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Heauh of _Londos-duiung ihe Week . * -In fte week ending last Saturday , the deaths reggtered in the metropolitan districts numbered only & _-W ; a result which , if compared with the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous _y- _^ are ( 1840-9 ) is less San iS any week , except those of 1841 aad 1842 . The averagenmnber _ofdeathsin corresponding weeks is 883 , or raised in the ratio of increase of population 963 ; on whieh * decrease is apparent in the deaths of last week , amounting to 134 . From diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class , the total deaths last week were 159 , the corrected average being 181 ; and to take particular diseases , small-pox was fatal to seven persons , or half the average ; scarlatiua and hooping-cough respectively to 17 and 36 , also less than the average ; measles to 17 . or about the usual amount . Bat _crofp destroyed 15 children , which is double the ordinary fatality from this complaint . Also the wife of a butcher ,-a ged 36 vears , died in Halseyterrace , Chelsea , of " spasmodic croup ( 18 hours . )" Tjpbus was fatal in 28 cases—considerably less than usual ; try siue ' as in 9 ; diarrhoea in 10 : the two
latter being near the average amount . Diarrhoea appears to decline , the deaths from it in the last three weeks having been 19 , II , 10 ; in the week corresponding to thelastinl 84 S and 1819 , they were 19 and 20 . The mortality from diseases of the res / . * ratory organs differs little from the amount that generally prevails at this season of tho year ; from bronchitis , pnenmotfa , and asthma , there were respectively 44 , 65 , and 9 deaths , the last showing a slight decrease . It is sufficiently worthy of remark , that consumption has recently carried off weekly much less than the usual number of its victims ; last week the deaths from it were only 102 , though in the corresponding weeks often previous years they ranged fiom 121 to 168 , and the corrected average is 157 . A man of 44 years died of purpura _hsmorrhagica . A
man and two children died of _laryngitis ; and three children of laryngismus stridulus . Three children were accidently suffocated in bed . The death ofa child , aged 5 months , who was suffocated by impure air , occurred at 7 , Hayward ' s-place , in St . James ' s Clerkenweli ; he was f « und dead in bed . His father was a jewel-case maker . In Blue Anchor-alley , finsbury , a bookbinder , aged 45 years , died of ' drunkenness , vomiting , and atrophy . " A pensioner , of 65 years , died in Greenwich Hospital , from *' apop k _!* riaapotu ( I 3 days , ) pneumonia ( 6 days )" Last week the deaths of 74 inmates of workhouses were recorded ; 63 persons were registered in general hospitals ; 6 in military and naval ; 8 in lumtic asylums ; 3 in the Small-Pox Hospital , Camden town ; and 3 in the Fever Hospital , Islington .
A Jr / ar _Fisso . —Oa Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s HospUal , as to the death of Richard Austin , aged sixtytwo . Up to half-past three o ' clock only one gentleman ofthe jury had arrived , whilst the inquiry was fixed for three . The coroner consequently fined nine absentees 20 s . each . The deceased , who was an engiaver , living in Moorgate-street , Clerkenweli , was paralysed , and had lost the sight of one eye , the other _beio-fr rather defective . He was with his wife at a shop in Aylesbury-street , Clerkenweli , and , on stepping from tiie kirb , a horse and cart came along at a very moderate pace , and he was knocked down . the horse treadingon his body . He was taken on a truck to the hospital , where be died on the previous
mornin g from the effects of the injuries . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " In the course of the inquiry oue ofthe gentlemen who had been fined came in and said he was a broker at the Stock Exchange , and his attendance might have been a 1 ss to him of £ 500 . The coroner said if he made £ 500 at a stretch he could well afford to serve . Ingsnious Swiswjsg . —On Saturday last the police succeeded in apprehending a man named Joseph Cash Gibson , who for some time past has been engaged , with others not yet in custody , in a jery ingenions swindle . It appears that the parties have been in the habit of sending to auction rooms for side , cases of very handsome medals and coins , finely finished , to represent gold . The matter was
discovered by Mr . Thomas , the auctioneer , in Leicester-square , in the following way : —A few evenings ago Gibson called upon Mr . Thomas , and produced several cases of medals , which be represented as gold , and asked Mr . Thomas whether he would Fell them for him . Mr . Thomas applied tbe usual tests to the rims , and , believing they were gold , he agreed to se'l tbem , and gave Gibson a deposit . From some circumstances which afterwards came to his knowledge Mr . Thomas was induced to * test the coins on the obverse and reverse , and he tben discovered that thev were only electrotyped . Mr . Thomas
immediately waited upon the commissioners of police , who sent _' Mr . Field , an expert officer ofthe detective Force to investigate the matter . Mr . Field at once had one of tbe medals broken np , and he then discovered that it had been most ingeniously made . The inside was iron , the next layer was of copper , then a thin coat of silver , aud the top and bottom gold ; the rims were also gold . Some of them were larger than a crown piece . From tbe description given of Gibson , Mr . Field succeeded in apprehending him on Monday . Many of the meda ' s have been pledged for as much as £ 10 , although they are not worth more than 4 s .
_Fieb -seat * Cayexdish-sq > uabj " . —Late on Saturday night last , an alarming fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs . Maddox , an upholsterer , & C carrying on business at 25 , Welbeck-street , Cavendish-square . A considerable quantity of furniture was destroyed , aud the bu lding much damaged . The property wa 3 insured in tbe Sun and Imperial Fire Offices . The origin of the fire is unknown . Fire . —On Sunday a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke out in the premises _belonging to Mr . Richard Stevens , fancy " read and _biscuit baker , carrying on business at No . 13 , Little _"Wmdmill-street Golden-square . The discovery was made at a few minutes before three , a . m ., by Mr .
Stevens , jun ., who was sleeping in the first floor . He rushed up stair 3 and alarmed tbe inmates Having descended to the shop , be found that one of hs young sisters , with an infant in her arms , was standing at the front door , endeavouring , but in vain , to open it , in order to effect her escape . The smoke at that time was so dense in the shop , that the giri and the infant were nearly suffocated , and -flames were rushing through the parlour door , and spreading towards tbe staircase . Recollecting if he opened the front door the draught would send the names to the top of the house , he pulled his sister and the infant through the fire to the first floor . Having opened the front window , he called for assis tance , when the current of air thus admitted made
the fire ascend with violence , and very speedily the back part of the room in which they were cngregated together became ignited . Mr . Stevens , in order to prevent his infant child from being burned tn death threw it oat uf thewindow , and it was caught iu the arms of police constable 86 C . Another child was thrown out in a similar manner , and saved by the same officer , and not one of them , fortunately , received any injury of importance . The escape belonging to the St- James ' s Society was quickly on the _Siot , and bavin * - ; been raised in front of the premises the flames shot forth from the upper windows and set the machine on fire . Fortunately , the conductor was enabled to rescue Mr . Stevens , jun . ; the last person in the house , so that the whole were
providentially saved from meeting with a horrible death . The flames could not be conquered until the whole of the stock-in-trade , furniture , and wearing apparel were destroyed , and the premises nearly gutted . From the examination since made by the brigade , there seems no doubt bnt that ths fire was caused from tiie overheat of the oven , which was immediately under the back parlour fl-toring . The sufferer wm insured in the Sun Fire Office . Extensive Fike in Lambbth-walk . —On Monday morning , shortly after one o clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Harris , a grocer and cheesemonger , in Tyers-sireet , Lambeth-walk . From inquiries made , it appears that whilst the inmates , consisting of Mr . Harris , bis
wife and family , and a lodger , named Henry James , were in their beds , a party passing the property perceived smoke pouring forth from the shop in Tyersstreet He instantly gave the alarm ; and , after _soaie trouble , succeeded in arousing the inmates , but not before the whole of the lower part of tii 3 premises was wrapped in one general blaze . The whole of the residents , however , wish the exception of Mr . James , the lod ? er , succeeded in wading through the smoke , aud effecting a safe retreat . Mr . James , the lodger , was not so f _jrtnnate , owing to the rapidity wit h which thc flames progressed , all chance of his escape by the re-jnlar means was cat off , and in order to avoid being burned to death he was obliged to resort to . the
dangerous expedient of jumping out of one of the upper windows . By the time he could accomp lish it , the whole of the premises from Tyers-street into Wickham-street presented a regular blazing mass , and the flames as they rushed through the windows stretched over the carriage-road , and ascended so high into the air as to illuminate the city aud more distant districts . The engines were soon on the spot , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen , Mr . Harris ' s premises were wholly destroyed , his stock in trade consumed , and ths furniture of several of the surrouQding neighbours seriously injured . The l'ss , which is very serious , will be partially covered liy an insurance in the West of England Fire-office .
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It is calculated that during the present year six millions sterling have been lost by the importing speculators of corn . —Times . The _MoBTiiirr of London , and indeed of England generally , shows a gradual annual decrease , whilst , it fa well known , tlie population increases considerably . The rates of premium Jar Lifo Insurance have _beengrcatlj reduced dor-Mi **; tfcelast fewjears , yetthe offices continue as prosperous _^ _.. _"T _^! - * - _•*¦ "•*¦ ' -fects dearly demonstrate that some - _^^ r _£ _Sl _S ' * - ""* anbeeded , must bave produced _^ Ja _££ ?& re _^ s * _A _^ _Sst these causes ; the _in" _^^ _JS _^ _^ _^^^ _- _^ _* e many very _valu-™ l _S _^& F _*** - _^ * - _*• "¦ « - » . most prominent The _smaU-po- _^ that annually carried off thousands , has ten succ _^ sfimycomhatfed % _t-s _^ u _^ _VSmt -w rosedto -a _aimiBiuiDsnms _•* _SSa £ _SwfsSS _^ _W
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TIIE ALLEGED MURDER AT ,. CLAPHAM . The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the mysterious death of Sarah SnelUng , aged fiftythree , late house-keeper to . Mr . John Maddle , of U , Clarcmont-place , Wandswdrth-road , was re-opened on Monday afternoon at three o ' clock by Mr . T . Higgs , at the . Nag ' s Head . —Mr . John Parrott , of Clapham Common , was re-sworn , and said : I have , in accordance with your instructions , proceeded with the analysis of the stomach . I have , as minutely as I could _. analysedfqrthose poisons frequentlygiveD _. such as arsenic , prussic acid , and oxalicacid . I have also , ia conjunction with Mr . Snow , an eminent medical man , endeavoured to detect the presence of chloroform , bat . there is not the slightest trace of any of
the above substances having been used . I feel , therefore , quite unable to account for the death of the deceased . —Mr . Maddle here ashed if the deceased had died a natural death ?—Mr . _^ Parrott observed , if he was obliged to give an opinion , she might have died from fright . Had there been chloroform in the blood of the deceased , Mr . Snow or himself would have detected it—A ridiculously absurd and disgusting anonymous letter which has been received by Mr . Parrott was then read . —George "Winch , potman at the Nag ' s Head , deposed that he saw the deceased about ten o ' clock on Sunday morning week , she was at the parlour window . He believed the gate was generally kept locked . He saw no person loitering about . — Mrs . Jane Stephenson , of 2 , Ciaremont-place , _t-tated
that on Sunday , tbe 28 th ult ., about twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , she saw Mr . Maddle leave the house , and the deceased in the garden , who locked the gate after him . "Witness knew deceased perfectly well , she always appeared a feeble person , and that morning had her apron up to her _miuth . —James Saunders , a youth about seventeen years of age , the son of a carpenter , living at 1 , Cbapel-place , Wandsworth-road , but employed at a hatter ' s in Birchinlane , where he generally stayed , deposed that on the day in question he was at his father ' s house , and looking out of the front parlour window , he saw a man walk out of Mr . Maddle ' s house , open the gs te , and go out ; he had nothing in his hand ; he appeared to have a brown coat on ; he walked very stately , and
went in the direction of Vauxhall . He was an elderly man . Did not see enough of his face to recognise him again . —James Clarke , ostler at the Nag ' s Head , proved that at about a quarter past one o ' clock he called at " Mr . Maddle ' s with the beer , he rang the bell three times , but there was no answer . Witness tried the front gate , it was locked , bnt-the side gate which leads to the backdoor was open . —Witnesses were also examined , who deposed to the condition in which the deceased was found , and to other circumstances which have already apppared . —The coroner asked the superintendent of police if any of the missing property had been traced?—The superintendent said there was no discovery made at present . —A juror
asked Mr . Maddle if lie had yet discovered what amount of property he had lost ?—Mr Maddle said he had lost all his plate at Notting-hill . He had oniy two or three table and teaspoons left , which were missing . _ The only things he had not enumerated previously were a number of silk handkerchiefs . He could not give a description of the watch ; it was a French one . He could not identify the rings . — Sarah Anne Snelling , aged seventeen , the daughter of the deceased , of No . 1 , Cobden-place , South Lambeth , proved that she frequently visited her mother , who was in weak health . The last time .-be saw her alive was on the Tuesday before her diath . She had been twelve years with Mr . Maddle at £ 10 per rear . Her mother had
informed her that a robbery had been attempted four months since . Never saw any plate in the house , only noticed some plated spoons' Mr . Maddle and my mother lived on good terms . —John Laing , 10 . Lavender-row , labourer , deposed that on the morning of Sunday week , about half-past 11 , he was standing about seventy yards beyond Mr . Maddle ' s house , when he heard a whistle , and on looking up he saw a man standing under the side of Mr . _Maddle ' s garden wall , from which he appeared to have alighted . The man walked some distance towards Battersea Fields . He had a small bundle in . a red handkerchief under his arm . He was shortly after joined by another man carrying a blue bag . The one was a short man , in a long frock coat , with (" ark hair ; the other was taller , having light hair and a
short coat . —fhe coroner now asked the superintendent of police if he had any more evidence to produce , or if he anticipated being enabled to produce any more at a furiher period ?—Mr . Bic _* * nell said he would much prefer leaving the case in the hands of the cororer and _jnry . —The coroner then read over the voluminous evidence , after which the room was cleared of strangers . —The Jury returned , the following verdict : "That the said Sarah Snelling was found dead under very mysterious circumstances , that there were no marks of violence or discoloura tion on the body , nor any trace of poison ; that the body bad been opened and examined by a properly qualified medicafman , together with an analysis of the contents ofthe stomach and bowels , but tbat there was no conclusive evidence to the jury as to the cause of deceased ' s death . "
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_Fdneraiopthe Poet Laureate . —The remains ef Wordsworth were consigned to the earth , at the little church of Grasmere , on Sunday last . The funeral was intended to be ss private as possible , but many persons assembled to pay honour io the remains of thc illustrious dead . There was a long procession of carriages and horsemen , and the church was filled with ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood , attired in deep mourning .
Fatal Affray . —An inquiry took place on Saturday last , at Shrivenham , Berks , before Mr . Wasbrough , coroner for the connty , on view of the body of William Robey , 29 years of age , who came by his death under the following circumstances , as detailed in the evidence of several witnesses . —Thursday was the annual _pleasure fair at -Shrivenham , and between ten aud eleven o ' clock at night there was a disturbance at the public-house kept by Mr . Hazel ) , who turned out the company and shut his door . : The deceased and another person went thence to a beerhouse , kept by a person named Norris _, and a quarrel soon ensued between the deceased and a man named Thomas Harman , andmutualchallenges to fight took place . Young Norris interfered to prevent blows
passing , and both men sat down , butsoon jumped up again , and proceeded to acts of violence in the room . 'Ihey then , by mutual consent , adjourned to a neighbouring field , where a ring was formed by about thirty persons present , and being equally matched , the deceased and Harman fought for nearly an hour and a half , seconded by young Norris and John Morse . Both men were knocked down many times , and in the last round the deceased said to Harman , " Now , Tommy , ose more knock-down blow shall decide it . " Immediately afterwards Harman gave the deceased a violent blow upon the temple , which felted him to the ground , and he became insensible .
Deceased was carried home about two o ' clock iu the morning of Priday , and placed upou the floor of his father ' s house , and soon after Mr . H . -Mantel ] , surgeon , saw the deceased , and found him quite dead . Upon a-ww _* : mortem examination being made , there were marks of extravasation upon the left temple , and in the interior of the head an ounce of coagulated blood , and injuries corresponding with the external marks , which in the opinion of the medical man clearly accounted for death . . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Harman and the two seconds , all of whom were committed to Reading Gaol upon the coroner ' s warrant .
Smuggles . —The Petrel , revenue cruiser , has been placed under the command of the inspecting commander at Ryde , Isle of Wight . This vessel will keep a look out at the east end of the Isle of Wight , as the recent great reduction in the number of revenue cruisers has left open this part of the Hampshire coast for smuggling craft to cross the Channel and lay down their cargoes , until convenient opportunities offer for disposing of them . It is more than probable that tbe cruisers must be increased in number , as smuggling has of late increased in every direction .
Manchester . —A fire of a serious character broke out here at an early hour on Monday morning . It took place in one of the three immense establishments belonging to Messrs . M'Connell , eight stories Irish , in which they spin tbe finer numbers of yarn . It 13 called the Old Mill , and was discovered to beon fire by the private watchman , at two o ' clock in the morning . The man perceived a light in the seventh story , and on going to ascertain the cause , found two spinning machines on fire , the -flames covering a space of three yards in length . After throwing a couple of buckets _' of water on the flames without making an impression , he sent to the fire police , and Mr . Rose , the superintendent , brought five engines to play upon the fire , and notwithstanding the immense height of the building , and the fact that the flames had penetrated the eighth story and the roof
, he confined its ravages to the seventh and eighth stories , or about one-third of the whole pile . The other portions of the building were separated from it , on either side , by paiity walls , and this-no doubt aided _thefiremetfin stopping the flames from communicating with _tKtfother parts of the factory . The lower stones ofthe mill were saved by a fireman introducing a branch from the most , powerful engine into the sixth story , and frorii this perilous position directing a volume of water upon the ! flames ; whereever they burst through the ceiling from the story above . After a three hours' contention with the fire , it was completely _extinguished . The damage is supposed to be about £ 3 , 000 , covered by insurances on this mill to the amount of -612 , 500 in the Manchester , Phoenix , Sun , and Liverpool _ofticcs . _.-. * It is quite a mvstery how the fire originated . ¦"; -,- ,
- On Tuesday morning , at three o ' clock , the house and shop of Mr . Charles Somerset , stationer and bookseI ! er , "Great Ducie-street , Manchester , - was discovered to be on fire . The furniture of several rooms of the house was saved , but ; a great portion oi the building arid stock were _destroyed-before the firemen could extinguish the _flaraes . i ; Mr ., Soraerset was from home , arid _Mrs . _* Soinerset _anditwosenants , are ¦ _Ki _'; . _^ _*;! ,. _; : ;; . _i-yV ;;¦ ¦ ' _-. _¦> i _'(' i : i ¦ _* . * , ¦ _- .. ; ; _-, , ifX 7
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said to have narrowlyj _-escaped- _, 8 uffo _^ tipn _phe _** * roused from their bed 9 _* b y the ,. , police , The , stock and furniture are insured for £ 1 , 4 ( 10 ;' and Mrt . - _Someraet said the damage-done by the ' , fire to them would exceed £ 1 , 000 . "Verdict ov _Mansiaugbtbr , against a _Rbeibv- _* ing Oeficeb . —At an inquest which was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , at Manchester , a relieving officer , named Joseph . Wheeler , is implicated by tbe jury in a charge of manslaughter' for neglecting to relieve a woman . named' -flannan . Thomas Hannan , the husband of the deceased woman , stated tbat when _heappliedto Mr . Wheeler for relief , or a doctor for liis sick wife , ' he was encountered' by' a threat of being at once removed to Ireland with his family , at which ho was so much dismayed that he did not renew the application , and bis wife , after lingering for some days , died . Several witnesses de : posed that the deceased woman and her famil y were
in a most abject state ot poverty , and the jury brought in a verdict of "Manslaughter against Joseph Wheeler , for wilfully neglecting and omitting to relieved deceased . " The inquest was adjourned to the White Lion Inn , Great _Ancoats-street , Manchester , at nine o ' clock on Saturday , tbe 4 th of May , to sign the inquisition . When the jury re-assembled Mr . Wheeler attended to give an explanation of his conduct . He denied the statement of Hannan , * that he had threatened to send them to Ireland , and asserted on the contrary , he had desired him to come with his family to the workhouse and they _should be admitted . He procured the necessary orders for tbeir admission the next day , but they did not present themselves , and he thought no more ofthe case until told that a verdict of manslaughter had been given against him . Notwithstanding this statement the jury declared ¦ their determination of adhering to the verdict delivered , and the inquisition was signed .
Fatal _Accidbnt on the Chester and Holyhead Raixwat . —A shocking accident occurred on Monday , in the Belmont Tunnel . Samuel Medway , inspector of works , was walking through the tunnel , as was usual with him , it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road , when the 7 . 35 a . m up-train entered the tunnel at one end , and a ballast engine at the other end . The tunnel is quite dark in the centre , where they should meet , on account of the curve , and it is supposed that he must have heard the whistle and got out of the way ofthe ballast
engine , but , forgetting that the up-train was due , and not noticing the whistle , as both engines whistled at the same time , he got into the way of the latter , and was struck by the buffer , for his cap was upon it when the train reached the station . A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed kicked his foot against the body , wbich was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an hour afterwards . It was found that the left heel of his boot had been taken quite off , but the foot was uninjured . The head was very much mutilated .
Scene at a Bosjesman Exhibition-. - _ Those singular species of human nature , the Besjesmans . who were recently exhibited at the Town-hall , paid a visit to Devizes , and on Thursday last a most exciting scene occurred . The room was crowded , and Mr . Tyler had given bis lecture upon their habits , & c _, when some person at the further end from the platform caught the eye of one of the male bushmen . and rivetted his attention by making grimaces and shaking bis face at bim in a menacing manner . The Bosjesman eyed him intently , and evidently with rising indignation . His cyes glared , his nostrils were dilated , and his whole frame became strongly agitated . These circumstances were observed by several ofthe audience in front , and by some it was
supposed to be a part acted for effect , and by others tobe a demonstration of real passion . This continued for some seconds ; at last the savage , unable to endure the irritation any longer , suddenly drew au arrow to its point , and let fly at . theheadof his foolish tormentor . Fortunately it missed the man . The arrow struck his hat , piercing it through . Then , apparently in a frenzy of passion , he sprang , like an ourang-outang , from the platform among the company ; and the rest of his companions were preparing to follow him . when the lecturer ( who had witnessed a similar evidence of their irascibility whilst exhibiting them in London ) immediately rushed forward and knocked the foremost down . A struggle ensued ; some keepers came to Mr . Tyler ' s assistance ,
aud it was with great difficulty the _Boyesman could be prevented rushing on his assailant . Tliree or four men bad this little creature ( only about four feet high ) in their grasp , and it was all they could do to prevent him getting free ; ultimately he was secured and taken out of the room . In the meantime the confusion among the company baffles all description . Those who could get to the door rushed from the room as fast as possible ; the women shrieked , and caught hold of the men with a deathlike grasp ; and even the men themselves were well nigh frightened from their propriety by so strange and sudden a turn in the performance . The whoop and the yell of this wild African were , terrible , and brought scalping knives arid tomahawks vividly to the imagination . — Cheltenham Journal '
The _Nailors of Dudley . —In consequence of a reduction often per cent' in the wages of the nailors , the workmen throughout the district of Dudley have been on the " strike" during the past , week , and Urge meetings have been held in the neighbourhood of Dudley . At the petty sessions the magistrates deemed it prudent to swear in some special constables , and between fifty and sixty tradesmen , and others of the town were sworn into office . Suicide of _Cai-tai * - J . Edwards . — A very painful sensation was created in the . neighbourhood of Clarence-square , Bri ghton , early on Sunday morning , by a report , which unfortunately proved to be two well founded , that Captain John Edwards ( it is believed of the 19 th Regiment of Foot , ) had committed suicide by cutting his throat . The deceased was a widower , about 63 year 3 of age , and the father of three children , two sons and one
daughter . For some time past he had been residing at the house of Mr . P . Barkshire , at Patcham , having obtained two years' leave of absence from his regiment , on account of ill-health . Latterly it was noticed that at times he was very strange in his manner , and used to talk incoherently ; and it was thought advisable that he should come to Brighton , where it was expected the change of air might improve his health . About a fortnight ago he came to live with his sister , Mrs . Serle , in Clarence-square , where he remained until Sunday morning , when ho put an-end to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor . —An inquest was held upon the body on Monday morning last before F . H . Gell , Esq ., coroner , atthe Castle Ihn , Castlestreet , Western-road , when , after a lengthy investigation , the jury returned a verdict that deceased had cut his throat whilst in a state of insanity .
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James Deary , who was convicted at the circuit of the High Court of Justiciary , and left for execution at Jedburgh , has been reprieved , and is , in commutation ofthe capital sentence , to undergo the punishment of transportation for life . It appears that in this case the crime for which the prisoner was condemned was accompanied by great violence , but the sentence has been altered on account of the absence of special malice . Some navigators and others ( of whom the prisoner was one ) were in the haMt of fighting and rioting whenever they met . It was on one of these unhappy occasions that a fracas ensued , which the authorities and inhabitants of Jedburgh interfered to prevent , when the
deceased , who was one of those engaged in the repression of the disturbance , met his death in the row froiri the hands of the prisoner , whose capital sentence , however , has been commutted to the highest secondary punishment , in the absence of any proved deliberate malice or design . —Observer . The Liberty of Speech Question . —The policecommission at Edinburgh have _. 'by a majority or sixteen to-thirteen , decided against allowing the judgment of the magistrate in the police court against Messrs . Itussell and Sleigh , to be defended in their name , or with the funds under their control , in the High Court of Justiciary , to which court these gentlemen have appealed their-case , in the forrii of a note of suspension . This note sets forth , that the libel did not contain a specification of
circumstances relevant or sufficient to support a charge of breach of the peace , and that the whole proceed _ings against them were informal , illegal , and oppressive . The defences will be immediatel y lodged to this note by Mr . 'Moxey , says the Caledonian Mercury , notwithstanding the decision of the police board , and independent of them ; and the case wiil very likely come on before the High Court in the course of a week or two . The necessary steps have also been taken for bringing the action of damages , at the instance of Mr . Russell aginst the Lord Provost , before the Lord Ordinary , at an earl y period of the ensuing session of the civil court ' _SusPi-crEB PoisosiNo . —Some time since two vagrants came to Galasliiels , and obtained lodgings iri a house in _Johristone ' s-close , Their child turned suddenly ill in tho evening , and before irioming it was dead . The mother , who exhibited all the symptoms ofa real mourner , went to the inspector ofthe
poor , from whom she obtained the necessary means to have the cliild'interred , which was done accordingly , in Ladhope churchyard . ' Tho parties having left , no further notice was taken of the matter until a few days ago , . when a small quantity of arsenic was found iri the garden behind tlie house where the child had died , and whose sudden illness : was immediately remembered , arid doubts were at onco raised as to the manner of tho deceased ' s death . The authorities having got hold of tho rumour , the body was by'them caused to be disinterred , and the Procurator-Fiscal for Roxburghshire attended hi Galashiels for the purpose ' of . _investigating the _mattei-, and for thatlend the stomach' _oftiio child was carefully ' examined , by two medical men of the town , whoseopiuion as to _thp ' _. ' presenc . e of arsenic _] being iri the stoifriach was very decided , arid it was despatched' , to Edinburgh'' for ; the , _purpose of being analysed . ' A . warrant ha ' virigbe ' ori' issued for the appreb _^^^ _i . i . ci . ¦ - _- " > Tf-E . -- ¦' iii --di _V _' . 'i _* : ; 'U . !> t ; o *; " ! ' _,. _"• . _•*¦
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, Steam . Communication ' between Galway and AMEBibii—All : the arrangements '' for the great experiment w ere concluded on the 3 rd inst ; i and tho' Viceroy has been chartered , and * will' start from ; Galway -for Halifax on the morning of the 1 st of ; June .: . None ; but _first-oabin passen gers _, will be -taken , and tbey . will' be conveyed free from Glasgow , ' Liverpool , Belfast , ' Bristol , and Dublin to Galway . The faro to Halifax or New _"Soi'k is fixed at £ 25 . ¦• ¦ ' '' . ¦ _- >' ¦ Arrival of xhr Roman Catholic Primate . — The Most Rev . Dr . Cullen arrived in Dublin on the 3 rd inst ., and almost immediatel y proceeded to ( Visit the College of Maynboth '
More _Fiiionis . from " the' Castle . "—Misfortunes seldom come alone . Another official , for many years connected in various capacities , made himself scarce last . week . The Freeman ; states with great unction that this gentleman , as well as Mr . George Mathews , alias Duncan Chisholm ( his real name ) , is one of the " foreign pets" of the Irish Government . With respect to Mr . Chisholm , the report of his being a passenger on board the Niagara , which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last , is confirmed .
_EXTBAOBDINARY OUTRAOE IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC Chapel . —Between nine and ten o clock on Sunday morning , the Roman' Catholic church in Whitefriars-street , Dublin , belonging to the ; order of Carmelites , -became the scene of great excitement in consequence of an _outage of a very peculiar character . Two priests of the order , the Rev . Messrs . Colgan and Rorke , wero celebrating the mass at two ' separate altars , when a young man rushed into tho sanctuary beyond the railing , armed with a'huge , stick , and commenced a most violent assault upon the former , striking him about the head . He then ran at the Rev . Mr ; Rorke , a man advanced in years , " and assailed him in so des p erate a manner that blood flowed
from wounds inflicted on the head . The congregation , at first paralyzed by the suddenness of the attack , now rushed towards thia altars , and some ofthe foremost among them seized the fellow in his attempt at flight . ' The Rev . Mr . Colgan , who had not suffered so seriously as Mr . Rorke , interposed , and it required the most strenuous exertions on his part to save the perpetrator of this shocking outrage from the vengeance of the people . The young man , when questioned as to his motives , usedbis fingers in the manner of dumb persons conveying their ideas , b y signs . Ultimately he was placed in the custody . of the police . It was stated by some ofthe people in the church tbat he is a maniao , by others that his conduct
was the effect of inveterate fanaticism . Atone time tho greatest alarm prevailed ih the church , and some timo elapsed before its usual calmness was restored . Subsequently it transpired that the name of the prisoner is M'Mahon , that he is a deaf and dumb lunatic , and his parents are Roman Catholics . —The lunatic was on Monday committed by the magistrates for trial at'the commission , to have the question for his insanity tested by a jury . A woman named Eliza Byrne died on Monday morning from the effects of the fright and pressure she sustained in the chapeUt the time ofthe attack . Another Royal Visit . to Ireland . —The Freeman s Journal contains the following : — " In a communication lately received , through Sir George Grey , by the _directore _^ _-of the , Chester and Holyhead Railway , relative to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ' s visit to the tubular-bridge , accompanied bv his Roval Highness the Prince of Wales ,
the invitation was at that time declined ; but wo now announce to our readers the gratifying intelligence that her Majesty intends paying a visit to her loyal Irish subjects this summer , accompanied by her illustrious Consort and the Prince of Wales , making the line of railway her route ' to Ireland , visiting the stupendous structure , the Britannia-bridge , and its locality . The Weather . —On Monday morning the Dublin mountains . appeared covered with snow . The wind has been chiefly from tho north-east , and the cold has been very severe inthe shade for several days past '; , but the accounts received of the progress of the crops throughout the country , especially of the potatoes , are still most encouraging . Fires . —Tho extensive bakery and stores of Mr . Hall , of Enniskillen , were destroyed by fire on Saturday last . Mr . Thompson ' s extensive flour mills at Rathnally , near Trim , were also burned down the same day _.
The Repeal Association . —This association met on Monday at . Conciliation Hall ; Mr . R . Nolan in the chair . There was a very thin attendance . The rent of the week was announced to be £ 2210 s . 6 d .
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A Plantagenet . —The Madrid correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes : —The Ileraldo having inserted some remarks _derogatory of the assumed character and high pretensions of the person who signs himself " Plantagenet , " and claims to be a descendant of Peter the Cruel and the Black Prince , of the Capets , & c , » fcc ., the latter has sent a missive from Gibraltar , defying to mortal combat butbe neutral ground , not only the editor of the journal , but also all the printers , and compositors , and promising in case they are short of funds for making the journey , to furnish them himself . The Heraldo has accepted the challenge , and says that its people are now awaiting the arrival of the funds ; but it has added
another condition , to which the challenger cannot well refuse his assent , viz ., that he shall also produce the funds requisite for conveying the survivors of the combat back to Madrid . The Heraldo , at the same time _aggravates its former offences against the susceptibilities of " General Plantagenet Harrison , " by giving insertion to a letter from London , in which various proceedings in South America with the vulgar notions of meum tuum , are set forth , and amongst other unknightly _epithets he is plainly designated as a shameless swindler and vagabond / Not wishing to have myself to make a forced journey to the neutral ground after the people of the Heraldo have been disposed of , I abstain from mentioning the more aggravating expressions .
Limitation of Hours of Labour in Mines . —A public meeting of the miners of tlie Potteries and nei g hbourhood , was held lately at Stafford , for promoting a petition to parliament , praying for the restriction of the hours of labour m mines . Mr . Daniels , an agent of the Miners' Association , was called to preside . The chairman , iri statin » the object of the meeting , remarked , that as the legislature had passed a law restricting the hours of labour above ground to ten hours per day , it was most consistent with justice to ask that tho poor miners who worked in the bowels of the earth should have , their day restricted to eight hours . The miners had grievances peculiarly their own , and they were met in a legal and constitutional
way to discuss them . Several resolutions were then passed for promoting a petition to parliament ; for an eight hours bill . One of the speakers was ' G . Evans , a collier , who in arguing for the legality of the meeting , referred to the events in the Potteries in 1842 , remarking that after that time he had passed two years in orio of her " Majesty ' s colleges , '' for attending a meeting like tho present , which was the only one he had taken part in for pretty noar eight years ! Mr . Roberts , " the Miner ' s Attorney-General , " was present , and spoke at some length in seconding a motion in favour of a hiore extended system of union among the miners of North Staffordshire . In alluding te the propriety of the legislature stepping in to abridge the miners' hours of
labour , Mr . Roberts aBked whether eight hours per day was not in justice sufficient for a man to be working hard in a mine , excluded from the li ght of the sun , breathing ( particularly in badly ventilated mines ) a polluted atmosphere , and every moment in peril of coming to an untimely end ? The importance of well ventilating , cleaning , and propping the mines ; -could not be too strongly urged upon the attention of employers . He had comriienced to practise in tlie rieighbourhood _. and trusted that he should effect the same ariiount of good for the miner 3 of North 'Staffordshire which he had accomplished . for their brethren in the coal distriots of Northumberland , Durham , arid other places . His mission amongst them was to teach employers
( such as did not know it ) their duty , nnd to assist tho men in redressing their grievances . * _Thespcakor strongly urged upon tho meeting , the noocssityof forming themselves into a stronger bond of union , contending that by it thoy would obtain and secure thoso advantages which tliey could not gain without . Thanks being voted to the-chairman , tlie meeting broke up . * * Iron Railings round St , Paul ' s . —As the removal . of tho iron railing which surrounds St . Paul ' s Churehynrd is now said to bo in contemplation , P . C . S . S . imagines tliat it may not bo unacceptable to tho readers of Notes and Queries , if ho transcribe tho following account of it from Hasted ' s
Kent , vol . ii . p . 382 , which is to bo found in his description of the parish of Lamborhurst : — " It was called Gloucester Furnace , in honour of thoDuko of Gloucester , Queen Anno ' s son , who , in tho year 1698 , visited it from Tunbridge-wells . The iron rails round St . Paul ' s Churchyard , in London , were cast at this furnace . They compose the most magnificent balustrade ; perhaps , in tho universe ,- being ofthe height of five _feotsix _> inches , in which thero are , at intervals ; seven iron gates of beautiful workmanship , which ,-together with tho rails , weigh two hundred tons and eighty-one pounds ; tho whole of whioh cost 6 d . per * _jound , and with other charges , amounted to the sum of £ 11 , 202 0 s . Od . "—Aotcs aiicJ
Queries . . ;; Sir' _FnBDERicK _Thbsioer ; tells a very good stoiy of Mr . George Hudson , M . P . -A ci-devant friend of the monarch , cut him tho other day in the lobby of the Houseof Commons , ' upon which his Iron ' Majesty ; , turning round , exclaimed , '« Holloa , you siiv _iK-ooffii _^ . ' > A- ; -. ' : - J ; r r .. . ; i < j . . / .- ; _- . . . ;; _-: ¦ . , ,: ... ? ' _-. ' _, X _^ . ¦ . ' - ' . "
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_;; . , _^ . _^ J _^^ li & B _^ _WfBiqilB . . _^ ¦ The May General ' Quarter Session of the Peace for the oounty of Middlesex , " _odhimenced , _ouyTuesday . morning fat : the Sessions _House , Clerkenweli . ' Therewere eighty-three _prisonersTor trial , of whom seventy-seven were charged % itbfelony ; •'¦'¦ ¦ "''¦¦ ' _! ' A BEiJGiNa ' ' Letter 'liiposioii . —John Thomas Simpson'Jones , ' who' was convicted at _' the January . ' Adiourried Sessions , * of iobtaining money by _^ _ls-a and fraudulont representations , in begging letters , was placed at the bar to receive judgment . ;; It ' was shown on _thVti'ial ' of the ' pritioher that he was one of the most _notoriouspegging letter writers iri the kingdom , ' and had carried on that species offraud urion the public to a very . great ! eitent ; , He , was p — _,
convicted upon' two indictments , and apointas to venue was reserved for the Court of Criminal Appeal . The cbrivictioris were ' affirmed ; arid the court had now to sentence the prisoner . The learned judge said the prisoner was convicted of two , frauds , and within two years . > He had been , besides , convicted three times ; and discharged upon accusations four times ; and the history , of his life ; __ which the court was in possession of , showed that a more thoroug h impostor did' not disgrace England . Courts of justice had to ' sentence to transportation men for stealing a pocket handkerchief , and it would be very wrong for a case of this gross and flagrant description , to pass with a lighter punishment . He felt bound to inflict upon the prisoner the highest nenalfcv ofthe law for this offence , arid he . hoped
that the fate of the prisoner would operate as a warning to others engaged in the same nefarious system of imposture . The sentence was that the prisoner be transported for seven years . Inciting to Steal . — John Griffin and Ellen Griffin , husband and wife , were indicted for having feloniously procured , counselled , and commanded Emma Evor to steal a bushel -arid a half of onions , value As . Gd ., the property of John Skelinter . — Etrima Evor , a little girl-15 years of age , __ deposed that she was the daughter of a , weaver m Kingstreet , Spitalfields . About six weeks ago" she ran away from her father ' s , and went into Spitalfieldsmarket , where sho saw the prisoners . Mrs . Griffin asked her if she had a home to go to , and , on her _reDlvintr that she had not ; , sho told her to go toher
home with her , and she would tell her how to get her living . She accordingly went with her to a . house in Union-court , Fashion-street , ' arid when she was there , the female prisoner told her that she must go out and thieve , at the same time telling her to go out arid steal apiece of bacon , which she did , and she rewarded her with a halfpenny . The man was not there then . " By direction of the ' woiriari she afterwards went , to shops and stole soap , and tea and sugar , and to Spitalfields market and stole potatoes arid apples . About nine o clock iri the evening on the 24 th of April , she gave her a knife , and directed her to go into Spitalfields market and cut open some ofthe sacks of onions , and take home as many nB she could ' and she went , ' , did as she . had been told , and took about a bushel arid a half to the
prisoner ' s house , and gave them tothe wortian . The man was not present . The prisoner then gave her a halfpenny , as she had on every occasion when she took to her something she had stolen . When she did not take anything home , the woman told her that she must thieve , andif she did riot , ' she would kick her out of doors . —In cross-exairiination , the witness said she could neither-read nor write . She had run away from home more than once' the first time she was enticed away by some boys and g irls . She lived on rotten apples which she picked up in Spitalfields market . She ran away the second time because her father was going ' to beat her . ' If she stole nothing the woman gave her nothing to eat , and she lived on rotten apples . The day after she stole the onions she was taken home : to her father ' s by a woman
named Clarke , and she directly told , her father all that she , had been doing by the" Irishworiian ' s ( the female prisoner ' s ) directions ' , arid he went and told the police . She could not say if the man was even present when the woman told her to steal . —Culmer , 178 H , proved apprehending the prisoners , and finding in then' house a quantity of onions , which were identified as a portion of some that were stolen from two sacks which were cut' open , in Spitalfields market , on the night spoken to by the girl . The onions wero the property of a farmer named Skelinter . —The jury acquitted the man and convicted the woman . —The learned judge having remarked upon the atrocious nature of tho offerice , and regretted there was not sufficient evidenco to convict her husband , sentenced the ' prisoner to be kept to hard labour for one year .
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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH .-Monday . Ex parte the Count Pulszky re John Murray . Mr . Cockburn moved for a rule nisi , to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the publisher ofthe Quarterly Review , for a libel published ih the last number of that periodical against M . Pulszky . The article complained of , after stating a variety of circumstances connected with the recent revolutionary events in / the east of Europe , went ori to say that the Hungarian agents who were'iri the capital , made common cause with the rebels and outcasts from France , Germany , and Poland , who had hurried to Vienna in the hope of blood and plunder . It also stated that money was
profusely scattered amongsttherii , nnd that , if any feeling of _hunianity remained in their breasts , it was drowned-in ' intoxicating liquors , which were also -distributed amongst . them . Thus prepared they commenced the insurrection , which shortly afterwards broke out , by the murder of Count Latour , arid by the expulsion of the emperor from the capital . The article-then' alleged that the agents in these crimes , the distributors of the price of blood , are hot only now received in the clubs of this city , but also in the mansions of the ministers alluded to in the papers , as honoured guests at their country Beats ' . There was also a note to this part of the article , which the learned counsel ' read as part of his case . * This ' he contended , was no doubt
a libellous production , if it could be applied to . any particular person or porspris . . Count Pulszky was the only party to whorii it could beapplied . Shortl y after his arrival in London , as envoy from the Hungariari governriient , he had beer , admitted into the Reform Club , and was after that a guest at the Marquis of Lansdowne ' s . M . Pulszky was _the-only Hungarian in England to whom these descriptions could . apply . He was prepared with the . affidavits of Mr . Raikes Currie and other respectable parties , to show that they at once applied the article to M . Pulszky ; whilst an nrticle had appeared in the
Globe , founded on the supposition that he was the party pointed at ' . Lord _Camj-brll . —We are of opinion that there is not enough laid before the cqiirt to justify its interference . < M . Pulszky ' s object , which is highly laudable , will be no doubt answered by the application , and the affidavits on whicli it was . made . There is no doubt in the world that he is an innocent and an honourable man . . The libel is not necessarily pointed against him , and is not , therefore , calculated to injure his character , and on that ground , nnd on that alone ,- we refuse the rule . — Rule refused . ' .
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. COURT OF EXCHEQUER , Tuesday . The-National Land Company . —Clark _i / . . ¦ :. O ' Connor , M . P . ; This was a rule obtained a few days ago to quash a writ of prohibition obtained under these circumstances . In the month of February last a plaint was entered in the County Court of Northampton , for . the recovery of the Bum of £ -110 s . 0 d . from the defendant Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' , M . P ., as money had and received by him to the use of the p laintiff . The matter camo on for hearing before the judge of the Couiity Court in the month of March following , when it appeared that the plaintiff w . is one of the allottees pftho . National Land Company ; of which tho defendant is director . Tho plaintiff had paid
£ , 5 is . for four shares iri the Company , and it was admitted that that _? iim had reached the hands of the 'defendant , who was also treasurer . ; In defence it was urged that the National Land Company was in tho nature of a co-partnership , and that the learned judge had no ' jurisdiction , as the plaintiff and defendant were partners , and the suni sought to bo recovered was not a balanoe of any settled or liquidated partnership accountbetween them . Tho objection was , however , overruled , and an order was made on the defendapt for payment ofthe sum demanded and £ 7 Ss . Id for costs . The defendant then obtairied a writ . of pohibitipn from the petty bag office , commanding , the judge of tho countycourt to stay all _pi-o ' ceedings upon the decree
pronounced by him . ' Execution having been stayed accordingly , a rule ; was obtained in ; this court , early in tho present term , calling , onthe defendant to show cause why tho writ of prohibition should riot bo , quashed . upon'the groundthat it had been issued improvidently , and that the judge of tho county _court-had jurisdiction iri the _' matter . —Mr . Hayes now ; moved ; to make the rule absolute , no notice having been given that cause would be shown . By the , 12 and 13 Victoria , c ! 109 , the superior common law couvts had authority . to _quaslra writ of prohibition issued from the petty brig office .. ' In the case of "Baddeley v . Denton ' , ( 19 " Law Journal , " p . 44 ;) it was held that awrit of-prohibition issued of
opt the Couvt . of ; Chancery was a proceeding within the meaning of this act , and that a " motion to set aside the . writ may bo riiade in either of the superior courts _' at Westminister . ' ¦ In the present case the writ had issued upon anex parte application ; - but * When tlie'facts were examined ,, ifc was dear ; that , the county court judge . had jurisdiction _tormake the , _s . order , —Mr . _Barori'lAldersori . asked whether prohibitions were issued liy _' ahy'court " without hayingboth parties before thom . —Mr . '' Hayes . said _-tKat'prohibitions '' might be'obtained ' uponex ¦ _parte- _applications , upoh '' _thetebmrii on . law Side of the : p etty . / bag office _^—Mr . _B-a qn ; . 4 _Wersqn-- rThen . l , am surprised they _ have , not . applied there- in , the ' c » se . ; . " oT . V'Gor _* iam _''^ _. ' ¦ _Mti : lVli ' A 6 l \ , ' i j . 'j ' . li :. ;" . _"> ' _* ' - ' '*' : * L )!\'\ : - ' ¦' . _¦* ! .,
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( Laughter . )—Mr ... _Hayes—Perh-ips 'the petty ' bag office was not _^ considered of ; sumoierit-dignity for that great cause . However , ' the - _**" rit was issued in the _presewt . _caseuponU'ri / _exparte application , although in point of fact , the > judge of the county court had not . exceeded the . _authority ., which the ao £ of parliament had given him . —Mr . Baron Alderson _safd as no cause was shown -against the rule , it ought fo be made absolute upon" the authority ofthe case cited . —The rule was made absolute accordingly . ;'"' ' "¦'¦ ' - ; 'X ' . '¦' " ¦ _''" ¦ ' .. '¦ :
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" \ ' \ BAIL COURT . . TnE Queen v . Watmouoh . ; — Cbiminal infor . '! e . . MATION . ' , ' , ' ¦ '' _ Sir F . Thesiger said he ' was instructed to apply A ° ih ' lordshi P- on behalf of the Duchess of St . Aiban _s , for a rule to show cause why a criminal in . ' formation should not be-filed against Frederick W _^ tmough , for . publishing . . and writing certain UbelB , as disclosed in the following statement :-£ v _ftv-lH _^ V Alban ' s dh _/ oii the 26 th of May , in tho last year , leaving a widow , the present duchess , a son , the present duke- ( a minor ) , and a daughter . At the commencement bf tfifs veal Frederick Watmoug h commenced a series of am . o > ances , for the purpose of extorting _moneViroi theduehess . Tte first was a letter adEed b _^ _hlet _^^^
Ibeg to inform your grace thatif onr _ineomr . _nfonnr annum is not paid to us as usual-that _wT _£ » ° _*' per ' Messrs . CouttfV _, thebankers-1 [ shalldo _VmthL * - the power to make the title become extinct , as Kmy given to understand that my mother and al 8 o « , ft _* „? duke's father were married on board of ship weJThe Sto lieutenant in tlie navy , and had a son , whois ' now _UvW and consequently is the right heir to the Dukedom of s t Alban ' s , and have no doubt ho willbe hono 3 _~! h fZ _^ m r nT me ifh , e is _V _«* _muzSwuh Z K _^^ W _™ _^ L married to _» _neaucieric , uuke of St , Alban ' s , m the rear 1797 . and con _Beouently are entitled before the lato duke . I haveT ceiyed our income from the family for upwards of lift ; y _K _* in Itr _, _^ Sce _- s _« _M
The learned counsel read several letters sent to the duchess by the defendant , but of which she took no notice . Soon after this , this person beran to circulate a very libellouB hand-bill by _sendine it to Messrs . _Coutts , the bankers of the duke * to his attorneys , the Messrs . Freshfield ; to the _clewy . man of Redboiirne , in Lincolnshire , the familv seat where the duke , resides ; to . Lord Charles Beau _, clerk ( which letter was opened by Mr . _HawiaonV arid copies had also been sent to his Royal Highness Prince Albert , and to his Royal Ilighness the Duke of Cambridge , to Lord Yarborough , and to several other persons . He would read to the court this
bill- / _, " Frederick Beauclork , son of'William Beauolerk , Duke of St . Alban ' s ( deceased ) , and his mother , upwards of seventy years of age , and her three children ; are in _astarvint state , as the Duchess of St . Alban's refuses to pay their petty annuity _accordin" * - to her late husband ' s wish and order of 200 _J . per annum , formerly 400 * . per annum , and are now obliged to appeal to the public for relief . This lady has been a member of the St . Alban ' s family for upwards of half a century ( before 8 he was fifteen years of age , inthe year 1797 ) , and now left to starve . Subscrip . tions will be thankfully received at the duke's son ' s residence . —Feedebick Beauolebe . —White _Harfc-lane , Tottenham , Middlesex .
In a letter to Messrs . Freshfield there was this postscript : — " We expect to be sold up for rent £ 15 , on the 1 st of May ; if so , there wiil be a pretty exposure . " In a letter to a clergyman , was added , "You are commanded by the St . Alban ' s family to wafer this bill on the church door , and receive subscriptions and forward me tho mpney , this caso is also laid before Royalty . " It was necessary for him ( Sir F . Thesiger ) to explain shortly the circumstances under which this supposed claim arose . In 1827 the late duke was married to Mrs . Coutts , the widowof the banker . Soon after this event he was applied to on behalf of the mother of Frederick Watmough , it being represented to him that tho late duke , his father , had had intercourse with her , and
was the father of three children , of whom Frederick Watmough was one . The late duke made inquiries upon the subject , and among other persons ne ascertained from his uncle , the brother of his father , tbat there , were some grounds for supposing that the representation was well founded , and that tbe father of the late duke had been in the habit of making an allowance to this family . Accordingly the duke felt that it was paying a proper regard to his father ' s supposed wishes upon . this subject to make an allowance to this family . He began first by distributing £ 10 , £ 20 , and other sums of money . ; but ultimately , he made an arrangement by which £ 200 a year was to be paid into Messrs . Coutts ' bank to the account of Mr . Ilarrison , who was to
disburse the money to the family , first to tbe mother , Mrs . Watmough , and then to the children . Two of the children having died , and Frederick Watmough being the survivor , the money was divided between himself and his mother . Frederick Watmough having married , a portion of the money was given to him and his wife . Subsequently Frederick Watmough deserted his wife and family , who from thence continued to lire apart from hira _. On the late duke ' s death in 18-19 he made a will , under which the property of the duke was now being administered by the Court of Chancery ; so that supposing that the duchess and the present duke were even disposed to attend to the wishes of the late duke , if any suoh had ever been expressed , they would have no power to make any allowance of the estate of the late duke . But the fact wns
that no wish of the kind had evor been expressed by the late duke , nor was any order ever given that this payment should be given after his death . The duchess had from time to time assisted the family of Frederick Watmough . It was further stated in the affidavits that Mrs . Watmough , the mother , had for some time been married to a dissenting minister , who was still living , and that she had had a weekly allowance paid toher ever since the death of the late duke . He ( Sir F . Thesiger ) need scarcely state the annoyances that were occasioned to the duchess by being assailed with libels of this description , _wljich were so industriously circulated by this individual . Her grace had no power to put a stop to them except by asking for the immediate interposition of this court . He trusted his lordship would consider that he had stated good grounds forthe criminal information he now asked . —Mr . Justice
Coleridge : Do I understand the meaning of the letters tobe to affect at all tho legitimacy of the present duke ?—Sir F . Thesiger : Ob , certainly , my lord , * there is a threat of tbat hind . —Mr , Justice Coleridge : Tho . ihotheris still living , and is said by this person to have been married to the late duke ' s father , arid' to have had issue by him . —Sir P . Thesiger : In fact , my lord , this Frederick Watmough claims to be the issue of the lato duke ' s father . It is a serious matter , indeed . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : In that respect . it is like the Duke of Marlborough ' s case . You may take a rule . Application granted . Those bills were accompanied by letters which were sent to the bankers and other persona ,
Consistory Court. Ins Earl Of Liscols Ag...
CONSISTORY COURT . Ins Earl of _Liscols against me Cotjsiess of Lincoln . —Adulter ** . This was a suit for a divorce , by reason of adultery , promoted by the Earl of Lincoln , against his wife , the Countess of Lincoln . —The Queen ' s Advocate was about to open the cafe on behalf of the husband , when Dr . Haggard said , on the part of the wife , he could not resist the evidence which had been brought forward . —The Court , therefore , pronounced for a divorce .
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DKITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH , New-D Road , London . _Feuow-Countrvmen _, —The following is tbe inscription on the book containing the Petition to the House of _Commons , signed £ > y 19 , 950 persons ' against pharmaceutical poisons :- ' " MEMORIAL Ofthe Names oftlie
1 S , SoO Independent Individuals who signed the Petition presented to the Ilouse of Commons , On Tuesday , the loth of June , 1847 , ( through Sir Benjamin Hall , Bart , M . P . for the Borougu of St Marvlebono ) , AGAINST TUB VUADLX _POISONS Used or held out as Medicines by Doctors , In order to prop their ' Guinea Trade ;' Which trade is the root of all evils as regards the publio Health ; the cause of hospitals and lunatic asylums being filled with diseased objects ; and , above all , the cause of all persons lives being kept in constant jeopardy _thi-oui * li the deadlj chemicals which doctors have introduced in order to prop up tliat trade . "
The contents of the work are as follows : — 1 . Case of Miss . Abercrombie , poisoned by Strychnine . Reported by Mr . Sergeant , now Mi * . Justice _Talloui-J . 2 . Death _of-Wainwriglit , her Murderer . 3 . Side of Poisons . 4 . Marchioness of _Brinvilliers .. 5 . Account of the Aqua Tofaua . - 6 . Wholesale Poisoning * during the Roman Republic . 7 . Recent Cases of Poisoning . 8 . Preface to the Seventieth Thousand of " The Morisoniaha . "' - 9 . Buckingham ' s Caso : a whole family saved bytlie A _' egetable Universal Medicine , after hairing been accidentally poisoned by arsenic . , 10 . General Report bf the Uritish College of Ilcaltli tor
1850 . 11 . Principles of _tho'n ygeian System of Medicine . 12 .- Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on the Sanitary Question . ' - i ; ! „ , „ ,, 13 .. The Rise and Progress of the British College of Ilea «•• London : Published by the British College of uealtn , New . road . : Price 2 s . 6 d . ¦
, 'Prizes For Locomotives .—An Official ...
, 'Prizes for Locomotives . —An official notice has been issued by Baron Lionel IN ' , do Rothschild , that- s * the Austrian government offers six prizes for loeo- ¦ motive engines , as follows : —A prize of £ 10 , 000 for , j , a locomotive , _; the most suitably constructed ana , i , adapted 'to convey goods and passengers on ®? . ' . railway _oftheSbmrnering mountain j and five ot her r prizes , ofthe respective valuo of £ 5 , 000 , kifiov , , - £ 4 , 000 ,, _£ 3 ; oQ 0 _iv £ 3 , 000 , for five other ,: locomotive ! s ' whioh approach nearest to . the - - first prize jn _vg _? _points . indioated .. iTlio total VRiuc 1 of the prizes » , » , about' _^ O _^ _OOsterling "" v " ¦" ¦ - ¦ " ¦ . < " _-.- ¦ : " _, ; -... ;» t ; ,. * .- ¦ - , i ; i ;; u . _>';'*'! : » i ft !' . '•¦ _'' * ' . ' - ' ' . _"* ' ' ' _i- . _^* 7 r ,. _- . > . _* _W ::, _y : " _" « _.- . ¦ . . ¦ _.:-: _^ X . _i _.- * ' - _"' _"' * '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11051850/page/6/
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