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      ^^^~^ , ¦ ^^***^ r ^^^ Ki ^^^^^^^^^^^^ = ^ r — ^ L ^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' ^ " ^^¦ " ^^^^^^^•^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¦^^^^¦¦¦^^^^^^¦^^^¦^^¦^¦^^^^^^^^^^^^™ thfttteveral of tbe d « fen * antf energetically exclaimed that ft was 10 , the proitcator , afier tome prevaricatfoo , positively denied that there was any foaauatton for the eiVge , farther than that the young woman referred to bad voluntarily taken up her residence in his premises , and that he had aeerpttd her services ia the capacity of housekeeper . —Mr Arnold * alfl , that Eothlng con'd Justify such kit outrageous attack as had been undoubtedly eitablishefl . tx . 6 , as ha eon » I 6 ' ered it of far too lerioai a nature to be disced of summarily , he should lend the Case to the tesibaaas o&s of assault and riot , and order each of the def ndantt to put ia substantial bail for their appearance there to aotirer H .

      Ckiic . Cok . AHDRoBBcar . —AyoiiBgJnannMnid Wih . Smart waa placed st tke bar before Mr Arao ' . d , charged witk having feloniously appropriated a timepiece and a laiga quantity of household farnlture , the property of Mr JoSn G .-otcp , a poulterer , Hv 5 ng ia Poolo Street , HoxtoB . — The prMeentop wfeo waa greatly dlstmieo" and « xcite « , stated that the prisoner had forwtrlj lodged In his houw for atoat four months , and that althoug h during toe latt . r part of bis eo doing several ctrcumstauoes occurred which induced him to f-ar tint m mttmacj-or too close a description sabslsttd between the P *« ° « »««• 1 ** w ^ om he had beea ^^ ff ^ S ' and who was the mother of four ch . Uren wui ng transpired to positively confirm hi . ¦ »^ V ™ ^*' BOnUV of Saturday week , when upon J ** 1 ™ 11 ' * ham ° fern trfroctta * his business at Wenhsll Market he WMAotk « d « tfia « i * fl «« Wi wj to had absconded , te'vinr h . r childran , the eMertef whom wu only teren jearsold c-yiojt by themselves in one of tho lower rootni and that the house had teeH comp l etely stripped

      « fthe whole ofiis furniture , and every otaer article in it Hating ascertained from the eldest child that tbe roods fc »< J D 3 tn removed la a cart shortly after he had gona out , under tke direction of his mother , he felt convinced thai she had beea seduced to sueh gross misconduet by ti : e persussioa of tbe prisoner , and therefore obtained tho assistance of the police to enieavour to fin * bin . bat every tflbrt to trsej the retreat of either tftiiem bad been o « sttcC « afol until B ffiW UBJI tgO , when he acc . dentally discovered the prisoner in t ^ e compsny of his wife at a house in Tabernsolo Walk , and immediately gave him in charge . Tha moat oonclnrive part of tke case was established by . the evilence of Cur-10 a , a congtatCJfdftheG divison , and a man named Needle or If i < Id e , Jn the service of a carman , the former of whom stated that be wssfielsctea to accompany the prosecutor iaiesrea-of the prisoner asd Mr * Giovee , from having tome previous knowledge of the Utter , and that having , while passing through Tabersaelo Walk accidentally caaght » 'ght o '

      the prasecutor ' e wife loiklfig out at the top Window Of one of the houses , he immediately mads We way up-stslrs , and demanded of her where theprlsaner was te be found , as he had a charge of robbery against him ; the woman positively deaied that he web there , or that " she had had anything to do witk him ; but , ai her answer was taanifestly false , the witness p-oceeded to search the place , and upon examining a turn . up bed . st 9 td foind the prisoner doubled up , secreted behind it , and at ence secured him . —Needle s ' atefl that ai en early hoar on the morning of Saturday week ho wii fenoc&ed up by » ha prisoner , who told him to go itnm . 3 totely to the house No . S 3 ( Pools Street , to remove the goods of the occupants , who were about to change thelt residence . The prisoner accompanied him a short distance with a hone and cart shlah he ( the prisoner ) had

      tronghtirttaMofor the purpose , and upon reaching Pools Street ft was loaded with forcitare oat of toe pro § aiutor ' g nouse . whh tteass ' . « tance of thatpcrson ' swife , who was shortly afterwards joined ty the prlscBtr , when DOth ef them got on the csrt and directed him to driv =-to a hou « 6 in Mark Street , Knsbury , whsrs ha left them together , and at which latter house tho prosecutor subsequently disc-ivered the greater portion of his property . At the close of the evidence for the prsEecution , the magistrate asked the prisoner if he wished to make anj answer to the charge ; but bsfore he had time to reply s flaunting , showily-dressed ircmso , who ansounced terse' ! si theproiecutoi ' s wife , parted forward fron the rear of the ' court s and with great flippancy and boldness expressed her determination to take upon herself the whole respoaslbility of abstracting the goads , tho

      removal of which she declared to be solely under ttr direotlnn , and that the prisoner was entirely innocent of any culpability in the matter . She and her husband had beea upon very bad terms ter a long time past , and It was so great while ago that a penalty had bean inflicted upon her for assaulting him . —Mr Arnold , however , was clearly ef opinion that a inffleisnt stportation ' on the part of the prisoner bed beea e * tabll * bid sg&lnst him to fulfil the requisitions of the law , and , therefore , ordered him to be brought up again in a week for the formal completion of the case . The pri 6 oner was then removed by Alderman , the jaolsr , hut before he stepped out of the dock the prosecutor ' s wtfe rushei forward , and , attsring ! o him some endearing ezprest ' on , flung her arms round the prisoner's neck , and , regardlacs of everybody present , kissed him so

      londly that it was heard distinctly all over the court , This called forth an observation of scute feiltereeisfrom her unfortunate huhasd , upon which ths wife at . tempted to follow t& prisoner out to the cells , bnt ths gaeler forced her bacBJand took the man out by binuelt . On Wednesday Smart ^ ras reexasitaad , and same farther ericknoe waa gone into , which went folly to Establish tbe fact that the prisoner had been instrumental in tbe removal of the property , which was deposited , wiA hi * assistance , at a hanse in Mark Street , Finsbury , where it was sabsf qnentiy discovered by the Injured hoab » n 4 in the joint possession of his wife and her paramour , when the latter was taken into custody . The deposi tkra » ware ordered to be at onee taken , and tt « prisoner

      was committed for trial the magistrate refssicr to ac cept bail for his appearance . —Immediately the case was disposed of , the wife ef the prosecutor entered the witness bex , and made an earnest appeal to induce s more favonrabb consideration ef his conduct on the part f the magistrate ; but finding him ieexorabls , she be-Eought him with the utmost coolnees , as she was now without the means of support , to compel her husband to enter into some permanent arrangemen :, frith a Tien ol providing for her faturo maintenance . —Mr H » mtai : l told the woman , that after the heartless profl : g * cy that had been developed in the whole of her csaduct , he was SBtonished at her aiinruice in making such aa applies , tion , and oid « r « d her instantly to itaad down and quit tha oourt .

      LAMBETH . —BxxBAOiDiKr tT Case . — Mr 6 . Englan- % the eminent engUeer , and proprietor cf the Hatcham Iron Works , fa Pomeroy-streer , O ' . d Kent Boid , appeuei before Mr Elliott to answer to two inrnmonsep , ' taken out against him by the Rev . Augustus K / r Bozzi Greaville , Incumbent of St James , Hatcham , the on * charging him with using threatening and the other aba Eive language to that ' Biverend G = ratleaian . Mr G « n-Tille . npnn bsiogtuota , said : Oa Saadsy laBi I wai walking with my wife , and met tbe defendant and « n » thfcr man by the Railway Tavern , at New Crcse , Dejtford ; They came out as m were passing , and on seeing me he ( Mr England ) called me a vagabond parson . So also taid I was a scoundrel , and that he should like to kick my— . I looked to sea if I could recognise the perscn . wbo was with him , when the defendant said ,

      ' If he looks round again 111 punch Ms face . ' The defendant also said , ' I ' ll never let him alone while ho is { a the nelghbonrhosa ; I'll stick to him . ' I bad , by virtue of my office , to remonstrate wi > h the defendant , and I did in the milieft manner potdble , in 1815 , and ever since he has ennsyeime whenever be seas m * . On bis cross-examination ry the defendant , the R v . Gentleman said ha was certain

      In consequence of MrtGrenvilte bastming very uowell . —Mrs Grenville was next sworaf and sale —I was walkin ? with my husband on Friday last , and we were U \ lowed by Mr England and another man . 1 & ? England called my httsbatd a rascal and a vagabond , and on my hosbind IosUng round Mr England said , ' If he does it again I'll punch his ksad , ' and also taid he was sorry X was married to such a vagabond . Ho further ( aid , ' I'll stick t o him aa long as he is in the neighbourhood . ' IwuEofrign ' tensd at the defendant ' s manner that on my husband taking me into a shop I fainted . —Mr England , wlnn called an for his defence , said the causes which led to the present complaint were of some years ' ¦ tending . In the first place , he said , he had been instrumental in the appolstmeat of Ur Grenville to the in . cumbenoy of the hamlet of Hatoham having been a

      member of the committee who had petitioned the Eca-e . slastical Commissioners to send him to that newlyformed parish . Having taken an active part in tbe financial matters ot the hamlet , with the view of checking ss much as possible all tunecemry expenditure , he bccaa ^ obnexlous to the rev . complainant , and considerable ann-yanoe was theref ult . —Mr Elliott here remarked that he could have nothing to do with matters that pissed aome years age , and requested Mr England ~ would coraa dawn to the circumstances of Friday list . —Mr Bagland then went on to say that Mr Grcnville ' taad summoned him before a magistrate a > Greenwich for an alleged assault , when he was fined £ * , and he , in his tarn , brought an action far damages against the rev . gentleman for a counter-assault , and got one shilling damages , each paying ; hit cost ; . Af . er this the rs . reread gentleman foszht various means to annoy

      hitn . On one occasion he went to far aa to denounce him from the pulpit for keeping s woman , as he stUeged , and called upon fels congregation oa that ocession to assist him in getting rid of kirn ( Mr England ); and on another objected to his becoming ft rasmber of the Foresters' Chib , held at tbe B « lway Tacern , declaring hta ( Hr England ) to biunfirfor the soe ' etyof moral or respectable men , and said that , lfekotc 3 , he ( Mr Grenville ) should withdraw from the society as its honorary chaplain . —The Sev . M . Orenrille—In refirenee to ths allied denunciation from the pulpit , and ihe

      ether matters alluded to by Mr Eaglacd , he would only say that et the time , the a hole of the . eltcasui&ncts were brought under the notice of his bubop , wh » thoroughly investigated them , and , after such isrestiftatioB , ac qahtad him of any sharge of impropriety . —Ur England having beea repeatedly requested by the magistrate to come to tha subject matter of complaint , said that en « 39 a "« y ia question he was walking with a friend , tnd , < m sesiag the complainant , he , addressing his friend , fad . ' That is my beautiful parson ! that is my vagabond arson , ' jj , j denied usicg tie vulgar JenjusgeatE .

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      Honed , and expressed much regret that anything ke kad said should annoy Mrs Grsnvllle , as nothing could M more distant from his intention than that of doing « o . He the * called a witnass , who corroborated hU iWJment .-In reply to the magistrate , he said that the defcndaufs first expression was . That ' s thejpsnon I told - ¦ fif ^ SS 3 SrSSara ' ssra'S * Si'Z ? a « ' » ons and manner of the defendant w ^ hSlySpropar . andfor tke abusive langu . ge be evicted Wtn ta sse penalty of 40 s ., and for the other he ordered him to fiod bail . -The defendant compUed with both and wa , at onee discharged

      , 1 Gskmma . * " Tmi * . —Edward Stone , aKwQon . » r a notorious member of the ' swell mob , was ch * r « ed with being oonceraed , with two others not In caiWfly , wi ; n breaking into the houao of a wld » w UAy , named TinWn , in Lslpsio Road , Cambernell , on Sunday evening hit , and stealing therefrom two valuable watches , the one gold end the other silver , two gold chain * , brooches , ring * , and ether property belongiogr » that lady . ? rom the evidence adduced , it appeared that on Sunday ennins : last , Mn Tlnalo , and a youog lady residing with her , left home about half-past four o ' clock to take tea with a friend in the neighbourhood , and on tkeir return at about a qaarter before eight , they discovered that daring their absence the house had b « en entered by thieves , and the property before . men .

      tloned stolen . The theives , it appeared , had first tried to get inte tke house by means of skeleton keys , but fhe door Saving been double-locked they could sot ma * cage itin that way . They them broke a piece of glass ia the parlour wiadoir sufficient ta enable them to undo the fastenings and throw up tho under sash , and thus they accomplished an entrance . The prisoner was identified as beisg one of the three persons seen cooing from the house , and who effected the robbery , by a little sid who Urea next door to tho proBeenirlz . —The prltoner declare * fco was totally Innocent of the charge , and sa ! d he had been In tha lap of tbe l . ' ephant and Castle with his friends , and enjoying his brandy and water when the robbery was committcd . — -Mr Robinson , * ho inperintcndtnt of the P division of polloe , who had

      attended to watoh tho caie , here informed the megutr » te tb&t the prisoner was a notorious member of the swell mob , and had been frtquentl ; in custody for the most daring robberies . H « ( rne prisrner ) had latterly gone to llvo in his ( Ur Robinson ' s ) division , and ha was sorry to say that since ht had done so robberi » s of this detcription had increaied , and oa the erening in question no leis than tiro of tbem bad been cob . m'tted within a few doors of each other . For years theprlieserhad been withomt the slightest vlsiblo ' mear « of existence , yet he had at this moment as elegantly a furnished house as any of Us bibs in the parish of

      Camber-rell , and also all tke appearances of wealth and tfflaenoa , —The prisoner sal-i it was perfectly true that by getting into bad company he had been fre . qaontly In custody , and suffered Imprisonment ; buf h * was perfectly innocent of tbe present obarge . In . deed , ths off . BO * ,, he said , was one in which he could u Qt join , at ha had recently lost the use of bis left am , « nd such rough work as that of aousebreakng woull not f uis him . With reipact to the furniture in his house , he said it was well known to all who were acquainted with him that ha had some taste in that , so tba It ( -ha furniture ) , exclusive of the paintings , was worth £ 509 . Tat prisoner was remanded .

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      THE CHOLERA . On Thursday Dec . 28 th the Boa * d of Health received reports of the following tresh cases : —St O . ' aTe ' B Union 1 ; Cross Street , Newington , 1 fatal ; Batteries , 1 fatal ; Berwick-upon-Tweed , 1 ; Norhamshire Hundred . 1 : Liverpool , 1 fatal ; Sunderland 2 1 fatal ; Old Kilpatrick , 1 fatal ; Maxwelltown 6 , 2 fatal ; Jedburgh , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh 6 , 5 fatal ; Old Cnmnoak , 2 fatal ; Glaigow 118 , 64 fatal ; Damfrie ? , 2 fatnl ; Eooles by Coldstream , 1 ; Strathblane , 1 fatal . Total new cases , 152 ; 82 deaths . . _ . . _

      On Friday week , the Board of Health reeeived reporfcgofthefollowingfresheaBea : —Whitechapel , 1 ; Commercial Road , 1 ; St George ' s parish , 1 fatal ; Reading , 2 fatal ; Chesterfield , 1 ; Glasgow . 133 , 64 fatal ; Eastwood , 3 ; Dumbarton , i , 1 fatal ; Coatbridge ( from the 25 ' . h ult . ) , 64 . 15 fatal ; Old Kil Patrick , 4 fatal ; Darrisdeer . 9 . 5 fatal { Tafberl , 1 fa ' al ; Edinburgh , 4 fatal ; Blantyre ( 18 th to 24 th ) 9 , 6 fatal ; Dumfries , 3 ; Maxwelltown , 2 fatal . Total new cases . 242 ; 105 deaths . Oa Saturday , the Board of Health received reports of the following new cases . It will be wen that not one occurred in the metropolis or its vieinily . Berwick upon-Tweed , 1 fatal ; New Monkland ( from Deo . 9 ) , 4 A , 26 fatal ; Edinburgh 7 , 2 fatal ; Stranraer . 1 : GreBnock . 1 fatal ; Old MoDkland , 13 , 10 fatal ; Bathgate . 1 fatal ; Hamilton , I ; Glaigow , 162 70 fatal ; Cumbernauld by Glasgow , 1 fatal ; MaxwlHown , 1 fatal ; Dumfries , 3 . Total new cases , 238 ; 113 deaths .

      Ceolbra . —On'Tuesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Wai worth , 1 , fatal ; Chelsea Workhouse , 1 ; Stanton , near Bury St . Edmund ' s , 1 ; Carlisle , 2 , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 11 . 6 fatal ; Glasgow , 177 , 76 fatal ; New Monkland , 22 . 7 fatal ; Old Monbland . 15 , 9 fatal ; Bones , 3 fatal ; Greenock , 1 fatal ; MaxwelltowR and Damfries , 3 fatal . Total new cases . 334 ; 107 deaths . On Wednesday the ifollowin ? fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health;—St JohnV , Southwark , 1 fatal ; Snnderland , 2 , 1 fatal ; Norhamahire District , Berwick-on-Tweed Union , 4 ; Edinburgh , 2 , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 184 , 78 fatal ; Dumbarton , 4 ; DarufrieB 4 ; Old Monkland . 23 . 6 fatal ; Cardross , 3 , 2 fatal ; Crail , 1 fatal ; Campsie . 1 fatal ; Jedbnrgh , 20 , 6 fatal . Total new cases , 249 ; 97 deaths . The caBes reported on tbe 1 st inst . as having taken place at Leamington , occurred in the Tillage of Offchurchin the district of Radford .

      , OUTBHEAK OP CHOUBA AT AW IilFAKI OHPHAN Asylcm —The disease has broken out suddenly amongst tha children of this institution , and out of lirtr-seren cases twelve have terminated fatally . ; ££ g At a meeting of the General Board of Health at Gwydyr House on Wednesday , Lord Ashley in the chair , a deputation from Birmingham , consisting cf ths mayor . Aldermen Philips and Martinean , and tha town-olerk . had an interview , and presented a petition from the rated inhabitants , praying for tbe application of tha Public Health Act to that town .

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      MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE . IHS INQUBfcT . Oa Friday Mr W . Carter held an inquest at the flaro of Waterloo Inn , Waterloo Rosa , Lambeth , on the bodies of J . Costello , aged fourteen , and W . PhillipB , aged eleven , the two parties who lost their lives at the Victoria Theatre on Tuesday evening last . Wn > . Franklin said that on the afternoon in question lie went to tbe gallery stairs of the theatre and got aa far as the second landing when he seated himself en the tura rail . He was there at four o ' clock , and very soon afterwards the entire gallery stairs were cr wded . He assisted to pall several bore , who were

      fainting , oat of the crowd , and they were handed to those below . The heat at the time was most oppressive . There was no light on the stairs , the lamplighter being nnable to get up on account of the crowd , Witness pulled out six or seven persons , and one was bleeding at the faoe . Some of the persons had sunk from exhaustion and were afterwards trodden upon . He had great difficulty in raising them up , and he was obliged to pull one out by the hair of his head . — By the Coroner : The parties were rolled down ' , not thrown . They were got ont as best practicable . Some time befora the boys fainted the lower raU broke . There was a window on : ha lauding where the boys fainted , whioh had no glajsinit , but the atmpaphere was bo hot that i % waa almost impossible for any one to stand on the stain .

      Mr H . Knight , assistant to Mr Sewell , surgeon , of the New Cat , deposed as to the Btateof the bodies when brought to Mr Sewell ' a house on the night of the accident . L . Titohner said that on the day mentioned he went to the Victoria Theatre at half-past two o ' oloek . The

      hold of the hairof hiahesdand pulled him up , and hinded him to another man . Whilst he was down , a man had his feet on his chest so that he could not breathe . He therefore tried to bite ins leg to make him get off . He never said that he had been thrown ovar the banisters and had fallen on another lad . @MrJ . Sewell , surgeon , had made a pott mortem examination of the bodies , and he found that they had died from suffocation . The boy Titcbner , when in his surgery , made a statement to the tSsct that ha had been thrown down the gallery stairs , and had been thrown on to another . —The boy was recalled , and still persisted that no o » e had thrswn hin over the landing , sod denied that any one bad told him to make a different statement . Other witnesses were examined .

      The Coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased were accidentally suffocated , and they wished to impress on the nrind of the lessee the necessity of an increased venti / ation , to preTent a simihr occurrence ; and that , in future , the outer doors should not be opened at so early an hoar . At the close of the proceedings the foreman of the jury called np Franklin , and , after eulogising his conduct , banded him over 10 a . from the jury , in addition to h » pzpenses . A like sum was also given to Mrs Phillips , whe is a widow , and mother of one of the deceased boys .

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      "Isw cidii frok Rbvkbsb of Fori . uhb . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr W . Carter , ai th& Sumy Arms , Thomas Street , Kennington Common , as to the death of Mr Robert Duran , aged 50 . The deceased was a master builder , and lived at 2 , Hereford Street , Kennington . Common . On Thursday morning he had his breakfast , but in a few minutes afterwards his wife heard a dreadful moaning in the room , and on going upstairs she discovered that the door was fastened , and on making an entrance the deceased was sitting on the side of the bed , with hit head leaning forward , and a largo pool of blood at his feet . On raising bis head it ftll back ; the throat was out a great length and depth , indeed so as to separate the windpipe , and after two heavy groans he expired . It waa elioitcd that the

      deceased had been ill for the last year with a paralytio stroke , and had been unable to attend to his business . His property had dwindled away ; he applied to a olub to which ha had subscribed many years , and he was allowed 15 * . a week to support himself , a wife , and four children . This was roducsd to T « ., and would , at the the end of the year , be but 3 s , 6 i . They applied to the pariah officers at last , and had relief . The jury returned a verdict of Temporary insanity . ' Darino Burgiabt . — A lurglary was committed on Sanday morning at tho honse of Mr JoaephB , » jeweller and watchmaker , near Zion Cnapel , Waterloo Road . The family were arouaed by some neighbmrs . who saw the Bhop door open , and it was found

      that the whole of the stock bad been stolen . Ingenious RoBBBRt by a Pbbtendhd Olbrotman . —On Wednesday ev ening week , between five and six o clook , a person , having all the appearance of a clergyman , entered the shop of Messrs Lambert and Rswlings , jewellers , in Coventry Street , and stated thathewiBhed to make some wedding presents at the B iahop of Winohester'f , 19 , St James ' s Square . He required some hdiea' watches , chains , and brace * lets . Articles of this kind were shown him , and he selected etveral of considarable value . He also gave an order for a dinner service of p late , and eaid he should call on Monday and pay for it by cheque . He said his name was the Rev . John Couleon . Having made all his selections , and desired the dinner service

      to be laid before him . he said , 'Will you have the kindness to send a shopman with me to the Bishop of Winchester ' s , with the ornaments for the ladies V His request was acceded to , and a shopman putting tha articles into ft bag accompanied him in a cab to No , W , St JameB ' a Square . He got out and kneeked at the door with easy insurance , and when it was opened he asked the servant' Has the Rev . Mr Flint arrived V [ A clergyman or that name reaiding ab Morden , Surrey , is in the habit of visiting the Biahop of Winchester at his massion , St Jame « i a Souarel The servant s » id he had not . On , don't mind , ' said the false clergyman ; Is Mr Sumnerfthe Bishop ' s son ) in ? ' The servant answered in the affirmative , but added that Mr Sumrjer was at

      dinner . ' Never mind ; do not disturb him . I will take wine with him by and by . I want in the meantime to write a note to him . ' He was then shown into the waiting-room , the shopman entering with him . He immediately commenced wr / ting a note , but suddenly stopping and addressing the Bhopman , he said , 'By the by , I want some signet-rnRs ; I forgot to order them . Go back , and hnng me some rings of that sort . ' The shopman , completely off his guard , went , leaving the bag and its costly content ? . The other finished the note to Mr Sumner , which he left with directions to the servant to deliver it , and then quietly walked away . He did not take the bag , but abstracted its contents . In the meantime the shopman came back , saying te

      the servant . I have brought these rings for the gentleman . ' 'Why , the gentleman 3 b gone— said the servant . ' Where ia my bag V exclaimed the Bhop . man . ' Here it is , ' said the servant , bringing it to him . It was emp ty ! Information of the robbery was , without delay , communicated to the police , and a detective ter ^ eant took the affair in hand . He waited on Mr Sumner in St James's Square , who said he knew no such person as the Rev . John Coulion . The delinquent was telegraphed to all the London railway stations , and notices were sent to all the pawnbrokers and police stations of the several metropolitan districts . However the sharper was too quick in his movements , for he had already pawned the three bracelets and three of the wat p hguards for £ 10 at the shop of Mr Vaughan , pawnbroker , 39 , Strand . Tbe seven watches he did not pawn . On Fridaj morning the Messrs Lambert » nd Rawlings ¦¦

      received a latter from him , dated Bath , and bearing the postmark of that city . In it he expressed his deep contrition for what he had done—declaring that he was the unfortunate daps of more designing partics than himself—entreated the Messrs Lambert and Rawlingg to preserve tho greatest seoresy , asseverating that if they did they should be paid in fall when the writer came baokto England . He wrote that of his own knowledge he knew nothing of any of the persons in St James ' s Square , but that he had derived information respecting them from oertain parties living in the parishes , of St Luke and St George ' s in the East . Mr Lambert ) though convinced that the letter was a run , proceeded te Batb , bui of course without hitting off any traces of the chevalier cTinduttrie . As yet he is lying in tome undiscovered locality—very likely in the heart of London . A reward of JE 50 is offered for his

      apprehension . Caution to Boildbhs . —On Monday morning an inquest was taken before Mr Payne , the coroner , at the Cross-Keya , Wood Street , Cheapaide , relative to the origin of a fire whioh occurred on the previoa-Friday on ihe premises of Mr Soholesfield , Manobesa ter warehouseman , of No . 2 , Clem « nt ' s Court , Milk Street . Some prefatory evidence having been given , Mr Braidweod , BuperiDterideRt « f the Fire Brigade , was called , and fully detailed the cause of the calamity , He stated that on an examination of the plaoe he found that the fire had resulted from kindling a fire on the hearth of Mr Schnlegfield ' s warehouse , the ssrrouuding briokwork being about fotr inches and a h » lf in thicknees . The firs pen * .

      hating through the brickwork had ignited what is termed a 'dead shore , ' inserted in the party wall . These dead shores were very dangerous , being oonc ° aled , and they were only to be detected by pricking the wall . Kindling a fire in such a place , if it were known that there was a dead shore behind , or indeed kindling a fire in any place where there was no stove , was highly imprudent , and could not be too much guarded against . Mr Montague , the district surveyor , stated that the recent alterations in the premises in questiou had been made under his superintendence . There was n » law to prevent a builder raising a chimney aninst an old party wall , and it

      was out of his power to interfere in such a case . The coroner , having summed up , and remarked upon tha peculiarities of ihe cage , aid the necessity for the exercise of the utmost caition in these matters , tha jury returned the following special verdict : — ' That the fire originated through the ignition of a oertain portion of timber in an old party wall against which a fireplace had been recently erected . That it ap . peartd that all the usual precautions were adopted by th « builder , but it is the opinion of the jury that more stringent rsgulttions are required in similar oase ? . ' Mr Braidweod stated that ninety-nine fires out of one hundred resulted from a like cause .

      ThkCitt GAgQ , ui 8 Tio » . —On Tuesday a deputation from tho inhabitants of Farringdon Ward Without , waited upon the Lord Mayor with a requisition Bigned by upwards of 500 of the inhabitants , praying that his lordship would convene a wardmote for the consideration of the question of the enormous price of gas in the City of London . His Iardship appointed the wardmote to take plaee on Friday , the 12 th instant , at the Court House , in the Old Bailey , at six o ' oleck in the evening . Nuisakcrs w Si Pakceas . —A correspondent of the Joubxjl of Punic Health says ; ' I would wish to point to the neglected and disgraceful condition of some portions of the parish of St Panoras . Thero

      ia a mam thoroughfare ( Cambridge Street , north of King ' s Crou ) . whioh it unpaved and unsewerad—a very Ety of filth and impurity , bounded on one side by manure-wharfs , where swine revel iu putrefaction ; on another by a gas manufactory ; on a third , in the oentre of human dwellings , by a large churchyard . Such is the condition of tho chief street—you can easily infer tbe state of the by-streets of the district . Tour space will not permit me to enter into further particulars ; but I may be allowed to mention that there are other atreeta and alleys . in the parish which , though not in as primitive agt&teas Agartown , are fnll of disease , misery , and wretchedness , brought on by removeable causes . '

      Tiro Children Burned to Diath . —On Tuesday night Mr Payne held two inqueata in St Bartholomsw i Hospital , on the bodies of Jane Irons , aged six years and a half , and Shadraoh Fnlerd , aged fcur yean , who were burnt death ; The evidence in the first ease proved that on Saturday forenoon last a man named Alfred Walker , In pasting Pierpoint Row , Islington , keatd some women crying 'Fire ! ' He went to No . 11 , and on Retting on to the stairs he found a number ef rags burning , and the place fnll of smeke . He however succeeded in getting into the

      first floor front , when he found the child lying in the middle of the room , surrounded with fire , By taking his coat off , he wrapped it round tbe deceased and extinguished the flames , aed then brought the child to tbe hospital , where it died on Monday . The evidence in the second case proved that the child lWed with its parents at No . 2 , Clarke Street , Goswell Road , and on Saturday week it set fire to its olothea similarly to the other , and received suoh in juries as to cause its death on Sunday last . Verdict in each case , ' Aooidental Death . '

      Thh Easlv Closing Morxuxxr . — Pursuant to directions issued by the Bishop of London , the metro * politan clergy are actively engaged within their respective diatriots , forming for the instruction of the young men released from business by the early closing movement , evening classes in Greek , Hebretr . Latini Mechanics , Philosophy , Drawing , 4 o . ; the instruotors , chiefly oiergymea , will give their services eratmteusly . Rewards for profioiency and honorary certificates for attendance , to be granted to tbe yeung

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      men Seventeen of thaw , el ****** » l *« dy been established in Iho metropolis . Whsm om Tomdat .-Mp Bedford held an in-Qnwk it the Morrata Arms , MUitank . on the body 13 r Nicholas Loftus , aged 34 , a gentleman known in the literary werld , whose death Monrred under the following melancholy riromiuiteiioM s—It appoued , in evidence , that the deceased resided at No . 3 ? Powanby Place Pimlioo , and for somei day ., tad BoW from an effusion on the bran . OaSatafdsv Ja « t he was so bad as to be obliged to keep his S 3 . but tho following day he was so far Nomndu to be able to walk out . Whilst proceeding down Roehampton Street , adjoining his owh residence , by „ me means whioh could not be clearly uewtoued , h

      he fell down one of the areas of an unfinished « use . and fractured his right collar bone . He was taken home , and Mr George Pearse , surgeon , of Regent Street , attended and reduced the fracture , and deceased appeared afterwards more comfortable , lae next morning Mr Pearse waa sent for , and on hw «• rival he found that deceased had tern off his bandsees , and that he was in a partial state of delirium He again bound up the fracture , and left him ; but in half an hour afterwards a person came and informed him that he was dead .. He immediately hastened to the house , and found that life was extinct . A mat mortem examination proved that deceased had died of apoplexy . The jury having consuited , they returned a verdict of death from apoplexy , accelerated byafalL-Mr Baker held two inquesisthe first at the Windsor Castle , City Road ,

      ; on the body of Charles Barker , aged 56 , of No . 14 , Regent Street , City Read , who was found in his bed with his throat out on the evening ! of Friday last . It appeared from the evidence of Mrs Mary Fawoett , and other persons frith whom he ww intimate , that deceased had been in independent oircumstancei , bat , having been reduced by misfortune , he bad lately been engaged as a tradesman ' s clerk . Verdict , Temporary Insanity . ' The second inquest was at the Spread Eagle , Homerton , upon tbe body of a male person of gentlemanly appearance , name unknown , who was found in the Regent ' s Canal , near the Cat and Mutton bridge , Hackney , on Saturday afternoon last . There was no clue whatever to the circumstance , and whether death was the result of aocicent or premeditated deed remains unknown . TM Jury returned a verdict of 'Founddrowned . '

      DflATH OF ABf ECCBSMIO CHARACTER — A COUSl'dOrable deal of excitement has been caused in Lisson Grove , Marylebone , in consequence of tho following di'cover ? . For many years an elderly man , name * Areb . Armstrong , a retired surgeon , had resided at 18 , Earl Street East , Lisson Grove , and bis habits of life were ef a most singular and eccentric nature . His shutters having besn olosed for several days , some of his neighbours felt convinced that something was the matter , and they accordingly made known their suspicions to the police . Inspector Porter and Sergeant Sennet , of th » D division , repaired to tha house , and an entranoe having been effeoted through a staircase windew , on entering the back parlsur thev found the individual alluded to lying upon his

      eloak in front of the fire-place , dead . There were two do g * in tbe room , and tb » greater portion of the lethwasa&ton from the face by the animals , who had nothing else in the place upon which they cottW feed . An inquest was held before Mr Wakley , at the Royal Champion , Lisson Grove , as to the death of Mr A . N . Armstrong , aged sixty . five , formerly « ur . geon of the fish Royal Veteran Battalion of Guards , lately carrying on business as airpeon and apothecary at No . 18 , Earl Street East , Edgeware Read . —Bennett , 18 D , said he discovered the body of the deceased , on Saturday evening last , in the back parlour of his iouaa , No . 18 , Earl Street ; was induced togs there by Mr Yates , a neighbour , who said that astheBhutters had been up for eight or ten days past

      he feared the doctor was dead ; obtained admission by the parlour window . The body was lying wrapped in an old ooat'in front of tbe fire-place , and tbe par lour door was open , and there were two dogs came runniag in and out , snuffing at the body , and th « n running away . All the flesh had been eaten off the face , and the hands partially . On searching the body there was found 163 . in silver and copper , and in an old stocking in the corner of the room was found £ 3016 » . 6 d . in gold and silver . In the room were found eight pistols , six of which were large horse pistols , all loaded , some of them with as many six bullets . Found two diplomas bearing hu name , one from the Royal College of Surgeons , and the other from the Apothecaries' Company , bearing

      date respectively March and April , 1816 . He had searched ths deeeased's letters and papers , aid tbere was not one bearing date later than 1811 . He had endeavoured to seek out aor » e relatives , one of Voom , he understood , waa engaged in the service of her Majesty at one of the palaces , and others who resided in the Commercial-road , bnt had not been suooeisfu ! . —Mr H . Obr * . surgeon , of Lisson Grow , said when he saw tbe body it was lying on the floor in a very filthy condition , enveloped in an old coat . The body was in snch an emaciated condition that it presented all the appearance of having been redueed to the last atage ef exhaustion . The whole of the integuments of the face were removed , and tha entire bones , from the top of the forehead to the bottom of tho lower jaw , were completed denuded of flesh . —By

      the Coroner : My opinion iB that the flesh had been eaten away by some animal or other . I , at first , supposed il might be by the dogs which were found running about , but I thought it impossible that doga would be enabled to have cleaned the orbits of the eyes so completely oat . I should say rather that it must have been rats or mice . Mr Obre , in contination , said that the fleih was also eaten from both hands , and that since the body had been locked up , and the doss removed , he found there . had been still more eaten . He found , at the apex of the right lung , a large absoesa touching the olavicle . This abscess had broken and discharged itself into the air passages of the lu » f , ao doubt causing death . The deceased had evidently been dead for ten days . —The jury returned a verdict of ' Natural death . '

      iKSuDDBN Death . —An inquest was held on Wednesday at St George ' s Hospital , on the body of Mr George Stevenson , aged 37 , an artiBS of soraa celebrity . By the evidence of John Luiher , driver of the Windsor Btage coach from the Bolt-in-Tun ; Fleet Street , it appeared that the deceased hailed him and mounted his coach in Picoadilly , on Saturday morning last . Deceased having placed himself on tha seat at his back , witnest asked him if he would not be more comfortable on the box , but he replied that he would rather Bit where he was , because be could hold

      his parcel better . Immediately that he uttered those words he sank back on the seat and died . Mr Henry Potter , the assistant apothecary , said the deceased was brought into the hospital quite dead . A post mortem examination of the body had been made , and all the viscera found healthy . Having heard that the deceased had rnn very fast for some distance before he overtook the ooaoh , he thought he had died from exhaustion . This was very probable ; but the witness could not say that the cause of death was beyond deubt . The inquest was adjourned for an analysis of the contents of the stomach .

      RSGUUTNWS 09 THK LOMDON BlUOAB ! IN OaSI OT Fibs . —On Wednesday , the London fire engine establishment issued to the police a code of regulations for the better guidance of that force and the publio generally in the event of the outbreak of a fire within the metropolitan district . It is printed on th ' ck cardsi and a copy will in the course of a few days , be within the hands of every police constable in the City and metropolitan districts . On one side of the oard is printed a list of the several fire-engine stations , and the names of the companies forming the brigade . On the other side is printed the following : — 'It is found very useful in preventing the spread of fire to keep sbut the doors and windows of the premises ( after the escape of the inmates ) till the water is

      ready to be thrown , as nothing causes a fin to burn so rapidly as the admission of air . Any police-con * stable who first discovers a fire , without having his attention called to it by anv one , is allowed a sum not exceeding 10 s ., provided no human lives are lost ; and it will be generally more prudent for one polieeman to remain on the spot , and send another person to call the engines . Any person giving tho first call to a fire at any of the engine stations is allowed one shilling for each station , which will be paid by the engineer . Cab hire or other expenses incurred by a police-oonBtable , for the sake of expedition , will be repaid , on the charge being certified by his superintendent . —( Signed ) Jambs Braidwobd , Supeiintendent , 67 . 63 , and 69 , Watling Street , City ,

      January , 1 , 1819 . Tna Deaths in London daring last week number 1403 ; the average being 1 , 154 This excess is psrlially explained by the Rsgistrar-General , who says : ' The present retdrn exhibits a great increase of deaths registered above the weekly average . But , it must be observed , that tbe excess is only to a slight extent produced by increased mortality ; it is chiefly due to an accumulation of coroner ' s cases , many of whioh occurred in former weeks , bnt were not registered till the end ef the quarter . Scarlatina , the mortality from which is doable the average , Rid typhus , continue to be the only epidemics which prevail to an excessive degree . ' Tho births during the week were 1458 . The mean temperature wss 41 , 2 '

      A Boy Dbownbd on Clatbau ConMon . —On Wednesday , at Clapkam Common , the ice gave way on ft large pond , known & 9 Twiaiag ' a Pond , while a great number of persons were skating and sliding , several of whom had a very narrow escape from drowning , and one fine jonth , fifteen years of sge , sunk under the ice . Every assistance was rendered , but twenty minutes elapsed before the drags could be procured , when the body was found and taken to the private residence of Roger Lee , Esq . That gentleman had a warm bath procured , and rendered every assistance , humanity could BUggeBs , Dr Parrott , of Wapbam , was m attendance , and used every meanB to restore animation , but without effect . The oiSEm "on of Mr Taylor , a carpenter , at

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      The following ia an abstract of Mr Cobden s plan of national retrenchment wd financial reform , which formed the subjeot of Mr O'Connor ' s comments in la < wmmunfoatio n from Mr Cobden on the subject of national retrenchment and finanoial reform was read on Wedneid&y night week , at the meeting ° t the Liverpool Financial Reform Association . We are prevented by its length from giving it entire , but the following abstract will be found to embrace the principal points : —Mr Cobden oommences his letter by stating tbat bis object in addressing the

      Msooiation is . to safest whether it might not be advisable to publish a national budget , exhibiting on one sid « a considerable riduotion in tbe expenditure and on the other the several exoise and customs duti « i which the assoo > ation propose in the first place to abolish . I do not , he saya < mean by this % perfect finanoial scheme , suoh as may be contemplated ae the ulterior object of your asiooiation , bnt a plan which , whilst it went in the direction of your prinoiplt of direct taxation , and relieved the mats of consumers from ft heavy tax upon their necessaries and comforts , Should commit those politicians of all shades who now join in the vain cry for ' ecenomy and retrenchment * to same practioal measure worth contending for . ' Mr Cobden tben recommends , bb the basis of

      this national budget , the expenditure of the year 1835 , the whole cost of the government in that year , including interest and debt , amount log only to £ 44 , 422 , 000 , whereas in tbe year ending is April last it amounted to £ 55 , 175 , 000 , being an increase of £ 10 , 753 , 000 . According , however , to the estimated expenditure of tbe current year ending the 5 th of Anril , 1849 , the increase in round numbers is about £ 10 000 000 . This sum Mr Cobden proposes to take off , but before he detailB his plan he desires to add a million and a half to tbe revenue by the extension of the probats and legacy duty to real property . He s&ya ' In the last year upwards of £ 2 , 000 , 000 were paid into the Exchequer by Ihe heirs to personal propertyconsisting mainly of the hard-earned

      accumu-, lations of our merchants , manufacturers , professional men , traders , and mechanics ; whilst the ducal domain , or tbe estate of the great landed proprietor , pass untaxed from the dead to the living . ' He deea not think that great resistance will be offered to tha equitable adjustment of this tax , provided the people speak out as becomes them , and adds , ' No living proprietor will be affected by the change ; and the landowners are as consoious as you or I that these are not timfii for transmitting suoh a class of privilege to posterity . ' Mr Cobden then proceeds with his plan , and be gins with the customs duties . He wouid reduce tha < duty on tf a fram 2 * 23 d to Is per lb ., or to an ad valorem duty yielding the same amount of revenue , by whioh , acoording to the estimate of tho

      Chancellor of the Exchequer , there would , ba a lost for the fiNt year of £ 2 , 000 , 000 . The duty on timber and wood must be wholly abolished , This is a necessary consequence , if not an accompaniment , of the Repeal of the Navigation Laws . The amount is £ 945 , 000 . The duty must be taken off butter , cheese , and npwaria of one hundred items of the Customs daties , yielding altogether £ 516 , 000 ; and leaving only about twenty articles in the tariff paypaying duty . These three sums amount to £ 3 , 461 , 000 . Tac next subject is the Excise , in which department ke wonld abolish the malt tax , amounting to £ 4260 000 ; tho hop duty , £ 416 , 000 ; the duty on soap , £ 850 , 000 ; and the duty on paper , £ 720 , 000 ; the faur sums amounting te £ 6 , 246 , 000 . Lastly , Mr

      Cobden demands the abelition of the window-tax and ths advertisement duty , tbe former produoifiy £ 1 , 610 , 000 ; the latter £ 160 , 000 ; the two together amounting to £ 1 , 770 GOO . The total loss to the re venue by theise reductions will be £ 11 , 477 . 000 , or £ 23 , 500 leas than the £ 11 , 500 , 000 of surplus whioh he proposes to create by the diminution of expenditure and the equalisation of the probate and legaej duty . On the diminution of expenditure Mr Cobden says : 'The great ' increase since 1835 haa been upon the army , navy , and ordnance . In the year 1835 our armaments ccst as £ 11 657 , 000 ; for the twelve months ending on the 5 th day of April last they Machod , in > ladin f £ 1 , 100 , 000 for the Oaffra war , £ 19341 , 000 ; and I expect that the charge for tie

      present year will not be muoh less . For the same time the total expenditure of the government , exclr > sive of the ^ inter est of tho debt , was £ 26 , 747 , 000 , and deducting £ 16 , 341 . 000 , the cost of our warlike establishments , it leaves only £ 7 , 406 , 000 to oorer the whole of the oivil expenses of the government . It will be self-evident , then , that if any material retrenchment be effected , it must be upon our armaments , tbe coat ef which baa been increased £ 7 , 000 , 000 ; and this during » period of pro f ound peace , and in the absence of all revolutionary con < yulsiong , and whilst each sucoeseire speech from the throne assured tho assembled parliament of the peaceful disposition of all foreign powers . Bub if we take into calculation tbe present reduced value

      of commodities , it will be found that £ 10 , 000 , 000 expended upon our armaments now will go much further than £ 11 , 657 , 000 did in 1835 ; and I suggest that j « u propose the former sum as the maximum expenditure tor the army , navy , and ordnance , by which you will gain about £ 8 500 , 000 of the proposed saving of £ 10 . 000 , 000 . I by no means , however , wish to commit your association to £ 10 000 , 000 as the aiintmuta cost of our armaments , for I believe that you will live to see tbe waste reduced to lets than half that sum . The remaining £ 1 , 500 , 000 to complete the proposed reduction of £ 10 , 000 000 yon will have no difficulty in saving from all the other heads of expenditure , including the cost of csllecting the revenue , and , the management of the

      crown lands / And lie adds , * I repeat emphatically , all hopes of any material relief from taxation binges npon the question of a large reduction in the cost of our army , na . vy . and orduanoe . ' Mr Cobden eontsnde that to facilitate a reduction in the amount of our armaments changes must be effeoted in our colonial and domestic policy ; the principle of non-interference in the affairs of foreign countries must be carried into practice ; the colonies most support their own civil and military establishments ; and finally , that we muat endeavour to act at home more in accordance with the good old constitutional principle of governing by the civil , end not the military power . ' We are , I fear , tending towards too great a relianoe upon soldiers , and too little on measures calculated

      to insure the contentment of the great body of the people . It was madness , indeed , to think of relying on bayonets for the permanent support of our institutions , after the warning examples afforded by so many countries on the continent , where bo lately we saw military despotism crumbling beneath the weight of its own intolerable costliness . And even if armed authority has everywhere resumed its sway , bas that solved the problem of their financial embarrassments ? On ths contrary , they have only entered again upon the more vicious circle , where enormous armaments , lead to increased expenditure , to be met with augmented taxes , which will ba followed by groaning discontent , and end as before , in convulsion . '

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      SHERIFFS' OOURT . CB 1 U . OOlf . —HOGHTOH V . WIGNKT . This was an action to recover compensation foi enminal conversation . Judgment was allowed to gc by default , and a writ of inquiry was issued to asaesi v \ e damages , , MrH * F- Hodgson opened the pleadings . The plaintiff was Henry Hoghton , who complained thai the defendant , Clarence Wigaey , had eeduotd his laidat £ 10000 * Hoghton ' T ^ dama K MweM Sir Frederic Thesiger stated the case . The plaint-. ff , Mr H . ghton , now only ? 8 years of age , was the oldest son of Sir Henry Hoghton , Barfc . In 1842 , on the plaintiff coming of age , he baoame entitled to considerable estates in the county of Lancaster . He becitne acquainted with the subject of the Dresent

      action , Miss Leuiaa Josephine Saunders , who war then only 17 , and possessed of great personal attractienu , under the care of her mother ; Mr Hojjhton followed her to Boulogne in June of the Bamo year , proposed , and was accepted . The marriage took place on the 14 th of August , 1845 . The defendant was the eon of a gentleman who waa formerly a bankir at Brighton , a , 6 d he was an office m the- service of the East India Company . It appeared that on the 9 th of April an arrangement had been made between Mrs Hoghton , and Mrs Pugh , the lady of the member of parliament for Montgomeryshire , to go to Greenwich j On arriving at Hungerford Stairs the defendant , who was unknown to Mrs Hoghtoa , presented himself ; he was introduced by Mrs Pueh , and having , as was understood , missed his party , he was invited to join their party . On the next daV ho

      canea on Mr Uognton , asd they drove about to notice the Chartist demonstration . On the 17 th of tho Bfttne month Mr Hoghton was called into Lancashire , and his wife was left , visited by her mother , aid suf ! ficiently proteoted . It wonld ba imposgible for him to trace the parties throughout their oourse until the fatal consummation . It would appear that the defendant met Mrs Ho ghton in the Park and Kepsmgton Gardens . The man eervant observed assignations made to meet at the Zoological Gardens ast , the fatal step was taken . The family was to leave town on the 21 st June . Preparations were made , and on the morning of the day before Mr Hoghon ' s maid . was allowed to go to Bristol . Mr St in

      pogmon naa iniormed her husband that he had ari teSS ^ a S" ? ? Tf Sh Sir Archfbfld in Clay , and that uhe wou d go to a friend af T Z £ » ffoe to tea . The invitation to ^ dinner was fS the 21 st of June Ia 3 t , and whether it ; wrb do . inn . ji he would not stop to enquire . After MraHmiS was set down at Lancham PIa » m « , ™ ? ugnton sSTf ^ KS-t drinThim £ Hi B ° ? ht 01 } deslMd Ms servant to bSS ^ s ^!! : tneir return it wan too dew to be doubted that Mrs

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      Hoghton had eloped with the defendant , Mr Hoffh ton was dreadfully affected . He would not remain another night at Mivart ' s , and removed to another hotel . He consulted bis Bo 4 oitor , and it was ascertained that the parties had left by the train for Dmr and had gone to Ostend , afterwards to Brug . tels , and to Wiesbaden , on the Rhine , whither Bint , the servant , and Leadbetter , who was employed , round them passing as Mr and Mrs Wilmot . They remained for some time on the continent , and afterwart ' s returned to London , and on tho 20 th of October last the guilty pair embarked for India , where they had now probably arrived . Could anything , ,

      oompeBsatethe plaintiff for the loss he had sustained § He ( Sir F . The ? iger ) asked himaelf , what will bo the palliation offered for such atrooioui oonduot ? The jury could only afford pecuniary satisfaction for the irreparable iDjury , and it would be urged that he was unable to pay .. But was this any excuse for his conduct ? The action waa for the great injury inflicted . Although the duty of the jury was to compensate and not to punish , if their verdict should seriously affect the defendant , it would perhaps make him , as well as the partner of his guilt , feel , though he could not sufficiently atone for the atrocious injury he hacS inflicted . ...

      Mr John Wilson Patten , M ^ P ., the Rev . Arlhuie Truman , Mr Flowerdew . steward to tha plaintiff ; Mrs Pugh , the lady of Mr Pugh . M . P . ; Georga Hirst , the servant ; and a Mrs Newman , were oalled . on the t > arfc of the [ plaintiff , and established the priHoipal faots detailed by Sir Frederic Tbesifwr The marriage settlement was put in after an OW jection to its admissibilityonthe part of tbede . '« n « U ant . The witnesses described theuaffdotionate ' em < on whioh the plaintiff and his wife lived . The Mr * rant said he did not mention bis suspicion ? , fctfOiSS he ( nought it would make them unhappy for lifs . Mrs Newman , who resided in Welbaok StK et , provadl that Mrs Hoghton and the defendant red did in dec house under the name of Wilmot .

      Mr Petersdorff ( with whom waB Mr PrenticeJ addressed the Court on the part of the defendant , He appeared * on tha part of Lieutenant Wigney . not to justify his conduct , but to confess his transgression , and to urge circumstances in mitigation of tha large amount of damages sought to be recovered * The action was cot to obtain Jarge damages , bnt with % view to nlterinc proceedings , to enable tha plaintiff to obtain a divorce . The defendant waa a young raan , only twenty-three years of age , and , without abusing the claimB of friendship had yielded to a sodden temptation . Sir F . Theaiger . —Not s suddea temptation .

      Mr Petersdorff ventured to say a sudden tempts * tion , and the evidence pror « d it . Only a few weskff had elapsed before the elopement . What object would ths plaintiff gain by large damages , surrounded as-ha was by wealth ? Money he did not want ; and could it be imagined for a moment that , if tbey conld > b » paid , he would touch one peimy of tj »« Bum awarded for the dishonour of his wife ? What effect would large damages hav « on the defendant ? Was he noli already ruined f The learned counsel asked the jury not to award such an amount of damages as would render the defendant an exile for life or , if he tft « turned , oonsign him to perpetual imprisonment . - '

      After a few observations from tbs Under Shtriff , The jury retired for a quarter of an hour , and ¦ o » their return astensed the damages at £ 3 , 000-

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      Ueath tbom the Bits ot a Dog . —Oft Christmas Day , at the house of Henry Casion Esq ., Beverley Road , Hull , an inquest was held upon the only son of that gentleman , Henry Casaon , aged ten rear / 5 , when it appetnd thtt on thtt day week , the deceased went to bis father ' s tan yard , between four and five o ' clock in the afternoon , when he was seized by a large dog of the St Bernard breed , whjefr was there chained . Mesirs B . and H . Casson had had this dog about four months , and the deceased used to strokt it and give it biscuits , and it was

      never known to bite any one before ; and although he called the dog by its name 'Lion , Lion , ' it is supposed that in consequence of deceased having freih clathes on he did not know him . The dog held to firmly that one of the workmen was unable to release his bold , and it was not until two men choked the animal off that he let go . The deceased was attended by the usual medical adviser of the family , but on Saturday mortification of the ri ght thigh ( where the bite was ) took place , and terminated his life on Sunday . The Jury returned a verdict embodying the cireurastances of tho ca « c .

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      COKlf . Mask . Lame , Monday , Jan . * . — Our supply of English wheat wai very limited to-day , and fine sampUn were taken mare readily by the Millers at fully former prices . We had more buyers of foreign wheat , both free and inbond , hut to effect sales of aay quaatity lower terms were fubmitted to . The flour trade was very keavy , but lotcbtaper . Owing : t « further large arrivals of foreign bailey priees were . fully Is leaver , and lake very limited . Halt vary dull . Beans and peas sold ilowly , and is cheaper . Foreign rje was offered on lower terms , bat mat Ter j little demand . In oats we bad not much doia £ , though the arrivals were not large , and good qualit i es offered fully li perqr . under former prices . Liaseedl and cakes were dull . Tare * contiaie very dull , Notbing ^ jret doing in cloverieed . The current price * as aider .

      WaiAT . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 36 s to 60 s dittowhits , 88 b to 48 s ; Liueoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 40 i to 47 » ; Northumberland and Scotch , white , 40 s to 45 >; ditto red , 38 s to 45 s ; Devon and Somersetshire , red , 18 s to 43 s ; ditto wbite , 4 2 s to 50 s ; flour , per sack ( Town ) , 4 ls to 4 Ss ; barley , 25 s to 33 s ; Scotch . 24 s to 28 s ; malt , ordinary , » 2 i to 56 s ; fine , 58 s to 60 s ; rye , 28 s to ' 80 s ; p * fc » , hbft , SSs to 8 S « ; maple , S 2 » to 56 b ; boilers , noirl » fs to 34 s ; beans , tick , 8 l » s to 35 s ; pigeon , ' 82 s to 3 a * t Harrow , 26 * to 38 i ; oats , feed , 17 s to 20 b ; fine , ! 2 » to 24 s ; Poland , Its to 24 s ; potato , 20 b to 35 s . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I Oats j Rye ) Beans I Peaa 8 s Od f So Od / g » Od I 3 * Od I 3 s Od f 3 s Od Wa » N « BD \ T , Jan . 8 . — The wind being favourable , we have a furtfcer large supply of all kinds of grain . Our buyers are extremaly reservtd , and little business is aoin * , e * that prices may be considerea almost nominal :

      . CATTLE . SMiTHiiEtD , Monday , Jan . l .-Prom our principal grazing districts the arrivals of beasts freBh up this morn , ing were seasonably good ag to number , and offairaycrape qunMT . Notwithstanding the attendance of both , town and conntry buyers was good , and the weather de . cidedly favourable for slaughtering , the beef trade was ia a very inactive state , at Friday ' s depression in the quota . tionsof 2 dper 8 Ibs ., and at which a total clearance was not-effected . The highest figure for the best Scots wa « 4 B £ 2 d per 81 bi . There wag u considerable increase ia the supply ofineip , eniug to whioh , the demand lor that description of stock was heavy , at a decline in the price of Monday last of quite 2 d per 811 » a . The extreme currency for the best old Downs was from 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd per 81 bs , Half breeds and Ions kooIs were particularly dull . Al » though the supply of calven was limited , the real trade ruled anil ; but we have no further deelino to notice ia prices . We have to report a slight improvement In the * , demand for the best puts , at full currencies . Otherwise , the pork trade « vas dull . To show the extent of the heaf vineesofthe trade in to-day ' s market , we may observe that beef was selling at frem 2 d to lOd , mutton 6 d : veal ! 0 d , and pork 2 d to 4 d per 8 lbs . lower than at the covrcsT ponding- period In 184 s .

      HHAD OP CATTIE IT SlHTHHElD . feasts ... ... ... 3 , 8911 Calves 75 Sheep and Lambs ... 21 , 090 I Pig \ ^ 9 Price per stone of 8 lbs ( sinking the offal ) " Beef ... 3 e . 2 d . to 4 s . 2 d . I Teal ... 4 s . 0 d to 4 ! M Mutton ... 8 3 ... 4 10 j Pork ... $ 19 .. % g * Newqatb and Leadikhail , Monday , January l -. Inferior beef 2 s « i to 2 s lod , middling , ditto 2 s lod 1 to 3 s , prime large 8 « 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime small JIs 4 d to 36 6 d , ] arae pork Ss Gd to | 4 . 4 d , Inferior mutton 2 s 10 d to 3 s wS dling ditto 3 s 6 d to 38 lOd , prime ditto it C < J to 4 s ih veal Ss « d to 4 s 4 d , null pork 4 s 2 d to 4 s 8 d , peffflba to the carcass . . v

      COLOSUL MARKETS . Iondom . Tuesday . —The sugar market opened with a fSJ , 7 ?? ° ? Vie ? Knl today ' P «« s must he con , sldered 6 d to Is higher than at the close of the market previous to the holidays . 690 hhds West India , 2 , 500 bam R » S ^ f * - 0 ba . 8 " <> f Madras sold at that advance ! Refined has been active . Grocery lumps , 47 s 6 d to sis crafter ! * « d advance on ' the lowest point in Dei CorrEK .--The importer bought in largely of the Plant * . tion .-Ceylon offered in public sale at very ] £ h infant but 70 » bags sold at 2 s to 3 s above the closing pK Dre ; vlous to the holidays . Good ordinary nattfe ^ CevloS i « new farm at 32 s 32 s Oi . Xone offered in public sale to-day

      COAL . ¦ . i Iondok , Monday .-Hettons , 19 s ; Stewart ' s . 19 s Tees L 8 s 6 d ; Eden Main , 18 s 3 d ; Hudso . Hartlepool 17 s fid ' Fresh arrivals , 303 ; left from last day , 23 , ! lTotai 326 WOOL . ' Lokdok , Moaday .-The market for raw wool has been rery steady , tat dull as usual at this perfcdof th , vea ? The imports into London , last week , were cbnfineVt 0 * few bales from Germany and the Cape of Good Hope

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      STATE OP TRADE . Marcbmteb , Wednesday . — To-cay we have Htila Pri e t . thV " , ? ° *«« % « ° f ^ stwei * «» m , n \ fl ^ . and yarn ' r « main * " «»> out tha hZ . « . ofta «»™»««» K » limned . Th « Home trad * mX j ^ bu , V " * ? * : *• " » & <« d in the meanwhile are w » £ tet * . ? tofth _ ?**« ' * «™> houses rhaiiV ^ ^" ' ^ 011 dws not « however , affect MnJrS ? ? £ f " ket ; «*»«** as the producers I on «? J 5 . ' ! y e not appear at n 11 mwe disposed to acc » ptfurtkerarders , e « ept at full r * tei . The Greek Biouses have for the present withdrawn frein the market . ta consiquenee of untoward news in regard to monetary y a i ? t iT "P r . es *' on of discontent has been mRni . rested by the bunds in some of ihe out manufacturing ad ^ nc ^ r w ^ es ! ' "' ^""^ t 0 tum <«« for a « Hobdkbsfield . Jan . 2 ; -Therehas been a brisk market h . re to-day , and more anlmati « in the hall tha ™ have witnessed for B » me time part .

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      , m tne parish of St . Anne , Westminster , at the Printing Office , 16 , Greet Windralll-street , Hay . market , in the City of Westminster , for the Proprietor FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Eiq ., M . P ., and published by vhe said William Ridm , at the Office , in the same S « r * 3 fcandPari 6 h .-Sahird » y , January « tn , 1849 .

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      **\ BAu ' erCaoATu . -The title of 'Ban' wai given t » the ruler of Croatia in the time cf Cnnstantine Porphyrogenitna , and the Austrian governor of tt » t province 13 atill called I Ban , '

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      street Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 5 , lfaedesfieM .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1504/page/8/