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Health Of Losdon During The Week —In The...
Health of Losdon during the Week —In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the . metropolitan districts were 800 . Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1810-9 , it appears that-the deaths were never lower than 750 , which occurred in 1841 , when the population was less than at present ; and that they rose in 1848 to 1 , 000 . The average of the ten weeks is 851 , or , raised in proportion to increase of population , 928 : there was , ~ therefore , a decrease last week on the corrected average amounting to 128 . In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases the deaths enumerated were 167 ; and of special complaints which it comprises , small-pox was fatal to 9 children , and scarlatina to 19 , both still
considerably under the average ; measles was fatal to 20 , and hooping-cough to 30 , both of which are near the usual amount . Typhus , on the other hand , seems to prevail more fatally : in the last three weeks it carried off successively 26 , 39 . and 43 persons , and has now risen rather above the average ofthe ten corresponding weeks , in which it varied from 17 to 69 . " Oze person died of ague , and 2 of remittent fever ; 2 of influenza , and 1 of purpura . On the 5 th of June , at 13 , Tysson-street , Bethnal-green , ihesnn of a comb-maker , aged 2 years , died of cholera , after 53 hours' illness . Diarrhoea and d ysentery were fatal to 18 persons , all except 5 having been children ;* this is not equal to the number registered in the siree week of 1847-9 : in the corresponding wet k
of last vear 33 deaths occurred from the two complaintsj and at the same time 42 were caused by cholera . Last week 10 women died after childbirth , in 6 of which cases puerperal fever wss the causeof death . . Diseases of the respiratory organs , exclusive of consumption , was fatal in 92 cases ; their gradual decline as the temperature increases is shown by the numbers returned in the last five weeks , namely , 145 , 138 , 105 , 94 , and 92 . The mortality of consumption is still below the average ; the number of fatal cases last" week was 129 . Five women were registered last week Who had reached 90 years of age and upwards . On thslOth of Jane , at 5 , Britannia-gardens , St . Mary , Marylebone , the widow of a labourer died from " decay of nature , " after having lived , if such
statements , without the corroboration of a register of births can be credited , to the extraordinary age Of 110 yearsandom ' -nths . Her name was O . O'Flahertr , she was a native of Claymorris , in the county of Mayo , in Ireland , and " continued ( addsMr . Martin , the registrar , ) ia full possession of her faculties , a :: d two days before death could thread a needle without the aid of spectacles . " -Her son , whs made this statement to him is a labourer , and is 67 years old . A woman , aged 40 , died in the London Hospital , to which she had bees brought from Bow , of " inflammation of the arm from the sting of a bee . " A young woman was found dead in a dust-bin , from suffocation produced by a fall under the influence of what the coroner ' s jury describe as an "alcoholic livid . "
Pour children were suffocated in bed . Ihe reading ofthe barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was about 30 in . on Sunday ; the mean reading of the week was 29 * 72 . The mean temperature of the -week was 5 S deg ., and rather less than the average of the same week in seven years . On the first three days it was above the average , and the excess on Tuesday amounted to 7 ' 8 deg . ; on the last three days it was below the average , and on Saturday it was less than the average of that day by nearly 13 deg " . The wind was generally in the south-west . — Among the notices from the registrars' reports is the following : —In Kensington Town sub-district , at the . Potteries , the daughter ot a labourer , aged 1 year , died of ' * rubeola ( 7 days . ) pneumonia ( 6 idays . )" Also a sister of the above , aged 5 months , died of
" pneumonia . * Mr . Frost , the medical attendant , stater , with regard to the former case , that " this is another victim to the non-enforcement of the Nuisances Removal Act . This child came from the country a few weeks ago , and had an attack of measles , followed by pneumonia , which , in consequence-of the depressing influence of a pestilential atmosphere , soon assumed a typhoil character . The mother states that the stench in the Pottery is at times so offensive as to make her' vomit , and almost bring her heart up . ' The premature loss of life in thaPotteiy ( or more properly the pig-feeding district . ) has been frghtfnl daring the three years endng . December 31 , 1848 . The average age of persons at death was 11 years 7 ¦ months and 2 weeks . The locality is one of the most filthy in the vicinity of the metropolis . "
Singular Death . —On the 14 th inst . Mr . H . Wakley held an inquest at the Portman Anus , Broadler-street , Dorset-square , on Mr . Joseph Watkins , son of Mr . Watkins , surgeon , Strand , aged twenty , and assistant to Mr . Jeynes , chemist and druggist , Broariley-terrace . Mr . Jaynes stated that he kept two separate establishments , one of which deceased superintended . He was informed on the previous Wednesday morning that the latter was not open at the usual hour , and he accordingly repaired to it , and looking through deceased s bedroom window , he beheld him at the foot of his bed ,
on his knees , as if praying . Having in vain endeavoured to arouse him , he entered his room , and was horror-stricken at finding him quite dead , his head and face enveloped in the bedclothes , his countenance black and flattened as if by concussion . Mr . Uammill , surgeon , who was instantly called in , performed an " autopsy , " when he found a considerable congestion of the brain , but no trace of poison . In his opinion deceased was smothered by his head and face being closely covered by the bedclothes . A verdict was returned in accordance with tbe above evidence—namely "That deceased was smothered by the bedclothes . "
Fibb and Loss of Life . —On Monday morning , between txo and three o ' clock , a fire broke out at 12 , Phoenix-street , a narrow thoroughfare running out of Crown-street , Soho , which was attended with thejoss of two lives . A Mrs . Harding , who occupied a portion of the . second floor , attempted to make her escape by the window , but , after holding on by her hands for some time , was compelled to drop on the stones beneath , and her death was almost instantaneous . Her son , who had made the most courageous efforts to save her , was so burnt as to be obliged to be removed to tbe hospital . —A man named Kemble , who lived in the kitchens , at the peril of losing his own life , rushed through ths fire and succeeded in pulling his wife out , where he
returned three times and brought through the fames his three children . When he reached the street with the last one he was nearly suffocated with smoke . Mr . Norland , whp lived on the second-floor , managed to ^ sare himself and two of his daughters , but one of his children , a girl , about fourteen years of age , was burnt to death Having gained the middle of the stairs , the fire rushed upon them , and ignited the night clothes of one of the daughters . He however impressed upon them the necessity of fightin ? their way through the flames to avoid being burnt to death . One of his children , on seeing her sister enveloped inflames , rushed to the top of the house , hoping by that means to escape , but she fell amidst the fire , and when discovered one of her legs
was burnt off , and the whole of her body reduced to a blackened and shrivelled mass , so that it was impossible to identify her . Mr . Noland , and his two other daughters at length reached the street , but one ofthe latter was frightfully burned —Mr . Connerton , - the principal officer of the West of England firemen nearly lost his life at the fire . One of the heayy ladders fell off a high wall and tore the shoulder of his coat off . Had It fallen half an inch nearer it must have broken his head . As soon as the ruins were Mifficiently cooled tbe remains of Miss Noland were placed in a shell and removed to St . Giles ' s workhouse . Every article of furniture and wearing apparel belonging to the different lodgers , for-there were sis or seven families living in the
house , was consumed , and the premises completely gutted before the ffcmes were extinguished . —Mr . Henry Jones , who occupied the ground floor , said , that on Sunday night he returned home from Chelsea , about 10 o clock , and went to bed with his wife , in the back parlour . Between 2 and 3 o ' clock his wife woke him , and cried get up , for I think the house is on fire . He immediately placed his hand against the wooden partition separating the two apartments , and found it so hot that it burned his hand . He jumped out of -b * d instantly , and ran up staifs shouting * Fire . " When he came down he found that some one had opened the parlour door , and the flames were coming oat .. lf e , therefore , pulled it to ag * n , and ran up stairs the second
time , and-succeeded ia arousing the whole of the in-1 mates , and when he returned he found the parlour door lying across the passage , and the flames issuing forth most furiously . Notwithstanding , six or seven persons managed to rush through the fire ; but several o thers were unable to do so , and were compelled to get on to the parapet ; and pass on to the next bouse . How the fi . e occurred he could not form the remotest idea . Tbe unfortunate young manllardingfc . whowas so dreadfuUy . burn ' , on hearing the alarm given , got np and went oat in his shirt to his brother ' s in Old Compton-street , to request him to come and help him " to save his mother . He rushed through the fire and at length readied the ^ room his Eareiit was in . She was then toing to jump out , e . pulled her back , knowing she must be killed if she threw hereslf out . The fire at length progressed so fast , that his mother got out of the window and
held on by the sill until tbe flatnt s came up and burnt bee side , when she lei go her hold and fell into the stone-paved yard . It is not a little singular that , although he can tell how his mother got out he bas no-recollection of die way he got out himself . The Unfortunate woman was fifty-six years of age . The total number of individuals on the premises when the . fire broke out was eighteen , and they have by this misfortune been bereft of cwi-ything they possessed ;—An inquest washeld on Wednesday , by Mr . Wakley in ^ "d ell-street , St . Giles ca the bodies of Charlotte Harding , aged fifty-four , and Margaret N 4 kh . aged twelve , and after hearing a number of witnesses ; to endeavour to trace the origin of the firev the jury relumed the following verdict : ¦ " That Charlotte Hardi .-ie died from tho effects of a fall , and Margaret Nolin fr-nn tbe effects of fire : but how that fire occurred there was no evidence to show . "
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" The Baptism of Mormonites . —Sunday evening , at dusk , the inhabitants , of Fentonvil ! e-hiIl were somewhat astonished at seeing two carriages drive up to the Pentonville Swimming Baths ; containing ladies , attired in the most fashionable manner . ; 1 The ladies were observed to go into the boxes , and began to undress themselves . In the mean time the Rev . Mr . Cook , of the Pickering-street Mormonite or Latter-day Saints' place of worship , bad addressed the audiiory . He plunged into the water , h * dress being made of Macintosh ' s waterproof cloth , and there awaited the arrival of the ladies about to be baptised . He gave out a hymn , in the singing of which all present joined . After a short interval the ladies made their pearance m bathing dresses , and
ap after having plunged about the water for some minutes , they were immersed three times , after which th- rev eenfleman blessed them , and titi cenmany ofbaptisnT , accordin g to the rites of-the Latter-day Saints' religion , was terminated . The singing of a hymn closed the proceedings . It was stated that the ladies were suddenly struck with the ideas of the Mormonites relativ e to baptism , and at once consented to become followers of them . Their names did not transpire , though theireguipages proved that they belonged to the higher orders of society . Loss of Life ox ihe Brighton Railway . — For some months past a large number of workmen have been employed in making alterations at the Brixton . Railway terminus , more uarticukvly that
portion situated on one side of Webb-street , and which is nearly completed . During the last few days the men in the service of Messrs . Piper and Son Bishopsgate-street , City ( who had the contract for that part , ) have been engaged in laying down what are called the " turn-tables , " weighing about five tons each , and made of cast iron . To raise the immense mass of iron , it was necessary , to have a quintity of tackle , which was placed upon the top of some scaffold-poles . On Monday , when one ofthe iron tubes was being raised a few feet above the carriage-way ofthe brick-work , immediately over the crown of one of the arches , one of tho thick ropes suddenly snapped assunder , and the whole body of iron fell with an awful crash . The men rushed
from their several places ; but one poor fellow , named George Rowe , aged twenty-nine years , a ganger , was buried beneath tbe immense weight of iron and brick-work . Two other men , named John Hackett , and George Howison , in the same employ , were also greater / injured , the former having sustained a fracture of the leg , dislocation ofthe right shoulder joint , and numerous severe contusions on the face and body . Tbe unfortunate mm Rowe was found in a shocking condition , his . head and the upper portion of his body being fearfully mutilated . He was carried , without loss of . time , to Guy ' s Hospital , but life was quite extinct . His death must
have been instantaneous . The man Hackett was removed home , by his own wish , but no hopes , are entertained of his recovery . The other man , Howison , is going on favourably . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening before Mr . Payne , at the Dyers ' -Arms , West-street , on the body of the unfortunate man , whose real name was found to be George William Stubersfield , aged twenty-nine years , bat who was more familiarly known as George Rowe . George Martin , a carpenter , particularised the accident , which was a confirmation ofthe above facts . The jury returned a verdict '' Accidental death . "
Frightful Occurrence at Messrs . Whitehead ' s Brewery . — Yesterday evening Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held an inquest at the Civit Cat , Chiswell-street , Finsbury , on the body of William Jones , aged 42 , a labourer , in the employment of Messrs . Whitbread and Co ., the brewers . —William Cox , a labourer , in tie service of the firm , stated that on Monday afternoon last , about four o ' clock , witness and deceased received directions to clean the bottom of an ale vat , which contained a quantity of grounds , and which had been in that state for some months . The vat was about eight feet in depth , aud was capable . of holding about eighty barrels of ale . A ladder was procured and lowered into tho vat . Deceased , descended , without
having first tried the state of the atmosphere in it b y means of a lighted candle . In a few seconds witness , who had a light , saw him returningVp the ladder . He staggered and fell into the grounds ; upon which witness gave an alarm , and went to the deceased ' s assistance . He had , however , scarcely reached the last step of the ladder , when he be came nearly insensible from the effects of the gas in the vat . On the arrival of some of the labourers , witness was taken out , and in about five minutes after deceased was got out , life being extinct . A surgeon was called in , but he was unable to restore the vital functions . In answer to the coroner , the witness stated , that general directions were always given not to clean out any vat without first having tried with a lighted candle to ascertain if it
contained foul air . —Mr , ; David Slater , master brewer , stated that be had frequently cautioned the deceased against entering any vats for the purpose of cleaning them of the grounds , without first opening the hatch and turning the tap for a few minutes previously , to allow the escape ofthe car . bonic acid gas generated from the grounds , which would collect in a short time . The vat in question contained about two barrels of grounds , and had been closed since February last . The deceased and tbe witness Cox , who had been in the service of the firm nearly sixteen years , were well acquainted with the practice , but had . neglected to . adopt the usual precautions .. Verdict , " Accidental death from carbonic acid gas , and that no blame was attached to the firm . "
Fatal Accident . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the North Briton , New North-road , Hoxton , on view of the body of Emma Mary Lemingfori , aged eleven years , tbe daughter of the late Mr . Lemington , civil engineer , No . 1 , Granthamterrace , adjoining . It appeared that on Saturday evening last , the mother of the deceased returned home with a parasol , which she had bought for her . Deceased , delighted with her present , being in the drawing-room , ran from there to the balcony , for the purpose of showing it to a playmate in the next house . She had no sooner put
her weight' upon it than it gave way , and she was precipitated on to the spikes ofthe railing attached to the burial ground of St . John ' s Church , Hoxton . Some of the spikes entered her left side , and upon being removed blood flowed profusely from the wounds . She was taken indoors by the servant , and attended by Mr . Amsden , surgeon , but she died in four hours , in great agony , from the injur ies received . Verdict , " Accidental death , " and at the request ofthe jury , the landlord , who was present , consented to have the balconies ofthe several houses in the terrace removed , as they were found to be in an insecure state .
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Suicide Of Colonel Ceaigik.—An Appalling...
Suicide of Colonel Ceaigik . —An appalling act of suicide was committed on the 14 th inst ., by Col . Cragie , at his own house in Victoria Terrace , Mount Ridford , Exeter . At breakfast-time one of the servants was sent up to call her master , who was in his dressing room . The servant went up and knocked at the door , but not receiving any answer , she repaired down and informed her mistress . The latter having also knocked several times , and not being answered by her husband , she procured the aid of the coachman and butler , who forced open the door , when they found the unfortunate Colonelextended on the floor in a pool of blood , and most frightfully mutilated over various parts of the body . His throat was
completely cut from ear to ear , and there were wounds on his legs . Besides these injuries there were three wonnds in his abdomen , which had evidently been inflicted with a knife . A razor and knife , both covered with blood , were found in the room . The unfortunate Colonel was alive , but speechless from the excessive loss of blood , and it was quite apparent that he could not survive many hours . Several medical men were soon in attendance , and they did all that was possible to save his life , but he died in less than an hour after he was discovered . A rumour was in circulation that tbe deceased had been' murdered , but from the inquiries made since , there is no doubt that deceased destroyed his own life . The unfortunate gentleman was a retired Lieut .-Col . in the Bengal army . : ' .
FireatthkLbkbs and Thirsk Station . —On Saturday evening last a wooden building , used as a temporary goods station or warehouse , by . the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company , in Wellington-street , Leeds , accidentally got on fire , and in less than half an hour was burnt to the ground . Five goods' trucks partly laden with leather , stationery , & c , were very much damaged . Repbssehtatios op Salisbuby . —It is generally reported that Charles Penruddocke , Esq ., of . Camp : ton Chamberlayne , intends to come forward as a candidate for this city , on the Protection interest , whenever an election may occur . It is fully understood that F . W . Slade , Esq . will bs a candidate on the same interest .
Wb ark happy to hear that the nail-masters around Dudley and its nei ghbourhood have been enabled to offer their men the old wages again , and that in consequence the nailers' strike is now at an end . Orders appear to come in more freely , and a considerable accumulation has taken place during the month passed without work , so that at the present time all hands are fully employed . —Birmingham Gazette . SrsauLAR asd Tatal Accinasi on Brighton Beach . —On Tuesday morning the children of Mr . Lcwen , a visitor to Brighton , were taken to the beach to bathe . Two of them , a . girl about nine
years of age , and a boy about seven years , haying been bathed , were dressed , and released fromthe machine , to play on the beach while the remaining brothers and sisters went through the process , it appears that they commenced climbing op the wheels of the machine , unobserved either by those within or those without , when the , machine-driver received the usual signal to draw the ; machine ^ by the aid of his horse , further into the sea . Being on the opposite side of thai machine at the time the notice was given , he did not observe the children , nor in attaching the horse . At tho first movement of the wheel by which he held the boy quitted hja
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hold , and fell to the beach , i receiving ; some ; slight injuries by . tho fall . -Hissister , on the contrary , instead of quitting her hold , only clung the tighter , and as the wheel revolved she . rose , was carried over with it ; and descended , head foremost , on the other side ! - The wheel then passed over the side of her head ; the blood gushed from her ears ; and the poor child was taken up insensible . A surgeon was instantly sent for , but before he arrived she was a corpse . The body was instantly conveyed to the large room on the Esplanade , where a number of medical men inspected it , but all hopes of restoring life were speedily given over . The accident occurred immediately opposite the Duke of Devonshire ' s residence , the noble duke being considerably pained when informed of the result . Mrs . Loweh , the mother , only gave birth to her seventh child two dayspreviously , and the father was in town at tho time of the accident . The family had recently arrived from India .
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Strike at thb Welsh Collieries . —Wo regret to announce that a very general strike has taken place in the collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire ; and that at this moment no less than twenty-five coal works of great extent , and requiring avast number of hands , are at a- standstill , as the lamentable result . —Monmouthshire Merlin ,
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The Miners' Strike.—The Glasgow Daily Ma...
The Miners' Strike . —The Glasgow Daily Mail says : — " The propriety of making a relaxation in the terms propounded as those on which alone they would resume employment , has been much canvassed during the past week among the miners who are out on strike . Hitherto only a very few employers have acceded to tbe demands preferred , and the number does not seem likely to receive a speedy augmentation , ' though there are several parties who have expressed a willingness to approximate towards them . A wage of 3 s . 6 d- daily has been offered in many cases . It appeared as if some of the claimants for 4 s ., hopeless of obtaining that sum , were not
indisposed to accent the smaller amount ! They could not act , however , oh their individual feelings -r they were not at liberty to abandon , or break up the union —and the important question was made the subject of consideration by the collective body . An . aggregate meeting was held on the 13 th inst ., to determine the point , which was debated at great length and with considerable vehemence , and the meeting was adjourned before coming to any resolution . . Next day there was another large assemblage . The discussion was resumed , and , finally , by an immense majority , the original terms were carried . Whatever private views and feelings may have existed favour '
able to the taking up of lower ground , they were riot expressed . Tinder a dozen of hands were held up for that proposition ; It was then agieed to hold aggregate meetings in the various district " , and the preliminary for a conference of delegates from all the mining districts " of Scotland , to be held here , were arianged . It is understood that the disputes amongst the colliers , and the influence of the monthly pay night , caused some disturbance in the eastern division late on Saturday night and Sunday morning , Six or eight colliers were taken to the police-office ; and two of the policemen were considerably beaten before their prisoners were secured . " >
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Letter Vrom Mb, M'Manus.—The Following I...
Letter vrom Mb , M'Manus . —The following is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman in Liverpool from Mr . M'Manus , one of the Irish state convicts . It confirms ( he statements that have been published of the harsh treatment which Mr . Smith O'Brien has received : — ' "The Police District of-New Norfolk , "VanDiemen ' s Land , February 18 th , 1850 . ¦ "MyDeab ** # —I intended writing you from the cape ; but as you will , no doubt , long since have heard of the summary mode in which we were ejected from it , you will be at no loss in conjecturing the cause of my not doing so . We fully expected three days there , but only cot a few hours—neither officers
nor men being allowed to land ; nor could we get any fresh provisions . The-only thing we got . was water , of which we were much in need , Having been on short allowance for a considerable time oefore . From the Cape I wrote to * ¦ *• ¦ *• and you , doubtless , will have seen some one of the letters , so I need not refer to the first part of my voyage . From the Cape we had a six and a half weeks of as arcary a sail as could well be imagined . The Indian Ocean is a bleak , inhospitable sea . It was bitter cold . We felt this the more alter just leaving tbe coast of Africa ; but , notwithstanding , we weathered it out right well and arrived here on Saturday , October 27 th . ' We expected , on our arrival , to be all put in prison together for some time ; but , to our surprise
and mortification , an order came on board that we must all be separated , and scattered over various police districts of this island prison . I needhot , tell you what our feelings were , after all we had gone through together , after all we had suffered , and after having come over eighteen thousand miles for the same cause , to be thus separated on a foreign land , without a . human , being that' we knew of to sp - ak to us . However , so it was ;¦ and one by one we have been scattered over the face of the country , under a very strict police surveillance . Here are the conditions :- —1 st . Not to proceed out of the police district ; 2 nd , to report your residence , and every change thereof , to the police magistrate ; 3 rd , to report yourself personally once : a , month to the said
magistrate ; 4 th , not to be absent from your registered place of residence after ten o ' clock at night ; and , 5 th , not to enter any theatre or billiard-room . I stood out three days before ! accepted these terms , as the district assigned me was a very small rural one , where I could not get the slightest chance of emp loyment ; but ' I was compelled ultimately to yield or else to go to Port Arthur , one of the most beastly penal settlements they have here , and where none but the most abandoned characters are kept . I took my ticket of leave , ' therefore , on the 1 st of November , with a view of remaining ! comparatively speaking , at liberty , until my letters would arrive from home , and which , I ani sorry to say , is not the case yet . I have hot got a single line
frbm one of my friends , nor even ah old newspaper , although it is now over seven months since we left , and over three since we landed . Surely it . cannot be possible that the government are holding them back ! It is a very cruel state of suspense to be in , as , with the exception of an odd extract from some of the Enclish or Irish papers , we are in a total i gnorance of anything that . is occurring at home . It cannot be for want of opportunity , as we had eight , vessels from London , and one ( the Marine Plant ) from Liverpool , since bur arrival . All the others are in the same ' predicament with myself in this regard , except Mr . O'Brien , who , 1 believe , had one short letter . : By the by , I should have imentioned that Mr . O'Brien held out , and would not give his parole
unless he got the freedom of the . island . This would not be granted , and he isuridergqirig a very close imprisonment in Maria Island , and , I regret to say , is suffering very severely in health -in consequence . * : * * we nave the privilege of corresponding with each other , through the post-office . Martin stood the voyage well , and is in exceedingly good health , considering his enfeebled , state on leaving Ireland . All the others are quite well , and I never was in more robust health in my life . In fact , I ' m ten years younger than when last you saw me . I take great exercise , and kill my time in fishing and shooting . The district I am in is a sterile , barren one , with nothing but hills covered with stunted trees , and with about twenty acres of tolerably good land to 1 , 000 of bad . It'is twenty ' miles from Hobart Town , the principal town of the colony , and
has certainly a most magnib ' cent ; river running through it , called the Derwent , in which 1 catoli as much fish as I can eat , and occasionally kill a splendid kangaroo , the hind quarters ' of ' which are very excellent eating . Although we did hot expect it ,, we have an immense number of sympathisers here , and who , strange to say , seem to know all about our proceedinss , even to the smallest minutin , They are friendly to us , and even the English and Scotch settlers are nearly all very civil and respectful . The colony is at present in a very depressed state , and all who can leave it are off for California . There are ten vessels now in Hobart Town for it . It is about ten weeks' sail from here . We have a rumour that John Mitchel has been permitted to go anywhere he pleases but back to the old country . Can this be true ?—Bolieveme , yours , & e ., ' T . B . M'Manus .
Tenant Right Meetings . — Crowded tenant right meetings have been held at Tuam and Ennis corthy . The Potato Crop . —The accounts received from all parts on Sunday and Monday , contradict the assertion that the potato disease has re-appeared . On the contrary , all the reports describe that crop as progressing most satisfactorily . .: Encdmbehed Estates ;—Some ofthe Irish repeal journals refuse to fraternise with the Earl of Glengall , on the ground-that the noble lord has been quite too late in entering the field It is a remarkable circumstance that an ultra-Protectionist journal the Cork Constitution , pronounces an unqualified condemnation upon the Marquis of Westmeath ' s Bill , the object of which is to . better the'discretion of
the Encumbered Commissioners in the future sales of estates . That journal remarks — «« The necessity for the compulsory sale of a sinjle acre we regret as much as others ; but , when debts are contracted . they must be paidi' ' < Movement against " the Democrats . " — For some months past Democratic associations in the { south have been holding occasional meetings and establishing clubs . In Kilkenny their proceedings have been denounced as mischievous and dangerous by the Roman Catholic Bishop , Dr . Walsh . It appears by the following fromthe Kilkenny Moderator , that the government begins to look . sharply after toem . On Wednesday evening , whilst the Kilkenny Democrats were Bitting ia conclave ih their club-
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room ; Coal 'Market , ithey were most unexpectedly paid a ' visit'byWi F . 'Win 8 lpw , ; , Esq ; , S . Li witha party op the' City ' constabulary ; who , haying first placed sentinels at all ' ithe avenues from" the ; House , made a' search ¦ ofthe' premises , - took a list of the names of the ' merobers , and carried offtheir minutebook and other documents . 'After keeping the assembled members in durance in their own room for about an hour , the police retired . It is said the authorities grounded their search on a sworn information that arms and seditious documents were to be found on the premises ; we are told , however , that nothing more alarming or treasonable was discovered than the tfafc ' cm newspaper , which the club-men were at the time engaged irireading ; : .
Captors of the Sheriff and Police in Clark . —The Ware Jo urnal contains the following start ling announcement : — " A rescue of stock seized under an execution at the suit of Synge against Synge took place yesterday ( Wednesday ) afrCahernue , when the sheriff and police acting under him were attacked rjy the country people and driven into a sand-pit , where they were'detained until the stock was removed . Mr . Synge was from home at the time . None of the party engaged in the rescue have yet been arrested . "" ' ' : . "_" . ' . ' '"' Landlordism in Fermanagh . —Our Fermanagh correspondent lias furnished us with some startling facta with regard to the doings of certain landlords in that county . The work ' of eviction is carried on to a great extent inthe neihbourhood of Monea ,
exg tending through several townlands on the Boho . — Derry Standard . The Orangemen of the Money more district assembled last week in the Protestant Hall of their town , with Mr . William Blair , their district master , in the chair , and passed the following sensible resolutions : —" That inasmuch as it seems to be the opinion of many eminent men—men of every shade in politicsthat party processions should be discontinued , and that the law of the land is inimical to the development and carrying out of the Orange system , and tbkt in the providence of God , the causes which called that society into existence are fast passing away , wo deem it , to be our dutv , ' as members of the State and asjehristians , to dissolve our connexion with that
association . ' — ' ' That we would humbly-tender our advice to the various lodges ; instead of assembling for political purposes , as heretofore , to establish reading societies throughout , the length and breadth of . the land , and devote their money to the diffusion of knowledge , which , in a short time ,, with the blessing ofjGod , would raise them to a higher degree in the scale of public opinion than ever they had attained under the ' old regime , ' always remembering that ' knowledge is . power ' . '" . Action for Slander against a Roman Catholic Clergtmah . —The Court of Common Pleas was occupied the entire of Friday and Saturday last , with the hearing of an action for slander , in which Mr . Hugh Morrow , sub-sheriff of the county of Longford ,
was the plaintiff , and the Rev / Edward M'Gaver , P . P . of Granard , defendant . Damages were laid at £ 2 , 000 . The language complained of was spoken at a Protectionist meeting at Longford , in . December last , and at which tHe defendant seconded an amendment to the firstresolutionof the Protectionist party , at : the same time observing , '' I , of my own knowled ge know a number of well-conducted , honest tenants in my own neighbourhood , who have been held up to high rents ; and have been compelled to give up their land for the purpose of enabling an individual to get it into his own possession ; and one man having six acres ' was driven ' out of his farm to satisfy the ; withes of this person ; and another tenant who took compassion on that man and let him in , was sentto by
. th ' e agent , and the bailiff told him that if he sheltered him he would be ' put out himself % and another most respectable man , although he wore a frieze coat , was called upon by the same person to give tip his " farm' at forty-ei ght hours notice , as he wished further to enlarge his dem ' ense arid make gravel walks , and upon his asking , ' Where am I to go ? ' he was told , 'You have been asking , your old wife and yourself , arid you maj ^ gdirito the byre ( the cow house ) , but if you do hot give up , the land I will put you into the gaol for the rent you now owe me . ' Ho then said to the agent , ' you came to me three years ago demanding possession , and my son who was then recovering from fever , took a shivering , and you killed him , and you are now going to kill me ? ' It turned . out too
true—Andy Egan was the man . He toook to his bed next day . I attended him in his illness , ' arid he was dead in one week—murdered by that agent , the same as his son was a few months before . The same agent told him that another son of his was a Ribbon , man , ' and he was the Cause of banishing him from the country . This is the treatment which may , be expected from landlords and their agents . " . Some of the gentry on the platform having insisted on the name of the party alluded to being mentioned , the rev . gentleman named Mr . Morrow , in consequence of which the present action was brought . For the prosecution several landed proprietors of the county Of Longford , who attended the meeting were examined , and deposed to having heard ., the words spoken by the defendant . ¦ Mr . " Holmes aiidMr . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., addressed thejury for the defence , but called no witnesses . After a charge from Judge Ball , the jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for
£ 300 damages , and sixpence costs . ¦ J ' he 'Municipal Battle . —The Dublin AT jtw Letter says : — " On Saturday , the loth instant , Mr . Reynolds was- served with nine writs of summons , for penalties of £ 50 each , for acts done in his capacity as Lord , Mayor . These proceedings , would have been taken long since , but that hV-was considered advisable' to wait'for the passing of the recent Process'Act , which puts members of Parliament upon the . same footing as ordinary subjects in relation to law proceedings . ¦¦; . Mr . -Reynolds must , of course , under this set ,. enter appearances within eight days from service , and declarations and pleas must follow asif it ' were terra .. It is understood- that a ' writ . will be served foreveiry act , either by the Lord' Mayor de facto or his locum tenens . Deabery ; of St . Patrick . —The Rev . Ralph Sadleir , prebendary of Castleknock , has been appointed sub-dean of . St Patrick , on the resignation of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Dublin .
The Repeal association . —The association met on Monday ih Concliation-hall , Mr . Bagnall , T ; C ., in the chair . - .: Mr . John O'Connell addressed the meeting , . and alluded to the late verdict against the Rev . ' Mr . M'Gaver , P . P ., at the suit of Mr . Morrow . He hoped the people of Ireland would defray the expenses of the rev . gentleman . The rent for the week was £ l 7 Ss . 8 d . ' . ' MimivgR in suK Cousti CTf Down . —Another murder . has been , perpetrated in Ulster ; but it would appear « that this crime had no connexion with tho land system . - The ! Belfast Whig of Tuesday contains the following particulars;— " The victim ' of this ; diabolical act is James Nooher , of Drumaness , a most inpffensive and respectable
farmer , who has resided in that neighbourhood for many years . The ^ particulars , as far as we have been able to g lean them , are these : —The unfortunate deceasedhad lately accepted tho office of gamekeeper to the Rev . W . B . Forde , of Seaforde , from which a man named M'Cartanhad been dismissed . He wentout . about two o ' clock on the morning in question to prevent poaching . on the estate , and when ho was 6 n his way homo he was shot , at a place called tho Eleven Acres , near the house of a man named Darby Morgan .-No ' cher was found dead at Morgan ' s house , - and the account which the inmates give is , that ho oame there , stating that he had been shot in the valley , and got a drink of buttermilk . The Rev . Mr . Forde , with the police , examined the spot , and , from the slugs and wadding found on the road and at the wall nearlj facing the
house , they are of opinion that the fatal shot or shots must have been either fired from Morgan ' s house , or from . behind . a wall beside it . Tho unfortunate man ' s body presented a horrible spectacle , haying been almost riddled with slugs from the head to the stomach . The doctor who examined the body stated that death must have occurred almost instantaneously , as the deceased was shot through the heart . A young man named Davy , a nephew to the former gamekeeper , and several others , have been arrested on ' suspicion . It is right to state , that ' the police ' searchod tho house of the former gamekeeper , in which they found a gun and pistol which were quite dusty , and had not recently been in use . An inquest has been held on the body , but wo have not obtained particulars . Nooher has left a wifo and live children to lament his loss . "
Irish Packet ' Station . —The Dublin News Letter contains the following announcement : — " Tho government have at last consented to grant a commission of inquiry into the- suitableness of one of tho Irish ports for an American packet station . This concession is one of the utmost importance , and shows what may bo obtained at tho hands of any Ministry ' by united resolve and determined action on the part of the Irish representatives . "
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Cholera in Barbary . —Wo learn from Malta , under . date of the 9 th of June , that this scourge of the human race had manifested itself at Susa , Sfax , Mehdia , ' and other parts of Barbary . -and according to some , accounts , oven in the military barracks within two hour ' s' distance from Tunis ; and such is : tho panic among the people that upwards of 600 have fled in boats and small craft , and reached Malta / whoro ; notwithstanding petitions have been addressed to the governor , praying him to impose a
quarantine of . at least seven days from uatootae . parturefromtiie infected port , pratique is recklessly given to allarrivals unless sickness actually prevails oh board , 'whioh measure has already been tho cause of putting Malta into quarantine with Sicily and Naples , ana- when , they come to learn that a fatal case has ocourred in VallettaHarbour . ( though before . tho admission , of tho vessel to pratique ; as she arrived during the night time ) after fourteen hours' illness ; no doubt asfratto , or tptal rejection of arrivals from Malta wul be enacted .
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Cuttiko and Wounmno . ^ -M . Hagan was indicted for cutting and " wounding Elizabeth Egan , - with intent to do her igrievous . bodily harm . —Mr . Thompson ^ fosecuted , and Mr . Payne defended the prisoner . —It appeared that the prisoner lodged in the same house with the prosecutrix , - and on the llth inst . ; upon her applying to him' for some rent , he abused her arid struck her . ? Not satisfied with this violence , he ; shortly afterwards went into her room with a candlestick in his hand , and after making use of more bad language , he struck her a violent blow on the lip with the candlestick , the effect of which was to cut it open and inflict very severe injury . On behalf of tho prisoner . an attempt was made to show that the prosecutrix herself was the first aggressor , but the evidence was not by any means of a character to warrant such a conclusion being coh ? o to . —Tho jury" found the . prisoner
"Guilty , " and ho was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months . . UiiEniNO a Forged Receipt . —Francis Johnson , 29 , described as a clerk was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a receipt for money , with intent to defraud . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Robinson prosecuted ; Mr . Ballantino ' was for tho defence;—The prisoner , it appeared , was in the service of Messrs . "Warner , ' who carry on an extensive business as ironmongers in Jewin-street ; and the evidence left no doubt that he had been carrying on an extensive system of fraud and robbery upon his employers , arid that he had resorted to the expedient of falsifying the . entries in the books of the firm in order-to cover his delinquencies . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . "—There wero other indictments against . him , arising out ofthe same transactions , but they were not proceeded with . —The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven
years . Charges op Skittle Sharping . —Alfred Hawksby , a respectable-looking young man ,. surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour . —The facts of the case were these . ' The prisoner , who had been sent'for trial with another man , named John Steadman , but who had not surrendered at the time the court sat , is a butcher , living somewhere ¦ near Whitecross-strebt , and at the time the alleged offence , ' was committed the prosecutor was a butoher ' in the New-road , St , George ' s-in-the-East . As fa r ' back as last July it appeared that tho plan was laid to entrap tho " prosecutor , whom it would appear somewhat prided himself on his skittle playingand these were the means employed . The
, prisonerHawksbyand the man Steadmanwere at that time playing skittles together at tho Hope Tavern , Banner-street , St . Luke ' s . Some of the party said that prosecutor , whose name is Meteyard , ' was good for £ 50 , and it was arranged that they should go into the prosecutor ' s shop to buy something , and then pretend to get . up a running match for a sovereign , asking prosecutor to hold the stakes—that Hawksby should be there , as if by accident , arid that , having drawn prosecutor out , skittles should be proposed ; and the prosecutor be picked up ; Accordingly , Steadman and another man went ; and met the prosecutor , and Steadman said , " Now , Tat ' un , are you ready to run for this match ? " to which the other assented , and
prosecutor , was prevailed on to hold the stakes . Tliey proceeded to rim the match . Wine was then introduced , ? of which the prisoner and prosecutor drank . : A game at skittles was then proposed , and betting . commenced , and at last prosecutor was induced to go , home and fetch £ 50 to make a bet with prisoner and Steadman that a certain number of pins could " not be got ; the party who was to knock them down being apparently drunk . As soon-as the money was staked the match was p layed , and prosecutor , of course , lost . Feeling convinced that he had been duped , he applied to ; have a portion ( if not the whole ) of his money back , which was refused . —A number of witnesses were called ; who gave the prisoner a high character . —His Lordship , in addressing the jury , pointed
but the evidence as being very slight , against which previous character ought to weigh ; and , as far as the act of gambling was concerned , the intent was alike blamoable to both parties .-r The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner . . The prisoner Steadman , whose recognizances had been estreated , then begged his , lordship to allow him to surrender for trial . —The X 3 ourt , having satisfied itself that his not surrendering arose from ari error as to ' the hour they would be taken , allowed the trial to proceed . —The evidence was precisely i the same as in the previous case , and the jury at once acquitted the prisoner . Mock Aoenct Offices . —Sydney Robert Sparks , clerk .. 27 . Charles- Wm . Stanley , 23 , Edward
Wright , 23 , agent , and James Campbell , 37 , agent , were indicted for conspiracy and fraud . —The case occupied the court until considerably beyond the usual hour of sitting , and before it had closed the court was inconveniently full with tho numerous witnesses in the case ,- their friends ,, and persons who had been duped by the gang . —As far as per sohal appearance went , the prisoners seemed to be the last that mig ht have been expected to succeed in somany instances of fraud . Campbell is a tall , scampish ; looking , shabby genteel man , sporting mouataohios , an imperial , and wearing glasses . Sparks , . a little , dirty , vulgar , dissipated man . Stanley , a half smart looking young man , " such as may invariably be seen banging about racecourses
and horse fairs . '¦ ' And Wright a small , vulgar , gentish looking young individual . —Mr . Parnell stated briefly tbe manner in which the fraud had been effected , from which it appeared that somewhere about Christmas last the prisoners as a gang commenced operations , and the first the prosecution could learn of thorn was thatCampbell , whom they learat had been a gentleman ' s servant , was traced to have met with the other prisoners at a public-house near Holborn , for the purpose of arranging their future plans of operation , and the arrangement was that as there were many thousands in the metropolis and provinces seeking for situations , they should take offices and open them as estate and registry agents , then advertise for
clerks to deposit a certain sum of money with them by way of security , and then employ them for a week or two at a salary , getting rid of them as soon as ; they could pocket the deposit , and when ono of the places so taken became , to use their own term , too hot to hold them , they were to shift to another quarter , and the . difficulty about references was to be removed by the parties , under different names , having more than one office at a time , by which means they could g ive reference ; from one to another . Some one at this < meeting said they thought the public , were too much on their guard to be taken in , when Campbell said he had a scheme that would throw the , devil off his guard , and , producing a well-drawn Up and well-printed circular or prospectus of the concern , said he
thought that would lick them ( meaning the public . ) Shortly after this : . the firm made its appearance , first in Upper Wellington-street , as Wright and Co ., loan-office ; general registry and investment company , auctioneers , < ko . The same party then commenced operations in Exeter Arcade , then Brownlow-street , Holborn , then Adam-street , Adelphi , Great Queen-street , Kingsgate-street , and lastly at Cavendish-square . At these various p laces the prisoners were each to be found acting in . concert ; and by answering and inserting advertisements , got numbers of young men to place suins varying from £ 5 to £ 50 with them . They then employed the parties so engaged for a short time , by sending them long distances from home to inquire after houses and businesses to let , and the
end was that , they never got back their monoy or salary . The learned counsel then went on to detail the evidence , which , having so recently appeared when the prisoners wero oxamiued at the police court , only requires the main points to bo noticed . — James Bottomley , a servant out of place , conborated the learned . counsel ' s statement as to the particulars of what took place at tho public-house . Tho first he knew of Campbell was that ho was to get him a situation as a servant ; and witnsas having been out of service some time , had no character , aud Campbell proposed to givo him a false one , for which he was to receive £ 2 , £ 1 5 s . of which was paid to him . Not being able to get his money back , they wished him to assist them in
the proposed scheme . —Cross examined : I never said I would swear anything for ten shillings and a good blow out ; that was . _ Campbell ' s favourite word ; when some one said how about directors to tho company , to which' their circulars referred , Campbell said , " Only let me get the tin , and I'll get names enough . " He was called tho Captain , Sparks was introduced as his partner . — George Morris proved having seen Stanley and Wright acting in concert in Upper Wellingtonstreet . Witness had been defrauded out of £ 15 by the elder Wright . —It jeas then proved that tho office in Exeter Arcade had been let'to Wri ght and Stanley , who , after a month , turned it over to Sparks , who converted it into a cigar and betting room , —James Howe , a poor looking old man , said he had-been engaged at Wellington-street by Staney and Wright . He paid £ 5 deposit , and when he became clamorous to have it back , they said they must rob
. some one else . to ! pay : him . —Alfred Savage , another of the victims , proved the payment of £ 5 , on account to Wright and Stanley , in Weilington-street . —John Macdonald , having paid £ 10 on account , at Kingsgate-street to Campbell , and " hRg that he . could not get any employment , wished to have his money back , when Campbell beeamc insolent , and said that , as witness had left before his time , he should havo tho advice ofthe legal gentleman ofthe firm before he should return the amount , which was never repaid . —Charles Gage , a draper , said that , seeing an advertisement , he went early in March to Kingsgate-street ; where he saw Sparks and Stanley , who said they must have £ 10 . He went down to Dorset and got tho money fronvhis friends ; and all tho wages he got was lOs ^—Hebor Loter , having deposited £ 10 , was duly engaged as clerk to the firm'in Kingsgatestreet , aofmg an legal adviser to tho firm ; as . soon
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as the agreement was ' signed and he wag ¦ to enf on his dpties , they gavehim two days' holidavto „ to Greenwichifair . . ( Laughter . ) ,, Alll got ft > . ij money was . anl . CUfor four weeks' salary . WhentV affair . at Kingsgate-street broke up witness searchprt arid the only valuable thing" inthe place was a pewtw ! pot . Cross-examined : I made a disturbance , StanW gave me in custody ; I made a charge of cons oiraov but Mr . Hall said an individual case would not sus tairi the charge .-r-Mr . Parry said that the cases wers so flagrant that , on the part of Wri ght , he should withdraw from the charge , and lot him plead guiltv —The payment of two more sums , of £ 10 and £ 50 were then proved , and also that- the prisoner had gone by various aliases , and that when their victims became clamorous tho parties would dodor- »! , „„!
from one office to another , and a carpen ter whr . had fitted the place , having called upon Wright for some money , said he requested him to step aside 11 he was going to nail a long customer , and would pay him . —Sergeant Thompson said he took Camn boll and Stanley at 15 , Blandford-street , Dorset . square , where they had just commenced operations under tho name of Harvey , Loan and Discount Office . He met S parks in Great Russell-street and took him . —Mr . Paine contended that the collusion had not been sufficiently proved against Cam pbell -Mr . Horry , at some length , said Sparkes wasa mere servant . —The learned commissioner having summed up , the jury immediately found thorn " Guilty . " -Mr . Parnell said that the frauds p . S this day were but a few of the clearest picked from the w
mass . . , Edward Wri ght , 57 , father of the prisoner in tha astcase , a fellow who has for nearly twenty yeara been carrying on tho same game , and who kept an office at Channg-cross , and has been before convicted , was indicted with- James for defraudins William Davis of £ 10 .-Wright pleaded guilty , 3 thejury convicted Jame ? .-Mr . Parnell said James had obtained two sums of £ 10 in ono day by tha same practices .-The learned Judge , in passing sentence , commented upon the gross nature of tha charges and sentenced Wri ghf the elder , James , tampbell , and Stanley , to eighteen months' imprisonment J > nd hard labour ; but considering that bparks had not taken any money , and Wright had acted under the guidance of a bad father , ' the sentence on them would be twelve months
. BtmouRY .-Robert Jamieson , 19 , was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Isaiah Relph , and stealing a large quantity of copper money , a number of ci gars , some screws of tobacco , three knives , andother articles , his property Mr . Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr . O'Brien defended the prisoner . —The prosecutor in this case is tho landlord of George IV . public-house , in Edwardstreet , Iiegent ' s-park , and it appeared that tho robbery in question was committed on the 27 th of April . At a quarter past two o ' clock in the mornmg of that day the house was all properly secured and the family retired to bed , and at twenty-five minutes to six o ' clock the same morning it was dig . covered that the premises hadbeen entered durinff
the night , and that nearly a peck of copper money which was in a nag in tho bar , several bottles of liquor , some knives , a great many screws of to « bacco , hnd some ci gars had been stolen . The evi » dehce against tho prisoner was solely circumstan . tial , but at the same time appeared to be quite conclusive of his guilt , It was proved that the housa of the prosecutor was entered by a window in the back yard , which abutted upon a house in which tha sister of the prisoner occupied a room , to which ha had constant access ; and it appeared that very soon after the robbery was committed he was seen to go into this room carrying two bundles . It was also shown that on this same morning the prisoner went to the shop of Mr . Thompson a pawnbroker
, in the Hampstead-road . and redeemed some articles , for which he paid with nine shillings in copper money , and he then purchased nine shillings' worth of other things , which he also paid for with copper , and he then requested the pawnbroker to give him ten shiliinfs in silver for that amount of copper money . In addition to these facts it appeared that ; upon searching the room occupied by the prisoner ' s sister , and to which he was seen to go on the morning of the robbery , some knives , twenty-seven farthings , and four screws of tobacco wore found , several of which articles were identified as forming a portion of the stolen property . It also appeared that when the prisoner was taken into custody a further sum of 2 s . Id . in copper was found in his
possession . —The jury found tho prisoner Guilty , and evidence was adduced to show that he had been before convicted of felony . —The prisoner was then charged , upon another indictment , with a burglary in the dwelling-house of William Clark , and stealing fifty cigars , " a corkscrew , a scarf , and other articles ? —The prosecutor in this case , it appeared , is tha landlord of the Jew ' s Harp publichouse in the same street as that in which the former prosecutor resided . The robbery in question took place on the night of the 15 th of April , and a considerable portion of the stolen property was found in the possession of the prisoner a very short time afterwards . — The jury again returned a verdict of " Guilty . "The Recorder , in passing sentencesaid there could
, be no doubt that the prisoner was a systematic robber of public-houses , and ordered him to be transported for fifteen years . Robukbt . —William Anderson , 50 , hairdresser , pleaded " Guilty" to an indictment for stealing from Robert Catten thirty sovereigns , twenty half-sovereigns , and a Bank-note for £ 10 .-The Court sentenced him to eighteen months' imprisonment . —The prisoner , who evidently expected a much mora severe sentence , and did not rightly hear , said , "eighteen years , ray Lord ?"—Common-Serjeant : No , eighteen months . —The prisoner , seemingly much pleased , made a bow . and srot out of the dock
as quickly as he could . Bigamy . —Arthur Matthews , 27 , labourer , was indieted for feloniousl y intermarrying with Susannah Joyce , his wife being still alive . —Mr . W . Cooper prosecuted . —It appeared that the prisoner , who is an Irish dock-labourer , had married his first wife at St . George ' s-in-the-East in 1843 , and that being a woman of drunken habits , they separated , and she went to live with some one else , upon which he in May last married his second wife at the office of the district registrar of Stepney-green . —The prisoner was convicted , and sentented to be imprisoned for two months .
Assault . —William Plant , 29 , shoemaker , was indieted for unlawfully assaulting Elizabeth Harbud , with intent , & c—Mr . Parnell prosecuted , and Mr . O'Brien defended . Tho prosecutrix , an interesting , modest-mannered girl , who seemed still to be suffering from the effects of the prisoner ' s violence , and the drugs it was supposed ho had administered to her , stated that on the evening of Friday , tho 17 th of May , a man whom she believed to be the prisoner met her , and having forced himself into conversation , prevailed on her to accompany him to the Cock public-house , at the corner of Margaretstreet , Great Portland-street , where he called for a j jlass of brown brandy-and-water , a small quantity of which she partook of . and almost immediately
felt sick and giddy , and then lost all power of recollection until ten o ' clock the next morning , when she found herself in the Middlesex Hospital , where she was compelled to remain for a . fortnight before she had entirely recovered . —The barmaid at tho Cook public-house proved the prisoner to be tha man that had given the prosecutrix the brandy-and * water ; they were standing by a wall . Prosecutrix forced herself from the prisoner , and immediately fell headlong into tho road . Water was obtained , but she not recovering , was taken by the police and three gentlemen to the hospital . —Police-constable Hodges , ofthe E division corroborated their statement , adding that from tho position ho saw them in there could not be any doubt but that tha
prisoner had criminally assaulted her . He heard her say " Get away , you beastly fellow . " Upon picking her up he found her clothes much disordered , and she was quite insensible . Prisoner begged of him not to take her to the hospital , at the same time stating that a policeman in Bakerstreet had requested him to see her home , and at the station-house he said he first saw her in Oxfordstreet , with a crowd of men round her , and that ha took charge of her from motives of humanity . —Mr . Corfe , the resident surgeon at the hospital , said that when she was brought in they applied tha stomach pump , but could not detect the presence of liquor , or any narcotic . Her breath smelt of sherry , and although there was no positive evidence
ofthe fact , ho , from all circumstances , felt convinced that she was suffering from tho effects of chloroform . She was very ill upon recovering her sensibility the following morning , and remained in a critical state for a fortnight afterwards before sho was well enough to leave the hospital . —The jury immediately fouud him " Guilty . "—The prisoner said , as there was a God in heaven he had only seen the girl a few minutes before the policeman came up , and was innocent . —Mr . 'Gurney said his protestations were only an aggravation of his guilt ; there could not bo any doubt , and , further , that ho mot tho prosecutrix prepared with means to effect his purpose . —He was then sentenced to two years imprisonment and hard labour .
Clekjt Solo For Slacks.—Walker, In His "...
Clekjt solo for Slacks . —Walker , in his " Sufferings of the Clergy , " says , " There was a project on foot to sell some of tho-moat eminent ( of tha masters of colleges , doctors in divinitv , & c . ) to tha Turks for slaves , and a considerable progress was made in that horrid purpose , " Anil , writing of Dr . Edward Layfield , undertho'head of " London Cathedrals , " Walker again says , that " at last , in the company of others , hewasclapt on shipboard , ' under hatches ; " and that "they wore threatened to be sold slaves to the Algerines , or to some of our own plantations . " Again , it is recorded , in Bishop Cosin ' a life , that b y his will "hogave towards the redemption of Christian captives at Algiers £ 500 ; towards tho relief of the distressed loyal - party ia England , £ 800 ;" . upon which I should be glad to put a query—vie ., is there sufficient-ground for supposing that any of the loyal party were really sold for slaves during tho rebellion . ?—ma and Queries
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22061850/page/6/
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