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Health of Loxdox dthiixg the "Week . — On Tuesday _ihe Registrar General ' s report for the week _eiidmg Saturday last was issued , and shows that _tlu-Mieaihs during the seven davs _, were 1 , 0 S 3 ; the births ] , 7 . 21 . The 1 , 083 deaths registered in the wees are less hy 50 thau the average of the season ; and , therefore , the return continues to indicate that improvement in the public health which commenced : i _fttruiurht ago . Though the total number of deaths _weed ' s that of the previous week by 36 , yet it if shown that the mortality from epidemics continue ? to decline , for the deaths enumer ated in this class in the last three weeks were respectively 310 , 243 , and 233 , and have now fallen to within twelvo oi the average . Small p ox and measles are
iatal in a _week to onlv half the usual number of children : the ravages of scarlatina have declined from nearSv two hundred deaths in the autumn of las * , rear to 43 , which is little above the average . Typhus hrs also fallen to near the weekly average . The _deaths _registered from cholera last week were onlv nil ' .- - the highest number in any week of recent _esVnouce was 04 , when it broke out at Too « n ~ ~ Of the nine , two occurred in the workhouse Hi St . George-in-thc-East , where 10 deaths lave _« eei : w-vd in the List five weeks , besides three _durin-: the whole period , which have occurred in the cholera hospital at Bath-terrace . It is worthy of notice , that deaths from diarrhcea and dysentery , which ' were 23 , are numerous for this season , though little more than in 1 S 48 . The mortality from bronchitis is abciit the average ; that from pneumonia has been for some time considerably less . Hooping cou"b , which has been prevalent , shows a decrease .
Two young men , on whose bodies inquests were held , ii : cd _iii the infirmary of the Milbank prison , one of co ! i ? v : nption , another of scrofulous peritonis , disease Slaving been accelerated in both cases , says the _registrar ' s report , by unseasonable removal torn _aisttiivr prison - , hoth died between two and three weeks after reception . A mason ' s labourer , aged ; _rf , died , according to the verdict of the coroner s jury , fiom " choloroforni properly administered on amputation of a toe . " Death was instant , and a post 3 .-.. r . vi , ! examination was made . The mean _hcighi of the barometer during the week was above 30 _inches ou every day except Tuesday , when it was _29-flflS _iiK-hes . It was highest on Sunday , namely , 30-271 ' . The highest temperature observed was 60 * 7 dc _*« : MV $ on " Saturday ; the _meanXof the week _tras 4 . » i ' . i _.-- ? , _ es . The greatest difference between the di " v poi :: i temperature and air temperature was on Sum ?; iy ; and the mean on this day was 11 degrees . The weather has been calm , but the wind sener . dh in the north-west .
Licr _> . ! _- ; N _« is ins _Crrr . —On Monday a remarkable _auio took place at the meeting of the City magistral _vs on the subject of granting licences tb new _applicants , on which occasion the recognition of the principle of free trade appeared to be the order - , _-i ihe day . The whole of the aldermen were npon iiw bcuclC with the exception of Sir Claudius S . Hunter , who was absent in consequence of indispositior , a _** d Alderman Thompson , who was peribrmiig _th « j duties of the Guildhall police-court . All tb ? applications for licensing new houses ( and there were nine ) were , with one exception , granted , and in _-h-a case the party was a female , who appeare '! to _l . avc no interest in the house , the name of _another _person being over the door . Counsel were _employed pro and con in all the cases , but in most were _iir > i heard upon either side . A list was handed round , :- _ nd as soon as it was siguedeach license was
grant ? -: ! , u » the astonishment of many who have been in the habit of witnessing the practice pursued on liec :: _* iiig days in the City . There was a differ ence of ' _i-iiiion amongst the aldermen as to the renewal < . . f _; Le licences of houses which had been conducted : u a disorderly * manner , and had admitted _persons ofa bad character , but generally the licences were r <> _iiuwcd . In one case in which the bench refused the licence , the party thought himself hardly dealt with , and seemed determined to appeal against the decision , but as the whole Court of Aldermen were sitting in judgment , there was no court of appeal . The Lord Mayor , in the course of the _proceeding , failed to take the chair , but there being no nnJie room in the court , his lordshi p retired . Some of tlie aldermen declared that they would grant _eivry licence that might he applied for next Tear by •••• alified persons .
_Accji-f-r ox the Easterx Counties Railway . — Cons ; . 2 ei' : iide excitement was created at tlie Shoreditch ' _t-ru . inus on the above line , on Sunday evening la-. t , iu consequence of the non-arrival of the 2 _forwK-U parliamentary train , due at forty minutes past nine o ' clock . The Woolwich train being likewise overdue , increased the consternation , and on inquirhig -. ' own the line , it was ascertained that an accid _^ _iiTh ad occurred at the other end of Mile-end station , _5-y tiie "Woolwich , with two engines , having OTert . tr ' vu . and ran into the Norwich train with such violei-. ce :: s to have thrown the pilot-engine of the former _-yS the line . About half-past ten o ' clock Loth _trains arrived at the terminus , with from twelve to fifteen of the passengers ( Norwich ) more or less severely iniured . Mr . _Itichardson , the
suporim > ii _* kut and Mr . Hancorn , the surgeon , were instantly iu attendance on the sufferers , some of whom were ultimately conveyed to _^ th eir residences in cabs , while others it was found requisite to accommodate with beds in the neighbourhood . It is stated that the delay of the Norwich train was through inability to make way in consequence of the _slippery state of the metals , aud that every precaution against accident was adopted by showing the signal lights , ore . The Woolwich traiu was heavily laden with passengers , who would not proceed to London by the steam-boats ou account ot the p : ' . 'toiling fog , and the driver of the p ilot-engine asserts , that no signal lights were descried by him until too late to avert the accident , he , of course , deeming the Norwich train to have passed long previous .
Iui > udv £ M £ xis is IIusoEnFORD Market . — The extensive improvements which have been for some time in progress in this market are now completed , and the handsome and commodious range of shops on _oii-.-h side appropriated for the sale _offish are now opened . The new erections add greatly to the completeness and architectural proportions of the market , and the shops , being fitted up in a uniform and _tasteful manner , wiih handsome marble slabs in front , and well stocked with every kind ot Ssh in season ( of tlie best quality , and at moderate prices , ) present a most attractive appearance . The objection which has hitherto exist _.-d on the part of the public—of being obliged to descend by staircases to the lower area of the market—is now entirely obviated . The new fish shops being on a level with the Strand , the public may now , without inconvenience or exposure to the weather , purchase the _rarious commodities offered for sale in the several
departments of the market . The access to the steam-boat pier and brid ge , and the nearest foot passage to the York-road station of the South Western Railway , being through the market , will no doubt render it a point of great attraction and concourse during the ensuing summer . CHARGE OP NegI _^ ct . ag ainst Two _Busses at Gut ' s Hospital . —On Tuesday an inquest was held heforc Mr . W . Payne , at Guy ' s _Hospital , on the body of J . Bugoud , aged sixty-seven , a gardener . The deceased , on the 12 th instant , was employed in his master ' s garden at Streatham , forming a new fence , when a carpenter ' s axe , with which he was driving in stakes , fell upon his foot , eut through the artery , and divided the joint . The hemorrhage heing great , and deceased being inconsiderable pain , he was removed to the above hospital , where he died on Saturday List . —Elizabeth Brown , the sister of Stephens' Ward , said that she remembered the deceased _beihir admitted into her ward . He went on
favourably till Saturday morning . Witness left the ward at ten o ' clock oh Friday last , and returned at eig ht in the morning . She had no _report made to her by the night nurse , but at twelve o ' clock , in passing along the ward , she thought the deceased looked ~ worse . The doctor came up at the same time and prescribed for him . —Mary _lfolHngswortk said that she was the night nurse of Stephens * Ward on cm . Friday last . About two o ' clock ou Saturday morning the deceased changed very much—became restless , and threw himseff out of bed upon his knees . Witness had great difficulty in getting him into bed again , and when she did he appeared delirious , ana threw the cradle off his foot . —The Coroner : When vou found this great _change in the
man what did you do ?—Witness : —I gave him some barley-water and beef-tea , but did not then inform the sister of the ward nor the house surgeons . —The Coroner : What are your directions in case of a patient getting suddenly worse ?—Witness : To send for the sister ; but I did not in this case , as I did not for a moment consider he was going to die . I told the sister when she came at eight o clock that the deceased had been very restless all ni ght and got out of bed . —The Coroner : The probability is if you had called up the sister when you found the man got so much worse he would have lived longer . This was a case in which you ought to have sent for the sister , so that the surgeon might be sent for . You are not fit to hold the situation of nurse , for it is of the utmost importance that patients entrusted to your care should be properly
attended to , and not neglected , as this poor man has heen . —Mr . Stocker , one of the house surgeons , said that he was in the building on Friday ni ght , but knew nothing of the change until between eleven and twelve o clock on Saturday morning , when , in going his rounds , he saw the state the man was in , and he _orderedbim some brand y . The nurse ought to have reported the case the moment the deceased got worse . —The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , C 0 uplhi » with-it their unanimous opinion that not / only had Mary _Hollingsworth , the night nurse , _beenguiljy of great neglect , bat that Elizabeth Brown , the sister of the -ward , had also neglected the deceased , in not attending to him - when she was fold by the night nurse how he had been all night , on . her arrival ia the morning . They ( the _jarj *) abo _requested the _ooroner to make known to V _& H- ibfiR _& s _oLItebAgqj _^ ih _& opMsm , to that _Jbsj ffl _^ _fajR _^ _ifeawmT _^ g _^ _oniotttthe con
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duct of the two parties . The steward of the hospital having been sent for , the coroner informed him oi the decision of the jury . The steward said tnat the matter would most certainly bo fully _mvcsii-^ _BraGLART AN _* D ATIEMFTEn MURDER AT CHELSEA . —On Tuesday a communication was made to tue police commissioners of a burglary , followed by two attempts at murder , having taken place between two and three o ' clock in the morning , at _JNo . 8 , M anor-place , King ' s-road , Chelsea , the residence of Mr . Collings , a . member of the English bar , and who holds a bMi judicial appointment at the Mauritius . At the regular hour the family , including three servants , retired to rest , when every part of the house appeared to be safe . Between two and three o ' clock
Mr . Collings was awoke by hearing a noise in _lu 5 bedroom , when , after listening for a few seconds , he was satisfied there was one , it not two , persons in the ; room . Upon making this discovery he instantly jumped out of bed and came in contact with some person whom he at once grappled with . In another instant he was felled to the floor . Directly after Mr . Collings had left his bed , Mrs . Collings , who was awakened , also got out to ring the bell , but before she could do so , she heard her husband groan , and fall , when she rushed towards the spot , and was rendered senseless by a blow . The consecutive falls and cries aroused the servants , who , upon entering the bedroom , found both Mr . and 3 drs . Collings apparently dead , bleeding profusely from wounds in the head . An alarm was raised ,
when it was found that an egress had been made by tho street door . Yesterday , Inspector Field , of the detective , went to examine tho premises , and from the results of the inquiries , no doubt remains that in the first instance a burglary had been effected , and from it being presumed that Mr . Collings was in the habit of keeping a large quantity of valuable property in liis bedroom , the burglars at once made for that part of the house and had possessed themselves of Mr . Collings ' s gold watch and some rings , when they were disturbed by Mr . Collings . From the nature of the wounds inflicted on Mr . Collings and his Lidy _, the worst results are anticipated . In the course of Wednesday afternoon circumstances transpired which , in all probability , will lead to the speedy apprehension of the ' parties .
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discharged upon her finding bail in the amount of £ 40 to appear and answer any charge that might be preferred against her . Cheshire . —Railway" Acciden t . — An accident happened to the train which leaves Manchester by the London and North Western Railway , at 11 40 a . m ., on Saturday , through the wheel of one of the second-class carriages giving way when the train was near to Chelford . A gentleman ' s leg was booken and a lady received a fracture of the collarbone . Several passengers received severe contusions but no life was lost .
Breach of the Factory Act . —Mr . Graham , sub-inspector of factories , attended at the Borough Court , Manchester , on Friday week , to sustain a summons against Mi * . S . Gibbons , cottonspinner , Livesey- _'strect , for non-compliance with the 21 st section of * ihe Factory Act . This section of the act makes . it imperative upon the owners or tenants of mills , in which machinery was so exposed as to be dangero us to the workpeople , to box it off , and the defendai it having an upright shaft in one of his rooms so exj _tosed , had neglected this provision of the act of p arliament . Mr . Gibbons said the shaft had been , covered by a casing , but that soon after Christmas , it had been removed to repair the shaft , and had not been replaced . Tlie court imposed a penalty of £ 5 .
. Norfolk . — The Staxfielo-hal l _MURDBUS . — From inquiries" . made on Saturday last at Stanfieldhall , as to the 3 tate of health of the unfortunate lady _. Mrs . Jermi / , and her maid , Elizabeth Chcstncy , it appears that "Mrs . Jenny was described to be in an exceedingly . critical situation . Since the operation she underwent on Tuesday morning , of the amputation of her fl / ounded arm , she has had two good nights' rest ; _ano . although she is far from being out of danger , yet he ; r sufferings are not 50 severe as they were previot is to the removal of the limb . At first it was deemad necessary by the leal gentlemen who are preparing the case for the prosecution , that _Sirs . Jermy _should be brought forward as a witness at the trial , to prove certain important conversations between the elder Mr . Jenny and Rash , a few days prior to the assassination . It is now clear , however , even should she survive , that it will
be quite impossible for her to attend . It has been said that , by the Attorney-General ' s new act , Mrs . Jermy ' s deposition would be admissiblo . as evidence . Such , however , appears not to be the case . Another difficulty also presents itself in the unfavourable state of Elizabeth Chestney . The poor girl is devotedly attached to her mistress , whose precarious _condition has so much affected her as to bring on a relapse , and she continues in a low way , requiring the constant attendance of tho medical gentlemen . Notwithstanding the melancholy condition of these witnesses , the officers for the prosecution have decided on placing Rush on his trial at the forthcoming assizes . On the authority of a magistrate , we learn that Rush intends to defend himself . The greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry of the county to be present at tlie trial , and it is stated that already large prices have been offered
for seats m the court . A Youxg _Iiirosion . —A few days since a delicate little boy , about twelve years of age , was admitted into the Taunton and Somerset hospital in a deplorable state of palsy . He was helpless in all his limbs , and on making efforts to stand or exert himself became violently convulsed ; but the most remarkable symptom attending his disease was an inability to swallow , the nourishment of his body appearing" to be kept up by his retaining fluids in the mouth for considerable periods , small portions of which would insensibly find their way into his stomach . His intellect was perfect , and his turn of mind serious . He was reported to have laboured under these sufferings for nearly a-y ar . All
treatment had proved unavailing ; indeed , the faculty were fairly puzzled by the anomalous _character of his malady . A few days' residence in the hospital tended to confirm the account given of his various symptoms . The discovery ot the deception was thus made : —On Sunday , when all the patients from his Avard ( excepting himself ) were attending Divine service , he was observed , after stealthily seeing , as he supposed , that the coast was quite clear , to rise from his bed , and visit in succession the lockers of the other patients , levying from each a tithe of the provender they contained , which he despatched with astonishing celerity . On a slig ht alarm he was back to his bed like lightning . On being questioned , relative to these eccentric movements , lie denied them in tvto ; but , in explanation of the missing food , said a female form , dressed in gay apparel , which he describod , had visited the ward , and been to the lockers during the service , and , doubtless ,
she had made off with the provisions . Ho was equally ready in explaining away other strange events , and never at a loss for a plausible answer in the most difficult position . His cure was rapidly effected on Monday morning , when his medical attendants gravely informed him that , all previous remedies having proved ineffectual , one alone was left for them to employ ; it certainl y was a most painful one , producing excruciating agony , but it was a last resource , and never known to fail . This was now prepared in his presence . His heart evidently began to fail him . As the time for appl ying the remedy approached he thought he could stand . On a still nearer approach he did stand . Nearer still , he walked—then ran ! And finally , in tho presence of his wondering fellow-patients , ho ate a large piece of bread , and drank off half-a-pint of tea . He evinces little , if any , sorrow or shame for his conduct , and obstinately refuses to confess what motive has actuated him in his career of deception .
Discovert of a Cave on the South-eastern Railwat . —During the operations of tiie workmen on the North Kent line of tho South-Eastern Railway , when tunnelling under the hanging woods at Charlton , near Woolwich , they came upon a cave of considerable dimensions cut in the chalk and flint rocks . A great quantity of sand has fallen at one end , blocking up the side from which it has apparently been entered , and the workmen are now busily employed in shoring up a part of the roof of one of the chambers , the railway passing over its entire breadth . Four chambers have been discovered , forming alternate recesses from tho main
cave , leading in a westerly direction . The roof of the cave is on a level with the line of railway , and tlie base about twelve to fourteen feet lower , Tlie atmosphere in it is remarkably dry and pure , and presents a strange contrast with tlie damp and close atmosphere experienced in passing along the tunnel to the extremity where the cave has been discovered . Tlie men state they found a knife and spoon on exploring it , and they turned their discovery to good account on Sunday last , having lighted the whole of the tunnel with candles , and conducted visitors over tlie cave at the extremity , charging them 3 d . cacli for admission .
_DlSCOVERTOF A CoiNIXG-nouSE IM BIRMINGHAM . —On Tuesday the police broke into the domicile of some _coiisers , situated at No . 23 , Chapelstreet , the inmates being an old woman , Elizabeth Foster , the landlady , a man named Robert Smith , and Harriett Smith , a young woman said to be his wife . From certain information received by the police , detective officers Palmer , Dutton , and Hi Ison , went to the house in question between five and six in the afternoon , when they found the front and back doors fast . The officers then employed a lad to take a note to the house , and after knocking two or three times the landlady came and opened the door to him , on which Palmer ran into the house directly , and , being seen by Robert Smith , the latter
went upstairs into a bedroom , followed immediately by Palmer , who also was followed by the old woman who , on getting into the room , fastened the door , at which time the young woman was in the room , Tlie man ran to the table , on which was lying a plate turned upside down , with two or three _counts felt shillings on the outside . Palmer seized him as he was going to the table , on which the young man called out to the young woman to go and throw the shillings away . As she was going to the table , Palmer seized her , when she and the man attacked him , and a _struggle ensued . At this time the other officers were outside the house in readiness to capture any one who might run out ; but Dutton , hearing a cry of " murder , " entered the house , followed by Hidson . On getting to the bedroom door it was found necessary by Dutton to force open the door , which he accordingly effected with a crowbar . In answer to a question from Palmer , the old woman
had said she wa _* the landlady , on which Palmer ordered her to call for the police who were on the outside , but this she had refused to do . Dutton and Hidson found Palmer struggling with the two bmiths . Tne police handcuffed the prisoners . Dutton then discovered and seized , under the plate that was on the table , fifty-six unfinished counterfeit shillings , all dated 1844 , and in a closet in the same room , he f ., und a ladle for melting mttal , and which contained some metal . There was also discovered a pair of _clampa and a fi ! e , together with two pieces ol Zinc , a bottle containing a quantity of solution of metal , and another bottle containing some oil of vitriol . In addition to these were discovered a copper frame used for the purpose of drying moulds , a basin containing plaster of Paris , another containing soda , and some copper wire . No moulds were found , the three prisoners were taken before the magistrates and remanded for the purpose of receiving _instructitns from the Mint .
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MunnEE op a Publican at Tockikgtok . —The quiet village of Tockington , Gloucestershire , situate about ten miles from Bristol , was on Friday night week the scene of the above dreadful circumstance . The victim , Mr . Fowler , landlord of the Crown Inn in that village , was a very respectable man , of about middle age , and universally beloved in the village for his kindness and urbanity of manners ; he leaves a widow and three children to lament his untimely death . It appears that the party charged with the commission of this crime is a young man of about twenty-five years of age , named Charles Kibby , a farm labourer , employed on the farm of Mr . Samuel Bowden . He has always borne an indifferent character , not only as a person of violent temper and intemperate habits , but as having
been two or three times charged with the commission of petty thefts . During the afternoon of Friday this man had been drinking at the White Hart , a public-house in the village ; and , at about eight o ' clock in the evening , having been refused further drink , he went to another public-house , the Swan , where , however , he was refused admission . He then proceeded to the Crown . On entering the house , he called to the landlord , using an offensive epithet , to get up out of the chair in which he was sitting , and ordered some cider . He was furnished with it , and gave a half-crown in payment . The landlord , in sending Mm his change , deducted some coppers for some cider which he had left unpaid on a previous evening . Atthi 3 he became violently angry , cursed and swore at the landlord , and vowed vengeance against him . Mr . Fowler at length told him that he could not permit any rows there , and ordered Mm to leave the house . He swore that he
would not , and continued his disgraceful conduct , until at length the landlord seized hold of him for the purpose of forcibly ejecting him . The ruffian immediately attacked the landlord with g reat ferocity , beat him severely about the head and body , aud at length struck him so severe a blow over the region of the heart as to instantly deprive him of life ; the unfortunate man foil , and never spoko a word afterwards . The people in the house at length succeeded in securing him , and he was conveyed to the nearest police station . The Coroner ' s inquest on tho body was held on Monday . The accused Charles Kibby was present in custody . The evidence adduced detailed the circumstances under -which the unfortunate man came by his death in pretty
much the same terms as given above . A witness named Smith , a potato jobber of Olveston , deposed that he was at the Crown at about eight o clock on Friday evening , having some beer , when , as he was conversing with the landlord the prisoner camo in , and as he passed to the taproom he called to the landlord , - who -was sitting resting on a settle , and using an abusive epithet ordered him to get up . _Jfo notice was taken of him , and he passed on and ordered a pint of cider with which he was served . Nothing occurred till he came to pay for it , when he gave half-a-crown to the landlady , who , instead of giving him Ins full change , deducted threepence for a pint of cider , which he had before had in trust . He then became turbulent , 3 wore that lie would have the whole of his change , and became so quarrelsome and abusive that the landlady at length
_ordered him to leave the house , and said she would insist upon his being turned out . He would not go , and the landlord took him by the back of his coat collar to remove him . The prisoner then grasped the landlord , and struck him a blow over the temple which would seem to have deprived him of life , for his head fell forward , and he shortly afterwards sunk on to the floor a dead man . Medical assistance was at once sent for , but it was too late . A blacksmith named Edward Ireland , who was likewise in the house at the time of the fatal affray , gave similar testimony ; and the surgeon who examined the body having stated that the blow over the temple produced a shock upon the nervous system which caused death , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against-Charles Kibby , " who was thereupon committed on a coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester county gaol , to take his trial at the ensuing
assizes . Sudden Death at Liverpool— On Tuesday a general gloom prevailed in the Liverpool Change in consequence of the sudden death of Mr . Priestley , of the well-known firm of Priestly , Griffiths and Cox . Ho was unexpectedly seized with a fit of apoplexy , and died before surgical assistance could be procured . Extraordinary Suicide . —An act of suicide , on the part ofa young and newly-married female , took place a short time since , at the retired village of Leavesden , near Watford . The deceased was a young woman of excellent character , and had lived in service , for two or three years , at Aylesbury , in Buckinghamshire , where , it is said , she " kept
company" with a young man , with whom her future marriage was partly arranged . Circumstances occasioned her removal to Watford , where she attracted the attention of a respectable young man , named Downer , the son of the keeper of the village ale-house , at Leavesden . The second lover plied his suit so successfully , that , aided by the recommendation of the deceased ' s own relatives , the former attachment was soon forgotten , and a marriage agreed upon between the deceased and himself . Tliis marriage was solemnised on the Sunday , and after the ceremony , the newly-wedded pair took possession of a neatly furnished cottage in Leavesden , intending to make it their future residence . The husband remained at home on the
Monday and Tuesday . On Wednesday mornmg week he left home for the purpose of resuming his occupati on , that ofa carpenter , at Watford . Before leaving , he laid the fire for his wife , who remained in bed at the time of his departure . In the evening , on his return home , he found his cottage door fastened . Imagining that his wife might be gone to her father-in-law ' s , he hastened there to meet her ; but , on inquiry , it appeared that they had seen nothing of her all day . Returning to his cottage , and finding the door still locked , he burst it open , when he was surprised to find the fire just as he had left it in the morning . On proceeding up stairs , he was horror-struck at discovering his wife ,
in her night-dress , suspended by a cord to the bedpost , and quite cold and stiff . Medical assistance was called in , but death had taken place many hours previously . A close examination discovered nothing leading to any explanation , on the part of the deceased , of the rash act she had committed , hut it was quite evident that her purpose had been most determined , and that she had hung herself almost immediately after her husband ' s departure in the morning . An inquest has heen held on the body , and a verdict of " Temporary Insanity" returned . It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that the exciting cause which led to the melancholy event , was the deceased's own regret at the faithlessness she had shown to her former lover .
The Bristol Murder . —The mother of the servant g irl who stands committed upon the coroner ' s warrant for the wilful murder of her mistress , Miss _Jefferies , was on Saturday last charged before the magistrates , at the Bristol police court , with beinff an accessary to the murder after tho fact . It . will be remembered that when the police went to the house of the girl's father , at Horfield , for the purpose of apprehending her , the mother answered them from a window , and on being asked by the inspector of police if Sarah was at home , replied that she had not seen her for two months , and that she was living at Keyndean or Pensford . Subsequently the prisoner and stolen property were found in the house , from which the guilty knowledge of the mother was inferred . The magistrates , _considering that the mother had been admitted and _** wui _* aa 8 a witness on the coroner ' s inquisition , did not consider the case a sufficient one to commit upon , and directed that the old woman should be
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Extensive Fraud by a Gang op Swindlers . —On Friday week two individuals were apprehended at Glasgow on suspicion of being concerned in a _systcmaticplan pf swindling the public , and examined on Saturday before the sheriff . From the facts alreadv ascertained , it appears that a firm in _Glasgow under the designation of J . G . Hall and Co W been in the practice of sending orders for goods to country manufacturers , to be transmitted either to St . _Vmcent-placeOr St Enoch-square , _^ Sh of which localities it would appear that they have places of business . The transaction which lod ta the fortunate detection f the fraud _wEfcSLJi
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the above-n amed firm of HaU and Co . and a Mr Beveridgc _, cloth manufacturer of Dunfermline , lhe _Kttm- _pai-ty received an order for goods to tho amount _nfllSOforwhichhc reccivcdinpaymentapromissory bill for £ 200 , signed by parties representing thom-L ves tobcJ . Stevensonand Co ., _^ Manchester . When theSTec- mc due it was found to be a purely , fictitious document , no such firm , as that named existing tious uocuim , vei , _* _ig 0 becoming painfully m Manche « tei . Ml _uevei , fo _£ Glasg 0 w , _Slodgedtn oil ion wL ' the authorities here _T X _annrised of the circumstances , granted _™ , _^? for the apprehens ion of Mr . _Ifall , the on _VSy thS » * _SUSp _Stcd of the frand . His place of Sence being in Wellcroft-place , as was ascer-? a u ,.,. _fnrpnco to the order which he had sent Hit' _ttS _^ _^ _cSptahi Wilson , of the southern _SstrSeL _Jii ' ted hpon
was , _^ j _™^^ have timc to get out ofthe wav . On proceeding to the house of the suspocted party , they found no one inside but a servant girl , and failed at the time to learn anything of tho movements of her master . All the papers and documents about the domicile were secured , and a watchman iu coloured clothes stationed outside to watch the premises m the event of Hall making his appearance . From the cautious movements of this individual there is reason to believe that he dreaded a visit from the police , as , instead of coming in by the front entrance to the dwelling house , he was observed , accompanied by another individual , at that time unknown ,
endearoming to g et In as quietly as possible by a back court . Precautions , however , had been taken in the event of such an attompt being made , and no sooner were the parties fairly housed than the police made their appearance and apprehended both of them . The second individual , it has now been ascertained , is the party who signed tho bill for £ 200 , under the name of Stevenson and Co ., Manchester . He was at one time in business in Glasgow , though latterly he appears to havo attached himself to the fortunes of Hall and Co ., and become a party to his fraudulent transactions . The papcr 3 8 eized , and which have been partly examined , disclose a most extensive and deeply laid scheme for fleecing the country manufacturers . Their correspondence
embraces most of the principal commercial towns of Scotland and England , and extends over a period of three or four years , during which time there is reason to fear that very considerable loss must have been sustained by various parties . Their plan of operation appears to have been to send orders for small quantities of goods , which , in the first place , were promptly paid on delivery . A _larn-or order would then bo transmitted to the same manufacturers . This , too , in all likelihood , was settled immediately ; but after confidence had been thus established , advantage was taken of it to order a still larger consignment of goods , which , if tho manufacturer _complied with , were probably never
more heard of , the wholo circumstances being as already mentioned , under judicial investigation , the facts may yet transpire whioh will , it is hoped , give a clue to the apprehension of other parties . There seems reason to believe that the swindling transactions have not been confined to the parties at present in custody , but that they have correspondents in other parts of the country . It might perhaps facilitate the detention of such parties , if'individuals in the country who may have had dealings with the firm of Hall and Co ., would communicate with the authorities at Glasgow . A third party , named Eivan , supposed _aiso to be a member of the same firm , has been apprehended , and is at present in custody for examination .
Edinburgh Parochial Board . — Increase of Pauperism . —An adjourned meeting of this board was held last week , " Mr . Law in tho chair , whon a deputation from the Parochial Board of Invcresk , consisting of Provost Hope , of Musselburgh , James Bridges , W . S ., and Dr . Lawrie , was introduced to the meeting , and communicated certain resolutions of that board regarding tho alarming increase of pauperism and poor-rates over Scotland . Tho members of tlie deputation severally addressed the board , pointing out tho evils of the present system of poorlaws , and urging the necessity that exists for a now amendment act , in which provision should be made for employing tho poor in tho reclamation of waste lands and other productive works . The views of the deputation were warmly sympathised with by the board ; and on the motion of Mr . _Blaekaddcr , seconded by Mr . Boyle , a committee was appointed to consider the suggestions submitted by the deputation , and to report to a future meeting . The meeting then adjourned .
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Dublin, Saturdat, March 17.—Depreciation...
Dublin , _Saturdat , March 17 . —Depreciation , of tiie Value of Land . —The failure of the attempt to effect sales of some lots of Crowa lands , at tho Quit Rent Office in this city , en Thursday last , was a remarkable proof of the unwillingness of capitalists to make such investments in tho present condition of the country . Some of those lots were in comparatively well-circumstanced districts , and one of them , a few acres in the county of Wicklow , not far distant from the metropolis . Yet nothing like the fair value was offered ; all the lots had to bo bought in by the government officer . On Tuesday week last , a small freehold estate , consisting of one hundred acres of arable land , with thirty-five acres of reclaimable bottom , was sold by
auction m tho town of Ballina , m the northern division of Mayo . The lands are held on lease for ever , charged with a nominal reserved rent of twenty-five shillings annually . Dr . Atkinson , of Ballina , became the purchaser , for tho sum of £ 900 . This was considered an exceedingly low price , as only two years since , and during the year of the famine , the same property would have brought £ 2 , 000 . The Clearance System , —The Corfc Examiner , Tippcrary Vindicator , and other southern journaisj contain accounts of the progress of the clearance system , and the levelling of the houses of the evicted tenantry . There are also further accounts of deatiis from starvation—the facts being authenticated by the verdicts of coroners' juries .
The Case of Mr . _Dufft . —At a meeting of the ratepayers of Linen Hall Ward , held yesterday evening , Mr . John Bagnall in the chair , for the purpose of adopting the most effective means for having the memorial to tho Lord-Lieutenant , praying tlie liberation of Mr . Duffy , numerously signed , a resolution was adopted , calling upon the other wards of the city to hold meetings and appoint committees for the same laudable object . Murder near Kells . —On Tuesday ni g ht week , about eight o ' clock , a young man , named James Brcnnan , of Loughsallas , in the parish of Donemaggin , was murdered on his way home from Kells . An inquest was hold on tlie body , and a verdict of wilful murder returned against the parties , who aro highly respectable . The melancholy occurrence was occasioned by the parties having drank too freely .
Murder in Kildaui _* . —On Thursday week Mr . Bailey Cluxton , of Kilcullcn , was committed to Naas gaol , for trial at the coming assizes , charged with the murder of John Jones , a labourer , whom he beat violentl y on Saturday last , The unfortunate man died from the effects of the injuries oil Wednesday evening . Michael Murphy is to bo hanged at Tullamore gaol on the 10 th of April for the murder of Sergeant James Grant , of the enrolled pensioners .
The Rate in Aid . —Emigration . —The northern journals are still occupied almost exclusively with the agitation against tho rate in aid . In many of the country districts every individual , who can gather up as much money as will take himself and his family to America , is preparing to escape from the ruin which continued misgovernmont is preparing for Ireland . In some places , whole congregations , chiefly in connexion with the Presbyterian Church , are in danger of becoming extinct from this sole cause .
Party Procession's in- Ulster—Desperate and Fatal Conflict . —For some days past , owing to a recent fatal collision between Orangemen and Roman Catholics , the government has been activel y engaged in precautionary measures to preserve the peace on St . Patrick ' s Day ( Saturday last ) . Stipendiary magistrates and policehavebcen despatched to various parts of Down and Antrim , where disturbances were apprehended . In one district all these precautions have been unavailing , as will be perceived by the following , from a . third edition of the Downpatrich Recorder : — " Eight 6 ' clock p . m . —The facts as contained in our second edition are , unhappily , too true , respecting the collision at Crossgar . We repaired to the spot , to ascertain the facts .
exactly as they occurred . About 3 , 000 of the . processionists assembled at Crossgar , tho place of rendezvous previously arranged upon . On their attempting to go up a street , called Killyleagh-street , the opposite party , we believe Orangemen , mustered pretty strong , and declared ' up that street they should not go . ' A party of police were liere drawn up , at tho entrance of the street in question , in order to prevent a collision , which , unhappily , with all the efforts of the magistrates , had not the desired effect . Stones were resorted to with great violence on botli sides . The police came in for their share , until at length fire-arms were dischargedwe could not ascertain from what quarter first . Mr .
Anketell , one of the magistrates in attendance , then read the riot act , immediately after which one of the party in th g procession advanced from the ranks and drove the _jiiiuzzleof a gun against his breast , giving him a severe thrust . The struggle was now between the Ribbonmen and the police ; firing , on both sides , ensued , and the result was that a policeman , named Burke , from Newtownbreda district , was shot through the neck , and instantly expired . A woman , named Ann Woods , from Belfast , who had a stall in the street , also received a gun-shot wound , and died . shortly after . A man , named Smyth , who was merel y looking on at the time , and took no part in the procession , has been mortally wounded , and is in a dying state . Soveral of the police and country people are more or less
Dublin, Saturdat, March 17.—Depreciation...
injured from the effects of slugs , A countryman has been conveyed to the infirmary badly wounded . ' Several of the doors and windows of the village are perforated with balls and slugs ; and the walls of the bridge , on which a party of the police , with one of the magistrates , was standing , bear marks of gun bullets . Our only astonishment is , that more fives were not lost , from the fact that the firing was kept up for nearly twenty minutes . The magistrates in attendance were James Sharman Crawford , Esq ., William R . Anketell , Esq ., and James L . M'Cance , Esq ., R . M . The police force , which was the only one present , amounted to about sixty mon , and was commanded by Sub-Inspector Dospard , from _Navan . We are happy to be able to
state that the injury which Mr . Antekcll received in the head from the blow of a stone is not serious ; that gentleman being able to take part with his brother magistrates until the village was restored to its wonted tranquillity . " Emigration . —Vast numbers are passing through Waterford from the counties of Waterford , Wexford , and Tippcrary , on their way to Liverpool and other English ports , to take shipping for America . Tuesdat . —The Eate-in * -Aid . —Lord Londonderry has addressed his tenantry ia Ulster , and urged them to lie quicBcent , and take no part in the antirate- in aid agitation . Tho noble marquis is respected as an admirable landlord , but his opinions in public matters command little wei g ht in Ireland .
_Dueadful _Ml-kder . —On Saturday nig ht last tlie house of a man named Robert Arnold , a tenant on the estates of Mr . Ormsby Gore , residing on the lands of _Leganonmoi-j in tho parish of Cloonc , and county of Lcitrim , was attacked by an armed party , who fired several shots through tho windows , whilst Arnold , his wife , child , and uncle ( Robert Todd ) were eating their supper . One of the shots took fatal effect upon the uncle , who instantly expired . The assassins then went to the house of another tenant , named Flood , and also fired several rounds , without , however causing any mischief . Immediately on the murder of Todd being made known , Ah ' . ' William Lauder , of Mough House , Feenag h , the agent of Mr . Gore , proceeded , in company with
Mr . John Lauder , J . P ., and a party of police , to scour tho country in search of the miscreants , and succeeded in arresting several suspicious characters , none of whom , however , have been as yet sufficiently identified to warrant their committal to gaol . It may be recollected that about twelve months since Mr . Lauder ejected several defaulting tenants from this property , and substituted in their placos a move respectable class of persons , Arnold and Flood being among the latter . Pabtt Conflict at _Rathforland . —The Newry Telegraph of this day contains an account of a conflict between Orangemen and Roman Catholics near Rathforland . It is stated that some persons were shot .
The cholera has broken out in Ennis . Several cases occurred there on Friday last , and two deaths were recorded on Saturday . On Sunday morning there were fourteen cases , out of which eight had died , one was cured , and five were under treatment . M Limerick there were not less than eighty-nine extra cases , besides those in hospital . Starvation * . —The provincial papers record several cases of death hy starvation . In the Ncnagli Union there are 3 , 019 paupers , out of whom 43 died last week .
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE . Limerick . —Murder Case , —On Thursday week Denis Long was indicted for the murder of Thomas Walsh , on the 20 th of November , at Cappamoro . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter . Sentence deferred . Fridat . —Attempt to Murder Mr . Sandes . — William Collins was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Sandes , Esq ., and discharging a loaded gun at him wifli intent to murder him , on the 12 th of January , 1849 . A second indictment charged the prisoner with feloniously assaulting him , with intent to rob him of his arms . W . Sandes , Esq ., J . P ., examined : I was returning from attending a meeting of the poor law guardians at Ratlikcale , and was proceeding to my home beyond Askeaton ,
when several men came out on the road before me . One of them caught my horse ' s head . A man whom I saw on the road as I went on ran alongside tho gig and looked very hard at me . When the horse was stopped a man came to the wheel of my gig , and presented a gun at me . Another of the party cried out fire , and immediately a shot was fared . I am sure from the report the jfun was loaded . My servant was in the gig and he attemped to save me , when he received several blows . I was struck with stones on the head . The man that fired was the prisoner . He caught me by the cloak and attempted to pull me out of the gig , and continued striking me with a stone , so that he loosened my teeth . My horse turned round and made away , and a shot was then fired after me . It was duskish at the time , just between day and dark . The next time I saw tiie prisoner was in the town of
Askeaton . I came suddenl y upon him as I turned the corner of a street . I was at the time far from the police barrack , and being lame I could not go sufficiently quick to get him arrested , so I _saibTnothing about the matter . I next saw him at Rathkeale Bridewell , where I pointed him out amongst seven or eight people . Tho witness was cross-examined by Mr . Kenny , counsel for the prisoner , with the view to show that from the darkness of the night , he mi ght have been mistaken in the identity of the prisoner , but lie persisted that he was not mistaken . —Pat Griffin , the servant , deposed to the facts of the attack , but could not identif y the prisoner . — Mr . Kenny addressed the jury , urging on them that Mr . Sandes' opportunity of identifying could not have been sufficient to warrant a conviction on his evidence . —Verdict , " Guilty . " To be transported for life .
_DOWNTATRICK . —CONVICTION * OF A SURGEON * . —John Maclean was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Dawson , b y careless , unskilful , and negligent treatment of her in childbirth , at Magherahn , on the 17 th of August last . The Chief Baron charged the jury , who , having retired for an hour , returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter , with a recommendation to mercy , in consequence of his previous good character . —Sentence deferred . State Trials in Clo . vmel . —On Friday evening Mr . Killileo , proprietor of the Waterford " Chronicle
and Miss Power , were brought before the Court , both charged with having unregistered arms on the 23 rd of last September . Mr . Killileo pleaded "guilty , " and was liberated on giving security , himself in £ 50 , and two securities in £ 25 each , to appear when called on . The Clerk of the Crown then having read over the indictment against Miss Power , asked if she pleaded guilty or not guilty , to which she replied , " Not guilty" in a firm tone of voice . Several of her friends earnestly besought her to alter her determination , but she persistedto tho last , and was liberated on her own
recognizances . Saturday . —Thomas Morrissey , William Marks , Patrick Walsh , John Sullivan , and John Cavanagh , were charged with training and drilling at Carrickon-Suir _, on the 9 th of July last , with sundry other divers persons ; there were several counts . They were also indicted for attending unlawful assemblies . —Mr . Francis Meagher submitted , for the prisoners , a plea of guilty , on the understanding that it was not the intention of the Crown to press for punishment . —Mr . Scott , Q . C ., heard the statement of Mr . Meagher with extreme satisfaction ; there was another name in the same indictment , one which had
of late acquired much notoriety , that name was Michael Doheny , who was now a fugitive from ] ustice . It was not the intention of the Crown to press for punishment , but as a caution toothers , and in order to make them amenable at any future time , he would require that tho prisoners and each of them be severally bound in the sum of £ 50 , with two sureties each of £ 2 o , to appear to receive judgment at any future time , upon getting ten days' notice ; and , addressing the prisoners , _asstircd them that the Crown were treating them with the greatest lenity , relying on their future good conduct . —The traversers then loft the court .
Murder . —Catherine Browne and Michael Baker were indicted for the murder of Thomas Browne , husband of the female prisoner . After a protracted trial there was a verdict of _< _- " Not guilty . "
The Directors Of The Edinburgh Arprentic...
The Directors of the Edinburgh ArpRENTicE Schools have sent us an interesting report of the annual meeting of their classes , lately held in the Music-hall of Edinburgh , Mr . Sheriff Gordon presiding ; Mr . Charles Cowan , M . P ., and a number of the leading citizens being present . The Edinburgh Apprentice Schools were established some five years since , with the aim of affording opportunities for prosecuting education to persons who had been deprived of the opportunity of training in youth , by being forced too early to attend to the business of earning their livelihood . Reading , writing , arithmetic , algebra , practical mathematics , book-keeping , and English grammar , aro taught at a fee of Is . 3 d . a month . Nor is the meral training _neglected . The pupils consist of mechanics , clerks , shopmen , and domestic servants , of ages from fourteen and under up to sixty . In one school there are to bo seen in the same class with juvenile apprentices , five individuals
of forty and oho of sixty years of age . Many of the pupils are married men with numerous families ; and , in _sonio cases , a father is seen attending f , he same class with one or two of his sons This meritorious institution seems very worthy of encouragement and imitation . The Portrait of Charles I ., alleged to bo the work of Velasquez , which was seized in an cxhibf ti . _on-room at Edinburgh some time hack hv the _Sbit ° Mr _K K _^ _^ _- « to he exhibitor , Mr . Snare , by a decision of Sheriff Gorhid ' _ldV _rt redt _M' "' . r _esent , the trustees outSt hren \ Mv ' _^ conveying the picture Ste _^; hut when the matter was ar-2 J + _^ _" - . . _amoved the interdict , and Snare plcturo Bhould be _wtoreJ . toMr .
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Derby- , March 17 . A _FionTixo Family . —W . Daft was _charged i , » three indictments , with maliciously _cutting wounding Thomas Smith , Joseph _Stonsmf an < ? Samuel Parker , at Sawley , on the Oth of _i n ' n ,, " _last . Tho facts , briefly stated , are these T _^" had been a sort of wake held at Sawlcv ' ant ties were drinking together late at themihlio i 7 _„ par The prisoner ' s father was in the stoeet X „ * - persons to fight ; and no one acceptinJ _^ _hn _^ P lenge , he and his son had a " sot tt > _- » ° . J r . * they adjourned to the public-house , wW hLT ? - prosecutors were . According to thoh . * 3 ' ce no quarrel took place ; but on going _hntnTi " _? ° ' one and two o ' clock in the morninf Z . twcen attacked them with a hatchet , and commlf Pr 50 ne . ous wounds upon them . RirW ia _? _hSi „ _S ,, V * some time , and kept his bed sever " weekf 'it nrisnnm * on I ed his father In , x . , i . " . - _^ S . HlO prisoner caned ins mtner to tin ! + 1 w
prove , tors were the aggressors . IIo stated th _^ _. h PTCU _' him upon the ffrc in the _public-hoM _tfj _^ 7 lowed him home , where they commuted ii then / 01 ; In passing sentence , Mr . Justice \ U _, L \ . 7 ' , that the _prisoner appeared to 2 m _» to ° ° ?» r _° family , for when nobod y else would _ic _^ t hif , _h" _? lenge , the father and he soemod _dbjffi _^ their propensity . Sentenced to six calendar ° nlS imprisonment and Imvd labour . muntus An * Incendiary . —James Singer a t „ _. , had slept in tlie _Nottingham _Vacant S' ' 15 previous night , was _chafed wto _^ _Kife to S fire to a straw stack at Rislov . It _™ W _» _u when on his way from Nottingh a _^ _R _, _*/ _£ company with a weaver who was out of work " ' the prisoner went to the back premises of tho prosecu tor , Mr . Blundstone , to ask for relief . On _ieinw
refused he went into the stack yard , and on return " ing to his companion ( Henry Wilson ) who was wa \{ ing on the road ; he said , " Come on , you'll see a flare-up immediately . " Wilson asked him what he meant ; he said , " I have set fire to one of tha stacks . " Wilson immediately went and informed the prosecutor , and on examining a straw stack , they found a li g hted torch , red hot , burning . The straw near it was scorched , and had tho stack ignited , others would undoubtedly have been destroyed also . Search was made for the prisoner , who was taken as he came out of a field about a mile distant . When taken , he said the _ra-r ( moaning the torch ) was damp , or else it would have fired the stack immediatel y . Sentenced to ten years * transportation .
March 10 . Murder in a Lunatic Asylum . —If . Strelly , a member of a highly respectable family , was indicted for the wilful murder of S . Tomlinson . The deed was perpetrated in a private asylum , kept by Dr Brigstoeke in Derby . Strelly and the deceased slept in the same room in different beds . The door was locked , and the keeper slept with other patients in an adjoining room . Between five and six o ' clock in the morning the keeper heard a noise in Strelly _' s room , and on taking a light ho discovered the deceased lying on tho floor weltering in his blood , and
the prisoner standing in a corner . On search boiti <» made , a lath taken from the prisoner ' s bed , _witfi marks of blood upon it , was found , and there can be no doubt that as the deceased was in the act of dressing himself , the prisoner was seized with a sudden paroxysm , sprang out of bed and struck deceased with the lath . A verdict of " Not Guiltv " was returned , on the ground of insanity . His lordship made some strong remarks upon the conduct of the proprietor of the asylum , in allowing two insane persons to sleep in the same room without a keeper .
Altering a Money-order by a Post-office Clerk . —J . T . Shepherd , 48 , the money-order clerk in Derby , was charged with having , ' on the 9 th Sept . last , feloniously forged and altered a certain order for the payment of money , purporting to be a Post-office order , drawn by W . Mather , for the payment of £ o , with intent to defraud T . P . Baiiibriage . —Mrs . Margaret Hcpperstall , wife of Mr . J . l ' lepperstall _, of Stockport : The paper now produced is not so large a sheet of paper , I think , as tho one I obtained . After I had obtained the order , I put it in a letter directed to "Mary Birks , Derby . " The order I obtained was for £ l !—W . Mather : I am a clerk in the Post-office at Stockport ; I am
acquainted with the system of g ranting _money-oi'der ? , On the 9 th September last I granted this order , which is numbered , which is the same as the number in the book . The order has been altered from £ 1 to £ 5 . The same day I sent an advice to the Derby office . _Xo other order was issued on tlie Post-office at Derby for that day . —By the Judge All the three persons in the office receive and pay money , but there is only one general money drawer . Only one person enters on the account slicet , and not each clerk his own orders . We account for the cash at night to the postmaster , but , supposing any money be abstracted , we could not tell which had taken it , or find it out . In giving out orders
it sometimes happens that one person receives the money and another gives the order . —Mary Birks On the 9 th Sept . last I received a letter containing a money order , with which I went in the afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , to the post-office , and received one sovereign . I signed my name to tlie order as baring- received it . Tho " u " in my name was not there then , as I signed it Birks . When 1 presented it , it had a figure 1 upon it , but it is a 5 now . I do not know who paid me the sovereign , but that it was a man . —T . P . Bainbrigge : I am the Postmaster at Derby , and the tlie prisoner was employed as money-order clerk in September last . There is no doubt this order was received at tho office on the 0 th of Septemberwhich might be
, dono by one of the clerks , as it is no one ' s duty particularly . It was the prisoner ' s duty to enter letters of advice . The paper produced is the letter of advice which the prisoner signs his name to , which imports that it is entered in the advice-book . The entry in the advice-book of this particular order is in the prisoner ' s writing . The entry in the daily account-book usually sent from Derby _' to London i 3 also in prisoner ' s handwriting . It runs thus : 122 i . Stockport . £ 5 . It is headed , " Postmaster of Derby , in account with the money-order office , 0 th Sept . 1 S 4 S , " and is _siened by myself as postmaster . Cross-examined : I had a great deal of confidence in the prisoner , and he usually _signed tlie accounts for
me . The sheets were returned if I requested it , and there is no doubt that this particular one was . The order in question was sent back as disallowed , in consequence of the error . It mi ght be returned in a day or two after . There is written on tlie order and returned from London , " Debited advice 20 s . only , but incorrectly claimed in account of the _Ctk of September as £ 5 , the body of order lias £ 1 . " That is the usual way they are returned .- * W . J . Godby t I am surveyor for the Midland district . On tho 12 th September I received the order , and pointed out to prisoner the figures , and asked him how lie could account for them , and what amount ho had paid . Ho said he could not toll ma exactly what ho had paid , I then asked him if the order had been out of his possession before it went up to London , and he said it had not . I also remarked that the sis-nature of the order had been
altered , and he said ho had done that himself ; and I asked his reason ; and he said , to make it correspond in the entry or advice-book ; and I sent foe the book while ho was there , but it was still wron ? . being Bukcs instead of Birk . I asked him if he altered the figures and he said no . That was all that passed aboutthe subject of the figures . —Mr . Whitehurst , having addressed tho jury for the defence , called several witnesses to character . —His lordship summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of "Guilty . " March 20 . —While his lordship was passing sentence this mcsvul-Ag the _pvKoucv Mutou , and on tli » sentence of seven years transportation being passed upon him he was led from the dock , supported by two officers . Many persons , who had known the prisoner through life , were in tears , and the seenfl was altogether an affecting one .
Fraud hy a Surveyor of Highways . —h \ Emery , a fanner , residing at Lallington _, was indicted for defraudin _g the parishioners of certain sums _«' money , whilst acting as surveyor of tho _highways . Tie prisoner had charged certain accounts " as paid for labour and material , which , on _investiga tion were discovered to bo fraudulent claims . He offered a cheque to refund the raonev , but the vicar and the * parishioners considered it an offence of so grave a character as to require punishment . —The jur / found him ' Guilty . "—In passing sentence , 1 » _3 lordship adverted to the position of the prisoner , and the disgrace he had broug ht upon hi mself by hl 3 conduct . —Sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Cambridge , March 17 .
_Cuaroe op Forgery . —George Edward Sheldon . 27 , arespetable-Iooking youngman , son of a trade ** man in Cambridge , and described as a teacher , ffW indicted for feloniousl y uttering a forged promis sory note for £ 40 , with the intent to cheat _Chai'ie » North , of Trinity College . Mivllancc is a solicitor of Cambridge , and sometimes discounts bills ; o ' the 23 rd of September , last year , prisoner called ¦ Mr . Ranee ' s office , and brought him a note for **» signed by Mr . North and Mr . Hewett : did not « member the date . Advanced him £ 27 l ? s . _ _*" note was payable at four months . Kept it ' possession , as collateral security for the advaa _^ nf f . 0 . 7 10 a _imftn n * ie < uim _. _> a _™~ * _™ _' a _WllCB J" * _^** _|/» 4 _* i 4 _si WIT 11
v » _ww * _awv > _mjv JV «< . _W HUD "' * _nfld own note was repaid , prisoner g ave him £ 30 , » .. he delivered both notes up . Prisoner never to * witness that it was Mr . North , of Trinity , out _¦» fancied it might be that gentleman , as he kneff P soner had been in the buttery at that college . _* F plied also to Mr . Hewett , of Trinity _^ = \ % letter , in both cascB . This was when P » _° _"L note was over-due . Mr . North called upon wiw > e _» » but witness never got any money from him- _^ day saw prisoner in custody , and Inspector _^ _V-j _^ _inquired of him ( prisoner _^ , where the note was , _^ said he had destroyed it , —Inspector Laggan saw _^ had searched prisoner ' s house , but could not the note , When _apprehended , the prisoner saw t
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