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Health op Lokdon During inn _WEKt—Ih the -weekending last Saturday , 1 , 065 deaths were registered _inTthe metropolitan - - _^ _djWnctes-J » r t _* he _racond week of ten previous years ( 18 _W-0 ) the . _TCiagecoirecl _^ formcre _^ of populatiou is 1 , 260 , ihe deaths having ranged m that week from 920 in 38 _ttio 1 , 457 in 1848 , at which latter period the mortality was much ' increased by influenza , then on the decline . Tlie . ' deaths in tho present return are , therefore , less than the average by 18 a . The mortality from small-pox , though it shows a tendency to increase " ; is still _ less than half the average . Scarlatina and hooping-cough also cause less than the usual number of deaths , only II having ; occurred
last week from the former epidemic , though the corrected average is 37 ; in the corresponding week of last year the deaths from scarlatina rose to 63 . No death from cholera occurred during the week - . there were 34 from diarrhoea and dysentery . From typhus , which ranged in the samo week of 10 prcvions years from 23 to 83 , the deaths returned last - week were 33 , or rather less than the average ; but the mortality from measles is at present rather above it . '¦ The only complaint which is now fetal to a copsidcrable extent is bronchitis , from which 21 children under 15 years , 31 persons between 15 and 60 , and 64 at 60 years and upwards , died in the week ; ita increasing fatality during the last three weeks , in which tbe weekly mean temperature has been
successively 33 deg ., 35 deg ., and 30 deg ., is marked hy the numbers returned , namely TS . 103 , and in last week 120 . Pneumonia was fatal to 83 persons , one-half of whom were children .. The latter disease is how less than the average , whilst the former is in excess . Ofthe 1 , 065 deaths , 303 were those of persons of 60 years old or npwardB . A few facts are selected from the reports made by the _registrars : — A child died of measles followed by dropsy , at Princess-street , Aldgate , in a small room which is " very dirty and has two families , composed of 8 persons , living and sleeping in it . " Mr . Spencer adds , that tbe " deceased had been lately under the care ofthe medical officer for the scald head ; the mother afterwards applied for relief , but refused to
enter the workhouse , and neglected to tako the child for further medical advice . " Mr . Bowring states that "the widow of a grocer , aged 47 , who die ! in the workhouse , Engsland-road _, of diarrhoea , was found by the medical officer at 14 , Gloucester-Btreefc , Curtain-road , in a very bad state from the accumulation of filth in different parts of her room , while her body , of which the only coverinf was an eld shirt , swarmed with vermin . " - Mr . Matthews states that " a child died of hooping-cough , atl , Tom _' s-bnildings , Somers-town , in a house consisting of two rooms , one of which contained a privy only separated by a partition , no yard belonging to the _premise Ten persons and sometimes more , _flrnmniod t . hfi anartments and slept in four beds
indiscriminately , and without regard to age or sex . A ehild at Fulham died of " debility , " having been hom prematurely , in consequence of the father heing- suddenly sent to prison . Lincoln-court , in St , Gfles-in-tne-fields is reported as "ill-cleansed and having much destitution . " A house , 21 , Church-lane , is described by Mr . Simpson as " overcrowded , ill-cleansed , and badly ventilated ; _* " and 12 , Prospect-place , Stoke _Uewington , by Mr . Yardley , as " over-crowdsd and unhealthy . " The mean daily height of the barometer , was above 30 in on Tuesday and Wednesday ; the mean was 29 * 821 in . The highest temperature was 3 Sdeg ., on Sunday ; the mean was never higher than 31 * 8 deg . The lowest mean temperature occurred on Saturday ,
when it was 28 _' 7 deg ., and lower by " t deg than the _average of the same day in seven years . On every day tne temp erature was lower than the average . The mean of the week was 30-3 deg . "Death of Mbs . _BARtiEr . —This lady ,- who was for many years a brilliant ornament of the tragic stage , died on Monday morning , at her residence , "Kb . 11 , Wobura-square , after a severe and protracted illness , which lasted for seven years . Her disorder was a general paralysis , but her consciousness was perfect up to the moment of her dissolution . The deceased was formerly Miss Smith , who , in 1 S 06 , made her first curtsey to a London audience in Old _Covent-garden . During the very first season of her prosperous career , Mrs . Siddons returned to the stage , and on the same boards ; and the best uroof of Mrs . Bartiey ' _s genius that can be given is ,
that they played alternately _-dfc ' cfaand Jane Short without detriment to the fame of the _younger actress . On the destruction by fire of Covent-garden Theatre , in 1 S 08 , Miss Smith accepted an engagement on London terms in Dublin . She remained in Ireland for three years , at the end of which period she made her second appearance at Coventgarden , in ISIL Here she remained , first , foremost , and without a rival , until 1814 , when she transferred her services to new Drury-lane . Soon after she became Mrs . Hartley , the wife of the excellent comedian . "Sirs . Barfley died in tho 65 th year of her age . She who numbered Joanna Baillie and Sir "Walter Scott among her warmest friends and fondest admirers , and who was summoned to Windsor Castle and Buckingham House to charm the ear of loyalty by her incomparable elocution , can have "been no ordinary woman—no ordinary actress .
" Mortality in the Bankruptcy Court . —On Friday nig ht Mr . William Atkinson , the respected messenger in Mr . Commissioner Evans' court , expired at his residence , Woodside Lodge , _Xorwood . The deceased was in his fifty-ninth year , and has left a wife , but no children , to deplore his loss . He had been a messenger from the time of the court being established , nnder Lord Brougham ' s Amendment Act , in 1832 , and is said to have amassed considerable property . His successor , pro tern ., is Edmund _Dnhois , his late clerk . The grim tyrant has thus swept off three official assignees , a messenger , and -nearly a dozen messengers' assistants , within a few months .
ExTBAOKnnfABT Cash . —Asingular occurrence took place on the 11 th i . _ist ., on tbe Eastern Connties Bail way . Two gentlemen were travelling in a second-class carriage , when , at one of the intermediate stations between Colchester and London , a welldressed lady about twenty-six , with an infant apparently about two months old , stepped in , She stated she had heen travelling in a first-class carriage , bHt heing taken ill she did not like remaining alone . One of the gentlemen proved to be a Mr . — a surgeon , from the nei ghbourhood of Bury St . "Bdmnnds , who intimating his profession , inquired the nature of the lady ' s illness , she replied by attributing it chiefly tothe "fatigue of travelling and -weakness , " which was borne out by the delicate
and pallid state of the countenance . Of course , every attention was paid to the invalid and her child hy the travellers—who little suspected tiie stratagem their fair and interesting , but deceptive companion -was about to play upon them—the lady several times expressing a . fear that she might let fall the "baby , which had been nursed by both the gentlemen , and also laid upon the seat . "Upon arriving at the terminus she begged to havo the child taken out , whi ch * was _done by Mr . , while she went off the platform in quest of a servant ; she expected ¦ to meet her . with A _& xaage . _During this time the other gentloman — of Liverpool , was engaged
-with his luggage ; the lady was no more to he seen , and pursuit proved useless . The consternation of the gentleman at heing thus _burdened may easily be imagined . Ultimately the child was taken to a friend ' s , whose wife discovered about its little person a letter , containing two £ 10 Bank of England Botes , requesting tbat ihe child might receive every eai * , and _expiejsing an assurance that it would , if the possessor of it could know the anguish and circumstances of its _rosther 5 and if a certain _advertisement were inserted In Ihe Tunes , with the address of those who had-charge of it , all would oltimately be made right . Ihe child was expensively
dressed . Fright" ?**! . _AccroESav—An accident of a _mest fearful character happened on Saturday last , near the Bow Station of the Eastern Counties Railway , -which terarinatedfatally * o John Redder , a smith , jn the employ of the eempany . It appears that shortly after eight o ' clock , on tbe morning in question , the unfortunate man , who resided at Old ford , got upon the line a short distance on the Essex side of the station at Bow , for the purpose of walking down to the company ' s works at Stratford , where he was employed . __ Se was pursuing his way , apparently on the down side « f the line , when the inter of the engine attached ia the 8 . 10 down train from Bishopgate station noticed him . The _steam--whisile was immediately sounded , and the usual Dreeantions adopied in alarmiag the unfortunate
fellow oi his dangerous positton _. To bring the train to _ahaltwasUnposable , and in a few moments the -whole train passed oser htm ; the hody was found to be shockingly mutilated ; the head was frightfully crushed , and his arms . and legs severed , and otherwise injured . A shell being procured , the body was removed _tefoeFve Bells public-house . —An inquest -war held on Sionday , before Mr . Baker , the coroner , attheFve Bells , Old Foul , Bow . After some deliberation the jury returned a verdict of _*** Accidental death , " accompanied by a _losommendatioa that the company -would adopt every possible measure in pre"renting the recurrence of a _sitaUar event , by having warning _boards to trespassers erected on certain pans of the line . Mr . Chad wick said he would lose no time m laying the reeoiamendatioa _flf the jury before the proper authorities .
A-Fatae , Sup .- One morning last week a polieeman was found lying _oa the pavement jn Harrisoaf ? _j * VU ? _s * _wn-road . surrounded by a pool of blood . _ The unfortunate man was conveyed to the B _^ yal Free Hospital , where it was discovered that his _skuU was fractured . He died in the course of _^ _f _*" 5 ™? _?* . _«? _"" supposed that he had been to try the door of one ofthe houses , and that in returning his foot slipped , and his head coming in contact with one of the steps , he thus met with the injury . ' „ _SlTOD * Dr'Bl * ATHOF A _CKBG-OOs IS THE _SiREET . — ' On Saturday morning last , abont _half-nast ten : a gentle-nan . who-was passing through "Sew Ebrtbstreet , CitY'T _& arj _™ observed to Btagger and theni _& 1 to _the-jpouja , and being raised np by soma . _" _* _•* - *¦ ' " ¦" "" - « * " * _"«* - ****" - - Z' -i "
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bystanders , was conveyed into No . 78 , the house 01 a respectable tradesman , but , appeared then to bo dead ; . having been heaid merely to groan ' . two or three times after he fell . Mr . Coulton , a ; surgeon ; resident in Clifton-street , presently attended , but found life quite extinct . Hayward , one of the warrant officers of the Worship-street Police-court , who happened to be near , examined the pockets of tha deceased , in which were a gold watch and appendages , cash , and bankers * cheques , besides other valuable property , and cards bearing his namo and address . "Bev . Spencer Thornton , Wendovej Ticarage , " and various documents from which it was ascertained that he was . son-in-law of a gentleman of the name of Dupree , whose town residence is m wentto
Portland-place . The officer afterwards ; . communicate what had occurred at the residence of Mr . Dupree , whose coachman returned with bimand dentified tne body as that of the 1 rev . fentleman above named . It appeared that he had just come to London from his _Cher ' s at Wood-hiiy _^ Hert _^ fordshire , and he was supposed to Jjye bwn _^ cecdine from the railway to Portland-place when _hedffinsuohan awfully ! _^ _WJj _££ 2 _ofdwth _beingotinjectai _^^ th _^^^ j Ufl _^ to have heen disease of the heart , a - _™ ° "g J " friends in London do not app ear to have been aware of Ws ireviously suffering from , such a disease . ThereV . deceased appeared _* have been about forty _iJ _^ 4 _ft . and ta lI _» ted . tol « _wl _jf » _lMge fi _^ todenlorl his loss .-Mr . Baker held an inquest on
I Monday , at the Blue Last tavern , _snoreuueu , . on the hodv of the Rev . Spencer Thornton . -After hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God . " _Meiancholt _Death . — An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster Arms , Market-street . Millbank , on tbe body of Edward Rodd . aged 58 , a gentleman of independent fortune , residing at No . 47 , Holywell-Street , Millbank . The deceased left home on Thursday forenoon , well and hearty , and transacted some private business in the City , and on his return home , abont seven o ' clock to dinner , he was noticed to reel about like a drunken man , which appeared the more extraordinary , as he was a person of very abstemious habits . Shortly afterwards he complained of pains
in his head . and . fell down and severely cut his head . He was p icked up in a senseless state , and the parties abont him , supposing him to be labouring under the effects Of intoxication , allowed the _der ceased to remain in that . state , unassisted , for two hours , when , becoming alarmed , at hw continued insensibility , during the whole of which time he was labouring under stertorous breathing , a surgeon was called in , who tried to bleed hira ; but _decerned died in a few minutes from serious apoplexy , which was discoveredIon a post-mortem examination ; and . the jury returned a verdict accordingly . , Sudden Death . — On Saturday last , at the Weymouth Arms , Weymouth-street , New h . entroad , Newington , on Mary Ann Egger , aged 19 , a servant in the em ploy of Mr . Theophilus Lewi ? , a surgron _. of No . 4 Brighton-place , New Keht-rbad . On Wednesday morning last , atan early hour , whilst
dressing , she was seized with a fainting fit . Mr . Lewis was called np and examined the deceased , but she was then dead , having on the previous day drank a quantity of g in and ate rather too muck The deceased died of a fi t , arising from bronchitis . — On the same day another case was taken at the Lor 1 Nelson . Trafalgar-street , Newington , as to the death of Jane Lineham . aged 71 , a widow , who was attacked with a violent fit of coughing , and expired without medical aid . — -Another inquest was afterwards held at the Horse and Groom , Wahvorthroad . Newington , concernim ; the death of Mary-Ann Bloomfield , aged three months , who was found dead in bed on Friday morning , having died in a fit of convulsions . A verdict of" Natural death" was reco'ded in each case—Several inquests , have been held lately in Rotherhithe , Bermondsey , Lambeth , and Camberwell . on the bodies of persons who have died in a similar manner .
A Hint to Mothers . — -On Saturday last a child four years old , son of Mr . Coomb , oilman , Lowerroad , Islington , met his death under the following very painful circumstances' At about seven o ' clock on that evening the mother had occasion to leave the parlour to serve a customer . Whilst alone , the child made its way to the fireplace where a teapot was standing , and began to drink from it . The fluid was so hot that in five hours the child was dead . Fire in Lambeth . —On Saturday afternoon last afire happened in the premises belonging to Mr . Haralyn . a scale-board cutter and lucifer box maker , carrying on business at No . 55 , Union-street , Lambeth . The _flames commenced in . the drying-house , which at the time contained a large quantity of lucifer splints . The whole ofthe houses in the
immediate vicinity soon hecame enveloped in smoke , which was of such a dense character that some ofthe neighbours were unable to remain in their rooms . There was an abundant supply of water , but in spite of the utmost exertions the fire was not extinguished until upwards of three hours had elapsed , and . not until about two-thirds of the property in the drying house was consumed , and the building severely damaged . The fire originated from the overheating of the drying stove . Fibe . —On Sunday morning last , . between one and two o ' clock , a fire was discovered by the police on duty , on the premises of Mr . Blagg , a fishmonger , in Spitalfields-market , supposed to have originated in over heating the room used for drying fish .. The engines were promptly on the spot , and their being a plentiful supply of water , the lire was extinguished , bit not before considerable damage had been done . The premises are uninsured .
Fire at Bmckwall . — On Sunday morning , shortly before three o ' clock , a fire broke out in the property belonging to Messrs . Wigram and Co ., the shipbuilders , of Brunswick-street , Blackwall . It was discovered by one of the workmen raging in a building adjoining the engine house . The workmen and firemen succeeded in getting the flames snbdued , but not until they had broken through the roof and considerably damaged the wood-work of the fly wheels . Destructive Fire in Spitai . fi . elos . —A fire of a very destructive character broke out at a late hour on Sunday night , upon the premises belonging to Mr . Mitchell , a furrier , at No . 26 , Great Pearl-street , Spitalfields . The flames , when first discovered , were raging furiously in the _workshops at the top of the premises . An alarm having been given by the policeman on duty , the inmates ofthe _different surrounding habitations succeeded in making their escape ,
many parties with _nothing on except their night clothes . In a very brief period several engines belonging to the London establishment arrived . By that period , however , the flames had made such progress that they were _mounting through the roof high above the other house tops , threatening destruction to the surrounding property . Fortunately the mains of the East London Company yielded an abundant supply of water , which enabled the engines to : set to work most vigorously , by which means , the fire was prevented reaching the adjoining property , but it cou'd not be extinguished until the workshops of Mr . Mitchell , and the valuable stock of furs , were entirely consumed , and other damage done by fire , water , and hasty removal . The Origin of the disaster could not be accounted for . Mr . Mitchell was insured for stook in trade , & o ., in the Atlas fire office , and the buildings were insured in the Sun office .
Thb Weather akb the _Park _^ . — The thermometer during Sunday night , in exposed situations , fell as low as 24 degs ., or 8 degs . below freezing point , and during Monday morning it was down to 20 , the highest elevation attained being 28 ; but in the evening the mercury was still descending , showing every probability of another night of severe frost . The barometer stood in the mornin g at 29 deg . & sec , bnt towards the evening was gradually rising . The wind veered to different quarters in the course ofa few hours , but in tbe evening was nearly due east , and blew exceedingly cold , with strong gales . The various ornamental waters in the royal parks were visited bg thousands of persons " aiming Sunday . Every precaution was taken by the officers of the
Royal Humane Society to prevent accidents onJ _* th . ice , and although very few immersions happened ,: great many parties were seriousl y injured by falling whilst sliding , and their heads coming in contact with the points of tlie skates , were cut open .- ,, A very bad accident of this description took place in St James _' s-park . A young man , whilst amusing himself on the ice , was tripped up , and falling with his forehead onthe point of another ' s skate , the flesh was laid bare , and the back of the eye exposed . Mr . _M'Cann , the surgeon to the society , promptly attended , and did all that was possible for the sufferer hut it is feared that the unfortunate individual will lose bis sight . _—Several scientific evolutions were performed by the members of the Skating Club , on the Long Water in Kensington-gardenB _. whioh were witnessed _dysome thousand persons , who , despite the extremecold , lined the bridge over the _Serpentina and the several banks
along the river . —Break up of thb Frost . —Thc frost fcas ; proved of veiy Bhort duration . There were _syaptoms of a change in . the temperature during Tuesday night , and at an early hour on Wednesday morning , the thermometer gave unmistakable evidence of the fact , the mercury rising even in exposed situations two _degrees above freezing point . As the dav advanced , 35 and 37 degrees were marked , and the principal thoroughfares , which . for two or three days had . been in a veiy satisfactory condition for travelling , presently became almost impassable , from an . _accumulation ! of inud and melted snow . The quantity of floating ice in the Thames was yesterday so great , thatthe navigation ofthe river was almost entirely stopped . Tbe _above-, bridge steamers gave " up running altogether , and very few barges were . out . The thaw ,.. which , now prevail * , will , however , soon set ; this matter right , and it may be . expected that the steamers will soon
commence running . . ,. . . Accident oh the _IcEiBrVicTOHXA . . PABK _.--i ) uring Sunday the ice onthe ornamental watersof "Victoria Park was crowded , by an ( immense number of persons _. Every precaution was adopted to prevent accidents _, for , id consequence of the great _nmt of
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v _~ _i « l _^ inM'tbat ' sported oh the ' ice ; and the rough _SSeSSo 5 ; _^ H _jrln _the-day became g ; Sd _insome parU _daugeroug , as far as regard . hSmS _^ Notwi _thstanding the repeated warnings of "Rrk-keepe « , crowds of boys and young men ™ _thcreWn th 6 se _' parts , _moit : insecnrei and . shortly SS o ' clock a large piece of the ice gave way , I _,- _^ _morRi . d a number of persons who were on -it ; A _^ _T _bTsupSosbd , the event caused a sudden rush him the ; spotf and the shock of th _£ ropid hiovement S a more extensive failure ot : the ; ice , dropping into the water ' there
_« _iiny _^ ore . _Altogether ebuld not have been less than from fifty to sixty persons immersed ' and thescene . that took _placewas one of great excitement . Fortunately the depth' of water was hot more than tliree or four feet -but as a number of children were amongst those who had fallen in , great fears we re entertained lest , they should get under the ice , - and the , thickness of ! it prevent their breaking through . After some trouble all were got out , bu t a boy had a narrow escape of losinghis life . On Monday more stringent measures were taken in keeping the crowd from this defective
part of the ice .- , . _ - ! _, _i SALB OF THB AoiooRAPn oi ; MiMON .-On __ Monday the sale by auction of the library of the late" ' Mr . John Poynder , one of the county magistrates for Surrey , wliich was commenced on Thursday week last , was concluded at the auction room of Messrs ; Sotheby and Wilkinson , ' Wellington-street , Strand , when among the property disposed of- was' ths first edition of the plays of the immortal Shakspere and an autograph of the'illustrious Milton was entitlod Arati _Solehaes Phcenomena , cum ! seholiis Gr . ;" which had been in his possession , and which , in it self , was of no particular value . The autograph signature was as follows : — " Jo Milton . '; Pre 2 s Gd ; 1631 . " On the title-page wero the words , " Cum
soloet luha semp . _aratus erit . " . ' ; There were also numerous autograph annotations interspersed throughout the book . After an active competition the lot was Bold for -61010 . The first' edition of the plays of Shakspere' was knocked down for £ 35 10 s . : . . ' . ' - '" / v . '" " - ' '' " ' _:- ' Attempted Bubgiahy . —On Tuesday night , ' bei tween the hours of twelve and one o ' clock , a daring attempt was made by some' thieves to ' enterMr . Sayers house , No . 1 , St . Petcr ' _s-squaro ; Hammersmith . Tho family had retired to rest , ' _when-Mr . Sayers' nephew , whose bedroom looks into the back garden , distinctly heard some one endeavouring to effeot an entrance by the back door . _'Waccordingly went down stairs unarmed and' cautiously withdrew the bolts ofthe door leading-to the garden , when two men dressed as labourers 'presented themselves—one of whom immediately struck
at Mr . Sayers' nephew with a sharp instrument , resembling a knife or dagger ; the blow was partially warded , but tho sleeve of his coat and shirt were cut through and his arm slightly grazed . The young gentleman then called nis uncle , who hastened at once to his assistance , but the roguosescaped . Information was immediately given to the police , but no trace of the men has been discovered . Attempt at Robbery . -- On Tuesday evening ! about a quarter past six o ' clock , two men in a light spring cart were observed to drive up alongside a waggon on the dark or south side of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , and take ibale of goods out and place it in their own conveyance . A cabman , ; who"saw the transaction , jumped off his driving box and seized the horse ' s head , when both the men instantly leaped out of the cart . The cabman courageously collared one of them , but while in conflict with him
his horse and cab ran off , and he let the ' man go to stop and secure his own property . Both the men then made off , leaving the horse and cart , also proceeding along at a rapid pace , until stopped by police constable 363 , who although near the spot' was unable to arrive in time to secure either : of the men . The horse and cart with the bale of goods were taken to the Fleet-street station , and on opening the lat--ter , it was found to contain 500 pairs of soldiers trowsers , the property of Messrs . Hibbett and Co ., the army clothiers in Pall-mall , which was identified by the carman , who said they were stolen while he was driving his , waggon along the dark side of St . Paul _' _a-churchyard . The horse is about fourteen hands high , with a white star on the _, forehead and a sore fetlock . The cart is a light spring one , ' painted green and picked out with white . The horse , cart , and bale were detained , and every inquiry is now being instituted .
Relief of Metrofolitan Destitution . —On Tuesday the City Kitchen was opened for the relief ofthe distressed poor , to whom bread , coals and potatoes were plentifully distributed . At the Leicestersquare Soup Kitchen , Ham-yard , Great Windmiilstreet , 1 , 500 poor creatures were relieved . At the Model Soiip Kitchen , Bath-street , New-road , upwards of 800 were relieved . At the Westminster Soup Kitchen , _Lewisham-street , Broad Sanctuary , upwards of 900 were furnished with food . The Marylebone , Finsbury and Spitalfields Benevolent Associations commenced their distribution of bread ; meat and coals . A society , of benevolent individuals are about to fit up several of the arches of the South Western Railway in Lambeth , as a shelter for the houseless during the present inclement season . On Monday night no fewer than twelve individuals were found in the streets overpowered by the intense cold .
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FKIGHTFUIi SCEIfE AT WoMBWELL 8 MeNAGERIB AT CHATHAM .-rDBATH OF THE , " LlOM Queen . "—On Saturday evening last an inquest was held at the Golden Lion Inn , Chatham , before J . Hinde , Esq ., coroner for West Kent , touching the death of Ellen Bright , a young girl aged seventeen , who was killed onthe previous evening by a tiger in the establishment of Mr . George Wombwell , whioh had arrived in that town for exhibition on the . preceding day . —Stephen King , the first witness . examined , said he had been in the employ of Mr . Wombwell as keeper for tbe last six years . ¦ . The _deceased was a niece of Mr . _Wombwell's and daughter of John Bright , a bugle player in the band . It was the business of the deceased to go into the
dens and perform with the beasts , which she had been in the habit of doing several times daily for the ; last twelve months . On Friday evening , shortly after nine o ' clock , she went into the den in which a lion and tiger were kept , forthe purpose of performing , as usual ; the tricks played by her being principally with the former animal . She had only been in two or three minutes , but had gone through the main performance , excepting that of making the lion set down in a particular part of the cage , when the tiger being in her way , the deceased struck it slightly with , , a small whip which she carried in her hand . . The beast growled as if in anger , and crouching close , to the bottom of the den , stretched out its paw , as if at her dress , causing the deceased , to fall _^ sideways
against the cage , the animal at the moment springing at her , and _seiiing her furiously by the neck , inserting the teeth of the upper jaw in her chin , and . in closing his mouth , inflicting frightful injury on the throat by his pangs . He then appeared ; to change his position , making a second gripe across the throatof his victim . A keeper who was standing on the step . of the den , armed with a whip , . immediately rushed to her assistance , but the . animal did not loose its hold until struck over the nose violently with an iron bar , and whilst King held the animal , the unfortunate female was removed from the cage bleeding profusely and life all but extinct . She was taken into one of the . caravans where she was immediately attended by two medical gentlemen
who happened to be present at the time of the occurrence . —By the Jury : The animal had never exhibited symptoms of animosity before . All the animals appeared very fond of deceased , and she . of them . Witness had frequently heard Mr . Wombwell _ssy he wished there was no lion queen . Witness thought if she had kept the whip from the animal it would not have attacked her . Deceased has never exhibited any symptoms of fear , and had _frequency gone into the den to the animals when there had been no company present , for practice and pastime . It bad been said that perhaps , it happened because the beast had not been fed , as it was a few minutes past their time . In answer to that witness could . only say he had frequently seen her go
amongst the : animals ; on Mondays , and they had not been fed : on , the previous day . —Richard Cooper Todd , surgeon attached to ; the Royal ,. Artillery , stationed in Brompton Barracks , said , he -was witnessing the exhibition at the time of the occurrence , and was . standing close to the rope in front of the den . -He saw the deceased enter , and on ' going in the tiger did not . appear to be very friendly with her ; she _stiuck him on going in and he laid down ; She then proceeded to her performances with : the lion , and afterwards turned round and . again struck the tiger . It . appeared , angry and immediately seemed to turn upon the , deceased , rearing upon his hind legs and seising ; her by the neck : she fellonher back _^ d thetiger . crouching over her , ' he saw . ho more of her until removed from the deh _^ . when lie hastened ; to her assistance _., She was , _nerfectlv
insensible , and had lost a great deal . of blood , and her face and lips were very pate . She was still ; alive the heart was beating , , but she waa perfectly unconscious . Witness placed his hand on the . wound in the neck to stop the bleeding , and administered some ! brandy to deceased , but fine _wasr unable ! to swallow it , and in a very few _minutea _. her heart ceased to beat , There were four wounds , on the left side of the neck , a slight wound on the ri ght leg , and another on : the chin , caused by the teeth of the tiger , the under jaw of the animal having caused a very large wound ; under ihe chin , which , aided by the shock her system had sustained , produced death . — The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased was killed by a male tiger , whilst exhibiting in its den , _; and expressed , a strong opinion . _^ against the practiceof allowing persona to perform in a den with animals . ! ¦ , f ¦
, . _TlM . FoRGKBIBS _OJTTHK MON MOUTHSHIRE BaNK _y Respectingthe _^ above forgeries ; we are enabled to state _thatjlenry New , horse-dealer , > ofLedburv one of . th _0 i parties proved to _^ have uttered the forged notes at Monmouth , has been apprehended in Birmingham , _byPolico-Saperinte n _/ _ent William ShSd ,
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of Ledbury , -and hat been taken . to Monmouth , _whereihehWuhu _' _ei-gohe _aneMtniHtttiottf Jtw _^ P _: _ftsed that New utter _^ land note at Wihchcombe , in _Gloucestershire m the early part of last yeari and he was' advertised iti the was successful enough to apprehend bim a tew _^ _ays ago iii Birmingham , he mataagedto elude the _vig'Iwce of those who have been on the look-out for him . Several cases of uttering forged noteshave been proved against New at Monmouth , and he stands remanded fo _^ r further examination . New is a man of _notorioua — -- ,- n i ' iniiii
bad character , and has , we belieVe , been more than bnee _' eorivicted of _Wony ., We hear that the org _« d notes oh Messrs ; Bailey and Co . ' _s bank ; already discovered to have heen issued , amount to over * l , «/ 0 . It is- stated that the firm have it iri contemplation to increase the amount of , reward which they have already offered for the apprehension and _csnviction of the utterers ; and . we have also heard that they have applied to tlie Secretary of State to offer on adjlitionar ire ward , and a free pardon to any accomplice , who will give such information-as may lead to the conviction of the rest of the offenders . — Hereford
Times . - ; ' . ' . " . " - _ ' _.,.-.,. DlSTBE _^ _S _WaRHAMT AGAINST THE LONnOHANO North-Wbstkbn Railwat Company , at _BAnioxi nbar Manchester . —A few weeks ago a case came on for hearing before the Salford magistrateB _. at the New Bailey Court-house ! in which the London and No rth-Western Railway ¦ Company wefa the appellants , against a rate laid upon that portion of the Liverpool and MancheBter section of their lines lying within the : township of Barton-upon-Irwell ; The rate levied was £ 1 , 336 9 s . 6 d ., and of this the company had paid £ 670 . ' The magistrates on that occasion decided that-the company were too late with their appeal , they , haying allowed three special and three quarter _sesMohs to pass over without coming forward with their case . They were ordered , therefore , to pay . the remainder of the rate , and the overseers of the poor understood that they would do so ; but upon an application being made to them shortly
afterwards , they again objected , and accordingly a summons was taken out against them . * On the day of hearing , however , it appeared that the magistrates on the bench ( Messrs . Brandt and J . H . Wanklyn ) were shareholders ofthe company ; and therefore the case was adjourned until the 10 th inst .,. when a more impartial bench should be sitting . The case haying been again . entered into , Mr . Kent , solicitor , who appeared in order to watch the proceedings on behalf of the company , was asked by Mr . Trafford , the magistrate , ; whether the company were prepared to pay . He replied in the negative , and he was then informed that a warrant oi distress would be taken out against the company , This will probably be done in a few days . Thc company object to pay the full rate , be _< _oause : they contend that their property has much depreciated in value , on account of the diminution of the traffic upon this part of the line , within tbe last _fewmonths .
; ThrBATBNED COMMITTAL OP THE POSTMASTER of Liverpool for Contempt of Court . —In the Bankruptcy Court at Liverpool , bn the 11 th inst ., Mr . C . B . Banning , the postmaster at the Liverpool Post-office , was summoned to answer a charge of having refused to comply with an order , issued by Mr . Commissioner Stevenson , 'directing him to forward to Mr . Cazenovej the official assignee , all letters which might come to the post-office directed to George Olney , who has recently been declared a bankrupt , and who . has . absconded . In support of his refusal to comply with the birder ofthe court , Mr . Banning exhibited the instructions of the Postmaster-General , which he considered himself bound to obey , whether he infringed the law or not . Mr . Evans who appeared on behalf of the official assignees , then intimated his intention of applying for a warrant for
the committal of Mr . Banning to Lancaster Castle , in the event of his persisting in his refusal . As Mr . Banning still declined to depart from his instructions , Mr . Evans moved for his committal to prison for contempt of court , underthe 124 th section ofthe Bankruptcy Consolidation Act . Mr . Commissioner Perry , in giving judgment , said that great delays in bankruptcy proceedings had arisen in consequence of the London Post-office authorities throwing obstacles in the way of the act being carried out . He should at once order a warrant to be made out for the committal of Mr . Banning to prison for contempt of court in refusing to deliver up the letters . _MK Banning , then , _considering the judgment of the court a sufficient protection for him in delivering up the letters , handed them over to the official assignee ., —Liverpool Chronicle . '
Charge , of Bill Stealing from av Under-GRAnuATE at Cambrid ge . —On Monday a case was heard atthe Cambridge police court . ; Henry alios '' Baffy" Corn well was charged , with stealing a bill of exchange for £ 12 10 s ., the property of Mr . Charles Heath , an undergraduate of Emmanuel College . The evidence , which wassomewhat lengthy , went to show that on Monday the 7 th of January the prosecutor , with some of his familiars , were at a notorious house known as , " Brook ' s , * ' or . "Thatched Cottage , " in Barnwell , and that the prisoner was also there . The latter entered into conversation with Heath , and _asked _. him whether he wanted to borrow £ 5 or £ 10 . Heath wavered , hesitated , and declined , but finally agreed to meet the , prisoner at the _saine place , and
afterwards at the " Fountain , a public house in St . Andrew ' _s-street , to talk the matter over . To "The Fountain" the prosecutor was accompanied by two other undergraduates , and , it was agreed that £ 10 should be advanced by the prisoner to the prosecutor , upon . the latter giving him as security a bill at three months , for £ 1210 s . . A second arrangement was also made , with another undergraduate for an advance on the same terms , and the prisoner went out and returned with the bills ready drawn . Heath read the one given him to sign , and found that it was drawn at two instead of three months . A more cautious friend who was with tbe prosecutor advised him not to sign the bill till he got the money , or at any rate to have £ 10 10 s . as consideration if the bill
was allowed to stand at two months . This Cornwell agreed to , and the . bills being , signed , betook them away , to get "his friend" to discount them , saying the acceptors would not be called on under three months . He made an appointment to hand the money over that evening but failed , and after sundry evasions , pulled out some oats , and said it was very difficult to obtain / money , so he had taken some oats and some money for the bill . There was a good deal of _laughter in court while the prosecutor was giving his evidence , which was increased by a suggestion that there was probably some " chaff ' . ' with the oats . Prosecutor said he did nofc know how that might be , but he knew he had had plenty of" chaff " since . In answer to the prisoner ' s attorney , the prosecutor said the oats could not be for his " ponv at Brook ' s , " as he did not keep , one there . He did not lodge there ,
and declined to answer a further question in reference thereto . It further appeared that Cornwell had passed the bill witb another : to Mr . Francis Eaden , a brewer , in payment of an account he owed him for beer / which he is in the . habit * of selling in booths , fairs , -fee . For neither of the two bills thenobtained had the prisoner given one penny consideration . After hearing legal gentlemen on both sides , the bench decided that the property in a bill is vested in the drawer , _eo long as it is in his possession , and that the charge of felony could not be sustained , the case was consequently dismissed . _Therewas a similar charge against the prisoner atthe instance of Mr . W . C . Uurrell , also an undergraduate , but this was withdrawn on the understanding that an indictment will be pursued at _theaasuesfor obtaining the _secu-: rities under false pretences . The prisoner was then discharged .
Desperate Affray with Poachers at Hornbt . —Ab _» ut three o ' clock on Saturday morning last , a savage encounter took place between a gang of poachers and three of the keepers in the service of Pudsey Dawson , Esq ., of Hornby Castle . For some time past the preserves of this gentleman have suffered froni the nightly attacks of these uncertificated gentry , and he had resolved on the adoption of effectual measures for their suppression . With this view , Mr ., Richard Sutton , the head gamekeeper , received instructions to procure additional assistance in order that the grounds might be more thoroughly watched . On the morning -previously mentioned , the keeper , with two other men , named Enoch Knowles and John Herst , proceeded towards the preserves . On entering the Great Park , which is about a mile from the castle , they found that the
poachers were at work in the immediate vicinity . The keepers immediately rushed towards the place , and discovered four men with guns , by whom they were instantly attacked . A very savage affray commenced , the poachers using the butt-ends of their guns , resulting in the complete discomfiture of their _, watchers who were left in a senseless state by their assailants . Herst was the first to regain sensibility , and found hiB companions unable to proceed home lie gave an alarm , and assistance being procured , his companions were removed home . At first the lives of Sutton and Knowles were considered in danger , but an improvement is manifested , - and hopes are entertained of their recovery . The remains of three gun-stocks were found at the scene of the struggle , and a doth cap belonging to one ofthe poachers , tiie inside ot which , from the marks of blood , testified that the owner has not escaped seathless .
Poaching in thb Royal Preserves . — Mr . Collett and the Game Laws . — A short time since two labouring men _hamsd Steers and Cane , ' residing at Suflfling-hill , were convicted before two of the county magistrates , P . H . Crutchley , and Henry Seymour , _Esqg . , at Windsor , upon the evidence of Henry Dadley , gamekeeper to her Majesty , of tres passing on the royal preserves at Winkiield , in search of game . , They wereordered to pay tl * full penalty of 20 a . each , and 8 s . costs : and in default of immediate payment they were sentenced to two months ' " _roP""'onmeut and hard _labour'in the county gaol at Reading . The particulars of , this case having been communicated to Mr . John Collett , the late member for _Athlone , a check forthe amount' of the penalties and costs was , forwarded by that gi _^ _tJeaian from Lake-house ,, Cheltenham , to Lieut . '¦ . _lackett , ; the governor of ' the county prison "' and the ? Men were liberated after a few day ' s incarceration . i
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Enthusiasm -fob ; PaoiECTioN . Mr . J _« nkm Thomas * bookseller , and Mr ., Roger _Lidstone , ' ditto , both of _themj m young Mr ' _lUshleigh ; of Mehabilly , used to say . " Stanch'but hot bigoted conservatives , "' have had twocopies of theExeter'Protoction petition ! lying on their counters for signature : for the last 15 days at ; least . v .-That in . Mr . Thomas ' s boutique had received on Friday afternoon actually 18 , signatures _, and that in Mr . _Lidstpnes ' sishop , where the clergy most' do congregate , had ll , autograpes--that is 29 signatures for the ' two ' _petitiohs , or nearly' one a day for each _^—Pl _ymoutli Journal . .,: - _, ?• a _MnnTHTR . —Attempted _MuROKii . —Late on the bight of . the _, lOinit ., ; a diabolical attempt at murder wa 9 made at Aberdare . It appears that , ror some time _M- _^ - _-. _..-- _^ _-: _:.::.. r _. _Jankia
past ' the greater _humbisr of the ' sea-coal nien , at Cadlys and _otherworks , ' have struck for an advance of wages . Some continued to work , despite the threats of the . others . Owingto these thre & ta , which the colliers so often receive as they learo work , there is a va « _st amount of ill feeling _exiting between the two parties . On the night in question the house of Wm . Jenkins , Mill-street , was visited . by , it is supposed , a gang of the " strikers . " ' The first notice given of there being any one outside , was a stone thrown with considerable , violence at the door ,, _eridently for the purpose of attracting the attention of Jenkins , who waB then in bed , and getting him to the window . Immediately after a shot was fired through tha window , luckily escaping the : intended victim . The . _miacreantsi thinking : by the silence
maintained in the house , that their deed was accomplished , decamped ; and though every exertion has since been mide by our police force to find out the guilty ; parties , ho . clue has yet been obtained of them . On examination ofthe premises , some slugs with which the gun must have been loaded , were found in the bed-post ; and within a few inches of the head of Jenkins . Three colliers are how under examination for having threatened other colliers _^ as they were leaving work , with severe punishment , if they continued" working . Unless some agreement is made between masters and men , we are afraid this occurrence -will be but the prelude to others . £ 20 has been offered for the apprehension of the misguided men who committed this !' outrage , but up to the present time no arrest has taken place . —Cam-1 brian . '¦ ' " ¦'¦'•' . ¦ ' '
Improved State op the Fen Villages in Lincolnshirb . —In the parish of Moulton , in the Fens , which contains upwards of two thousand inhabitants , the number of deaths during tbe past year has not reached thirty ; in the last century , when the population was not halt ' what it now is , the deaths in each year would frequently be about eighty , arid the average fifty : thus , ' according to the average mortality of fifty years ago , the . number of deaths annually at this time would exceed 100 , whilst . it appears the average of , the last twenty years hai been only thirty-nine deaths . This truly gratifyinsr _resul t is probably owing in a great measure to the drainage of the Fens ; to which may , be added the improvements oi medical science , good roadsand the general
, spread of knowledge . A Mtsterious Parcel . —Last week a carrier named Stewart was desired by Mr . and Mrs . Smith , of the Unicorn Inn , Farnham , to call at the Reading station of the Great Western Railway , and inquire if there was a parcel for a lady staying at their house , and Dixon , one of the railway porters , stated that there was a parcel directed "Mrs . Smith , to be left at the Reading station till called for , carriage paid , Paddington . " It was a round-shaped package , covered with canvas , and sewn round the address . It was given to the carrier , who . took it to the Unicorn , but it not being the parcel expected by the landlord or _ladyj they declined to receive it . Stewart then conveyed it to another Mrs , Smith , who
lives m East-street , who opened it in the presence of himself and two other persons .:, On the canvas being removed , a light chip box , covered with paper , was found . The box waa forced open , and iii it was found the ' body of a female child , wrapped up in a coarse cloth , Mr . Newell , the constable , was called to take charge of it , and on Mr . Knowles , a surgeon attending , he pronounced it to be the body of a newly born infant . A post mortem examination showed that it had been born alivo , and from the traces , of violence on the face and . head , he had a a strong suspicion that it had met its death by unfair means . The railway porter stated that the Enrcel reached the Reading station on the 24 th of _lecembor _, by the seven o ' clock train from
Paddington . It remained in his custody till fetched by Stewart . He noticed that it had an offensive smell , but he thought it contained dead game . In order that the police might have an opportunity of _solving the mystery connected with the fate ofthe deceased child , the inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight . Robbery _trou a Solicitor ' s Clirk . — The office of Messrs . Bagshaw and Sons , solicitors , Manchester , was entered last week , during the night , and upwards of £ 80 in gold and notes stolen from the safe . Suspicion having attached itself to a discharged copying clerk , named Hughe * , he wasopprehetiied , and £ 40 In gold found in his possession The rest ofthe money was discovered concealed in a ditch on the Stretford-road , where Hughes confessed
to have hidden it . It appears that he had entered Mr . Bagshaw ' _s premises during the day , and concealed himself with the view of effecting ' the robbery after the closing of the office . He was examined before the magistrates on Saturday last , and committed for trial . . . . "' . . StfPPOSEO MPBOER OF THREE MEN AT LYNN . —For some time since , the greatest excitement has prevailed in tbe town of Lynn , in consequence of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of two male persons , and from the inquiries m » de by the magistrates and police , no doubt is entertained of the missing persons having been murdered . A reward of £ 2 W has been offered by the government for the apprehension of the murderers , and a pardon to any accomplice , not being the actual perpetrator of the murder , in either case , who shall give such evidence
as will lead to the same result . One of the missing persons is named John Bell , eighty-one years of age , five feet _seyen inches high , mis & ing since the 13 th of November last ; , the , second , John Kirk , was fifty years of age , five feet six ihcheB high , missing since tbe 12 th of October last , when he had a silver watch and £ 16 in his _poBsession . Within the last few days another man , about twenty years old , has been missing . It seems that he . took a lodging for a night at an inn at Purfleet-bridge , Lynn , » hd , after taking off bis boots and putting on a pair of slippers , he . went into the street , ¦ and has not since been heard of . —A . Reward of Two Hundred Guineas , with her Majesty ' s free pardon to an accomplice , has been offered for such information as will lead to the discovery of . the : murderers of either ofthe three men whose recent sudden disappearance has excited such intense interest at Lynn .
Esoapk of A ; Murderer from a Lunatic Astlom . —During the whole of the present week there has been a police officer from Lancaster in this town , in quest of a criminal lunatic , named Joseph Green , who on Sunday last contrived to effect his escape from the county Lunatic Asylum at Lancaster , and has not since been heard of . Many of our readers , no doubt , recollect the murder which ; led to Green s incarceration , as it was committed in Manchester some thirteen _^ or fourteen years ago . At the time of its commission , Green , who . was then working as a factory operative , lived in Factory-court , Blakeleystreet , _; Shudehill ; and suspecting that his wife had formed a criminal intimacy with a sawyer , he got up early one morning , as if going to his work , and as his
wife lay sleeping in bed cut her throat with a razor , and nearly severed her head fromher body . At the next ensuing assizes he was tried for the murder , when the evidence of his guilt was most conclusive , but as it was proved that he had previously sustained some injury on his head , which . at times induced symptoms of insanity , the jury found a verdict of "Guilty" under insanity ... In consequence of this verdict the sentence ' upon Green was that he should be imprisoned during the pleasure of the Crown , and he was accordingly , incarcerated in Kirkdale . Whilst there he kept a sort of diary or logbook , in the pages of which he recorded several charges against the
governor , the result of which was the cause of a great deal of unpleasantness , which led to his removal to the Lancaster Asylum . Thero his good conduct obtained him many indulgences , and being of an ingenious turn he was furnished with a box of tools , and allowed to make manylittle articles , such as ladies ' workboxes , < fec ., which he sold to parties visiting the asylum . Recently his continued orderly behaviour led to still further kindness on the part of the governor , and he was all but suffered to go at large about the grounds , and on _Sunday ' lasthe bade a final farewell to the place . A reward is offered for his apprehension . —Manchester Courier . , *"
Extbnmvb Manupcturb op Basb Coif . * . —There seems to be at present one or more mints of base coin at work upon , an extensive scale in London . From time to time within the last few weeks the Manchester police have received notice from the metropolis to be on the alert , as parcels of base halfcrowns and five shilling pieces were being despatched to trusty agents here . Accordingly Mr . Beswiek , tho superintendent of police , set two detective officers : to watch the London-road railway station ; A brown parcel , evidently , of coin , arrived from London on lhursday night at the station . The direction , " John Ihompson , ; at Mrs . Heron ' s Temperance ; Hotel , _Lever-street » was copied , and Mr . Beswiek , ¦ with Messrs . Buckley , Gee , and Porter , went to the hotel
early in the morning . In the upper room they foHnd a man in bed , who gave his name W . Browne . In a room adjoining they found two persons sitting at 'he fire , who called themsolves John and Louisa Thompson . In the lap of the woman was abundle of base halt-crowns , and a large quantity more wrapped up in parcels of eight each , lying on the : bed . The brown cover of the parcel ( which had justbefore been delivered from the railway / , was also found . They were taken into custody .- Altogether the amount of base money found was £ 14 10 s ., which Thompson assured Mr . Beswiek was the entire quantity-received . -The coin is one of the best'imitations ever executed , and it is difficult to see the -difference between -it-and _theA well-worn ugood ' . half-crown . ' They are dated'George > III ; 1817 ; _J . George ; III . ? 1819 ; and George IV ., 1836 . The principal ingre-
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dient in their _comppsitipii is bismuth . i _^ i hey _^ are highly finished dffhy _eleotro-plating . _' _^ The " ring » _Isldenticalwith the _gcnuinesilrer , which _raakeB it all the more herniary for the _pobhefto -be _^ on their guard ; " We believe that the steps taken to wateh these desperate rogues _wiUhaye the effect of check _, ing th-ir operations in this quarter . ' Simuar parcels of base money havebeen dropped recently at . various stations ' oa the railway _linej between London and Manchester . ' ! _^! ;'„ , - ' 7 , Trade of _Sheffikld— -It affords us much pleasure to be able to state that the general revival of the staple trades of Sheffield , to which we have of late occ * 8 ionally referred , continues steadil y to progress , and that men of extensive observation and experience regard jt as tho commencement ofa period of unequivocal ' , ' commercial prosperity . The 8 prine-knifa client in their . _comppsition is _. _bisraufo ; _^ d they _^ re
trade , which has suffered from the la to depression mth almost unmitigated severity , has at length regained a fair measure Of aotivity . The operatives in that branch of industry , alive to this fact , havo issued a _placard calling a public meeting of their body , with a view to an organisation , having for its object an advance of price * ., "The object of the meeting _. ( says the placard , ) will be to take into consideration the best means of improving our con * dition . It is a well kn < -wn fact , that from great der _presion of trade , and for want of proper thought and action , we have not been able to maintain a proper position in society . . .. . We also fully believe that from . the increasing demand for oar goods , on effort only need be made on our part , to obtain that remuneration for ourlabour which we so justly deserve . ' '—Sheffield Times .
Mimosa in Devonshire .- —A sad affair has occurred at Buckland , which has created a groat sensation in the nei ghbourhood . About four months ago a farmer named Bird , being in want of a servant , _ap- _^ plied to the union , and took therefrom the daughter ofa man named Parsons , who was transported somo years since from Exeter . She was well recommended by thc governor . On Saturday last the girl died , and an inquest was hold on her body , the result of which proves her death was : the result of illtreatment . A verdict of " Wilful Murder " was returned against the farmer and his wife , and they have „ been committed to the county gaol to await their trial at the assizes . ' The treatment of the deceased , as deposed to by the various witnesses , was brutal in the extreme , and the description of her body , as given by the surgeon , Mr . Gunner , and others , horrified the assembly in the court . Itis
sufficient to say that her body was a mass of wounds , bruises , and abscesses , ' and cuts from whips , sticks , & c . ; and the deceased was reduced to this frightful condition by the prisoners . Their conduct excited the deepest indignation , and it _was ' with difficulty that tho _ perpetrators of this crime were kept by thepolice-officers from tho hands of the infuriated mob on their being conveyed from the court to the prison . So much excitement has not been witnessed In this p lace since the unfortunate omnibus accidentthree years ago . On the morning of thoir departure for Exeter , the bridge , which they had to cross , was thronged b y hundreds of people ; but the authorities judiciously ordered a car at the gaol door , in which the prisoners were - conveyed two miles out of town , to await the arrival of the Exeter mail . No doubt , if this step had not been , taken , the prisoners would have been torn to pieces .
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The Protection Movement . —Lord _Downshirennd the gentry , who were defeated at the meeting convened b y themselves in Downpatrick _. _j on Wednesday , subsequently assembled at a private meeting , at which the High-Sheriff presided , and adopted a series . of resolutions , urging a moderate duty on the agricultural products of foreign countries , " or _,, at least , upon the products of such countries _asdeciined to reciprocate the principles of free trade . " " A petition , with this prayer , is to be forwarded to Lord Castlereagh , for presentation in the House of Commons .
The _Monogan Standard , the local Protectionist journal ; attributes the failure of the recent county meeting to the cowardice of many of the gentry and the repugnance of the tenant-farmers to join in the demand for food taxation . Tenant Movement . —The Banner of Ulster describes the progress ' of the tenant protection movement in the northern provinces , as distinguished from rack-renting protection . A working central body is to be formed in Belfast . A tenant-right association has been established in Holywood , county Down , and on Tuesday a meeting is to be held at Saintfield , in the same county . _R-ebwmioks 05 Rest . —FttVthcr reductions havobeen made by the Court of Chancery . On thc Evans
estate , county Monaghan , tho receiver has been directed to remit an entire year ' s rent , and to make a permanent abatement of twenty per cent ., from May , 1848 , together with the remission of the tithe rent-charge . Although slow to act , ihe Court , of Chancery is taking this bold and effectual course forthe relief and sustainment of the tenantry . A second meeting of the tenantry on the estates ofthe Marquis of Hertford , in the county of Antrim , was held at Maragall on Saturday last , when a deputation was appointed to wait upon the noble marquis _, with a memorial , for a reduction of rent suitable to the exigencies of the times . Lawof LANDLORn and Tenant . —A paragraph in the Limerick Examiner announces that Mr . Major , the assistant-barrister at Clare , in addressing the quarter sessions grand jury on Friday , intimated to them tbat he had high authority for stating that a
bill would be introduced in the coming session of Parliament which would preclude landlords from recovering by any process of law rent that was not in keeping with the Poor Law valuation . Another Limerick paper ( the Chronicle ) gives currency to the following rumour : — " The report in the law circles last term was that the Irish Court of Chancery and Equity Exchequer would he dispensed with ; but the contrary is the fact , as thoro is a bill prepared for Parliament to appoint a _Tice-Chancelfor in Dublin , and who is to _take charge of the Encumbered Estates Bill . The salary will be £ 5 , 000 a-year , and Mr . Monahan , the Attorney-General , is nominated for the office . " Election Rumours . —Sir Thomas Herbert , it is said , is canvassing the borough of Tralee , on the assumption that Mr . Maurice O'Conneil is about to retire from the representation—an event , it is added , on which there is no certain announcement .
The report of the retirement of Mr . John O Bnen from the representation of the city of Limerick , which was mentioned several day 3 since in the Times , was current in Limerick and Ennis on Saturday . As previously stated , Mr . O'Brien and his constituents are said to hold adverse opinions onthe question of free trade . The _"Ulsteu Roman Catholics and Lord Clarendon . — Tho Roman Catholics of Ulster have drawn up a , long memorial to the Earl of Clarendon , setting forth in extenso tbe facts connected with the affray at Dolly ' s Brae , together with the subsequent proceedings adopted by the Executive , and praying that his Excellency would take further measures to bring to justice all the parties implicated in the
transaction .. The memorial , which , according to the Northern Whi g , has received the signatures of 60 , 000 persons , concludes as follows : — " Your memorialists believe that they have truly detailed facta j and , in approaching your Excellency now , they are anxious , most respectfully , to lay before you their views and wishes . They can most solemnly assert that they are alone influenced by a hope to preserve the purity of the law , by removing that factious and intolerant spirit which has _ohsructed its administration in this province , refusing to take its interpretation from the known and responsible advisers of the Crown in this country , and declining to assist your Excellency in your endeavours to put down party , and invest iustice with
an appearance that would welcome the confidenco ofthe poor , and not excite their resentment or fears . Your memorialists further believe that the law will nofc be respected , ' nor its _administration supported , in the province of Ulster , as long as magistrates act as partisans , and zealously mark out as victims for political vengeance the Catholic people of the north , whilst they ahield against the just power of the law tho Orange aggressor . Influenced by these considerations , anxious that in a free state the social privileges , the _livos _, and the property of all classes of hor Majesty ' a subjects should be respected by the magistrate , and protected by the law under-his administration , they most earnestly and respectfully entreat your Excellency to consider tho
tacts _. they have submitted to you , and jn the pure and exalted use of that power with which you are invested , to give stabilit y to constitutional autho * rity , and its free and Impartial exercise—to prov © to the Catholic people of this empire that creed is no distinction where justice iB concerned , by superseding in the commission of the peace those mag istrates who , at a petty session held in Castlewellatt on the 9 th ef October last , refused to take informations against persons proved to have formed a portion of an avowedly illegal assembly . Your memorialists might entreat your Excellency to instruct the resident magistrates in that district , to take the informations thus refused , but they believe that such a course would screen from a merited punishment those magistrates whose " contumacy , or
disregard of their duty , should necessitate its adoption , andin the spirit of justice , and with avowed animosity to faction , the _^ submit , ¦ that the officer of agovernment who will not yield to its instruction or advice should be removed from his situation , and hot supported in his opposition , by placing his responsibility on another ' 8 shoulders . Your memorialists hope that they do not approach your Excellency in vain . , Believing _. that you oannot bo intimidated , from _, doing justice , and thereby creating confidence , your , memorialists " expect that the law will be sustained' by , jour Excellency ' s government , irrespective of the- reli gious or politioai opinions held bytho delinquent parties ;" . . _;•;;; _, ; : _- , 7 , _-. ; - _. .. . _^ Borouqh . ' of TBALBB _.- ' -Tjie 'Kerry Folt has the tollowing :-. «• it waB _confidentiall y asserted in town
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 19, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19011850/page/6/
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