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AsOTHMScICIDK IsVk ^ Mr Bedford , in ^ ^^^ S ^ SZ Patrick Morgan , agedI twenty ^ ig ^ h forrobb asentence offifteenycars t ™ ™ wftier , said he ^ th v iolence-Edward ^ B ^ on , ^ ^ ^ iadcharce ofthe deceaseo , ^ in cell on £ SW £ Fn ? ffit l ? i ^ m » n , in found him t - ^ hv the rones of his hammock to a peg on 588 iffis were hung . Deceased , was quite v " j Two of the prisoners confined m the same eallery as thedecea ^ d . said that he gave & w & y unknown to the warders , the best part of his food , and * ould cry like a child . They thought him out of his mind , but never told the warders so . The jury baviog returned a verdict of 'Temporary insanity , ' Captain Groves , the governor , said that since the last suicide in the prison the warders had received strict orders to give instant notice of anything strange they might remark in the conduct of a
prisoner . , Swcide ok a Railwat . —On Saturday night , Mr R . Oakly . florist and market gardener . ^ of Southampton , went to the Nine Elms terminus of the South Western Railway , and having phced a paper parcel on the buffer of a waggon , deliberately laid biraself down on the rails , a short distance from the coke ovens . A Richmond train coming up pas * d over him , mutilating his body in a most dreadrul manner . Mr Oakly waa 25 years of age , and , we are informed by a Southampton correspondent , was much respected in that town . An unsuccessful lawsuit r & s , itis said , the cause of his suicide .
An inquest was held before Mr Carter , at the ITine Elms Tavern , Battersea , on the br-dy , and from the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased ' s mind had been affected by the loss of a lawsuit , which led to his bankruptcy . The jury , after a short consultation , returned the followine verdict : — ' That deceased committed suicide bv placing himself before a locomotive engine and train in progress , thereby being instantly killed , being at the time of an unsound state of mind . ' A Doctor ' s Salabv . — Mr T . Wakley , M . P ., concluded the investigation into the death of Mrs Martha Elizabeth Rhodes , alias Shutfleworth . aged fiftv-eight , an alleged lauatic , who died at York-Souse private Lunatic Asylum , Battersea , on the 6 th
• of January last . The previous proceedings have been already reported . Dr Milllngen said he was one of the proprietors of York House Lunatic Asvlum . Daceased was first admitted on August 9 th . 1 S 46 , recorded in the entry-book as follows : — ' 10 th August , 1846—Martha Eliz . Rhodes , alias Shuttleworth , was admitted on the night of the 9 * h of August in a most depjorable and destitute condition , filthy , with scarcely any clothing , with an oedemstons tumefaction of one leg , and extensive execration on the nates , wholly arising from Wing in filth on a bare bed . ' She died on the 6 th of January last . He sent a notice of the death to the Rev . Mr Riwlatt and fo the commissioners of lunacy within forty-eight hours . —Bv direction of the Coroner , the witness read the
medical certificates of Mr Wilmot . and Mr Griffiths , the surgeon , forwarded to the lunacy commissioners A writ of habeas was granted on the certificates , and the deceased sent back to the asylum , Lord Denman remarking that it would be a ' monstrosity if a person waa not confined upon such certificates . '—Tbe Coroner said the certificates were not Wal , as they were not in accordance with the schedule of the Lnuacy Act Dr Turner , on being sworn , said he vras one of the commissioners ia lunacy , and had Tisitad defeased at York House Asylum . He made a special visit to see the lunatic with Lird Seymour and Mr Proctor , two other commissioner , on the second day after her admission . He had seen her several times , and bad no hesitation to pronounce
iier insane . I do not think that the certificates in this case wera legal strictly , although the court decided they were . If the commissioners were to have such sent now they would send them back again—Mr Lutwiage . the secretary to the lunacy commission , said that board become every day more and jnore particular ; but both Mr Wilmot and Mr Griffiths were examined on oath . He was not previously aware that by the 67 th section of the set the commissioners appeared te have the power of releasing a patient , althoacb ins me , from an asylum . —The coroner remarkfrl the inquiry legally was at an end : but as Dr Quail had been mentioned
thronghout the case , it » as only fair to hear anything Be might wish to say . —Dr Quail expressed his conviction that had deceased not been dragged from him and placed in the asylum she would have been living at this moment . —Mr SmeJley said Dr Quail had brought an action so late as the 20 th of December last , sgainst the deceased , to recover for his services the so . m of £ 2 : 500 . —Dr Q-iail explained that his object wxs to get deceased removed to the Queen ' s Bench Prison , where he could see her . He said he had four certificates to prove she was sane , and handed to the coroner the following a ? the agreement in deceased ' s handwriting , on which he claimed the amount stated : —
Loudoa , Aug . II , 1 S £ 2 . —I eagaged Dr Quail in Jan ., 1842 , as my medical attendant ts Paris , at £ 300 per asnsm ; from the 13 ; h of June I thought fit te increase 'his salary to £ 590 per year , so satisfied was I of his Mud and unceaiing attention to me ; I therefore promite itrfiB . Ubepa . id when it 1 * in . my gower to do so . — I am , 1 L E . Eliza Shuttlxwoeth . The coroner : You don't expect to get the money aew , doctor ?—Dr Quail : 1 shall proceed against those who hold the annuity for it—The coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict , 'That the deceased Martha Elizabeth Rhodes , died a
natural deith , from effusion on the brain , and spinal canal , causing general paralysis . '—Mr Findley , the foreman , added , 'My brother jurors and myself have to express our opinion that the authorities of the asylum are censurable for not allowing the deceased ' s sisters free access to the patient whilst in confinement there . ' —Dr Millingen appealed to the coroner if this declaration was supported , by evidence ; and after some discussion , and the admission by Mrs Godson , one of the sisters , that she was not refused , the jury consented to withdraw the censure , and the proceedings terminated .
Removal of a Dnso Cosvicr from Glasgow . — COHJ £ IIIAL OF A SUROEOS FOR MakSLACGHIBR . — Before Mr Bedford , at the Millbank prison , adjourned from Saturday , the 12 th inst ., touching the death of Patrick M'Ginty , aged 28 , a convict , who & ad been removed from " Glasgow gaol when in the last stage of a disease of which he died . The medical certificate which accompanied him stated that his health would not be endangered by removal to Millbank prison , and was signed ' David Gibson , M . D . ' It came out in evidence that the irons placed on deceased during bis journey were the same as used in removing prisoners for transportation . There was no distinction made with irons as regarded the health of prisoners . It was the usual
practice of the surgeon to gee the prisoners the day before they were sent away , aud not on the morning they left . By Mr Miller : Witness heard tbe head warden repeat his suggestion to M'Esy as to not putting irons on the deceased . —Mr Henry Miller , governor of Glasgow gaol , stated that nbmt a fortnight before deceased left , witness said to the surgeon that he did not think the man ought to be removed to London , to which the surgeon replied- ' lie is quite fit to go . ' In consequence of the receipt ef Captain Grove ' s letter , he instituted inquiries , and procured the amended document , as it emanated from the Secretary of State's ^ office , in which the disease ofj deceased was distinctly mentioned as excluding the prisoners ' . so suffering from being sent
aw * v . That document he transmuted to Captaia Groves . —William M'Kay , tho officer of the sheriff of Edinburgh , deposed that he had the charge of deceased from Glasgow , bat received no particular directions with him . He was chained in the usual way by the ancle to another prisoner of the same name . He remembered remarking to the governor , ^ hen he was being chained , that he was in a very po ? r state , and ought not to ba sent , when the governor ' s clerk made answer that he had passed tha docter . —Mr Edward Hall , resident surgeon of Millbank prison , deposed that , in the presence of Dr Baly and Dr Basham , he made a . post mortem examination of the body , and concluded , from its appsarar . ee ? . death was accelerated by such a vovage ss he
Sad been subjected to . Witness should consider that he woild be risking the life of a patient by sending him a voyace of 400 or 500 mile ? . Such patients need quiet ol mind and the most simple and nutritious food , —After examining other medical -witnesses , the Coroner summed up . Tbe jury theu retired to another apartment , and after the lanse of a quarter of an hoar , returned with Ihe fcill-iwin " verdict : — ' Ws find that the deceased Patrick M'Gir . ty died from natural causes ; and we are of op inion that he ought not to have Leca removed from Glasgow gaol in the state in which he was , and that the surgeon of Glasgow gaol should not
iave allowed him to take tne journey which accelerated his deith , and we therefore find a verdict of Manslaughter against David Gibson , the said surgeon . '— Coroner : I shall , upon that verdict , issue my warrant for the committal of the parson of David Gibson , on the charge of manslaughter , and transmit the same to the Lord Advocate of Scotlaad , svkera it will be acfed upon as it would h-i in England . —At * the conclusion of tho investigation , Vnlch lasted up wards of Ave hour ? , C- 'pt- Williams said he called the attention of Sir G . Grey , the Secretary of State , to ihe remains of the dcccised , who , on witnessing them , was amazed at the emaciation of flic body .
Effects of Drlvk . —Before Mr W . Payne , at S ' Bartholomew ' s Hospital , as tothe death of Clara J 'Ue . —A boy , n : med Martin , stated that en "Wednesday three weeks , he and the deccasz-d and another young woman came out of an hotel in ¦ Griftou street East , at four o ' clock in tho morning . The deceased was intoxicated , and the landlord pushed her . She came back and caught hold of the 2 ^ ° ' t-. eprea railing , which came open , and she a ! i ° rnf ad ^ of abf ^ six feet . Her head was ^• ivu cut , aad she was taken to the University Col-
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lege Hospital . In an hour she was got home , but erysipelas came on , and at last she waa conveyed to St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where she died on Thursday morning . She told a friend the next day that she wanted to dance with the young woman , aud in trying to do so fell down tho area . —Verdict , 'Accidental death . ' Accident on Board Snip—Before the same gentleman , on the body of George Jeffrys , a labourer . On Saturday last he was engaged with others to discharge a cargo of salt , at Davis ' s-wharf , Tooleyatreet , from a schooner , and while he was stepping
from the plank to the deck of the ship , his foot caught the combings of the hatchway , and he fell down upon an empty hogshead below , a distance of twelve feet . He was got up and conveyed to the hospital , where he ultimately died from the injuries received . Upon a post-mortem examination of the body , it was discovered that several of his ribs were fractured in two or three places , and parts had penetrated his right long ; and the left being in a very diseased state , was unable to carry or the vital functions , and he died from the inflammation of the other . —Verdict , ' Aeciden ' al death . ' ...
Me 'Romeo' CoATES .-By Mr Wakley , touching the death of the above gentleman , who expired on Monday last , from the effects of injuries received by being knocked down by a cab aa he was leaving Drury-lane Theatre ou Tuesday week . The evidence bore out the facts already stated , and the jury , attributing gross carelessness to the driver of the vehicle , returned a verdict of 'Manslaughter ' asjainst some person unknown . The police were directed to use every means in their power to discover and apprehend the person in question . ACCIDENTS , OFFBKCBS , & C .
A Mother and Daughter Stabbed . —On Sunday forenoon , in Dudley-street , St Giles ' s , an aged female , named Mary Ritchie , and her daughter , a young yoman , far advanced in pregnancy , twentytwo years of age , wero stabbed by James Parker , tailor , but who for some time past had obtained a . living by dancing at public concert-rooms . He had been cohabiting with the younger female for nearly twelve months , hut they had separated , and she went to live with her mother at No . 23 , Dudley-street , St Giles ' s . At an early hour on Sunday morning Parker called upon the unfortunate females , with whom he quarrelled for two hours , and he was turned out of the house by a neighbour . He went to the house of Mr Johnson , a shoemaker , No . 25 , in the same street , of whom he borrowed a knife , stating that he wanted it to cuttheso e off one of his dancing pumps that had become leose . Mr Johnson , unsuspecting
| him , lent him a shoemaker ' s knife . Parker having examined it , he complained of the blade being blunt , and had it made sharper . He then returned to the unfortunate females , and almost immediately after , loud cries of' Murder * were beard proceeding from their room . The landlord ran up stairs , when he met Mrs Ritchie bleeding profusely from the lower part of the body . She cried out , ' I am murdered ; catch Parker , he is killing my daughter now . ' He rushed iuto the roem , when he perceived Parker with a knife in his hands and his sleeves besmeared with gore . He threw the knife out ef one of the back windows , and rushed into the street . One of the neighbours having heard the alarm , and seeing Parker ' s hands covered with blood , laid hold of him , and kept him until the arrival of a police-constable , into whose custody he was given , and he was at once removed to the station-house in Bow-stiect . —Police
constable Bain and other parties conveyed the sufferers to Charing-cross Hospital . The resident housesurgeon of the hospital , upon seeing them , at once pronounced them to be in imminent danger . The abdomen of Mrs Ritchie waa perforated to the er . tent of several inches , and so was one of her thighs . Her death is hourly expected . The daughter is stabbed ia the back , to the depth of three or four inches , and the knife had penetrated the forehead . Upon making inquiries last evening at the hospital tho reporter was informed that no hopes whatever could be held out for the recovery of the mother , ' and the daughter , although not so seriously stabbed , from her advanced Rtase of pregnancy , her recovery ia almost as doubtful .
FIRES . Fibe is Flest-stbbet —At half-past one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a fire breke out at Mrfloare ' s , the Red Lion public-house , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet . The sleeping inmates were aroused bj the cry of ' Fire 1 ' and an alarm beio * given , a ' jumping-sheet' was breught from the police * 8 ta . tion , by means of which , it was stated , sis persons effected tbeir escape . Several engines were quickly in attendance ; but the supply of water was very scanty , and no impression wps made on the fire until the premises in which it originated had been destroyed .
Numerous Fires . —On Sunday evening two fires broke out almost simultaneously , one afc No . 14 , Smith-street , Northampton-square , Clerkenwell—the other at No . 8 , Museum-street , Bloomsbury . The former house was in the tenure of Mr Willis , a manufacturing jeweller . The flames commenced from some unexplained cause in the front parlour , and before they were discovered they had gained head considerably , so much so , that the entire building appeared doomed to destruction . By great exertions the flimes were subdued , but not until considerable damage had been done , not merely to the compartment in which they began , but to the one adjoining .
The loss will fall on the Sun Fire Office . Theother outbreak took place in the fourth flior belonging to Mr Rose , and was not discovered until the flames bad obtained a firm hold of the building . About the same time Jane Neil , a young girl , whose parents reside at No . 3 , Pipemakers-court , Bedfordbory , exp ired in Charing-cross Hospital from the effects of injuries received by a fire , on the preceding Friday , at her parents' residence . Between two and three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire , nearly attended with a lamentable loss of life , broke out at No . % , St George ' s-road . Southwark , belonging to Mr Warner , a grocer and cheesemonger . It was not extinguished until a deal of damage was done .
MISCBLLA 5 K 0 U 3 . The Volunteeb Rifles . —The Naval akd Mmtart Gazette announces that the proposed corps is in course of formation bj a central association , which has resolved as a first step that' a reading room , and a small room attached , be engaged ; and that members be requested to contribute a work of interest in order to form a library , and that it be supplied with the daily aad weekly papers . " Tho young members of this association propose to form themselves into a regiment , which it to their intention to solicit her Majesty to permit being called ' The Queen ' s Own Volunteer Rifle Corps . ' The expenses attendant
on the formation and support of the corps to be defrayed by a fund formed by the members . Each member , on enrolling his name , will pay an entrance fee of one guinea , and a yearly subscription of £ 3 . The uniform will be dark green , with black braiding , broEze ornaments , and a light cap , the cost of which , with accoutrements , will not probably' ( say the framera of the proposal ) exceed £ 6 . An adjutant and experienced drill-sergeants are to bcengaged , andthe members will be exercised at least four hours per week . The association will also exert itself in promoting the formation of other regiments in London and the provinces .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Ab ? k 5 ce of Counsel —A prisoner , named George Ross , was indicted forstealing a box chess-board and thirty-two chess-men , the property of Thomas Jacob Hewer . When the examination of tho first witness was nearly concluded , the prisoner inquired what had become of his counsel . He was asked who his counsel was , when he replied Mr Ballantine . _ Mr Payne said it was not probable that Mr Ballantine had been retained , or elee he would hare been present to defend his client . A friend of the prisoner here stepped forward , and assured the learned gentleman that he had paid Mr Ballantine the usual fee on Mondav , to appear for the prisoner .
Mr Payne said , after this , of course he could not suppose that his learned friend had not been retained , but as he had not appeared he should think the fee would be returned to the prisoner , though he must confess _ that the return of the fee wss but poor compensation to the prisoner , who had depended upon having an advocate on bis trial . Mr Sergeant Adams said hs was very sorry that Mr Ballantine was absent ; however , he felt very reluctant to make any observations upon the matter , further than that this conduct was of too frequent occurrence in certain quarters , or with certain parties . The case then proceeded , aad the Jury found the prisoner guilty . The learned Sergeant sentenced him to three months' hard labour .
DESinonox . —Richard Urquhart , aged twentv , pleaded ^ guilty to the charge of stealing a cake of the value of two shillings , tho properly of Jame * Cherry . The prisoner prayed for the mercy of the Court , protesting that it was only by extreme hunger he was induced to commit the theft , which was the first act of the kind he ever committed in his life . Tho Assistant-Judge said it appeared from the depositions , that the prisoner immediately after taking the cake began to eat it—a pretty clear evidence that want was the inducement to ihe theft . He would take that into consideration in the present instance , but warned the pri-ocer that he must not expect to be dealt with so leniently if hOhould ba brought to that bar a second timeon a similar charge . The sentence was imprisonment for two months , with hard labf . ur , in the House of Correction .
William Drattle p l eaded guilty of stealing a shawl and handkerchief , of the value of four shillings and ¦ sixpence , from the person of William Barnes , and it appearing that h-: had been committed and imprisoned before , he was sentenced to be transported bi > yvnd the seas ft r ten vears .
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The guns captured from the Sikhs are to be placed muzzle to muzzle in a column , one huadred and fifty feet high , at Calcutta ; and the top of the pillar is to he surmounted with a figure of Britannia , supported by two sepoys .
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DURHAM . Game Law Murders — -The estates of the Duke of Cleveland , Rabypark , at Staindrop , and also those of the Marquis of Norraanby , adjacent to Mulgrave CaBtle , have been the scenes of meat serious conflicts between poachers and gamekeepers . Onthe evening of the 3 rd instant two watchers in the service of the Duke of Cleveland , Rabypark , named Shirley and Cockerell , were going their rounds when , hearing some ahota fired , they proceeded in tho direction of a place called ' Willow Bod' in the game preserves , and there they saw four men , two of whom wero armed with guns . Directly the earaekeeperg came to them ,
one of the party , known by the name of Thompson , called upon them to stand luck or he would fir « The keepers , not 1 ' aunted by the threat , mads an tff > rt to capture them , and a desperate battle ensued . They were fired upon by the poacher ? , and notwithstanding Shirley , one of the watchers , said ho was shot » he endeavoured io overcome Thompson , and secure him , Thompson , however , raised his ^ un , and beat his antagonist over tho head with the butt-end , when the force of his blows broke the weapon ; the barrel was subsequently found near the spot : Cockerell , the other keeper , suffered severely . He was fired at , but escaped mortal injury . The poachers decamped with the belief that both the keepers were dead . Crckerell managed to drag hia companion to a neighbouring cottage , where he expired .
BTAFFORDSHIBB . The iatb Fatai . Explosion or Fihb-DaMP in West Bbomwich . —The adjourned inquest on tho bodies of the unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of sulphurous gas in the Heathfield coalpit on Wednesday week was resumed on Monday afternoon . Two of the injured men have died since the last meeting of the jury , making in all ten . The evidence produced was to the same effect as that already before the public . The coroner having sumratd up , the jury agreed to the following verdict : — ' That it had been through the negligence of John Meek , the doggy , that these men lost their lives , and they therefore return a iyerdict of Manslaughter against him . ' Meek , who is a man from thirty-five to _ forty years of age , was then committed to take his trial at the next Stafford assizoa .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Extensive Robbkrt . — -Mrs Noel , of Pulbcck , recently discovered that she had lost jeweller ; , boxes , and clothing , valued at £ 300 . Suspicion fell upon Betsey Randy , who had lived with her in the capacity of housemaid , and who left the service about a fortnight since . The police found the girl , and her boxes were searched , when a large portion of tbe missing property waa discovered , a diamond brooch , said to be worth £ 120 , being one of the articles . She was immediately taken into custody and conveyed to
Sleaford , for examination before the magistrates there . The girl states that the articles were given to her by the footman , who has also left the service of Mrs Noel ; and since the prisoner has been at home , she has had a letter from tbe footman , appointing a period to meet him at Nottingham for the purpose of being married . The footman was apprehended a few days ago , but was liberated . The late Mr Noel , who was very eccentric , was it appears a very large purchaser of jewellery : the jewel-bill in which the brooch above mentioned forms one of the
items amounts to . £ 4 , 000 . Crdbltt to Sweeps . —In defiance of the law pro ' hibitirg the sending of bojs up chimnejs , it appeara the other day a poor child was forced up a chimney which was on fire in Lincoln : the intense heat compelled him to return . Te extinguish the biaz- ? , parties were obliged to scale the roof of the bouse , and pour water down the chimney ; however , they mistook the chimney , and poured the water down that of thenext house . The inmates were sitting very quietly , when they were astounded with a rush of water and soot , and it is stated that they scampered off proclaiming that the devil had entered the room .
KENT . Military Flogoing at Woolwich . —Oi Friday week the whole ef the Royal Artillery off duty were mustered on the parade ground , and marched to the Riding School , under the command of the field officer on duty , to hear the decision of a garrison court-martial read . The culprit was a gunner of tho 5 'h battalion , 5 th company , named Thomaa Jone . , who was convicted of selling bis own kit , and of stealing another kit . to replace his own , from a gunner of the 10 th battalion . He was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , which were immediately inflicted by two trumpeters of tho Royal Horse Artillery ; and itis stated , that the latter , in laying on the second or third blow , struck the unfortunate
fellow on the head , and the trumpeter who administered the lash at first was therefore ordered to complete the sentence . The prisoner , it is said , bore his punishment with great stoicism , and , on the fiftieth blow being given , cried out , ' Hurrah , that's the last ! ' He was removed to the Ordnance Hospital , and in a few days will be discharged from tho regiment . —On the same morning , Daniel Freel . who was flogged on the Friday previously for stealing a shilling .: from a comrade , was drummed out of the regiment . This is the second case of flogging within the week , and the third or fourth within a month that has occurred in the Royal Artillery ; and the Authorities seem now to have laid it down as a rule that they will visit all cases of theft with the lash .
WltTSHIRB . Sdicidb op a Clergyman at Salisbury . —Last week much consternation waa created by the announcement that the Rer . Mr Wrotealey , rector of Knoyle , was found dead in his sleeping-room . It would appear that the rev . gentbmau went to the White Hart Hotel , Salisbury , on Wednesday to stop there all night ; that he went to bed at the usual hour of rest . On the valet going to call his master the next morning at eight o ' clock he found him stretched on the floor of his sleeping-room quite de d . The unfortunate gentleman had committed suicide by tying his handkerchief round his neck , and then by twisting it tight with the handle of a brush had caused sutfocatian . The deceased was an aged gentleman , a bachelor , and very much respected . His ; valet had been with him more than thirty years . " An inquest was held on the body . Verdict , ' Temporary Derangement . '
DEVONSHIRE . A Noblb Dkfaulteh —The Westees Times says —There are some very painful rumours extant respecting the affairs of a noble earl , whose lineage and title should place him in the foremost ranks of Che aristocracy of Devon . The noble lord is unable to meet bis engagements , and many of our tradesmen are great sufferers by the event . It is reported that owing to the state of affnira in Ireland , there are many mitigating circumstances to bs urged in behall of the nobleman in question ; but the sum total of the debts is enormous notwithstanding , and Sir T . Acland is stated to be among the sufferers . CORNWALL .
Shipwreck asd Lo . < s of Lifs . —On Friday , the 4 ' . h instant , the schooner Ann , of Saint Ives , abuut 150 tons burden , Richards master , sailed from Saint Ives , in ballast , for Cardiff , and about eleven o ' clock that night struek on Lun'ly Island . So violent was the shock , that the captain and crew , consisting altogether of five hands , had just time to get out tho boat and jump in ! leaving one boy , a passenger , on board , who took to the rigging . She soon af tor sunk , and just ~ as the was going down , she heeled
towards the rock , where her masts touched , and the hoy succeeded in getting ashore ; but in so doing he fractured his foot , lie made towards the lighthouse , and the men employed there gave him all the assistance in their power , and soon after got him landed at the nearestport , whence he was forwarded to Bridgewater , the place of his nativity . The captain and crew have not since been heard of . It is generally supposed they were drowned that night , for the boy states he heard them shrieking asd ming for assistance soon after he got on tho island .
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MONMOUTHSHIRE . Strike op Workmen- —A very extensive strike of the workmen has taken placa over the Hills . For the last fortnight those belonging to Tiedegar have been out , and all attempts to come to an understanding had failed . We now hear that the other works in the neighbourhood have followed their exarapIO i and that there is an immense number of people out upon strike . So determined were both parties in Tredegar , that it was generally supposed the whole oi the blast furnaces would be blown out sometime this week ,
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EDINBURGH-. . Edinburgh . —Great excitement was created last week in the Canongate and High-street , by a repot t that one of the large old tenements at the top of the former street was on fire . The tenement is near to Chessels ' -court , on the south side of tho Canongate , and five stories in height . Flames were first observed about half . past seven o ' clock , bursting out eftwo windows on thesecoad flat , occupied bv Mr llutton , pawnbroker , who , with his family , " inhabited the flat above All of them were in bed when the alarm was siren , and fl-d to the stre-. t in thoir night-clothes . In the hurry of the flight , an infant was left behind , but Mrs Iluttou returned and brought it safely th / on « h the smoke in her arms . By this time , tho flames had not only reached the Hatabive tho warerooms in which they were first observed , by a wooden stair that communicated with the warerooms and the dwelling ,-I 10 u . se , but bad also penetrated through the ceiling in several places , so that two flats ot thej tenement were ravaged . The firemen succeeded in subduing the flames ' about ton o ' clock , but not until tbey had penetrated to another story , one room ot which was entirely consumed , and some others very much destroyed . Mr Ilutton's loss is estimated at £ 3 , 000 , and no part of it is insured . A melancholy incident connected with the
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event has to be noticed . It appears that an Irish porter , who , with a family of eight persons , possessed one of the attic rooms , died on the previous day , and a number of the neighbours had sat up during tho night holding a wake in the house , which had hot concluded when tho conflagration burst forth . With much difficulty the corpse was carried down and laid into an adjoining close , where it lav till some neighbours took it and had it buried . INVERNESS SBIRB . Four Men Smothekkd . —The sloop Mary , from Shieldaig , of Apnlecross , with a crow of four , while 1 1 i . 1 1 : j Ti .......... i . 1 1 _„ T .:. l .
at anchor in the harbour of Lochinvar , was boarded on Sunday , the 13 th instant , by two sailors , from a vessel lying alonside the quay there , who , on looking into the forecastle , were horrified to observe one man dead . On further inquiry , it waa found that the whole crew , consisting of other three persons , were dead . After a minute investigation of the circumstances , it was satisfactorily ascertained that the cause of thoir death was suffocation from smoke . They had been dead three daja before they were discovered .
BANFF 3 HIRB . Donsjbei'cu . —A Shark . —One day , last week , a large shark was discovered aground on the beach , opposite the Limestone quarry , by Mr James Smith , junr ., carpenter , Sandend . When first observed , it wag alive , and although rather out of its element , seemed determined not to ' die soft , ' eagerly gnashing and snapping asunder everything put within reach of its terrific jaws , which bristled out with three rows of teeth . A smart stroke on tbe head with a carpenter's adze put a period to its existence . When dead , it was found to measure about twelve feet in length , and a large quantity , of oil was obtained from its liver .
A Match for Tom Thumb ,- Amongst the wild heathy mountains west from Huntiy , in the parish of Glass , not far from the Craigsof Suocoth , and close at the foot of the Cormack Hill , there is a little cottage inhabited by a young woman who lately gave birth to twin girls , one of which is nearly of common dimensions , but the other is so extremely small as to excite the curiosity of the whole district . As soon as born this dwarfish infant was placed in the scales , and weighed only twelve ounces ; and it will give aome idea of the smallness of its waist , when it is stated that a woman ' s finger and thumb meet each other with ease round the body while holding out the child in tho hollow of one hand . It refused to suck for the first sixteen days , and was supported during that time by a spoonful of wine and water daily . Its legs are about the sizaofa man's finger , but the hands and fingers are so small that they can hardly be de pcribed , only every part is naturally formed down to the nails of the fingers .
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Famine And Despair — The Watbbf0rd Elect...
FAMINE AND DESPAIR — THE WATBBF 0 RD ELECTIONTHE ' UNITED IRISHMAN . ' ( From our own Correspondent . J Dublin , Feb . 21 st , 1948 . Never at any period was tho situation of this country so deplorable as at the present moment . Last year marks an epoch memorable in the annals of unfortunate Ireland . Famine decimated the population— tevf r and dysentery sent hundreds of thoupands to an unblest and unwept grave ; other thou sands , who fled the horrors of their native land , breathed their last on the trackless ocean , and were flung to pave , with . their uuannointed bones , the
bottom of the great deep , whilst myriads of those who escaped the perils of the sea , found a ' last resting place' in the cold clay of Canadian wastes and forests . But , people said that the sufferings ot Ireland had reached a crisis and fondly hoped that a reaction would set in , and that tbe present year would find a favourable change in the condition and prospects of the country . Men of every party and aect seemed suddenly smitten with the love ef 1 Fatherland , ' and met and held counsel together , and bowed and swore , that another million of the r fellow countrymen should not die this year of hunger or by English misrule . They said they would forget all minor differences . They vowed that creed or party should no more present a stumbling block to their continued efforts for . the solvation of Ireland
and her remnants of population ; and they swore , oh , how vehemently they swore ! that if England did not' do her'duty' by the oppressed peasantry , they would not sit another year , supinely watching the ravages of death and destitution , without makin ? an united and a vigorous effort to obtain that justice to which their land has been for centuries a stranger . Ireland ' s heart boat boundinaly . Halfstarved millions forgot the miseries of the past '; their wan cheeks glowed with a hope of better days , ' their sunken eyes beimed as an improved future opened before them . They said the bitter recollections of She bygone . ' year should be erased from their memory , and , in the fervid hopes of - coming prosperity , they seemed disposed to withhold their curses again't the author and cause cf all their many and ageravatedills .
But , alas ! how futile—ay , even how ridiculous were those expectations . WhiUt millions * lived on Hope , ' however , there were those who knew and who prognosticated what little confidence the Irish peasantry should place in any English ministry or government . Many said that the cup of Erin ' s miseries was not yet full , and that the present year would bring many a bitter additional ingredient to the poisoned chalice . And those who said ^ so , though 4 prophets of ill , ' did not , alas , speak their warnings in vain . Every day that passes sess our calamities increased , and every post conveys the painful tidings
of desolation and despair . The horrors of 1847 are again familiar all over the Southern and Western counties . Famine strikes down its victims < n hundreds every day in the week ; tho gates of the poorhouses are ' literally beseiged with the young andthe strong andthe ' able-bodied , ' strugglingforadmission , as if it were with life and death , whilst even the very gaols are crammed with unfortunate wretches , who rush to the commission of petty offences in order that , within the gloomy portals of the ' prisonhouse' thev may find a meal of food , and escape the miseries ' with which the country is inundated . I
do not ' enlarge' on this subject ; this ternho picture is not overcharged . The Munster and Connaught newspapers of last week give the most revolting details of the progress of destitution in their respective localities . Ruin is sweeping the land . Scarcely anybody escapes its insatiable fangs . Taxation strikes down the land occupier and tenant farmer , and want of employment drives almost every cottier and labourer to the ' poorhouse , ' to beg on the highways , or die with hunger ia their cold cabins , like the beasts that perish . We rsad iu the journals published in tho last week , not merely entire families in tho south and west , subsisting ( as they did in the palmy days succeeding the Ehzibethan wars ) on weeds and unclean animals ; but it is a revolting truth that , in several instances , the famishing wretches in the districts I speak of , kill their worn out horses and asses for the sake of their cirrion flesh , which they devour greedily .
This is fact . A letter written by the Rev . Peter Fifzmaurico , parish priest of Clifden , in the county of Galwav , and published in the Fkekman ' s Joor nal , states that in his parish alone 5 , 001 ) died of famine in the last year ! and that ( their prospects for the next six months are even more gloomy than the past ' . ' The same reverend gentleman further states , that numbers die every day in his parish of hunger , and that he knows persons to subsist for days on the flesh of dogs 1 and on the carrion of dead horses which they dug from the earth 1 And it is not the reverend priest of Clifden who alone makes this frightful statement . Such scenes as this are becoming familiar over one-half of Ireland , and it is people ' s opinion , that if something decisive be not speedily dine by the government for the preservation of our starving millions , one-half the surviving population oi Ireland will perish of famine before next harvest !
And what is tho government doing ? Will thev rest satisfied with the stingy provisions of their piti-Jul Poor Law ? Will the rich , who wallow in this world's weal , be permitted to riot in luxuriance , whilst the peasantry go down in skeletons to the grave ? Is this English law—that one man shall be left possessed of ' cart loads of gold , ' whilst the hardy son of labaur has not tho means of procuring a meal even of ' turnips and salt ? ' It' such be the accursed law of England , such surely is not the law of God . But the landlords and capitalists are already mulcted to their hearts * content ! But whv not tax th em more and more , and make tliera ' shell out' to the last guinea , sooner than one human creature bo let die of hunger ? These are bitter words to
the ' men of property , ' but such a proceeding would certainly be only in accordance with tbe intention ? of Providence , ' in whose ejes all men are equal , ' and who created and cares for ' the man with no property' equally as he dues for the coronetteddrom who ' sums his mouldy gold , ' whilst the cries of fa mishing thousands aresounding in his ears—piercing even the wall and doors , and ' safes , ' by which hi ? treasure is protected from the ' dead man ' s gripe ' of the dying peasant . Oh , England ! wilt thou even now awake ? Wilt thou view ' the ruin thou hast wrought' on luckless Ireland ? Wilt thou , even now , condescend to listen to the cry of her starving children ? Wilt thou stretch forth thy arm and say , 'Thev shall not die ?'
Thou wilt not ! But a day of retribution is coming!—oh , may it come quickly 1 And whilst such ruin is ravaging Ireland of the fbwerof her inhabitants-her patriots , amUeadeiv , and champions , both ' old' and young' are playing the old game of England , and waging against each other a war of dissension and jealousy . When will Irishmen open their eyes to their true interests , and join together in a manly , honourable , and practical struggle for the regeneration of their native land , and tho rescue of her starving millions from the miseries which beset them ? " Irishmen ! when will you determine to be free ? Away with your ' parties , ' your dissensions , and your internal qnarrelings . Will it that you bo free—make a sight effurt , and you aro still sufficient to recover what you have lost .
TU « nlnnlSnn nf a mnrnW fnt » tha rtifcv nf Water . The election of a member for the city of Waterford , in the room of' Young Dan' O'Connell , geea on in a few days . Several candidates are in the field . The well-known Thomas Wyse was spoken of as' one amongst the many , ' but it appears the report was premature , as he does not come forward . Mr M'Carlhy , of Cork ; Mr Laurie Murray , tbe ousted of DrOKhcda ; Mr Thomas Francis Meagher , the Demosthenes of' Young Ireland ; and Mr Patrick Costello , of Kilkenny ; were all nominated at the stormy bear-garden meetings in the townhall of Wattrford , on last Wednpaday . Mr Meagher . I
need not say , starts on 'Young Ireland principles , and seems very popular with a large portion of the humbler classes of bis fellow-townsmen : but , after all , I think Mr Pat . Costello is ' the man' for the' Urbs Intacta ' . ' He is an O'Connellite , and , as yet , the' old' creed of politics is rampant in Water , ford . It is probable that there will be ' warm work ' at the election j for the two latter gentlemen , between whom the contest will virtually be , are highly popular with their respective parties , and will be apt to run a neck and neck race in tha struggle , but Costello certainly wins .
The United Irishman goes on ' a head . ' Of the firdt number , it is said , ten thousand copies were sold , and many of them were eagerly purchased at a shilling each . The second number ia not so ' earnest / or so' clashinr-of . aword ' -iBh in its tone , as its first-born brother . I think that paper will hare a great' run' for n while , in this country . The last Nation contains a short' notice' of Mr Ernest Jones ' s beautiful poem ' Lord Lindsay . ' It aay » that several passages remind the reader of Lord Byron ' s ' Giaour' and that throughout the poem ' exhibits much ease and vigour . ' This is ' pretty fair' from the wight who ' does' the poets in the Nation . But Mr Jones bids fair enough to win many a wreath from better hands than those of the chary critic of D'Olier-street .
There is to be a * monster' encampment on the Curragh of Kildare , early in summer . Large bodies of horse , foot , and artillery , are to be reviewed on that occasion by his Royal Highness , Prince Geerge of Cambridge , and the whole affair' is to be conducted so as to strike terror into the hearts of every refractory Irishman , whether old' or ' young' or 'middle-aged' —or of tho ' moral'force' or 'pikecompelling' school of revolutionists . This surely cannot be the ' black army' which Columbkill foretold would muster on the Curragh , when Ireland was about to start from her slumbers , and sweep the Saxon for ever from the land gof the three-leaved grass . Who dares budge about Irish liberty after this forthcoming ' demonstration' ou the broad plains of Kildare .
Crime and outrage still prevail to an alarming extent in Ireland . The Coercion and Commissions are signally unsuccessful ia restoring the' golden age' to the Milesians .
I/Ro Masbaneenb On Irish Absentee Landlo...
I / RO MASBAnEENB ON IRISH ABSENTEE LANDLORDS . > Antrim . —At the meeting of the Antrim Farming Society , on Thursday last , a speech of a very extraordinary character was delivered by Lord Massareene , who acted as chairman at the dinner . When his health had been proposed , Lord Massareene , after returning thanks , went on to detail gome of the scenes which he had witnessed during his stay in the county Louth , and remarked that landlords had had a great deal to do , and that they had met with a large share of abuse , not only from English papers , but from a clasa of men for whom he had no epithet sufficiently strong to express his disgust—he alluded to the Irish absentee landlords . ( Cheers . ) Lord Massareene next adverted to the speech of Lord
Dufferin on Irish landlords , and tho reply of Lord Dungannon , and said that he would tolerate the present House of Commons , if it would pass a measuio confiscating the property of every Irish absentee landlord . ( Hear , bear . ) It was tho fashion of England to speak in terms of admiration of Irish absentee landlords : but he believed that the views of the Irish people were , and he considered them just views , that though an absentee landlord were to send his whole income over to Ireland , he would not do half as much good as if he were to live iu Ireland , spending only one-fourth of his income amongst his tenantry . ( Cheers . ) Tho money would not effect
the change , which is on all hands considered desirable . ( Hear , hear . ) It is necessary that landlords should give advice and assistance—that they should enour » R 0 Kindly feelingi between themselves and their tenants , aud that it should be clearly understood what is the best manner io which he cm dispose of that money which he is willing to expend for tne benefit of the people among whom bo lives . For his ( Lord Massareene ' s )] own part , he would rather stand his chance to be shot at once a week in Ireland than live among the cold-hearted people of England . ( Hear , hear , and cries o £ * There ' s no fear your being shot . ')
DimLiw . —Mr Napier has been returned for Dublin University . NARROW ESCAPE OF AS INNOCENT MAN PROM BEING
HUNO . Limerick . —On Saturday last the governor of the county gaol received a respite of a week from the Lord Lieutenant , in favour of Michael Howard , convicted of the murder ef Johanna and Cornelius Ilourigan , at Ballycoleen , and sentenced to die on Tuesday , the 22 ud inst . The day on which Renehan was executed , the Rev . Mr Enright , believing in the innocence of Howard , resolved to have an interview with Hourigan , the principal prosecutor against him , and happenned to meet him in his house , a few
minutes before the time fixed upon for the execution . After speaking to him for a short time , he took out his watch , looked at it , and said , the executioner was at that moment pinioning the arms of the man 1 / iat was to die . Again , in a few minutes after , he . ooked at his walch a second time , turning to Hourigan , and said , 'the prisoner is now standing on the verge of eternity , ' and dwelt on the solemnity of the scene . In a fevr seconds after , he again said , ' Phil , he is now before the tribunal of Gjd , and though he has sinned , he has paid the penalty . Let us pray for the repose of his soul . '
' Hourigan was moved by the touching appeal of the pious , zealous , and persevering pastor—he did pray , as directed , and , the reverend gentleman , seizing upon the favourable moment , asked him why had he sworn away the lives of ianocent . men ? ' Because , ' said he , ' I wanted revenge . A girl came to me from Ballinvawadeen , and told me that Howard came to her brother and asked him to gO with him to murder the Hourigans , and I thought it toa bad not to have satisfaction . ' ' Then , ' said Mr Eurisht , ' you were not in the haggard . ' ' No , sir . ' 'You sffore falsely ? ' ' Yei , sir . ' 'You were at your brother's house ? ' 'I was , sir . ' Then , turning to the little girl , 'And , my little child , wh ? did you swaar against innocent men to take away
their lives ? ' The little girl cried , and replied , 'I was put up to it , sir . ' The Riv . Mr Enright next waited on Mr Maxwell , and both had an interview with Hourigan , but the latter altered his tone ; how . ever ; though denying his statement to the rev . gentleman , he left by his shuffling and stammering , such an impression on tha mind of Mr Maxwell thai that worthy and excellent magistrate resolved to take up the question seriatim , and so , accompanied by the Rev . Mr Enright , went to the scene of the murder , and saw with his own eyes , and noted down on paper , the position in which Hourigan had sworn on the trial of H iward that he himself was placed on
the day of the murder . He had sworn he could not he seen , aad both gentlemen plainly perceived on resting near the hagsard ditch that he cou'd not possibly avoid being seen in such a place , for it was quite exposed . All this was carefully noted down , and detailed to his Excellency . Agaia the affidavit of Hourigan ' s brother was produced , that at the very time of the murder the prosecutor was at his houss . Next came Mr Sheehy ' s letter , the purport of which was , that soon after the murder Phil . Hourigan had expressed his gladness to him ' that lie was not at home when the murder occurred , ' and that it was he whom they wanted .
During the interview his Excellency asked what was the day fixed for tha execution , and being told the 22 ad inst ., said there was no time to be lost , and at once wrote to the Queen and to tho Chief Justice , who , on receiving ; the letter , at once adjourned the court , and had a long interview with Mr Maxwell , who brought back the Chief Justicu ' s reply . Mi-Maxwell , during the interview , stated to his Excellency , he had no more doubt on hia own mind of Howard's innocence than o / his own existence , and that he was impressed with that conviction from Hourigan ' s manner , and the impossibility of reconciling Hourigan ' s swearing with the situation of the place where the murder occurred , besides the affidavit of his brother . The Rev . Mr Enright next detailed the interview with Hourigan , and produced a sketch of hia locality ; and the Rev . Mr Burke dwelt on Renehan ' a declaration to him , and to another previous to his execution , which fnliy exculpated the prisoner .
En . us . —Execution . —On Saturday week John Crowe , convicted at the special commiss i on of tho conspiracy to tturder James Watson , Esq ., of Ballyp orney , underwent the extreme penalty ot tho law on the drop in front of Ennis gaol . The memorial of tho culprit to his Excellency the L-rd Lieutenant for mercy . waa acknowledged on Friday by an answer that the law must be enforced .
1'Irk At The White Bear, Piccadilly.—On ...
1 'iRK at the White Bear , Piccadilly . —On Wednesday evening , between seven and eight o ' clock a ( ire broke out at the White Bear Hotel , ami old coach-olBce , 210 , Piccadilly . The iUmes commenced , from some unexplained cause , in one of the sleeping apartments over tho top , and were not discovered until they had gained so firm a hold as not to be easily extinguished . The building being for the most part composed ot timber , it formed a powerful auxiliary to the fire , and very speedily saver . U of the upper rooms wero blazing away most fearfully . By the exertion of the firemen , to them , however , tho h ' re was coulincd . Tho property was insured iu the Union-ouice . Ono Prussian general costs as much as the whole government of Zurich , and the hundred and fifty ge-I norals of the Prussian arjuy consume double the ' entire revenues of Berug
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MARYLEBONE , — SxBatjHa Wmchbs " tT " "" Sib 7 euorRobbebt -ObMonday , arespectabW a * "" > youii R man , nam-d John DatU , »» id to b » aclert i ** residlDfr atOifbni , wag placed at the bar befn ' ' Broughton , charged with having committed rohW ^ a most Impudent and darlnjr manner — -Mr V ! k Vogt , a watchmaker , at Ko . 31 , Wlgmoro . 8 tre J ™^ dish . Bquar <> , deposed th » t on Saturday evenin ^ i about nine o ' clock , the prlioner entered his sho ' looked at some watche » , andin a few minutes wer P ^ s . ylng that he would call again . rr oame a , "" Vi a third time , and upon the latter occasion ffhi- h w ten o ' clock , he selected ono of the articles ' which h ^ previously examined , the value of it being £ 3 pr ° a * tor took it up for the parpoteof makiag him under , ? "" pmperly honr he was to wind up and regulate it wh ( prisoner ) suddenly watched it from him and ran ^ ^ the place—Bushell , 220 , D , laid that , at 3 quWc ° . ten , he heard tho cry of 'Stop thief , ' and at the ^^ moment stopped the prisoner , who was running up it " lebone . lane aa fast an he conld he had the StQlf n tt ***
In Ms \ tnna unA mnAa nn n 1 laoi . trQ . Un _ ,... *_ ..- _ * ICQ In hl » hand , and made no observation whatever fEJn Ing It . —A second charge was preferred against then !" lonerby Stephen William Clarke , fortman to Mr Ctfbv " 17 , Southampton-Tow , Ruyaell- ? quaro , who Stated tha , ' Friday evening , the 11 th Instant , between seven an !} eight o ' eloek , the prisoner came to the shop and a siHeiW see some watches worth about three guineas each l , " was told that he could not be accommodated at « oi 0 ' Wg figure , and a number of other watches at a higher p , ;{ were put before him upon a tray . He at last fixer ) 1 ^ nne , which he anked to hate wound up for hlto and « ,., right ; and while witneng was complying with his wi 8 heg he ( prisoner ) unatchrd from the tray a bunting Watch with which he made his escape . Witness added thai almost at the same instant a woman , most probity confedsrate , came in and asked him the nearest waj to King's Cross , and as he had no one to look after tbe n
perty In the shop during his absence , he thought it h S 8 ( not to follow the prisoner , inasmuch as tbe said f « an | n mfcht perhaps have thought fit to maks an addition to tbe loss , had there been an opportunity afforded for doin g ¦ o —The prisoner had not , In either case , anything t () offer in his defence Mr Broughton was of opinio . t naj the press might do much service la this matter , by Riv ; publicity to what had transpired , as , in the event of other parties having been plundered by the prisoner , » hj was not tit all unlikely , they would ba made aware of t ^ fact of his being in custody , and would come for * af ( j against him . —tie will be brought up again on Mondav nit .
BOW . STREET . —Scahdaioub OrmAO * . —On i [ nday , a middle-aged man , named William Tbomason * who . apoearod to be a mechanic , was placed at tha t ^ before Mr Hall , charged with breaking eight aqnaresot plato . glas « at the banking house of the National Land and Labour Campany , 494 , New Oxford . street , value £ 15 the pr . prrty of Mr Feargus O'Connor , H . P . —Thomas Almond , a clerk , who attended to prefer the charge , say he bad not heard of the prisoner for five or six years , but he could not tell what his occupation was or hia abod « although he was aware of his being In town about eighteen months . —Mr Hall observed that be bad not power to award for the amount of theproperty destr \ ytd and suggested that the matter be taken to one of tho County Cr , urt » , wh > re a decision could be obtained to the
• mount of £ 20 . —The manager of the establishment said that as tbe prisoner bad shown such a degree of waaton . nest and malignity , he dsservad aome punishment , parti . cu ' arly as ba had been seen lurking about the premise } during the past month , —Mr Hall said , if any specific charge could be pref . rredhe was ready to hear it , but ho could not adjudicate for the damage done to such aa amount . —The manager : Then I shall shape the charge so ss to bring it within tho jurisdiction of the C ^ urt , aad reduca tbe amount to £ 6 , being the price of three f quarts of glass . —This the Coart agreed to . —The clerk then stated that ? between five and six o ' clock on Saturday af . ternoon , when he was closing the shop , he heard a tre . mendous crash , and , having run out , he saw the prisoner about a yard frosa the house , ia the act ef throwing an .
other atone at the window , A constable was instantly sent for , bat the prisoner did not attempt to c » cape , saying that he wished for an opportunity to make a statement to the effect that Mr O'Connor had robbed him to the amoant of £ T 0 , upon which he was taken int 9 custody . He then said that he bad demolished the windows In consequence of articles exceedingly prejudicial to him , and which were the cause of his ruin , hav . ing for a considerable time appered in Mr O'Connor ' s nanspapor ¦ that h 8 W 4 g determined not to be pat down by him or any other Irishman—at the same time admitting that he had also smashed the other window before witness observed him . —Mr Thomas Price , the manager of the bank , prevad that the hon . member was sole proprietor of the house , and also chairman of tbe boardof
directors . —Mr Hall , in calling for an answer to the to thecharge , told the prisoner that whatever ill-feeling he enteitained . for any alleged grievances , he should not have acted in suck a wanton and violent manner ; and whatever he might advance against him , it could hfiveao effect upan tbe judgment he should give . —The prisoner said that be felt rather disappointed that' the Court was about to adjudicate in a summary manner , as he had ei . pscted to show before a jury , that the Injuries inflicted upon him , a poor working man , for several years , by Mr O'Ciianor , wera not fanciful bat unfortunately real . Tha attacks upon him were entirely unprovoked , and be committed the offence on tbe ground that he could bring forward charges from the files of Mr O'Connor ' s newspaper , contained in inuendoes , which proved more detrimental ta him Chan direct att acks Mr Hall said he had
taken the law into his own handa , and as tbe case had feeen satisfactorily proved , it only remained for him to call upon the prisoner to pay the sum of £ 5 , the amount of tbe damage , and in default be imprisoned with two months * hard labour . —Mr Price read a portion of a letter ha had received from Mr O'Connor , ' Pray let the Court know that I nsver did nor do I owe the fellow any money , ' The prisoner was then removed from the bar , BacTALiTr or a Policeman . —Mary Honest was charged with causing an obstruction at Charing-cross , by sweeping the crossing , and receiving alms from persons passing . —Policeman Gaff snid he was on duty and observing the prisoner , with others , causing obstruction , by asking for and receiving money from persons coming out of the omnibu" ) , he attempted to drive her away , but instead of obeying his orders , as her companions did , she threw herself on the pavement , pretending to fain ! ,
but suddenly jumping up , said she would not allow him to drag her like a dog through the streets , and ran with nor broom into Trafalgar-square , where , on his laying hold of her by the end | of her handkerchief , she fell down , and he tumbled over her , by which means he-was eniblad to take her into custody . —Several respectable householders came forward , however , and gava a very different account of tbe circumstance . They jtoted that ivhon the prisoner escaped into the square , tho complainant pursued her for some time , and having at length come up to her , he struck her violently in the back of the neck with his clencSed fist , and felled her to tho groun i . He then took her into custod y , aud she seemed to have received some injury in her hand , which was bleeding at the time . — -Mr Jardine ordered her to be be sent to prison for three weeks , and directed that tho conduct of the policeman should bo Investigated iu the usuil way .
MARLBOROUOH-STREST . — Jovbnile Hiqhwatj ibn , — P . Miles and W . Houghton , two boys , were charged with robbery . —E . Pollard , a boy , was going home threugh Hyde Park , in company with J . Youns , on Sunday evening , about eight o ' clock , when fee saw several boys biding beneath some of the trees in the park . A ? soon as witness and his companion came near them , the boys ran towards them , and demanded their money . One of the boys ( Houghton ) came up to Pollard , and said , ' Money we want , and money we will h * ve ! ' Pollard told Houghton he weuld git nothing from him . Miles then came up , and demanded money , and struck him a blow in the face , which caused his nosa to bleed . A handkerchief was tnken from his pocket , aud the gang ran off . Pollard pursued , and never lost sight of the two prisoners . When in the Edgeware . roid , witness saw a police constable , and he then pointed ou' the two prisoners as tbo ringleaders of the attack oa him snd his companion , and he gave them into cus . tody , —The prisoners were committed .
LAMBETH —A DiNOEBors Sweep . —J Connor , a chimneysweep , was finally ixamincd , charged with assaulting the police . On Wednesday week the prisoner had engaged to sweep tbe chimneys of a beer ' shop in Paacoek-street , Newington , and because the person by whom he had been employed did not submit to aa extorcion , he commenced demolishing everything in * he pluce . The police were called in to remove the prisoner from tbe house , and they did so , but the moment h got into the struct ho commenced a furious attack on the constables , exclaiming 'Now tho job is begun I'll be husg for some of you . ' Ho first knocked down polieemin George Taylor , and while on th > i ground jumped on his body several times . Ho also felled policeman Avery to tha grousd with a blow un ^ er the ear , and had
» t not been for the timely arrival of other constables he must have killed both Avery and Taylor , As it waa , his brutfility was so great , that neither of the constables has since been able to do any duty , nor are tbey likely to be able to do so for some time to come . S » desperate Was tbo prisoner that It required the united exertions of sis constables to remove Mm to tho station-house , mid some of tbem lie injured b y kicking them . —A number of sergants und constables deposed to the number of times they hid bud the prisoner in custody , ns well aj to his ruffiinly conduct towards them while attempting to secure aiH take h mtotho station . houst > . —The prisons was committed to take his trial at the Surrey Sessions . —The prisoner who is a powerfully built fellm * ,
has been for some years a terror to the police , and Las been imprisoned as many « s eight or ten times for assaulting them . Some six or eight months aso , however , he naught a tartar in the person of Johnny Walker , the pugilist . It appenrj that Walker , with one or two autocratic coiapaulons , was uttbebsrofa sporting house on the Surrey side of tho water , when Connor , tho swoop , came in , ami approaching the counter lor a g lafi of gin , intentionally pushed against Walker , on whoso lis-h ! paletot ho left a deep imprint of his sooty habiliment . Walker remonstrated with him ou his conduct , upon which Connor told hlui that if he was cheoky he would punch his head . Tho result was a set-to , when the sweep , not knowing Ms man , got a sound tf > T & sWr-, g and was glad to cry small after the third rOUTldi
Two Fine Elephants, A Male And A Female ...
Two fine elephants , a male and a female aaTQ orriyed ia LouiIqb from Qeyton ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26021848/page/6/
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