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_iSnglatm _, _BEHWICK-CPOS-TWEED . _Skvkral Riots took place in Berwick during the early part of last week , between the labourers cmployed on the Berwick and Kelso Railway on one side , and a number of fishermen and workmen belonging tothe town on the other . The disturbance first arose at Tweedmouth , in consequence , as itis alleged , ofa _portion of the wages ofthe ' navvies beiag withheld by tho sub-contractor , Mr Skelsey , contrary toagrcement made at the beginning of the harvest White Mr Skelsey was paying the men , in _Porster _* spab ! ichoo 8 e , at the High Gate , some of themwho were dissatisfied with the wages they bad
, received , pushed ia the window of the room in which MrSkelsev was paying the men , seized the money which _was _lying upon the table , to the amount of £ 110 in _siftier and gold , knocked him down , and kicked and beat him , and would certainly have despatched him , had cot some of the others , more humane than the rest , succeeded in getting him out of the mom . and conveying him across the road to the office of Mr Morris . The men followed , and threat ened to pull the premises down . Nearly £ 80 was thus distributed , bnt many of the men were not satisfied , and broke the windows , besides committing other mischief . The tumult was ultimately quelled by the arrival of a number of the men nnder Mr Morris , who succeeded in expelling those who "
remained in the yard Only one of the rioters has as yet been apprehended ; but it is espected that several of them will be discovered . One ofthe men , named Patrick Cavanasb , diedon Wednesday morning from an injury received on ths head . On Sunday morning the riot broke out in the town . Howitonginated has not beea discovered ; but between one and two o ' clock the streets were nearly filled . The windows of a lodging-house fer ' navvies' in Wallace ' s green were smashed , and the furniture brought out to the . street snd completely destroyed . The windows and furniture of two houses in Chapel-street were also de-troyedin a similar manner . Boring all these proceedings the police were of little avail . Mr Proudfoot , chief officer , received a blow on the head from
shoe , the wound extending from tbe temple to the lower part ofthe face , and he had , in consequence , to be conveyed home . In the course of the fight , which was not _connacd tn one street , but spread through Chapel-street , _Walkergate-lane , Churchstreet , the dish-street , asd Golden-square , even knives were used , and a fisherman sustained a flesh wound of three and a half inches deep in the left side . From tbe absolute want of an efficient quelling force not a single individual was taken into custody . The men have since continued quiet , though for several _dayathey did not return to their work . A company of tbe 76 th regiment have since arrived , and it is hoped that their presence will prove an effectual check , should farther riots be contemplated .
_CEMBERLAKD . MuBDEB KBAB Cakubze . —A few mornings since as two men , named Hodgson , were walking sear Greyfield Cottage , they observed a woman ' s bonnet and shawl , and a quantity of human hair , lying on the hedge at one side of tbe road , and a sheep ' s liver near them . Oa the breast of the hedge then were marks of feet and other indications of struggling . On looking around they saw , in a field on the opposite side of the road , the body of a woman lying apparently dead , with her bonnet and cap off —tbe latter saturated with blood . The gate of the field had been taken off its hinges , and was restine against the gate-posts . Two officers were speedily on the spot , and one of them returned again tothe
town for a surgeon- f On his way up Botcfcergafe hefound aman _, haviagithe appearance of a travelling tinker , drank , and creating a great disturbance , and took him in custody . This man subsequently turned out to be Peter Hanlin ( or Handley ) , the husband of the murdered woman . The police-officer returned to _Greystone with a surgeon , and the woman was removed to a lodging-house in Botchergate , where she died in about ten minutes , without having exhibited any signs of consciousness . Inquiries were set on foot , and the following particulars obtained . The deceased and her husband ( Peter Hanlin , whom the policeman had so singularly taken into custody ) were travelling tinkers , and , with their two children , and in company with Charles M'Minnis , his
wife , and four children , had arrived in the neighbourhood oa Friday , from Westmoreland , and pitched their tent in la by-lane near _Durdar . On Sturday morning Hanlin and his wife , and M'Minnis and his wife , came to Carlisle , leaving their children in the camp . They were all seen several times in the course of the day wandering abont the streets in a state of intoxication—the deceased carrying small articles of hardware for tale , and , in particular , beieg very drank . Abont four o ' clock they left the town , and called at a publichouse in Water-street , where they hid more drink . ' After proceeding about a mile the two husbands appear to have quarrelled . They were seen by two young men , who were passim :, lying on the ground , striking ateach other . M'Minnis had a whip in his hand , and was seen to strike Hanlin a blow OD the head with the butt end of it . They then rose , shook hands , and declared themselves good friends
—Hanlin bleeding from the wound in bis bead . M'Minnis and his wife went forward , leaving _thedeceased sitting against tbe hedge , too drank to proceed any further , and her husband standing near her , also much intoxicated . Hanlin was afterwards seen striking his wife , and heard threatening to take her life , by persons passing on tho road ; The parties appear to be all of the lowest _clnts of _travelling tinkers . M'Minnis and his wife were both taken into custody , hot liberated . On the person of M'Minnis was fonnd £ 16 and a few shillings . A very severe wound was observable on the forehead of Hanlin , which he says was given to him by four men , whe attacked him and his wife , but which there is but little doubt is the effect of the blow given with the whip of M'Minnis . He Is at present -very unwell from the effect of this blow , and not entirely eut of danger . An inquest has been held before the coroner , and adjourned . .
LA 5 CASHIEB . A Cleveb Attempt io Swisdix was bronght before tbe magistrates at Manchester , of which the hero was a - Hon . Charles Walter _Fitzclarence , Captain of the First Royals . ' The following are the tactics wbich seem to have been adopted . A respectably dressed , _eenteel-looking young man , walked icto the Albion Hotel , Manchester , oa Saturday morning , and ordered rooms , announcing himself as described above . Abont half an hour or an hour subsequently , he made his appearance , at the HulmB barracks , asked for one ofthe officers , and getting himself introduced to Lieutenant Dallas ef the llth Hussars , tn whom he represented himself as lieutenant of the First Royals , stated that hia servant had deserted at
Portsmouth , that he had reason to believe the man was in Manchester , and requested assistance . Theresuit was , a promise that in a short time Sergeant Matthews , ofthe llth Hussars , shonld wait upon him at the Albion Hotel . In due time Sergeant Matthews made his appearance , and was accepted as his orderly . The Hon . Mr . Fitzclarence then proceeded to visit different tradesmen ' s shops to supply certain deficienres ofhis wardrobe and equipments . Oneof tbe first shops that he tried was that of Mr _Hambleton , saddler , whom he told that he had only just been appointed to the Hussars , and had received a cheque from his uncle , tbe Right Hon . Lord Auckland , for £ 1000 , which he had not yet cashed . Mr Hambleton accordingly allowed the lieutenant to walk off with a
pair of spurs and a gold-mounted riding-whip . The next victim singled out was Mr Syddal , of Market * street , a sort of gentleman ' s haberdasher . Here he told the same story , and selected other articles to the value of between £ 70 and £ 80 , directing that they should be forwarded to him that night to the addre-s ofhis uncle , the Right Hon . Lord Auckland , 41 , Whitehall-garden , London . Mr Syddall inquired how they were to be packed , and this called for a fur ther trespass on the credit of Mr Hambieton _, who happening to sell very superior air trunks , had to supply a quantity for the ' trifliue articles' of
wardlo _' _ic Mr Syddall _was going to furnish . So far all had gene smooth , and the next * move' was to get rid of the orderly . This was soon done . The Hon . Charles "W _aJ'er _Fitz'larenee told the orderly sergeant tbat he bad an une ' e . Lord _Cardigan , who was visiting at Sir _Thomsa Arbuthnet ' s , and despatched him thither with a note . It was now that things did not be ? in to run smooth . Mr Syddall had taken a second _thought : and , before parting with his goods , sent ap a shrewd shopman , to have au interview with the lieutenant touching the money . The lieutenant said he had nothing less than a cheque for £ 100 . The shopman went out and returned , as he said , with ¦
change . Show me the money . ' said the lieutenant . * Show me the cheque , ' said the shopman , nothing daunted . The lieutenant , not to appear disconcerted , tnk the shopman into the passage of the hotel _, pointed to a heap of luggage belonging to various travellers _, said his orderly had gone out , and asked him if ho _thought a _geutleman could be expected to unpack that _luzgagc for a paltry £ 100 cheque , when . Monday would do as well ? The _shopman went away . Mr Syddall hinted his suspicions to the saddler , and soon afterwards the latter was at the Royal Hotel lor his ' small account . The Hon . Charles Walter Fitzclarence did not wait ; for Mr Hambleton to say
unoleasant thing ? , bat observed that thc waip was not so handsome as he coald have liked- - he did not _laind extra cxi > ensr , ' -2 nd a % ked if he could have a gold guard fixed ta the _handle ? Mr Hambleton fkt-tcbed ene which wou ! d only co-t £ 2 o additional , which was a-rced upon , and Mr _Hsmbleton wa . ked _eff with his whip , resolvm ? inwardly that neither whin sor guard should be a _? ain _forthcoming l -his ended the adventures of Saturoay . Oa Sunday Mr B-swicfc , superintendent of police , hearing of tn ? _rfiMr , _apprehended the Hon . Charles Walter * i . z-<• _hrence , _wlm , giving a _veryunsitisfactorj account of _iiimsclf , was brtaght before ths magistrates . He
stands remanded . Bvltos . —WoHKnonsE Cnvuvrr . — For some days past the greatest excitement has prevailed in thifci-m in consequence of a rumour , which has been pretty generally circulated , that an old man , named
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John Rothwell , an inmate of the W 0 rkhbuse , * hiLd been flogged to death by one of the male nurses . The circumstance coming to the knowledge of Mr Taylor , the borou gh coroner , he issued -his warrant for holding an inquest on the body ; when evidence was adduced : —Jam es Rostom deposed that he was an inmate of the borough workhouEe . He knew the deceased , John Rothwell ; he wis 12 years old . Witness remembered tbe deceased going into the hospital on Thursday week . He was then afflicted witb dysentery , and was attended by Mr Sharp . The nurse , named Henry Bicknell , was in the habit of beating the inmates with a whip . Witness remembered htm striking the deceased abnut a week ago . Bicknell asked deceased to c o to bed , hut he said he wonld not . Bicknell said if he did not go lie would
make him , and he fetched the whip , which he used abont the deceased ' s legs , after which he got hold of the small end , and laid the butt end about deceased ' s ribs and back . Deceased had only his shirt on at the time . , He got into bed , and cried out murder , upon which Bicknell got hold of a sheet , apd tied it over his mouth te prevent him from being heard . On the fallowing morning witness observed that the skin was knocked off from deceased ' s shoulder-blade aud the place looked much inflamed . B y the coroner . —He saw Bicknell beat deceased again on Sunday , 26 th ult , ; ii was between two and three o ' elock in the morning . Bicknell wanted deceased to get into bed , but he would not , whereupon he struck deceased several times over the temples : which caused him to fall on the floor . He was assisted up
again by witness ; There was no cause for Bicknell to strike the deceased . When Bicknell brought in the whip he said he bad bought it on purpose for them . Witness was frightened to inform the governor of Bicknell ' a conduct for fear he would treat bim the same . He remembered a female nurse inquiring about the wounds upon deceased , and also how he had got a black eye . Witness said he had fallen against a bed-post . He knew he was'telling a falsehood , but he durst not say to the contrary for fear of Bicknell . Several other paupers were examined , all of whom corroborated theabovetestimony . Mr Sharp , the surgeon ;' said he saw deceased on Tuesday week . He ordered him to be removed to the hospital . His complaint was dysentery . He also appeared to be a man of imbecile mind .
Witness attended him from tbe time of his removal . He observed , a few days before his death , a skin wound a little below the cheek bone , which was attended I with a black eye . Witness asked what had caused it , and was told that it was produced by deceased falling when he got np in the right . Witness had made a post mortem examination . He considered the cause of death was dysentery . He considered the treatment of the nurse towards the deceased was most brutal . There certainly was not any occasion to use violence to the deceased . The coroner having summed up the evidence , the jury returned a verdict , ' That the deceased died from dysentery , but tbey cannot separate without expressing their _abhorrenca of the brutal and inhuman conduct of Bicknell , and tbey desired that he Bhould ntonce be removed from his situation . '
TOEXSHIBB . Aitrat _witn thk Miutart . —An inquest waa held , at Sheffield , upon Thomas Morten , aged 30 , a cutler , who died from injuries which he received in a desperate affray with a party of the soldiers ofthe 40 th Foot . The inquiry excited tbe greatest interest . Maria Roberts deposed tbat on Saturday se nnight she went to the Army Arms to her husband , with whom she left about twelve o ' clock , accompanied by deceased and his brother . When tbey were turning down Barrack-lane they heard some persons singing , and shortly afterwards met two soldiers . John Morten asked them why they were " •" raging _soneB on a Sunday morning . Tbe soldiers began ( cuffing with the party , and witness called for the watchman . The guards came down from tbe
barracks , and one of the soldiers came up to witness ' husband , and said he had a good mind to . run him through , and at the same moment pointing his bayonetathim . She tben saw deceased knocked down by one of the soldiers with his bayonet , and about six soldiers round him . She did not see anything more , but heard several heavy blows struck .. The watebmantken came up . and witness turned back , and went to the Army Hotel . By the Jnry : Witness was close to deceased wben he was knocked down . Several soldiers ran at him . None of them endeavoured to prevent the blows . It was hot one of the soldiers who had bad the scofie , but one of the guard who came from the barracks who knocked deceased down . The bayonets which the soldiers had were fastened to their muskets . George
Roberts , husband of the last witness , confirmed her evidence up to the time when they met the two soldiers who were singing- Witness asked one ofthe soldiers what they were doing out at that time of night , and he replied . 'We have got a holiday for the night . ' William Tho-p , the watchman , deposed that he was on doty on the night in question . His attention was called to the spot by Mrs Roberts . He there saw a _p-rson on the ground , and a soldier on top of him . Witness pulled him off , and asked him if he was going to murder the mas . to which he replied that he had been insulted . The cross belt of oneof the soldiers was lying on the road , and a soldier who had
been standing by the deceased picked it up and walked away with it . The soldier whom he had pulled off the deceased made an effort to get away , but witness retained him until Sergeant Johnson took the prisoner ont of witness' custody / The soldier was in custody , and witness could swear to him , and also to the person who was near him . ; When witness saw deceased he appeared much hurt , and when he was pulling the soldier off him deceased cried out , ' For God ' s sake don't kill me . ' The Coroner said it waa very necessary that the prisoners should be bronght before bint to hear tbe testimony of the witnesses . He should adjourn the inquiry . Fatal Steam Bourn Explosion . — -In the
afternoon of Monday , last the . workmen employed at the works of Messrs Smith , Beacock , andTannett , maohine makers and iron-founders , called the Victoria Foundry , were interrupted in their labours by the explosion or blowingawa ** _, with a loud rumbling noise , of oneof the steam-engine boilers . The boilerhouse , which was fitted up with two boilers , forthe working of an engine of about abcteen-horse power , waa completely levelled with the ground , and the boiler whieh burst was blown over an adjacent building from fifteen to twenty yards high , to a distance of abont thirty yards from its bed . The adjacent boiler was also blown from its seat , and turned upside down , with the ends reversed , the engine itself being almost wholly destroyed , and the building over which tbe exploded boiler was blown , considerably damaged in its progress . Tbe engine-man , named J . Newton , was so severely injured , tbat he died almost
immediately . A girl , named Harrison , about fourteen years of age , who was passing along , a footway which adjoins the external wall of the premises , and over which the boiler was blown , was so severely scalded , tbat she survived tbe accident but a short time . A . person named J . Williamson , who was employed in the works , was also so dreadfully scalded that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . Three other persons also received some _sevemcalds and contusions . Owing tothe death of the engineman the cause of the accident will probably be never satisfactorily determined . At present it is supposed to have been occasioned by the engine-man having allowed tho boiler to become overheated , from an insufficiency of water , and that when he added water , on his return from dinner , the heat of the boiler generated steam too rapidly . It is estimated that the damage done will amount to nearly £ 2 , 000 .
_uoirs . _NorrowHAii . —A Child attacked bv a Lion . — On Monday last , a little after ten o ' olock , a very fierce attack was made by the lion ' Nero , ' in Mr Hylton ' _e menagerie , at the fair , upon a child , three years of age , daughter of Mr Chittock , the owner of a caravan attending the fair . The aunt of the child , Miss M'Pherson , the lion ' s queen , was in the act of walking in front of the den of the animal , carrying her niece , when the lion sent forth his paws through an opening at the lower part of the caravan , and seizing the child ' s head tore it most frightfully , both behind and on its forehead and face , ana before it could be liberated , which was done by mainforce , one ef its arms was dreadfully lacerated
and its right ear literally torn off , as it only hung by a little skin . A cry was raised that the lion had got at liberty , and the women shrieked and ran-over each other towards the door for safety . At length the keepers succeeded in calming all apprehension on this head , and the real cause of the alarm became understood . The child was conveyed to its mother , in the caravan , and surgical aid was obtained . While in London Mr Hylton removed the lion from his own caravan , and there were no locking bars on the den in which 'Nero ' was exhibited , which was in fact the cause of this mischief . The lion ' s queen and a man who assisted her to drag the child from the lion ' s claws , both had wounds inflicted npon their hands by the animal , as he struck at everything within his reach . The child lies with little hope of recovery .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE . A Lamentable Occurrence took place at the Bristol Infirmary during the night of Sunday last . About a week since , a man named John Rowcliffe , a fly-driver by trade , was brought to the house for treatment , labouring nnder severe inflammation of tbe lungs . Towards the end of last week his m ' nd sLowedsymptoms of being affected . On _* _Sunday his faculties wandered , and inthe middle ofthe night he jumped out of bed and tried to make his escape from the ward . The night-nurse endeavoured to prevent him , but he escaped from her . and ran
into the passage . She pursued him for some distance , and at length finding his progress arrested by the presence of an iron door , he ran back again towards the staircase . The nurse made & second effort to recure him , _seizsd him round the waist , and called for assistance , and two other nurses came to her . help but the poor fellow broke from her again , rushed down ? _taira . and dashed through a window into the street , The house-surgeon and othersranoutside the buildin " but they found him quite dead . A coroner ' s inquest was held on the body , and the jury returned a verdict that he destroyed bimselt whilst in a state of lunacy .
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"""' -- ¦ ' ¦ . _* -- " ' _"i"owta *) 8 Hrit * t . FATAl . _'ACO- _MOT OK THB OSJOHD , _WOBOBgT-tB , AMD WoLveBHA _MPtbH _RuLWAT . —An accidbnt , attended with fatal consequences to a young man named George _Afland , happened on the works of the above line of railway at Norton , on Saturday , and has just formed tbe subject of a coroner ' s inquest here . It happened that the deceased was assisting a Somersetshire labourer , named Henry Hooper , to '¦ tip' the waggons on their arrival at a certain place where their contents were lodged . While so engaged , he tripped and fell upon the rail , close in front of an advancing waggon , whioh passed over his body , killing him instantaneously . The occurrence was witnessed bv Hooper and another man at work there , but before they could render the poor fellow an ; assistance the _waggon had passed over him . —Verdict , ' Accidental death . *
BBDFORDSHWE . Ikcehdiart Firbs . — This county has once more become the scene of incendiary outrage . During the past week two fires have ocourred in the Woburn district , one of which threatened tbe _destruction of a whole village ., It took place on a farm belonging to the Right Hon . Sir G . Rose , Bart ., in the occupation of Mr Charles Gale , and abutting on the village of Little Brinkhill . The flames spread with rapidity from stack to stack , and the heat became so intense as to , render approach to the rick-yard wholly impracticable . Owing to the distance it was a long time before engines arrived , and when they did they were nearly useless , on account of the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient supply of water . At tbis time the eranarv . barns ,
stabling , and other farm buildings , " were blazing fiercely , the reflection being visible for many miles round . It was discovered that premises at the skirts bf the village were oa fire , belonging , respectively , ta Mr Penrose , surgeon , ; Mr Tomkins , and Mr King , maltster , and unless speedily arrested at this point , it was evident tbat the whole village must be involved in the conflagration . Happily , the efforts of the villagers were favoured by a change of wind , and the flames were eventually subdued at all points before daybreak , . The loss cannot befar short of £ 3 , 000 . The second fire took place at a farm , near the village of _Waveudon , in the occupation of Mr J . Lewsey . It broke out soon after midnight , and though speedily discovered , and aid promptly afforded , the chief part ofthe homestead was reduced to ashes . The loss is said to be nearly £ 100 .
KXHT . Cask of Dhowring at Rochestsr . —On the night of Saturday , the 4 tb of September , the bod ** oi a young female was observed floating in the river a short distance above Rochester-bridge . From circumstances which have since transpired , it appears that her name was Wise , and that she had been living with her brother , an eating-house-keeper in Fore-street , London . It would seem , from a letter found iu her box , that disappointment in her affections led to the fatal termination of her life . Beyond the following letter , her friends can assign no reason for this act of self-destruction . —
Monday , Aug . 30 . —Uiss Wl « e—I am sorry to inform you that , after taking all things into serious consideration , I have made up my mind to drop the acquaintance that has been between us ; but , atthe same time , Ishall notforget your kindness to me during the short time we have known each other , andif it ever lays in my power to return it , I wonld do so with the greatest of pleaiure , and shonld we erer meet again it may be as friends only . If yon have anything to lay , you can write as before , and I will answer it . —Tours , respectfully , Aimed Rouse . Disgraceful Outrage at Chateau . —At the County Magistrate ' s Office , Rochester , on Monday , William Berwick , a sailor , formerly belonging to the Dido , and _iidward Price , a private of the 63 rd Regiment , were brought up under the following circumstances . It appeared from the statement of Mr J . W . Alexander , landlord of the White Lion , at Chatham , that on Saturday , about midnight , after he . had i closed his house , some parties came to the
front door , and knocking violently against the shutters demanded entrance . He resisted as long as possible , but the door was forced open , and they commenced demolishing the glass in every direction . Having at length succeeded in ejecting the assailants , one of them then hurled a stone between seven and eight pounds in weight through the chamber window demolishing both frame and glass , striking against the bedpost with great violence . Mrs Alexander , who was in bed at the time , and who had been confined but a few days , naturally was much alarmed , and , with her baby , took refuge in a closet in the room . With the assistance of the piquet , four men were captured , two of whom , soldiers , had since made their escape from the barracks . The magistrates directed that warrants should be issued for the apprehension of the other delinquents , and ordered the prisoners to be brought again at the next sitting .
DEVONSHIRE . Speculating . —Jenny Lind appeared at Exeter on Friday and Saturday , exciting among the townspeople the enthusiasm which has now become a matter of course . The prices of admission to the subscription rooms were £ 1 Is ., 15 s ., and 10 s . 6 d . Some expert thieves were busy in the throng on the first occasion , and several robberies were effected . One gentleman . lost nearly £ 2 , another ' £ 3 10 s ., and a lady upwards of £ 100 . Certain parties , it is said , speculated to the amount of £ 300 worth of tickets , wbich they were ultimately glad to dispose of at 5 s . each .
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Scotland . ZETUND . Lrbwick . _—Sb-uous Loss of Life . —While a boat wasatthefi 8 hing atthe North Roe , sbe was upset by a sudden squall , and two young men , Andrew Irvine and J . Ramsey , were drowned . On the 18 th ult ,, while a six-oared boat was returning home to Lunasting , she was upset by a squall , near the Scar _Island _. _' and fire men and three women weredrowned . The upsetting ofthe boat was observed : on shore , and another boat was immediately launched andraanned ; bat she speedily filled with water , and the crew had to run her ashore to save themselves . These disasters , with the two which had but a little previously occurred , hare ) spread fearful dismay over the ialanda . From tne 18 b . of August to the 18 th of September , more than twenty lives have been sacrificed in Zetland alone to the fury of the sea , and many a heart bleeds over the sad loss _.
J 0 HK 8 _IORE . A _Thiuptt Widow . —Widow Marshall , residing at Tbomhill ; near Johnstone , aged % , has this , as on former seasons , cut her corn and barley , binding and stocking it single-handed . She has also dug the po * tatoes on her ground , as she was afraid tbey would be stolen , and she is now engaged thrashing out the barley in her barn .
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National Council . —If we are to judge of the future by the past , the National Council promises to be a national failure . On Thursday last week another preliminary meeting was held , at which only fonr members were present , Mr J . O'Connell , Mr li . Grattan , Mr John Reynolds , and Mr Fegan . Mr II . Grattan being in the chair , Mr Reynolds and Mr O'Connell had all the talk to themselves , The proceedings were entirely devoid of interest .
RATES AND RENTS . The opposition to the collection of rates continues to progress . Seizures are being made in almost every quarter of the country , and fromjparties hold , ing large tracts ot land . If things go on as at pre * sent , nine-tenths of the _population will be candidates for workhouse relief . At the last petty sessions for Kilkenny , the poor rate collector had _thirty-five summonses against defaulters . This , be it observed , was for a 2 s rate . A 3 s has been struck since , and will be payable in a few days .
In the county of Kerry , where the poor law is now the mainstay and almost sole dependence ot the destitute , ' the opposition to the payment of the rate is becoming ' inore general and organised . At the meeting of the ' Tralee boardof guardians , on Tuesday , an official communication was read , announcing that the government had sent directions to the resident magistrate to afford the aid of military and police to the collectors , all of whom it appeared , had complained of the resistance given to them . Colonel Stokes called upon the gentry to aid the collectors , anda resolution to that effect was proposed . A debate ensued , during which some of the ex officio guardians objected to the resolution aa reflecting upon the landlords and dictating to them . Finally the resolution was lost by a majority of two . STATE OP _SKlBBERBEf _* .
On Wednesday an adjourned meeting from the previous week was beld in Skibbereen Court-house , for the purpose of devising the best means of providing employment for the labouring population . The meeting was attended by several magistrates and clergymen . Thomas _Somerville , Esq . , J . P _> , presided . The Rev . R . B . Tewnsend , in proposing the first resolution , entered into the calculation as to the extent ofthe crops throughout Ihe nine parishes embraced in the district , aud proceeded—We have provisions for the whole ofour population for two-thirds et the year . Now , the landlord must live ; he must , therefore , get his rent ; he will be looked to to support all dependents . The poor rate , and other heavy rates and charges at present on the land , must bo « J XL ""_• _£ * . ¦ _ ~ w * " * *•»»« - ¦ * _MUU | UlUUV WW
paid , andthebitter weight _oflastseason ' s ruin ofproperty must oblige the tenant as well as the landlord to sell at once to find means of discharging the various demands upon him . We have calculated as though there were no rents to be paid , no taxes to bo demanded , for other incumbrances to be provided for . I say , when all these things are taken into the account , it will be found that all you reckon on for supply of your population is small indeed . If I speak of it as a matter of calculation , supposing thc remnant to be equally divided , it may be safely spoken of as not sufficient fortwo months . We want employment . We wantonly the moans of affording our people opportunity to provide , by their labour , lor themselves . We want tbis to commence while their strength ib available for their industrious su >
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nort . I hei to _^ proposeihe first , _isolation - - 'That we _eonsidwito _-irdutyto - Mke the govemmenUo . _ouainted with the deplorable prospects that await our labouring population for . the ensuing winter , ana which are in dor opinion ' as gloomy as those that we had to look forward to this time twelve months ; s » the resources of the -higher classesare entirely exhausted , and as , from the small breadth of land sown , the quantity ef home-grown food for the people cannot at best be estimated beyond a few months _suoolvin the Skibbereen Union . '
I ) r Donovan seconded tbe resolution . After refer * ring to the frightful havoc which famine and fever committed in tbe union last year , he said—A fifth part of the population of the Skibbereen Union was swept off , Twenty thousand died _ingloriously under the influence of wasting famine . The attempt to support the people exclusively from the rates at present would prove unavailing , and a bad beginning might , he feared , lead to permanent failure . Several other resolutions and » memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant were agreed to .
TKWANT BIGHT . It appears , from a correspondence in the 'Tipperary Vindicator , ' tbat there is every probability of a judicious and temperate agitation of the _tenontright question in Tipperary . The correspondence is between Mr Shaman Crawford and Mr J . Ryan . Tbe following are extracts from Mr Crawford ' s letters : —• ¦ ¦ ' I need net observe to you how important it ia that the demonstration * of public opinion on this or any other [ question rulating to the rights of the people should be conducted in such a manner as to afford no pretence to its opponents to charge against the mode or matter of _suoh demonstration any Imprudent excessany violation of _comtitntional principles ' -or any kind of proceeding whicb would create the apprehension of danger totbejust rights of property , or to the publio peace , or good order of society . ' The following communication was subsequently received from Mr Crawford : —
'I am glad-you are not connected with Mr Lalor ' a meeting . The remit of this meeting will show what course of proceeding would be expedient for you to take in any future meeting ; ¦ 'You will conceive my coming to Thuriow would eu . tirely depend upon how far my presence would he useful to the cause and my acceptance of any personal compliment , such at you allude to , would entirely depend upon that consideration .. Toucan well conceive I would not wish to be a party to any Intemperate expression of opinions or intentions . My object wonld be to create a temperate national movement ; in support of juit principles /
STATU OV TRAPS IN DUBLIN . The condition of the retail traders may be judged from a fact stated on Monday in the corporation , that in one of our best business streets , namely , _Grafton-street , there were wry recently thirty-eight executions on City attachments within one week . URGE FAIL-JUS IK THK CATTLE TRAD" * , Messrs Mergin and Molloy , very extensive cattledealers in Smithfield , have stopped payment , The ' Mercantile Advertiser * says , the firm bas been , for some years , engaged in the export of cattle to Liver * pool , and , we believe , their transactions have been on a very large scale . They have been in the habit
of purchasing from the _sales-masters in Smithfield , and consigning the stock thus obtained to factors in Liverpool ; and , according to the custom of the trade , the produce ofthe sales was remitted immediately after , and payments made to the sales-masters here in due course . Last Wednesday , however , the firm were unable to meet their engagements . As to the amount of their liabilities , nothing at all certain yet known : Some reports set them down at £ 60 , 000 ; but we are satisfied they will fall very far short of that figure , and perhaps , less'than a third part of the sum would cover their engagements . The house of Mergin aud Molloy was also engaged in the tanning
trade-Tax Rbpeal Association . —This body met on Monday , Mr Francis Scully , M . P , in the chair . Mr Soully alluded to thepresent calamitous state ofthe country , and the urgent necessity which existed for procuring food for the people . This was the paramount duty which would devolve upon the council of Irish members ; the next was tenant right , and its secure establishment . The meeting at Holy Cross for that purpose had not bis sanction or that of his hon : colleague , for it was not held by tbe people of that county , but by strangers . A movement of tbat nature sbould come from that hall and the clergy . Mr John O'Connell , ia his address to the meeting , animadverted with considerable severity upon the address of the general assembly of Ulster , and the
lord-lieutenant ' s reply .. The body from which it emanated he called money seekers and sycophants , who spoke not the sentiments of the presbyterian body . The reply he stigmatised as insulting , and as manifesting a want of feeling which was characteristic of English statesmen . He compared the aid given bjr England with that which England , he said , owed this country , and contended that the dealings of the former with the latter manifested a ' murderous niggardliness . ' The Lord-Lieutenant had asked what Ireland would have done if thrown on her own resources ? But had not Ireland the church lands , and would not their sale relieve the distress ? But if they were obliged to resort to the aid of other countries , had not Russia lent two
millions recently to England , and had not generous America money to lend them ? Ireland had a right , he said , 'to get back from England tbe money of whioh she had been robbed / Mr O'Connell , in conclusion , said the roads now unfinished should be taken up—that parliament should be called together , and that Ireland should be preserved , or in the circumstances in which England now was , she might find her weakness augmented by Ireland . Mr O'Connell read a communication from Castlebar , agreed to at a meeting of the Roman catholic clergy of that district , of which the subjoined is a copy , and stated that he knew that similar representations had been addressed tothe country from other more influential quarters : — At a meeting ofthe clergy ef the deanry of Castlebar ,
held atthe Chapel-house , tbe following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —That we recoil from contemplating tbe hearUrend ing sufferings which many of the poor are enduring , and are likely to endure during the approaching winter , as their resources ue now entirely exhausted , and the grain crops , if left exclusively to the growers , would not support them for the nest three months ; and we are convinced that thousands will fall victims , to famine and disease , If steps he not immediately takeaby the government to avert the awful calamity with which they are threatened . That tbe permanent poor-law in its present isolated state , unaccompanied with large and comprehensive measures for developing the resources ofthe country , and stimulating ]
the industry of its inhabitants , so far from produciBg the benefits intended by the legislature , will swell the amount of pauperism and endanger the Biifety of all property In Ireland by its heavy and unequal pressure That whilst we freely admit the justice of the principle that property should support the poverty of tbe country , we deny its applicability to Ireland , from whose shores capital and skill have bean for centuries excluded , whose commerce and manufactures have been annihilated owing to the want of a domestic and independent legislature . The rent for the week was upwards of £ 65 , of which £ 43 were from Nenagb , tke subscriptions principally of Roman Catholic clergymen .
_MINISTEBIAL TREATMENT OF IRELAND . ' Mr _Chisholm Anstey , one of the new members ef Parliament , a Young Irolander , in transmitting to Lord Ji Russell an address and resolutions , from East Skull , briefly alluded to the more prominent grievances , which he conceived Ireland to have suffered at the hands of the Imperial Legislature , and concluded his letter in the following terms : — I shall not remind your lordship ofthe criminal and impeachable neglects and acts , in respect of Ireland , with which you and your present colleagues are so justly chargeable , further than by adding my personal testimony to the truth ofthe statements contained in these papers , and hy expresing my own conviction that , far from having a demand to make for repayment of the
sums you bave squandered , you owe to Ireland a heavy debt , in respect of her labour wasted , her lands thrown out of profitable employment , and her roads and public works made useless or destroyed . I have , therefore , determined not to enter further into the subject of the enclosed papers than by calling your serious attention to them ; and I need not point out to your lordship that the constitution under whicb we lire imposes on tho servant of her Majesty a heavy responsibility for even an error of judgment inthe discharge of hiB public duties , where grave intereits are concerned . In this _iastanca the Interest at stake is that of the lives of her people . Lord John replied in the cutting style , addressing his answer simply to' Mr T . C . Anstey / Sept . 20 . —Sir : I have had tbe honour to receive your
letter of the 17 th inst . I am deeply concerned at the prospect of distress in East Skull , in the county of Cork . It appears to me that the owners of property in Ireland ought to feel the obligation of supporting the poor who have been born on their own estates , and have hitherto contributed to their yearly incomes . It is not just to expect that the working classes of Great Britain should permanently support the burthen of Irish pauperism . I shall not take any notico of the numerous errors of fact and argument into which you have fallen fn your letter _aocompanyisg the representation you hare gent me . Mr Anstey had a few last words , in . which he spoke out plainly about the' maladministration" indifference' and carelessness of the ministry , and concluded : —
I have communicated to the gentlemen of East Skull your lordship ' s decision , and these comments ; ond I have only to inform you that my failure te move your lordship by the representation which I have m « de to JOU On their behalf , compels me to proceed to too next step , to which they havo also invited ma j and that I shall immediately on the assembling of parliament do my part , as one if the members of parliament for the borough of Cork ' towards giving the required information to the legislature ofthe peculiarly grievous pressure ofthe famine , the im . _Lt 7 _fl _i - _- ' ? fy 0 Url 0 rdshi P _' 8 _Proceedings with respect to _* ib . e visitation , and 'the _impossibUity of eifeet-0 _ttS _* . ° 8 B" thB reIicf 0 _* 'he destitute ? orrather extinS h E ° depen < 5 s _en 5011 tot - _* ve or t 0
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MANSION HOrjSB . -7 ohu Bray , aged 68 , formerly an extensive livery stable kwpef _InMoorgate-itree t , Mt reduced to ' thV > ndUl <> a of a ; bailiff ' s . feHp * er , was brought before the lord Mayor charged with having attempted to violate the wife of a person ia whose house he was appointed to keep possession . Mr T . C . Lewis , _muslcieller _. ofKb . 96 , Cheapside , « ald-The defendant wal left in _fosiesilon ef my premises from the Sheriff s Cour t upon a judgment of £ 19 odd , and has been la possession three weeks . Since he has been there I slept out , my wife , two children , and a servant beiog left on the premise * . On Friday morning , » t 9 o ' clock , I ca-ne home , and could find no one except the defendant and my youog man and boy in the shop . My bedroom wss in disorder , and the bad and bedstead were in the middle
of the room , the drawers against the door , and all in confusion . In consequence of a communica tion from my housekeeper , I said to the defendant , 'Mr Bray , what bas transpire * during my absence yesterday 1 ' He said , ' Oh , you have heard part of tbe tale , and I can only tell you your wife is a —; she bas slept with me these last ten nights . ' I said , ' I'll knock you down if yon say that again _/^ nd he replied , ' Ob , I am in posses _, sion , and I dare you to doit ; I . have arms about me , aud I will use them / He afterwards repeated the oftensive words with ttill more disgusting addition ! , in the _preience ofthe sheriff ' * officer , who ordered him out , and I knocked bim down in the . sbop . He then declared that he would cutmy throat , and my wife ' s throat too , and be the death of the pair of us . Mrs Mary Ann lewis , wife of tbe last witness , said—I had discharged my _BBrrantand got my sister-in-law to reside with me .
, On Friday I went to a friend ' s house , and returned home at 18 o ' clock . I took off my bonnet and was going np stairs , and the defendant , who was in the kitchen on the _tecoud floor , said , ' Stop a minute , hare somo bread and cheese . ' I refased , and he stood between me and the door / and _« _ld , 'Now , my dear creature , you can i pais without giving me a kiss / He used exceedingly gros * and offensive language , and I threw up the window and screamed for the police . He followed me and seized me by the arm and pulled me away , and I ran np stairs to my bedroom and put a chest of drawers against tbe door , and he tried to get in . Iwas in such ft stateof agitation I conld not go to bed at all , and he remained outside the door . The witness then stated that she felt reluctant to increase her husband '* trouble * by _telling him what occurred . The defendant / however , continued bis solicitations on another night , _regardless ofthe pre .
_sence of Mrs Lewis ' s sister-in-law , who seeing an open razor lu his hand , threw up the window and called out 'Murder / The police , however , , would not take him into custody as he was in _pouession . For the first time then he used expressions against her reputation , and thc anuoyaHcobeoamo so intolerable that exposure became indispensable . Mn Hughes stated that the went to sleep with Mrs Lewis , in the absence of tbat lady ' s husband , and witnessed the extraordinary nature of that persecution with which the old fool harassed the poor woman , and from her description it would certainly appear _tnatBrny bad taken leave of his senses . It struck several persons present during the examination that the
two _wemen might have easily punished the defendant for the filthy language he had used . He , however , frightened them both by big brutality . Bray said the story had gathered a great deal in tbe telling , and that he had never used any threat * , for , indeed , there was no occasion for any . The Lord Mayor said the case was a very aggravated one for the defendant had not only taken advantage of the distressed condition of the family , but was base enough te reflect upon the character of a woman upon being steadily repulsed . Under such circumstances it was necessary to commit him for trial at the Central Criminal Court . Committed accordingly .
LAMBETH . — The Deapebs" Association roa _Easly Clobisq . _—CoKxctoK ov the _EKJtoVEBS . —Mr Kingston , a draper in _theBridge-road _, Lambeth , applied to Mr Norton , under ths following circumstances : — Mr Kingston stated that a deputation from the Drapers'Early Closing Association had waited on him to obtain his sanction to close his shop at eight o ' clock on aud after the first of the present month , when , for reasons which he urged , be refused to comply with tlieir request , or to give any pledge on the subject . The consequence wat that on the night befewe , abont nine o'clock , when hit man ' was abont to put up bis shutter * , a piece of _glan , to replace which would cost him from £ 27 tc £ 28 , was smashed by a piece of stone nougat it . On that morning , while in conversation with Mr Coates , the
partner of Mr Atkinson , a neighbour and brother tradesman , he , Mr Coatee , informed him en tho night before , and prior to ths destruction ofhis property , Mr Henry Acutt , who Was _alsoa brother tradesman aad neighbour , had made use of the expression , 'I understand they are going to serve Mr Kingston out . ' He ( Mr Kingston ) thinking this somewhat extraordinary , bad this morning waited on Mr H ; Acutt to ask for some explanation for the use of such an expression just preceding the act ; but though he admitted having used the expression , he declined giving any explanation . He ( Mr Kingston ) then requested he ! would attend before hit worship at tbis court , to give some explanation of the affair , and to state hit reason for having used the expression before mentioned . He , however , made gome excuse for not
coming , and he ( Hr Kingston ) , wished to take his ' worship ' s advice at to what , under the circumstances , be Bhould do , or what steps he should take to bring the par . ties who had so seriously injured his property , and who he had no doubt whatever belonged to tke Early Closing Association , to justice . Mr Norton observed thathe could hardly suppose for one moment tbat a tradesman with any pretension to character and respectability would sanction such an outrage at that committed . At the same time he felt bound to say that it was ehe duty of Mr Acutt not only to giro every explanation for the use ofthe very significant expressions ha had uttered , but to give every _aBsfctaace in his power in bringing to justice the party guilty of tbe outrage on the applicant's property . Tbe worthy magistrate then directed Redferd , oae of the summoning officers of the conrt , to go to Mr Acutt and request his attendance . Mr Acutt attended , and expressed himself with some warmth at tbe charge against him . He declared he had not the slightest idea
who it was who had broken Mr Kingston ' s window , and said that what he had mentioned to Mr Coates was from " mere conjecture , and from what he had heard from the young men , who were no donbt very _mach disappointed at Mr Kingston ' s not compiling with the regulation tbey had in view of closing his shop on ihe 1 st of the present mon th , at eight o ' clock . With respect to the young man in his employment acting as secretary to the association , he did aot tee what be , at his employer , had to do with private affaire , so long is he discharged hit duty pro . perly as a servant . Mr Kingston denied having made any charge agafmt Mr Acutt . AU he required was an explanation of what be considered a strange coincidence . Mr Norton said , that however desirable it might be to have Blithe shopB closed at eight o ' clock , still such out . rages as thdt complained of could not be tolerated . For his ( Mr Norton '*) part , be wonld give every assistance in his power to repress such acts , and he hoped Ur Acutt would give every Information iu his power to bring the guiltyparties to justice .
HAMMERSMITH . —Prison Mania Mary Minton _, stated to be ' 41 years of age , no home , no trade / was charged before Mr T . Paynter with being drnnk and riotous , and breaking five paneB of glass in a beer-shop window at Chhtwick . The offence having been proved , and also that sbe had indecently pulled her clothes up while being taken te the station , and while tbere , Mr Paynter asked if she was known to the police and where she came from $ The prisoner instantly said with a smile , ' Known ! oh yes , I have been here before , I took a cloak last June at Houaslow , on purpose to go to prison , sad I was sent from here for two months . I have since had a month from Kingston , and I only came out of prison yesterday . I came from Hanwell , but I don't like to be out of prison , for I like the regularity of everything there . I can't stand my liberty . I
would rather be in prison altogether , and I want to go back again . The officers are always glad to see me , ss they know I do my work . There is not a single thing in county work but what 1 can do . I can do shoe _, binding , tailoring , _shirt-making , or anything else what _, ever and ( rubbing her bands wiih intense glee ) I only want to go back again to prison . * Mr Paynter said if Bhe came from Hanwell the had probabl y been ia the lunatio asylum , and had been turned out , as others had been , for cured , She must pay 40 s . fine , or go to pri . sonfforamonth , Prisoner : Therenow , that ' s always how I am served . I would not give a farthing for a month or two . Here , I ' ve now been committed nineteen times . Why don't you 9 end me to prison at ouce for good 1 That would be worth something . She was then re . moved , much disappointed .
CLERKENWELL—William Joseph Clifton was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Matilda . Clifton , his wife , aged 88 . William Henry Martin , No . IHO , deposed that on Monday morning , _aboutbalf-past one o ' clock , he received information that a woman had been ill-used by her husband at a house No . 6 , _Beaachamp-street , St Andrew's , Holbotn . He proceeded thither , and on making inquiries he heard that the woman was dead , and that surgeons had been there , and that the woman ' s name wat Matilda Clifton . He left a constable at the door of the house and went to Mr Pollock , surgeon , of Hat _ton-garden , and saw his assistant , who said the woman bad received a blow and a kick . Witness returned to the house , and found the prisoner . Ho went _up-stairs with him to tbo back attic , where he found the deceased lying on a bedthere waa blood on the stairs and floor . When in the room with tho prisoner , witness said , « I must tak _* vou lilt A m-ntnrl-o _frt- * . _"U 5 _« > rat . _ . ' *** i \ v _jiju mtocustody for thisThei
. ' prsoner said , 'Very wellam sorry for it ; at the timo sho aggravated me . ' He repeated ths at the station-house . lie found 13 , . 7 d _K ~ _™« «* . Sbe was without her clothes ' Mr Tyrwhltt asked the _prisoner if ho wished to put _™? quest _. _ons ( 0 the witness ? Prisoner fdecidedlv 1 — I have none , your worshi p . Mr Simeon _Colcleugh , _sur . peon and _esslstantto Mr Pollock , deposed that he was called upon to attend the deceased at about _half-past two o clock in tho _mornlog , at 6 , _Beaucfaamp-street . _Uifl not boo the person who called , bnt thought it was the prisoner . Ho went to the house , and noticed on two of the upper stairs blood and water . Saw a woman lying on her right side on the _lhor and another woman by her side . The face of the former was pallid , ond she was almo 3 t insensible . Sho said , in answer to a question , that she was ill . Witness went iuto the adpining room , and found the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed . Asked if he knew the cause of his
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wife ' s illaett . A little girt ( hit daughter ) l 8 _M _^ mother had been o , MiwlUtn with * her father , gheh . been ill for two or three day * . She ttid htr father _hw kicked her ; mother . The bleeding had commenced be , fore he kicked ber . Tho deceated wot quite restl Witness left the place , and tent medicine , with _instead tion * how to be rued . Theprisoner inquired of witnB | , if he thought It a serious case . Witoett replied . « _j _^ deed I » is / Tbe prisoner said , ' I am sorry for _; She wat a dreadfd temper . ' She threw a kaife ( j shovel , the poker and ton g * at him . The poker _Btro-fc him on the nose , and he kicked her . Witness _receive information that the died at four o ' clock fa the mom . ing The prisoner declined putting any questions to _thla ' wvtoes-. saying , 'Itis quite _-teh-, I went for the
_tuMson' Other evidence Bavin *; ocen gmn . _jMr T . _whlttBoid he should , remand _^ the prisoner , and he ca , tioned bim that he wat not bound to _^ _tay any thing , Theprisoner , who was much affected , said nothing , and he was remanded . _ ,,, . .. BK * AJfr .-W . D . Daley was chavged with intermarry _, _lott-with Mary Anne Barry , bit first wife , Susan Gal . S , being s tUl alive . The second wife stated that s he _Jecameacquainted with the prisoner about two year , rgo , whenhe represented himself as a tingle man . The , were married at St George ' s Church , Bloomsbury , on the 29 thofla « t December . Sometime after her mar . _riage the ascertained that he had been previously mar . riedand that hit _firtt wife was then living with her _f \ % 3
, _. _¦¦¦• . W __ . __ " * P > -. _n--a mother , No . 3 , Crocker ' s-bulldings , Hoxton Old Town . Sho taxed the prisoner with the deceit he had _practisnd tn her , when he treated the matter with the greatest levity , and said he thought hia first wife had been long ago dead , Mary _GaloaUy , the mother of the first wife , proved that the wat present at the marriage ofthe pri . soner with her daughter in December , 1841 , and her _daughter was residing with her at present . He treated her very badly , and left h . r shortly after tbe marriage , and they taw him two or three timet during about a twelvemonth , after which they heard nothing of him until they were told he was ln custody upon the present charge . The prisoner was remanded to Wed . nesday .
MARYLEBONE . — Maoistebial Opinion or Iooib Philippe . —A lady , who gave her name at lady Harriet Becktine , handed a letter to tho magistrate , addressed to his Excellency the French Ambassador , Manchester _, square , and requested him to tee that it wat delivered , Mr Broughton : Why don't you leave it at the _ambassador's residence yourself ! Applicant : It _' t of nouse . My letters _whtn left there are intercepted , as I have eve * y reason to believe , by the porter . The fact is , sir , I have a vast deal of money in the French funds , and the investments therein in my favour were made by the Prince
of Capua , King Louis Philippe has in hit possession all my reoeipt * and other valuable paper * , which have beeb handed over to him by the prince ; and I find it quite impossible to obtain my rights . I am treated most shamefully . I have written repeatedly to Louis Phi . lippe ; but persons connected with the post offiee bave , I have no doubt , prevented my communications from reaching his Majesty . Some more papers were handed to Mr Broughton , who , after perusing one of tbem , said to applicant : The turn , which you consider yourself to be entitled to , aud which , as alleged , _hitve been invested by the Prince of Capua ia your name , it no lets than twenty millions sterling . Applicant : That it tht case ,
sir ; and I claim that money from the King , who holds all my receipt ! . Mr Broughton : Louis Philippe is one of the best men that ever lived , and would not wrong any one ofa farthing . Let me give this letter which yon have addressed to the ambassador , to one of my officers , who will put it in the post , and it will then be sure to reach his Excellency . Applicant : It will not , sir . The porter , as toon as he gets hold of it , will destroy it . Let me have it again . —It was returned to her , together with the rest of her papers , and she then made her exit , laying that the should go direct to _Marlboroagh-street polioe-court , and try if she could not there' obtain justice .
Sending _CtMBosTiBtss Br Railway . —Mr _Collard , superintendent of the Great Western Railway Company , laid an information against Mr Parker , carrier , Newinn-yard , Old Bailey , charging him with having forwarded a box containing forty-two pounds of lucifer matches to the railway for transit . The attention of the officers bad been attracted by the smell , and the box was opened , and of course not forwarded . The penalty for snch offence was fixed at £ 10 . The magistrate considered the subject one of great importance to the public , and would take time to consider of hit decision .
WESTMINSTER . —The Public Health . — Several householders in Palace-street , Pimlico , were snmmonad for pumping filth out of their cesspool * into the public thoroughfare . Crow , the parish inspector of nuisances , having proved that the inoffensive matter wat being almost nightly pumped out into tbe street , Mr Rogers observed that , with the exception of two or three houses , the filth from the cesspools of the whole ofthe other houses in _Palace-street , which is ia the close vicinity of Buckingham Palace , was disposed of as _tbeiaspecterhad described , and was most offensive to the neighbourhood . The householders , in reply , complained of being in a very unenviable positlsn . These cesspools were repeatedly emptied , but , as they were liable to overflow with heavy rains , they were compelled to pump tbem out ,
or go to tbe expense and inconvenience of having the matter carried away by carts every two | or throe days , in consequence ef the want of proper sewage . Mr Broderip inflicted _thepenalty often shillings in each case , at the same time , observing , that he wished it to be distinctly understood that all offences against cleanliness and thepublic health would be visited , as far as he was concerned , with the most severe penalties of the law . Sewage in _thit and other parts of the metropolis , he re . gretted to say , wat in a most disgraceful state , but while it continued so _itwas the duty of _persoas to do the best they could , in the present state of _thingB , and inatead of pumping the filth they must have it properl y carted away . He felt thatthe householders were labouring under great difficulties ; still the public health demanded that the
Jaw should be put fn force in cases of this description . WORSHIP-STREET , —Shootino a Woman—H . H . Thomas was examined for having wantonly fired off a rifle , loaded with ball , at a young woman , named Sarah Meade , who had since been confined , in a dangerous state in St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , the complainant , who exhibited extreme _faintness and debility , stated tbat while conversing with two female friend * in front of the Eagle Tavern , City-road , on the night of the 28 th ult ,, the prisoner and another young man , each of whom had a gun in bis hand , accosted them , and the prisoner pointed bis gun at one of ber frieudB , who requested him to desist , and he at once lowered it , with the observation thatit waB not loaded ; but directly after raised it to his > shoulder , witbin a yard and a half of complainant ' s , head , and it instantly went off . She was not at first ; aware that she W 3 S wounded , and joined in the laughter '
of her companions on hearing the report ; but at tbe > same moment experienced a sensation of numbness down i the side of her face which was streaming with blood , and l -was only saved from falling by a _bystander , who sup- ported her . Mr J . Mather , the divisional surgeon , who ) attended the complainant at tho station , described the _e nature ofthe injury as a lacerated wound extending g about seven inches from the centre of the right cheek k iato the back of the neck , where there was a correspond-1-ing orifice , through which the ball had evidently passed . ! . He considered the wound to be ofa very dangerous _de-escription _. Several other witnesses were examined , and id fully corroborated the complainant ' s account of tbeie transaction . The prisoner , in his defence , declared that it it was his firm belief at the time that the gun was _notot loaded , and that tbe result was purely accidental , 1 , Mr Hammill ordered the prisoner to be fully committed ii upon the charge , bat consented toaceeptbail .
Juvenile _DEPEAViTi .-Anne Watt ., twelve , and hcrcr brother , James Watts , fourteen , were finallyexamiaed _. d , charged with robbing Eliza _Jenkinson , aged nine . On ) n Thursday last the mother of the girl Jenkinson sent hor or out with half . a . crown to make some trifling purchascs _. _ss , and she was stopped by the female prisoner , who , ob .. b . serving the silver in her hand , advised her to be _moreire careful of her money , as a man was larking about whoho had recently cut off her ( the prisoner's ) pocket , nndnd who plundered all the children tbat came in bis way ay . The prisoner then took the money out of her hand , andnd having , as the girl imagined , wrapped it up and placedied it at the bottom of Uer basket , hurried away . Pindinging directly afterwards that her money was gone , she pur . ur . sued tbe prisoner and gave her into custody ; and _tbethi little culprit having alleged that her brother had instiisti
gated her to commit the offence , the latter was also np np prehended—Tbe mother of the prisoners informed _ththu magistrate that the male prisoner was naturally a wcllrcU I disposed and dutiful child , but with regard to _tbegirjgiri ] she had manifested the most vicious propensities fron _' ron i her earliest infancy , and it was her earnest wish to _propro i cure her admission into aomo place of refuge , as ths th i only means of protecting- thereat of her cMldren frorfro _:: the contaminating influence to which they must otherthe .. r _«! t „ _' ? _rtf _-T . _Arttold"S"tted thathe had nd n , power to fur ber the views of the mother witbout _sento'l » _ng the girl to prison , and he should , therefore , ordorde _: her to he committed for two months to the House esc ci Correction , where she would receive proper instructiontioc i and lie should forward a special representation of tlif tin case to the visiting justices .
MAR _LBOROUail-STREET _.-lMPOKTANT to _Tawm _™ _BROKEHS . —Edwin Howell , agont , waB finally examincdincc c charged with having pawned a large quantity of _stajstajy _entrusted to him to dispose of by a German maiiufaaufau turer named Vlies . Tha case stood over for the magiaagii ii trate _' s decision on this point . Theprisoner , ft aft an peared , liadb 8 en engaged by MrVlies in the capacity city < < agent for the disposal of the stays . Mr Vlies receiveieive e £ 20 from the prisoner , who deposited upwards of 20 f 2 (!( P _» trs with a pawnbroker as security for the loan of jE ' of jE' _^' i on _erudition that thc stays should be forfeited if tlif til money was not repaid by a certain time . This pnwuimvuir n
t « ok place without tbe consent or knowledge of m M Vlies . The money was uot repaid in time and the stay sts . _;* . _; became forfeited , and the pnwubrokt r disposed of thef theie : to various shops . The transaction baring come to tl to tltl knun-Iedgo of Sir Vlies , th « prisoner was given into cuto cuu tody on a chargo of having illegally pawned the _pme _prr _pi-rty . Mr llariimck _decided that the ease did slid nn come within tho meaning of the act , inasmuch as the athe a a oused had uot converted thejmoney obtained by tho pawj paw s _iugof the stays to his oivn use , but had given the sum sum a tke proprietor of the stays , Tbc accused was aceoraceom ingly discharged .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09101847/page/6/
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