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Health ofLondoxduring the Weik . —In the Betropolitan districts the deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday , were 1 , 013 : the weekly average of the last quarfevof fire previous years , corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 162 . In the corresponding week of 184 G , 1 , 276 deaths were returned : in that of 1847 , 1 , 946 death' , when thj mortality was increased by influenza ; and in the ome week of 1848 , the deaths were 1 , 118 . But though considerably less than u-oal , the weekly contingent now shows a tendency to rise to tbe winter fate ofraortality , and the present return shows an increase of 41 on the deaths of the previous week . In three successive weeks , ending December 15 , the deaths from bronchitis were respectively 60 , SS , S 9 ;
last week they rose to 110 , while the average is only € 8 ; from asthma there were 21 , 16 , 26 , and 19 , ia the last four weeks : and from pneumonia ( or inflammation of the longs ) 94 , 138 , 90 . and 81 . The mortal ty from pneumonia , which is less than the average , occurs to a much greater extent among children than aged persons ; and ( he latter class are now the principal sufferers from the increased coldness of the weather . 3 men and 5 women died last week at 90 years and upwards ; 2 of the women had turned 95 years . From diarrhoea and dysentery the deaths were 19 ; a woman of 70 < Med on the 16 th Itecember in Great I ' ulteaey-street , from debility which succeeded an attack of cholera . All epidemics are Ies « fatal than usual , except measles , which rather . exceeds the average . The most important
particulars registered of each case of cholera were published week by we . sk in the tables : as this not only assisted the various officers engaged in preventing and treating the disease , bnt put the facts within tbe reach of all those who are studying the nature and causes of the epidemic . Data were thus published which will show the influence of sex , age , season , locality , wafer , drainage , occupation , wealth , or poverty . It is gratifying to find that , in addition to the analyses which have been already drawn up at the General Register-office , others have been undertaken by private inquirers . And Dr . fin ; has favoured the Registrar-General with tbe following account of the professions or occupations of 4 . 312 men , of the age of 15 and upwards , who were destroyed by cholera It will be seen that the disease
in London was not only fatal to tbe poor , bat to many artisans , tradesmen , shopkeepers , professional people , and persons of independent means . Of the men who died of cholera , 135 were returned simply as gentlemen , or of independent means , 6 were clergymen or ministers of religion , 16 medical men . 13 magistrates or lawyers , 11 architects or engineers , 11 merchants , 11 officers in the army and navy , 25 master mariners , 160 clerks or accountants , 11 custom house , 7 excise oncers , 14 builders , 14 booksellers , & c ; 14 carpenters , undertakers , & e . ; 13 cheesemongers , 17 drapers , Ax . ; 11 fishmongers , 12 fruiterers . 20 grocers , IS oilmen , 42 licensed victuallers , 5 wine merchants , 8 master shoemakers , 6 master tailors , 6 tobacconists , 19 travellers . Ofthe classes retained as artisans and labourers , 52 were bakers , 32 butchers , 102 weavers , 60 tailors , 151 shoemakers , 47 bricklayers , 17 masons , 20 plasterers ,
70 _ cabinet-makers , 111 carpenters , 28 coopers , 73 painters and plumbers , 33 sawyers , 20 shipwrights . 22 tanners , 18 turners , 16 coachmakers , 35 cabmen , 57 coachmen and cabmen , 15 saddlers , 15 carmen and cirriere , 37 grooms and ostitis . 6 drovers , 44 engineers , 10 railway guards , 13 stokers , 16 letter carriers and postmen , 99 porters or messengers , 24 policemen , 7 watchmen , 62 soldiers , 299 sailors and Greenwich pensioners , 27 watermen , 18 bargemen . 1 ballast heavers , 53 coalporters and coalheavers , 25 footmen and man servants : 756 labourers are returned . Dr . Guy has given in the table " a rough approximation to the ratio which the deaths bear to the living , " in the several occupations . This determination is as difficult as it is interesting . The occupations were only returned for the metropolis in a tery general way by the Census Commissioners , in 1841 ; and the trades masters were not distinguished from men . The results wh ch deserve most attention
are those which relate to well-defined , numerous occupations . "Labourer , * ' " gentleman , " " man servant , " are terms very loosely employed : bnt tbe Statement that 1 ia 67 labourers , 1 in Wb gentlemen , and 1 in 1 , 572 man servants , including footmen , died of cholera , expresses something near the risk incurred by the three classes in the epidemic . The domestic men servants of London were 39 . 300 in 1841 , arid 25 died of eholer * ; the clergy , doctors , and lawyers did not exceed 12 , 000 , yet 35 persons belonging to the learned profes-ions died of cholera in 1849 . In the weekly returns from which the
statement is drawn up , the professions were not uniformly given ; but the abstract will be made more Complete afterwards from the register books . The mean daily reading of tho barometer at Greenwich Observatorv was above 30 inches on the last three days ofthe week ; the mean of the week was 29 > 952 . The daily mean temperature , which was 51 deg . on Sunday , gradually fell to 33 deg . on Friday and Saturday ; the mean of the week was 43 deg .. rather more than the average of the same week in seven years . The daily mean was abont 10 deg . above the average on Sunday and Tuesday , about 5 deg . below it on Friday .
The Juobdkb is Eablby Street . — Sarah Drake was finally examined at the Marylebone Police Court on Saturday last , before Mr . Lira ? , on the charge of having destroyed the life of her male child , aged two years . —The prisoner having been placed in the dock shortly before one o ' clock , Mr . Bering ' , her attorney , addressing the magistral ? , said that in consequence of what fell from his worship at the list examination , on the subject of his having an opportunity of persuing the letters to which reference was then mane , he hail had that opportunity , and he begged to inform his worship that Sergeant Whicher had given him every facility in examining those letters , which he considered necessary or material as affecting the interest of his client He wished also to state , with reference to the proceedings ofthe day ,
that by the advice ofthe counsel who had been retained on her behalf , he would reserve whatever defence she had to urge . — Mr . Long : Under the cirenmstances 1 think that that course is the proper one . What is the amoant of the debt owing to you , Mrs Johnson ? [ It will be remembered that it was Mrs . Johnson who had had charge of the child , and ier claim was for the care exercised by her towards it]—Mrs . Johnson : The amount is £ 9 la ., your worship . —Mr . Bering : Sergeant Whicher and myself have looked over the things belonging to the prisoner as well A ; we could . There are a great manv articles of Tl ious descriptions , bat they conconsist mostly of weaving apparel . Looking at the value of them , and considering what they are , as your worship has asked Mrs . Johnsan the amount of
her claim , I may as well state at once that , though not legally bound to pay her the money , I will myself pay her £ 4 at my office , upon the delivery up of the property . I am glad to have to say that Mrs . Johnson has expressed her entire approval of the offer , and I am ' satisfied that all who have any feel icgin this case will contribute tomake np the balance her . —Mr . Long : I will not lose siglt of your case , Mrs . Juhnson , and I have no doubt that the remainder of your claim will be made up . Of course yon will be paid your expenses : and in the end I trust—indeed I do not doubt—you will find that you have not sustained any loss . Nothing now remains for me , I believe , but to ask the prisoner one or two
questions , which I am bound to do in every such case , under the provisions of a recent act of Parliament Addressing the prisoner , the magistrate then proceeded : —Having heard the evidence read ( ibc depositions were read on Saturday last ) , do you wish to say anything in answer to the charges ? You are not obliged to say anything ; but whatever you do will be taken down in writing , and may be used in evidence against yon hereafter . — Tbe prisoner answered in a low tone of voice , * ' Everything is in the power of my attorney . "—The Chief Clerk : Do yon say that everything is in the power of your attorney ! — Prisoner : I do . — The magistrate then fully committed the prisoner to Newgate for
Massxat / gtrju—On Saturday last Mr . Wakley JLP-, held an inquest at the King ' s Arms , Nottingham-court , Long-acre , on Maria Wall , aged 63 . On the 2 nd instant , a woman named Catherine Eiwards , now in custody , charged deceased with not having paid her takes , and therefore with baring rendered her lodger ' s furniture liable to seizure . Deceased retorted that the prisoner had setter mind her own business , and pay her score at the public-house . That roused Edwards ' s wrath ,
who seizing a large whittle or stick , struck deceased oa the head . For some time the wound inflicted appeared to be only trifling , and deceased was treated as an ont-patient of lung ' s College Hospital , but within the last few days it assumed a serious aspect , and she ultimately died of it . Mr . Ellin , a surgeon of the hospital , performed a post-mortem examination , and found that death had resulted from an extensive fracture of the skull . It was proved that deceased and Edwards had been always quartdting . —Verdict , " Manslaughter . "
AccinxSTiNFtEtt-STREET . —On Saturday last , as a hearse drawn by two hows was passing along Keet-street , towards Te » ple-ba « -, the driver , who « as in the emptor of Mr . Turner , furnishing undertaker , Farringdon-street , was observed suddenly to slide off the box . The man for a time laid hold of the hammer-cloth , but the horses , finding themselves uncontrolled , star ted off at full speed . In the course of their progress . the man fell into the raid , under the forewfieel of the hearse . On being assisted up he was found to be in a state of intoxicition , and to have received very serious injuries on Ms body and legs .
Fire w Chascerm . a . xe . —A fire broke out at afewmiautes aftereight o ' clock on Saturday evemV last , upon the premises known as Roll ' s chambers Ho . SO , Chancery lane , and tbe firemen were nnable *? f ? 'S ^ r ? mes ^ 'nguished until nearly ten o ' clock Striked is a copy of Jlr . BraidwoodWrt of the damage done :- " Kolls-chambers , Chancer ? Jane , secosd floor , belongingto Mr . R . S . W . SiQ barrister ; too rooms used as chambers , andI JX
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tents horned out , contents not insured ; ditto , third floor , in the tenure of Mr . W . M . Best , barrister , three rooms occupied as chambers , together with contents destroyed and root damaged by fire . Insurance not known at present ; ditto , second-floor belonging to Mr . T . S . Cliapman . ^ barrister , contents damaged by water and removal ; insured in the Law Fire-office ; ditto , first-floor , E . Banks , housekeeper , furniture , & e ., damaged by water and hasty removal ; ditto ground and first-floor , Mr . 11 . Whitechurcli , furnitu--e damaged by fire , water , and removal ; insured for contents in the Phoenix Fire-office . " After tbe fire was extintuished , an inquiry was mad » , by Mr . Coif , the chief officer of the B district of the Brigade , with % view of learning how tbe outbreak began . The result of which was the following : —For some time a smell similar td ; , wood but nine
had been experienced by some of the gentlemen living in the second floor , especially on Friday , and about five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , so strong did the smell get that one of the parties waited about halfan-hour behind his time of leaving , endeavouring to find out the cause , but could not . lie felt round tbe fire-place and chimney-jamb , but could noi detect any unusual heat . He left at half-past five o ' clock , but not feeling satisfied he returned again at half-past six o ' clock , and even at that hour could not detect the least appearance of anythieg burning , but from the examination since made there is now no doubt entertained that during the whole of tho time the fire was smelt it must have been burning under the flooring . Some of the bond timbers under the hearth doubtless became united , from the beat of the stove , and communicated to the flooring , and hence the disaster .
Determined Soicidb from London * Bridge . — On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , at the Red Lion public house , High-street , Whitecbapel , on view of the body of Mr . Thomas Hayl -ck , aged 64 years , a livery stable keeper , of Red Lion-yard Whitecharel , who committed suicide under the following very determined circumstances : Inspector Beechley , of the Thames Police , stated that about half-past seven o ' clock on Monday mornin < r , the 17 th inst ., he was passing under London bridge in a police galley , when he heard an alarm that a man had thrown himself from the bridge into the river . On looking round witness saw the deceased struggling in the water , near the third arch from the city side of the shore . Witnessed rowed to the deceased , and as he was sinking the third time
witness caught hold of him , and hauled him into the boat . The deceased was quite insensible , and was taken to the Newcastle Tavern , Billingsgate . The deceased was subsequently removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and on the following morning be was taken before Alderman Gibb * , at the Mansion-house . He was given to the custody of his friends who promised to take care of him . —Mr . Thomas Johnson , house agent , of No . 32 , Skinner-street , Bishopsgate . said ht was son-in-law to the deceased , who had not been in his right mind for some time past , arising from pecuniary difficulties . On Monday morning , the 17 th , the deceased got up a * usual , and took his breakfast , after which he was suddenly missed from the house . WirnefS received the deceased from the
magistrate , and he gradually sank , and died from exhaustion on Sunday morning last . Mr . Blackman , sargeon , attributed death to congestion ofthe lungs caused by the sudden immersion in cold water . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . " Suicide , op a Licensed VicruALLEB .-On Monday Mr . Baker he'd an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate , Wapping , on the body of Mr . John Patty , aged fiftyfour years , a licensed victualler , residing in Sunderland . The deceased was formerly a captain in the coal trade , aud on Thursday , the 13 th instant , he arrived in town for the purpose of attending a trial in the Court of Common Pleas . The deceased was
an important witness and the trial was to be heard on the following Tuesday . The deceased was not forthcoming , and no tidings could be obtained of him until Thursday night last , when he entered an eating house , in Upper East Smithfield , and hired a bed for the night . On the following morning he was found dead in his bed . An ounce phial , labelled " Laudanum , " was found upon the floor , and the surgeon * as ef opinion that the deceased had died from the effect of laudanum . The jury returned an open verdict— "That the deceased died from the effects of laudanum , but under what circumstances there was no evidence to show . "
Death of a Last from Excessive Drinkixo . — On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . M . Wakley , at the King ' s Head public-house , Gray ' s-inn-road , respecting the death of Mrs . Anne Coote , aged fifty-six years . The deceased was a lady of independent property , and was the widow ofthe proprietor ot the extensive vinegar works in Old-street , St . Luke ' s , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera in 1832 . Since the death of her husband she had gradually become an inveterate drinker of ardent spirits , and on Saturday last she drank upwards of half a pint of brandy , and the large quantity of gin and ale which was her daily allowance . The deceased was not seen on Sunday morning , and no notice was taken in consequence of
her being very eccentric in her manner , and as she would never permit any persons in her rooms . Shortly after five o ' clock on the same afternoon , the landlord of the house became alarmed at her continued absence , and acquainted tvo police constables with the fact , who immediately obtained a ladder , by which means they opened the deceased ' s bedroom window , and discovered the Hifortunate lady lying upon the floor , in the agonies of death . Mr . Hill , a surgeon , was called in , but tbe deceased died in a very few minutes afterwards . A bottle , containing a small portion of brandy , was found lying upon the floor by the side of the deceased , and
the surgeon was of opinion that death was caused by excessive drinking and exposure to the cold . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony . The i . ate Bermoxdset Murder . —The Secretary of State has allowed the following rewards to the patties employed in the detection and conviction of Mr and Mrs . Manning , the perpetrators of the murder of Mr . Patrick O'Connor : —Inspector Field , £ 15 ; Sergeants Langley , Witcher , and Thornton . £ 10 each : Shaw , Kendal , and Smith , £ 8 each ; Andrews , £ 5 ; Constables Barnes , £ 10 , Barton , £ S , andLockyer £ 5 .
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Attempted Homicide at Bristol . —A shocking attempt at homicide by stabbing with the knife occurred at Bristol on the evening ofthe 21 st instant . It appears that two men , named Benjamin Sieholls and James Cantle , were employed in the slaughterhouse of Mr . Memory , butcher , Temple-street , where the former was engaged in skinning and dressing some sheep for the Christmas meat show ofthe following day . A boy in the service of Mr . Membry was waiting upon him , and in the course of the evening some words occurring between them , the hoy used some insulting language , and called Xicholls a thief . The latter was very angry , and kicked the lad in a savage manner , upon which Cantle interfered , and said it was a cowardly action on the part of any man to do so . Words then
followed between him and Xicholls , and in the course of the dispute Cantle struck a blow , immediately upon which Nicholls struck at the other with his butcher ' s killing knife , tbe blade o which entered his chest between the ribs , dividing one of the arteries and passing through the substance ofthe lungs . Notwithstanding that he had received this serious injury , Cantle again struck his assailant , who , having withdrawn his knife from the poor fellow ' s chest , made another cut at him , and stabbed him iu the thigh , at no great distance from the large artery . Cantle fell to tbe ground covered with blood , and the boy having immediately raised an alarm , assistance was procured , and he was carried to the Bristol General Hospital , where , he being considered in a dangerous state , a magistrate promptly attended and took his deposition . Upon receiving intelligence of the occurrence the police were promptly on the alert , and soon captured the offender .
Fatal Fibb . —A fire broke out on Saturday evening last at the St . John ' s Almhouses , Bristol , by which one ofthe inmates , Elizabeih Hanks , an aged woman , of upwards of 87 years old , unhappily met with her death . Mrs . Hanks , who was very infirm , had been some time waited upon by a little girl ; but on Friday her son , thinking that she required further assistance , went to Swindon in order to bring down a more experienced female connection to look after her . During his absence and that of the little girl , who had gone out to purchase necessaries , tbe old lady set fire to her clothes , and thereby to the furniture of her bedroom , and in a short time her apartment was wrapped in flames . An alarm was given , and the engines ouicklv
brought to the spot , and with some difficulty the old woman was got out from the midst of the fire , but not until she had heen extensivel y burnt . She was at once conveyed to the infirmary and received every attention , but died in the course ofthe night The fire was happily soon got under , but not until thc utmost alarm and consternation had been excited among the aged inmates ofthe building Attempt to Mubder a Family . —On Thursdav the 20 th instant , great exci tement was cSd among the mhabitants of Dudley in consequence of the following horrible occurrence : It appears that Fv ? n ? > K amed A ™ Evans ' -tfBltaS ; i-vans , a brace-maker , ahonf . Pi « ht n >„ i / . „ i . .- „ iu ~
morning , wa « noticed b y one of her children to have feid t ^ rf afte - rwards ron 45 K ibis excited the child ' s curios ty , and she immediatel y went to her father ' s workshop adjoining W , and fold him what she had seen . He tnere fore repaire d with all speed to one ofthe upper ocorooms where , on entering , he beheld a fearful scene , for upon the face of one ofthe children only two years old , was a pillow , evidently placed there to stifle its cries , and the mother was cuttin * the throat of the unfortunate child . Upon seeinl her husband enter the room she left off manglm ^ her offspring and flew at him with thc knife to stab htm * ortunatel y she missed her aim , and her husband '
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after much resistance , succeeded in getting possession of the knife , which was covered with blood . The child ' s throat was so severely cut that it is extremely doubtful whether it will swswe . In a closet she had locked up another child , six ^ years old , so that there is little doubt she intended to murder the whole of her children , and had it not been for the arrival of her husband , two at least of them would have been deprived of life . A constable was instantly sent for , and took the woman into custody , at the same time taking possession of the knife , wliich was recently sharpened . On leaving the house with the constable , the woman said to her husband , "It shall be your turn nest . The wound in the child ' s throat was found to be three inches in length . The woman was taken before the magistrates , and remanded until the state ofthe child is better known '' , ' Fibe at Hamfsibad Park . —On Saturday evening
last , between the hours of six and seven o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out at Hampstead Lodge , situate between Reading and Newbury , the seat of the Earl of Craven . As one of the domestics in the CBtabliahment was passing a loom near the entrance-ball she fancied , from the great smell of fire and the smoky appearance of the room , that something more than usual was burning , upon which sho immediately informed his lordship , who happened to bo within at the time . An alarm was quickly raised , and in a few moments afterwards a dense body of flame burst forth . The united exertions of all the household , with wh . it other assistance could be got at band , were directed to endeavouring to prevent tho fire from gaining greater ascendancy , and owing to copious supplies of water being continually poured over the burning mass it was at length got under , but not until the mansion and furniture had sustained a considerable amount of
injury . roRRsniRR . —George Cowper , a labourer , was last week committed to York Castle , for brutally lacerating tho throat of John Butterwortb , a miner , near the Ball public-house , at Hesley toll-bar . The wound was about four inches long , and will leave a mark for life . Scptosed Mcrdkb in Oxfordshibe . —The neighbourhood'awund ^ t ^^ ^ district has for some days been excited in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of a female in the service of Mr . John Coates , farmer , Murcott , and of rumours that she had been unfairly dealt with . The facts , as far as ascertained , are as follows : —Elizabeth Stanton , tho young woman in questibnV ' aged . twenty-four , daughter of Samuel Stanton , matfmiaker , of Pencbtt ,
went on the 11 th inst ., havingwith her at tbe time her mistress ' s child , about two years old , to Mr . T . Kimbell ' s , ofFencett , shopkeeper , to purchase some goods . This aha did , and , having paid for them , left , and went to her father ' s house , where sha had tea . At about seven o ' clock she left for her master ' s , having with her the child , and being accompanied part of the way home by a younger sister . At about eight o ' clock a Mrs . Faulkner heard a child cry , and on going out of her cottage saw Stanton' and spoke to her . She had the child with her at this time , and it was in her way from Mr . Coates ' s . The conversation was merely formal . Between eight and nine the same night , Mr . Hatwell , of Murcott , when returning from Charlton ,
and near Fencott-bridge , over the river Bay , was passed by a female . They wished each other good night . The female , who had a child in her arms , went for Charlton , and Mr . Hatwell went home . Henry Cooper , carter to Mr . Hatwell , when going home to Fencett , and when near to Charlton windmill , at about a quarter to nine o ' clock , heard a female voice ory ' Murder" four or five times . The cries appeared to come as from the bridge , but on his passing over , all was still . He went home and told his mother what he had heard . As the girl did not return with the child to his master ' s house , tho family became alarmed , and unsuccessful efforts were made to obtain tidings of her . At a little before seven o ' clock on the morning ofthe 12 th inst .,
a young man of the name ot Higgs , of Fencott , when driving a team over the above bridge , saw a child lying on the road , He thinking , as he says , that it was a gipsy ' s child , moved it out of the road , and went his ' way . At about seven o ' clock , James Preston , a labourer , oh going over the bridge , saw a child by tho side of the road . He took it up , and it proved to be Mr . Coates ' s , and the one that E . Stanton had . A shawl , which it appears is the one that Stanton had on the day before , was found on the bridge a few yards from the child . The goods which Stanton had purchased were found near the residence of Mr . Faulkner ; but of the young woman nothing has been ascertained . After she was spoken to by Mrs . Faulkner she must have repassed her father ' s house to reach the bridge where the child and her shawl were found . The river is now deep , and has overflowed its banks .
It is therefore impossible to drag it properly , but it has been partially done , and it is intended to make a thorough search at soon as the subsiding of the waters will admit of it . The magistrates of the rioughley division have instituted proceedings with a view of bringing the mysterious disappearance of the female to Tight . The child , from its tender age , is incapable of giving the slightest information . The cry of murder is suspicious , and leads to the inference that the missing woman was foully dealt with , and then thrown over the bridge into tho river . She is described as being five feet three or four inches high , and stout built , dark hair , which was cut short , light complexion , grey eyes , and as having a dimple on her chin ; ana to have been dressed in a pink frock with sprigs , purple apron , light straw bonnet trimmed with purple and orange ribbon , and high shoes . Outbreak of Cholera is Nottingham . —On the
20 th inst . Mr Browne held an inquest on the body of Jane Stark , of Albion-street , single woman , aged twenty-three . The deceased who worked in a factory , and lived with her parents , had heen ill about six weeks of bowel complaint , and hadlatterly grown so much worse that on Wednesday Mr . Yates was sent for . He found her in a state of collapse , and she expired on Thursday morning . There was no doubt that Asiatic cholera was the cause of her death . The nei hbourhood was very unfavourabl y circumstanced with respect to Us sanitary condition . Verdict accordingly . It is stated upon good foundation , that a man named George Wesson , of the same street , died of the epidemic on Wednesday , but no inquest was held . There were also reported two other cases , one in Carrmgton-street , and the other in Mount-street , and in neither instances was recovery expected .
Forgery on the Darlington Bank . —On the 20 th inst . William Murray , of Kcltoe , was charged before the borough magistrates with having uttered , on Saturday , the 24 th of November , notes which have been discovered to be forgeries . —The first witness examined was Rowland Lambert , who stated that be was foreman in the shop of White Brothers , in the city of Durham . On Saturday , Nov . 24 th , about eight o ' clock in the evening , a person came into the shop and purchased goods to the amount of Is . lljd ., and tendered payment with a £ 5 note of the bank of Messrs . Backhouse and Co . lie handed the note to young Mr . "White , who looked at it , and afterwards said he had to give the change . He closely observed the person who gave him the note ,
and the reason why he did so was because he did not like his appearance . The next time he saw the man was on Saturday last , in a small room adjoining the court , amongst twenty other persons . Immediately on seeing him he pointed him out . The prisoner was the man . He had no doubt in his mind that he was the person who gave him the note . The other note of Backhouse ' s bank was offered to him on that day . Ho went from home on the following Monday , and on his return Mr . White told him the note was « forgery . —Joseph White fully corroborated the evidence of Lambert , and further stated that on Monday morning he went to the bank to get the note changed , but it was refused . —Joseph Pailister , foreman in the shop of Mr .
Hall , grocer , in Claypath , remembered the prisoner coming into their shop about eight o ' clock on the evening of Nov . 24 . He purchased goods to the amount ef 3 s . 5 Jd ., for which he tendered a £ 5 note , in payment . Not having change , he went into Mr . Rame ' s shop , and got the note changed . On Friday last he again saw the prisoner at Kelloe , and in consequence gave information to the police . —Hornby Hamilton , publican , said he knew the prisoner very well by sight . On Saturday , the 24 th of November , he saw and spoke to him in Claypath . There was a quarrel in a public-house , and he ( witness ] said it was pretty black guard work , to which the prisoner replied that they knew very well where they could carry on such work , and afwa iifed up
terwar ^ Claypath . Would not swear positively that it was the prisoner , but to the best M « Fw „ A dge he ? as the r - P erinten ( hmt M Ewen , of tho county constabulary , said in consequence of mformationhereceived he thought ifcnecessary to send the witness Palliater to Ketloo to net a sight of the prisoner . On his return , and in consequence of what he stated , ho ( witness ) apprehended the prisoner at the house of his sister in Aew Kelloe , and afterwards charged him with having uttered a forged note at the shop of Mr . Hall of this city , but he denied the charge . He asked repeatedly how witness knew that he was sleonim ? ™ iV " xvi l he house L of hi 9 , sister » t he did not reply ^ hen he was charged with the offence , he said he had not been m Durham , and he could ™™
it . . Just as they were entering Durham , the prisoner expressed a wish that they should leave the gig and enter Durham by a ; private way . He said he would rather walk five and twenty miles than pass a certain shop . The prisoner was committed to take bis trial at the assizes . Strike of Porters and Draymen is the Employ OF THE MlDLMU ) RAILWAY COMPANY . —On the 20 t » mst . notices were posted in Leeds , offering employment to able-bodied men as porters at the goods station of the Midland Railway , in Hunslet-lane , at 16 s . per week . The demand for these men has arisen in consequence of the porters at present employed having refused to accept reduced wages ; their wages having been 17 s . per week , and the directors having determined to reduce , them to 18 s .
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Thedraymen , who had been in the receipt of 18 s Ir fi hav ^ o also been offered action of Ib ; IZ W like the porters have determined not to ilf ' Tbe consequence is that about forty men emofoved at the Leeds goods station will leave their Sffivmenlat tho end of the present week , and ttffuSSw were sitting on Friday at the station toenS new hands to supply the p laces of those whoS turned out . t £ o old hands have put Kb a handbill , in wlvch . they state ttf £ * g were eng aged in or previous to M « t » . J norters and 20 s . for wherry men ; that at the end of 1848 the then directors called upon them to Se up fire per cent , of their wages , though they 2 .. L L , r , lr , v « d . on an average , seventeen hours " " .
dail y ; and that after gradually reducing the number of men during the present year to about a third of the orig inal number , the directors have come to the resolution of taking off another five percent , " "Against this , " . says the handbill , «« the men have taken a determined stand , and have resolved not only to have the wages paid during the present year , but to go another step while they are about it and demand a return to the wages originally paid . " The men conclude their explanation ofthe difference between themselves and their employers by requesting the public to attribute all error , in the conveyance of- goods on the Midland line to what they aay is its . proper
causetho substitution of inexperienced for experienced hands . —Debut , Tuesday : This morning the men remain away from work , and seem likely so to continue until the directors restore to them the amount of wa » es already reduced ; and that the latter will be obliged to give way is certain , or the damage to goods delayed will bring very serious , losses upon the shareholders . The engine drivers and firemen , until within tho last few days , have also been upon the eve of striking , in consequence of the directors requiring them to travel three journeys at the same rate of wages they have hitherto received for two journeys , hut they were too unanimous amongst themselves to be forced to submit to the new terms .
They are 203 in number , and all , except three , would have struck within six hours , had not the company consented to allow the old engagements to force . As soon as danger from the pending strike appeared to be over , Mr , ' ; 6 .-P . Paget brought down a number of men to displace the ringleaders * but their comrades we ' re true to their Jr & hiBii ; and threatened to leave in abody at a momen ' t ' 8 ^& oe if even one was dismissed for taking pSr ^; in ' i % ej movement . The consequence has been that' tfo'fcdhe ' man has been discharged . Mr . 6 . B . Paget , ; in : & df dressing the men , urged upon ' them to accept , : thp , . reduction , tho very low price of . provisionsij f ^ enabling them to do so ; and he promised , if | fieyg
would , that as the price of food rose at any Mure time , he would see that their rate -of remuneration was increased . —The goods guards and porters at : Derby , some hundreds in number , returned to their employment on Wednesday morning , the former at their original rate of remuneration , and the latter for the present at reduced wages , but with a promise of an advance whenever the price of food becomes higher . Although the directors strained every nervo , from Monday morning until Tuesday night , they found themselves unable to carry on their business without the assistance of their old goods guards ; but by extensive importations of agricultural labourers , who for many miles around
may be had for very little remuneration , they had pretty nearly swamped the more humble class of goods porters , and they have been compelled to seek and accept a compromise . The policemen and pointsmen , who a week or two ago had their salaries reduced 5 per cent ., and who were too scattered in small numbers along the whole extent ofthe various lines to act in concert , have petitioned the hoard to restore to them the small modicum which , they say , without their consent , has been stopped out of their weekly wages , and declare their intention of giving up their situations simultaneously if their petition bo not complied with . Should this really occur , the greatest danger to the company ' s
traffic will be the result ; so much property and so many lives constantly depending upon the discretion of these officials , especially of thcT > oiritsmen ,. Shootin g a Gamekeeper . —Oh the night of the 21 st inst . » keeper of Lord . Scarborough ' s , at Hunsworth , was shot and badly wounded by a reputed poacher . The wounded man , whose name is Jacob Mitchell , was going round the estate , with ' another keeper , John Walker . On their way they met four men in Hunsworth-lane , each of whom was carrying a gun . They knew tho men , aud knew them to be poachers . Mitchell , therefore , accosted thehi , asking them what they were after . The men replied with a volley of abusive language , which increased
tho suspicion already entertained , that they were after no good . The keepers , therefore , followed and watched them . The men , finding their purpose thwarted , grew angry , and one of them threatened to shoot the principal keeper ; at the same instant another ofthe party levelled his gun and fired . The p ercussion cap did not immediately explode , and the keeper had time to drop his head , the contented the gun therefore lodged in his shoulder , and $ he ' thickness of his clothes prevented fatal consequefces . The poachers fled immediately , but one of the gang , Moses Bairstow , of Birkcnshaw , has since been apprehended . Accident at a Mill . —A few days ago a poor little boy , named Samuel Westwood , met with a
shocking disaster . He had taken his father ' s tea to the mill where he worked , and whilst there got his band and arm entangled amongst the machinery . Fortunately he was liberated before he was drawn amongst the gearing more completely , or his life must have been lost . As it was , his arm was completely torn to pieces , and when ho was carried to tho dispensary it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb . The operation was rapidly performed ' by Mr . Thursfield , the patient being at the time under the influence of chloroform , and not exhibiting the slightest sign of pain . The child is but eleven years of age , and had lost his mother only a week or so before the accident . —Worcester Herald .
Two Servants Suffocated . —A melancholy accident occurred on Sunday night last to two female servants , in the employ of the Rev . H . Davies , s « f Sherwood Hill , near Nottingham . It appears that the two females retired to rest at the usual hour on Sunday night . A fire had been made in the bedroom during the day , and the girls , on retiring to rest , had in some way or other stopped the proper ventilation , so that the smoke could not ascend . The servants not rising at the usual time , and no answer being returned when they were called to , the door was forced open . One of the unfortunate women it was found , had been dead some time and was cold . The other , it could be perceived , still
breathed . Medical aid was immediately sent for , and every means used to restore animation , but no hope whatever exists that she will recover . At the coroner ' s inquisition , the following , amongst Other evidence , was adduced - .-The Rev . Thomas Hart Daries said—about half-past six o ' clock this morning I was called up and told that two of my servants were insensible in bed . I went into the room , and saw the firegrate ( a portable one ) placed upon the fender , and m the room there was a strong sulphureous smell . The fire-board was closel y placed in the fire place , and a bed-quilt was put at the bottom of the chamber door , so that there was no current of air in the room . I fetched Mr . Joseph
Thomnson , who rendered the deceased and the Other servant every assistance . Deceased ( Eleanor Pierce ) expired at nine o ' clock the same morning , ( Moni-Y'i , and 1 have no doul ) i sa 0 was accidently killed by inhaling carbonic acid gas . Mary English , the other servant , is still confined to bed , and is at times in a state of unconciousness . She has been asked if ever before they have had the fire basket in the room , and she has admitted that they had . -Catherine Pierce , of Forest-villa , Mount Yernon , servant , said : The deceased is my sister ; she was twenty years of age , and was cook to the Rev . Mr . iJavies . She slept with another servant named Elizabeth English . I saw her at sunner on Sundav
night when she appeared vevy well , with the exception of a slight cold . She usually rose about six o clock in the morning , but at half-past six on Monoay sho ffas still in bed , and I went to her chamber door and peeped through tho keyhole to seo if they were stirring ; I saw no light , and I opened the door with some difficulty , as a bed-quilt was placed against it . I smelt something very strong , like sulphur , and then went down stairs for a light . On returning . I saw my sister l ying on the bed with one arm out , and she was making a gurdinff noise m her throat . Elmbeth English lay by her sule Thoy were both insensible . I spoke to my sister severa times , but she never answered . 7 en £ youred to arouse them by shaking them , but it hZ
?« , » T * i m 5 , Mrs > Davies also attempted to awaken them but could not . Terdict , "fiS the deceased died in consequence of being acciderS 2 *? f . ^ " carbonic aofi JKSK from a fire-basket or chafing dish . " m ™ Ta DEATH of anoth * Ag ed Fbmam in an Almshouse at Bristot i „« ft llS IS "TV , Ecd """•» *« ffm C ! MS *«! ± - £ « w-a S 3 in the habit of using toffiM 1 as , he had been chest , that vhihTsmoktt ? if ^ " ? ailment of th e ^ r pipe set to tohj ^^ «»«» from enveloped in fl ame 8 J , Sh '* 5 ? » faeit » g 8 peedly death . ' m un » aPPily met with her Drainage op Lodmior v „ i « x * , Preliminary steps mrffi takSSor X ™ " ™ - , reclaiming and drainine thk att » the P « r P ° Se of is now wholl y under Sir ^ 7 , te ffhich advantages which wouW % Li ! epende . ntIy ^ the a measure in an agricrituffi ^ T- ^ . out 8 Uch sideredit would be of S ES ^' lt is COn " improving its sanatory * Sndfef £ Weymouth in prevalence of northerly 3 ft t /' ring thc ^¦ sa s ts fi -f S fcrs
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MURfiER COMMIT TED BY A YOUTH UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE . Bristol , MoNDAv .-rThe New Cut , Bedminster , near Redcliff-crescerit , was yesterday afternoon , in the broad dayli g ht ,- and directly fronting the house of one of the magistrates of the city , who personally witnessed the . occurrence , the scene of a murder , which , we regret to he obliged to add , vras committed by a lad of Ipsa than sixtetn years of age . The circumstances , as . far aswe have been able to ascertain them , are- . asifollows : —Yesterday afternoon , two young men . named Henry Coggan and William Braiind , the person who has bren murdered , went out together for a walk ; when , near the
Bedminster iron bridge , they were joined by a third yourig man , named Horgan . Upon reaching tbo bridge th » y saw two'lads , named Alfred Dancy and Henry Collins , leaping » ver an iron post near the bridge . Dancy , at the moment , was leaping the post , and Horgan called out to him , " Over it . " Covins immediately began abusiig Horgan , who ultimately gave Collini a box on the ear , and , while doing so , AlfredD * ncy came behind him , struck him a blow in the face , and polling out a brass barrelled pistol , " threatened to shoot him . Hortnn replied that he did not like a disturbance of a Sunday , or that h « would well chastise them , not imagining for a moment-that the pistol was loaded , and again left
them and joined his friends . By this time they had reached tlie top . ofBrpva'a-rov , nearly opposite Mr . Brown ' s nouse , who . is a magistrate for the city , wttere they ' stopped , the two boys being then only two or ; three yards behind them . Ctllhu then pulled out *• ] ife preserrer and flourishing it threateningly atltbem ^ upon . which William Braundcalled out , " Very well , Collins , I will tell your mother of your conduct , and she will give it you for having such a thingas that . '' Collins again replied , abusiwly , and flourisbeuthtHfe-preaerver . Braund rushed at him , and a struggle ensued , during which they both fell ori the ground . Tha boy Dancy , in the meanwhile again polled » ut tbe pistol , and declared that he
would shoot Braund ; and that he would shoot Horgan also , if he interfered with him . Horgan , how ever , tried to prevent his getting at Braund , but evading - Horgan , Dancy took deliberate aim at Braund , and shot him . The ball entering the young mim't cheat , the blood spouted out of his month , and he ; fell to the ground . The murderer took to instant flight , hut was speedily overtaken and conveyed t 6 j the Bedminjtter police station ; on his way to | r | iicn he said , in the most indifferent manner , "I eai ) p " ose . Xsb . * all be scragged . " Upon being searched , a ?| ytiU (^ ipou \ d . aad seven pistol bullets , with a screw tlrw ^^ acks ,. -a piece . of lead , some percussion caMWeSiEo W » d . in " gold and silver , were found
uplsn'jiiisv person . The unfortunate young man Braund , who bore an excellent character , was conveyed to the General Hospital , but was dead before he reached it . —An inquest was commenced at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Bristol , on Monday , before Joseph ^ Balter Grindon , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury ; The following evidence was given : — Henry Coggan having identified the body as that of Wm . Braund , who was about nineteen year * of age , and . a porter in the employment of Mr . Gellett , winemerchant , RedclifF-street , deposed to his being very intimate with the deceased , and to their having both gone out yesterday ( Sunday ) afternoon for a walk , they being perfectly sober , and neither of them having
been into a public-house during the day . At about a quarter past four o ' clock , as they were passing over the Bedrainster-bridge , they were joined by a third friend named . Edward llorgan , and upon arriving at the Bedminster end of the bridge they saw two lads , who were not known to . witness by name , but one of whom was the prisoner Alfred Dancey , leaping over an iron post . Dancey was in the act of leaping , n-lien llorgan said ,. " Over it ; " uponwhich the other lad , who was Dancey ' s companion , and whose name has since been ascertained to be Collins , turned round and began abusing witness and his two companions , calling them by all sorts of opprobrious names . After bearing this for some time , Horgan
turned round upon them , when they ran away , and witness , with Horgan and the deceased , went on their way towards Brown ' s-row adjoining Redcliff-crescent , on the New-cut , the two boys following and abusing them the whole of the way . When they had arrived at the top of Brown ' s-row they stopped , and the boy Collins pulled out a "life preserver . " and shook it threateningly at them . ' Upon which the deceased , who knew Collins , said he would tell his ( Collins ' s ) mother of him if he did not be quiet . With that Collins again shook the life preserver at him in a threatening manner , and the deceased went to catch hold of it , when Collins struck at him with it , and hit him across the mouth , but witness could not see
whether the blow made the mouth of the deceased bleed , The deceased then endeavoured to take the life preserver away from Collins , and they struggled for it , and both fell down . After they had got up again , the deceased was turning away from Collins ; . while they were on the ground , the prisoner , Alfred pancey , pulled out a pistol from his bosom , and threatened three or four times distinctly that he would shoot the deceased if he did not let Collins go . They then got up , and the prisoner Dancey instantly shot the deceased , Braund , with the pistol , and immediately ran away . Witness pursued him with some other persons , and at length succeeded in apprehending him at the corner of Mr . Brown ' s tan-yard .
Witness then returned to assist the deceased , who was bleeding very much , and was held up in the arms of a soldier , and some other passers-by . He was quite speechless , and being carried to the General Hospital , was pronounced to be dead . The deceased , | Bvaun * d * never spoke a word to the prisoner , Dancev , "duringthe whole affair . —Mr . Samuel Brown , one of the magistrates for tho city of Bristol , deposed to his having been at home between four and five o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , and to his having witnessed the occurrence through hie parlour window . His attention having been drawn to a disturbance or sort of struggle going on outside , he went to the window , and saw the deceased and another boy , who was not
the prisoner now present , struggling with each other , at a distance of about five yards from the window , in the road ; saw them fall down , and get up again , lhe prisoner . Dancey , was about five yards from them , and apparentl y not at aU connected with the squabble ; he was not at all mixed up with it , but standing full y five yards from them . Witness then saw the prisoner walk up towards the deceased , and present and fire a pistol at him . The deceased instantly staggered and vomited a la / ge quantity of blood from his mouth . Witness instantly ran out to his assistance , but was told by the bystanders that he was dead . Witness then had him conveyed to the hospital , and aided in the apprehension of the nri
- soner . When the prisoner fired the pistol he was not more than a foot from the deceased ; he walked uptobim presented the pistol at him , mid fired instantly without having touched the deceased . Was satisfied that the deceased did not touch the pistol , aU \ i ? t £ M % ? ° l - accidenfc but ° y de * ignr fu d * s Charles Corn , sh » solicitor , brother-inaw- of Mr . Brown gave similar testimony , and joined m the pursuit of the prisoner , who was apprehend d m Stilehouse-lane . On the arrival of witness two men were holding the prisoner on the ground and one of them had a brass-barrelled pistolln his 1 and
« nl i iT w ^ . " « conveyed to the police-station , and onhw waythitherhe said , "I shall be scragged . ' with 111 ! \* t rt T , with shot ' « S not ZmLt r % M arri ? edatthe 8 , atio » J «« s « d he did not know that the pistol would go off . He also , as witness believed , said something about the pistol being half-cocked . -Thomas Prowse , surgeon , deposed that he lived in Guinea-street . The prisoner was m his employ . He understood that he was fourteen years of age . His father was a journevman miller . He saw nothin g of the prisoner after twelve 0 clock on Sunday , lie did not know of his having a pistol m his possession . —The inquiry was then adjourned . WVT > M-CC 1 M ~ Tl ,: » ~ !__ 1 V . , . iii l
«»« u » ,- lU u wowing we iiiry bavin * re-assembled the inquostupon the bod y of W . BraiTnd was resumed . * The first witness was William Roach who . waB _ present throughout the occurrence He gave similar testimony to that given by the wit . nesses previously Witness took the pistol from the prisoner when tho struggle took E ! t ^ deceased and Collins . ffeeSftfttta ^ S don t mean to fire that thing , " meaning the nistol-K 0 ^ 0 t 1 ( : u vera r P ai , t «<* l < " * I will fire fewv ^ r * ? ei \ e , thei W Witness then went ou ™ few yards , when he saw tho prisoner slip aside one of the young man and run four or Are t ^ iK r t ! SfSi . witn rr P & i 2 £ *& £ d thr ^ pTiK ^
Ems & m s-jrii > S j-i «« . Witness- saw him «»«« i . i 8 ° , a surgeon , several InStifSoJfi ^] ™* » ** "Sold , m gold , and Is . 6 d in Jfw . ' ' * hreo soverei gns Witae * heard C *!^ SHV ^ T " - P ° n h ^ loaded with , and nVreSSdl tW £ ^ pisto 1 , vas Other witnesses ha \ in % i T ^? ld n ° t know . Coroner inquired « if i n ! wl wm ,, ar t estimony , the f « ^ p S £ lKS ? T * ould & - « m 3 »? S onrS ^ fi ^ Wt
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at nine o clock on Sunday evening last ; it was Ivin S m the dead-bouso at the hospital . I have made * post inostem examination . Mr . Rogers , the \\< mt surgeon , Mr . Lansdowno , and Mr . Lang , bein ° - oc casionally present . We carefully examine !! the exterior ofthe body , and found no wound , except , ing one inflicted on the right side in front of the right arm-pit , near the second rib , presenting the appearance of having been caused by a gun or pistol ball . I examined all the cavities , and fonnd evcrv . tiling healthy except such morbid appearances as wor . e caused by . the wound . The bullet passed through the second rib on the right side , and splia . teredit , through the right lung , through the wind pipe , graied the gullet , wounded some of the at niUC O ' clock OU Svmdav ( YVMlinif Ins ! H ~„ . i n
vessels , then passed through the left lung , through tho second rib on the left side , leaving some of the cloth in it , and then lodged in the fleshy part just above tho left shoulder ; the wound was sufficient to occasion death . I produce the bullet . It ia flat , toned . It fits the pistol , and I have not the sli ghtest doubt it caused the death of deceased . His death must have been nearly instantaneous . —The Coroner then read the whole of the evidence , and the jury , after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of" Wilful ' Murder , " against Alfred Dancey , who was committed upon the Coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next Gloucester assiies . The prisoner ' s indifference vanished on hearing the verdict , and he was much affected on taking leave of his friends .
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Suspected Murder in Pembrokeshire . —A charge of murder of a most extraordinary character has recently occupied the attention of the Earl Cawdor and other magistrates of this part of Wales several days in investigating . Mr . Powell , a farmer , of I Lamphery-park , was charged with feloniously making away with the illegitimate male child of Mary Griffiths a single woman . A mass of evidence was brought forward , the substance of which was as follows : — The female named had been in Powell ' s service , and the child was the result o their illicit connexion . She was delivered on the 5 th of last month , on the afternoon of which he saw her , and intimated sending a nurse for the infant , with whom he had made
arrangements to take care of it . A day or two afterwards a woman named Hicks came for the child , and it was given her ; and , accordingto her evidence , she subsequently handed it over to Powell . This took place late in the evening , and Powell met her in the main road , some distance from his own house , but what he did with it she was unconscious . The mother ( Griffiths , ) on recovering from her confinement , sought Powell to see her infant , but he refused to tell her where it was , and , in consequence of several suspicious circumstances tending to impute Powell as having destroyed it , the police were directed by the magistrates to take him into custody , and a search was made of his house and throughout his farm , but no trace of either the child or its clothes could be
found . The prisoner , on being called upon for his defence , made a statement to the following effect : — Ho admitted receiving the child from the woman Hicks , and on his way home met with two beggarwomen . Considering it a favourable opportunity to get rid of it , he questioned them as to what sum they would require to bring tbe child up . They said £ 7 , but eventually he gave them £ 5 , which they accepted , together with the child . He was unconscious of their pames , or where they were going to . The one who took the child was an Irishwoman with a black straw bonnet and red shawl , and about forty years ot age . Theother was much younger , apparently noteighteen . The superintendent ofthe police said every exertion had been made by them to discover the women , but
without avail . In the absence of all other evidence , the prisoner was discharged . The crowd collected , hearing the magistrates' decision , became furious against the accused , and but for the interference of the police he would have sustained personal injury . The police still prosecute the inquiry . The general impression entertained is , that the child ' s life has been made away with . Attemptku . Escape from Carnarvon County Gaol—On the 20 th inst , an attempt was made by six prisoners to escape from , this gaol . A person named James Healy led the way , by sealing the wall of the ward , which is connected with the boundary wall at right angles . He accomplished this by lashing together thrie long brush handles , on which he climbed . He soon succeeded in reaching the outer
wall , whichis only about eight feet higher than the other : and by means of a rope tied to the pojecting spikes , decended into the adjoining premises . Fortunately , however , Mr . Dixon ' s ( the gaoler ) suspicions having been excited during the day , he had ordered the turnkey to keep close watch upon tbe prisoners ; and when a second party named Griffith was preparing to make his descent , the turnkey entered and gave the alarm . Mr . Dixon immediately procseded to the other side of the wall ; and , having secured Griffith , went in search of Healy , whom he eventually found snujly situated under a flight of stairs leading from tbe garden to the parapet of the town walls , resting his body on a plank which projected from the prison wall , and sheltered from view by the lath work .
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Encumbered Estates Commission . —The commissioners have decided the much-litigated question ofthe carriage of the decree of sale ofthe Portarlington estates , by selecting Mr . Blount , one of tbe English " contributors" to the large loan raised upon mortgage by the late Earl of PortarVmgton . Lord Portarlington , Lord Lansdowne ( who ^ is first incumbrancer , ) and other parties deeply interested , appeared anxious that Mr . Blount should be selected ; and besides , the choice of that gentleman to conduct the sale was further recommended by the fact that
he is in possession already of the Mirveys , extracts of title , and other indispensable documents , the mere copying of which would involve considerable expense . Altogether , the grounds on which the commissioners appointed Mr . Blount for this responsible duty seem to have given general satisfaction to the body of the creditors , It has transpired , during the argument , that the proceeds of this magniflcant estate had been , for years past , * l ? j £ aten U P ^ Y ^ aw ex enses consequent upon the old Equity system of litigation and management , an -,, ? ev , the t a ' creditors had not received a shilling of interest for seven years .
- Thk Expected High Tides at Dublin .-The Avemng Post contains the following rather humorous correspondence between its editor , Frederick William Conway , and the Astronomy Royal for Ireland , on the subject of the anticipated high tide which is expected to submerge some of the low-lving portions . of the coast in the vicinity of Dublin : — Dublin Evening Post Office , Dec . 22 , 1819 . Mr Beas Sra Wkmak . —You will be surprised , no doubt , tliat I should apply to the Astronomer lloyal on n scientific subject , upon which , in good sooth , I do not pretend to be an adept ; but it is not on the ground of curiosity alone I trouble you . You may not have heard , but it is a fact , that considerable apprehension prevails at Kingstown , along the banks of the river , even in the Custom-house-at Ringsend , bandymount , & c , ofthe effects of a high tide , which , it is predicted , will occur on the 30 th inst .. on our coaet .
and , indeed , on almost every coast—by reason of the alarming proximity ofthe sun and moon to our planet , lhe Custom-house is quite in a bustle , removing a great part of the contents of its stores ; and the proprietors of salt works , and other persons whose places of business lie near the sea , are in great alarm , not tofiay panic , at the possible advent of this formidable tide . Now , my petition to you , as a sago learned in tbe way of the stars , as well as being one ofthe most eminent citizens , is , that you would wnte a short letter that I may publish-either to remove-^ o , S & ° ? th 8 t i arefelt ' OT > ^ there be- any real Z ^ JZ * ? alai ' m ' *? Stnte U > witutt ™ ° warning , so that precaution may be made to arrest , as far as posit hie , the resnlta . I am , my dear , Sir William , ivitn every feeling of respect and esteem , Host fnitllFiillu vmmo
*\ W . Conway . TiPi , «; „ 0 bsemt ° ry » near Dublin , Dec . 24 , 1849 . Tiinmnofi ? i ' " \ T I J '' 'lve masted my assistant , Mv . tidrK iS J l ^ scal ( iulations « kttve to the spring lc findsno ™ £ lSmonth J » e reports to me that nh £ E ? on . rea ? on to "l'ect that the tide in question will obtain any extraordinary height . Of course it ma « be favoured by winds , but that we ^ nnottosee ! ' ^ 1 am » dear Mr , Conway , very truly yours , WiLUAK Rowan Hamilton . The Rights ov Photouty . -The following rather striking case , illustrative of a middleman ' s notions of the rights of property , was tried before the assistant-Sr ster ° L C 0 U ^ Oork ' at Kanttirh Sessions :- Honora Barrett v . Dbnis WCabiht ; " ~ . ^ ; « s Jones appeared for the nlaintiff . and
saw that this was one of those cases of most harassing , mS « f ^ rm , d ( 1 e P J ^ 'aer to an unfortunate under-tenant The pjamtiff , who was a poor woman , fJ IT' rt " ?'? nt chi , d ' held a sma 11 tut from ! £ hf , f l 5 a ? ' ln cons'deration of his thatching the hut she was to pay a sum of £ 1 at Michaelmas , lhe hut was left in such a state that it fell down on dlS ^ i , ye fcth ? lafldloru se » fc tff ° mento fo & A e rI 1 ? ^ morninS' effectually performed their duty to their kind-hearted master . They notonly took every bit of furniture thepoor womanliad but , the woman being at that time in bed , stripped
ten ^ hS iT * ' bedfothes > which she was then ying , took her very shoes wh ch were lyin * beside toi nhioh tho poor child in vain asked , and the very tpn » n 0 SUg u ^ pW liad P' -o ^ ded for their sustenance . Having thus gutted the hut ; they next n P ° e vS '» ° ? 80 me d ?>' subsequent-not to the next market-town , ag they were bound to do , but-SuSr ^ fS 1 - Tl cverythin § t ^ t was seised was Sn wt K Uade t j , ese circumstances the present t ™ _ " 3 ^ "sM for the statutable nenaltv \ -Mr .
wh 7 n the Clf T ° r ? S ° ine faota h-1 ™ *« " ««!» SSn £ ^ in nP " M l 8 ter - - Coate 9 > asked de ' B ? Mp ^ H ^'^ oriarty , what defence he is that L M My : ' - - def ' cnce > yow ™ sbip , rLtdue ~ rient v , Seized thcse th » 'Ss f ° r ri ' forlcandldh ? mi If B , 'y ° u ffiusfc prove it legally , from m £ ll r £ that y ° u wil 1 « « ° " ^ m * m me bero ' J nave to tell you that the distress in
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29121849/page/6/
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