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6 THE NORTHERN STAR . __«___«___—_ . July 13 , 1851
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Health or London . —T :. e total number of deaths ri-21-t-red in th-.-nieirop -Sunn districts in the week esidin ! . - last Saturday is l . 'Hio . In the corresponding ra .-es- " of th ? t .-: i ytv-irs 1 S 1 I-50 the average number was $ 7-1 , the lowwt of the sfcrit-s having been 715 in Ici'i . and the highest 1 , 07 »> in the year 18-19 , when cholera had nppeuvd and was making some progress . But if the average be raised in proportion to i :-cren > c of population , 900 is the estimated amount , compared with which the deaths of last week exhii-it an increase of 43 . Tho zymotic or epidemic class of diseases presents nothing remarkable in this return as regards the atgrc-ate amount of di-aths . which differs little from the result of thc
previous week , or from the av . r . i » e mortality of former years at tlie begiunim ; of July . In the prc-ent taWe 214 deaths arc enumerated as caused by epidemics , and these are distributed as follows : —10 were from stnali-pox , 29 from measles , 22 from scarlatina , 33 from hoopmir-eough , 5 from croup . 3 from thrust :, 2 : } Ir-m diarri .-oM , 4 from dvri'iiterv , 5 from cholera , I troir . mflui-iiza , - from purpura , i front remittent fever , 40 ironi tn . uus , 1 trom puerperal fever , 1 from rheumatic fevvr 11 from . msipeh . s . 1 from syphilis , and 2 from ' noma or c-nicrumoris . As compared with the
reMiits , "ind .-r the same lu-adf in the week precedin ; , measles and hooping-coush , but especially the f « rs * « . « T , have decrea ^ -d , while scarlatina , typhus , ami the diarrhoea or Enslish chobra , which begins to prevail as tins season alv . tices , show an increase . Tbe births of 710 1-oys and 7 S 1 » irl<—in all 1 , 530 children were registered last week . Tin- averaa «' nuinltvr in six corresponding weeks of 1 S 1-5—50 was 1 . 277 . At . the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the wean reading of the barometer was ; : hove 30 ill . o .-i Sunday . The iut-an of the week was 2 ° - £ 74 in . The mean temperature of the week was C 2-9 deir .. winch is rather above the average .
Exiexjive Robbery "F Jewkls . —On Saturday last information was received at the head poiiceofficv , Scotland-vard , that the premises , 13 . Lambethterrace Lambeth road , had been entered and plundered ot a qua : tity nf the most costly description of jewels s-1 wi h diamonds , in value upwards of £ 500 ; a Bank of England note ' or £ 20 ; a number of sovereign-i and half-sivereigus , forty half-crowns , and two guiiiftts in money . Opposition to the Uetkstios of the Crtstal Pau . ce vor a Winter Gardes . —On Saturday last , ai a meeting of tlie vestry of St . Maryhboue , held at the Court House . Marviebone-iaue , the Rev .
Dr . Si-ry , rector , in the chair , a communication was recivfd from tlie Marylebone Committee for the Exhibition » t Works of Industry of All Nations , requesti- g permission of the ves'ry to place a petition for signature at the Court House , in favour— f the non-removal of the Exhibition Building , it being the opinion of the committee that the greatest advantages would result to the public from the continuance of the building as a winter garden . Sir Peter Laurie and several other g- ntlemen opposed the project ; ¦• iid , so strong was the feeling against it , that the v . stry evt-n rejected the . amplication for permission -oaiiow petitions to lie at the Court House in favour of as continuance . I he arguments wt re that the ( ireat , Exhibition had proved uvst prejudicial to every branch of tiade , and wis calculated to produce "he evil to a still greater extent were it perpetuated , ihe application was rejectsd accordingly .
Thb late Fatal Accident in Rottkx-row . — On Monday an adjourned inquest was held by Mr . Bedford at St . George ' s Hospital on the body of Mrs . Martin , aged sixty-six , the wife ot a retired publican at T tteiiham , v . bo died in that institution from injuries received on the Cih ult ., in Rotten-row . The catastrophe has < -een already fully reported , in the lope that the 1 « dy alleged to be the cause of the fatal event would come forwatd to make her statement on the sui'jeet . The lady , however , was not forthcoming , aud Baldwin , the summoning officer , informed the coroner that be had been uuable to ascertain who she was . —Mr . Richard Hoare , 10 , "Whit hall-place . East India merchant , deposed > hat ou th- evening oi the Cih of June he was riding on horseback in RoUen-row iu ihe company of Mr . W . Reid , his horse being almost parellel with the lady ' s , bv which the deceased was knocked down . The
effect Has to him that deceased rushed under the lady ' s horse as it was ca- tering down . He saw the lady and gentl man who accompanied her turn back , and alter looking * 3 th the utmost coolness upon the decc . sd , who was lying on the ground insensible , turn their horses * heads , and , without a remark , ride off . Considering the conduct of tbe parties most unfeeling , he followed them to endeavour to ascertain il pos-iblc who they were , but his efforts were unavailing , and although he had nearly every evening since ta * e » equestrian exercise in the park with a
view of recognising them , he had failed in so doinu . Prom what passed at the former examination , the public oiight be le <) to believe 'hat Hr . Reid knew the lady and hfr companion , which opinion , however , he wa-autbori-ed to repudiate . —Mrs . Sarah Thomas , a daughter of ihe deceased , said she was with her mother at the time she was injured , which would nut have been done if the lady had not whipped her liorse into a gall p . - The coroner observing that if fault was attached to the lady , and she could be fouud , she would be liable in nmthcr court , a verdict was returned of "'Accidental d ath . "
Dir-TKEssRD Seedlewomzs ' s Society . —A meeting of the suhscribers of this society was he'd on Monday evci . itig , at the office . 75 , Newinan-Street , Oxforrt-.-tiect , to receive certain statements relative io the financial accounts , which it appears have lately undergone : iu inspection , with vmsausfactor y results . The chair was taken by . Mr . Ridgway . At the commencement of the proceedings Miss Cass , a lady ol" fortune and a subscriber to the society , expressed a wish to b 9 heard on some charge * which she had to prefer against Air . Roper , the honorary secretary , but the friends of that gentleman o"jeoted , protesting against the legality of the meeting . Alter much angry discusson Miss Cass succeeded in making her statement , and questions relating to the receipts and application of numerous and large sums of money were put to Mr . Roper . In the end , a resolution was put and carried suspending him from his office until a general meeting of the subscribers should determine what further steps to take in the matter .
The latk Fire at Losdon- Bridge . —The inquest as to the origin of the late fire at the warelouses of Mr- Alderman Humphrey , terminated on . Monday . A number of additional witnesses were examined , but nothing was elicited beyond what appeared at the former investigation . Mr . Braid wood produced <( ime pieces of old tarpanlingandcanvasrag TrYuidi had been taken out of the ruins of warehouse A , which Le said were very likely to be ignited by spontaneous combustion ; however , iu answer to a questi » u from Alderman Humphrey , he admitted that he had not known an instance of a fire arising in the R -yal Dockyards , la which great quantities of
such articles were kept , from spontaneous combustion . In the course of the inquiry Alderman Humphrey repelled a report which had been spread to his disadvantage—viz ., that he only paid his labourers 2 s . 6 d . a day : he paid , and always had paid them , 3 s . sa . a day . The jury ultimately returned a ver diet to the effect , " That the evidence was insufficient to show how the fire in warehouse A originated , but there was the highest degree of probability that the fire in warehouse D was not the result of accident , and suggested that the Secretary of State be solicited to increase the reward of £ 200 oiTtred by Messrs . Wigan and Co ., for the discovery of the person or persons who fired the warehouse . "
Duelling Extraordinary . —Two foolish clerk ? , named Tilt and Romford , quarrelled respecting a younir lady to whom they were both attached , and a challenge was the result . A meeting was arranged to take place at nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , in a field near llighgate Cemetery . At the hour appointed one of the principals did not appear , and , after waiting some time , his second became so annoyed at this cowardice , and at the sneers of the other parties , that he declared himself insulted , and demanded satisfaction . Of course , a man
bearing so chivalrous a name as Tilt could not refuse a challenge . The paces were duly measured , and shots interchanged . Tilt ' s bullet grazed tbe check of the valorous second , while Tilt ' s *' four-and-nine " was turned into a " ventilator , " by the bullet of his antagonist popping in just below the crown and popping out on the other side . The duellists then shook hands , vowed eternal friendshi p for each other , with a determination to kick Romford , when they caught him , from llighgate Hill to Heme Bay , and so parted . ~
Metropolitan Wateb Bill . —On Wednesday , at the meeting of the vestry-men of St . PancrasJ held in the vestry-room , Kiug ' s-road , Mr . Cooke , the vestry clerk , read a communication from the East St . Parents Parochial Reform Association , relative to the proposed measure for the supply of water to the metropolis now before the House of Commons , and calling upon the vestry to use its best exertions in opposing the bill . Mr . Manning said that one of two steps ought to be immediately taken : the vestry ought either to adopt a petition to parliament
or to call a public meeting on this important question ; there were not two ( -pinions in the restrv * ptm this subject . Mr . Manning read a form o ' f petition , which after a few observations in its sup-? r «\ 5 r ? ? " BlUet ' * Mw » nimouslv agreed to . It was likewise suggested by Mr . Manrin ? that delegates should be appointed to meet the men of rZ : T ^ P « thsr Parishes and to co-openw \ 7 r \ \ - M i PP ° > S «« e obnoxious bill . He ( Mr . Maiming regretted that at the important meeim * wmcli took place last Friday at ihe Maryeuouc Court-house , St . Pancras tlie onlv nie tropoht . ui parish not represented . v
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M . I ' FXLHfAS the chief physician of Bicetre , has been su-pended from his functions for a mouth bv the superior cuncil of the hospitals , for having publish-jd a document of s nature to cause uneasiness in thj public mind , by stating that cases of cholera had shown themselves in the establishment under his : Uperintsuuellee . —Galijnani .
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Ihe Late Fatal Explosion at Liverpool . — On Saturday last an inquest was held in the infirmary u ; ion the body of Samuel Griffith , the fireman , who was killed by the explosion of the Conway locomotiv !' . The coroner took the evidence of the driver , Valentine , in his bedroom , and then verified it to ihe jury . From all the evidence adduced it appeared that the engine had been built only three years , and was rated first class ; that there could not have been sufficient water in the boiler , poriions of the fractures being found ditcloured as if they had been over heated . —Mr . F . Trevithick , general superintendent of locomotives , gave it as his opinion that there must have been an immense pressure on the boiler , and the safety valves , of
which there were two , may have failed to work j one was so bent that nothing could be seen as to its working , and the other could not be found . The drivers undergo a routine drill before they are appointed . The driver had stated that he " heard a fizzing noise just before the explosion , and this , Mr . Trevithick considered , arose from their being too little water iu the boiler , and the steam escaping below the level of the furnace . —Mr . A . Allon , assistant locomotive manager , knew that the boiler ami engine were sound at their last inspection only a day or two previously to thc occurrence . His opinion was that the accident was caused by a deficiency of water in the boiler , and that very powerful explosive gases must have been formed , ' which gases would be generated in a few minutes ; and he
thought so instantaneous would be their effect that no warning could be given . He was perfectly convinced the boiler could not have burst at three times the ordinary pressure , as the tubes are tes'ed before being used to the exlent of 3001 b . to a square inch . —After hearing these witnesses , the Coroner remarked that he felt it would be useless to carry the inquiry further . —Some of the jury agreed , staring that the driver was highly culpable , " and a verdict oi manslaughter against Valentine would in all probability have been found , only that , as the foremin observed , the uvui cannot possibly recover . Oltv mately , after much discus-ion , the Jury returned an open verdict , " That death was caused by the explosion of a locomotive boiler , but that there was no evidence to show the cause of that explosion , "
Rejection ok Akother Clergyman by thk Bishop op Exeter , —A short time since the R < -v . R . Malone , the incumbent of Christ Church , Plymouth , accepted an appointment in London . Th >' Rev . John Uatchard thereupon nominated the Rev . L . H . Gray , of London , Perpetual Curate , and on the aSth ult . that gentleman presented himself to the Bishop of Exeter to be licensed , when he was subjected to a close examination on the subject of baptismal regeneration , and his views not being in harmony with the synodal declaration which the Bishop had just issued , the right rev . prelate refused his admission into the diocese . This occurred too
late on Saturday to be communicated m time to the churchwardens of Christ Church , so that when the people came to church the following day , they were obliged to disperse elsewhere . In the evening , oae of Mr . Hatehard ' s curates performed service ; but the rejection has caused a great deal of talk , and it is proposed to petition parliament on the subject . The Rev . U . G . Smith , of Trinity , has reigned the incumbency of that church from ill health , and as the appointment is with Mr . Uatchard , it is expected that the same thing will occur there . Should the Bishop keep the offices open for six months , there will be a lapse , and the appointment will rest with him in that case .
Failure of a Liverpool Firm . —We regret to learn that Messrs . James Starfeey and Co ., of this town , have been compelled to suspend payment , in consequence of the entire destruction of their stores and property at San Francisco , by fire . We understand that they were unable to protect themselves by insurance , although their warehouses were of iron : their shippers are in a similar position . This house , we believe , was the first English establishment launched at San Francisco , and its failure has created a lively feelim : of sympathy . Their loss is estimated at 130 , 000 dollars . —Liverpool Mercury . Tub Self-accused Murderer at Manchester . —The youth from Dublin , named Eugene Reenan , who gave himself up to the county police at
Manchester as the murderer of a fellow-clerk in the Government Valuation office at Dublin , by mixing oxalic acid in his porter , turns out to be insane . His father came over from Dublin to apply for him on Saturday , alleging that he had exhibited symptoms of madness for upwards of three months past . It appears that , in consequence of his statement , the body of his late fellow-clerk , Connellan , had been exhumed , but no trace of poison was discovered . The immediate cause of death had been rupture of the aorta . Keenan had previously surrendered to the borough police on a charge of highway robbery , which he accused himself of , near
the town , but they discharged him after making inquiries , not being able to hear of any such robbery as that he described . When again placed before Mr . Trafford , the police magistrate , at the Sew Baily Court-house , on Saturday , a policeman stated that he believed there was reason to suppose he had ready committed a highway robbery by presenting a pistol at a man ' s breast . The man was an enginedriver on the London and iSorth Western Railway , but not being able to _ appear in court that day and tiive evidence , the prisoner was discharged , on the understanding that his lather should take care of him , and not let tbe police be troubled with him
again . The Late Collision at Liverpool . —The adjourned inquiry before the magistrates took place on tbe 4 ih inst ., when the various cases were disposed of separately . Carey and Trussler were fined , the former 40 s . and costs , or one month ' s imprisonment , and the latter 60 s . and costs , or six weeks' imprisonment Robert M'Fendries was discharged . Thomas M'Gill , Thomas Power , John Rath , and Cronin were then brought up . The bench discharged Power , and fined Cronin , M'Gill , and Rath £ 5 each , nr in default , two months' imprisonment . James Cox and Michael Woods were acquitted . Colonel Campbell said , he had always cautioned his men against getting into quarrels , and must express his regret at what had occurred . The regiment would leave town on Saturday , and he would always endeavour to prevent similar occurrences in future .
Representation of Knaresborough . —Mr . T . Collins , long resident in the borough , has started as a candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the Right Honourable W . S . Lascelles . Air . Collins , in his address states , ' he is in favour of maintaining in all its integrity the Established Church in England and in Ireland ; " that " he is opposed to the endowment by the state of the Roman Catholic religion , or to the concession to Roman Catholic ecclesiastics , of precedency and territorial title inconsistent with tho supremacy of the Crown ;" and that " he considers it to be the immediate duty of the legislature either to relieve the agricultural interests of every special and peculiar burden , or to give to that interest an equivalent for the taxation which it bears over and above the rest of the community . " Alleged Death from Cruelty . —On the 4 th
inst . an inquest was held at Manchester , which excited a good deal of excitement , owing to an impression on the public mind that death had been the result of ill-treatment and cruelty . The deceased was a oirl seventeen years of age , named Esther Swinnerton . The girl was living with her father and a step-mother till a few weeks back , when , owing to a report that the step-mother had beat her unmercifully and confined her in a dark cellar , the police took her from home and placed her in the Salford workbou-e , where she died on Thursday . The inquest on the body was held by Mr . Rutter , one of the county coroners , and a Mr . Brownbill , a surgeon , who had attended thegirlinthe workhouse , and subsequently made a post mortem examination of the body , was the first witness examined . Mr .
Brownbill said he found deceased in a state of emaciation , and attended her till death . From an examination of the body he was of opinion that deceased died of consumption , caused by malformation of the spine , hastened by diarrhoea . She might possibly have lived several months but for the diarrhoea , and that might have been brought on by neglect , want of nourishment or confinement in a damp atmosphere . Several witnesses deposed to various circumstances of ill-treatment of the deceased by her mother . It was clearly shown that the food supplied to her was insufficient , and that she was frequently beaten and forced to sleep in a cold , damp , and most unwholesome cellar or coal vault . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Elizabeth Twinnerton , the mother of the deceased .
EXTRAORBISARY AcCIDBNT TO AS EXCURSION Train . —On Tuesday an excursion train on the Great Western Railway brought up about 1 , 500 passengers from Gloucester , Stroud , and Cheltenham , to the Great Exhibition . This line of railway between Stroud and Tetbury runs up a steep incline of about five miles in length , and terminating in & tunnel about two miles long , and the gradients in which are in some parts as high as one in seventyfive or eighty . The train , which consisted of twentythree carriages , arrived at this incline in safety , and was propelled up it with some difficulty by two powerful engines ; but on its emerging from the tunnel on the London side it was discovered that
eleven of the carriages had become detached from the train , and were nowhere to be seen . The utmost consternation was caused by the discovery , especially as it was known that the detached carriages must of necessity rush down the incline , and as there was but one guard to control their speed it was feared that they would run into the up mail train , which was known to be following close behind . A pilot en . ; ine , however , was despatched on the down rails to overtake the runaway carriages , and give warning of their approach at the bottom of the incline . "Very fortunately as the pilot engine was proceeding down the incline the mail train was met slowly asending , and the engine driver
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hiving been apprised of the danger , he immedv atcly reversed his engine , and backed his train down the incline , thus allowing the runaway carriages to descend upon him without any serious collision , and both trains arrived at the bottom of the incline in safety . The passengers were greatly alarmed , and two or three of them who leaped from the carriages as they were descending received rather serious contusions , but beyond a delay of about three hours in the arrival " of the train atPaddington , nothing more serious occurred to mar the pleasure of ihe excursion .
Series of Accidents . —An accident of a most frightful character occurred about eleven o ' clock on Saturday morning last , on the premises of Mr . John Evans , drnggi > t , Narherth , the consequences of which have been seriously disastrous . It appears that a pot containing a quantity of turpentine and beeswax , had been placed on the fire in a room , contiguous to the shop , aud being incautiously left there , boiled over into the fire , and soon became one mass of flame . Mr . Evans , being apprised of the occurrence , rushed into the room , and in endeavouring to extinguish the fire , threw the vessel containing the combustible material towards the door , through which Mrs . Evans was at the moment passing . Mrs . Evans ' s dress caught fire , and in endeavouring to escape she ran into the yard , when the current of air instantly set her clnthes in a blaze . Mr . Evans , seeing the dangerous po-ition of his wife , and in his anxiety to save her , beng unable to pass through the d ^ or , wllicllhad taken fire , leaprd one ot the window , in height about
four feet from the ground ; but by so doing , unfortunately fiactured his leg and dislocated his ankle , and consequently lay in a most helpless state , utterly unable to render any further assistance . Mr . Jones , saddler , who lived directly opposite , seeing smoke issuing frmntuB lrottt dnor . ran into the house , where he met Mrs . Evans with her clothing in flames , which , with a little assistance , he shortly extinguished . The maid servant , in endeavouring to save her mistress was seriously burnt about the arms-Surgeons were soon in attendance , and every attention was paid to the sufferers . Mr Evans ' s hands were dreadfully burnt , iu addition to other injuries ; and Mrs . Evans ' s sufferings were so intense tha ? she now lies in a very precarious state , with little hopes of recovery . Agreat number of people soongathered round the place after the alarm » asgiven , and having a good supply of water close at hand , very little time was lost in reducing the fire , which had not extended b " yond the modi in which it commenced . —Gloucester Journal .
Seikurk of College Plate fob Poor . Rates . — The pari .-h officers of St . Aldate ' s Oxford , in pursuance of a distress warrant granted by one of the city magistrates , made a seizure ou the 4 th inst . «> f two silver teapots , thc property of the Master and Fellows of Pembroke College , who had refused to contribute the sum of £ 11 , charged upon the college towards the support of the poor . The ground of refusal tor paying the rate is that the College is extra-parochial . A similar seizure was lately made of the plate belonging to New Inn Hall , but it was shortly afterwards redeemed by the Rev . Dr . Wellesley , principal of the hall . Subsequently , notice nf action for an illegal distress was served upon the parish officers of St . Peter-Je-Bailey , where the hall is situated , It is expected in the present case that the colleae authorities will adopt similar proceedings . The ratepayers are determined to try the question , as to the liability of the college to help to support the poor of Oxford ; they contend that the colleges are not extraparochial .
I ' he case of Shooting at a Graduate of Christ Ceurch _ —Sir Benjamin Brodie being on a visit to this University , it was arranged that he should examine Mr . Ross ' s wounds , which he did on Thursday afternoon , and expressed an opinion that although the injured man was going on favourably , be should not leave his room for another week , as the excitement attendant upon giving evidence iu a court of justice might retard his recovery . On Friday , Caudwell was again brought up , and the necessary depositions having been taken . ) he was fully committed to takeJiis trial at the ensuing Berks Summer Assizes , at Abingdon , on a charge of wilfully and maliciously shooting at Mr . Ross , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . Upon application being made he was admitted * o bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , to appear 88 above ,
Melancholy Accident . —On Monday morning a highly respectable tradesman—Mr . White , of the firm of White and Payne , ironmongers , St . Mary ' s Gate , Manchester—was deprived of life by the accidental falling of a coping stone from a chimney . Mr . White was standing in the yard behind his premises , which are four storeys high , giving some orders to his workmen , when the accident occurred , 'the Stone fell on his head and knocked him down , causing concussion of the brain . He was immediately taken in a coach to the Royal Infirmary , but died before surgical assistance could be rendered .
The Poisoning Case at Southwick . —At the Sunderland Police Court , on the 3 rd inst ., Thomas Wood , Cornelius Lyons , and Thomas Railings , were again brought up , charged with administering poison to a boy named William Thompson . Mr . Potts , for the prosecution , stated that the mother of the boy did not wish to press the charge , being convinced that the nitric acid was not civen with a felonious intent . Mr . Ranson assured the magistrates that the prisoners had no idea of the power of the acid which had been administered . The maiiistratrs then severely reprimanded the prisoners and discharged them , ordering them to pay all expenses .
More Militari Riotino in Liverpool . —No sooner had the 91 st Regiment been removed from Everton Barracks—some being sent to Manchester , others to Bury and Preston , and the head-quarter * to Chester—than the 28 th Regiment occupied their places , and , it would seem , took up their mantle of hostility to the police . On two successive evenings this week collisions have taken place between tho two forces ; in more than one instance of a desperate kind . Policeman 174 was attacked the other evening , most brutally , by a soldier of the 28 th , and when assistance arrived , a general melee between the soldiers and police took place . By great forbearance and good conduct the police . succeeded in preventing any dangerous results from this amount of violence , until a picquet from the Imrracka had been procured , to whose custody the delinquent soldiers were consigned ; and , no doubt , they will bo severely dealt with hy the military authorities . We understand that a court-martial
on some of the officers of the 91 st Regiment will be held , on the charge of being absent from duty when the late terrible conflicts were waging between the men of that regiment and the officers of the Liverpool constabulary . A Man Killed m a Fight at Salford . —On Saturday evening last a number of persons were drinking together in the Nelson public-house , Chapel-streot , Salford where they had been drinking during the whole of the week since Monday morning . Between seven and eight o ' clock a quarrel arose between two of them , named Charles Hulmes and John Jackson , both of whom were in a state of intoxication . They went into the yard to fight , and , after fighting one round , were separated by the landlord , Henry Lyon , who took
Jackson towards the house . While he was doing so , the other man crowed like a cock , as an exultation for the victory which he thought he had won . This exasperated Jackson , who easily escaped from the landlord , and returned to Hulmes . The fight then recommenced and continued for about half an hour , both men being much beaten , but Holmes having tbe worst of it . The battle lasted until both parties were tired , and they then shook hands , and drank several quarts of ale together . They afterwards both left the public-house , and on the following morning Hulmes died from the effects of the injuries which he had received in the fight . On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . W . S . Rutter , csunty coroner , held an inquest upon the body , at the
Ring-o -Bells public-house , Bury-street , Salford . The man John Jackson , was in custody , but was not present during the inquiry . After the jury had viewed the body , and the evidence had been taken , the coroner said that if the jury thought Hulmes had died from the injuries received in the fight , they must return a verdict of manslaughter against J . ickson . The jury immediately , and without having left , returned a verdict of Manslaughter against John Jackson , expressing their opinion that Hulmes had been much to blame They also requested Mr . Seal , chief constable , to endeavour to find out the persons who acted as backers , which he promised to do . Jackson was immediately committed upon a coroner ' s warrant for trial at the next assizes .
Collision on tue Great Northern Railway . — On Tuesday evening an accident occurred to tbe Great Northern 4 . 10 p . m ., express train , just as it was leaving the station in Wellington-street , Leeds . Before the train gets upon the main line it has to ascend a steep incline , and when about half way up this incline a luggage train belonging to the Leeds and Thirsk Company , who have a goods warehouse hero , came down the incline , and whilst at a considerable speed ran into the Great Northern train . A fearful collision took place , and several carriages were shattered to pieces . The engine , as usual , was at the tail end of the train , backing it out of
the station , and therefore , the carriages received the collision . The guard jumped out of his van , which was first , or probably he would have been killed . J . Wilkinson , Esq ., one of the Leeds magistrates , who was on his way io London , intending to lie presently the Lord Mayor ' s entertainment , was cut over tho eye , and could not proceed on his journey . One or two other persons received wounds , but none of the passengers had any limbs fractured . The blame rest ? , it is supposed , on the driver of the Leeds and Thirsk luggage train , who ought to have remained nt the top of the incline until the Great Northern train had shunted out of the station .
The Colliery Explosion in Staffordshire . — On Monday evening an inquest was held b y adjournment at the Swan Inn , Primrose-hill , Ketherton , on the body of Josiah Perry , aged thirteen years , one of the nine unfortunate persons who were killed by theexplosi « s . qfgasafc Mr . George Dudley ' s pits
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at the F iv (! Ways , Cradley , on tho 1 st instant . The in quiry was attended by Joseph Dickinson , Esq , in spector of coal mines , of Manchester ; and Mr . E . Dudlev , solicitor , was also present to watch the proceedings on behalf of the proprietor of the collicvv . The jury , after a lengthened investigation , return ed a verdict of " Accidental death , occasioned through thc culpable neglect of tho ' doggy . ' "
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The Political Exiles.— Letters Have Been...
The Political Exiles . — Letters have been received from Thomas Francis Meagher , and the other Irish political exiles , giving in bitter terms on account of the severity with which they have been treated by tho Van Diemen ' s Land authorities . Mea gher intimates that it was tho intention of Smith O'Brien and himself to give up their tickets of leave by way of expressing their disgust at the harshness exercised towards their friends ; hut adds that they had been prevented by tho entreaties of tho latter from adopting that course : — " Moreover ( be says ) we were strongly persuaded to come to this determination , from a conviction that all this
Uobart-to wn government—this government of gags and "angs , of handcuffs and sentry-boxes , of chains and clerks—that all this miserable plebeian , fifthrate gov ernment wanted was to have the entire band of Irish rebels unconditionally and completely in their power . Wherefore , we resolved upon not chrowing up our ' tickets . ' Good Heavens I how that word must strike upon your ears in Irelandsm acking , as it docs , of police districts , police stations , and other nineteenth century humanities and enlightened reformatory practical arrangements We resolved upon not throwing up our 'ticket- ? , ' and , consequently , wo remain—that is , O'Brien , Martin , Mitchel , and 1—remain as we were previous to the occurrence respecting which I have
considered it my duty to write this letter . Tho writer then gives the following account of his own escape from a share in the fate of M'Matius and tho others;— " The fact is , I went down to New Norfolk two or three days after M'Manus , O'Dogherty , and O'Donohoo had been there , and spent a most happy evening with O'Brien . A young Irishman , the eldest son , by tho bye , of a stout brave Monaghan man , who died here last Patrick ' s Day two years , and loft in tho hands of his widow one of the finest hotels in tho colony—this young Irishman accompanied me to New Norfolk . He was anxious to
see O'Brien , and I felt truly delighted in having an opportunity of gratifying hia wishes in this respect . It was my first interview with O'Brien since we parted from each other on board the Swift , the 3 rd of November , 1849 . You , who know ua both , will easily conceive tho delight with which we met and conversed with each other after so long a separation . Running rapidly and irregularly over a multitude of topics , we were in the midst of a most anxious and exciting conversation when the door of the room—in which we were seated at a supper of wine and fruit—opened suddenly , and in came the landlord of the hotel with an
announcement that tho police were at hand !—that information had been laid that Mr , O' Meagher was in New Norfolk , visiting Mr . O'Brien ' . —and that he , the landlord of the hotel , considered it his duty to warn Mr . O'Meagher of these circumstances , so that anything unpleasant might be , if possible , avoided . This piece of intelligence did not in the least disturb the genial condition in Which uiy mind at the moment chanced to be most luxuriously entranced . I thanked Mr . Elwing , the landlord , for his promptitude in communicating the news he considered it his duty to convey to me , and
desired him with the utmost suavity of manner not to he the least alarmed . I resumed my supper accordingly . Hardly had I done so when the waiter entered the room , and addressing himself to my friend Mr . Kean , informed him that " some people belo v in the hall wanted to see him . " Down went Kean , and immediately upon arriving below was arrested by the police as Thomas Francis O'Meagher , Ho was requested to accompany them to the police office ; he had no objection—would , however , prove to them they were confoundedly mistnkon , and would make them pay for it to boot . Well , of my friend
went—Teucro duce et auspice Touoristraight to tho police office of New Norfolk , which important British institution is situated about a mile and a quarter from the hotel in which the arrest took place . He had not gone ten minutes when a splendid young horse was led down to me by a Mr . ——— , a fine-hearted and wealthy Irishman , residing in New Norfolk , which horse I mounted , clapped spurs into , and dashed by tho police who had Mr , Kean in custody , at the Black Snake Inn , Bridgewater—ten miles from New Norfolk—I pulled up , and in two hours afterwards was joined by Kean , who upon arriving at tbe police office was at onco identified hy some of the most respectable inhabitants of the township , and with tho most ample , and profound , and abject apologies , was , of course , discharged , "
The Census . —Tho Evening Post , in its reflections on the Irish Census return , lays particular weight on the effect which emigration has had in bringing about the fearful decrease of population which is disclosed . The Lord Mayor—A lively agitation is getting up against the recent vote of the corporation to raise the salary of the Lord Mayor from £ 1 , 000 to £ 2 , 500 a year . The citizens hope that no further reforms will take place in their municipality , as each adds to their debts and rates . This last job is considered too gross to last .
The Defopi'lation of Ireland . —Drs . Hughes and Hill , the commissioners appointed by government to inquire into the fearful mortality in the unions of Clare since tho beginning of the present year , opened their investigation at Ennis on Friday last . —The first witness examined—Dr . Callinanattributed thc great majority of the deaths , at stated periods , in one of the workhouses , to " local pestilences , " produced by bad sewerage , Overcrowding , and inefficient food , The latter Causes for the disease and mortality which prevailed in all the workhouses in Clare appear perfectly cogent . A poisoned atmosphere , together with short and unwholesome food , are enough to kill any living thing . This witness further deposed that another cause of the " great mortality " alluded to arose from the strong indisposition of the people to go into tue woriinouses nut seeit admission
, xuey uo to these repulsive and fatal buildings until utterly broken down by destitution . " What , " asked Dr . Hughes , " is the cause of the disinclination of the people to come sower to tho workhouses ? " "I think , " replied the witness , "it is in general tho dread of dying in workhouses , or of their children dying . Persons who havo a love for life , or regard for their children , cannot , whilst influenced by those feelings , come into the house without horror . " The Master of the Ennis workhouse deposed that many persons had entered the building the past few months in a state of starvation—that some died the day they entered , and others only lasted a few days until death put an end to their sufferings . According to this witness , the funeral service is rarel y performed at the interment of tho dead . bodies of the wretched paupers of Clare county who die in the workhouses .
The Anniversary op the Boyne . —The 1 st of July passed off quietly in the North . The Orangemen in many places celebrated the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne over the social board . Diplomatic Revklations . —A Cavan paper ( the Anglo Celt ) has the following statement in reference to the " State prosecution" caso of " Burke v . the Earl of Clarendon : "— " It appears that Lord Shrewsbury , to whom that document wasaddressed , had it translated into Italian and transmitted to the Pope , who forwarded it to the Propaganda , to which body tho management of the Irish Catholic Church belongs . They sent a copy of that Italian translation to some person in their confidence here
to report upon it , it was next rotrftHSiated into English , and a copy of such re-translation was forwarded to the Dublin organ of the party , through whom it became public . None of theso documents can be made evidence of the contents of the original letter , and Lord Shrewsbury , who is presumed t 0 have the custody of the latter document , is residing permenontly at Palermo , where he is to remain for tho next two years . The lawyers hold that there is no authority by which his Lordship can be compelled to produce . any documents or to submit whilst out of Ireland , to be examined upon any matter pending in our courts , and e \ evy uoncat feeling forbids the idea of his Lordshi p ' s volunteering as a witness to make legal evidence of a
confidential communication directed to himself Mr Burke ' s action against tho Tablet newspaper or rather against Mr . Lucas , its editor , stands in a different position . If the plaintiff be serious in tho proceeding against him , all be will have to prove is the publication of the letter in tho Tablet , and it will be left to the jury to say whether the document is a libel or not , and , if it be , what amount of damages Burke has suffered . If the Tablet has lent itself to tho disgraceful proceeding of publishing for party purposes a private confidential communication between two noblemen , which came to its knowledge in such a manner , most richly will it deserve the vexation of a lawsuit and any damages that may be laid against it . "
Rotai, Palaces And I-Arks. —Recently A P...
Rotai , Palaces and I-arks . —Recently a parliamentary document , procured h y Mr . W . Williams M . P ., was issued , containing an account of the public money expended on the royal palaces , parks , . tc ., from 18-L 3 to 1851 , with a statement as to the salaries and emolum ents of the rangors of the different parks . Prince Albert is ranger of Windsor Great lark , and has no salary ; but the late Sir W . j ?' i „ n BI ' f 'l epUty ran M » hau a 8 al « -y Of £ 4 U 0 it year , and a lodge . Tho salaries and emoluments of the rangers of the other parks vary from £ 74 3 * 4 d to £ 109 10 s . Tho rangarsL 5 Buahcjr Park , held by the late Queen Dowager , has not yet been failed up . Lady Blomfield , as ranger of Hampton Court , has a salary of £ 74 3 s . id . a year
Rotai, Palaces And I-Arks. —Recently A P...
SURREY SESSIONS . These sessions commenced on Monday , at the Court-house , Newiugton-causeway , before Thomas Puckle , Esq ., and a bench of magistrates . The calendar contained the namea of only thirty-nine prisoners , three of whom only can reader write . Picking Pockkts . —Elizabeth Brown , 22 , was indicted for stealing in Vauxhall-gardens the silver top of a smelling bottle , the property of Thomas Lawsmi , from the person of * Harriet Lawson , She was also indicted for stealing a purse , containing 16 s . 0 d ., from Jane Lawsira , in the same place . — Michael Ilaydcn , an officer of the City police , said that nn the evening of the 15 th of June he was in Vauxhall-gardens watching the company . As the balloon was about t <> ascend , he perceived the
prisoner follow sever . il ladies , and try their pockets , She then proceeded towards a fountain , and deposited something behind a shrub , after which she walked away . Witness went to the fountain and found a purse , which induced him to communicate with the inspector on duty , Mr . Cowling , respecting the prisoner ' s conduct . They accordingly followed her at a short distance watching her actions , when they saw her put her hands under Mrs . Lawson ' s visiteand take something from her pocket . She was immediately seized , and the silver top of the smelling bottle was found in her hand . She was then conveyed with all possible haste to the police-Station and searched , when u purse containing £ 7 1 Q < and twenty franc pieces , was found on her ; also a 200 franc note , and another purse , containing 10 s . 6 d , which Miss Lawson identified , and in her
glove » 'as 10 s ., all of which she had adroitly stolen that evening . Owners were found for the Frtnch money , but being foreigners , and compelled to leave England , it was given up to them on their proving its identity . —Mrs . Lawson stated that she was looking at the balloon with her husband and sister when the last witness came up to her and asked her whether she had lest anything ? She put her hand in her p cket and fwund her smelling bottle , but missed the top . That now produced was the one shelo . it . — Miss Lawson identified the purse as her property . As soon as her sister-in-law found she had been robbed - < he put her hands in her pocket and missed it and the contents . —In defence the prisoner said she found the things all tied up in a corner of the gardens . —The Jury , without the least hesitation , found her Guilty , and the Court sentenced her to nine months' bard labour at Brixton .
Pocket Picking . —John Kennedy , 14 , was indicted for stealing a pocket handkerchief Irora Mr . Johnson , of the Royal Standard Theatre . —Prosecutor was passing along the Borough on Saturday morning , when he caught the prisoner running away from hitn with his handkerchief in his possession . He had previously felt a tug at his pocket . —Verdict , Guilty . Sentence , three months and Wh pped . Assaul ting , thk Police . —Daniel Murphy , 21 , Thomas White , 30 , Cornelius M'Donald , 20 , and Mary Murphy , mother to the first prisoner , were indicted for assaulting Abnor Bulgin , an officer of the M dirision , and other constables . —Mr . Clark prosecuted , at the instance of the Treasury ; and Mr . Lilley , with Mr . Charnock , defended the
prisoners . —It appeared that about nine o ' clock on the evening of the 10 th of June , Bulgin was on duty in the Grange-road , and at the corner of a street he saw the prisoner Murphy having some words with an oyster dealer . The latter accused him of eating his oysters and refusing to pay for them . Bulgin seeing a crowd about to collect , told Murphy either to pay the man or leave the place ; but he had no sooner said the words than Murphy knocked him down , and the other mala prisoner attacked him and forced him into a beer-shop , whore they fastened him in a room , and ill-used hiai in an unmerciful manner . A gentleman named Freeman was passing at the time , and perceiving that some injury would be done to the constable , he instantly went and procured assistance , when the constable was released from his assailants , and conveyed in an insensible state to a surgeon ' s . The male prisoners were secured , and on their way to the station
house they attacked two other constables , and the female attempted to rescue her son from their custody . Sue was accordingly apprehended . Bulgin had been under the doctor ' s hands since from the affects of the violence , and would be some weeks before able to return to his duty . —Several witnesses of respectability were called to prove the case against the prisoners , and the learned counsel cross-examined them at some length without shaking their testimony . —For the defence a number of persons were called , chief !) belonging to the tanyards , who attempted to prove that the police were the aggressors . —The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . —The Chairman said that the police must be protected in their duty fron the violence of such people ; and as an example to others hu should sentence the male prisoners to six months' hard labour , and the female to two months at Guildford .
Shoplifting . —Mary Davis , 24 , and Emma Pervis , 19 , were indicted for stealing four pieces of ribbon Irom the shop of Mr . Thomas Roece , linendraper , Blackfriars-road . —The jury found them Guilty , and it being stated that Davis had before been convicted of a similar offence , the Court sentenced her to nine months at Guildford , and her companion to four months at Brixton . Ellen Bassett , 30 , and Jane Hughes , 30 , wore indicted for stealing a piece of alpacca Irom the same shop , —The Jury found them Guilty ; and the Chairman sentenced both of them to three months at Brixton ; and complimented the lad Shuto for his exemplary conduct in looking out for his master ' s property ,
The Whigs And The Advances Of Democracy....
The Whigs and the Advances of Democracy . — The " poor creatures" of the press , who sneak down the area steps and shiver at the pantry door of a " Liberal administration , " are now making » great parade of some bits of information , which they say they have picked out of the broken victuals distributed among them in the shape of official gossip . They imagine that they have got hold of some hints at least of possible provisions in Lord John Russell ' s hypothetical Reform Bill , and never did " decent poverty " fall into more grovelling raptures of thankfulness than these people at the discovery of the " interesting facts , " which they are now retailing to the public , What do these disclosures amount to , after all , that Whig bubserviency
is to bo thrown into such convulsions of gratitude , or that the great under current of public opinion is 10 bo affected by them , even for a moment \ Is it anything that will stay the floods of democracy , or seal up the fountains of that deluge , the possibility of which these Whigs are the very men to scoff at with the loudest mockery ? Is it that the ministers have the least conception of the progress of opinion in this country , especially among those classes whoso physical and moral force combined would make their determination as irresistible as a law of nature , and that they have arrived at such a degree of common sense as to hare resolved on going voluntarily all the length of reforms that are in themselves inevitable ? Nothing of the kind . But some quidnunc has heard it whispered by some butler or lady ' s-maid in the service of some cabinet minister , that literary and scientific people , as such , are to be admitted to the elective franchise
even if they live m garrets or cellars , upon the sole qualification of belonging to any dilettante society . And this , forsooth , is hawked about as an important disclosure of an inestimable boon , intended for the educated classes , by a Whig administration . As if anybody now cared a straw to know what the Whigs were doing , or intended to do , or imagined that their projects or their delusions , their arrogance or their infatuation , would henceforth have any greater effect upon the progress of real reform than they will have hereafter , in saving themselves from annihilation as a party , The ministerial Scribes may spare themselves the trouble of making any revelations of what is going on in the Cabinet , - for there is reall y not a boudoir nor a countinghouse in the United Kingdom , tho tittle-tattle of which would interest us less than that of the present administration ; especially when they begin to talk nonsense about the great question of Parliamentary Reform . —Weekly News atid Chronicle .
Law Reform . —Her Majesty ' s Commissioners for Inquiring into " the Process , Practice , and System of Pleading in Superior Courts of Common Law , " have made their first report , which is printed , and whinh villi htt yveaent ^ tt to V > oth Houses of Parliament early in the ensuing week . It is signed by Chief Justice Jervis , Baron Martin , Sir A . C . Cockburn ( who were appointed before their elevation to their present offices ) , and b y Messrs . W . H . Walton G . W . Bramwell , and S . J . Willes . Sir James Graham and Mr . Henley ( Oxfordshire ) have been
anpointed to the Commission of Inquiry into the Constitutioni and Practice of the Courts of Equity . These additions have been made at the suggestion of the House of Commons , that two laymen should be added , to the commission , which on its first an . nomtment included Sir John Romilly , Sir W . Page Wood , and other members of the Chancery bar , and Mr . Crompton of the common law . Several amend-^ ff ' ! , f 5 ; ' llready resulted from the inquiries instituted , and a yery comprehensive report may soon we understand be expected . ^ '
I 5 ™ AM I UR , ' Il * TERMENTS . -From inquiries lately instituted by Mr . George , churchwarden of St . Ann s , Westminster , on the subject , it appears that the number of interments in the vaults of the parish church during the last 1 G 0 years have been 1 , 920 , ot which there remain now onlv 490 coffins , and it 18 supposed that the remaining 1 , 430 have been abstracted for the value of the lead of which the comns were composed . In the open burial ground , 1 ll ° " artersof an acrc in extent » there havo been lo , ( 88 interments during tho last twenty years , and 110 , 240 during the last 1 G 0 years . Tho government calculation of interments to the aero is 110 , but it appears that there have been in this ground upwards of 1 , 000 to the acre . When will the Board of Health carry out the new law against burying the dead amongst the living . ]
The Whigs And The Advances Of Democracy....
ALLEGED MURDER BY THE POLlOK iv SHOE-LANE . LN On Monday , Mr . W . Payne , tho coroner held inquestof several hours ' duration fit tho Rod j-Tavern , Sboe-lane , City , on the body 0 f i ' 1 ? 11 Hogan , aged twenty , of No . 23 , Plumtrcc-eonT Holborn-bridge , who , it was alleged , had been ) ,,,,,. ' dered by a supernumerary officer of tbe Citv poll without giving the least provocation . T | 10 " iun , ^ ' excited gioat interest in tho nei ghbourhood ™ 11 the roadway in front of the house , where the \ quest was held , was crowded with the inhab ' itm t " of the various courts near ; many of whom ho 041 at and pelted the police both before and after th conclusion of the inquiry . The jury havinn- | JCnn sworn , they made an inspection of tho bodv ' of thl deceased , and , on their return , tho folWfair evi - dence was laid before them : — s n
G . Wiiliams , of No . 28 , Plumtree-com-t Sa ; j that he knew the deceased , whom ho saw aboil half-past one o ' clock on Sunday morning in tk same court , perfectly sober , and sitting' on th ground , under Mrs . Long ' s shutters , ^ itrl , asked him "If he was going up stairs to bed " when he replied , "No , for he was going out . " A then went and changed his coat , and ho aaw uothin more of him until half-past four o ' clock the sam » morning , when he was awoke and found decea sed dressed , and lying on the bed , and making II sti"m ^ noise with his mouth . He called his moth er-in-lawwho came and pronounced deceased to bo ( W dyinir . Witness then put on his trousers , and went for the doctor , and he came some time afterward ? and pronounced life quite extinct . '
John Long , of No . 6 , Plumtree-court , said tinfoil Saturday night , a little before twelve o ' clock the witness , deceased , a man , and a female were sitting at the end of tho court , near Hol born-bridge when some words ensued between the police and deceased , as to the reason of his sitting there . Vs then heard deceased say , " What am I doing mora than the others are ? " Witness then left , but deceased remained behind . Soon afterwards ho saw deceased running up the court , and a policeman chasing him . The policeman then came up , turned his lantern on , and said that he would havo him before the night was over . The deceased went up stairs , and having taken his blouse off put a coat on , and some time afterwards he saw him eating some bread and meat , when the policeman No . 8 < io came up and laid hold of his collar , and he then saw the officer strike deceased with the st : iff which he hold in his right hand , whilst ho held him by the baclt of tho neck with his left hand . —The Coroner :
Where was the deceased at that time ? Witnvsa i In his own passage . He also struck him over the body whilst in the court . The deceased got away from the constable in tho court , but ho followed him , and whilst in the passage struck him gijvural times . —A Juror : Did the deceased make any resistance or attempt to strike the policeman ? Witness : None in tho least . —The Coroner ? Did deceased say anything ? Witness : He did . R 0 cried out , " For God ' s sake , don't kill me- i will go up stairs and won ' t come down again to-night '"
He ( witness ) , however , continued to hear blows inflicted by tbe policeman ' s staff . He then told tlio policeman that he ought to be ashamed of himseli to illuse a man so badly . —The Coroner : What then occurred ? Witness : Another policeman came up from Shoe-lane , who turned his bull ' s-CYO On , mid he could see the deceased still on the floor , and the policeman gave hiin another blow on tbe head . Ho then told them that they out to be reported for their conduct , when one of the policemen told him if he did not go away he would serve him in tho
same manner . Mary Lyons , of No . 8 , in tho same court , gave corroborative evidence , and added that the deceased , Mrs . Long , herself , and three or four others , were standing talking together when the policeman took deceased by the collar at the back of tho neck , and having pushed him down , said , " You — , l ^ nj do for you , " at the same time she saw deceased struck by the policeman ' s staff . —A Juror : Do you consider deceased was sober ? Witness ; I do ; " and he was sober when the policeman followed him . Elizabeth Long , of No . 6 , in the same court , also swore to the violence inflicted on the deceased by tbe policeman . She heard the policeman say , " I will do for you . " He then struck him , apparently on the right ear , and pushed him into the passage , She was certain deceased did not offer to defend himself .
John Warn , of No . 23 , in tho same court , proved that his sister made a disturbance , and that ho took her home , but she becoming more noisy , two policemen took her away . Policeman 815 remained in tho court , and afterwards ran after the deceased . He remained in the passage about eight minutes , but he did not see-what transpired . Mr . William Tapping , surgeon , of 205 , Fleetstreet , said that on Sunday morning last he was sent for to see the deceased , and on his arrival found him lying on the bed quite dead , and had been so
about half an hour . He found several bruises on the back of his neck , likewise on his arm and right wrist , Blood was also issuing from his mouth . He could not detect externally any fracture of the skull . —The Coroner : Aroyou in a position to state what was the cause of deceased ' s death ? Witness said , in the absence of a post mortem examination , he should bo inclined to say apoplexy . —The Coroner : Produced from what ? Witness : It might ho caused from natural causes or accelerated from violence .
William Lockvbr , No . 261 of the City police , said that on Sunday morning he saw deceased and several more persons standing at the end of the court , when he said , " . Now , my lads , you have been standing here long enough ; it is time for you to disperse . " He then saw deceased and two more men go to No . 28 , and he saw no more of him till four o ' clock , when he met two persons who had been with deceased , who asked him where they could get a doctor ; he then went and found him dead . —The Coroner : Are you the officer who stood at the door and turned tho lamp on ? The officer replied in the negative . The witness Long spoke positively to his being the man . Mrs . Long , on being recalled , also said that Look ' yer was the man who turned on tho light whilst tho other officer was ill-using deceased ,
Benjamin Colb , No . Sio , was then sent for , and as he approached the house where the inquest was being held , was greeted with the groans and yolk of the crowd in the street . He denied that ho had ever drawn his staff , or had treated deceased wita any violence whatever . The Coroner then adjourned the inquest , but bound Cole over in the sum of £ 50 to appear at tho adjournment , and added that any witnesses he could procure , he should be happy to henr . As the policeman was leaving the mob followed ,
pelting and hooting at him , and when they got into Farringdon Market it was found necessary to tako some of the ringleaders into custody , or it is possible that the man would have been severely injured . On Tuesday the adjourned inquest was concluded , Mr . Topping , surgeon , had completed a postmortem examination which had led him to conclude that external violence was the cause of death , but whether this occurred through a fall or blow he could not tell . —The Coroner having summed UP ) the jury , after consulting for an hour and a half , returned a verdict— " That the deceased died from
the effects of violence at the hands of the police , but who the officer was they had not sufficient evidence to prove . ' *—The Coroner : " Then you mean to say manslaughter against some policeman unknown . "—The Foreman answered in tho affirmative , when the Coroner said it was most extraordinary that in a place like the city of London they were unable to tell who the policeman was . Having called Sergeant Patersou forth , ho impressed on that officer ' s mind the necessity for tho polico authorities doing all they could to find out who thc policeman was who caused deceased ' s death . The Officer said that the recommendation of the coroner should bo attended to .
The Jury then handed the following memorial to the coroner , with a request that it might be forwarded to the proper authorities : — " And this jury are of opinion that the neighbourhood in which tho deceased died is in a most disgraceful state . In tho house in which the deceased lies , the drainage , or some other cause , made an effluvium so eroat that the jury were compelled to leave tlio place M quickly as possible ; and should an epidemic » g ;" visit tho City , from the dreadful state of tlieso courts they think they would be a nursery for Pestilence and disease . They also suggest the propriety of an additional light in those courts , more especially at the Holborn end . "
Patriarchal Family.—There Are At Present...
Patriarchal Family . —There are at present residing in Stewartown , of Petty , ( a section of t io village of Campbelltown , on the property ol the Earl of Moray , ) a family group of rare occurrence in modern times . It consists of the representatives of four successive generations—the great fr a | J" " mother , her daughter , her granddaughter , and W great granddaughter , all living in the same house , or rather in the same apartment . While tho old woman , who is eighty-six years of age , and w daughter are industriously employed in spinning hemp for fishing-lines , the granddaug hter atten ds to the household affairs and takes care of her o « ' > child , who is five years old . We question if t' ^ late census included many such returns . — ^ ° ! JI British Mail .
The gendarmerie of Corsica , a few days a » o , a " rested a notorious brigand , named Cassalta . - » indictment had been presented against thia m » '" August last , by tbe Court of Bastia , for the iniiruo of his nephew , and since then he has disquieted tpopulations , by making them g ive money unt " - threats . It was only after waiting in hiding five days and ni ghts that the gendarmes succecu in arresting him . He was secured before ho cuu make use of his arms . A portfolio was found w < possession , containing letters to different persoi-- > in which he demanded money with threats .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12071851/page/6/
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