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& $ e inctropoU * . Births xsd Deaths is Loxtox . —The registrar ' s report for the week ending Saturday last , March 3 , shows the number of deaths to have been 1 , 133 , and tlse number of births , 1 , 547 . The 1 , 138 deaths arc 31 " below the vrluter average , and show a decline on ihe previous -week of 53 . The return , therefore , rinkrsonthc -whole a favourable account of the public health , l > ut it ¦ will be observed that searlat ' na , though it has declined , continues considerably above the aniouut ot previous years , and hoopingcough has become unusually fatal . The former disease carried off 57 , while the average is 32 ; the latter S 1 » , while the average is 42 . The deaths from diarrha-a and dysentery , which seem to have been on the increase at this season during the List three
or four vears were 23 , the average being 14 ; those from cholera were 35 , of which , witli a case registered as " diarrhoea aud collapse , " 5 occurred jn Warburtor- ' s Lunatic Asylum , Bcthnal-green ; 2 oceurre . I in the Refuge for the Destitute , Hackncyroad . The mortality from small-pox and measles is imusuallv low ; that from typhus lias fallen to the average * and is less than has been observed for a Ion" period . The mortality from bronchitis is near the averase , while pneumonia was fatal only to fcfl which is ~ below the average . The greatest mean hei ^ Ut of the barometer in the Week WAS OH Saturday , " when the reading was 30-283 . The highest temperature was also on Saturday , and was oo « Jeir . o min . Tile mean of the week was 42 dcg . 4 minT Two men died of intemperance ; one man of exposure : and a child of 21 months was certified
bv medical attendant to have died of " extreme cold and inflammation of the chest . " At Kensington , a girl of C years died of hydrocephalus , a ease in which the coroner's jury considered that the deceased had not received food and proper attention , ownig to the wilful neglect of some of her relatives . An infant of 5 days died in 10 hours from the effects of Dover ' s powder , prescribed for the mother of deceased , but given under a misunderstanding of Terbal instructions from the medical attendant , the paper containing the medicine not having inscribed on it the name of the person for trhoiu it was intended . In Hackney , South , a girl of 2 years died , according to yerdict , from the foetid vapours of a sewer ; and in the same sub-district a gravedigger was suffocated by the earth failing in when engaged in his occupation . A child of 4 years died of " cvnancheparotid : ea , " a disease which is rarely
fatal . Attempted Mcroeii . —On Saturday last , some excitement was created in the city in consequence of a report being spread abroad that Mr . John Southgate , packer and calenderer , of 23 , Old Change , Cheaps ^ de , had been shot . It appeared that on Friday morning Mr . Southgate , who is about fifty years of ase , was walking in a copse or planta tion near his house at Walton-on-hill , close to Iteigato , when he encountered a man about five feet six inches high , dressed in a coatee jacket , and trousers made of the same material . The man asked him what business he had there , and he replied by asking the jnau what right he hid on Ms property ? and , seeing that he was about to be
attacked , he held up his stick in self-defence , when the man snatched it from him , and struck him a violent Wow over the head . lie attempted to close with the ruffian , but suddenly felt something enter his left ear , and immediately blood began to trickle down bis face and neck , lie was stunned , and lay senseless on the ground for some time , but , on recovevhi < r , he walked in a very weak state towards Lis resilience , when a messenger was despatched for surgical assistance . In a very short time Mr . Cbaldicott , from Dorking , arrived , and , having examined Mi " . Southgate , gave it as his opinion tliat the ball , or whatever it mig ht be that had entered the car , must remain there , in consequence of its being amongst the ligaments , and beyond the reach of anv instrument . Mr . Southgate then proceeded
to London , and had the assistance of Drs . Ashton Key and Lever , who perfectly coincided with Mr . Chaldicott ' s view of the case ; and , finding that there was more danger than was at first expected , he told Mr . Southgatcs' family that it was expedient to have the wounded man ' s depositions taken . Accordinglv , an application was made at Guildhall Poliee-court to that effect , when Mr . Alderman "Wilson and the chief clerk went and took down Ms statement . The " depositions were taken in private , but . the above facts may be relied on . It appears the man immediately ran away , and the blow was so instantaneous that Mr . Southgate had not time to see his face so as to be enabled to identify him again . Mr . Southgate lies in a very dangerous state .
ClIOLEItA , OTHERWISE STARVATION , AT A ClIEAP Loncixo-HOi-sE . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Payne , at St . George ' s Workhouse , Southwark , on the body of a man , who died in one of the lodging-houses in Mint-street . —W . Barnes , a labourer , said that he lodged at the Red House , in Mint-street , for which he paid 3 d . per night . He had seen the deceased , who appeared to have had scarcely anything to eat . During the storm on "Wednesdaylast , he said he should go to the workhouse andtrv to get something to eat . He went ont , but returned soon afterwards wet to the skin , when he said lie had been unable to get to the relieving officers , and had in consequence obtained no rpliVf . Witness saw bun several times during the
day , when lie was chewing and eating paper . The next day witness saw Mniaead . —T . Downs said , as deceased- slept in the same room , he had seen him devour the paper as spoken of by the last witness , and after one of the lodgers had drunk his coffee , the deceased took the eoftec-pot , and , having poured some water upon the grouts , he drank the same , and appeared very thankful to get it . About halfpast two on Thursday morning , the deceased called Mm up , and asked him to look at his legs , as they were cramped , and he was unable to move them . "Witness did as he was requested , and rubbed his limbs , which save him some relief . He then asked for a ( Iraught ^ of cold water , bat witness gave him some warm . At seven o ' clock , witness found him
so ill that he went for a surgeon , whose assistant attended , and save him some brandy . lie died soon afterwards . —Mr . W . Handle , surgeon of the district rosidin" in Sewington-causeway , said that he saw the body of deceased after death . Itwascxcecdin ?! v emaciated , and the features sunken . The hands t and feet were contracted , and , from the history of the case , it appeared that the deceased was iii a verv low condition , and that the cholera had attacked him , and destroyed his life almost at once , simply because he had so little power . In the same house a man was attacked on Monday , the 26 th ult ., with cholera , and died in forty-eig ht hours . On Tuesday another was attacked , and on Friday last , the deputy of the house ( a woman ) was also
attacked . The house is very dirty , and the bed clothes arc used so long , that the stench is exceedingly bad . In the room where deceased slept were nineteen beds all close together . He had reported the state ofliis district of the parish to the Board of Health some three or four months ago , and had pointed out particularly these cheap _ lodging-houses as being ill-drained and badly ventilated . He was constantly called to cases of fever in these threepennv lodging-houses , in some parts of his district m which it is necessary for a person to grope his ¦ way , on account of the deficiency of light , and , consequently , ventilation . —By the coroner : The receipt of the report was merely acknowledged , aud « m . a 4 lmn T linvA lireiril nf nnthin < r having heen 1 w »»»^ m k ¦
^^ X J 1 \ . r \ f V f * T r I ^» r > ^^ B » " ¦ ™ m ^* **^ »• *^ ^*—w —^^^ J done . —The coroner said , he thought the present an important case , and it would be better to adjourn , and he would write to the Board of Health , and he would be able io tell the jury when they met again -whether any steps were likely to be taken relative to the improvement of this district . It was no use having a Board of Health , unless such districts as these were noticed when . attention was drawn to them by the surgeon practising in the locality , which evidently required great improvement—Mr . Handle said , that many of the houses in and about the Mint , besides being m that filthy state already described , ¦ w ere almost in danger of falling . —Several of the
j urors eorroDoratea tne statement oi tue surgeon , and the inquest was adjourned . A casket of jewels , of great value , and a service of plate , of alady of fashion , were publicly exhibited oil Monday at the auction rooms m Conduit-street , preparatory to the sale hy Messrs . Bobins . Railway speculations are said to be the cause of so many teauiiful ornaments being submitted to the hammer , which compel a peremptory sale . Many of the jewels are considered of matchless quality , and curiosity is much excited to discover the fan-owner . It is a rare occurrence for so many . elegant ornaments for the person to be congregated in one sale . The public view was very attractive .
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thing , was about to so and see what mischief had been done , when she was met by Mr . Terry on the landing who told her there was some 0110 in'tllO house , and by whose direction she returned into her bed-room . Mr . Perry is a man of great , coolhess and courage ; he has * heen in tho habit , in eonsequencc of the loneliness o f his residence , and the frequency of robberies of late , of keeping three double-barrelled guns ready loaded in his bed-room , and has frequently expressed his determination to « r ivc any thieves a warm reception , if they should Fiave the audacity to attack him . Upon this occasion he took his stand at the top of the stairs , armed with a loaded gun ; and scarcely had he done so when a man appeared at the bottom of the staircase
with a lanthorn in one hand and a bludgeon or pistol in the other , and a piece of coarse cloth over liis head and face , with two apertures cut for the eyes . Mr . Perry was nothing daunted either by the appearance of the robber , or the instigation of two companions behind , who urged him with the words , "Goon , you are all right . " But not so , for upon the robber attempting to ascend the broad , old-fashioned staircase , Mr . Perry levelled Ms gun at him and fired ; the man fell , and as it afterwards appeared was shot through the heart . One of the robbers , seeing his companion fall , cried out , " Where are my pistols V ' Come on with your pistol ?/ ' responded Mr . Perry ; " lam ready for you . " And calling to his brother , who was now on
the scene of action , he added , " I ve smifled his candle for him . You keep ready while I load again . " Disregarding a renewed request , to " come on , " the robbers , cowed by the vigorous measures taken asainst them , removed their dead companion to the kitchen , and finding that no breath of life remained , they decamped , leaving tho corpse there . The Messrs . Perry , not knowing what might await them down " stairs , kept their post till the horsekeeper came , about four in tho morning , when the alarm was given , and the premises were searched . "Upon the kitchen floor , quite dead , was found the body of the luckless wretch who was for leading the way up-stairs . He had on , as already stated , a coarse bag drawn over his face , and tied
with his handkerchief , with two eye-holes in it ; a blue shirt , such as railway labourers wear , was drawn over his dress ; and over his shoes were a pair of worsted stockings , so that he might go more noiselessly about . By his side lay an ash stick . It was now seen that an entrance had been effected by the removal of part of a scullery window , immediately under which stood a moveable plate-rack , wMch the robbers appear to have knocked over , and the fall of which awoke the inmates , and led to the fatal occurrence which we have described . It seems probable that the robbers assembled first in a barn about two fields distant from the house , and that their number was five or six , for the footsteps of at , least four were distinctly traceable from the
barn to the house . Various officers and others have seen the body of tho dead man , and on Tmirsdayand Friday hundreds of persons visited the place ; but no one has been able to identify him , although some assert that he has been in the neighbourhood during the past year with a nut-stall and target . Some false keys were found' in his pocket , lie appears to be about thirty years of age . An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday last , when a verdict of " Justifiable . Homicide" was returned . The body has been identified by an officer who helda warrant against him for breaking , the arm of the gamekeeper of Col Pembcrton , of Truinpington ( Camb . ) , about three years ago . The name of the deceased was Abraham Green , alias Woods , alias "Little
Abel . " He was a notorious and skilful poacher , and one who has been several times " in trouble . " He was identified by peculiar marks on his person , described in the gaol books . Two men , who give the names of William Palmer , of Ashby-de-la-Zouche , hawker , and William Gooddy , of Chelmsford , labourer , have been apprehended at Newport under suspicious circumstances . One of these had in his bundle a pair of worsted stockings tallying exactly with those pulled over the shoes of the dead man , and like these had barley hales still adhering to them , susreesting presence with the deceased in Mr .
Perry ' s barn . They were brought before the Hon . C . C . Neville * , on Monday , and were remanded . The second prisoner lias a round patch of blood on the knee of his galligaskins , about the size of the wound on the deceased , as though he had cither fallen over him hi his hasto to escape , or had knelt in his blood while searching to ascertain where deceased was hurt . SimoFsniRE . —The jury empanelled to inquire into the case of alleged murder at Bridgnorth have heen discharged without agreeing upon a verdict . The accused is detained by the magistrates , and will be tried at the assizes .
Fatal Accident at Oriel College , Oxford . —At an early hour on Saturday morning last , the members of Oriel College were thrown mto the greatest consternation , from the circumstance of the dead body of Mr . John Key , a commoner of that college , aged nineteen , having been found in the front quadrangle between six and seven o ' clock . The spot where the body was found is at the south-east corner of the quadrangle , near the chapel door , and close to the hall staircase , and within a few feet from the wall . From this circumstance , together with the nature of the injuries the body exhibited , it appeared quite clear that deceased had fallen fi'OUl the top of the college , a height of about forty feet . An inquest was heldm the afternoon in the hall of Oriel College , before George Valentine Cox , Esq ., M . A ., of New College , the University coroner , and a jury composed of matriculated citizens , who , after having been sworn , went to view the body of deceased , which lay in his own rooms . . The wrist of the
deceased ' s right hand was fractured , the left shoulder was dislocated , and one side of the face was a complete mass of blood , to which adhered a quantity of gravel . It appeared from the evidence that deceased had heen spending the evening at the rooms of a commoner of his own college , where he had become so much intoxicated as to be unable to take care of hiinself ; and that , on being conveyed to his own room , he became furious , and his friends were obliged to fasten him in by barricading the door with the sofa . The deceased afterwards , having got through his window , attempted to get into the rooms of another fellow-student , who heard him say something about getting out upon » the loads by the window . Nothing more was known of him till he was found lying dead in the quadrangle in the morning . The verdict returned was , " " That the said John Key having , as it appears to the jury , got out on the roof , did accidentally fall over the parapet , and was killed by the fall . "
South Derbyshire Election , —The death of Mr . Munday having caused a vacancy in the representation of South Derbyshire , a number of the Tory squirearchy assembled at the King ' s Head , and nominated Mr . Mundy of Markeaton Hall , near Derby , a relative of the late memher , Mr . Munday accepted , and has just issued an address to the voters . The Liberals have not yet , it appears , met to decide upon the course they may think well to pursue . During the past and present year the Liberals have had active agents working the registration . L . vxcAsniRE . —Emigration from Liverpool . —The following facts are interesting , as indications of what the amount of emigration from this kingdom is likely to be during- the present year . From the
1 st of January to the 2 d of March ( inclusive ) , ot 18 i 8 , the number of emigrants , of all classes , who embarked at Liverpool , was 11 , 295—that is , under the Emigration Act—and to these a few may be added ( say fifty or sixty ) , who found means of expatriation , individually or in small groups , in vessels that do not fall within the regulations of the act , they taking only a small number of passengers . During the same period of the . present year the number that emigrated , under the ac ^ was 21 , 598 . or nearly double that of 1 S 48 , exclusively also of 110 or 120 stray passengers , of which the returns are only made periodically at the Custom House .
The number of ships that took out nearly the whole of the 21 , 598 persons was 64 up to Saturday week , and a few have sailed since that date . Nearly the whole mass proceeded to the United States , not more than perhaps 100 or 120 being for South Australia , Canada , and California . As the season is yet , however , young , it may be expected that the tide _ of emigration will increase rather than dimmish during the present and tho next month . Several shi p s are advertised for California with passengers , ana parties are being made up , including Welsh miners , artificers , workmen , and speculators ( both of wealth and of humble means ) , to try . their fortunes in the gold regions of that country .
Frightful Railway Accidkxt . —On Tuesday afternoon , about two o ' clock , a frightful accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on the Brighton and Portsmouth Railway , to the driver of the passenger tram which left the Brighton terminus for Portsmouth at ten minutes past two . When near the Arundel station , the driver , Jonathan Surtees , was suddenly thrown from his post , from some cause unknown . The guard and firemen instantly stopped the train and alighted , as did many of the passengers , and walked to the spot , when they found the lifeless trunk of the driver mutilated most horribly , one of his legs being cut off , his head cut and swollen , . his arms lacerated , and altogether presenting a most sickening appearance . The whole train had gone over him . The body was COnVCVCd to the station at Arundel , and thence to the hotel adjacent to that station . The deceased was one of the best engine-drivers on the line , and has left a widow and two . children unprovided for , the widow enceinte and near her confinement .
Warwickshire . —Refusalof a . Vicar to bur * the Sox - ot the- ^ Churchwarden . — -Mr . John Frankjin , icne-: of- the ; churchwardens of Hadford , near Leamington , .. had . a son named James , a veterinary surgeon ,- at Kidderminstci \ who died in December , ana hisjast request was that he should he buried at RadfwJ ,. where the other members of his family had been for two . or three generations . The father , to Comply with the last wishes of his son , had the . body removed "from Kidderminster . Mr . Franklin applied to the Rev . Thomas Chapman , the vicar , to bury his son in the churchyard , but he was refused , under the pretence that , as he did riot
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die in the parish , lib could not suffer him to bo huricd there . In vain duLtiiiy distrested father be-SCCCh the vicar , tciilng' Mamb . was the last dying wish of his . child to tai |^ Ka . wlievc : lns relations lav and I'f-would'jalHpath ' of his mother if lie " ' refused the requesfc- ^ Be clergyman was not to be turned , and the afflicted family had to seek ¦ = ome -kinder ' Christian minister , and buried their son in the churchvavd at Ufton , the adjoining parish . The inhabitants of Kadford feel strongly on this subject a * Air . Franklin is universally respected , havin « beon churchwarden for the last three years , and a large farmer in the parish , occupying the same land his forefathers have done . What makes the matter more strange . " is the custom of the vicar
( for a fee ) , to bury bodies who have died in Leamington , an adjoining parish , and more than half the large churchyard has not been used . Axoihf . ii Colliery Explosion . — Twelve Lives Lost . — On Tuesday - morning a fatal explosion of fire-damp took place at the Middle : Patricroft Colliery , situate on the road from Wigaji to llindlcy , and about a mile and a half from each' place . The usual number of hands , about twenty-five , "had dcscended to their work at or soon after six o ' clock in the morning , and from the appearance of several of those taken out dead , who had the whole of their clothes on , it would seem that many of them had not commenced working when the explosion oceuwed . The result of the accident , as far as has
been learned , was the death ' ojf . twelve persons , and the serious injury of two others . Of the twelve said to be dead , o * ne of them was missing and supposcd to be dead in the mine , another died in a short time after being brought to the surface , and ten were dead when discovered . The accident occurred about 300 yards from , the shaft , in one of the up drifts from a working , termed a • dig-brow ;" but ho ^ Y or by whom caused was said to be a mystery . Ellison the underlookcr , and the fireman who attends the furnace , had , it is said , previously to the men entering the workings , examined the whole of them , and reported all safe ; and several
of the hands taken out uninjured , report also that where they were engaged the air was strong and pure , and the mine m every respect , as far as they could judge , in good workable order . From every information that can be obtained from the survivors , and irom every indication that can at present be seen , it has been caused by one of the workmen going with a naked candle into a portion of the works contrary to the express orders of the fireman , who had a short time previously been through the workings , and fixed up a fire-damp board , which the men should not pass when they see it fixed ill any part of the mine . Fire
Northumberland . — Accident ur Arms . — Mr . Jolly , one of the coast-guard , returned from night duty early in tho morning of Monday last , and entered the station-house in Moorgate-strcet , Sunderland , having a loaded p istol in Ins jacket pocket . While in the act of stooping at the fireside , the pistol fell out of his pocket , the hammer striking against the fender ; it exploded , and the ball passed through the lower part of his leg , and through the ceiling , lodging in the flooring of the room above . Lancashire . —Sicxs of the Times . —On Monday evening last the mill and machinery belonging to the estate of Mr . W . Ecclesisituate at Cureden , near
, this town , was put up for sale by Mr . Fisher , at the Bull Inn . There was a good attendance , and the competition spirited . The property was ultimately sola to Mr . Orrell , of Bclmont , for £ 30 , 000 . This sum is , we believe , about £ 10 , 000 more than the same property could have been sold for a short time ago , and shows very plainly that the staple trade of the county is in a much better state than at that time . We are glad to find that the mill will be skirted very shortly , for the hands in that locality have suffered many and great privations since that and the other mill belonging to the same-proprietor were closed .
Emigration ' . —Plymouth , March 6—The Sound is now looking remarkably gay with a large number Of emigrant and other vessels , the former of which arc preparing to leave for their several destinations . The Florentia , Captain Fitzgerald , has a large number of emigrants on board for Sydney . A few more will be taken to fill the ship , and she will probably leave on Friday . The Hope , for Port Phili p , will take in all her passengers from here , and will leave to-morrow . The Emigrant , for Sydney , is to be stocked with Dorsetshire labourers , a large body of whom have been brought down here by the Hon . and Rev . S . G . Osborne , who takes a great interest in their welfare . She will probably leave on the 10 th . The Lady Peel , Captain Frazer , for Sydney , will be filled with about 230 Irish girls . She will leave about the 9 th instant . All tho above ships are chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners . The Lalla Rookh , a private passenger ship , is also taking her passengers on board for Port Natal .
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other southern Journals contain heart-rending accounts of the progress of the clearance system . The Cork Xyorter gives a letter from Dungarran , with details Of the eviction of 130 human bemgs and the leS ° Of twentv-four houses . The nmghboumg farmcrs ° refused shelter to the unhappy outcasts , who had ' to seek refuge within the mud walls of the rU At ed tl ? mcefm » of tho Limerick board of guar-« a Bvstcm was now going on in the country , of teaSown houses . ° and ° hunting down theiP . m-Ssf which ^ sadi sg ^ C to huniani y and cn ^ mates , WWCU mia a » noj ... " - -- -- . . , , and that the
sation and was so hideous revolting So mtors could hardly expect to ; escapp the Sance- of heaven for tfieir viHanjr an ^ har ^ - ^ TU ^ V -THE MOVEMENT AOAlKSt ^ D&W& Ail- S Wexford , one of the eastern comities there is a vigorous and general opposition , totiw rate-in-aid , and upon grounds almost identical with those so repeatedly ' urged at the many meetings in the northern province . Tkecounty grand jury have forwarded a petition against the rate ; ana the high sheriff has . convened a county meeting at Enniscorthy , on Thursday next , to adopt a similar
pe ° " uardians of the western union of Ballinasloe , under tiie presidency of the Earl of Clancarty , have " pronounced" against the rate-in-aw , whether as regards the two shillings union-rat < 5 01 ' tno SttponBJ ' national-rate . The formidable character of tnc movement in Ulster is thus described by the Enniskillen Chronicle . ' - " Tho agitation in Ulster , in opposition to the iniquitous rate-in-aid , headed by tho brave men of Fermanagh , is opened in right earnest . Scarcely a county in our province , or a single poor law union , that is not already up inarms to resist the hated and unjust impost * and all , without exception , are buckling on their armour ., . The peaceable , and industrious , and religious men of the north have shown themselves unanimous in a resolve to come to ' close quarters with those who would rob them ,
in the face of day , by taking from them the hardearned fruits of their labour to bestow them upon those who not only do not thank them , but who , as was justly expressed . at the meeting on . Friday , would , if they had the power , exterminate them from the face of the earth . We rejoice to know that the people-that is , the farming populationwill not bo allowed to fight tho battle alone . Ihe aristocracy of the country have nobly come forward —indeed , wo may say the resident gentry and landowners have taken the initiative , and shown themselves what , indeed — notwithstanding the large amount of gratuitous abuse that has been heaped upon them — what we always considered them —the real friends of their country in a a case of need . "
Defence of Mr . Duffy . —The committee of the fund for the defence of Mr . Duffy , who is to be tried' again afc the commission on the 7 th of April , have issued an address to the Irish people , calling on them to sustain against unparalleled persecution an Irishman who has rendered Ireland many and great services , and to enable him to prepare against coming difficulties . Destructive Fire . — A flax-drcssmg establishment was destroyed by fire last night ,, in Thomasstreet , and other houses were injured . Prince George of Cambridge was present , and rendered effectual aid in checking the devastating element . -The Lord and Lady Lieutenant went in state last night to the Theatre Royal , where they were favourably received by a numerous audience . T ) i ^ 3 ^ ods" cheered loudly for Mitchel and the Si | ftss ^ .. Wbdwjsday . —Collection of Peter s Pence . —
The lastfjdragj at the pockets of a people steeped to the lips in poverty , namely , tnc tribute now in course of collecting for relieving the alleged pecuniary wants of tho dethroned Pontiff , has not been generally successful , at least in more tluin one diocese inlreland ; . The , peasantry , as well as the better class vopM ^ tte rsy in liildare and the Queen ' s County have all but-bpehly " pronounced " against the impost , declaring that while so much distress exists at home , it is "too bad" to cripple their scanty resources by any fresh tax upon the fruits of their industry . To such an extent had this feeling prevailed" btft ; of doors , " that the subject formed part of an altar ¦ discourse on Sunday last , the officiating elovgyman soundly , rating his grumbling flock for their worse than / act of onthus / asm in the cause of the accredited head of the Roman Catholic Church .
The War is India . —The subjoined announcement appears in the Cork Reporter : — " On Wednesday morning an order was received from the Horse Guards , by the General commanding this district , countermanding the orders previously issued respecting the reduction of the forces hero , ' by tho discharge of a lar ' ge proportion of the soldiers . The recent news from India has occasioned this countermand . " A similar statement is thus given by a A enagh paper : — " Directions were on Wednesday received by the Commanding Officer of the 72 nd Highlanders , stationed at Nenagh , not to discharge the men selected for dismissal under the recent regulation of the Horse Guards . Similar orders have been sent to other regiments . " The Army Rations . —The contract for supplying the troops in the Cork district , for the next seven months , is singularly low , namely , fresk meat at 3 d . per lb ., and 54 . for the 41 b . loaf of bread . Such a contract shows the gloomy prospect before the Irish agriculturist .
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cHmstancc in the case , and he therefore felt that & was impossible they , could be permitted to remai in this country . — The prisoner Phillips here interposed , and said they would not send them abroad . —The Common Sergeant told him he was mistaken , and tlint the government had at length come to the determination of-enforcing the sentence of transportation , and that they would not only he sent out of the country , but that they would also be compelled to work . He then sentenced both prisoners to b » transported for ten years . —The prisoner Phillip ? , who had been laughing all the time the Common ( Sergeant was passing sentence , when he had concluded , said— " Thank you , my lord , I ' ve got the sentence wrote down before you passed it . "
, Charoe of Murder . —Anno Mallandine , 28 , an unmarried woman , was indicted for feloniously casting . lier son , Mason Mallandine , into the Regent ' s Canal , with intent to kill and murder him . The prisoner , who appeared very much affected , and wept bitterly during the proceedings , was defended by Mr . Cooper , through the humane instrumentality of . the sheriffs . —John Stodart deposed that about four o ' clock on the afternoon of February 6 th , he was near the Regent ' s Canal , at Haofgerstono , when ho observed the prisoner leading a . little boy , bebveen six and seven years old , and saw her lift this boy from the ground and cast him into the water , and she was about to jump in after him , when ho seized her and prevented her .. doing : so _ , and then jumped into the water and rescued the child , Before prisoner threw the child into the canal he heard him say , " Oh mother , don't , don't . " The water was about five feet deep at the piace where the occurrence happened . The . prisoner said she was
starving , and had nothing to eat , nor her child either , since the previous day , and she was crying , and appeared . to ue in great distress . —In answer to questions put by Mi . Cooper , the witness said that the prisoner appeared very wild and excited , but he did not hear her say anything about her husband or the father of her child . After the boy had been taken out of the water , the prisoner took no notice of him . —Mr . Cooper then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , urging upon them that the evidence established the fact that she had committed the act imputed to her in a moment of . desperation , brought on by wretchedness and starvaiidn , and that without imputing actual insanity to her , they would be justified in coming to the conclusion that she was in such a state of mind as not tofoe aware of the effect of the act sho was about to = commit . The Common Sergeant summed up , and the jury , after deliberating for a short time , returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . "
Tuesday . —Cutwko and Woundiko . — Thoraas Roberts , 25 , , a gardener , was indicted for cutting and wounding George Hester with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . —The prosecutor , who was drjeadfully mutilated in the face , stated that he keens a beershop at Fulharn , and the prisoner being raJthe place , and the prosecutor wishing to get rid of him , had occasion several times to put him out , arid in so doing tho prisoner fell down , and his clothes becoming soiled he took out his knife to
scrape the mud on , ana while so doing attempted to enter the house , and the prosecutor trying to prevent him he turned the edge of the knife towards liim and inflicted a fearful wound across the nose . — The jury found him " Guilty of cutting , with intent , " recommending him to mercy . —The Common Serjeant said , the point in his favour was that the knife was in his hand and open at the time . The sentence would , therefore , Lo comparatively light . It was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for nine months .
Cuttino and Wounding . —Sarah Crosby , 18 , spinster , was indicted for cutting and wounding John Smith , with intent to do him bodily harm . — The prosecutor , a police-constable , was about eight in ! tho evening of the 3 Ist of January on duty near thb Refuge for the Houseless Poor m Whitecrossstreet , and having occasion to " move on" the prisoner , who was one of the applicants for admission , she took out . a- penknife , and having abused and threatened him stabbed him several times in the arm , the effects of which prevented him from doing duty for ten days . —The jury found her "Guilty , and she was sentenced to be transported for seven
years . Sentences . —Eenry Albeit the porter in the employ of Messrs . Wood who was on Saturday sen-; enccd to seven years' transportation , was this day brought up to receive sentence upon the conviction against him at the prerioua session . —The Common-Serjeant sentenced him to seven years' transportation , to take precedence of the sentence passed on Saturday . —Howard , another porter in the same employ , and who was convicted last session for rob-) ing his masters , was also sentenced to seven years ' transportation . A great number of petty larcenies were triad before the Commissioner in the New Court during the day , but none of them presented any feature of public interest . —Withthe last trial at this court concluded the business of the session ; and the courts stand adjourned until Monday , the 9 th of April ,.
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him she had murdered her child , and upon < nio , t ; being , put to her by the policeman , sue stated W it was a boy aged five years . He detained the w man , who appeared to be in a very excited stnt and sent another policeman to hoi- house a getting to the house , tho policeman went un stni ^ and found that the woman ' s husband was . absent and that her statement was too true , for tlioro 1-, the infant in bed quite dead , with a piece of cali ™ round its nock , - Tout it was now- discovered thn ' t thn woman Bcvcridgc was the same woman who at th ^ last assizes , in 1847 , was . tried at Winchester fnv the murder of another of her children , by strangling it , but was acquitted on tho '' round of insanity " On that occasion she was ordered to be detained in Winchester gaol during her Majesty ' s pleasure i . > , i
was confined there for eighteen months , when as it was supposed by the surgeon of the gaol and ' the governor , that she had quite recovered her mental powers , she was discharged from custody , and slle returned home to live with her'husband and family . Up to the time of the murder by her of the child she appeared to treat it with the * most intense affection—indeed , as one of the witnesses described it , her whole existence seemed wrapped un in ' thc child . —After several witnesses had been examined , Mr . Justice Williams summed up with n-reafc care ; the jury retired and after a few mmmWcoii sultation , acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity , and she was ordered to be detained until her Majesty ' s pleasure should be known ,
Mistake as to Idestitv . —John Clark , a carpenter , was indicted for a felonious assault on Elizabeth S ' aunders , at Summer ' s Town , on the 9 th of February . —Mr . W . H . Cooke conducted the prosecution ; Mr , Sawyer appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutrix , a little girl of eleven years of age , was returning homewards on the evening in question at live o ' clock , when she was stopped by a man , who carried her to a ditch , where lie treated her with great- violence . Tho poor child ran home in great terror , suffering very much from the injuries done to her person . From the description she gave of her assailant the prisoner was tnken into custody on the next day , and on being brought into her presence she singled him out from other persons as the party by whom she had been ill-treated . —On behalf of the prisoner an alibi was established by the testimony of a respectable fanner and his men , who all
proved the fact of the prisoner being at work two miles away , at "Water Eaton , at the time when the outrage was inflicted on the child . —After the production of this evidence the loavned counsel for the prosecution acquiesced in a verdict of acquittal . AD . Baron Rolfe concurred in the course adopted ' fry Mr . Cooke , and remarked that this investigation ought to convince jurymen and the public of the caution with which all evidence as to identity should be received from persons who are under the influence of terror and injuries . The most truthful persons have frequently persisted in their identity of parties whoso innocence has been afterwards established in tho most satisfactory manner . In this instance there was no doubt the poor child had really believed tho prisoner was the person who had so cruelly used her ; but a most clear and conclusive alibi had been made out , and he left the court without any imputation on his character .
; Wi . vc « £ srj 5 B , JfAncii 6 . Administering Poisoy . —John Parfitt was chained on the coroner ' s inquest with feloniously killing Ellen Miller , by a decoction of hellebore , on the StS of December last . The prisoner was a labourer , residing at Amport , near Andovcr . Was in the habit of preparing a decoction of hellebore for such of his neighbour's children as were thougkt to ha afflicted with worms . On the 7 th of December lm was applied to by the mother of the deceased , and for 3 d . supplied a quantity sufficient for three doses for the deceased , a child of six years of age , which was administered . Tho child became severely convulsed , and expired the following day . — The prisoner , in his defence , said he had supplied the hellebore as an act of kindness . He had prepared it for
other neighbours , and they were satisfied that it had done their children good , and had also given it to , his own children . ¦ — The learned judge having stated to the jury what constituted manslaughter , they returned a verdict of " Guilty" with a strong recommendation to mercy . — His lordship said it should be attended to , . and told the prisoner he should discharge him on his recognisances to appear to take las sentence if he should ever again resort to tlie practice of administering hi- ) medicines . Charge of Manslaughter . —John Jones , a drtiirf ; ist of Romsoy , was indicted for manslaughter , Tn laving administered a certain drug , to Sirs . Georgiana Sergison Smith , the wife of Captain
Smith , of Jermyns , near Jiomsey . The deceased had consulted a physician for a slight weakness , and had been prescribed a tonic medicine , which Air . Jones , the prisoner , had several times prepared . Mrs . Smith sent her servant for a fresh supply , which ought to have contained a certain portion ot salicine , but the prisoner used instead strychnine , which was one of the most deadly poisons . ' Shortly after having taken a dose of tue mixture , Mrs , Smith suffered the greatest agony . Mr . Taylor , a surgeon , of ltomsey , w . as immediately sent for , but the lady , in spite of all that could be done , hail meanwhile died . —At this stage of the case one of the jury was taken ill , and a medical gentleman called , and the juror was removed ; but on Jiis
examination the surgeon thought he would lie capable of finishing this case , and be dischai-god immediately after . After the witness from whom these facts were elicited , C . Broxholm , apprentice to the prisoner , was examined : Was in the shop on tho 30 th oi October , when a prescription was brought , ami Mv . Jones made up a double quantity of the medicine , as directed ; witness copied the prescription into a book , which he produced , and , on the 30 th of >' ov . the first witness came for more medicine , which Mr . Jones made up . Tiie strychnine and salicinc are kept in a corner of the shop On a top shelf , with those words printed on them . Mr . Jones told witness to remind him to write for more strychnine that night . On Mr . Jones coming into the shop the
next morning witness asked him if he had seen Captain Smith ' s servant rido . past in very great haste . He said ho hoped Mrs . Smith was " not worse , and took up the strychnine bottle . He immediately exclaimed , " Oil ! my God , I have g iven Mrs . Smith a deadly poison , ' " and immediately sent him for a horse aud chaise , and drove off to Mr . Smith ' s . Witness had been with Mr . Jones three years , and had never known the salicinc bottle used before but once , and that was for Mrs . Smith eight days previously . It was possible the bottles had changed places on the shelf . AVhen Mv . Jones made up the proscription it was nearly dark . On the discovery of his mistake , prisoner was much excited , ami , in fact , like a madman ; so much so tlwi Mrs . Jones determined on jroinir to Jennvns with
him . —Mi . Taylor knew the deceased ; lie went to Jermyns on the 1 st of Nov ., and found her toil . Prisoner met Mr . "Taylor in the park , and seewoil very much excited after asking how Mrs . Smit " was ; and , on witness informing him she was to * he became almost frantic , and exclaimed , " Oh my God what ' shall I do , I don ' t care so much for tliO results to myself , as that I have sent a follow " creature into another world ! " He considered . »!'• Jones to be peculiarly careful in making up '' ; - medicines . There was a very great siuiffia « ff 1 ! l the two powders , in their appearance as wll •"• - their taste . —Mr . Randall , a chemist at Southampton , also considered the prisoner to he a very capful person , and one who well understood his W- - ness . —His lordship summed up with much nreoi *' and the jury returned a verdict of " not guilty .
Cjielmsfohd , Mmcn 6 . Ansojc . —W . Wass , 19 , was indicted for felonious ? setting fire to a stack of wheat , the property Oi •• Bentley , at Aldham . Mr . Parnell prosecuted , »« Mr . T . Chambers defended the prisoner . It a r peared , from the statement of the council fr >' f ' prosecution , and tho evidence that was addiiff "' support of it , that the prisoner had been in thf ? - ' vice of the prosecutor for several years , but ' » September of last year he had notice fi"W " master to look out for another place , and !« ' ' f' gagement would have ended on the 29 th oft '"" month . On the night of the 27 th the fire in 9 " > : [ tion took place , and before it could be extinffU' *! a rick of wheat was entirely destroved . Tin ' ? circumstance that excited susmeion ajraiiist tlicr ' *
soner was that he was not seen at the fire ; n' »!|'" jus being afterwards asked to account for I ' ' , •' ,, he gave a very unsatisfactory statement , « ft '' i particular denied that he had heen in aP ? " ^ held , from whence it appeared pretty p lain the p son who had set lire to the nek had gone to COW "' the act , and the footmarks were found tocorW- 'P ^ . exactly wit'i those of the prisoner . There * en ¦ ' variety of other minute circumstances h » th F ^ , all tending to establish the guilt of the pn- ^; and negativing the supposition that t '" - ' °% ,. could have been committed by any other i )* --,.. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , ai « J prisoner was sentenced to bo transported for ^ years .
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SATUIiDAY .- ^ IlOBBERY WITH VlOLESCE . —Mm PlOvin was indicted for stealing , with 'violence , from William Leonard , the sum of 10 s . Cd ., his monies . It appeared that the prisoner had watched the prosecutor from a public-house in Whitechapcl , until he came to a lonely part of tho road , when ho knocked him down and rifled his pockets . The aftair was witnessed by a little boy , who , giving information to the police , they subsequently apprehended the prisoner ; and the prosecutor , who was much inured , was taken to the hospital where he remained ' for a week . The jury found the prisoner guilty . —
Some of the police said tho pmonor was a most notorious character , and was captain of a band of regular young thieves . —The Common Sergeant sentenced * him . to fifteen years' transportation . —The prisoner , upon hearing his sentence , seemed comiletely staggered , and appeared as if about to faint , nit suddenly recovering himself , he made a hideous face at the Common Sergeant , and opening his mouth very wide , gave his cheek a . smart slap as if in defiance . Having finished this bit of pantomime , which was evidently intended to express his indifference as to tho sentence passed on him , he swaggered out of the dock . Burglary with Violexce . —W . Cullum , 24 , O . Digby , 20 , and F . Pike , 18 , were charged with burglary in the house of Mr . J . Waller , the
indictment also alleging that , at the time of the offence , they cut and wounded the prosecutor . The facts pf the case liave appeared within the last few days in the police reports . The prosecutor is a gentleman of fortune , residing at Stamford Villas , Fulham ; and between two and three o ' clock on tho morning of the lOtb . ult . was awoke by his lady , and he hcaru footsteps upon the staircase leading to Ms bed-room . Ho got out of bed , asked who was thero , and , receiving no answer , opened tho door , and saw a man standing in the landing . Ho asked what he wanted , and the made answer with an oath , " Thero he isthere is the dog , " and a lanthorn was flashed in his face , and at the same instant he was struck a
tremendous Wow on tho head with a life preserver , the effect of which was to cut a vein , and he was in an instant covered with blood . Ho contrived to close the bed-room door upon his assailant , and by this time Mrs . Waller had gone to the window and raised an alarm , which caused tho ruffians to decamp with such haste that they were only able to take away with them two or three tea spoons .- ~ Mr . Justice Crcsswell summed up , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty" against all the prisoners . His lordship , taking into consideration the violent character of the offence they had committed , felt bound to inform them that they must expect to leave this country for- tho remainder of their lives .
Post-Office Robberies . — -E . Broome and J . lYithain , the two Post-office letter-carriers who were convicted in the early part of the session of stealing letters , were brought up for judgment , and Broome , who has been fourteen years in the Postoffice , and who received a very good character and was recommended to mercy by the jury , was sentenced to be transported for seven , and the other for ten years . Monday . —Daring Burglart . — John . Phillips , alias Seal , 10 ; George Phillips , alias , Johnson , his brothei , 19 ; Thomas Jackson , 19 . ; Mary Anna Allen , 17 ; and Eliza Brown ,. 17 , were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Henry Raven , and stealing a work-box , some silver money , ah ( other articles , his property . Mr . Cooper prosecuted , Mr . O'Brien defended the two girls , and the other prisoners had no counsel . This , prosecutor in this case is a surgeon in " Compton-street , St . Pancras .
and the prisoner , John Phillips , was in his service as errand-boy , and although evidence did not clearly make out the fact , there was every reason to believe ihnt the robbery was " put up , " or projected by » m - ; -I ho burglary was committed on the night of the 27 th of January , and the offence was clearly made out against the prisoners George Phillips and Jackson ; and it seemed that directly afterwards they proceeded to a brothel in Gray ' s-innJano , where the booty was shared with the two girls , who wore prostitutes with whom . they cohabited . The jury acquitted John Phillips and the two girls , and returned a verdict of " Guilty" against George 1 lullips and Jackson . Evidence was then adduced to show that Phillips had been twice before convicted . Ihe officers likewise stated that the prisoners were two of the most notorious and daring - lnovos that ; infest the meiro ' polis .-Thc Common sergeant said there was not a single mitigating c * --
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Eretatttr , Dram , Saturday . —Roscommon Assizes . —Mich . Gardner and Martin Brennon , tu'o of the parties implicated in the murder of Major Mahon , were yesterday allowed to withdraw then 1 plea of " Sot guilty" to the charge of conspiracy to murder ; and , on the Crown consenting not to press for capital punishment , they pleaded " Guilty . " James Cummins has been found guilty of the murder . The chief evidence against him w . is the servant boy , who was sent for the pistols and ammunition . The Rate in Aid . —Several influential meetings have becii held hi Ulster in opposition to this measure . The guardians of the North Dublin union on Friday week passed resolutions against the rate in aid , and were addressed at much length by several gentlemen m opposition to the government plan .
The Pope . —The fund for the Pope is under active process of collection , and considerable exertions are made to procure subscriptions . Liberation of Mr . M . R , Leyne . —Mr . Maurice Richard Leyne , one of the actors in the late rebellion , who was arrested on the same night by the same party of police who captured Mr . T . Meagher , and Mr . O'Donohue , was brought up on Friday morning before the Mayor of Clonmef and set at large , after being bound in the sum of £ 100 to appear to answer any charge which Her Maiesty s Attorney-General may prefer against him at the next assizes . Ilis sureties were bound in the sum of £ 50 each . Momut . —Mb . DuFFY . —This gentleman ( the last of the State prisoners ) has been removed from Newgate to the healthy prison of Richmond , where Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , M'Manus , and O'Donohue , are confined . "
Tub Potato . —The Limerick Chronicle says '" We are happy to hear that more potatoes are at present sowing m the county Limerick than for three years past . " The Cholera . —The Cork Constitution announces the appearance of the epidemic in that city . In the case of the conspiracy to murder the Rev . John Lloyd , Michael Bonier was put upon his trial , but the leading witness for the Crown having completely broken down , in his evidence , the prisoner was acquitted . ' Destitution axd Emigration . —There are further most deplorable accounts of distress and deaths
from starvation in the west and south , and upon the other haua , emigration is rapidly increasin g as the spring advanccs-an emigration , however , like that of the past year , consisting almost exclusively of the better class of peasants , with a sprinkling of the small gentry . It is stated that there has been a further flight of tenantry from the estate of the Earl of Glengall , m Tippcraiy , and that the lands unoccupied are considerably augmented From Limerick a vessel is to sail for America towards the end of the month , with some families of the lesser gentry , and those who had been substantial farmers . Tue GiEAUAxcii firauyi . —Tlie Limerick and
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scotlautr . Bask Robbery . —On Thursday week a most serious system of robbery connected Avith the branch of the British Linen Company's Bank in Glasgow was discovered . The parties implicated in the transaction are , we believe , an accountant , three tellers , and a check-clerk . One of the number died in September last , and another a few days since . It is rumoured that the discovery of the fraud arose in consequence of some disclosures made by the latter on his death-bed . There can be no doubt that the system has gone on for several years—we believe since ISiS—undetected , in consequence of all the persons by whom it should have been checked
being compromised and interested in its continuance . The amount of money involved is variously stated at from £ 20 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 . This sum had been originally used in railway speculations , and the immediate loss will be reduced by property belonging to the unhappy individuals by whom the fraud has been committed . They had adopted several modes of falsifying the accounts ; but one of the plans was to make up parcels of notes , and to mark upon them a larger number than they contained , using the deficits for their private ends . The managers of the bank had not the slightest idea , of the injury they were sustaining , bocausotlto parties beins engaged in different departments , and
working together , always made the accounts apparently square . AVe need scarcely say that the party occupied a very respectable sphere in society . One of them , we hear , has been an elder in one of the churches in this city for a considerable period , and was very much respected . The extent of the railway speculation in Ibid—the sums of money rapidly gained , and anxiety to share in these transactions , —wore undoubtedly the causes which induced , originally , this systematic breach of faith . It may be even supposed that the temporary use of the money was alone contemplated in the first instance , and that the confusion and reduction which rapidly occurred in the market rendered its return impossible .
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& ! je prottuttf 0 . Essex . —Burglary at Streathau . axd Death of OXE OF the Robbers , on Thursday morning , the 1 st of March . The premises ( Streatham Hall ) upon ¦ which the burglary was committed constitute the residence and farm-house of Mr . Xehemiah Perry , an opulent landowner and occupier . They are situated in the parish of Streathall , about two miles from Chestcrforu , the whole of which parish is occupied l > y Mi-. Terry , part of it belonging to himself , and part to the Archdeaconry of Durham . The house is an old-fashioned ¦ building , placed in a lonely position upon a hill near the church , and at some
distance irom any other houses or cottages . Indeed , the whole population of the village does not exceed twenty persons ; so that Mr . Perry's premises may well nave been thought to favour the designs of midnight desperadoes , who abound in this neighbourhood , especially as it was known that the only individuals in the house were Mr . Ifehemiah Perry ( an old man above sixty yours old ) , his brother , Mr . Thomas Perry , and one female domestic . On Wednesday night these three parties retired to rest between ten and eleven o ' clock , leaving the doors and windows perfectly secure . A little before one in the morning they were routed hy a noise below stairs ; an 1 the servant , fancying ifie cat had upset sonic-
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Swansea , March , 1 . . Charge of Murder . —John Connors , an Irishman , aged 25 , described in the calendar as a railway labourer , was indicted for the murder of one Thomas Lewis , at Cardiff , on the 11 th November last . Wm . "Williams examined : —I was in Bridge-street , Cardiff , on the night of the 11 th of November . I there mot the deceased , with his wife and child . I asked him if he was going home ? We went together to the ( op of Mary Ann-street , when we heard a row , and wo then proceeded to where the noise came from . We saw the prisoner standing by the Dowlais Inn . Deceased asked him " What ' s the row ? " to which
the prisoner replied "What ' s that to you—you had better go on . " The deceased then said "Don't be saucy ; you had better go . home . " Deceased then went towards home . The Irishman drew a knife and came towards me . I ran and picked up a stone . lie did the same . I thought it best to let the matter alone , so I went away . Directly afterwards the prisoner threw a stone , which struck the deceased on his knee . The Irishman ran away up Stanley-street , and deceased followed him . I ran also . As I was running I saw prisoner using his knife . It was a moonlight night , but rather dark at that part of the street where prisoner and deceased came together . I was fifteen yards distant from them , I saw the Irishman place his left arm round
deceased's shoulder , and with his right hand he struck him repeatedly . —Matthew Stuart , mariner , examined : —I saw the deceased with his wife and infant , and the witnesses Williams and Richards standing by the Catholic chapel . The prisoner was at the top of Stanley-street ; he threw a stone at Lewis ' s party , which struck Mrs . Lewis as she was stooping to pick up her child . He throw another stone , and then ran away , followed by the deceased . The deceased overtook him , and they struggled for a few moments together . The Irishman turned right round towards deceased and struck him several times with his right hand ; he then ran awav .
Lewis staggered , and I caught him in my arms . I asked him if ho was hurt , but he made no answer . As I picked him off the ground , the first witness , Williams , came up . I never saw the prisoner before that night . Deceased ' s face w . i 9 covered with mud , and he was quite dead . Other witnesses were examined , when the learned Judge , summed up the evidence at great length , pointing out the distinction which the law makes between the crime of murder and that of manslaughter . The jury then retired , and after an absence of three hours and upwards , returned a verdict , guilty of . manslaughter . upon this his lordship sentenced him to transportation for life .
Oxford , March 3 . Desperate Burglary at Finmere . —Joseph Boswell and John Marriott were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr . George French , oi Finmere , and stealing therefrom three sovereigns and bank notes to the value of £ 40 . —The prosecutor IS a farmer , living in a lone house at Pinmere , in Oxfordshire , with » housekeeper find a boy . On the night of the 20 th of November last , they ' retired to rest between twelve and one , aud bad not been asleep long before the prosecutor was awoke by footsteps outside his room , and shortl y after two men entered , one carrying a candle and the other a gun , they demanded his money , and ho gave them all he had in his pocket , which " con « istod of three or four sovereigns and some silver . They pointed to a chest of drawers , and finding one locked , inquired for the key , and on his telling them he had not got it , one of the prisoners took a hammer and chisel out of
his pocket and broke it open , and took the contents , consisting of £ 40 in notes . The prisoners then went to the housekeeper ' s room and demanded her money , which she gave them . They then left her room and returned to the prosecutor ' s , and inquired . where he kept his silver , upon which he replied that they had got quite enough , and he should not tell them . They then returned to the housekeeper ' s room and asked the same question , but as they could get no information , they left tho house A regard of £ 150 was offered by the government and an association for the discovery of the burglars , and through the exertions of an enterprising constable Charles Morgan , of Steeple Ashton , the prisoners were taken mto custody , and clearly identified by the prosecutor and his housekeeper as the persons who committed the burgla . ry . L Tho jnr / p 10 nounccd boththe prisoners "Guilty , " upon which ox-SeKeo ^ r CaCh ° thGm t 0 hwUtati n
Winchester , Maboh 3 . Charge of MunDER . _ Mary Ann BovcrMge , aged forty was placed at the bar , charged with tuo wiTful murder of James Beveridge , an infant aged five years , at the parish of Portsea . The prisoner , who ws undefended , on being called on to plead to the indictment , pleaded guilty , but was induced to retract this plea , and plead not guilty . —It appeared that the prisoner , who is nearly blind , is the wife of a labouring man at Portsea , and that on the 26 th of January last , ' shc went v . p to a policeman , and told
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