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¦ avnasti . ' ,: ' - ^ Smcmr , —Before Mr William Baker , Jun ., the depnty coroner , at the-Green Bias ; public-house , High-street , Poplar , respecting the death of Eliza Eayment , a married woman , who was found drowned in the River Thames , with her throat cut . R . Fowler stated that , on Friday afternoon , he was rowing a boat down the river , when , on arriving opposite Messrs Ferguson and Co . ' s , mast-hbhse , Miflwall , he saw the body ef the deceased floating sear the chore . He drew it into his boat , and conveyed it to the dead-house ? n Poplar . The body was very much tlecoinnosed . and had evidently been in the water
some days . There were several large bruises , tonnu upon the legs , and the body appeared to have been ill-used . The throat was cut in several places . E . Eayirient stated that he was the son of the deceased , who was the wife of a retired auctioneer , residing at Ko . It , High-street , Hoitoa , Old Town . OaSaturday evening , the 4 sh of September last , thedeceased was attacked with a fit , and remained insensible for three hoars . Oa tbe following morning , she left the Jouse , and was sever seen alive afterwards . The deceased and her husband lived together very comfortably , and seldom quarrelled . The inquiry was adjourned for a week , for the purpose of affording the police as opportunity of procuring further evi--decce .
Fatal Steam-boat Accident . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Nine Elm * Tavern , relative to the death , of J . Patten , aged 35 , a drill and colour aerigeant of the Scots Fusilier Guards , who , together vrith Wilson Emery , her Majesty ' s swan-keeper , -were drowned , by a biat , in which they were , coming into collision with the Matrimony iron steam-boat . George Franks , a mate of the Childe Harald steamer , deposed to finding the body of thedeceased floating down with the tide off Nine Elms pier on Friday last . He got the same ashore , and conveyed it to the above house . Corporal rt . Bye said that , on iSaturday week , deceased and four other parties , including Emery , who acted as coxswain , started from Westminster-bridge , and proceeded up the river as far as Barnes , fer the purpose of training for a
-match that was shortly to come off . Upon their re ^ turn the same night , when tbey arrived nearly facing thePtnTlicxjpfer . toeysawasteatu-boatcamingtowards them . The coxswain stood up aud shouted that there'was a small boat a-head . They had not pro * -eeeded above five or sixjards further before a collision between the two boats took nlaeev & ad the party suddenly became immersed . Witness turned out -and got bold of the boat , aad remained holding thereto until he was taken off . He & iw Corporals Smiths and Hopkins saved , hut the deceased and . Emery were drowned . The night waa rather dark .
-and witness considered that the occurrence was owing entirely to the coxswain mistaking the light of the steamer . Everything was done by the people on "board the steamer to me them . The jury returned -a , verdict of' Accidental death / The whole of the non-commissioned officers and fonr companies of the battalion , together with the baud , were draws up in -front of the tavern , where they remained until the -coroner i-sued his order for the interment of deceased . The body was then conveyed te thetrarialground of St John ' s , Westminster , the band playing the 'Dead March ia Saul' through the principal thoroughfares leading to the place of interment .
EamlAcodksi ax Sib Whham Jouumrs .--Before Mr William Payne at St Thomas ' s Hospital , on ihe body of James Holmes , aged fourteen years . The 'deceased had been working at Sir William Jollife ' s , at Ghepstead , and whilst he was feeding a tJusshing-rnachine , his left foot was drawn iu and the limb was extensively injured . He was removed ta the hospital , when it was found necessary to amputate the limb , but on Sunday he suddenly expired . . Verdict accidental death . A Pessos Choked wmzs Itorora . —At the King ' s
Head , Great Miichell-streefc , St Luke ' s , before Mr Baker , on tbe body of John Roberts ; aged 85 years , & greengrocer , residing at No . 11 , Great Mitchell-Btreet . On Monday last , the deceased was eating some beef and bread , when he suddenly fell from the chair . A lodger immediately went to bis assistance , and extracted a piece of bread and two large pieces of beef from his throat A surgeon wassent for , but he expired directly afterwards . The deceased was in the habit of eating fast and ravenously / Verdict'Death from suffocation . '
SmcBBE . —Before Mr Baker , at ihe Old Bed Lion , Wilson-street , Finsbury , on view of the body of Mr 'William Priest , aged 50 years , who committed suicide by swallowing prosaic acid . The deceased was an upholsterer , and waa formerly in business with a partner . About twelve months since , the partnership was dissolved , and the deceased opened a shop on Ms own account in Wilson-street , Finsbury . Daring tbesammerbosiBess was very doll , and deceased became much embarrassed in his circumstances , and on Saturday last , on being pressed for a
bill which , bad become due , be was not prepared to pay it- On Monday last , be was beard . to go out of the . house and return shortly afterwards . He said he was very ill , and wanted rest . Some time after * wards he was beard groaning very heavily , and his aster went into the room . He was lying on the bed in an insensible state , and a surgeon was immediately seat for , but tbe deceased expired before he came . A small bottle waa found which had contained grusaicarid . Verdict— Temporary insanity . ' - ' & obxtsot ? kkcksic
ac , s , . . ^ A Child Saved feqm Dbowmsq nr & ,-j } oG . --On . Sunday morning , a child of ^ hjSat-gye years of age , during the absence of a g ^ fant to whose care it wasmtnistea " , fell wt pfifo canal from a parapet of the < ftJy-road-bragg £ The accident had scarcity been dwcejgfgd before a large dog , of fhe Newfonnd--iihaolexl , leaped into the stream , and with great exertion saved the life of the child , by keeping its bead above water until assistance was rendered from the shore . Fmt . Acctdeht . —A dreadful accident happened ¦ about tea . o ' clock , on Monday morning , on board the . Hugh Johnston , a collier , lying off Prince ' s-stairs , Bbtherhithe . Whilst tha crew were busily engaged
unshipping the mast by means of an immense pair of shears , the mast suddenly slipped , carrying the shears and all along with it , clean over the talraU . There were two riggers at work in the top at the time , and both were precipitated into the river . The tide was ebbing rapidly , and one of the unfortunate seen , after straggling a ftw minutes , sunk to rise so more ; the other fortunately succeeded in catching a rcpe that was thrown to mm , and vra * rescued . A boy , too . bad bis arm broken , and was otherwise injured , the mast ' bA'nng struck bim in its fall . AiiiQv » Mtjbbbbbt . a Masuc—Information was received by Mr William Baker , deputy-coroner , of the death of a man named Lewis Mugford , which was occasioned by a wound inflicted by bis master . Mr
Thomas Mackintosh Davidson , a gentleman of property , residing at Clay-bill , Tottenham . It appeared thai , Mr Davidson had bsen for many years past suffering under mental derangement . He bad resided about eleven years at Clay-hill , and wag under the care of the unfortunate man Lewis Mugford , who was appointed for that purpose . On Friday week two female servants and Mugford were at dinner in the ) kitchen , when Mr Davidson entered and took a knife away . He was immediately followed by Mogford , wbocaiQenpwitbbiminaaotherreoni . Almost immediately a scuffle was beard , upon which Mrs
Holmes preceeded to the room , when she saw Mugford struck in the throat by Mr Davidson with the knife . Mugford rushed into the road , where he was attended to by a lady of the nameof Thomas , living in an adjoining bouse , buthhe fell down and died in & few minutes . Information was forwarded to Sergeants Butcher and Grey , at the Tottenham station , who took Mr Davidson into custody , and who sow remains in surveillance at his own residence . For several prerisa * years Mr Davidson never showed any siensof an intention to do mischief , and was allowed the liberty of tbe grounds , being only vit & ed by the domestics .
fires . Deeibcctivs heb is St Fascras . —On Sunday morning , shortly after two o ' clock , a fire broke out at So . 5 , m the King ' s-road , St Paweras . The engiaes were speedily at the scene , but the building , from bottom to top , was already blaring away with vehemence , and the flames continued to expand until the house was completely gutted . The damage dose , it is understood , will reach to nearly £ 500 , and unfortunately Mr Want , tbe owner of tbe house , was not insured . How the fire originated is unknown , but from the fact of the house being unoccupied , strong suspicions' are entertained that it was the work of an incendiary .
StsGvua Fibb . —On Tuesday morning , between one and two o ' clock , a fire broke ont upon some premises situated at 39 , Ray street , Clerkenwell , belonging to Mr Isaac Tracy , It appears that during the past few weeks workmen bad been employed in rebuilding the bouse , and a heap of line bad been placed on tbe ground near the scaffolding . The rain that fell during the bight slacked the lime , which set the scaffold poles in a blaze . The side walls being away , and tbe floors open , it was at one period apprehended that a fearful conflagration would hare followed . The engines promptly attended , and there being an abnsdahee ef water tbe fire was speedily extinguished , bat not until the scaffolding was considerably burned . Fortunately the buldingreceired
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UOCSIM 3 Z 0 V 3 . Tbe St Pajtcbas Poos . —lffADEQuicr 09 raa WoaKHOtfflg DrsTABr- —Oa Tuesday , a meeting oi the directors aad guardians of the parish of St Paneras wae held in the new vestry rooms , when the chair was occupied by Mr Churchwarden Howacth , who , with reference to Ihe condition of the inmates of the workhouse , begged to call the attention of the bmrdto the inadequacy of tbe dietary table , especially in the article of bread ; tho paupers had potatoes and pudding together , which he ( the chairman ) thought was a bad combination of food , lie was not , however , aware that thera was any great objection to the dietary table , bat be considered it ought to ba so regulated as to prevent , by supplying proper noaruhmeit , tbe introduction of extraneous articles of food in the workhouse . Tke chairman then sug-
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gested tha-appbintment of . a committee to inquire into the matter , and that -the dietary table should in future show the allowance of , food , for each meal Mr Morris agreed that the board should establish a sufficient dietary , to prevent the introduction of articles which had been said by the medicalmen to be of a dangerous character . Mr Clarke said thematter had come upon him rather suddenly , as be considered the dietary table waa everything that could be wished , and if the master or tbe medical officer bad anything to complain of they ought to come forward . The chairman repeated that the allowance of bread to the paupers waa very inadequate . Dr Banningham was sot aware ol anything that would lead to . ....
this alteration in the dietary , although twelve months ago he took a very active part in the question , when it was admitted that the quality of tbe food was good , whilst the quantity waa considered to be inadequate , and he ( Dr Bermingham ) thought the poor n . ight stilLhavea better supply of food . He was , however , disinclined to yield to the rule attempted to be enforced by the Poor Law Commis sioners , that of not allowing any article brought to the workhouse to be received , even a little wine , perhaps brought to an aged individual by an affectionate relative . He hoped the board would not submit to that kind of discipline . Dr Bermingham
then recommended a large supply of pearl barley , and also of peas , one of the most nutritious and least expensive articles that was introduced into the house . He then brought forward the subject of dying paupers in the infirmary being exposed to the gaze of the other inmates , who were sometimes seriously affected by the groans and contortions of the individuals in the agony of death . Considerable discussion upon this matter arose , and at length it was moved and seconded tbat screens be provided for the infirmary . The question was put , and carried nem . con ., and after some further business the board separated .
Pborogatiok of Pabziauext . —The Imperial Parliament was prorogued on Tuesday , by writ , to Tuesday , the 12 th of October .
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coubeslakd . Destruction of Laxsrcost Abbey , Gaulish . --The venerable pile , Lanercost Abbey , so greatly admired by antiquaries , for its architectural beauties , is now in rains . Daring' the high winds on Thursday last the roof Ml in with a loudcrash , arousing the whole of . the inhabitants in ; the neighbourhood , who soon crowded round the ruined structure . On examination it was discovered that the roof bad given way in tbat part of the abbey where divine service was performed . Fortunately the accident did not occur daring , the day time , otherwise it ought bare been attended with loss of life .
LAHCASHIRS . LrvBBPOOi- — Stkahbb Soke . —Tbe steam-tug Edinburgh Castle , belonging to Messrs Spinkes and Co ., has sunk off the Toxteth Dock , Liverpool , supposed from some of the valves being left open . The . captain and crew got on shore by tbe boat . Preston . — Renucnos of Wages . —Messrs T . Ainsworth and Co ., spinners , bave given notice of a redaction on their spinners' wages of five per cent ., and other firms are likely to adopt the same course . Wigah . —Anoihbb Priest nx of jFbvbh . —The Rev J . Walker , the second or junior priest at St John ' s Catholic Chapel , Wigan , now lies in a . dangerous state , ill of typhus fever , caught in his visits to tbe filthy dwellings of the lower class of Irish residents in the borough . The Rev J . Hearne aud the Rev J . Johnson , the two ministers whose lives have already been sacrificed in attending to their duties , were successively the bead priests at the same place of worship .
TOBESHInE . Tira Fobosries os the Sheffield and Rothbrham Bank . —A forgery of notes has taken place at the above bank . On tbe discovery at the bank , that a false note bad been cashed , the alarm soon flew over the Sown and district ; and early on Thursday morning placards were exhibited containing tbe offer of a reward of £ 100 for the detection of the offender or offenders . The imitation has been executed with considerable skill . The circumstance which first raised suspicion at the bank was the difference in the quality of the paper . But this was not likely to raise suspicion in the ordinary business of the town , because tbe notes bore the date of the 30 th of July last , and bad , therefore , tbe
appearance of recent issue . The notes of the Sheffield banks nass current over a large district , embracing Hull , York , Leeds , Halifax , Bradford , Huddersfield , Barnsley , Rotherham , Chesterfield , Bakewell , Nottingham , and intermediate places , and we are , therefore , prepared to bear that the plans of the forgers were sufficiently ingenious to adopt some means of operating simultaneously in different parts of the district . The plan seems to . have been to commence the issue inthefhst instance in different towns . At Nottingham , agents were- atworkso early as Monday , and continued foss several
spurious £ o notes to var-SuVtradesmen . Asian named Gougb . w ? : apprehended in that town , charged with uttering one of these , and being unable to give a satisfactory account of himself at the poUce-office , was remanded . The issuers have also been at work in Sheffield , but without much apparent success . The forged notes have also been passed at Leeds , Huddersfield , Rotherham , and Doncaster ; but in these places nothing appears to have been done on a scale to remunerate the forgers or issuers for the risk they ran . The authorised issue of the Sheffield and Rotherham Bank , under the late act of Sir R . Peel , is £ 52 . 916 .
DERBYSHIRE . A KOTLT-DiscovEBKD Cavern . —A subterranean crystallised cavern has just been discovered by workmen employed at the limestone quarries of Thomas Gisborne , Esq ., sear Boreholes , about midway betwixt Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton . This cavern , although not quite so huge as some of the celebrated caverns In Derbyshire , is little inferior to any for richness and beauty , notwithstanding the damage it has sustained irora the rustic visitors . There are two caverns , but the first is quite inferior to tbe s ? cond , both in magnitude and splendour . The
latter is very spacious , tbe sides and top being encrusted with spar . and crystallisations . of various sorts , and from the roof are suspended numerous stalactites of great length , which , by candlelight , give to the grotto a brilliant appearance . In a chink of the rock at one side of the cavern , is a fossil greatly r esembling the jawbone of some huge animal , the teeth of which appear to be perfectly entire and as hard as adamant . . The general opinion is that there are more caverns connected with this one which will eventually be discovered , as to all appearance the road although more difficult to follow , does not i bete terminate .
WARWICKSHIRE . Chbistjaj ? Chabixt . —For the last twelve or eighteen months Mr Proctor , of Balsall-home , near Birmingham , has been subjected to a series of outrages , by which the lives of bis family have been placed in constant peril . Some years ago Mr Procter was in tho habit of attending Trinity Chapel , and the mode of conducting the service having given offence to some members of tbe church , many persons who continued to attend that place of worship , were subjected to much contamely and annoyance . Although Mr Precior was sot a member of this congregation , he was unfortunately singled out as an object of persecution . The first attempt on his life and property was made on the 4 th March last year , on which
night a atone bottle charged with gunpowder , and with a fuse attached to it , was placed on the outside of one of the sitting-room windows , together with two penny pieces , on which were engraved or punched ' Trinity shall be fired or something worse , " O— is a papist / & c . Fortunately , the touch-paper to which the fuse was attached went out , and thus the purpose was defeated . No further attempt was made until the 9 th of June last , when , about half-past twelve •' clock at sight , Mr Proctor was alarmed by a loud explosion , and on opening hia door he found that one of his windows bad been shattered by an ' infernal machine , ' similar to tbe one above described . Efforts were made to discover the author of this outrage , but without success , and no further act of violence was attempted until the night of Tuesday , when , as one of the Worcestershire rural police was passing by . Mr Proctor ' s bouse , he
observed a canister on bis window-sill , with a lighted fuse ! attached to it . Apprehensive of the consequences of going to the spot , be threw a stone at the canister , which falling on the ground , the match was extinguished , and on examining the tin case he found it to contain about sine ounces of powder , and on the window ledge were placed several jtenny pieces , marked as before with mysterious warnings , such as the following : — ' Silent , not subdued — ' Take care of something worse * — ' No confession to Papists '— 'No church-rate for a Romish massbome ' — Keep from apostate Trinity , ' & o . The whole of these proceedings would appear to result from the heated brain of some fanatical Bedlamite , hulas there is not only method but malice in the madness of the authors of these outrages , an effort will bo made to discover the perpetrators , and make an example of them , as a warning to others . With this view we understand that it is the intention of Mr
Proctor to memorialise the Secretary of State upon the subject , as it would be monstrous to allow each diabolical proceedings to go unpunished . Similar attempts bare been made to injure another gentleman residing in the same neighbourhood .
LEICE 6 TERSBIHE . Immense Stock of Couxtsbfsit Moxby . —Last week an old man and woman took a ready furnished house iu a yard in Belgrave-gate , belonging to Mrs Hextall . They left yesterday ( Friday ) morning , and when Mrs Hextall went into the house to see that they had left all right , she found , on turning down the bed , a pair of moulds for coining counterfeit shillings . She immediately took them to the policestation , and gave a description of the parties , en which Mr Charters and P . S . Smith started in pur-
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suit , and baring ascertained that they had taken the Loughboreu gh-roM , followed , and succeeded in over * taking the mas sear tpMounteorrel , and the . woman about a quarter of a aile m advance . . The man had abasket , which , on bringafterward s examined , was found to contain 129 counterfeit , shillings tied in packets—moat of them in an unfinished state . On reaching Mountsorrel , and on getting out of the fly , tbe woman took hold of the basket , and was seen to put her hand in and draw something out , which she attempted to throw away . She was , however , prevented from doing so , and on being examined it was found to be one of the packets of bad money . The man aud wavaan , together with a younger woman , who was found walking with them , were brought to Leicester in the afternoon and convejed to the station-house . They give their names Matthew and AnnDnnelly . The man is 70 years of age and the woman 62 . ' *'
BroTIXOPOMBiaB . ' Thb Bobnino of NEKWsoweRTH . —SrascHipnoirs roa thb Sotfbbrbs : —Tbe parish of Holytown and Needingworth consists of about 950 iohabitanta , who are congregated in two villages . More than 80 houses , beinir nearly one-half of the latter village , bave been totally destroyed by fire , together with the furniture of most of them . Ten homestead * , wi * h all the rich produce of tbe harvest , were consumed , and 87 families were left without raiment , food , or a spot to lay their heads . There are no men of property resident in the parish , and it is quite impossible that any aid can meet the tremendous ruin en * tailed on so many , who , at the approaching inclement season , have no shelter from its severity . The rector of tbe parish has made an appeal to the charitable for assistance .
CAMBRUXJEBniRE . Incbnmarish . —The other evening an alarming fire broke out , shortly before eight o ' clock , on the farm of Colonel Pemberton , at Trumpington , near Cambridge . It originated in a stack of straw , and from thence communicated to'four others , two of which were wheat , and all were totally destroyed . In consequep . ee of the great scarcity of water fears wereenterf ained for | the safety of | the village , which , if the wind had veered a few points , must bave been burnt . The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary . ' The loss is estimated at from £ 1 , 000 to £ 1 , 500 / and it is stated will fall on the insurance offices . .
Fibb at March . —A few days since a fire took place on the premises of a farmer named Darby , by the side of the Eastern Counties Railway , occasioned by a spark from tbe down train communicating with some loose straw round a thrashing-machine . The wind being very high , in an instant the whole of the stacks were on fire . It is supposed that between three and four hundred pounds' worth of property is destroyed . It was stated tbat the railway . authorities had given warning that the stacks were in a dangerous position . Farmers cannot be toocautious in not stacking their various produce in the neighbourhood of railways .
bucsisg 0 am 8 hirb . The Dcke of Bbcewojuu and his Cabditobs . — The state of this noblemaiftaffairs has for some time formed a subject of conversation , and his embarrassments have become so public , that no secresy is now considered necessary upon the subject . The creditors of the Duke bave been trying to bring his personal property to the hamnw , and to divide amongst them what little could be obtained by the sale of the valuable effects of the ducal residences , Stowe and Wotton in Bucks , Avington in' Hampshire , and Buckingham-house and Chandoshouse in London . They estimated that the value of the pictures , furniture , plate , wine , & e . in those mansions would be between £ 50 , 000 and £ 100 . 000 . Operations were
consequently commenced , and in the latter end of August an execution wa * put into Buckingham House for a sum of £ 20 , 000 , for which a verdict had been obtained at the last assizes at Devizes . This was immediately followed by other executions in Stowe , Wotton , and Avington ( the house in Charidos-street being occupied by the Austrian embassy ) . The total amount of the Duke ' s debt is stated at between £ 1 , 750 , 000 and £ 1 . 800 , 000 . When the officers in charge of Buckingham House were about to seize the furniture , & e ., it was intimated to them that the Duke bad assigned over the whole of his effects dowa to his wearing apparel , wines , &' ,., to his eldest son , in satisfaction of a claim which he had against his father , and which would be preferred to the claims of
the creditors . The sheriff was then requested to leave the house , but this he refused to do ; and an app lication was made to the judge at chambers , when it was argued that the deed of assignment was void as against the creditors , and that the distress was legal . The judge decided that the rberiff should remain iu possession until security was given for the amount of the levies , aud directed issues to be tried between the parties to test the validity of the various claims , so as to bring the whole question before the Court . It is reported that there are now no less than sixteen executions in the town mansion of hisjGrane . the Duke of Buckingham , at theju . & af Various cre ditors . whose debta ^ are fre ©< g go . OOO downwards . The officers pf ^ tno sheriff of Buckinghamshire have fhiieaib almost all their stratagems for gaining admission totheDuke ' sresidenceatStowe Park . A few dars since two of them , armed with an execution for
£ 80 000 , got under the porch and through a dwarf hatchway , when one of his Grace ' s domestics locked the door against them . On another occasion one of the officers demolished some of the windows of the mansion , and thereby obtained admission ; but nponapplication being made to the judge at chambers , his lordship expressed his opinion that the act did uot amount to a lezal possession . Tbe extensive property at Abington , Hampshire , belonging to the Duke , is also in possession of the sheriff of Hampshire , at the suit of numerous creditors . Opposed to the executions ollonafide creditors , a number of claims have been set up under the Interpleader Act , by the Duke ' s relatives acd others , who insist that the greater portion of the valuable paintings , plate , & c . belong to them . The judge , at chambers , before whom air these cases have been heard , has recommended the sheriffs to delay the sales until an issue can be tried to set at rest the disputed claims .
HBBTFORDSHIRR . ASrsiBM op Ootraqb and iHiiMHUTHxhas for some time past been practised towards the person and family of Mr Sparrow , of Westmill , near Buntingfield . Net long ago his house was set on fire in three places , and . but for timely assistance would have been entire !; consumed . Since that time a number of anonymous letters have been left at the house , directed chiefly to Mrs Sparrow . In one of them the writer requested that lady to meet him in
a field near her residence , adding that she might be accompanied by her husband , and that if she would give the writer an opportunity for explanation he would forget all his claim to revenge . Mrs Sparrow did not , of course , attend at the appointed place . The conspirators continuing to alarm the family , Mr Sparrow has offered a reward of £ 100 to any person giving information whieh may lead to the conviction of the incendiaries , and two additional rewards of £ 50 each for tbe apprehension of the parties delivering or instigating the delivery of the letters .
kekt .. Doveb . —Serious Accident . —A serious accident occurred to the mails to be forwarded by the packet on the 11 th instant . The railway cart had proceeded to the new quay , where Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon , destined for Calais , was lying to receive the mail bags , which were pot on board . The mail driver , mail officer , and mail porter were on the cart , proceeding from tbe packet towards a wider part of the quay , to effect a turning to convey the Oatend mails ( the night being very dark ) , when the horse shied , and ran back towards tbe edge of the quay . The three men with great difficulty escaped from the cart , but tbe horse and cart went over the quay into the harbour with the mails for Ostend . Tbe mails were happily recovered by the praiseworthy
exertions of Mr Altred Baker , the mail officer , and the crew of Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon . The mail bags had to be taken to the post-office to be dried and repacked before they could be forwarded to their destination . This was fortunately done without detaining the packet beyond her appointed time . It was truly a miraculous escape for the men , the sight being very dark , and had they gone over with the horse and cart it is more than probable some of them would bave been drowned . It was a fortunate circumstance tbat the mail bags for'Calais had been put on board Her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon before this happened , or some of them might have been lost . The horse was cut from his harness , and towed ashore alive on the oppositeside of the harbour , after being in the water half an hour .
SUSSEX . Negmci on thb Brighton and South coast Railway . —On Sunday night an old man ; who has the care of the & ate whichcrossea thejroad at Taring , sear Worthing , having forgotten all about the luggagetrain from Portsmouth to Brighton , closed the gate after all tbe passengers had passed , and went to fcd , About midnight the goods [ train came along , and . dashed through the gate , shivering it into pieces , butfortunately without throwing the engineoff the line , and no one was hurt . On Tuesday morning a similar accident occurred on the same line at Bedhampton . The gate was ckmd , and a train , containing a quantity of silver bullion , which left Portsmouth at four o ' clock , went through it with considerable violenee , carrying the eate and the posts with it . Some of tho wood-work became entangled in the wheels , but did not throw the train off the line .
DORSETSHIRE . COIXRIOS ON THE jDORCHESTBR Railway . —Oa Monday night a collision happened to the up mail train , by which several carriages wore thrown off the line , and much damage done . The mail was delayed upwards of four hours and a half , and the letters from Dorchester , and the up-lino from Bishopstoke were not delivered before eleven o ' clock . Informa * tion of the collision was furnished at a late hour to the secretary of thoUudon and Southampton Rat « way Company by electric telegraph ... The message was very brief : it stated that ' » o lives are UM , and no person injured , the damage being confoed to property only . '
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; Th « Mubdbb At Dowr , Ais . *» At the ^ owJaUj"Petty «? B 8 « oni . held on Saturday , Margaret Davis , who SSSUSm «» h tM > lJ ^ ^ inM « r M . ^ liM ^ . dau ghter ; was placed at the ban-Mary Mergon do * ^ . ¦ t ^ 'mv ^^ ' ^^^^ J ^^ S ^ at six o ' clock en Monday morning ; she brought her child with her . Theohild appeared very lively , and was running about all the morning . Witness went out at about 10 o ' clock . ' She returned in about half an hour / and found the prisoner had gone put . In about twenty minntes t ho prisoner came back , carry * ing the child in her arms , arid said it had gone to ilpen in the field . Witness told her to put it to bed ;
the prisoner did so ; in the next room , Witness did not then look at the child , but sent the prisoner to fetch a pail of water ; and after she had gone , witness went immediately into the room , and saw the child lying in the bed with its eyes opes , and quite dead ; -. Evidence was adduced that thb clothes wrre wet , as if the child bad been'held by the legs in the water . Mr White , surgeon , was of opinion that tho child ' s death bad been caused from suffocation produced by immersion in the water . —The prisoner who appeared wholly unconcerned , "declined saying anythine in her defence , or putting any quwtions to th e witnesses . —The magistrates committed her tor trial .
JtOMfODTHflirrBB . PHdSPaoRBSCBitCK op ihe Rivsb Ww . —Some persons returning to Tinterne from the New Passage after nightfall in a boat , were much surprised and pleased at the luminosity of the river Wye , in certain parts of the tidoway , where the water is permanently oozy and thick . The phenomenon , it is well-known , is common at sea ; and in all salt water estuaries . -The enriojity is , that it should be discovered in the Wye . The lowuesa of tho fresh water currents , and the proportionate influence of the tides ( carrying the blackish and tnudy contributions of the adjacent channel further than customary during neaps ) will account for the faot , that the luminosity extended on several occasions this present summer , to that part of the river contiguous to the abbey . An old inhabitant of a cottage near the celebrated ruins went with her mop , one dark night , through the Water-gate , to perform a very homely task , and not
with the remotest idea of making a pyrotechnic display , but to her extreme surprise , what would have been a whirl of dirty drippings & t any other time , was converted into a very-respectable ' wheel . ' These corruacationa are not universal in the Wye , nor , indeed , even at sea ; on the contrary , they occur in sheets or shoal * ; a ship may sail many a knot without eliciting a spark of phosphorescence , and then suddenly immerge upon a tract rendered wonderfully grand and interesting in the possession of this beautiful phenomenon . . Two snch fields or shoals were seen from Chepstow to the Livox Weir , above which tbe admixture of fresh water is too great to admit of the property being displayed . It is generally believed that the luminosity is attributable to the multitudes of minute meducece , hydros , and incipient forms of marine iriolluses that undergo transformations , some of them , from being free rangers of tbe deep , . becoming ultimately fixtures for fife to the rocks and fuci .
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DAtBt . —Last week a serious riot broke out here among the unemployed miners . Several were injured , aad the police- and yeomanry had to be called in .
PERTHSHIRE . Rbvbsqb aud Law . —Last week the proper authorities were engaged . in precognescing a case , which has resulted in the committal for trial of the culprit accused ; and considering the circumstances , we are sure that most people would rather have wished that no such case had ever been . heard of .. It may be recollected , that about some ten or twelve years ago the county jail waa broken out of , and most of the prisoners effected their , escape . Some were soon apprehended again in their flight , and others delivered themselves up , but a few still eluded the search made for them , and all efforts , to recover them ceased long ago . About a week ago , however , a respectable looking man was brought here in the
custody of criminal officers from York , as one of those who had fully effected his escape at the time alluded to . It appears that this person had been located in Yorkshire for a long time , seven or eight years of which he had conducted himself honestly and respectably , and been employed in responsible situations , at liberal and advancing emoluments , on some of . the leading railways , leading a quiet , industrious , and exemplary life , until very recently that he had occasioa to , challenge or chastise a fellow employed under him on the works , who in revenge gave information to the proper functionaries in York , . who iaii the person apprehended and forwarded to Perth . His Original € ifeaC 97 TS 3 lituer ' afl agrant one , although
he has endeavoured to expiate it to the public by au amended life—being nothing less than an instance of the propensity that so many of his Highland progenitors ( in the western district of this county—Bob Roy's country ) and their neighbours indulged in the olden time , the HJlin' of some live stock . The reformed offender ia now to be indicted for that deprcdation , coupled with the aggravation , or rather additional crime of prison breaking . It certainly would have been desirable to all parties that this poor man—now . respectaWy married and the father of a young family—had been allowed to lead unmolested that reformed life of whieh he has for so long manifested the evidence and the good fruits .
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BTATB Or THB COUSTRT . Dgblw . — A severe season is expected for the poor . The landlords are carrying off the . crop in a wholesale fashion from the farmers , and in the absence of all employment , there will be nothing left for the labourers but starvation , It is idle to talk of relief by means of the workhouse . The rates cannot be collected , or , at all events will not be paid , All classes in Ireland , save one—the pa « pers , seem ; pretty unanimous on that subject . A Catholic clergyman , writing fromCarrick-on-Snir , in the Freeman ' s Journal , puts the present state of Ireland very briefly , but tru ly , before the reader : —
Ihe visitation of the last two yeaw , ' ha « ays , ' left the small farmir * unable to meet their rack rents . At least ano-tbirtl of tbe entire county is under ejectment . Now tbe crop is ripe , the landlord steps in , takes the crop , turns tbe tenant on the world , and levels the houses , without tho uaual time or chanceof redemption !! Where ejectment * are not , keepers are put on tbe crop tbe moment it becomes ripe , kept on at a ruinous ceat , until thtir all is sold from the unfortunates jiiat emerg . ing from suffurings beyond description . What mean these landlords !—or what is to become of the outcasts The stores of Mr T . M . Usborne , Limerick , a member of tbe family of "Usborne , corn merchants , of London , fell to tbe around on Thursday last , a !! but the upper loit . The stores were laden with
corn ... . ,:.... ' . Swinforb . —At a meeting of tbe board of guardians of the Swinford union , held on Tuosdayi the 14 th September , George Vaughan Jackson , Esq , in tiw chair , it was resolved unanimously : — That we feel it right , while the public mind is agitated as to the demands made for the repayment of advances from the slate'for the relief of human suffurhjg , and the salvation of life in this union , to declare that we const , der ourselves bound lu honour an ! duty to repay sub sums as tho government an I Parliament upon full knsnlodge and consideration of all the bearings of the case may consider it just and proper to dtmand ; a t tbe
same time wo feel it due to ourselves , and those whom , as rate payers , wo represent to invite tlie fullest inquiry on the part of tho government . Into the fearful operation of famine and pestilence in this union ; and tbe present capability of the ratepayers te meet heavy demands . We seek of government time to enable u < te recover from the shock , society , in its ever ; relation , has received , and so to divide over years tbe sums to be repaid as not to overwhelm aad crush the struggling Industry of the country , at present sunk to the lowest point of depression , by a national calamity , which has not a parallel lu history , and which has fallen with its wewtseverity , on this and the adjoining unions .
Clark ' . — The condition of thenorth-eastern portion of Clare is moat deplorable . . Hunger and wretchedness threaten the population immediately . At present provisions are exceedingly scarce in the neighbourhood of Scapiff ; Tomgraney , Bodike , iio . Government should at once look to this matter . There are few . if any , resident proprietors in that quarter . , Kilkesnt—Attempt to sbt Fire to tke Gaoi .. — Last week some prisoners eonfinid in the city gaol , set fire to the side ef one of the coll doors , with the intention , it is presumed , of burning the building to such an extent , as would afford them a means of escape . The scheme was discovered , and the fire extinguished before any harm was done .
Limerick . —A man named Michael Council , residing at Newcastle , near this town , was shot dead while engaged in his own ' haggard . ' securing a h » y rick . < There is . no oause assiped for this deadly outrage . The whole of tbe property of the unhappy man , together with that of his neighbours was under seizure for rent . —An attempt was made to shoot a man named Kelly also near Limerick on tho same night . His life was saved by tho clumsiness of the pnrty who charged the pistol , which the intended asgaain , fired off close to his parson . The charge was not ' rammed home . ' TbaiiEb—A number of persons marching with a black flag at their head , forced their way into the workhouse , a few days ago , while the guardians were sitting , and seized and carried away the paupers ' dinner which was . cooking . at the time .
' BEtBASK OF TUE IPUM . The American ship Islam , seized at Galway for having on board a quantity of contraband tobacco , has been released by order of Government . The Islam arrived at Galway acme weeks since , freighted by the citizens of America with provisions for the destitute people of . the west . The Qalway Mercury CtftVg *« M This was but an act of justice , towards a people who
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• ¦> RBPBAt ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held ,-at the -Conciliation Hail , Alderman O'Brien , M . P ., in the chair . . Mr J . O'Connell animadverted in sfrons terms of disapprobation of tbe meeting at . Holy Cross , and congratulated the country that not a single Catholic el rgyman had identified himself with the movement , a circumstance which to him was quite conclusive that it was neither prudent nor judicious . . Mr J . Q'Conaell subsequently laid on the , table a statement of the accounts of the association , which , on the motion of Mr P . Costello , was received and adopted . The rent for tbe week amounted to £ 25 .
POBTABUaOTOJt . —ACCIDBHX ON THE GbBAT SoHIHKHt aso Wemerk Railway—& t this station on the Great Southern and Western Railway , an engine with a train , of lorries attached was lying still on the up line from Ballybrophy , and oo tke same line another engine with a train of lorries was proceeding down , and the policeman on duty not having unfurled tbe signal . flag , and the curve being sharp , the enriae-driver could not see far a-head , the train in motion came with terrific fury right in front of the engine lying still , and produced a concussion which will not be easily forgotten by those who saw it . The resistance ot the engine a > d . the lorries lying still was awful , and produced some fantastical effects in the cumbrous machinery . The engine , from her
great weight , kept steadily on the rails , but the lorries sprang and reared , their ends right into the air , and in that position the one we saw appeared like the hull of a wreck ridiag across the mane of a mighty mountain wave . The solid iron-work became twisted into fantastical shapes , and the huge axles and other pieces of heavy work were snapped across like a brittle reed- One of the lorries lurched and turned over against the train in which we sat , and forced two of the carriages off tbe rails , breaking all tbe glass and the panels on one side by the pressure . ; The moat remarkable circumstance in the catastrophe was that not a man received the slightest injury . One poor fellow , a helper , who stood in one of the lorries , oh seeing the engine approach , cast ,
himself down where he stood ; and remained in the box amid the convulsion until all was over , and on being asked by a gentleman if he was hurt , looked about him with a stare of amazement , and said— ' By gorra , I don ' t knew whether I ' m dead or alive , ' and shrugging his shoulders as if recovering from a deep sleep , continued—* All right again 1 1 gave up entirely . I was so near being dead , that you might kill me with the blow of a daisy . ' Kbrsy . —From this county there are deplorable accounts of distress . The system of resist mce to tbe payment of poor rates is extending , and the
military and police are employed in enforcing the rates . At the meeting of the Tralee union on Tuesday , Colonel Stokes read the following resolution : — 'That the sum brought to the credit of the union during the past fortnight by our collector , Mr Chute , viz ., £ 116 out of > rate of about £ 14 . 000 , is very small and very unsatisfactory . If the collector cannot make better progress than the above in bis collection , it would take sixteen , months to complete tho duty that has been entrusted to him , and we beg to direct the attention of the poor-law commissioners , to this statement . ' This resolution was rejected by a majority of the guardians .
GREAT UEKTI 83 AT HOLYCHOSS . TippBBARr . —A great meeting of tenant farmers and labourers has been held at the above p ; ace for the purpose of securing to tenants a perpetuity of tenure and rent at a fair valuation . Want of space precludes our giving a detailed report of this important meeting in our present number , which , however , we purpose doing in the ensuing week .
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iMPoaTAMT Point or L * w—John Darby surrendered to take bis trial for misdemeanor , in obtaining £ 8015 s , from Edward Oldfield , by false pretences . Mr Eglantine prosecuted ; Mr Frendergast and Mr Perry appeared for the defendant . When the case was called on , Mr Frendergast applied for a postponement , on tbe ground tbat tbe charge had been preferred before tbe grand jury in the absence of the defendant , tbat be was desirous to have more opportunity to prepare bis defence , as he was perfectly ignorant of tbe character of the evidence that would be produced against him . The Recorder inquired why the charge had been taken before the grand jury , instead of having it investigated before a magistrate . Mr Ballantine « aid he did not know why
« Hti « w ?* e had been adopted , but he supposed tbat white grand juries existed people would make use of them , Mr Edward OldfieW , tne prosecutor , was then called . ^ He said ho carried oa tbe basine ts of a corn dealer , at Hyde , near Kingsbury , and be bad been acquainted with him for three years , On tbe 17 th March be called upon tbe defendant , who , at that time , carried on an latessive business as a horse-dealer at bis stables in Dorset-square , and the defendant produced a bill of exchange for £ 85 , wbicb purported to be accepted by a person named Henry Terry , and asked him to discount it for him . He told the defendant be did not like to take any more bills with Terry ' s name as the acceptor , because bis last note had been noted , and the bankers did net like to discount bis bills , and be wished to know
who Terry was . The defen 4 ant replied that Terry was a very respectable raun , and that his bill was as good as a bank note , and be also said tbat be was a West India merchant , and that he had warehouses tn the Vf est India Docks , land held au appointment of £ 500 a year in that establishment . He likewise said that the bill was given for a horse he bad sold to Mr Terry , and which be had shipped for In'Ha , The bill was made payable at tha Bull Inn , Aldgate , and upon witness remarking that it was extraordinary a f entleman in such a position of life should make bis bill payable at an inn , tbe defendant replied that the reason he did so was that he did net wish bis clerks to know that be ^ ava bills , and be added tbat Mrs Nelson , the owner of the Bull Inn , and Mr Terry , were like brother and sister
and bad been acquainted a great many years . In con . sequei . ee of these representations he was induced to discount tbe bill , which was never paid , and the de . fendant shortly afterwards was declared a bankrupt , He gave tbe prisoner , in all , £ 80 15 s , for tbe £ 85 bill . The Recorder asked tbe prosecutor what rate of interest he charged as discount ? The prosecutor replied tbat the defendant himself suggested tbat be should bare ono shilling in the pound upon tbe amount of tbe bill , which had two months to run . He bad bad many similar ' , transactions with tbe defendant , where be had taken bills when be sold horses , and the amount of interest depended upon tbe amount of bis profit . In this case tbe defendant said he had made £ 25 out of tbe lota * , and ha therefore proposed to give one shilling
in the pound as interest . The Recorder did not think the amount of interest was material in this rase . It waa only thirty per cent . Mr Ballantine said be was afraid tbat at this moment some of the first firms ia the City of London were very glad to get accommodation upon tbe same terms , The prosecutor said he had frequently lent the defendant two or three hundred pounds without receiving any interest , aad he believed him to a very respectable man , and upon the faith of his representation regarding tbe respectability of tbe acceptor of tbe bill be was induced to discount tbe bill in question . Cross-examined : He bad had a good ma * y money transactions with the defendant , and from his opinion of his respectability , he believed the repretentatvoB he made . Mr Prendereast :
Then if tbe bill had be < n drawn upon Aldgate pump you would have taken it upon bis representation , would you t ( A . laugh . ) Prosecutor : I certainly ' should not . Mr Frendergast ' . Why it is only a step from tbe Bull to the pump you know ? ( Renewed laughter . ) Upon being further cross-examined , tbe prosecutor said tbat be bad discounted a number of bills before this transaction for the defendant , wbiebbore tbe name of Terry as tbe ac . ceptor , and several of them bad been dishonoured . Mr Balhntlne was then about to put iu a * evidence against tbe defendant his examination before the commissioner In tho Bankruptcy Court , when it appeared he admitted that Terry was his brother-in-law , and that ho was not a West India merchant , but , in point of fact , was in poor circumstances , and that the bill in question was accepted
for his accommodation . Mr Frendergast objected to this evidence being received , aad argued that a state , ment made by a bankrupt under such circumstances , when bo was compelled to answer tbe questions put to bim , ought not to be made use of to support a criminal charge . A long technical discission ensued , and at length Mr Edward Clark , the solicitor who attended be . fore tbe Bankruptcy Court to oppose the bankrupt , was called as a witness , and in answer to questions put to him , be admitted very candidly tbat the questions put to the bankrupt were framed expressly with a view to make cut the present charge against him . The Recorder upon this said he should reject tbe eridence so obtained , as be considered It was contrary to natural justice and to the princip le of the law of England , that a man who was in
tbe position of the defendant should be compelled to an . swer questions without any caution , purposely framed with a view to prefers criminal charge against bim . Mr Ballantine then said this was tbe whole ef the evidence be had to adduce in support of tbe charge . ThoRecovder expressed his opinion tb & t , independent of the statement of tbe defendant , which be bad thought it bis duty to reject , tfeere was nothing to show that tho defendant had made any false representations , and nader : his direction the jury returned a verdict of not guilty . There was a second indictment against the defendant of a similar character , but as the evidence was precisely tbe same as in tbe former case , it was not gone into , and avcrdlct . of not guilty wis recorded without any eridence being offered .
Obtaisiso Mohet . bt . Faisb Prbtssceb . —John Bull , 20 , dwribei as an agent , was charged with obtaining a bill of exchange for 5200 from John Alexander by false pretences . Mr Huddlestoa prosecuted ; Mr Clarkson appeared for tbe defendant . It appeared from tho evldt nee of the prosecutor , that be was a draper , end carried on business at Kelso , in Scotland . In May last he siw an advertUentTOt In tbe eiosow Hsrold , wbicb stated that a mm of £ 12 , QQQ was to be advanced . He answered , the advesfo . m . eut to the address in London ,
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1 ^ TT ,-T , „ ,,,, ,... - Ti --- ^^ and received a reply from tha defendant . >' a which , ,. feredito advance £ 200 open bis « CMpt « nc » Uh th . dorismtnt of w . peettMe party , and aiwCgiw !{ 5 for tbat amount drawn by the defendant . Tbw bill ^ accepted by himself , accoirdiagto tbe customfa Se-iH . ? by writing . his hamsVnder ihat of ' thadrawj * ?!*• brother wrote his name across the face of the bill * » k indorsee . - He shortly afterward * received another i !/ . from the defendant , in which ha ' stated tbat th * in £ * ment could not be ntgociated in England in this / and enclosed another draft with the form , inwhi ^' was to be accepted and endorsed . He filled un « , ; ft cond bill , and transmitted it to the defendnat bnt money was sent ia return , and on his coming to lonrf to make inquiries into the matter , he ascertained th the defendant h » d endeavoured to negociate the Bnlut be sent to bim , and tbat the statement of its notbri drawn in proper form was merely a false pretence to en ble him to obtain a second bill frem him fha t found tbe . defendant guilty , and he wss senten ^ to be hnprissned and kept to hard labour for i years . lw < 1 ' ""' " ••"— ¦ J , . ¦ . . . . . * - ^
BioAMT—Carollne Mary Russell , f tfasblonably . > e «* i young woman , of 25 , was indicted for feloniou , ) , } n » . marryin ? with William Houry Stephens , her husband Henry 6 « orge Russell , being then and still » nvt « Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr Ballantine defended th prisoner . Mr Clarkson stated to the Jury that this A ^ secution was Instituted at tbe Instance of tit « M a e the second husband , Mr Stephens , who was aa « t ( i ^ i clerk to his father , a solicitor . In Bedfi , rd . r ncI W but 19 years of age , and was in the third w & ref w ! servitude . The Learned Counsel then adv « tedtoth facta tne
proved by following evidence : ~ Mr QmZ Garrow , clerk at tbe church of St Leonard ' s Shoreditefc produced » he marriage register , by which it appeared tbat on the 17 th of February , 1841 , the prisoner , by the name of Caroline Mary Norman , was married t ' oHenrv George Russell . The witness bod a personal recollec . tlon of the marriage , and saw Russell after theio pro . ceedlngs were commenced . Henry Smith , 28 A , appre . bended the prisoner at 15 , Alfred-place , Bedford . square . He found Stephens with the prisoner , who , oo being ad cused of bigamy , said , * It is of no nse denying it ; this is th » t JluweJJ ' s doings . ' Stephens demanded to tee the
policeman ' s authority . Witness produced copies of tbe certificates of both marriages ; after examining which Stephens said to the prisoner , These are correct , my dear , it can ' t be belpel . ' The prisoner said , that at the time of her se » ond marriage Stephens knew that she had » husband living ; . Mr Shaw , Stephens's grondfather , stated that his grandson was nineteen year * old , bis name was William Henry Stephens . The Jury found a rsrdictbf Guilty , but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy . The Common Sergeant ordered judgment upon the prisoner to ben spited , in order that inquiries might bo made as to tbe truth of certain statements made .
Receiving StoUH Goons . —Thomas Foster , a tailor , aged 30 , and Eliza Baton , 33 , a widow , with whom he cohabited , were indicted for feloniously receiving twenty , eight yards of woollen cloth , vain * £ & , the property oi William Grange , they well knowing the same to bave been stolen . Mr Clarkson was counsel for both pri . saners ; and Mr Robinson stated the case for the prosecution . Several witnesses were examined ; and the guilt and co-operation of both prisoners being apparent , tbey were ' dechred jruilty . Tbe Learned Judge im . mediately sentenced them to transportation for seven years .
Robbbbt . —Alfred Covall , aged 28 , was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering tbe dwellingbouse of Ebeueser Webber , and stealing therein two dresses , a pair of bracelets , and other articles , value £ 7 , his property . Mrs Webber stated tbat on tbe night of tbe 25 th of August , ihe left home to g- > to a ball , leaving her premises quite tafe . When sbe returned , abe found they had been forcibly entered , and her apartments in disorder , and property nuMng . A policeman on duty near the bouse of prosecutor on the night in question , deposed that he saw the prisoner near thereto , with something is bis possession , wbicb turned out to be a bundle . When be was questioned , he said tbat tbe
landlady of the bouse was removing , and she got bim to get the things out of tbe house . There was no truth in this statement : Mr O'Brien addressed the Jury , and submitted tbat tbe case was one of exceeding doubt . The Common Sergeant remarked on the evidence , and left tbe jury to say whether the fact of burglary bad been proved . For their satisfaction Mrs Webber was recalled . She said tbat the landlady left home for the ball before ber , and sbe ( Hn Webber ) arrived at borne first , btncetbe prisoner ceuld not have seen her . Tbe Jury consulted for a short time , aud then found him guilty . Tbs Learned Judge said the case was a very ' bad one , and sentenced hiea to seven years' banishment .
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EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION IN THE DRAPERY TRADE . An important movement has recently been caused among several branches of trade , more particularly that of drapery , in tbe course of which facts of a startling character would appear to have been elicited , affecting the honesty of our home trade , and tending in their consequences to operate injuriously upon our relations with foreign markets . Tbe question first arose from a desire on the part of a few of the retail dealers to obtain tbe co-operation of the wholesale houses in the more equitable measurement of various goods , inasmuch eg under tke existing system the public are constantly defrauded to an immense extent . A meeting for the purpose of in . vestigating into some of tbe allegations made against tbe wholesale houses has taken place within tbe last few days , in the presence of several exporters and others in *
terested in tbe question . At this meeting sealed packets of goods from many of the wholesale house * wtre examined , ' and the result showed that there was much reason for complaint . Among other instances , reels of cotton thread marked ' warranted 100 yards ' were found to measure respectively , 02 J , 89 , 86 | , aud in some cases , even 25 per cent , less than the quantity iu . dicated by the stamp , while ia bo single instance did the measurement reach tha full standard . In tapes the deficiency was found to be still more considerable . It is usual to make white Japes in lengths of nine yards , one dozen of these lengths being packed in a pucel , and then issued from the wholesale home nith the vendor ' s mark upon it as ' warranted . ' On measuring these * nine yard lengths , 'it was found that in every instance tbey fell short ; In some descrip Jons the nine yard lengths
were under seven yards , in others under six , whilst another sample , where the tape itself had been stamped at the end in indelible ink as nine yards , there were found to be but 5 j . Other goods were submitted to the same ordeal with like results . Itappaared from inquiries on the subjec ' , that for some length of time the manufacturers bave been improperly accused of being tbe guilty parties in these transactions ; but their account of tbe affair is , that tbey are compelled to fellow the instructions of the wholesale bonses in making np the parcels , or to run tbe risk of the transference oi the custom to the less scrupulous trader . Tbe wholesale houses , in their turn , extenuate tbeir conduct by refer , ence to the competition which exists , and which compels
them to adopt this questionable system . But by this system , it is contended , they not only bring undeserved suspicion on the retail dealer , bnt ruin al » o on the small shopkeeper ( frequently females ) , who , ignorant of the custom alluded to , measure out small portions of the va « rlous articles at what they calculate a fair aliquot price , and thus in the long run find themselves serious losers without knowing how or why . In the foreign markets loud complaints bare i > r years been made against these practices more especially at Leipzig . In reformation of this system , meetings are in course of organisation throughout the country , and tbe principals of some of tbe wholesale bouses have intimated their desire to lend their influence towards the establishment of ^ sounder system of trade .
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Tbachixg a QcBEJt—The Semaine states that a professor of the University , sent out to Oceania by the govenuaw \ t , » eWged to give to Q , ueen Pomare lessons in the French language , which she already speaks and writes with a certain correctness . She is also being taught the first elements of arithmetic of geography , and history . ' The Queen , ' says the abovejeurnal , ' showssuch intelligence and penetra-Wro . in . Uer studies , that it is to be regretted that her mind was not sooner cultivated . ' "W est Lokdos Cbxtkai Asti-Ekcj . osurb Association . —At the last weekly meeting of this Association at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , New-road ,
September 20 th ; Mr Worledge in the chair ; an inhabitant of Kensington came forward to lay the i case of the Enclosure of Holland Park before the i association . Books to the amount of several ponnda l in value were received from Mary Howitt for the > library of this association , with a pr .. mise of more , , and for which she was elected an honorary member . . A letter from Goodwyn Barmby was also read , pre * miaing to become a member , and sivebooketo-tae e "prary . A committee was appointed to resist the Q Holland Park Enclosure , and the meeting ww ad * l » jonrned till the Monday Mowing , after eight , to : o consider the subject still further .
i Mkrthtr-Tvdvil . — -Accordiss to MWKyntteex & ent , , t , a meeting was held last Saturday ni ^ ht to establish sh a branch of the National Cooperative- Benefit So * io * ciefcy . There was also a meeting hei » i last Sunday ay evening to re-organise the National Charter Asso * 30 * ciation . CoMFORTABta % Aa « B 3 . —Bon Mesa's slay is pro * iro * loaged in Paris , in order to allow bim to have the the advice of the finst physicians , for an attack of acute uta gastritis , from , which he baa long been suffering . E £ E £ receives from , the government ; daring bis stay , aa , aa allowance of IS . OOOf . n year , besides his a partment , eat the annual mat of which » ' S . Q 0 M .
ARcnAXCwi . —This Lam Caiamhous Firb . -Sjx -Six hundred and eighty honsea have been burnt to the ) the ground . The greatest credit is due to ail parties for s for their aetWity in aiding to extinguish it . The crews ; rews ol ' tb . 8 : various vtssels , especially the English , rffli- rendered immense serviee , exerting themselves 1 ° * " 5 ° * "S utmost amidst tho raging flames . The reflection « ion « the'flames was visible at a distance of seventy venty wersts . The sufferings of the poor are very £ ««• zreat . - { Hamburgh papers , Sept . 2 . ) 2 . t * A i t * A At a late tnaliu the Chancery CroiMt ^ HjftB that in the case of Varty « Duncan , ' £ 2 , W JgW JJ been already spent to determine which pa ^ J fS ** liable to paiat a board wi shito-ash a sign l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091847/page/6/
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