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* Health of "DosBOJrDnsrso * raE'"WEEK .- _^ _-In- the -week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the _metropolitan : districts -were 1 _" 026 . This return shows a farther increase in the mortality , for since it began to rise , the deaths daring thc two previous weeks were in the first 875 , and in the second 967 . Ib the ten corresponding weeks of the vears 1840-9 , theyfluctnated between 770 and 1197 , the latter amount of mortality occurred in the twelfth week of 1 S 45 ; the average of the ten weeks corrected for increase of population is 1 , 071 , the present return is therefore only less than the average by 45 . The only classes of disease in which an increase on the average is remarkable are those which affect respectivel y the organs of respiration and the of circulation
organ ** . The only instances in which complaints m the respiratory organs have been so fatal as in last week , at this season of the year , occur in 1845 and 1817 ; from pneumonia there were 90 deaths { of Which 71 were amongst children , ) the corrected average is 85 ; from bronchitis there were 99 ( of which more than two-thirds were among adults , ) the corrected average is only 47 . Both these diseases show a considerable increase , when the deaths are compared with the numbers returned in the two previous weeks . This excess both on the weeks immediately preceding and on the _corres-ponding weeks of former years is sufficiently _explained by the fact that the mean temperature which last week was only 37 min . 8 deg ., shows a great fall on each -week throughout the whole month of
February and the half of March ; ana using ine corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , it appears that it was never solow as at present , exceptm 1845 and 1846 , and that in six of those years it ranged from -10 deg . to -19 min . 7 deg . The deaths from consumption last week were 135 , a number less than the average . Amongst epidemics , small pox , scarlatina , hooping cough , and typhus , are not so iatal as usual , but measles , from which there were li deaths , and diarrhoea , from which there were 20 , are above the average . A death from cholera is recorded in the following terms ; "At S 3 , Londonroad , St . George ' s Southwark , on the 15 th of March , the son of an ironmonger , at thc age of ten weeks , died of infantile cholera , after an illness of 23 hours . " Ifc deserves to be mentioned that three
deaths were registered in one week from cholera , though it is not usual that more than double that number are returned in a year ; the following are the particulars : —At 5 , Charles-street , Hackneyroad , the son of a compositor , at the age of 8 years , died of "? cholera after an illness of 3 weeks ; " at 25 , York-street West , Ratcliff , the son of a painter ( deceased , ) died atthe age of a year and ten months , of " cholera ; ** and at 1 , James-street , in _Iambeth , the son of a glass-packer ( deceased , ) died at the age of 15 years , of cholera , after an illness of 23 days . " The three deaths occurred , one on the 15 th , and two on the 10 th of March . Children are returned almost every week as accidentally suffocated in bed ; amongst other deaths registered last week
from this cause are two which occurred in one house . Two men and a woman died from the intemperate use of strong drink . Two men and six women died between 90 and 100 years of age . One hundred and eleven persons died in workhouses , 54 in hospitals , of whom 18 were in naval and military establishments , and 0 in lunatic asylums . —The mean daily reading of the barometer at thc Royal Observatory , Greenwich ,-was above 30 in . on Sunday , Monday , "Wednesday , and Thursday ; tho mean of the week was 29 071 . The mean temperature ( 37-8 deg . as stated above ) was lower than the average of the same period in seven years , particularly on Sunday , . Monday , and Saturday , when it was from 7 deg . io 11 deg- less than the averages of these days .
Alleged Infanticide . —On Monday forenoon Mr . W . Carter coroner for Surrey , held an inquest at the Puke of Suffolk _Tafern , Brandon-street . Walworth , on view of the body of a newly-born female child , found dead under the following circumstances : —3 f r . Thomas Cook , summoning officer <* f Newington , said , that in consequence of information he had received , he went to the house . No-1 , Black Princecourt , Walirorth-road , on the previous Friday morning , and after having examined the house he found in tbe water closet the body of a female infant quite naked and wrapped np in a black apron . Witness _removed the body to his own house , where ifc was examined by . Mr . Gannon , ene of the parochial
surgeons _^—Elizabeth Biddes , of No . 1 . Black Pnncecourt _, said , that a woman named Mary Ann Frew , had occupied a room in her house during the past two months . On Friday last witness ' s attention was called by another ludger named Nash to marks in Frew ' s apartment wliich g ive rise to a suspicion that th-j latter had given bir th to a child . Frew ' s room was in a very _miserable condition—there was no bed or bedstead in it , and a few shavings and an old coat in one corner of the room were all that she had to lie down upon . About mid-day on Friday Frew W ? S brought home by a fellow workwoman Irom the place whereshe was employed , very ill , and . in _cons-quence of the wretched state ot her room witness caused her
to be conveyed to the workhouse , where she still remains . _Another female witness proved an acknowledgment by Mary Ann Frew that she had given birth to a dead child , and that _shs had placed the body where it was found . — "Mr . John Johnson , surgeon , of Savill-row , Walworth , _deposed to having made a post mortem examination of tbe body , which satisfied him tbat the child never breathed .- —Other evidence having been adduced , a conversation arose between the coroner and jury ' on the frequency of esses similar to the present , -and even of the more terrible crime of infanticide . In the course of his
observations the coroner said , it was certainly to be lamented that no public institution existed for the reception of poor and hardworking women in their hour of travail . There could he no doubt it was a very difficult question to _deal-witt ; but cases did occur—and this _appeared to him to- be one of them— -where great allowance ought to be made for the erring mother . He thought , if the subject were taken np in some way and properly laid before the public , it would meet with considerable support from the philanthropists of this country . —A juror remarked that institutions like that referred to were very numerous in foreign countries , and he thou-ht , if introduced here , they would tend greatly to diminish crime . Thejury then agreed
to a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony , at the same time expressing their unanimous opiniin _, " That in consequence ofthe great and increasing number of illegitimate children , and the degraded and helpless condition of their iiiothersowing , in a { Treat measure , to the low rate at which the labour of women is paid lor—the dreadful and unnatural crime of infanticide is becoming more and more frequent ; that , with a view , if possible , to alleviate the condition of suffering humanity , and te improve the morals of the people , it is the opinion of this jury that it is the duty of government to provide a suitable national asylum for the reception of all illegitimate children . "
JIBES . Ix the Hackxey-Road . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after two o ' clock , a very alarming ai ; d destructive fire , Bearly attended with fatal consequences , broke out in the _premises belonging to Mr . William Ward , a fruiterer and green grocer , No . 19 , Londonterrace , Hackney-road . The flames when first dis covered were raging inthe lower part of the premises at which time the inmates were ia their beds asleep . The constable on the beat succeeded , after some trouble , in arousing them , but the flames by that
period had gained so strong a hold of the property that it was with great difficulty the parties could effect _sheir escape , and not before they were nearly suffocated . Several engines quickly attended , when tha firemen found the building from the _baseto the ? oof encircled with flame . But in spite of their exertions they were unable to get the mastery over the _conflagration until the premisese were gutted , the whole of the stock in trade , furniture , and _o' . her effects being consumed . Mr . Ward was insured in the Phoenix Fire-office .
In Lambeth . —On _Tuesday morning another fire which threatened tbe most disastrous _results to life aad property , broke oat in the Star Tea-warehouse , No . 109 , Lower-marsh , Limbeth . It commenced in the cellars under the shop , but having been opportunely discovered , the inmates succeeded in escaping without receiving any injury . Several engines were worked with fu _' l vigour for some time , when the firemen succeeded in getting the fire extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done . The siock in trade was insured in the Aliiance-officc . In _BE-iaNAirGREEs . —la the house of Mr . Painter , a cabinetmaker , and serious loss incurred . Also in the house of Mr . Taylor , _Wellingtcn-row , from smoking tobacco in the stables . In White Hart-stheet . —On the premises of Mr . Shearman , boot and shoe maker , and considerable damage done to building and stock .
Near _Drvrt-Lass Theatre . —On Tuesday ni ght , shortly after seven o ' clock , a fire attended with a great loss of property , and jeopardising the lives bf not fewer than fifteen persons , broke out in the premises of Mr . Mackerell , baked potato merchant , So . 7 , " vinegar-yard . The premises—which were five stories high—were adjoined by numerous similar erections on either side , while the space between the fire and' Drury-lane Theatre was not more tlian a few yards apart . The outbreak—which was -very sudden—was occasioned by an escape of gas , and fortunately all the persons who were on the premises succeeded in making their way out without
injury . Several engines were promptly brousdit to the spot , but notwithstanding the strenuous exertions ofthe firemen , the flames continued to travel , and tke whole range of premises in which they commenced were burned out , and those adjoining _j-everely damaged before the fire was extinguished . , T . _!" parties , who have lost every thing they once possessed , are Mr . Mackerell ( insured ) , Mr . and _^ . _j-3 . Slee and child ( not insured ) , Mr . nnd Mrs . : Attcrway with three children ( uninsured ) , Mr . and Mrs . Woolrid ge and three children ( uninsured ) _, lne building jn w ! l - _^ disaster occurred was insured in . the West bf England Fire-office ! KBSPiTijoi-. AsjiE . MERBiir . -The heriff * have
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received a connaunicatian from Sir G . Grey , informing thein . tM _** Se _*® e * S u « _brii of AhnMemtt'is ' io : W respited daSri g her _Wajesty _' s pleasure _/^ A : * further investigation of this ' case'has been considered necessary by -the * Home ' Secretary *" after ' commuhica tion with the _Lord'Chief _^ Baron , ' owing ' ' to- doubts ' which have been expressed by physicians and surgeons ; df great eininence ; of the correctness of . a veiry _-important parfc of the evidence depending entirely upon the accuracy of a medical _opiniont _. Scicn > E :--About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning an old man , named Evans , who was lodging at Mr . Wbitmore ' s , a greengrocer and fruiterer , in Charles-street , Westminster , committed suicide ; by shooting himself through the heart with a _smau pocket pistol . The deceased , who was a carpenter by trade , had been in a very desponding state of mind for sometime _past , , _* consequence of his being unable to obtain employ meat . ' .
any , Fun under ibe _THAMES . -Monday being the anniversary of the opening of that great undertaking , the Thames Tunnel , the directors , m celebration of the event , gave a grand fancy fair beneath the waters of Old Father Thames . The entire length of the tnnnel and either shaft were decorated with myriads of variegated lamps , the panels bein < j filled in with a variety of paintings , representing the most _interestingviewsalon _(* thebaT : ks . Rows of stalls , covered with ornamental articles , shows , refreshment booths , the Wizard of the North , Ethiopian Minstrels , and bands of music , were the amusements offered . During the day several thousand persons visited the tunnel .
The Cattle Tradk . — -The Apollo , screw steam vessel , arrived at Blackwall on Monday , with a cargo of oxen from Holland . On her passage she experienced a heavy gale from the north , which caused loss or serious injury lo nearly fifty fine oxen . Of these , about twenty that were on deck were thrown overboard ; the remainder , about thirty in number , were landed at Blackwall , many of them dead , and others dreadfully mangled . It is _beliefed that att this meat finds its way into the London market .
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Thb Brighton Forger * Cask . — After the sentences had been pronounced , and the prisoners taken below , two inhabitants of Brighton , feeling strongly interested in the thorough establishment ofthe innocence of Mr . Steward , applied to the visiting justices for permission to see the men Green and Ilasland in Lewes gaol . Permission was given , and the following statements , obtained from the convicts , in the presence of Mr . Saunders , the governor of the gaol , are the result : —Joseph Green says : I came from London with a man whose name I don ' t know . He goes by five or six names ; they call him George Andrews . Ko one else came with me . I came on the Friday night ; slept at a beer-house ; don't know the street . The man s name is Harper . It is not in St . James ' s-
street ; it is up St . James ' s-street on the left-hand side ; I believe Edward-street . Andrews came on to Lewes . I went out alone to pass the notes . Andrews is a short man , about five feet four inches ; he had on a light coat . I never snw Steward before in my life . I met with Andrews at the Green Man in the City-road , London . I had known him but a very little time . He always passes as a gentleman . lie gave me twelve notes . He said he had got them on his hands , and that there was going to Tbe a run on the bank , and he wanted me to assist him in getting rid of them . I don't know whether he had any more notes . Andrews was lo have met me at the Brighton Railway Station on the Saturday
night , at eight o ' clock , if things had gone right . I have been at Birmingham . I have lived in London about three months , and havo a wife and seven children . I firmly believe that young Steward is as innocent as a baby . If the judg e would hold out any hopes of my being restored to my family I would say a good deal more , but I cannot do so at present . I never saw Steward before 1 saw him on Sunday morning after he was in custody . —Joseph ilasland said * . I never saw Steward before in my life until I saw him in custody . I came down to Brighton on the Saturday with another man not in custody . We got to Brighton about two o ' clock . There were teH of us altogether . I know nothing of Green . I know all the rest . I live at Sheffield .
I was at Birmingham on the Thursday before the Saturday I was taken . This job was planned at the Green Dragon , at Birmingham . We ten came up to London by the rail , I and my mate came on to Brighton by the twelve o ' clock train , leaving the eight in London with an understanding that they were to come down by the two o ' clock train . I and my mate went on to Shoreham , but we did not do anything there , and we walked back by the seaside . We had a place of meeting with the other party , and we met at the top ofa street , but I don't know the name of it . We had some talk , and then we went on in parties into the different streets to get rid ofthe notes . There was one in the party that very much resembled Steward . He is just like him as to dress and general appearance , and any one
might easily take Steward to bo tkat fellow . Steward is as innocent as a child just born . None of the party , to the best of my belief , ever saw him before . I saw the man who is so much like Steward go into a tailor ' s shop opposite tho sea . I don't know the name of the place , as I was never at Brighton before . I don't know whether he bought anything or not , because I came away , leaving him ia the shop . I wanted to be somewhere else . If we had been successful that night it was arranged that wc were to do the best we could for the night , and go to London by the first train on Sunday morning , and get back as quickly as we could to Birmingham . I have all along felt very much for that young man Steward , as we knew nothing of him , and he is an innocent man .
COMMITA I _* FOR _SnOOTING AT A GAMEKEEPER . —At the recent petty Sessions at Buckingham , Jabez Anderson , of Dcnshanger , labourer , was charged with having , on the night of the 11 th instant , shot at James King , head gamekeeper to the hon . It . Cavindish , of Thornton-hall . It appeared that , in consequence of a suspicion of poachers in Beachampton-wood , the complainant and two watchers were on the look-out , when Anderson and two companions came into the wood , armed with guns ; and that on King going to the prisoner , he shot at him . The charge from the gun did not hit King , but it singed his cap . The prisoner was committed for trial .
Onn _Femaw Lodo * _£ s DECiATren Illegal . —Mr . It . J . Kindersley _, chancellor of the county palatine Durham lately delivered judgment in the case of Brown and others v . Shaw and others , in the Chancery Court , Durham . The bill was filed by George Brown and ssven other persons , on behalf of themselves and all other members of a certain association called "The Rose of Durham Lodge ofthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity , " except the defendants , against _Gesrge Shaw and six other persons . The first five plaintiffs are described in the bill as members and five of the trustees ofthe association , and the last three as simply members of the association ; that some years ago the Defendants Shaw , Stafford , Dodd , Wood , and Bateson , were appointed trustees in the
place and stead of Stafford and Bateson . The object ofthe bill is to recover from the defendants , for the benefit of this lodge or association , a sum of £ 205 10 s . Id ., on the ground of that sum , the property of the assoeiation , having been misapplied by lending it to the defendant Shaw , on his promissory note , and of the defendants having been parties to that transaction , which , it is contended , was a breach of trust . The grounds of . defence are these : —1 st- That this is an illegal association , and therefore the bill cannot be sustained ; 2 nd . That the transaction complained of was for the benefit of the association , and that the lending of the money on Shaw ' s personal Security was no breach of trust ; 3 rd . That the members and the plaintiffs in particular , acquiesced in the transaction : 4 th .
that the present trustees were not duly appointed , and therefor © the relief asked by tho prayer of the bill for payment of the money to them-cannot be enforced ; and , 5 th . Objections are raised for want of parties . Mr . Kindersley said , the first question was , whether tho lodge or association came within any ofthe descriptions of societies mentioned in the acts of parliament , of the 39 th Geo . IIL , c . 19 . After minutely describing tho nature ofthe society and thc state of the law relating to such societies in general , he came to the conclusion that the society in question did como under these acts , and , not being within thc exemption made by sees . 26 and 27 of the latter act , was consequently illegal . This being the case , the bill must be dismissed , it being unnecessary ft ) go into the other grounds of defence .
Assault ox the Editor of a _Provincial Newspaper . —A considerable sensation has been excited in Cornwall by an assault committed on the editor of the West Briton , an influential newspaper in the weBt of England . It appears that , at the county meeting of the 12 th of February , called in favour of agricultural protection , there was only one of the county members present , T . J . Robartes , Esq . The other three members were attending their duties in parliament , and sent letters expressing their sentiments on the subject . Two of these letters ( from Sir C . Lemon and W . _H . P . Carew , Esq . ) were read in full ; the other ( from E . W . W . Pendarves , Esq ., the oldest of the county representatives , and a gentleman held in high esteem by all
parties ) was only partiall y read to the meeting , the part suppressed being that in which he exposed the falsity of some statemonls made in the requisition calling the meeting . Mr . Pendarves complained in a letter to the county papers of the discourtesy of the sheriff , shown to himself : and his c onstituents , by the suppression of a part of Ms letter at the county meeting . Sir S . T . Spry , the high sheriff , replied to this hv extraordinary terms ; the letter was published in one of the county papers , and the other ( the West Briton ) commented _> on it in severe language . The West Briton appeared- 'on a Thursday evening , and on the next morning . 'Sir Samuel Spry called at the office with a solicitor ' . * ; The editor was not there , 'and Sir Samuel and the solicitor
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place on _thesqbjecfc ; of . the qo * npients _j n the p * P _« { » Sir S . -SpVy _^ _as-rmich' excited ; -: and " oh the editor refusing to _withdraw the comments he had . made ; Sir Samuel raised / a short riding whip which ke ; had brought _^ ith'hiih _' , , ah ' d a triicl *; at the ' editor ! . V . The latter caught his arm ; and wrenched the whip from . him ' - ' and a kind of _^ scuffling 'fight ensued be _tween _theparties , until the " solictor recovering from _liw » B _" tonisbment , went forward and parted tbem . ' There was no great personal' damage done , though . the editor ' s face was somewhat ; _scratcfte'd by Sir Samuel ' s nails . The proprietors of the paper COIJr ccive it necessary that ; the editor should , be
protected in the discharge , of , his _^ duties ; and , 'in conr sequence , a bill of indictment for the assault has been preferred against tho late sheriff at tho present Lent Assizes for the county . Fatal Accident . —The Yorkshire Gazette announces the death ofthe only son ofthe Baron and Baroness de Langen , and grandson of II . Pr * ston , Esq ., of Moreby . The deceased was out upon his favourite pony , near Ratcliffe Hall , Lancashire , attended by a servant , when a party riding past at a furious rate , caused the pony to take fright ; the doceased unfortunately was thrown off , and his foot hanging in the stirrup , he received such serious injuries as to cause his immediate death . The lad was in his ninth year , and an onl y child .
• Supposed Suicide—Much consternation has been caused in the town of Reading , since the 20 th inst ., when it was known that J . Weedon , Esq ., of Brunswick House , on tho Bath-road , had been absent from his home since the previous evening , and notwithstanding the . diligent search made by hi » afflicted family and friends , no clue to his discovery has been ascertainedI ; it is , therefore , feared that he has committed suicide , most probabl y by drowning . No pecuniary difficulty could have induced this act , as he was a man of large means , and had , a short time since , retired from a very lucrative law _pvauUce , tho best in tho town . He was leader of a large section of the liberal party in Reading for many years , and was much looked up to and respected by them ; he was also a member of the town council , and was but latel y mayor , the duties of which office he discharged with much credit to himself , and to the satisfaction of all parties in the borough . He leaves a wife with a family of nine or ten children .
Melancholy Accident . —A lamentable . occurrence took place in the family of Mr . Walter Paul , of High-grove , near Tetbury , last week . Mr . Paul gave a ball , previous to his son , Captain Paul , leaving home to join his regiment . At about nine o ' clock Miss Paul retired from the ball-room ; having an attack of tic doloreaux , she proceeded from one room to the other , the lighted candle fell from her hand , and her dross , being composed of white lace , rapidly ignited , and the young lady was instantly enveloped in flames . She endeavoured to extinguish the fire by _throwing a basin of water over herself , and her screams alarmed the . attendants , but , before their efforts could subdue the flames , she was so severely burnt as to leave but faint hepos of her recovery , and on Sunday last she _eenspd tn liw »
Poisoning in Norfoi . k . — -Norwich , Saturdat , MARcn 23 . —Another case of wholesale poisoning has been discovered in this country , a whole family often persons having been poisoned , two of whom have since died . The locality of this dreadful affair is Stow Bardolph , a small retired village , two miles north of Downham , in the western portion of the _eOUnty , and the unfortunate victims are the family of a respectable farmer named Mr . James Page , who resided there . An investigation has taken place before the Rev . E . J . Howman , one of the county magistrates , but the reporters were excluded on the ground , it was alleged , that it would not be prudent at present to give publicity to the evidence , though the case " was admitted as one
involving the utmost mystery , and it was doubtful if it was not a foul and deliberate murder . The facts furnished to the representatives ofthe press by the police aro as follows : —The family consisted of nine persons—namely , Mr . James Page , Mrs . Page , three sons , two young ladies ( sisters of Mr . Pago , ) a governess , three women and one man servant . A tew weeks ago a quantity of sugar was bought by a member of the family , which came first into use on the 20 th inst . The tea at the breakfast table was _awcatencd with it , and Mr . Page at once complained it mado him sick . At the same time he summoned the servants , and a remark was made by one of the women that there were some white particles in the sinrar . probably mixed with it to cheapen it . A
sediment was also discovered in thc cups . Nothing more , however , it seems , was . thought of the circumstance , and it was determined that instead of using the sugar for tea it shonld be employed for puddings and other pastry . At dinner that day an apple pudding was served , and the sugar was added to it ; and immediately after tho famil y had p artaken ofit they were all seized with violent burning pains in the throat , followed by purging , _vomiting , and other symptoms usual in cases of poisoning . The servants partook of the m < al , and suffered in the same manner . Mr . Pago at once despatched messengers for medical gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood , who were quickly on the spot , and every means was resorted to , to check the horrible
effects of the poison . They remained with the sufferers the whole of tbat night and the following day . It was evident , however , that Mr . Page had swallowed a considerable quantity ; he never rallied , but sunk under its baneful effects , expiring in great agony on Friday morning , the 22 nd inst . ; and at the time of these details being written the medical gentlemen have reported the death of his son . The other members of the family and two of the servants remained very ill , but hopes were entertained of their recovery . Mr . Page was highly respected . Murder in Newcastle . —A shocking murder was committed in the town of Newcastle on Saturday morning last , the victim being a woman named Elizabeth Forbes , and the supposed murderer her
husband , Patrick Forbes , an Irish labourer . Tho latter is stated to have been a violent drunken character , and to have been in the habit of maltreating his wife . —The police were attracted to the spota top room in Cloggers entry , near St . Nicholas ' s Churchyard—by cries of 'Murder , " and on entering found the floor covered with blood and the woman dead in bead , and shockingly wounded in the lower part of the abdomen as well as on the face . Thc husband was at the time sitting oiT a chair by the fireside . He professed total ignorance of the manner in which his wife had come to her ond , and offered no resistance when taken into custody . Spots of blood were found on his shirt , trowsers , and hands , and he had two knives in his possession . The Truck System . —For the last month or two there have been a great many prosecutions in East
Worcestershire and Staffordshire against parties chiefly connected with the coal and iron mines of that district for paying their workmen in truck . The war against the system has been taken up by gentlemen and tradesmen of Dudley , Wolverhampton , Walsall , _Wednesbury , Jsc , and a groat many convictions have taken place , wheh it was thought would have a very salutary effect . Another case has , however , just been tried at the last-named place with a different result . The defendant in this case is a butty collier , name * Thomas Lawrence , and he was defended by Mr . Sergeant Allen , who succeeded in showing that the tickets given to the complainant were in the form of checks , and thereupon it was contended that this was a legal payment , authorised by Act of Parliament , and the magistrates dismissed the case .
Extraordinary Case of Bigamy at _TJpton-on-Sevehn . —The magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions here have been engaged in adjudicating on a _caBC of bigamy committed under very peculiar circumstances as regards the conduct of the first wife , who had adopted the habits and dress ofa man , and had actually been married to one of her own sex . The accused bigamist is one John Curtis , a labourer , of the village of Strensham—the retreat of the poet Butler ; and he stands charged with having married a second wife during the existence of his first , whose maiden name was Anna Maria Wilkins , and whom _, he married at Strensham in 1835 . Curtis and his wife lived together until tho year 1840 , when they name to a mutual agreement to separate . Ilnon
this separation taking place the wife , who was of a masculine character , determined to ' change her condition" otherwise , and forthwith she _assumed male attire , and proceeded into an adjoining county ( Staffordshire ) , where she engaged with a farmer as day labourer , and actually worked in the fields , and occasionally guided the p loughshare . She then became the " man-servant" of a gentleman , and having the appearance of a "brisk young man , " she attracted the attention of her master ' s _houses maid , and the two appeared to be on terms likely to lead to a consummation in marriage . It was supposed by some parties that theso two fellow servants were more intimate than virtuous , arid j the housemaid was severely ; taken to task by . _fier relatives upon the subject , and somo abuse fell to the share of ofthe seeming man . The two were much annoyed by the scandal , and at length the banns were put up , and they were actually married , and lived
together as man and wife , as everybody thought , for some years , the secret of _thosupposodhusband's sex being undivuiged . At length , however , the housemaid got . tired of her female husband , and married a real man , removing to a distant , part of the country , while the heroine of our history remained in Staffordshire . In the meantime her real husband , Curtis , tired of sing le life , resolved to marry again , and having paid his addresses to a woman in his parish , the clergyman , the Rev .. Dr . Groves , 'incumbent of Strensham , was applied to , but very properlyirefused to marry tho couple until he had some-proof of the death of _Curtis ' s first wife Curtis made another . application for the ' ' _fulfilment of a custom-pecuUar- to the parish of _Strensham , viz ., to have the church bell tolled as for the deathof the missing- wife . This ,, however , was also refused , uponwhich Curtis and .-his- bride ; expectant repaired to Worcester , where they , were married . The fact was very shortlyafterwards _^ conveved to
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_thfc _' . _eaxsM-oiiiU'i _^ whichTab * . _assumed , her .. fe _^ ale . atjt _« re ,, _^ _-fiWr _> _fdr'biiamy . - ' 'The , magistrates ; haying heara , Ihe evidence , committed _feurtis for trial . _^ *'¦; - j _> Shociung Suicide bv _.-a ( Surgbon at . Chjxtbniiam . —This town has been much excited by _/ _a-melancholy case , of suicide , committed by . . Dr .-Bell ., - w ' had been ' for a short time an inmate of Sanny 1 ' _*^ ' park Lunatic Asylum , keptby Mr . Hitch . The deceased was sei _* _jed nine mohths a ' go . wi th-symptoms of suicidal lunacy , and had been placed in the above named asylumrbut was occasionally in < so rationw a mood tha t his doctor permitted him to pay a weeK ly
visit to his wife and relations at , Cheltenham .- . lie had been fetched from the-asylum in a carriage by Mrs ; Bell , and had spent the day at his own house when the dreadful event took place . . _Mrs Bell had gone upstairs for the purpose of dressing , ' m order to accompany hor husband back to Sandywell-park , and the deceased was _. left in the drawing-room with a young gentlemannamed Traill , a pupil at the Cheltenham Proprietary College . This young Rentleman was in the act of taking coffee when he observed Dr . Bell walk up and down the room and suddenly stop opposite a looking-glass . He then heard a noise as of scratching , and looking round observed the dewith
ceased in the very act of cutting h _* 8 throat a table knife , the blood streaming from the wound . The vouth endeavoured to wrest the weapon from his hand , but the deceased resisted and pushed him away , upon which he went in search of some of the servants , and returning found him ly ing on tho floor in a complete pool of blood and quite dead . Two surgeons were examined on the inquest , and it was proved that the wound which the deceased had inflicted upon his throat was seven inches in length and four in depth , he having in fact cut down to the spinal vertebrae . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdiot , that the deceased had committed the act while labouring under temporary insanity .
Nuns in Cambridge . —After a space of more than three hundred years nuns are again stationed in tho university town of Cambridge . On Monday the 11 th inst ., the school of the Roman Catholic mission were re-opened , under the superintendence of two nuns of the order of the Infant Jesus , from the convent of Northampton . On the Wednesday following mass was celebrated by the Rev . Thomas Quinlivan , the pastor , for the special invocation of the Holy Ghost on the labours of the sisters , after which the children went in procession to the schools . Cambridge Chronicle .
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FoROEBr at Paisley . —It was discovered on the 22 nd inst ., that a number of one-pound notes had been forged on the Clydesdale Banking Company . The names forged are Walker and Muir . The extent of the forgery has not yet been learnt , but it is believed to be considerable . Sunbat Shaving . —The Scotsman says that three barbers have been prosecuted at the Central Police Gourfc , Glasgow , for having exercised their calling on the Sabbath-day . They were , however , acquitted , it being successfully contended that the old Scotch acts of Parliament ( 1661 to 1691 ) , on
which the prosecution waa founded , were quite inoperative and inapplicable at the present day . How _inE Pook Bates arb collected at Wishaw . —The North British Mail says that there hat been great dissatisfaction in the parish of Oambusnethau , in consequence of the poor rates being levied upon ' / means and substance . " This system presses hardly upon the working classes , and a number of seizures hare taken place . The discontented assembled in a riotous manner , and being joined by the colliers at the Coltness iron works , who had a separate grievance of their own upon the subject Of . wage *) , matters assumed a serious aspect . A boy who had been captured was now rescued by the mob , and Wishaw seemed in a state
of open revolt . A detachment of the 4 th Dragoon Guards was sent for ; but their YalOUT WAS not called into requisition , the crowd quietly dispersing on their appearance . To vindicate the majesty of thc law , however , a few striplings were arrested , and safely conveyed to Hamilton gaol . Destructive Fibes at Glasgow . —A fire occurred on Monday night , by which the larger portion of the _extensivo premises known as the Port-Dundas Grain Mills , occupied by Mr . Ourrie , has been totally consumed , very little being saved from destruction . The origin of the fire it is impossible to account for ; the mill , whan left at eight o ' clock , by the parties employed in it , having been all safe , and no appearances . whatever of anything wrong . Including the building , machinery , and grain , tho total damage will not bo much , ' if at all , under
15 , 000 * . Both the proprietors of tho buildingwhich is owned by the Port Dundas Distillery Company—and the occupier , Mr . Currie , are wc believe , fully insured . It is somewhat curious , if what we heard stated be correct , that the sum of £ 4 , 000 upon the grain was insured in tho Phoenix onl y four days since , the policy not having been made out , Mr . Currie merely holding the usual line from the company . The mill was partially burned some few years ago , but at that time , the damage done was trifling compared to the present heavy loss . About four o ' clock on the same day , Mr . Houldsworth ' s mill , in Cheapside-street , also caught fire . A good supply of water having been obtained , the firemen wrought with such alacrity that the fire was altogether confined to the engine-house , where it originated , which , however , has been almost entirely destroyed .
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Extraordinary Charge of Murder . — The trial of Dr . Laugley for the murder of his wife terminated on the 22 nd inst ., at the Nenagh Assizes , in the acquittal of the prisoner . The case , which was a very remarkable one , and occupied tlie court for two days , attracted considerable attention . The prisoner was a physician , practising in the town of Nenagh for several years . He had been married _f-r fifteen or sixteen years to his wife , the daughter ofa respectable clergyman named Poe , in the same town , and was charged with murdering her by confining her while sick and diseased to an unwholesome room , and by refusing to allow her to provide proper food for herself , and neglecting and refusing to provide it for
her . This treatment , was said to have occurred between 5 th December , 1818 , and 1 st May , 1849 , and the motive for ifc was alleged to have been an unfortunate attachment which the prisoner entertained for a niece of his wife . Letters were produced in evidence in which the prisoner confessed that attachment , and brought charges of infidelity against his wife to excuse the hatred which he felt for her . However , it appears from the testimony of the witnesses that Mrs . Langley died of diarrhoea , and thejury acquitted the prisoher of either murder or manslaughter . One of the remarkable circumstances connected with the case was the fact of the prisoner having abstained from food for forty days in the prison , taking _nothing duiing that time but water , and also refusing to have his beard removed .
The murder of Mr . Woolsey , of _Cloonagh-house , near Portadown , continues to excite much interest in the north of Ireland . The inquest had not terminated when the last _accounts left , and the Belfast News Letter states : — " Tbat from the evidence there is as yet no positive charge against any individual . The deceased waa at litigation on several occasions with his relations and others , and had been successful in ejecting theni out of small portions of land . There has therefore , existed between him and them so much coldness as to warrant the _surmiss that lie was shot by some of those persons who may have supposed themselves harshly treated by him . liis brother , was apprehended on suspicion of bein ? a guilty parly in the dreadful transaction , but was liberated by order of the magistrates , as there was no evidence to warrant their holding him . Mr . S . Boyd , who is brother-in-law to the deceased , and his son , were apprehended on suspicion .
Abolition op the Viceuoyaity . —According to the authority of th 9 Warder it is not considered * probable that all the arrangements for the sweeping away of the Irish Court can be completed before the close of the present year , although no time will he lost in pushing the Abolition Bill through both Houses of Parliament . The Lord Mayor , has returned from London , and will , it is said , preside at another aggregate meeting of the citizens on the subject . Ward meetings are also to be organised , and fresh energy given to tbe agitation .
Tenant Kigut Agitation . A H-column supplement to the Banner of Ulster , almost entirely devoted to the proceedings of two , tenant-riglit meetings , one held in Londonderry , theother in Antrim , _bea-s testimony to the rapid growth of the agitation which has been set on foot by the Presbyterian clergy of the North and the Roman Catholic priests of tho South . At the gatherings in question the rev . gen-: tlemen had a complete monopoly of the oratory , and to do them justice , Mr . John Mitchel himself , in the columns of the United Irishman , never went ; much farther in his violent advocacy of the rights of the , tenantry , as opposed to tho & e of ,, the landlords . An unhappy escapade in the Upper House of Parliament , touching the _propriety-of stopping , the regium donum , has , " told' ! the wrong way ; the threat merely serving an a text lo preach whale volumes of contemptuous indignation . As for poor Sir William Someiviile s bill , it * as literally torn to shieOs at Ball yclar and Dervock , ' . ' ¦ _'¦ •'
Signs of Improvement .- —Further cheering symptoms of improvement in the far west . arc thus announced inthe Tyvawly Ikvald : —' . ' It will be gratifying to our readeis to learn . that there are but _^ three paupers receiving . out-dour relief in this unipn , at the _neek'ly . cost of Is . 6 d . _. This presents a ' very favourable contrast with the ' corresponding , period of ; l ast year , when several thousands were oft ' the relief lists ; and tliaweekly expenditure amounted to jE ! 587 . The saving is at ; the rate of £ 30 , 000 a year . ' -A . _Similar happy change is presented in the Swiheford Union ; for the put-door expenditure , for the week , ending March 10 th 1850 * - was only 7 s-, while , -in the ' 1 cor-
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_responding < weekflf ; J 8 _'M , jth . e ; amou _^ 21 d . These simple , facta _^ are j a fair index of the improyed : _sta _^ e of . things . in jihi 8 rcoontry , and , are , we thmk , 'theharbingers of- returning' prosperity . The people are every _* -fhere ; taking advantage of the genial weather- , for . carrying ; on their , . spring , operations , which are at present in a more advanced state than in any former years . during the month of . May . The weather , has continued mild for several weeks , and has served to raise the drooping spirits ofthe farmers in no : small degree , who are . now most busily engaged in their farm operations . A very considerable quantity of potatoes will be planted . " The Sligo papers mention the occurrence of two agrarian outrages in the county of Leitrim _; ' attempts
having-been made to deter people from holding land from which tho former tenant * had been evicted . : - ¦ _¦; i EwGBATiorf FROH THE WEST . _* _" -T " lQ Galway Vindicator says : _—¦'* The side of emigration is almost at its height in this part . 'Scarcely a vessel offers for America that is not immediately filled with passeng ers of a superior class and description . Those' who sailed by the Northumberland a few days since were of ; a . very high order , and had every appearance of comfort , being exceedingly well supplied for their voyage ; they were above the ordinary description of the farming class , and many of them had considerable sums of money with them for the purchase of land on their arrival iu the New World . " Tub _WnarHEn . —The severity of tho weather
appears to increase in intensity . On Monday night the fall of snow was nearly as heavy as any during the winter ; and it was accompanied by a strong gale of wind from the north-west . Still the farming authorities describe the season hitherto as an excellent one for putting the seed in the earth , and observe that tne check given to vegetation is opportune , as tho danger ot its being too early , and being subsequently nipped by late frosts , is now escaped . . Encumbered Estates Commission . —There appears to be a decided decrease in the filing of petitions for sales in the Encumbered Estates Court . Tenant Right . —The columns of the newspapers friendly to tlie interests of the tenantry are filled with reports of tenant right and tenant protection
meetings both in the north and south of Ireland . At a meeting hold at Ballyclave , in tho county of Antrim , one of the speakers , _arguing- against the proposed extinction of tenant-right , after twenty years' possession , according to Sir W . Somerville _' s bill , adduced the following illustration : — " That in tho case of mere squatting upon the soil , an undisturbed occupancy of twenty llve years conferred a right in perpetuity , ; in other words , twenty or twenty-five years usurpation of another man ' s property gave a valid title to it , but twenty years possession of ft man ' _a own property wrought its complete forfeiture . "; "It is impossible ( _^ _bs-jrvea tb « Banner of Ulster ) to furnish a more _convincing exposure th ; . » this of the iniquitous principle upon
which , the measure pt feir W . _Som-. rville has b-en founded . " Meetings have also been held at Bullyclave , ani Dervock , and at _Castl . comer , in the South , at which resolutions deprecating the bill of Sir W , Somerville were adopted . In the second letter of his series entitled "A Plea for Tenant-right , " Mr . Sharman Crawford makes some useful observations on the subject of a general valuation of the land in Ireland . There are , in fact , as he remarks , two valuations at present going on undor the authority of parliament , and both carried into effect by the same commissioner , Mr . Griffiths ; but he shows that neither of these valuations can bo of tho slightest use in tbe great question of the regulation of rents , and he
suggests a mode by which that important want may be supplied . "I would propose , " _aaya Mr . Craw « ford , "that under the form to be prescribed by the statute , the valuator should be instructed that , in the front page of his valuation of every union , lie should make a classification of the Lands of the union , dividing them into as many classes aa he should find general causes of distinction arising from the actual qualities of the soil , the elevation , or aspect , and giving the average productive powers of each class per aero in the kind of grain suitable to each class , estimated as being under a fair system of improvement and culture ; or , in ease of lands suitable to tbe purposes of grass , but not to the cultivation of corn , stating the quantity
of hay such lands would produce ; or in case of lands only fit for pasture , stating the proportion of animals to the acre such lands would be capable of feeding ; and also stating the annual value of each class of land , meaning thereby tho rent which , according to the price fixed by the statute , each such class would , in the judgment of the valuator , be reasonably competent to pay . This being done , and the classes numbered , it would only be necessary , in the valuation of each tenement , to refer to the quantities of each class of land in such tenement , and the value or rent would be brought out accordingly . * . * . ** According to the present system of valuation adopted by Mr . Griffiths , the amount of value fixed on any tenement is
incomprehensible to the parties concerned . It is not the real value , but a combination of unknown elements , worked up by the valuators of their discretion into what is termed a net value . By the plan I propose , the lands being classed according to tho intrinsic qualities ofthe soil ( uniform over'Ireland ) , and the value of each class being taken according to its productive power , under fair improvement and culture , and tne tenements being valued according to the quantities of each class of land in each tenement , not according to the results of extraordinary geod culture or extraordinary neglect of culture , every occupier would get equal justice , and the local causes ana amounts of addition or deduction being specified , both the ba 6 is and every step
of the valuation would be clear and intelligible , and , if objected to , capable of correction , by appeal , oe the special points on which objections might be raised . " Thb ViCERorALTT . —Tbe Evening Mail suggests that as a substitute for the viceregal court in . Dublin , the Irish Commander ofthe Forces should hold a court in Dublin Castle , and that the institution should thus be transformed from a political to a military one , the honour to be conferred on Prince George of Cambridge , or some officer holding a hi gh rank in the British army . Touching this : latter question there are some pungent remarks in the Dundalk Democrat , in the course of which that _-journal mercilessly twits its congenial brethren of the broad sheet—the Freeman
, Nation , -fee . —with their rank inconsistency in taking up tho cud gels in defence of tho " moral sink ' ' of corruption , as Mr . John O'Conneil _designates the Irish Viceroyalty . " Time was , " says the Demcemt , " when our forefathers shed their blood to abolish this same office , and drive the representative ofthe English monarch from the shores of Ireland . In these degenerate days men professing to bo redhot Nationalists , and enemies of English rule in Ireland , have different notions and views , and seem wondcfully reconciled to bear tho degrading yoke . Not many months since a different doctrine was preached ; but to-day the old creed of servitude is promulgated . In ' 48 the representative of an English monarch was considered a nuisance ,
to-day it is an insult to Ireland to have him removed . To the Irish gentry the removal of the paltry court would be a blessing , for it has been the means of demoralising them , and , in many instances , encumbering their estates . Instead of minding their business in the country , and looking soberly after their immediate interests , they were puffed up with notions of pride and ambition , from their having come in contact with the Viceroy at his levees and drawing-rooms . While in Dublin they lived beyond their means , and to support the dignity necessary for a * visitor at the Castle , ' they ran into extravagance which their incomes could not support . . On coming home there was nothing talked of but the Viceregal Court , and its splendour ,
anu tne oiana smiles of tho Viceroy . In a few _davs after the ' visitor at the Castle' had a number ' of the neighbouring gentry to dine with him , or he was at a fox-hunt or country ball , and to all he recounted the wondei * 3 of the Irish Court , its brilliancy and splendour ; called everything else ' vulgar , ' and-thus spread thc contagion , till men who , perhaps , were leading a useful life in minding their business were seduced from their duty , and brought . into habits of living and thinking ivhich hurried thorn on to ruin . " ' Diabolical Outrage . —At _Curraghashoge , near
Abbeyfealo , on the night ofthe 20 th inst ., a house belonging to Mr . Richard Collins , was maliciously set on fire , and before any assistance could be procured , the house , together with alt it contained , including seven valuable cows , an excellent horse worth £ 18 , a large number of dairy vessels , a quantity of timber , deals , and other property , were totally consumed . On the following morning a person named Roche , who lives in Abbeyfeale , came forward to givo information against hia own father and brother , who .-were immediately arrested and committed for trial , _; as tho perpetrators ofthe wicked and unprovoked outrage .
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MEDALS OP JAMES MORISON , ' ; THE HYGEIST , AND GREAT _MEDICaL _HEFO'tMER , May he had of all the Agents for tho sale of Morison ' s Pills . PRICK ; ONE SIULUNG EACH ¦ In Bronze , 10 s . Gd . ; in Silver , 21 . ; in Gold , IS " . _¦'¦'"• JAMES MORISON , Ihe t tt v t nr \ r a n m i , H * ' 'Seist ; proclaimed—THE IMMOBTAL lstly . —That the vital _prin' ' tt A ' t > ' v r . v ciplc V * * " * tl " e Wootl _- . . HARVEY andly . —That all diseases " ''¦ _arist from -impurity of tlie _i'ROOIiAIMED THE . ; blood . ..- . _- . _-. _Srdly . —That .. such _im-CIRCULATIOJ * OF TIIE purity can only , be cradi-¦ ' ¦ _eated bya _piirffativo such as BLO 0 P . -.- Morison ' s -Vegetable Universal Medicine of the _Br'i";¦ - - - ' ' ' . tisli College of Health , Newroad ,-London ; ' , . ; , ¦ _itlly . — That the . ' deadly ¦ •' ¦ "• : . : ' poisons used-as : ' medicines ¦ , ' . " by the doctors'are totally _,-. _, . ; . - _..-.-.. : unnecessary far the cure of ¦ . " v " " , V . . diseases . " ¦ ' " ' - . , '• ¦ ¦ = '
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done . . She said . he was sitting in twL it * 7 cated , and she was coming but of tZ _^ *•' _** throw the first . thing she h ! d at him £ h a 5 diately sent for * _tho'doctor . I sucZnn , i _*" - ' lln _>* ¥ the bleeding and then left him ? _IWlf . **« S hour he . sent again , saying that the _Zl _H commenced bleeding again . Dr Heimti S ? * h i to see him . —Mr . Denison elicited _thnt h T n 2 no memorandum of Mrs . Orchard ' s _*? _* % * Dr . Hengil , of Repton , said : I _jl « $ W houso of John Orchard on the 23 L _^ ' tn \ about one in the afternoon , and found l »? _I ? , ct » W profusely from a wound inthe _vkhtT , ' ee prisoner was present . The bleedinr * _JlT ** I ; wound in the temporal arterv un-w _*! fr _« m t ' :
I stopped the bleeding by pressure t 6 ht _tf with him till half-past seven in the * _* _H which time he was considerabl y _exhanrt _. f _? i i it was a lacerated wound , about hS _^ * <» and about half an inch long jfV _? l _^ _if wound that might be caused by a brok _* _**&« pot being thrown against the part with _™„ P , _* 5 f force When I left him in tfe _evefcfr apprehend any danger , unless the _Meeki . i •* return . It was quite possible for an _iniX T _^ kind to produce lock jaw . I went again ai \ ° JM nine the samo evening and r emained _aboutanS I continued to attend him twice a dav till » _f _H of November , ' when he died . On the fount l Itil day he noticed a slight contortion ot n » f . ° ? " tb
| indicated incipient lock jaw . I proceeded t 4 •* him with a view to prevent lock [ aw but it n _, - generally about two days before His death _nft * " to his body , and he eventuall y died of convi . ? . - * caused by lock jaw , and whicli wa 3 the _„„[ y * effect ofthe wound . After death , Dr . _HeS _" Derby , came , and I heard him put questions to « , " prisoner about his death ; he asked what the ca of the quarrel was , and she said they had I having some words ; that he had abused her f a that she had marks still remaining on her arms f was coming out of the kitchen , she continued ani had a dish in my hand ; my husband was seatedit an arm chair by . the fire , and in a moment of eia ? peration I threw the dish at him , which has cai !« . j t
ne _wouna _x ocueve . _l aon c recollect _anytw more that she said , Did not see the dish . —By stj ? Dennison : He went on very well for a short time but I observed he was rather imprudent at the tinJ the symptoms of lock jaw came on by movin- * _--w the house . I think if he had not been _imnrudiat tie would have recovered . Heard the deceased sav just before his death , "Ann , I don't blame you _•« was not your fault . "—other evidence having been given , the jury- returned a vordict of » Oulu » with a strong recommendation to raercy .-H ; , Lordship said that under the circumstance-, v . should pass as lenient sentence as he possibly could He accordingly ordered her to be confined for _ori month in the gaol . The- prisoner seemed ** reatl » distressed , and waB allowed to sit during the trial
EXETER . _Cnxno-s o ? Muro - fiR . —Robert Curtis Bird , di . scribed as a farmer , aged 31 , and his wife , Sarah Bird , aged Zi , were placed at the bar , and arraigned of the wilful murder of Mary Ann Parsons , a parish apprentice , by striking and beating her to death The poor deceased girl , the subject of the inquirv ' was at the time of her death about fourteen years ot age . Her father having left the country , she , with her mother , became an inmate of the Bideford Union . On the 29 th of September , the deceased young creature was taken away into the service of Mrs . Bird . She was supplied with new clothes ftoia the Union , and she left in perfect good health . On the * tth of January , Mrs . Bird came to the union and acquainted the master { Mr . Surmanl that the eir )
was dead , and desired a coffin for her . The master told the mother of her child ' s decease , and on tfcs following day the poor creature went to Bird ' s house . She saw the body ; it was lying on a bed generally occupied by an old labourer named Curteis . It was partly covered by a sheet , and on bein ** turned down -very extensive injuries were seen on all parts of the corpse . From the ancle to the ¥ 15 there were severe stripes , indicating - chastisement with some instrument . There was clotted blood on the hip , a considerable sore , nnd abscess , and wounds on the hinder part , which were covered with plaster . There were also marks of blood between the shoulders , and bruises on the left side ofthe cheek , and another bruise on the ri ght . It should be further stated that the left arm of deceased was bandaged . The shocking condition of the body immediately aroused suspicion that the poor girl bad
been subject to thc most brutal ill-usago . On the mother sneaking to thc Birds about her sad state , Mrs . Bird asked if it was likely that a coroner ' s inquest would be held . Mrs . Bird frequently urged the mother not to have a jury , that she would be a friend to her as long as she lived , and so long as she had a penny sho should have part of it . —Several witnesses deposed to having seen the poor girl suffering from personal injuries _during the time sho lived with the prisoners . The medical witnesses , at some length , described the injuries inflicted on the deceased . Death was found to have resulted from congestion of tho brain . There were several wounds on the back of the head , and either of these injuries was likely to produce effusion , although it could not be positively stated that they had that effect in this instance . This closed the ease . —Both prisoners were acquitted .
Arson . —Samuel Best Foote was indicted for _having , on the night of the 11 th of February , wilfully set fire to premises in his own possession , _So . Queen-street , Exeter , with intent to defraud the London Assurance Company . The prisoner , who is about 22 years of age , was insured to the amount of £ 500 . Evidence having been g iven , ths jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to bo transported for life . —A most affecting scone ensued . The prisoner shook his poor father ' shand , and bade him " never mind , " and then he kissed his brother , who was in court . He was removed , but his deep sobs were heard in the stillness produced by one of the most painful scenes ever witnessed in a court of justice .
SHREWSBURY . _CnAnou 01 ? Matricide at _BniDGsoRTn . —Merty Catherine Newton was indicted for having , on tho 5 th of December , 184 S , murdered her mother , a _» Bridgnorth , in this county . There were nine counts in the indictment , varying thc modes in which _fte alleged crime was committed—by burning , by suffocation , by _strangulation , tfcc—This case was rendered remarkable , not only from the atrocity of tho crime itself , but also from the fact of this b eing tho third timo she was indicted , having been twice previously tried at tho Shropshire assizes , and thejury on both occasions being unable to agree to a verdict . —Several witnesses wore examined , who spoke of the evil feeling and cruel conduce of the prisoner
towards her mother on various occasions . —Three medical men were-next examined—one of whom , Mr . "Newell , of Bridgnorth , swore , as a matter oj fact , tliat deceased was set fire to before death ; the second , Mr . Thursfield , of Birmingham , stated , as a matter of opinion , that the death was caused by suffocation , and after death set fire to ; tho third , Dr . Wright , of Birmingham , concurred in the latter view . —This closed tho case for tho prosecution . - * Mr . Huddleston having been heard for the defence , the learned judge carefully summed up the evidence Thejury then retired , and , after about a quarter ot an hour , returned with a verdict of " Not Guilty . Charge op . Embezzlement by . a _SurERixiEXDEN _" " OP Police . —William Baxterlate superintendent of
, the Shropshire county police , stationed at Wellington , was charged with _having embezzled , at various times , certain sums of money , the property of tha county treasurer , Mr . Peele . —It appeared that tho prisoner had received on the 12 th and 26 th of _Julfi 1 S _49 , trom two of the county police , certain sums of money wliich he had not accounted for to the chief constable , as ho was hound to do , the deficiency in each case being - £ 2 3 s . Gd . On the 13 th ol March he had received £ 13 4 s . from Mr . Liddle _, clerk to tlio magistrates at Newport , as the moiety of fines inflicted for deficient weights and moasures , and which sum also he had not accounted for to the county treasurer . —Considerable discussion
_ai'OSO among thc legal gentlemen as to whether ° _J not the prisoner was justified in keeping this ' a- " ' money , as informer , under the provisions pf tne act of parliament . Ultimately tho prosecut » P withdrew that part of thc indictment , when the pr *" Boner was found " . Guilty * ' ofthe first charge , a * ' * sentenced to be imprisoned one' dayV— The prisoner was theii arraigned on ; a , second indictment . t ° ' _. misdemeanour , in absenting himself without myfrom the station ( ho having , absconded and fled i _" Liverpool , where he was , apprehended ) , and also " - ¦ sending a false statement of accounts to . Char ' ; Mayne , chief constable , -To this ' . charge ' tllO f ' soner pleaded " Guilty , " and was sentenced to » _ ¦" imprisoned for . three month ' s , without _hai-dlao _" "' ¦
¦ : _' .- ¦' : .= > _- ; " LIVERPOOL . ! . _' : . ! Skntekck . _-- George . ' Heap ? , who - had plea " " guilty to three distinct charges of felonv , at Asm " " ' under-Lyne , Garten , and Pendleburv , was sentcne _* - to transportation'for Ufa ; : _; _; v- •! : ; :: : > : _' - ,. : ,. „ Woosbing with Intknt to _' _-Mumbr ; ' _& c _* _'r _* l 0 ( Grundy : was-indicted for havingi on the 22 na " Janury : last , at _Worsley _, assaulted M » ry F _arnwoi » and feloniously cut , stabbed and wounded her , w _«
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30031850/page/6/
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