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inquests . Faxa & Accident it the South Westers ? Rau .-• wat Terminus . —Before Mr W . Payne , at ? t Thomas's Hospital , on the body of Charles B »« tb * t aged nineteen , employed on the South Western Railway . George Carpenter raid that on Saturday afternoon last , he was at work with the deceased at the South Western Railway Terminus , Nine fitos , shifting the bodies of some carriages . The body of a second-class carriage was upon tressels , but was not mffieientlv hi « h to eet a little machine nnder it with
which it waste be removed . The deceased gotunuer it to raise it by means of a " screw jack , when the tressels or supporters gave way , and the carriage , with almost its whole weight , fell on hisjheadand shoulders . He was immediately carried to th » hospital , where the surgeon said that the deceased died about half an hour after hia admission , fcom fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain . Several other witnesses were examined , but none of them could tell fr om what cause the tressela gave way . Verdict , "Accidentaldeath . "
Suicide ih the Millbase . Pbisos . —On Tuesday , hy Mr Bedford , at tbe Millbank prison , on the body of T . Parry , aged 24 . a prisoner therein , who committed self-destruction . The deceased , who was by trade a plasterer , was convicted at the Liverpool Sessions , on the loth of March last , of stealing a sheet , and sentenced to seven years' transportation-He was received into the above prison on the 6 th instant , and placed in separate confinement , during which time he appeared in good health , but excessively dull and desponding . He was seen as usual by toe warier , oa retiring to rest , at nine o ' clock on Sunday night last , and on his unlocking the cell at twenty minutes past six o ' clock on Monday morning , he discovered tbe deceased suspended by ; his pocket and neckerchief tied together , and fastened to the gaspipe between the cell door . He was cut down immediately , and Mr Davey , the resident surgeon , was promptly ia attendance , who pronounced life to have been extinct more than two hours . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
Mel & scholt Death in a Bath . —On Tuesday , by Sir W . Payne , at the Queen ' s Arms Tavern , St Martin ' s-le-grand , on the body of James Unwin , aged twenty , an apprentice to Mr Child , surgeon , of Forestreet , Finsbury . The deceased not being able to swim , and having been [ advised to learn that art went about three o ' clock on Monday afternoon last to the baths in Bath-street , Newgate-street . Oa being shown the cold plunging bath he inquired the depth , and was told fire feet ten inches in the centre , and he stated he should commence a quarter ' s subscription . He was left alone , and in about twelve minutes afterwards , on the assistant returning to the bath ,
he could not see the deceased , bat observed foam on the water at the end of the bath ; being an unusual thing he went to the spot , and saw the deceased lying on his back at the bottom of the bath . An alarm was raised , and the body was got out immediately . Medical aid was seat for and quickly attended , and used the virions methods to restore animation bnt without effect , life being quite extinct . It was the opinion of the medical man that he died of apoplexy induced by the coldness of the bath , and not from drowning . Verdict , " Died from apoplexy , induced by cold bathing , " and thejury recommended thatfor the future when a single person is bathing the assistant remain in riew of the bath .
Fatai . Accidbst os the North-Westers Railway—On Tuesday by Mr Mills , at the University Hospital , on tbe body of Henry Hannan , aged thirty , a servant in the employ of the North Westero . Railway Company . The deceased , on Saturday morning last , was in tbe act of taking the hind lamp off a train that had just arrived from Rugby at Euston-square , bat instead of standing en the steps of the carriage to unhitch the lamp he ventured upon the line , when another train , from Aylesbury , backed in , and before the deceased could get ont of the way , he was crushed by the buffers of each train pressing against his back and stomach . He was extricated as soon as possible , and removed to the above hospital , where he shortly afterwards expired from the effects of the injuries received . The deceased had been in the employ of the company only a few months , and one of the witnesses stated that he was so thoughtless that he had had two or three norrow escapes before losing his life . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
As Ussatueu . Mother , —Before Mr Wakley , at the Middleton Anns , Canonbary-sqoare , Islington , on the body of Emma Gobey . Sarah Stone said , that about five weeks since the mother of the child , whom she did not know , called on witness and left the deceased with her , agreeing at the time that she would give 5 s . per week for bringing it np . The mother called twice to see the child after she left it , but had sot been to witness ' s for nearly a month . She did all she could for deceased , baton Thursday morning it was taken ill , and died at four o ' clock the same day from internal ulcerations . Witness had two other children to nurse , one was her own daughter ' s child . Verdict . "Naturaldeath . "
Determined Suicide . —On Wednesday , wformation was received at the Coroner ' s-office , Westminster , of the death of Mr William Kendrick , aged 46 , residing at No . i , Upper Ranelagh-street , Belgrave-square . The deceased was a married man , and well known in the sporting circles , bnt having lost largely at the Newmarket Spring Meeting , which he had been unable to settle , he had been in a very low and desponding state for several days past , and on Wednesday morning after taking breakfast , he went into his bed-room to dress , and shortly afterwards his wife hearing a heavy fallin his room wentte ascertain the cause , and on entering discovered the deceased lying on tiie floor with his head nearly severed from his body , and a razor covered with blood lying by his side .
Scpposed Suicide jeoii a Delusive Deead of Fire . —On Wednesday Mr W . Payne held an adjourned inquest at the Newcastle Tavern , St Maryat-hill , on the body of Mrs Charlotte Conor , aged 54 , widow , lately residing at No . 2 , Redcress-street , Borough , who is supposed to have committed suicide ander the following circumstances . The evidence proved that the deceased , who was in the receipt of a small annuity , had for some time past exhibited a sort of wandering in her mind , and laboured under the delusion that her neighbours would destroy her by gunpowder , besides whichshe had a most
insuperable dread of fire . She would frequently go and wander the streets in order to avoid the parties whom she fancied contemplated her destruction ; yet , on the contrary , she experienced the utmost kindness from all the neighbours , and , in fact ) every one who knew her . On Monday week she went out in the evening , and nothing more was heard of her until the following morning , about five o ' clock , when she was found floating inthe water , at the foot of Billingsgate-stairs , the supposition being that she had either fallen or in a paroxysm of excitement rushed into the water , but , in the absence of more conclusive testimony , a verdict of " Found drowned" was recorded .
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__ Public Gjustsmst . —Workmen aw busily engaged in placing np poles and other erections for the performance of gymnasticexercisesona similar plan and scale adopted at many of oar barracks , in Victoria Park , on the margin of the ornamented waters near the enhance from Bsthnal-graen . The two cricketgrounds , which have now been open fur some weeks , are the daily resort of numerous persons for indulgence in that game , by whom the greatest propriety 13 observed . Viscount Morpeth , M . P ., to whom the pnblic is indebted for these additions to the park , was amongst the visitors last Sunday .
Fobeigk Grais . —Thirty-seven vessels arrived in the river Thames on Monday , from ports in Europe , which , with the exception of one or two that had other kinds of provisions on board , were entirely laden with grain , the produce of Mecklenburg , Prussia , Denmark , Sweden , Hanover , Oldenburg , Norway , and Russia , respectively . The greater proportion of them were from Denmark and the Hanoverian dominions , only one arrival being from Russia . In addition to the above , the American Eagle , packet ship , arrived on the same day irom New York , bringing 26 casks , 13 tierces , and 230 barrels of bean ? , 2 , 774 bags of corn , 1 , 261 bags , and 9 , 100 bushelsofoata , 329 packages of flour , 164 of corn meal , 290 of rice , and various other articles . Health of tbk Metropolis . —The number of deaths registered last week was 987 , namely , males , 486 ; females , SOI ; being an excess of 73 , or about
14 percent , over the ordinary Spring averages . This excess , however , is wholly assignable to the class of sporadic diseases , the zymotic ( or epidemic , endemic , and contagious ) class of diseases beine below the average . This is attributable to the lowness of temperature prevailing daring the past week , wbieh , while favourable to the development of the former , is unfavourable to the latter . The number of deaths by typhus were 34—average of five springs , 34 . The number of births registered last week were—males , 652 ; females . 607 ; total , 1 , 259 . The following is from the return of meteorological observations taken attheRoyal Observatory , Greenwich , for week ending May 8 : —Barometer , mean height , 29 . S 84 ; thermometer , highest , 62 . 5 ; lowat , 37-7 , * mean , 49 . 1 ; direction of the wind variable , bnt generally S ., with a T "" T "" nni pressors of Slbs . on the square foot ; mean amount of cloud , 8 . 2 ; sum of rain , 0 . 54 inch .
The SurrnTrcxn Nowaxce . —In consequence of the Snuthfield drovers commonly using the streets and thoroughfares of the adjacent parish of St Sepulchre , Middlesex , to separate the flocks tbat become intermixed in their egress from the . market , tothe great annoyance of the inhabitants and the serious injury of their trade and property , notices were compelled to be issued warning them that all beasts thus found would for the future be impounded for tha penalties incurred .
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Good News for the "Boys !'— A vessel has jast arrived in London from China , having on board only 3 d , 200 cam * . Swaxsia . —In Swansea Mr Vivian is all-powerful . Throughout the tributary boroughs the liberal party holds tke predominance , so that it would be abso-Qtely futile to attempt to oust Mr Vivian .
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YORKSHIRE . Bradfobd . —Factobv . Girls—The committee for improving the condition of the factory girls of Bradford have fitted np the first of their intended lodgine houses , Shonld'fhe trial prove sneo ? . sfal others will be prepared : The house is situated inTimblestreet , Thornton-road . It consists of four cottages , two in front and two at the back , thrown into one , and thus forming a comfortable and compact dwelling for the pnrpnse intended . The situation is extremely healthy . Mrs Richardson , a widow , has been appointed to be the matron of the establishment . The terms for lodging are Is . a week . Tflebeds , bedsteads , and clothing , are all new and good . At the worst and dirtiest lodging-houses in the town Is . 6 d . a week is charged for lodging these girls , and the committee in thus charging only Is . a week for
clean , comfortable , and first-rate lodgings , are determined to offer a strong inducement to the girls to change their present sqnalid and immoral abodes . There are already beds fitted no for 20 persons ; the house is capable of lodging 30 eirls . There are three pleasant sitting-rooms , capable of accomodating ten persons each . The house has been ready about a week , bnt as yet there is only one lodger , and everv endeavour has been used to induce her not to go . It is said that the lowest lodging house keepers are trying every artifice to cause the plan to be unsuccessful , as they well know that if it succeeds their occupation will be gone . The committee intend « hen a sufficient number of lodgers have been obtained , to find them with good meat dinners at a cost not exceeding what the factory ' girls give for tea and coffee slops , on which they principally live .
HUDOEKSBTBLD . Hcifisirr asd the Great Uhfaid . — Megan Bower and Robinson , of Marsden , were summoned by Mr Bates , sub-inspector , tor breaches of the Factories' Regulation Act . The first charge against them was for employing a child nnder ten years of aee , named William Marsden , from the 19 th to the 22 nd ult „ without having his name entered on the register of workers . This being admitted , the raiti-, gated penalty of 20 s and costs was inflicted . A second charge was brought against the parties fornot having a . surgeon ' s certificate for the same child , which was also admitted and a similar penalty . inflicted . A ] third charge against them was that they had worked \ the same child both morning and afternoon of the j same day . Mr Bates said this was the most glaring and scandalous case he had overheard in the whole of his thirteen years' experience . This child had
been worked fall time for twen ' y-eight consecutive davs , having worked at one " billy" in the fore part of the day , and at another in the after part . The magistrates coinciding in opinion with the inspector , convicted the defendants in the fall penalty of £ 3 and costs . A fourth charge was for not schooling the same boy , and a fine of 20 s and costs was inflicted . The father of the lad , John Marsden , was then brought np for suffering and allowing his child to work both parts of the day , and also for not sending the boy to school ; some doubt arising in the minds of theroagistrates as to the meaning of the wording of the 38 th and 39 th clauses : " Any parent who receives direct benefit from the wages of any young person , < fcc . " But it being proved that the father had ' never received any benefit , —the lad although worked twenty-eight days had never received a penny for wages—the magistrates therefore dismissed the father .
LANCASHIRE . Wigas . —Alarming Fire . —Last week an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr John Riddlesworth , bobbin-turner , Queen-street which , in the course of an hour , entirely destroyed the . enginehouse , rooms for drying timber , and the wholeof the machinery and buildings knownas the bobbing-turning manufactory . The fire originated in the dryingroom , which was immediately over the boiler-house , and it is supposed to have been caused by the flames from a damaged part of one of the flues communicating to the timber above . Liverpool—Emigratios . —During the past week the influx of Irishinto this port has been as follows : — Monday , 1 . 035 ; Tuesday , 677 : Wednesday , 825 ; Thursday , 1 , 105 ; Friday , 1 , 010 ; Saturday , 667 ; Sunday , 2 , 445 . Total , in seven days , 7 , 764 . MANCHESTER . ' .
Extraordinary Railway Accidbct . —A dreadful accident happened on Wednesday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , at Patricroft , owing to the insane folly of a passenger . The express , train from Preston was at that time coming in , when one of the second-class passengers , an Irishman , pnt his head ont of the window , probably with a view to ascertain what point the train had reached . In so doing his hat fell off , and though the train was then going at its ordinary speed , perhaps about thirty miles an hour , the unthinking Irishman immediately opened the door of the carriage and jumped out to recover his lost head covering . The madness was at once
visible . The man fell , his head came violently in contact with some stones , his skull was dreadfully fractured , and bis brains scattered on the ground . The dead body was carried away by James Barlow , police constable , and others ; and according to the officer ' s statement , the head and face of the man were so hideously mangled , that he could not tell whether the unfortunate victim of almost inconceivable rashness was young or old . In the pockets of the deceased there were found £ 4 2 s . and a silver watch , as well as a piece of paper showing that the watch had been recently repaired at Wigau , from which it is inferred that the man came from that town .
Fihb at tbs Macintosh Waterproof Farric Manufactory . —About twenty-five minutes to five o ' clock on Sunday morning , the policeman who was en duty in Cambridge-street , discovered a fire proceeding from the lower part of the cellar of Messrs Macintosh and Co . ' s waterproof fabric works in that street . Intimation ef this fact was conveyed by him to the station ; and Mr T . Rose , accompanied by his father , the whole of the fire brigade , and four engines , at once proceeded to the works . On arriving there , it was found that the India rubber stored in a vault communicating with the cellar was on fire , and that several of the men in the employ of Messrs
Mackintosh and Co . had attached a pipe to their own forcepump , and were pouring water on the flames . . Two engines were speedily geared and got into play , and , after three-quarters of an hour ' s exertion , the fire was completely extinguished , without having extended beyond the vanlt . The damage , it . is sapposed , will amount to about £ 150 or £ 200 . The overflow of the Medlook is said to have been the cause of this fire . The water , having forced its way into the lowest part of the premises , came into contact with some chemical substance or liquid osed in the preparation of the waterproof fabrics , causing ignition , and the flames spread to the India rubber , of which several tons were in the vault .
A Seriocs Flood occurred at Manchester on Sunday last , on the banks of the river Medlock . Owing to heavy falls of rain both the Irwell and the Medlock were much swollen on the morning of that day , but not more than they have frequently been without much mischief resulting . Owing to a quantity of timber being floated down the Medlock , however , against some flood gates , they were partially stopped np , and the water overflowed the banks into a part of the town chiefly inhabited by the poor Irish , called Little Ireland . The houses were iu a short time from four to five feet deep in water . Some boats were taken to the spot by the police , and the inhabitants were all saved , bnt a good deal of their property was floated off or destroyed . Messrs Birleys' mackintosh mill was also much damaged . It is said they will suffer to the amount of £ 2 , 000 . In a few hours the timber which blocked up the river being removed the water was drained from the houses , but they are yet in a very unfit state for habitation *
STAFFORDSHIRE . Strhgole for Work . —A riot of a most serious character has taken place at Walsall , which from the numbers and determination of the persons concerned in it , gave rise to serious fears for the safety of the town . The disturbance had its . origin in the great numbers of Irishmen who have located there , working , His alleged , for less wages than the ordinary labourers . The consequence was , that the labourers employed about the numerous collieries and railways felt aggrieved , aud with them the miners made common cause in an attempt to drive the poor Irishmen , with their wives and families , from the town . Monday is generally kept as a holiday by the miners , and accordingly large bodies of them , to the number of about 900 or 1 , 000 , met in various parts of the town . ' As the forenoon advanced they armed themselves with bludgeons , and as if by preconcerted
arrangement , proceeded to all the new buildings in course ef erection , to ithe collieries , furnaces , brickyards , and railways , driving away every Irishman employed npon them . On returning to town they increased to between 1 , 500 and l , 800 , and then passed along the streets threatening violence to all who would oppose them . The police could do nothing , as the force numbered only nine men , nnder chief constable Rolfe . As night came on affairs were becoming more threatening , and the mayor and some of the magistrates endeavoured to induce the starving people to disperse , but they were not listened to . There is reason to believe that this is but one of a series of outbreaks contemplated in the mining district of South Staffordshire , as at Wolverhampton and at Bilston the last few days , similar proceedings , although of a less violent and extensive character , have taken place . Great excitement exists in the whole of the district .
. vorrnraHAUSHiRE . State of Nottbtoham . —The stagnation in trade and the high price of provisions have induced a dis . tnrbed state of public feeling which has not been equalled for many years past . At half-past four in the afternoonjrf Monday , alarge concourse assembled in the market-place , to listen to addresses commenting npon the great distress the working classes are suffering nnder . On tho meeting separating a number of individuals attached themselves to a waggon which had served as a platform , and , followed by a large mob ; drew the vehicle through the streets ,
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entering every baker ' s shop , provision warehouse , and respectable tradesman ' s dwelling , soliciting bread , food , and money . -Three men were in the waggon , who , as loaves of bread were given , deposited them in the waggon , till it was more than half filled Tina visitation very much terrified the shopkeepers and the inhabitants generally . The men did not enforce , but asked for bread , eonseauentl y the police did not interfere , butthe magistrates assembled at the police-office , and took precautionary steps ia case of any violation of the public peace . Some fears were en . tertained-. of an outbreak late in the evening , but , happily , none occurred .
Leicestershire . Scicidh through Fear . —An inquest was held on Saturday last , before Mr J . Gregory , coroner for the southern division of Leicestershire , on view of the body of William Mooro , whocame by his death under thefollowing circumstances . The deceased was a young man . oarrying on business at Gilmorton , near Lutterworth . On Monday a summons was served upon him , requiring him to attend at the Tewn-hall , Lutterworth , on Thursday , and answer to a charge of assault preferred against him by John Cooke . After the service of the summons the deceased became excited , and expressed his determination not to appear , "he would sooner shoot himself first ! " No notice was taken of this observation at the time , but it was afterwards ascertained that the deceased had
borrowed a gun at one place , some percussion caps at another , and powder and shot at a third . Having secreted these articles in his sleeping room , the deceased left home , and passed the principal part of his time at the public-houses , drinking to excess , up to Wednesday night , when he returned home and went to bed . About eight o ' clock on Thursday morning hearoso , shortlyafterwhich Mrs Moore was alarmed at hearing the report of a gun . She immediately proceeded up stairs , and was there horror-struck at
finding her husband extended on the floor , weltering in blood . Medical assistance was obtained as quickly as possible , when it was found that the contents of the gun had entered at the left side and passed out at the right , a little below the shoulder , inflicting two frightfully lacerated and extensive wounds , and exposing the lungs . Notwithstanding these injuries the deceased survived until one o ' clock in theafternoon of the following day . Thejury returned aver , diet , "That the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouringinderan attack of temporary insanity . " '
SUFFOLK . . More Poiboxixo . —A family of the name of Rowse was very nearly poisoned in Bury St Edmund ' s , from partaking of bread which was afterwards found to contain ataente . The bread , it appears , was baked in the house , partly by the mother and partly by the daughter , bnt how the arsenic was introduced ha ? not been ascertained . Luckily a surgeon was called in in time to save the sufferers , who , however , are still labouring nnder the effects ot the poison . Ipswich . —Elizabeth Jager , a iGerman minstrel , about fifteen years of age , died on Monday last from the effect of a blow inflicted with a stick by a man named Barker . The unfortunate girl had met him at the Rainbow public-house , at St Mattbew ' s , on the
nightin question , and he afterwards accompanied her to her lodgings in a place called St Margaret ' s Ditches . On their way Barker took from her a stick which supported her instrument when being played , aud on reaching the lodging she attempted to snatch it from him , when he raised it with the power of both his hands and dealt a severe blow on the face of the poergirl , from the effects of which she shortly-afterwards expired . He was immediately arrested , and taken before the coroner and jury on the following day , and at the close of the proceedings was removed to the borough gaol . The next day when the jury met , the police intimated to the coroner that the prisoner had made his escape . Early that morning he had been taken into what is termed the airing yard , and directly the turnkey had turned his baek
he scaled the wall of the yard and dropped into the prison garden . There be obtained a pair of steps which enabled him to reach the top of the outer wall , and then jumped to the ground , a depth of 18 feet . Here he met with a female , at . whom he shook his fist , and threatened her injury if she made anyalarm —he then made off . The escape of so notorious a character created much indignation amongst the jury , who expressed an opinion that the gaol authorities had been guilty of the most culpable neglect . The inquest was resumed , and a verdict of wilful murder was recorded against George Barker , and the coroner issued his warrant for the apprehension and commital of Barker to the county gaol . Since the above was written , it has been satisfactorily ascertained that the prisoner is again in custody .
ESSEX . _ " Murder and Highway Robbery . —An inquiry has been held at the union . workhouse , Rochford town , before Mr W . Codd , touching the death of a labourer named John Terry , aged 75 , who was brutally attacked and plundered by a highway robber known by the name of James Willsmore . It appeared that the attack was made about eleven o ' clock in the morning of the 30 th ult ., in a bye lane between Rochford and Canewdon . The deceased was met by a man , who inquired tbe time of day , he . pulled out his watch to tell him , and almost immediately afterwards he received a severe blow on the head with a hoe or a bill-hook . He was rendered insensible and
remained so till discovered by a passer-by , when it was found he had been robbed of his watch , ia . 6 d ., a knife , a key , and a bag . John Patten , a police censtable , said that on the apprehension of Willsmore he took him to the union-house where the deceased lay . Deceased was then quite sensible , and on seeing Willsmore , he remarked , "That is the man who was with me when I was robbed , " Deceased identified the watch as being his property , he had it with him when he was accosted by Willsmore . Other corroborative evidence being adduced , thejury returned a verdict of wilful murder , and the prisoner , who is stated to be only 18 years of age , was committed for trial on the capital charge . .
sdssbx . Brighton . —Accident by a Runaway Engine on the Brighton Railway . —Shortly after six o ' clock on Saturday morning last , an extraordinary accident took place at the terminus of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway , iu this town , by which several carriages were demolished , and considerable damage done , to the station . A train of luggage waggons having been backed into ashling , the engine No . 54 was detached , and the engine driver proceeded with it through the points on to the main down line , on the London side of the company ' s works , about six hundred yards from the terminus . There , for some reason as yet unexplained , it was left on the line , while the engine-driver and stoker attended to
trifling business in the engine-house . According to their statement they left the gear of , the engine in a proper and secure state , but this seems somewhat improbable , for in a few minutes it was observed in motion , bearing down the line in the direction of the terminus . The engine-driver and stoker ran to overtake it , and many others joined in the chase , but it gained speed every moment , and rushed into the terminus at the rate of about twelve or fourteen miles an hour . The porters looked aghast , at the approaching locomotive , and a collision with the carriages that were standing at the rails at the end being inevitable , they made a hasty retreat . Immediately afterwards the engine dashed into the carriages with terrific force , and hurled them almost
to pieces , the fragments of which struck the front of the parcels' office , and part of the refreshment room with such violence as to shatter them completely in . The engine , however , strange to say , maintained its equilibrium , although it had been thrown off the rails , and , with the exception ef the front buffers , it seems not to have sustained any injury . In all probability , had the carriages not been on the line , it would have swept through the terminus . Had it occurred when the passenger trains were in the station , the consequences would have proved very disastrous . The directors have since ordered the driver to be taken into custody , he having acted contrary to the rules and regulations of the company , which states , that engines must not be ' left on the line unguarded .
Mysterious Robbery at the Railway Terminus . —A robbery under very mysterious circumstances has been discovered . On opening the safe between £ 200 and £ 300 deposited in it on the previous night was missed . There were no indications of the office having been broken into . The money stolen was in gold , with the exception of about £ 30 in notes , and the numbers and dates of the notes are not kntwn .
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¦ " olasoow . Prevalesce op Fever—We are sorry to learn that fever is still increasing its favages in the city . About the Wynds , we anderatand , it is spreading to a fearful extent . In one of the eastern districts , we are informed that 'there are no fewer than 200 cases ; and that in many of the houses in the Wynds six or seven human beings labouring nnder this scourge are lying on the hard floor , many of them in a dying state . The immense influx of Irish immigrants tends most materially to perpetuate and increase the disease . One of the district surgeons died
lately , and several of them , along with the visitors of the parochial board , have caught the infection . We trust that some effective measures will be adopted tp step the ravages of the pestilence , and to secure the health of the city . EniKDUR oH—Messrs Greenhill and Roberts , two of the Union Canal Company ' s officers , presented Mr Murdock , licentiate of the . Royal College of surgeons , fit , Fountain Bridge , with £ 2 12 s ., which was contribited by several of the company ' s servants and a few of the traders at Port Honetown , in token of their admiration of the ability Mr Murdock disp layed , and for the laudable exertions made by him in endeavouring to resuscitate John Robertson , luggage boat driver , who was drowned in the canal on the morning of the 25 th April ,
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The crime of sheep stealing has lately become very prevalent in Somersetshire , and the offenders are believed to compose a formidable gang , which has hitherto escaped detection ,
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8 TATB OF THE OOUNlOT ' . .- ; .. ,-.--. Popclar ^ tim . -TheamttntimmJ ^ ^ try represent the progress of popular . resistance ^ « Galway baudsof lftfowers'have been W ^ ng « ie town with flags bearing " Bread or Employment The procession was harmless . Beyond the Shannon , the proceedings were more violent . At Ballingarry , about twelve miles to the southeast of Limerick , the peasantry " collected on a lofty hill , with a . m of distress flying . Proceeding through the country , they stopped the men employed on the drainage works , whom they compelled to' fall in . They soon mustered 3 , 000 , well armed with guns and cutlases . The Roman Catholic curate assuaged them , and
compelled the surrender of 50 head of cattle , which they seized en f oray , and were driven before them , like marchmen of the Borders . ' Carts ef flour and Indian meal-one train , reckoning 26 cars—were taken , nothwithstanding the resistance of the police . The county of Limerick appears to be . in a very disorganised condition . ' •¦ . ' ¦ „• Emigration . —The activity of the agricultural and mechanical classes to escape from the scene . Of desolation with which they have been familiar in the provinces is every day on the increase . During the month of March one vessel weekly sailed direct from Dublin for New York or Quebec ; early in Ap ril two
vessels sailed weekly , then three—four , and lately , down to the present , a first-class sailing packet clears out every day from Dublin with emigrants for the United States or the British Colonies . This week the enormous number of 2 , 000 persons sailed from the Custom : house-quay direct to Quebec or New York , and next week that number is likely to be increased . The great majority of those go on their own account / and take with them lots of money ; tho remainder are provided by their landlords on the same , or similar terms to those awarded by Lord de Vesoi and Mrs Kemmis .. The South Carolina is advertised to sail on the 22 nd of this month .
In Leitrim last week an attack was . made on Mr Slack , of Annadale , as he was passing through the J lantations near Driney-house , the residence of Mr ' eyton . . Mr Slack was going his accustomed rounds , accompanied by police , when a violent pain and sickness compelled him to halt within a short , distance of his own residence . He remained for the night in the house where he had alighted ,. and unfortunately . dismissed the policemen : At an early hour next morning he started again for his own house , and . had proceeded as far as Anna Plantation ,, when , as he relates , six men with blackened faces jumped out on the road , and seized his horse ' s head , firitlg . a pistol at the saraetime without effect ; they then dragged him down from his seat , and after seizing the bag
containing money to the amount of £ 350 , they were about tbd'part , when one of them called out— "You shan ' t follow us , " and deliberately shot him .. through the leg , having previously gagged him by tying his driving-whip in his mouth , twisting the lash round his head . , . ... .-Shipowners are playing profitable tricks . on emigrants , * notwithstanding the activity of emigration officer ? . One case , which has just come to light , will show the frauds which are very , generally practised , though not easily detected . Lieutenant Stark complained of the master of the Sophia before the Sessions Court of Belfast on the , following grounds . The vessel cleared out of Liverpool with 29 passengers , and if there be not 30 on board the provisions of the Passenger Act do not apply . „ As the Sophia ' s
complement was below the number , tho amount of her sea stores could not be regulated , the whole control ' ling power , beiag left with the master . While she lay in the Mersey two , additional passengers were taken on board , and , being forced , into Belfast by stress of weather , the emigration agent discovered the fraud . The captain was fined £ 20 , besides the costs of prosecution .. Another case occurred in Limerick in which theahipbroker . was ordered to pay £ 10 each to -several parties for passage subsistence and compensation money . The official retains of the number of ships and passengers which sailed from Limerick since the commencement of the season gives 36 vessels , and 5 , 537 . passengers ; distributed as follows : 12 to New York ,
with 813 passengers ; 1 to Baltimore , with ! 02 ; and the remaining ships to the British colonies , chiefly to Quebec , with the remaining passengers . The passage money to America from Limerick is £ 5 per head—in ordinary seasons a prohibition ; . but , at present , tickets for that amount are held at a premium . Galway — Eyrecourt . —On Monday all the labourers who had been employed on the public works for a circuit of five miles around this town , and who had been dismissed in obedience to the command of the commissioners , marched through , the streets of this town . The number has been variously estimated from eight hundred to five hundred able-bodied men . Having proceeded to the house of Mr Hanly , the engineer in charge , they threatened to tear him
to pieces , unless they were speedily employed . By far the greatest portion started for the commissariat store , which is kept in the eourt-house . The front door was partly open . and having forced the remainder , they broke down some temporary fixtures inside , dragged out one bag , of meal , all that was in store at the time , and divided the spoil , " share and share alike , " in the centre of the square , and quite at their leisure . After the committee had assured them that they would write immediately to government and urge the necessity of providing further employment for them , the unfortunates separated without doing further injury . The men who have been disemployed are complaining bitterly—they say they must rob before they starve . Kerry . — At Killorglin , tho labourers , to the amount of several thousands , were calling out for employment or blood . A large police force from Tralee has to attend to preserve the peace .
Great popular dissatisfaction has also been exhibited at Listowel , at the stopping of the works . Tralbb . —Apprehensions or disturbances were entertained in Tralee , it having been rumoured that" a large body of the disemployed labourers from the country districts were to congregate in-the town . Happily , however , the day passed over without violence , and the town has since continued quiet , except that on Thursday a few wretches went into 1 some bakers ' shops and helped themselves to as much bread as would satisfy their present hunger . Cork .. — A rumour prevailed in this town to the effect that a serious riot had taken place on Thursday at Castlemartyr , when , if the report was to be credited , a large body of persons went to the Earl of Shannon's and demanded food . ' The police were called « ut and the Riot Act read . This , it is stated , was followed by tbe discharge of a shower of stones by the people , when the police fired , and shot four
men . Tipperary . —At Carrick-on-Suic a strong disposition to outbreak was manifested there . The chapel bell at . Carrickbeg was rung by some mischievous boys , and had the effect of congregating a multitude of people in a very short time . The army and police were immediately on the alert to prevent any attack on the bakers and shopkeepers ; and up to the time that our informant left , though numerous groups of people were to be seen in various parts of the town , no act of outrage was attempted . Apprehended Riot at Rathkbale . —At this town , eighteen miles and a half from Limerick , riots are expected , and , at the . requisition of the magistrates , the General commanding the district ordered 130 men , accompanied by two guns from Limerick garrison , to proceed thither .
Attempt at Murder . —Mr Barron , S . M ., received word at Limerick , a short time before the starting of the mail for Dublin , that a pay officer of the Board of Works , belonging to the Scariff district , was shot at on Saturday , in open day . Attempt at Murder . —The Clare Journal contains the following ;— "On Saturday , about the hour of twelve o ' clock , while Mr Thomas Harvey , son of Mr John Harvey , of Rathkerry , was engaged ploughing some land from which a tenant had been ejected , four men , each armed with a pistol , entered the field .
Two of the party took deliberate aim at the horse , worth , we understand , £ 20 , and having mortally wounded the animal , 'fthe others took equally " deliberate aim ' at Mr ' Harvey . The ball of one took effect , having gone through his hat at the back part of the head , raising the flesh , but going but towards the top of the head , inflicting a serious wound , but , iii , vKHtewtwad , ' not : a dangerous one . The linen werejstrangers , but Mr Harvey considers he will be able to identify them . They were without any disguise whatever . "
progress of fever . Cork . —Up to the middle of last week there was no city in the empire in which there could be found more poverty , hunger , and disease than in that proverbially charitable city of Cork . Dr Courtenay , of Dublin , the medical inspector for the Middleton and the Cork and Kinsale Unions under the Board of Health , states that in the Middleton Union , comprising an area of twenty-seven square miles , there were , on Wednesday last , 1 , SU cases . of dysentery , and 853 of fever . The number of fever cases in the North Infirmary . Cat Fort Hospital , the Old
Barrack , and the Fever Hospital , was 600 , and there are out of the hospitals at least 900 poor fever patients , without any chance of their being admitted to hospitaltreatment , until such time as fever sheds are built according to the powers given by the amended fever act , and that act is in full and fair operation . The character of the fever prevailing in Cork is endemic , rather than epidemic , ' and it is much more virulent than in the rural districts ; this being particularly the case when it attacks persons moving in the upper circles . Amongst them in almost two out of three cases it has proved fatal . It is having a similar result in Bandon , Bantry , and the western
towns . Several persons in affluent oircumstances have died hero within the last four days , and in Great Gonrge-stroet-one of the best streets in the citv—a Catholic priest , the Rev Mr Hayes aud his clerk are now lying dangerousl y attacked with fever I haveread very bad accounts to-day from Bandon and Bantry . The aftuont there are falling frequent victims to a disease that is raging with equal vigour in the south , the centre , and the north of Ireland . 1 Money « so mm that the interest on loans will
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[ not be paid , and demands for repayment of capital advanced are looked upon as perfectly ' ridiculous . Trade , generally speaking , is paralysed ; and last week as many beggars as buyers entered the shops . Speculation and business done in corn and meal would be surprising for their extent in ordinary times , but really in Ireland now nothing is looked upon as in any way wonderful . Bad has been , and is , and people seem to have prepared their minds for much worse . ' Death of the Rev . S . Nemon , of Pettioo . — The Rev . Simon Nelson , Presbyterian minister of Pettigo , has fallen a victim to fever after a short but severe illness .
Death of the Very Rev . Dr Macoewnis , P . P ., V . G ., CtosES—The Very Rev . Dr Maegennis , parish priest of Clones , inthe diocese of Clogher , has fallen a victim to typhus fever , caught in the discharge of his sacerdotal duties . He died at his residence on the 5 th instant , after an illness of only a few days . Dr Maegennis was formerly professor of theology in Maynooth College . Sligo . — The fever hospitals are full , and from fifteen to twenty new applicants are refused daily at the hospitals . ' In one miserable cabin , upon the mail coach road in this town , sixty persons have died from fever within the last three months . This cabin was a lodging-house , in which strange beggars took up their residence . The proprietor and his successor
both fell victims to tbe disease , and , although there is now no owner for the house , it continues crowded with miserable objects , in various stages of typhus . In this place a man died seven days ago and his body has not yet been removed . A coffin was procured from the Board of Health , into which the corpse was placed ; but as no persons have been employed to dig graves , it has been permitted to remain unburied . How ean any hope to escape disease if this awful state of things be permitted to continue ? FavsR and the EiBCTioN . —We have heard it calculated that the constituency of this county has been reduced by half through death , emigration , and lapsed qualification .
I FAMINE . The reports of the progress of pestilence and famine are quite heartrending , and , notwithstanding all the imports of food , and the immense extent of relief in food and money , great destitution still prevails , and the markets are advancing . , All accounts concur in showing that the mortality is still very considerable . According to some calculations , the population has already been diminished to the extent of nearly one million from deaths and emigration . The system of relief is working , if it be said to work atall , most unsatisfactorily in the rural districts .
' Such is the state of the peuple in the barony of Corkaguiny that hundreds of them are pulling up the corn sown on potato land , in order to get at any young potatoes which may be in progress of vegetation . ! -.. ' . '•'" ... ¦' . The Catholic clergy of this county have been obliged to suspend their usual monthly conferences in consequence of their inability to attend , owing to the heavy duties that devolve on them in their respective parishes in these times of famine and death . Kerry ;—The ; Rev . D . M'Carthy , P . P ., Ballylongford an ATarbert , reports that 730 deaths occurred in his parishes for six months , from Oct . 1 , 1846 , to April 1 , 1847 . Over half of those died of the effects of famine . As compared with the mortality of the same period of the preceding year , this . list shows an increase of over 300 per cent . 1 . There has been no
emigration from this district for want of means ; and the same cause has kept tillage very backward . Indeed , the Rev . Mr M'Carty states that on the 29 th of April , nineteen-twentieths of the . usual tillage land will remain unfilled among the small farmers . From Liselton parish , the Rev . James Walsh , P . P ., reports the number of deaths for . the six months alluded to as 180 ; of whom : 80 died of starvation . The deaths for the same period of last year amounted to 25 . This gives an increase of little short oi 500 per cent . Tillage is most backward . , The Rev . John Long , P . P ., of Meenhir , reports 180 deaths , exclusive of forty children , out of a population of 2 , 800 persons . Of the adults , 105 owed their deaths to the effects of famine . During the same period last year the mortality was 10 , showing an increase of 450 per cent . ,. " ¦¦ .
THE LANDLORDS AND THEIR SLAVES . Early in the month of February last a memorial was presented to the Lord-Lieutenant from the Sarish of Kenneigh and townland of East and West fonagaff , in the barony of West Division of East Carbery , setting forth the destitute condition of its people , and praying for some relief . A few days ago one ot the members of the relief committee of that place made an application to his worship the Mayor for such relief as it might be in his power to bestow , as the committee had learned that a vessel , laden with food , had been sent from America for gratuitous distribution here , and consigned to him . In the application was enclosed a copy of the
memorial alluded to above , and we quote a few of the facts given therein to show how the landlords of that district have performed their duty in this hour of need . The memorial states that there are 14 , 880 acres of land ih the district , valued at £ 10 , 685 per annum—that it comprises a population of 7 , 000 individuals , 3 , 000 of whom are starving ( this was at the latter end of January )—that the subscriptions for the relief of the poor amounted to £ 130 , of which only £ 41 was subscribed by the landlords , and of this £ 41 , £ 20 was given by the Duke of Devonshire , who has but a small property in that district ; leaving the munificent sum of £ 21 subscribed by the landlords of . Kenneigh and Monagaff for the relief of 7 , 000
persons . - .,.... Mr James O'Connell threatens to distrain the Tralee workhouse for the ground-rent due last March .
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CORK . Father Mathew is likely to be the new Bishop of Cork , in the room of the late Right Rev . Dr Murphy . The . . Cork Examiner says— "On Wednesday , the election was entered on in the Cathedral , by the prelates of the province , and the parish priests of the diocese of Cork . The Most Rev . Dr Slatteryj archbishop of Caahel , presided . The proceedings occupied three hours , when , after a scrutiny of the votes , the three following names were elected as having the largest number of votea : —1 st . on the list—Very Rev . T . Mathew , Cork ; 2 nd . Very Rev . W . Delany , Bandon ; 3 rd . Very Rev . T . Barry , Bantry , The appointment of one of those three now rests with his Holiness Pins IX . and the Propaganda .
OLD AND YOUNG IRELAND . A lengthy report of a "Conference of Repealers , " which took place a few daya since , with a view of "effecting , if possible , a reconciliation , " between Old and Young Ireland , has been published . Mr J . O'Conaell , M . P ., was the leader on one side , and Mr Smith O ' Brien , M . P ., on the other . The upshot is , that the parties did not agree upon terms , and matters remained- as bsfore .
DESTRUCTION OF CUR DOGS . One of the relief committees of the union of Mullingar have come tea unanimous resolution not to give gratuitous relief to any poor person keeping a dog ; tbe consequence is , that all the cur and other dogs in the county are being killed by their owners . THE CROPS . Cork , May 10 . —Several gentlemen who have travelled in the last week from Limerick to Cork , have conveyed . to us the pleasing intelligence that , in their experience , they never saw a greater breadth of land occupied by more apparently flourishing crops than everywhere on the line presented itself . Within the last few days , however , field labour has been suspended , owing to the continued wetneesof the weather ; but on return of sunshine and genial warmth , immediately new to be looked for , there can be no doubt that the aspect of affairs will warrant a certainty of a most plenteous and abundant
harvest .-- The'Dublin * Evening Post contains the following : — After a winter ot extreme severity , followed by a very ungenial spring , we have , at length , indicatioas of summer weather . The change , which took place since Saturday , has been most fortunate . Vegetation , which has been much retarded , is now making fair progress , and we may , we hope , calculats upon far better accounts as to the appearance of . the young corn crops . Indeed , there are already some evidences of improvement , whilst the accounts show that the breadth of wheat , oats , and greeu crops planted is ; ' generally speaking , considerably larger than usual , and that the cultivation has been more carefully-attended-to . The following cheering announcement appears iu the £ »» wki ! te » Chronicle , xeceiv » d this morning : —
"The spring work is nearly completed lnthu county . ] The grain crops are nearly double what they usually were . Potatoes have been planted pretty generally , but , ef course , not to anything like the extent of former years . Tbe young shoots are very promising , ' but this cannot be considered indicative of tbe plants coming to perfection . Tbe groin crops promise to give aa abundant yield this season . " There are , we regret tossy , some districts , especially in the western counties , and some parts of the south , where spring sowing is even still very backward . But , in general , the reports are highly favourable . A much larger quantity of potatoes than could possibly have been expected has been sown , and we are assured that they promise well .
The Crops in Sligo . —The crops within the last few days have undergone a deplorable alteration . Wheat has turned out very badly . Mr Wynne , of Haselwood , sowed a large quantity of this grain , and we understand that it at present presents a wretched appearance . Mr James Wood , of Woodville , has fourteen acres of wheat down , that looks so unpromising that he is hesitating whether he will plough it up , and set barley or not . Mr Vernon , of Finisklin , is about to re-set his wheat land with barley . And the wheat crop , everyplace we have had an opportunity of witnessing it , seems to be burned up ; it is yellow , red , any colour but green . The disease has re-appeared in the potatoes . If the failure of both tho wheat and crops , so apparent about Sligo , should prove general , wo have the sad prospect of another year of famine before us . |
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The " Charleston Gazette" states that a man was lately hung at Darlington , in South Carolina , for hava'g stolen a slave . A calculation has been made , that in England one death in sjx is caused by consumption .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . ' | . Eubemlembnt . — George Emery Laogley s » clerk , was placed at the bar—Mr Clarkson iaidh . was instructed to defend , the prisoner , who wt . charged with embezzling several sums of money be ! longirg to his employer , flefelt that it was impoa . sible to offer any defence to thecharge , and , ' uadZ his advice , the prisoner would retract his plea of " Not Guilty . " He was instructed to urge upon tho court , as matter of extenuation , that the prisoner had borne a very high character for integrity , but having been for two years , unfortunately out of em , ployment , previous to his being admitted into tha service of the prosecutor , he became involved , and . this bad induced him to commit the offence . He be . lieved witnesses were in attendance who would she
the court information respecting the previous condatf of the prisoner , and he trusted that his lordship would award as lenient a sentence as the justice of the case would warrant . —Mr Robinson , who prose , cuted , said he thought it right to inform tbe court that theprisoner was employed in a confidential capacity by the prosecutor , and had beenin his service three y ears . His salary was £ 150 a year , which was increased £ 10 each year . The Recorder inquired the amount of the prisoner ' s defalcations ?—Mr Robinson said they amounted to nearly £ 300 , but the entire extent was not known , because the prisoner himself had not given any information , and the only means they possessed of arriving at the fact , was by continual production of receipts in the prisoner ' s
handwriting for sums of money which had never been accounted for by hira . —Mr Clarkson said he had not been made aware that the loss was to this extent . —Mr Robinson said he had one account in his hand , by which it appeared that £ 63 8 % . had been embeszled . He had no desire to press the case vin . dictivcly against the prisoner , but-he thought it right that the court should be put in possession of the real facts . Several highly respectable witnesses were called to speak to the conduct and character of the prisoner in former life , and they all concurred in speaking in the highest terms of his integrity . — . Mr Clarkson then proposed to call the brother-inlaw of the prisoner , to show that be had been for two years out of employment , and that this had
placed him in a position of great pecuniary difficulty , , which was the reason of his committing the offence . —The Recorder thought such evidence ought not to be received , because the principle involved would be , that noman in future would be safe who gave % good situation to a man who had previously been in difficulties , it that circumstance , was to be made any excuse for his robbing him to pay his incumbrances , instead of devoting the monies from his income to that purpose—Mr Lewis Bunger , the prosecutor , was then questioned by the Recorder , and he stated that the prisoner came into his service in 18 i 4 , and the first embezzlement appeared to have taken place about a year afterwards , and continually from tbat time down to the period of the prisoner ' s
apprehension . The amount already discovered to have been misappropriated by the prisoner was between two and three hundred pounds . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , told the prisoner that if the court consulted merely its own private feelings , it would willingly pass a lenient one ; but it was a duty it owed to the public , to take care that where persons were cenvicted of so serious an offence as this , that the infliction of too lenient a punishment did not have the effect of inducing other persons to commit a like act , and also tbat no idea should prevail that persona in the position of lite of the prisoner were dealt with differently , or received less punishment , than others of a lower class of society . The Secretary of State had the power of reviewing the case , but the
courtmust do their duty upon the facts as they appeared before them , and they felt that duty required him to pass a sentence of transportation . He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years . Robbery . —John Marsh ; Edward Stokes ( 28 ) surveyor , was indicted for stealing an engineering implement , called a dumpy level , the property of Chas . William Wood . It appeared that the prosecutor is an optician , carrying on business in Bishopsgatestreet , and it seemed that the prisoner , who wast stated to be the son of a clergyman , and respectably connected , was known to him as having been concerned in engineering pursuits , and on ISth ' of March he was induced to let him have the level in question upon his representation that he wanted to show it to >
a friend . The instrument was never restored , and it appeared that the prisoner pledged it almost immediately after it came into his possession . The jury found the prisoner guilty , There were other charges of a similar character against him , and it appeared he had obtained valuable instruments from several tradesmen by similar representations . It was stated that the pawnbrokers did not feel very desirous to give | upjthe property . —The Recorder wished to know who made the objection ?—One of the pawnbrokers got into the box , and , addressing the learned judge , said , " If your lordship wishes it "—The Recerder , interrupting him , " 1 do not wish it—I order it , and when the property is given up it will be time enough for you to apply for your epxenses . "—The prisoner was then ordered to be transported for seven years .
Ringing the Changes . —Joseph Devine , aged 25 , William Knight , aged 2 d , and George Smith , aged 23 , were indicted for obtaining 10 s . by false pretences from Rebecca Atkinson . The act imputed to the prisoners by this indictment was that which ispretty well known as " ringing the changes . " The prisoners went to the Six Bells public-house at Hammersmith , and called for a pot of half-and-half , tendering in payment a good sovereign . The landlady handed back to Knight the change , all in silver , audi he then asked her to let him have half-a-sovereign in lieu of that amount of silver , and she gave him one which she knew to be a genuine coin . Knight , the moment he received it , said it was light , and on an offer being made to give him silver , he handed back
a counterfeit half-sovereign instead of the genuine coin . The fraud was discovered , and on the prisoners being taxed with it , Knight placed what appeared to be a half-sovereign in his mouth , and taking a gulp of the beer , swallowed it . The prisoners were taken into custody , and as they were being conveyed to the police station , Devine was seen to swallow another balf-mereign , and Smith was observed to place five shillings separately into his mouth , and swallow the whole of them . The prisoners were convicted , and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for a year . BioiMr . —George . Addison , late in thepolico , was indicted for bigamy . The evidence showed that , in 1830 , the prisoner was married at the parish church of St John's , Bethnal Green , to Harriet Hannah
Ives , who was the daughter of his step-father , and with whom he lived some time ; but they parted under a deed of separation , occasioned by the prisoner ' s ill-treatment . On the 22 ad July , 1846 , he was married to Hannah Louisa Forster , with whom he lived about eight months , and he then told her he was married to Harriet Ives , who was living , aud they parted . The prisoner was taken to a policestation on some charge , when the police discovered that he had engaged a passage on board an emigrant ship , aud was about to sail for Quebec . The police , it . wasaatd , instituted the present proceedings , much
against the wish of tho two wives and their friends , who evidently were unwilling witnesses . The first wife was now in court . —Mr . Ballantine , for the defence , contended that there was no strict legal proof of the first marriage , as the clerk could not identify the parties . He ( Mr Ballantine ) complained that the police shouldhunt out cases for the sake of costs , and said tbe interests of society would hare been best consulted if they had let the prisoner proceed quietly to Quebec ; for it-was evident neither of the wives wished for him , or thought him worth tho trouble of a prosecution . Verdict , " Guilty . " Sentence , six months' hard labour .
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Associated Boards of Health . —The annual meet ing of this Association was held in the Directors ' - room of the Stockport Board , St Peter ' s-square , en the 1 st instant . Mr William Crawford in the chair . The chairman briefly opened the proceedings ^ and Mr James Webb , the corresponding secretary , ( and ) principal originator of these societies in this part oE the country ) , read the proceedings of the last annual meeting , together with the accounts for the preceding twelve months , which were received and adopted . After which , the various delegates gave iii a report from each board , showing the great good their respective boards have effected during the past year , by which it appeared , that at Stalybridge board the number of patients visited at their own homes dnrin „
the twelve months was 1 , 350-out-patien ts 1 W 0 ' midwifery cases , 93 . At Ashton-under-Ly ' ne ! tb „ , home patients visited were SOC-out-patients , 3 , 626 ? . and midwifery cases , 84 . The returns from Stock * ' port and other places were aimilM to the foregoing . . It is now upwards of seven years since the self-sup- - porting societies were first established in these local- - lties , and the great benefits that have resulted there- r from in the various towns where they exist are well II known . It appears that each member contribute * * one halfpenny per week for medicine and attendance , B » ( which includes attendance in all cases of midwifery , ) , ) and an average of from twopence to threepence per it quarter for incidental expenses , and the supplying of of leeches to such as may require them . The delegates eS assembled on the above occasion expressed a desire re that societies of a similar description should be esia * a *
Wished iu every town and village in the kingdom , n , and pledged themselves to assist , by every means in in their power , any effort that was made in any locality it ? for that purpose , and instructed their corresponding ng secretary , ( Mr James Webb , of Hyde , ) to communi- nicatewith them immediately should any applicatk Q kQ be made , and to render the applicants all the assist- istanco in his power . A vote of thanks was awarded i 0 i 10 the officers for the past year , and also to the chair * iir » man of the day , after which the meeting separated , id , A Hungarian newspaper states that the market keS town of Great Szalonta , in the district of Bihar , tar , caught fire on the 17 th of April , and one-fifth iftb of it was laid ia ashes . The protestant church , the tho school , the glebe-house , the town hall , and the dis- district magazine , fell a prey to the flames , and nianyiaoy lives were lost , though the number is as yet ua-. unknown ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15051847/page/6/
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