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Health op London burixg ike Week _enmng Jp-E 16 . —The mortality of the mciropolitan districts ; whichin the previous week was rather above the average , lias fallen last" week to 912 deaths , or _fifty-oneless tlian the estimate founded on the weekly mi rt-Uity of former springs . Taking four principal groups of fatal causes namely , the _tubereul-ar ¦ _istases of _tie-nei-rous system , ofthe heart , and cf * the respiratoryorgans , all show a decrease on the aT . -r . ige , especially the last , in which the deaths w « _-o _eighty-eight , though the average is 131 . The _epiue-mc class alone ( numbering 251 deaths ) shows an excess which is considerable , and amounts to _Bfrtaiee
• _v- ; but ofthe twenty-one diseases of whish it _eensists , onl y hooping-cough , diarrhoea , and c . < oic-ra are conspicuously fatal in this return . Hooping cough numbers forty-five , against an average of thirty-six . The average of diarrhoea and dysentt-vy is fourteen ; but in the last three weeks the numbers have been respectively nineteen , "twenty-five , and _thirty-ci-jht , showing ii gradual increase . Cholera , which in five former springs averaged one death weekl y , was _firtal in the last three weeks to nine , twenty-two , and forty-two persons , showing that the epidemic makes some progress . Of ihe forty-two thirty died on ihe south side of the river . Two men died from contact with diseased
lorses . One case , that ofa man forty-ei ght years of age , is described as "inflamed finger ( 10 days ) , _eryilfrelasoflicadand face ( 3 days ) , " caused , as the registrar was informed , hy a glandered horse . Another man , aged forty-four years , died of "far « y , caught from attending a farcied horse which was shot . " This person had been ill four months . Three -fatal cases of privation are thus recorded : —a man of forty-three years in _Christ _ehureh , St . Saviour ' s , " starvation , diarrhoea ( 3 days ) . " The case is certified by a medical man . A woman sixty-seven years of age , on whom an inquest was held , " wasfound dead , apparently from _waiit , " In Ratcliff ; and according to the coroner ' s return , the death of another woman , age unknown ,
in «> - 'jdinan ' s-Selds , was accelerated by " exhaustion from cold and privation . " The births during the week numbered 1 , 443 . The mean reading of tJie i - _* _Tcometerwasa _\> O " _*? e 30 in . on _Thursday ; thc _mertr-ufthc week was 29 . 779 in . The temperature rose towards the end ofthe week , but throughout was Jess than the average . The highest reading of the thermometer occurred on Saturday , when it Bddeg . G ; the mean of that day was 57 deg . 6 ; the mean ofthe week was 53 acg . 5 ; lower than thai of the previous fortnight by more than C deg . On _Tnesday the mean temperature was less than the average of the same day in seven years , by 10 deg . 7 ; the mean of the week was less than the _aver-tse by 7 deg . 1 .
_Dt-sru op -i Female ebom the _AuMixisTnATiojf or _Isr-iAS Tobacco . —On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Market-house , Finshury-market , _toucau-g the death of Jane Garner , aged 23 years . —Mr . John _lesson , a surgeon , stated that on Thurs day morning he was called to the deceased . He found = iic mid just expired . He was informed by Mr . < Jarner , her brother , that the deceased had caught a violent cold , and that he had administered dose * of lobelia , according to instructions in a work which hc had purchased , entitled "Coffin ' s Botanical Guide to Health and _Xatural Pathology of Disease . " He asked Mr . Garner how much lie had given to hissister , and he replied one tea-spoonful _, " lie added that the work recommended half an
ounce of lobelia as a dose , which was to be repeated until it operated , and that he was in the habit of using it himself for some time past as an emetic , _wht-- he felt unwell . The lobelia inflatais an Indian "weed si " - * i very powerful character , and a narcotic poise . ' . Witness had made a ]> ost mortem examination and attributed death to the poisonous effects of _lol-elia . He found upwards of 400 grains of it in the stomach , which was quite sufficient to produce death . Lobelia acted upon the nervous system in thc- same manner as prussic acid . —Rebecca Ford stated tliat her father was a herbalist in _Coventgar < k _* j awl in Union-street , Spitalfields . "Witness lad sold Mr . Garner various quantities of lobelia ,
and had herself taken a teaspoonful of lobelia on several occasions . Witness ' s mother had taken five or _{¦!• ¦¦ spoonfuls every day for some time past . The jgry returned the _follo-sring special verdict : 11 That the deceased died from the deleterious effects ofa cert a in noxious weed called lobelia inflata , ad-• minU'pr _.-. ? t 0 _"dej . _^ medicine , and without any intent io : * to destroy life - bat the jurors cannot sep' _-r . " _.- * without expressing their opinion ofthe in" jurir . T- - * _ciic-cts which have been thus produced by a book published , and entitled ' Coffin ' s Botanical Guiu- _**\ o Health , ' which has led to an incautious and ifi _. _Iiiirriinlnate use of the _ireed in question , and whicli work ia condemned by the whole ofthe medical _nr- _> fcs * ion . "
_Aivr-rxx "mistakes _ron DnuxKEXXESS . —At the _woriJiC-u- _^* , _Dunning _' s-allcy , Bishopsgate , on ilon-¦ _flay , before Mr . W . Payne , on the " body of Eve _Han-L =. - 'god sisty-four . Deceased was observed on Saturday night to stagger a few steps along the j > avc : _n-.-r : i in _lloandsditch , and if she had not been canght by some persons passing , must have fallen . _Apolkciiroicomingnpat the time concluded she was _li-toxk-atcd , and took her to the station-house , where she was placed on th & floor of a cell , and left
there ii _estate of perfect insensibility from halfpast i - _devon at night until half-past three o ' clock the next _laon-ing . She was visited every half-hour by _thepoiie _* _-. v . -ho , from her loud snoring , believed her to h _? asleep , but when they endeavoured to arouse _heriu-yy found her dead . — -ilr . "Browne , surgeon , said hi _ka & no doubt tho deceased died from apoplexy , with which she was attacked in the street . 1 % in the present case , the deceased had had medical - . _ssistance immediately , her life might prouablv have been saved . —Verdict— "Died from
apoplexy . ' - Itiit . ISTJULTIOX OF _ToiESS TOU THS ClTT OF _lON--nos- , d'c . —The followim _** notice lias been issued by the _ovi-r * -f _jts of the different parishes in the city of _Londi-r- and Westminster , the metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlel 3 , Finsbury , Marylchone , _L-iis-beth , Southwark , Greenwich , and the counties of Middlesex , Kent , Surrcv , Essex , & c ., _respecviag the registration of voters in tbe return of i-ic-s-bers to Parliament : —* " * We hereby give notice iis . it no person will be entitled to have his name _iiiwvtcd in any list of voters for this city or boro' . ii'b now about to be made , in respect of the occupation of premises of the clear annual value of " £ ' 0 whether situate wholly or in part within
, the parish of , -unless he shall pay on or before the 23 t '* i day of July next all the poor-rates and assessed taxes ( schedule B , No . 2 ) which have become _j-uyablcfrom him in respect of such premises _durin-: -he 12 calendar months next before the 5 th day of January last past , and will be incapable of being -..--v an the next register of voters for this city or _hoi _* _cj :- / h . " ( Signed by the overseers . ) "I \ otice is her « -by ' riven that- all persons entitled to vote in the _ck-i-llou of knight or knights of the shire for the _ciuiin * of , & c ., in respect of any property atua _* ..- wholly or in part within thc parish of ,
who firs _iiot upon the register of voters now in force , -ii ; . ! sho are desirous of having their names _inserjc .-. _' _ui the register of voters about to be made of tfe _« I _' i county of , are also requested to send in their names on or before the 20 th day of Jnly ' - -it * , tieir names and surnames- in full , their place if -r-. ~ r- .--Ie , and tbe particulars of their quaiificatii- _* - i , 't" jeh mast be legibl y ivritten according to the lc-r- *! s- ; i forth . Any person who is upon the presc ; _-: - _ro ister may also make his claim if be thini : ~ n : L-at it is not necessary he should do so if "he _li : > _= - . ! . _o suae qualification and p lace of abode now _< s- '; _-3 i-ii _« dia the register . "
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Inz S- _icgolixo at _Pobtsmoitth . — "Billy Mitchell , '' whose name we gave in our last number , as _Tiein- _*; . apprehended with a large quantity of tubs of _spirii- i , was brought np hefore the magistrates at Gosport - yn Saturday last , and convicted on the charge el _i-eing concerned in the unshipping certain spirits . A penalty of £ 100 was inflicted by the magistrates , and paid bv 3 Ir . _Eddis , a friend of the prisoner ' s . The yacht Ariel still remains in charge Of the cc-asv-- * nard .
Fatal Accidest os the South-Westers ako Wix _3-= 0 K _iiiiLWAT . —On Priday week the following lamentable snd fatal accident occurred upon this line , near to tbe Staines station . It appears that _"withlutl-. _** eehundrei yards of the Staines station , on _tlrfj _D-sidicc side , there is a level crossing , which _i > 2--ag . prij : i ;> pall y for agricultural purposes , -there are no gs & _m erected , nor is a signal man stationed . About twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock , an old -man named Marlowe , who was in tho employ of a neighbouring farmer , was in the act of driving a liorsc aad cart across the line , when the half-past eleven express np-train , which at this particular part of the line has to round a considerable curve , _preventing * jhe driver _seeing any object within fifty or saty yards , came with full force against the unfortunate man and horse , mutilating , the deceased and tbe _simnal in a most shocking manner . The cart was not so far advanced as to render any
obstructioii io the train , which passed on to Staines , when i- _^ emation of the sad occurrence was given . Ifc is said that the deceased was sixty years of age _^ and very deaf . The body , which presented a most awful spectacle , was p laced In a sheH , and now . lies fil tke Staines station . —On Monday , at the Aii _"* _el nnd ' ""' vy . _iln-a _Siaines , Mr . Wakley , " deputy-coroner i _.. Middlesex , held an inquest upon the body of the _i-ud William Marlowe . Evidence of the facts haviD' * : been g iven , the jury returned a verdict of _"Acwdental death , " to whom tbey" attached the _following : — " Thcjury cannot separate without _expressing their opinion that sufficient care has not ' been used at the Staines station , where a very sharp curve- < adsts ,. and np to which point a road has not been constructed pursuant to " the agreement entered into by the directors . And : they further consider , for the safety of the * public , that no train should pass without stopping at Staines ; and especially
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hey recommend that a porter be placed at the = ates where this accident occurred , previous to the " nival of each train . "
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DUBLIN , SAT-JKDAT . _—DlSWnlUnE OF tWO OF IHE State _Prisoxbhs . — The sentence oi ten years transportation each lias been at length carried mto effect upon Sir . John Martin and Mr- Kevin O'Doherty , the editors respectively of the Irish Felon and Tribune newspapers . This morning , at half-past five o _' cloclc , a single covered vehicle conveying the governor of the convict prison depot arrived at the gates of the Richmond Penitentiary . That official was the bearer of the warrant of the Irish Executive for the delivery of the bodies of John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Doherty . Soon after a body of mounted police arrived , accompanied by the black cart , or prison van , which , with its escort ,
entered the prison gates and drew up in the inner yard . The query was then put if the prisoners were ready . The reply was , that they were asleep , and that they would then be roused . So secret were all the arrangements kept that none of the public had the least intelligeBce ofthe intended removal of the two prisoners . At about half-past six o ' clock Mr . Martin issued from his cell and stood in the prisonhall , prepared for departure . He bade a kindl y farewell to the governor and officials , and warmly shook hands with one or two gentlemen who were present . Mr . O'Doherty then came out , dressed as if for travelling . Mr . Martin expressed himself as in good health , but there appeared a painful shortness in his breathing * , aud his cheeks seemed flushed .
Mr . O'Doherty looked in rather delicate health , but both maintained a sad but firm bearing . As they stood in the hall a side door opened , and Mr . Smith O'Brien stood in the doorway , having come from his cell to bid farewell to his fellow-prisoners , perhaps for ever . This scene was soon over , and turning away from the door , which closed again on their friend , the two prisoners announced themselves ready . Mr . _JI'Manus came down also , and wished to remain to see them depart , but this privilege was not allowed him . Hc took his brief and painful adieu , and returned to the solitude of his prison . After some delay in getting fixed the few articles of baggage belonging to the prisoners , the van , with its escort , issued from the prison gates , where it was met by
nearly a regiment of dragoons—the advanced guard with loaded carbines , and the rest with swords drawn . Mr . _O'Ferrall , inspector of police , was present . The cortege set off at a gallop along the Circular-road , skirting the city , and struck in on the Kingstown highway at Baggot-sfcreefc Bridge , and thus at a rapid pace proceeded to Kingstown , where , we understand , the Trident war-steamer was awaiting the arrival of the prisoners , with orders to proceed * , after having received them on board , to Cork Harbour , where she will land the prisoners at Spikelsland . The Potato Crop . —On the subject ofthe _potato crop the reports are conflicting . In the majority of
instances they are undoubtedly favourable , but rumours ofthe re-appearance of the blight are still prevalent . The iatb _Sukgkos Cabmchae _** _-.. —The funeral ( a public one ) of this eminent physician took place at an early hour this morning . All the members of the colleges of surgeons and physicians were in attendance , besides a long train of mourners , composed of ail the gentry and professional men at present hi town . The deceased has bequeathed a sum of £ 16 , 000 to be divided between the College of Surgeons for the establishment of prizes , tho Medical Benevolent Fund Society , and the Richmond Hospital School of Medicine .
Monday !*—Health of Mr . Martin . —The Freeman ' s Journal has a long statement about the health of Mr . Martin , the convict , which represents it as miserable . Oraxgeism . —It was supposed that Orangeism was dead , and that we were not likely to hear more of it , but our pleasing anticipations were erroneous . The foundation-stone of anew Orange-hall has been recently laid at _ISfewry , with great pomp and ceremony . The proceeding is really somewhat remarkable , and is a sign of a retrograde course in the " men of the north , " who it was fondly supposed had been growing more rational of late years . The inscription on the foundation-stone states that the ground forthe erection had boen _sjiven by Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill , otherwise the Marquis of Downshire .
It is stated in the Cork Reporter that in one of the chief streets of Cork there are fourteen shops closed , and in thc main street of Clonmel there are not less than twenty-two shops shut up . Morf . _Evictions .- The progress of evictions still continues . From Iiord "Ventry ' s trust estates , in the county of Kerry , there have been driven , since the loth of May , 254 individuals . In Tipperary , the Clonmel Chronicle records cases ofthe same kind . Although people here are case-hardened by the miseries they have w . tnessed and heard of , still the extract published from the report of Dr . Pholan , the medical poor law inspector , has caused some sensation , from the experience of thc writer , and his frcedom _" jfrom exaggeration . The Limerick Examiner mentions that the receivers on the Freeman estates , in the county of Limerick , canted last week the cattle ofa tenant who owed
only twelve months rent . " The occupying farmer had lost fourteen ot his cows by distemper . Toomevara . — The condition of the wretched people of this ruined village continues as deplorable as ever . We do not know what movement the board of guardians has made in their regard ; but we have heard that a person of the name of Wilson , who has been stopping at Toomevara at Donohue the bailiff's house for the last few weeks , and who is said to bean agent on the Massy Dawson estates , besought the He v . Mr . Meagher , P . P ., to advise the people to leave the village and proceed to the workhouse . On Sunday , Mr . Meagher did request the people to proceed to the workhouse ; but the fact is , that that establishment contains , by
. some hundreds , more inmates than the sealed order ofthe commissioners permits ; and we do think that the best thing that could be done for the miserable poor of that most wretched district is to procure house accommodation for them forthwith , as in the event of a change in the weather it is impossible to say what may become of them . They are all congregated in squalid huts near the chapel walls ; some of them have got into the graveyards adjoining , where they have endeavoured to make huts for themselves also , but their condition in the churchyards can better be imagined than described ; itis enoug h to state that nothing can possibly be more afflicting ia every sense ofthe word . —Tippcrary Vindicator .
Tuesday . —Tue State _Pbisoxers at Cove . —The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the following announcement : — " The government steamer Trident arrived in our harbour at four o ' clock yesterday morning , having on board Messrs . John Martin and Kevin Tzod O'Doherty , who were immediately transferred on board the convict ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone . It is believed that the latter vessel will be detained in Cove , until the government is in a position , by the adoption ofthe special act of parliament at present being hurried through the house , to send out the other State prisoners , without encountering any constitutional objection . " The Fress of last night calls npon the public to get up meetings to asklicr Majesty to put her veto upon the ex post facto act against the state convicts . The Cholera . —I am happy to state , on the very
best authority , that this dreadful disease is on the decline in Dublin , not , however , without having left behind fearful traces of its ravages . From a laudable anxiety to allay nnnecessary alarm , the public journals have preserved a cautious silence with respect to the amount of mortality caused by the visitation ; but I have been assured tbat the numbers swept off during the last three weeks have been very considerable , while the cases of recovery have been comparativel y rare , except in those instances where the first insidious symptoms of the attack were properly attended to , and resort had at once to medical assistance . Yesterday the report was that the pestilence was declining rapidly ; that it had decreased in intensity ; and that the new cases were not one-half tbe average of the preceding days ofthe _lastwceLr-fl ' mes .
Wedsesdat . —The _Habvest . — -There has been rain all through the country , sufficient , to render great service to the growing crops -where moisture was much required . The «« alarm" about the _re-apr pcarance of the potato disease has altogether ceased , for the present at least : new potatoes , -very fine in quality , are appearing in the markets . __ In Belfast the increased supply has caused a reduction In ihe price , from sixpence to twopence per pound . "Nothing could be more gratifying than the reports ofthe corn crops . countr
Tub Kate in Aid . —All through the y arrangements have heen made for commencing the collection of tho sixpenny rate in aid . The commissioners have forwarded sealed orders to the various -unions , specifying the amount for each electoral division , according to its valuation . In most parts of the west , and in many districts of the s o u t h , there will be no return on account of the rate in aid , because it has been found impossible to enforce the ordinary rates for the current expenses of the workhouses and the out-door relief _. Relief tor the West . —The Belfast Banner says : — " We understand that a considerable portion , if not the whole , of thc brcadstulfs in the stores of
the relief commissariat in this town is in progress of shipment to Ballina , county Mayo , in which district the distress of the peasantry is of the most ¦ urgent and wide-spread description . " Death erom Destitution . —An inquest was held on Monday , on the body of a man named' Michael _Xowlan , at Oldtown , county -Kilkenny . * Several witnesses were examined ,, who deposed that decease d ' s death was caused by insufficiency of food . Doctor J . W . Swan deposed that lie saw the _deceased some few hours before his death , and from the emaciated state of his frame , believed that the wretched man died of starvation . The verdict was in aocqrdauco with this evidence , - The Kilkenny
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| Moderator , which g ives an account of the proceedings at ; the inquest , says— " The deceased held two acres and a half of land , part of which is cropped with wheat and a proportion with oats . The remainder was in preparation for turnips . Ifc of course was not entitled to relief under the poor-huvs , and the unfortunate man seemed to have actually killed himself in thc eiforfc to till his land __ when reduced to the lowest possible state of bodily weakness , from a protracted and most miserable existence on an msufficient and _innutrifcious food . "
Rests of Laxd ix Ireland . —Reductions of rent , varying from twenty to fifty per cent ,, have been made by many of the landed proprietors , in a few instances permanently , but generall y tho reduction is temporary , on account of the failure of crops , the low price of produce , and the hi g h rates caused by the extent of destitution . The Duke of Devonshire , Lord Stradbroke , and Lord Lorfcon are among the proprietors who have made large temporaty reductions , - andthe provincial journals almost dail y contain announcements that other landlords arc adopting the same system .
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Fire is St . _George ' s-in-tiie-East . —On Saturday night last , shortly after ten o'clock , a Are , involving a considerable destruction of property , broke out in a long range of premises occupied conjointl y by Mi * . Jonathan Clark , biscuit baker , and Mr . Thomas Smith Gordon , a cabinetmaker and shipjoiner , in Orange-court , Great Hermitage-street , St . George ' s-in-the-East . Theflames commenced in the lower floor , in the tenure of the first-named party , and although assistance was promptly at hand , and every endeavour made to arrest the progress ofthe fire , scarcely five minutes had elapsed from the time the first discovery was made , before the fire penetrated the flooring of Mr . Gordon ' s premises , and
the stock-in-trade therein being of an easily ignitible character , the flames spread with great rapidity . The reflection of the flames on the river brought out the various ships and smaller craft in bold relief ,-and from the several bridges the fire presented all the appearance ofthe London Docks being enveloped in flames . Plenty of water being at hand , the whole force was brought to bear upon the flames , by which means their further extension was cut oif , but it was nearly twelve o clock before they could he extinguished , and not until the whole of Mr . Clark's premises were totally destroyed , and the contents of Mr . Gordon ' s workshops consumed , nothing remaining of cither building bnt the outer walla . ' Several of the adjoining premises were also materially damaged .
Silk-mills Destroyed by Fire , near Manchester . —On Saturday night last , the silk-mills of Messrs . Williams and Gardom , adjoining Broughton-bridge , on the lrwell , near Manchester , were discovered to be on fire , and by a quarter-past six o ' clock , when tbe Salford fire-engines arrived on tbe spot , the flames were bursting from the entire of the hundred windows fronting to the river , and presented an extraordinary and alarming spectacle . The mills comprise two parallel buildings , the principal one , nearest the river lrwell , being five stories in height , with attics , and having a frontage of about ISO fcet . In addition to the two principal buildings there were also some weaving sheds . The fire broke out in the larger mill , and as it was separated only from tho
smaller one by a narrow court , the Salford firemen directed their efforts to preventing the spread oi the flames to tbe small mill . The Manchester firebrigade , with fire-engines , arrived soon afterwards , and planted two of their engines on the opposite side ofthe river to play directly on the burning pile , and the others were disposed so as to cover the weaving sheds and some adjoining cottage property . Tho wind blowing from the river and larger mill towards tho smaller , all endeavours to ketp the flames from the latter were abortive , andthe floor of both mills being old and much saturated with oil which had dropped from the machinery , the fire progressed with such terrific fury , that in little moro than an hour the two mills were a heap of ruins . A largo
quantity of raw silk , the weaving sheds , containing some valuable machinery and a few ofthe books , were a l l the propert y that was saved . Ofthe two mills only the chimney and end walls were left standing . The machinery in tho mills was exceedingly valuable , being nearly new and of modern construction . The Toss , as estimated by the proprietor , will not exceed £ 22 , 000 , or about eighty per cent , of the amount for which the property was insured . The insurances are nearly equally distributed between the Manchester , Yorkshire , and Phoenix Fire-offices . Old Kent-road . —On Tuesday night , at a few minutes before nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . E . Clarke and Co .,
_-apauncrs and patent table-cover manutacturers , carrying on business in Neat-street , Coburg-road , near the Lord Nelson tavern , occupying an area of several acres . The flames originated in the printing shops , a range of buildings of about fifty feet long-, in wliich a vast quantity of valuable property was deposited . As to the cause ofthe disaster , not the least information could be obtained . It appears that the whole of the workmen had left the premises in charge of the private watchman , aud this person suddenly perceived a dense mass of smoke pouring forth from the lower floor of the printing houses . The watchman raised an alarm , but before any assistance could arrive flames shot through the various windows and out of the roof , and ascended so high as to threaten destruction to the houses in Neat-street , Barnham-place , & c , and the
numerous occupants of those dwellings commenced throwing their furniture out of window . As soon as possible several of the Brigade , West of England , parish , and private engines reached the scene , when the firemen found the whole of the printing houses in a blaze , and the fire had extended to a small factory belonging to Mr . Burnham , and also to the stables in the occupancy of the same person . The engines wero immediately set to work , and the flames were then prevented from extending to the stores , frames , drying houses and trimming shops , but although the firemen laboured incessantly , it was nearly eleven o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . The premises and their contents were insured in the West of England Firo-oftico , but the neighbours , who are serious losers , were not insured for a single penny .
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of Health ? Witness : Yes . Mr . Grainger visited the snot on Wednesday last , and I believe has made a s pecial _renovt to the Board of Ecalth .-Thc Coroner : What _' has been done since to improve the place ? Witness : I am not aware that anything has been done ; indeed , I am pretty sure , for I was on the spot yesterday . Mr . Thomas Powell , undertaker , of Tooleystreet , said that the Sanitary Board to which he _belonged was merely a private local society , without any power or authority , and it was strange that tho inspector of nuisances should report to . that board instead of to the Commissioners of Paving . The whole of the houses in question were under the control of the executors of Mr . Loudon , steward to tho Duke of Bedford . Witness was an undertaker , and not a week passed that he was not called into thoso Rents to bury some one .
The parish beadle also gave evidence as to the condition of Grifflths ' -rents . The Coroner said tlie jury had before them fully sufficient evidence to show that the death of the deceased and that of her brother originated in the foul state of the drainage . Having learned this beyond a doubt , it now became then * duty , and an important duty it was , to inquire why this place had been suffered to remain for so long a period in such a dangerous state , in which condition it was even at the present time , after two persons had actually been carried off by Asiatic cholera . Herecommended the jury to adjourn the inquest in order that they mig ht learn from the Board of Health why the nuisance was still suffered to exist . The inquest was then adjourned until Monday , the 25 th inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening . Another _"Deato from Cholera . —Mr . W . Payne
held another inquest at the Red Lion , Webb-street , Southwark , on the body of George Ring , aged five years , of No . 4 , Rowland ' s-alley . According to the medical evidence the child died of English chclera on Monday morning . The father of tlio deceased complained that liis family should be disturbed . by the holding of an inquest when there really was no necessity for one , the deceased having died a natural death . —The Coroner said it was extremely important to ascertain the _existing cause of the disorder . Iu some of the inquiries he held ho had traced the origin of the cholera to want of cleanliness and ventilation . From these causes five children died altogether not more than a week ago , and if ifc had not been for the inquest , nothing would ever liave been heard of tho matter . —The jury agreed with the coroner as to the necessity for inquests in such cases . Verdict , "Natural Death . "
Ax Escape from Burial Alive . —Tho cholera is raging severely in Arlingham , Gloucestershire . A singular incident occurred there on Monday last . A child named Phillips , who was supposed to be dead , was laid out with her mother , who had diod of cholera , and the bodies were about to be buried . The father , however , while _bearing some burning tar through the house , said the child moved ; it gradually recovered , and is now living .
The Cholera. On Tuesday An Inquest Was H...
THE CHOLERA . On Tuesday an inquest was held at St . John ' s vestry-hall , Ilorselydown , before Mr . "William Payne , the coroner , on tlie body of Margaret Murph y , aged 65 , who died on Monday , from Asiatic cholera , her brother , who had resided in the same house , having died a few days before from the same disorder , caused , it was alleged , by the stench from the foul drains . Margaret Donovan , said she had resided in thc same house as the deceased , So . 26 , Griffitbs ' -rents , Berraondsey-street . The deceased was taken ill on Sunday morning , between four and five o ' clock , and received no medical assistance until the evening ,
She died the next morning . —The Coroner : Has any one else died so suddenly as the deceased ?—Witness : Yes . Her brother was seized just the same way on the previous Thursday , and was taken to the workhouse the next day , and died . The witness , in reply to further questions from tho coroner , stated that tbo house itself was clean , but the drains in the neighbourhood were in a very bad state . The drams were stopped in several of thc yards , and the liquid filth oozed through and lay on the surface for along time . In rainy weather the smell was very bad . Mv . Samuel James Hall , inspector of nuisancos under the Commissioners of Pavements , said tliat about a fortnig ht ago his attention was directed to the eleven or twelve houses composing Griffiths _' -
rents . He went along the backs of the houses , and found all the drains overflowing into tho yard , the stench being at the time very bad . The drains of all the houses run into the common sewer at the end of the Rents when they are not locked up . At the time he saw them they wero all foul , the soil in immense quantities running over the privies and lying on the surface of the yard . According to his instructions , he acquainted Mr . Powell , one of the Sanitary Board , with the condition ofthe Rents , and this gentleman said they ( t )> e board ) would report thc circumstance to the Commissioners of Pavements , who would meet on the next day
( Thursday week last ) . He ( witness ) did not believe that the board had sent any communication at all to the commissioners , or that anything had since been done to remove the nuisances . —The Coroner : Has nothing at all been done , and is the place in the same state ifc waa a fortnight ago ?—Witness : I am not aware that anything has been done . —The Coroner : Did you make your report verball y or in writing ?—Witness : Verbally . I am the officer of the Commissioners of Paving , yet I do not report to them , but to the Sanitary Board , a local societ y , who generally inspect the place and give notice to the commissioners .
Mr . T . Leadham , surgeon , said he knew the house in which tho deceased had resided from visiting it so often . Last week he was called there to the brother ofthe deceased , who was attacked with Asiatic cholera , was removed to the workhouse , and * died there almost immediatel y . On Monday he was called again , and found the deceased suffering- from thc same disorder . Sho also very soon died . —The Coroner : What is the probable cause of this ? Witness : The stench about the house . I know the place to be quite a focus of . fever . ' which is seldom
absent from one house or another . —The Coroner : Do you know anything ofthe drains ? Witness : 1 know that tho place is a mass of filth from one end to theother . The pavement is in a very bad state , allowing the rain that fall 3 to stagnate . The houses are bo old that they ate onl y fit to be pulled down —The Coroner : nave you ever detected a bad smell ? Witness : Tes , often . ' There is always a great deal of fever prevailing at the spot . ; I have known fovor to run from house to house right through the Rents ' , and all this . I attribute to the stench . —The _Cpvonej : Is this known to tlie Board
Floating Of The Tubular Bridge Over The ...
FLOATING OF THE TUBULAR BRIDGE OVER THE MENAI STRAITS . This great _engineering achievement was accomplished on Tuesday with the most extraordinary eclat . Unfortunately the morning opened unpropitiously with a high south-west wind and heavy driving showers , but as the sun moved towards the meridian the wind dropped , the rain discontinued , and the weather , as well as everything else , worked well for * the experiment . Tho scone as early as six o ' clock presented a very busy appearance , multitudes of men depositing tho buoys , and shipping the enormous cables fromthe London and Man . Chester platforms of the works . The signals , consistiug of different-coloured flags , under the
direction of Mr . Stephenson , were placed on the different capstans , for the guidance of the process emp loyed in navigating the great tube on the Anglesea shore , and at other points . Early in the morning the tube was lowered three feet upon its p iers , so as to enable it to start earlier and take advantage of the tide at high water . The towers for supporting thc tube are of a liko magnitude with the entire work . The great Britannia tower in the centre of the straits is sixty-two feet by fifty-two fcet at its base upon the rock ; its total height from the bottom 280 feet ; it contains 148 , 625 cubic fcet of limestone , and 144 _. G 25 of sandstone . It weighs 20 , 000
tons , and there are 387 tons ' of cast iron built into it in the shape of beams and girders . Its province is to sustain the four ends ofthe four long iron tubes which will span the straits from shore to shore . The total quantity of stone contained in the bridge is 1 , 500 , 000 cubic feet . The side towers stand at a clear distance of 460 feet from the great central tower , and again , the abutments stand at a distance from the side towers of 230 feet , g iving the entire bridge a total length of 2 , 849 feet , the date of this present year of grace . Tlie side or land towers are eaehsixtv-two feet by fifty-two feet at the base , and 190 feet high . They contain 210 tons of cast
iron . At three o ' clock the spectators , by tens of thousands , had taken their place upon the piers ; the tubes and shores on either side , and the straits for a mile in length , presented a vast amphitheatre of human beings . The pilots , to the extent of 200 or 300 , took their stand oh the pontoons , to ply the gigantic tackle . As many ( more stood read y for action on the capstans . The cables , six inches in thickness , and of league-long lengths , were attached to the steamers that were to have thc towing of che tremendous freight . Multitudes of yachts , small boats , and other craft , filled and gaily decorated , passed up and down the stream , and all eyes were fixed with mingled feelings of confidence and fear
on the gigantic fabric , upon which stood Mr . Stephenson and Capt . Claxton . Thc utmost excitement ensued on the first signal , thc sudden springing up on tbe Anglesea side of a flag , and a shrill strain from thc trumpet of Capt . Claxton from the top of the tube , a hint to the pilots to take the tide , and pipe-all hands for tho exploit . This was responded to by a loud burst of enthusiasm from the seamen , whose efforts , united to those of the steam tugs , told upon the screws and tackles , and upon the hitherto motionless monster , which then glided very slowly and amid intervals of increasing cheers and salutations , without injury or jar , and with a majesty that could only be compared to that ofa mountain moving on the waters to thc site of its
final resting-place . Sinco the above was written wo find , that in consequence of tho breaking of one of the capstans all further operations are suspended until to-morrow . _Wioxesda-- _* . —The greatest doubt and anxiety now hangs over tlie accomplishment of this great operation . The excitement here , and , indeed , throughout ; the county , is greater than ever , owing to tho unavoidable procrastination that has taken place . Mr . Stephenson , who has not left the works since Monday , holds hourly conferences with Captain Claxton , Captain Moorsom , and his engineering staff . Thc great experiment would , unquestionably , have been completed last evening , had ifc not been for the untoward event of the great capstan breaking . This , it is said , arose from no insufficiency of
strength in the capstan itself , but from the fact of the shore lashings behind the tube not having been cut away or detached from tlio tube , and , as a natural consequence , while tho capstan was employed in drawing the tuho out into thc stream , tho shore lashings detained it , and the capstan , failins * to overcome thc resistance , started , strained , and broke . On the announcement of this result , which was immediately communicated from point to point along the Straits , the vast multitude dispersed in a state of great disappointment , some . of the more facetious amongst them denouncing thc whole affair as " a sell . " It was announced , far and wide , that the floating would take place at seven o ' clock this
morning , and even at an early hour vast numbers had asssembled , but they were again doomed to disappointment , the capstan , on the renewed attempt , again failing , and Captain Claxton having received some fall or injury . Renewed attempts are again fixed for eight o ' clock this evening , when the tide will be 11 feet 11 inches . Two boats emp loyed in convey ing the tackle have been sunk to-day . At half-past nine o ' clock on Wednesday night the final operations for placing this magnificent work were completed , and tho tube fixed firmly upon its bed , amidst the loudest demonstrations of approbation from all the spectators assembled upon thc interesting occasion .
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TnE New Protectionist Leader . —Mr . Disraeli is at length the accepted leader ofthe Protectionists —that is to say , in the House of Commons . He is no longer » mere triumvir , holding the office in commission with Mr . Herries and the Marquis of Granby . At a full meeting of tho Protectionist members of both Houses , held the other day at Lord Stanley ' s , he was formally recognised . When the members had all arrived , he and Lord Stanley appeared at a side door , and harangued them . After which , on Mr . Disraeli ' s retiring , a double lino was formed , and the deepest obeisance was made to Mm as he passed into the square . Important resolutions were come to at the meeting . Another dash is yet to be made against the government before the close ofthe session . Of this , Mr . Disraeli ' s notice of motion fov a committee of the whole House to take into consideration the state of the nation is the first indication . —hanchester Examiner .
Public Petitions to Parliament . —The 51 st Report of the Committee on Public Petitions specifies 200 petitions for the adoption of universal suffrawe , signed by 0 , 151 . persons ; 175 petitions in favourV the bill legalising marriages with the sister ofa" deceased wife , signed by 30 , 084 persons ; nine petitions against tho Sunday Trading in . the Metropolis Bill , signed by 1 , 836 persons ; seven petitions' in'favour ' of that measure , signed by 3 , 149 persons ; 479 -netitions for agricultural relief , signed by : 5 _£ 8 ' 36 persons ; 155 petitions for . the suppression of nromiswjK _t _™*™ _' _*^ : _ty 7 , 001 persons- 146 petitions for . an alteration of the " Sale of Boor * _^ _mifhflaul _^^ 10118 _, _agamsV too' removal of Smithfleld market , signed by 1 , 933 persona * * |
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SATURDAY , Jose 16 . _FonoEnv . - George _» rdson g _^ _-wj £ dieted for _^ lonious _^ fP _^ _£ _tlo ffiud W and Mr . Parry defended the pnsoner . IUPPJ _^ from the statement of the learned c _^ _W _?* prosecution , and the evidence that - _^ _jj-gg support Of it , that the circumst ances _^ _iwiiitu thecharge was preferred against the P _™™ m ' weie ofa rather peculiar and unusual charactei . It seemed that in the year . 1846 an attorney named Thimbleby , who at that time carried on his p olession at Toynton , in Lincolnshire , had t _^ o . < _Jwnts named Whittaker and Searby , with both o ' whom ho had had some money , transactions , ana . tne aib
former had deposited several title deeds , anu o a promissory note for £ 100 in favour of Mr . Spence , who was Mr . Thimblehy ' s _fathei-in-law , as collateral security . Searby had also deposited a title deed , and it appeared that in June , 1847 , that person paid off his debt , and thc deed was returned to lum hy Mr . Thimblchy , and it would appear that by some extraordinary means the whole of Mr . Whittaker s papers at the same time came into his possession . Mr . Thimbleby having no occasion to refer to the deeds in question , and having not the slightest suspicion that they had been removed , the papers were never missed ; and nothing more was thought ot the matter until a short time back , when Mr . Whittaker was surDrised at _receivm- _** an application
from the Tontine Assurance Company , m London , for payment of his promissory note for £ 100 drawn in favour of George Richardson . Mr . Whittaker , knowing that no such instrument was in existence , his own genuine note being drawn in favour of Mr . Sponce , immediately app lied to Mr . Thimbleby for an explanation , and it was then ascertained that the title deeds and tho g enuine promissory note had disappeared . Inquiry was at once set on foot , and it was ascertained that the prisoner , in October , 1847 , had obtained a loan pf £ 30 from the Tontine Company , for which he had given his ownnote-ofhand _, and he had deposited as collateral security the title deeds of Mr . Whittaker and also a
promissory note , whicli was clearly a forgery , purporting to be drawn by Mr . Whittaker iu his favour for the sum of £ 100 . In consequence of what further transpired search was made after Searb y , and at first , upon his being discovered , Mr . Thimhleby was inclined to give hint in charge for stealing the deeds , but upon his giving an explanation of his sharp in tho transaction he refrained from doing so . lhe explanation he gave was to this effect : —It appeared that directly after his business had been , arranged with Mr . Thimbleby he went to London , where , through the medium of an advertisement ho became acquainted with the prisoner , and they entered into business as perfumers . The speculation , however , to rb
was not successful , and , according Seay ' s statement , the prisoner took away a great portion of the partnership effects , and among them the papers , of Mr . Whittaker ; and he declared that he did so without his knowledge or sanction , and that he had no idea he was going to raise money upon them . The prisoner was subsequently traced to Liverpool , and , on his being asked to give an explanation as to how he had come to negotiate a promissory note , drawn in his . favour by a person whom he had never seen in his life , arid with whom he had never had any business transactions , he replied that he was unable to exp lain it . The genuine promissory note , it appeared had never been discovered . Mr . Thimbleby proved the loss of the deeds in the manner above narrated . —George Searby , the person referred to said he " believed" all the deeds were given to him by Mr . Thimhleby when his
_business was settled in June , 1847 , and he took them with him to London , where he declared the prisoner took all the documents away without his sanction . Upon being cross-examined he admitted that he knew he had got Mr . Whittaker ' s deeds before he left the country , and that he had no right to thorn , and ought to have returned thorn , and he accounted for not doing so by saying that he was in a hurry packing up . He admitted that ifc would have been better to have returned the deeds , but be said lie did not do so , but took them to London . He said he did not know why he did so , but ho declared he had no intention to raise money on them . He was arrested soon after he came to London and the prisoner joined in a note of hand to release him , but he denied that he gave him Mr . Whittaker ' s title deeds to hold as security when he did so . In reexamination he said that the note of hand to which
he-referred was paid , and he denied all knowledge of the loan transaction with the Tontine-office . — Mr . W . Dines , the managing director snd solicitor to the Tontine Assurance Company , produced tho deeds and the promissory note , whicli formed the subject of the present indictment , and also stated that he advanced the prisoner £ 30 upon the instruments . —Mr . Parry then made a long and energetic address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that hc had been thc dupe of Searby , and that there was no doubt that he had received the deeds and the promissory note innocently from that person upon his becomiug security for him . —Mr .
Baron Rolfe having summed up , the _jury , after a short deliberation , found the . prisoner " Guilty" of knowingly uttering a spurious instrument . —The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years .- —Mi ' . Ballantine then applied to the Court to order tlie restoration of the deeds . —Mr . Dines , the solicitor , declined to give them up . —The learned Judge said he had no power to make an order , but his opinion certainly was that they ought to be restored . If the company persisted in retaining them ifc would be at their own peril . —It was understood that , notwithstanding what his Lordship stated , the deeds were not restored .
Quick Work . —Two men named James Williams and John Lester , were brought up before Mr . Bullock , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment The circumstances connected with tho charge were of a rather singular character . The prisoners were tried at the last sessions for a hi g hway robbery alleged to have been committed on the _Otii of May . They were sent for trial on the 10 th , and on the 11 th they were tried—under the speedy process of doing business in the courts which are presided over by the city judges—and convicted and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Mr . Payne , who had been retained to defend Williams , was instructed to apply to postpone tho trial to thc ensuing session ,
but , to his astonishment , when he was about to do so ho found the ciise had been disposed of , and his client sentenced to transportation . The learned counsel , upon this , applied to the Court , and _represented that from his instructions ho believed he could have shown , by evidence , that Williams was entirely innocent of the charge ; and , after remarking upon the peculiar circumstances under which the case had been disposed of , he requested the learned Commissioner to postpone tho judgment . — Mr . Bullock , having heard thc statement of Mr . Payne , conscnted to revoke the former sentence , and postpone the judgment to the present session . —
Mr . Payne , accordingly , again brought the case to thc attention of the Court , and proceeded to call witnesses , who gave the prisoners , especially Williams , a most excellent character ; and he was then about to call evidence as to the facts , with a view to show the innocence of tho persons accused . —Mr . Bullock said it would be of no use his going into the facts , as , whatever impression tliey might make upon his mind , they had no power to disturb thc verdict of the jury , and the onl y course open to thc parties was to apply to thc Secretary of State . He would , however , in passing sentence , take into consideration tlio good character tlio prisoners had
received . —The prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned for a year , it being understood that all tho circumstances were to be laid before the Secretary of State with a view to obtain a remission of that sentence , if the circumstances should warrant such a course . The Borglart at St . Paxcras Vestry . —William Jackson , alias Mayhew , alias Morgan , alias May alias Coleman , aged 53 , described in the calendar as an agent , was indicted for burglary in a _dwellinghouse belonging to the overseers of the parish of St . Pancras , and stealing £ 20 in gold and £ 155 in silver , thc monies of the said overseers , —Mr . Prendergast and Mr . Parry prosecuted , and Mr .
Huddlestone defended the prisoner . —It appeared from ' the ' statement of the learned counsel , that between the mght of Thursday , the 8 th of February , and the following morning , the vestry-rooms of the abovenamed parish were broken open and entered by _S _+ T' _i P ° P _^ ty to the above amount stolen from the place m winch it had been "deposited ; > and the circumstances attending the robbery were enveloped m a considerable deal of mystery . One thing however , was very certain ; if the affair was not planned and partly effected , by some ono connected with the place , the thief or thieves had not only made themselves well acquainted with the place , but alsp with the custom adopted by the parochial authorities , who , as usual , had onlv tne
pwueu money mere a very . shorfc time -before it was abstracted , and on the day following were to have paid it away for the current expenses . Upon the discovery of the robberythe _following morning an examination of the place was mado . by tno polico , and the result was a supposition that tho parties who committed the robbery either had , or wished it to be believed that they had , escaped from a window I overlooking : tW min road , and . on intiuiryit was discovered that _upon-tlie _groundin-the immediate vicinity ofthe window , a pair . of carpet slippers , a dark lantern , and some housebreaking implements bad liecn found on the morning following the rob « b « y . Still no clue could be obtained , and all _tracDB were lost , the thieves having only taken the money , and but for tho following circumstances nothing further would have been . discovered . : In the course of some inquiries that were being : inado . . about a I woman since convicted for attempting to steal a banker ' s parcel from the . Cross . ICeys , - . St . John-1 street , the prisohev , who ia a . weU-kQown character , "was found in Guy's Hospital with , a fractured thigh , J having been admitted ou . the morning of the rob-
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_irt _& a * G # _JM _**^—** r _^> r _^ ' * _^ - _^ r " berv , and the police having * obtained evidence as to She came there , he was , "s _° _/^* S convalescent , taken before the _magistrate , and after SS remands sent for trial . - _^ _v'idence was then Sven o prove the robbery , the _filing of the _MLf _lmeSlludedto , andthe position _<^ ™ d _g near where the prisoner was found previously to his SissS to the hospital .-Joseph _^ deposed fi oilV morning of the 0 th of February he prisoner , who was inside the railings of St . 1 _ancraa wSouse , called to him in great agony to as _^ t him over . The prisoner said hc had broken his leg - h , / retting over tho railings to recover his hat , whifiTomo person had tin-own over . . Witness as-SH him , and procured a cab , which took the nriSoncraway . --Aftcr some further evidence , Mr " _, flnddbstonc _' n a _poivorful speech , contended that l _, e case _was ' only one of suspicion against his client . _ Thn Common Want ¦ hay ing summed up , the
i _. irv found the prisoner " Guilty , "— vviuiam _^ ocn-S a pole ? constable , said the P ™ er wason * oSe nmst experienced cracksmen ; he had beea tried and acquitted at this court for a burg lary aB Woolwich . He was also one of those concerned in the Custom-house robberies in 1 S 36 and was ac that time a returned transport . —The Common Serireant then sentenced the p risoner to ten years transportation , when he rose froin his seat and hobbled out of the dock on his crutches . " _RODDE-ir . - Charles _Simpkins _, 38 , clerk and Henrv Dond , 49 , a cabinetmaker , were indicted lor stealing a bank-note _^ r - £ 10 , six sovereigns and » Bank dividend warrant for £ 22 10 s . 4 d ., the property of Manuel Pimental . _ The Jury found them both * 'Guilty , " but recommended them to mercy on account of an excellent character that was given to them . —The Common-Serjeant said but for that recommendation the sentence would have been heavy . They were then sentenced to six montna . imprisonment '
. , _Felo _-vious Assault . — nenry Willey , aged 26 , a powerful-looking ruffian , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Emma Hoberts , a child , only 4 years of a _<** e . —Ifc appeared that thc follow took tho child out of her parents' garden , where she was a 6 play , and carried lier to the railway tunnel in the » Harrow-road , a distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile , and there perpetrated the oftence . He was however seen by somo boys to take the child away , and they informing a man of what had taken place , he went in search of the prisoner , whom they found with the child . Upon being taken into custody ho _feigned drunkenness . —The Jury convicted him ofa
common assault , andhe was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour . —Mr . Platfc appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Birnie for the defence . Cuttixo and Wounding . —Richard Collins , aged 35 , was indicted f or cutting and wounding Catherine Collins , with intent , Ac . —It appeared that the prisoner , who is a coal-whippcr , was at meals with his wife , when , a quarrel ensuing , he seized the knife and threw ifc at her , making a wound on the fore * head an inch and a half long . —The Jury found hint "Guilty" of an assault . —Mr . Bullock said it was fortunate he had not done his wife more harm than he had , and ordered him to be imprisoned for two months .
_HoBDEnv . —William Watson , 20 , an iron-mouldei _' , and James Cramond , 27 , a stoker , were convicted of stealing 16 s ., the property of Nathaniel Tarr . — It appears that the prosecutor keeps a public-house in Brick-lane , Sp italfields , and that on the 5 th of May , they were at the bar , when , taking advantage ofthe absence ofthe barmaid , they stole the money in question , which she had just laid on the parlouf table . —Police-constable Kelly said they were both well-known characters , and in support ofhis statement produced a printed card of a raffle , which ho found on Cramond , and which is illustrative of the
system adopted by the lower class of thieves to provide for the defence of their companions when they fall into difficulties . The following is a literal copy " To be desposed of on thursda ma the 24 th 1849 % silk hankerchif for the benefit of North " cuntryjim and peter who is in nugate for trial at the founders arms corner of wentworth street tickets 6 d each to comenceat 8 o ' clock . "—The reading of this created much amusement on tho bench , and also to tho gentlemen ofthebar , some of whom suggested that tho author of it must have been one of the contributors to the Fonetic Nus . —The sentence was de _» fei-red .
MONDAY , June 18 . _Attesipted Robberv . —Dennis Murray , 17 , was indicted for _feloniously assaulting William Lambert with intent to rob him . —Mr . Payne prosecuted . — It appeared tiiat tlie prosecutor was a lad in tha service of a watchmaker named Fairey , in Tooleystreet , and on the day named in the indictment ; he was sent out by his master with several watches to take home to different customers . The prisoner was observed to be looking throug h the window , and it appeared quite clear that ho deliberately planned the robbery , for , having secreted himself
under one of the railway arches ill Bermondseystreet , he suddenly pounced upon the lad ashewaa p assing him , and knocked him down , and was about to rifle his pockets , when a policeman happened fortunately to come up , and he ran oft ; but , search being made for him , he was taken into custody the same day . —Thcjury returned a verdict o £ " Guilty . "—A police-constable informed tbe Courtthat the prisoner was a very bad character , and had been repeatedly charged with robbing boys in the streets . —The Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a year .
The Casinos . —Etnile Laurent and James Ellis surrendered to answer an indictment for misdeameanour in keeping open the Casino , in the Adelaide Gallery . —Thc defendants pleaded " Guilty , " and they were ordered , as in the case of the Walhalla , to enter into tlieir own recognisances iu £ 10 O to appear and receive the judgment of the court if they should be required so to do . Burglary . —James Taylor , aged 17 , a labourer , and Sophia Noil , 21 , spinster , wero indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Charles Crooks , and stealing some wearing apparel and seventeen yards of cloth , valued at £ S 14 s , his property . —Mr . Ryland prosecuted , and Mr . Ballantine defended . —
The house of the prosecutor , a tailor in Lincoln ' sinn-fields , was broken open on the 28 th of May , and the property taken . The police on duty neap the spot stopped the woman with the cloth at an early hour on that morning , and from statements that she made the male prisoner was taken at his lodgings , where the coats and trowsers _belonging to the prosecutor were found . Ifc appeared that tho entry had been effected by raising the grating in . front of the house , and then the lock had been taken from off thc kitchen door . —The jury found them both " Guilty . "—The male prisoner , who had been tried before for a similar offence , was ordered to be for
transported ten years , and the woman to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour Stealing Bricks . —Two respectable-looking men , named Benham and Salmon , were indicted for stoahn < i 1500 bricks , the property of Samuel Corby .-Mr . R yland prosecuted , and Mr . Robinson defended the prisoners , who surrendered to take their trial .-lt appeared that the bricks had been taken Irom a large quantity at Stratford , where some alterations were being made in connexion with the Eastern Counties Raiiway .-The evidence not being at all conclusive against tho prisoners , who received a most undeniable character for honesty , the jury at once " Acquitted " them .
_CiiAi-o _** of Indecent AssAULT . -William Wilson a well-dressed gentlemanl y-looking young man , was indicted for having indecentl y _Assaulted Martin I aimer , a police-constable , with intent . Mr . 1 ayry defended the prisoner . _ The _m-osecutor StatOd that , Whilst OU duty , at about three o ' clock in tlie morning , m George-street , Manchestersquare , the prisoner camc ° up to him , and asked hun the way to _Curzon-street , to which place witness directed hinvand hc left him , but _shortly returned , _^ and asked the way to Oxford-street ; and having been directed , ho still continued _following the witness until he came into Manchester-square when he again asked him the way to Mayfair , and upon being again directed , he seized hold of witness man indecent manner , accompanying the act with language which left no doubt on witness ' s mind of his intentions - and he at once took him into custody , when he begged several times to be let off . On their road to the station-house , thev we ™ _wuU . Y ™
another othcer , Ebenczei * Bowen , 103 D , * and ho again begged _^ to be let off , saying ho was only a 3 f he _' _wSSS _?!? h ° _" _^ _n""e d ° _hfe ?! _a „ _S ? ¦ y i » lfc _was no use _takinw him _lw n 1 _nS ° A \ char § e like that ; he wS _givo _fc - ! _? k _H _S _« _^ muc ] l more if he haf it ! When at the station-house , after the _constable had mado his statement , the acting sergeant _.-. _sked hb » lf - , _^ ,. h 0 ar d what nad b < - _* stated by the co _^ stable ? he said , "Fes , that is all ri ght Tl had fori gotten myself . _V The prisoner appeared to _bfsofir - Th ° _^ . . _-a imn , fully corroboratedli £ sb £ _l ment of Martin , from that part ofthe _tradition where he overtook him with _tim-nr _*^* _- todv — Mr p _™ .. _? . _^ _--P-t hc- prisoner m _cusdefcncT _Xr thl' . V ad _f . re _^ g the _jwy for tha _theJourfShffl th PO _^« _Won 8 tablS , whom , in to be I & £ _i ? _l _?* _™™ tion , ho had shown to » e a nasty and irascible man hnH hnm , * „ _-u _„»„
_SSnT _Thnf _? ad _^ _nsVued _W 7 isone 7 a Srt Hf ' _inH _/* 7 > that th _6 _Wnerhadbeen Sv , som ° -fi ; _lM-du . and drinking freel y , - and he uugiit have accidentall y touched the constable , and the language attributed to him was not intended _tOv-upply to tho constable , but to some women . —1110 learned counsel was proceeding with the case , when tho jury stopped him and "Acquitted " tho prisoner . ' - _u
The Cnester Infuimauv And Hollowai's Pil...
The _CnESTER _Infuimauv and Hollowai _' s PiLts Avn _OLNTMEMT . -A short time since AVilliam IMlock _aShriek layer , _wasiu the Chester Infivnwj- for nine weeks for an _SJ £ _7 0 ng _fa"dh > g , _^ vhere he derived not thelea _. tu-hef He was also for seven weeks under the care of Mr . Alexander Webber , surgeon , at We " neton Somersetshire , without receiving any benefit ; when ? i _& _« _Lfc mea . 1 , ad fililed _> & _cu _^ d _himsolf-bv _' t £ wonderful medicines , which , lie purchased of ii f j ' » Clarke , _chem _st , of _Bh-kcnliead _, who can attest to the fa , ?; of the case . However desperate _wounds lire _*? ax _?' ,, wH _^ _ay b _?) these Pills and Ointment _* m _oSc _tS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23061849/page/6/
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