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. 0 The Northern Star. March £4, 1849.
. 0 THE NORTHERN STAR . March £ 4 , 1849 .
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HE-iLii : op Lorsnox duri . vg the Week . —On Tuesday ihe Registrar GeueraTs report for the treek ( sizing Saturday Jast was issued , and shows that the-Jeaihs during tlie si-vcn davs were 1 , 083 ; the tm lis 1 , 521 . The l , 0 s 3 deaths registered in the week are less h y SG than the average of the season ; aud , therefore , the return continues to indicate that kaproveinent in the public health which commenced a fortni ght ago . Though the total number of deaths exceeds that ofthe previous week by 30 , yet it i * shown that the mortality from epidemics continues to decline , for the deaths enumerated in this class iu tlie last three weeks were respectively 310 , 243 , and 233 , and have now fallen to within twelve of tbe average . Small pox and measles are fatal in a week to only half the usual number of declined
childre'i - the lavages of scarlatina have -from neailv two hundred deaths in tbe autumn of last vear to 42 , which is little above the average . Typhus has also fallen to near the weekly average . The de . i ; hs registered from cholera last week were only niii' - ; the highest number in any week of recent experience was 94 , when it broke out at Tooting . Ofthe nine , two occurred in the" workhouse at St . Georgc-in-the-East , where 10 deaths have occurred in the last five weeks , besides three during the whole period , which have occurred in tbe cholera hospital at Bath-terrace . It is worthy of notice , that deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery , which v- ? re 23 , are nnineronsfor this season , though little wore tban in 3848 . The mortality from bronchitis ii . ibout tbe average ; tbat from pneumonia has beeii for some time considerably less . Hooping cough , which has been prevalent , shows a decrease . Two ymmjr men , on whose bodies inquests were
held , died in tbe infirmary of the Jlilbank prison , one ol consumption , another of scrofulous peritonis , disease having been accelerated in both cases , says -the . r-jgistrar ' s report , by unseasonable removal from another prison ; both died between two and ihree weeks after reception . A mason ' s labourer , aged S "* . died , according to the verdict of the coroner ' s wry , from " choloroform properly administered on amputation ofa toe . " Death was ' iustant , and a pott ittonem examination was made . The mean . height of the barometer during the week was above 30 inehos on every day except Tuesday , when it was 29-90 S inches .- It was highest on Sunday , namely , S 0 * 27 <* . Tbe highest temperature observed was 60-7 degrees on Saturday ; the mean of the week ¦ was Av ; f degrees . The greatest difference between the de- ? . point temperature and air temperature was on Sum-ay ; and the mean on this day was 11 degrees . The weather has been cahn , but the wind sreneiailv in the north-west .
Licensing , is the City . —On Monday a remarkable s-eeuc took place at the meeting of the City magistrates on the subject of granting licences to new applicants , on which occasion the recognition of tb < - principle of free trade appeared to oe the order : the day . Tbe whole of the aldermen were npon ihe bench , with the exception of Sir Claudius S . IIu' . u-. t , who was absent in consequence of indispositio-.- - and Alderman Thompson , who was perform ! :: - . : tbe duties of tbe Guildhall police-court . All t !^ applications for licensing new houses ( and
there were nine ) were , with one exception , granted , and is that case tbe party was a female , who appeare' to have no interest in the house , the name of anotWr person being over the doer . Counsel were employed pro and con in all the cases , but hi most were not beard upon either side . A list was handed round , ,- md as soon as it was signed each license was grantf ' , to the astonishment of many who have Been in the habit of witnesshig the practice pursued on licensing days in tbe City . There was a difference « f opinion amongst tbe aldermen as to the renown' ' .. f the licences of houses which had been
conducted in a disorderly manner , and had admitted persons of a had character , but generally the licences were renewed . Li one case in which the bench refused ihe licence , the party thought himself hardly dealt with , and seemed determined to appeal against the decision , hut as the whole Court of Aldermen -were silting in judgment , there was no court of appeal . The Lord Mayor , in the course of the proeeediv 2-, called to take the chair , but there being no more room in the court , his lordship retired . Some- f £ the aldenaen declared that ibey Would grant every licence tliat might be applied for next year by qualified persons .
AcciS'EXT ox the Eastern CorxTUES Railway . — Considerable excitement was created at the Shoreditch lerminus on the above line , on Sunday evening l ; i-Jl , in consequence of the non-arrival of the [ Norwich parliamentary train , due at forty minutes past nine o clock . The Woolwich train being likewise overdue , increased the consternation , aud on inquiring down the line , it was ascertained tbat an accidtiiiThad occurred at the other cud of Mile-end station , hy the "Woolwich , with two engines , having overtaken and ran into the Norwich train with such violence as to have thrown the pilot-engine of the former off the line . About half-past ten o ' clock both trains arrived at the terminus , with from twelve to fifteen of the passengers ( Norwich ) more or less severely injured . Mr . Itic-hardson , the
superintendent and Mr . Hancorn , the surgeon , were instantly in attendance on the sufferers , some of ¦ whom were ultimately conveyed to Jthcir residences in cabs , while others it was found requisite to accommodate with beds in the neighbourhood . It is stated that the delay of the Norwich tram was through inability to make way in censequencc of the slippery state of the metals , and that every precaution against accident was adopted by showing the signal lights , & c . The Woolwich train wa * s heavily laden with passengers , who would not proceed to London hy the steam-boats on account ot the prevailing fog , and the driver of the pilot-eng ine asserts , that no signal lights were descried by him until too late to " avert tbe accident , he , of course , deeming the Norwich train to have passed long previous .
Improvements is ncxoEttFORD Market . — The extensive improvements which have been for some time iu progress in this market are now completed , and the "handsome and commodious range of shops on each side appropriated for the sale offish are now opened . The new erections Kdd greatly to the completeness and arcldtectural proportions of the market , and the shops , being fitted up in a uniform and tasteful manner , with handsome marble slabs in front , and well stocked with every kind ot fish in season ( ofthe best quality , and at moderate prices , ) present a most attractive appearance . The
objection which has hitherto existed on the part of the public—of being obliged to descend by staircases to the lower area of the market—is now entirely obviated . The new fish shops being on a level with the- Strand ! the public may now , irithout inconvenience or exposure to the weather , purchase the vari 6 u 5 , commoditics offered for sale in the several 'departments of the market . The access to the steam-boat pier and bridge , and the nearest foot passage to the York-road station of the South Western Railway , being through the market , will no doubt render it a point of great attraction and concourse durinir the ensuin < r summer .
Charge of Neglect against Two Nurses at Guy ' s Hospital . —On Tuesday an inquest was held hefore Mr . W . Payne ,. at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of J . Bugoud , aged-sixty-seven , a gardener . Tlie deceased , on the 12 th instant , was employed in his master ' s garden at Stroatham , forming a now fence , when a carpenter ' s axe , with which he was driving in stakes , fell upon his foot , cut through the artery , aud divided the joint . The hemorrhage being great , and deceased being iu considerable pain , he was removed to the above hospital , where ho died on Saturday List . —Elizabeth Brown , the sister of Stephens' Ward , said that she remembered tiie deceased being admitted into her ward , lie wont on favourably till Saturday morning . Witness left
the ward at ten o ' clock on Priday last , and returned at eight in the morning . She had no report made to her by the night nurse , hut at twelve o clock , in passing along the ward , she thought the deceased looketTworse . The doctor came up at the same time and prescribed for him . —Mary Uollingsworth said that she was the ni ght nurse of Stephens' Ward on on Friday last . About two o ' clock on Saturday morning tbe deceased changed very much—became restless , and threw himself out of bed upon his knees . Witness had great difficulty In getting him into bed again , and when she did he appeared delirious , ami threw the cradle off bis foot . —The Coroner : When yon found this grpat change in the man what did yon do ?—Witness : —I gave him some
barley-water and beef-tea , but did not then inform the sister ofthe ward noKthe house surgeons . —The Coroner : What are- your directions in case of a -patient getting suddenly worse ? - —Witness : To send for the sister ; but I did . nqt in this case , as I did not for a moment . consider be was going to die . I told the sister when she came at eight o clock that ihe deceased had been very restless all njgkfcand got out of bed . —The Coroner : The probability is if you had called up the sister when you found the man got so much worse he would have lived longer . This was a case in which you ought to hare sent for the sister , so that the surgeon mi ght be sent for . You are not fit to hold the situation of nurse , for it is of tho utmost importance that patients entrusted to your care should be properly attended to , and not neglected , as this poor man has been
. —Mr . Stocker , one of tbe house surgeons , said that he was in the building-on Friday night , but knew nothing of the change until between eleven and . twclveo clock , on Saturday morning , when , in going his rounds , he saw the state ' the man was in , and he ordered him some brandy .. The nurse ought to have reported the case the moment the deceased got worse . —The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , coupling with it their unanimous opinion that not only had Mary Hollingsworth , the ni ght nurse , been guilty of great neglect , but that Elizabeth Brown , the / sister of the ward , had also neglected the deceased ^ in " not attending to him when she was told by the ni g ht nurse how ne" had been " all night , on her siri-t-al is the morning . They ( the jury ) also requested the coroner to make known to the authorities ofthe hospital their opinion , so that they might hare a farther investigation into the con-
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duct ofthe two parties . The steward of the hospital having been sent for , the coroner informed him 01 the decision of the jury . The Reward said that the matter would most certainly be fully mvesti-S' Burglary axd attempted Mcrder at Chelsea . On Tuesday a communication was made to the police commissioners of a burglary , followed by two attempts at murder , having taken place between two and three o ' clock in the morning , at No . 8 , Manor-place , King ' s-road , Chelsea , the residence of Mi-. Ceilings , a member of tho English bar , and who holds a high judicial appointment at the Mauritius . At the regular hour the family , including three servants , retired to rest , when every part of the house appeared to be safe . Between two and three o ' clock
Mr . Colhngs was awoke by hearing a noise m his bedroom , when , after listening for a few seconds , he was satisfied there was one ,. it riot two , persons iu thejroom . Upon making this discovery he instantly jumped out of bed and came in contact with some person whom he at once grappled with . Li another instant he was felled to the floor . Directl y after Mr . Ceilings had left his bed , Mrs . Ceiling ' s , who was awakened , also got out to ring the bell , but before she could do so , she heard her husband groan , and fall , when she rushed towards the spot , and was rendered senseless by a blow . The consecutive falls and cries aroused the servants , who , upon entering the bedroom , found both Mr . and Mrs . Collings apparently dead , bleeding profusely fromwouudsin the head . An alarm was raised ,
when-it was found that an egress had been made by the street door . Yesterday , Inspector Field , of the detective , went to examine the premises , and ! from the results of the hiquiries , no doubt remains that in the first instance a burglary had been effected , and from it being presumed that Mr . Collings was in the habit of keeping a large quantity . of valuable property inhis bedroom ; the burglars at once made for that part of the house and had possessed themselves of Mr . Gollings ' s gold watch and some . rings , when they were disturbed by Mr . Collings . From the nature ofthe wounds inflicted on Mr . Colhngs and his lady , the worst results ave anticipated . In the course of Wednesday afternoon circumstances transpired which , in all probability , will lead to the speedy apprehension ofthe parties .
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Murder Of A Pubucax At Tockington.—The Q...
Murder of a Pubucax at Tockington . —The quiet village of Tockington , Gloucestershire , situate about ten miles from Bristol , was on Friday night week the scene of the above dreadful circumstance . The victim , Mr . Fowler , landlord of the Crown Inn in that village , was a very respectable man , of about middle age , and universally beloved in the village for his kindness and urbanity of manners ; he leaves a widow and three children to lament his untimel y death . It appears that the party charged with the commission of this crime is a young man of about twenty-five years of age , named Charles Kibby , a farm labourer , employed on the
farm of Mr . Samuel Bowden . He has always borne an indifferent character , not only as a person of violent temper and intemperate habits , but as having been two or three times charged with the commission of petty thefts . During the afternoon of Friday this man had been drinking at the White Hart , a public-house in the village ; and , at about eight o ' clock in the evening , having been refused further drink , he went to another public-house , the Swan , where , however , he was refused admission . He then proceeded to the Crown . On entering the house , he called to the landlord , using an offensive epithet , to get up out of the chair in which he was sitting , and ordered some cider . He was furnished with it , and gave a half-crown in payment . The
landlord , in sending him his change , deducted some coppers for some cider which he had left unpaid on a previous evening . At this heheeame violently angry , cursed and swore at the landlord , and vowed vengeance against him . Mr . Fowler at length told him that he could not permit any rows there , and ordered him to leave the house . He swore that he would not , and continued his disgraceful conduct , until at length the landlord seized hold of him for the purpose of forcibly ejecting him . The ruffian immediately attacked the ' landlord with great ferocity , beat him severely about the head aud body , and at length struck him so severe a blow over the region of the heart as to instantiy deprive him of life : the unfortunate man fell , and never spoke a
word afterwards . The people in the house at length succeeded in securing him , and he was conveyed to the nearest police station . The Coroner ' s inquest on the body was held on Monday . The accused Charles * Kibby was present in custody . The evidence adduced detailed the circumstances under which the unfortunate man came by h & death in pretty much the same terms as given above ; : A witness named Smith , a potato jobber of Olveuton , deposed that he was at the Grown at ahout eight o ' clock on Friday evening , having some beer , when , as he was conversing with the landlord the prisoner crime in , and as he passed to tho taproom he called to the landlord , who was sitting resting on a settle , and using an abusive epithet ordered him to got up . No
notice was taken of him , and he passed on and ordered a pint of cider with which he was served . Nothing occurred till he came to pay for it , when he gave half-a-crown to the landlady , ' who , instead of giving him his full change , deducted threepence for a pint of cider , which he had before had in trust . He then became turbulent , swore that he would have the whole of bis change , and became so quarrelsome and abusive that the landlady at length ordered him to leave the house , and said she would insist upon his being turned out . He would not go , and the landlord took him by the back of his coat collar to remove him . The prisoner then grasped
the landlord , aud struck him a blow over the temple which would seem to have deprived him of life , for his head fell forward , and he shortly afterwards sunk on to the floor a dead man . Medical assistance was at once sent for , but it was too late . A blacksmith named Edward Ireland , who was likewise in the house at the time of the fatal aflVay , gave similar testimony ; and the surgeon who examined the body having * stated that the blow over the temple produced a shock upon the nervous system which caused death , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Charles Kibby , " who was thereupon , committed on a coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester county gaol , to take his trial at tho ensuing
assizes . SurniEX Death at LivEnroot . —On Tuesday a general gloom prevailed in the Liverpool Change in consequence of the sudden death of Mr . Priestley , of the well-known firm of Priestly , Griffiths and Cox . He was unexpectedly seized with a fit of apoplexy , and died before surgical assistance could be procured . ExTKAonDixuir Suicide . —An act of suicide , on the part ofa young and newly-married female , took place a short time since , at the retired village of Leavesden , near Watford . The deceased was a young woman of excellent character , amLhad lived in service , for two or three years , at Aylesbury , in Buckinghamshire , where , it is said , she " kept
company" with a young man , with whom her future marriage was partly arranged . Circumstances occasioned her removal to Watford , where she attracted the attention of a ; respectable young man , named Downer , the son of the keeper of the village ale-house , at Leavesden . The second lover plied his suit so successfully , tbat , aided by the recommendation of the deceased ' s own relatives , the former attachment was soon forgotten , and a marriage agreed upon between the deceased and him'self . Tin ' s marriage was solemnised on the Sunday , and after the ceremony , the newly-wedded pah * took possession of a neatly furnished cottage in Leavesden , intending to make it their future residence . The husband remained at home on the
Monday and Tuesday . On Wednesday morning week h e left home for the purpose of resuming his occupation , that ofa carpenter , at Watford . Before leaving , he laid the fire for his wife , who remained in bed at the time of his departure . In the evening , on his return home , he found his cottage door fastened . Imagining that his wife mi ght be gone to her father-in-law ' s , he hastened there to meet her ; but , on inquiry , it appeared that they had seen nothing of her all day . Returning to his cottage , and finding the door still locked , he burst it open , when he was surprised to find the fire just as he had left it in the morning . On proceeding up stairs , he was horror-struck at discovering his wife , in her night-dress , suspended by a cord to the
bedpost , ami quite cold and stiff . Medical assistance was called in , but death had taken place many hours previously . A close examination discovered notliing leading to any explanation , on the part of the deceased , of the rash act she had committed , but it was quite evident that her purpose had been most determhied , and that she had hunpj herself almost immediately after , her husband ' s departure in the morning . An inquest has been held on tho body , and a verdict of " Temporary Insanity " , returned . It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that the exciting cause which led to the melancholy event , was the deceased ' s own regret at the faithlessness she had shown to her former lover . Tub Bristol Murser . — The mother of the servant girl who stands committed upon the coroner ' s warrant for the wilful murder of her mistress , Miss Jefferies , was on Saturday last charged before the magistrates ,. at the Bristol police court , with being an accessary to the murder after the fact . It will be remembered that when the police went to the house of the girl ' s father , at Horfield , for the purpose of apprehending her , the mother answered them from " a window , and on being asked by the inspector . of police if Sarah was at home , replied that she had not seen her for two months , and that she was living at Keyndean or Pensford . Subsequently the prisoner and stolen property were found in the house , from which the guilty knowledge of the mother was inferred . - The magistrates , considering thitf the mother had been admitted and sworn as a witness on the coroner s inquisition , did not consider the case a suflScient one to commit upon , and directed that the old woman , should be
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discharged upon her finding bail in the amount of £ 40 to appear and answer any charge that might be preferred against her . Cheshire . — Railway Accident . — An accident happened to the train which leaves Manchester by the London and North Western Railway , at 11 40 a . m ., on Saturday , through the wheel of ' one ofthe second-elass carriages giving way when the train was near to Chelford . A gentleman ' s leg was booken and a lady received a fracture of the collarbone . Several passengers received severe contusions but no life was lost .
Breach of the Factory Act . —Mr . Graham , sub-inspector of factories , attended at the Borough Court , Manchester , on Friday week , to sustain a summons against Mr . S . Gibbons , cottonspinner , Livosey-strect , for non-compliance with tlie 21 st section of the Factory Act . This section of the act makes it imperative upon the owners or tenants of mills , in which machinery was so exposed as to be dangerous to the workpeople , to box it off , and the defendant having an upright shaft iu one of his rooms so exposed , had neglected this provision of the act of parliament . . Mr . Gibbons said the shaft had been covered by a casing , but that soon after Christmas it had been removed to repair the shaft , and had not been replaced . The court imposed a penalty of £ 5 .
Norfolk . — The SrANFiELD-i { Ar . rJ Murders . — From inquiries made on Saturday last at Stanficldhall , as to the state of health of the unfortunate lady . Mrs . Jenny , and her maid , Elizabeth Chestney , it -appeal' * " that Mrs . Jermy was described- to be in an exceedingly critical situation . Since the operation she underwent on Tuesday morning , of the amputation of her wounded arm , she has had two good nights' rest ; and although she is far from being out of danger , yet her sufferings are not so severe ' as they were previous to the rcrnoval of the limb . At first it was deemed necessary by the legal gentlemen who are preparing the case for the prosecution , that Mrs . Jermy should be brought forward as a witness at the trial , to prove certain important conversations between the elder Mr . Jermy and Bush , a few days prior to the assassination . It is ; now clear , however , even should she survive , that it will
be quite impossible for her to attend . It has been said that , by tho Attorney-General ' s new act ,, Mrs . Jermy ' s deposition would be admissible as evidence . Such ; however , appears not to be the case . Another difficulty also presents itself in the unfavourable state of Elizabeth Chestney . The poor girl is devotedly attached to her mistress , whoso precarious cr-ndition has so much affected her as to bring on a relapse , and she continues in a low way , requiring the constant attendance of the medical gentlemen . Notwithstanding the melancholy condition of these witnesses , the officers for the prosecution have decided on placing Rush on his trial at t he forthcoming assizes . On the authority ofa magistrate , wo learn that Rush intends to defend himself . The greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry ofthe county to be present at the trial , and it is stated that already large prices have been offered for seats in the court .
A Young Impostor . —A few days since a delicate little boy , about twelve years of age , was admitted into the Taunton and Somerset hospital in a deplorable state of palsy . He was helpless in all his limbs , and on making efforts to stand or exert himself became violently convulsed ; but the most remarkable symptom attending his disease was an inability to swallow , the nourislimcnt of his body appearing to be kept up by his retaining fluids in the mouth for considerable periods , small portions of which would insensibly find their way into his stomach . His intellect was perfect , and his turn ol mind serious . He was reported to have laboured under these sufferings for nearly a ^ y . ar . All treatment had proved unavailing ; indeed , the faculty
were fairly puzzled by tho anomalous character , of his malady . A few days' residence in the hospital tended to confirm the account given of his various symptoms . The discovery ot the deception was thus made : —On Sunday , when all the patients from his ward ( excepting himself ) were attending Divine service , he was observed , after stealthily seeing , as he supposed , that the coast was quite clear , to rise from his bed , and visit in succession tho lockers of the other patients , levying from each a tithe of the provender they contained , which ho despatched with astonishing celerity . On a slig ht alarm ho was back to his bed like lightning . On being questioned , relative to these eccentric" movements , he denied them in toto ; but , in explanation of the missing food , said a female form , dressed in gay apparel , which be described , had visited the ward , aud been to the lockers during the service , and , doubtless , she had made off with the provisions . He was
equally ready in explaining away other strange events , and never at a loss for a plausible answer In the most difficult position . His cure was rapidly effected on Monday morning , when his medical attendants gravely informed him that , all previous remedies having proved ineffectual , one alone was left for them to employ ; it certainly was a most painful one , producing excruciating agony , but it was a last resource , and never known to fail . This was now prepared in his presence . His heart evidently began to fail him , As the time for appl ying the remedy approached he thought he could stand . On a still nearer approach he did stand . Nearer still , he walked—then ran .. ' And finally , in tho presence of his wondering fellow-patients ' , he ate a large piece of bread , and drank off half-a-pint of tea . lie evinces little , if any , sorrow or shame for his conduct , and obstinatel y refuses to confess what motive has actuated him in his career of deception .
Discovery of a Cave ox the South-Eastern Railway . —During the operations of the workmen on tho Rorth Kent line of the South-Eastern Railway , when tunnelling under the hanging woods at Charlton , near Woolwich , they came upon a cave of considerable dimensions cut in the chalk and flint rocks . A great ) quantity of sand has fallen at ono end , blocking up the side from which it has apparently been entered , and the workmen arc now busily employed in shoring up a part of the roof of one of the chambers , the railway parking over its entire breadth . Four chambers have been discovered , forming alternate recesses from the main
cave , leading m a westerly direction . Tho roof of the cave is on a level with the line of railway , and the base about twelve to fourteen feet lower . The atmosphere in it is remarkably dry and pure , and presents a strange contrast with the damp and close atmosphere experienced in passing along the tunnel to the extremity where the cave has been discovered . The men state they found a knife and spoon on exploring it , and they turned their discovery to good account on Sunday last , having li ghted the whole of the tunnel with candles , and conducted visitors over tho cave at the extremity , charging them 3 d . each for admission .
Discovery op a Coining-house im Birmingham . —On Tuesday the police broke into the domicile of some coiners , situated at No . 23 , Chapelstreet , the inmates being an old woman , Elizabeth Foster , the landlady , a man named Robert Smith , and Harriett Smith , a young woman said to be his wife . From certain information received by the police , detective officers Palmer , Button , and Hitlson , went to the house in question between five and six in the afternoon , when they found the front and back , doors fast . The officers then employed a lad to take a note to the house , and after knocking two or three times the landlady came and opened the door to him , on which Palmer ran into the house directly , aud , being seen by Robert Smith , the latter
went upstairs into a bedroom , followed immediately by Palmer , who also was followed by the vld woman , who , on getting into the room , fastened the door , " at which time the young woman was in the room . The man ran to the table , on which was lying a plate turned upside down , with two or three " counterfeit shillings on the outside . Falmcr seized him as he was going to the table , on which the young man called out to the young woman to go and throw the shillings away . As she was going to the table , Palmer seized her , when she and the man attacked him , and a struggle ensued . At this time the other officers were . outside the house in readiness to capture any one who might run but ; but Button , hearing a cry of " murder , " entered the house , followed by ilidson . On getting to the bedroom door it was found , necessary by Button to force open the door , which he accordingly effected with a crowbar . In answer to a question from Palmer , the old woman
had said she was the landlady , on which Palmer ordered her to call for the police who were on the outside , but this she had . refused to do . Button and Hidson found Palmer struggling with the two Smiths . Tne police handcuffed the prisoners . Button then discovered and seized , under the plate that was on the table , fifty-six unfinished counterfeit shillings , all- dated 1844 , and in a closet in the same room , he f . mnd . a ladle for melting metal , and which contained some metal . There was also discovered a pair of clampj and a file , together with two pieces of zinc , a bottle containing a quantity of solution of metal , and another bottle containing some oil of vitriol . In addition to these were discovered a copper frame used for the purpose of drying moulds , a basin containing plaster of Paris , another containing soda , and some copper wire . No moulds were round . The three prisoners were taken before the magistrates and remanded for the purpose of receiving instructions from the Mint .
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Extensive Fraud Bya Gang Of Swrndlrnis.-...
Extensive Fraud bya Gang of SwrNDLrnis .-On Friday week two individuals were apprehended at Glasgow on suspicion of being concerned in a systematic nlanl of swmdlmg the public , and examined on Saturday before the sheriff . From the facts aheady ascertained , it appears that a firm in Glasgow under the designation of J . G f Hall -and & Xro been in the practice -of sending orders . for goods ! * country . manufaeturerA tabe traasmitted either to St . Vmcent-place or St . Enoch-sqaare , in' both of which localities it would appear that thev have Places of business The toJL &^ bffU'S the fortunate detection of the fraud w between
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the above-named firm of Hall and Co . and a Mr . Beveridge , cloth manufacturer of Dunfermline . The latter party received an order for goods to the amount of jeiSOforwhich he received inpayment apromissory bill for £ 200 , signed by parties representing themselves to be J . Stevcnsori and Co ., of Manchester . "When the bill became due it was found to be a purely fictitious document , no such firm , as that named existing in Manchester . Mr . Beveridge , becoming painfully aware that he had been duped , 'started for Glasgow , ind lodged information with the authorities here , who , wfien apprised of the cii-cumstances , granted a warrant for tho apprehension of Mr . Hall , tho onl y party then suspected of tho fraud . His place of residence being in Wellcroft-place , as was
ascertained bv reference to the order wnicn ne nau sem , to Mr . Beveridge , Captain Wilson , of the southern district , was waited upon . Ho immediate ly despatched a policeman with the sheriff s omcer in order , if possible , to apprehend Hall before he could have time to get out , of the way . ' . On proceeding to the house of the suspected party , they found no one inside but a servant girl , and failed at the time to learn anything of tho movements , - of her master . All tho papers find documents about the domicile wore secured , and a watchman -iu coloured clothes stationed outside to watch the premises in the event of Hall making . his appear ance . From the cautious movements of this individual there is reason to believe that he dreaded , a visit from the police , as ,
instead of coining in by the front - entrance to the dwelling house , Jo was observed ,, accompanied by another individual , at that time . unknown , endeavouring to get in-aa quietly as possible by a back court . 'Precautions ,- however , had been taken in the event of ' such tin attempt being made , and no sooner were the parties fairly hdusotf than the police made their appearance and ' -apprehended both of them . The second individual , it has now been ascertained , is the party who signed the bill for £ 200 , under the name of Stevenson and Co ., Manchester , lie was at one time in business in Glasgow , though latterl y he appears to have . attached himself to the fortunes of Hall and . Co ., and become a party to his fraudulent transaction ' s . Tho papers seized , and
which have been partly examined , - disclose _ a , most extensive and dee p l y laid scheme for fleecing the country manufacturers . Their correspondence embraces most of the princip al commercial towns of Scotland and England , and extends overa period of three or . four years , during which time there is reason to fear * that ' . ' very considerable loss must have been , sustained by various parties . Their plan of operation appears to have been to send orders for small quantities of . goods ,, which ,, m the first place , wore promptly piud' on delivery . A larger order would then bo transmitted to the same manufacturers . This , too , iu all likelihood , was settled immediately ; but after confidence had been thus established , advantage . was taken of it to order a still larger consignment of { roods , which , if the
manufacturer complied with ; ' were probably never more heard of , the whole circumstances being as already mentioned ,, under judicial investigation , the facts may yet transpire' which' will , it is hoped , give a clue to the apprehension of other parties . There seems reason to believe that the swindling transactions have not been confined to" tho parties at present in custody , but that they have correspondents in other parts of the country ! It might perhaps facilitate the detention of such parties , if individuals in the country who may have had dealings with the firm of Hall and Co ., would communicate with the authorities at Glasgow . A third party , named Ewan , supposed also to be . a member of the same firm , has been apprehended , and is at present in custody for examination .
Edinburgh Parochial Board . — Increase op Pauperism . —An adjourned meeting of this board was held last week , ' Mr . Law in . the chair , when a deputation from the Parochial Board of Invercsk , consisting of-Provost Hope , of Musselburgh , James Bridges , W . S ., and Dr . Lawrie , was introduced to . the meeting , and communicated certain resolutions of that board regarding the alarming increase of pauperism and poor-rates over Scotland . The members of the deputation severally addressed the board ,
pointing , out the evils ofthe present system of poorlaws , and urging the necessity that exists for a new amendment act , in which provision should be made for employing the poor in the reclamation of waste lands and other productive works . The' views of the deputation were warmly sympathised with by the board ; and on the motion of Mr . Blackadder , seconded by Mr . Boyle , a committee was appointed to consider tlie suggestions submitted by tlie deputation , and to report to a future meeting . The meeting then adjourned .
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Dunns , Satukdat , Makcu I / . —DisrziEciATio . v or the TAME or Laxd . —The failure of the attempt to effect sales of some lots of Crown lands , at the Quit Kent Office in this city , en Thursday last , was a remarkable proof of the unwillingness of capitalists to make such investments in tho present condition of the country . Some of those lots * were in comparatively well-circumstanced districts , and one of them , a few acres in the county of Wicklow , not far distant from the metropolis . Yet nothing like the fair value was offered ; all the lots had to be bought in by the government officer .
On Tuesday week last , a small freehold estate , consisting of one hundred acres of arable land , with thirty-five acres of reelaimable bottom , was sold bv auction in the town of Ballina , in the northern division of Mayo . The lands are held on lease for ever , charged with a nominal reserved rent of twenty-five shillings annually . Dr . Atkinson , of Ballina , became the purchaser , for the sum of £ W 0 . This was considered an exceedingly low price , as only two years since , and during tho year of the famine , the same property would have brought £ 2 , 000 . The Clearaxce System . —Tho Cork Examiner , Tipperary Vindicator , and other southern journals , contain accounts of the progress of the clearance system , and the levelling of the houses ofthe evicted tenantry . There are also further accounts of deaths from starvation—the facts being authenticated by the verdicts of coroners' juries .
The Case of Mr . Duffy . —At a meeting of the ratepayers of Linen Hall Ward , held yesterday evening , Mr . John Bagnall in the chair , for the purpose of adopting tho most effective means for having the memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant , praying the liberation of Mr . Duffy , numerously signed , a resolution was adopted , calling upon the other wards of tho city to hold . meetings and appoint committees for the same laudable object . MujtDim near Kbias . —On Tuesday nig ht week , about eiirht o ' clock , a young man , named James Breiinan , of Loughsallas , in the parish of Donemaggin , was murdered on his way home from lvells . An inquest was hold on the body , and a verdict of wilful murder returned against the parties , who are highly respectable . The melancholy occurrence was occasioned by the parties having drank too freely .
Murder in Kildaue . —On Thursday week Mr . Bailey Cluxton , of Kilcullcii , was committed to Naas gaol , for trial at the coming assizes , charged with the murder of John Jones , a labourer , whom he beat violently on Saturday last . The unfortunate man died from the effects ' of the injuries on Wednesday evening . Michael Murphy is to bo hanged at Tullamore gaol on the 10 th of April for tho murder of Sergeant James Grant , ofthe enrolled pensioners .
The Rate is Aid . —Emigration ' . —The northern journals are still occupied almost exclusively with the agitation against the rate in aid . In many of the country districts every individual , who can gather up as much money as will take himself and his family to America , is preparing to escape from the ruin which continued misgovcrnment is preparing for Ireland . In some places , whole congregations , chiefly in connexion with the Pveabytorian Church , are in danger of becoming extinct from this sole cause .
Party Pkocessions in Ulster—Desperate and Fatal Conflict . —For some days past , owing to a recent fatal collision between Orangemen ana Roman Catholics , the government has been actively engaged in precautionary measures to preserve the peace on St . Patrick ' s Day ( Saturday last ) . Stipendiary magistrates and police have been despatched to various parts of Down and Antrim , where disturbances were apprehended . In one district all these p recautions have been unavailing , as will be perceived . by the following , from a third edition of the Downpatrick Recorder : — " Eight o ' clock p . m . —The facts as contained in our second edition are , unhappily , too true , respecting the collision at Crossgar . We repaired to the spot , to ascertain the facts .
exactly as they occurred . About 3 , 000 ofthe processionists assembled at Crossgar , . the place of rendezvous previously arranged upon . On their attempting to go up a street , called Killyleagh-stroot , the opposite party , wo believe Orangemen , mustered pretty strong , and declared « up that street they should not go . ' A party of police were here drawn up , at the entrance ofthe street in question , m order to prevent a collision , which , unhappily , with all the efforts ofthe magistrates , had'not the desired effect . Stones were resorted to with great violence on both sides . The police camo in for their share , until at length fire-arms were dischargedwe could not ascertain from what quarter first / Mr . Anketell
, one ofthe magistrates in attendance , then read the riot act , immediately after which ono of tne party m the procession advanced from the ranks and drove the muzzle of a gun against his breast , giving him a severe thrust . Tho struggle * was now between the Ribb onmen and the police ; firing , on both sides , ensued , and the result was that a policeman u ^ l Burkp - from Newtownbred-v district , was shot through the neck , and . instantl y expired . A woman , named Ann Woods , from BeHasti who naa a stall m-. the street , also received a gun-shot c ? i' t died shortly .. after . A . man , named esmvtn , who was merely looking oh at the time , and took , no part in the procession , has been mortally wounded , and is in a dying state . Several of tne ponce and country people are moro or less
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injured from the effects of slugs . A countryman has been conveyed to tho infirmary badly wounded . "Several ofthe doors and windows of the village are perforated with balls and slugs ; and the walls of the bridge , on which a party of the police , with one of the magistrates , was staading , bear marks of gun bullets . Our only astonishment is , that more lives were not lost , from the fact tbat theih'mg was kept up for nearly twenty minutes . The magistrates in attendance were James Sharman Crawford , Esq ., William R . Anketoll , Esq ., and James L . M'Cance , Esq ., R . M . The police force , which was the onl y one present , amounted to about sixty men , and was commanded by Sub-Inspector Despard . from . Navan . We are happy to bo able to
state "that the injury which Mr . Antekcll received in the head from ' the blow of a stone is not serious ; that gentleman being able to take part with his brother magistrates until the village was restored to its wonted tranquillity . " Emigration—Yast numbers arc passing through Watcrford from the counties of Watcrford , Wexford , and Tipperary , on their way to Liverpool and other English ports , to take shipping for America . Tuesday , —The Rate-in-Aid . —Lord Londonderry lias addressed his tenantry ii Ulstciy and urged them to be quiescent , and take ' no part in the
antirate in aid agitation . The noble marquis is respected as an admirable landlord , but his opinions m public matters command little weight in Ireland . Dreadful Murder . —On Saturday night last the house of a man named Robert Arnold , a tenant on the estates of Mr , Ormsb y Gore , residing- on the lands of Leganomner , in the parish of Cloone , and county of Leitrim , was attacked by an armed party , who fired several shots through the windows , whilst Arnold ) his wife , child , and uncle ( Robert Todd ) were eating their supper . One of tlie shots' took fatal effect upon the uncle , who instantly expired . The assassins then went to the house of another
tenant , named Flood , " and also fired several rounds , without , however , causing any mischief . Immediately on the murder of Todd being made known Mr . William Lauder , of Mough House , Feon . ijj h , the agent of Mr . Gore , proceeded , in company with Mr . John Lauder , J . P ., and a party of police , to scour tho country in search pf the miscreants , and succeeded in arresting several suspicious characters , none of whom , however , have been as yet sufficiently identified to warrant their committal to gaol . It may be recollected that about twelve months since Mr . Lauder ejected several defaulting tenants from this property , and substituted in their places a more respectable class of persons , Arnold and Flood being among the latter .
Party Conflict at Ratiiforland . —The Newry 7 (! % ropA of this day contains an account ofa conflict between Orangemen and Roman Catholics near Rathforland . It is stated that some persons were shot . ¦ The cholera has broken out in Ennis . Several cases occurred there on Friday last , and two deaths were recorded on Saturday . On Sunday morning there were fourteen cases , out of which ei ght had died , one was cured , and five were under treatment . At Limerick there were not less than eighty-nine extra cases , besides those in hospital . Starvation—Thcprorincial papers record several cases of death by starvation . In the Nenagh Union there are 3 , 019 paupers , out of whom 43 died last week .
ASSIZE . IXTEM / IGEXCE . LiMEitick . —Mubder Case . —On Thursday week Denis Long was indicted for the murder of Thomas Walsh , on the 20 th of November , at Cappamore . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter . Sentence deferred . Fkiday . —Attempt to Murder Mr . Saxdes . — William Collins was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Sondes , Esq ., and discharging a loaded gun at him with intent to murder him , on the 12 th of January , 1849 . A second indictment charged the prisoner with feloniously assaulting him , with intent to rob him of his arms . W . Sandes , Esq ., J . P ., ' examined : I was returning from attending a meeting of the poor law guardians at Rathkeale , and was proceeding to my home beyond Askeaton ,
when several men came out on the road before me . One of them caught my horse ' s head . A man whom I saw on the road as I went on ran alongside the g ig and looked very hard at me . When the horse was stopped a man came to the wheel of my g ig , and presented a gun at mc . Another of the party cried out fire , and immediately a shot was fired . I am sure from the report the gun was loaded . My servant was in the gi g and he attemped to save me , when he received several blows . I was struck with stones on tlie head . The man that fired was the prisoner . Ho caught mo by the cloak and attempted to pull me out of tlie g ig , and continued striking me with a stone , so that he loosened my teeth . My horse turned round and made away , and ' a shot was then fired after me . It was duskish at the time , just between day and dark . The next time I saw the prisoner was in the town of
Askeaton . I came suddenly upon him as I turned the corner of a street . I was at the time far from the police barrack , and being lame I could not go sufficiently quick to get him arrested , so I said"hothing about the matter . I next saw him at Rathkeale Bridewell , where I pointed him out amongst seven or eight people . The witness was cross-examined b y Mr . Kenny , counsel for tbe prisoner , with the view to show that from the darkness of the night , he might have been mistaken in the identity of the prisoner , but he persisted that he was not mistaken . —Pat Griffin , the servant , deposed to the facts of the attack , but could not identify the prisoner . — Mr . Kenny addressed the jury , urging on them that Mr . Sandes * opportunity of identifying eould not have been sufficient to warrant a conviction on his evidence . —Verdict , " Guilty . " To be transported for life .
Dowxr-ATRicK . —Conviction of a Surgeon . —John Maclean was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Dawson , by careless , unskilful , and negligent treatment of her in childbirth , at Magherahn , on the 17 th of August last . Tho Chief Baron charged the jury , who , having retired for an hour , returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter , with a recommendation to mercy , in consequence of his previous good character . —Sentence deferred . State Trials in Cloxmel . —On Friday evening Mr . Killileo , proprietor of the Watcrford Chronicle ,
and Miss Power , were brought before the Court , both charged with having unregistered arms on the 23 rd of last September . Mr . Killileo pleaded " guilty , " aud was liberated on g iving security , himself in £ 50 , and two securities in £ 25 each , to appear when called on . The Clerk of the Crown then having read over the indictment against Miss Power , asked if sho pleaded guilty or not guilty , to which she replied , "Not guilty" in a firm tone of voice . Several of her friends earnestly besought hcv to alter her determination , but she persisted to the last , and was liberated on her own
recognizances . Saturday . —Thomas Morrissey , William Marks , Patrick Walsh , John Sullivan , and John Cavanagh , were charged with training and drilling at Carriekon-Suir , on the 9 th of July last , with sundry other divers persons ; there wore several counts . They wore also indicted for attending unlawful assemblies . —Ml * . Francis Meagher submitted , for tho prisoners , a plea of guilty , on the understanding that it was not the intention of the Crown to press for punishment . —Mr . Scott , Q . C ., heard the statement of Mr . Meagher with extreme satisfaction ; there was another name in the same indictment , one which had
of lato acquired much notoriety , that name was Michael Doheny , who was now a fugitive from justice . It was not the intention of the Crown to press for punishment , but as a caution toothers , and in order to make them amenable at any future time , he would require that the prisoners and each of them be severally bound in the sum of £ 50 , with two sureties each of £ 25 , to appear to receive judgment at any future time , upon getting ten days' notice ; and , addressing the prisoners , assured them that the Crown were treating them with tho greatest lenity , relying on their future good conduct . —The traversers then left the court .
Murder . —Catherine Browne and Michael Baker wore indicted for the murder of Thomas Browne , husband of the female prisoner . After a protracted trial there was a verdict of " Not guilty . "
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_ The Directors of the Edinburgh Apprentice Schools hav e sent us an interesting report ofthe annual meeting of their classes , lately held in tho Music-hall of Edinburgh , Mr . Sheriff Gordon presiding ; Mr . Charles Cowan , M . P ., and a number of the leading citizens being present . The Edinburgh Apprentice Schools were established some five years since , with tho aim of affording opportunities for prosecuting education to persons who had been deprived of the opportunity of training in youth , bv being forced too early to attend to the business of earning their livelihood . Reading , writing , arithmetic , algebra , practical mathematics ,
book-keenmg , and English grammar , are taught at a fee of Is . ad . amonth . Nor is tho meral training neglected . The pupils consist of mechanics , clerks , shopmen , and domestic servants , of ages from fourteen and under up to sixty . In one school there are to be seen , in the same class with juvenile apprentices five individuals of forty and one of sixty years of ago . Many of the pupils are married men with numerous families ; and , in some cases , a father is seen attending tho same class with one or two of his sons . This meritorious institution seems very worthy of encouragem ent and imitation .
wninf v ? RAIT ° ^ - } hUr > all ° gc 4 to be the Ho ™ J H ^ ' v Whl ( l ^ seiwd in an exhibi-Shirm ^ M ° J arlof *»& . has been restored to tho ™ Mr . . Snare , by a decision of Sheriff Gorft ' ™^ l I ( Iered tIlat ' at P ^ sent , the trustees in *!*? ?• ^ J sort of cla » n to the picture . An interdict was afterwards obtained from Lord Robert-™ H ? P ^ event AIr Snare ' s * conveying tho picture - aiiT cou ? try ; but when tho matter was argued before , the Judge , ' ho fully agreed with the „„ Ji j „ decisl ° > removed the interdict , and ordered that tho picture should be restored to Mr ,
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Perby , March 17 . A FtcnTixo Family—W . Daft was charged upon three indictments , with maliciously cutting and wounding Thomas Smith , Joseph Stenson , and Samuel Parker , at Sawlcy , on the 9 th of January ui ' , ° f : iet 9 > ul , * % stated , are these . There had been a sort of wake held at Sawley , and parties were drinking together lato at the public-house , ihe prisoner s father was in the street , eliallengin ^ persons to fight ; and no one accepting the challenge , ho and his son had a " set to ; " after which they adjourned to the public-house , where the three prosecutors were . According to their testimony , no quarrel took place ; but on going home between
one and two o ' clock in the morning , the prisoner attacked them with a hatchet , and committed serious wounds upon them . Parker was insensible for some time , and kept his bed several weeks . Tlie prisoner called his father to prove that the prosecutors were the aggressors . lie stated that they threw him upon the five in the public-house , and then followed him home , where they committed all sorts of atrocities—Tho jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . " In passing sentence , Mr . Justice Maule observed that the prisoner appeared to belong to a fighting family , for when nobody else would accept his challenge , tho father and he seemed dispose ! to gratify their propensity . Sentenced to six calendar months ' imprisonment and hard labour .
As Incendiary . —J . imos Singer , a tramp , who had slept in the Nottingham Vagrant Office on the previous night , was charged with attempting to set tire to a straw stack at liisloy . It appeared that when on his way from Nottingham to Derby , in company with a weaver who was out of work ' , the prisoner wept to the back premises of the prosecutor , Mr . Ulundstono , to ask for . relief . On beiii" - refused ho wont into the stack yard , and on return ! imj to his companion ( Henry Wilson ) who was waiting on the road ; he said , " Come on , you'll sec a flare-up immediately , " Wilson asked him what lie
meant ; he said , . "I have sot fire to one of the stacks . ' . ' Wilson immediately went and informed the prosecutor , and on examining a straw stack , they found a lighted torch , red hot , burning . Tho straw near it was scorched , and had tho stack ignited , others would undoubtedly have been destroyed also . Search was made ' for tho prisoner , who was taken as he came out of a field about a mile distant . When taken , he said the rag ( mean « ing the torch ) was damp , or else it would have fired the stack immediately . Sentenced to ten years ' transportation .
March 10 , Murder in * a Luxatic Asylum . —II . Strelly , a member of a hig hly respectable family , was indicted for the wilful murder of S . Tomlinson . The deed was perpetrated in a private asylum , kept by Dr . Brigstockc in Derby . Strelly and the deceased ' slept in the same room in different beds . The door was locked , and the keeper slept with other patients in an adjoining room . Between five and six o ' clock in the morning the keeper heard a noiso in Strollv ' s room , and on taking a light he discovered the deceased ly ing on the floor weltering in his bloodand
, the prisoner standing in a corner . On search bein " made , a lath taken from tho prisoner ' s bed , with " marks of blood upon it , was found , and there can be no doubt that as the deceased was in the act o £ dressing himself , the prisoner was seized with a sudden paroxysm , sprang out of bed and struck deceased with the lath . A verdict of "Xot Guilty " was returned , on tho ground of insanity . His lordship made some strong remarks upon the conduct of the proprietor of the asylum , in allowing two insane persons to sleep in the same room without a keeper .
Al / TEIUN'O A Mo . VEY—ORDEB BY A POST-OFFICE Clerk . —J . T . Shepherd , 48 , the money-order clerk in Derby , was charged with having , " on the flth Sept . last , feloniously forged and altered a certain order for the payment of money , purporting to be a Post-office order , drawn by W . Mather , for the payment of £ 5 , with intent to defraud T . P . Bainbrigge . —Mrs . Margaret llepperstnll , wife of Mr . J , ilepperstall , of Stockport : The paper now produced is not so large a sheet of paper , I think , as tho one I obtained . After I had obtained the order , I put it in a letter directed to " Mary Birks , Derby . " The order I obtained was for £ 1 . —W . Mather : I am a clerk in the Post-office at Stockport ; I am acquainted with the system of granting monev-orders .
On the 9 th September last I granted this order , which is numbered , which is the same ns the number in the book . The order has been altered from £ 1 to £ 5 . The same day I sent an advice to the Derby office . No other " order was issued on the Post-office at Derby for that day . —By the Judge All the three persons in the office receive and pay money , but there is only one general money drawer . Only one person enters on the account sheet , ami not each clerk his own orders . We account for tlie cash at night to the postmaster , but , supposing any monoy be abstracted , wo could not tell whicS had taken it , or find it out . In giving out orders ,
it sometimes happens that one person receives tlw money and another g ives the order . —Mary Birks : On tho 9 th Sopt . last I received a letter containing a money order , with which I went in the afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , to the post-office , and received one sovereign . I signed my name to tho order as having received it . The " u" in my name was not there then , as I signed it Birks . When 1 presented it , it had a figure 1 upon it , but it is a 5 now . I do not know who paid me tlie sorereign , but that it was a man . —T . P . Ikinhriggt * * . I am the Postmaster at Derby , and tlie the prisoner was employed as money-order clerk in September last . There is no doubt this order was voeeivwl nt
the office on the 9 th of September , which might bo done by one of the clerks , as it is no one ' s duty particularly . It was the prisoner ' s duty to enter letters of advice . The paper produced is the letter of advice which the prisoner signs his name to , which imports that ib is entered in tbe advice-book . Tho entry in the advice-book of this particular order is in tho prisoner ' s writing . Tho entry in tho daily account-book usually sent from Derby to London is also in prisoner ' s handwriting . It runs thus : 12 * 24 . Stockport . £ 5 . It is headed , " Postmaster of Derby , in account with the money-order office , 0 th Sept . 1 S 48 , " and is signed by myself as postmaster . Cross-examined : I had a great deal of confidence in the prisoner , and he usually signed the accounts for mo . The sheets were returned if I requested it , and there is no doubt that this particular one was .
The order in question was sent back as disallowed , in consequence of the error . It might be returned in a day or two after . There is written on the order and returned from London , " Debited advice - " ? . only , but incorrectly claimed in account of tlie I'd } of September as £ 5 , the body of order has £ 1 . " ' That is the usual way they are returned .- * W . J . Godby : I am surveyor for the Midland district . On the 12 th September I received the order , and pointed out to prisoner the figures , « n « asked him how ho eould account for thorn , and what amount he had paid . He said lie could not tell me exactly what he had paid , I then asked him if tha order had been out of his possession before it wen : up to London , and he said it had not . 1 also remarked that the signature of the order had been altered , and he said lie had done that himself : ana
I asked his reason ; and lie said , to make it corro ' - pond in the entry or advice-book ; and I sent f ' the book while he was there , but it was still wron . ' . being Bakes instead of Birk . I asked him it * k ; altered the figures and he said no . That was all th ' passed about the subject of the figures . —Mr . M ' ' "' hurst , having addressed the jury for the deifliw called several witnesses to character . —His km ' - - ' ? . summed up , and the jury returned a verdict ot "Guilty . " March 20 . —While his lordship was passing ^' tence this morning the prisoner fainted , and oni »* sentence of seven years' transportation bei » £ \ ! f upon him ho was led from tlie dock , supports : two officers . Many persons , who h * id k " offn ¦ I \ prisoner through life , were in tears , and the i & li was altogether an affecting
one . Fraud by a Surveyor op Highways .- ]* - hm f J . ' a farmer , residing at Lallington , was indicted n . defrauding tho p arishioners of certain sums <¦ money , whilst acting as surveyor of the hw n ¦ } The prisoner had charged certain a ccounts as 1 ' - for labour and material , which , on in vestiwt j were discovered to be fraudulent claims . He fl a cheque to refund the money , but the vicar alW ' parishioners considered it an offence of so gl * character as to require punishment . —l ' \' . found him ' * Guilty . "—In passing sentence , , lordship adverted to the position ot thepr i * 3 ? J * j ; ' j 1 jj the disgrace he had brought upon himsp" « . conduct . —Sentenced to six months' imprison ""
Cambridge , Marcu 17 . w Chauge op Forgert . —George Edward S" ^ 27 , arespetable-lookingyounginan , son of 1 } '' , man hi Cambridge , and described as a t eaci t , ^ indicted for feloniously uttering a forged P [ ° " , > note for £ 10 , with the intent to cheat i * ^ , North , of Trinity College . Mr . Rane e is a J . „ , of Cambridge , and sometimes discounts « - j sS the 23 rd of September , last year , prisoner C '" ^ , Mi * . Ranee ' s office , and brought him a Il 0 t . ? , t resigned by Mr . North and Mr . Uowott \ d j « [ <& member tho date . Advanced him * - ' V' - j , liii note was payable at four months . Rep i va n"i nnoenaeinn aa /> rvlU ( - „ ,.., l -nnnvifv fflF tll ' . hi * wiuuciui /
r * . X ' ocvu ..- . . -- When " i of £ 27 10 s . upon prisoner ' s own note- ' ^ t own note was repaid , prisoner gave l » . ' # ho delivered both notes up . Prisoner nf' t p witness that it was Mr . North , of Trinrt } , ft i < fancied it might be that gentleman , as lie » Ap soner had been in the buttery at that ' * . W , W p lied alao to Mr . Hewett , of Tr inity . <& $ &* letter , in both cases . This was when ]> , ; - , mite' waa over-due . Mr . North called upon ^ but witness never got any money Jroni ¦ ¦ ^ day saw prisoner in custody , and Inspg . j inquired Of him fprisoner ) , where thei M » ^ M said he had destroyed it . -Inspector Ugs . f t * had searched prisoner ' s house , but ecu' ^ the note . When apprehended , the pr isoner
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24031849/page/6/
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