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" ^ WMMW ^ atgMI ^ KI ^ MBBMMKMIMI ^ j ^^ E ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦ - ¦ : i :-J :: ftw , ¦ .-: ;» £ J 3 * tr 0 ?* K *« " ?> ,. " ' . v ; , " ¦ ' . ' *** „ ¦ : ; . V . ' ^ ' - " - * ^ - '^ j J ' ' *' ¦ * * " ' ' H ¥ aLM ^ L 6 sMH DUBIN ^ , THB WBEK .-la tllfi weekending last Saturday , the deaths registered m thenietropolitan ' clistticts were 96 / ,, showing an increase of nearly , lQ 9 , on thoseof the previous week , and a disposition to rise after a continuous fall during a period . of five weeks . The average of corresponding weeks in ten ' -years ( 1840-9 ) is , 991 , which if corrected for , increase of population becomes 1031 ; the iiumber . nbw returned U therefore less than the average by 114 deaths . Taking against the 10 corresponding weeks , it appears that the deaths fluctuated between 792 and 1 , 118 , and that the mortality , which showed a decided tendency to increase in later years , rose in the last three above 1000 . To account for the excess
, in the present return over that of the former week , the only epidemics observed to be more fatal , we hooping-cough , croup , and diarrhoea , which numbered respectively 43 , 9 , and 17 , against 35 , 3 , and 9 of the previous return ; but these diseases , except the last , do not seem to prevail more tHan usual at this season . The 17 deaths from diarrhoea are double the average of ten corresponding weeks , but in the three weeks of 18 i 7-49 , during which yea > s this complaint has increased , they were 10 , 19 , and 20 . The increase Is further accounted for by phthisis , the mortality from which has ri ? en to the average , and amounts to 143 deaths ; and also to some extent by bronchitis from which there were 79 , and by pneumouia from which there were S 2 , though neither o '
these numbers is remarkable as compared with returns for the same season in the last three years . The deaths of three persons were registered last week from cholera , of which the following are the particulars . —In Golden-square district , at 174 , Regentstreet , a chemist died on tbe 10 th of March , at the age of 55 years , of " caehexia ( 6 months ) , English cholera ( 3 weeks . ) " In St . Mary ( sub-district of Marylebone ) , at 2 , Salisbury-place , a widow died or the 7 th of March , aged 77 years , of " cholera biliosa ( 2 days ) indigestion . " And in the west sub-district of Islington , at 24 . Albion-grove west , a widow'lady died on the 14 th March , at the age of 73 years , from " premonitory diarrhoea ( 16 hours ) , cholera ( 46 hours ) . " With reference to the last case , Mr . Watts , the registrar , states that " the locality is good , well paved and drained , and has a regular snpply of New River water . " At 3 , Newman ' s Mews , in All-Souls , a looking-glass silverer died at the aee of 49 . of
" salivation—effusion on the brain . " "Copious salivation was produced by the constant use of mercury in the exercise of his profession . " Two men died from excessive drinking , which produced'in one case apoplexy , and in another delerium tremens . Last week there were registered the deaths of 85 persons in workhouses , of 69 in hospitals , of which 17 occurred in military and naval institutions , and 7 in ' unatic asylums . —The births during the week were , 384 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the aean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 d . on every day of the week ; on Tuesday it was so jieh as 30-438 ; and the mean for the week was £ 0-292 . The temperature decreased considerably towards the end of the week , and the mean was 40-9 deg ., rather less than the average of the same week in seven years . 'It was less than the average on the last three days , and on Friday and Saturday was from 4 deg . to 6 deg . less than the average of these days .
Suspicious Death . —Mr . W . Baker held an . inquest on Saturday , at the Cherry-tree public-house , Bromley , touching the death , o ! a respectably dressed female , name unknown , apparently about thirty years of age , who was drowned in the new cut of the River Lea , under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of two witnesses , named Roberta and Mayne , engineers , that between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday evening week they were proceeding from Limehonse to Stratford along the towing-path of the new cut of tbe Lea River . When near the Bromley-bridge the deceased passed them , going in the opposite direction , and walking quickly . They had not proceeded more than a dozen yards when their attention was arrested by the loud
screams of a female , and on their looking round they observed the deceased deposit her bonnet on the ground and deliberately plunge into the water . They did not attempt to assist her , and on their reaching the above house they gave an alarm . The drass were obtained , and after searching for some time they found the body , life being quite extinct . The deceased was about five feet three inches in height , dark hair , and was attired in a j-lum-cdloured plaid dress , black bonnet , trimmed with crape ; black shawl , with coloured border . She wnre a gold wedding ring , and two of her front teeth are gone . The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed
herself by drowning ; but as to the state of her mind at the time they had not sufficient evidence to say . " —Shortly after the jury had been dismissed , a you'h residing in the neighbourhood came forward and stated that on ihe evening in question he was passing the spot , and saw one of the men deliberately throw the deceased into the water , and , fearing they might serve him in the same way , he ran away , and was the first to give the alarm at the above house , which fact vras established by the landlord of the house , who was from tome during the inquiry . The coroner has been made acquainted with the statement , and It has caused a great sensation in the locality .
Suicide through Destitution . —On Saturday last an inquest was taken by Mr . Payne , at the Gibraltar , St . George's-road , Snnthwark , on view of the body of Charlotte Whenham , ascd thirty-two , a single woman , who committed self-destruction by swallowing a large dose of prussic acid . The deceased lived at No . 46 , Elliot-row , St . George's-road , and was employed by Mr . Perry , glove manufacturer , in the Walworth-road . She used to be at work the whole day , and could earn no more than 3 s . C > - to 4 s . a week , out of which i-he paid Is . per week for a ground floor backroom . She would have starved but for the assistance of her landlady and a lodger , who occasionally gave her food . On the af ' -ernoon of the 12 th inst , she went < mt , and returned at 8 o ' clock . The following morning she was found dead in her bed by her landlady ; and two phials , which had contained the essential oil of bitter almonds , were found in a cupboard . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "
Mel&kcholy Sgicide , —About six months ago a case was reported under the head of Greenwich Police-court , wheroin it appeared that a publican residing in Woolwich , in a large and respectable way of business , together with his ¦ ¦ -on , a promising young man , about twenty-four years of age , were charged with caiting and removing several cart loads of bricks belonging to the railway company , and depositing them on the premises of the father ; and after an examination before the magistrates , they were sentenced , the father to undergo an imprisonment -with hard labour for eighteen months , and the son to six months ' with hard labour . The son ' s imprisonment expired on Friday the 8 th inst , whereupon he immediately returned to the inn kept bv his father
and resumed his avocation of waiting upon the customers as usual , and whilst so doing on Tuesday the 12 th inst , one of them incautiously made use of the expression , " Uow about the bricks , " or words to that effect , which appeared to have such an effect upon i he mind of the young man / that he immediately repaired to a shed at the back part of the building , and hung himself by a rope which he attached to one of the rafters of the outhouse , where he continued hanging until his family , missing him . made a search , when he was found . He was immediately cut down , and medical assistance promptly procured , but life had b .-en extinct some time . We understand that the person who made use of the expression has been compelled to quit the neighbonrhood .
Death of a Miser woeth £ 50 . 000 . —During fhe last few days codsiderable interest has been excited in the neighbourhood of Sadler ' s-wells , in consequence of the death uf Mr . William Crew , hair dresser , No . 32 , Arlington-street , who , though always living in the most penurious manner , is said to have died worth £ 50 , 000 . The following facts have been stated on good authority : — Deceased came up a charity buy . in 1790 , to try his fortune in London , and was taken as errand boy by Mr . Frederick II artland , hair dresser , at Sadler ' s-wells , oh whose death
he ' succeeded to the business . He was remarkable for his penurious habits , and , after some years , married a person as penurious as himself . About a w « ek beforehis death he disclosed to Mr . Turj-in that he was worth nearly £ 50 , 000 in scrip in railway companies , houses , < fec , which he promised to leave to . him , and , after his death , the draft of a will to that effect was found . His bed consisted of a few r > . gs The property , which he made by loans and speculations in the stocks and public companies is claimed by a cousin of the deceased , and the case is likelv to cause litigation .
Suicide bt a Lunatic . —On Sunday afternoon an inquest was held in the- board-room of JBethlem Hospital , before ilr . W . Payne , the City-Coroner , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of one of the female patients , named Elizabeth Leeds , who committed self-destruction by strangulation . The deceased was admitted into the asylum on Saturday last , and on Sunday evening she availed herself of a temporary absence of the nurse in attendance on her , to possess herself of a si k- handkerchief , with which she contrived to stransle herself , in the course of the night . The jury returned a verdict , that " deceased destroyed herself while in a state of unsound mind . "
The Expiosios at Houkslow—The funerals of the unfortunate men who were killed by tbe blowing up of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey ' s mills , took place on Friday , the loth-inst . Four were interred in the rhureh of the village of Hamwortb , and three in Q ounslow church-yard . Their remains were followed to the last resting place by several thousand persons . From inquiries made as to tbe state of the wounded men , Henry Clifford , John Compton , andWilliami i ' earce , it was ascertained that Clifford , Tfho W 8 B injured very much , is still fully expected to survive ; but Joan , Compton is still lying in a most precarious rtate , and no hopes are entertained that his life will bepreBerved . ^ WiUiam Pearce , who is still lying ' at bt . ueorge s Hospital , 19 going on most favourably .
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TheCojmcT ' Am * . MfeiifcrntfaiThe anthorrftfi had the-painful duty , oh -Saturday 'last , -of' communicating to this unh « ppywoman' * hal theexecution will take place on Monday , the 1 st of April nest ( Easter Monday . ) The convict-was'found ' guilty ' or poisoning-her husband .- James Merritt , a turncock ; b-the employ ; of the East London Waterworks Almost from themi > ment of her return tojhe . ee I , after her condemnation she has been absorbed m at ^ KSSftass ^ sag E ^ js aa ssggi demned . On the 15 th inst , Lady Pine , and other
Ss fo ^^^^ inteLted then , selves on behalfof ^ tortunate ^ eatures who have been confined in , the metropolitan prisons , saw the miserable woman in her coll ; and her grief , while in their presence , was most excessive . From the violent manner . she wept and other circumstances , some of the ladies entertained the impression that she is enceinte . ' Although sue did not urge that state , when sentenced , it is not improbable thit she may really be so , and that a jury of matrons would be directed by the Secretary ot State to exam ine into her condition . Her three children , the eldest of which is abunt eight years of age , are in the Homerton workhouse , and the guardians hare prevented their becoming objects of any
morbid curiosity . ; Gbeat Fibb at Westminster . — On Saturday night list a few minutes before eight o ' clock , a fire of a very alarming character , broke out in tbe premises belonging to Messrs . J . and C . Rigby , carrying on an extensive business as builders and sawmill proprietors , situate at No . 23 , Holywell-street , ' Westminster , within a shot t distance of the Millbank Penitentiary . The first discovery seems to have been made by the private watchman on the premises . In less than three minutes after that time the engine was taken to the place and instantly set to work , but the contents of the several buildings were of such an igniiible nature that the flames auon enveloped the steam-boiler house , the saw mills , and about two thirds of the joiners * workshops , together
with the stores over , and the drying-houses , i'he last named compartments contained a valuable assortment of property , amongst which were the seats and other carved work for 5 t . Stephen ' s Church , building in Rochester-row . This edifice was to have been opened by desire of Miss Burdett Coutts . the founder , in May next ; but , owing to the present disaster , some time must now elapse' before the church can be completed , as the whole of the fittings which were finished have been reduced to ashes . In less than a quarter of an hour from the time the fire was discovered , the roof of the ; joiners ' shops fell in , when the flames rose so high iri the air as to make the neighbourhood : as light as ' at noonday , whilst the Abbey , the new houses of Parliament ,
and other buildings in the distance were brought out in bold relief . The lurid glare in the atmosphere caused the intelligence to be morespeedly carried to the . engine stations than the messengers sent for them , and forthwith nine engines , of . the London brigade , with those of the brewhbuse , " belonging to Messrs . Thome , the parish and West of England company arrived at the scene ; but so high was the fire mounting that every bouse in the immediate neighbourhood appeared doomed to . destruction . Fortunately an abundant supply , of water , was furnished by the Chelsea Company , from which the engines were worked with full vigour by nearly 200 hired auxiliaries , but in spite of the exertions of all present the work of devastation continued until a serioas amount of troperty had been destroyed . ,
FinE . —On Tuesday a fire took place at a cabinet manufactory , Old-street-road , Sbtireditch , opposite Pilfield-street . There was a ready supply of , water , and fortunate ' y the firemen suceeded in confining the damage , which was extensive , to the workshop ... ... Smithfield Market . —The Commissioners of Inquiry into the Market of Smithfield ai ^ d the other markets for the sale of live and dead meat in rhe metropolis , will make their report immediately after the Easter recess . The plans for the enlargement of Smithfield Market , and for its better management under an improved system , have been laid belore the commissioners by the authorities of the City . ' The Report , however , will embrace the whole question in all its details . . ' ' i , . Extreme Cold —About twelve 0 clock on Sunday night last , in the vicinity of Richmond , the glass , in a northern aspect , but in a sheltered position , ranged below 25 . ;
The Loss sustained by the Globe Assurance Company from the recently discovered defalcations of one of their clerks will , it is said prove : to be of large amount , ranging probably above j £ o 0 , 000 or £ 60 , 000 . There seems to be an impression , however , that the embezzlement was managed by increasing the figures of" various claims paid to assurers , so that the assets of the company will not p ; esent different results from « hat have hitherto been sho « n in the periodical balance sheets , the fact being simply that but for the sum thus abstracted , the return of profits from time to time for division amongst the shareholders would to that extent have been augmented . ;';' ¦ ¦ ¦
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# ctWar'Mtle ^ ti ? the ' pVesenV ^ . WaaappfljntedMpi ^ / : - Fishing ' fpr Rats' !—Anew . branqh . Ojf . industrjiJias : ' sprung up , in'Newcastle . ' . jrii ' veiiile . disciples ot , 'Isaac Walton-the shade of the , old . angler frowns upon us white we ivrite—may be seen in the streets patiently reposing by the side of a grate , with a line and baited hook in the sewer , to catch rats . Their : prey are sold to the jackals of the ' rathunters , men who keep hundreds of rats in store , and sell them to sportsmen . — Qateshead Ohsirvw . .. . ¦ . ..-,
Tragedy ' at Clayton-pn-thk-Hkights , Halifax—The beautiful and secluded little village 0 Clayton was on Saturday last the scene of a dreadful tragedy , in consequence of a young man . recently married having shot his wife through the left breast , and blown his own brains out . The subjects of the present tragical occurrence are two young people named Abraham and Elizabeth Jessop / each about twentyfive years of age , and the cause of it an unhappy and ill-assorted marriage ; leading to a ' separation , which the wife ' s friends had unluckily attempted to render permanent , instead of seeking a reconciliation . Ihe main supports of the village are some extensive stone quarries in the neighbourhood ; and Jessop , who hid come to reside there from Brighouae , was a smith , and was principally employed in sharpening the
delvers' tools . He had paid his addresses to the girl for some twelve or eighteen months , and about three months ago they were married . Jessop had not a cottage furnished to take his . wife to , and they took tip their residence along with the wife ' s mother and sister . Thehusband , who had been given to intoxication at times , had given great promises of more steady and industrious habits at the time . For some months before their marriage lie had carried out of his earnings five shillings per week to his intended wife , and for five or six weeks after marriage the young pair seemed to be comfortable enough . Some stormy weather which succeeded , however , rendered it impossible that the quarrymen could pursue their employment , and Jessop was thrown out of work . Almost immediately afterwards quarrels with' his
wife and her friends led to his being turned out ot the mother ' s house and a consequent separation . He had attempted in vain a reconciliation ; and the unhappy man seems to have sought an interview on Saturday evening laat , with a View to putting a period to ill future strife and heart-burning about the matter by murdering , his wifrj and afterwards destroying himself . Alter'fortifying himself by taking several glasses of ardent spirits at a . public house , " to keep up his' courage ' - . for the . fatal scene , he entered the house where she resided about half-past three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and found her in the presence of her mother arid sister . He asked her to accompany him to , the door for the purpose ol a private ' conversation / . but she , declined , observing that she had ho secre ' ts which her mother might not
hear . ' lie then attempted to induce his wife to give him art audience ' . \ j \ another room , telling hvr she might relate what passed afterwards to her mother if she thought fit . This she also refused , and he then tookfrom one of hia coat pockets a pistol , and hastily advancing towards her , discharged it with the muzzle almost close to her " person . " The ball ; . took effect in the left breast , . but missed the heart , " piercing the brefiBt in . the direction of , the left arm , and emerging immediately under the arm ., Before any attempt . at interference , could be made , he ' then drew a second pistol , and placing the muzzle under his right ear , discharged the : epntenta , through his head . The unfortunate wife ; ran to the door , and . sank upon the causeway in a state of insensibility . She was afterwards carried to bed by her mother and some neighbours who-lent assistance , ' and surgical aid being
procured and the wounds stanched , she still survives . It is . fearedi however , 'that the ball has passed through a portion of the lungs , and that she cannot ultimately recover . The . wound which Jessop inflicted on himself wa 3 of a more immediately mortal character . He fell at once upon the floor , and expired in a pool of blood—his skull being fearfully shattered . The body was removed ' ta ,. the Black Horse public house in Clayton . The young man ' s parents are not living , but he has brothers and sisters who had come to the village with the view of discharging the mournful duties ( as far as the verdict of a coroner ' s jury and the law which regulates such matters will allow ) , which devolve upon them in consequence of this event , The wife has only one parent livingthe father having destroyed himself about three years ago , by hanging . years » go ,-oy Hanging ,
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HiGHwAY . IlOBBEnY . —On Saturday , the 16 thinst ., between four and five o'clock in the afternoon , as Mr . Osborne , traveller to Herries ani Co ., of Manchester , was driving in his gig , from Bala to Ll ; in fyllin , North Wales , at a lonely part of the road hear the top of Borwyn Mountain , four miles from any dwelling-house , he was attacked by three men , who stopped his horse and dragged him eut . / Mr . Osborne attempted to struggle , with his assailants , but he was beat about the head till . he became insensible , and whilst' in that state they took from the gig box £ 150 in gold and silver . The ruffians got clear away . .. ' . - . *
Alleged Murder ur Copiers on Strike . —The coroner ' s inquest on , the body of John Thomas , whose death was caused by the burns and injuries he sustained from an explosion of combustibles thrust into his bedroom , where his wife and family were sleeping , was brought to a conclusion Inst week at iAberdare . The chief witness examined was the wife , who , after stating the facts . relative to > the death of her husband ,: attributed the fatal occur ? rence to her late husband working in the colliery at a time when there was a strike amongst the colliers : A " verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " was returned . twv " ' irifc --iir . * ywwf ' ¦ » " w v-v * * ^ w ^^ v ^^^^^^^ hh ^ v ^ ¦ ^ * w w m w ¦ _
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Sfotlanu . Frightful Murder near Edinburgh . — The Edinburgh Courant relates the discovery of a horrible occurrence at Juniper-green , about five miles from Edinburgh , where Dr . Wilson ,, a resident practitioner ,: was discovered lying , dead : iii [ the kitchen of his own house—his head beaten in by some heavy instrument . In the passago was also found the body of Dr . Wilson ' s aged mother , upon whom similar violence had been also exercised . — An investigation immediately took place , and a person was arrested on suspicion ; but further particulars did not transpire . —It ia said thatj at n late hour on Sunday night , a man named Pearson , who is understood to have been in confinement in « i lunatic asylum , called at the house of Dr . Wilson for medicine or medical advice . ' The doctor prscribed a simple dose , of which one half was to betaken that night and the remainder next morning . Dr . Wilson havin < r just returned from
visiting his country patients , left the man at the door , while he himself and the maid-servant went to the stable to put up his horse . Upon his return to the house Dr . Wilson found the outer door locked , and , upon knocking , was immediately admitted . This appears to have been observed by the maid-servant , who then wont to her mother ' s house in the neighbourhood , where she usually slept . — -The precise circumstances that followed within' Dr . Wilson ' s house can only be matter of conjecture . It is said that the man Pearson who bad called at the house the previous night , is : the person how in gaol upon suspicion of the murder ; and it is added that he had passed the night in the house , sleeping in Mrs . Wilson ' s bed , having first , it is supposed , burned his clothes . He was found naked in bed and souhd asleep . —Dr . Wilson was aboutSOyears of age , strong and healthy . His mother had attained the age of 90 .:
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JtCIflttB , Abolition op the Lokd-Lieutenanoy . —An agitation much more eavnost than any one anticipated ji ^ ainsfc the contemplated abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy seems already , to have set in , and we shall probably have a series of meetings in other parts of Ireland as well as in Dublin to express the popuhir feelings on the subject . A commencement was miide on the I 5 th inst . by the Dublin Traders ' Protective Society , which was presided over on the occasion byAlderrn . au Kinnhan , Several respectable merchants and tradesmen taking part in the proceedings . The following resolution was adopted : — " That understanding it to be the intention of her Majesty ' s government to introduce a bill for the abolition of the omce of Lord Lieutenant in Irelandthis societyhaying for its sole object to watch
, , over and guard the commercial interests of the traders of Dublin , and therefore declining to express any opinion as to the political bearing of the subject , considers it to be not only its legitimate office , but its incumbent duty , to protest in the strongest manner against any measure having for its purpose the removal of the vicoregal court from Dublin as calculated to inflict serious injury on the already greatly depressed trade of this city . " ' ' Mukdeu of 'a Bailiff . ' —Agrarian : crime is once more on the increase . The Kflkenmj Moderator of Saturday last contains the' following : — " On Tuesday , two " bailiffs , named John Ryan and Richard Crowdle—in execution of a decree which they held at the suit of a person named Patrick Dooly , of
Windgap . in this county , against the property of a farmer named Philip Meighan , of Carrigeen-Morrice , near Kilmoganny-Hseized a quantity of cattle which they found on the lands , but which Meighan and his family forcibly rescued , assaulting and driving away the bailiffs . Next day , the bailiffs tookout summonses against the parties for the rescue , and again proceeded , in the evening , to the house , in order to servo them , when it appears that Edward , son to Philip : Meighan , resisted their entrance to the premises , and inflicted on Ryan a stab , " from a weapon resembling a . pike ; in the abdomen ;• : from the effects of which Tie almost immediately expired . ' Crowdle ran away , and informed the-polio v , afterwhich he absconded , for thei curnoge , it'woulu
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seem , " of ribt ' beirig ' .. ibrced '' togiyp " evidence . The perpetrator of the deed , ' a . y ' oung ' . manunder twenty year ' s of age , has also absconded * ;; but hi ^ father and sisterihaveheen arrestedbythe constabulary . " . .,, Encumbered ,, iEsiATKa . .. CoMMifls . io ) f . r-Tliirty-two , aaditjpnal ; p ' etition ' s for the ' sale of estates have been filed ihthfe week - ending the 13 th inst ' . The encumbered inheritors * ih-thislist are chiefly small proprietors , and some of them , for instance the Rev . Sir Christopher , R . Lighton , Bart ., are petitioners , on . their own behalf . . The . commissioners' have or- , dcred a large number of sales , in some cases of considerable estates , during the months of May and June next : -
St . Patrick ' s Day . —According to the accounts received , St . ' Patrick ' s Day passed over without any serious , manifestation in the way of processions or excitement in the northern province , where . such vigorous and general measures of precaution ' had been adopted by the government ,, . A Mr . Francis W . Kiernan had a narrow escape from assassination on . Friday evening , the 15 th inst ., at Loughorna , in the county , of Tipper . iry He exchanged shots with the ass . issin , who fired at him twice from , behind a hedge , close to his own door , and was slightly wounded in the hand . Several evictions havelately been made on the property . . . :
Exposition op the Industry of all Nations . — Great preparations arc in progress in Belfast to organise that important town , and the northern province generally , in support of the Industrial Exhibition in London , At tbo request of the Chamber of Commerce , the Royal Flax Society and the linen and muslin manufacturers , the Mayor of Belfast has convened a public meeting for Friday next , to adopt measures for securing effectual cooperation in the great national demonstration . The Northern Whig , referring , to this movement , says , " We hear of Irish cambrics being sold as Frenchof Irish linens being got up as German , because the excellence of these articles is , in manjr cases , not yet known ; but we may fearlessly exhibit the products ' of our looms beside those of France and of
Germany , and show the foreign merchant prop positive of our superiority . Our sewed muslin manufactures , also , . which have grown into such importance , are in many countries unknown , or styled ' of French production . We can show the foreign consumers of Russian flax that Ireland can furnish them with a better article ; and , with the progress now making , in . the west and south , through , the indefatigablo exertions of the Flax Society , we may soon behold cargoes of flax leaving our shores to displace the Russian in the supply of foreigri'facto ' r ' ies , and thus have an expoi $ of agricultural produce often times the value of the corn we formerly shipped to England . " . Agricultural Operations , For the last five years there have cot been such cheering indications
of industrial progress as are to be found in the agricultural reports of the present month , and in all quarters the farmers , taking advantage of an unprecedented run of fine open weather , are represented as being actively engaged in making preparations for tbe ensuing harvest . In every field , says the Tip perary paper , are to be seen ploughs , horses , and men , engaged in sowing peas , oats , and potatoes . In the north riding a large breadth of land is occupied with . grain crops , while the planting of potatoes is as universal as in the most prosperous days . From the west the accounts are of the same satisfactory character , and although the rural population appear to have . effectually cast of their apathy , and resumed their wonted occupations with revived spirit , and in the hope that the advent of Irish prosperity is at length close at hand . . .
. John O'Grady , a wealthy farmer in the county of Limerick , has been convicted for the murder of his wife and maid servant , and sentenced to be executed . The murder was particularly remarkable for the total absence of all apparent provocation . The prisoner first murdered the servant in the stable by stabbing her . with a bayonet fixed on a stick , and then killed his wife by discharging two pis ' ols at her whileBhe was iribed . The defence was temporary aberration of mind , but this was not sustained i ; v any evidence . ... ¦ , : •• .. ; . Mathew and . William Gavin were convicted at the same assizes for the murder of John Ryan , at Goppa .-more , and sentenced along with O'Grady , to be executed on the 10 th of next month .
' ' ASSIZK'INTELLIGENCE . Murder , op Patrick Moore . —Maryborough , March 10 . —Catherine Moore and Bridget Thompson were placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Patrick Moore , at Turrow , on the 26 th of August . There were three counts in the indictment ; the first stating the crime to be committed by Catherine Moore , by making a cut with a knife on the right side of his throat , and charging Bridget Thompson with aid and abetting ; the secotid count charged Bridget Thompson with being accessory after the fact ; and the third count laid the deed to have been committed by strangulation . —Being asked * if they were guilty or not , Catherine " Moore ( wife to the murdered nian ) pleaded ffuilty . She was in a most . distressingly
excited state , and was obliged to be supported throughout the entire trial . —Her attorney , Mr . Roej" withdrew , the plea . ' —Bridget Thompson , ( mother to the other prisoner J was perfectly unmoved by her own awful situation and the wretched appearance of her daughter . She preserved a sullen and relentless expression of countenance , and pleaded . not guilty , in a firm . voice . —Catherine Murphy , examined by Mr Griffith , deposed to finding the body of deceased ,-Pat Mbore , in a bog hole at ; Rossmore . —Owen Moorej a young '¦ boy , examined ; . Is brother to the . prisoner , ' Catherine Moore . On the 26 th of August , his sister did not go to bed until about one o'clqck at night . She went out about ten o ' clock . ' She did not sleep with his mother ^ She got up about five fivs o ' clock in
the morning . She called his mother up , and said she . wanted her for a certaiu business . They both went out of the place then . He went to school at nino o ' clock in the . morning . Cuine home about four o'clock . When he came into the yard he missed the ass ' s car ; ' His sister Catherine was not then at home . She returned about six o ' clock , and brought the ass ' s . car with : her . Witness mefc her , and , in consequence of what he had heard from his sister Betty , called her a murderer . She answered , " It " was great harm indeed , " and if he said anything , she would get his mother to beat him . . Catherino Moore ther told her mother where she put her husband . Said she put him in a boghole , hear Clogrenrian . Rossmore is near Glogrennan . His mother said , if it was kno wn she killed
her . husband , they would be all taken . Catherine said she brought the car to the bog-hole , got into the car , cut the cord she had , tying her husband , and rolled him over into the bog-hole ; then covered him with sods . In two dnys after heard his sister , Catherine say to her mother , "Thank God I got rid of him ready , " and that she would be well enough if the body was not found until she got off . Two knives wore hero { riven to the witness , who identified them as belonging to his mother . Heard his sister tell her mother that she gave her husband whisky , and that he lay dead then ; and she cut his neck . ' In three days after , wanted the reins of the ass . Missed a small portion of the reins . Asked Betty where it was . Betty said Catherine tied up her husband with it to make
him short . —Elizabeth Moore examined : Is- sister to Catherine Moore . This witness corroborated the evidence given by her brother . On Monday morning , when Catherine had gone out , about five o ' clock , her mother called witness , and said " It was a woe night ; they had let out Catherine by herself , for she had killed her husband . " \ Vitne 83 asked her where he was . ' Her mother took her out and showed her the body of Patrick Moore , at the summer-house in the garden , covered with rushes . The clothes were all on the body except the hat . There was a cut en his neck , arid blood along his breast . When they came in , witness asked Catherine " What made she do that 1 " Catherine said it was neck or nothing with her , for that Pat thousrht to stab her until she sot to turn the knife
to his own throat . ' Witness said '" You murderer , I'll get / you took and hung . " Catherine then began to cry . —Constable Maurice Ryan deposed that after arresting tho prisoner , " Catherine , on the 20 th September , sho acknowledged having murdered her husband ; and 3 aid her mother and the ; rest of her family were innocent . ' She said her husband was drunk , and endeavoured to atab her first . — ' The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners on the third count . —Chief Justice Doherty , addressing himself , to Catherine Moore , said it was not his intention to prolong the painful scene by any observations on the ' evidence . In all the cases which had come within his experience , her crime was without
precedent—he might' say unparalleled in the annals of the country ., She had come doubly armed with the bottle and the knife ; and when she had drugged her victim , so as to render him helpless ,. she put into execution her cruel and blood-thirsty purpose . His lordship , after commenting on the evidence , assumed the black cap , and passed the extreme penalty of the law , to bo carried into execution on a day to be hereafter named . As for you , said his lordship , addressing tho elder prisoner , I shall not waste words , on you . The jury have found you guilty of being accessory after the fact ; and I have no hesitation in passing on you the heaviest penalSy the law . allows in the case—that you be transposed for the term of your natural life . .
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British College of Health , New-road , Loxdon . —Fellow Countrtmbn . —In the nnme ' of humanity and justice wo ask how much longer are the remains of the poor to be cut up in the hospitals , in order to put guineas into the doctors' pockets ? Oh 1 the infamy ! i Are the poor who die in hospitals aware that doctors make money by selling their remains to medical students , who pay them so much ' for ~ a .. legj ;; anotb . er . » o-much fovan armi'dso . ; &o . ? Downs with ; the' odious . ! traffic , say all Hygeists : Anatomy is ; perfeotly . useless ¦ in the cuve ot any disease , > People arise ! \ . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ • - :,
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' ®| e © robnum Matricide and Attempted Parricide . —The secluded village of Little Eversden ,. in _ Cambridgeshire ( about eight miles from Cambridge , on the Bedford-road ) , has just been the scene of an awful traredy . An old man named Carrington , has lived for ^ nany year 3 in the village , with his wife and one son , John . On Tuesday a quarrel ensued between the father and the son , when the latter struck the ' former several blows on the . head with a spade , injuring him so severely that he lies without hope of recovery . The wretched man ' s mother , coming into the cottage at the time , interfered for , the protection of her husband , and was also so savagely hasten that she died almost immediately .. He was ,
of course , immediately taken ; into custody , and locked up . The prisoner is forty years of age , and the eccentricity of his conduct for some years past favours the supposition that be is insane .. On Wednesday a coroner's inqueBt was held , and the facts as detailed above were given in evidence . Ihe jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against John Carrington , who was consigned to the county gaol to take his trial . The deposition of the . injured man will be taken so soon as his state _ of health will allow , so that in case of his death it'may be used at the trial of the prisoner , who evinced uo emotion on being made acquainted with the verdict of the jury . : . ' ¦
Wholesale Emigration from Liverpool to the United States . —The tide of emigration seems again to have set in for we learn' that ; sixsvessels for New York alone lay in the Mersey on Tuesday , awaiting the tide . The aggregate . number of their passengers was upwards of 3 , 000 . Meanwhile , hundreds of other persons' are waiting to depart by other ships , . The Rochdale Savings Bank . —The trustees of this 3 avings bank announced their intention of commencing paying 10 s . in the pound to the depositors on Wednesday Tasij-with a promise of giving them , a some future time , 2 s . more , making in the whole , 12 a . in the pound . On receiving this first dividend , each depositor is to sign a release to the trustees and managers , freeing them from any future claim .
Depositors , whose united claims amount to £ 1 , 600 , have ; hitherto refused to accept this dividend , except as an instalment , with a promise that the whole 20 s . in the pound shall be paid . Those persons who have paid their money ; into the bank since the death of the late actuary are dissatisfied that their deposits should go inliquidationof Mr . Haworth's defalcations ; and they consider it especially unfair that their money should go to pay the claims of what are considered illegal depositors . It is supposed that there are £ 30 000 of iliegal deposits , such as those made by unenvolled societies , or by persons whose deposits amount to more thani £ 30 in one year ; and £ 150 in the whole , or who have riot , signed the declaration , 9 G . e ' o . IV ., cap . 92 , see . 34 , stating that they have no money in any other
savings bank . SiitANOK Visnons is' an Assize Court . —On the 14 tli inst . Mr . Selliy Lowndes , who sat as high sheriff at the Aylesbury Assizes , had , it seems , directed his huntsman to bring hia hounds to the White Hprt Inn , at Aylesbuy , in order to treat his hunting friends with a bye day to Aston Ahbotts , immediately after the assizes . The White Hart Inn yard , in which the bounds were placed , is close to the court where the sheriff was sitting ; and owing to some disturbance hi the court , tho sheriff wag repeatedly obliged to call " Silence , " which he did with his strong and powerful voice in
good earnest . The call was heard by his faithful hound Silence , who af k-ugth broke through the paling , and rushed into the court ; where his master , the sheriff , was sitting , with the whole pack at his heels . The assize trumpeter was requested to blow , but his metre was liot attended to , , the hounds would not quit the court for him , nor' ( lid they till their master ,, the sheriff , called them together , arid to the amusement and satisfaction of the court , took them , in the style of a . thorough good huntsman , to a place of . safety . " All business was suspended till the worthy sheriff returned to tfie court . ¦ • • .:
A Serious Charge of Immorality has been made against an officer of the Portsea union ; which was fully inquired into on Friday evening , the loth inst ., and the result of the Investigation forwarded to the poor law cotntiii « nioncr . H . lie is not a resident in the Iiouho . The 'portion '; alluded to is theRev . J . It . Huh ton , who , for four years , lias officiated as chaplain to tho uiiion « houiu > , and who last evening , wo ditvu lenrnt , lias Hunt in his resignation of the oljit'ti to tho hoard of guardians , which , for the sato of propriety , we trust will be accepted without lieaitMlun . —ffdnto Telegraph .
St . Patrick ' s Day in Liverpool;—On Sunday tho various Hibernian'lodges celebrated , the anniversary of ; Ireland ' s patron saint _ by walking in procession- ' thiwugh the'streets'of Xiverpo » l ' . ' This was'M' despite of a placard issued by the orahgeihen ,
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htit if ^ to'k ' uthorities'did not ' pfll ; ddwn ' the'JproceS ; % ton 7 i ! they wb' ufd ?'• Every' police " pre " cau"tibn-wa ? taKebrflWd ^^ dijturba'iice [ took place ; ' . . ., \ . It . The Aylbsb ^ ry'Sayings"Bank ; '¦ r- ' As tu ^ ° v' ? not the ^ mosfxemote' fchance ; of ; any'funds . Pfler ^ n . 'Sinkruptcy of'Strattonj' being fortHcoming to liquidate' theclaims ' of the depositora'in the Aylesbury Savings Bank " , -to the extent of between £ 900 and £ l , 000 ; 'arrarigenients Have been made to give full compensation to . the poor ' people who have been plundered by the fugitive ' bankrupt , and to restore the . money of which'they have been defrauded . Tbe yhole affair' having * , been laid' before the commissioner 8 for the reduction of the National Debt , they have just signified their consent to the sum of £ 500 being taken l ' rom the surplus fund of the bank , and appropriated towards making good the claims of those robbed by the defaulter . Theremainder of the deficiency wiU ! be paid by Mr ; Jaines , the secretary to
the savings bank , in whose employ Stratton held the situation of clerk at the time the defalcations took place . By these satisfactory arrangements not one farthing will be lost to tbe -depositors , whose claims have been allowed by Mr . Tidd Pratt . It is expected there will be about 2 s . 6 d , in the pound , under the fiat , for the private creditors of the bankrupt . Steps will now , it is stated , - be immediately taken to cause the apprehension of Stratum , in America , and bring him back to England . Briohtom Cembtery . —The arrangements for Hie construction of a cemetery at Brighton have been concluded , and every impediment removed . It haB been agreed by the vicar to receive £ 50 for the first year alter the com ;> letion of the cemetery and the consecration of the necessary portions of land , £ 75 ' for the second year , and £ 100 per annum during the continuance of the company , and the use by them for the purpose of interment of such consecrated portions of land . .- ¦ ¦ •
Extensive Robbery of Jewellery .-Birmingham . —On the night of the 14 th inst ., or early on Friday morning , the premises of Mr . Osborne , manufacturing jeweller , Lichfield-street , Birmingham , were broken open , and gold , silver , an'd plated goods , consisting of brooches , guards , pencil cases , seals , rings , studs , pins , snuff boxes , &c , amounting in value to between £ 500 arid £ 600 , stolen therefrom . In consequence of previous robberies the doors and window-shutters were iron-plated and deemed impregnable . The premises were locked up by the porter soon after ten o ' clock . The " thieve ? succeeded in . entering the back part of the ,. warehouse by breaking a . hole in the ! wall , and haying thus obtained ingress , by dint of great labour arid the use of crowbars , they broke open . the interior doors and found acceBS to the most valuable portions of the stock . No fewer than six crowbars were discovered in the'warehouse
next morning when the workmen came , to their employment . . A reward of 100 , guineas has been offered tor the apprehension of the depredators . ' IIiGHWAy Robbery , t- On Saturday lasfc , a gentleman was stopped outside Manchester , and robbed of £ 375 . ' • • Lova and-. Crime . —An extraordinary circumstance , which had nearly been attended with loss of life , occurred on Friday the 15 th inst . y at the house of Mr . Grindulljthe Bell , in Suffolk-street , Birmingham . It appears that for the last three years a young man named , Abraham Lee , sou of M rs . Lee , coal dealer , Essington-street , was in the habit of frequenting the Bell , and appeared desirous of being considered a 6 uit « r of Miss Ellen . Grindall , daughter of the landlord . Lee , however , never received any at .
tenlionfrom the girl or her family to justify ; him in believing that he was recognised in the manner he desired , lie visited the houses an ordinary customer , and it is supposed became jealoua of a ^ young man named John Scott , who also frequented the Bell . On Friday evening , about eight o ' clock , whilst Mr . Grindallwas at the workhouse attending a meeting of the guardians , Lee , accompanied by a young man named Kingston , went to the house , and their hands being dirty , they proceeded to the brenhouse to wash them , and called for a pint of ale , with which they were supplied . Whilst in the act of washing their hands , Mrs . Grindall told her daughter to go into the brewhouse and finM her ironingi : She did so , and it appears was followed to'thedoor by Scott . Miss Grindall good-humouredly intimated to Ii « e and his
companion that they should leave the brewhouse , as she ¦ wanted to finish her work ; but she had no sooner done so than Lee took a pistol from his pocket , and this being observed by the girl she instantly put up her left arm in defence . Lee fired the pistol , which was heavily loaded with shot , and a portion of the contents lodged in her arm ; ches t , and neck , about fifteen shots taking effect . She fell upon the floor , screaming , and bleeding profusely . Lee was tahen into custody , and , on searching him , another pistol , loaded to the muzzle , was found in his possession . The prisoner has since been brought up ^ before the magistrates , but in . consequence of the inabilitv of Miss Grindall to attend , the case was remanded . The wounded girl is , however , said to be out of danger . The prisoner has since stated that the contents of the second pistol were for himself .
Explosion of Fire Damp . — Thirteen Lives Lost . —A correspondent , writing from Wigan , says that between six and set en o ' clock on Saturday morning Jast . ah explosion of fire-damp took place at Messrs Evans and Turners' colliery , at Haydock , situated about a mile and a half from Newton raceground ; The explosion occurred in what is called the " Rock-pit , V and thirteen persons were either burnt or smothered to death , some of them being literary burned to a ciuder . It appears that eleven of the parties were working in a drift 1 , 000 yards from the pit-eye , without any conductor , when the explosion took place ; iill of whom . were burned to death . Two others were working about 120 yards nearer the pit-eye , and they , on hearing the explosion , rushed into the face of the fire , instead of
making to the pit-eye .- The names of the sufferers are as follows : —John Durdon , and his son ( the elder ) Ralph , leaving , ' a wife and five children ; William Battersby , wife , arid four children ; William Knowles , one child , and wife ( pregnant ); Ealph TJnsworth and John , his . . ( the elder ) , leaving a wife and four children ; John Glare , leaving a wife and five children ; John Hollo way , drawer to Glare , killed at the same time ; John Simm , James Bailey ; Christopher . Heske ' th , Thomas Glover , ; and Joseph Hattbn— all young men . The men were allowed safety lamps " ,. ' if they thought proper to use them ; but there does not appear to have been any restriction against working with naked candles , although tbe men had to run away frum the fire the day before the fatal occurrence took place . —On Monday an
inquest was held before John Ileyes , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury , on view ot" the bodies , when the jury returned the following verdict : — " It so happened that the foul and inflammable air in the said coal mine , by some means unknown to the jury , accidentally casually , and by misfortune , took fire and exploded , whereby the said . unfortunate mtn and boys were grievously scorched and burnt upon the body and limbs , whereby they instantly died . " More DiscoRn in , the Diocese of Exeter . — The Exeter Gazette gives an account of a quarrel between the perpetual curate of Plymstock , the Rev . E . F . Cooke , and Colonel Harris , and other parishioners , the immediate cause of which does not appear . The bishop was applied lofor a commission
of inquiry into the rev . gentleman s conduct , which the former offered to grant on the expenses being guaranteed by the parishioneru , who , however , appeared to think the expenses ought tobe paid by the bishop . His lordship urged oh both parties mutual forbearance , and an endeavour to live' in peaceadvice that appears to have been followed out by the curate shutting' up the organ , and dismissing-the choir , and the parishioners meeting ) and agreeing to petition the House of Lords , praying their lordships , in consequence of this last act , " to make such a revision of the rubric and canons , or to grant such summary power to the bishops of tho diocese to check these misdoings , which at present tend to endanger the safety of the natioRal church . "
Incendiary Fire . — , On Sunday night last , shortly before 8 o ' clock , a destructive fire , which their feems little doubt was the act of an incendiary , was discovered on Baynton-hill Farm ,, near Hungerford , Berkshire , in the occupation of Mr . J . Grant . Within the short ; space' of two hours after the outbreak the buildings ( consisting of a stable , two barns ; ; and . outhouses , with ; their contents , ) three extensive wheat ricks , and one straw rick , about 30 quarters of barley in one barn , a quantity of un : thrashed wheat in another , a dressing machine , and various barns and husbandry implements , were destroyed . There bting no dwellinghouse attached to the building there was no , one to give alarm . S > rapid was the progress of the fire that although several hundreds of people were quickly on the spot the flames gained such an ascendancy—the buildings being old and the materials very dry—that not the Iea 9 t portion , either of the premises or the other property , could be preserved . Fortunately « o
cattle were on the farm at the time , all the live stock having been removed to another farm about a week previously . The reflection of the tiro was scon for miles around , and altogether , nearly 1 , 000 persons were attracted to ( lit . spot . -Fioin the situation of the ricks they must have been fired in two or three places ; and this coupled with the fact that a ; most respectable farmer in the adjoining village of Tinhead has , withinthelast week , received an anonymous letter threatening that hia premises wou * d be burnt , strengthens the belief that an incendiarv hati " has been the cause of the devastation . Lord Methuen having observed the conflagration , immediately posted off to the' scene , bringing with him some of his own' servants and two policemen stationed in < the parish ; and several of the county police were promptly on the spot , endeavouring to trace out the incendiary . The extent of the loss is very heavy : but that part affecting the tenant , Mr . Grant , is covered by an insurance in tho Royal Farmers' and General Fire-office .
TnE Tkn Hours Agitation . —An important meeting of the master spinners was held on Tuesday afternoon at the office of Mr . Heron ; Binless ^ street ; for the purpose of considering the steps desirable to take , ' ¦ and was wry numerously attended . ' ' A ' petitiori was adopted praying for an Eleven Hours Bill as aii
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" ^ ' -DORCHESTER . - . MANSLA 06 HTER- ' AT ° Tire r D 0 ESRT V ^ ETiNo ^ Mr : JoKh Brake was indicted > E % ^¦; ^ rdingtoh / 6 n -- the -20 Uk ^ or Fehm ft | l b ^ William Allen on the head , thereby ^^ ' « i morta bruise , a mortal fracture of the ^ , ^ mortal extravasation of blood on the S ul -w ' he died .-Mr . ' Cockburn . Q . C ' " aiS [^ ' HI werethe counsel for the defence ; £ Z'M peared for the prosecution , with \ yh ' Plllll « ta ! Kersley .-Thi 8 case arose out of a dTatul ** $ occurred at the close of . a Protection S ^ S Dorchester on the 20 th February kg ? ? 8 ifi ensued between the farmers and the LI < % boy Allen was felled to the BronnfiT ' ! X ^ suck
, and died almost instantly . fhe evi * S > , exceedingly conflicting and the Lrh ? % summed up , at considerable length and * X minuteness , in thecouneof his offin ^ S lordship , in remarking upon the m « S 2 ? < S ' S the agncu turists were perfectl y jost&n * H M from the riding-house those persons who „>» the proceedings of that meeting . £ . S minded . the . jury that there were four Z ^ i s % yore positivel y to the prisoner at theL ° % witnesses who as distinctly swore tW ^ ir was not the man who struck the blow tt Ue evidence on both sides very clearly befor ^ F ^^ is and left the case with the utmost confiX *** , hands .-The jury , in lees than five muS ? & a verdict of Wot guilty . " e 3 ' * %%
STAFFORD . Burglary and Murderous A twck rtM . lNMATES .-Samuel Bates , a youn ? man nf ' « S table appearance , aged 18 , was indicted fJV ^ F ^ and entering the house of William Vyse at xlS m the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent , and cm , ^ wounding the said William Vyse , anH 5 s ai | i Mountford , with intent to kill or do L ^ g-evious bodily harm .-Mary Bradshaw . Vv ^ ? 5 of the prosecutor , stated that she had retired , * with her husband a little after twelve o ' cWt "sl night of the 6 th of October last , iZ'Sfg * noise below in the yard , and upon calling " 2 ? » know who was there the prisoner informed vi 5 he had seen three men jump over the wall If 7 ynid , and recommended her to look to the I ! and windows . She knew the prisoner ' s voiw he tras the son of a neighbour and hadoftchwJ
fhn finiiQO and aftnn rhnn 1 r « MM lw- _ _ 1 _ * flIfT the house , and , after thanking him , she wentl stairs and found all was safe . Half an how afi wards she was again disturbed by a noise resemhl the breaking of a window . She immediately eop and went down stairs in the dark , and , on open ; " ' the door at the bottom of the stairs , was cut cm ! v throat with some sharp instrument , a portion I fleah bein ? cut away from the cbin to the throat The prosecutor , an elderly man , followed by v nephew , Samnel Mountford ,: had by this tij reached the door , and the former ru&hed betweealj wife and her assailant , when he received a aerei cut in the face . In struggling with the man M prosecutor took a cap from his head and placed
in the bosom of his shirt , when he received anott severe wound across the neck , also others on ( shoulder , side , and across the fingers of the rft hand , numbering altogether ten . Mountford J also severely wounded on the cheek , the ' , flesh b » j severed from the cheekbone down to ; the moo ; Whilst this was going on Mrs . Vyse ran to ; outer door , and raised an alarm for assistance , nl the man rushed past her , and made his escape , ! lowed by Mountford , who , however , failed to o * take him . After medical aid had been procuredi cap was examined , and , suspicion falling upon ! prisoner , ' Mountford went to his father ' s lieu about fifty yards distant , and , on inquiring whet !
lie was at home , was answered in the negative . I dence was produced to prove that the prisoner hi few weeks before bought a razor from a culler , j on the previous night had exhibited a stick , wt was found at the bottom of . the stairs in the prosei tor ' s house . About two o ' clock the same mornii the prisoner went to the house of a person nan Gater , at Sbelton , and inquired whether he would him lay in the houseplaee until morning . Gater first refused , but afterwards came down stairs and ; him in . Between seven and eight o ' clock the sai morning , the prisoner called Gater up , and reque-l him to lend him a coat and cap , and having obtain these he left the house . During the morning t
wile of Gater found in the air-hole underneath t grate a razor with blood on it , which was produce and which was stated to resemble the one tbe pris ner bought < f the cutler . After he left Gater ' s Lot the prisoner proceeded to the police station , a made a complaint that three men had beatenli during the night and taken his coat and cap fro him , whereupon the coat and cap found at the pro * cutor ' s house were shown to him , and heimma ately owned them as those he had lost . An op pocket knife was also found at the prosecutoi house covered with blood , and likewise somehs
similar 111 colour to the prisoner ' s , on the casern ;; of the window . The prisoner whs then taken k custody , but denied the charge . Subsequent ; however , he told Inspector Cole that ; three in met him on the night of the burglary , and said tb were going to break into Mr . Yyse ' s house , and > quested him to go with them . This he refused ) do until they threatened to cut his throat if he £ not . They 'then all went , and one of the men kit a pane of glass in the back window , opened theca ment , and put one of his companions through i open the door . This beink done they all walkedis and one of them committed the brutal outran !
above navrated . —His lordship minutely sumwedti the evidence , and rhe jury immediately returneJi verdict of" Guilty " The Stafford Rioters . —The fifteen nifr duals who had been held to bail on a charges riot and assault at the late agricultural piotectia meeting will not be tried , the whole of themhaftj traversed until the iH'Xt assizes .
NOTTINGHAM . Pkculiar Case op Murder . —John Saiisoft aged 53 , was indicted for having at Sutton , iti As field , on the 10 th of April last , caused the deaths Elizabeth Baily , who was at that time prentf by attempting to cnuse a miscarriage . Tliisenena was tried on a similar charge of felony » t tlio * assizes , and acquitted , but was detained to an » tf the higher charge of murder . —The learned jo ? in summing up , dwelt upon the gravity ot J charge , and the . nature of the law respecting it ., ' was perfectly legal now lo arraign the- prisoner !! the charge ; of murder , although he had been I ? viously tried and acquiteed of a minor offei ' Nor was it necessavv to iustifv a verdict of w *
murder that the prisoner should he proved to b J meditated the death of deceased . If , intliep formance of an illegal act , he had done that * had subsequently caused death—his intention at ' .-time being of a very different nature-riic ? liable to be convicted of the capital charge .- * jury retired , and after an absence of more tu , three hours , returned into court with a vcrto ) " Wilful Murder , " they , however , recommenWjJ prisoner to mercy . —The Learned Chief Justice Sj mediately passed sentence of death .. He * forward the recommendation of the jury tow proper quarter , and it would remain to j ) C * what effect it would have ; he earnestly desired ^ however , not to expect the slightest initigai ' '
the sentence . . : Sarah Rean , 53 years of age , was found g "' ^ a similar offence at . Radford ,- and sentenced ty' - ' Baron Parke to transportation for life .
YORK . , TnE Plate Robbery at Leeds . —TV . Green ^ T . Kay , who were convicted of receiving 5 % property in London , the proceeds of plate nnu « robberies in Leeds , were placed at the bar , o " opening of the court , to receive sentence . —Mr" , end , on behalf of the prisoners , moved an ai'i ' ^ iudgjrriont in consequence of an alleged _ inacci »' £ ' both . indictments . ¦ His lordship overruled t » c jeotion , and sentenced the prisoners to be seveiw transported for fourteen years . „ The ScARBORouciH Savings Bank DefabW ^ j ] T . Strumwaite , who pleaded guilty to two sep ^ indiotraents of embezzling certain sumsot ' i" ^; received from the depositors of the savings iwy Scarborough was next placed at the bar . —Sen * to be imprisoned in York Castle for two ycitf 3 -
• ....-. filAIDSTONE . . : Burolaht . — George Saunders , 23 , ani j % Henry , 22 were indicted for a burglary in tlie <« jl 9 ing house of Henry Staples . —It appearedl tH » j irosecutor is a fanner , living near Farninglia ' '' j on the night of the 29 th December , he was »^ from homo , leaving his house in the charge o' j ( of his labourers , al ' atherand twosonsynameo' $ man . Upon this night one of the sons was » h , by hearing a noise , and upon looking out » ^ window of his room , he saw a man , whom ^ lieved to be the prisoner Saunders , standm ? j garden , apparently upon the watch . " HC "W ately gave the alarm , and upon his brother a »» jj self dressing and going . into the garden the ) - j the sqow which had recently . fallen the toots »> * iv \ * v Mv . 11
iOUI lllvli , »« v ., ^|«* w * , rn- . - ihe direction of Farningham . Tho »" , ( j 5 thers followed the tracks , and nfter ^ ironesome- distance they came up to "Ijfiji who threatened to hill them if they . 'V uny furkher . The brothers , however , l > cl " fn V shortly afterwards by their , father , we" ^ me » ced the pursuit , and came up with tue' si a second time at the entrance of a woo" ( i P \ Farningham . Tht father , upon seeing tw » ' ^ out that if they , did not stop he would sm' ^ although it appeared that he had up MC * ^ possession , and upon his doing so the : row « ately attacked their puvsuers , beat thorn m with ; 1 sticks , ' and in the end m 1 aJ 0 : . " . " ay The jury'found'both prisoners fl »» J » j ^ H dence was adduoed to show that Saundcrs before convicted of felony , . ; ... ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1566/page/6/
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