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      Heaith of Losnos ; dubiso ran Week . —The deaths registered in tbe metropolitan districts , in the week ending last Saturday , were 857 . Taking ten corresponding weeks of the years 1840-9 , it appears that tbe number now returned is less than in the years 1847-9 ; that it is also less than in 1843 , but greater than in the same week of the other six years . The average . ot the ten weeks is 870 , or corrected for increase of population , 949 ; as compared with tbe corrected average , the mortality of last week shows a decrease of 92 deaths . The total deaths from the zymotic , or epidemic class of diseases , continue to be less numerous tbau usual , amounting only to 146 , while the corrected average

      is 179 ; from small-pox there were 4 , from measles 14 , from hooping-cough 36 , and typhus 26 , tbe mortality from each of these epidemics being less than the average .. From diarrhoea there were 8 , which is about the average ; this disease exhibits a decline on former weeks . But scarlatina shows an increase , the numbers in the last three returns having been 21 , 17 , and 25 , whilst the average for the last week is 2 t Five children under five years of age died of infantile or remittent fever ; 4 p 3 rsons of influenza ; and 7 of erysipelas . A woman offiftyfour clied of scurvy . Diseases of the respiratory organs , exclusive of hooping-cough and consumption , were fatal to 137 persons , which is about the corrected average ; from laryngitis there were 4

      deaths , from bronchitis 51 , from pneumonia 56 , from pleurisy 5 , and from asthma , 13 . The mortality from consumption continues unusually low ; this disease carried off 116 persons , whilst the corrected average is 145 ; and in the corresponding weeks of 184 fc 9 , it ranged from 117 to 148 . A beershop-keeper , aged forty-six years , died of "fagmatcmesis ( sixty-eight hours . )" He - is reported to have been . an habitual drunkard . The classification of deaths in public institutions , shows that 77 persons were registered as having died in workhouses , 37 in hospitals , 5 id military and naval establishments , and 6 in lunatic asylums . —The mean d « ly reading of the barometer in the week at the Royal Observatory ,

      Greeehwich , was 29-575 ... The mean temperature was . 46 ' 7 degs ., and was less by 5-1 degs . than the average of the same week in seven years , On every day it was less than the average , but especially on Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , and -Thursday , when the ^ decre ase was from 7 to 9 degrees . The wind was generally in thenorth-east and south-west . Thk Chinese Joxk . —At an early hour on Monday morning the Chinese junk was taken oat of the E & t India Sock to be removed to her new place . of exhibition adjoining the Essex-street , steamboat per . Strand . Her hull was enclosed ia a holland covering , and her masts removed to permit her to pass Under the bridges . She was taken in tow by two steam tugs , and reached her destination about

      noon . The Bermondsrv Murder . —A few days ago the whole of the property taken from Mrs . Manning , and that found at the railway station and in her possession , which , since their examination at the . Sonthwark Police Court , has been in the custody of Inspector Yates , was handed over to the Treasury , to be disposed of as the Home Secretary may think fit , government having intimated their intention of settling the demands ofthe convicts ' solicitors . . ACCIDEKIS AT THE NEW ChUBCH , WeSIMINstje . —On Monday forenoon as several men were employed in removing the scaffold from the tower and ' spire of Miss Burdeit Court ' s new church , Bocbester-row , Westminster , which are completed , a man of the name of William Ward , who was assisting ; fell from the platform at the top of the scaffold ,

      a height of seventy-four feet . He was in the act of lowering a scaffold pole , when the plank on which he was standing broke in two . To save himself he laid hold of a rope , but he was unable to prevent bis descent , and he came in contact with a cross-pole . Tins , with some others , checked his fall , and when about twenty feet from the ground , a man caught him in his arms , but , notwithstanding , he went to the bottom . He was instantly taken tothe Westminster Hospital , where , upon being examined , the only injury received was found to be a slight abrasion ef one ofthe ribs . A few weeks ago a man fell a hejght of eighty feet , and was taken to the same hospital . It was then stated that he had a clear fall . Be was admitted into the hospital , and was immediately discharged , not having received ' any injury . The church , it is expected , will be completed i i the ensuing month .

      Suicide at Wandsworth . —On Saturday evening last Mr . W . Carter concluded an inquiry at the Spread Eagle Hotel and Tavern , High-street , Waadsworth , relative to the death of a gentleman at t"tat time unknown , who committed suicide there on Wednesday night The name of the deceased , it appeared , was William Baker , and he was a native of Kingston . He had been employed as storekeeper at the Clarence Foundry in Liverpool ; but , in consequence of a dissolution of partnership in the concern , he had been thrown out of employment , and , being of a desponding turn of mind it was conjectured that he had committed suicide under the pressure of fear that he coatd not obtain another engagement . The jury were unanimously of opinion that the deceased was of unsound mind when he committed , the act , and returned their verdict accordingly .

      Suicide . —On Saturday last Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Star , Wilkes-street , Spitalfields , on the body of Thomas Pickard , aged eighteen , the son of Mr . Pickard , one of the parish , rate collectors of Spitalfields , residing at 37 , Wilkes-street . Mr . Thomas Pickard . the father of the deceased , deposed that his son was apprenticed to a cabinet maker and upholsterer , but resided at home with him . lie had noticed for several weeks past a great alteration in his mind and appearance , which he was Bnable to account for . He was in a low and desponding state , and of late refused taking bis meals . . He had frequently asked deceased if anything was the matter , to which he invariably replied , "Nothing , and he was not aware that he had formed any

      attachment to a female . On the previous Wednesday he was in a very dejected state , which was also noticed by his master , but who was unable to account for it . He slept in the same room as witness , who was called by his daughter about eight o ' clock on Thursday morning , and on entering the kitchen be found the deceased lying across the doorway of a closet , the walls of which were covered with blood , and on lifting him op he found his head nearly separated from the body , and only adhering by a small piece of skin at the back of the neck . One of witness ' s razors was firmly clenched in the deceased ' s light hand . —Mr . Lewis , a surgeon , said that the deceased had been dead for sometime , and that his death must have been instantaneous . —In answer to a

      question by a juror , Mr . Pickard stated that the deceased would have come in fuf £ 500 on his arriving at twenty-one years of age , which he was fully cognisant of . —After some further evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . '' - Suicide raou the Duke op York ' s Counts . — On Tuesday an extraordinary degree of excitement was caused ia the neighbourhood of St . James ' s-park and Pill-mall , in consequence of a most determined suicide , which was committed in the sight of hundreds of people , from the Duke of York s Column . The railings which surround the capital of the column are about four feet high ; but notwithstanding the protection afforded by them , it has been usual for one of the two attendants who are

      stationed at the building to accompany visitors to tbe top , and a portion of their duty , it is believed , is to watch their movements , and endeavour to prevent the occurrence of such a catastrophe as unfortunately took place . About half-past ten o ' clock / a respectably dressed man applied to the doorkeeper of the Bake of York ' s Column , and addressed him in Irench , which he did not understand . - He then paid him sixpence , and intimated by signs that he wished to go to the top . Smith , the guide , accompanied Mm up , the stranger , who . was evidently a foreigner , still conversing in French . They walked round the top once , and nothing particular ' was observed in the condnctof the stranger bat what was attributed to the peculiarity of a foreigner . "While the visitor at the

      was looking corner towards Carlton-terrace , Smith was standing at the door only about three yards from him , when in an instant the deceased , by a sudden and violent effort threw himself over , and before Smith could catch lis legs he jumped from that portion of the column -which faces the mansion of Chevalier Bunsen in Carlton-gardens . His body in falling struck the base ofthe column , rebounded thence to the flagged way from-which the monument springs , and when taken up by some of the passers-by . it was found that life was quite extinct . The body was conveyed to St . Martin's workhouse , and it was discovered that the unfortunate gentleman was XL Henry Stephan , of her Majesty ' s Theatre . His engagement as horn player in the band , at £ 3 16 s . per week , from this month to August , was found upon bis person . The unfortunate man , Henry Stephan , was identified in the course of the morning by his

      brother-in-law , amusician , residing at 17 a , Gerardstreet , Soho-sqoare- It was stated that he was about forty years old , and that this was his second seasonal engagement in the band of her Majesty ' s Theatre . He was a first-rate musician on the violin and French horn , and was formerly engaged attheBepartoire , Paris , which place he left under aa engagement to Mr . Lumley . - , - For several days pastil was noticed that he . had behaved in a very flighty manner . He was a native of Paris , ' and a mamedman , hiB wife residing at 85 , Faubourg St . vems Paris , but be was in the expectation of her amr al hourly in London . Mr . TetseL the master of the workhouse , took charge of the body , theupper part of which is shockingly mutilated ; and Zli ^ a- ^^ aw ; ent irely destroyed by the « L- ThedBtMi a ^ m ^ Hd p C of tijcoramnto the pavement w about . 100 feet . -On Wednesday afternoon Mr . ' Bedford ,- -tho coroner'for Westmini - ster , held an inquest ^ at Sfc-Margajetfs workhouse on the body , when the Jury ^ turned a verdict ' of '' Temporary insanity , " and recoamend « d- 'tba 6

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      there should be some railing round the top of the column , to prevent such occurrences in future . The coroner inquired whether many persons bad been permitted to ascend the column since . tho 'fatal « e- ' currence?—Smith , the offieery-repliedithat no : one had been admitted on Tuesday after M . Stephan leaped from , the column , but large numbers had visited the place that day ( Wednesday ) . In reply tda question from a juryman , Smith said a railing would prevent persons throwing themselves-over , and would not interfere with a view ofthe surrounding scenery . The proceedings-then terminated . . ¦ ¦ '• .: ;'• . ' - . . ' . ' : . V

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      LrreRFOOiu-ExTEMivB FonGEmES .-On Friday Mr William Threlfall , cotton spmner , of the Addingham Low Mills , near Bolton Abbey , was appretended at the George Hotel in this town , on a charge of forgery , which he' is supposed to have committed to the extent of several thousand pounds . When theprisoner was searched , at the bridewell , £ 3 , 000 was found on his person , and , in a carpet ban-, which was found in his bedroom , £ 3 , 000 more was ' discovered . It is stated that a subsequent inspection of his pocket-book disclosed a further sum of £ 5 , 000 ahd bills , ' apparently available at any moment , to the amount of £ 12 , 000 . Some of these

      are certainly forgeries , but several appear t 6 'be genuine . Along with the bills were found . numerous letters on business and relating' to private affairs . Shortly after his apprehension ,. the prisoner was placed in the dock , before Mr . Rushton , and Mr . Harvey , of the firrn of Messrs . Harvey and Falcon , appeared to prosecute . It appeared from tbe statement of Mr . Harvey , that , on the 13 th bf February last , Mr . Timothy . B . Bourne , cottonbroker , of this town , received a letter from the prisoner , enclosing a bill for the sum of £ 2 , 000 , drawn by Mr . Threlfall , upon the Hull Flax arid Cotton-mill Company , and purporting to be accepted by Mr . Joseph Rylands , manager of the said company . The writer requested Mr . Bourne to

      get the bill discounted , and to apply , the money for his ( the prisoner ' s ) . advantage . The ' bill was discounted hy the bank " of Liverpool ; but ,, on Thursday , in consequence of information he had received , Mr . Langton , the manager of the bank , went to Hull , and there discovered that the acceptance was a forgery . "Word to that effect was instantly sent by electric telegraph to Liverpool , and the prisoner was in consequence arrested here . —Mr . ! Harvey ,. at the conclusion of his statement , prayed the magistrate for a remand , which was granted . —On Saturday afternoon last , the prisoner was again placed in the dock , and the court was crowded by merchants and brokers , many of whom were personally acquainted with tho prisoner , arid recently had had

      transactions with him . Mr . Harvey , again appeared on behalf of the prosecution , and Mr . Aspmali , barrister , assisted by Mr . Breniner , of this . ' town , and Mr . Barratt , solicitor of Leeds , for the . prisoner . The latter gentleman was informed on Friday , hy a telegraphic message bribe - prisoner ' s position , —Mr . T . Bourne produced a bill drawn , by William Threlfall , dated the 10 th of March , 1850 ; for £ 2 , 000 , upon the Hull Flax arid Cotton-mill Company . He also produced a letter which he received enclosing the bill . In pursuance of the instructions contained in that letter , " he got the , bill discounted at the Bank of Liverpool , and transmitted the money . In answer to Mr . Aspinall , witness stated that he did not know prisoner to be a

      partner in the Hull Flax and Cottou-urilL Company . —Mr . Layton , manager ofthe Borough Bank , proved the discounting of the bill at the . bank , and said that he had been assured by the accepter that it was not genuine . — : Mr . Superintendent Towersori , examined by Mr . Rushton , stated that . he had . examined the carpet bag , and in it he found a small lock and leather bag . in the small bag were . the bond stamps which he produced . He also found some red ink and paint . One of the stamps contained the words , " Hull Flax and Cotton-mill Company , " and the other " chief manager . " He had looked at the bill of exchange produced , and he believed it was stamped with the instruments produced . The nrisoner was remanded .

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      Coixisios At Ran North British Railway. ...

      Coixisios at ran North British Railway . Station . —A collision of a very alarming character by which the lives of about sixty persons were placed in extreme jeopardy , occurred on Saturday last , at tbe station of the North British Railway , below the North Bridge . The passengers by the mail train for London , which usually leaves Edinburgh at eleven o ' clock a . m ., having taken their seats * and the signal having been given for the train to start , the engine driver immediately turned on the steam , hut at the first revolution of the machinery , the crank of the axle of the driving-wheel ofthe engine snapped in two , by which the locomotive was

      completely disabled . The superintendent immediately despatched a pilot engine to tbe company ' s works at St . Margaret ' s for a fresh engine ; and in the mean time it was proposed to remove the disabled engine by the locomotive ; momentarily expected . This step , however , was not adopted , as being likely to occasion the entire derangement of its machinery , ; and , in these circumstances , to enable the now . engine to be attached to the train , the carriages were moved backwards to the , turning table , ana shifted to the . centre line of rails , leaving the disabled engine on the line , close to the platform . The operation was effected in less than ten minutes , arid tho train , as then arrainged , consisted of a cattle-truck , filled with swine , for Leeds ; a

      passengers' luggage van belonging to the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway Company ; a second-class carriage , a carriage of the first class , and two other second-class carriages . Scarcely had the train been removed to the centre line , when the engine expected was seen to emerge from tho Gallon Hill tunnel at a rapid speed . The brake seemed to have peen applied , but as the locomotive approached tbe station with so diminution of steam , and at an apparent rate of more than twenty miles an hour , the alarm of the officials , and such of the passengers as saw it approach , became excessive . The engine advanced on the same line of rails which the train occupied , and dashed into it with great force . The concussion was tremendous , and

      spread tbe greatest terror among the passengers , some of whom , as the engine came up , seeing the danger , vainly endeavoured to escape from the train . The cattle-truck in front of the train , which experienced the full shock of the collision , was nearly smashed in pieces , and the unfortunate pigs were thrown high into the air . It doubled , in a manner , over the luggage van , and separating into two parts , the upper half fell over on the south line of rails , leaving the wheels and : axles on the : line where the collision occurred ,: deeply imbedded in the ground . The luggage van sustained scarcely less injury , the roof and sides being dreadfully shattered , but singularly , enough , the framework remained upon the line , and ( the couplings

      connecting it with toe truck having-been broken ) with the train , which also escaped being . thrown off the rails , - receded backwards from the severity of the shock twenty or thirty yards * The engine was found to have remained on tiie = line , but the tender was thrown off , when the . wheels sunk in the ground to some depth .- The damage to the train extended no farther than to the track and'the luggage-van . —The passengers , beyond tho excessive alarm occasioned by the collision , suffered comparatively trifling injury . It is rather singular that oniy ' one pig was killed by the collision . —It is difficult to account for the occurrence of the collision . The engine-driver , ' of the name of Aitken , is one of the new hands employed in consequence of the recent strike of the regular engine-drivers and stokers , from an attempted reduction . of their wages by the introduction of some new regulations . He was formerly a mechanic in the

      company s = establishment . The explanation : given of the collision is , that haying been anxious to display his promptitude in the emergency that had occurred Aitken- had come up at too rapid a speed , and becoming confused on his near approach to the station , had 4 ost the command of the engine * The regular stoker was absent , and the man despatched for the engine was acting in that capacity when the collision took place . Neither of them' sustained any injury ; but we believe that the guard in charge of the mail bags , who occupied the compartment of a second-class carriage , sustained some injury on his back . Aitken , the engine-driver , was apprehended by two sheriff ' s officers in the course of Saturday afternoon , and was taken into custody . —It is stated that the cause of the accident to the regular engine of the train was-the sudden application of two much steam at starting , by the engine-driverj who is also a new hand .

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      The Tesaki-moht MoVEMEHT . —The preparatory committee of the Tenant-right , Conference have issued an ^ address to the friends of tenant-right throughout the country ;; setting forth the duties which they have , assumed toiperform in making preparations for the approaching conference . They propose to delay the summoning of the conference till the ( second week in June . The address contains the following passages .:- " The preparatory comJ mittee propose that the . conference shall he ' ennsi-

      dered essentiaUy a meeting of business that all the arrangements will be suchas willbest- conduce to a- despatch of- business ; ' that there , shall' be ' np attendance of reporters for tbe . public press ; and that no other publicity ^ ' shall ; be given ' - to . itspro-C 3 edings than what the conference itself shall judge fit ; . The , preparatory ' co . ramittee " will report to the conference the various pMslfor . . a ' rightful tenant law that-may be laid . beforeVthein ;' arid ,, for the convenience : Of ehciting opiriiori ,: they ; hold tliernselres "" bdund -i & eubMt'So ; thie ;; conference' a . cori- neeta ariddelail ^ jpani such a ^ ' m thefrjiidMerit , iWffl ba : th ' 8 ' & esfccafc ^^

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      and most certainty * ihwu ^ demands of , the tenants . They also hold ihe & iwJ |?« outtd'to lay before the conference , and to suomit torits judgment , the out ? line of a plan fo ? ft ^ tenwa * league ; SO' agitate for > an imprdwdtei ^ tih ) W ^« # ?¦ -i ] * * iin ¦ - : >\> b :. ;• • wf -vQBAKdB ,. Lon # Bs . r 7 Among ; ; the "signs' of the times" is ' the , generaKmoyement of disruption which Is ^ gbing -on * at' present among the Orange lodges pf'Clstetfilu p * ' ' Derry Standards find another series of resolutions setting forth ' the ' . motivesfor breaking up the . institution ; and signed by no fewer than fourteen masters of , lodges ; [ who , are described'ih the local journal as me ^' of respectability ; and integrity . ' - ' " *; *'" ¦ v * ' ^' ***"'' - * - , Mr ; Podly ,- the- Paymaster of Constabulary , has been arrested under , a fiat ; and lodged in Kilmaihhamat the suit of government . >¦ ;

      , Petitions fob Sales . —There were twenty petitions for sales of estates filed in the-Encumbered Court in tbe weekending oh the 2 th inst . > . The entire number of petitions is now . 784 ; " - ¦ - • - ^ Prosperous State of -the Irish Linen : and Yam Trade . —The staple trade of-Ulster had-hold up wonderfully during t he . famine , and ; thejextensiye employment it afforded contributed in no small ; der gree to prevent serious destitution in tlie northeastern counties ; Latterly there have been decided symptoms of further extension , 'i espeoialIyin the flax-spinning mills ; and the trade -altogether is"ih a more nourishing condition than at any period during the existence of Protection . s . : Evictions in Tifpebabt . —The Jipperary

      Vindicator contains the following lamentable statement : — " Noless than thirty-six families ; comprising upwards of 336 individuals , were ejected ' . on the' 6 tb inst ., by the under sheriff ' of the county ,-oh-the ; estate of Mr . Henry ( encumbered ); in the parish of Bellina and Boher , barony of Ownby arid Am ,, county of Tipperary . A scene so utterly appalling has been seldom witnessed even'hv a county pro- ' verbial for the exercise . of ; tho depopulating system ; Tbe misery and desolation to -which these 1 poor people have been thus subjected may be imagined —; it cannot be described . : The Nenagh Union ,, which has been so deeply' suffering from ' the wholesale clearances at Toomevara , and the ejectments'in several other parts of that union ,-has had , ih this

      instance , an augmentation- to its misery which must tell with tearful effect on , the struggling ratepayers of the union , already hardly able to bear up against the burdens that oppress them . Thus , in this case ,-there are no less than 336 human beings cast on the world ; thirty-five houses were levelled to the ground , of which : nothing now remains but the black chimnies and the wrecks , of roof-trees , startling monuments of tbe progress of that desolation which is bringing the ' eountry to ruin ! " ' , ' . ' Emigration . —The emigration ; which' has been upon so formidable a ' scale since the '" opening " of spring , is still carried on with undiminished vigour , so that there appears to bo scarcel y sufficient shipping . accommodation , for the multitudes seeking their way across the , Atlantic .-. ThorJAmerich Chronicle remarks thatthe . arrival of each American mail " conduces still more to stimnlateitKe farming

      classes to emigrate , by the cheering accounts ot prosperity and contentment , with numerous money orders from friends abroad , encouraging their relatives to quit their native country . Another description of emigration—that of able-bodied paupers—is also extending considerably .: Atthe last meeting of the poor , law guardians of- Kilmallock , countyof Limerick , a motion of Mr .-Bolton Massy —that one thousand persons should be sent out to America at tbe expense of the electoral divisionswas unanimously adopted , and a committee was appointed to carry out tbe project . -In urging ' the plan , Mr . Massy remarked-that those-poor men , ' by their industry abroad , would be enabled to remit money for some of their relations left behind ; and that although the expense of so large an emigration ' might press upon the ratepayers in tlie first instance , they would find it the best and the most economical course before long .. ,-.- •¦ i '

      AssAonrs on : thf Military . —Several civilians have been convicted at Limerick for assaults on the military , and sentenced to various amounts of fines and imprisonment . Evictions near CrossmaglbN ;—On Monday last a formidable array of police mastered hear Crossmaglen ; from . the neighbouring , stations of > Forkhiil ,-Newtownhamilton , Glassdromond , rjullehanna , and Keady . About ten o ' clock the sub-sheriff arrived from Armagh , accompanied by four men , whose appearance was very much in keeping with the sort of work they came to execute / namelyhouse levelling . From the strong force Of police collected , it would seem as if formidable resistance was apprehended , but there was no indication of a

      breach-of the peace . Nine families were : evicted on the property of Mr . W . C , ( JJUUWj , twOOntho property of Mr . Eeed ^ of Rahans , and one on' tho property of Mr . Tipping . Only one house was thrown down ; the others were spared possibly ior want of time to perform the work of demolition . " It is said that 120 . ejectment notices were served lately on the tenants ofthe Tipping estate ! ,, . "' It is even remarkable that the clearance ' system is carried on extensively in higher quarters ; and that may landlords , influenced by what would appear absolute infatuation , do not hesitate to take up the land from wealthy tenants of the highest class rather than yield any abatement of the rent to meet ' the altered circumstances of-the country .

      This has taken place in several instances in the county of Meath and Dublin ; and the consequence is that large tracts of country must remain partly unproductive ; for want of cultivation and ' stock . - The Repeal Association . —There Was" a miserably small attendance at the meeting of the Association on Monday . Mr . Hagarty presided : ^ The rent for the week was £ 20 2 s . Id . - ; ' Tenant Right . —Mr .-Sharman Crawford has intimated his intention of being present atthe tenant fight conference in Dublin , and of postponing the introduction of his own bill ' on the landlord and tenant question , for the purpose of having its principles discussed by the members of the conference . The Weather . — After several weeks of sharp

      ungenial winds , there was a fortunate change in the weather on . Tuesday , and some refreshing showers ( ell during the day . ' This rain wasmuch required , in consequence of the backwardness of vegetation . A week or two of moist weather would now be of incalculable service to all the growing crops , which afford such fair promise of an abundant harvest , v * The Cork Examiner publishes the following particulars relative to tbe escape of some of the Irish refugees in 1848 : — "The captain who rescued O'Gorman and his friends Doyle . and : O'Donnell from the tender mercies of the British government , is now , or was recently , at Passage / and he gives an interesting account of the adventure . His name is Taylor , and he is a native of Northumberland .

      He had discharged corn at Limerick , and left m ballast , but , owing to the weather , was obliged to bring up in the roads at Carrigaholt . On Saturday the 2 d of September , he happened to go ashore , in a small boat ; and as he landed ; he was accosted by a man dressed in a frieze coat , who inquired whether he had any room for passengers . The captain said ho thought he'had , and told him he . was going to Malta tolook for cargo ^ ' The-stranger did hot seem to like the idea of gomgto Malta at all , ' and wished to know whether ne could not land them in France .- The captain , however ^ st ated that it was probable'that he would afterwards go to Constantinople , and he then -asked' whether they were refugees . To this question the person addressed ,

      whom , he afterwars learned to be a citizen of Limerick , replied that they were , and . that he hoped he might confide in him . At two o ' clock on Monday morning the refugees , all armed ,- were put oh board at a place just under the police barracks ; and im--mediately afterwards the vessel-set sail . The weather , however , continued bad ,, she . was obliged to ; return to the same spot , and was detained there for a whole week longer . ' During this period the refugees , as may easily be imagined , were in a state of great suspense . Several circumstances occurred : to show , how active was the search for thehu The captain speaks with strong' feelings of the zeal exhibited by a retired military officer in theheighbburhood , who used to go round tho shih

      m a boat , and say , "Well , . . Captain , you ' re hot gone , yet . " Upon one occasion , as he passed under the stern , O'Gorman and the others were looking at him through ; the cabin . .. windows . Captain Taylor seemed utterly unable to comprehend the , , conduct , of this individual , or how * any any man's loyalty could oblige him , to be a spyj ' and to bunt down men who were in misfortune and no longer dangerous . It happened that the officer of coastguards " at the , place , was , a . townsman of Captain Taylor ' s / and moreover particularl y anxious to touch the reward . for the apprehension of the felons . The vessel had been searched : on leaving Limerick and he did not think itnecesaai y to search her again ' because he had full reliance on the captain ' s « n >

      currence with his views in that respect v Dining with him ashore on one occasion he said be bad a sharp look out for . the fugatives , but there was no need to search the ship ,-because Captain Taylor would be the best searcher , himself , to which the captain nodded-asseht . On the ' second Saturday they . again set sail , one of her Majesty ' s ' vessels steaming suspiciously all . the way between them and the land , to see that there , was ho communica ' ^ 9 "; wlfch *» ° i store , until they got into tbe broad w fe > v ) i ? J * he r amval at Malta the captain , sinctly forbade them to show themselves ! during t 'i .. * y ; . bu mgh t ho used to eive them a siffht

      ? i - ¥ ^ W 1 I tr ? , ™* , deck . He says they , were the finest fellows he ever met with . During the voyage , the / used to remain up at night disputing upon political patters ; and tbo controversy often became so warm , that he used pleasantly . ito . tell tnemhe regarded it as a fortunate circumstance that they were ah odd number . ' When they ' landed at Constantinople , ho , procured " them * a Jddgibg , . situate by . chance .. hi . the " very , quarter ; of the ; city where the English ambassador live ' d . ? They remained th ' ereTab ' out" foi ^^ Sir ^ Stratford , ' , CannihV , ' sent ' some , men itoari-est them ; The ^ captainbelieves tb ' at'Sir " Stratfordknew perfectly well they ' were m Coh > tantmbple * ' and that

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      CHABGK ' OF ATTEMPTEn ; PABMCh ) E ' . — Lp ' UISa Susan Hartley , ' 19 , ' was indicted' for feloniously administering to Joseph-WiUiamtHartley a quantity of deadly poison , called , " vitriolic , acid , with ; intent to murder him . —It appeared that the prisoner . and the brb ' secutor , who stand in the relation to each other , of father and daughter , occupied a room' in the . Hope nublic-house ; Gravel-lane , > Southwark , and : thO prisoner , -was engaged -in . attend ing to the 'domestic , concerns of the prosecutor , and she was in the , habit : of eetting ' the breakfast ready every morning ; befo ' re'hsr father went out to work . On the morning of the ICth A ' pfil'the prosecutor vfas asleep ih be'd ;' ahd th ' e ' pritha

      soner awoke him and told -mor't breakfast was ready ; and ' she at the same' time 'handed him a cup of coffee and some ; bread , and butter in . a . small tray . Upon tasting the coffee the prosecutor discovered a sharp , burning ta ^ ste , ahd ' he accused theprisoner of having put poison into his coffee . 'She 'denied having done so , and ' ihe tasted it a second time , and a gain felt the game sensations , and the prisoner'was again accused by him of ; putting poison in the liquid i but shejrepeated that she had . not , and took up ' thecup arid ehipted it into a wash-hand basin , in which there wis some '; soapy waterj'andshe then went tothe fireplace * and rinsed the cup arid wiped'if with a toWeli The prosecutor then . got up andput -the contents of the . basin into a jus , andtook them : to ; Guy ' s

      Hosnital , ! where ; they were . examined by . JLJr . . " lay | or , ! tne eminent professor of chemistry at that estabhshmenti and the- result of the -analysis' to which' they , v ' wiere subjected was the discovery of about-half a teaspobhful of vitriolic acid ;; hut it was stated by this gentleman that the effect of this quantity of acid being takjen into the stomach , would , not have beenrto destroy life ; ¦ but that'the-results would have been merely- tempbrary , - and would have entirely ceased after-the'lapse : of '¦ ¦>& ' few hours . " In'addition to this evidence itiwas shown that the prisoner had repeatedly complained of her , father , having beaten her ; and that she ; hacl upon one Occasion threatened-: to ( ¦ burn'his ciothesin vitriol , and afterwards put some forbim . tp take ; and at anbther ' she said rather than her lather

      should lock her upj ashe had threatened , she would cnt his throat while he . w ' as asle ' ep . ' and put the razor upon his ; bedtp make itlbe'believed that he had done it himself . It . turnedj OUtin the course , of Lthe case ,-that the proseciitor ' appeaVed to have taken very great pains ;' to ' get up ; the case against ^ his daughter ,, and there wereisbme ' circumstanceMfen'dihg'to ' throw ' suspicio ' nu p () n hiseviderice . rHavingheard the evidence thejury returned a verdict of . ' / Not Guilty . ' - ' - - " T HE , ARGYLii RoOMS . r-Mn Clarkgdh applied ' to theicou ' rtic reference to . an indictment ^ gainst Emi | e Laurent , ahd ' others for keeping ' open ; a ., place called the ! ArevU'RoomS . " in Great WiiidinilUstre ' et ,, as a

      disorderly house . He said 'that the prosecutor , was unable toibear ., the expense of any further'proceedings , and heitherefore desired to withdraw from the . prosecution . j ^ Mr .-PaTry , who appeared . for the defendants ' , ' said ! that after , ' what . had . fallen froin , his lordship , he begged to say thatthe respectable " soli- , citor wh ' o ' coridubted their case ' , had instructed him to sajthat tfiey ' were ho parties to ' any compromise '; but , ; in point of fact / they had been put to great expense by a prosecution instituted by a ; common-informer , who' Kad ' ndw abahdbnedit . —The several defendants then surrendered , anda yerdict of " Not ' Guilty " was recorded ^ " ' " """'

      Brdtai . AssAUi / T . —WIUiam-Steers ,. 27 ,. chairmaker , and Catherine Steers , alias Duncan , 38 , married , were indicted for cutting and wounding Richard Burn , with intent , die . It * appeared that the male prisoner ;; who is a well-known' associate of thieves ; cohabited with . the female , in a place of notorious character , called "Francis-street , ; Old-street-road , living upon her prostitution ; and , on the day of the coriimissiori of the'bffehce . ; the 10 th of March , they had a quarrel ' with another ' prostitute living ' opposite , and she coming-home ' at a- late hour , - the two prisoners < most brutally assaulted her ; and her'' cries brought prosecutor , who was a policeman , to the spot , the two prisoners . fled into ' their own-house . -The womaii . in question being ' , ' very much injured , and

      bleedingprofusely from the' face , the constable went to take the prisoners into custody , but they' refusing to oomeiout ,. ! he-forced , the door , and seized- the female , upon which the man said he would serve him as he had the injured woman , and took up the leg of a chair ' to defend- himself against being taken into custody / The ' officer then seized'him , and after some scufflinggot him into tbe street , where- the female prisoner attacked him , and got him to the ground , where she . held him . by the ' hair ;'; and whilst on the ground the male prisoner beat him most fear * fully about the head and loins ; threatening to murder him , and would in all probability have carried out his threat had riot assistance arrived , and they " were taken into custody . 'Die injured officer was then

      placed under , the bands of the police surgeon , who found that the ' blows about the loins were of so brutal a character as to have positively broken the flesh , though inflicted from the outside of his coat . The result had been that he was disabled for life , and those , iti conjunction with the injuries on the head , had rendered him subject to epileptic fits ever since . —The jury , found them ' both " Guilty . "—The Recorder , 'having commented upon the extremehratality displayed by the male prisoner , sentenced him to : ten years ' - transportation , and the female prisoner , to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction . Taking Forcible'Posskssion of Goons . —John Sadler , 39 , carpenter , stood indicted for larceny .

      The facts of this case were these :-The prosecutor , Mr . John Southgate Williams , having disposed of a business that he had in St . George ' s-iu-the-East , was about to leave , but being indebted to the landlord the sumof 4 J 34 , he made a compromise with him by paying £ 20 down and giving abill for £ 14 , and the prisoner , who had acted as a sort of broker or agent in tbe matter , put bis name to the bill as acceptor , and as tbe prosecutor was . going into the country for a short time ; made an arrangement to leave his furniture , amounting in value to nearly £ 200 , warehoused under the care ofthe grisbner , who , however , it appeared ,- under the pretext that he should require some further security for the liability he was under in having accepted the bill , obtained from prosecutor a document purporting ' , to have sold the goods in question to him . The goods were then placed into

      the cart to be' removed ironi the premises , and no sooner were they so done than the prisoner intimated his intention of keeping them ; upon which prosecutor ordered the carman to drive tbem to his own place , ' and there prosecutor watched them all night , intending on the following day to remove them ; arid have them kept at the warehouses of the Eastern Counties Railway . The prisoner , however , carae with several tieni , and forcibly took possession of the things , and removed them to ah auc ' tion ' robm , where hesaid lie should at once sell them . Prosecutor , then weht ' aud obtained tbe £ 14 with which he paid the bill , in ordeAhat the prisoner might not imaginehe had any claim on them , ' and then went

      and demanded the goods ; when prisoner laughed , at hiin " ; first asking i 620 , and then £ 30 , before he would partwjtk-them ' . ' Prosecutor refusing to give it to him , weiit and gave notice to the auctioneer not to s ' elljtho things , ' which , however , was done in defiance of . him , they , being sold at a most ruinous sacrificb . — Mr , ' Bullock V The case was clearly not one of larceny , although the prisoner would not have any answer to an action for trespass or trover . Au "Acquittal " was then takeii . ; ' Porgeuy on a Bank . —E . ' Barnett , who pleaded VOuilty- " on Wednesday , in the Old : Court , to anindictment for forgery , on the London Joint Stock Bank ; was brought up and sentenced to seven years ' transportation . ' . "' ' . ; " """ . ' . - '' . " " . ';'''" . '

      ,.. . . , / STAhniNO . —J . Smith , alias M . Terrardi . an Itatianj aged 30 , ' was indicted for stabbing Patrick Scanloh , with intent to murderkim . Mr . W . Cooper , prosecutor , and . the pmoner croas-exariimed thewrtn ' ssseB through the medium of ah interpreter . —The ' prbsecutdr stated that his ' parents kept a lodging house in East Siriithfield , ' and on the 22 nd of April the prisoner came-to their house with a girl , who got . into . conversation with a young man who was with bird : upon this ' the prisoner became much enraged , and complained of it ' s being very hard that he shouid , be deprived of her company , when he had been spending money on her all the evening . Prisoner thebbecame very outrageous ' , and wanted to fight , the man he was jealous of . Prosecutor , howeverinterferred to

      pre-, verit the quarrel , and lie then saw prisoner put his hand into his pocket ,. and heard a click , as if of the Opening bf a knife blade . He then made a * m * him . ' and ' thrust at the lower part of his belly , and ne felt himself cut , the khife-if a knife it was , for he , did hot see what he was struck with—in , its , passage wounding hiininthearni , which he put down toward off thVblow . ¦ / rhepvisonerthen withdrew ; mUnd , and ran off . Prosecutor immediately . felt very sick and faint , and was ^ ubs ' equently conveyed tothe , kospital , where he had his wounds dressed . ¦; When his clothes were examined , it was found . that they , were cut through , arid that had it not been for th ^ miraculousinte ' rpositiqh ' of apackof cards . that he ha ' d . in

      his pocket , which partially arrested the progress of the weapon , ' the , blow must have proved fatal . —Mr . John Wyatt , house surgeon at the . Iondon Hospital , saidthat the prosecutor was brought : into ' the hospital ori ' the 22 nd of April . He had an inciaed . wound on thearni , above me wrist , and a . puhctured wound abbutahirichandahalf in-width in the mostdan-Rerousp ' artyof Jhe , abdomen . rThe ' : blow must have been struck : with , much . force to have inflicted the , wpund ^ t : had ; . ^ fortunately , not , any serious . conse-, ; quences set in , arising from the happily slight depth ; o 4 ? wpund , . Thejury . found . him VGuifefofthe 'entire charge .-He was then , sentenced : to tffelvemonths' imprisonment . •* .. << * .

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      ; . . COUJIT OF QCEEN'S BESTCH , ' . Rboini v ^ KKNEAtY . —Mr .- Crowder ,- Q ^ C ., and Mr .,-HuddJestpn , appeared for the . ; prosecution , : and Mr . ^ Wbateley i Q . O ., for the , defendant . This was ah' indictment ; for ' an ! assault , committed ' by , the deferidan ^ '' Edward 'Kenbaly , a ' . barrister ; upoh . his child ; described as Edward Hydef . Tbe- defendant pleaded'MNot Guilty . " ' Mr . Crowder- said , ' he : api peared cas counsel _ on behalf of . tho . prosecution ; which bad been instituted by the guardians of the West London Union against Edward Keneaiy ,. who was charged with an aggravated assault ; . upon ' . ia boy of the age' of ' six ' years ahd who , it appeared , was the natural child of the defendant . The defendant said that the ! child waS excessively

      obstinate , and ; addicted to tolling lies , and that , it was necessary , for hiihjto . receive bhastisement . But it would bo for the jury to say whether excessive punishhic ' nt had not been inflicted , or whether the child was onl / puriished with ordinary chastisement , —fitnesses were ' called who deposed to the finding the ) phild on -the , 13 th ; of . February last in Skinner : street , Snow-hill , ^ cpvered ( . with stripes and bruises . —Stephen ' John ' Birfc examined : 1 ani :, '»'' enrgeon . I saw the child , bii the 14 th of February ,. the-day after'it ' was foiihdi' I found a mark On . his throat from ear toea r . . The backipart ofthe- neck : was soarcelyiniarked . . There , was no mark on the -back part ofjj the neok On the front part of . thethroat the ! skiii had been rembved , apparentlyhy pressure , by i a cbrd , '

      Other portions were undergoing suppuration . v The suppuration ! . had been produced , ' by pressure and struggle with the child . .. Inflammation bad , ensued beforesypRuratibncoiild take place . ! . The suppiiratioh was oh theTpart / of the , throat where ' . 'the ; skin was removedi " ' The' whole of the back , from the shoulders to the posteriors , was covered more " or less [ with ' bruises produced , by a rod . or a cane . They , were , pf a different . colour . where near the bone . Thb marks ' mightali Jjavebeen inflicted at the same time ' . ' From ttie ' posteriors down . to the ankles , there were ' marks . which Showed evidence' of the sanie castigation ,: I should say great violence must have been . > . usedv , ' From . the shoulders , down to the : handsibere . was evidence of the : same treatment

      previously . It might have heen . done , by . a . rpd or cane . ''^^ 'Acbmnionbirchr'dd would riot produce such marks . —The '' evidehee bf Edward Hyde ; as given before' 'thd ' ma gistrates , having been put 'in and read , 'he-was . produced ; 'and having repeated the Lord ' s Prayer . : and answered , several questionsput to him by , Lord . Campbelli was sworn . Ho . said : I recollect the da y-1 was ' found in the street . Before LwHsfound in the streetIlivVd with Mr . ' Keneaiy ; I usedtb sleep along with him . ' I was beaten byhim before I wenti into the street . - 'That , is the cane I had in ; my hand ; when I . was found-in the street . Hejbeat ; me for -not learning my lesson . I had my clothes off , all , of thein . . ' My ' , ' shirt was on . I was itf the little room where I sleep , 'I ; was not tied .

      my : heck was 'hurt ; - Mr . Keneaiy put a rope round ' myineck / Mr . Keneaiy was catching hold of the other ; end of'the rope . . It hurt me because it squeezed .. I . did not try to get away . Jt hurt me rouhd ^ hy heck . ' ¦ He flogged me . The flogging was allat ohce ^ I went to bed af ter I was flogged ; ' It was nightr T dressed myself to light tbe fire . ' I iwehtout afterithatby myself and ' went to play ; . I went home after I had been playing . I remember when ! was found , in the street . 'He did- not catch hold of iny hand . . 1 went but by myself .. I went to the left ' . " I went far " before'the peopleCame round me . He told nie to go out to Highgate ' all aloheACross ^ examined : Mr . * Keneaiy told 'me to wait at ' the . corner of tbe building . ' andfhe . wbuld

      take me a walk toHighgate . I went , and instead of waiting lost myself . , 1 was hotfrightenedwheh I found I had lostmy ' way . I was riot frightened when the' people arid'police camorourid me . MrVKenealy oftdn took me for a walk , sometimes to Higbgate , and sometimes '' into St . James ' -parkto feed the ducks . He taught me to spell and read and to say my prayers .: He bought ine playthings and-books with p ictures in them . ' . I sometimes told him ' lie s . ' He ! was very ' angry with me' when I told Hirii . lies , arid , told' me 'I' should always tell the truth ; and when I -told ' the ' 'truth he was always kind to me . He' always , told me to . be a good fine boy , and 1 would , make a good honest man , and that it was very ; wicked to tell lies ' . "When the weather was

      good he sent nie out into the square'to play ; and when it was bad he kept irie at home and gave ' me things to play with . - He told me little stories and taught me little songs . I was with him some hours e ' very ^ ay ^ andslept'injhis bed every night . I remember : hisbririgiug me oyer from " Ireland , * I had not then learned to read , ' and had not learned my prayers ^ 'He'b egan to teach meto ' read as soon as I came to London . 'Ho kissed me every day . " When he told me not to tell lies I promised that I never would any more . ; He would then , take me in his arms and kiss me . , He was angry when I told lies , and was olways'kind when I spoke the tr ' uth . ^ Reexamined . —I read to Mr . Keneaiy . I was riot reading . to Mr . ' Keneaiy the night whenhe beat me . Hebeat me for not knowing my lesson . —By Lord Campbell . —I had not forgotten , the beating . I bad not been , telling many lies that night I forgot what ] I had done to riiake him angry . I cried . much when I ' was beaten ^ MrV "ffhateley addressed the

      jury , and Lord Campbell having summed' up the evidence / after ; a few minutes consideration the jury gave a verdict of " Guilty" on the second count , which charged a common assualt . ' LANKFonn v . Wiison . — . This action was brought by ' , the . plaintiff to , reepver damages sustained throughVthe negligencq 0 f the driver of one ofthe defendant ' s' - omnibuses ^ which was brie of the Favourite line . ' The injury ; was inflicted near the Holloway-gate on tbe gth of January last , under the following circumstances .: —The omnibus was on its way to town , and came , into collision with the plaintiff ' s chaise cart , at a point of the road where it was partially . blocked upi with ; ' a number of brick carts . The plaintiff was thrown out by the shock , and had his : arm broken . ' Tho question was . who was in fault—the plaintiff or the driver . — "Witnesses were called , on both , sides , after , which the . jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages , ' £ 7 & '; ' BVANS V . ' WAVLETT .. '

      Mahcious Prosecution . —Mr . Chambers stated that this was an action for a malicious prosecution . The plaintiff was an omnibus conductor , in the service of the Richmond and Sunbury Omnibus Company . The defendant was a silversmith in / Oxfordstreet . A robbery had been committed on . the defendant in '! the following manner : —A man , ' subser aiiently discovered to be named Rolls , came to the defendant ' s shop ; and ,, opening the door , asked him to step out , and pointed out to him in ; the window a bracelet , the price bf which Rolls asked , and , after a few words of conversation , went away . The defendant was then about to . enter bis shop when he found a man there , who likewise made some inquiry about articles in the shop , arid then

      went away . The defendant afterwards found that his till had been robbed , and that a drawer , which had contained more than twenty sovereigns , had been opened and its contents carried off . Rolls was discovered , and taken into custody . On the 27 th of October he was examined before Mr . Broderip , when the plaintiff , being at that time present in custody . ' on another : charge , he was sworn to by the defendant as the riian who was found in the shop on the defendant re-entering it after his . conversation with'Rolls . The defendant thereupon made the-charge in a formal manner , and the plaintiff was remanded . On the 31 st of October the plaintiff " was brought up for re-examination . He then offered evidence , to show that he was not the

      person , and could not have been present . at the robbery , for that at the time of its being committed he was doing his business as an omnibus conductor many mile ' s from Oxford : stroct . The magistrate , according to a bad practice at police-courts ; refused to , receive this evidence , on the ground that . it was not his duty to try the case ; and so committed the plaintiff for trial . ' , The plaintiff was tried at the Central Criminal Court , and was acquitted . These were the facts of the case ; and tho plaintiff now soug ht for damages'for this charge , in order that bo might re-establish hisleharaoter , which had been

      thus unjustly made the subject of so serious an imputation . — Witnesses were , called to make out this case , ' iihd 'the " a * $ > . was' distinctly proved . — Lord Campbell said that the simple question here was , whether the defendant had beenaotuated by malicious motives ; for , if he had acted sincerely throughout , a mere mistake in such a case as this was a misfortune for which the law gave no redress to the party who was thereby injured . His lordship then went through the , evidence , leaving it to the jury to say whether , the defendant ' s conduct had proceeded from , malico-or , onl y from error . —The jury returned a verdict for tho defendant .

      ! EVANS V . WttCOX AND WALKER . . j This was an action brought by the same plaintiff against the persons who had first given him into custody . The charge , hero , was that of stealing a gold watch , In company with Rolls . The same evidence was given as in the former case , establishing m a distinct manner that the plaintiff could not have been present at the-place at which the robbery was committed . -Lord Campbell told the jury that the only question was as to the amount of the damages , and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , ' damages £ 25 . r-: •; ¦ ;

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      , MABRITT V ! OANNi . False Imprisonment . —The plaintiff is a dealer in stale bread , , living . in ' ¦ W ontwovth-street ,- White-, chapplj . arid keeps ; a stall in , ; Petticbat-lano . . The lefendant . 'is a beervshopkeeper in Lower , Claptonplace , ; inthe same vicinity . ' On Saturday , the 20 th of . Octoberlast the plaintiff , who frequently dealt in suchthings , 'bought- a ' goose of a ; person , . named iWaU ' aVe forj 4 ' s .,-and soldiit again to a personnamed iD ^ dscigfbr 4 s . j 6 d , i . iQn the same day the defendant ' lost ' a g ' oosV arid having , ascertained that a man ,. ai ) 3 werlng tho description o ^ . thepiairitiff , had been

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      een going along thoHaokney-road , with a n ^ a-, barrow , ; sent . fort ^ policerdonstable , Clark $ If , and went with . ihim ^ in search of the o ^ Havirig -foiind but that Dadsori had bought a „ e ' of the plaintiff , they' went to the plaintiffs j , ! ^ arid asked him if be had sold one to Dadson ¦ $ > plaintiff replied he had , and the policeman « > s ? . ' . Tbat . gobse has been stolen , and you must ' aider yourself in custody . " . The plaintiff then 25 " " - I bought , the goose of a man named Wallace J here is ' his card , ? arid produced to them a cm * which was ' irikribed "Mr . Wallace , Patriot ? Cambridge-roadj Bcthhal-green , " but thevna ' theless took him into custody , and went with v to ; the Hackney , station , where the nolioo ni charged him with stealing the goose , . aBd ffS ? fendantsigned tho charge-sheet . They then it him in the celland went

      , to ' the house of $ Wallace , who is a wholesale dealer in them , L ^ ' used by bootmakers , and . has lived in Bethel ! ' for thirty years . , They got . there SKfc o ' clockat night , and , according to Mr Will , e ? statement , the policeman , who was in olain 2 asked him if hcliad sold fe pl ^ JKfe Wallace , who did not recollect the plaintiff ' « , r ' said "No . " The policeman said , "Tam ' ^ man . Do you . mean to , say you have not 2 ** gooso o , a baker , to-day ? " % . WalSe theft ? he ; had doneso . The noUceman thereupon tS a ^ stickhe heldin his hand in a tKSffi manner , and said , with an oath , he had » „ & mind to look him up , and that if he had J \ one . man . ho would do so . He meated he I § ot great mind to do it as it was , anBS Z . T conversation , during which ltf ^ ffiB ulc

      the stick mamflnaninfrn >! inn „ w l . ... " li'HBeQ the stick ih a menacing manner hofnM w , wY e d to bo ^ at Worship-street , al ^ elvin S ? Monday mornin / Mlv VaIIac 7 ? tf ^ S be ; there , to . which the policeman rep ied , "IlS if you , are , not there , I'll have i JZL ^ V an aPP ^ eml you . " ' Tiey then hPfftaff and Mr . Wallace went to tho plaintiffs h 5 and found his wife and children In great disffi Hethen went with Mrs . Harriet in a cab tott police-station ,, and stated to the officer on dutv tw he had bought the gooso of a hawker , and had sold it to . the . . plaintiff ; but tbe officer said he could S release his prisoner , and they were obliged to return homel and ieaye him m custody . Thl next morn , ing ,-being Sunday , ; they went again tothe imlioo

      station ,- and there met the defendant . Mr . Wallace repeated his . statement ,: and then the defendant said "He looks more like the man , " . and cave him inti custody .. Mr . Wallace . said ,. " . Why , I never was takerifor ' a thief before . I have been a house , keeper for thirty years , and I bought the goose yes . terday in my open shop ; " Notwithstanding this they took him into custody ; searched him , and took from bimall hehad in his pockets , and then locked him up in a . small cell , ' without a chair or bed the whole of that day and the , night following , and let the plaintiff out on bail . The next morning Mr . Wallace was marched ' With others to the police ' - coiirt , where plaintiff diily surrendered , and flavin ?

      oeen kept there while other cases were disposed of , until between four and five in the afternoon , they were brought before Mr . Hammill , the magistrate . That gentleman , having heard the case on both sides , immediately discharged the plaintiff and Mr Wallace , ' observing that "there was not the slightest pretence for charging them with a felony , that he was perfectly satisfied with the explana . tions theyihad given , and . the more so , as he under , stood from ; some officers of his court that they knew them both perfectly well . " On the other hand the policeman , who was called for the defence and gave bis evidence in :. a very . rough manner

      swore that when he first asked tbe plaintiff if he had sold a goose , he made no answer ; but be admitted that before they bad left the house the plain , tiff , told him that . be bad ; that he had bought it of a man in Bethnai-greeri , and that he showed him the card j Mr . Wallace had given him . He also swore that when he first . asked Mr . Wallace if hehad sold a goose , Mr . ' "Wallace said " No , he had not had such a thingin his possession ; " that when told what the defendant had said about it , he said , "He could not tbinkwho the fellow could be that could tell such a lie ; " that when the card was shown him , he said , " He , would take his oath it was not

      his writing ; but on being further told the man lived in "Wentworth-street ,. and kept a barrow , that he replied ,, " Oh , yes , I did sell him a goose . " All this , however , Mr . Wallace denied positively . —The defendant addressed the jury . on his own behalf , contending that ho bad reasonable grounds of sus . piciori . against the plaintiff and Mr ; . Wallace , and urging upon them that the action was a speculative one on the part of , a Jew attorney , and that it would be useles to find a verdict against him , as , if they did so , he should be obliged to pass through the adjoining building , meaning the Bankruptcy Court . —The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      Terrible Catastrophe. The Following Acco...

      TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE . The following account of the terrible catastrophe which occurred at Algiers on the 4 th of May is given in a letter to the Constitutional : — " We write these lines under the influence of the most painful emotion , and Our readers will forgive us if we relate simply and without elaboration the fearful accident which we have witnessed , and to which several of our citizens have just fallen victims . "It was announced that this day , at nine o ' clock , MM . Barthelon and Duissard , contractors for the conveyance bfniaterials for the corps of Engineers and the hydraulic works , would spring a mine in the quarry of Bab-eliDued , charged with 4 , 000 kilogrammes of ; powder . It is easy to understand

      with what eagerness so attractive an invitation was responded to . Early in the morning a numerous crowd was seen proceeding in the direction of the engineers' quarry , and we do not believe that we exaggerate in estimating at- 5 , 000 . the number , of persons which crowned the ' surrounding heights . An experiment bf the same kind had already been made inthe month , of December last , and , as it had completely succeeded , a' great number of ladies , attracted by tbedesiretb witness a spectacle of magnificence of which they had heard vaunted , did not hesitate to join the crowd of sight-seers . Several mothers even—so great was the feeling of securityhad brought their children with them . These groups , ranged one above another from tbe bottom ofthe

      ravine Up to the Targarnis , formed a most animated and picturesque scene , and the sun , which shone on them , seemed to beam forth promises of enjoyment for this festive day , which was destined in a few minutes to become a day of mourning . At a quarter past nine a loud report announced thatthe fusee had been ignited . Twenty minutes were required to elapse before the fire reached the two excavations , in one of which wore placed 2 , 500 kilogrammes of powder , and . in the other 1 , 500 . When the fire had gained the first gallery twenty-one salutes were fired in celebration of the anniversary of the Republic . A few minutes after an explosion took place in the interior of the mountain , a thick smoke enveloped the qulrry , and a volley of stmes

      and large blocks of rocks was hurled in the direction of the city with prodigious force and to incredible distances . ' Persons standing at a distance of mote than 800 metres from the quarry were struck , and we are informed that the substances projected reached not only as far as the New Prison , but even to the terraces of the Casbah quarter . "We shall not attempt to describe the frightful spectacle which presented itself shortly after the ; explosion . As tho crowd was scattered over a large space , and occupied various . pointsata distance from each other , it was impossible to perceive at once the extent of the disaster , and only by going from group to group could an idea of the number of victims be formed , " We shall not seek to exaggeratenor understate

      , their number , arid pur readers will find below a list , which is unfortunately but too correct . . —Eight persons killed ,-several wounded so badly as to leave little hope of recovery , anda large number bjured more or less severely ; such is the sad result ot this unhappy day . Among the deaths we have to record that of M . Jourdan , Juge destruction at the Tribunal of Algiers , ' who was struck by a projectile near the old Christian cemetery , at a distance of more than 600 metres . —Considerable anxiety exists on the ; part of the public with respect to the cause of this sad event , and the strangest rumours are afloat , Not

      being competent to pronounce any opinion on this point , we judge it more prudent to await the result of tho inquiry , which is appointed to be made forthwith . It would be unjust to visit the contractors with the responsibility of this accident , they having given the necessary admonitions tothe public , and taken measures to-insure the least dangerous positions being taken ; nor are the police to be accused of neg ligence , as every pains was taken to point out the danger with which it was attended . —The list of dead and wounded contains the naines of six persons dead , and mention 3 two whose names have not been ascertained . The number of wounded amounts to twenty-nine . "

      British College Of Health, ' ¦ ' New-Uoa...

      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , ' ¦ ' New-uoad , ; London . ' to the financial "Social reformers throughout great britain . ; FBLLOW-CoUNTRTMEiYj- ^ -prove , as most easily you can , how the doctors havpipr ages cheated tho people on the question . pi . their health , and all the vcfornw that you demand must'follow , dncl that , ioo , iuq > M ? succession . ; Thedishbnesty . of the medical body can bo most easily established . We are , Fellow-Countrymen , Yours in tho cause oi Salutary Reforms , Tun , Members ., of hie Bamsii CoiLEct . April 11 th , 1850 ' . " " . """ . " of H eahh-

      ! Dnoiimbd Out.—On" Tuesday Twb'privates...

      ! DnoiiMBD Out . —On" Tuesday twb ' privates of -ho battalion of Coldstream . Guards ' stationed at w j George ' s 'Barracks ; ' Oharihg-cross' were drunime Out of tho corps with the usual formalities ^ ©! - *' ' ' "Rpgue ' s ^ arcliJ' & c . ;; Tho offence' for which tn » punishment was inflicted did riot transput

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18051850/page/6/