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which their system was to confer upon the 22 ? _^^ _^^ es to _£ lrSg _ugrt we should have _heen-worse off _without _Oe _^ t , a h _ypothetical proposition , andform 3 but » slender compensation for the positive mischief , _^ and in future , which these measures _innst inflict on the great masses of the industnous population . _^ On Tuesday night , both Houses were occupied in singing the praises ofthe Indian army , which , m the battle of Goojerat , seems to have iBncceeded in effectually putting _dowa the Sikh War—at least , for the present . That it has put an end to war , or that it will prevent the , _rtnen their system was in «» _, *» _* .
brave and patriotic natives of those wide realms from attempting to wrest from us the power -which we -have usurped , we do not believe . Ever since the days of _Cltfe and Warren Hastings— the real founders of our Indian Empire— the cruel , remorseless , and hypocritical policy which they commenced , has been pursued towards the native Indian Governments . First , we have picked quarrels with them . Overthrown the rei gning Prince by force of arms and then set him up again , or some novel claimant , as our puppet , while we exercised all the real functions of Government in the newl y-annexed territory . Then , when the natural consequences of such an insulting and hybrid system-developed themselves in
discontent , popular risings , or conspiraciessometimes real , sometimes fabricated—we have thrown off the mask , and boldly set up our own rule , on the pretence that it was forthe benefit of the great mass ofthe people we did so , and that they would , he deli g hted to exchange the tyranny of their native rulers for the firm , constitutional , and mild Government of England . An empire gained hy such means , stands on a precarious footing . All the popular prejudices and passions of . the ancient races are against as . At no remote period , the Feringhees were only a few tolerated traders , permitted to
reside for purposes of traffic , at one or two ports , on the edge of the mighty empire once ruled oyer b y the Moguls . Alien in language , _religion , and blood , they have graduall y , and hy means the most nefarious , usurped the Government of those far-stretching territories , and are everywhere hated by their involuntary subjects with an intense hatred . Concentration of our power is impossible . The curse of conquest is upon ns , and every extension of our territory places us still more exposed to attacks
upon a wide-spread line of operations . Relig ions zeal blends with patriotism to inspire the men who attack us . "We have learned , by dear-bought and blood y experience , how brave they are by nature , and'how well their native ¦ courage has been disci p lined and directed . Animated by such passions , and with such a stake to fi ght for , future wars are certain . We have won by the sword , and must keep by means of the same weapon , or be defeated by it .
The whole country was , some time since , excitedtothe fever heatof indignation , at themanner in which a Duchess—travelling to see her father on his death-bed—was refused a passage on a Scotch Railway on the Sunday , and thus prevented from receiving her parent ' s blessing ere he died . We sympathised with the natural sorrow-of the woman under such distressing circumstances , but almost rejoiced that such an outrage had heen done to the feelings of one so powerful , as the Mistress of the Robes to the Queen ; under the impression that the monstrous nature of the grievance being thus
forcedintothepresenceof Royalty , and brought home to the sister of a Cabinet Minister , it would be speedily put an end to . Vain hope ! Abuses exist in this happy land precisel y because they are abuses- ; the more gross , aggravated , injurious , and detested they arethe better they strive . Mr . Locke brought in a Bill , the verysmallness of which attested the domination which Cant exercises in this most canting of countries . He asked simpl y that a few passenger carriages mi ght be added to the train which carries the mail bags on Sundays , on the immaculate _Ssotch lines which refuse
to take passengers on that day . Never was a case more conclusivel y made out which ended with a more moderate request . But Exeter Hall and the Free Kirk had been at work , and Ministers did not dare to bid defiance to Cant They looked atthe back benches and counted the votes . Scotland is eminentl y _Whiggish , and eminently pious after the fashion which converts the Christian Sunday into a Jewish Sabbath , and Lord John cannot afford to lose any supporters . Mr . Labouchere therefore threw cold water on the question , made a Jesuitical and canting speech , intended to catch
both parties , and ended by voting against the Bill , which was lost hy nine . We hope that the subject will be vigorously taken up by some other member , and , meantame , think that the gratitude of the country is due to Mr . LoCKE for his adinirable exposition of the question in his speech of "Wednesday , a speech which , -was conclusive in every part * and which , notwithstanding their ill-gotten victory , must be felt b y the saints and hypocrites as the severest cohdem--nation that ever was passed upon them , while the _smallness of their majority amounted to a virtual defeat .
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RECEIPTS OF THE _NATIONAL LAND COMPANY For this Wekk E . vdixo Thursday , April 26 , 1849 . SHARES . £ _s . d . £ _s . a . Zeicester , _Xewton 18 0 J . Walker .. 0 2 0 Sheffield .. 10 0 0 E . Walter .. 0 2 0 Ciggles-Tiek .. 1 1 6 W . H . _WalKer 0 2 0 Hnll .. 1 12 0 John _Tigurs .. 0 2 6 Oxford ,, 0 7 0 William Spvinghall 0 2 0 Konrich , Hurry 116 6 W . Mathews .. 0 10 Zeicester , Barrow 116 T . Hodges .. 0 10 JohnBro-fn .. 0 10 B . Pattison .. 0 10 _K-Jones .. 0 3 6 EstherHowe .. 16 0 _Nottingham .. 0 8 0 Manchester .. 14 0 £ 2126 EXPENSE FUND . _JNottmgham .. 0 14 Oxford .. 0 2 0 £ 0 3 4 TOTALS . XandFund ... 21 2 6 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 3 4 Bonus ditto 120 8 8 loan ditto 0 19 7 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 Rul « _j 0 0 4 £ 143 2 5 _EsBA-rcM . —In last week's Star , Glasgow should be Gd ., not 6 s . ; the gross sum is , therefore , 5 s . 64 less than that _egt forth . "W . Dixox , C . _Dorui , T . Ciibk , Cor . See . P . _M-Gbath , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Keceived by S . Ktdd . —Norwich , per J . Hurry , 10 « . ; Manchester , £ 1 ; Stainland , 16 » . ; _Elland , Us . ; _Sowerby , IDs . ; Hacclejfield , 3 s . Beceived hy W . RlDKB . —W . fioser , _Bi-b-tonHffl , li . VICTIM . ' FUND . _Beceh-ed atLuro OmcK .- _« _reenwich , Ur . _Whiteosu * . and friends , 12 s . 6 d . ; Deptford , Mr . _Plovd and _Tri-rads 3 s . ; _Sowerhr , 6 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Thomas _Iivesey , 2 * . Sd . ' FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Beceived hy W . Bn > _j- » . —T . Willey , Cheltenham , ls . ; Morton Colliery , yer 3 . Boxhy , Is . 3 d . ; "Sotfingnain , per 3 . _SweeJ-, 5 s . M . ; Motto-am , per M . Clayton , £ 1 . _M' 0 qUAU . ' S CASf-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( ts oTHmnn } _. - Rewired by W . _Rxdk-l—Buckingham , perR . G . Gam . _xoaga , 2 s . 74 ; T . Willey , Cheltenham , le . ; Heywood , per Z . Read , 2 s . 2 d . ; Paisley , per A . Buchanan , £ 1 Si . 84 ; Mottranj , mp 3 L Clayton , Ss . ; W , long , yewLetcte , Bradford , 4 b . 6 a . KIRKDALE PRISONERS . Beceived by S . Ktdd . — Far John Smith , 6 s . 9 d . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND * Received by J . Axsott . — Coventry , per 6 . Freeman , 10 s . ; JKiddermiaster , T . Smith , per S . Lythall , is . 6 d . _aFew friends at ditto , per ditto , 3 s . Sd . ; Westminster , per J . < Jtt « sby , Is . ; Crown said Anchor , per H . Pelteret , 5 s . ; 58 , Golden-Une , per T . Brown , 3 s . 2 d . ; South London Hall , per J . Duval , 4 s . lOd . ; Mr . Rider , as _psr Star , £ 1 8 s . ; Mr . Kydd , as per ditto , Ss . ; Land Onto , as per ditto . £ 148 . 64
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING _CLASSES . XLI . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That vrhieh makes thousands , perhaps millions think . " bybox . ' LUXURY AND " lBSS . DEATH
AND DESPAIR . Brother Proletarians , Yesterday evening ( Wednesday , April 25 th , ) the Lord Mayor of London gave a grand guzzle in honour of - - her Majesty ' s Ministers . '' The attendance of notables was very numerous , and included the forei gn ambassadors and ' theeZite ofthe nobility . " The reporter of the Daily News infoW the readers ofthat journal that "th e substantial materials ofthe banquet were the most recherche in their character , including not onl y the delicacies ofthe season but many of those which in the ordinary course of nature can only be obtained at an advanced period ofthe summer . " Of course the " musical arrangements , " _&<* _- _., & c , were
" complete , " and " grace" was " chaunted , " in the usual brilliant style by the singers . It seems that the " noble lords" and " worth y citizens" cannot say " grace" for themselves , but must need return thanks to God by proxy ! Judging b y the speeches delivered at this feed , a newly-arrived visitor from Japan might imagine the United Kingdom to be a perfect Paradise , in which neither want nor woe , neither oppression nor discontent , could be found . The Lord Mayor pronounced the people prosperous , happy , and loyal . In another speech he asserted that the only effect of recent changes on the Continent" had been to unite all classes more closel y in the bonds of affection and loyalty to their most gracious Sovereign . " He added : "Here the people were satisfied and contented with
thenancient institutions . ' The Archbishop of Canterbury congratulated his hearers on the "harmonious connexion of Church and State ; " and trusted that lords in ermine and lords in lawn would always pull together , for ( would you expect it ?) " the benefit and prosperity of the whole community !!» " The Lord Mayor , in proposing the health ofthe Premier , again exulted over the blessed condition of " our own happy land . " The farce was kept up by Lord John Russell , and subsequently Lord _Palmerston , who ( I believe without blushing ) acknowledged the eulogistic comments of the Lord Mayor on his
( the noble lord ' s ) " management of the -forei gn affairs of this country !" This day as I came along Piccadilly to the " Srar" office , I observed St . James ' _s-street crowded with carriages and attendant flunkies , " peelers , " anda number of those astonishinglooking ( feather-bed ) warriors , the Life Guards . A g lance in the direction of St . James ' s Palace sufficed to show me that one of those Court-fooleries called a "Royal Drawing Room , " was the occasion of this fuss , bustle , and display . The occupants of the carriages , ( I had a passing glimpse ofa very few ) , were as fine-looking as the labour of other people ' s
hands could make them . The apoplectic coachmen looked stuffed almost to bursting . The . ignorant , insolent-looking flunkies quite took the shine out of the finest-dressed mountebanks I ever saw . The " peelers" seemed to be a select let—fat , saucy , and ready for any kind of brutality , if perpetrated in the name of the " law ; and in the service of " our Sovereign Lad y the Queen . " They flourished their truncheons most heroically , and seemed to he anxiously on the look out for a stray applewoman or refractory cabman upon whom they mig ht exercise their peace-preserving
batons . The "guards , '' arrayed in scarlet and steel , helm and p lume , looked each a very Mars in the admiring eyes of gaping nursemaids . So mucli—no more , I saw of the show ; quite sufficient to fan the decaying flame o my loyalty , and excite my admiration of those enlightened _fellow-countrymon of mine who are content to suffer cold , hunger , and misery without repining , cheered by the reflection that the substance produced by their toil , is expended on royal revelries , and the trappings and gewgaws of aristocratic flunkeydom ' !!
Not a week passes out you may read in this and other journals of deaths by starvation , even in this metropolis . Several such cases are reported in this number of the Star . But it is in Ireland that the greatest triumphs of our "glorious institutions " are manifested . Irish horrors nave become so much a matter of course that they now but rarely excite particular notice on the part of the Press . I beseech you to read the week ' s reports from Ireland in _this * week's _£ ter , and-then ask yourselves whether the greatest miscreants that ever cursed mankind with their sway , were not angels of mercy compared with our present rulers . I tell you that _Nicholas , Uavxtskt , Wixdisciigbatz , _Weluex , and
Fkrmnajw of Naples combined nave not destroyed more lives than " the system" has destroyed in Ireland in the course of the last two or three years . Those who ascribe those deaths to the potato-blight , lie ! Those who talk of the massacres executed by Famine and Pestilence as a ' visitation of Divine Providence , " lie and blaspheme too I I have 3 poken of "the system , " but let me not even unintentionally countenance the language of political humbugs . Doubtless " the system" is the great curse , and no mere change of men , nothing short of a reform of the system—the social ___ system—will avail to put a stop to the horrors of which Ireland is at present the theatre . But I will
not merely denounce " the system , " I denounce those who permit that system to continue , although they have the power to bring it to an end . I repudiate , loathe , scorn , and spit upon the policy so much in vogue with the " respectable , " the " genteel , " the " moderate , " " moral suasion" •¦ _reforraers /' of drawing a distinction between a bad 9 ystem and those who profit by or defend it . What is a " system ? " Is it something that can be made to feel public censure or public punishment ? 2 so I the system must be struck at through the men who live by and defend it . If you would pull down the system , you must pull down the men who defend it ; and I include amongst its defenders sham-reformers ' , as well as avowed conservators of things as they are . In calling upon you to execrate the system , I call upon you to also execrate the rulers and legislators , by whose championship or sufferance that system endures . "Horrible , horrible , most horrible ! " must he the
exclamation of all right-minded persons on reading this week's record of Irish suffering . It appears that under the joint operation of emigration , pestilence , and famine , Ireland is undergoing a depopulation most frightful to contemplate . . All who can find the means are flying from the country , eager to escape from a land apparently doomed to utter destruction . Those less fortunate are rapidly _Eerishing from hunger , and diseases produced by unger . The union workhouses are gorged with the unhappy beings who seek shelter therein , only preparatory to finding the more merciful shelter of the grave . Cholera is despatching thousands , and , with the addition of fever and dysentery " the people are dying like rotten sheep . " In the midst of these horrors the murderous landlords are at their
old work of rooting out such of the miserable occupiers of the soil as have not yet fled or fallen . Driven by hunger and landlords' persecution to the towns , the unhappy people there find new enemies in arms against them . The civic authorities of Cork have "voted a sum of £ 100 for clearing the streets , and carting paupers to some distance from the city boundaries . These wretched beings— -the " hordes of rural paupers "—are being carted out of Cork , and some four or fire miles from the city are p itched upon the highway , * to wander elsewhere if they can , or perish of hunger , cold , and cholera on the roadside .
What is most astonishing is , that Ireland was never so •* tranquil" as at present , hut it is the tranquillity of death . Behold the results of British supremacy , Pbxl and Bussed " , legislation , landlord and money-lord rule : —a large part of the country depopulated , the soil uncultivated , commerce , perishing , Famine and Pestilence marching unchecked over the -prostrate bodies of tens of thousands of victims , an d / worse still , the yet Uving content in their turn tn die . and make no
*¦! _# }• having to their unfeeling masters an uncnallenged rul-j over barren wastes and reeking graves . Brother Prol _etarians , when you have thought on these horrors , then think on the waste and folly ofthe Civic _gora and the Royal raree-show ; and think , too , that these are but the outward and visible signs of the system of poUticaUUlany and social plunder under which you suffer , and your feUow _^ reatures m Mand are condemned to slaughter . Think , further , that all blame does not rest with your rulers , that muchi-Yerv nnwu—
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blame rests with you . Your power to change the system is undoubted , but jwulack tho virtue , the wm tiie energy , to redeem yourselves , and save your brethren . To many whom I address , this heavy c large does not apply , but it applies to vou as a
Tis true 'tis pity , and pity 'tis ' tis true !" Press pf nutter compels brevity , and forces me to postpone comment on several subjects , _including a a forei n ne _*™ of tlie week . Next week I hope to address you , at some length , on foreign questions . wi now merely direct your attention to the horrible persecution carried on against the French Democrats by President Buoxapakte and his infamous agents . Buo . _vapabt--, Barbot , Fauchkb , Thiers , and the rest of the anti-Republican conspirators , are doing their utmost to excite a conflict in the streets , with the view of making the Democrats the victims of a political St . Bartholomew massacre . May their atrocious conspiracy recoil upon themselves—and may safety and victory attend the steps of the gallant Red Republicans . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . April 26 , 1849 .
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MARLBOROUGH STREET . —The _soi-disant Countess or Carlisle . —The court was crowded oh Monday in consequence ofthe attendance of persons to give information against the woman who has for some time past gone about obtaining goods and getting into debt in various quarters , under the assumed title o f the Countess of Carlisle . —From tho inquiries of the police it appears that the prisoner has passed under various names in this country and in Ireland , of which latter place she is a native . From letters found in her possession it would seem _, that her maiden name was Dawson , and that she was the daughter of Captain Dawson of tho 100 th Foot . The prisoner is supposed to havo several sons , as a copy of verses was found in her possession , addressed to her youngest son , Irwin uilldea ,
who had recently been sent out to India . The name , however , she is best known by is _TYetherel t . It was in that name she took the apartments in Mrs Wake ' s house , 32 , St . Martin-street , where she conducted herself with such profligacy that it was found necessary to give her notice to quit , through the medium of Mr . W . Austin , solicitor , of St . Martin-street . In reply to the notice to quit , Mr . Austin , the solicitor , received the following epistle : — " The Countess of Carlisle scarcely considers a strange vulgar production which she has received purporting to come from Mr . W . H . Austin worthy her notice . However she condescends to acquaint that weak-minded individual that she is armed so strongly in virtue , probity , honour , and honesty , that although he and the whole body of * Chartists' were ' coming' she would
not for a moment flinch from the bright and unvarying path of propriety which she has always heretofore followed . As to fear , such a word is a stranger to her vocabulary . Lady Carlisle is desirous that this ridiculous correspondence shall end . —31 , St . Martin-street , Leicester-square . " Immediately after sending this letter , thc prisoner disappeared from her lodgings with a table-cloth and a sheet , which she disposed of to a woman in Tottehham-courtroad for half-a crown . In consequence of the publicity which the case has obtained , a lady came forward and informed the police that the prisoner had passed by the name of Madame Carvina _, and that she had obtained £ 700 from her by artful misrepresentations . The prisoner had ordered a large number of pairs of stays from a West-end tradesman
named Marriott , which she had ordered to be sent to Thomas ' s Hotel , addressed to the Countess of Carlisle . Two tradesmen in Tottenham-court-road , one a jeweller , the other a fancy article dealer , had received considerable orders from the prisoner , in tho name of the Countess of Carlisle . These par- , ties , however , would not part with any portion of their goods , and the prisoner then gave directions that they should he sent to the Earl of Carlisle ' s : residence , who would , as she said , immediately pay for them . Kumerous cases of a similar sort were discovered . In the course of their inquiries the police ascertained that the prisoner is the same woman who made her way into the Palace a few years back , when her language and demeanour were so inexplicable that it was presumed she was under some
mental delusion . She was takon to Bow-street , and being pronounced by certain medical gentlemen out of her mind , sho was sent to the County Lunatic Asylum , where she remained for about two years . — Police-constable Boyce having obtained some important information from Lord Carlisle , informed the sitting magistrate , Mr . Bingham , that he was prepared with the evidence against the prisoner Wetherelt . —Mi' . Bingham intimated that he had received some communications since the prisoner had been in custody which induced him to change his mind about dealing with the case criminally . —The witnesses having been called into court , Mr . Bingham said with regard to the charge preferred against Mrs . Wetherelt , he had recently received several letters which fully satisfied him the prisoner was an
insane person atthe present moment . Tho prisoner had been for a long while in the county asylum , in confinement as a lunatic . He had received a letter from Lord Ashley , the chief commissioner , another from the medical man who had attended her within the last six months , and who said she was decidedly out of her mind . Under these circumstances he did not think it would be right to expose the prisoner to an aggravation of her disorder by ordering her to be examined again in a public court . He should order her to be given up to the authorities of St . Martin , who would take care of her as an insane person . —Police-constable Boyce said he had seen Lord Carlisle , and his lordship had informed him that the prisoner had obtained £ 40 from him by means of forgery when in Ireland , and when he was
secretary tor Ireland . He was quite willing to . come forward and prosecute , as he was but one of the public in such a case , because he believed the prisoner was connected with a gang of swindlers . —Mr . Bingham said the evidence of insanity was too conclusive . It was unlucky the delusion should take the form it did , but he could not deal with the matter otherwise than by handing the prisoner over to the officer of St . Martin ' s parish , who was present . —A lady came forward and said the prisoner had given her a packet of letters and a duplicate of a gold watch as security for Cs . which she borrowed . —Mr . Bingham said the letters might be given to the parish authorities . The duplicate could be kept until the money was repaid . —The dressmaker who had received the
goods obtained from Messrs . Shoolbred and Co ., said she had partly made up the dresses ordered by the prisoner , and when the goads were taken away by the parties from whom they had been obtained , the linings of the dresses , which wero her own property , were also taken away . She wished to know what she was to do to recover the property . —jtr . Bingham thought there would be no difficulty in _gettWff back her property if she applied to ' the parties who had possession of it . —Mrs . Wake applied for the restoration of her sheet and tablecloth , and the buyer of the property claimed the right to retain it . —Mr . Austin , who appeared for Mrs . Wake , said he would arrange that matter . —Tlie cabman wished to know what he was to do . He had taken out
two summonses against the countess at his own expense ; he had been discharged by his master , and now he was deprived of all chance of getting either his fare or hU expenses . —Mr . Bingham said the cabman ' s case was a very hard one . He could not assist him out of his difficulty further than hy giving him half-a-crown towards hisloss . —Thc proceedings then terminated . —It is a singular circumstance that hardly ono ofthe persons who have been duped had the slig htest suspicion ofthe prisoner ' s insanity . Ax Addition to the _Pe-huge . —A cabman brought a person before Mr . Bingham for having refused to pay him his fare . The defendant described himself as Charles Wegg , Earl of Norfolk . The cabman said he was hired by the defendant on Tuesday morning to drive hun to a coachmakcr ' s in Oxford-street . The defendant went into the coachmaker ' s rooms and selected a carriage , announcing that he was making the purchase on his own account as the Earl of Norfolk . The coachmaker ,
however , not being at all satisfied with his customer , gave a hint to the cabman , who at once drove tne defendant to this court . The cabman having obtained another address set off with his noble fare , but on arriving at the house ho found it was tenantlcss . He then came back to tlie court and charged the defendant with refusing to pay his f are . —In explanation , the defendant said he was Capt . Wegg , an artist , and also the Earl of Norfolk , he having married the Earl of Norfolk ' s daughter , which entitled him to bear the rank of earl . . As for the trifle he owed the cabman , if the cabman would drive him to tlurBank of England he would got a cheque for £ 50 , 000 , which h e had in his pocket , immediately cashed and discharge the debt . —Mr . Bingham said it was evident the defendant was not in his right mind , and the constable must go to thc parish authorities and request them to receive him until the state ofhis mind could be ascertained and his relatives discovered . Th _* e defendant was received into St . James ' s infirmary for the present . Rotal
Sham _CnAmiABi-B _Ivstitdwoxs . —Ths Bblobavk Ltiso-k * Hospital , Ch apivplace , Matfaib . —Since the apprehension of Mr . James Locke , who describes himself as surgeon to the -Belgravc Lying-in Hospital , and his three sons , on a charge of having collected money under fraudulent pretences from the nobility and gentry for a number of years , about 100 noblemen and gentlenen have called at the court to make inquiries and to stato that they had been applied to for subscriptions year after year , which , in the majority of instances , they had paid in the belief that the institution was what it wa a represented to be . Wednesday being the day appointed for the re-examination of the accused , a _numbsr of gentlemen were in attendaric _* to give evidence , and the officers ofthe Mendicity Society were also present to state what tbey knew about the institution . James Locke , the father , . and his three sons , were then placed at the bar . Mr . * . Wm . Seabrook , steward to her Royal . Highness tho Duchess of _Ke » t | said he had the _ufcarge of the
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papers and _corrospoCdence connected with tho charities to which her _I'i , ' v hI Hujhness subscribed . At the request of the police lie I ' M come forward to state that her Royal Highness _hau withdrawn her _ttf _/^ the _institution since the Tear 1844 . _ww ? H ! I hness h withdrawn her name years n _~\ thern , amelmingbeeu continued in . the prospectuses a formal prohibition had been given against any further unauthorised use of the name . — , _' n l ' _ai'i Gr u cnairman of the board of guardians m low , when , in consequence of a woman named _lAwrence having been confined without _recefvinoany medical attendance from the Royal Bel grave Lying-in Hospital , although she had received a ticket from one of the subscribers , an inquest was held of
on the body the infant , which eventually led to an inquiry into the character and management of the so-called l ying-in hospital . In the c _« urs » of the investigation before Mr . Wakley , the coroner , witness conceived it to be liis duty to make inquiries as to the genuineness of the hi gh names which were appended to the prospectuses . A public meeting ottho subscribers was called , to which Mr . Locke wa 8 inYited ,: but he did not attend ; a committee of the following noblemen and gentlemen was also _mT _^ T _^ Earl of Efl-ngham , W . Ellis , Esq ., u . tr ., tol . Vernon , and Sir G . Rich , forthe purpose pt giving Mr . Locke an opportunity of proving by oooks or accounts how the funds were expended , and of negativing those suspicions which had got i
- " vau . jo miormation having been afforded , tlie public meeting and the committee came to _resolutions to tho effect that tlie institution was valueless in character , and the public were put on their guard against giving any further support to it . Witness having ascertained that though the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Cambridge had withdrawn their names ; and other noble _personages whose names were used had no knowledge of the circumstance , their names were made use of to collect subscriptions , thought it his duty to make application to Queen-square police office , and Mr . Burrell , the magistrate , agreed to issue a summons against Mr . Locke under tho Vagrant Act for collecting money under frandulent pretences . This
summons , however , was never issued , as the magistrate believed that the exposure which the affair had received in the morning papers would havo all the effect desirable . In the prospectus issued by the alleged manager , of the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution , there were about fifty names , headed by the . name of-her Royal Hi ghness the Duchess of Kent , as patronesses , patrons , and members ofthe committee . In reply to his inquiries he received letters from several of the nobility and gentry , stating that they had withdrawn their names from the list of subscribers to the institution in question . The witness went on to say that every opportunity had been afforded ' to Mr . Locke to come forward and clear tho institution from the suspicions which had
got abroad ; but Mr . Locke had not done so , and tho institution was still going on exactly on the same system as that on which it had from the first been conducted . —Mi * . Hardwick asked Mr . Ryder if he ever had inspected the interior of the institution . —Mr . Ryder replied that he had never entered the institution , but he was aware that tho house which had been hired was made to present all tlio usual externals ofa public institution . —Inspector Lester said it appeared to him that the institution was a cheat from tho , commencement . lie could find neither books nor accounts of monies paid away or received . He had only found a vast , number of letters from subscribers . The solicitor who appeared for the defendants applied for the letters m order to assist his client to make his defence . —Mr .
Hardwick said he could not sanction their being removed out of the custody of the officer . The solicitor might have all reasonable- access to them if necessary . —The solicitor said when the letters were examined he _Should be in a condition to show that autndrity had been given to use the names in the prospectus . " —Mr . Hardwick said he should feel it to be his duty to send the prisoners for trial on the evidence already before him . He should , however , remand them until Wednesday next , in order to g ive them an opportunity to make their defence . Bail having been applied for , Mr . Hardwick consented to accept £ 200 for the father , his own security , and two sureties in £ 100 each , * and for each of the sons £ 100 on their own surety , and two others of £ 50 each .
BOW-STREET . —Novel Cash of _Swmdlixo . — Patrick Hay , a bill-discounter , and John Alves , were placed at the bar hefore Mr . Jardine , charged with having conspired to obtain money , and securities for money , from the Rev . Cornelius Griffin , vical * of Haselor , near _Stratford-on-Avoni upon false and fraudulent pretences . The prisoners were detained on the above charge under the following extraordinary circumstances : —Hay had been locked up at the police station for drunken and disorderly conduct in the streets the previous night , and was awaiting hisdisniissal by the magistrate , when the Rev . Mr . Griffin arrived at the court , and requested the advice of his worship upon the transactions detailed below . The chief usher of the court
intimated that the man implicated was then actuall y in CUStody , and it further appeared that he had sent a messenger to his friend Aires ( the other prisoner ) , with a request thathe would come and pay thefine , and so relieve him from custod y , Alves accordingly arrived shortly afterwards , and , the parties being i'deritffie'd by the clergymen , were , to the utter ' astonishment and dismay of both , ordered into the dock to answer to thc above more serious charge . — The Rev . Cornelius Griffin , stated that a few weeks back his attention was attracted by an advertisement in a morning newspaper , offering a "highly honourable and distinguished appointment , a » chaplain , " to any member ofthe _pstablished church , he wrote a letter enquiring the particulars , and
received the following letter , signed , P . Hay , and dated 24 th March , No . 2 , Cannon-row , Westminster : — "Sir , —In the strictest confidence I reply to your letter of yesterday ' s date . The appointment is that of one of her Majesty ' s chaplains , and the duties confined to the preaching a certain numbov of Sundays in thc year in one of the chapels royal . The income is but small to commence with , some £ 60 per annum , but increases _according to seniority , ' The sum required for the nomination is £ 600 . Should this suit your views , I shall bo-happy to hear further from you . The appointment is in the gift of the crown , and I need not add a permanent one , nor expatiate on its advantages . — After some further correspondence , the applicant
came to town , and on going to Canon-row he saw painted on a large board outside the door the words " Crown Colonies Office . " He was shewn into an inner room , behind what he considered the public Office , and on Seeing the prisoner he expressed his doubts respecting the propriety of an engagement in such a business , and also stated his ignorance as to the law upon the subject . The prisoner said that Dr . Adams had been consulted , and gave it as his opinion that it was a perfectly legal and proper negotiation . Witness then told him it would be impossible for him to pay so much as £ 600 at once , but lie would give £ 100 in part payment , and show him documents wherewith to fulfil the engagement . Upon which lie gave him an order upon the Saint
Clement Danes Savings Bank for £ 100 , and received a memorandum . They also exchanged written agreements upon the terms stipulated . Witness proceeded to state that the prisoner said the sum was Ycry low , and he should go to the ' ( Admiralty " and consult Lord John upon the subject , leaving witness apparently for that purpose ; and after a delay of half an hour , returned , saying that his lordship was exceedingly displeased that so small a sum should be taken , and the thing should remain for a few days , and that it would be better to make another visit to town . To this he demurred , and it was agreed that if he stayed in town till Thursday , Lord John might alter his mind . On the next morning witness returned , and ha vine * left theorder
and bank-book with the prisoner , he was told that prisoner had seen Lord John , who had given orders that the appointment should be make out forthwith , an agreement being signed that the remainder of the money should be paid within a given time . The prisoner then said , "By tho by , I have just seen Dr . Wesley , the sub-dean of the Royal Chapel , who told mc there were certain fees to he paid to the different officers of the establishment , amounting to £ 7 or £ 10 , and thc appointment will be gazetted on Easter Tuesday , " which was the day the £ 100 would be paid at the bank . The prisoner then proposed they should burn the papers , and upon witness saying he had not his with him , the prisoner threw his papers into the fire , desiring he would do the same on his return home . On the 10 th instant , witness
receivod another letter fromthe prisoner , intimating that he had received notification of the appointment being read y for gazetting , but previously fees must be paid to its leaving the office amounting to £ 23 10 s . Witness accordingly sent an ordor on Messrs . Smith and Company , the bankers , for £ 23 10 s ., upon which all further correspondence between them ceased , and the appointment not appearing in th » next Gazette , he wrote to thc prisoner on the loth expressing his uneasiness , and requesting he would remove it by sending him the appointment , to which he received no answer - but on the morning of the I 7 th , he was surprised to have a strange gentleman ( the other prisoner ) call upon him at Stratford-upon-Avon , and after giving _nis name , ho commenced by
inquiring if witness had not some business with Patrick Hay , and if he had g iven him any money ; he repliod he unfortunately had , at the same time inquiring how he came to the knowled ge of such a circumstance ? Upon which the prisoner replied , "; Wff have seized your letter from the postman , and have opened it . " Witness asked by what authority he did so , and ho replied that he had employed the detective force , and that the Crown Colonies Office had been watched since Saturday , it bein $ - doubtful if it was a real government office . He also said he feared that Hay had absconded , the boy in tho office haying said he knew nothing about Wm ; hut the principal object of his coming was on behalf of a clergyman who had fallen into the _aamo predioamont -by- means of tho very same adve rtisement ; that Ida friend had nut £ 300 into the hands , of Hay ,
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who took him to the An _£ _* _- ralt _7- - . re a similar proceeding occurrod . Tho m _* declined to give witness'his address , saving that a letter would find him at Mr . Reed ' s , 15 , ' _Charing-cross , and ho went away . Witness subsequently found that tile account respecting the detective force was ialse , and on thd 19 th inst . he received a letter from Alvos , promising that in a week he would have some information for him ; that Hay had left town in consequence of a temporary difficulty , and he would attend to any suggestion he had to make in the matter ; and on his letting him know that he need not interfere in the matter , as he refused the clergyman ' s name , he got another letter from him on the 21 st , stating that the clergyman , instead of having tho business exposed , was content to have his papers restored , and be at the loss of tho money . —Mr . Lewis , tho solicitor , who entered the court at th _» conclusion J of the _investigation , submitted that no case of
conspiracy was made out , and that the prosecutor , by his own illegal acts , could not fix the guilt upon the prisoners . —James Scarf © , an occasional messenger at the court , proved that the prisoner Hay had been charged with drunkenness and refusing to pay a cab fare , and that he was locked up in default , whereupon he sent witness with his card to the other prisoner requesting his presence . He , therefore , camo to tlie court in ignorance of the charge about to be preferred against him . —Before the night charges were disposod of , the Rev . Mr . Griffin waited upon the magistrate to solicit his advice upon tho subjoct , and tho name of Hay appearing on the police-sheet , the complainant _immediately identified him as the person by whom he had also been swindled . The prisoners wore ordered to put in bail , _thomselvos iu the sum of £ 500 and two sureties in £ 250 each , to answer the charge in a week .
CLERKENWELL . —Charge of Shooting _anu Wounding . —J . Dwyer was charged with shooting and wounding Wm . Hughes , who described himself as an auctioneer—The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last , at one o ' clock , he anncunced a 9 ale by auction at his _resident in Shepperton-cottages , when he was obstructed by a party who * had a bill of sale , and witness was obliged to discontinue the sale . He left the p lace , and proceeded to the City . On his return he found tho prisoner in possession of the house , and the door was blocked against him . He climbed over the back garden wall , when the prisoner made his appearance at the window , and presenting a double-barrelled pistol at wiflness , swore that he would blow out his brains if he dared
to force an entrance . Witness went to the doorand was _endeavouring to enter when tho prisoner discharged the pistol at hiin , and the contents struck him on his hand and wounded him severely . Witness had a dagger ( now produced ) , which he exhibited to the prisoner , and told him that he had better be cautious , as he ( witness ) was determined to obtain possession . Tho prisoner ran out of the iiouse , and escaped . He was given into custody on the same night . He had known the prisoner eight years , and had lived in the same house with him . — Miss Mary Hopkins , who held tho bill of sale , said she had authorised the prisoner to keep possession of thc property . —Tho prisoner in defence said he was in legal possession of the house and property . He fired at the prosecutor because ho was afraid ho would stab him with the dagger , —Mr , Combo said the prisoner was riot justified in-shooting atthe prosecutor , and he must commit him for trial , but he would remand him for a week .
CiiAnoE of threatening to commit Murder . — William Hughes was then charged by Mr . James Barfoot with having threatened to murder him . — The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last he was authorised by Miss Hopkins to- guard tho house and property at No . 78 , Snepperton-cottages . At about half-past nine o ' clock at night he was alarmed by loud knockings at the door , and on looking out he saw the prisoner , who demanded admittance . This being refused , he produced a dagger , and threatened to murder him . He was still afraid that
tlie prisoner would do him some injury . —Mr . Combe asked Hughes whether he was a licensed auctioneer ? He replied in the affirmative . —Mr . Combe said he had no doubt it was a plan laid down for tho purpose of swindling Miss Hopkins out of her property . Miss Hopkins said she never authorised theremoual ofthe goods to 78 , _Shepperton-cottages , nor did she employ Hughes . —The prisoner denied the charge . —Mr . Combe said his conduct had been highly improper , and ho orderod him to find responsible bail , which , not being forthcoming , he was locked up .
WORSHIP-STREET . —Atthmpibd Mvbder—T . Webb , an elderly man , formerly employed as superintendent ofthe shoemaking department of the Refuge for the Destitute , in Iloxton , was charged with assaulting and wounding his wife , Sarah Webb , with intent to murder her . —Catherine Taylor , a married woman , stated that the prisoner and his wife , who was her aunt , had lodged for some time in the back room of tho house occupied by tho witness and her husband , in New Church-street , Bethnal-grccn . Between six and seven o ' clock that morning she was aroused from her sleep by A scuffling- noise , followed by stifled moans , in the prisoner ' s apartment , and she immediately got up , and hastened to the door , but finding it was fastened inside , she was endeavouring to force it , when it was
suddenly flung back by her auut , who rushed past her with tlie exclamation , " Por God ' s sake send foi a surgeon—ho has cut my throat J" Sho was bleeding copiously at tho time from a wound in the neck , and the witness observed a pool of blood at the side of the bed and on other parts of tho floor . Tho prisoner wa 9 pacing the room in a hurried and distracted manner . He muttered incoherently , "She is dead , and it ' s all over . " Witness instantly sent for a surgeon , and returned into her own room , where she found the injured woman reclining in a chair , with the blood still gushing from hor throat . Witness was attempting to stanch the wound with a cloth when the prisoner presented himself at the door , and repeated the words " Sho is dead , she is dead ! " He then retreated to his own room and
fastened himself in , aud a surgeon soon after arrived . Witness added that the prisoner and his wife had always lived upon affectionate terms until a recent period , when ho exhibited symptoms o f mental derangement , under the influence of which he had made an attempt to destroy himself about a month since , and lie had not long been discharged from thc London Hospital . —Police sergeant Burham ' said , that when he apprehended the prisoner he ( prisoner ) went to a cupboard , from which lie took a sharp-pointed shoemaker ' s knife , and endeavoured to stab himself in the chest . Tho prisoner was then conveyed to the station-house , and on the road there he repeatedly exclaimed , "I have done it , and I know she is dead . " The witness produced tho knife , which was about ten inches in length , and was much
incrusted with blood , both upon the blade and handle . A certificate was handed in from Mi ' . _Mcevcs , the divisional surgeon , stating that in addition to a amaUpunctured wound , tho injur & d woman had received an extensive incised wound in the fore part ofthe neck , and that she was in such a dangerous state as to preclude her attendance . On being asked if he wished to say anything , tho prisoner shook his head , and was ordered to be remanded for a week , to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injuries his wife had sustained . LAMBETH . — Alleoed Embezzlement bt a Railway _Clbuk . —J . Grange was placed at thc bar for final examination on a charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to the directors of the South Western Railway Company by whom he
was employed as clerk . —Mr . Robert Simpson said : I am agent to the London and _South-Western-Railway Company , at their station at Wcybridgo . The prisoner is an apprentico to the company , and had been employed under me as clerk for about fourteen months . It was his duty to receive the money from p assengers travelling from that station , and to issue tickets for the journey . Theso tickets aro a 11 numbered , and are entered by me in a book kept for that purpose , as they are issued from our station . It was the prisoner s duty to account to me every morning for the money he had received the preceding day , and to enter into a book all the tickets he had issued , which I oxamined and checked by the money he g ave me . Double journey tickets are issued from the station , which ought in the regular
course to return to tho same station , and on arriving there they should be delivered to mo by the prisoner in the usual daily account . On Sunday evening last I was taking the numbers ofthe bottom tickets in each tube where the tickets are kept , and noticed in the tube appropriated to double journey tickets from Weybridge to Fareham the fare a 3 well as the number marked . The fare I noticed was not the proper fare for a journey to Fareham and hack , and in consequence drew it out , when I found it to be a double journey ticket to Wareham and back , and then examined the rest of tho tickets in that tube , and found there the two doublo journey tickets produced , which are tickets from Weybridge to Fareham and back , and which have boen issued and used and returned in the ordinary _oourse . They had no business to be in that tube at all . The Wareham ticket had bean taken from tho tube _apnrnnriated to those tickets of which only ono ticket
numbered one had been delivered , and as we only look at tho bottom ticket , that Wareham tickot which I found in tho Fareham tube , ani which is numbered 9 , would not bo missed in the ordinary way for some time . The last ticket for Fareham and back entered in my book is No . » , and that is the reason for a ticket of that number being required to be at the bottom of th « Fareham tube . If that number had not ieen there I should havelookod for an account ofthe money for tho ticket , and which would lead to a discovery . The ticket for the journey to F areham and back , No . , had never been accounted for . Tho far * for that journey is 17 s . 8 d . That ticket is not found as it ought to be had it boon returned to our station . The two double journey tickets from Weybridge to Fareham which have been used are numbered respectively 10 and 11 _» and as the numbers are what I look to usually , it was not discovered that they had bean issued until I found _tht Wareham tioket on Sunday last . Upon making _ttw _towrery I _spoto to _fte _pYiwuw _jM > tt
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it , and directed him to take the tickets out ofthe time . Heathrstsaid he knew nothing at ail about Jim- » att cr _- _» r . ds admitted having issued tlie-two tube ' _r _' _aiifl " 8 P , , back ««« in intothe nn . n . » « i ked hlm what , lad become of f he monev , .. inu ue iiLido mo no answer . The _followidg dav ' i _imormod Mr . Stovin , the general _manager of traffic of the circumst ance ; and f hear ] f £ Snor fit to that gentleman that he had _received abou 3 Tot the company s money forwhich he had not accounted . The prisoner _lomotimes collected the tickets from the passengers on their _airival at the station , but when _hfld-anotttUt-cttiram tbey came into his hands to label and onter _. _—Thomas B ent , a constable save similar testimony a ? to tho admission made by the prisonor , and added that he also said he was voir sorry for what lie hu- \ done . —flic prisoner said nothing in his defence , and h » was committed for trial _.
_RontraBT . —On Tuesday , _E-. Woodall , 1 " years of ago , was placed at tho bar before Mr . Broug hton for re-examination , on tho charge of having stolen a handkerchief , the property o fMf . George Poach , a clerk in tho employ ofthe Great' Western Railway Company . It will be remembered" that , , upon tho inquiry gone into on tho 17 th inst ' ., . that it was alleged by the prosecutor , that the _prisoner , whom ha imagined to be a woman , committed- aiv act of a most gross and indecent nature upon MM ) .- He had not tho slightest idea until after the prisonor had been locked up ore tho charge of stealing- liis liandkorc'hief that hc had been talking to one _oAis own sex . The handkerchief was found at a dirjtance" of 200 yards from the spot at which the prisoner was given into custody . A solicitor now attended for
the prisonor , who smtro the first examination has been out upon bail . » Jpon tlie first inquiry he alleged that ho was a ballet dancer , engaged at the St . Jamos ' s Theatre ; _bst that statement turns- out to be untrue . Mr . Peach was further questioned by tho magistrates , and safe *—My handkerchief was safe just bofore I saw the prisoner . I was with hiin , altogether , for _three-quarters of an hour or fifty minutes ; noithcr of tho _p-rwoner ' _s friends _casno near enough to mc to havo taken my handkerchie f Th * prisoner once or twice _patf his arm round my waist , and he might then liave- abstracted the handkerchief , which was in my coa 4 pocket . —Serjeant Walker , 5 D . being asked by Mf , Broughton , as to the precise words used by _prosecutor whon tho charzo was _siven . renlied . " Mr . ]? _each said . ' T < _m-o
that girl into custody for stealing aiy pocket handkerchief . ' "—Mr . Broughton : Is _bhere any one here who knows anything more about tho prisoner ?—Feneen , 502 A , said , that while on -kty in the H division he toek the prisonor into custody on the 29 th of August , 1840 , for robbing his _master , a licensed victualler in Bermondsey , in whose service he was as a barman . He was tried at tho Central Criminal Court , and being convicted , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . —Mr . BroughtJu considered that it was a proper caso for the _consideration of a jury , and hc should commit the prisoner- for trial , — The prisoner was liberated on finding good bail for his- attendance at the court next Monday * , on which day tho depositions will be completed , xnd thc witnesses bound over to < rivo evidence at tho sessions .
MANSION HOUSE . _—Attumpted _Rcbberi at Gly . Vs _BitN-swe-BO-jsK . —Wright and Horner , who had been charged on Saturday with having entered Glyn ' a-banking-bouse with thc intention to-commit felony ,, were again put to the bar beforo Alderman Carden .. An attorney appeared for the prisoners , and _sai ( h that there was nothing at all in their conduct calculated to excite suspicion that thoy had gone intO'tho banking-house with a bad intention , and the _pnopcrty they had about them showed that they were- above any s-nch intention as that ascribed to them . —Alderman Carden said that a letter had boen received from a gentleman who knew the prisoners to- be- members of a gang of well-dressed thioves , andi had seen them prowling about Loinbard-stroet and looking in at Barclay ' s
_bankinghouse before-they went mto Glyn ' s , where he caused them to be aporehended . That gentleman could not attend , but the- evidence of the officers who had spoken of their Ghavacter was not to be doubted , and they ono- and all declared that tho prisoners wero the notorious associates of thieves . —Haydon , the officer , said ; he- knew tho prisoners about two years to be thioves-. He knew that Wri g ht had been in custody at _Min-lborough-street Police-court twelve months ago ,, upon a charge of having robbed a lad y of her _punse ; , and that he was sentenced to imprisonment for- four months . He also knew Horner to have been _Gonvicted summarily for robbery . —The attorney to-the prisoners said _' ho did not care if his clients- had- been convicted fifty times . Tho officers were too hasty in saying thoy were in
the banking-house for tlw purpose of committing a robbery . They had gone in for the purpose of getting notes for feho sovereigns they had in their pockets , and conducted themselves " with as much propriety as the other visitors to the banking-house . One of them had-a gold watch about hiin , and it was not vory likely that he could have gone in with a felonious _intentisn .. —Alderman Carden asked Haydon whether he-hiiil anything olso to say about the prisoners ?—Haydon replied that he had soon them on Friday evening with four other well-known thieves , and _was > asked by them whether he wa 3 going to Norwich ,. _Mid-when he told them that such was his intention , they smid they would not at that rate go thero . Ho-know , too , the business was telegraphed . —Alderman Garden said that nothing could be clearer than that the immediate _approhension of
the prisoners _was _^ tho weans of preventing the mischief no doubt intended by them . The appearance of the fellows was such that they might be very reasonably supposed , to- be mon engaged in some commercial pursuit ,, and it was particularly incumbent upon the active officers who had so complct- ly marked them to ¦ have their eyes fixed upon the visitors to the hanking : houses , which might he said to bo beset by the _mosi dangerous thieves throughout tho day . The unavoidable absence of tho gentleman who had seen the prisoners about Lombard-street was a lucky circumstance for thorn , and made it necessary that they should bo discharged ; but they were well marked iuitho City as well as at Newington , and would get into much greater peril if they were seen mixing with men of business again . —Tho prisoners smiled upon leaving the bar .
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Spannino the _G-io-BE , —An American merchant , bound for Ceylon , left New York , on the 4 th inst ., in the Canada mail steamer , and arrived in Liverpool on the morning the 19 th . After transactingsome business in Liverpool and London , he arrived at Southampton by _4 tie day mail train on tho 20 th , and immediately embarked on board tho _llipon steamer , which was preparing to start for Alexandria with the Indian mail . This gentleman will roach his destination on tho ' 15 th June . Thus he _willhavc travelled from the United States to China , a distance of nearly 1 "> , 000 miles in seventy-two days . In a little more than two months he will havo traversed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , and the Mcditcranean _, Red , and China Seas , called at
England , Gibraltar , and Malta , in Europe ; Alexandria and Suez , in Africa and at Aden , Ceylon , Penang , Singapore , and Hong-Kong , in Asia . With the exception of passing through England and Egypt , th « whole of his journey will have boen performed by water , in British ships . Tho Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s servants never recollect a passenger for China who had been so recently in America , and it will probably be , for length and rapidity , tho most extraordinary voyage ever porformed . Attempt to ExnuMK a Corpse . —On Wednesday week tho son of Mr . It . Brown , of Kccdhani , who had been long a fflicted , and was lately deceased , was interred in th e churchyard of that village . From some cause unexplained tho servants wero ordered to watch tho gravo , an office which they took by turns . On the Friday following the interturn to k tchand
ment it was the groom s eep wa , about two or three hours after midnight he observed two or three mon in tho churchyard , busily employed in throwing out the mould from the _nawly made grave . They had got to tho depth of about two spades when ho presented himself , and told them that if they did not immediately _dostot ho would shoot them . One ofthe men instantly turned round and shot at the groom , whom , however , he fortunately missed . The groom , who was armed with a double-barrelled gun , immediately levelled it , and discharged one of tho barrels at the aggressor , who it is believed received the charge in his breast . He shrieked out violently . Thegroom thon ran for assistance , but by the timo he returned tho narties had decamped . The blood fi » m the wound was traced to some considerable distance , but no clue has yet been obtained likely So lead to tho identification and detection of the patties implicated in tho transaction .
Wbstbrx Australia . —Accounts from Swan River are to tho 15 th of Doeombor . Several exploring parties had taken placo , and one of these parties , under Mr . A . Gregory , had returned from the northward on tho 12 th November , having , discovered a large tract of fertile land iu tha _neig hbourhood of Champded Bay , estimated to contain 300 , 000 to 400 , 000 acres , of land , superior to i _& at of the _Yesk district . During tho exploration , laany indications of coal were observed , and pluns _& igo and _se-ve ** _al garnets obtained . Specimens © f ore 3 , resu _& iag from some- of tho attempted mioing _operation * in this colony , had been _sont to _Adolaide _for-juialysation . and the rnnort received is of tho most
_nromisin- _*; character , and svwhas v \ % nodoub _^ _cnousMagft mining operations on a _conauensurate _scaK Tho roport states that a _specimen of _suXphjuiai of lead was found , richer in _silvw than »? _$$ Ijead ore yet found in South Australia , , and that _s-jAphwret of _zmo was everywhere found in _conjiaftction with silver _. Judging from the _suwimens , \ i was deemed pro * bablo that they may tead to a lode -which , if of a regular kind , would _ttjaolose a _veuy rioh silver mine ; but the report _rwaumeuda . a careful and soientwo examination of tha surface , spocimons _, and tha stratification of tho racks where such minerals are found a _* the _Imfc moans of _perMwg < " •*»• TWiM ,
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