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^""^ . UttKeHoiar JJwra w the Sistsa op ing Miss Watkins , sister of the late Dean rfCM * . SiS /^?*^™" U P <»> Mrs Dibble , ftelandladypr fn | intoher room between eight and nine o clock 8 &e fouHd her partially sittinz uo ia S& 4 « R \ ? ly-laile ' ™ 3 sent for ; acd he IS&w a- ^ ha < i b ^ dead *" ' hiis , but £ * wind , in bis opinion , died under the most ffi ^/"" JMWhaea . He therefore felt it to be tos duty to give theljey of deceased ' s apartments te 2 L ? « ^ WW ^ W offi « r . Nothing in the X ? T \ u ^ fonnd " > dece ased ' s apartments , and her body was a complete skeleton . Deceased ^ dformeH yoocopied 6 , Howara-street , and was between sixty and seventy of
years age . ¦ fcrnatsiTB Robbsry at Fladoko ' s BoiEL .-On batnrday a robbery to a considerable amennt was * s « jverea to have taken place at Fladong ' s Hotel , S , r treet ilFrxd l > eTCn ' ulsaTeryfaShi « ably-< lressed man , between thirty . fiTe and forty years of « , a ^ aboat fi ye f « t « sht inches Wgh , entered thehotelmquestion and after partakbg of Tome rerrahment requested to be accommodated with a bed ; hsretireA to rest at ten o ' clock , and at an S ^^^ W ^^^^ of ^ semnfa H nnT- S ^ , nndt l iattIle ^^ *» r ^ d been unchainirf and nnlocke * . Being satUfied that «^ , ° i e ^ tll !! f - inadehi 8 «««¦ fit-m the prl auses . it was ascertained , on examination , that the SSW >? * £ " ^ thebedas before alluded to , had made hH escape , taring left behind aamallcarpetteg . contaicinffafew art ? pi « « f £ ?
little if any value . Oiher apartmente were next searched , and it was found that from a box in to aittms room on fin first floor had been stolen , eleven Ikck note of £ 20 each , a gold watch , a gold sS oox , and two foreign notes , ' one of them for 1000 faces and thaotlarfor 500 franw . The whole or tte raid property belongs to a gentleman named Marsh , who for some days past has bsen staying at the fcotel . The outer door of the worn bore no marks « f violence , but ftom the appearance of the box . the Mofitwaa bejend all ioubt forced open with a eju ^ . . Information of therobbery was , in thaconree of the afternoon , circulated throughout the whale oj file divisions of the police . _ EtctiEsrs .
Dsath hhsi Eatiso Tkuow Soip . —Bafore W . Carter , Esq ., * ttie Shard ' s Anas Tavern , Old Kent road , as to the death of Sarah Jtewjy , aged 23 , which was alleged to hare taken placa in consequence of mating a large quantity of yellow soap . Mrs Norris , of 1 , Alpha-stoee ^ Old Kent road , stated that the deceased wasquiteimbecile . andhadbeenplacednnder her care by her father ; who paid six shillings a week On We&ssdiymornirig . she directed some soap which * he was using , fo be placed in the next room whew the deceased was sitting . "Soon after deceased wai attacked with a fit , and Mr Lodge saw her . It was found that she had eaten some of the soap ; she thought about an onnce , or an bonce and a half . The deceased died the next morning . Mr Lodge , of Ryelane , Peekham , surgeon , gave it as his opinion that the deceased died in « H » e % uenee of the fit , " and the exhaustion brought on by her having eaten the soap . The jury retained a verdict to that effect
AcciDK > T ex the Bbiohtos RiitwAT . —Before Mr W . Garter , the coroner , at the Railway Tavsrn . Neweross , as to the death of James Griffiths , aged 37 , a fireaan on the Croydoa line of railway . W . Mitchell , also a fireman belonging to the company , stated tha to Thursday evening , about seven o ' clock , he was on the platform at the station at New-cross , Deptford and the deceased was at Ms engine , which was « oine to CwjdoB , trimming his buffer lamps . He crossed , one of the lines , apparently to go to ashed on the other aide , when at that instant , the Brighton express train came down from London , and the engine struck file deceased and knocked him down . oa one of the ade t-ibleg . Tae train was going at the rate of forty
Bales an hour , and did not stop . Upon going to the deceased , be was lying deubled ap , and his faceeayered with blood . He was quite dead . He had been m the employ of the company about two years , and oaght to have known the Brighton express train would be dowa ; bnt he must have forgotten it , as it -arrived at its proper time , but no whistle was blown . Mr Asderaon , the station master , said that the deceased had a fracture on the top of the skull , and another en the forehead . The line was qnite dearat the time , and there was no occasion for the whistle to be soanded ; and as the steam was blowing off the deceased ' s engine , he probably did not hear the train coming . Verdict * Accidental death . *
FIfcES . Por ! ju 5-eo . tj £ bs . —Afire has occurred at 17 , Seymour-street , Portman-sqnare . occupied by Mrs A . j . Pochin , a lady of property . When the police entered they found the whole of the bedding and drapery in the second floor froBt in flames , and the night clothes « the unfortunate lady who owned ihs building were alsojrarning . Several engines arrived in quick shccesaon , and the firemen having set to work vigerouslv they succeeded in getting the . mastery over the flamw
, butnnfortuaatelyEocBntilMrsPochin was tnostfrightfullyburncd . Ame&cal man was promptly h > attendance . The premises and furniture were considerably damaged . From the facf of a book and candlestick being found in bed it is supposed that Mra Pochin was reading in bed , aad that she Bust •* u £ a a adce P » ^ ° until el f ? became surrounded with the flames was Bnsanseious ef what had happened . The escapes of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire were very speedily on ¦ the 8 Dot . *
ivxjwix-GroiMtoiB . —On Saturday morning absut four o cloek a fire , nearly attended with fatal results broke out m the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr E . Low , pastry coble , No . 2 , York-place , Kennmstcn-road . When discovered , the eellar and shop werecompletely inablaa , and the eccnpiersavedhis We by leaping from the top room window . Several engines were soon on the spot , and there being an aonnarace of water , were set to work and the fire soonexbngoisfced , bet Eotbefere the lower part of the budding and its oontenUwere destroyed .
snsciLusBora . , BtJEttli OF tffflPeOR . —PaBISH DlSSTJIES . —At SB aquestheld attiie Grange , Carey-street , before Mr 15 edfo / d , on the body ofaman lyingin Eing ' aColIege ^ ospital , the secretary of thatinstitutioa applied to tae coroner to make an order upon the parish of St tiles tobwry the body . Thecorocersaid he had no power to do soi The secretary stated that the man was bronghtfrom his lodginss ia St'Gil ss '? , and on ¥ ^ r l " ?? atobede " ad The parish officers of at Gileswonld
' . no doubt , as-they had alwaw done before , refuse to bury the body , on the ground that it was sot in that parish , and St Clement Bmcswonldnot , ss it had been brought there . Ifcder these circumstances , the hospital , therefore , had aJways to bary the bodies of those wh » died there , an expense it could riot well bear . The hospital was intended to cure people , and not bury them . The coroner siid fce thought the expense should be boraa by one of the parishes , bat he could give uo order , on thesnVject .
ExiRiOEDKABT REMOVAL OF Co . VVICTS . —In CODSeonence of the crowded state of Newgate , 130 have been removed during the session to the ilillbank Pemtanuary , as a temporary domicile preparatory to the final disposal of them by governmeat . It is not intended that those for seven years shoald be sent beyond the sea , but to the different hu ! k 3 , and other prisons where they can be put to beneficial employment . Tnose sentenced fur above that period , will some of them , be drafted to the Model Prison at Pentonyille . where they wi : l be taughta trade , andshould their beUawour be of a satisfactory nature some of them will be sent to Australia or New Zealand as tree convicts . The numbers are :-For life . 4 : 20 7 > Vh , yeara ' J eara 15 i 3 Jeaii 1 10 1 Mb , 12 ; 7 -yejp . 117 ; total , 130 . Several have had the ongmal sentence commuted . So great a number nave not been removed at one time dario " fee present century . °
0 P 25 IK 0 OF THE NEW MODEtPaiSOS , CiSBKESWElI , ; —Oommantcationshave been forwarded to the metropolitaa pr . lice magistrates and also the county magistrates , requesting them on and after the 28 th alt . from which date the New Model Prison , Clerkenwell , named tha Middlesex House oi Detention , will be ready for their reception , to commit all PNfJpep for trial charged with offeneesin the county of Aliddlesex , as also persons remanded for a further examination to this prieon . For the future the Westminster Bridewell , TothiU-fields , will be exclusively used as a floase of Correction . This Model Piison contains 1089 separate celb . chapel , exercise ground , and gratings for the reception c ? visitors , being constructed on the solitary system to prevent tba moral contamination , and the consequent evil teflicted on society from the pjomiscuou 9 intercourse of the iardened offenders with those comparatively mini ti ' . ted in crime .
The Gbicset Sieihkb . —The engineer , II . R . Heasman , against whom a verdict of * Maiaknglitcr ' was returned last Friday by the coroner ' s ) ury , ha » contrived to effect his escape from justice . At his examination on the last day of the inquiry , he gave Ms address at No . 8 , Temple-lane , Fleet-street , but on Inspector Marsh , F division , into whose hands the warrant was placed for his apprehension by the coroner , proceeding there , he found the witness had giTenafslseaddress . no such person being known there . Oa Friday , the secretary presented ^ John Connor and Jerry ' Leary a broEz * medal and three sovereigns e ch ; whichhadbeen awarded tham by the committee cf the Royal Humane Society , for their praiseworthy and successful exertions in having saved six persons from drawing on the recent accident occasioned by the explosion of the Cricket Steam-beat ' s better . The = e men are coal portfire , in the employ of Mr Bryant , at his wharf , which is - C . O 3 C to wliere the occurrence tank place .
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At the Durham county coirt , t ' le juJgc decided that a publican cei Id not recover o ; sp ' rlu sold out ¦ of the hoc ? e in qntntities less thau one pound &teilin » in value .
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¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦• - ; '" ^ ttgla «^ '" " ^'"^"' : "' - LiKCAeUIRE . LiTKRPCOii . —The ' Great Bmtain " . '—Tli ! 3 . vessel was towed outof Prince '» , Dock basin on Friday , by Gve of the steam-tug company ' s boats , and conveyed to the Coburg Dock , on the south side of which she is new floating . The repairs she has ' undergone have proved thoroughly effectual in prevenOij / the leakage , the quantity of water made up to this time being scarcely perceptible . No orders have yet bebn given sa to when or where she is to be takes for tbe alteration or restoration of the machinery and fittings .
The Death oh Boasb ihs Dhchb 33 of Kkni Sieauer . —The inquiry into the eircumstances of the removal of Michael Duignan , an Irish pauper frumRochd 8 le , ordered , bythepoor-law commissioner ? , commenced , after two adjournments , occaaioEed by ebe delay ofihe authorities in Dublin , in sending the depositions taken % t theiBqtiet , t , on Thursday last , at Rochdale , before Mr Austin , assistant poor-law commissioner . The inquiry was resumed on Friday , and again on Saturday . Of course Mr Austin ' s report will net be made known for some time , but the reporters « f the press had admission to the inquiry ! and the evidence given by the surgeon who attended the tad , and of other witnesses , go ^ a to prove that Duignan was sufficiently recovered from the attacks
of fever to undergo an erdinnry voyage to Ireland , and that the reason of his removal to the Rochdale railway station from the workhouse was not that he was in too weak a state to wnik from the fever , but that he was a cripple from malformation cf his feet , and from partial paralysis of his limbs . It appeared that thoagh he had had two attacks of fever they had both been very slight , and that his recovery in each Instance was the work of a few days , lie had been discharged from the fever ward , the last time seven days before he was sent to Ireland . He had been well supplied with food on bis way to Liverpool , kept from exposure to the weather , and in every way kindly treated . One witness stated that to prevent the naturaljsalousy which exists amongst the Irish paupers of not being put on an equality with bnglish paupers , and fromtheirbeinc generally more destitute , the allowance to them is somewhat greater , being ia the proportion of 4 s . 6 d . to 3 * . As one of
tbe lruk members has threatened to bring the case under the notice of parliament , the Rochdale board of guardians invited the Kpresentative of the borough , MrShwman Crawford , to be present at the inquiry . Mr Crawford excuses himself on the ground that his health is not equilto the crossing of the Channel in tempestnoua weather like that now prevailing , butexpresses satisfaction that the inquiry will take place , because it will be calculated ta relievo the publie mind in Ireland on the subject ; and he observes , ' You will observe the Irbh feel more slronsly en any matter with refereace to removals from England , because in this country there ia no reciprocal power' to remove English paupers . ' , Through an Irish Catholic priest , resident in Roch . dale , a gentleman was appointed to attend the in-Teatifation , and wateh the evidence on behalf of the Irish jury . Theinquiry was adjourned to UieMowineday .
YORKSHIRE . WoBSBBo '—CoAtPix Accidbst . — On Saturday last , at the house of Mrs Ann Fisher , the Gate Inn , Pilley , an inquest was held before Thomas Badger , Esq ., the coroner , on view of the body of Joseph Beaumont , aged 65 yeara . steward of Messrs Fiolds , Cooper and Co . ' s coal and ironstone mines , at Wors . bro' Bridge . - ft happened that on Thursday the deceased was inspecting the works at one of the pita , near Pilley-lane End , when he was induced , from the state of one of the workings , to draw the attention af his nephew , Jehu Swift , the underground steward , to the place , lie was standing with Swift upon a stage at the entrance of the workings , and about eight yards from the bottom of the pit , in the act of
pointing out some precautionary step 3 which onght to be taken to prevent any accident , when a quantity effttri air from the workings below comic in contact with a naked candle , which Swift held in his hand , the paseous air ignited , and a most fearful explosion followed . Beaumont and Swift were , with the wooden stage on which they were standing , blown some yards up the Bhaft , and then dropped to the bottom of the pit . The timbers of the stage fell with a frightful crash , covering the heads ' ef Bejumon and Swift . Mr Beaumont ' s head was so severely cut and crushed that he must have died immediately . Swift received 8 Hch injuries that hi * life h despaired of . The explosion was of so fearful a charaoter . that tte landing boards&&at the pit mouthadistance
, , , of upwards of one hundred yards , were blown np . On the men reaching the bottom of the pit they found Mr Beaumont covered with pieces of thnber and quite dead . Swift was also fou :-d in a state of insensibility . They were both immediately removed out of the pit and carried to Mrs Fisher ' s , the Gate Inn , where surgical aid was promptl y obtained . The jury retarnea a verdict of' Accidental Death . ' HiiiFAx . —The becbkt Railway Accidbst . —On Friday the Government Inspector of Railways returned from making his official inspection and inquiry into the causes tvhiohledto the catastrophe which occurred on th ' a line on Thursday week . Captain Simons will make hia official report in a few days . It does not appear that the accident could in
any way have been prevented , especially with an express traiH . as will be seen by the following account given by Mr nawkesham , the company ' s chief engineer . After alluding to the platelayers , whose duty it is to inspect the line , Mr Hawkeaham says : — ' I have no doubt that the last carriage got off the rails at the place where the rail was broken ; it was a little out of its level , but hot out of its place , and the « ma » MTingflot off the line there , ran along till itstawk the « h-pit , whieh knocked off tho wheels , ltninfe the broken rail was quite sufficient to throw off the carriage at the speed of an express train : I nave not the sliebtest doubt that the broken rail was the cause of the accident . The fraoture on the rail wa 3 quite fresh . After the express train passed over it , a goods train also went over it . It 13 certainly surprising that another train passed over it without getting off the line . A flaw mizht exist for
weeks in iron without being discovered , but the moment it is broken it must go down . There being about thirty carriages in a goods train , there would bem succession sixty-eight blows , like thone of a tilt hammer , striking it , in that one train a ! one . I should think , however , that it was very likely that an express train broke the rail . It appeared to fee a very ^ clean fracture ; there was not more than three inches of the rail resting on the chair , so that the other endmust go dewn . The express train was the worst train m such a ease . I should be glad if the public would be satisfied with a less speed . The fact hi , the express trains are driven for the public requirements . and not by the desire , of the railway companies ; It is expected that the expenses of this amdent will not cost the company leas than £ 10 000 as it is not likely that they can offer Mr Weston ' s family lessthan _ £ 5 , 000 , considering the lucrative ataationheheld .
HOBMIK . Jbsby Liia > is ;¦ Norwich , — Three concerts , at which this extraordinary gifted vocalist has appeared , were given in this city on Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday last , and caused the greatest excitement . St Andrew ' s Hall was filled on each occasion . On Saturday , when Messrs Hall and Smith reduced theprices of admission to 103 . Cd . and 53 ., more than 2 . 500 persons took advantage of the opportunity ; The receipts ot the three concerts were about £ 3 , 500 , out of which there will be about £ 1 . 400 profit . The terms of Mdlle Lind ' s engagement were £ 1 , 000 for the two evenings and £ 200 for the Saturday moraine concert . On Mr
Hall ' s waiting on her with a cheque for the amount she expressed her unwillingness retake it all . She said the prices had been lowfr than at any other place ( which was in consequence . of the repsesentation of some of the patrons , ) and she was sure that they conld not make go much by harm thfey oaght i ana sne insisted on returning £ 200 . She wonl < have added £ 50 to this , to pay for the extra expense they had incurred , inconsequence of her not being able to appear at the time announced , bnt Mr Hall would Bot accapt it . In addition to th ' s munifieence Mdile Lind left £ 200 with the bishop , at whose palate she had t-een entertained during her stay , to be distributed amongst the charities of the city .
HSREFOBS ? HIRB . New LtwAiic Astwjm . —The county of Hereford i 3 to nnite with the counties of Monraouth , Brecon , and Radnor , to establish a joint pauper lunatic asylum . A Fins broke out khar Ros 3 afcwnight 3 ago , in the farmyard of Mr Verry . There were fourteen ricks owned altogether—namely , fivewlieat , onevery large barley , and eight of straw and fodder The number cf bushels of wheat was about 1 , 500 , barley , 1 , 300 , and fodder 100 tons . Two waggons , two
carts ,-and other implements were also destroyed . Tbe buildings were all new . Verry is iraared fo £ 600 , bat he will yet jncnr a loss of £ 800 . An inveBtigationinto the circumstances was held before themasi 3 irates _ on Friday , the result of which led to the belief that the fire wa 3 occasioned by alabourerhaving caused it by a lucifer match or knocking oat the embers if his pipe near some hay and straw . Mr Verrj ' a farm buildings were a modal for erections of that description , and persons were in the habit of coming from distant parts of the county to lispectthem .
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . AsimSvarusKuKiwu about to badestrojed- 'iae Ship , ' at Grendon Underwood , Backs , where the great pcet used to quarter himsel ! for a few night * at a time , when making his tedious journey from London to Stratford , and to study his inimitable characters in the public kitchen It L-s for many years been discontmoed aa a pubiic house and u now attached to a homettall of one of Colohe ! Jav 7 is ' a farms . The building is framed of oak bricked between , and has a single gable front . Iu dormer cassnients have been removed , and the win dow-fraises filled in with plaster , bat the gable still
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contains its single lozenfie-shapedjone , and is ari object arrestingtlw attention of the dasnal passenger . TheiuteriorBliowsatsancient importance , and has two staircasef with oak pillar balustrades , and the bevelled doaitframes and chimney . piccus are still' in good preservation . The boms we th ? only parts shoffine decay . Mr Knight , in his late tract on the life of Shakspeare , states that this place afforded him a character , for his village : constable , and his Midsummer Night's Dream' owes its chief character to the pact ' s acquaintance with the locality . HERTFORDSHIRE .
Attempt to Murder an old Man . —A few nights since , an old man named Henry Bodsworth spent his evening at & public-house at Beeohwood-green , and on the house being closed at the usual hour , either from drinking too much , or from fatigue , he went into a cart-3 hcd at the back and laid down on seme straw . Shortly after two men entered , who had been drinking ia the same house , and had seen Bods ^ worth change a sovereign . They immediately assailedhim in the most brutal manner with a heavy bludgeon , with which they beat him over the head till the Wftod issued most oopiouBly , and he was almost senseless . . He , however , managed to crawl nte a brick-field , about a hundred yards off , where he wag attacked for the second time by his aBsailants . In this field were marks ' . of men ' s shoesj and
about a quart of coagulated blood , between a number of bricks , and the hedge where the old man was thrown , the villains no doubt supposing he was dead . Inspector Good , from certain information which he had received , apprehended two men , named . Tnoraas Hide ard James Claridge ; who were kept apart , one at Whitwell , ond the other at Stevenage . Upon . examining the clothing of Claridge , marks of Iresh blood were found . He accounted for this by saying that his noso had been bleeding . Similar marks were found upon the clething of Hide ; and , uprn being shown Hide , Bodsworth at once identified him as being the man who inflicted the wound , and he stated that Claridge knelt on his bod duriBg the time . Afterso cruelly treating ' the poor ellow , his assailants . took from him all the moaej h « had about h ' u person .
SURREY . Tbe case op Stabbing at GoiU ) POR » . > -Martin , one of the gamekeepers who were stabbed in the preserves of R . Frogley , Esq ., at West Horsley , Surrey , is going on most favourably ; "but Taruett still remains in danger . Neither of . the poachers , who inflicted the wounds , has yet been taken , although £ lOtf has been offered for their oapture . VfniBvntox ' . —Railway . CpiuaioN . —On Saturday mornintr , about four o ' clock , a ecrioua collision occurred between the op-mail train and a portion of the goods [ train , which resulted in the destruction of three or four trucks of the grods . train , and the loss of life ef one of the guards of that train . The occurrence took place about three hundred yards , on the
London side of Wimbledon station , at a spot , which , from its low marshy situation , is favourable to fogs , one of which prevailed at the time . From the inquiries made of the station agent and others , ; it ap . pears that the up goods train , an unusually long and heavy one , should arrive at Nine Elms terminus between three and fonr o ' clock , but when it arrived at tbe above spot , from some unexplained cause , the carriages cime uncoupled , the engine proceeding on with about" three fourths > f the train , and leaving nine or ten trucks and vans behind . By . some parties it is asserted that the engine-driver proceeded straight to Nine Elms before the fact was noticed , whilo others state that those carriages were neceasarily left behind , the engine not having sufficient
power to propel the entire train . At nearly four o ' clock the metropolitan poliee on duty near the railway , beard aloud crash in the direction of the line , followed by shrieks and cries of human beings . Serg . Golding , 30 V , and a body of constables were goon on the spot , and having roused up the station-agent , policeman , and porter , who were in bed , they hastened to the ' scene ef the accident , when it was found that the up-mail train , which existed of nine carriages , propelled by the Home * , a very powerful engine , had run in upon the vans and trucks with such velocity aad force , as to almost double np and crush in the' end and two following ones , and strew the line with fragments . Neither the nornet engine , the driver , the fireman , nor the guards and
passengers were , singular to state , injured ; but on the vans and truoks being searched by Mr Bradford ( the agent ) , theguwd ( William Sawyer ) was found bent double against a chest , with a load of goods bearing him down . The poor fellow had evidently made desperate struggles to extricate himself , but was unable to do so , and was crushed to death . The body-was removed to the Dog and Hare . Wimbledon , to await an inquest . The deceased had beea a guard ationt twelve months , and was twenly years of age . Fortunately he is unmarried . Mr Godson , the superin tendentofthe Nine-Elms terminus , with a body of men , arrived with a special engine a little after six o ' cloek , to clear the line , but that had been in a great measure effected by the police .
HANTS . Christchurch—Commit tal of a Bask Manager onaChafqe op EiiBEzziiBMBST . ~ There has been much excitement in this place for some days past , in consequence of various rurrioars affecting the character of the manager of the branch of the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company in this town . All doubts aa to the truth of these rumours have now been dissipated by the fall committal of Mr Edward Owen Bishop , the gentleman in question , to take hia trial at the next quarter session * , on a charge of
embezzlement . Private examinations took place before the magistrates on Monday and Wednesday last , when it is understood several clear cases were proved against him by the officers and customers of tbe bank . Bail to a heavy amount was demanded , in default of which he was on Thursday morning conveyed to WinoheHter . The investigations were said to have been lehg and painful ones , and the magistrates , after a lengthened and patient hearing , decided on fully committing him on all the charges . — Hants Independent .
DEVONSHIRE , New Fresco . —A fresco has been discoveied in lie ambulatory of Exeter Cathedral , on the south of the entrance to the Lady Chapel . The greater part has been destroyed by an unsightly monument , but a rich pavement is preserved , on which the lower portion of two figures ( a bishop and a king ) is visible . This curious painting may , perhaps , reprejent an interview between Thomas a Becket and Henry II . If so , it wa 3 most likely executed in the episcopate of Bishop Grandisson ( a . d . 1327-69 ) who nras a warm admirer of the archbishop , and commemorated him by . 1 boss carved with his martyrdom , . and plaeed it in the western part of the '; nave ; or the" fresco may represent King Edward the Second , with his treasurer and favourite , Prelate Walter Stapleton . Tracings have been made , in case , the painting should suffer from expo-ure . ¦
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GUILDHALL . —Noisancei , - —The Commissioners of Sewers , by their salicitor , Mr Tyrrell , brought two cases of dangerous nuisance under tbe notice of tho court . —MrHaynes , of Beliirave-place , was summoned in respeet to four houses in Swan-lane , Tharaog-street . One of the tenants appeared on behalf of the landlord to state thathewaBquito willing to remedy the evil by opening a communication from-the cesspools to , the sewer ; tho experiment had ueen tried at one of the houses with the result that at high water the Thames flowed up the Bewer into the cellar , till the depth of the water was sometimes three feet . This annoyance must be removed bjr the commissioBers before they could expect a communication to be opened to the other houses . The nuisance had been abated by removing the
soil . —Alderman Johnson observed that tbe evil com . plained of could be r « medied bj placing a trap at the mouth of the sewjr . The commissioners would rtadily do this . An order was made for the abatement of the nuisance , to be suspended till tho partieB could petition the Court of Commissioners . —Mrs Webb , of Park place , Islington , was summoned in respect to a cesspool in Windsor . gtreet , Bi 9 hopsgate . Btreet . A gentleman , who appeared in her behalf , said he was ready to amend the matter complained of . She had eipendcd £ 10 in opening a communication to the common sewer ; but it was discovered that the opening was made at a point seven feet aboTe the bottom of the cesspool . An order was made to enforce compliance , if there sbouid be any disposition to eYade the prompt application of tbe proper remedy . ,.. .., , . .. . - . . - ¦ ¦; ¦ ¦ : .
Railwat Books . —Mr Marrlner , the secretary of the North Wales Railway , was summoned for the fourth time , for refusing to . show the , books to Mr Aroher , a snareholder . Mr Marriner did not appear , and the gammons could not be shown tohaye reached him . Mr Chadwiek , tho chairman , ' was howevtr present , and explained that Mr Archar wanted to see . the nam « s of the persons to whom £ 20 , 000 had been ' loaned . This was the i surplus , after paying preliminary charges of advertising , survey , ing , and getting a bill . The information was refused , as it would ' damage the credit of . the borrowers , who who would rather return the money at once than- have their names exposed . Mr Chadwiek considered it a sort of bubble company , and that the sooner ( he shareholders got back the residue of their monty the better . ;; He proposed to divide , and wind up ia a month . Mr Archer expressed a doubt if he should get anything , and perslated in requiring the information ., The . magistrate was unable to force any disclosure , and the matter dropped . / ' -, ., ¦ . .
Railwa y Booking . — A , few days since , a hanker of low-priced pictures in frames ,, named Johnson , complained to Sir Peter Laurie that he had booked a package of pictures at Piekford ' s wareboute , in Lad-lane , 'to goto Aylesbury , It was to remain at the station there till he called for it . He waited at Aylesbuty , seven dBys , calling daily , but still he . got no tidings . As his whole oapltal . about 80 s , was vested m these pictures , and the hawking of them was his only means of living , he walked back to London in great distress . At Piekford ' s he was told bis parcel had been transferred to Chaplin and Home ' s , at Camden . town station , as the placo was la thtir district . And at Chaplin and Home ' s they appeared to know nothing about it . As he booked the parcel at Pickford ' j in the
City , he claimed of them to restore tbe parcel to him or pay him the value . Mr Swan , a solicitor , on behalf of Pickrord and Co ., denied the right of the magistrate to interfere between the parties ' , 'and treat it as a case of detention of goods of the value of less tuan" £ \ H . If the poor man had a roraedy it must be in the county court . Mr Alderman Johnson and Sir Peter Laurie determined to take the opinion of the 'City solicitor on their power in such cases ; as the complaint wns one likely to be often repeated . Mr Martin , from the City solicitor ' s offee , now stated that as the case was met by ' showing a deliv . ry of the goods to another carrier out of the City , It could not be treated as detaining it in the city ; and the com . plainant only had a civil remedy against Messrs Pickford . Railway companies , ' when' they undertook'to carry goods , were , in the eye of thelaw , subject to all tha
responsibilities of common carriers . Mr Swan stated that slnee the previous hearing the goods had been found and offered to the complainant , on paying the carriage to Aylesbury and back . The magistrate thought this might givo them jurisdiction , bat it appeared that the goods had not been brought back into the City . They were offered to him in Great Arthur-street , Goldon-lane , with notice that they would lie at the Camden . town station till he cleared them , both places being out of the City . Sir Peter Laurie strongly objected to the poor man being charged one farthing for carriage , after puting him to so much incoavenience , . neglecting to send tl e package as directed in reasonable . time . He recommended the complainant to apply to au attorney * if Messrs Pickford did not arrange with him immediatel y . Hero the matter dropped . ¦
WESTMINSTER . ~ Usfounded Accdsatiok . — C . Ovren . a very reBpectable-looking man , was charged with stealing an eartbernware jug . —J . M'Carthy , who said he was a wine-merchant , but , when questioned by tho magistrate , said he had no place of business , de . postd that as he was removing his things from the prisoner ' a house , where he lodged , he saw the jug in the parlour , and gave th » prisoner into custody ,. —The accused said that the jug , of which the spout was broktn , and which was worth about 3 d . hud been lent to him by the prosecutor , and bad been used by his family for five woeks before . The prosecutor was loating the house without paying the rent , and tbe prisoner refused to allow him to'do so ; at that moment the jug happen . Ug to ba brought into the room , the prosecutor immediately accused him of having stolen It , and gave him into custody . —The magistrate observing , so impudent a charge hud never before been brought under his notice , immediately discharged the accused . ¦
CITY POLICE COMMITTEE . —Deos add Pouch . men , —Mr Loader , a cabinetmaker , on Moorfields-pavement , was summoned before Aldermen Hooper and nughesfor allowing a Newfoundland dog to be a » large uumuizled , to the great danger of her Majesty ' s sub . jects . By the testimony of a City police . constable , it apperared that the dbg , for tome offuics or other , has considerable antipathy to the police officers on duty in the neighbourhood . No sooner do tboy pass the door of tile proprietor's residence than out bolts the beast and makes vigorous efforts to grab at . their leps . Defendant denied it , The dog was a quiet , harmless , inoffensive creature if not teased . Officer . —He is ' quarrelsome to
everybody , your worship . Defendant . —Is he , ' though ! I'll settle that your worship , [ Defendant he * e gave a loud whistle , and in rushed a large nob ' e looking brute , vtho , apparently conscious of what was going on , dodged around the legu . of every one in Court , nnil was on the best of terms with all , even . the stern justiee on the Bench ] There bow , your , worships , here ' s the beast . He has been in the Guildhall all the morning , and seen plenty of policemen ; but I am sure he has not touched one ofth « m . Mr , Alderman Hughes said the dog had some antipathy to the officers of the peace , and he should recommend it to be muzzled for their safety . Defendant answered that he would do so , and paying the cost of the summons , departed with the dog .
CLERKENWELL . —Ths Police Aqaih . —> Mr Henry Mitchell , proprietor of the R 030 nnd Crown publio-house , in AUen . street , Clerkenwell , was summoned for having his house open for the sale of exciseable liquors on Sun . day , the 19 th , during the hours of divine service . Inspoctor Pennr stated that on the day named , at the hour of twelve at iYoon , h& saw a boy about fourteen years of age , come out of defendant ' s house . He approached him , and while he was descending the steps leading to the street , witness laid hold of him and asked him what he hadgot , when he produced from his pocket a bottle containing half a pint of gin —Mr Duncombe : Will you swear it was not eyo water ?—( A laugh . )— 'Wi tness ; No , but I would rather swear it was gin . —Mr Dun ! combe : How do you know that it was gin ; did you taste it?—I did not . Hs told me that the bottle con . tain < i gin . —Mr Duncombe : Did you not seiie him violently and take it out of bis pocket?—Witness : I did
not . Ho pulled it out of his pocket , but I should have done so had he not . —Mr Duncombe : Indeed ! Are yon hot aware that the lad , who is only about ten years of age , 1 b the defendant's Bon ?—Witness : I ha \ e since ttn . derstood that to ba the case . —Mr Dancombe ; Was h . 8 not terribly alarmed when yon caught hold of him and did ho not cry!—Witness : Why , as to that , he tried to cry . —Mr Dunoombo : I am informed that you went into my client ' s house afterwards . Inform the Court what you saw . The vtitnoss admitted that everything was quiet and ordfriy , and that he had no farther evidence to giie Mr Duncombe then addressed the Magistrate . satfof all the most
He , ex traordinsry case she bad ever heard , or been concerned in , the present beat all- and if such a stut , of things were permitted , ever , faSrtdS comingoutof a public-house would in tho endbeSS and searched , lie had a very high respect for his friend the inspector ; but In this case ho had no hesitatto in * yl « 8 he had exceeded his duty . The ' worlta- Stta man proceeded to urge that there was not a ifle ' of c t denceto Bupportthccharge , as alleged in the inform " on whea he wasBtoppedby Mr . Tyrwhitt , who ZS In tha respoct I fully agree with you , and dismhS intonation . ' Mr Duncombe thanked his worship , and ntirefl with the defendant and his friends . P >
Mr WUliam Bulkel y , WeHs-street , Gray ' s Inn-road was charged by Ellen May , a young woman , his servant ! with having assaulted he * , with inteHt , &c . The coml plamnntdf posed thnt sho was servant to the defendant iraa she left him on Friday last . On Thursday fortnight she first entered tho aerv ' ce , having been engaged by MrB Bulkeley , at Thompson ' * Registry Office . Witness came from Boreham , Essex . On lost Sunday morning weiik , defendant enured the back kitchen to wash him-, elf , and wfoiieas generally took time water to him , H
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ailed her to come ia , and on going in he' asked her ( a waWHis'back ' fbr hrra . ' - 'Hi- waTiTiKafwlih 'the excen tloB of his trousers . ' He told her to be a geod girf tohU little boy and ha would take oari of her , and when she wanted any money she should hare , it , and to puth « r faith and confidence in him , to mind what he said nnd pot to tell her mistress ; so more passed ttatll last Thnil « day . 1 Mr Tyrwhitt : 'Did you w » sh bis back . Witness did , Mr Tyrwhitt : Did you ever wash it before ? Withes ? : No ; I ' had rcceivod instruction * from my mistresg to do every thing he asked me to do , as h « wns more like an olii baohelor than . anything else . Thursday evening at half-past seven o ' clock , be came home and went tohfe bed-room in the front of tbe houia . Mymistreu said they had not slept together'for some time . Mrs Butke' . y
slept in a room on tbe same floor . Witness took him up his slippors , and l ) u asked her to take him up a basin of gruel in poo hour and a half . She took up the gruel and he told her to shut the door , which she did , and iaid it on tbe bed . He told her it was too hot , and t o hj it oa the table . Sho / lJid , when he caugfrt bold of her while he ^ as lying on tue bed , and pulltd hir to him , but she got away . Furtter evidence being | Hv « k > , the charge was denied . Mr ; Tyrwhitt , who evidently watched the casa with Rreot atUnti » H , said that he bad his doubts in such a ticklish ' . fase j an 1 , after the evidence and other circum . stances , he could only decide on dismissing the charge and MrBulkely was liberated , when he quitted the court with his solicitor and a host of respectable friends to whom the result of the investigation gave great satta . faction . ¦
SOUTHWARK . —Hobbid BbutaMTI . —Henry J amw Lewis , in tho employment of a wharfinger , at Horsel ydown , was charged with committing a violent assault on Margaret Bowler , his mother-in-law , and breaking ona of hgrnrms . After hearing evidence , the complainant and her daughter interceded for the prisoner , but Mr Cottingham said that it was so gross a case of assault , a man of the prisoner ' s strength lifting an old womaa , seventy years of age , and throwing her with'brutal vio leince to the ground , and that woman his own mother * in-lavr , that it would be absurd in him ( the magistrate ) to dispose summarily of such a charge by the infliction of a £ 5 penalty , so utterly inadequate as a punishment fcr such an offence . Under all tbe circumstances , there , fore , he should commit the prisoner for trial .
• WANDS WORTH . —Thomas Badcock , Henry Bad . cook , and Henry Drtor , threa powerful young men , were charged before Mr Paynter , with the following attack oa two labourers , working on the Richmond railway . It appears tbat these two men , whota names are James Smith and Jesse Haydjn , went on' Saturday night into the tap-room « f the Rose and Crown . and had hardly been there a minnte ^ befbre Henry Bftdcock knocked Smith down and kicked him , Ha j don picked hit companion up , when he was struck and knocked dowu . . With consider * able difficulty th « y got out of the house , acl proceeded towards home . In pisBiflg up Garrett-lane they were met by the prisoners , Thomas Badcock and Driver , who attacked them with the ferocity of wild beasts , they felled them , and then in the most cowardly and brutal manner kicked them with their nailed and plated shoe * over the faco , head , and body . The poor fellow Smith
became inBtnslble , and the moans of Haydon were dis . tinctly heard 300 yards distant . Their cries of' murder ' brought pellce . constablo Webb 134 V to the spot , and the prisoners then made off , but were apprehended in , the course of that , night and Sunday . When found by the police the navigators were lying in a pool of bloed , Smith ' s frock being ' completely saturated . Both men exhibited such marks as proved thoy had been most ill * treated , while their ' assailan t * were without a scratch ;—! Mr PiVHVer said tho assault which had baeu committed on tbe . unoffending men was one of the most brutal he had ever had to adjudicate upon . But that the injared parties were poor and could not afford the cost of going to the sessions , he would have sent the prisoners for trial , Thomos Badcock and Henry Driver , would pay £ 5 each , or be committed for tivo , months , and tho other pri . soner would pay a fine of £ l , ? rbe committed for one
mouth , WORSHIP-STREET . —Cn * BQE of Feiost against a Lady . —Mrs Anne Quinn , the wife of an' opulent tradesman at Poplar , was charged with having stolen a gold pearl-mounted ring , at the shop of Messrs Walker and Co ., jewellers and silversmiths , in the Whiteehapelroad . —H . Perkins , shopman to tbe prosecutors , stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoner entered tha shop and requested him to show her some fancy rings whieh were exhibited in the windew . He accordingly placed one of the cards before her , but she objected to tho rings as being too expensive , and desired to be shown some wedding rings . While trying them on , he saw the prisoner attempt to substitute a thick brais finger ring she had with her for one of those upon the card . Not
succoeding in this , she looked at some ether fancy rings , which she returned Jo him without selecting one ; but notwithstanding the strict vigilauce he exercised , ho found , upon looking at the card that one of them had disappeared ; be ttskod the prisoner if she had seen it ; sho said she bad not ; and having purchased a wedding * ring for 3 s Cd , immediately left the shop . He informed his employer , who overtook her and gave her into cus . tody ; but upon bein | searched at the station the missing ring was not discavered , and only time Bixpeace » and the brass ring before referred to were found in her pos * session . —In answer to the charge the prisoner warmly asserted her inaocence , and said that she only entered the shop with the intention of purchusinj a cheap wed *
ding nog , as her own had been accidentally broktn , and that tbe production of the more valuable ones was tba spontaneous act of the shopman . —A professional gentle , man who happened to be in court upon other busioesi assured tbe magistrate that the prisoner wis a person of unexceptionable respectability , who , he felt convinced , was wholly incapable of committing such an ect , and tbat if the magistrate considered it his duty to detain her upon tne charge , he ti listed that bail would be accepted for her future appearance , which would be tendered to any amount . —Mr Hammill expressed si ^ opinion that a strong prima facie ca 3 e had been established against her . but consented to take bail for her appearance , herself in £ S 0 , and tiro responsible sureties in £ « each . The bail was found .
" WBSrilIHSTER . ~ GBos 8 Misconduct or ajt Office * at tdb MutBANkPENiTENTiASi . —T . H . Bird , a warder at the Millbank prison , was charged with earrying ia tebacco to the convicts contrary to tho regulations . Capt . Grove , governor of the prison , said that there had b « en an enquiry on tho previous day before the inspectors of prisons with regard to tobacco having been taken , into the prison at Millbank . Witnesi spoke to tte defendant about it , when he at first denied that he had taken tobacco in to the convicts , but subsequently on being confronted with the mother of a prisoner ' named Briton who said ia his presence that he had taken to * baccointoherson , and bad received Da . and a hand . kercbiefforsodoirig . be admitted it ; but said he had done no more than other officers io the prison . Witness
told him that if he would let him know the names of tbe other officers to whom ha had alluded he would nsc his infiuoncefor him not to be prosocuted , but only dismissed . ' It was part ef defendant ' s duty to watch and see that no such article as tobacco fi ; ns brought into the prison . Defendant contented himself by saying tbat the governor bad told him that if be would answer the qaMtion put to him , he would me bis-influence to prevent him being prosecuted . Capt . Williams , one of the inspectors of prisens , said , that in oonsoquence of tha governer having promised to use his influence In defendant ' s behalf , and the latter having made some disclosures , bb hoped the magistrate would inflict aa alight a punishment as he consistently could . Mr Broderfn could not feel himself justified in imposing aless penaltt th ! in ' i £ 3 , which was . immedlately paid .
MAltrLEBONE .-RouBm or Watches &c —C Silvester was re-examined , charges with baring com * mitted a robbery ia tue daytimo at tbe the shop of Mr Morris , watchmaker , Margaret-tcrrace , Harrow-road . 1 he evidence glven on the ; first examination was to tha effect that on Tuesday , the nrt ul ,, while Mr Swa ' dmingbelow . ta . rs » 8 e prhoner i probab , b ft ™ JJ a / d on Mr M ' CffeCt 8 d "" 6 ntranCa tat 0 tte P" *^' and on Mr M . go . t . g up , the prison , who was th 8 n i « f ^ nf £° ' ! trUf M him twi « . » ° a , scaped by the front door wto th « street . He went up to a chaise wmch . was standing a short dstance off , with another man in it , and taking from his pocket a handful of watchcB threw them towards the vehicle in question and made off ; three watches and a go'd ca 86 ffere fou ^ j a the cha , se Bna in the road , nnfl in an instant the man . who was seated in the vehicle jump-id out , saying that he would endeavour to capture the thief . The prisoner was followed to a marine store shop , and was «« to thrust thrco
other watches and a chain beneath a quantity of rags . His friend got clear off ; the horse and cart were taken care of by the police . A charge of plate robbery at the residenca of theSw Mr Burton , Harrow-road wns next gone into .-Charlotte Houltun , one of the 8 ersKs , rc ^ X' 4 S , r , sH tesSar ^ s-iS ei . eved to be the prisoner running up the road newt . nto a chaise , in wHUb . anotbe ^ nfan . and the , w « e Sn s £ / l lght , 8 hemLs 8 ea from the piJKS % S I f . nd ei 8 ht 8 Uvep' » ble cpoons .-Tha pnsoner who bythe advice of his solicitor , said h » U ^ houW vesme his defence for a future ocmKm , v , a » committed for trial apon Mr Morris ' s charge , but will be Brought up again on Tuesday .
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Supposed IscsM . iiRi 8 M .-On Monday night Robert bmitb , a carrier , from GiUinghara , was passing the farm ot ! MrW . Futcher , of Fovant , when ha discoTered a blaze at the end of a large barley riek , winch in a few minutes increased to an alarming degree . Assistance was on the spot as quickly as possible , but in tho short space of one hour there was nothing to be seen but the smouldering ashes and ruins from a largo barn , which had contained at least 50 loads of wheat . In addition , barley riek ? , stacks of fine bay and sainfoin , sheds , stables , * hovels , piggeries , and every other build ing around , wera destroyed . The horses , pi » s . poultry , Ac ., were saved . Mr 1 ' ntcher , it is said , is fully insured to the amount of the loss . Before Smith , the carrier percoived the fire , ho observed a man cross in front of tho horse , apparently in great tremor and hum
running astrom mo tarm-yard , evidently , by his having asmock-frock on , an agricultural or other labourer , and from the description given by Smith the county po . ice apprehended a man on suspicion A locust was 1 caught a few daya stoa ia a Seli near Baaingwold , ia XorkshVa ., Mv w ft
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. ¦¦ _ ¦ ¦¦' ¦ WaU » . " HAVERFORDWEST . EsciPE op TwoPiiisoKunsFHOM Gaoi . — -The cell from which the escape was effected is considered as strong as an } in the prison , and is called the vblack hole , and is the oae in which prisoners for solitary confinement are locked , up . It had formerly a win : dow looking out to the castle hill , but the window is blocked np by very strong masonry , and two thick iron eratinss , so as totally to exclude the light , a : d tn all appearaneeg to render it impossible for any persons to break it open without the aid of powerful toolsi But , notwithstanding these precautions , the prisoners , by means of a small piece of iron about a foot long , whichthey broke from the kitchen firegrate , succeeded in tearing down one of the gratings , and digging a hole under tbe other , and their descent
was effected by the aid of tho counterpanes of their beds , tied together and fastened to the gratings inside , it is the practice in the prison to let open all the windows and doors of the cells for about lialt-anhour morning and evening , for the purpose of airing them , daring which time the priBoners have the range of the whole wards ; on those " occasions the bl . ick hole dMf is also opened for a similar purpose , and it appears the prisoners took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded them of going into this cell , and working away in darkness and silence at their apparently hopeless task . One of the prisoners , named Owen , has been recaptured . . lie was some time ago committed for trial at the next quarter sessions , for obtaining goods under false pretences . Cannon is a tramper , and also awaited his trial for breaking arid entering a dwelling-howse , and stealing Is . l * d . . . ,.
OlAMOROASSnlRE . Cardiff .-Murdbr of a , Child . —For some days past the magistrates of Cardiff have been engaged in investigating a diabolical case of murder of ayouBg child . The party accused is Catherine Evans , its grandmether . It appeared that the daughter of the prisoner , a single woman , had given birth to a child , and , from some cause which is unexplained , the pri . soner took tho child from the bed in which it was sleeping by tho side of its mother , and , without making any remark , put both her hands round its neck and endeavoured to strangle it ; but in consequence of ite not dying fast enough she procured a pan of water , put the unfortunate child into it . and covered it over , where it remained till it was quite ff ^ J . ^ ao bench remanded the prisoner , in order that the child might be exhumed and examined and at the same time ordered the mother to In anprehended . * —
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. . «~«~~~ -- ^ Stotliitft , . SDTnEBLANDSHIRE . How do the Poor live ?—TheDako of Sutherland has expended no ' . ess than £ 100 , 000 in tho exit naive alterations he has been making for some time past on Dunrobin Castle , which is now represented to be ju its internal arrangements , ovse of the most magnificent ducal mansions § n either side of the Tweed . There is a universal impression in the north of Scotland that Dunrobin Castle is the place which is destined to I e next honoured by the temporary resdence of her Majesty , and that August next will , in all probability , he the period ia which tue expected vis ^ wiil be paid ,
ft £ ] H'i ' LANARKSHIRE . " GtASo ^ w . ^ REyoLTiN » ,- ; OASK .- !? Ori ; Wednesday , an Iri 8 hlia % >' nnn «^'' 6 we ?»?» was apprehended , on thei charge of ' committing " a' most revolting deed of oruelti . It appears . that Fay , wbo ; is a masterehoemhKer , took poBscssioiy in . May last ' of a lodging ^ on the groiina floor , in South St MurigOrs'treet , conswt-. . ine of three rooms , kitchen ,. and a cloBet ; ym taking possession of these premises , or ; ijnniw'ate iy after it —» t > U event ' s in the , montU of . May-tne man incarcerated his wife in the waJefcloset , and there she has remained from that period till Jast nieht when one of the inspeotnrBpfthB lown s ilo » - pital , having heard a rumour of circumstance , made further inquiry , procured assistance , and relieved the unhaooy creature . The pnsou ot this poor
woman was three feet ten inches by two feet ^ eleven inches in breadth , and was between nine andten feet in height . " The only mode by whioh the air found admission was by means of a little wicket looking into the passage ; for the door was not opened niflre than once in three or four days , when food was tossed in to the poor wretch as to a pig , and then it was immediately closed and barred on tlieouteide . Hie prisoner was ajmes't in a state of nudity when discovered ; she crouched amongst a mass of straw , and the place itself , as well as her person , were in a state of indescribable filthiness . From the body being so long bent in a sitting position the limbs were quite stiffened ; sh 6 . could not stand upright , and from Ions suffering the mind had become a wreck , as
well afl the body , Tho poor creature was taken to the Town ' s Hospital , along . with one of her children . Fay was apprehended , and there were also taken into custody two of his workmen ' and the servant girj , Tho latter handed in the food to h « r imprisoned mistreas , andtheshoeraakets , while they , whistled at tlicir work , heard the moans proceeding from the dreary den . AH of them , therefore , knew the killing , by-inches which was Voing on . within a few feet of them , and yet none held out . a h ^ nd to save .. The man Fay , we believe , admits that ke has not looked into his wife ' s prison for a month ; and : Bince it received its lonely ' tenant the closet was not entered by any of the family . What may have been the reasons , on the husband ' s part , which prompted this
Algenne treatment m a ' Christian land , we know not ; but poverty had no hand in it , for there were found by tbe police riot only a good stock in trade of sho : B , but £ 10 in cash . The house had been shut up . On Saturday , the man ' Fay , with the servant girl and two . of the BhoemaVers who lodged in the house , were brought before the sitting magistrate at the central police court , to answer a criminal charge brought against them on account of the treatment the unhappy woman had received . The case , after undergoing examination , was remitted to the sheriff Fay ' s statement in exculpation is , that his wife had become a troublesome lUnatie previous to his having confined her , and thatBhewas also muoh ' addlctedto drinking . - : '" . : .
; ¦ - RENFREWSHIRE . PABtKV .-SOTPBISISO ESOAPS PROM THE GAOLTwo accomplished housebreakers who had entered both the post-office and an apartment mistaken for the stamp office . ' m the course of one night , by means oftalae keys , have effected their escape from prison in the most surprising mariner . On the officers of the prisongomg about their business at six o ' clock m the 1 morning , they were surprised to find the butmost doer of the prison , and the main gate immediately withmit , both open , while the two culprits in question , with another companion , confined in a separate flat from themselves ; were all missing ; The names of the prisoners who have made so opportune an escape are James Campbell and Thnmaa
Mackay , indicted for trial , with William Fox . a convicted housebreaker , who was under sentence , and had but three months of his imprisonment ' to run One of the two firsS'iiamed prisoners had been suffering IFrom fever , ef late , and he had been removed with his associate in crime , as a nurse for him , to eno of the large airy front rooms in the south end of the prison . The apartment- referred to , though larger than the common cells , is one of ; a series of apartmentsconstructedwith double doors for the security of the most daring prisoners , and the outmost . dsor is fastened bya strong bar in place of a lock from the corridor of thepriBon . It was impeB-8 ible that this apartment could be opened when once fastened up , except from . theontside , either bv a false
key or otherwise , i ox , the other prisoner , was confined mihe flat above , the third story of the prison , in ene of the ordinary cells , and was locked up by a key that fastened twelve rooms ' . ! On examining the fastening of all the doors that have been so cleverly opened , there is not the slightest appearance of force or effort having been used beyond the application of well-fitted keys , the only change being ; 'that the look of the outermost door of the prison appears to hav « been particularly well : oiled to prevent its creaking or making noise during the operation . A warder sleeps on the same flat iri which Fox was confined , and this person'did riot hear" the slightest noise from the proceeding , although tbe removal of the bar and padlock from the cell . door inwhich Campbell and Maekay Werei confined , can scarcely bo effected even in daylight , and with the greatest caution , without' making considerable clankinsr and
noise . lUo mystery that hangs over this ably-accomplished prison breaking seems principally to be , wfcether Fox had been furnished with the imple ' ments for epening the doors , or whether they have been opened by parties entering from the outside , after having scaled the walls into the courtyard . The whole of the doors in the prison are of cast iron , and the locksare of the most ponderous and comp'icated description , no expense having been spared in procuring them at its erection . In place of contenting themselves with their own freedom , it is obvieus that the prisoners ia other eleven cell 3 might have been released also , if those who have set off had beendesirous . The only vestige of the flight that has been left 18 a ladder belonging to the prison , which had been UBed for scaling the walls , and a piece of the clothes rope belonging to tho establishment , which had also been cut down and used for favouring the escape .
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IMamr . BARBARISM OF THE KWETBESTK CKSIURY . Let our readers ponder well on the following , while our Queen is enlarging her palaces , and our Dukes spending £ 100 000 on a castle , or outliving their income by nearly £ 2 , 000 , 000 . TJ 10 following is from the Ti&wary Vindicator andithe Cork Reporter ;— ¦ ¦ ' ¦ Within the last few , weeks the work of extermination has been carried on to some extentin the neighbourhood of Kilmastulla . Sir Edmond Waller has ejected etehl
families , consisting of about farty-seven persons . These mopt wretched beings have , since the period of their eviction , been , squatting iri dykes and glens , literally burrowing in the earth' for shelter , victims to' every inclemency of tue weather , doaft hourly starlnj ? th « m . At Farnoe , MaryglcB , and Moyratb , In the neighbour , hood of Keeper Mountain , Lord BloomfieW , who is in St retersburgb , through his ngent , has . been at the same work of ej enment . About , elght families , consisting of about foriy . fivb persons , havp been also sent abroad , without a roof to protect . them from the rigours of the weather . Thoir coudition . is . Immeasurably more lament ablo than we can desoribe . '' . . '
M 6 * b tTsEboiiNa , —A Mak Shot . —In connectidn with the subject of unroofing houses , we have just received the following from a correspondent . It is most melancholy that a life should be thus loot , and lost in putting into execution the illegal commands of sis superiors . Our correspondent dateB from Brownstowa , Sept . 23 : — 'Mr Leslie , agent to Lord Shannon , and ' seventeen men , went yesterday , at . twelve o ' clock at noon , to the lands of Knuckscag ' - ' , to . execute an habere againt John Norris . a Protestant , when Mr Leslie ordered the nvm to
get en the . roof and tear down . the slates . On the removal of the first slate , horrible to relate , ' the poor man was shot through the bead and fell dead . Mr Leslie then came into Clonnkilty to order tho military out to execute the Tialere . which they did . This part of the country is very peacenblo , but from the way the pnor people ar « treated by certain parties here there will be more d » - asters . Tho poor people are being ejected ; knocking down their houses , and gWng their crops to the comingin tenant , and sending the poor people-on the world pennvkse , is all tUe practice here . '
The Ruwdians , of Castlebai' are charged with having refused several persons admission ro the workhouse who are begging from door to door . The guardians of Mountroellick Union are doing likewise , and the greatest misery exists in both places . Fever , as might be expected , increases in such a state of things , and there are loud and general complaints of the heavy rates . ; The conduct of the Rochdale parish officers , who hurried the boy from the steps of the . fever hospital of that town on board a steamer , where he died , was the subject of animadversion not less severe than just ; but see if it be not equalled by the following case , which Las been officially brought under tho notice of the guardians of the Mountmellick union : — Mr Turpin , a guardian , said hia atteationhad been directcd to a roost afflicting case , which ho considered it liis duty to bring before the board . A family of nine , fire of whom wero stricken with fever , hud been Bent from Athy in a cart , and flung in a ditch at the rear of thn
asylum , about a quarter < h amuofvomllaryboro ' . After remaining for some time exposed to the inclemency of the weather , and without food or driuk , they wero disco , vered by somo charitable persons , who relieved their wants and alleviated tbeir sufferings . On enquiry they said they weto from tae neighbourhood of Mountrath ; measures were then taken to have them removed to that district , there they were commended to the care of tbe relieving officer . It happened that at that moment the unhappy family was at the door of Mountmellick workhouse eight of them were in fever , thrown to -ether in a cart—the father alone wa 3 free from it . lie was called before the board and told this tale—that liia name was Kaye , and he was a cooper by trade thTt he travelled about the country with his family ' that he had been barn and reared at Monntrath , but Sd last resided fourteen years in Tullamore
My famU , was afflxted with fever at Athy , iwag nol out when \ t was discovered tha , t five of . joy children were
in fever . We tb <« Uaydo « n in the street , We lay about an hour in It . ' We wefff therKnt awa * to"Maryb 6 lfongK in a cart « mplojred by . Kather Greene and a Mr Fep ^ sr . When < a < j man came within half a mile of the tovmhe took . the tailboard but of the cart and emptied my sick rarnily out of it like bo much" dirt . ' . ;• , ' . " , I Knye being further questioned , said that the man who brought him in ^ the cart from Athy , did not give him up to any one ; ho rolled them out , and made away with himself . If was some distance from the town , and he could net leave the children to go look to any one for help . He was discovered by a man who was minding potatoes . Mr Cannon , the resident magistrate brought relief to him ; on the second night he erected a shed over him . Only for Mr Cannon his family would have porished .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1438/page/6/
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