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This court opened on Monday , but no trial of importance took place during the day . TvEsoAt , Afbxl 9 . Stealing fbom a Father . —Henry Corbeshley , 19 , ¦ was indicted for stealing ten sovereigns and other propertv , belonging to Ebenezer Corbeshley , bis father . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . "—The prosecutor , in answer to questions put by the court , said that he was a dissenting minister , and the prisoner at the bar was his eldest son . He had provided various situations for him , and had done all that lay
in Ms power to enable him to get an bonesfc livelihood , but he invariably threw himself out of employment by his misconduct and his dishonesty . The prisoner had robbed him on several other occasions , and he said he felt that no other alternative was left him but to adopt the present proceeding , in order to prevent the other members of his family from being contaminated by the example of the prisoner . The Recorder , after making some feeling and appropriate remarks upon the conduct of the prisoner , sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for fifteen months .
Rescue from the Custodt of a Female . —H . Mvers 14 , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Phoibe Abrahams , and rescuing a person whom sho had in custody for robbing her . —The prosecutrix , it will be recollected , was walking in the nei ghbourhood of Petticoat-lane , when her pocket was picked , and on seizing the person who had committed the offence , the prisoner assaulted her , and the result of his interference was , that the person who had committed the robbery contrived to make his escape . The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . "—The Itecordertold the prisoner that he had committed a very serious offence , and he regretted that the form in which the charge had been preferred only gave him the power to pass a sentence of imprisonment . He then ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for six eaJendar months .
Misdemeanor . —James Ward surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with misdemeanor . The first two counts imputed to the defendant that he had obtained certain sums of money by falsely representing himself to be a certified attorney , and in a third" count he -was charged with unlawfully obtaining £ 1 3 s . 6 d ., by falsely representing that he had paid that amount to the clerk of Mr . Petersdorff , the barrister , on behalf of that gentleman , for a conference fee . —Mr . Wilde prosecuted , and Mr . Horry was for the defendant . —The circumstances under which this charge was preferred lay in a very narrow compass . It appeared that the prosecutor was a person named Robert Jones , and during the year 184 S he was involved in some leiral
proceedings with a person named Alexander , and he employed the defendant to act in his behalf . It appeared that Ward was upon the list of attorneys , but on this year he " had not taken out his certificate , and . the prosecutor swore that he advanced him certain sums of money to carry on the proceedings , upon the understanding that lie was eertiifieatod at the time . With regard to the charge contained in the third count , it was alleged that on the 27 th of November the defendant had obtained £ 1 3 s . 6 d . from the prosecutor , upon his representation that he had paid that sum to Mr . Petersdorff as a conference fee , and which representation turned out to be incorrect . —The Recorder , at the close of the case for the prosecution , said that the two first
counts of the indictment must fall to the ground , as there had been no evidence produced to show that the defendant had not really taken out his certificate . —Mr . Wilde urged that it was for the defendant to show that he had done so . —The Recorder said that in a criminal charge a defendant was not required to prove his innocence of the fact alleged against him , but it was the duty of the prosecutor to make out the case by the best evidence . —Mr . Wilde said it was certainly his opinion that they ought to have shown that the defendant was not certificated , but he had deferred to the opinion of those who instructed him . —Mr . Horry then addressed the jury upon the third count , and after the learned Recorder had briefly summed up they returned a verdict of "Xot GuUtv . "
Charge of Perjury . —D . Law surrendered to answer an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Plumptre prosecuted ; Mr . Parry was for the defence . —The charge against this defendant arose out of an action tried in " the Court of Queen ' s Bench in January last . The jury , under bis lordship ' s direction returned a verdict of " Xot Guilty /' BoBBEisr bt a Sailor . —John Smith , 32 , sailor , ¦ was indicted for stealing , in the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Matts , a dressing-case , containing ten sovereigns , a watch , an eye-glass , and other articles , the property of Frederick Sutton , and afterwards burglariously breaking out of the same dwellinghouse . —Mr . Ryland held the depositions , and
examined the witnesses by direction of the court . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Vf . Cooper . —The robbery imputed to the prisoner appeared to have been committed in a most daring manner . The prosecutrix is the landlady of the Fountain publichouse , Foster-lane , Cheapside , and it seemed that on the night of the 8 th of March the prisoner came to the house and represented that he was the captain of a vessel , and that he had some business at the Post-ofiice early on the following morning , and was desirous to have a bed . As the appearance of the prisoner was respectable , and as he had some seafaring manners about him , no suspicion was entertained about the truth of his story , and he was shown to a bedroom , and all the family retired to
rest at their tisnal hour . On the following morning , about five o ' clock , the prisoner was observed by a police constable in the act of jumping over a wall adjoining the residence of the prosecutrix , and upon his attempting to take him into custody the prisoner made a most desperate resistance , and nearly bit off the officer's thumb before he could secure him . Upon the house being examined afterwards , it "was found that some person had evidently been all over it during the night , and that the dressingcase had been removed from the bedroom of a person named Sutton , who managed the business for proseeutrix , while he was asleep , and a bunch of keys had also been removed from the bedroom of his daughter , and these kevs were found upon the bed
¦ which the prisoner had occupied . The dressingcase and its contents were subsequently found concealed in the churchyard , close to the wall the prisoner had been seen to jump over . —The jury found the prisoner "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Embezzlement . —John George Beckett , 19 , a welldressed young man , pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of embezzling three several sums of £ 6 os ., £ 8 18 s . Id ., and £ 32 Us . Sd ., tbe monies of William Henry Watson and others , his employers . —Mr . Payne , who appeared for the prosecution , informed the court that the prisoner had been in the service of an attorney , and it appeared that he had embezzled
money altogether amounting to more than £ 100 . The prisoner absconded from the service , and was found at Maidstone , having enlisted into a cavalry regiment there . —Thej > rosecutor informed the court that the prisoner had been in his service since he was a boy , and until recentl y had conducted himself very well . The extent of his defalcations was about £ 110 , and when the prisoner left his employment he sent a letter , in which he admitted that he had embezzled the money , and said that he was coins abroad for three years , and when he returned , he hoped he should be able to repay the amount he had taken . —The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year .
2 TEW COURT . The time of the eourfc was occupied the whole day in trying prisoners for offences against her Majesty ' s Mint , ana the modes in which the offences were committed did not possess any features of public interest . Amongst the base coin uttered there were a great number of counterfeit crowns and halfcrowns . It seems by the evidence adduced that the crusade was more particularly directed against the body of licensed victuallers , beer , and coffee shopkeepers , and the offenders chose , for the purpose of better effecting their nefarious designs , the times ¦ when these tradespeople , were most busy , and also at the close of the afternoon , and just before it became necessary to light up . With the licensed victuallers they were generally most successfuland
, the trade will find it necessary to be very much on their guard against the gang of utterers who now infest the metropolis . The Common Serjeant , in passing sentence , expressed his determination to put a stop to the offence , if he could , and . the prisoners were sentenced to the longest periods the law would allow for the indictments on which they were tried , varying from twelve months to two years . There werefifteen cases for trial , twelve of which were disposed oi during the day , and only one acquittal out of that number . The two soldiers ( Jenkins and Finch ) , whose case has been so lately and frequently reported under the head of Lambeth police-court , were both found guilty , and severally sentenced to one year ' s imprisonme ' nt and hard lal » ur in the House of Correction .
W 2 D 5 EBDAT , APBIL 11 . Saoornfo at a Female . —J . Cushway , 19 , was indicted for feloniously shooting at Emma Tyler , with intent to murder her ; ana in other counts his intent was charged to have been to do the prosecutrix some serious bodily harm . Mr . Ryland and Jlr . Laurie conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Corporation of London ; Mr . Wooliett aefended the prisoner . —The learned counsel for the prosecution briefly stated the facts of the case , the following evidence was adduced . —Emma Tyler , the prosecutrix , deposed that she was a single woman , and resided at So . 5 , Angel-alley , Bishopsgate-street . She had known the prisoner about six months atthc « mo this happened . On the night of the 17 th January she was in the alley near the prisoner ' s bouse . A girl named Eliza Grove 3 was with her . She saw the prisoner about seven o ' clock . He was -then going for some work , and returned about eight o ' clock , and witness asked him -what time , it
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was , and he said it was eight , and Beemed rather angry . The prisoner then asked her where she had been to , and she said no further than the door . A young man named John Somers then came by , and witness called to him , and the prisoner immediately went away . She followed him to Skinner-street , and put his cap on his head . A short time before she had snatched his cap off and thrown it away . She saw the prisoner again soon after this had taken place , and in consequence of what Eliza Groves had told her , she asked the prisoner what he wanted with her , and he replied that was his business , and he added that she would soon see what he wanted with her . He then seized hold of her right hand , and she asked him why he held her
hand so tight > and he repeated what he had before 9 aid , that it was his busiuess . Witness ihen turned her head to speak to Eliza Groves , and continued to do so for about ten minutes , the prisoner holding her all the time , and she then saw him hold a pistol to her face , which , he discharged , and ahe felt that she was wounded , and fell to the ground . The young man Somers came to her assistance , and when she came to her senses she found her self ia the hospital . — Cross-examined : Witness is sixteen years old . The prisoner is nineteen . Her name was Emma Tyler but she Lid been called Jemima for a " lark . " She did not know how to spell her name . She first saw the prisoner about seven o ' clock , and ahe addressed him upon that occasion , and they were on friendly
terms . —The prosecutrix here became very faint and her further cross-examination was postponed . —Eliza Groves deposed that she also lived in Angel-alley , and was acquainted with the prisoner and the prosecutrix . They had been " keepingcompany" for about three months , and appeared very fond of each other . She aaw the prosecutrix leave Cushway , on the night of the 17 th January , to go to speak to Somers , and he appeared very much displeased at her doing so . Soon after this had taken place , Emma Tyler asked the prisoner what was the matter with him , and he replied that it was nothing to her , and they then separated . In about ten minutes afterwards she again saw the prisoner , and he told her to tell the prosecutvix that he wanted to speak
to her , and the prosecutrix went out to him . The pr isoner then said he wanted to speak to her very particular , and the prosecutrix replied " Let me hear it if you please . " The prisoner made no reply , but went and threw his cap over the wall of the alley , and then asked witness to go and fetch it , but she refused . They all continued to talk good-huinouredly together for about half-an-hour , and she then observed the prisoner take a p istol out of his right coat pocket , and he immediately fired it at the prosecutrix , and when he had done so he replaced it in his pocket . The prosecutrix fell insensible into witness ' s arms , and the prisoner then ran away . — Cross-examined : Witness is fourteen years old . They were constantly' in the habit of playing
together . No angry words passed before the shot was fired . Witness had said that in her opinion tho prisoner had done it out of a lark ; and this was still her opinion . She never saw him with a pistol before . —John Somers the person referred to in the evidence of the preceding witness , confirmed their testimony as to what occurred at the time in question . The prisoner walked away when he saw the f > rosecutrix talking to witness , and they followed liminto Skinner-street , where they found the prisoner sitting on a post , and Emma Tyler took his cap off . The prisoner was then about to walk away without Ms cap , but the prosecutrix ran up to him and put it on his head again . They all then went back to Angel-alley , and as witness was going into
his own house he heard the report of a pistol , and on looking round he saw the prosecutrix in the arms of Eliza Groves . —Mr . Robert Mann , the house-surgeon of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , proved that tho prosecutrix had received two wounds in the left side of the head , evidently occasioned by a pistol ball , which appeared to have entered at one side and made its exit by the other . Her face was also blackened bygunpowder . The prosecutrix had been in the hospital ever since . The wounds in themselves were not dangerous , but might have been so by their consequences if inflammation or erysipelas had supervened . —S . Osborne , a nurse at the hospital , proved that upon dressing the head of the prosecutrix , on the 18 th of January , she found apiece of lead or 1
copper , like a bullet , in her hah . —Inspector Fosberry proved that he took the prisoner into custody at his father's house , on 'the morning after the occurrence , and on Ms telling Mm what the charge was against him , he said there was nothing but paper in the pistol . As they were going to the police-station , he made another statement , and said that Emma Tyler had asked him to get two pistols , one to shoot her , and the' other to shoot himself with . He likewise said , that he had thrown the pistol away among some ruins near hi 3 father ' s house . —The prosecutrix was then again put in the box to be further cross-examined , and , in answer to the questions put to her , she said that she had frequently seen the prisoner playing with a pistol , and
he had on several occasions snapped it before her . The prisoner was generally in a very weak state . They were always on very friendly terms , and she had not the least suspicion that he had any malice towards her , or that he intended to murder her . — In answer to a question put by one of the jurors , the prosecutrix said , that she did not see the pistol on the evening of the 17 th January , until the prisoner discharged it at her . —The counsel for the prisoner then addressed the jury on lib behalf . —Two or three witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner the character of a mild and inoffensive lad , and they also said that he was of very weak constitution , and had suffered a good deal of illness ever since he was
a child . —The learned judge having summed up , the jury found the prisoner " Guilty" upon that count of the indictment which charged the intent to be to do grievous bodily harm . Sentence was deferred . Forging a Post-Office Oiidkr . —W . Tootel , aged 16 , a clerk , pleaded guilty to forging a Post-office order for the payment of £ 5 . In this case , the prisoner was not in the employ of the Post-office , but son to [ the postmaster of Edgware . Being at variance with his family , he had left his home , and obtaining some Post-office orders he had filled them up and signed them . —The Common Sergeant said that nothing but the prisoner's youth induced him to pass the light sentence that he did , which was that he be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months .
Letter Stkaiing . —J . lv . Hyde , a clerk in the Post-office , pleaded guilty to stealing a letter containiDg a bank note of the value of £ 5 . The court ordered him to be transported for seven years . Tub Danger of Claiming Rewards for Lost PnorBRiT . —John Terry , a well dressed man , was indicted for feloniously receiving 100 sheets of paper valued at Is ., well knowing them to have been stolen . Mr . Ry land and Mr . Laurie conducted the prosecution , which had been instigated by the City authorities ; and Mr . Ballantine defended the prisoner . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner returning home one evening from a concert at
Exeter Hall he stumbled over a parcel , which proved to be the papers in question . The prisoner mentioned the circumstance to Lord Colville , who was an acquaintance , and his lordship advised him to communicate with Shackell , which he did , and after several interviews Shackell paid to the prisoner tho sum mentioned in the advertisement ; in the meantime an anonymous letter having been sent to Messrs . Cowley and Budd , it was placed in the hands of Webb , an inspector of the City police ; and ultimately the prisoner was apprehended for the felonious possession of the papers , and , after several examinations , was admitted to bail , aud this day he surrendered to take his trial , The Common
Sergeant , having heard a portion of the evidence , said he did not think there was a case of felonious possession , as his story was that he had found them , and a verdict of " Acquittal" having been taken , the prisoner was directed to be discharged from custody . Arson . —W . Scollard , 30 , egg merchant , and J . Scollard , 26 , ditto , were indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house , the property of Joseph Goouchild , with intent to injure him . In another count the intent was charged to be to defraud the General Fire and Life Assurance
Company . —Mr Parry and Mr . Metcalfe prosecuted ; and Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Partridge , and Mr . Parnell defended the prisoners . —The evidence against the prisoners in this case was entirely of a circumstanial character . It appeared that the prisoner William occupied the house No . 46 , Bermondsey-street , and he there carried on the business of an eggdealer and cheesemonger , his brother John , the other prisoner , living with him . The fire , which was the subject of the present inquiry , took place about two o ' clock on the morning of the 15 th of January , and at that period there were no less than twenty three persons lodging in the house , almost every room being occupied either singly or doubly the prisoners themselves using a small , parlour at
the back of the shop as a sleeping room . A policeman , who was passing the house at the time in question , saw the appearance of fire in the shop , and he immediately commenced knocking at the door , but for some time he was unable to obtain admittance . When this was obtained it was found that the shop was partly on fire , and that there was also fire in the cellar , but upon the arrival of engines the whole was speedily extinguished , aud very little injury was done to the fabric of the building , and none of the inmates of the house received any damage . It seemed that the first circumstance which excited suspicion against the prisoners waa
the observation by the fire brigade that there appeared to have been two distinct fives—one in the shop and the other in the cellar , and it was also observed , that a number of empty butter firkins had been placed in the shop , and that a small quantity of butter , had been placed in the heads of sonic of them to give them the appearance of being full tubs . It appeared that the stock was insured in the General Fire Assurance Company for . £ 320 , and after the fire the prisoner William sent in a claim for £ 128 , representing that forty full firkins of butter had been destroyed , for which ho claimed £ 90 , and the remaining amount wa 3 claimed for fixtures . "Upon this point it appeared , according
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to the testimony of the firemen , that there was not the least appearance of such a large quantity of greasy matter haying been destroyed , and all they observed was a thin coat of butter , like skim , floating upon the water that had been thrown into the house , but quite insufficient to account for so large a quantity as forty firkins ; and , with regard to the fixtures , it appeared that the whole of them were appraised by a broker , who-was put in possession of the premises by the landlord for rent , after the fire , at less than £ 4 , and they were eventually sold for between £ 2 and £ 3 . Both the prisoners were found upon the premises at the time the fire was discovered , with nearly all their ordinary wearing apparel upon them ; and , frou the appearance of
the bed , which was in their parlour , it seemed that it had not been lain upon on the niglit of tho fire . In addition te these facts , it was shown that several days before the fire occurred property was seen to be removed from the house by the prisoner William ; and on the 13 th of January he took a box to a person named Poison , in Leadenhall-mavket , and represented that he had just come from tbe steam-wharf , and he wished him to take cave of the box for a few days , when he said he would fetch it . This box upon being opened was found to contain a quantity of wearing apparel , a clock , and also the books connected with the business that was carried on by the prisoner William in the house in question . It was also shown that when the claim was made upon the
fire-office by William Scollard , he represented that a considerable portion of the butter that was consumed was the property of his brother John , and he , at the same time , said he could give no account of the origin of the fire , and all he knew about the matter was , that he went homo from the publichouse about twelve o ' clock and went to bed immediately , and knew nothing move until he was kocked up by the police ; and when he was questioned with regard to his books , he said they must have been burned in the fire , it being distinctly proved that these books were contained in the box left by the prisoner with the witness Poison under the circumstances above detailed . For some reason , which was not made to appear in the course of the
case , it seemed that although the insurance company did decline to pay the claim made upon ' them , neither they , nor the owner of the house , were parties in the present prosecution , but that it had been instituted through the instrumentality of a coroner ' sjury , which was empanelled to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire , and the magistrate of the district , acting upon the finding of that jury and the inquiry which he himself instituted , bound over Mr , Yates , Jin inspector of police , to prosecute , and that officer appeared to have exerted himself most zealously in getting up the case . —Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for the defence with his usual skill and eloquence , urging every point that appeared in the prisoners' favour . —The learned judge then summed up , and the jury
almost immediately returned a verdict ol " Uuuty against both prisoners . When the verdict was pronounced the prisoner John Scollard fell down in the dock insensible , and it was some timo beforehe came tft himself . —Mr . Justice Wighianan , In passing sentence , told the prisoners they had been convictec upon the clearest evidence of one of the deepest and blackest offences known to the law , and he knew of none that was more dangerous to society , or which g . ave greater indications of a wicked and malicious mind . He considered it was a most aggravated case , and his duty left him no alternative but to pass upon them the full sentence fixed by the law tor the offence of which they had been convicted , which was , that they be severally transported for life .
Robbery by a Gipsy McsiciAjr . — C . Lee , aged 27 , described as a musician , was indicted for stealing , with violence , from tho person of Benjamin Hatfield , half-a-crown , two shillings , and some halfpence . —The prisoner , a man about the middle height , powerfully built , and with a determined ruffianly cast of features , is one of the gipsy tvibe , and well known in the counties of Surrey , Sussex , and Kent , as Gipsy Lea . —Mr . Bodkin having stated the case , called—Benjamin Morris , who stated that on the 13 th of March in the last year he went to Kennington-common , where a Chartist meeting was announced to take place . Shortly before the speakers arrived , a mob of between four and five hundred persons left the Common headed by the
prisoner , who had armed himself with a large bludgeon which had been broken out of a fence near the Common , and proceeded down Southamptonstreet , Camberwell . Witness followed at a short distance , and saw the mob at the instigation of the prisoner commit numerous acts of depredation . Upon arriving at tho front of Mr . Hatfield's shop they commenced breaking the windows , and then surrounded that gentleman , who was closing his shop , and ill-treated him ; and having obtained something from him , they went on , beaded by the prisoner . —Mr . Benjamin Hatfield , a tailor , living in Southampton-street , Camberwell , said that about twelve on the day in question hearing tho commotion that was taking place , he commenced shutting up his shop , and whilst so doing , the mob
came up , headed by the prisoner , and commenced breaking his windows . The prisoner said , wo are starving , and must have bread , and immediately seized hold of witness by the collar , who being somewhat alarmed , put his hand into his pocket to _ give them some money , when prisoner put his hand into witness ' s cash-pocket , and pulled out some money , which fell amongst the crowd , who picked it up . The prisoner , with very abusive epithets , said they must have more , and told the mob to have some of the cloth . They then went away , and witness saw tho prisoner loading the mob about , committing other acts of depredation upon tho tradesmen in the vicinity , until the police made their appearance . The identity of the prisoner was clearly established , and the remainder of
the evidence went to show that the shopkeepers in the neighbourhood were plundered by the prisoner and the lawless men he headed , and that property amounting in value to several thousand pounds was taken , and amongst them the ' shop of Mr . Gray , a pawnbroker was stripped . A great number of the mob were taken , subsequently tried , and severally sentenced to terms of imprisonment and transportation . The prisoner managed to evade the police till Sept ., when he was apprehended on a charge and imprisoned at Maidstone , from which gaol he was taken by the superintendent of the Tunbridgo Wells police , who knew the prisoner , and heai'd the charge against him . Whilst the officer was bringing the prisoner to London he told him he had a dream which had foretold that he should be taken into
custody , and that he should ride with the officer with a carriage , but he expected it would have been his brother's . —Mr . Charnock said the case was one of identity , and after the evidence he had heard lie would not struggle with the facts . —The jury instantly found the prisoner " Guilty . " — Evidence was then given that the prisoner had been convietcd and imprisoned at Lewes , in July , 1839 . —The Common Sergeant , in passing ' sentence , said there could not be any doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . Ho knew that Mr . Gray , the pawnbroker , had been ruined by the riot . The prisoner had been tho ringleader in the affair ; and he ( the learned judge ) felt that it would be useless if they did not make the severest example the law allowed for such an offence , which was one of highway robbery , and the sentence was that he be transported beyond the seas for tho term of his natural lito .
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Erection of an Iron Lighthouse ok the Irish Coast .-The foundation for an iron lighthouse , to be erected on the Fastnett Rock , about six miles from Cape Clear , has been completed , and its base filled up with solid mason-work , and secured with all possib'e care . It is nineteen feet in circumference , and it \ s intended to raise it to seventy-five feet to the summit of tbeJantern , fourteen of which have been already completed . The summit of the rock barely affords space sufficient for the necessary sheds for the workmen . These sheds are very strongly constructed , and secured to the solid rock by massive chains , and seventeen persons take shelter therein , a large steam-vessel acting as a tender , ami conveying stores and provisions thereto ; bnt such is the exposed situation of the rock , that for days together no communication can be kept up but by a leather bag hauled through the surf . The effect of
ie sea in a recent gale baffles all description ; all the sheds were filled with water , and one of them has been washed down—derricks and cranes , with other materials , swept off the rock , and a large anvil ol three cwt . and upwards taken from its summit as if it were a feather ; and notwithstanding all that has been written about the height of a wave , the men affirm that the sea ran several feet higher than the r * of of the tower before it broke , and that the waves thatpassed the rock out of breaking distance were Jar more than ten feet above their level , which was nearly 100 feet above high water mark . The foreman , a very intelligent man , is now at Crookhaven , preparing the stores for the spring , or fine weather . He bas no apprehension as to the stability of the toner , which is ol cast iron , in large pieces , and screwed together—beautifully cast , and of amazing strength —The . Architect . °
Hospital Accommodation in London . It is a remarkable fact that in this densel y populated metropolis , with its constant thousands of disabled and ailing poor , the hospital accommodation only comprises 3 , 500 beds , One half of that number are engrossed by surgical cases , a groat proportion by acute cases of frightful accidents , fractures ) broken bones , &c . ; and but a small and inadequate portion by chronic cases , since one-third of the deaths every year are from diseases of the heart and lunes .
ihese are just cases that becomo incurable if any delay take place in the application of the usual , remedies . The hospital accommodation of London in respect to beds , notwithstanding tho great wealth possessed by some of the institutions , is not sufficient to meet one half of the demands of tho indigent . ¦ St . Mary ' s Hospital , in Paddington , which is not ypt completed , will , when opened ( in tho course ot the present summer ) , afford accommodation to districts containing 170 , 000 inhabitants , and beds for 400 patients . ' u
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The following appeared in our Town Edition of last week : — Four Persons Suffocated bt CiiAncoAL . —The residents of Miss C . Mann ' s ladies' school , Liburnahouse , St . John ' s-wood , were greatly alarmed on Wednesday early by discovering that three of the female servants , Eliza Tidd . aged 21 Fanny Carter , aged 17 , and Elizabeth Griffith , aged 16 , had died durin « the ni » ht , and that a fourth was in a state of insensibility , from which she has not at present recovered . The facts of the case appear to be that the cook , who had been ill some time , and who on Tuesday evening felt herself worse , asked permission of her mistress to sleep in a room adjoining the kitchen in which tho footboy had temporaril y slept ,
as she thought she could repose more quietly there than ° in her own bedroom . This was assented to on the condition that one' of the housemaids should sleep with her , in case she mi ght require assistance . It was thought that the room , which had no fire-place , might be too cold for an invalid , and a patent stove , which had been constantly usod in the hall , was brought into tho room to warm it . Another servant also expressed a desire to accompany them . This arrangement having been made , the lady of the house and family retired to rest , but it is conjectured that afterwards
the fourth female servant , not luting to sleep awne , took up her abode with them . The custom of the family was to call up the servants at six o'clock in the morning . On being called at that hour on Wednesday no answer was given , when the door was opened and the appalling scene disclosed of three of "the servants dead , and a fourth , Annette Peyke , gasping for life . Instant medical assistance was obtained , which was useless to all but the one -who was found in a state of insensibility and partly dressed . She is not yet sufficiently recovered to narrate tho particulars of this melancholy affair . _ . , , ,, ___ held
Death rfom Scauhng . — -An Inquest was on Thursday before G . Payne , Esq ., at Gray ' s Hospital , on the body of Margaret Stephens , aged three years , ¦ who died from having a saucepan of boiling milk accidentally thrown over her by her eldest sister , aged thirteen . The deceased was one of seven children left by the mother at home on -the 31 sfc ult . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Desertion of a Child . —On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at Lambeth Workhouse , on the body of a child , aged three months , unknown , who died from the- want of nourishment and . exposure in the public street . —A verdict was returned of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown .
Extensive Issue of Forged * o Notes . — On Thursday , at the Borough Court , Manchester , a young nian , named W . Scales , was brought up for final examination on a charge of paying several forged £ 5 notes . No less than four cases were established against him . The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes . The Liverpool Mukdeb . —The poor servant girl Parr , died on Thursday morning . Poisosed Flour . —WoncEsxBBsniRE . —Several persons have had a narrow escape from death through the carelessness of the fresh workman of a miller , who , requiring some alum to mix with some flour , by mistake used a quantity of sugar of lead . Nearly twenty persons suffered in Stourbridge after partaking of bread made from some of the same kind of flour , sold in that town , and which on analysis was found to contain sugar of lead . Fortunately none of these cases have proved fatal .
North Hants Election . —The conte ' st for tho representation of the northern division of Hampshire terminated on Wednesday , in the return of Melville Portal , Esq ., by a majority of 331 over Wm . Shaw , Esq ., editor of the Mark-Lane Express . At the nomination on Saturday last , Mi * . Andrews , coach builder , of Southampton , proposed as a third candidate Timothy Falvcy , Esq ., of Southampton , editor of tho Hants Independent—but the proposition was not seconded . Attempted Homicide at Bristol . — At about
eleven o ' clock on Thursday night a man namoc William Harris , a corn porter , attempted the life of a labouring man named John Lucas alias " Fat Jack , " by stabbing him in three places with a knife . It appeared that the porter with some other men were drinking together at a public-hovse called the Britannia , winch , forms the corner of tho Welch Back and Old King-street when a quarrel arose between them about some trifling matter , which eventually led to a fight , and Harris and Lucas wont out into the street , where blows passed between them . Subsequently another man interfered , and Harris and he came to blows : while this was going on Lucas had approached them and Harris called to him , and threatened that if lie would como at him again that he would give him something . In the heat of tho quarrel Lucas went
up to him , upon which Harris was seen to take a knife from his pocket , open it , and plunge it throe times into Lucas ' s person below the waist . The poor fellow fell exclaiming that he had been stabbod , and upon his being picked up it was found that he had received some severe wounds of the abdomen , through one of which the bowels protruded in a dreadful manner . The police were immediately informed of the occurrence ,, and arrested Harris : the injured man was taken to the infirmary where he now lies . Another Charge of Stabbing . —The same night two sailor of the cutter Argus , lying on the quay at Bristol , got into a quarrel with some men , one of whom drew a knife and stabbed a man named Healing through the leg and another named Pawridgo on the head . The fellow then made off and has not since been taken .
APPALLING MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LEICESTER , On Thursday the town of Leicester was thrown into excitement by a report that a woman had murdered her child , and afterwards committed suicide . It seems that a mm named Groee lives in Simpsonstreet , and has two children . He is a frame-work knitter , and in the morning of Thursday he went to breakfast as usual , and on his return at dinner-time he found the door fastened . Upon entering a bedchamber , a razor was found on the floor , and a child , only three months old , had its head nearly severed from its body . The unhappy woman , his wife , had also made an attempt upon hev own life , and a deep gash was made in the throat . The poor creature , when discovered , was not dead ,
and immediately medical aid was called in , but the steps taken to prevent self-destruction were of no avail—the unhappy victim had done her work effectually , and died an an hour afterwards . Perhaps , nothing more lamentable than the appearance of the house could be possibly imagined . The floor was literally a pool of blood ; the child lay on a box , with its head nearly severed from its body ; and the wretched woman , who had just expired , on the bed . All that the neighbours seemed to know tv . is , that the deceased woman was labouring under an impression that they should starve . On the other hand , it was stated that the husband was now in work ; and , moreover , there was nothing indicative , in the appearance of the body , of the deceased's having been under the pressure of want .
1 NQUE 31 OS THE BODIES . Yesterday ( Friday ) afterffoon an inquest was held on the bodies , at the Duke of Devonshire Tarer-n , Leicester , before J . Gregory , Esq ., coroner . —John Groce , husband of the unfortunate woman , deposed that ho had boon married to the deceased about three years , and had another child besides the one now dead . Ho went to work on Thursday morning , leaving his wife and children in bed , and returned before nine o'clock to breakfast , His wife was then up , and had the breakfast things on the table . He got his breakfast , butshedidnotseen disposed to have any . He spoke to her about it , and she then had some . After breakfast he went to work again , and returned to dinner about one o'clock . On cnterinc
the house , he found the eldest child , two years and a quarter old , in the cradle , but could not see anything of his wife . He called out , but got no answer , and went up stairs , where lie saw ii quantity of blood on the floor of the bedroom , and his wife lying by the bedside . He ran down stairs and gave an alarm , when some neighbours came in and he wont up stairs again . He then found the youngest child lying on the floor at the foot of the bed , and a razor lay on the floor between the two . Ho immediately went for a druggist who lived near . The razor was his , and was usually kept in a small basket which hung over the mantelpiece . He had been in depressed civcumstanees for about nine months past , and had made application for a free passage 1
to Australia . His wife was willingto go at first but after he received the necessary certificate , she objected , and was very low spirited , They did not know what would become of them , as his own earnings and those of his wife ( who worked at a factory ) put together wore not sufficient to maintain them . — i . Monk , a neighbour of Groce ' s , deposed to running into his house on hearingthe alarm . Groce had lived next door to him about 6 or 7 weeks , and he never knew him and his wife to quarz'el but once in that time . —Sarah Wright ( another neighbour ) saw Mary Groce nursing her child about ten o ' clock on Thursday morning , and had some conversation with her . She could not perceive from her conversation that sho was insane . —Ann Paynter
another neighbour ) gave similar testimony—Mr . John Buck , surgeon , deposed that ho was called upon to see the bodies of the deceased persons about half-past one o ' clock on Thursday afternoon . Hefoundthowomanlying on thobed , suffering from an extensive wound in tho upper part of her neck . The wound was from two to three inches in length , and very deep . She lived about an lour after his arrival . Her death . \ ns produced by the effects of tho wound . From the situation of the wound , he was of opinion she had inflicted it herself . The child was dead when he arrived , and its oxtremitios wore , quite cold . He should say it must have Leon _ dead an hour at least . It had a wound on the left side of he neck , very small in extent , bu $ so Yery deep
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that the vertebral column was severed and the head was quite loose , as if it had been violently twisted . The wound appeared rather the result of a stab than a cut . and must have been inflicted intentionally . —Mr . Anderson , druggist , gave similar evidence . —Harriet Langton , mother of the deceased woman , deposed that the father of the deceased had been confined in a lunatic asylum ; that his mother had died a lunatic ; and that some time before her death she had attempted to commit suicide . We have not heard the result of this investi gation , There was no other witness to be called and no doubt a verdict in accordance with the evidence will be returned .
Trial of Messrs . Warren axo Fuller , the Batji Goldsmiths . —At Tauntonyesterday ( Friday ) , before Lord Denman , the jury returned the following verdict : " Guilty of the addition , Not Guilty of tho transposing ; verdict , Not Guilty . " A burst of applause followed the verdict , and tho accused were escorted to their inn by several hundreds of persons . Dublin , Friday . — The friends of Mr . Gavan Dtffy aye , it would seem , infinitely more numerous than might havo been supposed . The Catholic bishop and all the Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese of Clogher have addressed a memorial to Lord Clarendon on behalf of Mr . Duftv , and throughout the country similar demonstrations aro being made .
Condition of TnE Country . —In the small parish of Clondalkin , ' within four miles of Dublin , there are now not . less than seventeen hundred acres of land to let . Mr . Richard O'Gprman , sen ., has published a statement of tho fund for the convict Mitchd , by which it appears he holds Mrs . Mitchel's receipt for £ 1 , 622 15 s . 9 d ., in addition to £ 150 handed her by the local collection at Ifowry , There are several defaulters , who have not paid their subscriptions yet , but it is expected they will do so .
The Clearance System . —The Rev . John Buckley , parish priest of Milltown , has addressed a letter to the Cork Ex < mrintry giving an account of evictions in Kerry . The letter is dated March 30 . He says : " I am over thirty years parish priest in this diocese , during which , my humble name lias never appeared in print ; nor should h now , when my hairs are white , and my days drawing towards a close , had I not to relate a sorrowful tale , and describe a scene of woe . I have witnessed this morning on a farm called Callynafercy , thirty-five dwelling-houses levelled ; I have heard the weepings and the waitings of thirty-five families whose houses were levelled yesterday , and in their wailings of woo , I have seen them joined by thirty-five other families whose houses were to bo treated in like manner .
Out of these seventy families five fathers have died since yesterday . " There are most painful accounts oi mortality in some western counties . The Limerick Examiner says , " The deaths in the Ballinasloe workhouse for the last week were 110 . " POPULAR MOVEMENT AT GENOA . —A pOr pular movement took place at Genoa on the 29 th ult . The gates of the city were closed , the tocsin was sounded , the people flew to arms . The Genoese municipal councillors Musso Montebruno , Montecelli , and Papa have set out for Turin , to assure the deputies of the support of the Genoese province , and ofter an asylum to the representatives of the nation . A letter from Genoa announces that a Provisional Government has been proclaimed in that city , and that energetic measures have been adopted to repel tho Austnans .
The latest accounts from Genoa state that the people had seized upon General Ferretti , the governor , and imprisoned him , because he endeavoured to suppress tho insurrection . M . M . Musso-Montebruno , Monticelli , and Papa being sent to Turin to offer the national representative an asylum in Genoa . When the steamer left Genoa , the drums were beating to arms throughout the city . SICILY . —A steamer from Sicily has arrived at Leghorn with the intelligence that 700 of tho Royal troops in garrison at Messina have deserted to the Sicilians , taking with them their arms , ammunition , and baggage . GERMANY . —The sentence passed by the tribunal of Fribourg on Struve and Blind , the leaders in the insurrection of Baden , is five years and four months' . solitary imprisonment and the costs . The public prosecutor announced that he would appeal against tho sentence , as not being equal in severity to the gravity of the offence .
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CORN . Mahr-Lake , Monday , April 9 th . —We had a short supply of English wheat this morning , which was taken oft" earlj by the millers at full prices . In foreign wheat , although the arrivals were large there was more doing , and iu somu instances an advance of Is per quarter was obtained for choice samples . Flour was likewise readier sale and rather dearer . Fine malting barley , both English and foreign , met with more inquiry , and extra qualities nnide a slight improvement in prices . Malt continues heavy sale . Beans and peas unaltered . In rye very little doing . The supply of foreign oats last week was good , but scarcely any ot other descriptions ; the trade to-day was very firm , but we cannot quote prices higher than in , our lust . Tares neglected . In cloverseed little doing . Linseed cakes without nltorntiiin .
Bitmsu . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 30 s to 43 s , ditto white , 37 s to 47 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , shire , red , 35 s to 42 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 35 s to 39 s , ditto red , 33 s to 40 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s . barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 26 s to 28 s , maple 27 s to 30 s , white , 23 s to 25 s , boilers ( new ) , 2 Cs to 28 s , beans , large , new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow ,, 24 s to 28 s , pigeon , 30 s to 323 , oats , Lincoln aud Yorkshire , feed , 15 s to 18 s . ditto Foland and potato , 17 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 22 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 20 s , Irish feed , unii black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto potato , 19 s to 21 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 2 C to £ 28 per last , ear . raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cuke , £ t to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ 910 s to £ 1010 s per 1 , 001 ) , flour ner sack of 2801 bs . ship , 80 s to 32 s , town , 38 s to 42 s .
Foreign . — Wheat , — Dantzig , 47 s to 54 s , Anluilt and Marks , 40 s to 4 , 4 , 8 , ditto white , 43 s to 47 s , Pomeranian red , 38 s to 43 s , Rostock , 41 s to 45 s , Banish , Holstein , and Friesland , 34 s to 40 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Riga , 37 s to 49 s , Polish Odessa , 3 Cs to 41 s , JIarianopoli , and Uerdianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 37 s , Brabant and French , 38 s to 41 s , ditto white , 40 s to 40 s , Salonika , 33 s to 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Siial , 20 s to 2 Gs , East Friesland , las to 18 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 17 s , Danube , 14 s to 17 s , peas , white , 20 s to : ' 3 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 22 s , pigeon , 25 s to 29 a , Egyptian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Groningen , Banish , Bremen , and Frieslaud , feed and black , 13 s to ICs , ditto , thick and brew , ISs to 10 s , Higa , Petersburg , Archangel , anil Swedish , Hj tolCs , flour , United States , per 19 Clbs ., 22 s to 21 s , Ham . burg 21 s to 22 s , Bantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French jisc 2 S 01 bs ., 31 s to 34 s .
Wednesday April 11 . —we arc moderately supplied with grain this week , and the trade is without alteration ftoin Monday . Arrivals this week . — 'Wheat — English , 1 , 010 ; foreign , 7 , 590 quarters . Barley — English , 890 quarters ; foreign , 4 , 380 quarters . Oats—English , 360 quarters ; foreign , 11 , 470 quarters . Floui-, 1 , 550 sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d to 71 d ; of household ditto , 5 d to ( Jld »> er 4 lbs . loat ' .
CATTLE . Sxithfield , Monday , April 9 th . —Our market to-day w « plentifully , supplied with foreign stock , the general ijualitjof which was heavy at very low prices . The arrivals ot " beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were considerably less than those reported on Monday last , but there was no deficiency in quality . Although this is what is termed a holiday market , the attendance of buyers was somewhat on the increase , and the beef trade ruled firm nt , in sonic frw instances , a trifle more money for tlie bust Scots—tha highest general quotation for which , however , was only 3 s ( id per Slbs . Prior to the conclusion of business a good clearance was effected . The remainder of the bulluck
supply was derived from abroad , and the neighbourhood ot the metropolis . Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep exhibited a falling off . it was seasonable large , mid of lull average quality . All breeds were a very dull sale , nt a further decline in the quotations of quite 2 d per Slbs . The best old downs in the wool were selling at only 4 s to 4 s 2 d . out of the wool 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d per 81 bs ., and a clearance was not effected . Lambs were in good supply , and steady request , at full prices—viz ., from as Sd to Gs 8 d per Slbs . From the Isle of Wight , 75 slieep and lambs came to hand per railway . Prime small calves sold freely , at full prices . Otherwise , the veal trade was in a very dull state . The pork trade ruled heavy , at about last week ' s quotations .
Head of Cattle at Sshtiifield . Beasts . .. 2 , 7281 Calves .. .. M Sheep .. .. 18 , 390 Pigs 2 'JO
Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinkins the offal ) Beof .. 2 s « dto 3 sCd Veal .. 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d Mutton .. 2 s Cd . . 4 s 2 d Pork .. 32 .. 42 . Lambs .. .. 5 s 8 d to Cs Sd . Per Slbs . "by the carcase . Newgate and Leadenhau , Monday , April 9 . —lufirior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s -id ; middling ditto . 2 s fid to 2 s Sd ; prime lan ; e , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , os -W to 3 s 4 d : lai- » e pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , " - ' s 4 d to - '» S'l ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 a 0 d to : ) s Sd ; veal , 3 s ' 4 d to 4 s 2 < 1 ; small pork , os Cd to 4 s 2 d ; lambs , 5 s 4 d to Gs 6 d .
PROVISIONS . London * , Monday Since our last report the transactions in Irish butter have been few and unimportant , and prices quite nominal . Foreign slow sale on rather easier terms . For Irish singed bacon tlie demand was steady , and the bus ! realised an advance of Is . per cwt . In hams and lard no alteration worth notice . American produce attracted some large speculative buyers , and prices in consequence pre-Bented an upward tendency . English Uutter Market , April 0 . —We note rather a clull trade , at declining prices , both in weekly Dorset and fresh butter , and as the make increases are prepared tu see considerably lower , rates ; tlie present quotations are about as under . Old Dorset butter is qnite neglected . Horset , h ' no new , 9 Gs to 100 s per cwt . ; ditto , middling , 80 s to 90 s ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Buckinghamshire , t's to 13 s per dozen : ditto , West Country , 8 s to 11 s .
FliUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest GAnDEX Market . — The market is well supplied with vegetables and fruit . Pine apples are sumcient tor the demand . Hothouse grapes are more plentiful . V are very scarce ; and apples are dear . Nuts in general ara sumcient for the demand . Oranges ami lemons are plentiful . Among vegetables , carrots and turnips are abundant ; cauliflowers and broccoli , sufficient for the Oeinanii . Asparagus , Vrencli be . ins , rhiibai-b , and seakale , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . 2 few potatoes bivrin to make their appearance . Lettuces and other saladnig are sumcient for the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful , Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , cannllias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cineragias , fuschsias , aud roses .
POTATOES . SoCTUWABB Waterside , April 0 . —Tlie am « aU m the past week , coastvyise , have been very limited . We continue to be well supplied with foreign potatoes , which prevent prices in our market ( joins up to auy extent . The following are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire Itegents , 13 Hs to IGOs ; Scotch ditto , 110 s to li ! 0 s ; Ditto cups 110 s to l- ' ^ i ditto whites , 80 s to 90 s ; French wliites , 90 s to WCs ; Bekian . 80 s to 90 s ; Butch , 100 s to 110 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday . —The public market has been filoi ™ to-day , as customary , but will re-open to-morrow- ( V > ^> . day ) , and the public sale 3 will comprise 100 hh . K v >^ India , 4 , 000 bags Bengal , and 500 bags Mauritius mgr also 4 , 000 bags rice . The quarterly Indigo salo « n »» for May 8 , and 5 , 100 chests are already declared . Tallow remains quoted at 39 s . Tea steady , without altering the prices . ., , The transactions by private contract in markets ^ 111 " 1 i have been few and unimportant to-day .
COAL . ( Price of coals per ton at tho close of the inavketJ < ( Ws Hartley , 15 s ; Davison ' s West Hartley , !•» . "V ; , well Main , 15 s ; New Tanfield , 13 s ; Ord ' s KedbeHg " , ' •• - Tanfield MoorButes , 13 s 6 d ; West Hartley , V < *} 1 ; in 13 sCd . WaU ' s-end : —Acorn Close , 17 s ; Iir 0 " !' . ? , ri 3 ' i ; = ; Gd ; Gosforth . 17 s 3 d ; Percy Bensham , lfej l ««'" f . „ & Eden Main , 17 s 9 d ; Lambton l ' rimrase , hi M . ' ioCl fid ; Lambton Ms ; Stewart ' s 19 s ; Shotton , l » s > iis 9 i ' ; 18 s ; Cassop 18 s ; Whitworth , las ; Adelaide lies . ^ Bishop ' s Tees , 18 s ; South Durham , 17 s 3 d ; Tf > : ' *? * ¦>¦> , ; pen Hartley , IDs ; Hartley , 14 s ; Piirson s Grai ; , ' - ' Whitworth Coke , 22 s . Ships at market , 47 . wool . nna Crrr , Momday , April 9 . —The wool market . ' ffi ,, g 50 >' the imports of foreign last week were small , im bales from Sjduey , and 74 from Germany .
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weeding from the forehead ; he was conveyed to the hospital , and it was found that some of his ribs were broken , and that he had received a concussion , of which injuries he expired soon afterwards . In tho course of the prisoners' examination it was stated that although they must have been aware of having run over the deceased , they continued to drive on , and would have got away held not some persons who witnessed the accident run after the vehicle , and succeeded in stopping the horse , they wore both sober at the time . —Mr . vottingham said that it wag only matter of astonishment that more peraons were not killed in the streets , owing to the recklesg manner in which butchers' carts , especially , wore driven in crowded thoroughfares . The worst feature in this case was , the attempt of tho prisonora to escape after running over the old man . He should remand the prisoners until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was Known .
LAMBETH . —Robbery . —Ann Phillips , a woman of the town and an expert thief , was placed at the bar for final examination , before the Hon . G . C . Norton , on a charge of robbing John Brookes of a gold watch , a gold guard-chain , and other property , on the' llungerford Suspension Bridge—The prisoner , who stoutly denied the vobbevy , -was fully committod for trial . Several robberies of a similar description , and generally attended with considerable violence , have within the last two or three months been committed on the su . ie bridge . They are generally committed b y a man and vfoifian , acting in concert , and as soon as they are accomplished one of the thieves starts for the Middlesex and the other for the Surrey side . On the present occasion it is believed that the prisoner had a male accomplice , vfho , securing the watch and guard , started to tho llungerford-market end of the bridga and got clear oft .
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« g » POLICE INTELLIGENCE . WORSHIP-STREET . — TnE Dolly Ststem . — Rebecca Adams , described as a general dealer , in Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , was charged with having unlawfully carried on the trade and business of a pawnbroker , without having the word " pawnbroker , " inscribed over the door of her shop . — Sarah Sully proved that she deposited a shirt as security for a temporary loan , at the shop of the defendant , who advanced her Od . upon it , and the same amount in goods . ' On calling to redeem the article two days afterwards , the defendant demanded Id . a 3 interest for the loan , which was paid . On another occasion the defendant advanced her Od . in
money , and threepennyworth of goods , upon a flannel petticoat , which she redeemed on the following day , and was charged three halfpence for tlie accommodation . She had subsequently pledged various other trifling articles at tbe shop , and a like interest was always exacted . The defendant , on each transaction , made out a ticket , which was attached to the articles , while they remained in her possession , but complainant was not furnished with a duplicate on either occasion . —Mr . llammill ordered her to pay the penalty of £ o , or stand committed in default , for one month , to the House of
Correction . The defendant protested her inability to pay the fine , and intimated that sho had no eifeets to satisfy the levy under the distress warrant ; but finding herself consigned to the cave of tho gaoler , she speedily produced the amount . Losing a Child ' s Heart . —Jlr . Finer , a surgeon in tho Kingsland-road , attended to offer some observations relative to an application made on the preceding day , by a widow named Attwdod , who complained that she -was unable to recover the heart of her deceased child , on whose body he ( Mr . Finer ) had performed a ^ ost-inortcM examination , and in which statement his name had been introduced in a
manner which was calculated seriously to afiect his professional reputation . After assuring the magistrate that his non-attendance upon the occasion had solely arisen from an urgent summons he had received to visit a patient , Mr . Finer proceeded to observe that he wished particularly to address himself to two distinct imputations Tne first was that he had directed the beadle , after the inquest was over , to dispose of the child ' s heart by casting it into the canal , in explanation of which it was necessary to state that the mother had placed the heart under his exclusive control , but with strict injunctions that no other surgeon should be allowed to obtain possession of it ; ; vnd * his subsequent directions to the beadle , though couched in
somewhat vague or incautious terms , that rather than any other surgeon should possess it he would prefer its being thrown into the canal , were never intended to be literally carried out , but merel y to convoy the mother ' s feelings upon the subject . With regard to the other nnd more serious imputation , that lie had countenanced and directed a deception practised upon the mother , in the substitution of a sneej >' s heart for that of her child , he begged emphatically to declare that it was without foundation . Meadows the beadle , who had voluntarily attended to substantiate his previous statement , here reminded Mr . Finer that he had not only called at his surgery while on his way to the widow ' s houso , with the sheep's heart , but had also submitted it to
his insaection ; in answer to which Mr . Finer explained that such was the fact , but that being subsequently struck by the impropriety of such an imposition , he had purposely gone to the woman ' s louse to warn hor of tho deception , and prevent its interment with the body . Mr . Hammil said he could not but express his opinion that Mr . Finer had correctly characterised the course he had pursued in the transaction as incautious , and he did not consider that his explanation had placed the matter upon a much more favourable footing than that on which it originally stood ; but he must decline to allow it to proceed any further , as there was no case beforo him to call for his judicial interference .
CLERKENWELL . —Doing a . Friekd a Tukn . — Charlotte Simpson and Ellen Barrett were charged with robbery . Mr . II . Warner deposed that on Monday afternoon he was at a public-house in Britannia-street , St . Pancras , when he was addressed by the prisoners , who implored his assistance , representing that they , with their children , were , and had been for several days , in want of the common necessaries of life . He accompanied them to a baker ' s , where he purchased them some bread , and directed them to return to him for further aid . They did so at a time when he was the worse for liquor , when , acting under their advice , he was led home by them to his own residence , and while he was asleep . they absconded , taking with them nearly all his worldly effects , consisting of money , plate , bed linen , and wearing apparel . Tthe prisoners , who were apprehended while offering some of the-property for sale , were committed for trial .
George Richardson , a young man , was placed at the bar before Mr . Tyrwhitt , charged with , an indecent assault on Elizabeth Hutchinson , a little girl 13 years of age , residing with her parents at No . 6 , Maiden-lane , Battle-bridge . Tho prisoner was ordered to find bail , to answer the charge at the sessions . SOUTHWARD-Charge of Manslaughter . — T . Bush and J . Ashton , in the employ of a butcher , were charged with causing the death of T , Bunty , aged eighty . The prisoners were driving along-Blackfrkrs-road in a chaise cart , and the deceased , who was passing , was knocked down by the vehicle , and when picked up he was insensible , and
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STATE OF TRADE . , jnotof MANcnESTE ! t .-The feeling in tho mar ket t ° - ^ iconu : > a favourable character . The news of the < £ " , ) jteiuli ; is of hostilities between Denmark and Schles « V' Js ucinff had a very depressing influence Some " ^ X .. 1 * ' made for the Mediteranean and Indian ina > * S rhcre !; . •> of yarns fcr Germany arc greatly depresBcu . been a slight declension iu-the rates of J ^ ,. of '!* Easter Holidays , and the present unsettle" U 3 jr fiii .- * continent , are given as the principal cause oi in ouv trade . ^^
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Printed by \ TCLUAU TtlDER , of No . 5 , Mac «^ ^ Oo » ft St Westminster at cuj Printed by ^ IIAA ^ t MDER , «* » £ «• • j ^ tf'SfJ
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1518/page/8/
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