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rxSteS ?? , 1 ? - 0 F ^ VD 0 X DCRIXGIIIE WEEK . _ In the S ^ S e f ? ? . H Satuida y > ™ learn from the KSf ? - ^ aeral s w «* tf ^ port , the deaths reff ?^ ! ^ metropolitan districts were 893 ; a ^^^ ber wL ch sho ™ « cess of 50 on tho return 0101 tlOl the previous week , but a reduction of 209 on the B ( eowoneet Cd average Of five autumns . Jf the present nreturetarn be compared with that made in the same wweeweekof each of the years 1840 8 , it will be found tltnaltnat , with but one exception ( in 1811 , when the Sgfajfaths w ere Sil . ) the mortality ranged formerly 5 »< S ™ Sfa 910 to 1 , 165 , and therefore was considerably Ihigihigtfer than in last week , though the population in ithoihose years was less . The increase of 5 G now obsserserved ou the week ending November 3 , partly aaruarises from pneumonia and hronchitis tbe deaths
ffroifrom which become more numerous as the winter 5 ? i ?^ nc < ; ' ^ aTin S been 104 in the previous week , 1137137 in the last . The total number of deaths from « chtcholera in the week was onl y 6 ( 5 less than in the I preprevious week ;) in the same week of ISIS there ¦ \ wewere 62 . The steady decline of diarrhoea and dyi sensentery is shown by the numbers of the last five i "we-weeks , which were respectively 105 , 63 , 51 , 40 , i amand 26 . A boy died of diarrhoea ia Peterborough-1 T i Fa ? !; am > whose father had been carried off by icmcbolerain September ; ahoy ofthe same disease jatatBrudenell-place , Xew Sorth-road , from annate ™ -i eSOme conditmn of the house ; and a girl at j mstoidstone-place , in the house in which a death from < cuicnolera , reported in the former week , occurred , : anand m " a locality then described as" lowandill-< dRdramed . " Of the six deaths from cholera , one 4 oooccurred at Water-lane , Edmerton ; one at Weather-. J ieiead-gardens ( Hackney road . l a nlace low .
un' tStS * ? i and ^^ hed by waste water ; one in OlOIiristchurch , St . Saviour ' s ; one at Drummond-- lo ^ oad , St . James , Bermondsey ; one in Walworth ; ; anand one m Lambeth . A death from apoplexy , on wl ^ vhich an inquest was held , occurred in Huntindonsfcstreet , Hoxton . The deceased was a female of 65 , w ] who for the last fonr years had lived inanundurf ground cellar , wMch is only 11 feet in length , 8 feet 6 inches in width , 5 feet 9 inches in height , and sunk 5 5 feet 7 inches below the surface of the street . A fiifinwll window scarce-g ives light or ventilation , and ¦ "¦ "the walls ( says the Registrar ) are so damp that y < you might'brush the wafer from them . " Tbe mean oi daily reading of the barometer was above 30 inches Oi on ihe last three days of the week . The mean of tithe week was 2 G 732 . The temperature on the last ii three days was considerably higher than the average © iof the same days in seven years . The mean of the wweek was 50 2 deg ., whichi 3 higher than the average D , by 41 deg .
The Cosvici Jordax . — On Saturday , Sarah I Frances Ewins , the intended "victim of Alfred J Jordan , whose sentence of death has been comn muted into transportation for life , waited on the sisitting magistrate , the Hon . G . C . Norton , at the I Iambeth Police Court , with a petition , from her ggrandmother for relief , the latter being auold "B woman , and unable to support her granddaughter TThe young woman , whom the magistrate proimounced a "living wonder , " stated that she had Ibeea discharged , from Guy ' s Hospital , and , being v without father , mother , or other friends to assist Iher , she returned to her grandmother , who had ^ always been very kind to her , but the poor woman 1 taring nothing to depend on but her exertions as a
< charwoman , and being sixty-sis years of age , was i wholly unable to maintain her in her present state ; s and therefore it was that she sought somerelief to ( enable her to get over her confinement . ' She also s said that an intimation had been made to her , by a ' . Mr . Harris , a medical gentlemen , in the first ini stance , that Jordan wished to see her for the pur-3 pose of obtaining her forgiveness for his attempt ixipon her life ; and in consequence of this , and . Jordan ' s mother calling on her , she went to ' . Horsemonge-lane , and expressed a wish to the Bev , : Hr . Roe , the chaplain , to sign a petition for the i commntacion of his sentence . The rev . gentleman ; accordingly prepared a petition , setting forth the ; youth of the culprit , aud her ( the prosecutrix ' s )
j signature and forgiveness , as the principal ground : for the commutation of his sentence ; and this , after receiving other signatures , was forwarded to the ¦ Secretary of Shite . The result was that a reprieve was received at the gaol on Tuesday last . Forged Bask , of England No tes . —On Saturday { he Rank authorities stopped several forged £ 10 and £ 5 notes purporting to be of the Bank of England . The £ 5 notes are numbered between 23 , 83 ! and' 24 , 334 , U . D ., dated Newcastle-on-Tyne , August 28 , 1847 , signed J . Hawkes ; the £ 10 , No . V . K . 64 ,-505 , dated London , October 4 , ISiS , signed J . Caun . They are remarkably well executed , but may at once be detected by wetting ; when , if a forgery , the water mark will instantly disappear . This test is recommended by the Bank .
Fire k the City . — On Tuesday morning , between six and seven o ' clock , a fire broke out iu the premises beleaging to Mr . John Jeukun , undertaker and packing case maker , at No . 2 , Liverpool-street , Sishopsgate . The firemen were enabled to confine the flame- , to the premises in which they commenced , bat before they were extinguished the workshops were nearly destroyed . The origin of the fire is unknown Mr Jenkins was insured in the Sun and Gener . il Fire-offices . Alarming Fiee near Liscocs ' s-isn Fields . — On Wednesday afternoon , about a quarter-past four o ' clock , a fire , which caused considerable alarm , and did a deal of damage , broke out in the premises e-f Mr . D . Robinson , wholesale and export brushmaker , carrying on business at No . 42 , Great Queea-street , LincohrVinn Eields . Fortunately no person was injured .
Dabixg Attempt AT Robbery . —On Tuesday morning , at half-past seven o ' clock , a daring attempt at robbery was made on the premises of Air . \ V . tson , solicitor , No . 12 , Bouverie-street , Fleet-street . It appears the thieves must have been secrete ! in the area daring the night , for it is evident that two attempts were made to cut through the door with a centre-bit . but the panels having been lined with iron resisted ths attempts of lh . 3 thieves . These attempts failing , tL ; » : urglars knocked at the door , and the servant having opened it , they rushed into the kitchen , demanding to know where Mr . Watson kept his papers and money , but the woman refusing to info : ra them thev bound her by the arms to a chair in the kitchen , vrith the evident intention of ransacking tbe house . Ihe woman , however , having given an alarm , the thie * e = made their escapeat the back ofthe bouse through Lombrad-street into Fleet-street , and got clear off . Ti-e police have received a full description of the thif ~ > cs , and are in pursuit of them .
Fatai , jjccipexi at Washes s Blacking Maxu-PACionr . —On Friday , the 11 th inst ., Mr . Bedford held an h ^ tiest at Charing-cross Hospital , as to the death of Charles Brooks , aged 20 , who was killed , under the following circumstances , at War-Ten ' s blacking manufactory ( now Russell ' s ) , 30 , Strand . Tho deceased was engaged iu winding up the windlass of a crane used to raise about seven or eight hundred weight of " block" to the ton of the warehouse , and when the hogshead gets through the trap-door , the flap falls down and closes . The weight mu « t necessarily be raised some three feet , in order that it should get clear of the opening , and to put it down and let it rest upon it , the men nsnallv lor - ;} , handle of the windlass run round .
In doing this the deceased , who was working the windlass , kr the handle slip from his hands , and he was struck or the right eye while it was revolving . The eye tv-v totally destroyed , and the bones of tlie socket diva Jfully fractured . He was taken in an insensible -. ate to Charing-cross Hospital , where he went on fell for a few days , but the inflammation ofthe pan- ofthe eye extended to the brain , and he died from ihe effects ofthe injuries on Thursday . The jury resumed a rerdict of "Accidental death . " Alleged Heatec of ajt Lvfast fboji Impure Yaccixe Ltupu . —On Tuesday an inquest was resumed for f ! : 3 third time , and concluded , before Mr . T . "Waklcy . at the Tineyard House , Vineyard-walk , Clerkcnwcil , touching the death of an infant named Rotina Elizabeth Pilcher , aged four months ,
-who was alleged to have died from the effects of impure lymph . Evidence was given to prove that the deceased was vaccinated on the 12 th of October , and that studied on the 21 st ofthe same month from erisipclas , caused by the application of lymph in an impure state . Tho coroner said he was of opinion that sonic decomposed lymph had been left upon the end of the stopper at the time new lymph was applied . The jury were of the same opinion , and returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from erysipelatous inflammation , which had been produced by a puncture on the left arm , for vaccination , and they were of opinion that there was a want of sufficient care on the part of the operator . " Suicide ax the House of Mn . "Walker , THE EsGisEsn . —At ten o ' clock on Tuesday , Mr . Bedford held aa inquest at the Green Man , Little
George-street , "Westminster , on view of the body of Louis Bouillird , aged 50 , butler in the family of Mr . Walker , the engineer . No . 23 , Great Georgestreet who comniitted suicide at his master ' s vesidence on Sunday last . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been three years and a half in the service of Mr . "Walker , and that for some time past he had complained of pains in his chest and head . Last Sunday he never left his room , though he was repeatedly called . About six o'clock the housekeeper went to him , when she found his loom-door locked . She forced it open , and discovered fhatthe deceased had nearly severed his head from his body with a razor which was by his side . He was quite dead . Deceased was a sober man , and wss much respected b y Mr . Walker , whom housed to accompany in his travels to the various tailwaysthroughout the country . Verdict— " Temparary Insanity . "
Fatai . Accident at the Late Execctio . v —On Wednesday evening an inquest was taken bv Mr Payne , at Guys Hospital , on view of the bo ' dy of Catharine Eiid , aged 3 ft , whose death took place in consequent oi injuries received at the execution of the Manill as * . James Wri ght , conductor of St . Slavesnre-r-cape , said , that on Tuesday mornin < r
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last , about nine o ' clock , he was at the end of Swanstreet , facing Horseniongcr-kne Gaol , when on the Mannings being about to ascend the scaffold , there wasa general move ofthe crowd , by which deceased was forced agaiust a barrier . She almost immeniately swooned away , and he assisted her under the barrier . Her tongue protruded from her mouth , and she appeared dying . He called for the police , and obtained some brand y for her . Several policemen came to his assistance , and took the deceased away . There were repeated cries of " Murder" previously from persons in the crowd . —Sergeant Swan , M 03 , stated that he went to the assistance of the deceased . She had been placed on her back by the last witness , who had cut her clothes to ffive her relief . He obtained a stretcher ,
and with the assistance of some other police , took her to the hospital . The father of the deceased said that his daughter was in the emp loyment of tne Messrs . Josephs , farriers , Swan-street . When sne left her home she observed that she would not go to see the execution . —Mr . Christopher Newman . housesurgeon at Guv ' s Hospital , stated that deceased was admitted at ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning . She was then in a state of collapse , and never rallied . ' She died that evening about six o cwj * - He made a postmortem examination of the peny . He found a great congestion of the brain , ana triere was an effusion of serum in . the ventricle . Blood was also found in the stomach , from the rupture of some vessel . The coroner , in summing up , said he was sorry to say thatlthere were other cases m the hospital . Yerdict , " Accidentaldeath . "
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Stasbixc a CosroM-HonsE Officer . —At the Hull Police-court , last week , a man . named Peter Cassidy , one of the hawkers who infest the dock sides upon pretence of selling knives and other articles to the foreign sailors , but really for the purpose of contraband , was remanded on a charge of having stabbed lobert Postill , one of the Customs ' patrols , who , it was stated , was confined to his bed in consequence ofthe serious nature of the wound . It appears that the prisoner is a convicted smuggler , and was coming * from & . vessel , of which the officer had the charge , on the north side ofthe Old
Dock . On seeing the officer he assumed drunkenness , and commenced screaming that some one on board the vessel had stolen his goods . The officer , however , who it appears knew Mm , was not to be thrown off his guard , and demanded if he had any foreign goods in bis possession , - when Cassidy made a stab at the officer , and inflicted a wound about four inches . in length above the hips . A scuffle ensued , and another Custom-house officer and a policeman coming up , Cassidy was taken into custody . The officer who suffered much from loss of blood , was taken home in a cab , and attended by Mr . Dosser , the surgeon to the police-force , who stated his inability to attend to give evidence . The prisoner was remanded . -
Fibe is St . Michael ' s Chobch , CAMBRiDGE .--On Sunday morning , shortly before the commencement of service , an alarm was g iven that the roof of St . Michael ' s Church , Cambridge , was on fire . In a few minutes afterwards the fames broke through the slates , and raged with great fury until twelve o ' clock , and then fears were entertained for the safety of the organ ,, which stands at the west end . The west window was consequently broken into , and the case ofthe organ being broken open , the pipes were conveyed to a p lace of safety in Cains College , immediately opposite . By one o ' clock all danger of the extension ofthe fire was over , and shortly afterwards it was thoroughly got under . The roof ofthe church , which the fire has revealed to have
been of fine old oak , although it was plastered over inside , is totally destroyed ; hut the old catholic stalls , the fine foliated arches , and sedilia in the south aisle have escaped injury , as well as the handsome altar screen . The organ is damaged by wet aud the removal of the pipes . The fire seems to have been caused by the negligence of a man who has lately been repairing the stoves and flues , and who left one ofthe latter , on the south side , in an unfinished state ; this was covered at the outside vent with slates , so that the smoke aud heat found their way between thereof , andhence the calamity . The damage has not vet been estimated , but part ofthe loss , which will not fall far short of £ 1 , 000 will fall upon Trinity College , the society of which
present to the living . The mayor ( Mi-. H . S . Forster , ) with others ofthe borough magistrates , were on th ' e spot , and rendered efficient service by the maintenance of order . Tbe Floods in Cumbebland . —On the 7 th inst ., when the early train from Ravenglass arrived at the Seascale station , information was received that the temporary viaduct over the river Calder had been so much damaged by the heavy and . almost unprecedented flood on the previous night as to be unfit for the passage of the train . The engine was then detached from the carriages , and proceeded to the banks ofthe river , when it was discovered that the water , by washing over the masonry of the . newlycommenced stone bridge , a little above , and intended to replace the temporary viaduct , had so
loosened and displaced the gravel in the bed of the river , at the foot of the piling , that several ofthe piles were thrown out ofthe perpendicular , and the whole fabric was much injured . The circumstance was immediately reported to both termini of the railway ; and , as the bridge still continues secure for foot passengers , . the trains were run by an engine from Whitehaven , meeting the one from Ravenglass , and vice versa , as they have ever since continued to do . In the course of the day , however , in consequence of the continuance of the heavy rain , the bridge became insecure even for foot-passengers , and a communication bad to be established by means of a foot-bridge for passengers , and a cart for the conveyance of lig ht goods across the river . A substantial foot-bridge , three feet in breadth , and well securedhas since been constructed .
, Representation of Windsoh . —It is asserted that the Solicitor-General of Ireland , Mr . Hatcheli , will offer himself as the government candidate for the borough of Windsor , in the event of Jord John ilav . C . B ., resigning his seat on admiralty
appointment . Lincolnshire . —Malicious Conduct . —On Saturday evening last some scoundrels cut the throats of two very valuable rams , the property of Edward Clarke , Esq ., of Canwick , and wounded a third . . As the carcases of the sheep were left in the field , there can be no doubt the outrage was committed to gratify some malicious feeling . The rams were of a valuable description , and were much prized by the owner , who had been a well-known breeder for many years . Mr . Clarke is a gentleman who is much respected ; he has always been good to the poor by employing great numbers of workmen , and his hospitality to his neighbours has gained for him a good word amongst all who know him . £ 60 reward has been offered for the apprehension of the © Senders , by the Rev . H . W . Sibthorp , by Mr . Clarke , and by the Association for the Prosecution of Felons .
Liverpool . —Attempt of a Husband to Cut nis Wife ' s Throat . —On Saturday last J . Scholes , a man of respectable appearance , far advanced in years , was brought up on a charge of maliciously cutting and wounding his wife , Ann Scholes . The woman ' s statement was to tbe effect that between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Friday night the prisoner came home , and while they were together in the front parlour a quarrel took place during which he said he would have his revenge on her . He then dragged her from the parlour to the bed-room , on thc & ime fl « or ; when , being unable to get away , she dropped on her knees and begged that he would not do her any harm . He had been seen with a razor in his hand » short time previously . The complainant , while struggling with the prisoner , felt his hand clasping something ? drawn" across her throat , and immediately alterwards her neck became wet , but she could not exactly tell the
cause of it . In a minute or two she became faint aud fell upon the floor . A person belonging to the house then came into the room and found her bleeding from wounds in -the throat . The prisoner was then standing near his wife . A surgeon was called in , who dressed the poor woman ' s wounds , and saw her removed to a place of safety . The injuries were not of a serious character . The prisoner who did not attempt to escape was taken into custody . The razor with which it was supposed the wounds were inflicted was not found . The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , said his wife took the razor in her hand with the intention of cutting her throat , when he interfered to prevent her , and took away the razor ; while doing so she was cut in the way described . The statement was denied by the wife . It appew-ed the prisoner had been several times before the court for attempting to set fireto his house , embezzlement , obtaining goods by false pretences , and various other offences . He was committed for trial at the assizes .
A Double Elopement . —A farm servant in the neighbourhood of Castle Douglas had been paying his addresses to the daughter of a small farmer in the same district , and succeeded in persuading her , to elope with him . He was not satisfied , however , with a portionless lass , aud , acting under his advice , she took with her £ 15 of her father ' s money , and a chest filled with clothes , blankets , cheese , butter , and various other articles . The couple reached Dumfries on Wednesday week , and remained till Thursday morning at an inn , with the intention of proceeding to Manchester , where the deceiver
proposed having the marriage ceremony performed . lie had Jed rhe credulous girl to believe that he had saved a large sum of money which was lodged in a hank here , and he went out in the morning saying he was about to draw a portion of it . After waiting in vain some time for his return , the suspicions oi the deserted fair one were aroused , and she soon discovered that her scoundrel lover had eloped by railway for Glasgow , leaving her , but taking both money and chest with him . Information was forthwith given to the police , and a Stewavty officer despatched to the metropolis of the west , who succeeded in apprehending the fugitive from love and
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T ^ T ^ rdof a steamer bound Londonuen y , S £ ve not heard what has become ofthe dupe , 2 wc ho pe she has returned in sorrow and rcpen-SJto her father ' s roof , resolved in future to turn ? £ f ear to those wooers who think more ofthe rnriier than the daughter . OuinAOE on Boabd of a Siiir .-At the hiverpool mlice-office last week , a youth about eig hteen years „ f ., « e appeared before Mr . llushton to lodge acomnlaint He said he had stowed himself in the packet shi p Queen of the West , then lying in the river . On Wednesday he was discovered by the mate , who rubbed his face with caustic , whereby the flesh on the nose was bared to the bone , and the other parts
frightfully injured . Shortl y after this complaint , a female came forward and said that she went to the vessel to see her husband , when the captain called her improper names , ordered a rope to be tied round her waist , and threw her over tho side of the vessel , b y which she had been much injured . It further appeared , that independently of the youth Complaining , two other boys faces had been rubbed with caustic . A warrant was issued , but « the Vessel had sailed before it could be executed ; "An intimation has since been given that the-witnesses were deceived in affixing these acts of culpability upon the captain and mate of the vessel .
Fatal Railway Casualty . —On Mondav last , an accident , which terminated fatally the same evening , occurred at the Pendleton station , near Manchester , to a young man named Thomas Weaver . The deceased , who was nineteen years of age , and resided at 72 , Chapel-street , Bank Top , had proceeded from Manchester to Bolton a few days ago , along with a friend , for the purpose of shooting , On tho day named they were returning from Bolton by the 1 . 30 p . m . train from Liverpool , in a thirdclass carriage . They had their guns with them , and there was no other person in the compartment which they occupied . On arriving at Pendleton station , a porter observed a gun projecting from the carriage window , and one ofthe passengers also looking out . It appeared to the porter that the party who held the gun had his back towards the engine , and that Weaver was in front of him , but
with ins head partly out . The porter called aloud to warn them of their danger , inconsequence of their approach to the pillars which ; arei erected in that part very near the line ; but tliey did not appear to notice him ; and immediately the gun barrel struck against the first pillar , and then violently rebounded against the forehead of Weaver , and fractured his skull . He was immediatel y conveyed to the Salford Dispensary , where every attention was paid to him ; but he never recovered his sensibility , and expired at ten o ' clock the same night . An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday , before W . S . Rutter , Esq ., county coroner for the hundred of Salford . The jury found a verdict ( after hearing a statement from the company ' s servants similar to that above given of tho gradual removal of the pillars ) to the effect that the fatality was accidental , but expressed an opinion that there had been unnecessary delay in completing the work .
Extraordinary Occorbbncb at Clay Gate , near Esher . —Since Sunday morning last a great sensation has been occasioned in the villages of Esher and Thames Ditton , and the surrounding neighbourhood , by the discovery of the dead body of a man in a pond , at Clay Gate , with his throat cut in two places , and bis legs tied together , The following are the facts : —On Sunday morning , about nine o clock , a farmer ' s libourer was crossing a field in which there is a deep pond , when he observed the upper part of a man ' s body floating on the surface , and almost at the same time discovered an open clasp-knife , with the blade covered with blood , lying on the grass , within a . few feet of the pond . The labourer went immediately to the Old Griffin , a
public house half a mile distant , and , having obtained assistance , the body was then got out , and it was then that the fact was made apparent that the deceased ' s legs were tied together . with a silk handkerchief very tightly , as also there was a deep incised wound on each side of his throat , immediately below the neckerchief . Upon comparing the knife found on the margin of the pond , it was evident that that was the instrument with which the wounds were inflicted . The body was afterwards taken to the Old Griffin , and examined by Mr . Watts , a surgeon . The deceased appears to be about thirty years of age , five feet five in height , of dark comp ' exion , and wearing large whiskers ; he was dressed in a blue pilot coats black buttons , cotton cord trousers ,
black vest , blue cap , black silk neckerchief , and half boots , not nailed . There was no money or property of any description found upon deceased ' s person ; he was a stranger to thij neighbourhood , but it appears lie had been seen near the spotlateon the previous evening . On Monday afternoon , in consequence of information reaching Wandsworth , of tho discovery of the body , and the description coinciding with that of a man named Frederick Pbipps , who had been missing from Wandsworth , since Friday last , Mrs . Phipps , the mother of that individual , proceeded to Clay Gate , and identified the body as that of her son , who was potman to Mrs . Sumner , the Ram Inn , W ands worth . Deceased left that house on Friday morniug , and from that time was never
seen alive . His absence creating suspicion , inquiries were made by Mrs . Sumner amongst her customers , and it was found that several whom he had debited with rather large amounts owed little or nothing . For some time past the deceased , who had always been considered a iaithlul servant , had drank very freely , and shown at times symptoms of insanity . He had given out that he had come into some money , and he was going to open a greengrocer ' s shop . The deceased , who was 35 years ol age , is supposed to have pawned his watch and chain on his departure from Wandsworth , to supply himself with money , and it is believed that , having spent it , and fearing punishment after the detection of his delinquencies , he determined on self-destruction .
Death fbom Falling bown a Coal Pit . — An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at the Unicorn public house , Little lever , Ashton-undcr-Lync , on the body of Richard Waters , a youth aged fifteen years . Messrs . linowles and Stott are sinking a new pit in Little Lever , and have got to a depth of fifty-one yards . At the bottom of the shaft there was about six yards of water , and some men were employed raising it in buckets on Sunday afternoon , with a gin . The deceased went to the mouth of the shaft , and whilst standing there a bucket of water came up . He took hold of the rope to pull it upon the platform , but , from some cause or other , the rope got off the pulley at the top , and in falling save tho vouns man a ierk .
which precipitated him down the pit . —A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned . Biting off a Man ' s Nose . —About ten o ' clock on Saturday night last , as a man named John Gibbons was walking along Spital-street , Oldhamroad , Manchester , in company with his wife , he was struck on the shoulder by a long stick , which a follow named Thomas Lnrkins , in a state of drunkenness , was whirling about over his head . Gibbons caught hold of the stick to prevent himself from being again struck , when Larkins immediately seized him , and a struggle ensued . The men fell to the ground , and almost at the same instant the drunken brute bit off a considerable portion of Gibbons ' s nose , which he afterwards spat out of his
moutn , ine umortunato lollow , who was bleeding freely , was taken to the Royal Infirmary , when it was found that , in addition to the piece which had been bitten from his nose , another portion was left hanging by tho skin only . The pieces wore replaced , and the nose dressed with all possible care . Larkinswas taken into custody , and brought up at the Borough Court on Monday morning , and fined fifty shillings and costs , or two months'imprisonment , It Was Stated that he was a scavenger in the employ of the corporation ; and an . attempt was made to show that he had been excited by some offensive terms which had been applied . to him respecting his employment , though not ' by the man upon whom he inflicted his revenge . "
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State of the Country . —There appears , for the present at least , to be a decided decrease in agrarian crime , and the intelligence in ' the southern journals relates to reductions of rent by landlords , meetings for the formation of "Tenant Protection Societi ' . s , " mixed up with discussions upon ' the land question . Several of those societies have already been established , and the larger class of farmets arc their most active promoters . Some of the Roman Catholic clergy , also , have become members . The Callan ( county of Kilkenny ) Society have prepared cards , m-critad with the " Tenant Fledge , " but it is stated that their issue to the members has been delayed , " pending the advice of eminent counsel in Dublin . " An address is to be
issued , calling on the landlords of the Callan union toco-operate in procuring employment for the ablebodied labourers ofthe union . The notification for the first public meeting of this society invites " the public at large" to attend , and closes with a " hurra for fair rents . " This new descri ption of agitation is likely to become a somewhat formidable affair . Encumbered Estates Commission . —Two petitions for sales have been dismissed , ou the ground of irregularity , and in one of them the party seeking a sale has been referred back to the Court of Chancery , the commissioners being desirous to prevent conflicting jurisdictions . The Mercantile Advertiser says :- « We have been informed that the value ot the estates respecting which petitions 5 i i nnnaS ave heajalrwdy lod ged is upwards of V ul , ' acc rmn ^ a ra te of purchase considerably lower than prevailed five "
years ago . Orange Arraignment of tub Government .-Ihe Evening Herald inlnnates that the contnv S ^ ctin e ti « conduct of the Government in 1848 , and the part Lord Clarendon then took in the armament question , will be fully discussed at the annual meeting of the Grand . Orange Lodge of Ireland , to be held here on the 20 th of the present monttt—VVe happen to know says the 7 / erafatkat many of the most deservedly influential members of
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the Grand Lodge are decidedly of opinion that the fullest and most unreserved publicity should be given to everything that then occurred , and we have no reason to suppose that any objection will be raised to adopting that course ; but at the same time it is obviously impossible for us to say what conc usion the Grand Lodge will come to on the subject We can scarcely doubt , however , that the Granl Lodge will publish an authentic account of the communications between the Irish Government aud Oraagemen ; for , in truth , the onmsion o do so would bet stup id and fata error , incalculably dam-5 g to the Orange Institution , and equally ser-; ,-ZkioVrt the Irish Government . On the side of K an ' emen ; itis positively asserted thatth-ir snonort wa 7 courted , and that they were supplied witharmlbv Lord Clarendon , - while , on the side ft Government , this assertion , s positively
d Nauonal CoNFERENCE . -The aggregate meeting of thf ° S ^ NatS Conf ^ f ^ 1 ^^ postponed for another week . a " " ^ " ^ / , ^} ^ Nation continues to publish long l > 8 ts / *™™ to " the cause . " There have been two or three tenant-right meeting ? , at winch resolutions of hanks to Mr . Bright were voted ? bu in genera the people have not been roused into feeling an in teres in anything ; and there are most honest politicians who , however they may deplore the tone and tendency which agitation has assumed in this country , do not regret to see some sparks of it blown once move into life , to keep , up something like political vitality . _ ,, Depreciation of Landed Propertv . —Ihe News Letter of Monday , furnished , a fresh instance
of the depreciation of landed property , even in the best circumstanced parts of the country :- ' * Ihe farm of Rathbej- 'gan , comprisin ? 154 acres , at 23 s . per acre , was sold before his Honour in the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday for £ 110 to Mr . Murphy . ; and from the remarks ofthe auctioneer , Mr . Charles C . Farrell , we learned that a sum of £ 1 , G 00 had been recently expended on it by the previous occupant , in buildings , drainage , and other permanent improvements . The farm heson thehigh
road to Duhshaughlin , withm nine miles ot uuwin , and was considered oi such value a few years ago , that a sum of £ 1 , 000 was given byway of , morlgage on it , and it affords a speaking commentary on the depreciation of land in this country . ' —As a set-off to such statements as the foregoing , the rent-reduction movement is rapidly extending over the country . In a Derry paper which arrived on Monday mornin ? , there is a long catalogue of landlords , the majority being Ulster proprietors , who have made liberal abatements to their tenants , besides forgiving large
arrears of rents . mL „ Meeting of the Irish Prelates . —The organ oi the Roman Catholic Bishops ( the Freeman ) Jias the following announcement . — " The Catholic Prelates , not having made the necessary arrangements for ho'ding their recent meeting synodically , and anxious to carry into effect the several provisions of the late Papal Rescripts , which recommend that all the future meetings ofthe bishops shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the canons ; it was unanimously agreed— "That tbe consideration of all the subjects submitted to the present meeting be adjourned to the National Synod , to be held on Tuesdav after the summer meeting of the board of the College of Maynoothand that the preliminaries of
, the Synod be arranged and agreed to by the Archbishops ; who will communicate tho same to their respective suffragans . " Mr . Bright ' s Speech ok Ireland . —Mr . John O'Cimnell has addressed , through the Freeman ' s Journal , a long letter to Mr . Brigtt , announcing a vote of thanks from the Repeal Association fot- his speech at Manchester , on the condition of this country . In a posteript Mr . O'Connell states , that the Repeal Association intend to print and circulate the speech in England , and , " as soon as possible , to forward the project of a mission from this country to corroborate and enforce its truths on the minds of ynur fellow-coutrymen , " The Poor Law Difficulty . — In some of the
sovith-vseatem unions , even more than those of the west , the monster of pauperism has become a difficulty so formidable that it seems quite hopeless to grapple with it by merely local resources . The union of Kilrush , county of Clare , so notorious for its wholesale evictions during the famine , occupies the most prominent place . At the first meeting ofthe elected , Board of Guardians , Captain Kennedy ( whose reports of the operation ofthe clearance system produced such a sensation in the House of Commons , ) explained the financial state of the union , and told the guardians there w as no use in blinking the question , for they had a formidable task before them , wlv . ch could not be performed without energy and industry . Although the most rigid economy had been practised by the vice-guardians , and although the government had assisted the union to the extent of upwards of £ 15 , 000 since March last , their
present h ' abilties were about £ 15 , 000 , whilst the amount of rates outstanding , struck in March last , was £ 4 , 500 . The rate , of poundage that would be required from each division for the year showed that those districts where evictions have been most numerous , were charged with an overwhelming amount of pauperism , The poundage rate for Kilrush division would be 19 s . 5 d . ; for Knock , 20 s . ; Kilofin , 27 s . j Kildysart , 17 s . ; Kilmichael , 32 s . ; Killard ( where clearances had been very numerous , ) 40 s . ; Moyarta . 37 s , ; Kilkee , 32 s . This is the estimate of rates that would be necessary to meet debts and current expenditure ; but it is understood that comparatively small rates will , for the present , be demanded . As the credit of the union was stopped , an arrangement was made to obtain from the treasurer an advance of £ 300 for the supply of the week '* provisions , on the credit of the rates in progress of collection .
The Newcastle union is also in a condition of great embarrassment , the amount required to pay existing debts , and to support the poor to the 25 th of March , 1850 , being £ 28 , 650 . , . However , the new board of guardians , on account ofthe distressed state of the union , have not struck a higher rate than 6 s . in the pound on any division , whilst in some divisions the rate varies from 5 s , 6 d . to 3 s . Cd . in the pound , the utmost amount , in all probability , that could possibly be lev e 3 « { The Qui ex ' j Colleges . —It appears from a statement in the i 5 anncr of Ulster , that the number of students at the opening in Cork was thirty-nine ; in Gaiway , nineteen ; and in Belfast , one hundred and eight . That journal remarks— " We believe
WO State a fact which cannot be questioned when we say that , in tlie Belfast College , the students who have already eutcved represent nearly all , if not all , the religious denominations in th ' is community . " The Rev . Dr . Murphy , chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor , has been appointed Dean of Residences , on behalf of the Established Church , in Belfast College . ' IIkpe II Association . — Mr . John O'ConneU S select few mustered in still thinner numbers to listen to the three hours' strain of eloquence , the value of the weekly penny ' s subscription measured out every Monday by the "leader . " There was a considerable fall in the funds , the rent having dwindled from £ 30 to £ 19 5 s .
The Liseh Trade . —The Armagh Guardian says : — "It gives us p leasure to report a decided improvement in this important branch of manufacturing industry in Ulster . In this locality the change for the better is very gratifeing .. Weavers , who could barely earn 3 s . a-week some four months ago , are at present in full employment , and earning 6 s . weekly . Generally speaking , the business is brisker now than it has been for the last ten years . " Attempt to Murder an Agent . —Tho Tipperary Vindicator states , that on Saturday evening an attempt ( the second ) was made to assassinate Ml ' .
Francis Kiernan , agent over the property of the Messrs . Scott , of Loughovna . Mr . Kiernan was sitting at his fire with some Mends , when the shot was fired in through the window of the ' room . Most providentially a sack of oats had been removed near the window a short time before , which inter , cepted the ball and saved Mr . Kiernan ' s life . A considerable reward has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders . The bailiff who had been wounded in August last on the lands of Loughorna , and who had been under the treatment of Dr . Kitson , returned to Borrisokano on Saturday convalescent . He is lamed for the remainder of his life .
CITY OF CORK ELECTION . The nomination took place on Saturday , when Colonel Chatterton ( Protectionist , ) and Mr . Alex . M ' -Carth ' y ( an advocate of free trade , reduction of rents , and tenant security ) were proposed . The Cork Reporter ^ says , that " amongst nearly every section ofthe electors a most singular apathy seems to prevail as to the result of the present contest—a fact peculiarl y CTidenced by the absence of excitement at the hustings . " Colonel Chatterton , in his speech to the electors , attributed all the miseries of the country to the poor law and free trade . The gallant officer said "I have stated in my address that the whole range ofthe poor laws requires immediate and anxious consideration ; and I will ask any one of you if any doubfean arise in your minds ofthe necessity for an alteration in those laws , which have crushed to ruin all classes alike , the land-owner , or the peasant , the
merchant , or the artisan ? ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I consider that they are a deadly incubus on the country , and , if persisted in the present manner of administration , they must bring ruin and confiscation upon all . ( Cheers , and cries of " How arc you to mend them V ) It is almost incredible to imagine any laws should in so short a space of time have SO altered tho eharaeter of the country . ( Hear hear ) No longer is the gay-hearted Irishman careless of the past and reckless ofthe future ; there is no ioy no independence in his countenance , no gladness in his heart . ( Hear , hear . ) What is now his fate « Misery and woe are his companions-there is ruin m his heart . ( Hear , hear . ) We see him no longer in his cheerful home—happy in his cottage—his own hearth-tree consecrated to him in his childhood —no longer do we behold him residing in his farm surrounded by his famil y and- ( here the gallant speaker was interrupted with a storm of mingled cheers an groans , which prevented us from heaving
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the remainder of the sentence ) ™ .. 0 e ^ r his cottage is torn down-thrown tu the earth . ( Itenowef interruption , loud cms of "by badlandords , " " no , no , " " , yes , " cheers and counter cheers . ) His wifeand . family are in the-workhouse . ( Cries of " Who sent them there ?—the landloi-ds , ^ groans . ) Even there they are separated . ( ma , Groans , and cries of " Who but the landlords ?) lie is deprived of all human sympathy . ( Continued interruption . ) Our bold peasantry is a wretched horde of miserable squalid destitution . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , it is the poor-law that has done all this . ( Lound cries of "JVo , no , " " yes , yes , " It was the bad landlords . " ) Mr . li . SriEEnA . v : And Lord John Russell . ( Loud woans and counter cheering . ) - . .,. . „„„* nnn . l 1 Wllilt l ' s il 6 HOW- —
Colonel Chatterton : The workhouse has consummated the ruin—those monuments of Irish degradation . ( Cheers and groans . ) I pray that I may not bo misunderstood . I would not cheek that active benevolence which would provide for the aged , the infirm , and the diseased . ( Hear , hear . ) I have also pledged myself to endeavour to restore protection . ( Interruption , cheering , and countercheering . ) I would ask of you , can any of you look on the misery the want of protection has brought upon the country without feeling a desire for its return ? ( Hear , hear , cheers , cries of " yes , " " " ) Of what use are those kind blessings of Providence
which have been showered upon us , when unjust laws prevent us from receiving benefit from them ? ( Hear , hear . ) What avails it to the landholder to see his gardens and fields overflowing with lruitfulness , when the harvest does not repay him for the labour of its . collection , ( Hear , hoar . ) " Of what avail is it to him to see his fields rich with the harvest , when the production of foreigners undersells him in his own market ? ( Hear , hear , and interruption . ) What pleasure can the merchant see in our crowded quays , trebly lined with ships , which have brought that food here , and which take back no returning cargo but Irish gold ? ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) A voice : 'Tis little of that same is left to us ,
any way . Colonel Cimttebton : How are the ruins of our country to be replaced but by the solid building of protection ? ( Hear , hear , cheers , and counter cheering . ) Mr . A . M ' Cartey , in the course of a long and animated speech , said : It has been said here that there is no hope for Ireland except in protection . ( Cries of "No no , " and "Yes yes . " ) To' my mind a greater delusion never presented itself to men ' s eyes than the expectation , if even it were good , that it was possible to obtain the restoration of those laws which gave a monopoly to one man . ( Hear . ) And those gentlemen who now advocate it are , in my opinion , undoubtedly endeavouring to divert the attention of the occupiers of tho soil in
Ireland from that which is , at present , their real grievance—and which , unless it . be speedily redressed , will sink them into the very lowest servitude . ( Loud cries of hear and cheering . ) Itisnot protection—but , it is ihe reduction ofthe rents that is absolutely necessary . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) I am a landlord . ( Hear , hear . ) By far the greater portion of my property is in land . I am as deeply interested as any one in the prosperity of the occupiers and owners of the soil of this country , but I tell the landlords hero to-day , there is no salvation for them or for the country , except in the reduction of the rents , and giving security to the tenants of the soil , and securing to them compensation for their outlay ot capital which they may
have expended on its improvement . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Secure that to the tenant , and you will see him going to work heart and hand , ( Cries Of " Hear , hoar , " and " That ' s true . " ) Yon will see produced upon that which is now sterile , barren , aud uncultivated , rich and abundant crops , which would enable him to compete with any foreign country . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Will you secure to your people abundance '' ol home corn food ? ( Hear , hear , hoar . ) You will not have the people to depend upon a root which seems doomed to complete destruction . ( Cheers . ) You will hare them corn-fed people—well-clothed , and not disgracing the very face of the earth , by that ragged , wretched appearance which has made them
almost not men . ( Loud cheers . ) Itis mere nonsense to cry for Protection . But there is one question which , on this occasion , has been studiously avoided . ( Criesof "The church . " ) In the whole history of the world there is not to be found a single nation which has ever tolerated , or been oppressed by , such an anomaly as the Established Church of this country . ( Enthusiastic cheering , and cries of " That ' s the point . " ) A numerous population , containing severalmillions—providing for their own reli gious wants by their spontaneous contributions—erecting their own churches—contributing everything that is necessary for the decent and peaceable exercise of their religious services—and yet , in that same country , a church of
some few hundred persons of the population is in the possession of more wealth than is to be found belonging to any other church in the civilised world . ( Hear , hear . ) This church , with some 750 , 000 followers , possesses revenue to the amount of £ 750 , 000 yearly . ( Cries of "Oh , oh . " ) That is such a state of things as is not to be found in any other country . It would not be borne with ; and and the only ground upon which it is sought to be continued or justified in this country is simply hecause they were Irishmen . ( Hear , hear , and cheering . ) There never has been advanced a single argument for the upholding of that establishment , except this simple one—that it is a burden , but a burden on Irishmen . ( Loud cheering , ) Neither of the two candidates nor their proposers appear to have made any allusion whatever to the repeal ot the union or the " national agitation . "
Mr . J . F . Maguire , proprietor of the Cork Examiner , and the opponent of Mr . Sheil at Dungarvan , was also put in nomination , but only for the purpose of delivering an address , in which tho learned gentleman advocated the claims of Mr , M'Carthy . At the close the show of hands was in favour of Mr . M'Carthy . A poll was demanded on behalf of Colonel Chatterton , to commence and close on Tuesday . The proceedings were conducted with remarkable quietness and decorum . Result of the Election . —By popular apathy and popular division the liberal interest has been defeated in Cork . The polling took place on Tuesday , was conducted throughout tho day without the slightest symptom of excitement , and at the close the numbers were : —Colonel Chatterton / 880 . Mv . M'Carthy , 587 . Majority for tho tory candidate 293 .
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THE MURDER IN MILLBANK PENITENTIARY . On Saturday last Mr . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , and a numerous jury , assembled in the Millbank Prison , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of Thomas Hall , aged 40 , a warder , who died from tho effects of violence received from the hands of a convict named John Francis , who was under sentence of transportation , and confined in that prison . The jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the body , and having returned to the inquest room , the following evidence was taken : — William Henry Murray , acting warder in the prison , said that he had known the deceased for some time past . His conduct towards the prisoners .
wnen on outy , was mild , and he did not know of any one having any ill-feeling against him . On the 7 th of the present month witness was on duty in the C ward , and tho deceased was on duty in D ward . About a quarter-past three o ' clock on that day he heard a great noise like some person calling for assistance . He immediately went to 1 ) ward , and then saw the prisoner standing in the passage at large . Warder . Sage was also there ,- and he seized the prisoner . Witness ran up the passage , and on stepping into deceased ' s room ho found him lyin" in a pool of blood . The room communicated with ° thc
passage , and was about ei ght or nine yards from the place where he saw tho prisoner standing , warder Sage and witness then took the prisoner to the refractory cell . Having secured the prisoner , another warder was sent for the surgeon . Mr Baly came in the course of a few minutes , and Mr . Bundle arrived soon afterwards . The deceased was not dead , but he was quite insensible . An earthenware cell chamber untensil was in the passage . —By the Coroner : When I went into the passage , on hearing the alarm , I heard a prisoner named Crawley , in No . 18 cell , say , " Seize the scoundrel , for he has murdered Warder Hall-or Mr . Hall . " At that time the prisoner was standing opposite Crawley ' s cell . ¦
The Coroner suggested to tho prisoner that he had better have a legal adviser , and he would-adjourn tho inquest for any reasonable time to allow an opportunity of procuring such assistance . —The prisoner declined the offer , and was making some impertinent remarks , which the coroner declined to A pair of scissors were here produced and were identified as being those found on the prisoner . The points were recentl y sharpened up , and the rivet taken out .
™ u TT ^ l ^ Tt . from ^ eprisoner , witness said that he had had him out cleaning the cells , and never saw him do anything bad James Sage , warder in the prison , said that on the day in question he was on duty b F ward , and about aquartor past three heard a deal of shouting , as if some one wanted assistance . Ho left his waro in charge of the school-master , who was there , and "entdown stairs ^ totheD ward , when he aw the prisoner , John l ? ranC 1 S at large , with a spot of blood over his eyes . He immediatel y seized the when carder Symonds came in , and al 30 laid hold of the prisoner , and removed him to the refractory cell , and searched him as previously described hV the last witness . When taW iiSSe ^ Z he heard a groaning- from the officer ' s room and whonhe entered it he . a * the deceased Mn " on not Sill ?/ ° ^ had be <* « K i not morgan , five or avx minutes when he entered
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" vniu ^ r " " w , ien f'at remark » Z ' J > "' oga ' o nS ^ ™! * tat ho wasa pX } ^ ncis for abo ni h °° , n t ,, e adoin ceil to J ^ fcr thV prted * ^ T , M ml se ^» eS times . On E' J ° , 8 P ° tohi sev two , he wont SS ^ ttr ° \ a , wut Iwif ii theprison erssoZtaw Tii ,- ntlle ward *>*« £ anything to witaew . vj £ d d tthattime Hi the water it was about a ^ WW . 1 sw ' ' then went to light a fir ! TS J ° ' cc ' ! returned to his cell . In aboj ^ vS ; V > a " got into the cell , Mr . ffi ^ JK' ? another prisoner in No . 1 cell . AftXS S * 1 u soner Francis called out " Mr I , i tlle P times . Witness told him it was ' no « L ^ as Mr . Hall had gone to lock up $° l v llin made no answer but kept on callm / Vr anoi heard him , and asked him , " what h 0 " «» , I [ ai for . '' Francis said— " 1 want to empty tlio ,, » 1 D - Mr . Hall said- " Have not you got HiS ^ 11 Mill . / . nll _„ ni , 1 , „„ I 1 . ' I . ? .. B 1 o' M-S lnt f — UHuluii f . lln « ffi „ , > .. »„ - ^^ ST ^
' ""' vmr « u ..,- -neru mug enough t <> i ' that you are not allowed to call foi- ! Kno , of the cell . When you want me aW e . your signal out . If the governor liaa piI by and heard you calling for me vo , ? 0 nii have been punished for it—mind you ' dot ,- , ^ anymore . " Francis , said " Jfo sir ; I will not , sir . » ° something to that effect . Mr . Hall then let Fri ^ out of his cell . Witness then got up from l , i , s and asked Mr . Hall for some thread , but |» 1 ?' not notice him , and he stood at tbe gate waj tj 0 , r his return . He then saw Francis take the v ! into the water-closet , and Mr . Hall turned , iJf went into , his room . The door ot tho clo & opposite to his room . He came out of liis ^ and stood by the trough near the closet door , as if were waiting for the return of Francis . In the q ^ of a minute Francis came out , having the vesse ?
his left hand , . and the lid in his right . Mr . i then turned his' back toward the prisoner , * £ Francis rushed oh him and kicked him in thesi ' Witness said , " FOr God ' s sake , Francis , don ' t £ the officer ; if you strike him again I am sure t > will kill the poor old man . " Francis then stootl ' v and Mr . Hall crawled away and went towards ^ room out of witness ' s sight . Francis then jtowards him , and immediately afterwards witr , ^ heard two more blows struck . Witness called jj } Murray several times , and Francis ran to the dice ! gate in the centre of the passage . He then held ai utensil in his right hand , with blood on it . in *
ness again said , "For God ' s sake , Francis , don'f you kill the officer . " He then saw him go across to the centre , to the other side , and heard two more blows struck . Witness kept on calling , and be ^ ej of the other prisoners to call below . "Wl ^ m heard the two last blows he could not see am-. thing done . Mr . Murray came into the paski ^ e and asked what was the matter . Witness called him to him , and told him that he thought Fra . S had killed Mr . Hall . When Francis first struck iir . Hall , witness heard the lid fall and break . I ' lte ' made no answer when he told Mr . Murray tluijg was afraid he had killed Mr . Hall . He never 1 ^ him express any ill feeling towards the dceca ? d
On Tuesday last , when he was talking , Fntei ; said he wanted to see Dr . Daly , to know vrhcihci he could not get the same diet as he had in tin hulks . He also said that he had told Mr . Hali lu wanted to see Dr . Baly , and he did not believe ttai he . had put his name down in the book , . al though he ( Mr . Hall ) had told him his name was put down . If he had done so he knew he should have scenj him before now . Mr . Hall passed by soon after that conversation took place , and he heard Francis ask when he should see Dr . Baly . . Mr Hall told him that he dare say he would see him in the morning , lor Dr . Bayly was not supposed to see him a minute ' s notice , for there were other prisoners who wanted to see him as well as himself
and his name was down in the book . He also said , "You have seen tho other doctor , " when Francis replied , " Yes . but I want to see Dr . Baly , so that I can get my diet . " Mr . Hall asked how lonj it was since he had the diet . He replied , " When I was at the hulks . " Mr . Hall said , "What a foolish fellow you have been not to ask for it before . " You have done without it for so long a time , im will have some difficulty to get it now . " He then asked Mr . Hall for some paper so that he . could write to Dr . Baly . Mr . Han told him that he must get the consent of iLc governor and chaplain before he could allow him ink and paper . He never heard him threaten to do deceased any harm . Deceased was rather harsh at times , but not more so than the otfer
warders . John- Westbury , another prisoner , said : Oi Wednesday last he occupied the cell -No . 1 C a the -ward . There was onl y a wall between lii cell and the officer ' s room . He heard some ou say , "For God ' s sake have mercy , au don't kill me , " or " you will kill me . ' Some one then said , " Yes , I will . " He then heard some prisoners calling out for assistance and saw one standing in the passage where the trough is . Mr . Jons Daw Be . vdle , resident surgeon of tin prison , said that he saw the deceased at four o ' cloc ! on Wednesday last . He was then in his roomam
, quite insensible . He found an extensive lacerate wound on the right side of the head . Tho skm was laid bare . The membranes of the brain wen exposed . There was also a great deal o haemorrhage from the wound . He had the mai removed to the infirmary , and did what was neeej sary , and remained with him almost con stantly . He never became sensible , or spoke after wards . He died the following night betwoee eleven and twelve from the effects Of a COmpoUlll comminuted fracture of the skull . There was alii :
a wound over the eye , but the bono was not or posed . The jmt mortem examination made bv witness proved that there was an extensive friictim ofthe scalp on the right side ofthe head a lit . it above the ear ; tho bones were broken into as man pieces as nine . One of the fractures extended aero to the base of the skull running acvoss . The 1 ' v ' v ture also extended across to the root of the 1 orbit , and from thence downwards into the hu mecting the fracture on the opposite side . It t quite impossible for any one to recover from sisi extensive injuries .
Tho coroner summed up the evidence , and the pi having consulted , returned a verdict of " WiVi Murder" against John Francis . On Monday application was made to Sir GcffiC Grey , at the Home-office , to grant a habeas cornto remove the convict John Francis , who sttf ; charged by a coroners jury with having murdtdi lhomas Hall , the warder , from Millbank Prisoso Newgate , to await his trial at the ensuing sessisi Since the return of tho verdict , at tho inqtiest oron turday , he has remained perfectly silent , witlitl exception that on Saturday evening he asked d mission of tlie governor to write to Sir George C C which was immediately refused . Ho was alldh
to communicate with his friends , who are oiol Jewish persuasion , residing in the nei ghbouriirii Houndsditch . His relatives are highly respectct but he has been discarded by them for some c c derable time , in consequence of his depraveded incorrigible habits . He also wrote to tho k Kabbi , imploring him to attend at the prison ^ , the purpose of administering to Mm some conor turn . Ihe . Rabbi lias refused to comply witlitl request until hecauoUaiu the assistance of rf i persons belonging to the synagogue , who miraus company him and be present during the iutew in consequence Ofhis . being " an unclean persoi-so that is to say , he has covered his hands with lii I in consequence of Francis bein ^ a . Tmv lie di di
attend chapel , on Sunday morning , with the lie prisoners , and he applied to the llev . Mr . S . li . 1 '' the chaplain , for an Hebrew bible , which was as readil y given him . He remained very quiet « t a i on Sunday and yesterday , and was constantlvith ' mg the bible . ' The wretched murderer wa ' sva ' s i some timo since for robbery and sentenced ed 11 years transportation . On Monday morning aig an attack was made upon one of the warders bv bv soner named M'Langten , who was fortunate ^!! vented from inflicting any serious injury .
Dextu Of Mr Stm Ckland. —Puimpei.R-M. I'...
Dextu of Mr Stm ckland . —PuiMPEi . r-m . i'iiU \ ? ih ^ Tery melanehol y event has occurred ed the White Mountain s , in New Hampshire , in \ im i the death of Frederick , son of Sir Thomas . as land , Bart . A Boston paper says that , ' 1 " 11 strongly urged to the contrary , Mr . Strickkckla a U-awtord s iSotch-house to ascend Mount Wt V i ton , in company with a friend and guide , ide .. reaching Mount Pleasant and finding snosnoo other gentleman and the guide returned , al , , htrickland s horse , who , in spite of their ear en n resolved to pursue the journey on foot , an aim down the bridle-path and stop at Fabynn Ws s vvas hington-house , where his baggage had bud be it the next morning Crawford went over to 1 ' to W . and finding the stranger had not been Ctiei tlicici started m pursuit of him . They found hid Uiii and followed it till night , but oniv nicked ued 11
tion of his clothes . Tho next dav he «! o win dead . It seems he had lost the track , and jwJ ; 1 ; became insane in his wanderings , as his pas pin and drawers were found in a hole in Amiumuuui brook , and his legs and bodv were badlyadlyy ihe deceased was about thirty years ohlj -child large estates , and had been trarellingllingij months in this country , with a youngerogenr who returned to England from Boston a > n a i ago . He had letters to Bostonians , and held belel to the White Hills had been stopping atg at it mont-house , in this city . Mr , Horace Fas Fa ' a tho corpse buried in such a manner as to i to i
tcrred it his friends shall request it . " Some one calls the time of squeczingizing g hands " thorny season of life , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17111849/page/6/
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