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( October 13, 1849. , THE NORTHERN STAR....
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HiUXCMAXCHESTER WATER-WORKS.—DEST11UC TJ...
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The Doc assb the JIebb.—The inhabitants ...
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MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA. We glean the f...
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3Tew Drainage Act.—An act was passed in ...
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Illegal Wmoms, &c.—A...
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The Eqvisoctiai, Gales.—Morb Fatal Losse...
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THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CHI?- WICK. E...
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Statistics of the Stomach.—(From " Soyer...
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( October 13, 1849. , The Northern Star....
( October 13 , 1849 . , THE NORTHERN STAR . ?
Hiuxcmaxchester Water-Works.—Dest11uc Tj...
HiUXCMAXCHESTER WATER-WORKS . —DEST 11 UC TJ TION OF PROPERTY BY A FLOOD . Ario A violent snow and thunder storm occurred on FFriday Friday week at Glossop , at the foot of some of the TYorkslYorksVire and Derbyshire hills , and since that occwurrencuiTence , the exceedingly heavy and continuous fifths of / alls of rain and snow on the summit ef the hills in qquestiiquestioa , have been productive of much more serioious cous consequences . The Manchester corporation bias co has commenced a series of works for the collection oof th <© f the fine streams which flow from those hills i 3 ihron < ihroug ! i the Longdendale valley , principally fed by SSomc ] sorac powerful springs near Woodhead , with a view oof supof supplying Manchester with this beautiful water . 3 The cThe cost of the reservoir and other works will
pro-1 hably hably be not much less than a million of money , and i their their construction had proceeded very satisfactorily t op to op to Sunday last , when an accident occurred which ¦\ will will probably throw the works back by several l mont months . For about ten days there had been an : almo almost uninttrrupted fall of rain on the hills . The weat weather cleared up for some hours on Saturday , but : but about ten o'clock on Saturday night the rain i comi commenced again with a strong easterly wind , and neve never ceased till ten o ' clock on Sunday night . The wat water came down literally in torrents . The Eden Brof Brook and the river Etherow are the principal feed feeders fo the intended waterworks , and are united at' at Woodhead . These streams were considerably swo swollen at this point , owing to the fall of rain , ana
froi from comparatively shallow but rapid streams thev tec became torrents of { p-eat magnitude , The volume efy of water is estimated to have increased on Sunday to to nearly three thousand cubic feet per second . Ahi About two o ' clock on Sunday , the flood down the Ed Eden Brook so completely overtopped the new weir , wh which the company have erected across that stream , as as to entirely carry off the coping of the immense ba barrier of stonework . Through the breaking down of of this weir , the new river-course , for the purpose of Ca carrying off the floods , was rendered useless , and the w ; water consequently impounded into the valley belli bind the embankments of the river ( which had been K raised to about tvfcnty-fouv feet above the pipes for c carrying off the water ) and collected there , until at
ji lalf-past five o'clock on Sunday morning it flowed O' over the top , and cut down and swept away the emi banknienfc itself . The immense volume of water t thus liberated from all control burst down the vale c of thc Etherow with fearful violence , sweeping c everything before it . At Tale House Mill , three i miles down -the stream , where the spinning and i weaving mill of'Messrs Hobbs and Sidebottom i are situated , thc flood is described as making its appearance between six and seven o ' clock in the evening like a wall of water , the top fully five feet above the level of the ordinary stream , over which it came rushin * with fearful rapidity . There is a village of several hundred people there , aud such of the inhabitants as were on the alert ran
screaming into their houses with terror . The lower storey of the mills of Messrs . Hobbs and Sidebottom were flooded in an instant , and with such violence did the water rush into this part of the building that it lifted up the stone flooring above , and almost filled thc second storey . From two to three thousand pieces of printing cloths and shirtings were entirely destroyed in this mill , besides a quantity of yam , and the flood washed down the day and Sunday-school attached to it , and part of a warehouse . It also washed down a great number of
yard walls , and of the fences of the surrounding fields . A bridge for carriage across the Etherow at this place was partly swept away , and will have to be rc-erected , several of the piers being destroyed . The banks of the river were here sufficiently high to prevent the flood going over them in so great a force as to destroy the village , but most of thc bouses were for a time under water , and on its subsiding the floors of them were left covered , as were all the surrounding fields and property , with mud and wreck . Tbe fall of thc river % > m Woodhead
down fo this point is estimated at eighty to ninety feet per mile , and the force of the torrent was so great that it bore down with it some of thc huge blocks of Ashlar stone , two or three tons weight each , of which the works at Woodhead were constructed , for more than two nailes . The loss to the Waterworks Company , at Woodhead , is estimated at a little over £ 500 ; but the damage to the mills aud works down the stream is more serious . The loss of Messrs . Hobbs and Sidebottom alone is said to exceed £ 1 , 000 .
The next mills the flood came iu contact with are a mile or two lower down the valley , being two spinning and weaving mills belonging to Mr . S . Lees . The machinery is partly turned by a waterwheel , and being in gear at the time , would have been considerably damaged , but that thc volume of water drove three or four sections of the mill wheel out of their frame , and thus brought its revolution Tery speedily to an end . The water is described as rising at once to a height of eight feet above the previous level of the flood ; and the lower part of the two mills ( filled with several hundred looms , in ¦ which as many pieces of shirting were in the course of weaving when the machinery had been stopped on Saturday night , ) being thus flooded , great injury was sustained ' by the owner . The neighbouring cottages were flooded to a considerable depth , and the damage sustained by Mr . Lees is said to exceed £ 5 m . °
Tlie printworks of Messrs . Dalton , called the Hollingworth Mill Printworks , still further down the river , were also flooded . The flood reached the mill a little before seven o'clock , snapping asunder the cast-irou pillars which support a bridge for carriages , and carrying away the whole fabric asthough it were a toy . Tho inhabitants of the neighbouring cottages were taken by surprise , and the first floors of their dwellings being filled at once to a height of several feet , they were compelled to seek safety , which they did , with thc most pitiable cries and lamentations , in the upper storeys . The valley here
spreading out , however , fo a considerable width , the force of thc torrent was spent to a great extent by being : diverted from its course . Thc printworks stand close to the river side , and the water ran into thc lower storeys , filling the vats , and upsetting the colour tubs , besides wetting and injuring a quantity of cloth . A poor fanner , named Thomas . Holland , occupying Woolley Farm , by the side of the river , had a quantity of corn cut , which was iu sheaf , but in the field , and this the flood carried entirely away . Messrs . Dalton sustained a loss of £ 5 , < W or £ 0 , 00 , and the farmer estimates his loss -at somethin g like £ 50 .
Messrs . Sidcboltom's mills , at Waterside , being protected by a high mound of earth , escaped more lightly than the others . These mills are situated about five miles down the stream from Woodhead . A good many fences and walls upon the property adjoining the river , belonging to Mr . Sidebottom , -were prostrated , and the handsome suspension "bridge , crossing the Etherow to Mr . Sidebottom ' s residence , was injured by a bulk of timber borne down by the stream , the hand-rail being broken , and some of the ornamental work . Messrs . Sidebottom ' s loss , however , will probably not exceed £ 100 . The cottagers lived by the side of tbe Etherow have
suffered considerably , though not nominally to a large amount . Many of them had pig-cotes and other premises by the side of the stream , and in addition to these places being washed down , thei rs and otber property were swept away . 2 so doubt much injury was done which has not yet come to our reporter's knowledge , and £ 3 , 000 Tvould probably be a low estimate of the whole , besides the alarm and inconvenience sustained . Some of the materials of the reservoir were carried as far as Stockport . Several of the mills have had to cease running through it , and thus the poor workpeople will also sustain a further loss by remaining unemployed for a time . —Manchester Examiner .
The Doc Assb The Jiebb.—The Inhabitants ...
The Doc assb the JIebb . —The inhabitants of large towns are in { reneral ignorant of tbe feet , tliat both dogs and rats when they feel themselves ill search about tlie fields for certain herbs which they devour ; and in less than half-anioar attcruards , from a ' state of dullness and lanjour . they are foil of life . Persons who reside in small country towns well know this to be a fact Their knowledge is evidently from instincf , and it is a proof of the restorative powers of herbs . Old women also in villages are in general noted for their success in curing the scurvy , ring-worms , bad less , & e . They employ nothing hut herbs for the purpose . Tlie proprietor of a celebrated scorbutic medicine resided in a small village for some years , and his astonishment was -unbounded to witness thc all but miraculous cares an old woman made i » scothutic complaints . He uouglit some of the medicine of tlie old woman and tried it on himself and about a dozen of his friends . It had tlie desired effect in every case . Ife now offered to buy the recipe of the old woman ; she at first refused , hut ultimately consented , and one fine morning tlie proprietor of this medicine and tlie old woman were seen fathering herbs from a -neiirlihouring field . This medicine is now called Hake ' s Scorbutic Drops . The most certain purifier of the Mood as yet discovered .
ABEB-Vrnrr ' s Fiie Oistmest—Perhaps the only occasion on which tlie late eminent surgeon Hr . Aberneflir was called « n to proscribe for that foul disease , "The riles . ¦ was in the case of the proprietor of " Abernetlij s tile Oiatment , " and wonderful was tbe speedy and permanent cure effected in his esse . Since that period , a great number of persons , ( friends of the proprietor , ) sorely afflicted frith this painful disorder , hare been completely restored tn ease and health bj the use of this valuable preparation , aftw tlie eflbrts of some of the most talented professionals SdtotaMr failed . Indeed , the fact of this . application 5 dM & fcrt « ayjwre 4 iU ^ in every tried case an w ^ Me cure waV die proprietor ' s sole inducement to SSSfteSSdW properties into a ^ eat puhh e goo ^ instead of confining its usefolnesa , as *? f ^ f ' * ^' , * limits of his own and his friends ^ mu tance . Abernelhys Pdi Oinfmtnt has now been some time in general ise , ana is as well known and as powerfully recommended If * medicil profession as lis those tiiousands who lme eeesonauy experienced its beneficial effects .
The Most Effectuai CraE fob Gout axd Hhecjiatisu isE Hollowat ' s Oistmest aso Puis . —A frequent cause of these complaints is the inflammatory state of the Mood , attendant with bad digestion , lassitude , and great £ oMHtv shewing the want of a proper circulation of the flf , ;^ Md that impurity of the Wood greatly aggravates ^ iS ffiwr ^ HcJta ^ a PDls are ofso punfy-- JvJSrnre that a fewdoses , taken m time , is an effectual S & LSfcfSS * Goat and Bheumarism ,- but any one Sfalu ^ anSb of either , should use JMtawtfs Qtat S aboTthe powerful properties of wluch , continued £ « £ Effect oftne Pills , ensures a certain cure .
Mutiny And Murder At Sea. We Glean The F...
MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA . We glean the following particulars of a most atrocious mutiny and murder of the captain and mate of t heBelgian brig Maria Antoinette , from the correspondent of a New York paper , dated Key West August 28 th , received per the Niagara : — ' The following is from the protest of Christian Kessen , boatswain , who was in charge of the brig upon her arrival here , and at the time of her getting on shore : — Christian Kessen says , that the said brig Marie Antoinette sailed from Antwerp on the 12 th dav of 3 fay last past—that she went to sea on the 24 th ' day of May forHavannab , with a cargo of nails , gin and flooring bricks , as per manifest of said Wis
ncrewita prouueeu — that the said brig Marie Antoinette , at the begining of said voyage was under the command of Leopold Lauwers , the then master thereof ; that Louis de Jong was the mate of the said brig ; and that the appearcr , Christian Kessen aforesaid , was the boatswain thereof , performing the duties of second mate on board the said brig ; and that Jean Francis Haezebrock , Paul Cornclle Loy , Jean Joseph Filiaert , and Leopold Joseph Tandeweghe , were the crew of the said brig ; that nothing remarkable occurred on board until Wednesday , tbe 4 th day of July ult ., when , beingin lattitude 25 35 X , and longitude 475 * W . from Greenwich , tbe said captain and mate were murdered on board the said brig , and their bodies
thrown into tho sea by the said crew ; that the facts connected with thc said murder , so far as they arc known by the said appearcr , are briefly as follows : —That on the 4 th day of July aforesaid , at about two o'clock p . m . on that day , the appearcr , Christian Kessen , was in the cabin of the said brig ; that the captain was also there , and asleep in his berth , that the appearcr took some dinner p lates from the cabin to the caboose , that while in the caboose he heard a voice in the cabin , and thought that it was the captain ' s voice , uttered in distress ; that he immediately ran towards thc cabin with the intention of going in , but that he was met at tbe door , or entrance way of the cabin , by Loy aforesaid , who was coming out of the cabin with a bloody
knife in his hand ; that Loy was much covered with blood , and that , as soon as he saw Loy , this approver was much frightened , and ran forward to get away from Loy ; that Loy followed him for a short distance , and then turned and went back ; and this approver went forward to the forehatch , that he saw thc said Tandeweghe , one of the said crew , approaching him ( Kessen ) with a knife in his hand ; thai , Tandeweghe was covered with blood , and this approver was afraid that Tandeweghe was coming to kill him , and that thereupon this approver fell upon his knees , and prayed for his life , and that Tandeweghe said , "You shall live ; " that this approver then arose from his knee , and Loy came forward and told this approver to take the helm , which
he did . Did not see the captain or mate killed , and therefore does not know the circumstances further than he has since learned from conversations among the crew , and by admissions made by the said crew to the said approver , to wit : that he , said Loy , admitted that he killed the captain , and that the said Tandeweghe admitted that he killed the mate ; that he saw the body of the said captain after he was dead , and that his throat was cut , and that his tongue was hanging out of his mouth , and that his face and the fore part of his body was covered with blood , and that he also saw wounds on various parts of his body ; that he saw the mate running forward with his throat cut and bleeding profusely , and saw him jump down the forehatch . That he did not see
any more of the mate or of his body . Saw all the crew engaged in throwing the captain ' s body overboard about fifteen minutes after he was killed . Believes that Loy , Tcndeweghe , and Haezebrock , were drunk at the time of the murder . That the crew all went to work to wipe up the blood , in the cabin and on deck as soon as they bad thrown the captain overboard . After this they all went down into the cabin and took therefrom a bottle of gin and some wine , sugar and cheese and bread , and then went upon th » roof of the house upon deck ; and ate and drank until they were all drunk , and so remained all that night and the following day . That this appearer remained at thc helm all of the said night , and until about ten o clock the next morning , when he was relieved by the said Filiaert .
The crew took charge of said brig on the oth day of July , and kept charge one day ; that they changed the course of said brig , aud stood away for New York ; that Loy told him that , as soon as they made land , they would scuttle the brig , and let her sink ; and that the rest of the crew said , " That will be best ; " that on the ^ cxt day the crew requested this appearer to take charge of said brig , and put her on her course to Havannah ; that , after this , he took the sun and made observations every
day , but that the said crew would not permit mm torccord his observations , or make any remarks on the log-hook ; that he wrote these observations on a slate , and , after using them for the occasion , rubbed them out ; that he suspected some of the crew would destroy the log-book , and that he therefore toreoutthe leaf containing the latitude and longitude , and observations made in the said log-book on the said 4 th day of July , in order that he might preserve some evidence as to thc place where the captain and mate were murdered .
That , on the 10 th day of July aforesaid , they fell in with an American barque , thc captain of said barque came on board said brig , and when the captain of the barque was approaching the brig Loy told his appealer , that ifhe satdanythingto thesaid captain , he ( Loy ) would kill him . This appearer said , that some or all of said crew informed the said captain , that tbe former captain and mate had been killed by lightning ; and this appearer confirmed their siory by saying it was true , forasmuch as he was afraid to contradict it . That , after the said captain left thc said brig , he continued on his course to Ilavannab , and that no event of interest occurred until they readied the Bahama Banks , when they were boarded by a number of men , fourteen in all ,
from a schooner that fell in with them ; that as soon as the said men reached the brig , they went on board of her , and two of their number went down thc fore-hatch into the hold , and passed up to their companions on deck four demijohns of gin ; that others of them went into the cabin , and took therefrom about one hundred pounds of bread , and from sixty to seventy pounds of pork ; and after loitering about the vessel for about an hour , they took the said articles on board their own vessel ; that this appearer did not , and he believes the crew of said brig did not , give any permission fo said men from said schooner to take the said gin , bread , and pork , and that the same was feloniously and piratically taken by them ; that soon after these men left the
brig , this appearer being apprehensive . they were pirates , and that they might return and forcibly take possession of the said brig and cargo , changed his course and steered in a northwest direction , and continued on that course for about four days , when he discovered the Cape Caraveral Light , on the coast of Florida ; then he changed his course to south , and continued on in this direction until the 12 th day of August . About three o ' clock , a . m ., of that day , the vessel struck on the Florida Reef , within a few miles of the Florida Cape Light ; that he carried outananehor aft with ninety fathoms of hauser attached , and hove upon it without moving the brig ; that he continued and repeated these efforts without success until about nine a . m ., when
he was visited by three men from the shore , who offered to get the brig off and fake her to Key West , for GGS dollars . That he accepted the offer ,- and that the said men began to get the vessel off , and that after about thirty minutes labour they succeeded and got her into deep water , that they navigated the said brig to Key West , where they arrived on the 25 th day of August , and that the said men nave libelled the said brigand her cargo for salvage . That upon the arrival of the brig at Key West the Tice-Consul came on board , who upon being made acquainted with the deplorable events of our voyage , took the said brig ana cargo into his custody , and caused all the crew to be handcuffed , and placed a sufficient guard on board to protect said brig and cargo .
3tew Drainage Act.—An Act Was Passed In ...
3 Tew Drainage Act . —An act was passed in the last session ( which requires to be more generally known ) , to promote the advance of private money for drainage of lands in Great Britain and Ireland ( 12 and 13 Tictoria , cap . 100 ) . TheprenmblerecVtes thc large sums advanced for the drainage of land in England and Ireland—that farther applications have been made for loans , and that it is expedient that the same should be advanced by private persons . A good deal has been said of late respecting drainage , and the act states , " That it is desirable that works of drainage should continue to be encouraged , in order to promote thc increased productiveness of the land and healthiness of the districts where it is required , and to supply thc demand
for agricultural labour , especially at that season of the year when other sources arc suspended . " The object of the act is to enable owners of lands to borrow or advance money , to be applied to works of drainage under tbe sanction of the Enclosure Commissioners in England , and of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland . The money expended under thc act is to be charged on the inheritance of the land . The commissioners are authorised to issue " rent-charges" on the property for twentytwo years . As between the several persons interested in any land charged with a rent-charge under
this act , the persons respectively are bound to keep dwn . aud discharge the payments thereof as if tho same were interest payable upon a mortgage in fee on such lands . The Commissioners have a general power of inspection and examination , to ascertain the proper application of the funds raised for works cf drainage . Death or thb Father of Fraxce . —The oldest man in France , M . Jean Baptist * Robillard , died on the 1 st of October , at Fontenay , near Paris , at the age of 113 years four months and two days . He was born in June , 1 T 36 . Robillavd retained tho use of all his faculties to the last moment .
Middlesex Sessions. Illegal Wmoms, &C.—A...
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Illegal Wmoms , & c . —At a special court , on Saturday , convened before a full bench of magistrates , by Mr . Childe , the inspector of weights and measures , and high-constable of Finsbuvy , the following important convictions took place at his suit : --Mr . Robert Goose , a baker , living in Old-street , St . Luke'u , was charged with having a piece of lead wrapped up , and concealed under his weighing machine , which , in consf quence , caused a deficiency to a purchaser of an ounce and a half . The defendant endeavoured to conceal the fraud by snatching up the lead , when the inspector and his witness , " Mr . Turner , entered the premises . The court severely censured the conduct of the accusedand fined him
, 40 s . —Frederick Riches , a baker , at 93 , Golden-Jane , St . Luke's was ordered to pay 10 s . for a false balance of an ounce . — William Death , a pork-butcher , in A s lesbuvy-street , Clerkenwell , complained of for having in use an illegal balance in his favour of ten drachms and also five light weights . The inspector informed the bench that the defendant is carrying on what is termed a "cutting trade , " in » very populated spot , where there is much opposition in his business . He was fitted 20 s . ind rautioned . — William Jackson , a butcher , in Temon-place , Bagnigse-welis-road . was fined 10 s . for a deficient scale three quarters of an ounce . He is another " cutting butcher . "—Charks Baldcrson , a butcher , at 79 , St . John street , was summoned for having a "jerry "
on his scale , which give a false balance of an ounce . Fined 20 s . —Frederick Holgate , ham and beef shopkeeper , at ? , Tabernacle-walk , was summoned for baring a piece of lead under his weighing scale , thereby giving an unjust balance of five drachms , and fined 10 s . —William Stannard , a beer-shop keeper , in Bath-street , City-road , was called on to pay 25 s . for nine illegal measures . —George Wilkins , chandler , of 34 , Great Arthur-street , St . Luke ' s , was sentenced to pay 20 s . lie had a halfpenny concealed in some fat under a customer ' s scale . — Richard Dcane , a bread tally-shop keeper , in Great Arthur-street , was fined 10 s . for giving short weight . His shop , which was described to be one of the best in London of the description , is piled up with pledges
taken in by him from his poor neighbours , to prevent them from starving . The court said the Pawnbrokers' Act wou . 'd reach him , and requested the inspector to look after hira . — Thomas Burrows , a marine store-shop keeper , in Whitehorse'alley , Benjamin-street , Clerkenwell , was charged with using three heavy weights in making purchases , and also a false beam and scale , for which he was cautioned and fined lfls . —William Halliday , a hawker of coals , Jiving- in the AWington-Ianes , was fined 20 s . for -selling With a fraudulent machine to the extent of three-quarters of a pound ; and Joseph Payne , in the Backbond Kingsland , had to pay a like sum for a deficiency in his coal-raachinc of two pounds aud a quarter .
City . — Saturday . — James Reid , beer-shopkeeper , in Fencburch-street , was summoned for employing two measures deficient of their legalstaudaid . - —Mr . Harvard said he called the defendant ' s attention to the pots , and-begged them to be put correct , when he hastily replied that they were fair , and wished them to be measured . They were accordingly tried , and found wanting . —Fined 5 s and costs . — Alexander West , a cookshop-keeper . Duke ' s Headpassage , Iyy-lane , had two unjust weights found in his possession . Tbe defendant had been cautioned before . The weights were both lijjht , and not legally stamped . —Convicted in the penally of 5 s . and costs . —James Wilmott and Co ., oilman , Fcnchurch-street were summoned for using a half gallon vinegar
measure , two and a half ounces abort of its legal standard . —Alderman Fan-brother said , even in vinegar , in these hard times , the poor ought not to be served with a deficient measure . Ho should impose a fine of 10 s . and expenses . —George Smith , Blue Anchor , Coleman-street , had five unjust measures on his premises ; a quart , one and a half ounce short ; tiirce pints , one < unce , three-quarters of an ounce and half ounce , each short ; and a half-pint half-ounce short . —Fined 10 * ., and costs . —Samuel Littlcwood , wastupaper dealer , in Upper Thames-street , had two light weights . —Defendant said he was not to b auie in the matter—Alderman Fairbrotber said no great fraud
appeared to have been done . Tbe costs would satisfy the ends of justice . —Defendant bi'gged to hand 2-i . to ths poi-r-boi-.-Alderman Fairbrother faid he » as much obliged to him , but if lie pleased , he might give £ 2 . —( A laugh . )—Defendant : May I have the weights to adjust themr—Alderman Fairbrother : No , we will do that . —Defendant : Then I cannot digest your liw . —A costermonger , named Billington , in Windmill-street , New-cut was summoned for selling plums in the street , at a cheap price , with a very b-. d measure . The defendant did not appear , and in order to protect the pnblin , the delinquent was ordered to be brought up on a warrant .
iuESD . iv . —The criminal business for the October Quarter Sessions commenced this day . I . \ iacTME . vr fob L . utcfixr . —Joseph Smith , a respectably attired young man , was indicted for stealing a handkerchief and a pair of gloves ; from the person of Mr . George Evans Marriott , architect , 80 , Fleet-street . —Mr . Perry appeared for the prisoner . —Thc prosecutor deposed that on tho evening of the 5 th inst ., at about balf-yast ten o'clock , he was standing in High-street , Camden-town , looking at a house on fire . There was a great crowd of persons standing about , and the prisoner at the bar was standing immediately behind him . He felt tlie hand of some person fumbling in his coat pocket , and turning sharply round , said to the prisoner ,
"My friend , you arc making too free with my pockets ; " and as he said this , he missed from his coat-pocket his handkerchief and a pair of gloves . The next minute he saw the gloves picked up . Those produced were the same . —Charles Gould , 374 S , stated that ho was on duty attlic fire in question , and he saw the prisoner standing behind the last witness . When Mr . Marriott said that tho prisoner was making too free with his pocket , witness asked him ( the prisoner ) if he was thc person addressed . He said he was not , ' it was an individual standing behind him . The prosecutor then said " No , it ' s yon , " and witness , observing that the prisoner held his hands under the tail o ? his coat , took bold ofliim and said , "What are your hands
doing down here . " At that moment thc gloves fell from his pocket . He turned round and sprung away , and witness saw thc handkerchief also fall from his pocket . Witness seized him , and took him to the station-house—Mr . Parry made a very energetic address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and observed that he was a most respectable young married man , and bad been for more than sixteen years in the service of Messrs . Wiggan and Co ., hop factors , « fcc , in the Borough , and had always borne and deserved a most undeniable character . . He happened to reside near the scene of the fire , of which mention had been made , and as it created a great hubbub in the neighbourhood he went to the spot to witness it : and , " therefore , he
had a legitimate reason for being there , and bad not , as the generality of thieves did , mix himself up in a crowd for the mere purpose of picking pockets . The learned gentleman very forcibly urged that the policeman and the prosecutor mi ght be mistaken as to what they said the prisoner did , and that the handkerchief and tbe gloves might have boon abstracted by another person , who dropped them when Mr . Marriott challenged fhe prisoner with making too free with his pockets . —Several witnesses , including the foreman to Messrs . Wiggan , gave tlie prisoner a most excellent character for honesty . — The learned judge summed up , and having very impartially ' recapitulated tho facts , asked the jury whether they could safely say that
the prisoner , a person of unexceptionable character , would commit a crime which no one but an old thief would attempt . —The jury instantly returned a verdict of "Xbt Guilty , " and the prisoner left the court with a numerous body of friends . A Dissentixg Juryman . —John Johnson , 24 , and William Turner , 14 , were indicted for having stolen a pewter pot , the property of a publican named Bishop . —The evidence of a policeman clearly proved the case against the prisoners , and the learned Judge having told the Jury tbat it was not a case in which they would require him to sum up , —One of the jurymen safdhe should very much like to know , before he acquiesced in any verdict , what character the prisoners bore , because he thought it would not
be fair , in case the jury acquitted the prisoners , for his lordship to tell them tbat by their verdict of acquittal they had let loose a couple of plunderers upon society . If the court or the police knew anything of the character of tho prisoners , the jury ought to hear what it was before they considered their verdict . —The learned Judge told him that the only evidence to character which the court or jury could listen to , must be called by the prisoner , and not by the prosecution . —The luryman said he thought it a very important consideration in the case , tbat the jury should have some evidence as to wbo the prisoners were , and how they got their living . He hoped tbe court would allow him to ask a question or two of the policeman in thc case . — The Learned Judge said that the juryman might ask the officer any question lie chose , through the court , that would explain any part of the case , but the juryman must take care that he did not ask a single
question as to tbe character of the prisoners . —I uc policeman having been placed in tlie witness-box , the juryman put the question to him , " What is the character of thc prisoners ?"—Thc Judge : I tell you , sir , that you must not ask questions in reference to character ; and it is extremely impromand disrespectful on the part of a juryman , not to submit to the direction of the court . —The Juryman : I think it material , and I think your lordship ought to put tho question . —Thc Judge : If you are disposed to find a man guilty , because ne happened to bear a bad character , you are a very unfit person to act as a juryman , that ' s all I have got to say . —As the juryman persisted in asking the question , the learned judge ordered the jury to loavo the box , and retire to consider their verdict , and an officer was sworn to keep them in safe custody . — -The other eleven jurymen said there was no necessity for them to retire , the ease was plain enough , and no doubt their dissentient member , would agree in a minute .
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However , he declared that he could not conscientiously give a verdict without knowing whether the prisoners were bad charaefcers .-Thc learned judge then went over the evidence , which certainly was conclusive as to the guilt of the prisoners .-The eleven yarymen repeatedly told the twelfth that it was impossible there could be any doubt about the case ; but when he declared that he could not give a verdict until the question of character was settled one way or otber , the learned hdse peremntorily ordered them to leave the box . " The coinciding cloven did not seem very desirous of leaving tho box , and endeavoured to convince their obdurate brother juryman that ho was wrong , when his lordship insisted upon their immediately leaving the
box . lhey Were then conducted to a private room , where they discussed the matter in a very loud and angry manner . After some hours had passed , the learned judge directed the prisoners to be'brought to the bar , and that having been complied with , ins lordship asked them if thev would consent to tlie jury being discharged without giving a verdict \ - The prisoners said they would .-The jury was then sent tor , and his lordshi p told them that , with the prisoners consent , he should discharge them from giving a verdict at all .-The Foreman , in a very warm ana excited manner , was about to complain ot the conduct of the dissenting jorrman , when the learned judge said he would hear no more about it . lie was . ware what the foreman was
going to say , and less said about it the better . WEDNBSDAY . -RoBBKBr IX A WOKKIIOUSE . - J . Holyneld , 22 was indicted for stealing a Dutch clock , value twent y shillings , the property of tho gallons of the poor of the parish of Saint Marv , Whitecliapel . In a second count of thc indictment , it was ( icscribed as the property of the Bight Iter the Bishop of London , and in a third it was laid as the property of some person unknown . —Mr O'Brien appeared for the prosecution .-From the statement of the learned counsel , it seemed that the circumstances , out of which the case arose , wero of a singular nature . A poor man named Charles Laurence and his wife , were removed from their dwelling , 11 , lung s Arms-court , to Whitecliapcl Workhouse , suftenng from cholera . After they had been there
some time the case became urgent , and they were removed tn the London Hospital , where they both died shortly after admission , and their children , three in number , were taken into tho workhouse . By a recent act of parliament , the guardians of the poor of any parish are empowered to take possession of the property of any paupe r to whom thoy had been giving relief , after that pauper ' s death , to reimburse themselves , as far as the value of tllO property went , for the relief given , and availing themselves of this power the guardians of St . Mary , Whitechapel , took possession of tho furniture in Laurence's lodgings , and , by their direction it was removed to a shed adjoining the workhouse . The prisoner was at tbat time an in-door pauper ,
and he was seen by some of tlie officers of the establishment leaving the place where the furniture was deposited , with a Dutch clock which had belonged to Laurence under his . arm . To get to the shod , from thc male side of the establishment , which lie bad no ri g ht to leave , he must have got over a gate ten feet high . In order to prevent any question as to the ownership of tlie property , it was laid in the indictment , first as belonging to the guardians , then as the property of the Bishop of London , to whom as ordinary , all the property of intestate persons belongs until administered to , and thirdly , as the property of someperson unknown . —The prisoner , in his defence , said that he should not have taken the clock , or even thought of going to the shed at
all , had not he seen the task master go and ransack some boxes , and take some trinkets , which he after werds gave to one of the female paupers , to take improper liberties with her . There were plenty of persons in the house who could prove that ffhat he said was true . — The learned judge then called thc task-master , who was one of the witnesses for the prosecution , and asked him pointedly , whether there was any tvutli in thc prisoner ' s statement . He positively swore that it was false . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and ho was sentenced to three months' hard labour . Hocussixo AND HoBDEBv . —Mary Merrick , 26 , Bridget M'Keime , 22 , Catherine Pratt , 34 , and Mary Ann Sullivan ,. 17 , vrere indicted for robbing
David Dorward , a master mariner , of a gold watch , gold chain , four gold seals , £ o note , two sovereigns , and other articles . —Mr . Parry appeared for the prisoner Merrick , and Mr . Payncdefcndcd M'Kcnzio ; Sullivan pleaded guilty . —The prosecutor stated tbat he accompanied the prisoner Sullivan to a disreputable house in the vicinity of Ratcliffe-highway , kept by thc prisoner Pratt . He was induced to partake of some gin and beer , and directly afterwards ho fell asleep , and when be regained his consciousness he found that he had been robbed of all his money , his watch , with gold chain and seals attached , and a portion of his clothing . —The only evidence against the three prisoners who pleaded not guilty was the positive statement of tbe prosecutor that tliey wore present in the room when he drank tbe potation , aud that when' Sullivan said she took the money at the instigation of Merrick , the
latter" said , " Well , yon were a fool to be persuaded to rob the man by roe . " —The learned Judge withdrew the ease from tlie jury as regarded Pratt and M'Kcnzio , but left it for their decision as regarded Merrick . —The jury returned a verdict of " Acquittal . " —Sulliwui was sentenced to six months ' hard labour . —Tlie learned Judge told Pratt that she had experienced a very narrow escape , for had she been convicted , tbe sentence upon her would certainly have been ten years' transportation ; for though tliiu-e was a want of legal evidence against her , tho court was satisfied that the prosecutor had been " bocussed" in her house , and robbed with her knowledge , and she might tell her associates , and the keepers of houses like her own , that every person wbo sudoral this practice of drugging in their house would , if convicted in that court , bo sent out of the country . ' - ¦ ' .
A Second Daxdu . —Frederick William Molloy , 61 , a bald-headed man , with an impudent expression of countenance , was indicted for " frauduhntly obtaining by false pretences from Henry Manning , certain meat , drink , and lodging , to the value of six shillings - , with intent to cheat * n-l defraud him of tin : same . " The prisoner appeared to be excessively deaf , and when called upon to plead , he pretended not to hear i ) v- question , though it was repeated loudly close to bis eais at fea-t half a dozen times , by one of the . office ! s . At length the indictment it ' silf was handed to hira , with a written request that he would either say that he was or was not guilty , and after reading it over attentively he said boldly '' Guilty . " The evidence upon which tbe indictment
was founded was as follows : — On Saturday , the 30 th iif September , the prisoner presented himself at the Cafe de Pari ? , in the Hnymarket , and told the hea'l waiter , who appeared on this occasion as the prosi cutor , tlsat he wanted a dinner and a bed . Tlie waiter observing that , though somewhat respectably dressed , be had no luggage , told him that tbey were not in tbe habit of providing lodgings for gentlemen who brwught no luggage , upmi which the prisoner s-dd it was all light , his portmanteau would arrive t-exfc morning , and he wrote a letter to a Mrs . 'Ridley , Banies-ien-aco , Surrey , requesting her to forward it , but it was afterwards ascertained that there was no such person at the address indicated . That day , the amount incurred by the prisoner was sixteen shillings , ' and his dinner with wine the next day came to six shillings—the sum mentioned in the indictment . When the waiternresented bis bill , the prisoner snid all his friends were out of . town , and
as he was short of money he would give him a cheque for £ 5 up n his bankers , and he wrote as folluws upon half a sheet of note paper . " Pay to Mr . Jidin Esden or bearer , the sum of five pounds , P . W . Moi . tov . £ 5 . 0 s . Od . Messrs . Spooner and Attwood , Gi-acechurcli-sti-cet . " This was promptly forwarded to the bank , and it was brought back by the messenger , marked '' no account . " and the prisoner was lb- n given into ' custody . He was searched by Sevgea-t Grey , 10 C , but no money whatever was found upon him . In answer to the court , the waiter said tbat be should certainly have given the prisoner into custody had he not given the cheque or paid the bill when it was presented to him . He would personally be the loser of the amount . The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to three months bard Iabuitr . Several hotel and tavern keepers were in attendance to prefer charges of swindling against tbe prisoner . His name also figured conspicuously in the circular of the Trade Protection Society .
The Eqvisoctiai, Gales.—Morb Fatal Losse...
The Eqvisoctiai , Gales . —Morb Fatal Losses . — These gales continue along thc eastern and northern coasts with much severity . In addition to the losses of coasting vessels reported in this journal last week , many others have since taken place , accompanied by a melanchol y loss of life . Near Coatbam ( Yorkshire ) , where the John Saltcoats was totally lost with all hands , another vessel met with a similar fate on Sunday morning ; every soul perished with nor . From the dimensions of the wreck she is supposed to have been a collier , and to have a crew often bands . At daybreak on Saturday a sloop was discovered by some of the Colne fishermen wrecked on tbe Gumicet Sands , and it is greatly to be feared that all hands and some passengers met with a watery grave . In the course of Sunday
intelligence was communicated at Newcastle of the total loss of the Hero steamer , which left Shields in tho early part of tlie week for Stettin . On the 27 th ult ., when oft" the coast of Norway , she was struck by a tremendous sea , which completely disabled her engines , as well as sweeping every thing off her deck . Shortly afterwards she foundered . The crew were saved by the brig Symmetry . Enclosuue op Common Lands . —A meeting , convened according to law by Mr . Nathaniel Wetherell , Assistant Enclosure Commissioner , was held on Friday , the 5 th inst ., at the Crown Inn , iu the parish of Saltford , Somerset , to take into consideration the expediency of enclosing tho commonable land known as Saltford meadow , at which the majority . of landcsw . RQts interested consented to thc enclosure .
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THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CHI ? - WICK . EXAMINATION OFTIIE ACCUSED ' Saturday , Oct . C—Mr . Bcadon , tbe sitting magistrate , took his seat on the bench at two o ' clock precisely . Amongst tlie leading inhabitants present were J . Prere , Esq ., a local ' magistrate ; the Rev . Mr . Bowerbank , vicar of Chiswick ; Capt . West , die . The charge entered on the police-sheet was as follows : — "Henry Bathurst Monkiiouse , aged twenty-seven year ? , a mariner , charged with discharging a loaded pistol at John Fanner Monkhouse , in the parish of Chiswick , with intent to do him some grievous bodilv harm . "
Elizabeth IUines was Die first witness called . She deposed that she was in tho service of Captain Monkhouse , She know tlie prisoner at thc bar , who was the second son of her master . On the previous night , shortly after ten o ' clock , she answered a ring at the gate boll , and on opening it saw a cabman , wbo asked her if Captain Monkhouse was at home , and on her replying iu the affirmative , he said a gentleman in tho cab wished to speak with him . Witness sbut tbe gate to go nnd tell her master , whom she met in the doorway of the houso and told him what tho cabman had said . Captain Monkiiouse desired her to go and ask tho name of tbe gentleman , and she went back
to the gate , and asked the cabman what the gentleman's name was . The cabman replied he did not know ; and at that instant tho prisoner rushed past them , exclaiming , "I ' m a Monkiiouse , and I'll speak to him , " She then saw the prisoner rush forward towards her master , and directly-heard two shots go " bang , bang , " Witness saw her master fall , and the prisoner instantly bounced out of the gate . Then she went ^ to her master ' s assistance , and found him crawling on his hands and knees in the front parlour . —By Mr . Bcadon . Could not say where thc prisoner came from , as she did not see him until he rushed into the gate . She saw him take something out of tho breast of his coat , which she believed was a pistol .
William Siezeh deposed that ho was tho driver of the cab No . 618 , belong / mg to Mrs . Birch , cab proprietor , Horseferry-road , Westminster . On tho previous evening , between seven and ei g ht o ' clock , ho was on the stand in thc Minories , when the prisoner asked him tlie fare to Ghisvtick . Witness told him that it was eight miles ,, and with back faro would bo 14 s . The prisoner agreed to go . Witness followed him into a public-bouse , opposite the stand , to have ' something to drink . Having had what lie wished , he went into tbe parlour where the prisoner was sitting . On entering , the prisoner , who was in tho act of putting his hand into his trowsers' pocket , had before him on the table a lot of silver money , which tho prisoner attempted to hide . Witness
went out and told the landlord of tho circumstance , who went into the parlour , and in a minute or two the prisoner came out and got into the cab , and witness drove off . On reaching tho White Horse public-house at Knigbtsbridge , tbe prisoner told him to pull up . They went inside and had some drink . The prisoner seemed to be known there and told the female at the bar there that ho would bring her some scent , and left the handkerchief with her as a pledge . Witness then drove on to Chiswick , calling at several public-houses on the way , the last being the Black Lion , in Black Lionlane , near the prisoner ' s father ' s house . The prisoner got out there , and went in and spoke to tlie landlady , who . seemed to know him , but he had
nothing to drink . Tho prisoner then got on tlie box with witness to show him his father ' s house , where the cab was to stop , which it did . The witness then corroborated the testimony of tbe first witness as to the delivery of the message , and her returning to the gate to ask the gentleman ' s name , and stated that the prisoner , who was at that time standing on tho further side of the cab , in tlie road , rushed into the gate , and his hearing a noise . Tho witness was , however , closely questioned by Mr . Bcadon , as to what thenoiso w , i & 'Die witness at first said like something falling , but at last admitted that it was like the report of a gun or pistol . —Examination continued : When thc prisoner came out witness asked him what that noise was . The prisoner smiled , and said , " Oh , that was nothing V
The prisoner then got into the cab , and ordered him to go back into the high-road , and pull up at thc White Hart public-bouse , round the corner . Witness then asked him for bis fare , as bo bad brought him to bis destination , but be said ho wanted to go to Ealing , four miles further , and witness agreed to do so for a sovereign . On reaching the Bell publichouse on the Uxbi-idgc-road , at Ealing , lie stopped witness and went inside , and on his return be told him to drive him to his brother ' s house , Castiobarhall , which he did . The prisoner then rang several times , but was not answered , and witness drove him back to the Bell . Witness there asked him for tho sovereign , bis fare ; but ' the prisoner said be had no sovereign to spare . While witness was speaking to the landlord relative to tbe fare , tbe patrol came in
and took the prisoner into custody . The Patrol deposed to apprehending the prisoner a s the Bell . On asking him if his name was Monkiiouse , he said it was not , and asked witness what lie wanted with him ? Witness told him he must go with him to tbe Ealing station , and called another constable to his ' aid . At tho station the prisoner pulled out from the two pockets of bis coat the barrel and stock of the pistol produced , which lie had screwed together , and handed to witness . Tlie prisoner s / iid , "If 1 had a brace of loaded pistols I'd blow my brains out . " Witness found in his waistcoat pocket eight bullets , six percussions caps , and sonic gunpowder ; also sonic documents iu tho name of Monkiiouse . lie subsequently brought him in the cab to the bead station at Hammersmith .
Mr . Thomas W . C . Pkhfect , the first surgeon ea ^ ed in , was next examined , lie deposed that be was fetched about a quarter past ten o ' clock on tho previous night by Mi . * s Monkhouse . On reaching tbe house he found Captain Monkiiouse in a back bed-room , and ordered bis removal to his own bedroom . Tho captain was very faint , and vomiting blood . On examining his neck he saw that a ball ha-f passed through the black stock tho captain wore at tho time , and perforated the flesh of the neck exactly over the thyroid cartilage of thc windpipe , called tbe poncum adami , or the centre of tbe most projecting point of tho windpipe . It did not perforate tho air tube , but passed down on the ri g ht side of tho neck and through the throat , wounding
the membraneous parts of the a'sopliagus or gullet through which the food passes to the stomach , and striking against the clavicle vertebra or the os hyride , descended between the external and internal carotid arteries in the direction of the hcrnomnstoideus muscle , came out a little posteriorly , where it was found among the clots of blood in the collar of tho shirt . Witness gave up tbe case on tbe arrival of Mr . llalford , of tbe firm of Bowling and Ualford , surgeons , of Hammersmith , tile medical attendant of tho family . Mr . Halfobd deposed to having seen Captain Monkhouse between one and two o ' clock that afternoon . He was in a state of groat danger .
TllO prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday next . Wednesday . —This being the day appointed for tho re-examination of Henry Bathurst Monkhouse , the prisoner who stands charged . with having shot his father , Mr . John Farmer Monkhouse , at his residence , Cbiswick-mall , on the night of the 4 th inst ., the avenues of the court were thronged by persons anxious to witness the proceedings , long before the usual hour of opening tbe court . The prisoner arrived about ton minutes before two o'clock , having been brought in the poli- e van from thc House of Detention at Clerkenwell , and was placed in one of thc colls with a constable with him . Mr . Beadon , immediately on his arrival , gave
directions for the prisoner to be placed at the bar , and ho was directly brought up by Miller , tlie gaoler . Ho appeared very much altered since his first examination , and was thinner , and had apparently lost tbe self-cornposnro and confidence ho exhibited on that occasion . On entering the dock , he looked round thc court into every part in an anxious manner , as if looking tor some persons whom he expected to be present , and seemed greatly disappointed at not finding them there . Mr . Beadon inquired if any medical certificate had been received from the medical gentlemen attending the wounded gentleman ? Inspector Jeeks , T ( iivison , said there was , ind handed to the magistrate the following dscui ent : —
"We hereby jertify , that we have visited Mr . John Farmer Monkiiouse this morning , and found the constitutional disturbance produced by the wound in his throat considerably abated ; but while thc wound itself continues in its present state he must be considered in danger , and quite unable to attend the police court . Signed , Jonx Bowu . vc , \ Members of the Col-Edward Halfobd , j lege oi Surgeons . " Hammersmith , Oct . 10 , 1810 . Mr . Bcadon said the prisoner is further remanded for a week . The whole proceedings did aot occupy more than ten minutes , to tbe great disappointment of those present .
The wretched man makes no secret of his guilt , and has confessed to having purchased tbe pistols and balls shortly before the fatal occurrence . One of the pistols was found upon liim , the other is not yet discovered . Tbe p risoner states that he cannot tell what ho did with it . This might arises from the excited state in which he is known to have been for some time before and after the melancholy catastrophe . Among the papers found upon the accused is a mariner ' s register ticket , No . 328 , GG 0 , in which the date of his birth is set down as the 27 th of December , 1822 . He is further described as five feet six inches and a half high , fresh colour , brown hair , grey eyes , and having tbe letters " H . B . " and an anchor tattoed upon nis loft arm . A certificate ^ of his having performed a voyage from London to New Zealand in the barque Clara as an able seaman in 1847 , and another to the following effect , wore also
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among his papers :- " This is to certify , that Henry liatliiirst Monkhouse has served as seaman on ywrotlio barque William Hand , from March 25 th , IblS , to September 17 , 1810 , and was discharged on the 20 th of September in the bitter year . Tho above-named I recommend as a steady and obedient seaman . —W . Clelaxp . " The prisoner is entitled to tbereversion of a largo sum of money at his father s death , and on the back of a card found in one of his pockets thc gross amount £ S , 722 4 s . id . is set dovin , -with a calculation as to what a onefourth share , to which he was entitled , would amount . It may be added that on Thursday week the accused called upon Messrs . Ley and Bendy , solicitors , of Bream ' s-buildings , whoare ennaged professionally for his father , and obtained £ 1 from them .
Sunday night . —The second pistol , which was missing on the night of the prisoner's apprehension , was found on Saturday , under the following circumstances : —Mr , Inspector Jeeks , who has had the case in band , and through whose prompt mode of action the arrest of tbe accused was effected almost immediately after his rash attempt , being desirous to ascertain what had become of tbe second weapon , caused inquiries to be made on the subjt-ct of Mr . Williams , the landlord of the Bell public-house at Ealing , where , on failing to obtain admission at his brother ' s residence , the prisoner drove on Thursday night , and where ho w > s subsequently captured by Police-constable Neason . On being questioned , Mr . Williams admitted that be had received from young
Monkhouse , on Jhnraday night , almost immediatly afterhe entt-red bis bouse , two pistoln and a flask containing a quantity of powder . He added , that he placed them all together in a drawer , and the onlv way in which he could account for the accused having re-possessed himself of one of tlie pistols was that he must have taken it from ths drawer while his back was tumid . It has been already stated that Mr , Williams , the landlord , and young Monkhouse , are related , the daughter of the former having married tho brother of the latter , Mr . John Monkhouse , jun ., of Cast'ebar-hill . Euling . This may account for the unwillingness of Mr . Williams to afford the police any
assistance in the enpture of young Monkhouse When the officer en-ered and found the latter in the parlour , he appealed to Mr . Williams , as well as one of his sons , as to whether his name was not Henry Bathurst Monkhouse ; in reply to which both father and son denied any knowledge ofbis identity . On being searched , documents were found upon him which set all doubts at rest , and the capture was at onco effected . In the event of any unfavourable change taking place in the condition " of Mr . Monkiiouse , sen ,, Mr . Beadon , the magistrate for tho district , has made arrangements to proceed immediatly to his residence and take his deposition .
Statistics Of The Stomach.—(From " Soyer...
Statistics of the Stomach . —( From " Soyer ' s Modern Housewife . " )—Take seventy years of thc life of an epicure , beyond which age many of that class of " bon vivants" arrived i and even above eighty , still in the full enjoyment of degustation , & e ., ( for example , Talleyrand , Cambaceres , Lord Sefton , & o . ); if the first of tlie said epicures , when entering on the tenth spring of his extraordinary career , had been nUxced on . m \ eminence , say the top of Primrose-hill , and had exhibited before his infantine eyes the enormous quantity of food his then insignificant person would destroy before he attained bisseventy-firstyear—first , be would believe it must be a delusion ; then , secondly , ho would inquire whore the money could come from to
purchase so much luxurious extravagance . But here I shall leave tho pecuniary expenses on one side , which a man of wealth can easily surmount when required . So now , dearest , for the extraordinary fact : imagine on the top of tho above-mentioned hill a rushlight of a boy just entering his tenth year , surrounded with the recherche provision , and delicacies claimed by his rank and wealth , taking merely the medium consumption ofbis daily meals . By closely calculating , be would be surrounded and gazed at by the following number of quadrupeds , birds , fishes , & c . : —Jly no less than 30 oxen , 200 sbeep . 100 calves , 200 lambs , 50 pigs ; in poultry , 1 , 200 fowls , 500 turkeys , 150 geese , -100 ducklings , 2 CS pigeons ; 1 ,-100 partridges , pheasants and grouse ;
000 woodcocks and snipes ; ( iflO wild ducks , widgeon , and teal ; 450 plovers , ruffecs , and reeves ; 800 quails ortolans , and dottcrrels , and a lew guillemots , and other foreign birds : also 500 bares mid rabbits ; 40 doer , 420 Guinea fowl , 10 peacocks , and 3 ( 10 wild fow \ In tbe way of fish , 120 turbot , MO salmon , 120 cod , 200 trout , 400 mackerel , 360 whitings , 800 soles and slips , 400 flounders , 400 red mullet , 200 eels , 150 haddocks , -100 herrings , 5 , 000 smelts , and some hundred thousand of tliose delicious silvery whitebait , besides a few hundred species of freshwater-fishers . In shell-fish , 20 turtle , 30 , 000 oyster , 1 , 500 lobsters or crabs , 300 , 000 prawns , shrimps , sardines , and anchovies . In the way of fruit about SOOlbs . of grapes , SOPlbs . of pineapples , GO 0 peaches .
1 , 400 apricots , 2-10 melons , and some hundred thousand plumbs , greengages , apples , pears , and some millions of cherries , strawberries , raspberries , currants , mulberries , and an abundance of other small fruit , viz ., walnuts , chestnuts , dry figs , and plumbs . In vegetable of all kinds , 5 , 475 pounds weight , and about 2 , 43-12 pounds of butter , ( J 34 pounds of cheese , 21 , 000 eggs , 800 ditto plovers . Of bread -14 tons , half-a-tou of salt and pepper , nearly 2 J tons of sugar ; and if , bo had happened to be a covetous boy , be could have formed a fortification of meat round thc said hill with tlie liquids he would have to partake of to facilitate the digestion of thc above named provisions , which would amount to no less than ] l , G 73 i gallons , which may bo taken to boas below : —49 hogsheads of wine , 1303 i gallons of beer , SSi gallons of spirits , 342 liqueurs , 2 , 304 ? gallons of
coffee , cocoa , ten , Ac , and o 04 gallons of milk , 273 D gallons of water , all of which would actually protect him and his anticipated property from any young thief or fellow school-boy , like Alexander D ' omas , had protected Datiton and his immense treasure from the pirates in his island of Monte Cbristo . You now , dearest , fancy that I am exaggerating in every way ; but to convince yon , and to prevent your puzzling your brain to no purpose , I also enclose you a medium scale o the regular meals of tho day , from which J have taken my basis , and in sixty years it amounts to no less thai- 33 } tons weight of meat , farinaceous food and vegetables , & c . ; out of which I have named in detail the probable delicacies that would be selected by an epicure through life . Df . xomixatioxal Statistics op the Uniteh
Status . — 'Ihe Methodists in the United States , including thc church north and South , ami those denominated Protestant , number in their body 1 , 178 , 626 members . Tbe Protestant portion number but 83 , 000 of this largo aggregate . The number of Methodist churches is not reported in tho tables from which these statistics are compiled . The number of ministers in the episcopal portion of this body is 5 , 080 . The Baptists , including tho regular , anti-mission , free-will , , ud others , " have 11 , 2 GC churches , 6 , 503 ministers , and 813 , 021 members . The Presbyterians , old school and new , have 1 , 027 churches , 3 , 204 ministers , and SS 4 , 45 o members . The Congregationalists linvo 1 , 86 ti churches , 1 , 912 ministers , and 103 , 093 members . The Episcopalians
have 1 , 192 churches , 1 , 404 ministers , and 67 , 550 members . Hero are 212 more ministers than i churches . Thc Lutherans have 1 , 452 churches , , 599 ministers , and 149 , 626 members . Tlie Associate , , Reformed , Cumberland , and other Presbyterians , i , together with Ileformed Dutch and German Itc- :-formed Church"S , have 2 , 052 churches , 2 , 001 mi- inisters , and 241 , 740 members . The Woman Ca- itbolics have 907 churches , 917 ministers , and d 1 , 199 , 700 members . The Unitarians have 244 4 churches . The number of ministers ami members ' 3 not reported ; but the number of ministers is doubt- t-Icss as large as the number of churches , if not > t larger . If the churches contain , on an average , as is many as the Orthodox Congregational Churches , s ,
the aggregate number would bo 27 , 532 . Tho ho number of churches of these several denominations , is , exclusive of Methodists , which are not reported , sd , is 21 , 981 . Allowing the Methodists 10 , 000 churches , es , the whole nun . ber would be about 33 , 000 . The . 'he whole number of ministers in these denominations ons is 22 , 808 , and the whole number of members of i of churches 4 , 197 , 141 . Supposing thc population ot l ot the United States to be 20 , 000 , 000 , it would give give one professor of religion to every five of tho popu- opulntion—not includmg feho children , one to three and : and a fraction . How many of these professors of rcli-
religion arc not possessors we may not presume to say , say , , but undoubtedly the Omniscient One would make a . ike a i very material deduction . The Baptists have thee the 5 largest number of churches and ministers . The The ; Catholics have the largest number of nicmbers . ibers .. Thc Methodists have tho largest number among theig the e Protestant denominations , tho Old School Prcsby-rcsby- ' - tcrians have 725 more churches than the New News School , 102 more ministers , arid 23 , 953 more mem-mem-1 bers . The Old and New School Presbyterianseriansis together have 2 , 160 more churches than the Con ^ Con-igregationalists , 1 , 652 more ministers , and 141 , 36041 , 36 ( 1 K more members .
The Britas . ma Turn :. —On the C inst . at eleveneleven n o ' clock , the steamer Fairy , en her passage from fromm Beaumaris to Conway , sailed under thisstwpendouffindousit tube . Mr . Stephenson , Mr . Forstcr , the McssraUcssrs . s , Clark , with all the principal managers of tbebridgebridgoo togctberwitb a great number of the workmen , wem , wcrere congregated on the top of the tube , and gave threie threiei most hearty cheers , a-s tUs beautiful vessel glide * glideiei beneath them , which were returned by tho uuitei uuiteiei voices of the passcngess and crew cf the Fairv , whry , wh h rejoiced in thc opportunity of being in tho nriho firiri vessel to pass under thc Britannia Bridge . The . TM 1 Fairy returned through the same channel from Carom Cala narvon , and was saluted with the firing of tig of tltl cannon from the works , and with' ' one cheer morcr more . e , Tbe Fairy ' s masthead is about 58 feet from tlfroin tltl level of the water , and sho had several feet to spat to spa » in passing under the tube . —North Wales Gazetteasette . .
, Losno . v Orphan Asylum . —Tho vacancy ocacy occcc sioned by the lamented decease of Mr . Charl Charirl Aston Key , as consulting surgeon to this excelle excellele institution , has just been filled up by tho electio electiiti of Mv . T , B . Caxlbm of the London Hospital riUd ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13101849/page/7/
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