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^ ^¦^ d ^ mmovtfltto- - ; - - ---HEiwkvOP LoOTos-1 ) bBis 6 « hb Week . —; Tlie re tarn for the week ending last Saturday . announces a continued' decrease in the mortality of ^ London . Since the third week of March } when it rose , ' . the weekl y mortality has constantly fallen , as is shown bv the following nu ' moers : —The deaths were 1 , 167 , ilm , S 93 / 866 , and in last week only 803 . The last number b less than in any corresponding week Coring the ten years 184049 , except that of > 1842 ; aadthe average of the ten weeks being 109 , or , corrected for increase of population , 992 , there now appears a decrease on it amounting to 189 . All the important classes of disease exhibit a decrease on the average in the deaths assigned to them . Vmm
smallpox there were 7 deaths , or about half the average ; iroru measles 17 ; from scarlatina 21 , from hooping-coug h 35 , and from typhus 25 , which diseases are all less fatal than usual ; croup was fatal to 5 persons , infiuenza to 4 , purpora to 2 , "diarrhoea to 11 , and erysipelas to 9 , all near the -ordinary , amount . On the 19 th of April , at 11 . Wycombeplace , Kent-road , a carman aged 40 years , died of "' disease of the kidneys ; English cholera ; the latter complaint of nine hours' duration . , Again , amongst diseases which affect the respiratory ¦ organs , bronchitis earned off 46 persons , rather more than the average often corresponding weeks , but less than that of the last three ( in the year 1847-9 ;) pneumoniaor inflammation of the lungs ,
, about the same number , considerably less than the average . Only six persons died of asthma , and 110 of consumption , the corrected average being 158 . A child died of laryngismus stridulus , two children and a man of lyrang itis . The deaths of 20 persons , of whom IS were women , were the result of cancer , and all occurred between 35 years of age and SO . Seven boys and S g irls died after premature birth . Three children were suffocated accidentally in bed . Two cases of intoxication are thus recorded : — "A chimney-sweep , of 54 years , was killed by fracture of the vertebra of the neck from a fall while intoxicated ( postmortem , ) having lived 8 hours afterthe accident . " The widow of a tailor , aged 66 , was "found in a ditch in a state of
derangement and intoxication , was removed to the police-station , and afterwards to the workhouse , where she died from congestion and effusion on the brain . " Inquests were held on both cases . The classification of deaths in public institutions shows that 86 occurred in workhouses , and 64 in hospitals ; and of the latter , that 39 took place in general hospitals , 5 in lunatic asylums , 7 at the Royal Hospital , Greenwich , and four in other military and naval establishments . At the Royal Observatory ; Greenwich , the daily mean reading oi the barometer was above 30 in . on Saturday ; the mean of the week was 29 "S 63 . The mean' temperature of the . week -was 45-8 deg ., which is less by' 2-4 deg ., than the ¦ a verage of the same week in 7 years . The mean
temperature was , on Sunday 3 deg ., above the average of the same day , and on each of the other six days was below it "" On every day , but Thursday , the wind generally blew from-the north or north-east . . ' . Fire near the General : Post-office . —6 a Sunday morning . shortly before three o clock , a fire broke out in F <; ster-lane . Cheipside , behind , the General Post-office , which was attended with a great destruction of property , and serious , if fiot fatal ; consequences to several persons . The premisesin which the fire began were in the occupancy of Mrs . Elizabeth Matt , licensed victualler , and were well known as the . Fountain Tavern and Railway office . One of the City policemen on duty in the neighbourhood , whilst going his rounds perceived flames razine in
tue second floor , lie sprang his rattle , and sent to the proper quarters for assistance . After considerable trouble he succeeded in arousing a gentlt man named Russell , who gave the alarm to the ether inmates , and managed to effect a safe retreat , At that periodthere were in the burning premises no fewer than nine persons . One of the servants succeeded in getting upon the roof of the house , where ehe remained screaming for assistance until the Royal Society ' s fire-escape arrived . The waiter , on making a retreat from the premises , was obliged to rush through the fl . mes , and his nuht clothes becoming ignited by the rime he reached the street , he was so dreadfully burned that he was obliged to be taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he at present remains in a very precarious condicicn . Frederick Sutton , a son of the proprietor , was obliged also to rush through the flames , which burned his feet and face severely . Mr . Sutton , the manager of the
property , his daughter , and his son , were extricated by the conductor of the Royal Society ' s escape , as well as one of the servants . They were obliged to pass through the flames , and were all much burned . The landlady of the tavern was also badly' burred . The whole of the residents baving been extricated , it was found that the premises were from the first floor to the roof in a blaze , and immense bodies of sparks were drifted completely over the roof of the Postoffice , so that that establishment at one . period appeared in great danger . Several engines were soon on the spot , but the first , second , and third floors were burned out , and the roof partially destroyed , befrrethe fire could be extinguished . It is not a little singular that Mr . Russell , who had suchanarrow escape , was burned out at the fire in the York-road , Lambeth , a few weeks since , which was the cause oi hi 3 taking lodgings at this house . The stock-in-trade , 4 c :, belonging to Mrs . Matt , was insured in the Licensed Victuallers * Fire-office .
Thomas Denny , who was Sextesced to Death at the last Kingston assizes , for the murder of his illegitimate child , has received a free pardon . The chief evidence against him at the trial was Elizabeth Tarrent , the mother uf the infant , and who was charged also with assisting in the murder ; but the bill against her was ignored by the grand jury . Justice Maule , who tried him , communicated « ith the Secretary of State , and three wseks ago obtained a respite of the sentence . Other circumstances have
since come to lnjhtin his favour , which has induced the government tn grant him a free pardon . On Wednesday morning at 12 o ' clock , Mr . Keene , the governor of the gaol in Horsemonger-lane , received the pardon from Sir G . Grey , aod at once liberated the recently condemned convict . The unfortunate man seemed overjoyed , and expressed- hia thanks to the parties who had interceded in his behalf . He also thanked Mr . Keene , the governor , for his humane attention to him while in the condemned cell , aad since the respite .
Removal of the Versos Gallery . —Saturday the authorities at the . National Gallery received the officiaV instructions for the removal of the Vernon collection from Trafalgar-square to Marlb trosigh House , the residence of the lateQneeri Dbwaser ^ wher e the collection will be opened to public inspection on Whit-Monday . Consecration of St . Stephen ' s Church , Kent-street , Sobihwark . —On Saturday last a beautiful new church lately built in the populous district of Kent-street , Southwark , was consecrated by th-3 Bishop of "Winchester :
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' TH ^ MINERS << dTTS'CO'fLlS l 5 . ' ; T . ' .. ¦ sa i i .: a - ;¦•¦> ' 7 m iTdfo& t&ihMyih&o&i&Vs star . ™ : ¦ , <[ , < Sib , —1 he-miners , in Holytown and Bailatpne , -c °° L ? JW # S ? v b n very unsettled stat e ' for , , $ » . !* #$ »» ' # ? # Mn ^^¦ acc ^ t of a ' reduction ' offiU- ' ^ nB ??^ :. * , ^ got » n advance of sixpence per ' aay , " navin | received but 2 s . 6 d . and 2 i . id . jserday , for about twooyears | hoc
e j " if- >"'*? . } , rr" tt . ' " , 5 ju * , vc ineir iaces against the reduction , and a ' strike Has taken place , which is likBly ; . to . 8 pread . 9 ver the wh <> le of , Lanark' sliireV" On the 20 th ult . ' a large meeting was Held at Maifrhilf , in' Bailatone , 'district / : On the 21 st ult meetings : wereOtieMi in / Holy town , Bailstone Tool * Glasgow , and Coathridge districts . On the 23 rd u | t ; a lar * e agjlegate peering was , held rat Main-hil ) , . Bailstone , district . Wljen ; the above districts met ; it wasr resolved to ' suspend ' labour ' until the wages be 4 s . per day . ' andto be paid ' every week . ? : ¦¦¦ •;•>
r : The followirig ; manifest ' o has been published by the central committee ., ;; ¦; ; ., ^ .-w ' ¦• ¦ , < . ;• ;! v ; , v . i MINERS' MANIFESTO , i \ . . . . ' I Declaration ofWrongs .- We , the colliers and iron-stone , miners of the cpuntyof . Lanark , proclaim to the world _ the wrongs under which we labour , and which we enumerate asi follows : — . \ ;; ' IV—That bur wages are too low , for the amount of labour we perform , and the dangers we undergo .. ii-2 . ~ That the gross average : « agfs of labour for an able-bodied man . in the getting of coal ,: is about ten shillings , per . week of four days . , . ; . 3 , -t-That the deduction ' s , made upon thewages of colliers for the purchase ahd repair of tools ; domestic coal , * oil , i pick shariiimr blast nowdent suree ^ ns '
arid sotioolmasters' fees ; amount to three shillings and seyenpence . per week . ;• ,-, ? i \ : / -:. . ' ? .. ¦ . [¦ " : ¦ ' '¦ ' . . 4 , — -That the net amount of . average wages of an able-bodied man in the getting of coal , does not amount to more than six ' shillings ahd'fivep ' ence per w * ek of four days . '' : i . , ; j ' ¦ S . ' -r-That the gross average amount ; of wages of labour / for anjable-bodied iron-atone minor , is about twelve shillings per week of four dayslj ' 6 !^ T , hat the deduetions made upon the wages of ' an iron-stone mirier , for the purchase and repair ot tools ; domestic cpali'bil , pick sharping , blast powder , surgeons' and schoolmasters' fees amount to four shillings per week . . , ,:,., ; ; . . ,.- ^ Tr That ^ he average amount of wages of an ironstone miner is not more than eight shillings per week "
off-mrdays . ' •" - : : ; : B . ^ That ' the " amount' of monies above stated , as the wages of colliers and iron-stonei miners ^ is ma . terially reduced by other compulsory deductions . , ; 9 . 7 r-That the . law : whioh requires that . weights and scales be placed at the mouth , or at the bottom of eacti pit , ' for the ' purpose of ' weighihg the coal ' and iron-stone produced by th ' e labour of the miners , is violated almost universally ; and 'that the men are almost . 'cdnstantly . ' exposed ' to deductions and forfeitures , such . as '\ to affect . their pecuniary interests mostmaterially .,.. , .,,, „ ,,., ; . _ . ¦¦> . . . ' M -r ThaUhelaws of the land ,, whereby contracts between employers and Servants are regulated , is niaterially affected by the rules arid regulations enforced by the emplojersin Lanarkshire , which rules are at : ohce arbitrary and oppressive . :
: . ll . TrThatthes'inatory . condition of the greatbody of minersja serip . usly affectedby the want of proper ventilation of mines ; arid frequent accidents arise from the , pits being imperfectly conducted , which the net requires to be attended to ; and also , from the condition of tbeiminers' dwelling : houses , which , in most cases , arethe property of the employers . , J 2 . —That the times fixed by the employers for the payment , of wages ) some being every fortnight , but the la ' r ^ e . majority being monthly , is too long for a labouring man to sustain ; without resort to the employers' store , i ' ¦¦ ¦! ' ¦ - ; >! ¦
i . l 3 .-TThat : the practise established by the employer ^ , of compelling a lye week , whereby the miner , is deprived of the use of a . week ' s' money , whichhe'had previously earned , is . urijust . 14 . —That the greatest of all wr 6 n » s resulting from the foregoing evils is the TRUCK SYSTEM , by whichnhef wages ' - already too sma : l -are reduced fully ^ twenty , five per cent . ; besides ,-the practise is inimical to the social condition of the miners gene rally , at yariahe ' e witli ' every Christian " principle , and with ' ' the free exercise of ihe right i . f the labourer to use his own money—hardly earned-when ; where , and how he pleases . . -.. ' < . ' , 15 . 7-That the poundage or per centage taken by employers—with few exceptions—who have no Truck Shops , ' for . the advancing of n . oney earned before the ' regular pay day , : isa grievance of which we justly complain .: ¦
• ¦ - •¦¦ . DECLARATION OF RIGHTS . : . ;• We ,-the , colliers and iron-stone miners of Lanarkshire , do hereby declare that the wrongs we have enumerated shall be brought to a termination , and for that purpose ' we resolve , : ^ -That ' the wages of miners shall be such as will enable every miner to live by his labour . ; = ; 2 : £ -That the wages tobe paid tominers henceforth , ¦ Shall be regulated by a per centage on the prices ot pig-iron , ^ as ^ given . in the . London prices current ot Sciitch j pig-iron '; and that ' averages be taken every three months'as a datura ' for regulating the prices of labourywhich shall be made after the rate of ten per cent : on , the market price . : ; r ¦' : ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ! ¦
' 3 . —That no-deductions of a compulsory nature be made , either for surgeons' or schoolmasters' fees from the ' wages of colliers . . ' - .. ' ' . . ' : s : 4 ' . —Tliat the . net amount of the colliers' wages , shall be such as the ten per cent , will yield—the miner , paying his ! own expenses in procuring tools , . eto . - ; . / I . r M--f . -. . ;¦' . •¦ : • : :., ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ j ( . S . ^ That the . wages of the ironstone miners be re-¦ giilatedabcprding to the . averages of three months , at the rate i ) f ten per cent ., in a similar manner to tho ^ e of the . colliers . ! / •'• 6 . —Thatno compulsory deductionbe made , either for surgeons '; or schoolmasters ' fees ,: from the wages of iron-stone . miners . ; , ; ,. ; ., s T . —Thdt'the net amount of tlie wages of iron-atone miners , besiieh r . s the ten ' per cent , willyield—the mirier paying his own expense ' s of tools , etc .
8 . —That weights and scales shall be placed at the mouth of i the pit , and also at the bottoth of the pit ; and that , every hutch shall be weighed in presence of the coal-miner or his agent , allowing 4 cwt ., 1 qr ., QJlbs . i at . 'd no m . rei to the hutcl ^ , ' 9 . r ^ Thatin future the contract between employer and ' the employed , shall be upon the principle of one week ' s notice to be given and takeuby employer . ind servant ; -, ; : 10 . r-That every pit be properly .. ventilated according to such improved means as are in existence ; that the monihs of the pits be properly guarded in such manner as the law directs , and that the houses of the ' miners be so constructed as to promote the health of their inhabitant * .
. jll . r-iThat the wages due to colliers and iron-stone miners , be paid once in each and every ' week in which ' they ' shall have'been employed . ¦ ' 12 . —That Henceforth the lye week shall be abolished . ' ' < ¦ ; • ' . ¦ '• 13 . —That the truck system shall be forever abolished , and that the workman , without let or hindrance , shall take away his wages in the current coin of . the realm , to appropriate to his own use in such manner ; as he ' may think proper . ' 1 ' 14 . — -That all poundage and per centage taken for monoy advanced ( when earned ) before the regular pay . day , shall bo forever abolished . ; 15 .: — That the employers and the employed interest thenisdves iii soliciting the government to . appoint a practical inspector of mines , in order to ensure the lives and property of all concerned therein , . . ¦¦ a : ' . By order of the Central Committee . ' * Some masters charge market price for coal . Then it it wouja probably be lid . per week . Men are bound to take six hutches per month in come places . t "AH men do not use blasting ' powdvr , but where they don't ) , the wages are proportionably less . ' t ^ cw colliers and ironstone getters , wovkmore than four days , owing to contingeiices attendant upon mines and their machinery . . ; ¦ : : •'• ' - ¦• - _ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - .- ¦¦ ¦ . ¦
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POTTERSViLLE ' EMIGRATiON SOCIETY
. ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHER * SZVJn . -.. ; ;• Sin , —In the Northern Star of April 13 th , I saw a letter from Mr . Dowling ,. traducing the Potters ' Emigration : Societyand its officers ., That statement is . a tissue , of . falsehoods and misrepresentations from beginning to end " ; ' iCnd I trust , according to your usual courtesy , ' you will insert this answer to the statements made . ! - ' ' ; " 1 | -: 11 " . ¦ : Thtfwriter states that there are 2 & 0 blanks to one pvize jithatiBinety _ -nine , out : of every , hundred get nothing but disappointmeni and misery , &c . Now , in the first place , the society dops . riofc imagine that a-nteriiberwill ' pay in only one shared and expect the' £ 1-28 ; 0 d . to be suracient to pay the migrating expenses of himself and family to the estate ; - ; the nwHjbec is expected to contribute his contributions * ] 1 ; , feSfg ^ n . the ballot , or has a sumcien tsum ° * , mon ' l g ° onhTa own resources , ho then . withdi ^ wing from , tho' society all he has ' paid ' over ± 0 10 a . j If ap ' ersoirp ' ays ih one ' 8 hare only , and
ceasesnis suuswiptions , holoBes the right o £ ballot ; but themonjent . he again ; commences hi& subscriptions his . share stands its chance in the ballot-box ; . . . em ey a member ha * subscribed is . ' never forfated . 'T hu deputation ; the writer speaks of , who waited 6 n Mr . Tidd Pratt , asked him the questions from theold laws , which referred only , to operative potters , not from ; the . laws of the society issued after ' ^ i wa , ? i ^ i'own open to all trades ; and from , this ihey asserted that none 1 but operative . potters jWOie legalised membors : To set this matter ' - at rest , ' a 'deputaiioh ^ from the society waited " on Mr . ' . Tidd Pratt ; who , in answer to tho question whdther . nonr , ; 0 p 6 yatiye . / potters ; " \ yere : logalia , ediimembersV . ahd , entUlec j ^ tUp benellts of the . society , said ? -r : " -4 « A p ^ esm , whq ' . has paid ' iBl , 2 ' CCd .. is a legalised ' mcin ^ bejf' of tK 6 ' iPdtter ' s" Eniigfatipri Society , an'd deci- ' 'de'dly- ^ ntitled ^ to ^ its benefits . "Tho'Vobiuty ! . can , appoint'ate tnariy agents ' and . agenoies " throughout iB . ogland : and Scotluud , as they , chopse ,. and nby . bne who » tate » jt <>^ lie i Oontrary iiguifty offyhdQQd ^ i
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ithinTtfiatis a " sufficient ansroraTf ?^^^ •^ . ^ fi ^^ WMfc'aSS-S- ^ ti of ' cuwlotf of tho relative meHt 8 6 f S » a g vMr . tEvan 8 . : / r ^ believe ? Mr . . 'O'Conn ^ ' ?^ and i hone 8 t man , . and 1 to , nave ithe ^ interest ofth be 2 ?® ° }*}* M *!> . ? spo'etyrtpbAhonest ariS- " 'kl men , or they coud never have stood uS tli 7 fieryordealtheiraccountshave ' uhd ^ , atlle ( 1 th « proud to say , those account s have been * am | I « n rectmevery ; respect .,, The Mr . ScotMl " « on came from America , ( which he was obliS *? to , on account of his misdeeds ) on hi ? a to leavn England ^• heard ' of thV ^ tter s'fe ^ l in
tnougntitiwoma Deagooathirig if hB riY « m berthjnit ; : sohe . advocated it , l lked " f 1 ** i acre , farm in ; Winconsin or Illinois i '" C 0 tf S 66 toh : member 8 ( who he had deceive ? !! ? . ot tha cious representations , ) to send him aDi , ^ sna . to Hanleyl He '; aid not swcceeSTin t \^ hZ startedagainfor America , and arrived a ^ JCct . 80 a' short time rafter i Mr . Tvrigg th J 1 ? the Jt had left fo , r , England . He ca led ! ' r StClf S tend tho estate , ( he , was not appointed * t to , ? P ^ inby the Scotfeh district' oy the ^ SttS tfift ci * W producing his credential 8 , of coS'V ^ Si believed , and the members would have IT- " "ofc Hn With him Mn « nnio » » .. :. i . " *' not i n » .
, retuWd JaAn ^ ic Mha ^ oK ^ t , ^ the Ilhnois and other papers , hv n < W ^"'^ ia had defrauded , wamfng the H tY " » fi him : enough said of the disinterest ed \ , ' of Respecting Mr Robinson being the self' " Sc Mr . Evans , &c , is too preposterous ? eilt of moment ' s thought ; and as respects hi , . niet 't a suffice it to say , he is remembered wi h * ""H the London district for his past servi « m k unanimously elected estate secretary hi ' ^ « gates assembled from all parts of K 1 ^ Scotland . .. The expenses incurred by ffi nd at the time the society , was thrown i ? *" trades , and , was necessary for the nnrnS * A pounding its plans and principles . Out ofT ex < ( about £ 6 000 ) subscribed , Pottersvi let , " ? ^ paid for ; three stores have been erected andiL T 5 on the new estatea ferryboat buSt" !
; - ^ 1 , 000 members located on their lands A " implements necessary to cultivate it * nl , i tIU cows , horses , &c , £ 0 . bought . ' 0 XeD i ; If-Mr : Dowling was satisfied with the I , » n . i m why join the Potters' Society , the obiectsXi- ? are so widely different ? : Mr ! DowK J * that which . is untrue . He says , Mr . Eran s , m ? "that . if wo can only secure enough to I . S ^ grist-mill , the ferry-boat , and river lonta ! V for tho rest . " Mr ; Dowling must recollect If v authority . Mr . John TaylSr , who StJ ^ delegates to Hanley on that occasion , had a yn « 7 p " contempt and disgust" passed on him by a JL , meeting of . the whole of the London branches S believed his statements to bo false and tim !> k «
, proved therii sol' But it is useless to occupy Z space of your valuable journal on such men suffi » it , Messrs . Dowling , Griffiths , and Taylor , are Tell known and duly appreciated , b y tho London mem bers , and I should not have troubled you with tM » letter , but , knowing you would be anxious to con . tradictariy falsehoods ; which may have been pro . mulgated by your journal , through a reliance onto truth of your correspondents , ' ^ trusting to you senseof justice for the . insertion of this letter , ¦ I remain , yours respectfully , ' o , Chapel-place , Bermondsey . E . A . Epps
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POISONS AS MEDICINE . Memorial of the Names of the 19 , 95 , 0 petitioner * tothi House of Commons , agaiiwt the Deadly Poison ? nJ . as Medicine by the Hoctors . London : British M lege of Health , Hamilton-place New-road . " How many thousands of lives are tliere , ' my faft-. would say , ' that come every year to be cast awav ( in a civilised countries atleast , ) and considered as n 6 tliin » C common air , in completion ef an hypothesis V ' in 2 plain sense of things , ' my uncle Toby would answer 'a > l s-ieh instance is MUUDEK' DOWNRIGHT , let who ic i" ^ mitit . ' , ' 'There lies your mistake , ' my father would replr ' 1 , in the Court of . Science there is no such thinx as iu ' r ! der , 'tis only Death , brother , "—Tristram Shandy The medical hypothesis , uncle Toby , in 'his plain sense cf things , ' here anathematises , is that horrid and pestiferoa hypothesis . Hint'Medicine is poison , aud poison ismedi . oine . ' This mercenary , heartless , ruthful hypothesis , bj which . 'human life is cast away as nothing hiitcomimo
air . ' is as savage in spirit as it was barbarous in origin and it is , at this very daycan'ied into deadliest practice by the doctors , by advertising quacks , and by drusffits . with all the ardour and vehemence that can be excitedly 3 ' satiable cupidity , and by a most ravenous appetite ft ? gain and guineas . But the hellish hypothesis , that' Mc& cine ; and Poison are identical' must be maintained and supported against all ' competition '—it must be carried into a wide-spread , fatal practice , although it maj sweep and desolate the earth as with the besom ri destruction ! ' And . why 1 Because upon its main . tenance and support , and practical application , depend tho very existence of a highly respectable mid prc . foundly scientific fraternity—an odious and aboiniwHi fraternity , whose consciences are educated ami tad upon the infernal maxims of 'The Court of Science ' - court which is ruled solely by a favoured and fatal hjp . thesis that brooks no ' competition' and no demur—aiinn in which ' there is such thing as murder— 'tis oslt DEATH , brother !!! ' .
John Hunter said of poisons , that' they take their piafe in the body , as if that place were allotted for them . ' Ye-. 'horrid' mercury takes its allotted place in the glands , afl in the bones—in the glands it excites scrophu ' . ous tumours , and the teeth it quickly reduces to caries , l ' rusic aeii takes ' its allotted place in the heart , and there radically cures all palpitation : by effectually stopping all pulsation . Alcohol takes its allotted place in the brain , and byftf action upon that organ induces mania , and all 'the ills thii . flesh is heir to . ' Strychuine , and brucine takes tliuir allotted places in the muscles , in which tissues they frequently produce speedy and fatal spasms . The late Mistress Marie Manning had something more than a faint aid glimmering insi ht into this Hunterian principle-ves , with high professional skill she carried it into full practical effect . She knew that , by a particular mode of admimstration , a bullet would find its allotted place in tho brainso £
hor fond admirer , Patrick O'Connor ; but , in the eyes of ins professional , the skilful doctress degraded the sasntt ^ J unprofyssionnlly blending , with her practice , the functions of a grave digger . By the way , it would act as a very wholesome check upon tho poisoning hypothesis , if the Ligature could compel the doctor — despite Ins professional sciuples and repugnance — to excavate the graves of his victims . Soyei- does not possess more skill in cateriiijfw the squeamishness of a fastidious appetite , than the doctors do in allotting peisons for the specific destrucrion ot any particular organ in tli 9 human frame . Inaewtot cookery book of yoisons , a very learned medical sojev , who has appended to his name the cabalistic letters , 'M D . " ( nuery , Anqlice , 'Murderer DownrMit ? ' ) ln «"
medical cookery book there is a receipt for poisoning , so definite and obviously efficacious , as would have danica the eyes , and charmed the heart , and feasted , even to surfeit , the imagination and longings of a Marchioness _ ot Brinvilliers . See how the medical lecturer instructs ms pupils to ring the changes on medical poisons : '»» M . have confidence in recommending you to do on every similar occasion is this-having obtained all Ihe leiif / il '""?' orsfliifc ( . ') . or any other remedy has the power to ?«« j any case , change such remedy for some other cons titutional power , and chuwje and change until you find ''" F "; ment (!) to be , the result . »•«¦ ¦*¦ * I » : ' ! ?; cases , then , you must change , combine , and " ^ W * : " ^ medicines and mcnstirps in a thousand ways , {' aP ™™
peal of poisons , verily , } -to produce a sustained »««• Arsenic (!) gold (!!) iron (!!!) mercury ( I '" . ) ««*»« (!!!!!) iodine (!!!!!!) opium (!!!!!' .: » \ . riissic ¦ w (! I !!!!!!) &e . (!!!!!!!!!) ( qnevy . ^ r-does this ' . ¦« c . , "j ™ mean the virus of hydrophobia , and the virus ol w » plague ?) may be all advantageously employed , botli asm ternal remedies and as local applications (!!! ' ) Thesixth edition , ' stereotype , of Hie Medical Itt if * from whSeh the preceding extract is inadc , appeared " 1845 . It was in the year 1823 , that James Morisoy , ' »¦ Hygeist , first raised his voice against the savage ami ¦»* , derous application of poisons as medicines ; so thfit , S ^' as has been the progress of Morisonian Ilygeian p"' ' - ' 1 )'; - amongst the public at large , it would appear that at I " "' they have had litile influence iu this respect at leas !¦ -upmedical theory and medical practice . Dut the jju 1 » -il % their plain sense of things , ' are daily becoming '" f "S , more alive to the jeopardy in which they are •»""" , J placed . through the deadly chemicals with which tns «• tors essay to prop their falling trade . It appeaM . W . ' j , book , which has elicited these remarks on ' 1 « "V , 0
Medicine ; ' that in 1347 , 19 , 150 signatures were api «» i «' a petition presented by Sk B . Hall to the House ot i » mrns against Pharmaceutical Poisens . Consuwrini , 1 these signatures were made almos t exclusively m w * f ' Edinburgh , and in isolated parts of Devon , and a te « ' w » counties ; and considering that the public gcneraliv »¦ j siiie e had the most hprrifiing evidence of the w ' | eftects of medical poisons in Asiatic Cholera , wc '"" ^ confident belief , that if due time and proper rixcihticf « nonr ' givob , in every city ; town , village , and hamlet ) " , kingdom , for a : similar expression of public c P !" "'' ., ; l would be found that the number of signatures wouW »'' from some twenty thousand to several rouniV i llln ' i Still we consider that this book is a very apiiKT" ?! ' ^ graceful' Mesiomal' to the 19 , 900 independent l « " j ,, d who did not delay their signatures uiitil the niovenif "' ' . become general and popular , and who may be ¦ ' •^ "'"U-. the pioneers ittthehuniaue and holy warfare iign ' . " ff . dical poisoning . Had tlic House of Commons , [» ' pliaiice with the prayer of that petition , appointed a •¦ mission in 1847 ; aiid hasl che-aieal poisons bs "" : ' . y * discarded from medical , practice , how goodly ami' . ^ soil might havo since been saved from the gw . I '" . ^ king . ofterror&i ' andfiKnnthe graves of thc , . l P " !"' . n * how many useful and valuable lives niirfit sti 1 " ( ^ preserved to the conimnuitj—how many torn' «'" 1 ,.,, . relativoB might stillhdvc cheered and gfcywenej ll " desolate hearth !''
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Imporiasi Di 8 . cbvEiiT .-The Mats pubg ^ following letteir Irbm "Constantinop le :- . " of » ii bassador of France lias received iiiforiniitio" j Jt - impp # ut dUcoyery made'ia the ncigubou | « c { Erzeroum of an extensive bed of coal , specii" in which hav > been distributed to the cousu lai u « ^ tb& locality . The . province of iMf ?? ,. tid btthertq Veen ' without combustible inatevu i » , ^ the pnlv fuel of tho pbw is the dried M * , , is cattjk '" The country , though very P A ™"' . u > excessively cold , and tho thermometer ccsw . ' « . ^ . l ' owas twenty-fivo degrees below xevo . . L ^ , portarice . of this 'discovery way" be , «« ' ^ I'AnflUv nhnvnointAi-l ;» t . i ! ! q ¦ nvfthfihlv . bUt I' * ! : rtii
ludetoothorand more ¦ ' valuable ones , lor nt ! l ir . : scientific men Kayo already explpred the mo » ^ pfthatpart' $ ' ^ that ' the ; soil , ' bearing an analogy tot ? " - ve . Altai , in the no rth ' of Russia ; should contain 1 j 'of ^ old and silver . : The TurliisK : GovernnieU . ( 1 8 aid ' , '"ihtepda ; to ' havo ' th e miue wor Keu , . ^ ^ . overnpr cif ' tlvo nWyin ^; > Vho > iU P ^ ft . I'Ww ^^' tl ^^ iiS "'; "^^; . ; .. ; ::. -
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^ e # rommf 0 . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦¦ « , / V ' ; ¦'¦ : : ' - —^ - -- ; -: " . '¦ - " j . ¦' "'¦ : ' 'Cans ; Mtoder ; ' — 'A constable , named " John Hawkins , living at Heage , near Belper , last " week , ; having received ah anrionymous'letteri setting ! forth that a young ; woban ; named ' Elizabeth Vicars , ^ who resided with her mother , in a small cottage , had been crtrifinettj' arid , that the two parties were . suspected of having murdered tha child , ;; he immediately went to ! the house , ' and , ; ' having made kEiowri bis . business in calling , ¦ was '; told' by the mother that the reportwas groundless . ' He , however , apprqherided ; the ' daughter ' , and " mother , andj on the Former being examined "by Mr . ' Allerii a surgeon , lie pronounced her'to have : been ^ delivered of a childl The coristable then ' prbceededto search thecot'beeV
ann , ' finding th » t a large paving-stone had been recently removed , the discovery of , the Mannings ' murder flashed across his rpind , and he forthwith ] took the stone ; up , when he found the'body , of . a newly-born female ; child , . wrapped up" in an old black apron , the ; tegs being doubled up under its body , and the latter squeezed ; quite . ' flat . ' The constableiourid concealed in the cottage a sum in gold an ^ . silver , amounting to £ 53 3 s . ; , ; In another hole a . quantity , of . copper money was found , which Had . not been '¦ counted , _ 'b ' ulj . vv'hich weighed tliirty-seveu pounds , aiid iri ^ ano ther place he' foundJSlO 9 s ; 5 Jd .
Whi re they got t he money from is a mystery . - Both prisoners ' occasionally went out ' 'begging . ' The sorgeon , at the inquest , said thu child had' been born ten days ; there Avere marks of external violence on th ' ehead , and a pioceof tape had been tied round the . neck to produce suffocation . ' The entire surface of t ^ e scat p . was a mass of briiiseS j ^ and black-frorti effused . blood . / The injuries we ' re inflicted during the life of the , child . A . ' conversation . betweenthe two prisoners . " which had been " overheard in the lock-up , proved that both were guilty , and the jury returned a verdict of ( . " Wilful Murder" against both , who were fully . comraittedfor trial . ' ..,
Corn Rbnts . —Last week , at tlie rent-audit of the Duke of Portland held at . Mansfield , ; it : was officially announced that in future tlie rents of his Grace s tenants would be estimated according to the priccpf corn ; reductions in the' rents i due ! were made , and ' in many cases the return araoun sd , to twenty per cent .., The Duke has aha orderedfiiis steward to , pay oae-third , of the amount levied for poor rates on those of his tenants ' who oe ' euoy farms in parishes where the rents have been increased by the diminution of . labniir . ¦ ¦ ;
Represkntaiion of Ltmisgtos . —Mr . Hutchins , the candidate for Lyrajngton , in Hants , is a nephew of . Sir . Jphn-Guest , " M . % p .. for ' . Merthyr ; Tydvil . He is to , ' be opposed by . Mr . Andrew Stuart on . the protectionist interest . Tlie nomination took place in ths Town-hall at-noon to Monday last The . sf » ow of hands was declnrt'd to' be in favour ' of . Mr . Hutchins , the Liberal . candidate , whereupon a poll was demanded , by . the supporters of Mr . Stewart . Tuesdat . —The'l ast numb ' ers polled were—llutchifis ( Free-rtrader ) . 121 ; , Stewart ( Protectionist ) , 103 . Mr . . . Stewart resigned at about three pm ,
: , Fatal Accidkni . —Considerable excitement was caused in Maidstptie on Saturday night by the report of a fatal accident to . Mr . II .. Godden , jun ., of ' the Medway brewery ,., a . young ; gentleman who'iwas greatly respected , and . whose premature death , has , been the subject of general regret . It appears that haying driven his sister home from the country in his gig . and set her down ; at . Somerficld-house , his residence , he turned- his j horse round in order to drive down to the brewery , when ; a noise was heard ; and the deceased was found afterwards lying insemihlein the road , having , it is supposed , pitched on his head . Medical assistance was procured as quickl y as pos-ib ! e . but the unfortunate gentleman died ii ) an hour . The chaise was 'afterwards found to be much broken ^ and the h- > r . * e considerably iniured . ! i : ;
; MunDER of Thhbb Persons , and Suicide of the Mubderer . —A triple murder occurred on Tuesday evenipg last , ; in the "Wood ; at Ingestre , near tho mansion of Lord Talbot , Stafford . —In a lonel y part of the wood belonging to the Inpestre estate is situ- ated a house ,: which iWiis until Tuesday , evening inhabited by . thp park-keeper of : Lord ; Talbot , whoso name . was Spencer , Yarker , and who it is understood had been upon terms of friendship ; wiihthe other keepers until some short : time since . During the last , few . weeks Yarker has ; had attacks of \ delmum tremeiis . i . . Tuesday afternoon , in company witji another keeper , named W . Morrey , he proceeded into the . woods , and from ? some cause at present unexplained , no other person being present , Morrev was
shot by yarker , and was subsequently discovered at a place called the Pavilion , quite dead .. From subsequent circumstances it ¦¦ . appeared that Yarke ' r after having deprived his fellow keeper of life , proceeded towards his own houso , the distance of half a mile , upon entering which he levelled his gun at a servantwhowassittingbeforethofire , and discharged the contents in her body , tlie poor creature fallW forwards on the floor a corpse . Yarker then pointed his gun at his sister , who had but just returned from Stafford , but she fortunately escaped tho contents of the gun by falling forwards at the moment ho raised it to his shoulder . At this junction the wife of Yarker rushed down stairs , and whether to pursue the murderer or pursued b y kirn is not at
pro sent known ; but she ran iout of the house into the wood ,, joined by : Yarker ' who , having reloaded his gun . fired its contents at her . One charge entered her forehead over the left eye , and the other penetrated her body , and instantl y deprived her of life . Tho infuriated murderer then- discharged ! tlie gun obliquely in the direction of his own head : literally carrying ^ away one half of his face and shattering the-head . During this tragical event , his little SJT « le « P »?™ 'a ; oMdle near tho spot where tt nnL Toff £ lIlei Hisoth ^ two children , who are now left orphans , were fortunately at a nei * hbpunns vilJage .-The reports of the gun' havinff c _^ te , alarm , some of the servants conncctcS withhe farm
^ buildings were soon upon tho ' spot , ana discovered the lifeless corpse of tho servant 3 S £ o 6 h ° , . floor y » 'g in a . pool of blood . Fur- ' &o fv ' r 1 Scl 0 S ft- the sad 8 'ght of . the " dead bodies of Yarker and las wife , : ; who wore discovered aoshort distance ; from ' tho house , : to which place they ^ were conveyed and : laid side , bvsido on the floor . ; Subsequently the body ofMon-ey was discovered , a ' so hfoless , and wns in like manner conveyed to the houso of the murderer , and placed by the side of the other Lodtes .-Tho distress occasioned tty this lamentable event , is considerably augmented by _ the fact of a family of seven young < children being deprived of a parent and all moans of support , by the death ofMorroy , who was much respected by his noble employer . :
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' SppV' thVt ' rdenetnsUTlaffd ^ lef ^ ibei fftdjCommi 8 sioh''Cburtrv'i « r . a p'w 3 *»» \ (> Xvcrease pF , EMio 9 ATj [ p ! i .. ' s ? The ; tideipf ' eniigration flows-witn ^^ niuohyigour'in ^ the ^ northernicounties asin th es 6 utb : ' ; 'Ttie ^ aWer ; W , ; i ! r / M ^ that ' crpWds'are 'daily entef ing BblfSt from ' tfie-ldifferent idistsicts : ' of tbopr 6 vin ' oe / 't 6 ehih'difK'if , pr ' American pprtSiij Front the smallport'of Donegal' four vessels are . , preparing tpn sail , - 'freightfqdr . witK > jemigrants . ' The ' Sallysiiqnnon ^ eraW , observes . that ,, many of ' th ose emigrants are " Prptestant and Presbyterian ifafmers . ^ if - ¦¦¦ " \ "> ; - •—; ¦ '" . ; " ¦ j ¦ I The Oholera . —This' mysterious pestilence has ; made its appearance at Castldcomery in ' ' the county , nf Kilkfinnv . And in "Riicfinalstnvrn . in t , he adioinincr
county ofjCa ' riov ? . ; . " , In ,. the , fojmer locality ' there hiive * been five cases ^ three , . pf wliion jprpyejl fatal , ; orie ' recPyered ;; arid' 6 n 6 " 8 tiil under ; treatment . In the ' latter there ' have * been six casesj'two bif which resulted ; in ; death , - the remainder / being under ^ . treatment . .. : i ' f , , , ! .. 1-- ^> . ! if !< r !' - iU .-ii ! vi ;' - ; ii . i .-.- ; i '; .: i ; 1 ' ¦ . The . Roman . Cathomo Bishops am > , ' thb Tenaiiii-RioiiT Movement . —The 1 land questipn ls'becpming fi ' source of serious and general agitation ; and the . contemplated" ? Conference , " inDublih- 'is ' likely ttf impart a certain . impetus to the ' movement . ' The Tablet , of Saturday ; last has letters from : five Roman Catholic B | shbp " s > earnestly advocating a i . Confe--rence for , promoting . a' settlement . of , the jtenant- , right question . ' < S \ ioNati 6 n states that ' tlie ; Tenant Conference will bo held in Dublin in ' the latt e ' r " ehd of May ,, when , therM . tenant-, societies of the'four
provinces will have an opportunity of comparing their views / and taking measurestpgether . ' iir . 1 The Martin EsTATES . ^ The'ffafway Mercury contains the following explahatbry . statement re ' garaing the evictioris iri Cbnnemava .: — " The decrees ' were obtained at the iristahceofthP head tenants' for the purpdse ! : of : bbtainingi ' pos ses sio n ! bf 'lands'hitherto pcoupiedby over thirteen hundred ' squatterSj ' : who hot ' merely . refused the . right of , possession , but also the payment of rent in any shape . ' . Enemies as we . ' are'to extermination , ^^ we canriot , at tho sa'irie'iiiriej , ; see'the propriety of parties liblding lands ; inlo ' pp o-8 itionto the ? rightful olaim 8 of : ih , e'p . wner ; We arie also . assured- that when possessionisobtainediievery . solvent and , indu ? triou 3 . tenant , will be rerinstatedin his hplding-, and thathdt pne-tenth , pi ; at most oneT , fifth ^ of the exterminations above anticipated will be fbund'to be correct : " ' '¦ ' ¦' ' '' "" ¦ ' ; "' : " :: ! " ¦ ' ¦
Statb of TRADE .-T-Thet 2 f « e ? nan ' j !/ ow « io ?; says : — " inhere has been . ratbera ' good week ' s ^ usiness ; and much ( mpre activity . JSp . newj . 'failure , reported . Customs ' duties for the . week " , ' £ 18 , 700 , of which " £ 7 ; 900 'ison tea ' , ' aiid i £ 3 ; 400 on tobacco . ;* ! " ' V \ ' ii'MAii ; Communication with'LondpnV—The '' City of ^ Dublin Company' have , purohasedthe Llewellyn , from Government , and have obtained the temporary iisjo p f . theBanshee uiitil ^ the ^ formeris ready . With thesej fine . ^ ais ^ mVddUibn ^ to . t ^ e KBb ^ nsii Trafalgafi hnd lroii Duke , they ought ; ippe able tp calculate on making- tho passage ^ iri less ' then ' fiye' and a half hburs ^ 'tne' time ' at present allowed . ;; We learnthat ) the . Post office will ; however . not incur the expense of a special train in any ; caae of unusual ' ¦
delay , ..-. 1 , ., . . " .... ; . ' ., .. ' ,-j 1 , f > 1 TiCERpYALTY . - ^ The ' . abWt ; ors pif ! ., the . Court pageant have , re ceiVedan ally in the person of the Marquis of Londonderry . ' ¦ " ¦;" . ' : ;'• !; i ! i ' ' ' Death of TiiE . Bisnor OF' CLoonBRi ^ -The"iVeiwy Telegraph pf , yviea&&ylast brings the ; not unexpected Intelligence . ' of the , , death , . pf ,, the ; venerable Lord Robert Tpt ^ enham . iBishoji * . of . Clogher , who , expired ;' after a '' i } airiful illhess ' , on 'Sunday ' ., last . His ^ Lordship was ih-his 77 th year , and ihe 47 th ofohis-episcopate . 'iiThe diocese of Cldffh ' er is' the last . which has been nbolisjjed by tho Cnurch" Temporalities ,. Act . { , Its ; revenues , which amount to about , £ 12 , 000 ., per ; year ,, go . to , tho . Ecclesiastical Commissioners ' ; and thedibcese will be a ' dded to tho diocese ' of th ' e ^ Priniate ; / which ; will liencefbrwardiextend from Ballyshannbn ; ori'the west coast
, across to tj heinoiglibourhood . of'Newry ; and down to , Drogheda ,. embraoing . the . ., counties lof s Fermanagh , Tyrone , Aamagh , Monaghan , ,. and Loutb . . DisAfpearance ; 6 p a . Castle ' .. Official . —| A "; gentleman who'held a ' cohfidentiai post'has become a defaulter to'dn ' amount not yet precisely ascertained ; . It ; is ; believed-, that "he absconded about ? S ida y ; - or' Saturday' 'last . ¦ A warrant has been issued for his apprehension , but as yet ho has contrived to eiuue' tlie vigilance of a select corps of tho detective police force . The defalcations so far di 8 coverecl amount ; it is said , ' to £ 3 , 000 . It is generally supppse d that . the culprit is b y this time on , the ; AtlanticV , as a vessel sailed froni Liverpool forNew , York ' . oh . V Saturday , and it has transpired that he left his house , in the course of Friday . ' 1 ! Repeal AssodiAiioNi ^ The rent vesterdavltnufiheii
£ 2015 s . ' This success for the last fortnight has , of course ; induced Mr . ' O ' Cohhell to forego his de- sign of ; closing shop and -declaring . the : concern bankrupt . This prudent resolve on thepnrt of the learned gentleman ; has drawn-forth a most biting and sarcastio letter from the pen of thV Rev . Thaddeus O'Maljey , a Roman Catholic clergyman ; of no niean celehrity in Irish politics . " Tho Revv writer hiidin a recent epistle aahiQjyshbd , Mr . John , , O Connell'tb quit the field , in order tb pave the ; way for . a , ' ^ union of parties . " ^ His ^ poverty , not his will , - ?^ consenting ; the member for' Limerick was about 1 to adopt the course ' suggosted by his Reverend monitor , when a rise in the'funds ' gave gave new life , to his hope ' s / and a fr esli simnfv nf
gall to his clencarcasti gator . ' . f ... Sysod of the IIoman Catholic CHURoni — The approaching Synod is a subject . of the liveliest interest amongst the Roman Catholics of , this country , pn . account , of . the importance of'the' q ' ues - tions , which ,, it is-understood , are to bo brou"ht under consideration , including the system ' of ; education at Queen ' s Colleges , and . various matters connected ' with ecclesiastical affairs ; ' It is staged , that the Synod will commence its sittings aUhe ! College pPMaynooth on the'first Tuesday in July next . ' 5 En-cumbered Estates Commission ' . —Twenty more petitions ; . filed during , the week ending the 24 th jUlt .,, make-the entire number of applications for sales of
estati-s 733 . . In this last batoh , the encumbered inheritors are « enerally men of small estates , whose petitioning creditors are the holders . of mortgages or family oliarges of long standing ; ' : ? ' iEmiwution . —As the spring advances ' ; emigration ' steadily increases in all parts' of . the . country .-i- It appears , from the ClonmeV Chronicle , ; that many o ? tho farmers going out to America , arei leaving the old and helpless portions of their families behind , as claimants oh the poor-laW . That journal states that during the last week , four hundred paupers of tluS i doscription applied for . relief in the Tipperary union ; but , on account pf want of funds , tho guardians ' refused , them admittance to the workhouse .
The Martin Estates ' ;—In reference to the purohaso . of a part of this property by Dr . Mage ' e , we have received a letter from that gentleman , iri which he complains , that he has been orroheously represented as committing ; unnecessary cruelties upon tho tenants . Ho says ho is not an pjeotor of tenants , and no persecutor of the poor ; that he has dono all in his power to assist the poor ; that he has never unroofed their hutsj but has given orders for a perfectly , contrary . conduct to bo observed towards tliem . ; He further : : states , that in a very short . ' sp : ice . ; of time , th « condition . of the poor , on the , O ! * tatos has been amended by the purchase for them 6 V nets , ' and 'implements ' of husbandry . —Times . ' - ' » ' ' ¦ ' '¦ ¦ - - ¦ '¦ " ¦¦ -L " : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ^ ¦ . ' / ' . , - .
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¦ ., ; . ;!! , ' - ; . 75 re ! flnp i / [ " r [ . \ ... ; , ; , ' ' ; . EiVodmuered . . fJoMMissipN . —An application has been made for ariabsoliite order fpivtho sale of ' the settled estates . of , the Earl of Kingston . ' The unsettled estatesareairead y . ; ordered for sale by : th 0 i commissioners . ( The " encumbrances . ' on the Jehtjre . are . * et ;! dbwn at upwards of iE 800 . 0 () Qi . The uri- ' settled estaies . are ' . yaliied aV £ 16 , 0 b 0 , a year , and tho setitled ; at ; , £ 20 , 00 A perVanhumij { Tho ' three- 'greaj kles'tiow . vappfbabhing- ^' pf' jthe pstate ' s . pf . the ; Earls of MQ . untoashell ,-Kingston , aad ^ brtarlington , will
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Disunion in TnE Trotectionist Pahty . —The aristocratic upholders of the policy of Protection , notwithstanding tho desperate tenacity with ¦ which tlie , wilder members of the party cling to the modern principles (?) by ; whicli they are guided , seem to bo fast appi'oadhing their political dissolution . Disease of the most fatal character has crept in , " and daily gains a-faster hold of the constitution of this ' party disease under the form of internal disunion . They daily loso strength , and to pursuo the metaphor , the guardian of the body , called in Parliamentnuy phraseology . " the whipper , " applies a remedy ; tpo strong . for the stomach , which produces the most 'disastrous results . Useful members become at first careless , or lukewarm in their support ; and
eventually drop off from , the iriairi trunk , and thus severely test the power of . vitality still , possessed by the remaining portion of the-party . To . speak more p lainly , it appears that th e "' hereditary aristocrat , tp w . hose whip the outlying ' members ' , of this formidable ' (?) party were entrusted ; either frbnVwant of knowledge of the duty which was oonfided -to him , or from a distastei . f qr ^ he ' iperformance of jt ^ bepjime so entirely unapproapbable , and therefore : so bad a medium of cbmmuuicatibn between tlie outsiders and the chief , thn't a number of the supporters' ( sufficiently numerous to onuso ; alarm ) took offeube ; and refused-. to hold . anyr communication , -dircctly- . br otherwise , with " the . whip . '' , -This ; proceeding ,, we are told , produced a . serious , difference , and within
the piist' week ii' council wns'held 'ih . pne of the fashioh ' able !' sq uares . ' \ "The " w ) iip " . was' unjible ; ' or . declined , to explain his couduct- and after ' a stormy debate he . was . dismissed , from his office | with a . seyere , ndmonitipn , . and two succossors . wer . e-appp'jnted , ' aiid ciirefull y . insti ; ucted as to tho nature of . tueir , duties ! The seeds of disunionV ' are j nbw . so widely spread'that ' it ' requires ' air the power bf'th ' e abltist hand amongst this despairing party to'keep ' up : even an . appeavance of coalition ; and if we do ! not ,- ; grossly ; deceive ourselves , -we . shalLhayo the satislaction , of ; announcing , to our readers , before the close of tliis session , the < iujet . n ' nd ,, almps ' t imp ' ei'coptiblo dissolution of the entire' bodyr- ^ uiet ; . because wo feel assured that ' they all despise' the
course they have pursued , and only , seek for a favpurab , le . joppsrtunity _ of , sliding ; Lwith " spnie dogvee pf , c' 6 nsistency . out . of it , ; . and imperceptible , because from'the ' weakness of their , pvesent state we'feo \ confident that before . the timoSie have' niimed th 6 ir existence or non-existence will have beoonio a i matter of the least possible interest to : tlie political WOrld-r-iPfoO TtfJ ., -.,,-,. ^ , / . ; .:...,. . . ; j r . I ?^ W 4 » ^^ - --MeetJn ? s : were : heid " ' pn , Monday evening at'Prest . onan ( V Bradford ; it 6 peti- tior 1 parliamentjni % our of exter ; dingan'd ' impi' 6 vin g national eduoatic , n : ortitho " seculivr ' and lobal 'ba ' sis ^ , « e « oluUon 8 , an ! . aboordanoei \ vit ¥ this , anti-chui ^ J WM ; tto # je ; qt werejpa . ssedunanimously . &itivir
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FBIGUTFUL OCCURRENCE . .. 1 On Sunday , about one o clock ; screams which pro ceeded from the house , No . 17 ; Short ' s-grirdens , Drury-lane . attracted the attention of the policeman on the beat , who , on entering'the prcmises , dis « covered in a back yard the almost lifeless body of a woman named Ann Donovan , the wi ci of a person who exercises the callings nf blacksmith aridpugilist The police were informed that she had been thrown out ef the second-floor window by her husband , and as it was found that she had received extensive injuries , she was removed to King ' s College Hospital . Donovan , who asserted that she had herself jumped from the window , was arrested immediately and lodged in Bow-street station-house .. Two children ,
a little girl and an infant , who . were found iii the room ; ware conveyed to the workhouse ; When the unfortunate woman was removed to the hospital her skull was found to be fractured . Her ribs were all broken and her left side terribly ! injured . '; At two o ' clock , Professor _ Fereuson , ; -the . physician ! to the hospital , found the poorVohian insncli a precarious state that he at once proceeded .-to Bow-street ; and requested the magistrate to tome and take her-deposition , as he had no doubt she was dying ; Mr . Hall was soon in attendance , and tho prisoner was brought up in custody of f-vo policemen . The woman said she was thirty-five yeats of age , and her husband had frequently beaten her in an unmerciful manne . - , spmetimrs with a poker . Latterly he had . beenmuch more affectionate and kind to her . On' Saturday night they had been oat drinking * together ! : They
got home about half past twelve .: In a short time afterwards she said or did something which dis pleased him , when he struck ; her over the face and brad . The last blow knocked some . nf her teeth put . She then heard him call fora poker , ' and she ] to escape , jiusbed the window for the' purpose of calling assistance , when she fell or threw Herself but ! She ' knew she was dying , and prayed ^ for forgiveness . Ihe little girl , who said her name w ? 8 ; Martha Donovan , confirmed what her mother had stated about , the quarrelling , and added- that ' she ran to the window , when her father followed ; and lifting her up threw her out of the window ^ into the backyard , and she fell first on her face , and then on the back of her neck . She' had frequently seen her father beat her mother : The prisoner then took a hu-cwell of ins wife , and was removed to his cell at Bow-street . " ¦ ¦¦ ' : ! ¦¦ -v : . : ; : ^ ¦ .: '¦ ¦ : •••
On Monday Daniel Donovan was brought up for examination at tho Bow-street oiSee ; on the charaeof lllannjg his wife ,, Aim Donovan , whereby her life was in danger . When the rnsoner was placed in the dock , ¦ Inspector Black called Catherine Donovan , the prisoner ' s child , who is onl y seven years » f '««! a ! nd wbp said at the hospital that sh ' esw herfatberthrow her mother from the window ; to Ue ' examiiieai as ' ihe ^ ^ SS ? - " ^ ? P ^ pnef ' fldddciily inkerrukathW ¦ roCeedin S s , nndsa . 4 his child ' was nbl in the ' rob ^ » fc aui . S * «? . VPK ytotn . the bccnrrehce . ^ Mri ' Hall desired tW prisoner to defefiny cxplaaatioa -lie had
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tomake unuUh ^ reperitime ^ Maryi-Anri Bntker a . single w . pman ,-depo 8 ed that v 8 ) ie / iived : atl jNo ^ Wi ' Short ' s-eardens . ln . the . same r 6 om tKiUccuseil pecu * . ; plea . ' ¦^] ttiess'ifbuhahim ; ian ^ , &i i wife inVthe ' robm aliqut a ' quarter W btie- ' pn . Sufdiy . % ' ornmg , when ihe iretumed homei" ?<> The prisoner and his wife were , dre 8 ? ed . ., siThey-wereiquarrelling , and botht ' appeaifed ' in liquor . , -They ; cqntinuedjabusing ^ each « ther ,, and ^ iiness ' pirsuaded . them to . discontinue quarrelling , and the'injured ' woman 'did ' so . ' The prisoner , con , -, tinned talking to her . ' audshe . theWmadefh ' ini a yeVy indecent answer . He thenimme'diately ! left his ' chair and struck her . several times iuponi the' side ' of her head . with his clenched fist . ' : Sherfell nnon thecrbund !
sideways ; and he , kicked her violently , with his . foot . She called out to witness , ' " Oh , ' s ' aVe ' me I '' ! On-the witness requesting -lnm' to-desist , ' he rusheil at ' her ( witness ) , and pushed her violentl y against thei ' window ,-, and / exclaimed he would serve her th ' e same . ; W [ tness to .-k . her . bonnet ( and shawl and ¦ left . the room . ' Witness stood at the , street . door for nea . ly ten minutes , when witness was' alarmed : by -hearing Mrs . Donovan screaming oiit murder . ' Witness then left the house for a short time , as she thought ' tli ' ey w oiild leave off quarrelling when she returned . : 'She had . been absent some time , and on reaching ] Short's gardens she . saw ' a crowd of persons round D , dnovan ! s house , and policemen" running' in all directions . Witness then heard that the accused ' h ' ad thrown liis
wife out of window . The room in which ^ the Donovans lived was situated on . the ' second floor back . Witness . had frequently heard . the acciised ' and his wife quarrellin R and he was . in the habit ofi beating her . Witness had lived with' the Dphbvanu ' about a fortnkht , and'dunhg ^ that time they were frequently intoxicated . —The prisoner cross-examined the wi tness , and in answer to his questions : she said she never heard the unfortunate . woman r threaten to throw . herself from ihe window . —Mr . John Wor-d , house surgeon to Kingfs College Hospital , ' said ; when Mrs . Donovan was admitted she wasinseh ' sible , and suffering from a fracture of the forehead on the . right sidrt , and there was also a wound intheskin of the forehead on the left side . Her eyes were close ' d . and her face was much swollen and bruised . He ' ordered
her to be put to bed ; when he found she had ! also re' ceiVed . afrauture bf the left knee . She afterwards , recovered and vomited blond ; She complsined of piiins in her stomach and her side . Witness was of opinion that it . was caused by a . kick ,. and not by a blow . She now lies in a very precarious state , and he has very , small hopes of her , recbyery . r' " Vlr . 'Hall , in remanding the ' prisoiier ' . ' said he could not proceed ; any further with the case that day , as ; he wished to know if the woman was likely to recover , or not The , surgeon would be in a position to give an opinion in a short time , and in order to have , that opportunity he . should ... remand , him until iMonday next . | It / . ' . wasi stated ; that the' prisoner hail "frequently j been in ; custody for ill-treating liia wife ' , ' and also : other people . ; ¦'' . " : t . v . ¦ . ' -. "¦ " . ¦ - ..: : ;¦; " . ' _ ' . ' ' .
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his proper ^ . ^ T ^ e deceas ed wathU-houBekeepM-r and had been . with , him . between . ten .. and Xyidv Wf > w Jtaess . left' his home ' bnr . Su'KciiiylniMniiig at about twenty-five minutes ! to ¦ fllpven ' o ' clbcKf ' and went to Clapham ChurchV H ^ alwiiys ' requ&tfcd'ine aeceased ; ib lockthe-frbnt ' RatekVamJ ' fc ( ol t ^ he ; door .= He gqt ^ ba ' jk about ^^ twenty minufe ^ p ast ^ ne ojolowk , , and' supposing the gate ' to be jbcked .. asusuali . ung the bell . Afterrringirig ; seVeral . ' timi .-8 . he-became alarmed , tried the gate , and found . ; it .. un | ockbd ; he then saw the Back door was open , and ,, on . entering ,
found the deceased lying on the . kitchen . floor with some pieces of carpet under herhead , . . wbiqh ! bad been moved from another part of thej-. wpni-- . [ He felt her face , and fbhnd she was dead' r . " He . went to Mr . Venables , who lived next door , told Him what he had seen , and asked him if he had heard j any . noise ; and Mr . Yenables said he had not .. . He returned to the House , found every room had been : entere'd-rrcupr boards , drawers , bureaux , and bis iron safe , had all been forced opened , and what was . portable was carried off . His deeds and bank receipts were torn and strewed about , and , exclaiming in a ; vehement
manner , the . . witness said he was satisfied his , housekeeper was murdered . He observed also that the deceased ' s boxes had been ransacked , ' and' a small box in which sbe kept about £ 2 tm household expenses . About three months since " an attempt , was made to break into the house , but he , succeeded in dispersing the thieves with a blunderbuss . The witness was proceeding to state other , facts relative to his property and supposed losses , when—Mr . Bick . nell , the superintendent of the V division , suggested that if such evidence was proceeded with , particulaiy at that important time , the robbery having only taken place the previous day , it would have the effect of thwarting any efforts the police might make to discover the perpetrators ; and if the inquiry was
adjourned a reasonable time , they ' . would no doubt be enabled to produce important ' evidence . —The coroner and jury were of opinion that such a course would . be the most advisable under all circumstances , and the inquiry was adjourned for a week , Mr ; Parrptt being directed in the interval to make an analysis of the contents of the stomach . i -. . : , -, - # Fuethke Particulars . —The persons concerned in the perpetration of the recent burglary and supposed murder at Clapham are still at Targe , although very active exertions are being made . by the police to bring them to justice . On Monday night a secret note was sent round from Scotland-yard to publican ? , beershop keepers , and . others resident . in the ' metropolis and its suburbs , giving a full description of four
men who are suspected of being the criminals , - and there is very little donbt , from their being well known to the police , that they will soon be apprehended . — It is pretty clear from all , the circumstances attending the outrage , that tlie perpetrators . of it used chloroform to render the female insensible while ' they plundered the house , but it isEupppsed that . iuril'britunately for their victim , they gave ' more than she could bear , and caused death . What makeslthat cirenmstance hot improbable are the particulars which Haveheen gathered by parties who have b ' een sent round to the chemists' shops in the , neighbourhood It has been ascertained that on Saturday evening ; a little after seven o ' clock ' , a tall ; thin , man ,- dressed in shabby black , called at Dr . Hale ' s , No : 23 ,
Blackfriars-road , and requested to be supplied with sixpenny-worth of chloroform . Mr . Hale asked'him what he wanted it for , as it was a dangerous article to be used by non-medical men , when he replied that he wanted to draw a female . acquaintance ' s tooth , and to make her insensible while the operation was being performed . Dr . Hale refused to supply him , although the man pressed him very hard ;; iHethen left the shop , . and joined two other men who were waiting at the corner of the . opposite street . Th ' e man who applied for the chloroform answers ! the'description of the man who was seen to leave the house of Mr . Maddle with a bundle under his arm . The other two , ' Dr . Hale says ' answer the description forwarded by note . —Another circumstance of some
importance as showing the probability of chloroform having been used , and the facility . with which it can be possessed by thieves , has come to light within the last ten days . The Combined Vapour Manufactory , 32 ,. Commercial-road ,: Lambeth , has been ! entered during the absence of the workmen , and sixteen gallons of chloroform stolen therefrom of the ' value of £ 72 . —Several parties have been in custody on suspicion of the robbery and murder , ; but on being confronted with the authorities at the police stations , they were set at liberty . —There'is not the slightest doubt that the thieves must have been well acquainted with the circumstances of Mr . Maddle , and knew that he was in the habit of keeping much Valuable property on the premisesfor no casual observer
, would ever have thought of breaking into the house with a view to plunder . The house is a small tenement . only one story high , of shabby appearance , arid would never be taken for anything : more than the residence of a mechanic—A witness will be produced at the adjourned inquest who saw the deceased Mrs Snellingatthe window of the house at ten o ' clock in the morning . —The police in possession of the premises have made the most minute search ( if the doors , walls , and fences , both back and front of thehouse , but they cannot find the slightest trace tD indicate by which way the persons entered or left the premises . ' Asthepolice proceed in their endeavours to ascertain some cine to the perpetrators of the outrage they find the matter enveloped in a darker state of
mystery than any case ofthe kind in which they ; have previously been engaged . They cannot obtain the slightest assistance from Mr . Maddle which would enable thpm to trace the property altered to have been stolen . Even the gold watch , although Mr . Maddle has had it some years ; he states that he cannot tell the maker ' s name , where ' ' " he bought it , or number of it , or furnish any description whatever . On Wednesday several officers of the detectWe force went to the house in Claremont-place , and in the presence of Mr . Maddle arranged ' all the papers and documents which had been strewn about the plitoe on the day of the robbery , and after examining them all Mr . Maddle could not po-itivel y state what he had lost . Among the papers were a ' large number pf valuable deeds , leases , hankers' receipts ; and other documen ts , which it is very stiprising were not carried off by the robbers . Mr . Middle , by the advice of the police , has been to hia bankers to' ascertain ' 1
whether any of his documents or chequea have been presented , as many of them could readily have ' been negotiated ; but nothing of the kind bad taken place ; The police made a most * minute examination of the drawers and cupboards which were broken ] open by the thieves , and they are decidedly ( pf ' opinion- that the robbery was never perpetrated . ^ regular housebreakers . The implement used for forcing bpen the drawers was a small chisel , the blade of which is not more than two inches long , and , chat is a most extraordinary fact , it is tlie property pf , Mr . Maddle , " and was kept in a small tool-chest in-the back kitchen , from whence / thethieyes must have taken it into the drawing-room , , where it was afterwards found . ' The police are convinced that , had the rob : bery . been perpetrated by professed " cracksmen " they would have taken their tool * with them ; aid not have depended upon the chance of finding implements in the house . ; . " .
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MURDER AND ROBBERY AT CLA ? nAM , On Sunday , about one o ' clock , a female , who for years acted !; as housekeeper to Mr . John Maddle , the tenant of a uou = ein' Cleannont-place , Wandsworth-road , wa 3 found by that-gentleman on his return from church lying dead in one of the'kitchens , under circumstances which have a tendency to invehw the cause -of death in mystery . Her head rested on some folds of carpetting , aud although no marks of violence were visible on her person , one of her legs was encircled by several coils of rope . The police were very promptly on the spot , as also M . Parrott , jun , the surgeon to the police force , who
examined the body , and pronounced life to have been extinct some time , ne could d e tect no outward marks of violence , nor wss there any mucous flowing from the mouth or nostrils . On eutering thehouse Mr . Maddle had fonnd it id a state of great disorder and very soon discovered that a gold watch , some jewellery , consisting of rings , &c ., antlsome plate had been earned off . Mr . Coleman , the inspector ofpohce , 1 iaving communicated with Mr Bicknell tae ^ superintendent-oFthe ' -V division , made aa examination of the premises , and found that every drawer , escritoire ^ box , and even the iron chesfhad been opened and ransacked , and a small box in which the honsekeer kept her money wa 3 emptied of its contents . .,
The IKQUEST .-On Monday evenirgat sixo ' clock , a jury was impannelled before Mr . T . Higgs , the coroner for ttie Duchy , of Lancaster , at the Na ?' s Head Inn , Wandsworth-road , Clapham ipon the body . JVIr . J . C . Parrott , of Clapham-common , sup geon , bavin ? deposed as to the sta'e in which he found . the body , sud , there were no marks of violence —the features were perfectly natural . Thenextstep witness tosk . was to make a post-mortem ' examination , vihlch he effected that afternoon . He could not ascertain the . cause of death . Believed when he first saw her she had been de-id two hours . He examined the head shd chest carefully There was no smell of poison . Witness found all the organs of the body were in a healthy condition wih the excep'ioh of the stomach , " which ; Taptin laying open , there were very distinct marks of recent and active
inflammation . , There was a slight effusion on the brain ; He could ; not account for the state of the stomach . She might have died from natural causes . Am not ' aware whether chloroform would leave any trace ; from what he had beard he believed it did not . Prussic acid applied to the nose would leavs a smell . Witness hail not analysed the contents of the stomach .. The inflammition in the stomach was not sufficient fo cause ^ f ^ Meeing that deemed was quite well at eight P . clock in . the morning .- He was quite unable : at F ^^ V account for death until the anaiyds ! ii f ? pkce ; A Person suddenly' taken : ^ iT ° 4 * V ¦•¦» snch ' . a position . ' - The 8 ffi ^ f ^ have , been ,-placed ; where she-lay , •' „*<* «? ,- 0 Wn tohw ^ ees lay in ^^ the kitchenMhe T $ w " l . £ v ^ ^ doomay and ^ assase .-S Sv f ^^ tcalled . andawornr He staUd hs , ffas of no professwa or . trade , bnfr ived oa
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1572/page/6/
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