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      ~ " ™' «„ v Week . — The number 1 "He . "H eaue of Losdos amuse * * , in tne metrof f df deaths from all causes teg •** J > rf SatGrdaT was o olitolitan districts in the wees *•» » fa re gB , t when com . , ( , 051 , 051 . An improvement w eviden t - fottr weeks > in aaretiared with the returns for _ " se ab (> reli 200 . In the ten rtrhicVhich se verally the morwmy ^^ ^^ ^ average was oorreorrespondia / r < *** ° - in { . rease of population , becomes ? l ^ tssSS * " 4 \ rr !? r , , 032 , 032 . »»» timated number . List week the births of jSSSt ^ ilS ? " •" ¦ ^ { S- " —« « list'ULl io London . ° Tho a « en « e »™ b » » Wen cor « 5-oon . lon .. ingweeksofl 81-551 w * . l ^ - _ „_ _____ eb HosBis

      De Dbskshoi of a Wik w * » .-Oa Saturday nist ist at the Brentford Police court , John Keeley , an elderly iindmd ' respectable-lookina man , valet aud courier to Colonel * ¦ Wau'field , of St . J »* s-street , was charged by Mr . Lewis , e estrestry clerk and overseer of the parish oflslewortb , with a aviiaving desert ed his wife , and left her chargeable to the sariiarisa . It was stated that the defendant , who had been oonronrier to many of the nobility , and who was now in tbe a Bcefecrfpt of £ 20 u per annum , h = i < i deserted his wife while she as fas on a sies . bed . Tbat he had not contributed anything > ) wa > wards her support for many years , but she had obtained ] pnpiTcarions living 6 v going out nursing . T " defendant o ow ow refused to alio ? the poor woman a f . > rihin ? , and said i latiat she was ««• , able to make her own livelihood . The a aainairmtn said the defendant richly deserved punishment , o ad ad as be refu < ed to make his wife any allowance , heshould

      a am am uit bim to prison under the Vagrant Act as a rogue c ad nd vagabond . M MonEt Lunoixe Rouses for tub Minntn Cussss . — ' i ' he ' he first portion of the model dwellings for people of the niddiddlecl . FSP * « f sicip-y , recently erected at the top part 1 f tf the new Victoria-street , West- oinster have been com-} letleted , .. nd are partially tenanted . So far has the expei imiment answered , that several more houses in Asbley-street , rere to be built for the same purpose , as well as the npjtpper portions of those begun at the Vauxhall-bridgei oaoad end of . be street . An other street has also been laid i 'U fcut at the back of the Vauxhall-bridge-road , and running i ntcto Rocfl-ster-row , which it is rep-rtei will consist prm-: lipjipally of improved eight roomed honses for mechanics . It : 8 as also understood tbat a portion of ground will be placed , i it it a moderate price , at the di-posal of the Society for Im-: -rorovin * the Dwellings of the Labouring C asses , in order foshat ikev may ere ct several of their model lodging-houses

      oror families . I Child Scaideo to Death . —On Saturday last an inquest wawas held to inquire into tbe cause of death of Agnes Douglases , aged three years , daughter of Richard Douglas , coachnanan to Mr . Jaltics Talfourd . Tbe mother had placed a iutub of boiling water in the room , and had gone down itatairs to get more water , for the purpose of washing the jhjhild , bnt , during ber absence , it fell into the water , and ivavas scalded to do -th . V rdict , " Accidental Death . " j Fatal Accident . —A recent regulation of the authorities ) f jf Somers Town prohibits any person vending fruit or other irartiuies iu the streets aftiT a certain time in the morning . DjDa Sunday morning the police , in enforcing the regulation , > a | ave cbace to a poor woman who was vending oranges . In mmdeavonring to escape with her stock in trade , she Itlttempted to cross the New-road , when she was knocked Mown by a cab horse . The wheel of the vehicle passed ) v ) ver her head , causing such severe injuries that she died iMmost instantly .

      Fire is Houwbx . —On Saturday evening a fire , attended wwitb the loss of several hundred pounds' worth of property , biroke out oa the premises of Messrs . Sunward , wholesale ppicture-franie makers and carvers and gilders , 4 , Middlertrow , Uolborn , about eight o ' clock . The various enggines were iu early attendance , bnt , notwithstanding tbe fifiremen exerted themselves to the utmost , the fire was snot sufficiently extinguished to prevent its extending fortlther uut-1 half-past nine o ' clock , by which time Messrs . SStannard ' s manufacturing premises and their valuable cconteius were destroyed : the premises of Mr . Murphy , iironmonger , materially injured by fire and water ; and the thoase of Mr . Crossmore , hairdresser , similarly damaged . 3 ~ Messrs . Staunard are insured in the Phmnix Office , Mr . JSInrphy in the Sun Office , bnt Mr . Crossmore is uninsured . CoxFLaGBATloS IS ToTTESIuy COOBT-BOAD . —E . 1 l " y On

      Tue ^ day morning a fire broke out in the extensive ware-1 houses " belonging to Mr . Muggridge , corn-factor , So , Tot-: tenham-court-road . The flames orfeinatvd in the ware' . houses at the rear of the front house * and which extended the entire length of eight of the large houses in the main road . Being of corresponding height , and each floor filled ¦ wi th stock , in less thin fire minutes after the . fire was discovered the flames shot tbrongb the roof . The Royal Society ' s Ore-escapes in the neighbourhood were quickly on the spot , fof / owed by a number of the brigade engines , and a copious stream of water was quickly procured ; but in spite of tbe exertions of all present , the fire was far from being entirely extinguished at half-past two o ' clock . The building cost upwards o : £ 1 , 000 in erecting , and the stock that has bfen consumed wouhi amount to some thousand pounds more . Fortunately the owner was insured in the Phoenix office . The horses were all saved .

      The Suicide at Miller ' s Hotel . —On Monday an inquiry ¦ was taken by Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , at . the Mitre Tavern , Bread wall , Lambeth , on the body of Mr . James Can-all , aged thirty years , of 262 , Strand . The facts which have already appeared were given in evidence ; after which the jurv returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity . . Suicide at Woolwich . —On Monday morning last , a person , supposed to be of the name of Bradshaw , from Plymouth , was found hanging quite dead , having attached a cord to a peg on the side of a room in which he had slept the previous night , at a lodging-bouse , in High-street , "Woolwich . When the servant bad occasion to go into his room , abont eight o ' clock , he had not then risen , and when discovered his body was quite warm although life was extinct . The deceased appeared about forty-five years of age , ¦ with a full face and brown hair , and about five feet ten inches high , and stout in proportion .

      Extensive Fire . — On Saturday night at a late hoar the inhabitants of the city and east end of London were greatly alarmed in consequence of huge sheets of flame suddenly rising hi » h into tbe air and ligh ting up both sides of the river Thames . This being distinctly perceptible from the various metropolitan brid ge * no time was lost in giving the necessary intelligence to the engine stations . The fire ¦ was mains at Mill-aaU , Poplar .-. The firemen having arrived at that pcint they found that the disaster had occurred in the extensive pi cruises of Me .-srs . Cassell and Co ., pitch , tar , varnish , and patent camphine manufacturers . The origin of the fire is m . t precisely known , but from the fact of some miscreant having cut the hose of one of the engines while it was being get to work strong suspicion is entertained that the same partyhalsom * hand in kindling tbe fire . The less is very considerable , and unfortunately the firm was not insured .

      Death bt Drowsing . —Abont a quarter-past ten o ' clock on Monday night , a holiday visitor to Woolwich named Josiali Cooper , of 5 , Ernest-street , White Horse-lane , Stepney- when attempting to go on board the Essex , North Woolwich railway steamer , lying alongside RoS ' a Pier , fell into the Ei ' ver Thames * and was drowned , and the body has not been found . Agoxizisq Scese at a Fjre . —On Tuesday morning tho inhabitants of Nassau-street , Middlesex Hospital , were most painfully excited . It appears that a police-constable perceived dense bodies of smoke pourine forth from tbe basement floor of tbe premises occupied by Mr . Charles LansSeld , a carpenter . He succeeded in arousing the inmates , consisting of no fewer than nineteen persons . Those who were in the lower portion of the premises , upon opening their doors , found smoke pouring np the stairs so furiously tbat if they remained another minute they unquestionably would have perished . Thirteen persons , however , succeeded , at great ruk , to gain the street , but six who

      • were in the second floor , on reaching the stairs , were driven back by tbe hot smoke . Hating again entered their apartment they made their appearance at tbe front windows , and besought the spectators to fetch a ladder and rescue them . They were informed by tbe police that the escapes of the Royal Society had been sent for , and tbat they would arrive in a few seconds ; at the same time they were urged to remain where they were until they arrived . The dense smoke , however , began to pour into their room in such bodies that suffocation appeared certain . One woman then got to the sill of the window with an infant in her arms , and was just in the act of J umping out with the child ( four other women were screaming at the same window ) , when the Royal Society ' s fire-escape reached the house . The conductor ( Weaver ) having placed the machine in front of the house , mounted and succeeded in saving tbe lives of six persons . The engines having been set to work , the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the fire . "Unfortunately the sufferers were not insured . The cause of the fire is

      un-Known . Mtsteeious Dhath . —Mr . Wakley , M . P ., opened an inquiry on Monday in the boardroom of St . Mary ' s Hospital , raodington , upon Mary Abbott , aged twenty-two , who was burnt to death under the following mysterious circumstances :-Mr . H . Bullock , house-surgeon , stated that deceased was brought to the hospital in a cab by the police on Thursday morning . Her whole person was frightfully £ ? i ^ - ° i ^ Cd S elevea o'doek the same day , when she died . Upon her admission she was so far sensible as to be able to state her name , that her family lived at Depttortt , and that while sleepin" in a shed in Kensington-park she was awoke by a smeH of burnin" , and found herself all in fiamos , and also some straw in ttmhut ;

      but she could not say how the fire origina ted . She further stated that a police constable dragged ber out of the burning miss . She wss Very desponding and longed for death . Mr . Sntherin , summoning officer , said be understood that the ' deceased eloped wi f l a man named Tyler a week before her death , and repaired to the hut in Kensington-park , -where also lived two other men . On the morning of her death Jolici -constable Robertson , seeing fhmes issue from the ut . hurried towards it , and saw the three men drag deceased out , all in flames . With the assistance of the men he placed deceased in a cab and conveyed her to the hospital . As soon as sbe was placed in the cab the men made oh * , and hare not since been beard ef , although the police are in constant search for them . The inquiry was adjourned .

      Iatal Colluios is Seoesi-strkt . —On Monday Mr . U akley , M . p ., b . e i j an inquest j n the M iddlesex Hospital , on I ^ a fledland « aged fifty-two . It appeared that deceased , In » tT n a Wa S 6 ° n along Regent-street , was knocked or tie ° ?*^ Banson 3 ' ' s cab , sustaining a compound fracture he diedl ^ ? ' Ue was conveyed to the hospital , where of "Sew Buriin - ^? r his admission . Mr . Mapleson , dentist , the driverWa ^ £° * street i wl > o was in the cab , proved that fortunate afiail ° ^ a modera te pace , and that the unneglect . Verdict .- "I " ' - -, trough the deceased ' s own B ^ i ^ opaCon 4 t , l death " Johnl 8 ra nan 8 eD | a RS ' d * --0 n « ° od Friday , M . * 9 « us 9 iaaj eW | waa publicly baptized

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      at Trinity Chapel , Edgeware-road , by the Rev . R . Herschel . At the conclusion of the ordinary service of the day , Mr . Herschel preached , and having put the necessary questions to the candidate , he baptized him in the usual form ; and added , "We admit you not as a member of any particular sect , but as a member of Christ ' s church . " A prayer was then said , and the proceedings , which were witnessed by a very numerous congregation , terminated . # Fire is PATRRNosTEB-HOW .-On Wednesday night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . WeWon , bookseller ot Paternoster-row . By the aid of tbe eng ines which soon arrived , the flames were extingui shed in a short tune- i the damage done was , however , considerable . Mr . _ weioons Stock was insured in the Sun Fire Office . The origin of the fire is unknown , the premises having been locked up ana left in an apparently safe condition at eig ht o clock in tne

      evening . , .. , Do g Steaung .-Oo Wednesday a general meeting ^ ot tho society for ihe prosecution of do gstealers and their confederates was held at their offices . 170 . New BonoVstreet . Mr James Graham having been called upon to preside , Mr . Bishop , the treasurer , in detailing the progressive prospects of the society , congratulated the members on the general patronage bestowed upon it ; indeed , so thoroughly baa tne movement for the suppression of the dogstealing nuisance been appreciated by the nobility and gentry , that the sue . scriptions already placed in his bands amounted to a large sum and warranted increased efforts to stimulate public energv . To carry Mr . Bishop ' s proposition into effect a circular explaining the objects , uses , and general management o f the society was prepared , agreed to , and ordered to be printed for general circulation among the nobility and gentry . Votes of thanks to the chairman , treasurer , & c , having been

      passed , tbe meeting separated . Diiuxg Attempt to Escars fbom the Midulesex House or CoiiRECTios . —On Sunday afternoon , a man of the name of Sullivan , who was a convict in the Middlesex House of Correction , and who was under sentence of transportation for ten years , made a daring attempt to escape from tho gaol under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the man was under solitary confinement , to undergo which punishment he was imprisoned in a cell under the infirmary . At the time he attempted to make his escape he was m the vard adjoining his cell , which was allowed hun for exercise , where he was without any officer to watch his movements ,

      as there was no expectation of his making Iho attempt be did . From this spot he got on a shed and descended through a skylight into tbe mat-room . There he provided himself with a ladder , with the assistance of which he was enabled to get on a wall , by the side of which he went and reached the fly-wheel , by means of which the tread-mill is put in motion . From the fly-wheel he was enabled to reach the boundary wall of the prison , abutting on Cold-bath-square , to the base of which from tho parapet is a depth of about thirty feet . He was there observed by Mr . Durham , a dairyman , who gave information to some of the officers of the gaol , who bad left to go to tbeir dinner , and the man was secured . His associates lived in a court in Gray '

      s-innlane , and he is known to be a most desperate character . IsFAKiiciOE . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , held an inquest at the Marylebone Workhouse on the body of a fine , newly born male child , which was on Sunday morning last found in an enclosure of the Regent ' s-park , near Portland-town , by a lad named Phelps , wrapped in a piece of linen , a black apron , and part of a blue cloth shawl . Boyle , the summoning officer , having stated that this was the fourth dead child which had been , within a short space of time , found near the same spot in the park , a verdict was returned of " Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown .

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      Mubobb at Liverpool . —On Saturday last an inquest was held on tho body of Thomas Conway , who had been stabbed in the bowels by a man named John Dowd , on the previous Sunday morning , from the effects of which the unfortunate man died . It appeared that the deceased and Dowd bad been engaged in a quarrel , in wbich several others took part . At length a fight ensued , in the midst of which Dowd was seen to draw a clasp-knife from his pocket , open it , and then put it back into the same pocket . One

      of the spectators warned tho deceased that his antagonist had an open kuife ready , and Conway then said he would fight no longer , and walked away . Dowd , however , followed him , drew the knife from his pocket , and stabbed the deceased in tbe manner above described . The prisoner was almost immediately apprehended , and the knife , covered with blood , found upon him . The deceased was taken to the hospital , but mortification ensued , which resulted in death . A number of witnesses were examined , and after some deliberation the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against John Dowd , who was committed on the coroner ' s warrant to take his trial at the next assizes .

      The Poisoner . —W . Rbllinson , who was left for execution at Bury St . Edmunds has had an application made on his behalf at the last moment . His life will be spared , in consideration of his extreme old age—eighty-three yearsand the remainder of his vrrctched existence will be spent in close confinement . It will be remembered that Welsh and Young , comptroller and Chief clerk in the Customs , at Stockton-upon-Tees , were tried at the last Durham Assizes , and each sentenced to be transported for ten years . In respect to Young , the Secretary of State , in compliance with a memorial setting forth certain facts not discovered on the trial , has granted a free pardon under certain conditions . — Newcastle Journal , JSxecdiios of Sarah Ass Frekch . —Sarah Ann French

      was executed on Saturday last at Lewes for the murder of her husband by poison . At twelve o ' clock the whole space in front of the goal was crowded by thousands of persons . Shortly afterwards the governor of tbe gaol , the undersheriff , and other officials , made their appearance , and immediately afterwards came the culprit , in a complete state of bodily prostration , carried up to tbe scaffold by four attendants . Placed in this condition immediately under tbe beam , Calcraft , the Newgate executioner , adjusted tbe rope , and descending , withdrew the bolt , and the unhappy woman in a few moments ceased to exist . Scarcely three years ago the criminal was a spectator of the execution of Mary Ann Geeriug , who became with her afterwards a frequent source of conversation .

      HORUIBLE SOICIOE OX IHE SoUIU-WeSIERN RAILWAY . — A frightful occurrence took place upon the London and South-Western Railway , near the Farnborough station , on Good Friday . The deceased was a man named Armsworth , who some years since was in tolerably easy circumstances , but in consequence of reverses in busines , had become somewhat , reduced . The latter event appeared to have so preyed on his mind as to impair his intellect . His friends had him p laced under proper surveillance in the union . On Good Friday eve , he was ordered to take a little walking exercise , in order to improve his health . An attendant was sent out with him to take care of him , and to show him round the neighbouring fields . Having walked about for some time , tbe poor fellow apparently enjoying bis walk , they came near the railway of this town just as the down

      express-train came in sight . The unfortunate man , on hearing the noise of the train , darted from his attendant , and ran npon the line before the engine had come up . Johnson , the guard , on seeing a man on the line , applied the break most vigorously in order to stop the train , and the enginedriver shut off . the steam and sounded the whistle , but without effect , and , before the motion of the engine and carriages could be arrested , they came almost at full speed upon the man , who held his head down so low aa almost to touch the buffers of the looomotive . He was instantly hurled across tbe metals , when the wheels of the engine and all the carriages passed oyer him , forcing his bone through the shoulders , and it is almost needless to say killing him on the spot . A verdict was returned tbat deceased destroyed himself , he being at the time of unsound mind .

      Steam Colliers . —Several influential men interested in the coal trade have formed a large company in London to build iron screw colliers , to enable them to compete with the railways . These vessels are to run between Newcastle and London , and it is expected will supersede the present sailing colliers . Messrs Grantham and Bury are appointed engineers to the company , and have already designed two similar vessels , now building at Messrs . Vernon ' s of Liverpool , for a private party at Hartlepool . Dreadful Murder and Suicide . —The picturesque village of Castle Jtising , near Lynn , was on Saturday last tbe scene of a horrible outrage . The perpetrator of i he deed is a man named Daws , a gardener , in the employ of J . T . Ayre , Esq ., and the victims are his wife and child . It appears that the man had been noticed to be in a low state

      for some few days , but bad been in constant attendance at hisemploymcnt , and on Saturday last watered the garden , towards evening , with the child , a little boy aged seven years . On Sunday morning a man going across the fields observed a body lying in a river . The man instantly obtained the assistance of others , and the body was identified as that of Daws . Some of the party then proceeded to the house of the deceased ; the doors were found to be fast , and after vainly endeavouring to arouse the inmates , they burst open the door . Here a dreadful scene presented itself . Upon entering the room , the woman was found lying in a pool of blood , with her throat frightfully cut . Sbe was quite dead . Near to her was the child , with its head nearly severed from the body . Tbe room bore evidence of a severe struggle having taken place , and , from

      CifCUmstances , it is supposed the -woman was first attacked by her husband in bed , and her struggles and cries awoke the child , who clung to his mother , the night-clothes of both being nearly torn to shreds . Daws was found with nothing on but his shirt , and not far from him was tho knife with which the fatal deed was done . There was a slight wound in his throat , which he inflicted , no doubt , whilst standing near the river , and then flung himself in . No cause can be assigned for his committing so rash an act except insanity , On Monday an inquest was held on the body of Daws and of his wife and child , which terminated by the jury returning a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " Important to Railway Travellers . —A case of some importance to railway travellers was tried at the Doncaster County Court on Monday . An action was brought by Mr .

      F . Fearnley , of Bisnopfield , near Bawtry , against tbe ? I a i * l 0 rthern Rau " wa y Company , to recover the sum of ± 4818 s . , the value of a dressing-case , containing various articles of jewellery , < fcc , which was lost under the following circumstances : —On the 20 tb of December last tho plaintiff purchased at the booking-office at the Wakefield station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway two firstclass tickets for himself and wife , intending to proceed ihence to Bawtry , but , as the train ( the Great Northern express ) did not stop at Bawtry , they were booked only as far as Doncaster . On arriving at Doncaster , at a quarter past five p . m ., and finding tbat there would be no train to Bawtry until nine p . m ., the plaintiff sought a safe place for his luggage in the interim . One of the porters showed him a private room , and , on his assurance as to the safety of the place , plaintiff was induced to leave the dressing

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      case and other " articles there , whilst he and Mrs . Fearnley went to spend an hour or two at the vicarage . On returning to the station shortly before nine o ' clock , they found that the dressing-case was missing . 16 turned out that another porter had removed it from where Mr . Fearnley had left it to the booking-office , where luggage was generally deposited , and whence , no doubt , it had been stolen . Mr . Blanshard , barrister , contended , on behalf of the defendants , that in conveying the p laintiff from Wakefield to Bawtry by two separate trains , they had entered into two special contracts with himboth of-which they hadfu l-

      , filled . They had conveyed him and his luggage from Wakefield to Doncaster in safety , and afterwards from Doncaster to Bawtry in safety ; and the company were not liable for the loss that had occurred in the interval between the journeys . The porter was a bailee without hire , and , though bound to take such c are of the property left by the plaintiff in his possession as he would of his own , yet he was not responsible for its loss , except gross and culpable neeligence could be proved against him . His Honour the Judge ( Mr . W . Walker ) decided in favour of the defendants .

      Alarming Accident on the Manchester , Sheffield , AW ) LlKCDiAsniBB Railway . — On Saturday , night last a serious accident occurred to the five o ' clock train . A new engine , the Apollo , was drawing this train and had brought it in safety the three and a half miles to Barton ; but on arriving there , from some cause at present unknown , the driver and guard were unable to make their brakes act efficiently , and the engines went at tho rate of twelve or fourteen miles an hour through a thick wall at the end of the line into tbe station-house , tho internal fittings being smashed . Mr . Taylor , the station master , was writing at his desk at the time , and had a very narrow escape . Hearing the loud shouts of the peop le outside , ho ran out , and had not been gone a second when the buffers of the engine smashed the counter he was sitting at-into splinters . The

      engine-driver , David Vince , and the stoker , saved themselves by leaping on to the platform , when they found that the train could not be stopped . Several of the passengers were injured . Mrs . Morley , of Hull , was most severely cut and bruised about the legs , and several others are cow under medical treatment for the injuries received . Tbe train consisted of five carriages and a luggage van ; and it is somewhat singular that the persons if ho were riding in the carriage immediately behind the engine , which was , so to speak , "doubled up" by the concussion , escaped without the slightest injury , while those who were hurt wore travelling in tbe last carriage of the train . Melakcholt Dbath . —On Saturday afternoon two privates of the 4 th Light Dragoons , stationed in that

      neighbourhood , were drowned in the river Thames , ( ff Isleworth church . It appeared that five of the men in the same regiment , about twelve o clock , hired a boat for the purpose of rowing up and down the river . After a short time one of them began to rock the boat , which unfortunately dipped too deeply in the water , the effect of which was that it was cap . aizid , and they were all precipitated into the water . Sever boats put off promptly to their assistance , and on being goj out they were conveyed to the London Apprentice , adjoining the church , where restoratives were immediately applied by several medical gentlemen . Two of them , however , were found to be past recovery , after lengthened efforts to restore animation . Mr . Wakley held an inquest on the bodies , on Tuesday , at the London Apprentice , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Superstition at Liverpool . —The other day a tradesman , who had dealt somewhat largely with gentlemen on the Corn Exchange , failed in business . Some of the knowing ones in grain suspected that their customer must have a considerable amount of cash secreted somswhere , and , hearing of the strange disclosures reported to have been made by a professional clairvoyante , they proceeded to question her as to the suspected tradesman . The lady , in her mesmeric sleep , soon discovered the person after whom she was sent . She told . the gentlemen who waited upon her that if they went direct to the tradesman they would find in his waistcoat pocket a key , and that key would open the place in which all the golden treasures of the alleged bankrupt were secreted .

      Delighted with their success so far , the gentlemen started off in a vehicle to the house of the man , and found him in the act of dressing himself . They told him he had a key in his waistcoat pocket . He replied that he had , and , on their expressing a wish to see it , he immediately produced it . Without hesitation he took them to the door wbich it opened , but instead of finding heaps of gold they found some old papers and heaps of rubbish . The gentlemen were somewhat mortified at the result of their labours ; and the news of the " search and discovery" having oozed out , the circumstance is now a standing joke amongst them , and they are heartily laughed at by their friends on the Corn Exchange . —Liverpool Mercury .

      The Severn Bore . —This singular phenomenon attracted a host of spectators at tbe various times of flood tide in the earlier part of last week . On Tuesday morning , the time of the highest tide for the year , great numbers of spectators assembled on the river bank at tho back of the warehouses , near the Westgate and Over bridges , at the Lower Parting , and at otlier places frequented by the public on such occasions . The " head , " however , was not so high as we have seen it , owing to the state of the wind for the last few days . —Glocester Chronicle . Destructive Fire . —On the evening of Easter Sunday , an extensive fire broke out on the farm occupied by Mr . J . Cove , situate on the Great Lee , in the parish of Shinfield , three miles distant from Reading . The fire , when first discovered , had gained considerable ascendancy , and Owing

      to a strong breeze at the time tbe flames spread with such rapidity that in a short space of time the entire range of homestead buildings appeared in a blaze . The confl . igiYition was not got under until the whole of the farm buildings , comprising extensive barn , granaries , stables , cow-houses , piggeries , & c „ were destroyed , the entire homestead presenting a complete wreck . A large wheat rick , twenty quarters of thrashed wheat , a thrashing machine , and other implements , and some cattle and poultry , were also consumed ; the farmhouse was only saved by the wind , blowing in a contrary direction . Tho farm , which is fully insured , belongs to Mr . Cove , the occupier . There is no doubt the present fire originated in tbe wilful act of some incendiary , as its first outbreak was not confined to one particular spot on the farm

      premises . Completion of the Electric Telegraph to the Bristol Channel . —The Electric Telegraph Company have just completed through theirrangeof wire , 118 miles , from Londonjto Bristol . In addition to the advantages available thereby , as regards the immediate transmission of shipping intelligence from the Bristol Channel , the completion of the communication places the commercial community of Bristol , and the ad ' acent west of England districts , in direct telegraphic communication not only with London ,

      but by means of the cross-country stretch of telegraph , already in existence between Bristol , and Gloucester , and Birmingham , and Derby , connects the west of England with those towns , as well as with Liverpool , Manchester , the north of Scotland , and the whole of 13 ngland . Several hundred men are now employed upon the link remaining to be completed between Bristol and Exeter , of about seventy-three miles , and which it is expected will be finished by June , and so complete , with the exception of minor communities , the telegraphic network of the country .

      Mariners' Strike at Hull . —Upwards of a hundred vessels , cutter-rigged craft , are now lying in the Hull docks ; the fishmongers' shops are almost destitute of st > ck , and the middle men , whose business is done upon the southend pier there , in transmitting packages offish across the country to the inland towns , are doing next to nothing . The fishermen have struck on account of certain perquisites and usages , which have hitherto been recog . nised as part of the agreement between the owners and the crews . From inquiries among people best acquainted with the matter , we understand , however , that tho dispute may be resolved into this;—The custom is this , in a fishing venture , the owner of the vessel takes a third of the proceeds , the shipper a third , and the crew a third , the last being allowed tho garbage and inferior fish as perquisites . And it is on some attempted regulation on the part of the owners to correct alleged irregularities in the appropriation of these " vails " that tho strike has taken place . One

      point , though it is not specified by either party , is an important feature in the dispute . Cod liver oil is worth , wo believe , about Is . 2 d . a pint retail , having lately attained that value from its general introduction as a medicine . The raw material would be , according to the usage , the property of the crews , and it is suggested that the real objects of the owners is to gain for themselves a share of profit from this source , and others usually claimed by the employed . Hoiverer this may be , the men have left the fishing-grounds , sailed into Hull in a fleet , with their union colours at the masthead , and on Good Friday the whole of them , numbering about 400 , went in procession , uniformly attired in the seaman ' s garb , to the Mariners' Church , on the Dock-side , where , after service , a sermon was preached by the Rev . Charles Cook in aid of the charitable fund connected with their nnion . Tho hope of a speedy and satisfactory termination to the dispute is increased by the fact that these fishermen are noted as a most sober , orderly , and respectable body of men . —Daily Paper .

      Extensive Fire at Manchester .-On Tuesday night , several workmen in the dipping room of Messrs . Cooper and Brothers' manufactory for patent tallow candles , on the Salford side of the river irwell , Manchester , were suddenly startled by a powerful reflection of light from a room on the first floor in which the cotton wicks were stored . They soon ascertained tbat the place was on fire , and the flames sprend with such rapidity that they had barely time to alarm other workmen and make their escape . Tbe fire engines arrived in a very short time from both boroughs , but the fire had spread with such rapidity , and was fed by such large quantities of tallow and other combustibles , tbat it raged with uncontrollable fury , throwing up flames at least 100 feet nigh , on which the jets of water seemed to produce no effect . The building , which was three stories high , was wholly destroyed in less than an hour , but the firemen did great service b y preventing the flames extending to the

      surrounding property . The heat of the fire was more intense than any that had been witnessed in Manchester , but Mr . * «? - 1 Nea 1 their firemen withstood it manfully to the last . The damage in stock is estimated at £ 6 , 000 , and to the building at £ 1 , 500 to £ 2 , 000 . The stock is not an entire loss , being covered by insurance in the Manchester office to the extent of £ 4 , 000 . The loss on the building is covered by an insurance in the West of England office . The origin of the fire is a mystery , as there bad been no light in the room where it commenced during the day . Popery in the Chcrcu or England . —During the past week some ofthe «« Tracta l . i an clergymen of Exeter have astonuhed the citizens b y their vagaries . One clergyman ft-hd Rer ; . S . Lee , of the parish of All Hollows ) announced his intention of holding a ¦¦ midnight service" to inaugurate JBaster bunday ; but it is understood that the authorities , being apprehensive of a disturbance , communicated with the bishop , who advised the rev . gentleman not to hold the service , * „ ..,: ... - ,., ..... ¦ •&&*

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      The Exonus—The Flight Of The Population ...

      The Exonus—The flight of the population from the south is thus described by the '' Clonmel Chronicle " : — « The tide of emigration has set in this year more strongly than ever it has within our memories . During the winter months we used to observe solitary groups wending their way towards the sea coast , but . since the season opened ( and a most beautiful one it is ) these groups have been literally swelled into shoals , and , travel what road you may . you will find upon it strinss of cars and d ays , laden with women and childr nand household s * uffs , joumeyina onward , their final destination being America . In all other paris of the country it is the same . At every station along the rail , from Goold's Cross to Sailing , the third-ca-s carriages receive their quotas of emigrants . The Grand Canal passat-eboats . from Shannon harbour to Sallins , appear everymorning at their accustomed hour , laden down with emigrants and their luggage , on their way to Dublin , and thence to Liverpoolwhence they take shipping f"i- America . '

      , Priestly Denunciations . -A correspondent of the "Morning Herald . " writing from ihe county « . f Leitrim , states tbat , a short time since , Lord Clements was denounced from the al tar of a chfipel near MohiU , the immediate ronsequences of which were two threatening notices served upon his lordship , that he would be punished for his '' offences . " Lord Clements has now to carry loaded pistols , and be guarded by an armed servant when he leaves his house . Agricultural Prospects . —The accounts from all parts of the country continue to speak must favourably of the prospects of tho season . The March agricti tural report of the "Derry Journal" savs : — "Prices are more favourable , and farmers better satisfied , with their prospects , but their is still a disposition to avoid tailing further qtt mtiiies of land , under exisitig circumstances ; and we know many small

      farms , from ten to forty acres , uncropped—by tenants , at least—where , until within th « last two years , the sanm land would not have wanted a tenant for one day . . Emigration is still going on , apparently quite up to the extent it did last year , and , from every appearance , it will continue so until it becomes an evil . Employment is now ready , and the condition of the labouring classes very much superior to what it was before they lost their favourite cp > p , the potato , in 1846 . " The reports from the county of Fermanagh are of a like tendency . A local paper says that no such preparations lor potato-planting were made since the : blight first appeared , and very sanguine hopes are entertained of an abundant crop this year , as the seeds are of a new description . The prospect , it is stated , has induced many farmers who had made up their minds to try their fortune in America to remain at home fur at least another year .

      Lord Eglixoton on Irish Aoricoltore . —A denotation , headed by the Duke of Leinster , tho Earl of Roden , Viscount Monk , & o ., waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant for the purpose of presenting an address on the part , of tbe Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland , congratulating his Excelleney upon bis arrival in this coun try , and req nesting permission to enrol his name as vice-patron . The address , which was of the ordinary official brevity , spokeof the great depression of tho agricultural interest , and the severe sufferings to which the owners and occupiers of land have been subjected for the last few years , as causes which had naturally retarded the progress of the society . Notwithstanding these drawbacks , it was stated that there had

      been a manifest improvement in the cultivation of the soil , and a general diffusion of scientific and practical information amongst agriculturists in this portion of the United Kingdom . Although , perhaps , not meaning it , this would appear as if the deputation were anxious to elicit from bis Excellency an opinion upon the great question of Free Trade versus Protection . Lord Eulinton , however , was very guarded in his reply to these allusions in the address — " I sincerely hope that tho industry of your people , encouraged by the example and fortified by the instructions of societies such as this , may , ere long , oveicome the severe depression under which the agricultural interests have of lato years been labouring , and triumph over the difficulties which hare so long eripuled their energies . "

      State oe Monaguan . —The magistrates of this county have presented a memorial to the Lord Lieutenant , praying that the extra police force recently placed in certain disturbed parishes should be removed . His Excellency has replied to the effect that he considers it necessary to continue the extra police , chargeable on tho same townlands as heretofore : but that as soon as the inhabitants ahow a desire to aid the constituted authorities in keeping peace and good order , and not harbouring tho ill-disposed and disaffected , his Excellency will be prepared to reconsider the case of tbe memorialist . The Royal Dublin Society ' s Cattle Show . —This important , annual exhibition commenced on Tuesday , under the most favourable auHpices . The quantity and the quality of the assembled stuck of all kinds exhibited were tully equal to the best exhibitions which have taken place in this city , and this is saying a great deal indeed , when the depressing circumstances of the pa ^ t few years are taken into conkideration .

      Prosecution op the "Dundalk Democrat . "—It is stated that it is not tho intention nf the Attorney General to prosecute Mr . Cartan , the prop-ietor of the " Dundalk Democrat , " for the libel for which he was held to bail by the late Attorney General . The state of the part of the country in which the libel was published has been vastly improved , and there are extenuating circumstances in the case . A man named Patrick llennes & y has been committed to stand his trial for the murder of a neighbour named Atkinson , near Conaree mines , and not far distant from the beautiful " meetim ? of theivatera " i'i the county of Wicklow . Tho parties had quarrelled about a wall which Atkinson had built around bin little garden , and Hennessy ( who is a carpenter ) struck bim on the side of the head with the oak foot of a table which he was making . This knocked the unfortunate man down , and Hennessy struck him two other blows about the loins , and killed him outright .

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      Mysterious Occurrence Near Tredegar.—Som...

      Mysterious Occurrence near Tredegar . —Some excitement has been occasioned in the neighbourhood of Tredegar in consequence of the discovery , under circumstances of a mysterious nature , of the body of a man named James D : vvia , The deceased , who had saved up , it is thought , a little money , was about to go to Aus ralia , and , it is understood , to have made arrangements for his early emigration to thaf colony . He went to make some purchases , and was never again seen alive , or indeed at all , until tbe middle of

      last week , when some men , who were engaged in hauling a cart from one of the coal pits in the neighbourhood , dis ; covered his body in a mangled condition . The first and natural impression would be that he had wandered near to the pit , and by some accident had fallen down the shaft ; but the mysterious part of the affair remains to be told , When the workmen enga / jed at the pit went away from it at night , they secured the mouth with folding doora , ill such a way that it could be only opened by force ; and upon the doors themselves are marks , of violence having been used to unclose them .

      A Wolf Hunt . —A wolf , which had recently made its escape from IVombwell ' s menaoerie , while exhibiting at Monmouth , committed serious injuries amongst several flocks of sheep in the neighbourhood of St . Pagans , Glamorganshire . The wolf was first observed by a labourer , who saw it feasting on the remains of three fine lambs , apparently that moment killed by the brute . The man made an alarm , and shortly afterwards chase was given , but the ferocious animal was not killed until it had reached Canton-common ( a distance of seven miles ) , when it fell after being pierced with eight balls .

      Another Murder In Norfolk . . Lynh.—This...

      ANOTHER MURDER IN NORFOLK . . LYNH . —This county seems destined to establish its reputation lately lor a pre-eminent position in the register of horrors , as the dreadful tragedy which occurred at Castle Rising , about four miles distant from Lynn , on Sunday last , has been followed in its excitement by the intelligence just arrived here that a murder of a still stranger descrip . tion was on the same day committed at Outwell , a village distant about ten miles from Lynn , and midway between Wisbeach and Downturn Market . It appears that on Sunday three boys , -whose names we have not learned , aged respectively thirteen , nine , and seven , were together in a field at some distance from the village , where they were employed in crow-scaring , the elder boy having a gun in his possession to fire occasionall y ,. for the purpose of frightening the birds from eating the seed-wheat . While

      in conversation with his two cotnpnuions , this boy made allusion to something which ho had said in their presence on a former day , adding that , " If he knew they mentioned it to any one , he would kill them . " The youngest boy seems to have been frightened at this declaration , for , in a tearful mood , ho replied , "What shall I do , then ? I told my mother last night . " Upon hearing this admission , the eldest boy raised his gan to the iorehoa d of the speaker pulled tho trigger , and by the explosion , shattered his skull and spread his brains over tho field . Tho gun , it is said contained no shot , but the waddine nasaed ™ mrlntolv

      , through the head of the pjov little fellow who had made tho imprudent confession . Frightened at the act which ho had committed , the murderer prevailed upon his sinnine oompanio :, to promise secrecy and to assist him todispo > o of tho dead body , which was done by dragging it to a dry ditch , where it was carefully buried . The two bovs then returned to the spot , and gathering up his br-insand the hXn afIW' ° l , skuU bone th « y * w » tbom into £ 1 * E ; * iiwi "' they kindled a fire of turf ( the fiel < i being on the fens ) upon w hich they placed the cap , which they watched until with its content * it wa 9 entirely con-S jiST i ' R home itl ( l uiry arose concerning ! Snr « , 2 S . ? a bl l \* h ^ companion of the murderer ^ Sn t ° t r H CuIar 3 above »«™ ted , and was , with £ n „ 7 ,. T I }" ' taken int 0 cust ° <* y . The body was & i ) mteb MOnbc ? - - , U i 3 bought probable that the n 2 A ? i ^ ni eg n dld not 8 u se the act would Eurlrpinr ^^ V , eb eing l 0 ^ ed wi ^ Powder only ; hmuest P y b 6 known on thiB P ° «» t after the

      Whether Nurvin? Fn He B ° D,Es 0f S »'™....

      whether nurvin ? fn B ° D , ES 0 F S » ' ™ .-I ™<* h doubt rndSSfv 7 ? w I c ^ - ° was originally mean t as an uuSLa „ , b , nk Si ^ "early connected with my still JS imVtZ 7 , ^ hat is a W ^ ' ili ** P * 283 * l w ^ f nl « pi l Wer 0 bmie (] in a cross-road because that in LnnHi * X f I ? a oros 8 or crucifix stood , and only second the bod v L « i he < -h , Jrcbyard ; and the stake driven through ktn £ „ i „ P h fim '" tended not as an insult , but to SPn rK . fl the suiciue f " > ra walkin S on the earth again . —Notes and Queries . turoniele , that John Maogregor , Esq ., M . P . for Glasgow , 18 the new political editor of « Vifa Maeazine . ' »

      Murder Of A Woman By Heotr 55 ^ On Satur...

      MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HEoTr 55 On Saturday afternoon a sensation , which - t difficult to describe , was caused throuchnnt A ^ tilrft hood of Kenninston-road and Lambeth , ij JJ ? 6 hC a frightful murder committed by a youn » m ** eo >* ie , * mother , a respectably connected widow tUrnn ? * ( lotl hi . "Wheeler , about forty-four years of age . The ho Zl , Wk the tragedy took place was No . 1 , Durham ^ , * m nington-road , and immediately facing Bethlehem l ? ' tu for lunatics . The building was oc cupied byMr \ lHitai a dyer and scourer , a family named Toms , the ™« f , cI W woman who has been thus prematurel y hurri ed iT atfl nity , and her son , a young man about twenty-eM . ° -et . age . On Saturday afternoon , at a few minutefhl ^ of o ' clock ; Mrs . Toms , who was in the house at the r e % her attention directed to a loud scream pi-oopo , ! - -10 ' H the upper part of the building , which was sucpwh ! Hi heavy fall of something on the floor . She immodi , 7 , b > a

      to ascertain tne cause , when the son of theme' ^ K woman made a hasty retreat out of the buildim , U | , a (« in his hand a stick and a- knife . Mrs . Toms havinV ? i , i ' the apartment occupied by tho poor creature w $ t " - ' 4 struck at finding the trunk of the woman ly ' n » It i ' ^ - in a pool of blood , and the head , which »» " ¦ 1 'S severed from the neck , was lying on the table in ii P ete | J room , the flesh still moving to and fro . Mrs t ^ stantly hastened down stairs , and informed hm \ 8 "tthat the young man had murdered his mother u ^ d period he had proceeded some distance up the lion , ¦ * tlla ' road in the direction of the Common . Mr . Toms 11 8 t 01 , never lost sight of him , but followed his track un ( iK ere ,, < within a few yards of Chester-street . At that Doim i > ^ constable Lockyer , No . 135 , came along , and bav - M his attention directed to the murderer he forthwith " ^ ^ him . He at once admitted that he had murdered n "' 1115 mother , and informed the officer that be had fmJ f her on the head with an iron and afterwards cut h *^ off by means of an axe and a knife . The constable t 1 * took the man to tho station-house in Kenninet on i ™ ce on his way thither he told the officer he was i 70 w 2 / ' > " * he had committed the murder , but the fact was he '

      nnt-. holn if . fni- his mnl . her and nl-. hpr hoh ... ' Could not help it , for bis mother and other persons weron nually torturing him and following him about jj 0 ai '" formed tbe same officer that he had been confinn \ - """ lunatic asylum and had not been liberated Jon * j r " a derer , when arrested , did not offer the least tesisianc mUr " to all outward appearance did not feel the awful «« ¦?¦" he had placed himself in . From the state of there ! Til is no doubt entertained but the unfortunate female wi - the act of leaving the apartment with a saucepan 0 f Br ' " * in her band in order to strain off the water , when fo gave her a violent blow on the head , which felled hlr f the floor , after which he must have knelt upon hct h i ° and performed the act of decapitation . In the midst of ii / pool of blood was lying a pillow , which , it is believe if murderer had placed there to prevent the gore from fi « over his clothes . When apprehended by Loekyer nor spot of blood was perceptible upon his ciothis , and m hands were perfectly clean , leading to the supposition ill

      after perpetrating the dreadtul deed , he had washed hi hands . In the afternoon the prisoner was examined before t ! Hon . Mr . Norton , at Lambeth police office . The prisoner on being placed at tbe bar , looked wildly around ' u ' m nJ appeared to be either unconscious or indifferent to the position in which he was placed . He was dressed in a black frock coat , black waistcoat , and li ghWoolu trowsers . He had a black scarf , or neckerchief , twia ^ rather than tied round bis neck . He is a well-made man with large black eyes , regular features , and an intelligent

      countenance , ihe evidence given corroborated the above statement .. The prisoner frequently admitted having committed the murder , and it is probable that having beard his mother tell some of her neighbours that she was afraid of him , and must have bim removed to the workhouse , kd him to commit the horrible murder . The prisoner ns remanded . Fortiikr Particulars . —The unhappy man , TJiowai Cathie Wheeler , is in his twenty-sixth year , and ia the s-cond of two sons , of the late James Wheeler , a retired Bow-street officer . The latter , after his retirement , be . came a merchant tailor , and after being some years io business , he took up his residence in Hercules-buildings ,

      Lambeth , having amassed a competency , and at which placa he died in 1849 . The deceased had been left a email income , which was augmented by regular contributions from her elder son , who married a lady of considerable property , The accused had been fromhls youth in a mercantile establishment in the City , and a few years since was sent !} India aa correspondent-for the firm . While abroad the unfortunate man was attacked with brain fever , and tm after recovery was again prostrated under what is termed a coup d ' soleil , and of which he had not got the better upon hia return to England , for shortly after his arrival it ra found necessary to place him under restraint . For soma four or five days before the Saturday , the accused hud \ m

      seen to sharpen the chopper and tbe knives in ordinary me , but the deceased , so far from suspecting the motives of her son , actually mentioned the circumstance to a neighbor as a sign of the young man ' s inclining to industry , hi having for- months prior sternly refused to do the most trifling thing about the place , always , however , insisting upon going out to make such little purchases as the deceased required , —On Sunday morning , upon the r ' Mtini " fitttfeon seeing tbe accused at llorsemonger- ' ane Gaol , tea latter observed , " You can't call me a butcher atall events .

      I did it very cleanly , aud only the neck was too tough . 1 would have done it much better , the chopper deceived nw , but the knife was beatifully keen . " In making these remarks the accused seemed highly pleased with th dexterity of the dreadful execution ho was alluding too , and the ' aaiK // rot'd : of his utterance chilled the medical gentleman , who , as he was about departing , was further addressed by the madman as follows : — 1 hope you'll go and see that tho windows are not closed down . 1 left to up so that the body of my mother may have the benefit of tho air . "

      An inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of the unfortunate woman , when , after hearing the evidence ad duced , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murdei against Thomas Cathie Wheeler . " The prisoner was brought up at the Lambeth Policecourt on Wednesday . The only witness examined was Jit . Cathie , brother to the deceased , and uncle to the prisoner , whose evidence tended to confirm the belief in tbe insanity of the unfortunate young man .. Tho prisoner was fully committed to take his trial on the charge of WW Afurder .

      The Murder And Suicide At Rutxey. The In...

      THE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT rUTXEY . The inquest on the bodies in this melancholy oaae (» account of which appeared last week in our second editM was held before Mr . Carter , at the Queen's He ad publichouse , Wandsworth-lane , on Tuesday . The finding of to " bodies having been proved , Elizabeth Spanliha Mf- ** ot the deceased , who was accompanied bv a little gif ' . " daughter of the deceased , about six years bf age ' , M C lam the wife of the deceased , and reside at Batkmg . '" . Essex . The famil y consisted of my husband « nd tlirceot his children , —two boys and a girl by a former marruf His name is Nathaniel Spankhurst , aged thirty-nine , and « master basketmaker . Ho had an apprentice living m > house . The eldest boy ' s name is Nathaniel Joseph , aiw " is m his eleventh year : the vonneer bov is called mm

      and is in his seventh year . The last time I saw him a « was on Wednesday morning , when he took the two W away with him , but did not assi « n any cause for it , i ' also wanted to taketbe girl , but I sent word to her fpw ness at the school not to let her out . The youngest boy » called at another school for himself . I begged of nun , t » entreated him not to go out , but he pushed me yW & said I should not see him again , but would hear from w » in a few days . I watched them nearly a mile on tto * to London . He bad about 12 s . with him . He has . i ^ the children out before and kept them away all HFZT , ing at night ; and I thought he would only doscf '' * , ' although I feared something would happen . On t » e l , 1 day morning I received a letter with the Ghelw » P ost » j which I opened and road . The following arc tbe contei " of the letter : —

      By the time you receive this me and my boys will "f . fl « . * the arms of death ; and I am very unhappy that my gin " ,, ' e us . You have to thank your own temper towards me , f \ | W ! I up my mind on my pillow this morning what I should a ' . "J w s started , but I have little comments to make , but your ten v ^ been that to me that it has played on my miml for ®® f , "Lva " it is finished before this time , and I hope that miS * V-Aet ^ be a good girl , and I should have been happy to hzf " " fu lc . * us ; and I hope that you will govern your temper , [ ° J "' . wii ! * You have no one to thaak but yourself for this , n & i J 10 Al „ ea . will do well . God bless you both for e ^ s , & April ? . I then went immediately to Chelsea , and got ' ! ' „ j , et 3 tion at the post office , and went to the police-s tatlo ' j j fi tho sergeant said every inquiry should be made I" "' CJ turned home . On the next day I got tidings of }» ' ne , came to Putney , when I learned that they ffCrC r ' ht « !' , I am of opinion that he did it all himself , as l > e „ ,, niri » ened often to destroy us all . We have be ^" teve ntW eighteen months ; about two months after t * " ; i ^ piit triad to cut my throat , wA . I have beea obV ^ away both knives and razors . He was addicte d , fii

      and during such fits waa nearly mad . I » m cen * , c rttin a deranged state of mind . He has treated Wu # tW elly , —often beaten me . lie has , on one occasion ,, „• # children out of their beds at throe o'clock in t n ° , 11 $ to destroy them , but I prevented him . Ho 'L , th ' blame on my temper , but the apprentice will te thJ JP my conscience is clear on that matter . —H enry 'V " fje " ' ' prentice , said , that when the deceased was so ^ ' ^ ^ very iond of his children , and spoke hig hly of B ' p # when drunk ho was much embittered against ' , ' fcesi ness had fallen off lately , and that made Him * rJ $ A * himself Ha w-w m . „ . k ^( ..... dn !! and had I " */ i ««*'

      execute a large order he had received , tfhicu p » ^ m him ; and he said ho should not mind if his tun ^ pitto walk the plank and die ; althoug h he never ¦ > ^ anything before ihim . His wife always M »" i { hWr l' £ with propriety , butheoften raised a qnsrr « « i t * - " rfS no cause . —The jury returned the following verw * - ^ m the two boys , Nathaniel Joseph Spankhurst » 0 > Spankhurst , wore wilfully murdered by their 1 ^ ^ '' niel John Spankhurst , who afterwards commi t '' ; , drowning while in a fit of Temporary Insanity . =- ¦ * ftl * 5

      . Spanuh Banditti.—Letters From Vlcn '. ...

      . Spanuh Banditti . —Letters from Vlcn ' . „ Ufor ^ state that the sanguinary bandit , Bl Bon , •»»» w y years been the terror of the mountainous distri ^ oi secured , with one of his accomplices , and tne ^ tavern who had secreted him . Bon had « ' * % e » ttW ^ , self wealthy by his kidnapping and ransoi ? fflft bi ! t $ mers , and might , if he had liked , have . wWJ » J ^ , but his thirst of gold and love of ad ^ ntojej-y ^ , old havuita till he was taken . ,.,. - ^ ~^ - "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17041852/page/6/