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Vc THE NORTHERN STAR, July 4, 1846. .
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front , up to the 21 st inst ., and no idea seems to be entertained of tbe rush of the enemy npon the colony . The Kaffirs are said to be _getting short of gunpowder , and one main object of their rush into the colony is said to be to obtain a supply . A . heavy attack , it is _eonjeclcred , will be made upon the magazines at Graham ' s Town . LATER _INTELLIGENCE . — PROGRESS OF THE
WAR . ( From the supplement to the Sou _' Ji _Sfriean Commercial Advertiser , of May 2 . ) The frontier post arrived _i-i town this day , May 2 . It "brings intelligence from Graham ' s Town to the 2 Sth of April , f « nr days later than the advices received on Thursday last . The sum of this intelligence is that the Kaffirs have entered the colony iu _? reat numbers , and bave sa * _- _° ® in carrying off numerous droves of cattle , in tlie _ik-wn of which , and their homes and families , several o colonists have fallen . ., .. „ „„
Levies from all the _districts have _^ V _' _* His _cristas they can be _assmbledand marched , _** _£ _* » "" dent thatthe whole force of the colony is ******* _onired ie meet this enemy , _^ _" _^ _f _" _^ should be lost , and tha word for all is _*» f _* »« d un _* « - _tatin _? obedience to orders . The whole colony _mu _* mo ™ _npontiiis enemy , as one body , _animated hy one soul . AH ranks and classes of men hare now to febt for their own safety , as well as for tke rescue of the frontier Mr O'Brien ' s party returned to town yesterday ( Monday ) from Committees . They report that the bush is literally swarming with Kaffirs . They were opposed by dense bodies , upon whom they kept up a continuous fire —at la-it taking up a position in the bush , which they
maintained for three hours against overwhelming numbers . One of the party was accidentally shot through the head whilst raising liis gun for the purpose of tiring this and the loss ofa horse shot b y the Kaffirs , were the only casualties . But for the unskilful firing of the _Kaffirs , none of tne party ceuld have escaped . Immense herds of colonial cattle were being driven through the Fish River onlSnnday and Monday , by large bodies of Kaffirs . They passed close nnder the guns of the post and suffered much loss from the grape and canister shot thrown amongst tkem . The dead and -wounded were instantly placed on pack bullocks and carried off . ( Extra Supplement to Graham ' s Tonm Journal , April 25 , dated April 28 . )
It may be stated briefly that the whole country from _"KnfSrland to Bushman ' s river is In the hands of the "Kaffirs , who are ravaging it with perfect Impunity . Mr . H . Fuller ' s house was attacked by them on Saturday night , and a very spirited contest was maintained for abont an hoar , the enemy at last retiring , with thc loss , as it is supposed , of many of tlieir forc _^ , bnt as they endeavour , by every _powible means , to conceal their losses and to carry away their dead , the number is not known . On Saturday night , a desperate attack was made upon the "Seerega Farm ( Major Selwyn ' s ) now _vccupied by Mr . "Roods , and where a number of farmers , Dutch andEng . lish _. nad assembled with their cattle for mutual defence . The attack was made just at the close cf the day , the first llolkilling a Hottentot . A volley was then fired upon _ibepremises and amongst tbe cattle , several of which was lolled . The fire was returned by the _farmi-rs with great determination , bnt they were at length _obliged to relinquish their cattle , 400 head , besides tenor twelve horses , ana with which the enemy retired . One or two horses and several cattle were shot in this rencontre . The body
of one Kaffir was found in the bash covered over with straw , bnt it is supposed that many more must have been killed . On Sunday nig ht Mr . _M'Luckie ' s position , near "Lombard ' s Post , was attacked shortly after sunset , the _Kaffirs surrounding the premises ia great numbers and _ieeping up an incessant fire atthe doors and window ' s so as to prevent the inmates from coming out , while another party with axes broke down the gates of the kraal , and earried off " , it is said , no less than 2 , 500 head of cattle , the joint property of the fanners of that neighbourhood . The _tlwelKngs of Mr . J . Slater , near Salem , of Dr . Livingston , on the Kerreiga , of Mr . Eastment , on the Kowie , and many others in that line of country , have been fired and « insumed _toashts .
{ From the Graham ' s Town Journal , May 2 . ) _"Weflnesday . —To day Col . Somerset , with about 200 of the Camp Mounted Rifles , a detachment of the 7 th " Dragoon Guards , uuder Captaiu Ho _^ g , and a party of mounted Burghers , arrived from Fort Beaufort , making sdetour so as to avoid the dangerous defile of tbeEcca heights . The intelligence brought by him is of a very gloomy character , the ravages or the enemy having been equally destructive in the beautiful division of the Konap , as in tbe Lower Albany . Property to an immense amount has been _destroyed , but , we are thankful to say , very _iuco-siderable loss of life . _Tur / ssniT . _H- ? ceivcd to-day an account of a most gallant a'Jair at Sale < _-, with a strong body of the enemy , who attempted , at daylight , to capture the cattle of tbe inhabitants of that village . The bravery and determination ofthe youa _^ men who attacked and defeated the enemy is deserving of thc highest commendation . The following is the rtport of this affair made by Mr . Gardner , the leader of tbis gallant little party : —
«• Tbe cattle were feeding on the main between Salem and Dr . Livingston ' s farm , about a mile from Karicga _ridge , when suddenly the Kaffirs came on them in three divisions . _Absat 300 _rasi . cd in _amongst tbe cattle , got tip as close as thoy could to the guard , under cover of the cattle , and opened a terrific fire . The guard being weak then retreated . The Kaffirs driving off 1 . 000 head . tbey were immediately pursued by the little party , who soon recaptured € 00 head . The rest , the choice of our tiock , they drove into a deep kloof on the opposite side ol the _TTnrifga . Our partr then being reinforced from
Salem , followed them , "Here tbe Kaffirs had every ad vantage . They had lodged the cattle safely , as they thought in the bush , which they surrounded on all sides Willi a determination to fight for them . Our little party , determined not to be daunted , advanced upon them , and recaptured all the cattle , and one hots .-. We unfortunately lost one Fingoe in thc affair , but we have reason to believe that many Kaffirs were shot ; several were seen to fall . I must say that the whole of the party acted with great courage . ( Si-ned ) H . GlUDiXER .
Farmfield was attacked on Tuesday night , and about 400 bead of cattle taken . Many cf theKafiirs came within gun-shot of the chapel , and shot at the people who were defending themselves thero . "When will assistance " cornel Font- _PEnniE , April 30 . —Since the date of my last , no tiling of any consequence has taken place . The body of Kaffirs which were within two miles of Fort Peddie ( when 1 last wrote to yon ) have dispersed and eatered the colony ; and we were kept in tbe most painful suspense nntil yesterday , not Laving received any news from the troops or Graham ' s Town since tiie 20 th iustant , when Colonel Richardson , with 274 of the 7 th Dragoons , reached this , having hoard that we were hemmed in un every side . Pato has openly declared himself our enemy , the "war cry" having issued from his kraal , and sol think we have warm work before ns , as at this present moment about 500 Kam ' rs are within one mile of Fort _Pcddie fighting _uitli the Fingoes of this settlement ; the "bugles are "blowing and tioops turniug out . & c . The Kaffirs are verv daring .
_JJaetial tAW . — By a proclamation , dated _"Ilead-^ _uartei-s , Fart B _^ uf _ovL 3 * 3 , " his Excellency warns all persons , under pain of death , against furnishing ammunition , intelligence , & c . to the enemy . He ahe offers a free pardon to deserter ? who shall return to their duty within ten days after the 27 th of April . From Olan William the most distant of the western districts , the Burgher force has already marched fortiie frontier . The _contingents from ail the other districts , except the Cape district , are also in motion .
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Vc THE NORTHERN STAR , July 4 , 1846 . .
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bononrand intentions _< . _-f public men wiiieh most _facilitaics the _maintenance of peace . We come in _cunflit _;* . with France Iu distant parts of the world '; there are bcated _partis-i-13 naturally and jusiiv jealous ol * tin ; honour of their respective countries ; quarrels , sm _tH in themselves , might be magnified by the spirit o jealousy , and a too nice riralrv about national honour might easily be fomented into a cause of war , < k _' -nl : iting _nations _, u -less the counsels of the great _powers were presided over by those wbo , feeling peace to bi the true _interest of the civilized world , are determined that the heated passions of angry _partisans Shall _sot involve tlieir respective _coi-mries in war .
{ Load cheer ? . ) Sir , if anything could have induced me to regret a decision on the part ofthe bouse prematurely terminating the existence of tiie Government , it would have been the wish that we should have survived tbe day when _intelligence might bs received from the "United States ( lond ehe «* _rs ) as to the result of , perhaps , our last attempt to adjust those differences between this country and the United States , which , nnlcss speedily terniinaicd _, ishht have involved us in war . The house * . viil probably rec-i ] iect that , after we had offered .- . rb : f ration , and that offer Had been rejected , ihe _Pn-si * " » iil _. of fhe "United States sent a message to the houses of _Gonpj-et-s in tliat country , which led to _discussions with _ren-ii'd to the termination of that cnnvi ntion which
provided for a temporary adjustment of our diifcrenccs—at least , for a ti * _anpoi _* ary avoidance of quarrelasd enab ' ed the two _c-oontries jointly to occupy the _terrih-i-y ol the Oregon . _^ Sir , the two houses of tlio _Ainerisan Congress , _aitiiough advising the President of _th-3 United States to signify to this country , as i , s -was empowered to do , the termination of _tlift'Xbtins convention . i * iy giving a year ' s notice , ad . ' e i tu that advice , which might , perhaps , have be *! considered of an _unsatisfactory or hostile character , the declaration _th-it they advised the notice for the termination of the conv . eiiti < ii to ba given , in
order that it mkht facilitate : u \ amic able adjustment of tins dispute . We thou-dit t _U-J addition of these words bv those hieh authorities , the expression of a _hi-ne that thc termination of thc \ convention might the more _stvomjv impress uponi _' tnro coontr , ' - ' tut . _lfc-eesnty of _amic-ib ' c _adiustmcnt—we thought tho _« expressions removed any barm v t 0 a ren . _^ , by _^ _klwr coantrv of ihe at tempt to _sctiNe this difft-retKe . -Wc did iM hesitate , therefore , W'thm two divs after the _rm-ipt of that _intelligence *** wish _expressed by the houses of Congress that cfi ' wts ini _^ _it _br-m . ide fr the peaceful terniimtion of these 'hspuUs , alihough the offer ci arbitration had been _n-jecU _*'' . , —
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we did not hesitate to do that which , m _tta . p ««* state of the dispute , it _Jg _^^ _gfiS _^^ to propose renewed and tai _^ _" _™* _^ the terms tospeeify frank y _^ _Xa partition of the counon which wc could consent _toap tryof the _Oregon ( _Jheeng _^^ . _^ hth Scdtoahe adoption of a different course , wisely md _natrioticall y determined at once to refer our proposals to the _Senatey-that authority of the United States whose consent is requisite for the termination of any negociation of this kind ; and the Senate ,
I again acting m the same spirit , has , I have the heartfelt satisfaction to state , at once advised the adoption 1 ofthe terms wc offered them . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , perhaps from the importance of the _Bubject , and con-M ' dering this is the Jast day I shall have to address the house as a Minister ofthe Crown , I may be allowed to state what are the terms of the proposals we made to the United States on the Oregon question . In order to prevent the necessity for renewed diplomatic negotiations , we sent a convention , which we trusted the United States would accept . The first article of that convention was to this effect that
" From the point on the 49 th parallel of north latitude , where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between Great Britain aud the United States terminates , the line of boundary between the territories of her Britannic Majesty and those of tbe United States shall be continued westward along the said 49 th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel whicli separates the continent from "Vancouver ' s Island , and thence southerl y through the middle of the said channel , and of Fuca ' s Straits , to the Pacific Ocean ; provided however tbat the navigation of tbe said channel and straits , south ofthe 49 th parallel of north latitude , remain free and open to both parties . "
Those who remember th « l _« cal conformation of that coantry will understand that we proposed the continuation of the 49 th parallel of latitude till it strikes thc Straits of Fuca ; that , it should not be continued across Vancouver ' s Island , —thus depriving us of any part of Vancouver ' s Island , —but leaving us in possession of the whole of Vancouver ' s Island . Sir , the second article of the convention we sent for tbe acce p tance of the "United States was to this effectthat , From the point at whicli the 49 th parallel of north latitude shall be found to intersect the great northern branch of the Columbia river , the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson ' s Bay Company , and to all British subjects trading with the same ,
to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia , and thence down the said main stream to the ocean , with free access into and through the said river or rivers , it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall in like manner "be free and open . In navigating the said river or rivers , British subjects , with tbeir goods and produce , shall be treated on the same footing as citizens of tbe United States , it being , however , always understood that nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing , or intended td prevent , the government of thfe United States from making any regulations respecting the navigation of the said river , or rivers , not inconsistent with the present treaty .
Sir , I will not occupy the attention ofthe house with any more of the details of this convention . ( Cheers . ) I would only state that , on this very day on my return from my mission to her Majesty to offer " the resignation of her Majesty's servants , I had the satisfaction of finding an official letter from Mr . Pakenham , intimating in thc following terms the acceptance of our proposals , and giving an assurance of the immediate termination of our differences with the United States : — "Washington , June 13 , 1816 . " My Lord , —In conformity with what I had the honour to state in my despatch No . 6 S , of the 7 th instant , the President sent a message on Wednesday last to the Senate , submitting for the opinion of tbat body the draught ofa convention for the stttlement of the Oregon question , which I was instructed by your lordship ' s despatch , "So . ID , of the 18 th May , to propose for the acceptance of the United States .
After a few hours' deliberation on each of the three days , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , the Senate , by a majority of thirty-eight votes to twelve , adopted yesterday evening a resolution advising the President to accept the terms proposed by her Majesty ' s government . The President did not hesitate to act on this advice , & . ud Mr . Buchanan accordingly sent for me this morning , and informed me that the conditions offered by her Majesty's government were accepted by the government of the United States , without the addition or alteration ofa single word . I have the honour to be , Sic ,, It . _Pakesuam . The Itight Hon . the Earl of Aberdeen , K . T ., & c .
( Loud and continued cheering . ) lhus , Sir , these two great nations , impelled , I believe , by the public opinion , which ought to guide and influence statesmen , have , by moderation—by the spirit of mutual compromise , averted that dreadful calamity ofa war between two nations of kindred race and common language —( loud cheers)—tbe breaking out of which wouid have iuvolvcd the civilised world in calamities to an extent it is difficult to foresee ( not one yearprobably not one month ol" such a war , but would have been more expensive than the whole territory which had called it forth ); but they have averted that war , I believe consistently with their true interests—consistently with perfect honour on the part of the American government , and on the part of
those who have at length closed , I trust , every cause of difference between the two countries . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , I may say , also , to the credit of the government of this country , that , so far from being influenced in our views in regard to the termination of these disputes about the Oregon by the breaking out of the war with Mexico , we distinctly intimated to Mr . 1 _' akenLara , that although unexpected events had occurred , it did not affect , in the slightest degree , our desire for peace . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Pakenham , hno wing the spirit of his government , beingaware ofthe occurrence of these hostilities , having a discretionary power in certain cases if he had thought this offer _w-ouli have been likely to prolong negotiations , or diminish the chance of a successful issue , yet wisely
thought the occurrence of Mexican hostilities with the United States was not one of the cases to which we had adverted , and therefore most wisely did he tender this offer of peace to the United Slates on his own discretion , and the confidence of his Government . Now let me say , and I am sure this house will think it to the credit of my noble friend , that on tlie occurrence of these hostilities between Mexico and the United States , before we were aware of the reception which this offer on our part would meet with , the first packet that sailed tendered te the United States the offer of our good offices for the purpose of mediating between them and the Mexican Government . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , I do rejoice , therefore , tliat , before surrendering power at the feet
of a majority of this house , I had the opportunity of giving them the official assurance that every cause of quarrel with that great country on the other side of the Atlantic is terminated before we retire from office . ( Lond cheers . ) Sir , I feel that I have now executed the task which my public dutv imposed upon mc . I trust I have said nothing which can by possibility lead to the recurrence of those controversies I have deprecated . "Whatever opinions may be formed with regard to the extent of the danger with which we were threatened , I cau say with truth that her Majesty's Government , in proposing these measures of commercial policy , which have disentitled them to the confidence of many of those who heretofore gave them their support , were influenced
by no other desire than the desire to consult the interests of this country . ( Cheers . ) Our object was to avert dangers which we thought were imminent , and to avoid a conflict wc believed would soon place in hostile collision great and powerful classes in this country . ( Cheers . ) The love of power was not a motive for the proposal of . these measures ; for , as I said before , I had not a . doubt that , whether these measures were accompanied with failure or success , the almost certain issue must be the termination of the existence of this Government . Sir , I am not sure that it is not advantageous for the public interests that this should be so—I admit that the withdrawal of confidence from us by many of onr friends was a natural result of . cireuiustances ; and I do think
tbat , when proposals of such a nature are made , apparently at variance with the course which ministers heretofore pursued , and subjecting them to the charge or taunt of inconsistency—upon the whole , it is advantageous tor this country , and for the general character of public men , that the proposal of measures of tbe kind under such circumstances should entail . that which is supposed to be a _fittm !; punishment—namely , expulsion from office . 1 , therefore , i ' o not complain of it ; any thing is preferable to attempting to maintain ourselves in office without a f \ liJ measure of the confidence of this house . ( Cheers . ) i said before , nnd I said truly , that in proposing those measures 1 had no wish to rob others of the credit justly due to them . Now , I must say , with _refcrenc-j to lion , gentlemen opposite , as 1 say with _reference to ourselves , neither of us is the party whicli is justly entitled to the credit of them . ( Cheers . ) There has been a _cuinbination of parties ,
and thnt combination , and thc influence of Government , _is . _' tyie ltd to their ultimate success ; but thc name which ought to be ass ;; c !; ited with the success of these measures is not thc name of thc noble lord , the o _i- « aij of tbat party , nor is it mine . ( Cheers . j Thc name which _nudit lo be , and will be , associated with the success of those measures , is the name of a man who , acting , f hclievi- , iioin pure nnd'disinterested motives , has , with _uiiti _' riug energy , by appeals to _reason ( f . nud ciicers ) , ( m _& rccd their ' necessity with an _eloquent thc mure f . i * >¦• admired because is was _nfsaiiW'U-d and nnst _' _os'iird ( _chi-ers ); the mime wliich _o-ight to bs ss _^ _'ciafed with the _suewss of those n _>' _.- _*! S ! _irt ! s is the name of liicbard Cobden . ( L < = ttd ji : ; d protracted cheering . ) Sir , 1 _ihhv _t'l'we Iho iidJi'ess wlu ' oh it has bj'on my duly to make to the hon < _-- > , thanln . 'ig them sincerely for the bivoiu * with which they h ; 'vc listened to mo in performing the last act of my _oflicf't ! career .
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Within a few hours , probably , that power vilueh I have held for the period of five years will bo ' _surrenderedinto the hands ot another—without repining —I can say without complaint—with a more lively recollection of the support and confidence I have received than of the opposition which during a recent period I met with . ( Cheers . ) I shall leave office , 1 fear , with a name severely censured by many hon , gentlemen , who , on public principle , deeply regret the severance of party tics—who deeply regret that severance , not from any interested or personal motives , but because they believe fidelity to party engagements , —the existence and maintenance of a great j , arty , —to constitute a powerful instrument of government ; I shall surrender power severely censured , I fear again , by many hon . gentlemen who , from no interested motive , have adhered to the
principle of protection as important to the welfare and interests of the country ; I shall leave a name execrated by every monopolist ( Loud cheering from the Opposition ) , who , from less honourable motives , maintains piotection for his own individual benefit ( continued cheering ); but it may be that I shall leave a name sometimes remembered with expressions oi' good will in those places which are the abode of men whose lot it is to labour , and to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow—a name remembered with expressions of good will , when they shall recreate their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food , the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injnsticc . ( Loud and vociferous cheering , during which the right hon . baronet resumed his seat . ) When the cheering had subsided ,
Sir R . Peel again rose and said—I have received a communication from the noble lord whose services have been required by her Majesty , and I trust , in conformity with his wish , thc house will unanimously support the motion I shall now make , namely , that the house at its rising do adjourn till Friday next . ( Cheers . ) After a few important remarks from Lord Paimebston and Mr , Hume , the motion for adjournment till Friday was agreed to . The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a second time , and the Spitalfields New Street Bill a third time ; Aud the house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday , Juse 30 . SUGAR DUTIES BILL . On the motion of the Duke of _"Buccxeugh , the Sugar Duties ( temporary ) Bill was read a second and third time , and passed . On the motion of the Earl of Dalhousie , the Commons' Amendments to the Railway Companies Dissolution Bill were agreed to . Theu- Lordships then adjourned till Thursday . _S HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursday , July 2 . Their Lordships met this day shortly after five o ' clock , when the Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat on the Woolsack .
FORMATION OF A MINISTRY . The Marquis of Lansdowne said , that , understanding that the noble lord opposite ( Earl Powis ) had given notice of a motion respecting the second reading of the Welsh Bishoprics Bill , he would rise for the purpose of suggesting to him some little delay in consequence of the late resignation . He was authorised to state that his noble friend , Lord J . Russell had received her Majesty ' s commands , and had accepted tbe commission , to construct an Administration . lie need not state to their Lordships thut if that Administration be
constructed , it would take some little time before those Members in the other Ilouse , whom her Majesty should appoint as members of her Government , could take their seats . He would , therefore , suggest that he should adjourn his motion to this day fortnight , and he could assure the noble Earl that his bill should receive a full consideration during this session of Parliament should he adopt the course proposed . Earl Powis said , in consequence of what had fallen from the noble Earl , and in order to suit the convenience of some other noble Lords , he would adjourn his motion for tlie second reading of the Welsh Bishopricks bill to Monday fortnight .
Their Lordships at half-past Five o ' clock adjourned . ' HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , July 3 . Their Lordships met at four o ' clock . The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Sugar Duties Bill , and a number of Railway and other Bills . Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday next . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fmday , July 3 . The Speaker took the chair a few minutes befori four o ' clock , at which time a considerable number oi Members were present .
NEW WRITS . On the motion of Mr . Tufpnem , new writs were erdered for the following places , in the room of those Members who now form part ofthe new Administration :- * _London . —In the room of Lord John " Russell , who , since his election , has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury . Tiverton . —In the room of Viscount Palmerston , appointed Secretary for the Foreign Department . Devonport . —In the room of Sir George Grey , appointed Secretary of the Home Department . Halifax . —In the room of Mr . Charles Wood , appointed to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer . West Riding of Yorkshire . —In the room of Lord Morpeth , appointed to the office of Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests . Tauntox . —In the room of the Right Hon . H . Labouchere , accepted the Chiltern Hundreds .
Nottingham . —In the room ofthe RightHon . J . C . Hobhouse , appointed President of the Board of Controul . Cnx of . Edinburgh . —In the room of the Right Hon . T . B . Macaulay , appointed Paymaster-General f tier Majesty ' s forces . * WoncESTEn . —In the room of Sir Thoma 9 Wilde , who has accepted tho office of Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General . Domoarvon . —In the room ofthe Right Hon . Lalor Sheil , who has accepted the office of master of Her Majesty ' * Mint . Perth . —In tho room of the Right Hon . Fox Maule , appointed Secretary-at-War .
On the motion of Lord Marcus Hill , " new writs were ordered to be issued for Plymouth , in the room of Lord Ebrington , appointed a Lord of the Treasury ; for the Leith District of Burghs , in the room of A . Rutherford , Esq ., appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland ; and for Kircudbright , in the room of T . Maitland , Esq ., appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland . The orders of the day wero then postponed to Monday , and the House adjourned at a quarter to 8 o clock .
Retirement Of Mr. Cobden From Parliament.
RETIREMENT OF MR . COBDEN FROM PARLIAMENT .
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A letter from Manchester of yesterday s date ( Friday , July 3 rd ) _says :-r"Ihare just seen the address which is about to be issued by Mr . Cobden to his constituents in Stockport , lie thanks them for having been instruments of placing him in Parliament and giving him the opportunity of doing such services as he may have rendered . He , says he has received permission to absent himself from Parliament for the remainder of this session , and will not be able to attend Parliament next year . Ile therefore resigns his seat into their hands . He leaves for Wales to-morrow , where his children are . He then goes through London to Paris , will remain there for a few days , and then go to Switzerland . "
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THE CITY LOCALITY . To the Editor of the _Northehn Stak . Sia , — . Permit me to make a few observations on the proceedings ofa portion ofthe members ofthe City locality , who for some time have succeeded in making tbat body appear in the most ridiculous light in thc cy « 6 oi every good and sincere Chartist ; be assured Sir , with thesa the . majority have no sympathy in their absurd and _^ nti-Cliartist conduct , it is therefore as one dissenting from them , as well as in defence of Uio other portion ot tbe locality , tbat I venture to trespass on your time and space . Sir , the section to whom I _rsfer , on one of whom
a vote of censure has been passed , and again absurdly rescinded , lias assumed a hostile attitude towards the association , since a short time prior to the release of Mr . Cooper from Staifurd Gaol , Believing as they did at that time , tliat it was his intention to start a republican association , they , or at least one of them , endeavoured to procure as many disciples as possible , and have never appuared in the locality except for the purpose ol biclteriiig- and quarrelling . 1 have a letter ot a somewhat distant date from one of thein , _reiiuesting my co-operation iu their scheme , under the plea that it was to " aid and assist the Chartist movement . "
Now , Sir , in order to _slio-v my brother CliartistR tht dependence to be placed on these men , I will give them one or two instances of their " sincere democracy . " The individual who , had he the taleiit , might be called "leader , " if also we could cull so paltry & suction of thu body a " parly , withdrew from the association because we wero" Anti-Democratic"in allowing our executive te be appointed by the convention , as " he considered them in reality elected through the influence of Mv . O'Connor and the Star . " When tlie question of the mode Of
election iv _.-is about to come btforo the country again , he rejoined us "for tho purpose of supporting universal suffrage , " as lie said . Tlie eountry then decided iu favour of election _V-y Ihe whole of Uie members , and lie Ihen declared that something _lilte a _democratic spirit had infused itself into our body , and yet such is his consistency ! ' *) he is mov . ' louder than ever in declaring that the executive are elected hy thc Northern Star and Feargus O'Connor . Again , Sir , through the _neglect of our Secretary , outvotes at the last election fur the executive were not forwardeilb y the lime specified in the plan of organisation ,
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aud consequently ' , wtre not inserted in the Star * , great complaint was made of this , and Mr . Wheeler was requested to insert them in the next week ' s paper ; _J he did insert them , and then the game party began his abuse for the manner of insertion . " Thief , " and such like epithets were plentifully applied 1 You , Sir , I have no doubt , will come in for your share of vilification and abuse for refusing to insert tho folly of fools in the Star . It is one constant theme with them about the " partiality ofthe Star . " They declare " , they can get nothing inserted that they send , or is sent by their Secretary ; " but , Sir , I can placo it to any cause save the one of " partiality , " inasmuch as , during the six months 1 held office , every communication was inserted , and I feel it to be mj duty ,
though at a somewhat distant time—to return my thanks to you , Sir , for tho assistance lent to me as Secretary , by the insertion of all matter sent by me from this locality . I might adduce many instances of equal absurdity on the part of the individual Irefer to , but fears of trespassing too much on your columns prevent me from saying more , than to _rsquest you will give publicity to this , in order that my brother Chartists throughout the empire , may know that , though there are some "discontented and repining spirits" amongst us , there are some also who are determined to stick by the Charter so long as it sticks by them , and sink or swim together ; _theselast form the rule , the first the exception , I am , Sir , respectfully yours , June 21 , 1846 . Daniel Govs ** , Jun .
Suicide By A Medical Student.
SUICIDE BY A MEDICAL STUDENT .
On Thursday Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Held An...
On Thursday Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest atthe Cock Tavern , _Phconix-street , Clarendonsquare , Somers Town , on the body of Mr . George Francis Webb , lately residing at No . fi , in that street . The deceased gentleman , who was in his twenty-sixth year , was a medical student , and having passed one of his examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons , he was under the process called " grinding , " preparatory to his completing the remainder . He had been in the constant habit of ill-using his wife , to whom ho had been married four years , and which was so generally known as often to have called forth the interference of the neighbours . He was subject to extreme depression of spirits , and had addicted himself to the practice of taking ' * morphia , " for the purpose of alleviating his mental sufferings . Mr . John Wentmore _, Burgeon , of H , Clarendonsquare , stated that on heing called to attend deceased ,
he found him lying on the bed . There was a bottle by his side that had contained morphia , a preparation from opium . The usual antidotes were administered , but he never rallied , and he expired at about half-past one on the following ( Tuesday ) morning _, lie presented all the symptoms ofa person who had taken opium . Witness had since made a post mortem examination . On testing the contents of the stomach the presence of morphia could be but faintly detected . Witness attributed the immediate cause of death to congestion ofthe brain , resulting from the effects of morphia . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned the subjoined verdict— " Thatthe deceased died from the effects ofa poison called morphia , but in what state of mind he was in at the time he took it there was not sufficient evidence before the jury to enable them to decide . "
The Double Suicide Jit Nottingham.—The I...
The Double Suicide jit Nottingham . —The inquest en the bodies ot * the two colliers -was held at . Nottingham , on Wednesday . A Iter considerable inquiry and delay , information was obtained , showing thatthe colliers were in distress , their houses heavily mortgaged , and themselves involved deeply in money clubs . With respect to persons seeing them since Saturday little information could he obtained beyond that which we gave yesterday . Evidence respecting the fact of the suicide having been given , the coroner stated that he had seen a medical man , who had attended both the deceased for some time past , and he had no doubt they were both to a certain extent deranged , and that their minds were so constituted as to lead them to such an act as they had committed . The jury returned as their verdict " That the deceased hanged themselves , being at tho time of unsound mind . "
Mysterious Case Of Murder. The Following...
MYSTERIOUS CASE OF MURDER . The following appears in the Armagh Guardian : — " It will be in the recollectien of our readers that some weeks past a protracted inquest was held at _Benburb , on the body of a young man , whose mutilated remains had been found concealed in a pipe at the end of that town . When the proceedings or the inquest terminated , the name of the murdered party , and the circumstances under which he came by his death , were involved in a complete mystery ; at length , however , we believe a clue has been obtained likely to lead to the discovery ofall . A young man named James Patterson , who resided at Kingarve , near Dungannon with his stepmother , had been for some time missing , and his absence , in reply to repeated inquiries , not being satisfactorily accounted for . suspicion was aroused . The father of James
Patterson had by a first marriage a son ( James ) and a daughter . After his first _Avife's death , he married a widow named Loy , who had also a family by her previous husband . After old Patterson's deatb , the two families continued to live together on his farm in Kingarve , not , however , it is said , on the best of terms ; and it is now rumoured that Patterson ' s first wife's daughter died suddenly , about twelve years past , under very peculiar circumstances . Be that as it may , James Patterson , who was rather sickly , and affected with sore eyes , received very harsh treatment from liis stepmother and her children , contrived by his industry to save upwards of three pounds . Some time past thc widow was charged with stealing bonnets in Dungannon , in consequence which Mr . Robert Wray , the agent of Lord Renfurley on
whoso property Kingarve is situated , determined to banish the Loys from the estate , allowing them liberty to dispose of thoir in . tercst in the land , provided James Patterson got a share of the purchase money . At this period he had an issue at tho back of his neck , on account of l \ is < jyes , notwithstanding which he was severely beaten by thc olher members of the family , having to seek refuge in a neighbouring house , whence he was prevailed on to return the same evening . Since that he was never publicly seen ; and the land having been disposed of , and the parties making preparations to go to America , his continued non-appearance eventually excited much surprise and alarm which was increased when it was found that the statements ofthe Loys were untrue about his having gone to the Infirmary in this city ( Armagh ) , to have his eyes properly treated . Attention was then naturally directed to the unrecognised body at Benburb , and upon
investigation a portion of the clothes have been identified as belonging to Patterson , while the extraordinary fact-of the flesh being completely stripped , from the vertebra ; of the neck , is now endeavoured to be accounted for on the supposition that it was done to prevent identification by means of the issue . No exertions have been spared by the magistracy and subinspector Goold , of Dungannon , to throw light on this mysterious matter , prompt measures have been adopted to apprehend the parties suspected of this dark and most unnatural murder . Since writing the above we have learned that the two policemen sent from Dungannon have been most successful , sub-constable Mooney having ¦ arrested Patterson ' s stepmother and two daughters in Glasgow , and lodged them in Dungannon gaol on Sunday evening . We understand that two of her sons have been arrested , one in Liverpool , by constable Cannon , the other in the neighbourhood of Dungannon . "
A Chapter Of Accidents. A Journeyman Bak...
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS . A journeyman baker , of Birkenhead , named Thomas tallwick , anticipating a complete revolution in his trade by the operation of free traffic in the bread stuffs of America , determined to be beforehand with tho age , and go out to New York to be instructed in the Yankee method of making maize and chopped straw palatable . Two heads being , in Thomas ' s opinion , better than one in all deeds of " high emprise , " he proposed to a comely-looking servant girl , of Liverpool , to link her lot with his , ' and try the chances ofthe world of freedom'for whites , and slavery for niggers , beyond thc Atlantic . Tho fair damsel blushed cousent , aud straightway left the kind mistress with whom she had been long a tried and trusty , though liumblo friend and servant , to better her condition . She went to reside for three
weeks with an aunt in Birkenhead , to fulfil the requirements of the law ; and having been duly asked under the provisions of the Dissenters' Marriage Bill , his reverence was wailed upon , and the "happy day" fixed . Yesterday morning , tlio parties were sill assembled at the Roman Catholic meeting house in Birkenhead , the ring was ready , and : i car was waiting at tho door to convey thom , after the ceremony , to the beach , whence they were to embark , at one o ' clock , in " a liner , " then lying in the river , for " the land of promise . " An awkard delay now occurred , in consequence ol thc non-appearance of tlio superiiitciidont registrar , or liis deputy , to legalise their _proceedings ; aud the patience of "his Ueveronec" -being exhausted , the aunt ofthe bride was , _despatched " in search of the
truiint official , and she speedily returned with thu heartrending intelligciico that he was at Kiuitst ' mii Sessions , on township affairs , which would not brook itis absence . Haying somewhat recovered from the stunning effcuts of this piece of news the bride and her aunt went lo the dike of the ofKeial ( o try whether this difhVulty could nob bo surmounted * : and after duo inquiry , it was discovered that another registrar , ivho was then in Liverpool , could _"ivoloanl _»«!•«« to the ¦ _Hiut . _racfc ; and lot- him _thc-rc wns lortliwlih sueh " running and _seai-eiiing , " . 'is hail never been seen _sisice the _vinint ; bride of _Mctbcrby was abducted by Young _Lochinvar . At _length , lie was found , ami , on reaching-the _mccLinu house , a new dillieulty _had-aris-.-n * . ono cevtiScaic had been issued'by the abKont deputy , " and a second could not be made until that had expired . Another
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delay now took place , until at length an unobtrusive letter , lying at the police-office , was found to contain the missive , which had been sent per post from Knutsford . Twelve o'clock was now fast approaching , beyond which mystic hour no hymeneal torch could be lighted , and , with desperate haste , "his Reverence" coupled the swain and damsel as they thought , " until death did them part ; " but unfortunately , when the necessary documents wore to be signed , it was found that the two parties had each resided in different parishes , and only one certificate was forthcoming . The marriage was , therefore , null and void . The feelings of the no longer "happy pair , " at having the cup of bliss dashed from their lips , " may be imagined , but cannot be described ;" and we have not heard whether the baker prevailed upon his half wedded spouse to share his fortunes , and trust to a more fortunate " chapter of accidents , " really to make the twain one flesh , when they arrive in America . —Liverpool Courier . i
Alleged Death From Quack Medicine. On We...
ALLEGED DEATH FROM QUACK MEDICINE . On Wednesday morning , pursuant to adjournment , Mr . T . "Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Rum Puncheon , Cross-street , Drury-lane , on the body of Martha _Gregan , aged three years , daughter of a greengrocer , who was alleged to have died from the effects of pills administered to her by a Mr . 'Lowe , a retired officer of the East India Company ' s service . The object of the adjournment was for the production of the accused , who is in his 94 th year , but who , on this occasion , was only represented by his son , a Mr . Wm . Lowe . He said that his father was the oldest inhabitant in the parish , and had resided in Museum-street , at the same house which he now occupied , for upwards of half a century , during which period he had been in the constant habit of administering medical aid to the poor gratis . Witness was perfectly acquainted with the nature of the pills . They were not his own composition , but that of an eminent medical practitioner , and were procured from the Apothecaries' Hall .
The Coroner , having expressed his disapprobation and regret at the absence of Mr . Lowe , called upon Mr . "W . & . Gill , clinical assistant at King ' s College Hospital , who deposed that the deceased was brought to that institution on the morning of the 23 d ultimo , by its mother , who said she was of opinion that her child had been poisoned by some pills . The deceased was then in a state of extreme atrophy , and _Dri "Farrer saw her at the same time , and prescribed stimulants . The primary disease being hooping cough , whilst the most acute symptoms were not defined . According to witness's'directions port wine and water , with beef tea , were liberally administered , which seemed to afford temporary relief to the patient .
By the Coroner : Had never before seen a case presenting exaetly the same symptoms . The parents persisted so strongly in attributing the state of the child to tho pills , that witness was first inclined to consider that the malady had been produced by the excessive vise of mercury , and was further confirmed in his suspicion of salivation bythe fact of thesloughing _" : of the gums . Dr . Arthur Farre , physician to the King ' s College Hospital , stated that his attention was more particularly attracted to the patient from the circumstance of its extreme attenuation as well as its discolouration of the lower iaw . The child appeared to be near
its end , and the mother said it had been taking pills . She gave witness a specimen , which he had since analysed and found them to be chiefly composed of hemlock , one ofthe medicines used in the pharmacopoeia . Anodyne fomentation was applied to the mouth of the child , but it died on the 25 th of the same month . The immediate' cause of death was necrosis , or death ofthe bone of the jaw , originating from spontaneous ulceration of some of the soft parts of the mouth in the vicinity ofthe gums . In answer to a question from the coroner , tlie deceased ' s mother here said that there had been no
medical attendant previous to consulting Mr , Lowe . Examination resumed— -There is a disease called cewtcerum oris , or cancer of the mouth , which occurs among children spontaneously , being caused by unhealthy districts and bad food . Suck cases sometimes extend over the whole face without giving the least suspicion of mercury . In this case the symptoms were closely allied to that disorder . At the conclusion of a most minute and elaborate testimony by the medical witness , he gave it as his opinion that death was the result of natural causes .
The Coroner having strongly reprehended the conduct of Mr . Lowe , observed that although a clear _> prima facie case had been established against him , yet there was no legal liability attached to him , inasmuch as he had not administered the medicine for pecuniary gain , but had purely a benevolent object in view ; thejury returned the subjoined verdict * . — * ' We find that the deceased child died from natural causes ; but at the same time we strongly reprobate the practice of Mr . Lowe in administering medicines which were proved to be of an injurious character , and the more so , he being totally ignorant of medical practice .
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Dreadful Torrent of "Raik and Destruction * of Property . —On last Friday week a dreadful and sudden torrent of rain fell , like an avalanche , on the mountain of Ballymaculad , between Ravensdale , and Dundalk , which committed a series of destructive ravages . Two cottages ofthe peasantry , situated on the brow ofthe mountain , were completely swept away , and not a vestige of them was left remaining . Seven cows and several sheep , the property of poor farmers , were carried oS and destroyed . _Ballymascanlan river rose three feet in half an hour , and two children were miraculously rescued from a watery grave by the praiseworthy and humane exertions ofa
man named Michael White , and four others who had been working for Woolfe _M'Neil , Esq ., on the banks of the river . They saw the children being carried down rapidly by the current , and with great presence of mind linked themselves together , plunged into the river , and at the imineht risk of their lives rescued the little sufferers . Some idea may be formed of the force ofthe torrent from the fact that several ruts , some of them two feet deep , had been made by its rush on the lawn and walks of Ballymascanlan House . A poor old woman residing at the foot of the mountain had a box containing her little savings of several years in it , washed away , but fortunately it was found about four miles off and restored to her . The Ban
River , it is said , rose at the same time about six feet in an hour ; but this destructive water-spout , as we may call it , was partial and confined , it appears , to the above districts , as not a drop of rain fell that day in this city ( Armagh ) or neighbourhood . —Ibid
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Worship Street. Sorrosed Attempt To L'Oi...
WORSHIP STREET . SorrosED Attempt to _l'oiso . v a Family . — On Monday , a young fellow named Thomas Crawford was reexamined before Mr . Broughton tbe magistrate , charged on suspicion of having intended to poison the family of his late master , Mr . Untliank , it tradesman to whom lie was _apprenticed , in Old slrefet-V 6 ftd . TllQ prisoner , a sullen and determined-looking lad . was some time since given into custody for stealing - _half-a-crown from his master ; but while he was locked up in the station-house a fellow-prisoner was taken ill , and iu the confusion that arose he contrived to ciFeet his escape . On tho Saturday night after he found means to enter his master ' s house clandestinely , and was by mere accident discovered concealed under the bed of his master ' s son with an axe in his hand . He was then again given in the charge to the police , and his indentures being cancelled at the court , he was committed for trial for the original felony of stealing
the half . erown . The Grand Jury , however , iguore d the Bill , and he was liberated . Last Saturday fortnight his late master , Mr . Untliank , was alarmed by a noise in the back premis es , and a policeman , being called iii , tho prisoner was found upon the leads of an outhouse over tho water butt , and the constable , seeingliinit ' uinblitigathis trousers pocket , and shifting something from it to his coat pocket ; took from him a paper containing a powder , which a chemist pronounced to be sugar of lead , in sufficient qunntity to destroy half a dozen persons . Thc prisoner asserted , that he had found the stuff in _Pitneld-street , Hoxton , and did not know what it was . Mr . Broughton _satil , that such occurrences were certainly very alarming . Under tlio circumstances , ho should require the prisoner to find bail , two surities for £ 30 each , for six months , and unless he could prouuresuriibail , he would have to remain in prison for that time . The prisoner was committed _accordingly .
Attempt to Murder , —John Acton , upwards of sixty years of age , and described as a Indies' shoemaker , was placed at the bar , on the charge of cutting and wounding his wife , with intent to murder her . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and his wife had resided for several years in _Siiunders' -buildings , Shoreditch , and that neighbourhood had frequently been thrown into a state of alarm in consequence of the scenes of uproar , arising from his habits . About eleven o ' clock on the-preccdimr night , two of . the female lodgers were disturbed , by u violent struggling in the prisoner ' s apartment , followed b y cries uf " murder , " and a faint exclamation of " "Why ' do you use the knife 1 You have done for me . " The two
women instantly hastened down stairs ami on entering the room found tlte wife lying on the ground in a state * of a stupor , surrounded by a pool of blood , which was flowing from a _frightful wound near her shoulder , while tlio prisoner was standing by with a basin uud towel In lus hand , with which ho had evidently boon attemptimr to wash the traces of blood from the floor . The assistant to Mr . "Millar , n neighbouring surgeon , was instantly sent for , who ascertained that the upper part of the woman ' s arm lliUl bCCIl completely pierced through by some sharp _in-Strunicur , _dividing one ofthe small veins , and very unr . vow ly escaping' the principle artery , the incision of which would no doubt have been attended with a fatal result .
The i > iisoner , iu general terms , denied the charge , and the Mag istrate ordered him to be remanded for a week _.
. WANDSWORTH . KxTitAOKUi . vAitv Case of Assai'lt . —Oii Tuesday , John Harvey , a respectable-looking man , described on the charge sheet us captain of the Hope , of Liverpool , now lying in thc l . oiuloii docks , was charged before Air . I ' ajr .-tei ' _j with violently assaulting Mv . Samuel Gooeh , a _tint-iidraper , in I . ark _IhiU-lanc , _Chi'iluuu . —The _ecmipl-. uiumt , whose left eye was terribly blackened , stated that the defendant was a relation of his female servant , and on the previeus evening he culled at Use house to imiiuru after her , _together with the . givl ' s mother and i _.- . fher . They sat up till between one and two o ' clock Yesterday _mwin ing , when tbe givl ' s father and mother went away . Complainant having : ottered part of his bed to the defendant tliey retired to rest . Complainant gotinto bed and defendant partl y umhvsscil himself , when hu said he would go jinu , see his ncicc , ami he accordingly went into the hack room , where his niece , a girl about sixteen , and anuther _gn-1 , somewhat younger , named Hazlegrove , were
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sleeping ; as also three of hi « ( complainant ' s ) children _is , « b , _i defendant remained about half an hour and then _returnSliell and supposing complainant to be asleep , put out the lithJth ! and returned to the girl ' s room .. Complainant lay stawiii for sometime , and then got up and . went , with onl y _hisfiis shirt on , Into the room . The complainant was l ying on on the outside ofthe bed . Complainant said , "Captain in this is u thing I will not allow , it is not a manl y act _» _'t " The defendant immediately got up , and saying , I'Ji j _^ j _^ youknow whether I ' m not a man " walked back into tbVhe complainant ' s bedroom , and struck a light . He then . en struck him a tremendous blow In the face , and knocked ed " him over head and heels like a _suttlecock ; the water-ju ? i ? basin , and stand were broken , and the room was literally llj with his bloodAfter of
sprinkled . a quarter an hour ' s i * _* 8 hard pummelling ho succeeded in effecting his escape by by tumbling down stairs . His eldest girl , a child six years _rs of age ,. had previously got into the street and called the ' ie police , into whose custody he gave the defendant . The le defendant , in answer to the charge , entered into the full ill particulars of thc case , and defended himself from the le charge of impropriety in going to his neice ' s bedroom , by ly considering himself as her guardian . With respect to tlie ie assualt , he considered the complainant richly merited the ie punishment he had received , for the vile language he had id used towards hira . The girl proved that the complainant it made use of very abominable language and Mr . _Payntcr , r , taking the fact into consideration , fined the defendant in n the mitigated penalty of 50 s .
EXTKAOBDINAKY CASE OF CONCEALMENT OF BlftTR . — - On Monday , after the disposal of several uninteresting g charges , Mary Anne Austin , a young woman apparentl y y belonging to the gipsy tribe , was placed in the dock , r , where a chair had been provided for her accommodation , , » s she was in a very exhausted condition , charged with i concealing the birth of a child in the parish of Croydon i or near thereto . Thenrst witness called was police-con- - stable Wm . Burton , who stated that lie was on duty at i Streatham on the 10 th of June , about half . past five i o ' clock in the afternoon , when his attention was called i to theprisoner , who was lying in a ditch by the road-side i for some time . He questioned her , but could get no an- . swer , but at last sbe said she was going to the other side ! of London , and that she had walked from Croydon that ; daj _' i wliich is distant four miles from where he found her . , As witness could get no other information from tlie pri . . soner , he got a woman to talk to her , and this woman
afterwards told lum that she believed she was in the familyway , and about to be delivered . Dr . Stewart was then sent for , and by his orders she was removed into a neigh _, hour ' s house , where he examined her , and stated that he could not ascertain that she was encefnt _* , as the prisoner continued in great pain , and was evidently growing worse , witness _piotwed a cart and horse , and drove her to the Wandsworth Union . —Mrs . King , . the matron , proved that she received the prisoner about ei g ht o ' clock the same evening , and , supposing that she was in labou ' r , had her immediately removed to the lying-in ward , and sent for the surgeon ofthe union . During the interval that elapsed , the matron examined the prisoner , and told her tbat sbe was not with child , and that if she , did not tell her'the truth she could not assist her , and theprisoner then said , she had given birth to a child in the Salt
Marshes , pn this side Sandwich . The next day she told another tale , and said that she had delivered herself in a field , seven miles the other side of Croydon , tliat she had laid all night by the infant , which was born dead , and had left it the next morning covered with leaves Mr . Clement Edluns , assistant to Dr . Connor , said it was his opinion that the prisoner had been delivered of a child aboutfour days prior to her being brought to the union . It would seem also that the prisoner ' s delivery was premature . —A lodging-house keeper , at Croydon , stated that on Sunday ni g ht , the 7 th instant , the prisoner slept at her house , in which there were three men , a woman and _threejchildren ; that the next morning she laid in bed until all the others were up , and went straight to the water-closet ; that she afterwards washed some articles of Clothing , She remained till Wednesday morning , and left .
Sergeant Dayley , 33 T , proved that after hearing a variety of statements from theprisoner , and making inquiry and searching for the body in various directions , he at last obtained information which induced him to believe that the prisoner was delivered at a lodging-house at Croydon , and he subsequently told he that all her previous statements were falsehoods , and that he had traced her to a lodging-house at Croydon , where lie had every reason to believe she ; was confined , The prisoner then said she did deliver herself there on Monday _mornings about ten o ' clock , having been all night tormented with the pangs oflabour , but which she concealed from the other inmates . Tliat she afterwards wrapped the infant ,
which was dead , in a sheet , carried it down stairs , and threw it down the privy . The nurse to the union proved that the prisoner had also made the statement to her . Inspector Bilston , stationed at Croydon , said the privy had been twice emptied , but nothing had been found . Mr . Paynter said it was possible that the prisoner might have been delivered , as she at first stated , on the other side of Croydon , and afterwards walked to the lodgiug-house . This would not be _asolitai-yinstance of extraordinary exertion shewn hy women under similar circumstances , it was evident that no other evidence could be procured ; therefore he should commit tlie prisoner to the Assizes for the concealment ofthe birth . The prisoner was then removed .
THAMES STREET . Brutal Assault . —On Tuesday , Mr . John Koberts , a master printer , in annon-street-road , Ratclift-highway , appeared to answer a charge of committing an aggravated assault on Elizabeth Ann Lewis , a seaman ' s wile . Tlie complainant , who exhibited severe bruises and cuts in her face , wlule her eyes were much swollen and discoloured , said she had lodged for six years in the defendant ' s house , and owing to the insanity of his wife she looked after his family . She left his house three months ago , and had since been nursing liis infant child , which was formerly labouring under severe illness . By the greatest care and skill the child had recovered , and she called at his house ou Wednesday last , for him and the mother to see the infant , on which he _aoused her in a . gross manner , and threatened to give her in charge if ever she came near the house again . On Friday he called upon her at her own house , _Fenton-street , St , George ' _s-iu-the-East , and , in a
domineering way , said he would have nothing more to do with her , and would tuke the child from her . Some words passed between them , and all at once he struck her a violent Woiv on tlie eye with liis clenched . fist , and said he would let her know what it wus to be saucy to him . She remonstrated with liim on his cowardice , and he abused her and struck her again as hard as he was able . Mr . Symons , the Chief Clerk . —Did he strike you many blows 1 Complainant . —Innumerable blows . He cut me ahout the head and face with his fists—the blows fell about me thick and fast . 1 was bleeding profusely , and he struck me again and blinded me . look at my face , gentlemen . The defendant said the woman ' s statement was all very well as far as it went , but the truth wns , that she slapped his face , and on his requesting her not do that again , she directed her son , a boy about nine years of age , to split his skull open with a poker , and he took up one and
began to wield it with great dexterity . A younger child seven years of age took up a small poker , and as there appeared a probability of liis being killed , he was obliged to use his fists , and certainl y did strike the woman pretty hard . Mrs . Lewis was recalled , and strongly denied having urged her children to use pokers , or to commit any violence . She was then asked if she wished the case to be disposed of summarily or sent to the sessions . She preferred the former course , and said her husband was at sea , and she bad no means of proceeding to Uie sessions . Mr . Broderip said lie was satisfied tbat a violent and unmanly assaulthad been committed on the complainant , and he did not give credit to the story about the pokers . The woman had -asked him to dispose of the ease summarily , and he should impose the full penalty of £ 5 aud in default , the prisoner would be committed for two months . The tine was instantly paid .
An Iuish Row . —Thomos Finnegan and Mary , his wife , were brought before Mr . Broderip on Tuesday , charged with beating Mary Ryan . This case developed an Irish row of a very formidable discription . The parties live in the nei ghbourhood of Rosemary-lane , in a colony inhabited solely by tho labouring Irish . Finnegan is a master lumper , well to do in the world , and his wife , a decent-looking woman , is far advanced in pregnancy , Master Finnegan , the son of the prisoner , had thought proper to inflict summary chastisement on Master Ryan , the complainant ' s son , who was considered a grade below the Finuegans , because lie wore no shoes on his feet . Mrs . Ryan interfered to protect her child , and pushed young Fitmegau . Tlie boy went homo crying , and his parents left their dwelling and attacked Mrs . Ryan in the Irish fashion . Mrs . Finnegan , armed with an iron
poker , struck Mrs . Ryan a severe blow on the eye , and then hit her on the arm and back with the same weapon , and laid her senseless on the ground . When she recovered the male prisoner beat her verv savagely wltn hi * lists , while his wile threw pieces of brick and _' stones at Mrs . Ryan , who was taken home in a disabled state . Tho row theu became general , and all sorts of weapons were used , At last the police interfered and dispersed the belligerents . The Finnegans said Mrs . Ryan was the aggressor , and called several witnesses , who all contradicted each other . Mr . Broderip said he had no hesitation in saying a gross perjury had been committed , and it was really shocking to hud persons with so little regard to the solemn obligations of an oath . He fined the prisoners £ 5 each , and as they were unable to pay it , they were both committed to prison for two months .
SOUTHWARK . Isdiscbetion and AiTEMrTED SciciDE . —On Tuesday , Ann Mills , a respectable-looking woman , was charged with , attempting suicide ihat morning Policeman 116 L , stated , that between five and six o ' clock that morning , while on duty near the foot ot" BhicMrhirs' Bridge , near the Surrey side , he observed the prisoner coming over the bridge from the city , and perceiving that she was agitated , he watched her iinpeiveived . When she got to tho steps lcadiiur to the river , she ran down and threw herself headlong into the water , and the tide being up at the time , she immediately sank , but rose to the surface again , when lie seized her by the hair , and by that means saved her . lie then conveyed her to the workhouse , where her clothes having been dried , he afterwards took her to the stationhouse . —When the defendant was placed at the bar , she expressed groat sorrow for the attempt she had made upon her life , and said tliat it arose . from her having
neglected her domestic duties to be present to see Ibrahim Paeha at thc review in Hyde Park , _hhe said she is a married woman , and lived on the Surrey side of the water , and kno « ing there was to be a review in thc Park , she weut there without the knowledge of her husband . While in the Park she met with some female friends , and when the review was over , she accompanied them to a public-house , where they had some refreshment . They afterwards visited other houses , where they had mor « drink , until she became stttpilied , and the last house she reeolkcted being in , wns a watcriug-house uear Fleetstreet . At that time it must have beeu three or four o ' clock in the morning , and that after leaving the bouse , she scarcely know what she did , her mind was so _a-itated from _havingreiiiiiiiial awiiy from home so _lon «\ _nnil
twvihcd . at the reception she was likely to meet with when slw got there , added to which she had not recovered from the ctteetsot what she had taken , and these things _altogether operating upon her mind , she attempted to commit au act ot which she now sincerely repented . —Ha- landlady , a respectable WOtu . tn . here stopped forward , ami said , that as long as she had known her , she never knew her to be guuty ot an act of indiscretion before , such as that ot vcniiunmg l ' voro . home without the knowledge of her msbsimt . Ihe husband was in a state of distraction irom huv protracted absence , and he was not vet a war * that she was tumid , as he left home early in the morniiiff nt quest , of her . The witness added that she would be nappy to take the unfortunate woman home , and tha * sue was willing to give security that such an atumi " would not be repeated . Thc defendant was . _ilisviuiib' _" _- _»* 3 Bg 2 _cara » _CT <» . iao _^ _V _^^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04071846/page/8/
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