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EEAtTBEAtTB Of LoSDOX BCMXG TUB WEEK . The iaial rcjal report sayai— "A gwd «* l increase m the titalitvtality ia represented by the following numbers eeathseaths returned in tho last three weeks . Safe . 11 , * nl , and 1 , 109 . In the ten weeks ofl 8 U £ 0 . corcoudHOudingto that which end *! fe «* n Urday the <*§ e rage number was 1 , 063 , which if corrected for ip lriaplrison with th e mortality ^ ^ geMMm * , ussum ^ uming the annual increase of population at ii pen per cfnt ., becomes 1 , 169 . This estimaied , » unt mat differs in no very considerable degree from 1110 ! 1109 deaths registered last week . The increase ta { toil to 68 , iu tho present return over the preceding Ik ( etkfendinij'February 1 st ) arose almost entirely the number of who
» n » st ) ngst the young , . persons 11 alol above 15 years having been about 530 , aud rei ningning ia both weeks nearly the same . It is furrr to V to be observed , however , that notwithstanding eexceexcess in the eeneral result , the mortality from HemUemics is perceptibly diminished amongst the iidle-ldle-agcd and the old , whilst comp laints of that sss > , ts « , to which the young are subject , if not declin-. ' . do ; do not appear to he gaining gn . unl . The exiiis ofis of last week over the previous is due . in great "t , trt , to the aggravated fatality of pneumonia , and cewUewise bronchitis , amongst young persons The -wwa « of deatuscauscdby diseisesof the respnarry ory ww , comprising all ages , was last week 253 , niclnieh exhibits an increase on the average . The ll > erd > ercukv class , inc \ udm « consumption , numbered
3 2 w 2 which is less than the average , the destructiveiitadiladv now mentioned claiming 113 out of these , ihv'Hr ' " less than its usual contingent at this time . the the epidemic class small-pox destroyed 20 chil-< en . en . and five persons above 15 years ; and ; n only i of tof the 25 cases there is probable ground for in-[ rrinrring that vaccination had been performed with I fectieet and in sufficient time previous to the eruption the the disease . The births of 848 boys and 756 iri 3 , ri 3 , in all 1 , 604 children , were registered in the Eeekeek . The average of six corresponding weeks in I & 5 & 559 . was 1 , 464 . At tbe Royal Observatory , reerefrnwich , tbe mean reading of the barometer in i » vie wetk was 29 * 700 iu . The mean daily tempera-: ire ire was lowest on the first three days of the week ; i a th the remainder it was above the average of tho
isvcsvtTAl days in ten years , especially on Wednesday indttd Saturday , when it was about 6 deg . above the v-rv-rage . The mean of the week was 40 . 5 deg .. xcexceediug the average by 2 dcg . The wind , which levlew from the north on Sunday , was mostly in the ontonth and south-west on the last four day .- - . " S SOICIOE OF A FEHU . E IN THB ScBREY C & NAL . -C-On Saturday last Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , te ' te'd an inquest at the Bridge-house Tavern , Old £ e \ eat-road , 1 ' ecbbaro , on the body of Hannah South , igegei twenty , lately in the service of Mr . John Aylard , lababenihasher , of New-cross . On Saturday , the 1 st nsnst ., the deceased went out on an errand , and did moot return until a late boor on Sunday night , when ihehe knocked loudly at the street-door for admittance .
MMr . Aylard had retired to rest , but spoke to the de-¦ ece ased from one of the upper windows , telling her to * o * o away , as he could not admit her at such an unseasOBOtiable hour . She remained for some time , but ultiutimatcly went from the house , and nothing was seen war heard of her until Wednesday the 5 th inst ., when thine body of a female mas found in the Surrey Canal . MMr . Aylard identified the deceased , and her bonnet arand shawl were found on the bank by the side of the Ksvater . The deceased was searched , but no writing or imnvthing was discovered to account for her death . TIThe jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdidict of "Pound dead in the Surrey Canal , bat how shshe came there they had no evidence to prove . " There wwere no marks of violence on her body , and her frfriends are supposed to be living in Spitalfields .
Frightful Occurbe . vce at a Saw Jirrx . —On SSaturday last a frightful accident took place at the aaaw milfs of Messrs . Morris and C ., Duke-street . \ Westminster-roai , Lambeth , by which a man named William Stanford , ased forty-two years , received ssach fearful injuries that he cannot possibly recover . 3 The unfortunate man was an engineer , engaged on iihe premises to superintend the working of the matchinery . He was doing something at the upper part cof the engine , and while it was in motion one of the ** ' governors" struck him a violent blow on the head , ^ which rendered him quite insensible . He directly ifell among the works , when one of the men , hearing sa groan , immediately raised an alarm , and the machinery was stopped , bat not until the poor fellow was most shockingly mutilated . He was removed to 1 ' s Hospital , when tbe house-surgeon , found that ! he bad received a fracture of the thigh , and Iacera' dons of the scalp and face . The lower j iw was broken in two places . He had also sustained fractured ribs , with contusions and bruises on various parts of his
person . As aged Ladt BrjRSt to Death . —On Tuesday evening Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest in tbe University College Uospit . il , on Mrs . Elizabeth Haut , a widow lad y , aged 85 , late of 30 , Pleasantsteeet , Boston square . Deceased was left alone in her room by Mws Mackenzie , her companion , for . a few hours , and during her absence her shawl caught the flame from her candle as she stooped to ¦ pi ck something from the floor . The fire quickly spread over her clothes , when the other residents of tbe house alarmed by her screams , rushed to her room , and found her enveloped in flames , which the landlord extinguished with a carpet , and then conveyed her to the hospital , where she died in the jnost excruciating agony , the upper part of her body having been burnt almost to a cinder .
Fatal Neglect of tbe Police . —On Tuesday night an inquest was taken by Mr . Bay ford , at St . James ' s Workhouse , ou the body of Thomas Stevens , who died under the following circumstances , in a cell at the police station in Tine-street , Piccadilly . It appeared that on Sunday night the deceased , who is supp = sed to have resided at Host n , was seen in the Quadrant , and it . was supposed he had been drinking , as , after inquiring for an Hoxton omnibus , he fell down in an insensible state , and was carried by the police on a stretcher to the station , where he was laid on his side on the floor of the celt . About one o ' clock in tbe morning , he , having been entirely insensible , got worse , and Mr . Tothill , the surgeon , -was sent for , bat before he arrived he was dead , and apparently from apoplexy . — -The Coroner asked the
inspector who took the charge , whether he was not aware that there was a positive order of tbe Commissioners , that persons takes , to tbe station bouse in a state of insensibility should immediately have the attendance of a medical man ? The inspector replied lie knew of none suck—Mr . Tothill , who is surgeon to this division of police , on being appealed to , said there was such an order . —The Coroner : Then h , « e is an inspector of police who does not know what his orders are . —A Joror : Was it not very improper to lay him on tlie floor , with nothing under his head ? J 4 r . Tothill : Certainly it was . —The jury returned a verdict that "The deceased died of apoplexy , but they knew not what caused it ; and that the police had been guilty of great neglect . in not getting medical assistance . "
Fatal asd Caumwotjs OeeomiEses . —On Toesday afternoon the neighbourhood of Baker-street , Poriman-squsre , was much excited in consequence of the following lamentable occurrence , which was attended with fatal results to an independent gentleman , and almost as disastrous termination to a young lady . It appears that an old gentleman , samel Parnell , bad resided for some time iu the third floor of the premises belonging to Mr . R Cartling , So . 7 . in Baker-street . On Tuesday about noon he was noticed by one of the servants Bitting in front of the fire , reading tbe newspaper . Soon after that tune an acquaintance called to see the unfortunate gentleman , when on some one proceeding to his room and opening the door a most fearful scene was beheld , for Mr . Parnell was found sitting in his chair comp letel y enveloped in flame . An instant alarm of fire was sounded , and a young lady rushed into the room , for the purpose , if possible , of rescuing tho gentleman . Unfortunately
she was unsuccessful , and owing to the density of the smoke and tbe body of flame , she dropped senseless to the floor , wbere she would soon have oeen suffocated had it not been for the praiseworthy oxertions of some of tbe other inmates , who made their way into the apartment and extricated her . She was carried oat perfectly insensible , but owing to the administration of powerful restoratives she soon recovered . ¦ The engines from Baker-street station , with those of the parish and others of the London Brigade , promptly attended , and by the exertions of tbe firemen and strangers the flames were extinguished ,- but not until Mr . Painell was burnt to death . How the fire occurred is not precisely known , but the supposition is that a spark must have flown from the grate either upon the newspaper the deceased was reading , or on to his clothing , and thus occasioned the calamity . The unfortunate deceased was eigbty-eiebt years of age , and has left several children
Fins at Isusgton . -Ou Saturday raorninglast , shortly after twelve o ' clock , afire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Messrs . Roberts and Co ., grasHB and tea-dealers , 42 , High-street , Winston . All the inmates succeeding in making their r * treat in good time . with the exception of thehouse-% ^ Vl ^ u i J " " ' * oo was neariv stifled by tha smoke and flames , but was ultimatelv rescued by a policeman and a young man named Butt , and conveyed from an upper window down a ladder . Much damage was done to the stock drc before the flames were extinguished . * " '
Extexsive Robbebt . —On Tuesday information was received that about twelve o ' clock at noon , a lady named Lee , residing at St . John ' s Wood entered one of the Atlas omnibuses in the Re » ent ' s ^ circus to proceed to her dwelling ; at the same moment a man of gentlemanly appearance also entered the vehicle , and seated himself by the side of Mrs . Lee , with whom he entered into conversation . Oa the omnibus reaching Upper Baker-street he hastily alighted , and took to his heels . Mrs . Lee inst iDciir .-ly felt her pocket , and to her dismay , discovered that her pocketbook , containing two : £ 50 , five £ 10 , and five £ 5 Bank of England notes , bad been abstracted . ' and . notwithstanding an
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instant pursuit the fellow got clear off . The loss had a very shocking effect on Mrs . Lee , who became insensible , and had to he taken into a 8 UTgefltfs for medical assistance . . DePobtatiox op Pauper Chilores to Bermuda . —On Tuesday a very larj . ' meeting of the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St . Pancras was held at tbe Vestry-hall adjoining the workhouse . King ' s-road , Camden-town ; Mr . Churchwarden Baker in the chair . Mr . G . W . F . Cook , the vestry clerk , stated that he had received a commuuication from the Poor-law Board , founded on the report of their inspector Mr . Hall , iu reference to ' the recent emigration of pauper children from the workhouse of that parish to Bermuda . This letter
was read . It was dated the 10 th inst . The following are the most important passages in it : — " The Poor-law Board , after a deliberate consideration of the evidence , are satisfied that the directors of tbe poor © f St . Fancras were influenced by humane and benevolent motives in the course which they adopted with regard to these children , aud that they bestowed every care and consideration in their power in order to promote the welfare of the emi-• iraiits , and to ensure the success of the experiment . Tiie board cannot however , view with indifference t ' ie fact , which was candidly acknowledged by the
chairman of the directors Of tho parish of St . Pancras , that ' no legal formalities were gone through , ' aud that the provisions of those acts of Parli « mcnt which relate to tho emigration of paupers were wholly overlooked . " Mr . Billett < .-0 » gr . ttulated the board on the manner in which they had come out on this inquiry . It showed that the board had acted in an honest and strai ghtforward manner , and without any fear , and he thought that the whole proceedings of the inquiry should he published . to the ratepayers —( hear , hear)—together with the report of the Poor-law Board lit : moved n resolntion to that effect . Mr . Shilston
seconded the motion , and it having been adopted , tbe board separated . The Dissenters asu the Papjl Aggression . — On Tuesday her Majesty was pleased to receive in the closet at Windsor Castle a deputation from the three denominations of dissenting ministers residing in : ind about the cities of London and Westminster , when they presented an address expressive of their conviction that we are indebted , under God , for our national prosperity and greatness , and especially for our civil and religious liberty , to those principles of tlie Protestant reformation which placed the House of Brunswick on the throne . Tho address expressed the deep regret with which they viewed t'ie recent Romish Aggression , and the causes which hare conduced to it , among which they specified tho legislative patronage of Popery and the anti-Prote . stant teachings and practices in the established church . They stated their claim for the rights of conscience for themselves and for all classes of her
Majesty ' s subjects . They did not consider that these rights would be impaired by her Majesty ' s disallowance of territorial titles and jurisdiction conf . rred by the Pope . They prayed that the developement of Popery should be only so far permitted as was compatible with the security of the throne and the liberty of tbe subject . To this address , with her usual dignity and condescension , hor Majesty returned the following reply : — "I receive with mnch satisfaction your renewed assurances of loyalty and attachment to my person and government . I fully appreciate the importance of a firm adherence to the principles of the Protestant reformation , and you may rely on my earnest desire , in asserting the just prerogatives of my Crown sad
the constitutional rights of my people , to maintain unimpaired the blessings of civil and religious liberty which are so justly dear to this country . " Capture op a Mobdebeb . —An instance of the efficiency of tbe detective police occurred on Wednesday in the c . ipture of a man charged with the committal of a desperate murder at Warrington , in L-incashire , a short time since . The prisoner is an Irishman , named Patrick Lyons , and , after his committal of the crime with which he stands charged , information was forwarded to the Dublin police officers , by some of whom he was well known , to the effect that he bad enlisted into tbe service of the East India Company . One of the Dublin officers , name ! Thomas Eavanagb , was immediately set upon hit track , and soon traced him to London ,
where he ascertained that he had arrived by the mail train at four o ' clock on Wednesday morning . Kavana ^ h at once communicated with Mr . Mayne , the chief commissioner , who immediately directed Inspector Field , of the DetectivetForce , to render all tbe assistance in his power to the Dublin officer . Mr . Field , with Sergeant Thornton , -of the detectives , having made some inquiries , very soon traced the prisoner to a puhlic-house in Charles-street , Westminster , where the © Seers succeeded in apprehending him the same afternoon , just as he was sitting down to enjoy a good dinner . The prisoner was at once conveyed to a police-station , and on Thursday was sent down to Warrington , in custody of Eavanagb , the Dublin officer . The accused would have been sent to Worley Barracks preparatory to his embarkation for the East Indies , had not the officer succeeded in apprehending him .
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Murder is a Colusrx at Tr * EDSEsnuRT . —On Saurday last an inqnest was continued upon the body of Thomas Riley , a youth , working in the Old Field Colliery , and who , with two m « n , named Richard Grice and David Richards , came by their deaths by a fall down tbe shaft of the above colliery , occasioned by the rope used in convening men up and down the shaft having been wilfully cut . The first witness examined was James Atkins , the banksman , who stated that abont six o ' clock on the morning of the accident tbe three deceased descended the shaft , which is sixty yards deep , and when about thirty or forty yards down tbe rope broke , and the skip
with the men went to the bottom . Witness saw the bodies . ' Richards was just alive , Riley , the boy . was dead ; Grice , although be bad several bones broken , was sensible . Atkins describes the injuries received ; tbey were of tbe most frightful description . The rope was all right the night before at six o ' clock , as several lots of slack coal came up from the pit , weighing neatly ten hundred . Witness thought the rope was cut partly with a knife and partly with a chisel . James Fellows , of Leabrook , a collier at the pit , said he was first to examine tbe rope after the accident ; it was cut three parts through , as some parts of the edges were quite smooth . Sub-Inspector Blayney procured pieces of the rope , which were evidently cut , and adced , that
he picked up some small detached fragments at least forty yards from the mouth of the pit . In his judgment there could be no doubt but that the rope was cut purposely . Other witnesses gave corroborative testimony , and tbe jury , after about half an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of " "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . ' The tope , a second-hand one , had only been in U 3 C , tWO months , and at the time it « -as pot Into work it was in good and safe working condition . The Thubgousd Mohder . —Scspecied Fni-TRicroE . —From what baa transpired since tbe inquest was held , circumstances have come to light which have induced Mr . Superintendent Green , of tbe Darnsley police , to apprehend John Firth , a
younger brother of the deceased , on the charge of murdering him . The deceased had contracted very dissipated habits , and had been a source of grief and shame to bis parents . The accused brother . John Firth , is about twenty-four years of age . He was employed at tbe Victoria Colliery , and considered a bishly respectable youth . Bis life and character were irreproachable , and no motive can be assigned for the perpetration of the horrid deed . The inquiry was brought to a close on Saturday evening . In consequence of the evidence of William . Simpson , the blacksmith -at tbe Victoria Colliery , that the bullets which be received as bis portion of those east for tbe prisoner . ( John Firth ) bad been thrown away by Simpson ' s wife down a sough ; it was opened at the place oa Friday , and seven bullets found therein . These , on being compared with the slug
found in tbe head of deceased , were found to correspond both as to size and weight . Tbe substance of a conversation which transpired between the prisoner and William White , constable of Barnsley , daring the sitting of the inquest on Thursday , was stated . It appears that he was extremely anxious to know from the constable what was the nature of the evidence against him . Where , if be was committed to York , tbe constable thought tbey would hang him . Further , if he knew of any persons ever having been bung without sufficient evidence of persons having seen them do the deed . These singular queries were volunteered to the constable . The prisoner also drew a sketch of the missing gun , which be stated had been stolen out of tbe enginehouse . Several other witnesses having been examined , the prisoner was introduced into the room , and the evidence read over to him . The evidence
did not appear to produce any sensible change in his countenance . Tbe coroner summed up , and the jury after deliberating about three-quarters of an hour , returned the following verdict : — "We find a verdict of Wilful Murder pgainst some person or persons unknown . " At the termination of the inquest the prisoner was apprehended by Mr . Green , the superintendent constable of Barnsley , b y the authority of tbe magistrates of that town . REPBESESwrios op Bonr .- —Mr . Walker , the member for Bury , has not taken his seat in the present parliament , although elected in 1847 .
Continued ill health , and tbe infirmities of a § e , are assigned as the reason for the delay—a delay which appears , from some letters in the Manchester papers , to be producing considerable dissatisfaction . Mr . Wa - kerhas represented Bury ever since its enfranchisement , under tbe Reform Act , in 1832 . He is m nis b < th vear . - iidT ^ kfiT J \ STAFFoBnsnrRB .-Sor ^ ffiih ^& ^ an addre « » e eiec-ors of . North . Staffordshire , announcing his intention of immediately resigning tto ^ SSt of that county , n consequence of thestate of hi " health . A candidate to supply the vacancy has al-
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ready appeared in the person of Mr . ' Smith Child , of Ttownall . Windsor Election . — The election of a . member for tbe royal borough of Windsor , in the room of Mr . HeteheU , appointed Attorney-General for Ireland , took place on Monday . Mr . J . T . Bedborough , one of the magistrates of the borou » h , proposed their late member , Mr . Hatcbell . Mr . Henry Darvill , solicitor , seconded the nomination . The sheriff , having ascertained that there was no other
person to propose , declared Mr . Hatcbell to be dul y elected a member for Windsor , for the present parliament . Mr . Hatchell thendelivered a brief speech to the electors . He said he was in favour of progressive reform , and that the object of the government in their policy towards Roman Catholics was to prevent encroachment on the part of the Papacy whilst faithfully preservine the great principle of religious liberty . The proceedings , which were of a most quiet character , terminated by Mr . Hatchell being declared dulv elected .
The Case of Cruelty is Devonshire . —In the case of the Birds , husband and wife , committed at the last assizes in Devon for assaulting their servant , Mary Ann Parsons , a parish apprentice , ^ is known that an appeal has been heard before the jndges . Of fourteen : judges who beard the appeal , it is said that seven are of opinion that the conviction is good , and seven hold that the former trial before Mr . Justice Talfourd , of which so much has been said in the papers , is sufficient to exonerate the accused from all subsequent proceedings . In this state of things it
is probable that Baron Piatt , the fifteenth judge , will have virtually the decision of this intricate question , which has been found so puzzling , and which on similar occasions to occur hereafter must have the authority of a specific enactment to guide future decisions . Longevity . —There is now Jiving at Edwinstowe , near Ollerton , a fine hale old man , of the name of John Day , aged 101 years . He is in full possession of all his faculties , and can . walk to and from Ollerton as nimbly as a man of fifty . According to present appearance he is likely to be a second Old Parr . —Nottingham Review .
Robbery by Chloroform . —Last week Mrs . Pugb , of Bold-street , Liverpool , was stopped by . two men , who applied to her face a handkerchief supposed to have been steeped in chloroform . She instantly became insensible , and . whilst in this helpless state was robbed of her brooch , bracelets , and other valuable ! . AiiBurr at AsgAssiKATiox at Wye . —We subjoin a statement of this dreadful occurrence - . —Rvery Saturday Mr . Bills , the bailiff ia in the habit of attending the market at Canterbury . . After returning on Saturday evening last , he , as usual , went to Captain Davis ' s house for his books , and was returning through a lane , when he was shot at from an ash plantation , and slightly wounded in the
shoulder . No information of the occurrence was given to tbe county constabulary until Monday morning , when the superintendent rode over to Wye and saw Captain Davis . After certain inquiries , he , in the course of two hours , apprehended three young men on suspicion , named Hallard , Price , and Tigeon . He conveyed them to Ashford , and the same day they were examined and remanded , at the officer ' s request , until Tuesday , when' Hallard and Price proved a satisfactory alill , and were discharged . Tigeon was then singly charged by the superintendent with the crime , and Price was called as witness . He deposed that on Saturday last he accompanied Tigeon , shooting in the fields , and as they were returning home through
Canterbary-lane , there was only one charge of powder left , and Tigeon wished him not to shoot it away , as ho wanted it particularly for a purpose of his own . Witness fired off the charge , and told prisoner he could buy some more as they got nearer towards homo . They went a few yards on , and sent a boy for an ounco of powder . It was put into a lucifer box . The powder filled the box . Before they bought the powder , and just after he f witness ) fired the last charge , Tigeon asked for a couple of caps , and on giving them to him , witness inquired what he wanted them for ? Prisoner » t the samo time took a round piece of lead out of bis pocket , and showed it to him ( witness ) , who pressed to know what he purposed doing with it . He
refused to tell him , but said he would hear of it quite soon enough . Asked him what he was going to shoot—if it was a four or two-legged thing—and if be ( witness ) should go with him . He rep lied , " I laid np the other Saturday for him , but missed him ; and if I get into trouble myself , I don ' t want to bring anybody else into it . " They then bought the powder , and Tigeon took it , along with the two percussion caps and eight other caps . On the following morning ( Sunday ) they had agreed t go OUt together shooting again . Witness went for prisoner as promised , but he did not go out . —Other evidence at great length was given , of a circumstantial nature , and closely connecting the prisoner with the offence , and he was fully committed for trial at the March assizes at Maidstone .
Representation of South Nottinghamshire . — The nomination of candidates to supply the vacancy in the representation of the Southern division of Notts took place at Newark on £ Tuesday , in the presence of a concourse of at leaato . OOO persons . Two candidates presented themselves as successors t » tho late Mr . Bromley—Lord Newark , eldest son of Earl Manvers ; and Mr . Barrow , who is supposed to represent the tenant interest . Lord Newark was nominated by Mr . Rolleston , who formerly represented the division , and the nomination was seconded by Mr . Pegg Burnell . Both gentlemen spoke in tho highest terms of the capacity of the noble lord , and regretted that any differences should have arisen between landlord and tenant upon such a question as the election of a representative . Mr .
Barrow was then put in nomination by Mr . R . MiJlward , and seconded by Mr George Stoner , principally on the ground that the honourable candidate had fought manfully to protect the interests of British producers . Lord Newark then made a profession of his political principles , and he was followed by Mr . Barrow . Both avowed a strong adherence to a system of protection , intimating that they would support a reduction of the malt duty , and endeavour to reduce the national expenditure to the lowest limits , consistently with the requirements of the State . The show of hands was considerably in favour of Mr . Barrow , whereupon a poll was demanded on the part of Lord Newark . The proceedings were quiet and good humoured throughout .
Po . vtefbact Elbction . —The seat for this borough , recently rendered vacant by the elevation to the bench of Mr . Samuel Martin ( now Sir Samuel Martin ) is now being contested . The Hon . B . R . Lawley , eldest son . of Lord Wenlock , expected , until Monday morning , to walk over the course ; but Pontefract is one of those boroughs which can never be calculated upon ; and suddenly Lord Tiscount Pollington has been brought out as a candidate . The nomination took place on Wednesday , when the proceedings were of a very noisy description . Mr . Green , who had somtjdifficulty in obtaining a hearing , proposed Mr . Lawley , whom he described as a gentleman of liberal principles ,
who would support progression- and improvement . Mr . Moorbouse , of Rnottingley , seconded the nomination , amidst much interruption . Mr . Jefferson then proposed Lord Pollington , upon whose local claims he enlarged at great length . Mr . M . Dawson seconded the nomination of the noble viscount . There being no other candidate , Mr . lawley addressed the electors . He avowed himself an opponent of Papal aggression , and said that , if returned , he would oppose all attempts to re-impose protection , whilst he would endeavour to relieve agricultural distress . On a show of bands , a largo majority appeared to be in favour of Lord Pollington , whereupon a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . Lawley .
The Liverpool Powder Magazines in Danger . —On Tuesday evening last a sloop , called the Neviu Packet , of forty tons burden , having on board about 3361 bs . of gunpowder , took fire while lying at anchor nearly opposite the Wallasey magazines . By the most persevering and prompt efforts of the crew the gunpowder ( which was in the boat on deck , covered with a tarpaulin ) was removed to tbe beach . Had it ignited , tbe damage , in all probability , would have been incalculable , as several vessels , having on board from ten to thirty tons , were lying at distances from her vary ing from 150 to 200 yards , and the powder magazines were ia close contiguity . '
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Thb Steam-boat Explosion at Glasgow . —Corson , the fireman , so severel y injured by the explosion on board the Plover , has died in the Infirmary , whither he was conveyed after the accident . This is the second life lost in connexion with the melancholy catastrophe . Robhery of £ 1 , 000 . — On Monday ni ght an English gentleman was robbed in Glasgow of upwards of a thousand pounds . The lost property consisted of three Bank of England notes for £ 300 each , several £ 50 notes , a purse containing nine sovereigns , a diamondringvaluef 20 , andadiamond pin value £ 12 . We believe the robbery took p lace in some low den by a bareheaded female , but no trace of the property has been discovered . — North British MaiL
Destructive Fire beau Glasgow . —On Monday night , about a quarter to five o ' clock , firo was observed to break out in the Ilargrieve Cotton Factory , situated at Duntocher , ten mites from Glasgow , and the property of Messrs . William Dunn and Company . The building is a threo-storey erection , about sixty yards in length , with garrets . These are used as scutching rooms , and it was in them that the fire originated . Its cause we have not ascertained . The alarm reached Glasgow about six o clock . The engine of the West of England Insurance Company-immediately repaired to tbe spot , and was followed in rapid succession by that of the "Xorth of England Company and one of those connected with the police establishment . By the time they . arrived at the ' place the flames
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had gathered great strength and a considerable portion of the building had . Men a , prey to them . The y were at Ieng ' th . suudued , but tho damage is verv ereat . ' ' The loss is computed at abont £ 12 000 A great number of individuals will . b . e thrown out of employment . —Glasgow Daily Mail ,
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The Potato Crop.—In Consequence Of Tbe W...
The Potato Crop . —In consequence of tbe wetness of the season , the quantity of potatoes planted is exceeding ly small ; but all accounts concur instating chat the farmers ; in all quarters , are determined to cultivate this esculent t « the largest possible extent . They are encouraged to do so by the comparative success of last year ' s crop , and the b « b : pnoe which potatoes have maintained all through , ^ hilst other agricultural-products have been so , much de-Pr To w NLAND VALtJATioN . --Mr . Griffith , of the Ordnance Valuation , has announced officially that the government have it in contemplation to introduce a bill , early in the se * sioii , 'for a general revision of the townland valuation of Ireland , the gross Amount of each townland to be subdivded among the tenements according t «> their respective values .
Thb iVlAYO Eibction pe tition has been aban-The llovi Sea and thk Q , u * en ' s Colueges .-The Galway Vindicator confirms , on the authority of letters from Rome , th e statement made in the Southern Reporter , that " nodecision hostile to the Queen ' s Colleges is likely to emanate from the Holy See " CotN'TT of Cork Rbgistbt . — The Cork Constitution , says : — " Und er the Reform Act the Parliamentary registry generally contained from 7 , 000 to 8 , 000 names ; the list a * revised under the new law will not contain 3 , 000 . The same law has decreased the MaJlow costituency frem 200 ( 0 141 . "
Abolition of thk VicerotAlty . —The central committee nominated at the recent meeting in Dublin , met on Saturday afternoon , on receipt of the intelligence that miiisters are determined to persevere with the bill for the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy , with a view of making arrangements for oppos ing that measure ; and the committee again assembled on Monday for the same purpose .. Mr . Henry Grattan , M . P ., has issued an address " tn the people of Dublin , '' in which be predicts ruin and beggary from the centralising system—calls upon " every man , every woman , and every child , in every house and | n every street in Dublin , and throughout Ire * land , to cry out Against it—petition Parliament ,, and address our gracious Queen , " a » d remind them of 1782 arid the volunteers , when" 100 , 000 armed Irishmen and 200 ph-ces of cannon , acting for tbe constitution , and within it , made the British Minister
tremble . " The Freeman ' s Journal mentions , that " The Marquis of Londonderry has intimated his intention to entertain the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the deputation , by whom the address against centralisation shall be presented to the Queen . " Dungasndh ELscTioN .-rTbe writ for an election in the room of Lord Northland has been received bv the returning officer . The Hon . Stuart Knox , the only candidate , is arrived ; and it is stated that he will be returned without opposition . Reduction of the Law Couhts . —Tbe following statement is worthy of particular attention . It appears in Saunders ' s News letter—in the columns of which paper the first intimation of the Viceroyaity abolition and other government measures affecting Ireland was given , and there is good reason tor believing that the present rumour is well founded : — " A design is said to be now in embryo to ' consolidate '—as it is termed—the business in the offices of
the law courts , with a view , in the end , to have only one court instead of three ; and one of the preliminary steps is , to have a single master , instead of an officer acting in the Queen ' s Bench and others in the Common Pleas and Exchequer , as at present . Great secrecy is observed , lest the details should transpire at this lime , although a denial that such a step is intended may be put forth . There will be no open avowal of any design to change tbe existing state of things , so far as the public business of tbe law courts is concerned , until after every arrangement has been carried into execution in other departments , where modifications and reductions would be viewed with less suspicion of the real object of such reductions . It is also stated—but not so positively—that beside
the proposed gradual extension of the jurisdiction of the assistant barristers , even if matters remain as at present in other respects , the judges will be required to go circuit four times a year , and the civil business localised as much as possible . " Re-AdJUSTaiknt op Rents . —It appears , by a statement in the Limerick Examiner , that the trustees of the extensive estates of the Earl of Devon , in that county , had made a valuation in 184 D , based upon an average pric « of 80 s . per cwt . for butter , which is produced in great quantities upon the estate . The result has been a reduction each half year , varying from ten to twenty per cent ., on therents paid by the tenantry . Theestate is described as well and judiciously managed . " There is not ( says that journal )
a single farm on hand out of upwards of 40 , 000 statute acres , compri-ing the Devon estates , while there are many hundred acres lying waste on several of the adjoining estates . " Latterly the price of butter has been advancing . In Limerick , on Saturday last , the primest quality realised 84 s . per cwt , The GovBRXMEsr Measure of Papal Aggression . —The bill of the government with reference to Papal aggression , is likely to meet with considerable opposition in Ireland . The first meeting on the subject was held at Carrick-on-Siiannon , county Leitrim , on Sunday , the Very Rev . Dr . Dawson presiding , when resolutions were adopted to the effect , that "the attempts of the Minister to-return to . penal enactments , fills us with disgust equalled only by our
indi gnation "—that it is " drawing too much on the patience of Catholic Ireland , to attempt snob penal enactments "—and calling upon theiv county members to give the measure all possible opposition . . A peti tion to the House of Commons was also adopted . Mr . John O'Connell has addressed a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , in which he says he is " so deeply impressed with the importance and necessity of a demonstration from Catholic Ireland , in reference to Lord John Russell ' s bill against Catholic Ecclesiastical Titles and Endowments , that I have hurried over here to do what little I can , in aid of those who ate competent to organise it . " The hon . gentleman then states , that he has placed in the printer ' s bands a form of petition " against this or any other assailing
religious freedom , and trusts that by Wednesday ' s post copies of it will go out to all the parishes ofjreland , accompanied by a " request to the Catholic clergy to cause them to be signed , and sent forward to Parliament at once . " The Freeman contains a strong letter from Dr . MacHale , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuara , to Lord John Russell . The electors of Yougbal have addressed a letter to Mr . Chisholm Anstey , in which they say . the hotl . and learned gentleman baa altogether , disappointed their expectations , in the course he has taken on this question . School of Design . —The Lord-Lieutenant distributed on Monday night the prizes awarded to the pupils in the School of Design , iu the presence of a very large auditory , at the house of the Dublin Society , in Kildate-street .
Disasters in the Irish ; Channel . —Kingstown , Feb . 6 . —The master of the schooner Cambria , arrived this day froth Bristol , bound to Nante , picked up a Greek seaman floating on a spar , and much exhausted , twelve miles south of Wicklow Head / at 4 p . m , yesterday , who belonged to a Greek vessel , from Liverpool to Alexandria , withageneral cargo , which vessel was wrecked on Tuesday night on the Arklbw Bank , he being the onl y survivor of the ill-fated vessel , sixteen in number . The master of the Cambria could not learn the name of the vessel wrecked from the man saved , not knowing his language ; but it appears the vessel soon broke up , as the master of the schooner ob & erved large quantities of wreck floating abput . The man saved was put onboard the Etinea . a Greek brier , which
flailed immediately after for Cardiff . Later accounts state , that the vessel to which the poor fellow belonged" was the Greek brig Maria Terpsitha , Captainllimitro . The master of the brig Delight , from Workington , bound . to Cork , which put into Kingstown Harbour on Thursday night from stress of weather , reported his having on Wednesday , the 5 th instant , five miles S . E . of Wicklow Head , picked off a part of the wreck of the ill-fated vessel seven of her crew ; one poor fellow had one of his legs broken , and two others some ribs broken . The wounded men were sent to the hospital . The «*&¦ » consisted of seventeen persons , the master and eight of whom were drowned . The master of the Deli ght did everything in his power to alleviate their suffering .
Death op Viscount If kwri . — The Armagh Guardian announces the demise of this young nobleman . By his lordship ' s death a vacancy arises in the representation of Newry . Pbogbessof Emigration . —Even before the opening of the spring , the tide ot emigration has recommenced with as much vigour aa in any previous season since the famine , In tho severest part of the winter , there was scarcely a week in which numbers did not leave some of the Irish ports , to take shipping at Liverpool for America . But the great bulk of the emigrants make their arrangements to leave in the spring months , selling off their little stocK and household effects , and
husbanding their resources for some time previously . The accounts from all parts of the country state that vast numbers , including iarmers , country traders , and several of the smaller gentry , are preparing to " try their fortune in the new country ; " and before the close of the present month , the emigrant agents at the various outports will be in full occupation . In the port of Dublin there are vessels receiving passengers to proceed , direct to America ; some ships have already sailed ; . and considerable numbers take tli . eir . departure dail y by steamers tor Liverpool . In Waterford and other ports the quays are crowded with emi grants , many of them farmers of the bettw class , who take the Liverpoei route , The ' remittarices ; irom Irish set-
The Potato Crop.—In Consequence Of Tbe W...
tiers in America are rapidly increasing , and considerable sums are paid by the bonks in . Dublin and the branch banks in the country towns , chiefly amongst the . humbler . classes of , the peasantry , who are thus provided'with the means . of emigrating . Altogether it appears likely that the emigration during the present year will be fully equal to that of the last or any previous year , notwithstanding the long-con tinued drain of the population and -. the havoc of a protracted and desolating famine . ; In Cork , - . CloBmel , and other populous towns there are renewed complaints - of the increase of vagrancy , and of the swarma of beggars coming in from the rural districts ,
Sales of Encumberko Estates . —Only one property was offered for sale on . Tuesday in the Encumbered Court . It was a fee simple belongingto Mr , G . M . Hanley , in the parish of Kilglass , county Roscommon , containing 407 statute acres , yielding as at present let a not rent of £ 13715 s . ' Griffith ' s valuation of-this estate is £ 186 15 s ., and the poorlaw valuation £ 142 . Mr . H . N . Lauder was declared the purchaser for . £ 2 , 350 , being seventeen years ' purchase , on the present annual rental , which is £ 5 under the poor-law , and £ 48 below the Ordnance valuation made by Mr . " Griffith . . DunoabvAN Election . —Tho temporary excitement caused by , tbe superseding of the writ has subsided , and the election is not expected for two or
three weeks . . . Opposition to the Government Bill on Papal Aooression . —The Freeman ' s Journal states that the following , amongst other members of the Irish bar , have expressed their willingness to sign the requisitions of the Roman Catholic parochial meetings to petition against the Billon Papal Aggression , and to forward the movement by every means in their power : —Sir C . M . O ' Loghlen , Bart ., J . S . Close , Q . C ., John Fitzgerald , Q ; C , John O'llagan , Q . C ., A . Clo 80 , S . H . O'Longiin , J . D . Roche . P . 3 . Murray , P . J . M'Kenna , G . Waters , John C . Wh yte ,. The same journal states , as an indication of the excited state of public feeling on the subject , that on Sunday evening a nutnerons meeting of tho
Roman Catholic inhabitants of St . Mtchaus parish , inthis city , was held , at which a petition to Parliament , against the proposed measure was adopted , and which on the next day received over 3 , 000 signatures , and was then transmitted by the mail on Sunday night to London , for presentation in the House of Commons by Mr . Reynolds , M . P . Tns Fai . hno . op a . Mill . —After repeated adjournments , ihe coroner ' s inquest on the persona killed by the falling of tho mill at Beer ' s Bridge , near Belfast ; has at length terminated . A majority of the jury returned a verdict that " They were of opinion that / Robert Boyd and John Magee vtere wilfully and feloniously guilty of the improper construction and erection of the said mill . " A
minority of the jury—ten out of twenty two—came to a differen t conclusion—namely : —'' Although we consider the falling of-the said mill an _ accidental circumstance , we cannot avoid expressing our opinion that sufficient care was not taken in its erection , although we do not consider that the neg lect amounts to criminality . " The solicitors for Mr . Boyd have entered a caveat against the finding of the majority , designating it both " Illegal and absurd , ' and cautioned ¦ . . the coroner , Bernard Ward , Esq ., not toissuekis warrant on it , as that " course would manifestly be illegal . " Appointment of an Irish Cabdinai ,. — Tbo Limerick Reporter contains the following , under the heading , "Highly Important iIntelligence from Rome " : — "We are enabled to announce , on what we are induced to believe most creditable authority , that bis Holiness Pope Pius IX . has
thought proper to confer the dignity of Cardinal on the Most Rev . Dr . Cullen ,. Lord Archbishop ot Armagh , Primate oi * all Ireland , and apostolic delegate ; We are also informed that the Tery Rev . Tobias Kirby ^ President of the Irish College at Rome , has been appointed coadjutor bishop of Dromore to the Right , Rev . Dr ., Blake . The name of Dr . Kirby ' s successor in the Presidentship of tbe Irish college has not as yet , we believe , been named , but his is said to reside , in the neighbourhood of Dublin . Should this intelligence be confirmed , and of the truth of it very little doubt is entertained b y those , who are competent to judgewe need not say that Lord . John Russell shall have more trouble on his . hands than he -has already -encountered ; and that ' the Church difficulty' i « one he will find , it very hard to surmount . Indeed we imagine his lordship to be only in the commence * ment of his troubles . "
Dreadful Imurder At Nempnett, Near Brist...
DREADFUL iMURDER AT NEMPNETT , NEAR BRISTOL . . . A most cruel and cold-blooded murder has been discovered to have been perpetrated at this village , which lies about eleven miles from Bristol , on the Brid gwater road , under the following circumstances : " —For many years past tbe village shop at Nempnett has been kept by an aged couple named William and Sarah Wilkins , " husband and wife , being each of them above seventy years of age . About ten o ' clock on Saturday morning last two men , one named John Wiles , a blacksmith ,, about fifty-six years of age , and had recently worked in tbe village , and the
other named John Smith , a labourer , about forty years old , called at the shop , and Wiles asked to be supplied with a loaf-of bread . Mrs . Wilkins was in the act of reaching it for him , when the ruffian , without any other reason than apparently the gratification of a murderous disposition , struck her a violent blow on the head with a thick stick about ei ghteen inches long , and welded at the ends with iron ; which he had taken into the shop -with him . The poor old woman immediately fell to theeaith insensible . Wiles then rushed at the husband , who was eating his breakfast in a settle at the upper end of the shop , and dealt him several heavy blows with tbe same weapon , and having reduced him to
a state of insensibility , caught up a spade that was lying near , and continued to beat him with it on the head until life appeared to be extinct . Smith all the time stood at the door , for ., the purpose , it is supposed , of giving the alarm should any person approach the spot . Having thus rendered his victims incapable of interrupting him , Wiles proceeded to plunder them , and from the pocket of the old woman , which be cut from her dress , he took 8 s . in silver , a half-crown p iece , and a knife .. At this juncture it is probable they were disturbed , as the only further depredation they com * mittfid before making off was to take a few papers of tobacco and a loaf of bread from tbe shop . Some
neighbours entering about half an hour afterwards , were horrified at discovering the old couple lying weltering in their blood , aud the p lace in confusion . An outcry was of course instantly raised , and a messenger despatched , for taedica \ a 8 Bisiance . . Mr . Jackman , surgeon , of Compton Martin , speedil y arrived , and pronounced the old man to be still alive . The old man ' s skull was fractured , and bis body covered with bruises and wounds , and the injuries bis wife bad sustained were nearly equal in their extent and character . ^ The most skilful treatment was . resorted to , but without success , as he expired , about ten
o clock the same evening , , Mrs . Wilkins , however , manifested symptoms of consciousness during the day , and partially recovered , but she now lies in a very precarious state . The two prisoners were ap . prehended at Blag don with some of the property in their pockets . The circumstaBces were investigated before H . J . Addington , Esq ., arid all doubt that mi ght have arisen as to the identity of . the prisoners was dispelled , by the confession , of Smith , and the deposition oi-Mts . "Wilkins ,. before , whom the prisoners were taken . . They were both committed to take their trial at the next assizes .
Erflbaclic Mortar.—The Following Particu...
ErflBACLic MoRTAR . —The following particulars respecting the manufacture of mortar for works exposed , to the action of , or under water , and which is now being used for the hydraulic works at the Birkenhead Docks , : may : be interesting to all , aud useful to some of our readers . The best limestone for this purpose is that obtained , from the Halkin Mountain , near Holywell , in Plihtshire . It is shipped in the Dee , and landed in Liverpool , at 7 s . 3 d . per ten . Tho cost of owning 4 | tons of stone , including the 7 s . 3 d ., is £ 215 s . 10 Jd . , producing three tons of lime , at 18 s . 7 Jd . per ton ., Mortar from the mill eostsfromOs . 6 d , to 10 a . 6 d . per cubic yard , and sand from , the Mersey is used in proportions varying from two to five to one of lime by measure . The lime kilns are close to the mortar shed , the lime is slacked direct from , the kiln ' s month . . the mortar
is used fresh generally on the day it is made , it sets rapidly , and the work speedily becomes one solid mass . Grouting is made to a . great extent from tho same mortar . —Mining Journal . How seldom do we feel , perceive , or think of the small beginnings of disease which surround and operate unon «» m our enjoyments and intercourse with the world '' The young disease , which must subdue at lenctb Grows with our growth , and strengthens with our strength . ' An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind cf constuutwn , late hours , both of retiring to rest and rising m the morning , lay the foundation of intestinal as well ai skin diseases . To all such we would recommend first a eta of system , and , secondly , * s ftipoS" ? ant for the recovery of healfh , that efficacious Family Medicine , FRAMrxoN - B Pill of Health , which has procuredI the approbation yfperssns in every station in societv
rnVwrr , ! 0 ' ?™ tm - etlls T , 1 E *»»» ^ edy w mLl v ° ?« nE CDtlE , * -Sowraw—DavM Dawes , * miner , living at Newport , had been afflicted from hisin-; ! * »* . or king ' s , evil , which was greatly ggravated by the nature of his employment . A , ll the doctors that he applied to . were unsuccessful in their tiea , metit of his . case , even those at the infirmary nt Unstol ,-whither he had gone in the hope , of obtaining , rt . this condition he commenced the use of- Uollo-, way s Om $ ment and Fills ,-and ' so rapid was the cure by these fine medicines , that it'is considered by those cognisant of it to be perfectly ihiraculous ,
Middlesex- Session. St. Clair V. A Convi...
MIDDLESEX- SESSION . ST . CLAIR V . A CONVICTION OF P . BINGHAM , ESQ —THR GLAZIERS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . * The appeal St . Clair v . Bingham was tried before Mr . Sergeant Adams . It was . an appeal against si convic t ion b y Mr . Bingham , one of the magistrates of the Marlborough-street police - court , under which tbe appellant was ' sentenced to two months * imprisonment for an offence against the act relating to combinations of workmen , 6 Geo . IV ., c . 12 f > . The appellant was . a glazier , who some time ainca struck work at the " Crystal Palace , " and he sent g letter to Mr . Fox , in which he stated that unlesK
some alteration were made he would put an advertisement in the morning papers stating that tha building was being " botched" , by a ; system of cat . contracting , and that it would therefore be worthless and unsafe . Mr . Parry addressed the bench , urging that the letter was not that- of threatening character to warrant the ' appellant ' s being subjected to the punishment awarded by tbe magistrate below . —The learned Judge was of opinion that it was and the magistrates on the bench baying concurred * the conviction was confirmed , and . the appellant was committed to prison . The court was filled with workmen who had been employed at the building , and who appeared to take great interest in the case .
The Todmorden Murder. ( Abridged From Th...
THE TODMORDEN MURDER . ( Abridged from the Halifax Guardian . ' ) Tbe following particulars have been' gleaned with great care , and may be relied upon . A young woman of the name of Mary Holden , of Sianfield , and who acted as servant to Mr . and Mrs , Cooper when tbey came to reside at Stanfield-hall about six weeks ago , states that in abotit three we ? ks after they came to reside there Mrs . Cooper wag confined of a male child , and was attended b y Messrs . Oliver and Cockroft . surgeons . This tools place on Friday , December 27 th , 1850 , from which time she appeared to he progressing most favourably until tbe following Tuesday morning , when she
suddenly became much worse , and continued so until her death , which occurred on the 2 nd of January . This young woman states that on-the Tuesday evening previous to the death of Mrs " , Cooper she went upstairs and asked , her how she was . Her mistress replied that she-had not been so well since she had taken a powder given to her by Mr . Cooper , and which he said he had . brought from the doctor . The young wwnan also states that she noticed that after her mistress bad taken the powder her mouth . was very sore , and she said that the powder was to salivate her . On tbe "V \ ednesday ni ght she saw ber again she -was then very poorly , and wished her husband to fetch the . doctor . , Mr .
Cooper set off for the doctor , but continued from home a very long time ; and when be returned he said he bad lost his way . She died . the next day . According to the information of" another young woman , named Betty Greenwood , residing at Henden-bridge , she was sent for to Mrs . Cooper on tha evening of the day she was confined . On the Tuesday morning previous to the death of Mrs , Cooper she was visited b y Mr . Cockroft , surgeon , and , as might be expected , some conversation passed , respecting the powder . It is stated that Mrs . Cooper told her medical attendant that the powder he bad :
sent her had made ber much wosre . Mr . Cockroft , amazed at the statement , at once replied that he had never sent her any powders to take , and immediately summoned Mr . . Cooper into , the bedroom . Mr . Cockroft inquired if be bad ever sent any powders for Mrs ; Cooper , to which the husband answered in the negative , and asserted . that all he had ever g iven bis wife , was a little preserve to taste . He denied , in fact , having g iven her any powder . Betty Greenwood states that she continued with Mrs , Cooper : until , she died ; she also saythat her mistress vomited very much , and drank large quantities of cold water .
According ^ to . tbe statements Mr . Joh n Lawson , of Todmorden , mote conclusive evidence still will be brought against Mr . Cooper . He states that on the Saturday before Mrs . Cooper ' s death he was at Stanfield-hall , and saw Cooper mix something with preserves ; and , while doing so he said it was ( ot Mrs . Cooper . Subsequently he purchased from Cooper a portable writing-desk , and , on some parties from Lincoln—we believe a sheriff ' s officer
and a policeman—visiting Stanfield-hall , in reference to some money transactions , to- meet which Cooper left Todmorden for- York , he directed Sergeant Heap to go with Mr . Lawsen to Stanfieldv hall , and give him possession of the desk . Upon getting the desk home he found two pots marked ' Poison . ' One of the pots was empty , but the other full and not broken open . The . pots were , of course handed over to Sergeant Heap the same day . _
Mr * . Rachel Eckersley . was at Cooper ' s at the time Lawson was there on the Saturday , and states that she was in the passage when Cooper came out of the bedroom . He pushed her away , and would not allow her to see Mrs . Cooper ., Afterwards she said she was dying , and then he permitted her to enter the room-. On the following Tuesday she again visited her and found her very ill , her mouth and throat being sore . She asked her what sort of powder Mr . Cooper had- given her . She repli « d that it was a very nasty one , * that she bad taken , it in preserve ; and that she bad never been right since . She then wished Mrs . Cooper to put out her tongue , which she did . Cooper , scraped-it with , a knife . . On the Wednesday Mrs . Eckersley called again and found Mrs . Cooper still worse , and .
continually vomiting ; her remark being ' This powder has flung me a week back ! ' Cooper wished to kiss her , but she said , ' Ob , John , you have given me that nasty powder , and I have never been , like myself aince , ' and refused to kiss him , again repeating , ' Oh , that nasty powder . ' "When she took rhe new medicine given her she always took particular notice of the label , . and would not allow Cooper to read it , but requested some one . else to do so . She went again the following day and found her . dead . She als ' o States that she has seen letters written hy Cooper , saying that be . knew he would be a single man in . January , and that also on the Saturday night previous to Mrs . Cooper ' s death be said , 'If I thought . she would not die I wouhlgo and take Miss Eckersley away before ber father ' s face , and go away as . far as I could get . '
The police force of Todmorden and York are actively engaged in procuring fresh evidence , and collecting letters which have passed between Cooper and Miss Eckersley . A number have been found in a letter-case left b y Cooper at the Queen ' s Hotel , Todmorden , prior to his precipitate journey to York . . The body has been exhumed , but no medical evidence has been taken , a chemical anal ysis of the stomach , See ., not having been instituted .: , The prisoner remains in custody , waiting the result of tho coroner ' s inquest . —Tbe adjourned
inquest on the body of Mrs . Cooper , the . late wife of Mr . Cooper of Stanfield-bali ; Todmorden . -was held at Billon , near Yovk , on Monday , when the resultof the analyaation . was announced . The stomach of the deceased was found to be free from , all poison and death bad resulted from natural . causes . Mr ' Cooper on Tuesday was discharged 1 from custody ; but on application the magistrates declined to make any order respecting the letters in the custod y of the police , which are of an extraordinary character , and show that months before his wife ' s : death be was preparing for her successor .
' Bssssssssssbsa Convention O? Navigatio...
' BSSSSSSSSSSBSa Convention o ? Navigation with Sardinia .-The tellowmg are the terras of tbe operative clauses in the convention with Sardinia relative to navigation , . ihe document , which was alluded to in the royal speech at the opening of parliament was signed by Lord Palmerston , Air . Labouchere , and the Marquis d ' Azeg lio , in London , on tbe 23 rd ult .: — i . No duties on tonnage , harbour , lighthouse , pilotage , quarantine , or other or similar or corresponding duties of whatever nature or under whatever denomination , shall be imposed in the ports of cither country , upon the vessels of the other country , from whatever port or place
arriving , which shall not be equall y imposed in the like cases on national vessels ; and in neither country shall any duty , charge , restriction , or prohibition , be imposed upon , nor any drawback , bounty , or allowance , be withheld from , any goods imported into or exported from such country in vessels of the other , which shall not be equally imposed upon or withheld from such goods , when so imported or exported in national vessels . 2 . All . vessels which , according to the laws of Great Britain , are to be deemed British vessels and all
, vessels which , according to the laws of tho kingdom of Sardinia , are to . be deemed Sardinian vessels , shall , for the . purpose of this convention , and of tho said treaty of the 6 th September , 1841 , be deemed British vessels and Sardinian vessels respectively . "—Morning Chronicle . The iVeu > tork Herald , and other , pro-slavery papers , publish what is called " a full report of the Earl of Carlisle ' s lecture on America , " but whole passages relating to slavery art omitted , and others are much garbled .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15021851/page/6/
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