in then * operations , as , had they been more leisurely employed , a much greater amount of property might have been removed . Desks , boxes , and drawers were found opened , and their contents strewed upon the floor . Information was given to the police , who are investigating the matter , with a view of tracing the thieves and the stolen property .

      The MEtaoFous Water Bill . —On Tuesday , the bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis was printed . It contains . forty clauses . At present the metropolis is supplied ; with water by nine companies , and on the 30 th September ' next it is proposed that tbey , shall be formed into "The Metropolitan Water Company . " Tbere . are . tirenty acts now in force respecting the . supply of Water which are to be repealed . Among the provisions there are several providing for the purity of water to be supplied for domestic purposes , where the proper pipes are in use agreeably to the re gulations

      of the company , and the supply . may ,, with the approval of the Secretary of State , be auspendedi ' . hnlessthe regulations are carried out , . A constant supply of water is to be kept for cleansing sewers , drains , & c , and for other public purposes . The united company , may demand such rates as are now demanded by the companies existing , and are not to exceed the same . The rates are to be reduced when the profits are more than sufficient to " pay a dividend of six per cent * . Tbe " united company may make bye laws to carry out the Spirit of the intended act , which it is considered would be advantageous to the public .

      Proposed Ripe Across Ke » 8 Ibok > s . oirbms . ~ A very numerous deputation , representing the inhabitants of Kensington , Bayawater , and Paddington , beaded by Archdeacon Sinclair , Mr . Evans , M . P ., and accompanied by Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., had an interview with Lord Seymour at the office of tbe Woods and Forests , to protest against the threatened ride . across Kensington-gardens . Tbe deputation enforced upon Lord Seymour ' their notion of the injury which would . be done to the frequenters of the gardens of all classes ; and more particularly to ladies , invalids , and children , by carrying into effect the contemplated alterations , and showed that any inconvenience which might arise to equestrians , from the fact of a portion of

      uyue-parK ueing for a tune taken from them ought not tobe compensated by any part of Kensington gardens being withdrawn from those accustomed to take their , walks there , and expressed their hope that his , Lordship ,, considering the strong-feeling entertained by the public on the Subject , would reconsider the question . Lord Seymour haying made his bow , the deputation retired , and afterwards assembled at the Ship Hotel , CbariogfcrdsS , to concert measures for carrying their object into effect . The Chahoe aoawst the Mastsb ; of "" S t . PAitchas . Workhouse . —Abakdokmrst oi the" Pbos ^ couo-v . —On Tuesday a very numerous meeting of the board of directors of the poor : of St . Pau ' cras took ' place in the board-room adjoining the

      workhouse at Camden Town , for the purpose of considering the position of the hoard with reference to the master ofthe workhouse , MrV Eaton having been Committed for trial by Mr ; Combe , the police , magistrate , on a Charge of violating Eliza Smith , ia pauper inmate . Mr . Churchwarden-Baker having been called to the chair , great sensation was created by the reading of the following , extraordinary communication from Mr . - Ballantine , the counsel appointed for the prosecution , addressed to Mr . Cook , the . clerk to the board *— «"« 3 , Dpper Gowerstreet . May 5 th , 1851 . —My dear Sir , —Since the investigation at Clerkenwell Police Court to-day , I bare carefully considered the evidence adduced by Mr . Eaton , in answer to the charge ' made aeaihst

      bitn . It appeared to me at the ' time , unless perjury was imputed to the girl , it was impossible to ima * - g ine bim innocent , and in tbat . view ! of . the matter , it would scarcely have been proper . to abandon the prosecution , nor could the magistrate have done otherwise than leave it ' to a jury to decide ; but I confess that it appears to , me impossible , taking the girl ' s health into consideration , and the evidence . of the woman , who . spoke of her complaining- of her bead , and being unable to recollect the circumstances of the transaction she | was detailing , that she may be mis-stating matters without being fully aware of what she is stating . Sue v , « a wfieredfrom epileptic fits , her memory is evidently deranged , and her mind may have become

      impregnated with a fallacio us idea ; at all events , it is more desirable to suppose this than tbat she has committed a wilful falsehood ; and I must say , upon very careful consideration , that I think Mr ' . Eaton has avowed the charge as presented on the part of the prosecution . I do not see any ground whatever for donbting the testimony " of the girl Henley , and her manner and general demeanour were creditable to her ; and , although it is possible that the doorkeeper may be mistaken as to the time of Mr . Eaton ' s retarn , if he be correct , the evidence from Hampstead completely negatives the charge . I confess that I entertained , from the demeanour of the prosecutrix , a strong opinion that she was giving- a true account ; but , as the

      directora have done me the honour to submit the management ofthe case to me , and to state that they would be guided by my opinion , Ifeel now , that I am called upon to advise them to abandon the prosecution of Mr . Eaton , and if they concur with me , I will make a statement to this effect on Wednesday , when Mr . Eaton is brought flp . I am , dear sir , yours very faithfully , Wu . BALUSTINE . G . W . F . Cook , Esq ., & c . "—Mr . Cook stated that be received this letter as late as nine o ' clock , on Monday night . The communication having been ordered to be entered on the minutes , a discussion

      ensued as to the course the board / should pursue . ' — Mr . Laimben' ultimately moved , "That Mr . Bal ; lahtine ' ssuggestion- ( thatthe pweentiofl . against Mr . Eaton be abandoned ) be ' carried but ; and that Mr Ballantine be requested to make such a statement as may place Mr " : Eaton and the directors in a proper position with the ' public . " Mr . Waller seconded the resolution , and it was carried by a majority' of seventeen '• to four . ~ Mr . Billett , in a powerful address , stated that he viewed this as tantamount to an acquittal , and hoped the . board would sympathise witb Mr . Eaton . He moved that he be requested tosend' big account in of law charges , and that a cheque be given by the board .

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      The motion was negatived as premature ) and the board separated . Cessos Enumerators . —On Tuesday a meeting of the enumerators ofthe census of 1851 took p lace at the Bengal Arms , Birchin-lane , to adopt a memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , complaining of the insufficiency of the payment ' awarded to them ' for their service * , and calling upon the government to make a more adequate return for the onerous and responsible duties of the office . —Mr . Behenna in the chair . —The memorial , after setting forth tbe injustice to which the enumerators had been subjected , went on to state that the registrars , in their instructions , were emphatically directed to employ none hut

      intelligent and trustworthy persons , and men whose position in life was a sufficient guarantee that the duties of their office would be performed in a proper and efficientmanner . Thatthememorialists werenotaware , at the time ofthe appointment , of the . arduous duties which they had engaged to perform , the enumerators' instructions not having been handed to them until they had signed the form of contract . They therefore considered the present scale of remuneration totally inadequate to compensate them for their services , and tbey trusted that such further payment might be granted to them as the justice of the case required .-The chairman observed , that letters had been received from various enumerators in various parts of the country , expressing

      their desire to co-operate with tbe London committee . —Certain resolutions , passed at a previous meeting , were read and confirmed , and the adoption of the memorial was moved by Mr . Fletcher , who stated that , after making allowances for the cost of endorsing the schedules and entering them in the books , he found that his pay was at the rate of £ 1 Os . 6 d . per week , This was not such a sum as should be given to an " intelligent person . " It was below the wages of a mechanic , and there were few enumerators who would have accepted such a scale of payment had they been aware of it before signing the contract . —Mr . Jones , an enumerator of St . James ' s parish , seconded the motion , observing that he had experienced considerable , trouble in

      discharging thfl duty . He had in many instances gone five times to one house , and had delivered three schedules before be bad succeeded in obtaining a return . Three days were occupied before he secured the whole of the returns , and the number of persons included in such returns amounted to 1 , 400 ; whilst in some cases the names were so difficult to read that it took him a quarter of an hour to decipher them . He complained that the money , small though the amount was , had not yet been paid , and he considered that they had a right to expect more prompt remuneration , lest a " bankruptcy" should occur in the Exchequer . ( A laugh . ) -Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and the memorial was unanimously agreed to , with the addition of a

      specific clause , pointing to the fact that the remuneration in 1851 was much less than that ot 1841 , although , the labour at the present time was much greater than at the former period . Reunion deb Abts . —Under this designation a society has been formed , " the purport of which is to bring together , in social union , artists and amateurs , English and foreign , that each may have an opportunity of exhibiting his particular talent , and that by frequent intercourse the taste for , and love of art , of its members may he cultivated and improved . " Such is the statement io the prospectus , and to accomplish this object it is proposed that the members meet every Monday evening at the Queen Anne-street Rooms , where restraint shall be laid , aside , and every

      one , whether professional or otherwise , contribute according to his accomplishments to the enjoyment of the rest . In fact , a purely artistic eonvenatione is aimed at ; for not only music , bnt any other intellectual pursuit likely to be of interest is to be encouraged . The Championship op the Thames . —At a period when tbe combined industrial productions ofthe civilized world have drawn to our shores a host of continental visitors , this great match possessed more than ordinary features of interest , as affording the foreign visitors an opportunity of witnessing a trial of skill and endurance but rarely or ever seen in any other part of tbe globe . —The competitors were Robert Coombes ,. the renowned champion of

      the Thames , and Thomas M'Kiuney , of Richmond , who aspired to tbat honorary distinction . The weather was most agreeable . All the steamboats were , crowded , thousands of spectators lined the shore or river , and a more interesting or animated Bcene : as the' hour for the contest approached it would be difficult to describe . —At aquarter to six the rival candidates moved towards Putney-bridge , to row a clear right-away wager to Mortlake . Both looked full of confidence and health , and although M'Khvney had the advantage of being twelve years the younger , and nearly three parts of a stone the heavier man , Coombes was backed freely at five and six to ' . four , and a very large amount was laid out at that odds , the takers being extremely eager .

      —Coombes took his station on the . Middlesex side of Putney-bridge , his opponent heingpn the Surrey side . At twelve and a half minutes past six a . capital start was effected , and M'Kinney immediately began to i showth ' e stent " of his boat slightly ; in front , and up to opposite Messrs . Searle ' s premises might be said to have retained precisely the same lead . From . this placey amidst deafening ; shouts frotu aU sides , M'Kinney forced his pace , so as to get bis boat completely clear of-Ms adversary , ' but hewas not allowed long to enjoy his advantage ; : The pace on both sides was killing , and it wai obvious tbat one or the other mu ^ t ,. soon give way . On nearing Craven-cottage the renowned champion

      put on a spirt which in a dozen strokes , changed tbe aspect of things , and placed his boat ' s hose a couple of feet in front . M'Kinney applied himself again to his work with even increased power , but Coombes again " put the " steam oh' / so as to show his more youthful adversary that he was invincible . All M'Kinney ' s efforts ,. " plucky " as they were , were unavailing . Coombes went through Hammersmith-bridge two clear lengths ahead ; increased his advantage gradually , and won by a dozen or more lengths , thus retaining his title of Champion of the Thames and Tyne , besides the' valuable consideration of £ 400 stakes : —The time occupied by the winner was twenty ^ even minutes and thirty seconds .

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      Thb RioWbb At the Bostok'Election ;—These men we ' re brought up for examination on the 2 nd insti Not any of themwerejebarged witfr ' tbe fall offence . Seven were discharged on finding security , each for £ 25 , and themselves m £ 50 . each . Three were fined £ 1 each , and one £ 5 ; A number of new trifling cases were brought , f orward , but the parties were all discharged on finding the" requisite security for keeping the peace , some for six , and others for twelvemonths . .

      Attempt to OVBBTUiW A TSAIW .-On Saturday last two nien , named Thomas Sudell and William Smith , well known in the neighbourhood of Hatfield , Hertfordshire , as notorious , poachers , were brought up in custody of the rural constabulary at the Town Hall , Hertford , before Mr . W . Mills ( chairman ) , Sir Charles Dimsdale , and other county magistrates , charged with having placed certain pieces of timber en . the line , for the purpose of overturning a train on the Great Northern Railway , and thereby , endangering the lives of her Majesty ' s subjects . The prisoners , on the usual caution being given to tbera , declined saying anything in . their defence . Tbe chairman addressed them on the heinous offence of having attempted to secrifice . the lives of innocent persons , aud then fully committed tbem to Hertford Gaol for trial .

      . VuH ' . iur TH 8 GbRAT Wg 8 TIRNRAII . WAV .-On Sunday night a fire occurred at the Wallingford Road Station , on the line of the Great Western Railway . The building wa g reduced to a heap of ashes in the short space of a quarter of « n hour , and the property destroyed is estimated at . hetweeh £ 800 and - £ 1 , 000 . The precise origin ofthe fire is not known , but it ia conjectured to have occurred from the bursting of a naptba lamp , which was in the shed . . Polish add Hukgabian Rbfdobes . —On Sunday last twelve of the refugees who recently landed at Liverpool from Turkey arrived at Leeds . The Liverpool committee are distributing tho refugees in

      tne principal large towns of the kingdom , and they have forwarded these twelve to Leeds , with a request that thefriends of Hungarian , freedom will raise funds for their support until able to support themselves . A meeting . of the working classes was held iu the Baiaar . the usual meeting place of Chartists , on Tuesday evening , at which the twelve refugees were present . They are all young men , apparently of considerable intelligence , and most of them well educated . Several of them are handicraftsmen , and the rest have been students or book-keepers . They were well r eceived , and a subscription was started for tbeir support .

      Thb Case of Poisoning bt Pabbnts at Manchbsim-The adjourned inquest respecting the death of . Mary Hardy , ahas Waddington , washeld by Mr . Herford , the borough coroner , at the Manchester Itoyal Infirmary , on Tuesday last . The particulars of the case bare already appeared in this journal . It will suffice to repeat here that tbe deceased was Sixteen yearsnf age , an illegitimate child , and lived with her mother Ann Waddington , and her stepfather James . -Waddington , a lamplighter . After her death , which took place suddenl y on the 24 th ui ascerwineu

      C ., K was mat sue had taken a larire quantity of arsenic , that she bad had no medical assistance , while very contradictory statements as to thenature and duration of her illness , were made by her parents . The deceased was also in a burial club , from which £ 7 was received on the day of her death . James and Ann Waddington , theparehtsof the deceased , were at present in custod y / A' number of witnesses were examined in addition to those previously produced , aud the coronerwent through the whole ofthe evidence , pointing out how contraihS ^ JSiTS ! 8 tatemen t « were within themselves , as well as ihe great extent to which they were contradicted by the witnesses , ft would be

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      for the jury to consider whether theEvidence as to the treatment of the girl , taken together with some of the expressions Balo to have been used by the prisoners , was snoh as to show that they felt a desire to rid thernselves of the burden of her support . It was a remarkable thing , that . before death there was an admission that it was believed tho deceased had taken arsenic , while from the time that DT . Brown was called in there was no reference to it , ' until it had been ascertained thatdeath bad resulted from arsenic . The jury , after a consultation of halt an hour ; returned a verdict of " Wilful murder : against both prisoners . ' The prisoners were immediately committed to take their" trial at the next Liv erpool assizes , ¦;• : ¦ .

      Romakce in Rbax . Life . —On Sunday last a person named John Rowland died at the workhouse in Lynn , whose history presents as awful ah account of reverse of fortune , as it has been our lot to become acquainted with . Tbe individual in question was educated at Eton College , and was afterwards fellow of King's College , Cambridge . He was ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Horsley ; officiated at St . James ' s , Westminster ; and ' went out to St . Petersburg as chaplain to the embassy .

      Subsequently , bo either threw up his gown or had it taken from him , and he became a blacksmith and coach-spring . maker , in Norfolk-street , in Lynn . The next account we have of . him is , that he was apprehended , tried , and transported for stealing some iron , the property of Mr , Bottomly , of South Gates . On the expiration of bis term of transportation he returned to Lynn , made a settlement in the town , and was for several years in tbe workhouse , where he died on Sunday last , at the advanced age of seventy-eight years .

      Funkbal of the Huntsman op the HalhamshtRE Pack . — The funeral of the late George Sampson , for twenty-three years huntsman of the , famous Hallamshire harriers , took place at Bulwood Church on Sunday se ' nnight . So great was the esteem in which he was held amongst his brother Nimrods , far and wide , that at least 8 , 000 assembled at the village Of Hallam , where he had- resided , and acr companied his remains to the grave , ' as many as was practicable walking in procession . Great numbers had come from places as far distant as Glassop , Ashopton , Barnsley , Barlow , and Chesterfield . The deceased huntsman expired on the previous Wednesday , at the age of fifty-seven . —Derby Mercuru . - . . ¦

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      Strike on the Bangob akd Carnarvon Railway . Inconsequence of a large number of Irishmen being employed in its construction , the Welch and English " navvies" all along this line have struck . The turn-out has been general , for tbe men more determinedly hostile to the Irish forced , by threatened hostilities , those employed in the tunnels to discontinue their work and join them in . expelling the obnoxious party . About forty special constables were sworn in , as great disturbance was anticipated . The men have refused to return to their work until the whole ofthe Irish shall have been discharged . Their hostility' has been manifested for some time , but a strike was not expected .

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      A Woman Killed bv Her Husband . —A man named Moodie , a hosier by trade , and residing in Potter-row , Edinburgh , was apprehended on " a charge of inflicting some injuries onhis wife , of so serious a nature that she died in a few hours afterwards . On the man ' s going home on Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , the unfortunate woman made some allusion to tbe lateness of the hour , and in the . course of an altercation whicli : ensued , he gave her a kick , which resulted more seriously than he had perhaps anticipated . He immediately obtained the assistance of a surgeon who , after , being with her about four hours , succeeded in arresting the copious flow of blood whioh had been occasioned . Soon after his departure , hdwever , the wound broke out afresh , and before assistance could again be obtained the unfortunate woman had expired .

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      Representation of Dubmh . —K is rumoured that the Hon . Sidney Herbert and Lord Naas have turned their eyes towards the constituency of Dublin , in anticipation of the general election , and already the note of alarm has been raised on the subject by some watchful enemies of " centralisation . " At a ' privy council held last week in the Castle of Dublin , the proclamation under the Crime and Outrage Act was revoked for the county of Kerry , and for twenty-four baronies in the county of Cork . . Represbhtawon op Belfast . —Tbe-Belfosi Newsletter says , " Sir James Emerson Tennent has formally resigned the Governorship of St . Helena . " The merchants of Belfast say they are resolved to return one of their own body to represent them at the next election ; and have , it is said , selected Mr . MuthoUand for that purpose .

      Ths . Irish Roman Catholic Members . —The Irish Roman Catholic , members , as a-body , did not actbadly on Friday night ; but this is all that can be said ; in their favour . The freeman ' s Journal , of Monday morning , thus touches up the absentees : — * 'Ther , e were not a . few absent from , this division who were not in Ireland , and who have not voted against the minister . These men , unlike Mr , Keogb , Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Moore , Mv . Devereux , and those who were working the good ; cause at honie , were in London or elsewhere , but were no « where doty called them , and where they had themselves taught the nation that they ought to have been to protect the , rights of conscience , and to strike down the enemies of religious freedom . The flat of the Irish nation has gone forth , and every member representing a liberal : constituency is bound to act on that decree , or resign the trust '

      whichhe is not prepared to discharge in accordance with the wishes of those whose trustee he is . Ireland cannot afford even a semblance of neutrality .- At a crisis like the present , when her liberties , perhaps for centuries to come , are poised in the balance , there can be no neutrality . Ireland will have none . "He who is act for us is against us . " " The Letteb . ''—A hint darkly thrown out by the . metropolitan organ of Dr . M'Hale toucbing sonie further revelations in connexion with the " State paper" ofthe Tablet , has set the . public on the . qui vive , and rumours are freely circulated that some additional documentary evidence is in course of digestion , and which , when brought to light , cannot fail to add to the " excitement" created by the underhand production of the missive to Rome . Be this as it may , the next epistle from St . Jarlath ' s will be looked for with no ordinary curiosity ..

      Ma . Biuang . —This gentleman is now considered in a fair way of recovery . The dreadful wounds inflicted upon him by bis intended murderer are likely to be healed . The Papal Agitation . —Dr . Murray has issued a card , to his parishioners , intimating that "a petition to parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , and the Religious Houses Bill , will lie for signature at the doors of the metropolitan church tomorrow and the following . Sunday , and he hopes that such petition will he numerouslysigned , " Thb . Iwsh Cohfboebates , in Australia . —The Irish Exile states that Messrs . O'Doherty , M'Manus , and . O'Dpnohoe had forfeited their tickets of leave for , going beyond the bounds prescribed for them to pay tbeir . respects to Mr . W . S . O'Brien . They were , reduced , to tbe state Of common convicts , dressed in the convict dress , and sentenced to hard labour at Tasman ' s Peninsula .

      Emiohation from Ulster . —From a tabular returh ' of the number of emigrants who have sailed direct from the port of Derry for British America and the United States since the opening of the season . in ; the present year , and in the corresponding period of 1850 , it appears that the emigration this year nearly doubles tbat of last . For 1851 tbe total number of ships was 15 , carrying 23 cabin passengers , and 2 , 834 steerage ditto-total , 2 , 907 . For 1850 , 6 ships , carrying 21 cabin passengers , aud 1 , 349 steerage ditto—total , 1 , 370 . The Derry Sentinel , commenting on this return , observes ;—« 2 , 900 persons have emigrated in the present season -wbije a much . larger number have gone hence to Liverpool and the Clyde , to take shipping there ; so that . from 10 , 000 to 15 . 000 persons , at a very low estimate , have left the north-west of . Ireland since the commencement of the year . There , are also several emi grant sbips now in port , and others are

      expected , and the agents calculate on having the full complement of passengers for each . It should likewise be remarked that the generality of the emigrants are of a better class than formerly , being chiefly small farmers and tbeir families , who have some means of their own , and most of them in the prime of life . It must bean additional source of regret that the great majority of these emigrants have transported themselves and their property not to one of our own colonies , tut to a foreign country . The twenty-three cabin passengers . and upwards of 2 , 300 ofthe steerage passengers left our shores for the United States , to augment the countr "^^ p 0 lser oftD & t ra P iaIy-ad'aHcing ¦ Thb iccimmiCAi Tirm BaL .-The Roman Uthohe organs are la ^ bly elated at the recent Ministerial deleat , and the necessary postponement of the committee on the " Pains and Penalties' » bill . The Jt n * ** *! : ? 7 , . " ted «« » t"ke and spare not . Out with the Whigs let who will be their sue

      ceswrs . ... " ~ Fire at Lotjgii Rtnn .-A fire broke out at Louuh Rynn , the 8 eat ofLordClementB , onSund 8 ymwniS o £ & wn C ? dam 8 ft * H «««* «> f from SR TO * l , o 00 was caused to the house and furniture which-reached Dublin on Monday mornirTat

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      nounced that the . brutal attack on Mr . Samuel Coulter had terminated fatally . It- was evident from tbe first that no medical skill could be of any service , as the wounds were' mortal , and after suffering great agony he expired at throe O ' clock on Saturday morning . Mr . Coulter had a sum of £ 10 on his person when proceeding to the fair , but his assassins did not attempt to ' touch it , and it was found onihim when he was discovered bruised and bleeding on the road side . The ill-fated man is stated to have given evidence in a nuiiiber of ejectment oases at the last Ballybot quarter sessions , where ejectment decrees were obtained , and which , it is said , were expeotedto be put in force in a few days . Four persons have been arrested on

      suspicion , and remain in custody pending the issue of the coroner's inquest . The inquest was resumed and concluded on Tuesday . The following was tho verdict : " We find that the deceased , Samuel Coulter , came by his death early in the morning of tbe 3 rd inst ., at about the hour of two o ' clock , in consequence of severe fractures of the skull , inflicted by some person or persons unknown , on tbe road leading from Dundalk to Crossmaglin , in the morning of Friday the 2 nd of May inst . " So far only has light been yet let . in upon this horrible affair ; nor is it likely , as in tbe case of Mr . Mauleverer , another noonday murder on the high road , that much more will ever be known about it . There ia but too much reason to

      fear that the case is only another of the results of the landlord and tenant system , the unfortunate deceased having , in his capacity of agent , been called upon to put the ejectment law in force . The Murder of Ma . Coolter . — A correspondent of the-. Evening Mail , who signs himself "An Englishman , " and who has been visitina the scene of the late murder in the south , after describing the beauty of the surrounding country , proceeds to say : — " But yesterday I visited the spot where on the day before the owner of one of those pleasant dwellings I have mentioned was , in the broad light of day , waylaid , beset , and murdered . He had set out on horseback for a neighbouring fair , and when but a short half-mile from home the shot was fired which , aided

      by bayonet stabs , and blows from heavy stones , left his wife a widow and his two young children fatherless . In the struggle he , astrong and powerful man , had foug ht manfully for life , as was evident by the trodden herbage in the ditch by the way side , and tbe tracks of blood upon the road for some thirty yards from the place where he had first fallen , in the direction of his borne , to the spot where the tragedy was perfected , and the scarcely breathing body left with its head beaten into a soft pulp , hanging over a low wall ot large loose stones , which were literally black withgore when I saw them yesterday . The shot was plainly heard , as were his cries for help , by labourers

      employed by a gentleman , bis neighbour , in a field hard by , who , when , asked why they had not gone to ascertain what was the matter , replied , tbat they knew the master was abroad , and that , therefore , they did not like to . leave their work . ' The victim of this horrid deed was a substantial yeoman , holding , under a lease for ever , a farm of between 100 and 200 acres—honest , upright , and unassuming . But he was an agent , as bad been his lather before bim , for some small properties thereabouts . Born and bred in the neighbourhood , well-beloved for his many acts of kindness to the people about him , yet he was an agent , and therefore marked out for the assassin ' s hand ; and well and surely the work was done . "

      Ribandism in Louth . —The Aetva Letter contains the following statements : — " Dundalk , Monday . May 5 ; In tbe fresh outrages perpetrating in and about this immediate neighbourhood , are to be seen the consequences of those sanguinary and blood thirsty ' doctrines propounded and received as truths by the deluded peasantry of this unhappy countrydoctrines and opinions which , if permitted longer to be instilled into the Irish mind , will decidedly eventuate in acts of barbarous aggression on the one aide , and in judicial and legal sacrifice of life on the other . Scarcely bad the public mind calmed into repose from the painful excitement produced by Mr . Coulter ' s ' murder , than its feelings are again roused by the perpetration of a fresh outrage , on the life of a

      farmer and his wife . On Saturday night a party of eleven armed ruffians entered the house of a farmer living between Gastleblayney , in the county Monaghan , and Redy , in the county of Armagh , and beat him . and his wife unmercifully , inflicting severe wounds on the old man ' s'head , and telling him that if he did not give up the land he had lately taken they would return and kill hint . A neighbouring farmer , who heard the cries , ran to tbe Carrasfi police station , a short distance off . The party promptly arrived , but found the villians had fled , leaving the old man weltering in bis blood . The policeheard the barking of dogs ; and at once proceeded to tbe place where the barking came . Upon arriving at the bog , close to where the omnibus

      driver was lately fired at , tbey saw a light in a house . They went to the window and looked in , when they saw eleven ruffians in the act of swearing the man of the house , who was on his knees . The police , though few in number , at once entered , just as the oath was administered , and arrested the eleven men . They were handcuffed and conveyed to the old man ' s house , when he and his wife at once identified seven of them as being the persons who broke into tbeir bouse and nearly murdered them . " Another attempt at Assassination . —On the 2 nd inst . a respectable farmer , named George Coulter , was shot at , at a place called Hackball Cross , near Dundalk , in the county Louth , by a miscreant who was concealed behind a hedge .

      Castle App ointmbnts . —Mr . Matthew Winter , Second clerk in the Chief Secretary ' s office , retires on a pension , after having spent a long life in the service of the public . He is to be succeeded by Mr . Matheson , who fills the post of third clerk ; and Mr . Burke , who discharges tbe duties of assistant , or secretary , to Sir Thomas Redington , is to be appointed to the third clerkship . This latter gentleman it was who had the charge of Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s portmanteau subsequent to the affair at Ballingarry , and was afterwards examined as to its contents during the State trials at Clonmel . Sales of ENCuMBBREn Estates . —There were a few sales on Tuesday , but as none ofthe properties presented any striking feature to allure the

      investment of idle capital , the proceedings were almost totally devoid of interest . AnvANCE in the Prices of cattle . —The Kilkenny Journal states that at the fair of Castlecomcr , held on Saturday last , the prices obtained for black cattle were not only satisfactory but highly encouraging . The rates ranged from £ 14 to £ 16 per head , and in one instance as much as £ 18 10 s . was realised . Milch cows sold from £ 8 to £ 10 , and sheep were on the average 48 s . each ; prime Leicester went to 55 s ., and pigs 40 s . per cwt . Altogether "the fair was an excellent one for the

      breeders of all kinds of stock . Decrease of the Population . —The Tipperary Vindicator , referring to the census return for the city of Casbel , says : — «» In 1841 there were 1 , 090 inhabited houses In Cashel ; in 1851 the number of inhabited houses is but 822 , In 1841 the number of uninhabited houses was 87 ; in 1851 , 171 . In 1841 there were 11 houses building ; In 1861 not one ' . In 1841 there were 1 , 431 families residing in the city ; in 1851 but 1 , 077 . In 1841 the population of the city amounted to 7 , 036 ; in 1851-can it be credited ?—to 4 , 780 ! Thus making a decrease in ten years of 2 , 256 ! " ¦

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      Death of the Ex-Lonn Chancellor . the Earl of Coitenham . —The Earl of Cottenham died at Pietra Santa , in the Duchy of Lucca , on the 29 th ult ., in the 71 st year of his age . —The Right Hon . Charles Christopher Pepys , first Earl of Cottenham , was second son of Sir William Weller Pepys ( . first baronet ) , by the eldest daughter of the Right Hon . William Dowdeswell . He was brother to tbe Bishop of Worcester ; Born , 1781 ; married , in 1821 , the daughter of William Wingfield , Esq ., and niece of the second Earl of Digby ; graduated LL . B . at -Trinity College , Cambridge , 1803 ; was called to the bar at Lincoln ' s-inn , 1804 ; appointed a King ' s counsel , 1826 , Solicitor General to Queen Adelaide , 1830 ; Solicitor Genera' to the King , February ,

      1834 ; Master of the Rolls , September , 1834 ; First Commissioner when the great seal was in commission , in 1835 ; Lord . Chancellor from 1836 to September , 1841 , and again appointed to that office in August , 1846 ; was appointed a commissioner to consider the'b tate of the bishoprics , 1847 . ' Repre-?! o » f ^ W of Malton . inparliament from 18 J 4 to 18 d 0 ; had previousl y sat for Higbam Far" A * % fr ?! 1 of Pe 8 Bettled a * Cottenham , in Cambridgeshire ,. early in thesixteenthcentury : and one of its representatives , Richard Pepys , was a chief justice in Ireland in 1664 ; his great-grand-1 T < C £ m r f •?»«* PW / M . D ., physician LhS f F V P hy clan K < "wal to the army , who received a baronetcy in 1784 ; and the brother of Sir Lncas was Sir William- Weller PepysMas

      , a - ter inChancery , who received a baronetcy in 1801 . Both these titles descended to Lord Cottenham ; i « ni tfn " ifi 5 ?^ led j 2 ! brotber hithebar » netoy ( ol H I i ™? a ? h £ , cousin lathe baronetcy ( of ffi , r nf 18 ' i , ? K n I 834 * ™ ' ^ received the lT 2 t ? J kn . \^ od , and in 1835 was appointed a 7 « 3 A y C uncl Uo p - He was created a baron in Jan . 1 Mb , and was elevated to the dignity of an earldom on his retirement from his high office last year . The t ? C i aries Awards Pepys , born in 1824 ( Clerk yl Vr ? yn in Chancery ) , succeeds his deceased father as Earl ' of Cottenham . Five other sons and siMaugbters survive their noble parent . An Old Maid . ' —An incorrigible old maid , living upon slender means , ' cut the acquaintance of a tnend because he advised her to " hwband " her

      resources . Rhbomathm effectoailt cdeeo bi Followat ' s Pills . — A Serjeant of oneof the regiments doing garrison duty in Hobart Town had been foi years a martyr to rheumatism ; hewas under , the care of tbe regimental surgeons , but deriving not the least . benefit front their treatment , In despair , he had recourse to Bollowny ' s Pills , and , as by a miracle ,- this invaluable medicine had been the no ' . e means ot perfectly curing him , and he now enjoys the best of health . For obvious reatons , the names of the sergeant and the . regiment are withheld , but Major YTakb , of Hobart Town , niU vouch for the truth of this statement .

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      BRUTAL MURDER OF A POlTcS ^ At the Lambeth Police Court , on Mn « j M'Elligott , John Heckey , PatVick g y - ^ Harrington , John . Fahey , William BUZ M Shanahan , and hdward Sh anahan , coal «»' . \ i labourers at the Gas Works , Vausha i ° 's S with the wilful murder of Henry ffii f e ^ in the L division of police , No . 77 , infill on that morning . ^ nall-ttrf Edwaro Newton , 219 L , said at a one o clock this morning I was on ' duty i ? v er walk , and heard a great noise a little dn » n , ? H and on proceeding to the place , , * ! ™ " «> e m Police constable Henry Chaplin wr ^ alm « U and endeavouring to persuade thpm I 8 h ° u > Mr . Elliott : What were . tuen , 7 JL gQ ho ^ Witness : They were makinggreZ - ' % ship . ' a" / I myself begged of thSTSSrf yoa ably and not make such a noise at sueh i ? P ^ c morning . I saw Cane , Heckev nn /' V ? ^ ntfss

      ra ^ ra : * a addressing the parties said , " IVill 3 ' *»* quietly , if not I shall lock you un » c- 8 ° kb , them went away , but returned in a few ! *« armed with large stones , or what I WnSL" >» S then brickbats , and on coming near tn f > 1 l « £ prisoner Htckey flung this stone at bim tf ' & him on the mouth . ( The witness her ? ^/ H clinker , a missile webbing nearly 41 h «? P ? « il i ceeded to say , that the effect of the bK n And deceased to stagger against a window shutu ^ * which he stood , but hesoonanneaZf ter Scar ( was enab'ed to draw his staff vESuM ° re , ?? . lR the forehead , the blow pr oducing h ? 6 Hi ( h that prisoner bore . TbJCTtitt off ^ Hickey the prisoner came up to him 0 , aphllsl ' tfl ( Chaplin ) a desperate blow ^ iS , aKftl ^ i etr . eiiU nt tl . < . l . a .- , l __ i , <* " « ge nint on > r ¦

      - *"'""* » = <» " « > ur tempie , and at «] , „« , ^ same moment another of the party bn S * s cannot recogn . se also came np WitrS ft ceased on the nght temple , and he instwi *¦ W the foot pavement . I foiW / rMft * sonerCane , and laid hold of him for ZiL 2 ? securing him , but at that instant I receivea a S blow from a stone on tho shoulderThfch J 2 * r . i ? , 3 ?* paremenf - Igot upagaft htid hold of Cane a second time , but ^ Sd me down and got away before I got up . I fff ? along Isalamanca-placc , springine mv ra « l » ™ immediately after a sergeant Ind ^ KnsI ^ came up . I returned with them to where DbZ ? was and found him lying on the pavement all T gore of blood , and bleeding profusely tmnV mouth , nose , and some wounds on his heid ! ai

      ass . eo in removing him into the QuccnVir ' publtc-house , he , all the time , remaining in ! f 3 of perfect insensibility . Soon after I accomw the constables to a house in Vauxhall-walk knocked at the door several times before n 0 ' opened , and on entering it I saw the nr « Hickey standing at the kitchen door bleodhWu * a wound on his forehead , and his hands wereT bloody . One of the constables who accomm r * me charged the prisoner with assaulting Chanlin 7 constable , but Hickey declared be had not beenn all the night , and that the blood upon &» J ? had been occasioned by a bleeding from his J We then took him into custody , upon whioh i made some resistance , bat was ultimatel y taken ? the station-house . Soon after Rickey ' s remj from the house I saw the prisoner M'Ellieott Jr

      down Anderson ' s-walk and into Vauxhall-walk » j on coming up to the railings of the house fe which Hickey had been removed , he made a $ stop , and I at once recognised him as one of ti men I had just before seen in Lambeth-walk , v gave him into custody . We went into the ho ' ujsecond time , and there found the prisoner Cs coming up stairs from the cellar or cole-hole , i , he attempted to make his escape b y gettinc j . the back way , but we secured him , and at that k he was bleeding from a wound on the side of { head which I have no doubt I gave him with r , staff while we were struggling , and I endeavour .

      to secure him . I have no doubt he is the man r . struck Chaplin with the stone on the left side of ; head or temple , and tbat he is also the man I ; deavoured to secure . When we took him intots tody he asked what it was for , and upon being ( j for brutally assaulting a constable , he endearon ? to escape , and wehad some difficulty in prevent him . I afterwards saw Chaplin in bed at his »\ house , where he still remained in a stato olj sensibility , and was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , Mr . Linn , a surgeon , said he bad been sent W that morning to attend the deceased , and ongoi j to his residence he found him in a state of pnfet

      insensibility . On examining him , he found one right side of the head , just over the eyebrow j small incised wound , and tbe right eye wasw much contused , On the left side of the headw a large wound which communicated with a fraeb ; of tbe skull , and a piece ofthe bone was deprcsi upon the brain . He was bleeding from the mon and ears at the time , and it was probable therofe that the fracture extended across the base of'i skull He fainted in my presence , and I rea ; . mended bis removal ' to the hospital . I bolieverj cause of his death to be the blow on tho left s which had caused the fracture of the skull , j face was altogether very severely bruised . I

      A certificate of the death of Henry Chaph : signed by the house surgeon of Guy ' s Hospital , v then put in . The poor man was fast dying wis ho reached the institution , and sank a few niimii afterwards . After the reception of some subordinate evite the whole of the prisoners were remanded . The prisoners previously charged were hroq . up for re-examination on Wednesday , and TLoe Lynor , Thomas Burke , and Edward Stelling via charged for the first time with being also engar in tbe brutal murder . Tbe prisoners bad beem Sunday to a raffle at the White Lion public hots in Vauxhall-walk .

      C . Margaret Cole , the wife of Robert Colt ; labourer at the London Gas-works , said : —Alii : prisoners , with the exception of M'Elligott t Stelling , lodge at my house , 40 , Vauxhall-walfc was at tho White Lion on Sunday night , but was home and in bed long before twelve o ' clock . Its the prisoner Cane come into tho passage , andr awoke by his noise . I opened my bed-room fc and saw him ( Cane ) in the passage with my sens Ellen Dunn , who was endeavouring to prevail ! him not to go out . I saw that he was bleeding ffl a wound on his face , which was covered with lM and he said that he had been struck by a police *! .

      l advised him not to go out , but he said be & m and did go out . I went into my bed-room , aid about a quarter of an hour heard a noised * passage which induced me to get out of bed audi " voto the passage , and there saw Cane , Hickey , » J Harrington in the act of going into the cellar , it ® I followed to see what was the matter . I sawib ! Cane was cut and bleeding , and Hickey took a to get' some water to wash it . At this moment ^ servant called out , and on my going up stairs i »! the police coming over the palings , and 1 sail ' would open the door for them . Hickey stood * the wash-house door , and one of the nolicementf

      seeing bim said , " Here ' s one of them , " audio * Hickey . He resisted , ' but I advised him to go , f before he got to the outer gate 1 saw his »» streaming with blood , and that was the first blw , I saw on Hickey . When he came in I saw no m on him or Harrington . Aftertaking Hickey aW policeman returned and took the prisoner Cw « » the passage . After Cane was taken away 1 went *' the kitchen , and there saw the prisoner Lynor , » J asked him what was the matter and what it ««* about ? He said it was a bad job , for when bo * coming home he saw a man lying dead in tbtVu * near the Queen ' s Head beer-shon : and that it' ;

      a policeman , and that no one was near him . "' said tbat he had been to see two females fcfl *' Lambeth-walk , and saw the man on his way ^ The prisoners Hickey , Cane , and Harring ton e £ home together , and when the police were »«'» Hickey , I saw the prisoner William Burke ^ down stairs in his stockings and partly « " «*" . ;! and I advised him to go to bed again . -hi cros " animation , the witness said that it was aff « r * had returned home once and afterwards | out that he and the prisoners Hickey and fl * "" ^ ton came home together . — She went into » ^ Where Thomas Burke skirt , bnt could not & l

      she saw him in bed , nor did she recollect S , . | | him that the police had taken Hickey . Saw % | t J before he was taken ' , and was quite sure trufi !» ifi !» I blood on him . The police had a K f ftimM with him to get him out , and she had i > 7 U io , LiJ doubt that while so engaged the police stw « j ( j , ^ j | and inflicted the wound en his forehead . » ^ \^ | | was in tbe act of going with a basin '" . ^ jiie Lp water to wash the face of Cane when tDej , |( Bf , tiiii [| rushed in and seized him . The wit . L < j : H o ^ il pressed on the point , and after some refleony ^ w ^ , it was her impression and belief tbat she aa Thomas Burke in his bed . ., „ ... 4 . ^ Emb » Dumb , servant to the last w ^ V * V called , and said that tho prisoner hynor w « ^ ^ ! i in some time after Hickey and Canebadbeo" . „ « . „; ,

      away , and on her asking him where be na u » ^ w ^ said to see two girls home , and that as " $ " # j coming back he saw a policeman stretebca » - « hmside of the road , and that as he was Wf * lMmA struck him , or struck against him , she did »^ M * I which . —Mr . Elliott—See if you cannot & t f $ » tf 0 which it was . —Witness .-I think he said W » «» him when he saw him down . , a . i Pj r ' Police-constable Podthatt , 98 , L , dcPS « D S « DcD about ten minutes or a quarter to oneoc' ^ ww Monday morning he saw the prisoners , WVy ^ mas Burke , and two women standing b ) ' *^)!} ' 'M arch , between the White Lion P « # *> ffii A No . 49 , Vauxhall-walk . As he passed ^ l # " W tbe women said , « That is rot the m » % j tf " j ^ i * you up is it ? " and . one of the men ff > ^ Lbo ^ go . " One of the women asked bim if h * ^ tf j ^ on the beat the following night , but he n * f * no answer . j JtfiirV ? Polico-sergeant , Charles Buroiis ^ CU ^ U ^ . the White Lion was at the end of the »' . , »' . , . ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051851/page/6/