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August 11, 1849. TflE NORTHERN STAR. 7
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THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO GLASGOW. A meeting ...
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SURREY SESSIONS. Daring Highway Robbery....
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Debtor anb Cbebitor.—A respectable groce...
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¦ THE CHOLERA. Saturday. —.Return of cas...
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BRIDGEWATER, Mord-gr.—A Jcrv of Matrons....
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Calculating an Average.—During the festi...
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sow to say that the harbour is composed of two im ' _ijnense arms of stone running out into tbe sea for the distance ofa mile , and gradually narrowing from the land to ihe entrance , while the rising grounds belind are covered with streets of well-built and handsome houses . The eastern arm was literally [ "blackened with the mass of persons upon it ; the j _* barbonr itself was so full of yachts and small craft [ that it seemed difficult to imagine where the squadron -would find room ; and the jetty—a space of [ ground as large as that in the rear of the Horse Guards—was crowded to suffocation ; while the tops ofthe houses commanding a view ofthe scene were
j ust as densely covered . Their enthusiasm was excessive . When the Queen appeared on deck there ¦ w as a burst of cheering , renewed again and a <** ain , -which , as an Irishman would say , " must have none ber heart good : " and when the Victoria and Albert , amid salutes from yachts and steamers , swung round at anchor , head to wind , shortly before eight _^ o ' clock , there must have been 40 , 000 persons ¦ present . The little Eingstown railway station was the scene of most desperate assaults , and happy -was the man who could get his ticket either to or from Dublin with an undamaged hat or nntorn coat .
[ Many of the houses on shore were illuminated . - The entry ot the Queen into Dublin on Monday , _i _* was a grand and heart-stirring spectacle . The royal [ yacht , at half-past eight o ' clock , hauled np _alongside the jetty from her moorings directly opposite ( the Dublin and Kingstown terminus , so that a ( person could step from her deck to the land . From [ ihe terminus down to the water ' s edge was erected Ba covered way in the form of a lengthened tent , without awnings to the sides , covered at the top | with some blue and striped material , and carpeted - pith crimson cloth , while flowerpots , bearing choice Shrubs and exotics , were ranged along from the _peamer to the station . At the tcrminHS _, and expending for some distance along the pavilion , were
• neatly constructed seats , to which the public were admitted by tickets , and along the p arapet from _Sfchich the carriages start were similar _eonstrncimns . The body of people assembled here w . - . g _ttiormoiis , but they were permitted to come close up Mthe sides of the pavilion , the ground bein _« - kept solely by a few police and a number of mechanics Kid tradesmen of the vicinity or engaged on the amtractors' works , attired in blue scarfs—silk or calico it matters not—each bearing a wand with Sit top . Close to the royal yacht , at cither side of She pavilion—we call it so ifor want of a better Same—was placed a guard of honour composed of Sro _comoai-ies of infantry . _gi'About ' nine o ' clock his Excellency , the Lord
_lieutenant , accompanied by the Countess of _Clarendon , together with Prince George of Cambridge , ¦ ihe Primate of Ireland , the Archbishop of Dublin , le Lord Chancellor , the Bake of Leinster , the ¦ _afarquk of Ormonde , tiie Lords Chief Justices of -fhe Queen ' s Bench and Common Pleas , Sir Edward _^ Blakeney , Commander of the Forces ; the Master _itfthc Rolls , Sir"W . Somerville , M . P ., "Mr . Kellington _, Mr . Corry Concllan ( Private Secretary ); _Baptain F » nsonby ( Aide-de-Camp ) , and a very brilliant staff , proceeded on board the yacht , and Shortly afterwards the Marquis of Clanricarde , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Marquis of Abercorn ,
iEarl of _Charh-mont , the Earl of Ilowth , the _Harris of _Hendforfc , < tc , followed at intervals , while _jff-te Earl of Mayo , Lord St . Lawrence , Lord Bralazon , Lord Jocelyn , Viscount Massareene and _PSrrard , Sir _fl-ilip Crampton , Surgeon-General , and many other gentlemen , were in attendance to _fc _» y their respects to her "Majesty . On the quarter-Seek of the "Victoria and Albert were also visible Earl Fortescue , Sir G . Grey , Secretary of State ; lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce , Sir James Clark , _X _& lonels Phipps nnd Gordon , Equerries in Waiting ; _Xady Jocelyn and Miss Dawson , Ladies in Waiting ; and at the landing-place were the ofiicers ofthe Sward of Works , and ihe directors of the railway
_tampany . | i # A deputation ofthe county of Dublin , composed _^ f numerous noblemen and gentlemen was _mtroalced io the Queen by Sir G . Grey , and presented an address , to which her Majesty gave a written ""( _gpiy-W jAx ten o clock the noblemen and gentlemen already named took up their places at either side of _Ise landing-place , and her Majesty , Prince Albert , Snd the royal ehildren appeared upon deck . They _ggerc instantly greeted with deafening cheers . _jftiTl-c Lord-Lieutenant then advanced towards the . Queen , and bowing low , stepped before her on the _jmj-fway . Her Majesty followed , leaning on Prince albert ' s ami , and succeeded by the royal children , Kith a train composed ofthe nobles and gentry in
_ggpendance . On the instant her foot pressed the More the Harbour-Master , Lieut . Hutchinson , U . X ., _fisted thc royal standard on the stafi _* , while it _sipfoltmieously disappeared from the maintop ofthe _rgSy .-il vacht . * The guard of honour presented arms ; saU the colours and flags were hauled _^ down _m if by _Ijinagic ; the yards of every square-rigged vessel in | fche harbour were manned ; thc crews cheered right _Slstilv ; while thc heavy 03-pounders of the La _gBlogue thundering through the deafening roar ofthe g _Bpiter armament * - ofthe other war-steamers seemed po shake the earth and sea , drowning at once the Sclangour of the bands ; but loud and clear above all | $ hose sounds rose thc wild clamorous shouts of her afajesty's Irish subjects . It was a sight never to be
llpSr gotteii—a sound to be recollected for ever . _Jgiadies threw aside the old formula of waving a _ilpniio pocket-handkerchief , aud cheered for their f | iivc _=, while the men , pressing in bo closely as to _"Sfjfirong to the very crises of the pavilion , waved _fijSg hatcTcr eaiue -firsi to hand , hat , stick , wand , or _fllcoa t ( for the day was very hot ) , and rent the air _flgpth shouts of joy , wliich never decreased in energy Spill their Sovereign was far out of sight Prince Ilplbert shared in , and acknowledged the plaudits of _^ _teo people , while the royal children were objects of | pmi _vci---al attention and admiration . " Oh ! Queen , _lagear _! " _serc-n'ied a stout old lady beside us , illSm akc one of them Prince Patrick , nud _^ il ! Ireland | I _* will die for vou ! " Indeed , her Majesty seemed to
llfeel the warmth of her rceepi'un . She paused at _Iftke end of the platform for a moment , and again _pm-ikii ! _5 her a _-ktowled _^ iKCiits _, Teas hailed with one _gnnivcrsal and tremendous cheer , as she entered the ptenriinus . Here hex _Majesty _tras received by thc _^ directors o fthe company , and having heen greeted tiih similar tokens of loyal attachment by the egantly-drcss-. _'d groups of women who filled the liSt-jiion , took her place hi a handsome carriage built _f-lforthe _o-v-isioa , and proceeded towards Dublin _gjamid repeated and renewed cheering , the hissing of %£ he steam from tiie engine , as it left the station , t _^& iug the only _sibiiiant and discordant sound which § 3 _jras fieard throughout thc day . All thc houses along g _^ hc line were niled with e nthusiastic multitudes ,
"Ji-H-lio vied with each other iu expressing their joy at | _^ he presence of then * Sovereign . At Sandynioant , p [ anoldan obsolete station on the line ) , the train _sySpppcd . Her Majesty stepped out on a platform _% _ebvei-ed with scarlet cloth , and took her place in one Sitf the royal carriages , having graciously acknow-Jykbjcd tlie cheers of the ladics * ni : d gentlemen asscm-| | Hed . Every available point hereabouts was seized 1 | Ihi as thc site of a well-filled platform . Erery | piedge-row was festooned with flags ; the poorest ||< j > bttage had its wreath of flowers or evergreens . Thc _Igl _Higiiics on the line , and many of the carriages , were ll _j-jjjrofusely _deeon-tcd with laurels and brig ht flowers ; _lljnottoes _' _aiid devices hung about in indistinguishable _abundance , and " lloyal Victoria p latforms , " and lllfQ acei-. ' s royal booths , " of all sizes and prices ,
_Iptrere perched in perilous haste on the surrounding _^ _fealls . But how is it possi ble to give an adequate _If Sea of her Majesty ' s subsequent progress ? Let § f 3 he reader imagine " wide and spacious streets _com-^ mencing amid green fields and terminating in the _^ rerdant sward around the Ticc-regal Lodge , as long Writs from the Mansion-house to Oxford-street , or Ipforfclier , filled from the lowest story to the roof , and ||| _ibove it , with closely-packed groups of well-dressed || inen , women , and children , in the greatest exciteg-ment and delight;—letthem imagineflags , banners , | | and streamers , floating from every house—the spoils ¦ Sirf a thousand gardens festooniug mottoes ( and best _jgkniong them all the old Irish " Cead mille failtha " _^ - •" a hundred thousand welcomes" ) and words of # greeting suspended in mid air—a glittering line of S _^ _Rirf _^ _mpn 7 * _nv ; . Io _iKaiAa-hAers . Lifrht 1 nfanirVj —
¦ jar . ' - * _" _¦"•; " ¦• - _> —a —— " ---- -o— - _—*> _mOeavy Dragoons , and Hussars , lining those long j _& illes of street—a conglomerate mass of human . - _fpreaturcs—wvdged in by their own eagerness so as i | p _* osway to and fro like a " solid heap;—between these [ femes of glistening bayonets , shining helmets , and _^ _M-gleaming-swords , a brilliant procession advancing , fgieadedb y the Queen , all smUes and gracious affagfeflity—then a throng of her nobles , and of the magpnatesof her kingdom—then the combining thunder _gof myriads of voices in the shout of" God save the ftQaeen / ' rolhngaway but to be repeated with _inffiia-easbisintensitv—let them jinagihe all this , and jphey will Live some notion of the reception of her _fpiajesty this day . , , m On leaving the platform her Majesty was handed Mo an open carriage by Prince Albert , who took a | | eat beside her , ihe Princeof Wales and the PrinceS 9 _SBoyal being seated in front . The next carriage was and tne
_pwenpied bv Lady Jocelyn , Miss Dawson , _plther royafcliildren ; then followeda carriage with _rfiiady Fortescue aud Sir George Grey—and another , ! §| -Q w _' hich were tbe Lord-Iaentenant and the _Marchioness of Lansdowne . A fifth carriage contained Somo persons belonging to the royal tniite , - § 1 The chairman , deputy-ehairman , treasurer , and Sul the members of the Board of Directors of the _^ _Kinpstown Railway came np in the train with the gpbyal party . k || A 11 the _prep-irations being complete , theroval n _^ rtc ; 7 _« set out . It was preceded by her Majesty ' s _pSrTants in livery and a troop of llussars , and _foli _gJowed by the other portion of the guard of honour , I ith a lonff _line O f carriages "belonging to the Hig h ke rjff the members of the deputation , and other inntrv <* _-entIe ** aien , and at either side ofthe road as drawn up a epnsiderable number of horsemen . iThe _proees-iionul _tlus order passed through the ock-road , _Pembroke-road , and Upper Bagot-street _, * _Ba- _^ ot-street-brid ge , where the city procession ok t & lead , after _thcroysd mert and _caiTJag 5 .
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The royal toriege arrived at the Canal-bridge at twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , on the city side of which a grand arch and gate were erected . This was really a splendid piece of architecture , consisting of a great central arch and wings , 127 feet wide and 92 feet hi g h . The great gate hi the centre was twenty feet wide and thirty-five feet hi gh . It was constructed of wrought iron , and bore on the one compartment the letters " V . R ., " and on the corresponding one "A . 0 ., " the whole exquisitely decorated with roses and floral wreaths , and surmounted by an immense shamrock branch . Over this stood an architrave , ornamented with artificial flowers and laurels , supporting the royal arms , with the arms ofthe city on either side . The whole was
capped by an Imperial crown of beautiful workmanship , ten feet in diameter , with the usual national emblems , the shamrock , rose , and thistle . On arriving at the gates , which were thrown open by the city marshal , her Majesty desired Earl Fortescue and Sir George Grey to summon the Lord Mayor of Dublin to her presence . His lordship having done so , he , in company with the Sheriff and Recorder , made the usual obeisances , and the principal officers knelt at the royal carriage , presenting the mace and sword , while the city keys were placed on a splendid salver by the Mayor , and handed to the Queen , whom his lordship addressed as follows — "May it please your Majesty : As chief magistrate of this your ancient and loyal city of Dublin ,
I have , on the part of my fellow-citizens , most humbly and respectfully to congratulate your Majesty on your safe and happy arrival . I beg humbly to deliver the keys to your . Majesty , and pray your Majesty ' s kind permission to conduct you through the city . " The Queen having returned the keys , said : " I am delighted to be in Dublin . I am gratified at the reception I have met with in this , the second city of my empire ; " — Hereupon the corporators , rushing round the royal _carriace , cheered so vociferously that her Majesty proceeded no further , and the procession reformed , and went through the city . _, Fitzwilliam-street was gained , and , on entering _Merrion-souarethe effect ofthe numerous balconies
, and countless ornaments and floral emblems of tbe houses in thc fine open space wa s * very picturesque . In one house a number of fine children , with blue sashes round their waists , and bearing a host of little banners , joined with their tiny voices in the deep shout of the people . The Prince of Wales , whose natural gracefulness secured him the applause of every woman , acknowledged these marks of respect with much earnestness and vivacity . At the entrance to _Nassau-3 treet a splendid Gothic arch extended across the street , from the top of which the royal standard of England floated . Upon the crown of the arch was the word " Welcome , " in large letters , formed of laurel and oak leaves , and over it a gorgeous harp and crown , with the letters
" T . A . " at either side . It was one of the best designed and most elegant structures ofthe kind ever witnessed . On arriving at the noble area which is surrounded by the Bank of Ireland , the front of Trinity College , and Dame-street , the cheering became overpowering . This , we may state , is the locality so well known to many of our readers as Collegegreen . The facade of old Trinity was blocked up to the second story by a huge platform , covered with thousands of those who had interest enough with the body corporate of that seat of learning to procure admission . The Bank bore on its root an equally large assemblage . Every house top _hadnumerous occupants . With similar honours the procession moved slowly on till it entered Sackvillestreet—that extremely wide and no doubt very
noble thoroughfare , with whose breadth and length the citizens are wont to silence any comparisons between Dublin and other capitals—where the ensemble of stately houses , the front of the Post-office , the towering height of _kelson ' s Pillar ( with its huge ensign streaming from its top ) , and the dome of the Rotunda terminating tbe vista , presented a magnificent spectacle . Here , again , the enthusiasm was great . In like manner the procession passed on to the arch in Eccles-street , where a dove was lowered from a window into the royal carriage , which her Majesty placed beside her amid loud cheers from the vast multitude assembled at that -point ; after which the cortege moved on , and , passing along the Circular-road ,-reached the Viceregal Lodge at a quarter past twelve o ' clock .
The illuminations were universal . There was scarcel y a house from the centre to the furthest suburbs of the city , aa well as in the adjacent villages , which did not exhibit a blaze of light . Thc public buildings contributed to the effect by rare and elegant devices . Towards midnight the rain came down , but it did not diminish the enthusiasm of the vast and orderly multitude who filled every
street . At five o ' clock her Majesty proceeded in an open carriage , accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite on horseback , to Glasnevin . Her Majesty was received , at the Botanical Gardens b y the Duke of Leinster and other members of the society , and after inspecting thc grounds drove round the park . Her Majesty was frequently recognised- during the drive , and was most warmly cheered . In the Viceregal Lodge , the royal boudoir , the drawing-room , the music salon , and the diningroom , have been ' entirely ' re-decorated and _re-furnislicd for the reception of her Majesty . The . diningroomwas used for thc first time , the apartment having been built expressly for the accommodation of the Queen during her contemplated visit before the death of Lord Besborough .
A brilliant dinner party concluded the day , which must have been of the most gratifying character to the royal visitors . On Tuesday the morning was very wet , but that did not prevent her Majesty from visiting several public institutions , to the authorities of which previous intimation of the visit had been forwarded . The first visit was paid to the Bank of Ireland , formerly the Parliament House of L-eland . Leaving this the royal party drove to Marlborough-street , in
whieh is situated the principal and central establishment of the Irish _National Schools . The general appenrance ofthe institution may be described in a sentence . In a * _wide open space , green sward and flower borders in front , and paved play-yards behind , stand three detached buildings , plain and square , but with some pretensions to a Grecian style , faintly indicated in thoir unpretending facades . The central structure is the school for the younger children —the right is appropriated to the senior girls—the left to the senior boys .
The Queen first entered the central school-room . The place is fitted up in the usual infant-school _style _^—the walls covered with pictures of animals and simple representations of trades . The children rose as the Queen entered , and sung the national anthem in shrill unison . Itwas a really pretty and interesting sight . Her Majesty next visited thc girls' school . Here another stanza of thc national anthem was sung with great good will and energy . The walls are hung with pictures representing the difierent stages of manufactures in which women take a part , and having reference , direct or indirect , to household duties and household leasures . Thc Queen and the Prince examined with some interest specimens of needlework executed by thc pupils .
It was in the boys' school , _hoivevcr , that the Queen made the longest stay , nerc she took her scat in a chair of state provided for her at the upper end of the apartment . A brilliant group of her immediate attendants partly encircled her . Before her extended to the bottom of the apartment the long cross-desks , thronged by their eager and excited juvenile oecupants ; and here the concluding stanza of the _National Hymn was chanted forth with as much energy as spirit . After this loyally-musical preliminary , some two dozen of the smartest boys in the school were ranged in a semi-circle before her Majesty , and examined in arithmetic , and generally as to their acquaintance with the elementary books ofthe Board . One ofthe principal masters officiated upon the occasion , and the pupils acquitted themselves admirably . Tbe
eldest was not above twelve years of age . They were sharp-looking , thoroughly Irish boys , with quick twinkling eyes and shrewd , clever faces . The Queen two or three times whispered her _approval to the Lord-Lieutenant , and when the examination was concluded , she requested that the children might have a week ' s holiday . Thc announcement that thc indulgence had been asked and granted wound up the loyal enthusiasm of Young Ireland to a p itch which was quite uncontrollable . As the Queen was _learing the school , the juveniles , boys and g irls , fairly burst their bounds , rushed down thc steps of their respective porticos , and flooding out upon the green , thanked their royal visitor in a succession of cheers , which ifnot so loud and deep , were certainly as heartfelt as any which she had heard on the banks ofthe
Liffey . The College was the next point of interest visited by her Majesty . At half-past five , her Majesty and Prince Albert attended by liis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and a small suite , visited the Royal Hospital . The illustrious visitors were received at the grand entrance by the Right Hon . the Master , Sir Edward Blakeney ; the _Deputy r Masters , Colonels Cochran and Mansel ; the Register , CharlesFengelley , Esq . ; and the Chamberlain , Captain George . On entering the hall , her Majesty and the Prince seemed extremely gratified by" its noble ' appear- - _* Jice— -the ancient and modem standards , the portraits ? ofthe founder , King Charle 3 IL , the great Duke of Ormonde , and other worthies celebrated in history ' _..
From the hall her Majesty , the Prince , and su . "te proceeded to the chapel door , where they were mt * _* t and conducted by the chaplain , the Rev . John Connell , formerly a captain in the regiment of herroyal father . The beautiful ceiling , the great eastern window , and the unrivalled carved altarpiece , by the renowned Grinling Gibbons , with the various coats of arms in stained glass , attracted particular notice , _nis Royal Highness the Prince inquired by whom the stained glass work was executed , and
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Seemed pleased to hear that it was the work of an Irish artist , named O'Connor . After the visit to the chapel her Majesty and Prince Albert next inspected the faithful veterans of her Irish soldiery , who were drawn out with their respective captains . Her Majest y next signified her desire of visiting the soldiers' rooms and taking Prince Albert at once by the arm , proceeded to the nearest , attended by the adjutant , Captain Hort . Having minutely looked it over , she addressed the following words to the men— " I am glad , indeed , to see you all so very comfortable . " A brief visit to the Master ' s apartments , where her Majesty was received by Lady Blakeney , closed this interesting scene . The weather having somewhat cleared up , the Queen set forth with her party in two open carnages for a drive through the city , and was received with the utmost respect and enthusiasm .
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The Queen's Visit To Glasgow. A Meeting ...
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO GLASGOW . A meeting of delegates from shops and factories , was called last week to take into consideration what should be done by them on the Queen ' s visit to the city . The result of their deliberations was the adoption of the following bill , which was extensively posted and circulated in the city . Citizens of Glasgow , the Queen ' s visiting Scotland is but an artful and aristocratic contrivance to make the world believe that we are a comfortable and contented people , —well pleased in being compelled to support the rich , making them richer , while we are every day sinking lower , and lower in poverty and wretchedness . The rich and fashionable ofthe city will run riot in rejoicings that day . Grandeur onl y will be in the streets , as if we had nothing else in our midst . The black doom of
thousands—a doora nailed with despair , —a doom caused by our wicked systcm of legislation , will be put farther away from _aristocratical and fashionable thoughts than usual . Citizens , —think on the many cheerless homes In the city , on the sufferings endured by the working classes , and then on the idiocy and madness displayed in was ting so much wealth while the Queen passes through our city , and say , Have you any cause to rejoice ? The magistrates have obtained unlimited control of the public purse to spend aud waste . Strange that now there should be so much to spare for such a useless purpose , and in past seasons of distress , labour , which has made this city what it is , compelled by necessity to solicit aid , was met with contumely and contempt . Think of this , and if you have hearts to rejoice , then do read the following , and say what great cause you have for g ladness ;
PART OP THE EXPENSES OF ROYALTY . PER YEAR . PER DAT The Queen ' s Privy purse , Salaries of the Household , Tradesmen ' s Bills , Royal £ £ Bounties , Ac . ... ... 392 , 165 or 1 , 074 Prince Albert ' s Annuity ... 30 , 000 ) Do ., do . as Field Marshal Q nno c _* ** 10 i and Colonel ... ... ' ) The Duke of Cumberland ( King of Hanover ) ... 21 , 000 or 57 The Duchess of Cambridge ... 27 , 000 or 73
The Duchess of Gloucester ... 16 , 000 or 43 The Princess Sophia ... 16 , 000 or 43 Adelaide , the Queen Dowager 100 , 000 or 273 The Duchess of Kent ... 30 , 000 or 82 Leopold , King of thc Belgians 50 , 000 or 136 Nurses , Dancing Masters of Royal Infancy , Ladies of tho Bed-Chamber , Grooms of thc Stool , & c , receive the sum of ... ... ... 23 , 193 Maintenance of Royal Parks , Palaces , and Gardens . ... 70 , 000
THE CROWN . The Jewels in this Bauble are estimated at -6111 , 000 . The Coachmen , Postilions , and Footmen of the Queen alone , cost £ 12 , 563 , or as much as would maintain 314 Families at the rate of £ 40 per year . Expenditure of the Lord Steward , or Head Cook of the Royal Household , for One Year £ 63 , 907 . A pretty round sum , indeed , for Bread , Cheese , Beef , Fruit , Wines , & c . The item paid for bread alone being £ 2 , 050 , or as much as would buy 82 , 000 Q uartern Loaves at Gd . each !! What fri _g htful capacities we minister to ! Ciiizexs , —Do not countenance the idolatrous procedure . If you honour and love roan , you will have no place in your hearts for the barbarous creations of past ages , whose existence now only enfeebles both thc resources and the spirit ofthe people .
Surrey Sessions. Daring Highway Robbery....
SURREY SESSIONS . Daring Highway Robbery . —John Bray , 22 , was indicted for stealing a purse , containing I 8 s , from the person of a young lady , named Matilda Humphreys . —Prosecutrix . - stated that , between twelve and one at noon , on the 14 th ult ., she was proceeding along Horsemonger-lane towards the Borough , and , when nearly opposite the gaol , carrying her purse in her right hand , the prisoner suddenly _sprung upon her , and seized the end of the purse , and endeavoured to force it from her . She , however , retained hold of the end , although . he pulled her down a by-street , and _threatened to do for her unless she gave it up ; but in the struggle the purse parted in the middle , and some of the silver fell on the pavement , and , while she was stooping to pick it up , the prisoner ran away with the other end
ofthe purse , and the remainder of the money . Although it was in ilia middle of the day , and in one ol the most frequented thoroughfares in the Borough , nota soul was near when the prisoner attacked her , but as soon as ho ran away a man came up and pursued him , but he escaped in some of the courts in Kent-street . A policeman shortly came up , to whom she related tbe circumstance , and g-. ve a descripti * n of the prisoner . —John Lynch , a labourer , said he had known the prisoner as an associate with _ihieves for some time . He was passing the end of Horsemonger-lane at tbe time in question , when he saw him struggling with the lady , and on s _.-me money dropping he ran away . Witness ran to the spot and as' -ed what was the matter , and being informed ol the robbery he ran in pursuit ofthe prisoner , but he
escaped . —Delany , 100 M . proved taking tbe prisoner into custody on the Fame evening in the Mint . —In defence , lie said he never left thc latter place all day , and the witness must be mistaken as to his identity . The jury , however , found him" Guilty , " and the court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment . Robbery by a Patient at St . Thomas ' s Hospital . —Louisa Hooker , a middle-aged woman , was indicted for stealing two sovereigns and two halfcrowns , the property of Rebecca Cooper , in St . Thomas ' s Hospital , who has since died . —Grace Cur 2 on , a nurse in the above institution said that on the 22 nd ult . the prisoner was ordeicd to be discharged after being cured ofa diseased leg . Before she went away witness asked her to stop a few hours and help to make some of the beds , at the same time
requesting her to attend Rebecca Cooper , an aged patient , who was in a dying state . She left her performing that office . , but suddenly returned for something , when she was much surprised at seeing her _wi'h the old lady ' s pocket in her hand . She immediately took it away from her and sent her out of the ward , when witness asked the dying woman whether she had anything in her pocket ? She replied that she had two sovereigns and two halfcrowns concealed in a bag there for the purpose of defraying her funeral expenses . She also told her the prisoner knew the money was tliere , as she had made the bag for her . She did not tell the old woman anything about her loss , in case it might frighten her , and cause her death , but she informed
the superintendent , who stopped the prisoner as she was hurriedly leaving the hospital . She was asked whether she knew anything about the patient ' s money , when she replied inthe negative , and declared she never saw it . Being satisfied that she had stolen it , witness gave her into custody , and on searching her the bag and money was _foutd sewed up in her petticoat . The prisoner then declared that the money belonged to her ; but theo ! d lady stated that she saved it to pay for her funeral . Witness informed the bench that during the time tlie prisoner was in the ward , tea , sugar , and other little things belonging to the patients , were missed , andthe had no doubt the prisoner was the thief . —Tlie jury , without the least hesitation , found her _"_ Guilty , and the court sentenced her to six months' imprisonment .
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Debtor anb _Cbebitor . —A respectable grocer , living within one hundred miles of Pontypool , having heard that one of his debtors had that morning started to Liverpool en route for America , immediately followed the party . When he arrived in Liverpool he lost no time in calling on an attorney , stating that the party owed him £ 10 , and he was determined to have him arrested . He was advised that he could do nothing unless the man owed him £ 20 . This puzzled the grocer , who still vowed vengeance .. A thought came into his head , however , that if he could rind the delinquent he would ask him in a friendly way to take a glass of ale , and offer to
lend him £ 4 , which would make his debt £ 20 . He had no sooner thought ofthe j _usethah he acted upon it . He soon found out his customer ; the bait took , _* he handed him the £ 4 , and went forthwith to las attorney and made affidavit of his debt , to whom he also paid £ 4 expenses ofthe writ , & c . Unfortu nately , however , before the writ could be placed in the hands ofthe sheriff the debtor was on board the _vessel , and far enough out of reach of the luckless _creditor , who thus paid dearly for his jaunt to Liver pool . _-- . _* _.-:...-TigeTS have lately destroyed so many Chinese planters in the island of Singapore that it has become difficult to induce the Chinese fo work near the jungles _tvhich shelter the animals .
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¦ THE CHOLERA . Saturday . — . Return of cases of cholera reported to the General Board of Health ' : —London and _vicinity , —Lambeth , new cases , 56 , deaths , 15 ; Southwark , new cases , 25 , deaths , 15 ; Newington , new cases , 8 , deaths , 7 ; other localities in the Metropolis , new cases , 104 , deaths , 38 . England and Wales ; new cases , 243 , deaths , 131 , Scotland ; new cases , 40 , deaths , IS . _Woolwicu . —Cholera seems to he on the decline in Woolwich , not a single case having been reported to the police during the last three days . No fresh cases have been reported on board the _convict-shipa which are now free from the disease . Rochfohd ( Essex ) . —There havo been five cases of cholera at Southend , in this union , of which four have been fatal . ' Favebsuam . —There have been eleven _catses of cholera here—four deaths , five recoveries , and two are now under treatment .
CAHIERBURY _. —Five cases of cholera have occurred here . Tewkesbury -There have been five cases of cholera here , three of them at Boddington ; the first a woman , who died m two days , the _noxthor sister , who nursod her ; she has recovered . There has also been one case at Kemerton . _J-tSKTOX-uNDER-LYNE . —Several cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred here ; one died , one recovered , and others under treatment _MAN'CHESTER .-Cholera continues to manifest itself more or less in . Manchester . The number of cases amongst the poor has not been so very disproportionate as m some towns , and a peculiarity of its ravages in Manchester and its _neiehbourhood so far
ha _5 _£ _- D ? i that lfc I *\ , cai , « ed off many well-known and highly : respectable . people-persons who can hardly be supposed to have fallen victims through want of attention to sanitary measures in the neighbourhoods where they reside , or to have taken it in the way of contagion . . Amongst the moro respectable persons who have fallen victims lately are Mr . Samuel Seed , clerk to the Chirlton board of guardians , and who was hi ghly respected , and Mr . Roger -Brittain , farmer , at Patricoft , the former of whom died on Friday , and the latter on Saturday morning . In the . last-four days there had been eleven cases in the Manchester union , of which only two had been fatal ; 2 in Salford , . not fatal ; and four in Chorlton . union / of which three were fatal .
Leeds , —In Hunslet , one of the out-townships of the borough of Leeds , the disease has broken out with great virulence , and from the reports just obtained it appears that since the 27 th ult . there have been in that locality no fewer than forty eases , fourteen of which have proved fatal . On Friday last four persons died , and on Saturday several others were pronounced to be in a dying state . The inhabitants are in a state of great alarm , and are making bark fires , as in 1832 , in the . belief that such steps will prevent the spread of the disease . . Bristol . —The accounts from the outparish of St . Phillip and Jacob are not . so alarming as they were a few days since , and there is reason to hope that the epidemic has received a check . There have been several more deaths , but by no means so many as
towards the early part of last week . The state of Bedminster is also much more cheering . There was only one case received at the Cholera Hospital for that parish between Friday night and noon of Saturday . Fourteen remained in the establishment under treatment . Of thenewcasesreceived two were seamen from onboard , the , Pollux , the Russian ship mentioned as having contributed six patients a few days ago . These make no less thaii fourteen of the crew of that vessel , and it is to be feared that their seizure may be traced to the disgusting state of the ship than which I am assured nothing could possibly be more filthy . The forecastle in which the men fed and slept is said to have been so foul and to have emitted such
horrible effluvia that upon emerging from it one of the medical men appointed to inspect it declared that though he had the strongest desire to do his duty , and as much moral courage as . ' most nien , possessed , yet no power should again induce , him to encounter the malaria of that vilest of holes . The yellow flag is now hoisted upon-the shi p , her . bedding , & c , has been destroyed under the superintendence of the Custom-house authorities , and a chemist has been employed and is actively engaged in fumigating , deodorising , and disinfecting her . Saturday the cholera brolce out in a close court in Redcliff-street , but under circumstances which not only accounted for its occurrence , but served in a striking degree to confirm the thousand recorded evidences of the
cholera being hastened and fed , ifnot positively caused , by filthy habits and the accumulations of decaying matter . Atthe back-of / this court was a heip pf ashes and refuse which had been accumulating for months , and on Saturday morning some persons began to stir it with a view to removal : the pent-up gases were immediately disengaged , and the most offensive stench prevailed . No case . of cholera had previously occurred there , but a workman , upon retiring from his labour , was very soon seized , and his case was speedily followed by those of his wife and two children . , The poor , woman has since died , the recovery of the others seems most improbable , and as _th'i court is densely _crowded , it is frared that the evil may spread still further .. A similar , case to this occurred a few . days since in Bread-street , St . Phillip ' s ; where a drain was opened and the offensive matter emptied from it was thrown into the cellar of a house in which were already two or three loads of disgusting matter . Cases of _choIersTbroke out in
that and the adjacent dwellings almost immediately afterwards , and many deaths ensued . . Salisbury . —The number of deaths from all causes since this frightful disease first broke out here is far more than one hundred ' . The greatest number in one day , was nine , and on that day fifty-seven fresh out-patients were supplied wi'h _> medicines at the Salisbury / Infirmary .- _Putting the daily average deaths at five , with a population of 12 , 000 , would give to a population like London , in proportion , 833 deaths per diem . Again , if 12 , 000 inhabitants gave nine deaths in one day , 2 , 000 , 000 would give 1 , 500 . So that Salisbury has been evidently . very severely visited . The medical gentlemen here now are somewhat more at leisure , and we hope this virulent disease is fast abatirg . York — At the weekly meeting ofthe York Poor * law Guardians on Thursday , it was slated that no fresh case of cholera had occurred , and that there was only one patientin theinfirmary of the workhouse , who , it was expected , would recover .
Monday . —Return of cases to the Board of Ilealth . London and Vicinity—Lambeth , new cases , 104 , deaths , 35 ; Bermondsey , new cases , 48 , deaths , 5 ; Newington , new cases , 24 , deaths , 8 ; Southwark , now cases , 08 , deaths , 45 ; Camber well , new cases , 11 , deaths , 1 . 5 ; other localities in London , new ca ses , lG 9 , deaths , 74 . England aud "Wales—Liverpool , new cases , 84 , deaths , 31 ; Merthyr . Tydvil , new cases , 30 , deaths , 14 ; Dowlais , new cases , 71 , deaths , 20 ; Plymouth , new cases 20 , deaths , 8 ; other towns , new cases , 170 , deaths , 83 . Scotland —new cases , 72 , deaths , 37 . Total—new cases , 001 , deaths 381 .
, Thc following were amongst the inquests held on Monday ;—Before Mr . Payne , at St . John ' s Vestry Hall , Horsleydown , on the body of Evan Evans , who was captain of a ship , and had died of Asiatic cholera . The symptoms in tho deceased ' s case were the same as usual , but as there were two medical gentlemen attending him , it was alleged that his end had been hastened by his following the advice of both , and by the fact of thc one medicine _counteracting the other . One of the medical men , Mr . Lewis , who , was tlie first to attend the deceased ,
said he was astonished to find a fellow-practitioner give in a case of cholera a p ill composed of 2 i grains of chloride of mercury , a thing unheard of before . Another witness ' s testimony went to show that the medicines prescribed by Mr . Vinery , who was the second medical gentleman called , had afforded considerable relief to his patient . Mr . Lewis was of opinion that apost mortem examination would be very satisfactory , but the jury , thinking it was unnecessary , returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera . "
By Mr . Baker , atthe Horn of Plenty , Globe-road , Mile-end , oh the body of Jeremiah Leach , aged 77 . Deceased was watchman at the workhouse , and it was part of his duty to assist in taking persons to the workhouse who were suffering from cholera . He was in good health till Thursday ni ght last , about ten o clock , when he was attacked with sickness and diarrhoea . He died in twenty-four hours after the symptoms exhibited themselves . —Mr . Story , surgeon to'the . union , stated that this was the first * case which had occurred in the workhouse , and ho attributed the attack to the circumstance that the deceased was in thc habit of carrying persons to the hospital who were suffering from cholera . — Verdict , " Death fronv Asiatic cholera . "
Leeds . —This disease is , we fear , spreading . There havo been several other deaths at Hunslet . In Leeds , also , diarrhoea is very prevalent , and , at the cast end of the town of Leeds , several other cases of cholera occurred on Sunday and Monday .. Two deaths took p lace in Cavalier-street yesterday . . NoTTixoiiAM . —Cholcra has made its appearance in Nottingham . Three cases have occurred . Bristol . —Tho returns for the whole district are favourable compared with what they ' have been within a very recent period ; Tuesday . —Return of cases : —London and vicinity , —Lambeth , new cases , 41 , deaths , 13 ; Bermondsey , new eases , IU , deaths , 44 ; ' Southwark ,
newcases , 24 , deaths , 20 ; Camberwell , new cases , 12 , deaths , 2 ; other localities in Loudon , newcases , ¦ 141 , deaths , 50 ; England and "Wales ; Liverpool , new cases , 169 , deaths ,- 68 ; Merthyr Tydvil , new cases , 12 , deaths , 0 ; Dowlais , newcases , 28 , deaths , 13 ; Plymouth , new cases , 18 , deaths , 3 ; Portsmouth , new cases , 17 ; other towns in England , new case 3 , 174 , deaths , 9 S ; Scotland , —Dundee , new cases , 20 , deaths , 16 ; Arbroath , new case , 1 , death , 1 . Total—new cases , 777 , deaths , 343 . The cholera has been particularly severe at Neath . The mayor , a medical practitioner , had fallen a victim to it . Throug hout Wales the visitation appears to be very severe . It was reported that ofa body of forty men employed by thc . Metropolitan Com-
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missioners of Sewers in cleansing in Bermondsey , twenty had been attacked with cholera and two had died . The Medicines recommended by tbe Board of Health . —An inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at tho Queen Elizabeth Tavern , Walworth Common , on the bod y of John Sesley , aged 63 years , a milkman ; lately residing in Lower Doctor-street , Walworth . Edward Sesley , son of the deceased , said his father was taken ill on the morning of Sunday week last , with severe pains and cramps m the limbs . Witness was present at his death , which took place on Sunday morning . Ha had no idea of what was the cause of death , but he believed it to have been hastened by a * mixture which had been obtained from the workhouse dispensarv . Mr . Boddv , surgeonof the Walworth-road , had been called in to see the deceased somo timo before his death , and he greatly disapproved of the mixture witness referred to . —Mr . Boddy was called , and he stated that he
attributed the death to the administration of tho chalk mixture . —Tho Coroner : But is not this very medicine recommended in similar ca 9 os ?—Mr . Boddy : It has been recommended by the Board of Health , but I consider it highly improper , and believe that many deaths havo been caused bv its use . > o one would have prescribed chalk mixture who knew the cause of diarrhoea * in the present instance . Any ; other medicine judiciously given might have saved the deceased's life . ' It was true this . remedy was recommended by the Board of Health , but he ( witness ) believed that board to be medically incompetent . —The Coroner said that as the caso certainly assumed a serious aspect , he thought it would be much better to adjourn for a few days , in order to obtain , if possible . ' the evidence of the deceased ' s widow , who , it appeared , had obtained the mixture from the workhouse , and administered it to the deceased . The jury concurred , and the _inoulry was adjourned .
. Wednesday . —Return of cases . '—London and vicinity , —Lambeth , new cases , 34 , deaths , 16 ; Bermondsey , new eases , 30 , deaths , 3 ; Strand Union , new cases , IS , deaths , 3 ; Whitechapei , new cases , 14 , deaths , 4 ; Camberwell , new cases , 6 , deaths , 2 ; other localities in London , newcases , 99 , deaths , 42 ; England and Wales ; Liverpool , new cases , 76 , deaths , 19 ; Merthyr T y dvil , new cases , 17 , deaths , 5 ; Dowlais , new bases , 37 , deaths , 14 ; Plymouth , new cases , 13 , deaths , . 8 ; Holywell , new cases , 50 , deaths , 10 ; other towns in England , new , cases , 155 , deaths , 99 ; Scotland , —Dundee , newcases , 22 , _dcattiB , 16 ; ottter . towns in Scotland , new cases , 7 deaths , 2 . Total—new cases , 578 : deaths , 243 .
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BRIDGEWATER , Mord-gr . —A Jcrv of Matrons . — The trial of Charlotte Harris , for the wilful murder of hor former husband , Henry Marchant , by poison * , took place before * Mr . Justice Cresswell . The charge against the prisoner was supported by the following circumstances ; In the month of- _April'last the pri soner was living with her husband in Angel-buildings , Bath . Her age was thirty two , his twdntycight , and they appeared to live on comfortable and happy terms , hc as a stonemason earning very good wages , and she adding to their weekly income by selling oranges in the Bath market . They had two children who lived with them in their house , On the 31 st of March deceased was at work at a quarry with two follow-workmen . Ho was in good health
and spirits , and after his day ' s work he spent an hour or . two at a public-house . He returned home late , and the prisonor gave him some tea . He went fo work as usual next day , but was compelled by illness to return home . Tho Symptoms of his illness were those that are usually observable in cases of poisoning , and they continued throughout the day . The prisoner was advised to send for a surgeon , which she declined to do , asserting that- the deceased objected to it , but afterwards she went for a surgeon , and as he did not come she went a second time . The deceased was attended by Mr . Lloyd , who treatedthe disease as one arising from natural causes , and after lingering a week , the man died on the 13 th . Ho was buried ; but in consequence of suspicions being excited by the conduct ofthe prisoner , the body was disinterred , an ¦ inquest was held , the viscera of deceased were sent for examination to Mr . Herapath of Bristol , and the presence of
arsenic was indisputably proved . It further appeared that at a short distance from the prisoner ' s house lived an old man named Harris , who was possessed of some little property , * and six or seven weeks before Marchant was taken ill the prisoner told two persons that Harris had ofiered hor marriage , observing what a good thing it would be if she were a widow . On the very day that the husband was taken ill she went to Harris ' s house , was with him in his room for a considerable time , and took tea with him . On going away , she represented to a woman named Shayler , who lived in the same house , that she was about to be married to Harris . On the day after tho death * of her husband she was seen in Harris ' s company , and about a week afterwards she was actually married to Harris , having given the information necessary to enable that ceremony to take _. p lace on the very day of the burial . In addition to this evidence it waa sought to show that about the time ofthe deceased ' s illness the
prisoner actually purchased poison at the shop of Mr . Bright , chemist ;* of- Bath . After a trial of two days the case was _brought to a conclusion , and the jury retired . . After an absence of an hour the jury returned into court with a verdict of " Guilty . "His lordship then passed sentence of death ' upon the prisoner , observing that he fully concurred with the jury in their vordict . —Mr . Saunders , who conducted the defence , then put in a a plea in arrest of execution . that the prisoner was pregnant . —His lordship ordered the doors ofthe court to be closed , and addressing the hi g h sheriff commanded him at once to empanel a jury of matrons from females within the court , for the purpose of trying the prisoner ' s plea . —A dozen ladies who had entered thc court as spectators were then . ' ( much against
the inclinations of some of them ) compelled to enter a box , and were sworn in by tho crier _^—His lordship said tliey had heard from the oath that had just been administered to them the nature of the duties upon which they had been empaneled . They would at once retire and perform those duties , and they might be assisted in them b y a medical man . — The hiry of matrons were then escorted by tho bligh sheriff to the rear ofthe court , and in afew minutes they returned . —The Clerk Of Assize : Ladies of the jury , are you agreed upon your verdict' ? Do you say thc prisoner is with child ofa quick child or not ?—Several ladies : We say she is . —The Judge : Let the sentence be respited . —The prisoner , who appeared to be weak from her situation , but to be little affected by her awful position , was then assist 6 d from tho bar .
MONMOUTH . ItoDBEnv . —William Lundberg , who was marked on the calendar as being able to read and write well , and being forty-six years of age , and had the appearance ot a respectable working tradesman , was indicted for having on the 18 th d ; iy of May last , at Chepstow , feloniously broken into the dwelling-house of Benjamin Greening , and stolen therein three gold watches of tho value of £ 20 , and eighty silver watches of the value of £ 160 ; and also for having received them knowing them to have been stolen . —Mr . Cooko appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Skinner for the defence . —On Sunday , the 18 th of March last , Mr . Greening , an old and respectable watchmaker at Chepstow , went with his family , about eleven o ' clock to chapel ,
having first locked and secured his house . When he returned he found that tho shop door had been opened by a false key , and a quantity of watches and other articles , above the value of £ 200 , stolen . No trace- whatever could be found of the robbers till the beginning of May , when suspicion fell upon the prisoner and another man , named Thomas , who carried on business in partnership as working jewellers and watchmakers , in Tucker-street , Bristol . They sent to a watchcase-maker in Bristol , and also to another in London , a quantity of watches , off which the numbers and makers' names had been erased , with orders to repolish and put on names and " numbers . Tiiesc tradesmen , suspecting that thero was something wrong , communicated with the
police , and they , in a short time , found out the true state bf things . It appeared , that the prisoner and his partner had ; in addition to their workshop below stairs , another room at the top of the house , where they broke up stolen watches , and erased all the marks whieh would lead to their identification , and then sent them to other tradesmen to fit again for sale . The system they had carried on ' for several years , and were-only detected in consequence of being emboldened by success . to send the large orderswhich excited suspicion . Thomas contrived to make his escape . The prisoner . was caught , and being . now' convicted , after a protracted trial , was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment , with hard labour ,
Forgery . —Thomas Edward Turberville was indicted for forging , on the 2 d of February last , an order for the payment of £ 312 s . 6 d ., with intent to defraud Jacob Chatterly and others . Thore wore twenty-four counts , some describing the instrument as an-order and some as a warrant for the payment of money , some charging only an uttering , " some layingthe _intonf ' to defraud Rees only ; in short , it was . laid in every possible mode in which it was thought the evidence would support it . —Mr . Cooke appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Huddlestone
for the defence . —The . prisoner had been a member and the paid actuary of tho Temple of Peace Lodge of the Society of Odd Fellows , at Newport ; Jacob Chatterly was " the noble grand " of the society ; and William Rees was the treasurer . Both were also members of the society . The practice of the society was for the treasurer to pay cheques in favour of sick members when presented to him signed by the noble grand and the actuary . On the day above named , the noble grand , on the representation of the prisoner that a member , whoia fact was not ill , and never applied for any r
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was ill , and wanted a cheque for 12 s ., countersigned one already si gned bythe prisoner , and handed itto him . Tho latter altered it to £ 3 12 s . Gd ., and it waa afterwards paid without any suspicion of fraud . There was no evidence that it was presented by the prisoner . On the close of tho case for the prosecution , it was objected on the part ofthe prisoner that those counts could not be sustained whicli charged the intent to defraud Jacob Chatterley and others or Rees and others , as in both classes of counts " others " should be taken to include tho prisoner himself , as he was a member ofthe society and part owner of the funds , and therefore amounted to a charge that the defendant intended to defraud himself . His lordship , however , hold that " others " must be taken to include all the other members except the prisoner , and , therefore , was sufficient ,
within the provisions of the 7 th George IV ., c . 04 ; butthat if necessary ho would reserve the point . It was next objected that tho counts which charged the intent to be to defraud the treasurer could not be sustained , as the property belonged not to him alone , but to him jointly with the prisoner and the others members of tho society . But his lordship held that , as tho same law that applies to bankers applied to othor agents , and the treasurer had a duty to pay only on genuine orders , and this order , tf valid , would protect him , and if not . valid would not protect hini , he was defrauded b y paying it ; and , therefore , the intent waa ri ghtly laid to defraud - him . On this point his lordship had no doubt , and he was not requested to reserve it ; and the prisonor having been convicted of the forgery was sentenced to soven years ' , transportation . -
BRECON . The Murder by Poisoning at the _Beaufort Iron Work 3 . —Margaret Michael , described in the calendar as thirty-two years of age , was arraigned upon three separate charges of murder : first ; that she murdered her son , William Michael , by _administering to him a quantity of arsenic ; secondly , that sho killed her husband , John Michael , by tho same means ; and lastly , she was charged with de _« stroying her daughter , Martha Michael . ' To these ' several indictments she pleaded « Not Guilty . " —Evidence having been given , the jury returned a verdict of '' Kot Guilty upon eacli charge .
IPSWICH . .. _'* . _' . Assault and Robbery . —A village schoolmaster , named Woods , and a man named Lewis , were indicted forthe followiag assault and robbery .- —It ap « pearcd that on the 27 th of March , a pig-dealer , named John Mannings ,. of Capel St . Mary , Suffolk , met by appointment at . the Swan Inn , Ipswioh , to receive payment for some pigs that had been sold in London . He there took £ 12 2 a . 6 d ., and had beside five sovereigns in his purse . Mannings afterwards left , and went to the Plough Inn at Capel St . Mary . At this inn was the prisoner Woods , who was the master of the village school , andalittlo after nine o ' clook Woods left , Mannings , the prosecutor , following shortly afterwards . When the latter had come , to : a narrow part of the path , on
one sido of which was a hedge eight feet in height , ' Mannings observed Woods and another man , and said , " Good night . Woods . " Woods then . rushed upon Mannings , and felled him to the ground with ii heavy stick . The blow cut a hole through the prosecutor's hat , and otherwise injuredhim . . When down he called " Murder , " when Woods , the schoolmaster , thrust a handkerchief into . his mouth . Prosecutor contrived to remove this , when Wooda - rasped him round the throat , and nearly strangled him . He then called his companion . to come and help , which Lewis instantly did , and while the latter held his head close down to the ground , Woods thrust his hands into his breeches poeket And abstracted . the purse , when both , took to their heels . Woods had false moustaches on , which ,, however
were not torn off , but the prosecutor contrived to scratch him very severely across tho face , and to leave the impression of his finger marks on the lower lip of tho prisoner Woods . Mannings instantly gave the alarm , and by daybreak in the morning Woods was in custody , he being clearly identified by the many scratches left on his face . Subsequently Lewis was apprehended , and on his house being searched £ 2 10 s . in gold was found concealed under some lumber . He stated that ho had hor . rowed partof this money of different individuals _^ but the persons referred to denied it . . Several witnesses swore to having seen the prisoners together on tho night of the robbery , and clearly proved that Woods , at all events , was the ruffian who was the principal in the assault . The ease was afterwards
brought homo to Lewis by a variety of circumstances . —Mr . Dasent ( who defended Woods ) and Mr . Bulwer ( who defended Lewis ] severally addressed the jury who returned a verdict of " Guilty " , against . both prisoners . —Woods was sentenced to ten years' trans portation , and Lewis to two years' imprisonment . . ; _Burglahy . —Joseph Baldwin , aged 47 , a man of Herculean proportions , was charged with breaking into the houso of John Barnes ,, at Redlingfield , on the 6 th of . May , and stealing therein five shillings ' worth of penny pieces , six buns , a piece of linen , and half a pound of pickled pork . Mi * . Palmer conducted the prosecution . On Sunday , tho -0 th of May , Mr . and Mrs . Barncs . quitted their houso for the purpose of going to church , leaving the windows and doors all secured . On their return they opened
tho door and were surprised to find the . marks - of two or three very large footprints on the druggett in thc keeping-room . .. Satisfied that some ono must have gained access to their house in their absence , they searched about the room and so ascertained that a cupboard had been forced open , ' in which was kept the key of another cupboard . This key still hung on its accustomed nail , and noihing was missing from that cupboard . The other , however , when opened with the key showed that the intruder had visited its shelves , for the various trifles ' mentioned in the indictment were missed . from them ' .: Tho next question was , __ how to account for the entrance and exit of the thief , and a minute inspection of the window , which was found bolted as usual , _tatisfiedMr . Barnes that a pane had been taken out of
the lend close to the hasp . Through this _aperturfc a hand could easily , open the fastenmg _. and then the window afforded an aperture of thirteen inches . by thirty . The pane , however , had been carefully replaced and tlio lead knocked . together again , thus showing that tho robbery had been effected with considerable precaution , and most probably through the agency of a boy or small man , who had afterwards admitted a larger man through the door . Information having been given of this outrage , it was discovered that thc pvisoncr had been seen going , at twelve o ' clock on thc day in question , in a direction from thc house of thc prosecutor towards Ids own house . The police accordingly searched the latter on _. Tuesday , but they found nothing in it . Afterwards , however ,-it was ascertained that the prisoner
had paid an arrear of ls . _Gd . for poor-rates to the overseer , in penny _pieces , and his house was searched again , when a piece -of linen was found , which exactly corresponded with that lost by-. Mrs . Barnes , who recognised it as a piece of her husband ' s shirt sleeve , which she had only removed from that garment on the Saturday night , and then placed in the cupboard . —Theprisoner in his defence contended that it was physically impossible that he should havo committed tbe robbery , as ho could not have got through the window , " if ho had tried ever so ; " and , as for payment to the overseer , he . had paid him with coppers received frorii his deceased master on Saturday . He also accounted for the
possession of thc linen by saying tbat he had picked it up in a ditch while at work , between the first and second _searchA-The jury having found the prisoner "Guilty , " his lordship proceeded to pass sentence on tlio pri 6 on ' ei ' , who had aggravated his caso hy a false account '" as to the possession ofthe copper pieces ; tho fact being , as he well know , that his master , though now dead , had been examined before the magistrates , when he had sworn to _hrving paid tho prisoner his wages in silver , and not in halfpence . Ifc was clear that the prisoner was a very dangerous character , and there having heen a previous conviction , the only sentence which could be passed on hini , injustice to the public , was that of transportation for ten years .
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Calculating an Average . —During the festival of the eve of St . John , at Madrid , not fewer than nineteen persons were stabbed in night quarrels , and the journal which records this fact quietly observes that this number is three more than the average . . . ' . . ' Gamblinc—This vice has been practised by memost civilised and enlightened people , as well , as by the most barbarous and ignorant . The' coronetted legislator of the foremost nation In refinement has been known to sacrifice a princely income to tliis passion . No station is free from its degrading influence . The brutal bull-baiter , " and the most profound tliinker ' liave alike met ruin in its vortex . An
instance of the latter occurred inthe case of an author of European celebrity , who , in one of his works , said , " . The gamester , if he dies a-martyr * to'bis pursuit ) is doubly ruined : he adds bis soul to every other lu 6 s _, and by the act of suicide renounces earth * , to . forfeit heaven ! " The man who wrote tbat sentence was himself a ( -ambler , and ultimately a suicide ! Such is the result of this demoralising habit , commenced perhaps in a state of dissipated ennui , aud continued through a vitiated state of the digestive organs , entailing a morose , peevish , nnd _diseontentedstale of mind , the whole of which might have been prevented by the occasional use of that mild aperient , " Frampton ' s Pill ot Health . "
Headache , Bile , Apoplexy , and . Complaints * arising FUOll I . MPUBITT OF BLOOD CUlua > BT _HottOWAY ' s PU . LB . Tlie regenerating properties of this _wonder-working medicine are so powerful that all who _sulfe *? from Lieordered Stomachs , Indigestion , Bile , Sick Headaches , or Dimness of Sight , which originate from tlie impurity of the blood , should have immediate recourse to _HoUoYvay ' s PUls , which act so directly on the system that a few doses will remove every unpleasant symptom , thus preventing the danger of apoplexy and the overflow of blood to the h « ad . They _maj be talten by females of all ages with perfect safety , their invigorating qualities soon restore persons-of the most nervous and debilitated constitutions ' to fne enjoyment of good health . Conns asd _Bltmoss . —Pedestrian exercise is absolutely necessary for the enjoyment of health , persons deprived from walking with ease and comfort by Corns or "ftur . _ions are confidently recommended to make a trial ofthe Cora _I'laister known as " Paul ' sEvery Han ' s Friond _, " wMoh can bc procured of any respectable Chemist in any town in boxes at is . _lid . for Corns , and in larger boxes lor Coiis or Bunions at-js . ad . ¦ _.:.- . . _- _:-.--
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11081849/page/7/
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