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£$ * Jftetropou * . Health op Losdos dueisg iHH Week —The return for the week ending last Saturday exhibits a considerable increase on the mortality of previous weeks . In the first three weeks of October the deaths registered were successively 839 , 860 , and 845 ; in the Jast week they rose to 945 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 18409 they fluctuated between 813 and 1 . 115 , and were on the average 959- But this average , if allowance be made for supposed increase of population , ' becomes 1 , 046 ; on which the present return shows a decrease of 101 . The increase of fever has been already remarked , and the observation is slM borne out by the number of . fetal cases under this head . ; the deaths from fever , which in the twoprevious bills were 54 and 49 rose last week to fo .
bcar-, latina also appears to make some progress ' , it was fatalin 41 cases , andsesmsto prevail in some parts Of Walworthand Camberwell . Last week smadpox carried off 1 children and 2 adults ; measles 21 children , hooidng cmeh 20 , and croup 8 . Erysipelas numbersYfatelcas * : and of 10 womeni who . died after childbearing , 7 sank under puerperal fever . Ihe further decline of diarrhoea and dysentery is shown by the aeattis from those comp laints in the last three ¦ weeks in -which the numbers have been successively 37 , 30 , ' and 22 , which last is above the average often corresponding weeks . East week 3 deaths from cholera were returned , but none of the rases had assumed the malignant form of thedisease At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich ; the mean height of
the barometer in the week was 29 " 625 in . The temperature rose gradually and almost continuously during the week . The daily mean , which was 40 ' 2 deg . on Sunday , wa 3 56 deg . on Saturday . ; and the mean of the week was 463 . deg . The mean temperature waslbelow the average of the same days , derived from seven years , till Thursday . On the last two days it wasfrom 7 deg . to 10 deg . above it . Death or a Female Miser . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley , deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Three Kings' public house , Clerkenwellclose , on the body of Ann Cutler , aged , seventythree , a maiden lady , of eccentric and misery habits , who died under extraordinary circumstances . —Ann Kinch , 9 , Clerkenwell-close , the wife of a printer ,
stated that the deceased had occupied a small back room in the same house for some years . She was of very eccentric habiss , and would never allow any one ia the house to enter her room , in which she had pot had a fire for upwards of two years . She was in independent circumstances , and on several occasions deceased said to her ( witness ) that she was afraid her money would not Jast her out herlife , and she should come to want . Deceased had gone without food for days together . As she had not seen or heard the deceased for several days , on the 31 st ult ., witness went to her room door , which was fastened on the inside . After repeatedly knocking , and being unable to make any one hear , she became alarmed , and eventually her room door was burst open by ihe police . The room was in a most filthy condition , and had more the appearance of a marine store dealer ' s than a human habitation . Deceased was
discovered lying on "the floor lifeless , with an old quilt around her . —Mr . M . Austin , . Red Lion-street , surgeon , said lie had known the deceased nearly rfifty years , and spoke to her eccentric and parsimonious habite . At the witness' request , the deceased ' s will , which appointed him the execn ' or , was read by the-coroner . In it she bequeathed £ 100 to the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews ; £ 100 to the London Missionary Society ; £ 100 to the Spitalfields Ophthalmic Hospital ; and £ 100 to Lady Huntington ' s College ; Mr . Austin , her executor , £ 1919 s . ; and after enumerating various sums to private individuals , she left the residue of her property to the Aged Pilgrams' Asylum , for the ereetionof alm 4 onses . There were also directions in her will , that her body should be enclosed in a coffin having a spring lid , as she always had a dread of being buried alive . —After some further evidence the jury . returned a verdict of " N . vural death . "
Melancholy Death or a Waterloo Ybieras . — On Tuesday afternoon an ir . quest was held by Mr . H . M . Wakley , at the Britannia , Camera-street , King ' a-road , Chelsea , on the body of John Randall , -aged . eighty-four , a Peninsular and Waterloo veteran . Jbrsome years past the deceased had lived under his son ' s roof , in Camera-street , Chelsea , on a pension of one shillingper diem , and for the last four months he had been suffering from an attack of paralysis , which confined him to his room . On Sunday evening an alarm was given that theroqm was onfire , and , on his son entering the place * he found the unfortunate deceased lying on the floor , close to the fender . The flames were extinguished a 3 quickly as possible , but not before the deceased was frightfully burnt . He died early the following morning . It was conjectured that . , in . his attempt to stir the fire , the chair on which he was leaning upset , and . he fell against the bars of the grate . Verdict '' Accidental death . "
, Ah Infuriated Ox . —About four o ' clock on Monday evening as a man was driving , up liing ' sroadj St . Pancras , from' Sm ' uhfield ^ a number tf oxen ., one of the animals bei-ame infurated , and darting from the herd attacked two men . whom it so wounded , that they were carried insensible to their homes . ; After having exhausted its rage upon the menhy goring them to the extent mentioned , it turned into Chapel-street , Somers Town , whereiit rushed at a poor woman named Margaret Carronj who had her iafant In her arms . The beast butted the woman most frightfully , tearing her leg open r ight np to the hip . As soon as the ox was got away from her , she was placed insensible and apparently dying , in a hackney coach , and conveyed to the
University Cojlege Hospital , where the house phjsi cian pronounced her wounds to be most dangerous . Strange to say the infant escaped uninjured . After , quitting the woman the animal rushed at a boy whom it likewise severely lacerated .. Ultimately ; a brave cabman mounting bis cab , beaded the crowd that pursued the ox , and succeeded in driving it within the railings in the front of Mr . Skading ' s the parish solicitor , where it was secured by ropes , and carried off by the people , aided by the police , to a yaid in . the neighbourhood , " Vhete it will be kept until its owner is found out , which will be a rather difficult matter , as after the damage done , few would incur the heavy responsibilities in which that damage must involve them . The driver went on with the
remaining oxen very coolly , remarking that he would tell his master what occurred .. Explosion at . Dat . akd Mas-tin ' s Bracking Faciobi . —On Monday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , considerable confusion was caused in High Holborn , in consequence of an explosion of an »| arming character taking place in the premises belonging to Messrs . Dafand Martin / the blacking manufacturers , of 97 , in that thoroughfare . The accident arose from some of the workmen belonging to the Brick-lane Gas-works having left one of the pipes in an ' insecure state , after removing the meter . This caused the gas to flow from the mains into the cellar , which accumulated so rapidly as to fill the
apartment ; on the basement floor , and eventually the vapour rose so hig h , as to come in contact with the lamp ; over the door . The consequence was , that in an instant afterwards a loud explosion ensued , which blew . the ceilings in the cellars down , forced the partitions away , and tore the cellar doors off their hinges . At " the same time the flooring and passage leading to the counting-house were demolished , and a great quantity . of glass destroyed . The watchman , who was on duty at the time of ihe disaster , had the presence of mind to rush forward and turn the gas off at the main , and by so doing the entire destruction of the building was prevented . The property was insured { in the Westminister and Globe Fire-office .
The Bubglary and Outbage . —George Rouse was op , Monday placed at the bar of the Marylebone Police-oourt for final examination , charged with a burglary at the house of Mr . Seaton , the Dublin Ca 3 tle ,: Park-street , Camden-town , and stealing from thence about . £ 26 , in gold , silver , and copper monies , his ( Mr . Seaton * s ) property . He was also eharged with inflicting several wounds with a knife upon Godwin , 58 S , b y whom he was secured ' with £ he stolen , property in nis possession . - The particulars of all that transpired have already appeared in our paper . The . only additional evidence now was thatof Jtfr . Collins ; the surgeon , who deposed that Godwin had received a wound in the cheek an inch long , limited in depth by the cheek bone -resisting
the knife . , These were two of three small wounds : on the upper part of the nose' and another on the lower angle of the ear , * he ( the officer ) had had a Tory n « rrow escape of hia iife . - Witness- did not wnsidethiranow to bsinany danger . The prisoner , who hadjnothing to say , was' fully committed to ifewgata for trial ; : ¦¦ ' ' . ; ' AttkhptkdSdioidb . —On Monday morning one 01 fiie labourers in the employ of the Waterloo Bridge : < Bompanjj on going down the steps leading to the '/ pier , foond a man lying upon the bottom step , completely jmsenjible , and muchi mutilated . The man ¦ - / ffiB remavedwituout delay to the Charing-crossHospjSl » aad-it was found that both bis legs werefrae--iored in several places , and Ms skull was also frac-. Mared . jOaregaining his senses and being questioned jLs twliow hs . inet with the injuries , * lie refused to retsl £ " He said his name was Hennessey , but refused
- ' ^ toWfe his address , or tell where his friends resided . He was dressed in the garb of a plasterer , and apipeared to ^ be about thirty year s of age . On being Searched there was found in his pocket a trowel , the point ofwhieh had entered thehip ^ joint . A duplicate been pledged .: He is not expected ta sutvi ye . ihe nTfortawTte-inan musthaTe thrown himselffrom die parapet fecibg the steps leading to the Pier , and , in- ; fisSpoffellins into the water , as he anticipated , he ^ $ ln £ 6 n : the steps . ¦ ¦ - .. ^¦ - ¦ ¦ - J -- V ' t ^ 0 az Missisi' Posr-LwiEB bsPKCTOB .-In the Mfirse of ^ Saturday afternoon last a ( Mmmnnication was mate to the Olsemfr to the . effect that Mr . -5 Joseph Harris , the' missing inspector , was actually ^ % oltand , wett > in heal * , and in the highest ^ jri 6 i , Li * ¦ ' ; : ¦ : ¦" .: >¦ '¦' ' '¦¦'¦ , W&JiP ^ sastpifjiBaMOa Sunday nighi ^ fire broke outin ' tb : e premises belonging to Mr . ' Cecil Beck , a surgeon . canning on boslnesa at No ; 12 ,
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Courthorp-terrace , Bermondsey New-roa ^ . e flames originated in the back surgery , owing to the breakage of a bottle filled with spmta . of wine ' . . The flames were eventually' extinguished , but not before the whole of Mr . Beck's valuable stock in trade was destroyed , and the premises seriously burned . Fortunately no one was in the upper part of the building when the fire commenced ; if there had been , owing . to the density of the smoke , great'difficulty would have been experienced in making an escape . Mr . Beck was insured in the Phoenix Fire-office .
Regent ' s Park . —It is understood that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have at length determined that this park shall be properly : drained , and Mr . Hamilton Fulton ; the engineer ,, has , been instructed to report as to the practicability and expense of such an undertaking . The . works . are to be forthwith commenced on a comprehensive scale , and when completed will doubtless increase the health of this locality by destroying the damp exhalations from this large area of cold clay , and thereby greatly promote the growthofvagetation .
Shockisg Accident . ^—On Wednesday morning , about half-past ten o ' clock , as a gentleman , whose name has not transpired , was proceeding on horseback through Broad-street , Bloomsbury . his horse took fright , and , ' before he could be reined in the animal came into violent collision with one of Messrs . Soulsby ' s coal-waggons , which was crossing from Drury-lane to Museum-street , the . gentleman was thrown era the top of his head , " which was lacerated in a dreadful manner , and before the waggoner could stop his horses , one of the fore-wheels had passed over the gentleman ' s thighs , and over the unfortunate animal , ' which lay in tho . most excruciating agony irntil the ' arrival of a veterinary
surgeon who . put'an end to his misery . The gentleman was taken to a ' surgeon ' s , when , it was found that-no bones have been broken . ' . ' -... ' , ' Fiee through Firewoeks . —On Wednesday morning , between oneand two o ' clock , afire broke out at the Tesidenpe of Mr , J , " ' Olney , 9 , John ' srterrAce , Rhodeswell-road , Mile-end . It appears that on the preceding evening the children had pinned a Catherine wheel to the door on ' the nrsf floor , and some sparks must have fallen into some of the crevices . Thefire'Was discovered by the inmates , who were aroused by the smoke . The engines were quickly on the spot , but the fira was not extinguished until considerable , damage was done . . " .. , ; " . - ... . . . . -... . ¦ ; EXXR 40 BDINART ScBRE AT Si . SaVIOUb ' s ChURCH .
—Oa Tuesday " evening after the service appointei for thb anniversary ot the gunpowder plot was performed at St . Saviour ' s , Southwark , tho organ began to play ths air of the national anthem , upon which the whole congregation suddenly , commenced the words , and sung two verses , . with great . enthusiasm . Mr . Curling then , succeeded in procuring a pause , and remarked that as some expressions in the remaining verses were not quite befitting the sanctity of , the edifice they had better substitute the dosology .. The organ began to play the " Old Hundredth . " and the people sang " Praise
God for whom all blessings flow , with a fervour and universality that evinced their cordial concurrence in the suggestion of their pastor . The immense concourse then separated . ,. . ;¦ Tjje Gobbeih : of Elate and Jbwslltzry , in the Strasd . —On Wednesday the examination of Daniel James Shaw , James Badcocki John Gardner , Mary , Anne Gheruneau , aKasleohord , George Buncher , Marv Anne Bunoher , ( his wife , ) Charles Clinton ( an errand boy , ) and Charles Kelly ( aporter , ) who appeared on . his recognizances , was resumed at Bow-street . The evidence was devoid of ( interest , and the prisoners were remanded for a week .: . , -,
Commission ' . of Lunacy . —On Wednesday a commission de lunatico was opened at the Cadogen Hotel , Sloane-street , Chelsea , before Mr . Commissioner Winslow and a special jury , to inquire into the state of mind of Mr . Wiliam Lee , of . No . 17 , Chesham-street , a gentleman of large and _ inde . r pendent property . The commission was instituted at the instance of three married sisters of the lunatic . Mr . Bacon , Q . C ., appeared , in support of the commission , and Mr . Elmslie was instructed on the other side . Mr . Bacon addressed thev court , at considerable length , indicating the nature of the delusions , which , though , extremely peculiar , appeared to be perfectly harmless ' , at least as far as others were concerned . Mr . Lee fancied that nothing that he saw or . heard was real . All his friends . were
changed , and though lie was quick in distinguishing the voice , he could not recognise the appearance of his nearest relative . He thought also that his food was poisoned , and that every person was engaged in a conspiracy against him . Another of his peculiarities was , that , though neither- . a sordid nor a poor man , h ? could not be persuaded to part with any money for the payment of his servants or any accounts whatever . From June , 1849 , until May of the present year , his affairs had been managed and his debts discharged by Mrs . Coulthard , one of his sisters . In May last , however , it was thought desirable to leave him to conduct his own affairs , and from that period to the present he had never
paid a single bill nor drawn a single cheque , although he had a large balance in the . hands of Messrs . Coutts , his bankers . This statement "was borne out by the ovidence of Dr . Sutherland , . Dr . Watson , . xv ho had been a fellow student " with Mr . . , at Cambridge , thirty-five ^ years ago ,, Dr . Southey , and Mr . Coultharri ,. the brother-injaw . Wheii the jury bad veturned'fi'om seeing the alleged Iunntieat his residence in Chesham-street , after a . few words from Mr . Elmslie , and a brief summing up by tho learned Commissioner , they unanimously found th . it William Lee was of unsound mind , and incapable of conducting his own affairs , and that he had been so since the 18 th of June , 1849 .
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W $ t ^ romnretf . The L . vrB Fire at GRAVESEND . —Samuel Marder , who has . been twice remanded upon the . . charge of having set fire to the house , No . 5 , in the Crescent , at the top of Harmer-street , Gravesend , was , on the 1 st inst ., again placed at the bar before the magistrates at the police court , for examination . The prisoner was committed to take his trial upon the charge of arson . Application was made to admit the prisoner to bail , which was refused . " : Mvstbriobs -Disappbakancb . —The neighbourhood of Blockley and Moreton-in-Marsh ' , in Worcestershire , and on the borders of Oxfordshireand Gloucestershire , is in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of the sudden disappearance of Mr . Geo . Gardiner , who for the last fifteen years has held the
responsible situation , of bailiff , or steward to Lord Northwick . At first it was feared that his disappearance had been involuntary , and accompanied with violence , but after inquiry , there is . found to be too much reason to believe that he , has premeditately decamped , with a large sum of money belonging to his noble employer . It appears that on the last day on which he was . seen in the neighbourhood he called upon Mr . Kettle , an attorney , of Chippen Campden , near Blockley , and delivered into his hands a packet , desiring him to keep it in . safe custody for a short time , until he saw him ( Gardiner ) again . At the time of his disappearance Lord Northwick was staying at Cheltenham , and on being communicated with , , he went over to Blockley , and then the rumour of-the
steward ' s . absence came to the ears of Mr- Kettle . That gentleman at once proceeded to have an interview with his lordship , taking with him the parcel which had been left in his care , and which on : being opened was found to contain his books of account of farming transactions , sales of stock , ( fee , as between Gardiner and his lordship . It appeared by these books that all entries of sums received by Gardiner , for farming produce , &c ., ceased with the month of April hut , and as the transactions have been considerable , the defalcation of the absentee is - estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The police have not yet succeeded in tracing the fugitive farther than Warwick , where he arrived ia a gig on the day on which he gave the parcel into the care of Mr . Kettle . - .:.. . , .: r ' ' ::
An Ahti-Malthtjsuk . —Ashort time ago Robert Howe , one of the Brighton police , accompanied his wife to London on a visit to his father , who is a warden in the Tower . Leaving his wife at ; the Tower , he returned to his duties ; and last week he received a letter from his . rather , announcing the premature confinement . of his wife with four children , ' two boys and two girls . They . were all born alive , but one of them died , sKortly after birth . The mother was > as " . well as could be expected ! " , . . ¦ - •'¦ • • : i The Convict Establishmeni at Dartmoor . — The prisons at Dartmoor are in such an advanced state of preparationas to be fitted for the reception of a limited number of prisoners . On the 1 st inst . the mail train brought down to the station , near
Plymouth , a party Of sixty convicts . They were received by a party of the 4 th Regiment , under the ; command of Ensign Hall , ami were transferred in large covered vans , by the contractor , Mr . Peter Blatchford , by the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway toPrincetownj and thence a distance of two miles to the prisons . They are to be emp loyed first in completing thei . works on the prisons , and then in agricultural operations on- a part of the moor . -7 :- ; - ... , ; : - ¦>¦ :. -. . ¦ ~ r- , . The latb Cutting a « d Maiming Case at BathV —¦ The prisoner Qglei Wallis ^ was brought up ; before the magistrates at the Guildhall , Bath , for final examination on Monday last .. Mr . Copjestone , who appeared very weak , and was accommodated : ; with a chair while giving hiB . evidence , gave , a detail of the
facts of : the case as they have already , appeared . At the conqjusibn of Jtijs evidence , ' Mr . ' Helling ? ,, his . ' attorn ' ey ^ said he shou ld not press the . case of cutting andwounding , but go simply for the common assault , nor should he call any other evidence . The magistrates therefore at once adjudicated , upon the case aij £ jined the prisoner £ 5 , which was paid . A susl picion- that a ; compromise had been made , created great dissatisfaction out of doors with this decision ' TfflaBraGLARyiAT the ( Wbst Surrey Bank , — E p som , Monday . ' —The two ' men , George Roberts , and Charles . P . owe , ; charged with breaking into the West Surrey . Branch Bank , in this town , were brought up for , re « eiamination this morning , before the bench of magistrates , sitting at Careless ' s Coffeehouse , ia fligQ-street . The evidence having been
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taken proving the circumstances already detailed , the prisoners haying , been , dulv caufioned by the chairman , ' were askep . if they wished to say anything to the charge'ihade ' against them , . Kibberts said : Yes , sir , I do ^ ; I was ' atGuildford oh the 31 s £ of October , and while onmy way to Epsom , ; or ;' more properly speaking ,: to . London , I met my fellowprisoner . We came on together / and onour way through this town ' we sees a parpel tied up in a handkerchief .. We took it up and carried it behind ; the , engino . house ,-where we opened it . I thought it might have been a child . When we see what it contained , Dowe put , on . tfee coatjahdput ' some things in his pockets ; I put some ' in mine ; and as the things was found ' bo I found ' em initheparcel .--Thejehairman : "; ' Is ^ tKat' youf '' stk ' te- '
ment ? Robertsl . Yes ' . ~ Thecoblne 8 s with which the prisoner made his . extraordinary / explanation excited some risibility in the court!—The prisoner Dowe bad ' nothing > to" sayi—The chaiAnan' then told the prisoners they stood severally ; j committed for trial for burglary ; and warrants , have been placed in the ; hands of the proper officers , ' the accused were removed ia custody . ' '¦ ' ' ' ' . ' ¦• ¦ ' '? / ' ' " ¦' " <' ¦ ' . "; ' ! ' . SoMSAMBULisM ^ Ari'fextraordinary and distressing occurrence took place on Sun'daymorhingiat tHe house of Dr . Eccles , in Newhall-hall-stfeet , Birmingham . It appears that Mr . Blur ton , brother of Mrs . Eccles , has been in the habit of rising from bed and walking in a state of somnambulism , but no ill consequences resulted from his infirmity until Sunday
morning ,, when he left his bed about a ! quarter past ; five ' o ' clock , opened the ^ iridow ' of the ' attic room in which he usually slept , and precipitated himself ' to the ' ground : In his descent he fell against the dining room window , which to some extent- broke the fall , but . he nevertheless came with fearful violence against tjie : spiked ; railing in front of the house , and . was dreadfully injured . Two policemen who were on duty in the . neighbourhood heard the noise occasioned , by the ! fall , and on proceeding to the spot raised Mr , Blur ton , and conveyed him to the house ; " the ' , injuries received were of a most frightful character ' ; for many hours the cries'bf the unfortunate mail alarmed the whole neighbourhood , and up to'Monday evening he continued in a state of extreme danger . -- • ' ''¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' i ' - ' '
TheFbimletMuBDEBERS .-TPn . Friday , eveningj , the 1 st inst ., Hiram Smith , alias * Richard Trowler , ' Levi Hartvood , and Jaqoies Jones , three of . the . men committed , by . the coroner and the magistrates of Guildford , arrived at Horseraonger-Iane , inchargeof Mri Wi Eeeiiei the governor of . Oulldford House of Correction . 'They were immediately Handed 'over to Mr ! J . Keene , the : governor of the'County Gabl , under warrants charging them with burglary and the murder of the Revv Sir . -Holiest , at Frimleyj i » * county of . Surrey . Smith was handed out of the conveyance first , and after being strictly searched , . was taken to one of the cells ' near where , Manning was confined .. He seemed very , much ' dejected . ' when placed in the cell . TEe other men were " placed in
separate cells , and a strict 'watch was' directed to be kept ' on their movements . ; . Both Har wood and Jonea maintained the same dogged demeanour , but the former seemed more thoughtful during : the whole of Saturday ; . They will have to remain in the county gaql-until the end of March , when they , will be removed to Kingston to be triedat the spring assize ' s , which will be held ; in that town . On : Sunday they attended : divine worship in the prison chapel , but were kept ac a distance from each other . Tlie chap * lain , the Rev . Mr . Howe , delivered an excellent sermon , which seemed to be listened to attentively by the prisoners , although at times they ' , seemed to be very uneasy . ' . It U espepted that theTiaitirig justices will give directions for extra men to be employed to watch the prisoners both day and nlgHt . ¦; ' ^ 4
Daring Borgury at : Manchbsieb . —Ah extraordinary and daring burglary was- effected' at Mosslaney s Hulme , Manchester , Inst week ; which , except that it was not attended with murder , was almost the counterpart , in some of its leading features , : of the one at the Frimley . Parsonage : -Mrs . Rebecca Codling is a lady living at 93 , Moss-lane ; having only ono domestic in her service—a girl who usually sleeps in the same room with her . On tho night of the . 31 st ult . she had gone ¦ to bed , fastening the outer , doors , of the house and . the 'Windows , but having no fastening on : her- bed-room door . About three o clock she was "awoke , and , perceiving a faint light in the room , supposed the irirl hadleft the room forborne purpose . vShe
called her . by name (' .. ' Sarah ) , and put One ham involuntarily to one side of the bed , where it rested on something which the moment afterwards she discovered te be the back of a man . She then saw that there-were two men in the room , their -faces partly covered with black crape , and , ' greatly terrifiedji she screamed for help . The men told her if she made . any . further noise they would murder her . After this she screamed , and one ' of the men struck her across the : forehead with a heavy iron bar , about fourteeri ' or fifteen inches long , which for > a i dine deprived her of consciousness . When she eatrieto ~ hBr ^ 5 en 8 esagain , themen were still in the room , ahd ; qne—a very tall ; powerful man—told the other to strike her again unless she gave them iher
money . Upon this she took from under the bedclothes a pocket containing from twenty to thirty Shillings in silver , and-gave it themi-They then left the house . It appeared that they had been in the p lace some time before she awoke , for they had broken open the drawers , boxes , and cupboards , up stairs and down , " and bad taken some , silver plate and other valuables .- As soon as they , had loft the house , she and her servant girl went down and gave an alarm , but not in timeto have any of the burglars traced ; ' Mr . Superintendant Beswick , however , has succeeded not only in discovering the whole plot of the robbery , but in securing all conneted with it . On Saturday last he apprehended . a man-named George Gregory , at Bolton . 'whom
they had employed to sell the plate ; and on Saturday , at midnight , he seized in then' own houses or lodgings the mother two' burglars—two having gone into Mrs . Codling ' s room and one having kept watch- outside . ' The names of the other men are James Holland and Thomas Brooks . With Brooks , it seems ; a female cohabited , named Jane Carru tbers , ' whose mother has long been , employed as a charwoman by Mrs . Codling , and 'from whom there is ' reason to believe the burglars had got to know this , lady's'haWts and the defenceless state of the house . ' They had-broken into the house by scaling the > wall of a back yard , and taving stuck a plaster of treacled paper to . a pane of the back window , were enabled to force out the glass without
unfastening the window- inside . In Brook ' s bedroom-was fouiidthe iron : bat : with whioh Mrs .- Codling .-was struck . On beinj * takcn > into a room whore the prisoners were standing along with other persons ; Mrs . Codling immediately identified Gregory as the-man who ! struck her with the iron barj and Holland as the one who told him to db' it . The prisoners were brought before the Manchester magistrates on Tuesday ^ when they were remanded till ; Monday ^ in expeotation ¦ that-further charges will be brought against them . ' Mrs , Codling is ' suffering very severely from the effects of- the blow ' on'her forehead . Disputed PossEssioir . ~ lfotley ; Farm , in the parish of Gpodley , Devonshire , has for . the ; last six or soven yearB . beenoocupiedby a man named : John Fisher .
About a twelvemonth since he got into arrear , and a distress , was made upon the premises . [ The landlord ^ however , allowed the tenant to retain possession , for another twelvemonth , provided he signed an-agreement to submit to summary ejectment at the end of that time , in the case of his not quitting voluntarily . He was summarily ejected last week , and the bailiffs of Barnstaple iput in possession . OniMonday a man named Shapland , of Landkey , who j lays claim to the premises , assisted by Fisher , turned . the bailiffs nut , . and p laced the farm in the hands of about twenty armed men . Intelligence having been conveyed to Wrey Harding , Esq ., " a magistrate of Devon , on the following day , that gentleman , aoooinpanied by the magistrates clerk ,
the landlords agent , and > about thirty-two assistants , acting under the authority of an act of parliament passed so early as . the reign of Richard the II . ; - proceeded to tho farm , and demanded posaeaBion . A fierce contest was expected byall in the village ; but the presence of the magistrate " intimidated tho ruffians m the house , and whilst Mr ., Harding and hia company were being admitted at the front door ) the valiant troop inside were making off across the garden at the back as fast as their legs could carry themi . Had it not been for the presence of the magistrate , a brutal struggl ^ would no doubt have taken ph » ce . beiweenAthe , partieB for the gang of jn . ; traders ; , had ' a ^ med . ' themBelyes . ' with old bayonets , bludgeons , ' and : huge stones , ' to defend themselves inthQirretreat ;' .:, ; . ' ; : ; : ; . " :... ' . ; . .. ; . ¦ ¦ ' ..-
-¦^ QNsijecEssPoiCHAsfiATJilABYpbRT . —Aslbpshoemaker from the Emerald Isle , named Skillen , a fellow with a light heart , clean heels , infinite humour and a , thin pair of ; breeches , this week baffled the vigilance , and activity of ^ he , ; Maryport policeman , Mr . ' Haugh , ui a swe that seemed quite , refreshing toall jave . the saiJp'fficiaU , ' . It appears , this $ killen bad-latelybeeilconvicted of acomraonnsgault . ' and his terjn of imprisbtiment " ( t % ' o tSonths ) " terminated last week ? During-his ' temporary absence ; his wife had been rather summarily ' put out of the house to make room for another tenant , ' and immediately on the liberation of : this little son of >; Crispin , he sailed for , th to thrust out the big Scotchman who had presumed , tb , intrude iipon his domicile . A warrant was issued / and ' put into the . hands of the policeman for his apprehension . ' At . afoot race , Mr . Hauah felt
he had no chance ; he therefore saddles . a horse , and gives ; q hase a second time , when Skillen crosses a riveri arid both the horee and the rideragreeing not tofollow suit , around turn . Jb made to the bridge . Skillea waiting on the . opposite embankment ; and beckoning to his j pursuer . ; In the next heat , when theconstable was within , ^ . fe > r yards of his man and tried in vain to hit him with his slick , be again made his escape over : ai thorn hedge , and ascended Moat Hill with all-the alacrity of a niohkey , ; , i ) ere he sat down , laughing and grinning at the batied . and chagrined officer . All thought of a capture was now abandoned ; the police charger was duly stabledand groomed ; when- on the fail of the evening the hunted badger was observed'among a little 'group of vulgar admirers of a modern Jack Sheppard , when tho fficer expected to hem him in by Burpige . for there
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^ nbw no way of esc ^ rbut th ^ harbpur j and ^ hi ? was ta ken with all the img froid of an otter ; The tide being out , rendered the harbour very difficulty of navigation for predestrianB : the thick- mud- , and irregularity of depth deterred , Mr . Haugh from a further pursuit ,, till -chafed . by fhe ^ efendanMtrikiPg the water in his face . This ; was the signal fo ^ Uie commepcemeiiifpf a ' . mud race / . thaq , which no one everiwitricsied anything more '; exciting . . The rqixture iofhard and ' -soft bottom , ''and consequently eaining'and losing- ground ; alternately'Wiling into pits and sticking in : the mtid , created a > scene o merriment to the beholders , calculated tobnng ^ all authbrity into contempt . - , Finally , ! after , repeated burrowings . in the . mud , - , the chase ,: was a bandoned and the supple hero , escaped by , the outer , pier . — Carlisl ' eiroitrnal ')¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦
. . . __; , : , . ,,, < .. -Th ^ Late Fire , at Wickham HAil . — Appbk-HENSIOK'OFTHB SUPPOSED IifCENniABlES . —ln the early part of last April ; afire "' occurred on part of tne Sham HallFarmr known as the" Ragged House Barns , " , ending in the total destruction of gome extensive , premiseB , y . and ; also in the , destruotionora deal of live stock and . other prpperty . Directly after the fire , a " man named Benjamin ; Wager , who was known frequently to s ' eekrefuge in some part of the bremises , ' decamped , and from this and other circumstances suspicion W on Kim ; but , although every exertion was made to find him , he had-eluded apprehension until the evening of Monday tbej 28 th ult ., when one . of the men in the employ : of Mr ., smith , the tenant of the farm-8 aw him at-Hatfield Pev . erel ,
,. and invited him to hi 3 cottage , where he was directly afterwards apprehended . On Wedhesday morning , he was brought * ii p before'W . W . Luard , \ Esq . / . toeether with a man ' named ' % wers , who from informal tibii wljich . had Teached ' thle ' police since'Wager s a pprehension ; was ' also supposed'to ' be ^ cpm tma . Jn orSer to give time for' the ; collection ; of . farther evidence the prisoners were remanded until Saturday moraiiaeii " . On th ' at'day , ; the ' evidence was gone into before ;¦ V . ' W . Xuird ^; E aq ;;; an ^; ) tte ; i Rev . _^ o hn Sr ^ jasioni- when Wager was fully i 'cpmmitteq to the ' Assizes on the ; charge ; Jb ' ut there no ^ 'being ^ suffi ^ cieiif evidence against Eisvers he "' was discharged . 'V . ' .. ; ¦ AflEMPl' TO' M . DR » BB ' ' Ar '! WED % SBy ^ Y ; ; SxAF ^ FORbsHiRE . i-Oh Sunday' evening'las jt , '' about . ' ten
minutes past seven ociock , a aariflgawumpb >»» made ' upon the 'life of a servant girl in the ' employ of a mechanic ' : of 'thei '' name ^ bf y :, . ? reiory , ; : w lio . se house is ' situated near ' ^ ameaVliri Jge ^ ' iii i his pawsn . The girlj' whose name is Marthi Davis ) , arid . v / hoappeared' to be about seventeen ; years of agei ' . 'stated in evidence . 'thW on 'Sun 3 ay '" lMt ; her ' 'ffiaster ^' . mistress , and a young man ''' named'Jam ^ s Bird ' . left homeaboutWd-day ^ : ' witE ' a horse'ana carti ^ Near to ithe house ' ai that time she saw tie prisoner , whose name is Thomas Butler , and to whom'Bird , who was in the cartipasse ' d ithe time or day . : About five o ' clock in the afternoon ! she : saw the / prisoner pass the house again . iSoon after seven o ' clock the dog in the yard made a . great noise , and . shO ; went " had
out , taking a ; candle ,-wUh ., her . Whepjshe driven the dog into his kennel , arid was returniug , into the hoiiso the prisoner jumiped over ' the pailings , and caught hold of her by | the hair of her' head with hia left hand ; ' She ; was about to make an alarms when he took a large knife ( suchan one as is used by butchers ^ out of his pocketj arid said ^ he would kill fieri i The dog kept : jumping : up against the prisoner at that . time . The . prisoner , cut her-across the throat , inflicting , a . wound ; about two . and . a ? half inches in length ., While ho was in the act she extricated herself from hia . grasp , Wnu got . out . of the yard into the road , and made an alarm . . Herories , w . er ' . e heard ^ , 'i y some persons-residing'in * a'house" a ' short distance off , when assistance wasproeured ,
and the prisoner was apprehended " immediately . The prisoner is one of a class which this neighbourhood is infested with ,-who are known . by the name of Rodneys , who go , about , without any ; settled ; residence , and who never work , but ; live byrobbery , and sleep by the coke and engine fires , ; which are numerous in this mining district . He is a dreadful character , haying been convicted of felony and other offences a great number of times , and about four years ago made a similar attempt upon the life of a person at Darlastoh , a place adjoining the scene of this traiiBaction ; < The prisoner was brought up before the county magistrates at the Town ^ hall , in this' town , on Tuesday last , ¦ and committed to take his trial at the next Stafford assizes for the offence .
J Lynch Law in NbwcasxiiE . —Laai . week a shoemaker of the name of Tweedy was committed to the Houso of Correction for one month' for ' starving his two , children to sucli an extent as to reduce them to mere skeletons . - ¦ ' The stepmother of the children who was in custody , was discharged ; there being no Iawjto reach her ; but she was not allowed toescape , punishment , for ; on leaving . ' the ., court , "her neighbours who had assembled in largenumbera to testify their , abhorrence of ' her inhuma | i -conduct , followed , her through the' streets , " anctvtg kujg the lawj into their ' own hands , chastised .. ' Ber . most . severely . On her arrival at hq ' aib , the . ddor , of her housewas broken open , arid had it riot been for the expeditious arrival of a body of police , her property
would have been destroyed , and her life placed in imminent danger . She was carried away through the crowd by the pplice , vwho sought . oufa hidingplace for ,. her , where , Bhe is , still concealed ,:, Her house is locked up , and the neighbours as soon expect to hear of Haynau's revisiting London as . of the i-eiurh of the Tweedya to PipeA-entry , Newgate-str « et . ' : . - Highway Robbery near Wigan . —A ' most baW faced and cool robbery took place on Tuesuay night lasti near Hindley . A little after tea o ' clook Mr . . Thomas . Sergeant , . a respectable man living at Hindley , was returning home from : Wigan fair ,: and when about forty yards froin the railway bridge , on
Amberswood Qommon , five men emerged , from the railway slope near the bridge , where they , must . have been hiding , and . attacked him . lOne asked him to give up his money ; but he replied that he had none , and the robbers immediately took hold of him and threw him down : and while one or two of them held him , the others rifled his pockets , and took eleven half orowns , two shillings , and fivepence in ° oi ! P tr' Mr- Sergeant bit one of the men on the arm , and the villain got up , loosed him , and kicked himjseverely in ' the ribs . Tjie thieves then made off ; and though exertions hay e been , made to discover the perpetrators of the outrage , no due haa yet been obtained likely to lead to their detection .
. . The Poisoning ' s -is Lincolnshirb . —Surgeon plegg , of Boston ; ! writes a letter , refeiriBg to the case of fifteen : or sixteen farmers' 'labourers , who were seized with symptoms of poisoning-by arsenio Rfter drinking ale supplied to them . by their master ^ Mr . Clegg , states th&t the circumstance was purely accidental . ¦ •' An . arsenicalselution , " he . says . ^' iva ? used in dressing certain kinds of seed , and by an accident , sotne _ portion of the poison gained-access to the pitcher which contained the ale supplied to the labourers as their morning ' s allowance . 1 ' 1 " - r ¦ ' - ¦ ; - ' I . ¦ . * _ '¦ - ^*""***< ifc «« " ^/^^^^^^
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An American papor says , the expenses of the , federal government this year will amount to two dollnrs and fifty cents , for . every- man , woman , and child , ia the United States , bond or free .
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^^ . ¦ < ¦ y i ' "* 2 ffi * ffl ? i : i- ' -J .., : ' ' ' l , RkUd / ustmbxt op REMTS . ^ The , continuanc » of emigration on a vast scale , " even" in the winter , is likely to induce many . Iandl 6 rdn ; td consider tSeex-r pediency Vpf . a r ^ ail justment " of the . rentsi " ofHheir tenantry- ' The . -provincial journals . . . contain further notices of reductions pf ; ren ^ , . , generally inith ©; shape of- temporary : ' abatements , but ¦ in some cases the gcale ' of reduction haB . been fixed upon as . a permanent arrangement . I i I $ \ j ' tl * i .-. i . , ' . ., : * ? . ¦ Plunder ; op , OROPs . T-From Da van , ' Louth , and other northern counties , there , are : accounts' of the flight of tenants , after digppsingiof their / crops , or removing them ; out of . the roaoh . ' of / the landlords . The Evening Mail , has ^ letter from \ Bailieborough , ; ; -
describing some M Sittings in that neighbourhood . The same journal has a . roport of a case inth . epfBce of Master Murphy , in Chancery , in ; iwhich / the : receiver of a property , in , tLouth applied foc ; adyice arid iassistance ' under circumstances of . igrqa ' t urgehoy . r The receiver had distrained the corn of two tenants who . were about . to . desert ; their farms near Ardes , but a crowdiassembled with horses and cars , and removed the grain ; a warrant was granted by the resident magistrate , but the small police . party considered it unsafe to . proceed in taking : back , 'the produce , everi if they bad had cars . arid horses , which could not be obtained at any price .. Master Murphy directed the receiver to make an immediate representation of the circumstances to Sir ; Thomas
Redington / . theunder-secretaryi who ' wouidprdvide ? an adequate ; force foi ; . the protectiori of- the civil . powierand . the vindieat | oriof the lawv , The receiver mentioned thatthe person to whoso farm the corn had been removed was the head bailiff of Sir Wm . Someryillejand'Master'Murphy observed that that flircumHtance rendered , it the mora ^ necessarjvthat no time should be Io 3 t in laying the case before the government . .. V ... ' . -,. ¦ ,. ' .:-. ... . ., . Galwat ! Queen's . CoiXEOK . —rAt the-recent examination fifty-one scholarships were conferred upon pupils in this college . - " ' . Tub new . Parliamkntaby Franchise . —Tho number < of qualified votes forthecounty of Fermanagh under the new act , as appears by the Clerk of the Peace ' s books ; amounts ¦ W" 4 , 000 : arid 217 for the
borough of Enniskillen , , Thls . enormous increase to the county constituonciea can scarcely fail to effect an important'change , whether for better or for VorBe , ' in the Irish representation whenever a dissolution of the present parliament shall g ive the electoral body an ' opportunity of exercising their newly-acquired rights . In most of the large t 6 wns , too , themumbers will be vastly augmented , but in some of the smaller boroughs the addition to the registry-roll'will be but comparatively trifling ; In reference to the new constituency ol the < county of Cavan ,: AnglO'Celvwye \ - ~ " The number of electors in this county has been increased : by the -new franchise , bill from 180 to 5-000 or thereabouts . According ' to the return . furnJBhe'd : by the C . lerk of
the peace , in pursuance ^ ith the provisions ' of the statute , there were only 180 names on the roll of persons entitled ! to vote'for Parliamentary representatives for the county prior to the £ 12 franchise billcoming into force ! Of these many were dead or . had emigrated . Just think of legislatora and others advocating ^ the cbntinuance of a ' syatem which-only -gave the franchise to 180 individuals , arid these almost all of one political way of thinking , outiof-a population " of 243 , 158—being only bWelector to every 1 ; 352 inuiviuualsj or 370 faiailie ?; averaging five persons in each family . " ' ¦ - ; ELEOiioif PREFABATiONS . ~ Fresh . candidates are springirig ; up for the ' vacant seat in the county of Limericki' Ariiongstthe latest are : Mr . Fitzgerald ,
a barrister , Mr . Martin'Burke , and ' an anonymous " Catholic gentleman ¦ of' great wealth and-high position , who is ready , to come forward , provided the electors are determined not to place themselves at ' the beck ©^ landlord , influence . " ; Mr . Wyndham Goold has commenced' his canvass ,- and from that gentleman ' s extreme popularity with all sects and classes , founded upon hia high reputation as one of the moat liberal and improving proprietors in the south : of Ireland , he . will no doubt-prove a' . formidable antagonist to the- ' host of rivals already announced to take the field . ; It being generally understood that Mr . J . O'Conne ) l hasno intention
of ever again staking , his seat inthe" Imperial " Parliament j Mr . W , Barrington , son of Sir Matthew Barrington , -Bart .,: means to offer hiriiself to the constituency . . The appointment of Mr . Sheiltothe Embassy of iFlorence leaves , of course , a vacancy in the representation of , the Duko- of Devonshire ' s borough of Dungaryon . ' It is . not . improbable that the newly-appointed SolicitorrGeneral ( Mr . Hughes ) will fi g ht the battle with Air . John Francis Maguire , proprietor of the Cork Examiner , who is in a manner , pledged to a : contest since the last general election , when'he so ^ nearly succeeded in defeating thfl Master / of the Mini . ¦ . .. " . ¦ .
Cpunr of Queen ' s Bench . —On Saturday last , shortly after twelve o ' clock , Judge Crampton came upon the bench , - arid the grand juries for the county arid city of Dublin haying been sworn , the learned ; judge addressed the' city grand jury . at great length in reference to the change which would be effected undfer the Mrihicipal Reform Act ; by which , in future , the grand juries of the city of Dublin would be enipannelled by- the Lord Mayor .- He said he was'sixteen years a judge of that court , and having experienced the results under which the system . in that court'had ; worked , he had only to hope that , under the new order of things , the administration of . justice and the general working of the system trouldtwork as well . - : - The Trades' Unions . —This body have completed
their arrangements for ^ he resumption ' public meetings and the despatch of business . Some of the matters to whioh they mean to apply themselves aro as follows : — "To usg every exertion to establish as numerous a constituency " as possible under the hew franchise bill . It should be borne in mind that it was through : the exertions of this body an extensive constituency was established in'the passing of the Parliamentary : Reform Bill , by which they were enabled to return O'Connell and Ruthven with an overwhelniing majority of 1 , 549 , in the teeth of an Orange corporation and ahostilegovernment ;' To ooncentrate public opinion , soas " togive every poasiblo opposition to the removal of the Lord Lieutenant , as also to the general
centralising scheme of the Government . To try and have the guilds re-established , with the right of sending one representative from ' each guild into the new corporation , each member to have the right of voting for their respective representative ; as also to enjoy the ' Parliamentary franchise , but without the right of descent ; by either birth or marriage—in fact , none to be in the guilds but the bona fide operatives and employers of the different trades foriniDg their guilds , To render every assistancei . to : the tenant-right ! questibn . To . bring public opinion to bear upon the Cemetery . Committee , with the view of causing therii to render an account to the public of the Targe sums of money that have come into their Mhds ; also , " to aacertaia
why ¦ the O'Connell . monuinent is not proceeded with ; even with the £ 4 , 500 in hand , so as to give employment to a number of artizans . They intend paying their respects occasionally , to the new corporation , with a variety of other matters . There is another question of vital importance which they iriterid to apply themselves to most sedulousl ythat is , -to try and * -soften down' the asperity tliat exists between the two parties that have split the Liberal interest . : It is , howevor , their determihationnot to allow any reference to be made to either party at any-of their meetings ; whether public or in . committee , under pain of expulsion . "
lEjfANT-BioHi Movement The meeting of the tenant farmers of the county of Waterferd was held on the 1 st inst . j on the hill of Ballybricken , in the ^ suburbs iqf the ' . city . . The numbers who thronged the spaoioua area in front- of the platform mig ^ ht be estimated at'night-to'ten thousand ; The merffr qm the barony of Gaultier , as they dame in procession towards the hill ; - heaiiedby their clergy presented . a fine and respectable array . The chair was taken- by the Rev . Thomas Flynn ,-P ; P ., Passage . I The business of tho meeting passed off with perfect harmony , cordiality , and good feeling-i-Freeman ' s Journal . - ¦ ¦ ¦ .... ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ :- . ¦ .: ¦; . ¦/
Emigration from the South and West—The emigration goes on as rapidly up to this , the first day-of the winter quarter , as it did in March or April last . ' On Monday , atorowd of pe ' nsntits passed inrough Athlone on their way to the New World . The local paper / states- that they came from the village of Clonoron , about two miles ' distant , and nad been but a few day 3 pv'eviously evioted- from their holdings . While going through the to wn they were cheering and shouting , anil appeared in tho best possible humour . On-inquiry as to the tiause of their unusual mirth , it was ascertained to have arisen from the circumstance , of their h aving received a large sum of money from ' their friends
miAinerica , which came to hand on the very morning , they were ejected from their cabins ; Emigrai tion from the county of Kerry is , lam informed , proceeding on a monstorfioalQ . ' ¦¦ The failure of tho p ' otatp crop in that quarter , of which there can be no , dbubt , lias * created a P-wio among tho ' people , who aro-flooking to all the seaport townB in the south , for Ihe-pufpose of securing , nt any sacrifice , a passage : * to thie United . St . ates . Many of" these pooi * creatures are all but ponniless . ¦ ' EMIQBATION . —Ona property near this town there wore-early 4 his haifvest no lass than Glevcn tenants arid their families ; now onl y ono remains , the rest areigone to America , 'taking off their crops and the rent . ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ I ? '' " . "' - ' '' . ; ¦' ' ¦ •"¦ -. '¦
= Fiuinq into a Dwelling , — A shot was feloniously fired into the kitchen of John Smart ! residing at Whitefield , near Templemore , ' and aRockitenobico posted on the gate : of the yard , informing him that if he'did not forthwith quit Mr . 'Rudd ' s employ ment ho would fall a victim to assaaairiation , . ¦ - ' lNCBNDiABi 8 M .-rOn the , 23 th- ult . two out-hbuses , the prop , erty , of Air . Robinsqn ^ residing noar Lorha ; lipperary , were maliciously set on fireWd totally consumed . A police patrol having ' observed th 6 fare at a distance proceeded to the spot , and by theiy
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¦ : ^ cotlantJ . , Outrage neah Edinbukch . —A dastardl y outrage was committed on Saturday evening last , by . a party of Irish labourers , at Kewmilton , about seven miles from Edinburgh , ; oV two : officers of . the county police , ' by ; which their Jives have been placed ia danger . It appears that Saturday was pay-day oa soine of . the-worksnowin progress in the Crawley 8 prings , ; for the Edinburgh ; Water . Company , whea the " navvies . '' held the debauch .. customary on the occasion afc ' New mil ton , a place consisting of-about two dozen of cottages . Thedistricc . officer at Pehi « cuik , named Mitchel C had proceeded toifewmihon i as he usually did on the pay-days at the works , to assist his fellow officer , of the name of Macfarian , in the preservation of . the public peace .., Nothing . had
occurred during the day to render their interferenea necessary ; -and about , eleven o ' clock in the ^ evening the two cbristables . were partaking of tea in "Macfarlan ' s house ,: preparatory to the other officer re « turning ., to -Penicuik , when a neighbour , named Mrs . Buchan , entered witli the complaint that a navvie , ' named Peter Campbell , . was breaking . down the dow of her house , and had ; smashed a pane of glass . ' The * officers immediately proceeded to the woman ' s cottage ^ which she occupies as a lodging , house , and .-Macfarlen charged Campbell-with the offence , The ; fellow . denied having . damaged the door , and . refused to ' ,. pay for the broken . pane of glass ; when Macfiarlan "; toqk . him . into . custody . Campbell , it is stated , having struck the ofiBcer , and
rcade sdnie resistance , Mitchell stepped forward to the assistance ' of his fellow constable , and between the two tbe delinquent was conveyed on his way to Macfarian ' s , house as a prisoner . The distance was sbarcely a dozen yards , and the party were about half-way , when constable Macfarlan was knocked down ¦ by repeated blows from behind . -Mitchell aliareda similar , fate ; and their prisoner , in consequence , effected , his escape . , From the absence of witnesses , it , is impossible to describe the nature of the outrage , ; ' or . whether the . officers : were struck while pri the ground ; but they were rendered quite insensible by the suddenness and violence of the attack . Some of the neighbours , it appears , were present-, shortly afterwards to assist in ' - the removal
of the officerSi and in procuring medical assistance . Macfarlan sustained three seyerewounds on the head , and Mitchell has no fewer than six .. They appear to have been inflicted by a poker or some other lethal weapon , and both men are considered to be in great danger . . The origin of the matter seems to have-been the disorderly , conduct of Campbell while in the lodging-house , which had led to his ejection by his companions . He attempted to regain admission by kicking at the door , and had also broken the pane of ¦'¦ glass ' with the same view , when the interference of the police was requested , No doubt is entertained that tbe cowardly , assault upon the officers was committed by some of his comrades .
who had shortly before relieved themselves of his society ; but in the present absence of testimony it ! is impossible to identify the guilty parties . Some suspicion is entertained of the outrage having been the result of premeditation , the district constable ( Macfarlan , ) it is alleged , having given offence to some of his neighbours , who , are said to have adopted this mode of revenge . On Monday , Mr . Sheriff Arkley , Mr . Lothian , Precurator-Fiscal , and Mr . List , superintendent of the county police , visited the locality , and were engaged a considerable time in an investigation ; , of . the : circumstances of the outrage . . Campbell , vho effected his escape , has not yet been recaptured , but the police are in pursuit of him .
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OUTRAGE ON A" MAGISTRATE AXD HIB ; -,- ' ¦ : DAUGHTER . On Saturday last at the Borough Court , Stockport , three men named Thomas Curley , John Riley , and Henry Dawson . . Temple , were charged with tho following brutal nnd wanton outrage upon Mr . ; Baker , one of the borough-magistrates , and his daughter . —Mr . W . H . A 9 hton appeared on the part of . the prisoners . —Mr .. Baker stated that , on tho previous Thursday night , lie was at an evening party at the house of his son , on Dodge-hill . Ha was returning home , about two o ' clock in the morn * ing , accompanied by his daughter , in one of Messr ? , Hulinq and Shuttleworth ' s " carriages ; and when passing along Chestergate , he suddenly heard a shout ; and directly , afterseveral stones were
, thrown , and the windows of the carriage broken The horse * then began to rear backwards , and the iioors . of the carriage flew open . The witness and hia daughter then . got ' out , and were immediately surrounded by from forty to sixty men , armed with . bludgeons . ' Some of the- mob were beating the horse , and Hammond , the coachman , whom they dragged off the box . Witness asked whether they meant' to . rob and murder , ' and told them that he was ; a .: magistrate , ;; and was returning with his daughter'from a party . They , however , continued to surround witness and his daughter , flourishing their sta
ves as if they were about to strike him . Witness called out to know if there waa any one who would protect-him and his daughter , and a watchman . then came up and said that he would , ' Witness and Miss Baker took his arm and crossed the street , followed by tho mob . Witnes asked the watchman whether he knew any of the men , on which another-shout was raised . The watchman then stepped-back , and , while speaking to some of the mob / was . felled to ; the ground with a bludgeon . Witness and his . daughter were imriiediately sur » rounded , and witness again called out for assistance ' A man then came from ihe crowd and said he would
protect them . 'They t 6 ok his arm and walked to the Wellington Bridge , when he said that he could go no further . They then walked towards home , and . shortly after met a coach , in which they drove to' witness ' s house . In his cross-examination by Mr . " Asliton , Mr . Baker said it was the eve of the Selections , but he had not attended any of thd' cdhimittee meetings , neither had he taken any pju't whatever = in the elections . — Mr . W . " Sleddon ,, a surgeon ,, residing in Chestergate , said th . at . between six and seven , o ' clock on Tliursday evening , "tie " , saw , the prisoners , Cutley and Riley , ' commg down the street with Mr . Henry Lee , who was walking between them . As soon as they . sot opposite ' the -Wheat Sheaf . Mr . Lee left
them , and they continued to walk up and down from John . Lee ' s corner to the Wheat Sheaf until halfpast , two $ ck ) Qk in the morning . Witness observed the prisoners from his bedroom -window , and saw ihein stoprevery coach that passed . Soon after two o ' clock he heard »' coach ; coining- 'down the stveet . A loud and peculiar whistle was then given , and he heard ^ Curley shout , " Stop the coach . ' Smash the windows ! " Witness immediately got up , opened tho window , and saw a coach standing in the road , surrounded by a mob armed with' staves ' j \ nd othec weapons . They were beating the horses and driver . Curley was one of the principals acting in the mob . —Sertroaht Longaon and Thoniaa Woraley corroborated the evidence above , given , and identified tlia prisoriei-s ' as being the most active of the . rioters . — Tho witnesses were cross-exaniined by Mr . Asliton at considerable length , with a view to show that the
attack on Mr .: Baker : had arisen in mistake ; and that , as itwas the ove . of the election , the prisoners were under the fmpression ; that tho carriage contained a " bottling party , ' who were conveying away some of the voters . —rAfter some consultation the . case was adjourned . ' ¦ ' The prisoners were again brought up on Monday , when several ; witnesses corroborstcd the evidence as to the prisoners being . armed with sticks , and picketing in Chestergate on . Thursday . —Hammond the coachman , was also examined , anil corroborated the evidence of Worsley , as to the attack , upon tUQ coach .: In his cross-examination he admitted that on Thursdaynight , hohad taken two persons from the -Wheat Sheaf who had been " bottled " to diflerent parts of the tOTrn .-Tbe Mayor said , the benctt were of opinion that the prisoners had beet , guilty of . a very : ageravftted assault . They should line Quvle >« nd Jliley ^ 5-each , -and Templo ^ 2 , and should also order them to find , sureties to keep m « poace for twelve months . ;
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Railway . CoMMUSicATioxr-Kilk ennyis atlengg oonnected by rail with Dublin . Theilme will be open for general tr . iffio early this month . 'Wl wls itsaid by Dr . Johnson ,: that ; the invento ^ , of s cure for tho gout ou ^ t to ^ vc ft monument raised to m memory as high as St . Paul ' s , and » s w ^ fSffVu wwff Vut inhfe day ' n person so afflicted had to ^ " ^ fa B c V until natural ' changes might abate the _ nfl «« " »^ ^ tieniBVt being : then ineffective . Happ ^ . ^^ Linllammatoiy action is " ^ only . quioklj ailajea , CUJ ^ vented from taking place b , a lew . ^ c *^ - J " S 0 nU 8 and Rheumatic PiUs being taken on the approach w » first sjiaytom * . - " - ^
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¦ : ; . ; - ¦ meilt& : ' -. ' . '• .. / . Tris tATE Murder at Havkrfobdwest . —A reward of £ 50 has been offered ( with a promise of her Majesty ' s free pardon to ' ariy accomplice ,, not being the actual murderer ) , to any ¦ person who shall give 6 tich ! information as will lead to the conviction of the murderer or murderers of the old woman , Elizabeth Barnard , who died at Haverfordwest , on theSth of October . The . magistrates of the town are now engaged in prosecuting a rigid inquiry , in which it it hoped the reward will assist them . ... = .. Mink Accident and Loss of Lives at Fron-GoonLEAD Mines , near Abbbystwyth . —On the 29 th ult . seven miners , about dawn of day , reached the works , for the purDOse . of-eoiner on with " their ¦
stemi " . While m the act of . undressing themselves for their work , one of them put a lighted pipe : down from his mouth upon a parcel which contained gunpowder , which immediately ignited , and set , the whole powder that was allotted to the poor fellowsii ) a blaze . Lamentable to record , the lite ' of one man v « aB instantaneously sacrificed : ' tTwb others soon expired ; arid the remaining four are in a dreadful state , and not likely to survive . ' , Hioihwav RoBBERY . r-Mr . William Ellis , of Brithdir , ajresjectablo farmer , when returning home 'from Bangor . fair , . about : half-past eight o ' clock on the evening of Monday last , was waylaid and robbed near the ^ ate whichleads from the : pqbljc roa ( J to a farm called ) the Wern . Thespot ' selected is about a mile and aih ' alffrom Bangor , arid about half a mile from
his ow , n ftouse . The roadat this place passes along-Side , an alder , brake . ' Mr ; Ellis was walking quietly uptheroad rwhen . just . as he heard some noise ori tbebedgeside , fLhe . received a blow on the temple , which ( Stunned him , and before , he could recover him ' self , he received another on the back of the head , which'knockedhim . down . auite disabled . on his faca " te ^ W ^ ^ ^ of the road . Two ., f the ^ robborb then fell uppnlnnv ; arid laid hold of him in such a manuer asto pr evertt hini from eiihrr iMr . '
or calling out , whih , ^ the o ther or others beat Mm ihos ^ icrue ! ty . ^ Wh . yj ; thes . ha'd . made him quite he SI lessfrore . abuse and , 8 uffooation , they searched -his pockets and robbed him 6 f hi 8 : puv 8 e ,. contaiDinrtwo BOyerelgns , jand three ; pounds two ^ h Ilings in s 1 lvTr and » Pf ket ^ ook containing . sdmeriarm and other accoun s . Mr , E \\ h believes ,, from whaVtbok , She ffi ^ Sttssrs assB to
naa p ^ fienced pursu them . : It a ^ pear ^ Pthat atlvTali " w n U K / i knock hira dowS wa SimilCy off a gate near the ^ pot wKere Srn ™ ' n ge w ? Pe / P ^ ated . ' It i 8 a mercy thnfMr . Lllia was mt blled with the first blow h / received . ° " ; nd ? t'he rail , which wns subsequently , found on the road , there waj a nail which infljcted . a wound on his head , and he is only indebted for tifc > . jth » fact that the blow took effec ' tlateraliy instead ' of pernendicularlv . '¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦•¦¦ •¦• " ¦ ' ¦•¦•¦
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, - . — - ~ 5 i 8 exertions , which were aided by some of the ' BeiBj , ; bour « , prevented four jstadktfofr corninda-riclj If ¦ , ¦> bay from taking firei-tA correspondent ; -infprmg ' - that , ! on .. Saturday riightJast , a large stapk of fla ^ '' containiiig- seven' pecks , " the property , of Mr . j ' Nixohj 6 f DrumfahKiri ;> ear Ahoghill / was set flra to ' ariddestroyed ; Wo 'clue- ' has- been -obtained to lead to ' a discovery < of : ; the inoendiaryi-rrJJannef Of W » i ? v- ; -Hv . r .: ¦ - ¦ <;/ - '' - ^ - ¦ „>' :- < « i \ j ;;; ¦ SAtEJN . THE INCUIIBERED ESTATBS . QojDRT . — n estate of the' late Robert' DilIon BroWne ; M . ip . fo « Mayo , was thVnrst-of ^ flve properties , the 38 ] e o c which was : fixed for-Tuesday inf thisicourt , and from the well-knowri . i : p . olitical ; position . . of ; tafl latg ~ . - . — y
pcoprietor , the , sale , . attracted < more , than r : ordinary interest . The property was divided into seven lots ThefirefcloV ' was purchased by ' Sfr ' . Cariipbell foj £ l , 650 being at the rate of about eleven years' put . chase . .-iThe-. 'lofciwas purchased in ithist for Jfr Browne's successor in the . representation of ilayo " Mr . ; Pusely ; : . liiggings .,,-Xhe commissioners then adjourned ' thesale of ' tlie ' other lots , the biddinog foi'which wei © only from five toeightornineyeara * purchase on the present estimated yearly value . ' Tarberi a ^ Boarding Station . —A general order of the commissioners appoints Tarbert to be the boarding station for the port of Limerick , in lieu of Scatt eiy Roads . ; ' ¦ "; -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1599/page/6/
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