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TIcii-Tn of Loxnox pcnixG mE Week . —In tl « c week ending last Saturday , the deaths motored in tbe ra ? trop <> litan di « iri ( : t ? : iinountciJ to 1 , 303 . Taking ten covresji <> ndins weeks , namely , the first in cash \ ol the last ten years ( 1311-30 ) , it will be sawn that > th « jre ? cnt return shows a greater number than iu any year except 1 S 4-5 , when the deitfcs rose to ' : 1 , 417 ; and 1 S 4 T , when they were 1 , 510 , during : i > w « ek of low U'lniierature { 'he J « can n-adinij of the thermometer having scarcely exceeded 20 dvg . ) . In 1613 , the iJe-iihs <> f the « wk . 'imanitled to 1 , 361 . wlie : < the mortality was aggravated by influ-3 nz ; i , winch had not dis-ippc-ared , bur was rapidly on the dc-thiie . The average of ihe ten weeks was 1 , 107 , v *; : k-: i , if corrected for increase of population , be-__
Come . - * 1 , 273 . Tit" zymotic or epidemic class of fatal di'ea-es , which iu the present retv . rn numbers i'S 9 cases , vxhibits little difference when compared with tl * * previous week ; but the das ? cumprisiu : ; affei * - tums cf the respiratory organs show ?; a considerable advance , the deaths therein enumerated 1 -avina riseii from 204 to 321 , a result probably < h : e to the unseasonable warnv . h and moisture ol th-. * weathw . h ¦ will tie observe ! , with a mean daily temperature w ' airh has b en tin ou « hoat the vrerk im : c ! i higher than is U 3 ua ! .-it thi-season , havingrangod from 5 to 14 decrees above tii <; average , that whereas broji-CliitiS , pncuraonii , and phthisis ( or consumption ] trore fatal in 12 «> , 'JO , and 124 cu-es respectivel y in the previous week , they have now ris <> n to
152 , 101 , and 147 . Diseases ' -f the organs of respiration , exclusive of hooping-cough and phthisis vrzvt fatal in tUe aggreg-. iio . k > t week , t « 821 perrons , whilst the corrected average is onl y 257 . Auiuigst epidemics , small pox carr ' . cl off 2 i children , and 4 men who had turned tweniy years of Jige ; nn » as ! e > 23 children , scarlatina 14 , hnop : n <; CCiiiii 5 S , and sron ]> ' . t . Typhus destroyed 48 pcr-80 ** :: ; of various aces ( r-- » tliCi - more than the average ) : h . ilueiiza , 5 ; < Ty .-i ; fc ' i « , U ; diarrhoea . 19 . A two of cholera , doscr ^ -d ! ? :-.- \ Mntic , is recorded , " Of T . ' jjch the particular ; . : fv j ; 3 v / m ; : iS follows : —On tl * 3 dth cf December , :. t t r 7 Miio-End Workbowc , a chemist , : iged sixty-ix v := ir « . " Choloi-a A .-i : itiu ( 24 i . ours ) . " ~ He faim * fr- > : r : S -a « lwell to the
workho- ; s ? , cf which he had b > an - iiiinate tiiree years ; he was paralytic , -iu < l -was :-t ) : l- ! eniy seized on Su . 'i'Jty . —But the sum o- cvt . il-. iy , entered on the register hooks last wck , i « . a * U-fore , to : i > i > lerably BVf tiled by more tha « the fail * cGntingeist of cuses Or . TTiiicli inquests have heca held , many at earlier daU' s , and a grt » at Miajorty of ¦ which fall ¦ under the several descriptions of yi'nn , improper medicine , turns and ecalds , Sinusing : usi ! suffocation , drowning , fractures , cort . ^ ions , sr .-.: other injury . Six -persons died from pwror ., nr . 'n n « whom was an in"fai : t , on the £ fith u ! t ., i «» whkl > Tae nurse had given Dover ' s powder ( contain aig opium ) by mistake , the medicine having been intended for themoth-. r . Of 27 persons who met death from burns or scalds 21 were children , and in 1 C 00 sthe accident occurred from the clothes taking nri > . Sixteen deaths occurred from drownsnsr , ai :
&- ? . of which 16 were by f . ;! l-j on the streets , or from windows , st-iirs , n : 0 •¦ ^ i'blds ; 3 by fails on tooard shi p . 10 by hsirsi'S » .:: £ carriages , 4 by machinery . A man Tf . is suffuciiiv-d on a lime kiln , am ! 3 children in tho bed clothes . JCinc children died from want of breast-milk ; a man from privation besides a child of seven mouths " from diseasr of tho lead and scanty supply of food . " Two men \ m-tc the victims of intemperance , besides two who received fatal injury when in a state of intoxication . —The births of > S 29 hoys and 703 girls , in all 1 . 592 chiMren , were registered hi tht- ¦ week . The avwagp Buuiber in corresponding * r » vks of six years ( 1 S 45-B 0 ) , was 1 , 469 . At •' : " Rnyal Observatory , Greenwich , the nican rsM'iitig of t ' 'C barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday ; . !••» mt-an of the week was 29 " 751 in . The me : m daily lAmperature fluctuated ¦ bet ween 44 deg . and 52 < i < -g .
DlBCOTERT OF X 'NEST VT THIKVBS USDHIJ A HjkTL-¦ wat Abcu . —On Sunday morning two policecJtii discovered a auuterr anc : iii wn of thieves under the terminu 3 of the London and South-Western Railway , in the York-road , Lar-ibeth , which led to the capture of five of the d > l ::-qucnfc » . It appeared that- some time since a tao »¦ •« . ; apprehended ou suspieion of stealing somf bre-i- , avd when ho returned icn : e to his parents , from iiit < n-.. e . itions j . ur to him ty Ids mother , it turned ou < thut he had become connected with a gang , mhh ring about twenty or tw ,- ? nty-two , who woro known 11 each other as "the twtnty thieves . " 1 hoy nlt '^ i-. ^ ; - ) a . Iking by prowling about the Xew-cut , Waterloo-road , and the terminus of tbe railway a :: J ste ; tlin £ r whatevor
tli ' .-T could lay their h- « n . j . ujion . The lad also informed his mother tl * : <* on < me occasion they cooked a leg cf mutton in jlie : r cave , which vtna under one of the arches of- Uv - Ml * ay , that to get to it they were forced to •¦¦ ,- . ' • . ¦ 1 - hro " i * 'i ¦ s ; -.: 1 ' ? : *>!«< in Me brickwork . Www . !•••• •! ] - . «* H < i , ;'; vy . •?¦ . perf"ctly free from ob ? erv :-tk : i . ard , froir . ?! . f : ; , ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . cautions his companion ? u : > 4 " .. ; : k <* n , it w- ^ h . iv ^ .-sible that their hiding p ! :.. < : s . -. - , uUl ever be found out . Indeed , heconliln > i > tu-i ir . himself , unlessi > e wa = " taken to it by some < w . ) , <• dtIhts . The mother , onnnding the sort of c >)! ni ., n : . v hor child had fallen into , immediately rej « airs- « t < tin- 'lVw > r-str ? et police-station , and infirm * - ; Mr . lui-necto ? <' . «!; n of what her sou IbuI rc : ; -f : vi tnhir . ' ^^ ' ¦ . 3 ' -
--.-Mnmediately gave onJors or a si-ar-h to !«¦ ! : i ; :, '! .. . ¦ witkaview of aseertiini : s wht ' iiifr t ' lcn- was ¦ - ¦ ¦ ., ? trnih in the lad's . « taU > me » r . ¦ j -itti , if these xvas , t adopt measures to apprph <;» -l is many of tbe «» e as might be found . Accordin-iy , about two o ' clock on Sunday mornicg , two sergeants stt out on their TOy ;« ge of discovery . They examined all the arches in Oranby street , but without finding any trace of either the thieves or their cave . About half-pas * throe o ' clock , however , whilst examining the . srcn ? s nearest the vacant piece of ground in the Y-r \ road , they perceived tho marks of footsteps wl . t :. appeared to lead to a small h » le , more like what would be occasioned by tba ^ awr draining t ' -an < bo entrance to any sort of habitation . Thct ^ n
r-tigeants were , however , "l etvrraiH ^ not to lca » A 4 Btoiie unturned , but examine tswy place having the least mark of suspicion . Accordingly they descended through this opening , when they found a den filled up iu the manner the lad had stated , and in it five persons , two of whom were well-known thieves , and there is no doubt but the other three will be identified as being equally notorious characters . They ¦ ffero all apprehended and removed to the policestation . The cave , which had a portable fire-place in it , was most ingeniously fitted up , having a cooking apparatus and nearly everthing necessary for domestic use . A place to keep the victuals in
was sunk in the ground and secured from dirt by a lid similar to the iron grating over the area coal TaultB usual in public streets . By fastening boards and canvas up to the cave they sneceeded in keeping out the weather , whilst a quantity of straw served the gang for a bed . How it was possible for any one to live in the place seems incredible , for neither of the officers were able to stand upright in ihe cave , and to enter it they were obliged to force their way backwards , the opening biing too small to admit of their going in in the regular way . The ages of the parties did not exceed , on an average , fifteen or sixteen years .
Fatal Occobbekck at the Termisds . King ' s Cboss . —On Saturday afternoon an accident took placo at the present temporary terminus of the Great Northern Railway , by which one unfortunate man has lost his life , and three other persons havt . l > eei > seriously injured . The Great Northern Company , in addition to their extensive coal depots at their present temporary terminus in Maiden-lane , are flonstrncting an immense cranary . This build ' - iog is situate on the southern side of the station , abnt-iing on a spacious dock , constructed OU the northern side of the Re ? ent * s Canal , and immediately facing the dock and works belonging to the Iny enal Gas Company . From this dock there ens : two cuttings or creeks running into the granarr . constructed for the purpose of enabling barges to run in and receive the grain under cover oftfca building itself , and to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods . In this buildin < r a larec
number of workmen in the employ of Mr . Jay , the contractor , were at work in various departments , and m the creek on the eastern side of the granary into which tho water has already been admitted , were employed a number of carpenters , sawyers , 4 c . the latter , it is stated , working on a kind of floating saw-pit . At the time above mentioned , somw workmen were employed in raising an iron g irder to one of the upper floors , by means of what is culed on board of ship and dockyards , "sheers . " This girder , it is stated , was in weight frem five to box tons and the men had raised it to the fourth story , when suddenly one of the " sheer legs " broke , and the ponderous mass fell with a frightful 2 ? T # ^ S s e J y tnjng in its progress downward to the creek de scribed . Some idea may be S ^ SlT ? « which feII > when ' t » fh a t ttWOlarge ! ° S tim »> er placed across the creek as a protecfaon to tho ^ w-nft were
compiBu » y snappea asunder . On reachine the creek Beveral poor fellows were seen floS fbout in the muddy water below , elinsiDe to theS&S rfUS ing umber which had been carriedbtofc fw the difficulty to get at them , upwards of a quarter of an aour elapsed before any Sne could be 525 and when they were got out it was found b !* 2 ? Thompson , surgeon of York-row , Maiden-lane , who was at once sent for , that two of the men , named Qnen and Rolfe , were so seriously injured ^ immediate removal to University ColhS ? Ho ' s £ Pt ^ iS ^ broke and his companion had sustainedI very » vert . otenalinjuries . Athird ™™ S It
«« «*«• .. Some time having elapsed , itws dee « :. d advisable by the foreman ° of the work to call , niuster of the men , and ayoung man , named Jan , e * Kendal , a carpenter , w as found tobemissine Boat were procured , and after dragging for about an Lour the body of the young man in question was taun d embedded in the mud ; and on being got out
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. \ ; ' it was discovered he had a frightful lacerated wound over the k-ft eye and temple ; and as tho poor fellow Kendal was a carpenter , and was known to have been working on one of the upper floors of the granary , it is believed that he must either have hcen standing on some of the planks which the gir-<' cr struck at the time it fell , or that the girder itself must have struck him in its descent . On Tuesday Mr . Waklcy , M . P ., held an inquiry at the City of York Tavern , Maiden-lane , to inquire into ' tho circumstances attending the death of James ! Kendal , aged 20 . —Stephen Richardson , foreman of I works under the Messrs . Jay , the contractors , i stated liiat on Saturday last the men were engaged in hoirting iron girders , to the tops of columns
which were intended to support the roof of the granary . One of these massive girders had just been got into its place on the head of a column , and orders had been given to the men to lower at the crank , when the " guy " broke , and the girder was precipitated to the bottom of the building from its position ou the fifth story . The deceased was about three feet below the girder , upon a scaffold , on a level with the " sheer legs , " supporting the girder . The girder fell upon the edge of the scaffold , anu tipped it up , so that deceased fell with the scaffold and girder into the dock beneath , which had at the time a depth of seven feet six inches of water w u . Did not see anything strike the deceased , and < -on ! ii not account for the frightful fracture ol
t ! ie skull existing . —James Asheiiden corroborated ihe evidence of the previous witness , and in answer to the question , what he should sugge 3 t in order to prevent tho recurrence of a similar accident , observed , that an additional preventive " guy" to tho " sheer Je-is" might be found a great safeguard , as if one " guy" slipped the other might remain . — The Coroner remarked that , in this case , it did not appear that blame attached to any person . —The jury then returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " Suicide by a Coachman . —On Saturday evening last Mr . 11 . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Prince of Wales , Exeter-street , Sloano-square , on Peter Duffy , a « ed forty-seven , late coachman to Sir llarry Campbell . John Lanebutler to Sir Harry
, Campbell , 8 , Lowndes-square , deposed that deceased had been latterly very low spirited and eccentric in his manner . He would indul ge in bursts of laugher , quarrel with the Eervauls , and fling knives and forks at them . In consequence of such conduct , Major Campbell , at his father ' s desire , told deccasci that unless ho acted properly he would bo discharged . That caution had a temporary effect upon him , but ho soon relapsed into his ' former h : ibitn . On the previous Monday ho drove Mrs Major Campbell and Miss Campbell out and home , and after leaving Miss Campbell atLo \» ndessquare , was ordered to drive Mrs . Major Campbell to her residence , Chester-street . Instead of doing so , he aliowed the horses to watder to
Groavenor-.-quare , until Mrs . Campbell called his attention to ihe mistake . The next day he apologised to Mrs . Campbell , who forgave him , and the mistake was thought no more of , He was then desired to have the carriage at Lowndes-square at nine o ' clock on Wednesday mominr , to bring Miss Campbell to the Euston-square station . As ho did not attend at that hour a messenger was despatched to 8 , Wiliiaiiis ' s-inews , where the carriage was kept , when the rtihle door had to be forced open , and deceased was found dead in his bed , with a deep gash in his Uiroat , ii . Bicted by a razor which lay at his side . Tiie horses were harnessed and the carriage prepared for the morning ' s drive . In his desk were found £ 72 in cash and £ 400 in Exchequer bills . Verdict " Insanity . "
ScnnE . \ - Death . —Mr . George Drummond , the iianker , of Charing-cross , attended divine service on Sunday at Belgrave Chapel , and received the sacrament , apparently in good health . Immediately on his return homo , he was seized with sudden illness , ; md died before medical attendance could be procured . On Tuesday night an i « que 3 t was held at the Turk ' s Head Tavern , Motcombe-street , Bel-¦ nave-squnre , to inquire as to the cause of death . Lwut . E . Atheley Drummond , R . N ., of 2 . Bryan-» Mn-squ . tre , stated that the deceased was his cousin , and in his forty-eighth year . On Saturday he saw him at the banking-house at Charing-cross , when ho appeared in his usual health and spirits . Or . Smi-iay he called on him at two o ' clock , at 1 ! , Wilton-orescent , to luncheon , and found him seated iu his arm chair . After a few words of ordinary conversation about witnesss' sister , who was also expected to lunch , the deceased suddenly put his
hand t « his iiead , and exclaimed , " Oh , dear ! oh , iimir ! " His dead then fell on one side , his eyes becamed fixed , and he breathed with a heavy snore for two minutes , when he appeared to expire . He had not partaken of any luncheon . He frequently complained of pain in his side . —Dr . Synnott , of 16 , Eaton-terrace , said he was the medical attend ant of t » ie family , hut he had not seen the deceased professionally for some months , hut called on him n the 2 nd instant , at Charing-cross , when he was > -ery cheerful . Witness had always thought something was wrong with tbe heart , and anticipated tho sudden result . The deceased often -wished Ms death might be sudden , ami said he should prefer it to ue so . On witness ' s arrival at the house on Sunday he was quite dead . A post mortem examination of the body has since been made , and the viscera were found to be generallyhealthy , but loaded with fat . Tiie heart was also loaded with fat , very pale and flabby , ai : d the blood in a fluid state ; Tho
• . use of iloath was f . » tiy degeneration of the heait , the muscular pait being worn to the thinness of a sheet of paper . The death mi ght occur at any moment . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death fxjin disease of ihe heart . " Death op a " Lu . natic at Pjickham-housb Ayslum . —On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr . V 7 . Carter , at Peckhain , on the bod y of James Barnes , aged thirty-four years , an inliiatc of Peekham nonse Lunatic Asylum . George Uarnes , cousin of the deceased , identified the body , which presented a most attenuated appearance . It- appeared from the evidence that the deceased > ; = is an inmate of the asylum . On the Friday after Christmas Day he was taken into the Infirmary , and only survived his arrival there a f « w days . He was afflicted with fits and paralysis ; his ri ght iirm was severely injured . A rigid inquiry was
instituted to ascertain in what way his arm became injured , and to explain the attenuated appearance of the body . A person of the name of Hill had had the care of him , which person is now in Horsemonger-lane Gaol on remand . From the evidence of Mr . J . T . Burton , surgeon and apothecary in the asylum , it appeared that his attention was called to the state of the arm on the 27 th of December by Hill , when he found it fractured , and sent for Mr . Fidler , the visiting surgeon , who applied the preper treatment . The man became graduall y worse , and died on the morning of the 2 d iii 3 t . It further appeared from the evidence of the medical officers that the fracture of the arm could hardly have been occasioned by a fall , but must have resulted ftora the violence of some other person . His attenuated condition most probably arose from his disinclination to take food , and that the cause of his death was from exhaustion
consequent on injury of a few days' standing . He was never violent , but always desponding . The investigation was ultimatel y adjourned . Fatal Accidest os the West India Dock and Blackball Juxciiox Railway . —An accident of a very dreadful and fatal character took place on the line of the East and West India Dock and Blackwall Junction Railway , on Monday night , near the viaduct crossing the Great Northern Railway at Maiden-lane . It appears that a poor fellow named Henry Harris , aged thirty-five , residing in Alpha Cottages , Maiden-Sane , was employed on the line as watchman ; abont half-past ten o ' clock he left his post for the purpose ,- . f going home to get his supper which had been nreju . ivd for him . Whilst proceed ' ing along the line , which at this spot is a
considerable incline , he was knocked down by a pilot engine , which passed over his bod y and mutilated it in a frightful manner . The skull was dreadfully fractured , and death must have been instantaneous . The night was rather foggy , and from tho circumstance of the pilot engine being without carriages attached to it , and the spot being an incline , it is believed that it made so little noise , that the unfortunate man was not at all aware that the engine was in such close proximity to him , and that his back was towards it when he wag struck . The deceased has left a widow and four young children , and the poor widow is in a frantic state at her sad ' bereavement . Mr . Wakley , the coroner held an inquest on the body at the Fortune of War , Maidenlane , on Tuesday afternoon , and a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded .
Shockko Accidesi at Messrs . Hoare ' s Brewbo t . —On Saturday last an inquest was taken b y Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of James Walker , aged fifty , who died in consequence of an injury received at the brewery of Messrs . Hoare and Co ., East Smitbfield . It appeared that the occupation of the deceased was to attend to the well from which the brewery was supplied with water . On the 18 th of December he was eng aged at the well , the works of which are put in motion by a Bteani-engine . . He was about to adjust the wheels , which were two feet below the edge of the
well , while doing which tho heel of his left leg was caught in the cog-wheel , and it was instantly separated from hi 3 foot . He was caught by one of the men as he was falling down the well , a * nd in it were at the time three men at work , who would have been precipitated into the water , a depth of eighty feet . Be was taken to the London Hospital , where amputation of the leg was performed the same day , while under the influence of chloroform , ne sank from exhaustion and died on the previous Wednesv £ v Xo b ? me wasattachedtoany one . Deceased hadbeen thirty-nine yeara in the service of thefirm . verdict— "Accidental death "
Scese Betwees a Jdry asd a Medical Wiiness . -On Tuesday evenmg Mr . Wakley held an inquest t . I ™ » mS T , ' Ma'y-8 tre <* Uampstead-md , St . Pancras , on Mary Turner , a widow , aged 50 The Jury were horrified at the appearance of the
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filthy hovel in which tho body lay . The place had . not a stick of furniture , and the miserable corpse , covered with filth and vermin , lay in . 1 corner on a bundle of rags and filth . —Mary Ward said the deceased supported herself by uegging , in addition to a small weekly parochial allowance . She was exceedingly filth y , never washed her poison or her room ; always slept in a chair , and was covered with vermin , which crawled over and from her person . She went out between six and seven in the morning to beg , and returned at 12 o ' clock at night . She was taken ill on Wednesday , got worse on Thursday , when Mr . Todd , the parish " surgeon , was called in , and she died between five aiid six o ' clock on Friday morning . —Mr . Todd , district
j arochial surgeon , stated that he visited deceased on Thursday evening , when she was dying . - Her whole body and the rags that covered her , were full of vermin , which were so thick upon her that at first he took them for dirt . He never before witnessed such a spectacle . lie prescribed nothing , for she was too far gone . He could not say of what she died , for he had not examined the body internally or externally . —Foreman : If it were your brother and he was even as filthy as deceased , would you not prescribe for him ?—Mr . Todd : I deemed it an hopeless case . —Ooroner : You ought to have applied mustard poultices and prescribed , even if it were only to please and satisfy the public . You should rememher that while there is life there is
hope . —Mr . Toild : I am not to be dictated to by ignorant people . —Foreman : that is a great insult to us , the jurors . We have a right to ask questions , and you are bound to answer them —Coroner : I hope that Mr . Todd did not apply the word ignorant to the jurors . —Mr . Todd : I am not hero to be spoken to by parties who know nothing of medical science . —Coroner : If the jury have any complaint against Mr . Todd , they had hotter forward it to the board of Guardians . —Foreman : In the name of my brother jurors , I call upon Mr . Todd to withdraw the offensive expression . —Mr . Todd not having apologised , the jury declared that they would not sit again on an inquest at which Mr . Todd was a medical witness . —Verdict , " Natural death . "
The Labour Test . —Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest on Wednesday in the University College Hospital on the body of James 3 ? ennington , aged thirty-five . Deceased ' s brother-in-law stated the deceased had been for years subject to epileptic attacks , and consequently unable to work , lie had been an inmate of St . Pancras workhouse , but was turned out for disobeying its rules . On the 14 th ult . he applied for readmission , which was refused ; but he was given a ticket for work on the roads and
outdoor relief . In witness ' s opinion deceased ' s conviction that he was unable to work on the ro ida drove him to the commission of suicide , which he perpetrated on the 2 nd inst . by cutting his throat with a razor . He survived until Saturday last , when ho died in the hospital . Mr . Fitzgerald , house surgeon , gave it as his opinion that deceased ' s death resulted from the combined effects of the wound and depressed spirits . —Mr . Churchwarden Frazer said that he would have the case inquired into . —Verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
Fatal Effects of Jealousy . — Mr . II . W . Wakley , held an inquest on Wednesday in University College Hospital , on Elizabeth Poole , aged forty-four . Several witnesses , including deceased ' s husband , were examined , from whose evidence it appeared the deceased and her husband , who had been twenty-one years married , were mutually jealous of each other , and that during those jealous ebullitions deceased frequently threatened suicide . Last Saturday one of those love quarrels between them took place , during which the husband struck deceased . Soon afterwards she went to a female friend named Hancock , to whom she related the
circumstance of tho quarrel , gave her £ 1 7 a . 6 d . to hand to her husband , and told her that when she was next seen it would be a corpse in an hospital , The same evening she was found insensible and dying on the steps of a gentleman ' s house in Seymour-street , Euston-square , whence , she was conveyed to the hospital , where , after the application of the Btomach-puuip , she somewhat rallied , and was enabled to state fiat she took a pennywortli of oxalic acid mixed iu gin . In her pocket there were found the paper that contained the poison , and the cup in which she had mixed it . She died the following day . Verdict , " Insanity . "
Searching ion Mrs . Sloanb . —The addition of £ 30 by tho government to tho reward originally offered by the guardians , has stirred up the activity of tho police . On Tuesday evening , information was received at the station where the warrant is deposited , that Mrs . Sloane was to be found residing in the neighbourhood of Chelsea . Accordingly two detective officers of the City police force were de spatched , in company with a clerk from the Temple , who brought the information , and they proceeded direct to Ranelagh-street , Chelsea . On arriving there the clerk pointed out the house in which he believed Mrs . Sloane was concealed , and the officers stepped forward and knocked boldly at the front door . It was opened , and they were immediately
after ushered into the drawing room , where they found a lady apparently about forty-five yeais of age , - and exactly answering , in every particular , the description of Mrs . Sloone , as set forth in the placards offering the reward for her apprehension . The clerk from the Temple felt perfectly satisfied that she was the right party . The lady protested that the officers were mistaken , and was indignant at the insult offered to her . It became necessary to send for Jane Wilhrcd , who set all doubt 3 at rest , and satisfied even the Templar that he had mado a blunder . Apologies followed , and the officers left , it is understood , upon good terms with the molested lady , who , it is stated , was once before so unfortunate as to be mistaken for Mrs . Manning .
Represestaiios of FiNsuuitY . —Mr . Wakley , at a meeting held at Islington on Tuesday last , said , "In the last session , when the question of the window tax was moved , his hon . colleague , Mr . Duncoir . be , was almost , it might be said , on his death bed ; and he was now so ill that he ( Mr . Wakley ) did not like to refer to it , and would only say that every man must deplore his state ; but it must be hoped that they would see him appear again in health and spirits . For himself , he ( Mr . W . ) had only to say that size was not strength . Once , indeed , he had got strength , but continuous labour for many years had struck his nervous sys tem , and rendered him incapable of performing his duty ; and he had already intimated that if in the coming session he found himself still incapable of attending to his duties in parliament , he should resign his seat . He was bound in honour to take that course , and did not shrink from the avowal of it . "
The New Bridge at Battersea . —During the last few days from twenty to thirty men have been busily employed in sawing timber and preparing piles to sink in tbe river , preparatory to beginning operations for the erection of the proposed and long-talked-of suspension brid ge between Chelsea and Battersea . The bridge , which is to be constructed for carriage as well as passenger traffic , is to be commenced on the north side , about 300 yards below the gardens in front of Chelsea Hospital , and is to cross the river in a direct line in front to the old Battersea Red House , so long known to and frequented by Cockney sportsmen . The Red liousu is to be pulled down entirely , and an elegant approach is to be made on the site of it and the
eardens attached , to the southern end of the bridge . On the north the bridge is to be approached by a road to be constructed running in a direct line from the now notorious chapel of St . Barnabas . Destructive Conflagration at Berhondsbt . — On Tuesday morning , about a quarter past one o clock , the nei ghbourhood of the Graiige-rOild , Bermondsey , was again thrown into a state of confusion in consequence of the outbreak of another destructive fire . The disaster commenced in a spacious two-story building , from sixty to eighty feet long , occupied conjointl y by Mr . Warren , a . parchment manufacturer , and Mr . Thacker , a
ooper , situate in Little George-street South Grange-road , Bermondsey . The progress of tht fire , however , was such , that before sufficient time had elapsed to despatch the necessary intelligence to the engine station , flames in immense bodies shot through the building . Plenty of water having fortunatel y been procured from the mains in the district , the firemen set their engines to work but in spite of their most strenuous exertions the flames continued to travel , and it was not until half-past two o ' c ' ock that their further progress could he arrested , when all danger of their further extension was at an end . It is understood that the property destroved was insured .
Accident at thk Exhibition , Hyde-park . —On Monday an accident occurred at the buildin <* for the Exhibition in Hyde-park to two of the glaziers named J . Butt , and W . Greenlaw . The men were engaged at work on the machine , or swinging stage they were pitched out , and fell with the scaffolding to the ground . They were conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was ascertained that they had received most extensivo injuries , having struck and bounded from jirder to girder in the fall . They now lie in a very dangerous state .
Arrival of Cardinal Wiseman ' s Palmom , &c . —The Rattler , from Genoa , arrived at Liverpool a few days since , having , amongst other cargo , a complete suit of sacerdotal habits for his eminence-Cardinal Wiseman . The case containing theBo novel imports is at present lying in the transit shed at the Nelson Dock until his eminence shall have certified that the vestments are required solely for the purposes of the celebration of divine worship ; otherwise , a duty will have to bo paid on the materials of the habiliments , being foreign manufactured silk . Besides the pallium , tho red ¦ tockings , and various richly embroidered vestments , the case contains a mitre , and tho hat of more than quaker dimensions of brim . There are also several suits of liveries for his eminonco ' e official attendants .
Suspected Murder , —On Sunday morning the body of a man , respectabl y attired in a bluo paletot blaok satm waistcoat , and darktrowsors . was folim
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lying partly On tho towing path , with the head in tho canal , near tho Old Ford Bridge , BethmUgrcen . The body of tho unfortunate man bore marks of violenoo . ¦ Nothing of value was found on his person , and it is strongly suspected that he has been robbed and murdered .
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scotiann . Melancholy Boat Accident and Loss of Life . —Whilst Peter Allan , blacksmith , and David IniiHs ' , joiner , both belonging to St . David ' s , wore proceeding on Monday afternoon , in a boat from that placo to Cramond with scrap iron , having hauled close to the land on tho south shore , a sudden squall struck the boat off Barnbougle , when she immediately filled and went down , leaving only the tip of her mast above water . To this the poor fellows in . stantly clung . Allan , however , being an expert swimmer , shortly relinquished his holdand struck
, out for the shore ; but ,, after having proceeded a short distance , finding his strength failing , he swara back to his companion , w hom he reached in a very exhausted state , and washy him manfully supported for a considerable time , till at last all the efforts of Inglts to keei > his friend ' s head above water proved unavailing , and , on a Newhaven boat reaching them shortly afterwards , it was found that poor Allan was quite dead , and Inglis in a very enfeebled con . dition . Tlioy were immediatel y conveyed on shore , and mcdiciijaid promptly called in . Alian , however , was past all recovery ; and we regret to lei . rn , lias left a widow and six children to lament his untimely loss . Inglis is in a fair way of recovery .
The late Distressing Accident at Cramond . — UptoVriday forenoon the body of Mrs . Cadellthe lady who met her death from falling into a milllade on the Almond river on New Year ' s morninghad not been recovered , although every exertion had been made to obtain it . The only traco gained of her has'beon her husband ' s overcoat , with which she had protected her head and shoulders from tho cold and rain on leaviug the ball , and which coat was recovered among some bushes near where tlio lade falls into the stream .
Cultivation of Flax in the Highlands . —Tha parochial board of Urquhart appointed a committee for the purpose of considering the expediency and practicability of introducing the cultivation and manufacture of hemp and flax , and other suhVcts ofuulustral employment for the people of Glen-Urquhart and Glenmoriston . They have reported favourabl y upon the stiJ . ject , stating that , they arc safsh- d that the soil and climate of tho district are peculiarly well adapted to successful cultivation of hemp and flax .
The late Accident os the Edinburgh asd Glasgow Railway . —We . understand that three of tiie servants of tho Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company , and a guard in the employment of th ' a Scottish Central Railway Company , are indicted to stand their trial before Hi gh Cunt of Justiciary on the 10 th ult ., as having been implicated in the fatal accident at Cowlairs , on . tho Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , in August last . —Courant . ArrRHENsioN or a Gang of Coiners at Glasgow
. —About six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last a constable , attached to the Calton district of police , was passed , in King-street , by two youths , whoappoared anxious to avoid interruption . Their demeanour excited the suspicions of the constable , who , on observing that one of the la . ls had something apparentl y concealed in a handkerchief under the lapel of his coat , hurried after them , with tbe view of overhauling them . They , however , noticing that they wore pursued , fled , one of them , in his nnxiety to effect his escape , throwing away a parcel
contained in tho handkerchief . The constable still following them , and , after a short run , apprehended the latter party ; but his companion succeeded , for the time being , in making his osenpo . The contents of tho handkerchief was found to consist of a miniher of bad penny pieces , as to which , however tho fellow refused to give any account whatever . Tho youth who made his escape had boon seen ninninc away by some children , who followed his course , and having traced him to a house in East Rosestreet , Clmlton , informed the police there of what they had seen , and where the refugee had taken reluge . Having been conducted to dm hnnsn niii * h
the lad entered the policeman demanded admit * S nn . of » r ilSrofused > The "distance of a party f ? OISt * was soon obtai .. ed ; and attempts again made to get into the domicile ; but they were fnv 'S ' ! f Iste , . -thft P » rtie « inside very coollv in-, K 1 P ° llce ' « " » wer to their demand for admittance that they would be the death of anv one that dared to cross the threshold . These threats the inmates endeavoured to give a colour Snn 3 ° V » , fl 0 or a smaU T' ^ tity of loose gunpowder . The door was ultimately forced open , foH . i ™ S / u Cd in ' but « the inmates fully prepared for them , one with an axe , another SiYi f . , liamn'cr , and a third with a poker ; and the females of the party , of whom there were Uo , also weilding lethal weapons . Nor were their threats of rowtancs idle . So 800 ncv had 01 , 0 of tho constables entered the apartment than a stroke was aimed at him with the axe . which took nnrtift !
entot on his forehead , and mi ght have inflicted mortal injury , but that the descending blow was to some extent intercepted by a second officer , who ooseryed the danger in time . Another of the police was also struck with the hammer ; and the resistance might iave been effectual , had not the constab ' es , drawing their heavy batons , used them with sucli vigour , that the coiners were soon overpowered , though not before one and all of them had been severely punished . A number of the citizens also took part in the struggle , and lent efficient assistance to the police . On th « house heii *
searched , there was found a considerable number of spurious penny pieces , fragments of the mould , besides . . largo mass of the composition metal employed in tho formation of the spurious coinaee . estimating the pennies that were < -ot at the standard value , they amounted to £ 1 9 s . 10 d ., besides about two shillings' worth aftewards found in the house of one of the female prisoners . The whole parties wcro then conveyed to the Calton Policeoffice , escorted by an immense crowd .
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Wolverhampton . —The framework of the dome » fixed on the new Exchange , and the golden wheat sheaf placed in its position at the summit . The wiioie of the works are fast progressing towards completion . . Miibi
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® J ) tf gfrCMllf ** . A Wife accidentally Shot ur her IIusband . — On Saturday evening last an inquest was held at the Wellington Tavern , Commercial Row , Birmingham , on the body of Ann Crook , who was accidentally shot by her husband , on the previous Thursday evening . On the night in question , a respectable . mechanic named Lockley , residing in Holliday-street , returned home from the garden at the rear of liis house , where he had been engaged in shooting small birds ; he placed his loaded gun , muzzle downwards , behind the kitchen door , intending when he again returned home to discharge it . In the meantime , however , a young man named Crook , a nail cutter , and hia wife , to whom he had been married a fortnight only , and who lodged in the houso , came home from work . Ann Crook , the wife , came in first , and her husband , who almost directly afterwards followed her , after affectionatelv saluting her , and requesting her to get hire a comfortable pup of tea , was proceeding to wash his handa At a basin behind the kitchen door , when he perceived ihe gun . Ilia wife had cut a piece of bread , and had knelt down opposite the fire to toast it
Crook , unaware that the weapon was charged , turned round as he took it up , and had scarcely raised the barrel from the ground when it exploded . Mr . Lock ley , who was dose in the room and knew of its being loaded , was about to inform Crook of the fact the moment it went off . Almost simultaneously the poor young woman dropped the bread she was toasting , and sauk quietly backwards asthough fainting , but , in fact , a corps .-. ; for Mrs . Lockley , who immediately ran to her assistance , clasped her in her anns , and found that she was dead . The charge took effect in her head , and with the exception of a short convulsive twitching of the mouth , she never moved or ar . ticnlated , bo instantaneously fatal was the discharge The grief and distraction of the unhappy husband ' when he perceived the effect of his own incauiion ' were most heartrending He tore his hair , and run
ning into the street , he exclaimed , " I have murdered my wife . '' Mrs . Lockley gave a similar alarm , and the intelligence quickly spreading soon reached the i'ars of Police-constable Edmunds , who was on duty in an adjoining street . He at nnce repaired to the spot , took the prisoner into custody , and conveyed him to the Btation . A subsequent examination of the gun showed that , the lock was defective and out of repair , for the slightest touch of the trigger would produce its discharge . The husband was present during the inquest , and exhibited the most abject and agonising appearance . As there was no evidence to show that he was aware of tbe gun being loaded at the time he caught hold of it , or that he pointed it at his wife , tiie jury came to the conclusion that the occurrence was entirely accidental , and returned averdict to that effect . The deceased was about twenty-two years of » ge .
Frightful Collision 0 NTU 6 London andNorth ' Western Railway , at Boxmook . —A collision of a very serious character , by which -everal first-class and other passengers have sustained considerable injury , took place on Saturday last , on the line of the London and North-Western Railway , at Boxmoor . It appears that shortly before three o ' clock a goods train , in consequence of the defective state of its ensine , put in to the B- - > xmnor Station , and remained there whilst the necessary repairs were beinj ; effected . At this time tl > e Liverpool express , which o \ i « ht to arrive at Euston-square at four o ' clock , was nearly due , and the stopuage signals were hoisted at the station . _ Shortly after three o ' clock the express train hove in sight , and the driver , Newland , saw the
stopping signal at from 800 to 1 , 000 yards before reaching the station . The express train does not stop at Boxmoor , hut immediately on seeing the signals , it is stated that the driver shut off hissteam , and reversed his engine , whilst the guard put down the brakes ; hut as the train when the signals were first seen was going at the rate of about thirty-five mileB an hour , k wasiuipossible to stop , and the express train came in collision wi'h the poods train , whilst its wa 3 still going at a speed of something like fight or ten miles an hour The driver and stoker of the express train seeing that a collision was inevitable , jumped from their engine . The driver escaped unhurt ; but the stoker , not having completely clenred the engine , was found on the line , and was for some lime supposed to
be dead , but stimulants having been applied he became better , but has sustained somedreadfulinjuriea to his less . Medical aid was procured from the town , and the great-st attention paid to the sufferers . It is stated that twelve or fourteen persons « ere more or leas injured ; . one gentlemen had the bone of his riuht eye driven in and broken , a lady had her teeth kuocked out , another was severely cut about tho face , and others received cntusions about the head and limbs , but with the ; exception of the gentleman refprred to , ho bones were fractured . No serious injury was done to the goods train , and the passengers having been properly attended to , came to town with the express , which did not reach Eus'on Grove till seven o ' elock , or three hours after timR .
John Robinson ' s Case—We have given the trial at the recent York Assizes , of John Robin » on , master of the Wadsley Bridge ; station , on a charge of felonious assault , preferred by Miss Eliza Newton , _ of Foxhill . The case had excited unusual public attention before the trial , and it his been further increased by the circumstance that Mr . Justice Pattern ' s remarks , in passing sentence , were in direct contradiction to the finding of ihe jury , and confirmatory of the defence made by tho prisoner from the moment of his apprehension . We
understand 1 hat the learned jud <; o , immediately after his return to London on Friday last , despatched a communication to Mr . Noble , the governor of York Castle , remitting that portion of the sentence which imposed hard labour on the prisoner during his two yeaiV confinement . This change in the sentence will probabl y lead to Robins-m under-Koimr the period of his imprisonment in York Castle ins'e id of the Wakefit-ld House of Co-rection . It is intended to get up a memorial to Sir George Grey , Secretary of State , for a commutation of the
sentence . Jewel Robbery at Liverpool . —On Monday moruiogone of the most extensive and excra- < rdinary robberies that has been perpetrated in this town for some time was discovered on the premises of Messrs . Clark and Morris , silversmiths Church-street , at the corner of Tarleton-street . Tl ^ facts of the case are these :-Messrs . Clark and . Morris closed their shop about eight o ' clock on Saturdny night , and on Monday morning , shortly after eight o ' clock , the hop was opened by Mr . Clark , who was astonished to find the stock in the utmost confusion . It was at once evident that a burglary h » d been committed , and that the thieves had effected their entrance through tho adjoining cellars . It is estimatedtlmt
, gold watches and chains to the value of i-GOO were stolen , and diamond brooches valued at £ 300 , which were only received last week , having been ordered by a customer , were also missing . Besides these a variety of studs , bracelets , brooches , and other articles were carried off . Altogether , the loss is estimated by the firm at £ 1 , 800 . The thieves appear to have been disturbed , for they left behind a case ( . f valuable dwraond rings , and sever . il other articles , small iu bulk , which were conspicuously placed . 1 hnr object appears to have been to tak e only those things which were portable , and might be readilv concealed about the person . As yet the thieves have not been apprehended , but there is reason to believe that 'hey will soon be in the haudg of the police .
KOBBKHY OP SlXTT POUNDS IN THK StiieEt AT SHKFFihLD . -On Saturday evening last , as earlv as six .. clock , James Hilton , in the employ of the Manchester , bheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway Company , at the Sheffield station , was robbed in the street of a lar » e sum of money , the property of the railwa y company . A part of his dutv whs to nay wasses . On baturday last he had the above sum in gold m his possession for that purp-se . A number ot the men whom he had to pay are engaged at the engine shod , which is situated up the line nearly half a mile from the Bridge-house station . Hilton lives at the bottom of Harvest-lane , where he keeps a shop , lie went to his tea , intending to proceed thence to the engine-shed . Hi 8 way frora Harvestlane was a long , dark , and narrow lane , and across a field . When proceeding along the lane , which is
utitrequented and not lighted , he was seized from behind , held in a powerful grasp , and robbed of a leathern purse containing between £ 60 and . £ 70 in gold . ILs momh was covered to prevent his cryin " out . The robbery , he states , was effected by three or four men , but from the rapidity of the transaction and the position in which he was held he could not obtain such a skht of them as to enublo him to descnoe them . They got clear off with the money belore he could raise an outcry , and no trace of them whatever lias yet been found . Forged Bask Notes at Liverpool . - On the 5 th inst ., a hairdresser , named Thomas J . BurnB whose place of business is in Scotland-road , and bis assistant , Thomas Natns , were charged with havine in their possession several forged one pound bank notes , purporttng to be issued by the Northern Hunk .
ine uompany ot Ireland . Patrick stated , that , from information be received , he went on Tuesday 0 The w ? . l Mr Franklin ' ^ "ion-office , Lnrd-street While there the prisoner Natris came in , and asked Mr . Franklin to change three notes , hav L Yiounly obtained cash for some similar note " The notvs wore proved to be forged , Rnd Patrick took both prisoners into custody . On Saturday the S aonen were again brought up , and several . witnesses were examined . It appeared that an attempt at been made to uet the . notes changed at the bull ™ 0 l , : e of Mr . Duramlu , WaterlooLd uSSS 0 the notes had been changed at Mr . Frank inV when that gen tleman received some good not 0 ££ " ? h f" B T . miiai ! y > wllich «» bled him £ detect the forgery . The prisoner Rums called a bov named Ihoinaa Ferns , who was in his employ , who stated that he found the notes in a bag , „ d p ^ ol
oil-cloth , and concealed at the back of the Methodist Chapel , in Wilbrahara-street . lie gave them to his master . Mr . Davenport , who appeared for the prisoners , applied that they might be admitted to bail , but Mr . Rushton refused to grant the request . The magistrate also objected to sanction the return of the money found upon tho prisoners , believing it to be tbe produce of forgeries . The Regent Burglary in Nottingham . — The whole of the property stolen from the premises of Mr . Lamb , Goose-gate , Nottingham , has been discovered entirely through the vigilance of ihe to « n police . It was found in a bud . buried in a pool in Long-hedge-lane , and three men are now in custody
on suspicion . A Gang op Railway Tiiikyes . —At the Bristol Quarter Sessions on Tuesday , a young man of respectable appearanco and connexions , and of good address , named James Simpson , was sentenced to ten years' transportation . The circumstances of the case are somewhat singular , and the subjoined brief detail may lead to caution on the part of ladies travelling in first-class carriages . It appears the prisouer was at the head of a gang of thieves who have long infested that portion of the Great Western Railway which lies between Bath and Bristol , and particularly the Bristol terminus . The prisoner had been noticed repeateilly Oflato to travel between Bristol and Bath , always taking a
first-class ticket , and as several robberies hud recently been complained of , suspicion was aroused , but so skilfully were the operations of the gang conducted that for some timo all efforts for tho detection © f the thieves were fruitless . On the 2 nd of November last , however , a lady named Cook went with her servant from Bath to Bristol by the express train , and on their arrival , as the servant was engaged in getting her mistress ' s luggage , the lady noticed the prisoner push against her , and shortly after two other men , standing closo by , walknd away . On tho servant feeling in hor pocket she found that her purse , containing a quantity ofsil ver , was gone . A huo and cry was raised , and the prisoner having been suspected , was stopped by some
of the railway officials . In his possession were found several sums of money , and he was also seen in the act of putting gold into a purse . On the purso being opened there were twelve sovereigns in it . Through the exertions of Mr . Burton , superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , this purso was subsequently identified by a Miss Powell , as her property , which she said , with a good deal of money in it , was stolen from her a day or two before whilst waiting : on the railway platform to see a friend off . Mr . Stone , of the Western Circuit , defended tho prisoner , ana" by his advice he pleaded " guilty . " When sentenced ho endeavoured to excite commiseration by throwing up his hands and pretending to faint , but as ho was
removed from the dock he was observed to put his tongue out and laugh to some of tho gang in the court anxious to hear his fate . Tho prisoner by hia good address and respectable appearance has for some time pursued successfully a systematic plan of thus plundering ladies travelling in first-class carriages . It is hoped his committal and sentence will operate in breaking up the gang . . Apprehension of the Uckpield Burolahs . —Six of the burglars havo been apprehended . The apprehension of three of them was accidental , and took place on the evening of the burglary on another charge . Tho names of these men are John Hamilton , John Smith , and- James Smith . They were at a village called Groo ' mbridge , where Hamilton gave John Smith into custody on a charge of having taken a sovereign from him . In the mean time the police of tho Tun bridge-wells district
having received intelligence of a burglary committed at a Mr . Kenward ' s , at Ilartfield , ' and thinking the whole party suspicious characters , proceeded to search them , and found upon them a £ 5 note of the Lewis bank , a coat , umbrella , and mask . These were taken toDownlands , and the coat and umbrella were at once recognised by tho butler and housekeeper of the Misses Parnscombe . Two more , named Hillyer and Morgan , wero captured , after a desperate resistance , by the Guildford police in a beer-shop in that town , and several of the articles stolen from the house at Downlamls found upon them . Another man , named Joseph Carter , was taken at Woking , on whose person was also found part of the stolen property , and a pistol loaded with slugs . Morgan has been identified by the butler as the man who knocked him down with the pistol , and Carter as the man who kept guard over
him . The BoitoLAnv at Furneaux Peliiam . —The three men , Thomas Savill , B . Hutchin , and Thos . Warman , in custody for the burglaries in the houses of John Law , at Furneaux Pelham , and of Michael Medcalre , at Albury , were last week examined at Bishop Stortford , and fully committed for trial . The Paper Duties . —At a meeting of the town council of Birmingham held on Tuesday , Mr , Alderman Baldwin , in a long speech full of
interesting details , moved the adoption of a petition to parliament praying for a repeal of tho duties on paper and advertisements , and also the newspaper stamp . Mr .-C . Sturge seconded the motion . Some difference of opinion was expressed as to the proper mode of proceeding , and as to whether such a movement ought not to originate with the merchants and traders of tho town . Ultimately , however , Alderman Baldwin ' s petition was earned almost unanimousl y , and Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., requested to present it to tho House of
Commons . A Heavy Sentence . —At tho General Quarter Sessions held at Reading last week , Robert Dace aged 22 , a well dressed young man who had been a teacher of music at Abinjtdon , was indicted for having stolen a gold pencil-case . From the evidence adduced , it , appeared that on the 3 rd of August the prisoner visited the house of a Mr . Jame 3 Morris Davis for the purpose of tuning a pianoforte , lie was left alone for some time in tho room where the pencil-case was . He left a 3 usual , and on the following morning it was missed from tho work
box , where it had been deposited . About the middle of the month the prisoner offered it for sale to a Mrs . Beckmsall , and she bought it of him for 10 s Some days after ho had sold it ho applied to have it returned , as he feared that "the person from whom ho had had it had come by it dishonestly " The police then got a knowled ge of the affair , and the prisoner wns apprehended . —Mr . Williams alter addressing the jury on behalf of the accused called a lad named Wheeler , who had been e . n ' ployed at the Railway Hotel , Didcot , and he stated that on the lOtn of August the prisoner came into the smoking room . A straneo man . who wm-P *
frock coat and green and black plaid browsers , was present , and he inquired if any one in the room wanted to purchase a pencil-case . Ho pressed the prisoner to buy it , who eventually bought it for 8 a .-Mr . Carrraijton having alluded to the inconsistencics m Wheeler s statement , the chairman ( Lord Bumngton ) summed up the evidence , and the iury after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty . Evidence was then gone into of two previous convictions for felony , upon which the prisoner had been sentenced to twelve months' imnriserTd " fliTt ^ * ?? ir V" P" ** sentence ob . sened that tie defence the prisoner had adopted was a most abominable one , for he feared that the lad had been induced to state anything but what was true . The Couit did not think tL thn ™ l
'""" { . Wy'nxsuoh a position as he had , would he lke y ( having been previousl y conv cted of TtaJSJf re f' " 7 "? beCOme « 2 SS man I hoy therefore deemed it necessary to inflict a ee-IZ ^ Tt' v . dthftt Wils thilt tho »««« " * ^ J rawpwted for tho term of his natural lile .-The prisoner seemed astonished at the sentence , and a general feeling of surprise appeared to be felt by the crowd which had assembled in the court . Brutal Assault upon Policemkn at Manchester . —About noon on Monday , an officer who was on uiity at dreat Ancoat-street , saw a group of men loitering round a spirit vault , and as they were obstructing the footpath , he desired them to move on ; but this they refused to do . saying they had been drinking their new year ' s gifts , and had a right to enjoy themsolves . About one o ' clock , the snme men set upon and beat in a shameful manner , a countryman who happened to be passing : and when the
ponceman , immediately afterwards , reached thesnot the countryman walked up to him and made complaint of ihe manner in which he had been used . Several of the men then attacked the countryman a second time , and , in attempting to defend him , the oftcergot several severe blows . The countryman , however , contrived to escape ; and the officer , after using his staft freel y for some time , took one of the S ?' ^ - ^ ™ r ^ cued by the mob . Another officer coming up , the previous prisoner was again secured and removed a short distance , but the mob brew stones and bricks , knocked both the off ^ & ! * / "f i « H upon thm , the beimarched off in
P' 77 " | triumph bean ' staft ot one ot the officers . A man named Plant was Sj ^ s -SMS sarS J g ^^ s . wjsi-b . r Mon 1 . ? lmeS were , aPPre » en . ! ed inthecoS S&STiS Kr ^ KtiKS ate-tf-tissJrsssi &S y ^ wiiws
the hmrlf ? I \ M " ud Mfter commenting on he b utal . ty and cowardice displayed by twenty or and , 2 " . taul 5 lllROneor tWi ) - who were quietly lkeIT - \ ?» dearo «™» B to do their duty as po icemen said that such attacks were becoming so * ,, 1 tJ . havi "S bt *» a disgraceful one at the enct ot the last week ) , that he was determined seveu'iy to punish nil those against whom such i-naigtB wcre proved . —Plant was committed for maiat Ihe sessions ; mid Chrimes , in default of paying a hue of twenty shillings , was committed > r a month .
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Biiaxdixo by a Surgeon . —For several davq ~ " ** sidorable excitement has prevailed in Blackburn 1 a report that Mr . Rogerson , surgeon , had brami ? a boy ' s forehead with a largo letter B , which 1 been written on by caustic . For some time J . ' ^ Mr . llogerson had been considerabl y ann oyej n boys cunt-t-mtly ringing his boll and running -, « .. On Sunday week , hearing a forcible pull ,-it the y f . he immediately ran out and caught a boy nam / William Wood * , and shut him up in the surV er v f a short time ; he then got some caustic and | i » h fhe lioy while he rubhed on his forehead the U > h B . The youth stated that previous to the act Lpm
committed Air . Kogerson asKeu what school he |> 5 been :. t ; on being told at the Independents' jh defendant said "Oh , you are one of that sort A you ? then I'll make an example of you . " Atth police office on Monday , before W ' Eccles , Es Mr . lloger .-on was charged with the above ofl ' en under the Ut and 2 nd Vic , chap . 08 , wherein it enacted , "That whosoever shall cast , throw unon * or otherwise apply to auy person , any cor rosiv fliiid or other destructive matter , wiili intent \ burn , inaitii , disfigure , or disable , or to do som gruvions bodily harm , shall be guilty of fclonv " It was stated that from the opinion of seve'Ai medical men , the mark would never-be erased f > 0 the lad ' s forehead during his life . —Mr . Roir orsm contradicted this assertion , and stated that all a
peaviiiices wouiu ue entirely obliterated in about twelve months . Dr . Martland was of the aaiu opinion . Thedcfendant denied tho boy ' s statemen t with respect to what school lie belonged . Mr . Keck , said that whether the mark cou'd bo oUito rated or init made no difference , he should be under the painful necessity of . ordering Mr . llojierson tl enter into recognisances to appear at the next Lan . cashire assizes . Air . llogerson , seeing the aerioii * position in which he was placed , applied for an .., i journment , in order to consult a legal advjj ' m . " which was . gmntud , tho defendant eiituriug into bis own recognisance to appear when called upon The punishmeiu for tho above offence is transports ' , tion for life , and n .-t less than 15 years' imprison ' nient with ' or without / hard labour , for more than three years . —Manchester Examiner .
Fatal Poaching Avfuay . —On the 3 rd inst about noon , three ntcu named George D . uiey , \\([^ liam Chew , and J , M . llennison , were observed bv the gamekeeper of Sir Thomas D . Legard , H ; ir f to be engaged in poaching on aa estaie at Ounton Wold , near . Scarborough . The gamekeeper , havin <» procured the assistance of six other men , went ia pursuit , nnd c : imo U [> with the poachers upou U ^ i in the lordship of Fuxlioles . Chow , ujio held a gun in his land , presented it at tho keeper , de sirin * him to staiul off or he would fire . The other , howl ever , not daunted , seized hold of the weapon and endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher , an attempt in which he was seconded b y his assistants Dai-ley then came forward with a largo and extremcly sharp knife , and while he caught hold of the muzzle of the gun with his left hand , endea voured to cut the men ' s hands so as to force them to relin .
swish thoir grasp . He was , however , pinioned from behind by another of the keeper ' s assistants and just at'this moment the gun went off , lodi'inJ the contents in the lower part of Darley ' s boilv * The unhappy man instantly fell back ' mortally wounded , exclaiming , " D thoe , thou hast done for me now ! " He expired in a few minutes afterwards , before any medical or other assistancecould he procured . On Monday last an inquest was held on view of the body of the deceased , before Mr . E . D . Conyers , coroner of the district , whoa the facts above detailed were deposed to by tho different , witnesses . Neither th * keeper nor the other men engaged in the affray could account for the gun going off , but expressed thuiv belief that the trig-gar w .-is not intentionall y pulled by any one The jury returned a verdict of " ' Homicide by misadventure . " Deceased was a Jabourin «* man young , and unmarried .
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR . Januahy 11 . ism
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1608/page/6/
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