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Thb Lawshau. Mubdbb.—CbNFES8i0i».»-The execution of George Carat, for tbe murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge, at Lawsball , near Bury St. Edmunds, on the 20th of January last, is fixed to take place on Tuesday, tbe 22nd inst., at Bury St. Edmunds. Since the conviction of the prisoner, he has become resigned to his approaching fate, and although he has made no written confession, he has admitted to the authorities of the gaol tbat, after the deceased left the Harrow public-house on the day in question, for tbe purpose of returning borne to her parents' farm, that he followed her, and overtook her near the spot where the body was afterwards found; that he again renewed his suit, and that the
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Health of Loxdov durikg the Week . —The official report says : —In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in London were l . UAJ . Henceit appears that thepnblichealtb , which showed much improvement in the previous week , continues in a favourable state , as contrasted with the great amount of sickness that prevailed m March ; but a comparison of the present return with those of ten correspondingweeks in I & 1-50 , proves that themortality , which is always greater than m many parts of England , is still high for London at this period of the year . In the corresponding weeks the deaths in the metropolis rose only in three instances above 906 , while the average is 91 S , and thongh raised in the
ratio of probable increase of population , do ? s not exceed 1 , 001 . The deaths in thepresentreturn exhibit an increase of 41 , on tbe corrected average . Last week intemperance was fatal to a man , and destitution and exposure to cold , accompanied with intemperance , to a woman . The births of 779 boys , and 757 girls , in all 1 , 536 children , were registered in the week , Iu the six corresponding weeks of lSiooO , the average number was 1 , 325- At the Royal Observatory , Greeo . wich . ihe mean height of the barometer was 29 'S 3 S . The temperature was low throughout the week , aud themean on each day was less than the average of the same day in ten years . Thisdecrease , taking one day with another , was about v degrees . The mean tem perature of the week was 4 . 0-3 deg . The wind was generally north or north-east .
FBlGfliFUL Accunatt at Her Majesty sTWtbe . —On Saturday last an accident of a frightful , if not fatal , character , occurred on the stage ofher Majesty ' s Theatre , Haymarket , to a young man named Samuel Denwell , aged twenty-seven . The unfortunate fellow is by trade a firework-maker , and was employed , with his father , at the house in the management of the pyrotechnic department . It seems that it was the duty of Denwell . in the third act of the opera of " IdasanieHo , " to fire off some guns on the stage behind the scenes , and whilst so engaged one of them rebounded and discharged its contents in bis left leg , the lower part of which was completely shattered to pieces , with all the bones of the foot . At the timeof thecatastrophethe performances were "witnessed by her most gracious Majesty the Queen ,
with several of the royal family , and a crowded audience , but the accident happening behind the scenery the fact was not made known to the company , which could only have had tbe effect of throwing an unnecessary gloom upon the evening ' s entertainment . Although some little confusion was the consequence of the accident , the unfortunate man was quickly removed to Charing-cross Hospital . He was immediately seen by Mr . H- B . Lingbara , the house surgeon , who , finding that the process of amputation of the leg was necessary , despatched a messenger for ISr . Hancock and Mr . Avery , the two pincipal surgeons of the institution . Upon their arrival the operation was performed without delay . Mr . Lingbara states that the right leg is also much injured , but it Is considered that amputation in that case will be
avoided . _ . ExtBAOBDiifART lysenjORDixATioN is JIabtmsboke WonsHorsa . —On Saturday last , at a meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St . Marylebone ( Mr . Davis in the chair ) , a charge of robberv was preferred by a nurse , named Ross , against two of the able-bedied inmates , of being m possession of a handkerchief belonging to her , aad which she believed hsd been abstracted from her bos . The parties charged were Briggs and Dance , two notorious characters . Brings declared that he bought the handkerchief of Dance , aud the latter declared that he found it in his perambulations over the house , to collect bits of bread . An inquiry of the master ensued as to how it was that these vagabonds had the range of the whole house . He explained that it could not be prevented , as the able-bodied vagabonds had fcroken down the door of the department where they were confined , anaburntit , andDancahadonly come
out of prison a few days ago for the offence . Mr . NorthaU Laurie suggested that it was necessary to have efficient paid officers , a kind of internal police , to keep these vagabonds in check , aud upon his motion it was referred to the master to report as to the amount of assistance he required for such a purpose . "William Cheesman , the young man of whom it will be recollected snch sympathy was created in the affair of the late secretary , on account of the charge and his acquittal at the Old Bailey , was brought before the board , on a charge of Mr . Poland , a member of the board , with being found by him in the clerk ' s office , so drunk that he could not walk straight , and Mr . "Vlalls , the new clerk , said he had been intoxicated two or three times since he had held the office , and he would not give 5 s . a week for him . On the motion of Sir James Hamilton , Cheesman was discharged from his office of clerk to the secretary forthwith . After some ordinary business the board
separated . DssiHucnosor a Warehouse ijt •* " » *« :. — Between four and five on Monto afternoon a fire , supposed to be occasio n . » * spontaneous combusts Jj , *»«>« . v _ i « - iuepremises in the occupation of Mr . Puncheon , marine stores and paper warehouse , situate in Bread-street Hid , Upper Thanies-street , City . The building was very lofty , with considerable frontage , and contained at the time a vast collection of miscellaneous goods . Tbe existence of fire in the warehouse was first evidenced by the issuing of smoke from one of the windows , on the third storey . There were three females at work on the floor above , and it appears they were unconscious of their fearful position until thecrieaof " fire ! " inthestreet , attracted
their attention , and on attempting to descend the staircase to reach the street , discovered , to their utter amazement , that the place below was in flames , and already had the staircase ignited . Two of the females had the presence of mind to jump dowa the burning stair ?; and gained the warehouse door to thestreetia safety . The other female rushed to the uppermost storey of the building , imagining she would find some means of escape to the roof of the adjacent building , but there was none , and presenting herself at the loop bole , screamed for assistance . Her situation became appalling , the flames wereburstiagforthfrom . the windows beneath , and her destruction seemed inevitable ; suddenly , however , she sprung to a rope hanging from a crane alongside the loop-hole , and
Succeeded in grasping it with both bands . Fortunately the end of the rope reached to within a few feet of the carriage way below . After hanging a few seconds , she let tbe rope slip through her hands , and to the delight and cheers of thebystauders assembled she gradnaHy glided down to the bottom , where some den caught her . The poor thing was much terrified , Bad ber bands were sadly lacerated , but with this exception she escyjedwithoutinjury . Forthreehours the fire raged tremendously , creating an immense cloud of smoke which enveloped the western portion Of the city . At an early stage the engines arrived , snd the flames were extinguished , but at the sacrifice ) Of the premises wherein the fire commenced . The warehouse and its contents were insured ia the
Imperial and Sun fire-offices . Ths Mohdkb at Chelsea . —The inquest on Caro line Jewel , adjourned for the production of the woman who it was stated on the last occasion was geen escaping from the house where the deceased met her death , was resumed on Monday before Mr . "Wakley , MJP . This witness wag now produced . She is about forty-five years of age , and gave her name Susannah Blauchfield . She said—Having left my situation as a servant on Saturday after noon , and finding that the person with whom I fenerall y lodged was out , not wishing to be up late , thoug ht I would procure a bed for the night , and applied to the woman . Connell , who was sitting with a stall or basket before her , in Queen '
s-bnildings , Brompton , to ascertain whether she oenld direct me to any decent widow woman with whom I could lodge for the night . ' Mrs . Connell then galled the deceased , who was standing near her , and told ber to take me home and make me comfortable , at the same time saying ; "Tou know She can sleep with you very well . " I went with her to Connell * s room , where nothing occurred until about half-past eleven , when I laid down upon" the bed with my clothes on , and was half asleep , when I felt some hand upon me , and upon looking up , I saw the man Connell standiag over me , who said if I made the least noise , or resisted , he would kill me . He held his left hand over my head , while with the right be robbed my pocket of a purse contimme half-a-sovereign and five shillings in silver .
Almost before I could recover myself the woman Connell entered the room . She began to swear and call me all manner of bad names , and struck me . The deceased was standing on the door-way , and the man Connell got half in the passage in a MiitiOfl , as I believe , to prevent mj giving any atom . The woman Ckmnell then seuwd Mrs . Jewel by the hair of tilt bead , knocked ber backwards and forwards esougb to kill two or three people , and didjurtM she liked with her ; she also drove her knees into her stomach . She knocked ber backwards and forwards against tbe door post , and when she had done she took her up in horaxoa and smashed ber down on the ground , and th * back paw of her head made a great noise by striking the floor . She f « ll first on her head . She never moved after thrown down at my feet . I oarer saw any ¦ nnl ^ J i i ax . , j t . : j , _ - _ - _ i . ~ AH nuaut
_ ^ jiHr . ' ' « . Que bits wrvea acr m mo ««» mvWiout any hn pUment , and I was beaten most cruelly by her . Iscreamed repeatedly and loudly for Mme mmutes , and as soon as Connell heard footsteps upon tha stairs he cammenesd beatine his e ^ wife , Ml « mHdwto dectiTe those who were S ^ £ ;„ T ! S ?! l ! J !*! - ?» BOed * ° » forward from t « mg an aocoantm the newspaper . Witnew ¦ awnoreasonforMrs . totmeUattE g ^ eSased Defeased wwgone out when Connell robtedme tot came . in behind Mrs . ConneU immediately after . —After the reception of this evidenceT the BMcestwas adjourned *
AiABunte Sawn Aoctomt . —On Tuwday afar , noon , between four and five o ' clock , a large portiou of the branch sewer in course of construction in J & Tmfrgarfens , Westnuaster-bridge-road , fell in , burying three of the labourer * . The sewer was being constructed by sinking shaft * twelve feet in detpin , aaJ tunnelling tbe intervening spaces , the
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soil being of a loose gravelly nature . Three of the men were at work in the shaf t between Nos . 49 and 50 , Mount-street , when the earth not being properly shored up , fell in upon them . As soon as the alarm had subsided , the labourers set to work to extricate their companions , when a second fall of earth took place ; fortunately a small aperture was left , through which the men could breathe and their voices be heard . Brandy and other refreshments were handed to them by the same means . After threa hours' labour two were extricated insensible , but still alive ; and about nine o ' clock the third was got out . They were all taken to Westminster Hospital , their limbs and bodies being much crushed .
Grave Chabgb against the Master of St . Pancras Workhouse . —On Tuesday ni ght a special meeting of tbe board of directors of the poor of tha parish of St . Pancras was held iu the board-room , at Camden Town , for the purpose of investi gating a charge preferred against the master of the workhouse , Mr . Baton , of baring taken criminalliberties with Eliza Smith , an inmate of the workhouse , aged sixteen . John Donald Fraser presided . —Elia Smith stated that she had been in servicef £ Bnmp . stead down to the latter end of January last , when she left her situation to return to the workhouse . On the Thursday after her return Mr . Eaton , the master , accompanied her to Hampstead to get her money , and having been there he left her at the
house of Mr . Elliott , a relieving officer of Hampstead , whilst he went with Mr . Elliott , sho believed , to the Hampstead workhouse . She states that when he returned she left Hampstead with Mr . Eaton by the omnibus , and it was not quite dark , about dusk , and after getting out of tbe omnibus the master put her into a cab , and took her through a good many streets and into a house , the door of which was open , and upstairs into a room in which there was a bed and & so & . A girl brought up a light , and asked if she had been there before and tlie master said , " Yes , she is older than she looks . " The witness then described the subsequent conduct ofthoimster , and gave the details of an improper intimacy . He threatened to punish her if sho mads
any disturbance , and gave her money when they came away . She believed she must have been at the house about an hour . The master then put her into a cab and got out before coming to the workhouse . The statement was read over to the g irl , and she declared it was correct . —Mr . Elliott , the relieving officer of Hampstead , stated positively that it was as late as twenty minutes or a quarter to eight o ' clock before Mr . Eaton and the girl left Hampstead by the omnibus ; and Lamb , the workhouse gate porter , as well as several of the inmates and nurses , proved that both the master and the girl were in tho workhouse before half-past eight in the evening of the alleged occurrence . —Another charge was preferred against the master by a
witness named Ellen Ripley , alias Mason , of his making appointments to meet her , but which was neither credited nor substantiated . —Mr . Prendergast , a guardian , stated that he had seen the master of the Hampstead workhouse , who entirely corroborated the statement made by Mr . Elliott as to the time of the roaster and the girl leaving Hampstead . —Mr . Eaton , in his defence , appealed to the fact of the time he was proved to have left Hampstead , and the time he was also proved , to have reached the workhouse as a complete answer to the charge , the whole of which he flatly and emphatically denied . —The evidence having terminated , after a long discussion amongst the board it was ultimately resolved to send the case for adjudication before tbe magistrates of Clerkenwell police-court
, that the Vestry Clerk be ordered to prosecute , and that Mr . Ballantine be engaged for such prosecution . The board did not break up till a Inte hour . Driving or Cattle through the Streets . —On Tuesday a deputation , consisting of Mr . Masterman , M . P ., Sir James Dnke , M . P ., Mr . H . L . Taylor , ( chairman of the Markets Improvement Committee , ) Messrs . R . Taylor , F . R . S ., Hicks ( deputy ) , T . H . Hall , John Dixon , and Dafcin , attended by Jlr . Tyrrell , the City Remembrancer , waited upon Sir George Grey , Bart ., M . P ., at the Home Office . The city bill with reference to Smithfield market being lost for the present session of Parliament , the object of the deputation was to ascertain whether the government would aid in effecting one of the
objects embraced iu that bill , by repealing during the present session a statute which keeps the market open until three o clock in the afternoon , thus mitigating the inconvenience ofcattle-drivingintbe city during the hours when the streets are crowded . State Owning or- thb Exhibition . —We are enabled to state , upon authority , that her Majesty has been pleased to express her royal intention r personally opening the Grand ExhibiHo » i" state . Orders for the ceremonial ha ™ already been issued to the different dew *""*^ - —^^ Army Despatch . **»< i a « i :, ft . i-ATjON OF 'J . K 0 QFS IN THK VlCINIIY of tbe Metsopoi , is . —The strength of the cavalry force in the neighbourhood of London will soon be increased . The 4 th , Queen ' s Own Light Dragoons , and the Ifth Lancers , are about to embark for England ; the former will be stationed at Woolwich , Vie latter at Windsor . The Horse Artillerv will be
moved nearer the metropolis during tbe Grand Exhibition , but it is not known wbere they will be quartered . Further changes ate in contemplation . PROSECUTIONS FOR TUB AuULTERATlOX OF BEER . — At tha Court of Inland Revenue , on Wednesday , Edward Simmons Feisb , proprietor of the Welsh Harp , Aylesbury-street , Clerkenwell , John Wale , a licensed victualler of U pper Ground-street , Blackfriars , Richard Crossmayer , of the Three Colts , Three Colts-street , Liraehouse , Jobn Folkard , of the Blue Posts , Commercial-road East , George Jennings , of the Turnpike House , Stamford-hill . Stoke Newington , Charles Frederick Schrann , of the Ben Johnson , Great Wilde-street , Lincoln ' s-innfieWs , and John Clark , of the Three Colts , Cambridge-road , Mile-end , were each fined in the sum of £ 200 for adulterating their beer with a deleter ! , oas compositioa prepared for the purpose .
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Thb Lawshau. Mubdbb.—Cbnfes8i0i».»-The Execution Of George Carat, For Tbe Murder Of Elizabeth Bainbridge, At Lawsball , Near Bury St. Edmunds, On The 20th Of January Last, Is Fixed To Take Place On Tuesday, Tbe 22nd Inst., At Bury St. Edmunds. Since The Conviction Of The Prisoner, He Has Become Resigned To His Approaching Fate, And Although He Has Made No Written Confession, He Has Admitted To The Authorities Of The Gaol Tbat, After The Deceased Left The Harrow Public-House On The Day In Question, For Tbe Purpose Of Returning Borne To Her Parents' Farm, That He Followed Her, And Overtook Her Near The Spot Where The Body Was Afterwards Found; That He Again Renewed His Suit, And That The
Thb Lawshau . Mubdbb . —CbNFES 8 i 0 i » . » -The execution of George Carat , for tbe murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge , at Lawsball , near Bury St . Edmunds , on the 20 th of January last , is fixed to take place on Tuesday , tbe 22 nd inst ., at Bury St . Edmunds . Since the conviction of the prisoner , he has become resigned to his approaching fate , and although he has made no written confession , he has admitted to the authorities of the gaol tbat , after the deceased left the Harrow public-house on the day in question , for tbe purpose of returning borne to her parents' farm , that he followed her , and overtook her near the spot where the body was afterwards found ; that he again renewed his suit , and that the
deceased , a married woman , positively refused to have anything to do with him . An altercation ensued atthe stile , about half a furlong from the pond , and having succeeded in overpowering his victim , he afterwards dragged her senseless to the pond , and threw her into it . He has acknowledged the correctness of the evidence upon which he was convicted , bat says that the murder was unpremeditated , and done in a state of fremy . The prisoner had his farewell interview with bis friends on Friday . In parting with them be desired them not to fret for him , as he was going to a better world , and that be knew the Lord would forgive bun the sins of which be had been guilty . The Farunr Gang . —Samuel Harwood and James
Hamilton , the approver iu the UcBfield burglary -were on Saturday last again examined before the magistrates at Horsham . Mrs . H . Stoner , whose house at Kidford , in Esses , was broken open on tbe night of the 8 th of Jane last , gave her evidence as to the manner of the burglary , from which it appeared tbat ber bedroom door was bunt open about two o ' clock ia the morning , aud five men entered , two of whom were armed with pistols , and another with a chisel . She jumped out of bed and ran into another room , when tbey seized upon her and made her give them , a pocket , containing her money , and they then left the bouse . Mr . W . Biddlescombe , chief superintendent of the Surrey constabulary , requested an adjournment of the case , in consequence
of a communication he had received that morning , tbat Jobn Isaacs had been apprehended at Frome , in Somersetshire , whom he believed to have been concerned in the Kidford burglary , and also in the Uckficld burglary . If a remand were granted , ho should be able to place Isaacs in tbe dock with tbe other prisoners . The statement of Hamilton was then read , which fully corroborated the evidence of Mrs . H . Stoner , and disclosed the evil doings of himself and bis associates . The case was ultimately adjourned till tht 21 st inst . It is supposed some extraordinary disclosures will be made at the next hearing . The man Isaacs is one of the eight men who entered the bouse of the Hisses Famcomb , and it is stated that be wu also one of . the gang concemedin tbe Frimlev murder .
Tmi Cisb o ? Pobonmo at Mabch . —We gave last week the leading features of a singular case of poinning which occurred at March , on Tuesday , the 8 th instant , in which three servant girls conspired together to put an end to tbtir existence by taking laudanum . On Saturday last the adjourned inquest was holden before Mr . Pratt , at the Griffin Inn , at ten o'clock . Several witnesses were examined . The i arriving giri *» Archer and Roberts , were present during the inquiry . Sarah Lovett , wife of John Lovett , labourer , said ahe heard on Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , tbat two girls were lying dead
at William Powell s . Went there , and saw Roberts lying on tbe floor . Saw Archer also on the floor , insensible . Efforts were made to restore sensibility . Witness led Roberta about , and ' she became sengihle to iijonfelitbTaa hour , undasked for " Martha , " meaning deceased . In the course of the morning , about four o ' clock , when she got calm , she said they all three agreed to go away together , and each got four pennyworth of laudanum . Two of them took twelve spoonfuls , and "Martha "' took ten . Deceased was brought into Bowel ' s house about ten at night ; she was not quite dead at that time , but she died in a very few minutes after her awival . Dr .
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Letheby , who made a post-mortem examination of the body of deceased , deposed that her death was occasioned by opium . The coroner cautioned the two girls in the usual way , and told them they were at liberty to make any statement , which might , however , be used against them hereafter , to the prejudice of their lives or liberty . Archer said the reason why she tool the laudanum was that she did not like to be laughed and scorned at iu the streets . Roberts had nothing to say , except that she and deceased were ' partners , " and she loved her so that she thought she would like to die with her . The eoroner explained to the jury that if anyoneencourased another to commit suicide , the neraon so
encour aging was in the eye of the law guilty of murder . Ho left the jury to s & y whether deceased was in a sound state of mind when she took tbe laudanum ; and whether the others were aiding aud abetting , and encouraging each other to commit suicide , being then in a sound state of mind , in which case the law held them to be guilty of murder . The jury , after a consultation of about half an hour , returned a verdict of felo-de-se in the case of Mary Ann Sutton , and of aiding and abetting in the crime of murder in the cases of Sarah Archer and Sarah Ann Roberts . The two prisoners were subsequently committed to Cambridge on a charge of wilful murder .
As IscosmoiBLB Housebreaker . —A man who had earned the title from the police of being " a first-rate cracksman , " was tried hat week at the Manchester Sessions , and transported for ten years . The man has had an experience of penal settlements which falls to the lot of but few , this being his third sentence of transportation . When taken by the police , he and two companions were starting on a new expedition , having a carpet ^ bag containing twenty-seven skeleton keys very ingeniously constructed , and other implements suggestive of the business on which they were Intent . Silk handkerchiefs , value £ 3 , were found also in the bag , whichhe had stolen . He had but recently returned from transportation .
The Nempkett Murder . —The execution of John Wills and Jobn Smith , who were convicted at the last Taunton Assizes for the murder of William Wilkins at Nempnett on the 8 th of February last , will take place on Monday , the 21 st , at Taunton . Since their conviction the prisoners have paid great attention to tbe advice of the rev . chaplain , and both have acknowledged tho justice of the sentence . They , however , state that they had no intention of murdering the man , but tbat it was done on the spur of tho moment , in consequence of Wilkins ' s resistance . The Squib STAEEoansHiRE Burglaries . —On die 11 th inst . at the Handsworth Petty Sessions , Thomas Hall , alias Haines , John Smith , alia * Parkes , Henr y Birt , John But , Elizabeth Foster ,
Eleanor Harriman , Harriet Hall , Elizabeth Moseley , and Catherine Birt , were brought up charged with being concerned in a series of burglaries in South Staffordshire . Mr . James Davies , draper , of Greet's Green , West Bromwich , stated that he was startled out of his sleep at half-past four on the morning of the 27 th of March , by a violent noise , and he immediately went into the shop , when be found that the iron bar which secured the shutter had been removed , and two panes of glass broken , by which means some burglars had introduced their arms , aud stolen upwards of forty pairs of hoots and shoes . Inspector Dew produced several pairs of boots , taken from a house of ill-fame in the O'd-inkleys , Birmingham , wbere all the prisoners were apprehended- The
daughter of the first witness identified the boots , and all the prisoners , with the exception of Elizabeth Foster and Elizabeth Moseley , were committed on this charge . —Mr . Henry Fernie , draper , Smethwick , stated tbat on the night of the 24 th of March his shop was broken open , and a quantity of Scotch plaids , shawls , and prints stolen . He was awakened on the nightof therobbevy , and found tbat the shop shutter was taken down and access obtained into tho shop , An attempt wag made by the thieves to dislodge the ledge of plaster upon which the shutters rested , and the jemmy discoveredatthe residence of the prisoners corresponds with the marks in the plaster . Thos . Potter , carpenter and joiner , Smethwick , stated that he saw the prisoner Hail on the afternoon of the
robbery hawking goods at Smethwick for sale . —A quantity of shawls , & c , were produced by various pawnbrokers , and identified by Mr . Fernie , as being part of his property . —Hall was committed to take his trial for this burglary , and also the other prisoners , with the exception of Eleanor Harriman and John Birt , who were committed on the charge of receiving the stnfpn goods . —Mr . William Ritchies , of fi ° «"" « f Hollies and Ritchies . fe » lo « «•»* drapers , fipton , stated that tWrohop was broken open on the morning of the ^ Uch of Mtich , the bar on the shop window having bsen wrenched from its place . —Mr . Thomas Edward LaVin , surgeon , of . Vipton , stated that on the night
of the robbery , about half-past one , he was passing near Mr . Ritchies' shop , when he saw a man having the appearance of the prisoner Hall , standing in the horse road , and as Mr . Lakin approached the man went into Mr . Ritchies' shop , being followed by another man having the appearance of the prisoner Smith . —Inspector Dew produced a silk handkerchief taken from tho neck of tbe prisoner John Birt ; and other property was produced , which was identified by Mr . Ritchies as being part of their property . —The prisoners Hall and Smith were committed to take their trial for the burglary , and tho other prisoners for receiving the property .
Testimonial to the late Mr . Rushton . —From the amount already collected towards a fund for a testimonial to the late lamented Liverpool magistrate , whose family are left in rather straitened circumstances , it is fully expected that the sum will shortly reach £ 10 , 0 ( 10 . Accidest in Liverpool—On Monday afternoon , about four o ' clock , an accident of an alarming na « ture occurred to Dr . Hawthorne of Liverpool . He was returning home in a one-horse phaeton in which he usually drives , when , from some cause not
ascertained , the horse took fright , and proceeded at a rapid pace down Norton-street . At the corner of St . Anne-street , the vehicle came in contact with a shandry , and from the violence of the concussion was completely overturned , throwing out the inmates with great force . There was plenty of assistance at band fortunately , so tbat Dr . Hawthorne and the driver were promptly resnued , and the horse , which was plunging violently , secured . We are happy to add that no bones were broken , and no serious injury is anticipated beyond some severe contusions . —Liverpool Mercury ,
A New Safbtt Valve . —On Tuesday a neat diagram was exhibited in the Liverpool Exchange , of an "absolute safety valve , " which has been registered by Mr . James Nasmyth , of the Bridgewater Foundry . Its construction , although simple , is very ingenious , and the objections to the valves now in use are effectually removed , It is free from all external or internal spindles and contrivances intended to act" as guide rods , which often corrode , and render the valve no indicator of the variations of pressure . It has no external lever or weight , therefore cannot be tampered with by being overloaded ; but , as the inventor states on the diagram , " the chief feature of novelty in this safety valve consists in the manner in which the
swaying backwards and forwards motion of the water in the . boiler is employed to keep the valve free , and so remove all tendency to become fast in its seat , whether from mud or any other cauee . The valve and seat being portions of a sphere , they fit in all positions . " To understand this more distinctly , we may state the upper part of the valve consists of a brass sphere , say seven inches diameter , resting upon a concave rim , about five inches diameter , open below , and in which circular rim it can move freely in all directions , something like a glass globe placed on the rim of a tumbler glass ( without bottom . ) Through the centre of the sphere is screwed a vertical rod , which descends into the boiler . Half-way down it , and in the
steam , it is surrounded by a cylindrical weight , adjusted to the pressure required , and calculated according to tbe area of the valve . At the bottom of the rod , and partly in tbe water , is what we take to be a hollow sphere , which the movement of the boiling water will constantly keep in motion , The whole represents twmething like a pendulum , and the slight oscillation communicated to tho bottom of the rod will make the sphere at the upper end of it move in the rim , and thus prevent the valve from becoming inoperative by adhesion . The diagram was inspected by a large number of gentlemen , an additional interest being attached to it in consequence of the recent serious loss of life by boiler explosion . ' _ Th * Case o * Maria Ciarkr-A number of
gentlemen m Ipswich having interested themselves in this case have collected evidence which leaves no doubt as to the insanity of this wretched girl . That this evidence was not adduced at the trial was owing to the inability of her friends to provide the necessary legal assistance , and to the circumstance tbat she had more generally been known by the nsma of Maria Sbulver . The moment- this fact by a sort of-accident , ' was arrived at , ! many persons came forward to say that they had known ber well and that they knew her to be of unsound mind . It was useless questioning the prisoner herself as to who bad employed her , for she denied all knowledge of persons with whom she bad been at service ; but on being confront ** with them in prison at once knew tbem and bunt into tears . On Sundav last
petitions ou the prisoner ' s behalf were numerously signed at various places of worshi p ; the mayor eight magistrates , and twenty-nine members of the corporation , beside other gsntlemen connected with the town / also signed it , Although the first signature was not obtained until five o ' clock on Saturday , the number amounted en Tuesday evening to 1 , 798 . At seven o ' clsok tho petition and signatures wered « spatch * tl to J . C . Coobold , Esq ., M . P ., who will at once present thsm to Sir George Grey . Claimants forthk Dunmow Flitoh . —It is understood that in this year there is a bona fide claim for the ancient guerdon of tbe gammon of bacon . It is no secret that the applicants , who have now been blessed in the bonds of matrimony about fourteen months , are resident at Felsted , tbe husband being a small farmer , and a man of some properly . It is
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somewhat remarkable , that it is just now a century aqo since the bacon was obtained by John Shakeshaft aud his wife , in 1151 , and the only real aspirants to the honour since were a couple from Reading , Berks , about seventeen years ago , when they took up their residence for that purpose at the Saracen ' s Head Inn , DunmotV , for three weeks , but from some cause not very well known , their object was rather Suddenly abandoned . Extensive Fire in Livbbpool . —Qn Monday afternoon a fire broke out in an extensive cotton shed near the Nelson Dock , known as Hughes ' Sheds , At the time a number of men were at work within the shed . The flames soon gained ascendancy , and before any effective check could bo put to their fury , little short of £ 30 , 000 worth of property was destroyed .
LivaRroonSiiPEsuiARv Magistrate . —On Wednesdays meeting of magistrates took place in the Liverpool Town Hall , to adopt measures for securing a successor to the late Edward Rushton , Esq . A communication had been received from the Home Secretary on the subject ; and a committee of magistrates was appointed to report on the most eligible candidates to a future meeting .
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Murder at a Pobmc DsMoa-sxRATroif at Haterfobdwesi . —It appears that Saturday night last was observed by the tenantry of Mr . Lorfc Phillips for the celebration of that gentleman coming into tho Lauronny estate upon the decease of Sir William Owen Barlow , Bart . On that occasion Mr . Phillips gave away several barrels of ale at the village of Rosemarket , and the event was signalised with bonfires , fireworks , and other demonstrations of joy . The novelty of the scene caused a great number of persons to assemble , and among the number was the unfortunate deceased , Mr . Stevens , a respectable farmer at Westhury-hill , and
William Jones , the person charged with the murder , who is styled a shipwright . Mr . Stevens , with some other parties , retired to the New-inn , to partake of a social glass . Tho prisoner came into the room several times during the evening . About twelve o ' clock the deceased and a gentleman named Barron left the house to go home . They bad barely proceeded twelve vards on their journey when the deceased received a tremendous blow from the prisoner , who had evidently been lying in wait for him , which felled him to the ground , and he never spoke afterwards . He lingered in the most excruciating agony until the following day , when he died , Jones was taken into custody , and the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict" Wilful Murder" against him . The cause that prompted the prisoner to take away the life of an unoffending man is enveloped in mystery .
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Lbith Ejection . —On Monday the election to supply the vacancy in the representation of the Leith burghs , occasioned by the elevation of the late Lord Advocate ( Mr . Rutherford ) to the bench , took place at Leith . As it was well understood that there would be no oppssition to the return of the new Lord Advocate ( Mr . MoncrieffJ the proceedings excited little or no interest , and everything passed off quietly . The right bon . gentleman was accompanied to the hustings by a numerous body of friends . The Lord Advocate was proposed by Provsst M'Laren , of Leith , and seconded by Colonel Johnstone , Provost of Portobello , and no other candidate having come forward , he was declared duly elected . He then thanked the electors for their support , and in a lengthened speech having explained the principles by which he meaat to regulate his parliamentary conduct , the proceedings terminated .
A Man Decapitated near Edinburgh , —On the 11 th inst ., as a railway guard or servant was engaged in moving some trucks into a siding on the North British Railway , to tbe east of the North Bridge , in order to prepare for the arrival of the London train , he accidentally stepped in front of an engine in motion , the buffer of which threw him down , and the wheels passing over him , his bead was instantly severed from his body . The accident was the work of a moment , and seerood to have arisen from want of duo precaution «« the part of the unfortunate man .
An Extb > o «> ikauy and fatal accident occurred ta Greenock on Tuesday , in Bank-street , in the family of Mr . Duncan Brown , cloth merchant . He had gone into his own bath-room to take a tepid bath , and had remained beyond the usual time . The servant of the family in the flat below observed water coming through the plaster , and went up stairs to Mrs . Brown to ascertain the cause . On Mrs , Brown entering the room she found her husband drowned in the bath , and the water overflowing . MtM ^ ^/^^^^ Tivyir \ ~ ~
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Tdb Steam Boat Opposition . —The long and ruinous steam-boat opposition that has been carried on between the City of Dublin Company and the Cork and Waterfdrd Company , has at last been brought to an amicable termination by mutual concessions , and a final agreement come to that each company shall confine their trade to the original lino on which they embarked , and strictly avoid nny encroachment upon that of the Other . Free Trade . —The vessels that arrived at Queenstown , Cork , exclusive of those in Cork itself ,
during tho month of March , measured 46 , 500 tons , almost entirely of foreign bread stuffs and other agricultural produce . Farming Operations , —Great progress has been made in the spring farming operations during the last few days , the weather having taken a . most favourable change for all agricultural purposes . The potato planting is carried on to an immenseindeed it would seem , a reckless , extent in most parts of the country , and should it be the will of Providence to afflict the country with another failure this year , it will be a more desolating visitation on this account than any that has as yet swept over this unhappy land .
Cork EtscnoN . —IheLimerich Chronicle says that Mr . Sergeant Murphy will be returned without opposition for the City of Cork ; on the resignation of Mr . „ Fagan . Enniskih-en Election . —Mr . Whiteside lias been declared tho winner by a majority of seventeen ! The gross numbers polled were as follows : —Whiteside , 85 ; Coilum , 68 . It is stated that forty out of forty-seven Roman Catholic electors recorded their votes in favour of their townsman , There was not the slightest disturbance throughout the proceedings .
Loxoford EMCTioN . i-Ifc is not expected that there will be any contest for the county of Longford . Mr . More O'Fevrall will , it is said , positively be returned without opposition . Mr . Sergeant Shee would not subscribe to an undefined amount of liability in the money way , He is to be put forward in conjunction with Mr . Lucas , of the Tablet , as candidate for Meath , at the next election , by th * League fraternity . Emwration . —The following facts may show the progress which emigration froin Ireland is now making . Since the commencement of the present season , 2 , 311 emigrants have sailed from Limerick , and 1 , 600 from Galway , both of these ports being besides filled with shi ps at this moment , preparing to carry off living freights to America . It was
computed that on a single day , last week , 1 , 100 emigrants sailed from Cork , Vessels in the emigrant trade sail from that port almost every day , and several are'now filling with passengers there . From Woterford , the emigrants generally proceed to Liverpool , to take shipping there for America , but a great many emigrant ships also sail direct from that port 'to the New World . Tho Mars , from Waterford to Liverpool , had S 00 passengers bound for America on board , and all the steamers from the same port are generally crowded with persons for the same destination . From New Ross the emigration is ' procBcfling at the same rate . One vessel
sailed thence for Quebec with i 30 passengers last week , and another large ship is preparing to follow . From Drogheda it is supposed that the number of emigrants this seas sh , aud wo are yet only , in the beginning of it , has amounted to . some 5 , 006 ; and from every port around the Irish coast . emigration is proceeding in the same proportion . The Limerick Chronicle says that several of the Irish constabulary are leaving the force for the purpose of going to America . Exclusive Dealings . —The Waterford Mail a & ys : — " Several of the Protestant tradesmen and shopkeepers of Carrick-onrSuir are suffering from the principle of exclusive dealing , in consequence of their having signed a petition against Papal Aggression .
Proclamation ou ter Cousn ov Down . —An » xtraordinary Gazette was issued on Tuesday evening with a proclamation , under the 11 th Victoria , requiring all persons who possess arms , within tho lately proclaimed district of the County of Down and who are not exempted for special causes , to deposit all their arms , gunpowder , < fcc , at the nearest police station , before tho 18 th inst ., under penalty of two years' imprisonment with bard labour . The Catholic UxrvBRgrrr . —Dr . M'Bale , Roman Catholic Archbishop , has published a letter , acknowledging the receipt of £ 23 as a contribution towards the intended Catholic University , from tho Professors of the Irish College at Paris . The Right Hon . More O'Ferrall was on Tuesday declared a representative in parliament for the county of Longford , without : opposition . It is a singular feature in this election that ho candidate , either in person or by proxy , canvassed or addressed the constituency in any public manner .
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Gbbmans continue to emigrate in great numbers to America ; 182 Prussians now are passing through Paris on their way to Havre , there to embark for the United States .
Fearful Burning Of The Buckinghamshire I...
FEARFUL BURNING OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE INDIAMAN , WITH TROOPS ON BOARD . —SEVERAL LIVES LOST . A frightful catastrophe was made known on Wednesday at Lloyd ' s—tho destruction of one of the largest Indiamen , by five , called the Buckinghamshii'O , while on her homeward voyage . She was a splendid-looking ship , nearly 2 , 000 tons burthen , with high poop decks . She set sail for England on Thursday , the 1 st of March last , under the charge - of Captain Macgregor . Her crow amounted to 100 hands , thirty being Englishmen , and seventy Lascars . She had on board , as steerage passengers , about seventy of the 80 th Regiment of Foot , with their families , and thirty-three cabin passengers—namely , Major Cooper , Lieut . Swaly and Lieut . Williamson , who had command oi
the invalids ; Lieut . Turner , Lieut . Mason , Dr . Pratt , Dr . Payne , Mrs . Macgregor , Mrs . Murrey and son , Mrs . Maxwell and six children , Mr . Church and one child , a lady ( name unknown ) and six children , Mrs . Goodcll , Miss Cluno , Mr . W . Murrey , Mr . John Glenfal , Mr . Rich , Mr . Casey , and Mr . Chambers . The passage from Caltutta down the Hooghley passed agreeably , and on the evening of the following Monday , the 4 th of March , she was brought up for the night and to discharge the pilot off Canterbury Point , about ten miles below Diamond harbour . The weather was fine , and most of the passengers and soldiers were on deck , singing , dancing , and otherwise amusing themselves ; all seemed happy and cheerful . As night approached
they one by one disappeared below , and by halfpast nine , with the exception of the watch on deck , all had turned in and were asleep . Suddenly Capi-Macgregoi * received , about ten mmutes before ten o ' clock , a report that there was something wrong in the forehold , as smoke was coming out of tho lower hatchway . He went instantly-forward , and found such was really the case , the smoke and heat almost overpowering tho men below . Tho Captain suspecting that it emanated from some jute stowed away in that part of the hold , the pumps were got to work to prevent it getting ahead , but the smoke and heat increased so rapidl y as to drive the men away from the lmtehway , and in ten minutes a body of flames burst forth and shot up through the
quarter-deck . Already the noise and confusion on deck had alarmed the troops and passengers , and some seeing the fire through the bulkheads , screamed out . The scene became appalling , and tons of water were discharged on the burning cargo in the hope it would be extinguished , but without producing the slightest effect , the fire , in fact , strengthening itself , and communicating to the fore-rigging , the whole was quickly in a blaze . As far as the eye could stretch nothing could be seen but sky and water , which was lit up by the glare of the fire , the night being very dark . Capt . Macgregor , perceiving the destruction of his ship was inevitable , determined , if possible , to run her ashore , the only apparent chance of saving the lives
of those on board , and gave orders to his men to slip the cables , which was at once carried into execution . Although no land could be discerned , the current fortunately favoured the plan , for , setting strong in shore , it drove the burning vessel in that direction , and in tbe course of an hour she grounded in such a position on the shove that those who COUld swim could gain the land with little difficulty . In the meantime the fire had extended to the mainhold , and the whole of the fore part of the ship , with the mainmast , presented ono sheet of flame , scorching its living freight , who had taken refuge on the poop . Many of the passengers exhibited coolness , others were almost frantic with despair , and their screams rent the air . Soon after the
wreck touched tho shove a steamer came down to the spot , the crew of which had heard tho firing of the Buckinghamshire signal guns , and was guided to the spot by the light of the conflagration . Her arrival at the critical moment was beyond measure fortunate , for had it not been the case the boats of the burning ship could not have accommodated one half the number on board . Captain Macgregor . with his first mate , by their cr-ol aad determined seal , restored something like order among the invalids , who , tho moment they found tho ship had struck , commenced to throw themselves overboard . Several did so , and were swept away by the current , and drowned ; the number was not exactly known ; it was presumed , however , there were five who thus Eerished . Directly on the steamer hailing them the oats were lowered , and the female passengers and
children were conveyed on board of the steamer in safety . The boats quickly returned aud took on board the remainder of the passengers , and lastly the crew . Captain Macgregor was the-last to leave the wreck ; it was then , with the exception of a small portion of the poop , on fire from end to end , and continued burning the whole night and two following nights and days before she glided into deep water and sank , None of tbe passengers savea even a change of clothing . Many of the families were reduced by the calamity to an absolute state of destitution . It is as yet impossible to say how the ship caught fire . By many it is supposed she was lvilfuily set on fire by some of the Lascars , but no evidence has been adduced to confirm this report . She was laden with a most valuable cargo , consisting of East India produce . The total loss is calculated , to exceed £ 120 . 000 .
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THE WARRINGTON MURDER .-RESPITE OP THE FEMALE CONDEMNED PRISONER . Liverpooi ., Wednesday . —During the last four or five days a reprieve , as far as the female prisoner , Margaret Lyons , is ^ oncerned , has been expected , in consequence of the confession of her husband , that she bad nothing to do with the murder of the deceased . Tho female prisoner , hearing , the endeavours which were making to commute her sentence , exhibited a restless anxiety to learn what her fate was to be ; but no communication having been made to her , up to : the beginning of the present week , she has , since Monday , been resigned to what she has considered the probability of the extreme sentence of the law being carried out against her . —This morning , however , brought a respite from the Home-office , which was of course immediately communicated to the wretched woman , who , up to the time of its arrival , seems to have
given up all hopes of mercy . The document does not come in the actual form of a reprieve . It is barely a respite , directed to the governor , and is to the effect that the female prisoner is not to be executed until the governor hears from the Secretary of State . —With regard to her husband , the male prisoner . until within the last few days has he exhibited a kind of earless indifference to the awful situation in which he is placed . Although he has often repeated his confession , inculpating himself , and entirely exculpating his wi f o , he seems to have been almost inaccessible to religious impressions or spiritual consolation . Yesterday and to-day , however , a marked change for the better has taken place ; and from his religious instructors we learn that he is now keenly alive to the position in which he is placed , and the dreadful fate which awaits him . He frequently dwells upon the enormity of his crime , fully acknowledges the justice of bis sentence , and says that he is quite ready to die . —The execution is fixed for the 26 th inst .
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A New Pbeibkdeb to the Throne of Prakce . —An old invalid was on Saturday taken before the court-martial to answer the charge of having stabbed a sergeant of the HStel des Invalides with a shoemaker ' s awl . The president asked him his name . " 1 am Louis XV 1 L , King of France and Navarre , " said he , " But , " said the president , " you must have some famil y name in addition to that quality . " "I bear the name of my father , the unfortunate Louis XVI ., King of France and Navarre . " The president said , " Speak with good sense , if it be possible . " He replied , " I have said ' Write Louis XVII . '" It being impossible to get any other answer from him , it was stated to the Court that the accused was named Persat , that he
was formerly in a light Dragoon regiment , and that he was a corporal at the HOteldes Invalides . The offence having been proved , the prisoner rose ahd in his kingly quality protested against the court-martial trying a person of his rank . He also announced tbat he had communicated tho following document to the President of the Republic" Having an indisputable right to the crown of France , I order—Art . I . There shall he paid to me by the public Treasury twelve years' pay , in my qualify of Prince Royal . Art . 2 . 1 abdicate all my rights in favour of Louis Napoleon Buonaparte , iu the persuasion that it is an act necessary for the good of my country . Art . 3 . A passport shall be delivered to me , to enable me to go to Austria to
reside with my Royal family , and * ny Austrian relatives , and to join my dear sister Marie Therese Charlotte de Bourbon , Duchess d'Angouleme . — Done and given at Paris , the . 12 th of February , 1851 . Louis XVII ., King of France and Navarre . P . S . —The letters which I have had the honour to write to you , as well as to the Minister of Financ * . will give you the proof of my Royal person . In friendship , Prince , lam yours trul y , LoUi 8 X yir & " » £ of S . widN . " This important document he confided with his own Royal hands to the porter of the Elpsee , with the direction that it should be
forthwith handed to the . President . Witn « s «« stated that the prisoner acted with perfect int « Ui < fence in all matters , except what r « j » rded his fancied rights to the throne as Louis XVII ., or exc « pt after drinking . Tho accused / however , indignantly protested against the idea ot his mind being affected , and repeatedly declared thst h » « a « Louis XVII . He » lso again demanded that as a Koyal Prince he should be sent before a higher tribunal . The Court acquitted him , on the grouid Of lusanitf , but ordered him to be givon np to the general commanding the first military division , in order to be taken care of .
A Moustaw of carbonate of magnesia has baen discovered near Goose Lake , in California , and 1 U 0 two or three very valuable quicksilver mines .
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Revolt i . v a Workhouse . —Sarah Ttuv ^ „ Mary Puller , 24 , Mary DOUOYan « ° 5 « . levy , 28 , and Mary Collins , 20 , weVtfcl ?»*' not , and for assaulting a parochial 25 for * execution of his duty . l-Tbo prosecuS rm ^ master of the East London WorklioZ ^ tha ning ' s-allcy , Bishopsgatc-street , and th « l ° - were inmates of that establishmen t n pn ner of April , they and several others , whilst "A- la in the hall , broke out in open rebellion J , lnn W authority of tho master , whom taw nfn "J * ^ potatoes , plates , pots , pannikins , knives « t 7 V broken pails , and everything that wai -P * , within their reach . IIo was seriously h ! ailabl a tho head , and having retreated to his I ! \ aboat the prisoners and others , whose leader i \ " i peared to be , proceeded to use kngua » e nf * ? P " Jul description , and to smash all that carnti ? " - them . Tbey broke 240 squares of kZ ^^ dozen of plates and did other da £ ' * % ^ them declared she would be master , aiSflf » ne ^ until the police arrived and drew tboirtil . n ° t that the not was put an end to Tim i unell
nwc yum ,. Emiev was sentenced tn-V months , and each of the others to ono ? . ? fo prison ment , with hard labour . 3 im . Bioamt , —James Egersdorff * 47 h » ip , i-a „ indicted for feloniousl y fatoUS ^ JSv ?" Calhgan , his wife being then alive -tw JIar the case , which were not fully » ono iW of proved to be those :-The prisoner J I' Wet « looking little man , had recently carried l" * ttish in tho neighbourhood of Shoreditch -f ? s ! » dresser . In April , 1823 , he was marriedVt ^' Thompson , at St . Gilo ' s , Cripple ^ . ? , i ? UlS 1 September 15 , to one Hannah ' Bel-and ^ on 1350 , to Mary Calligan , at West LTarn \ " >¦ One of the wives had , however diednmt I ( not appear that he had got possession " th . iS wife ' s property He was courting anotli J ? ' * apprcheiided .-The jury found him Qui £ t Common Sergeant sentenced him to twelvi ¦ m ^ . ! imprisonment and hard labour . m ° ^ Ixgratitudk . —Lewis RosenbW a k ,. iSft ° S ^» WA ? miuo oi
** u , mo urupiMi * xerutnand PuIzp ,. t ^ prosecutor , who is also a German , and oww . - the business of a furrier in Fountain Xce ru ? road , stated that tho prisoner came over to th ?" country some short time since , and , it ' annMMli was m great distress , as he was unable toohhS any employment . Ho took him into his emDlnl ment from charitable motives ; but , after ho hZi fed ' and lodged him for nearly a week , the prison ™ stole his gold watch and chain , with which he de camped . The watch and chain were afterwards dis covered pledged at a shop in Lambeth for £ -1 ^ j the prisoner was subsequently apprehended in tho street by a friend of the prosecutor ' s .-Tho \ m found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to throe months' hard labour .
A Notorious Character . —Richard Mullen , a notorious pickpocket and thief-trainer , was convicted of stealing a jacket . —The prisoner luul ^ a no fewer than eleven times convicted of assault and felony . Ho was the last of a gang of nine or ten thieves who . infested the metropolis , ail of whom have been transported at various times . —Sir . Emsley , the master of Shoreditch workhouse , stated that the prisoner had been for years a constant inmate of the county prisons and the fehoroditch workhouse , and was a most notorious cha . racter . Sentence—ten years' transportation .
Robbery bt a Servant . —Thomas Shepherd , 28 , labourer , was indicted for stealing a quantity of wax candles , the property ot Henry Hoare , his master . —The prisoner was under butler to Henry Hoaro , Esq ., New-street , Spring-gardens . On tho evening of the 8 th tho prisoner asked tho butler to let him go out . The family being about leaving town the butler said he could not well spare him , but prisoner begging very hard , he let him pq Shortly afterwards he came in and said he bad been
stopped by the police . It then turned out that ha had been watched by an officer , and seen to take a largo bundle to a wax and tallow melter ' a . The officer went in and found the bundle to contain a great quantity of wax candles that had never been burned , broken up and disfigured , and about to be sold for waste . The butler in his examination said there was no doubt that the prisoner had robbed them in a similar manner to a considerable extent . —The jury found him Guilty , and he was seatensed to six months' imprisonment and hard labour .
Bubolabt . —James Bryant , 26 , tailor , and Join Montague , 23 , labourer , were indicted for breaking into and entering the dwelling house of Charles A . Jones , and stealing a coat , valued at £ 2 . —Tha police stated that on the evening of the 25 th March , they were watching the two prisoners , and after seeing them try several street doors , saw them open the door of prosecutor ' s house , and presently return with a coat , with which they were making off , when they stopped them . On the road to the station , Bryant threw away a bunch of picklock keys . — They were both found Guilty . —Besides several separate convictions against them , it was proved that they had been for years uniting in concert as cracksmen , and had been jointly tried , convicted , and imprisoned for stealing in a dwelling-house .-They were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation .
Swimming . —Richard William Douglass , 52 , labourer ; Charles Lionel Douglass , 19 , clerk ; and Arthur Douglass , IS , also a clerk ; were indicted for conspiring to defraud Matthew Gooch . —The dc « fendants , who are father and sons , are of genteel though somewhat shabby appearance . The older defendant , who seemed unwell , was allowed to be seated . —Mr . Ballantine , having stated the case lo the jury , called Mr . Jonathan Millard , shopman to Mr . Gooch , 43 , Curson-stveet , May-fair , brushmaker , who stated that on the 6 th January the elder defendant came into their shop , and introducing himself as Mr . Douglass , of Ascot , looked out a quantity of stable and chaise brushes , and some leathers , amounting in value to nearly £ 5 , and requested they might be laid asido for him , which was done . On the 9 th the two sons enme in
a dog-cart , and Charles said he had come for the brushes which his "father had ordered . " Ho was asked for his name and address , when lie gave that of Douglass , Ascot-villa , Ascot-heath , Sunning-hill . They then took the things away , and , on the 11 th , came again , and obtained some moregoods , making the value of the whole obtained above £ 8 . Be subsequently came again , and gave , as a reference , Mr . Graham , of Hill , street , Brompton . Witness did go there before he consented to let them havo any more things , and found that the house was an empty one . They then did not let them have any more things . —Two pawnbrokers were called who proved that the goods were pawned for a few shii *
lings the same day tbey were obtained . —The foreman to Messrs . Lyley and Gower , job-masters to the" Queen , said that the defendant Charles came and hired a dog cart , horse and harness , from their stables at Knightsbridge . Ho gave as a reference his father , and whom he said was his uncle . He took it for a month , and was to pay £ 3 a week for it . Tbey never received any payment , and finally bad to fetch it back from Gravesond , and pay Us . for the keep of the horse at the stable where it had been lelt . — Mr . Charles Frederick Bastin , of Ascot Lodge , Berks , said the father took a furnished house of him at Ascot Ifrafii , for two months . It was let to
him and a Mr . Graham . He never got any rent . — Mr . Bennett said that on the 7 th of December he let the house in Bolgrave-tcrraca to the elder defendant . No rent was ever paid . —John James Allen , No , 3 of the B division , said tbat in consequence of a note tbat had been sent to him he disguised himself as a clergyman , and went to Bel * grave-terrace . I asked for Mr . Douglass , and was shown into the parlour , which was nearly devoid of furniture , Tha elder prisoner was seated by the fire , and when I got in he rose and said , " You arc the Rev . Mr . Hamilton , I believe V I said , " Unfortunately for you , I am a policeman . " He then said , "My God , lam betrayed . "— Police-Sergeant
Downing said he took the two younger prisoners at the Westminster Police Court , where they had come for a warrant : —The jury found the two elder de * fendants Guilty , and acquitted the younger one , who had not t » ken any active part in either obtaining or disposing of the goods . —The two younge * ones were then again indicted for obtainin g t * ° pairs of boots , valued at £ 5 , by fraud , from Joshua Hartley . Mr . W . Cooper appeared for this prosecution which had been instituted by the London Trade Protection Society , of 170 , R egent-street , i in this case it was proved that the two defendant i had gone to the shop of the prosecutor , a bo ot * : maker trie
, of King-street , St . James ' s , and there * > on two pair of boots and had them packed up , anfl ' whilst Charles was being measured for another pa "* j Arthur took tho parcel up and put it into the dog h cart , and drove off with them . —The jury tow * « tbem both Guilty . —The father said he was innO" t cent of nny intent to defraud , H » had browjnt » V leven children , and had entleavwred to instil » their minds principles of religion and honesty *! ' < The three defendants all wept very much , an a ttemtd to feel very keenly theie degraded positioo * u —The father was then sentenced to twelve , and tea t sons to three months' imprisonment . * t
A Thief 'f bairbr .-John Adams , 2 C , stone cuKe . and James Green , 14 , were indicted forsteah n S "' V " six ovtreigrts from the person of El ' rea Ferdhaio , »* , ' property o f John Fordham . Tha prisoner Green- ; e although included in the indictmsnt , was commijje * it by the mngittnte as a witness , and was now admit" * it as approver . The prosecutrix stated that about mn * n o ' clock in the evening of theSth of February she w » ; i in » he Mite-end H 0 » u , looking at a travelling a » » tioneer , whan soms one picked her pocket , and Jf , . saw a man like the prisoner staniing athersi tle . H « . 1 sister also saw him , and felt positive he vr * s the mw » m —James Green , the approver , was then sworn . . ° i > said he was just fourteen . He had known the P »* e soner a short time . He was called Jem Sperne , W >>
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19041851/page/6/
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