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Mortamtt is Loxuos . —Tke numler of deaths registered in London during the week , ending 8 » - turday last , February 3 rd , was 1 , 137 , the average being * l , 169 . The Registrar-general says that the mortality of London , which was excessive in the Beoond week of January , has continuously declined from that time , as shown by the returns of the last three -weeks . The 1 , 137 deaths in the present return are lees than the average by 32 , notwithstanding the epidemic class of diseases continue to be unnsnally fatal , and even shew a small increase on the former week , at ' ieing from hooping cough and < liarrh < ea . To the latter disease and dysentery are ascribed 34 deaths , or 20 more than usual at this season ; while hooping cough carried off to cnu-~ The deaths
dren , or 31 more than theavcrage . from cholera were 37 , or nearly the weekly number throughout the month of December before the suupen outbreak of the disease in Surrey Hall , ine decrease of mortality is found in the class 101 diseases of the respiratory organs P ™ . ™^^ bronchitis numbering 169 instead of 181 . ¦ *™» phthisis or consumption there were UG ^^' . 'f Weekly average bemg 148 . ^' ^ J ^^ with regard tS a narrow court , Devonshu-e-Jtoee ajSessaas ^ r ftS ss ^ tt ^ s ^ S ¦ hn ,, ™ whnm a < rirl had died of fever , > o . 19 ,
Upper Edmund-street , Kinc ' s-cross , near the gas-work It contains six rooms ( of which one is converted into a dust-bin ) , and is occupied by four families , or sixteen persons . Moreover , the front kitchen is used for an infont school , to which thirty children resort , and another school takes possession of a room built in the back yard . A dram run g under the house , whence effluvia arise of the most offensive character , increased by the gas water . One or two other children are ill of the fever . At Holland Cottages , St . John the Evangelist , Westminster , two boys in game house , aged respectivel y 3 and 8 years , died of " febris and strumons cachexia , the result of
defective drainage , " the former having been ill eight davs , the latter a month , the cause of death bemg certified in both cases by the medical attendant . A girl of 3 years -was " poisoned by sucking lucifer matches , * twenty-five in number , " and died on the third day . A woman of 34 years died of ' general phlebetis from a poisoned finger , followed by abortion , " after an illness of nine days . And the following verdict was returned on a young man of 2 G : — " Died of acute bronchitis ( throe days ) accelerated by the severe cold during a journey at night from ^ Liverpool , bv railwav , in a van not sufficiently protect ed . "
Lvarasr o . v Mrs . Tibds . —Mr . W . Payne , the eoroner , resumed an inquest on Thursday week at St . Geonre ' sworkhouse , Mint-street , Southwark , on the lody ^ bf Mrs . Georgiana Jane Tibbs , aged 24 , wife of Mr . Joseph Tibbs , a banker's clerk . Mr . Facet , of St . Bartholomew's Hospital , said he had made a pott mortem examination 01 the body , and analysed the contents of the . Btomach , and found not the slightest traces of any poison "whatever , and he had no doubt that the cause of death was typhus fever , as stated in the medical certificate . The coroner
in summing np the evidence , said that probably he should not nave held the inquest at all , for it was at all times painful to him to disturb a , body in its last resting place , had he not received a communication iromthe Home Office . He now thought the inquirylad terminated satisfactorily to all parties concerned . The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased died from fever ; and the jury consider , from the evidence adduced , that there is no doubt that was the cause of death ; and also that the deceased was invariably kindly treated by her Imsband and his family . "
Inquest . —Alleged Xeglxct of ax Idiot is St . Olave ' s Workhouse . —An inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , in the vestry hall of St . John's , Horsleydown , on Friday ¦ week , respecting the death of Ann Gardener , aged 34 , an idiot , who died in the ¦ workhouse of St . Olave's Union . —Mary Ann Ede said that she was an inmate of St . Olave'i workhouse . Deceased was taken ill about eight weeks ago , and was placed in the sick ward . Mr . Pettigrew , the surgeon , attended her . On the 12 th ult . tritness was in the sick ward , when she saw the surgeon examine the deceased , and witness believed from his manner that he was disgusted at the dirty state she was in . Deceased having been long confined to her bed with fever , large " bed" sores
presented themselves on her hips . Poultices were ordered , but instead of their being regularly changed at certain intervals , they were allowed to remain on for three or four days together , until the stench became ofiensive . Siiice her attack deceased had l > een unable to get in or out of bed ; she therefore required constant attention . —Rebecca Russell , an inmate of the workhouse , confirmed the evidence of the previous witness . —Mary Fidge , from the sick ward , said her bed was immediately opposite that of deceased , who remained in bed for nearly a week "without being taken out or washed . Mr . Howard , ihe surgeon , came every day to the ward , and Mr . Pettigrew once a week . The stench was very bad , l ) ut Mr- Howard took no notioe of it . "When the
deceased's bed was taken off the bedstead , the paint peeled off the iron work , and the steam arose just like it would from a copper . —Mr . Pcttigrew , surgeon to the workhouse , said that he never heard of any complaint being made against any of the nurses in the ward . The " immediate cause of death was exhaustion'from the bedsores . He had known of similar sores in the large hospitals . —On Tuesday the inqnerf was resumed at the vestry hall , Tobleystreet , Southwark , when Mr . Payne * stated that fie had requested Mr . Paget , of Bartholomew ' s Hospital , to attend and give his opinion upon the whole of the evidence of the case . He thought this was the fairest mode of proceeding' , since the only medical evidence they liad had was that of Mr . Pettigrew , the surgeon to the union . —Mr . Paget said , in Ms evidence , that he did not think it would be
fair to attribute the eause of death to the inattention spoken of , but , believing the whole of the evidence of the case , lie should say that death was certainly accelerated by the neglect on the part of the unrse . The actual cause of ~ death-was exhaustion , consequent upon " the bod sores . —It further appeared from the cridcnce ' of Mrs . Woodbine , the matron , that Koiaiid had no particular directions given to lier about deceased , but she , and in fact all the 3 iurses , had every facility for keeping the patients clean . They had sheets , &c . f in their possession for that purpose . The jury returned a verdict of " 2 fatural death , " adding "that though they could not make the girl responsible for the death of deceased , they thought the patients should be better attended to , and that the sick room should be more frequently ¦ visited bv the matron . "
Alarming Cab Accidext . —On Friday evening iveck the horse of a cab , which had been waiting at the entrance to Somerset House , haying taken fright , dashed aloiijj the pavement at a furious rate towards Charinj-cross . The driver was on the box , hut the reins having been broken , he was unable to arrest the progress of the animaL The vehicle came violently in contact with the iron fencing of the Globe Bcw-spaper-ofiiee front , destroying a portion of the glass , and damaging the grating which protects the top of the machine-room The cab then knocked down Mr . Serle , the dramatist , and seriously injured him . A youth , who was standing near the spot , was also knocked down , and the cab paseed over Ms person ; when taken up he was found to be
Heeding , and insensible , and was conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital . The cab , after flying past the Sun newspaper-office , ran against the shop-front of Mr . Stammers , the jeweller and silversmith , destroying the sashes and glass , and scattering tbe valuable contents of the window in all directions . Some person from Mr . Stammers' shop , fearful , ¦ we suppose , for the plate , would not allow the -wounded people even to lean against the shop front ; they were , however , mostkindlvreceived by the proprietor of the Cigar Divan , and every attention paid to them . A lady was thrown down , and her arm broken in two places . A little further on the cab -was turned over by coming in contact with a lamppOSL The Severity of the concussion drove one of
the . shafts into the animals breast , inflicting most frightful gashes and lacerations upon its shoulder , and the horse which was a fine , spirited animal , feeing thus rendered useless , was conveyed to a Jinaeker ' s , and Speedily placed oui of its miseries . We have not heard what became of the cabman . Deficiency of Parochial Medical Officers in XiiMBEin . — On Saturday last , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at the Dolphin , Union-street , Lambeth-walk , touching the death of T . Waller , aged twenty-two , who , it was alleged , had died from medical neglect whilst labouring , under an attack of cholera . — Caroline Madden deposed that the deceased was her brother . About three weeks since he left his wife and child with a relative , for the purpose of going to Australia . He sold bis property and started from the London Docks in the ship Wellington , for
Liverpool , and when he reached that port deceased and others were so ill from the bad state of the vessel that the commander ordered ashore those who were sick . The deceased , on Sunday , the 23 th ult ., reached witness ' s house in a most weak condition . On Monday last the deceased awoke witness , and begged of her to fetch a surgeon , as he feared he -was dying . He had partaken of a few cockles for supper , but witness ate some and never felt any inconvenience . -Witness sent for Mr . Smyth , of lam-Tietn-jalk , who opened the window and said he sssssjzsrs sedxtess sheathe surgeon-said &O deceased had & ^^^ ^ o lmr ^ XS ^ SZi
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on severely . At an early hour one of the lodgers again went to Mr . Thompson's residence , hut he had gone to see a patient at Blackheafh . About eight 0 clock on the Tuesday morning Mr . Th ° mPf "X arks visited the deceased , and after some harsh . row « nw told witness that , as she had no order , he could ot Bend any more medicine , nor could f « ttend witn out heine paid for it . n ** " * ?^ T toos W i £ ^^ giss g g ^^ & ^ r ^ S- ™* directed to procure the attendance of Mr Twlot but he sent word that he should not come to the inquest without being summoned , and added that the inquiry was quite unnecessary . —Mr . F . Wagstaff , surgeon , said that he saw the deceased on Tuesday evening last ; he had just expired as witness arrived . His countenance was
livid , Itis features and limbs were contracted , as if he had died in great pain . Witness was of opinion that it was a decided case of cholera , no doubt resulting from eating raw cockles . Deceased ' s life might have been saved , if he had had proper and frequent medical relief . He ought not to have been left so many hours without some assistance . The jury agreed to the following special verdict : — " That the deceased died from the effects of cholera , and we ( the jury ) request that tho coroner communicate the nature of the case to the guardians of Lambeth , with a view of their making more extensive arrangements for the appointment of medical officers , so as to afford prompt and immediate medical attention to the poor . " Determined Sdicibe . —On Saturday last considerable Bensation was created in Cheyne-walk , Chelsea , and its neighbourhood , in consequence of Mr . John Norton , the landlord of the Yorkshire Grey , committing suicide by shooting himself with a
fowlingpiece . The deceased , who was about 35 years of age , was married , and has left a family of four young children . He had been landlord of the above house for about eighteen months . It appears , that neither the landlord , his wife , nor the pot-boy , had been to bed the previous night ; that a few minutes before five o ' clock , the deceased left his wife in her bedroom , and went down gtairs , saying that ho would shoot himself . He afterwards took down the gun , which was kept in the bar-parlour , loaded it with shot , and , haying taken off his shoes , sat himself down in a chair , placed the muszle of the gun beneath his chin , and pulled the trigger with the toes of his right foot . The pot-boy attempted to interfcro , but the unfortunate man said he would shoot him if he did so ; and , before he could get assistance , the deceased had committed the act , the front of his cheek bemg literally blown away , and his brains strewed about the room .
As IsHT > iU 2 « Moihbr . —On Monday , " an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payno , at St . Rwtholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of W . Copeland , aged five , ' the son of J . Copeland , who was burnt to death . It appeared from the evidence of several respectable females that ever since the deceased ' s birth the mother had shown the greatest dislike towards her offspring , by unmercifully beating it without anv apparent cause , not giving it nearly sufficient food " , as its emaciated condition fully testified , and a short time since she'was detected in attempting to suffocate it in a tub of water , but was prevented by some one entering . The neighbours had frequently remonstrated with her , and informed her husband of her conduct towards the deceased , but their complaints were of no ayail . Last Saturday week the mother gave an alarm that the deceased had sot himself on fire ; a lodger ran into tho room and found the deceased with his clothes on fire , and the
mother in the act of extinguishing the flames . The fire was eventually extinguished , Dut not before the deceased was dreadfully burnt . ¦ Observing not tho least vestige of a fire in the grate , or any wood lying about , the mother , who had stated that there had oecn no candle a-light , was asked how it happened ; when she stated that she had only left the deceased alono for about two minutes , and on her return she found him in flames . The witness , to make sure about the fire in the grate , put her hand in the centre of . it without injuring it m the least . The deceased was conveyed to the hospital , where it died on the following day from the injuries by the burns . All the eridence went to show the impossibility of the deceased setting himself on fire , and it was the general impression that tho mother had wilfully set fire to the clothes to destroy him . —The Coroner in summing up , remarked that it was very rarely that direct evidence could be obtained as to the commission of such an inhuman act . The
circumstances attending the deceased ' s death were Tery suspicious , and he had a very strong opinion on the matter . The jury , after about half-an-kour ' s consultation , returned a verdictof " Wilful murder " against Maria Copeland , who was committed to Aewgate on the coroner ' s warrant . Fatal Ajtrat . —An inquest was held by Mr . "W . Baker , on Wednesday , at the Black Horse , Kmgslaud-road , on Edward Rumbold , aged 29 , who was killed on Monday night last , in a pugilistic encounter with two men named Hunt and Hunter , who stand remanded from the Worship-street police court , charged with having caused deceased ' s death . The inquiry was adjourned for further evidence .
A Curious Verdict . —An inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at the Plough , Carey-street , on Wednes day , on the body or Mr . B . Kakebread , salesman , It having been clearly shown that deceased inflicted a wound in his throat with a razor , and that he had within the last two or three previous days made away with £ 30 just bequeathed to him , the foreman of the iury announced the verdict as follows — " We find that the deceased died of temporary insanity , produced by the wound on the throat . "The Coroner : Do you mean that , or that the wound was inflicted by himself in a state of insanity , and that it produced his death ?—Foreman : That is what we mean . —A verdict was accordingly recorded in somewhat different terms .
The Smkhfiem ) Uuisaxce . —On Monday , an infuriated ox , being driven from Smithfield to the Surrey side of the river , knocked down , in Farringdon-street , a girl , named Coles , trampled on her , and inflicted very serious injuries . Being further irritated by the occurrence , it became perfectly uncontrollable , and proceeded at a headlong pace towards Blackfriai's-bridge , where tho animal was secured , not , however , before it had knocked down and injured several parties . Tins Tootixg Cholera Cases . —Vestrt Meeting at St . Paxcras . —On Wednesday a meeting of the vestry of St . Fancras waa held for the purpose of requesting Mr . Popham , one of the medical officers employed to attend the children in Mr . Drouct ' s
establiuhment at Tooting , to explain his conduct in having attended a meeting at Westminster , and made certain charges against the directors and guardians of the poor . —Mr . Healey , a churchwarden , took the chair . —Mr . T . H . Smith brought the subject forward , andhe complained that ( according to the report in the newspapers ) Mr . Popham had stated at the meetings in question that the ruardians , when they visited Mr . Drouet's establishment , paid more attention to tho gratification of their appetites by eating and drinking the good things p laced before them , than to the condition and sufferings of the poor children . —ilr . Popham , in explanation , said tnat in what he had stated
respecting tae guardians ho had made no allusion to the authorities of St . Pancras . He had a perfect right to attend a meeting upon such a subject , but the opinion he then entertained towards Mr . Drouet had since then been very much changed . —After a long discussion upon the alleged misconduct of Mi . Popham ( who it appeared held ofiBce under the Board of Directors ofthis parish ) , Mr . Barnes moved a resolution to the effect that the explanation g iven by Mr . Popham respecting the statement said to have been made by him on the 31 st January , was unsatisfactory and highly censurable . The resolution was seconded by lie . Hetherington . An amendment was proposed , but tho original motion was carried .
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named George Howe , whose wife died in child-bed on the 11 th of November last , lming behind her a boy , » ged four years , and the deceased . On th « 14 th of November , he and his children went to : live with a person named Bray , in this town . During his residence there he wae heard to say , if he could get rid of his child he could marry a female directly with £ 300 . A few days back , the father told Mrs . Wood , Bray ' s housekeeper , that he was going to leave , and would send for tho child . Mi-s . Wood , not liking his manner from what she had previously heard him say , refused to let the children go until she knew what provision he had made for their comfort . At five o'clock the same evening , the father came home from work , when he found her feeding the child . ' Mrs . Wood left the room for a short
time , taking tho child with her . On her return the father immediately went to bed , and upon her recommencing to feed the child , it rejected its food , and exhibited symptoms of being in great pain . Mrs . Wood ' s suspicions were immediately aroused , and having called her nephew up , she sent him with the remains of the food to Mr . Dale , a surgeon . The child continued in great pain till the following day , when it expired . The father was given into custody on suspicion ; and on Mr . Dale making a post mortem cxa . miDa . tion , he found oxalic acid in the food contained in the child ' s stomach . The father was identified as having , on the evening of the day he wished to take the child away , purchased half an ounce of oxalic acid . A bottle of oxalic acid solution was
found concealed under Howe s bed , and he was forthwith committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the wilful murder of the child . —It is stated that an application has been made for an order to exhume the remains of the prisoner ' s wife , who died some five or six weeks previous , and who , there is reason to suspect , was poisoned . YonKsniKK . —The Recent Colliery Explosion . —Several praiseworthy efforts are being made in and around Barnsley for the purpose of raising a fund for relieving the widows and orphans of the seventy-five unfortunate individuals who lost their lives on the 24 th of January at Darley Main Colliery . MONMOUIHSHIRE .-i-ATIEMPIED MURDER AND Suicidk . —In the village of Usk , on Monday week last ,
Frederick Williams was apprehended on a charge of felony . The next day he was taken before a magistrate , and committed for trial * He was placed m tho custody of John Morgan , constable , who locked him up in his own house for the night , and the next morning , on leaving for the prison , he was handcuffed by the right wrist to the constable ' s left , and thus they walked for about nine miles . On getting within two or three hundred yards of the gaol , the prisoner made a remark to the constable , calling off his attention , and having previously , without the knowledge of the officer , drawn a knife from his pocket , he suddenly made a most ferocious and murderous attack on him , inflicting various wounds , ono being a moat formidable gasn passing through and dividing the ear and reaching the nose . A person named Churchill , passing by on
horseback , was horrified at seeing the two men struggling on the ground and covered with blood . He called to the prisoner to desist , but the only reply he got was that as soon as he had done for the constable , he would kill both Him and his horse . Churchill then rode ^ ff to town for assistance , and having procured some men they returned in a few minutes , but the strugg le was then going on . Bur-Ing the time Churchill was away , the prisoner had succeeded in disengaging himself , and had cut his own throat . After some difficulty the knife was taken from Williams , when he and the constable were removed to the prison . Mr . Greatwood , a surgeon , was soon in attendance , when he found that the officer had received two wounds on the throat , several on the head , and that the right side of his face was cut entirely open . The constable remains in a very precarious state , but nothing fatal is anticipated from the wound in the throat of the
prisoner . Murderous Outrage axd Robbery at Birmingham . —On Monday week Mr . Enoch Bcasley . had been out collecting rents , and between eight and nine o ' clock was proceeding towards his residence , carrying with him a bag containing £ 10 in silver . He had got nearly to tho end of Cumberland-street , and when opposite a piece of waste ground , he suddenly felt a hand on his bag . He turned hastily round , and saw amans ' tanding beside him , who made a blow at him with an open' knife , and swearing a horrible oath , told him to loose the bag , or he would murder him . Mr . Beasley made an alarm and struggled for his property ; but the fellow had got a firm hold of it , and while he held it with one hand stabbed Mr . Beasley four or five
times in the arm and body . In the struggle the ruffian fell , but he recovered himself , and with redoubled fury struck at Mr . Beasley , knocked him down , ' and , leaving him bleeding and insensible on the ground , made off with the money . Shortly afterwards a Mr . Cook , accompanied by his wife , were passing by the spot , when they were alarmed by Mr . Boasloy ' s gvoans . They hastened to his assistance , and , with the aid of other persons and a policeman who happened to come up , Tie was conveyed homo . It was then found that he had received several wounds on the arm , inflicted with such force and violence that the knife had penetrated through two coats and his under apparel . Medical assistance was procured , and Mr . Beasley ,
was speedily so far recovered as to bo able to give tho particulars of the whole transaction , but no trace has as yet been obtained to the perpetrator of the outrage . Although still suffering from the effects of the injuries he received , Mi * . Beasley is now nearly recovered . Confession op Murheb . —An extraordinary confession -was made on Thursday morning week by a young woman , an inmate of the Kingston poorhouse ( Portsea- Island Union ) , of two most cold-blooded and predetermined acts of infanticide committed ten years ago . For some time past the woman , whose name is Mary Ann Skinner , had been leading a most wretched life from poverty and other causes ; she had latterly become an inmate of the
above-mentioned union , where , on Thursday , finding death approaching , she raved and called for one oi the guardians to come to her She called for her sister also , apparently a well-educated and respectable young woman , and then made a statement , which one of the guardians ( Mr . Marks ) took down in -writing : that she -vrasjsednced by a gentleman , a member of the legal profession , then and now resident at Gosport ; that the first fruit of their intercourse she , with his cognizance and persuasion , murdered ; that about twelve months afterwards she again became enciento by her seducer , who took her to Portsmouth to a ball , where the pains of Labour wore brought on ; he took her back to Gosport , where she was confined the same night ,
and a fine child was born alive ; the child was sent for by the seducer , taken ' away in a pocket kerchief by his clerk , and disposed of as the first had been ( a skeleton was founu some years after in the very spot mentioned by tlio woman in her confession ) ; that the man gave her money ( £ 5 . ) to assist her to obtain her wants , and to keep secret the transactions . Other circumstances of infamy and atrocity are detailed in the confession , which boars the signature of the gentleman who penned it , and six other respectable witnesses . Death terminated the sufferings of the unfortunate woman on Friday afternoon -week . The person implicated in these atrocities has hitherto hoen considered one of tho most respectable and honourable inhabitants of
Gosport . The confession of the woman is very clear m names , dates , and circumstances ; and it is important to the credence of her statement to add that medical testimony pronounces her perfectly sane at the time of making the disclosures . Three Lives were Lost on Saturday last near Leicester by the falling of a quantity of bricks upon some destitute persons who had sought shelter during the night beneath them . Bedfordshire . —Murderous Attack upon Two Policemen . —A desperate attack was made on two of the Beds , police about three o'clock on Thursday morning week , near Stanbridge . Constables Parrott and Clough were directed to watch a certain place on account of suspicious circumstances .
They accordingly watched on Wednesday night week , till about twelve o ' clock , when they saw two men lcarc a house- in Stanbridge . The two men , it appears , went towards Egginton , and the police remained on the look-out till about three o ' clock on Thursday morning , when they saw three men return , each having a sack on his back . The police instantly seized them , when a conflict ensued . The thieves at once throw down the sacks , one containing fowls , another barley , and tho other peas . One of the thieves had a gun , and each a large bludgeon . The gun was fired at Parrott , and the shot struck him on the left shoulder ; he was also struck with the bludgeon , and very much bruised . He managed to run away a short distance , but two of tho rascals followed him , and recommenced the attack , first beating him over the body , and then
giving him one or two blows over the head . One of them then said " We ' ve done for him , " and left him in an insensible state . He lay there for some time , but at length managed to get to E gginton , where the alarm was given , and assistance procured . A party then went in search of Clough , who had been similarly attacked by the ruffians , and who in the meantime had managed to got down to Stanbridge , but he was quite incapable of giving any account of himself , and has up to the present time continued in a state of unconsciousness . Great fears are entertained about his recovery . One of the thieves , it is thought , was shot in some part of the body , and another had his head broken . A sack was left , which is-marked " W . F . " or " M . F . " Eobberies are continually taking place in that neighbourhood . Two men have been taken into custody on suspicion ..
Stabbiko . -. On Monday , at tho Manchester Borough . Court , a man named John Ilanlcy . wag charged with stabbing John Miller , a cab-driver . On Sunday morning Hanley was driving a dog-cart , and some dispute had taken place between the two men , when the prisoner sfaick the cabman , who took off his coat and prepared ito fi g ht . Hanley then took a large flasp-knife from M * pocket , and struck vio-
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lently at Miller , wounding him severely . Committed ^ TwVrogwb . - A case of felony of a novel character was preferred at Sheffield on Tuesday week , aSt a fine bull and terrier . dog * nd its owner , SeStecey . On the- previous evening , an m-Sal named StainfortB , observed the man and doff near ,. ashoe Bhop on Sheffield Moor , and Boon S he saw master « Pompey" walk carcf 2 lv into the shop , and emerge thence wrth a pair of shoes in his mouth , which the dog ' s master put into his pocket , and ran away . A pohceman having Ken informed of the affair , pursued and captured both thief and receiver . The biped was Smmitted for trial , and the quadruped was ordered to he destroyed in
. w : ^ w £ a «» £ «« ** * CL ^ -The . magistrates at Bristol , on Tuesday , were occupied m hearing a serious charge of felony against a confidential clerk m the eminent mercant . le firm of Miles , Kington , and Co . The accused , Christopher Matthew Shaw West , was charged with stealing a certain valuable security for £ 500 . Mr . P . W . S . JWes , M . P for Bristol , deposed * tnat-ho , jointly with his brother , Mr ffin . Miles , M . P ; for East Somerset ,, was executor of the estate of the late Mr . Philip John Miles , and the accused , Mr . West , waB a clerk m their emplov . Amongst the effects of the deceased was a loan-note of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway for £ 500 . This note had been stolen , and in a conversation with Witness on the 16 th of January ,
the prisoner admitted that he had deposited it with Mr . Robert Go » s , a sharebroker , as a security for money advanced to him . The prisoner had no right ¦ so to deal with the note , and had taken it feloniously . Mr . Goss , the sharebroker , stated that some time ago the accused , who was well known to him , asked him if he could get an advance of £ 200 on the note . About the 8 th or 10 th of January he brought it , and on tho ICth , witness advanced the money . Inspector Bosworth proved that he pursued the prisoner to Hamburg , where , upon the application of Col . Hodges , the British Chargi d'Affqim , the senate passed a decree for tho prisoner ' s arrest , and he was handed over . tq _ witness ' s custody anc brought to England . The ^ magistrates committed him for trial .
Norfolk . —FataIi Accident to M . Bbverlet , Esq . of Foncet . —On Friday week this gentleman , who has followed the chace for the past forty years , met with a fatal accident . It seems , that Mr . Beverley was out with the harriers , and was about taking a leap , when his horse refused , on which he was violently thrown over its head , and fell heavily on his skull . Some gentlemen made up to him as speedily as possible , but life was extinct . Exeter . —The Great Western Mail Robbery . —On Tuesday week , Mr . Willesford applied to the bench for the restoration of the property taken from the prisoners in this case at the time of their apprehension—namely , to Nightingale ft gold watch and diamond ring ; and , to Poolc , a £ 5 i promissory note . The property was required , said tho legal irentleman . for the purpose of enabling them to meet
the expenses incident to their defence , their bemg no suspicion that theso articles had been surreptitiously obtained . The application was met by a decided refusal from the bench , one of the magistrates asserting that Poolo had a considerable . sum in one of the banks in Exeter , and that he had been so informed by one of the bankers . It is stated thai Poole and Nightingale have retained Mr . Cockburn , Q . C ., to defend them . Ipswich . —Death of an Election Character , ?—On Monday week an inquest was held upon Thomas Harrison , who was generally known by the cognomen of " The Blessed Man . " It was his misfortune to be a free burgess of the borough of Colchester , and also of this borough . He ' was a shoemaker by trade . At every election for the last thirty years , whether it was for members of ^ parliament in Ipswich or Colchester , his body was in great requisition
by all parties ; or if an election for chief magistrates , town clerk , < fec , was at hand at Ipswich ( previous to tho Municipal Reform Bill being passed ) , the first question of the partisan on either side was , " Where is the ' Blessed Man V " Great anxiety was displayed to secure him , and send him tor weeks to a considerable distance in tho country to be taken care of until the day of election . No sooner was his vote recorded , than the individual who . had been the object of so much solicitation and tender care , was seen walking about the streets on his own account , no one giving him even a passing smile . The poor fellow was then left to wander about the streets , picking up what pence he could from both parties , as each hoped to nave him at the next election . At the inquest , Mary Webb , landlady of the . Cow and Gate Inn , said deceased had of late come into the house of an evening , and asked permission to sleep in the stable loft . lie told me he came out of tho
union house at Tattwgstone , on the 2 nd day of . last January . I asked him how he lived , when he said he could always live in Ipswich , and he would die in Ipswich . lie did not follow any trade that I am aware of , but soomed a quiet , feeble old man . I never saw him the worse for drink . On the night of Saturday last , about eight o ' clock , he came into the tap-room , and asked me if he might sleep in the loft as he had done before . I said I dare not have him sleep in the loft , and as he appeared very cold and ill , I said I was afraid he would die there " : and I added , " you had better go to the unionhouse . " He replied , he slept there the night before , and that it was then too late to go there that night , but if I % yould let him sleep on the premises on Saturday night ho would go home to Tattingstono the next morning . I told him to como in and warm himself , and that I would direct tho ostler to make
him a comfortable bed . I left him sitting by the tap-room five , and shortly after I found the deceased had gone away . He had half a pint of beer when he came in on Saturday evening . I asked him if he wanted anything to eat , and he said ho had had something in tho morning at the union-house , but he could not eat . He was alone in the tap-room on Saturday evening , and no one gave him anything . Sunday morning the ostler said , " Tom Harrison laid in the stable very ill . " I went to him , got him up ; he walked into the house , and sat by tho fire an hour and half . I gave him some brandy , which he drank and said ho was very ill . I sent for Mr . Adams , the surgeon , who came directly , but deceased died just before his arrival . The jury returned a verdict of " Death by exhaustion and exposure to the weather , and not from any violence or neglect . "
Kent . —An ' unusual number of sudden deaths have lately occurred in Chatham and its neighbourhood . Among others we may mention that of Dr . Curtoise , physician to the forces ; who appears to have been only a day or two unwell prior to his decease . Mr . Ranvall , of the Mitre Hotel , has lost two sons within one week , and an elderly man named Mallett , a storehouse labourer in the royal dockyard , dropped down dead a few days ago . The village of Gilhngham , in the vicinity of Chatham , which lately experienced a severe attack of cholera , is now almost free from it , but a lew cases have occurred in Troy Town , near Rochester .
Post-Office Robbery at Carmarthen . — "We have already reported the fact that one of the daughters of the postmaster at Carmarthen is now in gaol awaiting ner trial for stealing money letters . It is now stated that about £ 200 in bank notes were found in the possession of the prisoner , and other property , such as purses , jewellery , and other fancy articles , amounting in value in the aggregate , including the cash , to about £ 600 ; and we have been requested to state that it is particularly desired that persons who have lost letters , or any other property , will immediately give information to the post-office authorities in London , with accurate descriptions of lost property , so that , if amongst the articles that have been found , all such may be identified and restored to the owners . —London Daily Paper .
Burglart . —Plymouth . —On Sunday night the extensive drapery establishment of Messrs . Dabb , Rundle , and Brown , was entered , and cash to the value of £ 130 taken . The thieves are supposed to have entered by the area grating in Old Town-street . Finding the inner counting-house door locked , they , with some clumsy instrument , cut away a portion of the door jamb , but not being very successful here they abandoned the door for one of the large panes of glass in tho partition window , in which they found a small hole . This hole they soon increased ,
and quietly extracted every portion of glass from the frame . Entrance being thus obtained , they broke into the counting-house money-drawer and tOOk £ 110 ., principally in Bank of England Notes of the Plymouth branch , leaving untouched several bills of exchange and checks for a considerable sum . They then proceeded to the shops , and with gimblets bored down through two . mahogany desks upon the ends of the bolts of the cash-drawer locks , but the bolts would not start ; they , therefore , cut away the fronts of the desks and extracted about £ 20
from the tills , leaving a quantity of postago stamps and one farthing , ' which happened to be marked . No attempt was made on any other drawers but those containing cash , and no goods of any description are missing , By the deliberate course taken , it appears evident the thieves were not only well acquainted with the premises , but also with the mode in which business was transacted in them . Salford Police . —A London Emigration Agent . —On Tuesday , a man named Samuel Saunders , was brought up under a warrant , charged with dc . QttZug his family . Mr . Armitt , assistant-overseer , deposed that in March last the prisoner left his wife and
family , and went , away with a woman named Smith . In April , Mrs . Saunders became chargeable to the township , and since that time she had received £ ld I 2 s . She waa now receiving 7 s . per week . Mr . jVeale , chief-constable , went to London , and apprehended the prisoner on Monday , at his office , Tlieobald-pead , Holborn , London . From the papers found in his nosaession , it appeared that wncn ho left his wife , lie went to Ameriea , where' ho fell in with , several persons belonging to the Society of Friends , who had latge tracts © f Hand , to sell , and they authorised him to act as their agent in England or the disposal of ibe land . In fi > vei'nber last , Saundera came back to England for that purpose , and opened an agency © flies in The « Ji ! a 3 dWi > aa . In
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some of his letters , addressed to personi m London , he intimates his intention to return Bhortly to America having Bold tracts of land to between two and three hundred persons . From the eopy of a letter , which his son identified to be in hu handwriting , it appears that he has been representing himself as a widower , and soliciting the hand of some lady in London . The prisoner was remanded . Fatal Accidini ai Corpus Christi Coilegb , Oxford . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , in the Old Bursary Room , of Corpus Christi College , before G . V . Cox , Esq ., M . A ., University Coroner , and ajurv of matriculated citizens , on the body of Charles B ' lackstonc , scholar of that society , and son of the Rev . F . C . Blackstone , Vicar of Heckfield , i 11 f ~ TiT i Ti f" — ""—""* * " I """™"' ' " ""^ "
Haats , who accidentally met vita his death from the discharge of a pistol . Evidence was given ttia Mr . Blackstone had hired a pistol , and purchased powder and ball of Mr . Pether , gunmaker , in company with a fellow collegian , for the purpose of shooting a rat which annoyed him very much in his rooms . On the evening of Monday the deceased had been to a friend ' s rooms at Exeter College , and supped with him and two others . That ne left about a quarter before eleven o'clock , alleging as a reason for not staying later that he wishea to be up in the morning to attend chapel . He went direct to the college , where soon after twelve o ' clock he was found by one of his friends lying on the sofa , quite dead , with a pistol in his right hand which had been
discharged , the contents having entered deceased s left side , and lodged in the spine , from whence the ball was extracted . The report of the pistol was not distinctly heard by any one . It is supposed that decoased , who was perfectly sober , was m the act of watching for the rat , with the pistol cocked , and that from some ' cause it exploded , and killed him . The jury , after a lengthened investigation , returned the following verdict : — " That the said Charles Blackstone eaused his own death by accidentally discharging a loaded pistol which he ( as has been satisfactorily proved to the jury ) had been in the habit of incautiously handling , in his room . " Mr . Blackstone , who was in the 23 rd yoar of his are , was a very talented young man . He obtained the Jfewdigato prize , " Columbus in chains , " at the recent commemoration .
Mukdbr h « ab Briohton . —On Wednesday moming , a little before four o ' clock , information was given at the Brighton Town Hali by Mr . Hodson and Mi . Kirton , that Mr . Griffith , the brewer , had been murdered . These townsmen had been out on a shooting excursion , and on their way homewards , at a very late hour , they discovered a body lying on the road between Dale-gate and the Plough at rieeonibe , which , on investigation , turned out to be that of Mr . Griffith . It was resting on the back , and life was extinct . The hat of the deceased was picked up a few yards off , his pockets were turned rifledand wound discovered
inside out and , a was in the chest , showing that he had been shot through the body by his assailant . A gig whip and part of a rein , cut , were also picked up on the spot , leaving no doubt that deceased had been waylaid by highwaymen . The spot where the murder was committed is immediately under the South Down-hill , and there is only one dwelling near the place , namely , a farm-house in the occupation of Mi * . Mannington , and one of Mr . Mannington ' s servants heard the report of a pistol between nine and ten o'clock in the evening , supposed to have been the time the mui'der was committed . Mr . Griffith had been in
the country collecting cash , and he arrived at Henfield soon after eight o ' clock ; and having baited his horse he left Henfield at ten minutes before nine o'clock , and the spot where he was murdered was about four miles from Henfield , so that he must have reached the place where he lost his life at about half-past nine . The horse and gig were found at Poyning , the reins were cut nearly close up to the hand , and it is . evident that they had both been cut asunderjbya sharp knife . "In January last deceascdreceived an anonymous letter warning him of an attack from robbers . The letter was as follows : —* ' Sir , — Some parties intend to rob you the next time you goes
to Horsham , so be on your guard . " The letter bears- tho superscription of "Air . Martin , Griff 8 Brewery , Bri g hton , " and it was posted In Trafalgar-street , Brighton . There is no doubt that the writer of the letter knows the guilty parties , and every exertion is being used on the part of the police to discover tho murderers . We understand that the cash deceased had with him did not amount to more than about £ 20 . —Mr . Griffith took two pistols with Mm , and when his body was discovered one of the pistols was found lying by his side dischaged , whilst the other pistol was found in his pocket loaded . He has left two boys , one eight and ; he other ten years of age .
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Dublin . —The State Prisoners . — "Wiiits op Error . —It is likely that the Writs of Error in the case of Messrs . Smith O'Bi-ion , M ' Manus , and O'Donohue , will be argued before the Ilouse of Lords early in the next month . -
Stoppage op a Mail Coach . —A few days a * o the mail coach which leaves Xenaghfor Templcmorc every evening at eight o ' clock , p . m ., was stopped outside Moncygall , at a place called Castletown , opposite tho sugar loaf moat , by a large barricade oi stones , built completely across the road . Xo person , however , appeared , owing , perhaps , to the presence of Constable Connor , who was a passenger , and after half-an-hour ' s arduous exertions the vam ' parfc was in part removed , and a passage through cleared for the horses . Constable Connor proceeded to Templemore for tho protection of the coach , but no other impediment presented itself . The down
tram irom . lmtnin was delayed twenty minutes at the station waiting fov the mail . Attack ox a Poor-Ratk Collector . The following appears in the Kilkenny Moderator : " On Thursday evening week , at about four o ' clock as Martin Maher , poor-rate collector , was returning from Urlingford , he was waylaid a short distance beyond the mill of that village by two men who knocked him and his wife , who was riding behind him , off the horse , and inflicted a severe 'beatin ^ on the former . The perpetrators of the outrage are unknown , but they are believed to be Tipperary men , hired for that purpose . "
The Neiwy Examiner states : — " That on Wednesday night week as the ballast engine and train of waggons attached wei'e returning from Castleblaney , and travelling at a speed of about twenty miles an hour , and when within about six miles of this town , tbe engine received a violent shock , and after several rebounds , it ran off the line , bringing with it the eniire train of ballast waggons . On examining-the spot it was found that some miscreants had placed a rail , weighing fivo cwt ., directly across the line , with the intention , no doubt , of sacrificing the lives of many . No lives , however , were lost , although there were about sixty persons on the waggons . A similar attempt was made to upset a tram on the Waterford and Kilkenny railway on Sunday week last , but which was providentially discovered before tho arrival of the ivain .
State of Donegal . —A letter was sent last week to a gentleman possessing large property in Donegal and Leitrim , threatening him with death unless he discharged certain servants . The gentleman at first laughed at the threat , but when' he -considered the vast sums he had expended during the last four years in giving employment to tho poor , having spent his entire rent-roll , together with £ 1 , 000 bo £ rowed from government for draining , > e became so annoyed at the ungrateful return ho had received that he resolved on advertising his furniture ' farming stock , < fec , for sale , and to leave Ireland ' of
Increase Crime . —The provincial journals contain numerous accounts of outrages robberies on the highway , and plunder of provisions , proving the increase of disorganisation resulting from the destitute condition of the peasantry . 15 some in - stances , notwithstanding the general abandonment of farms , jfcnreatpmng notices ' are served with i view of intimidating persons from taking land from which others had been evicted ; The Attempt to Shoot Mr . M'Paudbk . —Michael Frederick Fox was on Friday WCek brought up to the Henry-street pohco office on a charge of having attempted . to shoot Mr . M'Fadden . g It ap ? ea « I that the prisoner had been a client of Mr . M'Fadden
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for some yews , and for 8 ome reasons , u-hi cU ^ transpire , he had repeatedl y threatened Mr M-V ? den with violence , and on the previous evening ned his threat into execution by firing a ni « t « T ^ ' into Mr . M-Fadden ' s - face , and that gent&'l * been so much injured in the eye ftat he *? , " * able to attend at the office to give his cvideneT-8 * prisoner who , it was stated , is nephew to th « i e Judge Fox , of Dublin , was remanded . la k Emigration to Ekgland . —The Waterford pi mcle of Saturday last contains the following stanr announcement : — " Yesterday the William P 8 sailed from our port to Liverpool , bcarin » with l nn upwards of 500 of the most wretched class of » grants we ever beheld ; they were nearly all vmi few C-VOV twenty , and literally in rags . * kUUtl 2 . On Thursday week last a public dinner was « iT to Archbishop M'Hale , in Tuam , on his return fr Rome . Dr . M'Hale propounded his project for tu reiici oi distress tne for some yexrs . and for samp , r ** e « TTTT ^ -
ana regeneration of Lrehn i follows :- " And m the Repeal of the Union Zy ^ yet be deemed sufficiently near or practicable w but the tenants of Ireland have but the legal plejlij of a tenure and a remuneration for their outlay -Y ? desolating landlords pay a certain tax for that hi , i from which they drive out men to make room fo beasts ; let the surplus spoils of the useless cstV blishment that has so long encumbered and on pressed the country - revert to its original and richr " nil trustee—the Catholic Church—in proportion at the present incumbents fall off , not a fanning * whose life interest I would touch : let this fund , thus accumulated , again be dispensed , ,- « ji
was once , entirely in works of mercy and of educi tion , ( Cheers ) , I wjil pledge myself that with tuj simple process , which , bo far from involving jnj Us . tice , restitution demands , you will see ere long the land smiling with the three-fold blessings of cheer , ful industry , spontaneous charity , and a reli gio us * because a free and unrestricted , education . ( L ^ j cheers . ) The New Potato Crop . —Potatoes are already planted to a very considerable extent , and pretty generally throughout the country . Irish Whibkt for California . —Tho Clmmd Free Press says : — " Last week ten puncheons of whisky were shipped from a celebrated distillery in this neig hborhood for California . "
. Dublin , Tuksdat . —Poor Laws . —Texant Ricnr . —Two meetings to deliberate upon the above qucs tions were held yesterday—one in Navan , preside over by the High Sheriff of the county of Meath ; the second at Maryborough , in the Queen ' s county . Among the resolutions adopted at the former the following were the most prominent : —" That from what has already occurred in Parliament , a len gthened inquiry , it is to be feared , is likely to take place ,. ( on the amendment of the Poor Law , ] during which a great breadth of land will be umilled , anil the poor left unemployed ; we consider that a short act should be enacted , which would make each rate payer to take credit against his rating according to he number of poor employed by him , who nnjk
otherwise become chargeable under the present law , and thus stimulate instant employment . " Anot her resolution , while it calls for such a mode of taxa tion as shall stimulate individual exertion , requires that , at the same time , it shall not be such as to encou . rage or promote the clearance of land . State of Crime in Clare . —The Clare Journal contains an account of the murder of a man named \ icholas Scanlan , ofLettermoylan , who , on liisre . turn from the fair of MilltownMalbay , on Thursd ay last , was attacked by six men , who beat him * , unmercifully with stones and a tongs that ho died shortly after . The same journal states that some sheep have been stolen from off the lands of Divino . land , the property of Sir Lucius O'Brien , Brut ,.
and contains an account of the plunder of two tons of meal belonging to Messrs . Russell , of Limerick , on its ' passage to Clare . State of Clonmel . —The following account corresponds with others of a similar nature from nearl y all parts of the kingdom . The cry of the landlord ? , because they cannot collect their rents , is much louder , and re-echoed again and again by the press , than any raised in the year 1847 , when so many unfortunate peasants died of starvation . Scarcely a day passes over in and abou : this neighbourhood that whole families don ' t give up their lands and quit for America . There novel was
known to be so much land deserted as at present . In one case the landlord has been forced to take up over 300 acres within the last fortnight , in anchor 180 , and others ranging from 150 to twenty awes . and in nearly every case at a sacrifice of from ols and a half to four years' rent , which has lic .-ii allowed to lie in arrcar . If the owners of the soil refuse to take up the land without remitting : i portion of the rent due , the tenant will reply , " There ' s your land for you in better order than when I gin ir ; and if you don't like to take it , leave it , but a furthing rent I cannot giv
landlord the other day . Cholera in Belfast , —Tho following is the ot ! icial return for Saturday and Monday : —Remaini : i * at last report , 49 ; new cases , 3 rd and 4 th inat .. 2 'i ; deaths , 4 ; recoveries ,. 8 ; remaining under ticu ; - ment , G 3 . Total cases since commenccinciu , -7 J ; deaths , 97 ; recoveries , 113 ; remaining , 63 . Detention of Me . Duffy ' s Letters . — "Forthe last six months , " says the Freeman , " every Ie :: s-r and newspaper addressed to him ( Mr . Duffy \ . 13 editor of the Nation , has been opened and detain' . ' ! at the Post Office , without the smallest notieo to him . " Having heard by accident , at the end of six months , of the practice , he applied for his luri ere
( which , for aught he knows , may contain largo remittances , or information more importanc ^ iijaa money ) , and was informed that the letters were actually detained on the plea that there was no o . liwr of the Nation when the paper ceased , and that ail the secretary of tho Post Office could do in tin matter was to refer the question to his joliciror . The government first suppressed Mr . Duffy ' * pawr by force , and then seizea his property , on tho pretence that there was no longer an editor of : i ;? Nation , because their police were in posse-im cj the premises . Tho solicitor of the Tost Oftiee ! i . ; s given his answer , that Mr . Duffy ' s letters aiulpuwrs cannot be given up .
Dublin-, Wednesday . —Trial of Mr . Gavax lurrr . —The Commission opened yesterday , boiovo . Vy . Justice Ball and Mr . Baron Lefroy , when the tifrh bill of indictment against Mr . Duffy was sent to the grand jury , who found " a true bill cm al ! titf counts . " ill * . Duffy will be called upon to \ ^ this day . State of tiie Poor . —Deaths from starvation : irs still almost daily announced in the western . »• ¦! southern papers . The Rev . Peter "Ward . p . ir :-b priest of Aughagower , Mayo , in a letter to i :. t Freeman ' s Journal , gives the details of throe « i ? -.-s and mentions that the coroner is fully occupioa'a holding inquests in the parish of Kilmeeiia on viitiros of starvation . " ltEPAYMENT OF TnEASUUT AdVAKCES . —Tin ? ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ Constitution states , that a peremptory order lias '' - - ¦ '• issued to tho treasurer of the comity to inue ' £ warrants to the several baronial constables to i--: ilect and pay in to him , before the ensuiiiir : » " « ' = > the sum of £ 16 , 000 , being a moiety of tluAum '• • • - under the Labour Rate Act . & iNCK-VDIAMsM 1 \ LWeh . — This al . irmincr ^ f mysterious system of outrage still continues 'p £ Northern Whig says : — " On Sunday evening anotatf | of these unaccountable fire 3 took place in the u '" " ' ' J land of Ballymiscaw , near Dundonald . About fo- $ 0 clock , a Lay stack in tho yard of Mr . Youii :. m respectable farmer , was observed to be on tire : " ' - M neighbours , ' however , having arrived at once . ¦ "• "' - . || m considerable numbers , the fire was soon put ov . j- . ^ s The police searched the surrounding neighbourly 1 ' m but were unable to put their hands on any one & m whom suspicion could rest . It having bce . it notic * p however , that Mr . Young ' s servant , a man natf ' m Mullen—the party , who , wo are informed , first ? : V- Jf § the alarm—was absent , tho police judffcd it I ' ? ' M dent to await his return . He returned " during ^ g night , and was arrested and examined before H- ¦ }• §| Gordon , Esq ., and Captain Saunders , 3 . V ., ' "p ordered a remand . " ' f \ Kilkexxv . —BARBAnous Mvmhsr . —On the vp ' ¦' ¦ of Thursday-week , Mi-b . Catherine Fitzpatriek . t widow lady of seventy years of age , ) of Coolcasi- ' in the barony of Galmoy , was found lying dead ' > well near her house . An inquest was held on :- body on Monday , when it appeared that the deceit took her usual walk on the ni ght of the murder . !*¦ not returning , a search was institirtnri . when )«' :
> ody was found in the vrell , in a . position she cohM » : have placed herself in . The evidence of Dr . lVwtf m « D - , Thompson , of Johnstown , fully coincide ¦ i . establishing the fact of tho murder . It appix " * that there were marks upon the neck , which i . roVl ¦> ; hat the deceased had been stranded before she *•¦ » jj . toown into the water , and there were also * f l ; Si bruises upon . tho head . The jury returned a « i' >; 1 of ' Wilful murder against some ' partics unkno « -i - I — , — , ^ ^^^^ I W — .-- ( j ,
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SHIPWRECKS . $ . I Wreck oy the Tigris . —About 1 , 050 bales of & I namon , and about fifty tons of the cocoa-nijf c "; ' | have been saved from the wreck of tho ship T ' r ;; ' I and a considerable quantity more of the latter- & tide is likely to bo safely brought on shore iW * | the exertions of Messrs . Deano and Edwards , ' £ « divers , from Whitstable . ¦ ,, § Mim-ohd Haven . —Tho transport Diana , tef ^ m from Cork for Bengal , with a division of tlic < ;/ ' ; Foot onboard , has put into this port . It ¦ i ri ' ' " ; , m that , after leaving Cork , she encountered some u-j | * severe weather , when sho shipped heavy seas . «' ;; ,, || spoiled a largo quantity of provisions , and dw - \ m siderablo injury . to the vessel . The detacl'i" ' , | consists of Captain Durnford , Lieuten ants m- ' m nan , Wills , Chute , and Crawley . ono surgeon , sc | | sergeants , oue drummer , and 130 rank aiw * | This force has been landed and billete d in t » " . ; ci $ of Milford , and will remain there whilst the t > ;? is repairing . .. . . I SlV
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A Ctoute Flogged . —A rather unusual and ox * citing scene occurred on Friday week last at the adjacent quiet little town of Wilton—the curate of tho new church , the Rev . Mr . Jacob , having been publicly assaulted by two gentlemen in the square . From sundry pieces of explanation dropped at the time on the subject , it is accounted for as follows : — It appears that an elderly gentleman living in Leeds has a daughter , between whom and Mr . Jacob an acquaintance has subsisted for some time past , and at the father ' s house the supposed suitor was fed and lodged for tho space of about two years . On obtaining his present curacy , however , it seems he
left his lady love to sigh behind , and has altogether given up the connexion . The young lady ' s feelings being worked upon by this treatment , 8 he became in an alarming state of excitement , and this exasperating the feelings of her brother and father , they paid al visit to Salisbury , going thence to 'Wilton , on purpose to inflict tho above summary punishment . Post-horses were ordered , with which they reached the Pembroke Arms Hotel ; then , watching their opportunity , a message was forwarded to the curate's residence , soliciting- an interview on the part of two gentlemen . The unsuspecting man had reached as far as the square in
complying with the request , when the father and son met him with outstretched hands ( but in them horsewhips ) , - and both commenced a course of flagellation . Some bystanders interfered and held back the son , with an idea of fair play , and when the old gentleman had exhausted his strength by the exercise , left the place , and immediately returned to London by the next train '; and so the matter ended for the . present . Since this affair , the father of the curate ^ who resides in the Isl ' o of Wight , has had an audience with the Bishop of Salisbury on the subject i who , itis said , recommends a law-suit . —Sherborne Journal . j Hubdbb op a- Child bt rrs Father—Yarm , SaiDRDAT , FBBi 3 . —The murderer is afivilway labour ^/
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Coxfhct with PoACHuns . —On Saturday last G . Laing and John Laing were examined before Sheriff Arkley on a charge of poaching and assault , committed- on a plantation on the estate of Rosebery , parish of Temple . It appeared that on the previous evening tho prisoners , along with three others , each having a gun in their possession , trespassed on the plantation with the evident design of poaching . The gamekeeper on the estate , having heard the report of fire arms , proceeded to the ground , accompanied by three other individuals . They had not been long there before they met the party of poachers , one of whom ( J . Laing ) , within a few yards of them , shot
a fine hen pheasant seated on an adjoining tree . Tho gamekeeper witnessing this , immediately sprang forward and grasped Laing , and at the same moment the ¦ forester seized his brother , but the other depredators contrived to make their escape , The two Laings made a desperate struggle to get free and struck right and left with their fire-arms , and in the serious conflict that took place the gamekeeper was thrown down and cut in the head , while several of the forester ' s teeth were driven out . The prisoners were remitted to a higher court for trial .
Deatit BY Drowjjiso . —On Saturday last Mr . W . B . Mackinlay , ship-broker , of Glasgow , was proceeding across a plank from tho North-quay , to the schooner Thomas , of Dundalk , when he unfortunately missed his footing and fell into the water , between a vessel lying inside the Thomas and the quay . The noise of the fall having been heard by the watchman , Mr . Mackinlay was immediately brought out , and conveyed to the Clyde Police-office " , but it was found that life was extinct . V
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