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wrw .- *» . - -- - - ~— , yj- - ^^ 4 a » BJtn > C ^ g ^ ' ' - * W *¦ - ¦ ¦ Tn —¦ urn ® f jr jR * ttopalf * . i \ vrn or Losdox Dubixg the Week . —In tlie w < -.-. r-s-ting last Saturday , the deaths registered in th : : : ei : epoiitan districts were 839 . Taking for co --j - ;; r ; . oa the ten weeks of 1810-9 , it appears that thi J . ^ est number occ u rred in the corresponding with -r . f-lSJS , andwas _ 786 , the highest in that o : 18 id . ^ viisn it was 1 , 075 ; the average of the ten m -.:: h 925 , which , if augmented in the ratio of asiJKcd increaseof population , becomes 1 , 009 . This la-v iiuab-. r exhibits a high average mortality for au'j-vi'j , and places the present state of the public le-il ' E is an advantageous point of view . The de .. / :: from the epidemic class of diseases were last we-:. ? 07 ; in three previous years ( 1817-9 , ) taking thi i :. me week in each , the deaths from epidemics is
we ; : v-pectively 327 , M 8 , and 372 . But it an im ; ruat fact to be observed th at the present decre ? , ir of mortality is almost entirely confined to tue juvcsi-s part of the population ; in no corresponding wees of the previous ten years have the deaths of you isr r-crsons nnder ten years been so few as in last we-k ~ f . - * the lowest number , which occurred in 1841 , was 390 , a > .. d the highest , which occurred in 184 ¦ -v-a 531 . Whence it appears , further , that wh ^ - the rate of mortality now prevailing , approves the average amongst persons of middle age , It acl'iallv exceeds the average with sexagenarians and cii ; ere at an advanced period of life . The disea ? £ - -aliich attack the young , small-pox , measles , scarladsfi . and hooping cough , prevail much leg-, fat \" v than usual . Fever , however , seems to increase : last week it carried of 55 persons ; in the pi * dons week the number was < nly 36 . and the aversrs is abont 40 . Four of the cases now
reirister < : I occurred in the London Fever Hospital . Diarrhea , sad dysentery were fatal in 57 cases , which rat : ? r exceeds the average . The only instance in wb- i ; cholera is mentioned , is recorded in tbe follov / u : terms : —In Bethnal Green , Hackney-road su ii-d . strict , at 23 , Ann ' s-place , on the 10 th Octol- ' -T . the widow of a sergeant in the army , aged 81 ye ' -rs , died from bilious calculi in the gall-Wa - 1 st causing diarrhoea and cholera . ( Inquest . ) A ^ : : aan of 60 year s liad been brought from Edwa : i street , Barnsbury-road , to St . Georgo ' s Hoipital , died on the 12 th September of " fever froi . " . ivant and exposure ( six weeks ) erysipelas ( thr- -e < 3 . tys . " ) Four deaths are ascribed to purpnrs . s : i unusual number for ' this disease . The rar ^ s during the week numbered 1 , 369 . At the Bof :. ! observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of Yse barometer waa above 30 in . on Saturday "; the iran of the week was 29 < 73 S . The mean
reading ¦ : ¦ ; " the thermometer in the shade was 43 v > in ., fih . iT *;> :- * a further fall on previous weeks , and a teii ' -nerature rather lower than the average of the san . e week in seven years . The temperature fell towarus the end of the week . The wind , which ¦ was c-nerally in the S . W . in the early part of the . vi-ek , blew from the If . and 2 J . N . W . on the last fsree days . F . ' .: * L AcCIDEXT FBOM ALLEGED XeGLIGEXCH . — On ? p . U ; r ( 3 ay last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inqu < ' at . the Middlesex Hospital , on Owen M'Carthy , a ir ' -jsrer , aged thirty-five . Deceased was emplf ; -. J ui the new buildings in Oxford-street , and wh "_¦ : ascending with a hod of bricks a very lofty lao I . ? . one of the rounds gave way , and he was pr < : : t " -ted to the ground . All the ribs of his
ii < S' :: ; : ; i 9 , with the exception of two , and his pelvis anu -jii ;© were fractured . The poor fellow was cai r :-: I ; u an insensible state to the hospital , where he _ :-. M on . the 10 th inst . —Dsnnis Carter , a fellow-WO ; .. m « f deceased ' s , stated that the ladder was for . . ; - I ' oethigh , and that , although the men knew th ; ,: . i fr . ii unsafe , they were compelled to go up it , as -orIt was pressing" and they had the option to go j ; I : or go away . Deceased nearly reached the to ] ¦ : ? the ladder , when the rounds , which were rot :.- - , ssapped , and he fell . The day after the accidv ~ r , the men struck , and a new ladder was ob * r ? d to begot . The rounds of the old one spr . g uuder the men ' s feet as they ascended . It wa : : m insafe ladder . —Mr . "Williams , builder , Ha :: -lead-road , and contractor for the works , ¦
sta" u Last he had , on the day in question , mounted tht 1 dder several times , and that , according to his ord ; r . " j 31 ? . Rogers , the foreman , had examined all the icvidcrs , which he pronounced safe . The round pro-. lucc-d , which gave way under deceased , although WaJi of v « k , and only five years old , was rottca . The yny here stopped the inquiry , and went to cxamir-i 1 'ie- ladder , in which they found several unsafe ronr . «; : soon which they adjourned the inquest , fcha : : h : Rogers might appeal' before them , which they ere most particularly anxious for , as , from wh : u they had heard and seen , they were inclined to r"j =- > ec : that the accident arose from neglect in son . 5 r : uiner , the ladder being wholly unfit tor use . Wl ; - ' . fsi ' iiT much conflicting evidence , the jury retrr- ? i the following verdict , " Accidental Death .
Bn : \ Uc jury are of opinion that tbe ladder is rotten me - < A St for use , and that it was highly wrong to all < — iks men to work on it . And they are further of rvrdoa that it should be broken up and Jes-. rc . Ted . " Mr . Williams promised to break up the h-idcr . r ^ 'iL Coilisiox . —On Sunday morning , about two o ' clock , the sailing barge , Emma Glay , belonging to ilr . Meredith , potato merchant , of Hillyer's wh-rf . Shsdwell , was lying at anchor oft'yorthiieet , ffai ' . irf t-te turn of the tide , when an apprentice who ^ ifs keeping watch observed a brig , appareatj ' y i c < l : ji \ bearing down . He hailed her , but
Sndag ihc-v did not heed him , he ran aft and called Io * V . "s ; : hc companion to rouse Morris , the Master ; rat us had scarce done so , when the brig came stem ) n , slriLiag the barge on the larboard quarter . The tppreciice cut the boat ' s painter and jumped" in , mi : iiac hardly shoved off , when the barge went low ; : — lih Morri ? , his wife , and child . Morris , loviver . . - ' most insiantly came to the surface , and ras r-icued by the apprentice . Mrs . Morris , and ter ifnjit , four months ofd , perished . It was a le— . sisrli-rht night . Whether those on board the iri ;; ^ rc-i-e aware or not of the amount of mischief hef occasioned , they held on their course .
PjiIiL ACCIDESI AT LoKD PjlLMEHSIOS ^ S . —^ An aCident , hj which a man thirty-five years of age was usianieo ' usly killed occurred on Monday , at the oar . sk-E . belonging to Lord Palinerston , ia Carlton-^ r dens . A number of men have been employed for an- ' : 5 K ? past in paintmg and decorating his lord hi ] s xesidence , and , amongst the number was a oairisi man , named William Abbot Cook , who , on Pu < : Jay sight , missing his hold of the scaffold or rai ' ework on which he was standing , OTerbalanced liicrciiandfellto the ground , a distance of nearly qrir feet . He was carried to Charing-cross Hosiifc-. ' ¦ Then the house-surgeon found that life was [ uii 5 extinct , he having , no doubt , died almost iir .-nec . stc-iy after falling . Upon inspecting the body , he u ' . rgeon ascertained that both thighs had re-: eivcJ couiBOund fractures , and tha skull wasfrightiully ini ^ re ' l .
I'iC- 'i Passesgebs on Board of Ihisii Steam-Bo / .:- -. —Oa Tuesday an inqueBt was taken by Mr . Bafc « r . at the Bull ' s Head , Little Thames-street , Weii Smiiifield , on y iew of tbe body of Patrick Coi : ¦ £ , ased 46 , a tailor , who died on board the Pruiilaa Sagle , Irish steamer . It appeared that le -Iee- \ ised went to Cork about a month ago to ; ee ii ; friends . On the 10 th inst . he was carried jn :. -id the Prussian Eagle , which left Cork for Lor ., r ; ifcaiday , and which had on board several iet - : c-r . ttle between decks , with about 300 deck j at ?' . j ; ers who paid two shillings each . Deceased
ira-. i . v ' a drclining state when put on board . On FrK = 7 uiubfc the 11 th inst . a storm came on , and the ; avc-s * of the sea swept over the fore part of the . sr jI where deceased was lying . A tarpauling iva * zm up . bnt that was taken away by the pas-3 en . ' - / i : » v the after part of the steamer . At day-[ igi . l z . xi rjiorning deceased was found dead , no one aavL-y attended to him during the night . Verdict , Fou" . vT < l' 2 ; -i'J , and that the death was accelerated by BXj . i' ^ rc I * the cold and the extremity of the ffe ::. '' - > "r . The Coroner recommended that better accMmiiodation should be afforded to the deck
past ' . ij ^ ers . -. - g £ 2-i " iszj > SnictDB . —Tho body of a respectabl y * drcs&c-i man , about fifty-five , which is lying for ideriufi-isiion in the dead-house , St . Mary , Islington ni 5 been picked up in the New River , near Caric-tau'V-bridge , Islington . His linen is marked "J > , " ti . vA a paper found in Hs pocket is signed "j . Yiivi ss . " ll' SS . jli A LODOIXO HOPSB IS RATCLIFFB HlGHWA" _ O 2 Tuesday morning , between twelve and om- -3 alarming fire broke out on tbe premises of H . !'•¦ bb ? 3 lodging-house keeper , 73 , St . Georgestr ' -. antcliffe Highway . The fire was discovered by • : ¦ " ' of the lodgers , who on going up to bed on the fi » -1- -or found the bedroom on fire . The brigade enr : ¦¦ - ' - aader the direction of Mr . Fogq , were near the .- - - ! , bat although there was a plentiful supply of "SS . T-W . the upper part of the premises ( which are inB- ^ rsd . ' ia the Phoenix ) were destroyed . The oanij of ike fire is unknown .
IvTSSSrVE FOBOEBT ON THE STOCK EXCHASGE . — On S-iurday last , at the Westminster Police Court , Mr . OisJa , of Tafton-street , Westmmster , obtained a warnint for the apprehension of Mi " . G . W . Mitchell , Qf .-io ^ Vincent-square , Westminster , on a charge of rosgery to an amount said to exceed £ 4 , 000 , and wh j las absconded . Mr . Mitchell , was well known in " ( he city as a stockbroker , his offices being 5 , An ^ t-c-ourt , Throgmorton-street . Fo ^ yrvi AT St . Bbide ' s Cnuncn Fwset-street . _ u \ ' . ' S CQrv was perpetrated at St . Bride's Church , atT V--"W on the 11 th inst . It appears that divine
ser- - " bad been performed in tne morning ; ana f t S ' -Ji ^ i-ed that the thief secreted himself in the orr- ' oft Between two and tLree oV . ock m tho aft .-io 0 i a w aggon-load of coak or coal was bem ^ deKredat ^ church , when the . mta £ * «*** that the poor-box had been broken open , and the Slices Lriedairay . On looking aroand him hi al 5 Q Observed that the cushions at the altar had bets stripped of their Telvet covering , and that otter depredations had been committed . Oa communicating these facts to the churchwardens , an instant examination waa made , when it was I . Una
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W \ ) t promncfs . BUBQLART ASD DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER . — On Saturday last Christopher Heely , William Wallace , George Green , Henry Jones , and Henry Thompson , supposed to belong to a gang of London thieves , were brought up on remand before the magistrates , charged with tho serious offence of breaking into the premises of , and attempting to murder , Mr . Marston , gold and silver dealer , Great Hampton-street , Birmingham . The circumstances attending this atrocious outrage were nearly attended with the samo results as so recently occurred at Frimley . The following are the brief facts of the case : —About four o'clock on the m orning of the 7 th inst ., Mr . Marston was roused from his sleep by a strange noise in the house , which induced him to got up and go below , and on entering
the sitting-room he saw three men in the act of emptying the sideboard of the plate , &c , and a large heap of spoil was lying on the floor . He instantly attempted to run back to get his fire-arms , but the burglars made an attack on him with heavy bludgeons , before ho had ascended many stairs . Mr . Marston turned upon the villains , and , with a wooden rail he tore from the banisters , he defended himself for some time , when be was at length attacked with an iron poker . Numerous blows were inflicted over his head and legs until the blood « ushed forth , and he fell insensible on the stairs , but even then they , kicked and struck him over the forehead . Thinking they had deprived him of life , and hearing other persons moving up stairs , they made their exit from the premises by the same way they had entered , namely—through the ceiling of Mr . Marstnn ' s warehouse . One of Mr . Marston's
daughters called loudly to the police to render assistance , but from some cause or another they refused to break into the premises to assist the unfortunate gentleman . Ultimately the door was opened from the inside , when the officers found Mr . Marston completely covered with blood and apparently dead . Dr . Bell Fletcher and other medical men were soon in attendance ; " but , although the unfortunate gentleman was restored to consciousness , he still remains in an exceedingly precarious state . Mi-. Inspector Glossop examined the premises on tho following morning , and found that the burglars had obtained an entrance to the back of the premises by scaling a high wall . They afterwards broke through the ceilm ? of an outer warehouse ,
but finding that a thick wall intervened , another part of the ceiling was cut away , and a hole large enough made to admit one man at a time . The inspector took possession of a hat which had been dropped by one of the burglars , as well as the poker , which was much bent , and covered with hair and blood . Having a suspicion of the guilty parties , he placed a number of detective policemen during the day in a lodging-house in Carey ' s-court , Moor-strGGt , and before night tho five prisoners were apprehended , They are well known to the police as having lately come from London , and taken up their abode in Birmingham . Mr . Marston being- still unable to leave his bed , the whole of the uriaohers were remanded .
Escape fhom Selbt Gaol . —Thomas Lamb , who was awaiting his trial for an assault upon Mrs . Cannon , of Garth-hall , near Brough , has escaped from Selbygaol . This he accomplished by picking a lock , making a bold push past some people who stood in his way and dropping through a window . Accident on the Great Northern Railway . — Another accident occurred last Saturday evening on tbe Great Northern Railway . The train which left London at 5 p . m . came in contact with a wagson laden with stone at the Stevenage station , twenty-eight and a half miles from London . The -. vagjfon , which was on a siding , was not sufficiently forward to permit the train to pass . The result was a collision , which seriously damaged six passenger carriages , some horse-boxes , iuggage and lu « gnge-vans . The stoker of the train received several severe but not dangerous wounds , and many passengere were bruised and slightly wounded .
Destructive Fire at Esher , Surrey . — On Saturday nigbt last , about eleven o ' clock , a destructive fire * broke out on the farm of Mr . J . Alder , West-end , Esher . Engines were procured , but , notwithstanding every exertion , no fewer than eleven ricks of wheat , barley , &c , were destroyed . Two large barns and the stables were also consumed . Some valuable horses were saved with difficulty . Strong suspicions exist that the fire was occasioned by an incendiary . One poor fellow , who was very active in endeavouring to arrest the progress of the flames , had his face and hands severely scorched , one of the burning ricks having fallen upon him . It is stated that Mr . Alder is insured . Another Glen Tilt . —We learn that the Duke
of Rutland ' s keepers have received instructions to prevent persons from visiting the celebrated Druidical remains near Stanedge Pod , Yorkshire , on the plea that it would disturb tho birds . Several parties on their way to the place have been stopped during the past few weeks . Accidest to Mb . Bktts . —Mr . Betts , tho chairman of tbe Eastern Counties Railway Company , met with a very serious accident on the 11 th inst . Ha was riding through his grounds at Preston Hall , near Maidstone , when his horse , a very spirited one , shied . He was thrown on the neck of the animal , and the end of his riding whip , which was of the kind used by huntsmen , perforated through his spectacle into his left eye . Several pieces of tho glass also got into the eye , all of which the medical gentlemen have not as yet been successful in extricating Mr . Betta' sufferings are very severe , and it is doubtful whether the eye can be saved .
Extensive Fire at Tottenham . —On Wednesday evening between six and seven o ' clock , a serious fire broke out upon the extensive premises belonging to Mrs . Wakeling , an independent lady , situate in Church-road , Tottenham , at the rear of Bruce Castle . The flames , when first perceived , were raging in a large barn , adjoining the coachhouses , stabling , and some cottages , but fortunately separated from the private mansion by a space of at least forty feet . By the time that assistance arrived from London tbe barn and its contents were destroyed , tbe stabling consumed , and a cottage levelled with the ground . The adjoining premises on either side being still on fire , the most strenuous exertions were obliged to be resorted to , to cut off the further spread of the flames . Fortunately , the firemen succeeded in entirely subduing the fire by ten o ' clock , _ Mrs . Wakeling was insured in the Pbsenix Fire-ofnce .
Escape of a Convict fuom Portsmouth Dockyard . —On Tuesday afternoon a convict at work in Portsmouth Dockyard managed to effect his escape , and has not yet been re-captured . It appears ho was at work in what is called " the new ground , "and having contrived to escape from the surveillance of the keeper , he changed bis own convict dress for some labourer's clothes , which were lying about . While he was making his way through the yard to discover a place of exit , he was stopped by a policeman , by with
whom , according to custom strangers , he was asked as to what he was doing in the yard . The convict immediately knocked the man down , and made for the wall attached to the admiral ' s kitchen garden , over which he was seen to clamber , and from this garden he scaled another wall , and got into the streets of Portsea . A strict search has been on foot since , and convict guards , to whom the man was known , have been placed at the gates of the garrison to intercept him in his escape , but thev hax-e not yet succeeded .
Akotiier Daring Burglary at a Clergyman s . — On Wednesday evening information was received at Scotland-yard , that the parsonage house of the Rev . W . Mudge , at Pertinlwlt , nuar Sharnbrook , Bedfordshire , bad , on Tuesday liight , been burglariously broken into by a gang of ' armed ruffians , disguised with their shirts over their clothing , and their faces blackened . Tho fellows made use of horrid threats , and having secured the family in one of the upper rooms , proceeded to rnusack the premises . The fellows also resraled themselves with bread , meat , fruit pio , and several bottles of port wine , carrying off £ 200 worth of silver plate , some money ( amount unknown ) , am ] a Church Missionary box , which has since been fou . ia in thu churchyard , broken open and rifled of its contents . The thieves effected their entrance through tlie larder window .
Alleged Attempt to Kob and Murder by Means of Chloroform . —Kendal , Monday The town has been thrown into a state of the greatest excitement and alarm by tbe report that an attempt had been made last night , by a man who had secreted himself under a bed in Shaw ' s Temperance Hoiel , to rob and murder , by ths agency of chlo-
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roform , a gentleman lodging in the" house . From the evidence given before the magistrates this dayj it appears that the Rev . Laehlan M'lnrosh had taken up his quarters on Sunday night , at Shaw's Temperance Hotel , in this town . Mr . M'Intosb , who had retired to Led about nine o ' clock , was awoke by a man attempting to suffocate him by means of a rag steeped in chloroform . Mr . M'lntosh , who is an elderly man , struggled desperately with his assailant , but , whether from the fumes of the chloroform , or the terrible disadvantage at which he was taken by his midnight assailant , he felt himself fast failing , when his cries of" Help ! Murder ! '' roused the house . When Mr . Shaw , of the Temperance Hotel , made his way into the
room , the intended victim was almost powerless , and the assissin , or robber , was lying upon the bedding , which had fallen upon the floor in the scuffle , apparently sound asleep . On being roughly shaken , the latter professed that he had long been a sleep-walker , and appeared to be astonished to find himself whero he was . A policeman was sent for , and the man taken into custody .. A strong smell of chloroform was perceived by the parties who entered the room upon the alarm being given , and a bottle containing chloroform was found under Mr . M'Intosh's bed , and a similar bottle in the carpet-bag of the prisoner , who had been at the Temperance Hotel since Saturday evening . The reverend gentleman ' s face bore strong marks of the pertinacity of his assailant , and , upon the landlord and landlady entering the room , his night dress was
found to be covered with blood . There had been no key in the lock of his room , and he had placed a chair between the door and the bed previously , to retiring to rest . This chair the people who entered the room on his cries being heard bad to remove with some difficulty , so that the probability is that the ruffian had secreted himself under the bed . The prisoner , who was brought up this day , it was proved , had retired to bed about half an hour before Mr . M'Intosh . In the course of the evening he had taken occasion to tell the people of the house that be was a sleep-walker , and on one occasion he said he had walked four miles in his sleep . To the policeman who took him into custody he said he was a traveller , but refused to say for whom he travelled , or in what business . He was fully committed for trial .
A Female Burnt is a Railway Carriage . —On Monday morning Mrs . Stacey , a respectable dressed young married woman , who resides at Suffolk-place , Snow ' s-fields , Bermondsey , left the Waterloo Station for Windsor by the 9 h . 10 ci . excursion train . The carriage in which she travelled wns an open one , and contained about twenty passengers . On arriving between Richmond and Twickenham her muslin dress was set on fire by a spark from the engine , and in an instant she was enveloped in flames .
Fortunately , a gentleman who was sitting by her side had tho presence of mind to throw the affrighted woman down on the floor of the carriage , and with the prompt assistance of other passengers succeeded in extinguishing the fire . On arriving at Windsor she was sent to the Royal Dispensary . Fortunately it was then discovered , that although her gown and all her under clothes were burnt on one side , she had miraculously escaped with the injury only of one of her hands , although in a state of great nervous excitement from the fright .
Death of Mrs . Maclean . —We have to announce the untimely death of this lady , wife of Donald Maclean , Esq ., late M . P . for Oxford ( late of Wilton Castle , Durham ) , in the prime of life , at Castellamare , near Naples , on the 20 th ult . It appears that Mrs . Maclean was taking a drire in her carriage , when the horses took fright and ran away , and the unfortunate lady sustained such severe injuries that she expired a few hours afterwards . She was daughter of the late General Maitland . —Derby Mercury . ¦
Murder at Bonby , in Lincolnshire . —On the evening of the 7 th inst . an affray took place at the small village of Bonby , near Barton-upon-Humber , which has resulted in tho death of a young man named Robert Sinderson . The deceased lived close to the cottage occupied by one Robert Meggitt , an old man seventy-two years of age , and said to be of violent temper and quarrelsome . manners . On the evening in question the son and grandchildren of Meggitt , who occupied a room in the same cottage , were awoke by a loud noise in the apartment below , which arose from Meggitt ' s ill-treatment of
his wife . They called for absistance , and the deceased coming in rescued tho wife and held tho old man down upon the bed . The latter , however , managed to elude his grasp , and , taking up a long clasp knife , plunged it into the body of the deceased up to the haft . Poor Sinderson walked home , but his wound was found to bo of a very serious nature , the bowels being lacerated and protruding so seriously that they could not be reduced ; and , after lingering for a few days , he expired in great agony . An inquest has been held on the body , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against Meggitr , who has according been committed to Lincoln for trial . :
Fibe . —A fire was discovered to have broken out on Monday evening last , about half-past eigbt o'clock , in a barn in the occupation of Mr . Cox , near Brockley Hall , in' the parish of Brockley , Somerset , by which about 150 bushels of wheat were destroyed , together with other property , but it was got under without doing any extensive damage . The cause of the conflagration is at present unknown , but a rigorous investigation will take place . A Man Gobed to Death . —On Monday evening last a very shocking occurrence took place near Cockerham , resulting in the death of a farm servant named Thomas Preston , from the attack of a bull . It appears that the deceased was in the
employ of Mr . W . Lamb , of Cockerham , and on the day in question was leading a bull for exhibition at the Ashton agricultural show on the following day . After he had proceeded some little distance on the journey ihe animal became very restiff and unruly , and tbe ring by which it was secured to the rope suddenly snapped . The animal by this time had become infuriated , and rushed upon Preston . He was thrown down , and the ferocious brute did not cease trampling and butting the unfortunate man until life was extinct . It then made its way home again , and on the circumstance becoming known it was immediately destroyed . An inquest was held on Tuesday at Mr . Lamb ' s house , when the preceding facts were deposed to , and the jury gavo in a verdict of " Accidental death . "
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draw a portion of £ 20 . which on the 13 th of June last , sbo had given Ogilvieto deposit . She was then informed , irrespective of the representation o ' , l ' pass-book , that the sum of £ 12 only had been lodged on the 13 th of June . Miss Mump immediately communicated the inexplicable circumstance to her father , who called on Ogilvic at his lodgings , in Herculesstreet , as tie had been absent from the office fora week , under the representation of ill health ; but , not finding him at home , he communicated the circumstances to the police authorities , and prosecuted inquiries into the financial state of his affairs generally ,:
when he discovered that on various occasions , be tween the 13 th of June last and the 1 st . inst ., forgeries had been committed to the extent above stated , bymennsof two sets of pass-books . The book in winch the sums actually lodged were entered he retained in his private possession , and forged another , in which he represented as lodged the sums received from Mr . and Miss Munro , which he gave to these parties . M'Levy , and his brother officer , Laidlaw , were entrusted with the case , and succeeded in apprehending Ogilvie . The prisoner was remanded to a hi her court .
g Breaking of Balloch Suspension-bridge . —On Saturday last , while a small flock of sheep was passing along Balloch Suspension-bridge , which spans the river Leven , hear the entrance to Loeblomond , it suddenly gave way in the middle , at the south side , and sank about twelve inches , the other side remaining as before . The rupture seems to have been caused hy the snapping of two rods , each about an inch in diameter , and this has led to the twisting and breaking of other parts , which will make the whole fabric difficult of repair , and costly at the same time , though we have no doubt that in a few days it will be all
right again . In the meantime traffic , excepting for foot passengers , is stopped along the bridge , though luckily the bridge at Bonhill , which is not far distant , will supply the want till the repair be effected . The bridge is upon Dredge ' s principle , and ia a very beautiful object in tbe landscape , being much admired by strangers . It has stood for upwards of eight years , and durinp the last Moss of Balloch fair was at times crowded with hundreds of people ( exceeding in weight at least ten times that of the sheep ) without evincing the least weakness . It is singular that the fracture took place opposite to the side of the bridge on which the sheep were placed at the time . me sneep were jimueu ut me whig .
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SteianD . Tns New iRisn Census . —Tbe Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Mr . Donnelley , the Registrar-General of Marriages in Ireland , first commissioner for taking the census of 1851 ; Dr . Wilde has been appointed second commissioner , and Mr . Edward Singleton , of the Board of Works , who acted as secretary for the former census , is re-appointed to the same office . Agbarian Cbime . —The King ' s County Chronicle has an alarming account of the condition of that district , to which the government have sent down
Captain Brownrigg , deputy inspector-general of constabulary , on account of the numerous outrages recently committed . Crop-plunder is carried on in the most daring manner . On the night of the 8 th inst . fifty or sixty armed men surrounded a house whero bailiffs , in care of corn seized for rent , and some policemen were stationed , threatening their lives if they interfered whilst the corn was removed . It was taken off in numerous carts by the peasantry . Subsequently the police from a neighbouring station followed the crop-planderers , and captured nine of them .
Mission of Rohan Catholic Bishops to Rome . — The Cork Examiner mentions that the Right Rev . Dr . Dolany , Roman Catholic Bishop of that ^ diocese , has left Cork for Maynooth , on his way to' Rome . It is understood that Dr . Delaney and another Irish bishop have been deputed to communicate with tho Pope , on the part of the thirteen prelates who signed the petition deprecating any hostile proceedings against the Queen's Colleges , and urging the expediency of further representations to the British government , with a view to the adoption of such modifications in the system of instruction as might remove . ill reasonable objections amongst Roman Catholics .
The Tenant Movement and the Landlobds . — With the exception of Mr . Sharman Crawford and three oi % four other proprietors , the landlords , no matter what may be their political views , aro carefully shunning the Tenant League , and deprecating certain doctrines broached during the agitation ,. as subversivoof tho rights of property . The agitation , meantime , proceeds at railroad speed . The counties are rapidly organising , with meetings of " the Council" one day , aggregate , public meetings on the next . The county of Waterford requisition
is signed by " three vicars-general , one hundred and twelve priests , the city council , and the bulk of the merchants and farmers of the county . " So , says the Nation , which considers these as " the signs of a bolder and more impregnable strength than ' 43 . " That journal adds . " Before Christmas seats for a parliamentary party of fifty , and the whole ten thousand pound fund will be secured . Tho deputies of the League will apply to parliament next session , with the united strength of Ireland at their back . "
Encumbebed Estates Commission . — -Within the week ending on the 9 t . h inst . sixteen new petitions for the sale of estates were presented , making the entire number from the commencement 1 , 272 , Two only of these sixteen inheritors arc petitioners in their own cases . The Opposition Steaj £ -packets . —The-Kingstown correspondent of the Freeman states that the Cork Steam-packet Company have ceased the ruinous opposition to the City of Dublin Company , which they carried on between Liverpool and Kingstown , their steamer , the Minerva , having been withdrawn from that line , and placed on tho line from Liverpool to Belfast .
Reduction of Rent . —A correspondent of the Wentmeath Guardian writes : — " I have great pleasure of informing you that Mrs . Cooper , of Dunboden , has allowed an abatement of four shillings in tho pound to her tenants on the March gale , now called in . A similar allowance was made and duly noticed at tho time in your paper to tho preceding gale . " The Electric Tblegkaph . —Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the contractors for the completing of the Cork and Bandon Railway , have been declared contractors for making tho wire rope of the electric telegraph to bo kid down between England and France .
. Emigration . —It is really lamontable ( says a Galway journal ) Co witness tho number of persons who are emigrating from this port , even at this advanced period of the year , and they too of the more comfortable class . * On Friday morning the fine brig Irvine of this port , Moore master , sailed for New York , having on board 23 S passengers ; and on the 20 th of this month another ship , tlie Helen , is to sail for the same city with , we suppose , a like complement . . The Waterford Mail of Saturday says : — " Yesterday the William Penn and Devonshire , Liverpool steamers , left our quays freighted awfully with a human cargo of our self-expatriating countrymen . Taking the entire number of yesterday ' s exportation as 500 heads of families , and their average money at £ 20 each , wo have in one day from this single locality £ 10 , 000 taken out of circulation , " A New Pabliamentaby CoNSTiTUENCT . —On
Thursday last the clerks of the poor law unions , in accordance with the provisions of the Law , made a return to the clerks of tbe peace in counties , and to the town clerks in boroughs , of all persons rated hy occupation at £ 8 in boroughs , and at £ 12 and upwards in counties . In the first returns , as regards some ot the boroughs , the numbers will bo less than tlie bonh fide amount , because the immediate landlord had been , in many cases , rated for premises at and under £ 8 ; but this defect will be removed in all future lists . The boroughs generally will yield a pretty fair number of ejectors , but far less in proportion than the counties . In Cork city , for instance , it is calculated that there will be at least 4 . 000 electors . Dublin city will obtain a very
material increase under the new system ; but some of the smaller boroughs will remain almost as narrow and exolusive as they had been ; for the present £ 8 rating under the poor law is fully equivalent to the Bimple rent-letting or household qualification test of £ 10 . Tho advantage derived by the elector from the present law is this , that the poor rate is the only tax required to bo paid by the claimant for tho franchise . Heretofore , in Dublin and two or three other boroughs , numbers had been disfranchised for neglecting to pay one or other of a long list of local taxes . It has been calculated that in the county of Cork the constituency will amount to 20 , 000 . It is stated by the local journals that there will be about 4 , 000 electors in tho Queen's county , and 3 , 000 in Kildare , both moderate in extent . Limerick count y , it is estimated , will have at least 11 , 000 electors ; Antrim about 10 , 000 ; Londonderry about 6 , 000 ; but Roscommon will not have moro than 2 , 500
and another western county ( Sligo ) is not likely to exceed 2 , 000 . So that taking one oountry with another , the averflgo will probably be between five and six thousand , or about 1 S 0 . 00 O electors for the thirty-two Irish counties . In all probability , the constituencies of the boroughs will be under 10 , 000 , making , at the outside , the gross number of quail * fied electors in Ireland about 220 , 000—a vast augmentation upon tho almost nominal constituencies heretofore exisfing , as a mockery upon representation in this part of the United Kingdom . IbishFarmino Societies . —In the northern district of Kerry it has been determined to establish a Farming Society , in consequence of the renewed visitation of the potatoo blight , and tho consequent necessity of improved husbandry and cattle breeding , " without which ( it is stated ) the district must continue its retrogado course , disastrous alike to the interests of tho landowner and tho oocupier .
Repeal AssociATiON .-Tho usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday at Conciliation Hall , Mr . C . Byan . in the chair . Mr , John O'Con
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noil apologised for some' delay ' in commencing the proceedings , by stating that £ hofunds were in such a state as to prevent thorn from paying a sufficient number of hands to discharge' the business , and ho had himself been obliged to discharge some business which had been left undisposed of , •¦ He then read a letter from Sir George Grey ( thi-oughhis Secretary , ) intimating that ; he had laid before her Majesty some addresses which had been forwarded from the Hall , praying her Majesty to summon Parliament to * gether for the purpose of considering and settling the law of landlord and tenant . The rentfor the week was £ 1018 s . 10 d .
A Colony of Iiusn Emiobants . —Tho . first detachment of a body of emigrants from the counties of Wicklow and Wexford , destined for Arkansas , arrived in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon , to procoed by steamers to Liverpool , from whence they are to take shipping for America . The semainder aro to follow during the present week . The emigrants about to settle in Arkansas are nearly 1200 in number , consisting of about 400 families , almost all of whom have been farmers in comfortable circumstances , and they are taking out amongat them about £ 10 , 000 . .
The inquest in the case of the recent murder of Samuel M'Cornick , in the county of Down , has ended in a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unlcnown ; thus leaving the case open to the imputation of an agrarian character which it first received . However , themanM'Ilveen , against whom suspicions were raised , and who was supposed to have committed the murder from motives of jealousy , was re-arrested after the inquest , and will be subjected to other proceedings by the magistrates .
Attempt to Mubdeb a Magistrate . —On Sunday evening , as Wm . H . Kennedy , J . P ., of Rocksavage , in the county of Monaghan , was passing from his drawing-room into the hall , he was fired at from without , , and his shoulder grazed by two or three shots . Several . other shots were found in the hall . The Coppe-street Savings Bank . —A preliminary step has been at length taken with regard to the claims of the unfortunate depositors in the Cuffe-street Savings Bank . The Commissioners appointed by the government have given notice of their intention to investigate the claims and to distribute the money Voted by parliament , pursuant to the act 13 th and 14 th Victoria , chap . 107 ; and the deposit-books to be lodged on or before Saturday the 26 th inst .
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CRUELTY TO LASCAR SEAMEN .
" A fine barque , named the New Liverpool , Captain Rowles , arrived at Southampton last week , from India , the Cape of Good Hope , laden with timber ( teak ) , consigned to Messrs . Wigram , ship builders , atNortham . When the New Liverpool entered the docks , the captain informed the Custom-house authorities that there was no disease or sickness on board , but that there were three or four men ill . On getting on board it was seen that a number of Lascars formed a part of the crew . The few that were seen were apparently a miserable set of creatures . They were barefooted , crouching about the wet deck , and seemed very uncomfortable . They
talked to each other in subdued and melaneholy accents . On Saturday information was brought to Mr . Wiblin , the quarantine surgeon at Southampton , that a Lascar was- dead on board the New Liverpool , and that others were dying . An urgent communication was made also to the mayor of that town , and that functionary ; accompanied by several gentlemen , immediately hurried towards the dock , and ; went on board the New Liverpool . On entering the forecastle of the ship one of the most horrible sights presented itself . In a dark , filthy , illventilated hole , one Lascar lay dead , and six more lay , apparently dying , beside him , of the scurvy . One-also was afflicted with a most loathsome disease . Two of the sick Lascars were sent immediately to
the workhouse , but one was too ill to be removed ,, and by this time is probably dead . Mr . Wiblin , as soon as he went on board , ordered a quantity of lemons and other . anti-scurvy medicaments to be sent to tho ship . A coroner ' s itiqiiest sat on the dead body of the Lascar , and , after the body , the place- where it Lay , and the food on which the Lascars had fed r had been examined , and some evidence was taken ,, tho inquest was adjourned 4 in order to give the captain , against whom some serious charges were to be made , and who was then in London , an opportunity of being present . A 2 Jost mortem examination of the body was made on board the ship by Mr . Wiblin . It appears that when a gang of Lascars are hired in India to work
a ship to Europe , one of their number is their chief , protector , and interpreter , and is called a seraing . He , it appears , also , is in some way answerable for their good conduct and good treatment , and if he fails to obtain the latter , gives himself up to some religious and horrible tortures when he returns to- India . The captains who engage Lascars enter into a bond with the agents of the East India Company for their proper treatment , and to furnish- them with that peculiar diet which their religious scruples and the climate in which they have been reared impose oh them and render necessary , such as rice , fish , tamarinds , lime juice ,, and other kinds of food conducive to their health and strength . Numbers of persons yisited the Southampton police station to see the fish and
rice on which the La 9 cars had been fed . The rice was swarming with large blue disgusting looking maggots . The fish was black as a hat , hard as iron , and as dry as a . board . Some of the gentlemen who accompanied the mayor on board were taken ill after wards ,, and not able to take any food . The Lascar who was so ill through bad food and ill treatment died on Monday morning . This makes the third , lor one died at sea , and was thrown overboard . The five who were removed to the workhouse are getting better . A very ugly circumstance connected with this affair is , that though seven Lascars were ill and dying on Thursday when the-vessel arrived atSouthampton . no medical man was-3 ent for until Saturday ; until , in fact , one had died , and another was too far gone
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. INQUKST , An inquest was held by Mr . Ed-ward Coxwell , Esq ., the coroner , on the body of the deceased , named Dorgayah , on board the vessel on Saturday last , when the following evidence was taken : — John Has&siwood , chief mate of the barque New Liverpool , stated that the deceased was a Lascnr seaman , belonging to the ship . Witness sailed in her from Liverpool on the 9 th of April , 1849 , to Port Philip and South Australia and from thence to Moulmein , in the Burmese empire . The deceased and eleven other Lascars were shipped at Moulmein on the 29 th of March , 1850 . He heard that they had signed articles on shore before the magistrates , and saw a copy of the articles . He
did not know what the diet was to be , but he heard that they had a fare given to them . When they first came on board , they had three meals a day , consisting of curry , rice , fish , ghee ( a sort bf butter , ) chilies and tamarinds . The fish was good and wholesome at that time . This diet was continued for about a month . The ghee was soon got rid of , and then the curry , and subsequently the tamarinds . They had chilies now . The white sailors had a different and regular diet , and frequently gave part of their food to the Lascars , who complained of their treatment . One Lascav died at sea , about a week ago , and was buried . The Lascars had no bread or biscuit given them .- They did not ask for any , to witness's knowledge , but if
they had they would not have had it . The deceased , Dorgayah , died on Friday evening , after an illness of four or five weeks , the origin of which , he believed , was scurvy . Four of the others were then , suffering from the same disease . There was some lime juice on board , which was served out to the white seamen every day , but the La 3 cara did not ask for any , and they most needed it . Tho only diet supplied to the Lasoars durin " the last three months was rice and fish , such as that produced . ( The rice was of the most inferior description , and the fish , if it could be legitimately called by that name , was full of vermin , rotten , and stinking . ) The captain ' s name was Thomas Morgan Rowles . The Lascars have had sagoarrowroot
, and soup , and other things given to them since they have been ill , but their stubbornness would not allow them to take the medioine offered to them They had no medical man on board . The captain paid every attention to them whilst sick , went to see them frequently , and sent them medicine . There were twenty Eoglish seamen in the ship , and twelve Lascar 3 . The Lascars , who had no watch , were at work all day , and were on deck at every call during the night . They slept on deck by order ot the captain . Thoy had berthB in the forecastle , but could not go there half the time , as the place was blooked up . They had lately had two meals a
day—at ton and four . The captain went ashore in . a pilot cutter when the ship was at the mouth of the Southampton river . He left the ship again on Friday morning to go to London , when ho said he would send a doctor off directly , but one did not come on board till Saturday morning . John Kennedy , the carpenter , ( who gave his evidenoe very roluotantly , ) corroborated the foregoing statement . John Wiblin , Esq ., surgeon , said he was called by Mr . Tanson , the agent of the ship , to see the men about eight o'clock that ( Saturday ) morning . When ho went on board the vessel ho found one
man dead , and six others very ill from scurvy , syphilis , &o . Ho eould not then account for tlie death of tho deceased , but judging from the condition and appearance of the other men , his opinion was that it was caused by salt and bad provisions and treatment suoh as the witnesses had described ! He had no hesitation whatever in saying that if such treatment had been inflicted on many of our English sailors , it would have accelerated , if not produced , the death of many . He did not think that deceased s life would have been saved if medical treatment had been called ia on Thursday night , '
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The inquiry wa « adjourned to Monday evening when it was resumed at the Audit House , and- Cap tain Rowles waa present , accompanied by Air . Pocock as his legal adviser . Mr . WjbliiV , who had . during the adjournment made npost mortem examination of the deceased ' s body , now . stated tho results of such examination , and gave very minute details of the appearance of tho various parts of the body and intestines . The opinion which he . had formed ; as to the general result of the examination , was that death was occa « sioned by sea scurvy , induced , he believed , by a deteriorated quality of diet , in which there was a defi . ciency of succulent vegetables , _ or of that impor . tant and " necessary substitute , lime or lemon juice . Tho absence of this article never failed to entail that distressing malady—once so prevalent , bnt now
happily so rare—sea scurvy , on those who make long sea voyages . He considered that that disease might bo easily stopped by proper medical treat * ment , but not unless a person waa acquainted with medioine . It would be absolutely necessary to give a patient lime juice after the first appearance of scurvy , and it would be very injudicious for a ship to go to sea without lime juice , or other remedies equally efficacious . ' ¦ ¦ The serang , or chief of the Lascar seamen , was next called , and Robert Dyer , chief officer of the Esk , one of tho lloyal Mail Steam-packet Company ' s mail boats , was sworn as interpreter . The serarig , on his statements being interpreted by Mr . Dyer , gave his name as Cassee . The form of oath he considered binding was with salt on a leaf , and words in the Ilindoostan language .
A conversation followed on the course to be pursued with reference to the administration of tha oath to the serang ; Mr . Pocock contending for the necessity of swearing him in the manner most binding on his conscience ; and the coroner said that if the men could not be properly sworn , he would take the onus on himself of taking their statement not ; upon oath . Some salt was here brought into the court , and handed to the serang , who said it was tho same kind as that used in his own country , but it had not been prepared , or made sacred , and had not the properties of an oath . The statement waa therefore tnken without the serang being sworn .
The serang s examination continued—He shipped on board the New Liverpool , six months ago , as serang , or boatswain , ( lie was asked if he signed articles , but not understanding the question , another Lascar was called , but no satisfactory answer could be obtained . ) The terms on which they shipped rested between the captain and the ghautserang . The captain told him what diet he was to have for the men , viz ., rice , fish , dholl ( a kind of split pea ) , ghee , chilies , and tamarinds . They were to have curry stuff , which they were to prepare themselves . They were al 30 to have tea , sugar , and coffee . The quality of the food had been the sama throughout the voyage , excepting the fish . There food was proper for two months , but after that they
had no ghee or tamarinds-. They asked for them , but were told that the ghee was all gone , and the second officer gave them pork instead , which they all ate . Neither those who were sick , nor those well , had any lime juice . Mixed pickles were given to the sick , which they would not eat as it hurt their mouths . The captain gave them vinegar and water . They asked for pumpkin , but could not get it . The men who wore sick bad preserved potatoes for two weeks , but they could not get them afterwards when they wanted thorn . The fish they had been eating for two months was very bad and unfit for food .- It was taken on board at Moulmein , from the ship John Campbell , and was then very bad ; the cockroaches were eating it .
Alfred Charles Gilbert , the seeond mate of the vessel , was next examined , and his evidence wag generally corroborative of that given by the other witnesses . He did not think the Lascars were treated as they ought to have been . Neither he nor tlie chief niate had had any quarrel to speak of with the captain , on their voyage home . The coroner then adjourned the inquiry to Tuesday next , the 22 nd instant .
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CASE OF POISONING IN SOUTH
WALESAbkrystwith , Oct . 12 . —A great deal of painful excitement has been created in the vicinity of Ponfctryhedfendigaed , in consequence of the death of an elderly lady of highly respectable family connexions , named Ann Jones , under circumstances which leave no doubt that her death was produced by the administration of arsenic \ and the excitement has been increased by the apprehension of Mr . Elizabeth Jones , daughter-in-law of the deceased , on suspicion of being the murderess . The deceased lady , it appears , resided at Bronderblaw , and for some time her eldest son , Mr . Thomas Jones , together with his wife ( the accused ) and their
five children , had lived in the same house with her . In the year 1846 the deceased ' s lady ' s brother died , leaving property to a considerable amount , and bequeathing to her , amongst others , a legacy of £ 1 , 000 . This sum Mrs . Jones placed in the hands of her son , telling him to deposit it at her banker ' s afc Aberystwith , to her account . Instead of doing so he paid it in in his own name , and used a portion of it for his own purposes . On discovering this Mrs . Jones commenced a suit for its recovery , and succeeded in getting a verdict . The son then , without saying a word to his family , went off to America , and bis wife and family went to live with his mother .
An inquest was commenced on the body on the 9 th inst ., and resumed on the 11 th , before Mr . " Williams , M . D ., the coroner . Subjoined is a brief abstract of the evidence given at the inquiry : — Mr . W . Evans , surgeon , of Aberystwith , deposed to having made . a post mortem examination of the body . He removed the stomach carefully for the purpose of its being subjected to chemical analysis . The duodenum contained a yellowish mattep , rather , thick , and was unusually inflamed through its entire course , even totbe second bowels . The colon was
likewise inflamed . The cavity of the body appeared healthy , and tho deceased seemed to have been strong and healthy .. The inner coat of the stomach , upon its being opened , had an uausual appearance of inflammation , to such an extent as to awaken the suspicions of witness , and to induce him to send it to Mr . Herapath , the celebrated texicologist and chemist , of Bristol . In his opinion death was caused by some unusual inflammation , caused by the presence of some irritating siibstanee , The appearances were different from those of ordinary inn > munition .
Police-constable Thomas Beard , No . 24 , deposed to being present at the ^ wt ihortem examination , and to having conveyed the stomach and its contents to Jristol , and delivered it to Mr . Ilerepath . Witness knew John Jones , of Caenmawr , and had heard him say about two months ago he purchased two pennyworth of arsenic in Mr . Humphries ' s shop , at Aberystwith . He told witness that the deceased , Ann Jones , had directed him to make the purchase , saying that she wauted a bit of arsenic to kill some rats . He further said that he was served by an assistant to Mr . Humphries , whom he should know again .
David Jones , apprentice to Mr . Humphries , druggist , of Aberystwith , deposed that about a month or five weeks ago he sold some poison to a middle-aged woman . Rowlands , Mr . Humphries ' s porter , waa present at the time . He sold half an ounce by weight , and was paid twopence for it ; he wrapped it ; in white paper , and wrote upon it " poison , " both in , English and Welch . He asked the woman what she wanted it for , and she said it was to kill rats . He asked her if she was quite certain it was for rats , and she said , " "Y es , do you think I want to poison myself ? " Witness asked her where she lived , but had orgotten the place she mentioned . Rowlands said he knew the place , and that it was a respectable farm . The woman got quite angry with witness for questioning her so . lie could not say positively that tha accused was the person . She was about the height of the accused , but stouter ; he did not think that she was the person . He sold poison once before to a manj but he should not know him again .
David Davies , apprentice to Mr . Humphries , deposed that on Saturday last John Jones , of Caeamawr , came to the shop in company with the prisoner ' s mother , and asked him whether he had sold poison to any one . Upon Mr . Jones asking him who he thought had bought it—was it the woman at Ponttyrhedfeudigaed ? He replied , "Yes . " Mr . Jones then said , he had bought some poison himself for the woman who was dead to kill rats with , and that the woman had told him he was to be sure and not mention it to anybody . Witness asked Mr . June 3 what quantity he had sold him , and whether or not he had marked ' it . Jones replied that he had sold him half an ounce for twopence , and that there was some writing upon it , but he could not say what . Witness told him that he was wrong , and that to the best of his
knowledge he had never seen him before . Mr . Jones then changed colour , and he and the woman went away together . To the best of his knowledge he never sold poison at any time to John Jones . He sold some about the beginning of last month to a woman in the neighbourhood of Ponttrylicdfenigned . She was dressed like the accused , but he could not identify her as that person . He thought he should know that woman if he saw her again . He believed she said when she bought the poison that she lived nearPonttyrhedfendigaed , and Rowlands , who was present , said he knew the farm she named very well , and that it was a very respectable farm . Rowland Rowlands , deposed to having been present when- the poison was sold . It was an older woman than the prisoner and a taller woman thjir bought it . He had known the accused for years . Sho
was not the person . , Chari . es Jones , son of the deceased , was called " and asked whether he had told any-one that he ha « been to Mr . Humphries ' s to buy poison . He rephe " in the negative . . Evan Evans deposed that he had cnused the inquest to be holden . He sent for a policeman after Mra . Jones ' s death , because he knew that SUB 118 " been abused . In July , 1849 , Mrs . Jones , the deceased , came from Pengraig , because she said sms could gat no peace there . She said that her daugnter-iu'iaw ( tbe prisoner ) had thrown her down , awei
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that the sacramental plate bad not been "moved , Owinir , probably " , to the thief being disturbed by the Simon when ho opened the doors to admit the eoke . S the slightest trace of the property has been dis-C 0 Exibssivb Co * FLAGBATio * . -On Thursday mornins between the hours of one and two . a fire . attended with a considerable destruction of property , broke out in premises belonging to Messrs . Beach , the leather manufacturers , Grange-road , Bermondsey . Owin » to the inflammablo nature of the stock in tradef the fire extended with unusual swiftness ; aud it was nearly three o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . By that period , a considerable portion" of the manufactory was levelled with tlie ground , and the houses on the opposite sido of the road much burned .
Narrow Escape of Sib David Dundas . —On Monday , a 3 Sir David Dundas , attended by his servant , was entering the Templofrom Water-lane , in cab No . 148 , the horse turned round too suddenly , and threw the vehicle on its side into the road . Several porters of the Temple ran to render assistance , which was , no doubt , the means of preventing worse results . The horse was instantly secured , and Sir David released from his perilous situation , but very much injured about his hands , from bis attempting to escape through tho window on the upper side . Both cabman and servant escaped-unhurt .
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atotiaiffl . Forgery at EDiNBUROH . ~ On the 11 th inst ., a tall young man , very respectably dressed , of dark complexion , and named William Lindsay Ogilvie , was placed at the bar of the police court , and charged before Mr . Sheriff Jamieson , with forging on . the . National Bank of Scotland , in the name of his employer , Mr . Munro , W . S ., to the extent of £ 105 , and on the National Security ' s Bunk , in the name of Miss Munro , to the extent of £ 10 , making a joint total of £ 235 . The transactions , it Beems , extended over a period of nearly five months , and so efficiently bad the prisoner managed his scheme , that not until the previous Wednesday had the slightest suspicion of any nefarious dealing been excited in the mind of Mr . Munro . The discovery was made in consequence of Miss Munro having gone to the Savings Baukfo
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male * . Accident to a Commercial Traveller . —An accident of an alarming nature occurred to a commercial gentleman named M'Larne , while proceeding from Merthyr to Cardiff , on Sunday last . It appears that after he has passed through the North-gate , neat Cardiff , the night being very dark , aud he not being aware of the canal being close to the roadside , he drove the horse and vehicle right into the canal , and had a narrow escape from death . Indeed , his escape i 3 considered almost miraculous , as it was with the utmost difficulty he found his way to the shore . Having obtained assistance , the horse and phscton were subsequently brought out : the driving box was lost , containing valuable papers , cash , < tc . On the same night , several men were employed to rake the canal ,
in order to find the driving box , but up to six o ' cloc-lc on the following evening , and although the water in the canal was let out , the property was not recovered . Mr . M'Larne then issued a bill , offering £ 5 reward for the recovery of the missing property . In about an hour afterwsrds the box in question was brought to the superintendent of the police by two men , who said that they picked it up on the canal bank at six o ' clock that morning . Upon opening the box , the papers were found to be correct , but cash amounting to £ 69 11 s . had been taken away . The two men alluded to were detained in custody , as their statements did not agree . Up to the present time the property has not been found . The accident occurred in consequence of the gas-light near the north bridge being placed in a wrong direction , strangers naturally making towards the light on a dark night . —Swansea Herald .
Accident at the Britannia-bridge . —Tho stupendous scaffolding that supported the tubes of the Britannia-bridge on the Anglesea side during their erection is now being taken down , and , notwithstanding every care is used , and precautions taken to avoid accidents to the men employed on the service , several have taken place , one of which has been attended with fatal consequences . The sufferer , David Hughes , in the employ of tho Chester and Holyhead Railway Company , was engaged in removing the scaffolding , and having displaced a
heavy balk of timber , by some means he overbalanced himself , and , unable to recover his equilibrium , was precipitated a depth of fifty feet , striking in bis descent against the soaffolding . He waa conveyed on a board across the Straits to his residence , where he was attended by ; Mr . Florence , the surgeon to the works , who immediately pronounced the caee hopeless , the man having received severe internal injuries , ' besides fraoturcd bones . He died in the course of the day , leaving a wife to bewail his loss .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 19, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1596/page/6/
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