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The Hb-xth of Loxdos . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in themetropoUtan districts were 794—a number which shows that the diminished rate of mortality continues , and which , taking the corresponding weeks of ten previous years , is les 3 than in the week of any year since 1842 . The average of the ten weeks is 877 , or , augmented in the ratio of increased population , 957 , compared with which the decrease of last week amounts to 163 . The whole number of
deaths recorded as caused hy the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases is 159 , whereas in the same week of last year they rose to 393 , and the corrected average of ten corresponding weeks is 227 . To tako : particular epidemics-. —small-pox carried off six persons , the half of whom were children . ; measles was fatal in 17 cases ; scarlatina in 20 ; hooping-cough in 23 , all of these exhibiting a mortality of less than the usual amount . Typhus ot which 35 persons died , shows the ordinary amonnt of mortality ; hut it is much less fatal than in tne same weeks of 1817-9 . On the other hand , diarrhoea continues to increase , as is usual at this period of the year , but its progress is not remarKable : in the last four weeks the deaths from it , for been 17
the most part among chiUren , bave , IS , 33 . and ( last week )* .. The average is 27 . A case of English cholera is thus recorded _:-On the 4 th of _Jaly , at 3 , Pembroke-place , Upper Marsh , Lambeth , a boy of seven years , the son of an engineer died of " English cholera ( Hhours , ) dropsy ( 9 _days , ) effusion into the p leura ( 12 hours . ") Exclusive of _eonsmnptioD , tbe death , from diseases of the respiratory organs —ore only 70 , which is less than in any corresponding week of 1840—9 , having ranged from 76 to 96 . From consumption there were 121 , whereas they fluctuated in the ten corresponding weeks from 116 to 152 . On the 3 d of July , a greengrocer ' s assistant , aged 18 years , died in St George ' s Hospital , to which be had
heen brought from Kensington , of " cboera ( 9 days , ) softening of spinal chord , " post mortem In the sab-district of Saffron-hill , a skin-dresser , aged 43 , died from "diffuse inflammation of cellular membrane of chest and neck from the _absorption of some animal poison ( 3 days ) . ' ' A man and woman died from intemperance . —The mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 785 inches . The temperature varied little during the week , and the mean was 59 . 6 deg ., slightly below the average of the same week in seven years . The wind blew during the first four days from the south-west , and afterwards generally from the west . _Melaxoho-T Occobhesce : at Basksidk . — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Sir . W . Carter , at the private residence of Mr . Winter , 8 , Bankside : as to the death of Mr . Richard Winter , aged
21 , son of Mr . Winter , ofthe firm of Winter and Kicbird-on , of Banbside , wine merchants . —Mr . J . w . Walton , 26 , Albion-grove , Islington , wine merchant , stated that on Friday he accompanied tbe deceased and other friends in a sailing boat to "Woolwich , where they remained ahoat twenty minutes . ' They arrived back at Southwark-bridge by about five o ' clock . Deceased was at the head of the boat , the sails preventing his companions from seeing hia ., and he was in a moment missed . Drags were procured , and the body was recovered in abont thirty minutes , bat life was quite extinct . He could - only suppose that the deceased had slipped from , the head of the boat , the noise ofa steamer probably preventing his fall into the water being heard . —Sir . Whittingden , another friend of deceased , . concurred in this ' opinion . —Verdict" Accidentally drowned . "
The _Bebuoi-Osev Murde-. —The whole of the aS-ir connected with the Bermondsey murder has been settled by the Treasury . It may be recollected that shortly after the execution of the Mannings , all the property fonnd on the convicts and in _Scotland , and the railway shares , were delivered over to the Crown , tobe disposed of . That portion belonging to the murdered man was _< paid to his relatives , and the remainder , which was clearly established to be the property of Manning and his wife , was retained until some settlement conld be made respecting the expenses of their defence . Mr . Bums , the solicitor for M : inning , and Mr . Solomons , tbe solicitor for his wife , received instructions some time ago to send in their respective accounts , and
last week letters were sent to them , requesting their attendance at the Treasury . On Saturday last those gentlemen had an interview with Mr . Maule , and received pyment of their accounts , hot much reduced in amount . The French Rentes have been disposed of , and tbe other property has been handed over to Manning ' s relatives . Post-office Scsdat _Laboch _, —A public meeting * a *_ s announced to be held oo Monday night at the London Tavern , for the purpose of considering tbe motion to he made by Mr . Locke , M . P ., in the House of Commons oa Tuesday , for at once rescinding the vote which brought abont the present postal derangement Mr . Douglas Gerrold was announced to take the chair , but was from some
reason or other unable to attend , and Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry , presided over tbe meeting , which was so numerous that an _adjournment took place to tbe large room upstairs , wbich was immediately crowded to excess . The Sunday restrictionist party mustered in full voice , if not in full force , and the meeting passed off in uproar . The first resolution , ' That the closing ofthe Postoffice on Sanday , for the delivery of letters and newspapers , is arbitrary and unjust , - and that this meeting considers such a proceeding opposed to the wishes and feelings of a large mass of the people , and pledges itself to make every lawful _exor-__ __ . __ i _ ¦ _ i . - _;_ __ . iduu uic ii uei lur
_u-gcL _ c-e _ , __ uiusiug lue _ _TOSl ofQce on Snnday immediately rescinded , " was proposed by Mr . Hodgktn , and seconded by Mr . Ett . To this the following amendment was moved by Mr . Lee , and seconded by Mr . Oakey : — " That tbis meeting is of opinion that the new postal arrangements , being the result of a constitutionally expressed wish ofa large and inSaenti-I portion of the community , ought not to be rescinded until they Have had a Fair trial . " Mr . R . R . Moore then spoke against the amendment ; and several other gentlemen having also addressed the meeting , amid continued interruptions from one part of the assembly or another , the original , motion was carried by a large majority . The meeting then separated .
_DE-UDFOIi . ACCIDEKT AT _ - ____ - _ E _ -I __ H . — On Saturday last an accident , by which four men have been much injured , occurred on the Great _Westernisad , near JB-Unmersmitb , at a row of houses which are in course of erection there . A cornice , consisting of massive pieces of York stone and other materials , projecting two feet in front , fell with a tremendous crash on the scaffold beneath it , on which were several men at work , ' and instantly carried it down to the ground , a height cf nearly fifty feet In a short time four bricklayers were extricated and carried to a neighbouring surgeon ' s , where instant medical aid was rendered them , bat their infuries were found to be of such an extensive , and
dreadful nature that all except one ( who lived near the spet _, and was earned home ) were soon-afterwards conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital ? _Ofl-S-ia " - day it was found necessary to amputate tbdarm of one of tbe sufferer-, so extensively was it injured . Quick _Passaoe . —The Little Western steamer left London-bridge Wharf on Saturday last at a quarter ' past ten , and arrived at Ram-gate afc a quarter to four . The Prince of Wales , on Sunday , left tbe bridge at eight , and after calling at Blackwall , Woolwich , and Grave _. end , reached Margate before a quarter past one . This is a specimen of the passage now made on the Margate andRamsgate station .
_Bobbebv at Cubist Cbuech , BlACKFBIABS . - - Since Sunday last it has been discovered tbat Christ Ghureh , In thc Blackfriars-road , had been entered by thieves , under somewhat extraordinary circumstances . On the south-east side of the church there is asmall window , only thirteen inches hy eleven , across which was an iron bar . To reach this window a ladder was placed against the -wall , and the glass having been broken , some person must have squeezed himself through . Fortunately the communion plate was notin the church , and tbe only _artiflestolen was the velvet covering of the enmmnaion table . .
Steam-boat _Acctdekt at Lambeth . —On Wednesday Mr . William Payne held an inquest , which lasted nearly , six hours , at the Steel-yard Tavern , Upper Thames-street , on the body of Mr . Rawtrey , jun ., son of the member of the Court of Common Council for Bread-street ward . The circumstances attending the accident having been detailed by witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death " Barisg Bueoury is the Citt . —It was discovered on Wednesday morning that the premises of Messrs . Moggerid ge ,. Sprague , and Co ., the extensive paper merchants , of Queen-street , Cheap-. lde _, had daring the night beon burglariously entered , and-the several d esks forced open ; but , fortunately , although there was a vast amonnt of property lathepiaoe , very little was carried off .
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Peace Cosqkess at Fba ! - __ _-TO--05-th _ -Maihb — This meetiug . _is now definitively settled ; The German Senate has given in writing their fall autborisatioawr holding the congress , and in the most eonrfeons manner complied with the application made for their permission . An active , committee is also _fSfrned for making the arrangements , both for the meetings of , the congress and the hotel accommodation ? of the delegates and visitors . Some ofthe most eminent men in Frankfort , including a member of the Senate , are on the committee , and have engaged to do their utmost to secure efficiency to the congress . ' Trom various parts of Germany and the _continent adhesions to . the congress have been sent in _l and the interest felt in the undertaking _MW _^ _r _"preading . The sittings will commenea on the J 2 ai ot-August , and arranffemenfaLare making to convey the English delegates ana mitors from _Londomw the 19 th of that month
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_Sc-cn _,. at Bristol . - _Aisuicide «»»** Bristol on Saturday last . A _^ _IfJ ? £ _jS- _ - _SuSSSSniW ther withthis being obliged to m - _keaTge expenditure for the ship , preyed on the spirits of her commander , Heioriche Lange , a native of Pilau , and threw him into a melancholy Bf _ i _» For four or five days he refused to take any
nourishment , and on Saturday last , having fastened himself into his state-room , he first cut his throat , and then inserted the muzzle of his rifle in the wound , and forcing the trigger with his toe , discharged the piece . The noise attracted the attention of some of his crew , who hastened to the spot and found him on thc ground in a dying state , and with his person covered with blood . Information of the distressing occurrence was promptly . _communicated to the Prussian consul , M . Vesgir , aud the police authorities , and an inquest wa . held on . tue body . Thejury . after examining several witnesses , returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a s ' ate of temporary insanity . . . .
Gas Explosion .-Between two and three o clock on Monday morning , two men , named John and Joseph Maurice , toll-keepers atthe Woodford Gate , Essex . JohnSerror . supposed to l » an assistant , John Pollen , a gas-fitter , aud Mary Ann Maurice , the toll-keeper ' s wife , together with her infant child , were brought to the London Hospital in a most woful condition . From the little that can be learned , it appeared that on the previous night , or rather towards the morning , one ofthe Maurices observed that there was a large escape of gas in the vicinity ofthe toll-house . He at once sent into the village for Pollen , who , unfortunately , rushed suddenly with a light to ascertain from what direction tbe escape instantaneousand
was taking place . Ignition was , an explosion , which was heard for several miles around , ensued . Those in the vicinity hastened to tbe spot , when it was found that the . house was blown tip , the roof being completely shattered , and the five persons above named were lying in a most disastrous state in various directions . The poor woman appears to have suffered most , one of her legs being so shattered that it was at first proposed to resort to amputation , but her enfeebled condition prohibited the attempt . All the men appear to have been so severely injured that no detailed account of the affair can begot from them , and it is apprehended that the child is the only one of the party likely to survive . ¦ _ .
Fatal Accident on the Thest Valley Railway . —On _Satordaylast an engine driver employed on the Lichfield portion of the London , and North Western Railway , lost his life by coming in contact with one of the arches which crosses the line . He was driving a luggage train near Tamworth , and being apprehensive that something was out of order in the train , he leant over the side of the engine -and looked toward * the trucks . Unfortunately , while so engaged , the upper part of his body came in contact with the lower portion of one of the bridgeB , which threw him off the engine on to , t _ e same line of rails the train was travelling , and it was supposed the whole of them passed over him . Both his legs at the knee were nearly severed from the _^ body , his right hand was cut off , and his shoulder dislocated . With all haste he was removed home , and after nearly four hours dreadful agony he died . No blame appears to be attributable to aov of the company ' s officers .
NeglectingthbUseoi . . the Safety Lamp — The explosion of fire damp in Messrs . Charleswonh ' s pit , at Crigglestone , near Wakefield , a few weeks ago , has resulted in tbe death of John Jagger , one of the harriers , aged eighteen years . Deceased was harrying coal for his brother on the . day when , the explosion took place , and the brother , when in the workings , had a lighted candle in his hand , which ignited the gas at a distance , he states , of abont two yards from the face of the workings . . The deceased was much burnt upon his body , and died on the 6 th inst . The ventilation , of the pit is represented to be good ; and the brother of the deceased said MeBsrs . Charlesworth provided safety lamps for the use of tbe miners . Mr . Lee , the coroner , held an inquest on the body , when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally burnt . "
' _Captube of the Convict Griffiths . —Intelligence was received at Woolwich on Saturday last that the convict John Griffiths , who had escaped a few days previously from the Dockyard , had been apprehended , and was in custody at Chatham . It appears the high constable there had r eceived information of a burglary being committed at Brampton on the night of Friday , or early on Saturday morning , and observing two well-known characters in the abstracting line in company with a stranger , he had all three taken into custody and searched , and by that means ascertained that Griffiths was an escaped convict from the marks on his stockings . Griffiths remains in custody , and will be tried for ' robbery and assault , the waistcoat of one of tbe mowers , with whom he bad a conflict on the farm of _Claypits , in the parish of Lee , being found npon bim when apprehended .
Fatal Accident . —An accident of tbe most horrible nature befel a young lad at work in a hay field near the town of Romsey , Hants , on the 5 th inst . The young man , whose name was Fish , was in the act of descending a ladder from the top of a hayrick with a large fork in his band , , and whether he let the fork drop and lost his equilibrum it is not known , bnt he was observed to be struggling on the grourd , and was heard to exclaim , " 1 am staked , I am a dead man . " After about thirty houre of the most excruciating agony death put an end to bis pain . A post mortem examination took place , when it was found the handle of the fork bad passed up into the cavity of the abdomen , until it reached the diaphragm , when it was stopped by the strong material . The blunt handle of the hayfork had earned away with it a part of the lad ' s trousers , which gave way at the moment of its entrance into his body .
Highway Robbery . —Four women , named Butterworth , Ogden , Keenan { alias M'Call ) , and Thompson , all of whom have been previously convicted of felony , and a man named Hampson , who bas already undergone a sentence of transportation , -rere , on Saturday last , and again on Tuesday , placed in the dock at the Borough Court , Manchester , on a charge of highway robbery .: The prosecutor was a man named Samuel Garner , a gardener , living at Sale Moor , who stated that on Saturday morning last , soon . after midnight , he arrived in Manchester with a cart , and put up at the Swan Inn , in Shudehill ; and at half-past two in the morning he went to the stables to see that the cart was all right . While there , 'he saw seven people
coming up the street , four females and three men ; the females : were those now . in . tlie box . ; one of the men was tbe male prisoner . The woman Keenan came up to him as he was standing near , the stable , and asked him if he would have something to drink . He refused ; and almost immediately afterwards tne male prisoner came up . and seized him by the throat , and threw him down on his back , and while the other two men held his legs , and three of the women stood by watching , the woman Keenan rifled his pockets of lis . 7 d . He tried to shout out _during this time , but tbe male pr isoner pressed his thumb into the prosecutor ' s neck , and thus prevented him from making himself heard . In this prostrate position h _ was held for a minute and a half or two
minutes ; Keenan then ran away ,, the other women followed her , and the male prisoner and his companions , having held the prosecutor till the women had got to a distance of forty or fifty yards , followed their example . Prosecutor , as soon as he could recover himself , ran after the retreating party , and came up first with the male prisoner ; who threatened to deter him from further pursuit , and finding him determined upon it , again wrestled , with and maltreated him ; the male prisoner then took a fresh start , and prosecutor kept up the chase , and when in Miller-street , saw one Of the Wpmen and secured her , and , at this ' moment , policeman Wintersgill came on the scene of action , pined in the pursuit , and made another of the women
_prisoners . ; and the remainder ( with the exception of two of the men ) were subsequently , apprehended by Inspector M'Mullan and other officers . Subinspector Lovatt , on searching the place on Saturday morning , at about a quarter-past three , found a purse not above a yard distant from the spot where the last wrestling between Hampson and prosecutor bad taken plgce . It had no money ia it , and prosecutor satisfactorily identified it as his own . Other evidence was « iven , and the prisoners were all committed for trial at the assizes _. Immersion . —On Snnday Mr . and Mrs . Williams of Cornbourne , Goudhurst , had comefrom thence to Yalding , to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr . Pryer , farmer , ofthis place , who is a
latter-day saint , or Plymouth brother . The company were preparing to start for the river in Northwood . where the business was to be transacted ,, and a Mr . Slade , of Goudhur-t , was the person , who was to be immersed , but the ceremony was prevented by a most serious accident . ' Mr . and Mrs . Williams had concluded to ride down to the river , and bad just got in a cart for that purpose when the horse ran back into a very deep pond in Mr . Pryer ' s yara \ and horse , cart , and Mr . and Mrs . Williams were quickly out of sight and under the water . The persons present , with grpat presence of mind , threw into the pond a sheep ate
g , and Mrs . Williams came up first , and . caught hold of it . and then grasped her husband by oae arai , the party dragging the sheep gate towards the yard , and Mrs . Williams and her husband , and thus both were saved frm their perilous situation . The horse wa . drowned , and the cart broken to pieces . This is said _^ to be a very dangerous pond . . . Mr . Pryer ' s son met his death there about two _ye ___ a since . ? v . ¦ , A Balloon _Ceossiso ihb Ch __ sn _ l—IJeutenanfc Gale , in bis Creraprne balloon , _ascendedfrom Shoreham on Monday evening . his ' cour 6 a ,-. ingsputh easterly . The wind was blowing moderately along the land , but . shortly afterwards it flew round to the
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• northward , when the balloon took , hsr course . across the channel . The intrepid areonant just discerned Beachey Head at the close of tbe evening , and darkness _succeeding , he imagined that he was proceeding up channel . For upwards of three hours the greatest anxiety was felt by Lieut . _iGale , as to . his , where-, _abouts , till be observed a light . . He immediately allowed sufficient gas to escape to decrease bis elevation _, when he threw out hi * grapnel ! . One hour and a half more elapsed and yet nothing could be perceived to indicate his approach to land , till the grapnell caught something , which proved to be a rock , adjacent to the sea shore , about six miles . from
Dieppe . Mr . Gale succeeded in securing his balloon . It was midnight when Mr . Gale reached a hamlet , and having partaken of the hospitality of the hostess , by a hearty drink of water , she very kindly called for assistance , and handed him over to the gendarmes _, as from his explaining his forlorn condition in very questionable French , they mistook bim for another Boulogne invader . He was conveyed to Dieppe to the British consul , where he was immediately released , although the surveillance was continued up to the time of his leaving , which did not take place till Wednesday morning , at nine o ' clock , in the Magician steamer . Mr . Gale could not get his balloon given up t _<> him .
_Steahsr Blown Up . — PLruourir , Wednesday , July 10 th . —This morning , at a little before seven o ' clock , the Queen steamer , of about seventy tons burden , Captain Williams , blow up , when lying off North-comer steps , Hamaoze . The engineer , William Mitchel , who keeps a tavern at Calstock , and is tho principal owner , was in charge" at the time standing on the larboard paddle-box , whence he was blown with part of the ship into the sea , The steamer was preparing for an . excursion up tho river Tamer , and the steam was . got up about five o ' clock .. At the time of thei acoideat the only person below was a man named Lane , recently , employed in place of his brother , . one of the stokers ; he was in the engine-room , and was carried away _, with the wreck . The after-end of the boiler , is
blown completely out , taking with it the after-deck and cabin , companion , seats , aud all ; indeed , thc stern part is shelled , thero . being nothing but the ceiling of the hull to bo seen . Six persons were on board * , Lane is _missing , Mitchell , the engineer , seriously scalded ; James Smith , stoker , leg broken ; a fourth man injured , and two escaped without hurt . The steamer was taking a turn a head at the time ;; the valve was two inches from the extreme . The Queen was engaged for the day by the trustees of the Princess-street Independent Chapel , Devonport , and no doubt a very large number oi personswould have been on board ; had the accident occurred a few hours later the loss of life would , have beon frightful to contemplate . The over-crowding ofthe steamers on the river Tamar is deserving the attention of government . . - ¦ .-
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Thb Wife of a C _ brgymas accidentally shot bt heb husband . —A very shocking event , recently occurred at the town of St , Clears , near Carmarthen . The Rev . J . Lloyd , who resides in the _neighbour hood , was examining a gun which he had procured for the purpose of killing vermin , and while , rubbing the barrel with a piece of rag it Hccideh'all y . caught the trigger . The gun went off , and the contents were lodged in the body of the wife of th _^ reverend gentleman , who was seated in a chair near _herbus : band . She fell immediatefy to the ground , and expired in a few minute .. An inquest "a . held upon _thebsdy , and a Verdict of *' Accidental Death" was recorded . ' _^ _
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Strike among the Haoknki-Coach Pbopbietors at _Edinbubgh — I he stake among the . haehn-iy coach proprietors still continues , and , to the great inconvenience of the public , all the cab stands , except one , remain deserted . An attempt was made on the 4 th inst . by a deputation of the coach proprietors , to induce the magistrates to . depart from their resolution , and to _accept ofa plan based on that _deviously in operation , but with a sixpenny , fore for ; distances not _exceeding half a mile . The magistrates refused to acquiesce in this proposition , and _insistedona trial
being made of the uniform scheme . The conference consequently ended in nothing whatever being done . SuicinE .---A case of suicide occurred in Paisley on Sabbath morning last , between the hours of eight and njne o ' clock . John Hart , a blacksmith , who had for about a week previous , been indulging in drink , went , _ostensibly . for a walk , with , a child , of his , down the field lying atthe , back . of Auchintorlie House , and which borders the river . . Alleging some trifling excuse , he told tbe child to wait his return . It is supposed that he had gone direct to the river and plunged in . The coachman at Auchintorlie heard the plunge , ran , down and got him ashore too late , however , to save his life .
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Serious Riotihg in Newry . —The Newry Examiner gives the following . version of a disgraceful riot between some . soldiers ofthe Second ( _Queen ' s Royals ) and the civilians , in , which the former appeared to have been the aggressors . — ' * On Wednesday and Thursday night Sugar Is ' and was the scene of violent fighting between the soldiers of tbe Second regiment of infantry and a number of respectable civilians . The soldiers on tbe former , night began the battle by knocking down a man named Cowan . This was followed by an assault " on a ' young man named Walker , whosecollar bone was badly fractured by tbe _soldbrs leaping on him . Mr . John Hancock was knocked down , and several other inhabitants
were severely injured The soldiers , on the other hand , did not escape witb impunity . On Thursday night the attack on the soldiers was evidently ! premeditated . Two of them began , without any provo . cation , on a man on Sugar Island bridge—and a whistle being given as . a signal , immediately large bodies of soldiers came from various quarters , and taking off their cross-belts commenced beating every person in their way . Several civilians were badly hurt ; Mr- R . J . Browne received two severe blows on the head , and Major Waring was struck by some soldiers with their belts .. The _picket instead of doing their duty aided their comrades . At last , the arrival of strong parties of police , and military put an end to the disgraceful scene . "
Abolition of the Vjceboyamt . —Mr . Robert Cane , ex-mayor of Kilkenny , and one of the . most respectable men connected with ihe late " Confederation , " had addressed a temperate letter to the Duke of WeUinH toh , remonstrating againBt the . al _luBion made to bim in the course of that memorable speech of his Grace which has had the effect of _changing the Ministerial mind npon the policy of abolishing the office of Lord-Lieutenant ? although fortified by a majority . of' 2-55 v « tea in tbe House of Commons . Alter a denial of the accuracy of the Duke ' s statements as being applicable to his case , Mr . Cane concludes in these words : — " As an Irish man still thirsting after the independence and happiness of my country : I desire to see that office of
Viceroy abolished . Many of niy : _motives-for this wish may be directly tbe opposite of your Grace ' s to pregerve it but there are some of them in wbich even you might concur , were you resident here and witnessing for the last twenty years , as I have been , the working of . that evil system . Could you know how its influences have been exercised according as it suited the Minister of the day , the elections of his supporters , and the interests of his partisans—could you see how ,-in a land of pauperism , it has been _creating habits of extravagance in the ruined peer and the broken landlord * , false tastes and destructive ambitions in the merchant and the professional man * , miserable and corrupting distinctions for all , drawing men away from their proper pursuits and
making Royalty itself laughable by its wretched mockery of it—nay , could your Grace have seen the Castle influences which , creeping along its backstairs , have too often guided ; its public _acfy _punishing and bribing there ; bribing upon this side and ruining upon tnnt , ; and then the . mock " _jSovereignty itself , alternately coercing public opinion , yet cowering . before a popular murmur ; blustering , and . yet cringing ; wielding its ' patronage through friends and sycophants , and ,, displaying a power . exercised for , and measurable but by , its emoluments—could your Grace , see things as they really , are , you would promptly fix your heel npon the neck ofthe serpent and crush it , " Convichon IOR _MJURDER . —At the Ennis Assizes on the 5 th inst ., Patrick Hqwe , '_ 9 _, and' Bridget Keogh , aged 33 , brother , arid sister , . were charged with the murder of a gentleman named . Arthur O'Donnell , at . Perrynalicka , on the 10 th of April last .. John Howe , Seine iii fever , . could , hot stand
his trial . It appeared by .. the statement for the Crown that , the . deceased gentleman .. was _, aq unmarried man , _having none of , his , own immediate family residing with h | m , but that _, ' tbe female prisoner lived in his hoqse in the quality of houser keeper , and with one other domestic , named Michael M'M-hon , _constituted ' _hishoUgehoidi _,. The deceased was supposed to possess a considerable sum of money and in order to obtain possession of it Biddy Keogll had , contrived his murder . A further motive , was imputed to her—namely , jealousy ; , as " it would appear that some relation subsided between her and the deceased , by reason of which she harboured resentment on account of certain attentions paidbv the deceased to . another . woman . ? Both orison . __ were found " Guilty" and sentenced to be executed but no day was named . ' : The Mubdkb of _. Mb . ' _J _Maum-verbb . — It is stated that tbe Attorney-General will go down _pe _cwlly to the . ensuidg assizes at . Armagh for the £ pose of prosecuting , on the part of ihe Crown i the parties implicated la the assassination . mT & $ 5
Ma . _Smith . _O'Bribi . .-. The-grand : iuries of the adopted memorials for presentation . to . the Home eewetary- praying that the _. _commutedTgentence
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passed on Mr . Smith O _^ rien «• . might be earned out with as much mitigation as hip safe custody would admit . " Sir _David'Rocheobjected to thejvordwg _< jfthe ' _resolution-as not being sufficiently strong ; jut at the suggestion of . he . foreraan ,. who urged the _necessityof _. unanimity _^ Sir _. David withdrew _his . ob- ; lection , ahdthe memorial passed , nem . con .., . ; , _,,, , Lord Castiereagh has addressed , a'letter tp some , of tiie Irish papers . to contradict a rumour which originated in the'Galway Vindicator , to the effect that Lady ,. Castlereagh had become a . _^ Roman Catholic , and that he himself intended lo follow : her
example . ; , ; . _.,- .. _. .. - ¦ ¦ . . - ,. : _??> Tenant-right Meeting . —At tbe last meeting of the Wexford Tenant Protection Society a statement was made which was perhaps but ah lmpertect sam . le _, of what might be related of other districts . A letter from . the parish of Kilbride , ; ia . _we . _' * e { j _£ district , showed th _^ although ; the . population of _g parish bad been gradually reduced from , 1 , 200 to . yery . fittleover 600 previous tol 8 d 5 rye < i _^ . _S _, X twentv-nine families , comprising . 163 _indmdu _? b , have Seen exterminated . Out of this _number , fortynine have emigrated . , _ffbis , ; says the . . correspondent of the Freeman ' s , Journal ,, wbo . . communicates , the fact , wiilafford a pretty fair , sample . of the mote , _„ which some Wexford landlords / exercise the right of
property . < - ¦ u . - v Selling Human Bonbs .-A woman was arrested by the police in Limerick on Saturday , last m the act of selling 1 cwt . of human _bones _. _^ _hich she had removed from the burial ground of lullalee , outside Clare-street . The miscreant had also a quantity of _shr . udiiie and caps _wo . ri by . the dead . , .... The General _Assbmbly . and Tenant Right . -- . The most important demonstration on the question of tenant right that has yet occurred has just been made by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland , at present assembled in Belfast _, - iter some discussion , the Assembly , on tbe motion of the Rev . Mr . Rogers , ' of Coinbier , adopted the following petition to the House of Commons by a sweeping majority . : —_ _ ,
" The petition of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church , in ? Ireland ,. adopted at their annual meeting in Belfast , July , 18 j 50 ,. . . "Humbly showeth—That while your petitioners recognise the hand of Divine Providence in the calamities iyith ' which this country : has latterly been visited , theyare at the . saihe time impressed with a solemn conviction of the growing destitution of the vast majority ofthe people ofthis province , who are generally engaged in agricultural pursuits , _andofthu deep distress of the inhabitants of the other provinces of Ireland ; and believing that , the impoverished condition of tbecountryisthereBult , toagreat . extent , of the existing law of laUdlord and tenant , which , though some proprietors have honourably declined to take advantage of , enables the landlord to . claim and require possession * , of * tho' farmer ' s capital aiid . toil , either by an arbitrary increase of rent , ' or byevlction
without compensation ; and feeling convinced that much of tbe _outrage whicli has occurred of late in the north is more traceable to an infringement of the Brescriptive . _usaige . known by the name '? _df ' tenaiv right , ithis assembly deploring and condemning every form of agrarian and other crime , and sensible of the injurious _effeetwhicb'the unsatisfactory state ofthe relations between landlord and tenant exercises on the ' morality hnd religion of _thelingdom _^ do ? _mosf _earnestly beseech your honoura _. Ie'house' to pass a ' law whfch will ' preserve , _inits integrityi the _tenaiitWit > ht of Ulster , and legally secure tothe tenant farmers of all Ireland the fruits of their capi ta _^ , - and ; skill , and ' _Ub-urexpended in the cultivation arid improvement of the ; soil . ' ., ' And your petitioners will ever pray . ' ? : -:. Reduction or Rents . — -The Marquis t of Downshire has made a further reduction of hteen per cent _, on his Kildare and Wicklow estates , which had been let at moderate rents .
State of _ABMAon . —The Armagh Gazette bas an account of the ' _service ' . of further Rockite notices iii C-os 8 magien , the district where Mr . _-Aauleverer had been so brutally murdered . .. ? _j . _, , ? Obang _? Processions . ¦— Notwithstanding the movement bf parties of constabulary up to _^ _Tuesday towards the districts in Down , and other NortBeni counties ? it is not expected , tbat , any - _dijl ' tary ¦ pfeca ' _iitions will be necessary at the approaching anniversary . The tenant-rightmovemeflt , ' whatever may b . itsmerits or defects in other respects , has had the positive advantage of discouraging factious and . sectarian differences . The Presbyterian clergy , whohave taken so prominent a lead iu that movement , have
actively exercised the ? influence , tbey are known to possess , in dissuading '• the Orangemen _belonging . to their , communion from joining iii party _di-playg . Altogether , it seems likely'that the next Orange anniversary will _passover in peace , ' and that there will never be a repetition of the dreadful . scene at Dolly ' s Brae . ' , ' - ' . : ' , . _' . _. _' . _, ' Tiie Harvest . .-. The provincial accounts generally state that the potato crop continues quite , safe ; and even io those _places ' where blight exists , its progress is very slow , and confined to narrow limits . Several correspondents at the Cork Examiner in Cork , Limerick ,. Waterford , and 'Kerry ; ' declare tbat there is yet no blight whatever , so far as they could ascertain . The reports of the cereal crops are very satisfactory . _, u .:: i _,-. .. . .. ¦ ' ¦ •• '¦ ¦
Dinner to me Lord Matob . —The public dinner given by the citizens of Dublin to the Lord Mayor , took place on Tuesday in the round room of the Rotunda , and exhibited , in point of numbers and enthusiasm , a . very uhequiyocal demonstration of popular satisfaction at the _Buccess which Mr . Reynolds has had over the persecutions carried on with such animosity against him by the Conservative clique in the Corporation . The chair was occupied by _Aldermanfieslian , . and about . 00 persons sat down to dinner . . ' '¦
At the present assizes for the county of Longford only two barristers , along with the crown counsel , attended , the judges in court . In that county , as _wellas in Cavan , there was not a single record , and in Enniskillen but two records , of which one was settled—thus _exhibiting only ono record for trial jn half of _the-North-West Circuit . Ia charging the jury on opening the Neath assizes , Judge Crampton said : " There was in truth nothing on _s the calendar to call for any particular or special notice . It was extremely light , and evidenced a tranquil state of the country . " In Monaghan the , learned judge _aaid : "The calendar was contained in a single sheet , there being only ten prisoners , and that he did not find a case in it that required any observation from him , and he had only to congratulate them on the evidence whieh the calendar afforded of the total absence of crime in the county of _Motiaghan . "
Rk-. rebenta . ion of Mato . —Mr . Butt , Q . C ., has actuall y taken the field as the candidate on Protectionist principles . The . learned gentleman is daily expected in Mayo for the purpose of soliciting in person the suffrages ofthe electors .
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The July Session Of The Central Criminal...
The July session of the Central Criminal Court commenced . on Monday , before the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor , tho Recorder * _, Mderman Farebrother , Sir C . Marshall , Sir J . Duke , Hunter , and Salomons ; Mr . _j Sheriff Lawrence , Mr . Sheriff Nicoll , Messr 3 . Millard and Wire , Under-Sheriffs , & C , _dso . _CnAROB of _EMBBi- _ _t _ MB » i . —James Martin , 36 , agent , a respectable-looking man , was indicted for embezzlement . —Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , ahd Mr . Clarkson defended . —Tho prisoner had been for some years in the employment of the prosecutors , who are Messrs . Deeds , leathersellers , as their clerk ; but in the year . 18 _ 8 ,: they not having any further business for him ,, he . was discharged as
salaried clerk , but retained to collect monies and : obtain orders on commission , and in that capaoity be remained down to the present time , drawing the monies upon account of his commission during the whole of that period , but not coming to a regular settlement of accounts , which , it appears , upon one occasion , he , was most desirous of doing . About the beginning of May , they having ascertained that several -mail sums , amounting to £ 10 , bad been paid _oyerjto _^ him ,, and , which he had not accounted for , ithey ,, without coming to any ? balance , gave him in custody for embezzlement ; but the magistrate before whom he was taken at brice discharged him _^ upon whi ch he served the prb ' secutorB with a notice of action for false imprisonment . They then went before the grand jury , and
obtaining a true bill , had'him taken in custody , and put upon his trial . —In cross-examination , the . prose- _, cutor said that the , prisoner ' s settlement , in 1848 , ! waS ; mp 8 taatisfactory , that _whiiBthe was in their employment thousands had . passed , through his hands . —Several witnesses gave prisoner , a high character , for respectability . —Mr . Clarkson , ' ibr the defence , said the case had arisen from the neglect ofthe proscutors in their _aocounts , and that but for the , civil action they had _been th _. eatened with , these and ulterior criminal proceedings would never , have been taken . —The jury acquitted the _priBonerupon . fhreo indictments . _iCuTTiNGiANb _Wounding . —Charles _Dowson , ' - ? an intelligent-looking lad ,, was indioted for feloniously , cutting and wounding George Curseloy , ' with intent ;\ to qVhim grievous bodily , harm . It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution , that on the 24 th of June the prisoner the
prosecutor—, _, who is about his . own age-and another lad , were out together in the neighbourhood , of _Ulbridge * and . the tw . o latter ,, who had with them a long , oart chain , trace , laid hold of the prisoner and . fastened the chain round hishody . and , legs ,, ahd then lifted urn , up and carried ; him along by it for some distance . . The _prisoner complained of their hurting him , and called to them to put him down , " and at length , the prosecutor ' s companion loosed his hold , and let the prisoner fallj but the proseoutor hiid got i the chain : so tightly' fastened round his own arms tha . _tJie . COUld not . _aisengnge himself , and while they were in this situation ,. the prisoner , _drew , a knife from his pooket , and opened it , _^ aiid . struqk the _pro-BecutoV with it , qn ? ijie .. wri 8-, ; nnd iii the ; course of , a _iBiH-sequeht spufflo" h e _^ ' received ? an _9-he _. ' cut on tqe knee , both _injuries being , " however of a' very trifling oharaotor-iu fact men * _., atches .. It was admitted t _-i _; , r , ¦ : ' . . _; i : \ _-: < T > _'t ' . iHu _^ ' - \ i . _Y- _; ' _¦•¦¦'¦>¦ ' ¦ : ¦ _'> :: •! ci _•<¦)>¦ ¦ > ..
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in the course of the ease that the prisoner had been very roughl y used , and ? that , he wasa good deal hurt by the chain which was fastened ? rb j und him ? befpre he : re 8 orted'to any ' acts of violene-. —Mr ;' ' Carter , ' who , defended , ' the prisoner , urged -upon - 'the jury that upon these facts he was _, not only entitled to an acquittal , upon ., those . counts in , the . ; indictment which i charge-, tbo ' felonious ihtept to do , grievous bodily jharm _^ bvit that' _hebought not even to be . _con-, victed of a common assault , as under the circum . stances in which he was placed ho contended that he was justified in the act ho did to release , himself from the violence of the prosecutor and his com- , pahion ? - _^ The Recorder ? interp 6 sed , ' and said , that , the learned counsel was of course perfectly ' _iustified
in placing before the jury any view he mifht entertain of _, the case , but he thought it right to inform him that although he : agreed . with him in thinking that the counts which . charged the felonious intent had not been niade out b _y the evidence , yet he should certainly direct the jury that the _, use ? of a knife under the circumstances stated was an excess . ofresistance , which : the - law did not sanction , and that the prisoner wa ? , therefore iamenablo ; to the charge , of . assault . —Mr . Carter said , that after this intimation ? from his lordship , he should refrain from making ; any further observations fb , the jury , and he then-called several respectable witnesses , to speak to the . character , of the prisoner , ' and they all concurred in ? describing him as a . well-conducted ,
inoffensive lad . . It . appeared that he , was employed in the establishment of Mr .. Clarke , a magistrate for the county of Middlesex , residing ? inffjarefie ? ld , and the butler to that gentleman gave him a most excellent character ; and it was also stated-thai' he was willing , to tako ? him again into his-service when th _| s matter was , disposed of . —The jury , found the prispner guilty _ of a common assault , 'but . _recommenced him . to " mercy , on account , of his good character . —The learned Recorder , in passing sentence said he quite concurred in the decision come to by the juirythatthe prisoner had committed an assault , and he . could not help , observing . ithat . it
would have been likely to cause . a great _, deal of mischief if it had , been . held but , to boys like the . prisoner , or atiy one else , that they might upon , any trivial squabble , resort to the use of a ' dangerous vfeapon _liket a knife , with , impunity . '; IIis ' lordship then said that , taking , into , consideration that tho prisoner had already been in _Newgate for a fort _, night , the sentence upon . him was thjit he be fur ,-, ther imprisoned for one day ; and he at the same time expressed his opinion that the c ' a _. e ' might have very well been disposed , _of-Bummarily by the magistrates without entailing upon , ) tho county . the expense of the present trial . —The jury said that they quite agreed with his _lordsb ' ip in the latter obervation * - ? ' :
s .- ' ; " ' ; ' . ' Skittle _Sharping .----Jb _. eph Bayley , 45 , and John LaVler , 27 , were charged with conspiring , with other persons named- in the indiotment , to . cheat ThomaB Bland of his money .. ' Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Robinson , and Mr . Woollett conducted theprosecution . The prisoners were defended ; by Mr . Parry and Mr : Parnell . — -Mr . Clarkson having stated the facts ofthe case / Mr . Thomas Bland , the prosecutor _^ deposed that : he carried on . the business of a butcher , in Ruffart ' _s-buildings , Islington . On the afternoon , of the 3 rd of April , _aperson-named Ward _, who _wasjalso a butcher , camednto bis . shop and asked him to have a glass of ale , _Md they , went to the Blue-coat Boy public house . close by ,, for that
purpose . They found the _prisoner'L awler standing at the bar of the public house , drinking brandy ahd water , and he entered into conversation with witness and his companion , and remarked that "butchering" . must he a very good trade , as heoquld not get amuttonehopunder ten pence a pound . Shortly after this , _tbeiprisonerBayley came in '' ' apparently intoxicated , and he * immediately began talking to them , and said that he had been waiting , for two hour 8 ; at the Angel opposite , for a lady—his " dear Mary , " as he called her , and said he thought it very hard that she bad disappointed him .. He then ' said that be , had s * one to Sadler ' s Wells Theatre wi'h his lady the nightbefore , and that he had given her a new , dress which cost bim , _six : gulnea 8 ,. and he
thought it was very . unkind of her to keep him . waiting 8 olong'fdr nothing . Bayley then said tbathe had had £ § 00 left him by a relative , and he asked witness what business he should advise him to ' _startin . Witness replied that business was very hazardous , and he advised him to keep his money , and get some situation , until he found a profitable opportunity te invest it ]; and Bavley , upon this , said he was a gopd feliojy for giving him such advice , and he offered to treat liirh with brandy and-water . . Witness declined to drink _wijhhimj and the two prisoners , who appeared to be strangers to each other , thebigot into conversation , and Lawler asked , Bayley if he could play at •¦ knock- ' em ' -downs _^" ' Bayley replied that he did not know such a game as _. knock- _' em-dowris ,
and said that in his country they played , at bowls upon a green . Lawler then said that if he could play at that game , he could , play at . knock- ' en . downs , and he challenged him to play a game foe a bottle of wine . ' , Bayley then eaid hohadgot plenty of money , and he agreed to play' for a bottle of wine ; and upon witness suggesting that they must go somewhere else to play , as there was no skittle ground at the Blue-coat Boy , Lawler Bailie would take them to a place where they could play . Bayley placed a sovereign in witness ' s hands , as stakeholder , and Lawler gave him 4 s . 6 d ., saying he had no more _change , and they all went to tho John Bull public . house , * in Brewer-street , and went into the skittle , ground , . where Lawler and Bayley
played . The former knocked the , whole of the skittles down at one throw , and Bayley . seemed hardly able to throw the ball , and ' when , the game was lost , witness handed over the stake ' s to Lawler , and ' , the wine was brought iii and paid for . Lawler and Bayley then began playing for money—a _sove-cign , two sovereigns , and three sovereigns a game , and Bayley lost every time . Witness advised him not to play any , more ; but he said he had got plenty of money , and did not mind losing a hundred or two . At that time another man , who went' by the name of Johnson , knocked at the door of the : skittle ground , _whichwaBboUed , and . Lawler let . him . in ' , and . hebetted iipph , the game , that * was , going , on between Lawler arid Bayley , atid won money ofthe
latter , and Lawler then _caoie up to witness and asked hitn why he did not have £ 5 , aud he added that it was a shame Johnson should win his money . Witness declined to bet , and Lawler presBed him to do so , saying hei , mi ght _aswell have * 5 , as Bayley was Buretolose all his money . Witnessatlength consented to bet Bayley £ 5 he did not get the skittles down in five times , and he won the bet . —The Recorder : Before you made ,. he bet , how many times did he generally throw the ball ; to get the , skittles down ? Witness : He . generallytbrew _. eight or nine times . ( Laughter . )—The . Recorder : But . the mq-. ment the bet was made down they went ? Witness : Exactly , my lord . ( Renewed laughter . ) Examination continued After _tbte , witness ihade another
bet of Jb 5 with Bayley , and lost that also .: Bayley then offered to bet him £ 50 that he could not kpock all . thc skittles down in nine ? throws . He told him he _. had hot got so much money about ' him , and Lawler _said _^ he could borrow It . And witness said that if a person he knew was at home he could get the money ; _, and Johnson agreed to accompahy . him . _> Before he went Lawler a . ke . d him , to give a deposit upon , the bet , and he produced three sovereigns whioh was all he had , arid _Johnaori lent him two to make up £ 5 , and Bayley produced the same amount , and it was placed in the hands of Mr . Ward lis stakeholder . . Witness then . went to . a person named ThOrp , in St ,, . John-street , and borrowed £ 46 of him , and returned to the . kittle ' _-sround . but wh . n
he proposed to mako up tho amount of tho bet , Bayley masted that it was for £ 100 instead of _Jg 50 and he refused to . play unless that amount was made up . Tho deposit money . was then given up and Bayley challenged him to play a game for £ 20 . He _consentejd to do so , and knocked the skittles ' down in four throws , and Bayley got them" in three' Lawler then told witness that Bayley appeared to get stronger , , and that he witness was "funking , ' _^ 'but that if he went again he would be sure to win ,, and w , _itoe 83 _, made another bet of £ 20 with Bayley , and lo-. ? agairi . . ) ' D _ rihg all this . time witness and _, the _;' others had been . drinking wrap and brandy , and _jrater . After losing the second sum of £ 20 . a _sucrfirestion was made bv _i _ _o n . _icnn _ . _ . __ _- _.
the landlord objected , to their remaining any longer as ho _suspected , tbey . were playing for money . A cab waB accordingly called , and tbey . all , went to the Sportsman public-house , in tho City-road _, ' where they had brandy and water and cigars , ' and they then went to the Duke of-Bridgewater public-hbuBe at _Haggerstpne , where ho played at skittles - again witb Bayley , and lost £ 10 more .. It was _then-V gested that another game . should bo played for £ 25 and upon , witness saying that be had lost , all _liis money , Bayley said it did not _' _signify * , they ' _know he was a respectable _mqn , and -they ? would tako his onequo or 10 . _Uw Pen and ink andlpaper were then produced , and he wrote an order to pay Mr .. StovenB , whioh . was the name Bayley went by , the sum of £ 25 , and he , signed it William Brand . , _LawJ . er , upon looking at the paper , said they knew that'it _wasnot his rightname , but it did not ' signify as it
was his writing , and they couldimake him pay themoney _Another day . They , . then played for . the amount , ahd witness lost , and Bayley _putthei paper into'his pocket . Duriyig _thq whole ., time , Bayley . ke _^ t up th fi ppearance of being drunk , but witne _» s , at the close of the transaction , was " stupid drunk . " After , tlw last game , Bayley puljed . his -watch put , and said tbat he must go'to meet his " dear Mary , !' as he could not ? think of _keepings lady , waiting . Lawler asked hini to have another game , and he af , length consented to do ' so , but said ne must go' o . iit ' , for a particulnr purpose , and left thb skittle ground and dm not return . .. Witness was about , to- follow him ' / bu . _Lajwl-jr _stoppedihini , ; and said ho . would take oare ; that : he . . . li » d ; his , moneyibaok . . ,, By , thi 8 time witness began to think . _. _tflsit he _^ ad _^ een _, im T _iposediuponj and'he told Lawler . that he _lii-lieyed theywere all a _se ' t ? of _sharners , and _, 1-awler . tbid him to _hs . caroful what - he fit . idt _* , ith _ t ho was ' a ? respect- ' ' able , man , and , _his _i name . was JDixcn ,, and that- M lived in the pity road , and if _, the offensive declara-
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tion wa . ' repeated he would _' _seryehim , withawrit ; fpr ( defamatwn ; „ He _aftorwardslmade inquir . es , but could hot find such ; a person atthe address he had m _-ntionedi-Several _; witnesses having b «« j mine _ . the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty .. aSSt both prisoners . Sentence Tias . doferred .. -I _"Sbkrt B _? i _BABMAS _^ enry Wright , 20 , _barman , and Caroline _tovi **« _ejii _*^ _p _£ _?^ , _several ' sums qt nioney from John-Plowman , _ifr . _Kinson _prosecpte _4 . ? , Tho .. prosccutor . keeps the Sc _Compasses in the ; _Wandsworth-road , and _thft Lata _prisoner had been a , _« . _^^^ _fij ' ment as , barman ,-during which _pergg : _groat . _deficiencies 'in _his- 'takings . _HaviDg . _« et the police On ' the watch , they found out that the _femak ,. _Uoeitherwas hiswife or livedwithhim , was ib
. _ the habit of . coming and , puttipg , downasmall com as payment for something , and receiving , from th © ., prisoner more change than she was entitled to , , and in the present instance they took her at the bar or the house , having received 2 s . lid . in change for la * The iury , thinking the , female _hadracted under . the guidance of the . male prisoner ,. Acquitted her , and ' he was found " Guilty , " and sentenced . to twelvemonths' imprisohm ' eht . i W , ' i _' Obtaisiso Monet 8 tPBAUD ,--Anna Maria . Tql- ; , frey , 36 _| married , was indictod for obtaining money by false _pretences _.-r-Mr . Huddleston prosecuted _,, and Mr . i Ballantine defended . —William Henry Riciiafd . oh ,-residing at ? 19 , _Sun-stTeet , Bishopsgate , m _ , ;( i that in the'July of 1848 , he became acquarated ,
with the prisoner , having been introduced to her , r through his sister , who waB acquainted with _Ker _^ At that time witness ; had £ 50 in the hands of , his attorney . The , prisoner then i informed _hinj that she had influence in certain quarters , and could obtain him a' situation _^ under government _^ find he subsequently received ' a' letter , from her making an appointment at her lodgings in Coventrystreet . He went there , and she again spoke ofthe influence she possessed , and mentioned a number bf names of influential persona , with whom she waa ' acnuaihted _, and amongst them that of Lord Alfred Pa" _-et , ahd he added , that she'ishould , require witness to g ive lier £ 60 . 'Witness wished to kilOW , if , it would be all right , and she said , " Yes , it would ,
as she was intimately known to his _Lordslup , whom she Bhould see in a few days . " After some further _conyersation she asked him for some money , andhe , not having any about him , went home and got £ 15 , whioh he gave his sister , who paid it to prisoner . Shortly afterwards he had another letter from the prisoner , appointing . another interview , and ori his going she showed bim a letter she said . _sbe . had reoeive ' d from Lord Alfred Paget . * _, ; I _ e then asked her what ; situation it was to be , ' She said a messenger at the Home-office , ' and showed him a letter he thought was of an influential character , and from that and further statements made he believed what she stated to be true , and upon her asking him he gaveber two ' more £ 5 notes .., ; _IIe finally saw her
, ,, oricemore in October of the same . year , _andshe told him that he was to enter upon his situation on the Monday week following , and he then eave her . another £ 10 , after jvhich he lost Bight of her ' until the 22 nd of last May , when she was taken by Jones , the / police-constable ; and she then , said she . had ; _given witness a bill for bis money , which was untrue . She had also told prosecutor that her . husband wasan officer in thearniy , " who it turned out was only a private , and tbat he had "deserted her some years : agq . rrLord Alfred . Paget , who was on the benoh , was sworn , and _^ _said , hehad not any knowledge whatever of the prisoner . —The jury . ipimediately found ber " Guilty , "—Police-constable 255 __ . 8 aid , that he had found out that " the prisoner
had been in custody , for a similar offence six years ago , and that since then , by . thisi system -of fraud , she had obtained 8 ome ,. thQUsands of pounds . —She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment ., , - _Cuaroe op Bioamv .- _^ Henry Page , 36 , bricklayer , was indicted for intermarrying with Emma Clarke , otherwise Smith , his wifebeing then _andrnow alive . Mr .. Oharno ' ck defended . —Mrs .. Martha Page , the prisoner ' s mother , proved'his first marriage on tbo 6 th of April , 1843 ,. at -St . John ' s the Evangelist , Waterloo-road , to one Ellen Ragah , by wlioh-. lu - had two children . He lived with her until about two years ago , when , in consequence of her " dreadful dissolute habits , he was compelled to be separated from her , and made her an allowance of six shillings a week . Evidence was . then given which proved that on the 10 th of February , in 1 . 848 , some one of the name of Henry Dickson was
married at AH Saints , Poplar , to one Emma Smith ; but it could not be ; proved tbat tbe prisoner was the , man , or that Emma . Qlark , who was then in the dock , behind the prisoner ,, awaiting her trial , for having committed bigamy with him , was the woman referred to in the register . —The woman Clark was then brought out of the dock into the witness box , and . havingbeou . _Bworn and cautioned not to say anything to criminate herself , unless she pleased , she said she knew the prisoner from his coming to her husband ' s house , and that her husband always encouraged their acquaintance . — The . Common Serjeant : Did anything ever occur between you and the prisoner at church : Tou need not answer unless you like . —Witness : 2 fo . , Nothing ever did . —The Common Sergeant said there was an end of the case . There was no evidence to prove the prisoner was the man married at Poplar Church . An acquittal was then . taken ..
• Emma Clarke , 30 , married , , was then indicted for bigamy with Henry Page , alias Dickson ,, her husband being then alive ? Jt was proved that she was married in . February , 1842 , to her husband Clarke , who is now alive ; but the same difficulty arose in provihgherto . be the parly married at All Saints , Popular . —The police officer said he saw the prisoner at the husband ' s house , on the 17 th of June j she was recovering from an illness . She told him that sbe was married in 1843 , at All Saints , Poplar _,, to the Prisoner Page—she in the name of . Smith , arid he Dickson . .. Tbe only , persons present were the clerk . and _thp pew-opener , as witnesses to the marriage . —Mr . Cnarriock having briefly addressed the jury , dwelt on the fact that the only evidence
against her waa the statement made by her when on a bed of sickness , and whicb she now denied on oath . —The Common Sergeant having summed up , the jury _i'Acquitted" har . .. Stabbing . —Renjainin Scott , 18 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding James . Murray , with intent to maim and disable him , or to do him grievous bodily harm . —Mr , Carteen prosecuted , and Mr . Payne was for the defence . —The prosecutor in this case is the potboy at the Murquis of Granby public-house , , Southwark , and on the 21 st June , ' the prisoner , who has" only ono leg , was standing outside . the house abusing and threatening a lad who was being served with beer , and the prosecutor was ordered by . the landlord to remove him . The prosecutor attempted to do so in a gentle manner , but the prisoner was very ' violent , and kicked
h : m with hia wooden leg , and _heiras thrown down in the gutter . . He got up and went in doors , and nothing more occurred at this time ; , but in about aii hour afterwards , upon the prosecutor being sent out with 8 on _ ebeer , the prisoner , who appeared to have beeR lying in wait for him , suddenly attacked _, him , and made a > stab at him with an instrument used in the business of a chairmaker . The thrust was aimed at his breast , but the prosecutor put up his left arm towardoff tho blow ,, and . in so doing received two somewhat severe cuts upon the fore arm . —The jury ' found tho prisoner " Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy on account of his being a cripple . —Mr . Justice Patteson sentenced him to be . imprisoned for one year , and during that period to be kept to hard labour as his state of body would enable him to perform .
Robbery of a Cheque from ihe Globe Issc-BA-icB Compant . —Walter Watts , formerly lessee of the Olympic Theatre , and clerk in the Globe Insurance Office , who was convicted at a former session of stealing a piece of paper , tho property of his employers , was placed at the bar to _receive judgment . lt will be remembered . that a point of law was reserved in this case . which has since _beea argued , beforo the Court , of Criminal Appeal , nnd decided . against the prisoner . —The Attorney-General , who appeared f or the prosecution , said that before the court proceeded to pass , sentence , he
begged to call thoir attention to the fact _thattheie were three other , indictments against the prisoner , and before sentence was pronounced he had to ri » quest that their lordships would read the deposition ' s in these cases , in order , that they might bo fullyaware of the circumstances of the case before they delivered their judgment . Ue was anxious to save the public time if he could do , so , but in one event he should feel himself compelled to proceed , with the other cases . —Baron Alderson said ho would look at the depositions , and in the meantime the judgment would be postponed , but he should pro bably paas seritenco in tho course of , the presen
session . . . - ; . ; " Amno _iSitona" _Deprkd _^ ltioks , —John Dykes , twenty-six , bargeman , . and ? Daniel . Williamson ' sixty-three , labourer , two respectable looking men . pleaded guilty to an indictmont for stealiug some wood from a barge ,, tlie property of Joseph- James Alloway . _' , Mr . Parry prosecuted , and , Mr . Ballan tyne and Mr . Payne defended . The prisoners , who it appeared were men of goodI character , pleaded guilty under the direction of their counsel , and the proceedings were taken , not with' a' view of making the prisoners , individually a _severee ' xample ' but to make it publicly . known , that . the offence fcir which the prisoners . had . been - given in . custody could not longer bo periiitted to be carried on wiih
impunity . —Mr . _i ' arry said , that although the value of the goods stolen was trivial , ' still . the . frequent repetition of the . offeDce _,:, made tho owners of this class of property severe losers in the course of the year , &_ vd _tsiore especially ,. ns the _partes committing the depredations ( mostly those engaged in business _along shore ) seemed to entertain an " opinion that anything that fell from a barge - tHey were legally ,,. entitled : to . take , and . for 'the ' - purpo -e ' of making it known that such ., w _^ Hnot . the case ' they _prosecUteo-the-tetwo _mjoiu wh _$ _pi thoy ,, wished to bb dealt' lenientl y ; wijlb _/ The prisoners ' . w ' efe , _sentenced to fourteen _daysViihpriwnm ' eiit iu , N 9 Wgate l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13071850/page/6/
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