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      & % t iHctropoli ^ . Health of Londox duuixg ire Week . —By the registrar-general ' s report for the week ending April 14 , we find that the deaths registered in the week were 1 , 066 , which shows an excess of 103 on the spring average . Among the causes to which the increase is due , hooping cough , which was fatal in 69 cases , while the average is only 36—bronchitis and pneumonia , which severally count 79 , while the respective averages arc 37 and 01 , are found to predominate . Under the class of diseases which attect tho respiratory organs , exclusive of phthisis , 198 deaths are enumerated , making 67 more than the average . Two persons died of influenza m the week ; 9 in the last 1 weeks . Cholera was fatal to *—* wa » m -= ^ ~ = ¦

      only two persons . The whole number of lives which it has destroyed during a comparatively mild visitation of thirtv week s , is 1 , 002 . The mortality from scarlatina still hc-lps to swell the return to an undue extent , for itcontieucs to maintain aposition a little above the avctnge , With reference , to a fatal case of this disease , which occurredm Chester-street , Lambeth , tire registrar , 3 Ir . Wfteatley , states that it is theseoend which has occurred in the same house ; and tlait the medieal attendant believed that- they had their orig in in an « pen sewer , which ru ns at the fesck of the premises * and emits

      a very offensive smell . A boy a year « ld , died in the week of " cyaanehe parotidaja maligna . " The case is reckoned for convenience am < Hig those from scarlatina , that the list of the causes of death might not be too much extended by introducing into it diseases which are rarely fatal . The mean daily heig ht of the barometer was greatest on Thursday , when it was 29-621 ; the mean of the week wa 3 29-332 . The temperature of the air fell gradually from the beginniug of the week till Friday , when it began to rise . The highest daily mean was 47 * 1 on Sunday ; the mean of the week was 41 * 8 . The births " during the week numbered 1 , 346 .

      IXQUESTS . Fatal Collision axd Incest . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde-park-corner , before Mr . Bedford and a coroner ' s jury , on the body of John Abbott , aged twenty-three ! who was thrown from his master ' s cart , oa Wednesday evening , by a sudden collision with a brougham and an omnibus , in Knightsbridge , and was so injured ttat he died in the hospital within an hour after the occurrence . After hearing the evidence of M . J . Higgins , Esq ., the owner of the brougham , of his groom , and of a boy who was with deceased in tho cart , the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " There was no one presenfceonnectcd with the omnibus , and no information could be obtained as to which omnibus it was .

      Suicide of a Tradesman . —Before Mr . Payne , at the Glaziers * Arms , Water-lane , Blackfriars , on the body of William Daniels , a bootmaker . —Caroline Daniels , daughter of the deceased , said that on Saturday morning last her mother awoke her and asked her to go to her father ' s bedroom . On going there she found deceased in bed in an insensible state , and in a cold perspiration . She immediately made him some tea , a little of which he drank , but he never became conscious . Mustard and water was f iven to him , but without success , and after some ours had elapsed , a surgeon was sent for , but the deceased expired in her brother ' s arms . Of late he had had several losses , which , together with the fact of some of his children not treating him so kindly

      as he expected , had prayed heavily on his mind . A paper on which was written the following , was proved to be in the handwriting of the deceased : — " My dear wife , do not let my body be opened , for it is yours , dead or alive , whilst above ground . Good bye ; * God bless and prosper every one of you is my fervant prayer . —William Daniels . " A bottle labelled "Laudanum—poison , " was found on his workbench . Mr . Johnstone , of Apothecaries * Hall , said that he sold the deceased an ounce of laudanum on Friday night . He said it was for a person who was hi the habit of taking it , and he inquired what was the proper dose . Witness told him that five drops was the number to begin with . Verdict , " Temporary insanitv "

      Suicide of a Female through Destitution . — Before Mr . Carter , at the Star and Garter Tavern , Seckingar-road , Bermondseyonthebody of Rebecca Archer , aged twenty-eight . The deceased , during the last four years , had oeen left , with a child , without any means of supporting herself , except by pledging her clothes , and disposing of her . household furniture . Having at last sold off nearly everything she possessed , she succeeded in earning a scanty subsistence for herself and offspring , by

      making caps for the army ; but during the past five months , she had been unable to obtain any work , and she became reduced to the greatest privations . A brother-in-law took her and the child into his own house , but the poor creature had frequently stated that she could not bear to live upon her friends . The last day or two she had been exceedingly depressed , and had spent several hourg a day weeping bitterly . On Friday her brother-in-law sent for the deceased to come down to dinner , when the door of her room was found fastened on the inside . The

      door being forced open , the deceased was found suspended by apiece of lay cord which was found fastened to the cupboard . Verdict , " That the deceased destroyed herself whilst in an unsound state of mind brought on by destitution . " A Child Bcbxed to Death . —The Evidence of Childhe-v xot upon Oath . —Before Mr . Mills , on Monday , at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Innroad , on the body of a child , named James Sullivan , aged four years , who was burned to death . A little girl , named Ellen Sullivan , the sister of the deceased , was the only witness who could give an account of the manner in which the accident happened . The constable put the book into her hand preparatory to administering tho oath , when the coroner ,

      remarking her youth , asked her if she could read and write , to which she replied in the negative . The Coroner said he had observed in the report of the trial in Drouet ' s case that the judge had condemned the conduct of tho coroner for receiving the evidence of children not upon oath . He had always understood that coroners might adopt the practice of receiving the simple statement of children who could not read , and who knew not a single letter in the Testament . He was surprised the Judge should say that children , ignorant of the sanctity of an oath , should be sworn , and he should not swear the girl then in court . —The girl then made a statement to the effect that , being on Wednesday last left at home to mind the deceased , she let him wet his

      frock , and went out and locked him in the room while she was drying- his clothes at the fire . She went to order some coals , and when she returned , which was in about five minutes , found him enve-Ipped in flames . He was taken to the hospital and died almost immediately , every part of his body being burnt except his feet , which were covered with woollen socks . —The Coroner said here was another death from burning which might have been prevented bv the simple precaution of a fireguard . Verdict , "Accidental Death . " Attempt at Scic tde rv a Female . —On Tuesday the following frightful attempt at suicide was made by Jane Castles ; aged-31 , residing at Somcrs-townterrace , Saint Paneras . The unfortunate female

      followed the occupation of ancmforoKlcress , and although since the age of eighteen she had at times evinced symptoms of a disordered intellect , it was never deemed neeessary to keep a watch over her movements . About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning the policeman on duty was attracted to the house by observing something on the top of the area railings , where he discovered the deceased impaled on ihe spikes , several of which had entered her right side . She was immediately conveyed to the University College Hospital . Many bf her ribs were found to be broken , and she had received such severe injuries such as to render her recovery almost impossible . The window of her room was found wide open and she . was partly undressed , from which it was inferred ; tbat she was preparing for ted when she made the Attempt on her life . Up to Tuesday night she remained in a state of insensibility . - - . - : - ¦ - ' ¦

      Tuesday . —Mtstebious- 'Death is a Lodginghouse . —Before Mr ; 3 &yhe , at the Goldsmith's Arms , Southwark Bridge-road , ' on the body of Susannah Gibbs , aged twenty-seven . — John ' Evans , 11 , Mint-street , said he was a lodging-house keeper , and that the deceased had lodged with a man of the name of David in his ( witness ' s ) house during the last three weeks . About half-past two on the morning of Sunday week , deceased came home slightly inebriated , and with frightful wounds about her head , and her hands with covered with Mood . She -went up stairs , and soon afterwards the man began to abuse her , and prevented her from going to bed . A lodger in the house stated that deceased called out for assistance to be protested against thesfll-usage of David . On the

      following day shff-weat to the hospital to have the wouads on her hea ' tt dressed . Several other witnesses spoke to Ihe cruelty of David towards deceasei . —Mr .-W , Bendle , the parish surgeon ; deposed ihat he attended deceased on Friday hist , jfoundtier quite insensible and suffering from Ettyere wounds about the fcead , one at the back part an irich and a barf in length . The external part of ffie scalp s-as separated from the bone towards the front . A post mortem examination proved death to iave beeajSti&sd by thS pre ^ we on . the brain , which **?* erfdfently the resfflt' efithe injuries described . —Jtfj ^ etwf tness statea" that the deceased said she had ' been kicked in the Waterloo-road by a S 2 ah , but she could not say who he was . —Fur ther evidence wjls given , which inculpated a man named rrjcewith ^ honv dac eased had formerly cohabited . " ihe inquiry fSs adjourned until Tuesday next .

      Fatal Railwat Accident . —Before Mr . Baker , at . the London Hospital , on the body of James Johnson , aged 13 . —It appeared that the deceased was employed to attend tothebrake of some ballast waggons on the West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway , at Homerton , and on the afternoon of the 12 th inst ., the deceased was walking oy ' the side of several waggons conveying earth which were passing the spot where the arches recently fell , when the foremost waggon

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      came in contact with two trucks "tog the line , and forced them forward at a rapid ww . Deceased ran forward , and succeeded m catchm hold of the handle of the brake on the first truck ^^ mM ^ StS ^ ffl death . " -. - ^ * „„

      Death o ? a Female from Fibb . —Before Mr . Baker , at the Alfred ' s Head , Alfred-street , Stepney , on body of Jane Procter , aged 70 years . It appeared that the deceased attained her livelihood by picking up bones in the street . She had , for some yeare past , been subject to fits . On Monday afternoon the landlady of the house had her attention attracted by an unusual smell mthe house , but did not take any particular notice of it . In . the evening , however , the door of the deceased ' s apartment was opened , and the room was found full of smoke and flame . The deceased was found in a kneeling position , with her head and arms on the top of the fire . She was quite dead , and her body almost reduced to a cinder . It is supposed that the deceased was attacked with a fit while sitting in a chair , and then fell forward into the fire . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Death fbom Starvation . —Before Mr . Baker , at the Htt ' s Head , Broad-street , Ratcliff , on the body of Mary Walker , aged 67 . The deceased appeared to have suffered some severe privations . Tho room in which she had lived was completely destitute of all furniture . She had scarcely any clothes to cover her , and seldom or ever had a fire to warm her . She had lived six years in this room , and was sometimes several days without the common necessaries of life . She was the widow of a pilot , and most steadfastly refused to have any assistance from the parish . Her only means of support was by begging in the streets , but for some time past she . had been unable to leave her room . On Sunday afternoon she was found dead , lying across the hearth . Mr . Cleland , surgeon , said the deceased had died fropi want . He had been the parish surgeon for six years ; and never witnessed such a dreadful scene of distress . Verdict , " Died from starvation . "

      Suicide froh Excessive Drinking . —Before Mr . Baker , at the Green Gate , City-road , on the body of Mary Doe , aged 33 years , who committed suicide by drowning hergelf in a water tank . It appeared that the husband of the deceased died suddenly about six months ago , and . his death preyed heavily upon the mind of the deceased , and during the last few weeks she had been constantly in a stato of intoxication . On Sunday morning last , she was seen walking up King ' a-court , Bernell-row , where she resided , and she then appeared tipsy . Some time afterwards her bonnet was seen lying at the side of a water tank , which is fixed in the court for the usp of the inhabitants . The lid was removed , and'the deceased was found immersed in the water , in a kneeling position , and quite dead . The deceased had several times threatened to destroy herself . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Wednesday . —Sudden Death of a Ladt of Fortune . —Mr . H . M . Wakley , son of T . Wakley , Esq ., held his first inquest since his temporary appointment as deputy coroner , at the Gower Arms , Gowerstreet , Bedford-square , on the body of Mrs . Ann Cooke , a lady of fortune , whose death occurred as follows : —It appeared that the deceased lady , who had attained the advanced age of eighty-four , but was in possession of all her . faculties , occupied apartments at No . 84 , Gower-street , keeping only one female servant . On Friday night week her servant left her in her bedroom preparing for bod , but on entering the room at the usual hour in the morning she discovered her lying in her night dress on the floor , quite dead , the bed not having been lain in . There were no indications of a struggle having taken place , and a physician in the neighbourhood giving it as his opinion that death was the result of natural causes , a verdict waa returned of " Died by the Visitation of God . "

      A Woman Killed by her Husband . —Before Mr . Bedford , at the Crown and Thistle , Great Peterstreet , Westminster , on the body of Ann Wardly , whocametoanuntimelyendonSaturdayeveninglast . The eldest daughter of the deceased , who was called to identify the body , stated that her mother was in the habit of getting intoxicated , and that she used to abuse her husband without his taking any notice of her . He was a very good husband and kind father . —Mr . G . B . Payne , surgeon , stated the . circumstance of his being sent for , and the external appearance of the body . He then described the result of his postmortem examination . The immediate cause of death was pulmonary apoplexy , which might be caused by very great excitement or external violence . — The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against John Wardly , who at present stands remanded upon the charge at the Westminster Police Court .

      Death from AVant . —A Wife . —Before Mr . Carttar ( for the third time ) , at the Castle Inn , Powisstreet , Woolwich , on the body of Mr . John Jackson , aged 45 , formerly a tradesman residing in Rich rdstreet , Woolwich , who died from want of food and exposure . The evidence occupied the attention of the Court during three days , and showed that the deceased had carried on business as a tallow-chandler hi Woolwich for many years , and had been married to his present wife for ei g hteen years . They lived together very unhappily , the deceased being a timid nervous man , and his wife a person of a very opposite disposition . Some six months since they parted , and the deceased having been induced to urn over his property and business to his wife ' s

      father , went to reside in a small shop at Plumstead . This business , however , did not succeed , and the deceased , after breaking up his shop , appears to have been reduced to very great distress . He was afraid to return to his wife , and for several days and nights previous to his death ho spent his tune in the lowest lodging-houses , paying threepence a night for his lodging and having " no money to pay for food . A female named Murray represented to his wife the deplorable state of the poor man , and the probability of his dying unless some speedy relief came to him . The reply of the wife was : "It was too goodnews to be true—there was no home for him there ; she could not think of rendering him any assistance whatever ; the union was open to him , and

      she would do nothing for him . " On Monday morning , the 2 nd instant , the deceased , who had p assed the previous nig ht in a miserable low lodging house , was in such an exhausted state that he was carried by two men to his own house . On bringing him into the shop , his wife told the men to take him to the relieving oftlcer ; that there were none of his good 8 there ; and that if they did not take him away , she would call a policeman . The men however , laid him down in the shop , and went away . Here he remained for some minutes , his wife taking no more notice of him than if he had been a stranger . It was proved that the deceased was then sinking from the effects of disea 3 e and exhaustion . The deceased lingered on till

      Wednesday morning . During the whole of this time the wife refused to go near him , and when she sent half-a-crown for a flannel shirt , declared that she never parted with half-a-crown so reluctantly in her life . The post mortem examination made by Mr . Turner , surgeon , showed that the deceased was labouring under extensive organic disease . The opinion of the medical officer was , thai the cause of death was the result of long-continued disease , accelerated by exhaustion and the want of care and nourishment . The coroner said , that any question of legal responsibility on the part of the wife was removed by the fact that the judges had held in

      the case of Mr . Drouet , that it was necessary to prove that death would not have occurred even if he constitution of the party was not debilitated . The jury accordingly returned a \ crdict , " That the deceased died from the results of long continued disease , and from the effects of want and exposure . Forged Bank of England NoTES .-r-On Monday forged Bank of England notes which had been taken in business were exhibited in the shop windows of Mr . Heath , Poultry ; at a tailor ' s in King William-street , London Bridge ; and two other shops in the Commercial-road . So many of these forgeries have lately been passed that the middle class and petty tradesmen absolutely refuse to take notes at all .

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      how escaped irifanthim , Richard NewW ' seizeU fiim and took tho knife away from him . He threatened nothing inore afterwards . I broke off the marriage because I heard he walked with another girl .- ~ -The prisoner , in his defence , confessed th . k Heed , and said he was sorry for having done it ,, He was committed for trial . Derbyshire . —Murder of a . Man by his Son . — A murder has been discovered to have been committed upon a poor old pensioner , named Job Doxey . The crime was committed as far back as December last , and tlie body of the unfortunate man was found on New ""fear's Eve , in a brook close by the Victoria Bridge , Glossop . The circumstances connected with the case were at the time considered to be very nrvsterious . but no evidence could be i , Aw «( fi . inedffbm : hirn . Rfnh * Va Wowria ooi ^ il him

      procured to implicate any party , though rumour was busy , and pointed to members of the deceased ' s own family , who were known frequently' to quarrel with and ill use the old man . On Good Friday , however , a man named John Clough disclosed that he saw the man murdered and thrown over the Victoria Bridge . Information having reached ' Mr . Clayton , the chief constable , ho last week apprehended Thomas Doxey , the deceased ' s son , and W . Dawson , his son-in-law . They were , on Wednesday week last taken before the magistrates , when John Clough , on being sworn , stated that on the 30 th of last December , about ten o ' clock at night , he saw the prisoner , Thomas Doxey , along with another man , whom he believed to be William Dawson , on

      the Victoria Bridge . The deceased was at that time walking in front of witness . The prisoner , Doxey , caught hold of his father , and said , "You old rogue , I'll strike you . " He then gave him a blow on his head , and knocked him down , when the other man kicked him over the head . His son then cried Out , " We will finish him now . " After which he kicked his father twice on the breast . Witness and his wife went up and inquired what they were doing , when they cried out , "If they did not go back they would serve them the same . " They then went away , and as they were going they saw the prisoner , Doxey , and the other man , throw the deceased over the bridge . Witness had known the prisoner Doxey about two years , and was quite

      certain that he was one of the men he saw murdering the deceased , but he did not now believe Dawson was the other one . That party was somewhat stouter . The reason he did not mention the matter till Good Friday was , because he thought the murderers would do him Eome harm . The prisoner Doxey had cautioned him not to say anything about it , and told him if he did he should lose his life . The prisoner Doxey was fully committed for wilful murder ; but Dawson was discharged , Ms family proving that he was at home when tho murder was committed . The Convict Sarah Thomas . —This wretched girl

      has at last confessed to the Rev . Dr . Swete , chaplain to the gaol , that she was the sole perpetrator of the murder of her mistress . The culprit s conduct has been most extraordinary during the past week ; on some nights she will sit up , but when she gets to bed she sleeps soundly . She takes her meals regularly , eating very heartily , and walks with a firm step in the yard for airing . She is rather sullen , but displays nothing indicative of contrition . Two turnkeys constantly watch her , but she takes little or no notice of them . She still retains that ruddiness of complexion which was so conspicuous when present at the coroner ' s inquest . The Post Office Robberies at Exeteb .

      —Harrap , who was convicted at the late assizes for Exeter of having purloined valuables passing through the Exeter Post Office , has made a confession , exonerating the young man ( Hyett ) who was dismissed from the ^ Post Office some time since on suspicion of having abstracted a letter containing sixty £ 5 notes . It appears , from Harrap's statement , that ho himself abstracted the letter , cashed twelve of the notes , and burnt the remaining forty-eight . The suspicion attached to Hyett unfortunately resulted in the suicide of his father , and caused deep grief in a respectable family . The Murderer Burton . —A respite during her Majesty ' spleasure has been received by the governor of Huntingdon gaol for Charles Burton , upon whom

      sentence of death was passed at the summer assizes for the murder of his wife at Stilton , but who was at the last assizes tried for the murder of his child also , and acquitted on the ground of insanity . Election for South Nottinghamshire . — On Tuesday a special county court was held in front of the Townhall j Newark , for the purpose of electing a representative for the southern division of Nottinghamshire , made vacant by the resignation of Colonel Rolleston . The attendance of people in front of the hustings was limited , and the whole affair was exceedingly tame . The only cheers given to the speakers were by their personal friends upon the platform . — R . Holden , Esq ., of Locke Park , briefly proposed , and H . Sherbrook , Esq ., of

      Oxton , as briefly seconded , . Robert Uromley , Esq . of Stoke , as a fit and proper person to sit in parliament for that division . There was no other gentleman proposed , and consequently Mr . Bromley was declared duly elected . In returning thanks to the electors , Mr . Bromley expressed the pride he felt in the exalted position to which they had been pleased , without any effort on his part , to exalt him . Upon reflecting , however , on the magnitude of the trust they had conferred upon him , he felt overwhelmed by a sense of his own want of ability to perform that trust . He could only say that lie would exert his abilities to the utmost , and endeavour to make up for his want of those abilities which he might not possess by attention and zeal .

      Many questions of vital importance were pressing themselves upon ihe public notice . There was no question that much distress existed in tho agricultural districts , owing to free trade measures removing all protection from agricultural produce . The question was how 6 hould that distress be remedied . The most natural idea which would present itself to the farmer was , " Let us return to that duty to enable agriculturists to hold up their heads . ( Cries of " Try it on . " ) This he looked upon as a just proposition , and he could not but think that before many years were over , they should again recur to protection . ( A voice , " Don ' t you wish you may get it ? " Laughter . ) There was

      another question now occupying the public attention : the reduction of taxation . There were many people who threw the odium of keeping up those taxes upon the opulent classes . Kobody would bo more anxious than himself to reduce the taxes ; but they were aware that more than one-half of the revenue was swallowed up by the national debt—( a voice , " Ay , that ' s another nice treat ! oh , those dear aristocracy ! " )—and , therefore , ' very little remained to contend with . Having again thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him , he proposed three cheers for her Majest y the Queon . Three very faint cheers having been given for protection , a voice in the crowd called for " Three cheers for Richard Cobden and

      free trade . The proceedings then terminated . A Mother and Child have perished in the Thames at Reading . The woman was the wife of a labourer at Lower Caversham . She had been to Reading to buy groceries ; her basket was found on a slight wooden bridge which spans a cascade of tho stream ; it is supposed that ihe child—a girl , six years old—by some means fell into the water , and then the mother was drowned in attempting to rescue her . Robbery of the South-Devon Railway Company .

      —Plymouth , April 14 th —A sub-inspector of police , in the service of the South-Devon Railway Company , was this morning brought up before the sitting magistrates , and committed to take his trial at the next borough sessions , on a charge of robbing the company of £ 11711 s . 4 Jd ., on the 11 th instant . It appears that on the 11 th of April , Sergeant Coram , of the South-Devon Railway Police , was about going to the office of the company for the above , sum of money , to pay the men employed on the line , which duty he usually performed , when he met the prisoner , John Winsly , who told Coram that he would have to go to Callington to look after some lost luggage , and that ho ( Winsly ) would pay the men if Coram would get the money . Coram

      ueing an interioromcer obeyed , got the money , and set off for Callington , leaving the whole of the cash in the possession of Winsly . The prisoner was next seen at Exeter , where , on the arrival of the mailrain , which conveyed , him , a telegraphic message lad been received requesting bis detention . A policeman accordingl y went in search of him , and the prisoner was found stepping into a second-class carriage that was just Btavting for Lopdon , he having been booked for the journey , tie had a box and carpet bag , which contained several articles of wearing apparel , and also the whele of the money f . L " n ^ Goram > exclusive of a further sum of 433 . 10 ? . He was brought back and committed to » rjson to take hia trial at the next quarter sessions for this borough .

      Gold-seekers . —A barque called the Aiax sailed from Liverpool on Sunday for San Francisco , California , with sixty-six passengers and a good general cargo . Another Fatal Affray with Poachers . — Ihe Wigan Times says : On Wednesday morning , the 11 th inst ., as Peter and James Nelson , brothers , gamekeepers in the service of the Earl of Crawford and Barcarres , were going their usual rounds about two b clock , they perceived a dog running in a wood called Longhurst , and Pet « Nelson immediately levelled his gun and shot it . The keepers then went on a short distance , when they perceived four or five men in the wood advancing towards them , feter Nelson advised them to leave the place , for lL ™ ^ CF kl ! ew ^ ey were doing wr 0 DS- when some ofthem observed to Peter , "Now , d-1 , well pay ihee off . ' He began to retreat from the poachers , but they made their wav « n fcS nn , l ot

      one them struck him on the head with aewfed SBK ^^^ ttTS ? ?* p £ W-s £ SS 3 nE K . ^ F ? = a 3 aS but one barrel had be « n discharged in destroying

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      the dog . The others then left off beating him . Jair . es Nelson , on the first attack , seeing from the number of his opponents that he and Ins brother were likely to be overpowered ,, immediately ran off to procure assistance . At this time Peter Nelson became insensible from the blow he had received . On recovering shortly afterwards , he found the wound-d man lying beside him . He got up and with difficulty proceeded to the nearest house , and knocked up the inmates . On returning along with his brother and other assistance they found the man removed , and , of course , supposed that he had been carried away by his companions . . The gun which had been broken during the encounter was found on thfisnot . as also a bae containing five live rabbits . heatinir the doe . The others then letC on Dealing

      several nets , and two ferrets . A person namea George Walls , who is employed at what is called the seven feet pit , having been informed of what had taken place , proceeded to join the keeper s party , and while ori bis way in a lane , about eight yards from where the conflict had taken place , he found a man , mined John Owen , lying hear to a gate , lne man was conveyed to a cabin . in . the Haigh Foundry Company ' s stable yard , and a person was despatched to Wigan for medical assistance . Notwithstanding that everything was done likely to save his life , he expired about six o'clock . Previous to that , however , , he had said he did not know the man who was with him , and he was not poaching , but going to Blackrod . H ill inquired whose dog it was that had J ^ JIAWBB * " v »» A «» m ^~ w !•¦

      ^ been shot , but he said it Was not his , and he did not knowr he had sold his dog . Owen is a married man , has a wife and two children , and resided in Wigan . Peter Nelson is still under much suffering having been ssverely beaten in the scuffle . It was while the poachers were attempting to take his gun from him the piece exploded , and the charge entered the les of the deceased man Owen . It penetrated his leg , and a profuse flow of blood ensued , which brought on fatal exhaustion . SopP' $ ^ i Murder . —Some extraordinary evidence came before the Borough Court , Manchester , on Monday , in relation to a supposed murder on the 23 rd of last month . . It appears , that on the 23 rd ult . Mr . Joshua Royle ,, a . pork . butcher at Stretford ,

      came to Manchester to purchase some pigs . He had in hid pocket when he left home £ 20 in money and a watch . He bought and . paid for some pigs , accounting for all the money except rather over £ 3 , and was seen drinking with some . bad company , including women of the town , at a public-house in Hardmanstreet , Manchester ,, on the evening of that day , but he eras never heard of from that time till , on the 11 th instant , his body was discovered in the river Irwell , neai the Old Quay , Manchester . , Ifc was then found that he hatk no money upon him jhis ^ watch was gone , and his pockets were empty : His nose was bruised , and both eyes-were blackened . An inquest was held on the body on the 11 th inst ., when , no satisfactory evidence as to the manner of his

      death being obtained , An open verdict of " Found drowned" was returned . Mr . Beswick , of the Manchester detective police , having directed his attention to the fact ? , he has since apprehended a dyer , named Thomas Edge , on suspicion of the murder ; . and at the Borouyh Court , on Monday , the following extraordinary facts were deposed to : Richard Hodges , an oastler , in the employ of Mr . Massey , who runa the omhibusses between Stretford arid Manchester , having been sworn , said he knew the prisoner . He also knew the deceased , Mr . Royle , very well . He saw the deceased on the 23 rd ult , in the evening , in the Golden Eagle public-house , Hardman street , Manchester , and the prisoner and one or two other men were with him . They went from there to the

      Three Sugar Loaves Inn , Water-street , which is nearer to the river . He was with them , there , and had something to drink with them . He afterwards accompanied the deceased and his companions down Atherton-street . The prisoner had hold of deceased on one side , and another man on the other side ; t hey said they would take him home . Witness told the prisoner not to hurt Royle , and the prisoner gave witness a blow over the eye . They went through Atherton-street and Junction-street to the river side , and there the prisoner pushed Royle into the water . —Mr . Maude : And did you not attempt to get him out again . '—Witness ; Yes , but wo could not find him , —Mr . Maude : And did you tell anyone else of this affair ? ?— Witness : Yes , we told the private

      watchman of tne Old Quay Company , and he came and looked for the body , but could not find it-Mr . Beswick : And what did the private watchman say?—Witness : He ' said it was a bad job . —Mr Maude : And when did you first tell any one of these tilings ?—Witness ; This morning . —Mr . Maude : Not tell any one of it till this morning ? Why it ' s three weeks since . —Mr . Beswick : "You said a person named Blaize was with you at the time ; have you seen him since ?—Witne s : Yes > once . — Mr . Beswick : And have you not talked the matter over with him since ?—Witness ; No . —Mr . Maude : What , have you seen him since , and never reverted once to a circumstance so extraordinary ?—Witness : No . —Mr . Beswick then called the deceased's

      stepson , to prove that Royle had money and a watch on his person when he left home , and other witnesses to show that nothing was found in his pockets when taken from the river . He then asked the magistrates for a remand , to make inquiries from the private watchman , and for other investigations—Mr . Maude : Till when ?—Mr ; Beswick : I hope you won ' t think till Thursday too long . ' -Mr . Maude . Certainly not ; and I think you should have this witness ( Hodge ) detained . The evidence he gives is very extraordinary . —Mr . Beswick : Would you bind him over ?—Mr . Maude ( to Hodge ) : You mu « t find two sureties of £ 20 each ; your conduct in the affair , on youv own showing , is such as warrants me in detaining you . The parties were then both removed in custody .

      THE CONDEMNED CONVICT RUSH . The condemned convict Rush waa visited on Monday by the whole of his family of nine children . They arrived at the Castle between two and three o ' clock , and were accompanied by Mr . James Rush , of Wymondham , brother to the convict , and Mr . Somes , brother of Che late Mrs . Rush , On reaching the Castle they were received by Mr . Pinson , the governor , who conducted them to the cell in which the convict lies . When Mr . Pinson announced to the convict that his family had arrived , Rush for a moment or two buried his face in his hands , and seemed to be deeply affected . Having regained somewhat of his usual composure , he said , " Let them be admitted ; " and the next minute the whole of the nine children were in the presence of their unhappy parent . The scene is described by those whu witnessed it as being most painful , both parent and

      children giving way to the wildest paroxysms of grief . They spoke little upon family affairs . The convict with great earnestness called upon God to witness bis innocence oftWs foul crimes imputed to him , and with many prayers recommended his children , especially the younger ones , to the protecting care of the Almighty . The interview lasted upwards of two hours , and as it was understood that this was to be the parting visit , its close was most painful . Parent and children embraced each other , and gave vent to the loudest lamentations : even the gaolers and others , who are accustomed to such scenes , were greatly affected . Afc length the children of the unhappy man left him , and after indulging for some moments in grief , hefell upon his knees and was engaged for a long time in earnest prayer . A large number of persons congregated on the outside of ( he Castle walls to witness the departure of the convict ' s family .

      A cheque For £ 40 has just been given by Rush to Mr . Pinson , governor of the Castle , under very curious circumstances . It will be recollected that , in the course of the trial , Mr . John Cann , solicitor , and clerk to the magistrates at Wymondham , produced certain papers and books which he found at Potash Farm , on going there after the apprehension of Rush . Amongst these was a pocketioook , which contained certain entries relative to Rush ' s business , and also a few memoranda , fa ., on slips of paper . There was also a cheque in it , drawn in favour of Rush , for £ iO . Immediately on the pocketbook being produced in court Rush asked permission to inspect it , and as the judge assented , it was immediately handed to him . After detaining it for some

      few moments , he requested that he might be allowed to have it in his possession . until the following morning . The counsel for the prosecution objected to this , whereupon Rush handed - back th e book to Mr . Cann . No examination of th ibook was made when it came from the hands of the prisoner ; but on the following day Mr . John Cann discovered that _ the ' cheque had been abstracted . Bis suspicions immediately fell upon , the prisoner Rush ; indeed Mr . "Carin felt convinced that riobodv else could have taken it , the book , with others , having been placed in a strong cbest , locked up , while itremainedat Mr . Cann ' s house . Nothing was done in the matter until after the i close of the trial , when Mr . Pinson , the governor of the castle ,

      was requested to sound the convict on the subject , When Mr . Pinson first put the question to him , Rush said , "No doubt that fellow Cann has got it ; why don't you ask him ? He knows ail about it . " Day after day passed ; Similar questions were put to the convict on the subject , onlv , however , to elicit the same reply , that " Cann knew all about it , and that if they wanted any information about it they had better ask him . It ' s of no use asking me anything , " said Rush , "I tell you 1 have notgot it , and don ' t know anything about it . No doubt that fellow Cann has taken it . " On Friday last , Mr . Durrant , a highly respectable solicitor of Norwich , visited the castle ,

      and in the presence of the governor saw Rush on the subject of the missing cheque- Rush fenced for a long time , and at length said , " Well , suppose I do know anything of it , what then ? " It was urged upon him that as he had improperly obtained possession of it , he ought . to give it up . He said , " No ; I don't want to trouble myself about it . You had better aslc John Cann . " Mr . Durrant pressed him very closely , and at length Rush said , "Well , suppose it should be found , what will become of it ?" Mr . Pinson , the governor , replied that , under the circunjstaoees , he had no doubt the crown would Order it Jo bekinded over to the convict ' s family .

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      Rush , after musing a f : w moments , said , "Well , Mr . Pinaon , if you really think it will be given to my children , perhaps I mitfit be able to tell you something about it . You will find it in the lining of my-hat . " The hat was immediately produced and the cheque was found carefully placed under the iiningin the crown . During the few moments Rush had possession ofthebookhe managed to abstract the document unseen by any one , although every eye was turned upon him . On being convicted , he was very particular about his hat , and manifested considerable anxiety about it before he left the dock . ¦ In many respects Rush is an altered man . He engages frequently in prayer , and is very attentive to the Rev . VV . W . Andrews , Vicar of Ketteringham , who visits him at his own request , in conjunction with the Rev . P . Brown , the chaplain of the Castle . He offers up a short prayer before each meal , and engages in a similar act of devotion at the close of his repast . Rush a fter mUsine a f . sw moments , said , "Well f « iBn , airer musing « ,.,.,. ' . „ . _ :. .. '

      The family of the convict has been ejected from Felmingham farms , under the notice of ejectment some time since served . They still remain at Potash , but only upon sufferance . There is some talk of pulling down Potash Farmhouse , and building another house upon its site , to be called , of course , by a different name . Mrs . Jermy and Eliza Cbestney ( both of whom are still at Stanfield Hall ) are going on favourably-indeed , the latter is almost well . A Norwich correspondent supplies a probable reason why Rush , after he had shot Mr . Jermy sen ., went round by the servants' door , and risked detection by passing along their passages . He says , " It is explained by the fact that in a box in a closet at the end of the passage , leading to the staircase hall ,

      Mr . Jermy kept his papers and the mortgage deeds relating to Potash Farm , and that Rush ' s intention was , doubtless , to secure those deedsar . all hazards , for , according to the forged documents cancelling the mortgage , nil the deeds and papers of a prior date relating to Potash Farm were to be burned . Young Mr . Jermy just reached the door opening into the recess When Rush reached it , and therefore Rush fired at him . After shooting young Mr . Jermy he very likely went into' the dining room to shoot any person there , and thus to prevent the possibility of his being interrupted while he was employed in securing the deeds . The two females ran to the same recess , and further prevented his purpose being carried out ; and when he came out of the diningroom he fired- at them , doubtless with the view of escaping detection . "

      A correspondent of the Bury Post says : '' As everything appertaining to the Stanfield Hall tragedy appeamtillto be full of interest to tho public , perhaps the following particulars of the unfortunate , but not to be despised Miss Sandford , will be acceptable to your readers , and may also act as a salutary caution to those who may have any young friend seeking her livelihood as a governess—a class greatly to be pitied . They also tend to show the extent — the intricate ramifications , of the assassin ' s complicated scheme ef villanjr . Rush , as before stated , put an advertisement in the Times for a governess for his children . Mrs . Sandford , the mother often children , feeing this , took hereidest daughter to the reference in the advertisemeht . a very . respectable house in a

      good street in town , where they found Mr . Rush , occupying the first floor . The landlady had been induced to represent she knew Mr . Rush , and spoke of him as a worthy kind of man ; and after various inquiries and witnessing her handwriting , the daughter was engaged to go down to- Norfolk to educate Rush ' s children . Some months after having been there she was rather surprised at receiving no replies from her mother , and the latter was equally so at receiving no replies ironrher daughter ; during this state of things Rush when in town called upon Mrs . Sandford , who very naturally expressed surprise at not having heard from her daughter , whereupon Rush said he . believed the laet was she was become engaged to a Mr . James , a commercial traveller , but for some reasons she thought it would be a match her mother would not altogether approve , and therefore preferred not writing at all to her . The

      fact , no doubt , was , Rush himself had intercepted these letters both ways , and thus caused an estrangement between her and her friends , to facilitate his own purposes an'l her ruin . She now felt her dependence upon Rush , and in the simplicity and confidence of her nature , and her ignorance of the world and its snares , soon became first his victim and then his instrument . He subsequently compelled her to write to her friends in such a way as to repel any attempt on their part to interfere in her welfare . So late as ten days before the murder Rush again called upon Mrs . Sandford , and told her her daughter was married , and had been in France for six months , with her husband , Mr . James . The inference of all this is evident . It would have accounted for her disappearance ,, had such taken place , of which there is little doubt in the minds of these intimately acquainted with the minutiae of attendant circumstances . "

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      Is transferred to Spike Island , preparatory to shipment to the penal colonies . The Cholera . — There have been twentydeaths from cholera in the workhouse of Arm since Monday . From Kilkenny the report g twenty-five new cases of cholera since Wednesi The Tippcmry Vindicator of this day says : —" disease has by no means abated in Ncnagh—in workhouse alone , from Sunday morning till twi o ' clock yesterday , the deaths amounted to . sevei nine . The Cork ' Examiner of yesterday states , " within the last twenty-four hours , six pera have diedin the workhouse of cholera . " The chol is declining in Limerick ; The Banner of UUter stai that since the 7 th inst ., the ca ? esin Belfast and cinity have averaged ten daily . is transferred to Spike Island , preparatory to „! ,: »^ ^ * u n J . i ^ 1 ™ :.. r

      Monday . —Mr . Duffy . —After this second faili of the trial by jury experiment , it is questiona whether it would be discreet to hazard a third tempt at what seems to be a forlorn hope , anot defeat serving no better end than to lower s further in public estimation the " great palladiui ef human liberty as it may be justly called in E land , and with equal justice nicknamed in Irela Meantime the whole country is heartily sick of th proceedings ; and wide-spread indeed will be the joicing if this , the latest , is also doomed to bo the 1 ' State trial" durinsr the present generation . Tr ;

      quillity—superinduced more by the powerful agei of hunger and pestilence than by the potency bayonets and prosecutions—has been perfectly stored ; and it is now high time for statesmen grapple with the evils of Ireland , and to show tl there is a will as well as a way to govern that coi try . With respect to Air . Duffy ' s jury it is stat and I believe with truth , that seven stood out for unqualified acquittal , this majority being compos of the four Roman Catholics—Messrs . Farrell , F Ion , Egan and Kelly , and three Protestants , name Mr . Saunders , the foreman , Mr . Myers , and J Morrisson . —Times .

      The surpassing exertions made by Mr . Butt a Sir Colman O'Loghlen for their clients are i theme of general praise . Sir Colman O'Loghle ingenuity is very remarkable . It is to his cxertk that the case of Mr . Duffy was so long put off I the public mind calmed down , and all reaentmc disappeared . —Daily Neivs . The State Pbiso ' xers . —The Freeman is now si gesting the expediency of a movement on behalf Messrs . Smith O ' Brien , Meagher , O ' Doherty , M chel , Martin , and the other persons convicted duri the State Trials , with a view to the " immediate i lease" of those whose only error was loving th country "not wisely , but too well . " Thatjouri says : — " The fact of Mr . Duffy ' s having boon ?

      mitted to bail we construe into an implied assurar that all further proceedings against that gentlem will be stayed . But now that his trial is over , trust that the public mind will be directed towai the cases of the other high-minded and disinterest men who had the misfortune to be tried at more < cited periods , when passion and prejudice warp the judgment , and when verdicts were more hk < to be the heated pronouncement of political p tizans than the calm decision of the ' country . ' ' Depreciation of Landed Property . —The c ( respondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — "Su is the exceeding depreciation in the value of land present , I understand , that on the e ' stato of ft Kir wan , of Dalgan , in the county of Mayo , la

      which produced a rent of £ 2 12 s . 6 d . the Irish ac some time since , being out of lease , the tena would offer no more than £ 1 per acre , and even tl only on condition of the landlord paying all taj chargeable on the . farm . The land is of excellc quality—about tho best in any part of Mayo—ai so great a falling off in its letting value is a strikii exemplification of the ruinous change which fo years have produced upon the rentals of tlie geiiti ¦ The Cholera is the South and West . —Moilifi as the epidemic has been in its present visitatio its extension to tho distressed districts of the sou has been marked by serious mortality amongst t broken-down peasantry , and many even of the midc class have fallen victims . The village of Rathkea

      in the county of Limerick , . appears to have suffer more severely than any other part of Ireland . Nat keale is a miserable accumulation of pauperisi containing a great number of thatched mud cabi in the suburbs , in which evicted cottier tenants ha congregated . The present condition of this imp verished "town , " as it is designated , is thus ( scribed in a Conservative journal , the Limeri Chronicle : — " Thursday evening , the Rev . Jam O'Shea went through the town of Rathkeale , ai prevailed upon all the shopkeepers to open the concerns next day , so dismal was the appearance the town for the last week , under the fatal dova tation of cholera , that confidence was nearly at ; end . This town has been in an alarming state , f hundreds had been hurried to eternity . Those pc

      sons m comfortable circumstances have suffered an extent unprecedented since tho first nppoaran of cholera in 1832 . There were 150 in hospital , . 11 the external cases were more than double that niu her . There was scarcely a second house in Rat keale without a patient . The Rev . Richard >" uni and the Rev . J . O'Shea are indefatigable , day a : night , in administering religious consolation to t . sick arfil dying visited with this awful malady . It tho opinion of the faculty and clergymen that t disease has since assumed a milder " type . Irish Representative Peerage . —Lord Dunsai

      is a candidate for the representative peerage , vaca by the death of the Earl of Gosford . Tuesday . —The Crisis . —From the sowing tim now nearly past , until the harvest , will be a peril of tho deepest anxiety in all payts of Ireland , an in the west and south , of suffering as severe as h been known during the protracted and ilesohuir famine . One great step , at all events , lias been a eomplislied on the l'Oad io recovery . Taking 01 district with another , the land is much better ar more judiciously cropped than in the two nreeedir years ; and although many acres are neglected , some places , and , in some others , much move lsu planted with potatoes than prudence would w . irrar still , all things considered , there is reason to rcioi at the extent of tho preparations for the next * ha vest . Upon the produce of that harvestho wove

      , all the hopes of the country are centred . An : ibi dant return would go far towards restoring our < hausted resources , and commencing . a new ora Ireland . _ The peasantry have made their last i-fli in cropping the land , and in the distressed ihtv ' u have suffered great privations . There is now lii or no employment to alleviate their misery , or lessen the overwhelming burden of pauperism . T southern towns are crowded with destitute poor . All parties here seem to think tho downfall of 1 Whigs at hand , and there is great apathy al > c their fate even amongst their professed frienik T fooling even at . the \ Vhi g bar is , that "Minis " had better go out and try " for a public character . " Daily Neivs . Wednesday . —State of inE CorxTnr . —As 1

      season advances all the sources of niiserv ami u moralisation . are increcasing . The clearance .-yst r ; is extending to districts and estates heretofore w affected by this mode of disencumbering the laml its half-famished occupants . In two south-westci Counties , Clare and lierrj- - , evictions ¦ ¦ by-wholes ) are now in progress , to a much greater extent 1 It : at any former period during the famine . Fro one district in Kerry on a property under the Com of Chancery , one thousand human Icings we turned out last week . From another , belonging ' Trinity College , a-vast number of occupants li : n been evicted . In all probability , those 1 niser . 1 V people paid little oi > hothiV in the shape o . " ivt

      since the potato failure ; but the expulsion of sat numbers , augmenting the alread y fearful aniou c of pauperism , is not the less to bo regretted as a aggravation of our social evils , and a new cause c embarrassment to the gentry and ratepayers , ¦* struggling to maintain their ' position in tlieconiii' 7 ' —In Clare , a portion of the parties evicted li . nl W substantial farmers , and the local Conserving paper , the Clare Journal , states that some of if dwellings levelled by the bailiffs appeared w f comfortable farm-houses . The tenantry attewl * resistance . ; but tho aid of a . party of constalmW was obtained , and-the ringleader was arref tttl- " Morning Chronicle .

      The Weather . —Suddenly , after-a winter p t " ; usual mildness , and a remarkably fine openi » t j the spring , we have experienced all the liars !" *'; winter . For . a day or two the tempera ture ft very cold , and Tuesday , after a frost the pi ' " ; , " ? night , we had a , heavy fall of snow . This *» % severity of the weather will greatly aggravate » the sufferings and privations of the de stitute F v ' who are endeavouring to keep body and ^\ : gether on the scanty allowance of out-dqor 1 *"" without-anything in tho shape of provision clothing , lodging , or fuel . <¦ <> ¦ Poor Relief . —Lord Stuart be DEfl £ ^" , v Clonmel Chronicle contains the following "' ' ^ Ik

      Stuart deDecies , the chairman of this i »" . ° : ' resigned his office in consequence of the myp ® the board having voted against out-door fe ' ' ' , ^ Poor law Commissioners have directed theg "" ^ r to re-consider their conduct , and informed tlio ' ^ wise that they agree with Lord Stuart- de " ^ and the minority on the subject of oi d-w ® ^ Some of the guardians recently waited on ^ Stuart de Decies , urging him to resume a 2 H ^ office ; but this his lordship declined to «< J-. < t , Fever Hospital at Abbeyside is much croffUi ' 1 | 0 f . more patients can be admitted to the JeV Li , fif ? 1

      pital till tho shods are finished , which arc ny t |; $ erected . Many , persons are emigrating » '' . / union , nearly all of the letter class of ein >? ' < is The Cholera . —The epidemic still l »' = ' ; . tU Various quarters . Tho Banner o f Ulstir not" * , i | i alarming spread of cholera in . Ballyniciw * Armagh the malady is also spreading . 1 ( p Mr . Duffy . —The Freeman s Jottrn « leal *~ ii < f Duffy has not been abroad since his relMSt . a apart of the time has been confined to W *'" c ., iW unable to receive the numerous friends » ^ upon him ; but yesterday he was aJmostqi ^ . He is on a visit for the present with- Lw biOiat law , Dr . Callan , 25 , Lower Bagot-stWW *

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      Efjc JJro&iucctf . Buckinghamshire . —An Attempt to Murder a Sweetheart . —On Saturday afternoon last James Harding was examined before the Aylesbury magistrates on a charge of cutting the throat of Elizabeth Alison . The young woman , who had sufficiently recovered to give evidence , stated that she became acquainted with the prisoner at the house of her brother at Dinton , and they agreed to marry . She , however , afterwards retracted , and he declared that "he did not mind being hung before he would leave her . " On Thursday night he called at the house but was not admitted . The girl in her evie ' ence then went on to say : —I went out Afterwards and met him . I saw him sitting on a stile - close by

      the door of the house . I had no fear of him then . He catched hold of me and said he would cut my throat , and he laid hold of my head . He spoke to nie when I passed the stile . I got over the stile . He followed me . My mother was behind me . He walked with me over two closes . My mother was present . He did not say a word to me when going along . He said , "I suppose you are going to leave me . ' I said I was . I did not speak to him again until we got to some houses , when I said I would never be in his company any more . He immediately took a knife out of his pocket . He took me by the lead . He put his arm round my neck , holding my head back by the forehead . ( Witness showed how she was seized by putting her arm round another female in court . ) I struggled , fell down , and some-

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      ScotianvJ Death of Sir Andrew Agnew . —Sir Andrew Agnew , of Lochnaw Bart ., died at his house , Rutland-square , on Thursday week . Sir Andrew was born in 1703 . His mother was the sixth child of Lord Kinsale , the premier baron of Ireland , the title having been created in 1181 . Sir Andrew succeeded his father in 1809 , and is now succeeded by his son , Captain Agnew , who , in 1847 , married the daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough . Murder . —A man has been taken into custody at

      Auchterless , on a charge of violation and murder . The victim is an old woman named Smith , who was at the time of the crime the only inhabitant of a small cottage ; and the charge against the prisoner , James Robb , labourer , aged 22 , is that he entered her cottage , on the night of . Monday , the 9 th inst ., by the chimney , and so horribly abused her as to cause her death . The prisoner admits having been in the cottage ) and having entered it in the manner described . He had left a peculiar-looking walking stick behind him , which has been identified . He has been confined in Aberdeen gaol .

      The Robbert of Five Hundred Pounds . —Our readers will probably recollect that three months ago we gave a detail of the theft or robbery of the sum of £ 500 ; which was effected in a very dexterous manner from the counter of the Union Bank , Glasgow , on a Saturday , when the bank was more than usually thronged . The sum carried off consisted of five notes , each for £ 100 . Not until last week could the slightest clue be found to any part of the money , when , strange to say , one of the lost or stolen notes for £ 100 was found to have been lodged in the savings' bank at Greenock , by a spirit-dealer of that town , who was not previously known amongst his fellow-townsmen as having at any time of his life been blessed with bank notes for a large amount . His is

      name Dugald Walker , and there can be no mistake as to the identity of the note , from the peculiarity of a piece of silk being pasted on the back of it for its better preservation . He was on Friday week apprehended in his place of business , and is now in the hands of the Glasgow police . Appalling Family Bereavements . —Rarely , if ever before , has it been our sad duty to record such devastation as disease has recently committed in one family—that * of Mr . James Henderson , mason , residing at a cot-house on the farm of East-hill , Lochrutton . He had been for some time afflicted with a liver complaint , and about a fortnight ago he was seized by diarrhoea , and soon after his wife , and all his children , six in number , were attacked by tlio same malady . The husband rapidly sunk

      under the disease , and died upon Saturday , the 24 th ult . A daughter , one year old , died next day ; and on tho following day , a son , aged eleven years , was also laid lifeless by the fell disease . The bodies of father , son , and daughter , were , on- Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., conveyed in a hearse to Dunscore old churchyard , and there buried in one grave . Death still continued his efforts , and , on Thursday last , two move victims fell—another daughter aged three years , and another son aged nine years . They were buried beside the others on Saturday . Five persons out of the family have thus been cut off in six days . Mrs , Henderson is ,. too , labouring under diarrhoea , but still more , under intense sorrow , and continues in a precarious state ; and the two remaining children are not considered out of danger . —Dumfries Standard .

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      ' - "''»^^»/^//// ' / VW $ reianu . Dublin , Saturday . —Discharge of the Jury . — Mr . Duffy Admitted to Bail . —The protracted struggle between the Crown and Mr . Gavan Duffy has , for the present , terminated in a drawa battle The , jury are discharged without a verdict , and Mr . Duffy has been admitted to bail , to appear at the next commission , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . One of the jurors became so dangerously ill , that his immediate liberation was considered necessary . The result ot the case , and the announcement of Mr . Duffy ' s admission to bail was received with loud and enthusiastic cheers by those assembled in the court and the neighbourhood . HoRRrBLK Destitution . —The Rev . Jas . Meaehor ' parish priest of U Churchi ltter

      pper , n a e to the Tipperary indicator says- " I not long since attended the death-bed of a poor widow who witl four orphans , had lived for three weeks ol the I of an old horse , preserved for that length of S from getting putrid by salt . " XW S ™ <« time Progress of Insolvency in Irkm ™ t » . « tttTaw ^ f verv curious ™ VfniJ » <• ^ South , present a MKK ' disr HSfaksss ffiSi two Z ^ ] ergy en of the Established KK £ V T , doctors ' the Hon - Jol « i B . Jffir , i 5 ^ ° Lisle ) ' some of the ™ r gentry , and a number of farmers . T ™ + « J t Lwc =- ~ K is only now that John i . j nch , the Kerry attorney , who several months ago was sentenced to bo transported for lourteon vcmfor tbo grossest frauds on the Tralee Saving Bask

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      1 6 THE NORTHERN STAR ___^ . April 21 ? 1849 . 0 —¦¦—¦—¦——¦¦ ——i —¦ gggggBSSigSSS ^ S ^^^^^ j "'^ ' ^ . . SSSSSSS 7 .. him 1 mm .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1519/page/6/