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_Hes .. ofLoxdos _DcniscinE Week . —In the week hug last Saturday , we learn from tho _"Regis-,- _ueneral s Weekl y Beport , the deaths _registers : _i the metropolitan districts were S 93 ; a namV-i _--. _jieh shows an excess of 50 on the return of the ¦ _.::-. _-lous week , but a reduction of 269 on the _correct average of five autumns . If the present return _iv compared with that made in the same
weekc : : . _chof the _years 1840 8 , IfcwSl be found that -r- sVtl hut one exception ( in l & H , when the _deaths ti- . re 841 . ) the mortality ranged formerly fromSrj io 1 , 165 , and therefore was considerably uigher - . ' una in last -week , though the population in those } t .: « was less . The increase of 56 now observed < - _-u the week ending _November 3 , partly arises _nxin pneumonia and bronchitis the deaths from _wifc-ii become more numerous as the winter advance ? , having been 104 in the previous week , 127 in-he last . The total number of deaths from
choler . 'in the week was only 6 ( 5 less than in the _prerioar i _^ eck ;) in the same week of _ISio there -were 6- / The steady decline of diarrhoea and d ysentery is shown by _' the numbers of the last five weeks , ' wii ' cb , were respectively 105 , 63 , 51 , 40 , and 28 . A boy died of diarrhea in Peterboroughrow , _YwlL . _tin , whose father had been carried off b y choler ; . ia September ; a hoy of the same disease _atBruC-. nJl-place , New 2 forth-road , from _anunwholes-:- - _iie condition of the house ; and a girl at _"Miaidst OIJt-plaCC , in the house in which a death from choler , - . . reported in the former week , occurred , and in a _locality then described as " low and illdrained . " * Of the six deaths from cholera , one occurred . _- . s Water-lane , Homer ton ; one at Weatherhead-g ; . i _J . _'iis ( Hackney road , ) a place low , nndraineii . :: nd drenched by waste water ; one in _ChrisUbnrch , St . Saviour ' s ; one at
Drummondroad , St . James , Bermondsey ; one in Walworth j and one ; . ' ; Lambeth . A death from apoplexy , on which . - ; ¦ ; aquest was held , occurred in Huntindor . - street , _ik-ston . The deceased wa 3 a female of 65 , who for v . ' j last four years had lived inanundurrround < s" _' ar , wHchis only 11 feet in length , 8 feet _inches k : width , 5 feet 9 inches in height , and sunk 5 feet 7 _im-hes below the surface ofthe street . A _smill w _; _n-low scarce gives light or ventilation , and " the v . _- . ViS ( says the _Regisfi-ar ) are so damp that you might . brush the water from them . " The mean daiiy nadir :: of the barometer was above 30 inches oa their : ;; three days of the week . The mean of the week .- - -. 26 732 * The temperature on the last three dcys . < 1 ? considerably higher than the average of the _t . inie days in seven yeare . The mean ofthe week w . ; s 30 2 deg ., which is hi gher than the average by 41 _dt-tf .
The Owyict _tJOBDAS . — On Saturday , Sarah Frances jjwias _, the intended victim of Alfred Jordan , _vlose sentence of death has been commuted into transportation for life , waited on the sitting _msristrate , the Hon . G . C . "Norton , at the _lombef _' i i ' _c'icz Court , with-a petition from her grandiiiOih- r for relief , the latter , being an old
woman , : _^ d unable to support her granddaughter . The _yc-u' : g woman , whom the magistrate pronounced a "living wonder , " stated that she had been di ?« .-a _* rged from _Gufs Hospital , and , being without 3 ' r . iher , mother , or other friends to assist her , _sl-r- returned to her grandmother , who had always :. ¦ •« . very kind to her , but the poor woman having .-. ;•• ) ing to depend on but her exertions as a _charwciv-. av _,, .. nd being sixty-sis years of age , was wholly vr . _Ah to maintain her in her present state ; and therefore it was that she sought some relief to enable _l . c-r to get over her confinement . She also said that an intimation had been made to her , b y a _Harrir
Mr . - . a medical gentlemen in the first instance , _ll-at Jordan wished to see her for the purpose of c ! _raiijing her forgiveness for his attempt upon her : 'ifc ; and in consequence of this , aud Jordan ' s _-mother calling , on her , she went to _Horsemcnge-lane , and expressed a wish to the Rev Mr . Roc-, tiie chaplain , to sign a petition for the _eommutui ' iin of his sentence . The rev . gentleman accordingly prepared a petition , setting forth the youth of -he culprit , and her ( the prosecutrix ' s ) signature ; - M forgiveness , as the principal ground for the _coinrmtation of his sentence ; and this , after receiving other signatures , was forwarded to the Secretary of State . The result was that a reprieve was received at the gaol on Tuesday last .
FOBGSI- J _! axk OF EKGLAXD "SoiES . —On Saturday the Bank authorities stopped several forged £ 10 and £ 5 noses purporting to be o f the Bank of England . . ' -in : £ 5 notes are numbered between " 23 , 834 and' 24 ,. _" "S 4 , V . D ., dated _"yewcastle-oa-Tync , August 2 S , 1847 , _/ _igned J . Hawkes ; the £ 10 , So . V . K . 6 i , o" 05 , _vhtol London , October 4 , 1 S 43 , signed J . Cann .. TI- y are remarkably well executed , hut may at once b : . leiected by wetting ; when , if a forgery , tie water _lunrk will instantly disappear . This test IS _reeonitta > uded by the Bank .
Fire j : c the Cut . — On Tuesday _morning , between »" x and seven o ' clock , a fire broke _<> ut iu the premises _t-i ' jug _' agto Mr . John Jenkins uud _; _^ _-takar and _packing ca e maker , at No . % Liverpool-street , _Biihoj'sg . _its . The firemen were enabled tj online lh . eflawic _~ t j thc premises in which they commenced , but before they were extinguished the _workshops were _ieai _' y _dsstroyed . The origia of the lire is unknown Mr Jenkins was _insored in the : _~ ua and General _Fire-uinces . Aiir . Mi :- ' Pir . E SEAK . LlSCOIiX ' S-IXX FIELDS . — On 17 e /? _ir-Jay afternoon , about a quart > _-r-past four o eli : ' i . a fire , which caused consibrable alarm , and lid a deal of damage ,. broke out in the premise' . vi Mr . D . Robinson , wholesale and export brnshniaicr , carrying on business at No . 43 , _Grsit _Queen-Hiiit- _'t , Lincoln ' s-inn Eields . Fortunately no person -was injured .
Dasixg Attempt n Robbery . —On Tuesday morning , at half-past seven o ' _clock , a _daring attempt at _robbeiy _ws made on the premises of Mr . \ V . < t . oB , solicitor , No . 12 , Boaverie-street , _Fiset-stae _: ; . it appears i _., c- _thieves must have been _.-ecrttei in the area _di-rin _* the night , for it is evident that _two attempt ' * vere made to cut through the door wi h a centre-Mr . ' 'Uttae pane ' s having been lined with iron resisted the attempts of the thieves . These attempts failing , the _burglars knocked at the door , and the servant ' :- *?' : ; _jopened it , they rushed into ths kitchen _, _desr-vding to _knowwhere . V ' r . Wafcon k- pthis papers _aui ' - ione . y , but the woman refusing to info m them tae-- - bound her by the arms to a _enn ' r in the kitchen , ar _' . _ih ths evident Intention of ransacking tlie house . T ' _r : ¦ _- woman , - however , having _^ iven an alarm , the thiev e * made their escapeat the _btck of tiie huise _througii L _^ iihrad-streetinto-Fieet-srrfler , and gst clear in " . The police have received a full _description of the _tl . if ves , : ind are in pursuit of them .
Fatal Accmsxr at _Wakres ' s Blackixo Masvfaciort . —On Friday , the 11 th inst ., Mr . _Ii-. _' . if < jrd held an i _:.. _j . « _-st at _Guaring-cross _Hospitol . as to the _der-i-h of Charles Brooks , aged 20 , who wis killed , _uiu _-- the following circumstances , .. t Warren ' s _uhcX ::.: * manufactory ( now Russea ' s ) , 30 , Strand . T ' :. ~ _leceased was engaged in winding up the _windJisj of a crane used to raise about seven or eight _Lnn-lred weight of "block" to the . jp ofthe warehouse , aud when the hogshead gets through the trap-door , liie nap falls down and _closi's . The _weight ni _;? s : necessarily be raised some iiire » fed ,
in order v . _At it should get clear of the "peuing , and to pn t down and let it rest upon it , the meii usually k ; : ' ie handle of the windlass ran round . In doirig n . . s the deceased , who was working the windiass .. t thft handle slip from his hand :-, ami he wasstru _..: mine right eye while it was revolving The eye - _s totally destroyed , and the bones ofthe socket . 'div i _Jfully fractured . He was taken in an _insensi _' _-v _-tate _' to _Chaving-cross Hospital , where fie vrenf . _•; 'veil for a few days , but the _inil-iitiw & _iion ofthe _\ n .. - of tne eye extended to the brain , aud he died frp . 1 i - _. 1- e . Fects of the injuries on _Thursday . The _jui-y _Miirned a verdict of" Accidental . _ksith . "
_ALLIMZb _DEATIt OP AX IXFiXT FKOM _iMPOHE Vaccix ; : " > _vsirn . —Oa Tuesday an inquest was resumed ior : . e third time , and concluded , before Air . T . _VTak _' _-y . A the "Vineyard House , _Tineyaril-walk _, Clerken / _- ' : t , touching the death of " an infant named J ? - = iia . Elizabeth Richer , aged four month ? , who w _ s . a ' , _higed to have died from the _eifcets Of _itapurcdyi _. ph . Evidence was given to prove ihat the _ilecc-: i _» _i- _« l was vaccinated on the 12 th of October , and that s ! ie di _? d on the 21 st of the same month from _crtsijVilas . caused by the application of lymph in an _impr' ? state . The coroner said he was of op inion . _tii _;< t so : ne decomposed lymph had heen left upon the e id of ihe stopper at the time new _lysiph -was _appik-d . The jury were of the same opinion , and _retard- ' a verdict , "That the deceased died from _crj > i _jehtnus inflammation , which had been produced _»» y a _jnincture ontheleftarm , for vaccination , and they were of opinion that there was a want of _^ sufficient care on the part of the operator . "
SnCIDE AT TIIE HODSE OF " _UH . WALKER . THE Exclveei :. —At ten o ' clock oa Tuesday , Mr . Bedford _hel-. _run inquest at the Green ; Maii , Little _George-snvet , Westminster , on view of the body uf Louis Bbiii'lard , aged 50 , butler in the family of Mr . _Wsliiu : _* , the engineer . No . 23 , Great Goorgestreet , _wjn- _coninuttcd suicide at his master ' s residence on S uiday last . It appeared fro : n the evidence tfiat . _Trhe deceased had been three years aud a half in j ! : e service of _Jlr . Walker , and that for some time pas ; i . ? had complained of pains in his chest
and head . List Sunday lie never left his room , though - he was repeatedly called . Auout six o ' clock th ? housekeeper went to him , when she found Iii- ? ! -jom-door locked . She forced it open , and _disepve--ji that thc deceased had nearly severed his head'iron his body with a razor , which washy bisside . - _It-iwas quite dead . Deceased w :. _s a _sobt-r man , and _»<;!•; much respected by Mr . Walker , whom he used _t- _> - _^ -company in his travels to r , he various railway ih _.-tigl out the country . Verdict— " Temporary _I _^ _i '/ ity . " - ; .
FATA ? _iC" _3 EXr AT THE Late EXECUTION ' . —On _VTedne- fry evening an inquest was taken by Air . Payne , at- ' " uy ' s Hospital , on view of the body of _Catharii . u _Kead , aged 30 , whose death took place in _consequence- 0 / injuries received at the execution of the _Jfci . _- . _'hliigs . James Wright , conductor of St . Olave _' _s 5 i _^ _-. scape , S 3 id , that on Tuesday morning
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last , about nine o ' clock , he was at the end of Swanstreet ; facing _Horsefaongcr-Iane' Gaoli-whea- on"the _Alannin « s being about to ascend the scaffold , there was a "encral move of the crowd , by which deceased was forced , against a barrier . She almost immcniately swooned away , and he assisted her under the barrier . Her tongue protruded from : her mouth , and she appeared dying . He called for the police , and obtained some brandy for her . Several policemen came to his assistance , and took the deceased away . There were repeated cries of "Murder" previously from persons in the crowd . —Sergeant Swan , Jl 61 , stated thathe went to the assistance of the deceased . She had been _placed on her back by the last witness , who had cut her clothes to give her relief . He obtained a stretcher ,
and with the assistance of some other police , took her to the hospital . The father of the deceased said that his daughter was in the employment of the Messrs . Josephs , furriers , Swan-street . When she left her home she observed that she would not go to see the execution . —Mr . Christopher 3 _fewman , housesurgeon at Guy ' s Hospital , stated that deceased was admitted at ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning . She was then in a state of collapse , and never rallied . She died that evening about six o ' clock . He made a post mortem examination of the body . He found a great congestion of the brain , and there was an effusion of scrum in the ventricle . Blood was also found in the stomach , from the rupture of some vessel . Tho coroner , in summing- up , said he was sorry to say _tbatlthere were other cases in the hospital . Verdict , "Accidentaldeath . "
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Stabbixo a Costom-Hoose Officer . —At the Hull Police-court , last week , a man named Peter Cassidy , one of the hawkers who infest the dock sides npon pTetence of selling knives and other articles to the foreign sailors , but really for tho purpose of contraband , was remanded on a charge of having stabbed Robert Postill , one ofthe Customs ' patrols , who , it was stated , was confined to Ms bed in consequence ofthe serious nature of the wound . It appears that the prisoner is a convicted smuggler , and was coming from a vessel , of which the officer had the charge , on the north aide ofthe Old
Dock . On seeing the officer he assumed drunkenness , and commenced screaming that some one on board the vessel had stolen his goods . Tbe officer , however , who it appears knew him , vmnot to be thrown off his guard , and demanded if he had any foreign goods in his possession , when Cassidy made a stab at the officer , and inflicted a wound about four inches in length above tlie hips . A scuffle ensued , and another Custom-house officer and £ policeman coming up , Cassidy was taken into custody . The officer who suffered much from loss of blood , was taken home in a cab , and attended by Mr . Dosser , the surgeon to the police-force , _tvhb stated his inability to attend to give evidence . The prisoner was remanded .
Fibe lv St . Michael ' s CmmcH , Cambridge . —Oh Sunday morning , shortly before the commencement of service , an alarm was g iven that the roof of St . Michael ' s Church , Cambridge ; was on five . In a few minutes afterwards the flames broke through the slates , and raged with great fury until twelve o ' clock , and then fears were entertained for the safety of the organ , which stands at the west . end . The west window was consequently broken into , and the case of the organ being broken open , the pipes were conveyed to a place of safety in Caius College , immediately opposite . By one o ' clock all . danger of thc extension of the fire was over , and shortly afterwards it was thoroughly got under . The roof ofthe church , which the fire has revealed to have been of fine old oak , although it was plastered over insideis totally destroyed , but the old catholic
, stalls , the fine foliated arches , and sedilia in the south aisle have escaped injury , as well as the handsome altar screen . The organ is damaged by wet and the removal of the pipes . The fire seems to have heen caused by the neg ligence of a man who has lately been repairing the . stores and flues , and who left one of the latter , on the south side , in an unfinished state ; this was covered at the . outside vent with slates , so that the smoke and heat . found their way between the roof , and hence the calamity . The damage has not yet been estimated , but part of the loss , which , will not fall far short of £ 1 , 000 will fall upon Trinity _College , the society of which present to the living . The mayor ( Mr . H . S . Forster _. ) with others of the boroug h , magistrates , were on the spot , and rendered efficient service by the maintenance of order . ...
_Tnn Floods is CtisiBESLAxn . —Oa the 7 th inst ., when the early train from Ravenglass arrived at the Seascale station , infoimation was received that tho temporary viaduct over tho river Calder had been so much damaged hy the heavy and almost unprecedented flood on the previous night as to be unfit forthe passage of thc train . The engine , was then detached from the carriages , and proceeded to the banks ofthe river , when it was discovered that the water , by washing over the masonry of the newlycommenced stone bridge , a liit _' e above , and intended to replace the temporary viaduct , had so . loosened and displaced the gravel in the bed of the river , at the foot of the piling , that several ofthe piles were thrown out ofthe perpendicular , and the whole fabric was much injured . Tho circumstance was immediately reported to both termini , of the
railway ; and , as the bridge still continues secure for foot passengers , the trains were run by an engine from Whitehaven , meeting the one from Kavenglass , and vice versa , as they have ever since continued to do . In the course of the day , however , in consequence of the continuance of the heavy rain , the bridg e became insecure even for foot-passengers , and a communication had to be established by means of a foot-bridge for passengers , and- a cart for the conveyance of light goods across the river . A substantial foot-bridge , three feet iu breadth , and well secured , has since been constructed . Representation of Wlvbsor . —It is asserted that the Solicitor-General of Ireland , Mr . Hatched , will ofter himself as the government candidate for the borough of Windsor , in the event of Jord John Hay , C . B ., resigning his seat on admiralty
appointment . - - _Lixcolssuire . —Malicious _Cokduct . —Oa Saturday eveumg last some scoundrels cut the throats of two . very valuable rams , the property of Edward Clarke , _Esqi , of Canwick , and wounded a third , is the carcases of the sheep were left in the field , there can be no doubt the outrage was committed to gratify some malicious feeling . The rams were of a valuable description , and were much prized by the owner , who had been a well-known breeder for _inany years . 2 Uh Clarke is a gentleman who is much respected ; he has always been good to thc poor by employing great numbers of workmen , and his hospitality to his neig hbours has gained for him a good word amongst all who know him . £ 60 reward has been offered for tbe apprehension of the offenders , by the Itcv . II . W . . Sibthorp , by Mr ; Clarke , and by the Association for the Prosecution of Felons .
Liverpool . —Attempt of a _Husbaxd to _CtT ' 1113 Wife's Thboat . —On Saturday last J . Scholes , a man of respectable appearance , far advanced in vears , was brought up on a charge of maliciously cutting and wounding his wife , Ann Scholes . The woman ' s statement was to the effect that between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Friday night the prisoner came home , and while they were together in the front parlour a quarrel took place during which he said he would have his revenge on her . He then dragged her from the parlour io the bed-room , on the samo fleor ; when , _bsin _^ unable to get away , she dropped on her knees and begged that he would hot do her any harm , lie had been seen with a razor in his hand a short time previously . The
complainant , while straggling with the prisoner , felt his hand clasping something drawn across her throat , and immediately afterwards her neck became wet , but she could not exactly tell the _c-iase ofit . In a minute or two die became faint and fell upon the floor . A person belonging to the bowse tben came into the room and found her bleeding from wounds in the throat . The prisoner was then standing near his wife . A surgeon was called in , who dressed the poor woman ' s wounds , and saw her removed to a place of safety . The injuries were not of a serious character . The prisoner who did
not attempt to escape was taken into custody ., -The razor with which it was supposed the wounds were inflicted was not found . The prisoner , when called apoa for his defence , said his wife took the razor in her hand with the intention of cutting her . throat , when he interfered to prevent her , and took away the razor ; while doing so she was cut in the way described . The statement was denied by tho wife . It appeurcd the prisoner had been several times before the court for attempting to set fire to his house , embezzlement , obtaining goods by false pretences , and various other offences . He was committed for trial at the assizes .
A Double Elopement . —A farm servant in the neighbourhood of Castle Douglas had been paying his addresses to thc daughter of a small farmer in tbe same district , and succeeded in persuading her to elope with him . He was not satisfied , however , with a portionless _1-iss , and , acting under his advice , she took with her £ 13 of her father ' s money , and a chest filled with clothes , blankets , _ehesse , ' butter , and various . other articles . Tiie couple 1 'CacllCd Dumfries on Wednesday week , and remained till Tiiursdayfaprning at au inn , with the intention of proceedingto Manchester , where the deceiver
proposed having , the marriage ceremony performed _, llediad ' lod the credulous girl to believe that he had saved a large sum of money which was lodged in a bank here , and he went out in the morning saying he was about to draw a portion of it . After waiting in vain some time for his return , the suspicions of the deserted fair one were aroused , and she soon discovered that her scoundrel lover had-eloped by railway for Glasgow , leaving her , but taking both money and chest . with him . Information was forthwith given to the police , and a Siewarty officer despatched to the metropolis of the west , who succeeded in apprehending the fugitive from , love and
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law on board of a steamer bountt'for ' Londonderry . We'have " n dt'he 7 ird . what has become of the ' dupe , - but we hope she has returned in sorrow and . repentance to her father ' s roof , resolved in future . to turn a deaf ear to those wooers who think more of the tocher than the daug hter . _^ , _"' _- ' ' - ' - Outrage os Boam > ot ? a Sun ? . — -At the Liverpool _pslice-office last week ' , a youth about eighteen years of a » e appeared before Mr . Itushton to lodge a complaint . He said he had stowed himself in the packet ship OueeH of the West , then lying in the river . On Wednesday he was discovered by the mate , who rubbed his face with caustic / whereby the flesh , on the nose was bared to the bone , and the other parts frif _» ht , ftillv iniured . Shortly after this complaint , a
female came forward and said that sho went to the vessel to see her husband , when the captain called her improper names , ordered a rope to be tied round her waist , and threw her over the side of the vessel , by which she had been miish injured . It further appeared , that independently of the youth C omplaining , two other boys faces had been rubbed with caustic . A warrant was issued , but the vessel had failed before it could be executed . An intimation has since been given that the witn esses were deceived in affixing these acts of culpability upon the captain and mate of the vessel . Fatal Railway Casualty . —On Mondav last an accident , which terminated fatall y the same evening , occurred at the Pendleton station , near
Mancnester , to a young man named Thom as Weaver . The deceased , who was nineteen _vears of a _<* e and resided at 72 , Chapel-street , Bank Top , had proceeded from Manchester to Bolton a few days ago along with a friend , for the purpose of shooting ! On the day named they were returning from Bolton by the 1 . 30 p . m . train from Liverpool , in a thirdclass carriage . They had their guns with them , and there was no other person in tlie Compartment which they occupied . On arriving at Pendleton station , a porter observed a gun projecting from the carriage window , and one ofthe passengers also looking out . It appeared to the porter that the party who held the gun had his back towards the engine , and that Weaver was in front of him , but with his head partly out . The porter called aloud to warn them of their danger , in conseauehce - of
their approach to the pillars _' which are erected in that part very near the line ; but they did . not appear to notice him ; and immediately the gun barrel struck against the first pillar , and then ' violently rebounded against the forehead ' of . Weaver , and fractured his skull . He was immediately coh ' vcyed to the Salford Dispensary , where every attention was paid to him ; but he never recovered his sensibility , and expired at ten o ' clock the same nbjht . An inquest was held on the body on "Wednesday , before w . S . Rutter , Esq ., county coroner for the hundred of Salford . The jury found a verdict ( after hearing a statement from the company ' s servants similar to that above given of the _gradualremoval of the pillars ) to the effect that the fatality was accidental , but expressed an opinion that there had been unnecessary delay in completing the work _.
EXTRAORMNAnY OCCURRENCE AT _CLAY GATE , _UEAtt EsHER . _~ -Smce Sunday morning last a great sensation bas been occasioned in the villages of iishor and Thames Dittoh , and the Surrounding neighbourhood , by the discovery ofthe dead body of a man , ia a pond , at Clay Gate , with his throat eat m two places , and his legs tied together . The following are the facts : —On Sunday morning , about pine o ' clock , a farmer ' s labourer was crossing a field in which there is a deep pond , ' when he observed the upper part of a man ' s body floating on the surface , and almost at the same time discovered an open clasp-knife , with the blade covered with blood , " yin _" on thc grass , within a few feet of the pond . The labourer went immediatel y to the Old Griffina
, public house half a mile distant , and , having obtained assistance , the body was then got out , and it was then that the fact was made apparent thatthe deceased ' s legs were tied together with a silk handkerchief very tightly , as also there was a deep incised wound on each side of his throat , immediately below the neckerchief . Upon comparing the knife found on the margin of the pond , it was evident that that was the instrument with which the wounds were inflicted . The body was afterwards taken to the Old Griffin , and examined by Mr . Watts , a surgeon . The deceased appears to be about thirty years of age , five feet five in height , of dark complexion , and wearing targe whiskers ; he was dressed in a blue pilot coats black buttons , cotton cord trousers ,
black vest , blue cap , black silk neckerchief , and half boots , not nailed . There was no money or property of any description found upon deceased ' s person ; he was a stranger to this neighbourhood , but it appears he had been seen near the spotlateon the previous evening . On Monday afternoon , in _COnseqilCllCC of information reaching Wandsworth , of tlie disco * very of the body , and the description coinciding with that of a man named Frederick Piiipps , who had been missing from Wandsworth , since Friday last , Mrs . Phipps , the mother of that individual , proceeded to Clay Gate , and identified the body as that . ofher son , who was potmen to Mrs . Sumner , the Ram Inn , Wandsworth . Deceased left tbat house on Friday morning , and from , that time was never seen alive . His absence creating
suspicioninqui-, ries were made by Mrs . Sumner amongst her customers _, and it was found that _sever-d whom lie had debited with rather large amounts owed Utile or nothing . For some time past the deceased , who had always been considered a _lalthiul servant , had drank vety freely , and shown , at times symptoms of insanity . He had given out that he had come into some money , and he was going to open a greengrocer ' s shop . The deceased , - who was 35 years of age , is supposed to have pawned his watch and chain on his departure from Wandsworth , to supply himself with money , and it is believed that , having spent it , ' and fearing punishment after the detection of his delinquencies , he determined on self-destruction .
Death from _Failixo nowx a Coal Pit , — An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at the Unicorn public house , Little Lever , _Ashton-undei-Lyne , on the body of Richard . Waters , a youth aged fifteen years . Messrs . Knowles and Stott are sinking a new pit in Little Lover , and have got to a depth of fifty-one yards . At the bottom of the shaft there was about six yards of water , and some men were employed raising it in buckets on Sunday Afternoon , with agin . Tlie deceased went to the mouth of the shaft , and whilst standing there a bucket of water ' came up . He took hold of the rope to pull it upon the platform , but , from some cause or other , tho rope got off the pulley at the top , and in fallimr save the _vnuni-rn . ina _im-k .
which precipitated him down the pit . —A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned . Bit-so off a Max ' s IfosE . —About ten o ' clock on Saturday night last , as a man named John Gibbons was walking along Spital-strcct , Oldhamroad , Manchester , in company with his wife , he-was struck oh the shoulder by a long stick , which a fellow namcd . Thomas Lnrkins , in a state of drunkenness was whirling about over his head . Gibbons ' caught hold of the stick to prevent himself from being again struck , when Lai-kins immediately seized Uiw , and a struggle ensued . The men fell to the ground , and almost at the same instant the drunken brute bit . off a- considerable portion of Gibbons ' s nose , which he afterwards spat outof his
mouth . The unfortunate fellow , who was bleeding freely , was taken to the Royal Infirmary , when it was found that , in addition to the piece which had been bitten from his nose , another portion was left hanging by the skin only . Tho nieces were replaced , and the nose _dressed with all possible care . Lai-kins was taken into custody , and brought up at the Borough Court on Monday morning , and nned fifty shillings and costs , or two months' imprison ment . It was stated that ho was a scavenger in thc employ of the corporation ; and nn attempt was made to show that ho had been excited by some offensive terms which had been applied to him respecting his employment , though not by the man upon whom he inflicted his revenge .
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State of ins Country . —There appears , for the present at least , to be a decided decrease in agrarian crime , and the intelligence in the 'southern , journals . relates to reductions of rent by landlords , meetings for the formation of "Tenant Protection _Societies , " mixed np with discussions Upon the land question . Several < f those societies have already been established , and tho larger class of farmers are tbeir most active promoters . ' Some of the Roman Catholic clergy , also , have become members . The Callan ( county of Kilkenny ) Society have prepared cards , _incri'ed with tho " Tenant Fledge" but it is stated that their issUe to the
, members has been delayed , " pending the ad vice of eriiinent counsel in Dublin . " - An address is to be issued , calling on the landlords of the Callan union toco-operate in procuring employment forthe ablebodied labourers of the union . The notification for the first public meeting of this ' i ' ociety invites " the ptildic at large" to attend , arid closes witha" hurra for fair rents . " This new description of agitation is likely to become a somewhat formidable affair . Encumbered Estates , Commission . - —Two' petitions for sales have heen dismissed , on the ground of irregularity , _aiid in one of tbem the party seeking a sale has been referred back to the Court
of Chancery , the commissioners being desirous to prevent conflicting jurisdictions . ' The Mercantile Advertiser says .: — " Wc have been informed that the value of the estates respecting which petitions for saie 3 have been already lodged is upwards of £ 1 , 100 , 000 , according to a rate of purchase _considerably lower than prevailed five years ago . " _Oiuwge _Abraignment of the Govkrkmknt .- — The Evening Herald intimates that the contravcrsey respecting the conduct of the Government in 1848 , and thc part Lord Clarendon then , took in the armament question , will be fully discussed at the annual meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland , to bo held here on the 20 'h of the present month—TV " e happen to know says the / _fcraWthat many of the most desemdiy influential members of
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the Gmncl Lodge are decidedly of opinion that . the Jlles " nd mo st unreserved publicity should be riven to everything that then occurred , and we have no reason to suppose that any objection will £ wised to adopting that course ; but at the same iei is obviously _^ impossible for us to say what _Susionth _^ Gran d Lodge will come to on he Set Wc can scarcely doubt , however , thatthe ?? _irJtfo willDublish an au'bentic account of § _HlS _^« _W w «> the Irish Government and OrSemen ; for , in truth , the omission 0 do so would be a stupid and fatal error , _incalculaby dam-; _„ J * tha _Orange Institution , and equally ser-Shh _K"BJ . Government . _OnReside of _? k » n ™ -i _« men ; At ia positively asserted thatthir _^ _nnwSwed , and that they were supplied _wXrmSv Lord Clarendon ; while , on the . side of the Government , this assertion is positively
_NAHSaAi CoNFERENCB . -The aggregate meeting of _thl" National Conference' has _been / urther nostponed for another week , and in themean time the Srcmt _- nues to publish long lists of adhe _. _ions £ '•<' the cause . " There have been two or three enant-rig M meetings , at which resolutions of thanks to Mr . Bright were voted ; but in general the neonle have not been roused into teehng an interest in an ything 5 and there are most honest politicians who , however they may deplore the tone and tendency which agitation has assumed in this country , do not regret to see some sparks of it blown once mo'e into life , to keep up something like political V 1 DBPliECIATION OF LANDED PROPERTY . —The yewbvLetter of Monday , furnished a fresh instance of the depreciation of landed property , even m the
_bsst circumstanced parts of the country : — "'itie farm _ofRathbeggan , comprisins 154 acres , at 23 s . per acre , was sold before his Honour in the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday for £ 110 to Mr . Murphy ; and from the renvirks ofthe auctioneer , Mr , Charle 3 C . Fan-ell , we learned that a sum of , 4 * 1 , 600 had been recently expended on it by the previous occupant , in buildings , drainage , and other permanent improvements . - The farm lies on the high road-td _; D ' unshaughlin , within nine miles of Dublin , and " yas' -considered of such value a few years ago , _thatatBum of £ 1 , 000 was given by way of mortgage on ib _. _ji . and , it affords a speaking commentary onthe depreciation of land ia this country . "—As a _sst-off _fosgeti statements as the foregoing , the rent * _reducticn _' moVement is _raeidlv extending over the country .
In a Derry paper which arrived on Monday mornimr _, there is a long catalogue of landlords , the majority being Ulster proprietors , who have made liberal abatements to their tenants , besides forgiving large arrears ' of rents . ' ' ' m , „ _Mseting of the Ibish _PkeiAtes . —Ihe organ ot the Roman Catholic Bishops ( the Freeman ) has the following announcement :- " ihe Catholic Prelates , not -taring ; made the necessary arrangements for _ho'diiig , their recent meeting _synodically , and anxious to carry into effect the several provisions of
the late Papal Rescripts , which recommend that all the future meetings ofthe bishops shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the canons ; it was unanimously agreed- " That the consideration of all the subjects submitted to the present meeting be adjourned to the National Synod , to be held on Tuesday after the summer meeting of tbe board of the College " of Maynoofch , and tbat the preliminaries of the Synod be arranged and agreed to by the Archbishops , who will communicate the same to their respective suffragans " -
. „ , Mr . Bright ' s Sr-EECH on Ireland . — -Mr . John O'Conneil has addressed , through the Freeman ' s Journal , a long letter to Mr , Bvigtt , announcing a vote of thanks frora the Repeal . Association for his speech at Manchester ,. on , the . . condition of this country . In a postcript Mr . O'Conneil states ,. that the Repeal Association intend to print and circulate tlie speech in England , and , " as soon as possible , to forward the project of a mission from this country to _corroborate and enforce ita truths on the minds ol your'fellow-coutrymen . "
The Poor Law . Difficulti :. —In some of the south-western unions , even more than those of the west , the monster of pauperism has become a . difficulty so formidable that it seems quite hopeless to grapple with it by merely local resources . ' The union of _Kilrush _, county of Clare , so notorious for iis wholesale evictions during the famine , occupies the most prominent place . At the first , meeting of the elected Boavd of . Chiardians , Captain Kennedy ( whose reports of the operation ' of the clearance system produced such ' a sensation in the House of Commons _^) explained the financial state of the union , and told the guardians there was no use in blinking the question , for . th . ey had ; a formidable task before them , which could _^ _iipj-. be performed without energy and industry . Altn ' 6 ' _ngii tho most rigid economy had been- practised by tue '' v " ce guardians , and although the government Jia'd assisted the union to the extent ¦
of upwards of £ 15 , 000 since March last , their present 'iab ' lties were about £ 15 , 000 , whilst the amount of rates outstanding , struck in March last , was £ ij 500 . The rate of _poundsge tbat would be required from each division for the year , showed that those districts where evictions have been most numerous , were charged with an overwhelming-amount of pauperism . The poundage rate for Kilrush division would be 19 s . 5 d .: for . Kuoek _, 20 s . Kilofin , 27 s . ; Kildvsart , 17 s . ; Kilmichael , 32 s . ; Killard ( where clearances had been very nttmerbu ? , / 40 s . ; Moyarta . 37 s . ; Kilkee , 32 s . " This is tbe estimate of rates that would be necessary to meet debts and current expenditure ; but it is : understood that comparatively small rates will , for the present , be . demanded . As tliecredit of the . union was stopped , an arrangement was made to obtain from the treasurer an advance of _^ 300 f or the supply of the week's provisions , on the credit of the rates in progress of collection .
The Newcastle union is . also in a condition of great embarrassment , the amount required to pay _existing debts , and to supportthe p < or to the 2 oth of March , 1 S 50 , being £ 28 , G < 50 . However , the new board of guardians , on account of the distressed state of the union , have ' not struck a higher vate than Cs . in the pound on any division , whilst in some divisions the rate varies , from 5 s . Sd . to 3 s . 5 d . in the pound , the utmost amount , in all probability , that could po _; - sibly be lev edt .. { . ' . ' ~ Tub Qu" b . yV Colleges . —It appears from a
statement in tlie Banner of Ulster , that the " number of students at the opening in Cork was thirty-nine ; in Galway , nineteen ;¦ and in Belfast , one hundred and eight .. That , journal remarks— " We believe wo state a fact which cannot . be questioned , when we say that , in the Belfast College , the students who have already " entered represent nearly all , if not all , the religious denominations in this community . " . The Rev . -Dr . Murphy ,- chaplain to the Lord' Bishop of Down and Connor , has been appointed Dean of Residences ; on behalf ofthe Established Church / _fn Belfast College . ,
. _IIei'eu _, Association . — Mr . John O'Connell ' s select few . mustered in still thinner numbers to listen _to-the three ' hours * strain of" eloquence , the value _. of the , wce kly ; penny ' s subscription measured out every Monday by ; t ! i ' e ' "leader . " . There was a considerable fall'ih 'ilie funds , _tlio rent having dwimlled'from £ 50 : tb _,- £ 10 0 s , '• ¦; The Linen Trade . —The Armagh Guardian says : — "It gives lis . pleasure to report a decided improvement in this . ; important , branch of manufacturing industry in Ulster . In this locality the cliange for the bettor is Very gratifying . ' Weavers , ' who could barely earn ' 3 s . a-week some four months ago , are at present : in full employment , and earning 6 s . weekly . _.-:. Generally , speaking ,.. . the business is bris / _cei' nowthmib has been for the last ten years , "
Attempt to Murder as _Aoiwr . —The Tipperary Vindicator states , that on Saturday evening an attempt ( the second ) was made to assassinate Mr . Francis- Kiernan , -agent over the property of the Messrs . Scott , of Loughorna . Mr . Kiernan was sitting at his fire " with some frionds , when the shot was fired in . through the window of the room . Most provident "' ally ; a sack of oats had been removed near the window _a-sliort time before , which intercepted the'ball-and saved Mr . liiernan ' s life , A considerable : reward lias been . offered for the _apprehehsion of the offenders . The bailiff who had been _wotuidod iii August hist on the lands of Loug horna , and wholiad been under the treatment of Dr . Kitson , returned to _Borrisoliaho on ' Saturday convalescent . He is lamed for the remainder of his life .
• CUT OF COIIK ELECTION . - The nomination took place on Saturday , when Colonel _CliattQlton . ( Protectionist ;) and Mr .. Alex , M'Carthy ( an . advocate , of free trade , reduction of rents , and' tenant security ) were proposed . The Cork Reporter says , that " amongst nearly every section ofthe electors a most singular apathy seems to prevail as-to the result of-the present contest—a fact peculiarly evidenced by the absence of excitement lit . thchustings . " Colonel Ciiatt ' k ' rtp ' _sj , ln ' his speech to the electors , attributed all thb miseries' of the country to the poor law and--free trade . ¦ The gallant officer said : " I have . stated , in my address that the _whole ranee of the . poor laws , requires immediate and anxious consideration ; . and I will ask any one of you if any doubt can arise in your minds ofthe necessity , for aii _alteration-ifi'those-laws , which have crushed ' to ruin all classes alilcd ; the land-owner , or the peasant , the ?
merchant , or the artisan ¦ ( Hear , hear , and elieevs . ) I consider that they , are a deadl y incubus on thc country , and , if persisted in tho ' present manner of administration , they must bring ruin and confiscation upon all ; ( 'Clicers , and cries of " How aro you to mend them V ') ' It is almost incredible to imagine any laws should in . so short a space of time have so altered the character of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) No longer is the gay-hearted Irishman , careless of tho past aud reckless ofthe future ; there is no joy , no independence in his countenance , no gladness 111 his heart . ( Hour , hoar , ) - What isnow his fate * Misery and woe are his companions-there k ruin m his heart . ( Hoar , hear . ) We see him no longer m his cheerful home-happy in his _cottage-liis own hearth-treo consecrated . to him in his childhood -no longer do we behold him residing in his farm surrounded b y his famil y and ~( her «? the gallant sneaker was _mtmupted with a storm of mingled cheers an croans , whi ch prevented u . 8 from bearing
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the remainder of the sentence . ) What is- he nowhis cottage' is torn down—thrown to the earth . ( Renewed interruption , loud cries of " by bad landlords , " " no no , " " yes , yes , " , cheers and counter cheers . ) His wife and family are in the workhouse . ( Cries of" Who sent them there ?—the landlords , ** groans . ) Even there they arc separated . (" Bah , ' groans , and cries of " Who bnt the landlords ?) He is deprived of all human sympathy . ( Continued interruption . ) Our bold peasantry is a wretched horde of miserable _squalid destitution . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , it is the poor-law that has dene all this . ( Lound cries of "So , no , " " , yes , " "Itwas the bad landlords . " ) Mr . B . SiiEEnAN : And Lord John Russell . ( Loud
groans and counter cheering . ) Colonel Ciiattebton : The workhouse has consummated the ruin—those monuments of Irish degradation . ( Cheers and groans . ) I pray that I may not be misunderstood . I would not check that active benevolence which would provide for tho aged , the infirm , and the diseased . ( Hear , hear . ) I have also pledged myself to endeavour to restore protection . ( Interruption , cheering , and countercheering . ) I would ask of you , can any of you look on the misery , the want of protection has brought upon the country without feeling a desire for its return ? ( Hear , hear , cheers , cries of " yes , " " no . " ) Of _iwhat use are those kind blessings of Providence
which have been showered upon us , when unjust laws prevent us from receiving benefitfrom them ? ( [ fear , hear . ) What avails it to the landholder to see his gardens and fields overflowing with fruitfulness _, when the harvest does not repay him for the labour of its collection . ( Hear , hear . ) Of what avail is it to him to see his fields rich with the harvest , when the production of foreigners undersells him in his own market 1 ( Hear , hear , and interruption . ) What pleasure can the merchant seo in our crowded quays , trebly lined with ships , which have brought that food here , and which take back no returning . car _^ o ' . but Irish gold ? ( Hear , hear , and clicers . ) . ' A voice : 'Tis little of that same is loft to us ,
airy way .. - Colonel _CnATTEBioN : How are . the ruins of our country to be replaced but by the solid building of protection ? ( Hear , hear , cheers , and counter cheering . ) Mr . A . _K _' Qhnim , in tho cowse of a long and animated speech , said : It has been said here that there is no hope for Ireland except in protection . ( Cries of "JKTo . no , " and "les yes . " ) To my mind a greater delusion never presented itself to men's eyes than the expectation , if even it were good , that it was possible to obtain tho restoration of those laws which gave a monopoly to one man . ( Hear . ) And thoso gentlemen who now advocate it are , in my opinion , undoubtedly endeavouring to divert the attention of the occupiers of the soil in
Ireland from that which is , at present , their real grievance—and which , unless it be speedily redressed , will sink them into the very lowest servitude . ( Loud cries of hear and cheering . ) It is not protection—but , it is the reduction of trie rents that is absolutely necessary . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) I am a landlord . ( Hear , hear . ) By far the greater portion of my property is in land . I am as deeply interested as any one in the prosperity of the occupiers and owners of the soil of this country , but I tell ' the landlords here to-day , there is no salvation for them or for the country , except in the reduction ofthe rents , and giving security to the tenants of tho soil , and securing to them compensation for their , outlay of capital which they may
have . expended on its improvement . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) . Secure that to the tenant , and yon will seo him going to work heart and hand . ( Cries of " Hear , hear , " and " That ' s true . " ) You will see produced upon that which is now sterile , barren , and uncultivated , rich and abundant crops , which would enable him to compete with any foreign country . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) "WiU you secure to your people abundance ot home corn food ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) You will not have the people to depend upon a root which seems doomed to complete destruction . ( Cheers . ) You will have them . covn-fed people—well-clothed , and not disgracing the very face of the earth , by that ragged , wretched appearance which has made them
almost not men , ( Loud , enccrs . ) It is mere nonsense to cry for Protection . But there is one question which , on this occasion , has been studiously avoided . ( Cries of " The church . " ) In the whole history of the . world there is not to be found a single nation which has ever tolerated , or been oppressed by , such an anomaly as the Established Church of this country . ( Enthusiastic cheering , and cries of " That's the point" ) A numerous population , - containing several millions—providing for their own reli gious wants by their spontaneous contributions—erecting their own churches—contributing everything that is necessary for the decent andpeaceable exercise of their religious services—and yet , in that same country , a church of
some few hundred persons of the population is in tbe possession of more wealth than is to bo found belonging to any other church in the civilised world . ( Hear , hear . ) This church , with some 750 , 000 followers , possesses revenue to the amount of £ 750 , 000 yearly . ( Cries of "OU , Oil . '* ' ) That is such a state of things as is not to be found in any other country . It would not be borne with ; and and the only ground upon which it is sought to be continued or justified in this country is simply because they were . Irishmen . ( Hear , hear , and cheering . ) There never ha 3 been advanced a single argument for the upholding of that establishment , except this simple one—that it is a burden , but a burden on Irishmen . ( Loud cheering . ) . Neither of the two candidates nor their proposers appear to have made any allusion whatever to tho repeal ot the union or the " national agitation . "
Mr . J . F . Maouirb , proprietor of the Cork Examiner , and jtho opponent of Mr . Sheil at Dung .-irvan , was also put in nomination , but only for the purpose of delivering an address , in which the learned gentleman advocated the claims of Mr . M'Carthy . At the close the show of hands was in favour of Mr . _M'Cai-thy . Apoll was demanded on behalf of Colonel Chatterton , to commence and close on Tuesday . The proceedings were conducted with remarkable quietness and decorum , ' Result oi > ihb Election . —By popular apathy and popular division the liberal interest has been defeated in Cork . The polling took place on Tuesday , was . conducted throughout tho day without the slightest symptom of excitement , and at the close the numbers were : —Colonel Chatterton , SS 0 . Mr . M 'Cavthy , 587 . ¦ Majority for the _tory candidate 203 . . .
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THE 'MURDER IN MILLBAKK PENITENTIARY . On Saturday last Mi ' . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , and a numerous jury , assembled in thc Millbahk Prison ; for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected witli . thc death ot Thomas Hall , aged ' 10 , a Warder , who died from the effects of violence received from the hands of a con . vict named John Francis , ' who was under sentence of transportation , and confined in that prison . The jury havin _* been sworn , proceeded to view thc body , and having returned to the inquest room , the fallowing evidence was taken : — :
. William _llExnt _Muniuv , acting warder in the prison , said that he had known , the deceased for some time past . His conduct towards the prisoners , when on duty , was mild , and he did not know of any one having any ill-feeling against him . On the 7 th of the present- month witness was on duty in the C ward , and the deceased was on duty in D ward About a quarter-past three o ' clock on tbat dav he heard a great noise like some person calling for assistance . Ho immediatel y went to T > ward , and then saw the prisoner standing in the passage at large . Warder Sago was also there , and he seized the prisoner . Witness ran up the passage , and on stepping into deceased ' s room he found him lvin < r in
a . pool of blood . The room communicated with the passage , and was about eight or nine yards from the place where ho saw the prisoner standing . Warder Sago and witness then took thc prisoner to thc' refractory cell . Having secured the prisoner , another warder was sent for tho surgeon . . Mr . Baly camo in the course of a few minutes , and Mv . Itundle arrived soon afterwards . The deceased was not dead , but be was quite insensible . An earthenware cell chamber untonsil was in the passage . —By tho Coroner : When I went into tho passage , on hearing the alarm , I heard a prisoner named Crawley , in No . IS cell , say , " Seize the scoundrel , for he has murdered Warder Hall—ov Mv . Hall . " At that timo the prisoner was standing opposite Crawley ' s coll . -
- _fhe Coroner suggested to the prisoner that he had better havo a legal adviser , and he would adjourn tho inquest for any reasonable time to allow an opportunity of procuring such assistance . -Tho prisoner declined the offer , and was making some E U ronmi _' k 8- _y hioh _thfe _owftwa * _Alined to A pair of scissors wore hero produced and wove nciiUficd as being those found on the piSsonei
In answer to questions from the prisoner _wiftww said that ho lml . had him out cleaning _heS and never saw him do anything bad ' * Jamhs Sage , warder in the prison _siid ti , _nf n _„ the day in question he was on US h \ E \ nrd Z as if somo ono wanted assistance . He left f _, _w-m ! in charge ofthe school-master whr , « ,. « went do wn stairs to theD ? waVd _!\ _vll _fc _^ prisoner , John Francis , a _t - law 0 _wiM , - * * blood over his eyes , bo imw _^ L a - s l ! , ° prisoner by the collar _M _?^ Sci _? ed thc when _wari er ' Symon _£ ' Cal h , J f . as . stance of the prisoner nnd ,. « m _^ 4 _, _"• ' als 0 _laW bold coll lid _seSed _hSrStivlS ? _^^ the last witness . Wl en V & Z _S _^ f or lb ed b >' he heard a groaning from th ? T ei tlie P n 80 nw when he entered _Rf _L ib _^ S 1 _^ and the ground in a pool of blood nj 1 _^ i d ly 1 _^ _«»
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the officer ' s room . Witness remained with * .. „ deceased until ! he was removed to the infirm-, _^ _SfilnTZ na , n _, r _* r ' said when he onSS _* •« If Um is you , Mr . Sage , for God ' s sake see iff ' iv- * Hal \ _* _, _? r ] think Fr _' ' ine , * s hlls murdered 1 Si _° Witness had just laid hold of the prisoner \ m _^? t ° n mation when tbat remark was made _WiiaiAM Ciuwley said that he was a prisoner in the gaol Ho , been in tho adjoini cc ] 1 on JJ J times On _W * a lh had s _^ cn to him _*>«•« _$ returned to his cell . In about fivo min ,, tesaf ? nrh « got into the ,, eel , Mr . Hall wcnt _wdlooted S anothcrpraouer in No . 1 cell . Afti _JSS ™ P soner Francis called out "Mr . _ITall" < . nv . li _nfii 111 ¦"'»» several
j .: _,... .. ) .:.. , _ . , _ times . Witness told him it was no <* ood _e-illin _" . as Mr . Hall had gone to lock up _& . 1 _& made no answer , but kept on calling . Mr ihu heard him , and asked him , *' what he was callin * for . " . Francis said—" . Iwant to empty the utensir Mr . Hall said— " nave not you got a signal-stick in . your cell—you have been here long enough to ' know that you are not allowed to call for me out of _; the cell . When you want me always put your signal out . If the governor had ' come by and heard you calling for me you would have been punished for it—mind you don ' t do so anymore . " Francis , said "No sir ; Iw ' ill not , sir ; " or something to that effect . Mr . Hall then let Francis out . of his cell . Witness then got up from his seat and asked Mr . Hall for some thread , but he did not . notice him , and ho stood at the gate waiting % his return . He then saw Francis take the vessel into the water-closet , and Mr . Hall turned as ho went into his room . The door ot tho closet is
opposite to his room . He came out of bis room , and stood by tlie trough near the _closet door , as if he were waiting for the return of Francis . In the course of a minute Francis came out , having tho vessel in his . 'left hand , and the lid in his right . Mr . Hall then turned his back toward the prisoner , when Francis rushed on him and kicked him in the side , Witness said , " For God ' s sake , Francis , don ' t kill the officer ; if you strike him again I am sure you will kill the poor old man . " Francis then stood up , and Mr . Hall crawled away and went towards his room out of witness ' s sight . Francis then ran towards him , and immediately afterwards witness heard two more blows struck , Witness called Mr . Murray several times , ami Francis ran to the check
gate in the centre of the passage . Ho then held an utettsit in his right hand , with blood on it . Witness again said , " For God ' s sake , Francis , don't you kill the officer . " He then saw him go across to the centre , to tho other side , and heard twe more blows struck . Witness kept on calling , and begged of the other prisoners to call below . When he hoard the two last blows he could not see anything done . Mr . Murray came into the passage and asked what was the matter . Witness called him to hiro , and told bim tbat he thought Francis had killed Mr . Hall . When Francis first struck Mr . Hall , witness heard the lid fall and break . Francis made _nd answer when he told Mr . Murray that he was afraid he had killed Mr . Hall . He never heard
him express any ill feeling towards the deceased . On Tuesday last , when he was talking , Francis said he wanted to see Dr . Baly , to know whether he eould not get the same diet as he had in the hulks . He also said that he had told Mr . Hall he wanted to see Dr . Baly , and he did not believe that he had put his name down in the book , although he ( Mr . Hall ) had told him his name was put down . If he had done so , bo know he should have seen him before now . Mr . Hall passed by soon after that conversation took place , and he heard Francis ask when he should seo Dr . Baly . Mr . Hall told him that ho dare say he would seo him in the morning , for Dr . Bayly was not supposed to see him a minute ' s notice , for there were other prisoners who wanted to see him as well as himself ,
and his name was down in the book . He also said , "You have seen the other doctor , " when Francis replied , " Yes , but I want to see "Or . Baly , so that I can get my diet . " Mr . Hall asked how long it was sinee he had tbe diet . He replied , " When I was at the hulks . " Mr . Hall said , " What a foolish fellow you have been not to ask for it before . " You have done without it for so long a time , you will have some difficulty to get it now . " He then asked Mr . Hall for somo paper so that he could write to Dr , Duly . Mr . Hall told him that he must get the consent of tho governor and chaplain before he could allow him ink and paper . He never heard him threaten to do deceased any harm . Deceased was rather harsh at times , but not more so than the other warders .
John _WESTBuny , another prisoner , said : On Wednesday last he occupied the cell No . 10 in the ward . There was only a wall between his cell and the officer ' s room . " He heard some ono say , " For God's suite have mercy , and don ' t kill me " oi \ "} 'OU will kill mo . " Some one then said , " Yes , I will . " He then heard somo prisoners calling out for assistance , and saw one standing in the passage where the trough is . Mr . John Davy B , endle , resident surgeon of the prison , said thathe saw the deceased at four o ' clock on Wednesday last . He was then in his room , and quite insensible . He found an extensive lacerated wound on the right side of the head . The skull
was laid bare . The membranes of the brain were exposed . There was also a great deal of haemorrhage from the wound . He had the man removed to the infirmary , and did what was necessary , and remained " with him almost constantly . He never became sensible , or spoke afterwards . Ho died the following night between eleven and twelve from the effects of a compound comminuted fracture of the skull . There was also a wound over the eye , but the bone was not exposed . The post mortem examination made b y witness proved , that there was an extensive fr _.-ictm-e of the scalp on the right side Of tllO hoad . 1 little above the car ; the bones were broken into as many pieces as vine . One of the fractures extended across
to the base of the skull running across . The fracture also extended across to the root of the left orbit , and from thence downwards into the base , meeting the fracture on the opposite side . It was quite impossible for any one to recover from such extensive injuries . The coroner summed up thc evidence , and the jury having consulted , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against John Francis . On Monday application was made to Sir _Georae Grey , at the Home-office , to grant a habeas corpus , to remove the convict John Francis , who stands charged by a coroner ' s iury with havin « r _innrdoi-ed
lhomas Hall , the warder , from Millbank Prison to _Xowgatc , to . await his trial at the ensuing sessions _, _bince the return ofthe verdict , at tlie inquest on Saturday , he has remained perfectly silent , with the exceptioiUhat on Saturday evening ho asked permission ol the governor to write to Sir George Grcv , which was immediatel y refused . He was allowed to . communicate with his friends , who arc of the Jewish persuasion , residing in the nei ghbouring of Houndsditch . His relatives are highly respectable , but he has been discarded by them for somo _considorablo time , iu consequence of his depraved raid incorrigible habits . Ho also wrote to the Chief
Rabbi , imploring him to attend at the prison , for thc purpose of administering to him somo consolation . The Rabbi has refused to comply with his request until he cm obtain the assistance of ei ght persons belonging to tho synagogue , who must accompany him and be present during the interview , in consequence of bis being " an unclean person "that is to say , he has covered bis bands with blood . In consequence of Francis being a Jew he did not attend chapel , on Sunday morning , with the other prisoners , and he applied to the Rev . Mr . S . Penny , the chaplain , for an Hebrew bible , which was most readily given him . He remained very quiet all day on Sunday and yesterday , and was constantly reading the bible . . The wretched murderer was tried some time since for robbery and sentenced to ten years' transportation . On _Moilllny _niOl'llill _^ another attack was made -upon one of the warders b y a prisoner , named M'Langten , who was fortunately pre vented from inflicting any serious ' injury .
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• rim 3 ° n-nouse , where his baggage had been sent , nt , n _« i ? fl r _' ? r _"'S Crawford wont over to Fnbyau _' s , _i _' _s , . indhndingtliestvangerhad not been there / tbey 101 started in pursuit of him . - They found his track , ckand followed it till _rught , but only picked up a por- ior tion ot his clothes . Tho next day he was found aw dead . It seems he had lost the track , and _pLSy Xbecame insane in his wanderings , as his _paVaffi Ion and drawers were found m a hole in _Ammonwroclt mc brook , and _luslegs and bod y were badly SS hSo c _£ _*» fir \ _f _lrty _J « " old , h ir tor I huge estates , and had been _travelling several-en months in tins country , with a youiib 0 h r he iit 2 /! _W from Boston _^ _foltaightdgl ago . He had letters to _Bostonians .. « nrf i W «™ _« , ? ,, «« , ?
to the White Hills had been _stopph _^ at the Tre _^ Tr _Zl—l ' ' - f * _City * _**• _HoffiS _Fabvan had to _J ? _T- _l snch a manner as to bo _disindisi toned if his friends shall request it " hind _^ _. Z f the _*»» e of squ eezing tho _gMslgir : hands « ' the palmy season , of life . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17111849/page/6/
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