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      6 The Northern Star. May 11, 1s50.

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . May 11 , 1 S 50 .

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      Health Of Londoh Boring The "Week.—In Fh...

      Health of Londoh boring the "Week . —In fhe week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts numbered only 829 } a result whieh . if comparedwith , the returns ^ of cprres : loading viw & ii ' teu previous years , (* 8 9 . ?]^ i ttan in any week , except those ' of 1841 and 1842 . Tbe OTeragennmber of deatbsio corrtsjKmding weeks is 883 , or raised in the ratio of increase of population 963 ; on which a decrease is apparent in the deaths of last week , amounting to 134 . From diseases of the xymoSc or epidemic class , the total deaths last week were 159 , the corrected average being 181 ; and to take particular diseases , small-pox was fatal to seven persons , or half the average ; scarlatina and iooping-congh respectively to 17 and 36 , also less

      than the average ; measles to 17 . or about the usual amount . But croup destroyed 15 children- , which is doable the ordinary fatality from this complaint . Also the wife of a butcher , aged 36 sears , died ia lialsey terrace , Chelsea , of " spasmodic croup ( 18 hours . )" Typhus was fatal in 28 cases—considerably less than asnal ; erysipe l as in 9 ; diarrhoea ia 10 ; the two latter being near the average amount . Diarrhcea appears to decline , the deaths from it in the last three weeks having been 19 , 11 , 10 ; in the week corresponding to the last in 1848 and 1849 , they were 19 and 20 . The mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs differs little from the amount that generally prevails at this season of the year ; from bronchitis , pn ' eumon ' a , and asthma , - there were respectively 44 , 65 , and 9 deaths , the last showing a slight decrease . ' It is sufficiently worthy of remark , that consumption has recently carried off weekly much less than the usual number of its victims ; last week

      tne deaths from it were only 102 , though in the corresponding weeks often previous years they ranged from 121 to 163 , and the corrected average is _ 157 . A man of 44 years died of purpura hemorrhagica . A man and . two children died of laryngitis ; and three children of laryngismus stridulus . Three children were accidently suffocated in bed . The death of a child , aged 5 months , who was suffocated by impure air , occurred at 7 , Hayward ' s-place , in St James ' s Clerkenwell ; be was ' found dead in bed . Bis father was a jewel-case maker . In Bine Anchor-alley , Hnsbury ^ a bookbinder , aged 45 years , died of "drunkenness , vomiting , and atrophy . " A pensioner , of 65 years , died in Greenwich Hospital , from •« apoplex ( aapotu ( 13 days , ) pneumonia ( 6 days ) . " Last week the deaths of 74 inmates of workhouses were recorded ; 63 persons were registered in general hospitals' , : 6 in military and naval ; 8 in lunatic asylums ; 3 in the Small-Pox Hospital , Camden town ; and 3 in die Fever Hospital , Islington .

      A Jury Fined . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , as to the death of Richard Austin , aged sixtytwo . Up to half-past three o ' clock only one gentleman of the jury had arrived , whilst the inquiry was fixed for three . The coroner consequently fined jrine absentees 20 s . each . The deceased , who was an engraver , living in Moorgate-street , Clerkenwell , was paralysed , and had lost the sight of one eye , the other being rather defective . He was with his wife at a shop , in Aylesbury-street , Clerkenwell , and , on stepping from the kirb , a horse and cart came along at a very moderate pace , and he was knocked down , the horse treading on his body . He was taken on a track to the hospital , where he died on the previous mornin ? from the effects of the injuries . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " In the course ofthe inquiry one of the gentlemen who had been fined came , in and said he was a broker at the Stock Exchange , and his attendance might have been a 1 ss to him of £ 500 . The coroner said if he

      made £ 500 at a stretch he could well afford to serve . Ingenious Swikdlikg . —On Saturday last the police succeeded in apprehending a man named Joseph Cash Gibson , who for some time past has been engaged , with others not yet in custody , in a very ingenious swindle . It appears that the parries have been in the habit of sending to auction rooms for sale , cases ' of very handsome medals and coins , finely finished , to represent gold . The matter was discovered by Mr . Thomas , the auctioneer , in Leicester-square , in the following way : —A few evenings ago Gibson called upon Mr . Thomas , and produced several eases of medals , which he represented as gold , and asked Mr . Thomas whether he would fell them for him . Mr . Thomas applied the usual tests to the rims , and , believing they were gold , he agreed to sell them , and gave Gibson a deposit . From

      some circumstances which afterwards came to his knowledge Air . Thomas was induced to test the coins on the obverse and reverse , and he then discovered that they were only electrotyped . Mr . Thomas immediately waited upon the commissioners of police , who sent Mr . field , an expert officer of the detective Force to investigate the matter . Mr . Field at once bad one of the- medals broken up , and he then discovered that it had been most ingeniously made . The inside was iron , the next layer was of copper , then a thin coat of silver , and tbe top and bottom gob ! ; the rims were also gold . Some of them were larger than a crown piece . From the description given of Gibson , Mr . Field succeeded in apprehending him on Monday . Many of the medals have been pledged for as much as £ 10 , although they are not worth more than 4 s .

      Frag near Cavesdish-squarb . —Late on Saturday night last , an alarming fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs . Maddox , an upholsterer , & c ., carrying on business at 25 , Welbeck-street , Cavendish-square . A considerable quantity of furniture was destroyed , and the bu Iding much , damaged . The properly was insured in the San and Imperial Fire Offices . The origin of the fire is unknown . Fire . —On Sunday a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke ont in tbe premises belonging to Mr . Richard Stevens , fancy bread and biscuit baker , carrying on business at No . 13 , Little Wmdmill-street , Golden-square . The discovery was made at a few minutes before three , a . m ., by Mr . Stevens , Jan ., who was sleeping in the first floor .

      He rushed up stairs and alarmed tbe inmates Having descended to the shop , he found that one pf Ids young sisters , with an infant iu her arms , was standing at the front door , endeavouring , but in vain , to open it , in order to effect her escape . The smoke at that time was so dense in the shop , that the girl and the infant were nearly suffocated , and flames were rushing through the parlour door , and spreading towards the staircase . Recollecting if he opened the front door the draught would send the flames to the top of the house , he palled bis sister and the infant through , the fire to the first floor . Having opened the front window , be called for assis tance , when the current of air thus admitted made the fire ascend with violence , and very speedily the back part of the room in which they were congregated together became ignited . Mr . Stevens , in order to prevent his infant child from being burned to death threw it out of the window , and it was

      caught in the arms of police constable 86 C . Another child was thrown out in a similar manner , and saved by the same officer , and not one of them , fortunately , received any injury of importance . The escape belonging to the St James ' s Society was quickly on the spot , and having been raised in front of the premises the flames shot forth from the upper windows and set the machine on fire . Fortunately , the conductor was enabled to rescue Mr . Stevens , Jan ., the last person , in the house , so that the whole were providentially saved from meeting with a horrible death . The flames could not be conquered until the whole of the stock-in-trade , furniture , and wearing apparel were destroyed , and the premises nearly gutted . From the examination since made by the brigade , there seems no doubt bnt that the fire was caused from the overheat of the oven , which was immediately under the back parlour flooring . The sufferer was insured in the Sun Fire Office ..

      Extsnsivb Fibs in Lambbtb-walk . —On Monday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Harris , a grocer and cheesemonger , in Tyers-street , Lambeth-walk . From inquiries made , it appears that whilst the inmates , consisting of Mr . Harris , bis wife and family , and a lodger , named Henry James , were in their beds , a party passing the property perceived smoke pouring forth from the shop in Tyersstreet He instantly gave the alarm ; and , after some trouble , succeeded in arousing the inmates , bnt not before tbe whole of the lower part of the premises was wrapped in one general blaze . The whole of the residents , however , with the exception of Mr . James , the lodger , succeeded in wading through the smoke , and effecting a safe retreat . Mr . James , the lodger , was not so fortunate , owing to the rapidity with which

      the flames progressed , all chance of his escape by the regular means was cut off , and in order to avoid being burned to death he was obliged to resort to tbe dangerous expedient of jumping out of one of the upper windows . By the time he could accomplish it , the whole of the premises from Tyers-street into "Wickham-street presented a regular blazing mass , and tbe flames as they rnshed through the windows stretched oyer the carriage-road , and ascended so high into the air as to illuminate the city and more distant districts . The engines were soon on the spot , but in-spite of the exertions of the firemen , Mr . Harris ' s premises were wholly destroyed , his stock in trade consumed / and tbe furniture of several of the surrounding neighbours seriously injured . The lfss , which is very serious , will be partially covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire-office .

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      It is calculated that daring the present year six millions sterling have been lost , by the importing speculators of . corn . —Kmea . > . . The MoKXAirrr ot London ,, and indeed of England generally , shows a" gradual ' snnnal decrease , whilst , it . is well taotraj thepopulationincreasesconsiderably . The rates of preiiuumlor Iafc Insurance have been greatly reduced duri Higthelastfewjears , jet the offices continue * as prosperous ^ SH * " ^ ^ "se fccts clearly demonstrate that some S , ^ h Vw ? er Slin 0 , m orunbeededr most have produced 2 ZzS * Z ? t * i ?* £ * Amongst these causes , the increased kaowleoie otanatoayvaadtheiaanyTeryvalunftT ^ rer ^ w n , Ed 5 cine ™ *«« most prominent The smatt-pox . ' that annually carried off thousands , has vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and BheW * 0 o Ws ~ -

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      TUB ALLEGED MURDER AT CLAPHAM . The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the mysterious death of Sarah Snelling , aged fiftythree , late house-keeper to Mr . John Maddle , of U , Claremont-place . Wandsworth-road , was re-opened ™ « ° P ? W-S ( fe FJo «^ W . at the Ka ? s Head ^ Mr . jbtrn Parrott , of Uapnam Common ; was re-sworn , and said : I have , in accordance with yonrinstnicKbns . proceeded with the analysis of the stomach ; Thaw / as minutely asl could . analysedforthoEepoisbnsfre ' qrientlygiveo . such as arsenic , prussic acid , and oxalicacid . I have also , ia conjunction with Mr . Snow , an eminent medical man , ' endeavoured to detect the presence of chloroformbut there is not the slightest trace of any of

      , the above substances having been used . I feel , therefore , quite unable to account for the death of the deceased . —Mr . Maddle here asked if the deceased had died a natural death?—Mr . Parrott observed , if he was obliged to give an opinion , she might have died from fright Had there been chloroform in the Wood of the deceased , Mr . Snow or himself would have der tected it—A ridiculously absurd and disgusting anonymous letter which has been received , by Mr . Parrott was then read . —George Winch , potman at the Nag ' s Head , deposed that he saw the deceased about ten o ' clock on Sunday morning week , she was at the parlour window . He believed the gate was generally kept locked . He saw no person loitering about . — Mrs . Jane Stephenson , of 2 , Claremont-place , stated

      that on Sunday , tbe 28 th ult ., about twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , she saw Mr . Maddle leave the house , and the deceased in the garden , who looked the gate after him . Witness knew deceased perfectly well , she always appeared a feeble person , and that morning had her apron up to her mouth . —James Saunders , a youth about seventeen years of age , the son of a carpenter , living at 1 , Chapel-place , Wandsworth-road , bat employed at shatters in Birchinlane , where he generally stayed , deposed- that on the day in question he was at his father ' s house , and looking out of the front parlour window , he saw a man walk ont of Mr . Maddle ' s house , open the gate , and go out ; he had nothing in bis band ; he appeared to have a browncoat on : he walked verv statelv . and

      went in the direction of- Vauxhail . He was an elderly man . Did not see enough of bis face to recognise him again . —James Clarke , ostler at the Nag ' s Head , proved that at about a quarter past one o ' clock he called at Mr . Maddle ' s with the beer , he rang the bell three times , but there was no answer . Witness tried the front gate , it was locked , bnt the side gate which leads to the back door was open . —Witnesses were also examined , who deposed to the condition in which the deceased was found , and to other circumstances which have already appeared . —The coroner asked the superintendent of police if any of the missing property had been traced?—The superintendent said there was no discovery made at present—A juror

      asked Mr . Maddle if be bad yet discovered what amount of property he had lost ?—Mr Maddle said he had lost all his plate at Notting-hilf . He had only two or three table and teaspoons left , which were missing . The only things he had not enumerated previously were a number of silk handkerchiefs . He could not give a description of the watch ; it was a French one . He could not identify the rings . — Sarah Anne Snelling , aged seventeen , the daughter of the deceased , of No . 1 , Cobden-place , South Lambeth , proved that she frequently visited her mother , who was in weak health . The last time * he saw her alive was on the Tuesday before her death . She had been twelve years with Mr . Maddle at £ 10 per year . Her mother had

      informed her that a robbery had been attempted four months since . Never saw any plate in the house , only noticed some plated spoons . ' Mr , Maddle and my mother lived on good terms . —John L & iog , 10 , Lavender-row . labourer , deposed that on the morning of Sunday week , about half-past 11 , he was standing about seventy yards beyond Mr . Maddle ' s house , when he heard a whistle , and on looking up he saw a man standing under the side of Mr . Maddle ' s garden wall , from which he appeared to have alighted . . The man walked some distance towards Battersea Fields . He had a small bundle in a red handkerchief under his arm . He was shortly after joined by another man carrying a blue bag . The one was a short man , in a long frock coat , with dark hair ; the other was taller , having light hair and a

      short coat—fhe coroner now asked the superintendent of police if he had any more evidence to produce , or if he anticipated being enabled to produce any more at a further period ?—Mr . Bidmell said he would mack prefer leaving the case in the hands of the coroner and jury . —The coroner then read over the voluminous evidence , after which the room was cleared of strangers . —The Jury returned , the following verdict : '' That the said Sarah Snelling was found dead under very mysterious circumstances , that there were no marks of violence or discoloura tion on the body , nor any trace of poison ; that tie body had been opened and examined by a properly qualified medical man , together with an analysis of the contents of the stomach and bowels , but that there was no conclusive evidence to the jury as to the cause of deceased ' s death . "

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      Funeral of the Pobx Laureate . —The remains ef Wordsworth were consigned to the earth , at the little church of Grasmere , on Sunday last The funeral was intended to be aa private as possible , but many persons assembled to pay honour to the remains of the illustrious dead . There was a long procession of carriages and horsemen , and the church was filled with ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood , attired in deep mourning . . Fatal Affbat . —An inquiry took place on Saturday last , at Shrivenham , Berks , before Mr . Wasbroagh . coroner for the county , on view of the body

      of William Robey , 29 years of age , who came by his death under the Mowing circumstances , as detailed in the evidence of several witnesses . —Thursday was the annual pleasure fair at Shrivenham , and between ten and eleven o ' clock at night there was a disturbance at the public-house kept by Mr . Hazell , who tnrned out the company and shot his door . The deceased and another person went thence to a beerhouse , kept by a person named Norris , and a quarrel soon ensued between the deceased and a man named Thomas Hannan , and mutual challenges to fight took place . Toung Norris interfered to prevent blows passing , and both men sat down , bnt soon jumped up again , and proceeded to aets of violence in the room . They then , by mutual consent , adjourned to a neigh , bouring' field , where a ring was formed by about thirty persons present , and being equally matched , the deceased and Harman fought for nearly an hour and a half , seconded by young Morris and John

      Morse . Both men were fenocked down many times , and in tbe last round the deceased said to Harman , "Now , Tommy , one more knock-down blow shall decide it . " Immediately afterwards Harman gave the deceased a violent blow upon the temple , which felled him to the ground , and he became insensible . Deceased , was carried home about two o ' clock in the morning of Friday , and placed upon the floor of his father ' s house , and soon after Mr . H . Mantel ] , surgeon , saw the deceased , and found him quite dead . Upon a post mortem examination being made , there were marks of extravasation upon the left temple , and in the interior of the head an ounce of coagulated blood , and injuries corresponding with the external marks , which iu the opinion of the medical man clearly accounted for death . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Hannah and the two seconds , all of whom were committed to Reading Gaol upon the coroner s warrant .

      Smuggles . —The Petrel , revenue cruiser , has been placed under the command of the inspecting commander at Byde , Isle of Wight . This vessel will keep a look out at the east end of the Isle of Wight , as the recent great reduction in the number of revenue cruisers has left open this part of the Hampshire coast for smuggling craft to cross the Channel and lay _ down their cargoes , until convenient opportunities offer for disposing of them . It is more than probable that the cruisers must be increased in number , as smuggling has of late increased in every direction .

      Maschester . —A fire of a serious character broke out here at an early hour on Monday morning . It took place in one of the three immense establishmentsbelonsing to Messrs . M'Connell ,. eightstories high , in which they spin the finer numbers of yarnr It is called the Old Mill , and was discovered to be oh fire by the private watchman , at two o ' clock in the morning . Tbe man perceived a light in the seventh story , and on going to ascertain the cause , found two spinning machines on fire , the flames covering a space of three yards in length . After throwing a couple of buckets of water on the flames without making an impression , he sent to the fire police , and Mr ; Rose , the superintendent , brought five en-I gines to play upon the fire , and notwithstanding the | immense height of the building , and the fact that the I flames had penetrated the eighth story and the roof ,

      he confined its ravages to the ' seventh and eighth stories , or about one-third of the whole pile . The other portions of the building were separated from it , on either side , by party walls , and this no doubt aided the firemen in stopping the flames from com- municating with the other parts of the factory . The lower stories of the mill were saved by a fireman introducing a branch from the most powerful engine into the sixth story , and from this perilous position directing a volume of water upon the flamea , whenever they buret . through the ceiling from the story above . After a three hours' contention with the fire , it was completely extinguished . The dimageis supposed to be about £ 3 , 000 , covered by insurances - on this mill to the amount of £ 12 , 500 in the Manchester , Phoenix , San , and Liverpool offices . It is quite a mystery how tne ^ fire originated .

      On Tuesday raornrag , at three o ' clock , the house and shop of Mr . Charles Somerset , stationer and iwokselfer , Great Ducie-street , Manchester , was discovered to be on fire . The furniture of several rooms of the house was saved , but a great portion ot the building and stock were destroyed before the firemen could exHngmsh the flames . - Mr . Somerset was from home / and Mrs . Somerset and two servants are

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      said to have narrowly escaped suffocation when roused f rom their beds . by . the , police ... Toe , stock and furniture are insured'for * 1 , 400 , ' arid Mrs . Somerset said the damage done b y the fire to them would exceed £ 1 , 000 , - »! A 1 8 / . ' / i jl jjj , £ — -VBEniOT-OF-MANSIrAngHTBEAGArNSTA-RKi ^ - isQ . OmckB > rAt an inquest wMcK ^ Krougut ^ i ^ conclusion 6 n Saturday-lasfc , at ; Mariehesfery ¦ ' ¦ % * lieving officer , named Joseph Wheeler , a ( implicated by the jury in a charge of manslaughter for neglecting to relieve-a woman , named , Hannan .- Thpinas H » nnan , the husband of the deceased woman , stated that when he applied to ' Mr . ' Wheeler for relief , qr a doctor for his sick wife , he was encountered by a threat of being at once removed to Ireland with his family , at which ho was so niuch dismayed that he did not renew the application , and bis wife , after lingering for some days , died . Several witnesses deposed that the deceased woman and her' family were

      in a most abject state ot poverty , and the jury brought in a verdict of " Manslaughter against Joseph Wheeler ,-for wilfully neglecting and omitting to relieved deceased . " The' inquest was adjourned to the White Lion Inn , Great Ancoats-street , Manchester , at nine o ' clock on Saturday , the 4 th of May , to sign the inquisition . When the jury reassembled Mr . Wheeler attended to give an exp lanation of his conduct . He denied the statement of Hannan , that he had threatened to send them to Ireland , and asserted on the contrary , he had desired him to come with his family to the workhouse and they shou ' d be admitted . ' He procured the necessary orders , for their admission the next day ^ but they did not present themselves , and he thought no more of the case until told that a verdict of manslaughter had been given ' against him . Notwithstanding this statement the jury declared their determination ot adhering to the verdict delivered , and the inquisition was signed .

      Fatal Accident on the Chester ahd Holt-HE 4 D Railway . —A shocking accident occurred On Monday , in the Belmont Tunnel . Samuel Medway , inspector of works , was walking through the tunnel , as was usual with him , it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road , when the 7 . 35 a . m up-train entered the tunnel at one end , and a ballast engine at the other end . The tunnel is quite dark in the centre , where they should meet , on account ot the curve , and it is supposed that he must have heard the whistle and got ont of the way of the ballast engine , but , forgetting that the up-train was due , and not noticing the whistle , as both engines whistled at the same time , be got into the way of tbe latter , and was struck by the buffer , for bis cap was upon it

      when the train reached the station . A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed kicked his foot against the body , which was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an hour afterwards . It was found that the left heel of his boot had been taken quite off , but the foot was uninjured . The head was very much mutilated . SCKNK AT A BoSJBSMAN EXHIBITION . — Those singular species of human nature , the Besjesmans , who were recently exhibited at the Town-hall , paid a visit to Devizes , and on Thursday last a most exciting scene occurred . The room was crowded , and Mr . Tyler had given bis lecture upon their habits , & c , when some person at the further end from the platform caught the eye of one of the male bushmen .

      and nvetted his attention by making grimaces and shaking his face at him in a menacing manner . The Bosjesman eyed him intently , 'and evidently with rising indignation . His eyes glared , his nostrils were dilated , and his whole frame became strongly agitated . These circumstances were observed by several of the audience in front , and by some it was supposed to be a part acted for effect , and by others to be a demonstration of real passion . This con * tinned for some seconds ; at last the savage , unable to endure tbe irritation any longer , suddenly drew an arrow to its point and let fly at the head of his foolish tormentor . Fortunately it missed the man . The arrow struck his hat , piercing it through . Then , apparently in a frenzy of passion , he sprang , like an

      ourang-outang , from the platform among the company ; and the rest of his companions were preparing to follow him , when the lecturer ( who had witnessed a similar evidence of their irascibility whilst exhibiting them in London ) , immediately rushed forward and knocked the foremost down . A struggle ensued ; some keepers came to Mr . Tyler ' s assistance , and it was with great difficulty the Bosjesman could be prevented rushing on his assailant . Three or four men had this little creature ( only about four feet high ) in their grasp , and it was all they could do to prevent him getting free ; ultimately ho was secured and taken out of the room . In the meantime the confusion among the company baffles all description . Those who could get to the door rushed from the

      room as fast as possible ; the women shrieked , and caught hold of the men with a deathlike grasp ; and even the men themselves were well nigh frightened from their propriety by so strange and sudden a turn in the performance . The whoop and the yell of this wild African were terrible , and brought scalping knives and tomahawks vividly to the imagination . — Cheltenham Journal . The Nailors of Dudley . —In consequence of a reduction often per cent , in the wages of tbe nailors , the workmen throughout the district of Dudley have been on the "strike" during the past week , and large meetings have been held in the neighbourhood of Dudley . At the petty sessions the magistrates deemed it prudent to swear in some special

      constables , and between fifty and sixty tradesmen and others of the town were sworn into office . . Suicide of Captain J . Edwards . — A very painful sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Clarence-square , Brighton , early on Sunday morning , by a report , which unfortunately proved to be two well founded , that Captain John Edwards ( it is believed of the 19 th Regiment of Foot , ) had committed suicide by cutting his throat . The deceased was a widower , about 63 years of age , and the father of three children , two sons and one daughter . For some time past he had been residing at the house of Mr . P . Barkshire , at Patcham , having obtained two years' leave of absence from

      his regiment , on account of ill-health . Latterly it was noticed that at times ho was very strange in his manner , and used to talk incoherently ; and it was thought advisable that he should come to Brighton , where it was expected the change of air might improve his health . About a fortnight ago he came to live with his sister , Mrs . Serle , m Clarence-square , where he remained until Sunday morning , when he put an end to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor . —An inquest was held upon the body on Monday morning last before F . H . Cell , Esq ., coroner , at the Castle Inn , Castlestreet , Western-road , when , after a lengthy investigation , the jury returned a verdict that deceased had cut his throat whilst in a state of insanity .

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      Jiuss Heart , who was convicted at the circuit of the High Court of Justiciary , and left for execution at Jedburgh , has been reprieved , and is , in commutation of the capital sentence , to undergo the punishment of transportation for life . It appears that in this case the crime for which the prisoner was condemned was accompanied by great violence , bat the sentence ' has been altered on account of the absence of special malice . Some navigators and

      others ( of whom the prisoner was one ) were in the hahit of fighting , and rioting whenever they met . It was on one " of these unhappy occasions that a fracas ensued , which the authorities and inhabitants of Jedburgh interfered to prevent , when the deceased , who was one of those engaged in the repression of the disturbance , met his death in the row from the hands of the prisoner , whose capital sentence , however , has been commutted to the highest secondary punishment , in the absence of any proved deliberate malice or design . —Observer .-

      The LiBEBir of Speech Qoesiion . —The police commission at Edinburgh have , by a majority of sixteen to thirteen , decided against-allowing the judgment of the magistrate in the police court against Messrs . ' Russell and Sleigh , to be defended in their name , or with the funds under their control , in the High Court of Justiciary , to which court these gentlemen have appealed their case , in the form of a note of suspension . This note sets forth , that the libel did not contain . a specification of circumstances relevant or sufficient to support a charire

      of breach of the peace , an # that the whole proceed ings against them were informal , illegal , and oppressive . The defences will be immediatel y lodged to this note by Mr . Moxey , says the Caledonian Mercury , notwithstanding the decision of the police board , and independent of them ; and the case will very likely , come on before the High Court in the course of a week or two . . The necessary steps have also been' taken for bringing the action of damages at the instance of Mr . Russell aginst the Lord Provost , before the Lord Ordinary , at an early period of the ensuing session of the civil court .

      Sospkcted Poisoniko . —Some time since two vagrants came to Galashiels , and obtained lodgings » n a house in Johnstone ' s-close . Their child turned suddenly ill in the evening , and before morning it was dead . Tho mother , who exhibited all the symptoms of a real mourner , went to the inspector of the poor , from whom she obtained tho necessary means to" have the ; child interred , which was done accordingly , ^ Ladhope churchyard . Tho parties having left , no further notice was taken of the matter . untii a few days ago , when a small quantity of arsenic was found in the garden behind the house where the

      child had died , and whose sudden illness was immediatel y remembered , and doubts were at once raised as to the manner ; of the deceased ' s . death . The authorities having got hold of the rumour , the body was by them caused to be disinterred , and the Procurator-Fiscal for Roxburghshire attended in Galashiels for the purpose of investigating the matter , and for that end tho stomach of the child was carefully examined by two . medical men of the town , whoso opinion , as to tho presence of arsenic being inthe stomach was very decided , and it was despatched-. to Edinburgh . for tho purpose of being analysed . - A warrant haying -been issued for the apprehension of the suspeoteoT parties ,: named

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      John Macarthur and his wife , they were arrested two or three days ago at Alnwick .

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      " 3 . fV [ if ^^ v *»\™«^^ - * f ^ "" Swam Communication , between , Galway and , America ;—All . ' 'the ' ; arrari ^ fl ' m ^ nfs for : i the ' . great experiment ' were concluded on the 3 rd inst .,-and the Viceroy has ' been . chartered , ; rand ; will ; start from Gal way _ for Halifax j on . the morning of the 1 st of June ., None but first-cabin passengers will be taken , and they will be conveyed Tree frOnv Glasgow , Liverpool , Belfast ; Bristol , and Dublin to Galway . The fare to Halifax or . New York is fixed at £ 25 . : ¦; ¦'¦;' ., ; ,: - ' j - ' Arbival op the Roman Cathoho Pbimate . — The Most Rev . Dr . Cullen arrived in Dublin on the 3 rd inst , and almost , immediately proceeded to visit the College of Mayhooth ..

      More Flights from " the Castle . "—Misfortunes seldom ; come alone . Another official , for many years connected in various capacities , made himself scarce last week . The Freeman states with great unction- that this gentleman , as well as Mr . George Mathews , alias Duncan Chisholm ( his real name ) , is one of tho " foreign pets" of the Irish Government . With respect to -Mr . Chisholm , the report of his being a passenger on board the Niagara , which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last , is confirmed . Extraordinary Outrage in a Roman Catholic Chapel . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , the Roman Catholic church in Whitefriars-street , Dublin , belonging to , the order of Carmelites , became tho scene , of great excitement

      in consequence of an outrage of a very peculiar character . Two priests of the order , the Rev . Messrs . Colgan and Rorke , were celebrating the mass at two separate altars , when a young man rnshed into the sanctuary beyond the railing , armed with a huge stick , and commenced a most violent assault upon tho former , striking him about the head . He then ran at the Rev . Mr . Rorke , a man advanced in years , and assailed him in so desperate a manner that blood flowed from wounds inflicted on the head . The congregation , at first paralyzed by the suddenness of the attack , how rushed towards the altars , and some of the foremost among them seized the fellow in his attempt at flight . The Rev . AftvColgan , who had not ; suffered so seriously as Mr . Rorke ,

      interposed , ' and . it required tho , most strenuous exertions prt his part to save the perpetrator of this shocking outrage from the vengeance of tho people . The young man , when questioned as to . his motives , used his fingers In the manner of dumb persons conveying their ideas by signs . Ultimately he was placed in the custody of the police . It was stated by some of the people in the church that he is a maniac , by others that his conduct was the effect of inveterate fanaticism . At one time the greatest alarm prevailed in the church , and some time elapsed before its usual calmness was restored . Subsequently it transpired that the name of the prisoner , is M'Mahon , that he is a deaf and dumb lunatic , and his parents are Roman Catholics .--The lunatic was on Monday committed

      by the magistrates for trial at the commission , to have the question for his insanity tested by a jury . A woman named Eliza Byrne died on Monday morning from the effects of the fright and pressure she sustained in the chapel at the time of the attack . Another Rotal Visit to Ireland . —The Freeman ' s Journal contains the following ' : —'' In a communication lately received , through Sir George Grey , by the directors of the Chester and Holyhoad Railway , relative to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ' s visit to the tubular-bridge , accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the invitation was at that time declined ; but we now announce to our readers the gratifying intelligence that her Majesty intends paying a visit to her loyal Irish subjects this summer ,

      accompanied by her illustrious Consort and the Prince of Wales , making the line of railway'her route to Ireland , visiting the stupendous structure , the Britannia-bridge , and its locality . The Weather . —On Monday morning the Dublin mountains appeared covered with snow . The wind has been chiefly from the north-east , and tho cold has been very severe in the shade for several days past ; but the accounts received of the progress of the crops throughout the country , especially of the potatoes , are still most encouraging . Fires . —The extensive bakery and stores of Mr . Hall , of Enniskillen , were destroyed by fire on Saturday last . Mr . Thompson ' s extensive flour mills at Rathnally , near Trim , were also burned down the same day .

      The Repeal Association . —This association met on Monday at Conciliation Hall ; Mr . R , Nolan in tbe chair . There was a very thin attendance . The rent of the week was announced to be £ 2210 s . 6 d .

      A Plantagenet.—The Madrid Correspondent ...

      A Plantagenet . —The Madrid correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes : —The Heraldo having inserted some remarks derogatory of the assumed character and high pretensions of the person who signs himself " Plantagenet , " and claims to be a descendant of Peter the Cruel and the Black Prince , of the Capets , & c ., & c , the latter has sent a missive from Gibraltar , defying to mortal combat on the neutral ground , not only the editor of tho journal , but also all the printers , and compositors , and promising in case they are short of funds for making the journey , to furnish them himself . The Heraldo has accepted the challenge , and says that its people are now awaiting the arrival of the funds ; but it has added

      another condition , to which the challenger cannot well refuse his assent , viz ., that he shall also produce the funds requisite for conveying the survivors of the combat back to Madrid . The IferoWo , at the same time aggravates its former offences against the susceptibilities of "General Plantagenet Harrison , " by giving insertion to a letter from London , in which various proceedings in South America with the vulgar notions of meum tmm , are set forth , and amongst other unknightly epithets he is plainly designated as a shameless swindler and vagabond . Not wishing to have myself to make a forced journey to the neutral ground after the people of the Heraldo havo been disposed of , I abstain from mentioning the more aggravating expressions .

      Limitation op Hours op Labour in Mines . —A public meeting of the miners of the Potteries and neighbourhood , was held lately at Stafford , for promoting a petition to parliament , praying for the restriction of the hours of labour in mines . Mr . Daniels , an agent of the Miners' Association , was called to preside . The chairman , in stating the object of the meeting , remarked , that as the legislature had passed a law restricting tho hours of labour above ground to ten hours per day , it was most consistent with justice to ask that the poor miners who worked in the bowels of the earth should have their day restricted to eight hours . The miners had grievances peculiarly their own , and they were met in a legal and constitutional

      way to discuss them . Several resolutions were then passed for promoting a petition to parliament for an eight hours bill . One of tho speakers was G . Evans , a . collier , who in arguing for the legality of the meeting , referred to the events in the Potteries in 1842 , remarking that after that time he had passed two years in one of her " Majesty ' s colleges , " for attending a meeting like the present , which was the only one he had taken part in for pretty near eight years . Mr . Roberts , " the Miner ' s Attorney- : General , " was present , and spoke at some length in seconding a motion in favour of a more extended system of union among the minors of North Staffordshire . In alluding te the propriety of the legislature stepping into abridge tho miners' hours of

      labour , Mr . Roberts asked whether eight hours per day was not in justice sufficient for a man to be working hard in a mine , excluded from the light of the sun , breathing ( particularly in badly ventilated mines ) a polluted atmosphere , and every moment in peril , of coming to an untimely end ? The importance of well ventilating , cleaning , and propping the mines , could not bo too strongly urged upon the attention of employers . Ho had commenced to practise in tho neighboarhood , and trusted that he should effect the same amount of good for the miners of North Staffordshire which he had accomplished for their brethren in the coal districts of Northumberland , Durham , and . other places . His mission amongst them was to teach employers

      ( such as did not know it ) their duty , and to assist the men in redressing their grievances . The speaker strongly urged upon the meeting , the necessity of forming themselves into a stronger bond of union , contending that by it they would obtain and secure those advantages which they could not gain without . Thanks being voted to the chairman , the meeting broke up . Iron Railings round St . Paul ' s . —As the removal ofthe'iron railing which surrounds St . Paul s Churchyard is now < said to bo in contemp lation , P . C . S . S . imagines that it may not bo unacceptable to tho readers of Notes and Queries , if he transcribe the following account of it from Hasted s

      Kent , vol . ii . p . 382 , which is to ibe found in his description of the parish of Lamberhurst : — " It vas called Gloucester Furnace , in honour of tho Duke of Gloucester , Queen Anne ' s son , who , in the year 1608 , visited it' from Tunbridge-wells . The iron rails round St . Paul's Churchyard , in London , were cast at this furnace' They compose the most magnificent balustrade , perhaps , in the universe , being of the height of five feet six inches , ; in which there are , atintdrvals , seven iron gates of beautiful worKmanship , which , together with the rails , weigh ,- two hundred tons and eighty-one pounds ; . the whole of which cost Cd . per pound , and with other charges , amounted to the sum of . £ 11 , 202 Os . 6 d . "—Aotes and

      Queries . ' ' ¦ ' ¦' , "; . ' , Sir Frederick . Thesioer tells a very good story of Mr . George Hudson , M .. P . A ci-devant friend of the monarch cut him the other , day in the lobby of the House of Commons ,. upon which his Iron Majesty , turning round , exclaimed , " Holloa , you sir , what do : you mean hyfhab do you cut ' nie for ? I ' ve J 68 QO ;< H > 0 ; lefti !!¦';! -- ' - .. ; .-. r ; ,. v .

      Middlesex Sessions. ,..The May General.Q...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ,.. The May General . Quarter Session , of the Peace for the county bf Middlesex , commenced on Tuesday morning at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell , , Tliere ; were . eighty : three . prisqners for trial , of whom seventyrsevenrwero charged withTfelonyr . ' '' """*"" ' A ' BeoOino LiTraB * lup 6 srbjR . —John- ' Thomas Simpsbri Jones ; wfio was c 0 nvioted''at the January ^ Adjouraed ' Ses 8 ion 8 / : of- ; 6 btaining- ; money by false , and fraudulent representations ; in : begging letters , was placed at tho bar to receive judgment . It was shown on . the Atrial of the prisoner' that , he was one of the inostnotorious begging letter , writers in the kingdom , arid had carried on that species of fraud upon the public to a . very great extent . ¦ He ! was convicted upon two , indictments , > and a point as to venue was reserved for the Court of Criminal

      ApEeal . > -The convictions ; wereaffirmed , and the court ad how to sentence the prisoner . The learned judge said the prisoner ' was convicted of two frauds , and within two years . Do had been , besides , convicted three times , and . discharged upon accusations four times ; and the history of his . life , which the court was in possession of , showed , that a more thorough impostor did not . disgrace England . Courts of justice had to sentence to transportation men for stealingapocket handkerchief , audit would be very wrong for a case of this gross and flagrant description , to pass with a lighter punishment . Ho felt bound to inflict upon the prisoner the highest penalty of the law for this offence , and he hoped that , the fate of the prisoner would operate as a warning to others engaged in the same nefarious system of imposture . ¦ The sentence was that the prisoner be transported for seven years .

      Inciting-, to . Steal . — John Griffin and Ellen Griffin , husband and wife , were indicted for having feloniously procured , counselled , and commanded Erhma Evor to steal a bushel and a half , of onions , value 8 s . od ., the . property of John Skelinter . — Emma Evor , a little girl 15 years of age , deposed that she ' was . the daughter of a weaver in Kingstreet , Spitalfields . About six weeks ago she ran away from her father ' s ,. and went into Spitalfieldsmarket ; where she saw the prisoners . Mrs . Griffin asked her if she had a home to go to , and , on her replying that she had not , she . told her to go to her home withheri and she would tell , her how to get hor living . She , accordingly went with her to a house in Union-court , Fashion-street , and when she

      was there , the female prisoner told her that she must go out and thieve , at the same time telling her to go out and steal a piece of bacon , which she did , and sherewarded ' her , with a halfpenny . The man was not there-then . - ; ¦ By direction of the woman she afterwards went to shops and stole soap , and tea and sugar , and to Spitalfields market and stole potatoes and apples . About nine o ' clock in the evening on the 24 th of April , she gave her a knife , and directed her to go into Spitalfields market and cut open some of the sacks of onions , and take home as many as she could , and she went , did as she had been told , and took about a bushel and a half to the prisoner ' s house , and gave them to the woman . The man was not present . The prisoner then gave her

      a halfpenny , as she had on every occasion when she took to her something she had stolen . "When she didnottake anything home the woman told her that she must thieve , and if she did not , sho would kick her out of doors . —In cross-examinationi the witness said she could neither read nor write . She had run away from home more than once , the first time she was enticed away by some boys and girls . ; She lived on rotten apples which she picked up in Spitalfields market . She ran away the second time because her father was going to beat her . If she Stole nothing the woman gave her nothing to eat , and she lived on rotten apples . The day after she stole the onions she was taken home to her father ' s by a woman named Clarke , and she directly told her father all

      that she had been doing by the Irishwoman s ( the female prisoner ' s ) directions , and he went and told the police . She could not say if the man was even present when the woman told her to steal . —Culmer , 178 H , proved apprehending tho prisoners , and finding in their house a quantity of onions , which were identified as a portion of some that were stolen from two sacks which were cut open , in Spitalfields market , on the night spoken to by the girl . The onions wero the property of afarmer named Skelinter . —Tho jury acquitted the man and convicted the woman , —The learned judge having remarked upon the atrocious nature of the offence , and regretted there was not sufficient evidence to convict her husband , sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for one year .

      Ftato Enteutjjmtt.

      ftato EnteUtjjMtt .

      Court Of Queen's Bench.-Mondat. Ex Parte...

      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH .-Mondat . Ex parte the Count Pulszkt re John Murray . Mr . Cockbubn moved for a rule nisi ,- to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against tho publisher of the Quarterly Review , for a liool published in the last number of that periodical against M . Pulszky . The article complained of , after stating a variety of circumstances connected with the recent revolutionary events in the east of Europe , went on to say that the Hungarian agents who were in the capital , made common cause with the rebels and outcasts from France , Germany , and Poland , who . bad hurried to Vienna In tbe hope of blood and plunder . It also stated that money was

      profusely scattered amongst them , and that , if any feeling of humanity remained in their breasts , it was drowned in intoxicating liquors , which were also distributed amongst them . Thus prepared they commenced the insurrection , which shortly afterwards broke out , by the murder of Count Latour , and by the expulsion of the emperor from the capital . The article " then alleged that the agents in these crimes , the distributors of the price of blood , are not only now received in the clubs of this city , but also in the mansions of the ministers alluded to in the papers , as honoured guests at their country seats . There was also a note to this part of the article , which the learned counsel read as part of his case . This , he contended , was no doubt a libellous . production , if it could be applied to any particular person or persons . Count Pulszky was the only party to whom it could be applied . Shortly

      after his arrival in London , as envoy from the Hun . garian government , he had been admitted into the Reform Club / and was after that a guest at the Marquis of Lansdowne ' s . M . Pulszky , was the only Hungarian in England to whom these descriptions could apply . He was prepared with the affidavits of Mr . Raikes Currie and other respectable parties , to show that they at onco applied the article to M . Pulszky , ; whilst an article had appeared in the Globe , founded on the supposition that he was the party pointed at . Lord Campbell . —We are of opinion that there is not enough laid before the court to justify its interference . M . Pulszky ' s object , which is highly laudable , will bo no doubt answered by the application , and the affidavits on which $ was made . There is no doubt in the world that he is an innocent and an honourable man . The libel is not

      necessarily pointed against him , and is not , therefore , calculated to injure his character , and on that ground , and on that alone , we refuse the rule . — Rule refused .

      Court Of Exchequer , Tuesday. The Nation...

      COURT OF EXCHEQUER , Tuesday . The National Land Company . —Clark , v . O'Connor , M . P . This was a rule obtained a few days ago to quash a writ of prohibition obtained under these circumstances . In the month of February last a plaint was entered in the County Court of Northampton ; for the recovery of the sum of £ 419 s . 9 d . from the defendant Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., as money had and received by him to the use of the p laintiff . Tho matter came on for hearing before the judge of tho County Court in the month of March following , when it appeared that the plaintiff was one of the allottees of the National Land Company , of which the defendant . is director . Tho plaintiff had paid

      £ 5 4 s . for four , shares in the Company , and it was admitted that that sum had reached the hands of the defendant , who was also treasurer . In defence it was urged that the . National Larid'Cbmpany was in the nature , ' of a co-partnership , and that the learned judge had no jurisdiction , as the plaintiff and defendant were partners , and the sum sought to be recovered was not a balance of any settled or liquidated partnership account between them . The objection was , however , overruled , and an order was made on the defendant for payment of the sum demanded and £ 7 8 s . Id for . costs . The defendant then obtained a writ of pohibition from the petty bag office , commanding the judge of tho county court to stay all proceedings upon the decree

      pronounced by him . . Execution having been stayed accordingly , a rule was obtained in this court , early in the present term , calling on the defendant to show cause why the writ of prohibition should not be quashed upon the ground that ' it had been issued improvidently , and that the judge of the county court had jurisdiction in the matter . —Mr .- Hayes now moved . toinako the rule , absolute , no notice having been given that cause would be shown . By the 12 and 13 Victoria , c . 109 , the superior common law courts had . authority to quash a writ of prohibition issued from the petty bag office . In the case of "Baddeley v . Denton ' , ( 19 "Law Journal ;" p . 44 , ) it was held that a writ of nrohihitiori isaiiarl

      out-of . the , Court of Chancery , was a . proceeding withm the meaning of this act , ' and that a motion to sot aside the ; writ maybe made in either of the superior courts at Westminister . In the present case the writ _ had issued upon au ex parte application ; but when the facts were ; examined , 'it was clear that tho county court judge . had jurisdiction to make the , ; order .-p-Mr . Baron Alderson asked whether prohibitions were issued by any court without having both parties before them . —Mr . Hayes said that prohibitions might be obtained ¦ upon ex parte applications , upon the common law side of the petty-bag office . —Mr . Baron Alderson- ^ Then 1 am surprised they have hot applied there in the case of . "Gorham v . tho , Bishop of Exeter . " .:. , V ,:. . •; . ' ¦ .-:- ¦ ' ^ i ! : i ; i .:. ' ---f 0 - : y ; : ' ^ ¦> ¦ - ' 'i- ;

      Court Of Exchequer , Tuesday. The Nation...

      ( Laughter . ) -Mr . Hayes-Perhaps the nettrr " office was not considered of sufficient "dieX 7 * that great caase . However , the writ wasTmSLthe present case upon an ex parte annlioaH ^ though in point of fact the juageorthS '' ' . ^ % E £ 4 £ ^ asM !^ s ^! sM ^^^^ f 7- ' « i £ ? i ? aot of parliament had givenThim -mFt ?* - Aldersdn ' said as no causewas' shown affa ' in . ti ?* rule , 'it ought to bemade absolute upon the » , «?* rity of the case oited .-The rule was made ahS * accordingly . . » u « e

      Bail Court. The Queen V. Watmouor. - Cri...

      BAIL COURT The Queen v . Watmouor . - Criminal iw ' : MATIOIf .- i 0 «* Sir F ; Thesiger said he was instructed tn a „ ,. i to his lordship , on behalf of the Lixehm X Alban ' s , for a rule to show cause why a crimin , ] formation should not be filed aeainst S - , * Watmough , for : publishing mJ ^ ShJ fe libels , a ? disclosed in tt » WwinTS £ n 2 ? The late Duke of St , Alban ' s died oj fiSfo May , in . the last year , leaving a widow , the SS s S duchess , a son , tho present duke ( a minwl iS ?' danehter . Jt the commencement of thilJ Frederick Watmough commenced a ser es o fann f ances , for the purpose of extorting monev frnm thoduchess . The first was a letter adSSed Z

      I beg to informi your grace that if our income of Ml ™» annum is not paid to us as usual-that we receive a ' & Messrs . Coutts' , the bankcrs-I shall do everrtfatar In ~ * power to make the title become extinct , as I fiL ^ S ' given to , understand that my mother and also th » w duke ' s father were married onboard of Xffife Llte lieutenant in the navy , and had a son , whoiaS \\ Z *& and consequently is the right heir to the Dukedom of * Alban ' s , and have no doubt he will be honourable ^ dS to p » y us our income if he is made acquainted wiM facta . My mother was also privately married to Wii ! , ~ Beauclerk , Duke of St . Alban ' s , in the yea ^^ 797 andZ sequently are entitled before the late duke . 111 ^ ceived our income from the family for upwards of fin . " years , and I trustyour grace will continue to usourincom ? and put an end to this unpleasant busroess . -WaitkffTm ! grace's reply , & c . 6 } QW

      The learned counsel read several letters sent tn the duchess by the defendant , but of which she took no notice . Soon after this , this person began to circulate a very libellous hand-bill b y sending it to Messrs . Coutts , the bankers of the duke ; to his attorneys , ^ .. Messrs . Freshfield ; to the clergy . man of Redbourne . in Lincolnshire , the family seat where . the duke resides ; to Lord Charles Beau , clerk ( which letter was opened by Mr . Harrison ) and copies bad also been sent to his Royal HigWss Princo Albert , and to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , to Lord Yarborough , and to several other persons . He would read to the court this

      Frederick Beauclerk , son of William Beauclerk , Dake of St . Alban ' s ( deceased ) , and bis mother , upwards of eeventv years of age , and her three children ; are in a starving state , as the Duchess of St , Alban ' s refuses to pay their petty annuity according to her late husband ' s with and order of 200 J . per annum , formerly 4002 . per annum , and aro now obliged to appeal to the public for relief . This lady has been a member of the St . Alban ' s family for upwards of half a century ( before she was fifteen years of age , in the year 1797 ) , and now left to starve . Subscrin . tions will be thankfully received at tbe duke ' s son ' s red dence . —Fbedebick Beacclebk . —White HartJane , Tottcn ham , Middlesex .

      In a letter to Messrs . Freshfield there was this post * script : — " We expect to . be sold up for rent £ 15 , on tho 1 st , of May ; if so , there will , be a pretty expo * sure . " In a letter to a clergyman , was added , "YouarecommandedbytheSt . Alban ' s family to wafer this bill on the church door , and receive subscriptions . and forward me tho money , this caso is also laid before Royalty . " It was necessary for him ( Sir F .. Thesiger ) to explain shortly the circum * stances under which . tbis supjposed claim arose . In 1827 the late duke was married to . Mrs . Coutts , the widow of the banker . Soon after this event he was applied to on behalf of tho . ; mother of Frederick Watmough , it being represent to film that the late duke , his father , had hadiintercourse with her , and

      was the father of three children , of whom Frederick Watmough was one . The late duke made inquiries , upon the subject , and among other persona he ascertained f rom his uncle , the brother of his father , that there were somo grounds for supposing that tho representation was well founded , and that tho father of the late duke had been in the habit of making an allowance to this family . Accordingly the duke felt that it was paying a proper regard to his father ' s supposed wishes upon this subject to make an allowance to this family . He began first by distributing JE 10 , £ 20 , and other suras ofraoney ;/ but ultimately , he made an arrangement by which / £ 200 a year was to be paid into Messrs , Coutts ' bank to the account of Mr . Harrison , who was to

      disburse the money to the family , first to the mother , Mrs . Watmough , and then to the children . Two of the children having died , and Frederick \ Yatmough being the survivor , the money was divided between himself and his mother . Frederick Watmough having married , a portion of tho money was given to him and his wife . Subsequently Frederick Watmough deserted his wife and family , who from thence continued to live apart from him . On the late duke's death in 1849 he made a will , under which the property of the duke was now being administered by the Court of Chancery ; so that supposing that the duchess and tho present AnUo Wero ctmu disposed ' to attend to the wishes of the late duke , if any such bad ever been expressed .

      they would have no power to make any allowance of the estate of the late duke . But the fact was that no wish of the kind had ever been expressed by the late duke , nor was any order ever given that this payment should be given after his death . The duchess had from time to time assisted the family of Frederick Watmough . It was further stated in , the affidavits that Mrs . Watmough , the mother , had for some time been married to a dissenting minister , who was still living , and that she had had a weekly allowance paid toner ever since the death of the late duke . He ( Sir F . Thesiger ) need scarcely state the annoyances that were occasioned to the duchess by being assailed with libels of this description , which were so industriously circulated by this individual . Her grace had no power to put a stop to them except by asking for the immediate

      interposition of this court . He trusted his lordship would consider that he had stated good grounds for the criminal information he now asked . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : Do I understand the meaning of the letters to be to affect at all the legitimacy of the present duke ?—Sir F . Thesiger : Oh , certainly , my lord ; there is a threat of that kind . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : The mother is still living , and is said by this person to have been married to the late duke ' s father , and to have had issue by him . —Sir F . Thesiger : In fact , my lord , this Frederick Watmough claims to be the issue of the late duke ' s father . It is a serio . us matter , indeed . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : In that respect it is like the Duke of Marlborough ' s case . You may take a rule . Ap-Elication granted . Those bills were accompanied y letters which were sent to the bankets and other persons .

      CONSISTORY COURT . Tub Earl of Lincoln against the Cooniebs of Lincoln . —AncLTKUY . This was a suit for a divorce , by reason of adultery , promoted by the Earl of Lincoln , against his wife , the Countess of Lincoln . —Tho Queen ' s Advocate was about to open the case on behalf of the husband , when Br . Haggard said , on tho part of the wife , he could not resist the evidence which bad been brought forward . —The Court , therefore , pronounced for a divorce .

      Britis H College Of Health, Js T Eir-Roa...

      BRITIS H COLLEGE of HEALTH , Js eir-Road , London . Fellow-Countrimek , —The following is tho inscription on the book containing the Petition to the House of Commons , signed Dy 19 , 950 persons against pharmaceutical poisons :- " MEMORIAL Of the Names of the 19 , 950 Independent Individuals who signed the Petition presented to the House of Commons , On Tuesday , the loth of June , 1817 , ( through Sir Benjamin Hall , Bart :, if . P . for tlie Borough of St . Marylebone ) , . AGAINST TUG DEADLY POISON'S Used or held out as Medicines by Doctors , Jn order to prop their ' Guinea Trade ;' Which trade is the root of all evils as regards tho public health ; the cause of hospitals and lunatic asylums being filled with diseased objects ; and , above all , the cause of all persons lives being kept in constant jeopardy through the deadly chemicals which doctors have introduced in wlcr to prop -up that trade . "

      ¦ Th e contents of tlie woi-k are as follows : — 1 . Case of Miss Abevcromble , poisoned hy Strychnine . Reported by Mr . Sergeant , now Mi . Justice Talfourd . 2 . Death of AVainwright , her Murderer . 3 . Sale of Poisons . 4 .. Marchioness of Brinvillicrs . 5 . Account of the Aqua Tofana . G . Wholesale Poisoning during the Roman Republic . 7 . Recent Cases of Poisoning . 8 . Preface to the Seventieth Thousand of " . The Morisoniana . " ¦ ' 9 . Buckingham ' s' Case : a whole family saved by tho Vegetable Universal . Mcdioine , after having ioen accidentally poisoned by arsenic . 10 . General Report of tho British College of Health lor 1850 . '

      11 . Principles of the Hjgeian System of Medicine . 12 . Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on tho Sanitary Question . ¦ . 13 . The Rise and Progress of theBritish College of Ilea' *' ' London : Published by the British . College of Health , New-road . Price 2 s . Od .

      •Phizes'for Locomotives.—An Official Not...

      • Phizes ' for Locomotives . —An official notice has been issued by Baron Lionel N . do Rothschild , that the Austrian government offers sis prizes for locomotive engines , as follows : —A prize of £ 10 , 000 for a locomotive , the most suitably constructed and adapted to convey goods aid passengers on tho railway of the Scunnering mountain f and five other prizes , ' of the respective value of i-o . OOO . £ 4 , 300 , £ 4 , 000 , £ 3 , 500 ; £ 8 , 000 , for : five other locomotives which approach nearest to the first prize in the points indicated . The total value of the prizes is about £ 30 , 000 sterling . ' ¦ ¦ " ¦* : ' ¦ "" ? '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11051850/page/6/