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6 THE NORTHERN STIR. May 17, 1851.
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6 The Northern Stir. May 17, 1851.
6 THE NORTHERN STIR . May 17 , 1851 .
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Health of Losdos . —The Official , s » y » . --The present state of public hialth in the metropolis is f . r from being satisfactory . In the preceiini " week , though there still appeared an excess aWe ihe average , the mortality had declined to 094 deaths ; but it will bo seen that the-number in the week ending last Saturday has again risen to l , 0 il . Takin g corresponding weeks of the ten years 1841-30 , it is found that the loweet number of de-ths was 701 ; aud that the mortality , which only in one instance exceeded 1 , 000 , averaged 870 . Th s average , if raised according to supposed rate « f increa-e in the population , becomes 949 ; compared with which the 1 , 041 deaths of lust week show .-in increase of 92 . The increase is not
confin -d to any particular locality , but extends generally over the metropolitan districts . In the west districts the deaths registered last week are 1 GS , while the average ( without correction for increase of population ) is 134 ; in the northern the number is 202 , the average being 107 ; in the central it w 181 , the average being 157 ; in tho eastern . -10 , the awrage being 181 ; and in the south it is- / 4 , -while the uvera-re is 232 . The present . return „ coinnared with that of the previous week , shows an increase chiefly in thezymotic or epidemic ctea rf disuses . Measles numbered 31 fatal cases in the -weekending «» y 3 rd , last week it counted 41 " , becomes and has
hooping-cough again more severe , risen in the two weeks from 57 deaths to 72 ; diarxhoei and dysenterv have increased from 9 to 25 typhus from 25 to 43 . Oa the other band , suull--pox , * lu " ch destroved 14 persons in the previous Tfeek , was fatal lo 10 in the last ; and influenza has declined from 11 to 6 . Seven deaths , 4 of which are among infants , are ascribed in this return to syphilitic disease . The total number of deaths included in the zymotic class of diseases ia 233 , while the corrected average is 178 . Tho cases enumerated under tbe head of " diseases of the respira--tory organs , " amount to 157 , while the corrected averaee is 143 . But the six diseases which
constitute the latter class scarcely exceed in their aggregate fatality the amount caused by phthisis alone ; for this complaint destroved 143 lives , a number -which , though not more ' than the usual amount , is far greater than the highest found under other "heads in the list of fatal causes . A great increase is observable in the deaths registered last week ot young persons ; for the number of children who died under the ago of 15 years rose from 443 in the previous , week to 511 in the last , while the corrected average is 425 . A smiller increase is observed generally among persons in various stages of life . In ihe last week , tha births of 791 boys , and 781 girls , in all 1 . 572 children , were registered . The average of six corresponding weeks in the years 1845-50
was 1 , 341 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was 29 . 608 in . The mean d * iiy temperature was below the average till Saturday ; but it rose gradually from 40 deg . 2 miii . on Sunday to 56 deg . 3 min . on Saturday , and the mean of the week was 47 deg . 4 min . The extent to which the daily mean temperature was lower than the average ( derived from 20 years ) of the several days is shown by tho following decreasing numbers : —11 deg . 2 min ., 10 deg . 5 min ., 1 deg . 4 min .. 4 deg . 5 min ., 2 deg . S min ., 0 deg . 6 min . ; on Saturday it exceeded the average by 3 deg . 6 min . The wind was in the north and uortb-wejt on tbe first three days , then changed to south-west , and on the last two days was generally
in the south-easi . Murder in St . Paxcras . —Last Saturday evening * V ' r . H . M . Wakley held an inquest in the Elephant ami Ca « tle , Camdeu Town , on the body of a fema ' e infant that was found in the parlour of Ho . 1 , 'Fuubridge-street , a deserted house . The body 'Was wrapped in calico cloth and coarse sacking . Mr . Robins « n , house surgeon to the workhouse , stated the deceased was born alive and lived sometime . There was on the neck an indentation inflicted by a finger-nail , and there was also two severe bruises on the left parietal bone , which caused congestion oi the brain aud death . He had no doubt of deceased having been murdered . Verdict— " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . "
Fatal Accidest on the Sohth Kuxr Railway —On Monday night an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , the coroner , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of Robert English , aged twenty-two . who met bis death from injuries received on the North Kent Railway an Sa-urday last . The deceased , who was in a third-class carriage coming to London , sat on the rail at the back of the carriage . Some persons advised him to come down , but he took no notice . The train had been a short time in motion , when he fell hack ward on the railway , and disappeared in a moment . The person who was with him , hy climbing over the other carriages , after some minutes succeeded in attracting observation , and the train was stopped , and on going back up the line
the deceased was found with one of fat ' s hands severed from his arm . The deceased was taken to the hospital , when it was found that not only was his left hand severed from his arm , but the other hand was merely hanging by a bit of skin . The bones of the left arm were very extensively fractured , as well as several bones of the face . He was alive when brought to the hospital , but died the next day . On admission bis left arm was amputated at the shoulder joint , and the other was amputated below the fore-arm . He was quite sensible , and said he had been drinking , and he was evidently under the influent-e of liquor when brought to the " hospital . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . "
• DarjHKESSEss akd Death . —Amongst the night charges at the Marylebone Police-court on Monday , brought up from the Albany-street police-station ( S division , ) was one against a middle aged woman , named Barker , who , on Saturday night last , was taken insensibly drunk to the station , whence she was conveyed to the London University College Hospital , ia which institution she , as stated by Sergeant King , expired at seven o ' clock on Monday morning . The Murder of the Policeman is Vauxhali .-walk . —Oa Mond » y evening the inquiry into the circumstances connected with this horrible murder , was further adjourned to Monday next .
Desibcctive Fire at tub Great Globe Exhibition of Mb . Wtld , M . P . —On Tuesday morning , at an early hour , the greatest confusion was caused in the immediate vicinity of Leicester-square , Owing to a body of flame shooting up , apparently from tbe newly-erected building for the exhibition of the monster globe belonging to Mr . Wyld . . The cause of so much alarm was , owing to afire breaking out in a wooden building , within the enclosure of Leicester-square , used as a storehouse and temporary pay office , but detached from the building for the exhibition . The whole of the men on work on the premises , to the number of 100 , instantly repaired to the spot , as well as Mr . Wyldj but that gentleman , we are sorry to say , in his exertions to rescue the property , ricked bis back , which has since caused him some consideraMe pain . The
flames were not extinguished until the building in which they commenced was burned down . Fortunately , not the least injury was done to the main building . From inquiries since made there seems no doubc but it was owing to tbe watchman making too gre-it a fire in the grate to warm the building . Prince or Wales ' s Bazaab . —A new bazaar , thus designated , has just been opened in Regent-• Ireet , on the premises icccntly occupied as the Cosmorama .. The place has been very tastefully decomted ; and , though small in comparison with the Pantheon , the Soho Bazaar , and other establishzaents of a similar nature , it will doubtless be esteemed an agreeable promenade by those ladies who do not think that the displays in the neighbouring shop-windows offer th / m a sufficient temptation for -parting with their money .
Kew If ABOC 5 S . —By the gracious permission of her Majesty , tbe Royal pleasure grounds at Kew will be opened to the public on every day in tbe -week , between the hours of one and six , from Monday , the 12 th of May , to Friday , the 12 th of September , daring the present year . The access to these grounds will be in the Kew and Richmondroad , by the " Lion and Unicorn Gates" respectively ; and , on the riverside of thegiounds . by the gate adjoining to the Brentford-ferry ; the entrance gates to the Botanic Gardens on Kew-gretu being open as here'ofore . Communications wilt at the same time be opened between the Botanic Gardens and the pleasure grounds , by gates in the wire fence which separates the two . It i « requested that visi tors will abstain from carrying baskets or refreshments into the grounds ; and smoking in the Botanic Gardens » not permitted . —By order of the Commissioner * of her Majesty ' s Woods , & o . —Office of Woods , & c , May 10 , 1851 .
The Mister of St . Pakcbas Wobkhouse . —The poor law board , in reference to tbe recent abandonment of the prosecution against Mr . Eaton , the master of the workhouse , have called upon the di-TC * j ° re ? f tbe P °° r < , f St - P-mcras to be favoured withsucb further explanation or observations as tbe governors and directors may think proper to make , hwSimTJ i 7 " yutt ' "' g thcni mto complete pos-« S ? a \ T U , e facts and circumstances of the the cWe nrET / fS P 0 S 8 , L * le" « * bn circumstance up ! 25 £ 2 S T wbat Tk ' " ^ t ^^ isdSSS'V ^ i *»** ^ the abandoned by them ?» ' a " , rt wa 3 « lt » mately meeting oa Tnwfar tS * - ' *^! move-Cand Mr " Erie ' second ^ m 0 re , Tia » PSon the clerk be directed JUStiZtf ** ? " * board a copy of the evidencS , andt erv ° o , £ I information required -On Wednesday J ? ° ™ f I
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Sbriotjs Accident axd Loss of Life thimipgh a Bollock . —An accident of a frightful aud melancholy nature occurred at the parish of Ayle < bury | on Saturday afternoon last , by which a family of nine children have been deprived of a mother , and two of them seriously injured . It appears that the deceased woman , Sophia Goss , of Waddesdon , a small village about three miles distant frmn tho town , was in the act of crossing a path in the front of the R * d Lion Inn , accompanied by her iwo daughters , Phoibe and Sarah Goss , aged respectively eighteen and fourteen years , when I bull bdoi . gin « » Mr . A . H II , o > Thame Oxon , suddenly rushed forward and tossed tho deceased , at the same time knocking the daugh . ers down , and while the woman lay on the ground the bull , of above a ton weight , stepped up » n her side , the eldest girl was much injured about the lower part of her person , and the youngest received several contusions on the forehead . ' The poor woman
was immediately taken into the Red Lion p-blichouse and medical aid obtained , but she died in less than five minutes after its arrival . The beast then ran into a stable , and was ultimately secured . An inquest was held on tbe body , before Joseph Parro't , Esq ., coroner for this district , and a re-pectable jury , at the George Inn , the same evening . The evidence adduced proved that the beast had at tbe time of the accident evinced no symptoms of ferocity , but was . < m the contrary , very quiet . Mr . James Cecly . the medical gentleman , stated the nature and extent of the injuries received by the unfortunate deceased . Three of the upper ribs were fractured and were driven in upon the lungs , and three or four of the lower ribs were also broken . Tbe skull did not appear to have been fractured . The coroner briefly summed up , and the jury at once returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " accompanying their verdict with a wish that some means should be taken to prevent an occurrence of a similar nature in the town
ajiain . DabisG IIlGHWAY Robbery . —On Saturday information was received at the chief police-stations in London of a most daring highway robbe > y . attended with brutal violence , having been committed on the Hitchen turnpike-road , about four miles fr-m Bedford , on Wednesday last , on the person of Mr . Peacock , of Wilshamstead . The robbery was perpi-tvaied soon after nine o ' clock at night , by four ruffians , who , at a secluded part of the road , rushed out and laid hold of the horse ' s head . De attempted to urge the animal on ; but they succeeded in turning the gig into a ditch alongside the road , where it turned over , arid Mr . Peacock was thrown on to his head on the ground , when they sprang upon him , and while one of them placed his knee upon Mr . Peacock ' s neck , tbe others rifled his pockets . - The property
stolen consisted of £ 70 in Bank bills , a purse containing ten sovereigns and sixteen shillings , a gold Geneva watch and guard , and many valuable articles . Attempted Sale of a Wife . —On the 10 th inst .. a large concourse of people assembled opposite the Angel Inn . Stockport , composed principally of parties from Droylesden , to witness the disgraceful exhibitionof a man selling his wife by public auction to the highest bidder . The individuals immediately concerned were Joseph Orme and his wife , Rachae ) , both factory operatives . They hajl been married about three years ; but , in consequence of his intemperate habits and violent conduct , they agreed to separate , he retiring to Stockport and she continuing to work at a mill at Droylesden . Since then the man had contracted an illicit acquaintance with a woman
who was then living with him as his wife . It appears that the wife ' s brother resided in Stockport , and as the mill at Droylesden bad ceased work , she accepted an invitation to speed the fair at his house . It was here that her husband proposed to neutralise the marriage contract by offering his wife for public sale in the market , a process which , it is vulgarly believed , has all the legal efficacy , without the cost of a divorce . The wife at once consented ; and the brother as readily acquiesced . Accordingly the disgusting exhibition took place in the presence of an immense crowd . She was neatly attired , and was a moderately good-looking young woman . The police , however , interfered , and tbe parties were obliged to decamp . Many of the women , who really believed that the sale oi a wife was strictly legal , complained
of the interference of the police , and the hardships of a wife being prevented relieving herself from a worthless husband . Orme , the depraved husband , has not since been seen in public . A Mas Killed by Three Ibbbmesat Stamford . —On Saturday evening last about half-past six o ' clock , a man named George Large was murdered at the Horse-shoe Inn , Red Lion-square . It appears that seven or eight men and the deceased had been drinking together for some time , and in the course of tbe afternoon a few words took place between Large and an Irishman named Patrick M'Glen . They afterwards agreed and staid together for some time , when Large was standing by a table , and on
remarking that he would leave the Irish company , he was s'ruck by M'Glen on the left temple . Deceased immediately fell on the floor , and then M'Glen , together with two other Irishmen , named Michael Barnetand John Farrell , set to kicking him about the body , the other parties ( with the exception of a man named Wilson , who was half-drank ) having left the house . The poor fellow evidently died from tbe first blow , although the savage attacks were continued f « r some time . Pdlicetnan Mitchell sucjcecded in apprehending M'Glen and Barnet at a lodging-house , as they were about leaving the town . Farrell , a lodging-housekeeper , was shortly after taken into custody . Deceased was unmarried , and thirty-two years ot age .
Howdex A 5 D PebctMain Couiebies . —The final abandonment of those once lucrative mines , Howden and Percy Main Collieries , has led to great privation amongst the large number of persons who were employed in those extensivecoal-works . The miners are gradually drafting themselves from the locality to other collieries . The Fatal Railway Collision in Cheshire . —The inquest was resumed on Monday , and after the examination of some more of the Railway Company ' s servants , the jury returned the following verdict— " Accidental death , with great blame to the Executive Committee , and charge of imprudence and indiscretion against the officers . There was deficiency of locomotive power , and the management was so imperfect as to endanger the safety of the
pnblic The jury added a recommendation of signals at each end of the tunnel , and that lights should be placed in the carriage . " IThe foreman here handed the observations accompanying the verdict to tbe coroner . ] Tbe Coroner read them as follows : — " Although the jury have not felt justified in recording any other verdict than thatof ' Accidental death . ' they feel bound to state their unanimous opinion that great blame attaches to the executive committee of the Birkenhead , Lancashire , and Cheshire Junction Railway Company ; and there was a want of prudence and discretion generally in tbe conduct of the officers and servants of the company , along the line from Chester to Manchester on the day when the melancholy occurrence took place , which resulted in the death of the parties as to which the
jury have been inquiring . With respect to the locomotive power of the company , it appears that no increase whatever was made for the greatly' increased traffic along the line from Chester to Manchester during the Chester race week , and that there was no authorised superintendent of Ihe traffic department along that hue appointed , and no precautionary arrangements adopted for the safety of the public in reference to the Sutton Tunnel ^ -where the collision took place , on the day above mentioned . The jury find that during the day there was thegreateatirregularity in the dispatch and arrival of the trains from Manchester to Cheshire , and the advertisement issued by the Company to the effect that the trains would return from Chester after the races , commencing at 5 * 30 p . m ., and continue running , so soon as filled .
to 9 p . m ., was in the highest degree objectionable , and calculated to lead to confusion and danger . The Railway Company's locomotive superintendent himself has stated , in the course of his evidence , that he does not consider the stock of engines belonging to the company sufficient for their ordinary traffic ; and yet , as the jury have already noticed , no increase was made for the greatly increased traffic d uring the Chester races : and to this deficiency of locomotive power is to be mainly attributed the lamentable catastrophe which has happened . The jury are decidedly pf opinion , that the management of the railway in question at the present time is imperfect and inefficient , thereby endangering the safety of the public . In conclusion , the jury recommend that , in order to guard against the recurrence of & similar accident , there
snouiu oe an authorised servant of the company stationed at each cud of the Sutton Tunnel , so at to signal to the trains , and thereby prevent two trains from being in the tunnel on the same line at one tirrfe . They consider also , that the carriages of the Railway Company having to pass through a tunnel of such a length as the Sutton Tunnel , should be furnished with lights ; and they desire also to call attention to the shortness of the interval allowed for trains following each other on the same line , from the terminus and the intermediate stations , which appears to tiiea to be attended with risk , and that the interval should therefore beincreased . " The Coroner having thanked the jury for their care and attention during the inquiry , the proceedings , which had occupied seven days , were brought to a close a few minutes before eleven o ' clock . -
The Cheshire JrwcnoN Railwat Accident . — On Wednesday au inquest upon another of the sufferers by tbe late frightful collision on the Cheshire Junction Railway , was held at the Horse and Jockey Inn , Newton le-Willows , 'before John Heyea , Esq ., the coroner for . the district . The unfortunate subject of . the present inquiry was Mr . John Wilson , wine and spirit merchant , who was a passenger by the train which was run into on the evening of the accident . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental deith , " the proceeding ' s having been confined to an inquiry into the immediate cause of Mr . Wilson ' s death .,, Tee Sheffield Mcbdeb . —On Wednesday the coroner 3 inquiry Into this case was resumed at the
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Town Hall . After hearing some additional evidence , the jury returned the following- verdict : — " We find a verdict of Wilful Murder against Wm , B-mersby , as principal , and also against Eliza Wilkinson , as accessory , present , aiding , and assisting in the murder of John Wilkinson . The jurr , after three days' examination into the case , cannot separate without expressing their great dissatisfaction at the conduct of one of the magistrates ( Mr . Ovcreiid . ) in not allowing the accused parties to be ' brought before them- according to the usual custom . " The coroner at once made out his warrant tor the prisoners' committal to York Castle . Shocking AcciDEwrnr Macrineki , — A shocking accident occurred , on . Monday afternoon at the
circular stone saw mills in Cannon ' s Marsh , Bristol . A poor fellow , whos * name is William Faulknerj was engaged in attending the machinery , when \> y some means his clothes were caught by one of the cogs , and he was dragged in among the wheels , and received some frightful injuries . His right leg was torn off ibout half way up the thigh , and the boues of his left leg were crushed in a shocking manner . As soon as he could be extricated he was conveyed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary , where both limbs were immediately amputated . Alleged Mordeb near Manchester . —A man named Joseph Allison w , is brought up at the IJeiV Bailey , Manchester , on Monday last , having been apprehended by Mr . Chief Superintendent Beswick , on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a
man named John Hunt . The deceased and the prisoner were carters in the employment of a cooper named Goodwin . On Wednesday , the 30 th ult , » hey were commissioned by their employer to go to Ashton-under-Lyne , with their carts , to purchase some tubs . He had sent them on the same errand before , and gave deceased £ 7 to pay for the tubs . The prisoner and the deceased called at the Snipe Inn , Openshaw , on the road from Ashton to Manchester , between seven and eight o ' clock the same evening , and had two pints Of beer , They then appeared to be on very good terms , and drank out of the same cup . They had their carts with them , loaded with tubs . Whilst they were at this publichouse the two men began . to talk of tho respective merits of each other ' s horses .. Deceased offered to
bet the prisoner £ 1 to Is . that his horse was the » , esfc . The men were rather , advanced ill liquor . Allison begged the deceased not to leave him , as he said his ( tbe prisoner ' s ) horse was -bent upon mischief , and he was afraid he should have some trouble with it . The men left the publh > house about half past eight , and went towards Manchester . A short time afterwards tho two men were seen walking together with their carts at Fairfield , a little further on the road , by a boy returning from school , who noticed that they were quarrelling and abusing one another . The boy remained playing with some school fellows for above an hour afterwards , and soon lost sight of the men . The prisoner was seen some time the same evening
at a public house in Ardwick . Deceaseds wile was there also , and upbraided the prisoner , who was intoxicated , with having left her husband on the road . Allison replied that he did not care if Hunt broke bis nock . It appears that deceased ' s wife had had a strong presentiment on her mind that her husband would not return safe , and had set out to meet him . She went about two miles further along the road , and met the horse and cart returning unattended . Hunt ' s body was found early the next morning by a carter named James Hadfield , lying on his side against the footpath . There were no marks of injury about him , except a wound in the nose , from which blood was issuing . An inquest was held on the body on Friday week , but very little evidence could then be obtained , and a surgeon who gave evidence , stating that the deceased was an apopletic eubiect , the jury
returned a verdict of " Found dead , " It had since been ascertained that an apron belonging to a man in tho same employment with the prisoner , which had been missing since the day the men went to Ashton , was accidentally found ia a cask in Mr . Goodwin ' s yard , with marks of blood upon it . A number of bills were found upon him , being receipts for the casks be bad bought at Ashton . They amounted to £ 4 12 s ., which , with 3 s . 8 d . allowed for expenses , left a bal . ince due to Mr , Goodwin of £ 2 4 s . 4 d . Only a shillling and a halfpenny , however were found upon deceased . The prisoner was then remanded till Friday . A post mortem examination of the body was made on Monday by Mr . Brown , surgeon , of Gorton , and Dr . J . G . Harrison of Manchester , who found that death had been caused by tho fracture of four ribs , and the consequent rupture of one lung and the liver .
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A Man Drowned in Attempting to Rescue a Bov . —A melancholy circumstance has just occurred near Port Penrhyn , Bangor . Owen Thomas , mate of the ship Dove , went , accompanied b y a boy , in a boat to raise the anchor of his vessel . The chain proved too heavy for the boat , which capsized . The shore was not far distant , and the man could bave saved himself , but dived for the boy , and held him up until he himself sunk , it is supposed from cramp and exhaustion . Several boats were speedily pushed off to their rescue : the boy was saved , but the body of Thomas was not recovered until three hours after . The poor fellow has left a wife and family .
Emigration pbom Sooth Walbs . —A large number of the best and most efficient workmen connected with the mining and iron districts of Rbynmey , Blaenarvon , and Blaina are about to leave the country in tbe course of a very few weeks , intending to embark as emigrants for the United states . Vessels arc continually sailing from tho various ports in South Wales with emigrants , and ere long a large body ' of Latter-day Saints will find their way , it is said , to Bristol , Liverpool , and other outports , for the purpose of emigrating to the great Mormon city or settlement on the banks of tbe Great Salt Water Lake . Many of these Mormonites are employed in the iron districts of Glamorganshire , and comprise some of the best and most experienced workmen .
Dreadful Explosion in the Cilgwtn Quarries . —On the 8 th inst . an explosion , which has greatly injured four persons , and might have been attended with fatal results , took place in the Cilgwyn Quarries . Haifa ton of blasting powder was kept in a building appropriated . to the purpose , about W 0 yards from the works . The foreman , John Williams , had just been engaged in weighing some powder for a quarryman , when the smith and two boys entered the hut , the former requesting leave to weigh two chisels which he had forged only a while before . He placed them in the scale , and immediately a terrible explosion followed . Tho
men and boya were thrown to the ground with fearful violence on the spot where they stood , but the roof and walls of the hut , the casks of powder , & c , were blown to a great height and distance ., The foreman was the first to recover from the shock , he ran a considerable distance with his clothes in flames , so that he was much burnt . The smith also was dreadfully burnt and mutilated . The boys were contused , but their injuries are less severe . It is thought the chisels must hare retained a sufficient heat to ignite some remains of the powder on the scale , and that this , communicating with the exposed powder , caused tho disaster .
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ttELlEF op exmse i . v the Hebrides . —The directors of the Royal Patriotic and Industrial Society of Scotland transmitted ou the 10 th instant the proceeds of the first receipts of their Highland Industrial Relief Fund , received through Messrs . Forbes , Forbes , and Co ., King William-street , to Portree , Skye , in whicb beautiful island alone it is computed that 10 , 000 able-bodied persons , not - entitled to relief , are at this time without work , without food , and without credit . Captain C . Forbes .
who presibed over the last meeting of the directors , in his communication to the committee of the Hebridean branch , while expressing their anxiety that immediate relief should be afforded , strongly urged the employment of the people on parochial farms , model crofts , and school spade farms already selected by the society ' s agent ; the land having been offered on most liberal terms by proprietors . However limited the operations may be , thedirectors have very properly urged that the commencement be made upon . non-eleeraoaynary , but kind and industrial principles . '
Fatal Boat Accident at Grernocx ..-A melancholy accident , by which two men lost their lives , occurred on Saturday evening last opposite the Greenock Steam-boat Quay . The afternoon had been very fine , with a pretty fresh breeze of easterly wind , and a number of smalt sailing-boats darting backwards and forwards , attracted a considerable number of spectators to witness their evolutions . By-and-bye ,- however , the wind increased to such an extent , with a nasty cross sea , as to give cause for alarm for tbe safety of the crevrs , particularly that of tbe largest boat , which was observed to ship several seas . The men , two in number , were observed to put her about and make for tb » shore / running with the wind , when all at once , while still at a
considerable distance from the harbour ; she was observed to go down head foremost , and was never afterwards seen , though tbe mast was found . Several boats at once made for the spot , to render assistance to the men , but . without avail , for they , too had disappeared , and though the search was prolonged till dark , the bodies were not recovered . The unfortunate men , whose names were Charles King , foreman carpenter in 'Messrs . ' Steele ' s ship-building yard , and John M'Gilp , a working carpenter , in the same employ , were married . King has left a wife and threeyoung children to lament his loss . M'Gilp who was a native of Rothsey , was married only last year , and the hapless widow , we are informed , is , in the condition of shortly becoming a mother .- . New Barracks at Glasgow . —It ig ' stated that
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the cavalry , barracks in Eglington-street bave been disposed of by government , to the Gavah Parochial Board , for a workhouse , for which they are well adapted , without incurring any material expenditure for alterations ; and government intend to erect new and extensive barracks in some healthy and suitable situation , which shall embrace quarters for infantry , cavslry , and horse artillery , a squadron ' of which latter force it is the purpose of the Horse Guards to station permanently in this city .
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The Nation of Saturday last published a letter from Mr , W . Smith O'Brien , being the first public epistle written by him since his transportation . It is dated ' . ' New Norfolk , Van Diemen ' s Land , Jan . 4 , " and is almost wholly occupied with a statement of the circumstances under which Messrs . M'Manus , O'Doherty , and O'Donohue were removed to probationary settlements for having broken the conditions of their tickets of leave . In conclusion he says :
" Itespecting myself I have little to say . You have of course heard an account , probably much exaggerated , of my unsuccessful attempt to escape from Maria Island , and of my subsequent imprisonment at Port Arthur . Though I received an official notification , spontaneously sent by the governor , by which I was informed ' that he was not disposed to take any special notice of my recent attempt to escape , ' but that if I made a second Attempt I should be treated as an ordinary convict working in gang , I was subjected , during twelve weeks , to solitary confinement of so rigorous a kind that even the doctor of tho station and the clergyman , who are specially appointed and naid for the nurnose of attending to the bodily and
mental welfare of the prisoners , were forbidden to Visit me . The clergyman of the station assured me , after my release , that he had been most anxious to have visited me , but that he was not permitted by tho authorities to do what he felt to be his duty on the occasion . Fortunately my health did not fail , though I was much depressed in mind , in consequence of finding that my attempt to escape had led to results very injurious to others—if not to myself , amongst which I may mention the loss of his situation to Mr . Lupham , the superintendent , from whom I had experienced much kindness whilst under his charge at Maria Island . At length , to my great surpriseI received an address , signed , by
, many hundred persons resident in this colony , by which I was urgently entreated to accept a ticket of leave on the terms offered by the government . As such also was the earnest wish of my friends at home , and as I had abandoned all idea of escaping , I thought that I should subject myself to deserved charges of wilfulness and of wayward obstinacy , if I were to resist any longer what appeared to be the universal desire of my friends ; but I set no value whatever upon the sort of liberty which I now enjoy , and would return to my cell to-morrow without feeling that 1 had made any sacrifice in surrendering the boasted indulgences which are paraded to the world as illustrative of British
clemency and magnanimity . Whilst separated from my family and my country , and whilst subject to the malicious caprice of such men as Dr . Hampton ( Comptroller-General of Convicts ) , and Sir William Denison , it is a matter of indifference to me whether I am imprisoned within the confines of a rural district of a walled inclosure . I do not like to close this letter without saying something respecting our beloved country , but so many thoughts and feelings claim expression from my pen when it begins to trace the name of Ireland , that I cannot uow venture to allow it to touch this topic except for the purpose of assuring you that my attachment to my native land continues unaltered and unalterable . —Believe me , my dear Duffy , most sincerely yours , "Wm . S . O'Brien . " : The Nation thus comments upon the facts stated by Mr . O'Brien : — :
" Public opinion in the colony has , indeed , revolted against these atrocities . And the colonial press , with ready courage and bold words , has denounced the excesses of the executive . "But is that enough ? "Where are these men now ? Has any one of them outlived the torture and agony of his sentence ? In whom of them has human fortitude survived the burning horror of this fate ? In whom of them has the spirit of the gentleman—aye , or the resignation of the Christian—sublimely triumphed over the despair and ignominy of association and contact with the rejoicing fiends whom humanity and society have condemned to perpetual outlawry for crime unpardonable , for depravity that appals ? " While we write , the term of gang punishment has expired ; but Who of our gallant brothers , has survived ? "Have they all fainted beneath the burden and tho lash ? " Has despair frenzied them ?
" Are they martyrs , lunatics , suicides ? " Who of them has had enduring strength , 01 defiant courage , to survive this tremendous doom ? God knows . " Attempted Assassination . —On the night of the 7 th inst . an attempt was made to assassinate Mr . Leopold Seane , son of Sir Thomas Keane , of Cappoquin House , in the county of Waterford . Mr . and Mrs . Keane had dined with Major Alc . ock , near Cappoquin , arid were returning home in an outside car , about ten o ' clock , when a shot was fired at them from behind a wall . Providentially they escaped unhurt . The . coachman distinctlysaw the flash , and heard the whizzing of the bullet . The horse was fresh , and trotting very fast at the time , which may account forthe assassin missing his aim . This outrage took place within 100 yards of the town of Cappoquin , and had any life been lost , it must have been that of Mrs . Keane , as she was sitting at the side from whence the shot had been fired .
Mb . Billing . —This gentleman is considered pite out of danger . Two more of the slugs lodged in his side have been extracted . In addition to the reward of £ 100 offered by government for the conviction of the miscreants engaged in the attempt to murder Mr . Billing , the gentry of tbe locality nave offered £ 200 . Tub Papal Aggression Agitation . —On Sunday aggregate meetings were held in all the Romish chapels , in Dublin , at which petitions to the legislature against the anti-Papal bill were adopted and numerously signed . Some thousands of appeals' to tho Lords and Commons are expected to be the produce of the day ' s proceedings , as all the country chapels , with but few exceptions , bad made their arrangements for meetings some days ago .
Execbtion of Catherine Connollt . —This unfortunate woman was executed at Cork on Saturday for the murder of Mary Driscoll . The details of the proceedings on the occasion are of the ordinary revolting character . Rhprbskntation of King ' s County . —Francis Bennett , Esq ., of . Thomastown , a member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church , and an abominator of the Whigs , has announced his intention of standing for the King ' s County at the next election . Verdict of Mahblmjohtbr against a Relieving Officer , —At an inquest held on a person who died from destitution at Cuilbeg , in the county of Galway , last week , the jury brought a verdict of "Manslaughter " against Michael Wynne , there-, licving officer , for neglect .
The Late Murder in Armagh . —A body of fifteen extra policemen has been sent to tbe neighbourhood of Crossmagher , where Mr . Coulter was murdered . The district will have to pay the expense of this force . Suicide of Johk Power , Esq ., of Gurken . — Accounts have been received in town of the melancholy suicide of John Power , Esq ., of Gurteen , in the county of Waterford , on Sunday night last . He was the son-in-law of the Right Hon . Richard Lolar Shiol , and some years married to the daughter of Sir John Power , Bart ., of Kilfane , by whom he has had a family of seven or eight children , all now offender ages . Mr . Power represented Dungarvan about ten years ago , and subsequently Waterford
county . He , was about thirty-five years of , age . The cause assigned for the dreadful act he committed is , that the large fortune which he inherited on coming to his mamrity , as well da much of the property acquired subsequently , was either totally lost or regarded by him as irretrievabl y embarrassed . ; it is stated-that on Sunday afternoon' ho told his agent , Mr . Barron , that it was his determination to destroy himself , as he could no longer bear his mental sufferings . Mr . Barron reasoned with him—showed him that his affairs were by no means in the embarrassed condition he believed
them to be—and having taken care to remove , as he thought , every weapon whereby the unfortunate gentleman could carry out his threat , allowed him to retire to his chamber for the night , being under the impression that he had effected a salutary change in the mind of the sufferer . After a lapse of some time , and just as the clock struck midnight , the report of a pistol was heard from the chamber of Mr . Power , and on bis servant-man entering ho found him alread y lifeless . He had discharged a duelling pistol into liis mouth—the ball with which it vtas charged passed through the crown of his head .
Downhill Hodbe Burned . —On Saturday afternoon Downhill House , near Coieraine , the residence of sir . Henry Bruce , Bart ., was entirely destroyed by fire . < . A poor man , named Anthony Gallagher , a sweep , fellduvuvg the fire through one of the floors into the bun « ing mass below , and was so frightfuJJy burned . that he . died next morning . It was not known whether the place was insured , or not The fire is supposed tobave originated in a workshop underneath the library . It . was by cutting through the roof and floors that the progress of the fire was arrested , and the small portion mentioned was saved . The family were from home , in England In a very short time the roof fell in , and with tho exception pf the bare walls , the whole of this once splendid manswn . is now reduced to ruins
The Nation Of Saturday Last Published A ...
THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY . A robbery of a most extraordinary character has been perpetrated " oh the London and South-Western Railway , no less than the abstraction Of £ 5 , 000 in gold from the luggage train during its transit from Southampton to London on the . night of the 8 th inst . It appears that ori the night in question , the specie brought by the Great Western steam-ship to Sou'hamt'ton , on the previous Tuesday was forwarded to London in carriages attached to the drdi-„„ , hunraee train , in charge of four persons deputed
bv the Hoval Mail Company , to whom the property was consigned . These persons rode in a composite carriage " , attached to tbe end of the train , the treasure being in three vans immediately preceding them . These vans are made in the usual way , high at their sides , with doors in the rear . They have no roofer covering ; but in ^ »»« ' ^ ft in short , when specie is transmitted , a couple of strong . tarpaulins are thrown over , securely braced with the necessary appendages . The train left the terminus at Southampton about eight o ' oock . ^ and reached its destination at Nine Elms without
anything occurring to attract the attention of the guaru or the person in charge of the money . On checking the pflcWes , however , next morning , the loss was discovered , and information was immediately dispatched to the directors of the . Royal _ Ma . il Company , wh « lost no time in securing tbe services of Inspector Field . This officer , in consequence of one ot tlie boxes having been found ,, started by a special train for Winchesier , and on investigating the attair it appears that on the Othiust ., as a boy was birds nesting in the vicinity of the Winchesier station he discovered a small but heavy box at the foot of an embankment . Finding he could not lift it be communicated the circumstance to his father , who went
tiovhe spot aud to » k . theboxto Mr . Dean , the superintendent . This box , it is asserted , contains about £ 1 , 300 of the stolen property . The presumption seems to be . from combined circumstances , that the act was perpetrated whilst the train was in motion , and that the boxes were thrown off to some accomplices at different points on the line ; but how , or by whom , the abstraction was wade is shrouded in impenetrable mystery . This is the fourth robbery of specie that has taken place at this port within the last twelve months , and it therefore appears reasonable to suppose the robberies are the result of a well-orgauised system , defeating even the strict watch always set upon this description of property , Irora the moment of its arrival until it is of
finally deposited in the bullion office of the Bank England . A reward of £ 250 has been offered for the apprehension and conviction of the person who stole the gold dust on the South Western Railway last week , and for the recovery of the property . Inspector Field was sent for last Tuesday from Southampton to London to follow up a due supposed to have been obtained to the thieves . It is not improbable that several persons will be in custody in a few days . The four waggons containing the treasure from which the gold dust was stolen left the Southampton Docks at half-past three in the afternoon on the day of the robbery . Both the dock people and the West India Company ' s servants can swear the property was safe then . Leaving the docks at such a
tithe of the day , and kept in such an open place at the Southampton Railway station , guarded by persons belonging to the West India Company all tbe time , it was impossible that tbe boxes could have been thrown from the waggons before thoy Started for London . Owing to something being the matter with the luggage train on the night of the robbery , it did not leave Southampton until an hour after its proper time , and it was detained a short time after it started before it finally left ; the outskirts of Southampton , which caused it to reach Winchester ( where probably the robbery was partly effected ) when it was quite dark . It appears that a man arrived at the Winche .-ter station on Thursday night an hour or two after the luggage ; train had passed
with a bag containing something heavy , and went to London by the 1 . 30 a . m . train on Friday . Now , two porters at the Winchester station are almost prepared to swear that the person in custody is that man . From his own confession since his apprehension , he arrived at Winchester ' from London by the 1 p . m . train on Friday , the day on which he was caught loitering where the box of gold dust was found , so that there was a sufficient time for him to take two , of tho boxes to London , and , return for tho third ,. There are now many suspicious circumstances recollected during the journey to London which were not noticed at the time . With the exception of a break , the carriage conveying . the persona belonging to the West India
Company was the last carriage of the train , which numbered " about seventy waggons and trucks . Tho four treasure waggons immediatel y preceded the carriage conveying these persons , who occupied two out of its three compartments . From the empty compartment the unusual circumstance of a light was seen hanging for some time on the line . On the arrival of the train in London a policeman on duty there noticed that the cord of the tarpaulin of tho waggon immediately preceding the treasure waggons was untied , and he considered it of sufifoient importance to make a note of it and report it . The waggon from which the gold was stolen was connected with this waggon , and it is not at ¦ , all' improbable that the thief who threw the boxes
from the waggon was concealed there , and crawled from the goods waggon into the treasure waa-gon . On one . part of . the line also a man was found making some inquiries ns to the way to Basingstoke . The whole of these unusual circumstances , together with the stoppages and speed of the train on its way to London , are undergoing a rigid investigation . The guard and breaksmah have been also called upon to depose on oath as to what communications passed between them and the persons who had charge of the treasure . The West India Company are convinced that their servants know nothing of the robbery . The gentlemen in charge of the treasure , Messrs , Beer and Beardmore , are of high respectability . During the journey it was
represented to Mr . Beer that the railway pepple belonging to the train were very obliging and hardworking , and out of kindness he ordered them some refreshment at one of the stations . The officials declined owing to their being late , but hinted that at another station it would be acceptable . Accordingly Mr . Beer sent them a shilling at another station to get something to dirnk . This is what was magnified in some of the London journals into an attempt on the part of the West India Company ' s servants to make the railway guard and breaksman drunk , in order that the treasure waggon might be more easily robbed . Gold and silver will in future be seat up in a different kind of waggon , and by day instead of night .
The Late Murder Of A Police-Con Stable I...
THE LATE MURDER OF A POLICE-CON STABLE IN THE VADXHALL-WALK .
On Wednesday , Patrick Cane , John Hickey , Jamea M'Elligath , Denis Harrington , John Fahey , William Burke , Ed * ard Shanahan , Thomas Lynn , Thomas Burke , and Edmund Slattery , were brought up' at Lambeth Police-court for re-examination before Mr . Elliott , charged with killing a policeman . Mr . Bodkin , addressing the magistrate , said the police commissioners considered the case to be of such serious importance that they had' instructed him to attend on their behalf . From the information he had received , he felt that the case was not in a state to justify the magistrate in disposing of it immediately . Should the magistrate see fit to remand the prisoners for a few days , he understood that some additional evidence of importance would be brought forward . The Commissioners of Police , he need scarcely say , were only anxious that a matter which terminated so painfully ; should be fully investigated ;
Mr . Games said , that on behalf of three of the men now in charge-John Burke , Fahey , and E . Shanahan-he had to apply to the magistrate that they be discharged out of custody ; These three men were present at the former examinations , and there was not a particle of evidence calculated to implical ' e them in this unhappy affair . The evidence merely went to- show that the three men for whose release he applied had been to a raffle , held at the White Lion public-house , but beyond that there was nothing to connect them with the outrage . Under these circumstances he trusted that the magistrate and the learned counsel who appeared for the prosecution would be of opinion that there was no necessity for detaining these three men anv longer . They had for a long time been constantly employed at the gas works , where they could always be found . He felt satisfied there was no Son the part of the learned counsel to detain the orisn . ¦ e
ra . onger tnan regard to tbe due course of cublio the ease ot Hickey and some other of the prisoners was very different , but as regarded them he , S have something to say hereaf ter r t , ™ !? r J i ^ ^ ntleman who made &!* £ ** W " ^ y donc him Justice in aS that he had no ob set in the furthW vSiS * - y I the prisoners JwiH ^ B t ° o sa ^ si ^
e / oViht affffrr ^ »* n & fctt tho inou ^ t if ^ 5 . - cbar « at tba * 8 t * ge ° « next WL J I 1 ^ Wate would fix Tuesday TrlJLS ^ nTT ^ ' lt ' would be ™ ™ J ? 5 l that day ! P ParUeS t 0 mnain in ovwtody and'Lfc 0 ? 1 !* -d * lwfc «« kr the circumstances , KtthK ? ^ l di 80 l 0 sed »««*» ce , he Mn ^ t ^ S !^"* ** " ^ y of tbe pri-Zl % rr PV 6 B , - The case ff 0 » Id th ^ fore stand o > ei tin luesday next .
' Meaning Of Luncheon.—Our Familiar Name...
' Meaning of Luncheon . —Our familiar name of lunche on is derived from the daily meal of the Spa * wards , at eleven o ' clock , termed one * or Vonce ( Pronounced Vonchey ) ,-fiom Fokd ' s Catherines in « jptti » , *
' Meaning Of Luncheon.—Our Familiar Name...
THE TWO CHILDREN POISONED AT MOTTRAM . The proceedings of tho coroner ' s inquest in thin case were resumed on Tuesday before Mr . CharleS Hudson , coroner , at the Griffin Inn , Broadbouom An inquest was previously held on tho body of tho infant of which Mrs . Barcroft was delivered on Good Friday , last , and which died six hours aftey . its birth . Tho first witness examined was MART Wolstencroft , a widow , residing at {} , « Hague , who attended Mrs , Barcroft at , her coufiaQ ment . as midwife . She said—Mrs , Barcroft vm « confined three weeks ago last Friday . I thinfe y , f child was born prematurely . I remained with the mother two hours after the child was . born and
then went away . I left Mrs . Barcroft ' s mother with her . 1 did not see the child again alive . Tha child was interred on Easter Monday in llottram Church-yard . * Mr . T . Alcock , surgeon , of Hydo , said he had made an inspection of the body since its disinter orient . He was satisfied that the child wns horn prematurely , and therefore incapable of life . The Coroner briefly summed up the evidence and the jury immediately found a verdict to tha effect that the child was born prematurel y . The inquiry was then resumed into the deaths of Sarah Ami Bwcvoft , and Men MiWs , the chihlren who were poisoned . Jonathan Barcroft and lMh Barcroft , the parents of one of the deceased , were present in custody .
Mr . G . Bowdon examined —I am registrar of births and . deatbs for the Glossop district . On re . ferring to my register of births , I fine a register of a child of Jonathan Barcroft . ft was registered oa the 24 th of June , 1850 , by the female prisoner . Tha place of birth is stated to be Littlemore . That is a place within my district , but is in the parish of Whitfield , in Derby . ( The birth was stated to h ^ o taken place on the 8 th of Juno . ) On the 29 th ult the male prisoner came to me between seven and * eight o ' clock at night , and said he wanted a certificate for the burial of a child . I got out my register of deaths and prepared to make the entry . 1 asked him whether tbe child had had a doctor , and he said it had not . Ho said it had died of chin-coueh
or ehinkmg'ceugli , I am not sure which . I then asked him when tho child died , and where . He said the child died that day at LittJemore . He said the child ' s name was Sarah Ann Barcroft , He said the age of the child was eleven months , and stated that his name was Jonathan Barcroft , and that he was a labourer . He said ho was not present at the death . After registering the death I filled up a certificate , and gave it to him . I know there is a place called the Hague , in the township of Mottraro , but do not know that ever 1 was in it , It is not in my district . By the Coroner . —The questions I put to tho prisoner I made with the view of filling up those columns of tho register of death . I filled up those columns as he gave the answers . I have no
doubt I filled them up according to the answers he gave , except as to the chin-cough . - Mr . Little , special high constable for the Hyde division , was next examined . He said—I received information of the deaths of Sarah Ann Barcroft and Ellen Mills . I communicated with you , 1 at . tended on the 3 rd of May with two surgeons , Mr . Sidebottam and Mr . Alcock , at the post mortem examination . I accompanied them to tbe house of Jonathan Barcroft . Ruth Barcroft was there . I saw the body of a child . I had seen tbe body before . It was in a room up atairs . I was present whon the surgeons made the examination . The stomach was removed with the greatest portion of its contents . It was put into a small clean jar . 1
wrote "Barcroft" on the rag . I removed tun jar to this house . I gave it to Mr , Sidebottam and Mr . Alcock when I brought it here , tied up as I received it , and without having been opened . . I saw a coffin in . Barcroft ' a house , which had printed on it "Sarah Ann Barcroft . " I saw a coffin at Charlesworth with this name on ; when Ihadifc disinterred , I believe it was the same coffin and the same body . I received from Mr . Alcock on the 8 th inst . a small jar tied up . I delivered it the same day to Mr . Daniel Stone , of Oxford-road , Manchester , who is a professor of chemistry . It had
not been untied or opened while in my possession . 1 was present at the examination of Mill ' s child , on tho 3 rd inst . I received two jars from Mr . Alcock , but I don't know what part of the body they contained . They were tied up . I carried them to Barcroft ' s house , and then delivered one to Mr . Alcock . The other I brought here . Mr . Alcock and I walked together from the Hague to thishouse . He carried the jar which I had delivered to him at Barcroft's house . I placed my two jars on th » mantel-piece , aud Mr . Alcock put his with them , They wore afterwards taken possession of by Mr . Alcock and Mr . Sidebottam .
Mr . R . Sidjsboitam , surgeon at Mottram , made an analysis of what was taken from Sarah Ann Barcroft ' s body , on the 5 th inst . but was unable to find any arsenic . Mr . Thomas Alcock , surgeon at Hyde , confirmed Mr , Sidebottom ' s evidence with respect to the poll mortem examination of the bodies , and the removal and custody of tbe stomach of Ellen Mills . He then continued : I made an analysis of the stomach of Ellen Mills on the- 5 th of May ; and of tbe intestines on tho 10 th . The results in each case showed the presence of arsenic . ' " The quantity oi solid arsenic found in the stomach of Ellen Mills would not be more than the bulk of a pin ' s head altogether ; and that extracted from the intestines might possibly weigh two or three grains . I attended the dis interment of Sarah Ann Barcroft .
The body disinterred was the same which 1 had GJ « amfned on the Sri inst , I aud Mr . Sidebottam , in the presence of Mr . Little , took out all the contents of the body except the stomach , previously removed . The whole was put into a clean jar , covered aud tied , and handed to me . I took it home , submitted it to tests on the 8 th instant , and discovered the presence of arsenic . I have no doubt whatever that the tests I applied prove the presence of arsenic in both bodies . In the case of Sarah Ann Barcroft I have not found evidence of a large quantity of arsenic being in the body . I have no doubt , from the result of the analyses and examinations I have made , ' that Ellen Mills and Sarah Ann Barcroft died from the effects of arsenic . I have tested some flour given to me last Wednesday by Mr . Little , and found no traces of arsenic
m it . By Mr . Ellison : I cannot account for Mr . Sidebottam not finding arsenic in Bavevovt ' s atomach , except that from the bursting of the stomach the whole of the poison was emptied from it . There must have been more arsenic than I afterwards found in order to produce the symptoms I saw . Mr . D . Stone , professor of chemistry , at Manchester , said . —I received from Mr . Little , on Thursday night last , a jar covered with leather , and tied up , and containing a portion of long , intestines , liver , and kidney . On applying tests the following day I discovereu arsenic in the substance of the liver , and also in tho intestines , blood , and fluids . I examined for other metals but foufla
none . Mart Cooper , who lives next door to BarWOftj and was present at the child ' s death , said—Ruth Barcroft asked mo to go for Bess Mills , and I went and fetched her . She afterwards brought her hue * band , Ellen Mills , and two of her lodger's children . Ruth asked Bess to go for her mother , and she immediately went . John Mills went to his work , and the three children were left in the house . I took the lodger ' s youngest child on my knee , but it began to scream . Ruth then took it from me , and gave
it some porridge out of a cup which she took from , the top of the oven . The child did not have much i of the porridge before its mother came in . I did 1 not see any of the other children have porridge . . In the afternoon , about three o ' clock , Ruth came 3 into my house with some porridge in a pint pot . . It was nearly full , and she said she had brought it t for my hens . Shoalways brought me the offal meat t for the hens . ' Tho hens eat it and ore all living . Several other witnesses whose evidence was not it of strikin g importance having been examined , the ie inquest was adjourned .
Wrkck Of The Sibahbr Mars In The Forth. ...
Wrkck of the Sibahbr Mars in the Forth . On the night of the 9 th inst about half-past st eleven o ' clock , the ;; small screw steamer Mars of of Dundee , Peter Lo w , master , struck on a reef at at Roonmess , about a mile east of Crail Harbour , and nd in less than an hour afterwards went down . Tho ho Mars * was on its way to Dundee , with a general ral Ciirgo , and the master was expecting to bo able to to round Fife Ness inside the Carr Book , and was ras keeping close inshore for smooth water , when the the vessel struck . On finding she was leaking the mas- iascer ordered her to bo put about to run Jor Anulm- ruther Harbour , but it being then only half tide , and and there being no licht on Anstruthar nier . this couio iulfl
not be accomplished , and he caused her to M be brought up in four or five fathoms water , whi le he ehe launched the boat to go for assistance : but not not being able to find the entrance of the harbour from rorft the darkness he returned to the steamer and j \» t l 0 itl 0 time to gave those on board , for the vessel *»» *»» rapidly sinking . Qne young woman was unfort « - ' irt «' ttately drowned , and her dead body was p icked up d up next morning by a Pittenween fishing-boat . . . Giving xhb LiB .-The great affront of giving ^ I W lie arose from the phrase " Thou host , " in the otdh oato taken by the defendant in iudieial combats before 8 fore
engaging , when charged with any crime by tW » tW >> plaintiff ; and Francis I . of France , to make cur- current his giving tho lie to the Emperor Charles v ., g \„ , first stamped it with infamy by saying , in a solen * ; ) len * . ni assembly , that" he was no honest man that ywWbvuW » bear the he . " -Notes md QuerieSi 3 PiRiTS . -According to a return obtained by Mr . y Mr .. Moffatt the flnantity of spirits exported to thel 0 thee British colomWin 1849 was 139 , 988 gallons , and D ao df 1850 it was 123 , 771 Tho quantity exportedjotcdjoo foreign couutries ' andcoloniesin 1849 was 162 , 590 62 , 5990 gallons , and in 1850 it was 185 , 140 . The aggrcg » t « e e S 3 oVo « two yeavs res p ° ^ y I" * " *' "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17051851/page/6/
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