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Heaith op Lokdos dubikg TflK Week . —In ibe weekending last Saturday , the deaths refdstered in the metropolitan _district were S 66 , a number which , it is satisfactory to find , is stilt helowHhe average _Corrected for increase of population , though it almost exact y coincides with the average if taken without such correction . During tbe corresponding weeks of ten previous _yeaw . 1840-9 , the deaths rose by nearly constant progression from 795 , in tbe first year , to 979 in 1848 ; tbe average , with an addition for present population is 944 , compared with which the number returned last week shows a decrease of 78 . Tiie deaths included in the zymotic or epidemic class amount in the present retara to 156 : the corrected
average is 196 . Of special epidemics , small pox was fetal to six children and two adults ; scarlatina to 13 , both diseases , but particularly the latter , showing a less mortality than usual . Measles destroyed 23 children , and a man of thirty-five years , who , according to medical certificate , died of " measles ( 1 days ) typhus ( 5 days ); " hooping-cough 5 children ; these diseases at present do not vary much from the average . II persons died of diarrhoea . In a house in Chandos-street , visited by Mr . Leonard , tbe refuse of fish is kept till the smell is intolerable , aud the air is so vitiated that some of the . inmates have diarrhoea , sod have suffered during tbe last two months from the complaint 32 persons died of typhus } which is still less than the
average , but exhibits a slight tendency to increase a young boy died of intermittent fever : 12 women died in child-bearing , to six of whom death is ascribed to puerperal _fever . Diseases of the _respira-ory organs , exclusive of consumption , numbered in the last week 138 , being more than bave occurred usually at this season of the vear ; the average is 112 . Consumption carried off 125 persons ; it fluctuated in the corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , between-103 deaths and 163 . In the case of a lime-porter who died at the age of 50 , this disease was produced by the irritation ef lime dust , to which he was exposed in his occupation . The deaths of two women are recorded as the' direct result of intemperance : and besides
these a blacksmith banged himself , in a state of unsound mind caused hy intemperance ; and a clerk , aged 24 years , drowned himself "in temporary in * sanity brought on by excessive drinking . " _Theciassification of deaths in public institutions show tbat GO deaths ' were registered as having occurred in workhouses . '; 50 in _hospitals ; 6 in lunatic asylums ; and 4 in the R ' . yal Hospital , Greenwich . —The mean daily reading of the barometer in the week was 29 _' 486 in . The mean temperature was 55 deg . 5 min _., and was rather higher thaa the average of the same week in seven years . On Tuesday the mean temperature was 6 deg . above tiie average of the same day ; on Wednesday , Friday , and Saturday , it was more than J deg . below it- _ -
Love ' _asd Suicide . —On Saturday evening last an inguest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Old Mitre Tavern , Broad-wall , respecting the death of Thomas Hunt Cooper , aged 29 , lately residing at No . 5 , Jlnightrider-court , Doctor ' s Commons . Elizabeth Straker stated that she had known the deceased for many years , and she bad frequently been annoyed by him , _particularly during the last fourteen weeks . He had frequently asked witness if she would have him . She always begged him to go away , and upon one occasion she was so much interrupted by him tbat she threatened to apply to a magistrate . On Saturday last deceased called at her house , and-when she opened the door to him he held a pistol at her , and raid he would blow her brains out . Upon this she ran up stairs , and called the landlord of the house . ' They immediately afterwards heard tbe report of a pistol , and upon going down into the parlour , discoveredthe deceased lying on the floor a
corpse .- The upper part of his head appeared to be _blown to piece ? , and a pistol was lying ly his side The police were called in , and the following letter , addressed to his father , in the handwriting of tiie deceased , was found in his pocket : — " Dear Fa : her —When you receive this I shall be no more , for I have made up my mind to live no longer without Miss Straker . iter shadow is always following me , and my thoughts are constantly with her . —Your affectionate son , Thomas Cooper . " Mr . Tebbits , a surgeon , proved tbe nature of the wound , and- the father of the deceased having been examined , together with other witnesses , the jury unanimously agreed _ti a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " As Ixquest was held on Saturday evening last hy Mr . T . _Higgg , coroner , at tbe Lyceum Tavern , Strand , on the body of William Upfold , aged 34 , a carpenter , employed abrard the Chinese Junk Keying . The evidence of the witnesses proved that the deceased accidentally fell into the water and was drowned . —Verdict accordingly .
AuruftKG Fire akd Explosion . —On Sunday afternoon , between the hours bf four and five , confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of tiie Adelphi Theatre owing to the sudden outbreak ef a very alarming fire , succeeded by a terrific explosion of combustibles , in tbe premises belonging to Messrs . Freeman , Roe , and Hansom , hydraulic and gas _ensioeers . 70 , Strand , facing the entrance to tbe above place of amusement . The _disatter originated in the third floor front from the following cause : — A number of railway signal lights had been deposited in tbat part of the building on account of its being considered tbe most secure from fire ; the sun ,
bowever , baring set _upan the windows , its rays were conceutra-ed npon one of the tin packages containing a variety of the signal lights , and the consequence was that it became so hot as to cause tbe contents to explode . The engines attended , and the firemen set to work . Whilst they were so _employed another explosion took place . The firemen eventually succeeded in confining the fire to the top part of the premises , which wis burnt out , and tbe whole of tbe lower floors severely damaged by water . Messrs . Simpkins printing-office , and the Society of Arts exhibition , at the rear , fortunately received not tbe least- _injurv ..
A Balloos ov & sew _vora was inflated at the gas works , _Keunington-oval _, on the 24 th ult ., and afterwards ascended with its inventcr , a Mr . Bell , from that place , ou the evening of tbe same day . The appearance ofa cairoon ofa singular form traversing the metropolis occasioned some speculation as to whether the frail car , from its oscillating gyrations , contained an animate or inanimate aeronaut . The occuputof the car was the gentleman abovementioned , who manoeuvred his bark through tbe realms of air with a dexterity that puts all his contemporaries in the shade . Without endeavouring minutely
to describe this new balloon , it may be btieBv stated tbat it is of an elliptic shape , somewhat rrsemblingin form the Spanish melon or vegetable marrow , manufactured of the finest silk , with netting of cordage , and with a spring valve constructed on an entirely new principle . It was estimated that the balloon would contain about 15 , 000 cubic feet of gas , its dimensions being fifty feet in length ahd twenty-two feet in diameter . It reached the earth again safely at Uigh Laver , in Essex , but in its descent a man named Frederick Clark , who was attempting to render fcssistanee , was killed by the grapnel .
Launch of thb Wasp Steam-vessel . —The announcement that the launch of the Wasp steamvessel was . to take place oa Tuesday from the Deptford _dack-yard attracted a vast crowd of . spectators . The vessel has been for some considerable _tinre on tbe stocks .. After the usual ceremonies had been gone _through , the vessel drifted out , amidst the cheers of the multitude , the band playing " Rule Britannia . " Thb _Cenibal Gas Company . —On Tuesday several witnesses were examined by the committee . Mr . Tite ,- the architect , was of opinion that the estimate for- the construction i > f the new company ' s works was sufficient , and Mr . Radford , C . E ., deposed that tbe mains might be laid down in the thoroughfares without difficulty and within four months . .
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The Levesok-sibeet Murders . —Tbe _circumstances attending the _Lsveson-stceet murders have heeu painfully brought tomind . The-ship Duncan , of which Captain Henrichson was master , left Liverpool on a voyage to Calcutta , under ths command of Parry , farmerly chief mate . On the outward voyage the sou of ; Mary Parr ,- ( the servant of Mrs . flenriclisod , and who shared her melancholy fdte ) , who was an apprentice in the vessel , fell overboard , and was drowned . Another serious casualty occeurred Captain Parry , who had been married only five days before leaving Liverpool , fell from the poop rail , and ira 3 killed . -
PATAl -ACCIDEKT TO A CtBROYMAV . — East-BODBKE , SatCBDAT- — 'A melancholy sensation ha _$ pervaded this neigbourhood by an accident of a irightfal character , happening on that prominent headland so well known to mariners passing up and down Channel , ia ., Beachy Head , which is as many may be aware , some 200 or 300 feet in height from low water mark . In the course of Saturday afternoon the Rev . Henry James , the respected vicar of Willingdon , accompanied by his daughter and the Bev . Henry Watson , of _Levington / went for a stroll along the coast , and in their ramble proceeded to descend the rocks . Thev got a short way down , vhea Mr . Watson urged the unfortunate gentleman not to proceed any farther , in consequence of the . extreme danger attending the descent . He ,
unfortunately , persisted in . descending , and Mr . Watson , requested big daughter to remain with him on the top of thejcliflL . Finding the cliff very steep , he agreed to leave his daughter behind , and he then descended alone , and soon got ont of sight . After eome time Mrv Watson , in consequence of not seeing gedeceaseiTtm the beach below , called out to him . _Jletanjwered _, bnt what he said could not be heard jar . Watson , fearin _? him to be irdanger , descended the cliff a short diitsnee , bat conld not see him . JIs _sftsrwards beard himcry out , " For God ' s sakedou _' t < » ine ; 1 vehurt myself very much . " Mr .- Watson than alarmed the coast-guard , and with Mr .-James ' s servant ran round * o the beacb , where the deceased was found lying on the sand , apparently lifeless £ : ool was flowing from the mouth and nose , and his
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body ** s shockingly bruised , and evidently life-had been extinct some time , considerable delay having transpired in getting from the _sumniit of the cliff to where the unfortunate " gentleman lay . An inquest has been held on the remains of the deceased , and a verdict of " Accidental death " recorded , it _appearingsatisfactoril y that he bad fallen from the " Head , while in the act of descending . He was in his thjrtyeighthyear . _Bkeweby _Accidbht . —Three Men _Scaxded to J ) EATB .--An accident of a frightful nature occurred last week at the brewery of Messrs ., Lyon and Greenalls , Wilderspool , Warrington . It appears that four of the men employed as brewers , at this establishment , named Charles Bate , two Johnsons ( father and son ) , and a man named Cartwnght , had afterwards to
been assisting to brew , and empty grains , the liquor having been run out of the copper into the hop-beck . The operation of emptjing grains being a warm one , the men left their job , and proceeded to a small apartment , in one corner of , the building , and not far from the copper pan , for the purpose of getting some refreshment , when , painful to relate , in a few minutes afterwards a loud crash was heard , which was followed by the falling and bursting of the hop-beck , which had only a short time previously been filled with _boiling liquor , computed at about eighty barrels . Tbe vessel in question was supported at a height ef twelve feet from the floor by _ibree huge beams , which rested upon a bricked archway . The beams were completely snapped asunder , causing the vessel to come' in contact with the bricked arch underneath . The
consequence was , the bottom ofthe bop-beck was knocked _outj . and , to the horror of the unfortunate men , the boiling liquid rushed , in streams , to all parts of the building , and more particularly into that-place where they were sitting , the poor fellows being literally inundated , . being up to their breasts in it , and without ; the least chance of escape . - As 6 oon as it we 3 found practicable , every assistance was rendered to the sufferers , who were got out with all gossible haste . Bate was conveyed borne , quite insensible , being dreadfully scalded ; the two Johnsons and Cartwright were also in a similar state . Messrs . Hardv and Hunt , surgeons , were prompt in their exertion ' s to render every aid , but , we are sorry" to say they are to little purpose . The unfortunate man , Bate , together with the Johnsons , expired during Wednesday night , and Cartwright is not expected to
recover . Mcelder o ¥ a Child bt jts Moihkk . —An in quest was held on Saturday last at the Union-house , Fareham , before C . B . Longcroft , Esq ., coroner , on the body of a female child , found in a wheat field , near Fareham , on the 23 rd ult , and which had been destroyed by its mother immediately after birth . Tbe woman , who is about twenty-three years of age , is daughter of labouring people employed at Tangier Farm , Copnor , near Portsmouth , and had been in the employ of- Mrs . Evans , at Droxford , but left about three months since . She returned again , and was taxed by a witness , another servant of Mrs . Evans , with being near her confinement . She denied it , but from the suspicions entertained she left to
return home . She was brought from Droxford by Richard Bennett , a carrier , and' she got down at the Old Vine , about two miles from Fareham . She Was soon afterwards spoken to by a labouring man who saw her sitting by the road-side , and heard the faint cry of a child , which was in ber lap and covered by her gown . He walked on , but soon returned to the (• lace , and he was induced to make a search , which resulted in the discovery of a child , which was then alive , in a wheat field near' tbe spat where the woman had been sitting . Tbe infant was taken to the Union-house , where it died a quarter of ah hour after it-was brought in . —W . Case , surgeon , of Newtown , deposed to going to the Union-boose to see a child . It was a full-grown female child , " breathing faintly . There were severe bruises in the face and right temple , a cut across the Hose , and another on tbe right temple ; the left temple was braised and cat also . Found a large quantity of blood diffused
overtne wnole skull , between that and the scalp . There was a fracture of tbe skull extending from the right ear upwards over the top of the head and half way down ou tho left side . The cause of death was injuriesjthe brain had received from tha fractures and bruises . Went to eximine the young woman at the police station , and she admitted she had had a child . — The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against Ann Goodall . " Dbaih of Miss Jase Porter . — The death of this celebrated authoress , whose writings , " Thaddeus of Warsaw , " "The Scottish Chiefs , " " Pastor ' sFireside , " & c ., must be well known to our readers , took place at the residence of her brother , Dr . W . 0 . Porter , of Bristol , on the 23 rd ult . Miss Porter ' s disease was a second attack of pulmonary apoplexy . She was in her seventv-fourth year , and maintained the vigour ofher intellect and herhabitual cheerfulness of disposition till the close of her life .
Charge op Forgery at Leeds . —Mr . ' Augustus Holman , aud his son , Mr . * Joseph Holman , of Silver Royd Hill , Wortley . and of Farnley . both in the borough of Leeds , woollen-cloth manufacturers , were apprehended on tbe 24 th nit ., by Mr . Reed , the chief constable of that borough , on a warrant , charging them with having forged and uttered two acceptances , one for the payment of £ 390 , and the other for the payment of £ 330133 . 6 d . The former , purported to have been signed by Messrs . Rodger , Best , and Co ., of Liverpool , and the latter by Messf ' sr Miller , Mackay , and Co .,. also of Liverpool . Both these acceptances had been pa d into the bank of Messrs . Beckett and Co ., of Leeds , upon the oath of one of the partners in which firm the warrant for the apprehension of the prisoners was issued . After the prisoners had undergone a brief examination before Mr . D . Lupton and Mr . J . Wilkinson , two of the
Leeds magistrates , they were remanded . The elder prisoner is forty-two years of age , and , as a manufacturer , he employed from 100 to 200 persons , by whom , and the public generally he was much respected * His son-is only twenty years of age . The apprehension of father and son on such serious charges has excited considerable surprise amongst the manufacturers -and merchants of the West Riding . On Wednesday Augustus Holman and his son , Joseph Holman , were brought before the Leeds magistrates , charged with having forged bills of exchange , to a large amount , upon several shipping firms in Liverpool . The whole of the evidence having been read over , the prisoners were asked if they had anything to say in reply to tbe charges made against them , when they replied in the negative ,-and were both committed to York Castle for trial at the next assizes .
The storm of the 23 rd ult . was felt with extraordinary violence at Stoke , Staffordshire . In the railway station , in consequence ofthe excess of electricity in the atmosphere , the needles of the telegraphic ofiice would not act , and about four o ' clock a loud explosion was heard , and smoke seen issuing from Ihe instrument connected with tbe Derby line . Instantaneously the whole apartment seemed to be filled with flame , and a sulphureous smell was perceived . On _examination it was discovered that there had been a fusion of the wires of two of the lightning conductors used under the instruments to prevent the demagnetising of the needles through meteorolo
gical changes , aud to transmit tothe earth the superfluous electricity . A Soldier rolled io Death . — On Monday morning about seven o ' clock a patty of soldiers _belonging to the 28 th Regt ., at Portsmouth , having been on fatigue on South Sea Common , were returning to quarters , drawing after them a very large iron roller charged with iron shot , when , in descending the road to the centre of the glacis at a rapid pace to escape the rain at the time falling , one of the men . ell , and in an instant the ponderous machine passed over the unfortunate fellow , whose head ahd body were so fearfully , crushed that instantaneous death resulted .
Charge of Ill-treating Emigrants . —The second mate of the ship Jamestown , a coloured American , was charged under the following circumstances : —At Liverpool , on Thursday , upwards of sixty emigrants were conveyed by the steward of Mr . Sabel _' s establishment ; in _Moornelds , on board the above ship , preparatory to sailing for New York the same evening . Dating the time the steward was in the steerage talking to some of the emigrants , ho found that his pocket had been picked and a boy being seized as the delinquent , some disturbance arose . Then ( as sworn to by a number of the emigrants , who appeared with their heads bandaged , and showed other symptoms of having been seriously injured ) , the second mate came down the hatchway
toukthe boy from -them , and commenced an indiscriminate attack upon those present , without the least provocation . Many were knocked down , and others cut and bruised , the mate striking in all directions , with his fist and an open knife . This _evidence was positively denied by the mate , and auumber of witnesses were called who threw quite a different aspect on the affair . They swore that the boy was taken away to be given into custody , upon which the mate was struck in the face by one of the emigrants ; that , on his resisting this usage by returning the blow , he was attacked by all who could get near him . brandishing knives , and one _adasger ; and , that if _assistance had not promptly been rendered , he would have been killed . The wounds must bave been received in the melie , as . all the witnesses distinctly
swore that the emigrants were the only parties with knives . —Mr . Rushton said , it appealed that the emigrants must have laboured under a misapprehension that the mate was rescuing the boy , and were the aggressors , and therefore dismissed the case . Tivo £ 40 Bask Notes Stolen . —On the 17 th ult . a letter enclosing two Bank of England notes for £ 40 each was posted in London , addressed to "Mr . Ambrose Smith * sharebroker , in Leeds , but neither the letter nor the cash came into Mr . Smith ' s hands . On Mr . Josiah Bates , of London , who had remitted _feke money , being applied to , he stated that tbe notes sent were numbered 95 , 020 and 95 , 021 , and notice that they were missing was forthwith given to bankers and others . It was at first thought that tbe post-office was not clear bf blame but it now turns out that an errand boy in tbe ofiice . of Mr . Smith is
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the guilty party , he having taken the letter and money into his own possession . The boy ' s name is Abraham Haigh : be is , only , 16 years of age , abd had been in Mr . Smith's service about three months . On Tuesday be was brought up before the ") Leeds justices on the charge . It seems that on Saturday , the 18 th inst .,. he . called at a grocer s shop , kept by Mr . Illing worih , in West-street , and obtained change for one £ 40 note , pretending that he had been sent by Messrs . Hebblewaitb , brothers , wine _mercbants , whose clerk he professed to be . On this becoming known , further inquiry was made , and the boy was taken into custody by the superintendent of police , who at once charged him with the robbery . The lad denied the robbery , but admitted having changed a £ 40 note at Mr . Illingsworth _' _s shop , and said the
money was secreted at his mother a house , not far from the mantel-shelf . ; The superintendent of police ( Mr . James ) on going there , feund inside , the fire-place a parcel wrapped up in brown paper , and on opening it found tbat it contained one of tbe stolen notes for £ 40 , numbered 95 , 020 , and five other £ 5 notes . On telling the prisoner that he had found one of the stolen notes , the prisoner said he would tell them all about it . The letter had been opened by one of the clerks , who took out the money , and gave it him to get change . On searching the _prisoner ' s person there was found upon him £ 2 . 10 s . lOd . in money , a new silver watch , and , in his box at home , a musical box , and a silver pencil case , _belonging to his master . When asked by the _macistrates what he had to say , be simply repeated
what he had before alleged , that one of the clerks had given him the money to get changed . The justices committed him for trial . A _Bwcksjiith ' s "Wedding , km _aFatalUubuu . —An accident of _aj fatal and most _| extraordinary nature , arising out" of the celebration of a wedding , took place at _Bradfield on the 24 th ult ., and through which a master blacksmith at that place lost bis life . It appears it is the custom in some locations , as it is at Bradfield , for tbe blacksmiths ofthe p lace when , one of their craft marries , to fire a rejoicing salute by what they call " blowing up tbe anvil . " A wedding of the kind was fixed for Friday , and Mr . John Scrivener , in compliance withthe custom , had made preparations for the blowing up , at all times a dangerous , and almost insane proceeding . The
process is to turn up tbe suwil , fill a hole in it with powder , and plug it tightly in ; this had been done by Mr . Scrivener , preparatory to firing it , it being his intention to effect this by means of along iron rod heated for the purpose ; . but not having adjusted the plug to his mind he took up a hammer and gave it a blow when the powder exploded , probably' from . their being , a piece of . gi'it between it and the iron , and tbe handle ofthe sledge hammer , upon which he was resting , was driven through his body . He fell instantly dead , the wei g ht ofthe hammer head pulling the handle from his body as ho was falling . The deceased was a fine man , ' twenty-eight years of age , and was married , but had no children . An inquest was held on Saturday last , when a verdict of' Accidental death" was
recorded . TnE Manning op Emigrant Ships . —At the Plymouth Guildhall , on Saturday , May 25 th , a case of considerable interest in connexion with emigration ships , came on for hearing before the sitting magistrates , the mayor , ( John Moore , Esq ., ) and Colonel Dunsterville , H . E . I . C . S ., in which hve seamen belonging to the emigrant ship , William Stevenson , bound from London to Adelaide , New ! South Wales , and which ship is chartered by Messrs . Woolley and Gull , of London , and who gave their names as Edward French , Henry Croger , Peter Graham , William Roberts , and Thomas _Knowles , were charged ' by the captain , Thomas Williams , with having refused to ge to sea . —Mr . Edmonds-was engaged for the captain . —The five prisoners , -who were
cleanlooking and . powerful men , and apparently perfect seamen , were severally asked if they were willing to go on board , and they all answered no , as she was not properly manned , —Edward Leach George was then sworn . He said : I was ou board tho vessel William Stevenson last evening and saw the crew . I think she is sufficiently manned . She has the proper complement , and tbey are a fine set of men . —The _prisosers said .: " They're a fine set of men are they—they are nearly all landsmen . "—Witness There are thirty-six in the ship . —Prisoners : Thirty-six may be on board , but they are not able seamen . —Edward French : There are only twelve able seamen amongst ' the Jot . —Witness ,:,. ! was seventeen years at sea , and for five years was commander . -1 should say _( he vessel was manned in a
superior manner . —The Mayor Bald he wished them ( the prisoners ) to understand' that they would be imprisoned if they persisted in their refusal , and that he had no power to restore their clothes to them . —French said : I still refuse to go , whatever may be the consequence ; if I lose my clothes and go a begging . —The Mayor then sentenced him to bo imprisoned in the Borough Gaol for thirty days , —The other prisoners came forward one by one , and persisted in their refusal . They were all sentenced to a similar term of confinement . As they were passing towards the prison , they asked that their papers and certificates at least might be restored to them . —The Mayor gave directions that this should be done , and the captain promised to
attend to it . —The Mayor then said to the prisoners , " If ? I had any power to order the restitution of your clothes , 1 would do _nV' - _^ Co lonel Dunsterville signijjed _^ _hat he . eu ' ssehted fro _^^ and on the ground that they were well Aware of what tbe state of the ship was when they engaged . The men were then removed . —A passenger , who had interrupted the proceedings , of the preceding case , was now asked by Mr . Edmonds , what complaint be had to make ?—He said that he and some others of the passengers feared the ship was not properly manned , from the singularity of finding men . witling to lose employment and their' clothes , and ready to go to prison , rather than go to sea in tbe vessel . —The magistrates said theyhad no jurisdiction in the matter . ' ' ,- "*''
The Late _Hosiioh Bank . —The * affairs of the _Honiton Bank have at length been wound up in Bankruptcy . Melanoholt Accident and Loss op Lite at Morecambe Bav . —Several families resident in Manchester bave been thrown into great distress by the tidings ofa most painful and iatal occurrence , at Morecambe Bay . The whole of the details bave not yet reached the relatives of the sufferers , but the following general particulars may be relied upon : —A large party of ladies and gentlemen had left Manchester to spend the Whitsuntide holidays at a watering place in the neighbourhood of Morecambe Bay , and on Friday morning a boating party was formed tocroBB the water from Silverdale to Grange , consisting of five gentlemen , five ladies ,
and two men servants . The names of the ladies 1 have not ascertained ; but the gentlemen were Mr , John Morris , solicitor , Manchester ; Mr . North , land aud building agent , and Mr . _Kortb , jun ., bis son ; Mr . Alfred Coates ( son of Mr . Coates , late cotton merchant , and now resident , iu Plymouth _grove , ) and for . Porter , also of Manchester . In the afternoon , Mr . Morris and Mr . North , sen ., returned with the ladies to Silverdale , crossing the sands at low water in a car , but tbe gentlemen determined to wait till the tide served in the evening , and recross the bay in a boat . It would be high water at eleven o ' clock , and it is supposed that the ; gentlemen attempted to cross the water at that time . Their friends , however , at Silverdale remained in painful suspense till the following morning , without
tidings of them , and at daylight intelligence was brought them of the boat being found capsized on the sands , with the dead bodies of Mr . Coates , Mr , North , jun ., and Mr . Porter lying near it . It is said there were two other bodies found , but whether they were those of the two men servants , or of other persons , I did not learn . The Manchester Examiner supplies tho following particulars , and the result of the inquest : — " Before they had gone far on their journey down the sands , they must have found that tbe tide was insensibly overtaking them ; aud when they neared tbe boat , they discovered too late that they were surrounded so effectually by the tide , that either to reach the boat or return was impossible . The bodies were _fourioVthe next morning by a person who was fishing on the Bpot
and tho position in which they Jay , disolosed . _'how desperate had been the struggle for li fe whlchthey had made . In their death agony each had . grasped tbe other , and they wero all cast upon the beach in a mass . An inquest was held onMonday evening , at Heat Bank Bote ] , before Mr . Gardner , coroner , when two men named . Ashburn and Fisher , confessed that they heard on Friday evening a cry for help from " some parties seemingly in' distress , and could even distinguish the words , " Lost , lost , " and yet'ibey ' neither stirred hand nor foot to obtain assistance , but excused _themselves on the ground that it was tbo late at the time to do so ! The verdict was simply Accidental death . ' " Gallant Conduct . —Portsmouth . —About halfpast two p . m .. on Sunday / afternoon a marine named
Crawford fell overboard by accident , and would have been drowned , had it not been for . tbe praiseworthy conduct of Mr . Henry Neale Scaife , the clerk of ber Majesty ' s yacht Victoria and Albert , wbb , hearing a boat called away to pick up tbe man , immediately rushed on deck and jumped overboard just in time to save him from a watery grave . This is the third . person Mr . Scaife has saved from death by bis gallantry ; the last previous case occurred in December last , about dusk , when one of the ordinary boats belonging to the Belvidera frigate was upset by getting athwart of the Admiral Superintendent ' s yacht : a woman would bave been drowned had not . Mr . Scaife , ( wiio was going off to the Royal yacht ' s bulk in a _watfoman ' s boat ) pulled towards her aud jumped ovjrboard to her rescue . The first case occurred abro / d , ' when he saved a French sailor from drowning (
, Further Seizures of Smuggled Tob 4 _CCoKt Bristol . —Since the _seizure of 5 , 000 lbs . of smugged tobacco at Bristol last week , the authorities atlhe Custom-house in that city have succeeded in _possessing themselves of about 2 , 000 lbs . more _qf tobaco packed in bales of _^ similar character , and none ol it entered for duty . lb consequence of a key be ic found on one of tbe prisoners , which fitted a stab ! in
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the rieiefibburhbbd of Broadmead , that place was _Srched , and a quantity of tobacco found . Some o _hKeSre _also . discove thev had evidently been thrbwntq avoid detection , The whole quantity _hwheen . _seiwd _. andanotherman has been taken into custody , upon a charge of being concerned in the smuggling . „ ' ' , . The Portsmouth Statues . —The statues of we Duke of Wellington and Lord Viscount Nelson were moved from the railway terminus on Saturday test , alongside the pedestals on _Southsea beach , on w hicb they will be p laced during the course of the week , though the inauguration will hot take place before the 18 th of June . The Gallic cook , placed in a degrading _nosition under the foot of the Duke , has been removed—" chipped off " -without . detriment , to the effect of the statue . . _'' .
„ , Mors secret Poisonings in Essex . ' ~ An _inouiry , adjourned by Mr . C . C ; Lewis , the coroner , from the 20 th instant , was resumed on Tuesday at Clavering ( a small village , six miles distant from Newport , Essex , and the scene of tho murders of children by poisoning about five years since , ) respecting the death of Richard Cheabara , the father of those children , and who it now appears died from the effects of arsenic . The deceased was the husband of the woman Sarah Chesham ,, who was tried at the assizes for tho murders and was acquitted , On the 4 th of February last he sent to the relieving officer of Clavering parish for an order for medical aid , whicb was granted , the relieving officer visiting him from time to time until the period of his death ,
which took place last Thursday , fortnight . On the visit of the officer deceased complained of constant vomiting , pains in the chest , and could not bear any weight on his body . Subsequently the officer saw him several times ; at times he was better , ' and seemed to be recovering , and atotheraappeared worse through attacks of vomiting and purging . Mr . Hawks , surgeon , at Clavering , deposed to attending on the deceased by order of the relieving officer , and described his illness in similar terras . Since death he had made a post mortem examination of the body . The lungs were full of tubercles . Tbe cause of death be considered to be consumption . In . consequencc of some suspicious circumstances which came to the knowledge of the coroner and jury , 'it
was determined to ¦ subject the intestines and stomach to ananalysation , and for ; that purpose they were forwarded to Mr . Taylor , the professor of chemistry at _Guj'b Hospital . The coroner informed tbe jury he had received a communication , from that gentleman , intimating he had detected arsenic in tbe remains he had analysed . The inquiry was adjourned , to enable the authorities to obtain further evidence . . Homicide at Sheffield . —On Monday evening a man named Law was killed in a beer-house at _Shefbeld , under circumstances of gross atrocity . During tho day he had been drinking with a woman named Lydia Robinson .. At five in the . afternoon tbey were at a low beer-house , in Sim's Croft . They
drank two pints of ale , whicb Law paid for . He called for a third pint , and , after another woman , with whom he was acquainted , had drunk out of it , he refused to pay for it , Baying he had no money . Hereupon an angry altercation ensued , whioh was put an end to by the landlady consenting to take back the beer . Four young men , who were drinking in the same room , accosted Law with indecent epithets , and called him a shabby fellow . Law was very drunk , but he had not previously shown any disposition to . quarrel . Exasperated at length by their taunts , he sprang up , and darting towards one of the young men , he exclaimed , "At any rate , I am man enough for thee , " at the same time aiming a blow at him . The four men then set upon him and knocked bim down upon the hearth . The woman Robinson stepped in front of him , and endeavoured to protect him from further violence , In this she succeeded for some moments ; but one of
the four young men rushed past her , and ina great rage leapt upon a table , swearing that ho would "jump Law ' s entrails out . " He immediately leaped with all his weight upon Law ' s breast . Tbe suddenness and force of the contusion caused the blood , to gush from the _prostrate man ' s mouth and nostrils , and be died almost instantly , without uttering a word . Great confusion and alarm succeeded , amidst wbich the four young men made their escape . Their names , and a description of their appearance , were as soon as possible communicated to the police , and officers were despatched in search of them . During the same evening one of them , named Bernard Housley , was apprehended . The other three are well known to the police . They are at large , but it is expected tbey will surrender . Housley was taken before tbe magistrates at tbe Town-ballon Tuesday and remanded , his compa nions not having been apprehended .
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Suicide In The Cavalkx Baiwacks, Glasgow...
Suicide in the _Cavalkx Baiwacks , Glasgow . — On Sunday morning a most determined case of selfdestruction occurred in the cavalry barracks on the south side of the river . A private , named Joseph Seston , in the regiment at present stationed herethe 13 th Light Dragoons—while in his ward , about the time in question , deliberately took down bis carbine and shot himself through the head . The report brought ' some people immediately to his assistance , but . death was . found to have been all but instantaneous . No reason _canibe assigned for tbe suicide .
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Awful _Muhdeb . —Great excitement was created in , Dublin by an account announcing tho murder , of Mr . Robert Lindsay Mauleverer , a magistrate of the county of Londonderry , and an agent over extensive estates in tho north of Ireland . . Tho Ulster papers of Saturday bring full confirmation of the dreadful event , which seems to have Created a deep sensation _throughout the whole province . The most detailed version of the" horrible affair is furnished bythoMivry Examiner , and is as follows : — " It has become our melancholy duty to record this day as atrocious a murder as ever was committed in blood-stained Tipperary itself . The victim is Mr . R . Mauleverer . He was land agent on the Tipping and Hamilton estates , in the baronv of Upper lews ,
in tho county of Armagh . From the letter of a correspondent we glean the following particulars : — Atthetimo the savage deed was perpetrated the unfortunate gentleman was on his way to meet the down train on the Dundalk and _Enniskillen Railway , on Thursday last , about one ; o ' clock . He was travelling on an _outside-car , when he was shot through the . head , and killed on the spot . The driver states that when the fatal shot was fired his horse took fright . and galloped a considerable distance before he could restrain him . On returning to where the murdered gentleman lay , after being absent sometime , he found bim _weltering in his blood , and presenting a truly fearful spectacle . The place where tbo murder was committed was
well selected by the assassin with a view to his escape . It is a lonely valley a considerable distance from any dwelling-house , sheltered by rock ' s on either side of the roa _, d . "Various causes are assigned , none of them materially differing from thoso out of which agrarian outrages have usually arisen , for the perpetration of this terrible tragedy . It is certain robbery was not the object of the assassin , as Mr . Mauleverer had on his person a gold watch and chain , as also a sum of money , all of which wero left untouched . The ill-fated gentleman had been engaged of late in serving ejectment notices on a very extensive scale , to the number , it is said , of some hundreds , on the properties for which he was agent , as also in seizing for ronts and arrears . At
the Urossmaglen petty sessions on Saturday last several men and women were proceeded against at his instance for rescuing cattle seized by a number of his bailiffs . Informations were ordered against the parties ; but it afterwards appearing that the notices'for distraint were illogally served , tho prosecution failed . Two persons have been arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in tho murder . They were seen in the locality before the murder ; they were subsequently arrested coming in tho direction of this county , with blood upon their olothos . The deoeased was about forty-five years of age , aud-resided in Maghera , county of Deny . Ho was a justice ofthe peaoe , and son to the Jaie rector of Tynan , in the county of Armagh . His
mother still resides in Armagh . " It is stated that a police party will be at once located in the townland where the murder was committed , the expense of their maintenance to be borne by the ratepayers , until the discovery of the perpetrators . Crossmaglen is described as one of tho worst districts in the northern province . It is stated by the Northern Whig that " the country people , instead of seizing tbe assassin , showed tbeiv diabolical feeling by striking the body with their spades . " The same journal adds , that some ejeotments were to have been effected on the day tho murder occurred . The verdict at tho inquest on the remains of this unfortunate gentlemen was " wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " Tho latest particulars connected with this most atrocious murder are given in _Jhe following remarkable statement which we take from the Newry Telegraph of ' Tuesday :
• ' immediately after the inquest Had concluded , Mr , Singleton commenced a searching inquiry , in his magisterial capacity , and was engaged in it until a late hour on Saturday night . Ho received , a great many informations , tho substance of which may be presented in a short compass . Two farmers returning to their homes , from Crossmaglen , along the Culloville-road , immediatel y after tbe murder , were the first persons who camo up tothe deceased . Thoy first'found the deceaseds great coat lying on the road . Proceeding a short distance onward , they found his hat ; and on ' advancing four or five porches further , tbey found his body lying on-the road-side , the blood oozing from his head , and his brains dashed out on the road . He was breathing ; His walking-stick was near him , alicovored with blood and somo hair at the heavy end ot it . From the place where his great coat was found to the spot , where the body lay , the distance
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is between thirty and forty perohes ; and it is evident ,, from the position in which his coat and bat were found , that there must have been a continuous and desperate struggle between the deceased and the blood-thirsty assassins . Immediately after the two farmers arrived at the scene of murder , two men , named Bernard Hanratty and John _M'Atavey , were seen in a field not far from where the body was found , running across the country m the direction of Duadalk . Sub-Constable Benjamin Darlington , who had meantime come up , instantly pursued them , and followed them upwards of three miles , across tho country into the County Louth ; but was not able to overtake them / Being nearly overcome with fatigue _. he went to a police-station ,
gave information ofthe murder , and a description ofthe two men of whom he was in pursuit , and the direction in which they were running . Sub-Constables Steward and Farrell then took up the pursuit ; and being fresh , succeeded , in a short time , in overtaking and arresting Hanratty and M'Atavey , who were dripping with perspiration , and greatly fatigued . Hanratty made a desperate resistance . He caught hold of the constable ' s carbine twice , and only surrendered when the constable threatened that , if he did not yield , he would shoot him . His clothos were all covered with blood , which was not dry , and there were two fresh cuts on his bead . The deceased ' s stick bad been found lying near him . with blood and hair on it , at the handle or heavy end .
When the prisoners were brought back to Crossmaglen , and while the magisterial investigation was going on , the stick was laid on one of the cuts in Hanratty ' s head , and the marks and hair corresponded exactly with the angular handle of the stick , and the hair attached to it . Tho prisoner , M'Atavey , was seen loitering about Mr . _M'Donnell's hotel , about eleven o ' clock on the morning tbat deceased left . At that time he had on a cap . When he was arrested he had got on nanratty _' s hat , and the latter his cap . They were both fully committed by Mr . Singleton for trial , at the next Armagh Assizes . The story told by the car-driver , Patrick M'Nally , is utterly unworthy of credit ; and Mr . Singleton remanded . bim lor further
examination . It is impossible not to believe but that he saw some , at least , 6 f the parties who committed this hellish , crime . The cushion on which he sat was spotted with blood , the well of the car was covered with blood , and the cushion on which Mr . Mauleverer sat was spotted with blood . The struggle extended over a space measuring thirty perches . Yet M'Nally says that all this took place , and he saw no one all the time , excepting the deceased Traces of the wheels of the caf 'were found to within forty yards of where the body lay , on the righthand side of the road ; and then they suddenly struck off to the left side , as if the horse had given a sudden bound . There are no fewer than sixteen houses within a short distance of the spot , where tbe murder was committed . "
A serious riot took place last week at Raphoe , owing to the playing of some party tunes by the Orangemen . ' The _VicE-BOTAL'rr . —The London correspondent of _theEuenwo Mail gvvea the following statement : — " There are some grounds for believing that the Duke of Wellington is unfavourable to the project for the abolition ofthe Irish Vice-royalty . Whether his Grace will actively exhibit his disapprobation is difficult to say ; but I have heard , upon what I believe to be good authority , that he very plainly expressed his disgust at an arrangement which , to use his own words , " would , he supposed , place the commander of the troops under the orders ofthe Lord Mayor of Dublin , in case of another _Ballingarry rebellion . " The Limerick Examiner states that a copper mine bas just been discovered on the property of tho Messrs . narrold , in the immediate vicinity of Limerick .
The Roman Catholic Sxnod . —Tho four Irish Roman Catholic Archbishops met on the 24 th ult ,, when it was arranged that the Synod of the Bishops and superior _Clergy should be held at ThurJes , in the county of Tipperary , on the 15 th of August next . Tbe proceedings ot this Synod will be looked for with the liveliest interest . Representation of _Drogheda-. —Some of the Irish journals seem to have decided on the immediate elevation of Sir W . Somerville to the House of Peers , and if a Dundalk paper be rightly informed , there are good grounds for supposing that tbe Irish Secretary ' s promotion is not far distant , inasmuch as it is stated that on tbe 23 rd ult . Mr . Meredyth , of Randelstown , county of Meatb , and . a
connexion of Sir William ' s , had commenced a can vass among the Whigs of Drogheda . Case of the Loud Mayor . — In the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday there was again a difference amongst the . judges in the long-litigated case of tbe qualification of the Lord Mayor ( Mr . Reynolds , M . P . ) Three of the Judges , Chief Justice Blackburn , and Judges Crampton and Moore , were for an absolute order for a mandamus to the corporation of Dublin , requiring the election of a new lord mayor ; and Mr . Justice Perrin alone dissented . The mandamus issues this day ; and the return is to be made within eight days . Nevertheless , there may be mHcb _' more litigation on this extraordinary case .
Drbadfdl Occubbence . —On Saturday morning last between four and five o ' clock , a fire broke out inthe " _sboip _; OfMr _.-Kelvinj in thetown _ofClonmel , arid before assistance' " could be afforded to tlie inmates of the house Mrs . Kelvin , her three children , two servant women , and a young woman who attended the shop , were suffocated . The following particulars are irom the Clonmcl _Clironicle : — " A fire broke out in the shop of Mr . James Kelvin , Main-street , early in the morning , but was not discovered until about four o ' clock a . m ., when Mr . Kelvin was disturbed by the smell of smoke and burning wood , and upon awakening his wife , they both proceeded towards the shop to ascertain the cause . And immediately upon opening tbe door
communicating between the houBe and shop an immense volume of flame and smoke issued out against them , showing that the shop was on fire , Mrs . Kelvin then , with true maternal affection , hurried up to the top room , where her children slept , and aroused them for the purpose of devising means for their preservation ; but the shop which was their only egress , being on fire , prevented any thought being turned in that direction , whilst the banisters and stairs being now on fire , cut off all chance of flight in that quarter . Mr . Kelvin then entered the front room over the shop , and , raising the window , called for help ; but the flames advancing behind him , hemmed him in and prevented any return into the body ofthe house , upon which he leaped
tnrougn tno winaow and was caught by the people , who broke his fall . The unhappy mother was then discovered , surrounded by her shrieking children , at the upper window , the lower part of which was strongly secured by three stout iron bars , which prevented their escape , as well as rendered it impossible that help could be given them ; ladders were placed to the several windows , and pne courageous fellow dashed up the ladder through tbe flames to the top window , where tho poor victims were , but , in consequence of the bar 3 abovementioned , could afford no help , and , the flames threatening to burn the ladder , he was compelled to return . Others attempted the same dangerous task , but failed , in consequence of the flames which
were playing round and through the rounds ofthe ladder ; after the lapse of a few minutes the family were seen to retire from the window , and from that time all is conjecture ; it is thought that the blaze , whioh extended from the shop front to the top window , drove them in from the place of refuge , and the thick smoke inside soon suffocated them . An opening was forced through the partition wbich divides tno house bf Mr . Shehnn , and upon entering tbe room seven dead bodies were discovered in the room in different positions . Amongst the victims were Mrs . Kelvin and her three children , Mary Ann M'Gawly , the young woman who attended the shop , and two servants—they were suffocated by the smoke . "
Repeal Association . —The beggarly contribution of £ 5 7 s , Od . towards the repeal exchequer , extorted another ( the fifth or sixth ) threat on Monday from Mr . John O'Connell to close the doors , and let the agitation shift for itself .
Foreign Grain. —An Importation Having Ta...
Foreign Grain . —An importation having taken place in a Norwegian ship from _Borrcgaard , of a parcel of oatmeal in casks , which is subject to the import duty of four and a hnlf per cent ,, but which was in this instance intended for immediate exportation to Hudson ' s Bay , application was made to the Customs authorities—with reference to the recent alteration in the corn laws which enacts that grain and grain flour must pay ' dutv immediately on importation into this country and is not , as formerly , now allowed to be warehoused in bondfor
—permission for the oatmeal to be constructively warehoused only for-immediate shipment , and that , as . the oatmeal was not intended to be landed , it mi ght be allowed to bo so transhipped to-its destination without the duty _beins required to be paid thereon , and the matter havini been taken into consideration by the authorities of the revenue , the oatmeal has been allowed to be transhipped to its destination without the duty being first required to be paid here , as desired by the parties . '
The Weser Gazette has the following from Vienna : — "A few days ago a young Hungarian nobleman , quartered in the . barracks of Grumpondorf with the Honveds , having gone to a cafe after having been refused leave of absence by his captain , was , on his return , ordered to receive corporoal punishment . All the corporals of tbe Honveds having refused to inflict this punishment , the captain sent to a neighbouring barracks for a corporal , who inflicted it . After a few lashes tbo young Hungarian fell to the ground . Tbe Honveds instantly rushed upon the captain and killed bim . The entire corps was dissolved tho same day . " Humility . —Sir Peter Laurio blandly requesting the omnibus conductor to " put him down . "Punch .
The Earl Of Lincoln's Divorchj 5... Hous...
THE EARL OF LINCOLN'S _DIVORcHj ... HOUSE OF LORDS . -TuBSDAr _^ The house met at three Lord t Speaker , to consider the second _reidin _™ _Wk , above bill , Tberewere about _£ _VPeeK * but Lord Brougham and Lord Redesdal e 0 n P il 5 part in the proceedings . lBOn | y toolr . Mr . _RoBisaoN attended as' counsel for t Lincoln , in support of the bill . No com ,. _H peared for Lady Lincoln ; her _aoUoS _offi » _Pto tt fir thal she wouW _notgiveany °£ _g From tho statements of Mr . Robinson and nf _» numerous witnesses whom he afterwards _pt , 5 the it appeared that the petitioner , tho _m _^* Henry Pe ham _Peiham _" Clinton , ' commS , ft Earl of Lincoln , was married in Novembe _? iJ _$ to the Countess , then the Hon . Tad /'? . Catherine Douglas Hamilton , spinster . _daL . 3311 6
• k ° l i _^ T _™ . . at _wbose ma nsion * _i ? parish of Hamilton , in tbe county of _fcUV- Scotland , the marriage was duly solemnL ? _cordrng to the forms and law of Scotland \ _f eart and his said countess lived together frnm t time of the marriage until the 2 nd of August ia _^ with the exception of occasional temporary L > tions ; and there was issue oi the mama J . PJri _* sons and one daughter : another child hi . i ' born in Italy since 1848 . On the 2 nd of Anl 3 that year , the Countess left London withou _?/" earl ' s knowledge , and unaccompanied by aL her or his relatives , and has been _trawir abroad , in different parts of'Europe , ever . On ber arrival at Baden-Baden , a lew d » . T ' her departure from London , she wrote a short _„» to the earl , saying she had just arrived there _» very tired and ill , but hoped she would be ' , ! f well upon seeing a doctor . She sent her W _^ blpssing to him and their children . _Shn .
„„ / lan _. _KlnJ A , „ . _« _TJ _» J _ _- _. _„ . l j . ,, . _H ° 8001 ) departed from Baden , and travelled _tbnZiT Switzerland , stopping at Lausanne , GeneTa _$ ? and thence to Italy , frequently in company' win Horatio William Walpole , commonly called ImA Walpole , eldest son of the Earl of Orford S they were on the most intimate terms was _onita clear from the evidence . Tho countess _travelM and passed by the name of Mrs . Lawrence _% l gave birth to a male child at or near Verona in August or September 1849 , and the child wm baptised by a Catholic priest there by the name of " Horatio Walpole Lawrence . " In the month of July of that year , in consequence , of the r eports that reached this country respecting the Countess '
s conduct abroad , Borne persons giving the character of indiscretion only to her acts , while others thought they bore a more immoral character , Ur W . E . Gladstone , M . P ., who had been tor many years on tho most friendly terms with the Earl and Countess of Lincoln , went with the Earl ' s sanction to try to ascertain what was the real character of her acts . She had left Naples before he arrived there , but he traced her to Milan , and found her , or a lady whom be supposed to be her passing as a Mrs . Lawrence , near the Lake of Como . He sent in his card , and also wrote a note to the lady , but both card and note were returned with a verbal message that no lady was known
there as Lady Lincoln or Mrs . Lawrence . He saw a travelling carriage at tbe door , and observed the fieure of a lady in the house whom ho believed to be the Countess of Lincoln . As he was going away , the same carriage drove by him in the direction of Verona , and then he saw it was Lady Lincoln , i He did not see any gentleman with her , but from all he discovered he had no doubt of the criminal character of her proceedings . On his return to England , a Mr . Raphael , a solicitor , was sent to Italy _' in company with a person who had been servant in the family and knew Lady Lincoln well . From their discoveries it was most apparent tbat her ladyship and Lord "Walpole had been
living together in a state of adultery from August 1848 to September 1849 . Although Lord Lincoln had thus obtained sufficient evidence to sustain an action for criminal conversation with the countess against Lord Walpole , no such action has been brought because Lord Walpole bas ever since kept out of the jurisdiction of our courts . Proceedings for a divorce , a mensa et thoro , were taken in March last , in the Ecclesiastical Court , against the countess for adultery with Lord Walpole , and a dofinitive >« entence of divorce has been pronounced without any opposition having been given thereto by ber . These proceedings and final decree were laid on the table of the bouse in compliance with the
standing orders . Their lordships had on a former day dispensed with the signature of Lord Lincoln to the petition for this bill , accepting in lieu thereof the signatures of his solicitor and proctor , on account of his lordship ' s absence abroad , The house was for the same reason now required to dispense with another of their standing orders , by which the petitioner for a divorce is required to be present at the second reading of his bill , in order to answer any questions which their lordships should pu 6 to him respecting any collusion between himself and his wife for tbe purpose of a divorce . After the formal proofs of the _marriare , & c , Noel Pavoick , a native of Illyria , who had entered
into the service of Lord Walpole in July , 1848 , said he bad travelled with his lordship to Emms , in Germany , where he remained till the 7 th of October , 1848 . Lady Lincoln came there after Lord Walpole ' s arrival , and she stayed there while he stayed . They were at separate hotels , but he visited her very often , and ¦ they were almost constantly together . They travelled in tbe same carriage alone , from Emms to Wisbaden , thence to Lausanne , in Switzerland , and to Geneva , from which place they went to Italy , and stopped at Turin , Genoa , and other places . They used the same apartments . On one occasion witness was desired by his lordship to fetch him a certain newspaper , which witness went
for and took up to the sitting-room , and entering without tapping at the door , he saw tbe lady and Lord Walpole on the sofa . [ The witness's description of their position , if true , left no doubt ofthe nature of the intercourse . ] This happened in Genoa , in November , 1848 . They went thence to Civita Vecchia and to Rome , where they remained from , November , 1848 , . to April , 1849 . The lady ( the Countess of Lincoln ) was then much stouter , and witness was directed by Lord Walpole to hire apartments for her at Frescati , where his lordship used to visit her frequently . Witness was discharged in May , 1849 . The lady ' s courier had been discharged before that time . He used to see
portmanteaus and other things in her room , with the name of " Mrs , Lawrence " on them . The Right Hon . W . E . _GLiDSioSE , M . P ., examined—Said he was well acquainted with the Earl and Countess of Lincoln , and he and Mrs . Gladstone were for many years on terms ofthe most intimate friendship with them , allowing for the difference of their ranks . The Countess _^ was _always in delicate health , arid especially in Paris .. Recollected her leaving this country on the 2 nd of _Angusf , 1848 , since which time she has not been , as witness believed , in this country . He had been in constant communication with Lord Lincoln from that time , and knew he was not out of England from August ,
1848 to August , 1 S 49 . In July , 1849 , witness , m consequence of tho construction put by report « pea the conduct of Lady Lincoln , supposing , then , that her conduct might bear the construction of indiscretion , though her acts were capable of a construe- tion ofa criminal character—went abroad in pursuit ; ofher , in order to try to put her in a position ot l security , if her acts were only acts of indiscretion . . He went after her by the desire of Lord Lincoln , , and his instructions were to bring her home if he e could . He went to Naples , but not finding her r there , he proceeded to Milan , whither he was in- ¦ formed at Naples she was gone . She bad left there e at
also , saving that sho was going to the Baths t Como . He traced her as Mrs . Lawrence to the e Villa Manchina , He tvied to find access to her as s Mrs . Lawrence , and also as Lady Lincoln ; he sent it his card and wrote a note to her as Lady Lincoln , j , under cover to Mrs . Lawrence . The card and note : e were returned to him with a verbal message , that it no such person was known there . He saw a car-rriage standing at the door as if , for travelling , and id he saw the figure ofa lady in the house , ana pass- ising to tbe carriage , which with the lady in it _soonjn after passed him on the road towards Verona . Hodo thought the lady was Lady Lincoln . He then _wectct
away . To questions put by Lord Brougham , _witnesses said bo did not see any gentleman in the house or or carriage , nor could he observe that tho lady was as big with child . To questions put by Lord Redksdale , witness _sss said he believed Lady Lincoln loft London on the he 2 nd of August , 1848 , and without the knowledge of of Lord Lincoln . Her reason for doing so , as he un-inderstood , was , that the state of her health , as _shejliei thought , absolutely required her going abroad , anojidl she , knowing that Lord Lincoln would object , wentent ; without his knowledge , not liking to have any _d'S-lis--cussion with him . He did not know who _supplied " her with money for her departure , or for travelling-USMr . _Paukissos , Lord Lincoln's solicitor , m _an-an " swer to Lord Brougham , said Lady Lincoln bnibadJ £ 000 a-year for pin money by her marriage settle-tiement . She had a fortune of £ 30 , 000 .
Joseph Osmond , a witness , who was biitler to tec Lord and Lady Lincoln for several years , said _thcjliojj had five children before 1848 , namely , the Honourour _' . able HenryArthur Alexander Pelham Clinton , Lorijoru Clinton ; Edward William Pelham Clinton , _Susaiisatt Charlotte Catherine Pelham Clinton , Arthur PcJPell ham Clinton , and Albert Pelham Clinton , th < thai youngest , who was about five years of age-all o , ll 0 ) them aro living . Witness was with Lord _Lincolnjolm his master , from August , 1818 , to September , 1 S-19 . _S-19 nnd knew he was not out of England all that _timeimee In September , 1849 , witness went with Mr . Fv _» Ras phael to Verona , where tbey arrived on tho Sth oth oo that month . They went in search of Lady _Lincolriiolni and on the 18 th of that month , and again on tbi _thr 20 th , they saw her first coming out of tho hot 3 jot _« and going into a carriage and returning in tv >< t \ w hours after , and tbe samo on tbe 20 th . There _u _* _m
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01061850/page/6/
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