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Heamh of ' Lojn > o 5 .-ln the week ending last Saturday , the deaths reg istered m the metropolitan districts were 814 ; in t & e previous week they were only 738 . In the three corresponding weeks , of 18474 , the deaths ranged from 786 to m ; and _takiaffthecorrespdndinff weeks of ten years , the avera is 861 , or raised in the ratio of population . 959 . " The present retain , therefore , shows a decrease on the average equal to 95 . - Withthe increasing warmth of the weather , the mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs steadily declines . Excluding consumption , the deaths in this class in the last four Weeks have been successively _145 , _* 138 _j : 105 . and 04 : and during this period the mean
temperature has risen gradually from . 47 to 59 degrees . ; Inthe same weeks the deaths from consumption have been 134 , 125 , 103 , ' and 141—sho wing a sudden increase in the lasts and an approach to the corrected average ; which is 157 . ' In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases , 172 fatal cases are enumerated , having been inthe previous week only 130 . and the average being 201 . Small pox carried off 9 persons , scarlatina , 19 , and booping-coiigh . 25—the three epidemics still showing a de crease on the average . Measles , however , which -destroyed 26 children—an amount differing little from the . average-has suddenly increased on the previous week , when there were only 12 deaths . / Typhus also exhibits ah increase , for while- there were only . 26
deaths in the former week , there were 39 in the last —which , however , is nof more than usual at this period . Diarrhoea and dysentery ; appear . to have become rather ' more prevalent ; m . the last three weeks they have numbered 13 , 19 , and i 3 . On the 3 rd June , the wife of au engineer , aged 61 years , died at 21 , Chatham-place , Lock _' s-fields , St . Mary , _Kewington ; of " vomiting and purging ( twelve days } , exuaustlbtu" On the 5 th June , at 51 , Turnmill-street , Clerkenwell , the daughter of a labourer , aged 13 months , died of " cholera bib'bsa ( twelve hours ); " and on the 31 st . of May , at 33 , Askei street , Hoxton Old Town ; the daughter of an . engraver , aged 1 year , die'd of '" English cholera ( two days ) . " A man of 36 years , who is described as having been habitually intemperate , died of "delirium tremens , apoplexy ; " another ' fatal case of
intemperance is also recorded . ' Three' children suffocated in bed . It appears from the _clasaificatioh of deaths in public institutions th ' r . t 93 _occurred in ; workhouses , 59 in hospitals ( of which eight ; were in military and naval establishments ) , and sejyen in lunatic asylums . The mean _reading oi the barometer in the week , was ' 29 _* 8 TS '; "tho' 'daily ' . mean was . above thirty in . on the fifst , three days _oftheweek . The mean temperature was' 59 de ' gs . 3 _njini ; it was above the average of the _samewees : in seven years on the . firet four days , and below it . 'during'the rest . The highest in the sun" was . about 104 _degs . on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . The wind . was ; in the east on the first three days , ; it veered to . tbe south-west on the afternoon of "Wednesday ; and continued generally in that direction through the rest of the week . ' ' _"' •" . ' .. "'"'
_CossBCBAiios op a _Cnonen is Southwark . — _; On Monday morning the _Bishop . of Winchester consecrated a church in Southwark under somewhat pe _* uliar ' _cbxumstances . _r . " The buildmg , wUch isone of ancient date , stands in St . ' George _' s : fieIds , and has ; been known as a chapel in connexion with'the Philanthropic Society . . The ; removal' of the society ' s premises to Redhill , hear Reigate , rendered the chapel useless for the purposes to which it had hitherto been devoted , and arrangements were consequently made with the rector of St . George ' s tbat an ecclesiastical district should be assigned to the chapel , and that henceforth it should become one of ibe parochial churches . In order to carry ont this object , the ceremony , of consecration was rendered necessary , and Monday was appointed by the bishop for that purpose . Thebishophaslicensed the Rev . G . E . Tate ; M . A ., late curate of Great Warley , Essex , tobethefirst'inenmbentof thenewchurch . ' .
. SuiClDSIS SontHWABK . — -On ; Saturday . morning fast the immediate vicinity of Uorsemonger-larte Gaol was thrown into much excitement , owing to a tradesman of considerable business iu the Boroughroad having hung himself in the skittle ground at the rear ot the Masons' Arms , opposite the prison . The name ofthe unfortunate gentleman is . George Cox , aged thirty-nine , carrying on an extensive business as a horse _dealer . He called upon Mr . ' Monck , ' the . landlord of the Masons' Arms about eleven o ' clock , and that gentleman being out otf business , he remained atthe bar some time , drinking- 'About twelve o clock he went into the yard , at the end of which the skittle ground is situated , and some few
minutes afterwards , Thimas Sydee . the potman , had to _fe'cii some coals from an adjoining shed , when he heard a scuffling noise inside the skittle ground , and fin-iing the door cl » sed he looked through the keyhole , and observed the deceased hanging from a beam at the further end , struggling violently . He instantly wiled _assistance and cut deceased down , when Mr . Evans . surgeon ,, n 2 ar the police court , was called in , and every attempt was made te restore animation , but withoutsuccess .. He was breathing when cut down , but hig neck was broken . The deceased was highly respected among his neighbours , and' believed-to be in good circumstances , but latterly he had drunk to s creat extent , which _cau-eddeZirium tremens . -
. Fatal _Accidstt at thb Hampstead _Ponos . — On Saturday afternoon last a melancholy accident occurred in one of the ponds situated in the vicinity ofthe Lower Heath , Hampstead , which resulted in the death of Mr . Sibley , schoolmaster at Highgate , and the son of Mr . Barnes , aged thirteen , Brecknock " villa , Camden Town . Mr . Sibley had left Highgate with his pupil 3 f > r the _purpose of walking to Hampstead , a * was bis usual custom on Saturday afternoon , and while in the vicinity ofthe ponds he was . alarmed by the cries ofa youth who was bathing , and without removing his coat or hat plunged into the
pond , which is of considerable depth , to rescue the unfortunate youth . Iu this attempt to save thesinking lad he became so faint ( although a very good swimmer ) that he also sank . The body of the unfortunate gentl-man whs taken out in about sixteen minutes , hut life was completely extinct , although jnet ) ica < assistance was speedily procured . What throws an additional gloom over this fearful catastrophe is , _» be fact that Mrs . Sibley had started from Highgate to meet her husband , and the melancholy event was abruptly communicated to her by the pupils , the sudden shock almost depriving-her of
reason .. Death from Fire . —On Monday aa inquest was taken before Mr . Bedford , at the _Ctnring-crossHospital on the body of Ellen M'Mullen , aged forty-six years , who died from the effects of burns . ; S _. _Lakei of No . 4 , Crown- « treet ,-St . Giles , said thedeceased lodged in his house , and was a married woman ; On the previous Thursday while witness was at supper , oneof h'S _lodeers came to him and said his house was onfire . Wrnpss ran upstairs , and on the second floor found the unfortunate woman enveloped in one mass of fire . - Witness _calledjout repeatedly for assistance , but instead of any person rendering him any ,
they ail became frightened aud left the house . Witnew , with some difficulty , tore the clothes from off the _deceased , procured a quantity of water , and ex-: tinguisbed tbe flames but not before she was most _shockiasly burnt - P . Girriad , engineer to the fire brigade ; examined the room , and was of opinion that the deceased _hfd bs _« _-n sitting npon a chair , and her clothes had ignited by a candle which was close to the chair . When she fonnd _herself on fire she must have ran on to the staircase , where she was . found . The house surgeon proved that every part of her body was burnt . The usual remedies were applied , bnt she never rallied , and died in three hours afterwards .-Verdict , "Accidental death . "
_Alahuiko Fihe at a _DisTiufcBT . —Shortly after nine o ' clock on Monday morning , the neighbourhood of Leicester-square was thrown into a state of considerable alarm , in consequence of the sudden Outbreak ' of a fire in the premises belonging to Messrs : Bosenbnrg and Montgomery , distillers , 64 , Castle-street . The disaster was caused from some one having left the tap _connected with a vat filled _, with spirits , turned on ; this allowed the contents f the vat to run over the floors , and eventuall y _^ o eorae in contact with one of the fires , when the spirits became ignited , and ran about the * building . For some short time the- complete destruction of the property appeared inevitable , but eight engines
of the _Londan brigade , with others of the parish , eameup , and the flames were extinguished . The damage done is very considerable . , -If was stated to the fircmeu , that 360 _gallons of over-proof spirits were destroyed , independ _ent of the damage done to the premises and machinery .- The firm was insured in the Hand-in-Hand Fire ? office . ; Attempted Suicide . —On Saturday morning last , Mrs . Leckett , oi 5 , York-street , St . Luke ' s ,.. tempted to commit suicide by jumping out of tho window . . Her husband was awakened by the noise she made in opening the window , and'caught her night clothes , but they . ' gave way ; and she- fell into the street . Xo hopes are entertained . of her
recovery . . ' . Scaffold _Acciobst . —On Monday afternoon , between three and ftmr o ' clock , a scaffold , on which seven men were employed , at the new buildings , _Calthorpe-street , Camden : Town , suddenly gave way , and tbe _wnole of them were hurled to the ground , from a height " of thirt y feet . A quantity of _buiMiusr _material'fell- ' at the same time , and'they were buried beneath it . " A number of men set to wora , an « f the poor fellows were speedily extricated . Mr . _Palssrave , ' the huiider of _Ebury-street , sustained a fracture of both legs . Three of the workmen arc _* o _dn-adfully injured that there are no hopes _<>{ th _' eir recovery . The remainder escaped with a few bruises . ¦
. DisTBF . ssiso _AccrpRsi —On Tuesday evening one of the Hackney _omnibuses was going up Ludgateaul _, whu , a . httle Imy ' currying in his arms a child about _I'lghtesu jionrhs old was seen _running a ' cross tte road , an * endeavouring to pass in front of the horses . The driver immediatel y checked his horses with all hw power , - Vnit _not sufficiently to prevent the children from being thrown down . The _younger _chitoVit is supposed , was trodden upon by one of
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the horses , and on being picked up _wsuyjamed m a frightful state to a nei _^ bo _^ rin _^ itlrgeoh _' _sjvwhere it expired in a few minutes , _^ hj _^ accident naturally _coUeeted _^ anjmmenWo _^ wd _)» f _^ several _^ emyemeji _^ rho _" saw . jfc _^ me _^^ ardanp entirely _bxtftlpatM the driver : _frqltVattb _^ e ; The latter wentio _thimolioe station InW » _w && . ? gave b _^ haMe ano _^ address _^ be _WpsSjgJSRvS duty _. _Sbo ¥ xpre _1 £ ed his wiffingitess to _^ V _** _l & r his appearance before the magistrate . This _instinee shows the extreme imprudence _^ V * T % x _^ S _^ ing infants to the carejof children _^ _crowded th > roughfares . , ¦ . * - - - / - f . ft- f _^ _..,.,,.. _^^^ i _^ l > r 6 _i ) i _«^» * _'' _^ " _^^^^
: tHKMvsTK _^ us p 6 _lsoNiuw , is _^ sSEX .-Onthe _« b _1 n _, t Mr C . C . Lewis . ' the coroner for Essex , o _«> y % _n & t and Hounds Inn ; Havering , _resnecung the death of Richard Cheshami an aericulturaI . _labourtr , ; wh 6 , wasalleged , to have died from ihe . effects of arsenic ,, wilfully , administered . —The deceased w » s the husband of Sarah . Cheshani , who was " tried atthe Spring-Assizes , 1848 , before -Lord _Denmari , for the _-murder , of Jhertwo children , : by admiuis'ering arsenic , and was acquitted , _bhewas _aho charged with attempting to destroy the illegitimate infant of Lydia Taylor , Newport ; a . farmer , then of some respectability in this . neighbourhood , who was . the reputed - father , being committed for
endeavouring to procure tha commission of the felohy . —Mr . John Timeweli Clark , . _-Buperinten deht of tlie Essex consta _^ ularly , _stavioned at Newport , eras tbe first witness examined . On the 28 th of May I searched the . house in which the deceased dieii , and where hi-. widow lived .: In , a kneading trough near a cupboard , I found n bag containing about a pound of rice , which * with other _thiogg I'found ; I handed to _^ ProfessorTavldr , at- Guy ' s Ilospitkli oh the 30 th , for analysis . Sarah Che 8 ham .. widow ,. _said tbat the rice _was'her father ' s , _^ and hoped I was ,. not going to . take it away . She added that she . had used _ap-ir . ion of it for her husband in ; rice tnilkj andshe . displayed . muchanxietylest I should ; tak > it awav _^ _' She wished-me . not , to : n \ oyeit .. ; I
replied that I should _tske what was-necessary .:: She repeated . her desire ; twice , that I should not - reraoy it—Sarah Chesham . -the widow , was then examined " and denied _poslUvely . that , she , ever had . any p | oison in . her _posse $ sion . r-Mr .. Alfred _Swainel _-IJayldr , ' the professor of chemistry at . Guy ' s Hospital , ; was- then ' 3 « orn , and he entered ! into a most elaborate and lengthened . report of the result of ( _bis-apaly " 8 is ofilh _** stomach ; and : contents ot - . ihe-decea |' ed , r ; After de- , scribing appearances of red patchea _. Indicating in _^ ajjtimation , he proceeded tostate _. tbat . he had i detected ari « nici' after applying , the usual tests , ' bufc . _injs ' _ui'h small quantities as . to . prevent him stating positively that that poison was the cause of death . ; After 8 ub ; jecting . the stomach ,- contents ,: intestines ,. ic ., to : the usual process : of _anilyoation , he had- only obtained _, in - . all the _twenry-fifth part of _ a grain . He examined a-bag of rice and found it to contain
arsenic . " It was _distribht < d over the ; . whole , mass , and in four ; oiinces of rice he ; had found two ( trains of arsenic . In the entire quantity a » d bag _thi-rc was from .: twelfe to _s-xieen grains of , arsenic . It -was _roixed-in -the rice like a p » wder . and to acasual' observer mightappear like flour .: There was sufficient to kill six _persons .- -In _ai-swer to- _; the coroner and jury , Mr .- Taylor remarked _thatvwhat he -had de- . tected in the body was n » t sufficient to cause death-, It was only the surplus and not that taken ' : up by the system , -r The jury returned - _ a verdict . that , he had died from tubercular consumption .: The evidence , failing in proving . that the arsenic found in the body , had accelerated death . —The Coroner then addressed Mr . Superintendent Clark , and _suggested that the magistrates of the district-mightproceed against the widow under , a recent act . for administering poison with intenc—Mr . Clark sa _= d he ' woiild laythe matter before them . " : . : j --
.: Attempted Murder and _Sotcidb _ut Noawicn . —On the 7 thinst . » coroner's inquest was- held at the workhouse , onthtfbody of John Reynolds , who attempted to cut his wife ' s throat . on . the-previous evening , and inflicted ' seVeral wounds on her neck , arms ' ; and hands - The womaij took " shelter fro » her husband ' s ' brntality in > a- confectioner ' s shop ' , where . a surgeon attended and dressed her wounds . Thehusband , in the meantime _. stuck the knife he intended to murder his wife with into his chin , the point of which extended , to- his throat , ' and then jumped into the sea . ' The body was soon picked up , but life was extinct . : The- woman bad her " child , > little toy about a year old with her , ' and had the man succeeded in killing his wife , , he- would , doubtless _, have murdered . the child , as well . The . jury having heard several witnesses , returned a verdicfrof ' Felo dese , " and the body wastorthwith buried by ' torch-¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦
light . : . _' _' •¦ ¦;¦ _- . ' - - >• ' - - ' - - ' ... Fatal _CotUEav Explosion . — An explosion occurred on Wednesday , in Littte Unsworth , Colliery near Gateshead , by which eleven men and two _bovs were killed , four of them by the explosion , and the rest hy the after 'damp . Five- mnrie wereserioasl y _^ injured , -and are nnt expected " to recover . Thenf were likewise four ponies killed .-r-The _inchest oh tbe unfortunate sufferers was held on the : 7 th inst ;; when , after a lengthy investigation ; into the circumstances , the . jury , after a few . : minutes' consultation , returned the following verdict : — We are of opinion tbat Robert . Story and twelve others came to their death by ' _ths firing of Ursworth pit onthe 5 th inst . from a' blower ' . ' which moved the coal trrim tbe workings , and ignited at acandle , and that there was no want of ventilation or care to _. our knowledge . !' —Two of the sufferers by the " after damp" are not expected to recover , but the other three are gradually
recovering . ' - - . . : . A ' Detective Pouokmas committed _tob Rob _bbet . —On the fth . inst ., at Norwich Guildhall , Thomas _Davies , a detective officer of the . _Eastern Counties Railway Police , was brought up , ; charged with _stealing a parcel consigned' to the company ' s care for delivery in London . —Mr . J . J . 'Hixon stated that he made up a parcel , as usual , on Whit Sunday evening , and took it to the Eastern Counties Railway station , where it was ' booked , at about ten minutes past geve ' p , by one . of the clerks _^ who received it , and signed a book in witness ' s possession to that effect . The'parcel was addressed to a Mr . Bowtell , in London , and contained two-account books , one a check against the . other ;/* 'balance
sheet of the goods sold and the goods wanted ; a £ 5 note of the East of England Bank , " No 6 . 820 , arid dated April 29 th , 1818 , asnowproduced ; _threesdvereignsi a half-sovereign , two shilling * , a ; sixpence , 'twopence ' in copper , - aiid a - pair of-Indian rubber goloshes . The note produced was _: _theone he . enclosed in the parcel . It corresponded with the date and the entry in his book .. Ho , always kept a descrip tion ofthe notes . Notice having been given of the non-arrival of the parcel at its _dt-s'firiation , in ? _, quiries were set on foot by the company , and the £ 5 note having beeri traced , was . _Tirpved to have been paid to Messrs . Moses and Son ' s , in the Min <> ries , by the . prisoner/— Other confirmatory ' evidence having been given ; the ' accased was frilly . cbmmittid for trial . ' _' - '¦' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ '• _"' ¦ ' '•¦¦"¦ ¦¦ :: ; :. . ¦
r Attempted Murder _atjd Robbery . —On the 7 th inst , three men , named . Price , _^ Fagg , . and Batty , ' were ; brough ' t before the magistrates at Guildhall , TJdhcaster , charged" with attemptihg to rob nnd murder , on the Queen ' s'highway , Mrs . Mary Lister on tho nig ht , of Wednesday last . ; - . Itappeared from the evidence ; of Mrs . Lister , who , is the wife . of Robert Lister , Esq .,. of Behtly , near Dohcaster , that as she was returning _homej at ahout ten o ' clock , she was stopped by the ' three prisoners _, who demanded her money or her life , at the same time making use of the most horrible oaths and imprecations . Mrs . Lister bravely refused to
comp ly , with their request , at the same time telling tho prisoners " that they had better be off . .. as her husband was coming up . They told her , however , that if shedidnotiinmediately- give them her money ; _they- _' wouldcortainlyjiave her life . Mrs ; Lister . then endeavoured to escape / when sbe was immediately fired _atvwith . a . braco of pistols by . Price , both ; of which _yery providentially _misseld fire . " Some persons coming up . at this moment , the prisoners made off , only faking with them a-bag belonging to . Mrs . Lister . Information _^ having been given to the police , the prisoners were ; apprehended , and on the prisoner Price were found the pistols . The prisoners were all fully committed to tako their trial at the ¦
next assizes .: , \ . . ; - ; __ ;¦ ¦ _> _- . i ) ESTHucTiy / E Fire ' at Bristol . -T- An ; extensive and destructive _firej which placed / the aiicientj , parish church'of St . 'James _^ 'Bristol , in considerable peril , ' broke out on . Sunday . morning last upon an ; extenf _aive range of premises on _Sti James' church Iparhde in that city , iu the occupation of _Sfr , ' . Stone , ; silversmith and pawnbroker . These ; premises , 'the eastern erirl- of which is built , against the western y _* all of the _churchj ' _were-firSt discovered to beon _fije soon after three o ' clock ;) by the policeman . on the beat ; who gave , an alarm and caused the city _engipei and the engines bf the ' differeiitfire-onlcesio be brought ' to the spot . . The " combhstible : nature , of a large portion of the stock oh the premises _^ and that part of the warehouse having a great amount of . timber in their structure , caused the fire to burn with ' _siichintensity as tb render it _spoedily apparent that any efforts to save the ' bulk of the building would be
tutile , and the exertions of tho _persons . assisting were consequently directed to preserving the premises connected on either side , whicb fortunately escaped with slight damage ;< but , although tho most strenuous exertions wero made , the fire could not bo got under until tho warehouses , with a valuahle stock of clothes and an immense number of . p ledges of various kinds belonging to poor persons had been destroyed . The persevering efforts _u- ; ed by the firemen and police constables were successful in preserving the churoli and-a . front Shop , in which fortunately the greater part of the stock of plate' and watches had been deposited . The loss is variousl y estimated at from £ 5 , 000- to £ 10 , 000 . Mr . ' Stone _isf insured for the premises and stock in two different insurance-offices , but th ' e _' poor persons who ownthe pledges will have to suffer the loss of all differences between the value of their pawns , . _, ; r ... _^ i . _ :. hi . _'in ' i _.:- _„ i ij ... ! . ¦ ¦' . ; hl v . - _c-ji ! _,,- . _' _* '• <¦ ,
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and what they have received by way of loan upon them . - % Z' k Sdiwde on ihe South _Wbstkbs _ItAitflrAT . —On Saturday Jast , _^ as _^ the _^ two p . m ., up , traittVfroih Southa n > pton # _^? as neafrijg _'U-ho _, _^ Wimbledon , cro _^ - gate , $ toah was _perceived by Olio of | the' | uards | tp ' merge from behind a tree , and _;^> , staid _ihj'i' oiit igf the trM _|^>| identl y , for ; : _thepurposeMcpihmitJlittg self-destruction . The moment the \ eh g _ihe-driver noticed the unfortunate Individual , _Impounded the whistle and shut off the steam , and at the same time thdjgujirds did _allithatlwas _possible to _s | op ( hetrain in time to _-Save . _theilife _ofthejnian _. _jbut _witfioufeffect ; for , owing io the grea'i speed \ vlthlwhich
i _8 ? jengine _„ _wao _^^ couldbe _hrougnt to a _standstill if daslied against him , breaking in hiei _skulli" and sending ; B ' im across the metals , when the : wheels . of thei numerous _, _i af . . riages . passedover . Ma _legsiand . body ,, manglingliim ina mostawful . manner . In lus _ftocKet a number of ¦ printed bill _8 werefoundi . which led to . thb supposition that his name wa " s " 'Komp ' _,, and . that ' he was a traveller , to . a coal ; agent _iiutho . neighbourhood of the EdgeWare-rbad . . The guard of the' down-train ' states that he made ' artattempt to get ih front pf his engine , but'it passed b y before he ( had timo to get Oh to the rails . ' Not the . least blame can . bo attached to . the . company ' s 8 ervantsi who . ' did ajl that was possible to prevent the occurrence . - " , ,, ' .
A New _Cosvict ' Estadushment . _—Pltmouth- _/—About ' a _' mohth since Captain Groves , Governor ofi MillbankPrison , visited : Dartmoor , ' and : inspected the prisons _^ atPrinoe-town _i' ; , which : have ! remained _tenantliess . as a place of cpnfinehient since . the , peace , in' 1815 ; ' Subsequently ; _'ColbheJ ' Jehb , ' Inspector of Prisons , accompahied * by _Groyesj '' examined -the buildings ' and lbcality > aiid they wero- f 611 pwed :. by a government officer ; _whbseipecnluuv duty _^ 'i fc ! , is to judge _ofjthe . _fitness of ; the _jnternnlsiiTangemehtS Of such ; establi 8 hments , ' .. yrTe _. _i'understandT thai , theunited opinion ! of th ' eso gehtlemen ' . _is _iufavour , pf / tho adoption ' of theprisbns as suitablo fo ' r _^ the confine- " meptpf 'dortvict 8 j and ' 'that preparatiorirfor _' the _^ e-j i ! i . .. U BAi » ,.. I . Il . < . L' . V— . _L-JliO . .... ml ! . _viijuuiubi _lurvuwun _ois
_vwpiiuu ,, -. _'vu-ue > maue .- a _. . _opiniqu _; was Uie . . . tnore ; : readily ? - ado _/ _ited ? in . _nonse-, queiice of _^ horesuHofaninteryiew _. of O _^ oionel _ifebb ' , at the requ ' est , of Sir _^ George jGrey , . with Mr _, -Fowler , who ' carries oji '' extensive , ' add _\ _it is _| said pr ontable farming Operations ' 'at _Daftmbor . _'Iri'is _iiiteuded that . the convicts _sh ' _all-. _'be employed- in- _agricultural labou . r _..-. ; . To guard : the ' i 50 () iprisbners it willhe necessary _, to , have ( troops _^ . to the , n umber ; o , f i . 3 Q 0 l ,: for whom there ' are barracks almost fi _^^ occupation . About one moiety of We _prison will be ' _riiquirVd j _the ' other halF Win jthe , _occiipritiori _. of : « _-loenl ' . na _' ptha ' comp _^ _riyi'Whoshavd " ' reoentl y ; sold ; _^ heir ; inte rest to ; ihoMessrs . _lHill , of Deptford _; who will keep the workaat Pri , npe ? tQ , tyn jitfulloperation . _' ROvoKEp , Ho _^ _ipipBiahpht half-past eleven O ' clock _^ an itinerant jr ji per , _nii ' med'Ro ' b ' eft " Cafiill , ' commenced singing in . the
middle of _'Oidnam-street , _-jwancnester . _' . --. a- crowa was- soon collected to ; listen toihims : when a young man _namedThomas Duffy , was observed ; _byjeveral persons to come behind- Cahill -and . give . him a vio l ent blow on' ; the'head ' with . ; his , fist , ' Cuhill fell' down Unsensible- On" tne stones . ' Duffy im mediately ' ran off ; but was -soon captured and brought back by a , policeman ; . ' He said / fie and Cahill-had been _. ha . ving some _,-b , eer ' _in-,- _» :. . _ptiblich ' ouse _. and they , had quarrelled Because the latter had asked , him fpr ; _soineaipriey . for playing a . tune . Both tho , " prisoner- ' and Cahill appeared ' to be . sober .- ''Cahill ' wastakeh : to the'Royal Imfirmary , wheie'Le : _dild oh . Wednesday . morning . .-. On a post mor _^ m-examination it appeared ; that ; death had been caused by . deceased s Jhead . falling ; on the stores , . which " , had _^" _produced ; laceration of the hrain , with extreme' effusion _of-bloodr Deceased _wassixtjfyearVof age , and leftbne " child . _I--Tlie jury found a . verdict oi- "Manslaughter" : _agaihst ahe
prisoner / . _; > _,. .,- _z ' - : ¦ - ' .. •' . _- . i . i' • _.,- _< _-. -.. . ' , _,., Alleoed Tbeft _, from . . Filial , and _.-Sisibblt Affection—About noon , on .. Saturday last ,. a girl named Elizabeth Lee , ° we ' nt into tbe shop of Miv _' _Mantosh _. _draperTOiaham _^ street _. and took a dresspiece . from a pile of goodsrsome distance inside the'door , _< vhich she placed urifler her shawl and ran away . ' The theft ' was noticed by one ; of the shopmen , ; who followed'and caught the'girl ; with the piece , of prpit . inher _. tppssession . > She was immediately " ., given into custody . On Monday morning she , was brought . up at- " the Borough Court , and when-placed in . the dock : she was crying -bitterly .-Oh being asked what she had .- to _say . to _the charge she stated that- she had been working-in a faotory ,. but ; Jn consequence of some sliKht accident or fault , was " _. _baireed" . on
Wednesday last . "I , feared to tell my'father , " _., oontinued the poor girl : apparently with the greatest _sinr _ci-rity _, " _because -I have : six' little brothers . and sisters ; and I knew : that he had no ' ' money to buy them food , vahd _< I Wanted to make ; up , my wages . Oh , I don ' t kuow . how . it was , but _sQmething tempted , mo to do it . " _-J-: The _fatherj a .. decentlooking man , said that the prisoner had got up at half-past five o ' clock every morning during the week-to . eo I to-her .-work as- usual . She -had always . _bohaved herself welh _, and ; w _» 3 a great help to him in , bringing , up tho ihotherless children . [ , " It _wasVt _^ that _JL . _^ was _^ afraW . ' pi _' _. fath _^ r , '' . _.-Said the prisoner ; " he ' wouldn ' t ' have " beat . i _. me —only he frets so . " _-rMr ; Hodgson ; discharged , tho prisoner ,: and She left the dock-with a fresh" burst Of tears _. Cand with a _fervent"Godbless you , sir , !' from her father . " ... . . -. ; _-
Si _^ iaiilJ . Unkatcral Cokduct . —Some days ago , Mr . Hay , of the county police , heard a rumour . thatason _' of . Mr . . Greig , - teacher , lnchberry , in the parish , of Rothes , - had been confined' tor several years ; ia a small apartment-withnut either-sufficient food or clothing , and he > was otherwise _nialtreated by . his parehts . _HeAimmediattly . _proceededtothehousebf the party . _comY'laiiied of , and , oh reqite ting , ' to see the child , he was horror-struck on . finding bim a complete skeleton , ahd'in a very filthy-state , with bu r a thin cotton robe _covering his body . The case having . heeu , brought , ; be { ore . the sheriff , ; a warrant was granted forth ' -acp ' rehensioh of Greig and his
wife . who , along with thechild , were taken to Elgin en Wedriesday , and , after examination , tho accused liberated ; . on . bail : . We saw the boy in . the courthouse after the examination , and never sitnessed a more emaciated living human body . Although be is tenjeiirsof age , he . is ., scarcely tiie size , ofa child of four , and wei _. h _^ only twenty-nine pounds . .. Several of his bones had , ' been iiro ' trudipg through the skin . The : _unfortunate creature ha 3 _beeni confined to a small closet for , up wards of . t * o years with almrstno clothing ; and the little . food . he e _<> t _conS'Sted of piita ' to parings or sucB like . " It appears that the boy is the son of Greig , By a / ortner , marriage ,., and that liis . presept wife was also married before _h and ,, by her , firstiiushaud ' lliadadauirhter ,. nOw , grbwh ' upi who
lives b ; the ' family ,, The sheriff has , in , the , meantime _^ devolved the ca _> e ofthe boy on the , parochial board of Riithes _.- _^ _iftojn Cburani .,, ' , - .. :, ¦ ¦¦ ' , - ;• . . , i . Anticipated _Ejecthbnts in thb Islb . of . ' SKyE-—We understand ; thai fears are entertained of some painful proceedings this season " in the Island of Skye , relative to the ' ejectment o _> " small cottars , and i' _ijrof- _; tore _AEehtliiraan _wr ' _ttes thus . — " 'the ptopnelot of Strathaird '( Mr _.-Macallister ) is to remove . ; the tenantry on two of his . farms . : 'l hey . and . theiri families amount to ahuitt 620 souls , and thbugh .,. they ; are very miserable , and the proprietor is ; willing , 'to . give tbem very liberal assistance to take them to Canada , they seemed _tiotinc'iried to stir . ' Arrangements , are in progress for accomplishing the ejectments , ' but we
all _hojie that vi'tlent measures may be rendered unnecessary . by the . acquiescence of the people . The sheriff of Ponree ( Mr . Fraser ) , haS i I -understand , written a long address to them , pointing out the impropriety an < i danger of resistance , which is likely to have a good «> ffeot . " These p « or people , since the failure of- the potato crop , have been mainly dependent i _» n the L ) estitut on Fu > tu , which censes in a few months , and this has , in all proba ' nlity _. 'led the- proprietor to _'eawt to tho removal of'p ' -irt of the population . -If so lar _^ e a body of the people-were thrown on the poor kate ( the _htirden . of which would fall on the proprietor ) , it is obvious , that the value ; of ; the estate ? ou d be . wholly destroyed _^ A second letter ,
since received , supplies , ; additional information ' . — . ' The people deolaie . their resolution nut to . move unless compelled by superior force Captain Smith ia _rfoing tothe district-on Monday , principally to impress _. upon them the assurance thit no assistance from th * - relielfundcan . be expected after this year . The ; people are thvee years in arrearwith their rent , exclusive . , of -the presenter- p ; The whole rental of _thetwofarms though . crowded \ _yith . _so ; largeapopulati _« n , is only _> £ 150 per annum Mv .-: Macallister offr , r 8 . . _; to : for : _? go ¦ ; , all , arrears ,, and ; besides _flowing them _, to make what they can -of their- crop .- ; anu _fctock _, he . will give liberal aid in , money . —Mvcrness Courier . ' --. . .. . . _' _<• . .... .. - . _- ¦' . . . ,. , '¦• .... ,
! A MiNrsTKB Knockikg himself out of his own Pulpit . —A Sabbaili br two ago , in asraall ' church not _ai hundred .. miles , from thei Sol way ,, aj young preacher ofherculean , ability , physical and . mental , was approaching the climax , of one of his JRomnn bu > _'Rts of . eloqurtiice , when the . front : of the pulpit , which had for . halfan hour been treated most cruelly , suddenly gave way , ahd . the earn ; st and striking _preach-r ( to _the-grcat consternation of the audience , and ih « srili greater ho _> r . 'r _<> f the precentor ) was _PftehedheadloiiKhalfn-ay up , the . area of the Church , The preacher escaped with a few slight bruises , hut the prei . entor , ; we are sorry to : * tate , was severely in : jured- Good hop _^ s , however _^ are now entertained of his recovery . —Dumfries Courier .. . .
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_Napoleon _Buonapakte . —Hisfato fuvnislies a rpmarkablo _instance of the ina'tnbilityof human _grt-atness _, dud there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely cnused his early dissolution ; _fifr- rather than take somo simple remcdy _. he aUowid . disfasetogain theascenilancy _^ Yer Ins constitution _anddenth was the _. _rwuU ., Thus it ; is that _^ _s-ns cannot be tiid _watchful of theu- state _pf-ht-iUth , aud bclne always provided with a safe and efficient medicine ( such _' asSwr _- _i _M <* Health ) _enjOv t c _tivo greatest Wessingsih this world , health and 1 «
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Dubun . —The _proceedings atcthe ( meeting of the ' _corporation _< f 6 h _; , _the-5 ; th inst . exceeded in violence , ' _ahdicphfusioh ieven wbatrtuhfbJB ; expectcd in _thff verylpeciillar _cTrcuros 'tances hrideV which . it _assembledi 4 _^ bf meetii ) g ,. ; mightbe ier ' med _havingbeeFsummon' _^ one emanaiing from Mr . _Reyn'ilds _, " the 'Lord Mayor , calling a meeting •' to ' do 6 iich acts as the c ouncil Qh < iil deem npnfi 8 garvrin'cdnseauelfi ' ce Of the _wrirs > o'f
mandakus §' . the o ' _thetsunimons . issuing from . five members of / ihe council !; : and _stating the _Jmrpose to _berheeiection-of _' a Lord-Mayor for the residue _ol the'yeat : ofcoffi ! : e :: puvs _« ant : to : the : _'direction-. of : the same , writ , _of-mandamus . Both meetings were culled for eHven b ' oiock _. _sbut the omservative reqiusitioh added to ' tli _^ le _ttersp . m ., which , as the Lord ¦ Mayor _rerbinded'ihemr'mnst'mean _cleven'o _' clock at night , unle ' _ns some ofthe members , as he'thought it likely _enoush . understood them to mean' ' post mortem . " - However the members on _both'sides _wi- ' r *
punctual in attendance ; _but-ns-the conservatives found _themseJves _; _iiiiticipafedraiid . ' that' the ' Lord Mayor was already . ih | _fdssessioh of ' ithe chair atthe hour , ' whichi' ; _if- not' specified ; was at least understood ; they were ' . driven to the pxp _^ dient of electing ; a chairman _^ for themselves , ahd this _' thfly did arriids * the ' _u'most confusion and uproar , ' moving'Aldermati Kinahantb a ' chair which was placed ' at : | the' lower ' end-of the table . ' . Here they . ' . formed- ' themselves into _aiknpt around their own chairniah , ' arid ] wore proceeding to-carry ' on tlie -election , 'when- the { Lord
_Vhiyor announced lo them'that their _meetwi-wss altogether _iiTi- ' gular , ' _-thoir ;;' h ' otice _\ 'for c ' allin _^ K ' _nofhaving- ' been _' iprintied ' and served - 'three' dlear j days ' liefore _' -the time fixed for _iit'to "¦ take' _placei - They nevertheless _porsi-ted : _> n d Mr ; Walker _-mOyed -that Alderman _M'Kt-nmi be elect d Lord Mayor ' 1 of 'the bordUgh ' : of Duldfn - Mr ; -Vickers ' _-Wdndini ' tlie hiotibn , ' flnd the ' iiew chairman" declaring it _^ 6 be carried amidst a Ece e of . disordeV ' -which ' baffle * descrijitioh . ' ' ' The following are- 's ' o ' ni ' e' _extnors " of what ' followed j—* - ' The "Lord' Maydr , _^ . _addewsihg ; _A'Iderhian'Kitiah ' ati _' _. _isaidiUre _you'Sitting _^' the _' re _' _-fls chairman ?— Alderman ' , _Kinahah Vi 1 omV-4 tbrd '
_Mayor'ti-Then-1 , will remove _yoti . "•• _Ihspecior'bf police , as chairman of thi ' a 9 ! sembly > 'I ' call od you to _arrest —( cries Of' ' . ' no » _- 'ho ; _'' fr'im the _cbnservfctive _' memberei and cbnfii ' situi' )—I ; call-On y ' tfti'to ifemove _^ Alderman _Kh ahan into _Phrliariierit-streefc _^' rGhll in , as many police as ' are ; necessary for the purpose' / . ' 'Icahribt -allow 'hiin ' ' to - _hPeside . _Iicre h ' _a ' chairinah H _^ Mr . 'Walker : '! We will charge youoii the police .--In spector'Walpole . My lord ; 'which l 8 the _^ ehtlemari ? —Ld ' rd Mayer ( _pointing to " the ' _se _eond'ehairmari ) r Alderman Kinahan , wh' > is actin ; , ' as ' chairman in violation of tlie law- \ ¦'¦ Send- ' in * m 6 re " '; police ihere ; Recollect , Alderman K nahfih ' . I arrest you because _you assum 0 the offie ' e of chairman' here , w'ithou ' t ; ahy D ' rdner eroiind for so ddinr / ' _. _—Iiisp _' ectbr'Walryole' then
went ' up to'Alderman _Kmthan' and placed his . hand on his _' shonlder . —A sceiie of 'indescribable " . cohfusiori f ' oII 6 wed , in ' the midst of wh r ' _cbiM _ri _Wauchiib handed the return , signed b ' y _^ the hieinherS on the . corisiefva ' live side of the house , - to Mr ; ¦ IJafquhar / and . immediately after jumped on „ , the table and rushed towards the _chairV stating _^^ taken from thei fowh'clerk / arid that it'hadbeen torn by Mr . Martin Crean . —Lord Mayor : " : ' : Aldermai } Kinahan ; the inspedtor of police : buto ' . _retrove ! you into Parliament-street ; and to preveh * you from _-qccppying , that ohair _? - ( Confusion ) ., lt : _is a . serious responsibility , but I . will ; incur . : it ,.: Inspector , ; I order you to take Alderman Kinahan Jntb the _streeti " and if he resists you bring , him to the _^ policei . office and 11 llliior Jill i rriu
UUCT u «» au «« _nu * _,. . , gu auu piusc-., eute him , , myself I . give . you ; . ' notipe . rtlderroanj Kiiiahari , that ; if yoli abandon your . _illegal proceeding as chairman of . that ' nctitious _meefirig _^ _j-rf'AIder- ; . mart Kinahan : " , I will n ot , _—^ _tord : Bdayor'j _' Tmay . as well tell you , . gentleman' , ' , that the . police' are here acting tinder'iny _authority , and . if . any . man ,. 'di _? obeys ray authority I will _roihove 'him by forCe . — -Mr . Wauchob : Well , wedefy you ; ( _' _-ohfusioh )—Chair ? man ; 3 * olicenjan _, ' arrest that man ; and remove him . He says * " , _I defy you . " - -Aide'hiari Hudson : I deny that you are Lord Mayor of -the borough of . Dublin ; therefdrejyoucannoMegallyinterfere , or order him tobe arreSted . _^ Ih the end Alderm ' . _tn Kinahan leftthehiJetine with the _nb'ice . ' and ' _proceedvd-with his :
friends to the head " polled bfficei wberb ' he ' tendered information against the Lqrd . Mayqrj for ari il \ egal _nnest hut that course having _beeti' objected ; to by the magistrates a summons for'the' purpose was issued . —The conservatives , '" with their hew ; Lbrd Mavbr _/ then proceeded to "the city assembly-bouse . where the ceremony of a wearing iri _Wjisgon- through , the former '' proceedings baring . taken' place at the Royal Exchange . - ' ' ' ' ' - v ! ' _" ; - ' _-. ' _-, " On Monday , at the .-Head _Policf-office " , the Lord Mayor ( Mr . - Reynolds ) appeared ' - 'before the magistrates on a summons-to answer the complaint , of Alderman Kinahan , for having forcibly removed hini from the meeting ; of the Town Council o « Friday last . The pqlice inspector and constable who acted on the occasion were also-included in the : summons .
The Doi'd Mayor , wearing his robes and _carrying his watid of office , - was accommodated With- a seat onthe bench : ; Counsel attended " on both sides <_ ' The police court was crowded _with'members of the _corporation and bthe ' r citizens , ; an'd the proceedings attracted ho small . _share ; of interest : '' bn ; the whole _; ' ' ; It . _must _. be _admitted ' tliat the case made for Alderman _^ Kih _^ hafi ; wasi a very lame pnei _' iBy hisipwh evidence it appeared that ciii entering the meeting of the corporation on the'day in question he found Mr . 'Reynolds , presiding as Lord 'Mayor ; that he "himself addressed bim by that title on the , _occasion ; that on' ihe suggestion of a ' small knot of friends , who had _breakfasted it , _Rad-: Iey s just'before , and concocted there ' - the'course they would pursue , h ' e ' . ( Alderma ' n Kinahan } _'tbbkf . a chair in another part of the room and _assumedto act as : chairman , a very ' small minority ' ¦ of the _ciirpqfa-i
tiph acting with him . ; " and that it wa _^ becaus ' _e'hehad assumed , tb act si ) the Lord ' Mayor cjmsed ; him ; to he , removedfrom the meeting . On his ¦ _cross- _^ xanii'iation headmitted . that one _ofjhia-p ' arty ' _J . Vlr . _. Wiiuchob ) jumped upon the table in a very , violent : man net , and endeavoured to gain possession Of some docuraen _? . Under such circumstances the ' _magisr trates had no difficulty in . deciding ; Mr . 'Porter , ; wh . ' * presided , saying , I decline to take inforrriations / for the purpose of sending the case' to ; another tribunal ) and the ' entry I shall make oh the ; bpokb will be '' dismissed , " _inasmubh _as ' the defendant appears to have bebn justified in the act ; complaihe'd ov'At , thecohV clus _' idn ' of the proceedings the . Lord Mayor pro' _-ested against the course that . had been adopted _ofbrihgiiu him , _jthe ' Chief magistrate of the city , before an inferior tribunal . , - ' ' , _'"'" ' ' "' " ' ¦' ¦ : - '¦ ¦
_Twb returns to the : writ , of' mandamus ' , were presented at _"tlle _^ _Crowh _o _. _ffice on Saturday jast . . The ' . Lord . Mayor , with his solicitor , attended for the . purpose of lodging the one emanating from ; the inajo ' rit . y , " , and stating that the ofiice of . Lord Mayor was already filled . , ., _^ r . _Wauch _^ winch' stated that , the corporation' had , in _' _ohedience to . the writ , duly elected ' a _. Lord Mayor ion Tlie _prcr yibusday , b'iiit this return Hot . having . the city seal attached to it , ¦ the Clerk of 'the Crown' declined _acceptins it ., ' .. ' ' - 'V f . " . Z . ' " i" [" ' Z ! _-l _.- ' [ _- . Tiie _TENiNT-RifiHT Conference . —Themeoting of the Tenant-right Conference ; h ' aa been _postponed 'from ' thft , 18 th oi ih » month _to'the'tth of A . ' agiast , at the request of tlie , people of Belfast ,, who are to hold an important . iheetiDg oh . thesubjeet . _diif the 12 th inst _.
. \ . FatGHTFUh'STATE . OF BaLUSROBB V _^ ORKHOUSK .. _^ The'Rev . Mr . ConWa ' y , of Ballinrobe , in a letier . to the Freeman ' s -. Journal , thus describes ; the . 'frightful state in which the workhouse ' of that union is at ' present : —'' Having called the master and porter : to _ac- ; company me , I visited the _probationary wards—and never have I . felt more shocked than jo find , the wretched occupants in scores , heaped on eaoh other _, iti the most hideous disorder—particularly in . the female wards , where , were whole families , _including maleand female children , huddled so . ' olosely and in such . _iiumbeVs , that I could hot" enter . Theylay in t . heir . rflg 8 ; upon the earthen .. floor , _aroluj _^ _. _stench intolerable . ' Nights and days they : sat on the cold floors without ; bed or . covering of any kind . . Thi » shocking fact I have ; felt constrahied . by a sense of duty to register upon the records of the house . " \ .
LANnLoiiipANn Tbnani Biiii _,. —The Freeman of Saturday evening published an abstract of tlio Landlord arid Tenant Bill about ; to be brought into Parliament by Mri . Sharman Crawford . , " The definition of" fairrenC _' accbrding to this bill , ' isasfollows .:- _^ " Xhejahdlord _' s just . ' prppgrtion ofthe money value of the grass produce lacc ' ordingtothe . " market prices of such produce ) which the lands in the occupation of the tenant , according to their quality and _j-iioumstah . ces , are capable of yielding under a fairsystem . of iroprbvement ' arid culturej after allo . _wfanco has been made for all labour / ahd ' the'interest of . allcapital . ex-: peuded in cultivating , improving , ' and ; maintaining the condition , of th ' e ' . premise ' s , and , f pr [ all rates ; and public _. ' chrirges payablebysuch . _tebint . " ' . ' . ' . I :
: TnBiHAnVBST , —The condition of the crops isthe all-absorbing topicjin the provincial _^ accounts , which have assumed a . tone - . of .. 'cheerful ; confidence ; . quite , unusual for / four _iyears past , and . upon . a \ l ¦ sues there are most -gratifying indications of an . . ui | usually , early , and abundant harvest . So favour _ptepscts are _' really cheering ; but-after . the bitter , _exvlerience we-have had , especially _¦> in : _^ regard ( o the potato , it would behazardovsyet to indulge ; moonhdentcalculations _, l Great . iiitewst -is felt in the ; progress of the _flax-cropr now planted-m districts ; of . the soiithorn and midland counties where little had been
grown for many . ycavs ,. Upto this timo the ' reports are ' quite satisfactory , and if the . oxperiraen _^ t prove successful there will be a largly ; iiicreased 'cultivation mext year : Atthe _.-last . monthly . meeting of t he Ulster Elax Society . a letter . from the , L _» rd : _Licutunant was read , notifying a continuance ol the-grantfrom'the Treasury of £ 1 , 000 ; for the promotion and improvement of the gvowih of Sax in . ten : sbuthein and : western counties . The presentigrantlis' thus allocated — To Col'k _^ and Mayo , £ 200 ' each ; to ' Kerry , Limerick , _, and . SligOi ' £ 100 eacli ; - _fa'CIare and -Tipperary , £ 75 ; each j to Galway , ; Letrim , ¦ ai i'i RoscdmmOo i £ a 0 each ; _: IIis , _Esoellency : aiUTor a return of the details of _expei * Uio , ' - " ¦[¦'¦¦ ' - " \
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ENCUMBBR _? nAE 8 TATE 3 , BjThe petitions for sales are inoreaHn _| f _8 ien _^ inp * _* « pidiy than had , been anticipatedf | _$ n _tfiffweeke' _^ id ft on the 6 th instant , _^ _orty-oAnfjvZpetr _) it _^^ er _^ Mooged in the Eneum-• bered ' _iCburt . ; The total number of petitions ! now _m « Mto _$ 17 i \ _$$ ] mj \ _'' ;> > t | rtt _^ _sCtoE'iN ' 8 _Coifoop _^ Thc Belfast _andjCwk ' , _^ _apersVorSa ' _turday _^ _luWorep _^ the close of the first . ' % e 88 iort _& t \ tiie ' _Quecn- _'sSCdireges of their respective towns , _ami-describe the result as having be _£ n , in , the highest / degree . satisfactory . There was a dis . ' tributioja of prizes at both colleges , and tho _Presidenp addressed jthe students in congratulatory , tends . ! . I- j . _t ' _-X . , . \ _- ;' _nJTho _~ Drogheda _.-Argus _^ _stafes . tliat ; there . v _^ is ; a very ; good reasoni f br believing th' at . novacihcyih _. there-, or the
presentation _ofiDrpgbe _^ _lwillfqccur f pre _^ nt Mr . Sergeaiif Murphy _^ _-has announced his Inten * tion . of becoming . a candidate _for-therepresentation of Cork , in the event ; of ajraoanoy- being caused _^ by the raswnatioh of M , r _.-Fagan . / , ; . .. _iiv , _- ! ' . '¦ ¦ ; ,. ; -Tho _Queoh ' _s . Bench gavo ; . iudgment . on Monday , _agalrst _. the crpwnj-in a _casetof great _, importance , as , ' affectihg : _^ _railways , j A .-. mandamus ., had . been ' , bb tsiiheo ! by the ' erown . fot ? the purpose of obliging the [ . Irish South' Eastern _, Bail way : Company / toca ' rr _^ . a Post-office guard . with the mails between Ba _^ nals' townahd Carlbw , _~ . at : the ; . ordinary :. . _rates charged , fori a _sebbnd-class passengor , the . mails , not _oxcdeding (| Ol |» . ' of i luggago _allowed to , ' a passenger . _^ . To , this iw ' rifc the comnahv had-mado ' a return that thev were
hot | bouhdjto carry : any such guard , _unless'there _was _fcspeciar _. contract _forthe con ve ' yanco of the . jnail ? , , aho . i _^ ftef _.. _. _proijpacteu' _^^ arguments _thei-judgmentwasj now , _deliveredo , ii ; the , demurrer . to , that return ] The . p _^ intcjiifflyjrelied on . against tlie _railwaycompariy ' _. _waspthojOrovisp . contained-in the . _! , 11 th . section of ; the 7 thand , 8 _jh ; "inp . i [ wbich provided ' that it might ' oeilajrful' fotv . tbe . _Postinaster-gene _' ral to _Bendibly any other than : _» ' mail train ,- ana ; at the ; usual [ rates 'charged ; to _. passenge _^ _B ,, hut the court consider _. tha , t this , ) proviso , applied only _tq . cases :. where a special _, _cohtractexisted fp ? , , carrying jthe mai | _s / whoii'the ; _jnjijiih } ' arrived' . too ) late , to . 'be . - . convoyed ; by the rei ¦ guiar , ( train .. , ij ,, _.- ( _i-o-t _f .. f ¦ • . ' ¦ ' _= . '¦ ' , _- ' : " , ' _--:-.: i > , j _JiTheitowbJof Killarney , was , posted last week with to
_hills . _anqquqcihg _^ a sheriff ! s . sale [ , take pl _^ ce at _PerrynanqjAhbey _^ _. _Theisale was to be : at the suit of ; some , half-dozen . creditors , and _the'sheriff _s _jnanie ap ' pehde _4 , tp , theVplacard wa _^ _'f 0 ! _-Gonnell !! ' ; , ; K '; : ; _5 oscqramon , ' . which _issnot ; usually . ; very _lorward in , _anyvagitation _, , ¦ 'is ; not '; silent ,, on . the ; subject ' oi , tenant [ right . ' iT . he . local , / journal , states : "Oh , Friday , the „ 7 th ; inst ,, : a preparatory ; meeting " was held at _Ryanfs Hotel , Jn ; . thi 8 "; town , of tho influeh-; _tjal _., and , respectable . clergy _. and . gentry of this town ' and , _neighbourhoods : _•; The chair . was . very . ably and _Efficiently , filled hf { f . > M ! Donhe | I ,. _-Esq ; i and _scarcelyieverhaye we witnessed somuoh . unanimityand _determination . '' . The general meeting of the county i _? t 0 ; take-, piaceon the i 4 th : _inst . ¦ , - _; ' . . . ' '
, '" Tnf Bbpeal Assop . _iATiOK . rrAt . the miserably-attended _meeting of the Repeal , Association on . Mbri-. dayi 'the . rent for the ; . week : was announced to be £ il _, 03 . 8 d . ' Mr . John O'ConnoILtook' occasion to remark that the ' rehton , that day six years ( 10 th of dtine , 1 _^ 4 ) , wks , £ 3 , 339 183 . Ad , ; he : then stated that if some" "demonstration of popular support is not made in our favour , wo ihWt' advertise the' hall _lorsale . "; :- '¦ - '•" . ' ' ¦ •' - "'• ' ¦ ' ' '¦ - ' ¦ ¦ _' ¦' ¦ ' ¦'¦ ¦ '¦ ' '
;;: Centm Crimtttarcouvt • .This, Court ...
;; : _Centm _CrimtttarCouvt . This , court resumed its sittings on Monday morning _.. ; _-, The calendar contains the names of 184 pri _^ _sonerai . ' _1- - .. - . - : ' _-, " . yy _.- _^ _-Z- :. Z - . '' . _- . _-. : " -- ¦¦¦ . _- . _IXBICirUENr - FOB . _CojfSHBACr ;—EXTRAORDIHAnV Case .-John Lawrence , 60 , ' _-a ; persbn of respectable _appearance ,: surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him _with' larceny and raisdemeanourin having . stolen a certain ( deed , being the counterpart : Of . a Jease ; givingatitie to property , _anjllwith- having ! conspired with a person unknown tb coramit'the same ' . offencrJ . —Tbe learned counsel for the prosecution , in opening tho case to the jury , said that the : _ciroumstances ; _ivere of such an
_extrn-Ordtni » ry character that he felt' it necessary to trespass _. On their attention' for a _fhort-period , in order to explain ; the facts upon which the ' charge was preferred . r . The defendanti as ; he was instructed , was a person filliiig : a respectable position , and ho occupied a house , in Motcomo-streeti _- ' Belgrave-square , under a , lease for twenty-one years ,. granteil byva gentleman named Seth . 8 mith ; r The period for which this lease was granted would expire atMidsummeV , 1851 ; and the offence imputed to the'pri _* _sqher was , that he had obtained possession of the ( Bounterpart of the lease in question from _; the _solicitors of . Mr . Smith by " a contrivance which would be explained to them in . the course- ; of the case , with the intention to destroy it , and : thus afford himself
tho opportunity of altering the period mentioned in his own , lease from ¦ ' «• twenty " -one to . " seventy' _'^ _bne-years , which , from the nature of ' the letters of which these words were composed ,-would bo a very easy operation . . The learned counsel proceeded to narrate some other facts connected with the oase , and-the' following . evidehce . _-was " then adducedt—Johh . Vr'illiam- Jones deposed -that he was a clerk in the _Beryicejof Messrs .. Bartley and Co ., solicitors , Somerset-street , Portman-square , and that one of their , clients-was a gentleman named . Seth Smith _, ph . _themoriiing of the 20 th April , as he was going into < the qffico of his „ _employersi a , young man who was a , stranger . came ; up . and inquired ifc he was a clerk to Mr . Bartley ; and on his replying in _^ the
ararmasiyo . _aeasKed _nim-. if he would have any objection to meet another , person that same evening upon ) the subject ; of some ; papers . -He told hini iu . reply , that he should leave the offico at six o ' clock mthe . evening _^ nd ; he _would . _'thep seethe party referrejl to .. At the ; time , in question he saw the same " person ., again , near , Somerset-street , and he introduced _, him to ; the j . prispnerj ahd they all then went tft the Noah ' s Ark public _^ house in Oxford-street ; . where , the- prisoner - . called - for a pint of ale ; and after . a short time be inquired whether the ; Messrs . Bartley didnot do a great deal-of business for Mr . Smith ? ' Witness replied that they did , and tho ' pri-SOner then said , _M , What I want you todo is to s ; et rao-the ,. counterpart . of a lease from your office ,
and if you . willdqitI will give you £ 10 . " He inquired the _partioulars . of . the leaso that he wanted , iind _, therprisoner wrote them upon a ; piece of paper , which he handed _40 _; him , ¦ and afterwards gave to Hardwiek . the officer , who . was engaged in the caso , ¦; The witness , then proceeded to state that what the prisoner ., wrote . upon paper referred to a conveyance . ; of property by Mr . Smith to himself ¦ in . ; March ,.. 1850 , and he 1 said that if witness would agree to get . it for . him he might . write to that effect , and they separated ; upon this understanding . He communicated what had taken place ¦ to oneof the firm ,. and under tho authority of that gentleman he wrote to the prisoner , and made an appointment to deliver , him the deed , and he met
himaocordingly at the . same . public-house on the eyening of April 25 ,, taking the deed with him _; When _hosaw the prisoner , he asked him if he was as . goodas . hisword , and ho-replied that hewas ; and pulled a bag . from his pocket , and took out ten sovereigns , and gave , them ; to him . _"ffitness then handed , the prisoner the deed , arid he looked at it , and said it . was all right . "Witness then asked the prisoner , what bis object was in obtaining possession of the counterpart of the lease , and he replied that he , intended to . _destroy it , ¦ ahd then to alter his own lease from , twenty-one to _seventy-one years . "Witness inquired , how he proposed to . make this alteration , \ nnd he said by taking the-top from the "t , " _andaddinga'loop ,- and then _alteriner the , "w" to
" ev , which could bo very easily done , and ho showed him upon a pieco of paper how tbe alteration ¦ was , to be .. effected . An officer in plain clothes was present when all this took plaoe , and ho heard , what passed between them , and when the prisoner went away with the deed , he followed him and took him into custody . — Other evidence _having ... been . adducGd , Mr . Clarkson submitted that , there was no evidence to go to the jury upon ; the count , in theJndictraent whioh charged tha offence-of larceny to : have been committed .:. The deed in question was proved to have been placed in the possession of . the prisoner with tho direct consent of . the ; prosecutor—there was no trespass , a fortiori there was no larceny . If the prisoner had taken up the deed of his own accord the case would have been different , but it
had . been actually delivered to hira . —A number of highly respectable witnesses , were then called , all of-whom gave tho prisoner an excellent character for a very long \ period . —The Recorder having _summod up , the jury found the prisoner " Guilty- ' upon the count which ; charged him with the consp iracy , _-, and ; they acquitted him of the larceny . They ' at tho same time , moat strongly recommended him to the merciful consideration of the court , on account of tho good character he had received . — _'ilho . Recorder sentenced tho prisoner to be imprisoned in _W . e 8 tminsxer ; Bridewoll for six months , at the same timo observing that but for the recommoudatiqn of jury pnd tho . prosecutor , a much heavier sentence would certainly have beeri passed iipop him _' . _^ -Before tho prisoner was removed tlio i Witnoss Jones handed , ovet ; to him theten sovereigns ho . had received from him ¦ -i- -
_. Charob _wv RonniNO an Ayah . —Patrick j Smith ' , % "escv ' ibed as a musician , ' and Sarah Smith , ; his wife ,, were'indicted for stealing four ' . pairs ; of ear drops , value £ G j . 9 ii e ! iair . s _' . value £ 7 ; ten brooches , value £ 20 ; : a ' iiecklaco , " , valuo _^ , 100 ; a wiitcli , viiluo £ 40 ; and ninetyrnifio sovereigns , the property of Caroline PereirriV— Caroline Tereira , tho prosecutrix , . wris then e-xamincd . ' She spoke to tho fact of her sailing frorii , Madras about Christmas : hist , as ayah to the family of Dr . Darwood , which _cbrisisted of that gentleman , ' his wife , and five children ' , two of whom wero twins . Sho said that ht that time
she was in possession of . a large' quantity , of jowcl-Jcr _^ and ninety-nine . soveroijriis , _wlircli aaieune , was ttio result-of presents , whioh , had been mado to hoi 1 by differont ladies "in * , ' whose ; _servlcb _" _shp , " . had beoh . ' Tlie . jewellery , was ; given , ' to ' _^ . her 'b _^ Ker jbr 6 _t-her ; who hadhee ; h'' ; sbt , up ; " a _$ a jowoller by hep , former , _inasW , - Sir . E d _\? ttfd . ' ; Batnes , aud ao _^ _M'tio _^ : bi . ;' . } _iizu ; Z : ' > _ZL-. ' Z < leu . _•!¦ . ' - . _o : _¦ . _;• ' , hfi : l - _-i-: . ' \ ¦ <
Ladies Of Lady Barnes's Fam Ly In Vn} Ti...
ladies of Lady Barnes ' s fam ly in Vn } tIle in » remainder she _was-to dispose _of _ft- . _*! _^ English articles to take _Irnqk . - _jritt-i , _^ - _PT crJ thO . « g ; _U m _& _foimedthe Snev he ' *> _U portion of _^ i _^ c } i _^ y , „ hq : th | S _^> _thtf hok _^ that " . ' con _tHiri ' c'd W : _$ _^& V _to cahin , . 'andithat ; , they afterwards told L ' !? . H _bqxvvasjin fhe , ; , hpl . d , _iniid that it wJ ¦ " _' _« She _^ aid _iharwhen the , vessel , arrived ; L * 4 _aheV could ' hot , ohtrin p ' _osscssion of her _'^ arij and sh p 'l _tjSt ; % ht of the ' prisoners nnt ; i ' L W tliem in Halsey- ' stroeti Choisea Thp _^ Mm
also represented -that the property >' _»«« "' fit cohtainedjna ' _ftin box ,-and she said _sht . k " _sin ; ill » woqd 9 n , 02150 . froin . the , steward of tlm "Ml whiqh she placed . the tin . box . and _niuuW . { ¦ Upon part ; of . in _eai-drop , ' _hciriff handpil i _» v ' lo "ll the _' . pffieer , ' she swore positively tint _;» > r br property , and had formed partof the 1 _f ? _^ . the-box ; -, which sho ; represented had h » ¦¦ " '' ol i _Shes ( _aid-, ; also , ; that ; . it had-been broken 8 to , e _« ocpasipn , of _adancent-a party at aia ( i r , Upo _, _h before she sailed for England , and she r ' 8 hor 'l j mending'it with _thread-O'd cVn _^ _-px _^^™^^ said she _hada'dis ' putewiih _Div Darwoorfii ? ! ' _^ voyage-beoause . she , _! did . iiot do _so ' methL ' _!!!^ wished _hcrivhen thero was . had wp , _ntl . oi . ? k said _thattlr _TlrtrnTnnM _* _£ o _„ ,... „ ¦ : . ' , , tr _i and tV .
_„ time . The prosecutrix was then asked _u'H during the voyage , Br . Varwopd had not _coilS 1 of losing some things , and she at first _« Z ? T « i such . complamt was made _j ' _-biitupoii _beinlnr " _» - She atjength _said ; that . _Miy . Darwood did , ' 2 _M t _^ P _^ o . « t . a fin box . having . been lost .- _~\| 7 n ? f ' son'then asked her . whether Dr . Damon " , fti rlt _- make _' such _. a- ' complaiiit fo her / hut theo _„ lv L « he \ com \ A get- for some time was " _WJ ,, ; ' n t : losei-what had ; _they- , got to lose ;?" - !! , ! fiB „ > _, told , the , witness thequestion wa 9 a verv Z ° ' " _^ Bhe ought to answer it . —The . _prWcu'S . _^ dear lord , I declare before God _Ahniehtv x \ _. ' _? had ; _hothingUb'lose _- ( AM . _'iur 7 _hCT still pressed the question , and- _'tHe _di-os ' _pp . _1 ; 0 l 1 . l . e „ gth ; s , aid , _that-i such complain ? _ffSfil by Dr : Darwood .-In further _cross- _' _etiminl ,- 9 sho . said ,.. before : she set out on hTr SS _? Darwood gave her 150 rup ees ,. and she JJIJ * \
{ bat amount . . to , the Roman Catholic Church 2 _Whtch _^ she belonged at Madras , in order to obS good voyage . ' . She . had about £ 7 when sheSH board , and . she . denied . most positivelv tlnr Vi asked Br . Darwood for any _moKon _^ _uvt voyage , and asserted most positively that _nothfn of the kind , took place , while the vessel w off _tf Helena ,- The , whole amount she was to receive _iv her ; service ' s was , 300 rupees , and when _shemZ England Dr . Darwood gave her about _nino sova reigns as . the . balance that was due to her ~ . \ iv ' Clarkson then' asked , the prosecutrix whether ' Z ' Darwood did not . gire her six more rupees _srioi-tlj before the vessel , sailed ; and the answer slie < . , L was , " . Lord ,, whataliarthnt man is . " ( _AiaiiirijL Three Indian fan _^ , a chess b _* 6 arda card casa and
, , some other articles were here produced , and shown to . witness , and she , was questioned _respecting them . —She asserted ' that- tho fans had been m her possession for three years and were her own property , and that they were given to her by a can tain named _Quinton . ; One of these fans she give to the female prisoner another to tho wife of the steward of the vessel , and the third to a Mrs . Parrr where she lodged , in London . The child ' s hood a wooded card-case , and the sewing - silk produced were also . her own property . She had been char ged with stealing them from Dr . Darwood , but they we re her own property .. A blue veil and some ri bbori , which' sho gave to Mrs . Smith , also _belonwrf
to her ., The chessboard was made by one of her brothers . She gaVe . this chessboard to _thestewarf _, It was worth . £ 5 ... She saidthat ' ste lodgedat Mrs ! Parry . ' s for two weeks , but she did not say any . thing tO _j her . about having been . robbed of tha jewellery and money .. ; She was afraid to tell m . body . about it . . 'She sent Mrs . Parry to Mrs . ' Smiih for the fans and some other things , but did not say anything about'the jewels and money at that time , A gold chain that ' was produced she also said m her property , and that she save it to Mrs . "Smith to pass her box , as they _haiT told her an Indian noman would not' be allowed , to bring jewellery into England .. ' She denied having told the steward ' when
she , borrowed the . box of him , that she wanted it to put dirty linen ; in , arid that she told hini she had bought tho . chessboard in China . The prisoners wero strangers to her when she saw them on hoard the , vessel . She had seen the man on shore before , but -had riever spoken to him . —Francis _^ the steward on board the _Wellesley , was then callfid to prove that the prosecutrix had borrowed a box from him , and that he also gave her some nails . Ha likewise proved that a box such as sbe had described , was taken into the prisoners ' cabin , and that when the vessel arrived in England the ' . prosecutrix , inquired after it , ' and appeared very rtuoii distressed . In cross-examination the witness said .
( hat besidea , the chessboard the prosecutrix gave hini a gold chain , a diamond ring , a pair of gold pins , and she also gave his wife an imitation peatl necklace v The male , prisoner had been band maSter . in one ofthe native regiments .. lie denied positively'that the ' prosecutor gave any shawls to either hiriiself or his wife . The prosecutrix represented that she had a splendid shawl , and . wanted his wife tppa 8 S it , as her own , but he refused to have anything to ; . do with such a transaction . — Evidence was then adduced to ; show . that a box such " lis was described by tho prosecutrix , and upon ' which ihere was "" a card labelled with her , name , and describing her as the ayah of Mrs . Smith , was
seen amongst , the luggage of tho prisoners , but it did not appear that this box was ever traced to the Custom-house with the other luggage . It was also proved that when the male prisoner was apprehended he raade . no other observation than thafc . it was a very bad job , and the woman wa « very . " much agitated , and almost fainted away . It was also proved that ' . when sorno inquiry relating to the property was made of tho female prisoner , she . said that she wished " they had thrown tha black —— overboard . "—This closed the case for the prosecution .. —Mr . James Darwoow for tha defence ¦ was then examined : Ho deposed that he ' was surgeon to the lst Regiment of . Native
Infantry , and had been in tho service of the Last India Company for eighteen ycavs . ' Upon the occasion of his coming to England , he was upon siok leave , and he engaged the prosecutrix as ayah to his family ,, and . he agreed to give , her 300 rupees for her service ? . Before the vessel sailed she asked for 150 rupees , which he . gave her , and ho also gave her ' ten rupees more before tho yoyage commenced ; , and ' when the vessel vras about to touch at * St . Helena , he gave ber two _sovereigns wliich he , believed she spent on shore . When'the vessel arrived in the docks ho paid her the balance , and . she made . no complaint of the deductions _^ Be said'tha ' t'he never heard that the
prosecutrix had any valuable property on board the vessel , but his wife told him that sho had informed her that she . had £ 000 worth property at . Madras . The witness then proceeded to state that upon hi 3 arrival in England he discovered that he had lost a . tin _oox _YihlcU contained three fans , a child ' s . hood , somo sewing silk , and other articles . Ho also missed a chessboard . He should know all thoso things ' again if he were to see them . —Other witnesses . having been examined , the Recorder summed up the case , and the jury , after deliberating for . a ' short time , returned a verdict oi "Not Guilty . " . Charge of _Robbery by . as Ayah . — Caroline
_'Pereira , the ayah , was put upon her trial before tho Recorder ! who attended specially tb try tho case ) for stealing articles , the property of Dr . James Darwood , her . master , on hoard the ship Wellesley , ou the high seas , . On tho" 7 th of April—The prisoner , who had been ... out , . on bail , surrendered in court , arid _was ' placed in the dock , and in broken English vehemently , pleaded not guilty . — Mr . Buflantine appeared for tho prisoner and Mr . Clarkson for tho prosecution . —Mr . Clarkson said that , oh tho partof the : master of the prisoner , who felt , that he . had a public duty to perform > coming forward to prosecute , still had no desire to press , tho charge , . 'he ( the learned counsel ) had to apply to tho court for us sanction that no evidence
might be offered . ' . Tlie grounds were that ths prosecutor felt that wliate ' ver the prisoner had beea guilty of , sho being an unprotected female in a foreign land , they , wished to rescue her , ahd _martf arrangements to send her back . —Dr . Darwood said that he had been unwillingl y made prosocutor . _— Mr . _Tayno suggested , to . tho court that the prisoner had . not . attempted to' make any use of or sell the property . —Mr . BaUaritinc did not object ' , to the course intended to be pursued by the prosecution j but at the same time would not admit there had been _atiy ; felonious act'by the " poor creature W represented , and , ' notwithstanding the verdict of tno previous day , ' he would stillsay that sho had been most scandalously plundered . .: Therc wasno dop " . but' that she had property and money when s _«< j ' went on board' tho vessel , and when sho came on shor ' e . shohadhothinf ' . and was now in a _stais _"
destitution . —Mr . ' Cfarksbn said he entirely c » * _ciiiTC'd with the view the jury had taken oft " case . —Mr . 'Ballantine said he did not comp lain ° the jury , but there could lie no doubt hut _^ Vh-r woman' _batl been _plimdrjroil . —Alter _soinehi" _^ conversation , ' the Recorder said the . dime " J the court ' was in about the _property _»*' tliat it ' was now in . the liands of third p " ;; who he trusted would , " as a "' maticr of _c _° , scieiice , hot resist tho honest claim of Dr . _W _™ and detain that which thev had improperly com » "J- With regard to . tho prisoner , tho court was «« " s , ome responsibility in acceding to the humane p _'" ' _pofeitibn . ofthe prosecutor , for fear the public _mW not understand . ' the grounds 11 ' pon ' which & "f { Hoted _^ Theoasewourd bo _adifacult and _pamW caso fo r a ; _iiirv to . deal with ' ,. as they could not _( «' -day ; gq : init 6 facts h ' g ' aihst the prisoner without P . judioe . to ' tho parties charged . with plundering " _^ _phe'juvy VD } _ild ! h _^ To vecviYed their _evidence , _»»\ > . !!; a > H Mi --.. ! --. : ; _-:. i _..-, : ¦ ¦ ' / _,-. - , _' _- .. , !; :, ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15061850/page/2/
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