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Health? WitnessYesMr Grainger visited bcry; and the police having obtained evidence as to liowlic came there,he was, as soon as sufficiently andafter ''¦' "* June 23, 18491-.6 .- . "^ ^^^^^^SS- ¦" ¦"" ^^'"^"^-^ n^^ visited, tt mttfll .CrottUWrt COW* h0&camc W^^ eentval Criminal ®*m
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Health? Witnessyesmr Grainger Visited Bcry; And The Police Having Obtained Evidence As To Liowlic Came There,He Was, As Soon As Sufficiently Andafter ''¦' "* June 23, 18491-.6 .- . "^ ^^^^^^Ss- ¦" ¦"" ^^'"^"^-^ N^^ Visited, Tt Mttfll .Crottuwrt Cow* H0&Camc W^^ Eentval Criminal ®*M
Health ? WitnessYesMr Grainger visited bcry ; and the police having obtained evidence as to liowlic came there , he was , as soon as sufficiently andafter ' ' ¦' " * June 23 , 18491-. 6 .- . " ^ ^^^^^^ SS- ¦ " ¦"" ^^'"^ " ^ - ^ n ^^ visited , tt mttfll . CrottUWrt COW * h 0 & camc W ^^ eentval Criminal ®* m
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Health op Loxdon nunrso the "Week exuixg Jcse 16 . —The mortality of tbe metropolitan districts / which in the previous week was rather above the average , has fallen last week to 912 deaths , or fi / cy-onelessthanthecstimatcfounded on the weekly mortality of former springs . Taking four principal groups of fatal causes , uamelv , the tubercular , diseases ofthe nervous system , ofthe he : irt , and of the respiratory organs , all show a decrease on the average , especially the last , in which the deaths were eighty-eight , though the average is 131 . The epidemic class alone ( numbering 251 deaths ) shows an excess which is considerable , and amounts to fifty-three ? hut ofthe twentv-oue diseases of whbh
it " consists , only hooping-cough , diarrho-a , and cholera are conspicuously fatal in this return . Hooping cough-numbers forty-five , against an average of thirty-sis . Tiie average of diarrhoea and dvsentery is fourteen ; but in tbe last three weeks the numbers have been respectively nineteen , twenty-Svc , and thirty-eight , showing a gradual increase * Cholera , which in five former springs averaged one dcatb weekly , was fatal in the last three weeks to nine , twenty-two , and forty-two persons , showing that the epidemic niakes some progress . Of the forty-two thirty died on the south side ofthe river . Two men died from contact with diseased horses . One case , that of a man forty-eight years of age , is described as "inflamed finger ( 10 days ) ,
erysipelas of head and face ( 0 days ) , caused , as the registrar was informed , by a glandered horse . -Another man , aged forty-four years , died of " farcy , caught from attending a farcied horse which ' was shot . " This person had been ill four months . Three fatal cases of privation are thus recorded : —a man of forty-three years in Christchurch , St . Saviour ' s , " starvation , diarrhoea ( 3 days ) . " The case is certified by a medical man . A woman , sixty-seven years of age , on whom an inquest was held , " wasfound dead , apparently from ¦ want , " in Batcliff ; and according to the coroner ' s return , the death of another woman , age unknown , in Goodman's-field ? , was accelerated by " exhaustion from cold and privation . " The births during
the week numbered 1 , 143 . The mean reading of tbe barometer was above 30 in . on Thursday ; the mean ofthe week was 29 . 779 in . The temperature rose towards the end of Hie week , but throughout was less than the average . The highest reading of the thermometer occurred on Saturday , when it 69 deg . 6 ; the mean of that day was 57 deg . 6 ; -the mean of the week was 53 aeg . 5 ; lower than that of the previous fortnight by more than 6 deg . On Tuesday the mean temperature was less than the average of the same day in seven years , by 10 deg . 7 ; the mean of the week was less than the average by 7 deg . 1 . Death op a FeuaXe prom the Administration of Lvdiax Tobacco . —On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquest at tbe Market-house , Finsbury-market , touching the death of Jane Garner , aged 23 years . —Mr . John Lesson , a surgeon , stated that on Thursday morning he was called to the deceased . He found she had just expired . He was informed by
Mr . Garner , her brother , that the deceased had caught a violent cold , and that he had administered doses of lobelia , according to instructions in a work which he had purchased , entitled " Coffin ' s Botanical Guide to Health and Natural Pathology of Disease . " De asked Mr . Garner how much he had given to hissistcr , and he replied one tea-spoonful- -He added thai the work recommended half an ounce of lobelia as a dose , which was to be repeated -until it operated , and that he was in the habit of -using it himself for some time past as an emetic , -when he felt unwell . The lobelia inflatais an Indian weed of a very powerful character , and a narcotic poison . "Witness had made a post mortem examina * tion and attributed death to the poisonous effects of lobelia . He found upwards of 400 grains of it in the stomach , which was quite sufficient to produce death . Lobelia acted upon the nervous system in the same manner as prussic acid . —Rebecca Ford stated that her father was a herbalist in
Coventgarden and in Union-street , Spitalnelds . witness Lad sold Mr . Garner various quantities of lobelia , and had herself taken a teaspoonful of lobelia on several occasions . Witness ' s mother had taken five or six spoonfuls every day for some time past . The jury returned the following special verdict ; " That the deceased died from the deleterious effects of a certain noxious weed called lobelia inflata , administered to her as a medicine , and without any intention to destroy life ; but the jurors cannot separate without expressing their opinion of the injurious effects which have been thus produced by a book published , and entitled ' Coffin ' s Botanical Guide to Health , ' which has led to an incautious and indiscriminate use of the weed in question , and which work is condemned by the whole ofthe medical profession . "
Apoplexy mistakes ron Druxkexxess . —At the workhouse , Dunning ' s-alley , Bishopsgate , on Monday , before Mr . W . Payne , on the body of Eve Harris , aged sixty-four . Deceased was observed on Saturday night to stagger a few steps along the pavement in Ifoandsditch , and if she had not been caught by some persons passing , must have fallen . A policeman coming up at the time concluded she -was intoxicated , and took her to the station-house , where she was placed on the floor of a cell , and left of fr
there in a state perfect insensibility om halfpast eleven at night until half-past three o ' clock the next morning . She was visited every half-hour by the police , who , from her loud snoring , believed her to be asleep , but when they endeavoured to arouse her they found her dead . —Mr . Browne , surgeon , said he ' hnd no doubt tbe deceased died from apoplexy , with which she was attacked in the street . If , In the present ease , the deceased had had medical assistance immediately , her life might probablv have been saved . —Verdict—" Died from
apoplexy . ' Registration of YoiEns ron the Cut of Loxt » ox , & c . —The following notice has been issued by the overseers of the different parishes in tbe city of London and "Westminster , the metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets , Fiusbury , Marylebone , Lambeth , Southwark , Greenwich , and the counties of Middlesex , Kent , Surrey , Essex , & c , respecting the registration of voters in the return of members to " Parliament : — "We hereby give notice that no person will be entitled to have Ms name inserted in any list of voters for this city or borough now about to be made , in respect of the occupation of premises of the clear annual value of £ 10 , whether situate wholly or in part within
the parish of , unless lie shall pay on or before the tJOlh day of July next all the poor-Kites and assessed taxes ( schedule B , Xo . 2 ) which have become payable from him in respect of such premises during the 12 calendar mouths next before the 5 th day of ' January last past , and will he incapable of "being upon the next register of voters for this city or borough . " ( Signed by the overseers . ) " Xotice ishc-rehy given that all persons entitled to vote in the election of knight or knights of the shire for the county of -, & c , hi respect of any property situate wholly or in pnit within tbe parish of ,
who are not upon the register of voters now in force , and who are desirous of having their names inserted In the register of voters about to he made of the said county of , arc also requested to send in their names on or before the 20 th day of July with their names and surnames in full , their place " of abode , and the particulars of their qualification , which must be legibly written according to the form set forth . Any person who is upon the present register may also make his claim if he thinks fit , but it is not necessary he should do so if he has the same qualification and place of abode now described in the resister . "
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The Smcgguxg At Pohtsmouth. —" Billy Lli...
The Smcgguxg at Pohtsmouth . — " Billy llitchell , " whose name we gave in our last number , as being apprehended with a large quantity of tubs of spirits , was brought up before the magistrates at Gospoit on Saturday last , and convicted on the charge of being concerned in the unshipping certain spirits . A penalty of £ 100 was inflicted by the magistrates , and paid by Mr . Eddis , a friend of the prisoner ' s . The yacht Ariel still remains in charge ofthe coast-suard .
Tatai . Accoesi on the Somn-WESTEEX AXD "Wixnson Railway . —On Friday week the following lamentable and fatal accident occurred upon this line , near to the Staines station . It appears that within three hundred yards of the Staines station , on the Datchet side , there is a level crossmsr , which being principally for agricultural purposes , there are jio gates erected , nor is a signal man stationed . About twenty minutes to twelve o ' eloek , an old man , named ikrlots-e , who was in the employ of a neighbouring farmer , was in the act of driving a horse ^ nd cart across the line , when the half-past eleven express up-traln , which at this particular partofithe line has to round a considerable curve , tbe driver
preventing seeing any object within fifty or sixty yards , came with full focee against tbe unfortunate . man and horse , mutilating the deceased and the animal in a most shocking manner . Tbe cart was not so far advanced as to render any . obtoactionte £ he train , which passed on to Staines , whenlnfiM-matiDn ofthe sid occurrence was given . trJt ^ tz "Bt & e deceased was sixty years of age , TJpJ 2 f ^ The ^ J . ^ i- " * presented a most Ifthi ^^ V ^ pbcei 1 Iu a s ^ and aow lies ^ f rr ^ Tnn ^ * - -011 ^^? . ^ t the An gel f ? i ^ r- S ^ -Mr - Wakley , deputy-coroaer for M ^ dte held an inquest u ^ fi the body of the said TTilliam Marlowe . Evidence of the facts having been given , the jury . returned 1 ¦ 'iI ?™ S
• Accidental death , ' ?; to , whom they attached the foUowing ; - - " The jury cannot separate wSutlx pressmg their opinion that sufficient care has not Wusedatthe Staines station , whercayery sharp w & i ,, P t 0 wh ' P oint a road has not &^ 2 ^ pnrsuantto the agreemententered into by the directors . And they further consider p-ua without stopping at Staines ; and especial !"
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t hey recommend that a P- ^^^ ft {__ Sates where this accident occurred , previous to tne a rrival of each train . " .
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Dcnm Satdbdat . —DErAiiTUBE or . two ot ? the State PbisoSERS : —The sentence of ten years transportation each bas been at length carried into effect upon Mr . John Martin and Mr- Kevin O'Doherty , the editors respectively of the Irish fcZoiiand Tribune newspapers . This morning , at half-past five o ' clock , a single covered vehicle con--vevingthe governor of the convict prison depot arrived at the gates of the Richmond Penitentiary . That official was the bearer of the warrant of the Irish Executive for the delivery of the bodies of JohnMartinand Kevin Izod O'Doherty . Soon after a hodv of mounted police arrived , accompanied by
the black cart , or prison van , which , with its escort , entered the prison gates and drew up in the inner yard . The query was then put if the prisoners were ready . The reply was , that they were asleep , and that they would then be roused . So secret were all the arrangements kept that none of the public had the least intelligence ofthe intended removal of the two prisoners . At about half-past six o ' clock Mr . Martin issued from his cell and stood m the prisonhall , prepared for -departure , lie bade a , kindly farewell to the governor and officials , and warmly shook hands with one or two gentlemen who were present . Mr . O'Doherty then came out , dressed as if for travcllin < r * Mr . Martin expressed himself as in sood health , ' but there appeared a painful shortness
mbis breathing , and his cheeks seemed flushed . Mr . O'Doherty looked in rather delicate health , but both maintained a sad but firm bearing . As they stood in the hall a side door opened , and Mr . Smith O'Brien stood in the doorway , having come from his cell to bid farewell to his fellow-prisoners , perhaps for ever . This scene was soon over , and turning away from tbe door , which closed again on their friend , tbe two prisoners announced themselves ready . Mr . M * 2 > Ianus came down also , and wished to remain to see them depart , but this privilege was not allowed him . He took his brief and painful adieu , and returned to the solitude of his prison . After some delay in getting fixed the few articles of baggage beloneinir to the prisoners , the van , with its escort ,
issued from the prison gates , where it was met by nearlv a regiment of dragoons—the advanced guard with " loaded carbines , and the rest with swords drawn . Mr . OTerrall , inspector of police , was present . The cortege set off at a gallop along the Cireular-road , skirting the city , and struck in on the Kingstown highway at Baggot-strcet Bridge , and thus at a rapid pace proceeded to Kingstown , where , we understand , the Trident war-steamer was awaiting the arrival ofthe prisoners , with orders to proceed , after having received them on board , to Cork Harbour , where she will land the prisoners at Spike Island . The Potato Crop . —On the subject o the potato
crop the reports are conflicting . In the majority of instances they are undoubtedly favourable , but rumours ofthe re-appearance of the blight are still prevalent . The xate Suhoeox Carmichael . —The funeral ( a public one ) of this eminent physician took place at an early hour this morning . All the members of tbe colleges of surgeons and physicians were in attendance , besides a long train of mourners , composed of ail the gentry ana professional men at present hi town . The deceased has bequeathed a sum of £ 16 , 000 to be divided between the College of Surgeons for the establishment of prizes , the Medical Benevolent Fund Society , and the Richmond Hospital School of Medicine .
MoxnAY . —Health of Mb . Maktix . —The Freeman ' s Journal has along statement about tho health of Mr . Martin , the convict , which represents it as miserable . Ohaxgeism . —It was supposed that Orangeism was dead , and that we were not likely to bear more of it , but our pleasing anticipations were erroneous . The foundation-stone of anew Orange-hall has been recently laid at Jfewry , with great pomp and ceremony . The proceeding is really somewhat remarkable , * and is a sign of a retrograde course in the " men of the north , " who it was fondly supposed had been growing more rational of late years . The inscription on the foundation-stone states that the ground for the erection had been given by "Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill , otherwise the Marquis of Downshire .
It is stated in the Cork Reporter that m one of the chief streets of Cork there are fourteen shops closed , and in the main street of Clonmel there are not less than twenty-two shops shut up . More Evictions . The progress of evictions still continues . From Lord Vcntry ' s trust estates , in the county of Kerry , thsre have been driven , since the 15 th of May , 251 individuals . In Tippcrary , the Clonmel Chronicle records cases ofthe same kind . Although people here are case-hardened b y the miseries they have witnessed and heard of , Still the extract published from tho report of Dr . Pholan , the medical poor law inspector , has caused some sensation , from the experience of the writer , and his frecdomjfrom exaggeration . The LimericTc Examtlicr mentions that the receivers on the Freeman estates , in the county of Limerick , canted last week the cattle of a tenant who owed
only tirelre mouths' rent . Tbe oecupymg farmer bad lost fourteen ol his cows by distemper . Toomevara . — The condition of the wretched people of this ruined village continues as deplorable as ever . "We do not know what movement the hoard of guardians has made in their regard ; but we have heard that a . person' of the name of Wilson , who has been stopping at Toomevara at Donobue the bailiff ' s house for the last few weeks , and who is said to be an agent on the Massy Dawson estates , besought the llev . Mr . Meagher , P . P ., to advise the people to leave the village and proceed to the workhouse . On Sunday , Mr . Meagher did request the people to proceed to the workhouse ; but the fact is , that that establishment contains , by
some hundreds , more inmates than the sealed order ofthe commissioners permits - , and we do think that the best thing that could be done for the miserable poor of that most wretched district is to procure house accommodation for them forthwith , as in the event of a change in the weather it is impossible to say what may become of them . They are all congregated in squalid huts near the chapel walls ; some of them have got into the graveyards adjoining , where they have endeavoured to make huts for themselves also , but their condition iu the churchyards can better be imagined than described ; it is enough to state that nothing can possibly be more afflicting in every sense of the word . —Tippcrary Mndicator .
Tuesday . —The State Prisoners at Cove . —The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the following announcement : — " The government steamer Trident arrived in our harbour at four o ' clock yesterday morning , having on board Messrs . John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Doherty , who were immediately transferred on hoard the convict ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone . It is believed that the latter vessel will be detained in Cove , until the government is in a position , by the adoption of the special act of parliament at present being hurried through the house , to send out the other State prisoners , without encountering any constitutional objection . " The Press of last night callsupon the public to get up meetmgs ' to ask her Majesty to put her veto upon the ex post facto act against the state convicts . The Cuoiera . —I am happy to state , on the very
best authority , that this dreadful disease is on the decline in Dublin , not , however , witiiout having left behind fearful traces of its ravages . From a laudable anxiety to allay unnecessary alarm , the public journals have preserved a cautious silence with respect to the amount of mortality caused by the visitation ; but I have been assured that the numbers swept off during the last three weeks have been very considerable , while the cases of recovery have been comparatively rare , except in those instances where the first insidious symptoms of the attack were properly attended to , and resort had at once to medical assistance . Yesterday tho report was that tbe pestilence was declining rapidly ; that it had decreased in intensity ; and that the- new cases were not one-half the average of the preceding days ofthe last week . —Times .
wedsesday . —The Harvest . —There has been rain all through the country , suificient to render great service to the growing crops where moisture was much required . The " alarm" about the re-appearancc of the potato disease has altogether ceased , for the present at least : new potatoes , very fine in quality , are appearing in the markets . In Belfast the increased supply has caused a reduction in the price , from sixpence to twopence per pound . Nothing could be more gratifying than the reports ofthe corn crops .
The Rate is Aid . —All through the country arrangements have been made for commencing the collection of the sixpenny rate in aid . The commissioners hare forwarded sealed orders to the various unions , specifying the amount for each electoral division , according to its valuation . In most parts of the west , and in many districts of the south , there will be no return on account of the rate in aid , because it has been found impossible to enforce the ordinary rates for the current expenses ¦ of the workhouses and the out-door relief .
Belief tor the West . —The Belfast Banner says : — " We understand that a considerable portion , ifjuei the whole , of the breadsfcuffs in the stores of the r elief commissariat in this town is in progress ofshipmenttoBallina , county Mayo , in which distriefcthe distress ofthe peasantry is of the most ur | CDtiand wide-spread description , " , , DeateebomDesijtoiion .---An inquest was held on Monday , on the body of a . man named Michael Kowlan , at Oldtown " , county Kilkenny . " Several witnesses were examinee " , who deposed that deceasea ' s death was caused by insufficiency of food . Doctor J . W . Swan deposed that he saw the deceased some few hours before" his death , and from the emaciated state of his fi-ame * , believed that the wretched man died of starvation . The verdict was ia accordance with this evidence . The Mltemy
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Moderator , which gives an proeceuings at the inquest , says— . " The deceased held two acres and a half of land , part of which is cropped , with wheat and a proportion with oats . ' The' remainder was in preparation for turnips . He of course was not entitled to relief under tho peer-laws , and the unfortunate man seemed to have , actually killed himself in ' the effort to till his land , when reduced to the lowest possible state ot bodily weakness , from a protracted and most miserable existence on an msufneient and innutritious food . " , Hkots of Laxb in Ireland . —Reductions of rent ,
varying from twenty to fifty per cent ., have been made by many of the landed proprietors , in a few instances permanently , but generall y the reduction is temporary , on account of the failure of crops , the low price of produce , and the high rates caused by the extent of destitution . The Duke of Devonshire , Lord Stradbroke , and Lord Lor ton are among the proprietors who have made large temporaty reductions ; andthe provincial journals almost daily contain announcements that other landlords are adopting the same system .
Destructive Fires. Fire In St. George's-...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Fire in St . George ' s-ix-inK-EAsr . —On Saturday night last , shortly after ten o ' clock , a fire , involving a considerable destruction of property . broke out in a long range of premises occupied conjointly by Mr . Jonathan Clark , biscuit baker , and ; Mr . Thomas Smith Gordon , a cabinetmaker and ship * joiner , in Orange-court , Great Hermitage-street , St . Gcorge ' s-in-the-East . Theflames commenced in the lower floor , in the tenure of the first-named party , and although assistance was ' . ' promptly at hand , and every endeavour made to arrest the progress of tho fire , scarcely five minutes hid elapsed from the time the first discovery was made , before the fire penetrated the flooring of Mr . Gordon's premises , and the stock-in-trade therein boine of an easily ignitible
character , the flames spread with great rapidity The reflection of the flames on the river brought out the various ships and smaller craft in bold relief , and from the several bridges the fire presented all the appearance ofthe London Docks being enveloped in flames . Plenty of water being at hand , the whole force was brought to bear upon the flames , by which means their further extension was cut ofi , but it was nearly twelve o ' clock before they could be extinguished , and not until the whole of-Mr . Clark ' s premises were totally destroyed , and the contents of Mr . Gordon ' s workshops consumed , nothing remaining of cither building but the outer waUs . Several of the adjoining premises were also materially damaged .
Silk-mills Destroyed by Fire , near M anchester . —On Saturday night last , the silk-mills of Messrs Williams and Gardom , adjoining Broughton-bndge , on the Irwcll , near Alancliester , were discovered to be on fire , and by a quarter-past six o'clock , when the Salford fire-engines arrived on the spot , the flames were bursting from the entire of the hundred windows fronting to the river , and presented an extraordinary and alarming spectacle . The mills comprise two parallel buildings , the principal one , nearest the river Irwell , being five stories in height , with attics , and having a frontage of about 150 feet . In addition to the two principal buildings there were also some weaving sheds . The fire broke out in the larger mill , and as it was separated only from the
smaller one by a narrow court , the baltord hrenien directed their efforts to preventing the spread bi tiie flames to the small mill . The Manchester firebrigade , with fire-engines , arrived soon afterwards , and planted two of their engines on the . opposite side ofthe river to play directly on the burning pile , and the others were disposed so as to cover the weaving sheds and some adjoining cottage property . The wind blowing from the river and larger mill towards the smaller , all endeavours to keep the flames from the latter were abortive , andthe floor of both mills being old and much saturated with oil which had dropped from the machinery , the fire progressed with such terrific fury , that in little more than an hour the two mills were a heap of ruins . A large sheds
quantity of raw silk , the weaving , containing some valuable machinery and a few of the books , were all the property that was saved . Of the two mills only the chimney and end walls were left standing . The machinery in the mills was exceedingly valuable , being nearly new and of modern construction . The loss , as estimated by the proprietor , will not exceed £ 22 , 000 , or about eighty per cent , of the amount for which the property was insured . The insurances are nearly equally distributed between the Manchester , Yorkshire , and Phoenix Fire-offices . Old Kext-road . —On Tuesday night , at a few minutes before nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . E . Clarke and Co .,
japanners and patent table-cover manufacturers , carrying on business in Neat-street , Coburg-road , near the Lord J v plsou tavern , occupying an area of several acres . The flames ori g inated in the printing shops , a range of buildings ot about fifty feet long , in which a vast quantity of valuable property was deposited . As to the cause of the disaster , not the least information could be obtained . It appears thatthe whole of the workmen had left the premises in charge of the private watchman , and this person suddenly perceived a dense mass of smoke pouring forth from the lower floor of the printing houses . The watchman raised an alarm , but before any assistance could arrive flames shot through the various windows and out of the roof , and ascended so high as to threaten destruction to the houses in Xeat-strect , Barnhani-placc . & c , and the
numerous occupants of those dwellings commenced throwing their furniture out of window . As soon as possible several of the Brigade , West of England , parish , and private engines reached the scene , when the firemen found the whole of the printing houses in a blaze , and the fire had extended to a small factory belonging to Mr . Buriiham , and also to the stables in the occupancy of the same person . The engines were immediately set to work , and tho flames were then prevented from extending to the stores , frames , drying houses and trimming shops , but although the firemen laboured incessantly , it was nearly eleven o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . The premises and their contents were insured in the West of England Fire-office , but the neighbours , who are serious losers , were not insured for a single penny .
The Cholera. On Tuesday An Inquest Was H...
THE CHOLERA . On Tuesday an inquest was held at St . John ' s vestry-hall , Ilorselydown , before Mr . "William Payne , the coroner , on the body of Margaret Murphy , aged 05 , who died on Monday , from Asiatic cholera , her brother , who had resided in tho same house , having died a few days before from the same disorder , caused , it was alleged , by tho stench from the foul drains . Margauet Donovan said she had resided in tho same house as the deceased , No . 26 , Griffiths ' -rents , Bermondsey-street . The deceased was taken ill on Sunday morning , between four and five o ' clock , and received no medical assistance until the evening . She died the next morning . —The Coroner : Has any one else died so suddenly as the deceased ?— "Witness :
Yes . Her brother was seized just the same way on tho previous Thursday , and was taken to the workhouse the next day , and died . The vitness , in reply to further questions from the coroner , stated that the house itself was clean , but the drains in the neighbourhood were in a very bad state . Tho drains were stopped in several of the yards , and the liquid filth oozed through and lay on the surface for a long time . In rainy weather tho smell was very bad . Mr . Samuel James Hall , inspector of nuisances under the Commissioners of Pavements , said that about a fortnight ago his attention was directed to the eleven or twelve houses composing Griffiths ' - rents . He went along the backs of the houses , and found all tho drains overflowing into the yard , the stench being at the time very bad . The drains of all the houses run into the common sewer at the end of the Rents when they are not locked up . At the time he saw them they were all foul , the soil in
immense quantities running over the privies and lying on the surface of tho yard . According to his instructions , he acquainted Mr . Powell , one of the Sanitary Board , with the condition of the Rents , and this gentleman said they ( the board ) would report the circumstance to the Commissioners of Pavements , who would meet on the next day ( Thursday week last ) . He ( witness ) did not believe that the board had sent any communication at all to the commissioners , or that anything had since been done to remove the nuisances . —The Coroner : Has nothing at all been done , and is the place in the same state it was a fortnight ago ?—Witness : I am not aware that anything has been done . —The Coroner : Did you make your report verbally or in writing ?—Witness : Verbally . I am the officer of the Commissioners of Paving , yet I do not report to them , but to the Sanitary Board , a local society , who generally inspect tho place and give notice to the commissioners . -
Mr . T . Leadham , surgeon , said he knew the house in which the deceased had resided from visiting ifc so often . Last week he was called there to the brother of the deceased , who was attacked with Asiatic cholera , was removed to the workhouse , and died there almost immediately . On Monday he was called again , and found the deceased suffering from the same disorder . She also very soon died . —The Coroner : What is the probable cause of this ? Witness : The stench about the house . I know the place to be quite a focus of fever , which is seldom
absent from one house or another . —The Coroner Dp you know anything of the drains . ? . ' . . Witness :, ' I know that the place is a mass of filth from one" end to the other . The pavement Is in a very bad state , ' allowing the rain that falls to stagnate . The houses are so old that they are only fit to be pulled down . —Tho Coroner : Have you ever detected a bad smell ? Witness : Yes , often . There is always a great deal of fever prevailing at the spot . I have known fever to run from bouse to house right through the Bents , and all this I attribute to the atencb . —The Coroner ; lUhisknown , totb . e Board
The Cholera. On Tuesday An Inquest Was H...
of Health ? Witness : Yes . Mr . Grainger visited the spot on Wednesday last , and I believe has made a special reoort tothe Board of Health .-The Coroner ; What ' has been done since to improve the nlace ? Witness :-I am not aware that anything Has been done ; indeed , I am pretty , sure , for 1 was on the spot yesterday , r - , , ,. ™ i Mr . Thomas Powell , undertaker , of looleystre et , said that the Sanitary Board to which he belonged was merely a private local society , "•™ hout any power or authority , and it was strange that the inspector of nuisances should report to that board instead of to the Commissioners of Pavmg . Thp whole ofthe houses in question were under the control ofthe executors of Mr . Loudon , steward to the Duke of Bedford . Witness was an undertaker , and not a week passed that he was not called into those Hents to bury some one .: , The parish beadle also gave evidence as to the condition of Griffiths ' -rents . - ^ n ^^
The Coroner said the jury had before them fully sufficient evidence to show that the death of the deceased and that . of her brother originated in the foul state of the drainage . . Having learned this beyond a doubt , it now became their duty , and an important duty it was , to inquire why this place had been suffered to remain for so long a period in such a dangerous state , in which condition it was even at the present time , after two persons had actually been carried off by Asiatic cholera . He recommended the jury to adjourn the inquest in order that they might learn from the Board of Health why the nuisance was still suffered to exist . : The inquest was then adjourned until Monday , the 25 th inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening . . Another Death from Choleba . —Mr . W . Payne held another inquest at the Red Lion , Webb-street ,
Southwark , on the body of George Ring , aged bve years ; of No . i , Rowland ' s-alley . Accordjng to the medical evidence the child died of English cholera on Monday morning . The father ofthe deceased complained that his family should be disturbed by the holding of an inquest when there really was no necessity for one , the deceased having died a natural death . —The Coroner said it was extremely important to ascertain the existing cause of the disorder . In some of the inquiries he held he had traced the origin of the cholera to want' of cleanliness and ventilation . From these causes five children died altogether not more than a week ago , and if it had not been for the inquest , nothing would ever have been heard of the matter . —The jury agreed with the coroner as to the necessity for inquests in such cases . Verdict , "Satural Death . "
An Escape from Burial Alive . —The cholera is raging severely in Avlingham , Gloucestershire . A singular incident occurred there on Monday last . A child named Phillips , who was supposed to be dead , was laid out with her mother , who had died of cholera , and the bodies were about to be buried . The father , however , while bearing some burning tar through the house , said the child moved ; it gradually recovered , and is now living .
Floating Of The Tubular Bridge Ove1v The...
FLOATING OF THE TUBULAR BRIDGE OVE 1 V THE MENAI STRAITS . This great engineering achievement was accomplished on Tuesday with the most extraordinary eclat . Unfortunately the morning opened unpropitiously with a high south-west wind and heavy driving showers , but as the sun moved towards the meridian tbe wind dropped , the rain discontinued , and the weather , as well as everything else , worked well for the experiment . Tho scene as early as six o ' clock presented a very busy appearance , multitudes of men depositing the buoys , and shipping the enormous cables from the London and Man . Chester platforms of tho works . The signals , consisting of different-coloured flags , under the direction of Mr . Stephenson , were placed on the different capstans , for the guidance of the process employed in navigating the great tube on the Anglesea shore , and at other points . Early in the morning the tube was lowered three feet upon its piers , so as to enable it to start earlier and take advantage of the tide at high water . The towers for
supporting the tube are of a like magnitude with the entire work . The great Britannia tower in tho centre of the straits is sixty-two feet by fifty-two feet at its base upon the rock ; its total height from the bottom 230 feet ; it contains 148 , 625 cubic feet of limestone , and 144 , 625 of sandstone . It weighs 20 , 000 tons , and there are 387 tons of cast iron built into ifc in the shape of beams and girders . Its province is to sustain the four ends ofthe four long iron tubes which will span the straits from shore to shore . The total quantity of stone contained in the bridge is 1 , 500 , 000 cubic fceb . The side toners stand at a clear distance of 4 G 0 feet from the great central tower , and again , the abutnicnts standat a distance from the . side towers of 230 feet , giving the entire bridge a total length of 1 , 849 feet , tho date of this present year of grace . The side or land towers are each sixty-two feet by fifty-two feet at the base , and 190 . feet high . They contain 210 tons of cast
on . At three o ' clock the spectators , by tens of thousands , had taken their place upon the piers the tubes and shores on either side , and the straits for a mile in length , presented a vast amphitheatre of human beings . The pilots , to the extent of 200 or 300 , took their stand on the pontoons , to ply the gigantic tackle . As many more stood ready for action on the capstans . The cables , six inches in thickness , and of league-long lengths , were attached to the steamers that were to have tho towing of the tremendous freight . Multitudes of yachts , small boats , and other craft , filled and gaily decorated , passed up and down the stream , and all eyes were fixed with mingled feelings of confidence and fear
on the gigantic fabric , upon which stood Mr . Stephenson and Capfc . Claxton . The utmost excitement ensued on the first signal , the sudden springing up on tho Anglesea side of a flag , and a shrill strain from the trumpet of Capt . Claxton from the top of the tube , a hint to the pilots ( o take the tide , and pipe all hands for the exploit . This was responded to by a loud burst of enthusiasm from the seamen , whose efforts , united to those of tho steam tugs , told upon tho screws and tackles , and upon the . hitherto motionless monster , which then glided very slowly and amid intervals of increasing cheers and salutations , without injury or jar , and with a majesty that could only be compared to that of a mountain moving on tho waters to tho site of its
final resting-place . Since the above was written we find , that in consequence of the breaking of one of the capstans all further operations are suspended until to-morrow . Wednesday . —The greatest doubt and anxiety now hangs over the accomplishment of this great operation . The excitement here , and , indeed , throughout the county , is greater than ever , owing to the unavoidable procrastination that has taken place . Mr . Stephenson , who has not left the works since Monday , holds hourly conferences with Captain Claxton , Captain Moorsom , and his engineering staff . The great experiment would , unquestionably , have been completed last evening , had it not been for the untoward event of the great capstan breaking . This , it is said , arose from no insufficiency of
strength m the capstan itself , but from the fact ol the shore lashings behind the tube not having been cut away or detached from tho tube , and , as a natural consequence , while the capstan was employed in drawing the tube out into the stream , the shore lashings detained it , and the capstan , failing to overcome the resistance , started , strained , and broke . On the announcement of this result , which was immediately communicated from point to point along the Straits , the vast multitude dispersed in a state of great disappointment , some of the more facetious amongst them denouncing the whole afiair as a sell . " It was announced , far and wide , that the floating would take place at seven o ' clock this
morning , and even at an early hour vast numbers had asssembled , but they were again doomed to disappointment , tho capstan , on the renewed attempt , again failing , and Captain Claxton having received some fall or injury . Renewed attempts are again fixed for eight o ' clock this evening , when the tide will bell feet 11 inches . Two boats employed in conveying the tackle have been sunk to-day . At half-past nine o ' clock on Wednesday night the final operations for placing this magnificent work were completed , and the tube fixed firmly upon its bed , amidst the loudest demonstrations of approbation from all the spectators assembled upon the interesting occasion .
Tin* New Protectionist Leader.—Mr. Disra...
Tin * New Protectionist Leader . —Mr . Disraeli is at length the accepted leader ofthe Protectionists —that is to say , in the House of Commons . He is no longer mere triumvir , holding the office in commission with Mr . Hemes and the Marquis of Granby . At a full . meeting of the Protectionist members of both Houses , held the other day at Lord Stanley ' s , he was formally recognised . When the members had all arrived , he and Lord Stanley
appeared at a side door , and harangued them . After which , on Mr . Disraeli's retiring , a double line was formed , and the deepest obeisance was made to him as he passed into the square . Important resolutions were come to at the meeting . Another dash is yet to be made against the government before the close of the session . Of this , Mr . Disraeli ' s notice of motion for a committee of the whole House to take into consideration the state of the nation is the first indication . —Manchester Examiner .
Public Petitions to Parliament . —The olst Report of the Committee on Public Petitions specifies 200 petitions-for the adoption of universal suffrage , signed by 6 , 151 persons ; 175 petitions in favour of the bill legalising marriages with the sister of a de-CQasod wifo / signod by 30 , o 84 poi-sons ; nine petitions against the Sunday Trading in the Metropolis Bill signed by 1 , 836 persons ; seven petitions in favour ot that measure , signed by 3 , 149 persons ; 470 petitions for agricultural relief , signed hy 55 , 830 persons ; 155 petitions for the suppression of promiscuous intercourse , signed by 7 , 001 persons Ufi petitions for an alteration of the " Sale of ' Beer o -Ii . il m , P etiti ° ns against the removal of Smithfield market , signed by 1 , 933 persons ,
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- ¦ ¦ : '¦'¦ ¦ ¦' ' SATURDAY , = June 16 . Forgery . - George . - ^^^ T ^ Sin ^ xprSdicted for feloniously forging . and I t « J missorv note for £ 100 , with intent to deh . vuu vm ES and ° others : ^ r . Ballan gi e pro ^ and Mr . Parry defended the prisoneK . JW ffiX from the statement of the Earned ^ " ^^ prosecution , and the evidence that was w « hloea in suDDOrt of it . that the circumstances under Wiucn h ? cha ^ of a rither peculiar and unusual character . It Thimbleby , who at that time carried on las ofcacmn ^ t Trwnion in Lincolnshire , had two clients 2 K 3 .- % jESA 5 Searby , withboth _ whom he had had some money transactions ,- and the
former had deposited several title deedsi aim also a m-bmissorv . note for £ 100 in favour of Mr . Spcnce , ShHEifc Thimbleby - s » r-in-hv ^ as oogj tpral Wuritv Searby had also . deposited a title deed STt ap ' peS that in June , 1847 , that person SS off his de bt , and the deed was returned 10 , ^ extraordinary means the whole of Mr . Whifctakms papers at the . same time came into his possession . Mr . Thimbleby having no occasionl torefer to the deeds in question , andliaying not the slightest suspicion that they had been removed , the Paperswcre nevermissed ; and nothing more was thought of the matter until a short time back , when Mr .
Whittaker was surprised at receiving an application from the Tontine Assurance Company , mXondon for payment of his promissory note for £ 100 drawn in mvour of George Richardson . Mr . Whittaker , knowin « that no such instrument was . m existence , Ewn genuine note being drawn in favour pf Mr . SpeS ! Immediately appifedto Mr . Thimbleby for an explanation , and it was then ascertained that the title deeds and the genuine promissory note had disappeared . Inquiry was at once set on foot and it was ascertained that the prisoner , in October , 1847 , had obtained a loan . of £ 30 from the Tontine Company , for which he had given his own note-ofhand , and iic had deposited as collateral security the title deeds' of Mr . Whittaker and also ^
promissory note , which was clearly a forgery , " purporting to be drawn by Mr . Whittaker in his favour for the sum of £ 100 . Inconsequence of what further transpired search was made after Searbv , and at first , upon his being discovered , Mr . Thimbleby was inclined to give him iii charge for stealing the deeds , but upon his giving an exp lanation of his share m the transaction he refrained from doing so . The explanation he gave was to this effect : —Itappoarcd that directly after his business had been arranged with Mr . Thimbleby he went to London , where , through , the medium of an advertisement he became acquainted with the prisoner , and they entered into business as perfumers ! The speculation , however ,
was not successful , and , according to Searby s statement , the prisoner took away a great portion ofthe partnership effects , and among them the papers of Mr . Whittaker ; and he declared that he did so without his knowledge or sanction , and that he had no idea he was going to raise money upon them . The prisovcr was subsequently traced to Liverpool , and , on his being asked to give an explanation as to how he had come to negotiate a promissory note , drawn in his favour by a person whom he had never seen in his life , and with whom he had never had any business transactions , he replied that be was unable' to explain it . The genuine promissory note , it appeared had never been discovered .
Mr ! Thimbleby proved the lOSS 01 tllO UOeUS 111 M 0 manner above narrated . —George Searby , the person referred to said he "believed" all the deeds were given to him" by Mr . Thimbleby when his business was settled in June , 1847 , and lie took them with him to London , where he declared'the prisoner took all the ' documents away without his sanction . Upon being ' cross-examined he admitted that he knew he had got' Mr . Whittaker ' s deeds before he left the country , and that he had no right to them , and ou « ht to have returned them , and he accounted for not " doihn : so by ' saying that he was in a hurry ¦
packing up . He' admitted that if wou . d have been better to have returned the deeds , but he said he did not do so , but took them to London . He said he did not know why lie did so , but he declared he had no intention to rais ' e ' money on them . Ho was arrested soon after he came to London and the prisoner joined in a note of hand to release him , but he denied that he gave ' him Mr . Whittaker ' s title deeds to hold as security when he did so . In reexamination he said that the note of hand to which ho referred was paid , and lie denied all knowledge of the loan transaction with the Tontine-office . —
Mr . W . Dines , the managing director snd solicitor to the Tontine Assurance Company , produced the deeds and the promissory note , which formed the subject of the present indictment , and also stated that he advanced tiie prisoner £ 30 upon the instruments . —Mr . Parry then made a long and energetic address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that he had been the dupe ot' Searby , and that there was no doubt that he had received tho deeds and the promissory note innocently from that person upon his becoming security for him . —Mr . Baron Rolfe having summed up , the jury , after a
short deliberation , found the prisoner •¦ Guilty" of knowingly uttering a spurious instrument . —The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to Be transported for ten years . —Mr . Ballar . tinc then applied to the Court to order the restoration of the deeds , —Mr . Dines , the solicitor , declined to give them up . —The learned Judge said he had no power to make an order , but his opinion certainly was that they ought to be restored . If the company persisted in retaining them it would beat their own peril . —It was understood that , notwithstanding what his Lordship stated , the deeds were not restored .
Quick Work .. —Two men named James Williams and John Lester , were brought up before Mr . Bullock , and sentenced to a year's imprisonment . — 'flic circumstances connected with the charge were of a rather singular character . . The prisoners were tried at the last sessions for . a highway robbery alleged to have been committed on the 9 th of May . They were sent for trial on the 10 th , and on tiie 11 th' they were tried—under the speedy process of doing business in the courts which are presided over by the city judges—and convicted and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Air . Payne , who had been retained to defend Williams , was instructed to apply to postpone tho trial to the enstiiiiir session .
but , ' to his astonishment , when' he was about to do ' so he found the case had been disposed of , and his client sentenced to transportation . Tho learned counsel , upon this , applied to the Court , and represented that from his instructions he believed' ho could have shown , by evidence that Williams was entirely innocent of the charge ; and , after remarking upon the peculiar circumstances under which the case had been disposed of , he requested the learned Commissioner to postpone the judgment . — Mr . Bullock , having heard the statement of Mr . Payne , consented to revoke the former sentence , and postpone the judgment to the present session . — Mr . Payne , accordingly , again brought the case to the attention of tho Court , and proceeded to call witnesses , who gave the prisoners , esnociallv
Williams , a most excellent character ; and he was then about to call evidence as to the facts , with a view to show the innocence of the persons accused . —Mr . Bullock said it would be of no use his going into tho facts , as , whatever impression they might make upon his mind , they had no power to disturb the verdict of the jury , and the only course open to the parties was to apply td the Secretary of State . He would , however , in passing sentence , take into consideration the good character the prisoners , had received . —The prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned f „ r a year , it being understood that all the circumstances were to bo laid before the Secretary of State with a view to obtain a remission of that sentence , if the circumstances should warrant such a course .
The Bcrolarv at St . Pancras Ykstuy . —William Jackson , alias Mayhew , alias Morgan , alias May alias Coleman , aged 53 , described in th e calendar as an agent , was indicted for burglary in a dwellinghouse belonging to the overseers of the parish of S . Pancras , and stealing £ 20 in gold and £ 155 in silver , tho monies of the said overseers . _ Mr Preudcrgast and Mr . Parry prosecuted , and Mr . Huddlestone defended thbprisoner . ^ lt appeared from the statement of the learned counsel , that between the mr frt ' ot llmrsda . y , the Sth of-February , and the tollowing morning , the vestry-rooms of the abovenamed parish were broken open and entered bv some one , and property to the above amount stolon iiom
tne place in which it had been deposited ; and the circumstances attending the robberv were enveloped in . a considerable deal , of mys & ry . One thing however , was very certain ; if the affair was noo £ i "" - ? wf , P ai > tl y effected , by . some one connected with the place , the . thief or thieves had not onl y-made themselves well acquainted with the place , but also vyith the eustoni adopted by the authorities , who , as usual , had on y placed the money there a very short time before I wa ^ abstracted , and on the day following wln fi haiepaid . it away for the current expenses Ilnon t ^ S ^} t . ^^ themllS ^ oJi "
who committed the robbeiV S ? hS « W . to be believed that they hau ! escnne ^ K ''^ f overlooking the nviin rn-wi a ¦ ° ro » window vicinit y of the window a pSf cunlt w ° d , atC darklantern , and some ^ hou sel ^ Sbld ? % had been fouud ' on the mS f ii S- . implements were lost tho-+ &« , '«•» t uutainG « » and all traces and but for It £ Su aying 9 ^* $ ™ the money , fur lie " won d hw ° 1 Sn ^ ^ 'cumstances " nothi , g of some SwuiSS % w dlSco r : In the co »^ ^ oSS'Z ^^^ S ^ o about a banker ' s W ^ Tlh f ^ Tvi VIS * street , the prisoner who i , n l- ~ u x yS » Sfc * Jolln " was found in 0 ^ ' ^ JtttKfuSffil ' having been admitted In tlJ S ^ SfCSfc
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bcry ; and the police having obtained evidence as to liowlic came there , he was , as soon as sufficiently co ^ alescent , taken before the magistrate , andafter SeraiI remands sent for-triaL-Evidence was then given to prove the robbery . Athe finding of the implements alluded to , and the position ot the window near where the prisoner was found previously to his admission to the , hospital .-Joseph Lye , deposed that on the morning of the 9 th of February , tho prisoner , who was inside the railings or St . 1 aneras Workhouse , called to him . in great agony ; to . . assist him over . The prisoner said he had broken hisi log in setting over the railings to recover . his hat , which some person had thrown over Witness assisted him and procured . a ^ , , wh-ch took the h 0 & camc W ^^
, ,, prisoner away—After some ; further . evidence Mr Huddlestdnc , in a powerful speech , contended that the case was only one of susp icion against his client . —The Common Sergeant having summed up the jury found the prisoner " Guiltyv '—Wilham Cochrane , a police constable , said the prisoner was one of the most experienced cracksmen ; he had been , tried and acquitted at tliis court for a burglary at Woolwich . He was also one of those concerned m the Custom-house robberies in 183 G , and was at that : time a returned transport . —The Common ¦ S ergeant then sentenced the prisoner to ten years - © . - . » » " t . f .. * . «« bin r * r \ n + on / l when he from his seat and
transportation , rose hobbled out of the dock on his crutches . . Robbery . — Charles Simpldns , 3 S , clerk , and Henry Bond , 49 , a cabinetmaker , were indicted for stealing a bank-note for £ 10 , six sovereigns , and a , Bank dividend waruant for £ 22 10 s . 4 d ., the property of ManuelTimental . — The Jury found them both " Guilty , " but recommended them to mercy on account of an excellent character that was given to them . —The Common-Serjeant said but for thairecommendation the sentence would , have been heavy . They were then sentenced to six months ' imprisonment . 2
Felonious Assault . — Henry Willey , aged G , apowcrfill-looking ruffian , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Emma Roberts , a child , only 4 = years of age . —Ifc appeared that the fellow took the child out of iiei ' -parents' garden , where she was at play , and carried her to the railway tunnel in the Harrow-road , -a" distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile , and there perpetrated the offence . He was however seen by some boys to take the child away , and they informing a man of what had taken place , he went in search ofthe prisoner , whom they found with the child . Upon being taken into custody he feigned drunkenness , —The Jury convicted him of a common assault , and he was sentenced to eighteen
months' imprisonment and hard labour . —Mr .-Piatt appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Hirnie for the defence . CUTTING- and Wounding . —Richard Collins , aged 35 , was indicted for cutting and wounding Catherine Collins , with intent , < fcc . —It appeared thatthe prisoner , who is a coal-whipper , was at meals with his wife , when , a quarrel ensuing , he seized the knife and threw it at her , making a wound on the fore head an inch and a half long . —The Jury found him "Guilty" of an assault . —Mr . Bullock said it was fortunate he had not done his wife more harm than he had , and ordered him to be imprisoned for two months .
Robberi " . —William Watson , 20 , an iron-moulder , and James Cramond , 27 , a stoker , were convicted of stealing I 6 s ., the property of Nathaniel Tan-. — It appears that the prosecutor keeps a public-house in Brick-lane ,. Spitalnelds , and that on the 5 th of May , they were at the bar , when , taking advantage ofthe absence ofthe barmaid , they stole the money in question , which she had just laid on the parlour table . —Poliee-constablo Kelly said they were both , well-known characters , and in support of his statement produced a printed card of a rattle , which he found on Crarnond , and which is illustrative of the system adopted by the lower class of thieves to provide for the defence of their companions when they fall into difficulties . The following is a literal copv " : " To be desposed of on thursda ma the 24 th 18-19 * a silk hankerchif for the benefit of North cuntryjim and peter who is in nugntc for trial at the founders
arms corner of wentworth street tickets Od each to comenceat 8 o ' clock . "—The reading of this created much amusement on the bench , and also to the gentlemen ofthe bar , some of whom suggested thai the author of it must have been one of the contributors to the Fonetic AW . —The sentence was deferred . MONDAY , Juxe 18 . Attempted Robberv . —Dennis Murray , 17 , was indicted for feloniously assaulting " William Lambert with intent to rob him . —Mr . Payne prosecuted . — It appeared that the prosecutor was a lad in the service of a watchmaker named Fairoy , in Toolcvstrcct , and on the day named in the indictmona he was sent out by his master with several watches
to take home to different customers . The prisoner was observed to be looking through the window , and ifc appeared quite clear that he deliberately planned the robbery , for , having secreted himseli under one of the railway arches in Bermondseystreet , he suddenly pounced upon the lad as he was passing him , and knocked him down , and was about to rifle his pockets , when a policeman happened fortunately to come up , and he ran oft ; but , search being made for him , lie was taken into custody the same day . —The jury returned a verdict of - Guilty . "—A police-constable informed the Couri that the prisoner was a very bad character , and had been repeatedly charged with robbing boys in the streets . —The llecorder sentenced him to ' be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a rear .
Tub Casinos . —Emilc Laurent and James Ellis surrendered to answer an indictment for misdeameanour in keeping open the Casino , in the Adelaide Gallery . —The defendants pleuded " Guiltv ' ' and they were ordered , as in the case of the Waihalla , to enter into their own recognisances in £ 1 < V ) to appear and receive the judgment ofthe court if they should be required so to do . Burglary . —James Taylor , aged 17 , a labourer , and Sophia Neal , 21 , spinster , were indicted for : > burglary in the divolliug-houso of Charles Crook ? , and stealing some wearing apparel and seventeen yards of cloth , valued at £ 3 Hs , his property . —Mr . llvland prosecuted , and Mr . lklluntinc defended . —
The house of the prosecutor , a tailor in Lincoln ' sinn-fields , was broken open on the 28 th of Mav , and the property taken . The police on duty near the spot stopped the woman with the cloth at an early hour on that morning , and from statement's that she made the male prisoner was taken at his lodgings ,-where tho coats and trowsers belo-iaine to the prosecutor were found . It appeared tlmt " the entry had- been olfceted by raising the gratin <* in front of the house , and then the lock had been taken from off the kitchen door . —Tho jury found them both " Guilt . y . "~ Tho male prisoner , who had been tried before for a similar oifence , was ordered to be transported for ten years , and the woman xa twelve mouths' imprisonment and hard labour
Stealing- Bricks . —Two respectable-looking men , named Benham and Salmon , were indicted for stealing -1 , 500 bricks , the propertv of Samuel Corby . —Mr . Ryland prosecuted , and Mr . Robinson defended the prisoners , who surrendered to tako their trial . —It appeared that the bricks had been , taken from a large quantity at Stratford , where some alterations were being made in connexion with the Lastcrn Counties Railway . —The evidence noc being at all conclusive against the prisoners , who received a most undeniable character for honest v , the jury at once " Acquitted " them . ClIAUGB OF IXDECEXT ASSAULT . —William WilsOU a well-dressed gcntlemaulv-lookin vouno- man wis
mulcted lor having indecently assaulted Mai tin 1 aimer , a police-constable , with intent . Mr . 1 arry defended the prisoner . - The m-osccutor stated that , whilst on duty , at about three o ' clock in the morning , m . George-street , Manchestersquare , the prisoner came up to him , and asked him . the way to Curzon-street , to which place witness du-eotod lum , and ho left him , but shortlv returned , and asked the way to Oxford-street ; and having been directed , he still continued following the witness until he came into Manchester-squarel when he again asked him the way to Mayfafr , am upon being again directed , ho seized hold of witaU in an mdeccnt manner , accompanying , the act with his 1 ntfntio h , Ch lef ? , d 0 ubt on withessVmnlot - t T , ie ab' 0 Il - ce took him into cube h ' 10 Id rn M ^ ? ? - T " timCS t 0 bG lGt 0 tt - 0 i - then road to the station-house , they were mot bv another officer , Ebenezer Bo von ^ 108 TJ , and he again begged to be let off , sayinir he w , s n 1
servant out of place , and if he had committed himself he was sorry for it ; it was no use takiix , him o tho s atton on a charge like that ; lie would give them all ho had got , ami as much more if he hn 3 it i ? he had Sdwht tKW sergeant asked him ii lenaa neaid what had heen stated bv the cor-SSsSr' *?«'¦;** * ¦ * $# AfcS--The oE V pr ? !? - PPeared to be sober , ment offe ? ' ° ' ^ . corroborated the state Se , S ! l l ° ? - that - P " rt' of tUc transaction . tod ? V ^ Pk ' -toiwith the prisoner incus-SnnT ; •' , f 1 ' ' ¦? addressing tho jury for the the ' SS . f / i . th : lt thu Police-constable , whom , in £ iTa h ? US , 9 l' ? ss-examination , he had shown to be a hasty and irascible man , had been too hasty in the matter , and Lid m ' , „ Ji . i . i . „ .,..: „ *
meaning , l he fact was , that the prisoner had been out with some friends , and drinking freely , and he might have accidentally touched the constable , and the language attribute ^ to him was not intended to apply to the constable , but to some women , nnl , loai'"ed counsel was proceeding with th * case , when the jury stopped him and " Acquitted " the prisoner . . . 1
&M , *"' -- Mc *Iiiw William Ihillock , ...
& M , *"' -- mc * iiiw William Ihillock , a hrk-kuttte ^ iSlf ?^ - - y n--- -wei « for ••» totr tBlf S ™ 5 standliitf , whore he derived n „ t cart . of \ h- Aui ^^ fov « -vm W ( * --- ' ™ Jw •¦> ' - S 2 Lrf - AU ™ ntlt' 1 , Webber , surgeon , at Wellingin ... all o o U ' C ' Wlt l 0 l i' " CC 0 - *" S ' •••>• benefit : when , aft-.-r SA'sasf » t ssaisrt' ^ n ? SaVb I L , ™ ™ , ^ ** V 0 UU ( - . sores , or ulcers maj oe , these Tills aad Oiatmeut will cure them ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23061849/page/6/
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