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      Mabch 14, 1546. The Northern Star. 3 "

      Mabch 14 , 1546 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3 "

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      Beauties Of Byron, So. Xxxui. "¦Lxsjl." ...

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON , so . xxxui . "¦ LXSJL . " This tale i » not a favonriteof ours , although it « mtains several passages of great beauty . We confine ourselves to the following extract : —

      THE SISINO . "Within that land was many a malcontent , Who cursed the tyranny to which be bent ; The soil fall many a wringing despot saw , Who work'd his wantonness in form ef law ; Long war without and frequent broil within Bad made a path for blood and giant sin , That wanted but a signal to begin Sew havoc , such as civil discard blends , Which knows no neuter , owns but foes or friends * "Fix'd in his feudal fortress each was lord , In word and deed obeytt , in soul abhorr'd . Thus Lara had inherited his lands , And with them pining hearts aad sluggish hands ; But that long absence from his native clime Bad left him stainless of oppression ' s Crime , And now diverted b y bis milder Sway , AH dread by slow degrees had worn away .

      And though his lonely habits threw of late Gloom o ' er his chamber , cheerful was bis gate ; Tor thence the wretched ne ' er unsoothed withdrew , Tor them , at least , his soul compassion knew . Cold to the great , contemptuous to the high , The humble pass'd not his unheeding eye ; Much lie would speak not , but beneath his roof They found asylum oft , and ne'er reproof . * # * * From him by sterner chiefs to exile driven They but required a shelter , and ' twas given . By him no peasant mourn'd his rifled cot , And scarce the serf could murmur o ' er his lot ; With him old avarice found its hoard secure , With him contempt forbore to mock the poor . * # * #

      AH now was ripe , he waits but to proclaim That slavery nothing which was stiff a name . The moment came , the hoar when Otho thought Secure at last the vengeance which he sought : His summons fouud the destined criminal Begirt by thousands in his swarming hall , Fresh fromlihtar feudal fetters newly riven , Defying earth , and confident of heaven . That morning he had freed the soil-bound slaves Who dig no load for tyrants &« t tbeir graves ! * * # *

      Songs For The People. Ko. N. Invocation ...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . ko . n . INVOCATION TO POLAND . Wake , Poland!—the dark clouds are breaking ' , The hearts of thy tyrants are quaking . Bouse up from thy slumber , thou down-trodden land , Long , long hast thou bent to the death-dealing brand ; Heart-broken by tumult , and torn with dismay , Then hast fawned on the spoiler who made thee his prey But the Fates are proclaiming , " thou liv * st in a time When submission is treason and patience a crime 1 " Thy disc was but darkened , thy sun was not set , For bright years of glory are stored for thee yet . Had the nations ef Europe forgot

      thee—From the roU of their names would they blot thee ? Or dreaofd they the ardour which fired their souls Sad melted away trom the breasts of the Poles 1 Ah . * thought they the monster , unchecked and unchained , Would pause , when the end of % freedom was gained ; Shall vengeance awake , shall your anger drive forth To their deserts the pestilent Sends of the . North , Or twine , with your necks ' neath the conqueror ' s car , Wreaths of laurel to bind round the brows of the Cxar ? Be the mists of delusiveness vanished ! O ! think of your patriots banished ! Remember the groaning , the sweat , and the tears , Wrung from them by despots , through wearisome years ! Siberia will teU how her solitudes wild , Bung dread with the waitings of parent and child—How sweet recollections their bosoms would swell , And the pearly tear-drop would freeze as it fell . Eoskhisko ' s great spirit ! complains that the thrones

      Of your foes have been reared on your forefathers ' bones , That the turrets of Warsaw , the Vistula's waves , Were not fashioned for sounding the meanings of slaves . But the magic of thrones is declining , The brightness of wan-hood is shining : The crown trom the mitre is rending asunder , While bigotry , helplessly gazes in wonder ; Truth's seeds , lightly sown on Time ' s swift-rolling blast , Dispelleth the dogmas that darkened the past , And liberty ' s breathings a radiance flings , That scorns to be classed with the tinsel of kings ; While the patriot ' s bosom impulsively throbs Contempt for the gewgaws of sceptres and robes . The dungeon , the scourge , aud the scaffold—The hopes of your ancestors baffled ' Hare their principles died , is their aiem'ry less dear , Or starts less spontaneous the fast falling tear , Though the freeman be clutched by the talons of

      power , And the blindness of fury its tempests may shower ; Though bis name aad tus deeds o ' er the broad earth be borne , As a mark of contempt and a by-word of scorn ; Though torture may chill the warm blood in his veins , And his voice may be drowned in the clank of his chains ; Though reason in madness convulsively swims , And the iron rustjfceen iu his festering limbs ; Though the cheers of a rabble his presence may greet

      When his mangled heart ' s crush'd on the blood-crimson'd streets , Still the truths which he uttered imperishing pleads , And hallow his mem ' rv , his name , and his deeds . Fame springs from his ashes , and nation and shore Contend for the name which they trampled before . The reign of oppression and terror suall cease—Han welcomes to earth the dominion of peace ; Fair Justice reverse ' s the despot ' s decree , And Poland rings sweetly the songs of the free ! Dunstable . Edwasb Deceae .

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      Douglas Jerrold's Magazine.—March-London...

      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE . —March-London : Fundi . Office , 85 , Fleet-street . This is not a very brilliant number of the Shilli ng Magazine , ; the editor is again absent , and the wantof "St . Giles and St . James , " and the " Hedgehog Letters , " is not supplied by anything at all approaching to their merits . The best article in the number is " A Flea for our Climate , " by Axous Reach , in which the writer manfully contends that the muchabased , much-belied , long-enduring climate of

      England , is one of the best , if not the very best , in the world . We confess we were not prepared to hear this maintained ; but we must also confess , that we think Mr . Rkich has made out his case , and in support thereof adduced arguments which the most enthusiastic admirers of " indigo-coloured skies , " blazing suns , and brilliant moons , may knock their headsagainst for a long time before they will be able to controvert them . We must confess ourselves pretty nearly converted ; at least , we may go the length of saying with * uepoet : —

      England , with all thy faults , I love thee still "A few good Actors wanted , " conveys some good ideasof what acting should be , but unfortunately is not . "A History for Young England" details a portion of the history of the reign of the infamous Jons . As Henry VI 1 L changed the religion of the cauntry from Catholic to Protestant , so it appears his predecessor , Jobs , when excommunicated by the Pope , and threatened with a French invasion under Pntur , would , to save himself , and glut his thirst for vengeance , Tuavehanded over England to the faith and domination of the followers ot Mohammed : —

      What course his terrors took mig ht seem a figment of romance , but that Matthew of Paris vouches so gravely for it , and gives such grave authority , from the land he had governed so un-christianly , he turned to the Mohammedan Emir who had just then conquered Spain , sad whose genius and prowess threatened to extirpate the religion of Christ from the whole of the south of Europe . He entrusted to two of his creatures , Thomas Harding ton and Ralph Fitz . A ' ichoIas , and to apritstuamed Bobert of London , amission to this easUrn warrior ; and Kobert of London afterwards described its result to the , old historian . He said that the palace of the Moor was I a strange and wonderous place ; and that the splendid j jst uncouth shapes they saw on passing through its < endless halls and galleries , moved their extreme amaze- ! menu At last they stood before the Emir , Uohammed- ! al-Kassir , a man of grave look and middle stature , who , < throughout the interview , kept bis eyes fixed upon a book j

      which lay open before him . After all due reverence , the letter of John was presented , translated by an interpreter , and found to contain , on certain conditions of general support and help for private vengeance , an offer to hold the En . 'lish crown as ihe Emir ' s vassal , and a promise to embrace the Mohammedan faith . The Emir showed no emotion in listening to it , but at its close quietly put a number of what seem to have been very practical questions to the convoys , concerning the strength and population of England , and the character and prospects of John ; and then , tvith unmeaning expressions uf friendship , dismissed the embassy . But as tliey retired , he « alltd ) hack Kobert of London , and , as that sober clergyman assured bis friend Matthew of Parif , aojutcd him , * ' by his respect for the Christian faith , " to say what kind of man his master was . Kobert could not resist the appeal : he said he was a tyrant , and would scon be deposed by Ms subjtctu . Jiothing more was heard of the Emir .

      There are several other readable articles in this number . In one entitled "The Press and the People , " by Mrs . Lems Gilues , in which the writer briefly sketches the progress of newspaper literature from the reign of Elizabeth ( in which the first newspaper was published , entitled the " English Mercuric , " to the present time , the writer remarks : — " Shall we not rejoice that these days of ignorance are past ? * * * It is , now , fairly a race between

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      the classes ; and I fancy that the energetic sons of the people , such as can write 'The Suicide ' s Purgatory , and'Ihe Baron ' s Yule , ' with the few hours that they wring from toil , or snatch from rggt fffli outrun the college-taught and castle-sheltered ' sons ot fortune .

      The Almanack Of Tlie Month—March London:...

      THE ALMANACK OF TliE MONTH—March London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street The " Abuse of the Month" is well and deservedly castigated in this number ; that " abuse" we hardly need , say is thc plague of the tongues , " of which St . Stephen ' s has been , and , we regret to add , is likely to be the scene . " The Cockney Mariner" is a capital burlesque of Coleridge ' s Ancient Mariner . The " Fashionable Novel , in Three Chapters , "is no burlesque ; it is the real thing , differing only from the fashionable novels in one respect)—that being , in three chapters it is readable , while the usual fashionable novels being in three tiotonws , are perfectly unreadable . " Reduced to Extremities" is not a bad tale , and possibly not very unlike the truth . "Political Maxims « la Rochefoucauld" are capital , as for instance : — " Everything is allowed in office , except leaving it . There is no steeple-chase in the world like a vacant bishopric . Half the secret m holding office is to hold yeur tongue . Certain members do not study speaking so much for its use as its abuses . Speeches are an unnecessary evil . Why not divide first , and talk afterwards ? " The whole of the contents are excellent . The wit of the editor and bis associates , supported by Doyle's mirthexciting illustrations , make this publication the best sixpenny-worth of fun extant .

      Punch. Part Lvi. London: S5, Fleet-Stree...

      PUNCH . Part LVI . London : S 5 , Fleet-street . In this month ' s part we have the conclusion of tho laughter-exciting " Dim" of the famed " Jeamesof Buckley Square . " We are sorry to part with the worthy fellow ; we "could have better spared a better man . " The best of this month ' s illustrations is Peel as "The political Tilly Slowboy nursing Cobden ' s baby { Free Trade ) . Tilly ( Log ) : — " Dids its Dukes of Kichmonds says its was a humbugs V ' Two new series of papers are commenced in this part— "Mrs . Bib ' s Baby , " and "the Snobs of England ; " both of which give promise of racy entertainment .

      Ti1e Connoisseur.—March. London: E. Mack...

      TI 1 E CONNOISSEUR . —March . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The claims of this " Record of the finearts , music , and the drama , " on public support continue undiminished , or rather , month by month , increase . The articles are unexceptionably clever and unflinchingly honest , and the illustrations are exquisite ; each number is excellently printed , and altogether admirably got up . As a continuation of the gallery of great painters given in this publication , we have this month a lithographic portrait of Titian , copied from a painting by himself . It is enough t £ tay , that this lithograph is every way worthy of Mr . IwIgcire , The articles are briefer than usual , and more varied . " Self-appreciation in Art" is the title of the opening

      essay , which , for the very useful lesson it inculcates , we recommend , not only to the class to which it is specially addressed , but also to readers in general . The article " On the study of Singing , " contains information of interest to thousands , and of the first importance to those individuals who aspire to popularity and profit by tuning their voices to the service of melody . " The Drama" is a severe , but necessary and wholesome criticism on theatricals as at present conducted , which we trust will be productive of some good effect . That the drama is in a fallen state through the degeneracy of actors and the corruption of the public taste , is beyond dispute . It may seem ridiculous to believe that such articles as the one under notice can promote a reform of the drama ; nevertheless , we have faith that it may be

      so : — "Words are things , and a small drop of ink , Palling like dew upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . "We have read with much interest the article on " The model of the Parthenon , " in the British Museum ; "Criticisms on the Exhibition of Paintings at the British Institution ; " the opera of " Don % uixote ; " and a valuable letter on " Pictorial Church Decorations , " by J . B . Brows , find a place in this number . From the " Miscellaneous" notices we learn that" A young girl , named Righitta Merit , only six years old , born blind at Lucca , has been lately astonishing the good people of Rome . She composes music and plays the pianoforte with a feeling aud force surpassing all imagination ; she plays the most difficult works of the first masters having only heard them once or twice . She will shortly go to Paris . "

      The People's Journal. Part Ii.—London: P...

      THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part II . —London : Published at the Artisan Office , Wellington-street North , StraKd . Although we very recently noticed this publication , we return to it with pleasure , that we may bear witness to its continued and increasing merits . The second monthly Part is now before us , and , so far from seeing any reason to modify our good word , we see good reason to repeat the approbation before expressed . The lectures by Mr . Fox on " The Political Morality of Sliakspeare ' s Plays , " " Taxation , " " Theery and Practice , " and " English Wars—their causes , costs , and consequences , " are excellent , and should be read by all , particularly the two on " Taxation . " and " English Wars ; " those two should be

      read by every one who ' pays taxes—and who is not taxed in this favoured laud ? We notice a new contributor in the Part before us , one whose name is " a tower of strength , " a name respected and honoured throughout Europe , the name of a patriot and champion of the rights of mankind—Joseph Mazzi . ni , the Italian exile . Mr . Maziixi commences in the ninth number a biographical gallery of " The Martyrs for Italian Liberty ; " the subjects of his first article being the murdered and martyred brothers Attilio and Einuo Basdiera . Their history is a sad but not inglorious ene . They have set an example in their devotion to principle , and contempt of death , which thousands of their noble countrymen wiU , when the hour arrives , not pause to

      imitate—And add to theirs a name of fear , Which tyranny shall quake to hear . We have not room this week , but on a future occasion we purpose to extract from Mr . Mazzini ' s article . In "Snatches from our old Literature , " contributed by the Editor , we have a famous ballad of " Robyn Hode , " which cannot fail to delight the lovers of old English poetry , and the admirers of the glorious Saxon freebooter . We must not omit to notice some charming poetry by Mart Howitt , entitled " Lyrics of Life . " We would gladly transfer a specimen to our columns , but want of room forbids . There are two or three good articles from the pen of William Howitt , expressing sentiments , and enunciating principles which do honour to both the head and heart of the writer . In saying this , be it understood that we do not coincide with all his ideas , nor adopt all his views , but their general tenor commands our svaipathy and approval . Here is a word on

      TREE TBJDE AXD INFANT SLAVEBV . In 1842 I was reading the Times newspaper in the public news-room at Heidelberg , iu Germany . What was the great subject ? The horrors just brought to light by the parliamentary inquiry into the state of the people , and especially of women and children in the coal-mines , the factories , and workshops of England . All those horrors in which delicate women and little children % ured , half naked , bearing huge burdens in the bowels of the earth , in damps , in darkness , in running water , where they stood whole days ; of—but enough . 1 ceased to read—my heart seemed to collapse , my brain was in a whirl—I was actually sick . I walked outinto the air . It was bright noon , the bright , clear joyous noon of the south of Germany—aud at this moment out burst from the public schools for the working classes , hundreds and thousands of little boys and girls , released to their twelve o ' clocU dinners , and alt healthy , happy , merry and shouting , as if they had five times too much pleasure in

      them for their need . But what a contrast ! Proud England , rich England , mighty and free England , grinding its children to death in mines and mills , in subterranean darkness and nakedness , and poor and despotic Germany guarding its children till the twelfth year , and giving them all an education . ' And this still goes on ! the child-murder of the mills goes on , and men calling themselves liberals and philanthropists applaud it , and call it free trade ! Good God ! free trade in the sinews and lives of tender children of eight years old ! little children pitched against the Juggernaut of steam , and those who denounce this immolation of manufacturing mammon to be sneered at for the cant of humanity ! The most hideous of all cants is the cant of cruelty . Free trade , forsooth , in the lives and happiness of children ! — 'Tis a vile abuse of terms . Trade is trade only when it deals in legitimate articles ; beyond that it is making far too free , it is then free outrage . Again here is

      THE CRT OF THE ACE . It is a new cry ; it is a voice almost of this century —that of all for the people , and HOC for a class . It is « "' *• great and magnificent mith . that it is ihe whole of man . kind whiclt are made for each other , and not the multitude for a few , that is now heard on all hands ; that is the distinguishing maxim of the philosophy of the day . These extracts , though brief , sufficiently indicate the spirit of Mr . Hownr ' s writings . Mr . II . is not always a safe politician , but our old pupils will not be slow to detect the short-comings and errors which they will find occasionally marring his productions . As a politician , Air . Howjtt is yet as much a learner as a teacher , but he appears to be admirably progressing with his le-sons , and , if we mistake not , will become ere long one of tlie most thoroughly democratic champions of the people . The " Annals of Industry , " the " Illustrations , " Ac , claim a word of commendation . Wc again heartily recommend this publication to our readers .

      Behus.—The Carnival Closed On The 21st U...

      Behus . —The carnival closed on the 21 st ult . at Berlin with a grand masked ball , given bv the king at the palace to 1 , 100 guests . Amongst ihein weie all the scientific men of note and the artists of celebrity in that city . Several members of the royal family appeared iu character .

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      DV & BJLK , TB 0 RSDi 1 . Manslaughteb . —Robert Barron , Joseph Dixon , and William Dixon , all very young men , were indicted for the wilful murder of George Middleton , at Chesttr . le-Strett . The quarrel in which deceased lost Ms life toot place in an ale house , although there was some evidence of a previous disposition on the part of the prisoners to fix a quarrel upon the deceased . After some insulting language blows were struck by all the prisoners , and especially one with a poker , by Joseph Dixon , which after a few days caused his death . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter against the three prisoners , Sentence was deferred . CHILD MUItDER . Friday .

      Sfargaret Stoker was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Hannah Stoker , her own child , on the 24 th November last . On being arraigned she pleaded not guilty in a loud and anxious tone of voice . She is a simple country-looking girl , 23 years of age . —Mr . Monteith stated the circumstances of the case at some length . —Jane Nisbett , examined : I live at Shotton colliery . I remember Sunday , the 23 rd November last . On that day I was on the road to Old Shotton . between two and three o ' clock in the afternoon . She had her child with her then . I asked her where she was going to , and she said she could not tell exactly where she was going to . The prisoner was then going in the direction of Broomside . —Cross-examined by Serjeant Wilkins : When I saw her , her eyes rolled in her head . She had

      altogether a wild , frantic look . She looked very hard at the child , but did not fondle over it . 1 know Charles Davison when I see him , but not particularly . She swore the child to him before the magistrates . I think he is a pitman . He neglected paying for the child . The prisoner's father is bed-ridden , and has been for years . She has a step-mother . — Isabella Davison : I am the wife of Robert Davison , who keeps the Bird-in-Bush public-house . On Sunday , the 23 rd November last , Margaret Stoker came to our house , between six and seven o'clock at night . She came in and stood by the fire-side . I asked where she had been , and ibe said she had been living at Shotton , and was going to her father's , at Broomside . The prisoner had not a child with her then . I saw her again between eight and

      nine next morning , when I was called out of our houce . The prisoner had not the child with her then . She said a woman had put her child into the bock . She appeared distressed , and cried much . I went to the burn side with her and lifted the child out . It was quite dead . I told the prisoner to lift up tfce child and bring it , and she brought it to our bouse ; Prisoner said she was beat with the child—it was too much for her . The same afternoon she told me she had tossed it into the beck herself . I said if she had brought it into my house I would have given it a meal of meat and a night ' s lodgings . She said she had done it for the best , and it had turned out the worst . I asked if the child had cried wheu she tossed it in , and she said she did not stop to hear . She appeared very much distressed , and cr ied bitterly . She did not

      teU me the child was her own . She said that she had bean at all the parishes for relief , and none of them would give her anything . I said nothing in reply to that . I asked ber why she had not gone into the workhouse . The child had the same clothes on when taken out of the beck as when it was examined by the surgeon . — Daniel M'Ewen * . 1 am a superintendent of the rural police . I have got some child ' s clothes here . ( Produced . ) On the afternoon of the 21 th of November I was seat for to the Bird-in-Bush public-bouse . I saw the prisoner and took her into custody , I told hex some suspicion attached to her as having caused the death of the child which was found in the beck . I cautioned her against saying anything that would criminate hersrit . Shortly afterwards I

      inquired if there was any circumstance she wished me to inquire into that might be favourable to herself . She said , ' No , there was no one but myself . " She appeared much distressed , and cried very much . I took her to Durham gaol . On going down Gilesgate , she said , " Oh , sir , I hope they'll be canny with me , as it is the first thing I ever did . " She asked me what I thought would be done to her ? I said I could not give any opinion . I got the clothes , with the esception of a shawl , from Mr . Shaw , surgeon . The shawl I . found in a brook near Davison's public-house . That is the statement she made before the coroner . It was read over to her , and I saw her make her mark to it . ( The deposition of the prisoner was here read . It was to this effect : — " I was coming home from m ; place , and going to zaj father ' s , and 1 was going over

      a beck , and I was very much in trouble , and I did not know what I was to do with the child , as I had no wages to keep it . I put it into the beck , and I went to my father's , and he asked me where the child was , and I could not tell . lie said I must go back and see ; so I came out at seven in the morning to seek it , 1 came along by the burn side , and I saw my child lying in the burn , and I could not take it out myself , and 1 asked a woman to take it out for me , and when she took it out , I fetched it to the stable . I went before the magistrates to swear the child ; and I wanted to go into ( he poorhouse , and they would not let me go ; and I could get nothing to keep it on . I was fairly urged and famished to 'do this . I was in a great deal of trouble when I did this . I had no place to go to ;

      and I was knocked from dog to devil . I had been paying 2 s . a-week for my bairn , and I had only 2 i . id . a week myself . )—Cross-examined : I searched the prisoner , and found a half-penny upon her , and a thimble , and a piece of net . ( Mr . Wilkins asked to look at the clothes . They were no better than a bundle of rags . ) After the inquest , she asked to see the body of her child . She caw It ; aud the said , "My canny , canny bairn , what made me do this to you ! Many a w » ary foot we ' re wandered . " She embraced and kissed the child ; and I had some difficulty in getting her away from the body . She also said her stepmother had not been good to her . — Mr . Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury for the prisoner . —Mr . Justice Patteson having summed up , the Jury retired for about ten minutes , and then pronounced

      the following verdict : — " Guilty , " out with the strongest and most earnest recommendation to your lordship ' s mercy . —The learned Judge ( without assuming the black cap ) then passed sentence in the following terms : — Margaret Stoker , you hate been convicted of the offence of murder . The gentlemen of the jury have considered all the circumstances of the case . . —Prisoner : Will you allow me to speak !—The Judge : If you wish to say anything , jou certainly shall be heard ; but Idou't see how you can possibly alter the circumstances and facts of the case . It is quite clear that you are the person who did actually throw into the water , and drown , aud destroy this child . I do not say you did it from any ill-feeling towards the child itself , because you appear to have been affectionate and kind to the child , so

      far as we can judge ; and certainly , from your conduct at the time of the inquest on the body , I believe you were distressed at what had taken place , and would have given anything yott could that it had not occurred . 1 dare say you would not have injured or hurt its finger , willingly , and , indeed , upon any account ; but still , not being able to maintain the child—having no means of supporting it , you seem to have considered that the best thing that you could do was to send the child out of this world . Now , really , unless you were at the time in a state of positive frenzy , and did not know what you were about , it is impossible that the laws of the country can pass over an offence of this sort . The gentlemen of the jury are satisfied—as everybody who has heard your case must be satisfied—that although you were

      distressedindeed , in a state of deep distress of mind , yet , at the same time , you knew perfectly well what you were doing , and that your intention really was to drown the child , thinking it was perhaps the best thing for it , It may be that you thought so ; still the offence is , in the eye of the law , the offence of murder ; aud it is my duty to pass the sentence of the law upon you for that offence . The gentlemen of the jury have recommended you strongly to mercy—very strongly . I am very desirous to attend to their recommendation ; and I shall give this case the most anxious and painful consideration , in order that I may see whether it he possible that I can , consistently with the due administration of justice , recommed to her Majesty that your life should be spared . I do not saythat it may not ; neither do I positively say , at this time ,

      that it will ; because it must depend upon a good deal of consideration how far it will be possible that it should be done . You see how one step in sin leads to another . Tou see how yielding to this man—if it be the first time that you did yield—how the consequence of having a child born which you could not support , has led you to the commission of this sad offence . I am quite sure that there hardly ever occurred any case so painfulcertainly none that I recollect—as this case is to my feelings , as it must be to those of every other person concerned . But , at the same time , I have a duty to perform which I must do ; namely , to pass upon you that sentence which the law provides for the crime of murder ; telling you , at the same time , as I hare already done , thatl shall anxiously consider whether it may not be possible , after all , that that sentence may not be carried into effect , but your life be spared . But if it please her Majesty to spare

      your life upon my recommendation , —which I don t say , because I cannot , without considoration , ~ -it certainly cannot be , then , except upon very severe punishment . Por it would be a sad and mischievous thing if it should go abroad and be thought generally that any person who happened to be in great distress , and who might not be able to maintain one or mora of his or her children , might put that child out of the world , and not bo called to n fearful account for it . The sentence of the law that I am now about to pass is , that you be taken henee to the place from whence you came , and thence to a place of execution ; that you be hanged by the neck Until you are dead ; and that your body be afterwards buried ki the precincts of the prison in which you are confined . And may Almighty God have mercy on your soul !—The prisoner shrieked aloud , and was otherwise greatly affected on receiving this sentence . Throughout the proceedings there was scarcely a dry eye in court .

      Satcbday . Sentences . —Joseph Dixon , Wm . Dixon , and Kobert Barron , who were found guilty of manslaughter of James Davison , on Thursday , were brought up and sentenced , Joseph Dixon to be transported for twenty years , William Dixon to be transported for ten years , and Kobert Barron to one year's imprisonment and hard labour . Violet Crawford , who was tried at the last assizes , before Mr . Baron Rolfe , upon the horrible charge of having thrown boiling water into her husband ' s ear , and fouud Guilty , was brought up for judgment . Mr . Baron Rolfe was doubtful whether the facts were such as to come within the words of the statute . The judges were of opinion that they were , and Mr . Justice Patteson how

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      pronounced the judgment of the Court , and which Mr . Baron Rolfe had recommended—namely , two years' im ! prisonment , with hard labour ; the last three weeks to be pissed in solitary confinement , and the sentence to take effect from the last assizes . Hie Court did not rise until lulf-past ten o ' clock , when the business was concluded . AvwsBoar , Fbidat .

      MURDER . Francis Fleet was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Ray , at Dunton , in this county , by administering to her two drachms of corrosivesublimate on the 26 th ot June last . Prom the testimony of the various witnesses examined in support of this most serious charge , it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were fellow s . rrantsat Dunton , the former being the shepherd and the lutt » r the only female attendant of a Mr . Duucombe , a farmer in that village . Por some time before the date ef this transaction it had become known to their fellow servants that an illicit connexion had sprung up between these parties , and it was suspected that the deceased was in the family way by hiu . On the 26 th of June the prisoner was working with some other men iu the rickyard

      till one o'clock , when he went into the house , as lis said , to get some bread aud cheese from " the gal . " In a , few minutes , however , he returned , and calling one of the labourers to him , told him that " the gal" was taken ill , and asked him to go iu while he went for assistance . On going into the kitchen , the poor creature was discovered in great agony , vomiting dreadfully , and complaining of a burning sensation in her throat and stomach . For some days she continued to suffer much , ulcers having appeared in her mouth aud on her tongue , mid during all that time the prisener evinced great anxiety on her account , making frequent inquiries after her condition-On one of these occasions , he was taxed with having given her " some stuff" when he replied that "he had not compelled her to take it . " On the 9 th of July the

      deceased was removed to the Wiuslow Union in a gig , and soon after that exertion she grew rapidly worse , till ene of the ulcers broke , aud she died of exhaustion , During her illness the prisoner was taken into custody , and she made a deposition before a magistrate in his presence , from which it appeared that on his coming into the kitchen on the 26 th of June , he had put some wVcte powder into a glass of water and told her to drink it off , declaring that he would not leave the house till she did so . This she declined to do at first , but being at last persuaded by him she swallowed it , and on the instant was attacked with the sickness and pains which had been deposed to by the other witnesses , and were attributed by medical testimony to her having taken a quantity of white mercury , or corrosive sublimate , The deemed also swore that she was then two months advanced in the

      family way by the prisoner , who knew that fact , and had on a previous occasion caused her to take something to do away with the child , but without effect . In addition to this , she stated that the prisoner had some more of the same stuff by him , and on being searched , a rag was found in his pocket , containing a small quantity of corrosive sublimate , an article which appeared to have been kept on the farm for the purpose of application to the sheep under the prisoner ' s care , Mr . Power having addressed the jury , his lordship summed up the case to them with great care and perspicuity . The jury then retired to consider their verdict , and ultimately found that

      the prisoner had administered the poison to the deceased to procure abortion , and that she had died inconsequence thereof ; on which a verdict of Guilty was recorded . Mr . Barcn Parke then put on the black cap , and proceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner ; after which the jury begged to recommend hiin to mercy , as in their opinion be had not ( lontemplttted any injury 10 the deceased . His lordship then intimated to him that he should take care that the recommendation of the jury should be conveyed to the proper quarter , though be could not take upon himself to hold out any prospect of mercy in this world . Winchester , Satordax .

      Ciiabge of Child Mdbdeb . — Charlotte Elizabeth Thornton , aged 22 , wife of Thomas Thornton , was indicted for the wilful murder of her male infant child . The prisoner was an interesting and rather respectably dressed young woman . When first put to the bar she appeared not aware of her situation , but during the opening speech she wept bitterly . It appeared that the prisoner had recently been married , and iu about five weeks after her marriage she gave birth to a child . The husband not having been aware of her state before their marriage , this circumstance caused unhappiness and misery between them , and she left her husband ' s house the day alter her confinement . They then lived in London , The prisoner set out with her child for the country on Thursday , forlorn and sad , intending to go to her friends . Shereached

      Newbury . She had then a bundle with her , ar . d a child was heard to cry . On Friday the prisoner was apprehended , and she then said the child was in a pond , and she took the officer at night to a large pond near Woodhay . They tried to find the child , but did not succeed ; it was eleven o'clock at night , A man was placed to watch the pond , and the next morning , after dragging the pond for some hours , the body of a child was found . It was a very deep pond . The prisoner was then taken to A ' ewbury gaol . She was faint and ill . The matron of the gaol put her to bed , and made her comfortable , and sat up all night with her . She stated to the matron that she had been married only five weeks ; that as soon as she wns confined her husband said he was not going to submit

      to that disgrace , and she must quit his house . She said , that in order to save her baby she determined to risk her own life . She came by train to Reading , and thou started to walk to Newbury ; that ber baby was wrapped up in two shawls . After proceeding some distance , she thought the child was dead ; she opened the shawls and found her baby had ceased to breathe ; that it had such an effect upon her that she fainted away ; it was then light . When she came to her senses it was dark . She wrapped up the child and proceeded on her journey , but being timid , and not knowing what to do with the body , she placed it in the pond . By the desire ef the prisoner

      the gaoler wrote a letter to her husband ; it was read over to her , and she then signed it , Wheu the child was found the eyes were closed ; the pupils were dilated ; the skin was pale ; and the umbilical cord was not tied . There was frothy mucus aboutjthe mouth and nostrils . The lungs were very congested . The right side of the heart was filled with blood . In the opinion of the medical men there was no specific marks of drowning ; but from all the appearances on the body put together it was this opinion of the medical men that this child had died by drowning ; but still the death might have been from other causes . —The learned Judge then at once stopped the case , and ordered an Acquittal .

      Oxford , Satcbdai . Charge of Manslaughter against a Police Officer . —Charles Knott , u police-officer at Chipping Norton , was indicted for the manslaughter of William Slatter , having caused his death by striking him over the head with his constable ' s stuff in the execution of his duty . Kobert Hall—I am a higgler , living at Chipping Norton , In October last I had a stable adjoining one ot William Slatter , the deceased , in the yard of the Bell Inn . I made a charge against the deceased of stealing chaff , I fetched the prisoner , who is constable , and we went into the stable . Several others were present , Kuott asked if the chaff was mine . 1 said yes . Slatter prevented me putting tho chaff , in the bag I brought to take it away in . He was pulling the chaff from me . Knottsaid , " I'll see if I can ' t have the chaff . " Slatter turned and faced him . Knott said , "Is that what you mean ? I'll settle with you . " Kuott then pulled something from his right-hand pocket and struck deceased on the left side of his head .

      It was a moonlight night , and there was a candle in the stable . Deceased's face was towards Knott when the blow was struck . I saw and heard it . Ic was not a very hard blow , and was made with a stick as thick as a constable ' s staff . Stutter said , "You have done a nice thing for me . " Knott pulled out hand-cuffs and suid , " put your hands in here . " Padbury was behind Knott , and prevented him striking a second blow ; that was before the hand-cuffs were put on . I said to the prisoner , " pray don ' t strike him . " Ho could have got at the chaff without striking him . Padbury said , "for God ' s sake don't strike him , there is present plenty to help you . " Knett said , " you want to rescue my prisoner . " Slatter walked across the stable ; Knott aske ' d'bim where he was going . lie replied , " I don ' t know where I am going or what I am doing , you hare struck me such a blow ; " he reeled and fell , he was then taken to the station-house . — John Padbury : I am landlord of the Bell Inn . Was present at the stable when deceased unlocked the stable

      door , and went in with them ; Slatter said the cliufi was his , and no one ' s else . Knott told Slatter to let Hall have the chaff , if it was Ins . I saw Knott attempt to take the chaff . Deceased pulled it towards his horse , and said it was his . I heard Kuott say , " If h « would not let him have it , he would soon settle him , " Knott then pulled out the handcuffs , aud told him to put his hands in there . Slatter said " I sha ' ut , " Knott then pulled out a sort of a bludgeon ev blood-nick , and struck him a v « ry severe blow . I saw and heard it . It would have knocked deceased down if it had not been for the manger . I was as n » ar to him as 1 could , and prevented tueytiMHieT from striking another blow , which he wns going to do . I said , " Don ' t strike him , for it you can ' t put on tha handcuffs , there arc plenty here to assisi you . "

      lie said , " I know my duty , do you want to rescue him 1 " The handcuffs wer < then put on withoutany assistance . — Mr , Farwell : lam a surgeon , residing in Chipping Norton . I was called in to the deceased at the lock-up house , I found him lying on the bench . He had been very sick , and appeared to have been dead about three or four hours . I assisted to make a post mortem exauunutiou . I found the skull fractured ; a blood vessel was broken ; the blood flowed to the brain , which was the immediate cause of death . —Charles Wingficld : I am a surgeon at Oxford . I was present at the post mortem examination . 1 heard the evidence of the last witness , and agree with it . The blow fractured the skull , and the fracture of the skull ruptured the artery , which caused death . —The Chief Baron having summed up , the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      Monday , Charge of Mdrder Henry Flint , aged twenty-one , was charged on the coroner ' s warrant with the murder of William Priest , in the purish of Adderbury . William Dumbleton ( apparently about fourteen years of age ) examined . —! live at Adderbury , und was acquainted with William Priest , who is about my age and sine . I was walking with the decca > ed and two others up and down the street at Adderbury , about half-past seven on the evening of the 27 th of October . As we went up the street I saw the prisoner with a pistol In his baud . I saw him snap the pistol . We walked on about fifty yards , and then returned walking all abreast . I was nearest to Mrs .

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      Wareham ' s house , in the adjoining garden of which the prisoner was . Priest was next to me . I heard a pistol fired . I saw Henry Flint fire the pistol . Priest fell on the ground . I afte rwards discovered that the hails had passed through my cap . From other evidence it appeared that the prisoner hud fired the pistol without being aware that it was loaded with ball . Two months before his brother had loaded the pistol , and when putting it away , had neglected to draw the charge . There was no enmity between the prisoner and the deceased . The jury , in aceordance with the . direction of the judge , returned a verdict of manslaughter , and tho prisoner , after a severe admonition , was s , ntencd to twomontha'imprisonment .

      HORRIBLE CRIME . James Stevens , a journejintm blacksmith , was indicted for committing a rape on two of his own children : one Sarah , a child ten years of age , last Friday ; and the other , Mary Anne , under twelve years of age . The first case was clearly proved by the testimony of the child Sarah , and a surgeon , Mr . Fisher , who bad examined the child . The evidence was totall y unfit for publication , but quite conclusive . The prisoner put in a well-written statement , which was read by the judge to the jury , denying the charge , and stating that it was trumped up by his wlt ' e to get rid of him . The second charge was not gone into , as it could only be supported by the evidence of the

      prisoner ' s wife and son . The Chief Baren very carefully summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The Chief Buron , in passing sentence on the prisoner , said as follows : —You have been charged with a most atrocious offence , and you have been found guilty on testimony the most conclusive . This , is one of the most appalling instances of crime Hint I ever heard . No observations from me can increase tho sense of the enormous wickedness of the crime ; it calls for the highest punishment that can be inflicted , and the sentence of the court is that you be transported for the term of your natural life . — The assize business at Oxford concluded this day .

      Lincoln , Monday . Charge of Rape . —Two Irish labourers , of the names of Welsh and Glynn , were indicted for a rwpe , within tho precincts of the city , on the 22 nd of August last , upon the person of one Mary , the wife of George Lee , a monstrously dirty member of the gipsy tribe , of the age of about 60 . Mr . D'Eyncourt conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Maeaulay defended the prisoners . It appeared that there was an encampment of gipsies in Greet-well-laue , in or near the city , on the night in question , which , at the dead hour oi the night , whilst the tribe slumbered in peace , was outrageously stormed by a party of wanton Irishmen , who remoriek'ssly demolished their tents , and sought to defile the female members of the tribe , succeeding successively in their base assault upon the prosecutrix , whilst her

      husband was engaged in running after his ass , which had made off down a lane with a load of blankets at the outbreak of the engagement . She , with her husband , reposed in one tent , her two daughters , of whom one was a widow , in another , and a kinsman and his wife in another . She had also a son , twenty . six years old , who seemed to have acted as patrol . The assault opened with an attack upon the tent of the daughters , which , after they had refused to let the Irishmen go to bed to them , was carried , and raxed to the ground ; but the Irishmen being , by recourse to throats and nails , repulsed in their further attack upon the daughters , turned off to the old woman ' s tent . While Glynn succeeded with the mother , Welch held the widowed daughter , after which the prisoners

      interchanged their positions . There was a party of nine or ten Irishmen behind the hedge . The unhappy nged victim of Irish concupiscence deposed to tU « leading facts . The parties first began heaving stones . The two prisoners did it . The other nine or ten did not interfere or throw stenes . They remained behind a hedge . They upset one of the tents , and then the son and kinsman started off to Lincoln for the police . Tliey knew previously that the men wanted to go to bed with the young women , who wouldn't have it on no account , The husband then ran away . There was a stone ready uplifted to break his neck . All ran away but her and her daughter Susan , the widow . One of the men hugged and ravished witness . Welch began . Stiuggled and rented him in the shirt about the neck . Heard

      something break . Welch then threw her down and ravished her . She holloaed out murder . They said , if she gave any alarm they'd murder her . The other then done the same , Tie ravished her too . She struggled as much as she could while she had strength . But she was an old woman , and hadn't much strength left . Welch , with the blunt edge of a hatchet belonging to the camp , struck her under the / ighc ear after both had had connexion with her . They then dragged her about the road with great violence . Each held the daughter Susan whilst the other proceeded with her . — Susan Herring , the widowed daughter , deposed to the same story . The men came to the camp , and wanted to go to bed with them . When they found that they got up and dressed themselves , they refused very much . They

      began to pull up their camps—her camp and another . Then the son and kinsman went off to the city , all the rest bM « he and ber mother went away . They pulled them about shamefully . They begged and prayed . Glynn held her so that she couldn't assist her mother . [ She then described what was done by Welch to her mother . ] Before he got her down he struck her with the blunt side of the hatchet behind the left ear . She then saw the same over again , viith Glynn , when the two men had changed characters . They threatened to murder them if they gave any alarm , Welch afterwards dragged lur ( witness ) about the road by the legs , and used her very bad indeed . Told him there were people coming . They listened , and then came and illused them again . They struck her till she didn't know

      what she was about . Welch took a handkerchief from her face , which was the one produced , and which she lost on the night they ravished her mother . The more they begged they wouldn't , the more tliey would go on . Sh « now said ( having before the magistrates , like her mother , said the contrary as to both matters ) that it was Welch who struck her mother with a hatchet before he ravished her , There was no violence done to her mother after they had beth ravished her . They were trying to pack up to go away wheu the ravishing began . After their men were gone away , they attacked them with stones . These men went to the city , when they saw the prisoners wanting to come to bed with them . The men all went away because they thought they would bo murdered amongst so many . —The mother and daughter both told

      their tale with an air of nonchalance , and quite con amore . —George Lee ; Was thehusband of the old woman . The two prisoners came to the camp and began to stone them . He and his speuse , Mary , were both in bed , and got up and dressed themselves . A little while after uine or ten more men came up . The two prisoners began to pull their tents down . They attacked his and that of his daughter's . He collected their things and set them on his ass . Was afraid they would tear all the things to pieces . There wero but two then . They struck him , and he thought they had broke his thigh . One threw a stone and hit him on the neck , so that he did ' nt know what he was about . His ass , when he had packed it , bolted and went up n lane . He bolted after it , caught the excited animal , and placed

      it in a close . He was so hurt that he lay down in a ditch 100 yards from the encampment . They had stoned him away . Heard them two men with his wife and daughter —a ravishing of his wife , but he kept a close look-out upon his ass . Heard th em say that they would murder them , and the latter say , "For God's sake let them alone . " Upon this , got up and followed his ass . His son and kinsman went off directly they began with the women . In answer to a question , whether he assisted the women at nil , he only suid , "No , I followed my ass . " Heard the cries of his wife and daughter from the camp , but was so frightened that he still run after his ass . — Thomas Ashton , police constable . of Lincoln , deposed that , about threeo'clock , on the 22 ud of August last , the son and kinsman came to him . Went with them to the encampment ; saw the tents all torn up in the most desolate state . They were all in remnants , a piece here and & piece there . Saw Mr . Lee about thirty yards from the

      camp , towards Lincoln . The women were very much excited and frightened , and their appearance was very much disordered , particularly Mary Lee ' s clothes , and her face was covered with blood , Susan Herring , the daughter , was not so bad . A quarter of a mile off found fifty or sixty Irishmen in a barn . He first secreted himself , and saw the two prisoners ia the yard , who proceeded to open the door , and went into the barn . Took them into custody . Found another man iu the biint , dressed , and took him also . The remainder of the fifty or sixty Irishmen were all undressed , and iu sucks , coming up to their throats , all lying in a row , bedded down . —It was then proved that Welch had the bosom of his shirt torn . — The jury returned a verdict of G uilty of a common assault . —The learned Judge observed , that it was clear that the prisoners had bceu guilty of » most atrocious assault , and centenced them respectively to be imprisoned in the commongaolof this county , and kept to hard labour , for the space of six calendar months .

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      Suicide op a Commercial Traveller . —On Sunday morning considerable excitement was created in the vicinity of Dockhead , in consequence of a report having spread that a strange gentleman had cut his throat in a most dreadful manner , in Cox ' s Coffeehouse , Dockhead . Shaw , the beadle , instantly left the church , and proceeded to the house in question , where he found a middle aged man lying in bed with his throat cut in a dreadful manner . The windpipe was severed , and the wound extended three inches across . He had lost all articulation , but from his signs , Shaw ascertained that he cut his throat near the table at tho window , and placing one end of the

      sheet in the wound , got into bed , where he was found by the landlord about twelve o'clock , lie had hired a bed on the preceding night , but not answering to breakfast , they endeavoured to arouse him ; on his not giving any answer , they burst tho door open , when he was found in that deplorable state . Dre . Buseell and Greenwood attended him , but tliey were not able to render him any assistance . From papers found on him , it appeared his name is Edward Collins , aged forty-nine , residing with his wife at 13 , ClerhMifjreefc , Stepney . lie is a commercial traveller , in the employ of Messrs . Batayer and Co ., eonfectionoi' ^ Bishopsgale-street Without , in whose confidence lie had been for many years .

      Soolpture . —Gregory XVI . has formed a new gallery for statues in the Garden Delia Pigiia , at the Vatican , so called alter the apple of Pisa , containing the ashes of Adrian , and which was previously the sole ornament of the garden . Tho hcw collection is to bear the name of " Museum Campcttre . "

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      Major Buoadpoot . —The tfev . Dr . GroJy is not the only minister of religion who ? e son has fallen in th * conflict with the Sikhs . Major Broadfoot , the political agent of the Governor-General at Lahore , wae the son of the Rev . Mr . Broadfoot , formerly minister at Oxcmien chapel , Haymarkct . The Maj & r , to use the words of the Governor-General ' s dispatch , was tho last of three brothers in the Company's army who have all fallen in battle in the service of their country . [ " Blessed arc the peace-makers . "— . Testis Christ . ] Fire AT Liverpool . —Between one and two o ' clock on Friday morning , a fire was observed to issue from one of the flues belonging - to Mr . Moore ' s extensive soap manufactory , corner of Leeds-street , Vauxhallroad , but so quick was the fiery element , that before word reached the fire-police station the whole building was in flames . , In less than two hours the build * ing where the fire originated was completely gutted , some vats alone being saved ,

      Parkhubst . —The annual expense of Parkhurst establishment for young convicts amounts to £ 25 6 s . lid . each inmate . , An AnRivAL .-On Wednesday , Mrs . ( Dionysius ) Lardner ! arrived in Shoreham harbour , by the Menai , from Dieppe , and forthwith proceeded to London . The Sanatomo-m . —On Saturday night a sumptuous banquet was given at the Clarendon Hotel by the Marquis of Lansdowne , and a committee of noblemen andlgcntlemcn , to Charles Dickens , Esq ., and other gentlemen of literary aud artistic eminence , who contributed , by their talent , to improve the funds of th « Satatorium by amateur performances at the St . James ' s Theatre .

      Funeral Exi-enses , —A movement is now being made in Paisley forthe abolition of the custom , which is carried to an extravagant excess in Scotland , of providing refreshments to company at funerals . Watches . —A watch consists of 999 parts , the manufacture of which employs 43 trades , and about 215 persons . Sir R . P eel for Birmincham . —It is said that a requisition is now in progress in Birmingham , addressed to SirR . Peel , soliciting him to become a candidate for the representation of that borough at the first election , and that such is the popularity of the hon . baronet , that it will be so numerously and respectably signed as to place his return beyond the shadow of a doubt .

      Suicide at Brighton . —On Monday morning , a gentleman named Lamb , a London merchant , who had been in lodgings , on the King ' s-road , ler rather more than a week , cut his throat with a razor , and died instantly . It appears that the unfortunate gentleman , who had been in a low desponding way , left his wife in bed , and retired to an ante-room te commit the act of self-destruction . The Mammoth Houses . —Sir Roger Palmer and George Hudson , Esq ., M . P . j have purchased the two splendid mansions on eitherside of Albert-gato , Ilydepark . Appearance op tub Potaxoe Disease is the New Crop . —Potatoes grown in frames , which had thrown up shoots eighteen inches high , have been dug up , and found so much affected as to be unfit for use . Some which had been planted out of doors , the shoot * of which had not appeared above ground , have been examined and found also affected , the shoots in many cases being rotten . —Preston Guardian .

      Tub Ladies op Potladeiphia ( says an American paper ) have adopted Wue as the lashionaple colonr , and now may be seen promenading Chesiiut-street with blue bonnets and blue cloaks , blue dresses , blue stockings , and— " blue noses . " Fudge . —Amongst the West-end military circles it is currently reported that several battalions of the Foot Guards have volunteered to proceed forthwith for the Punjaub , and that their chivalrous offer is under the consideration of the Horse Guards . Re-akpearauce or the Cholera is Asia . —Letters from Persia speak in a truly touching manner of the destructive progress made by this pestilential disease in the interior of Asia . Coming from Cabnl , the cholera had already reached Teheran .

      African Discovery . —Another African expedition has left Liverpool under the charge of G . W . Dautell , Ksq ., a surgeon , who lived on the west coast , and ia the interior of that continent , for some years . The chief object is to explore further the discoveries of Mr . M' Gre | , or Laird . Mr . Daniell is known to the medical public as the author of some papers on the sanatory topography of the west coast of Africa . Fibb in Bread-sireet . —On Monday evening , between eight and nine o ' clock , a fire , that for upwards of an hour caused great alarm , broke out upon the premises belonging to Messrs . P . Poland and Co ., furriers , carrying on business at 52 , Bread-street , Cheapside . The fire was not subdued until past tea o ' clock , and not until damage to a serious amount had been done .

      Coroners Inquest . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Feathers , Deanstreet , Westminster , on view of the body of Mary Ann Thomas , aged one year and eight months , the illegitimate offspring of a widow living in Pye-strott , Westminster , and who is now in prison , having been remanded on a charge of having caused the death ot her infant , by throwing it on the floor , afterwards biting it in tlie leg , and then leaving it exposed at the door of St . John's Workhouse . The alleged facts were disproved before the coroner and jury . Verdict , "NaturalDeath . " MunnuR at Newark . —The inhabitants of this

      quiet borough have been in a state of commotion , arising from the body of a young female having been found drowned in the canal which passes from one portion of the river Trent to another , on the northwest side of the town . An inquiry was instituted bofore the coroner ( Mr . Burnaby ) , and the jury brought their labours to a close , by returning a verdict of Wilful Murder against two young men , named Homer and Heselby . The two prisoners were taken to Nottingham gaol , tor trial at the assizes . Melancholy Suicide . —Brighton . — A coroner s inquest was held at the Sea-house Hotel , on Monday evening , before F . II , Gell , Esq ., coroner for East Sussex , to inquire into the circumstances attending

      the death of Mr , Francis Lamb , an Italian warehouseman , at Islington . From the evidence , it appeared that deceased , accompanied by his wife , came to lodge at Mr . Gladding ' s , in the King ' s-road , on Saturday week , but neither the servant nor Mr . Gladding noticed anything remarkable in his conduct . Mr . Philpott , surgeon , was called in to attend deceased on the following Wednesday , and found him suffering from hypocondriacal disease , tlio resultof indigestion , one of the symptoms of which is a desire for self-destruction . Evidence having been adduced , it appeared that the deceased cut his throat . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " Deceased , who was much respected , has left a wife and eight children .

      Serious Fire near St . Paul s . — -On Sunday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire , nearly attended with fatal consequences to several persons , broke out in the premises tenanted by Mr . W . H . Curling , tobacconist and cigar importer , situate at 25 , Luagate-street , within live doors of St . Paul's Cathedral . The flames originated in the back parlour , and were first discovered by one of the female servants hi the King ' s Head Tavern , at the rear of the premises . Before the inmates could be aroused , the fire had extended from the bottom almost to the top of . the staircase , thereby cutting off all escape by the regular means . Fortunately , the whole of the parties residing in the building succeeded in getting upon the roof , and escaped through the adjoining houses . By

      the period that the engines could be set to work , the names had extended nearly to the roof of the building , and for some time it was strongly feared the flames would have destroyed tho King ' s Head aud several of the surrounding dwellings . The firemen , however , by labouring incessantly for the space of an hour , at length succeeded in getting thcflaraes extinguished . The damage is considerable . The lati Outbade at Deptford . — On Saturday morning , at Southwark police-court , information was brought to the magistrate that the policeman , James llastie , of the R division , had died at Guy ' s Hospital from tho injuries inflicted on him at Deptford . The

      unfortunate man was so dreadfully wounded that he has been quite incapable of giving any intelligent account of the affray which caused his death . It appears that about a week previous to the affair he had taken two or three men into custody for creating a disturbance near the spot where he was afterwards attacked . The men were fined at the time , and ii seems that this act excited revengeful feelings againsA him , and that his late assailants were , in some way . mixed up with the previous affair , and had on thali account attacked him . He was a stout , hale man , about thirty-five years of age , and has since suffered most severely .

      Jatal Accident on the River . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at the Grapes public-house , New Gravel-lane , Shadwoll , on the body of Henry Cox , twenty-one years of age , late a rce ' ruit in the 3 rd battalion of the Royal Artillery . The body haying been viewed aud " identified oy one of the deceased ' s comrades , evidence was given to the following effect : —It appeared the deceased came up from Woolwich on Saturday , by the No . 10 Waterman ' s boat , and just as it arrived at tho Thames Tunnel Pier , between twelve and four o ' clock , the vessel at the time going at her usual speed , deceased fell accidentally into the water heels over head . Tho alarm was instantly givon , and the vessel stopped as quickly as possible . Two boats at once put out for him , but he sank before thoy could reach him . The drags

      were tUen resorted to , and the body was got out ia ahout four minutes and a half , aud brought to the Grapes . Mr . King , surgeon , of High-street , Shadwell , subsequently attended , and the uiau was brought round by means of boat and friction , but it was evident , from appearances , that he was labouring under congestion of tho braiu . Uo lived for about two hours and a half , and then expired from congestion of the brain awl lungs . He was a powerfully framed man , of immense niusclo , ami stooa about live feet ten inches . He struggled so mueii when exhibiting signs of r «! U » citotiun , that it required four men to Iwld him . After a minute inouiry into all the facts , which proved tlu * the death . was purely accidental , the jury returned a verdict to that effect .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 14, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14031846/page/3/