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England Again Dishonoured! Important Plj...
i . ies , ries , and rather than yield without guarantees of LM , Ety , wmiW give Oporto to tbe flames and perish cd urd in hand . ( Immense applause . ) I repeat that ins intervention degrades England in the eyes of iwa worid . France and _Anuria are at this mott tint _threatening to interfere in Switzerland for the jposrpose of arresting the march of Democracy . It ans _ans as though Byron's prediction was . about to be i isedisec : — " K the free Switz _< = r yet bestrides alone His _chainless mountains , ' tis but for a time ; I ' or Tyranny of late has cunning grown , And in its own good season tramples down The sparJtles of our ashes . " _lFr French and Ati .-triaa intervention takes place Sw Switzerland , what will tbe English government
li i ? When Cracos ? was _confiscatul . _"Palvceraton's _tteiotest was _ltnown to be a sham , and the despots aatoafed it _sccordingly ; but after tbis intervention I Pc ] Portugal any" protest" by our government against ccntcrvention In _Switzerland -would be met by a roar Uer derision at every court in Europe . This meetin _* i * pa proof that the people arc _beginning to think ior Tmiemselves , and to combine for their protection _uioainst the conspiracy of tyrants . The people _sb « j beginning to understand tbat foreign as well as _tneunestic questions do affect them ; that a blow racVack at Liberty on the Tagus is an injury to the yr . ter . dscf Freedom on the Thames ; that tbe success ] Ri Republicanism in France would be the doom of _rrayramry In every other land ; and the triumph of i . aglngland ' s democratic Charter would be the
salvam cm of tho millions _throughout _Europe . ( Great _apiinsans _* _-. ) From this spot 1 appeal to the electors a ; d _m-en-eleetors of Tiverton _against Lord Palmerston ' 9 IHediey . ( Cheers . ) I tell tbat constituency that if no tttetter man can be found , nnd tbey will accept _t » y _Tvirvices , I will meet Lord Pa ' niorstoii , teeth to stlcth on the hustings , v » ith the crv of " Poland and nrtortueal ! The Charter and no Surrender ! " ( _Entnsinsiasiic nnd long-continuedchcei ing . ) 'Tl The resolution was then pnt from the chair , and _uasanimously adopted . 3 M Mr Samuel Ktotj—( applause )—moved the second _r _eixsolntion , as follows : — . "I That as thousands of British _subjects are at the premium time perishing of want , and _dyin ? cf _fanaine , we * _"eieem it to be a most criminal misappropriation of our _ntivtionsl resources to maintain immense naval and
_iniliiwjarj armaments for the purpose of keeping the people in nlmbjeetion at home , aud of assisting despotism abroad . * i * e ** e . therefore , appeal to tbe good sense and manliness of nnur _couatrjmen ta _effect a speedy alteration in this li'tite of things , bj demanding and securing their political iti > : tihts , without which thej Will _nerer ba > able to do more ; . 'h tn protest against the corrupt practices ofour _govern-Luattt , I he speaker said—When I listen to such speeches -a h we have just heard ; when I hear of tho peasant : avar of Germany ; ofthe Croinwellian commonwealth if jf England ; of the history of kings , and the fate If ii peoples ; the history of the world rises before » e > e as one va 3 t panorama , exhibiting Beenes ! f > f wrong , itijustice , fraud , oppression , and blood .
E imagine I see in one hemisphere inquisitions and _laiastiles . and on them written " kings and priests ;" ! iiiL > the other hemisphere Is observable glimmerings of ieiebt _manifested in philosophy , reason , nature , and rJcedom , on it wrii ' en " progression , truth , inquiry , misticeand right , " bearing the motto of " no kings , if i _pipposed to the will of man . " ( Cheers . ) The struggle Un the Portuguese Junta against tbe _perfiaiy , _uuachery and despotism of Donna Maria is a leaf 0 * _Itbis history , and tbe support given to Portugal ' s _recreant monarch is the old league of kings against _loeonles revived—crowned usurpation opposed to growling democracy . ( Cheers . ) Leave for a moment _diplomacy and treaties _, and CGme with me to the royal mews _» 0 i _Windsor _, the stables and _coacb-tfiicc-s of Queen
ll " ctoria of England , and there you will discover the btrue treaty—signs tbat will indicate i he reasons why tithe Junta is broken up and tbe Queen of Portugal _SBupported . There stand the light and tasteful _carrriage presented by Louis Philippe of France , the theavy sledge ofthe Emperor of Russia , and tbe dirty [ pauper carriage of a poor German adventurer—thus , Bade by side , are represented the traitor of tbe _Barrrit-ades , the cold _jfero of the _Itortb _, and the pcor _vtoya } begear-boy . ( Cheers . ) I have gazed on them and thought of Poland and Koscio _** ko ; of sunny _IFrance , and the blood of the men of 1 TS 9 and 1 S 30 . . 1 have remembered that the restoration of the _Bour-Ibui family on the tbr * ne of France cost England i £ S 50 , QOO . QOO sterling ; tbatthe Frenrh deposed
'Charles the Tenth ; and tbat fifteen years' rule of ithe Bourbon family , ruling by the right inhuman , of E-is .-lisb gold and man ' s blood , was _bought at the jprice of £ 1 , 642 , 513 daily , and the regular murder iof 384 human beings per day ; and I have said , Why lis it tbat Louis Philippe is here represented ? The answer followed—There is a relation , by interest , in " kings ; and the crowned heads of Europe are in league against ( he people of Europe , and the antidote to the evil is for the people of the world to fraterni . _* _-e- _ - _ _loud cheers )—to combine against kings , just as kings conspire against them . ( Lond applause . ) All m _* . n are brethren , and right is universal . The support now given by the British " government to _Dt-nna "Maria is to prevent a reduction in ihe
number of _crowned heads . It wa 3 for this that apartments were fitted up in Windsor for tbe reception of Donna Maria , if she had been compelled to leave Portugal . ( Hear , bear . ) Here let rce rema . _-k that it is rather strange that tings should rule ly the right divine of God , and require the support of man , and not less strange that man should sometimes dethrone the divine representative . ( Cheers . ) "We have heard much of royal blood and right divine . Has Nature , -with the partiality of a stepmother , made a distinction in the blood nf ber children ? Docs blood flow from the arm of aking when bled different in colour or quality from that whieh flows from a beggar ? No . Where , then , isthe key to the tight divine ? It will appear this week in the park—a
grand review of military power-when the rieht divine and its effects , gorged Plenty and squalid "W . -tiiK , will appear in eloquent contrast . ( Applause . ) TCU _ItCOT the right when tho cannon rears at Portsmouth , and see it when men fall down in the streets _SEd die of hunger . Ihe resolution which I have the _hnsionr to move expresses an opinion that it is -unjust and impolitic to support armies nnd navies to oppress the people at home , and support despotism abroad ; and , I ask , is supporting the crown of Donna Maria in opposition to the will of the Portuguese people , _despotL-m ? Reason . answers " Yes , " cold , cruel despotism of the blackest dye ; but it js an insecure despotism . Foreign intervention may pHt down an insurrection , but it will
not destroy tbe spirit of revolt . The Portuguese people will yet rise against the dynasty of "Donna Maria , -will destioy the power of foreign intervention ; and it is our duty a 3 a people to aid the Portuguese in their struggle , as well as all other popular movements , having for their object freedom for the world , in opposition to the will of the English government ; and to tell kings , if they will war against ns , we will war against them , cripple their influence by all the means at our command , and ask our fellow-countrymen to let them fight their own battles , and we will fight ours . ( Great cheering . ) "We will build when they destroy—and if ihey sow the storm , they shall reap the whirlwind . ( Immense cheering . ) Mr Duneombe , in his place in the Honse
of Commons , had pnt some parts of this Portu __ ue . se question in a very clear light . Mr Duneombe said in the debate reported iu to-day ' s Times , "Tbatthe Jnnta very propet ly said , that looking at past events —looking at the little faith they could place in those about tbe Queen—tbey must have other guarantees than the mere declaration of the parties _opposi ng them ; that the Junta was justified in the course they had taken . They bad now laid down their arms , or rather their arms had been wrested from their , but he believed the _peopleoi Portugal would have confidence in any declaration made in conjunction with tbe other two intervening powers , if tbat declaration -was supported by a strong declaration on the part of the House of Commons . " I submit that if the Junta
-was justified in taking np arms , that to wrest tli 9 said arms from them was unjust and despotic—tke Queen was despotic and perfidious , her court trea cherous and despotic Who were the pat ties to malic terms in such a case ? The opposition to the treachery of the Queen and craft of tbe court was centred in the Junta at Oporto , and therefore tbey weie tbe legitimate controlling party ; but there has been an intervention , and the controlling power is changed from the Junta to the intervening power , supported by a strong declaration of the House of Commons 2 Now tbis argued at first sight tbat tbe guarantee of the intervening powers was insufficient , if not sapported by tbe said declaration , therefore the change ot power from the Junto must be balanced against tha declaration ofthe House of Commons . I also submit ibat such a declaration in worthless , whether the House of Commons be viewed in its internal relations
to us as a people , or its influence in the government ofthe people of Portugal . [ The speaker here entered at _length on tbe breach of trust _practised by the _IIouss of Commons to the English people . ] The declaration of the House of Commons would be _valoeless to flie Portuguese people . The principle Bet forth in the speech of Air Duneombe is not a sound one ; it is the _Eng- _'ish House of Commons commanding the democracy of Portugal to re 3 t satisfied with a declaration made by men who deny the claims of their own countrymen to regulate their ewn government . No man can respect Mr Duneombe more than I de , bnt my respect would be dishonour , if I did not ' _express my dissent , when I conceived such expression necessary . ( Oheers . ) Mr _"Krdd concluded a lengthy and truly _eioquentspeecb , by moving the resolution , and sat down amidst thunders of applause
. _ , _ . . . Mr J . Skeltos in seconding the resolution said 1 havo long had a settled conviction tbat the doings of queens and courts bave little interest for the wonting classes , the higher orders , as they are termed , treating the working classes invariably as mere animals , tbat are bought and sold for the production of _wealth ; and it ever will be so , until the people adopt another mode of distributing wealth . " We have been called free men , true we spoke our own words , but -where is tbe press to echo them forth ? ( Hear _, ii ear . ) » The resolution was earned _unauiineusly .
England Again Dishonoured! Important Plj...
Mr Staixwood moved the adoption ofthe following petition : — To the _ilonourablejbe Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled , the petition of a public meeting assembled at the Literary Institute , John-street , London , sbewetli That your petitioners have learned with much pain and disgust that a British naval force Jim heen recently employed to aid the corrupt ane . perfidious court of Po tugal in restoring the authority of the Queen of that country , justly forfeited Ly her disregard and violation ol all the duties and obligations of ber position .
_ That your petitioners exercising almost tho only right which the wisdom cf your honourable house has left in the possession of the working classes of this country , take tho liberty of intimating to your honourable house , that they aro of opinion that the faxes which are wrung from their sweat and blood , might , and ought 10 be more profitably cmnloyed , _tt- an in maintaining the cause of a Queen _, whose only claims to British interference are that _!* he is a Queen , and that she ha * disregarded the sacred obligation of an oath , by violating a constitution which sho was sworn to observe .
That your netitioiitrs consider sui * h interference in the affairs of " _l-Vrteeal to he a gross violation of that principle of neutrality which nations are bound to _ibserve towards each other in tho management of their internal government , and which , if once disturbed , might jeopardize the stability of that dynasty under which your petitioners now live , and which may even render insecure that constitution which guarantees to _ynar petitioners that right of which they now avail themselves , and of which ' tbey can so proudly boast—v > z ., the _ria-ht of _pstition !
'I hat your petitioners bcs < to _reminal yonr honourable _hoiise , th . it the interference of former _governments in the affairs of other nations , has _reMiiled in the accumulation of an enormous national debt , to pay the interest of which the labour of your _petilianers , and tbat of succeeding generations , is deeply mortgaged ; and your petitioners therefore protest _ajainst tlie further expenditure of ihe national income tor the _purpose of upholding foreign despotism , believing , as yonr petitioners do , that a domestic oligarchy is as much us they can be reasonably _expected to maintain .
That yonr petitioners would further remind your honourable _houre that when , in the year 1832 , the assi & _t'incB of the British government was _solicifcd on behalf of the Polish people , that , to the eternal _dishonour of Eng ! and , ' such assistance was withheld , and Potandwas thereby sacrificed to the ambitions lust of barbarian power _*; and that . upon a more recent occasion , when the same Powers trampled upon , and set at naught , the treaty of Vienna , Ly the . confiscation of _Cracf-w , and the slaughter of its inhabitants , that her Majesty's government did nothing more than " protest" against such conduct ; "armed interference" against _kinjjs and emperors bring , of course , no part of the policy of a government _fiiendly to " Constitutional Liberty . "
That your petitioners are of opinion that such meddling in the affairs of other nations , and _alwajs in aid of governments against tho people , 18 one of the necessary consequences of confiding the management of our national affairs to members of the aristocracy alone , who have no sympathy with the feelings of a people struggling against _opf-res ? ion . That your petitioners are if opinion that such interference in the affairs of others ] as they have herein complained of , will make the character of the people of these realms hateful in the eyes of the civilized
worH , and , not being ambitious to share the odium of such conduct with her Majesty ' s government , pray your honourable house to address her Majesty to dismiss her present advisers , and call to her councils statesmen who will give the best pledge of respecting the rights of other nations , by taking measures to secure the responsibility of your honourable house to the people of this country , through the admission of the male adult _population of the empire to tha rights and immunities of citizenship . And your petitioners , & c , ic .
Mr IIcTioy , from Lynn , seconded the adoption of the petition iu a brief but eloquent speech , which was warmly applauded . The petition was unanimously adopted . On the motion of Julian Harney and J . Arnott , a vofe of thanks was awarded to the chairman . Mr Ccffat acknowledged the compliment and tbe meeting dissolved .
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16 THE _NQRTHEjjT _^ TAR _^ . June 1 _< _k lfl | ¦
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_AbEUDEE _!* . _—SlMrATHT TOR PoBTCGAL . —A _pilblio meeting of the inhabitants of Aberdeen was held in the Union Hall , _Blackfnars street , on Monday evening , thtMth inst , fer the purpose of petitioning Parliament lo withdraw the armament sent by this country for the subjugation ofthe people of Portugal . Hector "M'Grigor , member cf the Society of Friends , having been called to the chair , opened tbe meeting with a few pointed remarks , and concluded by introducing Mr A . B . Henry to _mc-Te the petition , which he did in a masterly speech , and was followed
by Archd . M'Donaid . who seconded the petition in his usual happy style . The chairman next introduced Mr James M'Pberson , whe supported the _petition in an excellent speech , giving the Whigs a most dreadful thrashing for their base conduct _towarda the Portuguese people . It was then moved and seconded thai the petition be intrusted to Mr _DsiCeombofor _piestJhtatiota , which was carried by acclamation . —Mr M'Pberson moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was given with three cheers . The meet _' iBg was the largest we have had in Aberdeen for a longtime past .
Halifax . _—Tnn Liberties of Portugal . —At a meeting ofthe Chartists of Halifax , Mr B . Rushion in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that the intei ference of the British , French , ond Spanish governments in the affairs of the Portuguese government is uncalledfor ; and we enter onr solemn _pioteft against such set , believing that the Portuguese , as well as Ul , aro C 0 _D 1 petent to marage their own _unaira . _MAxenESTER . —Protest against the _Coeecios cf _PoRTCGAi ,. —At a meeting of sixteen hundred Chartists on Sunday evening ' . astin _tbePbople'slnstitute , a . resolution was moved by Mr Rankin , and seconded by Mr Beesley -. — - That we most warmly pretest against the armed inter / erence by the British _government against the people of Portugal .
S 0 _UBE 3 TOWK . — _PsRSECCTlOS CT THE PoKTOauKSE . —At a meeting on Sunday evening last tho following resolution was moved by John Arnott , seconded by Thomas Lucas , and unanimously adopted . That we , tbe Chartists of Soraers Town , cannot sufficiently _tiprcts our indignation , that the taxes wrung from industrious and starving _petplc _sheuld be devoted to tho execrable purpose of _destrojing the liberties _« f our Portuguese brethren .
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Leitii . —The shipwrights of this _plaee _. _emulons to advance with the spirit of tho times , bave joined the National Trades' _Asscciation _. and in order to enlighten themselves , and to enjoy & few hours with one another , held the first of a series of meetings for their mutual improvement on the evening of Thursday , the 3 rd insf . in the large room ofthe Tower coffee-house . One of their number presided . Tbe _cbaiimancongratnlateB the meeting upon the step tbey bad taken in uniting with their fellow-tradesmen for the protection of labour . lie was glad bo many of their number hadunited , and itbecamc them nottorelax in their . _endcavours until every shipwright in _Leith went along with them . —Mr W . Urquhart , currier , Edinburgh , said , Mr Chairman and Friends—Labour , the working man ' s portion _. _kag too long been prevented flawing in its legitimate course . The master class have absorbed its blessings , while the labourer has had a scanty pittance instead of a just participation in the
fruits of bis industry . There is toil on tbeone hand , there is oppression on the other . Man has too long submitted to bo tbe tool of his fellow-man ; hut a new era has dawned , the working classes of this country have begun to throw off their lethargy and are beginning to have conGdence in one another . Union is now their watchword , association their tower of strength , love of man their weapon , and a just share of the good things of tbis life their coveted reward . The speaker then explained the objects of the Association , and after commenting on . the doings ofthe late Conference , eat dowa much applauded . —The teat ol the evening was spent in singing and reciting appropriate poetical compositions ; including some choice songs by "Mr A . Burt , from Eaiinburgh . The chairman then dissolved the meeting . The happy countenances of all present told that this would not be the last time they would meet to enjoy themselves . — A Friesd ofthe Natiosal Trades' _Association .
Statu c p Trade in _Pai'iet . —The 6 tate of trade in this place is most alarmiug . Never wero the people in c more deplorable condition . Men . women , and children are actually on the brink of starvation Pawnshops are full , ( some actually bare stopped payments , ) provisions 60 enormously high , that it is almost impossible even witb employment to get that little which keeps soul and body together . Fever rages in all quarters of the town , with a great amount of mortality . Within these few weeks two medical practitioners have fallen victims . A Catholic clergy man died a short time before . The fever hospital is full , and a new enc is being filled . ' The poor Irish are suffering ; dreadful ] y in this place . Hundreds and bundrtdfi of the unemployed are walking the streets , poor emaciated beings . Numerous meetings have
been held for the irovpoEe of memorialising the provost , magistrates , and Town Council , but to little or no purpose . On Monday night week the unemployed agreed to walk the town in procession—accordingly , about eight o ' clock the procession formed , headed by a cart drawn by a numb er of men , in which was a large placard , bearing the words— " Starvation ! Starvation ! Money or bread for the unemployed . " Tbe precession went through the principnl streets in the town , stopped at all the shops on the way , and solicited assistance . They received a quantity of bread and money , which they afterwards divided . Such is the state of Scotland ; aud yet there are men who talk of ' * Scottish bravery , " "A country never conquered , " and that Scotchmen ' * never shall be _skxye 8 . " A _COBBJHEOSDEMI .
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inquests . Solemn _tbrobgh Jbai . ousy . —Before Mr William Payne , the coroner for the city of London and the _borough of Southwark , touching the death of Charles Kusself , a rug weaver , of 28 , Gray ' _s-street , Blackfriars-road , who died from the effects of poison on Sunday last . From the evidenco it appeared that the deceased , who was nineteen years of age only , had some time since _quarrelled with his _Bweorheart in consequence of having heard that the had walked a few days aco with another young man . Deceased was occasionally very violent , and tho young girl with whom he associated > -wore that she was _lvii-htened at hini . After some consultation the jury found as their verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
A Child Sualpeo to Death , —Before Mr W . Carter , upon the body of Emilia Ann Tanner , aged two year 8 and a halt , who wasaccidentaily scalded to death . It appeared that on Thursday last the mother of tlie deceased left the deceased alone in a room in which there _wa-i a pan filled with boiling water . The mother was scarcely absent a minute , when she heard at r child scream , and on return found that the deceased had by some means fallen into the scalding water . Medical _issistance was mo " cuied , but the poor child was so severely scalded that she lived but a few hours . The jury concurred in opinion that there was no blame attached to the mother , and returned a verdict of" Accidental death . "
Death prom _as Ovkroosb of Morphia , —Before Mr Wakley , M . P ., on Mary Anne _aMoody , aged 33 . MrCovl ' e _. houfe physician , stated that the deceased was brought to the hospital the previous day , quite insensible from the effects of morphia . He applied the stomach pump and galvanic battery ineffectually , as she gradually sank , and died in an hour after her admission , lie understood that she bad taken five grains ef morphia , which were equal to an ounce of laudanum , and sufficient to destroy life . The deceased _, who had been an out-patient , was allowed a
small quantity of laudanum administered in a mixture . Miss Perkins , daughter of the proprietor of the Hope , John-street , Tottenham-court road , deposed that the deceased came into the house early in the morning , and asked tor a g \ _ass of water , into which the poured half the contents ef the phial produced . She then had a glass of gin . After which she suddenly became drowsy , and ultimately insensible , when she was taken to the hospital Verdict , "Deceased killed herself by an overdose of morphia , but whether the act was intentional or otherwise there was no evidence to show . "
accidents and offences . Serious Steam-boat Accident . — Oh Saturday afternoon , shortly after one o ' clock , whilst the Sylph , a Woolwich and London steam-boat , was on her up . ward trip , and shortly after putting in at Blach friars ' pier , she was in the act of passing under tbo bridge , when , owing to a sudden nip of the tide , the vessel _struck one of the arches of the bridge with such violence as to carry away her starboard paddle-box ; at the same time the top of the funnel caught the side of the arch , which forced the same down , and it fell on the back of a man named Wills , foreman to Mr Samuels , the tailor of Ludgate-hill . The boat , belonging to tbe pier , with Mr Robert Ware , the master , and another waterman , named Bale , instantly put off to render assistance . Such was the violence of the blow Mr Wills had received that it was at first
imagined he was killed . A Btretcher was procured and he was _faken to St _Barthslomew ' _a Hospital , where ho remains at present . It is , however ) be , lieved that he is not fatally injured . Every assistance war , renderrd by Iho captain and crew ef the steamer ; and it is tho opinion of the piermaster that tlie occurrence was occasioned , iiot from any carelessness of the captain , but solely from tho " 6 et " ofthe tide . A Lady . Thief .-Saf urdny information was given , with a description of a female representing herself to be a captain ' s buly , who in the course of tbo week lias victimized several tradesmen in different quarters of tbo town . On Thursday she called at the shop of Mr Kerry , a draper , in _Biskopsgatc-strcet . stating herself to be" Mrs Captain Warren . " and recommended bv Dr Conquest , of Finsbury-Fouare ,
and ordered a quantity of goods to be sent to the captain ' s residence , but some flannel and other articles shetook with her . The goods being sent as _ovdered , it was found that she had given a fictitious address . In the same way she ordered goods to be sent from Messrs Carter and Co . ' s , of _Finsbiiry-place , to bo sent to " Captain Fawcett , " in Finsbury-equate , and carried off with her part of the property ; and from Mr Ford , a silk-mercer , in _iloluorn , she _obtained a blatk silk mantle , givisg an order for other goads to be sent to "Captain Warne _, "at 47 , Hatton-garden . She is described as a young woman of respectable appearance , about five feet high , witb dark hair , and when she called at Mr Kerry ' s , wore a half mourning dress , with black straw bonnet and voil , and canied a black parasol . On the other occasions she wore the half mourning dress , with variations in tho other portions of her costume .
Extensive _"RommniES . —The shop . of Mr Lewis Abraham , watchmaker , in Duke-street , Alilgate , has been entered , and plundered of about twenty go ! d and two hundred silver watches , fifty-one of the _latter were what are called "consolar" lever watches , twenty small silver hunting watches , numbered from 3 , 2-11 to 3 . 312 ; forty lever and verge watches , No * , from 3 . 200 to 3 , 230 , and the others various . A reward of £ 100 has been _eff-jred for the discovery of the depredators .
_MISCEIXAXF-Ol'S . _Frcpobsd Members for Ciuxsea asd _Kensjkoton . —Mr Collett gave notice on Tuesday evening last that he will move for leave to introduce into tho House of Commons a Bill for the purpose of enabling "the parishes of Chelsea and Kensington , in the county of Middlesex , to ' rettmi two members' to serve in the Commons' Hnuse of Parliament , in the room of Sudbury , disfranchised by the Act 7 and S Vic . c . 53 . " Death 0 ? tiie _Elephant at the Zoological Gardens . —The habitual visitors at tho Zoological Gardens in the Regent ' s Park will learn with regret that ' their old friend the Elephant , known by the : familiar name of "Jack , " departed this life , on
Sunday morning , June Cth , after n , short illness . During the last fen- weeks preceding his dissolution the poor brute had been rapidly deteriorating . On Friday , the 5 th inst ., the skin under the lower jaw cracked and a copious effusion of blood took p lace . This was the reason which determined the authorities of tho garden to keep poor Jack in solitary confinement ; but he did not long survive his seclusion . On Sunday morning he sank back upon his haunches , _with his fore legs extended before him , and remained in this motionless posture for about two hours , when , at half-past seven o ' clock , his trunk dropped to the ground , and he expired without making any further movement : He did not fall over , but stiffened in tke upright position in which he lay , not oven his head sinking . The probable canse of Jack ' s death was a disease provoked by his great weight , and aggravated by the want of stfhcicnt exercise , in that part of his fore legs situated below the knee . This
was productive of excessive irritation , which affected tbo nervous system generally . His sufferings were finally terminated by a stroke of apoplexy . A large abscess bad formed under the lower jaw , of itself quite sufficient to cause death . Thus terminated the career of poor Jack , whose amusing tricks and docile manner had rendered him everybody ' s favourite . His _manned remains ore distributed amongst the medical professors resident in the metropolis , the larger _portion having been assigned to tho Collego of Surgeons , the Veterinary College , and the King's College . It is expected that the sale of the skin will realise a considerable bum ; and an attempt will be made to recover the _di- > pci 6 ed fragments ofthe skeleton . The loss of this fine specimen of the elephant tribe must prove a very serious ono to the Zoological Society , and car . scarcely be replaced lor a less sum than £ 800 cr £ 1 , 000 . The height ofthe elephant was between twelve and fourteen feet .
_Dreaditcl Conflagration in tue Strand . —On Thursday morning , a low minutes before ono o ' clock , the _neiiiiibourhooai of the Strand was thrown into a state of the greatest alarm and escltement In consequence of the outbreak of a fire of a most destructive character on tbe premises of Messrs Leightou and Sons , the extensive bookbinders , of 5 , Angel-court , Strand . The fire was first discover ! d by a young man named Donald , potman to Mr Maycock ot the Angel and Sun , 285 , Strand , who states that ho first saw a dense volume oF smoke issuing from the hoasc in question , which was quickly followed by a vast body of flame , which _cemoletely lighted the wholo vicinity around . Donald gave the _alerm , and police constable 104 F _divisir-n , and others , were toon in
attendance , Messengers were at once despatched to the various engine stations , and the first on tho spot was the one from _Chaiidos-street station , which was brought into play in Surrey-street ; this was accompanied by the Faivingdon-strcet engine , which having likewise been put into action , there being by thistimeacopiouB supply of water hoses were laid down thiough the Strand , and carried down Angelcourt to the immediate scene of the fire . At this time much confusion prevailed , tbe / lames having extended to the houses Nos . 6 , 7 , and 8 , fears being entertained that the inmates could not make their escnpe . In the bouse No . 7 was an elderly female , a cripple , who was extricated at the _tilmost risk and
danger . The _partifS'in the . two _laat-mentiMicd houses are said to have lost nil their property , and both aro uninsured . There were about eight eusines at play . By dint of great perseverance , by about twenty minutes lo two the fire was sufficiently subdued to remove all apprehensions of further danger . It is needless to add that the whole of the stock in trade , furniture , and fixtures in the premises Nos . 5 aud 0 , are entirely destroyed . For a length of time fears were entertained that the partially wooden houses in the immediate vicinity would inevitably take fire from seme of the large Hakes of burning embers that were carried _coint-leiely across the Strand c-n to the rooi ' s , "
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Carltslk. Murder Mr Administkiuhg Poison...
CARLtSLK . Murder mr _administkiuhg Poison .-The _grentesi excitement prevails in this city consequent upon the discovery of a murder commitrtod under somewhat revolting circumstances—the unhappy victim bun * sacrificed by means of arsenic being mixed in her food . The particulars are thus di scribed : —On tho 23 th of last month , Mrs Mary Thompson , tin wife of a millwright and engineer , in Union-street . _Bolchert-ate , died , after several days' intense suffering . Her death _Iwinij attended by some suspicion notico was sent to the coroner , who summoned a jury .
anil on tlieir meeting , th « inquiry was adjourned t « enable Dr Elliott and iMr Mortimer , sun-eons , tai make a chemical anal } sis of the contents of tho imfortumite woman ' s ' stomach . Dr Elliott nnd M * Mortimer , surgeons , deposed to having _delicted fifty-one grains of nrscnic in the stomach of Ihe deceased , which was the _camse of death . They also analysed ft white powder found by the police in the _deceased's husband ' s pocket . It was arsenic . The _husbjinil is in custody . They _ako found arsenic mixed in the oatmeal in the house . Several witnesses spoke of having heard tho deceased complain of the conduct of the prisoner , _inconsequence of his cohabiting with another woman . The inquest mat , adjourned .
LANCASHIRE . Liverpool—Another relieving officer , Mr Norton , has _fiillen n , victim , to ihe malignant disease introduced _amongst us by the Irish famine ; he died on Wednesday , and has left a widow and five yotim _* children . Another officer , named Cornttt _, is also laid up by fever . CHESHIRE . A verdict of" Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . " has been returned by the jury _impannelled to investigate the circumstances attend ing the death of Thomas Finnigan , at Birkenhead , onthe 24 thofAlay .
_torksiiirb . Leeds . _—Pkcghkss of Fkvjsr . —The reports of the fever in the Leeds township , show that it is progressing . The medical officers of ihe township repovt av \ _vviCTea'ic in a \ l tbe uistricis , and wc regret tn add that two of the medical officers themselves have caught the infection . The Board of Guardians aie taking prompt measures to meet tbe emergency , On the vacant ground in tbe vicinity of the Convalescent Hospital they are proceeding with the erection ol _larj _ e sheds , according to a plan which has received the sanction of tho Poor Law Commissioners .
_OLOL'CESTERSIIIIIE . _Baisioi . _—Typuus Fjjv 5 b . —Bristol , we regrtt to Bay , is , in common with _Newport , and other placet _, on the western coast , now severely suffering frcm the ravages of the typhui fever , imported from Ireland , owing to the great influx of Irish paupers . Upwards of forty cases of typhus fever , _cliiefiy affecting the Ivi 8 . li limpets , are _nww in St Peter ' s liospiUl , wbicb is being used as one of the poor houses .
_sussax . Railway Accident . — An accident occurred on Monday morning on the embankment near the Cockshut , which , however , most providentially , was attended by no very serious results . It appears that _, tho 8 . 15 express train from Hastings , consisting of nine carriages , arrived and was despatched at its usual time . In consequence , however , of the length ofthe train , and of the slippery state of tbe rails , arising from the rain , it was observed that the engine waa unable to proceed at its proper pace , and a second engine was therefore dispatched about four minutes alter the departure ofthe train , to assist it
up the ascent to Falmer . On nearing the carriages , the driver slackened his speed , regulating it , as he supposed , to the pace of the train before him . Whether it was thai ; he miscalculated the speed of his own engine or that of tho train , ov whether the latter became suddenly stationary from the lack ol power ofthe front engine , is not known , but there suit was , that tho hindcrmost enpine canio suddenly in contact with the buffers ofthe last carriage , &• using a violent concussion . One or two gentlemen received some bruises , and considerable alarm and in convenience were caused by the shock , but we rejoice to add that beyond this no injury was sustained —! ho hindermost carriage not even showing the slightest evidence of the concussion .
_somersetshirb . Bath . _—Alarmho Fire , and Threatened Danger to thb Abbey _Cnuncii . —The utmost consternatien has been produced throughout this city , by the occurrence of a fire of a most extensive and _threatening character in tho shop and dwelling house of Mr Lone , silk mercer and linen draper , who carries on business cioso to the Abbey churchyard , and whose premises are situated at a short distance from the Abbey itself , as to havo occasioned apprehension ? lest any of the burning _erobeis , which were 11 . _iisy about in all directions , should have fallen upon tin roof and endangered the safety of that truly handsome and sacred edifice . The iire _fiist broke out in the shop , and must , it is supposed , have been caused
by the gas , -lHkouch nothing upon- this head is po _sitively known . It spread with the utmost rapidity , and burnt with such fierceness as to render the _exettions ofthe firemen entirely useless , excepting so las as they were directed to the prevention of an extension ofthe conflagration to the neighbouring shu |* and buildings , which were in imminent peril . Indeed , so powerfully did the flames operate upon some 0 them , that tho shutters of a warehouse opposite , occupied by Messrs Shaw and Field , and in which _i--contained a stock of great extent and considerabh value , were blistered and charred a 1 over . Thi
tiiorts of the firemen and police were most perseveringly excited , and a large quantity of water wa * thrown upon the burning building , bnt the _conllagra tion could not bo got under until the whole of tin house aud shop , with the greater part of the stock awl furniture , had been completely destroyed . 1 being the night before market day , and the city fuli of persons , an unusual concourse of spectators assembled to witness the occurrence ; indecd , there wen iome thousands of persons present . It is _understooc that the house and shop arc insured , but we have not heard to what extent , nor in what offices . Tho loss cannot fail to have been very considerable .
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Aberdeen. > " Twa Suns 1' The Lift."*—Ro...
ABERDEEN . > " Twa Suns 1 ' the Lift . "*—Robert Burns bad long since settled the fact , that " twa _meens" are occasionally to be seen in the lift , especially by tho sons of John Barleycovft who aire out at e ' en ' , but a couple of suns is a phenomenon that was observed , we should think for the first time here since the days when ouv forefathers used to see the armies in the heavens , and progi ; Oiiicate therefrom the coming events by shadows thus cast before . The phenomenon which was seen on Saturday evening , however , was singularly beautiful . There was first tho sun , in all the quiet beauty of a summer eve , sinking in the _wei-t ; then a golden ring appeared around him , and then the appearance of another sun in the north , with a sickly aspect and of smaller diameter . Tho plienomenon continued for about an hour , and was an object of much interest to those who witnessed it .
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State Of The Country. The Potato Disbase...
state of the country . The Potato _Disbase . —In a letter from C _' . onakilty of the 0 th instant , signed " George Donaldson , " the writer says—I have lately come from the north of Ireland , nnd In my jourueyiugs I have had runny opportunities of conversing with intelligent individuals fnim different parts ofthe country on tho state of the potato crop , as well aa of examiuing it myself , and I find there are symptoms not to be mistaken nil over the country ; and in _tliis ncighbourliood I have seen the _diseaso in 0 very advanced stage—lnrge patches on the _stolks , so much decnyed that the plants sre already beginning to droop . Sueh being tho case , is it well to seek to lull the people into a flaho securit } ' , out of _wliiqli they may only be awakened to aud that tlieir crop is lost , as well as the . season for eubetiluting another in its Stead V
Iiusn Constabulahy FoitcB _.-Thoeffective strength of the constabulary force in the counties , cities , and towns of Ireland , on the first day of the present year , consisted of 10 , 639 men in tbe general force , and 372 in the reserve force , the former _havinn 296 . horses for its use and the latter 02 horses . Tho total expense of this force was £ 402 , 881 , the proportion thereof on the Consolidated Fund being about £ 3 * 10 , 833 , and tho amount b _^ rne by the counties , cities , nnd towns , about £ 152 , 048 . Two _Mcrders . — TnE Father and the Son . —On
1 _uesday night a most barbarous and fatal outrage was perpetrated near UeatbDeld , in this county , Between seven and eight o ' clock , a party of armed men surrounded the house of a farmer named John Bennis , steward to property in that quarter , belonging to Mr Scanlan . The unfortunate victitn of their vengeance was at the time surrounded by his wife and children , but reckless of this affectionate family circle , they assailed him without hesitation , felled him to the ground , and while prostrate , one ofthe miscreants levelled a gun close to his head and shot him dead . Bennis ' sson and ( laughter endeavoured to save their persecuted father from his assailants , but received no meroy at tho hands of tho
bloodthirsty ruffians , who dragged the unoffending female outside the door , dashed her to tho _grottud , and with a refinement of barbarity , violently stretching her hands , rolled a _heavy laden car across ber arms , breaking both wrists . Not content with this savage outrage , the demons again entered the house , where Bemiis ' swif ' e waa lamenting over the dead body ol her muvdeved _lnisbsmd . They struck her with guns on the head , inflicting _ceviona wnrads _, and left the yon almost a _lifeless corpse by his father ' s side . From tho fatal injuries sustained this youth bas since died , ami the only cause assigned for such diabolical atrocity is that Bennis . had served latitats tov non-payment of rent a lew days befoie , —Limeritk _MreimU
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A Fictitious Name.—Mary Anne Smith, Aged...
A Fictitious Name . —Mary Anne Smith , aged 23 , was indicted for stealing a watch , chain , and key , and 10 s . ( M . in silver money , tbe property of John Williams . It appeared , that the prosecutor , who described himself a 3 a commercial traveller , was walking along very drunk in the borough of Southwark , when he met the prisoner , and accompanied her to a brothel , lie went to lied with his clothes » n , and was awoke during tho night by a watchman , when he discovered tbatthe prisoner had decamped , i \ nd that his pockets had been turned inside out , and the property abstracted from thera . Upon bung ( ' ¦• _avs-txamiiicil by Mr Payne , the prosecutor admitted that he had assumed the name of John _Williams in this transaction in order to avoid exposure ,
and that he gave a fictitious address at the _policesb'ttiofl . Jle _Saiid his real name was Douglas . The Recorder said that under these circumstances tho indictment could not be supported , if the _prosreutor had ever been known by the name of John Williams it would have done , but here it appeared that the name had only been assumed upon this occasion t _;> prevent his real name from being known . The jury acquitted tbe prisoner , and the court ordered f hn ' t the prosecutor should not be paid any expenses . Impudent Ronnr . BV . —William Griffin , a « cd 45 , _urocoi _' , was charged with _swalitigsome _teaatsd sugar , ; iiid some silver money , the propert y of Samuel Lindsay , his master . This robbery appeared to have been committed in a very _intcnibus and at the
wi »« e time im . _mdeijt manner . The prisoner is a _tea-dfialci- ami gmcer in the New Cut , Lambeth , and < he _prisoner , whu represented himself to be a single mnn , was engaged by him as shopman , lt was very soon discovered that the money disappeared from tiie till very rapidly ; and a woman who was observed in he a continual customer at the shoo turned out to bo the prisoner ' s wife , and this excited suspicion , ¦ md it appeared tbat _fii the day named in the indictment she came there and asked for some tea and sugar , the value of wbich amounted to 3 s 6 d , and she laid a half-sovereign upon the counter in payment ; upon which the prisoner told out to her from
ihe till , and in the presence of ins master _. iwl . o wa * standing in another part of the shop , 13 s id , us the jarctet . ded change . Mr Lindsay immediately qucsturned the woman , who asserted that it waa a sovereign she had laid upon the _countermand she left _; hc shop-saying that she would bring some one to prove that it was a sovereign she had irhh her , but _uha _; never returned ; arid from _subsequcri inquiries it appeared pretty clear that her previous visits to dm shop were solely for the purpose of enabling the p . _isonur to plunder his master in the manner above > tuted - _ The prisoner was convicted , and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months .
A HonsK I bassaction . —Henry Brown , a horse dealer , was indh-ted for fraud and conspiracy . The facts of the casu are these . Tho _prasecutsr , Mr Joseph Box , a . retired school-master , residing at 55 , Hurton-Street , Burton-ctcf-cent-, was _proceedine ; on the evening of the 5 th of Jan . last through Little Britain , when he was accosted by a person , who said that he had timed to buy a horse of a man on the other side of the street for £ 25 , but he wanted to run away from the bargain , and wished Mr Box to be a witness to the transaction . Mr Box crossed over , when the prisoner was shown to bim as the owner ofthe horse . The prisoner said he had agreed to sell the man the horse for £ 25 , but lie should not van with it for less than £ 36 . Mr Box said if he had
agreed to sell it for £ 25 he ought not to demand more , and the prisoner then said be would take £ 30 , but subsequently a » ain _agreed to sell it I ' or £ 25 , and t hon immediately su id : "The horse belongs to my nr . _c'c , a clergyman r . t Bar-net , and he strictly forbade me to sell it to yoii" ( ulluding to his accomplice ) . The accomplice seemed extremely desirous to become the possessor ofthe animal , and besought Mr Box to purchase it for him , adding that he would remunerate him for his trouble , besides repaying the £ 25 . The prisoner ' s accomplice exhibited about fifty sovereigns , and that lulled suspicion on the part of Mr B » S , who _tuok a cab , went to his own home with tho two men , and paid the £ 25 in notes . They returned to Little Britain , tin * horse being in a public house stable .
The prisoner said he would deliver up the horse to Mr liox . The prisoner ' s companion , instead of going to take possession ofthe animal , and to hand Mr Box tbe £ 23 , tied , and the prisoner gave Mr Hox the horse . Mv Box placed it in a livery stable , where it remained for five weeks , and he eventually sold it for ill and the cost of its keep . The man not in custody ave him a sovereign after the purchase was concluded . Mr Ballantine addressed the jury on beluilf of the prisoner , and contended that it was a bona fide sale of the horse by the prisoner and his companions to the prosecutor . He ( prosecutor ) had made a contract , and if he had got the worst of the bargain , it
was a bargain , and he must abide by it . The _Jcurneai counsel further urged that if the horse had been found to be wortli £ 50 , the present proceedings would not have been instituted . The learned judge briefly summed up , and told tho jury that it would not matter if the hoi se had been worth a hundred guineas if they were satisfied that it came inio the prosecutor ' s possession by any trick or manoeuvre of the prisoner and his associate . The jury found the prisoner _KUilty , Serjeant Brennan said ho know the prisoner ' s companion to be a notorious horse-stealer and - . windier , but he had died since the present transaction . The prisoner was sentenced to six months ' hard labour .
_Wounmno a Wife . —James Loftus Brock , 57 , described in the calendar as a soldier , was indicted for i _< : ' ony , in having unlawfully cut and wounded Anne , his wife , with intent to main and disable her , ' or to do her grievous bodily harm , as has _baen already reported in tho Northern "Star . It was proved that the prisoner had unfortunately addicted himself to bad habits , and in consequence of his having received wounds in the head in the service of his country , the liti ' uCt was to _vaiiidei * bim almost , ii * not entirely , a madman , and utterly unconscious of his nc ' 3 . The prisoner , in his defence , said the whole transaction _inpeared to him like a dream , lie did not know
what he was about at tho time , _ai-d he hoped that , . it all events , the jury would acquit him of the _lelonioiis part of tho charge , as the effect of such a conviction would be to deprive bim of hid half-nay , which was his only means ol" subsistence . The j ' _ua-y , after deliberating at short time , returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity . The prisoner was ordered to be detained during her Majesty ' s pleasure . Conspiracy . —Arthur Leary and Thomas Wyatt were indicted for unlawfully endeavouring to impede the course of justice by preventing one Ransley irom giving evidence at a police court . Thejury found both prisoner--, Guilty . The Common Sergeant respited judgment upon the prisoners .
Manslaughter . —Thomas Martin , 42 , carrier , was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Anno Martin , bis wife , by casting ber down a staircase , and thereby causing mortal injuries , of which she died . Mr _Clarkson defended the prisoner . The description given of the case by tho witnesses was of rather a confused character , but , as well as it could be gathered from their testimony , it appeared that the prisoner was a carrier , and lived with the deceased and his family at somo apartments over bis stable , in a mews near Dorset-square . On the _Tth of May the prisoner aud the deceased were together in one of the rooms , and a son and daughter , who wero in au adjoining room , heard an altercation between them , and the deceased suddenly rushed along the landing ,
followed by the prisoner , and immediately afterwards a shriek was heard , and the deceased was seen to fall down a steep ladder into the stable , whereby she received such serious injury as caused her death a few days afterwards . The onl y question in the ease was whether this falll was accidental , or whether it was occasioned by any act of violence on the rart of the prisoner by striking or pushing the deceased down the ladder . The evidence in support of the latter alternative was certainly of the most meagre description , and mainly consisted ot statements alleged to have been made by tbe prisoner immedi . ately after the transaction , to the effect that he had knocked her down the ladder . These statements were alleged to have been uttered in the presence of Mr Guy , tho surgeon who was called in to the deceased ; but that gentleman in his evidence declined that no such statements were made to his
recollection , and ho also said that after the unfortunate occurrence the prisoner expressed deep regret at what had happened , and did all he could to render assistance to the deceased . _ It also appeared tbatthe staircase or ladder in question was very steep and in a most dangerous position , and it seemed exceedingly probable that tho deceased in endeavouring to get away from the prisoner had fallen down it accidentally . Mr Clarkson having addressed the iury , the learned Judge summed up , and they then returned a verdict of Not Guilty . "Upon the application of Mi * Claiksoii the Mai of Mary Ann Hunt for the murder at M arylebone waa postponed until next session . The ground upon which the trial nas postponed was an affidavit made by Mr Humphreys , the prisoner ' s attornev , to the vffect that he had reason to believe that he ' should be able to establish the fact of tho prisoner ' s insanity and that time wus required to procure the _uecessarv witnesses . ¦ _*¦
_MANsiAuoniEn . —Edward Thomas , aged 20 , was indicted tor the manslaughter of Joseph Dawson _^*^ rkaon t , efc ' , ded tUe P » sonor . It appeared that 1 homas was the captain of a canal bow which was upon the Grand Junction Canal at Brentford , at tho time the occurrence happened . The deceased was also a boatman , and it appeared thaton the 2 ml of May he hnd some quairel with the _orisoncrat a beer-shop , and wanted to fight with him " , but the prisoner refused , and left the house . At a later period of the day the deceased was found lying upon the banks of the canal suffering under mortal injurv upon his stomach ; but the circumstances under which he met his death were altogether involved in mystery , except that tlio deceased stated that he had _beei \ kicked by the prisoner . It appeared , however , _ftcmi the evidence , that the deceased , who was stated to c a much more powerful man than the _prisoner , and no was also described to boa "desperate ' fighter _jj _il waylaid the prisoner ou his return to _hh boat , '
A Fictitious Name.—Mary Anne Smith, Aged...
and there was very good room for l _^ r _T _^ he had really _inflict the ftff . fe _£ _j" * | | _3 censed , that it was onlv done in seIF _^? " _*? in physical power , and who _bad _^ X ' r _^ J forced the _struscle upon him . The W _^ s _>» verdict of Not _Guili v . nejury _>* ei « r , }* _OiiiU ) _Moudkb . —Sarah Coopor , 31 . „ . _,, _ ' indicted for the wilful murder of hat ¦ _mOT- _? _-. _\ J child , by _neglcctimt tho _u > _unl nccessarv 7 "' % after sho had been delivered , and bv canip _^ _'iV into a privy , where it was discovered ' f ? " % appeared for the prosecution . The \ w \ " m defended by Mr I _' arncll , throush th * h ! n r _*•? _strumeritality of tha sheriffs . The evid ' eiv \ _** k h , support ot this charge was of a nature f ) v _^ k quite unfit for publication . The jury m . _* ; . ''• " i . prisoner of the murder , but found h . r f * _•? % concealing il _: c murder of her child , -, _, | sl . _* % . f tenccd to be kept to hard labour for one _yoj _•***•*• .
Extraordinary Case Op Ahjuj-On Saturday ...
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP _AHjuj-On Saturday an inquest , adjourned from _» , w ; is concluded by William Carter . E-o ti _'H for East Surrey , at the Rover ami Sun t > ' cf street , llermondscy , and a jury < _, ( _' . _* ,., ' llll M most respectable inhabitants ol thi _paa-iA of % death of a fine child that had b . en _murdciH the moit unusual circumstances . Rebecca On ? ' " ' !' _intslligent girl , often years of h <_( . wa _ i _; ' _**>* du . and she stattd that on Thursday Weck ' _tl _. T' ' ' ' _* in tho evening , she and some other e ] , _' w " •"¦* looking at some boys who were _playi _,,- « . _, , Ver 8 motions" in Upper Kussell-strctt ; while Ik ! bI ) saw a well-dressed woman come up tin . _tulT _^ _cnteavoui to pass _through the gates nf ' ihn _„ ? _ni but they had been closed at eight o ' clock _lu ?] f > uimer
oumue nor arm , and us she came l ,. „ i , dropped it . Witness , th ink in ; it mi-ht l j . 7 s / , e sequence to " the lady , ' - ran alter her * and call Ll ? sho had dropped something . The lid , _X , ° _« hearing this , ran away , and she was lost _S ° , They then went back to the bundle and g '' K picked it up , but it l _* gnn moving nb . >••? , irere _frigbtajcd . * she ran off to the F / cecc at thr . •" trance of 11 he gates of the market , when a mail" £ name of Bates , and others , went to the S ! , ot and _v _upthebtinde .-Bates _. a tanner , deposed that was in the Heeeeon that evening , and he was calk _, out by he last witness At twenty yards from fi house he the bundle the
saw on pavement , aJi , was then moving about , lie took it up , thinkin . a iive rabbit was in it , andconvejed it to tlielW 'Ihe parcel was found to be a bag , which had ben sewn up , and on opening it something was seen to move , which he thought was a rabbit ; he saw , | _ o « . ever , tbat a towel had been tied round the fate of something , and he removed a portion of it ; the result of it _w-, i 3 that be saw the face ot a livin" child Upon this discovery he ran ( iff as fast as he could to the workhouse with the body , where the _cbilai was instantly put into a warm b _« l ) _, and Dr _l'aul ' _j assistant endeavoured for half an how to YC 3 iot 6
animation , but unsuccessfully . Ur Paul was of opinion that the towel having been placed over the face had produced its death by suffocation . The child had , no doubt , been born alive , and tho «<« h there was but an imperfect inflation ofthe lungs this wa 3 accounted . for by the towel over the face and the _bax in which the child was found . Tho child was a fine full grown one . The coroner at some length summed up the evidence , and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "
Tiie Fatal Collision On We Londox And No...
TIIE FATAL COLLISION ON WE LONDOX AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . _Woivertos , Tuesday Evening . —The coroner ' s . a . vestigation ( adjourned from Friday last ) was resumed this forenoon at eleven o ' clock , before Mr J . ii ' . Cowley , the coroner for Buckinghamshire , concerning the death of the seven unfortunate persons who lost their lives by the collision which _to- ; J . place OD llao line of the London and _NortU-Westeru Railway , near Wolverton , on the night of Saturday , the 5 th instant . Fossey , the police-constable , was again brought ap in custody ofthe local police , and was , during the inquiry , accommodated with a chair by tlie sidoof his professional adviser . Evidence was given of a nearly similar character to that already tendered .
The coroner proceeded at considerable length to sum up the case to the jury—he said the inquiry , from the many thousands of _j-er-. ons who were in the habit of railw .-. y _travcllinif , was one uf national importance , and i ' t would be for thejury tojudue from the evidence whe ) her any person was wilfully responsible i ' or tho deaths of these seven unfortunate persons . If they _louml tbe sr . d calamity had resulted from the conduct of any individual , they would have to satisfy themselves tbat there w . 13 malice either expressed or implied , to sustain a diarge of wilful murder against such party . Malice expressed or implied was , however , not _requisite to bo proved to constitute a _charge of manslaughter . After _eiqlauv ing tlte law ofthe case , in the course of which the coroner adverted to the opinion of Justice _Patteaon , iii the Nottingham case , a 3 one in point ,
At twno _cIock thu court was cleared of strangers , and after a discussion lasting nearly four hours , the court was _again opened . The foreman then said , "We find a verdict of manslaughter against Bernard Fossey . " lie then read tho following as tho _anpendage of the jury to their verdict : — "Tha : thejury feel it their duty to express that the company ought to be moi 0 particular in the selection of officers fait * posts of such importance to the safety ot tho public a 3 the one lately occupied by Bernard _Fojscy ; that Bernard Fossey , having turned a train on the same siding on "Monday , May 31 , contrary to rule , ought to have been dismissed immudialoly ; aud , Lastly , that every train should have a number of breaks and _guards proportioned to the size aud _weiahtof the train , it appearing quite evident to the jury that had that precaution been taken , the train _miyht have been stopped , and thus have avoided the recent awful and melancholy catastrophe . "
The inquisition having been signed , Bernard Fossey , the constable , was _convercd last night , on the coroner ' s warrant , to Aylesbury , there to await his trial at the next Bucks assizes .
Casualties Of Whale Catcmso.—The Factor ...
Casualties of Whale CATcmso . —The Factor has on board 2 , 150 barrels black and 85 barrels sperm , having taken about ISO barrels since leaving Sydney on the 10 th of September last . The following vessels have been reported by her . At Stewart ' s Island , December 7 , 1816 , the Fortitude , barqu 6 , of Jlobart town , Captain Bailey , one month out , clean ; lowered alter a largo sperm whale sff Solander ' _s Island on the evening of the 5 th , and killed him , but lost sight of the barque , so remained by tbe whale all night ( the three boats ) . At daylight tho weather was very bad ; they saw the ship to _loewaid , distance three leagues . Captain Bailey left the whale with the t _^ o boats , with tho intention of going on board . When within 300 yards ofthe vessel
a sea broke into the boat and capsized her . They saw this accident from the ship , but _lo-st their presence of mind , and were consequently unable to render any assistance . As soon as the mates arrived alongside with the whale , the people oa board informed them of the accident . When at last they did find the boat , the captain was delirious and nearly dead , and dreadfully bruised , having been in the water three hours . All the rest had perished ; singular to say , the captain was the only man iu tho boat who could not swim . The mate left the whale , and took the barque into _Paterson ' s River , Stewart ' s Island . She was spoken off the _Solandew , Dec 26 , Captain Bailey muoh better , able to go on deck ; and again , Jan . 1817 , the captain able to go in his boat . —
Sydney Morning Herald . Value op Ban did _Pnfi'snTr . —On Friday last , at Chelmsford , iMessts Baker and Son sold the following freehold estates : —Iloe Mill Barn ' s Farm , Wondham Walter , comprising a newly-erected residence , with lawn and carriage drive , _stablin _. ? and offices , with barn and requisite buildings , and 80 acres of turnip and pasture laud , of the first quality , in ten inclcfiures ' , all freehold , lying in a ring fence , held under a lease containing the usual covenants , for a term which expires at Michaelmas , 1 S 53 , with lot two , at £ 115 per annum , and no outgoings whatever . Apportioned rent of this lot , £ 115 . The purchaser to pay lor the timber down to Is per stick , as well as tor the pollards and underwood . It realized £ 3 , 100 . A freehold meadoiv in Ultiug , 4 * . 2 r . 32 p ., under leaso with lot 1 . Apportioned rent , £ 10 ; £ 320 . A freehold farm ( except about six acres copyhold fine 1
to 1 ? ' "' : Voodl _- - Walter , called Hawkins , in Woodhara \\ alter , consisting of bouse , farm homestall , and 106 a . Or . 20 p ., a tmall part wood , and ths remainder arable ; iu occupation of a tenant who has notico to quit at Michaelmas next , at £ 110 per annum , also free from outgoings , f xcepting a small quit-rent ; £ 3 , 400 . A piece of laud in Hoc Milt common meadow , 3 a . 3 r . 17 p- ; £ 155 . Another piece , 111 Broad Mead , 2 a . k . ip . ; £ 105 . Two fields of freehold arable land , at Chalk-end , Roxwell , eontaining 19 a . 3 c . lp . _* , let to a yearly tenant at £ 18 ' . £ 000 . The next property offered was the extensive copyhold estate , known as the Crown _Iiin , at BHlericay , with the brewing plant . This lot aUo included seven acres of pasture land , copyhold , _ai'u " likewise the leaso of premisos adjoining the Crown , which will expire in 1920 , at £ 30 per annum . No I offer made . A freehold brick fronted d
wellinghouse , _situnteat the top of _Writtlo-green ; aim in ft second lot , an inclosure of freehold pasture land , containing about an acre , adjoining the house . Th ' property did not find a purchaser . The sale was numerously attended . Boat _AcciUUN-r . —A small sailing boat , containing four persons , was upset off Wandsworth meadows , supposed from -javrjing too heavv a press of sail , a * - *" - a youth , named John Cowderoy , residing in Laviuia _* terriico _, llerculovbuildings , Lambeth , vf & _a . drowned , tha other thrco persons being saved by Cowrer , the waterman , they having contrived to keep _themselves afloat by clinging to the oara uutil m reached tlienj ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19061847/page/6/
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