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_IsaOEsla . Pmso-,- —Before _AsOIHEBSnCIDEISTM M _^ f Mr Bedford , in the _M _^ _Sooner under Patrick Morgan , _^ i _^ Mportetion _, forrobbery , _asentenceof fifteen years _W"" _^ a er _^ _id he withviolence . -Eo : _« ard Bate ™ , had charge of the deceased and otaerv _^ of cheerful _disposilion- ne _^ cn _Sata _^^^^^ i _taBmock to a pes on S M , _%£ E . ba « . _De- sed was quite Sd Two of the prisoners confined m the same Srv as the deceased , said that lie gave away untno " n to the warders , tbe best part of his food , and would cry like a child . They thought him out of his mind bat never told the warders so . _Thejury _having returned a verdict of * Temporary insanity , ' Captain Groves , the governor , said that since the l ast suicide in the prison tbe warders had received strict orders to give instant notice of anything _etnwa thoy might remark in the conduct ofa
_pn-So-cidbo . v a _RATLWAT . -On _Saturday night , Mr "R . Oakly , florist and market gardener . _^ of Southampton went to the Nine Elms terminus of the Somh Western _Railway , and having placed a paper _psrcalon the buffer of a _wasgon , deliberately laid himself down on the rails , a short distance from the coke ovens . A _Richmond train coming up pass ; d orer him , mut ilating his body in a most dreadful manner Mr Oakly was 25 years of age , and , we are informed by a Southampton correspondent , was much respected in that town . An unsuccessful lawsuit was , it is said , the cause of bis suicide . Carterat the
An _inqnert was held'before Mr , Nine Elms Tavern , Battersea , on tbe bndy , and from the evidence adduced , it appeared tbat the deceased ' s mind had been affected by the loss ofa lawsuit , ivhich led to his bankruptcy . The jury , after a short consultation , returned the following verdict ; . — 'That deceased committed suicide b . - _^ placin g himself before a locomotive ennineand train in progress , thereby being instantly killed , being at the time of an unsound state of mind . ' A Doctor ' s _SALHir . — Mr T . Wakley , M . P . . concluded the investigation into tbe death of Mre Martha _Elizibeth Rhodes , alias Shuttleworth . aged Sftv-eisht , an alleged lunatic , who died at Yorkbonse private Lunatic Asylum . Battersea , on the 6 th
of January last . The previous proceedings have been already reported . Dr Millingen said be was one of the proprietors of Tork Dense Lnnatie Asylum . _Deceased was first admitted on August 9 th , 1846 , _recorded in the entry- hook as follows : — ' 10 th August , 2846—Martha El ' z . Rhodes , alias Shuttleworth , was admitted on the night of the 9 h of August in a moBt _derdorab ' e and destitute condition , filthy , witb scarcely any clothing , with an cederaatous tumefaction of one _les , and extensive excoration on the nates , wholly arising from lying in _filtb on a bare bed . ' Sbe died on the 6 th of January last . He sent a notice of the death to the Rev . Mr Rowlatt and to tbe commissioners of lunacy within forty-eight hoars . —Bt direction of the Coroner , the witness read the
medical certificates of Mr _Wilmot . and Mr Griffiths , the surgeon , forwarded tothe lunacy commissioners . A writ of habeas was granted on the certificates , and the _decked sent back to the asylum , Lord p _enman remarking that it wonld be a' monstrosity if a person was not confined upon such certificates . '—The Coroner said the certificates were not ' _eaal . as they vere not in accordance with the schedule of the Lunacy Act . —Dr Tamer , on beinp sworn , said he ¦ was one of the commissioners is lunacy , and had Tisite 1 defeased at York House Asylum . He made a special visit to see the lunatic with Lord Seymour and Mr Proctor , two other commissioner ? , on the s ? conddny after her admission . He had seen her several timesand had no hesitation to pronounce
, her insane . I do not think that the certificates in this case were legal strictly , although the court decided tbey were . If the commissioners were to have Buch sent now they would send them back asain . — Mr Lntwidge , the secretary to tbe lunacy commission , said that board become every day more and more particular : but both Mr Wiimot and Mr Griffiths ware examined on oath . He was not _previously aware that by the 67 th section of the act the commissioners appeared to have the power of releasing a patient , _although ins me , from an asylum . —The coroner remarked the inquiry legally was at an end ; bat as Dr Quail had been mentioned
_throughout the case , it was only fair to hear anything * he TO'ght -wish to say . — -Dr Q , uail expressed bis conviction that had deceased not baen draeged from him and placed in the asvlura she would have been living at th _' s moment . —Mr Srneilev said Dr Quail had "brought an action so late as the 20 th of December last , _against the _deceased , to recover for his services the sum of £ 2 , 503 . —Dr Quail explained tbat his object was to get deceased removed to the Queen's _-Bsiich Prisen . where he could see her . He said he tad four certificates lo prove sbe was sane , and banded to the coroner the following a * the _agreement in decaised ' s handwriting , on wbich he claimed the _ani-J-mt stated : —
~ . * Ti < iciz > _Auff . 11 , 1842 . —I engaged Dr _Quailjn __ _* fan _sJisn-n ; from the 18 th of June I thought fit Co increase hi ? salary to _; £ 5 _D 0 per year , bo satisfied was I of his £ ind and unceasing ; attention to me ; I therefore promise >• « ba ! I be paid when it is ia my power to do so . — I an . M . E . Eliza Shutiiewosih . The coroner : Yon don't expect to get the money n 9 w . doctor ?—Dr Quail : 1 shall proceed against those who bold the annuity for it—The coroner _having summed np . the _jnry returned a verdict . ' That the deceased Martha Elizabeth Rhodes , died a
natural _deit ' i , from effusion on the brain , and spinal canal , ciU 3 ing general paralysis . '—Mr _Findley , the foreman , added , ' My brother jurors and myself have to _express onr opinion that the authorities of the asylum are censurable for not allowing tbe deceased's sisters free access tc the patient whilst in confinement there . '—Dr Millingen appealed to the coroner if this declaration wa 3 supported by evidence ; and after some discussion , and the admission by Mrs _Godson _^ one of the sisters , that she was not refused , the jury consented to withdraw the censure , and the _proeeedimr- terminated .
Removal of a _Dvixg Convict _froit Glasgow . — COUMITTAL OF A SoRGEOS FOR _MASSLACGHTfiR . — Before Mr Bedford , at the Millbank _prison , adjourned from Saturday , the 12 th inst ., touching the death of Patrick M'Ginty , aged 28 , a convict , who Bad beea removed from Gr ' _aagow gaol wben in the last sta _^ e of a disease of which he died . The medical certificate which accompanied him stated that his health would not be _endaugered by removal to Millbank prison , and was signed _'ilavid Gibson , M . D . ' It case ont in evidence that the irons placed on deceased daring his journey were the same is used iu removing prisoners for transportation . Thera was no distinction made witb irons as regarded the health of prisoners . It was the usual
practice of the surgeon to see the prisoners the day before t hey were sent away , ' _atd not on the morning they left . By Mr Miller : Witness heard the head ¦ wa rden repeat his _suggestion to _M'Kay as to not putting irons on the deceased . —Mr Henry Miller , governor of _Glasgow gaol , stated that ab > us a fortnight before deceased left , witness said to the surgeon th -. t he did not think the man ought to be removed to London , to which the surgeon replied ' He Is quite fit to go . ' In consequence of the receipt of Captain Grove ' s letter , he instituted inquiries , and procured the amended document , as it emanated fro-a the Secretary of State ' s office , in which the disease of | deceased was distinctl _y mentioned as excluding the prisoners * so suffering from _beinz sent
aw , _* . y . Tbat document he transmitted to Captain Groves . —William M'Kay , the officer of the sheriff of Edinburgh , deposed tbat he had the charge of _deceased from Glasgow , but received no particular directions with him - lie was chained in the usual tray by the ancle to another prisoner of the same name . He remembered remarking to tbe governor , v _? hen be was being chained , tbat he was in a very _poir state , and ought not to be sent , when the governor ' s ckrk made answer that he had passed the _doitar—Mr Edward Hall , resident surgeon of Millbank prison , deposed that , in the presence of Dr Baly and Dr Basham , he made a post mortem examination ofthe body , and concluded , from its appearances _, death was accelerated by such a vovage as he
had been subjected to . Witness should consider that be would be risking the life of a patient by sending him a voyaee of 400 or 500 mile ? . Such patients _^ need _qnietot mind and the me 3 t simple and _nutr itious _foad- —After examining other medical witnesses , the Coroner summed up . The jury then retired to another apartment , and after the lapse of a quarter of an hoar , returned with the following verdict : — ' We find that ; the deceased Patrick M'Ginty died from natural causes ; and we are of opinion that he ought not to have beea removed from Glasgow gaol in the state in which he was , and that the surgeon of Glasgow gaol should not hare allowed him to take the journey which accelerated bis deith , and we therefore find a verdict of
_Jlanslausbter against David Gibson , the said _surgeon- '—Coroner : I shall , upon that verdict , is ? ue mv warrant for the committal ofthe person of David Gibson , on the charge of manslaughter , and transmit the same to the Lord Advocate of _Scotland , vhere it will be acted npon as it would be in E _? ieland . —At ! the conclusion of the investigation , _wbich lasted upwards of five hours , Capt . Williams said he called the attention of Sir G . Grey , the Secretary of State , to the remains of the deceased , who , on witnessing them , was amazed at the emaciation of tha bod v .
Effects op Dbikk . —Before Mr W . Pavne , at St _Bmtalomew _' s Hospital , as to the death of Clara _Jj < ne ? . —A tay , mmed Martin , stated that en V > _edne-sday three weeks , he and the _deceased and _anatnw yonn g woman came out of an hotel in urate ,,. street East , at four o ' clock in the morning . _pushed h Eed _^ int _*? 'l _*^* and the , and ! ord eate _* of tl p ,, * _* - me back and cauehfc hold ° tbe Udo _^ _£ * l _^ s , which came open , and she _muehcuC _^ L ab _^ feet - Her head * * * nd Ea _^ _as taken to the University Col-
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lege Hospital . In an hour she was got home , but erysipelas came on , and at last she was conveyed to St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where sbe died on Thursday morning . She told a friend tho next day that she wanted to dance with the young woman , and in trying to do so fell down the area . —Verdiot , 'Accidental death . ' Accident oh Boakd Ship . —Before the samo gentleman , on tha body of George _Jeffrys , a labourer . On Saturday last he was engaged with others to discharge a eargo of salt , at Davis's-wharf , _Tooley-^^ ,
street , from a schooner , and while he was stepping from the plank tothe deck ofthe ship , his foot caught the combings of the hatchway , and he fell down upon an empty hogshead below , a distance of twelve feet . He was got up and conveyed to the hospital , where he ultimately died from the injuries received . Upon a post-mortem examination ofthe body , it was discovered tbat several of his ribs were , fractured in two or three places , and parts had penetrated his ri » ht lung ; and the left being in a very diseased Btate , was unable to carry on the vital _functions , and he died from the inflammation ofthe other . —Verdict ,
' Accidental death . ' Mr ' Romeo ' Coatbs . —By Mr Wakley , touching the death of the above centleman , who expired on Monday last , from the effects of injuries received by being knocked down by a cab as he was leaving Drury-lane Theatre on Tuesday week . The evidence bore _out the facts already stated , and the jury , attributing gross carelessness to the driver of the vehicle , returned a verdict of Manslaughter ' against some person unknown . The police wero directed to use every means in their power to discover and apprehend the person in question . ACCIDENTS , OrifKKCKS , & C .
A Mother and Daughter . Stabbed . —On Sunday forenoon , in Dudley-street , St Giles ' s , an aged female , named Mary Ritchie , and her daughter , a young yoman , far advanced in pregnancy , twentytwo years of age , were stabbed by James Parker , tailor , but who for some time past had obtained a living by dancing at pHblic concert-rooms . He had been cohabiting with the younger female for nearly twelve monthsrbut they bad separated , and sbe went to live with her mother at No . 23 , Dudley-street , St Giles ' s . At an early hour on Sunday morning Parker called npon the unfortunate females , with whom ho quarrelled for two hours , and he was turned out of the bouse by a neigbbonr . He went to tbe house of Mr Johnson , a shoemaker , No . 25 , in __ the same
fitreet , of whom he borrowed a knife , statin g that he wanted it to cut _thesole off one of his dancing pumps that had become leose . Mr Johnson , unsuspecting him , lent him a shoemaker ' s knife . Parker having examined it , be _cemplaiaed of tbe blade being blunt , and had it made sharper . He then returned to the unfortunate females , and almost immediately after , lond cries of'Murder' were heard proceeding from their room . The landlord ran up stairs , when he met Mrs Ritchie bleeding profusely from the lower part of the body . She cried ont , ' I am murdered ; catch Parker , be is killing my daughter now . ' He rushed into the room , when he perceived Parker with a knife in his hands and his sleeves besmeared with gore . He threw the knife out of one of the back windows , and rushed into the street . One of the neighbours having beard the alarm , and seeing
Parker ' s hands covered with blood , laid hold of him , and kept him until the arrival of a police-constable , into whose custody he was given , and he was at once removed to the station-house in Bow-sheet . —Police constable Bain and other parties conveyed the sufferera to _Charing-cross Hospital . The resident housesurgeon of the hospital , upon seeing them , at once pronounced them to be in imminent danger . The abdomen of Mrs Ritchie was perforated to the er . tent of several inches , and so was one of ber thighs . Her death is hourly expected . The daughter ia stabbed in tke back , to the depth of three or four inches , and ' the knife had penetrated the forehead . Upon making inquiries last evening at tho hospital the reporter was informed tbat no hopes whatever could be held out for the recovery of the _motherland the daughter _, although notso seriously stabbed , frora her advanced _stat ; e of pregnancy , her recovery ia almost as doubtful .
FIRES . Fire is Fleet-street—At half-past one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a fire broke out at Mr _Hoare's , the Red Lion public-house , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet . Tbe sleeping inmates were aroused by the cry of ' Fire ! ' and an alarm being given , a ' _jumping-sheet' was brought from the police-station , by means of which , it was stated , Bix persons effected their escape . Several engines were quickly in attendance ; but the supply of water was very scanty , and no impression ws made on the fire until the premises in which it originated had been destroyed . Numerous Fires . —On Sunday evening two fires broke out almost simultaneously , one at No . 14 , Smith-street , Northampton-square , Clerkenwell—tbe other at No . 8 , _Maseum-street , Bloomsbury . The former bouse was in tbe tenure of Mr Willis , a manufacturing jeweller . The flames commenced from some unexplained cause in the front parlour , and
before they were discovered they had gained head considerably , so much so , tbat the entire building appeared doomed to destruction . By great exertions ment in which they began , but to the one adjoining . The loss will fall on the Snn Fire Office . The other outbreak took place in the fourth floor belonging to Mr Rose , and " was not discovered until the flames bad obtained a firm hold of tbe building . About the same time Jane Neil , a young girl , whose parents reside at No- 3 , Pipemakers-court , Bedfordbury ,- expired ia Charing-cross Hospital from the effects of injuries received by a fire , on the preceding Friday , at her parents' residence . Between two and three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire , nearly attended with a lamentable loss of life , broke ont at No . 76 , St Georga's-road , _Southwark , belonging to Mr Warner . a grocer and cheesemonger . It was not extinguished nntil a deal of damage was done .
MISCELLANEOUS . The Voltjsteeh Rvfles . —The Naval ahd Mm-TAB ? Gazette annouaces that the proposed corps is in course of formation by a central association , which has resolved as a first step that 'areading room , and a small room attached , be engaged ; and that members be requested to contribute a work of interest in order to form a library , and that it be supplied with the daily and weekly papers . ' The young members of this association propose to form themselves into a _regiment , which it h their intention to solicit her Majesty to nermit being called'The Queen ' s Own Volunteer _Riflo Corps . ' The expenses attendant
on the formation and support of the corps to be de * frayed by a fund formed by the members . Each member , on enrolling his name , will pay an entrance fee of one guinea , and a yearly subscription of £ 3 . The uniform will be dark green , with black braiding , bronze ornaments , and a light cap , the cost of which , with accoutrements , will not ' probably' ( say the _framers of the proposal ) exceed £ 6 . An adjutant and experienced drill-sergeants are to be engaged , and tha members will be exercised at least four boors per week . The association will also exert itself in promoting the formation of other regiments in London and the provinces .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . _Absekcb op Coujjsel A prisoner , named George Ro 3 s , was indicted forstealing a box chess-board and thirty-two chess-men , the property of Thomas Jacob Hewer . When the examination of the first witness was nearly concluded , the prisoner inquired what had become of his counsel . He was asked who-his counsel was , when he replied Mr Ballantine . Mr Payne said it was not probable that Mr Ballantine had been retained , or else he would have been present to defend his client . A friend of the prisoner here stepped forward , and assured the learned gentleman that he had paid Mr _Bsllaniine the usual fee on Monday , to appear for the prisoner .
Mr Payne said , after this , of course he could not suppose that his learned friend had not been retained , but as he had not appeared he should think the fee would be returned to the prisoner , though be must confess that the return of the fee was but poor compensation to the prisoner , who had depended npon having an advocate on bis trial , Mr Sergeant Adams said he was very sorry that Mr Ballantine wa 3 absent ; however , he felt very reluctant to make any observations upon the matter , further than that this conduct was of too frequent occurrence in certain qu arters , or with certain parties . The case then proceeded , and the Jury found the prisoner guilty . The learned Sergeant EeEtescei hira to three months'hard labour .
Destitution . —Richard Urquhart , aged twentv , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a cake of the value of two shillings , the property of James Cherry . ihe prisoner prayed for the mercy ofthe Court , protesting that it was only by extreme hunger he war * induced to commit the theft , which was the first act of the kind he ever committed in his life . The Assistant-Judge said it appeared frora the depositions , that the prisoner immediately after taking the cake began to eat it—a . pretty clear evidence that _?^ was _Jhe inducement to the theft . He would take that into consideration in the present instance , but warned the prisoner that he must not expect to u _! il WIth solen ' entIyif helshould be brought to that bar a second time on a similar charge . The sentence was imprisonment for two months , with hard labour , in the House of Correction .
William Drattie pleaded guilty of stealing a shawl and handkerchief , of the value of four shillings and sixpence , from the person of William Barnes , and it _appearing that In had been committed and impri-SOn _^ e _^ orc » ho was sentenced to be transported beyoni the seas far ten rears .
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DURHAM . Game Law Murders . —The estates ofthe Duke of Cleveland , Rabypark , at Staindrop , and also those ofthe Marquis of Normanby , adjacent to _Mukrrave Castle , have been the scenes of most Berious conflicts between poachers and gamekeepers . On the evening of the 3 rd instant two watchers in tho service of the Duko of Cleveland , Rabypark , named Shirley and Cockerel ) , " were going their rounds when , hearing some shots fired , they proceeded in the direotion ofa place called ' Willow Bed' in the game preserves , and there they saw four men , two of whom wero armed with guns . Directly the gamekeepers came to thera , one of the party , known by the name of Thompson ,
called upon them to stand back or he would fire . The keepers , not _daunted by the threat , made an effort to capture them , and a desperate battle ensued . They were fired upon by the poachers , and notwithstanding Shirley , one ofthe watchers , said he was shot , he endeavoured to overcome Thompson , and secure him . Thompson , however , raishd his gun , and beat his antagonist over the head with the butt-end , when the force of his blows broke the weapon ; the barrel was subsequently found near the spot : Cockerell , the other keeper , suffered severely , He waa fired at , but escaped mortal injury . The poachers decamped with tbo belief tbat both the keepers were dead . Cnckerell managed to drag his companion to a neighbouring cottage , where he expired .
_btapfordshirb . The late Fatal Explosion op Fire-Damp in West Bromwich . — The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of sulphurous gas in the _Heathfield coalpit on Wednesday week was resumed on Monday afternoon . Two ofthe injured men have died since the last meeting of the jury , making in all ten . The evidence produced was to the same effect as that already before the public . Theeoroner having summed up , the jury agreed to the following verdict' — ' That it had been through the negligence of John Meok , the doggy , that these men lost their lives , and they therefore return a _Jverdict of Manslaughter against him . ' Meek , who is a man from thirty-five to forty years of aee , was then committed to take his trial at the next Stafford assizes .
_LINCOLNSHIRE . Extessivb _Robbert . —Mrs Noel , of _Pulbeek , recently discovered that she had lost jeweller ) , boxes _. and clothing , valued at £ 300 . Suspicion fell upon Betsey Randy , who had lived with her in the capacity of housemaid , and wbo left the service about a fortnight since . The police found the girl , and her boxes were searched , when a large portion of the missing property was discovered , a diamond brooch , said to be worth £ 120 , heing one of tbe articles . She was immediately taken into custody and conveyed to
Sleaford , for examination before tbe magistrates there . The girl states that the articles were given to ber by the footman , who has also left the service of Mrs Noel ; and since the prisoner has been at home , she has had a letter from tbe footman , appointing a period to meet him at Nottingham for the purpose of being married . The footman was apprehended a few days ago , but was liberated . The late Mr Noel , who wis very eccentric , was it appears a very large purchaser of jewellery ; the jewel-bill in which the brooch above mentioned forms one of the items amounts to £ 4 . 000 .
Cruelty to Sweeps . —In defiance of the law prohibiting the sending of boys up _chimneys , it appears the other day a poor child waa forced np a chimney wbich was on fire in Lincoln : the intense heat compelled him to return . To extinguish the blaz _? , parties were obliged to scale the roof of the house , and pour water down the chimney ; however , they mistook tbe chimney , and poured the water down that of the next house . ' The inmates were sitting very quietly , when they were astounded with a rush 6 f water and soot , and it is stated that they scampered off proclaiming that the devil had entered tbe room .
KENT . Military Flogging at Woolwich . —On Friday week the whole of the Royal Artillery off duty were mustered on the parade ground , and marched to the Riding School , under the command of the field officer on duty , to hear the decision of a garrison court-martial read . The culprit was a gunner of the 5 th battalion , 5 th company , named Thomas Jones , who was convicted of selling his own kit , and of stealing another kit . to _replaeo'his own , trom a gunner ofthe 10 th battalion . He was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , which were immediately
inflicted by two trumpeters of tbe Royal Horse Artillery ; and it is stated , that the latter , in laying on the second or third blow , struck the unfortunate fellow on the head , and the trumpeter who administered the lash at first was therefore ordered to complete the sentence . The prisoner , it iB said , bore his punishment with great stoicism , and , on the fiftieth blow being given , cried out , ' Hurrah , that ' s the last ! ' He was Temoved to tbe Ordnance Hospital , and in a few days will be discharged from the regiment . —On the same morning , Daniel Freel . who was flogged on the Friday previously for stealing a _HM _. « .. » _. r _« » J i . — . » .,,- » v _« vi . u
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regiment . This is the second case of flogging within the week , and tho third or fourth within a month that has occurred in the Royal _ Artillery ; and the Authorities seem now to have laid it down as a rule that they will visit all cases of theft with tho lash .
WILTSHIRE . Stjicide o _? a Clergyman at Salisbury . —Last week much consternation was created by the announcement that the Rev . Mr _Wrotesley , rector of Knoyle _, was found dead in his sleeping-room , It would appear that the rev . gentleman went to the White Hart Hotel , Salisbury , on Wednesday ta atop there all night ; that he went to bed at the usual hour of rest . On the valet going to call his master the next morning at eight o ' clock he found him stretched on tbe floor of his sleeping-room quite _de-d . The unfortunate gentleman had committed suicide by tying his handkerchief round his neck , and then by twisting it tight with the handle of a brush had caused suffocation . The deceased was an aged gentleman , a bachelor _^ and very much respected . His" valet had been with him more than thirty years . An inquest was held on' the bodv . Verdict , ' Temporary Derangement . '
_DDVONSHIRE . A Noble Defaulteh . —The Westeen Times says : —There are some very painful rumours extant respecting the affairs ofa noble earl , who 3 Q lineage and title should place him in the foremost ranks of the aristocracy of Devon . Tbe noble lord is unable to meet his _engagements , and many of our tradesmen are great sufferers by the event . It is reported that owing to the state of affairs in Ireland , there are many mitigating circumstances to be urged in behalf of the nobleman in question ; but the sura total of the debts ia enormous notwithstanding , and Sir T . Acland is stated to be among the sufferers .
CORNWALL . Shipwreck and Loss of Life . —On Friday , the 4 ' . h instant , the schooner Ann , of Saint Ives , abaut 150 tons burden , Richards master , sailed from Saint Ives , in ballast , for Cardiff , and about eleven o ' clock that night _struok on Lundy Island . So violent was tbe shock , that the captain and crew , consisting altogether of five hands , had just time to get out the boat and jump in , leaving one boy , a passenger , on board , who took to the rigging . She soon after sunk , and just as she was going down , she heeled
towards therock , where her masts touched , and the boy succeeded in getting ashore ; but in so doing he fractured his foot . He made towards the lighthouse , and the men employed there gave him all the assistance in their power , and soon after got him landed at the nearestport , whence he was forwarded to Bridgewater , the place of his nativity . The captain and crew have not since been heard of . It is generally supposed they were drowned that night , for the boy states he heard them shrieking and crying for assistance soon after he got on the island .
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MONMOUTHSHIRE . Strike op Workmen . —A . very extensive strike of the workmen has taken place over the Hills . For the last fortnight those belonging to Tredegar have been out , and all attempts to come to an understanding had failed . We now hear that the other works in the neighbourhood have followed their example , and that thero is an immense number of people out upon strike . So determined were both parties in Tredegar , that it was generally supposed the whole of the blast furnaces would be blown out sometime this week .
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EDINBURGH . Edinburgh . —Great excitement vros created last week in the Canongate and _High-street , by a repoitthat one of the large old tenements at the top of the former street was on fire . The tenement is near to Chessels _' -court , on the south side of " the Canongate , and five stories in height . Flames were first observed about half-past seven o'clock , bursting out eftwo windows on the second flat , occupied by Mr Hutton , pawnbroker , who , with his family , inhabited the flat above . All of them were in bed when the alarm wa 3 given , audited to tbe street in their
night-clothes . In the hurry of the flight , an infant was left behind , but Mrs Hutton returned and brought it safely through the smoke in her arms . By this time , the flames had not only reached the flat _abave the _warerooms in which they were first observed , by a wooden stair that communicated with the warerooms and the dwelling-heuse , but had also penetrated through the ceiling in several places , so that two flats of thej tenement wero ravaged . The firemen succeeded in subduing tho flames about ten o'clock , but not until they had penetrated to another story , one room of which wa 3 entirely consumed , and some others very much destroyed . Mr Hulton _' s loss is estimated at £ 3 , 000 , and no part of it is insured . A melancholy incident connected with the
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venthns to bo noticed . It appears that an Irish porter , who , with a family of eight persons , pos-Ked one of the attic rooms , died on thepreviouB dav and a number ofthe neighbours had sat up during the night holding a wake in the house , which had not concluded when the conflagration burst forth With much difficulty the corpse was carried down and laid into an adjoining close where it lay till soma neighbours took it and had it buried . INVBBNESSSHIBE . Four Men _SMOinERBD . —The sloop Mary , from _Shieldaiz . of Applecross , with a crew of four , while _^^ T _^ noticed . It appears an
at anchor in tho harbour of Lochmvar , was ooaraea on Sunday , the 13 th instant , by two sailors , trom a vessel lying _alonside tho quay there , who , on looking Kffi _fcwoastte . were horrified to observe one man dead On further inquiry , itwas found that the whole crew , consisting of other three persons , were dead . After a minute investigation of the circumstances , it was satisfactorily ascertained thatthe cause of their death waa suffocation from smoke . Tbey had been dead three days before they were discovered .
_BAHFFSniRB . DonMbecch . —A Shabk . —One day , last week , a large shark was discovered aground on tbe beacb , opposite the Limestone quarry , by Mr James Smith , iunr ., carpenter , Sandend . When first observed , it was alive , and although rather out of its element , seemed determined not to ' die soft / eagerly gnashing and snapping asunder everything put within reach of its terrific jaws , which bristled out with three rows of teeth . A smart stroke on the head with a carpenter ' s adze put a period to its existence . When dead , it was found to measure about twelve feet in length , and a large quantity of oil was obtained from its liver .
A Match for Tom Thumb . — Amongst the wild heathy mountains west from Huntly , in the parish of Glass , not far from the Craigs of Succoth , and cloBe at the foot ofthe Cormaok Hill , there is a little cottage inhabited by a young woman who lately gave birth to twin girls , one of which is nearly of common dimensions , but the other is so extremely small arto excite the curiosity ofthe whole district . As soon as born this dwarfish infant was placed in _thesoales , and weighed only twelve ounces ; and it will give some idea of the _smallness of its waist , when it is stated that a woman ' s finger and thumb meet each other with ease round the body while holding out the child in the hollow of one hand . It refused to suck for the first sixteen days , and was supported during that time by a spoonful of wino and water daily . Its legs are about the size ofa man ' s finger , but the hands and finger's are eo small that they fcan hardly be de Fcribed , only every part is naturally formed down to the nails ofthe fingers .
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FAMINE AND DESPAIR — _THfr WATERF 0 RD SUCTIONTHE * UNITED IBIBHMAN . '
( From our wm Correspondent . ) Dublin , Feb . 21 st , 1848 . Never at any period was the situation of this country so deplorable as at the present moment . Last year marks an epoch memorable in the annals of unfortunate Ireland . Famine decimated the population— tever and dysentery sent hundreds of thoupanda to an _unblest and unwept grave ; other thousands , wbo fled the horrors of their native land , breathed their last on the trackless ocean , and were flun » to pave , with their unannointed bones , tbe bottom of the great deep , whilst myriads of those wbo escaped the perils of the sea , foand a ' last resting place' in the cold olay of Canadian wastes and forests . But , people said that the sufferings ot
Ireland had reached a crisis and fondly hoped that a reaction would set in , and that the present year would find a favourable _change in the condition and prospects of the country . Men of every party and pect seemed suddenly smitten with the love ef * Fatherland , ' and met and held counsel together , and bowed and swore , that another million of their fellow countrymen should not die this year of hunger or by English misrule . They said they would forget all minor differences . They vowed that creed or party should no mare preBent a stumbling-block to their continued efforts for _ithe salvation of Ireland and her remnants of population ; and they swore , oh , how vehemently [ they swore ! that if England did not * do _herlduty' by the oppressed peasantry ,
they would not sit another year , supinely watching the ravages of death and destitution , without makine an united and a vigorous effort to obtain that justice to which their land has been for centuries a stranger . Ireland ' s heart beat _boundingly . Half starved millions forgot the miseries of the past '; their wan cheeks glowed with a hope of * better days , ' their sunken _eyeB beamed as an improved future opened before them . They said the bitter recollections of the by- gone \ year should be erased from their memory , and , in the fervid hopes of coming prosperity , they seemed disposed to withhold their curses against the author and cause of all their many and aggravated ills . Butalas ! how futile—ay . even how ridiculous
, were thoso expectations . Whilst millions ' lived _wTio H P 9 gnute _7 t | _fr _» peasantry should place in any English ministry or government . Many said that the cup of Erin ' s miseries was not yet full , and that the present year would bringmanva bitter additional ineredienttothe poisoned , chalice . And those who said so , though ' prophets of ill , ' did not , alas , speak their warnings in vain . Every day that passes sees our calamities increased , and every post conveys the painful tidings of desolation and despair . Tbe horrors of 1847 are again familiar all overthe Southern and Western counties . Famine strikes down its victims in hundreds every day in the week ; the gates ofthe
poorhouses are literally _beseiged with the young and the strong and the ' able-bodied / _strugglingforadmission , as if it were with life and death , whilst even the very gaols are crammed with unfortunate wretches , who rush to tbe commission of petty offences in order tbat , within tbe gloomy portals of the * prisonhouse'they may find a meal of food , and esoape the miseries with which the country is inundated . I do not ' enlarge' on this subject' ; this terrific picture is not overcharged . The Munster and Connauarht newspapers of last week _irive the most revolting details of the progress of destitution in their respective localities . Ruin is sweeping the land . Scarcely anybody escapes its insatiable fangs . Taxation strikes down the land occupier and tenant
farmer , and want of employment drives almost every cottier and labourer to the ' poorhouse , ' to beg on ths highways ; or die with hunger in their cold cabins , like the beasts tbat perish . We _rsad in the journals published in the last week , not merely entire families in the south and west , subsisting ( as they did in the palmy days succeeding the Elizabethan wars ) ou weeds and unclean animals ; but it is a revolting truth that , in several instances , the famishing wretches in the districts I speak of , kill their worn-out horses and asses for the sake of their carrion flesh , which they devour greedily . This is faot . A letter written by the Rev . Peter Fitzmaurice , parish priest of Clifden , in the county of Gal way , and published in the Freeman's Jouralone 5000 died of fa
nal , states that in his parish , - mine in the last year ! and that' their prospects for the next six months are even more gloomy than the past ! ' The same reverend gentleman further states , that numbers die every day in his parish of hunger , and that he knows persona to subsist for days on the flesh of dogs ! and on the carrion of dead _horsea which they dug from tho earth ! And it is not the reverend priest of Clifden who alone makes this frightful statement . Such scenes as thia are becomin g familiar over one-half of Ireland , and it ia people ' s opinion , that if something decisive be not speedily done by the government for the preservation of our starving millions , one-half the surviving population of Ireland will perish of famine before next harvest !
And what is the government doing ? Will they rest satisfied with the stingy provisions of their pitiful Poor Law ? Will the rich , who wallow in this world ' s weal , be permitted to riot in luxuriance , whilst the peasantry go down in skeletons , to the grave ? Is this English law—that ono man shall be left possessed of ' cart loads of gold , ' whilst the hardy son of labour has not the means of procuring a meal even of ' turnips and salt V If such be the accursed law of England , suoh surely is not the law of God . But the landlords and capitalists are already mulcted to their hearts' content ! But why not tax them more and more , and make them ' shell out' to the last guinea , sooner than one human creature bo let die of hunger ? These are bitter words to
the ' men of property , ' but suoh a proceeding would certainly be only in accordance with the intentions of Providence , ' in whoso eves all men are equal , ' and who created and cares for " the man witn no property' equally as he does for the coronetted drone who sums his mouldy gold , ' whilst tha cries of fa mishing thousands arcsounding in his ears—piercing even the wall and doors , nnd ' safes , 'by which . his treasure is protected from the dead man ' s gripe ' of the dying peasant . Oh , England 1 wilt thou even now awake ? Wilt thou view ' the ruin thou hast wrought' on luckless Ireland ? Wilt thou , even now , condescend to listen to the cry of her starving children ? Wilt thou stretch forth thy arm and say , ' Thev shall not die ?'
Thou wilt not ! But a day of retribution is coming . '—oh , may it come quickly ! And whilst such ruin is ravaging Ireland of the flewer of her inhabitants—her patriots , and leader ? , and champions , both * old' and young' are playing the old game of England , and waging against each other a war of dissension and _jealou-y . When , will Irishmen open their eyes to their true interests _^ and join _together in a manly , honourable , and practical atrugale for tho regeneration of their native land , and the rescue of her starving millions from the miseries which beseUhem ? Irishmen ! wheD will you determine to bo free ? Away -with your ' pnrtiea , ' your dissensions , and your internal quarrelings . Will it that you be fbbb—make- a hight _effji't _, and you are still sufficient to recover what you have lost .
, _lt _o _*^**<^ J * _toffi « The election of a member for the city of Water ford , in the room of * Young Dan' O'Connell , gees on in a few days . Several candidates are in the field . Tbe well-known Thomas Wyse was spoken of as * one amongst the many , 'but it appears the report was premature , as he does not come forward . Mr M'Carthy , of Cork ; Mr Laurie Murray , the ousted ot Drogheda ; Mr Thomas Francis Meagher , the _DemoatbeneB of' Young Ireland * , and Mr Patrick _Costello , of Kilkenny ; were all nominated at the stormy bear-garden meetings in the townhall of Watcrford , on last Wednesday . Mr Mengber , I
need not say , starts on Young Ire / and' principlea , and seems very popular with a large portion of tbe humbler _classes of bis fellow-townsmen : but , after all , I think Mr Pat . Costello is ' the man' fer the' _Urbs Intacta . ' He is an O'Connellite , and , as yet , the old' creed of politics ia rampant in Waterford . It is probable that there will be ' warm work ' at the election ; for th ? two latter gentlemen , between whom the contest will virtually be , are highly popular with their respective parties , and will be apt to ran a neck and neck race in the struggle , but Costello certainly wins .
The United Ibishman goes on ' ahead . ' Ofthe firat number , it is Baid , ten thousand copies were sold , and many of them were eagerly _rurchased at a shilling eaeh . The second number is not bo 'earnest , ' or so _clasbinp-of-BWord' _-ish in its tone , as its first-born brother . I think that paper will have a great * run' for & while , in thia country . The last Nation contains a short ' notice * of Mr Ernest Jones ' s beautiful poem' Lord Lindsay . ' It says that several passages remind the reader of Lord Byron ' s ' Giaour' and that throughout the poem ' exhibits much ' ease and vigour . ' This is ' pretty fair' from the wight who ' does' the poeta in the Nation . But Mr Jones bids fair enough t j win many a wreath from better hands than those ofthe chary critic of _D'Olier-street ,
There is to be a ' monster encampment on the Curragh of Kildare _, early in summer . Large bodies of horse , foot , and artillery , are to be reviewed on tbat occasion by his Royal _Highnesa , Prince George of Cambridge , and the whole * affair' is to be conducted so as to strike terror into the hearts of every refractory Irishman , whether ' old' or ' young' or ' middle-aged '—or ofthe ' moraWbrce' or ' pikecompelling' school of revolutionists . ThiB surely cannot be the ' black army' which Columbkill fore _, told would muster on the Curragh , when Ireland was about te Btart from her slumbers , and sweep the Saxon for ever from tho land [ of the three-leaved grass . Who dares badge about Irish liberty after this forthcoming ' demonstration' on the broad plains of Kildare .
Crime and outrage still prevail to an alarming extent in Ireland . The Coercion and Commissions are signally unsuccessful ia restoring the ' golden age' to the Milesians .
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_VVSQ _MASBARKENB ON IRTSB" ABSENTEE LANDLORDS . Antrim . — -At the meeting of the Antrim Farming Society , on Thursday last , a speech of a very extraordinary character was delivered by Lord _Massareene , who acted as chairman at the dinner . When his health had been proposed , Lord _Massareene _, after returning thanks , went on to detail some of the scenes which he had witnessed during his stay in the county Louth , and remarked that landlords had had a great deal to do , and that they had met with a large share of abuse , not only from English papers , but from a class of men for whom he had no epithet sufficiently strong to express his disgust—he alluded to the Irish absentee landlords . ( Cheers . ) Lord Massareene next adverted to the speech of Lord
Dufferin on Irish landlords , and the reply of Lord Dungannon , and said that he would tolerate the present House of Commons , if it would pass a measure confiscating the property of every Irish absentee landlord . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the fashion of England to speak in terms of admiration of Irish absentee landlords : but he believed that the views of the Irish people were , and he considered them just views , that though an absentee landlord were to send his whole income over to Ireland , he would not do half as much good as if he were to live in Ireland , spending only one-fourth of his income amongst his tenantry , ( Cheers . ) The money would not effect the change , wbich is on all hands considered
desirable . ( Hear , hear . ) It is necessary that landlords should give advice and assistance—that tbey should encourage kindly feelings between themselves and their tenants , aad that it should be clearly understood what is the best manner in which be can dispose of that money which he is willing to expend for the benefit of the people among whom he lives . For his ( Lord _Massareene _' _sJJown part , he would rather stand his chance to be shot at once a week in Ire _< land than live among the cold-hearted people of England . ( Hear , hear , and cries of' There's no fear your being shot . ') Dublin . —Mr Napier has been returned for Dublin University . '
NABROW ESCAPE OF AN rNNOCENX MAS FROM BEISG HUSO . Limerick . —On Saturday last the governor of the county gaol received a respite of a week from the Lord Lieutenant , in favour of Michael Howard , _conyintcvi vc-vim _mumor or jouanna ami _cornenus Hourigan , at Ballycoleen , and sentenced to die on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst . The day on which Renehan was executed , the Rev . Mr _Enright , believing in the innocence of Howard , resolved to have an interview with Hourigan , the principal prosecutor against him , and happenned to meet him in his house , a few
minutes before the time fixed upon for the exeoution . After speaking to him ior a short time , he took out his watch , looked at it , and said , the executioner was at that moment pinioning the arms ot" the man that was to die . Again , in a few minutes after , he looked at his watch a second time , turning to Hourigan , and said , ' the prisoner is now standing oa the verge of eternity , ' and dwelt on the solemnity of the scene . In a few seconds after , he again said , ' Phil , he is now before the tribunal of God , and though he has sinned , he has paid the penalty . Let us pray for the repose of his soul '
' Hourigan was moved by the touching appeal of the pious , zealous , and persevering pastor—he did pray * , as [ directed , and , the reverend gentleman , seizing upon the favourable moment , asked him why had he sworn away the lives of innocent men ? ' Because , ' said he , * I wanted revenge . A girl came to me from _Ballinvasradeen , and told me that Howard came to her brother and asked him to go with him to murder the Hourigans , and I thought it _toa bad not to have satisfaction . ' * Then , ' said Mr _Enrierht , you were not in the haggard . ' 'No , sir . ' 'You sjrore falsely ? ' 'Yes , sir . ' * You were at your brother's house V ' I was , sir . ' Then , turning to the little girl , 'And , my little child , wh ? did you swear against innocent men to take awav
their lives ? ' The little girl cried , and replied , 'I was put up to it , sir . ' The Rev-Mr Enright next waited on Mr Maxwell , and both bad an interview with Hourigan , but the latter altered his tone ; however , though denying his statement to the rev . gentleman , he left by his shuffling and stammering , such an impression on the mind of Mr Maxwell that tbat worthy and __ excellent magistrate resolved to take up the question seriatim , and so , accompanied by the Rev . Mr Enright , went to the scene of the murder , and saw with his own eyes , and noted down on paper , the position in which Hourigan had sworn on the trial of Howard that he himself was placed on
the day ofthe murder . He had sworn he could not be seen , and both gentlemen plainly perceived on resting near the haggard ditch that he could , not possibly avoid being seen in such a place , for it was quite exposed . All tbis was carefully noted down , and detailed to his Excellency . Again the affidavit of Hourigan ' s brother was produced , that at the very time of the murder the prosecutor was at his house . Next came Mr Sheehy's letter , the purport of which was , tbat soon after the murder Phil . Hourigan had expressed his gladness to him ' that ha was not at home when the murder occurred , ' and that it was he whom they wanted .
During the interview his Excellency asked what was the day fixed for the execution , and being told the 22 nd inat ., said there was no time to be lost , and at once wrote to the Queen and to the Chief Justice , who , on receiving ] the letter , at once adjourned the court , and had a long interview with Mr Maxwell , who , brought back the Chief Justice ' s reply , Mr Maxwell , during the interview , _statad to his Excellency , he had no more doubt on hi 8 own mind of Howard ' s innocence than of his own existence , and that he was impressed with that conviction from Hourigan ' 8 manner , and the impossibility of reconciling Hourigan's swearing with the situation of the place where the murder occurred , besides the affidavit of his brother . The Rev . Mr Enright next detailed the interview with Hourigan , and produced a sketch of his locality ; and the Rev . Mr Burke dwelc on Renehan ' _s declaration to him , and to another previous to his execution , which fnlly exculpated the prisoner ,
_Enm-3 . —Execution . —On Saturday week John Crowe , convicted at the special commission of the conspiracy to murder James Watson , Esq ., of _Ballyeorney , underwent the extreme penalty ot tbe law on the drop in front of Ennis gaol . The memorial of the culprit to his Excellency the Lord Lientenant for mercy _, was acknowledged on Friday by an answer that the law must ba enforced .
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Fire at thb White Beau , Piccadilly . —On Wednesday evening , between seven and eight o ' clock a fire broke out at the White Bear Hotel , and old coaoh-office , 219 , Piccadilly . The flames commenced , from some unexplained cause , in one of the sleeping apartments over tho top , and wore not discovered until they had gained so firm a hold as not to bo easily extinguished . The building being for the most part composed of timber . it formed a powerful auxiliary to the fire , and very speedily several of the upper ronms were blazing away most fearfully . By the exertion of the fireiuon , to thorn , however , the fire was confined . The property was insured in the Union-office . One Prussian general costs as much as the who . ' e government of Zurich , and the hundred and fifry generals of the Prussian army consume double the entire revenues of Berne
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MAUTLEBOHE . — Stbihko _Wmcheb ~ n " ~" 8 _* iBTEM ov ftOBBKBY .-Oa Monday , are _speoubb dr _« " 3 young man , named John Davis , said to ba _aclfrti ! ei residing at Oxford , was placed at the bar befor . _! i Broughton , charged with having committed robber ? .. _T a most impudent and _dating m » oner . _~ llr v » JV Jog * , a _watchunher , at No . 31 , _Wigm _ore-Btrnt , C _£ ? _dish-gquare , deposed that on Saturday _evening ]« » about nine o ' clock , the prisoner entered his shoo « _S looked at some watches , and in a _fewminutes went aw . _wouio
_»» , ra mm nc can again . u 0 cime a Beeond ami a third time , and upon the latter occasion , which ¦ wan _« ten o ' clock , he selected one of the articles which he hs * _previouBly examined , the value of it being £ z proa tor took it np for tbe parpoee of making bim _understand properly how he was to wind up and regulate It , when h ( prisoner ) suddenly snatched it from him and ran out of the place . —Baehell , 220 , D , said that , at a quarter nn , ten , he heard the cry of 'Stop thief , ' and at the Bam moment stopped the prtaoner , who wa » running up _Hanf lehone . Une as fast as he could ; he had the stolen natch in his hand , and made no observation whatever respect ing it . —A second charge was preferred against tbe pri Boner bj Stephen William Clarke , foreman to Mr Cribb " 17 , _Southampton-row , _Russell-tquar _* _, who stated that on Fri
day evening , tho 11 th Instant , between seven and eight o ' elock , the prisoner came to tbe _sbop and aBked to Bee some watches worth ahout three guineas each h was told that he could not be accommodated at so low a figure , and a number of other watches at a higher price were pat before him npon a tray . He at latt fixed upon one , Which he asked to have wound up for him and nut right ; and while witness was complying with hiB wishes he ( prisoner ) ( matched from tbe tray a hunting watch with which he made his escape . Witness added that almost at the same instant a woman , most probably a confederate , came in and asked him the nearest way to King ' s Cross , and as he had no one to look after the pro . perty in tbe shop daring his absence , he thought it best not to follow the prisoner , Inasmuch as tbe _osid femg ' e
might perhaps have thought St to make an addition to tbe loss , had there been an opportunity afforded for doing go . — -Tbe prisoner bad net , in either case , anything to offer in his defence , —Mr Broughton was of opinio * that tbe press might do much service in this matter , hy giving publicity to what had transpired , as , in the eventof other parties _baviog been plundered by the prisener , which was not & t all unlikely , they would be made aware of the fact of his being in custody , and would come forward against him , —Tie will he brought up again on Monday n _? st .
B 0 W . 8 TREET . —ScASDALots Odtbaot On Honday , a middle-aged man , named William _Thomason , who appearad to be a mechanio , was placed at the bar before Mr Hall , charged with breaking eight squares of plate . glasa at the banking house of the National Land and Labour Company , 494 , New Oxford-street , value £ 13 , the property of Mr Feargus O'Connor , M . P . — Thomas Almond , a clerk , who attended to prefer tho charge , said he had not heard of tbe prisoner for five or six years , hut he could not tell what his occupation was or his abode , although ho was aware of his being in town about eighteen months , —Mr Hall observed tbat he had not power to award for the ameunt of theproperty _destr _3 yed and suggested that the matter be taken to one of the County Courts , where a decision conld he obtained to tbe
amount of £ 20 .- —The manager of the establishment said that as tbe prisoner bad shown such a degree of waatonnes ? and malignity , he deserved some punishment , particularly as be had been seen lurking about the premises during the past month . —Mr Hall said , If any specific _charge could he preferred he wss ready to bear it , tut he could not adjudicate for the damage done to such an amount . —The manager ; Thea I shall shape the charge » o as to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Court , and reduce the amount to £ 5 , being the price of three squares of glass . —This the Court agreed to . —Tbe clerk then stated that between five and six o'clock on Saturday afternoon , when he was closing tho shop , he heard a tremendous crash , and , having run out , he saw the prisoner about a yard from the house , ia the act of throwing
another stone at the window . A constable was inBtantly sent for , but the prisoner did not attempt to escape , saying tbat he wished for an opportunity to make a statement to the effect tbat Mr O'Connor had robbed bim to the amount of £ T 0 , upon which he was taken into custody , He then said that he had demolished the windows In consequence of articles exceedingly prejudicial to him , and which were the cause of his ruin , bav . ing for a considerable time _apaered in Mr O'Connor ' s newspaper ; that he was determined not to be put down by htm or any other Irishman—at the same time admit _, ting that he had also smashed the other windows before witness observed him . —Mr Thomas Price , the manager of the bank , _nmed that tha hon . memher wa & sole . _? toprietor of the house , and also chairman of the board of directors . —Mr Hall , in calling for an answer to the to the charge , told the prisoner that whatever ill-feeling he entertained for any alleged grievances , he should not have acted in each a wanton aud violent manner ; aud
whatever he might advance against him , it could have ao effect upon the judgment he should give . — The prisoner said that he felt rather disappointed tbat the Court was about to adjudicate in a summary manner , as he bad expected to show before a jury , that the injuries Inflicted upon him , a poor working man , for several years , hy Mr _O'Cno"" -. — — —>* < v . ; _rcirut Due nnrortun & tely real . The attacks upon him were entirely unprovoked , and he commined tho offence ou the ground tbat he _epuid hring forward charges from the files of Mr O'Connor's newspaper , contained in _Inuendoes , whioh proved more detri . mental to him than direct attacks , —Mr Hall said he bad taken the law into his own hands , and as the case had been satisfactorily proved , It only remained for bim to call upon the prisoner to pay the sum of £ . 5 , the amount of the damage , and in default be imprisoned with two months * hard labour . —Mr Price read a portion ofa letter h 8 had received from Mr O'Connor , Pray let the Court know that I never did nor do I owe the fellow any money . ' The prisoner was then removed from the bar .
BauTAtrrr or a Policeman . —Mary Honest was charged with causing an obstruction at _Charing-crOES , by sweeping tha crossing :, nnd reserving alms from persons passing . —Policeman Gaff said he was on duty and observing the prisoner , with others , causing obstruction , by asking for and receiving money from persons coming out ofthe omnibus , he attempted to drive her away , but Instead of obeying hia orders , as her companions did , she threw herself on the pavement , pretending to faint , but suddenly jumping up , said she would not allow him to drag : her like a dog through tbe streets , and ran with her broom into Trafalgar-square , where , on his laying hold of her by the end lof her handkerchief , she fell
down , and he tumbled over her , by which means he was enabled to take her into custody . —Several respectable householders came forward , however , and gave a very different account of tbe circumstance . They stated that when the prisoner escaped into the square , the complainant pursued her for some time , and having at length come up to her , ho struck her violently in the back of the neck with his clenched fist , and felled hsr to the _groun'l . He then took her into custody , and she seemed to have received some injury in her hand , which was bleeding at the time . —Mr _Jardlne ordered her to be be sent to prison for three weeks , and directed that the conduct of the policeman should be Investigated in the usual way .
_MARLBOROUGH-STREET , ~ _Jovbhue HiqhwaTmeh , -P . Miles and W . Houghton , two boya , were charged with robbery . —E . Pollard , a boy , waB going home threugh Hyde Park , In company with J . Young , on Sunday evening , about eight o ' clock , when he saw several boys _hiding beneath some of the trees In the park . As soon as witnosB and hig companion oame near them , the boys ran towards them , and demanded their money . One of the boys ( Houghton ) came up to Pollard , and said . ' Money we want , and money we will have ! ' Pollard told Houghton he wauld gat nothing from him . Miles then came up , and demanded , money , and struck him a blow ia the face , which caused his nose to bleed . A handkerchief was taken from hU poc . ket , and the _ganp ran off .. Pollard pursued , and never lost sight of the two prisoners . When in the Edgeware _. road , witness saw a police constable , and he then pointed oat the two prisoners as the ringleaders of the attack on him nnd hia companion , and be gave tham into custody , —The prisoners were committed .
LAMBETH . —A _DiNOEBors Sweep . —J Connor , a chimneysweep , was finally examined , , charged with assaulting the police . On _Wcdnssday week the prisoner had engaged to sweep tbe _ehimneys ofa _beer-sbopm _Peaooek-atreet , _Newiogton , and because tbe person by whom he had been employed did not submit to an ex . tortlon , he commenced demolishing everything in tho place . The police were called in to remove the prisoner from _thehonso , and they did so , but the moment he got in to . the street ho commenced a furious attack on the constables , exclaiming 'Now tho job is begun I'll be hung for some of you . ' He first knocked down _polioemin George Taylor , and while on th « ground jumped on his body Beveral times . Ho also felled policeman Avery to the ground with a blow under tho ear , and had
it not been for the timely arrival of other constables ho must hare killed both Avery and Taylor , As it was , his brutality was so great , that neither * f the constables has Bince boon ahlo to do any duty , nor are they liktly to be able to do so for some time to come . Sit desperate was the prisoner that it required the united exertions of sis constables to remove him to the station-house , and some of them ho injured by kicking tbem . —A number of sergants and _constables deposed to the number of times they had had the prisener In custody , as well as to his ruffianly conduct towards them whilo attempting to secure and take him to tho station-bouse , —The prisoner waa committed to take hia trial nt tho Surrey Sessions . —The prisoner who is a powerfully built fellsw ,
has been for some years a terror to the police , and haB been imprisoned as many ? s eight or ten times for assaulting them . Some six or eight months ago , however , he caught a tartar in tho person of Johnny Walker , the pugilist . It nppears that Walker , with one or two _STislocratic companions , was tit the bat of a sporting house on tbe Surrey side of the water , when Connor , tbe _swerp _. eamo in , and approaching the counter for a glass of gin , intentionally pushed against Widker , on whose light p . _tletot ho left a d < _iep imprint of his sooty habili-UlOnt . Walker remonstrated with him ou his conduct , upon which Connor told him that if he wss cheeky be would punch his head . The result was a set-to , when the sweep , not knowing Us man , got a sound thrashiB . _g and was glad to cry _amall after the third round _.
Two Fino Elephants, A Male Und A Female,...
Two fino elephants , a male und a female , hate arrived is London from Ceylon .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26021848/page/6/
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